Chapter 1: A new villain enters Rayman's world.
Rayman lied peacefully on the grass, sleeping with Globox, he had a weird dream...
Mr. Dark came towards him, but Rayman said "I've defeated you already"
And he pulled the robes away, and Razorbeard stood underneath it,
"I've already defeated you to, how's this possible??" he asked.
And he punched his head off.
André came out of it. Rayman made quickly a grimace but it didn't work, so he just grabbed his wing off and suddenly he was holding an André costume.
On the place were André just stood was a flash of light that kept getting bigger and bigger until it had the same size as Rayman and it took a human form...
It started to speak "Rayman, RAYMAN" said a hoarse voice.
"Rayman
RAYMAN"
But Rayman got irritated and started replying
"Rayman"
"That's my name"
"Rayman"
"I'm over here"
"I've come for you"
Rayman said irritated "Whoa, take it easy big fellow, you just said 5 words without Rayman in it"
And then Rayman woke up and looked around, but the only thing he could see was Globox, Suddenly Globox woke up and started talking with the hoarse voice:
"Rayman, it was real"
Rayman asked worried "What did you do to Globox???"
"I posses him, but I will come soon in a better form"
"But why don't you posses me?"
"Your brains are to complicated, I need a simple brain to control somebody" said the Voice while fading.
Globox woke up, not under influence of anything
"What's up Rayman, why are you looking at me like that?
Don't tell me I'm green again." (Another story)
Rayman: "You were possessed, Globox!"
"Yeah, let me guess, there was a lot of light involved, and you saw all the enemies you’ve defeated" said Globox
Rayman: "Yeah, how did you know that???"
"Are you thinking that I'm as dumb as I look?" said Globox deeply insulted
Rayman tried another way of answering "What color is an orange?"
Globox thinks, but without success, at last he says
"I believe you" but Rayman needed more than that because he didn't know what was happening, and while he searched everywhere for some he heard something moving in the bushes, he quickly shot his fist and he heard a loud "AUCH".
Murphy came behind the bushes and said, "Were was that needed for? The only thing I wanted to do was asking if you came to the Fairy Consult in the Fairy council"
"Why?" Replied Rayman "I'm not a fairy, am I?"
But Murphy said with his hand on the swollen place on his face, "It's obvious Rayman, there’s trouble and they need a hero" and with that words Rayman ran to the Fairy council, reaching closer with every step, he was almost there, but then the road suddenly stopped, he just braked on the right time, one step later and he would have fallen into the Lava River!
"What the..." said Rayman before he was under broken by some lava spitted out.
"I don't remember any Lava River, they could at least mention it" said Globox.
Rayman looked around, the whole Fairy council was surrounded! He tried to jump but he didn’t came far enough. But with the help of his helicopter he could just grab the ledge, climbing up and looking down, "Well, 1 Lava River crossed and no more to go." said Rayman, wondering why there flows lava in the Fairy Council, as he followed the way to the consult.
He went in and saw Ly, Betilla and a ludiv.
“You're alive!” Rayman yelled, while he hugged Betilla, “How did you?”
“I will save that for another time” said Betilla
The irritated Ludiv said, "Back to business! We were just discussing the strange things that are happening"
"Like lava rivers coming from nowhere?" asked Rayman
"That’s certainly strange, but that from what we’ve heard, all the Squabs have disappeared!" answered Ly
"Haven't you looked outside? There's a lava river!"
"Like we said, that’s strange, Rayman, but as you can see, we have no windows” Said Ludiv.
“That’s not the only thing” said Betilla “The 4 masks of Polokus also disappeared, and our strength has gone down to,” said Betilla.
"Yes, but we will gather our last strength to help you" replied Ly and she made a silver lum which hits Rayman
"YAHOO" he yelled, while his powers were extended
"This power lets you use your body as a projectile" said the Ludiv, still annoyed
"In other words you can hit enemies with your body" said Betilla explaining
Rayman said “Alright, I guess I’ll be going now, and I will unravel the mysteries" and he winked, while walking into the Teleporter.
But after landing he found out that he was not in Clearleaf forest.
"Where am I" he said when he tried to think of where he was.
"You're here," said the same voice from his dream.
Rayman was getting angry "Who are you? What do you want?" he yelled. And the voice instantly replied,
"I'm Flutch and I’ve come for you.
Is it true that you're the famous Rayman?"
"Err, Famous?" said Rayman "Must be, it's not a regular name.
But what do you want with me? Flush?"
"Its Flutch," said Flutch angrily "and I’ve come to test you.
You must complete 7 tasks, and 1 is already completed"
"But why? And which task have I done? Flash"
"My name is Flutch" answered he, starting to irritate. "And I want to see if you are truly the greatest hero, the task that you did was to test your jumping, by..."
"... Crossing the Lava River," said Rayman thinking. "But what's in it for me? And what if I don't do it? And how many "Heroes" have completed the tasks?"
”You ask much questions for someone without limbs” Flutch said "Nobody has ever made it to the 7th task, and if you win you will get everything you want, there's even made a statue of you in my world, and as for if you don't do it, you lose you're respect.”
“That sounds good,” said Rayman, “That jumping was easy, I can make it to those other tasks easily”
“That first task was a warming up,” said Flutch “even my Grandfather can do that one, and he sits in a wheelchair. But there isn't much time left, go to the MasterKaag Area to meet you're first task." and a teleporter appeared which brought Rayman to Clearleaf Forest.
Chapter 2. The MasterKaag Cam-on
Rayman fell down and looked around, standing up, feeling that someone was with him, he turned, and there stood Globox.
"Oh, It’s just you,” said Rayman and he wanted to walk to him, but then a flying camera appeared in front of him, and Rayman yelled “WAH”.
A voice came out of the Camera “I'm following you, and all my recordings will be send to Flutch,” He said annoyed, while Globox pulled stupid faces “Also collect friends for the last tasks" he said.
“And who are you?” asked Rayman
“Nothing more then an incredibly smart machine, who dislikes giant blue toads”
“What’s your name?” asked Globox
“You can call me CAM”
“Oh,” said Globox “That’s an Aberivenion, isn’t it?”
“It’s abbreviation” said CAM “And it stands for Close All-watch Mechanism, and of course, Especially of Rayman’s Army”
"Heard that Globox?" asked Rayman when CAM stopped speaking, "Care to join an adventure?"
Globox answered happy "Alright, where's André?"
"No, another adventure" said Rayman
"Ooh, alright, who's the Baddie now?"
"Someone named Flutch"
"Fresh? What a strange name"
"It's FLUTCH, you idiot," yelled CAM
"I join,” said Globox, unaware of the danger. “This can be great, me and CAM will be best friends” he said while they walked of the path through the forest, but half-way, Rayman looked through some bushes and saw a Henchmen being paid by a Hoodlum. "Wait, I already defeated all of them,” said Rayman silently.
“Flutch brought them back, just for you,” said CAM
"Well no time to discuss it now" and he jumped in and shot the enemies, suddenly a lot more came, he shot the Hoodlums and Henchmen while Globox sat frightened in a corner.
"Take this, and that,” he said, but it was too much, but suddenly he remembered his new power. He grabbed his body and threw it at a Hoodlum, which knocked over and fell on a Henchman, a domino effect followed and soon all enemies were down.
“Well” said Rayman, while walking towards CAM “I suppose you were also the one making the other strange things happening?” and CAM replied “Who should do it otherwise? Santa Clause?”
Rayman sighed and went on in his trip going to the MasterKaag Arena, but while walking, he saw a Cage, but it was sealed very well, he couldn't break through it with his fists. "Well let's use my power,” said Rayman. And a loud CRASH sounded as his body collided with the cage, but almost instantly an alarm raised and a lot of Hoodlums came to him.
