From: Shard Fields or Megasomething <goola2u@aol.compostheap> Subject: [PW!] Just Another Day Date: Tuesday, August 10, 1999 11:34 AM Shard continued to wander through the caverns of Mt. Moon, completely lost. The false Maria had taken quite a bite out of his psyche, and he hadn’t done anything illegal in a while. He had, however, caught a Clefairy, and a rather unusual one at that, so he wasn’t too disappointed. He threw down another wrapper, planning to use it as a trail in case he got really lost. "Hey, space case! Don’t you know that littering is illegal?" shouted a voice, causing Shard to whirl about, and come face to face, in full Rocket uniform, something Shard rarely wore, with a man he had heard about a few times: Seymour the scientist, the man who lives with the Clefairies. "In that case," Shard laughed, "I’m doing my job. Complain enough about it, I might not get fired." "Have you no heart? A pokemon could choke on this! I’ve been picking up a whole trail of this!" protested the scruffy-looking scientist in a somewhat nerdy voice, though he was no longer cowardly, having found strength within during his stay in the mountain. Shard, however, didn’t care, except about not losing the argument. "Pokemon," countered Shard, "are smart enough to know what they can and can’t eat! And as for the trail, I put it there for a reason! If I got lost, I could have followed it back!" A group of Clefairies had surrounded Shard by this time, and he could see he was in deep stuff. "I have one of you! Don’t try anything!" threatened Shard, in a tad bit of a panic, sending out Tinker. "The outcast," said Seymour, with a hint of contempt, upon seeing Tinker. "Great," said Shard, slapping his forehead, "I caught Jar Jar!" "Hey!" protested Tinker, who then began to clarify what had happened. "They don’t like my inventions, so they sent me away. They claimed I was endangering lives, and that human in the lab coat supported them." "So yousa big bombad Boss Nass?" Shard asked Seymour, chuckling. By this time, the Clefables had also arrived, and Shard was REALLY hoping that his luck would change. Tinker had decided to take matters into his own hands, and begun to sway back and forth. "Metronome isn’t very reliable," protested Shard, but Tinker just ignored. A gentile tide flowed up, then retreated, doing absolutely nothing, save for splashing everyone a bit, and Tinker retreated to the pokeball in embarrassment. Shard found himself standing alone against a sea of Clefairies, and knew he was about to be the target of a massive attack. Sure enough, they swarmed over him, and slapped thee heck out of him. Covered with bruises, Shard struggled to escape, but to no avail. Suddenly, the Clefairies upon him retreated, and a strange chant had begun. Shard barely had time to think before a massive blast came up beneath him, launching him skyward, then steering him, somehow, out of the cave, then launching him straight up into the sky. The action paused. "I know you’ve always wanted to hear me say it, so here it is, Shard fans..." said Shard, turning to the camera, then going back to his original position as the flow of time resumed. "Looks like Team Rocket’s blasting off again!" he shouted as he disappeared into the distance. *** Shard hit the ground with a loud thud. "Viridian, we have a problem," he babbled before passing out in his crater. TBC... Shard Fields, who hopes you liked that. .sig not included. Shard Fields on AGNP Megasomething on ATT