09-12-2016, 11:58 AM
Well this was great. All well and fine. They even had a submarine! Perfect for this momentously illegal task.
Caira kept her head up and her chin down as she figured they’d have to walk all the way back to the beach. The knight was feeling a bit pessimistic, though the astronomer at least seemed to be with them, it was hard to say just how with them he was. Gary looked like he would’ve wished to stay longer with Jad, but he also has to man the submarine, because a girl who knows next to nothing about most modern technologies wouldn’t even be able to raise the anchor (Which button is it!!!!) let alone get out of port.
The woman sighed to herself and looked down at the Pokemon nestled tightly against her. The innocent, that was what this whole thing was for. And of course, the heaviest form of redemption. She was an orphan, her parents had conquered the entire galaxy of her home world, save a small planet where she had opted to save herself rather than find a way to stop them. Breaking and entering would be a piece of cake, they’d just need a game plan, and the perfect place to think it through was in the submarine. Gary surely had some old maps of what the Empire’s ships looked like, if not, he’d at least seen one before.
“Where are you going lass?” Gary asked the girl who had started walking upon the same path they’d ventured here on, “The jeep is this way.”
“Jeep?” A foreign word rolled from her tongue as she parroted him.
“Hah, guess where you come from they have pegasus, eh?” he snickered, and at last she understood, “Yeah, too dangerous to cross the same path twice, we outta take the scenic route this time, eh? And now that we’ve got wheels it’ll be faster.”
“That route definitely had to be the scenic one,” Zack interjected.
“You ain’t seen nothing yet laddie,” Gary offered and lead them to another smaller cave, which had a vault hidden in the corner, while the middle-aged man pressed each coded number with a beep!
After six of them, steel doors opened, revealing quite an armory, but more transportation, though little of it recognized by the girl. Zack’s imagination seemed a little more thrilled, as he followed Gary in, his eyes following hungrily against the glossy cars and a few tethered flying disks. A low whistle, “This is quite a place, now at least I don’t have to wonder what Clowney does in his spare time,” this earned him a chuckle and the two men shared a smile. Men, cars, and submarines.
“You flew on a Pegasus, Ayryn? Wasn’t that scary? What if they suddenly swerve left and suddenly you just rammed face-first into a cliff!” Zack asked with articulating hand gestures.
“Oh believe me, it’s happened more than a few times, I was also afraid of heights for the longest time. Now, not so much. Oh! I forgot to ask him if he knew Marty! Oh well, can we call him later Gary? Or I guess I’ll have the chance to ask him when we return.” she rambled for a moment and then bit her lip for silence.
“I’m sure he’s familiar with the name, Jad knows a lot of people,” Gary reassured but was more transfixed with their four-wheel drive, marine green vehicle that they’d be sailing across the island in.
“You want shotgun, lad?” Zack cringed to himself, he wasn’t a little kid, maybe to Gary he was, but being an ex-Soldier was no small feat. Thing is, he did want shotgun, and climbed in.
...
The drive was smoother than riding anything with four legs, that was for sure, except for, maybe, a shadow lion. Gary put keys in a hidden slot and the metallic beast roared to life, steam from its nose came out its tail and Caira had to be assured many times that it was not alive, and then compare it to her hover board, which ran on battery.
“Ohhh, I get it,” she said at last and Zack wondered if she wasn’t just saying that.
The wind tousled Gary’s graying hair around but he wouldn’t have it any other way, at first they traveled from an underground road, then, to one of dirt which was a little bumpier than what Caira now identified as pavement. They did many swirling spirals around turns that swayed just below hills and mountains, and until it became dark they did not encounter any Pokemon.
There was a Gengar in the road, it was purple and had seething red eyes, then there was a Koffing, purple again but this one floated and spewed foul-smelling smoke, each left them alone, though hissed at their headlights which blinded their eyes. Gary was a good tour-guide, identifying their names and that some are more common to come out at night, “Ghost-type are my favorite, Ayryn, I have even taken in a few, though, we haven’t talked much for many moons.”
The way he was making it sound was that these creatures were collectable, though she remained quiet on that cause for another time, “Gary, uh, how will we know what the fruit that gets this little guy back to normal will look like?”
“We don’t, it probably isn’t on this island. Jad could take a look at him when we come back, but I doubt he could do much except grow him an extra foot, if that. Even those who excel at science know there isn’t always a quick fix, and neither is your magic, as you may have learned. All has a formula for success. The rest lay in failure.” Gary said forebodingly.
The Pokemon was awake now, and sat with a seatbelt which Caira had fastened after she learned its purpose, over it. The Charizard was uncomfortable but put up no fight. The woods hung above them, a canopy of palm trees, and coconuts shielding them from the stars, suddenly the world opened up around them and they were gazing at the beach, shining brightly, a bright sliver of moon, reflecting on the infinite waves beyond the island. It was beautiful, how the stars glowed ever-brightly, and everyone in the car took a moment to appreciate the glittering sky above and the shimmering waves below.
They had arrived at the sub and it was still in one piece. “Hey girlie, do your thing, we’ll need this ride later, and I don’t want to just stash it anywhere, it being Jad’s prized Jeep and all,” She nodded and used her prime-power to return the car to the Omnilium it was most likely made with, the rainbow pieces disappeared around her leaving neither of them wondering where it had exactly gone. She hadn’t had the chance to ask Omni that, either.
The submarine took off, thrashing propellers ignited by millions of watts from heavy turbines. What a machine she was! When they were out at sea, they dove under the cover of the waves, and then huddled all in the captain’s ‘main deck’ to decide a game plan for how they would retrieve the confiscated papers in the most inconspicuous way possible.
