The latest chapter of the thrilling Dengler & Butts comes to us from Johannes K:
“Bus it” Butts was refilling his trusty 9mm Dr. Doctorate, bullets still flying past their cover “We don’t have time to wait for them. You ready for this?”
“Yes. And stop asking old man” Butts nodded, and the two mean leapt out, firing like madmen. The terrorists returned fire, ineffectually spraying bullets.
“The right” Dengler noted “They veer to the right” They took down three, four, when suddenly the masked men turned around and fled down the street.
Wheels screeching. Butts and Dengler turned around, immediately covering their eyes caught in the headlights. Even blinded, the sound was unmistakable. The bus was finally here.
The silver missile sped down the street, slowing down just in time to stop right in front of the dynamic duo. “Well I’ll be bussed” Butts sighed. “I told you, long as there’s a bus there’s hope”
The doors opened, hissing loudly, and out stepped the gruff Korean, shotgun on his shoulders.
Butts looked startled “What the bus? Where are the other guys?”
“Don’t worry” Dong said “The others have moved out as well. What has taken you so long anyway?”
“Well Dong, we’ve had a little trouble with the uninvited guests”
“Alright now” Dengler threw in “Let’s move on. Still got a few thugs to bring to justice”
Butt’s nodded, readying his gun once more “Let’s do this”
BANG! The street exploded in noise. Dengler fell over, screaming in pain, hands on his bleeding leg.
Butts whirled around, but he was to slow. The shotgun caught him on his chin, and Butts was sent flying on his backside.
“Bussing Bus” He coughed, wiping blood from his face “What you do that for”
Dong smiled, cocking the shotgun once more. “You don’t know a bit, do you? This is bigger than the bus, bigger than the moonbase. Unfortunately, you won’t be around to see the end of it.”
Sorry for writing this into a bit of a corner guys, but I’m sure you can find some way to drag them out of there ;).
Must be from North Korea 😉
<< Don't write Dong in as North Korean. This shouldn't get political, I was just teasing.
I just picked a random asian country so I could justify making the “Well Dong” pun.
Please don’t hate me.
Lunatic: I didn’t think you wrote the story in to too difficult of a position. I know I was able to find a way out in my chapter.
Awesome. Needs more Afffricaaaa!!! though.
Joshua: Ah that’s good to know. Have you sent it in yet? Maybe I’ll find time for another chapter and we’ll coax more money out of Stephen Dengler.
Lunatic:Yeah I sent mine in. I also helped write a comic that’s still up on the homepage. Not the best in the world, but I was really excited when I saw they posted it.
How long can these chapters be?
What UnderScore asked, plus how do you call dibs on the next chapter?
Not really sure about either but I think there’s no limit, though you’ll probably be keeping it shorter to keep with the on the fly theme anyway.
And as far as I know you just send it in and they pick the best.
To answer your questions:
-Chapters should be short! A few paragraphs, like the others have been (all are up on this blog a few pages back).
-All entries (those that make it through to [email protected] in the time between the issuing of the challenge and the closing of it) are judged and One Is Chosen.
Send in chapter 8 entries! He’ll give us money up to chapter 10!
I’m headed in to the moonbase soon to check for new submissions.
(. . And I have to admit this chapter was absolutely chosen because of the subtle “well dong” wordplay. Some entries with too many inside jokes have been skipped over for ones with less.)
-HatGirl
Well it’s nice to know what you liked about that entry.
In truth, I built the entire chapter around that pun.
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