Arthur's Fifth Grade Adventures IX: Sheigo's Turn

Arthur is © Marc Brown.

Strickland's note: Sheigo is doing this story, I did the first few chapters, and he will release an author's note at around chapter four or five. I would write it and foresee the creative direction, but Sheigo has a much better vision for this. I would do this story but I am busy with a job and my sister gets married on 9/16.

Sheigo's note: Originally titled Revenge of the mighty, fan fictions new story setup thing forces me to make the title shorter, I am also new to the concept of using original characters. Please review kindly as I am most likely going to sit in a corner and ask why I am writing this. And probably whimper a little bit.

Special thanks to Dheine for reviewing everything I released, and to Dead Composer for letting me use April who will appear later. And to everyone else who has reviewed my stories.

This story is about Fern and Sue Ellen on the run from the threat of the Heresy, in particular Cyrax the mighty a evil aardvark man who wears yellow and black armor.

The second portion of the story is about a certain mafia who wants to kidnap someone along side with a certain ex-county commisioner and they hold a ransom of 60 cars and $1 Million dollars.

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On Dinosaurus Moss was in an infirmary for transport to Terra, he bolted up from his eternal sleep. Sue Ellen and Fern were led to believe that this master of 'sorcery' as many would say it is was dead; many witnesses had seen him fall to the ground bleeding from his nose, mouth and ears.

His body was covered with an itchy blanket; he felt a rash form on his arms and legs... Whatever the blend of fabric was it wasn't good.

But many members of the Order were secretive of their lineage, their mind games, and most of all the ability to play dead. This had tricked even the mercenaries, the witnesses and anyone in the area as local hunters had scared off the off-planeters with loaded slingshots with marbles and sharpened sticks with poisoned needles at the end.

Moss woke "WHOA!" An aardvark man who wore a white lab coat yelled as he fell onto the linoleum flooring, he was shocked thinking he was dead, but rose from the dead, "You are supposed to be dead, I seen the mercenary crack you with a bat across the face, I seen the blood, the trauma…."

"An old trick of the Order," Moss replied tiredly as he smiled faintly, despite what injuries he had sustained, "Now where are Sue Ellen and Fern?" Moss replied as he scratched his arms, "Give me the Aloe lotion, your blankets here are itchy!"

"Who?" the doctor asked.

"My apprentices."

"No record of them, but I did see a distraught cat girl and a injured poodle girl take a ship, the log that the port authority accessed from the onboard computer stated that they are returning to Earth, Despite problems with them with strong inability to fly… I fear they won't get far as the space pirates will kidnap them."

Moss was cursing under his breath, he didn't want them to leave it was way too dangerous. He vowed to stop the training, because both girls were a liability, he wasn't so much worried about himself, he was about 30 earth years old, if not older, he sighed, he needed transport back to Earth, to set things straight, and to halt the training, the two girls parents would never forgive him if something happened to both of them.

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With Sue Ellen and Fern supposedly had no one to follow in the teachings of the order because they thought Moss was dead; they also knew going home wouldn't be safe. Sue Ellen wasn't too happy with what happened in the altercation before, "Max, I am not speaking to you."

The tiger boy had lowered his head in shame, "I am sorry…"

"Do you have no recollection of the pain I endured when you cut off my hand? And the hours of reconstructive surgery?"

"You almost turned to the arts of Heresy, you gave into your anger," Fern commented, "Now since Moss is dead, we are working together, and when this ordeal is over we are both quitting we are turning in the weapons of the order, the robes, everything, I want to just lead a normal life instead of going on a crusade..."

Normality wasn't the half of it, with going after maniacal members of the heresy, corrupt county officials, members of the Benneditto's as well as getting Earth nearly destroyed by separatists… things were far from normal, Sue Ellen just wanted to be back home, she didn't need this, she was beside herself.

They went home for a few hours, for Sue Ellen to lose her hand what would be more painful emotionally was the fact that she would have to leave home and her friends except for Fern behind. The Clarkson's, Fern and Sue Ellen walked into the room.

"Mom, I can't stay here much longer…" Sue Ellen said sadly.

"While you were gone, I want to give you these pills, they are anti-depressants, and I know you are depressed."

It was true, she was, due to her mom being her teacher, and Sue Ellen took the amber colored pill bottle from her mother's hand, "Mom, aren't you listening?"

Mrs. Armstrong sunk back to reality, "I know… they were here looking for you and Fern…"

"Who?" Reno asked.

"Two masked men, around your height, said that someone named Cyrax wants to train them…" Mrs. Armstrong replied.

"Any idea where they went?"

"No."

Sue Ellen took one of the pills.

"I am going to miss you…" Mrs. Armstrong said sadly, "Good luck, keep out of trouble…"

Sue Ellen packed her stuff, while Fern ran over to her place to do the same thing. Sue Ellen and Fern gave a heartfelt goodbye and they left Earth and went to Dinosaurus far away from the Neanderthalians.

