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Party Goers
An entire series.
VGF Member OG
An entire series.
Member OG
Sequel to the VGF Member OG series.
Party Goers and VGF Member OG Timeline
Gamehiker Member OG
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By Yami Yoshi, Vorpal, Masamune, Lupus, Yoshiman, Kuria, and Golem.
Fanventures
An entire series.
Super Mario OG
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By Yami Yoshi, Antisocial the Sufferer, GORE-ILLA, Introbulus, and Ace Orichalcon.
Sonic in Trouble Part 1
By Rider Yoshi
A Biography of the Mario Bros.
Part 1
By Ditto McCloaker.
The Tale of Burushi
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A Yoshi fan fic by Yoshi Wannabe.
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Mario Song Lyrics
Part 2
The Saphire Pyramid...
"Initiates and Brethren, we have arrived at the Saphire Pyramid!" boomed a voice over the train's intercom, "platform staff prepare train for egress!" Several men in blue uniforms opened the doors and lifted the "traps" or metal platforms that covered the steps. "You shall shortly be led into the Pyramid, for the glory of the Starway of the Leaders!" On the platform itself, with the words "stand back" in blue letters, numerous Shining Ones were on hand, a couple of them were holding what appeared to be sceptres. There were also a pair of men with cattle prods. One of the Shining Ones, this one having long black hair and wearing a blue flannel nightdress like the others, came towards the crowd that had left the train. Meanwhile, the train left, in the opposite direction.
"Presumably to get more fresh meat!" thought Al.
"Listen up!" yelled the Shining One, "I shall now lead you down the Path of Blue to the Saphire Pyramid. You shall be properly processed inside. If any of you want to back out..."
"Ok, I'm out of here!" yelled a wise-guy from the back. All of the sudden the rest of the crowd turned towards him. He was one of those who had voluntarily come, and was having second thoughts.
"Don't be a tuna head!" yelled the Shining one, she then faced the potential dissenter and stared him the eyes, "Blue is true, Blue is true!" she said.
"I must be blue!" uttered the man in a monotonic voice.
The followers were led to what appeared to be pyramid wall, but it opened to reveal a secret door. The Shining One who barked orders was now leading them. She produced a pendant and pointed it at the door, and it opened on its own. The group was now inside the pyramid. "I hate this!" thought Pieruru to his comrades.
"So do I!" thought Cat.
"Well, At least our minds are still intact!" thought Al.
"Too true!" thought Schala, "And after spending so long in the middle of a Void, I'm happy to be anywhere, even in this dump!" She then "broadcasted" highlights of her life to the friends. She came from a mystical floating land called Zeal in a completly different world. Like CarPainter and the MoleKing, she too happened to correspond to a videogame character. How this is possible is impossible to explain, suffice it to say this could be caused by a momentary lapse of reason, or perhaps the same meta-physics that explains why no two people on the same flight pay the same price for airfare. Anyways, the four good guys were comparing their strengths to each other. Schala was the best magic user and she had the power to erect and destroy special "seals", which could render a door or box unopenable. Pieruru had his speed, some fighting skills, good hearing, and limited powers, although not as extensive as Schala. Al was the definate electronics expert, and a bit of a brawler. Cat could fight real well, and he also had some mechanical and electronic skills. Cat And Al also had other skills, which they revealed, but partially, but that is neither here nor there. The group was led to another room, a large hall where the crowds from about eight other "Bull-Liner" trains had gathered. The hall was just near capacity.
"It is time to sort!" boomed a voice. Numerous blue symbols adorned the room. Portraits of the Messengers, the most prominent being CarPainter in the centre, adorned the walls. Most of the people were led through a few doors, but Cat, Al, Pieruru and Schala were singled out. They were visibly nervous.
"No!" reassured a Shining One, "You have not broken a rule. Rather, we can sense you have great potential, you will be assets for the Starway path. Cat was just hoping that they couldn't read minds. The Shining One walked, or rather floated, to a male guard and said "Mice Priority Yin and Yang, Dispatcher Notification essential, Fish Caught Today, Many Bagels!" The guard nodded and smiled, and then walked off. The Shining One opened another door, and led them through several doorways that were all guarded.
"Are you sure this was good?" thought Cat, "We're entering the Lion's mouth!"
"Yes!" replied Pieruru and Al in unision, "This kitty is going to get some nasty indigestion. I just hope they don't have Pepto-Bismal on hand!"
"Be careful!" thought Schala, "They may be able to hear us. It may be a trap!"
Cat Investigations
Meanwhile with one of the other groups...
A man with yellow spiky hair, a red jacket over a white shirt, blue pants, and some grayish-black shoes was leaning on one of the walls. An Insane Cultist comes up to him.
"Sir," said one of the insane cultist, "would you please be kind enough to remove your jacket?"
"Sam," replied the Man.
"Sam?" said the Insane Cultist.
The Man responded, "That's my name. Why don't you try using it?"
"Would you kindly remove your jacket?"
"Why?"
"It is red. Red is the color of evil."
