Rabk - Part 18

Rabk

Facing Death

Part 18

When he heard Jeeves, Dodgers hopped up from his chair, and motioned for the others to follow him. As they went through the door, Wooster burst through it, scattering the travelers. Teatime followed Wooster through the door soon afterwards. Wooster jumped over the couch and turned around. "Stop this now, Teatime," Wooster pleaded, "Why would the Assassin's Guild want me dead, anyway?" In an eerily calm voice, Teatime replied, "I haven't the slightest idea. I'm just doing my job." Wooster tried to speak again, saying "Now I'm sure we can work this out--", but by the time he had said it, Teatime had thrown a knife at him, and it was now lodged inside Wooster's chest. Wooster looked at the hilt of the knife, looked up, and said, "Oh, bother". He then fell to the floor with a thump, and the travelers gathered around. Jeeves just glanced down and walked out of the room. As the travelers watched the dying man, Teatime came up, pulled the knife out of Wooster, and left. A few seconds later, Wooster muttered a few words about pancakes and closed his eyes for good. The crowd around the dead man sat silently watching the motionless body. As they sat there, a deep voice came from behind them, saying, "Excuse me, but I must get in here." The travelers jumped up and turned around. There, in front of them, was a tall skeleton with a scythe and a long, black cloak. "Who are you?" asked Burt. "Some call me the Grim Reaper, others call me Death, and some call me The End, but I like to be called Paul. Now please step back." As they did, Death waved his scythe over the body of Wooster and it slowly faded into nothingness. "Goodbye, now." said Paul and he was gone. Jeeves came back in again with a suitcase and a bowler hat on. "I'm sorry, gentlemen, but I'm going to have to ask you all to leave. I must go to find where Mr. Wooster came back to life at." Dodgers moved quickly, "Thanks, Jeeves for the vehicle." "Not at all, Mr. Dodgers." The travelers walked with Jeeves outside, and he pointed out their car. He then got in a car and drove off. Rabk didn't even wave. He was just staring at the car, which was a wooden wagon hooked up to a donkey with a kangaroo on its back. "That's our transportation?" asked Rabk. "Yup," said Dodgers as he hopped inside, "We don't need much." Rabk shook his head and got in, and off they went towards the mountain. After a couple hours of of riding down the road, a hissing noise sounded from behind them, and as the crew turned around to find the source of the sound, the back of the wagon blew up.

TO BE CONTINUED...

Rabk - Part 17

Teatime in the Country
Rabk
Part 17

"Ah! Here we are!" said the Doctor happily as he ran around the console, flipping switches and pressing buttons. "The north road of the City! Off you go then. I can't keep you here." So out the travelers went, into the world. As they walked off from the blue box, a vworping sound came up from the box , and when the four turned around, the box was gone. "So we just go down that way?" asked Burt, pointing down the road. "Yup," said Dodgers confidently. "We need to go right down there." "What? Have you been here before?" asked Beowulf. "Sure I have. I have a friend that lives just down here." Burt look at Rabk with eyes that asked, "Of all the people we could have picked up...", but Rabk shrugged and kept walking. Soon, Dodgers led them to a large, early 19th century mansion. Dodgers walked right up to the front door and knocked. Burt leaned over to Rabk, "How could a lowly thief know people who live in this grand estate?"As Rabk shrugged, the door opened. Behind the the door was a tall, black-haired man with a continually amused look on his face. He looked down at Dodgers and said, "Ah... Mr. Dodgers..." Dodgers tipped his cap. "Jeeves." he responded. Jeeves gazed over at the others, and looked back at Dodgers. "Mr. Wooster was quite... upset... with you the last time you... left..." Dodgers shrugged, "Well, Jeeves--" "...With his car." Jeeves interrupted. The other travelers looked at Dodgers with questioning eyes. Dodgers shrugged at them and then looked at Jeeves. Despite his obvious disapproval, Jeeves allowed them in. He showed the travelers into a lounge and then left. Soon afterward, a thin man burst into the room. Dodgers stood up and took off his hat. "Dodgers, my friend, why must you be so youish?" Dodgers tried to speak, but the man continued, "Last time I let you in here, I thought you were clean, done with your stealing, but no! Now Aunt Petunia thinks that I stole her jewels! Me!" The man slumped down into a chair. Dodgers spoke, "Wooster, I'm terribly--" "And don't try to tell me I'm sorry," Wooster interrupted, "Cause I know you're not." Dodgers gave a devious smile, "You got me there, Wooster" Wooster scratched his forehead and sighed, "What are we going to do with you, Dodgers?" Soon, he noticed the other three and hopped right back up, "Oh, and I see you brought some friends, too! More kleptomaniacs, presumably!" "Actually," said Dodgers, "These are travelers, not thieves a--" "And you want me to host a dinner party for the weak and weary, do you?" "Actually, I was hoping you'd give us a car..." "A car?! What did you do with the last one you took? Eat it? Would you like some chips with that car, sir? Oh, yes and maybe some sauce on it for the looks! No, Dodgers, I can't afford it." "but you have, like, 10 of them!" "Yeah, well I won't have any once you're done with me! I just can't--" "Mr. Wooster," said Jeeves, who was at the door to the room with another man, "Mr. Teatime is hear to see you." If he was inspected more closely, the man next had an eye that was completely black. Wooster looked at Teatime without surprise. "Oh, you again, Teatime?" he said, and with that, he made a mad dash for the other door. Teatime was right behind him with a knife. As the commotion went on with furniture being overturned and gentlemanly knick-knacks were smashed, Jeeves set out some scones and tea. Dodgers whispered something into Jeeves's ear. Jeeves nodded and left the room. Dodgers started at the tea. The other travelers followed his example, and they had tea in the lounge as Wooster flew across the desk behind them. After a while, Jeeves reappeared and said to Dodgers, "Your vehicle is ready, sir."

