From: Black Hole the Walrus (lanceisnot@home.com) Subject: [PW!] The Beginning of the End Newsgroups: alt.games.nintendo.pokemon Date: 2000/06/25 Black Hole peered into the horizon, awaiting the copter that conceals his target, Estro. "Where the hell is he?" BH muttered, growing impatient. A few minutes later, the beating of helicopter blades was heard from a great distance away. "Did you hear that," asked Alistar, "it sounded like the copter is getting closer." Black Hole looked towards the source of the sound and saw a small dot, drawing ever closer. Black Hole told Alistar, "Be ready, this thing might throw pieces of metal as far as 50 feet, if shrapnel from the copter hits you it'll be instant death." Alistar nodded and crouched down while BH readied the rocket launcher. Closer and closer the helicopter drew, the passengers unaware of the events going down on the island. "Are we there yet," Estro whined, "I'm hungry and tired!? The passenger twitched, "I told you to shut up!" Estro could tell that the passenger was about to snap, "We've been on this copter too long." Estro continued to whine. The passenger blinked, put down his paperwork, reared back and slapped Estro. Estro grumbled and shut up. By now, the helicopter is 3 miles away from the edge of the island, and soon enough it was hovering over the island. "We're going to have to wait a minute until we get clearance to land." The pilot said. Just then, the ratio crackled with static and someone began to speak, "Spinning complacently in the darkness covered and blinded by a blanket of little lives, false security has lulled the madness of this world into a slumber. Wake up! An eye is upon you, staring straight down and keenly through, seeing all that you are and everything you can never be. Yes, and eye is upon you, an eye ready to blink." "What does that mean," asked the pilot. "I have no clue..." the passenger glanced outside of the window and saw a rocket flying towards them, "WHAT THE F--" and then the copter exploded, violently hurling 4 bodies out of the copter. BH turned away and picked up his sword and ran over to the burning wreckage to make sure there are no survivors. He finds the pilot face down in the grass, dead, but he can't find either of the recruits. "Damn... where did they go?" Black Hole glances around and notices someone trying to get away. It was the passenger of the copter. BH stepped in front of him; the man gave him a look of sheer terror. "W... Who are you?" he asked, fearing the worst. "I was hoping you would ask that," BH said as he looked down on the fallen man. ?There's a passage I got memorized, seems appropriate for this situation: Ezekiel 25:17. "The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon you.' " BH then raised his sword and brutally impaled the man. Pokéman looks down upon Black Hole, trying not to scream, flying above with Estro in his clutches. They landed in the forests of the island and Black Hole gave up. "They can't get off this island very easily, they will not get away." TBC... (I know, that wasn't one of my best works, but it's late.) (And who can point out the things that I quoted or referred to? I'm sure you'll be able to figure it out.)