MoonBound: Part 7

By: nessdude15


Early the next morning, Ness and the others woke up bright and early, ate some breakfast, headed to Scaraba, and began exploring.

"Ness, I'm hot. I need another wet towel!" whined Pippi.

"You already used all of our wet towels, Pippi! Now Stop Whining!" Yelled Ness

"Maybe Scaraba wasn't such a good idea..." said Picky.

"Next time you complain about being hot, I'll get Poo to cast PSI freeze on you! That will cool you off just fine!"

"Anger is not the best solution, Ness. Maybe we should just go somewhere else." suggested Poo.

"We're going to see Scaraba and we're going to enjoy it!! Understand!?"

"Fine then! at least let me make a machine to keep me cool."

"Oh yea, I forgot you were one of those genius inventors. Well go ahead. You have 10 minutes starting now." replied Ness as he, Picky and Poo strolled over the outdoor market, leaving Pippi to fend for herself under the blazing Scarabian sun.

"Hmm...ok, let's see here, if I take this hair pin, and this rubber band..." mumbled Pippi under her breath as she sat down in the sand, fiddling with random gadgets she happened to have on her. Less than ten minutes later, she walked over to the outdoor market and found Ness bargaining with a Scarabian peddler for more wet towels.

"Whoa, what's that thing on your head?" asked Ness

"Oh, this? I call it...the helmet that intstantly makes you feel cool, especially in slightly hot places."

"Uh...I think I'll stick to Instant cooling helmet."

"Fine, suit yourself." replied Pippi

"Okay, Ness. I think we've all seen enough of Scaraba. Can we go somewhere else?" asked Picky

"Okay, sure." replied Ness.

"What!? You mean to tell me that I just invented this for nothing!?"

"Yea, that's what it looks like."

"Grr...I'll remember this, Ness." Pippi said angrily.

"I personally do not enjoy this hot weather. Might I suggest we visit Deep Darkess? It may be a bit swampy, but at least it is shady." suggested Poo

"Fine. To Deep Darkness!" yelled Ness as he prepared to teleport.

Shorly later, Ness landed face first in the mud, Pippi landed on a monkey, and Picky in a tree. Poo got lucky and made a smooth landing in the grass in the small villiage in Deep Darkness.

"No more teleporting for Ness!" yelled Picky.

"Yes, that was quite unfortunate." said Poo as he helped Picky out of the tree.

"Easy for you to say." replied Pippi sarcastically as she helped up the poor monkey that she had landed on top of.

"Can someone help me please?" said a muffled voice from the swamp.

Picky ran down to the swamp, gripped Ness's hand and tried to pull him up. Ness returned the favor by pulling Picky face first into the mud beside him. Ness got up and saw Picky in the mud.

"Ha ha! Oops, I didn't really mean to do that, but it's pretty funny!"

"Shut up and give me one of those towels." replied Picky.

"Okay." said Ness who was chuckling after seeing Picky's mud covered face.

"Well, let's go explore!" suggested Pippi.

So with Ness in the lead, the party of four began trudging through the thick black mud, always getting deeper into the tree covered swamp.

"Hey, Ness what's that thing over there? It's like a man...and a fish combined..." said Pippi

"Ah that. Those have been cleverly named "Manly Fish." And that thing beside it is his brother. Hey, it looks like they're going to come and say hello!" replied Ness.

"Wait a sec...they don't look very nice...are they good guys or bad guys?" asked Picky.

"Definately bad. Okay, Pippi, go and fire that Big Bottle Rocket at the Manly Fish. Poo, you and Picky take care of his brother. Don't worry, guys, I'm right behind ya!"

Pippi fired the Big Bottle Rocket straight at the chest of the Many Fish. The explosion caused it to come to it's senses and go about it's business. Poo's sword of kings, and Picky's yo-yo had the same effect on it's brother.

"Hey! great job you guys! I was just about to jump in there, but I think you guys had it under control." Ness said

"Sure you were..." Picky replied

After a few more minutes of walking, they came upon a rugged looking man in an army uniform.

"Hey, he looks like the arms dealer in Fourside! I wonder what kind of good junk he has!" yelled Pippi

"I've got what you need, man here look at my selection." said the arms dealer as he opened up a black briefcase with various goods inside.

"Ok, I'll take one of those, and a couple of these." replied Ness as he picked up two Multi Bottle Rockts, which he gave to Pippi, and a Combat yo-yo which he gave to Picky.

"Ok, man good luck!" said the Arms dealer as Ness and co. began to wade even farther into depths of Deep Darkness. Then, 300 bug bites, a few battles with possesed flowers, and even some disgruntled Crocodiles later, they came upon a cave.