"Hey could you read this peice of paper aloud?" Sam hands him a sheet of paper.
The Insane Cultist cleared his throught and read, "Red is the only color worth worshiping."
"Guards!" shouted Sam. The gaurds came and Sam said, "Listen to what he said." He played the Insane Cultist words, which he secretly recorded, and the guards took the Insane Cultist away.
Cat Investigations
"But he was wearing a red jacket!" were the last things that Sam heard from that particular cultist. Things seemed to easy. But then again, he had to move quickly, in case they psychicly scanned the cultist or whatnot. He had to at the same time avoid seeming too suspicious, and he had to use his training in pyschic resistance. The "normal" guards happened to all be morons, but he had to be careful around the Shining Ones, even if they seemed odd (since when had women in nightgowns who hover an inch off the ground been "normal"?) for they were clearly superior in terms of abilities. Basically, the soldiers and rent-a-cops were mostly zombies, except for the superior officers, and the Shining Ones were all superior officers, as it were. There was a healthy mix of the "volunteers" who came because they were in search of something better, and thought Happy-Happism was the way, and the "initiated", who of course were all utter zombies. But the powers that be were "Initiating" everyone they could. Sam was inside a converted factory that was now called the Sky Bridge. Of course the "Sky Bridge" led to the "StarWay", or so logic went. The interior was decorated with blue stars on the wall, as well as portraits of the leaders, giant saphires, and a model of the planet Neptune, which just happend to be blue. He saw a strange man in a suit of armor and he seemed to be made of clay almost (a "Clancer" from "Mischief Makers") and was wearing an officer's cap. He was talking to a Shining One. The Shining One said "We struck Gems at the Saphire Pyramid, Double Happiness Achieved, Auto needs Recoloring!" Sam guessed it was code for something. The Clancer officer then marched off. Chants of praise to the color blue, to the Master, and to the Messengers were said. The messenger who's name was mentioned the most was Carpainter. "Sounds like someone from a videogame!" thought Sam. However, his thought may have een read, for just then, A group approached him. Their were several guards in what seemed to be army uniforms, except that they were blue. There were also a pair of Shining Ones. One of them pointed her right hand at Sam. "You do not fully appreciate Blue-ness!" said the Shining One, as her eyes were glowing. Sam could sense a weak compusion aimed at him. "Come, we shall teach you!" she said. There was more compusion now. The Shining Ones got on his side, as if to trap him. They were trying to mess with his mind. He could here strange voices yelling "Follow the Starway, Follow Happy-Happism, The Future is Blue!" He didn't want to end up a random zombie. He knew what he had to do, and fast!
Well...
RED! He thread his arms through his jackets and bent over, his arms flinging up and shoving red in everyone's faces. They stumbled back a little and seemed dizzy for about ten seconds. Obviously even someone had SOME control over the Shining Ones for them to have such a reaction to red (even if it needed to be in close proximity). He made a break for it as best as he could, clinging onto his jacket for dear life. Sam had gotten himself into a mess alright. With his attire he stuck out like a sore thumb.
Red and Orange...
He ran into another hallway and then to a staircase going down. The public adress system was playing Eiffel's "I'm Blue". All of the sudden a message cut in. "May we have your attention please. May we have your attention please. A subversive is present at the Sky Bridge, a subversive is present at the sky bridge. All loyal initiates will not panic, appropriate measures will be taken! All guards and Shining Ones, be on the lookout for a man with yellow hair in a red jacket!" Sam had to act fast. He was now in a wide passageway. He ducked into an alcove and saw a modified small electric car (like the type they have at airports) with flashing blue lights, with a trio of guards and a Shining One barking orders. "He's here somewhere!" she shouted. The vehicle stopped. The guards took out flashlights and looked in various directions. Sam made a dash for it. "Hey you" yelled a guard from behind him. The vehicle was now pursuing him. He came to a wall lined with paint cans. He did a well-timed kick to make sure the cans came down behind him. Many cans of blue paint came down in an avalanche, creating a barrier to the vehicle. The guards exited but tripped on the cans. The lone Shining One wasn't so unfortunate. She was pursuing him with a vengeance. He came past a strange blue orb on the wall. He paid no attention and ran past. The Shining One stopped at the orb and focused her powers. It started glowing, and a heavy door started closing from above in front of Sam. IT was a garage-style door. Meanwhile the Shining One was launching ice blasts and blue lightning at him. He quickly dropped and rolled and just maid it past the barrier. He continued running. A guard jumped in his way, but he just spread open his jacket, and produced an orange scarf, that he began whipping. If they hate red, they'd really hate orange, he thought, because it was the opposite end of the colorwheel. This guard, a total zombie, backed off. Just to make sure he grabbed a sack of doorknobs he hid in his jacket, wrapped the scarf around it, and had fun with his new weapon. SUCCESS! Unfortunatly, booby traps came to life, with blue flames leaping out of various grates on the floor. He dodged them, and then reached a garage, with both numerous blue vehicles parked, and a few tracks imbedded in the floor with a few Bull-Liners parked on them. Sam wasn't sure whether to make a break for it, or risk going deeper into the complex.