A Sylkin came out of the cage and said "Hey Big nose, try not to raise the alarm next time you free a Teensie"
“I’ll remember that,” Rayman said, “but now we’re surrendered and outnumbered"
There wasn’t any way out, so Rayman jumped into the battle, but even with his new power, he had no chance.
“This is it,” Rayman said, but a yell came, and all Hoodlums looked surprised to the bushes, where the yelling came from.
“NOW” yelled Rayman and he quickly grabbed the Sylkin and jumped away.
Clark jumped over the bushes and started to kick butt. "I'm here Rayman" he yelled while he smashed two Hoodlums against each other "Why wasn't I there with that Hoodlum havoc?" sounded over the smashing of the Hoodlums
"Never mind" yelled Rayman "You're in it now"
"What?" said Clark while threw away the last Hoodlum, "Do you call this havoc?"
"Never mind" said Rayman “Will you please join our group?”
And instantly Clark replied "Of course I will join it, just like the old days, right little buddy?"
"I will join to," said the Sylkin
"Alright" yelled Rayman
“We need to go this way” Rayman said and he walked through with his friends and overheard the conversation of Globox and CAM
"Am I going to be on TV?"
"No, only I see this"
"Can you send a tape to my mom?"
"No I won't"
"Are you sure nobody sees this?"
"Yes i'm sure"
"Well that's mean. Just because you’re the CAM of Fudge, doesn’t give you the right to be mean."
"It's FLUTCH, F-L-U-T-C-H"
"Alright, Ef-el-you-ty-see-age"
"Can you spell?"
"As a matter of fact, no, Mr. Effel U. Teensiecage"
"I was afraid so"
Clark interrupted "Can you 2 be quiet"
Sylkin added his part "Yeah, you 2 are starting to annoy"
"Well we don't need you two on this moment" said CAM "Why don't you go to the next meeting point in The Bog Of Murk?"
"Alright" said Clark and the Sylkin
“Then we don’t have to be with Mr. Grumpy” Clark said to the Sylkin, while taking him on his back, and they looked at a sign and decided to go left
Rayman looked to the sign and saw “Bog of Murk, Left, Arena, right” and as he looked right he saw the holes that let to the Arena
"Globox, you stay hear until I yell your name" he said, and he jumped in the hole, but instead of landing, he was catapulted into the air.
“What???” Rayman yelled, while he was into the air, “What is this?” he asked as he looked below, and saw that the holes were full of Squabs.
“Alright!!!” yelled Rayman “Who did…” but he didn’t came any further, as he landed on his face, that moment, CAM couldn’t control his laughter.
“You!!!” said Rayman, and CAM nodded, while still laughing “Well, Rayman, you’re the hero, what do you do now?” CAM asked, before laughing again
“Easy,” said Rayman, and as he climbed down the hole, a soft whisper came out of it, and suddenly all the Squabs came out of the holes and started chasing CAM, “Go get ‘m, boys” Rayman yelled and he jumped down the hole, still with a big smile on his face.
Rayman walked slowly in the Arena and saw a canon, He walked carefully closer and saw that it wasn't activated. Suddenly CAM came and shouted, "RUN RAYMAN RUN, The Canon is under my control. And he linked himself to the canon. “I won’t forget your Squaby joke!!!" He yelled and Rayman started to run to the edge of the Arena and jumped on a wooden ledge. And when the CAM-on started shooting, he decided it was running time.
A loud BOOM sounded, but he didn't have to look behind him to know what it was. The CAM gave loud remarks like "You're dead" and "Good bye", and eventually he started humming the MasterKaag music "MM M MMM, MM M M M, MM M M MM"
Suddenly Rayman reached a dead end. And when he looked before him he saw a blast coming, he also looked above him and saw an escape route, he made a backwards summersault, landed on another ledge and continued running.
"Sheesh, how do I knock CAM-on out?" Rayman thought and he yelled "Stop humming"
"MM M M, MM M M, MM M"
Rayman thought of the MasterKaag and thought of the switches he needed there, and he looked seeing them.
But one problem: If he came to close he would be dead meat.
Quickly made Rayman a few moves, he grabbed a stone while running, and threw it to a switch, it landed and one of CAM-on's connections blew loose, but there were still 2 to go.
Rayman ran towards the other switch trying to grab something heavy, he just pulled out his hand and he grabbed a sharp pole, which he threw at the other switch.
"Bulls-eye" he muttered and he continued running while the 2d connection failed.
He ran towards the 3d and last switch trying to grab the rock that stood there but it exploded due to a shot of CAM-on.
There he stood, no objects to throw, right before the 3d switch, blocked by wooden ledges
This time, there wasn't any place he could go...
Rayman looked before him and saw the switch but it was to far to reach, unless...
Rayman grabbed his body, threw it on the switch making CAM's connection fail.
“MMMMMMM…” it sounded while the blast came to Rayman.
Rayman jumped over it, grabbed his body back and hit the Canon causing it to break down.
"Very well, Rayman, nothing less then I expected from a hero like you," said CAM, while he was slightly annoyed "but your quest isn't over yet, you still need to complete 5 tasks and bring many friends"
"How many" Rayman asked
"Exactly 16 are needed, and as for me, I will continue you on your quest to Razoff's house in the Bog of Murk"
"The Bog of Murk?"
"That's were your 3d task lies, Now continue, or I’ll be the one lasering your butt"
And the gate opened while Rayman continued, and he came to Otto's office
"Alright, now can we use the teleporter" he said and he, Globox and CAM entered.
"Oh no, I know this guy, and I do not want to be healed" said Globox.
"Don't worry, you're fine" replied Rayman, and he went in finding Otto saying, "Vait please, I’ve got a patient."
So Rayman and Globox waited outside the door while hearing some rock music, suddenly it stopped and Otto came out. "He's ready"
And when they came in they saw... Murphy
"What are you doing here?" said Rayman and Murphy simultaneously.
"I needed medical attention, you punch hard" said Murphy "and you?"
"I want to use the Teleporter, and since we need an Army, why don't you 2 come with me" replied Rayman
"I don't know, thanks to you, I almost needed braces"
"I'm sorry, and besides, you can't afford those big braces."
"Well thanks, we'll meet again" said Murphy, offended, and he flew away
"I'll join" said Otto, and they stepped into the teleporter.
Chapter 3 The Key to the Marshes
Rayman, Otto and Globox landed in the Bog of Murk
"Hey, Ray" Yelled Clark, "Who's in the Team?"
"We have a Sylkin, Otto, you, Globox and Me" said Rayman
Globox looked around and said "Now where is the house of Razoff?"
"Maybe behind you" Rayman suggested and he pointed to a big house. "One problem, there is a large lake between the house and us"
"No worries, Rayman, I can swim" said Globox, and he jumped into the water. "No WAIT" Yelled Rayman, but to late.
Globox bounced back from the water thanks to the Piranhas
"AAAAAH"
"AUCH AUCH"
"NOOO" He yelled while he flew on the other side.
"Huh, hey I made IT" he yelled
"Very good, but what about the others?" Yelled Rayman, but suddenly a great SPLASH sounded, and it appeared that Clark jumped into the water, but only his head rose above the water.
"Vel" said Otto "Ve could use him to cross the river"
But the Sylkin Replied "But only we 2 can get on him"
No worries, said Rayman "I'll find another way" And he continued all alone, but suddenly he heard some creaking behind him. He looked and saw nothing, then the creaking came from the other way, but Rayman wasn't scared, he just thought "It's probably a Zombie chicken"
But he found out that he was wrong.
"RAYMAN" Yelled a voice "Finally we meet again" and an enormous shadow came to him, and from the bushes came...
