ReGenesis Games: Final Level

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(Ooc: Sorry for the recent inactivity... college sign-ups :tired:. Also sorry for the shortness, I'll try to post a continuation tomorrow)

Level 3 cont.

<What the…?!> he thought as he opened up his eyes to see what he had hit, then after taking a quick inspection decided: <Damn, this aren't pokemon… looks like I'll have to protect myself!>

But after getting up, he noticed that the 'things' weren't getting up either. <What in the…?> he thought. Walking up to them, he bent over touched the aluminum carcass of whatever these things were, and thought <Why is it not getting up?> as he kept poking it. <I wonder if it's dead? … No time!> He thought as he used up much of his strength to get back up. <I need to figure out how to get out of here. And the safest way is… to reach the middle, and move from there!>

After coming to this conclusion he started to walk towards the largest-looking tower, which was right at the center. As he took his first steps, he felt his stomach grumble though. <Damn,the faster I get away from this place, the faster I can go eat>, or so he thought. But for now, he just walked towards the middle, putting his sight to the front, and not caring much about anything else besides his current goal "ORDER OF 50 CALIFORNIA BURRITOS !!!" was his war-cry, as he decided to 'Rollout' towards the tower.
 
(OOC: New character, Arin's Chaser, since Spirit Blaze was kicked out due to inactivity.)

Gemenis felt the ground rumble beneath him, as the volcano began to blow. Still he did not move. His hand, in the form of a green crystal blade, twitched inside the body of the Player, a Doduo, he had just slain, the crystal covered and slick with blood. He withdrew the hand from the corpse, and the blade retracted. He had to move to higher ground, or he would be destroyed in the death throes of the volcano.

He stood on both sides of the tree, then exchanged glances with himself. Gemenis was an ancient word for "double". Appropriate for him, for his form was a duality. Two bodies belonging to the same mind. Gemeni, the twins, only these twins were of the same mind and soul.

Both bodies, four legged black and red wolf-like creatures with long spider-like arms attached at the neck, arched forward. Gemenis sped through the forest. In little time he had reached a safe zone at the top of the valley, then looked back down. The thundering as the pyroclastic flows raced through the valley drowned out all other sound. He saw other Game elements, some chasers, some just pieces of the Game, as well as Players, running to get out. The first few levels of the Game were designed to wipe out as many Players as possible, to narrow down from the hundreds of Players chosen to participate. From hundreds to dozens to but a few, and then to none.

The Game had never gone past Level 9. It had only ever reached 9 once. Gemenis did not know how many levels the Game had, and the Game did not deem to tell him. Maybe the Game was endless. Unwinnable. Maybe it could be won. Gemenis did not know.

Crack. All motion within the level ceased. Gemenis felt his body, and its enviroment, reconstitute itself into another form. Gemenis simply faded away into the environment, not taking another form, due to having already eliminated his prey.

"You will select another prey," the Game said.

<What?> Gemenis asked in telepathy. <Why?>

"A Chaser was eliminated on Level 2. A Player now stands unchased. You will chase her."

A Chaser eliminated? Such things were unheard of anymore. <Who?>

"The Latias, Arin." An image appeared in Gemenis's mind of a Latias, along with an Absol and a Rapidash, wandering through Level 3.

Gemenis nodded, and felt his parts rearrange themselves into two featureless spheres, about three feet in diameter each, one blue, one red.
 
Gale decided it wasn't worth trying to follow the others. If there WAS someone who was out to kill her (it sounded paranoid, she believed, but there was no other explanation for the time being), it would be best to stick by herself. She didn't need any robots, any "pseudo-mon", anything whatsoever. Then, it hit her. I bet that tower holds a secret, Gale thought. But do I risk go there? She pondered the idea, and the pros and cons, and decided to wait a bit longer.

"In this city," she muttered under her breath. "It seems anything is possible... Especially that flute..." What was the meaning of the flute? Was it a good sign? Or perhaps a bad sign? Gale didn't know.

"Hello-helpless-little-creature-How-may-I-be-of-service-to-you?" Another robot, this time a non pseudo-mon one. Gale sighed.

"Excuse me, but I'm fine, thanks." She gazed at it and walked away.

"By-any-chance-do-you-know-of-a-robot-that-can-change-itself-into-almost-any-creature?" the robot asked, following her.

