Chapter 6: Level 2: Sheen's Saving Grace
Carl, Sheen, Libby and Cindy open the door and go to level 2. As soon as they opened the door, they wished that they didn't because when they went through the door, they went falling 30,000ft up in the air, with no parachutes.
"Quick, lets get into a circle, we need to slow down our momentum, or we will die upon impact!" said Cindy.
The others get into a circle and grab hands. Their momentum slows down tremendously.
"Hey look, I see water. It would be better if we hit water than solid ground." explained Sheen.
"He's right. Good idea Sheen." said Libby.
"Thanks."
In the circle, which they have created, they hit the water, hard, with enough impact to wound them, but not kill them. One by one, they slowly break the surface of the water. On their life bars, they are almost dead. They slowly swim to land.
"What do we do now? That impact surely must have taken a lot out of our life bars." said Cindy, scared.
"Hey, as a bonus, I have the power to heal. If only I knew how to activate it." said Sheen, who is trying all different things to activate his healing power.
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Ha-ha, he'll never figure out how to use his healing power. Never will they embarrass me again. Ha-ha.
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"Heal Cindy!" said Sheen.
With those words, surprisingly, Sheen was able to heal Cindy. Figuring out that is what you need to do to heal, Sheen heals everybody else.
"Ha-ha, I finally got it to work. Now I just need to heal myself." said Sheen, who then heals himself.
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Crap, he figured out how to use his healing powers. This might prove to be very bad. I need to make a boss so powerful, that they have to lose all their lives. When that happens, they will be trapped in there, and I won't have to see them ever again. Ha-ha.
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"Okay, what do we do now? Where do we go?" asked Cindy, more to herself then to the others.
The others look around to find any place to go. Suddenly Sheen sees a sign that says shortcut.
"Hey guys, I see a sign that says shortcut. Maybe we should follow it." says Sheen.
"I don't know, I don't trust signs that say shortcuts. Remember when we were on Intergalactic Showdown, and we saw a sign that said shortcut? Remember what kind of trouble we got into when we followed it. I just can't bring myself to follow that sign." said Cindy, who begins to reminisce about when they were all on Intergalactic Showdown.
"Ya, I don't trust that sign either, but I don't see any other path. Do you?" asked Sheen.
Cindy looks around and, upon finding no other alternate route, walks the path that says shortcut, defeated. The others follow her, upon the shortcut path. Libby, seeing that Cindy has a sad look upon her face, walks up to her.
"Hey, Cindy what's wrong?" asked Libby.
"Libs, do you ever have the felling that life is not what it seems?" asked Cindy.
"What do you mean?" asked Libby.
"Do you ever think that something was going to happen, then the total opposite happens?" asked Cindy.
"Not really, Why do you ask?" asked Libby.
"No particular reason." lied Cindy.
Libby knew she was lying, but decided to end the conversation. Cindy, Libby, Carl, and Sheen continued to walk the path until they came to a big problem. The came to a mountain.
"Crap, how are we supposed to climb this? We have no safety hooks or anything, and this mountain looks about 1500ft high. Do you think we should turn back, or risk climbing the gigantic mountain?" asked Sheen.
"Well, we could turn back, but we would have to walk another 30 minutes. Besides, there wasn't another path. Looks like we're forced to climb this huge mountain." answered Cindy.
They all begin to climb the mountain. Every 5 minutes, they stopped to take a break. After about 5 hours, were halfway up the mountain. They were all tired out, so they decided to make camp.
"Hey, don't you think that it's kind of ironic that the first level had a whole lot of enemies, but this level didn't have one enemy." said Sheen.
The others think about it for a moment, and then realize that Sheen is right.
"I never thought I'd say this, Ultradork, but you are right. We haven't encountered one enemy on this level so far. Hum, maybe one of us should stay on watch duty, incase some enemies should show up." said Cindy.
"I'll do it. I'm not tired anyways, and besides, with my shield, I'll be the most protected from any enemies." spoke Carl.