"SSSAM" yelled Rayman happily, ''I haven't seen you for a while"
"Yesssss" Replied Sssam "but sssstrange thingssss are happening, the Zzzzzombie chickenssss came back and i'm ssscared"
"Don't worry" Replied Rayman "i'm here, but i need to go to Razoff's house"
"Rasssssof isssn't a nissse fellow" said Sssam distracted
Rayman wanted to calm Sssam down and said "With me in the neighborhood, nothing will happen"
"Alright, Grab my sssscarf" said Sssam, and before he knew it, Rayman was water-skiing, dodging the Piranhas and Zombie Chickens
"It's fine until now, right Sssam?" Rayman yelled over the noise, not seeing the piranha in front of him. It was to late to dodge him and a collision followed, but Rayman was still water-skiing, but there was something in his hand, he examined it and he found out that it where...
Piranha tooth’s.
He reached the house surprised, and found CAM talking.
"You're 3d task lies in the house but to open it, you'll need a key, find it, before it's to late"
"To late for what?" Rayman asked, but the voice disappeared and he just went to find the Key, and suddenly he found it, it was right before his eyes.
But Rayman didn't trust it "It can't be that easy" he said and he came slowly close to it, until he could grab it.
Rayman touched it and jumped away, but nothing happened.
Rayman slowly lifted it with a long stick, and the key came from his place.
"This is so easy" Rayman thought, but just as he tried to grab it, a green monster came and grabbed the Key.
"Oh great" Rayman said and he walked behind the green monster that started flying "How on earth can I reach him" he said, while he bumped into a Teensie Cage he didn't saw.
The alarm rose, and Henchmen surrounded Rayman, once again.
Rayman was thinking, this was a problem; while the Key flew away he was surrounded. But at least he had a plan.
"FIRE" he yelled and he ducked right in time, when the loud noises echoed away, Rayman looked and saw instead of 12 pirates, only 6 in the form of 12 halve Henchmen. But the fight wasn't over yet, 12 Hoodlums came, but they were easier to trick.
"ANDRE IS DROWNING" Rayman yelled, while pointing at the water.
Before taking a look, all Hoodlums jumped in the water, being ripped apart by the Piranhas.
"24 kills in 2 strikes, that will look good in my CV" said Rayman "And now the Teensie cage" And he freed a Murkin. "I wish I could teach them a lesson" he said, and Rayman replied "Well, join the Army then"
"Alright, but what are you doing about the Key?" Asked the Murkin
"Do you maybe have a Throttle Copter" Rayman asked, but the Murkin shook no saying "I do have a bottle of Plum-juice though" and he handed it to Rayman, and they walked to Razoff's house, for some brainstorming
When he was back at the base camp before Razoff's house, they were arguing about how to get the Key
"I can't jump that high" said Clark and he looked to Otto
"I only heal, not fly" said Otto while he looked at the other Teensies
"We don't have a Throttle Copter" Said the Sylkin while he looked to Sssam
"I can ssswim, but not ffly" He said while looking at Globox, or better said, the place were Globox sat, because Globox was gone.
"Where's the Bottle of Plum-juice?" asked Rayman suddenly, but he knew the answer.
"I'm an Unidentified Flying object from a planet far, far away" yelled Globox, while he flew away, but Rayman just grabbed his feet on time.
"Submit to my power" yelled Globox drunk "I repeat: Submit to my power"
and there Rayman and Globox flew, right to the Green Monster
And they were almost by the key, but the effects of the Plum-Juice started to wear of, and they started descending.
"I hate to do this Globox,” said Rayman, and he gave him a punch.
A large "hiccup" sounded and Globox flew up, hitting the Monster causing it to drop the Key. Rayman stretched out his hand and caught the Key, but then Globox's flying ability's stopped and they fell down.
A loud "AAAAH" echoed around, and Globox fell right on the campfire.
"AAAAH, THIS BURNS" yelled Globox.
Rayman was still falling, and he flew right in the chimney of Razoff's house.
He was in, but a lady's voice started speaking "The bomb will explode in 1 minute, have a nice day
"And there Rayman sat, not knowing were the bomb was, or how to make it harmless.
Cam came and said "You can choose Rayman, running away from the house or saving the one that's tied up to the bomb"
"Who is it?" Rayman asked
"You will see,” said CAM, but the voice was interrupting "50 seconds to go"
"I will rescue him" Rayman yelled, and he climbed up the stairs, looking for a helpless creature tied up to a machine, he searched in every room, but when he came on the first floor, the Great Hall, he heard the clock ticking.
"Wait a second,” thought Rayman "Since when does the clock tick twice as much? Unless something ticks with it" and suddenly he knew where to go, he climbed up the stairs again, and went to the backside of the clock and, instead of an helpless creature, Razoff was tied to the bomb.
"Great" said Rayman while he walked to Razoff "I'm just to good, you know"
And he tried to pull the ropes away, but they were too strong, but Rayman didn't give up that easily. He grabbed the Piranha tooth and they sliced through the rope, Razoff was freed, and Rayman putted the rope in his pocket
"How can I ever thank you" Razoff said, "You saved my life even though I hunted on you"
"No thanks" replied Rayman "First tell me which wire I need to cut through, the red, white or blue one?"
"Well" said Razoff "I've got a better idea" and he grabbed his shotgun and he shot at the bomb, Rayman quickly jumped away, but nothing happened.
"Thanks Razoff" said Rayman "Can we use the Mirror in your basement?"
"Of course, that's the least what I can do,” said Razoff, "But first open my door"
And Rayman let his friends in while they walked to the basement, where they fell down in the hole, and they saw 20 Hoodlums waiting on them. Clark wanted to attack, but if he did, the Teensies were shot
"What now" he asked, and his answer came quick.
A loud BOOM was heard and all the Hoodlums were defeated by a huge cannonball with Razoff on it, "Now we are even" he said, and the cannonball lifted up and away.
CAM started to speak "Your next task lies in the Land of the Livid Dead, and it's under water"
"Alright" yelled Rayman, "4 more to go"
Chapter 4: In control of the Celoché
Rayman, CAM, Globox, the Sylkin, Clark, Otto, Sssam and the Murkin stepped in the Mirror, going to The Land Of The Livid Dead, meeting the 3d task
Rayman dropped down in the Land of the Livid Dead after the trip, but his friends weren't there, he looked to the portal and saw them coming.
"NO" yelled Rayman and he tried to run away, but it was to late:
All his friends appeared above him, and they all fell
"Are you OK" asked Rayman muffled
"Yes" said Globox "I landed on something soft"
"That was me, Globox" answered Rayman.
After a while when everybody was standing again they went on, this time with more caution, because they didn't want to meet an Army of Hoodlums again.
"Rayman" Asked Globox after a while "We are almost in the underwater Arena, How come we didn't meet anything yet?"
"I know" said Rayman "It's very suspicious"
But then there was something HIGHLY suspicious, A table for 7 persons stood in the middle of the scenery and there was something drowning in a huge bottle which appeared to be for Clark
Rayman fished the creature out of the bowl, and saw that it was...
"Mosquito" Rayman said to him "what happened?"
"Evil beingzzz" said Mosquito "Who izzz it? Not evil?"
"No" said Rayman "It's all good now"
Mosquito began feeling better while he said some words
"Izz it you?" he said and he jumped a hole in the air
"Yes" replied Rayman
"I know where Enemiezzz are" said Mosquito "I can fly you to zzem"
"That's great" Yelled Rayman "But I need to go that way"
and he pointed to the Underwater Arena
"Thatzzz where i'm talking about" replied Mosquito
Then a loud noise of breaking glass sounded, and it appeared that Clark drunk the fluid, and he was getting sick
"I'll heal him" said Otto "You guys can go on"
"We stay" said the Teensies "He was our main transportation"
"Well" said Rayman "I'll go on with Mosquito, Alright?"
"We'll ssstay here" said Sssam and Rayman stepped on Mosquito
Mosquito flew towards the Underwater Arena as fast as he could, hearing Rayman yelling instructions like "Left" and "Right".