"As a matter of fact, I do." Gale pointed in the direction of the clock tower. "It ran off in that direction. It completely abandoned me." The robot nodded (or seemed to nod), and ran off, making a "clank-clank-clank" sound as it ran. Gale shook her head.

"Level four (if I ever make it) will hopefully be better than this..." she groaned.
 
((sorry for inactivity...ive been uber busy. also, sorry for the shortness too, had to catch up with something))

After awhile of waiting for Starlight to respond, Mark decided to head out on his own.

He explored the ruined city. Broke buildings and the smell of death lingered about.

"This level obviously isn't going to be too fun." Mark said, looking all around. "At least there isn't any volcanoes!" He crudley joked.

After a few minutes of exploring, Mark noticed a Leafeon; blody and matted. He ran to its side and kneeled down to its eye level.

"Are you okay?!" He asked to pokemon. He observed many greusome looking cuts and slashes, to which he slightly winced at. Mark was always a little on the squemish side.

He wondered to himself how the Leafeon could get so badly injured; he eventually decided it was do to this horrid game.

"Shame that were mere pawns in this devilish game, isn't it." Mark said sollemly.
 
The Marowak wandered over to her trembling form and Amethyst tried to mentally put herself in the right...mindset. Here was a big, scary Marowak and she was a little Pokemon badly hurt.

"Are you okay?!" It - he, she reminded herself - exclaimed loudly, bending down to her eyelevel. She flinched and cowered under his gaze. Amethyst gave a tremoulous little nod, her large eyes abnormally wide with apparent fear. Of course, inside, she was gloating, but there was no way for any Player -least of all the Marowak - to tell - Amethyst was very good at setting herself a new personality and sticking to it. She gave a sniffle and backed away several steps when the Marowak spoke again.

"Shame that were mere pawns in this devilish game, isn't it." it - he - said solemnly. She made her head jerk up in 'hope'.

"Y-you muh-mean you're a puh-puh-player, tuh-t-too?" she stuttered, still visibly shaking. "Muh-muh-me, t-tuh-t-too!" Amethyst exclaimed. Her watery amethyst-colored eyes blinked. Their color was the only thing that marked her as, well, her in this level. Her eyes' color rarely ever changed. "I guh-guess yu-you did-didn't g-get huh-huh-hurt by the fuh-fuh-flesh ea-eat-t-ting mah-mah-mankeys, h-huh?" her speech was quick and she stumbled over her words, giving impression of a terrified youngster. Crocodile tears dripped down her cheeks.

"Th-the others...Thuh-they di-didn't muh-make it..." Amethyst sniffled loudly. "Ruh-rosalie...ah-ah-and Tuh-Tuh-Topaz...Guh-g-gone..." the latter was mumbled and heavy with emotion. "I-I'm Ah-a-amy. Amy. Huh-huh-who're yuh-y-you?" Amethyst flinched as though she expected to be hit and stared at her paws.
 
On the way *away* from the tower, Gale happened to notice a Marowak (perhaps the one that was with the Rapidash earlier) with what seemed to be a badly-injured Leafeon. [iBut is it the pseudo-mon the other robots are looking for?[/i] Gale wondered. She kept her distance at first, then listened to what they had said.

"'Player, too?' So they're both players. That may or may not mean good fortune for me," Gale muttered. "For all I know, they could've predicted my coming and set up a plan to kill me. But they don't sound like robots whatsoever, so they COULD be players. Man, I think I could trust level 2 more than this area..." Gale sighed, and she heard the haunting tune play again. It seemed these two weren't affected (is this the right word?) by it like the robot that attacked her was much earlier, but still... Gale listened closely, and she could've sworn she began to hear words as the flute played.

"Help me... You're my only hope..." Gale could make out only that much, but didn't know who it was calling to her. It could've been a trap, for all she knew. After all, there were many close calls for her...
 
(OOC: Primary Character, Chaser Ariougashukei)

By the way his prey seemed to act when he went away, he looked alone, and hungry. Ariougashukei then decided to come up with a plan. He quickly ate some garbage and went into the closest building. When he entered, he found himself suprised. The building was all lit with light and diamonds. Almost like modern Aristocracy. There was so much gem. It took him about 5 minutes to adapt his eyes. This is unusual... He thought. Aristocrats replaced riches with technology a long time ago. But this place had both. Hi-tech, but dormant robots of a beautiful Ruby color lied everywhere. There were of so much variety, he even found one that gives flu shots. After that, his eyes lit. Flu shots... those are HUMAN! He then knew what he was dealing with. Artificial Humans. Bots created by Bots created by Humans. These bots actually had trillions of Yetabytes of program of Soul, DNA, and Life. He suddenly blazed up in fear and ran outside as fast as possible.

