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| [Introduction]
When we last left our heroes Ultratech was on the ropes, TJ Combo had succeeded in winning his citizenship and the others weren't far behind, Alice digs up dirt on the origin of the other KI contestants and Zander, Matoaka and the rest make their way back to Paydran. While in Paydran Zander discovers Strawberries have a curious effect on him.. |
 Twiga  Zander and Matoaka retreated to bed after Supper, Zander felt something stir within him...Something primalHe began to dream, He dreamed he was back on Ava his homeworld, But suddenly a sharp pain in his stomach caused him to double over in pain. As the pain in his stomach burned through his stomach he felt his talons on his hands and feet grow longer and sharper his teeth grow longer, his feathers on his cheast and back grew thick and matted. His Feather crest also became thick and matted. He felt like he was going to vomit, but he worst part was yet to come, He saw his people gather around him looking disgusted. "Can you believe he was really a prince?" One said "If I were his father I would disown him!" "It's a lucky thing his father never saw this, he would have died of shame!" Zander realized his clothes had ripped to shreds. He approached his people pleadingly "Please." He said "Please forgive me..." The Aves recoiled from him as if he had a diesies "Xenosexual!" They seethed "Rapist!" They called "Xenosexual rapist!" They all said together He saw his sister Gear looking at him with more pity than scorn, he approached hobbling on mishapen legs "Gear, please listen to me!" A pair of feathered arms wrapped around Gear's shoulders, it was Revel "Don't go near him." Revel said "He's dangerous." "Revel, Forgive me!" Zander pleaded Revel's eyes looked at him with hurt and anger "How dare you?" Revel asked "How dare you come to me for forgiveness?! After you accused me of being like my rapist father!" The othr Ave men grabbed him and bound him and tied him to a hollow log.. Falco the punisher approached carring that dreaded strap. Than Zander woke up... He sat up in bed, dizzy and nausious, than he realized he had a mess in his pants. "Crap." Zander said "Good thing I was wearing pants." He decied to get to the bathroom in order to change his messed up pants...But he so hung over from drinking that he tripped and stubbed his toes... Zander clutched his toes and rubbed them he thought about his dream and realized what it meant... "The Phoinix is punishing me..." He whispered to himself "For my pride." Zander remembered his early years when his father took him aside and told him Revel's secret, that Revel's father was a rapist and that he must protect his sister from him, "I was being just like my father." Zander choked Steve Ellen Matoaka sat at a table sipping a cup of hot tea. She thought of all the things she had done, the places she had been, the people she had met. What did it all add up to? What did it mean? Sure, she had her little band of Manimals and they had their adventures... but what did it mean in the big picture of life in the universe? They were just grains of sand in a sandstorm, blown here and there by the winds of chance. Ultimately, wasn't everything determined by fate?Jordan came in and sat down and noticed the look on Matoaka's face. "What are you thinking about?" "I don't know," Matoaka said. "Strawberries." Jordan smiled. "I heard about that. Zander's upset, isn't he? But he'll get over it. Time cures everything, right?" Matoaka held her warm cup of tea to her lips and looked over at Jordan. "Why do you stay with it, Jordan? Why are you with me and the manimals? " Jordan looked puzzled. "Everybody has to be somewhere. This is where I choose to be. Did someone say I was thinking about leaving?" "No. It's just that... Oh never mind. I'm in a funny mood today. Did you ever feel like everything was meaningless and it didn't matter what you did? That nothing would change? That things will be the way fate intends them to be no matter what you do?" Jordan laughed. "Sure! I always feel that way. But that makes me happy! It means I'm not responsible for the universe. All I have to do is enjoy it." Matoaka smiled. "I wish I could be like you." Jordan's eyes got big. "That's the first time you ever said anything like THAT!" "I know. But you have a good life. I hope you never stop feeling that happiness." Jordan touched Matoaka's hand. "Thanks, Mattie. And I hope you will live happily ever after, too." Twiga Zander hobbled out looking most hung over he looked very clumsy, hobbling from one side to the other. He collapsed on the sofa holding his throbbing head."What happaned to you?" Jordan asked "B-ad D-reams..." Zander stammered rubbing his temples. Matoaka sighed, and stroked his feathers "You drank a little to much last night didn't you?" "Uh-huh." Was all Zander could say Matoaka took out a hairbrush and smoothed Zander's tangled mess of a feather mane "Tell me about your dreams." She said "Um...I don't think I can with Jordan around." Zander said "They're kind of disgusting..." Matoaka looked to Jordan "I think you might want to step out." Jordan looked dissapointed but nonetheless stepped out. "Now Zander about your dream.." Matoaka said "Well I just feel this overwhelming guilt inside me..." Zander said "About something I did to Revel long ago..." "Did to Revel? Isn't he your best friend?" Matoaka asked "Yes but we've had our tense moments..." Zander replied "Because of the circumstances of his birth." "Circumstances?" Matoaka was confused "You see, my planet's opinions and your planet's opions diverge on this point." Zander sighed rubbing his temples "You see Revel was concieved when...his father...raped his mother." "That's awful!" Matoaka exclaimed "It is." Zander agreed "But what's more awful is the implications because on my Planet we believe the sons of rapists become rapists. I know, I know what you're thinking...How can a society that invented intergalactic travel be so primitive in our sexual mores? That's what my sister Gear said..." Steve Ellen "How is Gear?" said Matoaka. "I haven't heard much about her." "She's fine. She and Revel still love each other. But..." "But what?" Matoaka said. "Do you believe the sins of the father become the sins of the child?" Matoaka shrugged. "In the culture of my youth, fathers were not important. It's the mother who raises the child. My father was never at home except for certain holidays." "Oh," Zander said. "Then maybe you can't understand my concerns." "I can try, Zander. Just tell me what's on your mind." Twiga Zander ran his fingers through his crest"Gear never believed in a lot of those things." He said "She sort of marched to the beat of her own druid. But she saw Revel as wronged by the culture that branded him a rapist because his father was a rapist." "Are you..." Matoaka began "Feeling guilt because you inadvertantly raped that woman?" Tears ran down Zander's long beak "I know it was because my brain was on strawberries, but if my people ever found out about what I did they'd never forgive me!" "I'm sure they would understand that you never would have done it if you weren't drugged." Matoaka said as she stroked Zander's feathers "I'm not so sure they would..." Zander sniflled "Don't fret." Matoaka soothed "We just won't let this slip when we get back to your people." "Yeah..." Zander breathed "It's just...I feel sort of guilty... about how I treated Revel." Meanwhile in Bill and Samantha's bed, Bill was dreaming about Killer Instinct...His mind wandered to vain serches of glory He dreamed he was facing a robot from New Japan, It was designed to look like a beautiful woman but had deadly lazor vision! Bill dreamed he lowered his horns and attempted to charge Steve Ellen But the robot woman's lazor vision burned off his horns. Bill shuddered in his dream. His horns were a mighty symbol of his virility. To lose them was to lose his strength. He woke up wet with sweat. "What a dream!" he murmured, then shuddered again thinking of himself hornless. "I hope that image does not stay with me all day." He tried to think of something more soothing until finally he had filled his mind with acres of pastures filled with rich green grass and no fences anywhere. "Now I feel sleepy again," he sighed. Samantha woke up. "Who are you talking to?" "I'm sorry," Bill said. "I just had a dream." "Tell me about it." "No! It's not a dream I want to talk about." Why did she have to remind him? Now the awful image of his horns being burned off was back. Samantha wiggled closer. "Feeling romantic?" "Nope," Bill said. Samantha looked at him. Something was definitely wrong. "Are you sure you don't want to tell me about that dream?" "I'm sure! Can we drop it?" Twiga Bill simply rolled over "Let me sleep." He said He wasn't interested in sharingMeanwhile at the KI Fights, Kave was watching as Tiamat squared off against a man made out of fire! TJ Combo watched the fight which took place a top a huge cliff with lava down below...TJ thought that the man made of fire seemed very familer, he seemed to remember something from his past he coulden't quite put his finger on what though... Tiamat was not afraid because among all the animals Dragons are all but immune to fire, Their flesh takes a lot of heat to burn... The Man of Fire whose name was Flame claimed to be an Ultratech experiment in Plasma reserch...but in reality he was was Convict who was mutated by a chemical spill. Tiamat's blue head on her left shoulder opened up and breathed lightning at Flame, he wasn't even phased! Meanwhile Matoaka had been soothing Zander, since he was so hung over Matoaka coaxed him to have some ice water to dilute the alcohal in his stomach "Thanks." Zander said "I'm feeling much better." Bill came out mumbling and grumbling he stroked his tangled blond hair Steve Ellen Matoaka watched Bill run his hands through his long mat of hair. "Bill, now that it's summer and getting so hot, why don't you cut off that long hair?" "No!" Bill yelled and stumbled back down the hall. "Gee," Matoaka said, "did that seem like he overreacted to you?" "Huh?" Zander said. "This water tastes good." Matoaka slowly shook her head and sighed. "Sometimes I think I'm the only one in the group that's really sane." "I'm sane," Zander said. "I just had a little too much alcohol to drink. I wonder how many brain cells I killed? I hope they grow back soon." At the KI fights, Flame spat out a ball of fire into his gloved hands and whirled it into a fist-sized Hellball, his specialty, a ball of intense white-hot plasma that could burn through armor. Tiamat watched Flame mold the Hellball into shape. She was well aware of its destructive power. Her handler had briefed her on all Flame's known abilities. "Watch out for his Hellball!" Tiamat decided to catch it with her tail, the most fire-resistant part of her body. With any luck, she could hurl it back at him. Or maybe she would lose part of her tail. The question would be decided quickly because Flame threw the Hellball at her. It came screaming in like a comet. Tiamat flicked her tail in front of her and managed to knock the Hellball back toward Flame. He dodged, but not quite fast enough. The Hellball tore a chunk out of his upper arm and he screamed in pain. Although he was fire-resistant himself, the Hellball was more than even he could resist. He saw that using another one against Tiamat might be dangerous. But Tiamat was hurting. She had managed to send the Hellball back to its source by rolling it along her tail and slingshotting it back. But now her tail was throbbing and she knew it had suffered a lot of damage. One or two more Hellballs and she wouldn't have a tail left. This fight had to be ended quickly with a full-out offense. Tiamat readied all five of her heads to shoot flames at once. The fire types of her heads were all different - lightning, heat ray, flame thrower, fireball, plasma - and her hope was that her opponent would find it impossible to defend against all five at once. She charged at Flame and blasted him with everything she had. Twiga (Steve I don't approve of you making everyone look like idiots)Tiamat was very nervous than she thought of the perfect solution! She used the white head on her left shoulder which breathed ice, she breathed a long stream of ice on Flame Meanwhile Bill was very