Chapter 10: Facing the Past
"WELCOME TO YOUR FINAL RESTING PLACE, PIGS' BUTTS!" Pokey echoed as the four moved through the dark doorway.
"Paula, light this room up please," Ness commanded. "I have to save my energy and can't use PSI Flash right now."
"I…I can't Ness," Paula replied. "I'm too drained also."
"EVEN IF YOU COULD TURN ON THE LIGHTS, I WOULDN'T ADVISE IT." Pokey screamed. "YOU REALLY DON'T WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S IN THIS ROOM WITH YOU!"
As if on cue, a deafening roar came from across the room.
"No, it can't be…" said Ness fearfully. "It's just like the nightmare." He could feel his face becoming pale as he recalled the sickening dream he had the night before.
"What are you talking about?" Paula asked.
"Last night, that nightmare I had," Ness began. "I dreamt we were here, in the Stonehenge base, but something was wrong. We fell into a dark room like this, and I heard the same roar."
"Wow, scary," Jeff added.
"That's not the scary part," Ness continued. "You guys where killed even before you got to see the enemy, but I saw him. It was…"
To prove that Pokey was listening to the conversation, torches hanging from the walls flared up and the room was completely revealed. There Pokey stood, slightly charred from the machine explosion in the previous room, and next to him was a very familiar face…
"Giygas!" Paula shrieked. "But I thought you were…"
"DESTROYED?!" Pokey boomed. "YES YOU MAY HAVE DEFEATED HIM THE FIRST TIME IN THE PAST, BUT AFTER I FLED FROM THE BATTLE I WENT HOME TO BUILD MYSELF ANOTHER TIME MACHINE. I THEN WENT BACK TO THE MOMENT BEFORE YOU DECIDED TO BUTT INTO MY PLANS AND REPLACED THE REAL GIYGAS WITH A COMPUTER CLONE, MUCH LIKE THE ONES YOU BEAT EARLIER."
"How hard can the real one be if we beat the exact clone?" Paula inquired. "Let's kick his ass again!"
"NOT SO FAST RETARDS!" Pokey resumed. "AFTER I MADE THE SWITCH, I WENT TO SATURN VALLEY AND FORCED POINDEXTER'S FATHER TO INVENT SOMETHING THAT WOULD DOUBLE GIYGAS'S NORMAL STRENGTH'S, AND WOULD ALSO STABLIZE HIS THOUGHTS. WHILE YOU WERE FIGHTING A FAKE, I WAS PUMPING HIM UP WITH POWER. YOU WON'T SURVIVE THIS ONE. GIYGAS, SEEK MY REVENGE!"
The alien roared again. The four readied themselves for a powerful battle.