Old Friends Who've Just Met

[Java]

Really good chapter.

 

[TogetherAgain]

YAAAAAAAAY! <waves arms around>

That's what this chapter makes me feel like doing!!!!!! I've gotta say, in addition to all else that's been said, this part made me squirmy in a really good way:

"I mean, vous wouldn’t want moi going off with Gonzo the hero, now would vous?" Piggy rubbed Kermit’s arms.

"Yeah...Yeah Piggy, okay," Kermit tried to push her off so he could go to Deadly.

"WHAT?!" Piggy screamed. She planned on sending Kermit to Deadly, just not how the frog would’ve hoped. "HI-YAH!!"

Edit: Shame on me for forgetting. MORE PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And, did you notice what page of the thread this is? <wink>

 

[theprawncracker]

Hey...Um guys...There's a song in this next chapter. It's from The Lion King 2: Simba's Pride. And uh, well there's some African (I think...) in it...So I just spelled the words the way they were in the lyrics book. And yes, they sound the way the look...ENJOY!

 

[theprawncracker]

Chapter 23

Death stood alone inside silent the communications room. He stared down at the dead body of Xander. He extended his scythe and touched Xander’s chest with the blade. Gently, he sliced Xander down the chest opening a wound. The slice in his body glowed as the alien rose from the floor, onto his own two feet. Xander’s eyes shot open.

"WELCOME TO NEW LIFE XANDER, I AM DEATH, YOUR EMPLOYER," Death’s voice chilled the air around the reborn alien.

Xander looked at his hands. "I...I’m alive...?" Xander spoke with his new voice.

"NO," Death said blankly. "YOU HAVE BEEN RESPAWNED BY ME. YOU ARE NOW MY EMPLOYEE."

Xander shook his head vigorously. "No. I won’t. I won’t be someone else’s slave!"

Death slammed the base of his scythe down on the floor, silencing the stammering alien. "NOW YOU LISTEN HERE," Death said to Xander. "I AM NOT A PATIENT ARCHANGEL, SO I WILL MAKE THIS BRIEF. YOU ARE NOONE’S SLAVE ANYMORE XANDER, I HAVE SET YOU FREE."

Xander winced. "But...But you said I was your employee."

"YOU ARE. BUT I DO NOT ENSLAVE YOU. ANYTIME YOU TIRE OF LIVING A SECOND LIFE, I WILL GRANT YOU ETERNAL DEATH. TRUST ME, THIS IS A GOOD THING YOU HAVE GOING, AND IS ONLY GIVEN TO A SPECIAL GROUP. CONSIDER IT A BLESSING."

Xander inhaled. "Promise me I will answer to noone."

"YOU WILL ANSWER TO NOONE. BUT, YOU WILL HELP ME AT TIMES WHEN YOU ARE NEEDED, IS THAT ALRIGHT?’

Xander nodded, silently thanking Death for freeing him from the prison that was his brother.

"GOOD. NOW, COME WITH ME. IT IS TIME FOR YOUR FIRST ASSIGNMENT," Death led Xander into more black flames, taking them inot the corners of space.

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Piggy grasped Kermit’s arm with both of hers and squeezed tightly. She was glad she packed a black outfit.

The Gonzonians filed into a large chamber for Onzgo’s funeral. Gonzo, Zongo, Flanzgo, Des Filmer and Xaldin held the esteemed positions in the front row of seats with Kermit, Piggy, Robin, Fozzie, Animal, Rizzo, Pepe, Bobo, Butch and Clyde sitting in the two rows behind them.

Fozzie held Robin in his lap. The young frog ran his fingers through Fozzie’s fur. "Fozzie, I miss Onzgo."

"I didn’t know him," Fozzie sighed down at the floor.

Robin put his tiny hand on Fozzie’s. "I think you did," Robin pointed to Gonzo in the row in front. Fozzie smiled and nodded.

"Psst, Pepe," Rizzo whispered to the king prawn.

"Si?"

"Didja tell Gonzo yet?"

"Tell Gonso what?"

"About the jacuzzi!"

"Oh! No, no I did not tell him nothing jet. I’m waiting for de perfect moment, hokay?"

"And when will dat be?"

"I don’t know, but not now! Dios mio Ritzo, we are at a funeral, hokay? How insensitive."

Clyde nudged Butch. "Hey, hey boss, have you ever felt...Like...You know, you don’t belong?"

"Heh, well there was that all cow party I went to...I felt really out of place there..."

"Well...I don’t really feel right here..."

