Intense Rage...

Al rushed towards Mr. Carpainter and activated his bionic arm. Pieces of shrapnel (far sharper than bullets) were sprayed at him. However, after taking a few hits Mr. Carpainter ducked behind a Shining One. Al could have taken them on, but he didn't care about the Shining Ones. He only wanted Mr. CarPainter. The end of his arm turned into a drill and he lunged towards Mr. Carpainter. The well dressed villain smirked as a forcefield stopped Al. Mr. Carpainter and the Shining Ones then jumped into a hidden hatch in the ground that opened them. It closed behind them, and Al couldn't get it open. "Cripes!"
"Remember you are still sealed!" warned Mr. Carpainter over the intercom, "All the doors are closed, only a Shining One or someone superior...oops, never mind that, ignore what I just said...you are doomed!"
"A Shining One?" asked Cat, with a smile on his face. "Say, Sam, that new girlfriend of yours, what is she?"
The Renegade Shining One dashed towards something that was virtually ignored during the many fights. A single Bull-Liner car. As it was a self-propelled railcar, there was no need for a locomotive. The Shining One just looked at it and the doors opened and the staircases lowered. Everyone hopped aboard.
"Say, what is your name?" asked Cat to the Shining One.
"Well, my name is..." She was interrupted by the sound of clanging metal. "Quickly, we have to leave!" She and Sam rushed to the front and started it, while the rail-door opened. Al got to the back and opened the back door, which had a fence, ensuring no one would fall out.
"Anyone here looking for trouble?" asked Al, as an arm-cannon in his arm activated, "you just found it!" The RDC (short name of that kind of rail car...nicknamed a "Bull-Liner" by the cult...since there's just one, you can't call it a train) sped through the passageway that was lit with blue spotlights. A loud clanking was heard behind. Then it became apparent. A mech with a pair of legs, a large white face, and a pair of arms with lobster claws at their ends. Seated in this machine was what appeared to be a person, except that it had a face that looked like it was made of clay, and he was dressed like a Samurai.
"Marzen 64" thought Al, remembering the guy and his robot from a certain game. However, one thing he didn't notice before, and it was there now, was directly behind the Samurai pilot was Mr. Carpainter, with a scowl on his face. "Faster, Marzen, Faster!" barked Mr. CarPainter.
"Sir, I'm going as fast as I can, we're gaining on them..."
"That's not fast enough!" complained the irritated Messenger.
"Chew on this!" yelled Al, as he began firing shots from his gun. They did little if any damage. Most of the shots seemed to just deflect off.
"Marzen, Retaliate!"
"Sir yes sir!" The robot launched numerous balls with attached 'copter blades from the "mouth." Al was occupied intercepting those.
"Magnetic Charge!" yelled Al, as his arm glowed, and a couple of 'Copter Bombs were pulled to it. He then reversed the polarity and shot the bombs back at the Mech, which then jumped as the explosions shook it. It still kept running.
"So, you wanna play hardball? That's fine with me. Schala, Sara, Sam, the Shining Traitor, Al, and Cat, your end is near, very near, that rail car shall be your coffin!" Carpainter smiled. The tunnel was starting to turn to the right, and then passed a switch. One tunnel was going upwards towards light. It wasn't the one the rail-vehicle was on, however. It was now on a downward track with the Mech in pursuit. "Marzen, charge the Saphire Faualo Beam!"
"Yes Sir!"
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If the rail passengers were in dire straits, Pieruru was in straits that were even more dire. Sand and block was sucked up from the ground and formed into a large being that turned Saphire. It was controlled by the Entity.
"You are a very good warrior, Pieruru, so is your entire clan. I must confess, yes, it was the will of I, Lord of the Blue, that your sisters and girlfriend were claimed!"
"Pig, what did you do to them?" demanded Pieruru.
"Why should I tell you? The main reason I told you this much was to get you in a rage, so your judgement would be clouded. Why be sure I can win, when I can be extra sure?" The being waled around. It approached a pair of train tracks, and stood with one foot on either one, right between the rails. "Star-child, you are inferior. I suggest you take off that sarong, tie it around your neck, and attach it to something high off the ground. That would be a more pleasant method of death than what I have in store for you!"
"Never.....STAR Lion SLASH!" yelled Pieruru, As several glowing "Claws" flew through the air and slashed the being.
"That actually hurt, you twit!" replied the being. "It's been so long since anyone was actually able to hurt me. So, I shall have a more interesting battle.