Hmmmm...
He looked back. The guard was behind all those traps, it would be a huge risk to go after him now. Sam wanted to wear his uniform and blend in.
He hopped on the train and zoomed out. Could he get any help?
Meanwhile, a Shining One woke up on the train...
Train to Oblivion?
Sam wasn't exactly a certified railroad engineer, but the controls seemed easy enough, as he sat in the forward cab of the train made up of Rail Diesel Cars. It entered a tunnel that was slowly going upwards. Blue spotlights filled the tunnel. This four-car train handled quite well. He thought of it like a sportscar on rails...sure, sportscars aren't that long and don't have funny bumps on them, but that was besides the point. He noticed a few rocks in the walls....those blue stones. He swore he heard a voice in his head saying "stop the train now!" He decided not to. Soon it exited a tunnel and then crashed through a chainlink gate and several plainclothes guards who were on duty when there was no train using that part of track. He had no idea of the passenger in the back. The said passenger in question, a Shining One, could not believe it. There were normally a few guards and the recruiter or two on these outbound train rides, sometimes more staff and a few Initiates. Empty rides were unheard of. Also, she could sense an unusual entity coming from the cab. She got up and began floating forwards. Like most of them, she was attired in a blue nightgown, and her long hair was black. This particular one had almond colored skin. She decided to investigate.
Sam was playing with the radio, trying to put out a distress call for anyone, ANYONE! He quickly talked to a trucker named Bubba and then some railroad dispatcher...but he didn't know the name of the piece of train-track he was on. He found out he was going over the speed limit when he passed a sign so he slammed on the brakes, then he sped up to normal speed.
The Shining One got to the second car, and decided the best thing would be to stop the train. A blue sticker, placed over a red one, read "emergency brakes", above that was a handle painted very light blue, the equivalent of bright red used by the cult to indicate emergency. She pulled on the cord and all the brakes slammed. As she was floating her balance wasn't upset, save she had to stop herself because of the intertia involved. She made her way to the front of the train.
"Ok, the brakes came to life..." thought Sam...then he sensed he was no alone....."This is just great, Oh..." Before he could put in the word that he thought was appropriate for the situation, the door to the driver's compartment was forced open, and the Shining One came through.
"End of the line, Subversive!" yelled the woman, "You hurt Blue, now you will help it!"
"Guess again!" yelled Sam, as he reached under the seat and noticed a hidden cattle-prod. He tried using it, but she was able to block the blows by creating a blue ice shield. When he paused for a second, he regreted it. She focused her psychic powers to make the air freeze into a heavy blue ball, that she launched at Sammy in the head. Sammy was dazed but still fighting. He used the scarf around the sack of doorknobs, hoping it would work, but then she held up her right hand, and Sammy felt a shock race through his body. He then saw everything go blurry as he slumped down....and then blacked out. The Shining One dragged his body to the other end of the train, where she picked up the radio.
"Is this a Messenger? Good....Subversive Attempted Bull-liner Heist, Red jacketed one has been roped!" She then used a key she had to open a compartment with a crystal ball. She focused her powers at the ball to start the train, hoping to take it, and Sam, back to the Sky Bridge, which isn't really a bridge at all, but how many cults are 100% honest in what they name things?
Hmmm...
Just then, the others were lead into a room to be interrogated to ensure that they were the people they were hoping to meet. While waiting in a lobby, Pierru "broadcasted" that just to be safe that they should hide their identities. They all decided upon pseudonyms. Cat was now to be "Chuck Harding," Al "Mike Angelu," Pierru "George Sykle," and Schala "Susan Mortar." (OoC: in case y'all might want to use them some time.) After each one was taken into another room alone for a half-hour apiece, the interrogators, some Shining Ones, determined that these were in fact the people they had been looking for... "Cat," Al, Pierru, and Schala. Each one resisted the mind-control attempt put on them secretly during each session, and other factors were known against which one could compare and determine such.
"True Blue," as the Shining Ones had come to know the booming voice that was their leader, said that they needed to construct some sort of device to "harvest their soul and body."
Meanwhile, Sam was newly turned into a zombie...
Sam Zombie (not to be confused with Rob Zombie)
Sam was ordered to go to the Saphire Pyramid, because it was suspected that the most important "volunteers" may somehow be trying to infiltrate. So he'd be plan B. He was driven in a "Blue Streak" sportscar by one of the Shining Ones. They were stopped at a roadblock by numerous police.
"Out of the car, you maniacs!" yelled one of the officers, "We've had enough of you, you're going down!"
The Shining One didn't flinch, she just activated the external loudspeakers. "You must remove the roadblock and let us through, to not do so will give you intense pain!" The police officers all complied and let the car through. It sped to a chainlink fence topped with barbed wire in the middle of nowhere, there was only a hole in it for the train tracks, and an electronic gate for road traffic. Next to the gate was one of the odd saphire crystals. The Shining One just "focused" at it and it glowed, and the gate opened. They drove through. There was the pyramid, that was shining blue in the setting sun. Sam was escorted into the pyramid, and told to be "on standby" in case anything errupted.
