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Chapter 27: Almost Ironic When You Think About It
A koopa troop guard almost fell into the meeting room. "Jenna has returned," he told all the inhabitants, "And someone is with her."
"Who?" Skye was the first to ask this question, though it was on everyone's mind.
"See for yourself." The guard reopened the door behind him, presenting Jenna and someone no one had seen before, but a sandslash hybrid. Ben shifted into a thoughtful position and said, "You look familiar. . ." to the newcomer, but far under his breath so it really was to no one.
"Jenna!" Skye blurted out, all the while Jenna ran up and embraced him. Skye returned the hug, while whispering, "I've missed you. . ." The stranger gave a loud ahem, and Jenna suddenly broke the hug and took a step back. "Sorry. . ." She seemed to whisper to the sandslash hybrid behind her, then to Skye, "Skye. . . this is my father."
Skye looked surprised. Everyone looked surprised except for Ben, who snapped his non-existent fingers and said, "I knew it!" Skye, however, stepped up to the hybrid. "Nice to meet you Mr. Pikanne." He said. Trent took a good look at the raichu hybrid, and with a solemn face, nodded his head slowly. "I see," he said morbidly, then a quick smirk replaced his nonchalant attitude. Trent bearhugged Skye. "I love you like a son already. . ." He said.
"Umm. . . Mr. Pikanne. . . I can't breathe. . ." Skye muttered. Trent let go and Skye fell back. Then standing straight, fixed his fur. "I take it Jenna's told you all about everything, and namely me?"
"Yes. And please, call me Trent."
"Alright, Mr. . . I mean Trent."
"Well. . ." Ben said, "That was surprising. Let's get down to business."
"You say it as though it weren't unusual anymore." Danielle said across the table, "Lost your sense of reality?"
"Somewhere in the jungle." Ben said without missing a beat, "Please have a seat, everyone." Skye, Jenna and Trent sat down in what seats were avaliable. There were fourteen people sitting at the table, and only a few were familiar to Trent. . .
"Since I obviously know more about this than everyone here combined, I'll preside over this meeting." Ben said with a straight face.
"I thought you told us everything already." Skye said.
"Everything?" Ben turned to him, "No, I told you the details. Not everything."
"'Scuse me for not witholding information. . ."
"We can start out," Ben continued, "by dissolving the complexities of the enigma before us."
"Woah woah woah. . ." Robert said, clutching his head, "To many big words."
"How did Mr. Pikanne get here?" Ben restated.
"Better."
"I'm not sure myself. . ." Trent said, "And you probably don't know how you got here."
"True." Ben replied, "But the fact remains that if we find out a common denominator, we might be able to deduce our current standing."
"Back it up. . ." Robert said again.
"If we find out what he had in common with us, we'll be able to figure out what, exactly, brought us here."
"But nothing supernatural happened." Robert said with this new enlightenment.
"Nothing to our eyes, that is." Ben smartly shot back, "A mundande event must have triggered the happening, bringing us to our current location."
"But where IS this location?" Robert shouted, standing up and kicking his chair back, "I've never seen hybrids in any pokémon game, in every Metroid game, Samus Aran was present, and MARIO WAS NOT INSANE!"
"Calm down there, Turtle Boy." Rock motioned to him, "Nothin' splainin' that Puffyguy can't figure out."
"Correct you are, sir." Ben said, wading in his own ego, "It seems to be something happened big ten years ago that made all of the universes go awry. Let's go around the table."
"Well. . ." Fox said, "Almost exactly ten years ago, General pepper disappeared."
"Samus Aran went missing." Lisa explained.
"Princess Peach went missing. . ." Robert said, starting to see the connection.
"Now," Ben said, "Kirby did not go missing, but I have reason to believe that a power scource known as the Starkeeper was holding back the Black Dreams from entering Popstar, and exactly ten years ago, the scource disappeared, and the Black Dream was released on the galaxies. Starkeeper disappeared ten years ago, and that gave power to DeDeDe."
