From: Jose L. Solano (jsolano199@aol.comlink) Subject: [PW!] Nobody Calls Me a Coward Newsgroups: alt.games.nintendo.pokemon Date: 2000/08/07 Pokewars: Trent Retwin "Nobody Calls Me a Coward" Jose L. Solano Trent ran out of the woods on the floatin island, chasing someone named Dai. Ashura had already given chase, but knowing Ashura, he probably blew it off and took a nap. Finally, he saw someone, about the same age as Gohan, running towards the compound. Trent pulled out the pistol he had stolen from Gohan and fired, managing to hit Dai's left arm. "Shit!" he yelled, but continued to trudge on, hoping to reach the base in time. Trent fired another shot, but missed. "Look, what do you want?" Dai asked, trying not to show his pain. "I want to know what's going on our here." "Who do you work for?" "I work for myself. Now tell me, what's going on here? What is this place?" "Ivory Island. This is our base." Trent holstered his pistol, but kept his sword in hand. "So this is an ATR base? I'm surprised you're still around." "How did you know we were-" "Gohan told me, just before I threw him off the island." "You know... you look a lot like a Rocket..." "Pure coincidence kid. I'm much worse." Trent couldn't help by smirk as an evil thought sprung into his mind. Dai's expression remained the same- in pain, but trying to keep a straight face. "So why are you here? What do you have against us?" "Well, your leader and I go way back. Speaking of which, where is the old bum, anyway?" "I don't know..." "Too bad. I would've bought him a drink. Hey, guess what?" "What, are you finally gonna finish me off?" "Yeah!" Trent pulled out the pistol and pointed it at Dai's face. "Hands up, and keep 'em there." Dai slowly lifted his arms, though his left arm hesitated a bit. Trent holstered his gun once more and twirled his sword. He quickly swung his sword at Dai, cleaving him through the upper torso. Dai's arms fell limp as his upper body, severed just where his lungs were, fell backwards to the ground face-up. His lower body fell to the side, losing balance on the right foot. Dai looked at Trent's sillouhette, obscured by the bright sun overhead as he struggled to breathe through his sliced lungs, his efforts producing a sickening, wet breathing sound. As he attempted to inhale, blood poured out of his open lungs. "You..." Dai managed to say, "You... coward..." Offended, Trent thrust his bloody sword into Dai's face, nailing him to the ground. Dai breathed a final breath and died. "Nobody calls me a fucking coward," Trent said as he pulled his sword out of the ground and Dai's face. He took a clearence card that fell out of Dai's pocket as his lower half fell over and walked towards the base.