What the Slag's a Pokémon? P.1

By: Festus3 festus3@netins.net


Scene opens inside the landing gear dock of the Voyager, two robots are standing over some rough sketches in the floor.

SCAVENGER: So, that's when you cut the power, it should take a few minutes for auxiliary to kick in and even longer for radar.

RAZORCLAMP: Then what?

SCAVENGER: I'm not quite sure.

RAZORCLAMP: Oh yeah, great plan motor-head! (He hits Scavenger over the back of the head with his claw/shield arm, Scavenger falls back, he kicks both his feet in the air and connects with Razorclamp's face, and at the same time springing to his feet, Razorclamp sweeps his feet out from underneath him, both jump up, Scavenger puts his fist up to Razorclamp's face, his wrist-gun level with the other's forehead, at the same time Razorclamp raises his claw/gun hand to Scavenger's face, the two stare at each other for a moment. In a dark section of normal space a green and violet rift opens and the Voyager jets out, knocking Scavenger and Razorclamp down.)

SCAVENGER: Oh slag! We're out of the transit! Razorclamp, you know what to do! (Razorclamp nods, gets to his feet, and runs out of the room, Scavenger follows behind but stops at a computer terminal. Razorclamp ducks under a surveillance camera and keeps going. A few minutes later, inside the bridge, Silverbolt and the rest of the crew are awaiting the results of the scan.)

COMPUTER: Scan for Cybertron, negative. (This new news doesn't really phase anyone. The camera shows Razorclamp in beast mode inside a room full of wires, he opens his bigger claw and positions it around a cluster of wires, cords and cables.)

CRYNOTH: Now I'll just search for the nearest space port- (The lights go off along with all of the monitors.) Huh!

MATRIX: This doesn't normally happen, right?

BLACKARACHNIA: No, all the power has been cut, to the bridge at least. (Crynoth sits back.)

CRYNOTH: Don't worry, this ship's auxiliary power should be on in a few minutes. (Inside the small room Razorclamp converts to robot mode and looks over several computer terminals, he finds the one he needs and rams his claw/gun hand into it.)

RAZORCLAMP: Radar, (He fires into it, scattering components everywhere.) off-line. (Scavenger slides up to the doorway, Razorclamp jumps in surprise.) Don't do-

SCAVENGER: Let's go! I found the location of the escape pods! (Razorclamp follows his buddy down the hallway.) By the way, I left a gift in the landing gear. (The view goes to outside the ship, one of the emergency reusable escape pods breaks out of its tube, inside Scavenger steers, since Razorclamp doesn't have hands.)

RAZORCLAMP: Where do we go? (Scavenger clicks a button next to him and a 3-D map of the local systems comes up.)

SCAVENGER: There. (He points to the planet closest to their position.)

RAZORCLAMP: Then we should go the other way skin-head! (Scavenger looks at the map.)

SCAVENGER: Shut up, (He turns to pod around and travels under the Voyager again.) I was just testing the engines crab-legs. (Razorclamp clutches his chest as if he's been stabbed and replies cynically.)

RAZORCLAMP: Oh, that one hurt road-kill breath. (Scavenger hits him over the back of the head, the camera goes back to the small power room where Razorclamp ripped the computers apart, Crynoth is looking over the damage while Silverbolt and Matrix, both in robot mode, consider the problem.)

CRYNOTH: I got bad news, and I got worse news. Those wires were cut by something sharp, in a scissor-like motion, they can be fixed pretty soon.

MATRIX: That must have been Razorclamp, one of Catrone's better warriors.

CRYNOTH: I'm not done yet, the scanning engine on the other hand was blown to pieces by an energy weapon, insuring it wont be fixed for a while.

SILVERBOLT: So we can't find them. (Blackarachnia's face appears on his communicator.) What is it, my love?

BLACKARACHNIA: One of the pods jettisoned. (Matrix snaps his fingers.)

MATRIX: Duh! It's simple, he blew the scanners so he could have a quick getaway.

CRYNOTH: You think it's just one? (He finishes reconnecting the wires and the lights come on.)

MATRIX: Hm- (Demonique, who is standing next to Blackarachnia, interrupts him.)

DEMONIQUE: Two, (The camera switches into the pod launch bay, Inferno has just finished scanning two sets of foot prints, a chip pops out of his wrist and he sticks it in the computer, a 3-D image of Razorclamp and Scavenger comes up.)