Rabk - Part 16

Rabk
A New Allie
Part 16

Rabk looked around frantically for a way out, but there was no exit, for the police mob was in the way of them and the door. "Now" said one of the policemen, "Just come quietly, or we'll have to do this the hard way." The four of them put their hands in the air. As some of the policemen started moving forward to handcuff them, a large blue wave rippled through the air, and all of the policemen fell over, revealing a man with spiked brown hair and a brown trench coat peeking through the door. "Ah!" he said, happily. "Sorry about that. These men were tracking me, but somehow got the scent wrong. Anyway, the if the picked up my scent, the master would have programed them to re-lock their tracers onto me." "But you killed them!" Burt exclaimed in disapproval with a small hint of relief. "Nah!" said the man, walking up to one of the policemen. He picked up one of the limp bodies and ripped its face off to reveal a metal face underneath. "See?" said the man, "Simply androids. No harm done." "What in the world was that blue light, and why didn't it effect us?" asked Rabk. The odd man pulled out a small, bomb-like device from his pocket. "Electromagnetic pulser. Stops anything robotic dead in its tracks." As they spoke, a few creatures floated up to the level of the rooftop. They looked like giant salt-and-pepper shakers with a camera, a whisk, and a plunger sticking out of them.. One of them started speaking in a electronic and metallic voice. "Identified as the Doctor, enemy of the Daleks! Exterminate! Exterminate!" "Oh!" yelled the man, who was apparently the Doctor, "Gotta go!" As he ran off, he turned around and said, "Hey, you lot! Do yourselves a favor and get over here!" Wanting to get away from the evil salt shakers, the four of them ran after the Doctor without question. As they turned a bend, they saw the doctor run into a small blue box big enough to hold only two or three people. "We ain't gonna all fit in there!" yelled the thief who had given Burt the diamond, but they kept running, and one by one they all made it in. When the thief had closed the door, he turned around to find a great expanse of space within the box. "Well, that's new," said Beowulf, in an amused way. The Doctor looked at them. "Oh! Yeah, its bigger on the inside then the outside. Do you like it?" he asked, but then he kept on talking, "Where do you want to go?" "Is there any chance that you could bring us to the large mountain in the center of the mountain range?" The Doctor looked at him. "What, the wise man's mountain?" Rabk nodded. "I can't" said the Doctor, "with Daleks in the city, it is no longer safe, so I will have to stay here, but I will bring you to the road leading out of the city to the mountain. Rabk sighed and slowly agreed. "Hey, Rabk!" said Beowulf, "Come over here." Rabk went over. "Rabk, this kid wants to come with us to get you back. "Sure, I don't care," said Rabk dully. "What's your name?" The kid tipped his hat. "Dodgers. The Artful Dodgers."

Rabk -Part 15

Rabk
The New Journey
PART 15

"What?" yelled Rabk. "You heard me." said the Librarian quite plainly, "There is no known way out of this world." Rabk kicked at the ground angrily, making two small numbered sack people in hoods fly across the room. Beowulf watched them, amused, as they hit the wall, and then he looked up at Rabk with disappointment. "Wow, Rabk. Are you seriously going to give up that easily?" "Well what am I supposed to do?" muttered Rabk, looking down. "Well, you could start by doing this," replied Beowulf, turning to the Librarian. "Ma'am, can you think of anyone who might know of an unproven way to get out?" Rabk looked up at the Librarian, hopefully. The Librarian stared at the ceiling in thought. "Well..." she said, doubtfully. Rabk was immediately in her face, saying "Yes? What? Can you think of anything?" After pushing Rabk away, she said "There is one man who might know about a way out." "Who is it?" Who?" said Rabk, full of excitement. The Librarian went to the window, followed by Rabk, Beowulf, and Burt. The librarian pointed to a group of mountains outside the city. In the center of the mountain range was the largest mountain, at least twice as large as any other mountain there. "On that tall mountain lives a very odd and mysterious man, known as...," The Librarian looked at them momentously, "The wise man." Burt rolled his eyes. "Well, that's a surprise." Librarian looked at him with her own surprise showing on her face. "Oh, don't doubt the him!" she said, "Many have come back inspired!" Rabk smiled and picked up his bag. "Well, then," he said, "We have no time to waste." So off Rabk went, with Beowulf and Burt trailing behind him, through the city. As the travelers walked down the city's main street, a a teenager ran past them, shoving something into Burt's hands, then went on running. Rabk and Beowulf turned and looked at the object. It was a small, but brilliantly pink stone. "What is it?" asked Burt. "I don't know," said Rabk, "But I think I see a pink cat in it." "That's great," said Beowulf indifferently, "But I think I see something worse." Rabk and Burt turned around to see what looked like a mob of every police force on the face of the planet running towards them. "We better go," said Beowulf, who turned and ran after the boy who had given them the stone. Burt and Rabk followed behind. "Why are we following him?" asked Burt as they ran. Beowulf yelled back to him, "He knows this city better than we do, he can show us how to get away." Soon, the boy veered off of the main road and into the city alleyways. There happened to be plenty of fat cats in these alleys, and they were all eating birds. After turning into the absolutely smallest street possible, the boy entered an old apartment complex. Up the stairs the boy went, followed by the travelers, and the police mob farther behind. When the boy made it to the roof, he turned around and yelled to Beowulf, "Why did you have to follow me?" Beowulf yelled back, "Why did you hand us the jewel. The boy tried to answer, but was topped by the mob of police breaking through the door. The travelers and the thief were surrounded with no where to go.

To Be Continued...

Rabk -Part 14

Rabk
Part 14
The Library

Burt jumped back and let out a yelp. "Aah!" he exclaimed, "Why is that thing not falling on us?" Beowulf pointed. "look for yourself. With all the books, the Library had to be very tall, and it became so tall, that it leaned over and the top of it is resting on the ground somewhere else, balancing the middle right on top of us." Rabk turned to thank the giant turtles that had helped them, but when he turned, they were not there. Rabk looked around for a moment, then shrugged and turned towards where the entrance of the Library should have been. "Let's get going," he said to the others, so off they went, walking off to the Library. When they got to the end of the Library, they found that they had gone to the wrong side of it, and that they were at the ceiling instead of the base. The ceiling had made a little crater where it had landed, but nobody in the city seemed to care. When the travelers made it to the other side of the Library, the went into the Library and found and extremely old man sitting at a desk. Beowulf went up to him, "Where can we find the Librarian?" he asked. The old man leaned back, startled, "Can I help you?" he said. "Yes, can you tell us where the librarian is?" "Would you like some tea?" "No, where is the Librarian?" "Oh! The Librarian!" said the old man with a chuckle, "She's on floor 433. You can take the elevator, but mind you, its rather fast." After thanking the man, the three travelers hopped into the elevator and went up, and the old man was right, the elevator was exceedingly fast. After the elevator reached floor 212, the elevator mad a turn, and was going sideways, making the three of them fall onto the door of the elevator. Before the three could get up, the elevator came to a sudden stop, and the doors opened beneath them. The three of them looked down at what they would fall on for a second, and then they fell onto a heap of books. Upon looking around them, they found mountains of books piled up as well as overturned book shelves. Near one edge of the room, there were books flying into one of the piles. The three climbed over there and found an old lady, digging up books. Burt cleared his throat, and the old lady looked up. "Oh!" she said as she stuck her shovel into the books and leaned on it. "How can I help you, boys?" Beowulf stepped forward. "Well, you see, this man here," he said pointing to Rabk, "he came through from the real world and is trying to get back." The old lady stepped back in surprise. "The real world?" She walked forward and shook Rabk's hand firmly. "Fascinating! Pleased to meet you! And your name is..." "Rabk, ma'am" The lady pulled out a huge library catalog. "Rabk... Rabk..." she said as she flipped through it, " Robinson Crusoe... Robin Hood... Remy... Ah! Rabk! Oh." She looked up at Rabk. "I'm sorry, Rabk, but you can't see your book. It's not done yet." "I don't care about seeing it, lady." Rabk said angrily. "I want to know how I can get back." "Get back?" she asked "To the real world?" Rabk nodded. "Oh there's no way to do that.