Meanwhile, inside the pyramid, "Chuck", "Mike", "George", and "Susan" were directed to a "special holding area", while it was spacious, there were no windows, and the doors were electronically locked. "We have to make sure you remain here until a Higher One can take a look at you!" ordered one of the shining ones. There was a small window in the door, and Schala looked outside and was able to both see and "sense" as the Shining One used her powers to activate one of the crystal balls. It activated extra locks on the door. Now they were trapped. It was a four-room suite and a small bathroom. BAsically it was a luxury prison.
"Just great!" thought Pieruru, "Now what do we do?"
"There's a trap door here!" thought Al. Indeed there was. But Cat noticed things were worse.
"It's nailed, screwed, glued, bolted, and even welded shut!" warned Cat.
"And I sense weird electrical signals beneath it!" thought Pieruru. Despite there being nobody present, they decided to stick to communicated psychicly, in case there were any recording devices on hand. They had to do something, because they were sure they'd probably be "processed" somehow, in a painful manner.
Sam Zombie (cont'd)
Sam arrived in the pyramid. He was directed to the right, walk through the hall until he reached three doors, go in the one most on the right, go down that hall and monitor the "guests." If they tried to escape, he was alert the closest Shining One by pressing the bright blue button on a royal blue remote he was given.
"He's expecting us to escape," thought Al. "Even if we could, we'd be smashed by reinforcements. He's expecting us."
"That's what he wants us to think," thought Schala. "He wants us to stay here."
Pierru thought against that. "Ah, but isn't that the wiser thing to do?"
"Exactly!" Cat thought.
Pierru thought again. "If we try to escape now, he'll wonder why we're such dolts."
Cat replied. "That's a triple-bluff, no?"
Schala tried her magic; all it did, though, was to give her a headache for a minute or so. Cat tried pure strength, but that did not will these walls. But Al had an idea; if someone could bust open the trap door, he could fiddle around with the circuits and make them voltless. Sam, seeing them working on the trap door to find a safe way to open it, pressed the blue button.
Had only they expected a cuadruple-bluff from the True Blue.
Enter the Saphire Hedgehog
Bells could be heard in the distance.
"It's nothing!" thought Pieruru
"Don't be so sure!" thought Schala.
Just then the door of the holding chamber flew open, and in marched Sam and a Shining One.
"You are subversives, you do not fully appreciate Blue!" uttered Sam in a droning monotonic voice.
"Hi Sam!" shouted Cat, "Remember me?"
"You have deserted, but you cannot resist, the whole world shall turn blue!"
"He's right!" added the Shining One in a Patti-Labelle like voice. This Shining One, instead of the usual nightgown, was wearing a saphire colored evening gown and a matching scarf. She also had medals which may have indicated her as a superior among the Shining Ones. "The Future is Blue! And your future, is to help test our newest weapon!" She focused her powers and a strange flash of blue light was seen. When it cleared, a strange metallic robot that resembled a cross between a human and a hedgehog appeared.
"And I thought that only Eastern European mad scientists made robotic hedgehogs!" thought Cat.
"Seems to be a trend towards videogame-inspired danger here. But then again, we have Schala!" thought Al.
This robo-hedgehog had numerous "Blue Stones" and several Saphires on it that were glowing. It also had a jetpack with blue fire coming out of it.
"You will learn to love the Saphire Hedgehog, or else..." began Sam. "He has lasers, grapling hooks, homing missiles, the works...oh, to answer your thoughts, which we have read, he's a cross between Metal Sonic, Mecha Sonic, and Silver Sonic....three failed robots from those games....but this robot has the power of BLUE! Have fun, I know I will!" added the Shining One.
"Good luck!" said Sam in a suddenly cheerful (for a zombie) voice, "You'll need it!" The hedgehog rolled up into a ball that was covered with spikes and sawblades.
"Acquiring targets!" announced the robot, "Testing will commence, The Future is Blue!"
Geez!
"They can't be THIS dumb, can they? It'll blast right through the walls!" thought Cat.
Pierru thought that there must be a catch behind this. The others agreed.
Just then the robot announced it had its targets set. Saphire Sonic seemed a bit slow acquiring targets to the gang because thinking is a lot faster than talking. Before another thought could be uttered, Saphire Sonic blazed right towards our heroes. Each one was able to jump out of the way, but thoughts could not process fast enough as to figure out how to stop Saphire from hitting the wall and setting off whatever trap was meant for them.
Behind them was nothing out of place... the outside lay unchanged too, the Shining One and Sam in beautiful condition. The wall stood as firm as ever, in tact. Saphire was outside.
"Video games..." uttered Cat, aloud this time.
Way out?
"I wonder why Saphire didn't just kill us?" blurted Pieruru.
"It was but a test!" replied the Shining One, having heard him, "He will help us crush the enemies of Blue. You'd be dead, however, True Blue has better plans for all of you. Just wait, and don't try escaping this time, it's futile!" The Shining One, Saphire, and Sam all walked away from the cell.
