Chapter 2
(Jack's POV)
As we walked along the path I couldn't stop thinking about my missing memories, the only things I remember are my name, I'm a duelist and where I come from. Anything else as to why I'm here is just fuzzy.
"Hey are you okay?" Shantae asked looking concerned, which broke me out of my thoughts.
"Yeah I'm fine just thinking" I said with a smile
"About your memories?" she asked
"Yep" I replied averting my eyes
She then gave a playful punch to my shoulder and gave small giggle.
"Don't worry about it, once we get to my uncle, we'll figure out what happened" she said with confidence
"Yeah, thanks again for this" I replied
"Hey no problem" she replied with a smile
We then walked in silence for while which let me take a look at the scenery around me. Everything looked amazing with the trees waving in the wind and the salty air of the ocean. Everything just felt so peaceful and quite which really relaxed my nerves a bit. As I was admiring the sights, I didn't notice that Shantae stopped until I accidently bumped into her.
"Sorry" I said embarrassed
"That's okay, besides were here" Shantae said
"Here where?" I asked
"Well Scuttle Town of course" she replied gesturing to the scene in front of her
When I looked at what she was talking about, I saw a town up ahead with multiply small buildings in an old Arabian fashion.
"So, what do think" she asked happily
"Well" I said crossing my arms, "It's certainly different" I said
"Good different or bad different" she asked nervous
"good different" I replied with a smirk
She then let out breath that she seemed to be holding in and placed a smile on her face.
"Well let's go meet my uncle he doesn't live far" she said walking into town and I followed close behind
As we walked through town, I was getting some odd stares from people as I walked by like I was going to attack them or something. I was starting to get the feeling I was not wanted so I keep walking and avoided the people's stares. We had walked several miles until we came to a large building that was bigger then the rest in town.
"We'll here we are" Shantae said
"This is your uncles house, it's big" I said staring at the large building in front of us
"Yep, with all the inventing he does he needs all the room he can get" she replied, "Well come on" she said walking
As I walked in after her, I stopped just outside the doorway staring at the scene in front of me. The place was just full neat contraptions, all buzzing and beeping doing all kinds of things. I was really amazed by the sight that couldn't stop staring until Shantae snapped me out of it.
"Hey are you okay" she asked
"What, oh yeah I'm fine, I'm just amazed by these amazing inventions I mean I never seen anything like them" I said looking at my surroundings in awe.
Shantae giggled at my response, "Yeah they are pretty cool, my uncle takes great pride in them" she said
"I bet he does, speaking of which where is he" I asked looking around the place
"Hmm he must be here somewhere" she said looking around the area, "Hey uncle, are you in here?" she called out
Then all of sudden a huge explosion shook the house making things fall off shelves and made some things topple off tables. Then a door at the back of room opened up and came a large elderly man wearing a green jacket and a black under shirt came barreling out covered in soot. He also wore a pair of goggles over his eyes and had snowy white beard and hair.
"Uncle, what happened" Shantae shouted running to her uncle
"I'm fine just a bit of a mishap" Mimic said reassuring his niece
I then made fake cough which got both of their attention, Mimic mostly.
"I see we have a guest" Mimic said
"Oh right, Uncle this is Jack, Jack this is my Uncle Mimic" Shantae said
He then extended his hand out to me which I accepted and gave a good shake.
"It's a pleasure to meet you sir" I said
"No, the pleasure is all mine, its good to meet someone new" Mimic said as he pulling away his hand, "So what beings you two here?" he asked
"Well you see uncle Jack lost a bit of his memory and he can't remember it, so I was thinking you might have something to help him" Shantae explained
Mimic then started stroking his beard thinking hard about something until it hit him.
"Wait here, I think I may have something" Mimic said as he walked off to who knows where leaving me and Shantae alone
"Your uncle sure is interesting" I said
"Thanks, he did raise me all my life" she said which shocked me
"Really, what about your parents?" I asked
"I never know my dad and my mother… well she's in another world" she replied
I then started in disbelief at this bit information trying to wrap my head around it.
"Your mom is in another world!?" I shouted in disbelief
"Yeah" she said embarrassed
"How does that work?" I asked flabbergasted
"She's a genie" she said blandly
My mouth then dropped opened that it could reach the floor. After along time of staring I then shock my head getting out of my stupor.
