Chapter 3 Pyramids
And what came through the door was truly scary. It was a man-sized robot;
it had two thrusters for legs, which were giving out a continues low blue
flame. It had a massive metal chest with a smoking metal cannon in the
middle. Its right arm was a jet-black tube, its left arm was a massive red
chainsaw and its head was a simple flat oval with a strip light for an eye.
"Oh great" said Crimson " that stupid Guardian of Time followed me! Oh well
lets..."
"Go!" said Lightning as she blasted a bolt of electricity through her staff
at the robot!
"BOOM!!!" The blast of high voltage electricity was powerful enough to send
the robot both backwards and disable its main cannon! Unfortunately it was
not powerful enough to disable the rest of its weapon systems or its
movement systems. It came back in.
"Hydro Pump!" shouted Blast as he shot powerful jets of water out of his
cannons aiming for the Guardian of Time. It dodged.
"Ha! Ha! Ha!" it said in a robotic voice "resistance is a waste of time.
Prepare to . prepare to die painful! Ha! Ha! Ha!" it said after a bit of
thought in the middle.
"Really." said Crimson as she prepared to attack.
Anyway while Crimson, Lightning and Blast were dealing with there guest Ralph and Eric where at the other side of building and Eric had just finished with the loo. "So your really a Sleeper from thousands of years ago?" asked Ralph. "Well before that stupid car smacked into me, I don't remember any mentions of Drakes or Pokes ever. Actually that brings up a question, why do Pokes vary in appearance so much?" said Eric. "Well we pokes are not really one species but rather loads of species who all have the same genetic core. Also just to make things more complex inverdral poke can vary from people like Lightning who are nearly human and only slightly Raichu to people like Blast who have not got any human features at all." Stated Ralph. Anyway at this point the door in the bar was blown off its hinges. "What was that?" shouted Eric and Ralph as they heard the noise. "I don't know but that sounded like trouble so we're going to the armory!" said Ralph and with that they made their way to the armory.
"Dragon's fighter!" yelled Crimson as a red mist enveloped her feet. She then did a charging sidekick into the robot's chest, shortly followed by spinning back kick and then. it shot her in the chest with the full force of its flame-thrower! "Ow" said Crimson as she hit the bar floor, hurting more from the force of the flame than the flame itself. (Well she's is a dragon type) "Now mister robot, eat my rocket!" said Ralph as he fired a rocket at the Guardian of Time as he kicked open the door to the toilets. The rocket went straight into its damaged chest and blow it to pieces from the inside. Unfortunately so did most of the bar area! Luckily for Crimson the blast of the Flamethrower had knocked her far enough away from the explosion to save her life, but not far enough to protect her from the metal spike that came out of the wreckage and impaled her in the chest. And the building was on fire. "Ralph and Lightning get out of here now!" shouted Blast to his two employees He watched. His name was Drantan of Clan Ule and he was very interested in events concerning Crimson. It was the first time he had ever seen Pokes, Dracens and Sapiens work together. "Wow! They're not trying to kill each other!" said Ho-oh. "I can't remember the last time that happened!" Drantan took a deep sigh and told himself that she was just young and given a couple decades would be entering her version of the "teens". "Wow! Do you think that Sapien will be a hero and rescue her!" With this remark Drantan remembered that the teens themselves brought problems, most notably the opposite sex. "Boring!" said her brother Lugia. "The fight with the robot was far more interesting!" Drantan sighed again and he wondered why he created them at all.
