SAMURAI BOOMER
Episode 7
Showdown (Part 1)
By Secret7
Boomer woke up in a cold dungeon. He shivered. It reminded of the operating room he had seen a week ago. He looked at the bars, old and rusty. He grabbed them, trying as hard as he could to bend them. It wouldn't budge.
"He said...he said he'd bring my brothers back..." Boomer whispered to himself. "Am I alone?" It echoed around the cell.
"I alone?"
"Alone?"
"Lone?"
It just kept echoing. Boomer tried and tried to rip apart the bars, but it just didn't work. He sighed. Maybe he just wasn't cut out to be the good guy. He noticed a guard walking by...wait...that was it!
"Hey guard?" Boomer asked.
"Yeah, kid?"
"Aku...er..." He was lost for words. "He...um...I work for him, see? And I'm wrongly imprisoned! They got the wrong guy!" Boomer yelled.
"Let me check with Aku..." muttered the guard.
Boomer swallowed. This was the hard part. He cleared his throat, and said in an evil voice "I am Aku! Fool! You fool! Let the fool boy go, or else I'll do something really, really, bad!"
"Wow, jeez kid. I didn't know you were that important to the Dark Lord. I'll let ya out..." he said, grabbing the keys. He fit it in the lock, opening the door.
"Thanks." Boomer shoved his fist into the guard's face, who immediately fainted. "Now where's Jack?" he asked himself.
Suddenly, his question was answered: "PRISONER 'JACK' IS TO BE EXECUTED WITHIN THE HOUR. ALL DEMONIC FORCES OF EVIL MAY COME TO IT FOR AN ENJOYABLE TIME. THANK YOU!" the loudspeaker turned off.
Boomer stood there.
"Executed?" he asked himself. He had never thought that Jack would be executed. He thought that Aku would somehow—
"No. Never trust him again," Boomer said to himself. He searched the KOed guard. A map. "Let's see here..." he muttered. According to the map, Jack's cell was on the 3rd floor of the building, then 10 cells back.
He heard a guard's footsteps. And he smiled.
"Hello?" asked the guard. "Officer 332? 332 where are you? I--"
WHAM
"think i'm fainting." the guard said, falling down.
OK, according to the map, the elevator should be right ahead...
Boomer walked forward, and pressed the "Going Up" button.
...
...
...
PING!
Boomer ran in as fast as he could.
"45 MINUTES TILL EXECUTION!!!!" rang the voice. "MEANWHILE, ELEVATOR GOER, YOU MAY LISTEN TO SOME COMFORTING MUSIC!" said the happy female voice. It turned on.
"The pain..." Boomer muttered, the badly done 'comfort music' getting to him.
After what seemed like an eternity, there was a soft :PING:. Boomer came running out of the elevator, running around the cells.
"1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9...10!" he shouted, then looked, shocked.
Jack wasn't there. There was his sword lying on the outside of his cell, but that was it. Boomer picked it up.
"WE ARE SORRY FOR YOUR INCONVINIENCE, BUT THERE HAS BEEN A SCHEDULE CHANGE! JACK WILL BE EXECUTED WITHIN 15 MINUTES. THANK YOU, AND HAVE A NICE DAY! ("
Boomer just stood there.
"Who needs elevators?" he muttered, looked at the map, then crashed down through the floor, blasting through every hallway, until he finally reached a small cell. Lying down on the floor was Jack, looking dazed.
"Jack! You're here!" Boomer said, smiling.
"But...you couldn't have..." murmered the samurai.
"Jack?"
"My name is gone. My body is gone. That is what the guards tell me. And they told me that you were gone."
"Snap out of it! We need to get out of here!" Boomer yelled.
"There is no hope. No hope. No hope," Jack whispered repeatedly.
Boomer pulled out the keys he had stolen from the guard.
"No. Jack, don't you remember who I am?" he asked.
"It's too late. Aku rules all. He is all. He will always be all." Jack said in a mechanical way.
Boomer unlocked the door.
"Don't give up. You saved me, and I'm gonna save you too..." Boomer said. He hugged Jack, and tears came to both of their eyes.
"I'm sorry Boomer. They...they changed me. Tried to at least. Thank you for releasing me. My sword is lying up in my old cell. I can't use it, though. I'm too...weak right now. Boomer, you have to fight Aku."
Boomer stood there, awestruck. "I'm 5 years old. I can't beat some apocalyptic demon from Hell. Leave that to 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer'."
"Um...who is this 'Buffy'?" asked Jack.
"Er...hard to explain." Boomer said nervously.
"Still, Boomer, you have to fight Aku. I know somehow. You are the best chance we have of defeating him. I'll leave, while you go fight Aku, and banish him back to the pit from which he came."
Boomer bowed.
Jack laughed.
"Good luck, child."
The two hugged, and Boomer flew off towards the main chamber.
