The Paranorman Fanfic

[Lyinginbedmon]

Chapter one

As the moon began to rise at the Blitz Team base, Leena rose from her bed with a rumble eminating from her stomach.
She headed for the fridge hoping to get a midnight snack. On her way, she sess the faint image of a small boy with
blond hair. She rubs her eyes beleiving it to be an illusion and he disappears.

"Hey, Leena you look like you've seen a ghost?"
"I think I did..."
"What was that?"
"Oh nothing, hey what are you doing up Bit?"
"I was I er uh um..."
"IS THAT MY DONUT!"
"Eep....... HELP!"
Leena chases Bit through the base for hours until Bit slams into a window. Rubbing his face from the impact, he looks up and sees the Liger Zero Jager through the window. "YYYAAAAHHH!!!!!!"
He quickly crawls back from the window as Leena enters behind him and snatches back her donut. "What's the big deal? It's just the Lig....YYYAAAAHHH!!!!!!"
"Oops, Sorry there, did I scare you?" says a loud voice from the Jager that wakes everyone up.

"Sorry to wake you all like that, I guess it isn't the best of times to pay a visit huh?"
"Yeah it's no trouble we were just sleeping" says Jamie sarcastically
"Hey, I've got a couple of questions for you kid! Like where did you get that Zoid?" screams Leena
"Oh this thing? I found it mangled in the desert a while ago, took me ages to repair it!" replies the visitor
"You found it? How is that possible? The Liger Zero Jager is a one of a kind, isn't it Doc?" asks Bit
"Well actually, I kind of copied the Jager design from the Helic Republic Army's Database and modified it a little, but I thought that they had never made any of the originals" replies the Doc sheepishly
"Hey I just realised! We don't even know your name, who are you kid?" asks Jamie
"Oh me? The name's Jim, Jim Hawking"

The next Day, Doc decides to give Jim a little test run against Bit's Liger Zero Jager
"You ready, Jim?" he says
"All systems green, ready to go!" says Jim
"Then let's get this show on the road Jim!" yells Bit
The Battle begins with both Jagers charging each other, Bit fires a couple shots at Jim but he dodges them easily and uses his Jager Ion Boosters to turn his side fans into lethal blades and cuts a small hole in the side of Bit's Jager, no damage to systems though (Jim doesn't want a short battle). Bit attempts to use his Strike Laser Claw but Jim performs a flip over Bit's Jager with some assistance from his Ion Boosters. He lands behind Bit and quickly turns around as two large cannons appear from the sides of the Jim's Jager after forming from two lines of silver, metallic liquid. Back at the Hover Cargo, Doc wonders what on Earth just happened to Jamie's Jager. Jamie uses the new cannons to fire a Charged Particle Beam at Bit. Bit just manages to dodge it, whereas the Jager's side armor is melted to near-annihlation.
"Look at this Damage! It'll cost millions to fix all of it!" screams Jamie
"Jim, what was that you used to do all this damage?" asks Doc
"Oh, that? It was just a Mecha-Evol system that forged a Charged Particle Cannon" he replys
"A Mecha-Evol System?"
"Yeh, it creates Mecha-Evol cells, like mechanical cells, and then uses a command system to cause them to collect into a solid shape" explains Jim
"OK, I get it, I think?" says Leena
"Well that's all well and good, but what about the Liger?" asks Jamie
"Don't worry, I'l fix it in no time!" replys Jim

In the morning, Bit is awoken by a strange noise coming from the Hangar. He wanders down to the Hangar where he is greeted by a most unusual scene: Jim is healing the Liger Zero Jager by covering it with his hands as they mold onto the Damaged Zoid!
"WHAT THE HECK IS THAT!" he yells as Jim notices his presence. Bit rubs his eyes and when he looks back at the Zoid & Jim, Jim is finishing off the repairs t the Zoid as he tightens the Leg Joints. "Oh, Morning Bit. What do you think of the repair job on the Jager?"
"I don't beleive it, how did you fix the damage in one night?"
"I've had a lot of experience fixing Jager models, remember?" he replys
"Well, I think it looks better than ever. What do you think Liger?" The Liger gives out a load roar of approval and Jim and Bit head to the Living Room to get some breakfast.
"Jim I'm amazed that you were able to completely repair the Liger in one night. Say, have you ever thought of joining our Team?" asks Doc while devouring a pile of Jim's home made pancakes in one huge gulp.
"I'm glad you mentioned that Doc, that's the reason I came here in the first night, to join your team" he replys with an excited tone of voice that only the Doc could beat.
"Then it's settled, Jim is the newest member of the Blitz Team, coincidentally Jim, how do you make these Pancakes?" asks Bit

