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ladybug_archiveContinuing the cracky crossover, but not in chronological order, Zack and Rockapella are shot at, with disastrous results.
As always, fictionalized versions of Rockapella, kids. ♥ But that will be clear in the blurb. While the first part is more serious, I still tried to keep it like a skit from the show.
At first Zack was not sure how it happened, or even what happened.
One moment the strange informant was bounding onto the scene, the next he was tackling one of those unorthodox singers. "Sean, look out!" he exclaimed.
And in the next moment laser gunfire rang out, along with RoboCrook's cruel "Haha!"
Everyone leaped in different directions to avoid the blasts. Zack ended up tripping over a fallen pipe with a yelp and crashing on his stomach. When all had settled, both Sean and the informant were sprawled on the ground along with the others.
Shaken but physically unhurt, Sean pulled himself into a sitting position. He turned, looking to where the informant was still laying. At one spot of the dark coat, the material had been burned through. "Scott?" Sean said, his voice tinged with concern. The man in black did not respond. Sean grabbed the other's shoulder. "Scott!" he exclaimed as he gave the informant a firm shake. Though he was normally in good humor and a bit mischievous, now he was altogether serious and worried.
By now Elliott and Barry were going over as well. Zack started to follow but then hung back, seeing Sean's expression as he checked for a pulse.
". . . So Scott really is the one that sings with you guys?" Zack said, feeling bewildered and overwhelmed. "He . . . he should be getting up now! He kept coming to give us information and then acting like he was gone . . . but he kept getting up!"
"Not this time." Sean lowered Scott's wrist, looking solemn. He, Elliott, and Barry removed their hats.
"What even happened?!" Zack said, horrified and still confused.
"The laser blast," Elliott said. "It must have hit him when he . . ." He trailed off, looking shaken and disbelieving.
Zack could piece together the rest of the sentence. Scott the Dying Informant had been struck by the laser bolt when he had tackled Sean out of the way. He swallowed hard. He knew how agonizing that could be for the ones left behind. He had watched over Cloud after sacrificing himself for his buddy years earlier. And he could imagine how he would feel if a friend sacrificed himself for Zack. Seph and Cloud had been willing to more than once.
"I'm sorry," Zack said, shaking his head. "Oh man, I'm so sorry. . . ."
The other three had begun to harmonize some wordless tune that sounded like a funeral dirge. Lifting the informant's limp body, they began to carry him away. Zack's shoulders slumped.
All of them were badly shaken and stunned. Sean, Elliott, and Barry had grown up together on the streets of New York, later being joined by Scott and Greg when they had all decided to form a punk rock band. That had lasted until Greg had met the Chief while delivering an album to her and she had hired him and the rest to be part of the ACME Crimenet Detective Agency. They had come through many bizarre adventures, especially Scott on his travels as an informant, but they had still not expected anything such as this to happen.
They had gotten quite a ways down the path when the strange voice boomed out.
"So I go away for a few minutes to take care of something else, and what happens? He gets into even more trouble."
Zack frowned, looking towards the sky. "He was saving his friend," he retorted. "You've gotta give him credit for that!"
"Yeah, yeah, I know," the Voice sighed.
The still-living members of Rockapella had paused in their procession, looking around as well. All of them looked baffled by the voice from nowhere. Barry was especially confused, as it sounded a great deal like himself.
"Okay, Scott," the Voice said. "It's still not your time to come up here. Wake up."
But unlike before, this time Scott did not move. Sean frowned, looking towards the sound of the voice. "What kind of a joke is this?" he demanded.
"Technical difficulties." The Voice sighed again. "Come on, Scott, you don't want to do this to your friends, do you?"
At last the previously dead man's eyes began to open. ". . . What happened?" he said, looking bewildered.
The others were staring at him. "Scott!" Sean exclaimed in disbelief. "You're alive!"
"I am?" Suddenly becoming fully conscious, Scott leaped out of the others' arms to land on his feet. "I feel great!" he said with a wild gesture. The others gathered around him, rejoicing in his well-being.
Bewildered himself, Zack brushed off his astonishment and grinned. "That voice is pretty cool," he said.