irratable he knew his crankiness was based on something very shallow but he felt extremely tired from all his experiances, he took out a brush and brushed out his long hair. Jim came out and knocked on the bathroom door, "Hey!" Bill called out "Can't you see the door reads occupied?" "Sorry." Jim said "But who can read at this hour?" "Nevermind..." Bill said as he came out of the bathroom, with the brush stuck in his tangled hair. Matoaka and Zander were quiet together, Zander poured himself anouth glass and sighed "I love to drink..." Zander said "But I tend not to be able to hold my liquor..." Bill walked by with his brush stuck in his hair Matoaka clucked her toungue. "Bill, you're hair is a tangled mess!" "Yeah, that's what I get for being me." He said as he reached for a beer in the cooler Matoaka was thinking she was going to scold him for reaching for a beer for breakfast, but first she had to get the brush out of his hair. Matoaka grabbed a hold and pulled...hard..."Ow ow ow ow My scalp!" Bill exclaimed "You're doing that all wrong." Jim said as he came into the room. MS Meanwhile, the fight was about to come at a close. Tiamat shot from all sides with her head, each element after another and charged in after Flame. She struck directly into his chest sending him flying onto the stands, almost crushing Nochi! "Hey! Whoa whoa watch it!" he yelled dropping his soda. Flame was knocked right out cold. Hell he looked half dead. Twiga Flame gasped (For what a person made of fire can gasp anyway)"I remember you." TJ said "I found you have dead when I was a private eye." Nochi looked stunned! "You never said you were a private eye!" He said "But than, you never said anything about what you did before you became a fighter." "I admit I was more like an assistant to a private eye." TJ stroked his arm "I worked with an Alien, a Klingon named Worf... He bought me when I was only 16 years old, but he never treated me like a slave, he treated me more like a partner, when I turned 18 he took the collar off my neck and told me I was free to go wherever the wind may take me, it was on our last case together was where I met Flame, we heard an experiment from the Labs had been stolen by a gang of thieves and taken to a space station , what we didn't realize that Flame was the former leader of thieves and what they were really doing was rescuing him from the chemical research labs that turned him into what he is now." "Oh gods." Nochi said Meanwhile in the Wasteland the Space Van drove by what was known as the Organic Oasis, a tropical paradise in the middle of the desert where all the rivers of North America flowed to. "I used to come to this place everyday in my childhood." Matoaka said "It had the only organic grocery store open all year round in Paydran. Suddenly she clutched her stomach. "Matoaka What is it?" Zander asked "I think it's my time..." "You're time?" Jim asked "I'm giving birth..." Matoaka said as calmly as ever "OMG!" Jim screamed What to do? What to do?" "Don't panic." She said "We're near the grocery store, just you and Bill go inside and buy towels, and medicine." "What should I do?" Jordan asked "Boil water." The Unicorn gasped "And Me?" Zander inquired "You...I want you to hold me as I give birth, this is the first time I've ever done this and I'm afraid." Bill and Jim hopped out of the van into the Garden outside, Zander got behind Matoaka as the two lay on the floor, Minsk acted as delivery doctor for know.. Bill was no longer cranky, now there was a baby on the way he was nervous and giddy he leaped int the store MS (Truthfully, I have no idea what to do through a birthing procedure. XD)Matoaka got into the back of the van panting hard and heavily. "Hurry. I....I think its...Coming soon..." she said. Zander kneeled down and held onto her hand or paw. "Its ok. Relax Matoaka, just relax." he said. Twiga (That's OK, I'm a woman so I can guide you through it)Minsk pressed gently onto the Unicorn's swollen belly Minsk felt a little better but something burned inside, she felt something break inside her. "She's bleeding!" Jordan exclaimed as she came in with the teapot foll of hot water "Minsk can't you do anything?" "I can't do anything now." Minsk said pressing Matoaka's belly "It's all up to Matoaka!" "Hold me." She said to Zander, Zander lay behind his wife and wrapped his arms around her belly "I can see it!" The Mink cried, "It is coming feet first! It is a girl!" Tiny Unicorn hooves tumbled out, the child was an anthro unicorn in body, but her fur was green and white, her eyes were green like her father's and on her arms were feathers. Minsk got a towel and cleaned off the fluid "What will you name her?" She asked "Ama." Matoaka panted "Short for Amalthia" Meanwhile Jim and Bill were in the store trying to find the right medicine to get Steve Ellen The storekeeper held out a bottle. "I think this is what you're looking for." Bill read the label: "Baby Birthing Medicine. Yes, this is what we're looking for." Jim picked up some lollipops. Bill said, "Babies can't eat candy." Jim said, "Who says they are for the baby?" Finally Jim and Bill were back with Minsk and Matoaka and Jordan. "Isn't Amalthia cute?" Jordan said. Twiga "Yeah." Jim said "She's real adorable..."Meanwhile Tanya was congratulating Tiamat on her win against Flame, Tiamat blushed and said it was nothing But someone was not happy, Tanya's manager Cooperate the Mouse/Snake Manimal Ever since Tanya discovered Tiamat was her sister she decided that she didn't need Cooperate anymore and fired him, this made the Mickey Mouse look alike extremely angry High Elder came into Cooperate's room one day "I sense that you have lost your current job." He said "No matter I have a new one for you. since you have provan yourself loyal and have not tried to escape, I will give you what no other slave as has in Paydran, your very own slave. Cooperate was given a green dragon manimal named Trogdora to be his slave, the dragon was formally Lady Du's house slave. But after Lady Du, was how you say rendered out of commission by Zander, her house slave was loaned to Cooperate to be his slave, it was a good match, since both of them were considered traitors by the Manimal community Meanwhile As everyone rested in the Van after such a weary morning, Bill and Jim were sleeping in the back, Matoaka was contently nursing her daughter Zander was chilling on the couch, Ichabod was quietly making his way out of the Van when Marzipan saw him "I just want to see to Organic Oasis." Ichabod told Marzipan Twiga (Greetings from Canada! Sorry Steve I'm deleting your post, the Organic Oasis is not a tourist trap and Ichabod would not go there if it was)It was like a Garden Paradise, when Marzi and Ichy entered like a lush tropical romance... "I'm amazed." Marzi said "That we can find beauty like this even in Paydran!" "Yes." Ichy sighed "But I'm slightly saddened by all this wonderfulness" "Why is that?" Marzipan asked "I remember when Alice and I were engaged." Ichy said "She wanted to come to this place but I said I didn't want to..." "You're wondering where Alice is right now?" Marzi said sadly MS (Yay! Canada~!)Ichabod nodded sadly and sighed. "Sometimes I wonder if it was my fault I got Alice into this..." he said. Marzi mewed and hugged him. "Don't worry... I bet Nochi and the others are looking for her right now..." she said. Ichabod groaned. "I don't want to hear Nochi and Vodku." "Ichabod what in the world? Why do you hate or have a grudge against them?" (Note. Nochi and Vodku worked in the same Ultratech HQ as Alice, Ichabod and the others did. So don't diss them out.) Twiga (You're right MS, They all worked for Ultratech I don't doubt you there, but you Ichabod had a slightly different job than the others you see, as he explained in the first story 'Servants of the Underground' Ichabod explained he has plant DNA in his veins as such he has poisoned venom secreted o his lips making his kiss toxic He did work for Ultratech, but as a secret weapon sort of a 'lover assassin' his job was to escort young women Ultratech suspected of being traitors and kill them)Ichabod turned to some desert flowers and inhaled their scents he thought for a little while "I feel so...Empty inside." He said "I remember every woman Ultratech sent me to assassinate every single, I remember what their faces looked like as I planted my toxic kiss on them... They turned white as a sheet and fell over and died." A single tear fell down Ichabod's cheek, "Even now I can not put my lips on you because my venom would kill you if I did." Marzipan nuzzled his ear, "Don't be sad we can still make love." "Yes." Ichabod "But I still feel sort of empty." Meanwhile Bill had woken up from his nap, he noticed Samantha toying with a few bits of string Steve Ellen "What are you doing?" Bill said. "It's a secret," Samantha replied, teasing him. Bill tried to tickle her. "Tell me!" Twiga Bill seemed interested in how her fingers worked among the bits of string he nuzzled her cheek and wrapped his arms around her"Don't worry" Sam said "It's nothing to trap you Manimals." Bill just opened his eyes and released Samantha "Sorry but that creeped me out." "What?" Sam asked "It's nothing" Bill said dismissively Samantha tickled the great bull under his chin "Something else is on your mind what is it?" "I want to...." Bill hesitated and looked around to make sure no one was listening "I want to run away and join the Killer Instinct Fights!"" "That's crazy talk!" Samantha exclaimed "Explain how." Bill said folding his arms over his chest "Well..I um It just is OK!" Sam said Steve Ellen "Do you have any idea how much money I could make at the Killer Instinct fights?" Bill said. Samantha jerked her head up. "Bill! You never worried about money before. Why now?" Bill folded his arms. "Well maybe I'm tired of being a manimal with no money. I can't take you to fancy restaurants. I can't buy you any expensive gifts." "Aw, Bill, I don't need all that stuff. You are all I need. And if you get yourself killed in a KI fight then I wouldn't even have that, would I?" Twiga "It's not just about the money." Bill said "I was a street urchin before I became a Manimal...What's more I was the leader of a gag of urchins!""Your point being?" Samantha asked "It's about my pride!" Bill said "I want to join the Killer Instinct fights to show the world that this street punk has what it takes!" Samantha softened her eyes when she heard that "I've heard many a story like that." She said "The Fallen Leader who wishes to prove himself once more." Meanwhile Ichabod and Marzipan returned from the Oasis but they seemed saddened by there experiance MS Marzi nuzzled his cheek and mewed."If it makes you feel any better, we can research and develope a cure~!" she said. Ichabod just shook his head sighing. "Impossible... We have nothing to make one out of, and besides... I don't even know if it will work..." he siad. Steve Ellen Marzipan studied his face. "So you are going to just give up?" "What choice do I have?" Ichabod said. Marzipan grabbed his arms and shook him. "Listen to yourself! The choice you have is to not give up, to keep trying no matter what!" "I don't know, Marzi. I don't want to spend my whole life on some lost cause, dreaming that I will find gold at the end of the rainbow, if it's never going to happen." Twiga Bob and Jim walked out of the back rubbing there sleepy eyes"What the hecks the matter?" Bob asked "What kind of cure the does Ichabod need?" "A cure for his venomous kiss." Marzipan said "So he can kiss someone without killing them." "Oh." Was all Bob could say Jim was extremely sleepy tears were in his eyes for sleeping so late "So how is Ama doing?" He asked brushing down flyaway strands of hair." Matoaka stood up and held tight her daughter in her arms "She is doing extremely well but I'm not sure if or when her Father will decide to wake up." Zander was still asleep on the couch everyone eve Ichabod chuckled slightly at the absurdity Zander yawned slightly and opened one green eye, "I'm awake now." He said slowly Matoaka went over the Zander and placed the little Ama in his arms since he had yet to hold her "Oh..." Zander sighed with pleasure "That new baby smell..." Matoaka turned to several of the others "The first trip to the grocery store was a bit rushed" she said "Bill, Jim and Bob I want you three to go other there and pick up supplies" "But that grocery store doesn't even have beer!" Bill complained "Like we really need beer" Matoaka sighed "Jordan I want you to go with them." Meanwhile Fossil was on his way to the wasteland traveling as only a raptor could to find the reservation Steve Ellen [Why is Fossil on his way to the Wasteland? Wasn't he a KI fighter?]Jordan and Bill and Jim and Bob set out for the grocery store. "Look at this list Matoaka gave me," Jim said. "It's like she's buying enough for an army." "It's because she's a new mother," Jordan said. "She wants to be sure there is enough of everything in the van so the baby won't suffer." Jim handed the list to the grocery store clerk. The clerk said, "You've got to be kidding! This isn't Super Mart. I don't have a lot of these items." "That's OK," Jim said. "We'll just take what you do have. Maybe you can think of some substitutions." "At least there is no beer on the list. We don't sell beer or wine." "I know," Bill groaned. Twiga (Fossil is taking a break from his fighting Schedule he is heading to the wasteland in hopes he can remember who he was before he was mutated)Fossil had decided he'd take a break in his busy fighting schedule in order to answer some questions about himself, When he heard the name 'Matoaka Redfeather' a flood of feeling rushed through him He had to know more about his past in order to reclaim something that was rightfully his. So he asked if he could be excused for three days While he made a journey to find himself. Fossil fond himself at the edge of the Organic Oasis he saw the grocery store next to it, he saw some young Manimals go in... 