MoonBound: Part 11

By: nessdude15


"It's about time you got here." Ness said as Poo, Paula, Picky, and Pippi finally arrived beside him in front of the shininng light.

"What does this little light mean?" Picky asked.

"It means we've found the sanctuary." Paula answered.

"Yea, and it's time to get down to business." Ness replied as he walked over to the shining light. "It's me, Ness. I'm here to claim my sanctuary." Ness said to the little shining light.

"Only the chosen one can absorb the power of this location." The light replied.

"Hmm...this thing must be broken." Ness thought. "It's me...Ness! Fight me so I can get to my sanctuary!"

"Only the chosen one can absorb the power of this location." The light replied again.

"Oh great, this means I'm not the chosen one!" Ness yelled angrily. "Who is it then? Paula? Poo?"

"I guess we'll all just have to try until the real chosen one speaks to it." Paula replied. "My only fear is that we somehow missed the chosen one...maybe the chosen one is somewhere stuck on earth..."

"Hey, don't think like that! I don' think fate would bring us this far for nothing!" said Pippi. "Poo, you try first." she added.

"Okay..." Poo replied as he walked up to the little light. "Uh...am I the chosen one?" Poo asked the light.

"Only the chosen one can absorb the power of this location." The mysterious light replied once again.

"My turn!" Paula said as she went and took her shot at it. "If I'm the chosen one, can I please go get to my sanctuary now?" She asked very politely.

"Only the chosen one can absorb the power of this location." The light replied yet another time.

"We're running out of people." Pippi thought as she took her turn next. "If this is my sanctuary, please let me go to it." said Pippi. The light answered her the same way it had answered those that had tried before her.

"Here goes nothing." Picky thought as he took his shot. "I don't think I'm the cosen one but...oh, who am I kidding." Picky said as he turned and began walking away with his head hanging down.

"This is your sanctuary, but it's mine now. Take it from me...if you dare..." The light replied as it transformed into a gigantic rock figure. Picky's eyes lit up. He lifted his head, turned around, and glared at his adversary. It was about fifty feet tall, had glowing yellow eyes, and appeared to have all of the appendages and features that humans have. It amazingly had movable joints that appeared to be made of smaller rocks, and were held together by some magical force.

"Prepare to die." The Rock figure bellowed in a booming voice.

"We'll see about that." Picky replied with a smirk on his face. Jeff was the first to his side. "Now my Gaia Beam will finally get some use." Jeff said as he aimed it at the looming foe. He took a shot and hit one of it's fingers, blasting it into bits.

"Ahh! You will regret that!" The angered figure bellowed. Then, with a surprisingly swift stroke of his hand, he smashed Jeff in the abdomen, sending him flying back, and landing in an unconcious heap somewhere in the deep, dark cavern.

"PSI Flash Omega!" Ness yelled, as a brilliant white light flashed from him, lighting up the entire cavern. The monster, who was used to the dark was temporarily blinded by the flash.

"Ahh! My eyes!" It yelled, it's hands over it's eyes in order to prtoect them from the light.

"Time to test these things out." Pippi thought as she stuck one of her Multi Bottle Rockets into the ground, and lit it. Her aim was good and it struck the rock beast on the right side of it's chest, knocking it's right arm off completely.

"That's not fair!" The beast yelled, as it began swinging it's remaining arm wildly, it's eyes still closed. He by chance connected with Pippi, sending her clear across the cavern.

"Aieeee!!!" Poo yelled as he jumped up high in the air, and slashed down on the rock monster's leg with his Sword of Kings. It did minimal damage, and left a mere scratch.

"Leave me alone!" It yelled, while slamming Poo, sending him to the same fate as his unconcious comrads.

"PSI Freeze Omega!" Paula yelled, sending hordes of small ice chunks at the monster. It eventually became totally enclosed in one huge chunk of ice. Ness followed with an attack of his own. He bashed rock monster's left leg with his Gutsy Bat, causing it to shatter. The beast, with no left leg, lost it's balance and fell onto the ground.