"Okay that's a lot to take in, so if your mother is a genie then what does that make you" I asked
"I'm a half genie duh" she said like it was obvious which it was kind of
"Okay, so if your half genie…" I started asked having a smile on my face until Shantae stopped me
"If you're going to ask I can grant wishes, no I can't" she said crossing her arms in annoyance
"Oh, I see, so what can you do" I asked
"Well, I have all kinds of different abilities but mainly I transform into animals" she replied
"And how do you do that, with a magic word or something" I asked
"It's simple really, I just dance" she said swaying her hips a little to emphases her point
"You dance? that sounds a little silly" I asked
"Silly huh, then just watch this" she said with a smug smile
She then started swaying her hips and letting her arms swing from side to side, also I could have sworn I heard music somewhere. Then she then struck a pose and in puff of smoke in her place was a small little purple monkey no bigger than a basketball.
"Woah, you weren't kidding" I said in disbelief
The monkey then made some noises and gave me the monkey equivalent of a "I told you so" look. That kind of irked me a little bit because I don't like be showed up very often, I then thought of a way to get back at her.
"But may I dare say" I said confusing the small monkey, "You are so cute" I said and in one swoop I then scooped up the little monkey and gave her tight hug.
The monkey then started making angry noises at me and started banging against my chest with her small monkey paws.
"Ah you look so cute when your angry" I said in a sing song voice
Then in another puff of smoke Shantae then reverted back to her human form giving me quite the death glare, although she was still in my arms and being pressed against me which was kind of awkward.
"Don't. Do. That. Again" she said putting emphases on each word
"what, you had it coming" I said smugly which seemed to enrage her more
She then drew back her fist to punch me silly until.
"Ahem I'm interrupting anything" a voice said
Me and Shantae then looked over at the owner of the voice being no other then Mimic staring at our … awkward predicament. Suddenly both mine and Shantae face then went red with embarrassment making me let go Shantae and scoot away from each other.
"It's not what you think uncle!" Shantae shouted
"Sure, it isn't" Mimic said with a bit of sarcasm laced in his voice
"It's true I was just showing him my transformation powers" she said trying to defuse the situation
"Then why was he hugging you?" Mimic asked with a raised eyebrow
"I swear it was just a joke" I said frantically
"Alright suit yourself" Mimic said shrugging it off
Shantae and I both released a breath seeing that mishap was over but still a bit red.
"Anyway, I think I found something that might help with your memory problem" Mimic said
He then held out his open hand in it was small purple capsule. Inside the capsule the contents seemed to swirl and meld forming different pictures.
"Uncle, what is that?" Shantae asked eyeing the strange pill
"Something I made in my spare time, in theory if you swallow this it will cause your brain to say "shut off" and then wake up with your missing memories" Mimic explained
"So basically, you want to restart my brain" I said feeling a bit uncertain
"Well yes" Mimic said
I then gave the pill a long stare, weighing my decisions but there wasn't really any choice. I then gave a long-winded sigh already dreading my choice.
"Alright let's do this" I said
I then picked up the pill staring at the small capsule. Then with a deep breath I then placed it into my mouth and gave a good swallow.
"So how do you feel?" Shantae asked
"Nothing, maybe it doesn't wor…" I started to say until suddenly everything went pitch black.
(Shantae POV)
I stared in shock at the scene in front of me as I saw Jack collapse to the floor in a heap.
"Jack!" I shouted rushing to his side, "Uncle what happened to him!?" I shouted
"It's like I said he's mind is restarting, he's still alive just unconscious" he replied
"I hope your right" I said, I then laid Jack's head on my lap to try to make him more comfortable until he woke up
'Please Jack wake up, I don't want to lose a friend' I thought
(Jack's POV) (Flashback)
I was running down the sidewalk trying to get to tournament in time, I was almost there until all of sudden a bright ball of light came flying at me and everything went white. I then opened my eyes and found myself in a white void of nothing.
"What, where I'm I and why is everything white" I said to no one, "Last I remember I was hit by a ball of light and…Oh no…I'm I dead!" I shouted into the infinite void
"No, you're very much alive Jack" a voice said behind me
I turned around to the sound of the voice and found the strangest thing ever. There, right in front of me was a ball of light, floating in the air in front of me.
"Okay this is really weird, I must be dreaming" I said rubbing my temples
"I assure you Jack you are not dreaming either" the sphere assured
"Okay if I'm not dreaming or dead, where am I?" I asked staring into infinite void white
"Simply put it's the place between worlds called the Void, it will give me a chance to speak to you before I send you off" the sphere said
"Wait, send me off? Send me where?" I asked
"A world that needs your help" the sphere said
"Another world? That's crazy talk and would you mind losing the sphere I'd rather talk to something with a body" I said
"As you wish" the sphere replied
The sphere then started to morph and meld as it took form. Then it solidified and in its place was a tall young woman with light blue skin and pricing blue eyes, she wore a shall over the bottom half of her face and dark blue outfit consisting of a long robe with two dangling ends flapping in the air and a long strap of cloth wrapping around her chest but the weirdest thing was that instead of legs she had long ghostly tail instead.
