MoonBound: Part 4

By: nessdude15


Ness woke up, sat up in his bed, and looked at his watch.

"It's noon!! Picky, wake up!!" Ness yelled

"Five more minutes, just five more minutes." Picky grumbled.

"No! Now! We're late!" Ness exclaimed as he dragged Picky out of bed.

"What exactly are we late for?" Picky asked

"Uh...well...we're late for...lunch, yea, we're late for lunch."

"Whatever." said Picky as he put his shoes on.

They rushed down the stairs and saw Dr. Andonuts over another one of his expiraments.

"Bye Dr. Andonuts! We'll be sure to drop by sometime!" Ness exclaimed as he ran out the door.

"Wait! Here take this! It may prove useful on your journey." Dr. Andonuts said as he handed his instant meal device to Picky.

"Thanks again Dr. Andonuts!" Picky yelled as he ran outside to join Ness

The crisp Winters air caused the boys' skin to form goosebumps. Even in the middle of the summer, Winters is a bad place to be in shorts and a t-shirt.

"So where are we going now?" Picky asked while hugging himself to try to keep warm.

"Uh...Dr. Andonuts said that Poo teleported towards the south, so we'll go south to Summers.

"Sounds good to me. The sooner we get out of this cold, the better." Picky thought.

A second later, they were zooming off towards Summers: the famous tourist trap country, boasting huge luxury resorts and over-priced geletin snacks as it's major export.

"This is much better." Picky said as they landed in Summers.

"It's empty." Ness said as he looked down Summers' Main Street where all fine dining, quality shopping, and the best luxury resorts are found.

They began walking, looking for even the slightest sign of life on the street, but not finding any.

"Something's up." Ness muttered as they came to the end of the street.

"Why thank you, Capitan obvious." Picky replied sarcastically.

They were about to give up and teleport away when Picky saw something.

"Hey look there on the beach! There's a man on a beach chair reading a newspaper!"

"Hey you're right! let's go ask him what happened." Ness replied.

So they ran up to the guy on the lawn chair, and began asking questions.

"All will be revealed in due time, boys." The mysterious person said.

"Oh, I know that voice from somewhere! Don't tell me...you are..."

"No more games!" the man said seriously as he turned around.

"Pokey! I knew I remembered that voice!" said Ness.

"I see you have brought my little brother into this, Ness. Well, Picky, I know Ness is too much of a goody-goody to join my side, but you Picky! You have potential! Come on, little bro. Join the winning team!"

"I'm already on the winning team. I'll never join the side of evil like you did, Pokey."

"So be it." Pokey said as he snapped his fingers. Suddenly, out of the sand rose dozens of high class UFO's and two Greater Mooks materialized on either side of Pokey as if they were body guards.

"This is definately not good. Okay, I'll try to take these Mooks and Pokey. You hold off those UFO's for me." said Ness

"Okay, I'll try." Picky said reluctantly.

Before he could mutter another word, the UFO's simultaneously fired beams at Picky. Picky stood there frozen, as the beams quickly made their way to his chest.

"NOOO!!! Picky!!!" Ness yelled as he dove, pushed Picky out of the way, and in turn got hit with every beam that would have hit Picky.

His charred body fell and hit the sand like a rag doll that had just been discarded.

"Ness! Why did you do that!? You were our only hope of getting us out of this mess! What am I supposed to do now!?" Picky said with tears forming in the corners of his eyes.

"Fight with the good in your heart. You cannot lose." Ness whispered as he fell unconcious.

Picky ignored Ness's words and began to panic. he looked around him. Menacing enemies everywhere. He knew there was no way he could take them all out with his yo-yo. He fell on his knees in front of his brother who was laughing evilly. Then suddenly, his mind was completely cleared, and set at peace. He became totally un-aware of his surroundings. He realized that his powers were more than a few yo-yo tricks. He was set free. He stood up and scowled at his evil brother.

"What do you think you can possibly do with the earth's hero unconcious in the sand over there?" Pokey said tauntingly.

Picky rose his hands and a smirk came on his face. "PSI Beam Alpha!" he yelled as yellow beams shot out of his hands, nailing the two Mooks, sending them flying into the water. Them taken care of, he walked up to Pokey and punched him square in the nose.

"Ow! That realy hurt!" Pokey whined as he fell into the sand crying.

"Now, tell me what you're planning to do, Pokey." Picky said deliberately.

