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CH 11 – EVERYTHING LOST
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Yoshigamer2988YT
aqua holds on Aqua: what are we going to do once we escape?

Drigil
Marcus: @#$% if I know...
[Hurried footsteps coming upstairs]
Marcus: @#$%, we gotta-
[#61's wings suddenly explode to twice their size in a splash of poison]
#61: EESSSSSCAAAAAAAAPE.
[Like a rocket, the three of them smash out the window and shoot through the air]
Marcus: AAAAAAAAH!

Yoshigamer2988YT
Aqua: AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Aqua: where are we going?!?!

Drigil
#61: EESSSSCAAAAAAAAAPEEE... TOOOOOO... HOOOMMMMEEE...
Marcus: ... no...
Marcus: He's taking us back to his home...
Marcus: The Team Rocket lab!

Yoshigamer2988YT
Aqua: tell him no!

Drigil
Marcus: #61! Not there! Not there! Somewhere else!
#61: NOOOOOT KNNNOOOOWW OOOOTTHHHHHEERRRRR PLLLLLAAACCCE.
Marcus: Aqua! Do you know any other places he would know?!

Yoshigamer2988YT
Aqua: the forest!

Drigil
Marcus: ... yes! The forest! #61! Escape to the forest!
#61: ESSSSCCCAAAAAAPE... TOOOOOO... TREEEEE COOOVVERRRRRR...
[They turn in a huge arc and shoot towards the massive nest of trees below]
[They shoot into the trees, Marcus takes a branch to the face and lets go, and the three of them tumble down into the foliage]

Drigil
[There is bouncing off the ground. And off trees. Eventually, the three of them lie in the bushes, scattered, but easily within viewing range of one another]

Yoshigamer2988YT
Aqua: ow...you 2 okay?

Drigil
Marcus: ... heh heh... ha ha ha ha...
Marcus: ... it's just gonna keep getting better and better, isn't it?

Yoshigamer2988YT
Aqua: ...

Drigil
Marcus: ... well! Here I am, universe.
Marcus: Don't know how it could get any worse than this.

Yoshigamer2988YT
Aqua: hmm... He looked at Aqua...she looked like she was going to cry... again...then he looked at himself then at 61

Drigil
Marcus: ... when's it gonna stop? When's it gonna end?

Yoshigamer2988YT
Aqua: 61...

Drigil
Marcus: My innocence is gone. My routine is gone. My body's gone. My house is gone. Everything!
Marcus: Everything's gone.
Marcus: Marcus... you @#$%ing idiot....
Marcus: This is what you wanted, isn't it?
Marcus: To just... throw it all away, didn't you?
Marcus: Well... wish @#$%ing granted... you stupid... stupid...

Yoshigamer2988YT
Aqua: 61!

Drigil
Marcus: ... Ahh... right. Right. Where... where is he?
Marcus: ... she... it- I don't know. Where is... that?

Yoshigamer2988YT
he was in a bush
61 came out...

Drigil
Marcus: Woah...
#61: ESSSCAAAAAPEEEE... COOMMMMPLEEEETE...
#61: OORRRRDEEERRRR...

Yoshigamer2988YT
Aqua: 61...
Aqua: Marcus...tell 61...to take me home...

Drigil
Marcus: ... we... we just...
Marcus: ... DANGIT, Aqua! I JUST TOLD HIM TO NOT DO THAT!
Marcus: THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE! THAT'S WHY WE'RE IN THIS FOREST!
Marcus: THAT'S WHY ALL THIS IS HAPPENING!
Marcus: Me listening to you! Me listening, and then you suddenly changing your mind, and then you suddenly doing stuff I don't know about, and-

Yoshigamer2988YT
Aqua: I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO HERE...if I stay with you.. things with just get worse...

Drigil
Marcus: All this chaos! All this insanity! I can't- I can't-
Marcus: You know what? GO! Go! You think it's better you just leave, than @#$%ing GO!
Marcus: Just leave me here... all alone... no idea what to do.
Marcus: I've already lost everything.
Marcus: Might as well go all in.
Marcus: [Collapses on back, clenches teeth from having landed on his tail again]
Marcus: NNGGGRRR...!
Marcus: haa... haa... haa...

Yoshigamer2988YT
she hugged him Aqua: I'm sorry... it's just... I'm still young...I don't know what to do...

Drigil
Marcus: Yeah, well, news flash: neither do I.

Yoshigamer2988YT
Aqua: and.. "your"right...

Drigil
(Wrong "your"...)

Yoshigamer2988YT
Aqua: I am on and off on what to do...

Drigil
Marcus: You gotta commit to it. Just pick one thing and see it through.
Marcus: ... ahh, but look at me talking. Look where doing that got me.

Yoshigamer2988YT
Aqua: I've been raised in a lab... I've never experienced anything in the outside world...

