I have a rather interesting chapter for you guys today. It isn't what neither you, the readers, nor I expected. Read on to find out why... First, review responses.

DarkElf6: That's good old Joey for you, lol.

DarknessLady: Some people theorize it's just a ploy... just to give you something to think about. ;)

Thunderstorm101: Don't worry about the story being affeted, it's actually completely finished being typed! I find your reasoning very intriguing, though! Please, you must tell me more sometime...

Amazoness Archer: You really think one week is too short? But... but Jellybob was updating 'Just A Night' weekly, and I don't think you yelled at her... And... and... Yu-Gi-Oh! shows new episodes once a week, too! About the fanfiction duel, you know I'm just teasing you, lol. Go at your own pace, I'll patiently wait. Think about Téa for a minute, though... she's being turned into a vampire. They lust for blood, for vital nutrients needed to survive. This in turn is going to arouse a carnal vampiric instinct inside of her to seduce a prey to eat, as she had (according to hints) not eaten all day. The promise does involve Yami/Téa. With my stories, I seem to have a tendency to make my readers say the darnedest things, lol. Glad to get not only your approval, but a compliment seldom heard from you!

John: You trying to tell me something, buddy? ;) My apologies if I ever offended you.

Rice Kracker: Yep! Most all questions are answered in my fics, but some of them just require a little thought and logic.

Rice Kracker: Téa's morality steadily declines as she is afflicted by the vampire's curse... The only good thing for her right now is that should she survive long enough for her brain to develop at its new accelerated rate, she can control herself as much as Dolimus can. The Google text ads actually choose their subjects based on key words found on the page, that's why you saw the ad. Yep, Tristan definitely can't be ruled out, as perhaps Ribbon was also afflicted by Dolimus... ;)

Rice Kracker: Joey's the reason most school supplies are non-toxic, lol... Actually, the teacher was just hiding because he was expecting a rubber band war, lol.

People speculate about Dolimus's faith, but you just don't KNOW, do ya? What do you guys think about the whole thing? You think he's genuine, or do you think he just wants a slice of Serenity neck? Anyways, on with the... chapter, not story. Chapter.

"Darkness Absolute"

By: Von Stupor

Chapter 8

The next morning as Dolimus marched off to school, he was confronted by a man about his height. He had dirty-blonde colored hair, parted in the middle, and sported a dull grey T-shirt with dark blue jeans that sagged over his white sneakers just a bit.

"Dolimus? Heh, you look really cool. I really gotta thank keeper-of-the-triforce somehow..." said the man.

"Do... I know you from somewhere?" he asked cautiously.

"Well technically, you don't. Call me Dennis, I'm the author of this fanfiction."

"Hm? Certainly nice to meet you," he said, coming out of his shell and shaking Dennis's hand. "Keeper-of-the-triforce?"

"Same, same. Well, Keep for short."

"Internet handle, I assume?"

"Exactly. Look, an issue has come up-- a big one, and I think you should know about it as soon as possible."

"What's the matter?"

"My laptop officially fried on me. The place where I plug in the AC power is now spitting sparks at me, and I only have one possible way to access the files on the hard drive and keep these fanfictions going."

"What way is that?"

"I basically need to get a whole new laptop where my current piece of crap's hard drive is compatible with it."

"I see, and laptops run rather high-priced, hm?"

"They are, and I need some help if I'm going to get it as quickly as possible."

"I do attend school... you should know, you are the author, right?" asked the vampire with a playful smirk.

"Funny guy, you are," Dennis observed, returning the smirk. "But as long as I can't get the fanfiction up and running, time is basically frozen here and in every other fanfiction I'm doing."

"I see... well, is there any way I can help?"

"That's pretty much why I came here. I already managed to get Baron Von Stupor and Packrat from 'Pokémon Grey: Special Baron Von Stupor Edition' as well. In fact, I borrowed this other telepipe off of him."

"...Telepipe?"

"Yeah, this will transport us back to my city, and then when we're ready to ome back, it will transport you back to the spot I activated it at."

"Well, since time is frozen, I suppose I should try and do something to help, right?"

"'Twould be a good idea, my friend! You ready?"

"Let me just unload my extra luggage near this tree and I'll be set."

"Alright."

Dennis activated the telepipe and it burst into many beams of light and shone into the ait, forming a tube of radiance.

"That is a very beautiful item," complimented Dolimus.

"Yeah, saved my butt in 'Phantasy Star Online' plenty of times, too."

The two stepped into the mystic portal and were whisked away to Dennis's world.

Unfortunately readers, it's true. My laptop has seriously stopped working and it's going to take at the very least about a month and a half to fix the situation. I'll further the story with filler chapters in 'Pokémon Grey: Special Baron Von Stupor Edition' to give everyone a glimpse of my progress as I recover from this stupid freaking coincidental event. I guess the forces of nature again aren't with me. TT