Suddenly they came to a large tree. "Left or Right?" asked Mosquito but Rayman didn't know which way was the best. "Left" he yelled and while Mosquito went left; Rayman suddenly yelled, "No Right...
Left...
No, I forgot" And they came closer and closer to the tree. They where almost crashing, but suddenly Rayman yelled
"UP” as hard as he could, and Mosquito flew in a steep angle just over it, but it was good, they where very close to the Underwater Arena, and they landed, but there was something Rayman didn't expect.
20 Hoodlums came from behind the tree, aiming and charging at Rayman
"FLY" Yelled Rayman and Mosquito started flying around over the crowd while Rayman was hitting the Hoodlums, and they were almost reduced to 0, but 3 hoodlums were smart enough to run away when Rayman came near, but with some fast turn, Mosquito was able to stab them and they where gone too.
"Rayman" yelled Otto, and Rayman looked behind him and saw him standing next to him.
"I could not heal him" said Otto "Ve need some better treatment"
"All right, but first the fourth task" said Rayman, and he swam underwater to the bottom and saw the wreck of Celoché, but did it really was a wreck?
He went in and suddenly saw a lot of Diving Henchmen coming for him, but he slammed the door of the Celoché shut just in time, but he couldn't get out.
He swam to the cockpit and he saw that it was dry, so he took a deep breath and he saw the dashboard, with a little button glowing.
Rayman pushed it and Flutch spoke "Can you survive all 50 Henchmen
Mwahahahaha"
And Rayman took a deep dive searching for an answer to his question,
He dived in some rooms, sometimes taking some breath, until he came into the heart of Celoché... the engine
Rayman saw a damage report of it, floating around, the handwriting was very unreadable because of the water and because there was a Hoodlum at the other end of the pen. Rayman could only read one sentence:
DaMagEd BEyonD rEPAIr.
He threw it away and realized that he was stuck, he looked sad to the water, thinking that he was a goner.
But suddenly one little bolt floated past him, and Rayman decided to put it on the engine, knowing it wouldn't work, Rayman twisted the bolt and suddenly the engine began to work.
"Damaged beyond repair, huh,” said Rayman "They were just to lazy and stupid to fix it" and he swam back to the cabin.
Rayman sat behind the steer but he didn't know how to handle the machine.
Suddenly he heard a voice "Hey Rayman, look what I found" and Murphy jumped out with a manual in its hands.
"Look, Rayman." said Murphy and he read "Press the shoot button in order to shoot"
"Geese, where does this come from? GARBAGE INC?"
"Worse" said Rayman "From Hoodlums, but how do I move?"
"With the joystick according to this trash"
"Alright" and Rayman gave a steep twist and the Henchmen hammering on the door flew of.
"Now what is this for a button?" Rayman asked, and he pushed a button, instantly, a torpedo flew out and a bunch of henchmen exploded
"That's the way I like it" Rayman said, ready for action and he looked around on the dashboard, and he saw a second joystick with a button on it, he moved it, but nothing happened, so Rayman just pushed the button and a laser came out and shot a pirate.
"Hey" said Murphy, reading the manual and not paying attention "you can use the laser with the joystick on the right, bet you didn't knew that!" and Murphy held the Manual before Rayman's eyes and Rayman didn't see a thing, so he tried pushing Murphy away, but accidentally he pushed a handle before reaching Murphy and by the time the manual was gone, there were 10 pirates left, but Rayman didn't know how he did that.
"Well, you stupid fly" Rayman yelled against Murphy while shooting a pirate and imagining he had Murphy's head. "We could have been killed!!!"
"That's not my fault, Mr. Punchy" said Murphy "If i'm not wanted here, i'm gone" and with that words he flew away.
"Another worry less" Rayman thought while blasting some pirates, until there where only 2 left, but they were Ninja's and they kept disappearing and appearing while damaging the Celoché and Rayman could hear the Celoché breaking down, but he couldn't hit the Ninja's!!!
He pressed every button, but nothing worked on them.
Suddenly the power of the dashboard went down and the Celoché was uncontrollable!
Rayman swam to the engine and saw the pressure gauge going up extremely dangerous. So he swam away as fast as he could to the door.
But the door was barricaded by the Ninja's and Rayman couldn't push it underwater, so he went on searching.
Suddenly a question came in his mind:
How did Murphy get away?
Rayman was to busy in the Celoché to ask it to himself, but now his mind was clear, he remembered.
It was very strange because Murphy couldn't swim, so Rayman swam back to the Cockpit, the Pressure gauge was almost in red.
And then he saw a hole in the ceiling, it was a bit high, but Rayman could jump to it using a chair.
He came in and saw the magical words "Escape pod", but when he looked he saw it was gone
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"Hey, guys, look what I found" yelled Globox, and he pointed towards the Arena, and Clark, Sylkin, Murkin, Otto, Sssam, Ly, Betilla and Murphy came towards him, they where all standing on the underwater basin, and they looked at a hatch.
"This must lead to Rayman" said the Sylkin, but CAM interrupted
"It's prohibit to go in here, Rayman must do his task alone"
"Well, this is getting BORING" said Murphy right at CAM "I'm leaving, huh, I don't care about Rayman, he only makes fun of me" and Murphy left and went into the forest, looking sad.
"I want to know what's going on" said Globox "I hope Rayman is OK"
"Yes" said Ly "I didn't come here to see him being defeated, but don't worry, he will be alright."
"I hope" said Betilla.
"Please...
Please help me" Clark said holding its hands on his stomach.
"Ve can't heal you now" said Otto "But maybe Romeo is able to"
Suddenly the hatch began to rumble, it flew open and a lot of water spouted out, and if it wasn’t enough, there came a yell from the forest, which made everyone ran to the it and they saw Rayman lying there in the grass.
"What happened?” asked Globox.
"He fell" said Murphy, but nobody saw him, until he came from under Rayman. "On me" he said angry "I'm outta here, nobody leaves me unscratched here" and he flew away again
"I still don't get it" said Globox "How did you came here?"
"That's a long story" said Rayman "Well, no it isn't, but it looked long for me" and he started telling
"I was in the Celoché, blasting some pirates with a laser, quite fun, you should try it to. And suddenly, only 2 Ninja's were left, but they kept disappearing and hitting the Celoché." and Rayman took a little break and started telling again
"But the Engine was breaking down, so I tried to escape, but the escape pod was gone." Globox was listening very intensively, with his mouth open
"But when I looked up, I saw a the hatch of the Celoché, so I opened it and I swam into the water, but it was only a matter of time before the Ninjas saw me, and they tried to stop me, but the Celoché’s pressure was getting dangerous high, and then it exploded, making an enormous wave."
"How did you survive?" asked Ly
"Well," continued Rayman "Luckily there was a Ninja above me and he blasted against the other hatch, and he opened it, so all the water was spouted out, dragging me along.
And well, then you came here."
"And then?" Asked Globox "Don't stop now"
And everybody looked at Globox with a face of surprise mixed with unbelief.
At last Globox said loudly "What? I'm curious, that's all." and everybody turned his face away.
"Wait a sec, don't we miss someone" asked Rayman, but then a flying shape came from behind the darkness, which appeared to be CAM, all wet, and he shouted "ALRIGHT, WHO TURNED ON THAT WATER TAP" And he shot a laser at Globox his feet.
"Hey, keep it cool" said Rayman "It wasn't him, you need me, and it’s just a little bit of water"
"A LITTLE BIT OF WATER MIGHT JUST BE ENOUGH TO DISABLE ME" shouted CAM,
”Shame he wasn’t” whispered Rayman to Globox, but CAM shot a laser at Rayman's head, but he moved his head and the laser burned a tree.
