CHAPTER 7: Rayman, We Hardly Knew Ye
???: Why am I still here anyway? I should be out there, keeping those Cyber Freaks at bay.
Murfy: Come on Clyde, don't make a fool of yourself.
Globox: Who's Clyde?
???: Ugh... I'm Clyde.
-Clyde tears off his cloak to reveal himself. He looks like Murfy, but with a red color-
Clyde: At least I can say this: Now I know you're still alive. Gotta run! -flies out of the cave-
Globox: What just happened?
Murfy: That, my fat blue friend, was Clyde, my brother.
Globox: You never told me you had a brother!
Murfy: You see, when Polokus created me, he also made a second form to assist in my duties. However, Clyde was inferior and would rather push people around than help them. While this was merely a nuisance to the others, Clyde went too far when he decided to tamper with the Heart of the World. He flew inside and fooled around with the energy inside, wreaking havoc among Polokus. Clyde managed to escape the Heart before an energy burst occurred, but Polokus knew that he was going to try it again. Polokus then banished Clyde to our second moon and put a magic force field around him so that he could not attempt to come back to our... hey, Globox! Wake up!
-Globox is fast asleep. Murfy flies over and tackles him into a rock, waking him up-
Globox: ..........just five more minutes.................
Murfy: -sigh- Anyway, this is just a guess, but when the Cyber Freaks blocked off the energy flow of the Heart, Polokus was powerless to help. Therefore, he broke Clyde's seal and gave him a few lodestones to assist with the freaks so that he could help.
Globox: Yeah, whatever. What are we supposed to do now?
Murfy: Not much we can do. Read any good books lately?
Globox: What's a book?
Murfy: -sigh-
-Meanwhile in Cyberspace, Rayman is strapped down to a table with a raygun- like machine pointing at him-
Doctor: Now just hold still, zees won't take long if you cooperate.
Rayman: Like I even have a choice.
Doctor: Thank you for the cooperation. Throw zee switch!
-Another Cyber Freak flicks a switch-
Doctor: Do you have zee last words?
Rayman: Yes. Have you ever heard of "soap"? You should try it sometime, you smell something fierce!
Doctor: ...right, sure. Activate zee machine!
-The Cyber Freaks punches a button and the raygun above Rayman zaps him. After a few seconds, Rayman slowly begins to lose his form and begins to expand-
Doctor: Oh, it is working! IT IS ALI-smack-
Assistant: Quiet! Do you wanna get sued?
Doctor: ...sorry. Ah, zee process should be almost done by now.
-Rayman continues to grow until the table collapses under his weight-
Doctor: Ah! I am forgetting how large and heavy zee original was! Quick, we must flee!
-The dcotor and his assistants run out of the room. Rayman grows to an immense size and eventually fills up the entire room! The raygun stops firing and Rayman wakes up-
Rayman: INITIATE MEMORY RESTORE. 1001110110000011111011100000111010111101110111 --- RESTORE COMPLETE. SYSTEM ACTIVATION COMMENCING.
-Rayman moves his left arm and smashes the door. He tears down the walls and crawls out of the debugging room-
Rayman: SYSTEM ACTIVATION COMPLETE. MEMORY CHECK. SEARCHING. ERROR FOUND. CURRENT DIRECTORY NAME: RAYMAN. RENAME. NEW NAME: PROGRAM GL47. ERROR ELIMINATED. ACTIVATE REMAINING FUNCTIONS.
-Program GL47 gruadually gets up to reveal a massive hulk war machine!-
GL47: ACTIVATION COMPLETE. OPEN FILE: FREAK SPEAK. FILE OPEN... My head hurts...
-Crant walks into the room and instantly recoils-
Crant: Oh, is it really you? Program GL47?
GL47: Yes, it's me. I just had the most peculiar dream. I befriended a walking blue hippo and a flying green frog and I terminated several metallic beasts and weird men in coats.
Crant: Yes, that's very good. Now, are you ready to start raiding again?
GL47: Sure am. Now, how do I get out of here?
Crant: Um... well... I haven't thought about that.
GL47: I always gotta do the work. Here goes!
-GL47 points his right arm at the ceiling, which happens to be in the form of a giant cannon. He powers up a ray and fires, boring a large hole through the ceiling-
Crant: Well that works too. Come on, let's get this over with.