"That a good idea. The rest of us should get some sleep. See Ya all in the morning." said Cindy.
"Goodnight" said Carl, Sheen, and Libby simultaneously.
Everyone but Carl went to sleep. Carl valiantly was staying awake for his watch duty.
Man, I'm lonely. I wish that I could be at home with my parents. Being with friends is nice, but being with family is even better.
Carl's thoughts are interrupted when he hears footsteps.
What was that? I had better keep a watch out for any bad guys.
Carl looks around, and sees nobody. Then, out of nowhere, Ninjas appear right in front on Carl. Before he could wake the others, a ninja sneaks up behind him and covers him mouth, preventing him from talking. Then the other Ninjas take out a spray and knocks Carl out with it. The ninjas kidnap Carl. They leave a note explaining what they did and what they want. They then leave.
8 hours later, Cindy, Libby, and Sheen wake up. They look around, and realize that Carl is missing!
"Hey, Carl's missing! Carl, where are you?" screams Sheen.
Obviously, nobody answers. Cindy then finds the note the ninjas left.
"Hey, I found a note." informed Cindy.
"What does in say?" asked Sheen and Libby simultaneously.
"Read it for yourselves." said Cindy.
Ha-ha, as you may have noticed, we have kidnapped your friend. He is hidden somewhere in the mountain. You have 24 hours to find him, or we will kill him, and then will kill you.
At that point, Libby and Sheen both faint. Cindy immediately tries to wake them up. Libby wakes up right away, but Sheen is still unconscious.
"Sheen, wake up! We don't have time for this! Get up!" yelled Cindy.
"Cindy, stop! I know how to wake him up, but I'm not going to like it." said Libby
The moment she said that, Libby kissed Sheen on the lips. Just as she predicted, Sheen instantly woke up. Once the kiss ended, Libby slapped Sheen across the back of his head.
"Ow! What was that for?" asked Sheen, who just got slapped back into reality.
"That is for not waking up and making me do that." said Libby, who had a devilish smirk on her face.
Cindy, who was laughing at the humorous scene, got control of herself and said, "While that was hilarious, we do have a situation here. We need to find Carl, now, before it is too late. Okay, we should split up, that way we could cover more ground."
"What if we find the enemies? How would we communicate." asked Libby.
"We will all take separate directions and meet here in an hour. Whoever is not back, we will take to their direction, hopefully finding whoever is missing, and the enemies. Libby, you take north. Sheen, you take east, and I'll take west." said Cindy.
The others, knowing their task, separate to their assigned directions; Libby to the north, Sheen to the east, and Cindy to the west.
Libby starts to climb north until she realizes something.
Hey, didn't I get a leopard as a bonus. I should just ride the leopard instead of climbing all the way up this huge mountain. I would save time, and I wouldn't have to expend so much energy.
Libby tries calling her leopard. After the third try, a female leopard appears, almost magically, under Libby's feet. The leopard then starts to climb north, without be commanded to do so.
How do I control this thing? Please slow down.
Just as Libby thought that, the leopard slowed down. The leopard was still going fast, but it slowed down dramatically.
Cool, I think I found out how to control this leopard. I control it by my thoughts. Now that I know how to control my ride, it's off to save Carl!
Libby and the leopard continue their search for Carl. Cindy and Sheen, on the other hand, weren't having as good of luck, especially Sheen.
Man, I can't believe that we have to look for Carl. I mean, he had a shield; he should have been able to defend himself. Huh, I just realized something. If Carl was kidnapped, that means that there are enemies on this level. If they took out Carl, that has a shield, just imagine what they could do to Cindy, Libby, and myself. Whoever did this was stealthy, quick, and strong. OMG, I know who did this. It must have been ninjas! Gulp! If it is ninjas, that means we are in for a wild ride. How do I communicate that to Cindy and Libby? I got it; I'll use my cell phone! It may not help in my search for Carl, as he doesn't have a cell phone, but the rest of us do. What is their numbers again? I know Libby's is 555-5555, but what's Cindy's number. Oh well, as long as I have Libby's number, she proablly has Cindy's number.
