From: Adrian Tymes <wingcat@pacbell.net> Subject: Re: [PW!] Encounters in Mount Moon Date: Tuesday, June 22, 1999 10:09 PM Medellia Blue wrote: > Andrea wasn't quite sure how, but she managed to take a deep breath and hold > it just before the blast. Under the cover of smoke, she reached into her > backpack, retrieving a small canister of Sleep Powder. > > As soon as the cloud cleared, she tossed a pinch into Sammy's face, then > walked away. Andrea looked around for the little girl, but she had > disappeared. > > "That was. . .interesting, to say the least. A nice distraction. . . " > Andrea's voice trailed off, as she made her way through the cave. She still > felt uneasy about her destination. "Something still isn't right here," she > thought. > > A short while later, Andrea saw the cave's exit. "Well. . .Cerulean awaits." Just outside the cave... "There you are! I's was gettin' worried, thought maybe I's should rescue yew." Andrea looked down, but the girl was nowhere to be seen. "C'mon, let's get goin'." A shadow passed overhead; Andrea looked up just in time to see the girl land in front of her. "Sowwy fo' not helping, but was nothing for me to gain by fighting. Safer to run. So I's ran. Figured, even if you lost, I could find 'nother Wocket. But I's glad you got away..." "So, tell me, just what did you want to show me anyway?" She turned a full force cute smile on Andrea. "It's a sup*wise*!" Sensing she was not going to get much more out of the girl, Andrea followed her in silence. A few minutes later, they were at the Rocket base Andrea had left only a day ago. It looked somehow different...for one thing, the large hole in the near wall had not been there when she left. For another, the mild traffic of cargo hauling vehicles that supported the building's cover as a warehouse [1] duing the day was utterly absent, despite the fact that the sun was almost directly overhead. Andrea shot an accusatory scowl at the girl. "Did you do this?" "No...this wasn't here when I's saw it." The girl looked on, curious. "I's just hopes they're still inside." She skipped in, through the hole, past the guards that should have challenged her but never appeared. Andrea followed, carefully stepping to avoid wreckage. The hole lead deep into the warehouse, towards the main quarters... "Yay! They're still here, almost just like I left 'em!" A light flickered on; the girl must have found the light switch. Andrea continued to advance...then froze. The mass bedroom was littered with dead bodies. Dead *Rocket* bodies. Each and every one obviously killed by a psychic attack; fear still etched on their faces. As if that were not bad enough, the bodies were tossed hither and yon, as if a hurricane of fire had swept through the room, singing all of them and charring a few beyond individual recognition. Over there was someone Andrea had joked with not two days ago. And over there, someone she suspected might have had a slight crush on her. And over there, her (now former) boss...well, at least this mess wasn't a *total* loss. "Unca Doppwer says if Team Wocket doesn't mend its ways, expect more of this. So make sure to tell your Wocket friends, ok?" She giggled; the sing-song tone of her voice was at complete variance with the impact of her words. "Ok, see yas!" The girl waved, and then was gone. TBC? [1] Or maybe this should be 'werehouse': by night, it's a house (of Rockets), but by day... ^_^