The Gang of Five
Role Play => Random Role Play => Finished RP's => Topic started by: Nick22 on February 07, 2008, 02:55:30 PM
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Nick stood at the desk near the opening of the resteraunt, and took a sip of warter. The insane Cafe was nearing its first month in business since Aves and He had taken over ownership of the resteraunt. They had made numerous changes. They had nearly tripled the minimum pay, remembering only too well the countless times the former owner Chong had paid them poorly and withheld pay for the flimisest reasons. They had drastically cleaned up the resteraunt, and hired new staff. Stripetail had agreed to perform for the patrons every so often, as a favor to them. Nick looked over at a nearby table. It was the Scoobty table, and Shaggy, Scooby and Dixie were there, sampling a large appetizer. Tonight Dixie wore a tan dress, with a green sash, there was a flower in her fur, all in all , Nick could easily tell that she was very attractive, for a great dane that is. he then turned to the open kitchen whee his co-owner aves was preparing customers dinners right befoe thier very eyes. Another big improvement was the quality of the food. The reviews of the food so far had been raving..
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ooc: let me add a bit of irony to the rebooting of this RP xD
Aves groaned stepping out of the kitchen rubbing a burnt paw
"Aye, Nick, I just had the worst case of dai-sal-vue... or however the heck you pronounce it... Like we've done this scene before... And I just burnt my paw after realizing it... quiet kookie if you ask me."
As he waited for Nick's response he swatted at the soup kraken's tentacle which was trying to grab a crab cake from the order window
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Its deja vu" Nick said. "That's odd, have you ever had this feeling before. As for your paw, there's a first aid pack by the table over there.. go put ice on the burn it will help with any sweilling. By the way, Table 3 ordered crab cakes 10 minutes ago and they're getting a little impatient.. so go put some ice and wrapping it and get out the customers food.." Nick replied.
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"This is the first of the dejavu I've had here" commented Aves as he went for a bandaid
"Geeze, smurf bandaids again? I wanted Garfield! Or Snoopy atleast!"
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Ducky moaned and rubbed her head. They had been exploring some caves when an earthshake had happened and she had slipped and fell into a hole. She remembered Petrie grabbing her to use his wings to slow her fall before she hit the ground and they were both knocked out. She saw up and saw Petrie nearby. She looked around and could see a spot of light not to far away.
Ducky reached out a hand and shook Petrie. "Petrie are you ok?" She asked him.
Petrie got up and rubbed his head. "Me no think so, what happened?" He asked.
"An earth shake, lets go I see light there." She said as she got up and helped Petrie up. She was taller then Petrie now that they were in their early teens, but not by much and they were still pretty close to the same size. Once they were both standing up they walked to the light and looked out into the world beyond. They say strange things.
"Where here?" Petrie asked.
They saw a dog with an aviator's outfit on his head and walking on his two back legs.
"It looks interesting, let's go." Ducky said and started to climb out of the hole. Petrie took her hand.
"You sure, it look scary." Petrie said.
Ducky patted Petrie on the shoulder and pointed to the walking dog who was almost level where they were, "He looks friendly. We must be beyond the mysterious beyond." Then she remembered something from her childhood years back, "Remember what the those strange rainbowfaces said, "Maybe this is where they are from, yes it may be." She said as she climbed the rest of the way out of the hole.
"Me not sure." Petrie said though he did climb out and stand beside Ducky, he looked a bit afraid as he looked around, then they heard voices on the other side of the fence near where they were.
"Yes sir, I"ll stop calling you sir, sir." marcie said. Pepperment Patty made a grunt of annoyance.
"Never mind Marcie, let's go, we don't want to be late. Remember today our team is playing against Chuck's." Peppermint Patty said then the two walked off so Ducky and Petrie could not hear anything else they said.
"Hear that, they speak our language here, not sharptooth. They'll not try to eat us." Ducky said.
"Me still not sure, where do we go?" Petire asked.
Ducky pointed at Snoopy who was walking by in his world war 1 aviator outfit. "Let's follow him, he looks like he knows where he's going." Ducky said then set off walking a bit behind Snoopy. Petrie, still not sure followed beside Ducky.
Snoopy, the world war 1 flying ace was on temporary leave and was heading towards a nearby cafe that he knew about.
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Next time, speak up before I buy them. If I know that you want garfield bandaids I'll get them! " Nick replied. "That gold the wizard gave us is starting to run short, so we can't over spend on everything.. I don't wantto ask him for more money...Remember we spent a lot of it fixing this place up, this place was a dump, in every sense of the word. Buying good food isn't cheap either. Its the price of businss.."
_ Meanwhile,, Shaggy grabbed some calimari from the appetizer platter. "Man, this stuff is GOOD! The last time we came here, I nearly broke my teeth on the bread, and the chicken fingers were cold and hard."Scooby was eating the mozzerela sticks "Rummy! Rice rand rot! Rust rhe ray Ri rike rit!' he said in his usual barely intelligence voice. On his right paw rode a large golden ring, the mate of which was on Dixie's right paw. These were no ordinary rings, either,, the wizard Stripetail had given them to them during thier last visit here, they were powerful magical objects containing ancient suits of armor with wonderous, untold powers. Neither of them had worn them since the defeat of Chong, because frankly, they had not yet adjusted to wearing them, and didn't want to .. if they didn't have to. Dixie was eating some of chicken fingers and dipping them in the sauces then came with the meal. After Chong's defeat she had moved in with Scooby and Shaggy, so now there were 3 residents at the mansion Shaggy had inherited from his uncle.. apart from the robot butler and personal chef. Dixie had laid down rules for scooby's relationship with her when she had moved in. firstly, since they were cousins,mating was a no-no. Kissing... well that depended on her feelings...in other words if she was in a good mood, scooby could kiss her. He had not kissed her yet, nor had he asked, being careful not to cross any lines with her. which, for her part she appreciated.
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Aves mumbled something about Smurf bandaids as he went back into the kitchen. And then came the usual excitement of the Fox yelling at the soup kaken
"Down boy! Unhand those crab cakes! Down I say! Get! Shoo!"
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Snoopy noticed the 2 folks following him. Turning around to face them he saw one of them was an aviator like himself, likely a french one with his girl friend. Snoopy saluted the fellow aviator, which a confused Petrie somewhat copied thinking it was some form of greeting.
Snoopy walked up to Ducky and kissed her hand then motioned for them go with him. He thought eating with some folks would be more fun then eating alone.
"What he want?" Petrie asked Ducky.
"I think he is greeting us and wants us to go with him, yes I do. Let's go with him. It may be fun, it may." Ducky said. An unsure Petrie nodded and then went with Snoopy the short distance into the cafe.
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Nick shok his heasd. That kraken had taken a liking to the food, indeed in the past it usually grabbed the staff because it hated the food(as did virtually eveeryone else). But He'd rather have it snitch food then try to explain the unexplaianable. "sorry madam, but your son was eaten at work today by a monster who lives in the soup.."
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Snoopy, Ducky & Petrie walked into the cafe, Snoopy opening the door and letting Ducky then Petrie go in first before he did. Ducky & Petrie are roughly maybe 5 feet or a bit shorter roughly. Snoopy is his usual size of course.
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Nick smiled as they walked in. "Good evening . Welcome to the Insane cafe..." Mr. Ace" He said nodding at Snoopy. It was thenn that a medium sized longneck fell through the roof, just missing Ducky Petrie and snoopy, but causing a large noise and field of debris. The longneck got up gingerly, and looked around, at this strange foreign place. This was Ali an old friend of Petrie and Ducky. "Madam?" Nick asked, causing her to start. "Would you loike to join this group here?" "Party? What's a party?' She said slowly.. still confused. "Its another way of saying group.. when a group comes into a resteraunt.. that is where you are, a resteraunt.... it is called a 'party'..." Nick explained.
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Ali nodded uneasily, she still didn't quite understand what the strange creature was saying. She had been drinking from a pool of water near the herd's camping grounds.. when a large earthshake had struck the area. the ground had opened, the pool had drained away , the griound beneasth her had colaspsed and she had tumbled into the opening... and landed here..wherever that was. she looked around and saw Snoopy, Petrie and Ducky. It had been years since she had seen the two of them , so she wasn't exactly sure it was them. She bent down (she was much larger now than when she was younger) and looked at them. The dog was unfamlilar to her, but he didn't look like a sharptooth, and besides Ducky and Petrie were with him (if that WAs them) so he couldn't be all bad."Ducky? Petrie? Is-is that you?' She asked quietly, hoping not to embarass herself. If it wasn't them she could apologize and go on her way..
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Ducky and Petrie were a bit startled by the falling debris, as well as the large falling body that landed just in front of them. The three of them dusted themselves off and Ducky looked at who it was while Petrie stood slightly behind her a bit, afraid as usual.
Ducky nodded, "I'm Ducky, yep, yep, yep. I didn't know your herd walked to beyond the mysterious beyond. It's good to see you again." She said guessing it was Ali since this longneck looked quiet a bit like Littlefoot and they were about the same size.
Petrie nodded, "Me must be Petrie since my mummy calls me that." He said not afraid anymore since it looked like a friendly longneck and Likely perhaps Ali who resembled Littlefoot, and anyway most longnecks were nice and not scary..
Snoopy bowed while tipping his hat to Ali as his way of greeting.
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"Deh heck is going on in there?!?" called Aves and he poked his head out the door, while straightening his chef's hat.
"Oh... must be raining dinosaurs again."
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Ali smiled, relieved that it was indeed her old friends. "ACtually, we weren't anywhere near the Mysterious beyond. We were near a large lake, on a plain, that had no trees , just small pools of water. I was having a drink when there was a large earthshake and i ended up here.." She returned Snoopy bnosd with one of her own. 'Hi, I'm Ali. These are my friends Ducky and Petrie. ' She Turned to Nick. "Sorry about the mess.."
Nick smiled. "that's alright, we get weird entrances from creatures all the time here. Part of the reason we call this place the insane cafe is because we get all sorts of odd enterances by customers. That and weird things happen while they are here." He cracked.
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"An earthshake, that sounds similar to what happened to Petrie and myself. We were exploring some caves with Littlefoot and the others and get separated from them in an earthshake and fell down through some sort of hole into a deeper part of the caves. I saw an opening it it led to not far from here." Ducky said.
Petrie nodded, "We fall and wake up a bit later."
"We then this person here. He's nice though we've not heard him say anything so far." Ducky said indicating Snoopy.
Snoopy nodded then motioned towards a table. "Maybe he thinks we should sit down instead of standing here, we could talk and rest and stuff." Ducky said.
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Ali made her way to the table, which grw in size to accomofdate her larger suze, as did the chair. She sat down and waited for the others to sit down. she looked at the menu in front of her, which was full of strange foods. "Do you have any leaves?' she asked aloud. "We'll get some leaves for you, if that's what you want. we can do special orders.." a waiter said in passing..
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Ducky, Petrie and Snoopy went over to the table. Snoopy pulled out the chair for Ducky and pushed it in closer to the table as she sat down.
"Thanks." She said. Snoopy bowed then went to his own chair as he and Petrie seated themselves. The three of them started looking over the menus.
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meanwhile, the Scooby gang had finished thier appetizers and were ready for thier meals. Shaggy had ordered the all you can eat lasangaa, Scooby hasd oedered the all you can eat fish, and Dixie had ordered the house soup and a salad 'I have to watch my figure" She had said..which brought a chuckle from the two others at thier table. No matter how much food Scooby and Shaggy shoveled down, they somehow managed to burn it all off.. "Being chased by monsters all the time burns a lot of calories "Shaggy said.
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Ducky looked over the menu and picked out a few things that looked nice to eat and drink. She could not read but could look at the pictures. She pointed to the pictures saying. "I think I'll have that, and to drink some of that." She said. She had ordered a type of salad with some grapes and other types of plant foods in them. And some fruit juice to drink.
"Me have what she has." Petrie said, not being able to choose from all the pictures, so he decided to just have what Ducky is having since she'd likely order something good.
Snoopy decided to order, in his own usual way, the usual thing he often had in these types of restaurants.
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They will be ready shortly said the waiter who took thier orders. " He took the orders up to Aves, who was perched on the side of the bar "two green salda, two oragne juices, and the Ace wants the usyual.." He said rattling off the orders like a well drilled Marine.
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"Aye captain!" mocked Aves as he went about cooking.
Soon two smallish mustachio plumbers entered the cafe
"I like the smell of this place, Mario" said Luigi "I hope they have lotsa spaghettis!"
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Snoopy adjusted his scarf to be more comfortable as he sipped his water and waited. Ducky looked at Ali, "Strange how we would up here like this." She said.
Petrie nodded, "Me glad Mr Ace show us way here." He said. Snoopy nodded his thanks, always glad to help a fellow ace and ally, as well as civilians.
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"Yes it is strange..'Ali nodded, 'How is Littlefoot?" shee asked, blushing slightly. She had befreinded Littlefoot first, since she was a longneck like him, and strange thoughts now entered her mind. which caused her to shudder. She was at that point in teenage years where boys and girl;s first discover each other..
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"Hello there" Nick said to Mario and Luigi, upon coming in. "you two look familar, Have I seen you on Tv somewhere? Maybe I'm confusing the two of you with someone else.. it sometimes happens..
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Ducky smiles, "Littlefoot is doing fine. He sometimes wonders when your herd will come and visit the great valley again." She said, thinking the two of them made a cute couple.
Petrie nods, "Yes, he do. "
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"TV?" asked Mario "I'm not sure... We're the Mario Brothers, Plumbers extraudinaire. You probably seen our add in the papers. But then again, we're not exactly from this dimension. We came here through a strange golden pipe that popped up in our Princess's private quarters."
"Yeah." nodded Luigi "We're trying to fix the pipe problem, but saw this cafe and decided to have a lunch break."
ooc: This is the old cartoon version of the Mario Bros. Not the newer squeeky voiced versions.
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I see..' Nick smiled. "When you get back. Please mention us to the princess. If she wishes she can dine here, on the house. A Favor for a princess.." On the house" meant Peach got her meal for free.. it was a generous offer.
_ Ali looked at her friends. "You guys are up to something.." She said.. "I'd.. like to see Littlefoot again . He's not so little anymore I'd wager, but then, neither am I" She chuckled. "I'm tired of roaming from place to place, we don't stay anywhere long enough for me to meet anyone and become friends with them.. My only real friends are you guys, abd its been years since wwe were last together..'
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Ducky nods, "Littlefoot is not little anymore, no, no, no. He is about your size. As for visiting the Great Valley, when we are done here why not come with us, we can go back the way we came here." Ducky nodded, then turned to Snoopy, "You can come and visit if you'd like." She said.
Petrie nodded, "He no little, he big, like you. You visit, and lots have fun." Petrie said.
Snoopy nodded, He liked the idea of visiting with the others, they did seem to be a friendly bunch."
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" I will, but I have to get back to my herd first.. My mother wil be worried about me. I'm not fully grown yet so I can't leave the herd." Ali replied, frowning slightly.
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Outside the cafe, some distance away, a small vehicle approached slowly, there were 6 passengers in the car, and a more oddly paired group w\you could hardly imagine. At the wheel, was a blue alien with four arms, this was stitch. in the pasenger side was a little gitrl wearing a traditional hawaiian dress complete with lei. This was Lilo. in the back was her big sister Nani, along with 3 other aliens, Stitch;s girlfriend, angel, who was a pink alien, much like stitch except in color, she had long thin tenacles coming out of her heasd, almost like hair, but not quite, Jummba, a large 4 eyed alien, who had created both stitch and Angel, as well as hundreds of others, and pleekly, a thin alien who complained a lot.
"626, 624 and Nani have to use little girls room" Jummba said in broken english. His alein accent had not come off verymuch. 626 was the number he had given Stitch, Lilo hasd adopted him and given him his name. 624 was angel's number, she like Stitch had been given her name by Lilo.
" Keep an eye for any place to stop Lilo.. Ooh. I shouldn't have had that mint shake at the boat shop this morning"Nani said.
_ I'm trying.. but there's no gas station I can see.. the car is low on fuel.." Lilo said in a little girl's voice. To punctuate her point, the car began to sputter and wheeze..
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"Great" Nani moaned, as the cafe began to appear in the distance. The cold breeze blew dirt in though the window, making the passeners in back miserable "Niktada" said Angel. She only spoke alein, but from the way she was hiolding herself, it was clear she had to use the bathroom. The egine wheezed ansd popped causing the vehickle to rock up and down. this would be disorientating to anyone, but it was much worse for passengers who were trying to hang on until the rest stop to use the bathroom.
"Lilo, see that' Stirtch said, sticking his head out the window and pointing at the cafe.. "STITCH! WATCH THE ROAD!" Nani yelled as the car began to swerve, it was running out of gas.. and fast. "Stitch, stop at that building. I've got dirt in my ears!" Pleekly said. A cacophony of bnoise was raining down on stitch, and it was very distracting. 'STOP!" He screched, and slammed on the brake. "Everyone out.We go there" he said, unbuckling himself and getting out the vehicle. It was just as well, the gas needle was at E, it was unlikely they would have gotten much farther even had he not stopped. Nani and Angel climbed out of the back and dashed for the door.
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The door opened with a bang. Nick smiled, the resteraunt was now full with this last gfroup. "Hello' He began bt was quickly cut off" "Do you have a bathroom?" Nani said breathlessly the words rushing out of her. "Yes we do,its right there." Nick said pointing it out. "I wil warn you though, the mirror in there like to insult our guests" It was not clear that either Nani or Angekl heard him, they made a frantic dash to the ladies room.
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Sorry about that." Liklo said. 'Is this a gas station?" "No" Nick said. "Its a esteraunt, and you guys are in luck. We're now full , thanks to you.. Mike here will get you a table and take your orders..." A waiters with green eyes and brown hair came up to them "Follow me Miss." He said with a smile to Lilo..
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Ducky thought a bit before responding, "Maybe you can stay with us in the Great Valley for a while, and there may be some way to get word out to where your herd is. Were they far from the Great Valley?" Ducky said.
Petrie nodded, "Maybe fliers can get word to them, or other far walkers." He said.
Snoopy nodded, not entirely sure what they were talking about, but understanding enough of it to agree to what sounded like a good plan to him.
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I have no idea how far away we are from the Great Valley, all I know is that we are a long ways away.'ali replied "Its would probably take weeks if not months for flyers to reach my herd's current location..so sending a flyer isn't practical." She continued. "I would love to come and visit with yiou, once I get back to my herd. I'll just have to convince my mother"
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Ducky nods, "We'd be glad to have you visit and I do hope you can get back to your herd, but if not the Great Valley is a good second choice." She said.
Petrie nods, "Yes, good choice." He said.
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Mario and Luigi sat at the table right next to snoopy and the dinos, and they both ordered pasta.
"This place looks like it has loads of good stuff." commented Mario glancing at the menu before handing it to the waitor
"Yeah, the Princess would love it here!" nodded Luigi
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Nick flipped a sgn that said "full'on it, to indicate there was no more room for any newcomers. He then turned and made his way towards the kitchen to help Aves with the serving of meals..
_ Ali smiled. Thanks you guys" she said friendly. She was getting used to this place, and she was getting ghhungry. Watching waiters go past with large servings of food wasn't helping either..
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Ducky Looked up to Ali smiling, "Anytime." Ducky said, then seeing the Ali's look and guessing the reason why and since she was getting a bit hungry herself she continued after pausing, "I'm sure the food and such will be here soon enough." Ducky said.
Petrie was looking around to see if he could spot when their food would be coming.
Snoopy remained relaxed. When he saw Mario and Luigi he waved. Ducky saw his wave and turned to smile and wave also, "Hello, she said."
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The Brothers turned and waved back
"Hey, Mario, where's Yoshi? I thought you said our dino friend was coming down with us."
"Always hard to tell." Said Mario "He's always out and about with his fellow Yoshi's, but I'm sure he'll be down shortly."
Just as Mario said that a long red tongue had zipped past Mario, grabbed one of the roles from the bread basket and flew back. Yoshi ate it in one gulp.
"Speaking of the devil." Said Mario, but Yoshi having noticed the other dinos had walked over to join their table
"Hello." He said "Me Yoshi!"
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Ali smiled at the dino, who was much smaller than her, he looked to be comparable in size to Ducky and Petrie. "Hi, Im Ali' She said friendly and nodded to him in greeting.. She turned to Ducky and Petrie and Snoopy to introduce themselves..
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Mike sat Lilo Stitch , Jumbaa and Pleekly down at a table in the corner. it was two tables over from the Scooby Table, where the three of them had finished thier food and were waiting on the main course.
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"Let's find the others and get out of her Angel' Nanmi said. 'tHat mirror was so rude! apart from the fact it was talking.."
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Ducky turned to Yoshi and smiled, "Hello, I'm Ducky and this is Petrie, and he is Mr. Ace." Ducky said, not having heard Snoopy's name yet.
Snoopy waved with a friendly smile.
"Hello." Petrie said waving and smiling as well. "You do well?" He asked.
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Angel nodded "jimbocrista" she said, shaking her tenacles out of her face. they reached the front of the resteraunt, but Lilo and the others weren't there. "Excuse me' Nani said to a passing waiter. "Have you seen a little girl with 3 aleins, one of them looks a lot like this one'She said quicklymotioning to Angel, who smiled wanly. "Let me see.. yes, I believe mike set them at a table. Its the one right there in the corner.'the waiter, whose name was John, said, pointing. "Thank you" Nani said relief in her voice.
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"Typical." Said Luigi looking over at Yoshi "Always got to sit with his kind... or something that resembles his kind."
Soon their food came and they started eating. Yoshi used his tongue to sneak a meatball off of Luigi's spaghetti dish
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Ducky smiled and pretended she didn't notice what Yoshi did, assuming it was a sort of joke he played on his friends once in a while.
"Me not think this close to Great Valley." Petrie said.
"I don't think so either, no I do not." Ducky said agreeing with Petrie. Snoopy nodded, not having heard of the Great Valley he assumed it must be quite some distance. Maybe one of the smaller countries of Europe, who could keep all those names straight. Likely one of the allies or a neutral country.
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Aves was continually busy fixing the food as always, but then a bell rang
"Ah... time to feed the back room Sherlup. Atleast before he starts consuming the food stock."
With that said, he grabbed a large bag of kibble and made his journey towards the storage room.
"Barney, I got your kibble! You better not be eating the cheese again!"
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Nani and Angel reached the Stitch table, and sat down. "Lilo, we can't afford to eat at this resteraunt! I'm low on money!"" She said. Jummba reached into his pocket and pulled out some bills "Ack! federation money! Let's hope they take it.." Pleekey pulled out.. a handful of change, most of which was filthy. "I found these in your streets. " He said, a silly grin on his face. lilo reached inside her dress and pulled out a small bill. it was the money Nani had given her for food. Lilo and Stitch shook thier heads. they had nohing on them.
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Are you ready to order?' Mike saidm, appearing at the table. "Sorry, but we;'re trying to figure out whether or not we can afford to eat here" Nani said sheepishly. "We take any sort of currency, since we have guests from from just about any place, time, or dimension you can think of. "Mike smiled. I'll go and talk to the manager. We could help you with your dillema I'll be back in a Jiffy." he turned and walked away towards the kitchen
_ Dixie got up from her table and walked over to them. "I'm sorry but I overheard your conversation. My name is Dixie, my cousin, his owner and I are regulars here, of a sort. How would you like to join our table? We'll pay for everything, when those boys eat, they really eat." Dixie smiled. "Don't worry, we can afford having 6 more in our group. "She turned toward Scooby and shaggy and motioned to Nani and the others and then pointed to them.
Scooby and Shaggy shrugged, they didn't care.
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Thank you.. very much" Nani said. 'What do you say Lilo? Should we join their table?' Lilo smiled broadly. "Yes Thank you mam' She said politely "Talking Earth Dog, this place is really odd" Jummba said. Pleekly said nothing. Stitch smiled as did Angel. Dixie returned to her table, as Lilo, Stitch, and the others moved over to the table.
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"I do wonder how far this is from the Great Valley, I've never even heard anything like any of this stuff even in the stories the farwalkers talk about, I do not." Ducky said.
"Me wonder if other rainbow faces from here." Petrie said meaning the ones who appeared before the falling sky rock fell.
"Could be."Ducky said.
Snoopy said nothing, not having heard of any rainbowfaces or their like, or what they could be at all.
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Yoshi was busy snatching away more meatballs from Luigi's plate when the green clothed plumber wasn't looking.
Every time Luigi looked away Yoshi shot his tongue out and grabbed a meatball, Luigi would return to his plate each time finding it more and more empty.
"Mario, have you seen my meatballs?" he said giving a suspicious glance at his brother
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nani, lilo stitch, angel Jummba and Pleekly reached the table and sat down. "thank you.. for your generousity" Nani began. "I'm Nani, and this is my little sister Lilo" Lilo smiled at shaggy. Shaggy nodded. "Hi, I'm Shaggy, and this is Scooby. That's Dixie, you've already met her. "Mesa Stitch" Stitch said, "becchibo Angel. She don't sopeak English,only Alein". He said, motioning to Angel, who tried to smile.
"Evil genuis Jummba at your service, " Jummba said, his 4 eyes twinkling. "Hi! I'm pleekly, do you have anything to eat?" Pleekly said, he was hungry, and not really concerned with formalies.
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"Rust roder rof rhe renu" Scooby said, as a waiter came by with a armful of menus.
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Snoopy took a sip of his water as he relaxed back in his seat. He casually looked around at the other diners and staff present. It seemed a relaxing place. He'd have to remember to recommend this place to some of the other aces and mechanics back on the base.
Ducky looked around. "I guess sharpteeth don't come here to often, no, no, no." She said.
Petrie nods, "Some no fit in here, to big." He said.
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Aves soon returned to cooking when sudenly a strange compartment opened from beneath the cabinets and out popped a strange looking head bearing a chef's hat
"De heck?!?" said Aves
"Where is Master Chong? Said the skeletal looking creature
"Chong's dead." Said Aves giving the creature a rather odd look
"Dead?!? Nonesense! Chong cannot die"
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Ducky looks over at the sound. She gets an unsure look on her face.
"Talking and moving bones. I've never seen or heard of this before, no I have not." She said shaking her head.
Petrie moved to hide under the table. "It scary. Petrie think we go now."
Snoopy decided it was best to remain laid back as he usually did and see what would happen next.
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Chong is no longer the owner here" Nick said coming up to the Head. "He is now in prison, we are now the owners of this cafe. What do you want?' He said.
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"Drat!" said the skeletal head
"I was ordered by the Emperor of Hades to deliver a massive hoard of mithril silver from the realm of Middle Earth! What am I supposed to do with this garbage now? Huh?"
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We'll take it off your hands. We could use the mithril if the Shurlups ever try to snack on us. Mithril is very hard, it can stop a bullet from close range" Nice smirked. "We'll pass it out to some of our regulars" Nick said to Aves.
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"Aye" said Aves, and then he leaned towards Nick to whisper something "Dude... Mithril Silver.. do you realize how much we can get from a single chain link of that material? We could buy thousands of cafe's.. no.. Millions!... but maybe I'm over exagerating..."
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What are rainbowfaces?' ali asked. she had never hard of them before, and she looked quizzically at her friends..
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": nick smiledNo, you're not exagerating. from the records we found. one small mitril coat is worth the entire Shire. I'm not sure what that means.. but it must mean a lot.." He whispered.
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"Me either." said Aves "Let's take advantage of this sucker!"
he turned to the head
"We'll take it all to Chong right away! Leave it with us, and give the Lord of Hades our many thanks and blessings!"
the head nodded and vanished. Just then it started to rain small nuggets of Mithril Silver in the kitchen area
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the rain of mithril; soon spread to the dining room. "Everyone , please stay calm. the pellets falling on you are made of mithril, a very hard and valuable silver found only in Middle Earth. please take cover until it stops, as the shards can be very sharp and easily cut through any clothes you may be wearing." Nick's voice rang through the loudspeaker. At his words, the entire dining room took cover.
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"Youch!" Shaggy said, as he drove under the table- he had gotten clonked on the head by a large chunk. The wuindows imploded as the shards hirt them."Reat, rust rat re reeded" Scooby muttered. "Anyone want to play a game?" Dixie asked. The others shook thier heads. Lilo had gotten a cut on her left arm that was bleeding slightly, Stitch and Angel awere holding onto each other very tightly, both looked a bit scared. it would have been cute, if not for the hailstorm of mithril.
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"I've never seen such a beautiful storm of such." said Aves "Not even the winter storms of Narnia or the crystal showers of the hallow worlc can compare to a Mithril storm!"
He was foolishly using an umbrella which was deteriating from the sharp cuts of the falling Mithril but the fox little realized this and continued his musing of the silver shower
"I thought I'd never live to see it raining billion dollar pellets... Nick, pinch me please."
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Nick grabbed Aves by the scruff of his neck and quickly ddragged him undebneath a nearby table,. he then gave himwhat he asked for, - a pinch. On the arm.Hard. "Its great until you find that you've become sliced pastrami. these shards put zebra mussels to shame" Nick said. Aves still held the umbrella oin his paw. it was now utterly useless
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"Oh. Pitty" said Aves, looking at the umbrella "This was my granmothers. she's gonna be angrier than an ox when she finds out."
he then returned his glance to the silver storm
"Is it actually lightning in this?" he asked, and surely enough, there was a flash of lightning and thunder behind the heavy downpour of sharp silver pellets
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Once this ends. you'll be abkle tio afford countless new umbrellas. You migght even be able to afford a new skin once she skins off your current one for ruining her umbrella" Nick cracked. As for me, i'll be able to repay the wizard for the money he loaned us. what a wizards gives you, you always repay.. by whatever means possible. otherwise they're liable to curse you.." Nick said.
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"Surely your not referring to Chong. What good is Mithril gonna do him while he's in....."
Aves looked at Nick like he was the dumbest person he had ever met
"......"
"........."
"Fool! Chong would be able to pay his way out of jail! Bad plan! Terrible Plan! No go!"
ooc: take no offense, Nick xD just play along. Aves can be bad tempered at times
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Nick rolled his eyes "I'm talking about STRIPETAIL, you silly lummox! besides, Chong, still wouldn't make parole, even if we gave him the mithril. He's pissed them off too much already, and its not even been a year in cpativity." Aves was in one of his moods, and Nick knew the only option was the weather the figurative storm..
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"Meh, my bad then. Let's just forget about Chong. I'm still peeved at the day he made me wear a chicken costume when cricken britz were the daily special."
Aves reached over to pick up one of the mithrl pellets to study it
"To think... this single piece of metal could pay off my car and possibly buy me ten more..."
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Try a whole fleet" Nick said. 'an assembly line . as for me... i'll get my teeth capped. The dentist has been suggesting it as a cosmetic option."
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What the heck is this stuff?' ali asked, wincing as the shards cut into her tail, which was exposed. Petrie Ducky and snoopy had taken cover, but poor Ali being the largest, couldn't squeeze all of herself underneath the table.
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"It pretty and sparkly!" amused Yoshi, looking at it all dreamy like
meanwhile the mustachioed brothers were under their table, Luigi still trying to savior what's left of his ravioli dinner
"This place is insane Mario!" he observed
"That would explain the sign out front" said Mario, rolling his eyes at his brother "The insane Cafe."
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"This stuff is hard" Nani sais holding a piece of the mithril "Yow!' she recoiled, the mithril had sliced open her hand, and it began to bleed. 'Be careful " Dixie said. Her dress had been torn slightly by the falling debris, nothing a few minutes of sewing wouldn't repair, but it was in the front of her dress, and it irked her.
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Ducky hearing Ali's pain in her voice looked out to see there were a table or 2 and some chairs not being used. She rushed out, despite being hit and cut by some falling mithril to try do the best she could to move a few chairs so they could give Ali some cover like partial wooden barding by laying some on her tail or other areas.
Ducky winced in pain as she was hit, and tried ot move a table that was not being used so it could cover more of Ali. Snoopy saw what she was doing and went out to help. Petrie watched for a few seconds then sighed before going out.
"Me going regret it me know me hurt bad." He said as he went out, assuming he'd be hurt very badly, likely far worst then would really happen knowing how Petrie usually perceived things. The three of then did the best they could before rushing back under the table they had been under. They all winced a bit in pain from their cuts and bruises, nothing major, just the expected amounts.
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Ali slowly pulled in her tail. and winced at the sight of it. It was covered with cuts and blood was streaming out of the wounds. "Thanks guys" She gritted through clenched teeth. "I hope you guys are ok.. this stuff is really hard and sharp." She said to them.
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You thought that was bad?, Remember when he dumped green goop all over me in anger, and I had to work the rrest of the shift covered in sickly green goo? "Nick retorted
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Scooby hauddled close to Dixie under the table. "Why couldn't we have gone to a local resteraunt" He said quietly to her. "You like coming here cousin. Relax' Dixie said, pulling him close to her and embracing him, in a comforting manner. the mithril continued to rain down, indeed it was getting harder.
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Nick shook his head at the contuing storm. "This isn't letting up Aves. " the clatter of the rocks was very loud now, and the tables were groaning under the weight of the rocks. Things were getting very bad.
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"Dixie, scoob" Shaggy said, try your rings! They're magic, remember? This stuff isn't stopping and this table is starting creak' Indeed it was, it was an ominous creaking. the table was taking a beating from the mithril, it was only a mater of time before it gave way. Dixie shook her head" I'm not wearing that heavy, tight armor again Shaggy. It...' the table creaked loudly cutting her off. Scooby shuddered next to her. He was starting to get real scared.
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Jummba pulled a small laptop with he carried in his pocket. it was usually used to indentify newly revealed experiments, but it also served as a computer.
"What are you doing ?' nani asked. "Trying to find way out of mess" he replied. "Table is not going to last much longer. and then stones will pound us without mercy. "
_ What about a forcefield.. that sometimes works in stories" lilo said. "this isn't a story lilo!" Pleekly said, beginning to panic. "we're going to get pounded like pancakes!"
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" a forcefield! sAy, that's groovy idea! shaggy said. "Scoob, try your ring! I'll give you a Scooby Snack if you do it. " "Shaggy, we never learned how to use them. the only time was the first time we came here' Dixie admited. "And that was mostly the wizard's doing."
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Shaggy's face fell. "you don't know how to use them? great, just when we need them..."
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Just then, a figure walked in the door, looking around...
"Hm...Well...this is...OW!"
Haru the Drake shook his head, rubbing a small bruise he had, and looked up.
"Mythril rain? Odd..."
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Ducky looked around at the rain. "This is louder then the time the sand creepers visited the valley, it is."
Petrie shook in fear, "Me not think this table last long. It make sound like Cera when she little mad, not good sound." Petrie said.
Snoopy was looking around thinking what he could do. To bad he didn't have the blanket from that blanket holding kid, he could try using that to snap away some of the stones, he thought to himself.
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Nicck suddenly had an idea "I'm calling Stripetail" He said loudly to Aves over the banging of the rocks. the floor creaked. the weight was the rocks, combined with the force of their hitting the floor was starting to tear through the floor in areas. The floor was starting to sag near where he and aves were. the rocks had built up around the tables, trapping the custiomers underneath them. He pulled out a phone from his pants and pulled out a ring from his shirt ;it was a maguic ring Stripetail had given him before they had overthrown Chong. This phone was special it had a inlay where you could put the ring in and turn it. 'Turn the ring three times and state your emergency" Stripetail had told him "I should be able to respond in a matter of minutes, deppending on wheere I am."
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"Just hang in there guys" ali said. " there was a cracking sound, as the stones suddenlly feel through the floor. the floor had finally given way, and the crack was spreasdding outward. Still the storm continued. Ali and the others could se the rocks falling through the hole,. there was a noe a series of louud bangs as the the weak spots gave way across the dining room. "We're in dark water guys' She said gloomily.
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"We must run back to the Great Valley, yes we must." Ducky said.
"Petrie agree, it no safe here." He said with fear in his voice.
Ducky shakes her head, "No, it is not safe here for us, no, no, no."
Snoopy agreed. He had no idea what this great valley was but he was sure it was a better place then here.
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"Guys I hate to admit uit, but where stuck here. We move out from this table, we're ging to get hit and cut up really bad. I, probably more than the rest of you There are drawbacks to being big." Ali said.
_ Nick turned the ring, once, twice tree times. T\the phone rang and a female sopunding voice answered. "Fran;s Pizza delivery! How many pizzas do you want. We deliver in 5 minutes or its free!" Nick shook his head. "I need to talk to Stripetail, we're in a bit of situation ahere. "wait a minute please, 'll go get him him. " the voice said and there was a brief pause Soon a strong masculine voice came on. "Hello Nick, What seems to be the problem?'
"We have a raguing storm in the Cafe. Itss raining mIthril!"
"Raining mithril? Stripetail sounded slighly amused. "Look just get your magicky butt down here, before the tables collaspse and I''m faced with 50 lawsuits for injury and trauma from all my customers who got banged up and cut by mithril." Nick said tensely. he hoped Stripetail wouldn't make him regret speaking to him like this but things were desperate.
_ stripetail's voice changed slightly in tone. "Nick, I'll get there as fast as I can.ands its the Insane Cafe for a reason, stuff like this can happen. " There was a click and a few minutes later the figure of a large squirrell appeared in the fromt of tghe resteraunt. Stripetail ducked as the torent of mithril to continued to fall."Shieldus" He commanded he was enveloped in a clear shield. the mithril bounced off the shield harmlessy and richoted away.
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"Maybe, but we may still have to make a run for it. Maybe better to get cuts while getting to a place safer then staying here and being squisheded." Ducky said.
"Me agree. Me no want get squished, nor cut, but me hate squished more then cut." Petrie said.
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Skitter had sneaked away from Big Daddy to explore some of the caves. He had found some that were more unusual then the others. He was going to go back to ask Lizzie or the twins if they wanted to explore them with him when he heard an odd sound and went there to look to see what it was. He saw an opening and some sort of unusual looking rock with sharp edges.
He carefully grasp this in his mouth, being careful to not cut himself and carried it farther into the cave. He'd show it to Lizzie and his friends later. He peeked out of the small hole while staying inside and saw a large area with many more of the stones falling. He decided he'd stay where he was. It'd be silly to go out there with all those falling stones.
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Stripetail gestured and spoke. "Compundus silvetre,, finis instantuatum! he commanded. at his words, the mitril stopped falling, finally. The Dining room looked like a war zone. the mitril had piled up it places to several feet, completely inundationg tables and trapping customers underneath them. parts of the floor had given way, and some of the holes were more than two feet across. "where did you get all this mithril?" He queried, loking at Niick and Aves intently..
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Ducky looked up, "It seems the falling rocks have stopped, it does. That is good." Ducky said.
Petrie nodded, "We no get squished." He said.
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Skitter peeked out since it sounded like the falling rocks had stopped. He could see it was a large looking cave with strange looking things in it, amid many piles of rocks like the one he had found earlier. What is this place, it can't be in the great valley. He thought to himself.
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Ali smiled, and breathed a deep sigh of relief. It was finally over, now the tough part was getting out. "Let's start digging out guys. just be careful not to cut yourselves.' she said as she moved towards the stones.
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"I think its stooped" Lilo said.asa Smile grew across Shaaggy's face. 'Man! I'm glad that's finally over. " Nani grinned "Ok, you couples, you can klet go of each other now" She said with a slight note of humor in her voice.. Scooby and Dixie quickly broke apart, while Stitch and Angel were slower to do so. "So we're not going to die! Hooray! Pleekly squeaked. "And I had just found way to create forcefield... it required magna cannon and 17 pairs of earth shoes" Jummba said, a little down. It was then, that Stripetail blasted a opening throughh the rockpile that surrounded the table, just big enoughfor them to crawl out.. "Everyone out" stripetail said. Scooby and Dixie where the first ones out. "Why didn'y you use your rings' He said giving thenmm a piercing glsance. Dixie's dress had been torn at the top, and she wrapped her arms around herself. She hoped that it would not disintegrate in front of Scooby , or for that matter, anyone. If it did, it would be very embarrassing. "They don't know how to to use them": shaggy said upon crawling out., a note of accusation in his voice. "I just didn't want to wear that armor again." Dixie said in a small voice. Scooby patted her on the shoulder. "I didn't want to wear it either." He said gruffily trying to defend his cousin.
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Stripetail sighed. "THe armor inside the ring is only part of its power. The armor will conform to your bodies after a few uses. You simply have to get used to them. And Now, I'm going to MAKE you get used to them. The rings can create magical shields, like the one I'm in. you could have gotten yourselves abnd your group out if you had so chosen." he said with a scowl.
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Ducky nods, "Best of we move first since you are larger and more likely to be cut, and we have hands that can move the rocks." She carefully reached out and started trying to move some of the rocks aside so she could get out. She then looked at Petrie, "You stay here, your wings are thin and easy to cut, yes they are." She said.
"Petrie help." He said shaking his hands. Both of them worked on carefully moving the stones, and getting a hole large enough for Petrie to get out, both getting some cuts in the process.
Petrie squeezed himself out, being slightly smaller, and thinner, then Ducky. He stood up and looked around for something to help with moving the stones so Ducky and the others would not be cut. "You stay me see something to use." He said as he pushed a chair, grunting in the effort till he could tip it enough for the stones to all fall off. Then he picked it up, fairly awkward, and started using it as a clumsy shovel to move some of the stones from the table.
Soon the hole was large enough Ducky to squeeze out (getting a few cuts), "Good idea Petrie, I'll use one also." She said, being followed by Snoopy. He saw what Petrie was doing and he and both of then got a chair, tipping it to spill off the stones and started working on clearing out enough stones off the table so it would not break and fall on Ali, then from around the table and an area for her to stand in so she could get out, and any stones that were on her or other items used to shield her.
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A curious Skitter peeked out and took a few steps out. Two of the figures looked somewhat familiar, but larger then the Ducky and Petrie that he knew. He thought they may be relatives of theirs.
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Ali slowly began to squeze her way out from underneath the table. It was sklow going. as she was much larger than Petrie , Ducky or Snoopy. the stones felt hard against her skin as she pushed through, her large body pushed aside the mounds of rocks in either direction, leaving a large gap. She slowly got to her feet. the cuts on her body stung, and she winced as she moved. she turned and looked at the table that had protected them from the rocks. It was battered a chiped, and thre were large cracks running through iit. They had ben VERY close to disaster, anothe few minutes and the table would have broken apart completely..
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"Looks like we got out just in time, yep, yep, yep." Ducky said looking at the table and nodding.
"Me just glad everyone ok," Petrie said, wincing at some cuts, "ok, except for cuts." He said.
Snoopy nodded, thinking the war was never like this before.
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Seeing things were mainly safe, and hearing the familiar voices Skitter came out farther into the opening.
Ducky was looking around to see what else had happened and pointed, "Look Petrie, one of the tinysauruces." Ducky waved, "Hello," She went down on one knee to get closer to the floor and get a better look, "You are Skitter right? Are the others here with you."
Petrie looked and smiled, "Hello, me not see you for few risings of bright circle, how you been?" He asked.
Skitter was a bit confused. "How do you know my name?" He looked at Ducky, "Are you one related to Ducky, and aunt?" He asked then looked at Petrie, "Are you Pterano, I heard Petrie mention him and his stories." He said.
"I am Ducky, and this is Petrie, she is Ali and he is Mr. Ace." Ducky said indicating each person. Snoopy and Petrie waved as Ducky said their names.
Skitter shook his head, "I know Ducky and Petrie, their not as large as you are." He said.
Petrie shook his head confused. "Petrie confused by this, is this new game?" He asked, wondering if it was some new game that Skitter, or the other Tinysauruces had invented.
Skitter shook his head, "No, not a new game, the only new game I heard of were from those yellowbellies that are in the valley. I'm not sure of their names," Skitter said pausing as he thought trying to remember their names, "Something like moofa, oofah, oopie. I'm not sure since with Big Daddy has forbidden us to go anywhere near them, they act to silly he says, though some of us have snuck away to have a closer look. They say they can't find Berry valley where the rest of them are. "
Petrie listend and was more confused, "Loofah, Doofah and Foobie, and not know where Berry Valley is, but that happen long time ago, over 5 cold times ago. Me know because me uncle Ptyrano only just returned."
Ducky nodded, "Yes, I remember, how can it be happening where you are, but the past for us. I do not understand, no I do not." Ducky said a bit confused.
Skitter was a bit confused also, "You two talk and act like Ducky and Petrie, but their not much larger then me." He said as confused as the other 2 were. Snoopy just listened, pretending he knew what was going on. He assumed weird things were normal around here and decided to just go with the flow.
(OOC: I've not seen much of 11 or any of 13 so there are bound to be mistakes. Also sorry about the length. Didn't know it would be this long till I posted it.))
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(and there would have to be some space between the hole and the building. Let's just say the hole was really a portal.. that makes more sense)
What are Tinysairs?' ali asked, having never met one before. this one looked kinda cute..skitter, or whatever his name was.
"Armor up" Stripetail said, and in a twinklingh, Scooby and dixie were wearing a suit of glowing armor. "rust reat. rui re raf ro rear rhis stuff arain?" Scooby muttered. "Because you didn't wwear them after I gave them to you. These are powerful magical objects, I don't just give them out to anyone" stripetail said sternly. "Now, yiou will not be permitted to take them off until I say so."
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Cool!" Lillo and Stitch both said. "These Earth Dogs keep getting weirder and weirder, must be custom on Eaarth "Jummba said. "So those rings are REALLY magic? Where can I get one. I could use one to convince my boss to give me a raise" Nani said. "Manipulating the minds of others for purely selfish gain is not what these rings are meant for" Stripetail replied "they only work if you have need of them and activate them. These two have been slacking.Which is why I'm forcing them to wear them."
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Ducky looked at Ali, "A tinysaures are tiny long necks. They moved into the Great Valley." Ducky said.
Petrie nodded, "They very nice, and some can tickle you good." Petrie said remembering how a certain one did.
Snoopy looked at Skitter, thinking that he was rather cute, not unlike his friend Woodstock in that way.
"I was just exploring some caves and found my way here." Skitter said making his way carefully closer to where the others were. He was still a bit confused his friends Ducky and Petrie were so large and older now. But strange things did seem to happen around Littlefoot and his friends and maybe this was just the latest.
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"tiny longnecks?' Ali was still a bit confused. "you guys sure meet a lot of interesting people. She smiled at skitter. "Hi, I'm Ali" She said warmly. "pleased to meet you.." she stuck out her right foot to him, waiting for him to shake it.
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"Alright you two" Stripetail said "Let the retraining commence." He had Scooby and Dixie standing to attention in the middle of the dinning room. Angel and Stitch had made themselves a pile of mitril to sit on, their bodies seemed to be more resistant to the mithril than most. Stitch has sneakede ibnto the kitchen and grabbed a pkllate of food from off the stove. It was stil warm, and would serve as snacking while they watched theses twio in action. "will we have to pay for that food?' Nani asked Nick nervously. "No, all the food we served and were going to serve today is a loss anyway. they can eat as they please" Nick shrugged.
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Skitter walked closer and shook her foot. "Hi, I"m Skitter, as you heard, I'm glad to meet any friend of a friend."
Ducky nods, "We've met many interesting people. Rainbowfaces, the first 2 talk in riddles but the other 2 that live in the valley do not. And the Yellowbellies." she laughed at remembering how silly they were. "They are silly but fun to be with."
Petrie nodded, "They silly, fun silly."
Snoopy found a chair in fairly good condition that they had used to scoop some mithril and turned it so he could sit down.
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Lilo and Pleekly pulled out chairs that looked usuable and sat down it them. They creaked, otherwise were ok.
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First, I want you to draw your swords and hack" Stripetail gestured and a wooden dummy appeared" At this target. "Dixie you go first. just picture it as someone you don't like.." Dixie, drew her sword abnnd rushed the target. She wasn't particularly fond of Robbie the butler. For some reason, the robot ticked her off.. the sword flashed and the dummy was sliced in half. it was a clean cut, and the pieces toppled over . a few seconds later, they vanished, and we replasced by a new one. 'scoobrrt, you're next" Scooby rushed forward, in his mind the dummy took the form of Dr Phibes, who was constantly trying to kill him and Shaggy... two quick slices and the dummy collaspsed in pieces.
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Snoopy looked around and saw what some others were doing and paid half his attention to the others and part of it to what Scooby and the others over there were doing.
Ducky looked around, "What do you guys want to do?" She asked looking around at the others.
"Me not sure," Petrie said, "How about you Ali" He asked looking to her.
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let's go whjhat what those two guys are doing. I think they are some sort of .. what do you call it.. geesh what do you call it, pretending, acting.. wer.."Ali was trying to say "performers" but couldn't think of the word at the moment.
Meanwhile Stripetail had them go through a few more dummies, and now had them facing each other. "Now you wil face each other" 'ro re rave ro?' Scooby asked piifully. he didn't want to fight Dixie, he could hurt her. He was larger and stronger than she was. "Scoobert, put aside any thoughts of love for kin or mate you may have for Dixie, for the moment. in battle, a moment's hesitation, coulld mean the difference between life and death. the sane goes for you dixie. put aside your feelings for your cousin, however real they may be" Stripetail said sagely. begin!'
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Dixie made the first move thrusting her blade at Scooby's leg. Scooby stumbled back trying to avoid her thrust "Cousin, don't go easy on me" Dixie said plainlu through her helmet. "We can;t hold back, otherwise he'll make us keep doing this until he's satisfied. you can;t hold back either" She swung her blade and struck on the left side. its didn't harm him but the blaee made a dull clanging sound as metal met armor. Scooby made a halfhearted thrust, but Dixie dodged. She was using her smaller size to her advantage, plus she was quicker than her cousin. Scooby dug in his feet into a pile of mitril and flung himself at her with a growl. Dixie slid to a crouching position, put up her legs and stooped his monetum with her feet, and with reflexs gained over years of informal acting on her showboat, tossed him over her head, headlong into a pile of rocks.
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Ducky nods, "Do you want to watch over here or go closer? It looks dangerous what they are doing with those, whatever you call them." She said, not sure what to call items she had not even the concept for where she was from.
"Some kind of long stone claw they have." Petrie said, giving the closest term he could think of.
"Maybe it's safer over here." SKitter said.
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Haru shook his head, ducking under another table, and smiling at Ducky and Petrie.
"Need help?" He asked...
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Ducky looks over at Haru, "Not now, but it is nice that you ask. We only have small cuts, Though Ali's may be worster then ours are." She said. "You can come out, it seems the falling rocks have stopped falling. At least until the next time they start falling again." She said from the chair she was sitting in.
Petrie nods, "Me glad that over." He said from the chair he was sitting in.
Skitter tried to climb a chair to get a better look at things. Ducky got up and cleared stuff off of a nearby table and reached down to pick up Skitter and put him on the table. "Here, you have more room and can see more from here." She said then went back to her chair which was nearby.
"Thanks." He said and looked over at what Scooby and the others were doing.
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Stripetail smiled. "you're getting your tail handed to you Scooby.' he called out as Scooby clibed off the mithril pile and brushed himself off. hethen charged again. this earned him another flight into a rockpile. "cousin, I could do this all day... you need to change your strategy' Dixie said, chuckling slightly gettinmg up off the ground. scooby then, drooped his word and cast it aside, rushed toward Dixie, andtackled her like a defensive end sacks a quarterback. her sword flew out of her paw on impact and flew off into the distance. the momentum carried them into a ile of rocks. Dixie trued to force Scooby off of her, but he had her pinned tight. He outweighed her by several pounds. 'cousin, get off me, please! This isn't fair!' dixie complained "this is cheating, you're not allowed to use brute strength! Get off Scooby! please! " Her pleas fell on deaf ears, as Scooby was not getting off of her.
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Enough" stripetail said, and gestured, an invisible force, pulled Scooby off of Dixie and she got to her feet. "he cheated. We were supposed to use the blades!' She barked ticked at the low blow. "Actually, what he did was legal, underhanded, but legal. you showed a lot og fight in you Dixie. Quite impressive. You should be proud. " Dixie smiled slightly. "Scooby, you were far too much on the defensive. In real battle you cannot hold back. And brute strength can only get you so far. it may have worked on your cousin, but it would not wiork on a Shurlup" Stripetail said. "Go take off your helmets and take ten minutes to rest."
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Scooby nodded. and undid the straps on his helmet "Rorry Rixie..." He began, but the look she gave him stopped him cold. She was in no mood for an apology right now. "leave me alone cousin. " She said abruptly, taking off her helmet, and tucking it under her arm. "I asked you to get off me, I begged you to get off me! you didn't...I don't know what you were thinking ., and I don't want to, now that I think about it..." She said, walking over into the corner to look for her sword. Scooby found his and put it away.He sat down on the floor and sighed. she was ticked at him, and he couldn't blame her.. "R'm rorry" he said As Stripetail came over by him. "ri rion't row rhat ri was rhinking. Ri Rurt rer>" "only her feelings. You hit below the belt so to speak. But this dustup will pass. You're partners, you need each other too much to be ticked at each other for too long." stripetail replied RI Rove..' Scooby began but Stripetail held up a paw. "you have to tell her that...that's between the two of you..."
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The group continued to watch till it was over.
"That did seem unusual, it did." Ducky said nodding.
"Petrie think so. It look like they fight but not fight for real."
"Some sort of pretending to fight to get better." Skitter said.
Snoopy looked around the room a bit to see if there was anything else of interest.
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Scooby nodded as Stripetail walked away towards Dixie, who was cooming back towards him. She stopped and She and Stripetail conversed briefly, then She made her way towards him. She saty down besides him, without speaking.
_ Stitch got off the chair he was sitting on and made his way over tioo them "sorry if I nother you. But I have question to ask. Are you cousins?" he asked pointing his fingers at them. "Yes" Dixie replied. "Bochiboos?" Stitch continued "Angel and I cousins and bochibos" He said smiling, as Angel came up to them. Dixie frowned, trying to understand what 'bochiboo meant, as Stitch put his arm around Angel, who seemed to enjoy it.
'oh..." Dixie said, finally starting to get it. "you two LOVE... Do I LOVE scooby? Well..' She looked at Scooby who was trying hard not to appear embarassed by the question. He was trying to not anger her further, she could tell, by saying anything."I guess..."No babies?' angel said suddenly. She spoke almost no English, so it was hard to tell whether this was an attempt to speak English. This made Dixie very uncomfortable. "stitch... angel...My relationship to my cousin is well.. difficult to explain. I love him, in a caring sense, very much. But my love for him is not the same love you two have for each other....at least.. well.. I'm not really comfortable discussing it in front of him." Dixie said struggling to find the right words. Scooby reached over and put his arm around her, and said"re ront rant ro risciss rit ritch. Rou ridn;'t rean rany rarm, rut rits ra rivate rater, retween rus" He said.
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"Thanks' Dixie whispered in his ear, as Stitch digested what he had said "Mesa sorry" He said, bowing his head slightly. "Its alright Stitch. You were.. curious, and there's nothing wrong with that. You and Angel can hang out here with us" Dixie said kindly. She didn't want to hurt their feelings.
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meanwhile, deep below the Insane cAfe, in the darkness, something stirred. the mithril had opened a window to the outside world, and the noise had roused it from its slumber. Unlike the Shurlup who lived to the men's bbathroom, this Shurlup and its kin , were completely wild, and ruthless. They were larger , stronger and smellier than the Shurlup above griound. Slowlly its made its way upward towards the surface...
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Ducky looked at the others present, "Well that was different then what happens in the great valley. What do you want to do now?" Ducky asked.
"We haven't eaten yet." Petrie said.
"We can not eat stones, or these other things, no, no , no. Maybe there is a tree with leaves outside." Ducky said, meaning the table and chairs, which they had no real concept of in the great valley.
Snoopy thought he smelled something and was sniffing around to see if he could localize it, or if it was far away.
Skitter looked over at Snoopy, recognizing what he was doing since he's seen Chomper do it before, "You smell something?" He asked.
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There should be food around' Ali said, Let's go look for it' She said, getting up from where she was sitting and making her way towards the kitchen. "This is where they bring the food out of guys" She said, pointing to the opening with her foot. "Perhaps there is something to eat in here.." she stuck her head into the kitchen and took a look around.
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The kitchen, like the dining room had taken a pounduing. Broken plates and glasses were everywhere, the ground sparkled with broken glass. On a table was a plate of leaves. This appeared to be a salad. "I think I found some leaves" Ali called out excitedly.
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Ducky got up and got Skitter and went into the kitchen followed by Petrie. "Oh, goody, then we can all eat, yep, yep, yep." She said.
She looked around and tried her best to use some bits of cooking pans, since they looked hard, to brush off the sharp metal using on hand to clear an area to put Skitter down on a table and looked around for any plant food using the pot she held to clear off areas. Petrie did like wise using a bit of plate.
"Me find something." He said, having found some bay leaves used for seasoning certain things in an open container. He brought what he found to the area that Ducky had cleared out to add to the stuff so they could see what they had.
Ducky looked and found a half buried head of lettuce that she brought over. "It looks like we have founded us some food, it does.
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Snoopy was sniffing around, thinking he had found the direction of the smell and seeing if he could find any cracks or holes nearby to look down.
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Ali brought over the salad she had found. 'well, we've got a little food here at any rate. So let's dig in." She said grabbing a small mouthful of leaves in her mouth and chewing them. She was going to share whatever she had with her friends.
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SHaggy, Nani and Lilo were huddled tioogether over a small fire that had ignited in the corner. it had either ben caused by the lightning or from the sparks of electricity that still flowed through the area. The mithtril had knocked the temerature way down. Shaggy could see his breath as he exhaled. "geez. this place got cold in a hurry.." he said. Holding his hands over the flames.
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Ducky and Petrie put what they found into separate piles so whoever wanted some could get some. They nodded as Skitter looked at those present, "Thanks. We'll get something at least." He said before starting to eat a bay leaf.
"And we have a nice mix of things, not just one thing." Ducky said.
Ducky and Petrie used their hands to get small amounts, a bit of this and that. They then started to eat.
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Scooby and Dixie contined resting, while Stitch and Angel sat by them. The cold didn't seem to bother them, as the armor kept them warm. Stitch and Angel however, weren't so lucky..
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Nick shivered. "Great. Not only did the mithril storm rip up the resteraunt, it also blew out the thermostat. ' he shook his head. "Let's gioo into the kitchen to see how badly things are in there.
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Ducky, Petrie and Skitter continued to eat their food, making sure everyone got enough. Ducky looked around the shambles of a kitchen to see if she could see anymore since she was sure Ali would want or need much more.
Snoopy did his best to peer down one of the holes in the floor, if any, to see if he could see where the small was coming from.
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"Don't worry guys" ali said cheerfully.. "I'll be fine. ' Ali had eaten sparingly(for someone her size), but it was enough to fight back the hunger she had been dealing with. "Fuind anything Ducky?'She asked.
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Ducky nods, bringing back sack of apples. "These smell ok to eat." She said and put them on the table.
Petrie picked up one and sniffed. "Me not see this strange food, but it smell ok."
Skitter looked at it. "I've not see that either. Is it red green food?" He asked.
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'it looks like a big berry of some kind" Ali said. "taste it Petrie, anf see what it is, it doesn't look bad to eat, but then again, you never know. Just try it, if you don't like, you don't have to eat all of it.." Ali laughed as Petrie msde a face, she was starting to sound.. well like a grownup..
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Petrie nodded and bit into it. "It taste... good, sort of like a tree sweet, but not as sweet." He says smiling, then looks inside. "In center it have tiny tree seeds." He said.
"Goody, more for us all to eat, yep, yep, yep." Ducky said happy. Skitter nodded agreeing.
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Just then a thousand miles away a cat in pajamas went downstairs to get some coffee. and in Istanbul Einstein was busy on the case of a vampire pirate zombie.
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Ali took an apple and bit into it. She found she coould swallow the apple whole, and did so. being proper though, she chewed it first "it IS Sweet, although not like tree sweets. Mr. Ace, would you like one.." she asking, turning towards Snoopy, who was perched by a large hole in the floor. he seemed o be listening for something..what, she didn't know.
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Snoopy shakes his head.
"Goody, now we have more food for us all." Ducky then looks at Snoopy, "We need to find you some food too.
Petrie took out a small apple and put it in front of Skitter. Skitter looked at it and how large it was compared to him.
"I think it's a bit to large for me to eat." Skitter said. Just then Superman hearing this flew into the kitchen, used his heat vision to cut the apple into small equal size pieces and laid out the pieces in front of Skitter.
"Thanks." Skitter said before starting to eat the first piece.
"Glad I could be of help." Superman said smiling. He waved then flew off.
"It does taste great." Skitter said after his first bite.
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Meanwhile Einstein had boarded a plane to the planet Venus to consult with Steven King and Trey Parker on an element on his case. He found being a detective far more interesting that boring ol theoretical physicist job he had.
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"Ow!" a voice said from the alley. Ducky got up and went to the door to look out.
"No go, it may be fastbiter trick." Petrie said after he had eaten his apple.
Ducky looked out the door and saw a thin looking teenager wearing glasses holding one hand with another.
"Is something wrong?" Ducky asked.
"Uh." He said not sure if if he did see a large reptile looking creature, but deciding he must be hilucinating it, just a normal human. he said to himself.
"Yea, this glowing spider bit me. ma'am " He said.
"Oh, that must hurt, come on inside and I'll see what I can do."
He went inside behind Ducky. "Just sit there." She said indicating a chair near the door.
She took a bay leaf and crushed it and added some water, a she had seen Mim do in the great valley. She took the young person's hand and started to put some of the goo on it. "There, that will help, what is your name? Mine is Ducky." She said.
"Peter.. Peter Parker." He said. "Thanks. I should be going. My aunt and uncle worry about me if I'm late." he said getting up and heading towards the door.
"Ok, good luck." Ducky said as Peter waved and went the door heading home.
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OOC: ( Kor invited me, I'll give it a shot...)
The door to the cafe slammed wide open.
Smoke welled in, and a tall, dark sliouette apeard.
The 007 James Bond theme started to play from somewhere, and the silouette took a step forward.
A man, in cowboy outfit walked unsteady into the cafe.
He carried an old radio that was playing the James Bond theme, and he had two guns in his belt.
He switched the chanel on the radio.
"What is Love" techno started to play, and the cowboy man putted down the radio and went into a wild dance.
But then, the old, crappy radio died, and the music stopped.
The cowboy man continued his dance for a while and then realised the music have died.
He stooded up, and waited... spitted as he talked.
"...."...."...caugh!!"...arhg.."
(brittish accent) "Wha? C'mon give moi a plause.. hick*... I'm frechking Jchames Bonchd!!!"
He stumbled, banged into the floor and reamained lying silent.
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Scooby turned and looed at the drunken man on the floor "if Re's Rames Rond, I'm Raptin Rangeroo" he said sarcasically Dixie chuckled as they both got up. "Good one cousin. Let's get him into a chair.. thats not completely ruined" She said. Scooby Strode over to the unconscious man, and bending over, picked him up off th ground, and carried hm over to a nearbychair. this one creaked but otherwie stayed intact..
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snoopy looked over at the sound and seeing what was going on headed over to the area where some of the water was kept. He looked around and got a pitcher and got some water into it. Looking around he found a cloth napkin and carrying both of these he went over to where the unconscious man was. He set the pitcher to one side on a nearby table that looked like it could hold the pitcher and emptied out a scratched, but intact glass, letting the water and mithral onto the table, in case the guy would want any water if he woke up. He then dipped some of the cloth napkin into the pitcher and started pat the guy's forehead with the napkin.
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thank you" Dixie said nodding at Snoopy. "I'll stay here and tend to him, if he wakes up I'll call you"
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Meanwhile The wild shurlup continuesd its inexorable march towards the surface. Its grunted in a low growl.. It was hungry and could detect the smell of meat..
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"!!!!"
"Huh? wha... ta?!!"
James Bond rose up from his chair and shouted out load:
"My name's Bo...hick* nd! Jam.." *****
H passed out again.
OOC: (rofl!)
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Snoopy scratched his head, puzzled by this human's behavior. He didn't recall that round headed kid who fed him or any of his friends acting like, though he didn't pay much attention to what they were doing most of the time.
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"I think I've eaten enough for a while, how about you two?" Ducky asked. Not being full but having eaten enough she thought for now.
"Petrie feel ok." He said, also not full, but not liking to be full since he found it hard to fly while full.
"I think I can't finish this tree sweet that odd wingless flyer cut for me, though it was very tasty. Anyone else want the rest? I don't want to see it wasted." Skitter said looking around the room at those present and feeling pretty full himself.
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Bond woke up.
Were exactly AM I?
"HEY! Can I get some freaking water around here?"
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'Relax Dixie said sternl;ly, "You passed out, probably from being drunk. You need to detox first, you get anything to DRink.."
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I'll eat it.' ali volunteered. Being bigger than the rst, it took a klot more food for her to be full. she gulped down the apple slice from Skitter, taking it right out of his hands.
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Bond looked starled.
"What!?"
then he noticed that there was not only humans in this place...
"What the......
And... he went out again.
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Snoopy poured some water into the glass in case the strange human woke up and still wanted water. He found humans some rather puzzling creatures.
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"Have you had enough Ali, there is still some left." Ducky said indicating the food they had found earlier.
"We find more food later." Petrie said, fairly sure they would. If they had found some now they could likely find some later again.
"Yea, probably buried under some of those strange looking rocks." Skitter said looking at the mithril laying around.
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ooc: Nick, I hate to ask in an OOC, but can you give me a headsup where this RP has gone since I last posted to it? I cant seem to get the patience to read through everything... however if you'd prefer, I'll try to read again tomarrow night perhaps with better luck =P
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(well, Stripetail was called in by Nick and he stopped the mitril storm. He got the pcustomers out from beneath the tables and gave Dixie And Scooby a talking to for not using the powers he gave them.So he's forcing them to use them. The Dinos are huddled aroundc some food in the kitchen having a snack. the mitril storm stirred up some wild Shurlup, who are slowly climbing to the surface.Hope that helps.
_ Nick strode into the kitchen, and whistled. It was a complete mess. there was broken glass and plates everywherem,, and the plates and grass crunched beneath his feet. He was glad he had shoes on.
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Aves was still sweeping up the mithril when he came into the kitchen
"What de heck is going on in here?" he asked glancing around, as if he were never even there to witness everythingh after the mithril storm
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"Sorry" Ali said, as she looked down at Aves. "We just were eating some food we found. This place is a mess" That was an understatement, it looked like it would take hours to clean up the glass and broken plates. the bil for clean-up of the resteraunt would be staggering. Hundreds of thousands at the minmum. the very thouht gave one pause.
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good to see you got out from beneath the table Aves" Nick said. "We're going to need a good potrrtion of the mithtril to pay for clean-up. this place is completely trashed. I shdder what my office is going to look like.." he shook his head..
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Skitter tried to find a place to hide on the table while Ducky and Petrie looked over at the new comers.
"We were getting a bit hungry and came in here, we are sorry if we did anything wrong, we are." Ducky said.
"Petrie sorry too." Petrie said.
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'Just get whatever food you have and go into the dinning room" Nick said "Customers aren't supposed to be back here.. but I'll let it go..considering the circumstances..." He slogged his way over a pile of nearly whole plates, finding in his wau into the clearing the dinos had made..
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Ducky looked at Ali, "Do you need to eat more, we can take some to the dining room place?" Ducky asked.
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(OOC: I think I might just drop in. Can someone give me the setting the of the thread, please?)
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(OOC: Nick22 & Aves can give more information then me. But my understanding is outside the cafe is modern day, though I'm sure exceptions are allowed, and any sort of characters can visit the cafe. )
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(The resteraunt is a place where literally anything can happen .as fotr its exact relation to time -past present-future- we've never made that clear. for a reason.. since creatures from all sorts of storylines and eras can end up here. how else can you explain, Scooby Doo, Snoopy from Charlie Brown, and the gang from the Great valey all being in the same place? Jump right in Kenji.. :) )
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Bring the food out' ali said, as nick brought up a large plastic bowl filled with leaves. the bowl had several cracks running through it. "This was syupposed to be your meal' he said. "We ewere going to bring it out to you when the storm struck. Now, of course, everything is a loss.. so it doesn't matter what you eat.
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ooc: pretty much the RP is based around a cafe that exsists in some kind of alt universe, and lotsa insane random things happen. its too much to explain, but if you have MSN (or other messengers) perhaps I can try to explain it better =)
Well, it is kind of rare to waltz into a kitchen with mithril all over the floor and a couple of dinosaurs sitting around eating things." said Aves "But hey, its the Insane Cafe!"
Aves whipped out a large push broom and held it up trying to look all heroic "time for some 'rich' cleaning!" said he, and he took to the floors whistling a tune while pushing huge piles of mithril around
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Nick groaned at the bad pun. 'Rich"? that's the best you could come up with?' He shook his head. "I think getting hit by the mithril knocked out what sense you did have.. he cracked. he grinned as Aves shot him a glance..
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"Thank you." Ducky said and took the bowl from him and walked out towards their table.
"At least now you have a bit more room to eat." Ducky said.
Petrie went to retrieve Skitter and carry him out with the rest.
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(OOC: No problem. I just needed to know exactly what I'm dropping into...)
Just then, a loud crack came from above as a section of the ceiling caved in, giving way to a screaming person falling through into a table, crushing it beneath his weight. A few awkward moments, then a loud poof as the cloth of a parachute burst out into the room, sending dust further around.
Laying upon the rubble was a human in a dark blue skydiver's jumpsuit. He took off his goggles to reveal his eyes still spinning around in every direction. He coughed dust twice before saying, "WOW! Who put that building there?"
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Skitter looked over at the action, "At least no big folk fell on me this time." He said from Petrie's hands.
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Aves was still busying himself sweeping the mythril, he didn't pay much mind about Nick's criticism of his pun. Aves was in fact not paying much attention to anything that was going on around him at all. it seemed he was under a spell. Or the Dragon's spell as they called it. the spell where the lust of precious metals or stones consumes your mind, and turns you into a walking mindless zombie.
"My.... precious...." said Aves "My precioses silver... alll minesss!!!"
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Nick picked up a number of the rocks, not noticing the trance Aves was falling under.
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Stripetail was taking a breather in the dining room. Diixie was still caring for the drunken Bond, Scooby , Angel and Stitch, were huddling around the electruical fire that was burning in the corner. the floor creaked and cracked as customers walked over. Some of the holes were now several feet wide, as the stress on thr weakened floor remained.
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Ducky carried the bowl to their table, and using one hand, with Petrie's help, using also one hand, they managed to partially tip the table to get most of the mithril off of it. Once the table was set back to it's normal position, she set the bowl on the table.
"There now, there is more room to eat in here." Ducky said do Ali.
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Thanks. 'Ali niodded. Help yourselves guys. I don't think we'll be getting your food out today...soon you guys can share mine"
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Nick turned as the hiss came from behind him, a large smelly hairly shurlup climbed out of a hole in the kitchen.
"Good gawd! A Shurlup! A wild one! Aves! We gotta get out of here!' Nick said raidly, his eyes filed with fear.
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Ducky nodded, "Thanks." She said as Petrie put Skitter down on top of the table.
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The human turned over onto his hands and knees and crawled away from the rubble. "Fine place to put a building here!" he exclaimed with sheer sarcasm. He hobbled to his feet and looked back the mess he made. "This dump needs cleaning!"
The door to the cafe opened, and another human stepped through, dressed in a black skydiver's jumpsuit w/ silver trimmings. He paused and looked around before setting his eyes on the other skydiver with annoyance. "Look at this mess! I can't believe you survived that fall without opening your parachute!"
The first human shook his head. "Parachutes are for sissies!"
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"We? no you! I'm not leaving without my preciouses!" said Aves as he quickly started gathering as much Mithril in his arms as he could "You wants it for yourselves! Its mine! all mine!"
Aves looked over seeing the sherlup "Oh good God!"
he dropped the Mithril and ran from the kitchen
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Nick was quick tto follow picking up a few pieces of mitril and OPuuting them in his pocket as he ran out of the kitchen. 'Shurlup!' he cried out! as he ran into the dinning room.
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Shurklups! Zoinks" Shaggy yelled his eyes filled with fear. Scooby jumped into Dixies Arms. "Cousin, get ahold of yourself" dixie said Calmly. "And I-I- can't Carry you!"She grunted. 'Get off me, and get your wits together! " Scooby jumped off her and ran under a table. Shaggy soon joined him. Lilo Stitch and Agel were son under the table as well. "What Are Shurlupies?" Lilo asked. She had never seen one before. 'Theyu're big smelly, and they eat people" Shaggy said, becoming more scared with every syllable.Scooby trembled in his armor.
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SHurlups! Shurlups!' Nick freiked as he bumped into Stripetail. Shu" Stripetail smacked him hard across the face. "Get ahold of yourself Nick!" He said sharply. Nick was dazed from the hard blow.
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"Eat people, they sound like sharpteeth." Ducky said.
"Shshsharpteeth here?" Petrie said, looking around in fear.
Snoopy put up his fists, ready to fight whatever a shlurp was.
"Figures, things were to quiet around here anyway." Skitter said.
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Both humans turned to the commotion going on nearby. "Shurlup?" the second human wondered out loud.
"Are they edible?" asked the first human.
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No, but they'd consider YOu Edible' Shaggy spoke out from beneath the desk.
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Dixie shook her head. "Scooby Doo, get out of there this MINUTE!" She barked.This was unlike her, she was normally quite tactful around her cousin, but she was starting to lose her patience. He was chickening out..."Do you have any Scooby Snacks Shaggy?' she asked.
_ Zoinks! I forgot them! They're in the mystery machine at home!" Shaggy moaned. "And I could really use some myself right now... You don't happen to have any Dixie?"
_ Dixie patted her armor. "I might..in my dress.. but I can't get this armor off.. Oh well... I guess you're out of luck"Shaggy slapped his forehead. Scooby Snacks were the snack that usually got Scooby to go into dark spooky houses or search for "ghosts", the snack also worked on Shaggy. Dixie frowned. Shaggy 's eyes suddenly lit up. "Dixie, you could give him a kiss! That worked with Scooby Dee" Dixie sputtered. "I'm not Cousin Dee, Shaggy! I'm not going to give him a kiss just to get him to do something. I have a little more pride than that. "
Scooby's ears perked up. 'rould ro rive re ra riss?' He asked. "If you get out from underneath that table.. I'll.. think about it" Dixie said finally. "I won't make any" before she could finish. Scooby was standing next to her. Promises" She finished demurely...Scooby loooked hopeful as her took off his helmet, and gave her a begging glance.. "Cousin" She said flatly, turning away. "put your helmet back on." Scooby slumped a little as he complied.
_ As he did, a Shurlup reached the surface and pooked its head out of a nearby hole. it was large and very hairly, with large dark eyes, and very sharp-looking teeth. its mouth was pulled back in almost a grin. the smell coming from it was powerful, in a bad sense. Lilo wrinkled her nose at the smell. it smelled like rottten eggs and smelly shoes , rolled into one. It climbed out of the hole, and fully revealed itself. It was roughly the size of a six foot tall man, with long arms and long white claws that looked like they could easily cut and tear flesh. All in all, it was a very scary figure, and something you didn't want anywhere near you...
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"They sound like sharpteeth, they do, they do." Ducky said.
"Me think me know what you say next." Petrie said looking at Ducky.
"This is getting weirder by the moment." Skitter said.
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Aves was panting and slumped over on a table
"Either that freakin hairball from the bathroom has invited his whole family for a party, or he somehow raised a family beneath our very nose! Those miserable creatures are everywhere!"
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"Stripetail frownned. "Those are not liker the Shurlup that lives in the bathjroom AVes. they are wild Shurlup, and they are far worse . For starters they are bigger, smellier, meaner, and have even more of a taste for soft flesh. Also, unlike the bathroom Shurlup, they won't Be bribed off with resteraunt food. they won't rest until they've hasd their fill of manflesh."He drew his staff from its sheath.
"what is manflesh?' lilo asked. "it means us!" Pleekly said frantically. "Lilo" Nani said very quietly. "when i tell you to, make a run for the front door. We'll be right behind you." Jummba nodded. "I don't to be meal for smelly Shurlups. i have many more evil inventions to make before I pass on. Now is not my time."
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Nick ran over and opulled off a pir iof legs from a broken chair. the legs were made of metal so they would serve as an ersatz club. he tossed one to aves. "usdse that as a weapon. we've got to get our heads together." Nick said still a bit woozy from the blow Stripetail had given him.
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Mis protect ohana" Stitch said shrilly. "Angel, protect Lilo and nani. Mesa, protect Jummba and Pleekly. "He bared his teeth and claws and a seciond pair popped out of hisa side. He actuaally had 4 arms but could tuck in a pair of them at his leisure. Angel sprouted her own second pair and growled as the Shurlup started towards them, drooling as it smelled dinner.
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"Yuk." Skitter said from where he was. Snoopy grabbed a bit of a chair and prepared to use it as as makeshift weapon. Ducky and Petrie got ready, each not sure what they would do. There were options but they didn't know if this was the proper place to use them, in plain sight.
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Ali tensed and began swinging her tail to and fro. her tail was basically her only weappon, she can swing it it like a whip, hopefully she could keep those things away from her friends long enough for them to get away. She grabbed a mouthful of leaves from the bowl on their table and quickly wolfed them down. she was going to need every bit of strength in her. "stay by me guys" she said in a low tone.
_ Shaggy huddled undeerneath the table, as Scooby and Dixie drew their swords. "Scoooby, we need to protect Shaggy and the others." Dixie said through her helmet.' he turned to her and nodded briefly. "rome ron rhaggy" Scooby said "Re'll rotect rou" "I'm not sure how confident I am Scoob. There's more of those things popping up every minute!" Shaggy said. "But I don't think this place is going to be very safe so.." He scooted out from benteah the table, KLilo, Stitch and Angel quickly fllowed, Angel and Stitch were ready for a fight. "This like fighting Gantu. Army of Gantu" Stitch said, growling and sneering at the oncoming Shurlups. there were now at least a half dozen of them in the dinning room and they were furrowing the residents into a small circle. Worse yet, more were popping up through the holes in the floor. the Mithril storm had let loose an angry hoard.
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Snoopy got ready to swing his piece of chair at one of the attacking things. Skitter did his best to stay relaxed, not sure what weirdness was going on but knew he'd have to act sooner or later.
Ducky started to move her arms in a certain pattern, but Petrie grabbed one of her arms.
"Mr Thicknose say no in front of people, must be secret." Petrie said with some concern and worry in his voice.
"Yes, Petrie, this is a dire circumstance, it is, he would understand, he would." Ducky said.
"Me hope so." Petrie said.
"And I"m sure the people here, including Ali won't tell." Ducky said.
"I ain't tell anyone anything about this. I"ll say I went exploring some caves and took a nap, this is to weird to tell anyone about." Skitter said.
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Stripetail gestured. "Fottius Cannimu!' a burst of flame hit a nearby Shurlp , setting it alight. The shreik it emited was deafening. this was a very special flame, one that would not extinguish until told to do so by the caster. It was a potent magical spell, and one Stripetail rarely used since it could easily spark an inferno, the Shurlup rolled on the ground,, writhing in agony and trying to smother the flame.
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Two Shurlup suddenly attacked Scooby and Dixie, striking at them, with their claws. it was not easy to parry these Shurlups, since they were very quick. one of them struck Scooby in the chest annd sent him tumbling backwards onto the floor near a hole in the floor. he got up and noticed a scratch on his armor. He quaked. "rhese raws rare really rharp" He said. picking himself off and returning to the fray.
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The humans watched as the shurlups attacked, few of which darted their hungry eyes at them.
"Uh oh..." the second human started, and turned to his companion. "You better change quick, Talon."
"Gimme a few moments," Talon replied. "It takes time to get out of this suit. Be right back" He then ran into the nearest bathroom.
The second human rolled his eyes. Talon had went into the LADIES' room...
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Petrie nodded, "Me agree, it look bad." He said letting go of Ducky's arm.
Ducky started over with doing the sweeping gesture of her arms and bringing her hands together, Petrie did the same. Able to activate the power that Mr Thicknose had been the guardian till a time of need arose and he found those able to wield the power correctly appointed by the spirits that swelled within certain mountains and peaks around the Great Valley as the last living guardian of his generation.
"Great Valley swimmer guardian." Ducky said. Water seemed to come from the floor and covered her sinking into her and changing her to her guardian form.
"Great Valley flier guardian." Petrie said. Lighting struck down through the ceiling roof, not damaging it and struck Petrie, the bright flash hiding him for a moment as he changed to his guardian form.
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Ali recoiled as the lioghtning flashed through the ceiling. "WHAT exactly have you guys been eating lately" She said, asgape at their new forms. She gave both of them a glance.
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Both angel and Stitch were bouncing up and down, striking nearby Shurlups with their claws, and sending them backwards from the impact. This was a distraction to allow, Shaggy, Nani, Pummba and Pleekly time to escape.
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"Just some thing we can do, only under times of great danger though. We are the current secret guardians of the Great Valley, as Mr. Thicknose was among those before, though he's the last of his generation and the keeper and teacher, he is." Ducky said.
Petrie nods, "No one else in valley know but 6." Petrie said.
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Ali shook her head. " I can guess who" She was interrupted as a sHurlup attacked her. She yelled in pain and it bit into her side with its fangs. "get off of me, you beast" She snapped, whipping her tail around and smacking him off of her. the shurlup went flying and smashed through a nearby wall. leaving a large hole.
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Ali, please stop... that!" Nick said, under diress from Shurlups. "We already have a huge cleanup job facing.. us.. after this.. Bashing them through the walls, is only going to make things worse." he said swinging at the Shurlup with his club.
_ Dixie parried a thrust by a large Shurlup. She could feel its rank breath through her helmet. it was foul and reeked of mold and bad meat It made her queasy, and she stumbled. She stumbled into a direct blow from the Shurlup, which sliced iinto her side with a huge swipe. It didn't break through the armor but it did force it into her skin, and cut into it. She retched in a spasm of pain, and dropped her sword in falling backward. She backed into Scooby, who was being forced back himself. She braced herself agauinst him, and stopped her backwards momentum. this came at Scooby's expense however, as he was forced to turn away from the shurlup, in order to maintain his balance. 'Re rare retting rour rutt ricked" He muttered, as the Shurlup took a swipe at him. There were more Shurlups climbing out of the holes. there was now close to twenty in all. Dixie breathed hard, the cut was probably a deep one, as she could feel the blood dripping down her left leg."It cut me.." She gasped. " We need to get out of here... ret- retreat" She said breathlessly. The loss of blood was begginning to affect her. Heer vision was starting to become blurry, and Scooby took a swipe in the gut. Things were going very badly..
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Try your rings!" Stripetail called out. Setting another Shurlup alight with his fire spell. "Do it now!
_ ROK!" Scoobby barked through his helmet. as he pointed his right fist at the shurlup. The Ring began to glowly bright. Scooby began to think.. 'RIRE!" He said loudly, and a blast of flame shoot out of the ring, hitting the Shurlup. This was not like Stripetail's magic, this fire could be put out by rolling on the ground. But it was the best he could think off at short notice. he turned to lok at Dixie, and she collaspsed into his arms. She was really starting to feel the cuts efects, it must have cut into an artery, because it was not stopping. "Take- take off my helmet.. please cousin" She whispered. "I'm about to pass out."
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"Sky fire." Petrie said as he pointed at the nearest tentacle and lighting launched from his fingers at the tentacle.
"Ice teeth." Ducky said, a good size icicle appearing in her hand and flying at another tentacle.
Snoopy hit one with his piece of chair as Skitter jumped off the table, not sure what to do. He jumped over a tentacle and onto the floor admist some mithril.
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The human backflipped away from one of the foul creature's wide slash, almost landing into a second one trying to sneak up behind Ali. He quickly regained his posture and leaped into a spinning back kick, his foot landing square in the shurlup's hideous jaw and sending it flying headfirst through the hole Ali sent one into earlier.
"What's taking that stupid raptor so long?" he muttered.
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(Hey. I was thinking about joining this RP in a few days. would it be ok with everyone?)
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(OOC: It's ok with me. I"m sure it'll be ok with the others here too. )
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Jump ruight In. :) )
Scooby obliged unbuckling her helmet. Dixie's face was tight and drawn, and she was breathing pretty heavily."Ret Re rarry Rou" He said softly. "No,cousin, if you do that I might pass out." Dixie said. you're going to pass out shortly anyway, she told herself. she clutched at her side,the blood now was dripping on the floor. Scooby noticed it and his face grew solemn. He them picked Dixie up and put her over his shoulder. he them nade a dash for the door blasting away with fire baklls and slashing away at his sword. likewise, angel and Stitch were also heading for the door. a blinding light filled the room. Stripetail had unleashed a lightning spell. this killed many, but not all of the shurlups, this was enough however, to buy time for the rest of the group to escape. "everyone, OUT! we need time to bandage our wounds and think of our next move' Stripetail said. He put his staff away and made his way to the door. _
Scooby carried Dixie a short way from the diooor and set her down. "Rhe's rurt" She said. As Stripetail came up to him. Stripetail bent down "We are going to have to remove the armor by hand, since I will have to clean it before she can weatr it again. " He said. he unbuckled the top part of Dixie's armor and took it off. her dress was in shreads, and was stuck in places tio the armor. "Do you have any spare clothes Dixie" shook her head. She was now seeing two of each person.
Scooby removed the middle section, and the wound was revealed. it was a fairly large wound, and it was a deep one. "She's nicked an artery" He said, reaching inside his robes and pulling out a vial. "This will stop the bleeding, but it will sting" he pulled the vial's top off and poured it on the wound. Dixie conoluseed, and Scooby hasd to hold her down. Scooby removed the last of Dixie's armor, and pulled it off of her, and set it aside. the vial did its work, and the bleeding stopped. Dixie began to recover.
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(OOC: I don't mind. I'm just trying to slow my already slow pace for Aves to stay in the game.)
"Talon!" the human shouted, "You're moving slower than a tortoise! What's taking you so long?"
Just then, Talon, no longer a human, but a 7-foot tall forest green Utah raptor, stepped out the LADIES' room, dragging along his unfurled parachute. "Yeesh... I always forget how impatient humans can be..."
He was interrupted by the snarl of three of the rancid beasts charging at him. He leaped with grace and power over the shurlups, his parachute blanketing the monsters and their vision, which gave him plenty of time to swing his powerful tail across in one mighty arc, knocking the trapped shurlups out of consciousness.
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Skitter saw some of the others leaving and decided to follow them out of the madness. He used his tail to whack a piece of mithril from time to time at a tentacle, attempting to cover the retreat of the others.
Snoopy ran into the kitchen and grabbed one of the chief's knives and ran out to start using that, a bit better then using a chair.
Ducky & Petrie continued to attack different parts of the same one, Ducky with her ice teeth attack which shot an icicle at the creature. She changed the area to to ensure it could not get use to her attacking the same area.
Petrie sometimes used lightning that he called his sky fire attack, and at other times used his big blowy wind attack to blow some mithril and bits of a chair and other small stuff at the creature.
"Some others leaving." Petrie said.
"We will provide a distraction." Ducky said.
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"Yoou hold them off, while we get out of here" Ali said, looking at her friends and she turned and bolted for the door. she winced as she ran, the air stinging the bites she had recieved, Shurlup nipping at her tail. She bloted through the door. Now only a handful of defenders were left, the floor was strewn witry dead Shurlups, and the reek of them was horrible.
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Dixie sat up, and breifly looked at herself. . "Relax" stripetail said. "Just take it easy. "you've lost a good deal of blood, and your armor is covered in it on the inside. You'll not be wearing this for awhile" Can't you return it to my ring then?' She asked softly, as a wave of inertia rushed over her. "No, the armor must be repaired and cleaned first" Stripetail said.
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I have siome blankets in the car" Nani offered. she can cover herself with that. "I guess we';ll be spending the night out here then?' "Most likely" Pummba said. 'Well I'm not going back in there, until those monsters are driven out!"Pleeky said huffily. Ange;l and Stitch nodded, they were tired from fighting the Shurlups, and needed to rest. Lilo shivered as wind blew through the area. It was now nightime and the temperature was dropping. the cold didn't help any of the injured feel any better.
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Ducky nodded as she dodged another attack, and ignoring her injuries made over to where Petrie was. She held out her hand and said, "cold wind".
Petrie grimaced at the pain from his injuries. He nodded as he heard what Ducky said and took her hand with one of his. They could now combine their abilities to an extent. Together they said, "Big cold blowy wind," causing a wind to come up that blew some mithril that it picked up at the creatures left. Where the wind touched on the creatures and around them it froze as it touched, or made the area very cold, leaving most of the surrounding area untouched.
Skitter meanwhile made his way out, jumping over attacking tentacles and managing to get minor nicks, some from the sharp edges of the mithral or glancing attacks from nearly dodged attacks.
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Nanuii ran to the car, and unlocked its trunk, reveakling a pile of blankets and a knapsack. This was filled with food, they had been going to have a picnic when this whole thing started. She grabbed the knapsack and blankets and returned to the group. "here she said handing a large green Blanket to Stripetail 'Have Dixie put this on. We 'll give her space to change. " She said, handing out blankets to everyone nearby. "Lilo help me hand them out' she said to her sister, who got up and took
_ Dixie slowly gotr to her feet, and staggered a little. She was woozy from the loss of blood. "I'm going to change over there behind the building. Every-everyone give me space." Stripetail nodded. "I'll cuiurse anyone who peeps on her,." He said coldly.
- Dixie went behioind the building and undressed, and wrapped the blanket around her knotting it in the back, and covering her most private areas. her dress was a loss, and she muttered. 'this waas one of my favorite dresses" She said to herself., picking it up with slight disgust, and carrying it with her as she returned to the camp, and sat down tossing it in front of her in a dejected gesture. Scooby sat down beside her. "Rou reeling retter?' he asked. 'A little" She said quietly, as Scooby put her arm around her . Shaggy came over and sat down by them.'Hope you're feeling a bit better Dixie,' He said pettung her on the head, causing her to smile a little.
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The human watched as most of the others left the building, and then turned back to the shurlups now making their way towards him. He opened his skyjumper's suit and tied the upper half around his waist, revealing what seemed to be a black, plated, sleeveless shirt. Just as he finished, he slid to the side as one of the beasts lunged at him, using both their movements to complete a spinning ax-kick down on the monster's head. Instead of stopping, he placed his weight down on the foot he used and ducked down low underneath another shurlup as it swung at him, quickly spinning around to land his other foot into the vile creature's hairy ankles...
Talon stepped back as two shurlups charged at him, using his powerful legs to back flip flawlessly towards the wall behind him. When it seems he was going to collide with the wall, he landed just inches from it and stops his momentum with one of his talons digging into the plaster. He then launched himself off the wall into a frontal flip over the pursuing monsters and spun, striking both creatures back with a jaw-breaking whack with his tail. "Maybe we should join the departing party?" he said at last.
"I think there's still a few others trapped in this place," the human replied as he right hooks a shurlup in the chin. "But I can't see anyone else among these things!"
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Ducky and Petrie continued to hold hands. They looked around and saw the others they could see had left.
"Maybe we leave?" Petrie asked not seeing anyone.
"We should, to be sure the others are ok." Ducky said.
"You can get us out faster then us alone." Petrie said. They released hands and as Ducky turned around he took a deep breath and grabbed a firm hold of her tail. She then took a deep breath as well and made as if to dive into the floor. Instead of hitting the floor she instead went into it as if the floor was water. Another of her abilities, she could swim through more then just water, dirt, rocks, ect. Petrie went along with her as he continued to grasp her tail, carried along since he was in direct contact with her.
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Stripetail turned as Ducky and Petrie broke through the ground a short time later at the makeshift camp.. "welcome you two. You should be among the last of those still inside. I think those humans are the last. " He said, looking at thetwo of them. "you two meed to rest.."
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Ducky looks in the direction they came in, "I hope the get out ok." She said. "I'll wait a bit to see if they will come out." She said.
Petrie nodded, "Maybe they come out soon." He said having relased Ducky's tail and looked back where they had come from.
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"We must be the last ones left!" Talon shouted as he tripped a shurlup with his sharp talon. "I don't see anyone else in here except these things..."
"Talon! Watch it!" the human interrupted as he sprinted towards the raptor and used the momentum to leap over his friend in a spinning crescent kick, striking down a pouncing shurlup that had snuck up behind the dinosaur. Just as he landed on both feet, another shurlup swung at him with its hairy arm in a clothesline, knocking the human off his feet into the air...
But the human was ready. He leaped into the air into what seemed like a backflip just a moment before the monster "struck" him. With his arms clinging to the smelling arm of the brute, he swung his foot out and sent his foot into the back of the beast's head, and then finishing the momentum to land back on his feet. The shurlup he hit flew forwards straight into Talon's clothesline, forcefully interrupting the initial flow of movement and flipping it backwards onto its head upon the ground.
"You're right, for once," the human said as he watched more of the stank monsters appearing around the room. "Let's get out while we can!" He then ran back to Talon and hopped on the dinosaur's back, and the duo left the building amidst the growing mass of monsters to what seems like a makeshift war camp the others had made. "You have got to be kidding me..." the human muttered.
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"make yourselves comfortable" Nick said, from where he was seated at a nearby fire. His left arm was in a sling, He had not escaped the battle without a wound. "And don't complain. Things coulkd be far worse. We could be dead, for starters..."
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Skitter nods, "Things aren't to bad right now." He said from where he was as he walked over to where Ducky and Petrie were and sat down. The three of them looked back at the cafe where they had been.
"Are you sure that, whatever it is, won't come out here after people?" Ducky asked still standing and not sure if they should relax or not yet. She sighed at the idea.
"Petrie hope not." Petrie said, not liking the idea at all and shaking his head.
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The human looked back at the cafe for a few moments, and then turned and slid down off of the raptor.
Talon, however, seemed rather glad. "That was fun!" he replied as he sat down next to Petrie, Ducky, and Skitter. "You guys do this often?"
The human rolled his eyes and sat down across the campfire from Nick. He checked himself to find his pant legs have had a few tears from the monster encounter within the building. "And we planned this vacation to stay OUT of trouble..." he said with annoyance in his voice.
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"this is the insane cafe you're talking about . If crazy things DON"t happen, its a letdown" Nick said. "I've worked there and over the past year became a co-owner, with Aves here." He nodded to the fox, who was staringly silently intio the flame, as if deep in thought.. Mike andsome of the other waiters were passing around cups of cocoa and some small snacks.
_ Stripetail walked around the camp, tendiing to injuries, and checking to see how folks were faring. He was currebntly looking at Ali, and in particular her tail. Between the mithril and the Shurlups, her tail was cut up really bad.
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'you've got a lot of cuts here Ali" He said matter of factly. "You need to take it easy for awhile".
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"Weird things happening normal, sound weird. If you way it ok." Petrie said, not sure about weird being normal but if the folks here were ok with it then he thought that was ok for them.
Ducky held her hands in a certain way, Petrie did the same and they both said, "Power down." and switched back to their normal form.