Ummmm... Yeah?

"Can't this thing go any faster?!" yelled Cat, the whites of his eyes comparable to dinner plates.

The Renagade Shining One turned away as she thought. When she turned around, she held out her hands. "Focus your party energy!" she shouted over the loud clanging behind them and closing her eyes. She just hoped that the factors were all right in order to pull this off.

"Whuh?" Everyone was confused but Cat, who was now wondering about what she knew about this.

"Just join hands with me and do it," commanded the Renegade Shining One, whose voice seemed to be a whisper over the metal clangs.

They all joined hands in a circle, their eyes closed. They could feel that they were going faster, but a few seconds later, they slowed down, slower than they were before.

The sickeningly blue beam was coming at them for what seemed an eternity. "Been nice knowin' ya...!" Al said over the mind link. Everyone kept their concentration, however, as they felt the RDC fall apart in front of them.

Pieruru edged back as the Entity's block man advanced. A giant blue beam shot up in front of both of them, barely missing Pieruru and the block man. He tried to step in it, but the beam dissappated before he could.

Ummmm... Yeah?

"Cat..." Said Al.

"What is it? It'd better be important!" responded Cat.

"I need to give you something that will help you on your way."

"Can it wait?"

"No, I want you to have this." Al handed the starman consealed on his... um... person to Cat.

Oh...

Cat remembered.

Around the time of his death, Nintenfreak Senior had presented Golem--in a dream--with what seemed a pen under a mess of rubber bands. "It's yours, Golem." Nintenfreak wore a smile. When he regained conciousness, the pen was there.
He also recalled that in this way, Nintenfreak Sr. was the only friend to stick with him. Although he didn't know "NintF" long enough to become great friends, he always seemed to feel warmth like "NintF" had in the pen. This also opened up entire new worlds, litterally, and had changed Golem into what he was now--

"You gonna help or what?!" Al called back to Cat.

Cat "woke up," the starman in his hand. He felt the same warmth. Did this mean...?

Cat got ready.

Invinca-Cat!

Lights cleared and the group that was aboard a Bull-Liner were now in a tunnel near the entrance. The pursuing mech had now stopped.
"I'll handle this!" Yelled Mr. Carpainter. "Cat, you're about to lose all nine lives!" A blue aura surrounded him. "Remember, those rails are made of metal. Metal conducts electricity. All of you are finished!" A force built up, which he threw down at the tracks. Cat yelled "SUPRISE" while brandishing the Starman, and then a bright flash of light flashed on him, and then he was glowing all colors of the rainbow while surrounded by tiny white stars. The electric attack travelled harmlessly through and around Cat and then dissipated into the ground, without reaching anyone else.
"Is that all you got?"
"Marzen, retreat, retreat!" ordered Mr. Carpainter. The funny mech swung around, its claws scratching the walls of the tunnel and knocking off rocks, and then it ran away from Cat at full speed. Cat just smiled as he began pursuing them. "Faster, Faster!"
"This is the fastest I can go sir, and this isn't the best surface---"
"Shut up and run, Marzen!" The Mech released a few bombs behind it, but these merely gave a gentle backwards push to Cat, they couldn't do much in his state. Mr. Carpainter pulled out a communicator and pressed some buttons.
"Close Railgate 5 upon passing, repeat, 5 upon passing, close!"
Cat was gaining on the Mech, when suddenly metal beams shot across from the wall, blocking him. He was able to smash his way through them, but by then a stronger wall had appeared on the other side. Worse, the effects of the Starman were wearing off.
"You ok Cat?" asked Sarah's voice. Cat turned around and saw her.
"Why did you follow me?"
"I wanted to see that you were ok.."
"Well I used a Starman, so I couldn't have been...sorry, forgot, you're from another world, don't know what a Starman is!"
"Well, I haven't known you long, but...I can see something special in you!" said the long blue-haired girl. "Anyways, we should leave this tunnel. I'm sure you'll have your chance to stop him soon!"
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Outside, Pieruru was jumping and running as the Entity kept firing all manner of projectiles at him.
"You are no match for Blue, no match at all, stop moving and save yourself the pain!"
"I've had enough pain from you!" fumed Pieruru.