"One thing!" yelled the voice of Sam, "Sapphire is programmed to return if you cause any more disturbance. We are ordered not to kill you, we will inflict all nessescary pain!"
Cat was thinking....."I HAVE A BETTER PLAN!"
So here's how it goes...
"What?" thought the others.
Cat explained it all to them. If everything there was similar to video games, then there must be a video game solution. And being the video game freak he was, he had what they needed. Silver and Mecha Sonics both had only aversions to speedy hedgehogs, two-tailed foxes, and spike-knuckled ant-eaters. But it was still one-third Metal Sonic. When Sonic was cornered by Robotnik's one-hit-kill ray and had no time to dispose of Metal Sonic, he let Robotnik--and more importantly his ray--do the job for him. After all the What Ifs and How the Hecks, they all arrived at a plan.
They'd coax Saphire in, leaping out before the wall could come back, and go crazy through the most populated parts of the building. Hopefully before long the Shining Ones would accidentally destroy Saphire in the confusion or vice versa.
The Greater Escape
"Hey Saphire!" yelled Cat, "You're inferior, you can't stop us!"
"Yeah!" yelled Al in derrision.
"Prisoners are of vital importance plus safetly contained, therefore no action shall be taken!" added the hedgehog.
"Hey, we're about to break out here!" said Schala, as she went after the trap-door.
"This is not allowed!" added the hedgehog, as the door flew open and he bursted inside. Schala focused her powers to dash to the door, and all the others were already there.
"Prisoners are escaping!" yelled Saphire, and all of the sudden alarms went on and blue flashing lights were visible. The group of four made a break for it, with Saphire, Sam, and the Shining One leader in pursuit. The group ran through a large room in which many "initiates" were praising the color blue. These zombies tried to stop the group of four but Al and Pieruru plowed through them like a bulldozer. "Out of the way!" yelled the Shining One as she, Sam, and Saphire continued through. "Sam, go to the Azure room to report to the Messenger there, Saphire and I will follow the prisoners!" said the Shining one. The chase continued, as some gates ahead began closing, but the group of four was able to get through. The Saphire Hedgehog simply rolled into a ball and smashed through the barricade. However, there was now more distance between the groups. Suddenly holes were opening in the floor. Booby traps, as if things couldn't get worse. There were also electrified pieces of floor that were glowing blue, a "50,000 volt welcome mat" as it were. Avoiding everything was done, but it was hard. However, all the trapdoors swung shut, and the voltage didn't affect either the Saphire Hedgehog or the Shining One. They reached a train garage, and there was the "train approaching" warning. That gave Pieruru an idea. He stood on a certain track, and then began mocking the Saphire Hedgehog. He fired laser blasts at him, but he avoided them. The hedgehog rolled up and began reving up his motors. Pieruru jumped away, and the hedgehog rolled forward.....only to be smashed by a three-car "Bull-Liner". The group was sure they would triumph now. But bright blue lights came on, and a group of Shining Ones surrounded the four. "you don't know when to quit, do you?" asked one of them, "smashing our weapon like that....not nice. Don't worry, we'll deal with you nicely!" Their eyes started glowing blue, and then blue energy was serging through them.
"Uh-oh" commented Al.
This ALWAYS happens.
The Shining Ones, minding that these four could not become slaves, decided to try True Blue's favorite "move." Before long, it was done.
Cat, Al, Pieruru, and Schala were still standing, to their amazement. The Shining Ones gave orders for each to do, separating each one from the other. They then went about and started on these tasks. However, the mind link was still in use. They felt as if their body, including their eyes, mouth, nose, and everything else but the subconcious and concious thoughts were on auto-drive. Eventually they all fell silent since no way out seemed available. Then Pieruru's mind started to make a kind of mental static, a sign of no activity.
Cat Investigations
Another Shining one came up to Sam and the Shining one.
"We need a guard for one of the prisoners."
"Take him, he will serve your purpose."
"Come with me."
Sam and the Shining one walk away. They walk a cell.
"Guard this prisoner."
"Sure thing," said Sam.
The Shining one left. Then the prisoner came up to Sam. He revealed himself to be an Insane Cultist.
"You're that guy!" shouted the Insane Cultist.
"Hmm?"
"You're Sam! You're the guy who put me in here!"
Sam replied, "I do not recall."
"Red," said the Insane Cultist. "You tricked me into saying red."
"Red?" thought Sam. Then something clicked. "Now I remember," said Sam.
Insane Cultist responded, "That rights. You idiot."
"We don't use that kind of language in your cell. What did you say anyway?"
"You tricked me into saying, Red is the only color worth worshiping."
"Guards!!!" shouted Sam.
The Guards come in and beat the Insane Cultist senseless.
"Now I've got to rescue Cat and the others."
Cat Investigations
In a miracle of science, the Blue energy caused Al to do something he hadn't done in months... He pressed a few buttons on his Artifical Arm, and his arm transformed into a Turbine, which lunged him into the Bull-liner Smashing it into peices.