"Hey" said Rayman "Where was that needed for? It wasn't on purpose"
"Sorry" apologized CAM "But I don't like water that much"
"It's alright,” said Rayman "Poor tree though" and he knocked on the tree, and something fell down from it, making Globox running away in fear.
Rayman looked at it, and he saw it was a wet Ninja, deactivated.
"Sssam" said Rayman "Get Globox back, please"
"Alright" and Sssam slithered away.
Chapter 5. The Great War
"Why are you here?" asked Rayman and Betilla started to speak
"We wanted to know what happened, we heard about the tasks of CAM, so we know everything know"
"Good" said Rayman "Any further powers?"
"No" continued Ly "We're to weak now to give a new power"
A low "help" suddenly sounded, and Clark still had his hands on his stomach.
"Hold on" said Rayman "I'm getting help"
And with those words, he ran away, over the empty underwater arena and to Romeo's Office.
"Help, an emergency,” he yelled, but there where much bigger troubles.
When he came into the room he saw a cage hanging with Romeo in it, above a table with Hoodlums playing cards.
Luckily, they didn't see Rayman and they just resumed playing.
Rayman walked quietly behind the back of one, but another one saw him, so he just pointed up 2 fingers behind the Hoodlums hat making a bunny hood, and everyone started laughing, and Rayman had an easy job winning from them.
When they all where gone Rayman heard a voice
"Sweet moves, dude" and he looked next to him, seeing Romeo.
"But if you're Romeo who's the one hanging in the..." Rayman looked at the cage and saw that it was empty, and he looked puzzled
"You said there was an emergency?" asked Romeo "Well, what are we waiting for?"
"Nothing" said Rayman and he asked, "How did you?" but Romeo already was gone.
Rayman ran back to Clark and the others, but when he was there, he found out that there was no one there!!! He looked around him, but not a clue of where they were.
"Maybe their back at Romeo's place" He thought, and he ran away.
After that Globox suddenly appeared in the woods.
"Rayman" he yelled "Are you there, I hope so, this forest is scary"
And he walked around searching for Rayman.
Rayman arrived at Romeo's clinic, where he saw everybody, except Globox.
"Where's Globox?" asked Rayman and Ly at the same time.
"Is he not with you?" Asked Rayman and Betilla
"Oh no, big trouble" sounded from a corner, and Murphy appeared.
Suddenly Rayman saw a big flash outside, it appeared to be raining, and not that little!
"Don't tell me that Globox is in the woods looking for me" said Rayman
"Alright" said Murphy "Then we don't tell ya"
But another flash appeared, and Rayman was gone.
"Globox, GLOBOX" heard Globox on a spooky tone, and he replied softly
"Hello, Globox isn't here, sorry to disappoint you"
He crawled closer to a tree trunk, but then a mystic shadow appeared, and Globox fainted.
"Globox?" Rayman asked, "Are you OK?"
He couldn't believe Globox fainted before his eyes.
"I've been yelling for you the whole time!" Rayman said, while dragging Globox to a dry spot.
"I hope you weren't scared?"
Then Globox woke up and said drowsily "Who's there?"
"It's me, Rayman"
Suddenly Globox felt a lot better
"Yahoo, yippee, Rayman is here, thanks for scaring away the shadow"
"Which shadow?" asked Rayman
"The one in the woods"
Rayman thought and came to the conclusion that Globox must've saw him and was thinking he was an evil monster, but he didn't tell Globox
"Well, let's head back to Romeo's place!" Globox said
"But it's still raining" said Rayman
"Are you afraid of a bit of rain?" said Globox
"Only if you call that a bit" said Rayman and he pointed towards the rain.
"Come on, nothing can happen while you’re around!" said Globox, but suddenly another shadow appeared, from a Hoodlum all alone, but he didn't saw Rayman.
But suddenly a loud CRACK was heard and it appeared that Globox stepped on a twig. But the Hoodlum didn't hear a thing.
"Did you see that Rayman" said Globox "he didn't hear us"
But he said it a bit to loud and the Hoodlum rung the alarm.
Rayman was quick and punched the Hoodlum and he hid under the Hoodlums cape.
Another Hoodlum came and started speaking "Heywha?"
Rayman didn't understand a thing and just said "Heywha Heywha Heywha",
and suddenly all the Hoodlums stared at him and started kneeling.
"What the..." whispered Rayman so softly the Hoodlums didn't hear it "What did I do?"
Suddenly a Hoodlum began to speak "Heywhaaaa? HEYWHA", and all the other Hoodlums began to shout from joy.
"Heywha. Heywha. Heywha."
Then Rayman said in an asking tone "Heywha?” and the Hoodlums answered all with a loud "HEYWHA" and they putted their hands in the air and started lifting Rayman to the edge of the forest and to a mountain.
Rayman didn't know what to do.
"Rayman" Globox asked when he saw him going away, but he didn't dare to follow.
"Now i'm alone again" Globox said, sadly
"Don't put your hopes that high" CAM said, while coming from under the bushes. "Where is Rayman?"
"He was being dragged away by Hoodlums, Mr. Effel"
"Call me CAM, and is he a prisoner?"
"No... CAM, is that where the U stands for?"
CAM looked at him in disgust and said finally "Yes, it is"
"Alright CAM" Globox said happily
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Meanwhile at Romeo's Office was the rest of the army still looking outside, waiting for the rain to stop.
"Do you know?” said Murphy "I'm not waiting for him anymore" and he flew towards the door.
"Wait,” said Ly "It's raining"
"That kept me here that long" said Murphy sarcastic and he flew out of the door.
"Stay here" said Ly, as she followed Murphy into the rain, to the forest edge
-
The Hoodlums lifted Rayman to a cave, where he was dr. one Hoodlum asked Rayman something.
"Heywha HeyHey?"
Rayman thought deeply, and then said "Heywha" and the Hoodlum grabbed a piece of paper and drew a Henchmen.
Rayman thought deeply and then pulled a cross on the face and hung it up. Suddenly all the Hoodlums began to shout. But one Hoodlum, who appeared to be the smartest, came to Rayman and started speaking in a very annoyed tone "Heywha, Heywha, Heywha" And Rayman replied "Heywha, Heywha, Heywha, Heywha" and the Hoodlum looked to Rayman in amazement, then went back, instantly followed by another Hoodlum who carried a map. Rayman looked at it and saw that it was a map of the surrounding. He also carried some things that appeared to be Hoodlum pawns.
He set up the map, putted all the pawns on it and asked "Heywha?"
Rayman had heard that before, and he putted the pawns in a strategic order, showing how the Hoodlums had to move. Once finished, the Hoodlums began to shout from joy again.
But the oldest Hoodlum wasn't ready jet, and he said "HeyHey?"
Suddenly the cave became creepy silent, all the Hoodlums looked around in fear.
Rayman spoke slowly, with a kind of attitude "HeyHey" and he pointed towards himself, and he made a movement of a finger past his throat.
The Hoodlums seem to think he was very brave... and they brought Rayman to a place in the woods, very open, but the trees where covering the roof so there didn't came any rain through. Strangely, there was light, and when Rayman looked closer he saw that it came from the leaves.
Suddenly the Hoodlum started preparing for combat, Rayman wanted to ask why, but the answer came soon.
A loud hammering came from the woods. 100s of Henchmen popped in sight.
"Ah, Henchmen" said Rayman softly "Where they afraid of that?"
But they weren't, apparently, cause they started shooting and throwing bombs to the Henchmen, according to Rayman schedule.
"Well, it's fine here,” said Rayman, while Henchmen parts flew around "Why were they afraid?" but, of course, he saw why.
A Ninja appeared and he slaughtered many Hoodlums, appearing and disappearing. But Rayman wasn't planning on sitting on his butt.
