Episode Ten
Random Encounter!
On the last episode, some stupid battling took place with Aardvark, Knight, Titanium, Sapphire, Minjo and Hasaki on one side and our other five �Favorite� characters (Image still isn�t a favorite!) on the other!  After the Lord of SoP cut a bunch of corners, the battle somehow ended with Saddam Hussein KO�ing everyone but Image with WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION.  So what now?

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Our camera zooms in on Image, surrounded by all the KO�d fighters.


KO�D FIGHTERS:  (KO�d)

IMAGE:  Really�

Image faints and joins them.

AXEM IMAGE:  0/400

LORD OF SOP:  Oh�I understand�

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A strange, meaningful dream starts between the six characters we�ve all learned to love�


They somehow�see each other in this dream as well.

STRIFE:  Hiya!

TYPHOON:  Ack!  Get out of my KO�d state!

MERCENARY:  Seeing as this is a dream, someone�s ghost will probably tune in at any second�

Suddenly, the ghost of Axem Fast appears.

MERCENARY:  Oh yeah!  If I got ten bucks for every time I was right�I don�t think I�d be a hundredaire yet.

FAST:  Axem Fast says, �Hiya!�

PEACE:  So, why are we having trippy dreams about dead people?

FAST:  Axem Fast must tell you the purpose of your lives!  Axem Fast knows this because�Yeah!

IMAGE:  Can we go now?

FAST:  Axem Fast can only have five lines in this episode before this message starts having static!

STRIFE:  Really?

FAST:  Axem Fast says, �Yeah!�

STRIFE:  Is that so?

FAST:  Axem Fast says, �Uh huh.  This is the last.�

PEACE:  �Strife, I hate you�

FAST:  Ax-3m�5@3t�t$ells you�Shards of Power�



They all wake up.


AXEM WINDBREAKER:  10/500

AXEM PEACE:  10/300

AXEM MERCENARY:  10/600

AXEM STRIFE:  10/500

AXEM IMAGE:  10/400

JK TYPHOON:  10/600

PEACE:  STRIFE!...

STRIFE:  It�s so great to be conscious!

Peace walks up to Strife and punches him in the gut.  He collapses�Again.

AXEM STRIFE:  0/500

MERCENARY:  You know you�ll have to heal him in a minute or so.

PEACE:  Just wanted to do that for quite a while�

WINDBREAKER:  (Looking around) And I guess the others disappeared while we were napping!

Very true.  The other six fighters must�ve waken up and not killed them or something.

MERCENARY:  Darn, and no conveniently placed footprints to follow them.  I guess this means they are a TERROR TO STILL KEEP IN MIND.

TYPHOON:  (Raising his sword) Keep THIS terror in mind!

Typhoon makes a lunge at Mercenary and�

NOTE:  The following scene is cut out due to intense violence�And like I said, I ran out of ways to animate blood.


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Meanwhile�


The other six are walking through the woods, which happen to be in every story.

KNIGHT:  So why is it weren�t going through these common woods?

TITANIUM:  Because beyond it lies THE CAVE OF NO RETURN.

SAPPHIRE:  Right�And we really want to go there because?

TITANIUM:  Because there we will slowly gain THE POWER WE NEED to destroy those idiots once and for all!  You really have to pay attention in the meetings, Sapphire!

MINJO:  Wait�If it�s a cave of no return, how does anyone know what�s inside of it?

Titanium points to a sign that reads:

THE CAVE OF NO RETURN:  There�s a Shard of Power in here!


MINJO:  And what�s a Shard of Power again?

TITANIUM:  Well first it�s a t-

AARDVARK:  PARGLE!

HASAKI:  HIYA!

AARDVARK:  PARGLE!

HASAKI:  YAY!

AARDVARK:  PARGLE!

HASAKI:  SHUP!

EVERYONE ELSE:  �

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Back to the main characters�


The more important six are walking through a different part of the woods.

MERCENARY:  Man!  I sure lost a lot of blood earlier!

Mercenary faints.

AXEM MERCENARY:  0/600

Peace uses her healing magic to revive him for the eighth time.

AXEM MERCENARY:  600/600

WINDBREAKER:  Oh, I get it now!  Healing spells don�t REALLY restore blood, do they?

PEACE:  They do:  I�m just choosing not to ;)

WINDBREAKER and STRIFE:  (Not understanding) Oooh�

TYPHOON:  So, which village should we destroy next?

PEACE:  Well, with three of the five destroyed�We have a choice between the Village of Balance and the Village of Blades.

MERCENARY:  There�s only one way to decide this�

He takes out a shiny dollar coin.

STRIFE:  That�s right!  Alphabetical order!

Strife zips off in the direction of the Village of Balance.

IMAGE:  Well it�s decided!  Let�s demolish a place no one even cares about!

Strife runs back to regroup.

STRIFE:  Wait, what does alphabetical mean?

WINDBREAKER:  Hmm�I think I got it.  Strife, �Alphabetical� means, �Fluffypuff Marshmallow.�

STRIFE:  Oooh!  Why didn�t you say so earlier?!  Now I know �Apple� comes before �Zebra!�

TYPHOON:  I still can�t believe he�s serious�

LORD OF SOP:  Let�s just...have a few more random scene changes.

PEACE:  Another one?  I�m sick and ti-

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The scene changes to Jamey�s New Mountain Lair of Doom.


JAMEY:  Hm, this series is going by awfully fast.  I expected it to take twice as long to get to this point!

LORD OF SOP:  Maybe it�s because I keep cutting corners.

JAMEY:  Well, whatever�

He walks around his room.

JAMEY:  Which innovative product will I play with in this episode?

Jamey spots an Ab-Belt with Guaranteed Results (FINE PRINT:  Yeah right!).

JAMEY:  All right!  I�ll be as buff Kirby in no time!

He straps it on and flips the switch.  The belt vibrates with immense force.

JAMEY:  MWAHAHAHA!  BWAHAHAHA! (Holding up his handmade script)  BLAHAHAHAHA!  MWEHEHEHE!

LORD OF SOP:  Must�Move on�

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Back to the storyline�


STRIFE:  Why am I always first to go?!

LORD OF SOP:  Because no one likes you!

Strife falls to the ground, KO�d.

AXEM STRIFE:  0/500

AXEM WINDBREAKER:  500/500

AXEM PEACE:  300/300

AXEM MERCENARY:  600/600

AXEM IMAGE:  400/400

JK TYPHOON:  600/600

T-REX OF HORROR:  400/400

T-REX:  WOOF!

As you can tell, a random encounter with a T-Rex has just KO�d Strife.

Peace revives Strife to full health.

AXEM STRIFE:  500/500

STRIFE:  CHARGE!

He charges in by himself and gets knocked over by the dinosaur�s tail.

STRIFE:  No, not again!

AXEM STRIFE:  0/500

Peace revives Strife to full health.

AXEM STRIFE:  500/500

STRIFE:  Charge!

IMAGE:  Hey, this show is kind of entertaining�

LORD OF SOP:  (Holding up a hypnotic device) Yeah, just like the story you�re reading�

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