Synchronized Souls/Story

==Prologue==
First, we see a nightclub lit up in the middle of the night, somewhere in downtown Rumble City. A teenage girl in dark clothing runs out the front door in a hurry.
Girl: Oh god, oh god... my parents are gonna fuckin' kill me!
The clock on the nearby bell tower strikes midnight, and the bell goes off loud and clear. One of the girl's friends, a black man with yellow pants and no shirt, has followed her outside.
Friend: June, what are you doing?
June: Mom and Dad said I had to be home by midnight, Quinn! They're probably worried sick about me!
Quinn: You can't be out there alone this late at night! There's crazy people everywhere! Just let me drive you home!
June: If I do that, my parents are gonna think I was... doing the thing with you without their permission! That'd be even WORSE!
Quinn: Worse than possibly getting kidnapped and raped?
June: Ugh... just leave me alone!
June runs as far away from Quinn and the nightclub as possible, eventually going through the woods to take a shortcut. She pulls out her flashlight, looking around for anything dangerous. Then, she hears a strange sound...
Chi chi chi chi chi chi, ha ha ha ha ha ha...
June turns towards the sound, but no one is there -- at least as far as she can see.
Chi chi chi chi chi chi, ha ha ha ha ha ha...
June: Hello? I-is there someone there?
She steps closer to the source of the sound, a hole within the ground in front of a cherry blossom tree. Upon shining the flashlight into the hole, she sees a man in what appears to be a hockey mask staring at her.
June screams and dashes away from the man as he pulls out his machete and chases her. She suddenly trips over a root in the ground, and eventually he catches up and slashes her. The killer leaves her corpse lying on the ground as he slowly trudges towards the nearby pond.
The corpse glows for a moment, and June's spirit comes out of it in a flowing motion. June looks down at her hands and gasps with shock -- she can see through herself.
She hurries down to her house -- a dusty old one with the paint peeling off the walls -- crying for help.
June: MOM! DAD! HELP ME!
She bangs on the front door violently.
June: P-please...! I don't know what happened to me!
June's mother, a middle-aged woman in an orange blouse, opens the door, and is about to scold her daughter for coming home so late before she realizes the reality of the situation.
June's Mom: June! You're... you're a GHOST!
June: Yeah, I know, it's a long story--
June's Mom: You can't stay here, June! You have to leave NOW before things get worse! John, quick! Get her belongings out of here!
John: On it, Jane!
June: NO! There has to be another way!
John, a well-built man with a bristly beard, turns to her solemnly.
John: I'm sorry, June... but you know ghosts are evil spirits who terrorize innocent civilians. You're turning into one of them... we can't have a ghost in this house.
June: Please... I'm sorry... (sniff) I promise I'll never stay out late ever again if you just help me...
John: We can't... we don't know how.
June: But you should... you can still see me... I haven't completely faded out yet...
Jane: June, sweetie... we all know that's not how it works. You need to leave before things get too bad.
June: You don't even know who KILLED me!
John: It doesn't matter... if you stay here too long, you'll be doomed to wander the streets of Rumble City... forever...
June glares at her parents.
June: If you can't help me... I'll find someone who will!
She swiftly grabs her belongings from her father, holding a pink, stuffed vampire bear close to her as she runs off.
Eventually, she finds shelter at the Rumble City Cemetery. She sits down at the altar at the center, crying uncontrollably upon realizing she has nothing left to lose.
Suddenly, she sees a swarm of neon green flying objects in the distance. They shriek as they fly past June, tearing little pieces off of her spectral essence. She gasps for breath -- if she can even breathe -- as they turn around and soar back towards her, but she is saved with a swing of a spiked ball that splits the creatures into bits of gooey ectoplasm.
A hooded man approaches June, holding the mace.
???: You there, ghost girl. What's your name?
June: Uh.... June?
???: Interesting name. Simple and clean.
June: Thanks, but... who are you? What are you doing here?
???: I need your assistance to stop Dracula.
He removes the cloak around him, revealing a muscular blonde man in clothing of the late 17th century fashion.
???: I'm Simon Belmont.
The first notes of the famous Castlevania theme, "Vampire Killer", play as June stares up at Simon with disbelief, wondering what sort of adventure she's about to go on...
==Chapter 1: You Make My Dreams Come True==
A view of space. We see the usual planets, moons, and stars that form a classic outer space intro, as a blue streak of light zooms through the cosmos...
Cue song: "You Make My Dreams (Come True)", by Hall & Oates.
We then catch a shot of the Milano, the famous spacecraft owned by the Guardians of the Galaxy, with the ship's crew hanging out inside as they soar off to their latest mission.
Peter Jason Quill, a.k.a. Star-Lord, is singing along with Hall & Oates as it plays on his Zune device; Rocket Raccoon is co-piloting the Milano with him; Drax the Destroyer and teenage Groot are munching on some space snacks; Nebula is sharpening her blades; Mantis is meditating; and Thor is lifting weights while his friend Korg keeps count.
Nebula: Quill. Can you PLEASE. Stop singing.
Star-Lord: Yeah, funny story about that, actually. That Parker kid? Last time I was visiting Earth, he showed me a lil' somethin' they call Spotify, and he--
Nebula: You talk to Parker too much.
Rocket: Eh, I wouldn't worry about it. They get along alright.
Nebula: That's what I'm afraid of...
Star-Lord: Sovereign ships at eight o'clock!
Rocket: Lock and load!
The small, remote-piloted Sovereign starfighters approach the Milano in a formation, but the Guardians manage to swerve through it in multiple directions, gunning some of them down along the way.
"I am Groot?"
Star-Lord: Yeah, Groot, you can play Galaga as soon as we're done with this mission.
