CW- well, after a week long thanksgiving vacation, I'm back at the keyboard and I'm posting again. Now, I will answer some reviews
Kratos Aurion fan- thanks for the review, I hope everything's ok after the whole weather thing. On the subject of your review, how can you say not to wish death on anyone? I'm pretty sure that while playing the TOS video game, you wished death on plenty of monsters, and possibly Mithos and the 5 grand cardinals. You also told Kratos to kill the monster in one of your earlier reviews, so don't tell me not to wish death on anyone. But thanks for the review.
Shadowofthewave- hey, are you feeling any better? I hope so. Kratos Aurion fan sends her regards. I look forward to the reviews pouring in once you get back on your feet.
Alex the Summoner- you would poison Collette? Wow, that's a reaction I never thought I would get. Thanks for the review
Kratos Wilder- hehehe, it is funny when Raine hits Genis. Thanks for the review
CW- ok, the reviews are answered, so on to the fic.
Collette- yeey
Lloyd- wonderful, what are we going to be attacked by today?
CW- you'll see, now let's go to the fic.
Chapter 6
Bumper Car Beat Down
The EC pulled up to the docks at the Altimaria shore, and the team dismounted from the ship and stored it in its backpack. They turned away from the dock and started off towards Regal's office building.
"I just can't get it off my mind" said Kratos as he reached into his pockets.
"Get what off your mind?" asked Genis as he skipped merrily down the path that would lead him to his beloved Persea.
"The crystal shards" replied Kratos as he looked at the shards tat he had taken out, "it can't be a coincidence that both monsters had the same kind of jewel fragments".
"Maybe their distant cousins or something" suggested Lloyd idiotically.
"Lloyd, be logical" snapped Raine, "that's just not possible". They continued arguing over the jewel subject, until they reached the office lobby. Once they entered, they quieted down, and waited for the receptionist to finish on the phone. She finished, hung up, and then turned her chair around to her desk and began writing something.
"May I help you?" she asked as she looked up from her papers.
"Yes" started Raine, "we're friends of Mr. Regal Bryant, is he in right now? We'd like to speak with him".
"Well" began the receptionist, "Mr. Bryant was here a while ago, but I'm afraid he's disappeared. The vice president might know where he is, your welcome to go upstairs and ask".
"Thank you very much" replied Raine, "we'll go upstairs then". With a slight bow to the receptionist, the team mad their way to the elevator, and up to the vice presidents office. They knocked on the door and heard a small voice call "come in". they opened the door, and to their surprise, they found none other then Persea sitting behind the vice presidents desk.
Persea, like Genis, had gotten slightly taller. Her spiky pink hair, was now tied in a ponytail, and the woods girl outfit that everyone had grown to love, had been replaced by a dark blue woman's business suite.
"Persea?" exclaimed Genis, as he looked upon her with great surprise, "you're the vice president?"
"Well" started Persea s she rose from the desk, "I'm the vice president in training, but Regal felt that I was ready for the position, and so, here I am". She walked around the desk and gave Genis a hug, and a slight peck on the cheek. "it's nice to see you again" she said as she noticed that Genis was turning a bright pink.
"Long time, no see" said everyone in unison.
"So" continued Persea, "what brings you guys all the way out here?"
"It's a long story" replied Lloyd as he waved his hand in front of Genis' face to try and get him to move, "we were hoping to catch you an Regal in one shot".
"Well" started Persea, "I'm not supposed to tell anyone, but Regal snuck out of the office to go and supervise the finishing touches on the amusement park upgrades".
"Why does he need to sneak out?" asked Collette, "I thought he was the boss".
"He's been under a lot of stress" replied Persea, "it seems like every time he leaves the office, he gets swamped by news reporters asking about the park and it's grand re-opening".
"Oh" exclaimed Collette, "so he sneaks out to get passed them".
"Exactly" replied Persea, now picking up the still petrified Genis, "come with me, I'm sure he wont mind if I take you guys to see him".
"Thanks" they all said together, as they followed her over to a bookcase. She tugged on a red book, and a secret passageway opened behind the case.
"He put the passage in my office, just in case someone tried to search his".
"He's always one step ahead" said Raine as she followed Persea and the others.
Later at the amusement park construction sight…………..
The team emerged from the hall of mirrors "newly added" which is where the passage ended. They walked outside of the building, and walked out into the almost completed amusement park.
"Wow!" exclaimed Lloyd, "this place is huge".
"It should be" replied Persea, "we've added a lot of new attractions, such as the hall of mirrors we just came out of".
"I can give you the grand tour if you like" came a voice from nowhere. Suddenly, a noise was heard from above them, and they looked up and behind them, only to find that Regal had jumped from the hall of mirrors, and was about to land in front of them. The group moved out of the way, just in time for Regal to land. As soon as he hit the ground, a small shockwave passed over the ground, and the others were slightly taken aback.
"You always have to make a flashy entrance, don't you?" mocked Persea.
"That's my style" replied Regal, who was wearing a business suit instead of his usual battered clothes, "it's what I do".
"We can see that" said Persea, now putting down the still frozen Genis.
"What's the matter with Genis?" asked Regal.
"He's suffering from a bit of love shock" replied Lloyd, snickering at the thought. Collette and Raine glared at him, and he immediately stopped.
"Right" exclaimed Regal, "anyway, how about that tour?"
"Sure" said everyone at once, "thanks".
"No thanks necessary" replied Regal, "now, let's go".
During the tour…………..