MATRIX: Great, I thought as much.

DEMONIQUE: Two stowaways, they're also two of Catrone's best hit-men. (Blackarachnia frustratedly shoves Demonique out of the way.)

BLACKARACHNIA: The pod launched of the star-board side, I'm guessing that's where they headed.

SILVERBOLT: Matrix, you know these low-lifes better than I, what do you think?

MATRIX: We could wait till the scanners are up and land on the nearest-(The three in the small room are jarred by an explosion, Crynoth goes out into the hall and accesses a terminal.)

BLACKARACHNIA: What was that!?

CRYNOTH: Our rear left landing gear just blew up, we can't land, (He looks at another read-out) our fuel's leaking. (Silverbolt trades a nervous glance with Matrix.) It will take a while to repair, we'll have to put all attention to it and shut down all uneccessary systems if we want it done by the dead-line.

MATRIX: Well then, I guess we should forget about our two escapees.

SILVERBOLT: Far be it for us to let these criminals loose. (Crynoth shakes his head and mouths the words 'here we go again.') We shall track them down and stop them from causing any harm to an unsuspecting populous, we could send another pod out to chase them.

MATRIX: No, these two are smart, they'll make low friends fast, if you send a small crew they may not come back, if the whole ship could land we could track them. (Silverbolt looks at him.)

SILVERBOLT: The ship can't land, and if we send two pods we may not have enough crew left on the ship in case of an attack. I am sending a crew in an escape pod, they will be fine. (He turns on his comlink.) Inferno? (In the galley Inferno, Luna, B'boom and Striker are sleeping in chairs, when his comlink goes off Inferno falls back in his chair.)

INFERNO: Ah, uh, yes captain? (Inferno stands up as Silverbolt relays the message.)

SILVERBOLT: We need you to assemble a small team, the pods can only hold six, that means you need four. (Inferno looks at the other three with him.)

INFERNO: Yes sir, done sir! (He kicks B'boom's chair out from under him.) Wake up, we're leaving. (Luna wakes up and stretches, baring her sharp cat teeth while her flight jacket is pulled tight in interesting directions.)

LUNA: Count me in. (She drums on Striker's head.)

STRIKER: Ah, what? I was having this great dream. (B'boom chuckles and they walk out. The camera goes onto a planet, much like Earth, above a forest Razorclamp and Scavenger's pod comes to a soft landing among the trees, the side door opens and they step out, Scavenger looks around while Razorclamp jumps out.)

SCAVENGER: Doesn't look like anybody's around- (He is interrupted by a teenage girl's voice.)

GIRL: Prepare for trouble! (The two robots jump and prepare their weapons, next is a boy's voice.)

BOY: And make it double! (Razorclamp and Scavenger exchange confused glances at the sight of two kids and a cat-like creature standing on a boulder in front of them, the boy and girl are wearing uniforms with red R's on the front.)

GIRL: To protect the world from devastation-

BOY: To unite all peoples within our nation-

GIRL: To denounce the evils of truth and love-

BOY: To extend our reach to the stars above! (The girl gracefully jumps down and strikes a pose, her long red hair not moving from its position.)

GIRL: Jessie! (The boy jumps down next to her.)

BOY: James!

JESSIE: Team Rocket, blast off at the speed of light-

JAMES: Surrender now or prepare to fight! (The cat-like animal jumps down between them.)

MEOWTH: Meowth, that's right! (Scavenger and Razorclamp look at each other, confused yet amused.)

JESSIE: Alright, we claim you aliens as well as your ship in the name of Team Rocket.

RAZORCLAMP: Hmm, no! (He fires his claw/gun, Scavenger fires as well, the three figures fly back and embed in the rock, they peel free and land on the ground, Scavenger walks up to the blackened bodies, moans escaping them as they lie on the ground.)

SCAVENGER: That's weird, you should be dead. (He dismisses the thought and steps on Jame's neck.) As any alien would say, take me to your leader.


Scene closes and opens on the pod with it's four inhabitants, the words cross the screen, Day Two. Crynoth's voice comes in over the communicator.

CRYNOTH: Uh, fire-ant? (Inferno clicks the button.)

INFERNO: Yes?

CRYNOTH: I got good news, and bad news.

LUNA: How'bout the good first Hawkeye?

CRYNOTH: We got the scanners back online and found the planet they landed on.

STRIKER: And the bad?

