And we reach the arc end. Sorry for all you Squirt fans, he's still taking a backseat in the next arc but then he's back in the spotlight. As for Pika... Who knows? I sure don't.
Anyway, review Damnit! And go read Anomaly. Hoenn Chronicles too, both in my favourite lists. They form a network, which ToF is a part of. Hell, reading them isn't essential but you'll miss some of Mew's humour if you don't. You do what you want. I only really mentioned them because I keep forgetting and Aeris is threatening to kill me if I put it off any longer.
Episode 147: Uncomfortable Situations
"That was a little too close," Mew muttered as he looked up at me, I was practically lying on top of him.
"Tell me that again when we are out of here," I grunted as I strained my back against the steel girder that threatened to crush the two of us if my limbs gave out.
"Good thing that the building collapsed at that moment or we'd have been vaporised."
"I'd rather it hadn't collapsed on us though. Can you squeeze out from underneath me?"
"'Fraid not. You're kinda crushing my tail underneath your foot."
I swore, feeling the trapped appendage. I tried to move my foot off of it but had to stamp it back when my remaining limbs nearly cracked under the extra weight. Mew swore too, although that was because I'd just stamped on his tail. We were forced nose to nose and I couldn't keep that girder up for much longer, my back was close to breaking point.
Mew squirmed a little and I could just about make out Fervo yelling something from the other side of the walls that had somehow stayed standing. Just my luck really. The ceiling caves in yet the walls that would have finished me off stay standing so I get to die by crushing instead. Just as I felt like my shoulders were going to tear themselves off, Mew cheered and I glanced up.
At first I couldn't make out anything but it wasn't long before I spotted the green lizard climbing down the wall, using his claws to grip the concrete.
"About bloody time too," Mew grumbled as I fired up my tail flame so it was a large as I could manage, attracting Fervo's attention.
"You're still alive!" He yelled as he ran up to us, seemingly oblivious to how much strain I was undergoing.
"We won't be for much longer if you don't take some of that weight off of Flame."
"Oh, right. Sorry."
He reached under the girder and heaved, managing to take some of the weight. Not enough to allow me to drop the girder, but still enough for me to move my foot off of Mew's tail. The pink feline crawled free and me and Fervo were left holding onto the girder.
"Think you can get free?" The Treecko grunted as I took some of the weight back, allowing him to rest a little.
"Not without leaving you to hold the whole thing. And that would rip your arms off, and crush my back end. We need more people. Or less weight."
Fervo's swearing was blocked out by a loud crash as part of the wall fell down, a small square. In the new opening, Scyther stood with blades ready.
"Sorry Scyther took so long," he said as he stepped over to us, "the wall was harder to slice than Scyther had expected."
"Hmm?" Mew muttered as he propped himself up with a piece of rubble, "I think I just figured out the answer to your little dilemma."
Scyther nodded when Mew explained his plan, which I missed thanks to Fervo's constant curses. I figured it out when Scyther suddenly brought both blades down on the girder and sliced a large chunk of it off.
"Scyther cannot cut all the way through without climbing on top," he said after a few seconds of silence. I braced myself, as did Fervo, and the ninja leapt onto the top of the girder.
The sudden weight caused my left paw to slip and I collapsed to the ground, feeling the steel crushing me as Fervo attempted to hold the entire thing with only his two hands.
"Shit!" He yelled, which pretty much summed up my thoughts at that exact moment. Scyther hopped off only a second later and the weight was halved as most of the girder fell either side of me. So, Fervo was able to lift it a little and I was finally able to crawl out myself. Just as I managed, Fervo's stamina went and he let go of the girder. It slammed into the ground, just behind the tip of my tail. In fact, it fell through my tail flame.
"Well, that was a pain," Fervo muttered as he clutched one arm and slammed his shoulder into a piece of rubble. We all winced as we heard the joint crack back into place. Fervo did the same with the second, letting out a whimper. I had to hand it to him; he sure had a high pain threshold. I can barely handle one arm being rammed back into place, let alone two.
"The whole thing was a pain," Mew added before doubling over as another coughing fit took hold. This time everyone noticed the blood trickling out of his mouth and we all were concerned. Well, me and Fervo were. No one could tell what Scyther was thinking. Stupid ninja ability to keep a strait face all the time.