To be Continued...

Rabk -Part 13

Forest Battle
Rabk - Part 13

"Now, boy," said Hook, his gun still pointed at Rabk's face. "Where is Peter?" Rabk rolled his eyes. "Don't you get the fact that I don't know where Peter is or who he is?" "Don't you get the fact that I have twenty men ready to shoot you if you don't tell me where Peter is?" Beowulf raised his hand like a shy schoolchild. "OK, I'm sure there is a better way of handling this situation." Hook turned and pointed his pistol at Beowulf. "Quiet, you! I'll deal with your predicament after I'm finished with my current patient." Taking the opportunity of having Hook's head turned, Rabk drew his sword and hit Hook on the head with it. As Hook, once again, fell unconscious, Rabk grabbed him and held Hook in front of himself. All Hook's men had their guns turned towards Rabk now. "Put down your weapons!" yelled Rabk, putting his sword to Hook's neck, "Or I'll kill him!" The surprised men slowly put their guns to the ground and put their hands in the air. Rabk looked at Burt and Beowulf and nodded. All three ran off trough the hoard of pirates, leaving Hook to fall to the ground. The pirates immediately grabbed their guns and shot after the three travellers. "You better have a plan!" yelled Beowulf. "Nonsense," replied Rabk, "People in books always make daring escapes!" "Sorry to interrupt," put in Burt, "But those pirates don't care about daring escapes, and now their chasing us!" After a couple minutes of running and letting Rabk think, Beowulf yelled at him, "Well?" Rabk swallowed and replied, "We'll just keep running and hope for a miracle!" "Oh, so heroic!" said Beowulf, rolling his eyes. Suddenly, four giant turtles and a green thing hopped out of the forest trees. The four turtles were just in ninja gear and started fighting the pirates off. Whenever they hit someone, a giant onomatopoeia in all-caps appeared in the sky. All the green thing did was get up, brush himself off and look at them. He had only one large eye in the middle of his head. He waved and said "Hi! I'm Mike Wazowski!" Then the green thing ran off. Rabk didn't notice the green thing, though, he just smiled and stared at the turtles. He had watched them on TV when he was a child. After the last of the pirates ran off, the turtles turned and said "Cowabunga, dude!" Beowulf looked at them in a strange way. "And who are you?" "Dude!" responded one of the turtles, "We're teenage, mutant, and ninjas! What do you think? And what are you doing here dudes?" "We are trying to find the library." said Burt cautiously. "Dude!" said another turtle, "Your so close to it! C'mon! We'll bring you there!" So off they group went, following the turtles, and soon, the forest disappeared and a city appeared. Suddenly, on a small street, the turtles stopped. "Here we are, dudes!" "What?" said Burt, looking at the small, pink cottage they had stopped next to. "This is the great library? The one that holds every book ever written?" Beowulf, looking up, said "Burt, I think that we are under the library. Burt looked up and found a skyscraper, hovering sideways above their heads.

To Be Continued.........

Rabk - Part 12

The Obligatory Rescue Chapter
Part 12
Rabk



At this point in the story, Rabk and Beowulf have been fighting a rather large spider. Unfortunately, as in all stories with rather large spiders, they are too strong for the hero. Rabk, at the moment, has a rather large spider leg on his stomach and has the mouth of a rather large spider inches from his head, but we will stop the story and continue it in a short while. In most stories, characters would have their lives flashing before their eyes, but because Rabk is not a normal fictional character, all he thought was, "Those are some large fangs.", but Beowulf, being a normal fiction hero, saw Rabk's life flash before his eyes, which Beowulf thought was rather odd. The molds on the cave walls were not thinking anything at the moment. The spider was thinking nothing but 'FOOD!' At this point in stories with large spiders, a rather short person would come into the cave with a light, a sword, and no shoes on, and would scare the monster away, or a crazy, self-guided, flying car would come and roll over the spider, but that does not happen in this story, and we will get back to what does happen now. As the spider lunged to eat Rabk and Rabk thought about large fangs, a machine gun fired and the spider backed up and started twitching, and soon ran off. Rabk stayed lying down, and took many deep breathes. Beowulf stood up and leaned against the wall, and rubbed his head with a face full of pain. Seeing Rabk's life story was a very painful experience. Rabk, after about five minutes, looks up to see his savior, and finds a man with a beard and blue camouflage on holding a machine gun. "Who is that?" asked Rabk. Beowulf looked up, still rubbing his head. "I don't know." he said, "but that beard looks very familiar." "I know!" responded Rabk, "But I can't put a pin in exactly who's beard it is." Rabk and Beowulf spend about ten more minutes figuring out who's beard it is. In the mean time, I'm going to describe the beard. The beard was brown with a small bit of blond in it. It was about six inches long from the chin to the end, and the beard was very scruffy and had a few hairs just sticking out of it. Finally, Rabk and Beowulf figured out who's beard it was. "It's Bert's beard!" said Rabk happily. After having the normal greetings, Rabk asks "What are you doing here, Bert?" Bert frowned and said "I thought it would be more interesting to follow you than to guard Atlantis. I just have to scrutinize every fish that passes by." "Well, c'mon then!" said Beowulf happily, and they walked down the path. Soon, they found the end of the cave, and they all cheered. They ran towards the light, but came to a halt as they exited the cave. A pistol was pointed at each of their heads. Rabk slowly looked up from the barrel of the pistol to see who was holding it. He found Captain Hook on the other side of the gun. "We meet again, boy. I have a bone to pick with you."

