FINAL ORIGIN EPILOGUE
By 8-Bit Star
------About Final Origin------
First: I know this may sound like a big
story about my own original characters. Basically,
it is. The thing was meant to tell their origin
story, and the "Epilogue" was originally meant to
fill in details FO left out. If you enjoy hearing
about original characters, you won't mind my
concentrating on them more than on the regulars.
Having just edited FO (After realizing that
Fanfiction.net and the Story Board both delete
tabs) I realized it wasn't really that good.
Rather than forcing people to live through it,
I am allowing them the option of simply skipping
to this epilogue. The main body of FO will stay
on the Internet anyway, however. One because
some people like to hear the whole story anyway,
and Two because someone might make a good MiSTing
out of it.
Basically, the story goes like this:
Mademanna, a robot designed and programmed
to be totally human, comes to the Rangers, seeking
protection from her big brother, Dumb Frog. The
Rangers fight Frog (who is a total ditz) and Frog
turns out to really be under Mind Control. They
get him out of it, and he becomes a good guy.
Then, Frog is targetted for an attack by
Pennywinkel, an old friend of his. They too get
in a fight, but she too turns out to be under Mind
Control and gets rescued. Also during this time
Mademanna explains that her, Frog, and Pennywinkel
are from another universe in which the Rangers were
just a cartoon.
Then they find Miles Alpha (member of a race
of metallic beings called the Klimakti, who turn
living creatures into monsters who feed power to
the Klimakti) who is the guy who put them under the
influence in the first place, and beat up on him.
But they can't beat him so everyone prays and God
(or someone) takes away all Alpha's power, allowing
the good guys an easy victory. (Hey, I was sleepy
when I wrote that).
This epilogue picks up a week later.
Anyway, some details here contradict
details in the actual Final Origin story.
FO wasn't really planned out, so this is to
be expected. Basically, if you see these
sort of inconsistencies, then this Epilogue
is my official "Correct" version.
------Now here's the story I've been-----
------Babbling about. Enjoy-------------
FINAL ORIGIN: THE EPILOGUE
It has now been several weeks since the Rescue
Rangers destroyed Miles Alpha in a huge, climactic,
utterly confusing finale. Life had settled down and
gotten back to normal for the Rangers, which consisted
of some admittedly Low-key cases ("Thank heavens!"
Chip once whispered. He was definately *not* up for
another case that involved beings from other universes).
The Rangers had given up their own attempts to learn
the Kamehameha after quite a few times of it not working.
This week, Foxglove was with the Rangers, here
to visit Dale, as usual, but she got along nicely with
everyone else.
The first thing she saw after entering (and after
Dale) was Mademanna, cleaning the house. Then she saw
Frog and Pennywinkel, who was sitting next to Tammy
(No telling where Bink was). Tammy she recognized.
She pointed to them and asked "Dale, I don't
recognize these people."
"Well, they're new. It's a long, long story,
and we'll explain it all over dinner." Dinner sequences
make such NICE exposition! "Come on, It should be done
now. Monty's cookin' tonight."
Ya know, I think I found my writing trademark:
Dinner sequences as exposition! Anyway, they were all
around a rectangular dinner table, except Bink who was
in a high-chair. The seating order was thus: Foxglove
was at one end of the table. Dale, of course, was right
on her right-hand side. Chip was across from Dale.
Gadget was beside Dale, and Monty was across from her.
Down from Gadget was Pennywinkel, with Tammy across
from her. Course, if Tammy controlled the world, she'd
be next to Chip. If Chip had his way, he'd switch places
with Monty (placing himself beside Tammy and across from
Gadget--He'd be surrounded by one girl who likes him and
one girl he *wishes* liked him).
Oh yea, and Frog was at the *other* end of the table.
Why? Because such is the nature of chaos. Zipper could
use the free seat, but being a fly, he never needed to.
Mademanna was between Pennywinkel and Frog.
Pennywinkel had taken the liberty of explaining the
incident thusly (Any details she left out being filled
in by someone else):
"Okay, here's how it came down. We entered this
universe, but Miles Alpha, whom me and Frog had dealt
with before, followed us. Well, he caught us asleep,
which is when he put the rings on us. Except Mademanna,
who escaped--Which was why he wanted Frog to capture her,
because he knew a loose thread like that was all that
was needed to bring his house down. Of course, guys
can't do anything right, but Alpha quite stupidly sent
Frog after her. It doesn't take my genious to realize
that was a mistake, but then, Alpha *was* a boy. Well,
Frog, being even more boy than most boys, couldn't even
accomplish a relatively simple job as capturing a little
girl. So that resulted in him being depossessed."