'Perhaps they know Matoaka Redfeather' Fossil thought 'I'll will study them a while.' Jordan walked with Jim Meanwhile Zander and Matoaka were enjoying their new baby. "Amalthia...." Zander mused "Where did that name come from?" "It comes from Greek Mythology." Matoaka said blushing "Amalthia was supposed to be a goat whose milk nourished an infant Zeus, when Zeus was older he broke of one of the goat's horns thereby making Amalthia the first unicorn." As Jordan walked with Jim they looked and searched for things for themselves, Jordan spotted a tea among the shelves that she enjoyed she reached for it but her slippery fingers caused her to slip and the tea spill out of its package "I see you have some trouble" Said a voice a Raptor manimal stepped into the hall "Sorry." Jordan said "I didn't mean to slip." "It's not me you should worry about." Steve Ellen "You look familiar," Jim said. "I am called Fossil. Maybe you have seen me fight at Killer Instinct?" "I don't think so," Jim said. "I'm not much of a fight fan." "That's too bad. The fights are exciting entertainment, but I understand they are not for everyone. I wonder if you might know Matoaka Redfeather?" Fossil said. Because Jordan was instantly suspicious, she said, "Why do you want to know?" Twiga The dinosaur looked at them suspiciously than he laughed "I believe she is my niece." He said "Are you Uncle Thunder?" Jim gasped "Thunder?" Fossil asked "I believe my name was Eagle." Steve Ellen "This is all getting very confusing," Jim said. "If I can talk to Matoka it will all become very clear to you," Fossil said. "Please? I am sure you know where she is by what you have said already." Jim and Jordan looked at each other. "OK," Jim said. "You seem like a nice guy. We'll take you to her, but if she doesn't want to talk to you then you must leave immediately and not bother her. Understand?" "Of course! But I think she'll be happy to see me." Twiga Meanwhile, a few feet away someone was hoping to land a catch.A Wrangler (Who had disgused himself as a Tourist) Noticed that one of the two Squirrel Manimals talking to Fossil had golden hair and blue eyes and was extremly short and slender. "That must be the one Lex Luthor was talking about." He said "The Valuable One, as it were...." The Wrangler checked his palmtop computer to do some fact checking. The Computer read "Jordan Celt, Daughter of Tom and Daisy Celt, Tom is a long recorded Tax Cheater who has failed to pay with a child for his Tax Avoiding..." "Background on Jordan." The Hunter said "Scanning....Can not find...Jordan was last reported retreating to the sewers before her capture last year..." "Hmmmm...." The Wrangler said "Meanwhile Edward and Minsk were resting in the back while Zander and Matoaka tended their child "Did you ever think about having ...children?" Minsk asked "You mean during my Thief days?" Edward raised an eyebrow... "Not bloody likly I had too much to worry about with Rose brathing down my neck" Steve Ellen The Wrangler followed Jim and Jordan and Fossil to the Space Van and carefully noted where it was parked. Then he found a sidewalk cafe and sat sipping on a chocolate soda and thinking about the Jordan problem until finally he decided that the simplest plan would be to drug Jordan, seal her in a box, and ship her to Lex Luthor. He paid his check and walked away whistling. First, he needed a box, the kind you ship animals in. He already had the drug. Twiga At first Matoaka had no idea what to make of Fossil, than the Raptor told her he found out his name was preveously Eagle and Matoaka thought for a moment"Yes..." She said "I do remember having anouther Uncle who fought in last years tornimant, we assumed he died but his bones were never shipped back to us...." A cold feeling in her gut resounded as she realized "It...really is you Eagle isn't it?" She asked Meanwhile the Wrangler approached the owners of the grocery store "I noticed the Cooked Product sample cart is empty..." He said "Is there nothing to put there?" "Not really" Said the Robot who was the clerk "We just haven't the time to cook anything....If you could cook something for us we'd really appreciate it." "Of course." The Wrangler said slyly He got out his palm top, and scanned a hair that had fallen from Jordan "Food prefrence...." He told the computer "Scanning..."The Computer said "Found, Subject has prefrence for Tea..." "Just Tea?" The Man asked "Many times just Herbal Tea." The Palm Top said So the Man put the drug in a tea pot and filled it with water, he knew the drug would dislove with boiling..." Steve Ellen Memories of childhood came back to Matoaka as she talked with Uncle Eagle, or Fossil as he was now known. She tugged his sleeve. "Do you remember when you would carried me around on your shoulders at the Harvest Festival parade? I felt like I was ten feet tall that day."(Twiga's edit Going to have to edit you here Steve Matoaka is a lacto-vegetarian and therefore would not like scrambled eggs) Twiga Fossil put his clawed hand on Matoaka's shoulder"I remember when my Brother and Sister tried to get you to eat meat..." He said "You stubbornly refused any meat o eggs. One the Uncle Thunder tried to get you to eat chicken by covering it in honey, you just cried and cried." "What I did?" Matoaka asked "Really?" "Yes." Fossil said "But I told them as long as she eats her vegtables let her eat as she likes maybe she is closer to Mother Earth" Zander had woken up from his slumber and saw that there was a Raptor-Man in the van with them He sat straight "Who...Do I have the honor of adressing?" He asked carefully Fossil regonyzed the Alien as the one he saw in the video "I could easily ask the same of you" He said Steve Ellen "Yes, you could," Zander said, "but since this is where I live and you are the intruder-" "Hey!" Matoaka said. "Let me make some introductions before this gets out of hand. Zander, this is my Uncle Eagle who I never thought I would see again. We have been discussing my long-forgotten childhood." Jordan had walked up. "Gee, Matoaka, I didn't know you were that old." Matoaka coughed. "I'm not! I, uh, just don't have a very good memory for that time of my life." "Let's hear some childhood stories," Zander said. Twiga "One time during school Matoaka had to take cooking class and by that I mean, she was FORCED to by the school district, if she had her way, she would never learn to cook at all." Fossil said"One time there was an event at the school, where Lord Redlady had come down from Moonport to see who could make him the best dish." He sighed "Even back than Matoaka was no fan of the Lords and Ladies of Ultratech so see made some 'bread' which in reality was just a gargled mishmash of her horrible cooking skills, she delbratly put no eggs in it, she pickled olvies and walnuts in it...And when it came out of the oven it was black as a boot!" "Lord Redlady didn't actually eat it, did he?" Ichabod asked "Oh yes he did!" Fossil sneered, "I still keep a photo of his reaction, in my wallet, I mean it cracks me up but...." "Your wallet?" Matoaka asked "You remeber that? So you didn't lose all your memories!" "Well it's not like I lost them completly they were just...slumbering..." Fossil said Steve Ellen Matoaka smiled. "What else do you have in that wonderful wallet of yours?" Fossil pulled out his wallet. "Look at this thing." "It's thick as a brick. It's a wonder you can fit it in your pocket." Fossil grinned. "I lost it for three years. That's when my memories went to sleep. I didn't know how much I depended on this wallet to remember everything. It's all in here - names of friends, doctors, relatives. Photos of people and places. This wallet is like an extension of my mind." "Maybe you should keep it in a safe instead of in your pocket." Twiga Meanwhile back at the fighting arena TJ Combo was greeting his assioates"Morning Rodan, Morning Tiamat..." He said very professionaly "Tanya have you seen Fossil?" "He said he was going to take a three day break as he travelled to the wasteland." "Holy Crap!" TJ exclaimed "Why would he want to do that?" "To reclaim something he lost, I suppose..." Tanya said Suddenly Alice burst into the room "TJ!" She exclaimed "TJ Flame has a massage for you!" "He does?" TJ asked skepticly "Yes." Alice "I've been checking on Flame for a while and I think he is dying!" Steve Ellen TJ went to Flame's room. Flame was lying on the bed with a nurse by his side. "What happened?" TJ said. "I didn't dodge fast enough," Flame said. "Who were you fighting?" "Iceman. You know, fire and ice don't mix. He threw an ice ball at me and I was sure I could melt it. I threw up a wall of fire. And then..." Flame's eyes closed and he stopped talking. "Flame? Flame? Can you hear me?" Flame's eyes slowly opened. His voice was weak. "Yeah, I'm still alive. He tricked me with that ice ball. It wasn't frozen water, it was frozen methane - highly flammable. As soon as it melted it blew up. The blast knocked me down. Before I could get up again he..." Flame seemed to go unconscious. TJ clamped his hands together. "Flame! Don't die, Flame!" Twiga "I have one last thing to say to you..." Flame said "I give you my personal family of gangsters, my own mafia...I can not lead them now and you are the only one worthy....."Flame disapeared he simply evaporated and in his place was left a cold lump of charcol "What have I gotten myself into?" TJ asked it was one thing to lead a Ragtag bunch of misfits, but the Siclian Mafia? MS Nochi walked in to see the commotion and finds Flame, dead."Oh god what happened?!" he said. Alice looked at Nochi with tears in her eyes. "Flame.... Flame is gone..." she said. MS (Goddamnit Twiga! I told you Nochi does not act like that! Im not gonna fucking update! You hurt me Twiga!) Twiga (OK I deleted the chapter I made Does that make everything better? I didn't mean it like that Somethimes it is kind of hard to get into the mind of someone elses character) Steve Ellen "And he left his mob to me," TJ said. Alice frowned. "You aren't going to keep them,are you?" TJ thought for a moment. "Disband Flame's mob? Would that be fair to his memory? On his deathbed he told me to take care of his boys." "But TJ! You have a career as a fighter. What do you need a bunch of gangsters for?" "Bodyguards," TJ said. "Bodyguards!" "Sure. The more famous I become then the more likely it is some nut is going to want to throw a punch at me when I'm not looking... or maybe even pull a gun on me! I need bodyguards." Alice sighed. "I think fame is making you think crazy thoughts." Twiga "No I believe he may have a point." Tanya said as she walked in with her Sister "When I became World Champion of the Killer Instinct