Rabk- Part 11

Rabk

Part 11

The Creature in the Cave

As Rabk and Beowulf went down the Yellow Brick Road, they entered a forest. The leaves and debris from the countless trees covered parts of the road and the two travellers would have to sweep up some of it to see where they were going. At one point, the brick road went very close to a solid rock cliff, and soon they went into a tunnel in the cliff, itself. Beowulf and Rabk looked into the tunnel suspiciously. "So we need to go into this tunnel to get to the Library?" asked Rabk. "Apparently so." responded Beowulf. "But an adventure never stopped a fictional character before! C'mon!" Beowulf walked in cheerfully, followed closely by Rabk. Beowulf pulled some out of his bag for them both. As they went father in, the cave got dirtier, wetter, and had more cobwebs. After about an hour of walking, they came to a fork in the road. "Which way do we go?" asked Rabk. Beowulf shrugged. He bent down and brushed the layers of dirt off of the floor. Both paths had yellow bricks leading into them. He got up and looked at the sediment on his hands. "We need a sign..." he said religiously. Beowulf held the hand with the dirt on his fingers into the air and closed his eyes. Rabk stared at him in annoyance. After five minutes, nothing happened. Beowulf opened his eyes and looked around for Rabk, who was sitting on the floor next to him. "Are you done yet? 'Cause we have to go sometime." "No!" snapped Beowulf. "We need a sign." As he said this a breeze came into the cave and blew the dirt off of Beowulf's hand into the tunnel on the left. "The spirits have spoken!" shouted Beowulf happily. "We go left!" Rabk got up and they headed down the left tunnel. After walking into the tunnel a couple yards, a roar came from farther down the tunnel, stopping the two travellers in their tracks. After a moment, Beowulf shouted. "The spirits have spoken!" he said once again. "We go right." Rabk nodded quickly and they hurried down the path. As they walked down their new path, they found cobwebs large enough to capture a bird. Soon they were large enough to capture a full grown elephant. Even farther down the tunnel, they found webs large enough to capture a Rana catesbeiana! They now crept slowly through the cave. Then a large object jumped out from behind a web. The two travellers pulled out their swords. It was a giant spider with fangs as big as small elephant seals. as it attacked, Rabk and Beowulf tried to fight back. As Rabk swung for the beast, but his sword got caught in a web that was hanging above him. Beowulf jumped on the spider and started jabbing it in the back. The spider wobbled for a while, then slammed Beowulf against the wall. As Beowulf fell, he turned to land on his feet, and with his sword still in hand, he attacked the spider again. It shot out a string of web and pulled the sword from Beowulf. "Impressive." said Beowulf. Rabk yelled at him as he ran away from the beast. As he fled, the beast caught up with him and put his leg on Rabk's stomach. The spider had another leg firmly around Beowulf. The spider's teeth lunged for Rabk.

TO BE CONTINUED...

Rabk- Part 10

Rabk

Part 10

The Hidden Kingdom

"Wait, wait, wait." said Rabk, laughing. "This is Atlantis?" The large man on the throne looked at them humorously. "Do you expect us to believe that you two just happened to stumble upon the hidden kingdom of Atlantis?" he asked. "Basically, yes." said Beowulf. The smile disappeared from the man's face. "Then how, might I ask, did you know the password?" Beowulf and Rabk looked at each other, confused. Beowulf looked back at the man on the throne and said "Password?" "Yes! The password!" said the man, now angry. "The password, 'Genetically-modified Turtle'! how did you know it." Once again, Beowulf and Rabk looked back at each other, this time in surprise. Both of the two broke out in laughter. The throne man raised an eyebrow at the two of them. "I find nothing humorous about the situation at hand." "You see, sir," said Beowulf in between chuckles. "We were on a small boat, starving, and I said that I was hungry enough to eat a genetically modified turtle." He then went on laughing. The man on the throne even made a little smile. "Well, you are welcome here in Atlantis. I am the King, Lirotnim, Prime minister of Atlantis, and this is the council of fishmen." "Thank you, sir," replied Rabk, "I am Rabk, and this is Beowulf." "It is a pleasure to meet you both. You must be starving, as you said. May I recommend the Sleepy Tuna Cafe. If you mention my name, you can get a free meal. You should try the swordfish kabobs. They're quite good. Burt, here, will take you there." "Thank you sir." said Beowulf. After the two had eaten , they wandered around the great stone city. The soon found a abstract-looking house with a colorfully painted sign that read 'The House of Oddities'. "What's in there?" Rabk asked, pointing. Burt glanced over. "Oh, that's the House of Oddities, where we put all the strange creatures we find in the water." "Lets go!" yelled Beowulf excitedly. As Burt had said, the many exhibits in the museum were of strange sea creatures, making the place look like a large aquarium freak show. In one small tank was a clown fish asking for its dad. "That fish will never stop talking about its dad." Burt muttered to himself. The next exhibit was of a large, angry, dinosaur-like creature. "What is that?" asked Beowulf. "That's the thing that I think is known as the Loch Ness Monster." said Beowulf, uncomfortably. "Can we go now? The last time someone stared at that fish for too long, it broke out of its tank and ate that person." Beowulf and Rabk moved quickly to the next exhibit. They stared at it for about five minutes before Rabk asked "What is that?" The thing in the exhibit looked offended. "What am I?" it asked. "I am the only superhero with my own submarine! The superhero that can talk to fish! And the superhero who can breathe underwater! Any of those traits ring a bell?" The three people looked around at each other and shook their heads. The dismayed exhibit sighed and said "Oh, well. IT was worth a shot." After seeing this exhibit, the three decided that they had seen enough oddness for one day and the travellers decided to go to land. Beowulf brought them to the closest city in Atlantis to the continent that they were headed. He pointed their way out and said "All you need to do is follow the Yellow Brick Road." The two thanked Burt and went on their way. Rabk had to avoid sing and skipping as he went down the road.

Rabk- Part 9

Rabk Part 9

Into the Deep

After a couple of days of sailing, Rabk and Beowulf had run out of food. Rabk was curled up on one side of the boat. Rabk stirred a little, as though he was just waking up. "Is land in sight?" he asked Beowulf. Beowulf raised his head for a couple seconds and then dropped it again. "Nothing whatsoever," he replied. Rabk groaned. "I'm so hungry," Beowulf chuckled/groaned a little laugh. "I bet I am hungry than you," he said. Rabk lifted his head a little. "Oh, yeah?" he smiled. "I'm so hungry, I could eat a a turtle." Beowulf retorted, "I'm so hungry, I could eat a genetically-modified turtle!" They laughed a weak laugh before realizing that the boat was tipping forward. Immediately, both of them were on their feet, vainly trying to climb to the rising end of the boat. Soon, the boat was completely vertical, and it paused in that strange position for a moment. Beowulf and Rabk looked down at the water as they clung to the top of the boat. Then, the boat started descending into the water. The two of them tried crying out for help, but they both knew that nobody would hear. As the boat entered the water, a large bubble enclosed it, which kept Rabk and Beowulf from escaping or drowning. When the two of them saw this bubble, they let go and sat at the bottom of the bubble, looking downward. They descended for quite a while, and as they went down, they couldn't see anything, not even themselves. After not seeing each other for a long time, a glow grew larger from the bottom of the ocean. As the boat moved closer, the two passengers could see many large buildings and streets coming from withing a glowing, large bubble framed with stone. Their boat docked just outside the giant bubble. A man in blue camouflage, holding a machine gun, motioned for them to come towards him. As Rabk and Beowulf moved, they found that their bubble moved with them. The camouflage man moved towards them and their bubbles merged. The man had a large beard and green eyes. He looked at them, worriedly. "How did you guys get here? You're not from down here." Beowulf chuckled. "No, we're definitely not from down here. Where are we and who are you?" "I'm Burt, but I can't tell you where we are. Follow me." The group's bubble merged with the űber bubble, revealing a thriving city concealed into the bubble. The two travelers, in their ragged over-use clothes, were noticeable different looking from the rest of the people in this mossy, stone city. After passing several men in uniforms, and a whole bunch of suspicious stares, Burt brought them into a huge room with men on thrones. Burt nervously ran up to the man in the largest chair and whispered something in his ear. The man looked down at the two men angrily, then he roared. "How on earth did you two find the city of Atlantis?"

