From: Otaku67 <otaku67@aol.com> Subject: Re: [PW!] [ISLAND] Into the Complex Date: Thursday, April 15, 1999 4:35 AM > >James (the Psyduck) waddled up behind Bludgeon and scratched him hard, >knocking the Cubone into a wall. "PsyDUCK!" Then he went and picked up the >poor Ekans and carried it off. > >Sneakers rubbed his sore head. "Well, it looked like she was trying to eat >ya! > Excuse me for trying to save your worthless feathers!" > >"Psy yie!" > >Slasher laughed at all of them. > >Jessie was beginning to think James had been tortured enough, when Meowth >jumped over to another computer. He flicked the screen on with his claw, and >quickly ran through the security system. He nodded at the flashing red light >above the monitor. "Looks like we've got some company." > >At this, Maria finally looked up from what she was doing. "What is it?" She >dropped James to the floor unceremoniously and stood. "ATR?" > >Meowth shook his head. "Haven't located it yet..." He continued searching >as >Maria came over to stand next to Jessie. James proceeded to praise Goddish >for >his release. Sneakers' Cubone chose this moment to look him over. > >"Huh?" James stared at the Cubone. > >"Cu....BONE!" He smashed James over the head with his club. > >"AKK!" James fell to the floor in an unconscious heap. > >"Return," Sneakers growled, recalling the Cubone into its Pokeball. Then he >turned away from James to join the others behind Meowth. > >"Bingo. It's at the front entrance." Meowth switched the camera to the >largest >screen in the control room. Everyone looked up to see Car'tos, the other >James, and a Pinsir carrying Simon. > >Car'tos looked up at the camera. > >>"Um, Maria? I know your there. Could you let us go through?" >>"Heh, we have a preasent for you guys." >>Pinsir walked up to them, and showed off Simon, like some kindda trophy. > >"He's still alive?!" Maria shouted. "What the heck do you think you're >doing?!" > >"Just let us in!" Car'tos commanded. > >Maria crossed her arms. "Do you take me for a complete idiot? We've >supposed >to kill off ATR, not babysit them! Get rid of him, *then* I'll think about >letting you in here." > >James pushed past Car'tos and looked into the camera. "Look, he's as good as >dead already. But Giovanni's going to want some proof...a progress report >you >could say. Can't get much better than this." He thumbed back at Simon's >broken >body. > >Maria grumbled. "I don't like this.....but I guess you can enter. Though..." >She glared and pointed her finger menacingly at Car'tos on the screen, "If >anything goes wrong...ANYTHING at all, I'm putting the blame on your head, >Junior!" She snapped. "Stand by!" > >Car'tos opened his mouth to retort, but Maria reached over Meowth and slammed >off the transmission before he could make a sound. Meowth looked up. "You >are >sure about this, aren't you?" > >"No. Just let them in, and make sure you lock everything behind them." She >looked around the control room. "Okay, Jessie, James, Meowth, and Sneakers, >I >want you to keep things under control up here. No one gets in or out of this >building unless I say so, understand?" > >Jessie frowned. "Who died and made you Queen Rocket!?" > >Maria grit her teeth. "Do as I say....or I'll get Wigglygoo all over that >fancy hair." She pulled out her Wigglytuff Launcher and armed it. > >Jessie cringed. "Sure...no problem." > >Slinging the gun over her shoulder, Maria called James (the Psyduck) and the >Ekans back into Pokeballs. Slasher yawned and ran over from the other side >of >the room to jump up onto her shoulder where he draped himself. "I'm going to >go keep an eye on our guests." > >Fuming, she turned and marched off to the elevator. Jessie made a face at >her >as she left. "I wonder what the heck her problem is." Then she turned and >noticed James unconscious on the floor in a most undignified position. "Good >Goddish James, what am I supposed to do with you?" > >"Wake 'im up an' make 'im go get us a soda," Meowth grumbled. >*** > >Down in the main lobby, Maria waited until the front doors opened. She >watched >the Rockets march in with their "prize" and then clicked on an intercom next >to >the door. "Seal it now." > >Just before Meowth could enter the commands, she watched as someone with >green >hair came running fast for the door. "Hold up the door!" Before Maria could >act, he was already through the door, sliding in the last few feet somehow. >He >was now sealed in with them. > >Maria blinked. "What in the?" > >Shard jumped to his feet and brushed himself off. "What luck! A Rocket!" He >reached over and shook her hand energetically. "And here I was looking to >join >you guys!" He reached over and slapped James on the back. James frowned and >socked him in return. > >"Heh heh heh.." Shard laughed nervously, taking in the full scene around him >blood and all. "Well, am I in?" > >Maria narrowed her eyes at him and yanked him down by the ear. "How do we >know >you're not some ATR spy?!" > >Shard gulped. "Look, I'm just looking for some action, and..." > >"And how in the world did you get past the electric fences!?" > >Shard pulled away from her hand gingerly. "There's a bad problem around here >with candy-striped Diglett..." > >"Tell the truth, or end up just like him," Car'tos growled, pointing at >Simon. > >Shard shrunk away from the strange looking Rocket. "I am! I swear! If I'm >not, you can do to me whatever you did to him....just not as bad, okay?" > >James rolled his eyes. > >"Meowth." Slasher purred. > >Maria raised an eyebrow at the Meowth. "Are you sure?" > >"Meooww." > >Closing her eyes, Maria took a few seconds of thought. Then she looked >sharply >over at Shard. "My Meowth trusts you for some reason. And he trusts others >less than I do. I'm going to keep you to your word....*all* of it. You're >in." > >"YEAH!" Shard grinned. > >"Here, your first job is to hold onto this," Car'tos took Simon and dumped >him >into Shard's arms. > >"GEEZ!" Shard's eyes bugged out and his knees buckled momentarily under the >sudden weight. Then he hefted him up uneasily. "Uh, okay, so what now?" He >followed the others towards the back of the lobby. > Tenchi watched the rocket house through his binoculors. He then carefully snuck up to the electric fence, and dug a hole under it. Rumor was, some rockets were holding an ATR member hostage. He took out some smoke bombs, and burst into the room, filling it with smoke, and pulling out his pokeballs. "Everyone, go! attack the rockets!" TBC -otaku67 "dejavu strikes when you least expect it. and it packs one helluva punch"