fights everyone was trying to take a slug at me""He may have a will." TJ said cradling the lump of coal in his hand "We should find the Gangsters to know what inhelitance he may have left them." Meanwhile at the Van Fossil was admiring Matoaka's daughter He nuzzled the little green unicorn, and she giggled and grabbed onto his nostrils Fossil sneezed and knocked Little Ama on her butt "She sure has a grip eh?" Zander asked slyly "Sure does." Fossil asked rubbing his nose Fossil noticed Ama was beginning to sniffle, he wondered if she was hurt, he nuzzled back down to her and she wrapped her her tiny arms around his muzzle Fossil lifted his head and she came up with him, only he lowered his head back down did she let go Than his pager beeped, Fossil excused himself "Forgive me" He said "This may be important KI Buissness I should take this call out side." He went out to take his call, Matoaka picked up her daughter to cradle her "That Fossil seems like a nice guy." Zander said dreamily as he let Ama grab ahold of his finger Steve Ellen Matoaka smiled. "Now that you are a father you think everyone is a nice person." "I have to admit," Zander said, "whenever I am around little Ama I think there can be nothing bad in the world. Everything is pleasant." Matoaka's face got serious. "I think she might have an aura that influences those around her. We should ask someone who knows about such things." "An aura! Wow... where would she get it? You and I don't have auras, do we?" Matoaka looked at him. "Who knows what can happen with the children when you intermix two people as different as you and I?" Twiga Fossil, took out his pager and answered it "Yeah this is me." He said"Fossil, it's Rodan." The Other person said "You know that fighter Flame? Well he is now dead and left his mob to TJ!" "Is that a good thing or a bad thing?" Fossil asked rubbing his eyes "I don't think it's good." Rodan said "Flame was the leader of the Sicilan Mafia...One of the deadliest gangs this side of Paydran..." Meanwhile in the Van whislt Zander and Matoaka were enjoying their dughter, Bill pulled Samantha aside and kissed her! "Bill!" She exclaimed "You're feeling awful frisky!" "I know." Bill smirked "That is because My time has come!" He kissed her again "Come with me..." He said "To the Killer Instinct tornamants!" Twiga Meanwhile Vodku was tending his own duaghter Tenten, when he heard a voice in his head<Vodku.> Vodku looked around he thought he was hearingh things than the voice came again <Vodku, your asstiance is needed> "Uh....Who is this?" Vodku asked <This is Fearless Leader, the guardian of the Manimals, listen closely, your friend Carther the Wolf is in trouble and needs your help> "He dose?" Vodku asked <Yes.> The Voice in his head said <Carther is on the run from the authorites they discovered it was he who luanched the Wolfsbane virus itno the system, the Dragon Riders are now hunting him, Carther has managed to elude them by escaping into the sewers, but he won't last there for long...Vodku you are needed to get Carther out of the sewers on back to Moonport before he is executed!> "Tell me what I must do..." Vodku said MS "Vodku what's wrong?" asked Haiku. Vodku moved around the room getting his old equipment. "Its Carther. He's in trouble. Im going to find him. Haiku, just in case if anything happens, get to our neighbor. Stay safe." he said as he kissed her and the child. With that, he went back out again and into the streets disguised as Famnistox again. He would avoid most troubles, but he fears that these "Dragon Riders" might sniff him out. Steve Ellen Once in the street Vodku headed for the closest storm drain. From his pocket he withdrew a small silver object that he put to his lips. He aimed it into the storm drain and blew. If he was lucky then Carther would hear it because it was a special high-frequency whistle. Instead, a rat suddenly popped up out of the storm drain. Vodku jumped back. Then he noticed something tied around the rat's neck - a message! He unrolled it and read: I have trained this rat to carry messages to me. The message was signed You Know Who. It had to be Carther, of course. Who else could be down in the sewers? Not taking any chances, Vodku scribbled his location on the tiny piece of paper, signed it I Know Who, and retied it to the rat's neck. Then he tossed the rat down the storm drain and heard it scurry away. A policeman walked up. "Can I help you, sir?" "Uh, no," Vodku said. "I dropped a coin and it rolled into the storm drain. I guess I'll never get it back." Twiga "Nobody seemed confused by this stramge remark and went on with their buissness Vodku wondered where Carther was...Carther was in the middle of a large sewer he was panting like a dog trying to dismiss the horrible smell of the underground "i'm hunted." He said to himself "Hunted like a fox." Meanwhile Fossil had learned about the reading of Flame's will he knew he had to retern to the KI tornimant "Forgive me." He said to Matoaka "But I must retern to the Killer Instinct tornimant "Will we ever see you again?" Zander asked "Perhaps if I'm not killed." Steve Ellen [Anybody notice we forgot all about the Wrangler?]Matoaka put her hands on Fossil's shoulders. "Please be very careful Uncle Eagle. I lost you once just because of moving around so much. I don't want to lose you permanently." "Do not worry, my wonderful niece. I am just as concerned as you about keeping myself alive." Matoaka smiled. "Then I wish you good luck and great victories in the arena." "Thank you." "Wait!" Jordan said. "Take this with you." Fossil took the small object she handed him. "What is it?" "It's a good luck charm I made from a walnut shell." Fossil put it in his pocket. "Thanks! I'll see you all when the fights are over! Good-bye!" Twiga (Eagle, Thunder is the other Uncle, Fossil was Eagle)Fossil tucked the good luck charm in tight "Good luck to all of you." He said he than ran away Meanwhile Carther was lying in the sewer in weakness , the poisonous vapors of the sewers were getting to him, He felt sick <My Son> Came a heavenly voice in his head <Yes?> Carther thought <You must leave the sewer> The voice said <You will wither away to nothing if you stay in here much longer> <I...can't> the Wolf thought <I'm too weak...> <Death is not an option> The Griffin's voice said MS Carther couldn't try to escape. His body was withering away. He couldn't hear him anymore. He almost thought it would be over until he heard noise coming from uptop."Carther! Hey! Carther its me! Vodku!" he yelled jumping down. "Come on buddy were going home." Steve Ellen Carther managed a weak smile before he fainted. Vodku sighed. "Gee, I guess you're really happy to see me." Then he set about finding a way to get Carther slung over his shoulders. Fortunately, the wolf's long lean body was not too difficult to carry. With Carther on his back, Vodku trudged back through the sewer until he finally managed to get Carther to his rooms. Then it was just a question of plenty of sleep and some comfort food. Carther woke up while Haiku was bathing his head with a damp cloth. "How long have I been out of it?" he said. Haiku smiled. "Several days. Are you hungry?" "Yes, I'm starving. But who are you?" "Haiku. I am a friend of Vodku. He pulled you out of the sewers." "Did he find my messenger rat?" Haiku laughed. "Yes, that was a good trick. Do you like to teach tricks to little animals?" "I do when my life is in danger." Twiga OK I just need a break from this story for the weekendThe End! Twiga (MS, Just so nobody is confused, I want to gently (Note empthisis on gently) Remind you that Vodku's mate is Hikari, Haiku is the Dragon Villian from Jocks VS Nerds)Carther and Vodku exited to the parlor, Carther collapsed in a chair and seemed almost to melt exsuasted from his ordeal "Our Fearless Leader has told me that the Six who escaped before they were finished are now back on Paydran, soil...They are in the Wasteland!" "Really that's awesome!" Vodku said excidedly "Yes, Whilst I was on the run Fearless Leader explained many of his plans...He told me that Killer Instinct fighter Tiamat is working as an undercover agent for both himself and the Human Resistance in Europe." "Whoa!" Vodku said, "I always thought that Tiamat was an awesome gladiator but I had no idea she was Fearless Leader's right hand woman!" "It's not like that!" Carther said "She's not his 'right-hand woman' she's his adopted daughter!" Carther puased "Vodku can you get me a beer before I continue? I'm worn out from that nightmare in the sewers." "Sure Man." Vodku said reaching into the Cooler and tossing it to the wolf, the beast took a long chug before continuing. "So anyway While I was in the sewer, Fearless Leader told me of a vison he had, in which he saw himself knighting TJ Combo which he interpreted to mean that we must act as king-maker, no president-maker and have TJ Combo and his assoiates stage a coup to overthrow Ultratech so democrcy can be reborn..." "Why TJ Combo?" Vodku asked "Do I have to spell it out for you?" The wolf asked "People will trust Combo because he is the Great-Grandson of Barrack Obama, people are yearning for the glorious past, they woulden't trust ANY Manimal they want one who reminds them of the days before ultratech!" "Woulden't that mean we would have to find to desendants of Joe Biden to?" Vodku asked "Who?" "You know Joe Biden, Obama's Vice President..." "We're getting off point..What Fearless Leader has asked me to do, is to find the Six Manimals and bring them in secret to the Killer Instinct Arena to meet TJ and the other fighters, after that The One called Matoaka, and the alien who liberated the Six of the them will make a great magic that will make the otherthrow possible." Meanwhile Bill and Samantha were in the dessert together, contemplating an escape to the big city... They were distracted by an unearthly sound "Bill! Bill!" Bill became afraid "It's the call of the Death Bird!" Bill shuddered "Don't talk like that it is nonsense!" Sam scolded "We go by the will of the Deathbird." Bill said walking forward "When he calls you, you have to go..." "Stay where you are." Samantha barked "Whose there?" She asked "All...Dead All Gone..." A large male gorillia Manimal came out from behind a tree and fell face-first on the ground. "It's Kong!" Bill exclaimed" From my old gang" He rushed over "Kong! It's me Bill! "He's been hurt." Sam said "His left hand is broken MS (Ok but now im unsure what happened so I'll start with this.)The two ran over to help Kong's injuries, when they asked what happened he explained. "it was... Ultratech... They... attacked the Arena... Most of everyone is dead.... The others captured... Especially TJ Combo. Nochi, Fossil, all others who were involved in a sceme to overthrow them. I don't know how it happened.... Kave, suffered the most.... They left him behind to die. I tried all I can to save him but my arm, one of those bastards broke it as I fought them. I had to carry him out of there so the place wouldn't crash down on him. The only survivor besides me is Tiamat. But I don't know where she went." he explained. They gasped in shock. Were their hopes all gone? Were everyone truely dead? The place destroyed? "You have to tell us more! Anything in that case!" Bill pressed on. Kong groaned and stood up leaning on the tree holding his arm. "Kave.... He remembered most of it... He'll tell you... Problem is, he wandered off..." Twiga (It's OK don't worry about it,This helps move the story along)"The Arena!" Bill exclaimed "I didn't know you became a fighter!" "I'm not." Kong said resting against a palm tree I'm just a stray...During the last few weeks I was an errand boy for the fighters..." "Why are you a stray?" Samantha asked "Did your master have no more use for you?" "I was an unskilled laborer in the Downdeep-Downdeep." Kong said "My Under-Villiage was below the very factory where the new Manimals are made..." "But...What happened?" Bill pressed. "My villiage...Destroyed..." Kong whispered "Distroyed?" Sam asked "How?" "The Robot Police came...Filled in the tunnels, coulden't get out...There was the strange sound..." Bill and Samantha could only barely imagene what Kong was discribing They pictured Manimal Workers, clawing at the sealed of exits, gasping for air. "You see, the air turned bad...everywhere hallways blocked