CRYNOTH: You're going the wrong way. (B'boom slaps his forehead. Scene opens again on the pod, now above the Earth-like planet, Day Three.)

INFERNO: We're sure this is the planet?

CRYNOTH: Positive, we're going to lose communication once you land, make sure you find them and get back before the deadline, over and out. (The radio turns off and Inferno puts them down at the foot of a mountain, the three transformers get out and convert to beast mode, Luna walks along with a scanner as they head out of the forest.)

INFERNO: Remember, once we catch them if we find their pod we return with two of us and one of them in each, if not, it's going to be cramped. (Luna still feels funny talking to a huge transmetal ant.)

LUNA: Do they have to be alive? It would make the ride so much quieter. (Inferno chuckles.)

INFERNO: I like the way you think. (The group continues walking, the camera moves to another traveling group, two boys a girl and a small yellow rodent, one of the boys is younger with black hair, the yellow rodent rides on his head, the other boy is older with darker skin and squinty eyes, the girl is a skinny little red-head, she is the first to speak.)

MISTY: Ash, (In an unbearably whiny voice.) how long until we get there?

(The black-haired boy answers.)

ASH: The map says it's only a few more miles after these two paths meet. (He points to a spot on the map where their trail meets with another. Back to Inferno's group, a small purple, rat-like animal runs across the path, chasing after it is a walking radish, they stop in confusion.)

B'BOOM: Okay, everyone else just saw a radish chasing a purple rat right?

LUNA: What kinda' freaky place is this? (Inferno walks ahead and comes to a spot where their trail joins another. The tall squinty kid looks ahead.)

BROCK: Wow, what's that? (They stop and see Inferno about twenty yards ahead, facing the other way, Ash take a red calculater-like object out of his pocket and points it at Inferno.)

ASH: Huh, Dex doesn't know what it is. (He gets a determined look on his face.) I'm gonna catch it, go Pikachu! (The yellow rodent jumps of his head and runs up behind Inferno, it stops about ten feet behind him, the yellow orange and red transmetal turns around.)

INFERNO: Huh?

PIKACHU: Pi-ka-chuuuuuuuuu! (A bolt of electricity flies from the rodent and shocks Inferno.)

INFERNO: Ahhhh! (He shakes his head.) What kind of pitiful attack was that!? Inferno! Maximize! (he transforms and levels his two flamethrowers at Pikachu.) Run pitiful creature! Run! (The shocked rodent makes a bee-line away from Inferno as the ground behind his feet explodes into flames, the three kids dive to the side as Pikachu runs by with Inferno 'hot' on his trail. Ash sticks his head out of a bush.)

ASH: What kind of Pokémon was that!? (The muzzle of a gun presses against his temple.)

B'BOOM: What the slag's a Pokémon? (He pulls the kid out of the bush by his collar, Striker, still in beast mode, chases Misty out of the bushes and Luna jerks Brock out backwards by his hair, he turns around, about to yell when he sees the face in front of him, his eyes gradually slide down.)

LUNA: Eyes on the road squinty! (Pikachu jumps onto Ash's shoulders, Inferno flies up and takes aim with his flamethrowers.) Whoa, slow down pyro! (She turns to Ash.) Okay kid, explain and do it fast.


Scene goes to a few minutes later after Ash is done explaining about the world of Pokémon.

B'BOOM: Is this some sick joke?

STRIKER: You catch the animals in balls?

INFERNO: This is a waste of time, let's get moving. (He and B'boom convert to beast mode and start walking away with Luna and Striker.)

ASH: Wait! We're going the same way we could go with you. (Brock eyes Luna again.)

BROCK: Yeah. (She un-buttons her jacket teasingly then shows him the blaster strapped inside that shows up well on her red, skin-tight tank-top, he takes the hint. Inferno's group starts to pick up the pace, so does Ash's, then they flat-out run away.)

B'BOOM: This has got to be the most disturbing planet so far. (He converts to vehicle mode, Luna sits on his back and he speeds away, Inferno converts to flight mode and picks up Striker, ahead of him he sees where the radar is leading them.)

INFERNO: Oh, slag. (A few miles away is a huge city.)

STRIKER: We can't just go into the city.

INFERNO: Yes, we can. The radar is only pointing out the pod though, it might be hard to find our friends. (B'boom yells up to them.)

B'BOOM: What do you plan on doing when we get there?

INFERNO: Hopefully they are still with the pod.

STRIKER: Knowing these two they have a trap set.