"I'm about to do something... I haven't done in a long time!" Said Al. Suddenly, he got fatter, and fatter, then all his hair turned green! His nose grew long, and ears moved up to the top of his head. As soon as his nails became claws, he was a bear, Big Bear.

Herm...

Mark looked to the stout man while holding a black Game Boy sized device in his hand. "Hey Steve."

"Yeah?" the other replied.

"Think you can start a fire?" Mark punched something or other into his device.

"Why?"

"We need some way to destroy this area before the 'aliens' can be called upon." He looked at the screen of his device with dismay, not turning away from it.

"But couldn't they be friendly?"

"I've done my homework this time." Mark really hadn't. However, Golem had said it all when he was riding on that bike.

"Very well, Mark. You're the only guy I'd follow with that order, what with its massive destruction... I'm on it." Steve knew Mark had a mysterious way... As mysterious as the extra terrestrials themselves.

Back in the tunnel...

Al/Big-Bear ran and nearly bumped into Cat and Sarah. "Save some action for me!"
Sarah then informed Big Bear what happened.
"If I don't rip appart something soon, I'll go nuts! I need some good old fashioned destructive action!" The big freak slashed part of the track on the floor and then tore up a piece of the metal, the spikes holding it in place giving way quite easily. Just then rumbling could be heard.
"Your action, I believe, is at the end of this tunnel!" suggested Cat. Bear grunted a thanks and then rushed off with inhuman speed.
"Cat, I have something to tell you..." began Sarah.
"I think it's time for us to join the fight!" interupted Cat, as more shaking was felt. They rushed to the end of the tunnel. There, everyone was gathered, watching the mayhem that was going on outside.
There were two things....there was Pieruru vs. The Entity.....and then.....there was Force Y.
"Those men give me the creeps!" said Schala, pointing to Force Y.
"I agree," said the Renegade Shining One, who was of yet still un-named, "I sense that there is a possible three way conflict ahead!"
"Are you Shining Ones all this psychic?" asked Sam, "or is it just I'm lucky in my choice of girlfriends?"
"We all are!"
"Oh, and I thought I was special!"
"Ok, whatever, it's time to smash heads and eat pizza!" roared The Big Bear, "And we're all out of pizza!"

"Those men give me the creeps!"

Everyone was betting that not even Carpainter and his giant robot could stand up to The Big Bear. The Big Bear tore through the metal beams in no time, but another was in front of that one. The Big Bear could crush them, but probably not fast enough. Marzen could have gotten off the grounds by now.

"Those men give me the creeps!"

At the mouth of the tunnel Cat was flabbergasted that Big Bear was that intent on stopping Mr. Carpainter. He could only shrug, and prepare to attack. He was watching Pieruru fighting the Blue-Menace.
Cat knew just what to do. He psychicly told his plan to Schala and Sarah, for he would need their help.
******************************************
"Ok, we should get the explosives ready!" told Mark to his partner.
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Big Bear, meanwhile, was upset that he lost his target. He turned around and began running towards the outside. Suddenly the ground shook and the King Mole, in a blue robe and shogun-helmet, appeared, carrying a sledgehammer.
"No, you won't help your friends today!"
"OUT OF MY WAY!" shouted Big Bear! He picked up the offending mole and tossed him asside. The mole then burrowed underground. "Pushover!" Bear began ranning. Suddenly the Mole surfaced under him and threw him against the ceiling, with surprising strength.
"You're too powerful, I can't let you stop Blue!"