with corpses...Everything gone mad!" Kong began drooling from stress "Than the bulldozers came tearing the Under-villiage apart, buildings corpses, all pushed into the earth! Only I lived..." "Ultratech has alway hated us." Bill said with hatred dripping in his voice "No." Kong said sighing "They only distroyed my under-villiage because we were deemed no longer useful." "So it's true." Samantha said "They never let Manimals die of old age." "The KI Fighters took me in, nursed me back to health, But when Ultratech came to capture them..."He coulden't even finish his sentence "They broke my hand,,,broke it." MS Samantha walked over to examine his hand, (or paw) and turned it around gently."Broken yes.... But I believe it can be fixed. Though I don't think Ultratech would want any hospital to heal a survivor of the Under-Village." she said. She held her hand on his head and felt he was getting feverish. "How long had you been escaping?" she asked. "Not... Too long... But I felt very, tired and hot..." Steve Ellen [I need a breakdown of who is where doing what. Is this correct? Bill and Sam in a desert on Paydran with Kong. Vodku and Carther and Haiku in an apartment in city on Paydran. Matoaka and Zander and Jim and Jordan in the space van somewhere on Paydran. TJ Combo, Nochi, Fossil, Kave... all dead. Anybody else anywhere else?] Samantha tore an old shirt into strips of cloth. She began to bandage Kong's hand but Bill said, "Wait! Let me apply this first." "What is it?" "Herbal ointment. I always carry some with me for emergencies." Kong looked trustingly at Bill. "You have always been the type to be prepared. Were you ever a Boy Scout?" Bill laughed. "Actually yes, in a way, but not the way you think. I'll tell you the story some day. First, I think we should make some plans." "Yes," Kong said. "That's why I made the effort to find you. I knew you'd know what we should do next." Twiga (TJ Combo, Nochi, and Fossil are NOT dead, just captured and being questioned that goes for Tanya and Rodan as well, Tiamat escaped capture and is on the run, Kave was saved by Kong but wandered off)TJ Combo, Fossil, Rodan, Tanya and the rest were captured they were being held aboard one of Lex Luthor's yaughts... Well yaught wasen't exactly what it was, more like a viking ship powered by a thousand robots at the oars, Lex Luthor always had a flair for the dramatic "I always had such faith in the KI Tournament." Lex said to his captives on a condensending tone "The joy, the thrill the spectecle of seeing sapient being butchering each other for the masses..." He noticed Rodan was kneeling with his chained wings clasped together as if in prayer, beads of sweat were pouring down his reptilian forehead "What's this?" Lex asked in a mocking tone "Little Bird-Reptile praying?" He chuckled in a rather sinister way "It is to laugh! You slaves always clung to your faith like little children to toys and blankets! You silly animal! Do you really believe that The God Nailed High can hear you?" (God Nailed High is essentialy what people of the future called Jesus in fact the very words Jesus Crist had been demoted to secular profanity 'Jesus Christ' is what you say when you stub you toe) For your information I'm not praying to The God Nailed High." Rodan sneered at his captor "Oh?" Lex raised an eyebrow "Who are you praying to?" "The Lord Phoenix, God of Planet Ava." "Do you honestly think that the God of anouther Planet would..." Lex Luthor thought for a moment "Ava," He murmured aloud "That word sounds familer." He grabbed Rodan by his boney creast "I'm going to question you." He said "And I'm giving you truth serum so you will HAVE to tell the truth." He turned to Lord Redlady "Dispose of the others." With that Rodan and two of the Robot Police disapeared into the cabin "OK Boys." Lord Redlady said to his henchman "What should we do should just cut off their heads or should we force them to fight to the death?" "Fight to the Death!" The Mooks cried MS TJ was unconcious as he was chained up from arm to leg on the wall. So he won't escape with brute force. Nochi was trying desperetly to wake him up."Its no use Nochi... Even if he does wake up he can't break out of here...." said Alice. Nochi looked down at Alice then at everyone else. He noticed Alice was a cat like manimal again since it was night. "But we gotta try and get out of here! Who knows what they will have planned for us!" he said. Alice sighed and sat down leaning agianst the wall. "Its too late Nochi... We lost... KI is done for, and Ultratech won..." Nochi groaned and sighed and turned around. "Do you honestly believe that? Were not done yet. We will beat them! The Underground can help us and I know it! Vodku will.. Kave will too." Alice turned her head a way and closed her eyes. "Kave might as well be dead... No one was left at the Arena. They played with our heads Nochi... Even Kave couldn't beat em. Nor TJ..." Nochi sighed and sat down. "Believe in me gang... I know we'll get out of here... If I escape, I'll get the Feareless leader here to savev us all... I just need you all to believe we can do this." Nochi looked up and noticed that the competitors had their heads down and all looked depressed. Tanya seemed to believe him though. "I know Kave. He wouldn't go down withouta fight. Kong? He's got more muscle then that buffed up robot. The Underground will hear of this." she said. Twiga Lord Redlady turned to the only two living KI Fighters who had lived but were not privy to TJ's plan.The Cheif of the Dakota Tribe, and Matoaka's unlcle Thunder, and Ultratech's bio-weapon Gorjira "You two want to live?" Lord Redlady asked "Want to be spared death?" "Yes." The Two of them said "I want you to dispose of the others." The Lord said "In Ritual Combat." Lord Redlady released Fossil from his chains, The Raptor snarled at Lord Redlay's rough treatment "Kill him first." The first mook said the Chief Thunder. "Though I signed up for this tourniment to shed blood..." The Chief said looking nervous "Killing a helpless opponant like hunting a helpless beast is unsporting." "You want to live don't you?" The 2nd mook sneered "Yes, But in the intrest of fair play I shall use my body and magic alone." With that he disgarded his twin thomhawks. Fossil and Thunder circled each other, Drawing streanth from each step while everone held their breath. Meanwhile in the Cabin Lex Luthor was grilling Rodan "My adoptive Mother was an alien." Rodan said compelled to reveal his secrets under the influence of Truth Serum "I have known her since before I could remember..." "I thought there was something funny about how you had no ID on your feet..." Lex growled...Than something struck him "I remember you!" He exclaimed "You were one of my experiments in Genetic engeneering! "What?!" Rodan screeched "With a human egg and Pteranadon sperm I created you in a test tube." Lex said "But your birth mother, the one who donated her egg, stole you and ran away, we never found her again and we presumed you were dead..." "Why did you make me?" Rodan asked "The same reason we made Gorjira to make a perfect killing machine!" With that Rodan screamed! He broke his chains and attacked Lex, wounding him in the stomach He burst out of the cabin and began to fly "Grab ahold!" Rodan said to Alice With that the two of them flew of the ship, the robat police tried to shoot them down but Rodan was too agile "Where are you taking me?" Alice asked "To the Wasteland." Rodan said "To the home of my adotive Mother." "Why did you take me?" Alice asked "You are needed." Rodan said "Fearless Leader told me." Meanwhile on the boat everyone had been distracted by Rodan's escape TJ woke up "What the?" He said "Why am I...Nevermind.." He used his brain lightning to shock the chains off himself, Being a fish he knew he was on a boat so he jumped into the sea! Both Rodan and TJ knew what they had to do, they had to find the six who escaped in the Wasteland. Meanwhile Zander had been looking around franticly "Matoaka!" He said "I can't find Bill!" "What?" His wife cried "But I found I not saying he's running away with Sam!" Steve Ellen "Let me see that note," Matoaka said. "Yes, that's Bill's handwriting and and I recognize his spelling." A shadow crossed the ground. "What's that?" Zander said, and looked up. "What th-?" Rodan glided down to an awkward landing. Alice tumbled out of his claws and sprawled on the ground in front of Matoaka and Zander. "I'll never fly with that airline again," she said. "Alice!" Zander said. "What's happened! You're bleeding. Let's get you fixed up." While Matoaka and Zander applied first aid to the cuts and scratches of Alice and Rodan, the story was told of what happened at the Killer instinct arena and how the fighters were captured by Lex Luthor but Rodan and Alice escaped. "So much bloodshed," Matoaka said. "Our generation is bathed in blood." "It would be worth it," Alice said, "to overthrow Ultratech. But this is a severe setback to our cause." "Never give up," Zander said. "To give up is to lose automatically. Maybe Ultratech will win in the end, although I don't believe they will, but they will win now for certain if we just give up." "You got that right," Rodan said. "We must never give up! We have to keep the dream alive." Twiga Rodan brushed himself off and sighed hevily"Before we got over here, Me and Alice made a breif Stop at the home of my Adoptive mother." He gestured with his wing "She lives on the other side of the oasis." "Yes." Alice said "And her interior decorating was lovely." "W-wait wait..." Zander said "Who is you adoptve mother?" "Mezzle an Ave." Rodan said "She imigrated here like you did a long time ago." "I thought your way of speaking sounded familer..." Zander said stroking his beak "We must hurry!" Rodan exclaimed "Because the Arena was distroyed We must find some other place for you to meet the consel." "What Counsel?" Zander asked "The Consel of Ages." Rodan said Zander gasped "You mean?" "Yes." Rodan said "You and Matoaka have been chosen to save Paydran!" Twiga Meanwhile Nochi was still on board with the others, after Rodan,Alice and TJ had ditched them."I can't believe they just ditched us like that!" Tanya said huffily "I mean you would have to be a total jerk to..." She didn't get to finish her sentence because..Thunder, who had been fighting Fossil all this time gave hima a siesmic toss and Fossil crash landed on Tanya! "Oh that is it Thunder you are so dead..." The Black Knight picked herself up, she had no armor as ultratech had stripped her of it, She grabbed a piece of pipe that was on the ground "On guard!" She cried "I'll fight you myself!" Meanwhile Tiamat was hiding from the robot police, She had to evade them so she went deeper and deeper underground. She knew she was being hunted <Father!> She cried in telepathic speak <Father Help me!> <I can only help you if you quiet your mind.> The Great Griffin's voice echoed in her head <You are thought screaming too loud.> So Tiamat quited her mind <Father. I'm lost> She thought <I need you to guide me to the Safe Haven, I need you to protect me> Steve Ellen There was no answer from Father and Tiamat wondered what happened. But then his voice sounded in her head again. <Tiamat, I have sent you a guide. Be alert and watch for him. He will help you get to Safe Haven. Meanwhile, I have a warning for you. Hide quickly! There are Ultratech agents closing in on you!><But where, Father? Where can I hide?> <You are near one of our people if you can reach her in time. Look for a small shop that sells used furniture called Mandy's. Mandy can hide you.