INFERNO: Then we'll be careful when we catch them. (A sudden upward spray of fireworks in front of them sends Inferno and Striker to the ground on top of Luna and B'boom.)

LUNA: Ah! Get your heavy metal-

JESSIE: Prepare for trouble! (Smoke pours from an unidentifiable source as three forms are silhouetted inside.)

JAMES: And make it double!

JESSIE: To protect the world from devastation-

JAMES: To unite all peoples within our nation- (They stop suddenly when B'boom fires several shots into the air, Luna pulls out her blaster and Striker and Inferno have already withdrawn theirs.)

B'BOOM: What the slag are you doing? (Jessie and James put their hands up and Meowth hides behind them, Jessie speaks, with no large amount of gaul.)

JESSIE: We, we are under orders to capture you.

MEOWTH: Yeah, so are goin' to come quietly, or do we have to teach you a lesson? (Luna shoots her blaster into the ground in front of Meowth and he shuts up.)

INFERNO: Who has ordered you?

JAMES: We can't say, they told us not to. (Jessie slaps him.)

JESSIE: Idiot! Scavenger told you not to say anything! (Meowth jumps on her head and starts scratching her face, Luna and Striker exchange confused glances, Inferno fires a shot into the air.)

INFERNO: Enough! Where are Scavenger and Razorclamp? (James tries to look innocent.)

JAMES: Who? (Luna fires over his head.)

INFERNO: Talk! (Jessie throws something to the ground, smoke pours out of it.)

LUNA: Come on, smoke screen? (Striker uses his heat sensitive vision to see the three running down the trail, he then levels his mandible blaster and fires, James is taken off of his feet by the blow, a hole burned into his pant-leg, Jessie looks back, she sees James down then she sees Inferno

explode out of the smoke in tank mode, his flame-launcher leveled.)

INFERNO: Will you be cooperative or not?


Scene goes to inside one of the taller buildings of the city, Razorclamp and Scavenger, in robot mode, are sitting in comfortable chairs in some type of office.

RAZORCLAMP: See, this is the life, we own a criminal organization, the law force on this world is amazingly weak, and we are our own bosses. (He looks at the clock.) Time to feed him. (Scavenger opens a refrigerator and takes out a couple pieces of fruit.)

SCAVENGER: Why are we keeping this guy alive?

RAZORCLAMP: Because, his minions will only take orders from his voice, besides those two kids no one knows about us. (Scavenger opens a closet, inside is a man in an expensive looking suit with his hands and feet tied together, even with the light on his eyes remain shaded somehow, Scavenger throws in the fruit and slams the door.)

SCAVENGER: Man that's creepy.

RAZORCLAMP: Huh?

SCAVENGER: The way we can never see his eyes, I'm just saying it's weird.

RAZORCLAMP: Wuss. (Scavenger hits him in the back of the head as he walks by.) Baby, heh heh! (Scavenger tackles him and takes him back in the chair, the two fight for a little while, the phone rings, they instantly stop. Inside the closet the door opens and Scavenger shoves the phone to his ear and a his wrist gun to his chest, Scavenger silently mouths the word, 'answer.')

GIOVANNI: Hello? (The camera switches to inside a pay phone booth, James is standing, amazingly recovered from the shot knee already, Luna stand behind him with her blaster against his head.)

JAMES: Boss. (Scavenger hears the voice and takes the phone back.)

SCAVENGER: Oh it's you. (He slams the closet door closed.) What do you want?

JAMES: Well uh, I, uh- (Luna shoves the blaster against his head.) Ow! (Scavenger instantly registers the yelp.)

SCAVENGER: James, I need you and Jessie to go to where we hid the pod.

JAMES: Why?

SCAVENGER: Don't question me and just listen! Do you have something to write with? (Luna watches as James writes down the exact address and street, she turns to Inferno.)

LUNA: This is so obvious it's not funny.

SCAVENGER: You got it? (He doesn't wait for an answer.) Good, be there tomorrow at six sharp. (He hangs up the phone.)

RAZORCLAMP: What was that?

SCAVENGER: Hopefully we can get rid of our assailants if I'm not mistaken. (Back at the booth Luna tugs James out and hangs up the phone.)

INFERNO: That was obviously a trap, (He picks up Meowth by the tail.) what do they know that we don't.

MEOWTH: I ain't gonna help you win. (Inferno looks to Striker, Striker pulls out his gun and nods.)