-GL47 jumps through the hole with one leap. Crant hovers and follows. They both land on solid ground in Cyberspace-
Crant: Is your Power Ring functioning at full capacity?
GL47: Sure is.
-The white O on GL47's chest begins to glow brightly-
Crant: Excellent. Now, let's just go to the machine and then the fun really starts.
-The two walk towards the machine which connects Cyberspace to the real world. However, it begins to spark-
Crant: Unit AXY73L9, what is the meaning of this?
Legionary: I don't understand, something's disrupting the flow!
-The machine sputters and breaks down. Clyde flies out-
Clyde: Now that was one sweet trip! All right Crant, I've busted your machine and come to get Rayman out of here.
Crant: And who the devil are you? How'd you get past the outside security?
Clyde: Their personalities needed more magnetism, so I helped them out. And what relevance can my name have?
GL47: Say, you look like the flying green frog from my dream, only red.
Clyde: Whoa! What's this hunk of junk?
Crant: You might remember him as the person you were trying to rescue.
Clyde: What? You can't be serious... that's Rayman? Uh-uh, not true.
GL47: That Rayman name sound familiar too.
Clyde: That's a filthy lie! I'll teach you!
-Clyde takes a lodestone and hurls it at GL47. It merely bounces off his head-
Clyde: What??? But magnets always work!
GL47: Not on me! See this white O? That's my Power Ring. It protects me from the properties of magnets.
Clyde: White O? Murfy once told me that Rayman had a white O on his torso... bah! You're still trying to scare me!
GL47: The name Murfy sounds familiar from my dream too. Well, I better get on with it.
Crant: You can't, the machine is broken. ENGINEERS! FIX THE MACHINE!
-Several Cyber Freaks appear and begin to repair the machine-
Crant: And as for you...
-Crant leaps up and smashes Clyde, sending him crasihng into the ground-
Crant: GL47, take care of this little annoyance, would you? I'll assist the engineers.
GL47: Righty-o!
-GL47 picks Clyde up with his left arm-
GL47: It's a shame to crush you, we just met. But, que sera, sera!
TO BE CONTINUED...
???: Why am I still here anyway? I should be out there, keeping those Cyber Freaks at bay.
Murfy: Come on Clyde, don't make a fool of yourself.
Globox: Who's Clyde?
???: Ugh... I'm Clyde.
-Clyde tears off his cloak to reveal himself. He looks like Murfy, but with a red color-
Clyde: At least I can say this: Now I know you're still alive. Gotta run! -flies out of the cave-
Globox: What just happened?
Murfy: That, my fat blue friend, was Clyde, my brother.
Globox: You never told me you had a brother!
Murfy: You see, when Polokus created me, he also made a second form to assist in my duties. However, Clyde was inferior and would rather push people around than help them. While this was merely a nuisance to the others, Clyde went too far when he decided to tamper with the Heart of the World. He flew inside and fooled around with the energy inside, wreaking havoc among Polokus. Clyde managed to escape the Heart before an energy burst occurred, but Polokus knew that he was going to try it again. Polokus then banished Clyde to our second moon and put a magic force field around him so that he could not attempt to come back to our... hey, Globox! Wake up!
-Globox is fast asleep. Murfy flies over and tackles him into a rock, waking him up-
Globox: ..........just five more minutes.................
Murfy: -sigh- Anyway, this is just a guess, but when the Cyber Freaks blocked off the energy flow of the Heart, Polokus was powerless to help. Therefore, he broke Clyde's seal and gave him a few lodestones to assist with the freaks so that he could help.
Globox: Yeah, whatever. What are we supposed to do now?
Murfy: Not much we can do. Read any good books lately?
Globox: What's a book?
Murfy: -sigh-
-Meanwhile in Cyberspace, Rayman is strapped down to a table with a raygun- like machine pointing at him-
Doctor: Now just hold still, zees won't take long if you cooperate.
Rayman: Like I even have a choice.
Doctor: Thank you for the cooperation. Throw zee switch!
-Another Cyber Freak flicks a switch-
Doctor: Do you have zee last words?
Rayman: Yes. Have you ever heard of "soap"? You should try it sometime, you smell something fierce!
