The Seekers Fall
Chapter 11: The Seekers Fall
Mrs. Denier looked up from watering her flowers that had been placed in the cool shade of the patio, wiping her muddy hands on her apron, and shielding her eyes as she spotted an unfamiliar car pull into her driveway.
Mr. Denier, his attention aroused by the black car that had just parked in their driveway, walked onto the patio with his wife, both now watching a dark figure emerge from the car. Mrs. Denier dropped her watering can as she ran to embrace her youngest son. "Coal! Where have you been!?", she cried, smothering him with kisses.
"Mother, I'm not here to visit.", he said with a voice of cold indifference. "Oh, nonsense! It's so nice to have you back on the farm! Dear, why don't you have a bite to eat before you-" "Where is, Tony? Is he here?" His mother looked him in the face, "I'm not sure where your brother is Coal, sorry."
Coal tore himself from his mothers grasp and stalked into the house. "Is Tony hiding in here? Did you see him come here?" "No, me and your father haven't seen your brother for 10 years now. We don't know what he's up to."
Coal turned on her suddenly. "So you haven't seen Tony?" "Sorry, dearest. We haven't seen him." Coal banged the door open in his fury. "Useless!", he snarled under his breath. "Dearest, please. What is it?", Mrs. Denier asked in a worried tone.
But Coal remained silent. He slammed the door of the car, and drove away in such a temper, gravel shot from under the tires as he drove out of the driveway, and off into the distance, his mother watching him tearfully as her youngest son left his home for the last time.
"So, how was it?", Tony asked, as Meil stumbled into the ballroom with Kyra, wearing a strange smile, following behind, holding her dress as she descended the stairs. "Unbelievable.", Meil said in amazement. "I want to do it again..."
Tony laughed out loud. "You're just rearing to go at it aren't you?" Meil felt transformed; from boy to man. Even though his body was exhausted, his mind felt refreshed. "Nothing like a good, clean helping of sex!", Alice said a little to loudly from behind Tony. "Sex... Sex...", her Chatot squawked. Meil's face flushed. "How did you know?" Alice snickered deviously. "We were listening at your door."
"You were doing what?!", Meil spluttered. "Man, Kyra. You were screaming you head off.", Alice laughed. Unlike Meil, who found this rather mortifying, Kyra smiled, apparently in a great mood, and said, "Yah, I know! It was awesome!" She and Alice flung their hands and paws into the air enthusiastically, as if they'd won a marathon. "Women.", Tony muttered, rolling his eyes.
"Tony, what did you do with that pipe anyway?", Alice asked Tony, as she pulled her dress over her head, and threw it back onto the rack. They were back in dressing room, and by Meil's watch, it was almost midnight.
"I'v got it right here.", Tony said, pulling the pipe from his lab coat pocket. Alice, Meil, and Kyra all stared at it as if it were a lit bomb. "Are you crazy, Tony?! They'll find us! They put a chip on that thing! Why the hell did you keep it?!", Alice screeched at him.
"Calm down,", Tony said, waving his hand in the air. "the chip isn't on it anymore. I put on the Dragonite as I flew under it. And,", he suddenly smiled roguishly. "we just so happen to have a GPS tracker back at headquarters."
Everyone in the room, even Dorin, looked bewildered at Tony's cleverness. The silence was suddenly broken as Alice shouted, "Back to headquarters!" She punched the air, and ran out into the courtyard yelling, "Let's go, Slowpokes! Last one there is a rotten- Oomph!"
As she ran, she tripped suddenly, and fell flat on her face, her Chatot fluttering off her shoulder as Alice fell forward. "You all right, Alice?", Tony called. She held up a thumbs up, face still flat in the grass. "Wurd up."
"They must have screwed with the chip, it's not working anymore.", General Siege muttered grimly, staring down at the GPS tracker, the tiny red dot on the screen not moving an inch. "Bah, you can't rely on technology anymore.", grumbled Father Genesta, his toadish face squinting as the air blew into his eyes.
"Will you two forget it. We've lost them. I all ready checked my own house, just to see if my older brother and his trouble-making friends were hiding out there, but they weren't. They could be anywhere", Coal said bitterly.
The Dragonite dropped low in the sky again, and Coal looked tiredly down at the city below them, the buildings glowing like strange, rectangular lamps. He rubbed his eyelids that were growing heavier with sleep. "I think we should forget it for the night. Let's get back to the base.", Coal suddenly suggested.
Both General Siege and Father Genesta both turned to stare at him, their faces lit up by the ghostly light emanating from the towers below them. "Why, you think they suspect we have the pipe with us?", Father Genesta said, a sheepish look on his face.
