From: "Clayton" <redneckdadd@yahoo.com> Subject: [PW!] The Not-So-Great Escape Date: Thursday, March 04, 2004 2:46 AM [NS: And now for some NS Thread Joining Humour ... *cracks knuckles* EHM, I need some help here! I need a gizmo capable of patching threads together and all I got is this box of crap. Ehm: NOWN! *Dives into the box and begins MacGuyvering* UN-NOWN! *Really Happy*] > >Off in another part of the base, the other group was causing some right > >royal chaos. Whereever they went, explosions followed. It was a good time > >to vent Frustration, Hyper Beams and Slashes on grunts, walls and delicate > >equipment. Kitsu had given up being the voice of reason, but she wasn't > >causing as much mayhem and chaos as the other three. Derek and Chan > >were systematically dealing with pokemon and human alike. Didn't matter > >what got in who's way with them. > > > >Xander was especially enjoying himself, he could feel the anger just melting > >away as he rolled into a grunt and battered him against a wall. The grunt > >was far from dead, but definitely not moving for a while. The Sandslash cursed > >atthe fallen grunt and pickled another victim > > "Guys!" Cass called out. "Guys!" > > Her voice going unheard, Cass quickly plucked the first Poké Ball from her > belt and quickly unleashed Obsidian. The large Tyranitar stretched a bit, then > turned to Cass and asked, "<Problem?>" > > "Yep," Cass replied. "And I need a noisemaker." > > Obsidian gave a thumbs-up, then took a breath and fired off a Screech > attack. While not doing any damage, it got the group's attention. > > "Thank you," Cass said to her Tyranitar companion before recalling him. "Has > anyone stopped to consider that we may be compromising the structural integrity > of this base?" The destruction and devistation was put on hold as Aerie, Keaton and Xander looked at each other. All three simply shrugged and were about to go back to causing some more structural damage when there was an ominous creaking noise. "I don't think that was a fat bastard on an upper floor," Derek noted, while he had a grunt pinned to the ground. Chan agreed while having a Blaziken pinned in a similar way. Another creaking noise was heard, this time a little louder "That's what I was afraid of," Cass said. #What's another destroyed Magma base?# Raffy asked. "Mimic think it best destroyed when we no in it" #Point taken# ------- Meanwhile ... [NS: Ehm telepathically pushes a button on some highly makeshift contraption ... it works for a bit and then explodes in its face, well as close to a face as an Unown gets. Ehm is comically covered in soot] > Alex turned to the ice block, sensing 'Dark Mimic' as he recuperated and > attempted another mental volley. Using one of the few lessons in telepathic > attack taught to her by Dee, Alex focused her mind, closed her eyes, then aimed > a telepathic 'blast', for lack of a better term, and released it with one word. > > "Stop." > > Between John's earlier 'Counter' move and Alex's telepathic bolt, Dark Mimic > was knocked unconscious, effectively ending the attack on Bob's mind. > > "What did you do?" John asked. > > "I knocked him unconscious," Alex replied. "He should be out long enough for > us to get away and find whatever helped him come into being." She turned to Bob > as he rose to his feet, using his new staff to aid him, and asked, "You okay?" > > "Been better," Bob replied. He looked down onto his little brother and said, > "Thanks Jeff." > > Jeff smiled, then answered, "Hey, I couldn't let my big brother down, could > I?" > > Bob affectionately rubbed his free hand through his little brother's hair, > messing up Jeff's hair further. The two brothers shared a laugh, and Alex > couldn't help but smile. > > "Um, excuse me?" Carol piped up. "Sorry to interrupt the tender moment, but > what's stopping that guy from thawing out?" > > "Very little," Alex replied. > > "I caught a glimpse of a battle between the two parts of...Mimic, was it?" > John asked. "Any idea on that one?" > > "You may have been seeing an earlier memory," Alex replied. "That's a double > of the real Mimic, with an alternate personality within. If we knew how he > gained physical form, we may be able to at least cripple him." > > "Mimic did mention something about I having woken him up," Bob suggested, > pulling down the hood on his cloak. > > "You woke him up?" ShadowWarrior piped. > > "No, not 'I'," Alex realized. "He means something else." She instantly > snapped her fingers and said, "Of course. Shiny Unown Eye. Mimic must've gotten > a hold of him, and that somehow increased the power for Dark Mimic." > > "<But how could he have gotten a body?