Me: This is a pretty long chapter, and it has a lot of talking in it. But other than that, there are some enjoyable parts to it. For one, to aid in keeping Zane, Vivian, Meriee, Servo, Kooper, Cambot, Goombario, and Yoshi's true apperances hidden from public view, a little Mushroom Kingdom magic is used to disguise the non-human team members. I also arranged a very special guest to play the part of Tom Servo's human form.
Zane: Really? Who?
Me: He sould be here soon. When I called him last night and told him about everything of my fanfic project, he wanted to help. When I mentioned that Servo would be needing a human form, he volunteered to play the part.
Crow: Who is it?
Me: Let's just say, it's someone you know.
(a bearded man enters the author's booth. Light shines on said man as angels sing)
Mystery Man: Excuse me, but is this the office of NUTCASE71733?
Me: Ah, Kevin Murphy! Great to meet you in person!
Zane, Mallow: KEVIN MURPHY!?!
Zane: NUTCASE, how'd you get ahold of the legendary voice behind Tom Servo!?
Kevin: Allow me to explain: Last night, NUTCASE here gave me a call and told me of his little story here. A lot of people like writing MST3K fanfics, but this one was certainly a novel idea. I then said if he needed help, I'd be glad to help out. When he mentioned a human version of Tom Servo, I couldn't resist!
Servo: Kevin, it's been too long! I missed you so much! (starts crying)
Mallow: (hands Servo a box of tissues) This ought to be interesting...
Me: Before I forget, here's your costume, Kevin. This outfit is based upon Servo's design. (hands kevin a red T-Shirt, and white shorts with black stripes on them. It also comes with black and white sneakers and a pair of cartoony gloves)
Kevin: This is pretty interesting. Ok, time for me to get into character. Shouldn't be too hard since I've been doing those Rifftrax specials with Mike and Bill lately.
Zane: I've seen those. Glad to see you guys never lost your touch.
Crow: Making fun of movies is a valuable skill that can't be forgotten easily, my friend.
Me: Right. Time for FANFIC SIGGGGGGN!!!!!
Chapter 8: Discussions and Disguises
When everyone arrived at the station, Clay's new friends were speechless whn they saw the people Officer Jenny mentioned. Clay, who was now in a pretty bad mood, decided to vent his frustration on Tom Servo. "Servo, just what in the hell did you do this time!?" Servo looked at Clay quizzicly, then said, "What are you talking about?" Clay then yelled, "What I'm talking about is that you got yourself stuck in jail. AGAIN!" Servo then yelled, "Well excuse me for being a victim of circumstance!"
Clay scoffed, then said, "Yeah sure, you were a real victim when you tried to make those new fireworks that one time last week. You not only were breaking the law by manufacturing explosives without a permit, but the explosion you caused during that little stunt also caused the paint you were using to try and give the gunpowder different colors went EVERYWHERE! It took all of Toad Town's supply of cleaning personel to clean up all that paint! Now what did you do to get yourself into jail this time!?"
Officer Jenny then said, "Please, calm down! Let me explain: I found them on the grounds of a nearby pokemon preserve, and I thought they were tresspassing. The reason being is that Starview City recently had some criminal activity, and rumor has it that Team Rocket was responsible." Ash and his friends, along with Clay, Meriee, and Vivian felt compelled to add to Jenny's story. Clay then said, "We have some info on that, but finish telling your story first."
Jenny then said, "After some explaining, I found out they didn't mean to break the law. Of course, when they said they came from another world, I had them take a lie detector test, but the results said they were being honest suprisingly." Vivian chuckled, then said, "Well I understand what you mean. It is kinda strange how we ended up here."
Clay then said, "Now I'll fill you in on what we know officer. I must have fallen unconcious when I came here, as I woke up in a dark room. Meriee was there with me, and she had just woken up too. Some thugs from Team Rocket had captured us, saying that we fell onto some property of theirs. I'd tell you where, but I was out cold, so I can't tel you anything. It'd be a good idea to search the whole area, as the goon who was assigned to look after us told us we were being taken to their head office."
