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KexMex	Mar 9 2009, 12:43 PM
Transgendered transcultural transracial transspeciesist Posts: 2,706 Group: Members Member #77 Joined: July 17, 2007 Favorite giant monster film: Gojira (1954) Favorite horror film: Frankenstein (1931) Favorite sci-fi film: Frankenstein (1931)	EPISODE XIX: TOOTH FAIRY August 10th, 2044 C.A.T HQ, Stefansborg Taiki watched the monitors late at night. The lack of sleep didn’t affect him the slightest. Today, however, a deeper problem had entered his head. “Coffee?” Tanja said as she sat herself down nearby. Taiki nodded and took a mug. “I think I’ve gotten a feel for this place now”, he said. “Is that so?” Tanja said with mild interest, starting to write something down on a computer. “Yeah. And the team. They’re good fellows.” “Sure”, Tanja nodded. “I mean, Casper’s a bit of a braggart, Johan’s a big geek, and Peter…” she trailed off. “I always got the impression you two really…” “Don’t go there”, Tanja said sharply. Taiki went silent. “Should I stop talking?” Taiki asked. “No, it’s fine, I guess”, Tanja smiled faintly. “I’m just a bit tired.” “I usually talk a lot when I’m nervous.” “Really? What are you so nervous about?” Tanja looked at him and gave him a friendlier smile. Taiki went silent again, as if he was about to say something embarrassing. He looked over his shoulder and then leaned forward. Tanja felt a bit awkward. She had a sneaking feeling that he was going to… “I’ve got to go to the dentist”, Taiki blushed. Tanja froze in her motion for a while and then burst into laughter. “Oooooh!” she said, relieved. “What’s so scary about that?” “It doesn’t scare you?” he replied. “The only part of it that WOULD scare me is negated by the fact that C.A.T gets free dental”, Tanja smiled. She was about to say something else, but one of the monitors blinked for attention. Some sort of anomaly at Forshaga Wolf Crystal Mine. “This is why I hate taking the monitors”, Tanja said, annoyed. “When the lower agents sit here, nothing ever happens!” She picked up the phone to call Captain Emelie just as the Captain stepped through the door. “Captain”, Taiki said, rising from his chair. “We have an unidentified underground energy reaction at Forshaga Wolf Crystal Mine.” “Move out immediately”, Emelie snapped. “It could be a monster. If it is, you will need to move the civilians out of the area and I’ll call for the rest of the team.” Taiki and Tanja nodded and rushed off to the jets. Forshaga Wolf Crystal Mine, shortly after Wolf Crystal was a new type of crystal discovered and found only in west and south Sweden. Only three places in the world housed these beautiful gems, Forshaga, Helsingborg and a site on the border to Norway, near the River Klar. The name was given because the first such crystal was found by a news team following a wolf pack. Trade with the abundance of Wolf Crystal in Forshaga was one of the main pillars of the new Swedish economic success in the 2010s. Emelie and Taiki reached the location in no time, thanks to the superfast jets the team used. Forshaga Wolf Crystal Mine was apparently throbbing with activity, but not that of frightened workers running in fear. Rather, they were gathered in a circle and cheering happily. As the two landed and ran over to the mine to get to the bottom with the confusion, the workers happily greeted them. “C.A.T?” one said. “What are you doing here? Are you trying to cover the discovery up or something?” “Discovery?” Tanja asked. “We picked up an energy sig—holy guacamole!” she added as she saw what the workers gathered around. It was the largest piece of Wolf Crystal she had ever seen… a gigantic chunk the size of a pillow! “Forget it, it’s ours!” another worker said angrily. “You can’t come here and steal it from us!” “Er… listen, people, we really had no idea about this…” “Yeah right”, the worker said and gripped a pick axe. “We’ll protect it with our lives.” Taiki and Tanja nervously backed away, and went back to the jets. Tanja immediately called Emelie and reported about the incident. “The two events are undoubtedly connected”, was Emelie’s response. “Stay in the area. I’ll send Peter, Casper and Johan over to you.” “Roger that”, Tanja nodded. “We can’t get answers from the workers, though. They think we’re here to steal their discovery.” “If they’re afraid of you”, Emelie smiled, “they’ll be in a riot when the press hears it. Which they inevitably will. Keep me informed.” She then vanished off the screen. “Taiki”, Tanja said. “I hope your dental visit wasn’t tomorrow, we’ll be forced to stay here. The team’ll be