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Look. Don't blame me, I'm bored. If people were in here chatting away, I wouldn't have to sink to this level.
Smoke purred from Ant's mouth, drifting into the air, and pulling the life from within him out...
"You shouldn't smoke you know. It's bad for the insides."
Ant looked down at his curry. He wouldn't be suprised if the curry did more damage.
"I can't eat any more." He said. "I'm not feeling too well today."
The man took away Ant's curry, and emptied it into a bucket.
"That'll be 90 credits..." As the man looked up, Ant was no longer at his seat.
"Put it on the slate!" Ant shouted...
Ant had recieved another message. It was from command. Apparently some of the driods had broke lose, killing a few task forces on the way.
Ant got into his hovercar, just a bog standard craft, but the seats were uncomfortable. He knew this would be his last run before he could buy another.
He pulled the craft up, and out of the giant hanger, and into the open air. It was night. You could tell it was night because there were more hovercars around, it usually gets busy at night... Ant looked up at the deep smog that had settled over the city of Pembroke many years ago... not long after Pembroke was declared the new capital of the former British Isles all those years ago... before the war.
Ant remembers it as if it were about 10 years ago, so he expected the details to be a bit foggy.
Professor Miyamoto about 11 years ago invented the next generation of machinary to compete with the Overlords Playchip 3, which was in popular demand with kids...
Under the company name Nintendo, Prof. Miyamoto released the Nintendo chip into the mass market. Hundreds of people brought them, and had them implanted. Some many happy faces... so much peace in the world...
Then something, as always it seemed, went wrong. The chips started to manufuction, taking the persons will of control with it. They produced hundreds of automated psyhcotic killing machines, and Nintendo had no control over them...
The Overlord had ordered that all Nintendo products to be taking off the market, and ordered that Nintendo was shut down.
Ant pulled out of his daydream, and realised that he was heading straight for a building... He pulled up with ease. But someone behind him, who didn't anticipate his move quickly dodged to the left to avoid Ant, and hit the building that Ant was trying to avoid. The sprialling trail of the hovercars smoke reminded Ant to light his cigarette, which was just clasped unlit between his lips. Ant thought he was going insane...
Ant managed to navigate through the rest of the car maze, and ended up at the Overlords headquarters. Sony HQ.
He landed. Finding a space was easy, just land on top of any car already there. Sometimes you would find stacks of cars miles high, with the Jenga like approuch for the man with the bottom car, attempting to remove his car... There had been several "Jenga" accidents in the last few days.
Ant had left his car, climbed down the stack of cars, and entered the building. He proceeded past reception, and walked down the dark stairs. He took the second door on the left, walked around the fountain in the middle of the room to the third door, past the small wildlife display, through the small hall, under the glass bridge, and through the red double doors.
"Who are you?" Said the man inside.
"My names Ant. I'm a Blade Runner."
"Oh... you looking for the Command office. You should have taken the fourth door near the waterfall, this is the lower hall."
"Oh. Ta."
Smoke purred from Ant's mouth, drifting into the air, and pulling the life from within him out...
"You shouldn't smoke you know. It's bad for the insides."
Ant looked down at his curry. He wouldn't be suprised if the curry did more damage.
"I can't eat any more." He said. "I'm not feeling too well today."
The man took away Ant's curry, and emptied it into a bucket.
"That'll be 90 credits..." As the man looked up, Ant was no longer at his seat.
"Put it on the slate!" Ant shouted...
Ant had recieved another message. It was from command. Apparently some of the driods had broke lose, killing a few task forces on the way.
Ant got into his hovercar, just a bog standard craft, but the seats were uncomfortable. He knew this would be his last run before he could buy another.
He pulled the craft up, and out of the giant hanger, and into the open air. It was night. You could tell it was night because there were more hovercars around, it usually gets busy at night... Ant looked up at the deep smog that had settled over the city of Pembroke many years ago... not long after Pembroke was declared the new capital of the former British Isles all those years ago... before the war.