Eric tried to pull the spike out of Crimson with all his might but he might as well have tried to punch down a steel wall with his bear hands! "Come out you stupid metal spike!" shouted Eric as once again tried to pull it out. "Excuse us Eric," said Blast as he put both his hands on the spike and began to pull it out. In a few seconds it was out of Crimson body, but she still had a bleeding wound and flames surrounded them. "Thanks guys, but I think we're all dead anyway because that fire spread to completely enclose us." Said Crimson morbidly. "No were not!" said Blast as his two cannons came out of his back. "You have in built weapons?" asked a rather surprised Eric as Blast fired his Hydro Pump at the fire. The fire got bigger. "That's no ordinary fire is it?" asked Blast as he sat down on the floor and retraced his cannons. "Nope" replied Crimson. "Thought so," said Blast. "Well it's been nice knowing you guys," said Eric. "You're defiantly not what I thought you would be", said Crimson. "What did you expect?" "A self centered coward" "Really?" "Yip, and I get a guy ready to put his own life on the line to save me" "Well I always try to be nice" "Nice policy" said Crimson. Then everyone went quiet. A few seconds latter Ruby crashed through the roof. "Did you miss me sis?" said Ruby in what she rated as a slightly loud voice. "Well since I am about 2 minutes from dying I would have to say yes!" "Jump on!" Said Ruby. Crimson tried to rise herself off the floor but even with her Dracen physiology, she was struggling. This is one bad wound she thought. I'm going to need a doctor. or an undertaker said another part of her mind. As Eric helped her on Ruby.
"Pick up Lightning and Ralph Mrs. Dragon" said Blast to Ruby. "Sure, my name is Ruby by the way" She said as she swooped down to were Lightning and Ralph had ran too. "I am Blast of Clan Nile" he stated. "That the second time I've heard the mention of Clans, what are they?" asked a curious Eric. "They are basically extended groups of family and friends who look out for each other and obey the same leader. Lightning, Ralph and me are all part of Clan Nile and obey Queen Sekhmet the Arcanine" explained Blast. "Hellfire of Clan Flare is far stronger," said a rather drowsy Crimson before falling asleep on Eric. "That is so untrue Sekhmet rules!" shouted Lightning to Crimson "and by the way stop lying on your. she's not in good shape is she?" "Metal spike got stuck her so I had to get it out" stated Blast "So jump on so we can take her to hospital!" Shouted a rather inpatient Ruby. "Yes mar!" shouted Lightning and Ralph together as they jumped on. "Right so were are we going?" asked Ralph. "Erm." was the only reply that Ruby could manage. "If I remember correctly theirs a Chansey called Joy living in town," said Ralph. "And how are we going to get her there exactly?" Asked a skeptic Lightning. "Oh we just carry her to Joy's clinic" continued Ralph. "Carry a Drake into the middle of a Poke town? I see a problem with that." Said Eric with a rather worried look on his face. "We bring her to Crimson then" said Lightning.
Sekhmet was a queen? Ha! No shock there then thought Drantan. Sekhmet was one the few people nearly as old as Drantan. And powerful thought another part of his mind, the part that was older than the human race. The same Sekhmet that had foundered Egypt, the same Sekhmet that once killed 6,000 men in one day and the same Sekhmet that saved the city of London from the Plague Lord Nurgle. Well at least he would have a decent ally down there once he began his mission.
Lightning and Ralph had volunteered to kidnap Joy, as they were the two fastest in the group. Lightning was wearing black ninja gear and carrying her staff. She was also wearing night vision goggles and had a blowpipe. Ralph was also wearing a black ninja outfit, but his was much baggier. He carried loads of tools on his belt and a baseball bat (for his own protection). It was nighttime. "So why are we using the roof root anyway?" Ralph asked Lightning. "Because I hate sewers" "But if we take the sewers it will brings us up about 20 meters away from the clinic. " And I'll smell for ages because the only bath that we could safely use has been burnt to a crisp!" shouted Lightning in Ralph's rather big ear. " Your still rather upset aren't you?" asked Ralph nervously "Yes I am! Because we've lost both our place of work and current lodgings thanks to some stupid Drake!" shouted Lightning angrily, and thanks to her electric type physiology, she accidentally electrocuted Ralph. Who then fainted on the floor. "Oops!" said Lightning as she realized what she had just done "why does that always happen?"
