21st Century Vulpix presents
THE FIRST EPIC: PART TWO
By PinkScyther
DISCLAIMER: Once again, none... although I guess Charwings are a rip off of Arwings...
Alright... What is the strange craft doing? Why is it in the Epic System? Its reasons, the Pokémon discover, are far from friendly...
Started: 15/6/01
Great Charizard winced in pain as he struggled to his feet.
No, you can't get up... cried his mate.
I have to, Great Charizard replied. Quick, notify Great Mew! he barked. And see if you can get any communication going with the mothership! The Ninetails ran off. The three Fire Pokémon stared up into the sky.
All over the planet, the news was spreading that a UFO had been spotted near the Fire Epic. Feelings were mixed. Some were scared. Some were excited.
But on the Legendary Epic, Great Mew was worried. The appearance of this craft could throw off all her plans. And her instincts told her that the occupants of that craft were unfriendly. Had they been friendly, wouldn't they have attempted to communicate with one of the Epics?
Her fears were confirmed when she received the message from the Fire Epic. Communication attempts with the mothership were unsuccessful. Well, not entirely. The mothership had cut the Fire Epic's communicators off, with just one word.
"Surrender."
***
Back on the Fire Epic, Great Charizard was now at the Communications Tower. Through the window he could see ten of the Epic's own craft, now heading in the direction of the huge brown shape that was the mothership.
He listened intently into a pair of headphones as a message came through from the leader of the fleet.
Should we attack the ship?
Great Charizard hesitated, thinking, before replying. Try once more to get through to them,
He listened again, and soon the leader replied No reply.
He sighed. Okay, attack!
Out in space, ten small, trianguar ships altered their direction and began firing at the enemy mothership. The Charwings were white with red wings, and a Charizard painted on the front. From the lasers built into their wings, they fired searing rays of heat.
The small fleet fired and hit the enemy mothership over and over again, yet there was no sign of retaliation.
Why aren't they fighting back? Something's wrong... frowned Great Charizard, now watching the action on a video screen. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw movement behind the Charwings. Triangular brown ships the same size as the Charwings were sneaking up behind his fleet. As he watched, they were joined by more coming from their mothership.
He grabbed his radio. There's a surprise attack coming from behind! he cried.
Out in space, the leader received the message and accelerated, trying to turn around in the limited space. But the enemy fleet began firing at them.
Suddenly, the sky erupted into a dazzling display of flashing lasers and u-turning ships. The brown craft advanced on the Charwings, shepherding them away from their mothership. The Charwings fought back. A brown craft was hit by a laser, and smoke began to pour from the wing. The ship veered back towards its mothership, but one of the Charwings broke away and chased it. Another laser hit, and the brown craft exploded.
This only seemed to anger the pilots of the brown craft, and they chased the Charwings with greater fervour.
Great Charizard's radio crackled, and he jumped. Then a voice came over it.
"Surrender now, foolish Pokémon. Your puny civilisation cannot withstand the power of the Neo empire!"
Great Charizard's eyes narrowed. The Neos...
Great Charizard had heard of the Neos. They were arrogant and tyrannical, and were constantly looking for more races to conquer. They were bent on expanding their empire. They had becaome crazed, overtaken by an overwhelming desire to constantly add to their huge empire. There were many tales of wars won by them. There were very few of others winning against the Neos.
And now, they were coming after the Pokémon. Did the Neos realise that the Pokémon were distracted now, with plans to move to another planet?
The radio broke into his thoughts. "Mua ha ha! The Neos are the race of the future! Mua ha haaa!"
Angrily, Great Charizard flicked his tail. He hit the radio and it crashed to the floor, cutting off the Neo Leader's evil laughter.
Disgusted, he turned back to the video screen, just in time to see his leader's ship hit by a Neo laser. The Charwing started smoking, then went into a lazy spiral. Great Charizard held his breath, but the pilot managed to stabilize and fly, a little shakily, into the mothership Big Charizard.
Great Charizard grabbed the radio from the floor. He scrambled to plug it back in and make sure it was working, then he breathed a sigh of relief as the message from Big Charizard reached his ears.
Great Charizard? Do you read?
I'm receiving you, Big Charizard, he replied.
There is severe damage to Leader Growlithe's ship. Requesting backup.
Okay, I'm on my way. In the meantime, can you cover us?
Affirmative.
Great Charizard climbed into his Charwing and looked at the fleet surrounding him.