> Tiamat ran desperately down the street, finally spotting a sign that said Mandy's. She ducked quickly into the door. "Are you Mandy? Hide me quick!" The woman behind the counter was surprised but quickly grasped the situation. "Come with me," she said after locking the front door, and then she showed Tiamat a trapdoor hidden behind the counter under a rug. "Down here..." They climbed down into a basement storage room filled with broken pieces of old furniture and a workbench. Mandy opened an iron door set in a stone wall. "This is the old furnace. We don't use it anymore. Get in there." Tiamat climbed into the furnace and sneezed. It was dark and dusty. "You'll have to be quieter than that," Mandy said. Twiga Tiamat was very afraid but she knew she had to be quietSo she began to send her body in what people in the Future call 'Stasis' A hibernation like sleep where blood temperture is reduced where heartbeat and breathing slow down. After a few moments Tiamat became completly sillent. Meanwhile Zander and Matoaka were taling to Rodan "Zander..." Matoaka said "Who is this Counsel of Ages?" "They are the Oldest Beings of the Known Universe." Zander said "They are Immortal." "Yes." Rodan crooned "My mother told me about." "Well why have they chosen us two to save Paydran?" Matoaka implored "The Magic they need from you is the magic of the Mated Pair." Rodan said "They need you two to preform a sex magic ritual." "Sex...Magic ritual?" Matoaka stammered "Yes." Rodan whispered "Wait a minute, Wait. A. Minute." Edward said interupting "Why Zander and Matoaka? Why not Minsk and me?" Steve Ellen Everyone turned to look at Edward. Minsk blushed."Well..." Rodan began, but Matoaka interrupted him. "Is it not true," she said, "that the unicorn is the most magical beast of them all? There was even a time when unicorns were hunted down and slaughtered just for their horns because of the primitive belief that their magic was contained in their horns." "That's all true," Edward said, "but you haven't been with Minsk and I when we make love. It is truly magical." "Edward!" Minsk said, and hid her face behind her hands. "Stop it, Edward," Rodan said. "You are embarrassing Minsk. I'm sure your lovemaking is magical. In a way, everyone's lovemaking is magical. But the facts are that the Counsel of Ages has chosen Matoaka and Zander. We must defer to the immortal wisdom of the Counsel." Zander had sweat on his forehead. "I feel an awful lot of pressure is being put on me to... uh... perform well." Matoaka squeezed his shoulder. "You'll perform wonderfully." Zander gritted his teeth. "And so the pressure grows... What happens if I fail at this Magic Sex Ritual?" Twiga "Oh don't worry." Rodan said "They only way you can fail the Ritual is if one or both of you fail to have orgasms."Zander and Matoaka were sillent for a moment "You...both do have orgasms don't you?" Rodan asked "Well..." Matoaka was hesitant "Well yes..Both times we had sex Zander brought me to orgasm." "Wait." Alice said "You've only had sex twice?" Than instantly Alice covered her mouth, afraid that she had said something utterly rude... Matoaka sighed and twirled a piece of her hair "Well I'm not saying we wouldn't have wanted more sex..." She said "It's just that as I went through my pregnancy and got rounder, let's just say sex would be very diffucult for us." Matoaka looked down at her tummy, Naturaly since she had only given birth a short few days ago, she had not gone fropm fat to fit, in a few short hours, she still carried her pregnancy weight, her breasts were still swollan and tender from producing milk...Matoaka thought about what the Counsel of Ages would think of her if she came before them like this... But Matoaka quickly shook her head and cast the silly thoughts out of her head. The Counsel of Ages were the wisest oldest beings in the known universe! Of course they would not think less of her for having a pudgy tummy or swollan breasts! "The Counsel await, in that Sandstone Cave..." Rodan said "We must meet with them soon." Matoaka turned to Jordan "Jordan!" She said "You're in charge of the van until we get back." "Minsk and I are coming as well." Edward said firmly but gently "As you wish." Rodan said So they headed off, Rodan, Alice, Matoaka, Zander, Edward, and Minsk toward the sandstone cave. When they got inside they found a strange alien creature within, it looked like a strange orange little man, with golden eyes and no mouth "I presume you two are Matoaka and Zander?" The Creature asked "We must hurry, many will die if we are not quick." Meanwhile Tiamat had come out of Stasis, Mandy was calling her to come out of the furnice "It's very important." She said Tiamat quickly put on her white robes and peeked out the store window The High Elder was outside! But he was at the Store across the street!, Questioning the family who owned it "Have you been harboring Manimals?" High Elder asked the Father of the family "Our home has always sheltered the weary travaler, Have mercy My Lord." "I'm placing you and your family under house arrest until further notice." High Elder replied "But we are inncocent!" The Shopkeeper pleaded "We know nothing of these Manimals" High Elder exited the shop and turned to the Captain of the Robot Police "Burn it." He said "What?" The Robot asked "Until it smolders, these people are traitors." "With all due respect." The Zeta Unit said "I was not programmed to murdur the innocent." "But you were programmed to follow orders." High Elder replied Zeta Unit simply took the torch in his hand and doused in a bucket of water. High Elder sneered, and took anouther torch from a Squadbot and set fire to the store himself! At first Zeta looked startled, but he quickly jumped into the store window and pulled out the family! The Family was frightend but grateful, the little children hugged the robot! But the happy moment was brief Zeta had to run for his life Steve Ellen "Let them go," the high Elder said. "We must not be diverted from our real purpose - to find that five-headed freak, Tiamat. I know she's around here somewhere. I can almost smell her." In the sandstone cave, Matoaka and Zander stood before the orange man with the golden eyes. "I am Goram Ga of the High Counsel," he said. "What we are doing today is of supreme importance to the eternal goals of the immortal High Counsel..." Edward whispered to Minsk. "Typical long-winded politician." When Goram Ga finished his little speech, he motioned Matoaka and Zander toward a low wooden table with a blue mattress on it. "Here you will perform the ritual." "Here?" Zander said. "Right in front of everybody?" "There must be witnesses," Goram Ga said. Sweat popped out on Zander's forehead again. "I'm not a machine! You can't just turn me on and off like I'm some kind of freaky sex toy!" "Zander!" Matoaka said, hugging him. "Relax! Calm down. I'm sure Goram Ga has a lot of experience with this sort of thing. It's new to us, that's all. We must be calm." Zander looked down at the ground and muttered, "Oh how did I get into this situation?" Goram Ga clapped his hands. "I think first we must have a calming beverage to drink, yes?" He gestured to an orange-robed servant. "Bring the ritual tea!" Twiga Matoaka wished Zander woulden't be so nervous, but in reality she herself was terrified, A small reature brought out two cups of tea.Both drank from their respetive cups. Zander felt the warm feeling slosh into his belly and felt calming thoughts enter his mind, he remembered what his late mother had told him about the counsel and what their powers were. Matoaka hower felt the oppisite effect on her, whatever was in the tea it certainly didn't calm down humans( or maybe humans with unicorn blood I can't tell) Matoaka's thoughts also turned also turned to her mother but she thought what her mother would think of her know, sulely she woulden't approve... She also thought about the boys at the universeity she went to, those fat ugly frat boys that reminded her how she became a sex-phobic man-hater before she met Zander. She was the only Native American at Ultratech Univeristy, one of only a handful of dark-skinned faces in what looked like a sea of blode blue eyes faces She remembered walking down the halls with her classmates hollering at her "Show us your tits!" "Show us your ass!" She usauly responded to this with a kick in the testicles But now as Zander as Zander led her to the table she was lost in her thoughts, she was distracted as he laid her down on the table But apparently whatever the table was made of it was made for creatures lighters than Humans or Aves because it's legs creaked and groaned under the weight of the two of them, it brokes collapsed and tumbled down "That's weird." Said a counsel woman "That's never happened before..." Anouther shrugged "Ah no matter, we'll just improvise." So they cleared away the broked table and brought out their Plan B. They got out rose petals, thousands of rose petals, all red, and all very fragrant, they laid them all over the floor of the cave making a carpet of rose petals "Try that for size." They said By this time Zander was readey he laid down Matoaka down on the carpet of flowers "Are you ready?" He asked But Matoaka did not answer, she was lost in her thought "Matoaka?" Zander asked he waved his wing in front of her but she only blinked Zander was unsure by this piont and he gently placed the tip of his penis in her vigina to test, to see if she was wet enough... But Matoaka recoiled at his touch, She buried her face in her hands "I can't!" She exclaimed "I can't do it! IT'S TOO SCARY!" Zander wondered what had come over her all of sudden, he wondered what she was so scarred of "Matoaka..." He said running his talons through her raven hair "What's so scary?" "You woulden't understand." Matoaka said not wanting to talk about the boys at school who told her to show them her tits, she coulden't say that she felt like she was betraying herself by having sex in front of these people. "What woulden't I understand?" Zander asked feeling fusterated "I just can't tell you.." By now Zander tried to comfort her but something in belly was making him nervous it wound his way in his tummy and forced his out his buttocks (Little known fact Ave Farts sound like goose honks) So out of Zander's buttocks came a great HONK! That sounded like thunder and echoed against the walls of the cave Now it was Zander's turn to be embarresed He felt hot tears sting his eyes Matoaka realized her own fears were silly as she felt Zander's tears drip down on her she kissed her lover Twiga Zander felt Matoaka's lips on his beak "There there." She said "Don't cry. I'm sure the counsel won't think less of you for something so silly..."Matoaka took Matoaka's furry palm and pressed it against his Feathery cheek "Thank you..." Zander whispered as tears of releif fell over her fingers "Thank you..." He said again A small smile crossed his beak, than he began to chuckle... "It's probaily better anyway..." He said chuckling "My Mama said it's always better to let it out than to keep it in..." Than he broke into a merry rolling laugh "You're right Love." He said "It is silly, what a good joke on me!" Matoaka broke into a merry luagh as well, the spirit of fun was contagous. The counsel smiled at them Zander began to enter her..but suddenly Matoaka let out a cry "OWCH!" She cried "What's wrong?" Zander cried afraid "I don't know..." She gasped "It just hurt when you pressed in there." Meanwhile TJ Combo was Nochi was watching Tanya and Thunder squre off Tanya with a pipe and Thunder with his tomahawk "I'll get you for wounding Fossil!" Tanya growled "Will you hurry up?" Fossil asked "Some of us are bleeding to death!" "You're not bleeding to death!" Nochi scolded Suddenly the boat shifted, a wave washed over the boat "TJ Combo had reappered...and he was holding a sledge hammer! "Hi Guys!" TJ Combo said "Sorry Nochi, I didn't meant to to to ditch you I had to get something off the sea floor!" TJ approached Lex with the sledge hammer "Hello..My Name is TJ Combo, You killed my Father, Prepare to die." MS Nochi staggered back and kneeled down to Fossil."Has anyone seen Alice?" he asked. Tanya and Fossil shook their head as they were treating Fossil's wounds. "Im unsure." said Tanya. Twiga Fossil raised his head to see TJ Combo approching Lex Luthor with his giant hammer."Now now." Lex Luthor said panicing "You woulden't hit me with that, you would die instantly!" "Ha." TJ said "You killed my father with no qualm!" Meanwhile at the Sandstone Cave Zander and Matoaka were in a pickle, something inside Matoaka was wounded because whenever Zander tried to enter her vagina she was in pain. TJ Combo was about to hit Lex when a robot pulled out his gun "Halt Manimal!" The Robot said "You are in violation of Code...." TJ let out a burst of lightning from his forehead and the robot exploded "I'm getting back for all the Manimals who worked and slaved for Ultratech, for every tear shed, for every child." "Will you just kill him?!" Tanya shouted "OK" TJ said and he pounded in Lex's head Matoaka didn't know what was wrong with her, so the Counsel DR, proposed that he examine her. The Dr. Concluded that when she gave birth something inside her got torn (Possibly by her baby's unicorn horn) He could fix it but it would take a day. Meanwhile Nochi rushed up to TJ and hugged him "Thank you TJ!" Nochi said "But now we need to find Alice!" "Alice is with Rodan." TJ soothed the young man "but don't worry she's quite safe." "We must find Kave, Tiamat and Kong." Fossil said "Yes." TJ said "We must." Steve Ellen But Tiamat was in serious trouble because the High Elder and his minions had discovered she was hiding in Mandy's and they were preparing to burn it down if necessary. The high Elder pounded on the door. "We know you're in there, Tiamat! Open up or die!" Tiamat sent a desperate telepathic message. <Father! They have found me! What shall I do?