20And now it's time for a brand new chapter of Jimmy and April's adventure, this time meeting the villain of the story! Anyway, enjoy!
Far away from the little village-like camp that April had settled in, but not too far away from more civilization, an army of purple and blue alien-like figures were marching in a straight line, following a leader as they seemed to be guiding a small cart carrying two figures. Inside the cart was an older green skinned toad skinned Gorlock, looking just as fierce as the Gorlocks, but more regal looking. He had on a red and silver cape, a small crown, and a mirror as he seemed to be looking at his reflection. Sitting next to him, giving a small grin was a blue skinned alien with an eyepiece and a black uniform, sort of that of a butler.
"Tell me something, my loyal butty." The alien gave a grin. "Do I look handsome?"
"As handsome as you can be, sire." The butler said.
"Very good, very good..." The alien gave a laugh as he put the mirror aside. "For I, the mighty King..." He then started to pronounce something very indecipherable before grinning. "...can always expect to look beautiful. And to say, all the monsters we've unleashed into the world, quite the few in numbers."
"Very good, sir, but we are nowhere near the princess." The butler pointed out.
"Details, details." The king said as he rubbed his head, adjusting the small crown. "But I will say this, my rule for the past couple of weeks has been quite the talk of the planet!"
"Oh, no doubt about it, sir." The butler gave a grin and nodded frantically. "And if I may say so, sir, you look quite regal, dignified, chivalrous, sincere, a very, very shining example on-"
"Okay, don't push it, Yorick." The king groaned as he crossed his arms. "Right then, so what's the progress around the villages?"
"Well, let me see, sir." The butler said as he looked towards a map of the planet that was marked with X's. "So far, we've sent various monsters out to conquer the villages of Hondura, Dummsmale, Millhood, Loyal Hoods, Fruit of Looms, and Clarity Park."
"Yes, and each time, the princess arrives and defeats said monsters." The king said as he gave a smirk. "You know, that tells me quite a lot, Yorick."
"What does, sir?" Yorick asked, honestly not sure where his majesty was going with this.
"It means that the princess has done a lot more work in fighting than one should think. I mean, it was very simple to capture her parents, but their daughter... she is quite smarter than I thought." The alien king laughed.
"Indeed. Princess Chee Aaaaaaaaaah Doik has always been quite the fighter as far as her training goes." Yorick said with a small grin.
"Yes, she certainly does..." The alien king paused as he gave a low grumble. "You'd think she'd come over to try to save her parents right about now..."
"Pardon my doubting nature, my liege, but you did lead a mutiny against the royal family, using your cunning and manipulative ways." The butler gave a slight chuckle at the memory.
"Indeed, I did..." The alien king grinned as he remembered the time back in the royal castle, back when he was but a mere page. A lowly servant, who wanted nothing more than respect... his eyes immediately darkened upon that thought. "Even in those times, I was still hurt bad. It was always 'clean up behind us, page! Don't worry, the page will clean up the blood! What's that? The princess is defying orders again? Let's get the page to stop her'!" The king let out a loud yell as he banged his hand against the table he was sitting in front of, sending a shockwave towards the butler, who seemed pretty intimidated by it. "I swear, that brat was always the bane of my existence! And to think she's also the strongest warrior... oh, I'll show her that her brawn won't win out... do I have plans for her when I get her captive..."
The alien king couldn't help but give a small smile as he closed his eyes, daydreaming about the very idea of capturing the royal princess, licking his lips. The butler, still sitting nearby, looked a little bit uncomfortable as he gave a cough. "Uh, King December, sir? Is there anything else you need?"
"Huh?" The alien king snapped out of his stupor, looking confused as he shrugged, "No, no, I'm good for the most part. Just keep your eyes out for any suspicious activity or any village we might come across. Who knows? They might be harboring the princess in there..."
Yorick frowned as he laid his head back, giving a small sigh, doing his best to ignore the fantasizing king as he examined the map, looking at it quizzingly.
Meanwhile, up in the little treetops a few miles away, April was jumping from branch to branch, parkour style as she gave a small laugh, looking around for potential danger. Jimmy was following close behind, carefully riding on Goddard as he was now in helicopter mode. The boy genius was pretty thankful that he upgraded Goddard to be a personal transportation device as he patted the robotic dog on the head. But he had a mission, and it required him to follow the Gorlock girl he liked. He couldn't help but note April looking back at the boy as she gave a small wink towards him. Jimmy couldn't help but blush at that wink as she stopped at a nearby branch.
Jimmy joined up with her just in time as he got off with Goddard going back to normal dog mode as he noticed a parade of aliens marching in a line. Jimmy looked a little confused as he asked, "What is this... parade of aliens I'm seeing?"
"Those are that tyrannical king's servants. You see that coach?" April whispered as she pointed to the coach that was being dragged along. "The king is right inside... King..." She then started to say something in an indecipherable language, before saying, "But, like me, he prefers to be called December."
"Why December?" Jimmy raised an eyebrow.
"People who want to use Earth nicknames always liked the names of months and days. You'll also find other people with Shakespearean names as well." April said. "I will say, that book you mailed to me on Shakespeare really helped a bit with our culture."
Jimmy couldn't help but give a small smile as he looked over. "Well, happy to know that I helped out in some culture..."
April giggled a bit, before looking down as she growled. "Ugh, he is right there, where I want him... but if I go out there, he'll capture me straight away..."
Jimmy paused as he looked over at Goddard, then at April. The boy gave a smirk as he turned to Goddard. "Goddard, I don't suppose you kept the Hologuise, did you?"
Goddard barked happily as his back opened up to pop open a hand held gadget as Jimmy gave a smirk. April looked over to the invention in curiosity as Jimmy held it proudly. "It seems you have a plan?"
"Let's just say... I have a way that we can go undercover..." Jimmy gave a small smirk as he pulled April next to him as he was ready to push the button on it as he whispered, "Think 'prophets'."
"Prophets?" April began to ask before Jimmy pressed the button as a ray shot at the both of them, causing the two to feel a slight tingling sensation.
And that's it for this chapter! How did you guys like it? Next time, an infiltration mission with Jimmy and April! Anyway, read, review, criticize and suggest, folks!
