Bucky P.O.V.
I'm learning more and more about Harley Keener's world on Earth. He introduced me to various pieces of literature such as: Demon Seed by Dean Koontz, a novel about an AI named Proteus who takes control of a house and tortures a poor human woman with it's powers.
I found this Proteus guy to be almost like KOMPLEX, with all the things it can do to the main protagonist with it's various powers over technology. I was also introduced to books like: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, a tale about two men named Dr. Henry Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Hyde was Jekyll's polar opposite. It wasn't until I reached the end of the book did I find out that Henry Jekyll and Edward Hyde were one in the same. It's amazing how one person could turn into a different person at once at will.
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley: a story about a man named Victor Frankenstein who decides to resurrect a dead person via lightning. He hates his so called "creation" and he pursues the creature across the world. And last but not least, the last book I was introduced to was Dracula by Bram Stoker: a novel about a being known as a vampire named Dracula who goes around literally biting various people.
I personally found Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Frankenstein to be intriguing. I'm glad that Harley decided to give me those amazing stories. I was sitting in the cockpit of the Righteous Indignation. I sent Deadeye on a reconnaissance mission to gather information on a toad satellite. I was waiting for him to respond back to me. A few minutes later, he responded back to me.
Deadeye said that he didn't have anything to tie the prisoner up with. I told Deadeye to improvise. I then climbed down the ladder.
"Has anyone interrogated the prisoner, Jenny?" I asked.
"We've been waiting for you Bucky." Jenny said.
"Well, let's get some answers then." I said. I jumped down to the ground.
"You can try sir, but I warn you, he's kind of...tongue-tied." Jenny said. I saw the toad prisoner. He had his tongue wrapped around his body. Suddenly, I saw Harley's bedroom door open and Harley walk out.
"Sup." Harley said. He then noticed the toad prisoner that Deadeye had captured. "The hell we got here?"
"We've got a toad prisoner that we recently captured." I said to Harley. "I was hoping that maybe you would like to interrogate him."
"I seriously hope that's giant wads of pink bubble gum that's wrapped around his body." Harley said.
"That's his tongue, Harley." Jenny said. Harley began to laugh hysterically. The sound of his laughter was high pitched.
"I'm afraid we're not joking. Trust me when we say that what's wrapped around that toad's body is in fact his own tongue." I said to Harley. That made Harley stop laughing.
"You're being serious? You seriously mean to tell me that what's wrapped around the toad's body is his own tongue?" Harley said. I modded my head yes.
"I'm the one who tied him up. I had nothing to tie him up with. So I decided to use his tongue to tie him up." Deadeye explained to Harley.
"Next time, use a rope if you're going to tie up prisoners." Harley said to Deadeye.
"I'll keep that in mind." Deadeye said.
"Alright toad, what was your purpose in invading this sector? Well, answer me!" I said to the toad prisoner. The toad's tongue was flopped on the ground. The toad trying to talk. What he said was unintelligible. I figured that maybe the toad's tongue was asleep. The toad takes hold of its tongue and waves it around, thumping it hard on the floor. At last, he coils it back into his mouth.
"The great Wart Mother be pleased! I was starting to think I'd never flick another fly!" The toad prisoner said.
"You can talk now." I said to the toad prisoner.
"That's right furball. But I won't! You can do anything! Torture me, tempt me with fly-speck fondue, tie me up with my own tongue again...but nothing can make me divulge the purpose of my secret mission!" The toad said to me.
"You don't talk that way to my friend, you red sack of seal shit." Harley said to the toad. "Now you're going to talk about the purpose of your secret mission, or I'll make you talk."
"You can't make me do anything!" The toad solider said.
"Are you ticklish, Mr. Toad?" Harley asked the toad soldier.
"Kind of. Why'd you ask?" The toad asked.
"Be right back." Harley said. "Make sure the toad doesn't do any Houdini shit."
"Who's Houdini?" The toad asked.
"Houdini was a magician who could escape out of anything. Then, he got kicked in the stomach and died. The end." Harley said. He then went back inside his bedroom to get something. I wondered who this Houdini guy was and why he could escape from anything. Emily then went through the door. Me and Jenny explained what was going on to her.
Harley then came back with a feather in his hands. The feather was pink, the same pink as Jenny's hair. Harley brought the feather over to the toad. He then proceeded to tickle the toad's body with the feather. The toad laughed like a hyena.
"Now are you willing to talk." Harley said to the toad.
"I still ain't talking." The toad said.
"Yo Bruiser!" I called out. Bruiser came running to my call. Seeing Bruiser made the toad reveal his secret plan.
"Alright, I'll talk, just keep him away! Komplex sent me here, on a secret mission, to insert a satellite, with a protective force field, so we'd know if you were planning any secret attacks! But if I'd known you had a beserker baboon, right behind me, that's right, I never would have done it!" The toad said.
"What kind of satellite is it?" Harley asked.
"A reconnaissance satellite. It's meant to usurp the brain waves of mammals." The toad said.
"Pack that disgusting thing back in the prisoner's mouth and toss 'em both in the brig. I've got some serious pondering to do." I said.
"I've seen a movie in which a satellite hacks into TV channels. It's called Videodrome." Harley said.
"Videodrome?" I asked. Before Harley could answer my question, the TV monitors came on. The screen showed a human woman with bright red hair. She had beige colored skin. Harley seemed to recognize the woman on the screen.
"Debbie Harry?" Harley said. I had no idea who this Debbie Harry person was. The woman seemed to be talking to Harley.
The TV monitor seemed to warp and move on it's own. I couldn't really explain it. Suddenly, Harley stood motionless in front of me and Jenny. He stood there like that for a few moments. Then, he fell backwards on his butt. His entire body began to shake violently. We were all horrified by what was happening to Harley. I didn't know what was happening to him. Emily ran up to her brother. She had a look of fear on her face.
"What's happening to Harley?" I asked Emily.
"HE'S HAVING A SEIZURE!" Emily yelled in horror. We all stood there in horror as Harley Keener was having a seizure on the floor of the ship.