"Should we not try to put the fire out and make sure those things are delt with?" Ducky said as she looked back at the cafe. Then she heard the comment about Ali's tail and walked over to her. "I know some things about plants that help wounds, but not as much as Mim or Mr. Thicknose. It is to bad one of them is not here, it is."
"We help." Petrie said who was standing next to Ducky.
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" Stripetail gave the two small dinos a good looking over. "Very well. "You ,and Skitter" He nodded at the Tinysaur "will be my assistants. I tell you put a little bit of this or that on the wounds. you do exactly as I say. I must advise you in the beginning, to be patient.Mithril wounds do not heal easily, nor do Shurlup wounds. There is no instant cure for them. we must let nature do its work. hich will take some time" Stripetail said, as he reached inside his robes and produced a small pawful of vials. 'These my young friends are what we will use. "A few drops on the wounds should begin each creatures's natural healing process. Most likekly, it will sting, if you have ever gotten something inside a cut before, you know how it can sting.
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Ducky, Petrie, & Skitter nod. Ducky and Petrie accepted a vial, holding it carefully in their hands, Skitter carried one on either his back or in his mouth, whichever would make more sense.
"Ok we will help. Is there one you wish us to help first?" Ducky asked as she looked at Stripetail then at the wounded folks present. "I do hope this will help them, I do." Ducky said.
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"Start with your friend Ali here' he said. looking at the wounds in her tail, several of which were deep. "Do not put any of the vials contents into the deep wounds until I have closed them a little first."
Ali tensed as her friends came closer with the vials. "Is this going to hurt?' "yes, but it will help you get better, so grit and bear it.." Stripetail replied.
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Dixie got up from her resting place, next to Scooby and Shaggy and went over to help. "Is there anything I can do, Stripetail?' She asked. " Her side was feeling better although it stung a bit when she turned. But she was ignoring it, there were others worse off than her, inluding this longneck.
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Ducky nods to what Stripetail said then looked at Ali, "It may, but it will help you to get better, yes it will." She said, "Are you ready?" Ducky asked, ready to use the contents as directed on Ali's wounds & hoping they did help as they were suppose to. Petrie & Skitter stood nearby to help also.
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Ali grit her teeth as the potion stung and fizzed. Stripetail handed a few more potiondsd to Dixie who started pourinf a few drops into wounds that weren't already fizzing. each drop sent fresh spasms of pain through Ali's body. It was difficult not to feel for the longneck, but this had to be done...
Dixie then took the potions and went over to Scooby Shaggy lilo and the others. the potions stung as she poured a few drops on cuts and bruises, but soon it was over. none of them were hurt as bad as Ali was. after everyone was tended to, she returbned the remaining potions to stripetail.
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Ducky and Petrie continued to work on Ali's cuts as Stripetail and instructed. Skitter did what he could with having no hands but using his forelegs, tail and mouth to also work on Ali's wounds that he could reach.
"I wish this was causing you any pain Ali, I do." Ducky said while she was working on her wounds with concern in her voice.
"Petrie wish too." He said, also with concern that what he was doing, though suppose to help Ali was causing her some pain.
Ducky continued with her work, "Here beyond the mysterious beyond is as dangerous and stranger then the mysterious beyond." Ducky said remembering what the rainbowfaces they encountered after Littlefoot had seen what he called a stone of cold fire.
"Not as many sharpteeth." Petrie said.
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Talon and the human watched as the others are being treated for injuries, before meeting each other at the campfire to converse.
"Interesting that these guys are taking this fighting thing longer than I expect them to," Talon said in contemplation. "Think we should help them out with this...shurlup problem?"
"Probably," the human replied. "We fell into this when we wanted to or not. And I for one never back away from something we started. It's a good thing I brought my gear with me just in case, too."
"Good! This vacation would've been dull without a good fight!"
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"We'll need everyone here to piych in" Nani said as she passed around blankets. "those things are horrid, and we need to get rid of them. " "For sure" Lilo nodded. "they're worse than Ganbtu on his worst day. We need all the aliens, dogs, magic squirells anf humabns to fight together against those things!' She said firmly. KLilo was a brave little girl, and used to weird things happening, after all she had 5-6 aliens living with her at any given time.
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"Anybody have any ideas of the best way to get rid of them?" Ducky asked.
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"Well, we all know they die when they're killed," the human replied, "but the real problem is that there are too many of them to destroy at once. Who here knows about these things the best?"
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At this comment, several pairs of eyes turned to the wizard. Stripetail sighed. "I guess that would be me then.Shurlups, like the ones we fought, are wild. they are territorial, and they now consider the cafe, as their territory. As the number of injured shows, they are tough fighters with very sharp claws, and teeth. They can be killed, although it is not easy and they can multiply rapidly. Female Shurlups can produxce litters of ten to 15 pups, and can produce 2, 3 or even 4 litters in a year. do the math thats 40-60 pups by one female in a year. the males do most of the hunting and food gathering, the females care for the pups. Most lilkely, we have been fighting males up to this point. females are smaller in size, and are slightly lighter in color. they also have a weapon the male lacks , which is poison. a female Shurlup bite can parlyze a victim within a few minutes, and death follows within hours if the person cannot get treatment for it. " stripetail said. "hopefully the cafe does not become a breeding ground for them. If it does, the difficulty of our mission will increase dramatically. as it is, we will need time for the injured among us to heal. "
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"How long till everyone is ok, and someone will have to think of a plan, yes they will." Ducky said with concern on her face and in her voice.
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Most of our injuries should be better in a days time. those more seriously injured will take longer" Stripetail replied. "A few of us should stay behind to care for them."
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"So these things breed like rabid rabbits," the human inquired.
"I like rabbits!" Talon exclaimed.
The human rolled his eyes, and then continued. "This means that the females will be more dangerous if we have to face the shurlups up close. We could probably take out the males first while they are there now, but number of injured now dampens our chance of success. Also, if we wait too long, the females will arrive and their numbers will increase dramatically...unless we have something powerful enough to take them all out at one time. Any one have any ideas?"
"I think so," Talon replied, "but do you think the cafe has enough steak sauce for the BBQ across the street?"
The human stares towards the audience, his face showing great annoyance towards his partner's comment. "Now I know how that lab mouse in Animaniacs feels..."
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"Sounds like it may prove to be a hard fight, it does." Ducky said nodding as she looked back towards the cafe, "but it is something that must be done." She said.
Petrie nodded in agreement. Skitter looked to see if any others needed any help he could provide and Snoopy did much the same, ignoring their injuries to try to help others.
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Stripetail looked at the Human "Yes, for our purposes the females will be even more difficult then the males. The females are fiercely protective of their young like most wild creaatures, and will not hesistate to attack. as for destroying all of them in one blow,that simply won't happen. It would take somethung along the lines of a direct hit from a hydrogen bomb, to do it and the fallout would probably kill us off as well. we are going to have to force them back underground, by any means necessary, short of that." Stripetail replied.
_ Ro re rare roing rack rin there? Scooby asked, holding the helmet underneath his arm. Going back in there, wasn';t something he looked forward. Dixie nodded. "Stripetail we need to first rest and regain our strength. " "Those things, Dixie are taking over the cafe as we speak. " Nick replied. "I have no intention of having my resterayunt become breeding ground for those Shurlups. Night now there's about 50, once the females and young come , we could be looking at 500. half of which carry a very potent poision, plus the ability to reproduce in such number to make rabbit look prudish by comparison.. time is not our ally here. there is no simple solution here. Stripetail, Scooby, and Dixie have nmagical powers and armor, Angel, Stitch, and Petrie and Ducky have powers of their own. The rest of us, dopn't have any natural protection to speak off, , other than our wits and whatever weapons we may have on us. what we lack in power, we must make up for in strategy. We should first secure a beachhead, a place where we can launch raids against the shurlps. A prime candiate for this would be my office. its nbear the back of the resteraunt, so its unlikely the Shurlups have gone sniffing around there,, yet. I'm going in, though the back door. Dixie, Scooby, Angel, and Stitch, you come with me. " Nick said.
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"I have a few of my weapons in my gear bag that should be useful for now," the human spoke, "but I need to make a few calls for the rest of our stuff, and maybe some additional help."
"The least I need is my glaive," Talon inquired. "Tell them not to forget that."
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"That sounds like a plan." Ducky said nodding, "I hope things will turn out as you hope, I do." She said.
"Sounds scary." Petrie said looking scared at the very thought of doing that.
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You two are coming aklong. We are going to send a small group in first. once we've ecured the area. then more and more can come in." Nick replied. Stripetail smiled slightly, and gestured. a sword appeared out of midair and came to rest in front of Nick. "Take it my friend, you'll need it. I'll be right behind you, sj\hould you fall into trouble.' The wizard said. Nick nodded and grabbed the sword. it was a heavy sword and just swinging it back and forth put a strain on his arms.
Scooby put on his helmet back on, and prepared to head in.
_ Dixie got up. The blanket rubbed against her skin, and she winced. "I need my armor back " She said to Stripetail "whether it's clean or not." Stripetail nodded, and with a word brough the armor over from where they had set it and put it back on her. He then noticed Dixie was missing her sword. "Where is your sword?' he asked. "I lost it in the dining room while fighting those Shurlups" Dixie confessed. 'Well then you'll just have to use your ring until you recover it" the wizard said. "Now get going.
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Ducky nods, "If you need us we'll be there." She said. She then assumed her position with Petrie standing behind her in his usual position since he could tell from her way of standing what would come next.
"It is morphing time." She said with a voice of command then moved her arms in a certain way ending with one hand on top of the other holding her fingers in a certain way with a brief spark going from one of her fingers to the other. Petrie did the same arm movements at the same time as Ducky with a spark jumping from one of his fingers to the other as well.
"Great Valley swimmer guardian." Ducky said. Water seemed to come from the floor and covered her sinking into her and changing her to her guardian form.
"Great Valley flier guardian." Petrie said. Lighting struck down through the ceiling roof, not damaging it and struck Petrie, the bright flash hiding him for a moment as he changed to his guardian form.
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"Come on you guys' Nick said, motioning with his sword. Stitch and angel ndded, and walked up to him. Both had their second pair of arms out, and were prepared to use them.
Scooby and dixie folowed behind them. Nick walked on behind the resteraunt, and the glass crunched beneath his feet. it would be a few minutes to get to the back door.
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Soon, the 7 of them reached the back door. Nick put his swiord down ioon the ground and fished out his skeleton key. he put the key to the keyhole afitted it and turned. the door creaked inward, revealing a dark and musty blackness. "Nick turned to the others "anyone got a match? It's oppitch black In there' "Rallow Re" Scooby said. "RIRE!" he commanded and cast a fireball from his ring into the building. the fireball flew through the air and recded into the distance. " Nick shot scooby a look. "And how was that supposed to help?"he asked sharply. "Rorry!" Scooby said apologetically. "Dixie sighed. "Are you afraid of the dark , nick?' he asked a little impatience in her voice."no, I have trouble finding my way in the dark. my vision isn't all that great, hence why i wear glasses" Nick explained. Cast a light spell from your ring Dixie, and I'll stick behind you. Stitch- STITCH! Don't tear up the door!'" he cried, bUt it was too late. Stitch had bitten into the door, and ripped off a long thin strip of wood. "Mesa make torch." He said. ripped off another strip and handing it to angel. "You guys need torch?' He asked Petrie and ducky, who were in thier morphed forms.
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Both nodded, "That would be very nice if you would, as long as everyone who needs one has one." Ducky said. She had not seen a torch but could guess from the talk about fire and the way the sticks were held.
"Fire one can carry, is it safe?." He said, not having the idea one could carry fire around safely and was a bit unsure of the idea.
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Stitch obliged ripping off 3 more strips from the door. "Light them, please" He said with a toothy grin. Dixie cast a fire spell on the top of the strips and in a twinkling, stitch had 4 lit Torches. Nick frowned as Stitch handed him one. "You Had to rip up the door" he grimaced at Stitch "Mesa sorry. but it only thing close i could use." Stitch explained. "there's no chair I could see...'
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"Let's just keep going" Dixie saiing, rollin her eyes. Sh was wearing her helmet, so no one could actually see her face. But the irritance came through in her voice. "Had out the torches Stitch and let's get to Nick's office."
_ Stitch nodded and handed one to Angel , etrie and Ducky. "Hold from bottom" He said, directing Petrie on how to hold he wood. Nick prressed on ahead, holding the torch aloft. the mithril erain which had devastated he dining room. had reahed back here as well, there were small piles of mithril lying around on the round, and there were holes in te ceiling, wthin insulation anging down in strips.
. Dixie and scooby followed close behind, Scooby with his sword drawn, Dixie with her ring paw throst forward in an offenive position. they reached a orner at th end of the hallway. 'Ok. the office is on the right. two turns down. We can reachit through the kichen, whch would be riasky, as there is a lot of food there, which will atrract the shurlups. "Nick said looking down the hallway. As he said this, the rret of the groupcame up too him.
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"Thanks." Ducky said as she took one of the make shift torches and held it up. She walked in behind most of the others.
Petrie took another and held it as far from him as his arm would let him, not sure about this. "You sure it safe?" he asked, not sure if having fire this close was a good thing, but the extra light it provided did help him to see better.
"Petrie, it should be safe why else would they have done this and be using it themselves." Ducky said.
"Me still not sure, but ok." Petrie said, but holding his torch up and walking along somewhat beside Ducky.
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Meanwhile, the human had retrieved his gear that he brought with him: a pair of kukri with eagles etched into the blades. He then put out a call for help on his cellular, and received word that what they need will arrive in no more than twenty minutes. Finished, he sat back at the campfire where Talon is resting. "Twenty minutes," he said. "I just can't feel all that comfortable with that amount of time while others have already went back in the place."
"They look like they can take care of themselves," Talon replied. "Maybe they'll be able to give us time to really prepare for when things really heat up."
"True. I don't see this problem coming to an end any time soon."
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"Any help we can get will be appreciated. " Stripetail replied. "But if you'tre thinking about a fullfledged assult, there are simply too many shurlups to avoid having that become a bloodbath.We would certainly suffer casualties. That however is unavoidable.. no matter what we do" The wizard said, looking into the fklames. "Also, this area is in a pocket of time space where time becomes twisted very easily. 20 minutes can be 20 hours, 20 days or 20 years. we'll be waiting for them for awhile at any rate. We need prepare our straegy. First we need to gain a stronghold. Nick, Scooby, Dixie and the others are in the process of doing that. Once that is clear. we'll move all those able and willing to that stronghold. We may have to buckle down there for awhile, so bring all the supplies you can mustrer. Once we're all set, we'll then move onto driving the Shrulups undeground. It won't be easy not with their numbers. They will outnumber us, 2 to 1 at the very least. and they will not give up their 'terrritory easily>"
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Meanwhile. Scooby had moved ahead of nick, scanning the hallway for any signs of the Shurlups. There was a strong odor in the air, a smell of death and decay. it was pungent ebnough to make nick's eyes begin to water. "Sheesh, that smell's horrible! It must be from those Shurlups we killed in the dining room, they must be starting to decompose. I Wondr if Shurlups are cannibals..?"
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"Please Nick, don't make me any more nervouius than I already am. and that smell you are smelling, well, its several times worse for me and Scooby, remember dogs have noses several times more sensitive than humans. ' Dixie said.
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Yeah that almost as bad as gantu after he stepped in narfug doodoo>' stitch said wrinkling his nose. "nessiru" Angel said, in her alein tongue. It might have meant "terrible' or awful' or any number of things, because Nick was not familar with her language.
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Ducky continued walking along holding the torch up with one hand and keeping her hand over her nose with the other. "It certainly does smell, it does. I guess that can not be avoided." She said not liking the smell but sure there was nothing they could do about getting rid of it. Her voice sounded a bit different then her usual morphed form due to her holding one of her hands on her nose.
"Like egg eater breath." Petrie said doing much the same as Ducky was. "Me glad me sniffer not as good as Spike or Chomper's." Petrie said. His voice also altered a bit by holding his nose.
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"I can only hope it doesn't twist THAT far..." the human replied. "My blades and Talon's...talons aren't much for those things. We'd might as well be one of the injured..."
"Don't worry," Talon said, full of optimism. "We've been in situations worse than this, and we got without as much as a scratch. Besides, we'll be having help join us as soon as possible."
Just as he said it, a sonic boom echoed throughout the sky above them, and several bystanders pointed up to the sky.
"Look up there! It's a bird!"
"No! It's a plane!"
"It's a frog!"
"A frog?"
As if on cue, a flash of red and blue zipped downward towards the camp, soon revealed himself to be a beagle in a red sweater and blue cape. "I'm neither bird nor plane or even frog, it's just little old me, Under-" The beagle was cut off as he collided with the brick wall of a nearby building, leaving only a hole in the wall and a pile of bricks. His head popped out the piled and he gave an embarrassed laugh and snort before finishing, "Underdog..."
Both the human and Talon watched with their jaws dropped in utter disbelief...
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Stripetail's eyes narrowed. "A grand enterance.. Mr Underdog.' He said giving the beagle a good looking over. there was a little sarcasm in his voice, at a time of need, you didn't need clusmy superheros coming and crashing into things. However, beggars can't be choosers... "We'll need all the help you can provide us. Inside that resteraunt.. "he pointed " is a large group of Shurlups, large beasts who have taken over the resteraunt and are probably going to use it as a nesting ground. Shurlups can multiply in number rapidly, and they are fierce fighters, we've already had a number of our party injured. We've sent a small group in to secure a safe haven for us, then more of us wil follow. We intend to drive the Shurlups bsack where they came from.. Will you help us?'
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Snoopy and Skitter were with the injured helping out as best as they could, going from one to the other and using some of the liquid on the folk's wounds and making sure they were as comfortable as they could be.
At the sound Skitter looked up and started ran to hide under something so the person would not end up falling on him. It seemed to him that often if one of the big folk fell they nearly always ended up falling on him for some reason.
Snooopy more calmly looked up at the sound and watched, seeing the person was ok we went back to caring for the injured since he had been a bit busy before doing that.
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Underdog dug his way out of the bricks and dusted himself off, then pulled out a large bag before turning to the squirrel. "Fear not, dear friend. For I have come by request of Talon and Kenji to assist in bringing your problem to an end."
"Everyone else is on vacation?" Kenji muttered low enough for only Talon to hear.
"Who knows?" the raptor replied. "But I like his rhyming. Long time no see, Underdog!"
Underdog turned to the source of the sound and his eyes lit up at familiar faces. "Ah! It is Kenji and Talon from vacation's rest. I was told to bring these for your quest."
As he handed the bag to his friends, Talon pulled out a large glaive, specially made for someone of his size and strength, and Kenji removed a pair of curved swords, one of which is smaller than the other. Also in the bag, were a few boxes of medical equipment and other items for special use.
"Thanks, Underdog," Kenji replied as he strapped both swords parallel across his back. "All we have to do now is wait for the others already inside..."
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"Well at least you're not the Grinch" stripetail said."Lets see how the group is faring. he tossed some powder into the flames and caused an image to foermm It showed. Scooby Nick and Dixie heading down a hallway. Nick was saying something, but the image did not trasmit sound.
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Ducky & Petrie walked along holding their torches as they looked around.
"It quite a mess, but it does seem like there are no of those creatures here, it does." Ducky said glad of that. She was a bit scared but was doing fairly well keeping it to one side as she looked around and remained as calm as she could. She hoped things would continue to go well as they were so far.
"They like sharptooths." Petrie said, looking around and a bit scared, as usual. He held his torch and moved it in the direction of where he was looking to try to see better. He was not sure about being here and was scared, but Ducky was here and this did need doing so he was doing his best to not be to scared.
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Nick stoppped in the nmiddle of the hallway. "alright. My office is through this doorway to the right.." The flickering torches and glowing rings allowed him to see the door. He pulled out his key again and opened the door. "Apparently the shurlups haven't come back here, yet." "Rand RI rope rhey ront rome rack rere" Scooby muttered. his sword wobbled a bitt as his paws shook. what had staerted out for him as a nice evening out with his cousin and Shaggy had turned into an adventure out of Jules Verne novel.
_ Dixie followed Nick closely ""Once we get there, one of us has to go back to let the others know we're okay, and where to go. '' nick nodded as they finally reached his office. the door had a small glass window in it. that had been shattered and much of the glass had fallen in. "It's probably a mess, but its better than nothing." he said as he opened the door. Nick went inside, followed closely by Scooby and Dixie. Stitch and angel folowed quietly behing them. they examined the area carefully, before emntering.
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the office was a complete, broken glass sparkled on the floor. the desk at which Nick did most of his business work was turned on its side at an angle. the air was cold, Nick cold see his breath when he exhaled. "Well, its not much, but its better than nothing. Could you guys give me a hand in trying to move this desk ?' He asked , headingg over to the desk. Stitch got there fuirst, and to Nick's amazement, picked up the desk with apparently little effort> "TadDa!' He smiled as he held up the heavy desk. "That desk took 4 strong workers to move in here..' Nick said, wonder in his voice. "I can lift up to 3000 times my body weight. Stitch said, pride in his voice. "Ok, sop if you weigh say 30 pounds, that means you can lift up 90000 pounds?' Nick asked. "Thats the weigh of 8 elephants! wow1. anyway just move it.. over into that corner" He pointed to the left side of the room. "And please, be careful, that desk is very expensive1"
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Seeing so many folks in the room Ducky stayed near the door way with Petrie near her. They were keeping watch for any of those things that attacked them earlier while the others were in the office.
"It does seem quiet here and safe, it does." Ducky said.
"But what about later?" Petrie said, a bit afraid as he looked around.
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"Just be grateful that this place is safe for now..' Dixie replied to Petrie's query. she held her ring paw, casting light into corners as she examined the room. It was fairly snmall, enough to hold a small group of inhabitants. "Do you have any cots in case people need to sleep in here."She frowned. "Well, I haven't had to use them, but I do have two.." Nick replied, moving over to a door, ansdd opening it. a cot slid down into the room. Nick grunted and carried the cot into the middle of the room. "You guys can have this one" he said. "Mesa get left side!' Stitch said, jumping onto the cot, putting his claim to it. "You and Angel will have to shre..' Nick pointed out. Angel gave him a glance and shook her head. "Niktada subada" she said shaking her head again. "So you don';t want to share? well too bad. either you share, yor you sleep on the floor' Nick said firmly. "There will be 4 to a bed, Scooby abnd Stitch on one side, Angel and Dixie on the other" "Roys ron rone ride, rirls ron re rother, Ri rike it.." Scooby said, Putting his sword away, and deactiving his armor.
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Nick brought out the other cot from the other side and Dixie and Angel helped set the cot next to the other one. "Ducky and Petrie, you guys can have this cot." He said to the swimmer and flyer. Once we get a few other people in here then it'll be time for bed. For now, yiou guys can accioompany me outside so we can tell Stripetail and the others its safe to come in."
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"It safe now, but how about later?" Petrie asks.
"Then we'll deal with it then." Ducky said to Petrie.
Ducky and Petrie nod to what Nick said.
"Thank, you, very nice, it is." Ducky said.
"Thanks. " Petrie said.
Ducky nods again with what Nick said.
"Oh yes, we need to get the others in here, we do. It may be easier for them to rest in here, in case it rains or gets cold outside." Ducky said, nodding, and seeing how being inside would make things a bit more comfortable for those outside.
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Let's go then" Nick said. "The 4 of you, stay here and keep an eye out for any shurlups" Stitch saluted in a psuedo-military manner. "Ys, sir!' he said a huge grin on his face. Scooby meanwhile had already curled up underneath the blankt thar served as a cover. Today had been a very eventful day.. and tommorow promised more of the same. Dixie deactivated her amor and prepared for bed herself. She got into bed, on the other side of Scooby, there was a good five feet of space between them. "Alright, cousin here is how this is going to work..' She began, but Scooby was already nodding off. She sighed. "Stitch, you'll sleep on Scooby's inside, Angel will sleep on my inside, and I'll sleep on the far right end of the bed." She said to the aleins, who were busy goofing off.
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Nick left the room andf made his way back towards the door. The good news, was that they had secured a safe spot. the bad news was that they had no idea how many Shurlups they were up against. they hadn't met any on their trip. that was a good thing, Nick supposed.
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Ducky and Petrie walked over to where Nick was.
"The sooner we can get to them the sooner they'll be able to rest in here." Ducky said with concern in her voice. "I hope we can get them here quickly, I do." Ducky said.
"Sooner we leave sooner, we return." Petrie said nodding, not wanting to be out there to long. He looked around a bit to see how things looked inside. "Sure we have enough room. Have to move some things?" He said looking around the room.
Ducky looked around, "Cleaning when there is more light may be also a good idea, if there is time." She said.
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Nick led them out of the resteraunt and back to the camp. Stripetail smiled as he saw them coming. "I trust you found a safe place. " he said, fingerng his staff and gazing at Nick intently. "Well, We have found a place, my office, but i don't think you can fit everyone in there. "
_ Stripetail nodded. "Well we're only giing to have about ten in all. Ali for example is staying .."
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I'm coming" the longneck replied. "I want to be with my friends" She shot the wizard a look. "I'm comuing along." Nick Shrugged. "You'll have to slep on the floor." 'I don't care" ali said, as Long As I close to my friends, I'll be fine.
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"Is there a nearby area where you can put some that has an entrance to your office?" Ducky asked. "Maybe some can be there if you can not fit all into your office." She said wanting to get folks inside, and likely better then being outside here in case it rained or got cold.
"Where monsters no close." Petrie said. Not liking the idea of monsters being nearby any area.
Ducky looked at Ali, "I would very much like us to stay together if possible too, yes I would." She said liking the idea of them being together. Things would seem less strange and she'd be a bit more at ease with friends nearby.
"Petrie too." Petrie said nodding and agreeing with Ali and Ducky, liking the idea of them being together. He'd be a little less afraid with friends close by.
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(OCC: Is it alright if I join in? I know it is kinda late but this looks funny.)
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(OOC: Up to Nick22, but I say sure.)
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(OOC: Looks like you're free to post, welcome to the rp. Hope you have lots of fun. )
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Talon, Kenji, and Underdog listened while the others gave their "report," and the limit of people that can fit in their "beach head."
'That doesn't leave a whole lot of room left in the office,' Kenji thought.
"I guess we can stay out here in camp," Talon was the one to add, his tone with a slight disappointment.
"No need to fret, my good dinosaur," Underdog said with confidence, "To keep the monsters from escaping the compound shouldn't be a bore."
"What did he say?" the raptor turned to the human.
"He said that we can set up a perimeter around the building to keep the shurlups from breaking out," Kenji replied.
"Oh..."
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We can probably fit about 15 in the office" Nick said. "So.. we can add 11 more. Stripetail, myself, Ali, Underdog, Kenji Talon, we're all going.
_ i'm coming too" Lilo soke up. "I wabt to be with Stitch and Angel." Nani cut in. "I'm coming too, I'm responsible for Lilo' Nani said. "We're coming too' Pleekly and HjUmmba chimed in. "
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Anyone else wish to copm,e along?' Stripetail said, looking t the gatheered group. "We can squeeze in two more. "As for the Shurlups, they have no real need to lea ve the area, once they have secured a breeding ground, they will stay there as long as it takes for the female to give birth to their pups. tghat usually takes a few weeks, sometimes as long as a week. We may be, then, stuck inside Nick's office for a week."
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I'm coming too, Shaggy said. "although I'm not sure If I want to spend a whole week with the lot of you.. unless there's food, in which case, I'll make do."
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"There may be room if we clean the messy broken stuff on the ground out, there may. Do you think there will be enough room in your office, or will another area have to be used as well?" Ducky said, then looking at Stripetail as she spoke the last part of her speech.
"It scary to separate. Safer as one herd then 2." Petrie said a bit scared of the idea of having to separate.
"I don't take up much room, as long as no big folk fall or roll over on me." Skitter said from where he stood.
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"This is going to be fun!" Talon perked up as he twirled his heavy weapon around like it was lighter than it really is, giving off a deep metallic sound as it cut through the air.
Kenji rolled his eyes. 'This going to be a LONG first night...' he thought to himself...
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'We'll simply have to squeeze everyone in by the cots. I only have two, and those have already been claimed." Nick said, replying to Ducky's question. "Having so many in a close areea will ensure that no one is really cold, because of the combined heat everyone is giving off. Plus Nani has a number of blankets.."
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There's glass and debris everywhere, we're simply going to have to make do.' Stripetail said. "But if you want to clear out the debris then fine, you may do so.." He added. 'Now come on... we've got no time to lose. we must get to his office quickly and settle up for a seige. "
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Ducky nods, "It will be safer for us all once we are together with the rest in the room, it will." She said. "As for cleaning if some want when everyone is rested maybe some will or maybe not. " Ducky said. She wanted to get to where the others were to both make sure they were ok and to get the 2 groups back as one since she had been taught and learned that it was safer in a herd then alone.
"Petrie think it safer there then here. Safer in numbers then alone." Petrie said sighing slightly. He'd prefer to be back in the Great Valley but he knew he could not just leave these folks here and his friends would not either.
"Fine, as long as I have a place no big folks will fall or roll over on me." Skitter said. When this commotion was over he'd head back through the tunnel and go back home, not telling any of the odd things that happened here, or if he did he'd pretend it was all a dream he had while taking a nap in a cave tunnel.
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The magical squirrel did not have to repeat himself as Talon and Kenji grabbed their bags and started towards the back entrance, with Underdog following along. The human drew one of his swords as a precaution.
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Stripetail's staff glowed as he moved quickly toward the back of the resteraunt. "Today was difficult, but nothing compared to what lies ahead. Shurlups are dangerous creatures, and we're facing a wholebunxh of trhem' He said quietly to himself as he went along.
_ Shaggy's stomach began to grumble. 'geesh, I'm starving.. " He said as he followed Nick and AStripetail. "You just ate a couple hours ago.." Nick said. "and most of the food we had in stoerage is ruined anyway. You're going to have to make do Shaggy.. We all are.."
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"Let's all hurry there, and be careful, then we can all begin to rest once we are back there." Ducky said, not sure about being divided up like this.
"Me wish they would just go away." Petrie said.
"This is something we'll have to deal with when we have to deal with it, till then we can rest while we can." Ducky said to petrie to try to calm him and reassure him.
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Talon, Kenji, and Underdog stopped when they reached the back doorway to the restaurant, turning to the others as they joined. They don't know where the office is inside, so they'll probably have to let Nick lead them in.
"Everyone ready?" Kenji asked around.
"Ready?" Talon replied. "I've been ready for years!"
"We left for vacation only a few days ago! You were fighting just before then."
"Really? Wow..."
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Nick opened the broken door, and left it open for the others to follow. He turned at the corner and made his way to his office. His feet become heavy, as he trudged along, he was very tired, and only now was he realizing how tired he was..
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Ducky & Petrie kept a look out for any signs of danger that they could see as they stood near the back door, ready to help shield and protect the others so they could easily get to the office if needed.
"Me glad when this over." Petrie said a bit nervously.
"It will be Petrie. We'll have to do our best till then." Ducky said.
"The Great Valley nor the Mysterious Beyond were never like this." Skitter said.
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Kenji and Talon followed close behind Nick as he led the team in. Talon was rather quick to notice Nick's fatigued state by his walking. The raptor will be quick to cover him if something was to jump out in front of them from the darkness. Underdog followed in near the back of the pack.
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Scooby stiirred on the cot as Nick and the rest reached the office. Both he and Dixie had fallen asleep within the last few minutes, Angel and Stitch were starting to nod off.
_ Stripetail went in and took stock of the situation. "Alright... we'll have to pair off in groups. Detrie, petrie and Ali will be in one group. Ali's too big to sleep on the cot, buty she can sleep next to it.. nani,Lilo Jummba and pleekly you can sleep her in the middle between the two cots. "
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"That good idea, me tired." Petrie said as he walked over to the area assigned to him with his eyes only half open and walking a bit slower then usual.
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"So the rest of us can keep watch?" Kenji inquired.
"Sit around? All night?" Talon seemed disappointed. "This is usually the best time to go hunting..."
"Not everyone's up to that yet. Give the others time to refresh and THEN you can go hunting."
"OK then!"
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Dixie stirred as Stripetail came over by her. "Sleeping, are we?' he said smiling slightly. 'yeah.. Both Scooby and I have been sleeping.. for a little bit at least" She said, yawning a little, showing her canines in the process. "Well, you're going to have to move next to Scooby. " But.. Nick already set up this cot. Scooby and Stitch on one side and Angel and me on this side" She protested. Stripetail gave her a look. "We have a lot more people in here now, and it would be better if we can squeeze as many people ion these cots as possible." He paused..
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Ali Stretched a little as shge went over to the second cot, where friends were already choosuing the side on which they would sleep. "Goodnight , guys" She said, exhausted.
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Ducky and Petrie went over to the cot, and talked it over a bit before one went to one side and the other went to the other to lay down. They lay down and soon went to sleep being tired from the events over the day and what they did.
Skitter found a nice quiet place and went to sleep also. Snoopy leaded against the wall and soon went to sleep.
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"I've already set those guys up" Nick said to Stripetail."Besides, they're already asleep, so it doesn't make sense to move them around, "Stripetail pulled at his whiskered in thought. "Alright, Nick. But tommorowm,, we're going to have to rearrange the cots to fit more of us on them.
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Nick nodded. "Alright. that sounds Fair" he said, uyawning as he did so. "Some of you who are standing guard, make sure the door is closed before you turn in.."
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Ali settled in beside the cot and soon was asleep along with he friends. Shaggy took a blanket from nani and settled next to Scooby's side of the cot. 'Good, Night Scoob. Good Night Dixie. Man, today was WEIRD" Sghhagy said, as Stripetail walked around, creating pillows out of midair for those who had to sleep on the floor. "Shaggy, you make a living going after creeps in masks and bedsheets. Weird is par for the course, for you guys..' Dixie replied. "But all that said, today was eventful, I'll agree. Hopefully tommorow you won't have to sleep on the floor... goodnight.. " she said settling back into her pillow.
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The night paasse uneventfully in the office, but out ij the dining room, the Shurlups had starting bringing up mud and goop from underground. What they were doing with it, I couldn't say, possibly they were using as some sort of insulation, to make those area feel more comfortable. it then that the first female arrived on the scvene. this one was a large female, with beady eyes, sharp teeth, and pale , flabby skin. This was not good fot the group sleeping in the office, more like her would be coming in shortly...
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Ducky, Petrie, Skitter and Snoopy continued to sleep through the night, each as best as they could.
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Kenji, Talon, and Underdog stood guard at the office door throughout the night, the human and Utah raptor unerred by fatigue as they waited for anything coming their way. Underdog, however, nodded off several times before finally lolling off into a deep sleep ontop Talon's back. Faint but clear, the two could hear occasional shuffling and echoes of banging noises from where the shurlups have made their lair, and sometimes the usual audible shuffling and shifting of the others in the room while they slept...
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Ducky, & Petrie continued to sleep, with some occasional dreaming. Snoopy was unable to sleep very well tell he climbed on top of a piece of furniture with a narrow top, and went to sleep on top of it, his ears clamping down to keep him in place, the same as they do when he sleeps on his doghouse. Skitter slept in a place that looked unlikely to have any large folk fall or roll onto him.
(OOC: if folks say the way Snoopy's ears clamp down is a stupid idea, to bad. I take it to be canon since I saw an interview with Charles Shultz, loooong ago on tv where someone asked how Snoopy keeps from rolling off of his doghouse as he sleeps and Charles Shultz said his ears clamp down to keep him in place, which to me is canon since the creator said so, like Gene Roddenbery saying Kirk is psi nill.)
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Stripetail slept in a corner facing the doorway. His keen sense told him trouble was coming..'Tommorow the battle wil resume.." he thought.. 'This wil be our oasis.,. our refuge.."
_ Scooby Shuffled in his sleep and moved close to Dixie. he was not aware that he was doing this..but it caused stitch and Angel to be roused from their sleep. "You're squishing us Scooby. " Stitch said impatiently. Angel growled. she was being squeezed , with stitch being pushed into her on one size, and forcing her into Dixie on the other. Dixie suddenly stirred with a spasm of pain. Angels claws had raked open her side wound, and she clenched at it. "Mesa sorry" Angel said very quietly and with a think alein accent. "Sorry, Scooby pushed us into you' Stitch said. "Why don't you take my side and i'm move into the middle" Dixie grimaced. " and give us a wide berth.." She pressed her ring to her side, and tensed as the magic did its work. "So the ring can heal injuries,..' She thought to herself.. "AS fior you" She said aloud.. poking her cousin in the ribs..."Rhat!" Scooby spuutered comuing awake..'"You bumped these guys into mes.. and in turn reopened the wound that shurlup gave me" Dixie said sharply.."
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Keep it down!' Ali muttered. "some of us are trying to sleep.."
_ Sorry .. Ali is it?" Dixie replied.. "Well We're just moving around alightly.. we'll be back to sleep shiortly.. so please just try to ignore us as best you can.." She continued, as the two s\aleins crawled out of the way as Dixie moved into the center of the cot. " Angel as the first to move , jumping over dixie and landing her right side. Stitch followed suit, barely clearing his partner.
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Rhat rare rou roing.." Scooby said, sleep retaking it. "Moving over, so I don't get stratched again.. ' Dixie said.. taking her place in the middle of the cot.."now good night.." She said, turnning away from him and facing the other side of the room.
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Kenji turned his head to the commotion, and gave a deep sigh and slight head shake as he shifted his position to lean beside the door. He pulled one of the sword scabbards from across his back and held it tight, his thumb giving a slight push against the guard and drawing the blade no more than an inch from the sheath. With the other hand, he very slowly and carefully inched the door open, where a thin sliver of an opening gave way a faint noxious breeze from the hallway into his face. His gaze pierced as hard as a human could into the veil of forbading darkness down the hall where the monsters are making their lair. Moments felt like minutes as he waited for some mutated attrosity (sp?) to spring from the pitch black at him at unnatural speed before he finally forced himself to quietly close the door, turning his attention to Talon, who gave him a quizzical and worried stare...
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There was a long crash as some debris in the nearby kitchen crashed into the ground. The crash was loud enough to rouse a number from thier sleep. Stripetail stirred and got up from the corner where he had been sleeoping. We walked over to Talon to Kenji. "see anything Yet?' he said.
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Petrie, Snoopy & Skitter slept through the noise, for now at least, but it woke up Ducky who looked around a bit. "What was that?" She asked a bit startled and afraid, low enough to not wake up anyone.
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'Yeah, what the heck was that?' Dixie complained.Being a dog, she had very sensitive hearing...She propped herself up on the cot and looked out on the doorway.
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It was likely some debris falling but.." Stripetail fingered his staff. "One can never be sure. We may as well investigate it." He said looing at the others who were stil up, or who had been awakened by the crash. "weho wants to come with me?"
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"Who can see better at night then others, or has a good sniffer. Those, maybe, should be among those who investigate. I'm willing to, even though I do not have either better then normal seeing at night ability, nor a sniffer as good as Chomper's." Ducky said.
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Underdog was jarred awake by the noise outside the office. Kenji and Talon readied themselves as the human creaked open the door to look down the hallway.
"There's nothing coming our way, yet," Kenji replied to the magical squirrel.
Talon raised a claw like a child in a classroom. "I can go with you!" he happily volunteered. "I can see and smell very well in the dark."
"We may have to make the group small and swift, in case you have to get back in a hurry," Kenji inquired. "That clearly sounded like kitchen equipment, and that was supposedly where these monsters first emerged."
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AlrightStripetail said, happy at the voluntteers. Lets go.'And quietly, so you don't wake anyone else up. As for seeing in the dark'" he gripped his staff and it began to glow. "No need, just stick close to me and my staff Ducky, and we'll be fine. "
_ Dixie climbed off the cot slowly, as to not wake Scooby or the aliens. "I coming with you guys Lead the way."
Stripetail waited as Dixie came up to him, as did Underdog. there were 6, including himself 'Kenji, Underdog, Dixie Ducky, and Talon.." He counted them off. " Kenji and talon, you'll go in front. blades and weapons at the ready. "Everyone should have their weapons drawn just in case... Ducky , you can stay by me if you wish, or you can go in front or back. Dixie and Underdog, You'll cover the rest of us from behind.."
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"I think I will stay with you so I am not in the way of the others." Ducky said as she got the rest of the way up from having been sitting on the cot and walked over to the others. "Let us hope we find nothing." She said, "but be prepared for more."
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Kenji gave a small nod and drew both his swords as he took the front, the blades gave off a faint but oddly light blue glow as it reflected off of the light of the squirrel's magic staff. He moved to the wall on one side to let Talon take the other, his glaive pointed down towards the blackness and his keen predator eyesight adjusted quickly to accommodate for the low light. Underdog flew off the raptor's back and U-turned to the back of the group next to Dixie.
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Dixie nodded as the beagle landed by her. The light from Stripetail staff was enough for her to see the figures of the rest of the group, and little bit inm front of them, but that was it. "Couldn't you make it a little brighter?' She asked.
_ Stripetail turned back. "No. We cannot risk alerting any shurlups to our presence." He said turning his head back in front
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They had entered the kitchen and were making their way towards the dining room. there was a odorous stench in the air, foul and heavy. It smelled like rancid meat...that had been left in the sun for days on end.."Gawd! What a horrible smell!'; Dixie sputtered.
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Definitely Shurlup. They're nearby. Be ready everyone.. " As he said this, they could now hear noises coming in from the dining room. Low pitched grunts, mixed in with a few high pitched squeals, that grew in tone and tenor as they approched.
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"It smells worst then egg eater breath." Ducky said putting her hand over her nose and being glad she didn't have Chomper's sense of smell.
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"I hear now that they will very come," Underdog said, "Should we fight or should we run?"
"I want to see how my glaive works on these things," Talon protested.
Kenji hushes the two quiet. "We're not sure yet if they even know we're here. Their sense of smell should not be as good with the B.O. they leave behind..."
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Ducky was silent trying to hear what she could hear. "We should not fight if we do not have to, no, no, no. Who knows what they may be up to." Ducky said.
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"Fioghting may be an unavoidable option, unfortyuinately" Stripetail replied. "for now we have the element of surprise" He continued, his free paw straying towards his sword. He drew it, and it glowed with a faint, odd light. this was an ancient blade, crafted by swordsmiths whose knowledge and skills were no longer in the world today. Stripetail held his blade tight in his paw, and thrust his staff forward, towards the dinning room door. The smell grew fouler as he approached, water was streaming out of his eyes now. He muttered something under his breath..and then he reached the dooor, and openwed it. _
the dining room was now filled with Shurlups.. some were coming and going out of holes in the floor, others were carrying and setting down what sounded to be mud.. although it could have been nearly anything..in the darkness uit was impossible to say what it was for certain. Stripetail noticed some smaller Shurlups sitting down by the holes."FEMALES" He spat underneath his breath, although his words were discernable to the others behind him. "Things are becoming very bad for us..' He said quietly, turning towards the others.
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"if we must fight then we must." Ducky said. Then did the hand and arm motions to change to her guardian form. whispering "Great Valley Swimmer Guardian." Water washed up from the ground over her form to silently change her.
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Dixie activated her armor. "shall we asttack, Stripetail?' She asked quietly.
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Stripetail was busy guerssing how many Shurlups there were.. at least 30. "We're outnumbered at l;east 5 to 1. But since we have the elwements of surprise... go ahead.."
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"I'm find with these odds..." Talon replied with a toothy grin.
Kenji ignored the remark and focused his attention on what seemed to be the females sitting down by the holes. As Stripetail gave the word, the human flung one of his swords towards the foul creatures. An eerie buzz echoed from the spinning sword's blade as it seemed to freely change its direction between the shurlups, and quickly homed in on one of the females with a metallic ring as it hit its mark...
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The blade pierced the Shurlurp right through the heart. It let out a high -pitched gurgling squeal, and fell to the ground. The squeal alerted nearby shurlups who gathered over the fallen female, and looked at the blade sticking out of her, as if they weren't sure what it was.. Then the group let forth oa volley of anguished howls.. they were obviously pissed,.
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'Nice shot Kenji' Stripetail said. "But now they're REALLY pissed. He let fiorth a ffireball, and it landed right in the middle of the group throwing them backwards and igniting the corpse of the Shurlup. The sudden light lit up the room, casting shadows everywhere. "Now we canm see them' He said. "and vice versa. " the anguished screams of the shurlups were earsplitting , if the rest of the group back in the office wasn't awake before they probably were now. a number of shurlups raced over the floor towards Stripetail. Dixie stepped in front of him, she had run over and found her sword sticking out of pile a mithril. She now held it out in front of her face. 'these boys are mine" She said with a snarl, blade at the ready. Dixie slashed and cut at them, tryinmg to drive thwm back.
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"Ice tooth." Ducky said and an icicle flew point first from one of her hands around the her present team mates at one of the shurlups.
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Talon met the shurlup's screams with a deafening roar before charging into action. He leaped over three charging shurlups and spun around with his glaive in one stroke, cutting the monsters down. Another anguished howl beside him forced the raptor to turn and raise his weapon to block the monster's attack, but the sheer force of the menace knocked him backwards onto his back, the shaft of his weapon holding back the snarling jaws of the shurlup on top of him...
Underdog hovered above the floor before a gang of shurlups. With a defiant glare, the beagle inhaled deeply and let forth his atomic breath to blow back the monsters...and sprung back as a female shurlup swung at him with her claws, which met the corner of his cape and shredded it...
Kenji slid into the fray, dodging and cutting, as he made his way towards the flaming corpse. Rolling towards it past the rancid monster's attacks, he grabbed the impaled sword from the fire and pulled it out, its blade now glowing red with extreme heat. A claw clamped on his shoulder as he turned his head to spot the second claw coming down at his face...and he twisted in to bring his scorching blade even faster into the shurlup, cutting neatly through and even setting bits of the fur on fire. The lifeless corpse fell back and the claw ripped from the human's shoulder, leaving behind a bloody gash. Kenji turned his attention to the threat around him, currently unaware that his last kill was in fact a female and her claw left behind a poisoned wound...
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Stripetail gestured and threw a number of shurlup backwards. The battle was now fully joined. They had killed a number of Shurlup already, and the ground was stained red with Shurlup blood. Ducky's ice tooth had hit a Shurlup freezing it solid.
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Dixie waas busy slicing and stabbing at a pair of Shurlup. These were large shurlup, with huge arms and broad claws Dixie kept moving her feet as first one then the other swung at her. She backed off, allowing the Shurlup's momentum to carry them forward, and it was then she struck with her sword. the magic blade's edge was keen, and bit deep into the arm of the nearest Shurlup "The Shurlup roared in pain, and in its agony wretcghed Dixie Blade from her paw. It scratched vainly at the blade, embdedded in its arm. Dixie was now diown to her ring.. and armor.
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Ducky saw what Dixie was up to and aiming her hand said, "Ice tooth." shooting off another icicle at the shurlup to try to distract it or damage it further so it's attention would not be on Dixie, to try to allow her time to retrieve her weapon, or do whatever her plan was.
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Duck'yy spell missed hitting the Shurlup directly b, byut did catrch eenough it it tio freeze it in place. Dixie used the respite to jump out of the way of the Shurlup, then in one fluid motion, sprang forward grasped the hilt of her blade and pulled it out of the harm. the shurlup screamed in fresh agony as Dixie pulled her blade out. it was smoking ansd stained a deep red. the Shurlup stumbled, and a swift kick of from Dixie sent it flying into a nerarby mithril pile She looked with disgust at her blade. "I hope this washes off. she said, turning toward Ducky. "Thanks. Thats ice attacks a good one>' She said kindly.
_ Stripetail watched as Kenji and the others started making progress against the Shurlups. He noticed thee gash on Kenji's arm which was bleeding steadily Was that wound.. poisoned? 'Kenji! get over here! I want to look at you... KENIJI!' He exclaimed as the first spasms of paralsysis made themselves evident.
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Kenji could not hear Stripetail's calls in the fray, as he battled off more shurlups surrounding him and trying to cut him off from the others. It was then he realized his arm began to stiffen and lose feeling as the poison coursed further into his body. A moment of instinct forced him to dodge an oncoming attack and spin with his now lifeless arm to slash the monster's throat. The momentum of the spin loosened his weak grip on the sword and the blade flew out and twirled into a nearby wall, embedding itself. He looked over at the clawed gash in his shoulder and silently cursed himself as he went back to fighting as best as he could against the remaining beasts, but it was soon as the poison continued towards the rest of his body...
Talon, on his back with a shurlup snarling in his face, raised his foot and plunged the large talon into the monster's chest, causing it to screech in pain, and then used his powerful legs to launch it across the room. He rolled back onto his feet and readied himself again, and spotted Kenji in the center of the commotion with his arm bleeding profusely and limp at his side. "Kenji!" he started as he makes his way towards his friend when he is suddenly cut off by a trio of rancid beasts...
Underdog flew back to avoid his adversary and used his flying to loop around and give strength to an already powerful uppercut, hurling the monster headfirst through the ceiling. He heard Talon call out to Kenji and the beagle noticed what was happening, but the distraction almost cost him when he barely dodged a pounce by more shurlups...
Kenji, now only in a defensive stance and slashing his remaining sword this way and that to keep his attackers at bay, notices his hearing and sight are starting to blur, and his balance was starting to sway as his left leg was starting to weaken. He knows that the monsters are smart enough that he was poisoned by a female, and are now keeping him occupied and trying to separate him from the others...
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Stripetail raced into the fray, using bopth blade and staff in a vicious onslaght. He was a sight to behold, blasting at any Shurlup, male or female that dared to come near him. Perhaps sensing his powers, few did.
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Stripetail broke through to Kenji, and it was just in the nick of time. the paraysis had just spread to his other arm, and Stripetail saw the human topple forward. The Shurlup nearest to him stood back, as if to say "This one is doomed.." Stripetail clenched his fists and blasts the inantentive Shurlups, sending them flying sideways into a wall. He grabbed the Human by the shoulder. "Kenji! We must get you out of here! You have been poisoned.. Talon! Get over here and help me carry Kenji out of here!" he said as he truied to get Kenji to lean on him. Stripetail was a strong squirrell, but Kenji's paralysed body was around 200-225 pounds of dead weight.. he would need help getting him out.
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Dixie loooked over as she finished off another Shurlup. that made 7 Shurlup she had slain. She noticed Stripetail moving towards her slowly, , Kenji leaning his shoulder. "Hang on ! I'm coming to helop! " She called out.
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Ducky saw the goings on and summoned up another icicle to try to keep the Shurlups busy, attempting to hit any that seemed to be going for those helping Kenji or cutting off their escape route. She looked to see if any were headed over for her position as well.
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At that time, Kenji had lost feeling in both his arms and one of his legs, his sword only dangling between his limp fingers. Slurred echoes of voices tried to reach his hearing, but he could catch none of the words. He somehow felt himself being carried by someone, rather small in size, so he hoped it wasn't a midget shurlup...
Talon, now filled with a predatory ferocity, gave off a furious roar in the ugly faces of the monsters in front of him, startling them backwards out of his way. The path cleared, he quickly closed the distance between him and Stripetail with Kenji. With a free claw, the raptor picked up his friend carefully and placed him on his back. "I got him now!" he said to Stripetail.
Underdog quickly dispatched the beasts surrounding him with his atomic eyesight, sending some of them ablaze. He flew across next to Ducky so he can keep their escape clear for the team. This was not what they had planned...
As Kenji was lifted onto the dinosaur's back, his sword slipped from his lifeless hand to the ground. Everything in his sight was blurred and nothing more than a splattering of colors and light...
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'retreat" Stripetail called out to Dixie.. This outcome was, to be honest, not unexpected, given the sheer numbers it would have near miraculous had they not had one or more of their members injured seriously. He was relieved that Talon had taken Kenji off his paws. A quick glance saw shurlups dragging their dead underground. the battle was over and the result was inconclusive. While trhey had kjilled a good number of the Shurlups, thwey had not driven them away from the resteraunt, and Kenji's condition was very serious.
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Dixie wiped her blade on the ground, and hastened over to Stripetail and the others. She held out her blade in friont of her, daring any Shurlups to attack. Apparently though, the Shurlups were content to just watch them leave, many of the were heading down into the holes, dragging the corspses of their dead down with them.
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Ducky stood ready to cover the retreat of the others. "You go back, I"ll cover your retreat, I will, I will." She said, nodding.
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Talon was the first to leave down the hallway with Kenji on his back, moving as quickly but carefully as he could back to the office. Underdog, now given a moment from fighting, flew with super speed and collected Kenji's swords, and then made his way back to the others remaining to cover their retreat.
The whole of Kenji's body was already limp, and he was just moments of blacking out. He knew there would only be a short time after fainting when the poison strikes his vital organs...
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Stripetail pulled out a vial filled with liquid, and waved it under Kenji's nose the vapors would help keep him from blacking out, at least for awhile. Depending on wghhere the victim was bitten and poisoned, the victim had anywhere from 5-24 hours to get treatment, without it, the poison was invaribly fatal.
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Ducky saw the others had left the room. She started back down the hallway, making sure to look behind her often to keep a look out for any Shurlups that may be trying to sneak up on them.
"Will he be ok?" Ducky asked looking at Kenji with concern in her voice.
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Talon paused to look back at his friend on his back. "He's lost some blood," he replied, "We need to stop it as soon as we get back." He continued on and rounded the corner to see the office door in sight.
Something striking his nostrils jarred him awake, but back into the blurred commotion of colors and noises. He has no idea what is happening around him, and he couldn't move his body to do anything about it...
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"hes in bad shape" Stripetail said grasvely. "We only have a few hours.. if he does not get treatment soon, he will die.. Shurlup poison attacks the vital organs, causing vital organ failure within hours. There is a wahy to treat it, and I can whip up a treatment, but it will take time.. which is not something, he has much of.."
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Ducky looked at Kenji with concern on her face. "Maybe I can put him into cold sleep. Mr. Thicknose said that it can be helpful in certain situations to do that, which Mr. Thicknose said freezes someone solid. and can be undone later." Ducky said.
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Puttuing him into cold freeze has its own risks.." Stripetail replied.. "But if things are going bad, I'll allow you to do it.."
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Talon gave an angry snort as he entered the office. He set the glaive down on one of walls so that he can use both his claws to carefully remove the human off his back and setting him down. He looked at the bleeding gash on Kenji's shoulder. "This must be stopped," he said, and then looked at the others. "Is there a First Aid around here?"
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Nick was awkoen by the sound of the returning group. " "I might have some bandages in the desk over there..' He said looking at kenji. "what happened to him?"
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He was poisoned by a female Shurlup" Stripetail said. he gestured and Scooby Angel and Stitch werre lifted off of their cot. He was clearing a space for them tio lay Kenji down..
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"I do hope you can help him, I do, I do." Ducky said with concern in her voice.
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"we're going to need all the help we can get" Stripetail said. " find as many blankets as you can, we need to keep him sstable and as warm as possible. Dixie" he turned anmd pointed at her. "Wake Nani and have her help."
_Reh!' Scooby exclamied, awaking from him sleep, and noticing he was floating in mid air./ "rop rit! Ror Ri"ll rast riou!" he said sharply, he was not in a good mood.
_ Stripetail closed his paw and scooby driopped to the ground with a thud. "Scooby, Now not the time. I have enough on my plate without your grumbling. Kenji's in bad shape.. very bad shape.. You can help..."
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Rhat rere rou ruys roing? Scooby asked, rubbing his behind where he had fallen. "We were trying to drive the Shurlups underground" Dixie said to him, coming over Nani and Lilo, they had found a linen closet in the corner of the room. the sheets would serve for now as insulation. each of them were carrying linebns. "Cousin, go grab a few linens.. it doesn't matter the color or size. just go get some.." Dixie said, her eyes bright and alert...
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Talon laid Kenji down on the empty cot, the human's blood began to drip and stain the fabric. Kenji's breaths were shallow and struggling. The raptor then turned to where Nick had pointed out the location of the bandages and removed them from the desk, leaving behind deep claw marks in the wood...
Underdog shut the door behind him and set Kenji's swords down in a nearby corner.
Kenji continued to limbo in and out of consciousness as the poison slowly but surely continued about his body, closing in on sending him back into darkness...
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Ducky went in search of blankets, watching the others to learn what blankets were before she went in search of any. She returned with what she could find after looking around in the areas the others had not.
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Dixie and Nani put blanket after blanket on Kenji tucking them in at the corners so they would restrict his movement. Stripetail then examined the wound. the gash was a fairly large one, and the poison had caused the surrounding flesh to become red and puffed up. Stripetail put his paws togethers and cracked his knuckles loudly and let his claws move nimbly. " Alright lets begin" He said as Nick handed him a pair of sterile suctures. "Alright I'm going to need some light over the wound so I can see clearly.." he continued.
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Talon set the bandages down nearby and began looking around for a light source for Stripetail. He spotted a lamp on the office desk and checked to see if it worked. It did not give him trouble as he flipped the switch and the lamp illuminated the room. Careful not to snap the wire, he guided the lamp to the cot where Kenji is lying and pointed the light to cover the area around the human's injury...
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The lamp illuminated the wound nicely. Stripetail noticede a small black object deep in the wound. 'aha' He said probing the wound. "I think a piece of the shurlup's claw broke off in the wound. Like Bees who sometimes leave their stingers in a person when they sting you, so do shurlups sometimes leaves pieces of their claws in wounds. and the claws often have residual poison in them, so the poisoning can continue for some time after the fragment is left in the wound." He pinched th instrument around the fragment, and slowly , carefully removed it. the object was,, as he had suspected, a piece of the Shurlup's claw. it was perhaps half an inch long and and a little less than that wide. Stripetail set the fragment on a nearby box of bandages.
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Ducky watched what he was doing, she'd never seen anyone, even Mim, open someone up to heal them. "Will you be wanting to put some leaves or any plant parts on the wound when you are done to help it to get better faster?" She asked.
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Stripetail looked at her. "First I have to clean out the wound to make sure it stays clear of infection. Then I'll put leaves on it, bind it and bandage it.. Now" Stripetail poured some potion into the wound. It fizzled and stung as it reacted with the bacteria in the wound. Kenji's body reacted volently, his eyes flew open, and his arms and legs worked under the blanket. "That must be causing him some pain, judging by his reaction." Stripetail said. he waved the vial of vapors under Kenji's nose again.
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"Hold on" Nick said. reaching out and touching stripetail's arm." We have to let him recover from the potion first, otherwise in his condition we could be making him worse" Stripetail sighed, then looked at him, "Alright".
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"Is it ok to leave him laying here, or should he be moved to more comfortable place after the work on his wounds is done?" Ducky asked with concern and some curiosity.
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(OOC: Hey, does anyone mind me joining in on this as soon as I've finished reading all of the topic thus far?)
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(ooc: It's ok with me.)
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(Jump right in)
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Spyro glanced around the small room. "Where are we?"
"I don't know," Cynder replied from off to his left.
He glanced over and made out the shape of the other young dragon in the darknes. He remembered chasing her into a cloud and then suddenly he was just standing here on solid ground.
"Where's Sparx?"
"You're standing on him," the dragonfly replied from beneath Spyro's foot.
"Oh, sorry," Spyro said raising his foot.
The yellow dragonfly took to the air, his glow illuminated the room they were in and they quickly glanced around. There were two wooden poles with long bundles of white hair set against the wall as well as some poles that ended with stiff yellow hair. Several bottles of something, which Spyro guessed might be potions lined the wall. They were facing what looked like a door. They could hear shuffling noises coming from behind it.
(They're in a broom closet. I don't know enough about the cafe's layout to know whether the closet exits out into where the Shurlaps are.)
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Nice stopped as he heard voices in the corner brroom closet. "What the..' he muttered as he walked away from the cot, towards the closet door. "Alright.." He began as he opened the door. Inside was a assortment of brooms mops, buckets.. and .. it was occupied.."Alright.." Nick breathed as he beheld these newcomers. "Out! Come out!"
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"Ah, it's a hideous monster!" Sparx yelled, hiding behind Spyro's head.
Spyro and Cynder both backed a few steps away from the strange creature.
"You're not going to attack us, are you?" Cynder asked suspiciously.
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No" Nick replied, looking at these odd creatures,. One was purple with two crooked horns, a large face, and purple eyes. the other was black, slightly smaller than the other, and was thinner, this one had a face that reminded him a parrot ot toucan, thin and beaklike. it had deep green eyes, like a emerald. a light moved around in the room, it was a dragonfly... "
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Dixie moved over and peered into the room. " Are those.. dragons? But I thought dragons were just mythical." she asked looking at the newcomers.
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"Oh, you're not going to kill us?" Sparx asked, peeking out from over top of Spyro's head.
"Nope, we're real," Spyro said. "My name is Spyro. The dragonfly is my adopted brother Sparx."
"And I'm Cynder," the black dragoness said.
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"They look like 4 footed sharpteeth, but I've not seen any 4 footed flying sharptooth that looked like that before, no I have not." Ducky said looking over at the commotion at the broom closet then at the folks that came out of it.
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I'm Dixie" Dixie said. "Over theere is my Cousin Scooby, and his owner Shaggy. The squirrell over there is Stripetail.. and I'll let the others introduce themselves" She said moving over and letting them come out.
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I'm Nick' Nick said. "So, Spyro. how did you guys get here?' He asked out of curiousity.
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"I am Ducky, a swimmer." She said, then pointed to Petrie who managed to sleep through the commotion and goings on, "He is Petrie a flyer, that little longneck is Skitter."
"hello." SKitter said stepping out from the place he had been sleeping under and had been watching the goings on and keeping out of the way.
"He is Mr. Ace." Ducky said indicating Snoopy who took off his hat and goggles and did a bow.
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The trio stepped out of the closet, Sparx still trailing behind the other two.
"We were playing tag," Cynder replied. "We flew into a cloud and then all of a sudden ended up in there."
She flicked her tail at the closet. Spyro glanced around the room. Dixie, Scooby, Stripetail, and Mr. Ace all looked something like the Atwala from tallplains. The dinosaurs reminded him a bit of his own kind, especially the "longneck."
He wasn't sure what to make of the humans, for some reason they reminded him of the apes.
Sparx hovered up toward the ceiling and his attention was immediately drawn to the injured Kenji.
"What happened to him?" the dragonfly asked nervously.
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"Long story Nick said. "This is a resteraunt- a place where people go to eat.. I doubt you have anything like that where you come from.."
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Stripetail glanced up from tending Kenji. 'Welcome to the Insane Cafe.. we now are at fyull capacity. I am lord Stripetail, seer magician, wizzard, whatever you want to call me.."
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I'm stitch, this Angel' Stitch smiled a toothy grin. Anngel smiled. 'Hello' She said in thick alein voice.' I'm Shaggy" Shaggy said. "groovy constumes.."
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"I am happy to meet you, I am. I hope you enjoy your stay here, I do." Ducky said to the newcomers.
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"Yeah... Well, I don't think we'll be staying," Sparx said. "Which way is out?"
"I don't know that getting out is going to be that simple, Sparx," Spyro said. "Anyway, it's nice to meet all of you."
Cynder nodded. "Yes, it is."
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Getting in not going to happen, for a few days at least" Nick said. "We must first drive out the Shurlupsd, large, nasty illtempered brutes who have taken over must of the resteraunt. "
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"That will likely be very difficult, it will." Ducky said nodding.
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Sparx sighed. "Great, more life-risking heroism stuff."
"Well, we can help," Spyro said. "We have experience fighting."
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'Good, " Stripetail replied. "We'll need all thew help we can get.. Now if you want you can rest in between the cots. Just picj out a space and its yours.."
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Ducky nods, "I think we'll need all the rest we can get, we will." She said.
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Spyro sat down on the ground. "Thanks, but we're not really tired."
Cynder nodded. "Yeah, it was the middle of the day, before we got here."
"Talk about jetlag," Sparx said.
"We could keep watch," Spyro volunteered.
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Meanwhile, Kenji has finally stopped twitching and fell into a deep sleep. Talon, paying little attention to the newcomers, placed his glaive on a nearby wall and sat next to the cot where his human friend lies.
"I can watch along with you two," Underdog replied. "Other than healing from our mishap with those fiends, there's not much else I can do."
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Stripetail continued to monitor Kenji';'s Condition.. "We must keep him stable at all times..' He said. 'The Rest of you can get some sleep, Talon and I will watch over Kenji here.." Kenji was in a deep sleep, which was actually a good thing.. as that woukld allow his body a chance to recover..
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Ducky nods, "As long as you are sure and it may be best. Then later some of us can take turns, yep,yep, yep." She said in a somewhat tired voice then headed over to her cot and lay down. Soon she was asleep.
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Soon, everyone, save for Stripetail, Spyro Sparx, cynder, Nick, Talon and Dixie were asleep. She turned her head towards the light from the lamp, and mobved her head up from the cot, as quietly as she could, to avoiding waking Scooby on her left, Angel and Stitch on her right, or for the matter anyone near her. "How is he doing?' She mouthed quietly, nodding at Kenji. "He's in a deep slumber. Come on over here. SPyro, Cynder, and .." he pointed at Sparx. "You guys do the same.
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"Good, I could use a snooze," Sparx said, flying up to the ceiling and landing on one of the rafters. "In anything breaks in, intent on eating us, don't mention I'm up here."
Spyro headed over toward the cots. Cynder glanced around the room. "I'm not really tired yet. I can stand watch for a few more minutes."
The purple dragon had meanwhile curled up at the foot of one of the cots. He looked over at Cynder. "Don't stay up too late."
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Stripetail nodded, as the black dragoness moved over towards the small group gathered around Kenji. "Have a seat' He said warmly. "So, Cynder, tel me a little more about yourself, so we can pass the time.."
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Talon leaned his shoulder on the wall as he watches on...
Kenji remains in a deep slumber, the worst of the ordeal finally passing over...
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Dixie turned away from watching the group and curled back on the cot. She moved close to Scooby, feeling the warmth of his breath as he slept. "I love you cousin. " She whispered as she settled down to sleep, half-hoping that Scooby didn't hear her say that. Scooby Snorted softly, his etyes fluttered briefly, then he resumed sleeping. Dixie yawned and laid her head on the pillow, and sleep soon overtook her.
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Petrie continued to sleep, turning over at one point, unaware of what had happened, having slept through the whole thing.
Ducky continued to sleep on, dreaming that all of her new and old friends were together in the Great Valley.
Snoopy dreamed of finally getting that Red Baron at least.
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A few hours would pass when Kenji begins to stir. He's hot and has been sweating for a while. Numbness had taken over his entire body and it was a challenge for him to open his eyes. His vision was blurred for quite some time before he could get some focus on some of the others that have sat around him. "If this is death," he muttered, "then this place is already dull..."
Talon had started to nod off when he heard his friend spoke, and almost jumped up in excitement, which could've knocked a lot of slumbering souls awake.
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Ducky opened her eyes only partially awake, "huh, wha..." she said in a mostly asleep voice.
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" No, you are not dead" Stripetail said Looking at him with a smile. "If you had truly died, you'd be in a long hall along with hundreds of other beings, waiing to be assigned their final place for all of time. Boring, but only until you are assigned a place. Fortunately, or unfortunately, you have pulled through. You are lucky, in many regards Kenji. The human will to live is a remarkable thing."
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"Either that, or we're just too stubborn to die," Kenji replied while cracking a weak smile. "How long was I out?"
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Ducky rubbed her eyes and set up, looking around at those who were talking, not fully awake, but awake enough to understand what was being said and going on. "We are all glad you made it, we are, we are." She said.
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Several hours." Stripetail replied. "You're lucky i know how to treat Shurlup poison, and managed to begin treatment quickly, otherwise you'd probably be dead right now. So thank your gods, fates, or random luck,whichever you prefer but you're still here. It will take a couple days for your body to completely clean out the poison. In short, you'll be sidelined for the time being. If you're wondering how the fight went, it was inconclusive, we killed several of them, but you got hurt in the process. Their numbers are growing.." Stripetail continued. "But for now, you should rest.
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"I probably should," Kenji replied, and then turned his gaze to Talon. "See if you can get Underdog to go get some reinforcements. I'm sure Claw and Razor would enjoy this as much as you do." He then turned his head to Ducky, whom has woken up. "I'm glad I made it, too. Thanks."
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"Ducky nods, "We all are. You'll need to rest." She then nodded at what he said, "Reinforcements may be of help." She said, "The shurlps do seem very powerful, they do, they do." Ducky said nodding.
(OOC: plus it may let me bring in a character, or more then 1, in an rp that folks lost interest in, maybe a gold ranger and pink dino ranger. If that isn't to silly for the rp. Or I can make her color orange instead of pink.)
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(sure Bring one In. But thats it imo., We'l have something like 30 creatures in this small room)
Nick yawned. "Its good to see you made it Kenji. We were worried there for awhile." He turned to Ducky. "Yes they are very powerful. If Stripetrail and his forces couldn't do more than fight them to a draw.. well.." He trailed off...
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(OOC: Bring them in how? and I guess with so many in the room some have to sit on another other's lap?)
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(OOC: Maybe the new arrivals find another "beach head" in the building?)
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(The on;y real safe place in the back of the building. Shurlups are very territorial. Most of those gathered in the office are sleeping obn the floor anyway. One more won't hurt. As for the enterance. you can have the dino crash through the ceiling, like Ali did.)
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(OOC: Sounds like you'd rather have a dino then a human? )
Ducky looked around a bit, "Should we do planning now, or rest? She then looked at Kenji, "Are you hungry or thirsty?" She asked.
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"More thirsty than hungry," Kenji replied. "But I'll sleep a little longer, first. I can't move much of my body anyway."
(OOC: I'll give my new arrivals that sort of entrance. It sounds so action-packed!)
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Ducky nods, "You can rest first, or maybe drink a bit of water before going back to sleep, it up to you, it is it is." Ducky said.
(OOC: Or I can just do a version of Douglas, and have him just appear. His being unstuck in time is helpful there.)
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(it can be a human or dino. doesn't matter to me..)
"make sure to keep your voices down" nick said. "remember that most of everyone here is sleeping. he turned to Stripetail. "I think we're going to have to borrow from you again to fix this place up again " he said somberly. the squirell made a face, his whiskers twitched, and he gave Nick a look. "There's more important things to worry about right now Nicholas" Stripetail said. "Ask me once those Shurlups asre pushed out." He paused. "Its getting colder. the thermostats haven't been wiorking now for a few hours and the temperatures dropping as a result.' Nick shivered, the air was getting nippy.
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Talon picked up one of the blankets off of Kenji and handed it to Nick. "You can have this if you're cold," he said. "I'm sure Kenji here doesn't mind."
"I'm sweltering enough already," Kenji added with a tired smile. "One less won't kill. Trust me."
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Nick took the blanket making a halfhearted attempt at a smile. he reached into his poxket and pulled out a small thermometer. He carried it with him whenever he got sick, wghich was rare. the mercury in the thermometer currently read 64. then it begun dropping. 60, 50 40, 'Its near freezing" he muttered. The tghermomerter stabilize at 36. "36 degrees.."
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"If Cera were here and in her ranger form she could make fire. I can ask Petrie with his sky fire attacks, but it is less precise then Cera's fire abilities."
(OOC: Guess I can bring in a version of Douglas if another person is needed. Not sure if anyone can detect if someone has enchanted stuff or is himself technically a magical being.)
A human appears sitting on the edge of something clear that is about the right height for a chair. In his hand is a half eaten hamburger.
"...yea Sabrina.." he says, having finished some sort of conversation. He then looks around, "I'm glad I paid for this before I poped off agian." He says in a calm voice, long use to vanishing from one place and appearing in some other place totally at random. He is regular looking with brownish hair, has on wrap around sun glasses, a vest with pockets of various sizes, a short sleeved shirt of the 1970's casual wear type and fabric, & his pants are made of a material from the 27th century.
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"And once again the cafe lives up to its reputation" stripetail said. "Welcome friend to the Insane Cafe." He looked at the newcomer, who was wearing an odd mixture of clothes. He was of regular height, about 6 feet tall, maybe a little taller. the vest he was wearing was pauchy, and appeared to be two-three sizes too big for him. the pants simmered in the fire light, changing colors along with the flames.
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Douglas waves with the hand not holding the hamburger., "Hello, I"m Douglas. This is a nicer reception then I usually get when I pop somewhere I've not been before." He said. He uses his free hand to reach under his vest and into one of it's inner pockets and pulls out a classic series communicator, "So that's where I put it." He says then puts it back in, his vest having no tell tale bulge, not even with his hand in his vest pocket. He feels around again. "I know I put the sandwich bag somewhere." he then pulls out a cylinder type of device and looks at it, "What is this, it looks familiar." He presses one of the buttons and the light saber lights, with a purple blade, "oh yes. I must remember to return this to Jolee Bindo, if I ever pop nearby where he is." he says and turns it off & puts it back into the same pocket. He then pulls out a glowing small bag. He puts the partially eaten hamburger into it and puts it into the inner vest pocket on the other side of his vest.
"My, it is a bit cold in here. Is that the custom around here?" He asks looking around. Though he is only beginning to feel the cold from the waist up. He wishes his shirt had not gotten so badly damaged during and adventure he had before he appeared in Moose's back yard. But at least he was able to morrow a shirt from him instead of having to wear a shirt that was half burnt everywhere.
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No, it is not the custom for temperatures to be this cold" Nick replied. his thermometer continued to register lower readings it was now 32 , exactly freezing. one by one, sleeping group members awoke to a cold blast of air. Stitch and Angel woke and found that ice and started to form on thier skin "We pair up Angel, with Scooby and dixie" Stitch said shivering. angel nodded.'Sure.." She said, her teeth chasttering against the cold.
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Scvooby opened his eyes, abnd turned his head. Dixie lay asleep beside him, and mixed rush of emotions raced through him at the sight of her sleeping so close to him. 'rixie" he said softly. rixie..' he put his paw on her shouldder and shook her gently. 'rime to rake rup... rah!' He yelped as Stitch jumped on him . Stitch was coldto the touch, and his yelp woke Dixie up. "Cousin. whats.. Ah!... angel had jumped on her.. " Angel you're FREEZING!" Mesa sorry, but Angel and botchiboo are very cold. plesa sleep with you and Scooby?" Angel spoke in a rush. Scooby and Dixie looked at each other, then looked at the two aliens , who smiled in what they hoped was a winning fashion.
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Ali shivered as sghe awoke. frost had started to form on her back. 'What is this stuff? Its REALLY cold.." She said aloud.
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"It is like ground sparkles during the cold times in the Great Valley, it is, it is." Ducky said.
Petrie awoke shaking some of the frost off of himself, "it feel like cold time here." He said.
Snoopy & Skitter awoke as well, both shivering.
Douglas continued to rub his arms with his hands. "To bad the shirt that went with the pants got burnt during a past adventure. Guess I should switch to my other forrm's noncombat mode." He said. He concentrated and what looked like mercury came from his skin and covered his body and reshaped itself.
"ah there, I don't feel the cold anymore." Douglas said feeling relief at not feeling the cold anymore.
Once the process was over he was an anthro wingless dragon with no claws on his fingers or toes and no visible pupils, his eyes being the same mercury or highly polished silver or steel to them. He still wore his vest, but his other clothes were not present, being sent somewhere during his transformation. He reached into one of his vest's inner pockets and pulled out a Captain Pike era phaser pistol.
"If you have some rocks handy I can heat them up with this. Lieutenant Spock showed me how on one of the away missions I was on with them." Douglas said.
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We don't have any rocks... and most of us here are trying to sleep " Lilo said groucjhily from her matress.
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Mercury is very poisonous " Nick said taking in the changed Douglass. " the first emporor of China died from mercury poisoning. He drank a mixture of mercury for almost ten years believing it would grant him immortality. in fact, it did the opposite. it left him a paranoid wreck and eventually killed him. so then how are you able to wear mercury in your armor?."
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Douglas nods, "I heard about him. I do hope one of my poping around is not to his era. I wonder where they got the idea of drinking mercury. it does seem rather unusual. As for this stuff it's not really armor. I have 3 forms since the dragon wizard did what he did. It was one of my past adventures and I did a sort of favor for him and some knights of New Camelot, an ally country of his, and that is how he rewarded me. He said it looks like mercury but is an alchemical substance mixed with other things. I don't know what the process was since I was in a trance for the whole thing. It took about a week or so I think. He said part of what was in it was the magical essence of both metal & mercury, hense the same appearance to mercury. He said I was not human but a type of magical being & some other stuff. Though he did keep my human form so I can change into it as part of the process. Hope I'm not boring you to much." Douglas said.
(ooc: hope it doesn't sound to weird, odd of, powergamy.)
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(No, Its fine. I'll just play along.)
'Well you're not the first magical person I've ever met" Nicksaid smiling, desopite the contined drop in temopeture. "Stripetail here is a great wizard in his own right."
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Stripetail went over and looked at the trandformed Daouglas, with more interest now that he was revealed as a magical creature.,'was the wizard's name Merlin, or merryllin?' he asked, his eyes twinkling. "If so, I've heard of him before." He paused. "What he did is known to wizards as Tri-Forming. Its a creation of two distinct forms, in addition to your original form. You can have, Bi-Forming, Quad-forming, quint-forming, and so on, the more forms are created and tied into you, the longer it takes and the more magical energy it requires. it takes a wizard of great skill to do this, as the risks of something going wrong are quite substantial. The use of mercury, for example is only permitted under strict regulations where i come from, and only when combined with other magical elements in order to balance its toxicity. the rules may be different where you were i cannot say for sure. each dimension has its own rules..'
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Talon also gave a shiver as he looked at his tail. "If this room gets any colder, I'll lose my tail to frostbite! Think you can spare another blanket, Kenji?"
But Kenji was already fast asleep...
"To keep us warm, I'll start a small blaze," Underdog chimed in. "That should put us in a warming phase!"
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"Would that be safe" Ducky asked.
"If you had a large enough area with no flammables nearby it should be safe." Douglas said.
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you'd have to have some flammable stuff, like.. er... paper.." Shaggy said, shivering from the cold. What are those things .. those paper wedges thatr you see ..."
_ Doilies, I think they are called. ' Nick said. 'We could risk a trip into the kitchen, and grab some of the debris and use it for fuel. Its little use just sitting here and wait for the temperatrure in here to drop below zero.. And it will, its already approaching twenty degrees."
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Sciooby stratched his head. " Right, rou ruys ran ruddle rith rus. Rixie...rou rave ro ret really rose ro re." Dixie sighed. She would have prefered not to do this. For one thing.. she valued her personal space'. Personal space would be impossible in the proposed arrangement. "alright, But, only, if they warm themselves up first.' She shivered. "It's really ciold in here, and I don't want to feel like I'm sleeping next to a block of ice.. Angel..'" she said looking at the pink alien with a frown. You'll sleep in between us.. "
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There won't be room." Stitch said.. We sleep on your stomachs, keep the warm. He said with a grin. Dixie rolled her eyes....
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Before anyone could protest, Underdog whisps out of the room down into the dark hall, and soon returns with a large armfull of paper doilies.
Talon snorts. "That's a funny way to make paper..."
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"Handy, but how long will that paper burn? Douglas asked.
"They look pretty." Ducky said looking at how the doilies, or parts of them she could see looked.
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'It won't last long, as a single piece. But in tthese amounts.." Nick said. Nick took a handful of dollies and tossed a few to Stripetail. a couple of dollies fluttered to the floor. Stripetail grabbed them, gestured and the pawful of dolies ignited. " Quickly, put some of these into a pile.. and I'll toss these onto them"
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Douglass looked at the doilies, thinking, "If you could compact them very tightly they may burn longer. I have an uncle who tightly packs newspaper into what looks sort of like logs and they last longer then if you toss in new papers by themselves."
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Nick nodded. 'my folks compact them into balls, its the same idea." Nick dropped a handful of doilies on the floor next to Scooby and Dixie's cot. Stripetail rushed over, his doilies now nearly halfway burnt. He tossed them onto the pile, which slowly ignited. Stitch and Angel climbed onto Scooby's pillow and felt the heat rise up from the flames. they relaxed, as they stretched their arms out over the fire. "this much better" they said in unison.
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Dixie and scooby soon followed suit.dixie took a deep breath as she felt the heat reach her paws. "Oh, does that feel good! Almost as good as a hot bath and a late night snack... low fat of course.. I have to watch my weight.." She added quickly. 'ratch rour reight?" Scooby repeated, snickering a little.. 'Cousin I'm not like you. I can't shovel down junk food by the trayful and not gain weight as a result. I don't know how you and Shaggy do it. By rights you should be over a hundred pounds, and shaggy should be around three hundred. '
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"Its our metabolism. its really high" Shaggy said, coming over to take in the heat, and he was not alone, Ali and nani had come over too.
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Nick watched the blaze grow. It wouldn't last long without a constant supply of fuel, but at least it would heat things up for a bit. He walked over to the cot, and sat down, rubbing his eyes as he did. He looked over at Cynder. "Hey, Cynder... is it? You can breathe fire right? Well put a few fireballs on the fire.."
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Douglas looked around a bit. Those who could do that and not set the place ablaze could take turns. I can go first, since in this form I never need to sleep." he said, "Unless someone else would rather go first."
Douglas looked at the floor to see what it was made of. "I could try to put the phaser on maximum spread and lowest power setting and see if it can heat the air." He said half to himself.
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"Try and get to around 50, so people don't wake up covered in frost." nick said, taking another look at his thermometer. outside the range of the fire, it was now in the teens. The Continued drop in temperature was starting to rouse some of those still asleep.
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Douglas thought for a moment. "Not sure about making fireballs, but I can do a continual flame if that would help. " Douglas said as he took out the Captain Pike era phaser. He set some of the settings, twisting areas of the barrel to set the power output to minimum, maximum spread and setting it from weapon to survival mode. "If it can heat up rocks and metal, this should heat up the air with such a feeble power output." He said.
He opened his mouth, aiming his head upward a bit and let out a foot or so of blue flame came from his mouth.
He aimed it at the air and pulled the trigger waived the gun around at the area near the ceiling. The near invisible beam lept out of the phase and started to heat up the air. He stopped after doing it for a few seconds to wait and see the effects.
(ooc: not to twinky I hope, or to odd. If so I can change the post. )
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(you could just blast the fire with your flames I had forgotten you were a dragon-type creature..)
Nice watched as the fire grew in size thanks to the heat. 'Thats better thanks Douglass. We'll have to figure out to get at the shurlups in the morning, that weapon your could come in handy..They don't like fire from whaat I've seen.."
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Douglas continued with his flame. Hearing about the shurlups he reset his gun back to weapon mode and put it away into a pocket. He stopped the flames as he got an idea. He reached into an outside pocket and got out some chalk. Using this he went over to the fire and put several rune like marks around the fire. Then he put the chalk away and put his hands around the fire as he opened his mouth and aimed his fire at the fire already there.
He wasn't a wizard or sorcerer, but he had been taught some basic stuff he could do with fire, during his visits to various places. He put some power into the runes to make then glow and used them to help shape his fire into a sphere and keep it contained within the area. Thinking it may be a long night while everyone else slept he took out a headband that had a full computer in it, from one of the very futuristic places he had visited and put it on, putting one eyepiece over one of his eyes and one of the in ear earphones into an ear, leaving one eye and ear free to hear and see the real world easily without needing to flip up an eye piece or take out an earplug.
"I hope this is enough." He said.
He stopped his personal flame, maintaining the fire as best as he could, adding a flame now and then when needed.
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the fire waxed and waned throughout the night, finally dying out as the first rays of dawnlight entered through a small window in the roof.
Stripetail was the first to rise, he was a light sleeper anyway in the best of times, and these weren't the best of times.
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Douglas looked over the awakening sleeper. "First to wake up?" He asked quietly.
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"Even I need sleep. it is unnatural for someone to go without sleep on a regular basis.Tonight, my friend you will experience sleep yourself, I daresay it has been awhile since you've experienced it. Even in your current form, you need sleep Stripetail said.
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Dixie was next to stir. Last night had been a difficult one for her, both she and Scooby had accidently woken each other up during the night through tossing and turning and bumping into the other. She couldn't have gotten more than 4 hours of sleep in total. The aleins hadn't helped either. The fire had warmed up the top area of the cot, but not the lower half. so angel was cold to the touch, even through the blanket-dress she was wearing..
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Talon and Underdog were next to wake up. As soon as he was able, Underdog flew from the office room to the outside, racing back to recieve help. Talon yawned and stretched the joints in his body back into place before checking on Kenji, who is still fast asleep.
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Scooby was next to stir.he rolled over the edge of the cot and fell to the ground with a hard thud. 'rouch!' He muttered as he got up from the ground. a faint smell of fire hung in the air. "Rood rorning reveryone. Rousin Rixie. Rister Ripetail.. err Rick"
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Douglas put away the computer and looked at those waking up. "Good morning." He said.
Ducky got up, while Petrie continued to sleep, at least for now. "It is a good morning, it is, it is." She said nodding. Snoopy started yawning and waking up as Skitter started to stretch as part of his waking up.
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Ali, Shahhy, and Lilo were next to get up.
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So, is there anytghing to eat/' Shaggy asked, moving next to the door and stretching.."Or are we going to go hungry today?"
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(OOC: I'm really sorry. I kind of got caught up in things and forgot about this site for a while. I hope it's okay for me to jump back in?)
"We could go out hunting," Spyro suggested having poked his head up. He shivered as he noticed the temperature. He had been curled up with Cynder and their combined body heat had served to protect them from the sudden cold wave and leave their slumber relatively undistrubed.
The black dragoness was still asleep, her head tucked under one wing.
"Who left the fridge open?" Sparx asked, fluttering down from the rafters and shivering. Bits of water had actually frozen into ice on his wings.
Spyro closed his eyes for a moment and his face twisted in concentration and then a wave of heat emanated from him and throughout the room. He opened his eyes and gasped a bit, suddenly feeling tired. He had just performed a small fire fury attack, it shouldn't have been so tiring, but the effort of holding back his power and not creating a massive blast of flame as he normally did taxed his strength.
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(its alright. Hop right back in :) )
Ther isn't much of anything outside of the resteraunt. its the only notable landmark for miles around. unless you guys like eating grass, which I personally don't, this place is the only place to get food. " Nick said. Spyro's effort had raised the temperature a few degrees. it wouldn't last long, in all likelihood. but it would have to be good enough for now.
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Douglas looked around at some of the folks waking up, "You want another fire?" He asked.
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Later' Stripetail said. For nowe, lets head into the kitchen, and make some breakfast, if we can in a reasonable degree of safety.."
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Alright, Nick said, whipping out a notebook. I'll take your breakfast orders now..
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I'll take Pancakes with Syrup, and some hash briwns' Dixie said, activing her armor. "I'll Have Pancakes too, with lots of syrup, along with eggs, scrambled, toast, and juice' Shaggy chimed in. "Ri'll rave rancakes roo, rith ream rand rugar, rand eggs rour of rhem, rith rocolate ryrup .. rand ripped ropping" Scooby licked his lips eagerly.
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"Most green food would be ok for me, or treesweets." Ducky said after yawning a bit.
Petrie nodded. "Me too. Me no think treestars here, but me eat other green food."
"I don't eat very much so any sort of green food or tree sweet would be ok. Though if it could be warmed up a bit would be nice." Skitter said.
Ducky and Petrie nodded to that, "Oh yes, if it is not to much bother."
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Spyro nudged Cynder awake and she glanced around sleeply. A few seconds pasted before she realized where she was. "What is it?"
"It's breakfast!" Sparx exclaimed, twirling in midair. "I'll have some sausage and eggs..."
He trailed off as he spotted a moth fluttering around the room. The yellow dragonfly zipped towards the insect and snatched it out of the air. "Nevermind."
"We were fine with some raw meat," Cynder said. She shivered a bit as the temeperature again dropped.
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Stripetail walked over and helped Cynder aruise to her feet. "come on. Lets head into the kitchen. by the way, one day I'll intoduce to you to my dragon friend Tarrax. He'll be most interested in you, I'm sure." Stripetail smiled broadly.
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Nick started writing everything down. Alright so thats raw meat for Cynder and Spyro, Sparx.. is helping himself to moths and spiders, green food for the dinos.. Ali.. do you want any particular type of leaves or do you just want what wherever Skitter Ducky and Petrie are having?
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Ali stirred and shook her head. She caught some of what Nick had said. "I'll take green food sure.. I'll need a lot of it though, as I'm quite a bit bigger than the other guys."
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"Some folks should go with you, to help keep folks safe and help carry things back." Douglas said.
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Talon picked up his glaive. "I'll go," he volunteered eagerly. "Fish is my dish nowadays, and I'm sure Kenji wouldn't mind the same."
Kenji stirred slightly as he slept...
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"Hey, you should try these, they're tasty," Sparx said. He grabbed a small red beetle and popped it into his mouth. "Mmm, spicy."
"Do you know a lot of dragons?" Cynder wondered. If she had to guess, she would say they weren't very common in this world, though that was just by judging from this group.
"We can keep people safe, but we won't be that good at carrying things back," Spyro said, flexing his claws.
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"We can help to carry stuff, we can, we can." Ducky said nodding.
Petrie nodded also, "Me can."
"I can if you have any need. How many folks do you think you'd need to go as guards and ones to carry things?" He asked.
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I know quite a few yes, but not from this world. I'm not from this world either, where i'm from , dragons are quite numerous.' Stripetail replied. "Tarrax is an ancient dragon, older than any dragon you've probably ever met. He's a good soul though, he's like a brother to me, in the truest sense. I'm sure He'll like you , and Spyro."
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i thionk 5 will be enough ' Nick said, giving it some thought. He wrote down 'fish" Next to Talon's and kenji's names. it would probably take anywhere from an half hour to an hour to cook all this food, assuming the fryer and stove still worked properly.
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"You decided who you want to come along?" Douglas asked.
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If youwant to come along Daouglass" You're welcome too' Nicjk replied.
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The Six of us' will have eggs and sausages" Lilo said.
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"Well, if you only need five, then we'll stay here," Spyro said. "I don't think we'd be much help with cooking, but we can protect everyone here."
Sparx had meanwhile finished eating and was hovering contently in midair, patting his slightly bulging stomach.
"You can take Sparx with you as an extra," Cynder suggested. "He won't be useful for much, but if you run into trouble, his small size will let him sneak back here and tell us."
"What? Are you trying to get me killed?" Sparx asked, he hovered over to Spyro. "Quick, tell them that's not a good idea."
"Actually, I think it's a pretty good idea," Spyro replied, receiving a look of disappointment from Sparx.
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Douglas nods, "Thanks, I will. I may be of some help." He said. Not sure how he'd be of help but sure he could help in some way.
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You two are coming along." stripetail said flatly. Your fire breath can help ignite the grill and ovens. plus you can help carry debris away. We simply need to clear enough debris so that Nick can cook the food."
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And Aves can... wait a minute" Nick started, realioxzing Aves was not there. "Where the heck is that fox?" he looked at the others.
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Scooby Shruiggged. Ri raven't reen rih" he said. And Ri'm roing arong. Ri'm rungry rand Rio rant to ree ry rood ret rade"
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"Okay," Spyro said, feeling slightly chastened. He hoped that he didn't appear cowardly to Stripetail.
Sparx stared at Scooby for a moment. "You're hungry and you want to see a boot raid?"
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"You're not being a coward Stripetail said keenly, sensing the dragon's feelings. "The fact is, we need all the help we can get, and you guys can pitch in. We'll probasbly end up with 7-8 peopple coming along, skiince Both Scooby and Dixie will be coming with us.
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He's hungry and he wants to se his food made" Dixie replied. "The helmet's he's wearing muffles his words, and Scooby's speaking is often haerd to understand in the best of times.
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Spyro nodded, his mood improving a bit. The squirrel reminded him a bit of Ignitus.
"So we have the two of us, Douglas, and Nick," Cynder surmised. "And Sparx."
"Sparx is staying right here," the dragonfly said, landing on Scooby's head and crossing his arms stubbornly.
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"Come on, Soparx' Nick said, making his way to the door and opening it . Dixie was next, then Scooby, with Sparx still sitting on the top of his helmet. "Coming you two?' Nick asked looking at the two dragons.
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The two dragons leapt after him. They fell in at the back of the group.
Sparx whimpering and whining as they went, though if one were to pay any attention to him, they could see that he was just faking it.
"Will you be quiet?" Cynder growled at him. "We don't want any of those things to hear us."
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Scooby waved his ring paw, in front of Sparx, so the dragonfly could see the ring, which was glowing, on it. "ruit rour rhining."Scooby said gruffily, as he walked alongsioide Nick and Dixie. He was hungry and not in the mood to listen to whining from Sparxm, although truth be told he usually complainmed a lot himself when going into a dark house or in a creepy looking cemetery.
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yeah, Sparx keep it down" Nick said, as he made his way towards the kitchen. The kitchen as we have seen before, was choked with debris. pots and pans littered floor, on top of mithril pieces and broken plates. Insulation from the ceiling hung down in places, giving the feel of desolation. But now, work would begin to carve out a place so peopler could coook some food.
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"Oh, fine," Sparx said, before continuing. "I'll save my screams for the real thing."
Cynder rolled her eyes at the dragonfly and glanced at the debris littered kitchen. She knew what pots and pans were, but had no idea what a stove was, so she and Spyro set to picking up the pots, going rather slowly because of their lack of fingers.
Spyro yelped as he stepped on a shard of mythril and leapt back to find a cut in his front paw. "What is this stuff?"
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Its called Mithril. its a ore that forms in rocks and is very valuable in magical communities. a handful of them would be enough to set you up nicely for the rest of your live" stripetail explained. the rocks they are found in are very hard and sharp, the edges are keen as a blade. these aee l;eft over from a mithril shower triggered by Aves the fox, whho seems to have vanished without a trace. Probably loafing around some tropical island with as many of these rocks as he could safely carry."
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Cynder opened her motuh and released her wind breath. The breeze was enough to blow the smaller debris, mainly the mithril into the corner of the room.
"Thank you," Spyro said, still examining the cute in his paw. He licked the wound once, or twice and returned to cleaning.
"He seems to have the right idea then," Sparx said.
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Nick climbed over the pile that remained and reached the stove. there was a pot of cold water sitting on the back burner. "Spyro if you could blow a fireball onto these 4 burners.., he said, turning on the gas first making sure there was no damage hdden beneath the stove. "That would be a big help.
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Stripetail gestured and turned a piece of insulation into a chair. "Better to rest my old bones' He smirked.
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Douglas went along with the others into the kitchen area. He kept a look out for anything that looked dangerous along the way and while they went and were in the kitchen.
"Maybe he used some of this mithril to buy himself an island or a private pleasure resort and is hanging out there." He said.
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Possible. when and If he comes back, he's going to need all the mithril he took to prevent me from killing him" Nick muttered. "While he's living the good life and getting a tan, and possibly .." he coughed.. "I'm trying to save this place from evil poison-laden Shurlups!
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Spyro glanced at the stove and released a small torrent of flame. He swept it across all four burners and lit them. "Is that good?"
