Ch. I - The Pac is Back

It's been 20 years since Pac & friends defeated the evil that is Betrayus and his forces from the Netherealm in Pac-World War III. Pac-Man and Cilindria are in their thirties and have a Pac-Baby, Pac-Stan. Pac-World is relatively peaceful, as the Netherealm has been re-sealed and crime has gone to an all time low.

The Location is Pac-Man's house, where a Paclice-Man knocks on the door. Pac-Man, who is undressed, sleeping in bed with his wife Cilindria, is awoken from their spooning by the knocking. He kisses his pac-wife on the forehead as he slowly gets out of bed and puts on his signature boots and gloves. He walks to the door and opens it up to find the Paclice-Man with a concerned look on his face.

"Hello there and good morning, officer. What exactly brings you to my humble establishment today?" Asks Pac-Man, with somewhat of a glaze in his eye, normally Pac-Man would be quite alert in the mornings, but the previous night had been the 8th anniversary of Pac-Man and Cilindria's marriage, which they commemorated with a long and passionate night of love making, so without his normal cup of coffee with a Splenda power pellet, he was quite tired.

The Paclice-Man pulls out a warrant from his pocket and begins to speak with a droll, unsatisfied tone, "I'm sorry to disturb you so early Pac-Man. Unfortunately, the recently elected president of Pac-World, Pac-Dan, who as you know was elected after the death of our former president, has sent out a warrant for your arrest."

Pac-Man's eyes grew wide and his mouth agape. No longer would the grogginess of the morning weigh down his top eye lid, begging for him to drift back into slumber. He was now in full alert at this most surprising news. What could it be for? What did I do? What about my family? These thoughts raced through his head so quickly as a single bead of sweat rolled from the top of his head/body. In a mere second, he regains his composure and politely asks, "Officer, why in the Pac-World would the President send out a warrant for my arrest on this seemingly normal Pac-urday morning?"

"Well," began the Paclice-Man, with a shift in tone that easily displayed that he was indeed sympathetic with Pac-Man over the news he was about to have to share with him, "if you recall about 21 years ago when the ghosts were first unleashed upon Pac-World, life as we knew it was in jeapordy."

Pac-Man stood there not saying a word. The officer obviously knew what had happened all those years ago, as he was the one who, with the help of his friends, had fought Betrayus and the ghosts and saved Pac-World.

"Well it has recently come to light that our previous President actually knew who had opened the gate dividing Pac-World from the Netherealm, a most heinous crime, wouldn't you say? He did not share this information with anyone until his death... but it was you, Pac-Man."

Pac-Man froze in place. He didn't know what to say. It was, of course, true. He had been the one to accidentally open the portal to the Netherealm in his youth... but would this really be coming back to haunt him? He had fixed all the problems he caused in the past, he was the last yellow Pac-World inhabitor until Pac-Dan was born, could he really be tried for this?

Before Pac could open his mouth, the Paclice-Man cuffed him where he stood and began to show him to the Paclice Car.

"I'm sorry Pac. I know you're a good man, but this is Pac-Stan's orders."

Distant cries could be heard. Pac-Dan had been awoken to the sight of seeing his father being arrested. Cilindria, getting up to see what the commotion was, sees Pac-Man being taken away and begins to panic. She runs over to the Paclice Car, begging and pleading, but it's too late. The car is already on it's way to Pac-Jail, leaving Cilindria and her Pac-Baby alone. It's uncertain what fate would have in store for Cilindria, but she knew for sure that tough times were ahead.