After a while Ralph woke up and they did end it taking the sewer. (Lightning wouldn't have it any other way) and we rejoin them as they just come up out of the sewer (well we could describe there smelly journey but it would be rather boring). "Here we are" whispered Lightning to Ralph as she sneaked a peek round the corner "I see two Machamps at the door and a Venusaur on the roof" she told him. "All pure beast?" asked Ralph. "Yip" "Figures. There generally harder than hybrids in battle." "But they can't use weapon" said a smiling Lightning as she played with her blowpipe in her hand.
Bruno first realized something was wrong when Rocky, his brother fell unconscious on the floor with a dart in his neck, it became even more obvious when his colleague Solar was knocked off the roof and knocked out on the floor. It became shockingly obvious when the Raichu girl jump from round the corner and Gigabolted him. "Good night champy" was the last thing he heard before he blacked out. "Well that was pretty easy" said Lightning to Ralph as they walked in. "Kind of worrying isn't?" was his reply.
Arrow was by Beastials standards very quick, both of mind and body. He could out think even the oldest and wisest elders and could even keep with some of the faster pokes. He was pretty good shot as well and an expert at the art of surprise. He gave the last two parts a bit of thought and reached the conclusion that his natural abilities were probably the course of them being so good.
Meanwhile Lightning and Ralph had found Joy in her clinic.
"We need your help Dr Joy," said Lightning while dropping to her knees.
"Let me guess. one of you friends has been seriously hurt but you can't bring them here because they're not a poke" asked Joy to a gobsmacked Lightning and Ralph.
"Ok I'm mildly psychic. I can generally guess why people want me. And by the way lets get going" she said as walked out the door.
"I guess we've got her help then," said Ralph as they ran after Joy.
"Very nasty wound she's got there" said Joy as she took a look at Crimson when they had got in camp. They had tried to make Crimson as confinable as possible by laying her on a mat, giving her loads of cushions and blankets and most importantly a bandage over her wound. Which would have killed her by now without it (and if she had been a normal human, would have killed her). So as you can guess she was in a pretty bad shape. "What can you do for her then?" asked Eric. "This" said Joy as both her hands glowed with white energy and she shouted "Softboiled!" the white energy then flowed from her hands and into Crimson who's entire body glowed briefly with the same white energy and was completely healed! "Wow" said Eric with a look of awe on his face "you've completely healed her" "And now I leave. By the way she should be up and running by tomorrow morning" said Joy as she left then teleported away. "She like a angel of healing" said Eric still in completely awe of Joy's power. "Naa, she's just a Chansey" said Ralph completely destroying the mood. They went to bed.
It was morning and Crimson woke up, her mind clear, her body healed and her mission preparation ready. She would reunite the world and soon she was going to the pyramids.
Anyway while Crimson, Lightning and Blast were dealing with there guest Ralph and Eric where at the other side of building and Eric had just finished with the loo. "So your really a Sleeper from thousands of years ago?" asked Ralph. "Well before that stupid car smacked into me, I don't remember any mentions of Drakes or Pokes ever. Actually that brings up a question, why do Pokes vary in appearance so much?" said Eric. "Well we pokes are not really one species but rather loads of species who all have the same genetic core. Also just to make things more complex inverdral poke can vary from people like Lightning who are nearly human and only slightly Raichu to people like Blast who have not got any human features at all." Stated Ralph. Anyway at this point the door in the bar was blown off its hinges. "What was that?" shouted Eric and Ralph as they heard the noise. "I don't know but that sounded like trouble so we're going to the armory!" said Ralph and with that they made their way to the armory.