"He probably did," Sparx said. He eyed the mithril with a covetous expression. Of course, being so small he couldn't carry enough to buy his own island. He glanced over at Douglas. "Hey, I don't suppose you would do me a favor?"
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Nick eyed the flame. "Excellent. you're a natural Spyro. You probably hear thaT a lot.
_ Dixie and Scooby used their rings to move the mithril and debris over into a corner. " Why don't we try melting this stuff down. ?' Dixie asked Stripetail.
"Into a solid mass? You can try , but remember not to try to do too much. You haven't mastered the rings yet, indeed you've barely stratched the surface." Stripetail said, raising an eyebrow at the two great Danes.
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Spyro chuckled. "Yes, I do."
Cynder paused as she heard movement from beneath a large pile of debris. "Guys? I think there's something under here."
Sparx sighed. "Oh, can't it wait? Breakfast hasn't even been served yet."
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out of the debris burst a Shurlup. It was cut and bleeding, likely from the mithril. "Look, target practice" Stripetail cracked. "First Shurlup of the day' He said rising from his chair..
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Douglas raised an eyebrow ridge and asked, "What sort of favor?" He asked Sparx.
Hearing what Stripetail said Douglas looked over at the shurlup, "It certainly doesn't look very pleasant." He said in a calm voice, having gotten use to seeing many unusual things in his popping around at random.
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Cynder immediately leapt back from the creature, landing several feet away from it. Spyro leapt forward, snarling angrily. Cynder noticed that the purple dragon had placed himself between the shurlup and herself. She groaned inwardly at his overprotectiveness.
"Mommy," Sparx squeeked and than dived behind the stove.
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'he loves you, doesn't he?' Stripetail said warmly at cynder.a lesser creature would have peed themselves at the look cynder shot at him, but Stripetail continued to smirk nonetheless.
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Great another Shurlup" Dixie muttered.
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Cynder blushed brightly and glared at Stripetail. It was the same glare she had given most of her minions shortly before she executed them. Of course, that was when she had been evil...
She decided to take the first shot at the shurlup, just to prove to Spyro that she wasn't completely helpless. She spat a glob of poisonous liquid at the creature.
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The poison did wonders on the Shurlup. it began to vomit black bllood, as the poison rushed inthough the many mithril related cuts.
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Rice Rot!' Scooby said apprvingly, as the Shurlup collaspsed in a heap.
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Cynder smirked smugly and flicked her tail, a gesture which might be akin to a human dusting off their hands.
"Good work, Cynder," Spyro said.
"Is it over?" Sparx asked, peering over the top of the stove.
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'Not Yet. The Shurlup isn't dead yet. " Nick said. the Shurlup's body shook and out of it poped five small Shurlups. These hissed in small sqeeky voices at the onlookers, who were partly repulsed by the fact that this Shurlup had just givebn birth in front of them
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Cynder frowned in disgust at the sight.
One of the shurlups slipped in a puddle of the poisonious liquid had spat and coughed as the poison seeped though his skin. The venom had lost some of its potency though and the creature got back up, though it was shakey on its feet.
"I miss the monkeys," Sparx sighed.
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"Don't harm them" stripetail said suddenly. "They are infants, and are as innocent as the newborn of any species. He went over and picked up the poisoned Shurlup babe. It was an odd sight, with the old squirell holding the infant Shurlup. Once you got past the appearances, with their smudged faced, horrible breath, and sharp teeth, they were actually quite cute. the shurlup gigled and hiccuped , spatttering drippy vomit onto Stripetail's shoulder.
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"Oh, sure," Sparx said. "They're cute now, but before you know it they're all grown and then they're chewing up your slippers, clawing the furniture... oh, and mauling you to death!"
"Be quiet, Sparx," Spyro said, cautiously approaching one of the little shurlups.
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Nick Looked carefully at the Shurlup, then started preppingthe pans for cooking.
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Both Scooby and Dixie hesitantly picked up a shurlup infant and began rocking then back and forth. "Almost like having Children of our own" Dixie said. She then realized the full impact of what she had said... "Er.. almost" She said blushing.
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The two remaining Shurlups approached Spyro and Cynder looking at them with curiousity and wonder. they held out their arms, in front of them, as a human toddler would. "They adapt very quickly, and seem to have a certain level of intelligence' Stripetail said, wiping off some of the spittle the Shurlup babe had thrown up on him.
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Spyro chuckled a bit at what Dixie had said and then wrapped his tail around the shurlup in front of him and lifting it into the air, before setting down on his back.
Cynder didn't take too quickly to the shurlup though. "So they're smart?" she'd rather hoped that their enemy would be little more than dumb beasts.
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As the others waited back in the office, Kenji began to wake up, his strength just barely coming back to him. "What year is it?" he asked after a yawn.
"Don't worry," Talon replied. "You're not in a coma again."
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"Yeah, You're just in time for breakfast, Shaggy said. "Nick's out in the kitchen cooking right now. And I'm starved..." Shaggy had eaten since yesterday, but his high metabolism erequiured constant food.
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Yes thay can be quite smart, but we can raise these Shurlupsds so that they are not as much of a threat. Turn an enemy into an ally. It helps that we'll be serving as their surrogate parents' stripetail said. He let the Infant Climb onto his shoulder as he moved over to the dead mother Shurlup. "Shurlup females like many females have mamary glands from with their young nurse. Be extracting some from the mother we can create a synetic version of Shurlup milk."
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Spyro went about pushing debris out from the center of the room, the shurlup riding around on his back.
"So basically it's like having a pet wolf," Sparx said as he hovered over to the shurlup near Cynder. The shurlup grinned and batted a hand at the dragonfly, pinning him against the floor. "Ah, help! It's got me!"
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Scooby laughed at the sight of the Shurlup toying with Sparx. He had pretended not to catch Dixie's coment lest he embarass her. "Rust ra rip rof rhe roungue, right" he said quietly to Dixie. "It Didn't come out like I had intended.." She admitted, as the Shurlup climbed up onto her shoulder, and pawed at her helmet.
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Not knowing what to do or say Douglas found a place to sit and remained quiet and waited as he kept watch, looking around and keeping his ears strained for any sounds of possible danger.
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"Douglas, you hold onto this Shurlup for awhile, " Stripetail said, taking the Shurlup off of his shoulder and sitting it on his lap. "I need time to extract milk from the mother, and enough to feed these cubs until they are full. And that isn't going to happen with the little fella here schratching at my robes and face."
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"Bad shurlup!" Sparx shouted, though the creature still didn't let him up. "A little help here please?"
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Douglas nods and tries to gently pat it and decide what to do. "uh, sure." He said not sure what to do to keep it entertained.
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Make faces. let him nibble on your clothes. tickle his - and it is a he- nose.' Stripetail said.
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Nick was now making the first batch of eggs. The eggs were kept in a cupboard across from the ovens, and luckily the eggs were nearly all intact. those that werent would be used to make batter.
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"Oh, for the love of-," Sparx grunted as the shurlup pushed its paw down harder. "Some one help me!"
Cynder sighed and flapped her wings. She grabbed the shurlup with her feet and slowly flew over to Nick. She set the shurlup down on the counter.
Sparx meanwhile retreated as far away from the infant shurlups as the room would allow him to.
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Stripetail began to milk the mother Shurlup who was starting to stiffen as rigor mortis took over. the milk was faint green in color, and had the smell of old socks. Stripetail watched as the visl began to fill slowly.
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Alright Cynder. The First batch of eggs will be for you' Nick said, flipping the eggs over. "Or do you not like eggs>?"
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We'll take some eggs when you have the time' Dixie said, putting in a claim.
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"I've never had them," Cynder replied, examining the cooked yoke. "I'll just wait for some meat."
She flicked her tail idly and the shurlup began batting at it, much like a kitten might.
Spyro stopped next to Stripetail. "Is there anything else I can do?" The room was now well clear of debris.
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"Try them. I think you'll like them" Nick said.
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Apart from playing with the Shurlups, theres not much to do now but wait for nick to cook our breakfast. So while we're waiting tell me about yourself. " Stripetail said, his voice dropping to a whisper.
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"Well..." Spyro said, not sure where to begin. "I'm a rare purple dragon so I can wield more elements than most dragons. I was raised by dragonflies and Sparx is my adopted brother."
Cynder bent her head and gobbled up one of the eggs. "Mmmmm."
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And Cynder?' Stripetail smiled. His smile grew broader as Spyro blushed. "One thing about me Spyro, is that I can always tell when I'm being lied to, so be honest with me no matter how embarassed you may be. How do you feel about her?"
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"Um..." the purple dragon glanced over at Cynder, who was helping herself to a second egg. "We're kind of together, I guess."
"Kind of?" Sparx repeated loudly, having fluttered up behind the two and had been eavesdropping. "You're practically-"
Spyro slammed his paw down on the dragonfly, pinning him to the floor and muffling what he was about to say as well as the protests he made.
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Well, then... " Stripetail's smile spread across his whole face. "I'm going to do something for you spyro, which will bind the two of you still closer together. And Sparx.. " He turned to the dragonfly, who was wiggling on the ground. "If you say anything about what we talked about just now to Cynder, I'll turn you into a log. "
The look on the squirrell 's face sent a shiver down the dragon's spine. "Cynder,Please come over here... Scooby Dixie please do the same" He said turning to the great Danes.
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"MPH! MFF!" was the only reply Sparx could offer.
"What is it?" Cynder asked hoping off of the counter, beating her wings to carry her over to Spyro.
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Outside of the cafe, a red motorcycle pulled to a stop. The bike's occupant dismounted and removed his helmet. He was an Asian and appeared to be in his late teens to early twenties. He warbrobe wasn't too strange except for the scarf he wore.
A yellow and black biomechanical bat hovered down next to him. "There it is. I hear their pies are delicious."
Wataru walked over to the cafe and noticed that the windows were dark, but the sign on the door indicated that the cafe was open.
He glanced over at his companion. Kivat shrugged his wings. "Try knocking."
Wataru banged his fist loudly agaisnt the door...
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"Cynder, Spyro, I'm going to give you something that I have only given to two others as of yet, Scooby, Dixie. ' Stripetail gestured and a pair of rings formed out midair.
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Those look like ours' Dixie said, loking from her ring to those floating in air. "Ro Rhey rave ro rare armor ras rell?' Scooby asked.
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You will learn from Scooby and Dixie here. Both in terms of using them, and more importantly in building, maintaining, and strengthining the relationship b that exists between you.' Stripetail continued looking at the two dragons.
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A Bell rang from the front door as Nick finished flipping over another batch of eggs.
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"Relationship?" Cynder asked, glancing sideways at Spyro. Spyro shrugged in reply. She sighed, she supposed there really wasn't any point in hiding the fact that Spyro and her were together, more or less. It was still a little annoying to have him talking about it to someone they'd just met.
"How do the rings work?" Spyro asked.
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"Looks like no one's there," Wataru said, turning away from the door.
"I can hear a bunch of scrambling around inside though," Kivat said. "Maybe we should take a look."
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'They are activated by command. They contain magical sets of armor, which will with repeated use, comform to your body and its shape. This will include your horns' Stripetail said. "These are extremely powerful in thier current , unworn form, once they are on you they will become somewhat less powerful. All you have to do is say "armor up' and they will activate. "armor down" to deactivate/take them off. " he said. he gestured and the rings zoomed down and in a flash wedged themselves onto Spyro and Cynder's paw. once the ring was formly on, an outline of Cynder and Spyro formed on them, with corresponding colors. "I'm trusting you with these, and they will not come off unless i tell them to.' He continued moving around the dragons, his voice a low whisper. "Scooby and Dixie will begin your training after Breakfast, in both essences of the word."
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The bell rang again and Nick activated an emergency line he kept in the kitchen it was connected to a lloudspeaker outside . 'hello there' He said into it. Please make your way back to the back of the resteraunt as the dining room is currently under construction'
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"It's nice to have a little bit of extra protection," Cynder said, examining the ring.
"Why do they get it?" Sparx asked. "They already have scales, claws, teeth, and bad breath."
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Both Kivat and Wataru exchanged surprised expressions as they heard the loudspeaker.
"Um, okay," Wataru said, not sure if the speaker would hear him.
The two turned and headed around the side of the building to the back. They quickly found the door and Wataru opened it.
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"Because I don't think Rings come in your size' Dixie said, half-jokingly. She ignored the dirty look Sparx shot at her.'We'll begin your training, after we eat. Spyro, I would pay close attention to what Scooby says, as..." "Rey, Ro reed ro rake run rof re!' Scooby Cut in, a bit miffed.
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Please make your way to the kitchen via the back hallway. turn right than left. Nick continued. Unaware that Kivat and Wataru were already inside.
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"That's right," Sparx said. "I'm plenty for making fun of him."
"Um, hello," Wataru said, staring at the assortment of creatures. Kivat didn't seem the least surprised by the room's unusual occupanents and fluttered into room, spinning around in midair to examine it.
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Welcome to the insane cafe. I'm just making Breakfast. Please take a seat and place your order. Eggs , Sausage, Pancakes, hash browns' we've got it all. " Nick said, Flipping a few sausages on the grill. "I'm Nick the cook, and co-owner of the resteraunt,. I'll leave it to the others to introduce themselves.By the way Doyuglas, you never mentioned what you wanted to eat.."
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"I'm Spyro and this is Cynder," Spyro said, glancing over at the two new arrivals.
"Kivat," the bat-like creature said.
Wataru glanced around the room, smiling nervously. He wasn't scared of any of them, rather he was just very shy. "Um... my name is Wataru Kurenai."
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Douglas waved to the new comers, "Hello, how goes?"
Douglas thought it over the shrugged, "Anything is fine with me." He said. "I'm not very picky usually" He said. He thought to himself looking around the cafe that maybe they should have a combat engineer and an earth quake architect expert involved when and if they did rebuild the place, or maybe a bio building that could just rebuild itself through healing.
Ducky & the others stayed with the rest and stayed alert to see if any danger were around. Snoopy took walking sentry duty while using his ears like radar to listen to any sounds of approaching danger.
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"We're fine," Wataru said, answering Dougals.
"We'll have some sausages," Kivat said, flying around the room in a tight circle.
"Why is the dining room closed?" Wataru asked, managing to find an intact chair out of the debris and set it up for himself.
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Its a long story Dixie said. "I'm dixie by the way, and this is my partner Scooby" "Reh reased to reat rou" Scooby said. Ratner? Rou're rarming ro re" he grinned at Dixie.
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Not Picky/ Alright, then I'll just give you eggs, sausage and some hash briowns' Nick said. "Stripetail, do you have enough milk for the Shurlup babes yet?"
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"Shurlup?" Wataru asked. His gaze finally fell upon the dead shurlup on the floor. He frowned. "What is that?"
"That's a shurlup," Cynder said.
"The little ones are kind of cute," Kivat said, scratching the chin of one of the infant shurlups.
Sparx hovered over towards Kivat and the bat glanced up at him. Kivat flapped his wings and shot towards Sparx. The dragonfly screamed and dived out of the way. "What is wrong with you?!"
Kivat frowned. "Sorry. I thought you were just some kind of bug."
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Stripetail finished milking the mother shurlup. He had filled nearly two dozen vials with milk, enough to feed the infants for a few months, if rationed.That would enough time to create a synetic version of Shurlup milk.
'Alright, the mother is milked for the first, last and only time. ' he said., finally noticing the two new arrivals. " lord stripetail at your service." He nnodded.
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"Think it'll be hard to make more of that stuff? Douglas asked indicating the Shlurp milk." He then looked at where the food was stored. "& does the fridge have enough power to keep the food cold for as long as needed?" He asked thinking of how long it may be before the food that needed to be kept cold may spoil.
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Well, We could find another pregnant Shurlup...but I doubt we'l be able to tolerate raising any more Shurlups should the mopther give birth. so absent that, i'll have to work at creating it. As for the fridge, it has enough power to last for a few days..'
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"Kivat the Thrid at yours," the bat said. Sparx was glaring at him.
"My name is Wataru," the boy said.
Spyro glanced over at Scooby. "So how long have you known Stripetail for?"
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"riout a rear. ' Scooby replied. "Rive or rake a a rew ronths. " He lowered his voice. 'Re Really raven't rused rhe rings ruch, rhe rarmor ris rick rand reavy, rand runcomfortable. Rut Re rinsuists re rearn row ro ruse rhem. rou rand Rynder ront re roo rar rehind rus. "
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"It is?" Spyro asked. He flicked his tail thoughtfully. Cynder and he had worn armor during their last adventure. It hadn't been very troubling for either of them.
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Douglas nods, "I guess you may need to find a chemist or an alchemist to help you."
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"Where are we going to find one of those?" Sparx asked. "It's not like they'll just fall out of the sky."
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I can do that myself, Given enough time" stripetail replied.
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Rell rit ras ror rus' Scooby replied. "Rave royu rorn rrarmor refore?' he asked
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"Yes, we have," Cynder said.
"It came in quite handy," Spyro added.
"Can you make me a blueberry slushie?" Sparx asked the squirrel.
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"That is certainly handy." Douglas said. "Hopefully it's not to complex & won't take to long."
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Wataru glanced around the room. Kivat was nowhere to be seen. He wasn't too worried, he knew the bat could take care of himself, but he didn't think it was polite to be exploring the cafe without permission.
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Kivat made his way into the office. He was surprised to find several people there as well as a number of beds.
"What's going on here? This place sure is strange," he muttered to himself. He raised his voice to address the group. "Hello, I was just stopping here to eat and I couldn't resist looking around."
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"hello. ' Lilo waved. "i'm lilo, This is Nani. thats Stitch, Angel, and these two are Jumba and Pleekly.' She said pointing each of them out in turn. We're waiting for our breakfast." "Yeah and it's taking FOREVER' Pleekly complained.
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A blueberry slushie?' Striipetail repeated. "Do you want me to TURN YOU into a blueberry slushie" he smiled broasadly. "Or MAKE you a Blueberry Slushie. I guessing you want me to make you a slushie.done' He gestured and a glass filled with slushie dropped out of midair. it landed uin front of Sparx, slipping slightly and spilling a little slushie onto him. " Anybody else want anything?" He smiled.
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Ducky waved, "Hello, always nice to meet a new person, it is, it is." Ducky said.
"Me Petrie, glad to meet you." Petrie said waiving also.
Snoopy waved as well while smiling.
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Sparx stared at the slushie in amazement. "I don't suppose you could get me a bag of gold?"
"Um," Spyro said. "We'll just wait for Nick to make breakfast."
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"I'm Kivat the Third," he introduced himself.
He flapped his wings and perched upside down on a rafter. "I don't suppose you're staying here because you like the food so much." He chuckled a bit at his own joke.
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I'm almost done with the breakfast platter' Nick said, tossing hash browns onto a plate. "We'll have to run an assembly line. I cook the the food and put it ion a plate, then hand it to one of you. that person will run to the office and pass out the food. Who wants to be the runner?"
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"I can be." Douglas said. "I can fly in this form if need to be instead of walking. Will the folks in the office have to share the food like a communal plate, or scoop some onto each plate for them to eat separately?" Douglass said and asked curious how this would be done.
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Kenji and Talon looked up and acknowledged the newcomer as he entered and "perched" on the ceiling. Kenji finally had the strength to sit up and rest at the edge of the bed. His battle scars on his shoulder have closed, but are still visible.
"It's not the food that's bad," Talon replied. "It's the company that made themselves at home in the kitchen."
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There will be enough foe everyone to help themselves. besides I';ll be cooking breakfast for the next few hours anyway. We'll bring the Shurlup babes in. What are you going to do about the mother Stripetail?'
"Perform an autopsy" stripetail said. "I'll find out what makes them tick, where their poison is located and how it is released. Most of my knowledge of the Shurlup comes from my library, this is the first time I'm had a specimen to examine and dissect."
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"Hopefully you'll wait till we've left or port the corpse elsewhere, since autopsies tend to be... pretty messy. Also you may need to put some sort of preservation spell so the tissues do not rot or anything." Douglas said. He didn't like the idea of being in the room with someone doing an autopsy, though he suspected ME"s got use to it after a while, and anyone else who did those.
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Ducky nodded, "The shurps are not nice at all, no they are not."
Petrie nodded, "They mean, like mean sharptooths, & bullies, not like Chomper at all." He said.
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"Shurlups?" the bat repeated. "I saw a few shurlup young out in the kitchen and they didn't seem too bad. They didn't look really cute though."
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Sparx was ignoring the group for the moment and slurping down the slushie via a straw he had found in the kitchen.
"Should we bring some of the shurlup babies back to the others?" Spyro asked. "So they can get used to them?"
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Kenji cocked and eyebrow. "Young? What are others doing with the offspring?"
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"They appear to be raising them," Kivat replied. He released his hold on the ceiling and opened his wings, gently fluttering down onto the desk. "There was one dead adult, too."
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"I do hope the they are not as mean as the adults are, I do I do." Ducky said with some worry and concern in her voice.
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Stripetail nodded at the suggestion. "Dixie, Scooby, start taking them into the office. Take a couple of these vials, they have shurlup Milk in them."
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'if they don't bite, they can stay. " Lilo said. She was used to odd creatures, Stitch had 998 cousins, of all sorts and sizes.
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"They're not mean at all," Kivat assured.
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Wataru pushed himself up and walked over to Stripetail. "Um... I'd like to help... Kivat seems to have wandered off. Maybe he's in the office."
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"He may have gone there to meet some of the others." Douglas said. "They seem a nice bunch the brief time I met them."
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"What if I ran into some of those?" Wataru gestured at the dead shurlup. "Not that he can't handle himself, but... we're unfamiliar with them."
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"I hope you're right about them," Kenji said as he got up to stretch. The pain has fully subsided into a soreness in his shoulder.
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"You'd be in big trouble" stripetail said, handing him a vial. "Shurlups are very territorial, and fiercely protective of their young. Its was pure luck that the mother of these shurlup came out where she did. Had she come out in the dining room, the other Shurlups would have taken custody of her offspring. which would have added 5 to the number of our foes in there. as for your friend. He is likely in the office.
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"Maybe you'd feel better if you snuck back to the office and had a peek inside." Douglas said .
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"Yes, I would," Wataru nodded.
"So since we have custody of these shurlups what will the adults do if they encounter them?" Spyro asked.
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"They will kill them and eat them, if they encounter them now. They will bear our scents, since we have been tending them. Shurlups' Stripetail paused as he began performing the autopsy, " give off a certain scent, as do other creatures. Dogs, cats, humans, all give off scents. They use that scent, as do other creatures, to identify themselves. Often, a Shurlup group will kill those from another group, and will isolate them by scent. We must protect the cubs, they are dependent on us now...Their mother would have ensured their protection and acceptance by the others, but since she is dead, we must fulfill her duties for them."
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"How much do they rely on scent?" Cynder asked curiously.
Spyro turned and glanced in the opposite direction as Stripetail started the autopsy, while Cynder didn't seem to take notice of it at all.
"Which way is the office?" Wataru asked.
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"Quite a bit, although not as much as other species. deep sea creatures, for example rely almost entirely on scent, since their vision is poor." Stripetail replied. "How much do you rely on scent Cynder and Spyro? '
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The office is right over there" Nick said , pointing with a spatula to the doorway."I'll take you there, as soon as I finish this tray of sausages."
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"Maybe we'd need a place to hide them from the main ones. If it were possible to give each shlurp a different scent or about half of them, then some of them may fight among themselves and reduce the total number here." Douglas said.
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While that is possible, it is also time consuming. We'd need..." his eyes lit up.. "The Shurlup in the men's bathroom!. Of course! He's got a different scent than these Shurlup, while he's been domesticated to a degree. He's still a Shurlup.. the question is, how will he take to these Shurlup pups?
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What about the office? We could hide them in there.." Nick said, finishing the sausage platter
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"Not very much," Cynder replied. "We rely more on sight than anything else."
"You have a shurlup living in the men's bathroom?" Sparx asked, raising an eyebrow.
"I can carry that," Wataru volunteered pointing to the tray Nick had just finished.
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"Sounds like quite the colorful and unusual place." Douglas said.
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It's cal;led the insane Cafe for a reason. people pop in from all times and places. Working here is hazardous to your health on a daily basis, and most of us who work here, are slightly mad..' Nicjk said.
_ 'Slightly?" Stripetail deadpanned.
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Spyro and Cynder exchanged puzzled looks, then Cynder chuckled. "Sparx would fit in quite well here."
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"Slightly mad? I guess you mean whoever the owner is." Douglas said, smiling a bit as he found the conversation having some humorous elements to it.
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"He'd have to be, to let a flesh eating carnivore live in the bathroom," Sparx said.
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"Well, I should probably get back to the kitchen before my friend starts worrying," Kivat said.
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"I happen to be a co-owner," Nick said. "And I'm not crazy, at least i thinkk I am. Aves, on the other hand.." He smirked, taking a dig at his absent co-owner. "Take that toi the Office. We'll all be heading there in a minute."
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Wataru carefully picked up the tray. He looked around in confusion for a few seconds.
"The office is that way," Spyro said, pointing his tail at a doorway.
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Douglas looked at Wataru, "You want someone to show you the way to the office or would you rather just go back yourself?" He asked.
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"If you wouldn't mind coming along..." Wataru replied.
Sparx looked at Nick. "Really? And I would have thought him to be the more sane one since he is smart enough to leave when things go to heck."
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Douglas nodded and stood up. "I don't mind coming along." He said as he walked over to where Wataru was ready to lead the way back to where the office was.
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"Thank you," Wataru said.
At that moment, Kivat came flying back into the room. He stopped and hovered in front of Wataru. "Hey, there are a bunch of other people back in the office."
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Dixie and Scooby came up with a pile of plates, at least those that weren't too badly damaged. theres were cracks running through some, and most had chips on the edges, but given the circumstances, a cracked plate, was better than a broken one. The Shurlup babes clung to thier backs, they seemed to be enjoying themselves, as they were flashing toothy grins, which showed rows of small, pointy, discolored teeth. "Rit's roilk ror rou" Scooby said to the Shurlup on his back. "And you are getting your teeth brushed' Dixie said to her passenger.
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Nice work Stripetail said, now about midway thrpugh the autopsy. He had already discovered the cause of death, the poson Cynder had hit her with had seeped through the cuts on her body, and overwhelmed her internal defenses, as noted by the discoloring of the liver, and two of the three organs which he would for now clasify as "kidneys" The poison glands were located above the kidneys, and there were smaller ones in each arm. the claws were hollow , like hypodermic needles. Poison could easily be transmitted through scratches.
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Lets go get oyur friends their breakfast. Stripetail, you can join us, once you're finished examining the shurlup mother." Nick said, as he walked out of the kitchen.
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Wataru and Kivat followed after Nick, Wataru with the platter of food.
Sparx dashed ahead of the group, eager to get out back to the safety of the office, while Spyro and Cynder stayed back with Stripetail.
"You're not going to be very long, are you?" Spyro asked.
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Not very long, I shouldn't think. " stripetail Replied. "Cynder, your poison did a number on this Shurlup. Now, It is possible that her condition, being injured anf pregnant played a role as well, her body's immune sustem was not where it would have been normally. It is possible that had she been healthy that your poison would not have killed her. " He looked at Cynder then at Spyro, who looked a little green as he stared at the internal organs of the Shurlup. "Not easy to look at , is it? And it smells, by the eternal, does it smell! But to learn something, you must sometimes gets your paws dirty. I do not know everything, my young dragon friends, Omniescence is reserved for the eternals who I serve. I know much, of course, but there is yet much I do not. "
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Douglas helped to carry food or beverages back to the office. He found a good place to set down what he was carrying near the rest of the stuff.
"At least we may have an additional weapon that may be able to be used." Douglas said.
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"That's probably true," Cynder admitted. Back in her homeworld it took more then just one ball of poison to take down a grublin.
"Ew," was the only remark Spyro offered.
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Wataru carefully set the tray of food in the middle of the room where everyone would be able to reach it.
"I'm Wataru," he introduced himself.
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Talon's eyes gleamed with joy as the food finally came. "Thanks for bringing the food, Wataru," he replied. "I'm Talon, and my human friend over there with a new scar on his shoulder is Kenji."
Kenji glared at the raptor as he stood up...
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I'm Ali" Ali said smiling. "pleased to meet you" The longneck rose from where she was sitting and waited for Wataru to bring her some greens.
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It is not a plesant thing, to cut up someone or something , and look at their insides. But this Shurlups insides are not so different from yours or mine. Sure, you may have wings, where she or I do not. But on the whole, we are not as different as you may think." Stripetail said.
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Douglas looked at the food and drink then at those present. "Who would like some breakfast. There should be enough if everyone shares." He said, not finding the idea of autopsy very pleasant, but seeing the need for it in certain circumstances.
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Kivat lowered himself toward the plate and snatched up a sausage with his talons. The piece of meat was almost as big as the bat himself and was all he would need for a while.
"It's nice to meet you," Wataru said. He didn't seem too shocked to see the dinosaurs.
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"Are you ready to go?" Spyro asked.
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SWtripetail sewed up the Shurlup with a thread. then covered the body with Mithril. "Now, I'm ready/ Let's go. Cynder, if you would, tell me a bot about yourself. Spyro has already told me a little about himself. Now it is your turn."
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Ducky & Petrie went to where the food was. "We would like some breakfast, if there is enough, we would, we would."
Petrie nods, "looks like there is." Petrie said.
Douglas looked at the food and waved across it, "There's enough, choose what you like." He said. Ducky and Petrie picked out some of what they'd like and Ducky took a bit extra to give to Skitter.
"Thanks." Ducky said.
"Me thank too." Petrie said.
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"Um... sure," Cynder replied. "I was kidnapped before I even hatched. My captors did some pretty bad things to me and Spyro saved me later."
Spyro didn't look back as he led the way back to the office. Cynder wasn't exactly telling the whole story, but she wasn't lying either.
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Kivat had landed on the desk and was chewing on the piece of sausage he had.
Wataru had moved to a corner of the room and was watching the group.
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Is that all? As I told Spyro, Cynder, I know when I'm being lied to, and while you're not lying, you're not telling me everything either.' Stripetail said looking over at her with a keen glare. "I'm your friend, and you can confide in me. I'm very good at keeping secrets, I've been keeping them for ages. Literally. " Stripetail continued. "I understand if your past is painful, and that you are not proud of some of the things you did or what your captors had done to you. But to fully make peace with yourself, you must come completely clean. To yourself, and to others, if and when you feel up to it."
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"I never had the option of coming clean, everyone knew what I did," Cynder snapped angrily. She whirled about and stormed back towards the office.
"Cynder!" Spyro called after her. She didn't stop though. He glanced over at Stripetail, not quite certain what to say.
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' A little touchy..' stripetail said. "While everyone in your world, may have known , Spyro. Anyone from another world like myself, would not know. Care to fill me in, my young Friend?" He said turning to Spyro. "What did she do, that causes her such anguish?
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"She was captured and corrupted by an evil dragon," Spyro said. "I defeated her and returned her to normal, but I guess she still blames herself a bit for what happened and a few people blamed her, too."
Cynder paused outside of the office and composed herself for a moment before she entered, padding over to a corner.
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Stripetail made a face. "thats the nature of the young. when they are raised in evil, that is all they know. But you saved her. Why? You could have left her there, it wouldn't have been any scales off your tail. " Stripetail said in a near nonchalant voice.
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Because that is what good people do" Dixie said, coming up to him. "Even if Scooby had been evil in the past, I wouldn't just leave him behind. Its not in my nature.
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Rah. Rou're resting rim raren't rou?' Scooby Said, as he passed. "Re's ra rood ruy, Ryro, ris, Ri'm rure rof rit" This caused Spyro to smile. "Reven rou Ri reallr ron't row him rhat rell, Ri'm rure re rouldn't reave rer rehind."
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"She wasn't raised to be evil," Spyro said. "They made her evil with their magic."
Well, there probably had been some raising involved, but it had mostly been the magic. He remember how different Cynder had been after she had shrank back to her true size and age. He had known right away that she was nothing like the evil black dragoness she had been and that was what had made him rescue her from Convexity. She deserved as much a chance at a normal life as anyone.
He blinked, snapping back to reality and smiling a bit.
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And who taught you magic?' Stripetail saidd, making his way to the office. "You were taught good magic, obviously.. Did you have one teacher, or several?"
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"I had four," Spyro said. "The dragon gaurdians."
He smiled as he thought of them.
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Do they have names or where they just "the Guardian?" One of my teachers was simple known as "The Sage", that was the only name he answered to, his real name was known only to a few . Ironically, he taught me how to cast love spells. "love spells are not just for witches" He once said. "We all need love, male and female alike. When you love someone, and they return that love, it does not matter what your appearance, your skill with magic, or anything else for that matter may be, that shared love is all you need in life."
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"Oh, they were Terrador, Cyril, Volteer, and Ignitus..." Spyro said. "That's true, I guess."
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"There are many types of love, of course. The love of a parent for their child, brotherly love between siblings, and of course the love of mates for each other. " Stripetail said, His eyes twinkling, as he entered the office.. His gaze went from Scooby to Dixie , and back, pausing for a monent on each. Then he did the same for Spyro and Cynder, who had slowly come out of a corner.
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Cynder slowly uncurled herself and headed over to Stripetail and Spyro. "Listen, I'm sorry about throwing a fit earlier..."
She talked very quietly so that the rest of the group, distracted with eating wouldn't overhear her.
"This is the first time I've met anyone without the weight of my past hanging over my head," she explained.
Wataru was watching from his corner of the room, smiling to himself, glad to see that whatever argument that had been going on had been settled. He had no idea what it had been about and he couldn't hear anything from where he was, but he was still glad.
He wished for a moment that some of his own conflicts could have been resolved as quickly.
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It's alright" Stripetaid said, patting her on the head, in between her horns. "No harm done Cynder. Now let's go get something to eat. And who is going to feed these 5 Shurlup babes?"
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"That reminds me," Cynder said. "The adults eat meat, right? So what are all of the ones in the cafe eating right now?"
Spyro looked alarm for a moment. "If they can't find any food, they'll probably spread out and search the area, won't they?"
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We killed a lot of Shurlups, so they'll probably eat the flesh of their dead brethern.. They will do that on occassion when food is scarce.' stripetail said. Scooby Fliched, as he helped himself to some sausages.
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Both Spyro and Cynder made a disgusted face at that.
"I guess it would be best to find someone who has experience with raising animals if we can," Spyro said.
"And maybe someone who eats meat," Cynder suggested glancing at the dinosaurs and their generous helping of vegetables.
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Douglas nodded, "Also love of the world you have created and those you have made like Aslan has." Douglas said, remembering one of the places he had popped to.
"This is good food, it is it is." Ducky said.
Snoopy got a himself a drink and a some bacon and a few other things, since it looks some others had gone first and it looked like there was more then enough. Douglas got a bit of food for himself also.
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try these sausages" Dixie said offering some of them to the dragons. "I'm trying to watch my weight. they're meat... I take it you don't like vegetables."
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Remind me sometime to meet this Aslan character. He sounds like a very interesting person to have a conversation with it." Stripetail said, filling his plate with hash browns and sausages.
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"No, we strictly eat meat," Spyro replied, as he and Cynder helped themselves to some sausages.
Wataru came forward and took two eggs for himself. Kivat had already finished his sausage.
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I usually eat meat, although I sometimes eat Greens." Dixie replied. Try the hash browns, they're yummy. Greasy, but delicious."
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Nick had filled his plate with egggs, Hash browns, and sausages.
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Is there any toast?' Lilo asked. "I don't think so Lilo" Nani said, between bites. Pleekly was picking at his food. "This isn't moving like the food on my home planet.'
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Spyro nosed one of the hash browns curiously and then bit into it, munches on it slowly. "You're right. It is good."
Cynder hesitated for a moment and then carefully speared one of the hash browns with her tail.
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Deimos and Dr. Zanasiu walked in through the doors. Deimos had what appeared to be a pistol in a holster draped across his chest and Dr. Zanasiu had a shotgun strapped across his back.
"Got any place we can place our weapons? We just came from securing Pelvandia Complex and looking for a bite to eat." Deimos said.
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"Put them against the wall over there" Nick said. "Welcome to the Insane Cafe. You must have come in through the back door. the front door is locked. We're having breakfast. eggs, hash browns, and sausages. Help yourself."
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Dr. Zanasiu chuckled. "I guess you could say we came in that way. Deimos and I have some considerable skills in forced entry."
Deimos got up, unloaded his pistol and placed the pistol and holster against the back wall. Dr. Zanasiu did the same.
Deimos then looked at Nick. "Hot coffee?"
Strut also entered through the back door. He had on body armor and a shotgun was slung across his back.
Deimos looked at Strut. "Hungry?"
Strut nodded and sat next to Deimos. He looked at him. "Those terrorists will not take the base!"
(OOC - +2 points to anyone who gets the references!)
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"I'm Wataru," the youth introduced himself and pointed to the mechanical bat hovering next to him. "This is Kivat the Third."
"I'm Cynder," the black dragoness introduced before taking a bite out of her hashbrown. Her eyes went wide as she tasted it.
"I'm Spyro," the purple dragon said and then glanced around the room, searching a bit before he spotted the yellow dragonfly. "That's Sparx."
"Do you have a permit for those?" Sparx asked, eyeing the firearms.
(We kind of already have a Ducky.)
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(yeah we already have a Ducky. and are those references from '24' by any chance)
Stripetail gestured and a pot of coffee appeared next to the platters of food. "there you go."
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(OOC - nope, not from 24. I'll give a hint, see the Fan Fiction and Random Role Play sections...)
Deimos nodded and gratefully accepted the pot of coffee. He looked at Sparx and grinned. "Do you think they'd give a concealed carry permit to a dinosaur?"
Dr. Zanasiu chuckled. "Hey, when there's terrorists attacking, you don't need a permit." He then turned to Strut. "Strut, it's bad manners to go into a diner with a shotgun strapped across your back."
Strut, who was munching on some hash browns, coughed. "Sorry Doctor. I just forgot." He then stood up, and unloaded his shotgun and rested it next to where Dr. Zanasiu and Deimos kept their weapons.
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There are no terrorists here, gentleman, and I would prefer you refrain from such militaristic language...' Nick said.
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We are fighting a war of sorts Nick' Stripetail said, as he scooped up some eggs. "I wonder how the Shurlups will take to be shot by a gun."
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"Only one way to find out," Sparx said.
Spyro glanced at the gun with a slightly confused look, it reminded him a bit of the cannon at Warfang, but it was much smaller, like a crossbow and vaguely shaped the same.
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Deimos shrugged and drank some coffee. "Well sorry. We just came from..." Suddenly, the portable radio dangling from Deimos's shoulder beeped.
Dr. Zanasiu leapt to his feet and grabbed his weapon. Deimos and Strut did the same.
"Sorry for the quick departure, it seems that Rime and Zachary have run into some... problems." Deimos said. He saluted Nick and ran out the door. Dr. Zanasiu and Strut followed.
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Dixie and Scooby had deactivated their armor. the five Shurlup babes had scurried over to them, two of them were clawing at Dixie, and whimpering softly. "these babes are hungry. " Dixie Said, picking them up.. "Wataru, could you pass me a vial of that Shurlup Milk?' She asked.
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"One moment," Wataru picked up a vial of the milk from where it had been set and passed it to Dixie.
"Well, that was fast," Cynder said, speaking of their newest guests abrupt exit.
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Eat and run.. It sometimes happens out here' Nick said, picking up a pair of large odd-looking coins. "I guess these are our payment for the meal' he said. "At least they paid."
_ Dixie took the vial and pulled off the top and let the smell waft into the air. The infants caught the scent and in a twinkling, all five were clawing and tussling with each other to get first sips at the vial. Scooby grabbed a couple of them, and start to pet them, as if they were puppies.. he was trying to calm them. "Scoob, you're not helping.. they want the milk, they don't want attention right now."Dixie said.
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Suddenly, Mr. Bigmouth entered the Insane Cafe. "Where's Strut and Deimos?"
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They just left, guns ablazing... ' Nick said. "But before you go. Help yourself tio some breakfast, and coffee. We've got eggs, Hash browns, and Sausages.. Just drop a couple coins on the floor and that will cover everything..'
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Both Spyro and Cynder exchanged nervous glances as Nick mentioned payment. Neither of them had anything of value with them.
"Will you need more milk?" Wataru asked, seeing that all five of the pups were now hungry.
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"To where?" Mr. Bigmouth asked. "Uh, I don't have any coins. Will Shining Stones do?"
Mr. Bigmouth them pulled out a handful of said stones from a leaf pouch and placed them on the table.
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Thats fine. we accept all kinds of payment.' Nick said. 'we get all kinds of Customers from all over the place, as long as you can pay in some way, thats fine.' Nick replied.
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Definitely' Dixie nodded. "Give one to Scooby, so he can feed the pups he's carrying." Feeding the pups made her feel almost like a mother...
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Wataru grabbed another vial and handed it to Scooby and then grabbed a third, sitting down. One of the shurlups walked over to him, so Wataru picked it up and set it in his lap, before letting it lap the milk from the vial.
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Mr. Bigmouth shrugged. "Ok, I'll just have a salad and some tea."
Dr. Kerzach, an anthropomorphic Cassowary walked in. He placed a few dollar bills on the counter and looked at Nick.
"Coffee please. No cream just sugar." Dr. Kerzach said.
Mr. Bigmouth looked at Dr. Kerzach. "Haven't I seen you somewhere before?"
Dr. Kerzach nodded. "I'm a scientist from the Pelvanida Complex. I can't tell you anymore."
Mr. Bigmouth nodded. "I'm a botanist for the Great Valley. Interestingly, that's where I met Deimos."
Dr. Kerzach coughed. "Deimos? That's the name of one the guards at Pelvanida!"
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Scooby took the vial, opened it, and let the pups take turns sipping frim it. "Ri reel rike ra rather" he said softly, looking down on the nursing pups.
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'Stripetail gestured and a tray with a salad and a cup of tea appeared on the floor.
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Well, we only have regular coffee anyway.Nick said.
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Sparx looked oddly at Scooby. "Are you talking about a fishing reel?"
Spyro and Cynder had meanwhile eaten their fill of sasauge and hash browns.
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Douglas, Petrie, Ducky, Snoopy, & Skitter, settled down to eat their breakfast. They ate at a normal speed so they could enjoy the food. For some of them the exact types were ones they've not exactly seen before and they wanted to fully taste it.
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"So what is your home like?" Cynder, glancing over at Ducky and Petrie.
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"He says he feels like a father' Stitch said, grinning slightly. "Lilo, what a father?" He asked as he began picking at his food. "It's a male parent. For you Stitch, Jummba is your fatheer' Nani said. 'It's kinda hard to explain.. "
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Deimos, Dr. Zanasiu and Strut entered the Cafe. They unloaded their weapons and placed them by the back wall.
"Deimos! You're alive!" Dr. Kerzach said, leaping up to hug the Utahraptor.
Deimos embraced the Cassowary.
"Aww." Strut said. He picked a bullet out of his armor and tossed it on the ground.
"So what did we miss?" Dr. Zanasiu said, looking around. "Oh, hot coffee for me and Deimos."
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"next time, don't run off like that" Nick said, passing out the coffee. "I don't like people who eat and run. "Stick around. this is a relatively safe place, as far as a place called the "insane Cafe" can be called safe.
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Deimos let go of Dr. Kerzach and looked at Nick. "Sorry, we had a crisis to deal with in Pelvanida." He took the hot coffee and sipped it.
Dr. Zanasiu did the same.
Suddenly the radio on Strut's shoulder beeped. He picked up the radio. "This is Sierra One." Strut said into the radio.
"Sierra One! We need reinforcements! If you're at that Insane Cafe place, get someone to help us!" the voice shouted. Gunfire was heard sporadically through the radio.
Strut walked to the back of the cafe and retrieved his weapons. He placed a few dollar bills on the counter.
Strut looked around the cafe. "Ok, I need some volunteers to come help me. I'm heading back to Pelvanida. Who's coming with me?" he said facing the patrons.
Deimos buried his face in his hands and sighed.
"Strut! This is no place to be recruiting people to accompany you on your mission!" Dr. Zanasiu shouted.
Mr. Bigmouth was eating his salad. Dr. Kerzach was now seated and eating some hash browns.
Dr. Kerzach and looked at Nick. "Sorry about the abrupt departure of Strut, Dr. Zanasiu and Deimos. They work at Pelvanida and there's been a security breach. They're currently off duty for patrols but they still come in whenever things get really ugly."
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Well, we can't really spare anyone, but this is a safe place to retreat f you're being overrun." Nick replied. And where is Pelvanida?'
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"We'd rather stay here," Wataru said, speaking for both himself and Kivat.
Both Spyro and Cynder glanced at each other. Neither one was interested in getting involved in a battle they knew nothing about and it seemed that it would be better to stay here in case the shurlups suddenly attacked.
"No thanks, I'm staying where it's safe," Sparx said, adding. "For the moment."
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"We're not leaving" Dixie said, folding her arms, across her chest. "Rah! Re're rot reaving' Scooby said.
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not going" Stitch said. Angel shook her head as well, while saying nothing.
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(OOC - since no one got the references, I'll just say them: Dr. Zanasiu, Dr. Kerzach are from Darwin's Soldiers, an RP going on in this section; Deimos, Mr. Bigmouth and Rime are from Twilight Valley; Deimos and Strut with guns is a reference to R.A.P.T.O.R Project.)
Strut looked at Deimos.
"I'm eating!" Deimos shouted. He then gulped down an entire sausage.
Dr. Kerzach looked at Nick. "Pelvanida is a military base in Nevada. It's under attack."
Dr. Zanasiu stood up and drained his coffee cup. He then turned to Nick. "More coffee please."
Mr. Bigmouth looked at Strut. "Strut, I'd be willing to accompany you."
Strut nodded. "Anyone else?"
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(OOC: I'm not sure what is going on.)
Ducky looks at Cynder once she has swallowed her food. "It is great, it is. There are lots of plants around, green food, water. Except during the cold times. There is a hot water area nearby the Great Valley that has some green food that we can stay at for a while during the cold time." Ducky said.
"To much water during the days of much sky water." Petrie said.
"Those are not to common, they are not." Ducky said.
"Sounds like a nice place." Douglas said.
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Cynder nodded at Ducky. "It sounds great."
Wataru helped himself to a hash brown. The shurlup pup he had been feeding had dosed off after consuming almost half of the bottle.
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dixie waited until her pups had finished , then carried them over tio the cot. Stripetail had created a small pen for the pups , which sat on the cot. Dixie placed the pups into the pen. "Waturu, Scooby, place your pups in here, when they're finished eating" She said warmly.
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"Okay," Wataru said, carefully picking up the sleeping shurlup and setting it in the pin.
"It reminds me of a zoo," Sparx remarked, glancing at the pen.
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Scooby carried his into the area and set them next to the others. All five were now accounted for, each lying next to the other, and all looking very contented. Scooby looked at his vial, it was around half full.
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Ducky nods, "it is, it is." She said.
"Yea, it great. Even enough food for Spike." Petrie said.
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Have you ever BEEN to a zoo?' Stripetail cracked.
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I have" Lilo said. This was followed by several others chiming in.
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"Nope," Sparx replied. "Why?"
"I haven't," Wataru said, probably surprising most of the other humans who more then likely had at some point in time.
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If you have never been to a zoo, then how can you say it looks like a zoo?' Stripetail replied. "Perhaps I should take you Cynder, Spyro and Wataru to a zoo sometimes. the Mithrandirian Zoo is a remakable one, for example, it has 2000 different species of animals..'
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"I once went to the Memphis Zoo' Dixie said. "Ma and I had stopped the Showboat for a few days break, and went sightseeing. I loved the monkeys the most, they were adorable! "
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The last zoo we went to was haunted by a former gatekeeper" Shaggy said, frowning. "The guy kept chasing us all over the park!"
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"I've seen pictures," Sparx said, crossing his arms and huffing.
"Wow, it must be huge," Wataru said.
"I'd like to see it sometime," Spyro said.
"Me, too," Cynder added with a smile, her mood had completely recovered from earlier.
Kivat gazed at Shaggy in disbelief. "Haunted by a former gatekeeper?"
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Dixie looked at Shaggy, and she smiled with amusement. "It was probably some guy in a mask.."
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Yeah? Since when does a guy in a mask walk through a solid wall?" Shaggy replied. "You weren't there Dixie.. and its a good thing..'Dixie shot him a glance.
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"Shaggy, you get scared of your own shadow.. you and Scoob both.."
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Yes it is a wondorous place' Stripetail nodded. "One of my favorite exhibits is the 4 headed Bird of Argraphi 8. It is around 3 times of the size of an ostrich, has 7 stomaches, and dines on a mixture, of seed, worms, and the occasional small bird. "
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"Walking through a wall?" Kivat backflipped in the air. "It might be possible, but I've never seen or heard of it happening."
"Just so long as it doesn't eat the occasional small dragonfly," Sparx remarked.
"I don't suppose they have any of the Doran race there?" Wataru ventured. He couldn't help but wonder what one of the creatures would look like when it wasn't bounded to the mold of a castle, or other structure.
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(OOC - Strut is trying to recruit people to go back to Pelvanida and help him.)
Mr. Bigmouth finished his salad and handed the plate back. He then turned to Spyro.
"Pardon me, what is this 'zoo' you speak of?"
Deimos was looking at Dr. Zanasiu. "Man, we really need some reinforcements."
Dr. Zanasiu chuckled. "You're kidding, these guys wouldn't last 2 seconds when the bullets start flying."
Strut looked at Dr. Kerzach. "Kerzach, are you coming?"
Dr. Kerzach shook his head. "Are you crazy!? I can't shoot to save my life! Take Deimos, he has the eyesight of a predator to match his skill with a pistol."
"Kerzach! I'm eating!" Deimos said irritably. He ate another sausage.
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They might. I haven't seen all 2000 exhibits.." Stripetail said. "I still have yet to see a couple hundreds animals there.."
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Rey! re rare rot araid rof rour radows!" Scooby replied, a little peeved." Re.. rust ret rartled!" At This Dixie laughed, heartily.
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Stripetail paused and looked at them. "Perhaps you fellows have not seen me in action, but I am not afraid of bullets.. I have fought in more wars and battles than I care to count or remember..long before any of you were thoughts in your parents heads " His staff gave off a blinding light, so that the others had to turn away and look at the floor.
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"It's a place where one goes to view wild animals," Spyro explained.
Cynder glanced over at Zanasiu. "What do you mean we wouldn't last two seconds?"
Kivat meanwhile hovered over to Sparx and guided the dragonfly over, before flying in front of him, blocking the light Sparx created to cast a large distorted shadow of Kivat on the wall next to Scooby and Shaggy.
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What's that! ' Shaggy panicked and jumped into Scooby's Arms with a terrified look on his face. Scoob caught sight of it and gulped and thrust his ring paw at the shadow in a defensive gestured 'REt raway!" he said shakily.
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"Thanks!" Mr. Bigmouth said.
Zanasiu blushed, realizing he'd said something embarrassing. He looked at Cynder. "What I mean is that, I'm not sure how well you will fare against enemies with guns."
Strut looked at Stripetail. "Hmm. You seem like a veteran of many wars." Suddenly, Strut's radio beeped.
"Strut! Get your reinforcements down here, pronto! We're surrounded!" Rime's voice shouted over the radio. It was loud enough that Mr. Bigmouth, sitting several tables away from Dr. Zanasiu, heard it.
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Kivat released a very convincing evil laugh and raised his wings, making the shadow appear as if it were about to lunge.
"What are you doing?" Wataru asked, standing next to Kivat.
"Nothing," Kivat responded, appearing to jump slightly in midair. Wataru had snuck up on him.
Wataru reached out and grabbed Kivat, pulling him and his shadow away. Sparx sighed in disappointment as their trick was cut short.
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Dixie laughed again "See! My point is made! All that is is Kivat's shadow reflected off of Sparx. and you two.. gentlemen.. nearly wet yourselves! Ha Ha... but when the chips are down, you guys usually come through in the clutch.."
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How many people do you think you'll need?' Nick asked. "He had never been involved in battle before, but he was considereding giving it a go. "but if we do this.. you guys have to help us out here after we're finished helping you.."
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Wataru sighed and shook his head at Kivat.
"Oh, it was just some harmless fun," Kivat said. "You're being too serious. You should cheer up."
Cynder eyed the guns. "They can't be much worse then fireballs, ice storms, or meteors."
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Stripetail nodded. "I'll come along if you are in need of help. I think we can spare... 6-7 people.."
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"I'm coming with," Cynder said.
Spyro glanced over at her. "Then I'm coming to0."
Kivat glanced up at Wataru. He frowned for several seconds and then said. "I'll come with."
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"I'm coming with you guys' Dixie said. 'Ri'm roming roo' Scooby chimed in.
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I'm got no interest in fighting a war ." Shaggy said. "i'm staying here."
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We're staying here' Nani said. "I'm not sending my little sister off to a war zone."
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"How about the creatures in another part of this building?" Douglas asked.
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(OOC- So how do you guys want to do this?)
Strut quickly radioed back. "Reinforcements are arriving."
Deimos ate his last sausage. "Yeah, we'll help you guys afterwords."
Dr. Zanasiu finished his cup of coffee and fetched his weapon. Deimos and Strut did the same.
Strut looked at the gathered group. "Ok, then, let's move out! We'll give a quick briefing outside the base."
Mr. Bigmouth sighed. "Great, they'll need a medic too." He stepped up to the group.
Deimos looked around. "Nick, are there any vehicles around?"
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(Stripetail will teleport the group there)
No, unfortunately" Nick replied. "Nani has a car, but its out of gas."
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Stripetail motioned for the 7 of them to come close. "I'm going to give out a few pointers before We Leave. " He turned to Deimos. "I can teleport yus outside the Facility. I've teleported people before, just have everyone standing close to me.."
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"My bike is parked outside," Wataru said. He glanced at the group that would be going and decided it probably wouldn't do any good bringing it since half of them wouldn't be able to keep up.
Kivat landed on Wataru's shoulder as he stood close to Stripetail. Spyro and Cynder both huddled close to him.
Sparx shot a conflicted look at Spyro. In spite of his outward displays of cowardice, the dragonfly still didn't like abandoning his adopted brother.
"It's okay for you to stay here," Spyro said.
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Scooby and Dixie came next to Stripetail. 'alright" Stripetail said, his paw beggining to glow. "the rings I've given to the four of you can connect with each other magically. you can talk to each other through your rings, which will glow with the color associated with the person who is talking to you. Spyro- your color is purple. Cynder, yours is black. Dixie, yours is light brown. Scooby, yours is dark brown. Scooby's, your ring is the strongest of the four, and can control the others, even from a large distance. Stick close to each other, and don't do anything too risky.I will be sending directions to you through your armor periodically. If your wrist armor starts glowing, that means I'm contacting you. Simply touch the armor and an image of myself will appear. "
_ Nick came up to the group, and Stripetail turned to him. "Nick, since you have never been in a battle before, it would probably be safest for you to stay by me."
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"Well, that's handy," Cynder said, examining the ring.
"Maybe we should turn the armor on now?" Spyro asked.
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'you might as well' Stripetail replied. "Simply say. Armor up" and the armor will appear on you."
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Armor up' Dixie said. 'Rarmor Up' scooby said, and in a twinkling , they were clad in a full suit of amor. "I'm kinda getting used to this' Dixie said, her voice muffled sdlightly by the helmet.
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"Armor up," Spyro and Cynder said.
"Kivat go!" the golden bat said, leaping off Wataru's shoulder and flying into his hand. He held Kivat near his other hand and the bat sank his fangs in. Markings resemlbing stained glass crawled up Wataru's arm and spread across his face, while ghostly silver chains wrapped arounnd his waist and formed into a red belt.
"Henshin," Wataru said, perching Kivat upside down on the belt's buckle.
Wataru's skin and clothes turned gray and his form changed, before the gray cover shattered into large fragments, revealing the armor beneath. His right leg was incased in silver metal from his toes to his ankle. Chains were wrapped around the metal. Aside from that the rest of the lower part of his boby was covered by slim black armor, save the silver braclet above his left foot.
His upper body was incased in armor, red with a bit of black on the chest, while the back was silver. Silver wing shaped armor covered his shoulders, these also restrained by chains.
His arms were black with a few red veins. He wore silver braclets each embedded with a red gem. His hands including his fingers were covered in red armor which resembled the pattern of a spider web.
The helment he wore was mostly black except for the front. The visors were shaped-like bat wings and were a blank black color at first before they lit up, turning yellow. Red lines circled the visors and on his forehead was a red bat's head. His mouth guard was silver and set back with fang-like designs coming from the bottom while part of the helmet's lense jutted out from the top, looking like another set of fangs.
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The transformations took only a few seconds, but Waturu, Spyro, and Cynder stood there in their new suits of armor. Spyro's armor covered every inch of him, including his tail and horns. The suit broadened out as it went dwon, covering his chest , and underneath him in the back, down towards his hind legs. The color of the armor was nondescript at first, but finally changed into a light purple. Cynders armor was black , crisscrossed with a fiery green. her armor was thinner, and more curvy, folowing her features to the letter. her neck ring and her other adornments were sheathed in leafy green, symbolizing her goodness covering up her past misdeeds. The three of them loked at each , then over at Scooby and Dixie, who looked down to notice that their armor had changed color as well, and whats more, had completely conformed to their physical features. Scooby's was a full shade of brown, Dixie's in comparison, was almost tan.
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"Looks like we're ready," Kivat said. He was still perched on the belt.
Spyro and Cynder both looked their armor over, flexing their various limbs, before looking at each other. Spyro couldn't help, but smile at how well the armor covered Cynder. "You look good."
The black dragoness rolled her eyes.
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Dr. Zanasiu looked at the gathered army. "Ok, we first need to take stock of weapons. So far, I count a pistol and 2 shotguns."
Deimos looked at Nick. "Do you have any weapons in this cafe we can take with us?"
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"Come on Cynder he gave you a compliment.That was very sweet of you Spyro. Scooby don't even go there" Dixie said, before Scooby could say anything. " Rall Ri ras roing ro ray ras rhat rou rook rood roo" Scooby said, a little hurt. 'Rhy ran re ret raway rith rit?"
_ Because he's still a kid.. and its cute coming from him. Coming from you.., well it makes me feel like you're hitting on me." "Rut RI'm rot!" Scooby protested.
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Alright, alright, you guys.. thats enough" Stripetail said.
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"Well" Nick said. " No, We don't have any weapons, but Stripetail has his staff, and these four have thier armor and magic rings, so they're all set. The only one who needs a weapon is me.."
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"It's ok. We'll find you a weapon and some armor once we get there. Come to think of it, Dr. Zanasiu and Deimos need some armor. We'll get some once we arrive." Strut said. He then looked at Nick. "Nick, can you use a gun?"
Strut then checked his shotgun and readjusted his armor. "Ready to head out."
Dr. Zanasiu checked his shotgun. "Ready."
Deimos checked his pistol and readjusted his radio and his holster. "Stripetail, we are ready to go."
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Sure" Nick said. ' All I have to do is make sure none of you guys are anywhere near me.
- Stripetail closed his eyes briefly and brought his paws together "TELEPORTIUS!" He roared, and a white light surrounded the small group and carried them away.
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In a flash, the light disappeared, and a large decript-looking building stood before them. they were on the brow of a hill looking downward at the building. It was sometime between dusk and evening here, yet it was still quite warm. Gunshots could be heard periodically from somwhere inside.
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Both Spyro and Cynder stared at the building, having nothing to compare it with in their own world.
Wataru flinched as he heard the gun fire. He some experience with guns, they being a fairly common weapon for fangire and he had also occasionally been on the recieving end of IXA's weapon. He hoped these guns were less powerful.
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Deimos unholstered his pistol and surveyed the area. "Guys, be careful, quite a bit of the base is underground."
"Nick, since you don't have any armor or weapons, stay near someone who does." Strut said, he too had his shotgun at the ready and was surveying the area.
Dr. Zanasiu radioed Rime. "Rime, this is Zanasiu, we have arrived."
Rime's voice came back on. "Good come on in! We're just... Damn it, we're under attack!" Rime's voice suddenly cut off and was replaced by gunshots and shouting. The radio was loud enough that everyone could hear it.
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"let's Move!' Stripetail said, taking off running towards the Building. Both Nick and Scooby paused fotr a moment then took off after him. Dixie stayed behing. "Spyro, Cynder, I'm with you guys. Whenever you want to go..'
_ It was then that Stitch and Angel came up to them. They had decided at the very last second to join the departing group. "Stitch! Angel!. OH.. Stripetail is not going to like this.." Dixie said flustered.
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"Let's rock!" Deimos shouted. He then holstered his pistol and ran after Stripetail.
Strut and Dr. Zanasiu holstered their weapons and followed, running after Deimos.
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Wataru charged after them, Outrunning most of them thanks to the enhancements the Kiva suit gave him and he had to slow his pace or he would leave them behind.
"You guys should have said something," Cynder said to the two experiments. "I hope the shurlups don't pick now to go after everyone in the office..."
Spyro glanced at the building. "Come on, let's get this over with quickly and get back."
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We want armor like you guys" Stitch said, His eyes huge with wonder. "Dixie sighed "Talk to Stripetail, when we meet up with him, that is. For now, stick with us.." Both of the experiments nodded. "Let's go guys' She said to the two dragons.
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The two dragons nodded and leapt into the air, beating their wings, they flew low over the ground, leading the way to the building.
"We should let the others go first, then we can back them up," Cynder suggested.
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"Alright,. You guys need anything, speak into your rings.."Dixie took off running, and made good time towards the building. The Two Dragons flew ahead of her, and the two experiments dased behind her, trying to hkeep pace.
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Stripetail Nick and Scooby reached a door in the side of the building where Wataru weas hunched over, apparently working on something.
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Wataru sighed and stood up, pointing his thumb at the electronic lock on the door. "I can't get through this."
Well, that wasn't true, but he wasn't going to try and force his way in.
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"Okay!" Spyro called back. He and Cynder sped up slightly.
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Deimos placed his finger on the electronic lock and it opened. He drew his pistol and headed in.
Suddenly, there was the sound of Deimos swearing and gunshots.
Strut and Dr. Zanasiu drew their weapons and peered into the door; they saw Deimos crouched behind a crate and shooting at some terrorists. They rushed in, dove behind another crate and returned fire.
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Stripetail rushed it, and thrust his staff forward. a bean of white light rushed out of it and raced towards the persons shooting at deimos. the blast ignited and flung them backwards with a tremendous chorus of screams. 'Everyone Stay down' He said, As the rest of the Group reached them.
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"Thanks." Deimos said, as shot at a fleeing terrorist and killed him. He fished the last magazine from his holster and reloaded his pistol.
Dr. Zanasiu and Strut reloaded their weapons.
Deimos went over to one of the crates and lifted the lid off. The crate had several pieces of Dragonskin body armor and military combat helmets. He grabbed two Human conformed vests and helmets and handed them to Dr. Zanasiu and Nick. He found a vest, a helmet and a bandolier labeled "Deimos's order". He equipped himself with his order. He found a helmet for Strut and handed it to him.
"I'm going to see what we can take from the guys I shot." Deimos said. He then ransacked the bodies of the terrorists he shot and came away with 4 more magazines for his pistol. He placed them in his bandolier. He also came away with an assault rifle and two magazines for it. He also handed a 4 shotgun shells each to Dr. Zanasiu and Strut who pocketed them.
"Nick, do you want this?" Deimos asked, showing the rifle to Nick.
"If any of you want some armor come here!" Dr. Zanasiu shouted to the rest of the group after he finished putting on the armor and helmet.
Strut checked his shell pouch. "I've got enough ammo for now. If I need more, I'll just help myself to the dead guys' stuff or the security stations."
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Nick took, the rifle, which was fully loaded with bullets, and Slung it over his shoulder. He looked at the armor next. I'll take some of that." He said.
_ Stripetail turned as Dixie, Spyro Cynder reached him. Behind them, looking apologetic, were Angel and Stitch. "Stowaways" He frowned.
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Wataru stared at the bodies. His downcast expression was hidden by his helmet. In all of the fights he had been in, he never once come up against a creature that bled and he had most certainly never killed another human.
Spyro and Cynder looked unconcerned, both of them were used to war and could stomach it.
"We're fine," Spyro said, shrugging his armor shoulders.
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Deimos handed the armor over to Nick.
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Nick took the armor and strapped it on.
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We want what they have' Stitch said, Pointing at Dixie, Spyro and Cynder. angel nodded."Stripetail shook his head. "Scooby" he said, "what should I do with these two?"
"Rhy Rask re?'Scooby said, curiously looking at the two experiments. "Because I want your opinion. " Stripetail said. "Stitch I don't just give out things like that to just anyone. You and Angel will have to convince me that you're trustworthy."
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Cynder watched the two aliens with quiet amusement. Their innocent personalities made it hard for her to dislike them, but she wasn't sure giving them armor would be a good idea. She didn't say anything though since Stripetail didn't ask her opinon.
Kivat meanwhile detached himself from Wataru's belt and fluttered around to spread his wings.
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Scooby?" Stripetail repeatred himself. 'Rell. Ro Rink Rhey rould rave ro rearn rit... err..Reah, reaern, rhier rings" Scooby said. Stripetail nodded. "Dixie, your thoughts? "I agree with Scooby, they need to prove themselves first.' stripetail nodded. Alright, Spyro, Cynder, your opinions please. " He said looking at the two dragons. "I want everyon'e opinion before adding these two. If I do bring them in, then we'll have ther makings of a full team." He chuckled at the thought.
_ Nick found that the armor was a bit too big for him, but at least he had some protection.
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"I don't see any problem with making them prove themselves," Cynder said.
"They seem nice enough," Spyro said. "And if they really want something they should be able to wait for it."
"What exactly is that armor?" Wataru asked.
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"It very powerful magical armor. It can protect their wearer from extreme heat or cold, conform to your body type and shape, and do many other things.' Stripetail said. "I don't give them out to just anyone, they have to prove themselves beforehand.."
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Deimos thought a moment. "We can't risk any one slowing us down. I think that it is a good idea that our two arrivals prove themselves."
Strut looked at Wataru. "The armor that Nick, Deimos, Dr. Zanasiu and myself wear isn't magical but it is extremely tough."
Dr. Zanasiu shrugged. "Hmm. Dragonskin military armor plus fireproof, acidproof and cut resistant lab coat and pants work for me." Strut and Deimos nodded.
Dr. Zanasiu looked at Deimos and Strut. "Remind me to order you some fire and acid proof clothing later."
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"Well, I guess we should get moving," Cynder said.
"Yeah, it sounded like your friend would need all the help he can get," Kivat said.
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"He's right." Deimos said, looking at Kivat. "We need to hurry."
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Deeper inside the complex Rime, a light blue Troodon was crouched behind a crate.
"Anytime now, Zanasiu." Rime said into his radio. He stood up and killed a terrorist with a few rifle bullets to the head.
Zachary, an anthropomorphic Clydesdale, swore as a terrorist grenade exploded in front of the crate he was using for cover.
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"We come with you guys. " stitch said, a note og eagerness in his voice. He jumped on Nick's back. "Whoa, whoa, Stitch!' Nick exclaimed. "Angel..!" but it was too late. Angel had jumped onto him as well.
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"Just carry them, and stick close to me' Stripetail said. He fingered his staff. "Lead on Deimos. You guys know this place better than we do.."
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Deimos moved up front.
Dr. Zanasiu radioed Rime, "Rime, the reinforcements are arriving. Where are you?"
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"I'm in basement floor 7!" Rime shouted over the gunfire. He shot a terrorist and ducked behind the crate.
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"We're at the entrance. We need to get a quick briefing from the control room first." Dr. Zanasiu said.
"Forget the control room! I'm almost out of ammo!" came the voice on the radio.
Deimos listened in. "We'll go to the control room later and see how much we can help." he said.
He readied his pistol and moved further down the bullet riddled hallway. Dr. Zanasiu and Strut followed.
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The dim hallway was lit only by Stripetail's staff, which cast a dim light a few feet in front of him. Dixie found that she could see down to the end of the hallway. "Is there an elevator or staircase close by?' She asked. Nick shrugged, as much as he could with Angel and Stitch hanging onto him. 'Let's just follow those guys.." He said.
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Rould Re rlit rup?" Scooby asked.
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No.. we should stick together. "tHis place is not familar to me.."
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Strut looked back at Mr. Bigmouth. "Mr. Bigmouth, unless you want to get shot, I'd suggest you get some armor and weapons."
"I'm not used to using weapons." Mr. Bigmouth replied.
Strut sighed. "Mr. Bigmouth! When the Claw Valley dinosaurs invaded the Great Valley you served your part."
"I served as the medic and the herbalist!"
"If you aren't comfortable using a gun, take a knife or something. Look at Nick, he hasn't used a gun before but he accepted the weapon."
Mr. Bigmouth sighed and took an assault rifle from a dead terrorist. He changed the magazine and cocked the weapon just as Nick did.
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Dr. Kerzach was back at the cafe eating some hash browns. He looked at Ducky. "So where are you from?"
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They're from the Great Valley" Ali said, speaing up, from her plate of leaves. "I've been there a couple times, I'm part of traveling herd of longnecks.
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Shaggy stretched as he fuinished his meal, which had consisted of six full portions of eggs, sausages, and hash browns. "Pity Nick left..I could use some more food' He said. Shaggy was almost never full..no matter how much he ate.
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Ducky nodded, "Yes, the Great Valley is a great place, it is it is." She said.
"Maybe you can visit." Petrie said.
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Dr. Kerzach heard Shaggy complaining. "Um, I do have some skills as a cook. Did a bit of cooking at the Pelvanida Cafeteria." He turned to the rest of the patrons. "Does anyone think Nick will mind if I take command of the Cafe for a bit?"
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"I don't think he would..' shaggy said. "as long as you can get something whipped up quickly for lunch." there was hope in his voice.
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(Nick22 mentioned to me that you might need Dr. Shelton, my character, at some point in order to adequately abridge Darwin's Soldiers. So, this RP only, I'm allowing everyone the right to use Dr. Shelton whenever they need to in order to further the story. Treat him like you would Shaggy or Snoopy, as a pre-established character added into the RP. FYI for those who don't know him, he's a 40 year old scientist with a radio-flashlight and a mind for technology. :wave)
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"You sure seem to eat a lot," Sparx commented to Shaggy.
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Kivat sighed. He hated spending his time just hanging from the belt when there was no fighting being done and he couldn't leave in case Wataru would need to use a fuestle.
"It's not going to take long to get there, is it?" Kivat asked.
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andb you sure seem to talk alot." Shaggy replied. "So tell me about your dragon friends. Are they friends? goingout? What? You tell me, and I'll spill the beans on my old buddy Scoob. But you can't tell anyone.."
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"Well, I can't resist an invitation to talk," Sparx said. "I'm not too sure. Ever since they came back from kicking Malefor's tail they've been kind of an item, but not exaclty going out. It's really kind of confusing... Anyway, now it's your turn."
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"scooby has it bad for Dixie, the thing is, Dixie's his cousin, and they share a common ancestor. I think Dixie's mother, is the Sister of Scoob's Dad, or his Mom, anyway, they're related. Now Scoob, has never had much luck with the Ladies, oh, he's had crushes and some of the girls have shown some interest, but nothing real serious ever came out of it. Dixie used to perform on a showboat, in fact, Scoob and I once went down there to visit, and got rid of a ghost that was haunting the place. But that was it until about a year ago, whebn we happened upon this place, and Dixie walked in after we had sat down on gotten our orders. Well, She's moved with us, but Dixie set down some rules for him, and he's deathly afraid of crossing the line with her. and with his past luck, I don't blame him." Shaggy said.
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"Ah, I see," Sparx said. He watched a fly buzz around and made grab for it as it got too close to him, but it proved too fast. "Are you in a relationship?"
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Not right now, there was a girl called Mary Jane a few years ago, but she moved away. I don't think you care that much for girls, just a guess. But I think we should make a wager, on which one of us can get their 'couple' to kiss first. Twenty bucks says I can get Scooby and Dixie to kiss before you can get Spyro and Cynder to kiss. And it can't be a peck on the cheek. Has to be mouth to mouth. " Shaggy grinned broadly, wiping out a twenty and setting it on the floor beside his plate. "You IN?"
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"That's an interesting idea," Sparx said, eyeing the green piece of parchment. "But I don't have anything of value with me."
He glanced around the room as though it would offer him something to cover the bet.
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Eh, you don't have to put up anything right now. You can just owe me for dinner or something." shaggy said, unless you really want to. If you have any Gems or Coins or anything like that, that'll do. Theres mithril in the kitchen too, that seems to be worth a lot..'
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"Everything I have is back home," Sparx held out his arms, palms open to display his empty hands. At that moment a large green gem dropped from the ceiling, landing in the dragonflies's hands. Unfortunately, it was almost as big as Sparx and the extra weight caused him to crash to the floor.
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Shaggy reached out and took the gem off of sparx and laid it on the twenty. Alright, thats your wager. This Gem against my Twenty' It was then that Lilo put a five dollar bill on top of the gem and twnty. "Five dllars says I can get Stitch and Angel to kiss before you guys can get your boy and girl to kiss" Shaggy and Sparx looked at each other, then at Lilo.
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"You look a little young to be gambling..." Sparx said, realizing after he had finished speaking that he sounded like his father. "Besides for are all we know those two are probably already an item so it could be easy for you to win."
A shurlup came flying through the door and crashed into the wall, beside Sparx and Shaggy. The shurlup collapsed to the ground, crushing down on top of the three's wagers. The shurlup didn't move again and its body was covered with burns and singed fur.
A man clad in white and black armor stepped through the door, the two red eyes of his helmet focused on the shurlup. He relaxed as he saw the creature was dead and his armor turned gold and seemed to slid forward, contracting into a yellow cross-shaped light which flew into the white knuckle-like weapon in his hand.
He was dressed in a normal black tuxedo with a tie and his hair was black and spikey. He wore a rather serious expression on his face. "Is Wataru here? I saw his bike parked outside."
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"no, he on a mission .. of a sort' shaggy said. " Thats all I can really tell you.."
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He moved over to the Shurlup and dragged it away as far he could. The sHurlup was heavy, and probably male. Shaggy moved it until he saw the two bills and gem. "Alright" He said, Handiing back the gem anf five to thier respective owners. "Lilo you're in. So its my twenty against your five and Sparx's gem. have Stitch and Angel ever kissed before?' Lilo shook her head, and was about to reply when Nani Stepped in. "Boys I want a word with you. Lilo if You could Please let me talk with them alone for a moment.
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"I see," the man said, placing the knuckle into a pocket on his jacket and he unclipped the belt around his waist. He spotted the gem and the two bills and immediately understood what was going on. If Nani wasn't stepping in, he most certainly would have had something to say about them gambling with a child.
Sparx hovered above Shaggy's shoulder and whispered quietly into his ear. "I think we're in trouble..."
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"You THINK!" Nani's voice had a thick undertone of sarcasm. 'What sort of example are you setting here for my little sister! Not only about gambling, but of the nature of that wager! What do you think Cynder and Dixie are going to do to both of you when they find out? And more important, what do you think this will do to both relationships? This will damage both of them, especially if the girls think the guys put you up to it. Being a girl, I see this from an entirely different perspective than a guy would, and I can easily tell that neither of you have been with a woman in a long time , perhaps ever. If you were in a relationship, neither of you would have made this bet, or at least would not have allowed my sister to bet. " Nani said, her voice a low whisper but it held such force that neither of them were missing a word. "Both girls are in complex relationships, this could be their very first serious relationship, for both of them. a kiss is a sign of affection and love, and I imagine both girls would tell you off even worse if they were in my position right now!. In fact,' she said looking at Sparx. "i wouldn't be surprised if Cynder tried to eat you!"
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"Well, she's already tried once," Sparx shurgged helplessly, hoping this attempt at humor would quell Nani's temper.
The man, Nago Keisuke, meanwhile, knelt down in front of Lilo. His serious expression was momentarily replaced by a smile. "You should not gamble. Please find some other way to entertain yourself."
He stood back up and glanced around, wishing that he could get something to drink while he waited for Wataru, but there didn't appear to be any waiters there.
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'I Assure you , She will try again, if she finds out. " nani continued. The Attempt at humor, weak as it was, did not deter her. Given her mood, not even an excellent joke would have done the trick. "And She may very well suceed, I know I won't stop her if she tries. and I doubt Spyro is going to be in any position to protect you Sparx, when they get back and Cynder finds out. and shaggy, I wouldn't be surprised if Dixie moves out once you get back and goes back home. You will have ruined the relationship for your friend, and he may never forgive you for it. How often do we truly find someone who makes us happy? who we truly love? How often has Scooby been in a relationship like this?"
_ "Ne-never" Shaggy stammered.
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"And if she leaves, he may never get another chance. Dogs don't live as long as people do, if Scooby lives to be 15, he'll be beating the average for his kind. and he certainly will be too old then to get much interest from girls, he'll be too old for them then. This relationship is his only chance at finding someone special, and I would hate to see it ruined by a stupid bet."
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"You don't have to tell them, do you?" Sparx gulped. He knew who serious Spyro was about Cynder and he suspected that he would side with her, even over him, his adopted brother.
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Douglas, Ducky and some others decided to finish what they were eating and some then rest. or other things, Some not understanding what was going on, or not wanting to get involved, things moving so fast.
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Nago glanced at the plateful of diminishing food. His eyes then fell on the pen which the baby shurlups were in. He raised an eyebrow recognizing them as the young of the creature he had just fought and killed.
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'I certainly WILL tell them.' Nani said severely. "If they ask whats been going on, I'll tell them. Every last detail. Which means that you'll have about a minute to get going Sparx. And Shaggy , I hope $25 and a big gem will be consolation enough for Scooby after Dixie moves out. I highly suspect It won't be, not even close. Now since the bet has already been made, I'm going to let Lilo play, to hopefully teach you both a lesson. She's too young to really catch the significance of a bet like this, or what it can do to a relationship. But she's got a good head on her shoulders, and she's a fast learner, I think its because she's been dealing with Stitch's cousins practically everyday for years." Nani finished, giving Shaggy and Sparx each a sour look. "And I haven't even started with Stripetail. Who knows what He'll do to you both.."
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Don't hurt them!" ali said. 'we're raising them, so to speak. They're just babies, they're not going to hurt you. Besides they're sleeping right now."
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"It does appear the young of that species are not like the adults." Douglas said. "Though I"m no expert on the species."
"Hurting babies is bad, it is it is." Ducky said.
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Dr. Kerzach had just finished making some french fries. "Who ordered the french fries!"
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"There should be staircase somewhere here. The elevators are out of service because the terrorists blew up the elevator room. Besides, I'm not sure if we'll all fit in it." Deimos said.
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I'll have some!' Lilo said, excitedly. "We don't have ketchup though.. Do you have enough for everyone?"
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I'll take some..' shaggy said, trying to recover from the tongue-lashing Nani had given him.
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is there any clothing stores in the base? If There is, I need a new dress, since the Shurlups at the resteraunts ripped up my old one." dixie said. Then she saw the stairwell.
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"Do you mind wearing a lab coat and pants or a military uniform?" Dr. Zanasiu asked. "Wait, did I get your some armor and a weapon from before?"
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Dr. Kerzach went to the back and retrieved several more platters of french fries. He placed them on the counter and went back to retrieve some bottles of ketchup, which he placed on the counter as well.
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'No, I have my own armor and weapons" Dixie said. "All I really want is a dress, alright. If I have to, i'll search the base from top to bottom, forr a place.'
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"Could I get a coffee?" Nago asked Dr. Kerzach. He had turned away from the baby shurlups. He wondered a bit at the cafe's strange occupents, but thought it polite not to ask.
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Wataru glanced down the stairwell. "Perhaps I should go first, I'm pretty hard to hurt..."
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"We've got cofee right here' Nani said, switching tactics from scold to service.
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"Ri'll rome rith rou Rixie. Ri'll ree rif Ri rann rind ra ruit' Scooby said. 'Dixie smiled slightly inside her helmet. This wasn't much of a surprise: scooby wanted to accompany her.
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You can go ahead. I think we have around 7 floors to go down." stripetail said.
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"WHat are french fries?" Ducky asked with a puzzled expression on her face, not having heard of them before.
"Their parts of a plant prepared in a certain way." Douglas said, attempting to keep the explanation as simple as possible.
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'Yeah, they're really good" Lilo nodded, grabbing some. 'ow! They're hot! a little too hot!"
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They just got out of the fryer, Lilo' Shaggy said, spreading large amounts of ketchup on his plate.
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"Thank you," Nago said with a slight nod of his head. He got up and grab himself a cup.
Sparx meanwhile sat himself down on one of the rafters overhead.
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True to his word, Wataru started down the stairs first. Spyro and Cynder took flight and hovered behind him, one over each of his shoulders.
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Stripetail , Scooby and Dixie followed close behind. Nick was slower to follow thanks to the two experiments ridings piggyback on him. Stripetail staff lit up the stairwell, allowing the group to see down in front of them. It was somewhat slow going, and Nick could help but notice bullet holes in the wall, and bullet casings on the ground. "This must have been a full-on assult by these guys. What group are they claiming to be part of? They have to call themselves something.."
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Wataru glanced over the edge of the stairwell, the lenses of his mask letting him see through the darkness below like it was broad day. "Everything looks clear..."
Both Spyro and Cynder were eyeing the holes in the wall with nervious expressions.
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Dixie and Scooby looked a each oher nervously as they looked at and examined the bullet holes. "Can our armor stand up against bullets?' Dixie asked. It was not an unexpected question. Stripetail nodded. "I wouldn't advise trying to take on 10 fully armed people at once, but yes, these suits can protect you against bullets Dixie, this includdes these helmets as well. So I wouldn't recomment taking them off until we clear these floors out. Just touch the side ioof helmets to activate "Night Armor' which will cause your armor to glow in the dark, and allow you to see in the dark."
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"We don't know their motives as of now." Deimos said. He, along with Dr. Zanasiu and Strut were at the rear of the group.
"Wataru, Dr. Zanasiu, Deimos and I should take point. We know this place very well." Strut said.
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"If you insist," Kivat said, as Wataru let them file past and take the lead.
"How well do they protect us?" Cynder asked.
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"I really don't care about their motives. What do they call themselves?' Stripetail said firmly. "But you guys can take point.
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They can protect you very well" Stripetail repeated. "Dixie just asked that question, but I dont mind repeating myself. This armor can protect you against bullets, but you'll still feel recoil from the bullets, you'll be knocked back a bit. "
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Strut, Deimos and Dr. Zanasiu took point. Strut's shotgun had a flashlight attached under the barrel so he turned it on.
"I think one of the terrorists mentioned an organization called "Purity of Life" or something like that. It's supposedly this anti-technology and anti-genetic engineering terrorist group." Strut said, swiveling his shotgun to illuminate the steps below him.
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"Purity of Life', huh, Well thats an oxymoron. Terrorism is the tool of the weak against the strong, usually used to undermine governments and create fear, doubt, and dread in the citizens of countries and regions. It is usually perpetrated by cowards, or the fantically devoted to a idea or creed." Stripetail said.
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The two dragons felt relieved to hear that.
"So do you perform genetic research here?" Wataru asked.
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"I guessing they might, if these Purity guys are trying to stop it" Dixie said, putting in her two cents. "Rhy ro rhey rall rhemselves ririty rof rife' rif rhey rill reople?' Scooby asked her. "Who knows, cousin. Just stick close to me.. not TOO close' Dixie said clarifying herself.
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Spyro and Cynder grinned and slid a bit closer to each other. They had stopped flying, choosing instead to walk to conserve energy. Having four legs made it a bit difficult to maneuver on the steps though.
"Guess so," Wataru said.
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Sparx dropped down to hover next to Shaggy. "You know maybe we should just call off the bet, or change the nature of it."
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' A bit late to do that though Sparx. We'll just have to be upfront to both couples.." Shaggy said. "I'm not looking forward to it either Sparx, but We have to. "
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"They do sound interesting." Ducky said looking at the french fries.
"Try a bit of 1, likely it cant hurt." Douglas said.
"What if it do hurt." Petrie asked, at the idea.
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'it won't hurt, if you wait a little bit for the fries to cool. they tend to be very hot at first." Lilo said. Ali looked at a plate of fries, steam wafted off of them and dissipated into the air. "They look odd.." She said warily.
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Nago sipped at his coffee. He decided perhaps he should introduce himself to the rest. "My name is Nago Keisuke, I'm a... friend of Wataru's..."
"You should try them," Sparx put in. "It's always nice to have new expierances, provided you're not experiencing a dark hole filled with doom from which you're not likely to escape..."
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"Eating hot food can be bad." Ducky said.
"Eating cold food too." Petrie said. "Cold food can get hard." He said.
Douglas nods, "Both of those can be careful if one isn't careful." He said relaxing where he was.
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Hi, Nago, I'm Ali' Ali said, before taking a few fries in her mouth. Potatoes were something new to her, she was used to leaves, or berries. They were warm, but not hot, and quite salty.
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Shaggy offered a couple fries to Sparx. "Want some? They're really good Sparx, especially with Ketchup. If Scoob was here, I'd be sharing, but he's not. His loss." He said with a grin.
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Sparx took the fry and bit off the end. "His loss indeed."
"Are you sure you can't tell me anymore about where Wataru is?" Nago asked.
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Ducky looked at the french fries, "are there enough for everyone? I hope there is, I do, I do." She said hoping there was enough for everyone.
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"They'll probably be cold by the time they get back though," Sparx said, he took another bite and continued. "I'd hate to see good food go to waste."
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Ducky took a french fry with one hand and took a small bite. Chewing it she smilled and started to eat the rest. "Nice, different." She said.
Seeing it seemed to be ok to eat Petrie took one and started to eat it. "Me like." He said, liking the different new taste.
Douglass took one as well and ate a bit of it. "Yes, they are very well made." he said.
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'Wautru left with a small group from here about 20 minutes ago, I don't know where they went though" Nani said. "Stitch and Angel went wih them too. " Pleekly said. He was ptting fries in his mouth fin\ve at a time and letting his two tongues move them around his mouth.
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"They are on some sort of mission of some sort I think." Douglas said eating another french fry.
"It is bad to let food go to waste, it is it is." Ducky said as she began eating another.
"If they wanted to eat they no had to go." Petrie said getting another one.
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Scooby and Dixie continued down the stairs, both now activasting their 'night armor". the light from the armor showcased buklllet holes continuing down, and some dark splatters on the wall. Dixie shuddered, was that blood? "I hope thats not what I think it is' She said aloud as she continued walking downn. The landing they were approaching had a large number 3 on it. They were 4 floors away now, But what caught her eye was a small legend next to the door. "Cafeteria- Base mall- Hansel's Jewlry-- the rest was covered in some goop= "So there IS a clothing store here, or there was, at least.. "
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Dr. Zanasiu chuckled. "Ah, I never went to the Base Mall that much. I spent most of the time at the shooting range. Nothing gets the adrenaline pumping like a session of practical shooting."
Deimos nodded. "I hope we can make it to Rime before its too late."
Strut said nothing as he swiveled his shotgun to aim at the stairwell below him.
The group then proceeded down the stairwell for several more minutes until they arrived at a landing labeled "Floor Seven"
"We're here." Strut said.
Dr. Zanasiu and Deimos readied their weapons.
Strut tried to open the door only to find out that it was jammed. "Bad news. We'll need to either break this door down or find another way."
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Dr. Kerzach looked at Petrie. "They had to go. They needed to save other people's lives." He helped himself to some french fries.
"I'll go make some drinks. What would everyone like?" Dr. Kerzach asked.
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Allow Me" Stripetail said stepping forward. "Sendar!' He shouted as he raised his staff. The Door was blown inwards, and cluttered on the ground wiith a big clang. A gruesome sighght met their eyes. there wwere bodies lying inside. Some wore armor, which had holes in them. Others lay in curled positions, as if they had been in a defensive crouch when they had been shot. And the smell was terrible. Tears came to Scooby''s eyes "rhat ra Rorrible rell!' He said. Stripetail strode forward, ignoring the smell and the sight of bodies.
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"Thanks!" Deimos said.
He cautiously entered the area. His face grew solemn as he surveyed the carnage. "I hope Rime and Zachary are okay."
"Rime, we are at level seven." Dr. Zanasiu said into his radio.
"Good! A contingent of Pelvanida guards has arrived but they were killed by a terrorist ambush near stairwell 3. I am at the directional magnetic fields lab near stairwell 4."
Strut used his shotgun light to illuminate the plate near the stairwell, it read "stairwell 3".
Deimos looked at some of the dead bodies. He noticed that a few of the bodies were of terrorists but most were Pelvanida guards, which he recognized by their camo fatigues with a shoulder patch that bore a double helix.
Suddenly Deimos heard gunshots in the distance. "That sounds like it's coming from stairwell 4! We must hurry."
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Rime was crouched behind a crate. He cursed as he realized that he had 20 rounds left and that terrorists were shooting at him. He stood up and caught a terrorist in the chest with a short burst of his rifle. He ducked back down as they returned fire.
He grabbed a Pelvanida guard's shotgun and placed it by his side.
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Nick struggled after Stripetail, and he could feel the two aleins he was carrying stiffen as they smelled the stench of the dead bodies. 'Its horrible, you two, but we have to get through to the stairwell. Nick said. "I won;t be able to carry youi much longer either. I'll have to use my rifle pretty soon, I expect."
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"Cousin, keep your guard up" Dixie said quietly. "Lets clear out those Puroty guys, then we can go up to floor 3 and go shoping. Hopefully the stores are still open. "
_ "Rixie, re're ralking rhough ra runch rof read ruys, rand, rou're ralking rout rhopping?" Scooby looked incrdulously at her. "anything besides talking about the smell, or seeing o many dead bodies."
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Mr. Bigmouth sighed. "I agree Nick, it seems we may need to fight very soon."
"Nick? I could allow those two that you are carrying to ride me." Deimos said. "I am capable of carrying over 200 pounds on my back provided it is properly distributed and I can still shoot."
Suddenly, Strut noticed 9 men in dark clothing who pointed weapons at the group and started firing.
"Scatter!" Strut shouted. He dove behind a column and immediately returned fire.
Mr. Bigmouth and Deimos took refuge in nearby doorways and also returned fire.
Dr. Zanasiu took cover behind a crate and started shooting.
Deimos took out a terrorist with a well aimed shot to the head before his pistol jammed. As he was clearing the jam, Mr. Bigmouth fired off a short burst but struck nothing.
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"Let's hurry up," Spyro said, he was no stranger to death, though he wasn't used to gunshot wounds.
"Where's Wataru?" Cynder asked, glancing around. The armored youth had vanished while everyone's backs were turned.
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When Rime turned back around from shooting, he found Wataru standing behind him. The half-fangire reached for his belt, removing one of the whistle-like objects, a green one with a fish-like design, he placed it in Kivat's mouth.
"Bashaa Magnum!" Kivat exclaimed, blowing into the whistle. They waited a moment and nothing happened. "We must be out of range."
Wataru returned the whistle to its slot and then leapt out from behind the creates much to Rime's ashtonishment. He charged at the terrorists, who naturally opened fire. The hail of bullets struck Wataru, sparks and smoke flew from his armor, briefly obscuring him and then he vanished altogether again in the mist-like smoke.
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Nick Dove behind a crate as a bullet changed off his left shoulder. he felt the recoil, and gritted his teeth. "Take this you Puroty Wackoes. ' lifted up his gun, and started firing. tHe bullets flew out of the rifle at a rapid clip, raking the ground near the stairwell. He didn't hit any of them, although, a couple came close to thier target.
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Scooby and Dixie dove of cover, as bullets ricoheted off their backs. Their amrmor proved to be as tough as advertised, which was a good thing, because both of them were stunned briefly by the recoil. "I don't think swords are going to do much against bullets." Dixie said.
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Spyro and Cynder took flight, darting behind the same crate. Spyro spat a ball of earth magic which struck a concrete pillar, causing it to explode and incapcitate the terrorist behind it.
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Stripetail used his Sendar attack agfain, which was literally a bolt of lightning. the bolt struck a nearby Purity member and not only killed him, but the electricty killed the person next to him as well. The acrid smell of burning flesh, wafted towards them. "2 down, 7 to go.. probably less.' He said.
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Cynder popped her head over the crate and spat a glob of poison at the group of terrorists. The glob fell short of its target. They were out of range. She growled in annoyance.
Spyro spat another earth blast, this one hitting the floor and sending chunks of it flying through the air, but nothing hit the terrorists. They were forced to take cover agaisnt another hail of gunfire.
"I think I hate guns!" Cynder shouted.
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Stitch climbed off of Nicks back. " mesa get those bad guys" He growkled, showing his second pair of Arms. "Keep Angel Safe. She botchiboo' he said, and ignoring the gunfire. jumped towards the group firing upon them. Stitch was used to laserfire, Gantu fired at him constantly.
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"Are you cra-," Cynder stopped as she saw the bullets bounce off the small blue creature.
Spyro and Cynder glanced at each other and then both jumped out from behind cover. Cynder became a cloud of darkness, floating through the air, while a ball of rock surrounded Spyro, who rolled forwards. The gunfire effected neither of them.
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Douglas nodded as he finished a french fry. "I'm sure they'll do good, especially the wizard person."
A the mention of drink he shrugs, "I'm not vary picky, how about the rest of you folks?" He asked looking around at the others. "I can help bring in the drinks if you think you may need help." He said.
"I've only had water, but I'd like to try something new, I would." Ducky said.
"Petrie too." Petrie said.
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Rime recovered from the shock and immediately joined in the battle. His rifle jammed so he seized the shotgun and started shooting. Only to foind out that it had one round, he fired it but hit nothing, except a pillar.
One of the terrorists unhooked a grenade from his uniform and threw it at Stripetail but as soon as he threw the grenade, Strut killed him with a well placed shot to the head.
Deimos had cleared the jam and he fired again, striking 2 terrorist and downing them. A bullet struck him in the chest, but thanks to the armor he was unhurt. He did flinch from the impact though.
Dr. Zanasiu struck a terrorist in the chest with a shotgun blast and killed him. He ducked behind the crate as two bullets struck it. He hastily reloaded.
Strut looked at the terrorists. "There's only 3 left!" he shouted. He fired again but his aim was off and he only grazed a terrorist.
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"Thanks! I'll just bring in some ice water for you and some fresh squeezed lemonade for the two prehistoric creatures." Dr. Kerzach said.
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Angel climbed off of Nick and raced after Stitch. "Well, You can't say these two aren't brave" He said to himself. Angel hurled herself onto one of the remaining purity nmembers ans sank her teeth deep into his left leg. He screamed in pain, and dropped his gun. The was all the time Nick needed, He took careful aim, and fired. the shot hit him in the left side, and he fell backwards. Angel climbed out from underneath him, her teeth were stained red with blood.
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Stripetail gestured and the grenade was stopped in maidair. two seconds later, it exploded harmlessly. He then gestured again and wiring from the walls came free and wrapped themselves around the two surviving terrorists, binding them tight.
