We got the Clone...now what?
"This place needs an interior decorator...badly," Lashana muttered to Mewtwo as the two of them crept down a dark hallway. "I can't see shit in here!"
~Then stay close to me,~ Mewtwo chuckled as he reached out to pull her close, privately glad that he could see perfectly in the darkness as he kept her from bumping into a wall. ~And try to stay silent, sounds echo loudly in here. Simply think what you wish to speak, I will hear you.~
At this point in time I don't think you really want me to do that, 'Two. She stiffled a yelp when her boot caught on something and grabbed at Mewtwo's arm, barely managing to catch herself. Son of a fu-
Mewtwo rolled his eyes at the long and colourful string of curses that followed and merely stopped walking, waiting until she had calmed down enough before speaking. ~Here. Climb onto my back. I'll carry you.~ Even in the darkness, he knew she was looking at him in shock. ~You're liable to kill yourself...or me. Climb up. I'll be able to move faster without having to worry about you walking into a wall.~
Gee, thanks. She made sure to put as much sarcasm into that thought as she could as she hesitantly reached out and touched his shoulder, feeling him crouch slightly and turn so his back was to her. 'Two, I can't see what I'm doing.
~I can. Just take a single step forward and rest your hands on my shoulders. I'll do the rest.~
She sighed and did as she was told, shivering as she felt him reach back to pull her closer, his arms cradling her as he slowly got to his feet, then levitated off the floor. Startled by the sudden sensation of the ceiling against her head, she yelped and threw her arms around his shoulders, clinging to him tightly as he flew forwards. Are you completely INSANE?!
~According to you I am,~ he chuckled.
Ooooh. Funny.
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Zelgadis grumbled to himself as he crouched in an air vent, staring down at the large robot that was perched on a floating chair. Judging by the things armour, he guessed that it was the same 'Barney on crack' thing that had thrown him into that cage in the first place. Ought to launch a fireball at him for good measure.... except I'm way outnumbered.... He shifted and peered over at the others. One looked like a giant crab, the other two were obviously spiders.... Love to see Lashana's reactions to those two... And speaking of the Elf....
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"Light! Blessed blessed light!"
Mewtwo smirked as she hopped off his back and took a moment to stretch before he followed her towards the light at the end of the hallway. ~Slow down. We don't know if anyone else is here.~
"I don't care. If anyone else is here, then they can give me Zelgadis and I'll repay them with a fireball or three," the Elf said as she stalked towards the doorway, slowing when she heard voices.
"See? Doesn't it taste better when you add a bit more brown sugar?"
"Zugar alwayz good!"
Speech therapy's one true failure.... She sighed and peeked around the corner, frowning when she saw Waspinator standing with his back to the door. Bedamned CR Chambers!! It fixed all the fun damage caused by my Dragon Slave!! Grrr....
~You are not loosing another spell while we're in here!~ Mewtwo chastised her as he grabbed her arm and yanked her away from the door. ~You'll bring this entire place down around us!~
She grumbled and jerked free. "Fine," she whispered, grinning moments later. "I'll wait till we're outside."
~Oh for the love of....~
"Psst! Lashana!"
Both she and Mewtwo froze and glanced around, trying to pinpoint the source of the frantic whisper.
"Up here!"
Lashana blinked and looked up, staring at Zelgadis where he was lying in an air vent. "What the hell are you doing in there?!"
"Hiding! There's some big wacko robots after me! They found out that I got out of that damned cage they had put me in," the chimera told her as he shifted in the cramped confines of the vent. "What are you doing here?"
~Looking for you!~
"Well you found me!" He kicked the grate aside and dropped to the floor, grabbing Lashana's arm as he headed down the corridor. "Can we leave now?! Please?!"
"I thought I heard voices out here!"
Zelgadis screamed.
Lashana blinked and turned to face the owner of the new voice, her jaw dropping open in pure shock when she saw Telca's double standing directly in front of her, a cheerful smile plastered on her face as she held a plate of muffins out to them, her pink and white maid's outfit accenting the little butterfly clips in her hair.
"Want a muffin?"
Lashana and Mewtwo joined Zelgadis in screaming.
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Duncan jumped at the trio of screams that came from the nearby ship and glanced at Dinobot. "Do we even want to know?"
"Probably not."
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"This is all your fault!!" Lashana screamed at Mewtwo as the trio ran down a corridor.
~Me?! Why me?!~
"Because this was your stupid idea!!"