Butch shrugged. "Me either Clyde. But, uh, let’s make a promise, no more stealin’ rockets or leakin’ alien info, alright?"

"Okay," Clyde nodded. "But if we go back to C.O.V.N.E.T. without any information we’ll be fired!"

"Meh, one good job leads to another I always say."

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​

Death and Xander floated in the blackness of space, flying above the surface of Exodia.

"What are we looking for?" Xander asked.

"SPIRITS."

"Spirits? Whose spirits?"

"TWO PEOPLE YOU MAY KNOW. ONE YOU KNOW VERY WELL."

Xander floated along silently. "YOUR BROTHER WAS DESTROYED BY ONZGO. HE SACRIFICED HIMSELF TO END YOUR BROTHER’S ANARCHY FOREVER."

Xander stopped midair. "It is over."

Death did not stop with Xander, he continued to hover over the surface. "YES, YES IT IS. NOW COME, WE HAVE TO FIND THE SPIRITS. I AM IN A HURRY, MY TEA SCHEDULE IS VERY BOOKED."

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A vibrantly dressed Gonzonian walked onto the stage on looking the audience. He wore a shining gold cape and red shirt with a sparkling gold sash across it. His feathery skin was a light shade of purple, and his nose and mouth had an orange hue, as did the hair combed over atop his head.

He approached the front of the stage with his band behind him, each with a different, brightly colored, Gonzonian instrument.

The singer held his eyes closed behind his sunglasses and sighed into his microphone, "This one’s for Onzgo," he said softly. Three singers entered slowly and began to chant as the band began to play.

"Ingonyama nengw’ enamabala," the three singers chanted four times.

Drums were played continuously.

"Night
And the spirit of life
Callin’" the main singer sang.

"Oh oh iyo," the three singers sang.

"Mamela."

"And a voice
With the fear of a child
Answers."

"Oh oh iyo."

"Oh mamela," the singer sang in an ancient alien language.

"Oh oh iyo."

"Ubukhosi bo khokho
We ndodana ye
Sizwe sonke," the larger of the three singers sang alone.

"Wait
There’s no mountain too great," the main singer sang.
"Here the words and have faith."

"Oh oh iyo."

The crowd all smiled at the song as their minds were filled with memories of their leader.

"Have faith."

"Hela hey mamela," the three singers chanted four times.

"Ingonyama nengw’ enamabala," they chanted through the chorus.

"He lives in you," the main singer pointed out into the crowd.
"He lives in me," he pointed to himself.
"He watches over," placing a hand over his eyes, peering out on the crowd.
"Everything we see
Into the water," he pointed, moving his arm up and down, moving it from left to right.
"Into the truth
In your reflection," he jumped forward, pointing out.
"He lives in you."

"Ingonyama nengw’ enamabala," chanted the three three more times, leading to a musical interlude.

"He lives in you
He lives in me
He watches over
Everything we see."

"Ingonyama nengw’ enamabala," the entire band chanted through the chorus.

"Into the water
Into the truth
In your reflection
He lives in you."

"He lives in you."

"Oh oh iyo."

"He lives in you."

The aliens all continued chanting in their ancient dialogue, but everyone seemed to know what they meant, as if Onzgo was connecting them to the words.

"So wait
There’s no mountain to great
Hear the words and have faith.

"Have faith!" the main singer and the three others sang in harmony.

The band raised the tempo and all of the spirits of the Gonzonians rose dramatically with the tempo.

"He lives in you."

"He lives in me," Gonzo whispered softly.

"He watches over
Everything we see
Into the water
Into the truth
In your reflection
He lives in you!

"He lives in you!" all of the band began to sing along as the entire room of Gonzonian’s took over the chanting of "Hela hey mamela."

"He lives in me!
He watches over
Everything we see
Into the water
Into the truth
In your reflection
He lives in you.

"He lives in you."

"Ingonyama nengw’ enamabala."

"He lives in you," the singer stifled tears as he walked off stage.

"He lives in you," Gonzo told Flanzgo.

Flanzgo grasped her uncle’s hand as tears slid down her cheek. "He lives in you."

 

[TogetherAgain]

<whimpers>

Wow.

Oh... I- Oh...

"He lives in me," Gonzo whispered softly.

<is stabbed>

Fozzie held Robin in his lap. The young frog ran his fingers through Fozzie’s fur. "Fozzie, I miss Onzgo."

"I didn’t know him," Fozzie sighed down at the floor.

Robin put his tiny hand on Fozzie’s. "I think you did," Robin pointed to Gonzo in the row in front. Fozzie smiled and nodded.