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Both dragons stopped as they saw the remaining terrorists taken care of. The ball of earth around Spyro fell away, while the shadows around Cynder receded.
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Wataru dropped down in front of the one of the terrorists, he was hanging from his legs by a rafter. He rapidly punched the terrorist in the face, knocking him out. He unhooked his legs from the rafter and flipped onto the floor, landing several lightning fast kicks and punches.
The terrorists found it impossible to fight back, Wataru being too strong and their guns useless while he was in the midst of them. Some still fired, but hurt their allies more then they did their armored adversary.
They backed away from Wataru forming a tight line and leveling their guns at him. Wataru grabbed a red whistle and gave it to Kivat.
"Wake Up!"
He croached down, crossing his arms over his chest as a red mist moved across the area, turning day into night. A large crescent moon appeared above the facility. The terrorists opened fire, but Wataru leapt into the air, while Kivat leapt from his perch on the buckle and flew around Wataru's armor incased right leg, blowing into the fuestle.
The chains shot off and the silver armor opened into red fleshy wings, the skin beneath also red and three green eyes on his leg. He hung suspended in the air impossibly for a moment, before he twisted around and then launched toward the group of terrorists, foot first. His kick hit the floor and left a bat-shaped symbol on the floor, while the group of terrorists were flung across the room by a wall of invisible force. They crashed into the walls and then dropped to the floor all unconcious.
Wataru turned to look back at Rime. The three eyes on his leg pulsed with light and then the wings closed, the chains floating back to wrap around his leg again. "Are you hurt?"
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"I'm not thirsty," Nago said, holding up his nearly empty coffee cup.
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Nice work" stripetail said, as the sounds of gunfire died away. 'Everyone alright?' he asked looking around. "Dixie and Scioooby both nodded. Stitch and Angel came up to him. Angel still had blood on her face from whwere he had bitten the Purity of Life member in the leg. Stitch hobbled a little, one of the bullet had nicked him in the leg.
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"I hope there aren't more," Cynder sighed. If past experiences had taught her anything, it was that there was always more.
"We should go find Rime now," Spyro said. "And Wataru, wherever he disappeared to."
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And Once we find them, I'm taking both of you shopping. " dixie said firmly. "No excuses. You guys are what, 14, 15? You're at that age where you SHOULD be shopping."
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"Should be shopping?" Spyro repeated with an incredulous expression.
"But dragons don't shop," Cynder said. Apparently they were very willing to make excuses.
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"Well you two are going to be exceptions to that. Come on it will be fun. You guys can each get the other something. Scooby will take Spyro , and Cynder You'll accompany me. Don't worry about paying, We'll take care of everything" Dixie smiled. "Its nice to give a gift to someone you care about..."
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"Well, I gues if we're doing that it's okay," Spyro said, meaning the gift giving and not Scooby and Dixie paying, something he would rather avoid, but he reconciled to pay them back later.
"I guess I'll go along with it," Cynder said, already wondering what would make an appropriate gift for Spyro.
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"Ro Rart rhinking arour rhat rou rant ro rive' Scooby said through his helmet.
_ Can we come?" Stitch said, limping up to them, and catching the end of the conversation.
-"No Stitch, You guys have to accompany me' Nick said, taking a breather.
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"Anyone else or is that everyone?" Douglas looked around trying to make sure everyone had gotten a chance to answer. "Any idea when the others may return?" He asked.
"How about you?" Ducky asked Snoopy. He nodded then made a motion with his hands. "I think he wants something but it doesn't matter what." She said, learning to understand others who didn't speak (or at least speak that others could understand) very well from her brother Spike.
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They should be back soon" Shaggy said, finishing his fries. he winked at Sparx. Once they got back, the bet was on.... and hopefully, they wouldn't be facing two really pissed off girls, one who could spit poison, and the other who your best buddy was desperately in love with..
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"Yes, we are," Cynder replied.
"Is there anything you want, Cynder?" Spyro asked nervuosly.
"No, the whole point is for it to be a surprise."
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Nago removed his cellphone from his jacket pocket and flipped it open. Wataru's number was on his speed dial. It rang several times, before Nago hung up. "No idea, it would appear they're out of cell range."
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Scooby started thinking, and motioned for Spyro to follow him to a corner. He deactivated his armor, and strode towards the corner. "Ri've got ran ridea.. ror Rynder.." he whispered to Spyro.
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Dixie bent close to cynder, so as to keep thier thoughts as private as possible.. "So do you have any ideas so far? Anything that he might like?"
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"What's you idea?" Spyro asked. He thought that perhaps Cynder would like some new jewelry. All she had were the silver bracelets and collar that she had worn while evil and he thought she would like sometihng else.
"Not really," Cynder replied with a frown. "He doesn't really have any possessions that could help me guess what he would like."
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'Ra Rew Recklace" Scooby said softly. "Rhe's rlack, ro ret's try rand rind rome rlack rems...rand reen too. Rlack and reen rems..Ro Rink rhe'll rike rit..'
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Well, what does he really like? Does he like books? or how about some stuff for polishing his horns? Horn polish? "
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"That's more or less what I was thinking," Spyro said with a smirk.
"He does like flying," Cynder said with a shrug. "He didn't learn how to, until about a few years ago."
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" Ok well thats a start' dixie stratched her head. "Here's the thing. If we can't think of anything better, you'll just have to give him a kiss on the lips." She smiled inwardly at the look Cynder shot her. "Hey, its the fallback gift. We'll look for something to do with flying."
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"Well, I suppose it will have to do," Cynder said with a blush. "Do you plan to get anything for Scooby?"
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He wants to get a suit, and I need a new dress, since the one I was wearing was torn up in battle by the Shurlups earlier. I really don't like the makeshift one I'm wearing, Its itchy, and makes me want to stratch somethinmg fierce. But its better than going sans clothes. ' Dixie replied.
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Cynder chose not to offer her opinon on the clothing, seeing as she didn't wear any herself and she wasn't quite sure what purpose it served, especailly if it only made one uncomfortable. "Well, I guess we should hurry then."
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Dixie nodded, as sghe saw scooby and Spyro came up to her and Cynder. Nick came up as well, carrying both aleins on his bacjk again, although this time it was to "help mesa recover from being shot" As Stitch had put it.
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So you guys are going shopping?' Stripetail said. "Alright. You guys will have thirty minutes, then we must get back to the Cafe. the Shurlups are increasing in number.."
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"Hey! If you are all going shopping can I come? I need a new gun. This pistol jams too much." Deimos said. He was fiddling with his chain collar that Dr. Zanasiu gave to him as a gift.
Strut sighed. "We're trying to find Rime and all you can talk about is shopping?"
Dr. Zanasiu shrugged. He spotted Rime in the distance. "Hey! It looks like Wataru found Rime!"
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"Yeah, I'm fine. The name's Rime. Pelvanida security guard." Rime said. He grabbed a dead guard's shotgun and moved to where Zachary was crouched behind a crate.
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"Okay, we'll be quick," Spyro said.
Wataru walked up behind them, having once again moved inexplicably from one place to another. "I took care of a large group of them on the other flight and Rime is okay. I think it might have been most of them."
He was no longer in his armor and Kivat was hovering over his shoulder.
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"Sure you can come Dixie said, deactivating her armor and moving towards the exits.
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Stripetail put his staff away, and followed close behind the two great Danes. Nick folloed , carrying the two aliens. "Hopefully, We'll get back in time for lunch, even though its night' Here, Nick said.
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Spyro and Cynder also deactivated their armor and trotted after Scooby and Dixie.
"Where are we going?" Wataru asked, having not arrived in time to overhear.
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Deimos tagged along with the Great Danes. "Hmm. Should I get a Sig-Sauer P226 in .357 SIG or a Glock 17 or should I just get a M1 Garand for this case? Or what about the SIG SG 550? Or should I go with a Mossberg 500 shotgun like the one that Strut uses? Or stick with the standard issue Remington 870 and M1911. So many choices." he muttered to himself
Dr. Zanasiu and Strut decided to check on Rime.
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We're goinmg Shopping" Nick said. "Or in my case, looking fior something to eat. I think the Caferteria is on Level 3.
_ They reached the 3rd floor and opened the door. A Hallway sprawled out before them, before leading off in three direction. the left one read "To cafeteria, the middle one read "to Mall' and the third one "to training room simulator"
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Wataru looked at all three different paths, none of them particuliarly interested him, so he decided to accompany Nick to the cafe.
"Okay, let's get moving," Cynder said, charging down the middle path, Spyro wasn't far behind.
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Scooby and Dixie followed quickly behind. The mall was large and hasd a large kiosk maop in the middle "You Are Here" read a large orange dot. Thre were several jewlry stores, including "Gen Magical Jewelry". This one caugh Scooby's eye, and he started down towards the store 'Rome Rom Ryro!' He said.
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Cynder felt a bit daunted as she looked at the map, seeing how hopeless it looked. She carefully avoided looking in the direction Scooby and Spyro headed, not wanting to spoil her own surprise.
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Dixie meanwhile had located a clothing store, two rows down. Come on Cynder" She said. "I found a store for clothing. We';ll ask if they have anything that could help someone fly, or anything to do with flying."
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"Things seem nice and quiet for the moment, they do." Ducky said looking around a bit.
"Always the best time to relax and such while you can." Douglas said.
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We'd better enjoy it." Nani agreed. Lilo was just finising the last of her fries, as were Pleekly and Jummba. "626 and 624 must have gone with party. They'd better get back in one piece..' Jummba said.
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Scooby reached the "magical Gems shop within a few minutes. The store was brightly lit, and a saleperson stood waiting behind a counter. "Welcome to Gen's Magical Jewelry. where our jewelry is guaranteed to have a magical effect on the special lady in your life! If she doesn't say yes, we're doing something wrong!" The saleperson, whose nametag read Jim, smiled at the two customers. "And what can I do for you?"
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Spyro looked taken aback by the salesperson's cheerfulness. "Um... we'd just like to look?"
"Okay," Cynder said, following Dixie. She was still trying to think of something to get Spyro, though she admitted that Dixie's default suggestion had a bit of appeal...
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no pressure.. I got it" Jim replied cheerfully. "Studies show that at ease customers are more likely to make a purchase.."
_ the first thing Scooby saw were rings.. rings of various shapes and sizes. Some were white gold, others were adorned with diamonds and rubies, and looking at the prices.. well all were very expensive.. "Ro rou rake recial orders?" Scooby Asked.
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Still stuck?" Dixiie nodded as they entered "Meg's Dress Salon." A salewoman stood inside. "Welcome to Meg's!' She smiled, in a plastic sort of way. "What can I help you with?"
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Spyro noticed Scooby looking at the rings. "Are you planning to get something?"
The dragon went to examine the necklaces. He noticed the prices were pretty high, even though he had no idae what a dollar might be in terms of gold, or gems.
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Shh.. RI right.. Ron't rell rer" Scooby said quietly, stopping at a ring with a large ruby set in it.
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Yes we do make special orders, what would you like?" Jim said, his smile widening, revealing brightly whitened teeth.
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Ra Recklace rade of rlack and green ragic rems" Scooby said."
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"I won't," Spyro promised.
He frowned and sat down. "Are they really magic?"
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' I don't know, to be honest. If Had to guess, then my answer would be yes, they are magic..' Jim smiled. "So you want Black and Green magic gems, do you have a picture of the girl you're getting this for? By looking at the person, I can usually get some idea of how to arrange the gems..." He smiled at Spyro.
_ Scooby Pointed at the Ring with the large Ruby. "Row Ruch?"
"Thats 4700 dollars, but we can give a discount if you buy another item.."
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Meanwhile Dixie and Cunder were looking at various dresses..
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"No, I don't," Spyro replied. "She's a black and red dragoness about my size."
He glanced around the store. "How long will a special order take? And can you give us an estimate of the cost?"
He really wasn't too sure about letting the Great Danes pay now, not if it would cost so much.
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Cynder glanced around the shop, not really paying much attention to the clothing at all.
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10 minutes at the most" Jim replied. ' Niormally, a necklace like this would cost 4000, but foer you, my young casanova, 2000, You are getting that ring?" he said to scooby. "Scooby nodded and pulled out a credit card which was actually Shaggy's. "alright, it would cost 4700, but I promised a discount. for you, 3000. Grannd total for the two purchases, 5000.. Do we have a deal/' Jim said "The necklace will take ten minutes to get ready.
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Rid Rhat Rok Ryr? Rou Ron't rave ro ray re rack, re're reinds.." Scooby said kindly.
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Another Salesperson came up to Cynder. "Please sit in this chair, and I will give you a makeover, on the house.."
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"I'll pay you back," Spyro promised. "I wouldn't want to take advantage of your kindness. After all you're getting me a lot more than just a chunk of meat. I'll take it."
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"Um..." Cynder backed away from the salesperon as though it were a grublin. "No, I've really got a schedule I need to keep..."
She stoood on her hindlegs to whisper into Dixie's ear. "What's a makeover?"
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'its where they pretty you up, in laymans turns. They put stuff on your eyes, lips and face, to make you more attractive, so that people will notice you, especially guys. ' Dixie repled with a smile. "If these girls are any good at all at makeovers, Spyro will be picking up his jaw off the floor after he sees you. in a good way. I imagine he's trying to find something that will impress you, Cynder..." she then turned to the salespersons "Do you have anything that could help someone fly better. Something for wings like these" She pionted at Cynder's wings. ' The two salespersons looked at each other. "Three rows down to the left of here. 'Al's Flying Gear." the first saleslady said.
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Great" Jim smiled. He opened the counter and picked out the large ruby ring. he then produced a small ring case with a four numeral lock. "This is to help prevent theft" He explaimed. All of our purchases come with these cases, for security reasons. The combination to open them is their original price, for the ring, 4700, for the necklace, 4000. I'll take your card now' he put the ring in the case and closed it and activated the lock, then set it down on the counter. Scooby gave him the credit card, Jim swiped it and a printout was placed in front of scooby. Just sign on the line" Jim said, producing a pen. Scooby Scrawled out his name, and handed it back to Jim. " You keep one of them. Thats your receipt. If you aren't satified within 60 days, and the wedding hasn't been scheduled by then, then return both for a 200% refund." Scooby kept his reciept and stuffed it inside his collar pouch, which was attached to his collar. This was the same pouch he kept the credit card in. He took the credit card back from Jim, and put it away. "Alright I'll be right back with the necklace.." Scooby then put the ring case into the pouch, it was a tight fit, but he managed to squeeze it in. "Rfter re ret rhe recklace, re reed ro rind ra ruit. " He said.
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Deimos ignored the Dragons and the Great Dane. He looked at the map. "Damn it. They closed down the gun store here." He looked at it again. "Hmm. I'll go check out the shooting range/armory."
Deimos followed the signs to the armory. He noticed signs of battle. As a precaution, he drew his pistol.
He eventually made his way to the armory where he swapped his pistol for an AK-47 and a Sig-Sauer P226 pistol.
He went back to Scooby. "So how's the shopping? Any jewelry I might like? I have to admit, Dr. Zanasiu's taste in fashion is questionable, especially his choice of jewelry for me. It makes me feel like his pet." He showed his chain collar, which was hidden by his armor to Scooby.
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(The four of them are in different pasrts of the mall)
"Rou rould ret arew recklace..' Scooby said thoughtfully..
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"This place sure is weird," Spyro commented. He glanced over at Scooby and blinked in confusion. "We need to find a root?"
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"Thanks, I'll go check it out," Cynder said, eager to escape the prospective makeover. After having it explained, she realized that some creatures did do such things in her world, but dragons didn't.
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"Come on Cynder" dixie said patiently. You also said that dragons don't shop.. Tell you what. I'll give you the makeover. We'll try it once, and if you still don't like it afterwards, we won't do it again. Alright?" She gave the dragoness a winning smile. "When I was a teenager, I didn't like makeovers either. So we have that in common...'
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Ra ruit. Romething rou rear. like Rixie rears ra ress, Ri rear ra ruit. Ro rover Rourselves.' scooby explained.
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Cynder countered her winning smile with her best skeptical frown. "Just once..."
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"Oh!" Spyro nodded. He felt a bit embarrased to misunderstand Scooby and almost wished Sparx was there. The dragonfly most certainly would have asked for a translation of that and spared Spyro the trouble.
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Rits ralright Ryro. Ri Really Reed Reech Rerapy. Ry rousins ran reak rine, rut rot re Ri ruess.' Scooby said, with a touch of sadness.
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"Alright" the salelady said. "Just sit here Miss Cynder" She motioned to a chair. "While Miss Dixie - is that right? good- will give you the facial makeover, we'll work on the rest of you, getting off the dead scales, cleaning the tough hard to reach places, like between your horns and behind your wings. We'll also file your claws down a bit, as they look a bit long. When we're done here , miss Cynder, you will be the talk of the dragons in your world. There's a lot of beauty in you, dear, we're here to help that beauty come out."
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The other lady brought out a number of beauty items, including lipstick, eyeliner, and mascara. "Have you ever done a makeover before?" She asked Dixie.
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Yes I have, although its been a couple years.' Dixie replied. 'Well, at least you know what you are doing. Let me take a look at you dear" She gave Cynder a looking-over. "Your eyes are the most prominent feature on yiour face. They're set into your head, and surrounded by thick cheeks. We humans say it is the eyes that catch a man's eye first. Well, You have beautiful eyes, my dear, brilliant green, like a four leaf clover or an emerald."
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Dr. Zanasiu and Strut were in the seventh floor and they were next to Rime.
"Nice to see you Rime." Strut said.
"And I you." Rime replied.
"Now, we need a quick sit-rep."
"Well let's see, terrorists have breached the front gate. They have compromised the mainframe but that is currently secure and..." Suddenly Rime's radio beeped.
"Rime, the control room is under attack!" the radio blared.
Strut and Dr. Zanasiu readied their weapons.
Rime quickly radioed Deimos. "Deimos, we have a situation."
Dr. Zanasiu looked at Nick. "Nick, you coming?"
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Deimos ran from the armory and passed by Scooby, stopping only a moment to talk. "We need to get to the control room, now."
He then ran down the stairwell.
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It was then that Jim brought out the necklace. It was an amazing sight. Both Black and Green gems glowed brilliantly, they appeared to be giving off heat. "rhis Ris rincredible' Scooby said, as he looked at the necklace. Jim brought out the necklace case, it too had a four numeral lock. "Whjat do you think, my young friend?" He smiled at Spyro.
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"It's perfect...," Spyro said, his eyes wide as he stared at the necklace. He didn't know much about what might impress a girl, but he was sure something like this would most certainly work.
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"well then, I'll put this in its case, and set the lock" Jim said, putting the necklace, in , shutting the case, and setting the lock. "remember for this its 4000. 4700 will open the ring case. ' He handed the Case to Spyro. "There you go gentlemen, it has been a pleasure serving you, and I hope she says 'yes' when you show this to her. " "Re're rot rorosing, Rim. Rhese rare rimply rurprise rifts." Scooby explained."oh, so you're NOT asking them to marry you? My mistake, it just that most of my customers are buying engagement rings... Anyway, it has been a pleasure serving you, I hope they like their gifts, I'm sure they will." Jim said. Scooby Shrugged at Spyro. Rhanks Rim" he said, as they left the store.. "Farewell!' Jim waved at them then turned and left for the back of the store.
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Row Re reed ro ride rhese rom Rixie rand Rynder" Scooby said as they made their way towards the kiosk.
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Dixie waited while Cynder sat back in the chair. Then She went to work. "Ok, Cynder, What I've going to do first, is lengthen your eyelashes a little. " She pulled the small brush from the eyeliner bottle and began dabbling it on cynder's eyelids. Dixie used delicate, light strokes, one two three, and onto the next eyelid..
meanwwhile the salesladies were working on cynders's back. the first was brushing her back, and lifting off dead scales. the other, was swabbing her wings, with wide broad strokes with a large q-tip. "This allows your skin to breathe my dear.. my my, we're getting a lot of dead scales here, especially on your back..." She said.
_ Dixie finished with the eyes, and moved to the blush. ' A little blush on your cheeks... not too much we don't want to clog your pores..' she said, as she lightly patted cynder's cheeks with the blush. "A little more over here, and little more here' She moved over to cynder's other cheek. "one two three.. one two three, and one two three.." She finished and put down the blush. She then picked up the lipstick which was labelled 'Tulip Red'. "Tulip? Why Tulip?' She asked the saleladies, who, like her, were making good progress, they had filled a bowl with water and dumped thier scrappings into it, there was now a thick layer of black gunk on the bottom. "Because Rose Red is too much of a cliche, in my opinion" The second saleslady, whose name was Doris said.
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Dixie shrugged. "Now Cynder, I want you to smile a litle, just enough so I can get both lips fully.. " She screwed open the lipstick. "Not too much.. close them a little.. hold .. it right .. there" she started from the left corner of Cynder's upper lip, spreading the lipstick slowly, and going over a second time so that she would get the entire area.. She slid the lipstick over the front of Cynder's mouth, then moved it over to the other side. once she had finished, she looked her over, dabbled a bit more on the right corner, and started on her lower lip from the right corner. she slid the lipstick slowly over her lower lip, trying not to get too much on her chin. "You're doing great.. just a little more and the makeover done on my end" she smiled. She finished coloring Cynder's lower lip, looked her over to make sure she didn't miss any spots, and finally put the lipstick down, screwed it back down, and capped it. "NOw just press your lips to this naplkin and any extra lipstick will come off"
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"Thank you," Spyro said to he salesperson as he took the necklace container away, grabbing it in a front claw. He hopped after Scooby, using his wings to keep upright. "Maybe we could find Stripetail and see if he can send us back to the cafe early and then we can hide these there?"
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Cynder resisted the urge to twist around and watch what they were doing. She wondered about all those dead scales. She waited until Dixie had finished with the lipstick before she asked the salesladies. "Do you serve a lot of dragons?"
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'We have served them in the past, but you're the first in awhile. It helps though that you're young and not too big, otherwise it takes much longer.. we're almost done, we just need to file your nails, lets have your left front foot..' Doris said, as Chrisa who was the other salelady worked on the back lega.
Dixie pressed the napkin to Cynder mouth, had her purse her lips together as if she was giving a kiss, and pulled the napkin away. "Excellent' dixie beamed proudly, as the doris and Chrisa finished filing down her claws.
"All done!' Doris said. "You can get out now Miss Cynder, you were an excellent customer. Here's all the scales we got off of you" She showed her the bowl of water. inside was a large layer of black stuff that reached halfway up the side of bowl. there was also a thinner, lighter layer, that apparently had come from her wings.
"Here's a mirror" Dixie said, holding it up to Cynder's face. "Have a look at yourself. Spyro is going to be stunned when he looks at you.." She smiled.
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Re rould rask rim, rif re's.. rhere re ris' Scooby pointed as Stripetail came up to them. "Re rave a ruestion Ripetail' Scooby said.
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"Ew," Cynder commented as she saw the bowlful of dead scales, she shuddered to think they had all been on her just moments before.
She stared at her reflection in the mirror and decided the make-over hadn't been too bad, she didn't think she would start getting them regularly, especially after they got back home, but one in a while seemed like a good idea. "Not bad."
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"We're looking to hide the gifts we got for our respective girlfriends," Spyro explained. "Could you teleport us back to the cafe?"
Wataru spotted the three of them and headed toward them. He had a book on violin making in one arm and several jars of violin varnish under the other arm. "So how'd your shopping trip go?"
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There's no need to teleport you" Stripetail smiled. "Your suits of armor also contain a small storage area. It's located on your right wrist. Observe" Stripetail gestured and activated their armor. He pressed hs paw to Scooby's right wrist, and a flap of the armor rose up, revealing a small compartment underneath.Both Scooby and Spyro looked on in amazement "Useful for keeping safe documents, valuables and small quantities of food.So you could carry a packed lunch in there if you so choose. You can stash your valuables in there, and Dixie and Cynder will be none the wiser, that is until you pull out your gifts." Stripetail explained
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Scooby unhooked the pouch from his collar containing the ring and put it in the compartment. All you have to to close it , is bring the flap down, and press it down hard. Really very simple.'
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"See? I told you it wouldn't be so bad. You look great, and I'll bet you dinner Spyro will agree." Dixie smiled. "Now, let's pay for these two dresses I bought" Onwe was sun yellow, and the other was blueberry blue, "and then we can head over to Al's. We've gor about 15 minutes before we have to head back." all told, the desses cost about 400, which Dixie paid for with her credit card. "Shaggy openened credit cards for both Scooby and I, so if we are short on cash, we can just charge it. It helps that he inherited a billion dollars.. " She grinned.
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"It went well," Spyro replied to Wataru's question. He slid the necklace's case into the comparment on his armor and pushed it closed.
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"A billion?" Cynder repeated. She had heard of massive fortuntes in her own world, but none were ever described as reaching a billion. "I guess we would need all of it, considering the way he eats..."
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Yeah, Both Scooby and Shaggy can eat with the best of them. They'll do well in eating Competitions, where you eat as much food as you can, usually in 10 or 12 minutes..Me.. I'm not interested in pigging out. I have to watch my weight..." Dixie said.
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"Here we are," Cynder said, stopping in front of Al's. Various wing-like structures lined the wall of the store, most looked to Cynder like they wouldn't be able to even slow a person's fall.
"How may I help you?" A salesperson asked as he walked up to them. His name tag read Bart.
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We're looking for wings that can help a person fly better" dixie said. "Something for wings like these" she pointed to Cynder's wing. "Bart stratched his chin. " How about a dragon suit? New in stock. Its got synetic fibers that spread out as you take flight, allowing the air to pass through your wings quicker, and at least I think , would fhelp you fly faster and better. Care to look at one?"
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"Now that you're all finished shoping, lets get you guys something to eat." Stripetail said to Scooby and Spyro. "Something quick, so the girls will be ready by the time you're finished eating.."
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Nick Took off after the fleeing doctor. 'Hang on, I'm coming with you. " Stitch jumped ionto his back, and Angel ran a pace or two behind him. They were leaded down, to the 7th floor.
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Rime had also received the transmission. He went to a guard station to retrieve his backup weapon, a Remington 870 shotgun. He waited for Dr. Zanasiu, Strut and Deimos to arrive.
He then took cover and notice a large squad of terrorists trying to breach the blast door. He also noticed the remains of the defensive auto turrets. He took aim and killed the terrorist preparing a satchel charge.
The terrorists immediately returned fire.
Zachary, popping out from a door also joined in the firefight.
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In the stairwell Deimos, at a full run looked at Nick. "You got ammo?"
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"Okay," Spyro said, heading back towards the cafeteria. He wondered for a moment what could be taking Cynder so long. "Does the armor have a way to tell time too?"
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Wataru had headed back into the mall to see if he could find another music shop. He paused as he heard something clatter to the floor. He stopped and set down the items he had bought, before breaking into a run.
He turned the corner and found a man slumping to the floor, the man's body had turned transparent. Standing above the body was the killer. A human-like creature with a cobra-like head. It's skin was black with purple and red patterns resembling stained glass.
"Kivat..." Wataru said. The golden bat came flying down the mall. Wataru reached ou and grabbed him.
"Bite!"
"Henshin!"
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"Yes, please," Cynder replied. Bart turned to lead them towards the dragon suit. Before he took three steps, Wataru came flying through the storefront window with a loud crash.
Cynder screamed in surprise and then glanced out the broken window to find the reptile-like creature approaching them.
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Yes It does All you have to do is say 'time'. and the hour will appear on your ring " Stripetail said. " He gestured, and Scooby's ring glowed , showing the time. "Here, it is 6:37 p.m"He said, glancing at the ring.Scooby looked at it, and it flipped to 6:38 "Ris Rhere ranything rhis ring rant ro?"
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It won't improve your golf swing" stripetail cracked.
Dixie spoke into her ring "Guys, we need help here!" She said, as the Cobra-head approached.
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Both Scooby's and spyro's rings glowed light brown. "it's Rixie" scooby said, breaking into a run.
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Nick Tossed him a load of ammo. "theere. I snagged it off the ground. What the situation?"
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Dixie's ring glowed as the cobra-head climbed through the broken windw. Bart Tossed the Suit on the floor as he moved backward. "Save me, and the suit is free!" he said, panicking as the menacing Cobrahead moved closer and closer.
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"Stupid fangire," Kivat muttered from his perch on Wataru's belt.
Wataru groaned and pushed himself back to his feet. He raised his fists and waited for the fangire's next move.
"Armor up," Cynder said, the armor materializing form her ring. She hoped her makeover wouldn't be ruined before she even had a chance to show Spyro.
Seeing more opponents caused the creature to hesitate, but then he sprayed a white foam-like liquid from his mouth, aiming for Cynder. The black dragon gasped, freezing for a moment to long as the liquid flew towards her.
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Dixie activated her armor, and focused "Fire!" She intoned and a fireball shot out her ring. it met the foam in midair and set it alight. the foam burned up iinches from Cynder's face. The Cobra face turned to look at Dixie, who cast another Fireball, but missed it by inches.
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The cobra fangire leapt back from the fireball and Wataru jumped forward, driving a fist into its head. It stumbled back, but Wataru kept after it, landing blow after blow. The monster managed to grab his wrist and land a kick, before spinning about and letting go, sending his opponent stumbling.
Cynder leapt at the cobra with a feral roar, performing a front flip and slashing her poison covered tail tip through the fangire's shoulder. It growled and turned to retreat.
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The Cobra-head's retreat was Cut off By Stripetail, Scooby and Spyro, who had come running at Dixie's call. Stripetail pointed his staff at the Cobra-head "Francia instantum."a beam of ice raced out of his staff, and hit the cobra-face straight in the gut. Within seconds it was frozen solid.
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Wataru jumped to his feet as he saw the frozen fangire. He grabbed the red fuestle from his belt and placed it into Kivat's mouth.
"Wake up!" The bat exclaimed unhooking from the belt and fluttering around, the fuestle's melody playing as darkness descend on the sky and a large crescent moon appeared.
The chains on Wataru's right leg broke off and the wings spread open. He leapt forward and slammed his foot into the fangire. The ice on its body shattered and it went flying backwards. It landed on the floor and became a glowing multi-colored silohuette which shattered apart into little shards of glass. The chunks of ice that had been knocked off him meanwhile somehow landed on the floor in the shape of a bat-like symbol.
Wataru sighed. "Thanks. That one was tough."
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"Thanks guys" Dixie said. 'now if you could give us a few minutes, we'll finish up here and give you guys your gifts'; dixie said. "Just give us Five minutes"
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Bart looked at Stripetail in awe. "You're like one of the mages from Dungeons and Dragons!"
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What exactkly is that?' Stripetail queried, AS Scooby and Spyo left the store.
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Deimos caught the bandolier and slung it across his shoulder. He quickly paused to load his rifle. "The control room is under attack."
Dr. Zanasiu and Strut were loading their shotguns.
Deimos heard the sound of gunfire. "We're almost there. Just one more floor." he said, looking at a large sign labeled "Floor 6".
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'Great. If its not one thing, its another. How many Purity of Life Guys are there?' Nick grumbled, as he climbed the stairs, Stitch hanging by his clawtips from his shoulder. "Mesa not wanna get shot again" He said to Nick. "We're going to get shot at, Stitch, lets just hope they miss us." Angel continued to climb right behind them.
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Dixie helped take the helmet off of Cynder "Alright let's see what the damage is... " She peered at Cynder's face. "Everything looks fine.. No problems that I can see." She gave Cynder the helmet back, turned and picked up the suit off the floor, meanwhile Bart was revealing his inner geek to Stripetail, explaining Dungeons and Dragons to him, at length, and explaining why an Elf was better than a Mage. Dixie showed him the suit.
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It's on the house' bart said excitedly. "Man, I've longed to talk for YEARS in this much detail about D&D.."
_ How would you like to work for me, bart? You certainly have a very vivid imagination. As for pay, you'll be compensated very very handsomely, enough so you can finally move out of your mother's basement" Stripetail cracked.Bart shot him a look. "What would I have to do?" "Anything I ask.." bart frowned.
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Spyro went over to examine a nearby store, while Cynder followed Dixie. She placed the helmet back on after Dixie had announced the make-up was okay.
Wataru meanwhile watched the glowing ball that rose from the cobra fangire's shattered remains. He had no idea what happened to a fangire soul that wasn't destroyed, but he wasn't sure he wanted to find out.
Kivat flew over to him, the wake up fuestle floating back to its place on the belt, while Wataru grabbed another fuestle. He placed it in Kivat's mouth.
"Castle Doran!" Kivat shouted. After a moment, nothing happened, just like when they'd tried summoning the Bashaa magnum.
"You should know up front that we're heading back to someplace rather dangerous," Cyner warned Bart.
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Hey, I'll go anywhere as long as it pays good. This place barely covers the rent, and my boss isn't exactly the nicest person..' Bart replied.
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As long as you do your job well, The pay and benefits will be substantial. ' stripetail said. Bart went over another person who had come in. "My shift ends in 5 minutes anyway, I've been here since 6 a.m, so I'll accompany you guys..
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Dixie took the suit ana turned to the newcomer, whose name was Richard. "We can wraopp that for you" He saw. "So, Bart, you're finally quitting this place, huh. '
_ just put in my two weeks for me, I'm going.. er.. on vacation.."Bart said evasively. Richard shrugged, ans he folded the suit put it in a box, and wrapped it in paper, with pictures of airplanes it. "KInda lame, but its a flying thing" Richard smiled at Dixie, who swiped her credir catd, signed her name on the printout, which Richard put into the boc, in an unwrapped corner. he tidied everthing up and Handed it To Dixie. 'There you go Mam. Bart, take lots of Pictures.."
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Dixie, a smile on her, faced, Tucked the Package under her arm, and headed out, followed by Stripetail, Bart and Cynder.
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"All right," Cynder said hopping out through the broken store window, glanced over at Spyro. She wondered where her present was since he wasn't carrying any bags, or anything of the sort.
Wataru sighed as the fangire soul floated away. His armor turned grey and shrunk into his skin.
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Rome Ron Raturu" Scooby said , re're reading out..."
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"Alright, back to the Cafe, Where you can give each other your presents" Stripetail said.
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Nick reached the 7th floor just behind Angel, who had jumped ahead of him. "Be careful Angel, We don't want you getting hurt..
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Wataru shot one last look at the fleeing ball of light before he and Kivat walked over to the rest of them.
Cynder glanced around. "Nick and the natives are missing."
"I guess we should go find them," Spyro said.
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Alright...I'll wager thy;re headed to the 7th floor. " Scooby, Spyro, Lead the way...We'll be right behind you.
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Scooby nodded and took off towards the stairwell.
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"First Let me Shrink those for you" Stripetail said. "Minimus" The spell took but a second and two small dresses, a tiny suit, and small box stood on the ground before them. "Tap your right wrist" Stripetail Directed "You two Cynder"
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As Dixie did as she was told she was anmazed to see the compartment reveal itself. "Just put your dresses and syuit in there. I've already shown the boys.."Stripetail smiled."Cynder you can hide your gift in yours"
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Will I get to work with armor like that?' Basrt asked.
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"In time" Was Stripetail's only reply.
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Cynder tapped her wrist. The compartment snapping open. He grabbed the small box and carefully stuffed it in.
"Everyone seems to want your armor," Kivat remakred to Stripetail as he and Wataru started after Scooby and Spyro.
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Its very special armor' stripetail replied, a note of pride in his voice. "I don't give it out to just anyone. "It has to be earned." He said, Giving Cynder a knowing glance..
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Scooby Waited For Spyro to catch up with him. "Rhen rould re rell rhe rirls?' He asked.
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"The Kiva suit has been used by the fangire kings for generations," Kivat said with a mishivious smile. Wataru cracked an eye at the bat, a little annoyed with his bragging.
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"I suppose we should wait til we get back to the cafe," Spyro said. "Maybe it would be better to wait until the shurlups are dealt with too..."
He really didn't want to wait so long, but he thought it be better to unveil the gifts afterwards. When Malefor had been defeated a massive celebration had taken place. He thought a celebration might be the best time to give a gift.
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Re'll rhow rhem rat rhe rafe, rhen re rave ra roment" Scooby said..'Re, rhouldn't rait roo rong,Ryro Rust Ry ropinion." He shrugged.
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Let him brag, I've seen it in action. The Armor is actually dependent on the both of you..My Armor is a bit different...but I can tell what a fine piece of armor looks like, and yours is, Waturu, a fine piece of armor.." Stripetail said.
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'So when should we show the boys our gifts?' Dixiue whispered to Cynder.
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"Yeah, you're right," Spyro said with a nod.
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"I remember one time Kivat caught a cold and the armor weakened," Wataru sighed. The only way they had won that was through the use of the dangerous Dogubaki form.
"It's kind of weakened though, since we can't seem to call any of our arsenal from here," Kivat sighed.
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"When we get back to the cafe," Cynder replied. "That's probably when they'll show us what they got. Should we wait for them to show theirs, or should we go first?"
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'Traditionally the guys go first, but but if you want to give him your gift, or gifts, " Dixie's voice went a little higher through her helmet, she was laughing a little. " first,be my guest..
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I'm not surprised. Magic is weaker here, this is modern times, magic is considered a trick, or fiction..Belief in it just isn't there" Stripetail said. "So its only natural your powers aren't what they would be.."
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"I'm not sure if it's magic," Wataru said. "It's just seems that no one can hear the fuestles from here. The wake up fuestle works fine though."
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"That's not funny," Cynder said. Her blush was hidden by her armor.
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"Cynder, I'm kidding.." Dixie patted Cynder on her back with her paw, in a friendly manner. "I feel a motherly affection for you, Cynder, mixed with some funning around from time to time. You and Spyro are still figuring out the boundaries of your relationship, and Scooby and I are as well, perhaps for a different reason. You two are young.. and we .. well.. we're trying to figure out just how close we can be.. without being TOO close.. if you know what I mean.. family ties should only go too far.."
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'Well, I'm not sure anyone else around here can work those-fuestles? they're like whistles--by blowing on them you seem to be able to unlock special abilities or powers, so i classify that as "magic" even though it may not technically be that." Stripetail.
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Ro Rou Rove Rynder?" Scooby asked Spyro. "Rif You ron't rant ro answer, Ri Runderstand. Rut Rif Rou Rould Riss Rer, Rould Rou? "
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"Yeah, I'm a little uncertain about the relationship," Cynder said. "I did tell him I loved him, but the whole planet had been falling apart at the time..."
"Well, I don't think I would just go and kiss her," Spyro said quietly. "I'd rather not alarm her, or anything."
"Well, they really call things we can use to unlock powers," Kivat said. "The wake up fuestle you know. The gurulu fuestle summons a sword which boosts Kiva's speed and causes him to behave like a wolfen would. The bashaa fuestle summons a gun which weakens the suit a lot, but gives him excellent marksmanship. The dogga fuestle calls the dogga hammer which drops the user's speed, but massively enhances strength. The other summons Castle Doran which we use to fight Sabbats and the last is the Buroon Booster which attaches to Wataru's bike and boosts its speed. The last one summons Tatsulot who unlocks Kiva's true form."
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'ok, so thats the "the world is about to end so I'd better tell someone how i feel' situation." Dixie nodded, deep in thought. "The feeling is mutual, Cynder. I can tell, just by the way that he looks at you, that he loves you, and cares very deeply for you. I would have kissed him goodbye as well, Had I been in your situation. But thats just me, maybe there wasn't enough time to do that, and doing that would have led to an awkward moment later."She smiled.
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Ri Runderstand. Re rersonaly, Ri Rould Riss Rixie, rithout ra roubt. Ri'd rlant rone ron rer ro rast, rhe rouldn't ree it coming. Roir rerhaps rhe rould..rand ret re riss rer ranyway.' Scooby said, grinning a bit of hope in his voice. "Ro Rar, rhe rasn't ret re riss rer, ralthough rhe ras raid, rif rhe ris rin ra rood rood, rhat Ri rould riss rer. rhat's rever rappened ret, rhough" He said.
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so you have 6 or 7 of those fuestles on you.. " Stripetail said, as Bart loked at Waturu. "So you're a Singing Mage! I..." Strripetail shot him a glance. "Er.. nevermind. Inner geek coming out." Bart said apologetically.
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"Well, things were going a little too fast for me to do that," Cynder said. She could tell too that Spyro really liked her, but she still felt relunctant to say or do anything.
Wataru blinked in confusion at Bart. "Yes, I have seven fuestles."
Spyro sighed. "Girls are so difficult to understand, aren't they?"
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Reah rhey rare. Rut ronce rou rind romeone rho roves rou, rhatrs rall rou reed. i've rever rad ruch ruck rith radies...rhey rike re, rut rot ras ra rate.." Scooby said
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Hey, telling him you loved him was taking a big chance. kissing him was just the next step. All a kiss is, is a expression of affection and love, a physical expression Dixie said. "I haven't kissed many guys myself, well, because I was so busy performing on the showboat for years, I really didn't have time to find someone. I'm going to teach you how to kiss, Cynder, we're going to use a dummy" Dixie made a fist pointed her ring at a point, focused "create Dummy! She yelled and in a twinkling a stuffed version of spyro appeared ten paces away. "We'll practice until you feel comfortable with kissing. Then when the real deal comes, you won't think twice about giving him a kiss." She smiled at Cynder.
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Spyro didn't say anything. He just nodded.
"Um, no offense, Dixie," Cynder said. "But isn't practicing on a dummy kind of weird?"
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Look either you practice on the dummy, or you practice on me" Dixie pursued her lips tightly together. "And I'd much rather you practice on the dummy.Humans uses dummies all the time for practicing, for simulating car cashes to teaching first aid. It may feel a bit weird at first, because you're not kissing real lips...but if you really don't want to use the dummy, then you'll have to learn from me directly."
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"That's really cool." Bart said, in reply.. "So Where are the girls?
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Rerhaps rhey rorgot ro ret ra rift" Scooby said.
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Well they're just going to have to catch up with us.. we're heading to the 7th floor." stripetail said.
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"No, I'm pretty sure they had some things," Kivat said. "They must be up to something else."
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Cynder sighed. "I don't need practice though. I'm perfectly capable of kissing who I want when I want. Besides shouldn't we follow the guys?"
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Thats fine..' Dixie said. Was there a little relief in her voice? "Just as well that dummy just vanished. Lets catch up to the guys..' she said, smiling..
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"Okay," Cynder said, glad Dixie hadn't pressed her idea of being the alternative to the dummy. That would have been much too awkward. She jumped into the air and beat her wings, flying a several feet off the floor in the direction the guys had disappeared.
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Dixie raced after her to the stairwell. She herself was glad that thery had decided to move, because kissing Cynder was not something she had wanted to do.. suppose the boys had come back and found them ...? Dixie shook her head, "that would have sent the wrong idea... to both Spyro and Scooby... Glad Cynder asserted herself" She said more to herself..."Thank you" She said aloud to Cynder. "It would have been very awkward if we had had to go to plan B, for the both of Us, I imagine. Lets just keep it between ourselves, no use giving my cousin Scooby any ideas.."
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Deimos looked at Strut, Rime, Zachary and Dr. Zanasiu engaging the terrorists. He turned to Nick. "I'd wager about 10 or 20 terrorists."
Deimos readied his rifle, took aim and fired several rounds into the nearest terrorist. He crouched behind a nearby piece of rubble and opened fire.
"Hey Deimos! Nice to see you bought reinforcements." Rime shouted before being cut off by gunfire. He swore and caught a terrorist in the chest with a shotgun blast.
Mr. Bigmouth was nowhere to be seen when several gunshots were heard in the direction opposite the terrorists.
It was Mr. Bigmouth. "Sorry for vanishing but there were some wounded I had to treat." He reloaded his rifle and fired some more rounds into the terrorists, striking only one.
The terrorists trained their weapons on him but he leapt behind the crate where Strut was hiding.
"Nice to see you Mr. Bigmouth." Strut said, reloading his shotgun.
(OOC - Do you guys want to end the "Pelvanida Arc" at this point? I'd prefer that it continue a bit more but I'll leave that decision up to Nick.)
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(Once we clear out this room thaat will be the last of the Purity GUys)
Nick , stitch and Angel Dashed behhind some debris. "Hang on Guys, I'm gonna lay down some fire, to protect us while you guys can make your moves.."
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By now the guys were close enough to hear the gunfire. Spyro groaned. "Not more of them."
Kivat flew over to Wataru's hand and bite it. Stain-glassed patterns spread across his skin and the Kiva belt formed around his waist. Kivat perched himself on te buckle.
"Henshin." The Kiva armor once again formed around Wataru. "I guess this is probably where everyone else disappeared to."
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"I think that's a good idea," Cynder said over her shoulder. "Let's see they said they were heading to level seven, right?"
Cynder glanced between the two paths ahead of them.
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"Yeah, Let's look for the stairs Dixie said." we're at Level 3, so we have to go down 4 more Floors. Which way should we go?"
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Rhat Ris rakig rhe rirls ro rong?" Scooby Muttered..as he dodged the gunfire. Stripetail blasted a nearby man into the wall, and he heard a sickening sound as the man broke his back.
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"They're probably having thier nails done," Kivat said as Wataru placed a blue canine shaped fuestle into his mouth. "Gurulu saber!"
Once again nothing happened. Wataru sighed, getting frustrated at not having access to his arsenal.
Spyro leapt from behind cover and spat a ball of freezing air at one of the terrorists. He was instantly covered in ice.
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Cynder flew down one of the paths a little and then flew back towards Dixie. "The stairs are over this way."
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GOod, Dixie said, As they found the stairs and began to climb. "I do hope that Stripetail isn't angry by our tardiness, and I hope he doesn't punish us for it. What do we tell him, Cynder? Should we make something up, like we were buying some more gifts, or should we tell him the truth awkward as it is?" She looked at the Dragoness beside her...
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Zachary took aim and shot a terrorist before his weapon jammed. As he was clearing his weapon a terrorist threw a grenade that landed by him.
Rime grabbed the grenade and threw it back, killing the thrower and another man.
One terrorist jumped on Deimos as he was reloading but Deimos picked the man up and slammed him head-first into the wall, killing him.
Deimos then reloaded and shot 2 more terrorists.
Mr. Bigmouth was clearing a jam on his rifle when a shotgun blast clipped the crate.
Strut stood up and killed the offending terrorist.
"There's only a few left!" Dr. Zanasiu shouted, killing a terrorist with a well placed shot to the torso. He ducked back down and reloaded.
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Stitch and Angel raced out under the cover fire frioom Strut and the others.
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Stripetail blasted another Purity member against the wall. this spell bounced off one person and smashed another into the ground..
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Cynder took a moment to think her answer through. "Well, Stripetail did say he could tell when he was being lied to..."
She grimaced as she said so. "Maybe we should just say we got distracted with talking."
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Wataru leapt out from behind a pillar and leapt at a nearby terrorist. He kicked him and then slammed his other foot into him, springboarding off his chest and backflipping to land in a crouch, looking more like some kind of supernatural creature than a human. The man he had kicked fell down and didn't get back up.
Gunfire slammed into Wataru, bouncing off his armor, before he divided behind the crate his target had been hiding behind.
Spyro meanwhile bombarded the terrorists wtih his earth breath. They ducked down and avoided harm, but the crates and pillars they hide behind received a hefty amount of damage.
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Lets just hope thats enough. Its true, but not completely true. " dixie frowned as as they reached level 6. "One more level to go.. My gut tell me we should be completely honest. Otherwise There's no telling what he might do.." Dixie shuddered. "He's a wizard after all"
_ Bart covered his head and stayed low to the ground. Bullets occasionally ricoheted of the ground nearby.. and right now he was wishing he hadn't come along ..
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Cynder just sighed.
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The glowing fangire soul hovered out behind the terrorists. The Purity of Life members were too busy fighting to notice the ball of light. It hovered over to one of the recently killed soldiers and began sucking some glowing light out of the body. The soul pulsed brightly and moved to another body.
"What's it doing?" Wataru asked, peering over the crate to see it.
"Nothing good," Kivat sighed as he detached from the belt to take a look.
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It appears as if its drawing energy from thier bodies.." stripetail frowned..
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Hey I don't like it Either..." Dixie shrugged. as the sounds of gunfire grew larger and louder as they approached the landing..
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"It looks like life energy," Wataru said.
"But they're dead!" Spyro said.
"Recently dead!" Kivat called back. "This is bad. It's try to become a sabbat."
Cynder and Dixie burst into the room. Cynder quickly took cover near Spyro. "How many of these guys are there?"
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One of the soldiers turned to the ball of light and began shooting at it but Dr. Zanasiu killed him.
A grenade landed by Deimos's feet. Deimos seized the grenade and hurled it back, following it with several rounds of gunfire.
Two terrorists threw grenades at Spyro and ducked back down before anyone could shoot them.
"Spyro! There's a grenade at your feet!" Rime shouted, taking aim at a small group of terrorist and unloading several rounds into them. He had killed most of the group and he ducked back down to reload.
Two terrorists stood up and fired two rockets at Stripetail. Strut and Mr. Bigmouth shot and killed both of the terrorists.
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Stripetail gestured and the rocket stopped and exploded in mid-air blasting the bodies backwards. "A Sabbat? So its becoming an energy parasite feediing off the lifeforce of others.."
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Rhere arout rive ror rix reft Rynder. Rou Ruys rook rorever.. " Scooby said.
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The fangire soul didn't even seem to notice the shots, they just went straight through it and imbedded in the wall. The ball was now sucking in energy without even going near the bodies and it was growing larger.
Spyro and Cynder both leapt away, beating their wings as the grenade exploded. The force of the explosion sent both flying into the wall. They fell to the ground unconcious.
Wataru leapt over the crate he had hid behind and charged at the fangire soul. He grabbed the wake up fuestle and tossed it over his shoulder to Kivat. The bat caught the fuestle in his mouth and blew into it. "Wake up!"
He leapt into the air, the chains around his leg breaking off and the wings unfolding. He dropped toward the ball of light, but it pulsed once last time and Wataru was sent flying back. He slammed into the opposite wall with a grunt.
The fangire soul seemed to explode outwards growing outwards and crushing all of the remaining terrorists. The ceiling was destroyed as it grew too big for the room. A roar sounded above. The sabbat had formed.
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What in gawd's name is that" Bart saskeed fearly.
The creature had not only cracked the ceiling above it, it had cracked the floor beneath it, and it gave way revealing the room directly beneath it.
_That thing is montrous! We need to Get Spyro and Cynder to safety!" Dixie said. aat her words, both stitch and Angel came up to them. Two of their 4 arms were bleeding, and angel was holding a third like it was broken. "Guys I know you're banged up. You need to get Spyro and Cynder over here.. now: dixie said to them now Go. quickly.'
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The creature could be seen through the hole in the ceiling. It shared the same purple and red glass like skin as the fangire it had come from, but that was the only resemblance. It had a pair of long arms and a smashed-looking face on a short neck. It's boby was enormous easily larger then most whales and it resembled a chandeliar slightly.
Wataru shakily stood up. The wings on his leg folded back up and the chains wrapped around it again. He glanced up at the sabbat which roared as it saw him and began launching blasts of fire from its body. The blasts slammed into the roof and the only reason it didn't immediately crack was due to the resiliance of the military base.
Wataru leapt over to the two unconcious dragons, grabbing one under each arm and dashed back towards the group. "Run!"
The sabbat had hovered down so that it could now shoot into the room. It did so, fireballs streaking towards the group. The ceiling was cracking farther as well.
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'Shieldus" Stripetail roared" And a shield appeared around the group, it was slightly yellow in color so they could see Though. Large piece of denris bounced off the shield and ofell through the hole in the floor. "This Shield can take blasts from fireballs but we need to keep moving..' stripetail said. "Scooby, pick Spyro up, and carry hIm. Dixie, You Carry Cynder. Bart, you carry Angel, her arm is broken. Nick, you carry Stitch. Lets Move.
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Dixie Picked Cynder up Gently, and began running towards the doorway. Scooby picked up Spyro and followed her.
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Wataru handed off the two dragons and glanced up at the beast above them. "I should do something about it."
"Forget it, Wataru," Kivat said hovering up next to him. "We need to retreat right now."
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Bart picked up the Pink Alein and began running as fast as he could, stitch climbed on Nick's back and they made it to the Stairwell.
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Rou're ronna re rok , ruddy' Scooby said to Spyro as He began carrying him upstairs. Dixie followed close behind, She was holding Cynder as close to her as she dared..
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"Come On Wataru" Stripetail called out to him. We need to get to the Surface anyway..so I can teleport us back to the cafe."
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Wataru turned and dashed after the group. Kivat turned and flew after him. The sabbat was still madly launching fireballs at the shield.
Spyro groaned and raised his head. "What happened?"
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"Ra Ronster rappeared rand rasted rou ruys rinto ra rall" Scooby Said.. 'Rood ro ree rou rare rall right. Ronce re ret ro rhe rurface... Re'll rend ro Cynder..'
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Dixie held Cynder's face close to her..She was unconscious, but breathing on her own, which was a good thing.. "Hang in There Cynder, you're gonna be ok.."
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"Cynder?" Spyro's voice sounded weak. "Is she okay?"
The monster's roars sounded above them along with the sound of gunfire. Apparently, there were some base defenses that were aggravating the creature.
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Dixie stopped at a landing and set Cynder Down. 'She's breathing on her own a little..but she's unconscious..' Dixie said leaning over her. "I'm going to help her breathe., and help her wake up faster.Cynder, If you wake While I'm doing this.. This is NOT a kiss." She opened Cynder's mouth, took two deep breaths, and covered Cynders mouth with hers. expelling her breath into Cynder. she pulled away briedfly and waited. Then she repeated it, ignoring the slight awkward feeling of having her lips against the lips of another female.
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Rhat ris routh to routh. Rit's rirst Raid' Scooby Said, to Spyro, as they watched Dixie continue to breath air into Cynder.
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Dixie continued breathing into cynder ., and gradually Cynder's breathing became stronger. Finallly Cynder Opened her eyes, and Dixie stopped what she was doing. "Good to see you're awake Cynder.." She smiled. "You were knocked out for a bit there." The stairwell shook as the battle above ground continued. "Come on, we need to keep climbing.. "
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REst rot ro ray ranything rout rhis to Rynder. Re ront rant ro rembarass rer." Scooby Said to Spyro as they followed the girls up the stairs.
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"Okay," Spyro replied.
"I had the weirdst dream..." Cynder said. She stood up, wincing a bit and then leapt into the air, wobbling a bit as she falpped her wings and soared up the steps.
Spyro leapt out of Scooby's arms and flew after Cynder. "So what are we going to do about the monster?"
"No idea," Wataru said. "I think it's too big for any of us to handle."
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"The Wizard can handle it" Bart said, breathingly heavily as he climbed up the stairs, Angel in his arms.
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stripetail frowned. "That thing is huge, its going to take everything we've got to do this. Wataru, how do you defeat someething like that, such a creature is not familiar to me?..
_ Scooby followed the dragons up the stairs. "Rixie" He began and stopped at a look from Dixie. "Not now Cousin.." She said softly.. We need to get back to the cafe.."
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Deimos, Strut, Dr. Zanasiu, Mr. Bigmouth, Rime and Zachary were running along with the group.
Suddenly, Deimos's radio beeped. He opened the channel.
"Attention, all non security personnel, please leave the base immediately! Military reinforcements have arrived." the radio blared.
"What luck." Deimos said bitterly, "Too bad Rime and I have to stay."
The radio blared again. "Deimos! Get out of the base immediately! There's someone who's trying to kill you and he's among the reinforcements."
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"You guys are ALL coming with us" stripetail said, as cracks began to appear in the wall. His voice was cold and sharp.
_ Nick ran up behind him, Stitch clinging to his back, the wounds he had were bleeding onto Nicks back "Mesa not feel so good.. me feel funny" Stitch moaned.
Nick read the floor number- 3, "3 more to go guys, and we need to hurry, this place looks like it could give way at any time.."
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"I used Castle Doran to kill the first two I encountered," Wataru said. "The third I killed with my Flight form and the Zanvat sword, but I don't have acess to either of those options currently."
Spyro wondered briefly if Cynder and his fury breath would have any effect on the creature, but it sounded like it would be too big for even that to work. "Maybe the reinforcements can handle it."
Neither Wataru, nor Kivat offered a reply.
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All 4 of you" Stripetail said to Scooby Dixie, Spyro and Cynder. "once we get to the surface,Point your Rings at the creature, and focus, the combined strength of the 4 can destroy just about anny monster.the rings will magnify any of your normal powers as well.: He gave a meaningful glance at Spyro, who suddenlybremembered facing a creature much bigger than this one, and surviving..the Golem.
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(ooc: D'oh! Can't believe I forgot about the Golem.)
"Okay," Spyro replied glancing down at the ring.
"I hope it works," Cynder said.
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"We want to help' Stitch said weakly, clinging fRom Nick's back. "Come on Stitch, both You and Angel are in no condition to fight" Nick said. "Both of have injuries to half your arm, andb Angel broke a third."
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We've proved ourselves, didnt we?' Angel glanced At Stripetail, whose face grew into a smile. "Yes you have You two.. You've shown Great bravery.."
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You said it would take everything we;ve got" Dixie said thoughtfully. "If they want to help, whatever help they can give will be appreciated."
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"Just so long as they're not doing anything too reckless," Cynder said. She didn't like the idea of the two doing anything as injured as they were.
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"There are ways of blocking the pain, for time, but we need to get them back to the Cafe For Treatment" Stripetail said, gestering at Angel And Stitch.
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Yow! ' Stitch said, as he reached for his right arm. A ring, appeared on his claw, and He looked At Angel. A ring had appeared on her claw as well, and she was looking at it, if not sure what it was..
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You two have earned those. Learn from the others and follow theuir example. Armor up.
_ In A flash, Stitch and Angel were encased in armor, just like the others.
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MESA.. feel MUCH Better!" Stitch said through his helmet. "Thank you, Mister Stripetail" He bowed at Stripetail. "Boss" He bowed to Scooby, who merely nodded. "Rhere rix od rus row' He muttered ro Dixie.
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"Will six rings be more effective in killing the monster?" Spyro asked, hovering in the air and glancing back at the two armored aliens.
"Wataru and I can hit it with a rider kick at the same time," Kivat said. The bat had returned to his perch on the kiva belt.
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It should be more effective, but we all have to attack at once, each using their abilities to the utmost.." stripetail replied.
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Mesa not feel pain now, though that probably not gonna last" Stitch said. 'Angel?"
"Mesa feel better also" She nodded, her English was getting a little better.
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The sirens in the base sounded along with a recorded announcement. "Attention all personnel, evacuate the base immediately. Severe structural damage has occurred. Building collapse may occur."
Dr. Zanasiu readied his weapon. "Do you think guns will be effective against that creature?"
Deimos looked at Spyro. "The reinforcements may be able to handle it. Supposedly, a few C-130 gunships with 105 mm howitzers will be present and a few A-10 Warthogs with 30 mm antitank autocannon and possibly some soldiers with antiarmor rockets. And let's not forget the AH-64 helicopter with antitank missiles."
"Why would they send such heavy equipment?" Strut asked.
"Well, the experiments in here are very powerful, there are still terrorists present, and now word got out of that monster, which the military assumed is an experiment gone terribly wrong."
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"Guns won't work," Wataru said with certainty. "That other stuff probably would."
"And we don't even have any practice with these things..." Cynder sighed. She dropped out of the air as a door came into view above them. It no doubt would lead them outside. The roars of the sabbat sounded nearby.
"Everything will work out," Kivat said optimistically.
"Just try not to get hurt worse," Spyro said to Stitch and Angel.
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'Trial under fire.. Lets go" Stripetail said. Ramming ibnto the door. It opened revealing the darkness outside. Bart Shivered, there was a bite in the air, and the runblings of the stairwells grew louder.
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Scooby ran out into the night. the scene was like that out of a Godzilla movie, A Huge Glowing Monster was surrounded by Military jeeps. In the Air, Scooby could see opplanes flying around the monster..
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Spyro and Cynder leapt out into the cool night air and stared up at the giant glowing monster.
The blasts from the aircraft had done some heavy damage to it, cracks had appeared in its skin and a few fingers had been blown off each hand. It didn't look near finished yet though and the military vehicles were being overwhelmed.
"Ready when you are," Wataru said, drawing the wake up fuestle and glancing over at the ring bearers.
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"If any of you have anything to say to each other, now would be the the time.." Stripetail said.. Walking in front of them..
Scooby Took off his helmet, looked at Dixie, took a deep breath and said. "Ri rove rou, Rixie" Dixie merely continued looking at him..
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"Is this really the time for that?" Kivat asked with exasperation.
Spyro glanced over at Cynder and then quickly looked away again. Cynder huffed at Spyro. "Well, if you're going to say something, say it before that thing comes down here and eats us."
"I love you, Cynder," Spyro said, nuzzling the dragoness' armored cheek.
Wataru was staring at the two couples and though his expression was hidden by the helmet he wore, one could tell the scene was having some sort of emotional impact on him. He seemed to be in another place at the moment, no doubt revisting some memory.
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Stitch Hugged Angel "mesa love you Angel" He said quietly., but Nick heard it anyway.
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man, I'm getting choked by al this love in the air. "Bart said, his facing beginning to work.
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Dixie slowly took off her helmet. "Scooby, I love you too.." She said finally, wrapping her arms around his neck. Brown and red lips met, as she kissed him. the kiss sent a thrill into Scooby, and he held her close to him. The kiss lingered on for a few seconds, then Dixie pulled away. "Now, Romeo, letrs go kick some monster butt.." She said, a broad grin on her face, as she replaced her helmet.
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A roar recaptured their attention. The sabbat dropped towards the group. Wataru leapt to the side as the creature's fist slammed into the ground.
The two dragons leapt forward and spat twin beams of purple light from their mouths, the sabat roared as the beams slammed into it. Bolts of fire shot from its back and towards the group.
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'Eclori SEndar!' Stripetail roared and an intense beam of light raced out of his staff. it smaxcked the creature in the chest and lit it on fire.
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Rire!" Fire!" both of the Great Danes let out a stream of fired out of theuir rings, met it mid air, and raced towards the creature as a single stream.
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"Fury!" Spyro and then Cynder shouted, using the rings to boost the potency of their breath attacks. The light of their attacks intensified, just as the beam of fire struck the sabbat's chest. The beams shot straight through its chest. It roared in pain, no longer launching fireballs.
"Wake up!" Kivat shouted. A crescant moon appearing in the sky overhead as Wataru leapt into the air. The leap carried him impossibly high, Kivat detached from the belt and hovered around Wataru's leg releasing the chains from it. He thrust his foot forward and dropped towards the sabbat, crashing into its shoulder and breaking through the glass-like flesh.
The sabbat shakily hovered off the ground a few feet, before dropping back down landing on its side.
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Absorbus singulari!" Stripetail commanded and energy began racing out of the weakening sabbat. the energy raced inside the rings of the team, making them glow very bright. "You are absorbing the creatures powers, just keep taking short steps back.' Stripetail said.
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Wataru watched the group step away from the sabbat. The creature weakening with each passing second. Finally its skin turned grey and shattered apart falling to the ground and the glowing fangire soul hovered from the remains. He leapt up and snatched the ball of light out of the air.
He walked over to the group, the strangely calm ball of light held under one arm. "I guess we should head back."
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As he said there was a laud crash, as the facility began to collaspse on itself. Stripetail turned to Mr BigMouth and the others, "Best to come with us so you don't have to face your superiors anger for awhile. "
Scooby tensed as the last of the energy went into his ring. It was now glowing very brighly, so much that it was hard to look at it.
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"Everyone get close to me" Stripetail said. "We're heading back..'
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Wataru sighed as the facility collapsed. Reflecting that perhaps things would have worked out better had he left the fangire alone.
Spyro and Cynder huddled up near Stripetail. Wataru went and stood near the squirrel.
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TELEPORTIUS!" Stripetail commanded and instantly the group of 15 members vanished.
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In an instant they reappeared in the middle of Nick's offfice. Nick collaspsed to the ground, exhausted from carrying Stitch, and wearing that heavy armor.
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Hey guys! You're back!' Shaggy said, giving Sparx and Lilo a wink.
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Dr. Zanasiu, Deimos, Strut and Rime took off their armor, unloaded their weapons and placed them by the wall. Zachary and Mr. Bigmouth who were not wearing any armor simply unloaded their weapons and placed them by the wall. Deimos still had his pistol in its holster.
"Is there a shower nearby?" Dr. Zanasiu asked. He massaged his back. "This armor probably saved my life many times but it's not that comfortable and it really slows you down."
"Hey nice to see you back! Is Pelvanida Base secure?" Dr. Kerzach asked, pulling a basket of fresh french fries from the fryer.
"Pelvanida Base is secure because it was reduced to rubble thanks to some weird monster and the US Military's attempt to kill the thing." Deimos said.
Strut went over to Nick and helped him remove his armor. "I see you're not used to wearing armor. After a while you barely notice it's there."
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There's a shower, but I'm not sure if the pipes work very well, the building was pretty damaged by the Shurlups and storm og mithril" Nick. "Its upstairs, there's a stairs down the hallway to the right of here. "not sure how warm the water is.. you may must have to use cold water. 15 minute max gentlemen, in, clean yourself off, wash your hair clean your wounds, etc. and get out."
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guys, we have our gifts to give out" Dixie said cheerfully.
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Which reminds me, Dixie, I need to talk with you and Cynder, in private, about why you took so long getting up to floor 7. But after the gift exchange" Stripetail said, picking up a pile of fries.
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Just then, Kenji and Talon arrived around the corner, accompanied by two other dinosaurs. One is another Utahraptor with a slightly different coloring, and the other is a Dilophosaurus.
"Welcome back," Kenji said. His scar has now healed to a darkened mark on his arm, which would almost be mistaken for a tattoo.
"Sorry we couldn't help," Talon added. "We found out our 'backup' got lost on their way here, so we had to pick 'em up."
"It certainly wasn't MY fault that someone I know off didn't stop and ask for directions," the other raptor said as he glared at the Dilophosaurus.
"Why don't YOU try to find someone that won't scream and run away when you approach them with a map and questions!" the Dilophosaurus snapped back.
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"Stitch, Angel' Lilo Cried out as the two aliens jumped into her arms. "You're bleeding!" She exlaimed , as she looked at the wounds on their arms. "mesa got Shot" Stitch said. 'Angel did too, I think she has a broken arm>
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624 and 626 get really banged up, then? JUmmba said. "This is bad..'
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Douglas waved, "Glad to see you guys back, and all in 1 piece." He said from where he was sitting.
Ducky nodded, "It is good to see you all back, it is it is. I just hope you all are ok, I do, I do." Ducky said.
"Anyone need medical attention?" Douglas asked.
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"Stitch and Angel need treatment" Nani said, looking them over, "Both have injuries to thier arms, and seem to have lost some blood."
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Ri'm really rired" Scooby said, taking off his helmet. "After the Gift exchange, Scooby, You can rest. I think all of us could use a nap after what we've been through.."Dixie said, taking off hers and breathing heavily. "Cynder, take off your helmet, and show Spyro the makeover you got.." She grinned.
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"Wataru," Nago said, standing up.
"Nago-san!" Wataru exclaimed cheerfully as he saw the man. He walked to him, the glowing fangire soul still held under one arm. "What are you doing here?"
"I saw your bike outside and stopped to say 'hi," Nago replied, shooting a questioning look at the soul.
"I need to take care of this," Wataru said to the group, holding up the soul and heading for the exit to the office. "I'll be right back."
Nago turned and walked to the two aliens. He leaned down to examine Angel and noted her broken arm. "I need something to make a splint out of."
Cynder removed her helmet, Spyro turned and stared at her. "Wow, you look great."
"Thanks," Cynder said wtih a blush.
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'Now for the Gifts" Dixie said. opening the containing on her wrist.Both Scooby and Spyro were aurprised : they knew about the hatch?
Dixie brought out the small dresses and suit. "They were shrunk to fit it.
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Scooby Brought out the ruby ringcase. 'Rou rave ro rind rhe right rombination' He said, blushing as he gave it to Dixie."Ryro, rour rift"He said to his friend.
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Spyro pulled the necklace out. He glanced down at the lock and twisted the combination, going slowly as though he wasn't quite sure how the lock worked. The case clicked open though and Spyro drew out the necklace. Cynder's eyes widened as she saw it. Spyro walked over and wrapped it around Cynder's neck, his claws giving him some trouble with working the clasp.
"Thank you," Cynder said, nuzzling Spyro's cheek.
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'Rhe Rirl's rupposed ro ropen rit Ryrro' Scooby said to him, As Dixie began working the combonation.
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Do it now Cynder.." Dixie whispered into her ear, giving a glance towards Spyro, as she continued working on the combonation.
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"Oh," Spyro looked downcast. This world seemed to have a lot of rules in dealing wtih romance, but then again maybe dragon society was the same way, he hadn't exactly spent much time in the dragon city. Most of the time he had been out thwarting evil.
Cynder leaned over towards Spyro. Sparx fidgeted nervously. The ground shook as something large landed out in front of the cafe, Cynder was almost knocked off her feet by the impact, but having four legs made it easy to steady herself.
"Oh, now what?" Cynder growled frustratedly.
A loud roar sounded outside and Nago looked up from his tending to the aliens. He had found a sheet in the closet and had cut it up to make a sling for Angel's arm and bandages for the cuts. "It's nothing to worry about."
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Scooby runbbed his head from where e had bumped against the cot. "Reah, rhat row?' He muttered. The rvverbrations, caused some of the ceiling in the dining room to collaspse in on the Shurlups, killing several. The Loud cries and growls echoed into the office, and mingled with the sounds from the outside..and with the sounds of falling debris.
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That feel good" Stitch said as Nago bound his cuts and bruises..
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"Wataru is feeding the fangire soul to Castle Doran," Nago explained. "That's why the impact and the roars."
The roars in question faded into the distance and Wataru soon returned to the room. His armor gone and Kivat hovering over his shoulder. He was bruised a bit from his tussle with the fangire before, but didn't look seriously hurt.
"I'm no doctor, or veternarian..." Nago said, standing up as he finished tying the last of the makeshift bandages. "But you should be okay."
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"Oh, thats explains a lot' Dixie said. Shaggy and Sparx looked at each other. "Time to come clean Sparx, Do you want to go first or should I go?'Shaggy asked.
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Rit's rok Ryro. Rhe Rules rin rour rorld ray re rifferent"Scooby Smiled..patting his on the head.
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"You can go," Sparx said, turning to face away from the two couples.
"What explains a lot?" Wataru asked.
"A few were alarmed when your castle showed up," Nago explained.
"Oh," Wataru said, looking at the debris that had been shaken loose by the recent tremor.
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"Cynder, Dixie, we have something to confess.. we made a bet that .. we could get you to kiss Scooby and Spyro.. The best was to see who cioould get their couple to kiss first" Shaggy said.
- Dixie's face becamme contorted with anger "SHAGGY! How could you? How much was the bet?"
Sparx! Run!' Shaggy called out, in a panic, Dixie's reaction had been as bad as Nani had warned it would...
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"Run?" Sparx repeated, eyes wide with fear. He glanced over to find Cynder glaring at him. "Definitely a good idea."
Before the dragonfly could move though, Cynder leapt into the air and snatched up Sparx in her front paw.
"Please don't eat me!" Sparx cried.
"What happened while we were gone?" Wataru asked, glancing over at Nago.
He only shook his head and rubbed the bridge of his nose.
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"Alright boys." Dixies said icily as Cynder brought her prisoner back with her. "Cynder, I want your opinion, What should we do to punish them?. " The look in Dixie's eyes was hard to endure. Shaggy shuddered at the looks she was giving him.
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Dr. Zanasiu, Zachary and Strut lined up to take a shower. Rime had gotten in there first.
After a few minutes Rime got out and dried himself off. Strut entered next.
Deimos and Mr. Bigmouth went to Nick. "Is there a hose out back or something? We won't fit in the shower."
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'Sure it's about 300 paces from the dooor.." Nick said. 'The water may be cold though, just a forewarning. We haven;t had heat in this plaace for a couple days..
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Nani shook her head. :I told you Shaggy that they'd be pissed. We're going out to the kitchen to get a Snack. Lilo, bring Angel and Stitch and Jummba with you..
_ i'm coiming too.. I'm starved" Bart said. "You like friues"Pleekly asked "They are YUMMY!"
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Do we have any more leaves?' Ali said. "If so I'm comning with you. Frost had appeared on her back from sitting in the cold rood for so long..
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"To bad there's not a swimming pool, it could function as a bathtub maybe. But maybe a simple spell on the hose may be able to warm the water that flows through it up to the temperature of the air maybe." Douglas said looking at some of the larger folks and thinking.
"There are deep hotsprings in the Great Valley, and some near the Great Valley where we spend some of the cold times." Ducky said.
"Sometimes while Tippy Herd Visit." Petrie said.
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Deimos and Mr. Bigmouth nodded. "Yeah, we'll try that." Mr. Bigmouth said.
"Hey, James! There's some hot springs in the Great Valley. Want to come?" Deimos shouted.
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"Hmm," Cynder sat down to consider her answer. Sparx meanwhile put up a futile effort to escape Cynder's paw. "Well, how about they have to do every little thing we ask them, but if they don't want to do that then they have to kiss each other in public." An evil and satisfied smirk appeared on her face.
Sparx looked horrified, not sure which idea he found worst. He looked over at Spyro, his expression imploring the dragon to intervene in some way, but Spyro just looked away and pretended to study the wall.
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A similar grin appeared on Dixie's face. "Perfect. Thats a great idea Cynder. Shaggy, you and Sparx have to do everything we tell you to, for a WEEK. If not, you have to kiss each other, on the lips, in front of everyone, REPEATEDLY." All the color drained from shaggy's face. "WHY?" He sputtered. "WHY?" Dixie grabbed him by the scruff of his green shirt."Why? Because you guys played with our relatiionships, thats why! You considered them so unimportant, they were something to bet money on! I bet the next bet was to see if you guys could goad Cynder and me into kissing!' Dixie spat, "You're lucky you didn't involve Scooby in this, otherwise our relationship , cousins or not, would end, period. And then you guys would probably be back at your old place, with little food and less to do, except watch TV. How often has Scooby been in a serious relationship?'
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Yo -you are the first.." Shaggy stammered. 'and he's my first, as well. I haven';t had time for much else besides performing on the Showboat. but if you guys had had your way, I'd be heading back there for good, no ifs ands or buts. That would completely crush Scooby, and it would be entirely your fault Shaggy! I doubt he'd ever really forgive you for it, either.I know I wouldn't.."
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Scooby was staying silent in all this, for his own welfare. He had never seen Dixie this angry..
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Douglas saw what was going on and heard it and decided it was best to stay out of the whole thing.
Ducky wasn't sure what was going on, but since they seemed to be not fighting decided it was best to not say or do anything.
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"Ignore them Ducky. come on, Lets go to the kitchen and get something to eat" Ali said to Ducky .' Hopefully by the time we get back, the arguing will be over..." Ali had caught some of the argument, but since it really wasn't her business, she kept quiet.
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"Repeatedly?" Sparx repeated. "Or for a week?"
He glanced up at Cynder, who tossed him out of her paw. He beat his wings and stopped himself from crashing into the wall.
"Do you have a problem with that?" Cynder asked icily.
Sparx gulped. "No..."
"We'll come with you," Wataru said to the dinosaurs. Kivat nodded and flew over to the group, while Wataru and Nago stepped over to them, being careful to avoid the arguing group.
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"No, you guys have to follow our instructions for a week, or you have to kiss each other repeatedly.." Dixie said. "its an either-or, Sparx. Either you follow our instructions, or we force you two to embarass yourselves, in front of everybody."
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Nani went back over to Dixie and whispered in her ear. "Thats not even the half of it. my little sister Lilo was in on the bet with them, and the bet was $25 and a big green gem"
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"$25? You risked my relationship with Scooby, and Cynder's with Spyro, over twenty-five measley bucks? and you let Lilo bet with you on it? ' Dixie said, her anger returning in full force. "she's a little girl! She doesn't know what that bet meant, or could have meant! Well, I'm declaring Lilo the winner of the bet, so give her the gem and 25 dollars" Dixie said looking at Shaggy. "she bet that Stitch and Angel would kiss first' Shaggy said, in a small voice. " And they WILL, once they get back from the kitchen. and Shaggy, for that, I'm doubling your punishment. you guys now have to do what we say, for TWO WEEKS, or else.."
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"Well, it all happened so fast," Sparx said.
"Then you should have slowed down and thought things through," Cynder growled. "Not that you're capable of thinking things through."
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'Well you didn't think things throuigh, and now you're going to be paying for it, for two weeks straight.."
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What if, you know, they head home?" Shaggy replied.
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That won't be for awhile Shaggy." Dixie said. "We're Going to be here for some time, at least until the Shurlups are gotten rid of. Your two weeeks start tommorow, and remember, if you refuse to do even the SLIGHTEST thing, you guys have to face the music.."
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Spyro idled over to Scooby. "The girls sure are putting the two of them through the wringer, aren't they?"
He whispered very quietly, afraid of having either female turn their wrath on him next.
Sparx sighed. He could only hope the girls would forget the whole thing before two weeks had passed.
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"Reah, rut retter rhem rhan rus. Rixie rust rissed re, rand I'd rike rer rio riss re ragain. Ri'm rure rou'd rike Rynder ro riss you, Ryro, rell riven rhier rood, Rit rould rot re rood ro ross rhem right row. Rut, rat reast re row rhey rove rus, renough rhat rhey rould rhis, ro rotect rour relationships" Scooby said.
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Petrie looked back at the angry folks talking some distance from where he was, then he looked over at Ducky who was nearby. "She sound mad as when anyone but Tria call her dad Topsy."
Douglas I guess some would still like to go to the Great Valley place to get cleaned up?" Douglas asked looking around at some folks.
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"I suppose," Spyro replied, wondering if it was better to have a girlfriend willing to chew out your best friend, or not. He decided Sparx had it comming with all the smart comments he had made in his lifetime, this was just payback for all of that.
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"Er.. how do we get there?' Bart asked. "You can't very well go back the way you came in , otherwise you guys would have done so already" He stratched his head. "And i'm not going back where i came from, because I hated it there. Iwas barely making ends meet.."
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"Raven't Rynder and Rarx ralways reen rat rodds? " Scooby said. "Rit rure reems rike rit. rare rhere rany rother rirl raggons rin rour rorld Ryro? Rust Rurious Ri ruess.."
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"And it may not be such a good idea to divide our forces," Nago said, leaning back against the wall. "I assume some sort of battle is taking place here? At least, that's the conclusion I've drawn from your talking."
"Yes, they have," Spyro sighed heavily. "Well, actually I haven't met a lot of girl dragons, other than Cynder."
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'Ro rou remember rheir rames?' Scooby asked.
(OOC; You can use ember from the old series if you like)
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Shaggy looked at Stripetail, who had remained quiet throughout all this. "PLease Stripetail, Help us out here!"
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And Why should I shaggy?' Came the reply. "After what you guys tried to pull, they have every right to get even. you put thier relationships in jeprady over a few dollars, and for both of these guys , its been hard enough finding someone who cares about them enough, and who is willing to be a partner, without you guys threatening everything.. But the girl;s have proven that they take their relationships seriously.. and these next two weeks will be a constant reminder of it, for both of you...."
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"There was Ember," Spyro made a face. "She's kind of strange... Tara... and Pyris."
(OOC: The last two are characters from my fanfic.)
Sparx sighed. "Yeah, it will remind me not to do this again."
"Or anything like this," Cynder growled.
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"And.." Stripetail Continued.. "I need to talk with you , Dixie and Cynder, about why it took you two so long to get to the 7th floor back there... Sparx, shaggy, Take Spyro and Scooby, and get yourselves something to eat. I need to talk with these girls in private.. I'm sure they have thier reasons, and i'm sure they don't want to explain themselves to everyone..
Alright " shaggy said, eager to get away from the girls for awhile."Come on Scoob, come on Spyro, lets grab some dinner.."
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"Okay," Spyro said, heading towards the kitchen. "I was getting hungry anyway."
Sparx buzzed after them, eager to get away from Dixie and Cynder.
The black dragoness sighed and trotted over to Stripetail standing next to Dixie. She sat down and hoped Dixie would say something first.
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Dr. Kerzach looked at Scooby. "So what would you guys like?"
"You know what. Screw the hot springs!" Deimos said. "I'll just hose myself off."
"Same goes." Mr. Bigmouth said.
They went out into the night air to the back to hose themselves off.
"Oh, yeah, that feels good." Dr. Zanasiu said. Rime was giving him a shoulder massage.
"You know Doc, you should really leave combat to the professionals. And I need a massage too." Rime said.
"Hey! We were in a desperate situation. And I'll give you a massage after dinner. Hey, Kerzach! What's for dinner?"
Strut went over to Nick. "Hey Nick. Is there a shooting range or a gun shop nearby? I need to go and get some ammo. And, Deimos and I were considering some target shooting. Anybody want to join?"
Zachary was sitting by Spyro.
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"We DO have reasons.. but they're kinda.. personal.." dixie said, nervously.."Cynder, could you help me out here?' Beads of sweat were now visible on her forehead. It had been a quick transition from sheer anger to pure nerves on her part, She hoped Stripetail hadn't seen what she had done on the stairwell..
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Stripetail frowned. "Girls, I admire honesty, and I understand that this may be a awkward question to answer, but I want it answered. What were you two DOING?'
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Ries rand Rot rogs, rand, rell reverything! Re ridn't rop ro reat there." Scooby said.
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There aren't any gun shops ariound here, this place is the only place around for at least 5 miles in every direction.' Nick said. But as for target practice, sure use some debris for a target and shoot away. "
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Cynder wasn't nervous, spending the first half of her life around Gaul and his ilk made her hardier then most. She was annoyed at being placed in such an awkward position.
"Dixie wanted to help with my relationship with Spyro," Cynder replied. "So she gave me a few pointers on kissing."
"I'd like some meat," Spyro replied. He made a note to ask Scooby and Shaggy about what kinds of food were available in this world.
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Strut shrugged. "There's a gun shop about 10 or so miles North of Pelvanida or what's left of it. Of course, that's walk of about 20 or so miles. I'm used to running great distances. I'll be back before morning."
With that said, he walked out of the cafe
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Mr. Bigmouth and Deimos soon reappeared in the cafe.
"What's to eat?" Deimos asked. He was still wearing his pistol in a holster across his chest.
"Steak, burger, stir-fry, salad, the usual." Dr. Kerzach said without looking up from the grill.
"Just give me 2 steaks, raw." Deimos said.
"I'll have a salad and hot tea." Mr. Bigmouth replied.
"Spyro! Your meal is ready." Dr. Kerzach called. He placed a white platter containing an enormous steak, char-grilled to perfection and a heap of french fries.
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'Did you two kiss? Or should I say, do you WANT to kiss?" Was Stripetail's reply. He gave the two of them a glance. "I Guess.. I'm a little curious about it. " Dixie said finally. 'We both thought it would be too awkward though, so we didn't."
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"Well, is it as awkward as forcing Sparx and Shaggy to kiss, in front of everyone...repeatedly? That what you two are going to do, should they not do as you ask, over the next two weeks. I'd say not, not by a long shot. But I think you two should figure it out by yourselves.. I'll give you all the privacy you need, and as far as getting over awkwardness, picture the other person, as someone you'd like to kiss, and just pretend that you're kissing that person. I'm not going to force you twio to kiss, and I won't ask afterwards if you did or not. "
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"Wait, what?" Cynder asked thoroughly confused.
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"Thank you," Spyro said, eyeing the huge steak hungrily. He bit off a chunk of steak and chewed it up.
Both Nago and Wataru glanced over at the food being served and then both headed over to Dr. Kerzach.
"Two hamburgers please," Nago said.
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"Its up to us whether we kiss or not" Dixie said to her. "Lets just go upstairs and do this, and get it over with, so I'm not curious anymore.. You won't tell anyone?" She asked
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Girls, what was said, will not leave the three of us.. I keep a lot of secrets, and this will simply be another one to add to the list.." stripetail said. "Take as long as you need, then head downstairs to eat.. i won't say anything, and if anyone asks, you'll just say it was personal between you two, and that it was none of anyone else's business.."
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Dr. Kerzach got a plate, went to the back of the kitchen and placed 2 raw steaks on it. He then handed it to Deimos.
"Hey, where's Strut?" Dr. Kerzach asked, as he was washing his hands.
"He's trying to find a gun shop." Rime said. He was laying on couch where Dr. Zanasiu was giving him a massage.
Dr. Kerzach shrugged and started preparing the salad and hot tea for Mr. Bigmouth. After several minutes he handed the dishes to Mr. Bigmouth. "Thank you Dr. Kerzach."
Dr. Kerzach was in the process of cooking the 2 hamburgers.
Deimos picked up a steak and bit off a piece.
He soon came back and placed the platter on the conveyor belt that led to the dishwasher.
"Hey, Kerzach! Need help" Zachary asked. He was eating his salad.
"Yeah!" Dr. Kerzach replied. He was flipping the hamburgers.
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"Oh," Cynder said. "Why do you want to do that?"
She was trying not to sound awkward, the idea of kissing another girl was strange to her.
"Where did those dinosaurs come from?" Nago asked while he waited for the hamburgers to get done.
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I'm Curious" Dixie said. Come on, take my paw, and we'll head upstairs... and just pretend I'm Spyro, and kiss me like you would him..I'll pretensd you're Scooby...just keep your mind elsewhere while we're doing it... It'll be less awkward that way.." Dixie said, starting towards the stairs..
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":From the Great Valley" Nick said. " have no idea where or when that place is.." He said, as he piled on the hot dogs... 'Steak and Hot dogs.. yumm.. trying to avoid getting shot makes a guy REALLY hungry.."
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Rime was asleep with his head in Dr. Zanasiu's lap. Dr. Zanasiu was gently stroking Rime's neck.
"Aww." Deimos said.
Dr. Zanasiu turned around and noticed Deimos and Mr. Bigmouth staring at him. He blushed. "It's not what it looks like!"
"Don't lie. We all you you really like Rime." Deimos said.
"Platonic love is nothing to be ashamed of. " Mr. Bigmouth said.
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"Okay then..." Cynder said, following Dixie. "I guess I'm kind of curious now, too."
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Nick's comment about the recent battle made Spyro realize he was still wearing his armor.
"Armor down," he said and then went back to eating his meal. He decided once Wataru and Nago got their hamburgers, he'd ask Dr. Kerzach to make one for Cynder. He wondered what was taking her so long.
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The Girls climbed the stairs, which ended in a hallway with two doors.The Left one contained a small shower, which smelled of sweat and something else, proof that it had been use recently. The second one contained a small bed.. this migght have been Chong's room once upon a time, as there was Chinese Writing on the walls, and a voodoo doll with pins sticking out of the legs, arms and chest, lying in the corner.
"Okay, Dixie said, sitting shutting the door behind them and then moved over and climbed on the bed. SIt by me Cynder.."
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Zachary was also behind the counter; he was cutting up potatoes for french fries.
Dr. Kerzach had just finished cooking the 2 hamburgers. He placed them on two clean dishes, along with a pickle spear, some tomatoes, a lettuce leaf and a heap of fresh french fries. "Who ordered the 2 hamburgers?"
Dr. Zanasiu yawned. "I'm not that hungry but tired." He then lay down next to Rime and fell asleep. It looked like he was cuddling Rime.
"Aww. Rime and the good doctor really do love each other." Deimos said.
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"Someone please sit between them" Nick said. "I'm trtying to eat here, and I'm not comfortable watching two guys touch each other while I'm eating
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Scooby Wolfed down his fries. "rhee ramburgers ror re, rease!' He said. he wondered for a second where Dixie was, but his hunger quickly took over his thoughts. Anyway, if she wanted to tell him where she had been, she would..If She didn't well, Scooby wasn't going to stick his neck out to find out, especially not after the dressing dowm sghe had given Shaggy.
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Wataru and Nago glanced back at Zanasiu's exclamation. Nago's face adopted a disapproving expression, while Wataru glanced away, becoming lost in thought.
"The hamburgers are for us," Nago said, seeing Wataru off in his own little world.
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Cynder glanced around the room and shivered. For some reason it called up memories of some of the darker places she had been, though this place didn't rate more than the dark towers and deep caverns.
She leapt into the air and glided over to the bed, landing in a sitting position next to Dixie. "All right then."
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'Two questions: Who wants to start, and do you prefer having your eyes closed or open when we do this?' Dixie asked, looking at her. "That necklace is incredible by the way, It looks really good on you.." The necklace accebtuated Cynder's eyes, and the rest of her as well. She was really a very attractive dragoness, who quite possibly was unaware of just how attractive she really was. The makeover she had given her had held up very well, there was only a little bleed-down of powder on her cheeks..
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Deimos picked Rime up and placed him on another couch. "Problem solved."
Dr. Kerzach pulled out 3 hamburgers from the fridge under the counter and tossed them on the grill.
Zachary poured more french fries onto a metal pan.
"Is there a bedroom here?" Mr. Bigmouth asked, because I think Rime and Zanasiu need it.
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Zachary took the 2 hamburgers and delivered them to Nago. "Enjoy"
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"There are the two cots in the office, alythough the Shurlup kids are taking up one.." Nick said.. "And please, no lewd jokes guys, we''ve got a kid present' He motioned at Lilo, who was putting ketchup on her fries. Stitch and Angel were seated next to her, each taking turns grabbing fries and stuffing them in thier mouths "Remember your cousin French Fry, Stitch?' Lilo said. These fries are even better than the ones he used to make and force us to eat..'
_French Fry was one of Stitch's 998 cousins, whose power was cooking up klarge portions of food, and eventually eating the victims after they had reached a certain size. Both Lilo and Stitch had grown to nearly the size of small cars before they had figured out how to reverse the effects of his cooking..
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Wataru sighed and picked up his hamburger. He stood up and headed out of the room and into the alley to eat.
"What's wrong with him?" Kivat wondered, flying after him.
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Cynder wagged her tail nervously. "Thank you..."
She decided to take the upper paw on Dixie, remembering her claim that Cynder might hesitate if she were to try and kiss Spyro. She envisioned Spyro in Dixie's place and leaned forward her lips making contact with Dixie's.
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The KIss took Dixie by Surprise but only for a couple seconds. She reached out and wrapped her arms around Cynder's neck, then opened her mouth slightly, and pressed her toungue into Cynder's mouth. she probed around for awhile, then let Cynder explore her mouth with her tongue. The kiss itself lasted about fifteen seconds, then Dixie pulled away. "Ok, that;'s one kiss down, and Cynder, you're a very good kisser. it'll be my turn to start this time. " She said, keeping her face close to Cynder, and holding her arms tight around her neck.
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Deimos chuckled. "That was the advantage of working at Pelvanida, you learn every dirty joke imaginable. We'll share them later out of earshot of the kids."
"We need to get these guys off the couches." Mr. Bigmouth said.
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Cynder was a little surprised to find Dixie's tongue in her mouth, but quickly copied the technique.
"Thanks..." she said. She would have liked to have complemented Dixie, but words failed her. "Go ahead then."
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Kivat flew over to Wataru who was leaning against the cafe's outer wall. "What's wrong? Are you thinking about Mio?"
Wataru just nodded in reply as he munched nonchalantly on his hamburger.
They both looked up as they heard a crashing sound and saw three shurlups approaching from the end of the alley.
"Hey, go away!" Kivat hollered at them. "We don't have time for you."
Wataru surprised Kivat by grabbing him out of the air and forcing him to bite his hand. The belt wrapped around his waist and he grabbed the blue Gurulu fuestle from it, placing it into Kivat's mouth, before perching Kivat on the belt buckle.
"Gurulu saber!" Kivat shouted as the Kiva armor formed, taking on a slightly different shape. The entire left arm was covered in blue armor made to slightly resemble fur. The armor on his chest also became blue and white, while Kivat's eyes and the lenses of Wataru's helment turned blue.
A glowing yellow orb descended out of the sky, a loud noise similiar to a wolf's howl accompanying its arrival. Wataru reached up with his left arm and grabbed the object within the orb, which unfolded into a yellow sword with a blue wolf's head for the hilt.
Wataru growled, his voice becoming deep and raspy. He crouched down and raised the sword.
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Dixie, leaned in close, and red lips met red lips as Dixie covered Cynder's mouth with hers. This kiss would last even longer thsn the first, almost twenty seconds, and the techniques used in the first were used even more in the second. Dixie rubbed ber tongue against Cynders As She pulled away, their tongues were the last to pull away from each other. "Your turn. And.. I'm enjoying this.." Dixie said almost in a whisper. "I think we've got something here Cynder, between us.."
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The crashing noise immediately woke Dr. Zanasiu up. "Are we under attack?!"
Rime also leapt to his feet. "It's coming from outside." I'll go check it out. With that said, he left the cafeteria and headed towards the noise where he found 3 strange creatures and Wataru about to fight.
"Zanasiu! Deimos! Get my gun!" Rime shouted.
Dr. Zanasiu, grabbed Rime's rifle and his shotgun, loaded them both and ran out the door to where Rime was. He handed the rifle to Rime.
"Now what?" Dr. Zanasiu asked.
"If those creatures make any threatening moves, we fill them with lead." Rime replied. He switched on the flashlight mounted at the muzzle of his rifle.
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Strut had just returned and he was carrying several hundred rounds of ammunition for everyone's weapons.
"Well I got the ammo. Apparently, a dinosaur buying ammo is pretty rare sight here." Strut said. He placed the backpack containing the ammunition on a table.
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"Take whatever means necessary to take them down. but be warned, the females have a very potent poison, which they can afflict on you through a cut or bite. Kenji here nearly died from it." Stripetail.
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"Huh?" Cynder blinked. "What about Spyro and Scooby?"
She kissed Dixie again this time not ennvisioning Spyro in her place. She broke the kiss after fifteen seconds.
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The feral Wataru was the one to make the first move though. He growled and charged at the lead shurlup. He leapt to close the last few feet between them and brought the gurulu saber down on it. The creature wasn't anywhere near as tough as a fangire and the demon beast sword sliced through its chest with ease. Another slash served to finish it off.
The other two shurlups fell on him at one and he was forced to use the sword and his right armor to block their claws as well as occasionally launch a blow of his own. The creatures might not be as durable as fangires, but they certainly were strong. He was flung backwards by a slash from one of the creatures. He rolled to his feet and slammed his hands against the pavement angrily.
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Rime aimed at one of the creatures and opened fire.
Dr. Zanasiu aimed at the other creature and also opened fire.
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The sound of gunfire echoed through the cafe.
"There's trouble." Deimos said. He ran to where he and his gang had kept their weapons and armor. He quickly put on his body armor, helmet and bandolier. He grabbed his rifle, loaded it and grabbed some extra magazines.
Deimos then ran out the cafe door into the alleyway where the shurlups were. He took aim at the nearest one and opened fire.
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'I love him, and you love Spyro. " Dixie explainied. "What we are doing is figuring out the relationship between us. Tonight, we will mate with both our partners, me with Scooby and you with Spyro. Use the truicks i've taught you, Cynder... " She said. "Two more kisses, We;ll do it five times in all.. afterwards, well, we'll just say, we explored the upper floor, and talked.. about your home world, and my time as a performer..'