I think I'll just continue stalking. As he saw the Snorlax roll away, he slowly stalked it, hiding from alley to alley...
 
Good. She's alone. Grem thought as he followed Gale at a safe distance, hiding himself with illusions whenever cover wasn't sufficient. Concealed in his hand was a perfect replica of a stick of dynamite. In the other hand, he held a single match, ready to light the fuse at the most opportune time. Sighing, he realized that this was also the perfect time to attack her and eventually decided to combine both business and pleasure. "Time to make my first real step as a Chaser. My first kill..." he murmured somberly to himself, to silent to be overheard.

Ahead, he noticed a Marowak and a bloody Leafeon talking to one another. A Leafeon? I don't remember a Leafeon. He cautiously touched the mind of the Pokemon, quickly withdrawing when he realized that it was Amethyst because he didn't want to distract her. This is great! She can take care of the Marowak while I handle the Glaceon. Even if she doesn't, I think I can fool two Pokemon. A cunning plan formed in his head, and he smiled at what fun it would be, despite the possible bloodshed. I might make Amethyst a little nervous at first, but it was necessary to mask her real identity, while allowing him to escape retaliation from the Marowak and possibly the Glaceon if he failed.

Connecting his mind with Amethyst again, he quickly warned her <You can use this opportunity to attack if you want, but if you don't, don't move. This could convince the Marowak even more that you're a Player, not a Chaser.> He sent her a brief picture of his plan, including what could happen with either decision. Cutting off his connection, he decided to set his plan in motion. He settled himself between two closely parked cars several feet from the Glaceon, cloaking himself.

Lighting the fuse on the dummy stick of dynamite, he muffled the sizzling sound with his metal hands until the moment was right. Then he threw the stick directly in front of the Glacon, watching gleefully for her reaction. Because he had waited before he threw it, there was only a few seconds before it gave off a tiny explosion, throwing confetti and a letter into the air. The letter was only there in case the Pokemon survived the second stage of his plan and read:

To: Gale the Glaceon

BOOM!!!!
(JUST KIDDING!)

Your Chaser,
Grem (Short for Gremlin)

Taking advantage of the distraction provided by his fake explosive, he uncloaked himself and shot an arrow straight at Gale's chest. At the same time, he created illusions of two more arrows and aimed them at the Marowak and the disguised Amethyst, only bothering to make them appear solid not feel solid, so they would pass right through them. Cloaking himself again, he ran toward a nearby building, only turning around to see the results of his plan after he'd reached it.

OOC: Just thought that I'd let you know that Grem can't attack and cloak himself at the same time, so that's why he uncloaked himself before firing.
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Gale felt the arrow hit her from behind, and turned around. Nothing. She noticed an arrow hit the Marowak, too. She pulled it out, and at once a stream of blood came down, turning her bluish-indigo fur to a more purplish color. She moaned, and then noticed the letter.

"Grem, huh? Well, there are Chasers too... Could that one creature that helped me out in level 2 be one of them? But I'm assuming they can't be the one who shot the arrow at me. They probably would've killed me earlier when they had that chance. So it must be someone else..." She tactically wittled down the choices, even though it didn't help much. With the blood gushing out, she staggered inside the nearest building, to try and escape anymore harm.

By chance, there was a tree right by the entrance. With her mouth, Gale plucked one of the leaves and placed it on her wound, hoping it would help. She went further into the building, making sure she didn't go upstairs. She headed into the far back of the alien center, and noticed a lot of beds in the room on the left. She went inside, and laid on the bed. She saw a radio next to her, and turned it on.

"This is 666 of the Labyrinth. Next up is the famous song 'You Complete Me' sung by none other than 'My Mechanical Romance'!" a computerized voice exclaimed. Wow... Gale thought with an annoyed look. She heard the song begin to play.

As it played, Gale mapped out in her head what to do next. After all, now that she was being stalked, she really needed to change her form of movement, just in case. She didn't want to lose, not yet, not at all. She had a goal, although she didn't know what it was yet, but she was determined to win, no matter what.
 