Striker: Pull! (Inferno tosses Meowth into the air, Striker takes five shots that all barely miss the air born Pokémon, Inferno catches Meowth on the way back down.)

INFERNO: Now will you tell me? (Meowth closes his lips tight.) No, then I guess it is B'boom's turn.

B'BOOM: Heh, and I'm not as good a shot as Striker. (Inferno pulls his arm back and prepares another toss.)

MEOWTH: Wait! Wait! I'll tell ya! (Inferno drops him to the ground and puts his foot down on him.)

INFERNO: Let's hear it.

MEOWTH: Alright, the boss used to do this, they lure an enemy to someplace safe, then they use the strongest Pokémon to take'em out.

INFERNO: We can handle a few electric vermin, not to mention weaklings like you.

MEOWTH: You don't get it, there are Pokémon here that could easily beat you. (Inferno doesn't like that remark, he thinks about crushing the little walking mouth.)

INFERNO: Show me.

Scene goes to another place in the forest, everyone is next to a waterfall, Team Rocket is tied to a tree, Inferno's group is standing next to the falls.

LUNA: I'm really scared so far. (A red fish covered with armor jumps out of the water.)

MAGIKARP: Magi- (Inferno toasts it in mid-air, it plops back into the water.)

INFERNO: Ha! This is a game!

JAMES: You shouldn't have done that! (Inferno turns to face them.)

INFERNO: And why not? (There is a blinding glow behind him and the Magikarp begins to change shape, it grows very big, B'boom taps Inferno's shoulder.)

B'BOOM: Uh, uh-uh, buddy? (Inferno turns around, in front of him is a huge blue sea serpent, although only the top half sticks out of the water it is huge, it turns it's gigantic head toward them.)

LUNA: Now I'm scared. (The monster lets out a bellowing roar and shoots a pillar of water out of its mouth, knocking the four back a few feet, Inferno gets up and takes out his flamethrowers.)

INFERNO: That, was, pitiful! Now, you burn! (He torches the monster, it reels back a bit, and bends its head down.) Yes, cower you- (Gyaradose's eyes begin to glow and a strange glow covers its body, it opens its mouth and roars in the fury of its attack, a beam of solid energy shoots out of its mouth and hits the ground in front of Inferno, in turn the ground beneath Inferno, B'boom, Striker and Luna explodes up, sending them spiraling through the air.)

JESSIE: Told ya! (Luna opens her eyes, she is rocketing through the sky and she starts to fall.)

LUNA: Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! (Striker pulls out a long tube-like gun and fires it, it whizzes past Luna and explodes between some trees, forming a web, Luna lands in it safely, Striker hits next to her, Inferno hits just as Luna moves out of the way, but B'boom overshoots the net and hits the ground, after the bounce he collides with a tree, ending up upside down.)

B'BOOM: Ouch. (Luna starts to help him up.)

LUNA: That was not good.

STRIKER: Just imagine several dozen of those attacking us.

LUNA: Or stronger ones than that.

INFERNO: This is not a good thing. (They think for a moment, Striker snaps his fingers.)

STRIKER: I got it, we catch our own.

B'BOOM: No, you gotta be kiddin' me!

INFERNO: I don't like it either but it's our only choice.

LUNA: Why couldn't they land on some planet less weird?

INFERNO: First we have to acquire some of the red and white balls. (He turns to Luna, she shakes her head.) You are the most human-like. Scene goes into a store, Luna walks in, her flight jacket's hood tightly over her head.

MANAGER: Can I help you?

LUNA: I need some balls. (The manager chuckles a bit and leans forward, Luna mutters to herself.) Oh give me a break! (She takes the hood off and pulls out her blaster, the man sees her cat-like face and pulls back in surprise, Luna points to some red and white balls on a shelf.) I need four of those. (The manager nods and puts the balls in a bag, Luna takes a credit chip out of her pocket and puts it on the counter.)

MANAGER: Hey I need money! (When he looks up she's gone. Outside the sun is now beginning to set, Luna ducks into an alley where the other three are waiting in robot mode.)

LUNA: What is it with men? (The other three look at her in question.) I'm saying this to a monkey, a spider, and an ant.

B'BOOM: Hey, hey! I'm a baboon. (She tosses him a red and white ball, then tosses one to Inferno and another to Striker.)

INFERNO: How do these work?

LUNA: That kid with the electric rat said you have to weaken the target then you throw it at them.

