Dreams Come True

Savin' The Day Before Bedtime

I let out a quiet yawn as I stepped out of the tent I was sharing with Marco, Ralph and Majima, the last two already gone. The sun was rising, the sky was a nice cool blue, and the city was as alive as ever. I smiled as I took in the sights of out camp, then looked over to a nearby bench. Galacta and Gladius were quietly having a conversation, and they both waved at me when they looked back. I smiled and made my way over to them, sitting down with a happy sigh.

'Have a nice sleep, Caleb?" Gladius said in a cheery tone.

"I did!" I cheered not too loudly. I didn't want to wake the others. "All refreshed and ready to take on the day!"

Galacta chuckled lightly. "I'm happy to hear that, my friend." He looked over towards the thicket that somewhat hid the park's main path.

I followed his gaze. "Something wrong, Galacta?" I said, looking between the trees and my friend's unmoving mask.

"It's just that Majima dragged Ralph and Zomboss off earlier."

"We never got a chance to ask him what his plan was..." Gladius said, the worried tone in his voice slowly raised.

I frowned. "I really hope he doesn't do anything drastic."

"He better not get roped up with any of the villains..." A new voice grumbled. The three of us looked over to Jenny, who just finally joined us. She looked very frustrated, and I had a slight idea why.

"You and Majima have been butting heads a lot recently, huh?" I said.

The robot sighed. "Yesterday, after we all split up, Me and him just kept arguing. He didn't like how Buttercup 'humiliated' him", she made air quotes, "so he was fuming and ranting, saying how he's triple the criminal of any of these supervillains. If what he told me yesterday is true, then he's probably gonna try and take over a local gang."

My eyes bugged out, Galacta sighed and shook his head, and Gladius actually fainted. I was quick to catch the sword, then look back up at Jenny. "You can't be serious."

"Well, if he's gone, then he probably is", she said in disdain. Gladius recovered, and all four of us stared vacantly ahead.

"He took Ralph and Zomboss with him", Galacta repeated in a tired tone.

We were all silent for a moment.

Then suddenly something clicked, and all of our faces warped into a horrific realisation.

"Oh no", we all said together.

Jenny instantly spun her head around like a top to try and wake herself up quicker, I sprung to my feet and Galacta quickly shot into the air in an attempt to track where the yakuza. After a few moments, he came back down.

"I don't see them anywhere", Galacta said. "They must've gotten fairly deep into the city."

"Great", Jenny cursed, "Now what? We don't have any way of knowing where they are!"

I fell silent as I began to ponder, the gears in my head turning as I tried to think about something, anything that could help us. As we did, Izzy, Manolo, Maria and Steve all wandered over out of the tents.

"What's going on?" Manolo asked through a yawn.

"Majima snuck off with Ralph and Zomboss", Jenny said as she paced in front of the new group of four, "and we're worried he's going to do something drastic."

Izzy winced. "Yeah, he was going on a lot yesterday. I may be crazy, but he needed to relax."

"Goro has one heck of an ego, that's for sure..." Steve said, shaking his head in disappointment. He then faced me and Gladius. "What's the plan to find them?"