pbPart Twenty-Three- Irin, Abra&Meowth/b
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pI would have said something if i wasn't dumbfounded that it'd been this easy to find the third pokeperson. I finally got myself together enough to say SOMETHING..but by then Irin had decided to say something himself.
p"You guys really should take cover. C'mon, the pokecenter isn't locked. You can hide out in there. At least until five o'clock. People start coming back then." He snapped his fingers quite unexpectidly and Teleported us to the center. Kyo, having never been Teleported, was shaken up a bit. Jasusi took it in stride, as did Dad.
p"SHIT!" Kyo panted, dizzy from the Teleport and holding himself up by gripping the back of a waiting couch. "Don't DO that! I ain't built to go zippin through time n' space, Iri."
pIrin looked confused. He was much younger then the rest of us. "You're joking, right? You've teleported before."
pKyotoshi was still shaken up. "NO! What the hell were you thinkin?"
p"Oh.." Irin seemed not in the least apologetic. "Oh well. I have stuff to do, see you guys later!" He started to fade into a Teleport, but i Psy-blocked him. He didn't go anywhere.
p"Would you mind waiting a bit?" I asked with a glare. Irin scowled but stopped trying to Teleport. "What do you remember about Cinnibar?"
pJasusi cringed visably, and Kyo paled a bit. Irin looked a little shocked. "How do you know i was on Cinnibar?"
p"I'll explain later. What do you remember?"
pHe shook his head and blinked, the small Abra eyes not showing much of a difference. "Nothing, really. Just a lot of darkness. If i was totally human once, i can't remember." he grinned. "I like being a half-human, anyway."
pKyo looked really shocked. "What, are you friggin nuts?"
pIrin shook his head, no. Levetateing off the floor, he grinned. "Can't do this if you're human, that's for sure! And the Abras think a lot faster then humans. I can build cool stuff. Plus i'm more powerful then any human would be." He zipped in a somersault in the air, and levetated gracefully back to the ground.
pKyotoshi took a seat on the couch and growled. "Yeah, but ya ain't got no family or nothin."
pShrugging, Irin started a Teleport again. I kept him blocked. "Not around here. The people are a little weird, but they understand you." He glared at me. "I do have stuff to do, right now."
p"Just a few more questions," i promised. Dad was still staring open-mouthed. Jasusi sniffed around the pokecenter equipment.
pIrin scowled. "Alright."
pI gazed out the window. Nothing seemed to be happening. "Why do all the people leave this time of day?"
p"Yeah," Kyotoshi lay back on the couch and stared at the ceiling, bored. "Ain't there some giant ghost that comes round n' steals people's souls?"
pIrin furrowed his eyebrows. "Not to my knowledge. No, something else comes. Something worse."
p"So why don't you stay inside?"
p"Me?" He grinned. "Cause i know how to deal with it. You guys don't, so you should stay here, hide and be very quiet."
p"Why?" Kyotoshi asked, iritated that he was being ordered around.
pThe Abra/Meowth person shook his head. "Cause it's way worse then loosing your soul if they catch you. Don't worry, i'll be back soon. Then i can show you my workplace."
pI lowered the Psy-block, letting the kid start his Teleport. "What do you make there?"
PIrin grinned devilishly. "You'll see!"
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PbPart twenty-four-The E-stone Theory!/b
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pIrin left, much in the same manner he'd showed up. That is, quite abruptly and with little warning. Dad was still tongue tied when he left, doing little more then pointing. It was really confuseing to see the Meowth reacting in such a way, seeing as Kyo had told Jasusi and i that he and Irin had been changed in the same way at the same time. If Dad had seen Kyotoshi, wouldn't he have certainly seen Irin? Aparently not. The reaction was also kind of funny to watch.
p::He...he...he's...:: Dad pointed to the air where Irin had been with his mouth hanging open. Kyotoshi, slouching on the couch, laughed meanly to himself. I folded my arms and shook my head.