Officer Jenny was suprised at this information, then said, "The individual wouldn't have happened to have told you where the head office was, did he!?" Clay replied with, "Now that you mention it, he did. I guess he was sure that since we were prisoners that we wouldn't have any chance at escaping. Especially since we later found we were in an airplane. Anyway, he said the main office was outside some place called Viridian City."
Ash then said, "What!? Viridian City!?!" Brock then said, "Well, that explains why the gym was once secretly run by Team Rocket..." Clay continued with, "I refused to tell the gaurd anything as to how Meriee and I stumbled onto their hideout. But he went way, then came back with some friends of his hoping to force me to talk. I tricked them into freeing us, then knocked them out so Meriee and I could escape. When I saw that we were in the air, this made the escape a bit more tricky than I had hoped. But we still got away regardless. After a while, some goons tried to stop us, but I was able to force them back. Then one of them shot me in the upper arm close to the shoulder..."
Goombario then said, "Ok, that is not cool! When I find those punks, I'm gonna tear them apart!" Clay then said, "Luckily, Ash and his friends found my girlfriend, Vivian and she was able to stall the Rockets a bit. Then this Pikachu here took them out with an electric blast. We then came out here looking for whoever else got dragged here."
Officer Jenny then said, "Ok, this does go along with the reports of the activity in Starview. With this information, we should be able to storm the Rocket's base and make a mass arrest of each and every Rocket there. We can use the information in their computers to also round up any Rockets outside of Kanto. Thank you very much, I'll be sure to mention you to my family so they can help you in case you may need it anytime. But before you go, I think it might be wise to find a way of hiding your friends from the public. Since none of them are pokemon, it might be difficult to keep the public from panicking if they see creatures not of this world."
Meriee then said, "I may be a spell caster, but I sadly don't know any spells that could fix that problem right now..." Zane stepped forward, then said, "Don't worry about anything, I'm sure we can still find a way to be seen in public." Servo then said, "If we wind up fighting the Rockets, which I'm sure we will, perhaps the public will look past our strange looks if information on us gets out."
Brock then said, "That sounds like wishfull thinking..." May then said, "But how will we keep them hidden from view?" That's when Kooper said, "Oh, I just thought of something! Clay, remember what the king of Ice Land gave you and your brothers?" Clay then caught on to what Kooper implied, and then dug into his backpack, and pulled out a yellow rod with a jewel on the end of it.
Ash then said, "What is that thing?" Clay then said, "I know you'll probobly think it's crazy, but this is a genuine magic wand." Jessie was intrigued by this, and predictibly said, "A real magic wand!?" Clay then said, "Yeah, this was a present to me from the king of a frozen kingdom appropriately called Ice Land. The king used to be a mean person, but he still had some decency. Me and my oldest brother Mario were unavailable at the time this event took place, so my other brother Luigi was asked by my homeland's ruler to investigate the rumors of the king's supposed rude behavior. What it took for him to be nice was two evil children to use the king's magic wand to turn him and Luigi into dogs. And by evil children, I don't mean just juvenile delinquents, I mean kids who get their kicks out of doing any bad deed imaginable, and that includes assisting their father with world domination. When the problem was resolved, the king became a kind ruler, and treated his people with respect. He was only the way he was due to the fact he was an old-fashioned ruler like his father before him, and he didn't really mean any harm to anyone. A while after this happened, the king sent us a set of magic wands as a thank you."
Goombario then said, "That's great! With these wands, you might be able to turn us into humans so we can blend in!" Clay nodded, and held out the wand and fired a beam of energy at his friends. He watched as each of them gained human characteristics. Ash and his friends watched in awe of the spectical, and Officer Jenny was still overwhelmed by these events. 'I think I need to take a few days off...' She thought to herself.
Finally, the transformation spell was done, and Clay put the wand back in his bag. He then looked at his friends to see how they looked. Goombaio still had his blue hat, but he was now quite obviously human nw. He had brown hair, and matching eyes with the same thick eyebrows he sported as a Goomba. He also wore a brown shirt, and white pants with brown shoes. It would take time for him to get used to having actuall arms and hands attatched to his torso.