Elliott paused and looked up, pushing back his fedora hat. ". . . Does anyone else find it weird that it sounds like Barry?" he asked.
The Voice sounded exasperated. "Well, of course I do," it said. "I'm his great-great-grandfather! I helped Agnes Acme start ACME Crimenet!"
"You did?" Barry was not sure whether to be amazed or slightly weirded out by the fact that his family had a connection to the agency from long ago. "I never heard about this," he said.
"Of course you didn't," the Voice said in irritation. "It was top secret. They didn't even tell how I really died."
". . . It was supposed to be a boating accident," Barry said.
"Well, it wasn't a boat and it wasn't an accident," the Voice said.
Realizing where this was going, Scott's eyes widened. "You mean . . . ?"
"I was a secret agent for ACME. I went over Niagra Falls locked in combat with Eartha Brute's ancestor," the Voice said. "So I decided to hang around ACME. Is that all?"
". . . Eartha Brute's ancestor?" Elliott repeated with a blink.
"Of course," the Voice said in impatience. "Agnes Acme founded ACME in order to catch Carmen Sandiego's ancestor."
"Well, I know history repeats itself, but that's getting creepy," Sean said, crossing his arms. "What about our ancestors?"
"Do you think I have all day?" the Voice retorted. "Scott's okay, so now I've got other things to take care of. Try to stay out of trouble next time!"
A stretch of silence followed.
"I think he left," Elliott said at last.
"And we should, too," Barry said, trying to recover from this string of shocks. "Carmen's still out there."
"It's safe to say RoboCrook is as well," Sean said. "He must have left right after shooting off those lasers."
"Then let's go!" Zack exclaimed. "Seph and the others might be in trouble!" He hurried ahead.
Rockapella began to harmonize as they ran after him. "Oooh . . . the Chase!" they crooned.
As always, fictionalized versions of Rockapella, kids. ♥ But that will be clear in the blurb. While the first part is more serious, I still tried to keep it like a skit from the show.
At first Zack was not sure how it happened, or even what happened.
One moment the strange informant was bounding onto the scene, the next he was tackling one of those unorthodox singers. "Sean, look out!" he exclaimed.
And in the next moment laser gunfire rang out, along with RoboCrook's cruel "Haha!"
Everyone leaped in different directions to avoid the blasts. Zack ended up tripping over a fallen pipe with a yelp and crashing on his stomach. When all had settled, both Sean and the informant were sprawled on the ground along with the others.
Shaken but physically unhurt, Sean pulled himself into a sitting position. He turned, looking to where the informant was still laying. At one spot of the dark coat, the material had been burned through. "Scott?" Sean said, his voice tinged with concern. The man in black did not respond. Sean grabbed the other's shoulder. "Scott!" he exclaimed as he gave the informant a firm shake. Though he was normally in good humor and a bit mischievous, now he was altogether serious and worried.
By now Elliott and Barry were going over as well. Zack started to follow but then hung back, seeing Sean's expression as he checked for a pulse.
". . . So Scott really is the one that sings with you guys?" Zack said, feeling bewildered and overwhelmed. "He . . . he should be getting up now! He kept coming to give us information and then acting like he was gone . . . but he kept getting up!"
"Not this time." Sean lowered Scott's wrist, looking solemn. He, Elliott, and Barry removed their hats.
"What even happened?!" Zack said, horrified and still confused.
"The laser blast," Elliott said. "It must have hit him when he . . ." He trailed off, looking shaken and disbelieving.
Zack could piece together the rest of the sentence. Scott the Dying Informant had been struck by the laser bolt when he had tackled Sean out of the way. He swallowed hard. He knew how agonizing that could be for the ones left behind. He had watched over Cloud after sacrificing himself for his buddy years earlier. And he could imagine how he would feel if a friend sacrificed himself for Zack. Seph and Cloud had been willing to more than once.
"I'm sorry," Zack said, shaking his head. "Oh man, I'm so sorry. . . ."
The other three had begun to harmonize some wordless tune that sounded like a funeral dirge. Lifting the informant's limp body, they began to carry him away. Zack's shoulders slumped.