Rabk- Part 8

Rabk Part 8

Finding Home

After many adventures and trials, Rabk, Odysseus, and Beowulf had made it through the most dangerous part of the journey, a land called The Death Islands. These islands held the homes of many of the monsters of the Imagination World. As the crew exited this terrible land, a cheer went up that made the talking birds look down in confusion. As they finished cheering, they realized they were low on supplies. They stopped at the next island they found. It was very green and had no signs of civilized life. After landing, the men started to notice little details of life, such as a chopped tree and a simple hunting trap. When they had made it deep into the forest, they found the island's main feature, a large tree house built high into the trees, and it wasn't some child's tree house. It had running water, bedrooms, and even a kitchen. As they stood in awe, a man came cautiously out of the woods. "Hello, there!" he said. It was a well-built, blond man with a large knife in his hand. "Hello!" said Beowulf, stepping forward, "We mean you no harm. We are here to find supplies." The man put his knife away. "Well, in that case, hello! I am Robinson Crusoe, and this is my home." Rabk stepped up, staring at the tree house, "Is there anyone else on this island?" he asked. Robinson laughed. "Only me and some strange family who uses my first name as their last, but there is not enough food on this island for your crew. There is barely enough food for the few of us who live here already." The crew thanked Crusoe and left. As they walked off, Beowulf turned to Rabk. "Have you ever read Robinson Crusoe's story?" he asked. "No, why?" asked Rabk. "Well," said Beowulf, his face confused, "As we left, Crusoe said something like 'Wait 'til Saturday hears this!' or something." Rabk shook his head. "I don't know." "Oh, well," responded Beowulf, sighing. "Just wondering." When they had sailed, they found another island, but this one was much bigger than the last one. Odysseus squinted. "That's Ithaca." he said quietly. "What?" asked Beowulf. "That's Ithaca!" yelled Odysseus excitedly. The men all dropped their oars and looked overboard. Sure enough, it was Ithaca. All the men quickly went back to their oars and rowed ten times faster than usual. Soon they got to the island, and Athena appeared to them. She explained to Odysseus what he needed to do, then she signed autographs for the crew. Beowulf congratulated Rabk for having his first 'god-sighting'. After Odysseus had taken care of all his wife's suitors, Odysseus gave Beowulf and Rabk a tour of his long lost home. They met Penelope, Telemachus, and even the swineherd, Eumaus. Then they threw a party which lasted all night. When Rabk rested happily in his bed, he realized something very important to him. What if Odysseus wouldn't go with them any farther? He decided to ask, so the next morning, before anyone other than Odysseus was up. "Hey, Odysseus!" said Rabk, running up to the king. Odysseus turned and smiled at Rabk. "What can I do for you, my friend?" "Well, now that you're home and all, I was wondering if you will still help me get to the library." Rabk said nervously. Odysseus frowned. "Well, I don't know...It's just....Well...I just got back... the men won't go...I think I can't go away anymore... Penelope won't let me...But I'll lend you a ship." Soon afterwards, Rabk sat in a small row boat, rowing. Beowulf sat across from him expressionlessly. As he rowed, Rabk glared at the small silhouette on the island, watching them leave.

Rabk- Part 7

Rabk

Part 7

The Jungle Beast

As the ship went through the ocean, many monsters were encountered. The monsters ranged from one as bad as 'She' to aliens that were shaped like poodles. When the ship had almost exited the most dangerous part of the journey, the came to an island. Compared to Circe's island, it was large. It had mountains in the middle, surrounded by jungle areas, and on the edges of the island, tall cliffs stood, keeping the beach from touching the jungle. Odysseus gave the order to land. Rabk went up to him, worriedly. "Why are we landing?" "We need food" replied Odysseus calmly. "But why couldn't we wait until we get out of this monster-infest area of the ocean?" Odysseus looked at him seriously. "I don't know when we are going to see land next, so we are going to get some food, even if it means facing another monster." Then Odysseus walked off the ship, following his men. Rabk came soon afterwards, though he was reluctant. After walking around on the beaches of the island, the men found a small cut in the cliff which led to the jungle above. This passage was guarded be some natives to the island, who were wearing feathered hats and holding spears. The guards made a strange call up the passageway. Soon, more natives came down the passage an looked at Odysseus's crew. Odysseus's men put their hands up as the natives walked around them and studied them. As they did this, a horn from the jungle sounded. The natives looked up, then all ran into the jungle again, even the guards this time. "That was weird" said Beowulf "Most tribal natives would have taken prisoners." , but nonetheless, the search party went into the jungle. The party found a large bounty of fruits. They found apples, oranges, and grapes, but mainly found bananas, which were stacked up on primitive alters all around the island. As they turned to head back to the boat, they heard a terrifying roar. They tried to move a bit faster in the direction of the boat, but suddenly, another roar came, and this time it was right behind them. As they turned, a large gorilla appeared from out of the jungle. Backing away, Odysseus's men pulled rifles from their bags. As the monster grabbed for them, Odysseus shouted "Fire!". The monkey fell back, swatting around his face like a person would when flies would hover around them. He roared a loud, angry cry. Odysseus turned to Beowulf and Rabk, and with a sense of urgency in his voice, said, "Go." Rabk tried to question the orders, but Beowulf was already pulling towards the jungle entrance. When the two of them got to the boat, the group of men in charge of watching the ship looked up casually. "Get ready to go!" said Beowulf. They started to get up, but when a roar came from the forest, they started moving much faster. Another roar came from the very top of the cliff. "They're going to have to jump!" said one of the crew members. Rabk was confused. "But they'll die," he said. "Not necessarily," replied Beowulf. As another roar came, small figures started shooting off the edge of the cliff. As the men watched, small parachutes deployed from the specks. The men hit the ground and started running for the ship. Odysseus and two other men were the last to land, and as they started to run, the Gorilla landed behind them, causing a mini earthquake. When Odysseus was on, he yelled "Go!" , and the rowers started rowing. The gorilla got to the shore just when they were out of reach. In his anger, the beast ripped a palm tree from the ground and threw it at them. The tree missed them by a long shot. As they sailed off, Rabk turned to Odysseus. "Rifles? and parachutes?" "Hey, in this world, even ancient Greeks can have rifles."

