Warning Spoiler Alert:
If you have never read A Little Night Music by Srgeman
Please finish it before you read the second segment of this chapter.
I mean it's nothing terribly big, but it's still something.
You might not notice if you aren't familiar with what 'Titans' are.
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"Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment, and learn again to exercise his will – his personal responsibility." - Albert Einstein
"Oh my God, Ruby is that you?"
"No, of course not," Blare waved her claws in front of her, denying everything.
"Oh, I get it," her partner figured, "You're speaking through Blare from the great beyond."
"Ooh, so close…," the pilot cussed to himself.
"So what's heaven like Ruby? Is it as boring as you thought it'd be? How's mom?"
"She says that ya need ta stop being so hard on yaself," Blare lied, "you're brilliant and hansom."
"That doesn't sound like mom."
"She also says that the cute blond likes ya."
"Now that sounds like mom…"
"I think that you should go for it too," Blare smiled.
A red explosion engulfed the front of the plane. The tiny plane changed shape. The flying trash heap developed into a huge passenger plane. Blare and her partner were now sitting in coach. They blinked their eyes in confusion as would anyone else that witnessed the event. Taken in by the small fantasy the pair of them ran towards the front of the plane as the intercom clicked on.
"Good morning passengers, this is your captain speaking. We hope you enjoyed your three day flight with Air Titan. And yes, I did say three day flight. That explosion was the signal that we, 'suse me, You. That explosion was the symbol that You have busted through the Golnar Barrier. Now the plane will be crash landing in your destinations shortly, so I advise that you unbuckle your seatbelt, put your seats and trays into the upright positions, grab your parachutes and scream like crazy Mankies in a barrel as the plane will be spiraling out of control to certain doom. I hope to see you both again sometime soon…," the pilot had barely finish making his announcement when the door was kicked down, "Oh and have a nice day."
The pilot shrunk down in size into a grey creature. He took off his glasses, threw off the pilot cap, then phased his way out of the plane, Meanwhile, the plane warped back into the flying piece of garbage that it truly was. One of the two passengers screamed at the top of his lungs at the insanity. The Charmander, however, stayed perfectly calm, put on her parachute as well as her partner's. She then blew a Flamethrower at the tarp that prevented anyone from being flung out of the plane by accident.
"(Rio, stop screaming like a little girl and… Jump!)," Blaire yelled as she shoved her brother out of the plane, "(Yeeeeeeehaaaaaaaaawww!)"
Meanwhile, outside of Golnar's Barrier…
"Whoo, that took a lot out of me," Not Machop stretched.
"You didn't have to go that far you know…," Not Squirtle tapped his foot on the imaginary ground that they were standing on.
"You should have seen the looks on their faces when," Not Machop laughed his head off, "It was epic."
"I trusted you to get them through the barrier safely," Not Squirtle snapped, "not freak them out, you show off."
"Relax. Kick off your shoes and stay a while," Not Machop patted the empty space next to him, "After all, we're both on suspension now."
"No, just you," Not Squirtle shrugged, "I still have the rest of my charges to worry about, Plus a few hundred of yours."
"Oh, it's only a couple hundred, not that big of a deal," Not Machop kicked back, "Why don't you ask that feline newbie to take a few off your new shift?"
"Well, Luccelli is behind on his quota," Not Squirtle sighed and plopped down.
"Hey, have faith in your charge," Not Machop sensed his friend's worry, "She can keep her cool when the situation calls for it."
"That's not what I'm worried about," Not Squirtle took out a document that he'd been writing on for the past few days, "It's all of the weird things that have been happening. Even for us Titans, these events don't add up. Let's see… Going backwards: There's this Barrier that we can't seem to get past unless we sever any connections to higher powers. There was that extra soul and even that missing soul that we've found. Then there's your charge's unidentified death. Going back further, there was that collective mass of twenty nine souls that have not left Golnar…"
"Well, twenty eight if we exclude the one that missing soul that finally passed through," Not Machop corrected.
"Yes, about that missing soul," Not Squirtle sighed to himself, "Seems like some of the higher ups are arguing about whether or not to allow this Pseudo to become a Titan."
"You mean he was a Reborn?"
"No… He's an Illegitimate Reborn," Not Squirtle shook his head, "There are no records of him ever being assigned to anyone and worse off, he has no recollection of ever being that Skuntank."
"That is strange…," Not Machop got up and started walking away.
"Hey, where are you going?"
"Well, since I'm on suspension, I figured I could use this time to catch up on some history," Not Machop stepped with his hands behind his head, "Maybe then I can figure out this mystery."
"My God you're crazy, absolutely off your rocker nuts," Karen stormed out of the building when Brandy told her practically everything.
"Karen, it's the truth," Brandy shouted.
"(Hm, what was I so worried about?)," I shrugged to myself, "(I should have figured she wouldn't believe you.)"
"You could be a little more helpful you know," Brandy scolded me.
"(Oh yes, I'm sure that telling her 'Torchic' again and again would be quite convincing.)"
"It's better than nothing." Brandy picked me up, "Come on."
"(Why don't you just give up?)"
"Why didn't you?"
"(This and that are completely different situations!)," I kicked at him, "(This is not about life and death.)"
"You selfish little brat. When it comes to your own life you'd do anything to keep it, but when someone else has a problem you… Forget it," Brandy dropped me, "Karen wait for me!"
"(Hey, come back here.)," Brandy left me alone, "(Where did all that come from?)"
"(It could have something to do with you being such a big baby.)"
"(Hey, I am not a being a…)," I said to my unexpected guest, "(Kiki, what are you doing here!)"
"(You and ma left without telling your big sister 'goodbye', what do think I'm doing here?)"
