by Jo Byekwaso
“Look, Jim, you gotta be the one to take care of this; you have to be the one to defeat Rentan!” Fluffy suddenly said, causing the aforementioned office worker to turn to the rabbit in disbelief.
“You must be joking!” he exclaimed.
“I’m not!” Fluffy clarified. “You have what it takes, believe me!”
“But I can’t defeat a guy like that!” Jim protested forlornly. “I-I can’t do that; I’m just-I’m just a regular, old consultant.”
“You’re way more than that, Jim,” Fluffy said solemnly. “The prophecy foretold of a completely ordinary everyman becomin’ extraordinary in order to save the world – and you, Jim Walkman, have already proven yourself worthy of fulfillin’ that prophecy! Remember when you found me outside the shops?”
“Yes?”
“I wasn’t actually injured! I was testin’ you, to see if you were worthy, and you passed, Jim!” Fluffy declared. “That means that no one else can do this but you!
“I modified your wrist-clock,” Fluffy went on. “It’ll help you transform so that you can beat Rentan and send him back to where he belongs!”
Jim was still trying to catch up to what Fluffy was saying, only for his ears to catch onto a particular sentence. “Wait, you modified my watch?!”
“Yes, while you were sleepin’,” Fluffy answered dismissively. “Now stop wastin’ time and just say the magic words: ‘Justice-Maker! Power Up’!”
“Uhhh, Justice-Maker, power up?” Jim said, more like asked. Nothing happened.
“Say it like you mean it,” Fluffy said, sounding exasperated.
“Justice-Maker, power up,” Jim said, a bit more confidently this time, but still, nothing happened.
“Say it like your life depends on it!!” Fluffy roared, causing Jim to jump at the rabbit’s sudden show of anger. Still, he took a deep breath and called out the strange assortment of words a third time.
“JUSTICE-MAKER! POWER UP!!”
© Jo Byekwaso 2023-08-29