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Wataru growled as he saw the gurulu saber was no longer practical with his allies shooting bullets at the shurlups. The sword floated out of his hand, compacting into something that resembled a statue, while his armor regressed to its base appearance.
It didn't stay that way for long though as he grabbed the green fuestle he had previously tried to use in the Pelvanida facility and inserted it into Kivat's mouth. "Bashaa magnum!"
Castle Doran, a large dragon with a castle-like armor covering everything except its neck and head and it's stubby legs and small legs roared from high overhead, spitting out another yellow orb which descended towards Wataru.
He caught the statue inside which unfoled into a green gun. Chains shot up his arm from the gun and then shattered, revealing scale-like armor with a fin pattern in its place. Chains also covered his chest and then shatter, revealing the new green armor beneath. Lastly, Kivat's eyes and the omnilenses turned green.
Wataru pointed the gun at the shurlups, his mannerisms changing from the fierce and impulsive gurulu form to the almost feminine elegance of the Bashaa form. He squeezed the trigger and jets of high pressure water shot from the gun. The barrage of gunfire and the blasts of water quickly felled the two remaining shurlups.
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"Okay," Cynder said. She had expected such an answer really. "I guess it's your turn then."
A problem with this plan occured to her though. What if Scooby, or Spyro where to ask for specific information that Dixie, or Cynder had learned from their supposed talk?
She decided to worry about it later and puckered up for the next kiss.
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"If they ask' Dixie Whispered, "Just tell them, that we discussed things only you would know..." With that, the fourth kiss began. This one was slightly longer than the third, and Dixie let Cynder's claws move around her throat as it progressed. The awkwardnesss of them kissing was now gone... Dixie pulled away. "Alright, one more kiss. This will be the longest of the five... you'll start as you have for the first and third."
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Cynder leapt forward and wrapped her front legs and wings around Dixie for the last long kiss in which her tongue explored Dixie's mouth afresh. She waited for Dixie to break it.
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Wataru lowered the sea demon gun, staring hard at the two bodies. He had managed to identify several weak spots on the shurlups thanks to Bashaa's influence and he was positive they were dead. He let go of the gun, which folded back into its statue form and floated up to Castle Doran.
Kivat disconnected from the belt and the Kiva suit turned grey and shrank into Wataru's skin.
"Thank you for the help..." he said turning to Rime and Dr. Zanasiu.
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But Dixie Held Her Tight, as the kiss continued she let Cynder's clws go lower and lower, until finally they touched her chest. In all the kiss lasted about a minute, and When Dixie finally pulled away, it was with regret. "ok. I love you, Cynder' It was a simple statement. "But we should reserve our love for the boys, if we end up in this situation again, we can infer two things, One, Either One or both our relationshipss are not going well at all, or two, we really enjoy being together in this manner. So tell me your thoughts, and we;ll head downstairs."
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(OOC: not sure what is going on here.)
"It would be hard getting back to the great valley but maybe we can. " DUcky said.
"If it's difficulty, maybe a friend of mine can take you back. He can go anywhere that exists in any multiverse. I can give him a call if you want." Douglas said.
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(Just focus on what is happening downstairs..)
'We need to destroy the Shurlups first. I don't want them using this place as a breeding ground for them.."Nick said. "Once they are taken care of, then everyone can go home, or visit other places. I'd like to go to the Great Valley too, but first things first..
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"You're welcome." Rime replied
"What are these things?" Dr. Zanasiu asked.
"Well, it doesn't matter. They're hostile and now dead." Deimos replied. He reloaded his rifle.
"Come on let's get something to eat." Rime said, shouldering his rifle.
"Agreed."
The three combatants entered the cafe.
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"What was going on out there?! It sounded like Pelvanida all over again!" Mr. Bigmouth shouted.
"We got attacked by some weird creatures." Dr. Zanasiu replied. "Armor up as we don't know if the creatures will continue attacking."
Dr. Zanasiu, Rime and Strut all put on their body armor and helmets. They along with Zachary and Mr. Bigmouth grabbed their weapons.
"I guess buying ammo now was a good idea." Strut deadpanned, as he loaded his shotgun.
"We'll need to speak to Nick." Deimos said.
"I'll do that." Rime replied. He went over to Nick. "Nick, we were attacked by 3 creatures outside the cafe. Dr. Zanasiu, Strut, Deimos, Zachary, Mr. Bigmouth and myself are all armed. What shall we do now?"
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Were they big , hairy, smelly, and did they have sharp claws, and teeth? If so, well congrats guys, you met your first Shurlup. The females are worse yet. And we've got about 200 or so more Shurlups in our dining room.." Nick said in reply.
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"They looked like huge balls of hair and they smelled terrible." Dr. Zanasiu replied.
"About these Shurlups, what does it take to kill them? I'm not sure if Dr. Zanasiu and I killed it in a hail of bullets or it was our companion's spells."
"Nick, if these things are so dangerous would you mind helping us defend against them? You've already got the armor and the gun, we'll provide the ammo, thanks to Strut."
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"Sure. But our last attempt to drive them off didn't work, indeed Kenji nearly died from being poisoned by a female. As for shooting them, You're gonna need all the ammo you have if we want to kill them all. And they aren't easy to kill, lets say you used twenty bullets on each of the shurlups, well if there are 200 shurlyups in there, that means you will have to use 4000 bullets.." Nick said frankly.
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4000 bullets?' Nani repeated. "and what if there are more than 200? "
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"Then you'll obviously need more bullets," Sparx pointed out.
Wataru sighed and sat down on the floor. He had thrown what was left of his burger away when the shurlups had appeared. Nago looked over at him, halfway done with his own meal.
"Could you get something made for Cynder?" Spyro asked hopefully after swallowing the last of his steak.
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"Well... it was interesting, but I don't think it's something we shoul do regularly," Cynder said. "I don't want to give Spyro the wrong idea."
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Rime looked at Nick and whistled. "Anything else that may be effective against them? We can't use magic."
Strut emptied out the rucksack on the table.
Dr. Zanasiu looked at the amount of ammo on the table. "Hmm. It looks like we've got at least 400 rounds of ammo for each weapon we use. Okay, we only about 50 shotgun shells." He then turned to Nick "Will this be enough?" he said, gesturing to the table.
Deimos then turned to the crowd. "If anyone needs a gun, speak up now."
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Good point. Had we continued much longer anyway, we would have ended up mating.." Dixie said. "I don't want to give Scooby the wrong idea either, Cynder. And him walking in on us when we're in the middle this, would DEFINTELY give him the wrong idea. SAme with Spyro. I don't want to run that risk, at all. So Let's go downstairs and join the rest of the group. "Dixie kissed cynder once more on the lips in parting. This one lasted only a few seconds. Dixie pulled away and got up off the bed. "Come on.."
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'not enough to kill them all, but enough to thin their number by a good margin " Nick replied.
_i'm not allowing my Sister to hold a gun. She has Stitch and angel to protect her" Nani said.
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I've got plasma blaster in vest pocket. Can stun any creature up to the size of a Grunfug" Jummba said. "Evil genius must be prepared for anything.."
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Cynder jumped off the bed and followed. "I'm not sure things would have gone that far..."
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"I do not need a gun, or armor," Nago said. Wataru shook his head, passing up on the offer as well.
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'We were getting close, with that last kiss, you were touching my chest" Dixie said. "Anyway, lets get down to business.. Remember that we talked about your childhood, and my time as a performer..." She opened the door to the hallway and walked out..
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"Nick if you want, I'll get more ammo." Strut said.
"If you don't want to use a gun take something like a kitchen knife or a chair leg to use as a weapon." Deimos said.
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No time' Nick shook his head. " I want us to thin the herd. Go for the females, they will be carrying young by this point. Shurlups can mate repeatedly, and they make rabbits look like turtles in comparison.. If we don't hurry, we could be looking at several hundred of them..'
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Deimos looked around at everyone. "Okay, is everyone armed and ready to take out some shurlups?" He turned to Nick. "Nick, how should we organize ourselves and how can you tell a female Shurlup from a male one?"
Zachary had also grabbed and loaded his weapon, an automatic rifle.
Dr. Kerzach, not accustomed to using firearms, pulled out a switchblade from his lab coat.
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"If I had to guess they would be bigger then the males," Spyro replied.
Spyro looked up as Dixie entered the room followed by Cynder. The dragoness immediately headed over to Spyro.
"What took you so long?" Spyro asked.
"We talked for a bit about our respective backgrounds," Cynder replied. She glanced down at the empty plate in front of Spyro.
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'i've got my staff' Stripetail said. looking at the pelvanida group. You guys are professionals so I suggest you provide cover fire for the rest of us. Everyone else, grab any you can use as a wepon. As for telling the male from the female, the females are smaller and carry a very potent poision, and sometimes their claws will be tinged a pale green from the poison inside them..Both smell horrible..."
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Stripetail looked at the two returning girls. "Eat quickly girls we're going after the Shurlups in the dining rom in a few minutes.. "was all he said.
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Cynder contented herself with grabbing a cold slab of meat out of the refrigerator and gulping it down.
Nago clipped the IXA belt around his waist and withdrew the knuckle from his pocket. Kivat landed on Wataru's shoulder.
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Nick quickly made a burger for DIxie. "You probably noticed upstairs that there are two locked and boarded up doors. Those were Chong's toture Chambers, any employee that learned too much or if a customer complained too much, they were dragged up there, nnever to been seen alive again.." Nick shuddered, handing her a burger. "What Aves and I found in thhere once we found it..' He trailed off.
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Dixie gulped. "your boss was a complete wacko.."
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"Where is your boss now?" Nago asked. He sounded quite angry. Nago was a bounty hunter, so he had plenty of experience with some of society's scumier elements.
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"He;s in prison, we had him arrested after he tried 'to take over the world". more than 50 people died here during the time I was here, and before I was here, we have no idea. Hundreds, probably. Cooks, Dishwashers, waiters, servers, and Customers. And to top it off the place was a freaking dump, the food was indescribably bad.."
_ I can describe it' Shaggy said. "it stank. Scooby and I could barely eat it, and we;ll eat anything.."
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"That's horrible," Spyro said.
Cynder walked over to the group, having finished her quick meal. "Okay, I'm ready."
"Wow, it really must have been bad then," Sparx commented.
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"You don't know the half of it" Dixie said. "They served me spam, with runny eggs, topped with lots of vinegar..' she made a sour face as she remembered the horrible food.
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Yeah, and the only reason why Aves and I didn't get eaten or executed is that Chong found us useful, why I don't know, but he did.." nick said. "The only good food we had was our pies, everything else was not fit for garbage.. We hardly ever made any money, because people would usually leave asfter dinner, which was almost always bad.."
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"I've got plenty of weapons." Douglas said.
"Petrie and I have our powers once we've powered up. We have not used weapons, no we have not." Ducky said.
Petrie nodded, "It both true." He said agreeing with Ducky.
Snoopy shrugged since he didn't have any weapon personally. Douglas reached into a pocket in his vest and pulled out a small lightsaber that should be close to the right size for Snoopy, he handed it over to him pointing to the activation button. "To turn it on just press the button, and it can cut through anything." He said.
He reached into other pockets and made sure he knew where the phaser and lightsaber were that he often used, if he should want to use those, and he had had training in using his dragon abilities that he did have.
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Shaggy picked up a gun. 'never used one of these before , man, but whatever it takes to get those hary scary monsters out of this resteraunt and get us home, I'll do it.
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mesa ready' Angel said, ignoring the sling on her third arm. "Jus be careful Angel" Lilo said. "wev don't want your injuring your good arm, you've only got one of them, the other three are banged up..'
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I'm sticking By Lilo" Pleekly said. "I'm not much of a fighter.."
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"Where did you get that from?" Wataru asked, looking curiously at the lightsaber. He wondered if the sword really could cut through anything, thinking of the Zanvat sword in his possession which was supposed to be a powerful weapon.
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Rarmor ruop" Scooby said activing his armor. Ri've got a rword.. ruts rhat rasn't relped much."
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I can use my tail as a whip" Ali said. It wasn't much of a weapon, compared to magic or guns, but it was all she had..She wanted to go home.. like everyone else..
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"Armor up," Spyro said, activating his armor. Cynder meanwhile placed her helmet back on.
Kivat bit Wataru's hand. The red and yellow markings spread across his skin and the red belt formed around his waist. Nago meanwhile pushed the IXA knuckle into his palm and it began making a noise similar to a siren.
"Ready," the knuckle droned in a computerized voice.
"Henshin!" Wataru and Nago shouted.
Wataru perched Kivat on the belt buckle, his armor appearing.
"Fist on," the IXA knuckle droned as it was connected to Nago's belt. A golden projection of the IXA armor appearing in front of him, before hovering back and enveloping Nago, forming the white armor he had arrived in.
"Is it such a good idea for you to come?" Nago asked the Great Valley dinos. "You seem kind of young..."
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'Let them come 'Dixie replied, activating her armor> "They want to help, and we're going to need all kinds of help.
_ Stripetail handed Bart a few vials of Shrulup milk. "Tend to the babes in the pen. They should be waking up soon after a nice long nap. There are five of them, just give them each a vial to suckle from. once they are full, they'll stop. Once that happens, recork the vials and set them aside.."
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You're RAISING some of those things?' Bart sputtered, but he took the vials anyway. The promised pay kept him going, "I'd better make $10 an hour from this' He said to him as he walked back to the office.
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Nago sighed, but relented.
"I'm sure you can do a lot better then that," Sparx said, following Bart. "He can make slushies appear out of thin air."
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"He can make slushies appear out midair?" Bart scoffed. 'Alright, if thats true.. after we do this, I want $100 and a giant hot fudge sundae, with hot fudge , caramel, lots of whipped topping and a bunch of cherries.. Dang I'm making myself hungry again!"
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"That's an excellent idea," Sparx said. "Though I'd settle for a big juicy beetle."
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'I'm sure there's tons od dead bettles under the fryer..' Bart scoffed. "If the stories about the old cafe I was hearing were true... then that guy who ran this place was a power-mad pyscho. Reminds me of my old girlfriend..she was the same way to me' Bart cracked..
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"Come on everyone. Stick close together and be ready at a moment's notice to use your weapons. Our mission here is to thin the herd, as much as possible. towards that end, we must eliminate as many of the females as possible, as they carry the young.." Stripetail said addressing them. "Any questions?'
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"I said juicy beetles, not dried up long dead ones," Sparx said. He twitched. "And please don't mention girlfriends right now."
He had almost forgotten about the two week long punishment that Dixie and Cynder had handed to him and Shaggy.
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"Will there be any peanuts on this flight?" Kivat asked wtih a chuckle.
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Scooby and a few others laughed, including Lilo.
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Nice one Kivat" Stripetail smirked."Anyone else with a snide remark?"
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"Hey its your own fault for being so tactless. But I once pulled a similar stunt . in order to break up with a girl I was seeing..' Bart said.
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(OOC - Zanasiu, Strut, Deimos, Zachary, Rime, Mr. Bigmouth and Nick are the only ones with guns and Deimos has 2. Where did Shaggy get his gun? Unless he took Nick's.)
Dr. Zanasiu crammed as many shotgun shells in his pockets as he could carry.
Strut filled his shell pouch with the remaining shotgun shells.
Mr. Bigmouth, Deimos, Zachary and Rime took several magazines for each of their weapons.
Deimos readjusted his helmet. "Nick! You have your weapon?"
Dr. Kerzach brandished his switchblade. "I'll fight at close quarters with the rest of the group."
"We're ready." Deimos said to Stripetail.
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"Yeah, but you planned the whole thing that way so it's different," Sparx muttered.
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Wataru glanced over at the switchblade, the expression beneath his face was one of doubt. He didn't think an anthromorphic cassowary armed with a knife would be any match for the shurlups. He made a mental note to keep an eye on the doctor.
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(Didn't they bring an extra gun? If not Then I'll change it something else)
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Anyway enough about that. The soner we feed the little guys the sooner I can get paid and eat ice cream" Bart said. "You 'll help take off the corks, and I''ll rouse the kids..
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(OOC - Dr. Kerzach is not Human. He's an anthro Cassowary <see here: Cassowary (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassowary)> and he has claws on his feet.)
(OOC - Deimos has a pistol and a rifle but he didn't give up either of them. And I'm assuming Nick took his gun and armor.)
"Hmm. Let's see what my switchblade and claws can do." Dr. Kerzach said.
"Um, you sure it's a good idea to have Dr. Kerzach armed only with a knife and his feet?" Deimos asked.
"He has a ferocious kick and I do know of a case where he was attacked in Las Vegas and he literally gutted his attacker with one kick. And he is pretty good with a knife too. Can't shoot worth jack though." Rime said.
"Let's hope he can gut Shurlups."
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(Then I'll change it)
Shaggy picked up a large pipe that lay on the opile on debris. "This pipe will be banging on some skulls soon." Shaggy said. He gripped the metal tightly. "I'll stick by Scooby and Dixie.."
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Ducky and Petrie did the morph sequence and morphed into their Great Valley Guardian forms.
"We've done similar things to this before, we have." Ducky said.
"But them bad guys always a bit goofy." Petrie said.
Ducky thought for a moment, "They usually are, or seem to over act, I've always sorta wondered why." Ducky said with some curiosity in her voice. "Like that one who called himself Dastardly Dan the sharptooth."
"Me still wonder who 6th beyond ranger be." Petrie said.
"I think it's Doc." Ducky said.
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"Lets head out" Stripetail said, and the gang began to move from the kitchen. the smekll of Shurlup reached thier nostrils quicker than the last time they had attacked the Shurlups, but that time they had been small in number. this time, there were many more attackers, and they were not leaving until they had cut the Shurlup threat considerably..
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Man the smell is HORRIBLE! Shaggy spuuttered as they approached the dining room.
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Dr. Zanasiu wrinkled his nose. "Ugh! These things smell worse than anything back at Pelvanida!"
"Let's kill them and get back to what we were doing before." Rime said.
"You mean sleeping with each other?" Deimos added.
"Shut up!"
"Guys, forget about this and lets help clean out the Shurlups." Strut replied.
"Okay, remember, all ranged attackers should stay back and shoot any Shurlup on sight. Don't stop shooting until the Shurlup stops moving and be careful of missed shots or deflections. And Zanasiu, Strut be extremely careful with your weapons." Zachary said.
"Okay we got it."
The group then took up defensive positions near the entrance to the dining room.
"Nick, you have your armor and gun right?" Strut asked.
Dr. Kerzach stood near Wataru.
"Ready when you are." Deimos said to Stripetail.
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'Yeah I got it on" Nick said, holding the gun tightly. Open fire when youi see them, and don't stop, until you run out. that will give the rest of us time to cast spells and whatnot..'
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Just as soon as Nick spoke; a Shurlup popped up from a floorboard.
"Open fire!" Deimos shouted.
Strut and Dr. Zanasiu aimed their weapons at the Shurlup and started firing. After about five shots combined the Shurlup fell to the ground.
Suddenly, more Shurlups erupted from the floorboards.
Deimos, Dr. Zanasiu, Strut, Rime and Zachary unloaded their weapons at the Shurlups.
As Dr. Zanasiu was reloading, a Shurlup jumped on him but the claws were unable to penetrate the armor he was wearing.
Dr. Kerzach stabbed the offending Shurlup until it stopped moving.
Strut took aim at a female Shurlup and killed it with 3 quick shots. "Take the females out!"
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" Nani looked at the dead Shurklup with disgust. "that thing is repuksive. It makes Gantu looks atractive by comparison.."
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That is saying much" Jumba agreed.
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Lots more where those guys came from."dixie said through her helmet. "Cynder, when you're ready, starting blasting them with your poison. Spyro, use your ice to freeze them."
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Once they're frozen. I'll hit them with my tail. A 1-2-3 punch' ali said, moving her tail back abd forth..
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Douglas launched himself into the air, not needing wings to fly, breathing fire at a nearby shlurp, keeping a watch on what some others were doing as best as he could.
Petrie let out some lighting from his fingers at one close to where he and Ducky where while Ducky had some ice wind blow on the same one for a moment as well.
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Nago moved towards the front of the group, the gold visor on his helmet folding open and revealing the two red lenses beneath, a barrage of fire errupted from the visor, leaving the shurlups in front of them with severe burns. He then raised the IXAcalibur and took a shot at one of the shorter shurlups. The hightech ammo pierced the creature's chest and it dropped.
Spyro and Cynder joined Douglas in the air, raining down ice and poison on the shurlups further back, the ones that Nago's blast of heat had missed.
The shurlups quickly recovered from the burns and charged at the group. Nago pushed up on the bottom of the IXAcalibur's handle, popping up the sword blade and swung for the nearst shurlup.
Wataru leapt forward and slammed a kick into one of the creatures. He then grabbed a purple fuestle from his belt and gave it to Kivat. The fuestle's tune resembled the blowing of a foghorn. "Dogga hammer!"
The orb containing the hammer smashed through a window and flew to Wataru, who took the weapon in both hands, chains covering both of his arms, before shattering and revealing new, bulkier purple armor. Bulkier purple armor replaced his chest armor as well. He lumbered toward the nearst group of shurlups, dragging the hammer behind him.
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Stripetail blasted a nearby Shurlup with his staff, semnding it backwards and killing it in seconds..
_ Nick took caredful aim and shot an oncoming Shurlup through the throat.
_ Jummba stunned some nearby Shurlups with his blaster. "This is almost fun. Haven't had to use blaster like this since the 13 Planet War." he laughed as he blasted another.
- Ali hit a frozen Shurlup hard with her tail. The impaxct broke the ice and the Shurlup flew backwards, splitting in half as it hit the wall. Ali shuddered at the gruesome sight.
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Shaggy was Knocked down, then clubbed his attacker over the head with the pipe. "I sure hope you're not a female" as he said this the Shurlup stratched at it. It missed his skin by inches, bore ripped a big hole in his shirt, and to his horror, he saw his shirt start to melt away, this one was clearly a female.
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RICE!" Scooby yelled, to his surprise, grains of rice started falling out of the ring...
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You have to enunciate Scooby. The Ring can do many things, but if you're not specific and clear in summoning its power, you'll get something you don't want."
StRipetail laughed.
"Rike Rice" Scooby muttered.
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A female Shurlup slashed at Dr. Kerzach who pivoted and slammed his knife through its throat killing it.
Dr. Zanasiu shot one of the stunned Shurlups in the head.
"Jumba! Can you set that thing to be lethal or not?" Rime asked. He shot another Shurlup and dodged a leaping Shurlup that was soon stabbed to death by Dr. Kerzach.
Zachary was reloading his rifle when he was surprised by a Shurlup. He used the butt of his rifle to club the Shurlup, dropping it to the ground.
Dr. Kerzach quickly ran up to the dazed Shurlup and kicked hard in the stomach. He then slashed his foot down, tearing open the Shurlup. He finished the wounded Shurlup by stabbing it through the throat.
"Brutal but effective!" Deimos said, shooting the Shurlup attacking Shaggy.
"Hey! Do we have any grenades?" Rime asked.
"Too many friendlies!"
Deimos reloaded his rifle but a Shurlup attacked him before he was finished. He kicked the Shurlup, sending skidding back several feet. It lunged at Dr. Zanasiu who shot it at near point blank range.
Deimos finished reloading and continued shooting. "It's too bad we don't have magic."
Zachary had finished reloading his rifle and shot a rushing Shurlup, slowing it down. He then put several more bullets into it.
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"Dixie laughed a little inside her helmet. "Rice? Are you trying to send me a message Scooby?' She laughed harder..which embarrassed Scooby still further. Rice was commonly used at weddings...
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Deimos looked at the ground near Scooby and noticed many grains of rice of the ground. He chuckled. "Hey can you that rice as a weapon?" Deimos then pivoted out of the way of a leaping female Shurlup and shot twice in the back of the head, killing it.
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"The Federation does not believe in using lethal force" Jummba replied. "Yes it does have a "kill' setting, but I was forbidden to use that setting when I was given it, as part of my parole." He stunned another shurlup, all told they had killed more than thirty Shurlups..
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"Well, are they going to know now?" Dr. Zanasiu countered. "Pelvanida base prohibits scientists from carrying weaponry but yet I know many of my coworkers carry pistols around the facility. Chances are if someone is wearing lab coat, there's a pistol underneath. Hell, I know a few scientists who keep shotguns and rifles in their closets." He then shot at a Shurlup but missed, blowing a hole in the floor. He reaimed and blew a hole in the Shurlup.
Zachary shot the stunned Shurlup and killed it. "We all have different fighting styles."
Deimos said nothing but continued shooting at any Shurlup who threatened any of his allies.
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Shaggy groaned at his shirt, which was now little more than a rag. The poison had eaten through the shirt, acting like a potent acid. He went over behind Stripetail. "You don't suppose you can fix my shirt?' He queried of the squirell. "Magic will not fix your shirt, niot in its condition. You can either throw it away, and get a new one, or you can try and sew the hole up.." Came the reply. "Just be thankful that she didn't stratch your skin, otherwise the poison would be coursing through you now, and your life expencancy would be measured in hours withour treatment." Shaggy turned white. :it...would have killed me?"
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Yes, the poison is that potent.. Kenji knows that first hand.."
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Dr. Zanasiu looked at Shaggy's shirt or what was left of it. "Thankfully, these lab coats are completely acid proof and impervious to most poisons. And that they are essentially slash proof. And the armor helps too."
"Yeah." Dr. Kerzach added. A female Shurlup slashed his labcoat but its claws were unable to penetrate the tough fabric. He kicked the Shurlup, punching a hole in it and finished it off by stabbing through the head.
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A claw slammed into Wataru's heavily armored chest, but didn't do much more then make him grunt. He shoved his free hand at the shurlup and sent it flying back with ease. He then hefted the massive hammer and swung it at the advancing line of shurlup, knocking them into the air like so many bowling pins.
Nago relied upon his agility to duck and dodge around the shurlups, slashing at them with his sword. A female slashed him across the chest and the venom ate a few inches into the armor, but didn't do much more. Nago disconnected the knuckle from the belt and launched a ball of force from it at the female, sending her flying through the air.
A green ball of earth enveloped Spyro and he dropped from the ceiling into a group of shurlup, crushing the female in the center of the group. He quickly winged his way back towards the ceiling. Numerous claws reached for him, but they were too slow.
Cynder dropped down in front of Shaggy and Stripetail and spun about on the spot, a massive tornado appearing around her and blowing back several shurlups. "I think a ruined shirt should be the least of your worries at the moment."
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'Thanks " Shaggy said to Cynder. "I'm really sorry about what Sparx and I did. It was wrong.."
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Save it shaggy, You're not getting off on your two weeks of punishment. ' Dixie replied, slicing a shurlup in two with her blade. "Just stick behind Stripetail.. Thats about the safest place you can be.."
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Dr. Zanasiu reloaded and shot some holes in an advancing female Shurlup.
Strut dodged a female Shurlup as it leapt for him. He pivoted and blew its head off with a well aimed shot.
Deimos kicked a Shurlup, then shot it several times. A female Shurlup slashed at him but the venom just beaded on his armor. He used a piece of wood to flick the venom off. He then hurled the poisoned wood at the female.
Dr. Kerzach stood by Wataru. He stabbed a nearby Shurlup through the head. A female Shurlup leapt at him and pinned him to the ground. He buried his knife to the hilt into the Shurlup and pulled upwards, gutting the creature. He pushed the dead Shurlup off of him. Another Shurlup, this one male, slammed into him and knocked the knife from his grasp. "Someone kill this thing and get my knife!" he shouted.
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Nick took careful aim, and shot the Shurlup in the chest. He ran over and picked up the swtitchblade then sliced at a charging Shurlup with it. They were now finally into the Dining room, and Nick could see, through the infrequent flashes of light from Stripetail's spells, the forms of dozens upon dozens of Shurlups..
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Cynder mumbled in agreement with Dixie and then spat a cloud of darkness at the nearst shurlup. Spyro was hovering near Ali and freezing any shurlup that happened to get near her.
Wataru had meanwhile been surrounded by the shurlups and they were darting in at him in turn. While in his armored dogga form, he was too slow to turn and counter them and they dodged his blows with ease. He growled in frustration.
Nago was having slightly better luck with his opponents who had also tried surrounding him, but he had simply leapt over their heads and back to the group of gunners. He pushed the sword's balde back in, returning the weapon to gun mode and firing at one of the shurlups around Wataru. The shurlup screeched in pain and was then slammed into the wall by the dooga hammer.
The shurlups leapt at Wataru, burying him under a pile of snarling fur.
"Wataru!" Nago exclaimed, firing at one of the shurlups on the pile, before another slashed him and he was forced to switch the calibur back into sword mode to defend himself.
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"Hey, Nick! I need my knife back!" Dr. Kerzach said. He kicked a male Shurlup and slashed his foot down, cutting it open. He then finished it off with a few more kicks.
"It's dark in here." Zachary said.
"No problem!" Strut replied. He switched on a flashrlight attached to his shotgun.
Rime, Deimos and Dr. Zanasiu all switched on their weapon lights.
"Wow. We've got quite a battle ahead." Deimos said. He took aim at a female Shurlup and shot it several times. He reloaded his weapon.
"Yeah, what do we do if we run out of ammo?" Dr. Zanasiu asked.
"Fight with whatever you can get."
"Hey Nick! Need ammo?" Rime asked.
"When this is over, remind me to buy more ammo." Strut replied.
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Deimos looked at Wataru or what was visible of him.
"We've got an ally buried under the Shurlups!" Deimos shouted.
At his command, all the gunners aimed at the pile of Shurlups and opened fire. Bullets and shot tore into the bodies of Shurlups, killing many of them.
Dr. Zanasiu paused to reload his weapon.
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The sound of a fuestle issued from beneath the pile of shurlups and a small golden dragon flew through the same window the dogga hammer had come through.
"Hello!" the dragon greeted in a high childish voice before worming its way in between the pile of shurlup bodies. Yellow light shone out from the pile and then the shurlups were sent flying away. The light issued from Wataru who stood up. With a pulse of energy, the glow vanished, revealing the new golden armor that covered Wataru nearly from head to toe. The lenses of his hlemet had turned red and a crescent moon rested above them. A red cape also sprouted from his back. His chest had stayed red, but changed shape, now having three green eyes on it.
Wataru stepped towards the shurlups, arms held at his sides in a princely manner. Nago joined his side and the two stepped into the dininy room.
Nago removed the mouthpiece from his helmet, flipping it open and pressing three buttons on it. "Rising!" the phone droned, before Nago hit a thrid button and the armor on his chest ejected, the coloration of his suit changing to white and blue, while the gold crest on his head changed configuration.
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STRipetail closed his fist, and started throwing different colored fireballs at the shurlups. Blue green , yellow, red, orange, a multitude of color. the fireballs were a special variety, they were not easy to put out and the burning Shurlup could easily burn any other Shurlup near him/her. The cries of the burning Shurlup were deafening..
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Nick tossed the bklade back to Kerzach. "Here". He turned to the others. "I've got about twenty bullets left. When I run out, I'll gran some more.."
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"Be careful," Nago said to Nick, inserting a blue fuestle into the phone and twisting down a handle, forming the phone into a small gun. He pointed the weapon at a shurlup female and blasted it. "There could be more shurlups throughout the building."
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Sparx grumled as he and Bart tended to the shurlup pups. He had done as Bart suggested, pulling off the caps. He then watched them to make sure they wouldn't spill any of the milk.
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"More!?" Deimos grumbled. "We'll need more ammo then!"
"Worry about that later!" Rime shouted. He shot a burning Shurlup female.
Dr. Kerzach caught the blade and flicked it open. He dodged the leap of a Shurlup female and stabbed it to death.
Zachary looked at the burning Shurlups. "Hey anybody got some gasoline or alcohol and some bottles? Because I'm going to try and see if I can use some Molotov Cocktails against these things."
"Nick may not like that." Dr. Zanasiu replied. "Shaggy! Are you guys okay?" He then blasted a Shurlup male who was trying to approach Nick.
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The Shurlups drank greedily, they were hungry, and the milk was exactly what the doctor ordered.
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Most of them are in here, this is the place they've marked out as their own.." Nick replied..
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"Whatever means necessary' Stripetail said. "This place is going to take a long time to clean up anyway..'
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I'm fine, I'm just sticking behind Stripetail.." Shaggy said..
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Wataru yanked on the horn of the golden dragon, which had connected to the back of his wrist. Several images flashed across the back of the dragon before it settled on a red copy of the symbol that Wataru's wake up attack had slammed into the floor in Pelvandia.
"Wake up fever!" the dragon exclaimed, a red aura enveloping Wataru's feet.
Wataru leapt at a nearby shurlup, red fangs of energy popping out of the sides of his legs and stabbing into the shurlup as Wataru's feet slammed into its chest. The blow finished the shurlup off and Watura leapt back.
"Perhaps you should ran back for more ammo," Nago said to Shaggy as he wielded both of his guns against the shurlups.
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"Where'd the ammo?' Shaggy asked. "I'll grab whatever I can, man, just tell me where it is.."
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Dixie blasted a pair of Shurlup with her ring, then hacked at them with her sword.
Sttitch picked a Shurlup off its feet and threw it backwards. Stitch could lift several hundred pounds with ease..
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Zachary shrugged and ran to the kitchen.
He rooted around until he found several glass bottles in the recycle bin.
He found his fuel in the form of several cans of gasoline. He filled the bottles with gasoline.
He then looked around for some fabric.
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Back in the dining room, the group was still fighting the Shurlups.
"Where did Zach go?" Deimos asked. He shot a Shurlup as it jumped towards him.
"I think he said he was making some Molotov Cocktails to use against the Shurlups." Rime replied.
"Is he crazy?! If we don't die from the fire; Nick'll kill us for burning his cafe down!"
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"Shaggy! I have a pistol but only Nick, Rime, Zachary, Dr. Zanasiu, Mr. Bigmouth and myself have shotguns or rifles. And the ammo is on a table but we don't have any extra gun beside my pistol." Deimos shouted.
Mr. Bigmouth shot the Shurlup that Stitch tossed in the air.
"Nice shooting!" Rime said.
"Thanks!" Mr. Bigmouth aimed and put a well aimed shot into a female Shurlup's chest.
"Are the kids okay?" Dr. Kerzach shouted over the gunfire. A male Shurlup tried to bite him but its fangs were no match for his tough lab coat. He kicked a hole in it, then stabbed it through the throat.
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I'm fine' Lilo called out, as Angel punched a Shurlup with her good arm.
"This place is in ruins anyway, just look at the floor and ceiling.." nick said. "A few things catch fire, I don't care.."
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As soon as Nick spoke. Zachary rushed in with a serving cart filled with Molotov Cocktails. He had a lighter in one hand.
"Lets rock!" Zachary shouted. He grabbed a Molotov, lit the fuse and hurled it into a mass of Shurlups.
The Molotov shattered, covering the Shurlups in flaming gasoline.
"Hey Shaggy! Try these instead of a gun!" Deimos shouted. He shot a Shurlup as it rushed towards Zachary.
"It doesn't seem wise to use incendiary weapons indoors." Dr. Zanasiu said.
"Well, some guy magically torched some Shurlups and they were running around and nothing is set on fire so I'm pretty sure this place is fireproof." Zachary countered. He lit another Molotov and hurled it at a table where 4 Shurlups were hiding behind only to find that the bottle did not break but the fuse remained lit.
Rime shot the failed Molotov, letting the fuel spill out and igniting the Shurlups.
Zachary looked at Nick. "I had to destroy a few tablecloths to make these cocktails. I hope you don't mind. "
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"Its alright. we're going to have to buy new tablecloths anyway.. as well as new chairs, new tables.. etc etc' Nick Replied.
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Can I throw onee?' Lilo asked innocently..
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Zachary shook his head. "These are not toys. They are deadly weapons." He grabbed a Molotov, lit the fuse and hurled it at a mass of Shurlups.
"Let her throw one! Anyone who can throw or shoot something should do so." Rime shouted.
Zachary shrugged. He handed a Molotov to Lilo. "Okay, once I light this piece of cloth, throw it as hard as you can at the Shurlups. You go that?"
Deimos looked at the Molotov Cocktails. "If anyone does not wish to use a gun or engage in close quarters combat please find a lighter or some matches and stand by Zachary."
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'I'll show her how to throw it. " Nani said. But this is a very special case, Lilo, normally I'd never let you touch one of these things.."
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Zachary shrugged. "Hey, maybe you should take her target shooting when she's old enough." he said looking at Nani.
Mr. Bigmouth's rifle jammed. He retreated to behind the firing line and cleared the jam.
"Nick! Where do you keep the lighters?" Zachary shouted. He then turned to Lilo and Nani. "Should I light it now?"
Dr. Kerzach ran behind the firing line. "I need to catch my breath for a moment. Stabbing and kicking Shurlups takes a lot out of you."
"I've never seen anyone as good with a knife as you before." Dr. Zanasiu said.
"Well, when you have 2 built into your feet, you become good with knives real fast." Dr., Kerzach replied, gesturing to his toe claws which were covered in Shurlup blood.
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spyro can light them for you.." Dixie said. "He can breath fire..'
- Scooby sliced open a shurlup, and retreted back behind the line 'RI reed ro rake ra reather."
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Spyro paused as he heard the suggestion. He had seen how effective the bottles were and decided whie he was lighting them he could also protect Lilo. He spat a fireball at a shurlup that had advanced too far.
Wataru and Nago had both leapt directly into the shurlups, there armor allowed both to tried blows with them. Nago was weilding his sword and occasionally shot his pistol at them, while Wataru fought with his barefist, though his fighting style had slightly changed since changing into his golden form, now relying more on kicks then punches.
Cynder yelped as a shurlup leapt at her and knocked her out of the air. Its claws scarped over her armored chest, dripping poison onto it. Green venom surrounded the tip of her tail and she stabbed it into the shurlup's midsection. The shurlup howled in pain and again clawed at her armor.
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Dixie moved over by Cynder, and looked at her armor. The stratches on it were light, and could be removed with scrubbing. 'You're alright.. that stuff we're wearing is tough.." She said friendly. "Now if you could kindly.. blow.. these" She huffed swinging at the shurlups with every word.. "I'd be much obliged."
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Snoopy was slashing with his small light saber in one hand, and jumping about. Sometimes jumping off of a part of a shlurp to slash at another one or another part of it's body. With his jumping about he was hard for any of them to touch such a fast moving small target and not get themselves slashed.
Douglas breathed some more fire on a shlurp while remaining in the air. He took out the Captain Pike ear Phaser and held it in one hand in case he needed to use it to make a more distant pinpoint shot.
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Mr. Bigmouth ran to the kitchen and grabbed a lighter used for lighting candles.
He ran back to the battleground and grabbed a Molotov. "Cynder get out of the way! I'm about to throw something!" He lit the fuse and held it in his hand.
Zachary grabbed another Molotov and hurled it into a mass of Shurlups, lighting them on fire.
Dr. Kerzach stabbed a Shurlup who got too close to Zachary.
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The shurlups near Dixie were suddenly blown into the air by a strong gust of wind from Cynder. Her ring glowed brightly as it added more power to her breath.
The shurlups were hurled towards Wataru, who yanked on the dragon horn again. The roulette once again landed on the bat symbol. "Wake up fever!"
Wataru leapt into the air and performed a round house kick, the energy fangs popping out of his legs and slashing through the shurlups in midair. Wataru gave the thumbs up sign to Cynder and then returned to fighting.
"Now what did you want me to blow?" Cynder asked, turning to Dixie.
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Those guys over there. Nice work" Dixie said, smiling.. "Just keep it up..."
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Stripetal moved forward towards the middle of the room..
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Mr. Bigmouth hurled the Molotov at a mass of Shurlups approaching Dixie and Cynder. The Shurlups were ignited by the burning gasoline.
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"Uh-huh," Cynder said, wrapping her tail around Dixie's wrist and pulling her back towards the others as she saw the bottle in Mr. Bigmouth's hands. "Better move."
"Zanvat," Wataru said, pulling forth a large sword from the golden dragon on his wrist. The sword was too big to have reasonably fit inside the small dragon, but reason didn't seem to apply to Wataru's powers. A large golden bat was mounted on the sword's hilt. Wataru swung it at a charging shurlup and the balde went through it with the ease of a knife slicing through hot butter.
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'Ranks rynder. Rinner rill re ron re" Scooby said quietly to her. "Rou ridn't reat ruch.. ro rou rust re rungry" he ducked as Nani threw her cocktail at the nearest Shurlup. the beasts had become very afraid of fire, and would come no nearer than a few paces. So far the operation was oing well, they had killed dozens of Shurlup, but still lots more remained..
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In the office, the Shurlup babes, finally finished eating..
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Mr. Bigmouth and Zachary both lit their Molotovs and hurled them at the Shurlups setting them on fire.
Dr .Kerzach was busy stabbing any Shurlup that approached the cart too closely.
Dr. Zanasiu and Deimos were shooting any lone Shurlups in sight.
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Zachary looked at Nani. "Nice shot! Try and aim for masses of Shurlup." He looked at the cart and noticed that they were running low. "I'll see if there's some more glass bottles in the back. There's enough fuel and cloth for some more. And I think we might need to get some more gas." With that said, Zachary headed towards the kitchen, handing the lighter to Strut.
Mr. Bigmouth lit one of the Molotovs and handed it to Nani. He took another one for himself, lit the fuse and hurled it at some Shurlups, also setting them on fire.
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A group of shurlups had formed, vainly trying to grab Snoopy, who was too agile for them. Wataru approached the group, removing the mask on the bat-shaped hilt of his sword and placing it into Kivat's mouth, revealing that it was also a fuestle. Wataru slowly slid the golden bat down the blade of his sword, red light covering the blade as it went. Once the bat had reached the end and the blade was fully covered in energy, Wataru slide it back into place. He swung the blade sideways a red wave of energy flying from it and through the entire group of shurlups.
They stood frozen in place as though paralyzed, as Wataru slide the hilt back up to the top of the sword and then back down, the red light vanishing. As the hilt slide back into place, the paralyzed shurlups collapsed.
"I am a little hungry," Cynder said, flinching a bit. The shurlups clawing hadn't penetrated the armor, but it had managed to bruise her through the protective covering.
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"If you guys want to take a break and get something to eat, be my guest" Nick said to them. "We'll keep firing until all our ammo is gone. if we're lucky, we'll have cut their numbers in half."
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Nani took the cocktail and threw it as far as she could. it hit a Shurlup in the head and exploded on contact lighting three shurlups in all.
_ Lilo grabbed one and threw. this one exploded at the feet of a shurlup, lighting its feet on fire..
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Nago withdrew the fuestle from the handle of his pistol and inserted it into his belt, before pressing the knuckle in. He pulled the trigger on the weapon and a stream of flames shot from it, singing several shurlups. Unfortunately the attack had been designed for use against fangire and didn't have much of an effect on the shurlups, save a few small burns.
"I can stay for a bit longer," Cynder insisted with a rebellious look on her face.
"Are you sure?" Spyro asked as he lit another cocktail for Lilo to throw and then one for Nani.
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Suit yourself. But in a half hour or so, We'll pull back..' Nick said. 'We don't have enough ammo to wipe them out.
_
Ali smacked a couple Shurlups into the wall. "I'm hungry, so I'll take you up on the offer. you guys hungry? Petrie? Ducky? Mr. Ace/?'
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Ducky put her hands on Petrie's shoulders so they could combine their power. "Big Skyfire." Petrie said and let loose with a more powerful bolt at a closeby Shlurp.
Douglas did is best to use is fire breathing to attack some shlurps, focusing on keeping them away from where some of the others were.
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"Guys?' Ali reeated, apparently they were too busy fighting to hear her. She continued swiping at Shurlups with her tail....
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Jummba kept blasting away with his blaster. "Why don't you take that guys advice and set it to kill those things" Pleekly complained. "Do you want to go back to prison pleekly? because that is where I would go, for violating my parole.." Jummba retorted.
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Wataru contined to hack and slash at the shurlups, showing almost no signs of fatigue yet. Every two or three slashes, he would stop and slide the bat across the blade of the sword.
Spyro released a blast of electricity at Ducky and Petrie's target, the two bolts having an explosive effect on the carnivore.
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Nick started fired rapidly. ratatattat.. went the bullets as he kept pulling on the triggers, smoke from the nooze after he was finished, and three more shurlups fell dead.
_
We've killed about eighty Shurlups so far.." Stripetail said. "judging about the numbers there are about 150 more... there were about 50 went we attacked them earlier on a raid, now there were about 240, a fivefold increase..not including the young..'
So far none of them had seen any pups..
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Deimos shot and killed the Shurlup that Lilo had set on fire. "I'll stay."
Strut's shotgun clicked empty. He placed it across his back, grabbed a Molotov, lit its fuse from a nearby piece of burning debris and hurled it at some Shurlups, setting 3 of them on fire.
Zachary pushed another serving cart, also filled Molotovs into the room. "There's a few gallons of gas left but I'll save that in case we have to flee." He handed Nani and Dr. Kerzach some lighters.
Dr. Kerzach grabbed the last Molotov from the old cart, lit its fuse and hurled it. The Shurlups dodged it and it only succeeded in creating pool of fire in the room.
"Nick once we pull out, I can buy more ammo and supplies." Strut said. "I'll just need a vehicle."
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"We don't have any." Nick said.
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"We have the car we drove here in, but its out of gas.." Nani said. "Stitch knows how to drive it.. so he can drive you... if you fill the tank.."
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"Well, Zach mentioned that he found some gas cans in the back alley. He claims to have used the gas to make these Molotovs. He says he's keeping several gallons in reserve so we can flee if we need to." I'll bring all the gas cans as we'll need them all full." Strut replied. "Of course, if we're going to continue using Molotovs we'll need glass bottles and lots of them."
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'You guys must have gone through our recycling bins in the back.. Thanks a lot, I was going to turn those in on Monday for cash." nick frowned. "Yes out here we even get paid for glasss bottles.."
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Well save some of those gas cans for the car" stitch said. "of Course, Since I hurt my arm, I can't really drive. "
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I'll drive Dixie offered. "I've steered the showboat on occassion, driving a vehicles the same thing.."
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"Would you rather have cash or death?" Zachary countered, lighting a Molotov and hurling it at some Shurlups, setting them on fire.
One of the Shurlups decided to charge Zachary but Dr. KErzach stabbed it to death before it could harm him.
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'Well, I'm gonna be short on cash anyway, rebuilding this place.." Nick muttered..
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Rash is rice, rut rife ris retter" scooby commented, taking a breater behind the line.
_ Cousin how would you like to with us to get more ammo" Dixie offereed.
_
Ri'd rove to. Ran Ri Rive?' Scooby asked.. "Ri've riven rhe Rystery Rachine refore.."
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"I don't think they're so similiar," Nago said doubtfully.
Wataru leapt back towards the group, turning around and advancing backwards towards him, keeping his sword ready if any of the shurlups followed, however they were halted by the barrage of gunfire and various breath attacks from the dragons.
"I'm getting a little winded," Wataru said. He slide the golden hilt over the sword blade and swung it forward, a small arc of red energy flying into one of the shurlups and splitting it in half.
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Douglas breathed and shot at one or more to try to continue giving the others breathing room.
Snoopy flipped off of one, giving it a slice with his lightsaber and landed near the others so he could rest a bit.
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Stripetail sent forth a bolt of lightning that struck a group of Shurlups, striking them dead and give off an acrid smell. the smell of death from the dead shurlups was nearly overpowering.. throw in the burned fleash, and it was enough to make anyone gag.
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Spyro and Cynder leapt forward, both glowing purple. Beams of purple light shot from their mouths, slamming into the crowd of shurlups.
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"Ok, we can fit 8 peoplev inside he car if we squeeze" Nani said. "Pleekly, Jummba, do you want to come.. You'll get to see where humans get their ammo from.."
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Alright, I'll join with Talking Earth dogs, and human on drive..
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Well I'm staying here and eating some more food.." Pleekly declared
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Cynder, Spyro, Why don't you come with us, It willl be nice to leave the cafe and get some fresh air, we really didn't get much at the compound" Dixie said.
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Spyro glanced between Dixie and the horde of shurlups. "Sure, why not?"
"Anywhere has got to be better then here," Cynder agreed.
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STRipetail gestured and the group vanished from the dining room, reappearing in the office.
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Alright everyone, with guns, put the down. if you have armor take it off. Everyone take time to rest. Nice job" Stripetail said. 'we did some major damage to their numbers. My rough estimate says we killed a little over half of them.."
_ Nick slowly took off his armor. "Phew I was down to two bullets left.."
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Wataru stabbed the end of the Zanvat sword into the floor and let it stick there. Kivat and the miniture dragon then detached from his belt and wrist respectively, his armor fading away. Nago unhooked the IXA knuckle from the belt and his armor turned into a blue hologram and vanished.
"Armor down," Spyro and Cynder said, one after the other. Spyro then glanced over at Cynder to see if she was hurt.
Wataru meanwhile examined several new bruises, which the Kiva suit had failed to protect him from.
"So if we got half of them, does that mean it won't be long before we get the other half?" Spyro asked hopefully.
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Deimos, Dr. Zanasiu, Rime and Strut all took off their armor and leaned their weapons against a wall.
"I need to go on the purchasing expedition. I have a list of what calibers we use." Strut said. He then headed down the stairs and ran to the car. "Guys! I'm coming too! I have list of what ammo we need."
"Well, I hope that's the last we'll see of them." Dr. Kerzach said. "Now, if you'll excuse me. I need to go and clean my weapons and myself off."
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Yes, once these guys get restocked with ammo, then we can go after the reamaining ones, then we can finally leave this place" Stripetail nodded. "We killed over a hundred Shurlups..."
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Sure the shower is upstairs" Nick said. "Those of you going on the Ammo mission, you can go ahead.
-Lilo, Nani, stitch , angel and Jummba walked out to the hallway then turned to back door. Scooby and Dixie Followed close behind. Dixie had a slight stratch on her shoulder, but it was nothing serious..
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"I can probably get someone who can help," Wataru said looking up at Stripetail.
Nago looked over at Wataru with a skeptical expression. He had already guessed who Wataru meant to find...
"Really?" Cynder said in quiet amazement. "How do you know that?"
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I Counted" Stripetail said simply. Everytime another Shurlup fell and lay still, I counted it. Now get going, Cynder, You, Spyro, and the others have to get that ammo. We don't want to spend weeks here do we?' He raised his eyebrow at her..
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Cynder frowned and followed the rest out. Spyro leapt after her. Wataru also turned and headed towards the door, Kivat and small dragon hovering after him.
Once outisde, Wataru headed for his motorcycle. The bike was red and decorated in a way similiar to his default form. A white motorcycle which could only have belonged to Nago was parked next to it.
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The rest of them made their way to the vehicle they had abanadoned a come days ago. "Fill her up" Nani said to strut. "Scooby, If you'll drive, I'll be much obliged."
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Strut poured the fuel into the vehicle. "If you don't mind, I have some other fuel cans I need to fill because we used them all during the battle with the Shurlups."
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Dr. Kerzach soon reappeared in the office. His lab coat and pants were spotless. As a testament to the toughness of them, they were undamaged even though the Shurlups managed to bite and claw it several times.
He placed his switchblade on the table. It too was spotless.
"I'll go wash up now." Deimos said, heading towards the back.
"Yeah, I think we should all wash up." Dr. Zanasiu added.
The others then nodded and headed to either the shower or the hose.
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What ARE those clothes made out of? Kevlar?" stripetail asked...
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where disd you get this fuel anyway?" Nani asked as they climbed in. Scooby took the drivers seat, Dixie scooted up next to him, and Stitch climbed in front. "Me be passenger seat driver. Mesa give direction on how to drive.." Stitch grinned.
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So theres going to be 5 of us in back" Jummba said. "gonna be tight squeeze, Jummba not as thin as he used to be.."
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Dr. Kerzach looked at Stripetail. "So, who do you think killed the most? And how fast do these things reproduce?"
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Rapidly. "Females can give birth to ten pups a litter, 4 times or more a year. we were lucky none of the females had given birth yet, although a couple of them loked like they were about midway through a pregnancy" Stripetail replied. "As for who killed the most, It really doesn't matter, unless you get paid per kill.."
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Both Spyro and Cynder looked the car over. It reminded Spyro a bit of the mine cart he had found in Munition's Forge, other then that he couldn't think of anything in his own world to compare it to.
The ground shook and they jumped, glancing skyward to see the massive castle incased dragon looming over them. Kivat and Tatsulot the golden dragon flew into the beast's open mouth, while Wataru held up the Zanvat sword which he had brought from the cafe.
Castle Doran spat out a yellow orb which hovered down in front of Wataru. He placed the sword into the orb and it hovered back into the dragon's mouth.
Wataru walked over to his bike and picked up his helment, before glancing back at the group by the car.
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"Hop in " Dixie said to the two dragons, it'll be a tight squeeze, so get as close to the person beside as you can.."
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"you guys can have the middle "LIlo said to then, I'll sit on the right side.
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Angel jumped into the front seat and squeezed in next to Stitch.. There were now four in thr front..
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"As for your question, Pelvanida personnel are issued carbon nanotube lab coats and pants. Carbon nanotubes are extremely tough and relatively non reactive. In fact they are the strongest materials on Earth. A special coating makes them impervious to liquid. And Dr. Zanasiu, Strut, Deimos and Rime wear Dragonskin combat armor." Dr. Kerzach replied.
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Wataru slid his helmet on and slung a leg over the bike. He waved to the group and then took off down the road.
Spyro and Cynder climbed into the backseat, both itched around a bit before they found a way to seat themselves comfortably.
"How long will this trip take?" Spyro asked.
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Dixie shrugged. It could a half hour to an hour. I don't know. Seeing as its" She looked at her ring" 7:35 pm. We probably won;t ger back until late tonight. and then It'll be time for bed. For all of us. "
_ Scooby turneed the key in the ignition, and with a cough and a spuuttered the ignition started and the engine slowly came to life. "Ruckle rour rest relts' He said. "Ror Ri'm rot riving rany rurther."
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Strut opened the trunk and placed the gas cans in the trunk.
"Okay. I've got the gas cans." Strut said. He then squeezed himself in the backseat.
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Buckle up Please" Dixie said. Scooby Buckjled himself in. Dixie Buckled herself in. And Stitch one Seatbelt for himself and Angel.
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Its these things" Naniu explained. "they go in there" She pointed "Its for safety.."
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Spyro and Cynder took a few moments to figure out how to work the seatbelts and then both settled back against the seat.
"Are you sure these things will really help?" Cynder asked, pulling on the seatbelt band.
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"They've saved many human lives in cases where the car hit something like a tree, a wall or another car" Nani explained. "I know you two can fly, so you're not used to sitting in a car, but this is how we get around.."
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Dixie suddenlty realized something. "great I forgot to change into my new dress and show you the suit I bought you" She said to Scooby. This remided Cynder of the suit they had gotten Spyro..and the 'other' gift she had planned to give him.."
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"Oh," Spyro said. "What was that vehicle that Wataru had? That didn't have a seat belt..."
Cynder glanced over at Spyro. She would have liekd to given him the presents, but they were currently stuffed into the car. "We can hand them out after we get back." she said to Dixie.
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'you can give him one...." Dixie said
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Wait the bets still on! Lilo said. "I bet that Stitch and Angel would kiss before you guys would.."
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Remine re ro rack Rhaggy romn rhe read ror reinf ruch ra roofus!" Scooby Muttered.
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you want us to kiss?" Stitch made a face.. "not in mood' Angel shook her head..
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"Why are you talking about that bet right now?" Spyro asked. He realized why a second later. "Oh."
Cynder sighed as the surprise of the first present was ruined. She still leaned over to Spyro and quickly kissed him on the lips. Spyro smiled at her as her lips broke away from his and she smiled back warmly.
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"Congrats you two.." Dixie grinned..'And Lilo, You already won. I declared you the winner as soon as I found out, about this stupid bet.. The gem is actually more valuable then the cash. the Gems probably worth several hundred dollars, enough to buy you ice cream for the rest of the year' Lilo's eyes grew wide "REALLY!" She near shrieked with joy. "So I can get all the ice cream I want."
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"At least we can rest now, we can, and eat a bit too, those that are hungry." Ducky said.
"And get clean up." Petrie said.
Douglas landed nearby the others, putting his things away, "That was messy, but it seemed that it went well." He said, taking the chance to rest.
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Yes, you guys can use the shower upstairs" Nick said. "take turns and don;t use up all the hot water..
"
I'm next' Shaggy said...
_ Scooby continued to drive.. the secenary they were passing through was quite beautifil, the sky above was filled with stars, each twinkling brightly...
"Its really pretty Nani said quietly..
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"Hopefully it will be over soon," Nago said. "My wedding is in a couple of days."
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"Yes, it is," Cynder said, craning her long serpentine neck to look out the window.
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"It very pretty" Stitch agreed. "I've seen a lot of those stars close up.."
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You're getting married? Who's the lucky girl?' Shaggy asked...
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Deimos, Dr. Zanasiu, Rime, Mr. Bigmouth andZachary reappeared in the office.
"I'm going to get something to eat." Zachary said.
"I'll serve as the cook." Dr. Kerzach replied.
Deimos's stomach rumbled. "I'll go downstairs too."
Mr. Bigmouth looked at Nick. "Nick, the Shining Stones I paid you with are worth quite a bit. If we can get to the Great Valley we could harvest some to pay for the repairs."
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In the car Strut was sitting next to Spyro and Cynder. "We'll be getting a lot of ammo so I'll need help carrying it all and loading it into the car. And if anyone needs a gun, speak up. I'll buy one for you when we get there."
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I Have blaster" Jummba said.
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We have our rings" Dixie said, Same goes for Spyro and Cynder. Angel and Stitch have them too, but they have't used them yet..
_
So those rings are magic?' lilo said in wonder.
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it's not just the money Mr BigMouth. Its the repairs. :Its gonna take months to fix this place, maybe years. Annd we had only been open for about a month..Aves and I were given a lot of money from Stripetail when we took this place over. We spent a lot of it cleaning it up, and fixing it up to pass health inspection. We also got rid of the horrible food.. Now we'll have to do it all over again.." Nick said glumly. " A few Shining Stones won't be nearly enough.."
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"You haven't seen the Canyon of Shining Stones yet." Mr. Bigmouth chuckled.
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"So I guess Lilo and Nani are the only ones who need a gun? Actually, Lilo, I think you're a little too young to have even a .22 caliber rifle." Strut said.
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I'll take one I guess. A Handgun.." Nani clarified. " Although guns don't do much against folks like Gantu.."
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"Any one need medical attention?" Douglas asked looking around.
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"I Have a few stratches Nick Said.'" Nothing serious, but since you're asking.."
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I'm alright..' Shaggy said..just need a new shirt.
_
Bart put the vials (which were now only a third full) onto the table in the kitchen. He went over to Stripetail.
"Sparx says you can create slushies out of mid air. Well I want $100, and a giant
hot fudge sundae, with lots of hot fudge, caramel, tons of whippped topping, and huge load of cherries.."
_ Stripetail looked at him with odd glance..
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"Just some bruises." Deimos replied
"Same here." Zachary replied.
"A lot of scratches and some bruises but nothing serious." Mr. Bigmouth added.
Dr. Kerzach was cooking dinner in the kitchen.
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- THe Drive continued out into the horizon. 'Ro, Rirls, Rhat rid rou ralk rabout rupstairs? rersonal ratters?' Scooby said, as tactful as possible.
_
Yes, we did' Dixie nodded. "I told Cybnder about a previous crush I had on a Doberman, named Marcus. I was young then, and he was traveling on the showboat, and we hit it off. two weeks into our relationship I kissed him. But the next week, while he was walking through a town in Missouri he was hit by a car. He survived, but he was paraylzed from the waist down. Our relationship cooled after that. " Dixie said, a tear running down her face.
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"ah, good, sounds like most of us came through that with at most very minor injuries then." Douglas said.
"That is good indeed, it is, it is." Ducky said.
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"Her name's Megumi," Nago said smiling in embarrassment. Aside from his cheerful greeting of Wataru, this was the first time he had expressed anything beside the serious no-nonsense manner he normally had.
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"So How long have you been seeing her?" Shaggy asked. "You never mentioned anything, about having a girlfriend.."
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"Since I joined the Aozora Organization," Nago said. "So I've known her for a long time, but we didn't really have any good feelings for each other until recently."
Nago frowned as he remembered the events that had led up to their relationship.
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as the drive continued, some of the group began to nod off. Scooby, Dixie, Strut, cynder and Jummba were still awake.
"Where is this place Strut?"Dixie asked...
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Strut looked out the window. "So what's first, get fuel or get ammo?" He then turned to Nani. "I never got your name. And I'd recommend a .22 rifle for a first time shooter but since we need stopping power, a .410 shotgun for first time shooter is the next best choice."
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Zachary had joined Dr. Kerzach in the kitchen. Several plates of hot stir fry were on the counter.
"Okay. James, we have your pork stir fry. Deimos and Rime we have your beef stir fry. Zach and Mr. Bigmouth we have your vegetable stir fry." Dr. Kerzach said.
"Good. Combat really makes you hungry." Deimos stated.
Zachary nodded. "Speaking of shooting. Hey Nick! Want to join us for some target shooting after dinner? I wonder if the dragons and the mages are up for some target shooting as well?"
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"It's about 20 miles from the cafe. It's the same vendor that supplies weapons for Pelvanida employees. As I am a Pelvanida employee, I get a discount and access to some stuff that civilians can't legally own. And you're Dixie, right?" Strut replied.
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Cynder sighed. She felt a bit like complaining about how long the trip was taking, but resolved to act her age. Spyro had fallen asleep, leaning against her.
"I could fly up and take a look around," Cynder volunteered, wanting to stretch her legs and wings.
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Meanwhile, Wataru had reached his destination, the D & P building which his brother worked in. He was actually the president of the company, having been newly reinstated.
Wataru parked his bike, noting that Taiga's Honda was parked there. His brother had been working late recently. As he entered the building, he wondered if he should invite Taiga to Nago and Megumi's wedding.
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Correct. This is Scooby, the aliens are stitch and Angel." Dixie nodded."I'll let the others introduce themselves.."
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It's Nani" Nai replied. "And I'll go with whatever you recommend. I don't know a .22 from a Colt 45.
_
Ro re're rithin rive riles rof rit.." Scooby said. "Rand re've rot rearly rhree-ruarters rof ra rank. Re ron't reed ras ror ra rhile.."
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We'll have to stop to let you out Cynder. I know drivings not nearly as fast as flying, but its the best we can do " Dixie said looking at her.."Scooby's doing the best he can.."
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"Well, if we're getting close I can wait," Cynder sighed, glancing out the window. "Is it always night around here?"
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As Wataru got closer to Taiga's office he heard the unmistakable sounds of a fight. He broke into a run and turned the corner in time to find a beam of red light piercing a fangire's chest. The beam issued from a white weapon, held by a red and black version of Wataru's gold and red form.
Dark Kiva yanked on the weapon, pulling the energy rope taut and causing the fangire to shatter apart, not even leaving behind a soul.
Kivat the Second detached from the black belt and Dark Kiva reverted to Taiga Nobori. "Wataru? What are you doing here?"
"I was coming to ask you for help," Wataru replied, stepping forward.
"Are you having trouble with fangire?" Taiga asked. "Some of them don't like the changes I'm making and are taking the same path that Bishop did."
"No, it's not fangire," Wataru replied.
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"Nice to meet you all, Nani, Stitch, Angel, Scooby, Dixie." Strut replied. "And Nani, I'll discuss more about your weaponry when we get there. And speaking of guns, is anyone interested in some target shooting when we get back?"
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"No thanks," the black dragoness replied. "And by the way my name is Cynder. The purple sleepy head leaning on me is Spyro.
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"No, its not, at least I would think. Its almost 8:00 Cynder, so thats usually night, no matter where you are..." Dixie replied.. "If you really need to Stretch, I'll have Scooby Pull over, and let you have a short flight, I imagine you're not used to sitting this long.."
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"Rot reallt, rut rhanks ror rasking" Scooby replied. "Roes Ryunder rave ro ruse rhe rathroom ror romething?' He queried, looking back at her.."
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"No, but I would like to stretch my wings," Cynder replied. "I don't think Spyro would pass up the oppertunity either."
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After explaining the situation with the shurlups to Taiga, the two left the building and mounted their motorcycles.
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"Ralright.. Ri'll rop ror Rive rinutes' Scooby Said. Pulling over and stopping.
_
dixie yawned and stertched as Scooby stopped the car.
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Why are we stopping?' Nani asked. "To give Spyro and Cynde a chance to stretch their wings, they're not using to sitting this long..' Dixie replied.
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Nani opened the left backside door. "Alright, hop out Cynder."
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Strut too hopped out. "Hmm. I need to walk a bit. I'm also not used to sitting this long."
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In the cafe, the group was still eating their stir fry.
Dr. Kerzach was in the back. "Hey, everyone! What do you want for dinner?"
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Cynder nudged Spyro awake. The purple dragon yawned widely and glanced around sleepily. "Are we there yet?"
"No, we're stretching our wings for a bit," Cynder said, climbing out of the car. She checked the time with her ring. "We have five minutes."
She stretched out her wings for a moment and then leapt into the air. Spyro followed after he had shaken off his sleepiness.
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Scooby Stretched, and got out of the car. "Ro Rever rnew rabout Rarcus. Ri'm rorry Rixie' he said to her sympathetically. 'Rhen Ras rhe rast rime rou raw rim?"
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I Haven't seen him in years" Dixie said. "had he not gotten hurt, our lives would have been very different. I wouldn't be here right now for one, I would probably have married him, settled down and had some kids.."
_
Rit ras rat reious?" Scooby said, a mixcture of emotions in his voice.. he hated to have misfortune fall anyone, but if not for that car accident... He wouldn't have gotten to be so close to Dixie..
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"What choices are there?" Douglas asked.
"These are good, or maybe some of the treesweets for after dinner eating." Ducky said, then she looked at the others including the larger folks, "Is there enough for them to eat too?" She asked, "I hope so."
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Spyro and Cynder flew about overhead, darting at each other occasionally, or diving towards the ground before pulling back up.
"If I can help it, I'm never riding in a car again," Cynder said as they flew even higher, disappearing into the clouds.
"It's not so bad," Spyro said.
"You were asleep for most of it," Cynder pointed.
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Vegtables stir fry would probably your choice, guys' Nick said looking at the dinos. "They're plants, and I think you'll like them. They're cooked thats all.
_ Stripetail looked mr bigMouth. "I might be up to some practice later... Eatinmg first.."
- He turned to bart "Here's your ice cream' He gestured and a huge dish filled with ice cream fell onto the table. 5 scoops of different flavored ice cream, drenched with hot fudge, caramel, strawberry topping , and crushed nuts. On top of that was layers of whipping topping, culminating in several cherries resting at the very top..
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Pinch me' Bart said in a tiny girl-like voice..
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"We've got stir-fry, which comes in beef, vegetable, pork or chicken. We've also got: hamburgers, pasta, steak, salads and sandwiches." Dr. Kerzach replied.
Deimos placed his plate on the conveyor belt leading to the dishwasher. "Don't know about you, but I'm getting tired." He then walked over to one of the couches and fell asleep on it.
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"Okay then." Mr. Bigmouth replied. "I'm done eating so I'll we waiting for you out back." He then grabbed his rifle and 2 magazines and headed out the door.
"What is Mr. Bigmouth doing?" Zachary asked.
"Probably target practice. Speaking of which, I'm coming too." Rime replied. He stood up went to the office and retrieved his rifle and what ammo he had left and headed out the door.
Dr. Kerzach went to the kitchen and began preparing several dishes of vegetable stir fry for the dinosaurs.
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"I'll have some stir-fry please," Nago said almost at once. "I don't care what flavor."
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Wataru and Taiga both raced back to the cafe. They hadn't planned to race and it wasn't the sort of thing either of them had ever done before, but it had just kind of happened. Fortunately the roads were deserted and both had transformed into their armor for more protection. They were currently fighting for position, neither having a clear advantage over the other. Wataru could have easily called the Buroon Booster and taken the lead, but he didn't want to resort to such a trick.
The race called to mind his last fight with Taiga, which unlike all of their previous battles had been friendly and simply to decide who would be the fangire king. Taiga had won and kept the title for himself.
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Lilo yawned. "Are we there yet?' she asked. "No lIlo, We're just stoping for a few minutes' Nani said. "jUst enough time to stretch out, then its back nin the car.
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Stitch and Angel, were wandering around, examining the ground nearby, which was rocky, hard and slighly dusty..
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Douglas thought for a moment, "I think I'll have a hamburger." He said.
"Vegetable Stir fry sounds good, it does." Ducky said liking that of all the choices mentioned.
"Petrie agree." Petrie said, liking the sound of the vegitable stir fry, and if Ducky was going to eat it it would be ok."
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I"ll have of the vegetable stir fry too" Ali said. "If my friends are willing to eat it, I'll give it a try too.."
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A Couple minutes passed as dixie and Scooby Sat together near the car, looking up at the stars. Scooby pur his arm on her shoulder, and she rested her head against his neck.. 'Rif Rarcus rever rame rack, rould rou ro rack ro rim?' he asked quietly...
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Dixie loked at him. 'Cousin, that was a long time ago... You have nothing to worry about..." She said calmly. "I would love to see Marcus again, But my relationship with you would prevent us from starting over again, even if he wanted to.. We could be friends, and I'm sure He'd like you, Scooby.."
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Cynder sighed and stopped to check the time on her ring. She was disappointed that five minutes were almost all up.
"Do we need to head back to the car?" Spyro asked, as he noticed her checking the time.
"Yeah, I guess," Cynder sighed, folding her wings and diving back towards the ground.
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Dixie looked upo to see the two dragons returning. "Break time's over. Come Scooby, you have to drive again.."
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Lilo, Nanoi, Srtitch and Angel climbed back into the car.
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"So, Cynder, did you talk much during the flight?' Dixie asked her friend as they landed.
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"Not really..." Cynder replied, now that she thought about it, the flight would have been a good time to talk to Spyro without anyone overhearing. Ever since they had arrived here someone else had always been with the two of them.
"It felt good to stretch my wings," Spyro said. "Thanks for that."
"Yeah, it was nice," Cynder agreed, as the two dragons climbed back into the car.
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"Well, once we reach the gun shop, you guys can fly around some more" Nani offered. "I'm pretty sure you guys aren't interested in guns, so you guys can fly off and be on your own for a bit.."
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How does that sound Cynder?" Dixie said. 'you guys can talk privately ammogst yourselves... "
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"Yeah, just give us an idea of how long you'll take so we know when to come back," Spyo said.
"That would be nice," Cynder said.
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"Okay here is your stir fry." Dr. Kerzach said, placing several plates of vegetable stir-fry on the counter. Zachary grabbed the plates and handed a plate to Ali, Petrie, Ducky and Nago
Mr. Bigmouth walked into the cafe. "Hey guys, if you hear gunfire, it's just me and Rime doing some target shooting." He then turned to Ducky and Petrie. "Hey you two, up for some target shooting?"
Dr. Zanasiu, who was cleaning his shotgun, got up, reassembled his shotgun and grabbed the 3 shells next to him. that were previously in the shotgun's magazine went out the door.
Dr. Kerzach patted his switchblade. "Too bad there's no place for me to practice my kicks and knife attacks."
Zachary had unloaded and disassembled his rifle and was cleaning it. "Hey Nick! Need help cleaning your rifle?"
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Strut leapt back into the car and buckled himself in. "I wonder what the rest of the gang is doing?"
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"Sure' Nick said , handing him the gun.
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'How long to you think it will take Strut? 15-20 minutes?' Nani asked. "i don't know how long it usually takes for you to buy a gun.."
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They're probably eating" Lilo said. "I hope there is enough food left for us when we get back.."
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Once we get back Lilo, it will be close to your bedtime" Nani said.. "We'll have dinner, then its off to bed.. Alright.. Its been a very long day for us.."
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"You can spar with me if you wish," Nago said, taking the stir-fry offered to him.
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"They're probably eating right now," Cynder said. She frowned as he recalled the small piece of meat she had eaten before the battle. She would have to catch something to eat while Spyro and her were on their flight.
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"Don't worry Cynder. I'll have Nick prepare a nice big meal for us once we get back..Dixie said. "I know you haven't eaten much, nor have I."
_ Rhats rhat rou ret ror randering rupstairs" Scooby chuckled. 'Rou rould rave reen reating, rinstead, rou rere ralking, and ralking rabout.."
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"I could just catch something," Cynder said though really she would rather have something cooked, since Nick seemed to know a thing, or two about cooking.
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" There's not much out here Cynder" Nani said. "i haven't seen hide nor hair of anything on our drive... We're in the middle of a desert..., except there's no catcus or anything.."
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I like Nick's cooking too" Lilo Said. "Its yummy. And that Zerzach guy, he's good too.."
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Dr. Kerzach looked at Nago. "Sure."
Zachary took Nick's gun, unloaded it, disassembled it and started cleaning it.
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"Normally it takes a few days thanks to background checks and crap. But since I am a Pelvanida employee I can get a gun and ammo in about 30 minutes if we count the time choosing your weapon." Strut replied. He then turned to Lilo. "Nah. I'd bet anything that probably doing some target shooting. If Nani will let you, would like to try some target shooting?"
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"Oh," Cynder sighed. While she liked the cooked food alot, she wasn't sure she wanted to wait to fill her stomach again, but there was nothing she could do about it now.
"Yes, he is," Spyro said recalling the steak he had eaten before. "I guess most of your kind prefer having their food cooked?"
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"Let me finish my meal and we'll start," Nago said, turning back to his food.
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"30 minutes? Ok thats how long you guys will have to fly around and, in your case, Cynder, catch some food." Dixie said.
_ Yeah we usually cook our food.." Lilo said.
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"Thanks." Ducky said then started to eat her food.
"How it." Petrie asked looking at her.
Ducky paused in her eating to look at Petrie, "Different, but it is good," she said looking to Dr. Kerzach, "It is very good thanks." She said then went back to eating.
Petrie ate a bit, "It is good." He said and went back to eating his vegetable stir fry.
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Ali nivbbled on a carrot. "Mm.. its pretty good. They're not leaves or berries, but they're good anyway..' She said, now trying a piece of cauliflower..
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"Sounds good," Cynder said.
"I see," Spyro said. "But what if you don't have any fire to cook with?"
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"Fire is pretty easy to make. all you have to do is rub two sticks together" Nani said. "Thats probably how the first humans made fire, they rubbed sticks togetther."
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So you guys can breathe fire right? Or just one of you?" Lilo asked.
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"I think that's how the apes in our homeworld first learned to make fire," Cynder said thoughtfully.
"I'm the one who can breath fire," Spyro said.
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Nago finished his meal and went over to the dishwasher, setting the plate down on the counter near it. He glanced over at Dr. Kerzach. "Let's go."
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"yeah, Cynder can;'t shot fire. She can shot poison though, which comes in real handy.." Dixie said, as they driove on. An outline of a building was now visible in the distance, its lights the only sign of civilization for miles. "Ralmost rhere" Scooby said.
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Dr. Kerzach hung up his apron on a nearby coat hook. He was still wearing his lab coat.
He looked back at Nago. "You're on."
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"Let's head outisde so we don't destroy the cafe further," Nago heading for the door and leading the way around to the back of the cafe.
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Cynder almost shouted in joy.
"We're not likely to run into anything similar to the shurlups while we're out flying are we?" Spyro asked.
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'I would hope not. Perhaps an owl or two, out hunting, but thats about it" Nani said, as Scooby pulled up to the building. the sign said "Pete's Guns" and under it a handdrawn sign 'Pelvanida business welcome" There was a light on in the windows, and an "open " in the door.
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Everyone out!" Dixie said, unbuckling her seat belt.."
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Spyro and Cynder leapt out of the backseat and glanced around.
"Okay, see you in about twenty minutes everyone," Spyro said, spreading his wings out.
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" Alright. good luck with the hunting!' Nani said as the two dragons flew off..
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Ok Strut, lead the way" Dixie said. "Angel!' She spuutered as the female aleim leaped on her and climbed oon her shoulder. "My legs hurt" She moaned to Dixie.. Dixie sighed and headed to the door. Scooby, Stitch, and Lilo followed behind..
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"Yeah. We've already shot the dining room full of holes and set parts of it on fire. We can't really use the back because Rime, Mr. Bigmouth, and Dr. Zanasiu are currently using it as shooting range." Dr. Kerzach said.
"Hey Yuri! I'll take command of the kitchen for now." Zachary said.
"Go ahead!" Dr. Kerzach said, as he walked out the door.
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Strut opened the door and walked into the gun store.
The dingy exterior masked a rather spacious warehouse like structure.
"Hey Strut! How are things going?" the cashier inquired. He was a husky clean shaven man with a safari hat on his head.
"Great. I'm just here to get some ammo and a new gun for a friend, who's here." Strut replied.
"Go ahead." The cashier then turned to the rest of the group. "Oh, if you want to have some fun while your friend's off getting the ammo. There's a shooting range here. Prices vary depending on your weapon. "
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"Thanks," Cynder called back. The two dragons quickly gaiend altitude and scanned the area. The area really was barren.
"So what did you want to talk about?" Spyro asked.
"I guess we could talk about our relationship," Cynder said.
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Nago turned to face Kerzach. He withdrew the IXA knuckle from his jacket, the belt already clipped around his waist. "Don't worry about hitting me. The armor can take some pretty powerful blows."
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Dr. Kerzach drew his switchblade and flicked it open. "Don't worry about cutting me or destroying my knife. Both are extremely tough."
He then squared off against Nago.
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'How much will you get for twenty bucks?' Nani asked rifling through her purse. Both Scooby and Dixie looked at each other, then at Angel, who was making herself quite comfortable on Dixie's left Shoulder.
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So how many people buy guns from you" Jummba asked..
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Nago pressed the knuckle into the palm of his hand. The device beeped. "Ready."
"IXA bursting," Nago said as he connected the knuckle to the belt.
"Fist on," the belt droned projecting the yellow hologram of armor which slid onto Nago. The golden visor on his helmet slid open, revealing the red lenses beneath and briefly enveloping Nago in a cloud of flames. "Very well then."
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"What do you want to talk about?" Spyro asked.
"Well..." Cynder hesitated as she wondered what she could ask him. "I never really met your parents, you could tell me about them."
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Meanwhile. Bart was bust digging into the enormous hot fudge sundaw. "Caramel, fudge and nuts.. yum yum yum.. I feel almost ilike a kid. He said gleefully.."
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He turned to some of the others sitting by him. "Want some? He offered. "Its REAL good..."
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"No, thanks," Sparx replied. "I don't feel like getting brainfreeze right at the moment."
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'Come on man. if it wasn't for your suggestion, I wouldn't have this sundae I'm eating right now. Just eat a few small scoops.. " Bart coaxed him..
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The cashier looked at a chart. "Hmm. That'll get you about 7 shots with a 12-gauge Remington 870 pump shotgun or about 15 shots for a M1911 .45 caliber pistol. Or you could take 20 shots with a .22 caliber semi-auto. Instruction on your weapon comes free with the target shooting." he said looking at Nani.
He then turned to Jumba. "I can't give you the exact number but I will say that our greatest purchaser of weapons and ammo is in fact Pelvanida employees. You'd be surprised how many lab coats I see here."
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"I'm not surprised judging by our friend here, who is quite a crack shot.. 'Jummba said. "You obviously have good business with them, although I imagine it little bit under table" Jummba winked with two of his four eyes..
Whichever is the smallest and easiest gun to carry" Nani said.."
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"Not quite." The cashier replied. He then turned to Nani. "If you are new to firearms, I'd suggest you go with the .22 caliber rifle."
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Zachary looked at Ducky and Petrie. "I don't know why Dr. Zanasiu asked you to go target shooting."
The sound of gunfire periodically rang out.
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Thats what I was leaning towards anyway.." Nani nodded.. handing over the twenty.. She picked up the small gun from the counter. and felt it with her hands.. "Its an odd feeling really.."
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"Okay, there's door labeled shooting range to the right of the entrance. Go inside, show this ticket to the man inside and he'll give you instructions and ammo." the cashier said, handing a blue ticket to Nani.
Strut was pushing a hand cart through the aisles of ammunition. He looked at the list. "Hmm. 7.62 X 39 mm. That's the ammo that Rime, Mr. Bigmouth, Zachary, and Nick use. I guess I'll take the hollow points. Greater stopping power and less likely to overpenetrate."
He walked over to the stack of ammo cans with a large sign that read "7.62 X 39 mm. Hollow point." He then picked up a can of 1000 rounds in each hand and placed them on the cart. He picked up another 2 cans and also placed them on the cart. He then pushed the cart over to the shotgun ammo section.
He browsed the aisles. "Hmm. Flechettes aren't the best choice." he said looking at a 12 pack of flechette ammo.
He then pushed the cart back until he reached the bulk shotgun ammo. He was stopped by a sign that read "bulk 12 gauge 00 buckshot"
He looked at his list. "12 gauge, Strut and Dr. Zanasiu. Yep. This is it." He hoisted two cans of 250 shells each onto the cart.
A can of 12 gauge shotgun slugs caught his eye. "Hmm. The slugs will prove useful someday." He hoisted 1 can of 250 shells into his cart and proceeded towards the checkout.
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Nani toook the ticket, and followed the cashier's instructions. She went though the door to the left, and showed the ticket to the man. He raised a hand as Scooby, Dixie, and the others tried to enter."Hey.. sorry guys but you have to have a ticket to get in her. jUst sit there in the viewing area, and you guys can watch her practice. Its double-panbe glass, so you won't be affected as much by the noise. He said , pointing with one hand at a nearby door.
_ Scooby , a little chastened, led the group into the sound chamber. There were seats there, and there was a good view of the gallery.
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"Okay Ms. I'll go over some basic firearms safety before you get the ammo. Oh and here's some hearing and eye protection." the range officer said, handing Nani a packet of foam earplugs and some shooting glasses.
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Nani worked the earplugs into her ears, and put the glasses on. THey felt a little awkward, Nani was not used to wearing glasses, as she had good eyesight. "I'm readhy, So what are rules I have to follow?' She asked.
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Douglas looked at Spark, "Sure you don't want to try a tiny bite to see what it tastes like?" He asked.
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"First and foremost is keep your finger off the trigger and the safety on unless you are ready to shoot. Do not point the muzzle at anything you do not intend to shoot. Know what is beyond your target. Finally, when you are handed a weapon, check to see that it is unloaded, remove the magazine, and manually work the action to eject any rounds. Do not trust the word of anyone." the range officer said.
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'Alright" Nani said.. She opened the magazine, and slowly, put the bullets in one by one. She unhooked the safety, and cocked back the hsmmer, and pointed the gun at the targett. She took aim, and fired. the bullet whizzed through the air, hitting the target just a little below the bullseye to the left. She fired again, this timer she missed high to the right..
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"Well, I'll have a bit of it then," Sparx shrugged.
The sound of two motorcycles pulling up to the cafe reached their ears. Soon Wataru entered the room, followed by Taiga, who scanned the room's occupents with a neutral expression.
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Who's this guy/' Nick said looking at Taiga with a look of curiousity.
_ You guys want some too? Bart asked looking at Ducky, Petrie, Ali, and Snoopy.. motioning to the sundae.
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Douglas shrugged, "The rest of you guys know him?" He asked the others in the room.
Ducky and Petrie looked at the Sundae, "it looks interesting," Ducky said, "It does, it does, you sure there is enough for all of us?"
"Hmm, me no sure." Petrie said, not sure, but if Ducky was going to try it then he may as well.
Snoopy nodded, He'd like to as well, as long as there was enough for everyone who wanted some.
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'Sure theres more than enough, for anyone who wants some' Bart said, smiling, who had found that, no matter how much he ate of the sundae, more kept appearing in its place..
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"This is my older brother," Wataru said.
"Taiga Nobori," he extended his hand towards Nick.
Sparx hovered over to the sundae and wiped off a bit of the ice cream unto his finger and licked it off.
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Strut pushed his handcart, laden with several ammo cans, to the checkout lane.
He was standing behind a man who only had a box of 25 shotgun shells.
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"That is good, it is, it is." Ducky said. As she went forward to try a bit. She tastes it and smiles. "It is cold, but very sweet, like a cold treesweet or a hard sweetbubble." Ducky said.
"Let Petrie try." Petrie tried and smiled, "It true." Petrie said liking the taste. "Me never taste it before." He said.
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Nick, at your service. Nick said shaking Taiga's hand. 'why you bring him in? The shurlups, I'm guessing.
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Eat as much as you like guys" Bart said, as Ali scooped up some in her paw. It was cold to the touch, and yet, when she put it in her mouth, she found it was really sweet. Ali was eating chocolate flavored ice cream, with some dough pieces thrown in. It was probably something like "Chocolate Chocalte Chip Cookie Dough".
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"Um, yeah," Wataru said.
Taiga glanced over at Wataru and raised an eyebrow.Wataru gave a slight shake of his head.
"I just want to help my brother get out of this mess," Taiga said. "He has a habit of getting himself into trouble."
"I wonder how long this will last," Sparx said as he watched the ice cream replenish itself with each spoonful taken from it.
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"Well, its doesn't involve just him. we're all in trouble here. It wasn't until the Pelvanida guys came that we had enough firepower to take the fight to the shurlups.." Nick said. "And when we did, boom! We cut their nnumbers in half."
_ Nani continued firing, on her sixth shot she hit the bullseye.
_ "Nice shot Nani!' Lilo cheered. "She's got pretty good aim, Dixie said, smiling. "Those shurlups better watch out.."
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"Ah," Taiga said. "Well, other peoples' problems are exactly the kind Wataru gets mixed up in."
He gave his brother a playful punch on the arm. Wataru flinched and rubbed the spot where he had been hit. "Ow. Not so hard."
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nani finished shooting and took a deep breath, out of twelve shots, she had hit three bullseyes, seven that just missed, and only really missed the target once.
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Ok, I'm ready to head out" She said to the instructor.. "I'll go get the guys.."
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Cynder sighed. There wasn't anything to catch at all out here and she was really starting to get hungry.
Spyro flew right beside and was currently telling her about a time he and Sparx had went exploring and then gotten in trouble with his parents. The mental image of a dragonfly lecturing a dragon brought a smile to Cynder's face.
"Well, I guess we should head back," Cynder said.
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Scooby Dixie and the others came out of the viewing room, as Nani came up to them. "Ok guys I'm already to go. I just have to pay for the gun and bullets and then we'll be heading back. _
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Its only taken twenty minutes." dixie said. She spoke into her ring "Guys, We're almost out, but if you guys want to fly aroundv for a few more minutes, that's fine, we'll wait for you. Catch anything Cynder?"
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Cynder glanced around as she heard Dixie's voice. It took a few seconds for her to realize the voice was coming from her ring. "No, I didn't."
"We'll be back in a minute, or so," Spyro spoke into his ring. "Cynder needs something to eat."
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'Alright. You guys didn't see anything, then? Not even an owl... Don't worry Cynder, Once we get back, We'll whip up a nice big dinner for you.. I'm hungry too. I could go for some chicken.. I have my own special recipe for drumsticks.. I've won awards for how tasty they are. One of these days I'll make some for you guys and you can try them." Dixie said. "Take all the time you need. We're in no hurry here.'
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Petrie noticed the icecream reappearing, "Maybe forever. It magic." Petrie said.
Ducky nodded as she finished her spoonfull, "It must be magic, it must. I see no way it can do that." Ducky said.
Snoopy nodded in agreement as he took a taste using another spoon. He liked the taste and smiled as well making a mmm sound.
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"Nope, not even an owl," Cynder sighed. She wondered if she would have tried to catch an owl if she had seen one. She decided that she wouldn't, since it seemed wrong to eat a creature so high up the food chain. She licked her lips at the thought of chicken. "I'm definitely going to hold you to that promise."
"There's the store," Spyro said as the dot of light appeared ahead of them. They sped up a bit and began to descend as they got closer. The two dragons landed next to the car.
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Scooby and Dixie walked out, as they landed "Rani ris raying ror rer run rand rullets.. Rhe'll re rout rin ra rinute' Scooby said. "Rid rou ralk ruch ro reach rother? "
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" Stripetail smiled. "that ice cream won't stop appearing until you're completely full, the lot of you. Its a spell that I call , simply enough "endless Ice Cream" I can also do endless pie, endless pizza..."
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Hey can you give me a large pepperoni pizza?" Shaggy asked, his mouth hanging open..
- No, Shaggy, don't bother Stripetail.. Where's your self-respect and restraint?' Nick said a little sharply. "if you're hungry, theres all the ice cream you can eat in bart's bowl.."
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"Yes, we had plenty of time to talk," Cynder said. Though really they had only talked about Spyro's past a bit. Spyro didn't ask anything about her past, because he didn't want to dig up painful memories.
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'That's good. The more you know about each other the better. I would wagr though, that she knows more about you, than you do about her" Dixie said. "Perhaps that is deliberate. She.. told me a few things.. but was rather vague.. I didn't press her.."
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Cynder dug her claws into the ground nervously. What could she tell him? About one of the villages she had burnt down, or maybe her fight with the guardians. She sighed and wished her childhood had been more normal.
"I dunno," Spyro said. "When you've fought by someone for a long time, I think it helps you get to know them."
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"Yes and you've been a great friend' dixie nodded. "Cynder probably has a painful past, but we all experiene pain in our lives at some point. The most painful moment for me was when Marcus told me he could no longer see me. The Showboat didn't have anything set aside for disabled dogs..' Dixie said. "Whatever happened in your past, Cynder, no matter how bad it was, it should not keep you from looking towards the future. You've got a guy here, in Spyro, who loves you very much, and who I'm sure would be willing to do anything you ask of him. Even if its wearing a dress" Dixie smled broadly, and laughed at her own joke..
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Strut had finally reached the check out counter. He started lifting the ammo cans onto the check out counter.
The cashier rang it all up. "That will be 750 dollars."
Strut showed his Pelvanida ID to the cashier. "Pelvanida security."
"Hmm. That's 25% off discount. So the total is 562 dollars and 5 cents."
Strut paid for the ammo with a debit card.
"Hey Nani, Dixie, Scooby I need some help carrying the ammo I bought! And Nani, have you chosen your gun yet?" Strut called out.
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The .22 caliber" Nani said, popping up bbehind him, holding the ggun, and apack of Ammo.
'How much for the gun and the ammo../' she asked..
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Rold ron . Re're roming" Scooby said.
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Petrie paused in his eating to think for a moment, "Me wonder if it taste better if it have sprinkle of stinky flower from stinky place." Petrie said aloud to himself.
"I do now know how you could have liked that, no I do not." Ducky said shaking her head, remembering seeing Petrie sprinkle some of it onto his food that Chomper had brought them when they were trapped on the small island.
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"Well, I don't think that will ever happen," Spyro commented.
"Maybe it will and maybe it won't," Cynder said. "We said we'd never go shopping and look how that turned out."
"That was different," Spyro said.
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The cashier looked at Nani. "Hmm. That rifle will be 475 dollars tax included. The ammo is 30 dollars for 500 rounds. The total is 505 dollars. Please show your identification."
"Hey Nani, do you think we can fit all this in the car?" Strut asked, gesturing to the cart laden with ammunition cans.
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Rime, Mr. Bigmouth, Dr. Zanasiu entered the cafe.
"So how was the target shooting?" Zachary asked.
"Great fun. I'm getting better." Mr. Bigmouth replied. "But Rime, man he is an excellent shooter. It's like he never misses."
"Thanks." Rime replied.
The group then unloaded their weapons and leaned them against the wall.
"Sorry but you missed it." Dr. Zanasiu said to Stripetail.
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Nani showed him her id, and Dixie handed her her credit card "Pay me back when you can" She whispered to her. "I will" Nani promised, and she gave the credit card to the cashier.
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Its alright. I was busy feeding these guys, stuffing them ewuith Ice Cream. Shaggy was wolfing down the ice cream, almost as fast as the ice cream appeard he shoved it into his mouth.. "MMM.. Chococalte Coconut with Mounds pieces mixed in..YMM. Scooby is missng this!" He grinned.
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Scooby chuckled at Spyro. "Reah, rhat rould re rinda runny. Rou ressed rup rike ra rirl.. Ri bet Ryrndeer rould re rolling ron rhe roor raughing.."
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The cashier handed the rifle and ammunition can to Nani.
"Hey Nani! How was the target shooting?" Strut called.
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Dr. Kerzach entered the cafe.
"So Yuri, how was the practice?" Zachary asked.
Dr. Kerzach put his apron back on and went to the kitchen. "Pretty good but my opponent is much tougher than a Shurlup."
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"Geez, come up for air, will you?" Sparx said as he watched Shaggy eat.
Nago entered the room. The IXA armor was currently off, but the belt was still wrapped around his waist. "Well, that was a good workout."
He paused as he spotted Taiga and the two stared at each other. Taiga broke the silence. "I don't believe we've ever formally introduced ourselves."
"No..." Nago said. "Though Wataru has told me a bit about you."
"And he speaks very highly of you," Taiga replied.
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Spyro groaned while Cynder smirked to herself.
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I'm actually pretty good. I hit three bullseyes, and only missed the target once." Nani said. "I just pictured the target as Gantu's face" She smiled evily. "Lets fit as many packs of ammo into the trunk. If there's still more then we'll put them on the floor of the backseat."' she said, signing her recipet and putting it in her purse.
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"I think that could be the foundations of a bet" Dixie whispered to Cynder. 'Make the guys dress up like us if we win .." She laughed softly.. then sobered. "I hope the guys don't think of something gross for us to do, should they win.."
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Rhink rof romething really ross ror the rirls, ras rayback" Scooby Whispered to Spyro..
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"Like what?" Spyro asked. He knew Cynder was not someone who was easily grossed out.
"Well, they're guys, so if I know how their minds work, they probably will," Cynder whispered back.
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Strut grinned. "Okay then. And Nani, nice shooting. Oh yeah, we also need to fill the gas cans I picked up." The Shurlups won't stand a chance." He pushed the cart out to the car and began loading the ammo cans into the trunk. He had loaded everything but the 3 cans of shotgun ammunition as there was no more room.
Strut then lifted the remaining ammo cans and placed them on the floor of the backseat. "Spyro, Cinder you'll have to sit next to some shotgun shells."
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Rake rhem RISS. Ron rhe rips!" Scooby grinned horribly. "Rand re'll rake a ricture rof rhem roing rit roo."
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I know, and I have a pretty good guess what they are going to do..' Dixie frowned.
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"Hmm, sounds like an interesting idea," Spyro said, glancing over at the girls. Cynder was looking in their direction, so Spyro quickly turned back to Scooby. "Are you sure this is a good idea? I'd rather not end up like Sparx and Shaggy..."
"Well, we don't have anything to bet on at the moment," Cynder said. "Unless it's who can kill the most shurlups."