To Be Continued...

Rabk- Part 6

Rabk

Part 6

Revenge

As the ship ventured further into the ocean, a thick mist rolled onto the ship. The whole crew grew quiet. The air had an unpleasant fell to it. Fear was in everyone's eyes. The drama was too much for Rabk. He rolled his eyes. Strange rock formations started to come into sight. After about thirty minutes of this fear, the boat rocked violently from side to side. Several men fell down, and a the men looked around nervously. "What was that?" asked Rabk. "A monster," said Odysseus, pulling out his sword. Rabk looked around to see that everybody had a weapon out. Rabk quickly took drew his own sword, not wanting to be left out. As Rabk did this, the whole crew gasped. Looking to see what they were gasping at, Rabk saw a tentacle slowly crawling over the side of the ship, onto the deck. The tentacle seemed to be sensing, as if it was trying to detect movement. One man tried backing up as the tentacle came towards him, but the man stumbled and fell over a barrel. Immediately, the tentacle shot out towards the man, quickly pulling him over the side of the deck and under the water. The crew all ran to the edge of the ship and looked down. After a few moments, a pool of blood reached the surface of the water. The crew gasped again. As they stared, the tentacle shot out of the water and pulled another man overboard. Yells of terror took the place of gasps, and all the men backed away from the edge, forming a circle in the middle of the ship. "Stand your ground, men," said Odysseus, "If we stay organized, we can defeat this beast." , but of course, when the tentacle came up for another person, there was no organized attacks, just pure chaos. Rabk, not knowing what to do, looked to Beowulf for help, but all he could see in Beowulf's eyes was fear. "It's Her..." whispered Beowulf. Rabk scrunched up his eyes in confusion. "Her?" he asked. "She has no name, Rabk!" yelled Beowulf, "It's Grendel's mother, here to take her revenge on me." Beowulf then ran off, yelling, and joined the chaos. Again, the tentacle rose up out of the water. This time, She sensed Rabk first. As Rabk backed up, the tentacle moved forward at the same speed. Rabk turned and ran to the front of the ship, looking around frantically as the tentacle grew closer. Then Rabk realized that he had a sword in his hand. Rabk closed his eyes, turned his head away, and waved his sword aimlessly in the general direction of the tentacle. Suddenly, he hit something. He looked to see an oozing red cut in the side of the tentacle. The tentacle retracted for a moment, twitching, then reached out for Rabk again. This time, Rabk dodged the tentacle. The tentacle kept going forward and made a hole right through the front of the ship. Rabk stared for a moment, then ran off into the chaos. Soon afterwords, he heard Beowulf yelling. When Rabk found Beowulf, he was scratching at the floor of the deck, the tentacle rapped around his leg. Before Rabk could take any action, Beowulf was already off the side of the ship.Rabk immediately dropped his sword and jumped in the water after Beowulf. As he entered the water, he saw that the tentacle was actually the tail of a giant, hideous she-snake with a wrinkled head. The snake was smiling smugly at him as Beowulf writhed in her grasp. Rabk swam down lower into the water, his ears popping as he descended. Rabk pulled out his knife and stabbed into the back of the snake's head. The snake writhed in pain, letting out an underwater scream. Rabk had no time to cover his ears. He went straight for Beowulf and pulling him to the surface. Odysseus and his men grabbed them out of the water and immediately set sail. As Rabk and Beowulf sat there, gasping and coughing, Odysseus looked down at Rabk. "Your not so bad at this whole monster thing. You could make a decent living here." he said. Rabk smiled. He was safe... ...for now.

TO BE CONTINUED LATER ON...

Rabk- Part 5

Rabk
Part 5

The Island Castle

There was a large crash. Rabk, still with his eyes closed, doesn't want to see the damage on Odysseus's ship, the ship he is on. He heard a small splash and then a cheer coming from the ship he was on. He opens one eye, and seeing no damage on his ship, opens his other eye and joins the cheering. He looks overboard and realizes that the tip of the ship he is on is pointed and bronze. Captain Hook's ship has a large, nasty hole in it. Suddenly, a face emerges from the waters. It was Hook, himself. Apparently, Hook was knocked overboard be the impact. Odysseus comes up behind Rabk, putting his hand on Rabk's shoulder and laughing. "That was quite a strike, wasn't it, Rabk?" "Very nice," said Rabk, chuckling with relief. Turning around, Odysseus commanded that the ship do the same. Soon, the ship was turned around and sailing out of the river mouth, into the ocean. Rabk looked at Odysseus' crew. It looked like the typical ancient Greek crew, with the exception of a large beetle. Odysseus claims that the beetle was once a human named Gregor. After a half hour, Rabk remembered why he never went on boats. The reason spilled off the side of the ship unceasingly. When an island finally came into view, Odysseus' crew was anxious to land and take a few steps away from Rabk. When Rabk felt a bit better, he went over to Odysseus and Rabk. "I've never seen this island before." "Let's explore it!" said the adventure eager Beowulf. Odysseus shrugged. "Maybe we can find some free food. I'm starving. Odysseus kept his crew together in one group to avoid dangerous situations. After a while of searching, Rabk felt much better, but was starving now. The group found a large castle in the middle of the island. It was a nice looking castle which look like an overgrown Italian villa, but with lots of windows. As the group went the front door, Beowulf looked up at the tall mansion. "It's funny," he said to Rabk. "I would have thought that you could see a castle this large from the beach." Unfortunately, nobody in the entire crew didn't sense the obvious foreshadowing in this statement and went straight to the front door. As they looked into the glass front door, they saw a nice-looking, young lady who was weaving. When she saw them, she immediately got up and ran up to get the door. "Oh, come on in, you poor, weary travellers! You need rest and a good meal to fill you!" As the lady opened the door for them, she said, "I am Circe, and this is my island." Once again, nobody remembered what book she came from or what she did in that book. She led the crew into a large dining room with a high roof and Doric pillars. Stacks of cheeseburgers, fries, and soda were piled on a large table in the center of the room. The hungry men immediately rushed for them and ate. Gregor even had a pile of moldy cheeseburgers on the floor. The men's hunger drove the men to eat everything. After all the food was gone, the men realized that they were pigs. Unfortunately, it was now that Rabk realized where Circe came from. The witch then came in, herding the men into a pen that the men had failed to notice. After she had gotten them inside of it, Circe gave off an evil cackle. Then she noticed a bewildered man who was lying on the floor, looking at his hands. The pigs all squealed from behind her. If pigs could speak, they would have been saying "Gregor!" When all the humans had been turned into pigs, the bug, Gregor, turned back into a human. Hearing his friends' screams, he jumped up and attacked Circe and tied her up with a rope that was in arms reach. After she was secured, he thought about how strange that the rope just happened to be just in the right spot. As Circe screamed "Release me!", Gregor found a handy-dandy potions cabinet. Unfortunately, the potion labels were all written in a different language. Circe cackles echoed through the room. You'll never understand the labels! I wrote them in a different language just in case something like this happened!" Gregor turned around, holding a bottle. "This language is Russian. My native language is Russian." Circe's smile fade, but in a slightly annoyed voice said "Well, if you use that potion on you're friends, you will turn back into a bug!" Odysseus's crew squeal with horror. Would Gregor sacrifice his humanness to save them? The did not know, but with all the horrified squeals and with Circe's renewed cackling, Gregor became angry and said "Stop cackling! It's very annoying. Then he dumped the bottle he was holding into the pig pen. Immediately, the pigs turned back into humans, Gregor turned into a bug, and Circe turned into a pig. The men carried Gregor back the ship on their shoulders, cheering. And never again did any of the men take Gregor for granted.