"Will you two shut up and run?!" Zelgadis yelled as he skidded around a corner, tripped on something and crashed face first onto the metal floor. Unfortunately, Lashana and Mewtwo had been following too closely to avoid him, thus he found himself at the bottom of a painful dogpile of people.
"Well... isn't this a wonderful turn of events," Lashana snarled as she dazedly rose her head and shook it, hoping to clear her muddled thoughts. A low growl made her look up, blinking as she stared down the barrel of a very large gun. "Uh.... Heh heh.... Would you believe that we're selling Girl Guide Cookies?" Sounds of various weapons being cocked answered her. "Nuts."
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"I'm right back where I started!!" Zelgadis wailed.
"Shaddup!" Lashana snarled from where she was pacing the length of the cage, occasionally glancing down at the lava pit below them. "Mewtwo-"
~I know. I know. This is all my fault,~ the pokemon grumbled. ~Will you stop moving? You're making the cage swing.~
She growled and stomped her foot against the 'floor'. "This bites!" She spun and slammed a fist against a bar, yelping when her hand sent waves of pain up her arm.
Zelgadis sighed at the torrent of curses that came from the Elf and casually reached up from where he was sitting on the floor to smack her. "That's not going to help. Can't you open a portal and get us a chainsaw or something."
"Love to," she grumbled, throwing herself to the floor. "But my magick's all screwy. I can't open any portals."
~You didn't tell me that,~ Mewtwo frowned, turning away from the bars to look down at her.
"You didn't ask. Besides, there's not much that can be done about that now, is there?" She sighed and lay down on the floor, staring up at the ceiling of the cage as she laced her fingers behind her head. "Why exactly won't you teleport us out of here 'Two?"
~Because we can't just leave Telca's clone here,~ he said, earning himself doubtful looks from both Lashana and Zelgadis. ~We can't!~
"Alright, alright," the Elf muttered. "Then how the flamin' hell are we gonna get her out of here if you won't teleport us out of this cage?"
"You really are out of your minds, you know that?!" Zelgadis cried. "Why do we have to bring her back?"
~We can't just leave her here!~
"Why not?!"
Lashana sighed as she listened to the loud bickering for a moment before jumping to her feet and standing in between the two males. "Shut. Up!" She glared at them as silence fell over the dungeon. "This is not hepling the situation. Now. Mewtwo, you are going to teleport us out of this cage else I am going to loose a full power Dragon Sla-" She cut herself off as they suddenly found themselves standing on the edge of the pit, free of the cage. "That's better. Zel, I'm gonna need to borrow your cape."
Mewtwo looked at her curiously for a moment before shivering at the evil glint in her eyes. ~We're all going to die....~
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"DRAGON SLAVE!!!"
Duncan jumped at the cry and spun to look at the ship as a large portion of it exploded outwards, staring as three figures bolted from the scene. "That would be Lashana."
"Do tell," Optimus grumbled.
"Ack! How long have you been awake?!" the Immortal yelped, spinning around to look at the transmetal ape in shock.
"Long enough to know that Megatron's gonna be extremely ticked at your friend."
"Oh. Don't worry, Lashana can take care of...." he trailed off as numerous gun turrets emerged from hidden places in the ships outer hull, all of them swiveling to target the runners before opening fire. "....herself? Oh Gods...."
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"MEWTWO!! This is all your fault!!!"
~Shut up and keep running!!~
"What does it look like we're doing?! Knitting a sweater?!"
WHACK! "Ow!"
~Forgot he was one-third golum again, didn't you?~ Mewtwo smirked as he looked over at a wincing Lashana, chuckling when all he got as a response was a glare.
She grimaced and sped up, running next to Zelgadis as he struggled to keep the bag she had made out of his cloak from hitting the ground. A laser blast skimmed her right cheek, and she growled as she skidded to a stop, using her momentum to spin herself around as she did so. Okay... I'm not recovered enough to weave another Dragon Slave.... what does that leave me? "Zel!! I need a lift!!"
The chimera glanced back at her and tossed the bag to Mewtwo as he altered directions. "Gotcha!" He grinned and broke out into a full run, using all of his demon speed. Just as he was about to crash into her, he wove a Raywing spell, grabbing her shoulders as he shot into the sky, bringing her along for the ride. "What's the plan?"
"Get to cloud level, then drop me!"
"WHAT?!"
"Just make sure you catch me before I hit the ground!" she cried as she smacked him, startling him into dropping her. Ooooh, I really really hope this works.... Ignoring the cries of horror from Mewtwo and Duncan, she rose her arms, narrowing her eyes against the wind as she kept falling towards the ship below her. Shoot at me will you? Take this! "DYNAST BRASS!!!"