Sheen pulls out his cell phone and dials Libby's cell phone number. He waits and waits until, miraculously, Libby answers.
"Hello, Libby speaking. Who is this?"
"Hey Libby, its Sheen. Listen, I know who the kidnappers are."
"Who are they, Sheen?"
"The kidnappers are ninjas! Listen, you have to call Cindy and tell her. Cindy could be in great danger if she doesn't know. Hurry up and call her!" said Sheen, who immediately hangs up his cell phone.
Libby, taking Sheen's advice, calls Cindy. Libby waits and waits, but there is no answer.
"Oh No! She must be in danger. Leopard, go west." commands Libby.
The leopard, following her master's command, stops going north, and goes west instead. Libby wisely calls Sheen and tells him to go west, as Cindy didn't answer her cell phone. Sheen turns around and goes west. He eventally meets up with Libby and hops on her Leapord, and goes to look for Cindy and Carl.
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"What do you people want from me? Why did you kidnapp me?" asked a histarical Carl.
All he gets for an answer is a slap on the face, and the silent sign to be quiet.
All is quite for a few hours. Then the ninjas here a startle in the montain bushes.
"Whoever is there, run! There are a whole bunch of…" said Carl.
Carl is cut off with a hand to the face. One of the ninja's nods his head yes, promoting the other ninjas to survey the area and find whatever did that.
The ninjas look around, and, after an hour of searching, they find, guess whom, Cindy. The ninjas try to use the knockout gas on her, but instead she disarmed them and used the knockout gas on them, putting them to sleep. Cindy, now realing the enemies before her, quickly unties Carl, with unseen speed. Cindy and Carl then take out the ninjas. Before they could escape, however, at least 40 ninjas came out of nowhere and surrounded them. It looked like they were doomed, when suddenly, from out of nowhere, came a leopard with two passengers on her back. Cindy and Carl, who recognize the passengers as Sheen and Libby, start to attack the ninjas. Libby, Sheen and even the leopard join in the battle. With so many strong warriors, despite a valiant effort by the ninjas, they were defeated. Even though the ninjas were defeated, they left their mark because their opponents, Carl, Sheen, Cindy and Libby, were almost out of life on their life bars. Worse for them, they now had a ninja master to deal with.
"Great, I fell exhausted, and now we have this guy to deal with. Sheen, can you heal us while we take care of this guy." asked Cindy, politely.
"I could, but it will take a while. After all, I can only heal one person at a time." said Sheen.
"Good enough! Everybody else, attack!" said Cindy.
At that point, Cindy, Libby, Carl, and the leopard attack the master ninja, while Sheen gets to work on healing his friends, as fast as he could. First Sheen healed Cindy to the fullest extent of her life bar. Sheen then healed Carl, also to the fullest extent of his life bar. Then, right before Libby was about to die, Sheen healed her to the fullest extent of her life bar. Sheen then joins the battle, and helps his friends defeat the master ninja. Cindy fires her bazooka at the ninja master. All her shots miss except for one. On the other hand, Carl, Libby and Sheen are fist fighting the ninja master. After about 150 minutes, the ninja master is defeated. Cindy, Libby, Carl, and Sheen are almost dead. The leopard, 15 minutes into battle, ran and hid. Just like in the first level, a voice from above speeks.
"For completely level two, here are some bonuses. First of all, you health has been hully restored. Second, you each get an upgrade to your previous bonuses. Cindy, you bazooka has been ungraded to a heat-seeking, enemy- seeking bazooka. Libby, you now have two leopards instead of one. Carl, you now have a better shield and lightweight armor. Sheen, you now have the power to heal all party members at once instead of one at a time. Do you wish to save?"
"Yes!"
"Game progress saved. When you are ready, climb the rest of the mountain to battle you first boss battle. Good luck!"
Cindy and the other deside to rest for the night and battle the boss in the morning.
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Dang it! I thought they wouldn't pass level two. Oh well, they won't get passed their first boss battle. I guarentee it!