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" Re're rheir royfriends. Rall rhey'll re ris rissed rat rus ror rawhile. Rit's rot rike rhey'll rump us." Scooby said confidently. Rust ro re rafe re'll ro rest rof ree.'
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"Rest rof three. Rinners ret ro rake a picture of the rosers." Scooby said to the girls
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Ok, fine. First challenge is to see who can kill the most Shurlups. Second is an eating contest.. and the third, well, the third is enduring Sparx's talking for an hour.." Dixie grinned. "So what are you guys putting up.."
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"I'd rather have the eating contest first," Cynder chuckled. "As famished as I am now, I bet I could outeat even Scooby."
"If you lose, you have to kiss eat other on the lips," Spyro said.
"And if you lose..." Spyro felt a chill go up his spine as Cynder smirked. "We get to take a picture of you wearing our clothes."
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'Fine, eating contest it is" dixie said. "if we win, we take photo of you guys wearing our clothes, and we might even make YOU kiss, boys. It depends on our mood" She lsaughed as looks of disgust appeared on the guys faces. "But if you win, you guys get to take a picture of us kissing. A lot is at stake boys.. And Scooby, I do have a extra bra in my suit" She laughed heartily.. "I'm going to enjoy watching you guys parade around in dresses.."
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"No, the deal is for us to wear your clothes and the closest thing Cynder has to clothing is her braces and collar," Spyro said.
"Now that wouldn't be fair to Scooby if you got off easy when you lose," Cynder said. She leaned over to Dixie and whispered to her. "You're evil, you know."
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Strut was listening with interest. "Hey! Can I make a wager on who can kill the most Shurlups or no?"
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"Well, if we're doing a girls versus boys sort of thing, then the boy team is going to outnumber us," Cynder said. She glanced over at Dixie to see what she would say about the idea, since she was more or less the one who had thought of it.
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I Know' Dixie grinned. 'Under this Southern Belle exterior, lies a manipulator thar would make machevelli proud." She turned to Strut,. "Your bet will be considered seperate from the main bet. What are you wagering?'
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"Why don't you guys wait until tommorow to do this?' Nani suggested. 'We're all tired, and once we get back, Lilo, Jummba and i Are going to bed.. I'd suggest the rest of you do as well.." She climbed into the back seat, careful not to disturb the ammo on the floor.
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Scooby climbed inm, and revved the engine.. " Re'll rave Ripetail re rhe rudge. Re'll ret rhe rules rand rhen he rontest rill regin.."
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Douglas thinks for a bit, 'I wonder if the battle will be worst then this one. If maybe I should call in extra help or not." he thinks to himself.
Snoopy eats a bit more of the sundae and his ears twirl a bit.
"He likes it a lot. It is good, it is." Ducky says.
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"We weakened their ranks by a large marigin in our last attack, so it might be even easier," Nago said. He sighed. "Though maybe that's thinking too optimistically."
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"That's probably a good idea," Cynder said with a yawn. "But first I'm getting something, anything to eat."
"I'm not too tired," Spyro said, but then he had slept during the drive.
The two dragons hopped into the back of the car. Cynder leaned against Spyro and closed her eyes. "I think I'll get an early start on my beauty sleep."
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"I wager 505 dollars, the cost of Nani's rifle and ammo." Strut said without hesitation.
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Dr. Kerzach was cleaning and sharpening his switchblade. "These Shurlups reproduce extremely quickly so if we don't wipe them out now, we could be dealing with a lot of them. But I doubt they could replenish their numbers in one days. But we need to buy more bottles, gas and cloth to make more Molotov Cocktails."
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Cynder's eyes cracked up. "Money? I'd rather not wager anything like that. I'll take my boyfriend's pride, but I'm not too interested in moeny, especially money that won't be of any use back in my own world."
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"That's right we can't afford to wait," Wataru said.
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Well, we can translate it into gems or something
Dixie said. "Alright $505 it is.. " She said smiling at Strut. "The fight will be tommorow.. I'm sure Stripetail can track our kills and keep score.." With this, Scooby started Driving away from the ammo depot. "Rif Ri rart ro rawn Rixie, Rou rake rover riving" He said. 'rand rour roing rown rommorow' He added..
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Stripetail spoke up. "Yes there is a window of opportunity here, which will last for roughly a week or so. We killed about 130 Shurlupss, there are roughly 120 left. of those 130, 72 were females, and 46 were at some stage of pregnancy. so given the maximum litter, we kept over 400 shurlups from being born..'
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Dr. Kerzach looked at Stripetail. "Okay, since Strut bought the ammo, can we kill all these things tomorrow? Or is that not practical?"
Dr. Zanasiu and Rime walked down the stairs together.
Deimos was already awake. He looked deviously at Rime. "Did you two shower together?"
His comment aroused roars of laughter from Zachary and Dr. Kerzach.
"Nice one Deimos!" Zachary shouted.
Dr. Zanasiu blushed deep red. "No. I've got to go to sleep now."
He fell asleep on one couch and Rime fell asleep next to Dr. Zanasiu. Rime's arm was draped across Dr. Zanasiu's back.
"I'm tired too." Zachary said. He went up to the bathroom.
Several minutes later, he walked down the stairs and fell asleep on another couch.
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We could, but that may not be possible.,. Some of them will hide below ground after today, after we mowed down their companions. They will not be friendly to us of course, if anything they will be even more virulent a foe' Stripetail said.
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"I'm still not sure about betting moeny," Cynder said, closing her eyes again. "The apes used to do things like that and some lost outragous amounts of gems when they did."
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"Why wouldn't it be practical?" Taiga asked. "If you can crush your enemy, you should. Standing around waiting for them to get stronger is a bad idea."
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I Know that Taiga, You're talking to some one who has fought in wars for centuries.. when you have an advantage, you must press it. However, some may hide themselves away from our reach. It is a self=protection mechanism."
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Dixie smiled. 'Don't worry Cynder. We're not going to bet as often or as carefreely as those apes did. we're doing this once, and only once.."
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"I suspect this to be a situation where they can run, but not hide though, right?" Nago asked. "Surely, if the ones on the surface are eliminated, we can ferret out the ones underground?"
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Cynder grunted in agreement and finally fell asleep.
"If you girls are planning to dress us up like you and make us kiss," Spyro whispered so he wouldn't wake Cynder. "Then me and Scooby need to think of something for you to do on top of kissing each other if we win."
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'Rart rhinking Ryro' scooby said softly. "Rerhaps rake rhem riss ronger? Rust rhowing rit rout rhere.."
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Yes we should try to attack them in their tunnels. We haven't done that before, acctually" stripetail nodded. "But first we should eliminate the above ground contingent."
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"Ok so no calling that friend of mine, ok." Douglas said shrugging.
Snoopy ate a few more spoonfuls of the desert but not enough to get full. He wanted to leave enough room for more healthy food and also he knew a full stomach slowed one down and if they had to fight more he'd need to be as fast as he could.
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You can call in that friens of yours Douglass. We'll need all the help we can get" Stripetail replied.
_ Bart finished eating the ice cream, and pushed it away. "I can't eat any more.." He moaned..
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"Nah, I don't think that will be enough," Spyro said. "Since we're going to be taking a picture of it... I think it should be something that the photo can capture..."
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"And will the tunnel system be large?" Taiga asked.
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Deimos looked at Stripetail. "Hmm. An underground assault. Unfortunately I cannot assist as I'm too large to fit in the tunnels. However, Rime can fit."
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YThat we dont know.." stripetail said. "It could be.. we'll going to find out soon enough.
- "rhey'll re rissing rong rough ro rake rhe ricture.." scooby said.. "Ret's rhink rarder..'
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"I mean something on top of them kissing," Spyro clarified, his face twisting in concentration as he tried to think of something.
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Rave rhen reep rogether" Scooby suggested.. "Rhey rave ro rend rhe right rogether.. Rit'd rind rof ricky, rince rou ran't ro ruch ron roprof rissing.."
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"Maybe, but let's wait before we decide to go with that," Spyro said.
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Taiga glanced back to see that Wataru had slumped down in the corner of the room and fallen asleep.
"I guess it's getting late," Taiga commented.
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Rood Ridea, Rotherwise, rhey'll refinetly ruop rhe rante. Rhey'll robably rake us riss, rif re ro rhat..rand re rose.." Scooby nodded..
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Yes it is.. But we should wait until the guys return with the ammo, before we turn in.." Stripetail said.."
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Mr. Bigmouth was asleep in a corner of the room.
"I'll stay awake and keep guard." Deimos said.
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Taiga sighed and leaned back against the wall. He glanced at some of the humans in the room. It was still strange to him, not thinking of humans as food. Well, actually they still were food, until he found some other source of nourishment for his kind, but he would no longer only target random people to feed on.
"I'll help you," Taiga volunteered.
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You're a vampire, aren't you?" Stripetail said to Taiga. " Then we are kin, of a sort.. How long have you been alive Taiga?"
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"I'm something similiar called a fangire," Taiga replied. "I'm actually pretty young, only about a year older then Wataru. How did you know?"
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I can sense it.." Stripetail said. "I'm much older than both of you, as I said, I've been fighting in wars for centuries.. and like the vampire, you need human blood to sustain yourself. Unlike the vampire, you can walk in sunlight, and are otherwise imprevious to many attacks that would harm or kill a vampire. Yet, you also have weaknesses as well.."
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"Not exactly," Taiga said. "Fangire feed off of human life energy, not blood. We can live for a long time, though not forever."
"When you came back from wherever you went before, Wataru was carrying a fangire soul back," Nago said. "I guess he didn't explain exactly what it was."
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like the vampire," Stripetail nodded. "Vampires cannot live forever, even under ideal conditions. The oldest vampire ever recorded, lived to be around eleven thousand years old. he finally had enugh, and walked out in broad daylight.."
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"Interesting," Taiga said. "I had always thought vampires were superstistions, created by some human who might have seen a fangire."
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No, they exist, and they are mostly very unpleasant creatures" Stripetail said. "I've met a few over the ages, and in case you are wondering, there was never a vampire named Dracula. The vampires hate that work of fiction with a PASSION. Its garbage, they tell me whever I meet them.."
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"Only if you are sure it's ok. Don't want to get the place to crowded." Douglas said.
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"I would like to meet one someday," Taiga said.
Nago scowled at the idea, but kept any comments he might have had to himself.
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No, one more person won't hurt, besides, if he has useful talents, then he may b\prove to be invaluable' Stripetail replied..
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"It would depend on the vampire you met, if the meeting is to be fruitful. I'm not sure if fangires and vampires have met frequently, judging by your prior comments, I'd guess not" Stripetail replied
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"If it happened commonly them I would probably know about it," Taiga said.
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Scooby Continued driving.. they were now about halfway to the cafe. "Ryro, rif rou're rill rawake, ro rive Rynder ra riss. Rou ron't retv ra retter rhot, rand re'll re righting rover rhe ret rommorow, ro rou'd retter ro rit row. Ra ruick riss, ron rhe rips' Scooby said softly. Rust rant rit ron rer.."
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"Maybe, but there'll be many folks here when the others get back." Douglas said.
DUcky and Petrie sat back, not wanting to eat all of the sundae since they recalled they didn't feel like playing much when they ate their full and didn't feel like fighting when that was called for.
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"Oh," Spyro said. "I guess you're right."
He glanced over at Cynder. He blushed and turned away. "But she was kind of tired and I'm sure I should risk waking her up..."
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ARa roft riss ron't rake rer rup , runless rhe's ra righht reeper. rin rhich rase, ranything ran rake rer rup." Scooby said. "Rake ra reep reath, rucker rour rips, rand riss rer. Re'll re rack rat rhe rafe rery roon, ro rou rave ro ro rit row."
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Spyro gulped and did as Scooby suggested, lightly kissing Cynder. The dragoness smiled in her sleep and snuggled up against his side.
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Scooby grinned as Spyro pulled away from her. "Ri rhink rhe riked it. See? Rhe's smiling, Ryro." Cynder was rubbing herself against Spyro in her sleep..
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"Yeah, I guess so," Spyro said shyly.
Cynder yawned and opened her eyes, smiling as she saw Spyro. "Are we almost back yet?"
"Almost."
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Dixie woke up a few minutes later.. "Are we almost there yet?' She asked, then stopped as the outline of the cafe appeared in the distance. "A couple more minutes guys, then Cynder you can get siomething to eat She looked at her ring which read 9:45 "Almost 10. We'll get something to eat, then get to sleep. The four of us can share a cot tonight, unless you two would rather sleep on the floor.." She said to Spyro and Cynder..
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"We can sleep on the floor," Spyro said. He had often done so when he lived at the temple, not to mention during his adventures. "There's no sense in piling everyone in one cot and being uncomfortable."
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Kivat flew into the room and over to Taiga. "I can see a car in the distance, the others will be back soon."
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"It can't be as uncomfortable as sleeping with Stitch and Angel. They were bouncing all over the place, and they were very cold to the touch. They slept on top of us, which was pretty uncomfortable in its own right. We kept having to switch the order of who was sleeping ehere, and I think we only got a few hours of sleep." Dixie said. "But if you want to sleep on the floor, thats fine.."
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Both dragons frowned in sympathy. "Well, I guess we can try sleeping on a cot for one night," Cynder said.
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"Roy- girl Roy rirl?' scooby proposed. Re, Rixie, Ryro, Rynder? Ris rhat rok?"
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We'll get to that Scooby, after Cynder gets something to eat.." Dixie said..
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Nani stirred, she had dozed off on the ride back. "Great, we're back..' She said. She shook her little sister. "Lilo, ake up, we're back at the cafe.."
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Cynder bounced a bit in her seat as they finally pulled into the cafe parking lot. She noted Wataru's bike was back and there was another bike parked next to it, so he had been successful in bringing his friend.
They jumped out of the backseat and stretched out. "I wonder if anyone who can cook is still awake..." Cynder said.
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"Hopefully Nick is, or if it isn't we'll just have to wake him up" dixie said, as Scooby turned off the engine and pulled the keys out of the ignition. "Scooby, you're a very good driver!" Nani said, as they got out. "I bet you're tired from driving. "Ra rittle" scooby nodded.
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"And I'd hate to have to do that," Cynder said, walking around to the cafe's side entrance.
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If he is, we'll just have to explain the situation" Nani said. "For now, lets carry in the ammo, and guns' Nani picked up her .22 and her ammo, And Scooby picked up 4 cases of ammo. they were very heavy, and it was a labor, getting then in through the back door. By the time He set them down on the kitchen table, he was sweating profusely...
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Spyro grabbed one of the ammo cases with all four claws and flapped his wings, lifting the heavy container off the ground and slowly following Scooby into the cafe. He nearly dropped the case down on the cave. "Maybe we should wait before we bring in the rest..." he said, flopping down on the floor and phanting.
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"Hey guys" Nick said with a yawn, as he cam,e in from the office. "If you guys are hungry, theres a big bowl of ice cream there on the table. Or I can whip you up something else..
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Can you make us a steak, or chicken?" Dixie asked, settimg down three ammo cases.. "We're starved. "
_ Sure it will take a couple minutes though to cook them in the fryer. " Nick said turning the fryer back on..
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Cynder's stomach growled loudly, as though it were agreeing with Dixie. "Thank you, Nick."
She went over to the bowl of ice cream and sniffed at it curiously, before she licked it. Her eyes lit up at the sweet flavor and she sat down, taking a bite out of the ice cream.
"Welcome back," Nago said.
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Don't eat too much of that Cynder" Stripetail said coming in. "That ice cream will keep coming back, no matter how much you eat. Bart and Shaggy found that out the hard way.. "
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Which reminds me.." dixie said. "Cynder we never showed Spyro our gift to him. And I haven't opened Scooby's either. I guess we forgot." She shrugged..
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"I won't," Cynder said, pausing to lick some of the sticky substance off her face. "I want to save room for what Nick is making."
"This certainly is an interesting place," Taiga said, following Stripetail into the room. He glanced at the two dragons. "Interesting indeed."
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It Certainly is an odd, place, but the people here are friendly, and I'm made some friends here.' Stripetail said. "You guys are good friends, right?' He asked Scooby, Dixie Spyro and Cynder.
_ 'Reah, Ryro, ry ruddy" Scooby nOdded. "Rixie's ry reetheart, rand Ryrnder ris ra rice rirl, rundderneath ra rard rexterior.'"
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"Of course, we are," Cynder said, deciding to try playing up her hard exterior a bit.
"Thanks, Scoob," Spyro said.
"It looks like the place has seen better days though," Taiga said, glancing around at the damaged room. There were cracks in the wall, objects lay scattered on the floor, amongst the occasional pile of mythril.
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You should have seen it before we remodeled "Nnick frowned. "This is nothing compared to what it looked like before.. It was a dump, in every sense of the word. The food wasn't ffir for food fights..
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"The food's much better now though," Spyro said. Cynder, whose mouth was currently full of ice cream nodded in agreement.
"You should try this," she said to Spyro, pointing a claw at the ice cream.
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I'm trying to watch my figure" Dixie said. So I'll pass on the Ice cReam.."
_ Rand Ri rave a reating rontest rommorow' Scooby said. "Rotherwise I.." Dixie took a spoonful of Ice cream and shoved it in his mouth. "Eat up, silly. You and Shaggy always have room for more food.." She said, smiling..
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Douglas looked at the folks who came in, "It is a bit to crowded." He said.
"Yes, where will we all find room to sleep. Maybe we'll have to sleep in a pile like my brothers and sisters do, we may." Ducky said agreeing with him.
"Petrie no like idea." Petrie said.
"There is an alternative. I'll my friend and you can sleep & rest in his tardis." Douglas said.
"Is there enough room?" Ducky asked.
"Sure, the place is the size of a small planet on the inside." Douglas said. He took out his cell phone and speed dialed a certain number.
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"There is a couple rooms upstairs with beds" Nick said. "And we made do last night, with several more people than the office usually holds.."
_ Guys we all had to huddle last night , because of the cold. " Ali said. "We made do.. Ok, there a couple more now, but we'll simply have to make do.. We don't have much of a choice.. I'm too big to sleeep on a cot..so I have to sleep on the floor."
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"Wataru and I can spend the night in Castle Doran," Taiga said. "Some people might feel more comfortable with that arrangement." He glanced at Nago as he added the last part.
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I'll sleep upstairs" shaggy said. "Same with me.." Bart replied
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We're using one of the cots" Dixie replied. as Nick came up with a plate full of chicken drumsticks. Cynder was visibly drooling as she saw the steaming chicken..
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"See you tommorrow then," Taiga said, heading out of the room.
"I'll sleep wherever is left," Nago said generously.
Cynder leapt over to the plateful of drumsticks and curled her tail around one of them, lifting it up to her mouth.
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I'lli sleep on the floor as before " Ali said.
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"Lilo, Angel and Stitch You guys pick one side of the cot. Ducky and Petrie, you guys take the other side..' Nani said. " Ali will sleep on your side, and I'll sleep on Lilo's side of the cot."
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Cynder picked the drumstick clean of meat. "Where did Sparx and Shaggy go?"
"If they're smart they ran away," Spyro replied only half jokingly.
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"Maybe to get some other types of food." Ducky said.
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"Maybe," Spyro said.
"I don't think I saw them leave though," Nago said.
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Shaggy went upstairs to sleep." Nick said.. "There are spare rooms up there. The are 4 rooms going forward from the top of the stairway, but there are 4 more once you turnaround, and go over past the starwell. "They are rarely used now, but they can use them. They have beds, and are a little warmer than the rest of the building.."
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(OOC - there's counting error. There's only 7 cases of ammo, 4 cases of rifle ammo, 2 cases of buckshot and 1 case of slugs)
Dr. Kerzach sat in a chair and fell asleep.
Deimos had his armor and helmet on and was looking over the darkened cafe. His rifle was at his side and his last magazine was loaded in it. Taiga was helping him keep watch.
Deimos then smelled food. "I'll get something to eat." He went over to the kitchen and grabbed two drumsticks and devoured them, bone and all. "Hey, these are really good."
"Thanks, Scooby, Dixie and Spyro!" Strut said. "I'll take it from here."
He then moved the ammo cases near the sleeping area. "Nani, place your ammo near the others. You may want to lean your gun where we have yours." Strut said, gesturing to the wall where Rime, Zachary, Mr. Bigmouth and Dr. Zanasiu and himself currently had their weaponry resting. "And I'm going to sleep." Strut added. He sat down in a corner and fell asleep.
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(sorry I thought there was more than 7, my bad)
Scooby tried to say something, But Dixie kept sticking ice cream in his mouth.." Rill rou rease rop rhat?' he sputtered, spitting out peach flavored ice cream. "Ri Rove rice ream, rut rou're rorcing rit rown ry roat!"
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(ooc: & what beds? A bit confusing all this. Guess best for my chars to sleep elsewhere since the room would be very crowded.)
Douglass nodded talked a bit on his phone and after a few minutes closed his cell phone. "He should be here soon." Douglas said.
A sound of a tardis (a post type 125 could be heard and quickly a 2 dimensional door appeared off to one side.
Out stepped first one normal human looking person in sorta normal and yet a bit odd looking clothing then another one dressed like a jedi from the old republic.
The first person shook his head looking around. "My my, what a mess. Reminds me of a brgzlian slumper party."
"Hope it's not one of those," the other person said in somewhat of a gruff voice, "The last one you took us to took me a week to recover, I'm to old for parties."
"Ah, this is the tourist." Douglas said.
"Meet Jolee Bindo." The Tourist said indicating the human next to him. "I hear some folks would need some room for the night to rest and battle some nasties in the morning & with the army here I can see more room is needed, at least for the night. Plenty of room for all, even large ones such as yourself, just tell me and I"ll enlarge the door." The Tourist said looking at the 1 or 2 largest folks. He turned around and walked back through the 2 dimensional door as did Jolee.
Douglas walked through and so did.
"What you think?" Petrie asked not sure. Snoopy walked through the door.
"He seemed nice and Douglas as been nice. Though that other creature reminded me of Cera, he did, he did." Ducky said and walked through. Petrie shrugged, looked around a bit then quickly walked through, not wanting to be left behind.
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(the beds are upstairs.. Shaggy and Bart and a couple of my other characters will use them. But you can use the tardis..)
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"Good night guys" Ali said to Petrie and Ducky as the Tardis opened. "She didn't know what it was, but all she could do was trust it was safe..
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\ Dixie took a drumstick and began eating it. "MMm.. this is really good, just the right touch of spices.. you better not have stolen my recipe..' She said half-seriously to NIck..
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Once inside Snoopy, Ducky & Petrie were surprised by how huge it was inside, but were feeling a bit tired also.
"So what do you folks like to sleep on or in usually?" The tourist said.
"I think I'm going off to bed. Even old folks like me need our beauty sleep too." Jolee said, waving to those present then walked off to his bedroom.
"I usually sleep with Spike and my Mother and brothers and sisters on grass." Ducky said.
"Me sleep in nest, in tiny cave." Petrie said.
"How about a park, that has lots of grass and trees and water and such." The Tourist said.
"I would like that. A park sounds nice. Yep, yep, yep." Ducky said.
"I'll lead them to where park is." Douglas said.
"No need, I'll reconfigure my interior temporarily so the park is the third door on the left, and A room with a doghouse will be the one across from there, next to Velma's bedroom." The tardis said. Ducky and the other newcomers looked around to see where the voice was coming from.
"Come on, I"ll lead you to your guest rooms." Douglas said and lead Ducky, Petrie and Snoopy off.
Snoopy was happy to see a doghouse in the room designated as his bedroom. At last, He thought, A comfortable place to sleep. He climbed onto the to of the doghouse, his ears clamping down on either side to keep him in place and he was soon asleep.
"And here it is." Douglas said opening the door. It was hard for Ducky or Petrie to see with it so dark, only what looked like night lights to light the area. "Good night." Douglas said. The 2 responded in like and went into the park to find an area that was near water that looked like a good place to sleep and were soon asleep.
The tourist took out a black umbrella and walked back outside the tardis, taking the umbrella since the area outside didn't look to stable.
The tourist looked over at Ali and the others, "You folks are quite welcome to spend the night inside. Don't let this doorway fool you, it's quite large inside. I can easily resize the doorway for you." He said using the umbrella to point towards the doorway.
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Cynder eyed the door suspiciously.
"I'll take you up on that offer," Nago said to the tourist, walking over to the doorway.
A tremor shook the cafe and the roar of Castle Doran sounded outside.
"What do you guys think?" Cynder asked Spyro and the two great danes. "It might be safer then spending the night in the cafe with the shurlups."
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Rhy trot?" Scooby said. "alright' dixie nodded. "lead the way Cynder.
Aliu spoke up, she had changed her mind. "I'm coming too. at least in there, I'll be with my friends.."
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"All right then," Spyro said, leading the way towards the doorway. Cynder followed hesitantly afterwards.
A loud rumbling snore came from outside, the large dragon had apparently fallen asleep right next to the cafe.
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"Once we get there, We can give the boys our gifts.' Dixie said, "They're still in our suits. you're the only one who has gotten a gift... except for that kiss you gave Spyro.."She said, grinning..
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The doorway to the tardis opened and the four of them stepped inside. "The inside was enormous with doors leading off in several directions. it was also much warmer here, around 75 degrees..
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"Wow," Spyro glanced around wildly. "This is amazing."
"Guess this means we can each have our own separate rooms?" Cynder asked, looking at several of the doors.
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' I don'y know' ali said.. " I would think it would be better to stick together. We have no idea where these doors might lead, to what place, or even.. when..' she said.. Perhaps Douglas can guide us.. if we can find him..
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"I'm sure he, or that tourist guy can give us directions," Spyro said, glancing back at the doors and waiting for him to follow them into the tardis.
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Re're reepinf rigether, ruys, re ralready ragreed ron rhat. Row, re raven;t rigured out.." Scooby said..
_ I just hope theres a shower in this place. i haven't had a bath in days, and I smell like it" Dixie said. "And this dress is getting more and more itchy.."
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"This place is so big, I'd be surprised if it didn't," Spyro said. "What is a shower anyway?"
Cynder rolled her eyes. "I guess it would be something like a portable waterfall."
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Its a place for persons of this world to clean themselves off.' dixie said. " its not portable though, the showers stuck into the wall..I Imagine in your world, if you get grimy, you just jump into a lake or stream and clean yourselves off that way.."
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"Provided you can find a stream," Cynder said.
"Though Hunter just licked his fur clean," Spyro said. "For some reason he didn't seem to like water very much..."
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He's a cat right? cats do that, they lick themselves and give themselves baths. We lick ourselves too, but not nearly to that degree. I personally like taking baths. Scooby, not so much.." Dixie said.
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Rats recause rou ruse rup rost rof rhe rot rater, Rixie!" Scooby said. "Ri'd rike a rice rong rot roak, rut rou ralways ret rhe rot rater."
_ "Ladies first, cousin. Or do you not believe in chivalry?' Dixie raised her eyebrows at Scooby.
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Deimos looked at Taiga. "I guess tomorrow we do an underground assault on these things. I'd love to help but I'm not sure I'll be able to fit in the tunnels."
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(OOC: Wataru is currently asleep and has moved over to Castle Doran for the night.)
"That seems a little unfair to Scooby," Spyro said. Cynder glanced at Spyro. "All I'm saying is this he should get some hot water occasionally."
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Well the only way that would happen.. er never mind..' Dixie cut off.. "But I'll be nice and let him have the first crack at the shower tommorow..Goodnsess knows he needs it.."
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After escorting his half-asleep brother to his room within the castle, Taiga had found himself still wideawake. His all nighters recently seemed to be turning him into a nightowl. He had back into the cafe and sat down next to Deimos.
"Don't worry," Taiga said. "Even if you can't fit down the tunnels, there will still be some shurlups on the surface I understand. Not to mention it may be a good idea to have someone guard the tunnel exits."
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"Yes, he does," Cynder agreed, holding her nose.
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The tourist looked around a bit at the mess then stepped inside his tardis. "You can have your own room or together or any mix of the 2." The Tourist said. He looked around, "AH, it looks like the tardis has made things even easier and made all the bed and guestrooms directly connect to the console room here, great. That immensely simplifies matters." He said.
Douglas came out of one of the rooms, having taken a shower after showing Snoopy, Ducky & Petrie to the rooms where they were. He had on a new set of clothes while he had put the others into a personal clothes washer in the guest room he was using.
"Hi there. Glad you decided to sleep here."
"You folks decided where you'd like to sleep? I'm sure Douglas and myself can show you around." The Tourist said.
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"We can make ourselves comfortable anyplace," Spyro said indicating himself and gesturing with a wing at Cynder. "But a nest of grass, or a mattress would be nice."
"And Spyro and I can share a room," Cynder said. She glanced over at Dixie and Scooby. "I think they would also like to do the same."
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The tourist nodded, "That can be arranged." He said I think you 2 would like this room." The tourist said as he walked to a door and opened it so they could look inside.
Douglas went to another door, "And Scooby & Dixie may like to stay in this one, but they may want to look around inside first to be sure." Douglas said as he opened another door next to the one that the Tourist had opened for Spyro and Cynder.
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Spyro and Cynder walked over to examine the room. They took a few steps through the door and looked around.
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Cynder and Spyro's room had all the looks and feel of a cave, complete with rocky outcroppings in the wall and an inner dampness whch can only come from inside the earth. In the corner lay a bundle of straw and grass, which looked REALLY inviting to the two of them.. in the other corner a small fire burned in a pit surrounded by small rocks, a pair of fish on sticks lay next to it, just waiting to be toasted over the flame.
Scooby and Dixie's room had all the markings of royalty. A Large satin bed lay in the corner, damask drapes hung down from the canopy, the very air had a feeling of power, status and nobility. Next to the bed was a richly worked mahagony nightstand, with ornate handles, and insignia worked into the wood.
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I feel like I'm in some sultan's bedroom" Dixie said.
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"Wow, it's great," Cynder said, her distrust of the tourist was fading away. Spyro nodded and then the two dragon's trekked back out and went to see Scooby and Dixie's room.
Their jaws dropped as they examined the regal room. "It reminds me of some of the upper class buildings in Warfang."
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'Rupper rass. rhink rings, Ryro, rings.. rand re're reeping rin ruch ra room' scooby was amazed at the furnishings of his room.
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Dixie examined the ornate furniture. "This dresser must be worth thousands of dollars.. tens of thousands even.. She spoke softly..
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Cynder looked at the dresser with a quizical expression. "Is it really worth that much? I mean it looks nice and everything, but it's just a piece of wood."
"I'll still take the cave I think," Spyro said, though he sounded a little bit hesitant.
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"I keep forgetting that the world you live in Cynder is very different from ours. Here we place value on just about anything. Here you can sell just about anything for money. Money isn't part of your world, in the way it is here. I bet I could get a million dollars by selling the things in here, in their current condition." Dixie said to her. "And If you want to, we can share the room with you. That Bed looks easily big enough to fit the four of us in it."
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Cynder glanced around the room, suddenly feeling more amazed as she realized that it might be even more valuable in this world then their own.
"Maybe I'll take you up on that offer," Cynder said looking at the large regal bed.
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"Alright, now lets go freshen up before we go to bed.." Dixie said. "Lets see whats.. in.. HERE" She breathed the last part as the door she opened revealed a beautifully adorned bathroom, complete with a hot tub and a shower. "Are these.. gold?' She whispered as she looked at the light fixtures, they certainly looked like they were made of gold. there was a huge mirror of the wall , which showed the four of them as they walked in and looked around. 'This place just keeps getting better and better.." Dixie smiled a broad smile on her lips.."Scooby, since you smell the worst, you get the first shower. Don't use up the hot water, the rest of us need to clean off too.."
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"Spyro, when we get back home you're using some of that special purple dragon influence of yours and getting us a room like this, or close to it," Cynder chuckled.
The purple dragon frowned. He glanced over at Scooby. "When me and Cynder do leave, would there be any way to fix it so we can come back here whenever we want?"
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To this room, or this dimension?' Dixie asked. " If its to this dimenbsion, I'd ask Stripetail. He certainly seems to know his way around, plus he did give us the rings..I personally Would love to have you two over at the mansion where Scooby and I live with Shaggy. His uncle is a world famous scentist, and he left Shaggy with a whole bunch od cash and a huge house. It does get kind of lonely being in such a big house with only a few people living in it"
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"This dimension," Spyro said, nodding a bit.
"Stripetail could probably whip up something," Cynder said. "But maybe we'll spend a few days here before going back anyway."
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Well, we do have that bet tommorow' Dixie said, an evil grin appearing on her face ' Amoro up" She said, and in a instant she was weating her armor. She opened the compartment and pulled out the dresses and suit. "here's what you two boys will be wearing after our bet," she said,showing them the Blue and yellow dresses, which had reappeared at their full size. " Scooby, i think you'll wear yellow, and Spyro will wear blue, since its closer to purple..Here's a suit I got for you too Scooby" Scooby took the suit and looked at it. "Rit's really rice. Rhanks, rand rou rirls are roing ro ret ro rnow reach roher REAL rell rommorow.." He grinned.
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The Tourist smiled, "I see you folks are doing well, well goodnight." He said and walked towards another door, near where the console was.
"Turning in?" Douglas asked.
"Not for a bit, I want to get a quasitronic circuit replaced. Sara said she'd help me." The Tourist. Douglas stopped in front of the door to the guest room he was using.
"Oh, is she the fairy dragon, or it it another person named Sara?" Douglas asked.
"Same person, well goodnight everyone." The Tourist said. He stopped through the door, and closed it and was quickly transported to where he was going.
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Ali snuggled into the grass next to Ducky. It had taken her some time to find her way around this place, but by following voices she had managed to find her way into Ducky's room. "Thanks for letting me stay in here Ducky' She said. "I take it. Petrie and Mr. Ace have their own rooms?'
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"Armor up," Cynder said. She tapped the armor's wrist comparment and removed the package inside it.
"I hope you're right, Scooby" Spyro said looking at the blue dress. "I'd look ridicilous in that..."
"I hope you don't feel the same way about this," Cynder said, satting the package with the flight suit down in front of him. She felt quite nervous.
Spyro carefully opened the box and exmained the flight suit...
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'Rabnd rou ron't rhink Ri ron't rook ridcuolous rin ra rellow ress?' scooby replied. 'Rhough Ri rave rorn ra ress refore, ras ra risguise.."
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Complete with make-up and lipstick?' Dixie grinned. "If you guys are lucky tommorow, you'll only have to wear the dresses. But If Cynder and I are feeling mean, you guys will have to plant a few on each other as well.. it deends on our mood..
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Scooby noticed a huge smile breaking out on Spyro's face as he looked at the suit.
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Ducky nodded, "Mr. Ace does. Petrie is sleeping not to far away. I'm glad you found your way here." Ducky said, "More comfortable a place then last night." She said.
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yeah that floor was really hard and cold to the touch. but you guys slept on one of the cots, so you got the better of things" ali said.
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"So.. " Dixie said. "How do you like it Spyro? Its a suit which will help you fly better and faster, or so we were told.." She looked at Cynder, who still looked nervous, then at Spyro..
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Ri'm roppong rin rhe rhower. Roy ruys ranbruse rhe rot rub..' Scooby said, setting the suit down, and climing into the shower, and pulling the curtain closed. He noticed there were several bars of soap, and three small bottles of shampoo..
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"I realize it looks kind of strange," Cynder said. "But if all the other stuff we've seen here is any indication, it should do everything it's supposed."
"I'm sure it will," Spyro said nuzzling Cynder's cheek.
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Sparx yawned and stretched his arms, rolling over on the rafter he currently rested on. He glanced below and saw that the room was nearly empty. "Hey, where'd everybody go?"
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Dixie smiled then went over into the corner. there was a thermostat for the tub which was currently turnec off, there was also a feature that said "Bubbles" "Kinda like a bubble batg" She smiled. "I'll turn that on' she said, pressing the button , "and lets see, nothing too hot.. lets go 85 degrees. " She turned the dial to 85, and bubbles begn forming in the water. Dixie took off her dress and sat it down next to the water. She covered her chest with her arms, and slid into the water. "Ohh' She purred. "this feels SO .. GOOD."
She turned her head to the dragons. "When you guys feel up to it, hop in. The waters great, not too hot, and its really soothing."
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"Most of us have found other places to sleep' Nani said looking up at Sparx. You've been sleeping for awhile Sparx. " She said, smiling as the dragonfly grumbled..
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"Armor down," Cynder said and then pulled off her necklace and set it on the dresser they had examined earlier. She then removed her collar and bracelets.
The two dragons slid into the water, sitting next to each other across from Dixie.
"It feels like a hot spring," Spyro said.
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"Does a hot spring have bubbles?' Dixie grinned as bubbles began appearing in the middle and spreading all over the tub.. "So, Spyro, tell me about your folks.. and I'll tell you about mine.. " She relaxed on her side. 'Scooby, when you get done in there, you MUST sit in here for awhile.. across from me of course..' She said.. "That dress was SO itchy" She said, stractching at her arms. "But I didn't have any of mine with me so I had no choice but to wear it.."
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Dr. Zanasiu and Rime awoke nearly simultaneously.
"Now what?" Rime asked.
"Well, target shooting at this time isn't a nice thing to do so we'll just keep guard over the dining room." Dr. Zanasiu said. He opened the can of shotgun shells. "Mmm. Fresh buckshot. Lovely." He then filled his pockets with the shells. He also retrieved his shotgun and armor.
Rime did the same, except he grabbed his armor, fished out all the empty magazines and started loading them.
"Rime, I'll be in the dining room." Dr. Zanasiu said as he cocked his shotgun.
"Okay." Rime replied as he loaded a fresh magazine into his rifle and cocked it.
Dr. Zanasiu arrived in the dining room to see Deimos looking over the area. "So Deimos, find or need anything?"
"Nothing so far. But I do need some more ammo, I'm almost out. I've got 30 rounds left." Deimos replied.
Rime also arrived in the dining room and stood by Deimos.
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"I don't understand why you wear it if it's uncomfortable," Cynder said.
"Well, I don't know why my real parents," Spyro said. "I was adopted by Sparx's."
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"Oh, sure," Sparx said. "They run off and leave us in this monster infested dump."
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Well, Cynder, I wear dresses because in this world ladies wear them. " dixie replied. "They cover my more.. intimate areas, which in this world we cover up, for legal and moral reasons. It is cosidered improper and inapropriate if I didn't wear them. You guys don't wear clothes, so it doesn't matter for you." She turned to Spyro.. "So you don't have any clue about who your parents are? Thats a shame. Well, my mothers name was Clara and my fathers name was Dixon. My mother was the sister of Scooby's mother, so we're cousins." dixie said.
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This place is safe rom the Shurlups, Sparx, they haven't come back here" Nani pointed out. "And we would have brought you along with us, but you were asleep at the time.."
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'Guys" stripetail called out. "If you see any shurlups coming tward you you are to come back and report it. You should only fight if they attack first... We neeed our sleep, as we'll be going full-bore after them in the morning.."
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"And we're not completely defenseless," Taiga said in an attempt to calm the dragonfly.
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"But Scooby doesn't have to wear anything?" Cynder asked.
"No, I don't," Spyro said. "I never really thought to ask anyone, after I met Ignitus things just started happening so fast."
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"He sometimes does, thats why I got him the suit" Dixie explained. "for when we go to parties or other formal occassions. Such as a date.."
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Scooby finished showering and and turned the water off. "Rice rand rean" He said, as he stepped out of the shower. "Rind rif Ri roin rou?' hE asked. "Alright, Scooby, but you have to sit in between me and Spyro and Cynder..' Dixie replied. 'Scooby climbed into the warm water. "REAL rice" he said, letting the bubbles cling to him, as he slid in, in between, Dixie and the two dragons..
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"Yes, it is," Spyro agreed, sinking into the water, until it covered everything, but his head.
"I think I'll head to bed," Cynder said, climbing out of the water after a few minutes had passed in comfortable silence. "We've got a lot of things to do tommorrow."
She shook herself off from head to toe spraying water everywhere.
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'Just pick out a spot Cynder, and we;ll fill in the rest. Make sure you dry off first, before jumping into bed.." Dixie said to her..
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Rood right Rynder" Scooby said warmly.. "Ri rook rorward ro reating ragainst rou tommorow.."
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"Don't go thinking you're going to win," Cynder said, giving herself another shake and then padding out of the room.
"Same to you!" Spyro called after her.
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'So are we going to up the ante boys, or what? You guys certainly look confident..' dixie grinned.. "What will Cynder and I have to do, if you guys should,in the unlikely event, beat us.? " This comment made both boys look nervous.
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Spyro managed to surpress his nervousness and reply with confidence. "Why shouldn't we be? Scooby can really pack away the food, I'm a pretty powerful fighter, and I've also lived with Sparx most of my life, thus giving us the advantage in all three contests."
He spoke with a bit of hesitance, hoping it would sound like he was stating facts and not bragging.
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Dixie gave them both a look, it was almost as if she was sizing them up.. "That may be true Spyro. But Cynder hasn't eaten much over the last couple days, I happen to be pretty good with a blade, and I'm pretty sure i can tune out a dragonfly flapping his gums for an hour. " She smiled. "So what are you playing for boys?' She repeated. "You didn't answer it before, So I'm repeating it.."
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Spyro looked thoughtful for a moment and then a smile spread across his face. "Well.. if we're in the mood... you two will have to climb up on a table in front of the whole cafe and sing and dance something. What do you think, Scooby? Do you know any song that would be particularly embarrassing?"
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"Rot Reaally" Scooby replied shaking his head..
_"You're forgetting I was a showboat performer" Dixie replied. "So I can actually sing, and make it look good.." She smiled. "You guys will have to think of something better than that.."
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Ducky nodded to what Ali said, "It is true. The floor must have been like sleeping on a cold cave floor or close. The cot was ok, but a bit small for Petrie and myself and not as comfortable where I usually sleep." She said.
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Spyro sighed and leaned back against the wall of the tub. Coming up was something to outdo the girl's forcing the two of them to dress up in dresses was harder then he imagined it could be. "Ugh."
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Rou rirls rould.. rou rnow..' Scooby winked..
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Dixie shook her head. "If you boys go down THAt route, then the gloves will definitely come off...
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Rits rust raking rissing ro rhe ext revel' Scooby protested.
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Spyro glanced between the two great danes. "I think I'm going to head to bed..."
He jumped out of the tub and shook himself off just like Cynder had done previously. He glanced back at the two of them. "Do you need me for anything before I nod off?"
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Not really" dixie nodded. "Just think of something for tommorow Spyro, something you could force us to do, if youb guys are really feeling mean. Scooby's" She splashed him in the face with water. "Got his idea, but maybe you can think of something.."
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Rood Right, Ryro.. Re'll re roing rout rin arout ren rinutes.." Scooby said.
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"I don't feel very mean at the moment," Spyro said, padding out of the room. "Good night."
When he entered the large extravegant room, he didn't see Cynder anywhere. He walked over to the bed, thinking that perhaps the covers were hiding her from view, but that wasn't the case.
He stepped out of the room and pushed open the door to the cave. Cynder was curled up in the nest. She looked up at Spyro as he stepped into the room.
"I was still dripping and didn't want to get the bed wet," she explained as Spyro walked over to her. She scooted over to make room for him to lie down next to her.
"That was nice," Spyro said, as the two curled up together.
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'Ro Rou rere ralone" Scooby began, but Dixie cut him off "Just stay over there cousin" dixie said. "I'm not in the mood for sweet talk' She glared at him. "Ri'm rorry.."
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Sorry? You better hope you guys win tommorow, or we will humiliate you" Dixie said fiercely.
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"Are you worried about tommorrow?" Spyro asked.
"About the shurlups, or the contest?" Cynder asked.
"Well, the contest really," Spyro said. "I'm having second thoughts."
"Ah," Cynder chuckled. "Well, when me and Dixie win I'll see to it that she only makes you wear the dress and you don't have to kiss Scooby."
"That's not it," Spyro said. "I'm more about the effect the competitiveness might have on our relationship and I'm a bit worried about Scooby and Dixie's relationship."
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"Rome on: Scooby said. "Ri Rove rou.."
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I know Cousin. " dixie replied "I'm very competitive thats all"
_ Ras ram RI' Scooby Said, moving closer to her. "Ri Rope rou rill rove re rafter Tommorow, reven rif rou rave ro riss Rynder"
_ Dixie hugged him. "Scooby..' She laughed.
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"Don't worry," Cynder reassured him. "I'm not going to break up with you over something as silly as this."
"Are you sure?" Spyro asked.
"Positive," Cynder replied. "Now let's try and get some sleep."
The two dragon's closed their eyes and fell asleep in a few moments.
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"Come on" Dixie said, "Lets get to bed. " She kissed Scooby on the lips, then climbed out of the tub.. "Come in Cousin, Lets get Spyro and Cynder in here, so we can go to bed. Dixie walked out of the room, and climbed into bed. "Go get them and get back here" She said, calling into him.
_ Scooby climbed out of the Tub and walked out of the room. he poked his head unto The dragons room' Rome ron ruys, Rime ror red. Rafe rup" He said softly as the two of them stirred.
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"Aw, Scooby, we just fell asleep," Spyro said, rolling onto his feet.
Cynder groaned and glared over at Scooby. "I'm going to give you a five second head start. Five... four...."
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"ruit rour rhinning" Scooby, said, turning and and holding the door open for them. "Rome ron, Ri'm rorry rif Ri woke rou ruys rup, rut Rixie rent re.."
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Cynder sighed and stopped counting down. The two dragons hopped out of the nest and headed out the door. They then entered the dogs' room and headed straight for the bed. They leapt onto the mattress and curled up together, looking a bit like a pair of cats.
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Scooby followed them and climbed into bed. Dixie was waiting for them. "Hi, guys. I'm sorry if you guys were already asleep, but now you guys can rest without any further interuption.." She said, resting her head against the pillow. 'This bed is REALLY soft, it almost feels as if I'm sleeping on air.' Scooby curled up next to her, and looked at the two dragons ' Rould rou ruys rike a rillow?' he asked , pointing to a pillw lting at the head of the bed..
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Deimos looked at Taiga, Rime and Dr. Zanasiu. "So ready to open up a can of whoop-ass on these things?"
"You're really ready to fight aren't you Deimos?" Rime said.
Deimos grinned. "Yep, it gives me a rush."
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'I'm heading to bed guys' Nick said to them. "Wake us up if you see anything suspecious.."
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Stripetail sat in the corer of the office and closed his eyes. Nani, Lilo, angel, and Stitch slept on the first cot, with the Shurlup babes asleep in thier pen..
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"Only if I can smother you with it," Cynder said dryly.
"No, we're fine. Thank you," Spyro said, flinching at Cynder's comment. It reminded him of a few times she had snapped at him while they had been chained together.
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"From my brother's description, I think I'm more then ready to deal with them," Taiga said. He stretched his arms over his head and yawned. "Looks we're the last few that are still awake."
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'Cynder! Thats not nice' Dixie said. "Look, this challenge is not going to ruin the relationships between us, no matter who wins. ok, so cynder and I will get a few- make that a lot- of laughs, at you guys wearing my dresses. And I'm sure you guys will grin huge grins as you take a picture of Cynder and I lip-locking. but no matter what, we still love each other. I love Scooby, and He loves me. Cynder, you love Spyro, and Spyro, Cynder's your girl. Guys, you're buddies, and Cynder's a nice girl inspite of her very acidic wit' Dixie grinned.
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"I'm just really tired and I've had a long day," Cynder said, not sounding very repentant at all. "Diminsonal travel, guns, giant monsters, and car rides have a very negative effect on me, so don't take anything I say right now too seriously."
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'Good night Cynder' Dixie said, reaching over, and giving her a big hug. " You too Spyro' She said, Giving Him a squeeze and a peck on the cheek. She smiled as Spyro began to blush beet red.
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"Hey!" Spyro yelped as his cheek was kissed. He rubbed his cheek. "Uh, good night."
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"I'm just being friendly" Dixie said, moving back as scooby put his arms around her and held her close to him. 'good night.. Sc..' She was cut off as Scooby kissed her. The kiss lasted a good ten seconds before she pulled away. They looked at each other for a few seconds. "Just hold me, alright" She said finally. She laid her head on Scooby's chest and he wrapped his arms around her. it was then Scooby noticed something. "Rixie, rou raren't rearing rany..' He stopped and llooked at his partner, who had closed her eyes and nodded off to sleep. Scooby shrugged and laid his head bck on the pillow. Within a few minutes, he fell asleep as well.
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Morning came, and dixie stirred. she looked ovet Scooby who was still asleep, then over at cynder ans Spyro, who were still asleep as well. She pushed Scooby away from her, and climbed over him and out of bed. She Stretched, and went over to the bathroom, to get changed and freshen up.
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The two dragons also fell asleep soon after and thankfully weren't disturbed again. Spyro was the first to awaken the next morning. He glanced around the room for a moment sleeply and then over at Cynder. He licked the dragoness' cheek and then tried to slide out of her embrace.
Cynder groaned and her eyes flashed open. "Is it morning this time?"
"Yes, it is," Spyro answered, stretching his wings, tail, and neck. He glanced around the room again. "Do you want to go find the tourist and ask him if we can explore this place a bit?"
"Mmm," Cynder stood up on the bed and stretched. "Sure sounds like fun."
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Scooby awoke a few minutes later. He sTretched, and looked over, only to find he was the last one in bed. he sheepishly climbed out of the bed, and looked around. He could hear the shower in the bathroom, someone was obviously taking a shower.
_'WHAT are you doing in my master's bed?' Came a deep cold voice from the corner. Scooby turned around, and looked up, to see an enormous dragon glaring at him from a doorway, which apparently led into the house proper. "Rynder! Ryro! Rixie! Re rave ra roblem!' Scooby cried out in fear.
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"Did he get terrified of his shadow?" Cynder wondered aloud, turning around to see the adult dragon. Spyro also turned and his eyes widened in fright. The dragon was larger than the adults in his world.
"We didn't know anyone lived here!" Spyro exclaimed. "We were just spending the night."
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"indeed" The dragon fumed, stepping into the room . His head brushedthe ceiling, and he bent his head to look at the two young dragons. "So.. you are dragons.. like me.. teenagers.. " He mused, smoke coming out of his nostrils. "HOW did you get in here?' He asked, giving both of them a withering glance.
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They backed away as the dragon entered the room. Both dragons pointed nervously at the door that led out into the main room.
"We came through some weird doorway into here," Spyro explained. "We're leaving today anyway."
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Wataru yawned as he stepped out of the castle and leapt the last few feet to the street below. Taiga followed him as he led the way back into the cafe. They would have to get breakfast there, since the only thing resembling food in Castle Doran was the fangire souls that its three permanent residents fed on.
"Good morning," Wataru said as he entered the safe room.
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"So its one of those damned Tardises, then, eh? Well, did you enjoy the night?" the dragon went over to the bed and sniffed it, his large face sniffingg nearly the whole bed at once.. "Apparently.." He turned and looked at them. a faint smile appeared on his lips, "so, do you two couples feel any different now than you did last night?
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Rhat arare rou ralking arout?" Scooby said, fear gripping him as the huge dragon looked. "Get up.. and go get your lady friemd out of the bathroom." The dragon said.
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"He sure is nosy," Cynder whispered to Spyro. She was relaxing a bit now that the bigger dragon had ceased to be so hostile Spyro however still looked nervous.
"What do you mean? Different?" Spyro asked.
Cynder sighed and stepped around the enormous dragon, moving over to the dresser where she had laid her jewelry the night before.
"I feel fine," Cynder said, as she snapped her collar back on and then placed the neckalce over top of it.
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"You obviously have never been given 'the talk", then?' The Dragon said, smiling, at Spyro. "I am Lord Tarrax of Dragomalin. Forgive my prior hostility, but i don't care much for unwelcome guests.." He looked over At Cyndee, As Dixie came into the rooom. She was wearing her yellow dress, and had the blanket "dress" under her arm. "Oh.. my.." She gaped at Tarrax, who caught notice of her..
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Good Morning, Nick said as they entered the office. "I've been up for about a half-hour, getting fryers warmed up. What would you like for Breakfast?'
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The tourist stepped into the console room and looked around a bit and seeing one of the guest rooms open smiled and was about to take a step in the direction when Jolee stepped into the console room from another door.
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Exuse me" ali said poking her head out of the door. "Which door leads to the Cafe? Ducky and I want to get some breakfast.."
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"It's just through those door." The tourist said pointing towards the doors they had come in from the cafe. "I hope everyone had a good night's sleep." he said to those he could see.
Jolee went over and whispered to The Tourist who kept his face neutral as he listened.
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"Come on "Ducky" ali said, following the Tourist's instructions.... Shee was quickly joined by Pewtrie and Snoopy who had come in from his room.
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Stripetail stretched as he awoke to the smell of frying fish. "Fish, for breakfast, Nick?' He queried. "Well, I don't have any waffles or syrup or anything i usually set out for breakfast" Nick replied. "So i'm cooking what i have.. I do have some hash browns left.."
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Ducky nodded saying ,"Ok." She went with Petrie & Snoopy who had just come out, and followed Ali into the Cafe.
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Would you like to join us mister? Ali said, turning back and looking at the Tourist. "We're having breakfast, and you're welcome to have some if you want."
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"Well, we're sorry to have intruded," Cynder said as she slipped on her bracelets. She walked back over to Spyro.
"Don't worry, Dixie," Spyro said as he saw her shock upon seeing the large dragon. "He isn't going to hurt us."
"She might find that more reassuring if you weren't still shaking," Cynder chuckled at Spyro.
"I'm not shaking," Spyro said, though his body disagreed.
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"We'll have whatever you're making," Taiga said, finding a place to sit down.
Nago entered the room, stretching his arms over his head and yawning. He sniffed the air and caught the scent of the fish. "That smells delicious."
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"Tell me your names then" Tarrax said.. "its proper manners my young dragons."
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I'm Dixie" Dixie said finally. "This is Scooby.."
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Scooby turned pale as Tarrax leaned in close to him and gave him a looking over. "Interesting.." Was all he said. Scooby felt like he was going to faint.
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"I'm Spyro and this is Cynder," Spyro said.
Cynder glanced over at the cowering great dane. "What's interesting?"
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"Interesting.. A Great leader inside of a coward's body" Tarrax replied.
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Ri'm rot ra roward" Scooby Protested weakly.
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Your fear of me says otherwise. I can smell fear, I can smell cowardice, and many other things as well." Tarrax replied matter-of factly.
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"What makes you say Scooby is a leader?" Cynder asked skeptically. "I really doubt it's because of his smell."
"Scooby's not a coward," Spyro argued. "He's helped us out of a few tough situations."
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'My Cousin is not a coward." Dixie said strongly. 'And as for his leadership abilities, Well I haven't really seen much there.." She admitted.
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Well then, if he is not a leader, then why is he wearing that ring?' Tarrax pointed a huge claw at the ring on Scooby's paw. "Who gave you those rings, anyway?"
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"A squirrel magician named Stripetail," Cynder replied. "Does the name mean anything to you?"
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At the Mention of Stripetail's name Tarrax gave them a second look. "You've met my master? "
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Stripetail's your master?" Dixie said. "Yes, "tarrax nodded. "He must have seen something in you four to give you those rings, they are immensely powerful, and in the wrong hands could wreck havoc on the worlds.."
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(OOC: I guess everyone's gone to the cafe? )
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(Not everyone. Ali and Ducky are asking if the tourist wants to join them for breakfast)
Tarrax nodded. "Well, i think you 4 best get going.. It was nice meeting you.. but don't come in that way.. ever again.."
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"Okay," Cynder said, making a hasty retreat towards the door. Spyro followed her.
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"Cpome on Scooby" Dixie said, half dragging her cousin out though the door, the last image they saw was aof Tarrax moving his huge clkaws in a geasture.
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In a twinkling, they stood in the middle of the kitchen in front of Nick. "How did we get here.?' Dixie wondered as Atripetailcame up to them. "So where did you guys sleep?' he asked.
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"Well, the tourist was kind enough to provide us a place to sleep," Cynder replied with an amused smirk. "It was this big extravagent room, looked fit for a king. It also had a hottub."
"Welcome back," Nago said to the four of them. "Sounds like you got the best place to sleep of us all."
"You haven't seen any of the rooms in Castle Doran," Wataru said to Nago.
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There was also this giant dragon there that nearly made Scooby wet himself "Dixie said.
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A Giant Dragon? What was his name?' Stripetail said, giving them both a loook.
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His name was Tarrax.. or something like that' Dixie replied.
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So, you were in MY house?" Stripetail said, a little taken aback. "Fascinating... I take it Tarrax wasn't too pleased to see the 4 of you in there.."
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"No, he wasn't," Spyro said. "I was afraid we would have to fight him."
"He recognized the rings you gave us," Cynder spoke up. "He even said something about Scooby's ring making him a leader or something..."
"Having a certain power does not necessarily make one a good leader," Nago said, briefly entering the conversation.
Taiga looked thoughtful at Nago's comment. He glanced down at his glove-covered left hand.
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Leadership abilities can often lie dormant inside, then rise to the surface in times of crisis. I Do not just give out power to just anyone" stripetail said firmly. "If Tarrax thinks Scooby can be a leader, then Scooby can be a leader. But he needs experience, and a great dose of self-confidence" He said looking at Scooby with a glance. "Tarrax is a terrible foe, trying to fight him, would have been a big mistake, even with your rings.." He said to them..
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The tourist smiled, "I'd like to, but there's something I must see to first, but I may take you up on your offer in your near future." He said. He went over to the console. Jolee had whispered about something not feeling right about the tardis, some disturbance in the force & he had to admit he had felt something but he wasn't as sensitive to certain things as Jolee was and he didn't want to get the guests worried. He flicked a few switches and seeing the readout kept his features controlled, it was as bad as Jolee felt. He looked up, "You kids have a great breakfast. As I mentioned I may take you up in the offer in the near future, thanks though." He said to Ali. He then put his hands on the telepathic circuits area of the console and sent off a message to Gallifrey.
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"Yeah, he didn't look like someone you would want to mess with," Cynder agreed. She hopped up onto the counter and leaned over the stove to see what Nick was cooking.
Nago glanced over at Scooby, seeming to size him up. Taiga and Wataru soon followed his gaze to the dog.
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So anyway, We have a little challenge going on today, between the boys and the girls.." Dixie began, and Nick pulled out a basket of fish.. Cynder's mouth began to water, Dixie had not been kidding the previous night when she had said Cynder was really hungry.
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Yes?" Stripretail said.. "We'd like you to judge it. Its a 3 challenge bet, best of 3..First challenge, food eating contest. then a Shurlup killing contest, and finally, who can put up with Sparx the longest" Dixie said..
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"You're not interested in having a panel of judges?" Nago wondered.
"If I take part in your little event do I get excused for my previous behavior?" Sparx asked.
"No," Cynder growled at him, briefly looking away from the fish. "You have to do everythng we tell you to anyway, so it's not like you can refuse to participate."
She used the tip of her tail to spear one of the fishes and lift it up to her mouth, chewing on it in spite of the fact that it was still red hot. Sparx looked downcast.
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"Well, I think I'll add two more to make a total ogf 5. Event #4, will be a song/dance challenge, and #5 will be a knowledge challenge. And Nago and Nick will be my Co-Judges" Stripetail said.
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"Sounds good," Spyro said.
"Mm-hmm," Cynder agreed through her mouthful of fish.
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So what are you guys playing for?' Nick asked. "Well if we win' Dixie said, they guys have to dress up in my dresses, and wear them for the whole day."
Stripetail burst out laughing.. "So its a matter of who gets to humiliate their partners?' He grinned..
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The Tourist then flicked another switch on the console, "could you folks come to the console room quickly, I'll explain once you're here." he said into the communications then turned back to Ali.
"I'm glad I met you, wish I could take you up on your offer, but due to a minor problem I'll have some paperwork to do." He said, not wanting to get her worried of the seriousness of the problem of the tardis. Parts of it hooking up to another spot on another world in another universe when he was parked and not in the time vortex and the entry doors already linked to another universe was very bad indeed. Jolee's sensitivity had picked up on it & it must be bad indeed to not just have happened but for the tardis to not tell him or issue a general warning or anything.
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(OOC: Am I correct in assuming that the warning was issued to and only heard by those still in the tardis? If I'm incorrect then I'll edit this post.)
Cynder glanced over at Stripetail with an odd expression on her face. She hadn't quite expected such a reaction from him when he eventually found out about the bet.
"Hey, I thought the deal was for us to dress up and then you could take a picture of us," Spyro said.
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No, that was for you guys taking a picture of us.'Dixie replied. "We never said anything about taking a picture of you. although that might be a good idea. And Stripetail, If the boys win, Cynder and I will have to.. " She whispered in his ear.. Stripetail gave her a weird glance then a smile appeared on his face. "Alright, this is a contest for pride. 5 contests, best of 5 wins. and there can be ties..If Dixie and Cynder win, then Scooby and Spyro will have to wear Dixie's dresses for awhile. If Scooby and Spyro win, well Dixie and Cynder will have to do something, that I'm not really comfortable discussing openly in front of Lilo. lets just say they'll get to know each other really well.."
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(ooc: What warning where?)
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(isn;t there an insane cafe 2 Thread in Discussions? I'm pretty sure I set one up about a year ago. It cuts down on OCc conversations like this.. oh well. He's refering to the warning the tardis was supposed to give off if something bad happened.. and creeating windows into other dimensions is BAD..)
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(OOC: I looked but could not find one. As for the Tardis thing, I assumed that is where you wanted things to go with the Tourist and his friends since his tardis had a part of it that hooked or connected to, or whatever, with stripetail's castle, when it was connected to the cafe. 2 different places, I assume in different universes or times, but even if it's the same universe it's still a bad thing. A sign the interior of the tardis is dissolving, breaking down or somesuch. Like in a story of the 5th doctor where that started to happen after Turlough sabotaged the doctor's tardis.)
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We can just say that due to interdimensiional rifting that the interior of the tardis is breaking down and needs to be stabilized.. Back ito the Story)
"The first challenge will a food eating contest betwen Cynder and Scooby' Dixie said.
_ 'Very Well" Stripetail said, taking a piece of fish and muching on it. :You will be eating FISH" He gestured and two large plates appeared on the table, each countaining several varities of fish, including blue gill, haddock, smelt and cod. sitting next to the plate was a large pitcher of water for drinking."Each fish is seperated from tthe other, and you must eat at least one of each. they will keep reappearing after you eat them, so you don't have to worry about eating all of them. Both of you will have fifteen minutes to eat, the one who eats the most fish will win. There will be two counters sitting next to the plates, every time you finish eating a piece, the counter will go up..
"Nick you will keep charge of time, and Nago you will be in charge of makinng sure that each contestant keeps their eyes on their plate, and not worry about what their opponent is doing. I will call out the score every so often, and Nick will note when each minute has passed. Are you two ready? Stripetail asked.
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Dr. Kerzach, Mr. Bigmouth and Zachary woke up from the scent fish.
Deimos, Rime and Dr. Zanasiu entered the kitchen.
"Hey Nick, is that fish for us?" Deimos asked.
Strut yawned. "Hey, Nick, we havin' a fish breakfast?"
"We'll all have pancakes." Dr. Kerzach said, gesturing to Zachary and Mr. Bigmouth.
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Yeah,, since you guys used up most of my fries and hamburgers yersterday. " Nick said, scowling a little.
- Shaggy and Bart came into the room. "MMM.. Fish.." Shaggy said as Nick whipped up a plate of fish. "Help yourselves, but be careful, they're very hot.." Nick warned.
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"Ready," Cynder replied stepping over to the nearst plate.
"Good luck, Scooby," Spyro said.
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Kick his tail in , Cynder!' Dixie cheered. "Get us on the scoreboard first!
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Rood ruck, Rynder.. rut rot roo ruch ruck..' Scooby said. Ri'm ready" He said, perching himself on a stool, over the plate of fish. He poured himself a glass of water, so that he could take quick sips when needed.
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Who are we rooting for nani?' lilo asked. "Mesa rooting for girls to win. " Stitch said, chewing on a piece of fish. "It woukld be kinda funny see those guys have to dress in girls clothes..' Nani said. "It reminds of a dare some guys made with each other in college.."
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Come on Scoob! " Shaggy cheered.
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"Well, I'm voting for my buddy, Spyro," Sparx said, hovering over top of Stitch's head.
"I don't need any luck," Cynder replied confidently.
Wataru and Taiga watched quietly, neither of them knew either team well enough to know which they wanted to lend their support to.
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BEGIN!" Stripetail commanded and counters went to 0. and the two contestants began attacking the food. Scooby went after the cod first, taking big bites and drinking sips from his watrer. He was used to binge eating, in fact he was a past master at it. So Scooby was very cionfident he could rack up a huge number. 'Ropefully round 150" He thought to himself. That would translate to 10 in a minute , or one every six seconds.
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Cynder bit into the fish as quickly as she could. She gulped down the food ravenously and quickly, not very far behind Scooby. When she found herself getting thirsty, she simply stuck her head into the pitcher and slurped up a mouthful of water.
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Score is 30-28 Scooby leads. Stripetail called out. Both were on a very rapid pace. Scooby was eating a fish in arund 3 seconds, Cynder between 3 and 4 seconds. at that pace, both would eat well over 200 peces of fish.. Scooby switched to the smelt, which was a tiny fish. Since they were so much smaller, you had to eat 4 to count for 1 of the others. Scooby stuffed in several smelt and began chewing. the counter raced upward.. he was now at 40, by Cynder was still in striking range, within 5.
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Unfortunately Cynder's endurance was wearing down. Scooby's stomach seemed to be a bottomless pit. Cynder found her pace getting sluggish as her stomach filled more and Scooby began pulling away. She grabbed the largest piece of fish she could and tried to wolf it down, deciding to go for the larger size and larger point value, rather then Scooby's small, but fast scoring method.
"She's looking weak," Sparx commented.
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;Go for the smelt!' Dixie cried out. "they're smaller and easier to chew!. Scooby had eaten 60 in less than 5 minutes, while Cynder had eaten 45. He switxched to the haddock, taking drinks fromm to time, to prevent his mouth from drying out. He plowed ahead..
"!0 minutes left!" Nick called out. Scooby now lead by nearly 20 pieces.. but he knew there was still a lot of time left..
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keep it up Cynder.. I believe in you!' Dixie called out...
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Cynder followed Dixie's advice switching to the smaller pieces of fish, she also cut down on the water, giving her more time to eat the fish.
"Come on, Scooby!" Spyro cheered.
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Cynder managed to pick up the pace a little bit, but Scooby now had a very large lead. he passed 100 wihin another minute, and with more than half the time remaining, he was easily going to pass 150, the only question was by how much. Cynder reached 70 pieces, her deficit was now 34 pieces of fish..
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"That dog sure is gluttonous isn't he?" Taiga asked. Wataru nodded. "It's a good thing he isn't a fangire."
Cynder managed five more peices, before she flopped down, her stomach bulging out a bit from all the food she had eaten. "Ugh."
"Ha, looks like the first round goes to the boys," Sparx said.
Cynder's form stiffened and she burped, a cloud of purple smoke coming from her mouth before a dark purple glow surrounded her. She leapt back at the plate of fish and gulped down several more, her fury state burning away all the fish he had eaten to maintain itself.
"Keep it up, Scooby," Spyro said. "She won't be able to use that trick for very long."
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But the Fury state she was in allowed her to rapidly cut her deficit. in a minute she was able to consume 30 pieces of fish, an astounding two seconds per fish. in that minute she outate Scooby 30-15, she was now at 105 he was at 119. "7 minutes" Nick called out. Scooby switched to cod, fulfilling Stripetail's requirement of eating at least one of each.. He continued eating in his normal fashion.. but Cynder was now catching up. Scooby hit 140, she hit 130.. He hit 150, she hiit 140. the margin shrunk to under 10 pieces.. the purple light was starting to slowly fade.. once it did Scooby would extend his lead again.. and time was now starting to become a factor.. Scooby ate his 170th piece, Cynder was on piece #159.
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Cynder had already eaten one of every piece of fish with her ravenous munching. The fury state might have caught her up a bit and it would leave her with a bit of room for food after it wore off, but that would be no help if Scooby didn't somehow get stuffed and slow his pace.
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the clocked ticked down to 5 minutes. With 4:32 left Scooby ate his 200th piece, at the 4 minute mark the last of Cynder's fury faded, leaving her stomach empty, and leaving her around 12 pieces behind. at 3:26 Cynder ate her 200th piece, a feat which had you told her about even yesterday, she would have declared it impossible and smacked you upside the head with her wing for even sugggesting it... Scooby was now at 218, Cynder at 202. there were 3 minutes left, it was now home stretch time. "Dig Deep Cynder! Dig deep! Dixie called out. "you're doing great! Just keep it up for 3 more minutes..!"
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"I knowf, I knowf!" Cynder said through a mouthful of fish. Though the fury had cleared her stomach, it also left her tired and shaky. She ignored her body and dug into the fish, but still wasn't doing much to catch up to Scooby.
"Has anyone seen those little dinosaurs anywhere?" Taiga asked, glancing around.
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I'm Right here!" Ali said, coming up to him, 'and I'm hardly little.. either" she grinned..
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Scooby ate his 240th piece with just over 2 minutes left, he had eaten over 20 pieces over that minute. 'Ret's ry ror 25)" He muttered taking a long sip of water. That sip of water allowed Cynder to reach 230, she had nearly matched him piece for piece. The clock stood at 1:57, and the margin was 11 pieces, Scooby 241, Cynder 230.
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Cynder lapped up just enough water to keep from getting parched before starting in on the home stretch, the urgency of the situation speeding her on.
"Well, I suppose not," Taiga chuckled. "I don't believe we've met. I'm Taiga Nobori."
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I'm Ali' Ali said. "These are my friends, Ducky, Petrie Skitter and Mr. Ace."
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Scooby reached 250 with 1:22 left. Cynder reached that mark 20 seconds later. Her last desperate kick was drawing her closer.. Scooby's lead was down to 6. With 37 seconds left, he ate his 261st piece, Cynder was on 253.
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"I'm pleased to meet you," he said, bowing his head formally. "I suppose you were drawn here by the strange nature of this building?"
Wataru had explained a little bit of what he had learned of the cafe to Taiga. He had picked up the information mainly from listening to the conversations of the others.
Cynder couldn't think of any more ploys to speed herself up, her fury had been her best chance. Still she wouldn't resign herself to defeat just yet and she continued to gulp down the fish with determination.
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Finally, after nearly 15 minutes of overeating that would horrify even a sumo wrestler, Scooby finally began to tire. He switched to the smelt again and began to eat them, two at a time. He reached 270 with 10 seconds left, Nick begabn to count down andCynder made her very last go at it, She began forcing 4-5 smelt in her mouth at the same ime. " 10-9 8 7, 6 , 5 .' Cynder reached 270 with 5 seconds left. the margin was 4. "4 3, 2 . Scooby reached 275, Cynder 272. 1. TIME!" Nick stopped as the buzzer rang. Both contestant leaned back in thier seats, and finished eating their last bites of fish, those fish would count since they had started eating them before the time ran out. Stripetail raised his hand. "Scooby wins! final score was 277 for Scooby to 273 for Cynder. Between the 2 of you, you ate 550 pieces of fish. Take an hour or so to recouperate.. both of you have more than earned. the Boys lead 1-0. "
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Deimos clapped. Then he resumed stuffing fish, 2 at a time down his throat.
Rime was also eating fish. "Hey, Nick these are good!"
Strut, Dr. Kerzach, Mr. Bigmouth and Zachary were eating their pancakes.
Dr. Zanasiu was eating some of the fish as well. "Yeah, Rime's right; these are good."
"Hey, is the ammo where I left it yesterday?" Strut asked.
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Scooby stumbled aslowly out of his seat, his stomach rumbling with every step. He had eaten 277 fish over 15 minutes, or more than 18 fish a minute. 'Arother rive reconds rand rhe rould rave raught rup.' he said to Spyro, rubbing his sore belly..
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Dixie raced over to Cynder, and helped her out of her chair. "You did an OUTSTANDING job, Cynder!' She said, hugging her.
"Well I only order the best tastiest fish for my customers' Nick said.. with a grin.. He had never seen 2 creatures eat so much fish before..
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Zachary pushed his platter of pancakes away. "Hey, anyone up for some target shooting?"
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'Sure" Nani said, going over and picking up her gun from her purse. "Where are the targets set up?' She asked.
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Lilo, you stay with us' Jummba said. "eat some pancakes.. " Nick plopped down a big steaming pile of pancakes , straight from the stove..
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"Nani, the targets are in the back. They're just simple pieces of debris." Strut replied. "Uh, you'll have to shoot with Rime or Zachary. I use a shotgun, not a rifle."
Rime and Zachary got up, grabbed their weapons and loaded their magazines. "Ready to go."
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Ducky, Petrie, Snoopy, waved while smiling. Skitter Smiled and raised his right front leg in a sort of wave.
"Nice to meet you." Ducky said.
"Me agree." Petrie said.
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"You're probably hungry," Taiga said eyeing the dinosaurs.
"Nick, do you have any vegetables left for the dinosaurs?" Wataru asked.
"I'll join you," Nago said, getting up and walking over to the group that planned to go target shooting.
Cynder sighed. She was rather stuffed, but not to the same point as Scooby. "You guys should enjoy your victory, while it lasts..."
"Thanks. We will," Spyro replied smugly.
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We have some left. They can help themselves.." Nick said. the leaves are stiored in the fridge over there.."
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Strategy session Cynder in 10 minutes. we can't affiord to lose the next challenge.." Dixie said, giving her a meaningful look. "How good are you at singing?"
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"Right," Cynder said walking over to Dixie. "Singing? I don't know, I never really tried, but you made a living at it, so we should be able to win that contest right?"
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'Well the fourth contest is a singing contest, which we should win, rather easily. I'm a good singer, I had to sing as part of my showboat performances.. We have to win the Shurlup challenge though first , otherwise we'll be down 2-0, and facing the very real possibility of being forced to pick up where we left off upstairs yesterday. " Dixie said, her mouth set in a firm line. "if we win the Shurlup contest, the contest is virtually certain to go the full five, because Scooby's not much of a singer. How about Spyro? Does he sing? ' She asked.
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"Well, he's occasionally sung along with Sparx," she glanced over at Spyro to see that he was well out of earshot. "But he wasn't too good, but I think Sparx dragged him down a bit."
"I heard that," Sparx said.
"Oh, go away," Cynder said. When it looked like Sparx was going to stay and argue, Cynder added. "Remember you have to listen to us for two whole weeks."
Sparx grumbled and flew over to Stripetail. "Hey, squirrel dude, any chance of getting another slushie, or maybe some ice cream?"
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What Flavor?' Stripetail replied. "And I didn't hear the word "please" anywhere in there, either..' he gave the dragonfly a odd look.
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So he's OK.. not really trained.. he'll probably be better than Scooby, but thats not saying much..." Dixie mused.. "Singing we can chalk up on our side, but we have to make sure we even get to that point. How long can you put up with Sparx flapping his gums?" She asked Cynder.
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Nani headed out back with Strut,Rime Zachary and Nago. Outside there was large pile of assorted junk. Half a chair here, a ceiling tile there. There were also lots od broken plates, and a couple ruined tables as well.
"Plenty of things to shoot" Nani said. The table looked like it had seen the most action, as several bullet holes were visible..
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"Grape please..." Sparx replied.
Cynder shot an irritated look at the dragonfly. "Well, I suppose I'm used to him, but the trouble is we'll probably end up tying with them in that contest, unless Scooby isn't the patient type."
Nago pressed the IXA knuckle into his palm.
"Ready!" the device beeped.
"IXA bursting!" Nago exclaimed connecting the knuckle to the belt. "Fist on!" the belt announced as the golden hologram appeared in front of Nago and slid over him, becoming the IXA suit. He raised the IXAcalibur in its gun mode and took a shot at the table. The shot was more, or less dead center and blew a massive hole in the wood.
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Done" Stripetail gestured and a large grape slushie appeared in front of Sparx. a straw and several cut strawberries were included in the slushie.
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Scooby is usually very patient' Dixie frowned. "If we do tie in that one, then we'll be 1-1-1, at best, through 3. we'll win the 4th challenge, so all we 'd need to do to win, is win or tie the final challnge. A Tie would actually be to our benefit, in that case. I don't know what would happen if we end up tied with the boys after 5. say we lose the next challenge, tie the third, and win the last two.."
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"Come on Petrie." Ducky said. The two of them looked for bowls of several sizes including a large one for Ali and put them on the table then looked in the indicated fridge and started putting some leaves & vegetables into the various bowls.
Once they did this then then put some fruit, if they found any, into another bowl or 2 separate from the vegetables and leaves.
"Here is some food if you're hungry." Ducky said to Ali.
"Anyone else too." Petrie said.
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Taiga shook his head at the offer of vegetables, instead glancing toward the fish Nick had cooked.
Sparx picked out one of the strawberry slices and took a bite out of it.
"There could always be a sixth event in case of a tie," Cynder suggested.
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a tiebreaker event? hmm.." dixie paused. "We'll ask Stripetail.. He's the chief judge.." She went over to Stripetail, who was helping himself to some more fish. "Excuse me Stripetail. what happens if, after 5 events we're tied with the boys?" she asked. "Hmm. so both of you will have won 2 events and tied in 1?" She nodded. "Well, I think that will depend on the four of you. If you all agree, we can hold a 6th challenge, as a tiebreaker. Or, if there's no agreement, then BOTH sides have to do what the other wanted, and we'll flip a coin to see which side has to go first.. in other words, No One keeps their pride.." Stripetail said..
Ali picked at a couple of carrot in her bowl. She had never seen the orange vegetable before. "What is this?' she wondered.
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"That's a carrot," Wataru said, also helping himself to some fish.
Cynder sighed. "I was afraid you'd say something like that."
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"We'll have to ask the boys, if in the case that we tie after 5, if they'd be willing to have have a tiebreaking contest.. " dixie said confidently. "Cousin," she called out to Scooby, who was lying down on a cot in the office, recovering from his gorging. "Reah!" He said, moaning a little.. "if we are tied after 5 games, would you and Spyro be willing to have another challenge, to break the tie?"
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rell, rok, rut rhat rif re rie rhat too?" Scooby replied. "Rif re rare rill ried rafter rive rames, Ri ron't rind raving ra rixth. Ri'm rure Ryro, ron't rind reither. "
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(OOC - Strut's still inside and not shooting.)
"Nice to see you Nani." Rime said.
"So ready for some shooting?" Zachary asked. "We'll use the wrecked table about 100 yards from here."
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Strut was listening to the conversation between Dixie and Scooby. "Hey, could the sixth competition be a shooting match?"
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"I don't think so," Cynder said. "And it's not as though the tiebreaker match is going to be a sure thing yet anyway."
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I was thinking more along the lines of a 1-on-1 battle" Stripetail said. "If it ever gets to that point, which is not a guarantee , by any stretch..."
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Skitter started to eat from the small plate Ducky had put some food onto. Ducky and Petrie used both their hands to eat the food.
"Very tasty, this is, it is, it is." Ducky said.
"Petrie agree." He said after he had a few bites.
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"Hey" Shaggy said. "Can we get a pizza?' He glanced toward stripetail. " A extra large one, with all the works/" Stripetail gave him a withering glance. "pleasew" he said nervously.
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You're getting cheese, and liking it" Came the terse reply. And in a twinkling a gigantic cheese pizza lay on the table, and Shaggy's mouth fell open. it was the largest pizza he had ever seen, and for shaggy, that was saying a lot. This was a garlic bread pizza, which meant that the crust tasted like garlic bread. the smell of pizza filled the room and Shaggy's mouth began to water. "Scoob! Get in here! We've got pizza!" He grinned.
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Rhaggy, Ri rust rate 277 rieces rof rish!" Scooby moaned. "ralrightm, raright, Ri'm romming." He said, coming off the cot.
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Ali looked up from her leaves. "What's pizza? Is it like a plant?" She asked.
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A few seconds later the outline of the tardis appeared, first faintly, and then finally soldifying. the door to it opened, and a rush of steam poured out. Stripetail walked up to it, he was somewhat familiar with time lords, and their devices. "Having problems? He inquired. "If So, Perhaps I can help, I've been inside a tardis before, on a few occassions."
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Ducky sniffs, "Some of it smells like it is from a plant, but not all of it, no, it does not." Ducky said.
"Maybe it mix. " Petrie said.
Snoopy sniffed and identified the odors. Having seen those 2 eat he wondered if the pizza would keep them occupied more then a minute or 2.
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"Not sure," The Tourist said, "They lent me this model till the paperwork goes through for me to get a new one."
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Paperwork" stripetail said sympathetically. 'They saddle you with a 'loaner' , and its usually not in very good condition. The new models usually can tolerate some interdimension connections, but apparently this model couldn't, which is why its acting up like this. Probably blew a bunch of wires and fuses too, which they'll probably charge you to replace as well. anytime something goes wrong, they stick you with the bill. same thing happened when I tried to magically move my house. the bumblers only moved about half the building, and charged me extra to move the other haf. I darn near changed them into turkeys, I was so angry.." stripetail said.
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"This pizza will keep us awhile, especially since Scooby's belly is already nearly full' Shaggy said. "help yourselves guys, its REALLY good."
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The Tourist nods, "It is often like that. Shouldn't be to long till I get the new one." He said.
Snoopy went over to try a piece of pizza. He had some, having to order it himself since the bald headed kid didn't put any into his dish.
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Spyro headed over to the pizza and took a slice of it in his front paws. He took a bite out of it and his eyes lit up.
"I hope it's nothing to serious," Taiga said, eyeing the tardis with concern.
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Rime and Zachary had loaded their weapons. "Ready when you are, Nani, Nago."
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"Right," Nago said as the golden visor on his helmet split open to reveal the two red lenses beneath. A burst of flame accompanied the change.
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Rime grinned and fired two quick shots at the table. He missed both times.
"My turn." Zachary replied. He fired a single shot at the table and struck it.
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Nago raised the IXAcalibur. He visualed the swallowtail fangire in the place of the table and pulled the trigger. The shot hit the table almost dead center.
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nAni fired three shots, one hit the table dead center, in the middle of indent from Nago's blaster. the second hit the upper part of the table, the third chipppped off a piece and embbed itself in a piece of ceiling tile.
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"I'll try some" Dixie volunttered. "Although, strictly speaking I am on a diet,"
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Shaggy grinned. "Come on Dixie, try some. Scoob's out of commission for awhile, and there's no reason to deny yourself some tasty food once in awhile."
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"My metabolism isn't like your guys, I burn off food much slower, plus it ted to stick to my thighs" Dixie replied. 'But I'll try a slice and bring one back to Scooby."
She took two slices and put it on a plate. She noticed Cynder eyeing the pizza. "Go ahead and try some, if you're feeling up to it Cynder" She said, smiling, as she made her way back to the office.
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Jummba, Pleekly, Lilo, and Bart all helped themselve to some pizza. "I lived off of pizza for a while, since it was cheap.." Bart said. "Although the pizza I bought usually tasted a little like cardboard and gave me bad gas.."
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Snoopy continued to eat the slice of pizza that he had while Ducky, Petrie, & Skitter ate the vegetables and other plant stuff Ducky had found.
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Stripetail climbed into the tardis, and looked around. the inside was a mess. "4th generation model from the looks of things" He said afte a few minutes. There were frayed wires visible under the control panel and several of the screens were dark, or showing garbled images. Steam periodically shot out from pipes in the ceiling, making Stripetail feel like he had just stepped into a sauna. "How long have you had this tardis?" He asked the tourist who was carrying what looked to be a bundle of wires..
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Ali sniffed at the pizza. "I'll try some, I guess.' she said, before chewing on some vegetables....
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Rime fired 5 more shots, 2 of them striking the edge of the table and sending fragments of the table flying, 2 of them hitting near the center of the table almost on top of each other and the final shot striking somewhat off center.
Zachary took a deep breath and placed 2 bullets in the indent left by Nago's blaster.
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Nani fired 3 more shots, one hit a little above the indent, another ricoheted off a bullet left by one of the gys, andthe third nicked the top of the table , sending splinters flying...
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"No thanks," Cynder sighed, rubbing her stomach. "I don't think I'll be able to eat anything for the rest of the day."
Nago took several more shoots with the IXAcalibur the shots hi9tting more or less deadcenter. He removed his mouthpiece and flipped it open. He hit three buttons, the phone/mouthpiece beeping and then announcing. "Rising!"
He hit a fourth button and the armor on his chest ejected revealing the thinner blue armor beneath. The coloration of his suit also changed to white and blue, before the gold crest on his helmet changed configuration. He inserted a blue fuestle into the phone and twisted down the handle, changing it into its blaster mode.
He raised both guns and fired, the two shots hit the inner sides of the table.
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"Alright" dixie said. "Come sit by me, while I eat then. we'll plan how to attack the Shurlups. This is, as I've said before a pivotal contest. We have to score those guys. Scooby won't be as quick with all that fish sloshing around in his belly, so we might have an advantage there.." She said.
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"Nice shot" Nani said. "How many suits of armor do you have?' She asked Nago.
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Cynder walked over to Dixie and sat down next to her. "I could use my wind magic to suck in a large amount of shurlups and then while they're dizzy you can finish them off."
"Well, it's all technically one suit," Nago said, lowering his guns. "There is Save Mode which is closest to the prototype version of IXA, then there is Burst Mode where the golden visor opens and releases a cloud of flames. Rising IXA is the perfected version of the suit and the most powerful."
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'Yes that would help, rack up the numbers' dixie nodded. "We're also competing against Strut as well, on a side wager. 500 bucks or so. so there'll be 3 teams competing, also I've been.. thinking.. about what we ... did.. yesterday.." Dixie said slowly..
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"I'd rather not talk about that just now," Cynder said with a significant glance over at Spyro and Scooby who were seated a short distance away.
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"Right." Dixie said, she had forgotten the boys were within hearing distance. If the boys found out about last night , well there would be very awkward explaining to do, at the least. at worst, they would have to ask Stripetail to step in, to settle things down..
"some place else then, after the second challenge..." She whispered finally..and added for effect, thats agreat idea Cynder" She said in a normal voice. the idea was fob off anyone who might be trying to overhear.
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"Rime ro ralk rategy Ryro" scooby said. "Re ron rhe rirst rone, rarely. Row, rit's rime ror Round 2.Rowe rould re randle rhe Shurlups? Rof re rin rhis rone, Re ran rust arour ret rhe ramera ready" He grinned.
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"Well, we have a few of those molotav cocktail things left," Spyro said. "If I'm helping to light them, then the kills should more or less count for our team right?"
Wataru finished the plate of fish he had taken and stood up, heading out to the makeshift firing range.
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Reah, Rut Ri'm rot rure, rif re ran ruse rhem..' Scooby said thoughfully.."Rut reah, rif re ran ruse rhem, ro rahead. Ranything relse, Ryro?"
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"Well, just be careful and don't let your competitiveness override your common sense," Spyro said.
Wataru examined the bullet-ridden table. He stepped over to the others. "How is everyone doing?"
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Rok" Scooby said. "Rame ro rou Ryro."
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Is there anything else you want to talk about then?' Dixie asked. "I mean, is there anything, you'd really like to see.. say! I'll take you to see a movie sometime.. " Cynder looked at her. "It's a form of entertainment..' She said simply..
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"Pretty good..'Nani said. "I'm getting the hang of this.." she continued, firing off another volley of shots..
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Spyro nodded.
"Um... okay," Cynder said, not sure exactly what to expect with such a vague discription.
"Hmm," Wataru said, watching the shots hit the table. "Kivat, Tatsulot."
Kivat dropped out of the sky, followed by the small golden dragon Wataru had summoned before. Kivat bit Wataru's hand and then hovered over to the belt that appeared around his waist, perching upside down it. Tatsulot meanwhile attached to Wataru's wrist. Yellow light obscured Wataru's form and then faded to reveal his gold and red armored form. The lenses of his mask lit up, turning red.
"Do you mind if I get in some practice?" Wataru asked.
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Dixie began explaining the concept of a movie, clearly, they didn't have them in thier world,"Haven't you ever had stories told to you? Well , a movie is a story told on screen. you get to watch the story as it unfolds, in this world, many people go to the movies. There are mant types of films, some are better than others, there are dozens of them shown every year. " dixie said. "the only way to truly get it, is to watch it. Spyro can come along, of course, if he wants to.. or he can go see one with Scooby, and we can see a different one more to our liking.."
"Sure, go ahead" Nani said , sputting her gun away. "I'm heading in to get a drink. You guys want anything..?" She asked.
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So I guess it must be a bit like the Pool of Visions, Cynder thought to herself. "I don't think it will matter much if Spyro comes, since neither of us know enough about movies to pick one we would like."
"No thanks," Nago said.
Wataru raised his arm and pulled on Tatsulot's horn. Images flashed across the slot in the dragon's back before it settled on the green image of a gun. "Bashaa Fever!"
The Bashaa Magnum was suddenly in Wataru's hand. Tatsulot slid off Wataru's wrist and attached to the barrel of the gun. He aimed at the table, green flames appearing in Tatsulot's jaws. Wataru pulled the trigger and a large green fireball shot from the gun and hit the table, exploding on contact with it. Bits of wood and other debris flew through the air.
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'Well I'll simply have to pick one for you. There are several types. Horror, which usually involves lots of people dying on screen, in horrible ways. Not my cup of tea, and it would probably give you nightmares. Romance, lots od kissing scenes between boy and girl, and lots of mushy dialoggue, again you're not a mushy person. Adventure, where lot of things happen, and keeps the audience very much in thier seats. Comedy, is where people do silly stuff to each other. Think Spyro hitting sparx in the face with a pie. its supposed to make you laugh.." Dixie said, there are others, but I don't want to fill you with too much information." Dixie said.
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"Only a few hours, not long at all." The Tourist said looking around. "It was a museum peace." He said. "Not in very good condition it seems." He said.
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"That horror thing does not sound like something I want to see," Cynder said. "Adventure sounds like it might be most likely to catch our attention, though we kind of get enough adventure with our own lives..."
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"Why don't you come on out of here and stay with us for awhile" stripetail suggested. At least,until they send you a new tardis.. We've got all sorts of food for you to try.."
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Yeah adventure is something you're used to. How about a comedy then, something for us to laugh away a few hours?" Dixie suggested..
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"Sounds like a good idea," Cynder said.
"Can I come too?" Sparx asked. Cynder glanced up to find the dragonfly hovering above them.
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"If you don't annoy the heck out of us.. and If Cynder says its okay" dixie replied. "THEN you can come' She looked at Cynder with a meaningful glance. Dixie had hoped this to be another of those teaching moments...but as long as Sparx behaved, she wouldn't mind him tagging along..
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Rime scowled at Wataru. "Thanks for destroying our target. We might as well have bought out the Molotov Cocktails." He took aim at a rock about 150 meters out and fired off the rest of his magazine. All 5 rounds peppered the rock, sending fragments of rock spraying in all directions.
Zachary fired off his last bullet, shattering a roof tile about 100 meters out. "I'm done, we have to save the ammo for the Shurlups."
Rime and Zachary headed into the cafe.
"So how did you enjoy the practice Nani?" Zachary asked.
Strut, Dr. Zanasiu, Mr. Bigmouth, Deimos and Dr. Kerzach were cleaning their weapons.
"Hey, Nick, when are we going to go after the Shurlups?" Deimos asked.
"Oh, if anyone needs ammo, it's all in the corner." Strut asked.
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"Sorry," Wataru said, glancing away.
"Hey," Kivat growled detaching from the belt and hovering over towards Rime. "You have no reason to be so grumpy. There's plenty of junk you could shoot at around here."
"Aw," Sparx sighed, knowing Cynder more then likely wouldn't let him come along.
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"Soon, I would think. "Strut the second contest should be starting in 15 minutes, so be ready" Nick said.
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Nago and Wataru entered the cafe, both without their armor. Tatsulot was hovering over Wataru's shoulder.
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So, Cynder? what do you say? Can he come?" Dixie looked at Cynder. "As long as he behaves himself and doesn't make snide and goofy remarks, he can come.. "
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"Help yourselves guys" Nick said. "We've got pizza and fish, plus left over stir fry.."
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As soon as Nick announced when the Shurlup killing contest would take place, Strut put on his armor and helmet, loaded his weapon and filled his shell pouch.
"Hey, Nick. Shouldn't we mount a full on assault on the Shurlups like last night? I mean, I'm not sure if Strut and the contestants can kill enough Shurlups to significantly impact their numbers. And I've heard that they live in tunnels and we'll need to enter the tunnels to completely exterminate them." Deimos said.
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"The contest isn't SUPPOSED to wipe them out, its merely to see who can kill the most over a certain amount of time, like 20 minutes' nick replied. "We're going to enter the tunnels soon enough..."
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Tatsulot swooped down and scooped up a piece of fish in his mouth.
"We'll see how he behaves himself and then I'll decide if he can come," Cynder said.
"I suppose you'll want some people there to make sure the shurlups don't become a problem for the contestants?" Wataru asked.
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Stripetail will be there. If they get too close, he'll put a spell on them.." nick replied confidently..
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Thats fair" Dixie nodded. "Ok, Sparx, she'll give you a chance, but only after you prove yourself by being good" She leaned in close to Cynder " My gawd, its like talking to a pet" She whispered softly out of the corner of her mouth.
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"We'll provide backup in case things get ugly." Deimos replied.
"Deimos, we can't provide backup nor mount an assault on an empty stomach." Dr. Kerzach said. He heated up some leftover vegetable stir fry and started eating it.
Mr. Bigmouth and Zachary followed Dr. Kerzach's lead and they too started heating up some left over vegetable stir fry.
Deimos retrieved his weapon, several magazines of ammo, his armor and helmet. He put on the armor and helmet and loaded his rifle. The extra magazines were in the various pockets of his armor.
Dr. Zanasiu ate a few slices of pizza which he washed down with cold tea. He too grabbed his weapon and armor. He put his helmet and armor on and loaded his shotgun, and filled his lab coat pockets with buckshot shells.
Rime had already loaded his rifle as soon as he heard Nick mention the tunnel assault. He had several full magazines in various pockets of his Pelvanida issue vest. "Ready to go."
"Zachary, Yuri, Mr. Bigmouth, eat quickly and get your weapons ready, we're gonna kill some Shurlups soon." Dr. Zanasiu shouted.
"Hey, Nick and Nani, got your guns and ammo?" Strut asked.
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"Ah, fine then," Sparx said. He didn't feel very enthuisiastic about being good so he might get a reward in the future. He was so lost in thought he almost didn't notice Dixie's last comment. "Hey, you're one to talk, Miss Doggy."
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"So you heard that?' Dixie grinned evilly. "Alright Sparx, you can come, but first, you have to fetch me a ... slushie from the kitchen.. and remember, no arguing..'
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All ready" Nani said. "Nick grabbed his gun. "Ready.."
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"Yes, ma'am!" Sparx said, snapping to attention and saluting Dixie. "Any particular flavor?"