Ant remembers it as if it were about 10 years ago, so he expected the details to be a bit foggy.
Professor Miyamoto about 11 years ago invented the next generation of machinary to compete with the Overlords Playchip 3, which was in popular demand with kids...
Under the company name Nintendo, Prof. Miyamoto released the Nintendo chip into the mass market. Hundreds of people brought them, and had them implanted. Some many happy faces... so much peace in the world...
Then something, as always it seemed, went wrong. The chips started to manufuction, taking the persons will of control with it. They produced hundreds of automated psyhcotic killing machines, and Nintendo had no control over them...
The Overlord had ordered that all Nintendo products to be taking off the market, and ordered that Nintendo was shut down.
Ant pulled out of his daydream, and realised that he was heading straight for a building... He pulled up with ease. But someone behind him, who didn't anticipate his move quickly dodged to the left to avoid Ant, and hit the building that Ant was trying to avoid. The sprialling trail of the hovercars smoke reminded Ant to light his cigarette, which was just clasped unlit between his lips. Ant thought he was going insane...
Ant managed to navigate through the rest of the car maze, and ended up at the Overlords headquarters. Sony HQ.
He landed. Finding a space was easy, just land on top of any car already there. Sometimes you would find stacks of cars miles high, with the Jenga like approuch for the man with the bottom car, attempting to remove his car... There had been several "Jenga" accidents in the last few days.
Ant had left his car, climbed down the stack of cars, and entered the building. He proceeded past reception, and walked down the dark stairs. He took the second door on the left, walked around the fountain in the middle of the room to the third door, past the small wildlife display, through the small hall, under the glass bridge, and through the red double doors.
"Who are you?" Said the man inside.
"My names Ant. I'm a Blade Runner."
"Oh... you looking for the Command office. You should have taken the fourth door near the waterfall, this is the lower hall."
"Oh. Ta."
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The light shined on the hammer in a way that made Fantasymeister intrigued to why it hanged so delicately in thin air... as if there were no gravity...
Perhaps it was important... so important in fact, that it was to be given to him... by powers unknown...
Fantasymeister reached for the mystical hammer, and as he touched it... it fell to the ground.
Pocketing the hammer, Fantasymeister hurried himself to catch up with the rest.
"Has it occurred to anyone either than me," Said Dan_UK, "That this is quite obviously a trap? Why would any normal person want to hide out in a sugar factory? It's just a ploy to get Ant to show his face here!"
Ant had now finished with the A-Team theme, and had advanced to the Indiana Jones theme, really putting effort into the the dur di dur durrs.
The factory was missing:
- One ceiling.
- A sturdy floor.
- An actual sugar processing machine, but DID have a large amount of whirring cutting devices, which had conveyer belts leading to them.
"And why are there no sugar making facilitys in here?? Surely a sugar factory would have some sort of sugar related machinery?"
Dark clouds settled over the factory... it started to rain.
"Oh no!..." Said Ant.
Lightning flashed... thunder boomed...
Fantasymeister looked around. "I don't think Sniper is in here. I think we've been set up."
Dan_UK looked to the heavens in submission... "Sigh."
Suddenly... there was a large *BOOM*, and a light appeared in the sky...
A picture of a brain was embedded in the night sky... seemingly from another light source...
"Err..." Said Gobble De Gook, "I really should be going... it's getting quite dark... err... bye!"
Gobble De Gook ran out of the factory, and Fantasymeister swore that he was pulling his clothes off as he ran out...
"What a strange person..." Dan_UK looked around. "Where's PB?"
Something hit the back of Fantasymeisters head. He was knocked out cold.
"What the...!" The same thing hit Dan_UK in the face... he landed quite heavily on his face with a
*Click*
Perhaps it was important... so important in fact, that it was to be given to him... by powers unknown...
Fantasymeister reached for the mystical hammer, and as he touched it... it fell to the ground.
Pocketing the hammer, Fantasymeister hurried himself to catch up with the rest.