"I don't know where to go, and I'll probably choose the wrong way...it's always been my fate for bad things to happen to me. Like bad luck. Someone else can pick - I'll end up getting us all killed." Kitai replied. Aya and the other didn't reply either. Well, it wasn't like they would know any better than Arin did. She felt another wave of pity for Kitai, although it was still tempered by that nagging suspicion.

"Well, eenie meeni meine moe?" Arin asked no one in particular, and chose a path at random. It was the middle way, going straight on. She floated down the road, glancing at the cars and the empty windows of the buildings. Nothing could be seen of the insides of the buildings, the "walls" of the labyrinth, but the insides of the cars seemed perfectly ordinary. She checked her reflection in one of the windows; Several feathers were out of place and she was generally looking kinda ragged. She passed one paw over her body, smoothing out a few of them, then continued floating down the street.
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Target identified. Gemenis had found the Latias. It was wandering at the head of a pack, with one Absol and a Rapidash. The third member was a Chaser, who Gemenis identified as Ninekun, disguised as an Absol. Gemenis would never disguise himself as a Pokemon. While it may give the advantage of deception, it'd put him on an even playing field with the Players.

<Ninekun>, he transmitted, <You had best get out of the way.>
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Arin watched as two large orbs, one red, one blue, darted out from an alleyway. She stopped and stared at first, but quickly readied up in a battle stance. This was the first action she had seen since entering the level.

The two orbs began to rotate, spinning together in a circle. As the speed accelerated, all that could be seen was a purple circle in the air, as the orbs became nothing more than blurs. The circle began to shrink; the orbs were drawing closer together.

Then, instantaneously, the orbs stopped moving when they finally made contact with each other. Red beams arced through the air, curving towards her. Arin's eyes widened in shock, but she quickly recovered and dodged to the side. Six beams there were, and she dodged and weaved through them. Where they impacted, large flame-filled explosions blossomed into existence. If she got hit by one of those, then she doubted she'd be staying up in the air for long.

The orbs separated again, and started discharging electricity into each other, forming a net of lightning, and they charged down the street at her, the lightning ripping at the street and at nearby cars, including a large 18-wheeler. Arin flew up over them, curving her body to narrowly avoid a blast of lightning, careful to stay below rooftop level, and cruised down the street level. The orbs reoriented and began another run. But instead of readying herself again, Arin only stared at what was behind them.

The semi truck that had been just been hit by lightning was transforming, rising up into the air, becoming a towering multi-story giant robot. One fist slammed down, smashing one of the orbs into the street, causing a crater and water to spurt up from the crater through a broken pipe. While the other orb skittered about, the robot took a step forward, causing more cracks to form in the asphalt. Its red eyes glared at Arin, then it looked around at the other players.

"RUN!" Arin screamed, then flew off in the opposite direction.
 
(OOC:Here is my new chaser character)

Cornelius was finally picked to go out,chasers were dropping everywhere. He does not really known any other chasers, so the job is tough. He was floating around in what was like virtual space. He searched his memory for what he had been doing. <Well, I was training.. those virtual players die to easily.. I am finally gonna get a real challenge..>

Soon the 'voice' of the game boomed. "Your target will be the Shinx, Lukai,do not under estimate him." The voice crackled out.

The next thing that Cornelius noticed was the area around him rapidly change. The vast open area just became filled with buildings and streets and other man made objects. He still had no form and was waiting. Then literally billions upon billions of tiny '101010101010..." codes came out of a rift. The code strings began to merge, they began to form Cornelius they began to form something. They began to form something no bigger than a squirrel. Finally the chaser's feet hit the ground. The unexpected fall caused Cornelius to fall to the ground, his legs and arms out stretched.