Robert blurted out, "Is there anything that didn't happen bad ten years ago?"
"But just the disappearances. . ." Ben started.
"Nothing from our world. . ." Charlie said, "Just the Hybrids started coming. . ."
"Not true. . . " Skye said, and all eyes were on him, "Ten years ago. . . just before Charlie was born. . . I was seven years old. I overheard on the news that Hybrids had appeared. . . there was a little case that never got much attention. . . a doctor, who studied Genetic Research on Humans and Pokémon. . . vanished. His colleagues were stunned. Nothing was missing, not his car, his bike, nothing was missing from the house, from the lab. . . he just simply dissappeared off the face of the earth.
"An accident at the lab happened the following day. Because he was gone, they were going to close all studies, and move on the a different field of research. But something happened at the warehouse. . .
"It was all obviously a governmant cover-up, whatever happened. But the fact remains: all evidence points to his research being linked with the Hybrids."
Everyone just sat in silence for a few seconds. "Well. . ." Robert said, "It doesn't explain one thing. Not one freaking thing."
"That's the whole problem." Ben said, "It just doesn't add up. Some element is missing, but I can't think of it."
"Element?" Robert said, "My dad somehow got here! Is there enough element in that for you?"
"Possibly. . ." Ben mused, "Mr. Pikanne!"
"Yes?" Trent had been studying the faces of everyone here. He could point out all the missing neighborhood kids, except for Phillip.
"Trent. . . in your own words tell us how you got here."
"I. . . don't know."
"I know you don't know." Ben said, "Theorize."
"Well. . ."
"Would you wait a freaking second!" Robert yelled.
"Robert Bruce Pikanne! What have I told you about using that kind of language?"
Robert whispered through his teeth, "Dad. . . not in front of the guys!"
"It dosen't matter what universe we're in! I've told you to stop using that sort of language!"
Robert pounded the table with his fist, and to everyone's surprise, it broke in two. "Dad! I'm almost nineteen years old! I am sick and tired of all the crap that you give me!" And without a word, Robert stormed out of the door.
"Freak it, if I didn't know any of them, I might have the guard kill them all on the spot. . ."
"Oh, great. . ." Trent said, "I'm sorry. . ." And he also walked out the door, but half-covering his face.
Stupid parental instincts. . . I don't think that could've been more humiliating. Why do I always have to do that?. . ."
"Robert!" Trent called out to his son, but Robert kept walking down the hallway. Trent called his name again.
"WHAT?!?" Robert turned and yelled at his dad, "OF ALL THE TIMES FOR YOU TO COMMENT ON MY PESONAL LANGUAGE STYLE. . ."
"Robert, I'm sorry. . . I didn't mean to do that. I wasn't thinking."
Robert stood and looked at his dad for a second. Dad. . . Why do you always have to blame yourself? It makes it very hard to stay angry with you. . .
"Robert. . . please forgive me?"
Robert gave his dad a hug in reassurance, but also because he didn't want him to see tears starting in his eyes.
"Well. . ." Ben said, "That was sure weird."
"We still don't have an answer." Sean said, though he was particularly uninterested at this point.
"I've got to go talk to Dad. . ." Jenna said, and she scribbled something on a handily nearby peice of paper and slid it over to Ben. "That might help," She said. Then she hurried outside. Skye followed along, just to watch.
Ben picked up the peice of paper and read it. There were a few incomprehensible words on it, but he made it out:
Dad told me he arrived ****** SUV ****** and when he turned off my Gameboy, ****** blacked out.
Ben just sat back and looked at the paper.Then he started laughing.
"Umm. . . Ben?" Danielle asked, "What's wrong?"
"Nothing!" Ben said, and continued laughing, "It's. . . it's just that. . . IT ALL MAKES SENSE!" And he continued laughing, much to the annoyance of everyone wondering what he meant by that.
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And that probably includes you. You might have to wait a while for the answer, depending on if I actually get to write more within the next month or so. Hopefully I can get it next week, but you never know. . .
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Until next time, Ciao!
