Chapter 2 Bars and Blastoises0
They walked out, then Eric saw Ruby, and then Eric ran down the stairs again. This all things considered was not unreasonable. Ruby being a large red reptile with white claws on her four five toed feet, a long scaly tail that ended in an bony mace, a head like an crocodiles but with a bigger skull and flaps of skin on the sides of her head (her ears) and to top it all off she a huge pair of wings on her back not the vastly different from Crimson's. (Yip you've guess it, Ruby is a dragon) "I think I've scared it," said Ruby in very loud voice. (Well it was normal loudness for her but try telling that to Eric) "Sis I've told you before about calling none Drakes "its". It's not nice," said Crimson to Ruby. "And more importantly" she whispered " he is the only person on the planet that knows anything about history Pre- Great Darkness! So even through he would normally be prey he is not prey. Understand?" "Yes sister" said Ruby "and maybe you'll change your mind latter" she silently thought. Of course Eric might have spent a lot more time hiding from Ruby if Crimson had not noticed a piece of metal glinting in the light. Then faster than any human could hope to match she ran down the stairs grab Eric and jumped backwards on to Ruby who then took off from the ground! "What was that for?" asked a confused Eric. "A Protector of Time was just about to kill us, so I got us out of there as quickly as possible" Crimson told Eric. "Which are highly efficient robot killers" finished Ruby as she accelerated to the speed of sound.
"Hey Blast can I have some time off for my little sister birthday?" asked Lightning the half Raichu to her friend and Boss Blast the Blastoise. She looked relatively human but her Raichu ears; tail and orange hair gave her away. She was currently wearing yellow jeans and a halter-top. She walked bare foot. "Sure. How old is she anyway?" he asked. "Three and as cute as ever!" she replied with a smile on her face. "Oh that so unfair!" moaned Ralph the half Rattata. He was mainly Rattata, but stood on his two legs, had 5 fingers on each hand and was about 4 foot tall. "I never get time off for birthdays" "That's because you have about 80 immediate family members" Blast pointed out. At this point two strangers in dark red robes and simple black masks came into the near empty bar "Blast's beers and non-alcoholic drinks" (well there was a Pinser drinking lots of coffee in the corner) and in Blasts experiences it paid not to ask too many questions to people wearing robes, because there was normally a good reason why. "Hey Lightning go and see what our guest want" Blast told Lightning. She walked up to them and asked, " what do you want? We have beer, orange, pies and all sorts other stuff" she said as she past them the menu. "We will have twelve large steaks and 4 litres of water to go please," said one of the masked strangers while the other seemed to be looking around at everything and going wow every five seconds. What a pair of weirdoes thought Lightning as she went to get their order and then it occurred to her! "Want some potatoes with that there going free" " No I don't like them," said the first masked stranger. "DRAKE!" screamed Lightning at the masked stranger "PREPARE TO DIE!" she said as she did a quick attack to get behind the bar, so she could pick up her long metal staff. "OK I AM DRAKE AND MY NAME IS CRIMSON! But I'm also an archaeologist so I don't want to hurt anyone anyway!" said the now reviled Crimson. "Yea right and I'm a Bulbasaur" said Lighting as electricity started to gather round her staff. "Enough of this Lightning, so she's a Drake! It doesn't mean she's automatically a vicious carnivore intent on killing and eating us all!" said Blast angrily. "Just most of my relatives are." Said Crimson completely serious. "Anyway I made a promise to myself when I became an archaeologist not to kill other sentient's for food." After this everyone in the room went quite. Crimson noticed "I will not eat your dead granny if it bothers you" "So anyway who's your friend, a fellow Drake archaeologist? Asked Ralph in an attempt to break the silence. "Erm, well he's a Sleeper." With this last statement Lightning, Blast and Ralph gasped! "No way. Theirs been no Sleepers been found since 2090." Said a sceptic Ralph. "Gosh you found them all pretty quickly then. I was probably one of the first Sleepers and I was put in cryo in 2010" said Eric. "Erm Eric that's 2090 AGD not AD. We're currently in the year 3194AGD." Said Crimson to Eric. "Oh. Hey Mr big blue dude can I use your toilet?" asked Eric innocently. "Sure I guess being asleep for millennia makes you need the loo. Show him to the toilets Ralph. Ralph nodded and took Eric to the toilets. "So Crimson " asked Blast "how much does he actually know about your people, my people and all the other peoples in the world?" "Practically nothing and I intended to tell him gently and slowly to stop him going mad like all the other sleepers" she replied in a low serious tone, meaning every word of it. "But he's so naive." started Blast. "And my responsibility. And I will NOT fail," said Crimson. (Which brings us to an interesting point about Drake psychology, there perfectionists. and so one of the things you don't say to them is "you can't do that it's impossible", well unless you want an half-dragon angry with you that is.) "Let's hope so," said Blast. During the whole conversation Lightning had been standing near the bar and thinking. Why is she so peaceful? Drakes are one of the most warlike people on planet. I mean they believe you can acquire the skills of your foes by eating them and there ALWAYS hunting for new skills. What's is her story? Unfortunately before Lightning could ask Crimson any questions the door of the bar was blown off. _____________________________________________________________________
There's a reference to a rather good fic in here, see if you can find it! Next chapter -Pyramids.