He hovered towards the kitchen. Cynder sighed and rolled her eyes.
"Henshin!" Wataru, Nago, and Taiga exclaimed together. Wataru and Taiga perched their respective Kivats onto their belts, while Tatsulot attached to Wataru's wrist. Nago connected the IXAknuckle to the belt and a blue hologram covered him, forming into the white and blue Rising IXA suit. Wataru transformed into the gold and red Emperor Form, while Taiga changed to the almost identical red and black Dark Kiva.
"We're ready," Taiga said.
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Strawberry" Dixie said, smiling.. "Come on, take advantage of things while you can, Cynder.. or has years of listening to him badmouth you made their mark?'
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I'm staying behind.. to her, watch the aleins..' Bart said, finishing his last slice of pizza.
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Mesa feel much better today' Stitch said "Me go with group.."
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"What is that supposed to mean?" Cynder asked, raising an eyebrow at Dixie. "Sparx! When we get back from winning the second round of this contest, you're going to be polishing our nails, combing Dixie's hair and anything else we can think of."
"What?" Sparx gasped.
"And Shaggy can help you," Cynder added with an evil smirk.
"Are you sure?" Spyro asked Stitch.
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Stitch nodded "mesa a quick healer". 'Stitch you don't know how to work that ring yet' Lilo said.."It is.. like yours right?' She turned to Spyro.
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"it was for motivation" dixie said in a bare whisper..her voice was so soft Cynder could barely hear her.. A broad grin spread across her face. " You heard the dragoness... so best get Shaggy ready.."
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"I would think so," Spyro replied. "Try saying 'armor up.' Just remember to speak clearly." he added thinking of how Scooby had accidently summoned rice instead of ice.
"I'll never make it through two weeks of this," Sparx said despairingly, before disappearing into the kitchen.
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Armor UP?" Stitch said quizzivally, and the ring on his claw reacted, encasing him in a small suit of armor. "Whoa" He said, though his voice was muffled through the helmet that appeared on his head. The armor was heavy and a bit too big for him..
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Strut looked at Shaggy, Cynder, Scooby, Spyro and Dixie. "Hey, are you all ready? And Shaggy, you should have come with us if you wanted a gun."
Dr. Kerzach placed his plate on the conveyor belt leading to the dishwasher and pulled out his switchblade. "Ready to go."
Mr. Bigmouth and Zachary both placed their plates on the conveyor belt leading to the dishwasher, grabbed their weapons and loaded them.
"Let's go." Zachary said.
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"Hmm, I guess it's not exactly the same as mine," Spyro said, examining the cumbersome armor.
"Armor up," Spyro said, his ring activating and encasing him in the more snug and ornate armor.
"So I suppose we just get to watch until the contest is over?" Taiga said with a hint of disappointment in his own.
"I have to watch, I'm one of the judges," Nago chuckled, letting some of his goofball side shine through.
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Stripetail came up to the them, with the Tourist close behind. "if you want to help , Tourist, you can. Or you can stay out, its your choice.
He turned to the others. 'Alright, Strut, dixie Scooby, Spyro and Cynder." he clenched his fist andthen opened it revealing three bags. 'this duast will color every one of your victims, whether you shoot it, stab it or hit it with magic.. Strut, , your color will be green, Boys, you will be purple" Spyro smiled. "And Girls your color will be red. You will have 20 minutes to kill as many Shurlups as you can. Girls if you shoot more Shutrlups than Strut, you win your bet. That is right? And as for the challenge , thevteam with the most combined kills wins.. Lets go to the Dining room where I will set up the boundaries..'
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"I guess that means we don't get to kill Shurlups now." Deimos said.
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"Not yet, but once the contest is over, the teams will retire to the office to rest, and you can attack them with all the savagery you can muster. I know, its the waiting that the worst" Stripetail nodded sympathetically to Deimos.
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"Why don't you join up with Strut?" Taiga asked Deimos. "I'm sure he would appreciate your help. After all the other two teams outnumber him."
"Armor up," Cynder said, summoning her armor.
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Strut looked at his competition. "Hmm. It's multiple vs one. But I have a shotgun, lots of ammo and training in combat shooting." he said quietly to himself. He then went to the dining room.
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'the bet is only with us girls " Dixie said. "I'm not sure if you guys joined in or not.." She said, as Scooby activated his armor, and shook his head. "No, Its just me and Strut on the bet. "$505 or something like that.."
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Taiga crossed his arms and leaned over to Wataru and whispered something. Wataru turned to face him, a bit startled at whatever Taiga had just said.
"All right then," Cynder said as the group made their way to the dining. "I guess we have everything settled."
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Stripetail held out the bags of powder. 'Scooby took the bag which turned purple. Dixie took another bag which turned red. "All thats left is yours Strut. You have a relatively easy task, all you have to do is outscore the girls.' Stripetail said waiting for him to grab the last bag. "Just dumpt it on your gun.."
_ With his other paw he gestured, and a yellow line drew itself across the floor. "you must stay behind that line for the first minute, then you may take the fight to the Shurlups as you please.."
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"What happens if we accidently cross it?" Cynder asked, poking the line with the tip of her tail.
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You'll be magically shocked" stripetail replied, shortly. "Are you ready to begin?' he said, gesturing. a clock appeared and was set to 20 minutes. below it , in green, red and purple colors stood the scores, which were currently set at 0.
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Strut poured the powder on his shotgun. "This stuff better not damage my gun."
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No, It won't, in fact its an enhancer" stripetail replied. "Your shots wil be even more lethal than normal.'
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Strut grinned. "Thanks. That's saying a lot."
Deimos looked at the contestants. "Hmm. It looks like Strut has bit of an advantage. He can bring the fight to the Shurlups."
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"Well, he's going to need all the help he can get," Cynder smirked.
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'begin!' stripetail said, gesturing and lobbing ab orb into a nearby hole, soon the ground rumbled as Shurlups began Climbing out of the holes. the clock began counting down..
" Ryro! rart rasting rhem rith rire!" Scooby said, drawing his sword. He, like Dixie would have to wait for the minute to pass before charging the shurlups
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"I've never seen rounds like these before!" Strut commented as he took aim at a charging Shurlup and dropped it with a single shot to the chest. The shotgun spat out a bolt of green fire and the Shurlup was dyed green as it was shot.
He took aim at 5 other Shurlups and calmly shot them. He paused a moment to reload, which took about 7 seconds. He took aim at another Shurlup and shot it.
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Deimos looked at Strut. "Looks like he's doing pretty good."
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" I take that back. He doesn't need any help," Cynder said, before spewing a cloud of darkness at an approaching shurlup. The cloud hit another shurlup behind it as well. The creatures howled in pain and fell to the ground, turning red.
Spyro spat a ball of earth magic at a group of shurlups, the ball exploded and killed three of them, injuring a fourth.
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Strut had felled 6 Shrulups in a manner of a few seconds. Dixie threw her blade, it pieced a shurlup and it impaled anither as the first shurlup fell backward.. it was now 6-4-3.
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Scooby hit a Shurlup with a fireball from his ring, and it ignited 3 others, turning them purple. The boys now had 7 points.
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Cynder growled and spat several globs of poison at the approaching shurlups. The beasts stumbled, some into their fellows, spreading the green magic to them by touch. Six shurlups were infected the venom in all and were slowed down as the poison damaged them. Two were close enough for Dixie to lean over the line and stab with her sword.
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Strut aimed at a Shurlup and shot it, a bolt of green fire issued forth from his shotgun and set it on fire. The Shurlup was dyed green as it fell.
Strut racked his shotgun again and shot another Shurlup. He racked it again and realized that his shotgun had jammed.
"No!" he said. He frantically tried to clear the jam.
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Two shurlups charged at Strut as they noticed his shots had ceased. Cynder turned and screeched at one, the air distorting a bit from the sound and a red aura appearing around the shurlup as it halted in place, trembling in fear. Spyro spat a ball of ice at the other one and froze its feet to the floor.
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The Score was now 11-9-8 in favor of the girls, Strut was second and the boys were in last. Scooby blasted a nearby Shurlup with ice..
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You can now crosss the line" stripetail called out.
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Dixie rushed out and picked up her sword, pulling it from the Shurlups body.
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Scooby walked slowly across and 5 Shurlups attacked him. Each in turn were hacked and stabbed at. Boys now had the lead.. "Rhere rust re rundreds runder round.."
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Spyro leapt forward and rammed into a shurlup's chest, his horns impaling it.
Cynder advanced a few steps and ducked under a slash from a shurlup, she slammed her tail into its face as it spun around to try another attack. Before it recovered from the blow, the dragoness leapt up and slashed her claws across its cheek.
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as the minutes continued, the roomwas filled with the sounds of gunfire, magic, and the screams of the dying Shurlups. Halfway though the contest. srttrut hel;d a 48-45-44 lead, the girls were in seconds, followed cloesly by the boys. Yet the Shurlups kept coming, clearlty there were hundreds more underground than they had anticipated.
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Strut moved somewhat closer to the action but he was still at a safe distance.
Strut dodged a Shurlup's slash. He then clubbed the Shurlup with the butt of his shotgun and shot it in the chest.
He took aim at 4 Shurlups and shot and killed them in turn.
He fired his last round into another Shurlup, killing it.
He then reloaded his shotgun, taking 7 seconds to do so.
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scooby used his blade, hacking and slashing at any Shurlup who cam near. Numbers 45, 46 and #47 met their end. He blasted another with a jolt of ice. "Ryro! Ry rour rury! Re reed roints! he called out.
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"Okay!" Spyro nodded, ducking under a shurlup's arm and then kicking it with his back legs. He paused and concentrated. Purple light surrounded him and then shot out in wave, producing an effect similiar to a heavy gust of wind as it hit the room's occupents.
Now covered in purple light, Spyro opened his mouth and released his fury breath, the beam traveling across the room and slamming into the wall, any shurlups in its path were thrown into the air. He swept the beam across the group of shurlups, killing more then he could keep count of.
"Hey!" Cynder excalimed, seeing Spyro using the same power that she had almost beaten Scooby with in the previous contest. Her ring pulsed with light as she whispered a command and another wave of fury energy swept out from her. She copied Spyro's method, blasting the oncoming shurlups with her fury breath.
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The combined furies devastated the oncoming shurlups. 40-50-60 went down. The Boys now had a big lead. in total they had killed 91, The girls had killed 75, and Strut was in third with 70. There were now 6 minutes left. The furies wouldn;t kast long, Dixie knew that from the first contest but at the rate Spyro was killing Shurlups, their chances of catching up in the time remaing would be slim..
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Cynder had drawn power from her ring to enter her fury state, while Spyro had used his natural power, if he decdied to use his ring he could make his fury state last longer then hers. Cynder leapt at Spyro, stretching out her paws, the two met locking paws and both spun about in midair becoming a purple ball of light which shot at the shurlups which were thrown into the air like bowling pins.
The dragons separated, both having used up their fury with the last combo attack, which had colored each of the shurlups it hit a pattern of purple and red.
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Stripetail gestured, and those who Spyro had done more damage to, turned purple, and those Cynder had done more damage to, turned red. "Alright" He said. " What i did was split the kills between you.' Cynder had managed to stop Spyro from running away with the contest, at the cost of her own fury. As it was, that move had killed 30 Shurlkups, both had killed 15. Meanwhile Dixie and Scooby slashed at stragglers, and Strut pumped six more Shurlups full of lead. The score was now, Boys 108, Girls 93, and Strut was at 88. "5 minutes left" Stripetail called out.
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"That wasn't fair, Cynder," Spyro said, rubbing his head a bit. As usual the fury left him a little shaken.
"Well, it's your fault for letting it happen," Cynder replied as green venom covered the tip of her tail and she slashed at a shurlup with it.
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'Rice rob, Ryro! Re rave ra read row!" Scooby said approvingly.
_ Suddenly Stitch appeared behind Strut 'Mesa Help you" The blue alein said. He was still wearing his armor. "Mesa hold up shu- sur.." He didn;t nknow how to say Shurlups "Monsters" he said finally "And you knock them down.
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Hey! Stitch! You're not supposed to help him!" Dixie complain.
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Angel can't help becvause she has busted arm. and it not fair to have two against one' Stith replied.
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Strut doesn't need any help! He's an expert marksman!" Dixie retorted.
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"What the...?" Strut blurted out as Stitch appeared. "Now I have to nail the Shurlups without hitting Stitch. No matter." Strut took a deep breath and coolly aimed and shot 6 Shurlups. He then took 6 seconds to reload, took aim and killed 3 more.
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"Not mention he's got a fireball shooting gun," Spyro called over, biting a shurlup on the arm.
"Should we do something about him?" Nago asked, pointing at the blue alien and glancing over at his fellow judges. "After all it is almost the end of the contest and Strut refused Deimos' help anyway."
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Nick shrugged. he had no idea what to do about this.
_ Stitch meanwhile held up a Shurlup above his head "Mesa holding target" He said, smiling. He was trying to help strut by holding the Shurlups up, so He could kill them more easily.
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Cynder glanced over at the shurlup Stitch was holding. She hesitated for a second, wondering if her idea would be fair, but then shrugged it off. She opened her mouth and spat a red ball of fear magic at the shurlup, blasting it out of Stitch's hands.
"Sorry, Strut," Cynder chuckled. "Too slow."
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"I'll allow it, I suppose." Stripetail said. 'Stitch is making himself useful at any rate.."
The kill was the girl's 94th, they were now in 3rd place. Strut was approaching 100, the Boys had reached 110 with two kills by Scooby.
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"This is not working out," Cynder said, glancing over at the scoreboard. She stood on her hindlegs and spun around, a tornado appearing around her and sucking in any nearby shurlups and also almost sucking in Stitch. The miniature storm moved over towards Dixie and stopped, dropping several dizzy shurlup to the floor which the girls quickly finished off.
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"This is not good." Strut muttered to himself. He took aim at the nearest 3 Shurlups and shot them. He reloaded, taking 6 seconds and shot 4 more Shurlups.
"Go Strut!" Rime shouted.
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The kills allowed the girls to reach 100, and briefly tie Strut for second. Dixie was thinking quickly, there were less than 4 minutes left. Stil the Shurlups kept coming, despitre the contestants having killed over 300 so far, there were still more. "Did the Shurlups bring thier entire extended families along?" Dixie wondered as she slashed and killed another Shurlup. "Dixie was getting very tired, her arms ached from swinging the sword so much.
the score was now Boys 112, Strut 107, Girld 101.
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Strut shot 3 more Shurlups, reloaded and emptied his entire magazine into a mass of Shurlups, killing at least 6 or more. He reloaded and shot a lunging Shurlup.
"I hope I don't run out of ammo." Strut muttered.
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'Three minutes left" Stripetail called out.. "We're in the home stretch everyone.."
Strut's volley had brought into the lead by 1. he lead 117-116.
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Cynder dived into a cloud of shurlups and became a black cloud which the shurlups could do nothing to harm no matter how much they slashed or bit. Cynder could do plenty to harm them though as he made several shallow cuts in their hide, before exploding out of the cloud and sending shurlup flying everywhere.
Spyro meanwhile hit several shurlups with his Comet Dash attack.
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Cynders dash killed 12. Spyro's Comet dash killed 6, bringing the Boys back into the lead. The Girls had now killed 113, they were 9 behind the boys and 4 behind Strut.
_ Stitch grabbed an onrushing shurlup. "Hit it!' He called out, raising the surprised creature above his head.
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Strut wasted no time in shooting the shocked Shurlup. He coolly took aim and shot 4 more Shurlups and reloaded.
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Strut was now tied with Scooby and Spyro at 122 , with just over 2 minutes left. while he wasn't competing with them over the side-bet, it would be nice to beat both teams.. Dixie suddenly had an idea. "Cynder, I'm going to use my ring to bring back your fury... We're down by about 10, and we've only got 2 minutes left.."
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"Good idea!" Cynder exclaimed, leaping over a shurlup to stand in front of Dixie.
Spyro allowed a group of shurlups to surround him and then a blast of electricity shot from him, shocking the shurlups and paralyzing them while the electricity slowly wounded them.
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'Energize' Dixie commanded and a beam of light went out of her ring and into Cynder. Dixie put a paw on her back to steady herself, she was tired, and this effort could cause her to faint from exhaustion.
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2 minutes" stripetail called. "Its still anyone's game!"
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While Spyro spun the Shurlups around, Scooby hacked at them, making sure to kill them. 123, 124, 125..."Rwo rinutes reft, Ryro, Rets rin rhis, rand ro rup 2-0!"
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Purple light exploded out from Cynder as she used her fury for the third time that day. The wave of light caught Spyro's attention and he glanced over at her. "How did she do that?"
A few shurlups paused and eyed Cynder cautiously. The dragoness growled at them and released her fury breath, sending them flying back.
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Cynders blast killed 7, bringing them them to 120. There was now 1:35 left..
_ Dixie knew that both she and Cynder would be completely exhausted after this, but for now she had to keep her ring steady.
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Stitch held up another unlucky Shurlup as a target. Scooby thre his blade and impaled it. this was the 130th kill for the boys, they were 4 aghead of Strut, and another burst from Cynder brought the girls to 125.
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Strut shot any Shurlup that survived the attacks by the girls.
He took aim at a mass of Shurlups and unloaded his magazine into them, striking several.
He paused for a few seconds to reload. A Shurlup caught him as he was reloading but he quickly beat it to death with the butt of his shotgun. He finished reloading and shot an onrushing Shurlup.
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The Tourist looked around and made a sandwich from a few things in the kitchen. He sat down and went about eating it.
Ducky, Petrie, Skitter and Snoopy continued eating what they had been eating, finally getting close to being full enough to stop eating for now.
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Scooby used his ring to crunch two Shurlups together. It was now a franctic scramble betwen the three sides. the lead between the boys and Strut changhedd quickly, and the girls were just behind..
the boys hit 140, followed a second later by strut and a few seconds later by the girls.
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Taiga grew bored with just watching and decide to take a similar role to what Stitch had. He raised his arm and pointed at a group of shurlups, the Kiva symbol appeared at his feet, surrounded by errie green light. The symbol floated across the ground, unnoticed by the contestants or shurlups, until it reached the group of shurlups. It rose off the ground and rammed into the back of the shurlups, the green energy of the symbol crackling like electricity as it held the screeching creatures in place.
Spyro noticed the trapped shurlups and roasted one with a blast of flames. Cynder finished the rest off with a blast of her fury breath.
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Deimos, too grew bored of waiting. He drew his rifle and shot any Shurlup in sight.
"Deimos! What the hell do you think you are doing?!" Strut shouted. He shot and killed 2 Shurlups, one after the other.
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Stripetail gave Taiga and Deimos a look, but said nothing.
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Cynder and Spyro split the kills again, leaving the girls a few behind, like they had been virtually the entire contest. the Score was now 151-149-145 with the boys hanging on to a slim lead.
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mesa help you. you running out of bullets, when you do, Throw Stitch at Monsters" Stitch suggested to Strut.
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"I didn't actually kill any of them," Taiga said, defending his actions.
A shurlup broke out of the floor next to Cynder and swung a paw at her. She blocked it with her wings, skidding back a bit and then she rammed into the shurlup, sending it crashing into the wall, where it slumped to the floor and turned red.
"Fire," Spyro said, his ring pulsing with light, before he spat a fireball at a shurlup.
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No, but it was disruptive..' Stripetail scolded him. "I know you're bored, but we only have a minute left, then you are free to kill as many as you please.."
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The clock ticked below 1 minute, with Dixie's strength starting to fade. 'I don't know how much longer I can keep this up Cynder" she said.
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ali finished the last of her vegetable stir fry. "So are you staying around for awhile, mister?' She asked the Tourist. "This is really a nice place, when its not a mess..
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Taiga sighed and spun about, his cape swishing as he did and then he was gone as though he had disappeared in the blink of an eye.
He stepped into the kitchen where Ali, Petrie, Ducky, and the Tourist currently were. He could have just appeared in the room, but he didn't want to startle them. He was still clad in the Dark Kiva armor.
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meanwhile, the clock continued ticking downi, 40.39. 38.
'Scooby stabbed a straggler, this was the 160th kill for the boys.. Cynder's fury breathbwas running out of steam, due to Dixie's failing strength.. A blast from Cynder brought them up to 155, 2 behind Strut, who was down to his last load of ammo..
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Cynder growled in frustration as she flung a shurlup away with her fury-enhanced strength. "Dixie! Save your strength!"
She leapt after the shurlup. Her fury might leave her a little shaky, but it did revitalize her supply of magic so she had that to fight with, while Spyro had exhausted most of his and was drawing on his ring for power.
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Dixie pulle her ring away, and nearly toppled over. She was just able to cllect herself. "Its up to you now Cynder' She Wheezed.
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Stitch held up another Shurlup for Strut to hit..
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Deimos stopped shooting at the Shurlups and scowled.
"Almost there." Strut said to himself. He checked his shell pouch. "Great 12 rounds left." He shot the Shurlup Stitch presented and emptied his shotgun into a another mass of Shurlups it, killing at least 6 Shurlups and wounding several He reloaded as fast as he could but it still took him about 8 seconds. He aimed at two Shurups and shot them both.
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Struts kills brought him to 166, his 4 remasining bullet would likely see him get to 170. there were 15 seconds left, the boys led by 2, 168, to 166, the Girls had 164..
"Rig reep Ryro, rone rore rurst rhould ro rit" Scooby said, heading over to check on Dixie. Contest or not, He had to make sure she was alright..
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One more indeed, Spyro smirked and crouched down gathering his energy. He charged forward, releasing three Comet Dashes on multiply targets.
Cynder jumped between shurlup, seeming to fly through the air. Her tail was glowing with green poison magic as it sliced through shurlup after shurlup and released splashes of the substance which infected and weakened any shurlup that was too close.
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Stitch ducked out of the way as Strut used up his bullets, there were just 5 seconds left. '4, 3, 2, 1 Time!' Nick called out. "You guys can stop now."
Dixie heaved as she looked at the Scoreboard. the Comet Dashes and poison were still killing Shurlups. Strut had finished with 172. Shurlups continued falling, and were colored in Purple and red. The boys were at 176, the girls at 173. the final Shurlup fell and turned red, leaving the girls dead even with the boys. "WE have a tie!' Stripetail smiled. "Better than a loss not quite as good as a win, but you'll take it right?
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RE RIED?' Scooby said incredoulously. DIxie Squeezed him as hard as she could..
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Cynder sighed and collapsed, laughing in relief. "This competition stuff takes a lot out of you, you know."
Spyro sighed and walked over towards Cynder. He wasn't quite as exhausted as her, having only used one fury as opposed to her three. "Of course, we'll take it. I don't want to do that over again."
There were still several shurlup on the surface. They paused, confused at the sudden lull and then they charged towards the exhausted competitors.
Wataru and Nago leapt forward, flipping over top of the dragons and great danes. Nago raised both of his blasters, while Wataru drew the Zanvat Sword from Tatsulot. Nago fired several shots while Wataru swung the sword and sent a red cresent wave of energy at the advancing shurlup ranks.
"Should we proceed to wiping out the shurlup, or should we retreat?" Nago asked, glancing back at Stripetail for a second to see his answer.
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Go Ahead" stripetail said. "I'm taking the contestants back to the office to recover. Between the 5 of them they killed 524 Shurlups..'
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Stitch turned towards the Shurlups. "Stitch not done kicking monster butt1' He smirked and flung himself ionto a shurlup, scratching it wit his claws..
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Dixie staggered basack towards the Kitchen, Scooby was the only thing keeping her up. She was utterly spent. "Re rie.. rut rou rid rimn rhe ret rith Rut..' Scooby said. He was tired too, his arms were tired from hacking at so many Shurlups. Scooby helped Dixie Sheath her sword, She had been dragging it behind her.
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"Tell ni-san to come back and help us fight," Wataru said.
(OOC: ni-san is a Japanese title for a brother. I don't feel comfortable translating it into bro, or brother, so I'm going with that word for this post.)
Spyro and Cynder followed the great danes. Spyro glanced back at the two. "We'll be back to help as soon as we can."
The two Kamen Riders glanced back at the shurlups, which quickly surrounded them. The two stood back to back as Nago converted the IXAcalibur into sword mode.
"Let's go, Wataru," Nago said.
"Yeah," Wataru replied. Both charged at the shurlups, swords raised.
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"Sure thing" Stripetail replied. "These guys will rest and recover, before coming back.
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I'm in no condition to fight. I need a nap to recover my strength" Dixie said. " Either set us down on one of the office cots, or guide us upstairs to one of the spar rooms, I don't care, I just need to feel a pilow under my head."
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The Tourist swallowed the bit of the sandwich he had been eating. He looked over at Ali and nodded, "Yes, I think I will. For a while at least. Do you plan on staying for a while?" He asked.
Ducky, Petrie, Snoopy & Skitter finished the bit they were eating and found places to sit down and rest.
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Yes, we'll be staying until the last of the Shurlups are gone' Ali nodded. "Which could be awhile, They've already forced us to stay here for two whole days..."
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"Don't worry, they should be gone soon," Taiga said.
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"I just need a brief nap," Cynder said. Spyro nodded. Both wished they had access to the crystals in their world which could heal them and replenish their energy.
Wataru managed to slash his way through and reach Stitch. He stoood next to the alien, sword raised. "So what do you think of that armor now that you have it?"
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"mesa not sure. I'm still adjusting to wearing it. It like suit that too big for me" Stitch replied
-"Re;ll re rin rhe roffice, ranning rour rategy, rafter rour rap" Scooby Said. "Rirls, rhe rupstairs ris rours. Rick ra room, rany room."
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Theres a room just off the stairwell.. " Dixie said. We've been in it before.. just.. looking around.." she trailed off..
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By the way, Taiga, you're wanted back in the dining room. Your Ni-sans ( I hope I'm saying that right?) request your presence.." Stripetail Said. "Scooby I'll take Dixie Off Your paws. Scooby nodded and let Stripetail take over the burden of guiding dixie.
Dixie leaned onto Stripetail's Shoulder as he headed for the stairs.
"Thank you.. I'm SO tired.. that challenge took every bit of my strength..' She said, as they climbed, with Cynder a step behind.
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"Hope it won't take to long." The Tourist said. He looked around the place a bit while eating another bite or 2 of his sandwich, "I'm not sure how much more this place can take." He said.
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(I'm not sure. Taiga always called Wataru by name, never by title.)
"I'll personally see that it doesn't take much longer," Taiga said confidently. He turend and left the room.
Spyro sighed and sat down on the floor. He glanced down at his ring and hoped it would recharge itself. He had used a lot of its power in the fight. "Well, at least we won't be able to use the rings, or the fury in the last three contests."
Cynder sighed as she trekked up the stairs, stumbling a bit.
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"Hopefully it will change to resemble the other armors more," Wataru said, swing his sword at a shurlup that pounced at him.
Nago grunted as he blocked a female shurlup's claws with his sword, the shurlup pushed against him and he stumbed back into the wall, the shurlup still had its claws against the sword and was trying to force it back against Nago's neck.
Taiga's foot slammed into the female's side and sent her flying through the air. Nago stared at the fangire king for a moment, surprised to have been rescued by him of all people.
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Rell, rhe rext rontest ris rutting rup rith Rarx ror ran rour." Scooby said. 'Re ran't rin the rontest rin ree, recause rof rhe rie. Rat rest re'll re rup ry rwo, 2-0-1. I rink the rourth rontest ris ra ringing rontest. Ran rou ring rat rall?' He said to Spyro. "Ri'm rot rat rood rat it.."
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Stripetail led the two girls into the hallway, and turned to the right as they entered Chong's room once more..Stripetail sniffed at the air. "This room has bad vibes in it. Much evil was planned here.. Why did you pick it?"
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"It was.. closest' Dixie said, Deactivating her armor, and crawling onto the bed. She climbed under the covers and looked up. the ceiling, she noticed was covered in drawings, one was of a giant mound surrounded by clay figure, the next was of a giant wall stretching far into the distance, a third was of a small man seated on a throne, a huge crown on his head, and an evil lear on his face..
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"I don't know," Spyro replied. "I guess I'm not too good."
Cynder glanced around and wished Dixie would have picked a different room. She deactivated her armor and curled up on the floor.
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Taiga grabbed a shurlup by the throat and hoisted it into the air. Green energy arced across the shurlup's body, before it fell limp in Taiga's grip and he tossed it to the side.
Wataru removed the fuestle from the Zanvat sword and placed it in Kivat's mouth. Nago grabbed a fuestle from his belt and placed it into the knuckle.
"Wake up!"
"IXAcalibur Rise up!"
The IXAcalibur's blade was covered in yellow light, while Wataru slid the golden bat hilt up the blade of his sword, covering it in red light. The two charged, a holographic projection of the sun appearing behind them and blinding the shurlups and letting the two slash at them without fear of retalitation.
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Stripetail looked at them. "Do you ladies want any thing..."
_ Yow!' Dixie suddenly yelped, as she sprung up from the bed. a bedspring had ripped through the matress and poked her hard in the back. "Ok, we're going to a differebnt room..' she said rubbing her back, and looking at her paw. there was some blood on it, indicating that the bedspring had torn through her dress. "Besides this place is even more creepy than I realized previously. I don't want to sleep under a drawing of a evil king leering at me.." She climbed off the bed..
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Strut went over to Scooby and pulled out $505. "Here give this to Dixie. She won it. Now, if you'll excuse me, I've got to clean my gun."
Deimos looked at Wataru, Taiga and Nago attacking the Shurlups. "Hey, wanna kill some Shurlups?"
"Yeah!" Dr. Kerzach shouted.
"Okay then." Deimos then turned to Nick. "Shurlup killing anyone?"
Mr. Bigmouth, Zachary, Deimos, Rime and Dr. Zanasiu formed their trademark firing line formation and started shooting Shurlups.
Mr. Bigmouth shot a female several times in the chest. Dr. Zanasiu tore off a male's jaw with a shotgun blast. Rime and Deimos both shot and killed 2 Shurlups.
Dr. Kerzach readied his switchblade, went over to where Taiga, Wataru and Nago were fighting.
A Shurlup lunged at Dr. Kerzach, who pivoted and stabbed it in the back. He then knocked the wounded Shurlup on the ground, and stabbed it several more times until it stopped moving.
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Scooby took the 505 dollars and put it into his wrist compartment. "ranks. Ri'll rive rit ro rer ras roon ras rossible"..
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Nick Whipped out his gun and started firing.. the Shurlups didn't stand a chance.. Nick fitted 3 bullets into a crowd and killed 5 Shurlups.. he was getting a lot better at shooting..
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"Lets try a different room shall we..?' Stripetaill suggested. "Preferably, one without the " A pyscho lived here" vibe.."
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Dr. Zanasiu reloaded and shot 4 more Shurlups in quick succession.
Rime aimed his rifle into the crowd of Shurlups and opened fire. Several Shurlups fell, struck by the hail of hollow point bullets.
Deimos chose to carefully aim and fire. He fired 6 rounds, killing 2 Shurlups and wounding 4 which were then killed by Mr. Bigmouth or Zachary.
Dr. Kerzach kicked one male Shurlup in the stomach and gutted it, he then pivoted and stabbed another male through the throat.
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"lets take this to the tunnels " Nick said, as he started singing the Micheal Mcdonald classic "taking it to the Streets" "take this message to my brother" as he continued popping bullets into Shurlups.."trapped in poverty's despair"...
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There was a rather large group of shurlups blocking the tunnel entrances. Taiga gestured at them, the Kiva symbol appearing in the air above them. The symbol dropped on them, crushing and shocking them all at once. Taiga snapped his fingers and the symbol exploded in a massive fireball.
"We have a clear path," Taiga said, sounding almost bored.
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"Good idea," Cynder said, leaping up and heading for the door. She waited for Dixie and Stripetail to leave, before she followed, noticing the cut the bedspring had made in Dixie's back. "Maybe you should put something on that so it doesn't get infected."
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'your rings can heal minor injuries, pretty easily, however there are limits to what injuries the rings can heal. For example if your arm gets cut off, you can't heal that... you can speed up the healing of reattached arm, though..' Stripetail said.
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I used up a lot of the ring's energy though" Dixie replied. "Just put some lotion and a bandaid on it, and it should be ok.." The cut hurt though, every step sent another wave of pain throuugh her..
Stripetail lead the girls down the hallway, and walked past the starwelll opening.. Two doors stood in front of them, each had a name written on it. "Aves" with the s backwards, and 'Nick" on the other. "nick's room was on the right, Aves was on the left.. "Let's use nick's room..." stripetail said opening the door... The room was cleaner than Chong's had been, and there wasn't a meanacing vibe in here eitrher. there was a single bed in the middle, and it was a medium sized bed. there was a mirror on the wall opposite of the bed, and a nightstand with a lamp next to the bed, on the floor was a dusty green carpet. the room, otherwise was pretty bare...
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"Nick, are the tunnels large enough for Mr. Bigmouth and I to fit in there?" Deimos asked.
Strut had finished cleaning and reloading his shotgun and shell pouch. "I'm ready to help."
"Strut, you'll need to stay on the surface and provide us with ammo, food, water and other supplies and you'll also need to keep Lilo and those who don't wish to fight safe." Deimos then turned to Nani. "Do you want to enter the tunnels or assist Strut with logistics and guard duty."
"I will enter the tunnels." Rime replied.
"I will follow." Dr. Kerzach added.
"We will enter. We have had experience in building combat." Dr. Zanasiu and Zachary replied simultaneously.
The volunteers all stood by Nick.
"Check weapons!" Rime shouted, as he checked his rifle and the pouches on his vest.
Dr. Zanasiu and Zachary all checked their weapons and any extra ammo.
"All set." Zachary said. Dr. Zanasiu nodded.
"Nick, Strut's going to serve as logistical support." Deimos said, "I'll be assisting him if I cannot fit in the tunnels."
Dr. Kerzach went to the bathroom to clean his switchblade. After a few minutes he returned. "Ready."
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Both Nani and Stitch indicated their willingness to go into the tunnels. Nick frowned. Mr Bimouth you and Deimos are probably too big to fit in the tunnels, although you could stick your head in to see for sure..'
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Deimos tried to enter the tunnel only to find out that he had to stoop. "I can get in but I have to crouch."
Mr. Bigmouth also followed. "I have to crouch and it isn't comfortable to keep crouching all the time."
Rime looked at the two and chuckled. "Well, if you have to use the hose instead of the shower, perhaps that should have been a hint that you won't fit in the tunnels."
"Shut up! At least I'm not the one making out with Dr. Zanasiu!" Deimos shot back.
"Deimos! Enough!" Mr. Bigmouth said. "We need to guard them and keep in contact with them in case they need supplies."
"Hey Nick, how can Strut, Mr. Bigmouth and I keep in contact with the underground team?" Deimos asked.
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Do you have walkie talkies?' nick asked "Usually military units have some for m of walkie-talkies... but then aghain I'm not a military man. Eyesight's too bad to serve.."
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"Yeah I've got one. Deimos, Rime, Zanasiu and Zachary should have also them." Strut replied, tapping the radio on his shoulder.
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Alright then, leave them on and use them whenever necessary.. I'll be with you guys, and just to state the obvious, don't get lost down there.. its going to be dark, smelly slimy, and you don't want to walk into a horde of Shurlups unawares." Nick said.
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Rime, Zachary and Dr. Zanasiu all turned on their weapon lights and their radios.
"Hey Nick, your gun have any form of lighting?" Strut asked. He then turned on his radio. "If not, stay with the Pelvanida group, their weapons all have flashlights mounted at the muzzle.
"Good luck." Deimos said. He then snapped a quick salute.
Dr. Kerzach, Rime, Zachary and Dr. Zanasiu saluted Deimos back.
"Hey Shaggy? You interested in helping us up here?" Strut asked.
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er.. alright.. But just so you know I've never done this before" Shaggy said nervously
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No, my gun doesn't have a light on it. "Shaggy, you and I will stck with the group" Nick said turning as Shaggy climbed down the hole..
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"Shaggy! Do you have a weapon of any sort?" Deimos asked. "We don't have any spare guns but take a knife from the kitchen."
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Shaggy loooked inside his pockets. "I've got a swiss army knife' he said pulling it out, finally. 'I usually use it for trimming my goatee..it has scissors.." He explained..
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"Rell rit's retter rhan rot reing rable ro ring. Rixie's eeally rood rat ringing, ro rhe rirls rill robably rin rhat rone..' Scooby said to Spyro. "Re;re robably roing rhe rull rive.."
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Deimos facepalmed. "Wait, I have a combat knife somewhere in here." Deimos then pulled out a combat knife with a 7 inch long blade from a holster strapped to his right leg. He handed the knife and the holster to Shaggy. "Take this knife, it's designed for combat."
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Shaggy strapped the holster to a loop in his pants, and slid the knife into it. 'Thanks, man, I hope I don't have to use this..
(Scooby and spyro are in the office recovering from the Shurlup killing Challenge)
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"Well, Shaggy if you don't want to kill Shulrups, then you can help us with logistical support." Strut said.
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"Shaggy, you're going to have to defend yourself against those things>' Nick said. "We don't have Stripetail or Scooby or Dixie here to protect you, you'll just have to stick by me, ansd if we find some Shurlups have your knife at the ready."
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I wish I hadn't forgotten the Scooby snacks" Shaggy groaned, as he followed Nick down the tunnel.
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Strut's radio crackled. "This is Rime. We are in the tunnels."
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The Pelvanida group was at the entrance of the tunnel.
"Hey I see we got some reinforcements." Dr. Zanasiu said, looking at Shaggy.
"Okay, Nick are we all ready?" Dr. Kerzach asked. His switchblade gleamed in the weapon lights of Rime, Zachary and Dr. Zanasiu.
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Nick cocked his gun, and Shaggy nervously drew his knife. "We're ready Kerzach. Lets go slow and steady.." He said squinting into the tunnel ahead. the tunnel was large as if made by several Shurlups working at once. "After all of them are dead. I'm moving the cafe to a new location.." Nick said. "It'll be expensive, but so will the cleanup.."
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"Would you like some help with the costs, Nick?" Taiga asked, following the group into the tunnel.
Wataru also entered the tunnel. He glanced around the dark tunnel with interest. Both he and Taiga could see in the dark perfectly. He glanced over at Nago and asked. "Do you need a light?"
Nago shook his head. "No, the IXA suit has built-in night vision."
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The Tourist finished with the sandwich he was eating and looked around at those in the room. "I take it some of you are not from the neighborhood?" He asked while looking at some of the dinos present.
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Any help you guys can provide, would be much oblifged and appreciaed."'nIck said in reply. "Its probably going to cost hundreds of thousands, if not millions to move and repair this place.."
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Dixie crawled under the covers. This bed was much softer than the one in Chongs bed, ithe matress appeared to be made out of some kind of foam. "This feels MUCh better." She said, snuggling in. Cynder if you want to sleep at the fot of the bed you can, or you can sleep on the floor makes no difference to me.."
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Stripetail gestured and two glasses of water appeared on the bedside nightstand. "have a good nap girls. I'll be back up in a hour to bring you down for the third challenge.. Nice job on the tie.. you gurls needed it.."
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"Yeah, we're not from around here, the only people that are, are nick, Aves, and the waiters, who seems to all have gone home..' Ali said "Nick's the only one that hasn't it seems...
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Cynder shrugged, an action that involved both her shoulders and her wings. She leapt onto the bed and curled up next to Dixie.
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"Cynder, Sparx, and I somehow just ended up here," Spyro said.
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"Do you have any idea why this cafe seems to defy the laws of pyshics?" Nago asked.
"Not to mention attracting all sorts of strange customers," Kivat said.
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Dr. Zanasiu motioned for his party to follow him into a cave. The light illuminated a female Shurlup about 30 feet away. The Shurlup lunged at him only to to receive a shotgun blast to the torso at close range. The fatally injured Shurlup slashed Dr. Zanasiu with venom tipped claws but the lab coat easily shrugged off the slash and the venom merely dripped onto the ground.
The Shurlup tried to slash Dr. Zanasiu again but the gaping wound in its chest proved too much and the Shurlup collapsed.
"Hey Nick! We found some Shurlups in this cave!" Rime shouted. He illuminated another Shurlup and shot it several times in the chest, killing it.
Zachary took aim at a Shurlup and shot it in the head, immediately killing it.
Dr. Zanasiu said nothing as he blew off a female Shurlup's head.
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Dixie patted Cynder on her head friendly, as Stripetail left the room and closed the door behind him. the sounds of his footsteps soon receded into the distance.
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Thanks Cynder, you saved our butts in the challenge. Now we're defintely going the full 5. the 4th challenge is no necessary and we;re going to win that one..' Dixie saidd.
- Its always been odd that way" Nick replied. "its why its called the Insane Cafe. Things happen here that don't make any sense. I can't count the times I got hit in the face with pies that came out of nowhere.." He grinned..
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None of the three riders bothered to enter the cave, not wanting to get shot in the back by their own allies. Nago however did raise his blasters and take several shots.
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'Guys! Save some Shurlups for us! Nick cracked. "Its no fun if you kill them all before we get a crack at them."
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Man, thats not funny! I hate ghosts and monsters and creepy things abnd the Shurlups are way up on the things I don't like, and now I've been dragged along after them! Shaggy complained..
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Rime retreated to the back and radioed Strut. "Strut! Go back to the gun shop and see if you can get some grenades."
"I'll try." Strut radioed back. He then shouted. "I need someone to drive me to the gun shop."
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'Scooby and Spyro are probably sleeping" Nick replied. I'm sure we have a few Cocktails left. Just use those for now.. " He shook his head.. "You guys went out yesterday to the store. You guys should have brought back everthing you thought woud be even remotely needed in this.."
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"Would he really be able to drive there and back in time?" Wataru asked.
"It would be quicker to fly," Kivat suggested.
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"I couldn't have done it without your help," Cynder said.
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Thats true... so now.. I think we should talk about last night' Dixie began. " No ones around to overhear so wwe can be as frank and open as we want to."
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"Okay, what did you want to say?" Cynder asked.
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The Zanvat sword vanished into Tatsulot's mouth in a flash of light and fire. Wataru then yanked on the dragon's horn, sending symbols flashing across the slot in the dragon's back, which settled on the green silhouette of the Bashaa Magnum.
Wataru slide the dragon off his wrist and connected him to the barrel of the demon sea gun. The gun sot forth the massive green orb of flames, which exploded when it hit a shurlup, lighting up the whole chamber with emerald light.
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Well, the fact ism, I enjoyed last night a lot" Dixie began, "Cynder, from now if you ever feel like kissing me, you have my permission to do it. You don't need to ask, you can go ahead and kiss me. Just don't do it in front of the boys, though, remember we're not trying to give them the wrong idea.."
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"How was I supposed to know we needed grenades!? Get Zach up here!" Strut shouted back. He then radioed Rime. "Rime, I'll be carrying the left over Molotov Cocktails to you."
Rime went over to the tunnel entrance and waited for Strut.
Strut grabbed the cart, which still had 10 Molotovs on it and entered the tunnel. He met Rime at the tunnel entrance who accepted the Molotovs.
"Yo guys! I got some extra firepower! And Zach, Strut wants you on the surface." Rime shouted, pushing the cart and parking it outside the cave.
"Great!" Dr. Kerzach replied. He grabbed a Molotov and lighter. He lit the fuse and hurled at some Shurlups, setting them on fire.
Dr. Zanasiu reloaded and coolly shot 7 Shurlups.
"Shouldn't Nani be here?" Zachary asked, swapping out his empty magazine for a new one. He then radioed Strut. "Strut! I'm busy!" He then shot an onrushing Shurlup.
Dr. Kerzach stabbed a Shurlup that foolishly decided to approach the gunners. He knocked it to the ground and stabbed it in the head.
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We're right behind you Nani said, coming into view with her .22. Stitch followed, still coovered in armor "mesa not know how to take this off.."
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Wataru disconnected Tatsulot and the Bashaa Magnum, weilding the gun by itself. The high-pressured bursts of water it fired weren't as powerful as the fireball, but it was faster. "I think the others said 'armor down' to remove their armor."
A shurlup leapt out from a tunnel behind the group, screeching loudly and startling most of them. It leapt at the nearest person, who happened to be Nani.Taiga placed a fuestle into Kivat II's mouth and leapt to intercept the shurlup.
"Wake up 1!" Kivat II said, his voice was lower and more sinister sounding then his son's.
Taiga's fist was covered in a red mist as he slammed it into the shurlup's chest and sent it flying back, causing it to crash into the wall and leave a large crater in it.
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"Okay," Cynder replied. She glanced at the wall. "What do you think the boys would think if they found out?"
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I Haven't the foggiest idea' Dixie shrugged.." If we're lucky they'll take it in stride, Scooby might demand that I sleep with him a few times as penance, and Spyro might demand the same out of you, although I doubt it, from him. He's a nice boy, if a bit naive. Sparx probably would never let you hear the end of it "there's your girlfriend, go over and give her a big wet KISS" " Dixie said, doing a pretty good imitation of Sparx. "Which reminds me when we stopped last night, it was my turn the next time.. should I take my turn ? She smiled at Cynder..
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"Better keep that armor on for now Stitch" Nani said taking aim with her pistol.. the group continued to move deeper into the tunnel. the ground beneath them was slimy, and smelled really bad. the air was musty and damp, and every now and then noises echoed from all sides..
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The shurlup were now retreating. It seemed they had learned to fear the gunfire. Wataru launched another green fireball after them, killing three of the stragglers.
"This place is creepy," Tatsulot whimpered as he hovered back to his place on Wataru's wrist.
"This is no time for cowardice," Kivat III said to the dragon.
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"Spyro's too innocent for that," Cynder said matter-of-factly. "And I thought you were tired?"
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Dr. Zanasiu shot and killed a retreating Shurlup. "Okay we need to move deeper."
Rime had his cart of Molotovs ready and was pushing it down the tunnels following Dr. Zanasiu and Nick.
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Well, I am" Dixie protested. "Come on, one kiss, and then we'll sleep for a half hour, Alright?' She gave her friend a friendly push.
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Tatsulot isn't the only one creeped out" Shaggy said, My creep-o-metter is at 9 and pushing 10.." Shaggy hated creepy places...
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I have to agree with Shaggy. this place IS creepy.." Nani said.
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"worse than Gantu's ship" Stitch said.
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"Oh, all right," Cynder said, giving Dixie a quick smooch on the lips.
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"Now, see what you started?" Kivat asked.
"Stop arguing you two," Kivat Senior barked.
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(Congrats on 1000! Nice work!)
Dixie wrapped herm arms around Cynder and explored her mouth with her tongue. The kiss lasted for about 5 seconds, then Dixie pulled away. 'I was supposed to start" She laughed and kissed her quickly in reply. This kiss lasted about as long, and Dixie pulled away from her slowly. "I care about you, a lot Cynder" She said. "I enjoy being with you, and you have suprisingly soft lips."
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(I didn't even realzie until you pointed that out. :DD )
"Yeah, I know," Cynder said, running a paw through the hair on Dixie's head. "I care about you a lot, too."
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They entered a large chamber, several tunnels led into it.
"Now which way?" Wataru asked.
A howl sounded from the tunnel and was answered from the other tunnels. Shurlup began pouring into the room. Wataru and Taiga charged for the shurlup. Wataru met the uncoming horde with a kick. Taiga ducked under a female's claws and punched her in the stomach.
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(I'm a big stats geek. you're the 41st here to reach 1000)
Dixie nuzzled Cynder as the two of them laid their heads on the pillows, facing each other. " I'm glad you feel the same way about me Cynder. " She whispered. "See you in a little bit"
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Nick opened fire nicking a shurlup in the side of the head. It held up its arms as if to plead for mercy. it was a female Shurlup, and Nick suddenly had an idea. "Spare this one" He said, he said reaching inside his shirt and pulling out some cords. he bound the Shurlups hands with rope, and picked it off the ground. This female was a young one, and it seemed more friendly than the older Shurlup. the Shurlup sniffed Nicks face, then licked him , almost like a dog, and Nick could see its tail wagging, it wanted to play.' i'm take this one back. We need to have a friendly female nurse the babes, our supply of milk is very limited... kill anything that attacks you.." Nick said, turning and leading the captive Shurlup to the surface.
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"Sleep well, Dixie," Cynder said, closing her eyes.
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Nago's eyes were wide and dumbfound beneath his mask as he watched Nick lead the shurlup away. He glanced back at the shurlup horde and converted the IXAcalibur into sword mode, while he raised the pistol-like IXARiser and fired several volleys from it as he charged the shurlups.
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Dr. Zanasiu scowled. "He's raising those things!?" He then took aim at another Shurlup who tried to charge Nick and shot it in the head.
"Let's rumble!" Rime shouted, lighting a Molotov and hurling it into the mass of Shurlups. The flaming gasoline set fire to several Shurlups which then started running around and setting other Shurlups on fire.
Dr. Zanasiu and Zachary emptied their weapons into the mass, killing several of them.
As they were reloading a Shurlup approached the cart but Rime quickly shot it in the head.
Another Shurlup picked Dr. Kerzach up only to be stabbed through the throat.
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"I will" Dixie whispered pulling Cynder close to her, and letting her head rest on her shoulder. Sleep finally overtook her, and she laid her head back on the pillow. The love she felt for Cynder was reciprocated, and it made her feel really good. Now the task at hand was beating the boys in the 3rd challenge and tying the match up.. because if they did, they would more than likely gain the upper hand in the 4th match, because Dixie could sing better than either of the boys..
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You have a thing for those Shurlups" Nani said as Nick passed her , captive in tow. "First the babies now a surrogate mom, are you going to get a daddy next?' She laughed at her own joke..
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'hey, the guys got a soft spot in his heart, and the thing went along willingly' shaggy said. " If it had tried to harm him in anyway, he would have blown her brains out." He sliced at a nearby Shurlup, cutting a deep gash in his side "Zoinks" he yelped, dashing away from its retalitory thrust.
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Dr. Kerzach ran at the Shurlup that Shaggy slashed and stabbed it to death.
"Hey, perhaps we should work together?" Dr. Kerzach said, looking at Shaggy.
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'good idea man" Shaggy agreed. 'I'll be right behind you.."
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Scooby yawned as Stripetail came in the room. "Rello" Re rere rust reeping" He yawned..
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"Nick knows not to decriminate based on species," Nago said, slicing off a shurlup's paw and then finishing it with a shot from the IXARiser. "Thinking an entire species is evil is wrong and I hope you learn that quicker then I did."
He spun back around and slashed a shurlup that had been sneaking up on him. Wataru and Taiga were getting overwhelmed by the flood of shurlups, so while they still could, they leapt towards the ceiling and twisted about so their feet hit it and then they stood on the ceiling as though it were the floor itself.
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Nick reached the enterance and guided the captive Shurlup out of the tunnel. "Don't worry, this one's friendly, " Nick said to strut. "iT sniffed me and licked my face.. she thinks I'm her buddy. Hopefully its old enough to be producing Shurlup milk, if not, well the babes will have a big friend to play with.."
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"Wake Up Fever!" Tatsulot exclaimed as Wataru pulled on his horn. A red aura appearig around him as he crouched and crossed his arms over his face.
"Wake Up 2!" Kivat the Second said as Taiga placed the wake up fuestle in his mouth. Taiga imitated Wataru's pose, green energy surrounding him.
Both leapt off the ceiling, thrust both feet out in a flying drop kick. Energy fangs popped out of the sides of their legs and stabbed into the shurlups they dropped onto them.
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Spyro raised his head. "I feel a bit better. How long will it take my ring to recharge?"
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Not very long at all, 10 minutes at the most. The ring will regenerate energy very quickly after you don't use it for awhile." Stripetail replied. "Cynder's ring will be fully repowered after her nap as well."
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Angel came up to them, bearing a plate of food. "bart sent me" She said. "He think you hungry"
"Rhats really rice Rangel" Scooby said , appreciating the kind gesture..
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So, where are you from? "Bart asked the Tourist, taking a sip of milk from his glass. "I'm originally from California but movedd to nevada after college..."
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"I wonder if the others are from other worlds, or universes as well." The Tourist said.
"I do not think the great valley is anywhere near here, no I do not." Ducky said.
"It maybe beyond mysterious beyond." Petrie said.
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Probably" ali said, this must be a place where people from all over the place stop to eat.. but its gonna be awhile before people come back after those things have done.."
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"Thank you," Spyro said, taking a hash brown from the tray and chewing on it. He listened to what Alie said and remembered soemthing he wanted to ask Stripetail. The purple dragon stood on his hindlegs, flapping his wings a bit to keep himself upright and she leapt over to Stripetail. "When me and Cynder leave... would there be some way for us to come back when we wanted to?"
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"Yes" Stripetail said, pulling out a Crystal from his pocket. "This crystal, combined with your ring, can send you anywhere you wish to go All you would have to say is "I wish to go to Scooby's house" and in a matter of moments you'd be ringing his doorbell. Put that crystal in a safe place. You can only use the crystal 3 times a day, though, so you have to be careful what you wish for. And the crystal has a limit to what it can do, like all things.."
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"Hmm, sounds something like a transmat, though faster. Some of those can take several seconds, and some of the early models take longer. Gallifrey briefly used them long ago, before the age of Rassilon, then abandoned that technology. More like a teleport spell. Handy those are, though I really don't use one myself, a teleport spell that is." The Tourist said.
"That is good, now you can visit friends who live far away. That is good, it is, it is." Ducky said.
"Faster then flying me think, but more scary." Petrie said.
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well, you really don't need one, when you have a properly functioning Tardis" Stripetail replied. "But since they don't have one of those, this is the next best thing. This is a Wishing crystal. But there are things you cannot wish for on them, such as killing someone "I wish he was dead", making someone fall in love with you, "I wish she was in love with me", or bringing someone back from the dead, "I wish my father were still alive". you try, and the crystal will shatter. there aren't that many of these in existence, either." Stripetail said.
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"He'll have to be very careful indeed it sounds like." The Tourist said hearing what Stripetail had said.
"And careful what he says too when he is around the crystal." Ducky said nodding an agreement.
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'Yes he must be careful, that is a good thing to say. The crystal could send you back to the Great Valley Ducky, along with Ali, Skitter and Petrie, in a matter of seconds." Stripetail said. "that will be yur ticket home..."
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"That would be nice, it would it would." Ducky said nodding and happy at the thought of going home.
"Petrie agree." Petrie said, liking the idea of going home at last and finally.
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Spyro looked at the crystal with a cautious expression. He materialized his armor briefly and placed the crystal into its wrist compartment, before armoring down.
"I'll be very careful with it," Spyro promised, deciding he would only use it for visiting Scooby and Dixie and nothing else.
"And of course, I'll let you use it to get home," he added to the dinosaurs.
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Thank you. We appreciate it, Spyro" Ali said, smiling. "What else are you going to use it for?"
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Dixie stirred. Her hazel eyes opened, and she looked down at Cynder, who was still sleeping on her shoulder. A Smile played on her lips, now that thier relationship was more or less set, the trick was to have a relationship without the boys finding out and having to explain everything..although, she reflected, they WERE going to find out at some point, either Scooby or Spyro would fit 2 and 2 together. She would have to ask Stripetail for guidance...
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"Just for visiting Scooby," Spyro replied. "I don't want to end up wording something wrong and having who knows what happen."
"Are you sure?" Sparx asked. "Think of what you could get with that..."
Spyro rolled his eyes at the dragonfly.
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'Yeah man, I'd ask for a million dollas" Bart nodded.
- Stripetaik scowled . "Wealth and long life are the two most popular choices when asked about having a wish. and they are precisely the WORST things that mortals could ask for. Ok you gain a million dollars.. will you really follow through on the casually made promises you made If, you ever got a lot of money? Most people won't. they'll take care of themselves and thier family and thats pretty much it. And what good is a long life, if you have no one to spend it with? Having a long life can be a misery if you are alone."
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"Oh, don't be such a killjoy," Sparx said. "There are plenty of other things to wish for."
"Well, you just keep wishing, because you're not getting ahold of this crystal," Spyro said.
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'Ri've ralready rot ra rillion rolars' Scooby said. "Rit's run, rut Ri ron't rave rany reople ro rend rome ro. Ry rarents ron't rake rany roney, Rousin Ree ris rich rin rer rown right, and Ri raven't reen rable to rontact Rum ror Rabba, ror Ruby, ry rister."
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Sparx didn't appear to be listening anymore. Rather he seemed to be staring blanky off into space.
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Cynder yawned and stretched out, before opening her eyes and looking around. "How long were we asleep?"
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'About 20 minutes" Dixie said. "You slept like a babe... and you feel asleep right away. It took me about another minute to fall asleep.." She said looking at Cynder, who was gazing intently at her.
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Nick entered the office with the Shurlup. "I've found a surrogate mum for the babes, hopefully.." He led the Shurlup over to the Pen, and the Young Shurlup, sniffed at it, recognized the scent of the babes, and nifty climbed over and into the pen with them. The babes woke up, and looked unsurely at this new guest.
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Spyro jumped as he saw the shurlup. He relaxed when he saw Nick had its arms tied, though he didn't relax very much.
"More of them?" Sparx frowned.
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"Does that scratch on your back feel better?" Cynder asked.
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"yeah, It does, a little. This bed felt great... I really look at installing a few of these into my house" Dixie grinned, and she pressed her ring against the cut. 'heal' She said softly, and she felt a wave of energy rush into her.."Did you sleep well?' She askd Cynder.
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Don't worry guys, this one's friendly. even licked my face" Nick made a face as he said it..
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"Yes, I slept great," Cynder replied, standing up and jumping off the bed. "Shall we go join the others?"
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"Uh-oh," Sparx said. "I think she likes you... you know what I mean?"
He laughed loudly.
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"Sure' Dixie nodded, she climbed off the bed and drank the water from ine of the glasses on the bedside table. "Which of us should have to put up with Sparx for an hour? You have had serious issues with him in the past, and we can't afford to lose this challenge because you tried to eat him.." She smiled a little bit. "Not that he doesn't deserve to be put in his place every now and then"
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Ha Ha Very Funny Sparx. Would you like to meet her close up?' Nick snapped.
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"I guess eating him would be against the rules," Cynder said thoughtfully. "And even if it weren't it would just result in another tie."
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"No thanks, I can see just fine from here," Sparx said, hiding behind Spyro's head. "Just remember to clean up any messes it makes."
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Dixie grinned. "Spyro wouldn't be too happy that you ate his brother, no matter how much of a pain he is..he's the only family, besides you, he has.. I think I'll go first, since you've had a solo challenge before. I'll just nod at whatever he says, unless he's really inapropriate.."
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Chicken' Stripetail cracked. "You have a way with those Shurlups Nick, even though we've killed over 700 of them, you still managed to find one Shurlup that we can work with.. This one appears to be very young, probably not old enough to start producing milk.."
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"What is money?" Ducky asked, not having heard of money before."
The Tourist nodded, "Money isn't everything, and being immortal isn't a good idea for most mortals. There's a race who use to have unlimited regenerations that in time knew what it was like to live forever in the mortal world and longed to have the regenerations end. And a ship on a mission to seek a new home that had a crew who used technology to continue to regenerate. Also I know a certain former king of Ithaca who was also a knight of the round table named Bedwyr, and was Little John, forced to eternal life in the mortal world by the Greek Gods. Cursed to not age and never to die. Immortality is more of a curse then some folks would think." The Tourist said.
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STRipetail nodded. "I have lived a million years, Tourist, so I know only too well the truth of your statements. the worst part for me is the loneliness, knowing that those I befriend will pass on.. no matter my feelings for them. and i've heard about that unfortunate soul, he was once called Oddyseus, and cursed by one of the gods, either Poseidon or Zeus himself, to walk the world until the end of time. "
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The Tourist nodded, "It can be bad indeed. I visit him from time to time, and sometimes he travels with me for periods of time. Though long lived compared to most, even time lords eventually die. Though there are stories that Rassalon has unlimited regenerations or is immortal, learning the curse that it is and laying a trap for those who wish to claim immortality from him. Though some other stories say he'll freely give any who reach his tomb immortality."
(OOC: Reminds me of some stories I wrote long age with Odysseus as the main character.)
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(Oddysseus is truly one of the great characters of epic fiction. Beowulf is another... If you ever saw the 1997 NBc miniseries "the Oddessy" it was a excellent production...)
"Immortality is something I would never give to others' Stripetail replied. "I know only too well its drawbacks, and would never wish it on anyone. as for Rassolon only he knows the truth to the stories. I wil not say which is true, for I know not."
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Strut was standing with his weapon at the ready when the radio crackled.
"Strut, bring down some more ammo! Rifle and shotgun ammo!" the radio crackled. It was Rime's voice.
Strut grabbed 2 bags from the kitchen and filled one with rifle rounds and the other with some buckshot shells.
He then handed the bag to Nick. "Nick, bring these down to the Pelvanida group."
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Nick left the Shurlups in the pen and went back to the dining room. He took the bag from Strut and climbed back down into the hole..
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Spyro listened to the discussion in silence, not having much to say on it. He had never thought of what it might be like to be immortal and now that he had heard this negative talk of it decided he did not like the idea. He wondered if the Chroniclor was immortal and decided that he must be since he was mentioned in so many ancient stories.
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"Okay, good luck," Cynder said. She didn't think it would be a particularly difficult contest, but then again she had never put up with Sparx for a whole hour at a time. She headed towards the stairs.
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"Thanks."Dixie followed her out of the room and down the stairs.
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Ro rour rings rant rus rimmortality?' Scooby asked.
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No' Stripetail said. "While they are powerful, they do not grant immortality. If they did, I would not have given them to you.'
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"I wonder how Stitch is doing," Spyro said. "His armor didn't look like ours. I guess it's not adjusted to him yet."
"Hey," Cynder said, jumping over the last two steps to the ground floor. "Dixie and I are feeling refreshed."
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Wataru thrust out his left arm and Tatsulot spat out the Zanvat Sword in a cloud of flames, the sword flying through the air and into the shurlups. He then pulled Tatsulot's horn, the roulette slot stopping on a blue sword with a wolf's head hilt.
"Gurulu Fever!" Wataru drew the blue and gold sword out and connected Tatsulot to the bottom of the sword. Flames shot from Tatsulot's mouth forming a second blade, while the sword's natural blade was covered in flames. The Zanvat Sword came flying back at Wataru and he caught it in his free hand, before mounting an assult on the shurlups with both swords.
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"I wonder if Doc is immortal. Littlefoot thinks he is the lone dinosaur." Ducky said.
"We can ask him when we see him next." Petrie said.
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That is good" Stripetail said smiling. "the next couple challenges won't require your rings though..
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Ri rask, recause Ri rhink rit rould re roool, ro re rimmortal' Scooby said to Stripetail. "Ri rean, rou're rimmortal..."
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Would you become immortal, Scooby, if it meant knowing that in a few years, Dixie would die, and leave you alone?" Stripetail said sadly.
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Ri.. Ri.. rit rould re really really rad, recause Ri Rove rer. Rut, Ri rould rave rundreds rof rears, ro rind ranother rate.."
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And she would in turn die, and so would any future mates." stripetail replied.
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The Tourist looked at Scooby, "If you really want to be immortal I can go and fetch Odysseus. He may be only a few thousand years old, but he can tell you what it's like to be an immortal living in a mortal world."
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'There's no such thing as immortality' Dixie said, entering the room.
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"Yes, there is Dixie." stripetail replied. 'I know, because I'm immortal myself. I've seen a million years.." Dixie's eyes grew wide..
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"Rell, reah, Ri'd rike ro ralk ro ran rimmortal' Scooby said. 'Rother rhan Ripetail.." he added.
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"Malefor said he was immortal," Cynder recalled.
"Well, that obviously wasn't true, because you guys killed him right?" Sparx said.
"No, the ancients got rid of him," Spyro said.
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"many beasts over the ages have claimed to be immortal. 99.9% of those are egotistical narcissists who are powerful, but mortal beings. this Malefor was one of those." Stripetail said. "there is a tiny number of creatures, though, that are truly immortal, and we operate under very strict rules. Immortality cannot be given freely, it must be earned, and only a very small few may gain this. If you are lucky" Stripetail's voice had a strange tenor to it, " enough to gain it, you are immortal forever, you cannot give it up.."
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"This is Strut. Nick should be arriving with the ammo soon." Strut said into the radio.
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Down in the tunnels Dr. Kerzach gestured over to where Wataru was fighting the Shurlups. "Shaggy! We have to help him!"
Dr. Zanasiu and Zachary were both keeping a group of Shurlups at bay with a steady barrage of gunfire. Dr. Zanasiu's shot caught a female in the chest, dropping it. Zachary's 3 round burst of hollow points killed a male.
"I hope Nick gets here with that ammo soon!" Rime shouted. He resorted to attacking the Shurlups with his claws, teeth and combat knife. He stabbed a male Shurlup in the stomach, pushed it down and buried the large talon on his foot in its back.
Rime targeted another male Shurlup. He leapt on the Shulrup, slashed its face with his knife and his hand claws and finished it by tearing its throat out with his teeth.
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Shaggy rushed after Kerzach, his knife held in front of it, he waved his snife and hacked at shurlup, recoiling as Shurlup cried rang in his ears from his knife carving flesh..
Nick ran deeper into the tunnel, a flashlight, Strut had given to himm, lighting his path in front of him..
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"If you are serious I can go and get him. I have an idea where he is. He's given me a timeline of some places where he'll be, during one of my visits to New Camelot." The Tourist said, & once or twice after then." He looked at Stripetail, "Not all immortals "earn" it, some have it cursed upon them, like Odysseus."
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"Yes, in fact, more are cursed with it, then earn it through trial and perserverance.' Stripetail nodded " after ten thousand years though, how you came to be immortal recedes into inconsequence, We immortals tend to reach out to each other, to regale each other with the stories of dozens of lifetimes. "
rEah, ro ret rim" Scooby persisted..
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Thats.. FASCINATING" Dixie said, seating herself on a cot.. and listening closely..
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"We need help?" Kivat wondered, as Wataru ducked under a shurlup's claws. He kicked the monster away. The flames around the Gurulu Saber vanished and Tatsulot detached from it. He slashed the sword's semi-normal blade through several shurlups and then swung the Zanvat Sword. The sword bounced off the shurlup's shoulder. Wataru gasped in surprise and the shurlup slashed her claws across his chest. Wataru groaned and rolled away from the blow, dropping the Gurulu Saber. Now with one hand free, Wataru slid the hilt of the Zanvat Sword across the blade. The shurlup charged at him, thinking the sword was still harmless. Wataru raised the sword and swung it down on the shurlup, cleaving it in half. He didn't have time to stop and find the Gurulu Saber though as more shurlup rushed him.
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"Well, I hope you're right about Malefor," Spyro said, laying down on the floor in the same posture that a dog, or cat might take. Cynder moved over next to him.
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'If he was revived, then he's not immortal' Stripetail said firmly. "immortals, by definition, cannot die. To die, at any point, makes you mortal, or less than immortal.
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"Let me try and get this straight.. You're immortal, right?' Dixie said. "So why don't you just make us immortal?"
_ Stripetail slapped his face with his palm. "Alright, I've already explained this, but you were late in coming in , and must have missed it the first time. I can't just give immortality to just anyone, Dixie. Immortals operate under very strict rules, only a very few beings may be immortal."
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"Well, I guess-"
"He didn't really say 'immortal'. He said he was eternal," Cynder interrupted. "Does the wording make any difference?"
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No, it doesn't. " Stripetail said. To live eternally, means you are immortal. and most beings that make that claim are in reality about to die themselves. "I can't lose, because I'm eternal!- just before they fall into an active volcano, or somesuch" Stripetail snorted derisively. "Malefor may find some way to revive himself again, but even if he does He IS NOT immortal. I want to make that very clear. He's died twice, correct. Once ages ago in your world, and the second time at your hands.."
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"I certainly don't want to be immortal. But maybe I should go and get him." He said, taking out what looked like a business card. He looked at it and scrolled through a menu. "Lets see, today's date, where should me be?" he said aloud to himself.
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"Satisfy his curiousity' Stripetail said, giving a meaningful glance at Dixie. 'Have him learn from someone who has been forced to live endlessly, as punishment.. The gods do not suffer fools, or disobediance..'
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Why would you WANT to be immortal cousin?' dixie asked Scooby. "Ri'm rurious.."
"Curious? you do know curiousity killed the cat, right?'
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'I don't think I would want to live forever, no I do not." Ducky said shaking her head.
"It sound scary, live forever." Petrie said, not thinking about being mortal or immortal.
"Ok, maybe best." The Tourist said and went over to his tardis, putting his pda way and went into it to pickup one of his friends. The Tardis soon went away in it's usual way.
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"You do realzie that's a strange thing to say to a dog, don't you?" Sparx said.
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Wataru spotted the Gurulu Saber and managed to slash his way over to it. He picked it up, intending to return it to Castle Doran, when a better idea struck him. He tossed the saber into the air.
"Make yourself useful, you stupid wolf," Kivat shouted at the saber.
The sword glowed and grew into a large blue werewolf with a curved yellow horn growing from his head. He dropped towards the shurlup, his red eyes glowing sinisterly in the darkness.
Wataru leapt away from the shurlups, landing behind Nick and Kerzach. He grabbed two fuestles and let Kivat blow into each of them in turn. "Bashaa! Dogga!"
The green and purple statuettes came flying down through the tunnels. The green one morphed into a similarly colored fishman, while the purple statue became a hulking, well-armroed purple monster. The purple monster pounded his fists together, while the fishman twirled on the spot, before both dashed at the horde of shurlups.
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Its a figure of speech in our world. Curiousity can be bad for you. You can be lead by curiousity into the wrong place at the wrong time, and you can die as a result. in this case, Scooby may end up NOT dying, EVER. Immortals have different priorities than mortals do, I'd bet" Dixie replied.
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"If I was immortal my priorties would be to just relax and enjoy all the time I had left," Sparx said, leaning his head against his arms and hovering in a reclining position.
"All you ever do is relax and enjoy yourself anyways," Cynder rolled her eyes.
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'and, when Spyro and Cynder grow old and died sparx, then whatt would you do?' Stripetail raised his eyebrows.
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Nick reached the diverging tunnels, a Shurlup was thrown out of the middle one and landed, dead at his feet. "I'm guessing its this one" He said somewhat sarcastically, as he entered the middle tunnel.
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"Well..." Sparx said slowly and then tried to sound certain. "I'd say something nice at Spyro's funeral, or something..."
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"Welcome back," Taiga said, he was wielding a white rapier-like weapon with a red blade. He swung the weapon around and the blade became a whip which cut into any shurlup it hit. Taiga wielded the weapon with deadly accuracy.
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And what about Cynder?" Dixie cut in. "She's part of your family too.. Or would you just be a pain in the tail , and celebrate openly that she was gone?" She looked at Spyro who frowned. In fact, Sparx had said several mean things about Cynder, Calling her among other things 'the female of fright", and the "Evil pyscho She-dragon"..
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The tardis returned. "You sure about this. I'd not want to turn to stone in your doorway."
"It's ok, the spell will keep you from stone sleep." The tourist said.
"Come on. Can't hurt just looking outside." Another person said.
"You did save from the phoenix gate."
The tardis doors opened and The tourist stepped out with a human well over 6 feet tall and well built and wearing contemporary clothing and with an invisible sword in an invisible knife scabbard, most of the sword blade in another dimension.
Then out stepped a red gargoyle (Brooklyn for any who've seen the series.) He stood silent and looked around, sniffing to get the scent of each person and waiting to see who was friend or foe.
The tourist indicated the tall human. "This is the person I mentioned. What name are you going by currently?" He asked him.
The tall human shrugged, "Doesn't matter, I've used many names. Odysseus was my birthname. Later I was called by and used many other names, Sinbad, Sir Bedwyr, Little John, a guest on Robin's part due to my being so tall, and others." He said.
The Tourist next indicated Brooklyn, "This is Brooklyn, he's a gargoyle, for those who've not see his species."
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Hows Goliath?' Stripetail smiled at Brooklyn. "Still as strong as a bull? I'm Stripetail.. I'm not sure if we've met before, But I've met Goliath before, on my travels.."
(Yes I saw the series Goliath was my favorite character)
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Hi, I'm Dixie" Dixie waved to the newcomers.
"Ri'm Rooby" Scooby said.
I'm ali" Ali said, smiling at the newcomers..
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"No, I wouldn't do anything in such bad taste," Sparx said. And since when was she family? he thought to himself. Sure, they had been acting closer then usual since they had come back from that mission, but were they really an item already? And if they were did that mean he had to let up on bothering Cynder?
"I'm Spyro and this is Cynder," the purple dragon introduced. He nodded his head at the yellow dragonfly. "That's Sparx."
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Taiga swung the whip forward and it pierced through the chest of a shurlup. He pulled on the rope and moved his hand across the hilt, a pulse of light traveling down the rope and causing the shurlup to explode.
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"Yeah, right" Dixie sneered. "You're a horrible liar Sparx..Cynder's told me all about the nasty stuff you've called her...I've got no doubt you wouldn't hesistate to say mean stuff about her at her funeral.."
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Nick ducked as parts of the Shurlup flew everywhere. "heres the ammo guys, help yourselves..."
_ Did you bring any food with you?' Shaggy asked. "A Bowl of courage" Nick said sarcastically. "it worked for the Cowardly Lion, Shaggy..."
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"We'll cover you while you reload," Nago said, kicking back at shurlup.
The three monsters Wataru had summoned were doing rather well against the shurlup. The werewolf was a fiercous fight, making use of his calws and occasionally his teeth against the shurlups. The fishman stayed out of direct combat, instead prefering to stay back and shoot jets of water at the creatures. The purple creature was slow, but exceedingly strong.
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"That's assuming I'll even be at her funeral," Sparx said annoyed, crossing his arms. "I'm a dragonfly remember? They'll most certainly outlive me, that is if they can quit doing all this dangerous stuff."
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Not if you're immortal, idiot' Dixie spat. "Rixie!" Scoby said. "Ranguage!" "Sorry, that dragnfly is ticking me off.."
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Enough..' Stripetail said. "Oddyseus... it is a pleasure to meet you... I'm Lord Stripetail.." He said extending him paw to the large human.. "Scooby here would like to learn about being immortal.
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Odysseus smiles and waves, "Hello, how goes things?" He asked.
Brooklyn waved, "He was doing great the least time I saw him. That must have been years ago." He said with a bit of a sad expression on his face. "It was all on account of that phoenix gate." He said with some anger in his face and voice.
"You're free of it now, and I"ll return you home a few seconds after you left." The tourist said.
Brooklyn calmed down at the memory. "I did get to see some interesting places and people, but never being able to even visit home."
"You'll go home, and if you want to you can travel with me and see new times and places, and always able to visit home when you want and stay as long as you want." the tourist said.
(ooc: Based on a proposed spinoff the gargoyles creator wanted to do, Timedancer. The phoenix gate appears and gets Brooklyn. To the manhattan clan he appears about 5 minutes later, to Brooklyn it is 40 years before he returns home.)
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(Yes I was just reading about that on wkikpedia)
'For a gargoyle who was asleep for 1000 years, 40 years shouldn't be much of a big deal.." stripetail said. he pout up his paws before Brooklyn could get angry. "don't worry my friend, we are all your friends here. This is actually a resteraunt called the Insane Cafe.. it called that because weird things happen all the time here. Help yourself to some food, theres a huge pizza in the kitchen.."
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Rello" Scooby said, reaching out his paw to Oddyseus. "Rice ro reet rou.. Rhat's rit rike, ro re rimmortal?' He asked.
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Sparx flew up into the rafters, muttering to himself.
Cynder turned her head toward Odysseus. She was a bit curious about what he might have to say.
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"At least it's over. And it wasn't all bad. I did see some interesting people and places. " Brooklyn said glad that it was all over, "and I did find a friend to travel with me, and now have a mate and a family." he said, happy at the thought.
"I'd introduce you to them, but I can only keep 1 gargoyle from stone sleep at a time. Not very good at dragon magic." The tourist said.
Brooklyn smiled at a thought, "I bet the gang back home will be surprised." He looked around, "A cafe? I've not had American food in, must be a few years at least."
"Being immortal, not very fun. Watching one's friends, family, loved ones die and you live on. Trying to not make friends or fall in love,but knowing you likely will again only to watch them die and it goes on and on forever. Some of them I held in my arms as they died, me unable to do anything about it." Odysseus said, still abit sad at the memory, but over most of the initial sadness, as most who live through an event are.
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Rut rhat arout rhildren? Rons and raghters? Scooby asked. 'Ran't rou rave rhem?'
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Well you eat as much as you like, Brooklyn the pizza will not go away until you bust your chair" Stripetail laughed. "I can get whatever flavor you want, Cheese, pepperoni, sausage, deluxe, heck I can even serve it with bugs if you wish.."
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Brooklyn made a face of disgust,, "Bugs, yuk. We gargoyles eat the same sorts of stuff humans do." He said. "Thanks for the offer, I"ll try some. I've not had pizza in a while, thanks." He said and went over to try a slice.
Ducky thought for a moment, "I think Chomper would like bugs on his pizza." Ducky said.
"Me agree," Petrie said nodding, "He say stinging buzzers spicy."
Odysseus nodded, "I've had many. They are all dead as far as I know since they were human." Very few humans live much past 80. The only long lived friends I have are the Tourist here," He said indicating him, Morgan le fay, who I"ve not seen in a while, King Arthur, who is in Avalon recovering who I"ve not seen since after the battle of Camlan in the 6th century."
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What about Merlin?' Stripetail replied. "He wasn't fully mortal from what I've heard of him. You must have met him while you were a knight. I've longed to meet him for a long time, no wizard is held in higher regard in our world than he, for his exploits are legend even in my world.
"Ro rou rave had rids, rots rof them. Rut rasn't your rirst ron or raughter , rart-rortal? Risn't rhat row rings ro?
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You mean a halfing?' Stripetail replied.
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Odysseus nodded, "I've forgotten about Merlin. I've not see him since somewhat the early or mid period of Arthur's reign. Then Nimue, who later became one of the ladies of the lake, took over from him." He shook his head at the mention of half immortal or halfling, "You mean like Heracles, who the romans called Hercules, no they were mortal. Technically I'm a cursed mortal, not a true immortal I would guess. The curse went, translating into modern English, "forever will you life down through the ages, your body always remade whole whatever may happen to it."
The Tourist smiled a bit at the mention of Hercules' name. "hehe, Hercules, he was a wild man at parties. Ｉ remember the parties we Argonauts would have, pretty wild ones." He said.
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"Nimue' Stripetail spat. "Rule #1, among great magicians, don't ever take on a protege, fall in love with her, and teach her everything you know, it will end up backfiring. I read that Nimue sealed him up in a cave, or that perhaps was artistic license put in in "le Mort De arthur". Mallory knows how to tell a story, but I'd rather hear from someone who was there.."
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Wild parties?' Dixie smiled. "Well, when you have lots of men traveling all over the place in search of great treasure, you have to have some way to relax.. I imagine lots of women were 'involved"? She said..
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The Tourist nods, "There were," He says finding the memory a bit funny, "Heracles would just have to show his muscles or mention who is father is and it was easy for him. Those were some fun times. Going on the Argo."
"It wasn't through trickery. It seems Merlin got a bit frustrated since after a while Arthur would not listen to his advice anymore & decided to retire. She was one of the 4 ladies who took him to Avalon, along with his half sister Morgan Le Fay. I think it was Lancelot or others who spread those rumors, & started the very bad feelings between Arthur and his half sister Morgan le Fey who discovered Guidivere and Lancelot were having an affair. Arthur would not believe her till many years later and they eventually made up before the battle of Camlan."
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'I see " Stripetail said and then there was a huge bang, as a very elderly man stepped forward from the air. "Lancelot? that pompous ass.." The old man croaked showing aged and corroded teeth.. "I go off to retirement and he spreads all these false rumors about...by the gods where am I?' the old man looked around. "I was supposed to be in France.." His eyes flew wide as he saw Odysseus. "Bedewyr? good knight, how are you" He stepped forward a step then looked around at all the strange faces... "Forgive me, my lords and ladies for my intrusion. I was supposed to magic myself to France, but apparently my spell went haywire .." he said apologetically..
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Dr. Kerzach grinned. "No need to reload." He continued stabbing and kicking Shurlups. He then turned to Nick. "Hey Nick, you got anything like a machete or an ax in this cafe? My knife is good but I'd like to have a bit more reach. Oh Shaggy and Nick mind covering the Pelvanida group as they reload?"
Rime was attacking a male Shurlup. He was slashing it repeatedly with his hand claws and knife and he finally killed it by tearing a piece of flesh from its neck with his teeth. He spat the bloody piece of meat on the ground.
"Hey nice to see you got the ammo." Zachary said. He grabbed the two bags and placed them by the Molotov cart. He then pulled out all the empty magazines from his lab coat and started loading them.
Dr. Zanasiu started jamming handfuls of shotshells into his pockets.
"Finally!" Rime said. "Shurlups taste really bad."
"Rime! Why aren't you wearing your armor?!" Dr. Zanasiu shouted.
"Hmm. I must have forgot to put it on. I'll get it." He then radioed Strut. "Strut, this is Rime, I am heading to the surface."
Rime went to the surface and went to the corner where his group had kept their weapons and armor. He removed the magazines from his vest and placed them on a nearby table. He then grabbed his helmet and body armor and put them on.
"Hey, Deimos mind reloading my magazines? I've got to go wash my face." Rime asked.
"Sure. It's the least I can do." Deimos replied. He then grabbed the magazines on the table and started loading them with rifle cartridges.
After several minutes passed, Deimos had finished loading the rifle magazines and Rime reappeared and grabbed the magazines. "Thanks!" Rime said as he loaded a magazine into his rifle and cocked it.
Rime then radioed back to his group. "This is Rime I am re entering the tunnels."
Rime then entered the tunnels.
He soon approached a 3 forked tunnel. "Hmm. Where is everyone?" he muttered. Several gunshots then the screams of dying Shulrup were heard coming from the middle tunnel. He ran down that tunnel and he killed a female Shurlup trying to sneak behind Shaggy and Dr. Kerzach.
"So how's it been?" he asked.
"Just fine!" Dr. Zanasiu said sarcastically, blasting a female Shurlup. It still kept approaching him even with a shotgun wound to the stomach. A second shotgun blast to the chest killed it.
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Nick fired at the approaching Shurlups, giving them cover. "We don't have any axes around here, I'm afraid. Didn't think of getting one.." He shook his head. "I'll get one when I rebuild.."
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Odysseus smiled, "Merlin, It's been a while. How are you doing? I"m doing fine. As far as I know we're in a cafe."
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I'm old" Merlin wheezed. "I gave up most of my magic to Nimue , but not all" He raised a gnarled finger. He sat down creakily on the second cot. "Not all. I'm not nearly the magician I was, but I still pull off some tricks.. My lord, do you mind if IEat something " He turned to Scooby. "ri'm rot ra rord. rut reah, rou ran relp rourself" Scooby said, trying to be as kind as possible.
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"the great Merlin Himnself' Stripetail smiled. "I'm Lord Stripetail, I've studied your work for centuries."
_ Merlin bowed at him. "My Lord, probably half of what you've read is propoganda started by Lancelot to cover his traitorus behind. He betrayed everyone, after he took Guinevere into his bed, Camelot was doomed.. he betrayed his king, and his country, for his loins..." Merlin spat at the ancient memory.
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"Merlin. I've heard you were a good guy, unlike some of the sorcerers I've encountered." Brooklyn said.
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Dr. Kerzach shrugged. "Okay, I can still do serious damage with a knife and claws." He demonstrated his words by tripping a female Shurlup that tried to lunge at him and stabbing it in the back. He finished it off by stabbing it several more times.
Dr. Zanasiu was reloading his shotgun. Zachary was busy reloading all the magazines of his rifle.
After several minutes. Zachary had reloaded all his magazines, inserted a full magazine into his rifle and cocked it. "I'll go drive Strut to the gun store. Hey Nani! Can I use your car?"
Rime also joined Nick and Nani who were both shooting at the approaching Shurlups. He took aim and shot an approaching Shurlup in the head killing it.
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"Alkright, but if you damage it in anyway through reckless driving, I'm gonna be ticked." Nani replied, hitting a Shurlup in the chest with a .22 bullet.
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Well, Yes I've fought dark magic before in my life, as must all good magicians" Maerlin sighed. "But the battle never ends, the faces change but the contest goes on.."
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Odysseus and some of the others nod.
"There has to be someone to fight them, or else they would surly win, they would." Ducky said.
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the gods always see to it, that evil doe not go unopposed, my child" Merlin said, his voice barely above a whisper. "There will always be at least some who will stand for the side of good. We cannot undo entirely what evil does, but we still make the world better because of our effort.'
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Spyro and Cynder nodded. The two dragons had fallen silent, a little overwhelmed by all the new arrivals, several of which seemed to be figures from the legends of this world.
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"You might be wasting your time," Taiga said, running his rapier-like weapon through a shurlup. "I think their numbers are pretty well-thinned."
He swung the rapier forward, the blade extending out into a whip again and wrapping tightly around several shurlups. A red Kiva symbol appeared on the ceiling and Taiga leapt through one of its wings, dropping back through the head. He yanked on the cord and lifted the bound shurlups into the air. "Now, Wataru!"
Wataru removed the fuestle from the Zanvat Sword and gave it to Kivat. "Wake up!" He slide the hilt across the sword, covering it in red energy, before he leapt at the captive shurlups and sliced through the whole group. He landed and slowly slid the hilt across the blade again, while Taiga waved a hand over the hilt of his weapon. The shurlups exploded as the Zanvat hilt slide back into place.
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"We were just talking about immortality, Merlin, before you came" Stripetail said. 'Scooby was curious about it.."
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Merlin gave the Great Dane a severe look. "Immortality is not something you would enjoy long term. "Yes, you wouldn't die, and you could gather all the wealth and power you desire. but you'd find, after a few centuries, that they do not satisfy, nothing can satify. not even the fair sex."
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"I think we'll need to go deeper into the tunnels." Rime replied, shooting a Shurlup that survived Wataru and Taiga's assault.
"Well, grenades are always useful in case we get attacked by other hostiles." Dr. Zanasiu pointed out.
"Strut, I am heading up to the surface to get grenades." Zachary said into his radio. He then turned to Nani, "Nani, the keys."
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Nani handed him the keys from her pocket, then reloaded her gun with a new round of ammo. "I hope we've nearly wiped them out..' She said, wiping her brow with her free hand.."I really want to go home.."
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The survivor had missed getting hit by the Zanvat Sword, instead having only gotten caught in the explosion of its bretheren.
"Like I said their numbes are thinning," Taiga said to Nani as he speared another shurlup through the chest with his weapon.
The shurlup were indeed thinning out. Nago inserted the IXARiser fuestle into his blet and blasted several shurlups with a beam of fire from his gun.
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Nick smiled..."Soon the Cafe will be free of these creatures. they've wrecked most of my resteraunt, which will cost millions to repair, and have forced me to call in people from other dimensions to help me out. But it wil be sweet to drive them away from this place.."
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"Retribution for all the destruction they've caused?" Taiga chuckled. "I can understand that feeling."
"I hope you can repair the place," Wataru said, walking over and standing next to Taiga. The last group of remaining shurlups had retreated into the tunnels.
"Looks like they've lost their nerve," Nago said, heading over to join the rest. He spun around and shot an injured shurlup that was trying to rise to its feet. "We'll have to hunt down the rest."
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I Have a better idea. Collapse the tunnels and seal them off. We've killed most of them.." Nick said in reply.
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And who might you be?' Merlin asked, catching sight of Spyro and Cynder. "I have not seen dragons for centuries..."
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"Told you." Rime said.
Zachary took the keys and headed to the surface. "Ready to go? And what about ammo and gas?" he asked Strut.
"Ready. We've got more more than enough but I'll buy 2 cases of rifle ammo and a case of buckshot. The gas cans are in the back, I loaded them there yesterday. So we'll need to get gas and some glass bottles." Strut replied. "Oh, leave your weapons in the car."
Strut and Zachary got into the car. Zachary was driving and Strut was in the backseat.
Zachary soon started the engine and pulled out of the cafe.
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Dr. Zanasiu kicked a spent shotgun shell aside as he was reloading. "I've got go to the surface to get more ammo and a snack. Anyone coming?"
"I'm good." Rime said as he shot and killed a Shurlup that was running deeper into the tunnels.
"I'm good too." Dr. Kerzach replied. His knife and toe claws were dripping with Shurluo blood but his labcoat and pats were relatively clean.
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Rime's eyes brightened as he heard Nick's suggestion. He radioed Strut. "Hey can you get some demo charges."
Dr. Zanasiu looked at Nick. "If Shurlups can excavate this tunnel, sealing the tunnels may not stop them unless you totally collapse the lair and bury everyone of them alive."
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"Good thinking," Taiga said. He turend to his brother.
Wataru raised his arms and pulled on Tatsulot's horn four times in quick succession. A bright yellow glow surrounded him as he grew slightly in size. Wings were the first thing to appear from the light, followed by the rest of the dragon-like creature. It was gold and red, just like Wataru's Emperor Form and resembled it quite a bit. His body resembled a cross bat with large red wings, a long red bat-like tail and a red head with two white pupilless eyes on the side of his head, while three green eyes ran up his crest. He roared and spat out a fireball, which exploded as it hit a tunnel and buried the entrance.
The werewolf, fishman, and Frankstein monster head over to the group, each morphing into a human form. The werewolf became an Asian man dressed in a tuxedo, though he didn't bother with a tie. The fishman became a boy wearing a salior's outift, while the purple brute turned into an Asian man dressed in a tuxedo with shoulder length hair.
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"I'm Spyro," the purple dragon said.
"I'm Cynder," she introduced herself. "Where we came from, dragons are kind of the ruling species. We'd never seen creatures like you until we got here."
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"Scratch that! The tunnels are buried." Dr. Zanasiu radioed to Strut.
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"How many dragons are there in your world?' merlin asked. "I'm curious, that is all.'
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Bury them alive or at least cut them off from the surface for a long time. By the time they get back to the Surface, the cafe will have been moved." Nick replied.
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'Rould Ri ring Rixie rong rith re?' Scooby Asked Odysseus. "Ro Ri ron't re ralone..." The slew of negativity had only strengthened his resolve..
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Wataru spat several more fireballs burying the rest of the tunnels, before he shrank back into Emperor Form and dropped to the floor.
"We can bury the tunnel on the surface just as little bit of extra precaution," Nago suggested.
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"Not very many," Spyro said sadly.
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"Shall I call Strut back?" Rime asked.
"Grenades could prove useful if we are attacked by some other hostile force." Dr. Kerzach said.
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"You seem to be young dragons, are you the only dragons of your age?' Merlin continued. "If so, then your race is in serious trouble. dragons in your world will go extinct, if there aren't enough young dragons to supplement the population.."
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"great idea. make sure its tightly sealed" Nick said.
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"No, there are a few others," Spyro said, though he sounded uncertain. He had never thought that dragons might go extinct.
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The two Kivats and Tatsulot detached from their partners and Taiga and Wataru's armor disppeared, while Nago disconnected the IXAknuckle from the belt and dematierilazed his own armor.
"I'm sure Stripetail-san could also do something to make it harder for them to escape," Wataru said.
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"i would hope so" Merlin nodded, as Stripetail came up to them. "Guys its time for the third challenge. Putting up with Sparx , in a closet for an hour. Go pick who you want to send as your competitor. the team who lasts the longest wins. If both teams make the full hour, it will go down as a tie.."
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"Hey, Strut! get the demo charges I have an idea!" Rime said into the radio. He then turned to Wataru. "We'll place explosive charges in the entrance to further discourage the Shurlups from leaving."
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"I'll go for my team," Spyro said instantly. If anyone could stand Sparx yammering for an hour he could.
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"If you want, I can place a guard of sorts over the shurlup as well," Taiga said walking towards the tunnel that led to the surface.
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Whatever methods you feeel are necessary, you can use them.." Nick said fiirmly as they made thier way to the surface. Shaggy put the knife away and looked relieved. Nani put her gun away, and brushed the hair out of her face. "I'm taking my group home after the contest is over" She said. "We should have enough gas to make it back
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Armor down' Stitch said, and the heavy armor vanished. he patted himself to make sure it was gone, and smiled "Mesa not wearing THAt again" He said pinching his nose with a claw.
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"You could always have Castle Doran burrow under them and just collapse the entire tunnel system on them," the man who had turned into the blue werewolf said in a bored voice.
Wataru grinned at Stitch. "That's exactly what I thought when I first used the Kiva armor." He frowned. "I also thought that several times afterwards too..."
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Alright , Spyro is going for the boys.. Girls, who is going for you?' Stripetail looked at cynder and Dixie. "Once we get your answer, then we''ll flip a coin to see who goes first."
I'm going" Dixie said. "I'm sure I can put up with Sparx for awhile.."
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Cynder sighed and watched as Spyro and Dixie went over to observe the coin toss. She glanced over at the pen that contained the shurlups. "What about the others? They're still fighting the shurlups aren't they?"
"Nope, we finished them off," Kivat said, swooping into the room followed by Tatsulot.
"We sealed them off underground," Tatsulot said.
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Bart pulled out a quarter from his pocket "This is heads" He showed the front, this is tails" hey showd its reverse. "Call it in the air Spyro" He said Flipping the coin in the air.
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"If there are few dragons in your world it does sound dire indeed. Any knowledge of what the cause may be?" Odysseus asked.
"It does sound pretty unfortunate indeed." The Tourist said.
"And sad too, it does, it does." Ducky said.
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"We had a pretty nasty war recently," Cynder replied. "So it's probably just limited to our area, there are probably more dragons living off in some other corner of it."
"Tails," Spyro said.
Tatsulot and Kivat darted back out into the dining room where the group was crowded around the tunnel entrance.
"How's it going?" Kivat asked.
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Tails, is the call' Bart said as the coinl flipped in the air abnnd fell, still turning over, and landed on the ground. An eagle holding a clawful of arrow was visible. "It is tails" Bart announced. "So, do you want to go first or second?' He asked.
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We just saved in the tunnelsm, so it will take awhile for them to get out' Nick said.
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"I'll go first," Spyro said. "How are you judging this?"
Sparx sighed as he hovered down from the rafters.
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Stripetail came forward. "Its really quite simple. 'You Sit in a closet with Sparx for one hour. the door will be closed and the hour will start after you go in, and if you open the door at any time to leave the clock will stop and that will be recorded as your time, and that time will be the time Dixie has to beat. Sparx, you may talk about anything, and say anything, there will be a glass of water for you to drink if you get thristy. I will call out how much time has passed at certain intervals. Contestants may not try to hit, bite or eat Sparx, any attempt to do sio will result in immediate disqualification. ' stripetail gestured, and a clock appeared next to the closet door. "Spyro, sparx if you would kindly enter the closet, Spyro you will find there will be a chair for you to sit on.. "
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"Ah, a war, that would diffidently do that." Odysseus said.
