From: Roberto Perez-Vila <RobfromVoid@prodigy.net> Subject: [PW!] A Mother's Love Date: Wednesday, September 01, 1999 8:35 PM Luthor approaches his mother. The Slowpoke's mom is larger and fatter than him, and she sits with her legs spread wide open, arms resting behind her back, her white tipped tail slowly swinging in in front of her. Luthor cringes in disgust at his mother's lack of finesse and declares in English, "Mother, I am leaving home today. You can't stop me." "<Stop talking like the humans, SLOWPOKE. You are not leaving.. This cave is our only protection against the humans. The same people who took your father away from us.>" Luthor's mother explains in her native tongue, albeit slowly. "First of all..." Luthor glares at her, narrowing his large eyes, "My name is Luthor, not SLOWPOKE. Your name is SLOWPOKE, grandpa's name was SLOWPOKE, and grandma's name was SLOWPOKE. My name is Luthor." "<You sound like the humans, child. They give out these strange names to tag their belongings. Saying your name is anything other than SLOWPOKE is an insult to our whole kind.>", the motherly Slowpoke explains. However, a trainer passing through Seafoam only hears a succession of "Slow"s and "Pokes" echoing in the cave. "Second of all..." Luthor's voice demonstrates anger since his mother cut off his train of thought, "I *am* leaving home today. I plan on making a difference in this world. I've read about these wonderful people called villains who try to make the world a better place, but heroes always come around to ruin their plans. Fortunately, I think that 'heroes' are just made up to scare little children and don't exist in real life. I will not allow you to force me to die in this frozen hell you call Seafoam! I'm going to find other Pokemon to help me out. I would've loved it if Catwoman could've gone with me, but she left this place a while ago." Luthor then shows his mother that he is wearing a human belt with six Pokeballs attached. Once this thought has been processed in the female Slowpoke's mind, which is over 20 seconds later, she cries, "<You are acting like the evil humans. You even gave PERSIAN a name for her. That's preposterous, SLOWPOKE!>" Luthor glowers at his mother, "Actually, she gave herself the name Blizzard... or at least I believe she gave it to herself. It doesn't matter what her name is, because I can name her whatever the <untranslatable Slowpoke swear word> I want after I capture her. Just like I can name every other Pokemon whatever I want to after I catch it." "<IT?!>" The weeping Slowpoke mother nearly swoons, "<You think Pokemon are things now? You are too human. You have to stay here with me so that I can teach you how to be a good wild Pokemon.>" A small black backpack floats into the area, a blue aura around it. Luthor telekinetically moves it onto his back. Now that he is wearing his belt and backpack, he is ready to leave, "Bite me, mother." Luthor turns and slowly runs away... Luthor's mom uses her Psychic attack to keep her son from moving, "<SLOWPOKE, don't make me punish you.>" "You can't punish me..." Luthor turns around, and breaks out of his mother's hold on him, "*I'm* going to punish you. It's a bloody shame, and I do mean *bloody*, as you will soon discover. I'm going to kill you now, mother. Go to hell." The old female Slowpoke pauses five seconds, then her eyes grow wider than usual, "<Don't do it, SLOWPOKE! You'll regret it forever!>" The second after this thought has been expressed, she gets mentally tossed onto a nearby wall! She hits her spine against a sharp icicle. She falls onto the ground, face forward, bleeding from the back. There is silence. Luthor climbs out of the crevice in the Seafoam Caves that he once called home, taking a moment to spit a wad of phlegm into it. He doesn't know if his mother is dead or has just fainted, but he hopes it is the former situation. The Slowpoke crawls towards the light leading out of the Seafoam Cave. He whispers under his breath, "Freedom." -Luthor