From: Karnivax (karnivax@my-deja.com)
Subject: Re: [PW!] Anime-niacs, Part 1
Newsgroups: alt.games.nintendo.pokemon
Date: 2000/06/24
> "Now, Eddie, er, Banshee... SUPERSONIC!" ordered Shard. Banshee cut loose with
> a shreik that couldn't be heard, but could be felt by everyone.
> Convention-goers curled into near-fetal positions, hands clamped firmly over
> their ears. Glass shattered, tables broke in half. In the midst of the chaos,
> Shard lept into the air, abnormally high, especially for someone in such a
> bulky, elaborate costume. As the horriffic scream ended, Shard stopped at the
> peak of his jump, threw some of his exploding Magnemites in random directions,
> and began his decent.
>
> When the smoke cleared, Shard was standing there, with Cathode at his feet,
> held firmly in place by Shockwave. He didn't really seem to mind.
>
> "Ah, young rodents in love," laughed Shard. "You're not callous enough to
> SEPARATE them, are you Kyle?" asked Shard, as hearts floated above the two.
>
> Blood dripped from Espio's nose, an anime cliche in action.
(OOC: Espio is safely in his Pokéball, so I'll just DV that last
sentence...)
Kyle could have been occupied wondering how Shard could have
possibly known which one of the Pokéballs on Kyle's belt was
Cathode's. But years of suppressed rage were starting to boil to
Kyle's surface. He could think of nothing else but vengeance. His
face turned as red as a tomato.
He strode toward where the two Pikachu were making an attempt to
embrace each other with their tiny rodent arms. He stood next to
Cathode and looked down. Shard just stood nearby and laughed out
loud. "Heh heh heh...no, wait, that's not contemptuous enough. Let me
try again. Hah hah hah!!! There we go."
Kyle gave a momentary glance at Shard.
Then, with no warning at all, Kyle pounced like a wildcat at the
young Rocket and grabbed hold of his neck. He slammed Shard to the
floor. Shard let out a pained gasp as the wind was knocked out of
him. Banshee did not even get the chance to take a step toward Kyle
before Kyle viciously kicked the roly-poly Pokémon in the face. Kyle
raised one white-knuckled fist. "Tell me, Shard: you ever seen the
inside of your own head?" he queried as his fist started to move
forward.
The fist suddenly stopped short. Jessica was holding Kyle's wrist
tightly with both hands.
"Let go!" Kyle shouted. He struggled to break free.
"For Goddish's sake!" Jessica shouted back. "We want to detain
him, not kill him!"
Kyle was not even given time to calm down before Banshee nailed
him in the back of the head with a mallet. Shard shoved the woozy Kyle
aside with his Proto Man shield. "Thanks, Jess, I appreciate the
help," Shard chuckled. The swift Rocket rolled out of the way as
Jessica tried to capture him. Before she could make another attempt,
Shard knocked her to the floor with his shield. Then he stood, swooped
up the enamored pair of Pikachu, and made a break for it. "Wow, and I
thought stealing that credit card was easy! Come on, Banshee, move it
or lose it!" Banshee quickly spat on Kyle and took off after Shard.
Kyle slowly tried to get to his feet. "I had him...I could have
smashed his face right then and there..."
Cathode took a break from making love to look over the shoulder of
the retreating Shard at Kyle. "Chuuu..."
--K * A * R * N * I * V * A * X--
"Some have said there is no subtlety to
destruction. You know what? They're dead."
--Jaya Ballard, task mage