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Yes, wars can wipe out an entire people" Merlin nodded. "I've seen how bloody war can be first hand, and bedwyr and others can attest to the toll it exacts.."
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Strut and Zachary arrived back at the cafe. Zachary and Strut were both helping carry a crate of grenades, which was placed in the corner where the other ammunition cases were.
Zachary went back into the car and removed 2 cases of rifle ammunition. Strut followed him and returned with a case of shotshells. Both cases of ammunition were placed in the corner where the grenades were. Zachary went back to the car and carried out a small pack of demo charges, which was placed near the grenades.
Strut and Zachary made another trip to the car and removed the gas cans, which were placed in the back of the cafe. Zachary and Strut then made yet another trip and removed a small crate of glass bottles from the car. Strut made the final trip and removed a large bundle of cloth.
"Okay, we've got all the grenades, demo charges, ammo, gasoline and glass bottles we need." Zachary said.
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Cynder nodded. "It was a war we almost lost."
"Don't forget squish. No squishing!" Sparx declared.
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"And then some," Kivat commented, looking at the corner full of explosives.
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"Now, if you'll excuse me I've got to wash up." Dr. Kerzach said heading to the shower.
"Same here." Rime, Zachary and Dr. Zanasiu said.
"Hey Rime, Zansiu are you two going to shower together?" Deimos said.
"Shut up!" Dr. Zanasiu and Rime shouted simultaneously. While no one was looking Rime kissed Dr. Zanasiu on the cheek.
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"now dRop them in and blow up that network of tunnels, if you damage the floor in the process, it doesn't matter, since I'm going to be moving the cafe to a new location anyway and a few more holes won't make a big deal' Nick said.
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Shaggy and Nick went into the offce, followed closely by Lilo, Jummba pleekly, and Angel. Nani and Stitch came next.
"Alright no squishing. Now get in there, you two, and remember Spyro, Sparx can say anything he wants to..'Stripetail said.
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"He says anything he wants anyway," Spyro chuckled, heading towards the closet.
Wataru, Taiga, and Nago followed the rest into the room. The three creatures that Wataru had called to help fight had disappeared.
The three watched as Spyro sat down on the chair in the closet and Sparx hovered up next to him.
"I guess the next contest is taking place," Nago said.
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"Hey Rime, we'll need to set the demo charges. The grenades aren't powerful enough." Strut said.
"Okay, Rime, Strut, go in and set the charges. Zanasiu, Nick protect them from Shulrups while they're setting the charges." Deimos said.
Rime and Strut both found some backpacks in which they could carry the demo charges and loaded their backpacks with the charges. Dr. Zanasiu loaded his shotgun and stood by the two.
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Stripetail closed the door and the clock started. "Start tlking Sparx.
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Rhich reminds re' Scooby said, activing his armor. , and opening the wrist compartment. "Re're rhe roney rom Rut. Rhe 505 rou ron"
_ Dixie took the money from him and, activating her armor, put it away. "Thanks Cousin. I had forgotten we won the side-bet" She gave Scooby an affectionate hug, and pulled away.
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Nick nodded and followed the pelnaida grup back into the dining room. "How long will it take for the charges to go off?' He asked Strut.
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"Yay! I get to talk and talk and talk and there's nothing you can do about it," Sparx said from within the closet, loud enough for the people outside to hear.
Cynder sighed and rolled her eyes.
"Do you need any help?" Wataru asked as Nick and the others headed into the dining room.
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Sure, any help will be appreciated." Nick nodded.
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How much do you want to bet half of what he says will be badmouthing you?' Dixie whispered to Cynder, who rolled her eyes again.
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"Aye, far to many wars, some famous, some forgotten 10 years after then ended and few could remember why it was started." ODysseus said.
"Then comes the aftermath." The Tourist said.
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Disease, pestlence, famine, and sons wanting revenge" Stripetail ticked them all off. The Hubndred Years War lasted so long they forgot what they were fighting for, they just fought because they had always fought.. the war lasted 116 years.."
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"Then why didn't they call it the 116 Years War?" Sparx hollared from the closet.
Wataru followed the group performing the demolition into the kitchen.
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The Hundred Years war sounded better, a nice round number. like 30. there was a thirty years war as well in the 1600s"Stripetail replied. "Aren;'t you supposed to whispering insults to Spyro?"
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Don't worry Cynder, I'll wait until after the hour is up, and the door is opened, and then I'll pounch him smack in the face.. He'll have it coming.."Dixie smiled malaciously..
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"Far to many wars." Odysseus said.
"There are few species that are as good at humans are at war." The Tourist said.
"War sounds nasty, I am glad it does not exist in the great valley." Ducky said.
"Me agree. War sound scary." Petrie said.
"It's never a pretty sight." Brooklyn said, who had been sitting and eating some of the pizza and listening.
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"Now why would I be insulting him. He's my adopted brother and best bud, right?" Sparx turned to Spyro. The others heard nothing for a few moments before Sparx repeated. "Right?"
"Um... Dixie?" Cynder said. "I'm not sure if that's a good idea..."
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"I had to fight several wars to unify my home world" Stripetail replied. 'And they were bloody affairs, so humans don';t have a monopoly on war-waging" He shook his head. "War is a very nasty business , no matter what is at stake or where it is fought.. what is the more remarkable is that for many centuries , war was romanticized and celebrated. "
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After my hour is up, we'll have tied or won, so they'll be no penalty for us if I do it, besides after listening to him ream on you for 40 minutes or so, or implying that I like you, or some other nonsense, I'll be raring to smack him" Dixie replied.
_ I never said anything about insults about him ' Stripetail replied. 'You know whom I'm speaking of, Sparx.. 5 minutes have elapsed.."
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The tourist nods, "Some species live only for war and are never really at peace." he said, remembering some species he had heard of or encountered.
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"Remind me not to go to those places "Pleekly said. "My home planet was at war for thousands of years, until the two sides finally stopped ..countless died, over a family feud nio less!' Pleekly shook his head..
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"Could you mean the evil female?" Sparx asked.
"Those don't sound like very nice creatures," Cynder said, turning her attention towards the Tourist's discussion, deciding that it would be useless trying to persuade Dixie not to flatten Sparx.
Taiga glanced towards the dining room. He didn't really care for their choice of topic, since his own race was a quite violent one under most circumstances.
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You'll just have to figure that out, Sparx, use your head, and thing, Who have been hostile to? Ten minutes have passed.
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WAr is not a pleasant topic, but is one most creatures , regardless of where they are from, are familiar with" Merlin said. Angel brought him a glass od water, and recieved a friendly pat on the head as thanks.
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The tourist nods, "Though in the universe I"m from one of them no longer exists. The records are sealed under presidential order, but the rumors are that the former president Susan used a tardis and took care of Davros before he invented the Daleks. The public records only show that the Daleks vanished from time, they never existed."
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"So you can use that tardis thing to change the past?" Spyro asked, immediately thinking of Ignitus who had sacrificed himself so they could defeat Malefor.
"Hey, you're supposed to be ignoring me, not asking questions," Sparx said.
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Meddling with time is strictly forbidden where I come from , when you change events in the past you create new dimensions from that change. ' Stripetail replied, "People in the past are not supposed to know about what the future holds , even the ancient fates never revealed what they knew..
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"Time is not to be meddled with," Taiga said, finally joining the discussion. "Though both Nago and Wataru did use the Time Door in Castle Doran once, or twice to change the past."
Spyro sighed in disappointment. "There aren't any cases where you're allowed to change the past?"
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No, not even to save someone you love" Merlin said shaking his head. He looked at the Tourist'I'm guessing sir that your race has made special arrangements to allow you to travel thrrough time. everytime you go back and change something, even to visit, say Shakespeare, or myself, you are altering time, and creating a different dimension.."
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I'm Sue many of us would try to go back and fix things we regret in our life, Spyro, but time doesn't work that way. There are no do-overs" Dixie said sadly.
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Spyro sighed and leaned back against the chair. "I know, but I wish there were."
"Spyro, we're kind of in the middle of something here, this is no time to get depressed," Sparx pointed out.
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'Spyro, honey, you're not the only one who wishes that. I wish my old friend Marcus hadn't been paralyzed in a car accident, I often wished that I could go back and stop him from gong out that day. But even if it were possible to do that, you'd be giving up what you have to order to go back and change things. I change the past I don't meet Scooby and establish a relationship with him, and I never would have met Stripetail or you or Cynder or Sparx." Dixie said.
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The Tourist nods, "Most folks who try to change the past become part of history and end up ensuring the event they want to change does come about."
Brooklyn nods, "Goliath said you can't change the past, it is immutable."
The Tourist nods, "for most, but Time lords, and some others can change the past, though you get in severe trouble if you try and the council sends out certain agents like myself to unchange or / and ensure what happens is what should. There there have been rumours of a few exceptions being made." He nods to what Merlin said, "We have a special relationship with time. Part of it is overseeing time. I don't know the fullness of the details. I wonder if even the lord president does. Maybe only Rassilon does, or did." The tourist said.
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"I could change the past, but in doing so I'd sacrifice a tremendous amount" Stripetail said. "I have the ability to do so, but I choose not to do so. As many of you have stated, time should not be altered."
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Ri rould riss raving rou around Rixie, Rif rou rhanged rhe rast" Scooby said.
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Taiga glanced over at the Tourist. "That sounds exactly like what happened to Wataru. He wanted to try and erase himself from existance and instead more or less ended up ensuring he was born and also destroyed the original fangire King while he was at it."
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"I have traveled through time of course" Merlin said. "And as long as I do not actively try to change things, no harm comes of my travels. but you need great power and wisdom in order to travel though time and not damage the flow of time.."
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"30 minutes" Stripetail called out, "You're halfway done Spyro.."
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Reep rit rup Ryro, rour're roing reat!' Scooby cheered.
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The Tourist nods, "Which some lack sadly." He said.
"Sometimes those who should have wisdom have none." Odysseus said.
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Agreed. And immortals do not have a monopoly on wisdom, she comes in all forms, and gives of herself to all, although some do not use her gifts as well as they should be used. Lancelot wasted his gifts" Marlin said. "He was a grreat knight, Arthur trusted him implicitly, they were as brothers.."
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"Very true." Odysseus said, agreeing with what Merlin said. "Maybe things can be different when Arthur returns." he said.
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Cynder leaned her head against her hand as she listened to what the others were talking about. She would have liked to have gone back in time and changed things around that seemed like a better thing to have than immortality. Sparx was talking to Spyro in the closet in a hushed voice, probably talking about her. Cynder growled and wondered if Sparx's parents were anything like their son. She decided it was unlucky since they had done a pretty good job raising Spyro.
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I wouldn't want to live forever' Nani said. "I'd rather go back and bring Lilo's parents back to life.."
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Yeah, I'd like that, more than living forever" Lilo agreed.
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"If I could, I'd bring Mio back to life," Taiga said. "And I wouldn't care whether she decided to love Wataru instead of me."
Nago frowned. "Come on, we just defeated the shurlups. We should be celebrating and not so depressed."
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"Yeah, Its a miracle none of us died, man!' shaggy nodded. "I'm going to eat some of the garlic bread cheese pizza in the kitchen. I'll bring it out, in fact to share."
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If I could change anything, I'd make it so I didn't have to leave the Great Valley all those years ago.." Ali said..
"40 minutes!' Stripetail called out..
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"I'll help you," Nago said, intent on making sure the mood improved.
At the call of the time, the door to the closet was flung open and Spyro stormed out. He glanced back at the closet and the dragonfly that hovered in it.
"I'm sick of listening to you bad-mouth Cynder," Spyro shouted. "She's changed since all that time has passed and you should very well know that!" He glanced over at Scooby. "Sorry, but I couldn't take it anymore."
The dragon growled and stomped out of the room, Cynder jumping up after him.
"Maybe we should bring a little more then just pizza?" Nago suggested.
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Rits alright Ryro.. Rorty Rinutes ris really good.."
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Dixie frowned. "Apparently, I'm not the only one who wants to to slug you right now' She said glaring at Sparx.
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Time to Beat is 40:03" Stripetail announced. "Dixie If you would please" he motioned to the chair.
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"You were there just once?" THe Tourist said?
"The Great Valley? Sounds like a nice place." Brooklyn said.
"It is, it is." Ducky said.
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"WEll, more than once, but it has been a long time since I was there" ali said.
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Shaggy brought in the huge pizza, along with the Slushie Stripetail had created for Sparx. "Mr. Merlin Sir, could you do a little magic for us" There was a loud crackle as Merlin put his fingers together and stretched them. "If it is to create a huge spread of food for you, young man, well it will take a bit for me to work up the strength to do it You're asking a lot of this old magician, " Merlin smiled, "But I'll be glad to do it."
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"Food magic, not many specialize in that area of magic." Odysseus said watching what Merlin did and listening to what Shaggy said.
"Yes, most choose combat sorts of magic." The Tourist said.
"I've come across my fair share of those types. Though Demona does some of the darker and more evil sorts of magic also." Brooklyn said.
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"Couldn't someone else take her place?" Sparx asked fearfully.
Cynder guided Spyro up the stairs to one of the rooms on the second floor.
"You were only there once?" Taiga asked. He glanced over at Ducky and Petrie. "I thought from how close the three of you seemed that you at least visited it frequently."
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'You think Cynder would be better after the way Spyro' stormed out?" Stripetail said sharply. "No, Dixie volunteered to do this, and so you're stuck with her, for an hour, or less, she only needs to put up with you for a little over 40 minutes. My advice, start telling jokes"' Dixie went into the closet and sat down on the chair and Stripetail closed the door starting tthe clock.
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Dixie Glowered At Sparx. "Go ahead Sparx, say whatever you want to say, rip on Cynder some more.. "
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No Doubt, but that is the way of evil magic. " Merlin said. "I hope you like turkey, mutton, and wine, because It was the last feast I remember.." he waved his hands in an expssive gesture, and a huge round table overflowing with food fell into the middle of the room. the baby Shurlups, who had taken to thier older counterpart, and had been sleeping in her arms, stirred as the table landed with a thud.
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Sparx chuckled nervously. "Have you heard the one about the traveling salesman?"
"It will work just fine," Nago siad, reaching towards the table and passing the food around. Taiga grabbed a bottle of wine and poured himself a glass.
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No I haven't' Dixie said, sitting back in the chair. "enlighten me.. And remember Sparx 40:04" She pointed to her paw and made a clenching motion with it.."
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Shaggy and Scooby, but piled their plated with pizza and turkey..' Boy, Scoob, this looks yummy. Its not the endless food that Stripetail does probably, but all the reason why we should savor it."
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Baart had filled his plate with mashed potatoes, as had Angel and Stitch. nani was trying a glass of the wine.
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"Help me," Sparx squeked, backing against the wall of the closet to get as far away from Dixie as he could.
Taiga leaned back and sipped the wine. Nago took a leg of turkey for himself.
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"You didn't tell me the joke " Dixie said, a smile on her red lips that showed her canines. "Spyro's too much of a nice guy, Sparx, all he had to do to last the last 20 minutes was to threaten to turn you into a candle if you didn't shut up abbout his girlfriend.."
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"Very useful spell." Brooklyn said looking at all the food that had appeared. "I wonder if the Grimorum Arcanorum has any food spells." He said rubbing his chin.
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"Well, it was nice that he didn't," Sparx said. "Though I would have preferred it to getting the whole chewing out."
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You don't think you deserve the chewing out? Cynder would have tried to make it literal, Sparx, she's already tried to eat you once." Dixie said.
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"5 Minutes" Stripetail said, and he helped himself to some food
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"Magic can be dangerous, I hope the book is well hidden." The tourist said looking over at Brooklyn.
"It is, it's hidden where no one but certain ones of the clan know where it is." Brooklyn said. "We certainly don't want Demona or Xanathos getting their hands on it."
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(OOC: Nick could you please henceforth refrain from controlling Spyro and/or Cynder?)
"No, I just rather would have received the threat, then the long angry chewing out," Sparx said, actually looking a little ashamed of himself for once.
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Spyro had lain down in a corner of the room. Cynder sat a short distance away, waiting for Spyro to say something. She wondered what Sparx had said to annoy Spyro so much when he’d always ignored the dragonfly’s prior comments.
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(sorry I was just trying to describe what was happening upstairs, from a narrator's point of view. I'll edit that part, if you want)
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Dixie said nothing, allowing Sparx to stew for a bit.
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(OOC: I thought you both were taking turns doing those 2 characters)
"Hmm," The Tourist said thinking for a moment, "maybe you can plant a fake book that looks like the original but if someone tries to cast a spell from it it'll make their skin bright pink, give them a very high pitched voice for a while ro something like that." The Tourist said.
"I bet Owen would like that, when he's in his Puck form." Brooklyn said smiling at the thought.
"Reminds me of a wizard I heard about. I heard he would make stuff like rings of invisibility, but only the ring would turn invisible, not the wearer, Longbows that gave you exquisite dancing skill while you are holding the bow & make you dance, lock picks that make you a great opera singer while they are held & make you sing also, an easy chair of super flight, a cheese & chocolate golems, and stuff like that." Odysseus said.
"Sounds like something Puck may have done before." Brooklyn said.
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(Yeah, that's fine.)
Sparx sighed and slid down the wall, sitting on the floor. Dixie wasn't actively threatening him anymore, so he decided to enjoy the period of silence. He had a feeling that as soon as Dixie had won this round, he would be in big trouble.
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"I'm sorry for having ignored all those things Sparx always said about you," spyro finally spoke up. "I should have chewed him out long before this."
"It's okay," Cynder said. "Sparx is kind of easier to ignore than most people because he's just an idiot looking for a laugh. But your sticking up for me is still appreciated."
Spyro smiled a bit.
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Taiga grabbed himself a piece of mutton. His glass of wine sat half-full in front of him. “What’s taking them so long to close off that tunnel? They’re going to miss this feast.”
“We’ll save some for the rest,” Nago said though he too wondered why the rest hadn’t returned yet.
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( No Drake controls them. I made a mistake in trying to provide narration , and made them do things like I was coontrolling them)
Dixie smiled to herself. Her point had been made and her threat recieved. "Do you have a girlfriend Sparx, or are you just not that into the ladies?' She asked.
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"The ladies just aren't into me for some unfathomable reason,” Sparx replied.
“What is this Puck person?” Nago asked.
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Is it vbecause of your biting comments about people?' Dixie said. "I'd think so, given what I know about you. When was the last time you went out with a lady dragonfly, and what was her name?"
"Is he related to Oberon and Titania by any chance?' Merlin said, refering to Puck..
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"Um, well..." Sparx frowned. "Never. There weren't any dragonflies in the swamp where I used to live besides me and my parents."
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"you've.. never' Dixie suddenly began to laugh. It was a laugh mixed with pity, and a little bit of scorn. "So you've never been with a girl dragonfly, and your only experience with a girl anything has been with Cynder." Dixie looked. "And you haven';t exactly given her any reason to be nice to you.."
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Brooklyn shrugged, "I'm not sure who is parents are. He use to be the personal servant of Oberon, but he was recently banished to the mortal world, only able to resume his true form when teaching Alex magic, or defending him, otherwise he's stuck in his human form." Brooklyn said.
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He must have done something to really tick Oberon off, probably messed with the humans too much.." Merlin said. "So, Oberon forced him to live like one for awhile..as punishment.."
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Brooklyn nodded, "I think it was at least in part because he helped to defend Alex from him when Oberon wanted to take him since he, Alex that is, is, I guess you'd say a quarterling since Titania is his maternal grandmother." Brooklyn said. Oberon & Titania finally agree to let him stay with his parents and to let Puck teach him magic, when Fox, his mother, blasted him with a magic bolt & Goliath said that was proof he could be taught magic." Brooklyn said.
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"Finally I get you to find me funny," Sparx rolled his eyes. "Does this mean you won't kill me?"
"It must annoy him to be stuck in such a powerless form," Taiga said.
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I'm not going to kill you" Dixie said, "Just rearrange a few of your teeth and wipe that smug grin off your face.."
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15 minutes" Stripetail called out...
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Quarterling? what's that?" shaggy asked.
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Its the offspring of the offspring of an immortal or magical creatures>' Merlin said. "They have some of their grrandparents powers, but less than thier parents. Eighthlings also exist, but after that generation the power passed down becomes so weak as to be inconsequential.."
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"Similiar to who the child of a human and fangire has some fangire abilities," Taiga said.
Sparx was silent for a moment, trying to decide whether he should follow Stripetail's advice of trying to appease Dixe, or to just give up and accept his fate in which case he would try and get Dixie to lose this round of the contest.
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"Whhat Is a fangire, exactly?' marlin asked. "I've heard of vampires and werewolves and other creatures of the night, but I've never heard of a fangire.. what are they..
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Dixie Sat back in the chair. 25 minutes left to go, that was a long time.. if Sparx tried to get her to lose her cool, it would be a VERY lONG 25 minutes...
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"We're a race somewhat similiar to vampires," Taiga said. "We feed off human life energy though rather than blood and we use that life energy to disguise ourselves as humans and blend in amongst them. Our fangire forms have markings resembling stained glass and resemble an animal of one of four different classes. Reptile, aqua, insect, or beast."
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Merlin frowned. "So you are similar to a vampire then? And I suppose to become a fangire you have to have your energy stolen by one, much as to become a vampire you must be bitten by one..'
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Scooby watched the clock, as he ate. 16 minutes had passed..
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"I've not heard of those before." Odysseus said thinking on if he had heard of such a being over his long life.
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Strut, Rime and their 2 guards arrived at the main nexus where the branching tunnels were located. Shurlup parts and shell casings littered the ground.
"We're here." Strut said, taking off his backpack. "Nick, Wataru keep guard as Rime and I set the charges."
Rime took off his backpack and took out the demo charges. He placed one of the charges at the corner of the nexus and placed another charge in the opposite corner.
Strut placed his charges in the walls of each of the branching tunnels.
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"No, it doesn't work like that," Taiga said. "Fangire reproduce the same as any other race might. There are a few races similiar to us, but most have been wiped out."
Sparx's voice suddenly rang out from within the closet in something that a tone deaf person might call singing. "On top of spagetthi all covered with cheese, I lost my poor meatball when somebody sneezed!"
Nago groaned and covered his ears as the noise continued. "Make it stop!"
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"All right," Wataru replied, watching the tunnels. Kivat flew down the tunnel and hovered over his partner's head.
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Dixie covered her ears to make the horrible singing stop.. "My Gawd, Sparx, your singing's ATROCIOUS! I can telll you've never taken lessons.." "I have to put up with this for 20 more minutes?" She thought to herself...
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"Yes, you do," Sparx said in a sing-song voice. "What should it be next? I'll take requests if you want." He raised his voice towards the end so that the others outside could hear his suggestion.
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"How about "Dream Weaver"? Dixie asked. "Or do you not know that song?" Since he;s asking for requests, I might as well humor him" she thought..
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"I'm afraid not," Sparx said. "Oh, well."
He proceeded to decimate Dixie's ears with another round of the spagetthi song.
"Quick, someone suggest something else for him to sing," Nago begged.
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Hoew about "Stop, or the pissed off Wizard will sew his lips Shut!" Merlin said, "I've heard some bad singing in my day, but you mmay very well be the worst singer I've ever heard, and I go back over a thousand years!"
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"Hey, that's against the rules!" Sparx exclaimed.
"Rules are made to be broken," Taiga said.
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Brooklyn put his hands over his ears, his senses being more sensitive then a human's. He looked over at the Tourist.
"Reminds me of the Argo days. Some of those guys were bad singers too, especially when they had drink a bit. Though oddly Heracles was pretty descent even with no training. I guess from his being a half god."
"I don't suppose you have a spell or anything to help in this case?" Brooklyn asked looking at the Tourist.
The Tourist shook his head, "My knowledge of dragon magic is not that far along, "he said as he reached into a pocket with a hand, "but these will help, they are electronic earplugs and will block out some annoying sounds." He reached into another pocket with his other hand, "here is their remote control to tune them." He said as he offered them to Brooklyn.
Brooklyn wasn't sure about using strange tech, but the Tourist did help him before in their experiences together so he had learned to trust him. He put in the earplugs and started to fiddle with the remote control, glad it seemed to have simple controls.
"Ah, better." Brooklyn said after he had gotten the controls close to where he was.
"You should hear Mo sing, it is far worst, it is, it is." Ducky said.
"Me remember." Petrie said, recalling their trip to help Mo get back to the big water.
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"Do you have any more of those earplugs?" Nago asked.
"Why?" Sparx asked, sounding offended. "My singing isn't that bad."
"Yes, it is," Taiga growled.
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The tourist reached into his pockets and pulled out some more electronic earplugs with a remote control and offered them around.
"I've found it is handy to have extras of things around, and having pockets bigger on the inside then the outside simplifies matters." The tourist said as he offered them around.
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"I guess you're the only one who'll have the privilage of listening to me," Sparx smirked at Dixie.
Taiga and Nago placed the earplugs in and fiddled with the control until Sparx's banshee-like voice was no longer so dangerous to their ears.
"Thank you," Nago sighed.
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Stripetail gestured and produced a number of earmuffs. Shaggy took one and slid them over his ears. "Man that feels much better" Shaggy said approvingly.
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ressh! Rand Ri rhough RI ras ra rad ringer" Scooby tweaked his nose.
Sparx's 'singing' was loud enough to reach into the room where Cynder and Spyro were....
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"I'd rather hear gunfire than that noise!" Deimos shouted.
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Strut had placed his last demolition charge. "Hey Rime! We've got to wire the charges together."
"Not yet." Rime said. "I've got to place my last charge." He then placed the charge at the surface entrance of the nexus.
Rime then turned to Strut. "I've got the last charge."
"Good! Start wiring the charges together. We'll connect them to the detonator at the surface." Strut said. He was wiring some demolition charges.
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Take a pair of earmuffs" stripetail said, placing a pair over his ears. Sparx's singing was the worst he had heard in centuries, and that was saying something..
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"Has he had training to be that bad?" The Tourist asked glad that he had his earplugs in.
Ducky, Petrie, & Snoopy fiddled with their remote controls. "That is better, it is it is."
"I've not heard singing this bad in a long time." Odysseus said. "I think it would protect one from the sirens, or perhaps even drive them away." He said as he fiddled with the remote control. "This is far better then using wax."
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Spyro and Cynder were about to head back downstairs, but the two stopped and cringed as they heard Sparx's singing. They galloped down the stairs anyway.
"I didn't know he was that bad," Cynder said as they entered the room.
Spyro covered his ears. "I think he's trying extra hard to make it sound bad."
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"Heshin!"
Wataru looked up at the voice to see a man approaching them from the far end of the cavern. He had just perched a white and blue Kivat on the belt he wore and a white holographic snowflake appeared in front of him shattering apart and forming his armor. The armor was colored white. Two massive claw shaped shoulder pads hung over his shoulders. Chains wrapped around his wrists to his elbow.
"Shiramine..." Wataru gasped. He was stunned for a moment before he reached up and grabbed Kivat, letting the bat bite his hand and his belt appearing around his waist. He perched Kivat on the belt. "Henshin."
His skin turned grey and metallic, before shattering and revealing the red, black, and silver Kiva armor. The yellow lenses of his mask lit up.
"Hurry and finishing setting the charges!" Wataru said, jumping over top of the two to reach the other rider faster. The white rider caught Wataru in the face with his fist.
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"We're done!" Strut shouted, wiring the last charge.
Rime readied his rifle and took aim at the rider attacking Wataru. "Leave him alone or I shoot!"
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He had managed to land several blows on Wataru and now had one hand wrapped around the other rider's neck. He glanced over at Rime, a blast of frigid air shot from the bat on his belt. If the air hit Rime, he would get to experience what the Ice Age had been like.
"Rime! Dodge that!" Wataru shouted, managing to pry Shiramine's hand off his throat and get ahold of his arm, twisting it around to his back and putting him in an arm lock. Wataru was safely behind the man and the others would be able to shoot at him without worry of hitting Wataru.
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Rime dropped prone, dodging the blast of icy air and started shooting at the white rider.
Strut also started shooting at the white rider. "Nick! We've got an enemy!"
"Zanasiu! Get the grenades!" Rime shouted.
Dr. Zanasiu was on the surface when gunfire broke out. "More Shurlups?!" He then opened the crate and grabbed 2 grenades and clipped them onto his armor. He then rushed down into the tunnels and noticed a white rider being pelted with gunfire.
Dr. Zanasiu too joined in and started firing.
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Gunfire was heard throughout the cafe.
"Well, at least it drowns out Sparx." Deimos said. "Rime and Strut should be done setting the charges. Once they come out of the tunnel I want everyone to take what they need and get out of the cafe. Once everyone is out, they'll connect the charges to the detonator and set them off. We'll have to find a new place as the charges may weaken the foundation of the cafe enough that it may collapse."
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The bullets unfortunately weren't very effective against the Rider armor. Icy air sprayed out from the white rider, catching Wataru and covering his armor with frost. Shiramine broke free of Wataru's hold and spin kicked him away before placing a fuestle into Rey Kivat's mouth.
"Wake up!" the machine announced, the chains on Shiramine's arms broke off and large yellow claws popped out. Snow was now falling from the roof of the cave and the temperature had dropped several degrees. Wataru rolled under a slash from the claws, getting safely away so that the others could fire at the rider again.
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"Do you think they need help?" Cynder asked, glancing in the direction of the dining room.
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Rime took cover behind a large pile of dirt, reloaded his weapon and fired again at the white rider. At the same time Dr. Zanasiu, also taking cover behind the pile of dirt pulled the pin on his grenade and threw it at the rider. The grenade skipped over the ground and rested at the white rider's feet.
"Grenade!" Dr. Zanasiu shouted.
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"Hey anybody up for some food?" Dr. Kerzach asked.
Zachary looked at the crate of grenades. "Why did Strut have to get all frag grenades?" he muttered. The grenades were small metallic orbs, not at all like the old style pineapple grenades.
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The rider used his massive claws as shields against the gunfire. He heard the cry of "gernade" and glanced down at his feet, just as the gernade exploded. The blast sent him flying through the air and he hit the ground in a roll. He groaned and shakily climbed back to his feet. He launched a gust of freezing air at Wataru, who cried out in surprise as it hit him. He collapsed as the assualt ended, now covered in a layer of ice.
"Heh," the rider chuckled and turned towards the others, raising his claws.
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"At least he'll have to stop eventually." Odysseus said.
The Tourist nodded, "That is one good point." He said.
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Nick took careful aim and fired. the bullet struck him in the necxk, and the rider gurgled as he reached for his throat. ' The neck was less armored than the rest of him, and the bulet had been traveling at a rapid speed when it hit him. speed , combined with less armor equaled a weak point.
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Dr. Zanasiu hurled his grenade at the wounded rider. "Grenade!"
Strut took careful aim and blasted the rider full in the face with his shotgun.
Rime also took aim and shot the rider again in the throat.
"Once he dies, get Wataru." Dr. Zanasiu said.
Rime and Strut nodded.
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"What is going on down there?" Deimos asked. The gunfire had drowned out Sparx's voice.
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The sound of the bullets hellped to drown out Sparx's continued singing, and Dixie was glad for that, her patiencce with sparx was wearing thin.
20 minutes" stripetail called out. Dixie was now halfway to the time she needed, but unless she could get Sparx to stop his horrible singing, her chances of making it to 40 minutes and 4 seconds weren't that good..
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"Sounds like someone is up to something." Brooklyn said hearing the bullets.
"In some places that is how someone celebrates, shooting off into the air." The Tourist said.
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He kicked the gernade away this time, sending it flying back towards its thrower. He blocked the shotgun blast with his claws and the large segments of armor they were connected to.
"Tension Fortissimo!" Tatsulot chirped as he flew out from one of the tunnel and over to the unconcious Wataru. A yellow glow came from him and the ice crunched as he slowly stood. Tatsulot locked onto his wrist and a wave of fire shot from him as he completed the transition into Emperor Form. The flames had melted the snow that the white rider had created. He yanked on Tatsulot's horn. "Wake Up Fever!"
The Kiva symbol appeared behind Wataru shining with red light. He leapt forward, the energy fangs popping out of the sides of his legs. The rider raised his arms to block and Wataru's kick hit his claws, the fangs on his legs sliced through the claws, the bits of metal clattering to the ground. Wataru springboarded off the broken claws and backflipped, hanging in the air for a moment, before he dropped forward again. This time the fangs went into his stomach. Shiramine groaned and slumped, before he exploded in a massive ball of flames. Wataru spun around and headed back towards the others.
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"Sounds like it's over now," Cynder said, settling down.
"Swing low, sweet chariot," Sparx sang. "Feel free to join in if you know the words."
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The grenade did not clear the mound of earth that Rime, Strut and Dr. Zanasiu were using for cover and it detonated in front of the mound, scattering dirt.
"Thanks Wataru." Rime said. "What could we have killed him with? It's not like we can use spells or anything."
"Too bad the laser and gauss rifles that were being tested at Pelvanida are not fielded yet. They would have simply smashed through any personal armor. Of course we could have simply bought an shoulder fired rocket launcher." Dr. Zanasiu replied.
"Forget it and let's blow these tunnels up. Nick Wataru, we are preparing to detonate the charges." Strut said. He was carrying a two long wires with a multitude of thinner wires leading to each of the charges connected to them.
Strut and Rime then left the tunnels.
"So you made it back?" Deimos asked.
"Yep. Now to blow these Shurlups up." Strut replied. He placed the cables near the detonator box.
"Okay everyone!" Deimos shouted. "Strut has wired the tunnels with explosives. Everyone needs to leave the cafe. We will detonate the explosives after everyone has left and has taken cover. "
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"A couple more gernades might have finished him," Wataru sighed, Kivat and Tatsulot detaching from him, his armor vanishing. The three of them followed Strut and Rime out of the tunnel. "Of course, the rocket launcher would have worked, I don't think Rey's armor is much better then my Kiva form's."
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I know the words" dixie replied. "Swing low sweet chariot, coming fort to carry me home.. but If I do this, will you stop singing? You can make fun of my hair, my dress, my Southern accent, and you can say outlandish things about me.. "
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"Will you promise not to hurt me if I stop singing?" Sparx asked. "Spyro wouldn't like it if you squished me."
The purple dragon offered no comment on that.
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After insulting his girlfriend for 40 solid minutes, thats not as true as it normally would be.." Dixie reminded him. 'And listening to your , 'singing' for the last ten minutes has pushed my patience near its limits.But I will give you a thirty second head start once i pass Spyro's time and open the closet door, makle yourself scarce, and I won't bother you" Dixie said. "will you stop singing?"
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"Fine, those are the only two songs I know anyway," Sparx said. "So now I can only make fun of your hair, dress, or accent?" He frowned in thought. "Well, might I say that you use too much perfume? If I were you, I'd stay away from open flame..."
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No, no Sparx, anything about me is iopen for ridicule" Dizxie clarified, secretly relieved that he had stopped singing.. "You can say completely untrue things about me.. like I don't know..make something up... you're good at it.."
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Sparx went with the first thing that came to mind. "Your singing is worse then mine."
"Nobody's singing is worse then yours!" Cynder exclaimed. "My ears will never be whole again."
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: I would have expected something better, Sparx, than THat.. ' Dixie sniffed derisively, 'come oin, that was weak...You have no problem saying mean things about cynder.."
25 minutes" stripetail called out..
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Come on Sparx... I don't know, say.. I like other girls..." Dixie tried to think of something for him to say..
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"Speaking of which maybe you should date Cynder," Sparx said. "You'd be perfect for each other if you weren't both girls. You're both so nasty. You didn't happen to get possessed by an evil force when you were younger, did you?"
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No" Dixie laughed..." I was raised on a puppy farm in Mississippi, as for dating Cynder, Spyro would have somethiung to say about that, as would Scooby.." To be truthful though, Sparx's suggestion had a certain appeal to it... But of course she couldn't tell Sparx that..
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Zachary, Mr. Bigmouth, Dr. Zanasiu and Dr. Kerzach began moving the ammunition and grenades out of the cafe. Zachary was carrying the crate of grenades. The rest were carrying out their weapons and the ammunition cans.
"Guys, once the contest is over. We need you to evacuate." Deimos said. With that said, he went over to the ammunition corner and picked up the last 2 cans of rifle ammunition and headed out the door.
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Nick hurried after Deimos,. " Stripetail and Merlin can create magical shields around the back of the cafe, even if the front collaspses on itself the rest of the resteraunt should still be standing.."
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"What sort of explosives?" The tourist asked.
"Hopefully they took in the surroundings and the radios of the explosives." Odysseus said.
"As well as the structural integrity of the various materials that will be exposed to the explosive force and shock waves." The Tourist said.
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We Could seal off some of this area magically" Stripetail said. "It would prevent this part of the cafe from collaspsing, but we'd still get knocked around by the shockwave..'
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"Maybe we should evacuate just in case," Spyro suggested.
Wataru stepped into the room, a troubled expression on his face. He headed over towards Nago who looked up at his approach. "What is it? You look as though you've seen a ghost..."
"Sort of," Wataru said. "Takato Shiramin attacked us down in the tunnels."
"What?!" Nago exclaimed. "But I destroyed him."
"It was definitely him though," Kivat said.
"It looks like the idea of dating Cynder appeals to you," Sparx smirked. He leaned over towards Dixie and said in a hushed voice. "You know, it's very easy for someone as small as me to sneak around and listen in on things."
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Rime looked at the Tourist. "We used several pounds of plastic explosive. The charges we acquired are intended for demolishing structures or armored vehicles. And besides, the amount of explosives Strut and I used is enough to destroy a concrete bunker."
Strut was still unreeling the detonator wires out the door. He saw Deimos and his gang about crouched behind a large rock about 150 meters away from the cafe. "Got the detonator?"
"I've got it!" Deimos shouted.
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"Magic shields should be enough if we are in an area where the ground is solid." The Tourist said. "Anyone know the shortest path to such an area?"
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I can believe that.." dixie said. Sparx was probably going to try to blackmail her, if she didn't do as he wanted, he'd announce "Dixie loves Cynder!" or something like it, to everyone... Dixie shivered slightly. 'What do you want Sparx....?'
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"I don't know the area," Wataru said, both he and Nago were still unsettled by the return of one of their old enemies. "But Castle Doran is very durable. We could stay in there."
"I want you and Cynder to conviently forget about bossing Shaggy and me around for two weeks," Sparx frowned. "Or you can cut it down to just one week and walk out now and let Spyro and Scooby win this round."
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And what If I Refuse?' Dixie replied. "WE lose this contest, we're 1 loss away from having to do what the boys want...We have to win this one.. What would you do Sparx, if I said no?"
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Rime shook his head. "The tunnel system is extensive; it is likely they encompass the entire cafe's area. Unfortunately, that means that the cafe could just fall into a sinkhole caused by the collapsing tunnels or the explosives could damage or destroy the cafe."
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"Alright, NIck said. "I need toclear the things out of my room upstairs, and we need to gets Aves things as well.. We should also pocket as much mithril as possible, just 1 small rock is worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.."
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"Well, you can just cancel the whole week and stay in the contest," Sparx shrugged. "And you're smart, you can figure out what happens if you refuse."
"It's a good thing you've already decided to move the cafe," Taiga said to Nick.
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Rime grabbed the backpack that he had used to carry the demolition charges. He noticed a fist sized metallic rock buried under the debris of a table. He grabbed it and placed it in the backpack. He started rooting through the debris in the dining room for more mithril.
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You'll blab that I like her.." Dixie frowned. "But who really.. is going to believe you Sparx? I'll just laugh it off.. if anyone asks.. She saw a grin spread across the dragonfly's face..
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Spyro, Cynder, Wataru, Nago, and Taiga all got up and began gathering up pieces of mithril.
"Do you have a bag, or pack we can use to store the mithril?" Taiga asked.
"Maybe, but they'll be suspicious after I tell them," Sparx said. "So they may well find out for themselves before you want them to."
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"My pockets can hold a lot of things so if you want me eto carry anything in my pockets I do have some empty ones and can move things around to have more empty pockets, if that would help." The Tourist said.
"I'm pretty strong and can help to move stuff if anyone needs any help." Odysseus said.
"We gargoyles are stronger then we look as well." Brooklyn said.
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You were listening outside the door upstairs, weren't you? Why were you up there Sparx?" dixie said, trying to not let any concern show on her face..
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Nick produced a knapsack. "Fill this as full as you can.." He said.
That mithril storm left thousands of pieces, we oinly would need a few to rebuild, but the more we can take with us the more ritzy the new cafe will be.,..
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The group deposited the pieces of mithril they had collected so far into the knapsack, or handed them over to the tourist.
"I was bored and curious," Sparx said leaning against the wall. "And to tell the truth I was hoping to find some way out of that two weeks punishment thing."
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So did you peep through the keyhole? What did you see?" Dixie asked nonchalantly.. Inwardly she was cursing, Sparx had probably overheard her profession of love for Cynder, and Cynder's return of that love. But if he had seen them kissing through the keyhole.. that would be the worst possible outcome...
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'sparx" Stripetail said. "One thing.. what is said in there, stays in there. So whatever information you have gained from sitting with Dixie for an half hour, you have to keep it to yourself.."
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"We want to help too." Ducky said who looked at Petrie, Snoopy & Skitter who nodded. The Tourist reached into his coat and pulled out a rolled up hat. He held the brim between his thumb & index finger. He then used the index finger of his other hand to draw an open circle and touched the hatband, going around half way around the hatband then left the hatband to drag his finger up to the top. He then handed the hat to Ducky.
"I've activated the temporary extra storage so just fill that." He said. Ducky, Petrie and snoopy got started with that, Skitter picked up a piece at a time and dropped it into one of the other's hands so they could put it into the hat. The Tourist started to pick up some mithril, & accepted some from others and put it into one of his coat pockets that he usually kept empty.
Brooklyn looked at Nick, "Do you need any furniture or something else moved?" He asked.
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Merlim walked out slowly to the Dining room to check on the recovery effort. He looked at a nearby pile of Mithril. "So these rocks are worth as much as a kingdom" He said, amazed...
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My bed from upstairs, its the room on the right side, but you have to turn and face the that way after you climb the stairs...Its pretty heavy, but the bed mattress is really soft, you can easily fall asleep on it.."Nick said to Brooklyn..
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"Too bad, I didn't gain this information while I was in here then?" Sparx smirked. "And no, I didn't. I slide under the bottom of the door."
Wataru managed to isolate Nago in a corner of the room away from Taiga and whispered to him. "Is it okay if I invite Taiga to your wedding?"
Nago glanced over at the Fangire king who was on the other side of the room gathering mithril. "It's fine."
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Brooklyn nodded, "You want both saved? Anywhere where I should put them?" He asked looking at Nick.
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Dixie Clenched her fist and showed Sparx her ring. 'This ring can wipe your memory clean, Sparx... All I have to do is say the word, and you won't remember anything..." She bared her teeth in a low growl... "How much did you see?"
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"Yeah, bring Aves bad and belongs too, he'll want them after he gets back from.. wherever it is he went off to.' Probably Tahiti.. Nick groused..
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"That's abusing your powers," Sparx said, suddenly looking rather nervous. "And I'm not telling you how much you need to erase. Nope, nope, nope."
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Odysseus put the last bit of mithral he had picked up into the knapsack then went over to where Brooklyn was, "I'll help you with that." He said.
"Ok, let's go." Brooklyn said with a thumbs up. "Anywhere you want them put in particular?" He asked looking at Nick.
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Tell me what you saw, and promise to keep your yap shut.. You keep quiet, no harm done, I'll even buy you a nice dinner tonight. Anything you want.." Dixie saw the dragonfly's mouth begin to water, he was probably hungry...
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Take them outside, we're going to evacuate the cafe, anything of valuie, must be moved outside. the beds, furtniture, mithril, and of course Everyone of us. Someone will also have to take the 6 Shurlups in the Pen..'Nick replied..
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One could almost hear the sound of cash register bells dinging as Sparx's eyes went wide. "I'll keep quiet. I don't want to get Spyro any madder at me then he already is anyway."
"We better go move our bikes someplace safe," Taiga said.
"Good idea," Nago said. "If I let the IXAllion get blown up, I'll be paying for it for the rest of my life.
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Good." Dixie smiled. " You'll get all you want to eat, pizza, ice cream, steak, chicken, you name it..Now tell me what you saw upstairs... and don't leave anything out.." She had managed , via a combination of threats and bribery, to diffuse what could have been a very very serious threat.
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30 minutes" Stripetail called out.. 10 more minutes to go..
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Brooklyn nodded and he went with Odysseus to get started on moving Nick's bed and mattress outside, then the other stuff mentioned 1 at a time.
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There'a also A Shurlup in the men's Bathroom, and Someone will need to take down the Insulting mirror, and make sure she doesn't break.. It would cost a mint to buy a new one..'Nick said, adding more and more to the list.
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Rime radioed the group outside. "Zachary, Deimos come here and help us pack!"
Rime then overturned a wrecked table and grabbed the several pieces of mithril that had rolled under it.
Deimos and Zachary walked into the cafe.
"Do you need any help?" Deimos asked.
"Zach, get the so called 'Insulting Mirror' in the bathroom. Deimos, help me look for anything of these silver chunks." Rime said,
Zachary went into the bathroom and removed the mirror, which he had tucked under his arm. "Hey, where does this mirror go?"
Deimos overturned a large slab of concrete and revealed a fairly large chunk of Mithril which was placed in Rime's backpack.
"This one is full." Rime said "We've got at least a hundred pounds of metal in here, probably more."
"I'll take it." Deimos said. With that said, he placed the backpack on his back.
"Hey Nick, we found about a hundred pounds of silver metal and it's in Deimos's backpack. I'll come back and get some more."
Rime and Strut then left the cafe.
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"The mirror cried out "Hey, I'm being kidnapped, stop, you brutish oaf!" it shreiked, living up to her nick name.
'ignore her, and keep finding as much mithril as youi can. the roxks can be very sharp, so wear gloves
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Stitch followed Deimos. Mesa help you wuth ccarrying rocks. stitch had the ability to carry several thousands pounds of weight, he would be the pack mule..
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"No thanks. I'm fine. Go back inside and help pack." Deimos said to Stitch.
Zachary placed the mirror near Dr. Zanasiu and the rest of the group. He went back in to help.
"I'll carry the 6 Shurlups in the pen." Zachary said. Being an anthropomorphic Clydesdale meant that he could easily lift and move objects that even Olympic weightlifters would find heavy.
Rime had the other backpack and was filling it with mithril. He started digging out a piece of mithril buried under a large pile of debris.
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Brooklyn and Odysseus focused on moving each bed out then the mattress, then the other one, then once those were moved out they next went to some of the furniture, moving one at a time out.
The Tourist continued to pick up the mithril and put it into his empty outside coat pocket, being careful of the sharpness. Ducky, Petrie, Snoopy, & Skitter helped to fill his hat, being a bit surprised that the hat never seemed to be able to hold so much.
"This is a lot and it is not full yet?" Ducky asked.
"Maybe it magic." Petrie said a bit amazed.
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Zachary soon reentered the room. He was carrying the pen of Shurlups in his hands and his rifle was strapped across his back. "Hey Nick, where should I place the pen once we get out side?"
Strut then reentered the Cafe. "Nani, can we use your car to transport some of the stuff, like the gas cans?"
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Wataru went out and moved the three bikes away from the cafe. Castle Doran was still standing there and watching the cafe with interest. Wataru wondered when the last time was that the Doran had gotten to spend so much time out of her hiding place and resolved to find a place where she might be allowed to wander freely from time to time.
Spyro scooped up a pawful of mithril and carried it over to Ducky and Petrie, dropping it into the hat and then circling away. Cynder flew past and deposited a cluster of mithril.
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"Sure Nani said. "Just don't wreck it.
_ Nick went into the men;s bathroom. "time to come out' He said opening thesecond stall. "Ciome on.. I've found a few playmates for you. " The shurlup walked out with a growl. He looked thinner than he usually did, granted Nick didn't see him that much, but it looked like he hadn't been eating much in the past few days..that was probably due to the Shurlups outside, he had probably recognized their smell, and they had not let him interact with them. Nick Noticed a stratch on the Shurlup's shoulder. "So you tried to jin the orthers, and they rejected you, huh? Nick said. The Shurlup moaned in a low whine.
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"You don't think he'll try to eat or harm those in the pen?" Ducky asked, "That would be bad, it would." She said as she paused in picking up some mithril to put into the hat.
Petrie paused in picking up some to see what was going on. "Is he friendly?" He asked a bit scared and unsure.
"Hopefully you'll have enough to put aside so if this happens again." The Tourist said as he put some mithril into the formerly empty pocket.
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"This Shurlup " Nick said, coming out of the batyhroom, followed by the Shurlup. "Has been somewhat domesticated. He'll serve as the father to our little Shurlup family. How he'll react when he sees them, I don't know.. He's never been around Shurlup pups before.. We'll have to introduce them to his company, first, and see how he reacts.."
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"And we'll be there to make in case he doesn't take to them," Nago said.
"Is it really such a good idea to raise them?" Cynder asked skeptically. "Won't they reproduce just as quickly as all of those other shurlups?"
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"No, we're going to domesticate them" nick replied. "Shurlups mate so frequently because they have to, the more pups the better chance that their herd will survive. In a secure and safe place, the need to have so many isn't there. Of course there's no guarantee that once introduced to the female, he won't starting mating with her like there's no tommorow, but I personally doubt it. The other 6 Shurlups will provide all the company he needs.." BnIck replied
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Dixie frowned as Sparx began to explain what he had seen upstairs in Nick's room. Privacy was an illusion with Sparx around, she thought..
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"What are you going to do with a herd of domesticated shurlups?" Spyro asked.
"Maybe that zoo Stripetail mentioned earlier needs a shurlup exhibit," Cynder said, picking up a shard of mithril and tossing it over into the Tourist's hat.
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"They could serve as busboys, er Bus-Shurlups" Nick said. "This is the Insane cafe, weird things happen here, that includes the creatures carrying your food around. At least this Shurlup doesn't eat the customers anymore.."
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"That could work, and attract some attention, if they were well trained. Only time will tell I guess." The Tourist said.
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"And I suppose it will cut down on the number of busboys you have to pay," Taiga said.
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"Hopefully we'll draw in the custo,mers because of the food, not because of the sideshows. Under Chong, the only customers we got came here, because it was like watching a car wreck or a circus accident. it was horrible, but you couldn't look away.."
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35 minutes" stripetail called out. As a judge his job was to watch the time and make sure Dixie didn't try to sneak out and then pop back in again.
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"5 more minutes. I should get a Medal of Honor or something for putting up with you so long, Sparx.."Dixie cracked..
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"Just remember you promised me dinner," Sparx said. "Whether I manage to drive you out of here before the five minutes are up, or not."
"She promised to buy you dinner?" Spyro asked. He had stepped over to the closet to collect several pieces of mithril. "How in the world did you manage to do that?"
The dragon would have liked to have ignored Sparx for the rest of the day, but he couldn't believe the dragonfly had conned Dixie into buying him dinner.
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Dixie shrugged. "It was either buy him dinner, or he would start singing opera... at which point, I would have strangled him... Would you miss him that much Spyro?"
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"Maybe you'd need an illusion so they look like normal humans, unless folks here are use to non humans walking around." The Tourist said as he picked up more mithril.
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Our regular customers come here expecting the unexpected, and those that leave here without having something odd happen to them, feel disappointed.."Nick replied. "Having shurlups serve them will be something new, even for them.."
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Spyro shurgged and then realized Dixie couldn't see him. "Well, Mom would be upset if something happened to him."
"It seems to me they're used to having strange visitors," Cynder said. "But then again the shurlups look fiercer then most."
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As most mothers would' Dixie said, nodding even though she couldn't see Spyro. Is Cynder with you? After I pass your time, which will be in about 4 minutes or so, I'll be heading out. I don't want to spend any more time with Sparx than i have, the dragonfly that marries him is in for a lifetime, of rude behavior and blackmail.."
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"She's over gathering mithril," Spyro said. "I can go get her though. Where do you plan to go?"
He hoped it was someplace he could come with too. He didn't want to spend anymore time with Sparx either.
"That's how I plan to get married," Sparx quipped. "I'll blackmail her into it."
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The tourist thinks to himself, "Maybe a hat will help them to look less fierce."
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Sure, you and Scooby can come to.." Dixie nodded. "Sparx, you're persona non grata. If you try to bother us, Cynder will be given full reign to try and eat you... Got it? I'm not buying you a ful course meal so you can continue to pester us and blackmail me..' She thought about where Spyro wanted to go. "We can go for another drive in the car, you guys can fly beside us, as you gfuys are more used to flying that sitting in a car..
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"That sounds fine," Spyro said. His spirits had fallen at the word "car", but they rose again as soon as she suggested flying. "I'll go tell Cynder and Scooby."
"Don't worry, blackmail isn't something I do on a regular basis," Sparx said.
He flew over to Cynder and Scooby. "Dixie plans to go for a drive once she's done with this round of the contest. She said we could come with."
He saw Cynder frown and added. "We can fly along after them."
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Reah, rat rounds rice. Ri'll rive.. Re're roing ro revacuate ranyway, ro re right ras rell ro rout ror rawhile.." Sciooby nodded.
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Well, you're not often in a position to blackmail someone, which is good, because others might not take so kindly to being blackmailed" Dixie said..Blackmail is illegal in our world, you can go to jail for it.."
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"Blackmail sounds bad, it does, it does." Ducky said.
"Me no do it. It no sound nice." Petrie said.
Brooklyn & Odysseus continued to carry out furniture going at an even pace so they hoped they would not get to tired.
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Rackmail? Reah rit's rad. Rit's rhen romeone rinds rout romething .. rersonal arout rou rands , roften rheatens ro reveal rhat rinfo, runless rhat rerson roes romething ror rhem. rusually, rhey rave ro ray roney, rots rof roney" scooby said..
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"Well, I'm not from your world," Sparx said. Not that he could get away with blackmail in his own world either though.
"Yeah, that's what I thought," Spyro said.
"We still have to wait for Dixie to beat Spyro's time," Cynder pointed out with a grin.
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Which is 3 minutes and 17 seconds from now" Stripetail said looking at the clock. " and Sparx, blackmail is a capital punishment in my world, they execute you for it.. They cut off your head... I've sentenced blackmailers to death before" Stripetail said a very serious tone..
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"Then they start the punishment I guess." The Tourist said.
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"Thee's already been too much bloodshed , man" shaggy said to Stripetail. "Show him mercy. He may be a pain in the butt, and I know your rules are harsh, but could you cut him a break..?"
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Strut loaded the gas cans into the back of Nani's car.
He returned to the cafe. "Is everything removed?"
"Get a bag and find as much mithril as possible. Mithril is a silvery metal that comes in large fragments." Rime said. He was carrying a garbage bag with a few pieces of mithril in it.
Deimos was carrying what could only be described as a boulder of mithril.
"Hey, where can I put this?" Deimos asked. Even though he was far stronger than a Human he was still showing some signs of fatigue from carrying the heavy rock.
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"And once again, I'm not from or in your world," Sparx said. "Stop making such a big deal of this. I'm not telling anyone so Dixie's happy and I'm getting a big meal so I'm happy."
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Stuff it in the trunk, if you can. That rock is huge, and worth millions.." Nani said.
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Angel and Stitch sat down By Stripetail. "Can you teach us how to work these?" Stitch asked showing him his ring.
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"And once Dixuie decides to reveal that informatio freely, then you can say, yeah, I found out, and got dinner out of it" Stripetail said. 3 minutes to go Dixie. I imagine You'll be wanting out as soon as you pass Spyro's time?
_ "DEfinitely" came the reply.."Ok so neither of us made the full hour, but thats only because Sparx is so annoying.."
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Deimos nodded and staggered out to the car. He managed to get the rock in the trunk.
"I need a break." Deimos said, rubbing his sore arms.
Strut looked in the trunk, the boulder, the ammunition cans, gas cans and crate of glass bottles filled the trunk to capacity. "Nani, the trunk is full. We have enough space to load the firearms, but they'll need to be in the passenger compartment. We also need space for the grenades."
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Castle Droan leaned her massive head over top of Deimos to see what they were doing.
"Yes, I can," Sparx smirked.
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The Tourist looked at Deimos, "Maybe you should sit down and put something on your muscles." he suggested. "Don't want to get to sore." He said.
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"Put them inside the castle" Nani said Strck by an idea. We can all stay in there, until the dust settles from the demolition.."
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Rhat rexactly rid rou rackmail Rixie rover" Scooby began. "Cousin , once the competition is over, win or lose, I'll tell you. This contest is going the full five , in all likelihood, unless Sparx deliberately tries to provoke into hitting him in the next two minutes, I'm going to win, and tie the match, at 1 win, 1 loss and 1 tie apiece...."
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Doran growled, raising its head away from them. Wataru glanced up at the dragon. "It's okay."
The dragon growled suspicously and then lowered her head, opening her mouth and showing the dark tunnel that led within the castle.
"Come on," Wataru said, stepping into Doran's mouth.
"I'm not going to risk my neck after I just managed to save it," Sparx said.
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(100 pages and counting... Nice work guys..)
Good, so we can let the clock run out" Dixie smiled. "I had thought you'd make a last attempt to disqualify me.."
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Re ran reach rou row ro ruse rhem' Scooby said kindly to the two aleins. Re rave rhem roo.."
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"Move the grenades and firearms inside the castle." Strut said. Zachary lifted the crate of grenades and went over to the castle.
Dr. Kerzach, Mr. Bigmouth and Dr. Zanasiu grabbed their weapons and followed Zachary.
Rime had the detonator box out but it was not connected.
Rime, Strut and Deimos still had their weapons strapped across their backs.
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We'll go in the castle , just to be safe" Ali said, she had watched as the contest had begun and had caught some of the comments coming out. 'privately She would not have liked being stuck in a room with Sparx...Littlefoot on the other hand.. Ali caugfht herself... "I thinking about hiim again" She muttered...
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"And lose dinner?" Sparx laughed. "Not on your life."
"Maybe you should try using the armor again?" Spyro suggested. "Maybe it's adjusted itself to you."
Wataru turned and disappeared into the dragon's mouth. She exhaled loudly as the group got closer, warning them not to cause any trouble when they got inside.
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39 minutes" Stripetail called out..
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Merlin came back into the office.."We've cleared out pretty much all of the worthwhile things in this place. eXcept for this broken bed I found upstairs. The More beds, the less creatures have to sleep on the ground tonight.
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"Angel not even know how to activate ring" Stitch replied. "Mesa not want to learn. Mesa see Stitch walk around to too big armor. Mesa not to wear THAt" Angel said..
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"Spyro and I won't have any problem sleeping on the ground," Cynder said.
"Well, the armor will get better," Spyro assured. "Scooby and Dixie said theirs were uncomfortable at first, but it's fine now."
"You have to say 'armor up' to activate the armor," Cynder turned to face the two aliens.
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Zachary carried the crate of grenades into the dragon's mouth. Dr. Zanasiu, Strut and Dr. Kerzach were carrying the firearms. They too followed Zachary in the dragon's mouth.
"Nani, you'll need to drive the car at least 200 meters from the cafe." Rime shouted. The detonator box and garbage bag of mithril were at his side.
"I will be going over the procedure for demolitions. Pay attention. Once everything of value has been removed; we will evacuate everyone to 200 meters away and behind some rocks. That includes the car. Once everyone has been evacuated. Rime, Strut and I will double check the cafe to make sure no one is left behind. Once that is done, Rime and Strut will connect the detonator box and initiate the countdown. The charges will be set off at the end of the countdown."
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'Rhats recause re ridn't ruse rhe rings ror rawhile. Rou rave rowers, rhich Rixie rad Ri ron't rav ro, rou'll radapt ruicker rghan re rid.." Scooby said.
_ Armor up" The two aleins said, both a little hesistantly, and the rings activatded. Both were now wearing suits of armor that were too big for them, or at least, to them. felt like it. In time,though, the armor would adapt to thier body shapes..
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" Scooby, Dixie, Spyro and Cynder will be driving the car after this demolition is done' Stripetail said. "35 seconds Dixie..Once you pass the time, get out, we need to evacuate to a safe area.."
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When they reached the end of the tunnel that was the dragon's neck, they found themselves in a regal entrance hall, illuminated by the torches which hung on the wall. Wataru pushed the large wooden door open and led them down the hall into a large room with a table at the far side, in front of a fire place. The werewolf and Frankenstein monster were sitting at the table in their human forms and playing chess. The fishman monster stood near a large window with massive curtains and was staring out of it.
"Welcome to Castle Doran," the werewolf chuckled sinisterly.
"You can sent that stuff down in the corner," Wataru said to the group.
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"You can also use magic with the rings," Cynder added, hoping that would thrill the aliens and make up for the let down that the armor had given them.
"Just focus and say whatever you want to happen," Spyro said. He raised his front paw and pointed it at a pocket of empty space. "Fire."
A tongue of flames shot from his ring traveling a few feet before it burned out.
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" Angel looked at spyro with Curiousity. Her armor was in a light pink color, while Stitch's was bright blue, the hemlets they were wearing were smaller than those of the four other team members, but that was largely due to thier size in general.. Stitch and Angel were the smallest of the six of them..
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"Any last minute things that need to be moved? We don't have much time left it seems." The Tourist said.
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' Merlin looked at him. "Leave that to me, my friend. I need to get back in the habit of using magic again.." He chuckled a knowing chuckle..
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Once Dixie is out of there, Stitch and Angel, I'll begin to explain to you in detail, how the rings work" Stripetail said looking at the clock, which was now at 39:50. "15 seconds Dixie..
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"Did anyone remember to take the refrigerator?" Sparx asked. "Not everyone is getting a free dinner tonight."
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They'll take the fridge, fryer and anything else" dixie said.
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40 minutes, 40:01, 40:02, 40:03" Stripetail smiled "40:04, the girls win! You can come out Dixie.."
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Dixie opened the door, and walked out at the 40:10 mark. "FINALLY" She said. "I wouldn't have lasted another 20 minutes in there.."
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"Which means I wouldn't have lasted twenty minutes in there either," Sparx chuckled nervously. He glanced over at Spyro, who gave the dragonly a very cold glare. "Right, I think I'll go get myself some mithril. Can't leave here empty handed."
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'Rice rob, Rixie" Scooby said. "re're rall ried rup now.. Ret's ret rout rof rere.."
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Can we come along" Stitch asked. "Angel and i are botchiboos too" He smiled at Angel than at the others..
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"This place is nice." Dr. Zanasiu said.
"We can enjoy this place later." Zachary replied, placing his crate of grenades in the corner farthest from the fireplace. "Right now, we've got to help pack."
Dr. Kerzach, Dr. Zanasiu and Strut set their weapons in the same corner.
They then left Castle Doran. Strut was standing guard over the car and 2 backpacks of Mithril near it.
Dr. Zanasiu grabbed 2 fist sized pieces of mithril lying on the ground and stuck them into his pockets. "Get as much of this weird metal as you can carry." He then grabbed 2 marble sized mithril fragments and stuck them in his pockets.
Mr. Bigmouth was stuffing as much mithril as he could fit inside his leaf pouch.
Dr. Kerzach pulled out a soda can sized piece of mithril from underneath the burnt remains of a table. He stuffed it into his lab coat and started looking for more.
Rime then entered the cafe. "I've got about 200+ pounds of mithril. We'll keep half of it and use the rest to help rebuild the cafe." he whispered to Dr. Zanasiu.
Rime then turned to everyone else. "I assume that Deimos has briefed you all on what we will be doing once the cafe has been stripped down."
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"Time to clear out?" Ducky asked as she dropped the last of the mithril she had into the hat.
"Me think so." Petrie said.
"It does indeed sound like it is time." The Tourist said looking at the others present. Ducky offered his hat to him. He put the hat on the ground, the bottom facing upward so none of the mithril would fall out. He then quickly took his index and thumb and held the front, his other hand holding the hat so it would not fall, ran it around the hat, thus temporarily closing the storage area and put the hat on his head, well down so it would not come off in any wind. Shall we all be off?" he said standing up.
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Yeah, We'll be leaving" Lilo Said. "Where are going to stay, if you blow the cafe up? Is the office going to be blown up too?'
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Most likely Lilo' Jummba said. "We are going to sleep on the groung tonight.."
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Rets Read Out. ripetail rou ra n rell these rwo arout rhese Rings: scooby Said as he and Dixie made their way out the back door..
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Dr. Zanasiu, Dr. Kerzach, Rime, Mr. Bigmouth and Zachary left the cafe with as much Mithril as they could carry in their pockets.
"All our armor is in Castle Doran, right?" Dr. Zanasiu asked.
"Our armor and weaponry was the material first to be removed, as we were wearing it at the time." Rime replied.
Deimos looked around. "Everyone out of the cafe! Demolition is starting!" he shouted.
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Strut was still standing guard over the car. "This needs to be driven at least 200 meters from the cafe!" he shouted.
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Merlin walked slowly out of the cafe, Stripetai was right behind him, talking to the young aleins about thier new powers. "These rings are very powerfulm they can do many wondorous things.. but you must always take care not to abuse them."
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Brooklyn and Odysseus put down the last of the furniture down and followed the others to where they were going, glad to be done with what they were doing and though they walked a bit slower due to their being tired they assumed they would seen be able to sit down and rest.
The Tourist along with Ducky, Petrie, Snoopy, and Skitter walked out of the cafe and headed to where the rest were going, not sure where they were going.
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Bart Nick and Shaggy followed out after them, Ali was right behind them, still chiding herself for thinking about being stuck in a room with Littlefoot..
Pleekly, Jummba, and Lilo followed right after them. the last person to leave was Nani who ran out of the cafe...
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"That's everyone." Deimos said. He then radioed Rime. "Rime, we need you to come with me and search the cafe."
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Rime, 200 meters away and crouched behind a large rock, received the signal. "Deimos, I am en route."
Rime then headed towards the cafe.
Strut was still watching the car. "Nani, drive to that large rock about 200 meters off. You'll see the others. Park the car behind the rock. Once Dr. Zanasiu confirms you are there. Deimos, Rime and I will search the cafe to make sure no one is still there."
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Nani climbed into the car, and turned the ignition on. The car was slow to get moving because of the weight stuffed in the trunk.. but finally it moved away from the cafe.. 200 meters is a pretty good distance, over 600 feet away.. but Nani soon rooled past thelarge rock, and stopped the car.
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Spyro and Cynder flew over and landed behind the large rock, both glancing back at the cafe. Castle Doran roared and took flight, soaring a short distance, before it landed behind them with a thunderous crash.
"Where's Wataru?" Taiga asked.
Doran's mouth opened and she spat out a yellow orb which floated to the ground and popped to reveal Wataru.
"How long until we get to see the cafe go boom?" Sparx asked with elation that might have matched a five year old's.
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Just a few minutes" Nick replied, as he jined the group gathered behind the rock. The male Shurlup, meanwhile was sniffing curiously at the others in the pen. the female was ignoring him though...
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"Looks like he won't be getting any action tonight," Sparx said, glancing over at the shurlups.
Castle Doran meanwhile leaned down and sniffed at Spyro, who felt a little nervous having the mouth of a creature that could swallow him in one bite so close. Cynder glared up at the massive dragon.
"Forget it, sister. He's mine," she leaned agaisnt Spyro and wrapped her front legs around his neck to get the point across.
Castle Doran snorted in disappointment and raised her head away.
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"Is it Wise to tick off such a massive creature, Cynder?' Dixie asked, looking at the huge dragon with discomfort. castle Doran was a gigantic creature, bigger even than Tarrax, and if she wanted to sniff at Spyro, well, if it saved them from being eaten or roasted by her, then maybe they should let her sniff him..
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"She's not much larger then that Golem was, or that Sabbat thing" Cynder said, albit with the castle she probably weighed a lot more.
"She won't do anything to you," Wataru said. "Not as long as I'm here and Jiro and the others are inside."
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" A fasscinating creature" Merlin said, looking at Doran. "he raised his hand. "Come my dear dragon, and let me take a look at you.." The old wizard said.
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Rare rou ruts Rerlin?" Scooby said, looking at the huge dragon with obvious fear. "Rhe rould reat rou!"
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My dear dog, I have dealt with dragons before, even very large ones such as this" Merlin said in a low voice, giving Scooby a look.
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The dragon looked skeptical for a moment and then lowered her head to sniff at Merlin's hand.
"She won't eat anyone," Wataru said, assuringly. "In fact, I'm not even sure if she needs to eat..."
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Strut then radioed Dr. Zanasiu. "Rime, Deimos and I are checking for stragglers."
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Dr. Zanasiu turned to everyone. "Okay, in about 10 minutes, the charges will be detonated. Deimos, Rime and Strut are checking to ensure that the cafe is empty."
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Merlin gazed as the dragon huge mouth tickled his hand, The dragon bared her mouth slightly and showed gigantic teeth, and a brief glimpse at a very long tongue. "It is a female, correct?' Merlin asked of Wataru. "She is a remarkable creature, I think she simply wants some attention..
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When we go on the drive, I need to talk to you about the 4th challengge.. Which i presume will be held outside" Dxie said to Cynder. "Do you know any songs..?"
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"Right," Wataru nodded. "I guess that's so, but it's hard to pay attention to her when I live in the middle of the city."
"I'm familiar with one," Cynder replied.
Castle Doran rubbed her snout against Merlin's hand.
"I hope no one suddenly appears in the cafe just before we blow it up," Spyro said, recalling how he and Cynder had wound up there.
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"If someone does, well, it will simply be too bad for Them" stripetail said. "They'll be nothing any of us can do about it." Dusk was falling, but the temperature remaned pretty warm.. Out here, though that could change quickly..
Angel came up to Dixie. "Will you help me and Stitch learn to use this?' She pointed at her armor.." Dixie smiled. "Of course Angel, you can take it, just say Armor down.. and it will come off. You just need to keep wearing it.."
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Strut walked back into the cafe. The detonator box was in his backpack, which he was wearing and the two coils of wire lay by the door.
Deimos greeted Strut and waited for Rime to arrive.
After several minutes, Rime arrived and they began to search the cafe. Rime took the tunnel system. Strut took the upstairs and Deimos took the main floor.
Strut encountered a locked bedroom upstairs but he kicked the door down and looked around. It was empty save for a stack of old newspapers. He opened the closet and found it was empty. He checked the upstairs bathroom and found it was empty.
Rime was searching the tunnels. It was devoid of anything save the explosive charges and shell casings.
Deimos checked the main area of the cafe. There was nothing except some rubble and shell casings on the ground.
After several minutes, the group met by the back door.
"We're all ready." Deimos said.
"No one is here." Strut said.
"Tunnels are clear." Rime added. "We will now start demolitions."
Deimos radioed Zachary. "Zach, the cafe is empty. Once Strut arrives, the charges will be detonated. Deimos out."
"Roger that." Zachary said over the radio.
The group then left the cafe and headed to the rock 200 meters off where everyone was. Strut grabbed the coils of wire and gradually unrolled them as he followed the group.
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Zachary then addressed the group. "Okay everyone. The cafe is clear, once Rime, Deimos and Strut get back, the explosives will be wired and the cafe will be demolished. If you forgot something in the cafe, speak up now. Once the wires are connected to the detonator box; the cafe cannot be reentered."
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"There's nothing we left in there," Spyro said. Cynder nodded.
Nago checked his coat to make sure that the IXA knuckle was still in his pocket, finding that it was, he stayed silent.
"Let it rip!" Sparx cheered.
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"Let it ride" Nick said. The cafe had been full of memories, both good and bad, mostly bad under Chong's rule. Blowing up the building, was makig a clean clear and obvious break with that past..
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Rime, Strut and Deimos then arrived at the site and took cover behind the rock.
Strut removed the detonator box from his backpack, placed it on the ground and connected the wires.
"Wires are in place!" Strut called out.
Deimos and Rime looked over the boulder to ensure no one was approaching.
"You're clear!" Deimos shouted.
Strut then flicked a toggle switch on the box. A green light turned on. "Detonator box is on!"
Deimos and Rime again looked over the rock to ensure no one was approaching.
"You're clear!" Rime shouted.
Strut turned a key in the box. Two red lights on the box blinked on and flashed steadily. "Detonator box is armed!"
Deimos and Rime again looked over the rock to ensure no one was approaching.
"You're clear!" Deimos shouted
"T-minus 15 seconds to detonation, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9..." Strut continued counting down.
Dr. Zanasiu and Zachary pulled out some foam earplugs they had tucked in their pockets and placed the earplugs in their ears.
"Everyone cover your ears!" Zachary shouted.
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Dixie suddenly started . "scooby's gift, I left it on the cot..and never opened iit.."
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Scooby pulled the casse out. "Ri Round rit ron rhe roor , rhile rou rere rin rhe roset" He gave it to her. "Rou ran ropen rit ranytime.." He smiled.. and Dixie breathed a sigh of releif..
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Shaggy Bart, Lilo , Nani, and Ali all took earmuffs from stripetail and put them over thier ears.. Ali's was on crooked, but she didn't care...
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Spyro and Cynder placed their paws over their ears.
"Are you finally going to blast it?" Sparx asked, growing impatient.
Castle Doran watched the silly little creatures crouch behind the rock. She wasn't quite sure what they were doing. Wataru, Nago, and Taiga covered their ears.
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It's going to blast Sparx, so shut up!" dixie yelled, as she grabbed twoi earmuffs from Stripetail, who then handed one to Merlin, who reluctanty put them one. Dixie slid a pair onto Scooby, then put her on.. as she did Strut was stll counting..
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Deimos, Rime and Strut had sound cancellation devices built into their helmets which they were still wearing. They simply activated the devices at Dr. Zanasiu's command. Dr. Kerzach was wearing earplugs that he had with him in his labcoat. Mr. Bigmouth simply put his hands over his ears.
"...8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0. Detonation now!" Strut counted down. At "detonation now", he flipped up a clear cover on a red rocker switch, pushed the switch down and held it for 3 seconds.
After 3 seconds, a deafening explosion ripped through the air, as several pounds of explosive went off, leveling the cafe.
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"Woo-hoo!" Sparx hollared. Castle Doran roared in surprise and turned to face the smoking wreckage of the cafe. She spat several fireballs at it.
Spyro removed his hands from his ears. "We should have done that in the first place."
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BNick watched as the building collaspsed in on itself. the building he had worked at, and owned, was now a pile of rubble. Granted, the health inspector would have ordered him to raze it, or do vast repairs in any case. He turned to the others and looked at the gathered belonging.. 6 beds, including the one that formerly belonged to Chong, The Insulting mirror, his office desk, 3 tables, including one which read "the Scooby Table' on a placard on it, and of course, piles of mithril.
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"Show some respect," Nago frowned at Sparx. He pointed at Nick. "This man has just lost the business he owned."
"Oh, he'll have it back when he rebuilds," Sparx crossed his arms.
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Which will cost him loads of money and months if not years of labor to rebuild" Dixie said angrily. "Its going to take him a long time to recover from this Sparx.."
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I lived there , too" nick said sadly. "It was not only my business, it was my home.."
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"You could come live with us" shaggy offered. "Until you can rebuild..'
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"Sparx! Are you aware that we were forced to blow up a man's source of income and his livelihood!?" Zachary shouted.
"Sparx, please, show some respect! We just blew up a man's cafe! And the memories he had of that place cannot be replaced." Mr. Bigmouth scolded.
Deimos turned to Nick. "I am sorry we had to blow up the cafe but it would have been too dangerous to mount a full expedition to kill the Shurlups. It was the only way we could exterminate them."
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We hasd nearly exterminated them" Nani said, in reply. Why couldn't you have poured fast acting cement down the hole, instead of blowing the whole place up? This poor man has nothing now..' She pointed to Nick.
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"Aves is homeless now too, whether he realizes it or not" Nick said. He was the full grip of a depression now , it was all he could do not to break down and cry..
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"The amount of cement required to completely fill a tunnel system of that complexity would be impractical to deliver." Deimos countered.
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"All we need was enough to seal the hole for long enough so he could move the cafe, after that, they could use that area as they pleased, once they broke through.." Nani said.
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The perfect is often the enemy of the good" Stripetail said.
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"It's too late now," Cynder said. "And let's not make things worse by arguing amongst ourselves."
"I'm afraid we'll have to be leaving now," Taiga said. Wataru nodded.
"We've been away for almost two days and our friends will wondered where we are," Nago agreed.
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"Good luck guys" Nick said, shaking hands with Wataru, Nago, and Taiga..
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Castle Doran roared and opened its mouth, spitting out a yellow orb, which floated to the ground and popped, revealing Deimos and company's gear. The dragon turend and leapt into the air.
"Good luck to you, too," Taiga said.
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"Re're roty ro rick raround. Re've rill ro recide rhe rontest..." Scooby said to Spyro and Cynder.
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We're going to hang around until these guys are finished with thier contest" Nani said..
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The Tourist looked at the large dragon, "Fascinating, I've not seen one like her before." He said while looking at Castle Doran.
"Yes, most unique." Odysseus said.
"She looks big, like Littlefoot's grandparents, dad, and Pat." Ducky said, not having met Sue she didn't mention her of course.
"No forget Doc, Elsie, Mr. Mama." Petrie said mentioning some other large ones they had met.
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"She's part of the Doran race," Wataru explained. "It takes a while for them to grow this big. I have another one who's only 90 years old and he's only about a quarter of this size."
"That's right, we're not leaving until the contest is over," Cynder said.
"But I wanna go home," Sparx whined.
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"Once the Contest is over, all of you can go home" stripetail said. I will magick the rest of you home, wherever that home may be.. The 4th contest will be a singing contest, between the boys and the girls Any song will do, you can pick out whatever song you like. There will be a judging based on individual and duets... Singing contests are basically untieable, there must be a winner and loser.." stripetail said. "Go out on your ride, the four of you, and talk amongst yourself, once you get back, then we'l decide who will go first and what song you will sing.."
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"Let's see," Cynder held up her paws and then held out a finger on each as she said. "The boys have one win, we have one win and there's one tie. If both teams got a full point for the tie than whoever wins this round will have the necessary three out of five points right?"
"I thought the tie only counted for half a point," Spyro said.
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No," Stripetail shook his head. "Both of you have 1.5 points, thwe tie counts as half a point.. the winner of the next match will take the lead, and will only need a tie in the final match to win the contest.. if you split the next two, then a sixth tiebreaker will be neccessary to find a winner..
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"Well, guess that means we'll have to wait a little longer to see the two of you in dresses," Cynder smirked. The singing would be easy for the girls to win, but the last contest, the knowledge contest was anyone's game really.
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Rit rill re rorth rhe rait ro ree rou rirls riss reach rother ron rhe rips" Scooby replied with a grin.
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Well, thats not going to happen. You guys will be struting around, showing your inner Southern Belle" Dixie grinned..
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"The Doran race? "The Tourist said as he thought to himself, "I've not heard of that race. Is she full grown?"
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"She is," Wataru replied, watching as the dragon flew off until she was just a speck in the distance.
"So are we going for that ride?" Cynder asked, spreading her wings in anticipation.
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(OOC - Is this RP ending soon?)
"I guess I'll head back to the Great Valley after this is over." Deimos said.
"Same here." Strut and Mr. Bigmouth added.
"Well, I have no job now." Dr. Zanasiu said.
"Same here." Zachary and Dr. Kerzach added.
Deimos looked at Dr. Zanasiu. "We'll probably see each other again soon."
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Yes, once the contest between the boys and girls are over. which should be soon)
You guys can come stay with us" shaggy said to the Pelvanida group. "We live in a mansion.. you guys can hang out, watch TV, and eat your fill" Shaggy said Grinning..
Reah, re're roing" Scooby said.
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We're coming too" Nani said, to them..
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(Or we could just end before the contest is over and leave the winners of it in speculation.)
"Anyway, we're leaving," Taiga siad, glancing over at his brother.
"It's nice to have met you," Wataru said, bowing to the Tourist and then turning and following Nago and Taiga over to their bikes.
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(I like to have finality. We can have winners, but I think we'll have a delay in the executing of the bet.. Possibly until the next story , which will be starting up soon)
Scooby climbed into the driver's seat, and Dixie climbnbed in beside him. Nani, Lilo, Stitch and Angel Climbed in the back seat. Pleekly andjummba sat next to Dixie.
"Fly behind us" Dixie called out to the dragons..
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(ooc: hmm, that is an idea for part 3, Shaggy's mansion.)
"Is she a rare species?" The Tourist asked looking at her fly away. "To bad Sara is visiting relatives & friends, she's a fairy dragon friend of mine, she'd have liked to meet some other types of dragons."
"Or you can stay in one of my mansions. Being immortal it's easy to get money since long term investments pay off and you can sell some stuff you own and kept around for a few hundred years somewhere." Odysseus said.
"That one big flyer." Petrie said watching her fly away, not noticing he copied a line Cera said many years back. (ooc: in the 7th movie)
"She is, she is." Ducky said nodding.
Snoopy was glad she was on their side and not the enemy's side he thought as he watched.
"Is it ok to come out?" Skitter asked poking his head out of one of the Tourists pockets. The Tourist looked down and smiled.
"It is, Don't think I've had a dinosaur in a pocket before." He said.
"You folks were about to go out of the cafe and I was a bit tired and you said your pockets are large inside so I just jumped into one while you were bent over picking up some of those stone things." Skitter said.
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"Very rare," Taiga replied. "Save for the fangire, most of the 13 Demon Races are in danger of extinction."
The two dragons leapt into the air and hovered there, waiting for Scooby to start the car.
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Scooby revved the engine, and the car, loaded with mithril, slowly moved down the road.. the weight of the rocks, guns and gas canisters eighing it down..
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So where do you guys want to go? nani asked out the window at the dragons..
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Nago didn't notice that Wataru and Taiga hadn't followed him over to the bikes and he glanced back to see the two brothers still talking to the Tourist. He waved to them and then mounted the bike.
"Um, we don't really know of any place here," Spyro said.
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"Maybe that can be helped so they won't go extinct." The Tourist said.
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'Any place..' Dixie said. We'll just stop someplace, and talk about the next challnge.. She looked at her partner Scooby then down at the seat, the ring case lay beside her...she had not opened it, yet...
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"Maybe..." Taiga said, glancing off into the distance.
"Jiro told me that he was interested in trying to revive his race, but he got distracted with his promise to my father," Wataru said. "Rikki and Ramon never mentioned anything though."
"How about someplace close to nature?" Cynder asked. "Like a garden?"
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Merlin smiled at the reamaining people gathered around Nick. "I must depart now, for France...It was a pleasure to meet all of you, and we will meet again in a couple months" Merlin was known for his prophecies, they had a knack for coming true...
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How are we going to find a garden in this desert?' Nani replied. "unless it rains, in which case you might see something..."
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We can try to find something "Pleekly said.. 'anything, since the cafe's been destroyed...
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The tourist and the others with him waved, "Nice to have met you." The Tourist said.
"Nice to have seen you again." Odysseus said.
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"I'm greatly honored to have finally met you" stripetail said shaking Merlin's hand vigorous. "A piece of advice, My Lord. Finish this contest a little later,we're all recovering from this great battle and this is not the time to resolve it." Merlin said. Stripetail nodded . "farewell!" Merlin said, and raising his hands to the sky, vanished in a puff of smoke..
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"Nevermind then," Cynder frowned, flapping her wings and gaining altitude. Spyro darted after her and the two chased each other across the sky.
"This is so boring," Sparx sighed. He was hovering behind the car's backseat.
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The car drove onward, Dixie lost in her own thoughts, she would have to tell Cynder wghat Sparx had said, and possibly bring up the possibility of dating, since they were more or less in a relationship now..they were now even with the boys, with a event very favorable to them coming up...
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Stripetail then turned to the dinosaurs. "Any time you want to go ome, just say so."
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What about me?' Bart asked "You're coming with me. You'll have to meet my dragon friend Tarrax. He's nice enough once you get to know him, but he''s a very imposing figure.." stripetail smiled.
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The Tourist looked at those present, "Do you know where you're going?" He asked.
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Seeing that the Tourist had stopped questioning them, Taiga and Wataru turned and headed towards their bikes, climbing onto them.
"Where are you going, ni-san?" Wataru asked as he put his helmet on.
"I have to head back to D&P," Taiga replied, donning his own helmet. "There's lots of things I need to do."
"Don't overwork yourself," Wataru laughed.
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We're going to the Great Valley' Ali said, smiling. 'Ducky, Petrie, and Skitter are From there. Mr. Aace, well we don't know where he is from, but I'm sure Mr. Stripetail can get him there..'
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Striptail then tapped his wrists, and the armor wrists of Scooby,Dixie, Spyro and Cynder began to glow.
"Hello guys, I've decided to make a few changes... first, the contest between the four of you will be suspended for awhile, as is. We'll resume shortly, but for now I'd imagine you want to go home.. Is that right.."
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"Yes, we do!" Sparx exclaimed, flying forward and hovering over Scooby's wrist.
"It would be nice to be back home," Cynder said, swooping down so that the car's occupents could hear her.
Spyro nodded, following her down. "And we'll come back and visit soon."
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'Alright" Dixie said. Stop the Car Scooby, I need to talk to Cynder and Spyro.."
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Row rare re roing ro ret rome? Scooby asked into his wrist.. " Rand rout arour Rick?"
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The Tourist nodded, "I can give you a lift to Shaggy's mansion. I'm sure Velma knows the address and directions. I'd have brought here but she wanted to be dropped off for a few days to read some scrolls in the Library of Alexandria. Luckily the Pharaoh is a friend of mine, at least a few of them are, so getting permission was easy." The Tourist said.
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"And we can send the dinosaurs home, too," Cynder said. She felt strangely said that she hadn't spent more time with the dinosaurs. Perhaps she felt some strange kinship with them since they were all similiar creatures and they had been stuck in this world against their will.
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Stripetail will take care of them.. What about thiose Pelnaida guys..? Nani asked, where are they staying...?'
Scooby Shrugged..
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"I'd like to avoid the public eye for a while." Dr. Zanasiu said.
"This is probably going to be one of the greatest news stories ever and I don't want to be swamped with phone calls." Zachary said.
"Same here." Dr. Kerzach added.
"I guess we'll go back to the Great Valley." Deimos and Strut said.
"I'll stay with Dr. Zanasiu and his group. My family and friends were killed in the War of the the Beyond." Rime said.
"How'd you manage to work for Pelvanida if your home is the Great Valley? Zachary asked Strut and Deimos.
"We had arrived during a terrorist attack at Pelvanida as a result of a teleportation experiment. This one was several years ago. Once we were determined to be not hostile we were conscripted into assisting and once the threat was over we were hired as guards." Deimos replied.
"So how do we get back to Pelvanida if we're needed?" Strut asked.
"Pelvanida is destroyed."
"But what about this group?"
Deimos sighed. "You know until we can get the portal working again. We'll stay here for a bit."
(OOC - The War of the Beyond is the name I use for the war in Twilight Valley when it is referred to in an RP.)
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Im sending you guys to stay with shaggy and Scooby. You can hide out there from the summons threats and blame your superiors will throw on you to cover their butts due to the base being blown up" Stripetail said, a burnt remnant of a newspaper rolled up to him. He picked it up and "Here you go' He said The paper was today's and it read "Pelvanida base destroyed in terrorist Attack-Guard Incomptence blamed" Have a look, he said, handing the paper to Strut 'Read and pass around"
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Strut was reading the remains of the newspaper. "Hmm. Ah here's my name and the two others." He was pointing to a section of the news article.
"We should not have allowed these three prehistoric creatures to guard the base. 'Deimos', 'Rime' and 'Strut' should have been forcibly sent back through the portal immediately after they have assisted [in securing Pelvanida during a previous attack several years earlier]. Dr. James Zanasiu, if he's still alive, should be fired or even charged for his gross negligence in allowing these creatures to stay at Pelvanida." claimed a Pelvanida representative who wishes to remain anonymous. Dr. Zanasiu is among the many believed to have died.
Strut then handed the newspaper to everyone of the Pelvanida group.
"Hmm. It seems like they think I'm dead. Well, that's good in a way because I get to avoid celebrity status. I mean, Zach, Dr. Kerzach, some of the other scientists and I did things that could have come straight Hollywood's latest action flick. I was already heroic in the previous attack and now I'll probably be larger than life." Dr. Zanasiu said.
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you guys are lucky not to be in prison" Nick said. "If they catch yuou, they'll court-martial the lot of you. At best, you guys will be dishonorably discharged, at worst, you will be spending many years behind bars" Nick looked at the paper "'if these men are still alive then they will be brought in for questioning and debriefing.. a reward for thier arrest will be offered..or info confirming thier deaths..."
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If I were you guys, I'd hide out for awhile.. say 50 years.."
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"Well the scientists are civilians, so they really can't be court martialed but I still could be arrested for gross negligence." Dr. Zanasiu said.
"Well, that means my discount is not effective anymore but I can still buy some heavy munitions. Besides, the guy I buy my stuff from keeps it on the lower side." Strut added.
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"Well, you guys are welcome to stay with us" shaggy said. Nick are you coming with them?'
Nick frowned. "Until I find a job to support myself until the Cafe Can be rebuilt in a new location, I'll stay with you guys."
"Yeah, the Shurlups can sleep in your room, and you can iuse another room, as your closaet. so the desk, and other stuff can go in there.." Shaggy said..
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(OOC: I guess everyone else is at Shaggy's mansion?)
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(Not Everyone. Spyro, Cynder and Sparx will be heading home, as will Ali and the other Dinos. Nick and Pelvanida guys will be guesting the at Mansion. The Tourist will head off with Oddyseus and Brooklyn, and Stripetail and Bart will magick home,..)
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As the rest of those gathered looked back one final time at the site of the Cafe. Nick made a vow. "I will bring back the Insane Cafe, even if it takes me te n years!" It would, as it turned out, not take him nearly that long.. Stripetail smiled briefly... he had trustded 4 more creatures with magic rings, and in the time to come, he would trust others , and form them into a team. "The Shurlup uprising is over" He said, looking over at the 7 shurlups sleeping together in thier pen. "But those who fought here, those who formed friendships and became lovers, will never forget this cafe, nor what happened here. you, and I, will see to that.. now come on..the next adventure is about to begin.." He gestured and Nick, Stripetail, bart, Shaggy and everyone else vanished, leaving only the burnt ruins of the ruined builging, swept by the brisk desert breeze..
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Dr. Zanasiu, Zachary, Strut, Deimos, Rime and Dr. Kerzach appeared inside a opulent mansion. The crate of grenades, the ammo cans,a single rifle and the rest of their supplies lay next to them.
"I see Mr. Bigmouth left his rifle." Rime said.
"Well, he's heading back to the Great Valley. We'll keep it here in case he decides to come back." Deimos said.
"Hey, Shaggy! Where can we place all our munitions?" Dr. Zanasiu asked.
"Finally, we can now relax. Terrorist assault at Pelvanida, then two Shurlup killing campaigns and finally, demolition of the cafe. There's enough thrills and action in this whole thing to satisfy any screenwriter or author." Strut said.
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Shaggy appeared in the room right after them..' Just pick a room guys this place has dozens of rooms.. many of which, Scooy, Dixie and I don't use.. Just make sure to not leave them near any open flames, this is my uncle's house after all.."
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"I guess we're not needed. Let's get going." The Tourist said, leading the others to where the tardis had rematerialized when the cafe had exploded. It was closer to them. They all got in and headed off.
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Thank you for giving us a ride, sir" ali said. "Just make sure to drop us off in the Great Valley, and drop Mr. Ace off wherever he wants to go... Ali looked forward to being in the Great Valley again..
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(OOC: I guess she's talking to stripetail since she mentioned he'd get them home earlier?)
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She's actually tallking to the tourist, she and other dinos climbed in the Tardis with him. her, Ducky Petrie, Skitter and Snoopy, all went with the Tourist)
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The Tourist nods, "All right. We can go right there if you want. Feel free to find places to sit." He said waving around the control room. Odysseus went to sit down in a comfortable chair with Brooklyn choosing one nearby. There were various size chairs & seating couches (like ones on Dinotopia) for 4 footers.
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Ali sat down on a nearby seat as the Tardis vanished from the area and headed back in time. "We're gong home" Ali said, she could hardly contain her joy..she had gone through a lot over the past few days met a whole bunch of interesting creatures, but now she just wanted to be home.. and that was the Great Valley...
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"Armor up," Spyro said and then tapped his wrist, opening the comparment there and drawing out the wishing crystal.
"Well, I guess this is good-bye for now," Cynder said.
"Can we get going?" Sparx asked impatiently.
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Scooby and Dixie Climbed out of the Car and Stood before thier friends, Stitch and Angel climbed out too. "Bye!" Stitch smiled and waved, as did Angel < nani, and Lilo. "Good-bye dragon friends and annoying dragonfly' Jummba laughed.
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Goodbye Spyro.. for Now" Dixie Said Hugging the purple dragon.. "Cynder" She embraced the drasgoness warmly.. "We ghave a lot to talk about , but it can wait" She Whispered in her ear..
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Rood-rye Ryro, rand Rynder" Scooby said, putting out his paw for Spyro to shake.."Rand rood rye Rarx" He said to the dragonfly..
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"Yeah, yeah, I'll miss you, too," Sparx said sarcastically.
Spyro shook Scooby's paw. "We'll come back and visit first chance we get."
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Rats ra romise..Ri'm roing ro rold rou ro rit, Ryro" Scooby smiled. "Rood rye you ruys" He stepped back and put his arm around Dixie, who smiled warmly at the departing group.."Next time, we meet, I'm taking the both of you to a movie.." she said.. "And you're going, no ifs and or buts..'
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Spyro nodded and held up the crystal. "Take the three of us back to Warfang."
"Hey, Spyro, I know something about your girlfriend that you don't," Sparx said as light flashed from the crystal and the trio disappeared.
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" Rhat rid re reamn ry rhat?' Scooby Said to Dixie, In respobnse She Threw her arms around his neck and gave him a big kiss on the lips..
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Eww" LIlo wrinkled her nose as she watched the two great Danes kiss. "Come on you two, you're driving us back home" Nani said, as Dixie pulled away. "Rixie,' Scooby pulled out the ring casem, opened it, and sank to one knee. "Rill rou..rarry.."
"Now!' Nani interjected.. "Ri'm rorosing rere!" Scooby barked, and color drained from Nani's face..'Sorry" Nani said apologetically as tears filled Dixie's eyes. "Cousin.. YES!' She hugged Scooby tightly.. " We'll go over everything once we get home" She said, Putting the ruby ring on her left paw, and Climbing into the car.
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Congratulations"Pleekly said. "Can we come to the wedding?"
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Lilo you're going to be a floweer girl. no ifs ands or buts" Nani said quickly..'
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Of Course, you'll all be invited, all our friends we've met over the past few days are welcome to come, as well as the rest of our family' dixie said, as Scooby got in and started the car. "Re rill rave rall rhat rap rin rhe runk, ro rits roing ro be ra row rive" He said.
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I don't care mesa wanna go home" Stitch said, causing everyone in the car to laugh as Scooby, his partner and soon to be mate Dixie at his side, drove them towards the horizon... and home..