around soon, and I need at least a few minutes of sleep.” August 11th, 2044 A few hours later, Taiki and Tanja woke up. They got out of their uncomfortable but free-of-charge beddings in the jet cockpits, and went to meet the team as they arrived. Taiki filled them in on the situation. “We can’t go near?” Casper said. “They must’ve gotten gold fever. Or more like…Wolf Crystal fever. I checked with the captain, by the way. The energy is still glowing strong as ever.” “How do we get into the mine now?” Johan said. “The workers aren’t working. They’re guarding the place!” “We should try and find another entrance”, Peter said. “And if we can’t, we have the equipment to create one.” The team nodded and decided to spread out, hiding and searching for an entrance. Peter walked by himself through some bushes. It’s fishy, he explained to Pole. Crystals can be big, but Wolf Crystals have so far only been found in tiny bits. Like diamonds, it’d be a sensation with one the size of an egg. This is quite big, then, Pole agreed, happy to learn something new about Earth. And since Emelie thinks it’s a monster… She’d think a monster caused the War on Terror, Peter smiled, but the creepy part is that she’s often right. It’s possible there’s some truth in it. He soon reached a rocky hill. There’s no entrances here, he pouted. I’ll call the others. It’s a perfect spot, but I’ll need a big, neat gun. Why don’t we use the Polium Ray? Excuse me pardon sorry what? We could blow a hole in the rock with the Polium Ray. You’ve seen me use it countless times. You mean to tell me I can do that? Sure, you’re my host. You can employ some of my abilities. You knew that already! I’m going to feel so silly now… Peter moaned, but nonetheless straightened up. He held his arms forward, palms together with his fingers pointing forward. He felt a rush of energy flow into his arms. Instinctively, as if he himself was used to doing this, he formed an X with his forearms. In an instant, a stream of energy flowed from his forearms and impacted the rock wall, causing a massive explosion and creating a big hole, large enough for a car to drive right in. Amazing! Peter smiled. I can really do that!? It could have been stronger, Pole mumbled. When Ultraseven arrives, we should really work on that. Not long after, the rest of the C.A.T team assembled by him. “I, er… found an opening”, Peter lied. “It must have been created recently by those workers.” “All right”, Casper said, “Tanja, Taiki, you watch our backs. Johan, Peter, you take my sides.” The team nodded in agreement and drew their weapons, following Casper into the cave. The darkness illuminated by lights from the C.A.T’s guns, they soon followed the path opened by the Polium Ray, reaching the giant interior of the mine. They turned off the lights, relying on the lighting inside the mine and unwilling to catch attention in case any workers had entered again. “Suppose we find this giant energy reaction and it is a monster”, Johan said, “What do we do then? These handguns are strong, yes, but against a monster they don’t really do much.” “We don’t know if it’s violent”, Peter said. “If it is, we’ll have to lure it out of the mine as peacefully as we can and deal with it outside so the mine doesn’t collapse.” As they proceeded into the mine, they soon began hearing noises. Roaring noises. “That’d be your peaceful monster”, Tanja said sarcastically. “It has to be just around the corner.” “Everyone, stay alert”, Casper ordered. “In case of an emergency, we’ll bring it out through the main entrance, evacuate the workers and defeat it th-“. He was interrupted by the sudden appearance of an immense figure stepping around the corner. The monster was positively huge; one of the largest the team had ever seen. Hunching over them, its massive dinosaur body filling the entire giant tunnel, its back was covered in what appeared to be crystals. On its forehead was a much larger crystal stuck out like a horn. The monster’s name was Crystal King. Luckily, the monster seemed to not notice them. Keeping silent, the team moved slowly to the wall. “Quiet, everyone”, Casper whispered. “Maybe it’ll go back inside and allow us to call for more backup.” “MONSTER!” the team suddenly heard. “It’s a giant monster come to take its crystals back!” As they looked around, they saw one of the workers having gone back into the mine. Irritated by his shouting, the monster roared and thrashed violently at the walls. “Get away!” Johan yelled at the worker as the team opened fire on the monster. Roaring in rage, Crystal King was unimpressed with their attempts, and