Normal POV:
A million thoughts traveled through the crimson monkey's mind. First of all, he was trying to think of a way to get the Formless off his tail(A/N:no pun intended). Secondly, he was trying to figure out what the item SK wanted him to retrieve was. A crackle was heard and Sprx could hear Gibson's voice asking what his status was.
"I'm fine Gibson! It's Nova that I'm worried about."
"Have you seen her yet?"
"Yah. She was in pretty bad shape, but she could still talk. Just barely, though. Hey Gibby, do you know what fruit is hard on the outside, but has seeds on the inside?"
"Yes, I believe that would be a pomegranate. Why do you ask?"
"SK won't even give me a fight if I don't go and get a..pomegarantee first. What's so special about it anyway?"
"It's pomegranate, Sprx, and I do not know why it is so special to him. I will make a quick research for you, if you would like."
"I'd appreciate that, Brainstrain. Sprx out."
"Likewise."
The transmission crackled again, and then went silent. Sprx had hid behind a wall for the time being. A pomegranate, eh?, Sprx thought. Let's see what I can find. But first, I gotta shake these Formless. He sprited back out into the hall and ran as fast as he could, wrapping his tail around him so he wouldn't trip over it. Oh crap, he thought. There were at least three dozen or so Formless behind him, and catching up fast. His antenna(sp?) crackled again, and Gibson was talking to him again.
"Sprx? Come in Sprx. I found some very interesting information on the pomegranate."
"Hurry Gibson, tell me quick cuz I've got at least three dozen formless on my tail." Sprx said, breathing heavily.
"Well, on a planet called Earth in the Milky Way Galaxy, they have legends of gods and goddesses that explain different natural happenings that a group of people called the Greeks could not explain. There is one legend, where the consort of Hades, and the archaic queen of the Underworld in her own right, before the Hellene Olympians were established, was Persephone, represented by the Greeks as daughter of Zeus and Demeter. Persephone did not submit to Hades willingly, but was abducted by him while picking flowers with her friends. Persephone's mother missed her and without her daughter by her side she cast a curse on the land and there was a great famine. Hades tricked Persephone into eating six pomegranate seeds, which meant that she would be unable to leave the underworld even with the help of Zeus. Persephone knew of her mother's depression and asked Hades to return her to the land of the living, on the condition that she would stay with him for 6 months; one month for each pomegranate seed she ate. Every year Hades fights his way back to the land of the living with Persephone in his chariot. Famine (autumn and winter) occurs during the months that Persephone is gone and Demeter grieves in her absence. It is believed that the last half of the word Persephone comes from a word meaning 'to show' and evokes an idea of light. Whether the first half derives from a word meaning 'to destroy' - in which case Persephone would be 'she who destroys the light'. In a different research, I found that the same pomegranate in that Greek myth exists here in our galaxy. The pomegranate holds the power to change the seasons at will, just like those six seeds represent the winter. But, the living dead cannot touch it, which would mean that once you bring the pomegranate to him, he could take over your body and make the climate on Shuggazoom so cold that no one could live. You cannot let Skeleton King get near you with the pomegranate. Once you find it, you must destroy it."
"Oh well that's great." Sprx wheezed sarcastically."Gotta go Gibby, or else I'm gonna be a Formless sandwich. Thanks for the info. Sprx out."
Sprx stopped running and turned around.
"MAGNA TINGLER BLAST!" he shouted at the Formless. They disappeared in red energy. Sprx kept attacking, but the formless overwhelmed him. A weak cry was hear from down the hallway.
"LADY TOMAHAWK!" the voice cried, clearing a few formless out of the way.
"Nova?! What are you doing?" Sprx cried before taking some more Formless out.
"What does it look like I'm doing?" Nova said after laying out an attack, but then her knees buckled and she fell to the ground. Immediately, a ring of Formless surrounded her.
"Nova!GYRO ROLL!" Sprx shouted, reducing the ring of Formless into goo. Sprx ran up to Nova and slung her arm around his shoulder to pick her up. She swayed a little bit, her body growing weak.
"I'm...fine..." she managed to say.
"No you're not fine! I have to get you out of here!" Sprx picked Nova up and put her on his back, piggy-back style. He felt her body grow limp against his. Sprx turned around in the direction of his Fist Rocket, but was faced to an unfimiliar face.
"Oh no you don't..." a slithery voice cackled.
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