pJasusi approuched Dad and closed his mouth for him. "Keep shut, no want Butterfree fly in." She grinned demonicly. One thing to say about Jasusi aside from her skills in mimicing...she certainly had her own variety of humor. Kyotoshi snickered mostly to himself, but didn't react any other way.
p::But, from Cinnibar, the idiots...:: Dad was still pointing. he was pretty stupified, and we STILL didn't know why.
p"Spit it out, old man. We ain't got time to listen to your damn stutter. Jasusi n' me remember Irin. Why don't you?" Kyo snorted, since he didn't much like Dad to begin with.
pDad spun on Kyo and out flashed his claws. ::Listen, skippy, i may be shorter then you, but i can whoop you five ways from next tuesday. Pay some respect to your elders!::
pI wasn't much in the mood for their fights, Irin's warnings had shaken me up a little. I didn't want any more attention drawn to the abandoned pokecenter then was needed. Besides, all boasting aside, Dad probobly COULD whip Kyo in a fight, seeing as Kyotoshi didn't know how to use any of his attacks. I interveined. "Dad, you're getting off topic. What's so out of the ordenariy about Irin? Besides the fact that he pops up randomly like a sprite."
pAparently Dad was more interested in what he'd been thinking then beating up Kyo, thankfully. ::Back on Cinnibar, one of the biggest contrivercies was what pokemon to splice. If they came out like Kyo, there was a problem obviously. Can't have your test subject depressed all the time, right?::
P"Yeah, you went over that."
p"Hey, SHUT UP!" Kyo scowled from the couch. he didn't like his problems talked about.
p::Well, that wasn't the main problem. The big kabango was keeping you guys from evolving.::
pI raised an eyebrow, Jasusi scratched her head. "What? We've never evolved. Aside from my sister and i with the element stones, but i don't think that was intended."
PDad nodded and pointed a claw. ::Exactly. Element stone evolving is a dominant trait. So throw an Eevee or Growlithe in there and bingo, no problem with leveling up evolutions.::
pI cast a glance at Jasusi, wondering how then she fitted in. She blinked and replyed simply: "Jasusi is Clefairy. Keep sharp teeth, catch?"
POkay there went that question at least. There was still another. "But what's so wrong about evolution?"
pDad shrugged. ::They speculated it might be painful, that only one part might evolve if the cells weren't blended tight enough. Rip you up, distort you badly.::
pI winced. it wasn't a pleasent thought. At least the reason that theory didn't apply to me or my sister was clear. We'd had our cells blended from before birth, we were nice and stable. I was afraid i didn't know if the same applied to Kyo or Jasusi. Or Irin for that matter.
pAparently Kytoshi wasn't much in a thinking mood. "So what's this got to do with Irin, damnit?"
pDad's eyes flashed and his fur rose, but nothing else happened. ::Can i spell it out any simpler? Irin is Nyaahsu and Keishi. Nothing else. No Eevee. No e-stone pokemon.::
pKyotoshi gave me a blank look at those monster names. "Meowth and Abra," i explained.
phe nodded as if he'd known all the long. "So? When one evolves, won't the other?"
pJasusi slapped him hard with her wing. "Why no listen Mine Kyo? Jasusi even catch!"
p"OWCH! Sonofabitch, Jasi, knock it off!"
pJasusi ignored the protest and hit him again. "Listen!" she commanded. "THINK!!"
pI decided to save Kyotoshi a sound beating. "Meowth and Abra evolve at different levels, Kyo."
phe rubbed the back of his head and growled. "Yeah, i get it already! i ain't stupid. So when he hits level sixteen he's gonna get ripped up, is that it?"
pDad shrugged and twitched his wiskers. ::that's what i think.::
pKyotoshi scowled. "Well that's gonna suck."