"(What if Principal Bisha catches you?)"
"(I'd like to see that old man try.)," Kiki put her nose up, being smug as usual. Apparently, she forgot that the Torchic actually won the game of 'chase' the night before.
"(Okay, 'good-bye'… Now, go home.)"
"(Sure thing…)," Kiki grinned, her eyes seemed to be preparing me to be pierced with the next word she said, "(Jonathan.)"
"(Oh, shit… you heard us…?)," I wasn't even sure if I was supposed to ask that question or not.
"(Well, it certainly explains quite a bit. Like why you ran when you first saw me.)," Kiki walked to one of the corners to curl up and lie down, "(Most newborns wouldn't know about predators.)"
"(Don't you dare tell anyone.)," I tried my best to look frightening, but well, you know, "(Or I'll Peck your eyes out.)"
"(Relax, I don't have a reason to tell anybody your secret.)," Kiki yawned, "(your big sister is not a rumor mill.)"
"(Then why aren't you leaving?)"
Kiki shrugged as she stretched her front paws down into her back and flow up all six of her tails, "(I guess I'm just worn out from coming here.)"
"(Then you shouldn't have come at all.)"
"(And leave you here all alone.)," Kiki smiled, swiped me and held me under her bosom, "(No, I couldn't do that to my baby brother.)"
"(Let go! Get off of me!)"
"(But isn't this what humans do with baby brothers?)"
"(Not even close!)," I shouted, "(Besides I'm not a baby!)"
"(Oh that's so cute thinking that you are a big boy.)," Kiki cooed at me.
"(Why are you doing this?)"
"(Oh look, a big boy question. Guess I could humor you with a big boy answer.)," Kiki licked me just to spite me, "(If you're going to act like a baby Pokémon then I'll treat you like a baby Pokémon.)"
"(I haven't been acting like a baby anything.)"
"(Oh no? Then tell me how Ma feels about you killing yourself.)"
"(How Karen feels? How am I supposed to know?)"
"(Guess I was wrong about you.)," Kiki looked down on me, "(even a baby Pokémon would know how a human feels.)"
"(Did you forget I am a-)"
"(Do you even know how Ma feels about you?)," Kiki glared at me, "(I'll give you a hint. It was her idea to pray for your soul at Kubbi's shrine.)"
"(What are you saying…)," I stopped, "(Quit making shit up! Rich girls don't care about anyone besides themselves!)"
"(What's that! Think again!)," Kiki snapped her teeth at me, "(Ma's the least selfish human I've ever known. And I'll be damned if I let you talk down about her.)"
"(I'msorrypleaseforgiveme.)," I squeaked.
"(That's better.)," Kiki didn't let me go, but she did calm down, "(Yawn… Now for a nap.)"
"I'm gonna die," my late brother screamed at da top of his lungs.
I could barely hear him over the rush of the air. I spun round, just like with my usual routine, despite that we were tricked and there ain't no landing sight prepared. I just love this feeling. Almost made me forget that our lives were on tha line up there. I took a moment ta dive under Rio before I let loose my Ember attack.
Ya'd think he'd keep screaming, but Rio calmed down. It's weird, I know, but Rio has always relaxed the most when he watched fire. (One of da perks to being his partner, I guess.) Da sparkl'n flames dancing 'round, reminds Rio that I'm here ta protect 'im. I'm his 'Lucky Charm' after all. I've never let him down before.
"Thanks Ruby," Rio screamed so that I could hear him, "Let's do this! Whahoo!"
Rio took out the smoke flares that he had attached to his belt days before. (Of which is still hard for me to believe we've been on that plane for three days.) He lit both of them an' flipped backwards. We continued to 'dance' the routine that we, well really Rio made. It wasn't so hard, I didn't need Mr. TIghtbritches to remind me what to do.
"Okay, Blare! Time for the finale, then we release our chutes!"
"(Okay! Three! Two! One!)," I shouted my with final attack. A fireball that we were to fall right through as if it was just smoke. I went first, of course, followed by Rio. Then we released our chutes, but wait… did I forget something…
"(Ah Rio)," I screamed, "(Get out of my chute!)"
"This feels rediculous," I complained, despite I already owned the same costume at the Dolly's, "I don't see how wearing these costumes will keep people from noticing your tail is real."
"Jade, I think that you should pick a different costume," Tyrone said as he readjusted his 'ears'.
"Sure, if you do…," my real ears twitched.
"If you haven't noticed," Tyrone swished his tail, "I can't change my costume."
"Then I wont," I smiled, swishing my six fake tails.
"But… I don't know. I feel like something bad will happen if someone sees you in that costume."
I stopped walking, "Is that what you think?"
"No, I think that you'd look great if you were a real Vulpix, but I…," Tyrone looked down at the ground, "Before the fiasco at Grandad's… I had a freaky dream… I can't explain it without sounding crazy though."
"Compared to how this weekend has been," I asked, Tyrone nodded, "It must have really freaked you out then, huh?"
"Pleas take off that costume," he asked quietly of me, "It frightens me."
"Well, you are part Growlithe," I explained, "Vulpix and Growlithe are natural rivals."
"But that's not what frightens me…," Tyrone shook for a seconds before he spoke up again, "Never mind it's nothing."
"You sure, because I don't mind taking it off," I was about to remove my ears.
"No, really it's nothing," Tyrone laughed, subconsciously scratching the side of his face, "You look better this way."
End
Note to Tyler: Learn what it means to 'grow up.' And Fast.
Note to Jade: Be weary of face scratchers. They may not be themselves.
Note to Blare: Make sure that you aren't under anyone before you release your chute…
Note to Reader: Review! Review! Review! Please and Thank you.
Note to Self: Get milk.