Ma'Taco's Adventure - Part 1 (532 hits)
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Submitted by Serious Melvin (View user info) at 2005-07-24 00:01:05 EDT
It was the beginning of my freshman year. My friends and I were spending the afternoon in the dorms when a short Mexican knocked on our open door.
"I'm M_____," he said with a friendly smile, shaking each of our hands. We returned his greeting with the standard "Nice to meet you"'s and "Where did you go to high school?"'s. After a few minutes of introductions, he was on his way.
We would never see M_____ again.
In the short time that followed, the name of our Mexican neighbor had escaped us. We didn't think it would matter, until one day:
"Man, I wish M-- .. M. I wish that little Mexican guy was here again. He was cool."
"Yeah... Remember that one day when he stopped by?"
"Those were good times... simpler times."
We sighed a sigh of nostalgia. But it bothered us greatly that his name had escaped us. How could we talk about the good old days if we could not remember the name of our fondest memory?
"I think it had something to do with 'taco,'" one of us said.
"Taco, for sure. And it started with an 'M,'" said another.
And at that, Ma'Taco was born. No one knows for sure what happened to Ma'Taco; where he went or what he did. Some say he became a cowboy out West, remembered the Alamo and forgot the rest. Others say he lived at sea, built a fighter submarine and defeated an army of killer sharks.
I choose to believe a different tale, one of more epic proportions. One that begins on that fateful day in Heren Hall.
"Nice to meet you," Ma'Taco said as he shook my hand.
"Yeah, you too man. Don't be a stranger."
"Well, I'd better be going. "I'll see ya guys around!" At that, Ma'Taco was on his way.
"What a great group!" he said enthusiastically as he made his way down the hall.
Continued Ma'Taco: "If I had a peso for every time I--" His voice muffled into nothingness; he couldn't breath. A ninja had jumped out from behind the laundry bin and rendered him obsolete with a chloroformed handkerchief.
"You must come with me," said the ninja said sternly, dragging Ma'Taco out of the building.
"But-but my friends!" cried Ma'Taco as the chloroform began to take effect. "I-I just met them!"
The last thing Ma'Taco remembered was a faint ringing in his ear.
When Ma'Taco finally awoke, he found himself in the middle of a circle of ninjas. After a long silence, the eldest ninja finally spoke.
"We are the Circle of Ninjas. You must understand that."
"But...why?"
"Because we sit in a circle, young Ma'Taco."
"No, no, the name is fantastic. Why am I here?"
"Believe me when I say you would not have been brought here under ordinary circumstances. But we are in grave danger, young Ma'Taco. And you may be our last hope. Our fate is in your hands."
The Cirlce of Ninjas bowed solemnly.
"I think you have the wrong guy," Ma'Taco quibbled nervously, "I don't think you know what you-"
"SILENCE!" erupted the eldest ninja.
"Rrreearr!.."
"Excuse me?"
"That was a cat. You... were a cat."
At that, the Circle braced for a fight. Under normal circumstances, such disrespect would have been the end of Ma'Taco. But these circumstances were anything but normal.
"Ma'Taco," the ninja continued with calm restored to his voice, "we need to know if you will agree to be trained. We don't have time to explain the threat, but you must understand: if you decline, we will meet our certain deaths."
The Circle of Ninjas bowed once more.
Thoughts began to race through Ma'Taco's mind. Would he ever see his friends again? Was he willing to give it all up to save the Circle of Ninjas?
"What letter does the threat start with," Ma'Taco asked with an air of conviction. If he was to give his life to this cause, he must at least get the first letter of the threat before him.
"Fair enough," replied the master ninja. "P."
The Circle of Ninjas shuddered at the very letter. Whatever it was, it was big. But Ma'Taco could not leave these ninjas out there to die. He would never be able to sleep at night knowing he could have saved them from certain death.
"OK," said Ma'Taco at last. "I'm in."
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Submitted by Confuzitron (user info) at 2006-02-24 09:16:42 EST (#)
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Submitted by jgreening (user info) at 2006-02-24 01:45:06 EST (#)
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As promised.
Submitted by joedaddy (user info) at 2005-07-26 20:39:18 EDT (#)
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Submitted by checkyourmail (user info) at 2005-07-24 16:52:28 EDT (#)
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meh
Submitted by Spuds002 (user info) at 2005-07-24 15:54:38 EDT (#)
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go on....
Submitted by Katastrofadark (user info) at 2005-07-24 01:35:28 EDT (#)
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Interesting...