From: Maria Rocket <mobius101@aol.compactpika> Subject: [PW!] Back to the Bottle Date: Tuesday, September 28, 1999 11:52 AM >[<melodramatic sigh> My former baka news server has eaten its last >post...of mine, anyway. This might not be word-for-word exact, but >since I can't find a copy of my earlier post anywhere, I can at least >promise that this has the same important events and gist. Dread, I'm >pretty sure this won't mess with what you posted...] > >Maria Rocket wrote: >> SPLASH! Aerie gave Seth her best hopeless look, then attached the >Dopplerball >> paddle onto her newly convient belt. "Seth, we're never going to make it >> through Vermilion if you decide to take a swim." She reached out to pull >him >> out. >> >> Seth took her hand. When her eyes locked onto the sly smile in his green >eyes, >> it was too late. "Seth, don-!" SPLASH! He pulled her into the water and >she >> gave a shrill shriek of surprise. "I'm all wet! Seth, you...!" She >yelled, >> giggling uncontrollably as she grabbed and dunked him. >> >> Meanwhile, Slasher, who had been following a distance behind, caught up. >> "Purrr?" He looked down at the splashing in the water. "Sian." He shook >his >> head and flicked his ear. But that didn't pursuade baby Doppler to stop >> chewing on it. >> >> The Persian strolled past them with his head low and ears laid back. >"Sian, >> sian, sian." >> >> "Sian, sian, sian!" Doppler squeaked happily, changing colors like a >hippie >> Ditto gone insane. > >After much splashing around, Seth and Aerie eventually got out of the >water. Once back on dry land, Aerie reached for her Dopplerpaddle...and >searched...and looked...and panicked... > >...until Seth pulled it out from behind his back. Smirking, he began a >slightly less vigorous session with it, playing keep-away from Aerie all >the while... > >...until a random fireball vaporized the paddle, sending Doppler in a >high arc. > >Dreadite wrote: >> The ball flew through the air, turning thrice on teh ground before the >> glow disapeared. The ball then teleported in a red flash, and Dreadite >> recalled his pokemon. He looked up towards the cave roof, and then with >> a flash of light, blew a fireball into it. Moonlight poured in, sending >> soft rays of luminesance throughout the cave. Dreadite flew out, and >> stepped towards his final destination. The Pokemon Tower. > >Aerie watch Doppler's ball curve away. Time seemed to slow down as her >mind settled into a pattern of thought she had known since babyhood. > >#Situation analysis: FUBAR >Probability of fixing situation to prevent damage: Zero >Probability of escaping situation to prevent damage: Non-zero >Reccomendation: Escape >Possible means of escape in sufficient time: Teleport only >Engaging teleport... >Destination: Safety (homehomeHOME!) >Warning: Allies in danger; remove allies from danger first >Teleport designate Slasher >Teleport designate Seth >Warning cleared >Teleport self >Emergency resolved >... >Why do I think I'm forgetting something?# > >As the three shifted to a certain room in Mt. Moon, Doppler erupted from >his confinement. > >Dreadite surfaced just in time to see Doppler bellow, "Who DARES?!?!?" >However, the target of Doppler's concern was nowhere to be seen, and he >did not seem to be paying Dreadite much attention - which was probably >because Dreadite was still in the hole he had carved, which was in turn >difficult to see from Doppler's landing spot. Dreadite paused to watch >Doppler toy with his victims; however, whoever had ticked him off this >time seemed to have managed a successful escape. Dreadite resumed >course for the Pokemon Tower after Doppler stormed off. > >On Dreadite's back, a new feather giggled silently to itself. > *** "Whoa...that was fast." Seth pushed his shades off his face. He squinted through the darkness. "Aerie, you there?" The dust tickled his throat, making him cough. "I'm here." He could see something shadowy move in the corner of his eye. A slight hint of purple revealed it to be Aerie. He reached out and took her hand. "Where's Slasher?" "Purr..." Seth narrowed his eyes, waiting for them to adjust to the darkness. "And Doppler is with you?" "....Sian?" "I knew I forgot something..." Aerie muttered. Seth moaned inwardly. "Great, first I lose Mimic, now there's a mini-Doppler somewhere on the loose!" "Oh Seth," Aerie sighed, giving him a pat on the hand, "really, what harm could he do, except maybe chew things to death? We'll find him later." Seth gave a small whimpering noise. "Seth?" There was a momentary silence. "Nothing....so where are we?" "Home." "Home?" "Sian." Slasher's almond eyes glowed in the darkness. "Mt. Moon.....oh, that