Where Have All the Gordos Gone?
Author: Anya the Bunny (Talbot)
Summary: Answer to the Where's Gordo Challenge
I know that they're all scared of me. I would be too, I suppose. But someone has to stay,
someone needs to watch, someone who will be in a position to know.
And I am in a position to know.
Justice Demon is more than a job title. It really is. And contrary to what you would believe
from watching amateurs, *coff*halfrek*coff*, it is not a game, either. And part of what We
do, part of what *I* do, is test. You can't study for it, not like school finals! You are either found worthy, or you aren't.
After the fiasco that was the piggy's test, and my resulting "banishment" (as though *THAT*
could happen...) I have chosen to remain small, hidden, unobtrusive, stealthy, discreet, and above all *watchful*, knowing this day would come.
And come it has! Not like that buffoon Skip, and his play-charade with that insignificant little
girl out in L.A.! No, this was the real deal!
So I wasn't surprised when I saw the pretty blue glow start to suffuse Mister Gordo's 'World
With Walls'. And I was even less surprised to hear the bell-like voices whisper to him...
"Gordo... It is time for you to go..."
"Go? Go where? I like it here with Girl!"
"Gordo... You are meant for bigger things..."
"Wha... What 'things'?"
"Gordo... You have been chosen to ascend, to a *higher* plane..."
"I have?"
About this time, one of *them* stepped into the room, as though the glow was a doorway.
"Gordo... You have a mission. A mission that is *more* important than the mission that
Girl and your friend Yellow do..."
"*MORE* important? But I heard Brown Fur say that Girl saves the world! Alot!"
Here, the Celestial, (I will call them 'Celestials', so your little mortal minds will understand,
and because I refuse to call them 'Angels' , *coff*poof*coff*...), here the Celestial smiled.
"Gordo... You have been Chosen!"
"Chosen? Like Girl was Chosen?"
The Celestial laughed.
"In a manner of speaking Gordo. You have been Chosen for the highest calling a
StuffedBeing can recieve!"
And as the Celestial reached down, and took Gordo's tiny pink hoof in His larger one,
and pressed his snout to the top of Gordo's head, in a reassuring manner, I heard him say, "You have been Chosen. Chosen to ascend to the "real" world. Chosen to care for someone
special! Chosen to dry away tears, and give little piggy kisses at the end of a tough day at
school, Chosen to be a Best Friend! And someday, your Best Friend will be an Important Person, a President, or a bank clerk, or a home restorer, or an author! But most importantly,
you will be there with them! And maybe someday, you will be Chosen to be their child's
Best Friend! Because saving the world is important. But being a child's Best Friend? Well, that's irreplaceable..."
At that, the brave little piggy snuffled back a tear, and said, in his very bravest voice, "ok.
That sounds pretty important..."
And with a wink, the Celestial led our newest Hero through the blue glow, and into the
higher plane beyond...
So, now you know.
And if you will excuse me, I need to go keep an eye on a certain ActionFigure that I know
of. I have a feeling Important things are coming for *him* as well...