From: Goola the Hutt <goola2u@aol.compostheap> Subject: [PW!] Light at the End. Date: Monday, June 21, 1999 11:21 AM "No..." said a voice in Shard's head, one he knew was his own. But another, stronger voice, a call Shard knew would lead him to doom, beckoned him to Saffron. -- Shard entered Sabrina's gym silently, and walked into the main chamber, glaring into the gym leader's evil eyes. "You have summoned me here, now what?" he asked. "Now," she laughed. "I have something to tell you. And then you shall die." "So," asked Shard, "are you my mother?" "No," said Sabrina, "but it was I who planted that lie in your head, to draw you to me. That is what I had to tell you. And now, you die." "Don't count on it!" shouted Shard, "Morroco, Shadow, D Sipher, Banshee, Undermine, Oddrey 2, go!" "So," said Sabrina coldly, "time to play. For keeps. Jynx, Slowbro, Mr. Mime, Alakazam, Haunter, go!" Shard looked at his own pokémon, and compared the lineup to Sabrina's. Shard had six pokémon, but... What? Shadow hadbetrayed him, and was standing with Sabrina's powerful psychics. There was no way he could win. "Pokémon. retreat!" shouted Shard, bursting into a run. "Pursue them!" said Sabrina, hovering in pursuit. Shard ran. Beams of psychic energy streaked past him. Suddenly, he heard screams. He looked, and D. Sipher and Morrocco had been hit. He snarled in rage as the Diglett and Porygon fell lifeless, to the ground, beyond hope. Suddenly, Banshee was hit. "Ooh, someone give her some Midol," joked the injured Jigglypuff. Shard smiled for a few econds, before falling screaming to the ground. His leg had been hit, and wasn't functioing. As all was dark, he suddenly saw a glow. Undermine... was evolving. "All right! Oddrey, sleep powder! Undermine, get us out of here!" The pollen washed over Sabrina and her covorts, and they struggled to stay awake. When the pollen cleared, Shard and his three remaining pokémon were gone. --- Erika finished applying the herbal remedy, and Banshee had laid the two empty pokéballs on an altar and begun to sing a funeral hymn. Shard wept, as Erika tried to find words. There were none... TBC? Shard Fields, who would kill for feedback.