Coal suddenly turned on the old man. "You brought it with us?!", he roared angrily. Father Genesta withdrew the real pipe from under his robe with trembling hands. "I didn't want to leave it behind. It brings me faith.", he said, pressing it to his chest, his eyes bulging, making him look somewhat mad. "Give that to me!", Coal commanded loudly.
Father Genesta held the pipe away from Coal. "No! You can't! It's mine!" Both Coal and General Siege now glared at Father Genesta. "I knew it,", Coal suddenly snarled, making a grab for the pipe. Father Genesta backed away, now leaning on the neck of the Dragonite. "you wanted it all for yourself!"
"So did you!", Father Genesta hissed, clutching the pipe in his wrinkled fingers. Coal ignored this, making another grab for the pipe. Coal and Father Genesta heard a click behind them, and they both looked towards the source of the noise. General Siege was holding a loaded handgun, pointing at both men in turn. "Hand it over.", he said darkly.
"Well, isn't this ironic,", Father Genesta cackled. "we were all in this for ourselves! But only one us us will have the pipe!" And before anyone could react, Father Genesta rolled over, and threw himself over the edge of the Dragonite, the pipe slipping from his sweaty palms. The man and the pipe plummeted towards the ground.
Coal stared over the side of his mount in horror. "General, call your Dragonite! Tell it to catch him!" But the general made no attempt to help the man, still falling, his screams echoing in Coal's ears. "Well, one less for me to take care of.", the general smiled, turning the gun on Coal, a manic gleam in his eyes.
"General Siege! It doesn't matter! The pipe just fell over the-" Coal stopped abruptly as Father Genesta's screams ended suddenly, and Coal knew what had just happened. "The pipe wouldn't have survived that fall, yes. But neither will you.
And neither did that mad man! I can't let you live knowing everything you heard about our organization." General Siege, without warning, fired two shots directly at Coal's heart. Coal shut his eyes tightly, waiting to feel pain, but it did not come. The bullets had stopped suddenly in midair, only an inch from his chest.
"What the-", the general spluttered, looking dumbfounded at the bullets that seemed suspended by nothing, before falling, clinking against the Dragonite's hide. Then a figure; a white, beautiful something, suddenly teleported right on front of Coal, guarding him; it's arms spread wide in a protective posture.
"Stop!", said a strong, female voice from inside Coal and General Siege's heads. "Venus...", Coal breathed, his eyes widening as the Gardevoir turned it's head to smiled warmly at him.
"I didn't forget you."
:Authors Notes:
I'm REALLY sorry this chapter was so short. I promise the next one will be much longer!
Mrs. Denier looked up from watering her flowers that had been placed in the cool shade of the patio, wiping her muddy hands on her apron, and shielding her eyes as she spotted an unfamiliar car pull into her driveway.
Mr. Denier, his attention aroused by the black car that had just parked in their driveway, walked onto the patio with his wife, both now watching a dark figure emerge from the car. Mrs. Denier dropped her watering can as she ran to embrace her youngest son. "Coal! Where have you been!?", she cried, smothering him with kisses.
"Mother, I'm not here to visit.", he said with a voice of cold indifference. "Oh, nonsense! It's so nice to have you back on the farm! Dear, why don't you have a bite to eat before you-" "Where is, Tony? Is he here?" His mother looked him in the face, "I'm not sure where your brother is Coal, sorry."
Coal tore himself from his mothers grasp and stalked into the house. "Is Tony hiding in here? Did you see him come here?" "No, me and your father haven't seen your brother for 10 years now. We don't know what he's up to."
Coal turned on her suddenly. "So you haven't seen Tony?" "Sorry, dearest. We haven't seen him." Coal banged the door open in his fury. "Useless!", he snarled under his breath. "Dearest, please. What is it?", Mrs. Denier asked in a worried tone.
But Coal remained silent. He slammed the door of the car, and drove away in such a temper, gravel shot from under the tires as he drove out of the driveway, and off into the distance, his mother watching him tearfully as her youngest son left his home for the last time.
"So, how was it?", Tony asked, as Meil stumbled into the ballroom with Kyra, wearing a strange smile, following behind, holding her dress as she descended the stairs. "Unbelievable.", Meil said in amazement. "I want to do it again..."
Tony laughed out loud. "You're just rearing to go at it aren't you?" Meil felt transformed; from boy to man. Even though his body was exhausted, his mind felt refreshed. "Nothing like a good, clean helping of sex!", Alice said a little to loudly from behind Tony. "Sex... Sex...", her Chatot squawked. Meil's face flushed. "How did you know?" Alice snickered deviously. "We were listening at your door."
"You were doing what?!", Meil spluttered. "Man, Kyra. You were screaming you head off.", Alice laughed. Unlike Meil, who found this rather mortifying, Kyra smiled, apparently in a great mood, and said, "Yah, I know! It was awesome!" She and Alice flung their hands and paws into the air enthusiastically, as if they'd won a marathon. "Women.", Tony muttered, rolling his eyes.