"Has it occurred to anyone either than me," Said Dan_UK, "That this is quite obviously a trap? Why would any normal person want to hide out in a sugar factory? It's just a ploy to get Ant to show his face here!"
Ant had now finished with the A-Team theme, and had advanced to the Indiana Jones theme, really putting effort into the the dur di dur durrs.
The factory was missing:
- One ceiling.
- A sturdy floor.
- An actual sugar processing machine, but DID have a large amount of whirring cutting devices, which had conveyer belts leading to them.
"And why are there no sugar making facilitys in here?? Surely a sugar factory would have some sort of sugar related machinery?"
Dark clouds settled over the factory... it started to rain.
"Oh no!..." Said Ant.
Lightning flashed... thunder boomed...
Fantasymeister looked around. "I don't think Sniper is in here. I think we've been set up."
Dan_UK looked to the heavens in submission... "Sigh."
Suddenly... there was a large *BOOM*, and a light appeared in the sky...
A picture of a brain was embedded in the night sky... seemingly from another light source...
"Err..." Said Gobble De Gook, "I really should be going... it's getting quite dark... err... bye!"
Gobble De Gook ran out of the factory, and Fantasymeister swore that he was pulling his clothes off as he ran out...
"What a strange person..." Dan_UK looked around. "Where's PB?"
Something hit the back of Fantasymeisters head. He was knocked out cold.
"What the...!" The same thing hit Dan_UK in the face... he landed quite heavily on his face with a
*Click*
Sodding hell.
Just was writing a huge... major addition to the plot... and my computer crashed... erasing the greatest story ever told...
(But I thought the birth of Je...)
Shush.
Anyway... I am writing. REALLY.
And I shall return.
Just was writing a huge... major addition to the plot... and my computer crashed... erasing the greatest story ever told...
(But I thought the birth of Je...)
Shush.
Anyway... I am writing. REALLY.
And I shall return.
"You know," said pb, still trying desperately to undo the carefully tied knots in the rope holding his hands together, "you won't get away with this."
"why?" asked a sneering Sniper.
"I don't actually know, but I thought I'd just say it for dramatic purposes."
Pb managed to get the loose cord and pulled his hands free of the rope, but kept it hidden from Sniper. He couldn't believe that Sniper had used a shoelace style knot to tie up his arms.
Meanwhile, the rest of the Bladerunner group (well, except Ant who remained stuck in a hole humming the tune to the A-team to keep him busy) carefully entered the sugar factory.
"I don't think this factory has been used for a while, gang." said Dan_UK.
"Why's that?" asked FM.
Dan_UK pointed to a sign on the wall which read 'factory not been used for a while'
"ah." said FM nonchantedly. "I suppose we'd better climb this slope. What exactly is that hammer doing hanging in mid-air?"
"why?" asked a sneering Sniper.
"I don't actually know, but I thought I'd just say it for dramatic purposes."
Pb managed to get the loose cord and pulled his hands free of the rope, but kept it hidden from Sniper. He couldn't believe that Sniper had used a shoelace style knot to tie up his arms.
Meanwhile, the rest of the Bladerunner group (well, except Ant who remained stuck in a hole humming the tune to the A-team to keep him busy) carefully entered the sugar factory.
"I don't think this factory has been used for a while, gang." said Dan_UK.
"Why's that?" asked FM.
Dan_UK pointed to a sign on the wall which read 'factory not been used for a while'
"ah." said FM nonchantedly. "I suppose we'd better climb this slope. What exactly is that hammer doing hanging in mid-air?"
I'm happy to see it actually took off...
I'll write a bit later. Got to read through it a few more times yet...
I'll write a bit later. Got to read through it a few more times yet...
Meanwhile...
"Okay, we're nearly there. Get ready, guys." Ant said in his toughman voice.
"Oooohhh, it's Ant the hardnut." Dan_UK said jokingly. No one laughed.
FM looked at the screen. "Okay, it should be the factory along here. Keep going.....keep going...keep-STOP!!"