> The Great Griffin replied. <Your guide that I sent you has arrived. He has disguised himself as one of the High Elder's robots. Allow yourself to be arrested and he will take care of your escape.> <Father, I hope this works!> <Have faith!> Tiamat shouted at the door. "Calm down! I will open the door and come out!" She hugged Mandy. "Thanks for everything. I hope you fare well." Mandy returned her hug. "As long as they don't burn my shop down I will survive. Do you want me to call anybody for you?" "No," Tiamat said, tapping her head. "I have a telephone in here." Tiamat pulled open the door and went out to meet her fate. Twiga Tiamat was ready she stepped outside and prepared to face her destiny.Suddenly and without warning a gunshot rang out in the distanse, It was followed by the sound of a motorcycle! The Motorbike was being driven by none other than the very Zeta Unit that had disobeyed High Elder's orders The Zeta Unit knocked over some of the lesser squadbot and drove up to Tiamat, "Come on" he said "We got to get out of here." He motioned to the bike "Come on." "Wait." Tiamat said "Are you really a robot or are you just disgused as a robot?" "Does this look like a disguise?" Zeta asked Tiamat realized that this was no time to worry about weather he was a robot or not she had to go with him So she hopped onto the bike wrapped her scaly arms around his metalic waist and the set off the vast wilderness unknown. "I had no idea a robot could switch sides!" Tiamat said "Neither did I!" Zeta said "Apparently we can." Meanwhile TJ was steering Lex's yuaght to the shore. Nochi tapped him on the shoulder "May I ask you a question?" "Yes what is it?" TJ responded "You said Lex Luthor killed your Father, well how did he kill your father?" "Well it's a good story." TJ said "And now you all have to hear it" "It seems that being the high quality slaves that we are, my famly has been in high demand as slaves...But my father was clever, he could read and write, he tuaght those who had been born from slave how to read and write, and he taught them subversive matirial he taught them of the time before Ultratech." He sighed "Naturauly they decided my father was too dangerous a person to let live So Lex had him burned at the stake." "I watch my father burn..." Meanwhile at The Sandstone Cave Minsk and Edward were watching Zander pace around the room, The Doctor had come into the room to take Matoaka to a hidden aclove in the cave where he could work on her, Zander paced because he couldn't see what was happening. Minsk turned to Edward "Why did you say what you said?" "I just lost my head Minsk." Edward said glumly "I thought this sex magic could redeem myself." "Redeem you?" Minsk asked "I always tried to be a good thief." Edward said "I always steal money jewels o r stuff like that, never people but their are child thieves among my guild I am ashamed of my guild." Steve Ellen "You are an individual," Minsk said. "It doesn't matter to me what guild you belonged to. I'm sure Matoaka and the rest feel the same way."Edward crossed his arms. "In my head I know that, but I was destined to be a thief. Even as a tiny boy I was already a good thief and I was proud of that. That's who I was. And when I became a teenager I identified totally with the Thieve's Guild. I never missed a meeting. It's only now that I can see them objectively. I still believe some good was done but I can see their faults - especially stealing children from their homes and selling them. I can never forgive them for that." Minsk rubbed his shoulder. "Is that how you became one of them? Were you stolen from your home when you were a baby?" Twiga Minsk leaned into Edward and they shared a long kiss...Matoaka came out from the Aclove with the Doctor she looked happy but she was shakey on her legs. "I've fixed her wound." The Strange Baby-Faced alien said "But she can't have any sex until tommorow morning." "I'm just glad she's allright." Zander said The two kissed one anouther Meanwhile, in the edge where the desert meets the big city, Zeta had taken Tiamat to Kave. "Tiamat!" Kave exclaimed "Kave!" The Dragon cried wrapping her wings around the alien "I thought you were dead!" "Kong saved me." Kave said "But I wandered off and got lost." "We must hurry." Tiamat said "We must find the Manimal Wanders of the desert and alert them the Ellder's plans!" "What plans?" Kave asked "He plans to turn all Manimals into Cyborgs!" She cried "Half Animal half machine, with no free will!" Meanwhile TJ Combo had landed the boat on the Eatern Shore of New York. He quickly got out silk collers, for everyone except Nochi and Tanya "Put these on People." TJ said we must let people think we our slaves insted of gladiators." As TJ, Fossil, Tanya, Nochi even Thunder and Gorjira made their way through the city, TJ thought a sillent prayer. 'Fearless Leader.' He thought I know you've looked after us well, but our people are in terrible danger, so I'd like to bargain with you, my life in retern for their's' The Griffin thought to him 'There is not a day or night that a mother does not offer her life for her children, or an honest servant his life for his king, but there is no bargain, what is is what must be' Thunder stopped at a small shop "I know the woman who works here." He said "I can buy supples' 'We have no time for supplies!" TJ shouted Steve Ellen But Thunder was determined to go in so he did. The woman inside was Griselda and she greeted Thunder with a hug. "You old dog! Where have you been? I thought you must be dead!" Thunder hugged Griselda a long time, remembering the good times they shared in the past. Finally, he released her. "Griselda," he said. "Once you told me that your grandfather had hidden a secret weapon in the walls of this shop. Was that a tale to entertain me or a truth?" Griselda gazed at him with her cool grey eyes. She looked through the window where TJ and the rest were waiting impatiently. "So," she said. "The time has come. It is just as grandfather said. One day the weary will rise up and the Ultratech pigs will defeated. Yes! There is a weapon!. Take it with you, Thunder, and use it well. Down with Ultratech!" As Griselda said those words she was ripping open a wall panel and pulling out a sword in a leather sheath. "A sword!" Thunder said. "A sword against Ultratech technology? Absurd!" "No!" she said, her eyes gleaming. "Not absurd! This sword is from the ancient times when magic ruled the land, the times before the technopigs came with their hypno rays and lasers and sleep gas and nerve needles and sonic shockers and all the rest of their evil technological crap! It's the Sword With No Name..." Her voice dropped to a whisper. "...the sword that killed the Great Demon and banished..." TJ beat on the store window. "Godammit, Thunder! What the hell are you doing in there? Come on! We've got a revolution to fight!" Griselda shoved the sword into Thunder's hands. "Take it! Go! Down with Ultratech!" Thunder grinned and raised the sword high. "Down with Ultratech!" Then he hurried outside to rejoin TJ and the rest. Griselda stood in her shop door watching them trot off down the street. "Grandfather," she murmured. "I hope you are awake in Heaven and watching this. Your dream is finally coming true." She wiped a tear from her eye and went back inside. She looked around at the shop where she had worked for her entire life and wondered if tomorrow it would still be standing. Twiga Sp basicly TJ and the others were forced to beat a hasty retreat. They wound there way through the maze of alleyways and darkness.Meanwhile Tiamat was with Kave and Zeta she was extremely annyed that Kave had left Kong but since Kave was delerious she supposed he didn't do it deliberatly. "So what to we do now?" Zeta asked "Get away from here!" Tiamat said She led them to the banks of a river when they were standing on the store she pointed to a piece of land in the middle of the river "Look over there!" She said "The Island known as Safe Haven! The lonely land where Ultratech never comes!" Steve Ellen Zeta the robot had taken Tiamat to Kave because the robot had lost contact with the Great Griffin's thought transmissions, as had Tiamat. Kave had no telepathic ability.Now, it seemed, Tiamat was once again the leader. "We will go to the island," she said. "But how?" Kave protested. "We have no boat. I can't swim. Maybe you and Zeta can go and I'll wait here." "Nonsense," Tiamat said. "I am a strong swimmer. I can get you to the island. What about you, Zeta?" "Are you kidding?" Zeta said. "Robots and water don't mix. Even if I could somehow survive being totally zapped with electrical short circuits from the water, later I would begin to rust. It's a lose-lose situation for me." "Then here is what you do," Tiamat said. "You can decoy whoever is following us away on a false trail. And as a bonus, maybe you will get within range of the Great Griffin and receive further instructions." "Alright," Zeta said. "I'lll continue on down the river bank and make it look like we are all still together. Good luck to you." "Thank you," Tiamat said. "Same to you." Tiamat and Kave entered the water and when it was up to their necks Tiamat told Kave to hold on tight to her. With strong strokes she started swimming toward the island of Safe Haven. Twiga As they reached Safe Haven Kave knelt down and kissed the warm sand of the glorious beach"It's just like the beaches of my home planet!: He exclamed Meanwhile Matoaka and Zander had reterned to the Van along with Edward and Minsk, Alice and Rodan chose to stay across the Oasis at the home of Rodan's adotive mother, because the van was beginning to get crowded "I'm worried about Bill and Samantha." Matoaka said cradling her daughter. "I'm sure thery're fine..." Zander said laying a wing over her shoulder "You know Bill and how strong he is..." Meanwhile at Mezzle's house Rodan had a few questions for his Ave mother "I've found out where I've come from..." Rodan said holding his cup of Ave tea in his wings "It turns out I was made to be the ulimate killing machine.: He paused to sip from his cup "The only reason I'm here is because my birth mother brought me to you..." Steve Ellen "That's right," Mezzle said. "But she told me nothing about killing machines. I was told you were the fifth egg as we say in Ave." "I'm not familiar with that expression," Alice said. "It's a saying from the old days," Mezzle said. "As you know, we Ave are descended from bird stock and way back before civilization it was customary to raise four eggs in the nest, but sometimes a mother would have a fifth egg and..." "And what?" Alice said. Mezzle made gestures as though she was pushing an egg out of a nest. "Oh!" Alice said, putting her hand to her mouth. She looked with sympathy at Rodan. He laughed. "It's nothing to get all sad about. Life with Mezzle was wonderful." He hugged his adoptive Mom. "Anyway," he said, "the fact that I was intended at birth to be a killing machine certainly explains why I was drawn to the Killer Instinct fights later when I matured. My earliest thoughts as a kid were about wanting to fight." "I know," Mezzle said with a smile. "I could never understand why you wouldn't play nice with the other kids in our neighborhood. Now I know." Twiga Rodan sighed "We hit a little snag with Matoaka and Zander's ritual, Something inside her got torn when she gave birth, but don't worry the problem is fixed, now all they need is a good night's sleep."Mezzle smiled a warm smile "Of course." After