You Didn’t Kill Jax?! (CYOB)

Hi Everyone!  Today’s post is my contribution to NancyPearlWannabe’s Choose Your Own Blogventure game.  Yeah, yeah, I know I should’ve mentioned it earlier this week but I didn’t, so shoot me.  Or not.  It’s your choice. See, this game is all about choices. It’s up to you to create your very own story depending on the choices you make.  In fact, it’s very likely that a choice you made here led you to this page.  In order to enjoy this game, head over to NPW’s blog to see how it all begins.  Depending on your choices, you may or may not find yourself back here.  The way it works is that each person writes their chapter with only the chapter immediately before to guide them and no other clues about how the story before has evolved. Good luck!

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“Xinni!  Are you okay?” Jax kneeled above her.

“I don’t know, Jax.  One of those thetans entered me and….”

“I know,” Jax interrupted.  “Me, too.  Damn scientologists!”

“But,” Xinni choked, “I saw a hand… a hypodart!  It called you the destroyer.  It said that if I didn’t kill you, all the peace-loving thetans would die.”

“Yeah, yeah,” he scoffed.  “I was fed that same scientology bullshit.  Then it claimed I owed 50,000 credits for the audit.  Day-um!  50,000 credits?  No way!  Tree-fitty and a sammich’ll buy me a good time on Alpha 6.  So, it labeled me a Suppressive Person and said I must be destroyed.”

“But Jax....” she turned away. 

“Xinni!  Think.  Thetans are immortal, right?  Then how could I kill them?  Whose hand was that you saw with the hypodart?  And what the hell is a hypodart?  None of that makes sense.  Look, we don’t have time for this.  We need to wrap things up.  This is the last chapter.”

Xinni leapt to her feet, “Thank God! Is this where we get all MacGyver and fix the ship?”

Jax smiled.  He pulled a paper clip, a sugar cube, and the lint from his pocket and waved them at her.

“Oooh!” Xinni squealed.  “I see where you’re going with this!”

“Where’s your iPhone 67G?  Mine is on the ship.”

Xinni handed him her iPhone and watched as he unraveled its micro-grappling hook, a standard feature since 62G.  Jax launched the hook through the opening above their heads.  Xinni climbed the cable with Jax close behind.  As they caught their breath, they could see shadow creatures approaching. 

“There’s too many!” Jax yelled. 

“Calm down,” Xinni replied.  This was no time to lose their heads, even if they had spares back on the ship. 

“Set the iPhone to stun.”

Jax did as ordered and “We Built This City” by Jefferson Starship blared from the speakerphone as they covered their ears and dashed to the ship.  The thetans were rendered senseless momentarily, but then the music faded. 

“Damn non-removable batteries!” Xinna screamed as thetans began banging on the hull of the aircraft.  The ship thrashed and rocked like a white guy dancing. 

“They’re ripping us to pieces, Jax!” Xinni screamed. 

“Almost there,” Jax lulled from the engine room.  “Now, plug the thrusters into the USB port!”

Xinni found the USB ports but all were full.  “What the hell is all this stuff?” she wondered.

She chose a random cord and unplugged it, pushing the thruster cable in its place. The reflection of the thrusters off the ground was instantly blinding and it took her eyes a moment to adjust.  The shadow creatures flayed and screamed in the bright light, like a different white guy dancing. 

“Light destroys shadow,” Xinni thought.  The entire planet seemed bathed in brilliant light.  She still heard screaming from below as thetan after thetan died.

Then, behind her, Jax moaned.

She turned.  “Jax?”

Jax cried, “You unplugged my iPhone!  It was docked!  That music was my life!”

The End