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bPart twenty-five-Metala-myuu run in!!/b
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pWe debated the e-stone theory a little longer, trying to decide what to do when Irin started to evolve into a Yungeler, or like Kyo knew it, a Kadabra. If Kyo had an idea, he kept it to himself, with his hands in his pockets as well. He seemed withdrawn, and if i wasn't so absorbed in this problem with Irin, i might have worried. So long as he wasn't slicing his wrists, i supposed he'd be alright for now.
pWhen Jasusi suggested canceling evolution again -which we'd gone over three times as being stupid, because right up until level 26, he'd be suffering a daily pain from his body trying to evolve- the PC started up with an amazingly annoying "RINGRINGRING! RINGRINGRING! PHONE CALL! PHONE CALL!"
pWe tried to ignore it, but it persisted. Dad scowled. ::Just don't pick it up.::
P"RINGRINGRING! RINGRINGRING! PHONE CALL! PHONE CALL!"
pKyo put his fingers in his ears. "Fix the volume on the damn speakers, will ya?" but no one knew how, since it was a Mac. Who knew how to work those anyway?
pstill, it persisted. "RINGRINGRING! RINGRINGRING! PHONE CALL! PHONE CALL!"
p::How much do you think it would cost us,:: Dad asked offhandedly, ::if i smashed it?::
p"RINGRINGRING! RINGRINGRING! PHONE CALL! PHONE CALL!"
pI winced. "Not much, i hope." We couldn't answer. Anyone on the other end would imidately know we weren't pokecenter workers.
p"RINGRINGRING! RINGRINGRING! PHONE CALL! PHONE CALL!"
pKyotoshi ran out of patience. "God DAMNIT! Just pick the damn thing up!" He jumped out of his seat and marched to the computer, where he angrily slammed his fist on the keypad. The trick worked, the ringing stopped. Unfortunately our trouble wasn't over, because Kyotoshi didn't quite know how to hang up the Mac. He was stuck.
p"Hey there, who are you?"
p"Uhhhhhh...." Kyo glanced over his shoulder hopefully, but no helpful employee was in sight. iCrap,/i i thought. iJust tell her to hang up, she's got a wrong number. Talk your way out of it.../I
p"What's with the stripes. What, do you think you're a Ferrerio?" asked the person on the other line.
p"Who the hell is this and whatdya want?" Kyotoshi snapped. I rolled my eyes. Sharp, kid. real sharp.
p"What do you care, Pingobonkey?"
p"Hey, go suck a Tentacruel!"
PThe voice on the other line growled. "Get someone who knows what they're doing."
pKyotoshi shrugged and walked away from the computer. Offhandedly to me he said; "Mantis, it's another freak. Wanna talk?"
PI was a little shocked. "What do you mean? You mean another Pokeperson?"
phe shrugged. "Yeah, ain't my problem."
p i teleported to the computer, just to cross the short distance quickly. I was a little surprised to see my sib's smiling face on the moniter. Oh, goddess. Not now..."Soshika, what do you want?"
p"Hi Manti-sama!" My sib seemed overjoyed. "Hey, i guessed i'd find you here. Are you looking for Josh?"
pI growled. This was REALLY the last thing i needed. "Hardly."
p"Oh," Soshika seemed a little upset. "Well, if you find him, say hello. Oak says i'm getting worse, by the way."
pWhoopity doo, i thought. Time was running out. "Soshi, you're not supposed to be using a computer. Cheese and rice, you're not supposed to be out of your room even!"
p"Yeah, i know." Soshika grinned. "I just got bored, so i Mega-Kicked the door down. I didn't really MEAN too, i meant to just practice a few moves in my room, but since the door was down i figured, hey! why not go down to the computer lab and see if i can't contact Manti-sa?"
pA paw went up to cover my face. "You accidentally..."
p"Well, you've broken stuff too!"
p"Yes, Soshi, but i never clawed out of a straight jacket to do it."
p"I'm not IN a straight jacket."
pThis was pointless, and if the line got tapped or traced i'd be billed. Damnit, my sib was really stupid somedays. Besides, she'd get yanked off at any minute. She most likely had a purpose for calling. At least i HOPED she did. "Sosh, does this call have a point?"
p"'Course it does!" She frowned. "Gimme some credit, Manti! I'm sending you your Jigglypuff. I think it's..." she leaned close to the moniter and whispered. "PMSing..it's being really violent."
