Chapter LII: Story Time
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Last time, Bastion's pneumonia took a harmful turn, but not an unexpected one. As a result, he was put on a respirator. The gang did different things to relax; among other things, Bastion and Violet watched a romantic comedy. What will happen next? Read on!
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The next couple of days were fairly quiet on the academy grounds. Bastion remained on the respirator and Violet never left his side. Annie and Sy spent every waking moment they were allowed to at the infirmary, as did the rest of the group. One afternoon, to keep Bastion entertained, Jaden told a story about the Elemental and Destiny Heroes teaming up with other familiar superheroes.
"... And the Elemental Heroes, partnering with the Justice League, saved the world again," Jaden finished his story.
Violet grinned. "Jay, you're a pretty awesome storyteller. You know that?"
The young eternal Slifer grinned sheepishly. "Was it really that good?" he asked.
"I especially liked when Neos and Superman met up, Jaden. That was funny," Bastion wrote.
"I liked the part where Burstinatrix and Wonder Woman complained about being one of the few female superheroes," Alexis stated with a smirk.
"And then Burstinatrix pounded Hawkgirl for hitting on Avian, and he and Green Lantern got into a fight!" Annie giggled.
"Or when Bubbleman and Aquaman started arguing about which was better... bubbles or water," Syrus added with a laugh.
"I liked how Superman and Neos ended up defeating Brainiac together," Miss Fontaine smiled. "They never managed to on the animated shows really..."
"No they didn't. Brainiac was Superman's nemesis," Annie said. "But that didn't mean Brainiac was undefeatable. So do you want another story, Bastion?"
"I'd love one," he answered, managing a smile around his breathing tube.
"Oh, oh, I have one! Saturnian Necromancer told me about the time when he and the other aliens first met after I finished my deck!" Violet exclaimed excitedly, a broad grin plastered onto her face.
"Sweet," Jaden grinned, attempting to sit cross-legged in his seat and then falling out of it.
Alexis promptly face-palmed and sighed. "Jaden... can we get through a day where you don't fall over?" she asked teasingly.
"I hope so," he answered as he got up, grinning sheepishly.
"Jay, I know how you feel. Trust me," Violet said in pure sympathy.
"Violet... you don't fall over half as often," Bastion stated on his paper.
"That may be true. But I do land on my face a lot more often," Violet reminded simply.
"XDDDDDDD," Bastion wrote.
"But how about we get off the subject of falling and back to story-telling?" she asked, grinning.
"Yeah! I want to hear this, Violet!" Annie said eagerly.
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And so Violet began to tell how all of her aliens had first met. According to Saturnian Necromancer, it had been the day she had finally finished her deck. Violet and her family were out to dinner, so the spirits had decided to have a meet and greet in her room.
"Okay! Where are we and who messed up my experiment?!" Martian Scientist demanded angrily, finding himself in Violet's room.
Saturnian Necromancer appeared, floating as usual with his arms crossed over his chest. "We're in the room of our new master and I don't know who messed up your experiment, Martian," he stated calmly.
"I just might mix acids and bases wrong," the scientist muttered.
"Now that I can see happening," Watapon, aka Tiffles, stated as he appeared beside his plush counterpart.
Rallis the Star Bird appeared with the group, a beautiful creature with golden feathers. He wore a green helmet with a white feather at the top and had shining sapphire eyes. He also wore a blue jacket clasped with a starry button and he was wholly convinced that he was the most beautiful of God's creatures. "Well, hello, Violet! I hope you're glad to have me in your deck," he stated, sounding a lot like Gaston from "Beauty and the Beast."
"Silly bird! She's not here!" Winged Watapon quipped as he zoomed past the bird, having a much more childish voice than his brother Tiffles.
"Wing is right. She's out. That's why we're having this meeting now, so that when she returns we'll all know each other," Saturnian Necromancer explained.
Rallis might've said more, but then he caught sight of himself in the glass of a cheetah picture Violet had on her wall. "Ooooh... Who's a pretty birdie? Are you a pretty birdie? Yes, you're a pretty birdie..."
"Oh, bloody gag me already," Storm Warrior of Jupiter, an orange monster carrying two swords, a shield and a wand groaned, face-palming.
"Why would you want someone to do that? It sounds painful! Definitely!" Watapon Totem had appeared beside his brothers, simply three Watapons stacked atop one another like a totem pole. Each sentence was spoken by a different one, though they were all the same spirit.