"Tony, what did you do with that pipe anyway?", Alice asked Tony, as she pulled her dress over her head, and threw it back onto the rack. They were back in dressing room, and by Meil's watch, it was almost midnight.
"I'v got it right here.", Tony said, pulling the pipe from his lab coat pocket. Alice, Meil, and Kyra all stared at it as if it were a lit bomb. "Are you crazy, Tony?! They'll find us! They put a chip on that thing! Why the hell did you keep it?!", Alice screeched at him.
"Calm down,", Tony said, waving his hand in the air. "the chip isn't on it anymore. I put on the Dragonite as I flew under it. And,", he suddenly smiled roguishly. "we just so happen to have a GPS tracker back at headquarters."
Everyone in the room, even Dorin, looked bewildered at Tony's cleverness. The silence was suddenly broken as Alice shouted, "Back to headquarters!" She punched the air, and ran out into the courtyard yelling, "Let's go, Slowpokes! Last one there is a rotten- Oomph!"
As she ran, she tripped suddenly, and fell flat on her face, her Chatot fluttering off her shoulder as Alice fell forward. "You all right, Alice?", Tony called. She held up a thumbs up, face still flat in the grass. "Wurd up."
"They must have screwed with the chip, it's not working anymore.", General Siege muttered grimly, staring down at the GPS tracker, the tiny red dot on the screen not moving an inch. "Bah, you can't rely on technology anymore.", grumbled Father Genesta, his toadish face squinting as the air blew into his eyes.
"Will you two forget it. We've lost them. I all ready checked my own house, just to see if my older brother and his trouble-making friends were hiding out there, but they weren't. They could be anywhere", Coal said bitterly.
The Dragonite dropped low in the sky again, and Coal looked tiredly down at the city below them, the buildings glowing like strange, rectangular lamps. He rubbed his eyelids that were growing heavier with sleep. "I think we should forget it for the night. Let's get back to the base.", Coal suddenly suggested.
Both General Siege and Father Genesta both turned to stare at him, their faces lit up by the ghostly light emanating from the towers below them. "Why, you think they suspect we have the pipe with us?", Father Genesta said, a sheepish look on his face.
Coal suddenly turned on the old man. "You brought it with us?!", he roared angrily. Father Genesta withdrew the real pipe from under his robe with trembling hands. "I didn't want to leave it behind. It brings me faith.", he said, pressing it to his chest, his eyes bulging, making him look somewhat mad. "Give that to me!", Coal commanded loudly.
Father Genesta held the pipe away from Coal. "No! You can't! It's mine!" Both Coal and General Siege now glared at Father Genesta. "I knew it,", Coal suddenly snarled, making a grab for the pipe. Father Genesta backed away, now leaning on the neck of the Dragonite. "you wanted it all for yourself!"
"So did you!", Father Genesta hissed, clutching the pipe in his wrinkled fingers. Coal ignored this, making another grab for the pipe. Coal and Father Genesta heard a click behind them, and they both looked towards the source of the noise. General Siege was holding a loaded handgun, pointing at both men in turn. "Hand it over.", he said darkly.
"Well, isn't this ironic,", Father Genesta cackled. "we were all in this for ourselves! But only one us us will have the pipe!" And before anyone could react, Father Genesta rolled over, and threw himself over the edge of the Dragonite, the pipe slipping from his sweaty palms. The man and the pipe plummeted towards the ground.
Coal stared over the side of his mount in horror. "General, call your Dragonite! Tell it to catch him!" But the general made no attempt to help the man, still falling, his screams echoing in Coal's ears. "Well, one less for me to take care of.", the general smiled, turning the gun on Coal, a manic gleam in his eyes.
"General Siege! It doesn't matter! The pipe just fell over the-" Coal stopped abruptly as Father Genesta's screams ended suddenly, and Coal knew what had just happened. "The pipe wouldn't have survived that fall, yes. But neither will you.
And neither did that mad man! I can't let you live knowing everything you heard about our organization." General Siege, without warning, fired two shots directly at Coal's heart. Coal shut his eyes tightly, waiting to feel pain, but it did not come. The bullets had stopped suddenly in midair, only an inch from his chest.
"What the-", the general spluttered, looking dumbfounded at the bullets that seemed suspended by nothing, before falling, clinking against the Dragonite's hide. Then a figure; a white, beautiful something, suddenly teleported right on front of Coal, guarding him; it's arms spread wide in a protective posture.
"Stop!", said a strong, female voice from inside Coal and General Siege's heads. "Venus...", Coal breathed, his eyes widening as the Gardevoir turned it's head to smiled warmly at him.
"I didn't forget you."
:Authors Notes:
I'm REALLY sorry this chapter was so short. I promise the next one will be much longer!