<is stabbed>

And, well, pretty much most of all of everything else... just gosh darned hilarious, Prawnie.

MORE PLEASE!

 

[Beauregard]

""He lives in you," Gonzo told Flanzgo."

Onzgo...*kneels*...live on...*closes eyes*

 

[The Count]

Great stuff here Prawny... Especially liked Death employing Xander and the conversation they had.
Very much liked the image of Death gently reaping Xander's soul, then bringing him back to a living afterlife.

The song! Owww... Very much goodness there.
Before I forget... More please!

 

[muppetwriter]

Loved the new chapter, PC. Loved every bit of this story. Marvelous job!

And thanks for giving me your permission to use Butch and Clyde. I promise I won't make them too different from the way you wrote them in this tale.

 

[theprawncracker]

Chapter 24

The funeral continued onward with tributes from Zongo and Flanzgo respectively.

Uncle Deadly was perched on a metal railing in the back of the room. He had his head set on his two hands and watched the proceedings of the funeral for someone he didn’t even know.

Deadly felt a hand on his shoulder, he turned his head around and was met eye to eye with Kermit. "Hello there frog."

"Hi ho Uncle Deadly. How are you?" the frog asked, moving forward and leaning on the rail next to the phantom.

"I will not lie to you Kermit, I’m terribly confused," Deadly smiled.

Kermit grinned. "Welcome to the club, we have t-shirts."

Deadly chuckled. "It’s just...So much compassion for one person. I only wish my own funeral was like this."

"Well how do you know it wasn’t?"

"I was there."

Kermit scrunched up his face. "Well, uh, that would be one way to know how your own funeral was."

"It’s funny Kermit."

"What, my joke?"

Deadly rose his eye. "Have I ever laughed at one of your jokes?"

Kermit nodded. "Yup, right up there," Kermit pointed upward. "See? ‘Deadly chuckled.’ Right there, you laughed at one of my jokes."

"Frog, you’ve passed the fourth wall and you’ve almost broken down the sixth, quit while you’re ahead," Deadly told him.

"Oh right, sorry. But, uh, what’s funny Uncle Deadly?"

The specter sighed. "I think my funeral would have a better attendance if I died today than it did back when I was alive."

Kermit patted Uncle Deadly on his back. "Maybe we’ll hold you another funeral one day my friend," the frog said, taking his hand off of Deadly’s back. He stuck out his flipper to Uncle Deadly.

Deadly stared down at the hand and then moved his gaze back to Kermit’s face. He crossed past the hand and gave Kermit a hug. Kermit smiled, and hugged Uncle Deadly back.

* * * * * * * * * * * *

​

"THERE!" Death pointed his skeletal hand forward.

Xander searched around with his eyes. "What? Where?"

"THE SPIRITS," Death reported. "WE HAVE FOUND THEM."

"I see nothing but space!"

"LOOK HARDER."

Xander was puzzled. That didn’t even make sense.

"BUT WHY MAKE SENSE WHEN IT IS MORE PROFITABLE TO MAKE DOLLARS?" Death asked.

Xander was taken aback. "You read my mind?"

"ONE OF THE MANY TOOLS OF THE TRADE," Death flew forward and stopped abruptly. "I CANNOT GUIDE THE SPIRITS HOME UNLESS YOU SEE THEM AS WELL XANDER."

Xander exhaled through his nose and stared with all his might to where Death was standing. Two formations slowly began to make themselves visible, finally becoming the spiritual remains of Exod and Onzgo.

"I see them Death," Xander said angrily. "And Exod is still there."

"YOU MUST PUT ASIDE YOUR RAGE FOR NOW XANDER, WE HAVE TO DELIVER THESE SOULS TO THE OTHER WORLD."

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​

Just hours after the funeral had ended, Gonzo and the rest of the Earthlings were ready to return to their home.

"Hey Kermit, Kermit! How are we going to get home?" Fozzie asked.

"Yeah, dat Exod fella destroyed our spaceship!" Rizzo said.

"Hey technically that’s our spaceship!" Clyde shouted.

Butch smacked Clyde upside the head. "Shut it shorty! We just got in their good graces, don’t ruin it! Again!"

"Sorry boss-Butch. Butch boss."

"I think we can handle your little ship problem," Des Filmer told the group. "Come with me!" he said, leading them to the docking bay.

"Alright Foz, let’s bounce!" Piggy shouted to Fozzie.

"Ugh...Okay Piggy," the bear said, with four suitcases stacked in his arms.

The Muppets and their friends followed Des to the hangar where they saw a glimmering silver spaceship about a quarter of the size of the actual room.

