Dathon's Island
This one comes from me bud David,
a.k.a. Dathon, from my Print Production class, whose only knowlege of Slayers
comes from my fanfiction. I have no knowlege of Starcraft, so we're even. Neener-neener!
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Another day on the island arrives, and today the shipwreck victims take stock of another day stuck on the island with each other. Naturally theyd rather stay in bed (especially Lina and Gourrigan) so the sun has risen quite a ways in the sky. By noon everyone is sitting around, bored to tears.
Gourrigan: Im bored to tears.
Rezo slaps his arm with a newspaper.
Rezo: You idiot, the intro already said that. Stop wasting dialogue.
Gourrigan mumbles an apology and glares at Rezo.
Lina: Hey, lay off him. Were all bored.
Amelia: So what is the Queens excuse this time? Work again?
Zelgadis: Who knows? She hasnt written an episode in such a long while,
Im beginning to wonder.
Rezo (with a nasty twinkle in his eyes): Wheres Xellos? Dont you find
it interesting that hes not around?
Everyone shudders.
Lina: I dont want to know.
Rezo: Maybe hes back on his "irie rasta mon" kick. The only good
thing that came out of that was the good brew he got.
Lina: Maybe thats what we needa party or something.
Rezo: Well, who wants to go find him?
All eyes go to Zelgadis. Zelgadis stares back at Rezo with a grimace.
Zelgadis: Not me! I was the one who found the rasta monster in
the first place.
Amelia: I cant!
Im underage, remember?
Zelgadis: That didnt stop you from trying Funky Fruit.
Amelia: Well...that was, umm...different...somehow.
Gourrigan: Fine! Ill go get him. But if hes doing something really
weirdfor Xellos at leastIm leaving him alone!
Tromping off to the beach, Gourrigan sets off on his hunt.
Amelia: So where is the Queen anyway? I mean, if shes
not...and Xellos isnt...
Lina (quickly changing the subject): Maybe she is finally writing this episode,
and...
Ask a question, and youll get an answer. Linas sentence is broken short as the entire island is blanketed under a shadow. Everyones eyes lift upwards, expecting more lost Mecha or something.
Instead, over their heads is an enormous spaceship of some kind. It
is a stubby thing, and it seems to be all wing with two long, sloping sections sweeping
off towards the rear of the ship. Slowly it hovers across the island until perspective
does its magic and suddenly its not so huge. Big, but not enormous.
Zelgadis: Its slow!
Lina: And large!
Rezo: And a dork!
Everyone looks at Rezo.
Rezo: SorryI dont know where that came from.
All of the sudden, small blue tendrils of energy form only a few feet from the group. The ribbons of energy twist and dance as if being sculpted, and begin to take humanoid shape. Within seconds three aliens coalesced.
Zelgadis: I knew it. This whole X-Files thing has gotten out of
hand and the Queen wrote us some crazy alien abduction story.
First Alien: Nope! The Queen still is a pretty busy lady so shes not writing
this episode.
Zelgadis: Arent you supposed to be asking us to take you to our leader?
First Alien: And who would that beLina?
Lina gets an arrogant smile on her face for about two seconds and then realizes she has no idea what or who the hell she is talking to.
First Alien: I am Dathon, Executor of the Protoss Fleet. The
Queen isnt able to write any stories yet and I volunteered. So I left battle.net for
the night and started in on it.
Deep-Voiced Announcer Guy: Battle.net is a service of Blizzard Entertainment and a
registered trademark.
Dathon: I hate lawyers.
Rezo: So who are your friends? They look like they could use some brewskis, too.
Dathon (motioning back): Oh, just my guards. Zealots.
Zelgadis: Xellos?!?
Dathon (rolling his eyes): No, granite boy. Zeal-ots. As in
those who are zealous. Possessing zeal.
Zelgadis: Zeal, huh?
First Zealot (brandishing two glowing blades attached to his
arms): Grrrrrrrr.
Dathon: See? Zeal.
Just then, Xellos and Gourrigan appear in the village. Xellos is holding a bucket of empty bottles and Gourrigan is following close behind. Neither looks entirely...well...sober. Because of this, Xellos doesnt look to shocked to see three gray, gangly aliens in armor visiting with their friends. Gourrigan has a slightly different response.
Gourrigan: Invaders! Aliens! Ill protect you, Lina!!!
He stumbles drunkenly towards Dathon and the Zealots, trying to draw his sword. The Zealots energize their psi-blades, but Dathon merely gestures with his three-fingered hand.
Xellos: Gaagggghhhh!!!!
Lina and the others watch as a small patch of crackling lightning appears around Gourrigan and Xellos. Xellos doubles over in horrible pain, screaming wildly and cursing even more wildly. Gourrigan stumbles right through the maelstrom and almost reaches Dathon before the ship above encases Gourrigan in an energy field.
Dathon (looking dumbfounded): Why wasnt he affected by the
Psi-Storm? Xellos was...
Rezo (looking interested): Hmmm, I dont know that spell. Whats this
Psi-Storm?
Dathon: Psionic Storm takes the mental energy generated by the target and uses it
against....duh! Gourrigan wouldnt be affected by that!
Lina (nods): You couldnt make toast with Gourrigans "mental
energy"!
Zelgadis: So, what makes you
think you can write an anime fanfic?
Dathon: Nothing does, but the Queen is going to loan me some
Slayers tapes at some point. And you dont know anything about Starcraft either, so
were even.
Deep-Voiced Announcer Guy: Starcraft is a registered tradmark of Blizzard
Entertainment, Inc.
Dathon: Its those damn lawyers.
Rezo: So whats this spell?
He points at the now frozen Gourrigan.
Dathon: Oh, thats just a stasis field. Ill turn it off when hes
sober.
Rezo: What about Xellos?
Zelgadis: How about we do it again?
Dathon: Hell be fine. The bigger the head, the more the pain, the more time
to sleep it off.
Amelia: Well, we should do it to both of them. All the beer is gone.
Zelgadis: I thought your were underage.
Amelia (blushing): Well its good its gone then, ummm...isnt it...
Dathon: Oh stop bickering. I raided a Terran outpost and we stole a few cases of
some Bud. Its not half as good as Protoss lager, so no one on my ship wants it. You
can have it.
Deep-Voiced Annoncer Guy: Budweiser is a trademark of....aaaaaaggggghhhhhh!!!
Dathon: Psi-Storm. 75 energy points. So useful.
Three cases of beer materialize between them.
Dathon: One condition on the beer. Im playing an island-hop game, and I need your island for a small base.
Just then a small floating robot scuttles by and starts warping in photon cannons and pylon crystals to power them.
Dathon: Just dont fool with those. Theyre expensive.
Amelia: Must be great for prowlers...