"It's not literal, my tall friend," Neptunian Ice Warrior stated calmly."It simply means that Rallis is making Storm Warrior feel sick." Neptunian Ice Soldier was dressed from head to foot in beautiful blue robes, so no one could tell what gender the icy warrior was.
"Well, I get sick with what you say sometimes, Ice!" Swordsman of the Solar System teased.
"Swordsman..." Saturnian Necromancer said the other's name in a warning tone. The last thing they needed was a fight on their hands.
A small, blue, eight-legged creature with one eye appeared and scuttled across the pink wall. "Necromancer's right! No fighting, no fighting!" it chirped, single eye looking around the room at them all.
"Crater Jumper, we're not fighting... We're just having some fun," Ice Warrior countered, winking at the male warrior in the golden armor. Swordsman of the Solar System blushed slightly.
"Oooooh."
"Couldn't we have had the meeting outside where's there's more room?" asked a smooth female voice. One large, green eye looked through the window of Violet's room, belonging to a large dragon with navy blue scales and white wings.
"Sorry, Plutonian Dragon, but we don't want to scare Violet with all of us on the lawn when she comes home... Her parents will think she's gone bonkers," Storm Warrior pointed out.
The green eye was replaced by a familiar blue one, as none other than King Watapon spoke. "Yes! I am too big to fit in there as well, but it was necessary! I'm afraid that Blackhole and The Sun couldn't attend, however. They are simply too big." The giant Watapon's voice was very kingly indeed, a deeper version of Tiffles' voice.
"Not to mention that Black Hole's presence is perhaps a bit dangerous," Martian Scientist added, looking over his experiment notes.
"Good point!" Tiffles piped up.
Saturnian Necromancer looked around with his four eyes. "Where are Mercurian Soldier, Vesuvian Invader, and Mind Probe?" he asked.
Vesuvian Invader, a large orange humanoid wearing an orange cape and holding a sword in a sheath tied around his waist, appeared. "Sorry about that," he grinned. "I was busy with something..."
"YES!!! YOU PUT MY STUFF ON A HIGH SHELF, YOU IDIOT!!" Mercurian Soldier, a very short humanoid with grey skin, clad in silver armor and carrying a crossbow shouted. "THAT'S WHY WE WERE LATE!!!"
"I got it down for you," Mind Probe sighed, a spiderlike metal creature with spikes all over its body, and a mechanical eye.
"THAT'S NOT THE POINT!!!" Mercurian Soldier yelled again.
"Geez, I was just teasing..."
"You're always just teasing," the gray creature growled at the large orange humanoid.
"You two are so fun to watch! Really, really fun!" Winged Watapon cheered, hopping up and down on Violet's bed.
"Now, Invader, Soldier, can't we all just get along? After all, we're all aliens here, aren't we?" King Watapon boomed from outside the window.
"King is right. Invader, you had better not pull anything during the meeting. Or I'll personally send one of my zombies after you in your sleep," Saturnian Necromancer warned in a dangerous tone. The white, four-eyed alien shaman could be scary when he wanted to be.
Vesuvian Invader held up his hands in a placating gesture, sweat-dropping and grinning sheepishly. "Okay, okay... I give!"
"Can we get this started? The last thing we need is the family showing up while we're all out here. Especially King and myself," Plutonian Dragon stated.
"Good point, good point! Let's start! Start!!" Uranian Crater Jumper chirped eagerly, scuttling across the walls and ceiling like a little blue blur.
"All right, then. I am Swordsman of the Solar System and I am pleased to finally meet all of you," the gold-clad warrior smiled, introducing himself.
"Oh! You're one of the rare cards Violet got!" Tiffles stated excitedly, grinning. "I'm Watapon, but Violet named me Tiffles. I came with the stuffed toy she got as a present when she was a kid." And that is why Tiffles the plushie and Tiffles the duel spirit shared the same name.
"And I, everyone, am Storm Warrior of Jupiter," stated the next duel spirit. "I fight for the honor in this deck, as do you all, I know..." He bowed as the knights of old often did.
"Honor? It's a game, silly! I mean, as long as you don't cheat... but it's a fun game!" Winged Watapon exclaimed in a very childish, misunderstanding fashion.
His brothers sweat-dropped. "That's Winged Watapon... he's still a little young," Tiffles explained.
