"I'm sorry, Master," The fiery humanoid figure's head was down as he knelt.
A small shape hidden in the shadows gave an audible sigh.
"So, let me get this straight, Baelfael," the shape glared at the knight, "You tore up the whole stinking planet and STILL couldn't find the Fire Stone that you said was definitely there?"
"... I'm afraid that is so," Baelfael cringed as he admitted it.
A frightening pause filled the air.
"I hope you realize that this means punishment, correct?"
"Y-Yessir."
"Good. As punishment you are to act as a guard in Alcatraz until the Fire Stone is found."
"Right away, Master!"
"Also, go out the elevator please! I get tired of seeing scorch marks on the floor whenever you come and go."
"Err, okay.."
"And turn on the lights too! I can't see a thing, it's so dark!"
"I'll just be heading off now..."
Baelfael quickly fled the scene (via the elevator) to avoid his Master's ramblings.
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"Hey, #42! Come assist me with this load!"
The source of this voice was a dull grey robot with a spiked head, sunglasses, and neon green gloves.
"Yeah, yeah, I'm busy #64, gimme a minute!"
A robot identical to the first one was sitting down and throwing a pink spotted egg to himself.
"You are not! That egg takes no effort to transport! This guy, on the other hand, is much heavier than his skinny physique suggests!" The first robot dropped the person he was carrying and smacked Robot #42, "Now take that egg, throw it in the cell, and help me carry that other guy in!"
"Fine..."
The two partners picked up the unconscious strange white being and threw him into the jail cell. As his body hit the dirty floor, a strange red gem shaped like a fireball tumbled out of his clothing.
"Hey, #64, isn't that the Fire Gem?"
"Fire Stone, and yes, yes it is. We'd better alert Sir Baelfael right away, come on!" Robot #64 hurriedly picked up the stone and ran off to find him.
"Stone, gem, same thing..." Robot #42 muttered to himself sourly before hurrying after #64.
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Oong! My head... Where... am I? Bomberman slowly sat up so his head wouldn't yell at him while he took in his surroundings.
A... jail cell? How did I get in here? What did I do wrong?
Bomberman slowly got up and creeped over to the cell door. It was locked.
"Great. Maybe I can blow it up and..." Bomberman went to pluck a bomb out of the air, but none came to him, "What? Why didn't a bomb show- oh no."
Bomberman began patting himself frantically.
Oh nonono! Where's the Fire Stone? I can't make bombs without it!
Our hero was so busy panicking that he didn't notice that the spotted egg was in the cell with him, and that it was hatching.
That is, until the egg began bouncing around and hit him in the head.
"Ow! What the- oh, it's hatching," The white bomber did a double take, "OH! It's hatching!" Bomberman was then forced to shield his eyes, as the cracks grew larger and the egg illuminated the whole cell.
"Woo! What a great nap!" The bomber heard a squeaky yawn and cautiously looked at where the egg had been.
What had appeared to hatch out of the mysterious egg was a short, pink round thing with red shoes, red fists and a cream belly. The little ball was obviously hyperactive, as it was continuously in motion. Whether it be hopping from foot to foot or waving its long brown-tipped ears to and fro.
"Where is this place anyway? There's no way Pommy went to sleep in Pommy's egg in this grungy place!"
"I actually don't know either," Bomberman hesitantly spoke up, "All I remember is this gigantic black hole and-"
"A black hole?" The little critter appeared to ponder that for a moment, "Well, how did Pommy end up in a black hole?"
"I, uh, may or may not have, um, picked up your egg and, uh, brought it.. with me?" Bomberman laughed nervously and scratched the back of his head.
"You WHAT!?" The pink fuzz ball began to shake, "Ooo, why did you have to go and do that, huh? Pommy wasn't lost or nuthin'! Pommy was just napping.."
Bomberman abashedly shrugged his shoulders.
"Well, either way it looks like we're stuck in this mess for good."
"Myu!" The pink thing jumped up, "But Pommy wants to leave! You HAVE to help Pommy get out of here! YOU got Pommy into this, so YOU have to help Pommy out of it!"
"Calm down, sheesh!" Bomberman pushed him off of him, "I would, but I can't do anything without my planet's ancient treasure."
"Well then Pommy will go get it so we can leave!"
"Really? Awesome!"
"Pommy's really scared, but..." Bomberman's new pal squeezed through a small gap at the bottom of the cell door that he hadn't noticed until now.
"Okay, so what you're looking for is-"
"Pommy will be back really soon! Myu!"
The critter calling himself Pommy took off.
"A glowing jewel that looks like a fireball..."
Bomberman smacked his forehead and muttered, "Well there's no way I'm getting it back now."
"Wha? Where did YOU come from?" This voice had to have come from a soldier.
Yup, I'm doomed.
"What? You don't recognize Pommy? The absolute cutest hero in the whole galaxy?"
Bomberman groaned at that.
"Pommy wants you to give back the... uh ... thing you stole back to... um... Ooh, Pommy really should've asked for his name and what he was looking for..."
Bomberman's face was now firmly planted in his hands.
"A-Anyway! You should give back what you stole! Stealing's not right!"
Because that's totally going to get my Fire Stone back, Bomberman thought sourly. This whole ordeal was stressing him out.
"Hey! This thing must be a friend of that dude in the cell! Get it!"
TWO guards? Nice knowing you, Pommy.
"Uh-oh. Pommy's scared"
The white bomber heard a large crash and jumped away from the door.
"Myu! Stop chasing Pommy!"
"Quick, it went that way! Cut it off!"
"Pommy shouldn't have been nice! Pommy should've left that man where he is!"
"HA! I got him, dude! It's a fast little bugger!"
"That's it! NO BODY touches the ears! Pommy's mad now! MYU MYUUU!"
Another gigantic crash rattled Bomberman's bones.
A collective "WAAA!" rang from both the guards before silence settled in the air.
When Pommy went down the ramp to the cell, he was greeted with the sight of Bomberman huddled in the far corner, staring at him with wide eyes.
"What? Pommy got what you were looking for, see?"
Bomberman glared at his 'saviour'.
"That is not what I was looking for. I need the Fire Stone, not a key!"
"Well, why didn't you say so?"
"Because you took off before I could tell you!"
Pommy appeared to give pause to that. He then held up the key and opened the cell door.
"... You're welcome!" Pommy pouted.
An awkward silence filled the cell again.
"SO! My name is-"
"Wait. Let me guess, your name is Pommy."
Pommy stared at Bomberman and asked, "How did you know Pommy's name is Pommy?"
Bomberman refused to dignify that with a proper response, and instead replied, "Well, my name's Bomberman, saviour of Planet Bomber!"
"Bomberman? Pommy thinks Pommy sounds ten times better than Bomberman!"
"Why you little-"
"Come on, let's get out of here! Since Bomberman's useless, Pommy will take care of all the bad guys!"
"I swear, if I could use bombs right now..."
Our two heroes walked up the ramp and out of the jail room, ready to do whatever they could to escape.
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Just like last time, any criticism is greatly appreciated!
The prologue can be found here(Be warned that the prologue still has my layout on, though) and Chapter 2 is here

Okay, that was really enjoyable!

I'm glad that you made this. I think you even outdid me. One thing I like is how you focus on details, or how you describe a scene, I often forget to describe things and focus on dialog.


You did excellently, and I am really looking forward to part 2!

Sword legion : Thank you.