Misfits In Space

by The-Mighty-Floyd

Chapter 7 up! Misfits appear courtesy of Red Witch. Part 2 in a trilogy. When the Yardans ask the Misfits to help them defeat the Morons, they readily agree. But all is not as it seems. See profile for update schedule.

3. We Need Your Help!

Apologies in advance for the one-pageness of this chapter. Explanation in my profile.

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Chapter 3: "We Need Your Help!"

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The group walked quickly outside, and saw a whole lot of people staring and pointing at the sky. Naturally, they all looked up, too.

A huge spaceship, noticeably different from that on the Joe base, was descending overhead. It was oblong, and made of what looked like wood. Two huge cones were equidistant on the bottom, obviously some sort of stabilisers. The craft itself was larger than the building the Misfits had just vacated.

"Wow..." breathed Todd.

"Cool..." stared Fred.

"Anybody we know?" asked Althea.

"I don't think so..." replied Cover Girl.

The ship came to a rest about a hundred meters above the rapidly-growing crowd. Suddenly, the center of the ship slid open, and a beam of... not light, it was too solid to be light... shot down to the ground. Two figures could be seen traveling slowly down the beam. When they reached the ground, the beam slid up about halfway to the ship, and stopped.

One of the two figures took out a scroll, and unrolled it. He coughed briefly.

"Attention, People of Earth. We have your King. If you want him back, please give us the one you call 'Michael Jackson.'"

"So Elvis really was kidnapped by aliens?" asked Xi.

"Told ya," replied Fred.

"Not the time, guys," groaned Lance.

"Hey, yo!" Todd shouted to the aliens. "It's a deal!"

"Todd!" exclaimed Roadblock.

"What?" Todd asked innocently. "It ain't like we're using him any more!"

"Joke! We joke! Ha. Ha. Ha," the alien suddenly exclaimed. "In order to endear ourselves to your culture, we decided that humor would provide an effective means to break down a barrier of mistrust, thus making you more favorably disposed to acquiesce to our OW!"

The other alien had just hit him on the back of a waving eye stalk.

"What he means is," glared the second alien, "'We come in peace.'"

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Next time: I've lost the chapter list, but I assume it has something to do with going into space, since that seems to be the premise of this story. More on this later.