pI scowled, but a drive i hadn't seen popped open on the computer and a pokeball slid out. I tapped the side of the nexus, and could see my Jigglpuff inside, grumbling to itself about everyone's being stupid. "Kind of like you," I commented to myself, strapping Jiggly to my pokebelt. At least i had ONE of MY pokemon to deal with now.
p"It's not my fault, you know that! anyway, i wanted to give you some news too. aBulba fired all the VN members."
p"ALL of them?" i was a little shocked. aBulba was usually quite nice.
p"Well, we're welcome to re-apply, but i've kinda fallen out with aBulba since the Netbus incident..." Soshika tried to look innocent. Oh great, she was playing with hacker proggies again. No wonder she had a virus.
p"Nice work, ms. think-ahead. Anything else?"
p"Yeah, Greyfox-"
p"Who?"
pShe looked a bit upset with my ignorance. "Greyfox. Blackskunk changed his name to Greyfox. Anyway, he quit the whole operation. He had this big fight with Komix and i think it helped make up his mind. I've been trying to help out anyway i can, he still keeps contact and all. I messed up Komix's pokemon storage system to get back at him."
pI grinned. Very cute, she was learning. it would be kind of funny next time Komix went to pull out a Golem and got a Bellsprout. I grinned evilly. "Heh."
pSoshika started to say something else, but static crossed the screen and an electric squeal cut through. For a moment she disappeard all together, but then she was back. "Whoa, Manti! What was that?"
P"I don't know." The interfearance started up again, but t his time Soshika's image didn't come back. i banged the computer moniter with my fist, but nothing happened. "Cheese and rice, something's messing with the signal."
pSuddenly the air flickered next to me and Irin was there. "What are you doing?" He squeaked fearfully. Quick as lightning, he pulled teh computer plug. "NEVER make a call!! They've already got a trace on you, we gotta get outta here!"
pKyotoshi didn't seem to be in any kind of rush. "Whoa, Iri. Chill out, it ain't nothin but a bad connection. 'Sides, they called here."
PIrin was hyperventalating, or at least that's what it looked like. Anyway he was breathing hard. "You shouldn't answer! We still have to get out of here, that was jamming static from iTheir/i computers! Come on," He grabbed Jasusi's wrist, and she looked a little surprised by it. "Hurry!"
p"Calm down, Kyo's right." I put a paw on his shoulder, but it didn't help. He just turned and tried to group-teleport us all again. This time i was ready and blocked it. He turned and glared at me, and i could feel his Group Teleport shoving against my block franticly, like an animal that's been locked ina burning room going for the door.
p"You're willing to listen to me when i tell you not to go outside, you're willing to listen and you believe me when i say what's out there is worse then loosing your soul. Why don't you believe me now?" He pushed me back, hoping maybe to add an extra push to his teleport, but nothing reacted to his shove. "Listen to me! We have to leave NOW because if we don't, they'll kill us."
pI was going to ask who "they" were, but at that point, the ceiling crumbled and started to fall on us. Jasusi screamed and covered her head with her wings for a minute, but thought better and jumped into the air, winging upward. More chunks of plaster fell, and Kyotoshi had to dodge to avoid them. Dad meowed and dove under a couch, but the plaster kept falling. Irin looked at me with a terrified expression.
p"FLY!" he instructed. I nodded and we jumped into the air, leving upwards. I got about twenty feet above the pokecenter when i saw it.
p"It" was small, very small, not much larger then Dad was. it levetated above the pokecenter and shot sonic blasts into the roof, i could feel them against my skin even from far away. It had metalic skin, it was segmented and looked like a robot, only it wasn't moving like a robot. It had large hind feet, and small arms, with a long thin tail that widened out a bit at the end. A face that would have been otherwise cute flashed with glowing reds and blues from the lights inside. It turned and glared at me, and i knew right away.
pThis thing was evil. This thing was going to kill us, it didn't have mercy. I doubled back and dove down, Irin looking kind of surprised in my wake. I passed Jasusi on my way down and screamed to her. "It's Metala Myuu! We have to get Kyo and Dad iOUT/i of there! C'mon!"
