| BONUS STAGE |

Most people now know that other dimensions exist thanks to our heroes' antics. Some people believe in multiples universe, hosting millions of different worlds and realities.

This is one of those worlds.

We go to Narfinex in universe #342, peaceful and serene. The sky is blue, the sun is smiling and shining, the grass greener then it has ever been before. This is a Narfinex that has never seen the Corruption. A Narfinex where it is well loved and well cared for. A world where the game of Nirva's Sword was never a game, this is simply a world where people are live their lives freely away from quest-lines and programmed paths. We go to Game Girl sat on a floating island high in the sky, she kicks her legs against the air as she sits on the edge of the grass eating a delicious bologna sandwich. She smiles slightly, chewing the snack quickly looking out at the vast landscape. A voice calls from behind her.

"Sup player!"

Paige looks behind at Game Boy walking towards her, a smile set on his face as he gives a slight wave. He appears older in this world, late twenties I guess it would be on Earth. His hair is wilder, he's taller and has no hard 16-bit edges. In fact, Paige appears different too, around the same age as Game Boy and again, no hard edges. Graphics sure got an update here. GB puts his hands in his coat pocket as he gets closer to Paige and takes a seat next to her, Paige swallows down the the sesame seed bread and meat and gives GB a quick kiss on the lips.

Ooooh.

GB puts an arm around Paige as they look out across the land.

"How was work Scott?"

Scott? Not the name I would have thought for Game Boy, but alas, these worlds are quite strange. . . Also work? The heck is that about? Gam- .. Scott sighs as he takes his arm back from around Paige's waist and sits up straight..

"Boring. I hate working at Gretchin's place. Just cook, clean and clock out."

"We all have to do things we don't like."

"Easy for you to say. Ever since I met you, you wanted to be an artist. And look at you... Artisting and stuff."

Well at least 'Scott' is still an idiot in this reality. Paige chuckles and sets her sandwich beside her, she dusts off her hands and brushes her electric blue hair away from her eyes. Paige looks lovingly at Scott who seems lost in the view. Their hands touch.

"What do you want to do?"

Scott tightens his grasp around Paige's hand and looks up in deep thought, he hesitates briefly before stumbling over his words.

"I-I want... I wanna see the world, travel, have an adventure. I've been in Narfinex for twenty eight years and I've barely seen any of it."

Paige rests her head on Scott's shoulder.

"Well what's stopping you?"

"Lack of Credits for one. You."

Paige sits up, offended by Scott's stupid, stupid words. He theatrically puts his hands up in defense, looking worried next to this long fall.

"Excuse me?"

"I didn't mean you're stopping me! I meant I don't want to leave you."

Paige lowers her eyelids, giving Scott a half serious death stare.

"Mhm."

"Ugh. You know I didn't mean anything in a negative way, quite giving me that look."

Paige smiles and pats Scott's hand before standing up energetically and stretching her arms. Scott looks up at Paige, a frown still stuck on his face.

"Well come on."

She extends her open palm to Scott who accepts, still confused.

"Let's go see the world."

---

Let's go make sure our heroes are okay, all those high resolution textures were giving me a headache. We join Game Girl and Game Boy awake from their slumber as the campfire in front of them has burned down to blacken ash, smoke gently rising. GB looks half awake, looking quite disheveled with sleep still in his eyes and his hair a wild mess, his arms tightly clutching the Intercontinental Championship. Paige on the other hand looks the same as always, fresh as a daisy. She looks to GB.


"You look like poop."


"... usmelllikepoop ... "


"Ugh, don't mumble. It's rude. . . How is your wound by the way?"


"... itsfine ..."


"What?"


"It's fine! Jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeez."


"Lol. You're cranky in the morning.

GB's head bobs and his eyes close before he flinches and snaps his head back up to stay awake. Game Girl looks around and sees Aggro drinking from a nearby and convenient water source. A blue orb darts through the trees and hovers next to Paige, Game Boy gives it the stink eye and lazily throws a pebble at the orb which quickly dodges it.

NEW MESSAGE FROM XWF!


"Quit being so LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUD!"


"Quit your whhhhhhiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiining!"

