A/N I don't own Earthbound

Chapter 2:

Russ got changed, grabbed his backpack and his bat.

Russ and Buzz Buzz went to get info from the local gang, the Sharks, about where Ness was going by defeating Frank, their leader……

"The Sharks always hang out at the Arcade to Frank will probably be there."

"You sure you can take out Frank and all the Shark members along the way?" Buzz Buzz said while sitting on Russ' shoulder.
"With my trusty bat, they'll be no problem." Russ pulled out his bat. 'This is the bat Ness gave me'

(A/N "talking" 'thinking' ok so Russ was talking then thinking)

As Russ walked past the hotel Sean, his friend came running

"Russ!" Sean yelled as he ran closer

"Hey Sean what are you doing here?"

"I came to visit."

Russ gave Sean a blank look, "Don't you go to school?"

Sean laughed and rubbed the back of his head, "Yeah, but my family's visiting relatives in town so I was going to go to your house."

"Oh"

"So whatcha up to?"

'Do I tell him or not?' Russ thought, "I was going to beat up Frank."

"Frank? Who's Frank?"

"The leader of the Sharks."

Sean snickered, pulled a bat out of his backpack and said, "Cool, I'll help."

Russ and Sean made there way to the Arcade to face Frank. As they entered the Arcade they saw Sharks on the floor moaning in pain. They walked over to the back exit, but before they exited a Shark came up to Russ and said, "H-h-h-here's t-the-the m-m-money I stole from y-you." He handed $10 to Russ and ran away.

"That was weird, Ness must have been here already, let's ask Frank where he went." They exited into the backyard of the Arcade to see a busted up robot and a man with bruises all over.

"Frank! Where's Ness!"

"Haha! You little punks shouldn't be here," Frank said, "I won't lose twice."

"Ready," Russ whispered.

"Oh yea," Sean said as they both rushed forward towards Frank.

"Tsk, tsk naughty kids," Frank snickered and he revealed two shiny daggers, "Say good night kid!" He threw one at Russ.

"Ahh!" Russ screamed.

"No………NO!" Sean yelled, "PSI INFERNO ALPHA!" Waves of fire burst from his hands.

"Uh, oh," Frank and the knife were thrown against the wall. Frank collapsed unconscious. Sean fell on his knees breathing heavily then a few seconds later fell on the ground unconscious.

"You ok?" Russ asked as Sean woke up two minutes later.

"Ugh…what?" Sean is still a bit disoriented from his attack.

"That is so cool; I didn't know you had PSI powers." Russ said thinking maybe Sean was one of the companions that were going to help him

"Neither did I," Sean said, still confused at his newly found power.

"Well Ness isn't here so where should we check now?"

"I don't know, where does Ness usually hangout?"

"Let's check out the secret tree house."

"Yeah, sure," Sean got up with Russ' help and the two companions made their way through the town to behind the library.

"Right in there." Russ pointed the small gap in the bushes.

"Hey is Ness here?" Russ asked as they entered the tree house.

"No," said a kid who was sitting down.

"Hey where's your Mr. Baseball Cap?"

"Gave it to Ness, said he something about being destined to be a hero."

'You have no idea' Russ thought, "Do you guys know where he went?"

"Arcade"

"Yeah I know that, do you know where he was going to go after that."

"Nope."

"All right bye." Russ and Sean walked out of the bushes and wondered where Ness might be.

"I'm hungry let's eat."

"Alright, can't work on an empty stomach." They proceeded to the Burger Shop.

"Hello there, how may I help you?" asked a cheerful waitress.

"Uh yes, I'd like a Burger," Russ replied looking over at Sean.

"I'd like a Burger too." Put in Sean.

"Ok, coming right up," said the cheerful waitress, "Two Mondo Burgers!" She grabbed the two burgers and placed them on the counter, "here you go, and that will be $8 please." Russ handed her the money, grabbed his burger, and sat at one of the tables, Sean grabbed his and followed.

"Mmm, this is good," Sean said, enjoying his burger. When they had finished, they left wondering what to do next.

"What do we do now?" Sean asked.

"Hold on I got to go to the washroom."

"Okay, I'll wait outside."

Russ walked to the washroom closed the door and said, "Buzz Buzz is he one of the people I travel with?"

Buzz Buzz flew out from his hood, "He must be he has PSI powers."

"I should probably tell him about you that would make things easier."

"I agree, and then I could eat without him trying to kill me."

Russ exited the Burger Shop

"Hey Sean how would you like to be a hero who saved the world? Huh? How 'bout it?"

"What's gotten into you, Russ, you're going all loopy in the head."

Buzz Buzz flew out of Russ' Hood and said, "Please Sean you have PSI powers, you must help Russ, please!"

"Ahh!" Sean recoiled, "I-i-i-it t-t-talked"

"Yeah this is Buzz Buzz."

"Pleased to meet you."

"So will you help me?"

"Hmm, yeah okay, got nothing better to do."

"This won't be an easy journey." Buzz Buzz warned and landed on Russ' shoulder.

"Meh, it'll be way more fun than sitting around all day, where do I sign?"

"Cool, I'm sure this…um…hmm, Buzz Buzz are we going on a quest? No, in a quest we would have to be looking for something, a journey? Maybe, but it could be an adventure, wait no adventures are usually just exploration and fighting and stuff, hmm."

"…" Sean just stood there look at Russ blankly.

"What?"

"Oookay, you're talking as though we're in a video game or a novel or something."

"Come on, that's impossible."

"ANYWAYS, Sean will you accompany Russ and I?"

"Sure."

A/N A little longer than the last chapter but still pretty short.