After a couple hours, Leena finds Jim sitting on the roof of the Hover Cargo, thinking.
"What are you thinking,"
"About" he says
"Pardon?" she asks
"What am I thinking about, that's exactly what you wanted to ask" he replys mysteriously, "Leena, I need you to do me a favor"
"What do you want?" she queries
"I need you to remember that which was never told" he replys, his voice echoing into the night. Leena leans forward, completely dumb-founded and when she opens her eyes, Jim has vanished.

[Lyinginbedmon]

Chapter two

"All right Team, todays battle is against the Black Thunder Team!" announces Doc Toros
"From the information we gathered at the Trials a while ago, the Black Thunder have a Death Stinger, a Geno Breaker and a Chimera Dragon so we should have a bit of trouble defeating them if we don't have a strategy" says Jamie sounding slightly worried.
"No problem, just tell me what weapons to make and where to aim and the enemy will have 'Command System Freeze' as their screensaver!" boasts Jim with a cocky attitude, Bit joins him soon after
"Yeah it'll be a sinch now that we've got 2 Liger Zero Jagers!"
"I'm not so sure it'll be that easy, remember it was a Death Stinger and a Geno Breaker that almost destroyed all of Zi" Brad says, dimming the conversation
"That's ancient history and it doesn't exactly help for Team morale BRAD!" yells Leena angrily, while dimming the conversation further
"Someone get me a paracetomol!" complains Jim quietly, his mood shifting hastily

As the Battle Begins the 2 Jagers line up on each side of Leena's Gun Sniper and the enemy Death Stinger, Geno Breaker and Chimera Dragon assume a loose formation. "That formation is designed to allow for maximum firepower from all of those Zoids, Leena's firepower will be useless against all that power, even if they were forced to switch to Plasma Particle Guns!" worries Jamie in the Hovercargo.
"So? Superior Firepower has never beaten the Blitz Team before and it isn't about to start now!" screams Jim like a cheering fan.

"Area Scanned, Battlfeild set up, Battle Mode 0982, Ready, FIGHT!" announces the Judge as the Plasma Particle Guns of the Black Thunder Team charge up and open fire on the Jagers. "You ain't gonna get me that way!" yells Jim as he and Bit easily dodge the Particle Beams as they soon fire from their cannons, Leena barely making it out of the line of fire.
"That does it! Leave me out of the action huh? WEASEL UNIT, TOTAL ASSAULT!" screams Leena as her Gun Sniper gets a Lock on the Chimera Dragon and it is soon brought down by the heavy firepower colliding with it's weak armour. The Geno Breaker and Death Stinger are understandably ticked off at Leena getting First Blood and lock all 3 of their Pulse Laser Guns on Leena and open fire. The Gun Sniper is quickly frozen as Leena punches the screen of her Cockpit.
The Geno Breaker and Death Stinger reach stand off with the two Jagers as a voice comes out of the radio:
"It's been a long time Jim, how are you?" says the voice sending shivers up Bit's spine
"It has been hasn't it? How've you been Jack?" replys Jim with a smile on his face
"I'll presume that Scott is piloting that Geno Breaker?"
"You'd be right there Jim" says a new voice from the radio
"Huh? What's going on here Jim? Do you know these guys?" inquires Bit sounding pretty annoyed
"Yeh, we used to rule the univ... I mean: We used to own a shop together!" says Jim sheepishly
"Why are you messing around with these amateurs Tim? You could easily make it to the top by yourself?" asks Jack
"Yes, why are you teaming up with the 'Blitz Team' anyway?" asks Scott
"No particular reason, I just thought that they were the best team in the league that WASN'T composed of God-Pilots!" says Jim, his tone getting slightly annoyed at his old freinds.
"Did he just say 'God-Pilots' Doc?" asks Jamie
"It's probably just static over the radio caused by the Plasma Particles left over from those beams, but it does sound a little odd either way..." replys Doc.
"Hate to break it to you guys, but we still have a battle to complete here?" says a rather bored Bit
"Hmm? What? Oh yeah, I almost forgot! Let's get this show on the road!" replys Jim
Jim deploys his Plasma Particle guns again and severly wounds the Geno Breaker while Bit attempts to slice an arm off of the Death Stinger, to no aveil. Jim finishes off the Geno Breaker and creates a Gravity Cannon. He traps the Death Stinger in a Charged Particle Pyramid and fires a Planatellicite shell at the Death Stinger. "Somehow I think we should probably run Doc" says Jamie
"Good idea!" says Doc sheepishly as the Hovercargo rears into life and begins speeding backward away from the battlefield.
"Time to go Bit, Leena" Jim says as his Jager creates a strange beam that is fired at Leena's Gun Sniper and Bit's Jager, causing them to dissapear. "Alright then, that's the cargo loaded, Jager Ion Boosters: Maximum Output. Mecha-Evol System: Hypertime Activate!" he yells as the Jager's boosters begin firing at full capacity and the Mecha-Evol systems creates 4 red lasers that cause the Jager to vanish.