GAME GIRL WILL TAG WITH [Iris Oppenheimer, pleasure to meet you] in a match against [PETER EFFIN GILMOUR!] AND [FONTANNA]


"Oh cool, I've never had a tag match before. And Iris seems nice."


"Tag matches suck. I had a tag match once and this guy I was partnered with got pinned and somehow that meant I lost too."


"Did you not use a revive? Did you retreat?"


"Didn't have any and no, the match was just over and I got really confused."


"Weird. Something similar happened to me when I won my last match."


"What?"


"Well I beat Robbie Bourbon and people booed me."


"But you won?"


"Yeah! It was weird, I don't like being booed. :("


"Meh, humans might have just got confused. I dunno. What I do know is HA! You have to fight Peter Gilmour!"


"Is that bad?"


"Not really. He's just a glitch."


"Well not my first time dealing with a glitch. What about this Fontanna guy?"


"No idea. It's name sounds like fountain, maybe he's a fountain man."


". . ."


"Then again I thought Ghost Tank was going to be a ghost of a tank and I was wrong about that, sadly, so this guy might not be a fountain."

Puzzled silence.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO PLAY THE MESSAGE FROM [FONTANNA MOTHER FU-] ?


"Yes! Please."

fontanna Said:So where do I start?

"By pressing any button to continue!"


"HA!"

fontanna Said: I mean it's been a pretty interesting week here in the XWF and it all started on madness. First I showed where my loyalties lay after super kicking that bitch of a man Cj Sharpe in his fucking mouth and aligning myself with the future of this company

"Jeez, mouth on this guy."


"Question! After superkicking your teammate and switching sides like that, it really makes me wonder where your loyalties lie. I'm sure Peter is weary of a man who would just betray a 'friend' so quickly, I'm sure the Dangerous Alliance feels safe knowing they have a traitor in their midst. Then you go onto to say that CCWF come in and you're going to show full support to the XWF. Like you showed support to the Dope Show. Fontanna, you're more of a liability at this point then anything else."

fontanna Said:With all this talk about the tag division here in the XWF I understand why the powers that be decided on teaming me and Gilmore up.

"Well it's good you found a reason I guess. Saying at first you can't stand the guy but understanding the reasoning behind becoming his partner shows some intelligence so maybe now I'll actually have a challenge."


". . . Is he saying Gilmour wrong?"


"What?"


"Fontanna can't pronounce Gilmour correctly, listen. Orb thing! Replay the second to last word."

fontanna Said:Gilmore

"You heard that?"


"Oh yeah. Huh. Might just be his accent."


"Or he's a dummy like you previously thought."

Paige pauses and nods for a few before looking back at the orb.

fontanna Said:Game Girl...I'm going to admit that I don't know a whole lot about you. I know you and Robbie Bourbon tore the fucking house down at Relentless. I know that I've had harder pieces of corn in in my shit. Listen little girl...do us all a favor and just stay the fuck out of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil cupcake. Ok it's time for the adults in the room to handle business and we don't have time for you take your nappy time ok!

"Oh yeah that was a good match. I can't remember your match honestly. So I think that says a lot about how different we are :P So listen up little boy, this title I'm... Game Boy is holding at this moment in time, kinda proves the difference between us. It proves who actually belongs in Brazil? Is that how you say it?"


"Yup. Blanka's from there! Maybe you'll meet Blanka!"


"That'd be so cooool! Anyway. I was hoping for a good match, I was hoping for a great challenge! I know you and Gilmour aren't 'evil' but you're far from good, in both aspects of the word. So instead of saying, stay out of Brazil, how about you welcome me with a smile so I can welcome you to the mat where you typically spend most of your time."


"Good tip Fontanna, Coolant Potion can really help with that burn."

The pair smile and the orb goes to fly away but halts.

NEW MESSAGE FROM PETER GILMOUR!


"Oh, okay. Set Power of Trash Talk to 20%."


"I honestly wouldn't waste that much energy."


"Alright. . Set Power of Trash Talk to 10%."

Game Boy pulls a face at GG, she raises an eyebrow.


"Fiiive percent?"

GB gives Paige a thumbs up.