>" Surtur asked. > > After a second, Bob admitted, "Mimic had the double-you shaped Unown. He > told me that it could create doubles of people. That may be how Evil Mimic or > Dark Mimic or whichever got a body." > > "Sounds reasonable to me," Alex replied. "This means separating Eye from > Mimic and leaving Dbu. Hopefully, he'll agree to it." Recalling Daraxis, she > noted, "In the meantime, let's get moving. We need as much distance between us > and Dark Mimic as possible." > > With a tentative glance towards the ice block before her, Carol agreed and > recalled her Feraligatr. John recalled Tidal the Poliwhirl, and the now-larger > group continued onward, Alex keeping a telepathic eye on Dark Mimic. [NS: Ehm re-jerry-rigs the device and tries the button again. Nothing happens. Ehm: *Glares, curses in Unown, and telepathically slams button* *The gizmo farts, and then explodes again*] > >The two moved off, Ben looking around for any discreet trail guides that > >Aerie's group might have left for those left behind. He found them soon > >enough. Just as he was about to walk through the conviniently placed > >hole-in-the-wall down a long coridor, loud footsteps echoed down the > >hall. The trainer ducked back. > > > >"I thought you said you defeated the members at the last base...?" Nori > >asked critically as the footsteps grew closer. > > > >"Well yeah," Ben answered, "If you count putting up a bit of a fight and > >then geting blasted into a wall, well then... yeah. > > > > "Well, good thing I'm not interested in a fight," Alex chipped in, the rest > of her group following her. > > Ben sighed in relief. "You had me worried." > > "I appreciate your concern, believe me," Alex replied. > > Bob approached next, then asked, "Ben, right?" > > "Yeah," Ben chuckled. "Here we go again." > > "No Sapphire though," Bob noted with a smile. "Or that SHAKK guy." > > "We're better off," Nori shot. "Harakune isn't that trustworthy, believe > me." > > "Anyway, good news, we found Bob," Alex replied. "Bad news, we've got an > evil Ditto double frozen in an ice block not too far behind. We'd best find the > rest of the group and get out of here." Blinking, she asked, "Where's Rubix?" > > "<The great turtle hath taken watch over the entrance, attacking any > escaping heathens!>" Set the Natu chirped from Nori's shoulder. > > "He's waiting outside," Nori replied, unaware of Set's reply. > > "Well, we'd best find the rest and get out of here," Alex said. "After that, > I need to see a Ditto about an Unown." Bob thought about that statement for a few seconds ~~ Flashback, a short time ago ~~ > "Clever," the evil one chuckled, "and technically accurate. They did > indeed assist in my awakening. But they have left me to proceed as I > see fit. They are not here; they are...within, where they have long > been. ~~ End Flashback ~~ "The Dark Mimic said that they were ' ... within, where they have long been'. What could that mean?" Ben just wondered what was going on. He was about to ask when there was an ominous creaking noise. "What was that?" Jeff asked nervously, latching onto Bob. "Don't know. Sounds like the base is creaking" Bob said. "I agree, but what could cause it?" John asked. "I just got down here," Nori defended. "Aerie. When they said they going to go through the base, they must have gone *through* the base." Alex analyzed. "<This is not good>" Surtur chimed. "So what do we do?" Carol asked. "How about leave, before we have to blast through walls to get out?" Bob offered the group "I'm all for that" Nori said. Set chimed something, but was largely ignored, upsetting the Natu further. But just as they were about to turn around and go back, a section of ceiling came down, impeding their progress towards the hole Aerie made, and thus the telepad to get in. And as the base started to fall apart, Dark Mimic started to thaw out, very slowly at this precise moment, but he was thawing out. TBC ------- Clayton Random Tagline: The Handyman's secret weapon: Duct Tape! [NS: Well that was an interesting patch job Ehm: Nown Un NOWN! *Hold up cool looking thread-joining device telekinetically. Dramatic chord plays* But Ehm, we're done ... *Ehm deflates* ... this time, but a gadget like that will always come in handy some day! Now let's see if we can make a Torchic Cannon out of the leftover parts, shall we?" Ehm: NOWN! *Goes and starts on it*]