Moon Chronicles: INTO THE MINI-VERSE

Teaming Up

It was dark. And in the darkness, Jakus was knocked out and tied toca chair in some sort of basement. He slowly opened his eyes and looked around him, slightly panicked at his predicament.

"Huh? Where am I?" Jakus asked out loud. "Crap. . . am I gonna die now? This isn't what was supposed to happen."

"Why did you attack him?" A voice asked from above him. "He wasn't a threat."

"Sorry." Another voice said as they both got closer to them down the stairs. "It's a bad habit, I know."

"Let's just see if we can get some better answers from him." The other voice said.

The source of the voices then came downstairs. It was Jake and April.

"Sorry about that." Jake said. "I swear she didn't mean to knock you out."

"Apology not accepted!" Jakus said angrily. "I wasn't even doing anything. I just showed up out of nowhere and. . . oh wait, I see now."

"So, you say you're from another universe?" April asked. "Is that why you look like Jake?"

"Well, I guess so." Jakus shrugged. "I mean, this definitely isn't my home."

April then scoffed as she walked up to Jakus. "Then why are wearing different clothes? Why are you older? And why is your name different?" She asked a bunch of questions.

"Look, you're not looking too hot either." Jakus said. "This kid barely ha any power in him."

"Excuse me?" Jake said, feeling offended.

"So then you're Jake from another universe that is similar to this one, but you somehow traveled to this universe, but you're not quite sure how?" April asked, pulling a random theory from her pocket.

"Well, I explained it to little Jake already, but yeah." Jakus said.

"Little?" Jake said, starting to get annoyed by the obvious jabs at him.

"Hmm. . . I guess that makes sense." April said. "Maybe you can train Jake to use his powers better?"

"I don't need a trainer." Jake scoffed.

"Yeah, you do." Jakus said. "And here's your first lesson. Don't watch the mouth. Watch the hands."

As he said that, Jakus held up his hands, showing that he was able to escape from his restraints.

But before Jake or April could do anything, Jakus stood up and swept under their legs, causing them to fall on their butts. He then went up to the stairs and began to head up.

"Jakus, wait!" Jake called out to him.

Jakus just sighed. "Trust me, kid. This will all make you better at-"

Suddenly, Jakus was cut off as his whole body suddenly glitched as he fell back down the stairs and landed hard on the ground.

Jake and April ran to his side and knelt down beside him.

"Hey, are you okay?" Jake asked.

"No, I'm not." Jakus scoffed.

"What just happened to your body?" April asked.

"I don't think the atoms in my body are jazzed to be in the wrong dimension." Jakus said as his body glitched again. "God damn it!"

"That must hurt." April said.

"Look, I'm not looking for a side gig as a power coach." Jakus said, as he stood up and made his way back up the stairs. "I've got a lot going on back in my dimension, so. . ."