Chapter 27: Almost Ironic When You Think About It
A koopa troop guard almost fell into the meeting room. "Jenna has returned," he told all the inhabitants, "And someone is with her."
"Who?" Skye was the first to ask this question, though it was on everyone's mind.
"See for yourself." The guard reopened the door behind him, presenting Jenna and someone no one had seen before, but a sandslash hybrid. Ben shifted into a thoughtful position and said, "You look familiar. . ." to the newcomer, but far under his breath so it really was to no one.
"Jenna!" Skye blurted out, all the while Jenna ran up and embraced him. Skye returned the hug, while whispering, "I've missed you. . ." The stranger gave a loud ahem, and Jenna suddenly broke the hug and took a step back. "Sorry. . ." She seemed to whisper to the sandslash hybrid behind her, then to Skye, "Skye. . . this is my father."
Skye looked surprised. Everyone looked surprised except for Ben, who snapped his non-existent fingers and said, "I knew it!" Skye, however, stepped up to the hybrid. "Nice to meet you Mr. Pikanne." He said. Trent took a good look at the raichu hybrid, and with a solemn face, nodded his head slowly. "I see," he said morbidly, then a quick smirk replaced his nonchalant attitude. Trent bearhugged Skye. "I love you like a son already. . ." He said.
"Umm. . . Mr. Pikanne. . . I can't breathe. . ." Skye muttered. Trent let go and Skye fell back. Then standing straight, fixed his fur. "I take it Jenna's told you all about everything, and namely me?"
"Yes. And please, call me Trent."
"Alright, Mr. . . I mean Trent."
"Well. . ." Ben said, "That was surprising. Let's get down to business."
"You say it as though it weren't unusual anymore." Danielle said across the table, "Lost your sense of reality?"
"Somewhere in the jungle." Ben said without missing a beat, "Please have a seat, everyone." Skye, Jenna and Trent sat down in what seats were avaliable. There were fourteen people sitting at the table, and only a few were familiar to Trent. . .
"Since I obviously know more about this than everyone here combined, I'll preside over this meeting." Ben said with a straight face.
"I thought you told us everything already." Skye said.
"Everything?" Ben turned to him, "No, I told you the details. Not everything."
"'Scuse me for not witholding information. . ."
"We can start out," Ben continued, "by dissolving the complexities of the enigma before us."
"Woah woah woah. . ." Robert said, clutching his head, "To many big words."
"How did Mr. Pikanne get here?" Ben restated.
"Better."
"I'm not sure myself. . ." Trent said, "And you probably don't know how you got here."
"True." Ben replied, "But the fact remains that if we find out a common denominator, we might be able to deduce our current standing."
"Back it up. . ." Robert said again.
"If we find out what he had in common with us, we'll be able to figure out what, exactly, brought us here."
"But nothing supernatural happened." Robert said with this new enlightenment.
"Nothing to our eyes, that is." Ben smartly shot back, "A mundande event must have triggered the happening, bringing us to our current location."
"But where IS this location?" Robert shouted, standing up and kicking his chair back, "I've never seen hybrids in any pokémon game, in every Metroid game, Samus Aran was present, and MARIO WAS NOT INSANE!"
"Calm down there, Turtle Boy." Rock motioned to him, "Nothin' splainin' that Puffyguy can't figure out."
"Correct you are, sir." Ben said, wading in his own ego, "It seems to be something happened big ten years ago that made all of the universes go awry. Let's go around the table."
"Well. . ." Fox said, "Almost exactly ten years ago, General pepper disappeared."
"Samus Aran went missing." Lisa explained.
"Princess Peach went missing. . ." Robert said, starting to see the connection.
"Now," Ben said, "Kirby did not go missing, but I have reason to believe that a power scource known as the Starkeeper was holding back the Black Dreams from entering Popstar, and exactly ten years ago, the scource disappeared, and the Black Dream was released on the galaxies. Starkeeper disappeared ten years ago, and that gave power to DeDeDe."