"Dragon's fighter!" yelled Crimson as a red mist enveloped her feet. She then did a charging sidekick into the robot's chest, shortly followed by spinning back kick and then. it shot her in the chest with the full force of its flame-thrower! "Ow" said Crimson as she hit the bar floor, hurting more from the force of the flame than the flame itself. (Well she's is a dragon type) "Now mister robot, eat my rocket!" said Ralph as he fired a rocket at the Guardian of Time as he kicked open the door to the toilets. The rocket went straight into its damaged chest and blow it to pieces from the inside. Unfortunately so did most of the bar area! Luckily for Crimson the blast of the Flamethrower had knocked her far enough away from the explosion to save her life, but not far enough to protect her from the metal spike that came out of the wreckage and impaled her in the chest. And the building was on fire. "Ralph and Lightning get out of here now!" shouted Blast to his two employees He watched. His name was Drantan of Clan Ule and he was very interested in events concerning Crimson. It was the first time he had ever seen Pokes, Dracens and Sapiens work together. "Wow! They're not trying to kill each other!" said Ho-oh. "I can't remember the last time that happened!" Drantan took a deep sigh and told himself that she was just young and given a couple decades would be entering her version of the "teens". "Wow! Do you think that Sapien will be a hero and rescue her!" With this remark Drantan remembered that the teens themselves brought problems, most notably the opposite sex. "Boring!" said her brother Lugia. "The fight with the robot was far more interesting!" Drantan sighed again and he wondered why he created them at all.
Eric tried to pull the spike out of Crimson with all his might but he might as well have tried to punch down a steel wall with his bear hands! "Come out you stupid metal spike!" shouted Eric as once again tried to pull it out. "Excuse us Eric," said Blast as he put both his hands on the spike and began to pull it out. In a few seconds it was out of Crimson body, but she still had a bleeding wound and flames surrounded them. "Thanks guys, but I think we're all dead anyway because that fire spread to completely enclose us." Said Crimson morbidly. "No were not!" said Blast as his two cannons came out of his back. "You have in built weapons?" asked a rather surprised Eric as Blast fired his Hydro Pump at the fire. The fire got bigger. "That's no ordinary fire is it?" asked Blast as he sat down on the floor and retraced his cannons. "Nope" replied Crimson. "Thought so," said Blast. "Well it's been nice knowing you guys," said Eric. "You're defiantly not what I thought you would be", said Crimson. "What did you expect?" "A self centered coward" "Really?" "Yip, and I get a guy ready to put his own life on the line to save me" "Well I always try to be nice" "Nice policy" said Crimson. Then everyone went quiet. A few seconds latter Ruby crashed through the roof. "Did you miss me sis?" said Ruby in what she rated as a slightly loud voice. "Well since I am about 2 minutes from dying I would have to say yes!" "Jump on!" Said Ruby. Crimson tried to rise herself off the floor but even with her Dracen physiology, she was struggling. This is one bad wound she thought. I'm going to need a doctor. or an undertaker said another part of her mind. As Eric helped her on Ruby.
"Pick up Lightning and Ralph Mrs. Dragon" said Blast to Ruby. "Sure, my name is Ruby by the way" She said as she swooped down to were Lightning and Ralph had ran too. "I am Blast of Clan Nile" he stated. "That the second time I've heard the mention of Clans, what are they?" asked a curious Eric. "They are basically extended groups of family and friends who look out for each other and obey the same leader. Lightning, Ralph and me are all part of Clan Nile and obey Queen Sekhmet the Arcanine" explained Blast. "Hellfire of Clan Flare is far stronger," said a rather drowsy Crimson before falling asleep on Eric. "That is so untrue Sekhmet rules!" shouted Lightning to Crimson "and by the way stop lying on your. she's not in good shape is she?" "Metal spike got stuck her so I had to get it out" stated Blast "So jump on so we can take her to hospital!" Shouted a rather inpatient Ruby. "Yes mar!" shouted Lightning and Ralph together as they jumped on. "Right so were are we going?" asked Ralph. "Erm." was the only reply that Ruby could manage. "If I remember correctly theirs a Chansey called Joy living in town," said Ralph. "And how are we going to get her there exactly?" Asked a skeptic Lightning. "Oh we just carry her to Joy's clinic" continued Ralph. "Carry a Drake into the middle of a Poke town? I see a problem with that." Said Eric with a rather worried look on his face. "We bring her to Crimson then" said Lightning.