A red outline of a pentagram appeared around her falling form, flicking there for an instant before she threw her arms downwards and outwards, a cry of defiance leaving her as the five pointed star quadrupled in size and vanished from around her only to appear around the Predacon ship below her. Gotta move fast.... "ZEL!!"
The chimera dove after her as red and black lightning began to strike the five points of the pentagram - as if the spell was confriming it's target - before thousands of lightning bolts filled the outline, hitting everything within it's borders. What panicked him was that Lashana was falling right towards the spell.... "I've gotcha!"
She gasped and clung to him, curling her arms around his waist in a death grip as he stopped their fall and flew backwards, putting distance between themselves and the spell. "....that went well."
"You're insane, you know that?"
"When in doubt, go with your strengths," she chuckled weakly, resting her cheek against his left shoulder as she tried to get her heart to return to a normal rhythm. Can Elves have heart-attacks? Lashana sighed and closed her eyes as Zelgadis landed near the group, yelping when Mewtwo grabbed her shoulders and yanked her away from the chimera, shaking her roughly.
~Are you completely out of your mind?! You could have been killed!~
She smirked and gently pushed him away, pulling out of his hold. "I love you too. And don't shake me again, else I might throw up on you." A incredulous mutter to her left made her glance over at Optimus, and she bared her fangs in an insane grin as she turned to look at him. "Well, well. Look who managed to dig himself out from under a rock. Hello. You have to learn how to dodge." Oh look. He IS capable of glaring. Hehe.
"What's in the bag?" Duncan frowned, nudging the sack made out of Zelgadis' cloak with the toe of his left boot.
~Telca's clone,~ Mewtwo answered, smirking when the Immortal leapt away from the bag, eyeing it warily. ~Don't worry. Zelgadis used a sleep spell on her. She won't be waking up for a good ten hours.~
"Lucky her," Lashana grumbled, reaching back to rub at the small of her back, grimacing in pain. "I'm getting too old for this."
"You're twenty-two," Zelgadis smirked.
She glared at him and rubbed a kink out of her neck. "It's the wear and tear. The warranty's run out. Anywho, any idea how the hell we're supposed to get home?"
~You're sure you can't open any portals?~ When she sent him a venomous glare, Mewtwo winced and glanced away. ~Just making sure.~
"Maybe we'd better continue this conversation in a less.... hostile environment," Optimus suggested as numerous screams of outrage were heard from the direction of the Predacon ship.
Lashana sighed and nodded. "Yeah. Zel? Can you carry unconscious Telca-clone?"
"If she moves, I'm dropping her into a lava pit," the chimera grumbled as he took the bag from Mewtwo, wincing when Lashana glared at him. "Er... or not."
She growled at him, then glanced at the Maximals. "How far's your Base?"
"Oh.... a good megacycle's walk from here."
What the hell's a megacycle?! "Riiight. 'Two? Hack and teleport please."
The Pokemon smirked and gathered his psychic power, discreetly easing himself into Optimus' mind and using his memories to teleport the group directly in front of the delapadated Maximal ship. ~Oh. My. Gods....~
"Whoa.... And I thought it looked bad in the series. Yo, talk about your fixer-uppers. Dragon Slaving it would only be an improvment!" Lashana muttered as she eyed the ship, dimly aware that Dinobot and Optimus were staring at her warily.
Zelgadis dropped the makeshift bag and looked around. "What happened to this place? It's like a wasteland!"
"Aliens," Lashana murmured distractedly as she eyed the ship.
"How do you know so much about us?" Optimus frowned, meeting her tired gaze when she turned to look at him.
"It's a long story. The condensed version is that we're from a dimension where worlds interlace. Like a dimensional crossroads of sorts. In one of the crossroading dimensions, your....escapades are actually television shows," she told him, glancing over at Dinobot when he snarled.
"You mean, we're a form of....entertainment?!"
"Bingo. But dimensions are funny that way. If it makes you feel better, y'all have a lot of fanclubs." She grimaced as Duncan started tapping her shoulder insistantly and fwapped him. "What?!"
"Um...we have a problem," the Immortal told her as he directed her attention to the horizon.
She turned and rose a hand to shield her eyes from the sun, peering at the sky for a moment before shrugging. "I see squat."
The two Maximals followed her gaze. "Predacons," Dinobot growled, lowering his gaze from the sky. "Three fliers and the two spiders."
Lashana paled. "Spiders?!"