TO BE CONTINUED...
Episode 7
Showdown (Part 1)
By Secret7
Boomer woke up in a cold dungeon. He shivered. It reminded of the operating room he had seen a week ago. He looked at the bars, old and rusty. He grabbed them, trying as hard as he could to bend them. It wouldn't budge.
"He said...he said he'd bring my brothers back..." Boomer whispered to himself. "Am I alone?" It echoed around the cell.
"I alone?"
"Alone?"
"Lone?"
It just kept echoing. Boomer tried and tried to rip apart the bars, but it just didn't work. He sighed. Maybe he just wasn't cut out to be the good guy. He noticed a guard walking by...wait...that was it!
"Hey guard?" Boomer asked.
"Yeah, kid?"
"Aku...er..." He was lost for words. "He...um...I work for him, see? And I'm wrongly imprisoned! They got the wrong guy!" Boomer yelled.
"Let me check with Aku..." muttered the guard.
Boomer swallowed. This was the hard part. He cleared his throat, and said in an evil voice "I am Aku! Fool! You fool! Let the fool boy go, or else I'll do something really, really, bad!"
"Wow, jeez kid. I didn't know you were that important to the Dark Lord. I'll let ya out..." he said, grabbing the keys. He fit it in the lock, opening the door.
"Thanks." Boomer shoved his fist into the guard's face, who immediately fainted. "Now where's Jack?" he asked himself.
Suddenly, his question was answered: "PRISONER 'JACK' IS TO BE EXECUTED WITHIN THE HOUR. ALL DEMONIC FORCES OF EVIL MAY COME TO IT FOR AN ENJOYABLE TIME. THANK YOU!" the loudspeaker turned off.
Boomer stood there.
"Executed?" he asked himself. He had never thought that Jack would be executed. He thought that Aku would somehow—
"No. Never trust him again," Boomer said to himself. He searched the KOed guard. A map. "Let's see here..." he muttered. According to the map, Jack's cell was on the 3rd floor of the building, then 10 cells back.
He heard a guard's footsteps. And he smiled.
"Hello?" asked the guard. "Officer 332? 332 where are you? I--"
WHAM
"think i'm fainting." the guard said, falling down.
OK, according to the map, the elevator should be right ahead...
Boomer walked forward, and pressed the "Going Up" button.
...
...
...
PING!
Boomer ran in as fast as he could.
"45 MINUTES TILL EXECUTION!!!!" rang the voice. "MEANWHILE, ELEVATOR GOER, YOU MAY LISTEN TO SOME COMFORTING MUSIC!" said the happy female voice. It turned on.
"The pain..." Boomer muttered, the badly done 'comfort music' getting to him.
After what seemed like an eternity, there was a soft :PING:. Boomer came running out of the elevator, running around the cells.
"1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9...10!" he shouted, then looked, shocked.
Jack wasn't there. There was his sword lying on the outside of his cell, but that was it. Boomer picked it up.
"WE ARE SORRY FOR YOUR INCONVINIENCE, BUT THERE HAS BEEN A SCHEDULE CHANGE! JACK WILL BE EXECUTED WITHIN 15 MINUTES. THANK YOU, AND HAVE A NICE DAY! ("
Boomer just stood there.
"Who needs elevators?" he muttered, looked at the map, then crashed down through the floor, blasting through every hallway, until he finally reached a small cell. Lying down on the floor was Jack, looking dazed.
"Jack! You're here!" Boomer said, smiling.
"But...you couldn't have..." murmered the samurai.
"Jack?"
"My name is gone. My body is gone. That is what the guards tell me. And they told me that you were gone."
"Snap out of it! We need to get out of here!" Boomer yelled.
"There is no hope. No hope. No hope," Jack whispered repeatedly.
Boomer pulled out the keys he had stolen from the guard.
"No. Jack, don't you remember who I am?" he asked.
"It's too late. Aku rules all. He is all. He will always be all." Jack said in a mechanical way.
Boomer unlocked the door.
"Don't give up. You saved me, and I'm gonna save you too..." Boomer said. He hugged Jack, and tears came to both of their eyes.
"I'm sorry Boomer. They...they changed me. Tried to at least. Thank you for releasing me. My sword is lying up in my old cell. I can't use it, though. I'm too...weak right now. Boomer, you have to fight Aku."
Boomer stood there, awestruck. "I'm 5 years old. I can't beat some apocalyptic demon from Hell. Leave that to 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer'."
"Um...who is this 'Buffy'?" asked Jack.
"Er...hard to explain." Boomer said nervously.
"Still, Boomer, you have to fight Aku. I know somehow. You are the best chance we have of defeating him. I'll leave, while you go fight Aku, and banish him back to the pit from which he came."
Boomer bowed.
Jack laughed.
"Good luck, child."
The two hugged, and Boomer flew off towards the main chamber.
TO BE CONTINUED...