"So do you think they made it out of the blast area Doc?" asks Jamie
"I'm not sure Jamie, but I sure would like to get one of those Mecha-Evol Systems from Jim!" he replys
"Oh Doc, you and heavy hardware are a dangerous mix" says Jamie, sighing.
"Hope we're not too late to join the festivities!" says a familiar voice coming from the Hangar.
Jamie and Doc hurry to the Hangar to find Jim's Jager lying down at the door. Jim hops out with a small blue box while Jamie dashes down.
"Jim! Where are Leena and Bit?" he says, a little out of breath, "Are they OK? Are they hurt?"
"Relax they're fine" he replys
"Then where are they?" says Doc. Suddenly, loud banging noises are heard coming from the Blue Box that Jim is holding.
"HEY LET ME OUTTA HERE ALREADY!" yells the voice of an enraged Leena
"YEH IT'S GETTING A LITTLE CRAMPED IN HERE Y'KNOW!" yells the voice of an enraged Bit
"Well, at least they agree on something for once" says Jamie jokingly "But how are we going to get them out of there?"
"Easily, just you and Doc go back up to the Landing for a few minutes" replys Jim. As Jamie reaches the Landing, he and Doc watch as Jim places the box in the center of the Hangar and presses a few buttons on it before quickly dashing away from the box. Within a few seconds, the box explodes and the Liger Zero Jager and the Gun Sniper are standing next to each other in the Hangar. "Where are Bit and Leena?" asks Jamie
"What are you talking about, we're right here in the Hang.....HEY WHAT AM I DOING INSIDE THE LIGER!!"
"YOU? WHAT ABOUT ME! I'M STUCK INSIDE MY GUN SNIPER" say to loud voice coming from the Liger and the Gun Sniper.
"Oops, I knew I'd forgotten the release pin code...." says Jim quietly

[Lyinginbedmon]

Chaper three

After successfully separating Bit & Leena from their Zoids, Jim has been running a Marathon for the past few weeks trying to outrun them. He makes a sharp right around a corner and upon Bit & Leena's arrival at the same corner, they are greeted not by Jim, but by his freind Jack.
"Hey! How did you get in here? And where did Jim go?" inquires Bit
"Yeh! He still has a loaded Gun Sniper and Blindfold waiting for him in the hangar!" continues Leena (If you don't know, this is a re-make of the firing line death sentence)
"I seeped in looking for Jim and I saw him activating his Hypertime Watch" he replys, "But enough of that, I need you two to do something for me"
"OH REALLY? AND WHAT SHOULD WE DO FOR YOU?" say Bit & Leena in sync
"Stand Still!" Jack replys as a web of somesort sprays from his hands and ties up Bit and Leena before absorbing into their bodies. "Well that's 2 members of the Blitz Team under my control, only 2 more to go" he says to his new slaves as Bit & Leena's eyes darken and their pupils vanish from sight (The classic Manga/Anime Controlled-Person's eyes). He continues to take control of members of the Blitz Team and by morning even Jamie is under his control, only Jim and Dr. Toros are left.

"Okay gang, today we're up against the Tigers Team again" says Toros
".......oh, yippee,............" reply Leena, Bit, Brad and Jamie one after another
"Huh? What? We haven't beaten them that many times now have we?" asks Jim, but he recieves no reply as the rest of the Team just stare off into space, zombified.

