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This is story number eight.
Leanbow and Leo
By
Eileen (Psycho Tangerine)
Leanbow yawned in boredom. He had been guarding his former Master for three days now. He hadn't realized just how tedious standing in the same spot for days on end could be. But oh no, he had to be the hero again and guard the Master. He snickered to himself. At least he didn't have to be with his shrew of a wife. Udonna didn't know it, but Leanbow had been more than happy to dive into the underworld all those centuries ago just to get away from her nagging.
"Miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiikkkkkkke!" came the loud voice. "Wheeerrree aaaaarreeee yooooouuuu?" A man in a red polo shirt stepped into the dank cavern. "Excuse me, have you seen my brother? He has brown hair and loves to give me wedgies and swirlies." Leo didn't even notice that he was talking to a creature of some kind. All he knew was that he and Mike had come back to Earth for a family reunion and Mike had gone missing yet again. But this time, Leo would find him. Of course, if he had simply read the note Mike had left rather than run out yelling for him, Leo would've known that his brother had simply gone to the store to get groceries.
"Go away," Leanbow growled in his best Koragg voice. "I'm busy." He yawned again.
"Uh yeah, you sure are busy standing there," retorted Leo. "Just how many rocks are there in here anyway?"
"Nine hundred and seventy-four," replied Leanbow proudly. "I counted them one hundred and eighty-nine times."
"Oh yeah, you really are busy." Leo began looking under each rock. "What are you so busy doing anyway?"
"If you must know, I am guarding the Master so that he doesn't get above ground and destroy the Earth."
"Who?" asked Leo as he squinted at the area behind Leanbow.
"The Master. He's the most evil being ever. I once served him under a spell and now I consider it my sworn duty to see that he never takes over the world."
"Uh, I don't see anyone there."
"Well, he's there." Leanbow said. "He's under that swamp water."
Leo studied the swamp carefully. "Really? You mean he's some kind of fish? Or maybe an octopus? Or maybe a starfish?"
"What? No!" growled Leanbow. "He's the most powerful and evil being ever."
"Yeah right," guffawed Leo. "If your invisible friend is so powerful, why does he live in a swamp rather than in a large castle?"
"Well, because…uh…I don't know why the Master likes swamps. He just does." Leanbow tilted his head as if listening to something. "And he said to tell you that if you don't stop mocking him, you'll be the first he'll rip apart when he escapes."
"And that's another thing," continued Leo as he ignored the threat. "If he's so powerful how come he's a prisoner?"
"Uhhhh, he's biding his time? Yeah, that's it. He's waiting for the perfect time to strike. He's…No, you evil thing, the Macarena isn't back in style yet, and I'm not going to tell you when it is. So there."
Leo looked at him closely. "Wait a second, you're a supernatural being!"
"You sure are observant. What gave me away? The blue metal instead of skin?"
Leo kept staring at Leanbow. "You know, the last non-human I knew who lived underground escaped by stealing my brother's spirit." He jumped at Leanbow and grabbed him and began to throttle him. "Where is he? Where's Mike?! Where'd you hang his unconscious body? Mike! Mike! Can you hear me in there?"
"Gaaaaaarrrrrr! Get off me!!!!" hollered Leanbow as he flung Leo halfway across the cavern. "What is wrong with you? I have an important job to do here. Stop trying to distra…that's it, isn't it?" He pulled out his Sword of Fire. "Who sent you here? Was it Necrolai? No, wait, she's not that bright." He couldn't even count the number of fangs the Queen of Vampires had broken by trying to bite his metal covered neck every evening.
"Go, Galactic!" called Leo. Nothing happened. "Damn! I knew it was a bad idea to put all the swords back!" That was probably the only time he had actually listened to Mr. Kai 'Neat Freak' Chen.
"What swords?" asked Koragg. Then he gasped. "You're going to arm the Master when you free him so he can over the world! I shall defeat you and your evil ways!" With that, he swung his sword at Leo.
"Hey!" cried Leo as he jumped out of the way. "I have no idea what you're talking about," responded Leo. But, if you don't let my big brother go, I'll…um…I'll, I'll…. um…. I'll sic Kar…Astronema on you." He posed in as threatening a manner as possible.
Leanbow busted out into a deep-pitched laughter. "You've got to be kidding me! You look like a seasick guppy with that pose. And even those of us who had been trapped underground know there's no more Astronema." He continued laughing and was soon rolling on the ground.
"Whatever," said Leo. He then dove onto the Knight Warrior, forced his mouth open and began calling into it. "Mike! Mike! Hold on! I'm here to get you out!" He then reached his hand into Leanbow's mouth.
"Gaagggggaagagggagaggggagagggggagagggagaaggggg!" choked the ancient Ranger as he attempted to pry Leo off him.
"Well!" cried Udonna as she walked in on the scene. "Here I thought you were sacrificing your freedom to keep the Master from rising, and what do I see? You rolling around with someone else!" She turned around and stomped away.
"GaggghoneyggaaggwaitggagggIcanggagggexplaingggagggggg!" cried Leanbow as he headed after Udonna, dragging Leo with him as the persistent Red Galaxy Ranger continued to hang on to him and shout for his brother.
AN: Sorry, this isn't one of my better stories. I just couldn't think of a good ending to this.