Get out!

"Okay, now we get everyone out of the pyramids, right?" asked Steve.

Mark was still working on that part.

Get out!

Big Bear was in a nasty fight with Mole King. He didn't quite understand it, he seemed too powerful. The Mole King suddenly zapped Big Bear with a powerful yellow lightning blast.
"Taste my Rotor Claw!" yelled Big Bear, as he did a twisting claw attack that severely scratched the King.

"This can't be!" yelled the Mole, "I have better weapons!" The Big Bear said nothing, picked him up, and performed an inverted Piledriver on him. As soon as he recovered he dug his way out. The whole collapsed, meaning Bear could not pursue.

The Big Bear was more upset now. He wanted someone to just stay and fight. He rushed out of the pyramid, and saw a battle unfolding.

True Blue's Cheering Squad

As the stone soldier with the Entity as its soul saw more enemies arrive, he yelled something in a foreign language. The mindless, led by the Shining Ones, emerged from the pyramids slowly.

Mark was watching from above. "Get down there, now, Steve. Oh," he added, "and wear this." Mark gave Steve a device with headphones and a speaker that fit over one's head. It had a cord that dangled down to a little black box that attached to one's belt loops. Mark took out one for himself.

Steve received his set. "Right. I expect you'll tell me when to start the fire?"

"Yes, yes, of course."

Countdown to Doomsday

"We have a problem!" yelled Cat!
"Tell us something we don't know!' snapped back Sarah, as she nearly missed being blown up by a grenade thrown by a rather insane cultist.
Sam and his new "girlfriend" were also in the fray. "We have to help Pieruru!"
"I can help!" suggested the Shining One Currently Known As Sam's Girlfriend. She probed into the minds of Cat, Schala, Sarah and Sam. "We will fight blue with...blue!" Faint beams of light bounced between their heads. "Harmonized Big Bang Blast!" She yelled, as a large orb of energy formed in the hands of the Shining One, and raced towards True Blue.
*****************************************
"It's SHOWTIME!" yelled Steve, as he slammed the detonator button. A low boon reverberated through the battle field.

What was that?!

"Huh?" the Shining One said, losing concentration and glad she was not attacking.

"What was that?!" Cat asked in confusion.

Sam directed the group to the giant statue of rocks, which had just collapsed. The blue spirit was still in the rocks, but was not holding it together.

The Shining One explained that it must have lost concentration. This might be their only time to get a good hit in.

As they were preparing to attack, Pieruru called their attention to a giant fire surrounding the area.

"We'd better get out of here soon!" Pieruru said. The fire was unusually quick to spread.

Sam looked to his girlfriend. "Can you get these people out?"

"I sure hope so," she replied, knowing he meant the mind slaves.

What was that?!

Using his Bear like instincts, Big Bear followed a scent on the ground, and found his way to Cat. The thing is, it wasn't Cat's scent he was tracking, but rather Carpainters.

"What is it?" Cat asked.

Big Bear walked around in a circular pattern, because he was confused. He had lost the scent during the battle with the now deceased King Mole, But he was sure that the scent was Carpainter's. So he did the only thing he could do: he back tracked, until he found a second scent. This time, he was sure it was Carpainter. Not because he was seen (Carpainter was in hiding), but because he was in a different area. and this time, the scent was a bit stronger than the scent he smell near Cat.

Big Bear could hardly vocalize two words, "FIGHT…ME!"

"So, you've found me. I'm suprised. But I know you won't harm me." said the villian in the shadows.

"WA…GOLEM", The Bear stammered in rage.

"You're a smart boy," said Carpainter, "I suppose you'll want a cookie for a reward. I'm afraid that we're fresh out of that. All we have left is untimely death."

Wagolem, or Carpainter as he called himself, lunged out of the shadows and around the neck on Big Bear. Since he was on the back of the Bear, he could not be reached, but he forgot one thing... Big Bear turned his right arm into three metallic tentacles that pulled Wagolem off of his back, and bount him in place. Big Bear turned back into Big Al, and pulled Wagolem closer to him, and rippedhis Carpainter costume off of the dubious villian.