"Whoa!"

"Dios mio! Es incredible!"

"Yup, you’re looking at the S.S. Onzgo," Des Filmer smiled to the group. "Built especially for your return home, which will be its maiden voyage Gonzo."

Des handed the weirdo a key. Gonzo accepted willingly, he had begun to realize there was no arguing with these people. "Thank you Des, I’ll miss you." Gonzo embraced the technician. He turned to Zongo who bowed to him.

"We will never forget you Gonzo."

"Thanks Ed, it’s been...Well...It’s been, hasn’t it?" Gonzo smiled.

Zongo smiled back and stuck his arms out at his side, signaling for a hug.

Gonzo nodded and slipped away to where Flanzgo was standing. "You know Flanzgo, it feels so weird being an uncle." Flanzgo frowned a bit. "I love it!" Gonzo hugged her tightly. "Keep in touch won’t you?"

"OH NO!" Kermit shouted. "We forgot to call Scooter!" Kermit yanked out the phone and pressed a button, holding the phone up to his ear.

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"Oh! Coom beckere chickie!" The Swedish Chef shouted, chasing Camilla around the theater.

"Chicken for dinner? But I have my figure to think about," Link Hogthrob moaned.

"Yes, you have to figure how to fit into your ‘Pigs in Space’ outfit after all these years!" Dr. Julius Strangepork laughed.

"Is there NO time in this theater for peace, quiet and silent reading?" Sam preached.

"Oh that reminds me of an invention I must finish! The Muppet Labs Time Machine!" Bunsen exclaimed.

"Mime mee mo!"

Clifford sighed and lay down on his back on stage. "I give up..."

Suddenly, a ringing filled the air. Everyone was silent again. "Kerm!" Clifford shouted, as he sat back up, grabbing the phone off his belt. "Yo Kerm! Wassup?!" the co-host shouted into the phone. "Yeah yeah Kerm, we’re doin’ a’ight. But uh, Uncle Deadly locked us all inside so we couldn’t leave to come after ya’ll. So, uh, we’ve kinda been in here for hours!"

There was more silence as Clifford began to shout. "WHAT?! Deadly’s there with you! I paid a hundred an’ twenty bucks for pizza I didn’t get to eat!!"

"A hundred fifty," Scooter whispered.

"Will you buzz off?!" Clifford shouted at the go-fer. "No, no Kerm wait! I just had a pest problem, taken care of, don’t worry. So when are ya’ll comin’ back? What?! That soon? Well where do we meet you? ...Oh yeah, we can’t meet you...Okay, we’ll see you here then, a’ight, later Kerm."

Clifford hung up and was mobbed with Muppets, all questioning what their froggy leader had said.

* * * * * * * * * * * *

​

"Well, that takes care of that," Kermit said, hanging up the phone. "Well Gonzo, we need to go, Clifford and the others have been locked in the theater all day."

Gonzo nodded as he said his final goodbyes to Flanzgo and the other Gonzonians. "Alright guys, get on the ship."

Fozzie, Miss Piggy, Pepe, Rizzo, Animal, Butch and Clyde climbed up the stairs into their new spaceship.

Bobo slapped Zongo on his back. "Well boss, you take care o’ yourself, okay?"

Zongo smiled. "I’ll try Bobo, you do the same."

"I always do, yup, that’s me Bobo the care taker."

Flanzgo ran to pick up Robin and hugged him in her arms. "I’ll miss you my little friend."

"Hehe, I’ll miss you to Flanzgo, it was nice meeting you!" Robin smiled. Flanzgo put him down and he hopped over to his uncle’s arms.

"Well everybody, I guess this is goodbye," Gonzo said.

Zongo, Flanzgo, Des Filmer and Xaldin stood in front of Bobo, Kermit, Robin and Gonzo. "We’ll miss you all."

The four nodded and walked into the ship, as Gonzo and Kermit took the two captain’s seats. They started the engines and began to fly out into space.

Flanzgo waved to her uncle with tears flowing down her cheeks. Zongo lifted a large, metallic, pink crown that resembled Onzgo’s, and crowned Flanzgo. Changing her from princess to Uber-Gonzonian with one piece of headgear.

A light shown on the Gonzonian empire that day. The light, was Onzgo.

 

[redBoobergurl]

Ohhhh, the song. That is a wonderful song, not only was it in Lion King 2, it was actually in the stage version of the Lion King. It was so appropriate for that scene, it just worked so well, I loved it. Great job! The last chapter was good too, they're going home after quite an adventure!