"Never!" Pokey yelled as he took a small gadget out of his pocket, pressed a button and disappeared into thin air.

Picky turned around and remembered the UFO's hovering back there ready to take him out with the same efficiency and quickness that they had taken Ness out with. Just as they fired their beams again, a muffled voice came from the sand.

"PSI Shield Beta!" the voice said. At that moment, a dome of psycic energy enveloped Picky causing the beams to bounce off and hit the UFO's they came from. This was succesful in destroying every one of them. Picky looked over to where the voice came from. There was Ness sitting up in the sand with a smile on his face.

"But I thought you were a goner!" Picky yelled

"No, it's gonna take more than a few flying saucers to bring me down. I just wanted to see how well you could do on your own. And It seems you learned a new trick."

"Yea, I can't explain how it happened. It's like I just all of the sudden knew." Picky explained.

"Yea, that's how PSI powers work. You'll get used to it." Ness replied.

The two sandy, rugged looking boys walked back up to the street and saw people emerging from the buildings.

"Hey Ness, it seems we forgot to check for people inside the buildings." Picky said

"Heh. Yea it seems so. I guess they got scared and hid when Pokey and his minions arrived. I can't belive we forgot to check inside the buildings!" said Ness, slapping himself in the forehead.

The people of Summers recognized Ness, assumed he was on another one of his crazy adventures, and went about their business as if nothing had happened at all. It was mid-afternoon, and the boys were hungry, so they decided to go eat at the finest restaurant in Summers to celebrate. Outside the restaurant, standing by the door was a girl about Picky's age with fiery red hair, that was put up into two pony tails.

"Hey, I saw what you guys did. It was really great. Your powers reminded me of an old friend I had back in Podunk." the girl said.

"Podunk...never heard of it." Ness replied. "Where is this Podunk you speak of?"

"Japan." the girl answered.

"Oh, strange things go on in Japan I hear... Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Ness, and my friend here is Picky."

"And my name is Pippi. Nice to meet you Ness and Picky."

"How about about we go and talk over some dinner." Picky proposed.

"That would be great!" Pippi said as they walked into the restaurant, sat down at a table, and ordered some Kraken Soup.

"So what brings you to Summers?" Ness asked.

"My mom sent me here to attend one of those summer camps for the gifted, but it got boring, so I snuck out. I don't they will notice I'm gone anyway." Pippi explained. "Now I just have to hang out until the camp ends, and then go back home."

"Hey, Ness! Maybe she could come with us!" said Picky excitedly.

"No, no, no. It's too dangerous. I can't be responsible for another person right now."

"Well, Ness, I am pretty smart, ya know. I can fix anything, and build anything you need. Besides, I've always wanted to go on an adventure."

"I guess we do need a new genius...can you fight?" Ness asked

"I can shoot. I have this air gun I made in my spare time." She answered.

"That will have to do for now. Let's go. We have to find Poo" Ness said as Picky and Pippi walked outside while Ness paid the bill.

"So who is Poo?" Pippi asked Picky.

"One of Ness's friends that will help us on our adventure. I don't know him. All I know is that he is a prince from the east.

"Wierd. I think I saw someone like that pass through here yesterday. I remember seeing him go into the museum."

Ness walked out of the restaurant, and Picky told Ness what Pippi had told him.

"Okay, then, we'll go to the museum." said Ness as they began walking towards the museum. As they passed the drug store, Pippi decided she wanted to go shopping and ran in.

"I know she will never replace Jeff, Ness." said Picky

"I know, but we need all the help we can get right now." Ness replied

Pippi walked out of the drug store with a new Super Plush Bear.

"That's good thinking. It should definately come in handy. The less damage we take, the better." Ness explained.

"What? Oh, I just thought it was cute." Pippi replied.

"Girls." said Ness and Picky while rolling their eyes. Finally they made it to the museum. They went in, paid the entrance fees, and walked up to the top floor where the curator's office was. They opened the door and found the curator at his desk.

"So, have you seen Poo lately?" asked Ness

"Oh, the eastern boy that brought me that ruby last year. Yes. He came in last night and I let him stay the night here in my office. He left early this morning saying something about a town called Onett." The curator explained.

"Thanks alot sir!" said Ness as they ran back outside.

"So, how are we going to get to this Onett place?" Pippi asked

"Just hang on." answered Picky

A second later, our three young heroes were zooming off in the failing light towards the small, peaceful town in Eagleland called Onett.

end part 4