Peter Gilmour Said:And finally I get to the new Intercontinental Champion GAME GIRL or as I like to call her GAME BITCH!

". . . I understand why 5% is okay now. Hello Peter, or as I like to call you, dead man."

Peter Gilmour Said:You know GG, can I call you GG?

"Depends, can I call you PG?"

Peter Gilmour Said:I fought your brother or whatever he was to you, GAME BOY and even though he CHEATED to beat me in that stupid video game match, he got what he deserved and now he is in hell burning.

Game Girl and Game Boy look over at one another very unimpressed.


"Okaaaay a couple of things here PG. One Game Boy you cheated?"


"Not really."


"What do you mean not really?"


"I think I used Fast Travel to gain some distance, maybe. But does that count?"


"Yes, it counts. Sorry GB cheated Peter. Secondly, Game Boy isn't my brother. He's my. . . Friend. If you paid any attention what so ever, you would know that along with everyone else. Speaking of not paying attention. Game Boy is burning in heck? Sitting a few feet away from me right now is burning in heck? Being at my side for a while now is burning in heck? You know, maybe GB didn't cheat, maybe Gilmour just likes to make things up. Heh, he lives in more of a fantasy world then I supposedly do. Peter thinks the world owes him a favor for the amount of nothing he's done, goes into matches wins some, loses more. Gets titles and loses them all. Tries to be the most 'xtreme' icon in the XWF and fails at that. All these things and more, and this dude says 'Nope! I was screwed!' Like a child not getting his own way."

"Peter, grow up and take responsibility for once. You lost to Game Boy because you weren't good enough, you were both in a video game world, you both had the power to use Fatalities along with other means, but you didn't use them because you lack the power. You lack strength, intelligence and courage. You didn't lose because you were cheated, you lost because you're inept. The same reason why you always lose."

"Now you go on about how one mistake from me means game over, that's cute. You and Fontanna are both dead. Like really, you have been killed before pretty easily. Me and Iris, we've got a major advantage both being alive and both being better then either of you two morons will ever be. I know it seems so easy to go and beat up two girls, but we're going to prove how difficult that will be. Girl power!"


"Lame."


"Aw. I thought girl power worked pretty well there. Power of Trash Talk off. . . This is boring, let's go find something to eat."

The couple get to their feet and start to pack up their belongings.

---

Let's check up on Scott and Paige in Universe #342. The two are walking through a busy city, cotton candy in their hands as they stroll through the crowd of businessmen in suits. Paige smirks while walking on the cobbled streets as Scott stuffs his mouth with cotton candy, looking rather bored.

"Sup buttercup?"

Scott swallows the sweet pin sugary cloud and looks to Paige.

"No offence but Narfinex City isn't exactly seeing the world, we grew up here. I work here. Pretty dull."

Paige rolls her eyes and tosses the stick of cotton candy into a nearby bin. She takes Scott by the hand and drags him through the crowd and down quiet street. Pass the brick walls of small shops the couple walk from cobbled streets to a wooden floor and go to the metal railing in front of them. Paige puts her elbows on the railing and looks out at the open sea, dolphins playing in the water and a gigantic sea turtle with what looks to be like an island on his back slowly swims in the distance. Paige's eyes light up as the sun beams down on the two. Scott picks his nose and flick the booger out into the water, gross. He leans down next to Paige.

"You wanted to see the world? There it is."

"... The ocean?"

"Not just the ocean, look at everything. You can see Emerald Bay. The fair on Onett. There's a pretty freaking cool giant turtle there. And even Nesville to the right. It's all there Scott, you're just glancing over it."

*Sigh* "Yeah, I guess you're right. Being there would be better but this is pretty good."

"There's really no impressing you is there?"

"Eh, you do a pretty okay job."

Paige makes a slight laugh and knocks Scott with her elbow, the two go back to enjoying the view as Paige rests her head against Scott's shoulder. And, I think that's all there is to see. Hm. It's nice to see a world where these two have no worries, no matter how 'dull' it may be. Take joy in the little things I guess is the lesson here. Well, let us see what other realities are out there, I'm sure we can find some excitement.

BONUS STAGE COMPLETE!

SEE YOU IN UNIVERSE #66!