From: "William Rendfeld" <warendfeld@aol.com> Subject: Re: [PW!] Mining for Magmas Date: Sunday, June 20, 2004 6:57 PM >Kitsu tapped a map on the wall, tracing their route. "We missed the >generators, but we went right over the computer room." She smirked. >"And I thought computers melting down was just a joke." > >"Speaking of up..." Cass poked a final button. The floor rumbled, then >slowly ascended. "Next stop, top of the volcano. Panoramic views, open >skies, and all magma below us. Lucky we found their helipad. Now if >only we had a helicopter." > >"Gimme...a...second..." Aerie panted, holding on to Kitsu even when the >latter made motions to set the girl down. > >Cass blinked, wondering if Aerie was serious, then shook her head. >"Don't worry about it. Hot Shot can get us out of here." The helicopter pad quickly ascended to its highest level, and Cass soon recalled Jolt and released Hot Shot from his Poké Ball. The large Dragonite quickly knelt down to allow his passengers to board. "Well, this was a waste of time," Keaton noted, taking a place behind Cass as she climbed onto her draconic steed. "Not necessarily," Kitsu said in response, climbing on as Aerie shifted into the form of a Dragonite. "We haven't confirmed one way or another whether Magma has a connection to Smasher or not. All we know is, we probably won't find any answers here." "About Smasher or John," Cass mournfully noted. "That was my fault. I shouldn't have advised shooting anything, let alone the ceiling." "You didn't know," Kitsu comforted the older girl. "Right now, let's just make our exit before anyone shows up." "Right," Cass replied as Hot Shot spread his wings and began running off the helipad before leaping into the air and taking flight. The large Dragonite, hampered slightly by his four passengers, soared down towards the entrance the group had found earlier, Derek and Chan still waiting for them. The human casually leaned against a rock, while the Medicham was silently meditating a few inches in the air above said rock. "I was worried for a second," Derek noted. "An emergency hatch went into place shortly after you guys went in. Almost didn't think you'd get out." As the quartet disembarked from their ride, he asked, "Find anything?" "We inadvertently ended up bathing their computer rooms in molten lava," Cass reported. "No dice with the search, either for Smasher or John." "So we're back to Square One," Derek surmised. "What now?" "I guess we head back to Mauville and meet up with everyone else," Cass suggested. "Maybe once we pool our resources we can come up with something more substantial. I just hope we don't end up with any more problems." "Eh, if worse comes to worse, you've got that Wailord," Keaton noted. "Yeah," Cass noted, a bit dejected. Hot Shot cocked his head in curiosity, leaving Cass to explain, "I have a bad feeling that sending out Triton like that's just caused more problems. Call it a premonition, instinct, whatever, I just feel like I've had a foot in the grave since then." "Cass," Kitsu said bluntly, "you're being paranoid." "Yeah, it's not like a pair of Pokémon are going to show up and..." Derek began before Hot Shot placed a claw over his mouth. "Right, don't want to jinx it." TBC? [NS: I think Fate's ears just twitched...] William Rendfeld Creator of Echowarrior and Alex Masters 178,000 Excellent Author Points 1 'I knew odd pokefacts that confused a bread crumb' point. 20 Y2Tech Points