retaliated instantly. The forehead crystal glowed brightly, and soon emitted a purple energy blast. The C.A.T members narrowly dodged it, and began retreating out of the mine, firing at Crystal King as they did. Outside the mine, the workers were running around in panic, their attention finally diverted from their crystal chunk. “I guess it’s the wrong time,” Taiki said, “but that’s Wolf Crystals on its back. The crystals must come from this monster!” “Very helpful”, Casper said irritatedly. “How are we going to take to the sky with the monster chasing us? He’ll flatten us before we reach the jets!” “Leave that to me”, Peter said and ran towards the forest suddenly. As the others tried to voice an objection, Peter blasted Crystal King repeatedly with his gun screaming “COME HERE, MONSTER!” “He’s suicidal!” Tanja exclaimed as she watched the monster turn to Peter. “He’ll be all right”, Casper assured her. “He’s C.A.T. He’s also given us a chance to get to the jets. As the team hurried to their jets, Crystal King turned back to them, seeing his other weak foe vanish among the trees. Roaring loudly, he sent a surge of energy through his crystals. Several of them launched out like missiles, and flew straight towards the C.A.T jets. The C.A.T members managed to avoid getting hit, but the attack utterly blew the jets to pieces. Roaring in triumph, Crystal King prepared to finish off the puny humans… until a kick from his side knocked him over. Rising, angrily observing what had challenged him, he saw Ultraman Pole strike a battle pose, ready for a fight. “It’s Ultraman!” Johan cheered. “Now we have a chance!” “Let’s try and get these workers to safety”, Casper said. “Ultraman can handle the monster.” Crystal King roared loudly and charged at his new foe. Pole sidestepped the monster, then grabbed it and threw it to the ground. Crystal King arose and charged again, delivering a series of strikes that Pole was able to deflect. The monster then caught him by surprise by spinning around and slamming his side with its tail, sending Pole down to the ground. The monster then laughed as it launched more of its crystals towards Pole. The hero was unable to avoid them, and was hit with numerous explosive crystals. As C.A.T looked on behind the monster, they beheld the crystals regrow instantly. Pole got up again and charged at the monster, striking relentlessly at its stomach. As Crystal King backed away, Pole then charged up, threw his arms to his sides and fired his Polium Rain attack from his color timer, sending a long series of blasts upon Crystal King. Pole then attempted to attack again, but Crystal King returned fire from his forehead crystal. Hit in the chest by the attack, Pole was pushed back, and Crystal King continued to fire his forehead blast repeatedly on his helpless foe, whose color timer now started to blink. “He’s getting beaten!” Taiki exclaimed. “We’ve got to do something!” “Do what?” Tanja replied. “Nothing bites on that monster! At least nothing we have!” “Maybe it does”, Johan said. “If we destroy that crystal on his forehead, we’d buy time for Pole to get back into the fight.” “All right”, Casper said, “it’s worth a shot!” The rest of the team nodded, drew their guns and fired a volley of blasts against the crystal. As Crystal King roared in pain, the crystal shattered, sending out a purple wave of energy. Pole arose, beholding Crystal King thrashing around in pain. Taking the opportunity, he gave Crystal King an uppercut to the jaw, then followed up by grabbing the monster’s head and throwing it to the ground. As Crystal King struggled to rise, Pole gave him a kick to the head, downing him again. He then backflipped away to get some distance, and as Crystal King finally got up, crossed his arms as an X, firing his Polium Ray upon the monster, disintegrating it entirely. Satisfied with his handiwork, Pole then flew off into the sky, his work finished. Some time later, the C.A.T team awaited their pickup near the closed-for-now mine. “What’ll happen to the whole Wolf Crystal industry now”, Tanja asked, “if the monster truly was the source of it?” “They’ll dig up the rest and the price will skyrocket”, Peter replied. “With the demand on this stuff already being huge, and the supply now shrunk to a minimum, there’s no telling what a tiny little piece could cost.” “Yeah…” Johan concurred, quietly slipping a small piece in his pocket. “Anyone could make a fortune off it.” As the team walked off to the pickup, the crystals, deprived of Crystal King’s life force, began to melt to nothing.
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