Doctor: ...right, sure. Activate zee machine!
-The Cyber Freaks punches a button and the raygun above Rayman zaps him. After a few seconds, Rayman slowly begins to lose his form and begins to expand-
Doctor: Oh, it is working! IT IS ALI-smack-
Assistant: Quiet! Do you wanna get sued?
Doctor: ...sorry. Ah, zee process should be almost done by now.
-Rayman continues to grow until the table collapses under his weight-
Doctor: Ah! I am forgetting how large and heavy zee original was! Quick, we must flee!
-The dcotor and his assistants run out of the room. Rayman grows to an immense size and eventually fills up the entire room! The raygun stops firing and Rayman wakes up-
Rayman: INITIATE MEMORY RESTORE. 1001110110000011111011100000111010111101110111 --- RESTORE COMPLETE. SYSTEM ACTIVATION COMMENCING.
-Rayman moves his left arm and smashes the door. He tears down the walls and crawls out of the debugging room-
Rayman: SYSTEM ACTIVATION COMPLETE. MEMORY CHECK. SEARCHING. ERROR FOUND. CURRENT DIRECTORY NAME: RAYMAN. RENAME. NEW NAME: PROGRAM GL47. ERROR ELIMINATED. ACTIVATE REMAINING FUNCTIONS.
-Program GL47 gruadually gets up to reveal a massive hulk war machine!-
GL47: ACTIVATION COMPLETE. OPEN FILE: FREAK SPEAK. FILE OPEN... My head hurts...
-Crant walks into the room and instantly recoils-
Crant: Oh, is it really you? Program GL47?
GL47: Yes, it's me. I just had the most peculiar dream. I befriended a walking blue hippo and a flying green frog and I terminated several metallic beasts and weird men in coats.
Crant: Yes, that's very good. Now, are you ready to start raiding again?
GL47: Sure am. Now, how do I get out of here?
Crant: Um... well... I haven't thought about that.
GL47: I always gotta do the work. Here goes!
-GL47 points his right arm at the ceiling, which happens to be in the form of a giant cannon. He powers up a ray and fires, boring a large hole through the ceiling-
Crant: Well that works too. Come on, let's get this over with.
-GL47 jumps through the hole with one leap. Crant hovers and follows. They both land on solid ground in Cyberspace-
Crant: Is your Power Ring functioning at full capacity?
GL47: Sure is.
-The white O on GL47's chest begins to glow brightly-
Crant: Excellent. Now, let's just go to the machine and then the fun really starts.
-The two walk towards the machine which connects Cyberspace to the real world. However, it begins to spark-
Crant: Unit AXY73L9, what is the meaning of this?
Legionary: I don't understand, something's disrupting the flow!
-The machine sputters and breaks down. Clyde flies out-
Clyde: Now that was one sweet trip! All right Crant, I've busted your machine and come to get Rayman out of here.
Crant: And who the devil are you? How'd you get past the outside security?
Clyde: Their personalities needed more magnetism, so I helped them out. And what relevance can my name have?
GL47: Say, you look like the flying green frog from my dream, only red.
Clyde: Whoa! What's this hunk of junk?
Crant: You might remember him as the person you were trying to rescue.
Clyde: What? You can't be serious... that's Rayman? Uh-uh, not true.
GL47: That Rayman name sound familiar too.
Clyde: That's a filthy lie! I'll teach you!
-Clyde takes a lodestone and hurls it at GL47. It merely bounces off his head-
Clyde: What??? But magnets always work!
GL47: Not on me! See this white O? That's my Power Ring. It protects me from the properties of magnets.
Clyde: White O? Murfy once told me that Rayman had a white O on his torso... bah! You're still trying to scare me!
GL47: The name Murfy sounds familiar from my dream too. Well, I better get on with it.
Crant: You can't, the machine is broken. ENGINEERS! FIX THE MACHINE!
-Several Cyber Freaks appear and begin to repair the machine-
Crant: And as for you...
-Crant leaps up and smashes Clyde, sending him crasihng into the ground-
Crant: GL47, take care of this little annoyance, would you? I'll assist the engineers.
GL47: Righty-o!
-GL47 picks Clyde up with his left arm-
GL47: It's a shame to crush you, we just met. But, que sera, sera!
TO BE CONTINUED...