Drigil
Marcus: At least... if I was uncertain about things... I wouldn't be here. I'd be in my room, playing games... maybe- maybe... learning an instrument...
Marcus: I mean geez, that's what I wanted to do. Break the routine a little. Learn, like, maybe an instrument or something.
Marcus: Not just destroy everything I've ever known...
Marcus: That was, like, supposed to be the worst case scenario.

Yoshigamer2988YT
Aqua: you still have me...

Drigil
Marcus: Yeah, how long's that gonna last before you decide you're better off away from me and actually follow through with it?
Marcus: I just... I'm done. I'm done. No more.
Marcus: I'll just... I dunno, live here the rest of my life. Start a new routine eating berries... and...
Marcus: ... [sigh] #61, what do you guys eat?
#61: PRRRROOOOOOTEEEIIIIINNNN PAASSSSSSTE.
Marcus: ...
Marcus: ... well, who knows what'll happen there. Maybe I'll turn into a berry tree.

Yoshigamer2988YT
Aqua: no...I won't let that be your life!

Drigil
Marcus: Yeah, well... unless you can suddenly turn back time to three days ago, I don't see much choice here.
Marcus: Not like I can just... waltz into Team Rocket's lab and go, "Hey, y'all mind fixing my house and making me a human, and I'll just go ahead and keep your single most valuable asset? How about it?"
Marcus: ... wait, are you really-
(I just want to reinforce the fact that even though Marcus is frustrated, that's a part of his character. I personally am not at all mad at what's going on.)
(So, don't feel like you have to undo stuff, alright?)

Yoshigamer2988YT
(okay it's done

Drigil
Marcus: ...
Marcus: ... do... do you have any idea what you've just done?
#61: AAAAALLLPPPHHHAAAAAAA... GONNNNNNE?

Yoshigamer2988YT
(hey I deleted everything... I'm sorry... it's kinda hard to follow Marcus)

Drigil
#61: ... NOOOO... NOOOOT ALLLPPPHHHAAAA....
#61: IMMMPOOOSSSSSSTERRRR!
#61: RESSSSSSTOOORRRRING OLLLLD COMMMAND...
#61: SEEEEEEEEEK!

Yoshigamer2988YT
suddenly a aura sword stabbed 61 in his eye

Drigil
#61: KKKKkkkk...
#61: [Drops down, dead - dark purple haze spilling out]
Marcus: ... what the @#$% just happened?

Yoshigamer2988YT
Marcus looked back...aqua was the one who threw the sword
Aqua: weakly stay... away...from him...

Drigil
Marcus: [survival instinct taking over, crab-crawls away from purple mist]
Marcus: [breathing heavily]
[Mist rises a bit, but then disperses]

Yoshigamer2988YT
aqua was pale...
he picked her up...she used all of her powers to make him human again

Drigil
Marcus: ... OK. Access... access the situation.
Marcus: I'm... I'm here. Middle of a forest.
Marcus: I'm... I'm human... I hope...
Marcus: ... naked, yes, but human.
Marcus: And... my house is torn up and probably still covered with policemen.
Marcus: My parents are gonna get back... probably within three hours...
Marcus: And I've got a Pokemon... in my arms... that I can't even tell is even still alive.
Marcus: What can I do? What should I do?
Marcus: ...

Yoshigamer2988YT
Aqua: m-marcus?

Drigil
Marcus: ... yeah? Aqua?

Yoshigamer2988YT
Aqua: leave me here...I have something for this... please...go back and fix your life... She gave him a glowing purple flower
Aqua: it's a time flower...
Aqua: I should've given it to you sooner...but I was too stupid...

Drigil
Marcus: ... I'm not even going to question this anymore. What does- how does it work?

Yoshigamer2988YT
Aqua: give it a time...then...open...it... I'm...so sorry... Dad... She passed out...she breathing was getting slower...

Drigil
Marcus: Aqua! Wait! Aqua, no! Stay with me!
Yoshigamer2988YT
she was bearly breathing

Drigil
Marcus: No... @#$%... what do I... what do I...
Marcus: [looks at the flower]
Marcus: ... speak a time... and it'll take me... back...
Marcus: [Looks at Aqua]
Marcus: [stoops down, sets Aqua on the ground]
Marcus: ... [sigh]
Marcus: ... I want to say it was fun, Aqua... I really... really do...
Marcus: But... nothing about that was...
Marcus: It was hard. Painful. Annoying. Frustrating...
Marcus: ...
Marcus: ... but... but it was interesting...
Marcus: ...
Marcus: ... heck, I don't even know if this thing will actually do what she says. Maybe I'm just... hoping at this point.
Marcus: Sure doesn't look real...
Marcus: But... maybe...
Marcus: ... one more choice...
Marcus: ... let's see... what was the...
Marcus: ... OK. Um, flower? Take... take me... take me back to Friday morning.
Marcus: Before all this happened. Before I even took that exam.


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NOTE: This is actually a picture I drew of the point just after the bite. I didn't want to create another "short chapter", so I stuck it here instead because it fit the mood. That's why there are several inconsistencies. Apologies.