Super Prawn!Book 1: Super Prawn Escapes!

Chapter 18

 So, Richard and Clamp have escaped! Isn't that the best news ever? But wait — they don't just need to escape, they need to rescue Earth! Their mission isn't over! In fact, it hasn't really even begun!

"What?" I hear you say. "You mean I've read nearly a whole book and the heroes haven't even started their mission?"

Yes, it's true! But worry not, for behold we have one final chapter, one more glimpse into the lives of our heroes where, perhaps, we shall be given a hint of the daring do that awaits them!

Look! There's Clamp, and he's in the small briefing room of Richard's spaceship admiring himself in a mirror! And look some more for I do believe that where once he had worn a shell, he has somehow squeezed the soft part of his body inside a metal cylinder which has the words "HIGHLY EXPLOSIVE" printed on its side! And here comes Richard...

"What do you think?" Clamp asked.

"Nice hat," said Richard.

"It's not a hat, it's a home," Clamp said. "Gives me that rugged, saving-a-planet kind of look. That is what we're doing, right? Saving a planet?"

Richard sat down at a small table.

"Our mission," he said, "is to save the inhabitants of Earth from Kath Hoolu and her minions!"

"Onions?" said Clamp.

"Minions..." repeated Richard. "Kath Hoolu will send her minions to do her dirty work. The shrieking molluscs — there will be more of them, I'm sure — the wizardy spider crabs, the bearded dolphins, the dancing sharks, the clown fish, and all the others that now serve that foul bulbous inky evilness!"

"And we're going to save the whole planet?" Clamp said.

"Yes!" said Richard.

"But how?"

Richard gestured at a panel in the roof. It clicked open and something started to lower itself down from within. In a flash, he grabbed whatever it was that had come from behind the panel, then stared back at Clamp.

"Ta Dah!"

Now, think of a prawn. Got it? Good. Now think of that prawn wearing a cape and big yellow pants. Got that, too? Marvellous. Now think of how much you would laugh if you saw exactly that in real life...

[insert pic of Super Prawn]

Clamp laughed. Then he guffawed. Then he did both together. Then he fell over and just sort of giggled and snorted.

"What are you supposed to be?" he asked. "Some sort of super hero?"

"Yes," said Richard. "I am SUPER PRAWN!"

Clamp stopped laughing, but not for long. Five minutes later, he stopped properly and got back to his feet.

"You're serious."

Richard handed something to Clamp.

"This is for you," he said.

It was another cape. And another pair of pants, though these were blue.

"You shouldn't have," said Clamp as he changed into his new clothes. "And I do mean that."

Richard stood back and looked at his friend. This was it, he thought. They were going to save a planet! They had capes and everything! How could they fail? They couldn't and they wouldn't! He was sure of it!

"How long till we get there?" Clamp asked.

"Long enough to prepare!" said Richard, and handed Clamp something else. It was a flimsy sheet of paper with something written on it.

"What's this?" Clamp asked.

Richard grinned.

"It's our theme tune," he said, and started to sing...