"NO ONE MESSES WITH THE FREAK!!" says Al.
"That isn't a very positive self image you seem to have." retorted Cat.
"This isn't time for jokes, Golem!"
"Golem...? Why you're Nintenfreak Jr.! No wonder Bull wants to destroy you."
"Not destroy, remerge. I'll explain after some butt kicking."
Eh?
Meanwhile...
The test was under way. Four shining ones monitored their subjects.
"One has started to fiddle with it."
"Who?"
The Shining One who spoke before pointed to the second silhouette to the right. "Him."
"It makes sense now that one thinks about it," another said.
"We hadn't expected such complications, though. By these readings he might be unwinding our program and start large loopholes." the first one said.
"Then the test wouldn't really test them, would it?" the fourth one responded. "But we didn't really need to test them in the first place. We needed to stall them until True Blue is ready."
Return of an old Enemy?
Just then, the door to the room the Shining Ones were in burst open, and in walked Mr. Carpainter.
"So what have we got here, girls?" asked the Messenger. Referring to Shining Ones simply as "girls" was generally frowned upon, but since Mr. Carpainter belonged to the Messengers, the "Inner Circle" of the Starway, he got away with it. He looked at the monitors they were looking at.
"Something's wrong here!" shouted Mr. Carpainter. "Even if that train car the freak just wrecked was unrepearable. We're still not ready for them. I have to handle this myself. Besides, I have a score to settle with Al and Pieruru, for breaking my control of Cat. As for that blue-haired girl....she'd make a perfect addition to the Inner Circle. Where are the prisoners being held?"
"Rail garage Number Nine, Sealed, all locks OK, Magi-Seal activated, Perimeter Defences online, electro defence activated" said one of the Shining Ones, reciting the standard procedures for high-risk prisoners, or anyone who suddenly broke free from the "control" and had special powers. Many parts of the complex could become temporary "prison cells" if need be. "Two of you come with me!" ordered Mr. Carpainter, "I need backup!"
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Sam, meanwhile, was in another part of the Saphire Pyramid. He was hoping that nobody noticed that he wasn't under control at the moment. He remembered his moments as a zombie, thanks to the precise way in which he was "freed", therefore he knew many things, including the hierarchy....zombies at the bottom, the Inner Circle, as well as this "True Blue", at the top.....and everything else in between. He even knew the names of a lot of the "Messengers". But that was all irrelevant. What he wanted to know was where the special prisoners were held. He suddenly saw Mr. Carpainter walking through a hallway, flanked on either side by a Shining One. He backed into a hallway, chosing to follow behind at a safe distance. HE figured that following a Messenger would lead to important clues. As long as they didn't go into a sealed or locked area, he was fine. Actually, he noticed that he was issued a card-key with embedded saphire crystals while he was a zombie. Probably part of his guard duties he thought. He hoped they were heading to his friends. Now he wasn't sure wether to follow them or find another way. HE didn't know where they were, until he overhead Mr. Carpainter, when they met a group of Shining Ones and another Messenger, King Mole. The train sheds, he had a good idea where those were. He just needed a shortcut, or perhaps some way to stall Mr. Carpainter.
Hmmm...
After talking with the Shining Ones, Mr. Carpainter entered a room to his left with them. Seconds later, an announcement boomed over the PA. "The train shed is off limits to everyone but Mr. Carpainter." Terse, but it said it all.
Sam looked at his watch. To make things worse, he would be late reporting to the midday meal if he didn't hurry.
Hmmm...
Thinking quickly... "I said, 'thinking quickly'..." Sam got am Idea!
As covert Mission Impossibe music played over the PA system for unknown reasons, Sam snuck behind a Plant that had been painted blue, and instantaneously appearend to have a Dijorno's Pizza Delievery Guy suit on and walked up to Mr. Carpainter's shed.
"Special Delievery!" Sam Said.
As Mr. Carpainter bit into the pizza, he announced that, "it wasn't delievery, it was Dijorno." Carpainter closed the door.
*Ding Dong*
Sam in a Business suit asked, "Do you wanna Sharpe?"
"Yes, i'll have the blue one" Said Carpainter.
"What?! you have to have the whole box!" Sam shut the door. "Wait! Give me my Sharpe, dude!"
Carpainter opens the door.
"Its the right PC for the right price!"
Carpainter Shuts the door.
*Ding Dong*
Carpainter Opens the door.
Sam in Mario Suit says, "Clean is better than dirty..."
Carpainter Shuts the door.
*Ding Dong*
Carpainter Opens the door.
"Listen If I let you in, will you leave me alone?" Asked Carpainter.
"Yeah, of course!"
Rumble in a train storage facility.
Sam entered, and then looked around the room that was officially "Train Shed Number Nine". The prisoners were at one far corner, and another corner had assorted boxes. In the middle of the room were about twenty tracks, with numerous Bull-Liner self-proppelled passenger cars, as well as a few other train cars, mostly boxcars, presumably for delivers of something or another, and a couple of Starway Locomotives (painted blue, of course!) At one end of the tracks was a large reinforced steel door, with numerous warning lights flashing. Standing near him were Mr. Carpainter and a pair of Shining Ones.