"I need to save my energy for healing! You finish it, Picky!" Ness yelled.

"Okay!" Picky replied as he ran up the monster and began pummeling it with his Combat yo-yo. After a few minutes of bashing, almost nothing had happened, and he backed off.

"That's not going to do it Picky! Do something stronger!" Ness yelled

"Okay!" Picky replied, remembering his PSI powers. "PK Beam Alpha!" He yelled, as he fired two small beams out of his hands. They connected with the rock beat's ice covered chest, but all they succeeded in doing was shattering the monster's ice prison. Now free, it began crawling slowly towards Picky, Paula, and Ness.

"PK Beam Alpha!" Picky yelled. It blasted off the beast's left hand. "PK Beam Alpha!" he yelled again. This time, the beams blasted off the top the the monster's head, but it continued it's pursuit.

"Oh man, this isn't going to be strong enough!" Picky thought.

"Do something now, Picky!" Ness yelled, as the menacing beast finally arrived in striking range.

"It seems I shall prevail this time!" The monster bellowed as it lifted it's hand in motion to strike Picky.

"PK Beam Beta!" Picky yelled with his eyes closed in desperation. He felt a sudden surge of energy flow through his body as two huge beams of light left his hands, and directly struck the beast's chest. It was sent flying backwards and landed against the wall on the far side of the cavern. It slumped over, and it's two spooky yellow eyes were extingushed like two flashlights that had just been turned off. Shortly later, the fallen monster disappeared into thin air. Ness immediately used PSI Flash Alpha to light up the room and locate his fallen friends. He got to Poo first, and used PSI Healing Omega to revive him. Then Ness and Poo ran over to where Jeff and Pippi had fallen. Ness revived Pippi with PSI Healing Omega, and Poo did the same to Jeff.

"Has anyone seen Picky?" Paula asked with a concerned look on her face after everyone had recovered.

"No I haven't seen him since the fight ended." Ness answered. "I guess we should find him, seeing as how he is the new chosen one..."

Jeff and Pippi both took out their flashlights, and led the way through the empty cavern, yelling Picky's name, hoping for an answer. They got none. Finally, after a few minutes of fruitless searching, they arrived at the wall where the defeated monster had landed. They found a small hole in the wall near to where it disappeared. With Jeff in the lead, they cautiously walked through. It opened up into another expanse. They had found Picky.

"Well, I guess Picky found his sanctuary." Ness said, looking at Picky who was hovering about five feet in the air. His limbs were exteded, and a strange yellow light emitted from him. Everyone present could feel the immence force coming from the center of the room. Finally, a few minutes later, he fell to the floor and landed softly on his feet.

"What a rush!" Picky yelled as he began hopping around as if he had had too much caffiene. "Wow! I can't belive that I'm the chosen one!" Picky exclaimed.

"Yea, yea. Just wait until the fate of the entire world is your shoulders. That's alot of pressure to deal with. Trust me." Ness replied

"Okay guys, that's enough. We need to get out of here." said Paula.

"I agree. We need to get to all of these sanctuaries as quick as possible." Pippi added.

"Pippi and I will lead the way." Jeff said, while turning on his flashlight and walking back through the opening in the wall. A few minutes later, they had made their way through the humungous cavern, and began walking back through the cave that they had entered through. They shortly reached the entrance to the cave, and stepped back out onto the dusty terrain of the crater.

"I'm tired. I think we need to take a rest for a while." Said a fatigued Picky.

"I second that." replied Ness, who appeared to be equally tired.

"It's settled then. Everyone can rest in the entrace of the cave, while one person sits outside as a lookout. I'll take first shift." Jeff replied.

So the entire group, excluding Jeff, fell asleep with the sweet satisfation of knowing that they had defeated the boss of the Crater Cave.