"Why?" Asked Big Al.

"Isn't it obvious? Big Bull promised Fluutar and myself power if we helped him. He may be gone now, but I'll still be successful.

"Where is Fluutar?"

"If you look for him on Earth, you won't find him. He's still taking care of business back home."

"In that case, you're coming with me!"

By the time he had said that, Wagolem was out of the tentacles and out the door.

"Not today!"

Wah!

Big Al darted after him, but Cat grabbed his shoulder before he got too far.

"Don't, you'll only die in this fire if you chase him!" Cat said.

Al closed his eyes and then looked at Cat with a determined face. "I must."

Al's gaze was so powerful that Cat inexplicably let go of his shoulder. Al disappeared into a portal of smoke.

"Let's go!" Pieruru's voice pierced through the tone.

"You!" Sam said. His girlfriend reappeared with a mass of people behind her.

Cat Investigations

"Listen," said Sam,"I want you to take these people and get out of here."

"What about you?" the Shining One asks.

"I have some unfinished buisness. Before I go, what's your name?"

"Chasity."

"Heh. A lovely name for a lovely girl. Take care."

"Please, come back alive." And with that she teleported herself and the other people away.

"Hmph... Time to get to work," he said as he started running towards the pyramid.

After awhile Sam came to a dead end.

"Crap, I have to get that breifcase." He ran back through the dark and silent halls of the pyramid. He found the elevator, pushed the button and got in. Three "dings" later the elevator stopped suddenly. 'That only could mean one thing,' Sam thought as he tried hide himself in the elevator.

When the door opened, three shinging ones got on and rode it up 4 more floors. On the way they started to have a conversation...

"Why would anyone try to break into the treasury?"

"It's not like they could get in anyhow."

"Listen we have our orders."

When the elevator came to a stop they got out and went down a hallway, with Sam soon after. 'It's going to be harder to get that briefcase that I originally planned,' thought Sam.

Beep

The Shining Ones, too busy to notice Sam had pulled himself into a tight ball on the floor of the elevator and slowly followed them out, made their way to the treasury. There was a large door at the end of a seemingly endless hall, or at least it's seemingly endless when you're following three Shining Ones who could notice you any second. In any case, when they came to the end, there was a dark blue orb to the right of the door. The leading Shining One waved his hand over the orb and it lit up a brilliant bright blue for a second, after which the doors opened towards the Shining Ones. Sam peered in. Lo and behold, there was his briefcase...! To the further confoundment of Sam, nothing else was in the huge room.

Two of the Shining Ones walked up to panels with numbers on them on the side of each door that was showing. Sam had to keep them from finishing, so he threw some marbles that he had in his pocket at the panels just before he slid into the room.

Beep

~Where ever Big al and Wagolem are~

Big Al: Hold it right there!

Wagolem: Or what?

Big Al: It's a rehtorical statement. You aren't supposed to respond.

Wagolem: Well, it's a bit late for that.

Big Al: That's isn't the point. the thing is, you did it.

Wagolem: I wont let you take me alive! *jumps off of dam*

Big Al: There is no dam there.

Wagolem: Well, that explains why i'm only on the floor in pain.

Big Al: Right, then. *handcuffs Wagolem* You'll pay for your crimes against humanity. Now, you'll answer my questions...

Yeah...

Meanwhile, Steve was using a telephone booth a couple blocks away to call the fire department. He had asked Mark if the police would catch them, but Mark assured Steve that the police wouldn't know a thing about what happened. Mark was waiting outside the telephone booth.

"I've got your back, Golem..."

Outside of the compound, Cat, Pieruru, Chasity, and the mass were waiting. "C'mon, guys!" Cat said to himself. Big Al and Sam were still through that bar of smoke and fire spread farther by the moment. "I just feel so useless! Can't we do anything?!"

Chasity had an idea. "Well, we can at least get the people to wake up..."

"That's right!" Pieruru said with a bit of an oncoming smile. It just got his mind off of the others.

"So, what do we do?" questioned Cat.

