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To infinity and beyond

Episode 2: Darkness arises

By Kitty Ocean

 

"My goodness...." Nané sighed. "Which refrigerator-door hit me?"

"Welcome, my dear Nané Sophia." Nané heard and she looked up.

Nané stood up. "Evil Emperor Zurg I presume."

"Darn, now you ruined my dramatic entrance." Zurg sighed. "But who cares, welcome at my ship." He guided her to a chair. "Sit down, my sweet guest."

"Okay..." Nané whispered. "This sounds pretty wrong. What do you want from me Zurg?"

"Sit, take a chair!" Gentile he helped her down. "Take something to drink."

"Now I'm getting scared!" Nané yelled. "What the hell is wrong with you Zurg?! You are supposed to be evil and mean!"

"Why you annoying bra-" Zurg clenched his fist.

A Grub pulled his long cape. "Evil Emperor, I don't think you'll..."

Zurg pushed him away. "Get lost you moron!" Then he looked sweet as ever at Nané. "Are you comfortable? Need an extra pillow?"

"I rather have a bucket I can throw up in." Nané annoyingly replied.

Zurg grabbed her. "What?! I could crush you in an instance!"

"Then why are you treating me like the Goddess from beyond?" Nané folded her arms.

Zurg leaned at the table and started to cry. "Oh, poor me!" He cried. "I'm just a lonely evil emperor, with no good help. All my servants are idiots! If I only had someone as smart as you!" He looked from underneath his arm. "Is it working?" He asked wondering.

"Not really." Nané smiled.

 

Buzz jammed his fist against a wall. "Don't take it so hard on yourself Buzz." Mira said. "It's not your fault.

"It is!" Buzz slammed his head against the wall too. "I never failed a mission before!"

"Well, there is a first time for everything!" XR 'helpfully' added.

"XR." Booster hissed. "Not now." He turned at Buzz. "Buzz, what are we going to tell Commander Nebula?"

Buzz looked up. "We aren't going to tell him anything! We are going to get her back ourselves!"

"But where should be look?" Mira asked.

Buzz looked determent. "At planet Zurg!"

 

Warp came back with a bucket of popcorn. He sat down on a chair and looked at Zurg and Nané, who were fighting heavily. "I command you to join my massive army!"

"Yeah, it's so massive that it never managed to defeat Star Command!" Nané replied, with her hands in her side.

"What are parents teaching their children nowadays?" Zurg folded his arms. "No respect for evil emperors any more!"

Nané stuck out her tongue. "I learned how to act against evil emperors, not stupid ones!"

"Did you know you are really annoying?" Zurg asked.

"Did you know you have bad breath?"

"You have a stupid uniform!"

"Like yours is so great!"

Warp enjoyed any minute and took another hand of popcorn.

 

On the other side of the galaxy, Buzz and his friends prepared their ship, number 42, for their rescue mission. "Buzz." Booster asked concerned. "Do you really think Nané will join Zurg?"

"I have no idea Booster." Buzz replied. "She just joined Star Command. Zurg will try to offer her something she can't resist."

XR put some things in a drawer. "Yeah, like a better health insurance. Did you know I have to pay for every...."

"XR." Buzz sighed.

"Sorry Buzz." XR played with his fingers. He rolled at Booster. "Hey, what about forgetting the idea of maybe getting killed and go to Fortune, with all those casino's?" He whispered.

"XR." Booster sighed.

"Mm, aren't we all grumpy today." XR folded his robotic arms.

 

"If you join us you'll get this nifty health insurance." Zurg showed a piece of paper.

"No." Nané replied without looking.

"You'll get this enormous ship!" Zurg pointed at the Grubs who showed a very cool ship.

Nané peeked a bit. "No thanks."

"This cute little rubber ducky for in your bathtub?" Zurg squeaked with the rubber duck.

Nané gazed at Zurg. "A rubber ducky? Huh?"

"Hey, that's my rubber ducky!" Warp exclaimed.

"It isn't any more." Zurg turned back at Nané who giggled. "What are you laughing about?"

"You." Nané giggled. "In case you haven't figured it out yet, I will stay loyal to Star Command." Nané took the rubber ducky and pinched it. "Nothing you will offer will make me change my mind."

"Really?" Zurg swung back dramatically and pushed a button. "And what do you think of this?" Out of the smoke came a man with 2 mouths and a green skin.

"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome at Countless Stars!" The man yelled in the microphone.

"A gamehost?" Nané asked puzzled. "What the freak?"

Zurg sighed. "No, not him!" He snapped his finger and the gamehost continued.

"Just look at this beauty!" He pointed at some sort of suit. "With weapons that fire faster than the speed of light, this new and improved Power Suit is THE ultimate wish for any warrior! It's the Power Suit 1000 Gamma!!"

"What happened to Alpha and Beta?" Nané asked.

"That doesn't matter." Zurg muffled away the game host. "Well, what do you say?"

"What about no?" Nané smiled.

Zurg exploded in pure fury! He cursed, he kicked away some Grubs who replied with: 'thank you evil emperor.' And he slammed his fist on a table. "Okay, time for plan 345!" He growled. He grabbed Nané. "Look into my eyes!"

"What is so special about your eyes?" Nané asked. Suddenly the eyes started the grown in green and yellow.

"You are evil, do you hear me?" Zurg commanded. "Look into my eyes, you are evil!"

"I... am evil?" Nané asked confused.

"Yes, yes, very evil!" Zurg added. "You are the number one warrior of my army."

"I am... number one..." Nané repeated.

"Hey, I thought I was number one." Warp whined.

"Well, now you are number 2." Zurg smiled. He looked at Nané who was still wobbling a bit around. She then shook something with her head and looked at Zurg. "Well?"

Nané kneeled. "My emperor."

Zurg cheered. "Nané, welcome to my empire." He finally answered.

"I am only loyal to you, my evil emperor." Nané bowed.

 

Buzz looked into the deep space. "Buzz, are you all right?" Mira asked concerned.

"Of course I am all right!" Buzz exclaimed. "Why shouldn't I be all right?"

"Because you are using XR to steer the ship." Buzz looked at his hands and saw that he was holding XR.

"I only wanted to know if you wanted some coffee!" He exclaimed crying.

"Buzz, maybe you should take a rest." Booster suggested.

"I can't!" Buzz sighed. "I never failed a mission and I'm not planning to fail it now! We have to save Nané before it's too late!"

 

Meanwhile, at Zurg's castle, Nané had put on the Power Suit 1000 Gamma. While she enjoyed her new power, Warp sat in a corner grumbling. "Number one..." He mumbled. "I always was number one. Now a rookie took my place. It just isn't fair."

"Maybe you should try your suit, dear Nané." Zurg suggested sweetly.

"Great idea." Nané looked around until she spotted Warp. She then aimed at him and released a laser. Within seconds, Warp Darkmatter was completely black! "At least he now honours his name." She smiled and pretended to blow away some smoke.

"Oh, you are so deliciously evil!" Zurg smiled and cheered.

Nané bowed and smiled. "I only serve you, my powerful and evil emperor."

"Not fair...." Warp mumbled.

Zurg rubbed his hands. "Now nobody can stop me any more!" He exclaimed in pure joy. "I will rule the galaxy! My evil and very diabolical plan will succeed!" He clapped his hands. "Oh joy, oh joy, Star Command will finally be crushed! Buzz Lightyear will finally be crushed." Then he turned to Nané. "I promised myself not to cry." He sniffed. "But you must understand that it feels so great if a plan works out you planned it."

"I think I understand." Nané smiled, and aimed again at Warp. "Ready for round 2 Warp?" She smirked.

 

End of part 2

 

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