He ran to him in a speeding tempo, giving him a strike when he was unaware, but, due to the Hoodlum suit, it hadn't a good affect, and the Ninja became aware of him and spoke "Many Hoodlums said you where the chosen one, let's see about that" and he disappeared fast.
Rayman being aware of it, looked at all sides and putted his back to a tree, but was a tree supposed to feel cold as metal?
Rayman looked behind him and saw the Ninja; he could just jump away in time before he used his hook.
The Ninja disappeared again and appeared right before Rayman, he ducked and the hook buried into the tree, making the Ninja getting stuck.
Meanwhile things where looking good for the Hoodlums, they already lowered the number of Henchmen to 20, the exact number of Hoodlums on the field.
"Take that" said Rayman while he kicked his butt (figural spoken)
"I've never met a Hoodlum speaking the Common language" said the Ninja while he disappeared
"Well, meet me" Rayman yelled back over the battling noise and he walked slowly around, looking everywhere, suddenly he saw a claw, but it was to late, the claw ripped his costume open, making his feet visible
"What the hell" said the Ninja in amazement, and that was the moment to strike. With a loud BANG the Ninja flew away, against a tree.
Rayman grabbed his Hoodlum gun and aimed at him
"Try moving and your face will be spread over the battlefield" he said. But the Ninja disappeared, but Rayman quickly handed his gun, shot backwards and he heard a loud CLUNK, When he looked, he saw the ninja, with his face exploded "Told ya, but you wouldn't listen to what I said" Rayman said while sticking out his tongue
Chapter 6 Lost, and not that little
Clark walked through the woods, looking for Rayman.
"Rayman" he yelled and a loud echo sounded "Rayman, Rayman"
Suddenly a Henchman jumped down from a tree, but Clark wasn't surprised and with one sweep, the Henchmen flew away to the other side of the woods. "RAYMAN" Clark yelled as hard as he could, but there was no answer.
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Meanwhile at Romeo's surgery, it was gone empty. The only ones there where Otto, Romeo, Sylkin, Murkin, Sssam and Mosquito, but they weren't bored because Romeo had a look in his cupboard...
"One two three start" Sylkin yelled, and suddenly the place turned from quiet to noisy. Otto had started a solo on his electric guitar
"Now you Romeo" yelled the Sylkin over the noise, and Romeo started drumming like mad "Mix it, Sssam" the Sylkin yelled again, and Sssam, who stood behind the DJ-table, scratched some funky beats
"Now me" yelled Murkin, and he started Break dancing
"Do the Teensie Rap" yelled Sylkin and he started Rapping
"Big Noses, Funny costumes and special gifts"
The Murkin continued "Healing powers, super powers and some green gems"
The spotlights, controlled by Mosquito, now centered on Sssam who scratched as good as he could. Then the spotlights went back to Otto, who did an amazing drumming solo and Mosquito turned the spotlights to the Murkin, who started break dancing again, and so, the Teensies continued the Teensie Rap
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"Why" thought Murfy as he flew away "Why don't they just leave me alone? I'm always the sidekick, nothing else" he sighted, and he was almost to the forest edge "I hope they don't follow me, but I know they do. They say they care about me, yeah right, and I’ve got a girl with great big "eyes". At least i'm almost in the forest" And as he entered the forest, he felt a giant thing leaping against his body, he flew against a tree and the last thing he tasted was blood. After that he was unconscious.
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"Flutch?"
"Yes, Globox"
"I don't feel afraid anymore"
"Good for you"
"Shall we play a game"
"Only if it's Whack-a-Globox"
"Never heard of that game? What are the rules?"
CAM was irritated again
"You try to stay silent and I don't try to hit you with a laser, alright"
Globox made a huge grin
"That sounds fun, you may start"
Then CAM cracked and he fired a laser beam right into the sky.
"That's happening if you don't shut up"
And Globox was silent, not in fear, but he didn't know what move to do in the game
-
"Come on,” said the head-henchmen, "The rest of us is battling in the clearing. But we are doing something else"
"I don't care what he says" whispered one of the other Henchmen towards the other Henchmen "He still cheated with the straws"
"I know" whispered the other Henchmen “But where only with the three of us"
"Silence" said the Head-Henchmen "We are attacking Romeo's surgery, understood?"
"OK" said the Henchmen, but suddenly some sparks appeared into the sky, and an odd music sounded "This is creepy" said one pirate
"We're not stopped by this" said the Henchman-in-lead "come on, we're not afraid"
"Yeah" said the other Henchmen, but then an object fell right in the middle of the henchmen. It appeared to be a head of another Henchmen.
"But now we are" said the boss in a tiny voice, and they ran away
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"Stop that please" said the Sylkin, when Sssam went a bit to far with scratching, so that there was a terrifying sound echoing through the surgery
"Sorry" said Sssam
"Let's continue" yelled Romeo, and they started rapping again
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"Ly" Yelled Betilla, but she was to far ahead. Betilla knew that she wasn't supposed to follow her but you know some rules are there to be broken.
"Ly" she yelled again, but no reply. Suddenly she heard a cry of Ly making her floating even faster towards her
-
"No" said Ly, while she saw Murfy flying towards a tree.
Ly went closer and she saw that a headless Henchman hit him.
"Wake up,” said Ly, but no response, she created a little energy sphere that stopped the bleeding, and she picked him up.
"What happened" Betilla asked behind her, and she replied, "Murfy has been hit with that over there" and she pointed towards the headless Henchmen. "Quick" she said "To the surgery" And of they went, carrying Murfy with a little energy sphere
-
Rayman looked at the rest of the Hoodlums winning from the Henchmen, he slowly walked to the woods but then he heard 2 Hoodlums talking
"Heywha, Heywha?"
"Heywha, Heywha"
He looked and saw that all the Henchmen where defeated, and one Hoodlum hit another Hoodlum.
Meanwhile where the three scared Henchmen close to them
"Let's just fight with our army"
"Yeah, then we at least kicked some butt"
But when they entered the clearing, they saw all kind of Henchmen bodies lying here and there, and when they looked up, they saw all the Hoodlums with their guns pointed on them.
"I've left something in the oven" said the Leader, and he ran away
"Shall we?" said one of the others, "After you" said the other one and they ran after the leader, shooting at him from behind.
"Rayman" came a yell from the forest, and Clark entered the clearing, making all the Hoodlums aim at him.
Rayman pointed up his hand, and the Hoodlums dropped their guns.
"Clark" whispered Rayman, and he looked down, Clark looked down also and he saw the shoes. Rayman bend a little bit through his knees, but Clark understood the hint, and he kneeled before him.
Rayman expected to hear applause, but no, everything was dead silent, and when Rayman looked, he saw that all the Hoodlums have fainted.
"Well" said Rayman "Let's get out of here"
"Good idea" said Clark "But what about the Hoodlums?"
"Leave them here, they probably forget what happened"
And so they continued towards the west, but there was one little problem...
"This looks familiar" said Clark
"That's because we've bin here before" said Rayman frustrated
"Let's head that way" said Clark, when they heard 2 voices
"Come on, let's tell a joke, don't be shy"
"No, you idiotic fool"
"Ooooooh, come on"
"Alright, two hoodlums are walking through the street, one of them says "Heywha, Heywha" Then the other replies "Heywha?""
Then a great laughter is heard, and Rayman put his head through the bushes and saw Globox rolling of laughter with CAM next to it
"Come on" said Rayman "Let's head back to the surgery"
"We'd like to" said Globox, controlling his laughter "But he has no navigational system" and Globox fell on the floor rolling from tree to tree.
"Well" said CAM "I, at least, have artificial intelligence" and Globox stopped laughing,
"Let's head that way,” said Clark, and of they went.
"Rayman?"
"Yes, Globox" answered Rayman
"What if we don't find the surgery before the night falls?"