"Not really sure... Hmmm... Oh, I know!" Chasity replied. She looked in one's eyes and put her hands on his cheeks. Her hands glowed and so did his eyes. A minute later, she stopped. "That should do it!"

They waited. Nothing.

Chasity was starting to worry. "Hmm... That should have worked."

"Well, try again! Pieruru and I will try the others.

Chasity did it again. Nothing happened. She went to another person... who showed no progress. Hundreds of attempts later, nothing had happened.

"You don't mean..." whispered Cat.

She nodded solemnly.

Cat Investigations

"Cat," Chasity says, "I'm begging you, help Sam get out alive."

"But how am I even suppose to find them, let alone get in there?" remarks Cat.

"If there's one person alive today that could do this task, it's you cat."

"Okay. I'll do it."

Heyo!

"You coming?" Cat said as he looked to Pieruru.

"Mmm, sorry, but I'm drained right now..." he said slowly as he rubbed his forehead.

"Okay, okay..." Cat said to himself. "Where...?" He looked around. Straight in front of him, past the former battlefield, was the main pyramid. He bolted for it as fast as he could. As he strayed from the front gates, he could feel the heat closing in on him. Cat went straight through the front door, left open. "Now, where would he be?!"

Wait. He knew Sam. A sly smile spread across Cat's face.

He dashed to the elevator and hopped in when the doors opened. When it closed, Cat used his brilliant idea. "I hate blue." He was forgetting one thing in all this, though.

You don't ever use an elevator when there's fire closing in on you.

Elevator...

The elevator suddenly stopped and the doors flew open. An alarm went off, with blue lights flashing.
"Due to the fire, all elevator service is suspended!" announced the voice. Just great, he'd have to go the rest of the way on foot. Suddenly he was approached by a man who looked tough. He dressed like a Russian soldier, but in blue, and he carried a pair of guns.
"I am Volkov, the Super-Soldier. You aren't going anywhere!" he announced. "I can stand intense heat, you cannot!"

Elevator...

Earlier Big Al ran off to find Cat, with Wagolem in tow.

When Big Al found Cat, he realized that he is being attacked by Volkov.

Big Al: What are you doing?

Cat: Oh, we're just hanging around, quite literally.

A bit of the elevator's cable gave way.

Wagolem: Volkov! I order you to shoot this man, and rescue me.

Volkov: Aye, Captain.

Big Al tosses Wagolem at Volkov, and knock them down. Using this time wisely, the occupants of the elevator use his time to escape the burning elevator.

Wagolem: What are you waiting for? After them.

KABOOM!

"The stairwell is this way," said Al.

"We have to go up!" replied Cat.

"Huh?!"

"We need to find Sam! Not only for Sam himself but for Chasity, too!"

"Makes sense that he'd run off..."

While deciding the course of action to take near the stairwell, Volkov caught up. He wound up a punch and lunged at Big Al, whose back was facing Volkov. However, Cat saw Volkov from his eye's corner and shoved Al down to the floor. Volkov instead tripped on Big Al's back.

"I guess now we're even," said Cat.

"No matter," was the reply. "To Sam!"

Then a huge explosion erupted from somewhere above. Cat started into the stairwell, but noticed Al was not accompanying him.

"Well?!" demanded Cat.

"Hold back, they've found Sam!"

Cat looked to Big Al, who was leaning out of a large hole in the wall. The Russian super-soldier was gone...

Big Al turned his attention to the sky and said: "Think quick, Cat. Sam's got a suitcase. Oh, yeah, he's flying out of the top floor of the building followed by a blast from a large blue-tinted beam."

Cat Investigations

"Quickly, Big Al! We've got to catch him!" shouts Cat.

"We can't," responds Big Al.

"I know that I've let Chasity down, but what hurts me the most is that I'm helpless to save Sam. And it's not just that it's Sam, it's that it's a life. Why can't I do anything?!" And with that said Cat emitted a strange aura...

In a secret base far away...

"Sir, something's on our monitors. It's being emitted to where Sam is suppose to be."