"What the heck am I gonna do in this form.." Cornelius asked himself, and then he noticed. He noticed a Mankey, he quickly approached him. "Why, hello there.." he said. The mankey flung his arm back, hitting Cornelius, who just went all mushy and the attack just hit the ground. "Woah, this thing is cool" He crawled up closer to Kai. He crawled up its leg, then onto it's arm. It is as if he has been doing this for years. He crawled slowly into the Mankey's ear, wrapping itself around it's brain. "This thing is tineh" he said, then heard the Mankey say it. "A-am I now in control" he wondered. Then Cornelius thought of himself moving the Mankey's arms up and down, then the arms responded and moved up and then down. "This is wicked!" he yelled, although no sound came from him, but from the Mankey. Guess, I am gaining more control.. he thought. <Um.. If any chasers can hear this.. I am a new hear, and my target is a Shinx, if you have seen one please tell me, uh> he began to stammer,<thanks oh.. and I am Cornelius or you guys can call me Neil..I''ll just be quiet now..>
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Lukai woke with a jolt, the sound of mechanics were every where. Robots where screeching, jets zooming. Somewhere he could make out something else, something that sounded pokemon he had heard the words Run come from some where in the distance, but in a direction towards him. "Run? It could be another volcano.. or something like it.." he said quietly to himself. The Shinx began to take off at lightning speed, then he stopped. He just stopped. "Wait, where the heck am I going.. wouldn't it be wiser to get others..." he asked himself. Then he turned around in the direction he heard the run from. Something walked infront of him. It was a Mankey. "Oh, thank god another player" he exclaimed loudly. He quickly paced over to the Mankey. "Hey, I am Lukai who are you?"
 
Peeking out, Grem saw the Glaceon pull the arrow out of her back and stagger into a nearby building, berating himself for not killing her instantly. He decided to touch her mind to see what she was feeling and how badly she was hurt. Since he knew about where she was, it took only seconds for the connection to be made. At first, he sensed only pain, which made him recoil and withdraw a bit, but he grew used to it. Strangely, he also felt a strong sense of determination from Gale, which made him feel a mixture of respect and slight pity for her and disgust of what he still had to do. With a jolt, he realized that he'd failed to shield his feeling and thoughts from her and quickly put up a mental wall around them.

In the moments afterward, Grem decided that he would try talking to his prey like other Chasers he'd seen. Sighing mentally, he sent a telepathic message to her, <It's really no use, you know. I think it's admirable that you want to keep fighting, but you're no different than all the others who have tried and failed to beat the Game. Not even Chasers know how many levels there are, so you should just make it easier on yourself and die now. It's only going to get worse the more levels you complete. I'm not sure there's even an end.....> His heart sank at this because for him it had a second meaning. He'd always be a Chaser and kill Players like Gale, the Latias, the Absol, and the others forever.

Figuring that he'd better hurry up and finish this and continue his mission, he added, <Anyway, the point is I don't like this much better than you, so I'd prefer to finish this as fast and painlessly as possible. I'd rather not do this at all, but I've realized that I can't deny what I have been created to do. Prepare yourself.....> He kept their minds connected in case she wanted to respond and hummed the melody that he'd played in the earlier level, not realizing that it was faintly drifting into Gale's mind. For now, he settled himself down to figure out his next move.
 
Kitai watched as the Latias told them they should go down the middle path. She didn't remember exactly what was down there but she followed along like an obedient little Absol. It irked her to have to play this game, but she'd win it soon enough, she thought.

Arin checked her reflection in the mirror. Kitai laughed to herself. What a girl. Not like Kitai wasn't one, but Arin was such a girly-girl.

<Ninekun, you had best get out of the way,> a Chaser's voice said through the transmitter. Kitai checked her Chaser radar and saw Gemenis, Arin's Chaser, had been the sender.

<You don't tell me what to do, weakling,> she said back, feeling her rage coming up. None of the others could hear her silent transmission conversation, so she was safe. <How many have you killed? Huh? I bet the number is far less than mine.>

Then lights came out from an alley and started sending lightning and fire all over. Kitai knew these were dangerous weapons, and if she got killed...she didn't want to think what would happen.

<DAMN YOU, GEMENIS!> she screamed, knowing her plan was foiled, and ran in the other direction. But it wouldn't work, she thought, now there was something else much more powerful coming after them, and it wouldn't know she wasn't a Chaser. She'd have to kill Gemenis someday.

Why does he think he can do whatever he wants?! she asked inside her head, her thoughts raging, her anger bubbling over. How long has he been at the game, hmm? Not longer than I have. I think I know what I'm doing!

In spite of the way the other Players were watching, she transformed back into her Original Form, the human girl with the Shedinja wings, and laughed insanely, trying to pull it off as if she and Gemenis had been working together. She wouldn't let him get the best of her.

"I tricked you!" she cackled. "I tricked you all! Some of you had your suspiscions, but then it was all 'Oh, I feel sorry for the poor Absol! Let's take her in and make her one of our own, maybe she's really lost!' But, of course, it was me, and you are all going to die. Especially, you, Latias. You have gotten on my last nerve, and I don't care if you already have a Chaser because I will kill you myself."

