From: Black Hole <violaterop@home.comRADE> Subject: Re: [PW!][NC] Future's End Date: Thursday, June 03, 1999 2:15 PM On 31 May 1999 13:28:58 GMT, bandraptor@aol.com (Bandraptor) wrote: >"Hey, let's go exploring!" Nori cried, already running off into the shrine. >Exploring was her solution for everything, boredom in particular. >Atop her head, Meowth purred softly. It didn't trust the creatures, and looking >through their shrine would help it to find out more about them. > >As they walked through the halls, Nori was conscious of the creatures' stares. >True, she and her friends had been invited into the shrine; but only two >creatures had extended the offer, and the others didn't seem too appreciative. >As she brushed by one, it lunged towards her, mouth open. For a split second, >the cloak flew backwards, and Nori saw a flash of wrinkled skin and jagged >teeth beneath it. The creature's jaws snapped shut, within inches of Meowth's >head, spraying them both with hot saliva. > >"Hey! Waddaya think you're doing?!?" Nori clutched the cat protectively, her >face still dripping with monster drool. >The creature remained where it had landed, the edge of its snout almost >touching her own nose. It opened its mouth to speak, and Nori was hit with the >stench of decaying flesh, a sign of a creature who ate its victims raw. >"Your culture may revolve around these worthless creatures," it hissed, "but >ours does not." > >Nori shuddered, remembering the pokemon bones they'd seen on the way over. She >quickly regained her composure, and stared the creature in the eye. "I don't >care what you think of pokemon. This is my Meowth. Stay away from it. Or else." >The creature threw its head back in laughter, sounding almost as if it was >choking. It had been hoping for a challenge. "Or else what?" > >When it next gazed into Nori's eyes, they were glowing bright red. "Or else," >she snarled, in a voice that wasn't quite her own, "your mortal heart will >cease to beat." >The creature's expression turned from amusement to hatred, as it grabbed the >girl by her neck, and hoisted her into the air. "As will yours," it returned, >"once I rip it from your chest!" > >The creature pulled back its free arm, and flexed its clawed fingers, preparing >to strike. It felt a slight pain in the back of its head, then everything went >black, and the next instant, it was on the floor. It blinked, confused; then >scrambled to its feet, only to feel the pain returning. This time, it didn't >faint. Instead, the pressure under its skull got progressively worse, until it >felt that its head would explode. It tried to scream, but whatever was >affecting its brain, was crushing its windpipe as well. > >The girl loomed over it, a satisfied smirk plastered on her face. The creature >reached up, wanting nothing more than to claw her eyes out; and was slowly >pushed to the ground, by invisible forces. As its face was pressed into the >ground, it ventured a glance upward, at Nori's bristling Meowth. A voice rang >in the creature's throbbing head, inhuman, and deadly quiet. >*This human belongs to me. Touch it, and die.* >With that, the forces acting on the creature's body dissipated, finally >allowing it to collapse. The girl turned on her heels and continued through the >shrine. > >The other creatures mumbled softly among themselves, as Nori and Meowth passed >them by. They shuffled out of her way, creating a clear path to the back of the >shrine. There, Nori saw a small trap door. > > The two creatures who had brought them to the shrine approached, cautiously. >"There lie the catacombs," one whispered. >"They lead to the human cities," the other chimed. "They are our passage, past >the Eastern border." >"We can take you there, if you wish." > >Nori, Car'tos, and BH looked at the trapdoor, then back at the assembled >creatures. The creature that Nori had encountered had already picked itself up, >and rejoined the others. > The entire group was waiting for their decision. "Well..." BH started, talking amoung their group, "if we do choose to go through the catacombs, if they're anything like the ones in mythology, if they lead us in to a wrong direction and we would be screwed." "But, if we do stay here, who knows what'll happen. Remember what nearly happened to my Meowth?" Nori said, seeming anxious to get out of the shrine and go to where humans now dwell. "Than it's decided, we'll go through the Catacombs." Car'tos said and the creatures nodded as they stepped forward to the door. They opened it and everyone looked inside. The caverns were dark, they had little light in them, but they did have torches on each side of the cavern walls. BH took one of the torches and it lit on fire, "Lets go." one of the creatures said as they started off down the carvern... TBC... ___________________ | AIM SN: BH Zero X | ------------------- "Fear... fear attracts the fearful, the strong, the weak, the innocent, the corrupt. Fear, fear is my allie." -- Darth Maul, Star Wars: The Phantom Menice <BH's Palpatine Figure> *looks at Sidious* Hey, am I really that ugly when I'm a dark Sith Lord? <Sidious> Shut up. "Darth Shop, Darth Store, Darth Maul..." -- Agent 0007 My death day will be Saturday, January 24, 2054