Just looking at Tammy was enough to spell out that
she didn't care much for Pennywinkel's version of the
story.
Pennywinkel continued, "Then Alpha did the right
thing and sent *me* after Frog. I beat Frog left and
right--He never even stood a chance--But then I realized
that I was actually under magical influence. With that
realization, I too, was free. After that, even my great
mind couldn't figure out what the heck Alpha was trying
to do, but we killed him anyway.
"So, any questions?"
"I have one," Tammy said, pointing a fork at
Pennywinkel, "What makes you think you're such a genious?"
"My brain." Pennywinkel said.
"Seriously."
"Oh, I was serious! You see, normal brains can only
think in three dimensions. Mine can think in more than that.
Things that seem strange or illogical to others are common
sense to me."
Tammy rolled her eyes, "Uh-huh, So I assume you really
thought out that egotistical fantasy, right?"
Frog interrupted "Oh, she means it. This ain't no
fantasy. We even *scientifically* confirmed it back at
home. It's the neo-feminism angle where the ego comes in."
"Hey!" Pennywinkel said, giving Frog a mean look and
making like she was gonna get up and hurt him.
But before she did, Mademanna firmly pushed down on
Pennywinkel's shoulder and said "Behave, you two!"
And now Tammy burst out laughing.
"What is so funny?" Pennywinkel suddenly asked in a
not-too-happy manner.
"T-that k-kid--" Tammy was stuttering with laughter
"--Is more mature than you are!"
"Don't I know it," Frog said under his breath.
"And Bink is more mature than you!" Pennywinkel
retorted.
"You take that back!" Tammy suddenly exclaimed.
"Make me!"
Both leaned forward toward's each other threateningly.
But Mademanna pulled Pennywinkel back, and simply said
"That's enough."
Chip pulled Tammy back, and said "Same goes for you."
Tammy just sighed in resignation.
Both her and Pennywinkel forgot their own troubles,
however, when they noticed Frog was randomly forking the
table, never his plate.
"What are you doing, Silly Toad?" Tammy asked.
"The name's Dumb Frog (Not that I'm sure there's a
difference) and I can't find my plate! It *was* right in
front of me! I just can't find it! Everything's gone dark!
My plate is *nowhere to be found*!!!"
Again Mademanna was called from her own dinner to help
Frog find his. To do this, she grabbed his wrists and led
them to the food. When he caught on, she let go.
"Ah! Here it is!" He exclaimed. "Thanks."
"Don't mention it," Mademanna simply replied.
"Excuse me but," Tammy sayeth, "Since when were you
blind? We were only watching TV a few minutes ago..."
When it was obvious Frog was off in his own little
world where food was killer and needed to all be forked
for the sake of the human civilization, Mademanna answered
"He has some sort of eye problem. Sometimes he just suddenly
goes blind or starts seeing things funny."
"Oh..." Tammy almost felt close to be sorry for this
guy.
"He has several other health problems, like that
occasional pulled muscle that forces him to limp..."
As if to demonstrate this, Frog suddenly said "Guys,
if it makes no difference, may I be excused? I'm done
eating..." After getting an okay from Chip and Gadget,
he got up... then suddenly made a cry of pain and fell
over.
Mademanna rolled her eyes, said "Excuse me," and
got up to help the poor chap limp to the den (I guess
it's a den) and into the sofa. Then she had to help him
find the remote control and, after that, the cartoons.
Eventually she got back to the table to finish eating.
Now Tammy openly stated "Now I *do* feel sorry for
that kid."
"Which one?" Chip wondered.
"Both. Him for having all those problems, and her
for having to deal with it."
"Oh, it's not so bad," Mademanna so sayeth, "After
all, *I* get to control the remote. Frog would never watch
a good, educational show without me."
As if inspired by the thought, Mademanna gulped down
the rest of her food. Then she asked to be excused, and
left the table. True to her word, she got the remote from
Frog and flipped the channel to cartoons.
"Heh," Pennywinkel said. "If he weren't impotent,
he'd probably be watching naughty shows like all other
boys."
Now *Foxglove* had a question. "There is one thing
I don't understand about all this. Isn't that girl some
sort of machine or something? But... then why does she
need to eat?"