All of them were badly shaken and stunned. Sean, Elliott, and Barry had grown up together on the streets of New York, later being joined by Scott and Greg when they had all decided to form a punk rock band. That had lasted until Greg had met the Chief while delivering an album to her and she had hired him and the rest to be part of the ACME Crimenet Detective Agency. They had come through many bizarre adventures, especially Scott on his travels as an informant, but they had still not expected anything such as this to happen.
They had gotten quite a ways down the path when the strange voice boomed out.
"So I go away for a few minutes to take care of something else, and what happens? He gets into even more trouble."
Zack frowned, looking towards the sky. "He was saving his friend," he retorted. "You've gotta give him credit for that!"
"Yeah, yeah, I know," the Voice sighed.
The still-living members of Rockapella had paused in their procession, looking around as well. All of them looked baffled by the voice from nowhere. Barry was especially confused, as it sounded a great deal like himself.
"Okay, Scott," the Voice said. "It's still not your time to come up here. Wake up."
But unlike before, this time Scott did not move. Sean frowned, looking towards the sound of the voice. "What kind of a joke is this?" he demanded.
"Technical difficulties." The Voice sighed again. "Come on, Scott, you don't want to do this to your friends, do you?"
At last the previously dead man's eyes began to open. ". . . What happened?" he said, looking bewildered.
The others were staring at him. "Scott!" Sean exclaimed in disbelief. "You're alive!"
"I am?" Suddenly becoming fully conscious, Scott leaped out of the others' arms to land on his feet. "I feel great!" he said with a wild gesture. The others gathered around him, rejoicing in his well-being.
Bewildered himself, Zack brushed off his astonishment and grinned. "That voice is pretty cool," he said.
Elliott paused and looked up, pushing back his fedora hat. ". . . Does anyone else find it weird that it sounds like Barry?" he asked.
The Voice sounded exasperated. "Well, of course I do," it said. "I'm his great-great-grandfather! I helped Agnes Acme start ACME Crimenet!"
"You did?" Barry was not sure whether to be amazed or slightly weirded out by the fact that his family had a connection to the agency from long ago. "I never heard about this," he said.
"Of course you didn't," the Voice said in irritation. "It was top secret. They didn't even tell how I really died."
". . . It was supposed to be a boating accident," Barry said.
"Well, it wasn't a boat and it wasn't an accident," the Voice said.
Realizing where this was going, Scott's eyes widened. "You mean . . . ?"
"I was a secret agent for ACME. I went over Niagra Falls locked in combat with Eartha Brute's ancestor," the Voice said. "So I decided to hang around ACME. Is that all?"
". . . Eartha Brute's ancestor?" Elliott repeated with a blink.
"Of course," the Voice said in impatience. "Agnes Acme founded ACME in order to catch Carmen Sandiego's ancestor."
"Well, I know history repeats itself, but that's getting creepy," Sean said, crossing his arms. "What about our ancestors?"
"Do you think I have all day?" the Voice retorted. "Scott's okay, so now I've got other things to take care of. Try to stay out of trouble next time!"
A stretch of silence followed.
"I think he left," Elliott said at last.
"And we should, too," Barry said, trying to recover from this string of shocks. "Carmen's still out there."
"It's safe to say RoboCrook is as well," Sean said. "He must have left right after shooting off those lasers."
"Then let's go!" Zack exclaimed. "Seph and the others might be in trouble!" He hurried ahead.
Rockapella began to harmonize as they ran after him. "Oooh . . . the Chase!" they crooned.
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Date: 2008-09-29 08:45 pm (UTC)he is so facing a Blue-Eyes in my blurb series for that!**And, oooh, angsty h/c! And Zack feeling as though he can relate to them in his friendship with Seph and Cloud was so poignant! **hugs blurb**
Gah, now I really wanna find that anvil ep.And I see a series of spinoff blurbs concerning those "bizarre adventures" X3.And yay Voice! XD LOL, I see what you mean about only half of it being serious. XD And I really liked Zack trying to argue with the Voice, a la Greg. XD And yay Scott! ♥
LOL at the ancestor in-joke! XD
Wonder what would happen if Atem and Yugi showed up. XD. I loved the backstory of the Voice helping start ACME and the Sherlock Homes-esque battle with Eartha's ancestor! XDAnd LOOOOOOOOL at The Chase! XD
Looking forward to more! ^^
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Date: 2008-09-30 01:50 am (UTC)LOL! RoboCrook against a Blue-Eyes. Priceless!The lasers originally were random with no identified source, but then I decided to let RoboCrook shoot them off. XD;
Yep. LOL. I wonder what those guys do when they're not onscreen. Like how did they obtain that book Double Trouble sent to their mother? To find all those clues, they must do at least some on-site investigating!
