EB Rewrite Part 2: Go get that melody!
(Ness steps into the cave)
Ness: Boy, it sure is dark in here. (Thinks for a moment) PK FLASH! (A blinding flash lights the area)
Geodude: (hops away into another part of the cave)
Zubat: (screeches and flies off into the air)
Ness: (shakes his head) What the heck?
Pikachu: (shrugs)
Rowdy Mouse: (Walks up to Ness and socks him in the stomach) SQUEEK!
Ness: (shakes his head) thanks, I needed that. And you need this! (smacks the mouse in the head with his bat)
Rowdy Mouse: SQUEEK YOU! (socks Ness in the gut, sending him flying across the room and into the wall)
Ness: (slides to the floor) Groan, pain.
Black Antoid: (walks up to Ness and tackles him)
Ness: (goes flying across the room and into the opposite wall) Pain (slides to the floor again)
Attack Slug: (inches closer)
Ness: (groans) This wall looks awfully familiar (notices the attack slug and smashes it) Now how do I get to the Giant Step?
Rowdy Mouse: (pokes Ness)
Ness: (smashes him too) I think if I get up that ladder surrounded by the moving black floor, I’ll get right to the top! (thinks) Moving black floor? (suddenly realizing what it is as the horde of black antoids start towards him) AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!! (scrambles up the nearest ladder and out of the cave)
Ness: (collapses outside) Good thing that exit was conveniently placed there, or else I might have been a goner! (looks around) Hey! The exact route I was looking for to take me to the top of the cave is over there! (Runs back inside through the other entrance and up a few more ladders)
Rowdy Mouse: (asleep) ZzzZZzZZZZzzzZzzZzzZz
Ness: DIE! (smacks it)
(Ness climbs up a final ladder and arrives at a sort of plateau, with a huge pool of water in the middle with a giant gray ant floating in it)
Ness: GASP, the Titanic Ant!
Titanic Ant: (waves a claw weakly) Growl!
Ness: Prepare to die, ant! I will defeat you and record the melody of the Giant Step!
Titanic Ant: Growl! You can’t defeat me, I’m the unsinkable ant! I’ve taken the power of this sanctuary, and you can’t have it! (sticks his tongue out at Ness)
Ness: Izzat so? (picks up a rock and hurls it at the Titanic Ant. It hits the ant right in the head and he flips tail end up and sinks beneath the water)
Ness: Wow, I didn’t see that coming. (shrugs and walks through the nearby exit and out to the Giant Step. Walks over to the step and records the melody.) I did it, I got the first melody! (flips the victory/peace sign) Yeah!
Black Antoids: (millions suddenly erupt from the cave and charge at Ness) Squeek!
Ness: AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!! (runs to the edge of the mountain top and jumps off)
Black Antoids: Yay! (pop open little champagne bottles and release a bunch of balloons) We win nyah nyah nyah!
Policeman: (Stands at the entrance to the cave) Hm, using my ultra divine powers I have figured out that someone has entered this cave recently! Looks around, I feel like this criminal will be dropping in soon!
Ness: (falls on him from above) That was a really corny joke, but I hope you don’t get bent out of shape just because I didn’t like it.
Policeman: Ouch (picks himself up) Can’t you read the sign, it says do not enter! Are you just some type of troublemaker or something!?
Ness: Uh, no?
Policeman: Come to the police station sometime, ok? (walks off)
Ness: Hm, well that explains why crime is so bad in Onett nowadays (heads for the south of town) Now that I have this first melody, I must go to next city and collect the melody located near it!
Policeman: (standing around near the roadblock blocking the road to Twoson as Ness walks up) Halt, no one can go through the roadblock!
Ness: But, I have to or the world will be destroyed!
Policeman: Yeah right, kid, go home to your Mommy! Onett is famous for roadblocks that never go away!
Ness: (grumbles, and walks away)
Policeman: Kids nowadays have the stupidest excuses.
Ness: (comes running up and leaps over the barricade) YAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!! (smashes into the Plexiglas shield over the barricade) Ow ow ow ow ow ow (slides to the ground)
Policeman: Will you leave already?
Ness: (jumps up) Move the barricade or else! (waves his bat menacingly)
Policeman: (pulls out a Billy club) Don’t make me show you what Onett is also famous for, Police brutality!
Ness: (sighs) I better go to the police station and get that guy fired or something, then I can get through to Twoson!
Captain Strong: (at the police station) So, what else did this kid look like?
Policeman: Well, he had this red cap and stuff, and he turned it around when he attacked me. He, like, threw this ball thingy at me and a monster came out of it, really!
Ness: (walks in) Is there someone I can talk to here?
Captain Strong: Well, well, looks like your monster-throwing little kid just walked into the police station.
Policeman: (squinting) Yeah, he does look a lot like him...
Ness: (walks up to Captain Strong) Do you think I could have the road to Twoson unblocked? It’s kinda important.
Captain Strong: (takes him by the shoulder) Sure thing, kid, come into the back room and I’ll radio the guy to move the block (they walk into the back room where 5 officers are standing around doing absolutely nothing)
Ness: Hi guys!
Policemen: Hi, Ness! How ya holding up?
Ness: (grins) Can’t complain, (is suddenly shoved into the middle of the room by Strong)
Captain Strong: I’ll move the Twoson roadblock only if you beat 5 of my best officers! Attack men!
Policemen: Ok! (charge at Ness)
Ness: PSI ROCKIN ALPHA! (fires a blast of multicolored energy at the officers, instantly defeating them all)
Captain Strong: Grrrr. (charges at Ness, picks him up, and flings him across the room)
Ness: Ouchies, (gets up) For you too! (blasts Captain Strong with PK Paralysis. Captain Strong falls to the floor)
Captain Strong: Me, can’t, move, why?
Ness: Ha, I won. Now put up your end of the bargain. (puts Captain Strong’s walkie-talkie up to his face) Call to your guy to move the roadblock!
Captain Strong: (into the radio) Listen up, I want you to let this kid named Ness through to Twoson. (BZZZ) I don’t care if he’s already tried to go through, let him through! Captain Strong out!
Ness: thanks! (waves to the policemen on the ground) bye guys, see ya around!
Policemen: (weakly) Bye, Ness!
Ness: (heads back to his house) Hi Mom, I’m home!
Ness’ Mom: Hi honey, I hope you’re hungry, I just made some steak!
Ness: No thanks, Mom, I think I’ll get something on my way to Twoson.
Ness’ Mom: I said, you WILL have some steak.
Ness: (squirms) Uh, huh, I will have some steak.
Ness’ Mom: (after dinner) I hope you’ll have fun on your trip, honey, don’t get killed too often, ok?
Ness: Sure thing, Mom, (heads out the door) I’ll call every chance I get!
Tracy: (walks to the doorway) I get your room! (slams the door and locks it)
Ness: (sniff) I’m gonna miss them.
In the next chapter of EB Rewrite, Ness finally starts on his way to Twoson! Will he get there alive? Will he even know where to go after that? Will the second member of his team use her telepathic abilities to contact him in the hopes that he will rescue her from an evil cult? Who knows?