"Is this better" the women asked
"Um, I guess" I said staring in bewilderment at what had just happened
"Good now to tell the reason of your soon departure, you see we genies have saw a glimpse of the future and what we saw was a great evil coming to our world" The women said
"A great evil, what kind of evil?" I asked feeling a little unsure
"We are not certain of what this evil is or when it will strike, but what we do know is that you can stop it" she said
I was little taken aback by this "Me? No way I think you got the wrong guy" I said
"No, you are the one that will save our world" the woman replied
"How, I'm just duelist from a small town, what I can do" I said in disbelief
"When we saw you, we saw a power with in you so great even we could not comprehend it" the woman said
"And you think I can save your world with this power" I asked
"Yes, we do" the woman assured
I then looked down at my deck box which was strapped to my belt. I then pulled out my favorite monster Borreload Dragon, and now that I think about it, I always felt stronger when I duel like some sort of surge running through my body.
"You really think I can save the world" I asked looking back at the woman
"We do" the woman replied
I then put my card away and gave a long deep breath.
"Well I missed my tournament anyway let's do this" I said
"You made a wise choice Jack" the woman said
"So how do I get to this other world" I asked
"Allow me" the woman said
She then raised up her arms in front of her chest causing a small ball of blue light to appeared in her hands. Then suddenly a circular blue portal appeared in front of me and in it could see an island in the portal.
"Once you pass over to the other side find my daughter, Shantae, she and her friends will help you in your journey" she said
"Alright you got it" I replied
I then looked at the portal already regretting my decision, but no turning back now. Then with one last breath I then stepped forward and walked into the portal.
(End Flashback)
I then started to open my eyes feeling a bit groggy like I slept for years. Everything felt numb like somebody unplugged everything in my body and re-plugged it.
"Well that was something" I groaned
Suddenly out of nowhere I felt somebody hug me tightly.
"Oh, Jack I'm so happy your okay" someone said happily
'Who is that…wait that's" I thought
"Shantae?" I asked groggily
Shantae let out a giggle as she pulled away so I can see her better.
"Who else would it be" she said giving me a big smile which made me smile as well
"What happened?" I asked
"Exactly like I said" Mimic said
I then turned my head to look at him, seeing him sitting in a rocking chair with a smile on his face.
"So, how do feel my boy?" Mimic asked
"Numb but fine" I said
I then tried to lean myself up so I can get to my feet, but every thing was still so numb so I was having a hard time moving my body.
"Here let me help you" Shantae said
She then placed her arm under my back and hoisted me up on my feet with my arm around her shoulder.
"So, do you remember anything?" she asked
"Yeah, I do" I replied
"That's great, so what happened?" Mimic asked rubbing his hands in anticipation
"Well, I know how I got here" I said
"Really. how then?" Shantae asked
"Shantae it was your mom that brought me here" I replied
Shantae face turned to shock at this revelation. So much so that her eyes went as wide as dinner plates.
"mm…my mom brought you here" She stammered out
"Yep" I said plainly
"But why?" Mimic asked
I then looked down at the ground with a grim expression.
"Well, she told me the genies were able to see a vision of the future and it sure isn't a pretty one" I said
Shantae then gasped in surprise while Mimic had a grim look on his face.
"According to them there was this unknown evil coming to your world and said I was able to stop it" I said as I removed my arm from Shantae's shoulder
"Well when is this "evil" going to arrive, just point me in the right direction and I'll send it packing" Shantae said with a very serious look on her face
"I'm sorry but they don't know when it's supposed to arrive or what it is" I said
The room then went quiet for awhile as everyone processed the new information that was just given. We were like this for at least a few minutes until Mimic broke the silence.
"Well we can't just stand around here worrying about" Mimic said
"But uncle you heard what he said we have to be ready" Shantae said, worry on her face
"You know he's right if we just worry about something that not even here, all we'll be doing is just stressing ourselves out" I said
Shantae then looked away for second contemplating on our response. She then turned to us and gave a long-winded sigh.
"You're right, if we know nothing of what's to happen how are we to prepare, I guess all we can do is hope" she said crossing her arms
"Well in the meantime, Shantae would you mind showing Jack a bit of the town?" Mimic asked
Shantae grim face then turned into her usual bright smile that I love.
'Wait, why did think that' I thought
Suddenly I felt Shantae pulling on my arm almost practically dragging me along.
"Come on Jack, there so much I want to show you and also introduce you to my friends" she said giddy
"Alright, alright I'm coming" I said as she and I walked out of the lab leaving Mimic with his thoughts.
"I have a feeling it's just the beginning between those two" he said as a small smile spread across his face.