(I'm afraid the guys may sound a bit wooden in their characterization, since they don't talk much on the show and I'm still tinkering with how they should be written. XD; I'm picturing Barry as kind of a father/older brother figure to the others, Sean as a mischief maker, Scott as generally practical unless he's overacting as the informant, LOL, and Elliott as streetwise and along for the ride, and taking to being a bit like Zack in being bewildered over certain goings-on.)
Yeah, the Voice suddenly showing up kinda makes the blurb take a turn for the silly. XD
Yay getting the Sherlock Holmes joke! XD I had been going to actually make it Reichenbach Falls, but then I decided Niagra Falls would be better.
Buwahaha. X3 Fitting in the Chase worked too well.
Thanks!
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Date: 2008-09-30 02:18 am (UTC)Ah, yay surrogate family! X3 **Instantly remembers the snowball... yep, that fits!**
**Hugs Informant** ♥
Yay turn for the silly! That's one of the reasons why we love the show! X3
**Tries to imagine what Eartha's ancestor looked like** And yay Chase! X3
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Date: 2008-09-30 03:23 am (UTC)Indeed, LOL. Sean's always doing something crazy like that. X3
Yay Informant!
Yep. LOL. It just wouldn't be right without all the silliness!
Eartha's ancestor might have looked almost exactly like her. LOL. It's hard to imagine her not. XD Though on the other hand, it would be amusing if she had a different hairstyle.
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Date: 2008-09-30 03:46 am (UTC)Yay silliness!
LOL, carrying on the unspoken tradition that ancestors resemble their descendants.
Which I totally did, too, with Kubera being ancient Mokuba. XD Man, I need to update "Girl From Ijtahway..."no subject
Date: 2008-09-30 03:54 am (UTC)Yep, that seems to be a running gag in every fandom. XD
An update would be fun. XDno subject
Date: 2008-09-30 03:02 am (UTC)LOL @ the punk rock band reference. XD
**snickers @ "technical difficulties.** And I totally love the whole story about their ancestors! But awww, I totally wanted to find out about everyone else's ancestors too. XD
Yay for the Chase! XD
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Date: 2008-09-30 03:18 am (UTC)**snickers at punk rock band.** I'll have to try explore that one sometime.
Technical difficulties was my favorite Voice line. LOL. The idea of him helping Agnes Acme came to me randomly while I was writing the scene. XD Agnes is a fun character on the show, though she only appeared in the first season. She appears in a photograph hanging on the wall, which comes to life and talks to Greg and the gumshoes. LOL.
I was going to say something about the other ancestors, but I didn't think the Voice would be any more chatty than he'd already been. XD
Yay Chase! LOL.
Thanks! ^^
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Date: 2008-09-30 03:23 am (UTC)LOL. So she really did form ACME to stop Carmen's ancestor?
Yeah, he probably wouldn't. XD
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Date: 2008-09-30 03:26 am (UTC)I'm not sure why she founded it, but I added the Carmen's ancestor thing for more crack. XD
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Date: 2008-09-30 03:31 am (UTC)XD It definitely fits anyway! Carmen's ancestor could totally be responsible for all the missing priceless items.... Like the Wonders of the World that nobody can find. Like the Colossus. Or Atlantis. LOL.
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Date: 2008-09-30 03:42 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2008-09-30 04:03 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-09-30 11:45 am (UTC)Since I'm actually doing the Carmen/YGO crossover, would you mind if I borrowed the "Carmen's ancestor vs Dartz" angle? **Will credit, of course!**
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Date: 2008-09-30 12:08 pm (UTC)no subject
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