To Be continued Later on...

Rabk- Part 4

RABK- PART 4

Setting Sail

"You mean that you're Odysseus?" asked Rabk excitedly. "The one and only." said Odysseus proudly, but frown soon afterwards."But there is something that you should know. A god has a grudge against me, so we might run into some trouble." Rabk frowned, but Beowulf smiled and said "Hey! It's not like we don't run into any trouble in this world already." Odysseus grinned. "Then let's get ready!. Here, Beowulf. We need this food for the trip." Beowulf looked down at the list and said "I bet we can find these. C'mon Rabk!" And then Beowulf turned an went off into the city. Rabk followed as the went to where Rabk thought was the supermarket, but the store had been converted into an open market, with rows of stalls and stands. Beowulf disappeared into the infinite number of shops with Rabk trying to keep up. To Rabk, the whole place seemed like a maze. The place was very crowded and it seemed like a dark mist was following Rabk everywhere he went, so he couldn't see 5 feet in front of him. He tried going up to a stall that said "MAPS", but as he walked up, he realized that all 6 of his wallets had been taken, so he made his way deeper through the marketplace, where a dozen people came up to him and asking if he wanted a watch. One even asked him if he wanted a sun dial. After about 30 minutes of searching, Rabk finally found an exit. He ran to it, but he tripped over a crate and fell on his face just outside of the market. Beowulf was standing in front of him and cheerfully said, "Oh! There you are! I've been looking for you everywhere. We got to get back to the ship now!" They went back to the ship, and Odysseus almost immediately told them to set sail. They sailed down to the mouth of the river, but as they exited, a cannon fired at them. Beowulf, Rabk, Odysseus, and everyone else on the ship turned to see a large pirate ship with Captain Hook standing in the front. "No one gets away with insulting Captain Hook, boy." Hook fired another shot from the cannon next to him. It took some of the oars from the rowers. "Turn the ship around!" said Odysseus. "Let's get him!" Rabk looked at Beowulf, worriedly. "What's he doing?" asked Rabk. Beowulf shrugged and said "I'm not the ancient Greek naval strategist." The ship was now turned and Odysseus said "Now go straight for him!" The rowers rowed as fast as they could, and Captain Hook looked as confused as Rabk. As they reached Hook, Hook and Beowulf's eyes widened and Beowulf started laughing. Rabk looked at Beowulf, amazed/confused. Rabk hid his eyes as the ships were about to collide, and then the ships hit.

TO BE CONTINUED...

Rabk- Part 3

Rabk- Part 3

Happenings in the Town



Rabk lay there, trying to say that he didn't know who Peter was or where he was, but when he tried to speak, he couldn't. "Tell me!" yelled the impatient pirate, pressing his sword closer to Rabk's neck. Being that Rabk was still speechless, the pirate spoke again, scratching his goatee with his hook hand. "Very well, boy. Any last words? Not that they'll be remembered or anything. I just say it to sound dramatic." As he said this, a ticking noise came from the manhole next to Rabk's head. The pirates eyes widened, then he screamed and jumped away as a ticking crocodile pushed the manhole cover out of its way. Rabk, realizing that the sword was gone from his neck rolled away from the crocodile. Obtaining a barrier of other pirates in between himself and the crocodile, the pirate looked back to Rabk, saying "Just a minute, you." , but as he said this, a thumping sound came from behind him, the pirate became stiff, and he fell forward close to where Rabk lay. Rabk stared for a minute at the fallen pirate, then up at where the pirate had stood, finding Beowulf in the pirate's place, admiring the bottom of his sword. "The butt of a sword is a very useful thing, isn't it?" he said cheerfully. Pointing his sword at the pirate, he continued, "That's Captain Hook, the pirate. You don't want to mess with him." All the other pirates, except the one getting eaten by the ticking crocodile, stared at them, amazed.Beowulf pulled Rabk to his feet and led him out of the pirate crowd. Beowulf brought Rabk to a domed building with several gold miners coming out of it. "Wait right here," said Beowulf "I'll be right back out. Just need some supplies." Rabk leaned up against the wall. The small duck pond had turned into a large river with a harbour and fishing community on the other side of it. A giant was trying to wade across the river, muttering about how it was quiet a muddy puddle. Near the giant were two boys on the raft, one of which was waving around a dead cat. As Rabk watched the river, a large plant with a mouth in a pot hopped into view. It then spoke, or sang, "I'm hungry!" Rabk tried to back up, but he was already against the wall. The vines of the plant shot out towards Rabk, but as the vines reached for him, a sword cut the vines in half and Beowulf ran up to the plant, chopping of its head. The plant instantly disintegrated. Beowulf turned to Rabk and said "Talking plants are another thing that you should avoid. None of them are that friendly." "But you killed it!" said Rabk. "Would you rather have it kill you?" asked Beowulf. Rabk couldn't answer that one. "Anyway, nobody dies here, they just reappear in the place where they first came into this world. Now here are some weapons you might want. Your sword, your knife, and your pistol. You'll need these. Now lets get to the harbour." The walked down to the harbour, where submarines to Spanish galleons were docked. The harbour seemed to go on forever. Finally, they came to an ancient Greek galley. "I'll go talk to the captain. You..." Beowulf paused "Defend yourself." Beowulf then hopped on board and disappeared from sight. Luckily, nothing tried to attack Rabk while Beowulf was gone. When Beowulf came back, a tanned, well-built man came out with him. "Good News!" said Beowulf, smiling, "This man has agreed to take us to the library!" "Great!" said Rabk, stepping forward. He held out his hand to the captain. "I'm Rabk." The man shook Rabk's hand firmly. "Pleased to meet you," he said "I'm Odysseus."