STRIKER: We've got until tomorrow at six.

INFERNO: Split up, meet back here at five. (The others nod.) I'll be heading up to the mountain.

LUNA: I'll go back and see our friend at the waterfall.

B'BOOM: I'll just look around the forest.

STRIKER: I'll just look around. (They break off into the night, Striker converts to beast mode and is walking down an alley when he hears something in the sewer, he lifts the lid with his thin legs and goes down in. As soon as Inferno reaches the edge of the city he takes off toward the mountain, his turbines making a streak across the sky.)


Scene goes to later that night, a light coming in a sewer grate casts eerie shadows as Striker passes through.

STRIKER: I wonder if they're actually down here. (He comes into an opening, a small flock of blue bats rush and then fly away, Striker looks up, he is in a cavernous sewer joint room, a small creature peers at him from behind a pipe, it is like a furry black basketball with two red grapefruit-like eyes.) Hello? What are you?

VENONAT: Venonat!

STRIKER: That's what I don't get about this planet, you should be making some sort of buzzing sound.

VENONAT: Venonat!

STRIKER: I guess I could catch you. (Striker puts his four front legs in the air and prepares to jump, as soon as he pounces the Venonat dodges and disappears around another pipe.) Oh, I deserved that one, I underestimated you. Maximize! (He pulls out his two mandible blasters and looks around. Don't worry, they're set to stun, he sees the creature to his side but when he turns it disappears again, then he hears it behind him.)

VENONAT: Venonat! (We whirls around to fire, he freezes when he sees the little guy begin to glow.)

STRIKER: Oh, slag. (The Venonat shoots a beam of psychic energy straight at Striker, he barely dodges the full blunt but is sent spiraling to the side despite. He struggles to his feet, he hears a very faint flapping of wings, he turns around and sees a few dozen huge purple moths, all beginning to glow, the one in front speaks.)

VENOMOTH: Venomoth! (The others behind the lead one channel their beams into the one in front, it pulses with the energy, Striker is already on his feet running down the corridor, he turns his head back and sees the Venomoth release the beam, he is swept of his feet and shot down the tunnel with the wall of light behind him.)


Scene goes to the waterfall, B'boom drives up with Luna on his back.

B'BOOM: You sure you don't want my help?

LUNA: Yeah, I'm fine. (He drives off. Luna walks up to the bank of the river, she takes out her blaster and aims it into the falls, something catches her eye.) What the!? (On the other side of the bank, shrouded by mist, is the form of a house, definitely not there earlier.) If I didn't know better I'd think this was a trap.

Scene goes to a little later, Luna pushes the door open, it creaks loudly.

LUNA: Why am I doing this? (She walks in, there is a cracking sound, she jumps out of the way just as a chunk of the ceiling lands where she was standing, she looks up to see a glimpse of a ghostly form, pink eyes and a big white grin, then it's gone.) You're losing it girl. (She hears more cracking but it's too late, the floor caves in under her and she plummets to the basement, as she struggles to get up she hears a chuckling sound, she looks up and sees the ghost again.)

GENGAR: Gengar, Gengar! (Luna takes out the red and white ball.)

LUNA: You're mine chuckles.


Scene goes to the mountain, Inferno is searching through caves when he comes to an opening facing the sun-rise, in a strange moment he watches the colors beginning to form then shakes his head, he starts to walk away then does a double-take, there is something in the distance, it is still fairly dark out so the form stands out like a brilliant meteor, he watches as it gets closer and closer.

INFERNO: Incredible. (As it grows closer it is discernible as an immense bird of fire, roughly seven feet from beak to tail feather, Inferno gets out his flamethrowers and cocks them, as soon as the bird is about to pass over the mountain Inferno flies out screaming a war-cry, he fires his flamethrowers at the same time that the fire-bird spits a pillar of flame from its beak, the opposing flames collide and intertwine in a brilliant display, a hiker at the foot of the mountain looks up and sees the show.)


Scene goes back into the office room where Razorclamp and Scavenger are asleep in their comfortable chairs, a form moves through the room, it is there yet invisible, a dark cloak covering it, the camera zooms to the solid shadow inside the hood, two glowing yellow eyes with slit pupils open, another form is beside it, two cat-like red eyes pierce the solid black of the hood, three more above them open, then two more to the sides, the two beings are illuminated by a flash outside the window, then they absorb into shadow once more.