Almost all of the Fire Epic's forces were being sent as backup. Bully is in one of those ships, Great Charizard thought uneasily. The bite mark on his stomach still hurt. He rubbed a bruise on his arm, then began warming up his Charwing.
As the craft flew higher, Great Charizard's wounds were bothering him more and more. But he shook his head and forced himself to concentrate. Ahead of him, the shape of Big Charizard loomed. Great Charizard spoke into the radio.
Big Charizard? Are you reading me?
We read you, Great Charizard.
Try to keep out of the battle. Watch our backs, and stand by for damaged Charwings.
Affirmative.
Great Charizard nodded to himself, then accelerated towards the dark, ugly shape of the Neo mothership.
The nine Charwings were now in dire need of backup. One of them was scorched black all down the left side. Great Charizard narrowed his eyes and armed the laser. He sneaked in behind one of the Neo ships and fired. BOOM! Direct hit. The entire ship blew up.
It seemed to panic the Neos momentarily, as they came face to face with the backup. But no sooner had they recovered than they began relentlessly gunning down every Charwing in sight. And no matter how many Neo ships were shot down, more kept coming from the mothership.
If only, Great Charizard thought, there was some way to destroy the mothership. He looked at the huge engines on the back, and then it hit him.
Keep the Neo craft distracted, he said into the radio, addressing all the Charwing pilots. I am about to blow up the mothership's engines, so keep clear.
Great Charizard slowed down, then altered his angle so he ended up behind the Neo mothership. As he aimed his laser, a Charwing shot across his path, closely followed by a Neo craft. In the short glimpse he got of the Charwing, Great Charizard saw through the windscreen a figure he knew only too well. Bully.
As he watched, Bully's Charwing dodged and desperately tried to shake the Neo craft, but in vain. The Neo ship fired a single laser, and blew off Bully's right wing.
The Charwing plummeted blindly toward the Fire Epic. Great Charizard craned his neck to watch, but all he saw was the orange explosion of flame from the wrecked ship.
Despite the fact that the evil Typhlosion was his worst enemy, Great Charizard was still outraged.
The Neos had killed Bully.
TO BE CONTINUED...
Finished: 16/6/01
Just a warning, but something kinda bad is gonna happen to Great Charizard, so any Charizard fans might not wanna keep reading this. So don't flame me, I warned you.
THE FIRST EPIC: PART TWO
By PinkScyther
DISCLAIMER: Once again, none... although I guess Charwings are a rip off of Arwings...
Alright... What is the strange craft doing? Why is it in the Epic System? Its reasons, the Pokémon discover, are far from friendly...
Started: 15/6/01
Great Charizard winced in pain as he struggled to his feet.
No, you can't get up... cried his mate.
I have to, Great Charizard replied. Quick, notify Great Mew! he barked. And see if you can get any communication going with the mothership! The Ninetails ran off. The three Fire Pokémon stared up into the sky.
All over the planet, the news was spreading that a UFO had been spotted near the Fire Epic. Feelings were mixed. Some were scared. Some were excited.
But on the Legendary Epic, Great Mew was worried. The appearance of this craft could throw off all her plans. And her instincts told her that the occupants of that craft were unfriendly. Had they been friendly, wouldn't they have attempted to communicate with one of the Epics?
Her fears were confirmed when she received the message from the Fire Epic. Communication attempts with the mothership were unsuccessful. Well, not entirely. The mothership had cut the Fire Epic's communicators off, with just one word.
"Surrender."
***
Back on the Fire Epic, Great Charizard was now at the Communications Tower. Through the window he could see ten of the Epic's own craft, now heading in the direction of the huge brown shape that was the mothership.
He listened intently into a pair of headphones as a message came through from the leader of the fleet.
Should we attack the ship?
Great Charizard hesitated, thinking, before replying. Try once more to get through to them,
He listened again, and soon the leader replied No reply.
He sighed. Okay, attack!
Out in space, ten small, trianguar ships altered their direction and began firing at the enemy mothership. The Charwings were white with red wings, and a Charizard painted on the front. From the lasers built into their wings, they fired searing rays of heat.
The small fleet fired and hit the enemy mothership over and over again, yet there was no sign of retaliation.
Why aren't they fighting back? Something's wrong... frowned Great Charizard, now watching the action on a video screen. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw movement behind the Charwings. Triangular brown ships the same size as the Charwings were sneaking up behind his fleet. As he watched, they were joined by more coming from their mothership.
He grabbed his radio. There's a surprise attack coming from behind! he cried.