"Fuel source," Pennywinkel explained. "It's similar
to how normal living organisms operate. Her body breaks
down the nutrients and whatnot she needs, and it becomes
fuel. She's got a rather conservative fuel source, however.
She could go almost twenty days without eating. However,
if she does, though, then she needs to eat a *lot* to make
up for it."
"And what about sleep?" Foxglove asked. "I mean,
do robots get tired? Or does she have some sort of curse
over her or something that forces her to sleep or...?"
"Nothing quite so exotic. Actually, the simple
reason for that is her battery. All day when she's doing
something, she's spreading that energy around her body.
The more she exerts, the more she uses. Occasionally the
streams collide against each other, the friction of which
creates more energy. When she sleeps, all the energy is
collected and returned to her battery. Sometimes, because
of those collisions I mentioned, she has more energy than
usual. Those are her hyperactive days."
"Umm... Right." Foxy's basically a female Dale, but
even if she wasn't, she'd still be confused, because long
explanations like that are the ones you get when a fanfic
author who knows nothing about science tries to sound
scientific.
Then Dale offhandly commented "I suppose she doesn't
watch late shows, right?"
"Actually," Pennywinkel answered, "She could. She
can stay up for a total of five days in a row. But I
wouldn't recommend it, because after the fifth day, her
battery runs out."
"And what happens then?" Foxy asked.
Pennywinkel conclusively said "She dies."
Well, Foxglove was up late that night. So was Dale.
So was Frog. Mademanna was next to Frog, lovingly holding
his arm, but she had dozed off hours before. It was a
little weird to see her like this after her authoritive
behavior earlier.
"I guess she *Can't* handle overnights." Dale said.
"Yea," Frog said, "But she is a child, after all."
"Hey, Frog, I was wonderin'--Are you gonna join the
Rescue Rangers?"
Frog picked up Mademanna, and held her in his lap.
He answered "I don't know. Not for two more years, in
any case. I overheard Chip reminding Tammy that all
applicants need to be at least eighteen. Besides that,
with all my health problems, would I be a valuable member
of the team?"
"Oh, Frog!" Dale said, "With all those things you
can do? Of course! You'd fit right in!"
"I suppose... But there's a more serious concern.
What if... What if I died on a case? Who would take care
of Mademanna?"
"Well... uhhh..." Dale couldn't think of anyone.
Pennywinkel? No, Pennywinkel didn't seem like the perfect
mother figure. Chip would be too impatient with her. Dale
and Foxglove were nice but they were no parents. And, after
the incident with the baby booby bird, Dale would *not* want
Monty raising a kid. About the only other option was Gadget,
but Gadget has loopy tendancies...
So Dale couldn't answer.
Frog hugged the sleeping Mademanna, and kinda toyed
with her hair.
Then he silently started singing.
"Look at what's happened to me...
I can't believe it myself.
Suddenly I'm up on top of the world,
it shoulda been somebody else...
Believe it or not,
I'm walking on air.
I never thought I could feel so free.
Flying away on a wing
and a prayer
Who could it be?
Believe it or not, It's just me..."
And so the story concludes on a wing and a prayer.
Until next time.
------Character Physical Descriptions------
Because this is partially meant to be a substitute
for actually reading the story, as well as a reference for
any fans I may garner, I'm going to re-describe my characters.
[Dumb] Frog Helsing:
A hat-wearing, trenchcoated outfit (typical of
author original male characters, actually). Has blue
hair that covers his eyes, is slightly but noticeably
taller than Chip. Despite being rodent-sized, he is
100% human. Wears a sword on his side (BTW, forget
that detail in the first part of FO that says the sword
is red and blue--I dunno what I was smoking when I came
up with that).
Pennywinkel VanMuus:
Where's a white, scientist-esque overcoat, pink
shirt, and blue jeans. Slightly but noticeably smaller
than Gadget. Long brown hair. Occasionally sports either
a red or blue baseball cap.
Mademanna (No last name):
In terms of physical size, she goes up to about
Gadget's chest-height. Red coat (Blue shirt underneath),
blue jeans, red baseball cap, and long black hair.
------Disclaimer------
The Rescue Rangers and all related characters are
owned by Disney. Frog, Pennywinkel, and Mademanna are
owned by me. That song Frog just sang is the theme to
"Greatest American Hero" and I don't know who owns the
rights to that, but they own it. No arguements here.