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pI would have said something if i wasn't dumbfounded that it'd been this easy to find the third pokeperson. I finally got myself together enough to say SOMETHING..but by then Irin had decided to say something himself.
p"You guys really should take cover. C'mon, the pokecenter isn't locked. You can hide out in there. At least until five o'clock. People start coming back then." He snapped his fingers quite unexpectidly and Teleported us to the center. Kyo, having never been Teleported, was shaken up a bit. Jasusi took it in stride, as did Dad.
p"SHIT!" Kyo panted, dizzy from the Teleport and holding himself up by gripping the back of a waiting couch. "Don't DO that! I ain't built to go zippin through time n' space, Iri."
pIrin looked confused. He was much younger then the rest of us. "You're joking, right? You've teleported before."
pKyotoshi was still shaken up. "NO! What the hell were you thinkin?"
p"Oh.." Irin seemed not in the least apologetic. "Oh well. I have stuff to do, see you guys later!" He started to fade into a Teleport, but i Psy-blocked him. He didn't go anywhere.
p"Would you mind waiting a bit?" I asked with a glare. Irin scowled but stopped trying to Teleport. "What do you remember about Cinnibar?"
pJasusi cringed visably, and Kyo paled a bit. Irin looked a little shocked. "How do you know i was on Cinnibar?"
p"I'll explain later. What do you remember?"
pHe shook his head and blinked, the small Abra eyes not showing much of a difference. "Nothing, really. Just a lot of darkness. If i was totally human once, i can't remember." he grinned. "I like being a half-human, anyway."
pKyo looked really shocked. "What, are you friggin nuts?"
pIrin shook his head, no. Levetateing off the floor, he grinned. "Can't do this if you're human, that's for sure! And the Abras think a lot faster then humans. I can build cool stuff. Plus i'm more powerful then any human would be." He zipped in a somersault in the air, and levetated gracefully back to the ground.
pKyotoshi took a seat on the couch and growled. "Yeah, but ya ain't got no family or nothin."
pShrugging, Irin started a Teleport again. I kept him blocked. "Not around here. The people are a little weird, but they understand you." He glared at me. "I do have stuff to do, right now."
p"Just a few more questions," i promised. Dad was still staring open-mouthed. Jasusi sniffed around the pokecenter equipment.
pIrin scowled. "Alright."
pI gazed out the window. Nothing seemed to be happening. "Why do all the people leave this time of day?"
p"Yeah," Kyotoshi lay back on the couch and stared at the ceiling, bored. "Ain't there some giant ghost that comes round n' steals people's souls?"
pIrin furrowed his eyebrows. "Not to my knowledge. No, something else comes. Something worse."
p"So why don't you stay inside?"
p"Me?" He grinned. "Cause i know how to deal with it. You guys don't, so you should stay here, hide and be very quiet."
p"Why?" Kyotoshi asked, iritated that he was being ordered around.
pThe Abra/Meowth person shook his head. "Cause it's way worse then loosing your soul if they catch you. Don't worry, i'll be back soon. Then i can show you my workplace."
pI lowered the Psy-block, letting the kid start his Teleport. "What do you make there?"
PIrin grinned devilishly. "You'll see!"
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PbPart twenty-four-The E-stone Theory!/b
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pIrin left, much in the same manner he'd showed up. That is, quite abruptly and with little warning. Dad was still tongue tied when he left, doing little more then pointing. It was really confuseing to see the Meowth reacting in such a way, seeing as Kyo had told Jasusi and i that he and Irin had been changed in the same way at the same time. If Dad had seen Kyotoshi, wouldn't he have certainly seen Irin? Aparently not. The reaction was also kind of funny to watch.
p::He...he...he's...:: Dad pointed to the air where Irin had been with his mouth hanging open. Kyotoshi, slouching on the couch, laughed meanly to himself. I folded my arms and shook my head.
pJasusi approuched Dad and closed his mouth for him. "Keep shut, no want Butterfree fly in." She grinned demonicly. One thing to say about Jasusi aside from her skills in mimicing...she certainly had her own variety of humor. Kyotoshi snickered mostly to himself, but didn't react any other way.