To Be Continued...

Rabk-Pt. 2

Rabk Part 2

Understanding the World

Rabk pased back and forth. Beowulf stood near by, still standing heroiclly with Grendal's arm. Rabk stopped and turned to Beowulf. "So you're saying that there is no way back to the real world?" he asked. Beowulf rolled his eyes. "For the, like, fortieth time, there is no way for you to go back. This is you're world now! No changing that!" "But this isn't the real world! I need to somehow get back! How did I get here anyway?" Beowulf shrugged. "All I know is that all of us come from a books. Ask the Librarian." "Yeah, but I don't come from any stinking book. And I need--" Rabk paused. "Did you say the Librarian? Aren't there hundreds of librarians in books?" "Yeah, but only one is designated to run the Library." "And what is in this 'Library'?" "Every story, book, and movie ever made up in the real world." Rabk got excited. "Maybe the librarian knows how I should get back! Can you take me there?" He asked Beowulf. Beowulf grinned. He just couldn't resist an adventure. "Sure," he said "But you're going to need a boat." Rabk looked as confused as a armadillo on ice. "Why do I need a boat?" he asked. Beowulf studied his sword. "Oh, just because the library happens to be half-way arround the world from here." Rabk basically collapsed onto the ground. Beowulf looked down in an amused/annoyed sort of way. "Awe, c'mon! Its not that bad. I even know one of the best crews out there." Rabk opened his eyes. "Who is this great crew of yours?" Beowulf smiled. "C'mon if you want to find out." he said, and with that he walked off. Rabk got up and followed him. They ventured into what used to be a shopping center. As they went onto the main street, a dressed rebbit ran by, waving his pocketwatch arround and complaining about the time. He rather large little girl ran by, holding an empty bottle reading 'Drink me'. Rabk had to jump to get out of the way of this giant girl, but Beowulf, with the slightest movement of his shoulder, went right in between the monstorous legs as if nothing ever happened. Rabk quickly ran to catch up with Beowulf. "So where are we going?" he asked. "To the River!" said Beowulf. "The river?" asked Rabk, confused, "But there are no rivers around here! Just a small pond!" Beowulf, fully annoyed by now, turned arround, almost yelling, "Look arround you, man! This is not your world! Don't you expect that something might be different here?" Rabk did look arround him. The local butcher shop was no longer selling pig and cow, but dragon and whale. A blonde girl, with flowing blonde hair, leaned her head over he balcony, her face scrunched up in pain. As Rabk's eyes followed the hair down to the ground, he found a prince unsuccessfully trying to climb up the hair. Although Rabk spent a coupleamusing moments watching this prince, his eyes soon were brought tho the roof by gunfire, where riflemen, archers, and some cannibals were shooting each other off the roofs. Rabk looked forward to find Beowulf far ahead of him on their way down the street. Rabk realized he wasn't walking, so he decided to start again, but as Rabk walked, the door of what used to be a olive oil shop opened to release an army of pirates attacking each other randomly, as if in a bar fight. As Rabk observed, a man fell out a window, falling onto Rabk. The pirate yelled at Rabk, about to punch him when a shiney boot hit the pirate off of him. The boot immediately was on Rabk's chest, taking the place of the pirate. The boot was connected to a man with long, curley hair and a red suit. A giant feather stood on top of the man's red hat. A hand pulled a sword from the man's side, putting it to Rabk's neck. " Tell me where Peter is, boy." Rabk just lied there, hands in the air, too afraid to speak. "Tell me boy!" yelled the man, "Or you die!"

To Be Continued

Rabk- Part 1

I decided to make a story. No Paragraphs though!

Rabk, Part 1

Beginnings

There was once an odd man named Rabk Doomfish . Rabk was about the average height and weight of a 20 year old. He had ruffled brown hair and always had a confused look stuck on his face. One day, Rabk went for a walk. While walking, he decided to go down to the nearest local coffee shop. When he got in, he found all the customers in two groups. One group was made up of medieval soldiers, and the other half looked as though they had popped right out of the 25th century. Despite this, Rabk kept his mind and went up to the cashier, who was a talking raccoon, who had a name tag which said "MR. Raccoon". Rabk ordered a mocha, but instead, Mr. Raccoon handed him a goblet of wine. As he drank, a boy with glasses and a scar on his forehead peeked into the room, then he and two other kids in black robes came in. Scar-head grabbed the goblet, saying "At last! The professor will be so pleased with our finding of his Goblet of Fire." Another man came in through the manager's office and jumped over the counter. He had a Faddora on and held a whip in his hand. "I don't know about this 'Goblet of Fire' of yours," he said, "but that cup ain't on fire, and it's the Holy Grail." He then used his whip to pull the goblet from the boy with the glasses. "No, you can't take the Goblet!" said the boy, and with that, he pulled a wooden stick out of his pocket, and pointed it towards Fedora-Man. Then he said something which, to Rabk, sounded like 'Poof ' in Latin. A blue light came forth from the stick, shooting straight for the whip guy. The man ducked, and the blob of light hit Mr. Raccoon. The scar boy and his friends jumped on the Fedora man. The medieval dudes and the futuristic men all took sides. Rabk went outside for some fresh air. When he got outside, a bus rolled, on its side, through the parking lot. It stopped on the opposite side of the parking lot, lying on its side. A roar came from inside and the whole ceiling crumpled in and was ripped of the rest of the bus to reveal a green blob of a monster. A lady in high heals ran out from behind the monster and ran away, screaming. The blob roared, lumbering after the damsel, but as he did, a voice came from behind Rabk, saying "Stop, Grendel, you monster of evil. Your days of destruction are over, for I, Beowulf, have come to stop you, for I am Beowulf the great, the brave, the awesome." And with that, Beowulf ran around Rabk, charging towards Grendel with his sword pointed right towards Grendel. Grendel looked over, roared, and charged. Beowulf then jumped up on a car, using it as a ramp and jumped, turning around in the air, landing onto Grendel's back. Grendel, taken by surprise, flailed his arms wildly, trying to grab Beowulf, who raised his sword and cut off Grendel's arm. Grendel roared, grabbing the stub of an arm he had left and retreating sluggishly towards the grocery store. Rabk walked up to Beowulf, standing heroically over the arm. "Hi. Can you tell me where I am and how I get back home?" Beowulf looked at him "This is the fantasy world. Without this world, reality could not exist with all those books ever written." Rabk was unsurprised. He had kind of grasped the fact that this wasn't earth when the raccoon started talking. "Well, I'm from the real world." He said "and how do I get back." Beowulf looked at him, confused. "Oh, you're from the real world?" he asked "Well, forget that life, 'cause there's no going back. Anything that comes here, stays here.

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