"You!" he said, pointing at one of the shining ones, "Find out what this man wants, something is seriously amiss here! The other one, come with me!" Mr. Carpainter led the other Shining One across the room and went to the prisoners.
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"Greetings, I think most of you remember me. You with the blue hair, I'm Mr. Carpainter, one of the Messengers. Pieruru and Al, or should I say, Nintenfreak, I have a score to settle with you. This time I have all my powers ready. Plus a Shining One should the need arise. I need you again, Cat, or should I say Golem, and your powers are most intriguing, Schala. I was able to get that name from you quite easily. Anyways, we are about to rumble. And I know that I shall win!" "I think not!" said Pieruru, as he assumed a fighting stance.
"You're going down!" warned Al, as his bionic arm assumed the form of a sledge-hammer.
"Impressive!" commented Carpainter, "But not impressive enough! Observe!" A blue aura encircled him, and then he shot a light blue lightning-bolt at the Shining One, who started to glow. "AZURE-AMPLIFIER!" yelled the Shining One, as she directed lightning at all four of the interlopers, shocking them quite well.
"Do you give up?" asked Mr. Carpainter, "Or are you thirsty for more?" "No to both questions!" groaned Cat, as he slowly got up. He knew it would be a tough battle.
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Meanwhile Sam was being scrutinized by the other Shining one. This Shining One wore a necklace with many of the strange blue stones on it. Like the others, she was relatively short, had dark skin and dark hair, and was floating a bit. This one wore a blue cotton nightgown. "So, what's the meaning of this?" asked the Shining one. "I'm Mas Silverstone from a reputable cell-phone company!" "Cell-phones? I think there's a mistake..." "No mistake, miss, I'm here to show you..." Sam pulled out a British cellphone and some literature....it was all from Orange..."That the future is bright, the future is ORANGE!" He knew Orange was even more distinct from blue than Red, so the Shining One was freaking out a bit. The Shining One backed off, and then began to glow a little. She then turned around and saw the battle in progress, so she wanted to join in the fight. Sam had other ideas.
"Come back here, I love you, my Saphire Gem!" He sounded corney, but he hoped it would work. Fooling with unknown forces wasn't always a good idea, but he prepared to do it anyways.
"You're trying something!" she yelled, "You're not under control. I will fix that!"
"No, I shall!" replied Sam, as he changed his voice, and began his William Shatner impression. "Hey. Mr. Tam. Bourine man. Hey. MR. TAMBOURINE MAN! In the jingle. Jangle. Morning. I'll come. FOLLOWING. you!" The PA system was now playing the slightly odd music that William Shatner would "sing" (if you could call it that) to. "HEY MR. TAMBOURINE MAN!" The Shining One was suddenly in an odd trance, with her arms crossed in front of her chest. Sam found it odd, because his attempts at singing and whatnot never worked with anyone before. Yet now they were working with one of these odd psychic goons of the True Blue. He had a plan.
Who...?
Meanwhile, the four Shining Ones were still monitoring their subjects. "How come he can but we cannot?" one asked.
"Mr. Carpainter has abilities beyond ours." another replied. The four waited a while.
Then the machine in front of them started to beep slowly, then it stopped after a Shining One pushed a button. "They have entered battle. This will determine our plan."
Just then, Cat fell and locked eyes with Sam for a second. He got up again, slowly, though. That was a hard one.
Sam folded up the orange ad into a plane and threw it at... Someone over there. He scuttled away before anyone could take notice.
What...is going on?
Mr. Carpainter then cast a Chain-Lightning spell that zapped all his four adverseries.
"Hey, Painter, what's that on the floor?" asked Cat.
"Since you're so pathetic, I'll see what's on the floor right now, and then STILL beat you!" He looked at it. It was an ad for Orange. "THIS IS AN INSULT!" he screamed. A blue aura encircled him, and then another force was seen building up in him, a strange "ramping-up" noise (think of the "Harmonizer Hyperbeam" that the Brain-o-saurus in Metroid 3 uses) was audible, and then a large cone of all the shades of blue flowed out and incinerated the literature. "TAKE THAT!" he yelled.
"No, take THIS!" yelled Al, as he hammered Carpainter with his hammer-arm. He fell down onto the floor.
"Did you get that letter I sent you last week?" asked Pieruru, as he stared at the man. Before he could answered Pieruru answered for him. "No, you didn't, because I forgot to STAMP IT!" He stamped on the head of CarPainter to emphasize this. The Shining One that was nearby rushed to the aid of her superior, but Pieruru had other plans. "My sweet Miare'e, you have returned!" he said in a romantic-sounding voice. Pieruru was sure she wasn't his lost girlfriend, but she looked vaguely like her, and he enjoyed playing mind-games on those who uses mental-weapons. "ME and her are engaged!" he shouted in a fake Cockney accent to Carpainter. The Shining One was visibly agitated, as this was one attack she was NOT trained to defend herself against.