"Ah, yes. At the other side of this cave is the Tenda Villiage." said Ness.

"Tenda villiage? Never heard of it." replied Picky.

"Well, you're about to see it and it's unique inhabitants."

With Ness once again in the lead, they walked through the short cave, and at the end found themselves in a small clearing with primitive looking caves in the walls, and a small stone table in the center of the villiage which curretly looked deserted. A second later, a small green man with horns poked his head out of one of the caves.

"Shy we are not. We simply thought you were another one of those shiny demons." said the Tenda leader. He walked out, and several more small green men without horns followed him.

"EEK!!! Little green men!" shrieked Pippi. Ness walked up to the Tenda leader.

"Don't mind her, chief. She's just surprised." explained Ness.

"It is safe?" asked Pippi as she began walk out from behind Poo, who she was hiding behind.

"Of course. You are welcome here." replied the Tenda Chief.

"Okay...an...interesting group of...people you are." said Picky.

"Human we are not. Our race is more ancient than your own, but our race is dying now. I fear we shall not be around much longer."

"That's too bad... Do you mind if we look around?" asked Pippi.

"What is ours is yours." replied the Chief.

"I'll take that as a yes..."

Most of the rest of the afternoon was devoted to eating, resting, and exploring the wonders of the Tenda tribe and their secluded little villiage. However, the villiage was not very big so boredom set in quickly. Finally, in the late afternoon, Picky walked over to the Cave where Ness was sleeping.

"Wake up Ness!!!" screamed Picky.

"Huh? What happened!?" yelled Ness as he jolted awake.

"I'm bored." replied Picky.

"Oh, is that all? I guess we can go somewhere else." said Ness as he rubbed his eyes, and called Pippi and Poo over to him.

"Okay, guys. It seems we've seen all there is to see in here. I propose we go and visit Saturn Valley where the Mr. Saturns live."

"You mean the same Mr. Saturns that helped Apple Kid and Dr. Andonuts build the Phase distorter!?" Yelled Picky.

"Yes, Picky, the same Mr. Saturns that helped Apple Kid and Dr. Andonuts build the Phase Distorter." Answered Ness.

"All right! But Ness can't teleport!" replied Picky.

So, when everyone was lined up behind Poo, they teleported to Saturn Valley, and landed smoothly on the soft grass, due to Poo's awesome landing skills. What they found surprised them.

"Whoa! Mooks in Saturn Valley!? What did Mr. Saturns ever do to pose a threat against anyone." Yelled an agered Ness.

"Well, if they really did build this machine that Picky seems to be so excited about, the Mr. Saturns may very well be the most intelligent race on Earth. The aliens may have recognized this and came to destroy them first." explained Pippi.

"Okay, then Mrs. know-it-all." replied Ness.

"Being a genius has it's advantages."

"Guys, I belive we have more pressing issues at hand." said Poo who was pointing at a couple of Mooks who were firing beams at Mr. Saturns who were running away as fast as their little legs could carry them.

"Oh, right!" yelled Ness as he cast PSI Rockin Gamma on them. The two Mooks were knocked unconcious and disappeared into thin air.

"Did they just...?"

"Disappear?" interrupted Ness. "Yes, all of the organic aliens do that after they are defeated."

"Well, that could only mean that they are transported back to their spaceships to be healed! That could be our ticket to the moon!"

"I guess genius' do come in handy sometimes." replied Picky who was scratching his head, not understanding a word Piipi had just said.

"Okay, guys, let's go make sure the Mr. Saturns are safe." said Ness as he began to walk towards the first Saturn house. Luckily, the Mr. Saturns were superior architechts, so the walls on their houses were not affected by the Mooks' laser fire. They took the injured Saturns to Dr. Saturn for repairs, and proceeded up to the second level of the valley and walked into the shop. In there, Ness bought a few Horns of Life and a new Bionic Slingshot for Pippi. They walked up to the third level and between them and the Hot Spring, four Greater Mooks materialized.

"How convenient! One for each of us! Funny how things always seem to work out this way for me..." thought Ness

Poo casted PSI Starstorm Alpha on them, Pippi shot one with her new Bionic Slingshot, and Picky Smaaashed one with his Combat Yo-yo. The four Mooks fell to the ground unconcious.

"Here goes nothing, guys!" yelled Ness as he jumped onto the body of one of the Mooks. Pippi, Picky, and Poo followed his example and each jumped onto his or her own Mook. An instant later, the Mooks, and our fearless heroes disappeared into thin air.

end part 7