Caira kept her head up and her chin down as she figured they’d have to walk all the way back to the beach. The knight was feeling a bit pessimistic, though the astronomer at least seemed to be with them, it was hard to say just how with them he was. Gary looked like he would’ve wished to stay longer with Jad, but he also has to man the submarine, because a girl who knows next to nothing about most modern technologies wouldn’t even be able to raise the anchor (Which button is it!!!!) let alone get out of port.
The woman sighed to herself and looked down at the Pokemon nestled tightly against her. The innocent, that was what this whole thing was for. And of course, the heaviest form of redemption. She was an orphan, her parents had conquered the entire galaxy of her home world, save a small planet where she had opted to save herself rather than find a way to stop them. Breaking and entering would be a piece of cake, they’d just need a game plan, and the perfect place to think it through was in the submarine. Gary surely had some old maps of what the Empire’s ships looked like, if not, he’d at least seen one before.
“Where are you going lass?” Gary asked the girl who had started walking upon the same path they’d ventured here on, “The jeep is this way.”
“Jeep?” A foreign word rolled from her tongue as she parroted him.
“Hah, guess where you come from they have pegasus, eh?” he snickered, and at last she understood, “Yeah, too dangerous to cross the same path twice, we outta take the scenic route this time, eh? And now that we’ve got wheels it’ll be faster.”
“That route definitely had to be the scenic one,” Zack interjected.
“You ain’t seen nothing yet laddie,” Gary offered and lead them to another smaller cave, which had a vault hidden in the corner, while the middle-aged man pressed each coded number with a beep!
After six of them, steel doors opened, revealing quite an armory, but more transportation, though little of it recognized by the girl. Zack’s imagination seemed a little more thrilled, as he followed Gary in, his eyes following hungrily against the glossy cars and a few tethered flying disks. A low whistle, “This is quite a place, now at least I don’t have to wonder what Clowney does in his spare time,” this earned him a chuckle and the two men shared a smile. Men, cars, and submarines.
“You flew on a Pegasus, Ayryn? Wasn’t that scary? What if they suddenly swerve left and suddenly you just rammed face-first into a cliff!” Zack asked with articulating hand gestures.
“Oh believe me, it’s happened more than a few times, I was also afraid of heights for the longest time. Now, not so much. Oh! I forgot to ask him if he knew Marty! Oh well, can we call him later Gary? Or I guess I’ll have the chance to ask him when we return.” she rambled for a moment and then bit her lip for silence.
“I’m sure he’s familiar with the name, Jad knows a lot of people,” Gary reassured but was more transfixed with their four-wheel drive, marine green vehicle that they’d be sailing across the island in.
“You want shotgun, lad?” Zack cringed to himself, he wasn’t a little kid, maybe to Gary he was, but being an ex-Soldier was no small feat. Thing is, he did want shotgun, and climbed in.
...
The drive was smoother than riding anything with four legs, that was for sure, except for, maybe, a shadow lion. Gary put keys in a hidden slot and the metallic beast roared to life, steam from its nose came out its tail and Caira had to be assured many times that it was not alive, and then compare it to her hover board, which ran on battery.
“Ohhh, I get it,” she said at last and Zack wondered if she wasn’t just saying that.
The wind tousled Gary’s graying hair around but he wouldn’t have it any other way, at first they traveled from an underground road, then, to one of dirt which was a little bumpier than what Caira now identified as pavement. They did many swirling spirals around turns that swayed just below hills and mountains, and until it became dark they did not encounter any Pokemon.
There was a Gengar in the road, it was purple and had seething red eyes, then there was a Koffing, purple again but this one floated and spewed foul-smelling smoke, each left them alone, though hissed at their headlights which blinded their eyes. Gary was a good tour-guide, identifying their names and that some are more common to come out at night, “Ghost-type are my favorite, Ayryn, I have even taken in a few, though, we haven’t talked much for many moons.”
The way he was making it sound was that these creatures were collectable, though she remained quiet on that cause for another time, “Gary, uh, how will we know what the fruit that gets this little guy back to normal will look like?”
“We don’t, it probably isn’t on this island. Jad could take a look at him when we come back, but I doubt he could do much except grow him an extra foot, if that. Even those who excel at science know there isn’t always a quick fix, and neither is your magic, as you may have learned. All has a formula for success. The rest lay in failure.” Gary said forebodingly.
The Pokemon was awake now, and sat with a seatbelt which Caira had fastened after she learned its purpose, over it. The Charizard was uncomfortable but put up no fight. The woods hung above them, a canopy of palm trees, and coconuts shielding them from the stars, suddenly the world opened up around them and they were gazing at the beach, shining brightly, a bright sliver of moon, reflecting on the infinite waves beyond the island. It was beautiful, how the stars glowed ever-brightly, and everyone in the car took a moment to appreciate the glittering sky above and the shimmering waves below.
They had arrived at the sub and it was still in one piece. “Hey girlie, do your thing, we’ll need this ride later, and I don’t want to just stash it anywhere, it being Jad’s prized Jeep and all,” She nodded and used her prime-power to return the car to the Omnilium it was most likely made with, the rainbow pieces disappeared around her leaving neither of them wondering where it had exactly gone. She hadn’t had the chance to ask Omni that, either.
The submarine took off, thrashing propellers ignited by millions of watts from heavy turbines. What a machine she was! When they were out at sea, they dove under the cover of the waves, and then huddled all in the captain’s ‘main deck’ to decide a game plan for how they would retrieve the confiscated papers in the most inconspicuous way possible.
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