The team walked along a newly paved walkway that ran through the entire park. They explored the new hall of mirrors, the newly built sky diving simulator and the new, faster, higher, and much scarier, rocket roller coaster.
"Awesome" exclaimed Lloyd as they got off of the roller coaster, "that was so much better then the old roller coaster".
"That was the intended result" said Regal, "but I think it might have scared Genis".
"No" said Raine, looking Genis in the eyes, "he's still petrified from Persea's kiss".
"Well then" said Persea, as she walked up to Genis, "there's only one way to snap him out of it". She puckered her lips, and inched her way closer, and closer until she was kissing Genis on the lips. With that, Genis instantly jerked out of his frozen state.
"Wh-what happened?" asked Genis as he came to his senses.
"Oh nothing" said Persea in an unusually sweet voice, "nothing at all". Genis was utterly confused, but shrugged it off, and decided to just get on with his day.
"So what's the next stop Regal" asked Collette quite anxiously.
"Well" said Regal, "I have a special surprise in store".
Minutes later…….
"Welcome" started Regal, "to the best ride in the park, the journey of heroes ride".
"Whoa" exclaimed Genis, "so, what's it like?"
"Well" began Regal, "the ride starts as a sort of tunnel ride. You travel through hallways that depict certain parts of our adventures. Then you move upward, and once you reach the highest point of the ride, it speeds up and goes into a rollercoaster kind of thing. At the end of the ride, the cart your riding in turns into a bumper car with the picture of one of us, or the picture of Mithos or one of his followers on the side. You then use your bumper cars in a sort of battle royal until time runs out".
"That's so cool" said Genis, "can we test ride it, please?"
"I would be insulted if you didn't" replied Regal.
The team got into their cars and the ride began. It started off slowly. The first scene was a depiction of the team fighting against one of the five grand cardinals. Then the speed picked up a little and the cars moved to the next scene, which showed them traveling between Sylveraunt and Tetheala on their rehards.
The ride continued on like that for a while, until they reached the highest point. The, the cars sped downward and the cars started spiraling. During this time, an image of the battle with Mithos appeared. Because of how the ride was moving, it seemed like a sort of cartoon that showed the start of the battle. When the cars reached the bottom, they were sent into an arena where they would do battle, bumper car style.
Lloyd drove his car straight for Kratos, but was knocked off course by Genis, who was laughing quite loudly. Collette tried to avoid bumping anyone, but was constantly being bumped by the others. Persea went for Regal, who was already under attack by Kratos. After about 2 minutes, something strange began to happen. The arena began to shake violently, and the cars stopped moving.
"What's going on?" asked Regal, "the ride isn't supposed to do this". Just as e finished the sentence, the cars flew up into the air, turned upside down and threw them out of their seats and to the ground.
"I think your ride still has a few bugs" said Lloyd as he rose to his feet.
"You're the only bugs around here" came a strange robotic voice.
"Who said that?" asked Regal. The bumper cars then swirled around at a high speed. They all combined together to form a large robot. Each part of its body was made of 2 cars. Thus, it stood quite tall and large.
"I did" said the large robot, "and I'll say it again too".
"No thanks" said Lloyd as he unsheathed his sword, "why don't we just skip to the fight?"
"Very well human" said the robot, "prepare to die".
The robot swung its arm at a high speed, and knocked Genis into a nearby lamp post. Kratos then went for the robots head, but was shot down by a laser on its shoulder. Genis rose to his feet again and called out "Stalagmite". Just then, a gigantic rock rose from underground, and went right through the robots left leg.
Lloyd ran up to the robots damaged leg and called out "Hunting Beast". A lion seemed to jump out of Lloyd's sword and in the blink of an eye, the robot was toppled over. At this opportunity, Collette swooped in, and flung her rings at the robots head, cutting it clean off, and ending the battle. As the robots head rolled off it's shoulders, Kratos let out a slight gasp, for there, in the robots neck, were more of the same shards that they had found during previous fights. Lloyd picked them up, and brought them over to Kratos.
"Where do these things keep coming from?" asked Lloyd.
"I don't know" replied Kratos, "but I intend to find out".
"I suppose this attack has something to do with your visit?" asked Regal inquisitively.
"You don't know the half of it" replied Raine and Genis at the same time. The team then walked off, back to Regal's office to discuss the matter further.
End chapter 6
Lloyd- that's it, we were attacked by possessed bumper cars?
CW- give me a break, I was short on ideas
Lloyd- this whole story is a load of-
Collette- Lloyd! Watch your mouth
Lloyd- whatever
CW- I'd like to see you write a fanfic
Lloyd- fine "stats writing"
CW- anyways, I have a few things to talk about today
I'm sorry I took so long to update, but I can't update while I'm at home, which is why I never submit any fic entries over summer vacation and things like that
happy belated thanksgiving to all of you!
I'm still taking any suggestions for OC ideas, so if you come up with anything, please let me know
I'm also still taking answers for that "Which TOS character would you poison" question
as you may or may not know, Christmas vacation is in 3 weeks. This being said, I may or may not have a new chapter up before the end of December. In the event that I don't have a chapter up by then, I apologize in advance. I also wish you all the happiest of holidays, and a happier new year.
this may seem rather strange, but i………may be considering……..stopping my writing career. Don't worry though, because that is a big maybe. No matter what choice I make, I will be finishing this fic. I just don't know if I'll be writing anything after this. It's a long story.
my list is to long so I'll just stop now.
CW- ok, that's all, until next chapter
Collette and Lloyd- please review
Lloyd- and please review my fic when it's done
CW- will you just give it up already
Lloyd- never!
"Keeps writing"