As the Battle commences in an already battle-scarred section of Desert, the Blitz Team Line up as the Panzer is dropped off by the Hover Cargo and the Tigers Team commence their usual Battle Ritual:
"Who are we?"
"We're the Ferocious Tigers Team"
"Are we the Monkeys Team?"
"No. we're the Invincible Tigers Team"
(Well, you get the idea)

The Shadowfox promptly eliminates the Tigers in less than 30 seconds and in no more than 5, the rest of the Blitz Team is opening fire on Jim's Jager, which is attempting to defend itself by encasing itself in a large metallic ball, which is proving impervious to the Blitz Team's attacks. As the Blitz Team cease their assault, the Raynos is attacked from behind and promptly crashes into the sands of the desert as they reveal the shape of Jim's Jager. Before Leena can turn around and launch a Total Assault, the Matellic ball liquifies and flows over her Gun Sniper, freezing it instantly. The Shadowfox proves much harder to halt and a large amount of smoke is generated by it before Jim is finally able to freeze it and return the final Blitz Team Member back to normal. Suddenly, a Death Stinger shrugs off the sands and, at the same, time an explosion from a nearby cliff reveals an Ultrasaurus.
"You didn't think you'd get rid of us that easily did you? 'Overlord Jim'?" says the familiar voice of Jack coming from the Death Stinger
"Surely you wouldn't just forget about the 2 freinds that you 'ruled the universe with'? Now would you?" says Scott's voice coming from the Ultrasaurus.
"No chance, guys!" says Jim, as an all out attack is launched by the Jager that mimmicks the Burning Big Bang attack of the Panzer coupled with a Charged Particle Beam coming from the Mouth of the Jager.
A mighty battle ensues as the clouds in the sky darken, the thunder rolls and the Lighting crashes into the Valley of Death! Scott's Ultrasaurus launches an all out barrage with it's Cannons and Jack's Death Stinger begins to glow a bright red. The Jager too begins to glow a bright blue as Jim's eyes glow brightly and the Hover Cargo vanishes from sight only to re-appear 30 miles away.

The crew on the Hover Cargo are only able to watch as the battlefield that they themselves were in just a few seconds ago explodes with the power of thirty Atomic Bombs the size of Hiroshima (How's the pun?). The next few months see the gang, especially Leena, sifting through the wreckage searching for the bodies of Jim, and reluctantly, Jack and Scott. Despite repeated attempts, sonar, radar etc. are found to be useless in finding the boys due to a strange and unidentified energy surrounding the battle site. After another day of searching, Bit, Brad and Jamie consider giving up the search and Leena immediately protests that they shouldn't leave a Team mate in trouble. She is met by Doc telling her that Jim wasn't an actual Team member. She spends the rest of the night sitting on the roof of the Hover Cargo staring into the stars crying over the loss.
"What's the matter?" says an echoing voice from her right side
"We've decided to give up looking for Jim" she replys
"Why? You just have to turn your head to the right y'know!"
Shocked, Leena turns and sees the faded and incorporeal visage of Jim standing next to her with a joyous smile on his face. "I guess you'd already forgotten that which was never told, huh?" he says, his voice still echoing, "You humans, you never realise"
"We never realise what? Jim" Leena asks, her voice returning to a happy demeaner
"You never realise that life is one giant computer program; we write you into it, we forget about you for a while and then we delete you. It's as simple as that and yet you still never even consider that we even exist to write you in"
"What are you saying Jim? That you and those other two guys are like gods?"
"Leena, you still don't get it. We're not gods, deities, monsters or anything even remotely like that, we're you" he replys, as Leena quickly checks herself to see if she is still, um, a girl (Yes, this is a reference to Futaba-kun Change, for all those of you who read it). Jim's body illuminates and his two 'comrades' appear as shadows behind him and they float toward Leena and vanish...

If you'd like a continuation of this story, just e-mail me, I'd be happy to write you an ending!

[Tilly]

Not bad, and an interesting idea...

I noticed you switched tenses a lot, though. Either use all past:

She was stalked by a ghost-a pointy ghost. This ghost seemed to look like a giant hamster.

...or all present:

A ghost is stalking me, she thinks-a ghost that looks like a giant pointy hamster!

I can't write present tense worth beans, so I almost always do the former. *now wants a screensaver that says that*

And how are they controlling the Chimera Dragon? They have no pilot, and un-piloted Chimera Blox having no pilots have a habit of going berserk and/or not listening. Or maybe they don't care...heh.

[Lyinginbedmon]

Tilly said:

And how are they controlling the Chimera Dragon?

Considering that Zoids have somewhat basic emotions (As in the example of Zeke the Organoid), and therefore have the ability to realise the importance of life, it is reasonable to assume that the Chimera Dragon goes along with their wishes to avoid being destroyed by them.