"Welcome to Cretaceous," an aardvark woman of average height wearing a prehistoric outfit greeted.

"We are here to drop these apprentices off," Mr. Clarkson replied.

"They have diplomatic immunity here; there is a place for members of the order to be…"

Fern sighed, "But our master recently died, we are here to stay safe from any heresy lords."

The greeter coughed, "There is a rise of heresy lords, they are working with the mercenary guild to hunt any member of the order down and kill them. They have special plans for you two; they want to train you both," She led Fern and Sue Ellen to a large hut made of logs, and sticks, and she opened the door.

Five aardvark women wearing white outfits, they all looked like clones as they all had blonde hair but were not clones as they had more will than the stereotypical clone.

"We are the caretakers here; we look after young members of the order," The first aardvark woman replied.

"We are just young apprentices who don't have a master," Fern replied nervously, she wanted to leave but had to stay, these handmaidens probably wouldn't let them leave right away or sneak off.

Sue Ellen and Fern went into the next room to blend with the local populace, they were wearing their prehistoric outfits, all Sue Ellen said was, "I am hungry…"

"We were taught the basic survival skills, we got to go out there and hunt…" Fern replied.

"Or go to the local store and buy some food, which I already done," The second aardvark woman stated.

Sue Ellen went into the living room and lay on the couch face down, she was crying.

Fern walked in, "I know you miss your mom and your dad, but we will go back sooner or later."

"Soon isn't soon enough," Sue Ellen grumbled, it was true; she was impatient with what had been happening she devised a plan, "Whenever we get back to Earth, me, you and everyone else is going to take care of these guys."

Fern was shocked, "Sue Ellen no! You don't know what you are getting yourself into."

Sue Ellen was being cocky, "If these guys are looking for a fight, we are going to give them one."

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Back on Earth Mrs. Armstrong taught the class it was a very warm early January day the Sphere of Fear which was destroyed affected some weather patterns. Due to this awful experience, many people got sick after, and some still are, Mrs. Baxter and the separatists were tried for their crimes of passion to destroy a planet by using natural disasters to make people think that Mother Nature turned against them.

Mrs. Armstrong was wearing the drab looking outfit that she wore twice to a funeral and to a parent and teacher meeting, she had to make the announcement, "Class, today Sue Ellen and Fern will be going away for a while, they didn't say where they were going, but I as well as most of you will miss them deeply."

The Brain sighed sadly, "When will they return?"

"No one knows."

"Will they come back?" Max asked with some hope in his eyes despite being partially responsible for what happened.

"I don't know," Mrs. Armstrong replied with a sad smile on her face.

"Is there anyone to blame for this?" Max asked.

"No, they did it by choice," Mrs. Armstrong said sadly. She just wanted them to come home, for her being a teacher was stressful enough.

Class dragged on until recess, Max stayed, "Mrs. Armstrong, are you ok?"

"I am fine; I love my daughter, it is so sad to see her go…"

Max sighed sadly as she had given her his apple, "She will contact you daily."

Mrs. Armstrong took a bite out of her apple, "I know, but I wonder how I will deal with it when she goes off to college."

"I know how you feel."

"Like Sue Ellen and Fern left everything behind, will they remember to come back to Earth? Will they get an education?"

"Yea, they should come back sometime, as for their education, they are being taught by someone."

"But the fact that they are both on a strange planet doesn't sit well with me, I can't visit them, those strange men were after them; were hoping to kidnap them, Buck got in their faces and he threatened to shoot them both with a shotgun. They pretty much ran off as Buck was chasing them but both of them weren't looking and Mr. Crosswire hit them both with a car and killed them."

Alanis walked carrying her baby daughter in her arms, she was whimpering, "Harry is dead…"

"I know…"

"What am I going to do now? I am a single mother; I don't have a job or anything… Those two masked men are probably going to have their way with me…"

"I can see if Mr. Crosswire will hire you, he is looking for a secretary…" Max admitted out of the blue, "My dad is working there as the new car salesman."

Alanis sighed as she sat down, "Moss trained Sue Ellen and Fern, he died on Dinosaurus, Sue Ellen and Fern left Earth to live in solitude."

Mrs. Armstrong sighed, "Mr. Crosswire is looking for someone, to hire despite he was almost charged for two counts of vehicular homicide, but witnesses said that they ran out in front; What disturbs me is Sue Ellen and Fern who are both gone; I want to make sure Sue Ellen takes those pills."

Alanis had her question, "Why is she taking pills for?"

"I listened to the psychologist; she needs to be here so I can keep a close eye on her…"

"Good luck, you will need it…" Alanis stated rudely, "Like Max they will probably have problems adjusting whenever they get home..."

The tiger boy gave her a dirty look, "For your information my parents aren't going back to Tigris!"

TBC