p::But, from Cinnibar, the idiots...:: Dad was still pointing. he was pretty stupified, and we STILL didn't know why.
p"Spit it out, old man. We ain't got time to listen to your damn stutter. Jasusi n' me remember Irin. Why don't you?" Kyo snorted, since he didn't much like Dad to begin with.
pDad spun on Kyo and out flashed his claws. ::Listen, skippy, i may be shorter then you, but i can whoop you five ways from next tuesday. Pay some respect to your elders!::
pI wasn't much in the mood for their fights, Irin's warnings had shaken me up a little. I didn't want any more attention drawn to the abandoned pokecenter then was needed. Besides, all boasting aside, Dad probobly COULD whip Kyo in a fight, seeing as Kyotoshi didn't know how to use any of his attacks. I interveined. "Dad, you're getting off topic. What's so out of the ordenariy about Irin? Besides the fact that he pops up randomly like a sprite."
pAparently Dad was more interested in what he'd been thinking then beating up Kyo, thankfully. ::Back on Cinnibar, one of the biggest contrivercies was what pokemon to splice. If they came out like Kyo, there was a problem obviously. Can't have your test subject depressed all the time, right?::
P"Yeah, you went over that."
p"Hey, SHUT UP!" Kyo scowled from the couch. he didn't like his problems talked about.
p::Well, that wasn't the main problem. The big kabango was keeping you guys from evolving.::
pI raised an eyebrow, Jasusi scratched her head. "What? We've never evolved. Aside from my sister and i with the element stones, but i don't think that was intended."
PDad nodded and pointed a claw. ::Exactly. Element stone evolving is a dominant trait. So throw an Eevee or Growlithe in there and bingo, no problem with leveling up evolutions.::
pI cast a glance at Jasusi, wondering how then she fitted in. She blinked and replyed simply: "Jasusi is Clefairy. Keep sharp teeth, catch?"
POkay there went that question at least. There was still another. "But what's so wrong about evolution?"
pDad shrugged. ::They speculated it might be painful, that only one part might evolve if the cells weren't blended tight enough. Rip you up, distort you badly.::
pI winced. it wasn't a pleasent thought. At least the reason that theory didn't apply to me or my sister was clear. We'd had our cells blended from before birth, we were nice and stable. I was afraid i didn't know if the same applied to Kyo or Jasusi. Or Irin for that matter.
pAparently Kytoshi wasn't much in a thinking mood. "So what's this got to do with Irin, damnit?"
pDad's eyes flashed and his fur rose, but nothing else happened. ::Can i spell it out any simpler? Irin is Nyaahsu and Keishi. Nothing else. No Eevee. No e-stone pokemon.::
pKyotoshi gave me a blank look at those monster names. "Meowth and Abra," i explained.
phe nodded as if he'd known all the long. "So? When one evolves, won't the other?"
pJasusi slapped him hard with her wing. "Why no listen Mine Kyo? Jasusi even catch!"
p"OWCH! Sonofabitch, Jasi, knock it off!"
pJasusi ignored the protest and hit him again. "Listen!" she commanded. "THINK!!"
pI decided to save Kyotoshi a sound beating. "Meowth and Abra evolve at different levels, Kyo."
phe rubbed the back of his head and growled. "Yeah, i get it already! i ain't stupid. So when he hits level sixteen he's gonna get ripped up, is that it?"
pDad shrugged and twitched his wiskers. ::that's what i think.::
pKyotoshi scowled. "Well that's gonna suck."