"Then the ghosts will come" said CAM in a spooky voice
"That's not true" said Globox, but suddenly some leaves whistled and a shadow appeared
"WAAAAAAH, GHOSTS" was yelled by Globox, and he covered his eyes with his hands
"Hello" said Ly, coming from behind the bushes, "Do you guys know where the surgery is?"
"No" answered Rayman, and he looked seeing Murfy unconsciousness "What happened to him?" said Rayman worried and Betilla told about the Hench-body.
"Let's go" said Globox, "It's creepy here"
"Alright" said CAM "But first get that white hand off your shoulder"
"WAAAAAAH, A CRAZY HAND" sounded and Globox fainted
"Great move Einstein" said Rayman "If you can produce holograms you can carry him as well"
"Alright" said CAM annoyed and a beam came out of him, lifting Globox.
"Well" said Rayman "We seem to be lost"
"Yeah" said Clark "We don't even know the name of this wood"
"It's called the forest of Lost and Found" said Ly
"Who gave it that name?" said Rayman
"Robot-pirates" answered Ly "They called it like this because..."
"Yeah, Yeah, enough information" interrupted Rayman, "We're lost, it's hopeless"
"Rayman?" asked Clark
"Yeah"
"Do you hear that?"
"What" said Rayman, and he listened, Clark was right, he heard a kind of music
"This way" yelled Rayman, and they went straight through the bushes, as the music got louder
"I can see the edge" yelled Clark as a small voice sang with the music,
"Big noses, Funny costumes and special gifts"
And out they where, away from the forest, right in front of the surgery!
"Let us through,” yelled Betilla and Ly, carrying Murfy, as they went in first, and the music stopped.
"Nice" said Romeo, "We were almost at the best part!"
"We don't care" said Ly "Just heal Murfy"
"Alright, dude, but how"
Ly started to irritate "like you normally do"
"Alright" said Romeo, and he put Murfy onto an operating table and started to drum
"Not like that" yelled Ly angry
"Oh, just say that, dude" said Romeo
"Just make him better" said Ly
"Alright" said Romeo "But the stitching is already fine, all I can do is revive him"
"Then do that" said Rayman, and Romeo grabbed a needle and injected Murfy with something
"He will awake soon, there's only one or two little problems, this "reviving-stuff" is also used as Truth-serum, and it can cause a few hallucinations"
"Of what" asked Rayman "Just shapes" said Romeo "Nothing to worry about, dude, except the fact he tells the truth and sees other shapes"
"Eeeeh" said Murfy and he woke up, "Where am I?" he said and he looked at Ly saying "Geese, Ly, you look fat"
A second later everybody had trouble keeping Ly away from Murfy
"Remember" said Rayman "He doesn't see shapes that good, and he can't lie about things"
"Can I interrupt" asked CAM and everybody said "NO" except Murfy, who said "Yes, you can, but I don't want it"
"As I want to say" said CAM, "We need to go to the Desert of the Knaaren for your 5th task"
"Well" said Romeo, "We could use my teleporter, if you want, dude"
"Alright" said Rayman, And they stood ready for the teleporter, jumping in, but then a loud flash came and the lightening stroke...
Chapter 7. Far away from home
"Eeeeh" Rayman groaned "Where are we"
It was cold, he felt soft things falling on his back, realizing it was snow
"WHAT" he yelled and he jumped up, looking around, seeing snowy hills
"Is it just me, or do deserts have snowy hills nowadays?" he said, panicking
"Where are we?" he asked, but there was no-one to ask to...
"Alright," said Rayman, "Let's see, i'm all alone, on the top of a mountain, without food."
But then a voice came, making Rayman feel better
"Come on, sing a song"
"Why me, WHY ME" someone cried
"Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow"
Rayman knew it was time to draw attention
"GLOBOX, CAM" he yelled to the people behind the hill, and Globox and CAM came from around the corner
"Thank god, we found someone" CAM yelled
"Hey Rayman, want to sing with us" Globox said happy
"Tell him to shut up" said CAM, and Rayman started thinking, making the choice everyone would make...
"And the 1, 2, 3, go" yelled Rayman, and he and Globox started singing.
"Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow" sounded through the mountains, while CAM was thinking up the perfect way to commit suicide.
The song continued "Let it snow, let it snow" but suddenly a voice came "Hello?" and Romeo came from the left
"Hey Romeo" said Rayman, "seen the others?"
"Nope, dude, no-one except you."
Globox started "Do you wanna sing "Let it snow" with us?"
But Romeo thought otherwise "No man, stop that slow rhythm"
"Yeah, yeah, tell them, tell them" said CAM
"What we need is a fast beat!"
"No no no no no no no, no no no, no, bad idea, baaaad idea"
"Come on" said Rayman
"JINGLE BELLS, JINGLE BELLS, JINGLE ALL THE WAY" sounded and CAM knew it for sure, he was going to drown himself
"STOP IT WILL YOU" sounded, and Rayman said against CAM
"Don't spoil the fun" on which CAM said "I didn't said that"
"THAT'S RIGHT" sounded, and Murphy appeared.
"Did you lose weight, Globox?" he asked.
"Will you please stop flattering me?" asked Globox and he gained a red color on his cheeks.
"Is it just me or do you have a strawberry on your head," said Murphy
"Stop it please" said Rayman "Let's find a way out of here"
But after a while, Rayman and his company stopped, they were lost.
"Let's make a camp here" said Rayman, "I'm going to explore the area a bit."
"Alright" said Romeo, and Rayman went of, looking into a valley
"Uh-oh" sounded, and CAM asked "Lemme guess, hundreds of Henchmen?"
"Yep" answered Rayman
"Armed to their teeth?"
"Probably"
"That's my luck" said CAM at least
"They didn't notice us" said Rayman when a loud noise came, it appeared Romeo started drumming, but the Henchmen didn't hear a thing
"STOP IT" yelled Rayman, and all the Henchmen looked at them.
"Oops" said Rayman in a small voice
"RUN FOR YOUR LIFE" yelled Murphy, but Rayman interrupted
"Better idea, Drum for your life" and Romeo started a loud solo, and soon an avalanche came down from the other side of the valley, but the Henchmen marched through, making dance movements, while the avalanche, which they didn’t see coming.
“HEY!" yelled Rayman, and he pointed towards the avalanche.
“HOOOO” was the reply from all the Henchmen
Rayman pointed at the avalanche again and yelled “ AVALANCHE”
The Henchmen looked at it, looked at Rayman again, and then finally looked back at the avalanche again, and they started running in all directions.
Rayman watched as the Henchmen were bombarded with snow.
When the snow covered all, Rayman said
"Oh yeah, we’re cool"
"Can be" said Murphy "But those Henchmen are frozen solid"
and they continued to put up their camp...
After it was done, Rayman stood up
"I'm going for a walk" he said, and he went looking for other people
"HELLO" he yelled, and a voice yelled "HELLO" back
Rayman ran, yelling "HELLO" a few times and every time someone yelled "Hello" back.
Rayman ran far, but he saw no one, he yelled
"WHERE ARE YOU", and the voice came again
"WHERE ARE YOU" it yelled, and Rayman remembered, it was his voice, the mountain could make weird tricks.
"Great," said Rayman "Now how do I get back to my camp?"
"CAMP, AMP, amp" sounded, and Rayman yelled
"SHUT UP" and the echo replied "NO, No, no"
Rayman was now officially confused
"WHO AM I TALKING TO?" he yelled, and "ME, me, me" sounded through the mountains.
Rayman looked around, and he saw a cage
"Hah" he said "That's the voice maker" he said, and there came a reply
"WRONG, rong, ong"
"I'm going to break him" Rayman said taunting, but the voice had an answer
"SO WHAT, AT, at"
Rayman had enough, he threw his body at the cage, and the alarm raised
"Oh no" said Rayman "Not this again"
"YOUR DEAD, EAD, ead" sounded, and hundreds of half frozen Henchmen came, looking mad at Rayman.