"Well, I guess I'm the joker in this group. I'm Vesuvian Invader and you guys can bet I'm wild!" the orange creature grinned.
"Well, just don't play any jokes on Saturnian Necromancer; he's scary. As for me, I'm Watapon Totem. All three of us are." Again each of the Watapons in the totem spoke a different sentence, like triplets.
"I'm the alien he was referring to and he's right. I can be very scary if I'm provoked," Saturnian Necromancer added with a set frown and four narrowed eyes, the blue jewel atop his staff glowing threateningly.
"Who's a pretty birdie? You're a pretty birdie," Rallis twittered at his reflection.
Mercurian Soldier sighed in slight frustration. "That's Rallis the Star Bird and I'm Mercurian Soldier... How I ended up with Vesuvian to drive me crazy, I will never know..."
"It's because..." Uranian Crater Jumper began, promptly popping up on top of Mind Probe. "You're aliens! Aliens!"
"He's right. Our new master chose the both of you specifically because of that trait. Just as she chose all of us. So you'll simply have to learn to get along. I'm Plutonian Dragon, and that little creature is Uranian Crater Jumper," Plutonian Dragon explained from the window.
Mind Probe sweat-dropped and extended its mechanical eye to give Crater Jumper the evil eye. "I'm not a rubber bouncy house... Could you stop jumping on me, please? And I am Mind Probe. I can read straight into your souls..."
Okay, so that was probably not the best thing to say. Awkward silence ensued for a few moments until King Watapon broke it. "Er, well... if we shall continue, I am King Watapon."
"And I'm Mercurian Soldier... I know I look small, but I am dangerous," the gray soldier introduced himself. "And I am Neptunian Ice Warrior," the ice creature clad in robes stated. "I will freeze our opponents..."
"Well then, is that everyone?" Saturnian Necromancer asked.
"Everyone except for the Sun and Black Hole, yeah... Oh, and..."
"Busy," Martian Scientist muttered.
"That's Martian Scientist... We don't want to get him mad," Vesuvian Invader sighed.
And then, Uranian Crater Jumper popped up beside Martian Scientist, his single eye peering closely at the chemicals the other held. "Whatcha doin'?!" he shouted, even though he was less than a foot away.
Martian Scientist yelped, jumping 3 feet in the air and the chemicals in one beaker bubbled, then exploded. When the smoke cleared, every monster looked stunned. Martian Scientist had soot all over him and an outraged look on his face. "ARRRGH!!!"
"Uh-oh," Uranian Crater Jumper muttered, not liking the look the scientist was giving him. He promptly started fleeing when the short alien chased after him with more chemicals in hand. "AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!"
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Back in the present, Violet grinned as she finished her story. "The other aliens managed to break the two up, and we got back home a little after that. But still, man... I wish I'd been there for it!"
Everyone who could was cracking up. "Oh, my! Sounds like when Rei and Usagi get in fights," Annie chuckled, laughing. "I'm just glad they can't inflict real damage or... the repair bills would be astounding," she concluded, sweat-dropping.
"Yeah, I'm glad for that too. There have been way too many explosions, fire-breathing accidents, and zombies for me or my family to afford for repair bills," Violet agreed.
Bastion wrote, "I'm not sure if my monsters have gotten into fights, but I wouldn't be surprised if they did..."
"Mine do, sometimes... I'm kinda surprised Yubel hasn't really fought with the other monsters in my deck," Jaden added thoughtfully.
"They haven't done anything to upset me as of yet," Yubel answered, appearing behind him.
"Why would we do that, Yubel?" Neos asked, also appearing.
"Never said you would. Just saying that you haven't," she answered simply.
"Yeah... and just saying we wouldn't want to... Then again, none of us wants to ever make Burstinatrix mad," Neos said, sweat-dropping.
"You've got that right," Burstinatrix stated as she appeared, smirking.
Neos smiled as said E-hero appeared. "Hello, Burstinatrix..."
"Hello, Neos." The different Heroes of Jaden's deck began to chat and Jaden launched into another superhero story…
The gang has enjoyed some good down time, though Bastion definitely hasn't liked it. Next time, we hope you'll join us for "Flight of Icarus!" Thanks to AgentoftheDivineOne for the title suggestion! We hope you are all having a happy new year and that you'll join us next time! So until then, please read, review and stay tuned! Thank you!