Sekhmet was a queen? Ha! No shock there then thought Drantan. Sekhmet was one the few people nearly as old as Drantan. And powerful thought another part of his mind, the part that was older than the human race. The same Sekhmet that had foundered Egypt, the same Sekhmet that once killed 6,000 men in one day and the same Sekhmet that saved the city of London from the Plague Lord Nurgle. Well at least he would have a decent ally down there once he began his mission.
Lightning and Ralph had volunteered to kidnap Joy, as they were the two fastest in the group. Lightning was wearing black ninja gear and carrying her staff. She was also wearing night vision goggles and had a blowpipe. Ralph was also wearing a black ninja outfit, but his was much baggier. He carried loads of tools on his belt and a baseball bat (for his own protection). It was nighttime. "So why are we using the roof root anyway?" Ralph asked Lightning. "Because I hate sewers" "But if we take the sewers it will brings us up about 20 meters away from the clinic. " And I'll smell for ages because the only bath that we could safely use has been burnt to a crisp!" shouted Lightning in Ralph's rather big ear. " Your still rather upset aren't you?" asked Ralph nervously "Yes I am! Because we've lost both our place of work and current lodgings thanks to some stupid Drake!" shouted Lightning angrily, and thanks to her electric type physiology, she accidentally electrocuted Ralph. Who then fainted on the floor. "Oops!" said Lightning as she realized what she had just done "why does that always happen?"
After a while Ralph woke up and they did end it taking the sewer. (Lightning wouldn't have it any other way) and we rejoin them as they just come up out of the sewer (well we could describe there smelly journey but it would be rather boring). "Here we are" whispered Lightning to Ralph as she sneaked a peek round the corner "I see two Machamps at the door and a Venusaur on the roof" she told him. "All pure beast?" asked Ralph. "Yip" "Figures. There generally harder than hybrids in battle." "But they can't use weapon" said a smiling Lightning as she played with her blowpipe in her hand.
Bruno first realized something was wrong when Rocky, his brother fell unconscious on the floor with a dart in his neck, it became even more obvious when his colleague Solar was knocked off the roof and knocked out on the floor. It became shockingly obvious when the Raichu girl jump from round the corner and Gigabolted him. "Good night champy" was the last thing he heard before he blacked out. "Well that was pretty easy" said Lightning to Ralph as they walked in. "Kind of worrying isn't?" was his reply.
Arrow was by Beastials standards very quick, both of mind and body. He could out think even the oldest and wisest elders and could even keep with some of the faster pokes. He was pretty good shot as well and an expert at the art of surprise. He gave the last two parts a bit of thought and reached the conclusion that his natural abilities were probably the course of them being so good.
Meanwhile Lightning and Ralph had found Joy in her clinic.
"We need your help Dr Joy," said Lightning while dropping to her knees.
"Let me guess. one of you friends has been seriously hurt but you can't bring them here because they're not a poke" asked Joy to a gobsmacked Lightning and Ralph.
"Ok I'm mildly psychic. I can generally guess why people want me. And by the way lets get going" she said as walked out the door.
"I guess we've got her help then," said Ralph as they ran after Joy.
"Very nasty wound she's got there" said Joy as she took a look at Crimson when they had got in camp. They had tried to make Crimson as confinable as possible by laying her on a mat, giving her loads of cushions and blankets and most importantly a bandage over her wound. Which would have killed her by now without it (and if she had been a normal human, would have killed her). So as you can guess she was in a pretty bad shape. "What can you do for her then?" asked Eric. "This" said Joy as both her hands glowed with white energy and she shouted "Softboiled!" the white energy then flowed from her hands and into Crimson who's entire body glowed briefly with the same white energy and was completely healed! "Wow" said Eric with a look of awe on his face "you've completely healed her" "And now I leave. By the way she should be up and running by tomorrow morning" said Joy as she left then teleported away. "She like a angel of healing" said Eric still in completely awe of Joy's power. "Naa, she's just a Chansey" said Ralph completely destroying the mood. They went to bed.
It was morning and Crimson woke up, her mind clear, her body healed and her mission preparation ready. She would reunite the world and soon she was going to the pyramids.