"Nice meeting you to" said Rayman, slightly panicking, as the echo began laughing.
Rayman shot his fist at the surrounding pirates, but they came faster then he could shoot.
"Will these guys never stop coming" he asked, and immediately sounded "NO, No, no"
But suddenly Clark came from behind the hill, he yelled "I'M COMING"
But then he tripped and fell on 10 Henchmen, and a muffled sound came
"Wait a minute"
"Well, that's 20 down," said Rayman, counting the dead Henchmen, "only 80 to go." he said as He banged his body against another Henchmen
But one Henchmen knew better, he sneaked up behind Rayman ready to strike
"WAH" said Rayman, as he dodged a shot from another Henchmen, he looked behind him and saw a Henchmen lying down
"24" he said, and he continued counting.
"51" he said, almost at his end "Clark, need a little bit help here!"
But he heard nothing, until a loud snore rose, which made the surrounding Henchmen deaf.
"Thanks" said Rayman "I'll just keep hammering Henchmen"
"Alright, little buddy" said Clark and he rolled over 20 other Henchmen and another snore rose.
"72" he said after hitting another Henchmen, but it was to late, he felt the strength in his arms weakening, and he fell...
Rayman looked wazely, not able to stand up, he saw the pirates approaching, ready to give the finishing blow until a loud sound came.
Rayman put all his power in his ears and listened, he heard "Heywha, Heywha, Heywha, Heywha" and the Henchmen were blown away, as Rayman took a last watch he saw the Hoodlums, and 2 voices sounded before he fainted
"Heywha?"
"Heywha Heywha"
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Rayman woke up, and he saw bars surrounded him, except on one place, where a solid door stood.
"Rayman" he heard in a tiny voice, when he looked he saw some Electoons
"So you're captured to?" said Rayman, and the Electoon answered
"Yes," said one Electoon happily "But not for long, you're here!"
"Thanks" said Rayman, as he gave a punch to one of the bars
"They are strong," said Rayman and one Electoon waked up.
"Wazzup" he said, and when he looked at Rayman he yelled
"RAYMAN" and he started to shake hands very enthusiastic, "so pleased to meet you, so pleased" he squeaked.
"May I have your autograph?” he asked and he gave him a paper.
"Sorry" said Rayman, but I don't have a pen, but suddenly a Hoodlum tossed a pen to him.
"Thanks" said Rayman, and the Hoodlum said
"Heywha"
"R A Y M A N" said Rayman, and he wanted to give the paper to the Electoon but a Hoodlum grabbed it away, and started chanting
"Heywha Heywha Heywha"
But another Hoodlum came and stole it from the other, and soon, a third Hoodlum came and they all pulled the paper until it ripped apart, and the Hoodlums began crying
"Do you have more papers?" asked Rayman and the Electoon, handed a bunch of them over.
Before Rayman knew it, he was handing autographs over to the Hoodlums.
"Here" he said, "One for you" But the Hoodlums keep coming, even the ones with autographs
"Rayman, Heywha, Heywha" he wrote, and the Hoodlums where amazed, due to the fact he could write.
"Rayman?" asked an Electoon, after all those autographs "Is this situation hopeless?"
"Of course not" said Rayman "I've met worse things" and he looked to the top of the hill, and he saw his friends.
"HEY, OVER HERE"
He yelled, but a Hoodlum got grumpy and pointed his gun to him.
"Heywha... Heywha... Heywha" said Rayman slowly, and the Hoodlum began looking around, searching for something, he couldn't find it, and he went towards the other Hoodlums, very mad.
"Ha," said Rayman, "told you I’ve dealt worse things then this"
But then a loud drumming sounded, and another avalanche came down
"Ehehe," said Rayman "I'm taking that back."
Rayman backed up, looking up
"Say it" said the Electoon "We are done for, right?"
"Right" said Rayman, with big eyes, as he bumped into the door, which fell out of his hinges
"WHAT" said Rayman, all those times we could have been free?
"Remarkable, isn't it" said an Electoon
"Yeah," said Rayman "One problem though, the avalanche"
But Rayman got a great idea, instead of running from the avalanche...
"YAHOO" yelled Rayman as he slid through the collapsing snow with the Electoons in his hands on the door
"Never thought a Hoodlum door would save my life"
"Rayman" said one Electoon "make that back flip again!"
"Alright" Yelled Rayman, as another Electoon yelled "NO"
And there they went riding to the bottom
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"Where do you think Rayman is?" asked Globox, and CAM walked very slow to get behind on purpose
"I mean, he didn't everodice, did he?"
But CAM said "It's evapori..." but he didn't came further, and a loud silent THUD came, and Globox looked behind him, seeing instead of CAM a giant snow mountain, with Rayman on it, painfully sitting on the piece of metal
"This was the worse landing I’ve made since those notes in Band Land." He said with a painful face, and a loud BELCH came from a sick Electoon
"Do you think i'm happy," said the Electoon.
"Hey" said Rayman, rubbing his butt "Where's CAM"
But suddenly a hot place came from the snow and Rayman knew his answer.
A loud voice came from a hole that was burned through
"ALRIGHT, I'M PERSONALLY BURNING THE BUTT FROM THE GUY WHO DID THIS!!!!"
"Cool down, will ya?" said Rayman
"COOL DOWN? COOL DOWN? YOU, WANT, ME, TO, COOL, DOWN?" said CAM when he came from under the ice
"Relax, dude" said Romeo
But CAM shot a laser at Romeo
"NO" yelled Rayman, and when he looked at Romeo he saw nothing, except a black spot in the snow
"No, Romeo!" Rayman yelled
"I'm fine, dude" said Romeo's voice from behind Rayman, "Nothing to worry, really"
"Phiew" said Rayman and he yelled, "Stop it, CAM"
"Stop it? Stop it?" said CAM "What should you do if I buried you under snow"
"I would enjoy it, dude" said Romeo, but that was the finishing touch, and CAM went berserk, firing at the snow above him, which made a small avalanche fall on Romeo
"Now it's enough," said Rayman, and he fired his fists to CAM, a loud sound came, but CAM wasn't harmed
"NOW YOU GET IT!" said CAM, charging up his laser and firing, but Rayman rolled underneath him, appearing at the other end. Rayman shot his fist, but no effect
"YOU'LL DIE, RAYMAN" CAM said, but suddenly a hand appeared and grabbed CAM
"Be nice will you?" asked Globox
"NO" was the answer from CAM
"It's not that hard", said Globox
"I STILL WON'T BE NICE" CAM shouted
"Now" said Globox as he smashed him against a rocky wall
"Be" he said when he smashed him another time against the wall.
"Nice" and he smashed CAN one last time against the wall
"Understood?" he said
"Yes" murmured CAM
"I can't hear you," said Globox and CAM yelled "YES"
"Nice fella" said Globox and he let CAM go, and everybody looked at Globox in amazement. "What he asked?"
and he turned around, bumping into some snow and he disappeared in it
"GLOBOX" yelled Rayman, as he started digging, finding a portal and he jumped in it
"What are we waiting for?" said Romeo, and everybody jumped in.
Chapter 8. Trouble in the tunnels
Rayman felt rain tripling down on his shoulders "WHAT" he said
"We are supposed to be in the desert!!!"
"Yeah" said Romeo, "But it's raining here once a year"
"Great" said CAM "Sun always shining but when I'm here, oh I love my life"
"I love my life to!!!" said Globox "What a coincidence!!!"
"Of course", said CAM "The change I'm drowning here is a lot better"
But suddenly the rain stopped, and the sun came from beyond the clouds, giving strong light to the earth below
"Well, of course there's always a change Rayman dies