Zane still had his usual attire, but he overall looked like a taller version of himself without the mushroom on his head.
Kooper still wore his trademark bandana and wristbands, but now sported navy blue hair on his now human head. He also now had five fingers on his hands instead of four. He wore a blue vest over a yellow shirt, which made it look like he still had his shell on. He also had blue shoes on in the same style as his Koopa Troopa boots.
Meriee, while although you couldn't tell weither she was originally human or not (her glowing eyes betrayed that possibility), she now wore a more modern mini-skirt in the same colors as her original robe. She retained her aqua blue hair, but now had green eys instead of neon yellow, and now wore green tennis shoes and a lavander-colored shirt.
Cambot's new look caused him to tuble to the ground, as he originally never had legs, thus causing him to lose balance and fall. He had black hair, blue eyes, a blue shirt, and gray shorts. He also had a camera hanging from his neck by via strap.
Servo's transformation was pretty humorous. For some reason, he turned into a middle-aged man with a beard and mustache. He wore a red shirt and white pants with the same black stripes as Servo's hoverskirt, cartoony gloves like Clay's, and his shoes were black and white. Since he now had legs, he fell over like Cambot did when he lost his balance. He would have looked like Mario if he hadn't had the beard, and had a thicker mustache.
Vivian's transformation, in Clay's oppinion, was the best one. She doned a purple shirt and a matching miniskirt which was a lighter shade of purple than her original skin color. Her pink hair appeared to be thicker, and looked similar in style to Princess Peach's hairstyle. She also wore red tennis shoes, and she had the same white gloves on her hands. Her eyes were still the same brilliant ruby red Clay saw on his first date with Vivian. Clay began blushing uncontrollably at this point.
Yoshi, suprisingly, was turned into a pokemon instead of a human. His tail lengthened, and curled until it looked like a spiral. His head grew two crests with yellow triming, and his eyes moved to the sides of his head, and appeared to be merely black dots. He also was a lot shorter now, no bigger than three feet high. When he tried to speak, all that came from his mouth was, "Kecleon!?" Clay snapped out of his stupor, then said, "Yikes, what happened!? That spell was supposed to make you human, not whatever-it-is you are!"
Ash then said, "Yoshi was turned into a Kecleon!" Clay then said, "I'm guessing that's a pokemon?" Max then said, "Yeah, Kecleon are chameleon pokemon. They can blend into their surroundings to become invisible. The only problem is that the red mark on their stomach remains visible."
Clay took the wand back out of his back, and zapped Yoshi with it again. This time he became human. He had green hair with red highlights, he also wore a green and white striped shirt and wore red shorts with matching sneakers. Yoshi then said in a different voice, "That feels much better." Clay then said, "It seems the magic also changed your voice too, Yoshi."
May then said, "Wow, that was amazing!" Max then said, "I'll say! Can you also turn people into pokemon with that!?" Clay then said, "Whoa, whoa, whoa! This thing is not a toy! This thing can be very dangerous if not handled right! I know this for a fact as a friend of mine, while doing it with the best intentions, nearly messed up the Mushroom Kingdom while experimenting with a magic wand intended for use by royalty only! I'm afraid I'll only be using this thing when it's nessesary."
Max was dissapointed, but realized Clay had a point about the consequences of letting magic go out of hand. He didn't want to think of what could happen if Team Rocket got their hands on it. After saying goodbye to Officer Jenny (And after another of Brock's pathetic attempts at hitting on the policewoman), the team left the station to try and find a way home for the otherworldly members of the group.
After leaving town, Clay learned a great deal about pokemon from Ash and Brock. He found the whole concept rather interesting due to his intrest in sports and other forms of competition. Clay then said to the two friends, "I happen to be a major sports star back home in the Mushroom Kingdom. If we had pokemon there, you'd be sure that you'd see me in a tournament somewhere." Brock then said, "Perhaps you should stay a hile and see for yourself how much fun it can be."