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bPart twenty-five-Metala-myuu run in!!/b
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pWe debated the e-stone theory a little longer, trying to decide what to do when Irin started to evolve into a Yungeler, or like Kyo knew it, a Kadabra. If Kyo had an idea, he kept it to himself, with his hands in his pockets as well. He seemed withdrawn, and if i wasn't so absorbed in this problem with Irin, i might have worried. So long as he wasn't slicing his wrists, i supposed he'd be alright for now.
pWhen Jasusi suggested canceling evolution again -which we'd gone over three times as being stupid, because right up until level 26, he'd be suffering a daily pain from his body trying to evolve- the PC started up with an amazingly annoying "RINGRINGRING! RINGRINGRING! PHONE CALL! PHONE CALL!"
pWe tried to ignore it, but it persisted. Dad scowled. ::Just don't pick it up.::
P"RINGRINGRING! RINGRINGRING! PHONE CALL! PHONE CALL!"
pKyo put his fingers in his ears. "Fix the volume on the damn speakers, will ya?" but no one knew how, since it was a Mac. Who knew how to work those anyway?
pstill, it persisted. "RINGRINGRING! RINGRINGRING! PHONE CALL! PHONE CALL!"
p::How much do you think it would cost us,:: Dad asked offhandedly, ::if i smashed it?::
p"RINGRINGRING! RINGRINGRING! PHONE CALL! PHONE CALL!"
pI winced. "Not much, i hope." We couldn't answer. Anyone on the other end would imidately know we weren't pokecenter workers.
p"RINGRINGRING! RINGRINGRING! PHONE CALL! PHONE CALL!"
pKyotoshi ran out of patience. "God DAMNIT! Just pick the damn thing up!" He jumped out of his seat and marched to the computer, where he angrily slammed his fist on the keypad. The trick worked, the ringing stopped. Unfortunately our trouble wasn't over, because Kyotoshi didn't quite know how to hang up the Mac. He was stuck.
p"Hey there, who are you?"
p"Uhhhhhh...." Kyo glanced over his shoulder hopefully, but no helpful employee was in sight. iCrap,/i i thought. iJust tell her to hang up, she's got a wrong number. Talk your way out of it.../I
p"What's with the stripes. What, do you think you're a Ferrerio?" asked the person on the other line.
p"Who the hell is this and whatdya want?" Kyotoshi snapped. I rolled my eyes. Sharp, kid. real sharp.
p"What do you care, Pingobonkey?"
p"Hey, go suck a Tentacruel!"
PThe voice on the other line growled. "Get someone who knows what they're doing."
pKyotoshi shrugged and walked away from the computer. Offhandedly to me he said; "Mantis, it's another freak. Wanna talk?"
PI was a little shocked. "What do you mean? You mean another Pokeperson?"
phe shrugged. "Yeah, ain't my problem."
p i teleported to the computer, just to cross the short distance quickly. I was a little surprised to see my sib's smiling face on the moniter. Oh, goddess. Not now..."Soshika, what do you want?"
p"Hi Manti-sama!" My sib seemed overjoyed. "Hey, i guessed i'd find you here. Are you looking for Josh?"
pI growled. This was REALLY the last thing i needed. "Hardly."
p"Oh," Soshika seemed a little upset. "Well, if you find him, say hello. Oak says i'm getting worse, by the way."
pWhoopity doo, i thought. Time was running out. "Soshi, you're not supposed to be using a computer. Cheese and rice, you're not supposed to be out of your room even!"
p"Yeah, i know." Soshika grinned. "I just got bored, so i Mega-Kicked the door down. I didn't really MEAN too, i meant to just practice a few moves in my room, but since the door was down i figured, hey! why not go down to the computer lab and see if i can't contact Manti-sa?"
pA paw went up to cover my face. "You accidentally..."
p"Well, you've broken stuff too!"
p"Yes, Soshi, but i never clawed out of a straight jacket to do it."
p"I'm not IN a straight jacket."
pThis was pointless, and if the line got tapped or traced i'd be billed. Damnit, my sib was really stupid somedays. Besides, she'd get yanked off at any minute. She most likely had a purpose for calling. At least i HOPED she did. "Sosh, does this call have a point?"
p"'Course it does!" She frowned. "Gimme some credit, Manti! I'm sending you your Jigglypuff. I think it's..." she leaned close to the moniter and whispered. "PMSing..it's being really violent."