A black ball of energy formed in her hands, and she shot it at the Latias, imprisoning her in a shadow bond. She was struggling to get out of it, but the dark energy worked especially well on Psychic types like Arin.

Ninekun dove at Arin, screaming, letting all the rage come out of her in that one sound.

OOC: Oh, I am so cool xP

Obviously, Arin's not going to die yet, so hopefully you can think of a way to get her out. And I know she's not Arin's Chaser, but she's mad >-<;;;;

So she's attacking her anyway. Later she'll probably attack Gemenis, cuz she ain't happy. XD
 
(OOC: Erm, I think the "lights" you were talking about ARE Gemenis. And considering she also happens to be being attacked by a giant robot...)
 
Amethyst felt her mind being touched, and was about to attack in kind when she realized it was Gremlin. <You can use this opportunity to attack if you want, but if you don't, don't move. This could convince the Marowak even more that you're a Player, not a Chaser.> he murmured. Amethyst smiled mentally. So he was going to take the offensive, huh?

She watched as the 'explosion' surrounded the Glaceon for a moment, and Amethyst was disappointed. But then the arrows shot forward and Amethyst's heart raced with excitement. She yanked the Marowak out of the way just in time, narrowing avoiding the arrow meant for her and collasped, panting harshly. "I-I guh-guess I got buh-b-better ih-ih-inst-instincts thuh-than I thuh-thought..." she choked out.
 
The balls of energy moved closer, and Aya felt a slight fear creep over him, making him more alert than ever. He threw a glance at the Absol, and was shocked to see that it wasn't....quite an Absol.
"I tricked you!"she cackled. "I tricked you all! Some of you had your suspiscions, but then it was all 'Oh, I feel sorry for the poor Absol! Let's take her in and make her one of our own, maybe she's really lost!' But, of course, it was me, and you are all going to die. Especially, you, Latias. You have gotten on my last nerve, and I don't care if you already have a Chaser because I will kill you myself."

Without warning, she shot a mass of dark energy to imprison Arin, and immediately, Aya felt rage overtake him. Arin was the one Pokemon he actually trusted in this game, and she didn't deserve to die, besides.

Almost involuntarily, a blue-white ball of light began to form between his jaws, and as he launched the attack they split into multiple jagged beams of ice cold...air or something. Ice beam. If it hit the Absol that wasn't, then it would freeze her solid, for a period of time long enough, hopefully, to allow them to get Arin out and escape. If it missed, or if the attack didn't buy them enough time, well, then, they would just have to find another way, right? At least they could possibly free Arin.
 
Ninekun saw the Ice Beam fired at her too late. She cursed before it touched her and instantly froze her, long tendrils of ice connecting her and the ground. She couldn't move, she looked just like an ice statue, the sun glinting off of the ice that encased her. Dammit, she thought, Gemenis, this is all your fault!

She felt her dark energy breaking free from Arin, and the Latias was suddenly free to be able to run from that robot thing. She had been so close, and then that idiot. Her anger at him was uncontrollable, and she was ready to rip Gemenis's head from his body.

"I will get you, Gemenis. And I will make sure you die." The silent transmission went to the other Chaser, even as Ninekun was frozen, and she hoped he would hear it and be scared.

Like everyone else in her life.
 
(kay, Lostt)
<You don't tell me what to do, weakling,> Ninekun shot back. Gemenis was slightly surprised at the outburst. Then he looked up Ninekun and found she was prone to such instabilities. <How many have you killed? Huh? I bet the number is far less than mine.>

Ignoring the fellow Chaser's question, Gemenis commenced his attack on the Latias, first firing off a stream of beam shots that exploded violently against anything they touched. One thing of note was that while the street itself would crack and break, the buildings that surrounded them would not. That was part of the Level; it would defeat the point of the Labryinth if the walls could be bypassed. When his inital attack missed, he followed up with a series of electrical strikes, lightning flashing between the two metallic orbs that was his body.

Warningwarningwarningwarningwarning

The mental alarm blared but it was too late. One of the transforming vehicles smashed half of Gemenis into the ground. While Gemenis skittered about, the robot went after his prey. He quickly dug himself out of the street and promptly retreated. Chasers didn't have to kill their prey, as long as they died, it didn't matter who killed them. He heard Ninekun curse at him and threaten to kill him. Danger, woman, he thought to himself. Rogue Chasers are dealt with very harshly by the Game...
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"I tricked you!" Kitai rosed up into the air and cackled, "I tricked you all! Some of you had your suspiscions, but then it was all 'Oh, I feel sorry for the poor Absol! Let's take her in and make her one of our own, maybe she's really lost!' But, of course, it was me, and you are all going to die. Especially, you, Latias. You have gotten on my last nerve, and I don't care if you already have a Chaser because I will kill you myself."