happy place..." Seth laughed weakly and glanced around nervously. "Guess we'll need some light..." For a minute, his body gave off its own quiet light as his form shimmered and flowed. When the transformation was over, the entire cavern was lit by the blazing flame on his tail. He looked like any Charmeleon now, except for the sunglasses perched just above his eyes. Now blue, they searched for an exit. "Meleon..." He broke into a long hacking cough. "Goddish Aerie, how could you grow up in this much dust and not end up with an iron lung?" "It's not this dusty everywhere," Aerie protested. "Now if I could only remember where we are....I don't recognize this area." "Char. I can't find a way out." Seth ran a claw over the rock wall. Then he caught his claw between two stones. "Uh oh, I'm stuck." He yanked away, trying to free his claw. "Purrr..." Slasher sighed. "Let me see." Aerie grabbed Seth and pulled him away. The rocks clattered to the ground as Seth's claw was tugged away. Then the entire wall began to shake. "I think you set something off!" Aerie backed away. "Char....yeah, but what?" In a large cloud of dust, the rock wall parted in two. Seth covered his nose and mouth as his eyes watered. Aerie held her breath, and Slasher went into sneezing fits. "A door!" Still carrying Seth, Aerie ran through the dust. Slasher reluctantly followed. On the other side the air was much cleaner. All around this cave, lights were strung up along the walls. Seth put his nose to the air. "I smell pine....there's a way out around here." Aerie looked over her shoulder. "Yeah, but now we have to get past that thing again..." "Huh?" Seth jumped down and transformed back to his default form. Turning around, he saw what Aerie was looking at. He pulled his shades off his head and grimaced. Closing his eyes, he tucked the shades into his pocket. "That bottle is almost enough to swear me offa soda forever. Well, c'mon, better get this over with." Seth took Aerie's hand again. They slowly made their way across the side of the bottle. It was just as they remembered it. Huge, alive, and creepy. Seth just hoped they wouldn't be ambushed by any Mew this time. "Well," He whispered, "when we make it through here, Bill shouldn't be too far away. He lives near Cerulean." "Bill of the outhouse?" Aerie whispered back. "Err....yeah. But I think they call him Bill of the *lighthouse*." "Purrr...." "I'm sure he has one Slash, but that's not the point..." Seth paused. He had seen something flash near the side of the bottle. "Aerie, did you see that?" "Yeah. Maybe we better move a little faster." She tugged on his arm. "Hold on, I want to check this out." Seth crept nearer to the bottle. The flash was coming from a circle of light on the side of it. It was swirling more than anything else in the bottle, and glowing bright. Some parts were flashing, and Seth had to look away. "You okay?" Aerie put an arm around him. Seth nodded. He opened his eyes and smiled weakly at her. "Those lights remind me too much of a migraine....but I think it's worse." "You know what that is?" Aerie tried to look at the flashes herself. She was unable to look very long though. The strange lights and flashing quickly made her feel ill. Seth backed off, taking Aerie with him. "That's from that Missingno ray gizmo....I'm almost positive. Aerie, there's no telling what that thing is doing now... First it left us here, out of our own time and possibly dimension, but then what? Remember baby Doppler? Is it going around ripping through time and space displacing other people too?" Seth rubbed his eyes, trying to rid them of the afterglow of the lights. "Like a glitch in the universe..." "It wouldn't be so simple," Aerie shook her head. "For all we know, it's deleting space....causing holes. Maybe that Doppler fell through one, like we did." She watched as the light in the bottle grew larger. "Seth, trying to second guess what this thing is doing is impossible. If it is the Missingno ray's doing, then we're looking at nothing but free reigning chaos....and I want to get out of here." Seth pulled her close. "Ditto." They took off at a run. The bottle was huge, but despite the time it would take to get around it, it was reassuring that they could pretend to get away from the growing danger centered within. Slasher sniffed at the lights and screeched. "PURRSIANN!!" His ears and tail and tucked, he sped after his friends. TBC? ~Maria R "Psy yie yie..." ----- Webber: http://purplestudio.webjump.com ----- "Taking Pokemon straight from your pockets, With the power of the stars, it's Maria Rocket!" -My corny PW! motto ^.^; --- Rocketshipper Forever! --- TEOTWAWKI