pI scowled, but a drive i hadn't seen popped open on the computer and a pokeball slid out. I tapped the side of the nexus, and could see my Jigglpuff inside, grumbling to itself about everyone's being stupid. "Kind of like you," I commented to myself, strapping Jiggly to my pokebelt. At least i had ONE of MY pokemon to deal with now.
p"It's not my fault, you know that! anyway, i wanted to give you some news too. aBulba fired all the VN members."
p"ALL of them?" i was a little shocked. aBulba was usually quite nice.
p"Well, we're welcome to re-apply, but i've kinda fallen out with aBulba since the Netbus incident..." Soshika tried to look innocent. Oh great, she was playing with hacker proggies again. No wonder she had a virus.
p"Nice work, ms. think-ahead. Anything else?"
p"Yeah, Greyfox-"
p"Who?"
pShe looked a bit upset with my ignorance. "Greyfox. Blackskunk changed his name to Greyfox. Anyway, he quit the whole operation. He had this big fight with Komix and i think it helped make up his mind. I've been trying to help out anyway i can, he still keeps contact and all. I messed up Komix's pokemon storage system to get back at him."
pI grinned. Very cute, she was learning. it would be kind of funny next time Komix went to pull out a Golem and got a Bellsprout. I grinned evilly. "Heh."
pSoshika started to say something else, but static crossed the screen and an electric squeal cut through. For a moment she disappeard all together, but then she was back. "Whoa, Manti! What was that?"
P"I don't know." The interfearance started up again, but t his time Soshika's image didn't come back. i banged the computer moniter with my fist, but nothing happened. "Cheese and rice, something's messing with the signal."
pSuddenly the air flickered next to me and Irin was there. "What are you doing?" He squeaked fearfully. Quick as lightning, he pulled teh computer plug. "NEVER make a call!! They've already got a trace on you, we gotta get outta here!"
pKyotoshi didn't seem to be in any kind of rush. "Whoa, Iri. Chill out, it ain't nothin but a bad connection. 'Sides, they called here."
PIrin was hyperventalating, or at least that's what it looked like. Anyway he was breathing hard. "You shouldn't answer! We still have to get out of here, that was jamming static from iTheir/i computers! Come on," He grabbed Jasusi's wrist, and she looked a little surprised by it. "Hurry!"
p"Calm down, Kyo's right." I put a paw on his shoulder, but it didn't help. He just turned and tried to group-teleport us all again. This time i was ready and blocked it. He turned and glared at me, and i could feel his Group Teleport shoving against my block franticly, like an animal that's been locked ina burning room going for the door.
p"You're willing to listen to me when i tell you not to go outside, you're willing to listen and you believe me when i say what's out there is worse then loosing your soul. Why don't you believe me now?" He pushed me back, hoping maybe to add an extra push to his teleport, but nothing reacted to his shove. "Listen to me! We have to leave NOW because if we don't, they'll kill us."
pI was going to ask who "they" were, but at that point, the ceiling crumbled and started to fall on us. Jasusi screamed and covered her head with her wings for a minute, but thought better and jumped into the air, winging upward. More chunks of plaster fell, and Kyotoshi had to dodge to avoid them. Dad meowed and dove under a couch, but the plaster kept falling. Irin looked at me with a terrified expression.
p"FLY!" he instructed. I nodded and we jumped into the air, leving upwards. I got about twenty feet above the pokecenter when i saw it.
p"It" was small, very small, not much larger then Dad was. it levetated above the pokecenter and shot sonic blasts into the roof, i could feel them against my skin even from far away. It had metalic skin, it was segmented and looked like a robot, only it wasn't moving like a robot. It had large hind feet, and small arms, with a long thin tail that widened out a bit at the end. A face that would have been otherwise cute flashed with glowing reds and blues from the lights inside. It turned and glared at me, and i knew right away.
pThis thing was evil. This thing was going to kill us, it didn't have mercy. I doubled back and dove down, Irin looking kind of surprised in my wake. I passed Jasusi on my way down and screamed to her. "It's Metala Myuu! We have to get Kyo and Dad iOUT/i of there! C'mon!"
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