Alice had weant to bed Rodan looked at his mother shyly "What is it?" His Mother asked "You knew I was a member of the Slave race when you first laid eyes on me." Rodan said "So why did you choose me?" "Because I believe slavery is wrong." His mother said Meanwhile in The Van Matoaka and Zander slept beside each other, both dreaming of what would happan if they failed the ritual. For the 2nd time, Zander's mother came to him in a dream "My Son." Her soft voice called from above "Do not be afraid." "I am gratful you still speak to me." Zander said "After the atrocities I've commited..." "Zander." She said firmly but gently "That rape of a woman was not your fault, you were drugged." Zander shed a tear but he knew it was true Steve Ellen In the morning Zander woke up feeling so peaceful and content that he realized for a long time he had been feeling a little bit tense and anxious. This morning he felt as relaxed as he had felt as a child when he woke up after a good night's sleep and was ready to face a new day. He kissed Matoaka's eyes until they fluttered open. "Hi, sleepy," he said. "I have a feeling today is going to be a great day." Matoaka smiled. "It better be or tonight you will pay for waking me up so early." "It's not early," Zander said. "Let's get strated on this wonderful day!" In the other end of the van Edward and Minsk were waking up with the same good feelings. "It feels like Spring," Minsk said. Out in the desert, Bill crawled out of the sleeping bag he shared with Samantha. Kong was already awake and searching for berries. "Today is the day," Bill said. "I feel we are almost there." Kong put a few berries in his basket. "You've been saying that for the last 7 days." "But this time the feeling is much stronger. Just over this next hill, I think. You know, my ancestors used to migrate thousands of miles without maps and they always came back to exactly the same pastures every year." "Yeah, well my ancestors had enough sense to stay in the jungle and not mess around with crazy, so-called civilized peoples." On the 15th floor of a Paydran apartment building, Carther woke up feeling better than he had in days. Haiku smiled at him and said,"I think you have finally thrown off all the ill effects from those poisonous vapors in the sewers." "Yes, I feel really good today. Are you and Vodku ready to move?" Twiga Zander and Matoaka came to the Sandstone Cave all by themselves without anyone else coming with them, they felt what they needed most for this ritual was as much privicy as possible, Just because the Counsel would be watching them did not mean everyone should know how it went! As they arrived they were greeted by the Orange Man "Ah Wonderful!" He said "You came by yourselves! Let's get you started!" They laid out a carpet of rose petals and they began to.. or at least they tried to.. Zander entered Matoaka without much pain, as he tried to thrust he let out an enormous fanny fart but he didn't get embarressed but something was missing... "Is something the Matter?" A Counsel Member asked Zander got the courage to seak first "I'm sorry your league but...We feel Self Consious." "Perhaps, The Young Couple would prefer to try something new for this experiance..." One of them said "Try something new?" Zander raised an eyebrow "Maybe some light role-play..." One said "Or use of a costume..." Said anouther "Or perhaps some toys..." Said yet anouther Zander was perplexed and intrequed "I think it might be a good idea." Matoaka said "Why not try something new?" Zander was just amazed their was more than one way to have sex. "I mean costumes? Toys? I thought all you had to do was strip and grunt and shove" A counsel man laughed "Oh you Aves, Your Technology is advanced, but your sex is left in the stone age! Why if you haden't met Matoaka you'd be doing your sex doggy style Zander!" Rather than dwell on little thoughts, Matoaka and Zander allowed themselves to be taken to the toy room "Holy..." Zander gasped "Look at all this weird stuff!" Perhaps the toys are too perplexing for you." One said "Would you rather see the costumes instead?" "I think we'd prefer that." Matoaka said who was a bit frightend by alien sex toys. They came to a great many costumes, Zander looked through, looking for something that sparked his imagenatation. He came across a pair of leather pants, and a leather harness. "You like it?" Matoaka asked "It just..." Zander says "It makes me think of the Ave's God Lord Phoenix.." Zander said "The God of fertility who made the crops furtle by mating with them." "I like it." Matoaka said "I don't feel I need a costume myself but let's have fun!" Zander smiled a warm smile. Matoaka left to go back to the main cave whilst Zander got dressed. On day way Zander's costume got cuagt on a rope, Zander deicied to take the rope, because it might come in handy later. He came to Matoaka laying among the rose petals "Of Lord Phoenix..." She said playing Along the Role Play, It has alway been my biggest desire to see your rump!" "You're going to see more than my rump sweetheart!" Zander said he lowered the pants and knelt down to her he began to gently thrust into her, Zander at the moment felt great confidance in who he was, he spread his tailfeathers and raised rump, not feeling the slightest bit humiliated that the universe knew he loved an Earthling. He puffed and panted, feeling himseld work extra hard for this sex, but than Matoaka whispered "Zander slow down that's a little too rough." Steve Ellen Zander slowed down and realized it was better. He thought about the Lord Phoenix myth and how this Counsel seemed to have their own myth and then it seemed he really was a god and he knew he was at the moment of orgasm but it was different this time. Instead of his usual quick flash of light in the brain and burst of pleasure through his nerves everything happened in slow motion. The Universe unfolded before him and revealed it's secrets. He saw a billion billion stars blazing in glory, stars being born and stars exploding in a fiery death, but always stars, stars, and more stars. Then he merged with all the fiery abundance of the heavens and somewhere far away he could hear himself groaning with pleasure. When he woke up Matoaka was rubbing his sweaty forehead. She hugged him. "Darling, that was so indescribably wonderful." The Orange Man was smiling. "Very good. Very good. I knew you were the right man for the job." Twiga The Orange man handed them a large jar full of a bright rainbow colored substance."Errr...What is that?" Matoaka asked "In this Jar is love itself in its rawest form." The Orange Man said "After you both had your orgasms this rainbow substance leaked from both your genitals..." "So that's the love weapon?" Matoaka asked "What does it do?" "It has the power to make peple good." One Woman said "It can make cruel people kind and cowards brave men." "Is there anything else it can do?" Matoaka asked "Well yes, it can make flora matter grow to enormous preportions." "Say What?" Matoaka asked "It makes plants grow." "I see." "Just drop the seeds into the jar and when you want to release the plant's true form than just smash the jar." The Woman said Meanwhile Bill, Samantha and Kong had reached the very river in which the Safe Haven dwelled, Kong sensed something as he approached the bank. "Look!" He exclaimed "Look!" "What?" Bill asked "What am I looking for?" "The Safe Haven" Kong Said "Where Fearless Leader protects us "Ah." Said a robotic voice approaching, "You must be the Ape-Man named Kong, Tiamat sent me looking for you. But Kong gasped when he saw the Zeta unit, it was the very same Zeta Unit who...dstroyed his Under-Villiage!" Kong beat his chest and lunged for the 'bot Sam and Bill had to hold him back "I'LL TEAR OFF YOUR FACE, I'LL TEAR IT RIGHT OFF! I'LL TEAR IT OFF AND WHERE IT TO DOWN!" "Um...Do you know you from somewhere?" Zeta asked not realizing this was a Manimal from the same Under-Villiage High Elder had ordered him to distroy two monthes ago. Meanwhile Jim, Jordan and the others were busy waiting for Zander and Matoaka to retern "We're back!" Matoaka said "And I have a question for you Ichabod," she said "About your mutant tree seeds?" "My tree seeds?" Ichabod asked "Why you want them?" Steve Ellen "What mutant tree seeds?" Jordan asked. "Why has no one told me about this?""Shhh!" Jim said. "You don't have to be told about everything." Jordon folded her arms across her chest. "If I waited for you to tell me things then I would never learn anything about what's going on. Matoaka, why have you kept this a secret?" "It's not exactly a secret," Matoaka said. "It just never came up when you and I were talking." "Hmph!" Jordan said. "Well I want to hear all about Ichabod's mutant tree seeds now." On the river bank across from the island of Safe Haven, Bill and Samantha held back Kong's arms to keep him from beating up the Zeta robot. It wasn't easy to hold Kong back because he was incredibly strong. "I apologize if I have wronged you," Zeta said. "In the past I was operating under the High Elder's orders. But now I follow the Great Griffin. I am only a robot. I can do no good or evil except what those who control me make me do." "Tell that to my dead friends!" Kong shouted. "Revenge is needed! You must die for your crimes!" Twiga Tiamat had been watching the whole thing from afar, so she flew up to Kong, landed beside him and...gave him the Vulcan neck pinch."I'm so sorry for the incovinance." Tiamat said "Kong has been through a whole lot." Tiamat looked to Bill and Samantha "Thank you for taking care of poor Ol' Kong" She said "Who are you guys?" "Well, I'm Bill, and this is Samantha." Bill said "And we were on our way to the KI fights but than...Kong told us it was distroyed." Tiamat stroked her chin "Show me the bottomous of your hooves." She said "What?" Bill was confused "Show me the bottomous of your feet." Tiamat repeated herself Bill showed her both the the bottoms of his feet Tiamat gasped "So...You are of the six Manimals who escaped!" She took him by the hand "Come we have much to discuss" Meanwhile in the Space Van, Matoaka was telling, Ichabod about the Love Weapon and how it made plants grow... "So you want to use...Trees as weapons?" Ichabod asked "Not just any trees." Zander said "Super powerful mutant trees!" Steve Ellen "How will trees, even super mutant ones, be able to accomplish anything?" Ichabod asked.Zander grinned slyly. "Seeds." "Seeds?" "Trees have seeds. Many different kinds of seeds. Sometimes very strange seeds. For example, maple tree seeds look like little helicopters. They can travel long distances." Ichabod shrugged. "So?" Zander continued. "Some plants are poisonous. Right?" "Yessss." "Some trees produce tons of pollen, like pine trees, for example." "I've seen pine tree pollen," Ichabod said. "It falls like snow. But I'm still not seeing any weapon." Zander held up a finger. "Final ingredient. Some trees produce seed pods that explode when they dry out and scatter their seeds everywhere. Now let's put those four things together and here is what we get: A helicopter-powered exploding seed pod that scatters poisonous dust. See it?" Ichabod stroked his chin. "Hmmm... And if it is a seasonal thing so that thousands of trees would send out seeds at the same time..." "A devastating attack!" Zander said. "Of course, the problem is to get the mutant trees planted near critical Ultratech installations." "And to create them in the first place," Ichabod said. "No, the creation part is already taken care of when we put your tree seeds in this Love Jar that the Orange Man gave to me. The result will be a super mutation" "Then we're halfway there. We know we can make the super mutant trees. How fast do they grow after they are planted?" "Incredibly fast," Zander said. "We won't have to wait years if that's what you're thinking." Ichabod clasped Zander's shoulder. "This is excellent! Let's get started making some trees and we can bring the others in to help us figure out how to plant them." Twiga OK, I need to rethink my strategy this story is getting too humongous!The End! © Copyright 2009 Twiga, Steve Ellen, MS, (known as GROUP). All rights reserved. GROUP has granted Writing.Com, its affiliates and its syndicates non-exclusive rights to display this work. |
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