What??? Arin mentally gasped, as a big black ball of energy suddenly surrounded her. She banged on the sides with her head, to no avail.

Then suddenly, she was free. Glancing around in surprise, she saw that Aya had frozen the monster with an Ice Beam. Thank you, she thought fiercly.

The giant robot had been approaching her, and she rose up in the air. Its eyes glowed red, and a beam of energy shot out from the eyes into the air like a beacon into the sky. Arin dodged easily; the robot hadn't been very good at aiming, then headed over to Aya and the Rapidash.

The robot, apparantly done with its rampage, promptly transformed back into a truck. Arin glanced at it, then back at the other Pokemon. "Cmon, let's go," she said, then drifted down the street, throwing one last look to the monster that had been Kitai.
 
namora said:
Peeking out, Grem saw the Glaceon pull the arrow out of her back and stagger into a nearby building, berating himself for not killing her instantly. He decided to touch her mind to see what she was feeling and how badly she was hurt. Since he knew about where she was, it took only seconds for the connection to be made. At first, he sensed only pain, which made him recoil and withdraw a bit, but he grew used to it. Strangely, he also felt a strong sense of determination from Gale, which made him feel a mixture of respect and slight pity for her and disgust of what he still had to do. With a jolt, he realized that he'd failed to shield his feeling and thoughts from her and quickly put up a mental wall around them.

In the moments afterward, Grem decided that he would try talking to his prey like other Chasers he'd seen. Sighing mentally, he sent a telepathic message to her, <It's really no use, you know. I think it's admirable that you want to keep fighting, but you're no different than all the others who have tried and failed to beat the Game. Not even Chasers know how many levels there are, so you should just make it easier on yourself and die now. It's only going to get worse the more levels you complete. I'm not sure there's even an end.....> His heart sank at this because for him it had a second meaning. He'd always be a Chaser and kill Players like Gale, the Latias, the Absol, and the others forever.

Figuring that he'd better hurry up and finish this and continue his mission, he added, <Anyway, the point is I don't like this much better than you, so I'd prefer to finish this as fast and painlessly as possible. I'd rather not do this at all, but I've realized that I can't deny what I have been created to do. Prepare yourself.....> He kept their minds connected in case she wanted to respond and hummed the melody that he'd played in the earlier level, not realizing that it was faintly drifting into Gale's mind. For now, he settled himself down to figure out his next move.
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"So, the one who attacked me is a Chaser, huh..." Gale muttered. She remembered the creature who had helped her, and knew this was a different voice than before. Actually, it sounded a bit like...that werewolf she had run into in the second level. But Gale wasn't exactly sure about that. She then noted the rest of his message, and thought about what he said carefully.

"I'm sorry," she said out loud, "I don't know if you can hear me or not, but I'm assuming you can since you tracked me down mentally. But... I'm not ready to die yet. I have a goal, you know. And even if it takes a THOUSAND levels just to reach it, it's a risk I'm willing to take. I will not die here and now, and no matter what you try to kill me on this level, I will always strike back. I'm not about to give up yet..." She sighed, very sure of this statement she made. Nothing was going to kill her, even if she had to face off against a million robots...

Leaving the building stealthily (but knowing the Chaser could probably track her down mentally), Gale headed towards the local restaurant. Fortunately, it was "free day" (though she assumed it would always be like this, perhaps) and headed inside.

"HELLOHOWMAYIHELPYOU?" a seemingly drunk robot (could that even be possible?) said to her in its mechanized voice.

"Um... I'd like a Vanilla Coke and a chicken sandwich, please," Gale responded.

"YESSIRITSCOMINGRIGHTUP." The robot stumbled into the back, and within a few seconds, a different robot came out.

"Hello-I-am-like-so-sorry-That-robot-likes-to-drink-a-lot-of-gasoline-which-has-a-bad-effect-on-him." This robot had a more feminine voice, which made Gale assume it was a she. She calmly took the food from the shebot, and headed out. Now where to go... she wondered, silently taking a bite out of her somehow delicious sandwich.
 
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