Out in space, the leader received the message and accelerated, trying to turn around in the limited space. But the enemy fleet began firing at them.
Suddenly, the sky erupted into a dazzling display of flashing lasers and u-turning ships. The brown craft advanced on the Charwings, shepherding them away from their mothership. The Charwings fought back. A brown craft was hit by a laser, and smoke began to pour from the wing. The ship veered back towards its mothership, but one of the Charwings broke away and chased it. Another laser hit, and the brown craft exploded.
This only seemed to anger the pilots of the brown craft, and they chased the Charwings with greater fervour.
Great Charizard's radio crackled, and he jumped. Then a voice came over it.
"Surrender now, foolish Pokémon. Your puny civilisation cannot withstand the power of the Neo empire!"
Great Charizard's eyes narrowed. The Neos...
Great Charizard had heard of the Neos. They were arrogant and tyrannical, and were constantly looking for more races to conquer. They were bent on expanding their empire. They had becaome crazed, overtaken by an overwhelming desire to constantly add to their huge empire. There were many tales of wars won by them. There were very few of others winning against the Neos.
And now, they were coming after the Pokémon. Did the Neos realise that the Pokémon were distracted now, with plans to move to another planet?
The radio broke into his thoughts. "Mua ha ha! The Neos are the race of the future! Mua ha haaa!"
Angrily, Great Charizard flicked his tail. He hit the radio and it crashed to the floor, cutting off the Neo Leader's evil laughter.
Disgusted, he turned back to the video screen, just in time to see his leader's ship hit by a Neo laser. The Charwing started smoking, then went into a lazy spiral. Great Charizard held his breath, but the pilot managed to stabilize and fly, a little shakily, into the mothership Big Charizard.
Great Charizard grabbed the radio from the floor. He scrambled to plug it back in and make sure it was working, then he breathed a sigh of relief as the message from Big Charizard reached his ears.
Great Charizard? Do you read?
I'm receiving you, Big Charizard, he replied.
There is severe damage to Leader Growlithe's ship. Requesting backup.
Okay, I'm on my way. In the meantime, can you cover us?
Affirmative.
Great Charizard climbed into his Charwing and looked at the fleet surrounding him.
Almost all of the Fire Epic's forces were being sent as backup. Bully is in one of those ships, Great Charizard thought uneasily. The bite mark on his stomach still hurt. He rubbed a bruise on his arm, then began warming up his Charwing.
As the craft flew higher, Great Charizard's wounds were bothering him more and more. But he shook his head and forced himself to concentrate. Ahead of him, the shape of Big Charizard loomed. Great Charizard spoke into the radio.
Big Charizard? Are you reading me?
We read you, Great Charizard.
Try to keep out of the battle. Watch our backs, and stand by for damaged Charwings.
Affirmative.
Great Charizard nodded to himself, then accelerated towards the dark, ugly shape of the Neo mothership.
The nine Charwings were now in dire need of backup. One of them was scorched black all down the left side. Great Charizard narrowed his eyes and armed the laser. He sneaked in behind one of the Neo ships and fired. BOOM! Direct hit. The entire ship blew up.
It seemed to panic the Neos momentarily, as they came face to face with the backup. But no sooner had they recovered than they began relentlessly gunning down every Charwing in sight. And no matter how many Neo ships were shot down, more kept coming from the mothership.
If only, Great Charizard thought, there was some way to destroy the mothership. He looked at the huge engines on the back, and then it hit him.
Keep the Neo craft distracted, he said into the radio, addressing all the Charwing pilots. I am about to blow up the mothership's engines, so keep clear.
Great Charizard slowed down, then altered his angle so he ended up behind the Neo mothership. As he aimed his laser, a Charwing shot across his path, closely followed by a Neo craft. In the short glimpse he got of the Charwing, Great Charizard saw through the windscreen a figure he knew only too well. Bully.
As he watched, Bully's Charwing dodged and desperately tried to shake the Neo craft, but in vain. The Neo ship fired a single laser, and blew off Bully's right wing.
The Charwing plummeted blindly toward the Fire Epic. Great Charizard craned his neck to watch, but all he saw was the orange explosion of flame from the wrecked ship.
Despite the fact that the evil Typhlosion was his worst enemy, Great Charizard was still outraged.
The Neos had killed Bully.
TO BE CONTINUED...
Finished: 16/6/01
Just a warning, but something kinda bad is gonna happen to Great Charizard, so any Charizard fans might not wanna keep reading this. So don't flame me, I warned you.