Meanwhile, Sam was having much luck with the Shining One he was pitted against, his singing seemed to have somehow struck a soft-spot, and he was talking to her more like she was a girlfriend rather than an enemy.
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In the control room the four Shining Ones were very alarmed. Just then Vile, a robot in a blue Bobba Fett-esque armor with a shoulder-mounted gun and a jetpack came in.
"Messenger, there's a problem!" said one of the Shining Ones. "I see that, you inferior...as much as I resent Mr. Carpainter, the Master seems to favor him more than me, it is my duty to rush to the aid of a fellow Messenger. Come, Shining Ones, it is time that the priority subjects be properly subjegated, as for that upstart fake initiate Sam....do what must be done, whatever that is!"
What...is going on?
"Hm... Others are comeing. We must finish Carpainter off." Stated Pieruru.
Al whacks Carpainter with his Hammer again. A white number pops up above the head of carpainter.
"That means he's getting weaker." Said Al
"How do you know?"
"Trust Me. I'll finish him off with a special... Hydrocloric Burp!"
A horribe stench filled the air. Carpainter returned to normal.
"What did you eat?" Asked Cat.
"If I told you, you'd probably recoil in disgust" Said Al.
The Shining....One!
"Fools, poison and gas attacks are no match against me!" laughed Mr. Carpainter.
"Well I just chain-ged my mind!" yelled Al, as his weapon assumed the form of an air-powered gun and he fired a pair of metal-balls joined by chain at Mr. Carpainter. He seemed to be trapped. The four surrounded him.
"Very clever!" remarked Carpainter "BUT NOT CLEVER ENOUGH! Why do you think that I am a Messenger and not YOU?" A force built up in him, the chains snapped off, and then lightning arced out at everyone. "That's just the beginning of my powers...lightning gives me a magnetic personality!" As he said this he "magnetically" picked up an RDC Bull-Liner that was across the room, brought it over, and started twirling it in mid air with nothing but his strange forces, while singing "That's Amore."
"If there's anything worse than his powers, its his singing!" remarked a bruised Pieruru. Mr. Carpainter then threw the railcar at Pieruru, but he was able to roll out of the way in time.
Meanwhile, Sam was still working his magic, whatever that was, on the Shining One.
"Do you really like Carpainter? He's such a jerk!" Sam then did his best sexy jazz musician impression, and much to the surprise of everyone, it worked. All fo the sudden the Shining One that was near him turned around, and flew towards Mr. Carpainter. The other Shining One was shocked. The first charged up a blue energy (if you've played any R-Type game you'll know EXACTLY what I mean) and then fired it at Mr. Carpainter, knocking him to the floor.
"TRAITOR!" yelled Mr. Carpainter.
"WHAT IS THE MEANING OF ALL THIS?" yelled Vile, as he and his entourage of four Shining Ones broke in.
"I'm Mas Silverstone!" said Sam, "I'm in love with one of your beauties, she a model for a line of sleepwear or something?"
"INSOLENCE, I WILL NOT TOLERATE INSOLENCE, I WILL CRUSH INSOLENCE!" remarked Vile in a robotic voice, which was hardly surprising, as he is a robot. "The Afava'a will not be denied, True Blue will not be denied!"
"But she's in love with me!" said Sam, "Say you love me, say you love me!" he sang in an appaling voice that would make Carpainter sound like Pavaroti.
"I LOVE YOU!" replied the obviously confused Shining One.
"And I'm taking her to see a movie...A CLOCKWORK....what is it?" said Sam, feigning confusion. "Oh, I know....a clockwork ORANGE!" When he yelled it he threw oranges he had concealed, threw them at the Shining Ones, who scattered.
"PARLOR TRICKS ARE INNEFECTIVE!" announced Vile, as he fired a blue blast from his shoulder-cannon. The blast formed an electric forcefield around Sam. "NOW SNAP OUT OF IT, HE IS NEUTRALIZED, BRING HIM TO ME!"
"See here!" said Mr. Carpainter, as he slowly got up to his feet, "This is my battle, I say he stays!"
"NO, I AM SPEAKING WITH AUTHORITY FROM HIGHER UP!" was Vile's reply. The group of four who were fighting Carpainter got up and had smiles on their faces. Little did they realize the potential for a battle royale in the room!
Aye...
Mr. Carpainter saw that the four would not attack him if he gave them a few spare moments. They wanted rest, and didn't know what he was doing, and if any of them tried to attack him, he would just start the battle quicker.
"What doesn't conduct electricity?" Pieruru asked, as if he already knew the answer, which he did.
"Wood," Schala replied.
"And in the right color?" also knowing the answer.
"Yes, there is orange wood..."
They sat there for a moment. They didn't know how close Mr. Carpainter was to finishing, but he was almost done.
"Someone's going to have to rock 'n' roll outta here." Pieruru broke the silence with.
"I know this town better than any o' us, I think I should go," Cat suggested.
The Shining One, Vile, Mr. Carpainter, and Sam turned around.
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