Part 2 - Chapter 1: Shock and Awe

A Chapter by cad

“But…that can’t be right!” spewed Wilhelm as he sprayed half of his scone all over the grated floor of the ShadowStorm X 5-door, 3-and-a-half-wing space cruiser.

“I’m afraid it is completely correct, Mr Fry, absolutely right.”

“But…that’s not a challenge, that’s impossible. I couldn’t possibly withstand such an ordeal!”

“Well that’s what Hitler said.”
“What?”

“Oh, never mind.”

“Why must it be something like this?”

Oolie stopped suddenly in his thought process and stared at Wilhelm, a look of shock, awe and bemusement in his eyes, somehow mixed with a twang of sexual attraction that Wilhelm forgot as soon as humanly (or, rather, Wilhelmly) possible.

“It must, Mr Fry, be something like this…because I say so. You do not make the rules here - I do. I tell you what to do and you do it, comprende?”

“Mr Kajoolie, please, is there nothing else I can do?”

“You know the rules, Willy...”

“Don’t call me Willy!”

“You know the rules Mr Fry: you must pass these three tasks before completing the challenge.”

“But you said this was one of the three challenges before completing the road to my destiny.”

“Shut up, Willy.”

“I should never have signed on for this bollocks.”

“Oo, big words given the contents of your underwear.”

“How do you know…”

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