Robert blurted out, "Is there anything that didn't happen bad ten years ago?"
"But just the disappearances. . ." Ben started.
"Nothing from our world. . ." Charlie said, "Just the Hybrids started coming. . ."
"Not true. . . " Skye said, and all eyes were on him, "Ten years ago. . . just before Charlie was born. . . I was seven years old. I overheard on the news that Hybrids had appeared. . . there was a little case that never got much attention. . . a doctor, who studied Genetic Research on Humans and Pokémon. . . vanished. His colleagues were stunned. Nothing was missing, not his car, his bike, nothing was missing from the house, from the lab. . . he just simply dissappeared off the face of the earth.
"An accident at the lab happened the following day. Because he was gone, they were going to close all studies, and move on the a different field of research. But something happened at the warehouse. . .
"It was all obviously a governmant cover-up, whatever happened. But the fact remains: all evidence points to his research being linked with the Hybrids."
Everyone just sat in silence for a few seconds. "Well. . ." Robert said, "It doesn't explain one thing. Not one freaking thing."
"That's the whole problem." Ben said, "It just doesn't add up. Some element is missing, but I can't think of it."
"Element?" Robert said, "My dad somehow got here! Is there enough element in that for you?"
"Possibly. . ." Ben mused, "Mr. Pikanne!"
"Yes?" Trent had been studying the faces of everyone here. He could point out all the missing neighborhood kids, except for Phillip.
"Trent. . . in your own words tell us how you got here."
"I. . . don't know."
"I know you don't know." Ben said, "Theorize."
"Well. . ."
"Would you wait a freaking second!" Robert yelled.
"Robert Bruce Pikanne! What have I told you about using that kind of language?"
Robert whispered through his teeth, "Dad. . . not in front of the guys!"
"It dosen't matter what universe we're in! I've told you to stop using that sort of language!"
Robert pounded the table with his fist, and to everyone's surprise, it broke in two. "Dad! I'm almost nineteen years old! I am sick and tired of all the crap that you give me!" And without a word, Robert stormed out of the door.
"Freak it, if I didn't know any of them, I might have the guard kill them all on the spot. . ."
"Oh, great. . ." Trent said, "I'm sorry. . ." And he also walked out the door, but half-covering his face.
Stupid parental instincts. . . I don't think that could've been more humiliating. Why do I always have to do that?. . ."
"Robert!" Trent called out to his son, but Robert kept walking down the hallway. Trent called his name again.
"WHAT?!?" Robert turned and yelled at his dad, "OF ALL THE TIMES FOR YOU TO COMMENT ON MY PESONAL LANGUAGE STYLE. . ."
"Robert, I'm sorry. . . I didn't mean to do that. I wasn't thinking."
Robert stood and looked at his dad for a second. Dad. . . Why do you always have to blame yourself? It makes it very hard to stay angry with you. . .
"Robert. . . please forgive me?"
Robert gave his dad a hug in reassurance, but also because he didn't want him to see tears starting in his eyes.
"Well. . ." Ben said, "That was sure weird."
"We still don't have an answer." Sean said, though he was particularly uninterested at this point.
"I've got to go talk to Dad. . ." Jenna said, and she scribbled something on a handily nearby peice of paper and slid it over to Ben. "That might help," She said. Then she hurried outside. Skye followed along, just to watch.
Ben picked up the peice of paper and read it. There were a few incomprehensible words on it, but he made it out:
Dad told me he arrived ****** SUV ****** and when he turned off my Gameboy, ****** blacked out.
Ben just sat back and looked at the paper.Then he started laughing.
"Umm. . . Ben?" Danielle asked, "What's wrong?"
"Nothing!" Ben said, and continued laughing, "It's. . . it's just that. . . IT ALL MAKES SENSE!" And he continued laughing, much to the annoyance of everyone wondering what he meant by that.
----
And that probably includes you. You might have to wait a while for the answer, depending on if I actually get to write more within the next month or so. Hopefully I can get it next week, but you never know. . .
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Until next time, Ciao!