"What?! He may be in danger. Tell him to pull back."

"Will do sir... He's not responding."

"He must be in trouble, send a rescue team and tell the other operative to rescue him.

Back with Sam...

Cat let's out a roar as his muscle tense up, then he makes a run towards Sam.

Big Al shouts out, "You're not going to make it."

But Cat doesn't listen, as he continues his run across the side of the building.

"Is this all my life amounts to?" asks Sam. "What's that? Is that Cat? It is. But how could he be running across the side of a building?" Right before Cat could grab him a swish of light grabs him and both Sam and the swish crash through the Window, leaving Cat to fall down.

Inside...

The swish reveals himself to be a person, the other operative.

"What do you want?" shouts Sam.

"Don't forget your mission."

"It's taken care of, I have the suitcase."

"You were about to die."

"My friends would have saved me."

"Fool!" He disappears and Sam flys backwards. He then reappers. "You don't need friends. You aren't suppose to have friends. They are not to be trusted." After saying this Cat flies into the room...

Phew...

Cat was panting heavily, staring straight at the Shining Ones in the vault. "Alright... I just have to..." Big Al was down below, shouting at Cat about something--

But then the building creaked. And shifted. It slowly started to tip in the direction Cat was facing. Cat, very alarmed, made a run for the wall, which was nearing becoming the ceiling. He grabbed on and hauled himself outside. The Shining Ones were too far away to have reached the wall...

Cat charged down the building as fast as he could. All of his friends were at the bottom. It was going to be a happy ending.

At the base he leaped off and kept running, and as the building met with the ground, he was running from a dust cloud. A little more than several ten yards away, he stopped and watched from a distance.

"Yep... we did it!" Cat said. He had a giant smile on his face.

Then Chasity spoke. "You have used your party energy, though."

"...What?" Cat said, half alarmed.

She explained. "Today, when we were invincible on the train... that was us using our party energy. But you, having enough party energy for three forms, had not used all of it up. You used it up trying to save Sam." She would have thrown Sam a warm smile if he were there. She continued, "But you only get your party energy rejuvenated every five-hundred years. You have none left for future events..."

"So THAT'S what happened!" exclaimed Pieruru.

"What do you mean, three forms?" Cat asked.

"You know what I mean," Chasity replied, leaving Cat to think a bit.

Big Al was over with the crowd. "Hey... these guys are lifeless. Shouldn't the spell have been lifted?"

The entire compound was up in flames, nothing was left.

Chasity again stepped in to explain. "They cannot be jolted from their places... they need to be properly moved."

Everyone went "Huh?"

She blinked and said, "There's a procedure that needs to be done. Destruction of the buildings and Shining Ones, their surroundings, leaves their minds, lacking the resources for the procedure, empty."

"How horrible!" Pieruru shouted. "Isn't there anything we can do?!"

"I'm afraid not..."

Phew...

Wagolem: This isn't over!

Wagolem tries to make an escape from the scene.... but he is spotted.

Big Al: Not so fast!

Big Al lunges at Wagolem, almost crushing him.

Big Al: By the power invested in me by the Council, you are under arrest.

Big Al handcuffs Wagolem, and walks over to Cat.

Big Al: I have my prey. Now I must leave.

Cat: Leave? But why?

Big Al: For you, the story is ending, but for me it's the beginning. Cereus is in ruin. I must return and undo the evil these...opposites have unleased upon us.

Pieruru: But what if we need you?

Big Al: You can keep in touch with the internet. Now that Fluttersoft has made interdimensional communication fast and efficient.

Everyone is still unsettled by how close they've grown to each other, and now one of them is leaving? It's really hard on them.

Big Al: Believe me... It isn't my decision to leave, it's a must. I want to go back home. I want to see my Daughter again. I want to open up my Museum for the first time in months.

Cat: How are you going to get home? You'd need a warp gate of some kind!

Big Al: Let me use your TASTS.

Cat: Never. I hid it for a reason.

Big Al: Innocent people have died. If I hurry, I can fix it. Now, if you please.

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