They walked out, then Eric saw Ruby, and then Eric ran down the stairs again. This all things considered was not unreasonable. Ruby being a large red reptile with white claws on her four five toed feet, a long scaly tail that ended in an bony mace, a head like an crocodiles but with a bigger skull and flaps of skin on the sides of her head (her ears) and to top it all off she a huge pair of wings on her back not the vastly different from Crimson's. (Yip you've guess it, Ruby is a dragon) "I think I've scared it," said Ruby in very loud voice. (Well it was normal loudness for her but try telling that to Eric) "Sis I've told you before about calling none Drakes "its". It's not nice," said Crimson to Ruby. "And more importantly" she whispered " he is the only person on the planet that knows anything about history Pre- Great Darkness! So even through he would normally be prey he is not prey. Understand?" "Yes sister" said Ruby "and maybe you'll change your mind latter" she silently thought. Of course Eric might have spent a lot more time hiding from Ruby if Crimson had not noticed a piece of metal glinting in the light. Then faster than any human could hope to match she ran down the stairs grab Eric and jumped backwards on to Ruby who then took off from the ground! "What was that for?" asked a confused Eric. "A Protector of Time was just about to kill us, so I got us out of there as quickly as possible" Crimson told Eric. "Which are highly efficient robot killers" finished Ruby as she accelerated to the speed of sound.
"Hey Blast can I have some time off for my little sister birthday?" asked Lightning the half Raichu to her friend and Boss Blast the Blastoise. She looked relatively human but her Raichu ears; tail and orange hair gave her away. She was currently wearing yellow jeans and a halter-top. She walked bare foot. "Sure. How old is she anyway?" he asked. "Three and as cute as ever!" she replied with a smile on her face. "Oh that so unfair!" moaned Ralph the half Rattata. He was mainly Rattata, but stood on his two legs, had 5 fingers on each hand and was about 4 foot tall. "I never get time off for birthdays" "That's because you have about 80 immediate family members" Blast pointed out. At this point two strangers in dark red robes and simple black masks came into the near empty bar "Blast's beers and non-alcoholic drinks" (well there was a Pinser drinking lots of coffee in the corner) and in Blasts experiences it paid not to ask too many questions to people wearing robes, because there was normally a good reason why. "Hey Lightning go and see what our guest want" Blast told Lightning. She walked up to them and asked, " what do you want? We have beer, orange, pies and all sorts other stuff" she said as she past them the menu. "We will have twelve large steaks and 4 litres of water to go please," said one of the masked strangers while the other seemed to be looking around at everything and going wow every five seconds. What a pair of weirdoes thought Lightning as she went to get their order and then it occurred to her! "Want some potatoes with that there going free" " No I don't like them," said the first masked stranger. "DRAKE!" screamed Lightning at the masked stranger "PREPARE TO DIE!" she said as she did a quick attack to get behind the bar, so she could pick up her long metal staff. "OK I AM DRAKE AND MY NAME IS CRIMSON! But I'm also an archaeologist so I don't want to hurt anyone anyway!" said the now reviled Crimson. "Yea right and I'm a Bulbasaur" said Lighting as electricity started to gather round her staff. "Enough of this Lightning, so she's a Drake! It doesn't mean she's automatically a vicious carnivore intent on killing and eating us all!" said Blast angrily. "Just most of my relatives are." Said Crimson completely serious. "Anyway I made a promise to myself when I became an archaeologist not to kill other sentient's for food." After this everyone in the room went quite. Crimson noticed "I will not eat your dead granny if it bothers you" "So anyway who's your friend, a fellow Drake archaeologist? Asked Ralph in an attempt to break the silence. "Erm, well he's a Sleeper." With this last statement Lightning, Blast and Ralph gasped! "No way. Theirs been no Sleepers been found since 2090." Said a sceptic Ralph. "Gosh you found them all pretty quickly then. I was probably one of the first Sleepers and I was put in cryo in 2010" said Eric. "Erm Eric that's 2090 AGD not AD. We're currently in the year 3194AGD." Said Crimson to Eric. "Oh. Hey Mr big blue dude can I use your toilet?" asked Eric innocently. "Sure I guess being asleep for millennia makes you need the loo. Show him to the toilets Ralph. Ralph nodded and took Eric to the toilets. "So Crimson " asked Blast "how much does he actually know about your people, my people and all the other peoples in the world?" "Practically nothing and I intended to tell him gently and slowly to stop him going mad like all the other sleepers" she replied in a low serious tone, meaning every word of it. "But he's so naive." started Blast. "And my responsibility. And I will NOT fail," said Crimson. (Which brings us to an interesting point about Drake psychology, there perfectionists. and so one of the things you don't say to them is "you can't do that it's impossible", well unless you want an half-dragon angry with you that is.) "Let's hope so," said Blast. During the whole conversation Lightning had been standing near the bar and thinking. Why is she so peaceful? Drakes are one of the most warlike people on planet. I mean they believe you can acquire the skills of your foes by eating them and there ALWAYS hunting for new skills. What's is her story? Unfortunately before Lightning could ask Crimson any questions the door of the bar was blown off. _____________________________________________________________________
There's a reference to a rather good fic in here, see if you can find it! Next chapter -Pyramids.