Disclaimer - Same as previous chapters, but will repeat. I, The D.J. C.J, do not own any of the following characters from the game Earthbound. But I do have full copyrights over the Shadow Man.

Chapter 4: Bringing Jeff Into the Group (Part 2)

Ness flickered his eyes "Hey guys, I think he's starting to regain consciousness!" A voice said. "I guess we shouldn't have startled him that much." Another voice said. "BOING! Don't worry! Ness be fine! ZOOM!" Another voice said. Ness slowly opened his eyes. He looked around. "Where.where am I?" he said, rather groggily. "You're in Dr. Saturn's room, in Saturn Valley." A voice told him. It was an all too familiar voice. "Jeff!" Ness could only just contain his excitement. "But, why did you scare me like that? "Well, we wanted to give you guys a surprise, but it looks like we gave you TOO MUCH of a surprise." "That explains everything." Ness replied. "So Ness, where are you going this time?" Another all too familiar voice said. "As soon as I regain my strength, I should be teleporting to Dalaam, Dr. Andonuts. And by the way, I never knew your first name was John."

(A/N: Repeat, it isn't, I just made it up.)

".Neither did I." confessed a worried looking Dr. Andonuts. A sweatdrop the size of Canada (figuratively) ran down the back of Ness's head at this time. "But we don't need to worry about that right now. Come outside, there's something I want to show you." Ness and his friends walked outside, and stood before.the Phase Distorter 3. "So.what's so new about it?" Ness asked. It looked like the same old Phase Distorter 3. "This.is the Phase Distorter 3." He looked seemingly worried at that comment. ".point 5!" A huge sweatdrop ran down the back of his neck at this statement. "The Phase Distorter 3.5 is exactly like the Phase Distorter 3."

Ness almost went mad at that comment. ".except THIS time, it can transport to any place, any time, any WHATEVER, and can carry life on board!" Ness relaxed at this comment. "Why don't you take it to Dalaam? Come on in, I'll show you." Ness, Paula, Jeff, Dr. Andonuts, and one of the Mr. Saturn's went inside to show them around. Just as they were about to go, a huge crash of lightning sounded. Then a voice spoke out loud. "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! These weak Mr. Saturn's cannot do anything to save themselves! Mwahahahaha! Ness! I know you're out there, somewhere! So remember, the only way you're going to rescue the Mr. Saturn's is by defeating me! But I'd like to see you try! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! PSI Warp! Then the crashes stopped. Our heroes walked outside, and what they saw was bitter. There was not a single Mr. Saturn (apart from the one that went into the spaceship) left in the entire Saturn Valley! Ness moaned, as he said to himself, "Oh man, we're in for it now. The Shadow Man's stolen all the Mr. Saturns! Why me? Sometimes I wish I could just be an ordinary kid. Paula said, "I know." Ness was amazed that she'd heard him, but then wasn't too surprised. And he was too worried and a little tired to talk anyway. There was only one way that the group would be saved. And that was with the help of Poo. Jeff was about to start the Phase Distorter 3.5 when he heard a bang on the door. He opened it and in rushed the Mr. Saturn and Dr. Andonuts. "BOING! Me want to help Ness! Zoom!" The Mr. Saturn said, jumping about. "I wish to join you as well Ness, perhaps I can learn something, and maybe even help you." Ness shrugged. "Why not? Come on guys, get on, Jeff just about has this thing started up! Our five heroes got in the Phase Distorter 3.5. Then it vanished, teleporting to Dalaam.