Clay then said, "I can't unfortunately. My brothers back home would be concerned as to why I would be gone fo so long since I have no way to contact them through the Space-Time Continuum." Ash then had an interesting thought, and said, "Say, I just thought of something: Perhaps when you get home, pokemon could probobly find their way to your world too!" Brock then said, "I don't know about that Ash..." Clay then said, "It actually is possible that they could, that is if a portal links our worlds together. You see my brothers, while although born in the Mushroom Kingdom, were raised in a world similar to this, but without pokemon."
Brock then said, "I'm guessing there are no Kanto, Johto, Hoeen, Orange Islands, and Orre in that world either huh?" Clay then said, "I'm sure Mario and Luigi might know the answer there, I don't. I was born and raised in the Mushroom Kingdom, so I don't know anything about my brothers former home, which everyone in my world dubbed the Real World. Anyway, both the Real World and the Mushroom World, like this world are all called Earth. The differences are quite apparent as you can imagine. The Real World and the Mushroom World are linked together via unique form of dimensional portal made from a very advanced plumbing system. If a link between this world and mine is established, I'm sure curious pokemon may find themselves in my world eventually."
Ash was suprised at this, and said, "Plumbing!? You mean you travel through pipes to get between worlds!?!" Clay then said, "Yeah, that's the normal way it's done. There are these large green pipes all over the Mushroom Kingdom and the rest of my world, apropriately called Warp Pipes. These pipes are shortcuts between different areas in my world, which have been very usefull in helping keep bad guys under control. Mind you, Pipes are seldom used, mainly in case of an emergency. The people of my world usually get around by the same means people in this world do."
Brock then said, "I bet those pipes are a godsend." Clay then said, "Yeah, but sometimes they're actually the home of some dangerous creatures called Piranha Plants, thus people gotta be careful before getting close to one. Anyway, no one really knows how the Real World and the Mushroom World are linked together the way they are, but there were theories stating that during a huge cataclysmic force of nature the Space-Time Continuum was damaged, causing one world to become two. Both worlds were almost exact copies, but one world underwent some incredible changes due to the different physics in one dimension while the other one stayed the same. Despite being separate worlds, both worlds were still joined somewhat as a complex system of pipes was said to have formed under unusual circumstances, thus linking the two worlds. This link was called a Warp Zone, and there were numerous pipes on both my world and the Real World which allow people to crossover between dimensions."
Ash then said, "But how'd you get here? We don't have Warp Pipes here. Do we?" Brock then said, "We saw Vivian fall out of the sky, Ash. Unless pipes can hang upside down from a cloud, I doubt we have any." Clay then said, "Well, in my world they do, but we came here under unusual conditions. I found a magic item called a Warp Whistle, which should have taken me and my friends to the Warp Zone I mentioned, but a rift in Time and Space appeared sucking us in. Now here we are having this discussion."
Ash then said, "Wow, that does sound wierd..." Brock then said, "You say that compared to everything else he said?" Clay chuckled, then said, "Yeah, I sometimes have trouble believing it myself. I didn't really put much thought into this stuff until I met Servo and his friends." Brock then said, "What do you mean?" Clay then said, "I'll explain later. Right now it looks like we'd better find a place to set up camp." The three looked towards the sky, and saw it was getting late. It appeared to be around six in the evening, so the group stopped to set up camp.
To be continued...
Kevin: Ah, that was fun.
Zane: I see some Mario cartoon refrences here.
Me: Yep. The first one was from an episode called Life's Ruff. I saw it at YouTube not to long ago, and it was pretty good. I'd have to say that episode was possibly Luigi's shining moment in the cartoons. The second refrence was from A Toadally Magical Adventure, where Toad tried to protect the kingdom with a magic wand intended for use only by the king of Sky Land.
Kevin: And fear not fans, I will be around for the rest of this story for whenever Servo becomes human!
Me: And don't worry, he'll also revert back to his robot self on occasion too. R&R!