"...I am Groot."
Star-Lord: ...yeah, if we make it out alive. Which we will, 'cause we've got the--
Rocket: (speaking at the same time) Greatest space pilot in the galaxy!
Star-Lord: ...
The Guardians continue their mission and shoot down some more Sovereign ships, even as they casually converse amongst themselves like it's nothing new to them.
Star-Lord: Well, I for one am pretty excited about my next visit to Earth! Might head out to Brooklyn... who knows?
Mantis: What is "Brooklyn"?
Thor: It's a part of New York City... personally, I've always preferred Times Square. It's just, the splendor of it all...
Star-Lord: Look, I know you're a big shot god of thunder, but you gotta learn to appreciate the middle ground sometimes! Brooklyn's simple, maybe dirty, but it can be fun...
Drax: Don't those Mario Bros. live there?
Star-Lord: ...no?
Suddenly, the music stops.
Star-Lord: HEY! They're messin' with my groove!
Nebula: Our systems are jammed. Maybe now you can all take this situation seriously.
Korg: ...she's not wrong.
"I am Groot!"
Rocket: I don't know why they're not shooting us down right now! Don't jinx it, dude!
Star-Lord: We're gonna have to boot up the backup source! Korg, can you go handle that?
Korg: Sure, boss. I just need to figure out the wires...
Rocket: Are you telling me you haven't memorized the circuit patterns?!
Korg: Well, I suppose...
Rocket: We went over this a thousand times, dude! How has it not gotten through that stone-shaped skull of yours yet?!
Korg: The stone part is not my skull!
Rocket: THAT'S your takeaway?!
Nebula: Can we FOCUS, please?!
Rocket: Guess I gotta do it myself, huh?! (gets out of his seat)
Star-Lord: Wait! Rocket! You're still designated as the pilot--
The Milano takes a blow from a laser.
Star-Lord: Great! Now we're hit! (shifts his controls into pilot mode)
Rocket: It's not MY fault this stonehead over here can't put wires together!
Star-Lord: You got out of your seat WHILE YOU WERE STILL IN PILOT MODE!!
Nebula: More ships, ballsack!
Star-Lord: Whoa, when did YOU learn those words?
Nebula: From YOU! You say them ALL THE TIME!
Star-Lord: I do NOT call people "ballsacks"!
Nebula: BECAUSE YOU ARE ONE!!!
Star-Lord: And Rocket's a raccoon! Who cares?!
Rocket: I DO, STAR CRUNCH!
Thor: Clearly, none of you seem to realize the reality of this situation, so I suppose I'll do the honors...
Rocket: Thor! What are you doing?!
Thor: I'll take them out myself!
Star-Lord: Well good luck with that! They're remote-piloted! Don't go all Immigrant Song on us right now!
Thor: Someone has to destroy those ships before we all get killed! If it's not you, it's me!
Nebula: I never asked for a suicide...
Drax: Hold on! Who's that floating above 'em?
Rocket: I dunno, I'm trying to get a good look... (zooming in) It's... another Sovereign... but he looks kinda like--
Star-Lord: Bruce Willis?
Rocket: Well, no, he's got hair, so I'm thinkin' more like--
Thor: He's a threat. I will stop him.
Rocket: (as Thor jumps out the hangar) ARE YOU CRAZY?!?
Drax: Should I be worried about him freezing up like Yondu did, or is he gonna be OK 'cause he's a god?
Star-Lord: I don't even know if I wanna find out. We gotta help him!
Nebula: Can we focus on the rest of the Sovereign fleet that is still firing at us from every direction?!
They watch as Thor pummels the lone Sovereign warrior, only for his opponent to grab onto him and push him across the stars at the speed of light...
Rocket: Oh, he did NOT just do that!!
"I am Groot!"
Drax: Figure of speech, Groot!
Rocket: Well, YOU'VE come a long way...
Star-Lord: I've locked onto the target! I'm gonna make some jumps!
Nebula: NOW?! Are you insane?!
Star-Lord: I lost my mother, Yondu, AND Gamora! I am NOT losing Thor!
Nebula: The Sovereign will track us--
Star-Lord: FULL SPEED AHEAD, A-HOLES!!!
The Milano bursts into light speed as it chases after the Sovereign warrior who attacked Thor.
Star-Lord: I think I see him! Rocket, get me closer!
Nebula: What are you DOING, Quill?!
Star-Lord: I'm going out there to save Thor!
Rocket: You can't just jump out into the middle of a light speed warp! You'll get thrown off course! You could end up ANYWHERE in the galaxy, or worse!
Star-Lord: I've lost enough close ones, Rocket... (he taps the side of his head, and his nanotech space mask covers his face) Just wish me luck. (jumps out)
Drax: QUILL!!
Star-Lord tries to wrestle the Sovereign warrior off of Thor's back, shooting him in the face a few times with his elemental pistols even as he feels a strong hyperspace dysphoria in his body.
Thor: QUILL, I CAN HANDLE HIM!
Star-Lord: N-no... y-y-you... c... c-can't...!!
The warrior swiftly punches Star-Lord off of him, and he falls out of the side of the light speed warp, losing more and more of his energy, with his fellow Guardians only able to watch as he fades out of their sight....
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Star-Lord suddenly wakes up and gasps for whatever is left of his air supply, finding himself on rocky terrain with no atmosphere above it.
After a moment of leftover nausea from the warp, he is able to slowly push himself up. He stumbles a bit, but he gradually regains his senses as he makes his way across this desolate, unfamiliar location.
Eventually, a more brightly lit area comes into his view, and his eyes are the last to adjust to the environment around him as he starts to wonder where exactly he is...
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