"Scyther heard yells before Scyther came in, Squirt and the others are heading this way. Scyther presumes that Mew does not wish to be known by the others."
"Yeah," I said, seeing as Mew was too busy hacking up his body fluids.
"Didn't you say he could shape shift? That might solve the problem."
"It might work," Mew gasped, "but I won't be able to recover as fast if I do that."
"You obviously can't recover as you are right now," I interrupted, "if you go the Center with us, in Crescent guise, then you can get the worst of it fixed and get your strength back before leaving and healing the rest yourself."
"I hate it when you are right. I'm supposed to be the one who is right."
"Mewtwo mentioned a tracer. Scyther thinks that Mew better remove that before Team Rocket comes back."
Mew sighed and looked down as his stomach. He ran his paws along it, untill he found what he was looking for.
"Right under the skin. Still going to be a bastard to remove without claws," he muttered, a small trickle of blood slipping past his teeth.
I glanced at Fervo, who nodded. I suddenly moved and held Mew's paws back as Fervo flexed his claws and ran them along the tracer's placing. Once he knew how big it was, he sliced the flesh and whipped the metal object out before Mew could even scream. Mew still screamed though, right next to my head. Fervo placed his paw over the wound and a second on me, and I felt some of my energy being sapped away while Mew finally stopped yelling.
"Just call me the healer," Fervo muttered as he stepped back, the flesh had resealed itself and there was not even a scar, "use stolen energy to heal wounds. Shame I cannot use my own, or I'd have done that instead of swiping Flame's."
We all looked up at the sounds of voices approaching, the others were close now.
"Mew, if you are going to change then now is a good time!" I muttered, as me and Fervo watched the 'doorway'.
"Way ahead of you," a feminine voice replied and we both turned back to see the familiar, to me and Scyther at least, form of Crescent looking up at us. Still wounded but at least there was no longer any trace of Mew.
"Convincing guise," Fervo muttered as he looked the Raichu up and down, "I can see why Squirt fell for it."
"Years of practice. A lot of years practice. More than you've been living for," Crescent replied, standing on shaky legs untill I grabbed her shoulders and helped her towards the door.
"Different look, same arsehole personality," Fervo chuckled as he and Scyther followed behind.
"Stop looking at my personality, pervert!"
True to form, just as we left through the newly constructed door, Squirt and the others showed up. Pika was with them, right beside the Wartortle. They both froze at the sight of me essentially carrying Crescent and their eyes narrowed, stopping my grin dead in its tracks.
"They sure look happy to see me," Crescent muttered as all of the others ran around the two and strait towards us, cheering. Fervo had to stop Blacky from bowling me and 'Auntie Crescent' over.
Moron and Joanne appeared right behind them, the two instantly spotting the injured 'Raichu' and racing over.
"What the hell did they do to you?" Moron asked her as Joanne took her off from me and the Humans raced off towards the Center, with the rest of the group following. Leaving me and Fervo with Squirt and Pika.
"I cannot believe you at times," Squirt said, turning away from me while Fervo looked on in puzzlement.
"Oh, I'm sorry," I retorted sarcastically, "I wasn't aware that it was proper for me to leave her to die back in there!"
"We can't leave you for five minutes before you go do something crazy. Back in that tower was bad enough but now you go parading into a Rocket base and then come marching out with her at your side," Pika growled.
My temper threatened to flare up but I held it back. Luckily Fervo realised that I was close to snapping and stepped in.
"Pika, I was the one who told Flame to support her," he lied, "I couldn't because I dislocated my arms and I need to wait for them to heal properly before taking any weight and Scyther was out of the question. He didn't want too but we had to hurry in order to escape the place collapsing, so he agreed."
"I still can't believe my ex was in there," Squirt muttered as the two of them turned to follow the others.
"Ex?" Fervo asked.
"The Cerulean incident," I whispered in answer.
"Ew. Anway, we better head along too. Something tells me that the next day or two is going to be a little hectic."
I didn't realise right then just how right he was. Hell, a little hectic was a great understatement.