"He's on the top floor." FM told everyone.
They all looked up at the 'Sugar Factory'.
FM looked at the writer, "A sugar factory?? Is that the best you could think of to get a storyline going??"
"Yeah....I know, sorry." Writer replied.
"It's a sugar factory..." Dan_UK's voice trailed off as he stared at Ant....or where Ant had been.
Ant was running into the building shouting, "A SUGAR FACTORY!! I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO VISIT ONE OF THESE!!"
"No, Ant, come back!!" Dan called.
"It's so obvious.." FM said, with a sigh. "He'll run into a trap, leaving only the three of us to get SNIPER."
Ant carried on running, and ran over a large hole in the ground covered up by thin cardboard.
Of course, the cardboard didn't hold.
"AHHHHH!!!" Ant screamed as he fell.
FM sighed.
The others ran into the factory, and stared down at Ant.
"You all right??" FM asked.
"Well...my arm's broken....and I can't feel my legs."
"You'll live. Look, if you need anything, just ask."
They carried on, and just as they entered the lift, Ant called.
"GUYS!?!?"
"What?? Do you need something?" Dan asked, worried about his friend.
"errrr..yeah..."
"Just ask. I'll do anything."
"Could you.....bring me back some sugar??"
"Okay, we're nearly there. Get ready, guys." Ant said in his toughman voice.
"Oooohhh, it's Ant the hardnut." Dan_UK said jokingly. No one laughed.
FM looked at the screen. "Okay, it should be the factory along here. Keep going.....keep going...keep-STOP!!"
"He's on the top floor." FM told everyone.
They all looked up at the 'Sugar Factory'.
FM looked at the writer, "A sugar factory?? Is that the best you could think of to get a storyline going??"
"Yeah....I know, sorry." Writer replied.
"It's a sugar factory..." Dan_UK's voice trailed off as he stared at Ant....or where Ant had been.
Ant was running into the building shouting, "A SUGAR FACTORY!! I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO VISIT ONE OF THESE!!"
"No, Ant, come back!!" Dan called.
"It's so obvious.." FM said, with a sigh. "He'll run into a trap, leaving only the three of us to get SNIPER."
Ant carried on running, and ran over a large hole in the ground covered up by thin cardboard.
Of course, the cardboard didn't hold.
"AHHHHH!!!" Ant screamed as he fell.
FM sighed.
The others ran into the factory, and stared down at Ant.
"You all right??" FM asked.
"Well...my arm's broken....and I can't feel my legs."
"You'll live. Look, if you need anything, just ask."
They carried on, and just as they entered the lift, Ant called.
"GUYS!?!?"
"What?? Do you need something?" Dan asked, worried about his friend.
"errrr..yeah..."
"Just ask. I'll do anything."
"Could you.....bring me back some sugar??"
The pigeon having relieved itself, was oblivious to the choking sounds below. The chip in it's head told it what to do. Much like the Nintendo chip in sniper's brain.
Who know's whether nintendo's claim of inexplicable 'malfunction' was entirely true......
Who know's whether nintendo's claim of inexplicable 'malfunction' was entirely true......
"hmmmm.." said Ant. "The Overlord, whose evil clutches we just narrowly escaped..."
"yes", said FM. "He is our boss and the head of Sony HQ."
"So why were we trying to escape?" queried Ant. "And why, when we have access to a tardis and therefore limitless powers over time and space, did we just travel here at the present time?"
"Have you never watched films?" FM asked. "People act stupidly, consider how many times could James Bond have been killed by now! It's film etiquette, neither side must press home any advantage, and only minor characters may die before the last scene. I mean if a good guy gets captured, he/she won't be killed straight away, it's obvious!"
"hmmm.....where IS pb?" Ant replied, scanning over the group quickly.
FM turned to check the group. Ant was still there, so was Dan2k and the new guy, Gobble De-Gook, still wearing his Hovercar chair outfit. pb was nowhere to be seen.
Meanwhile, in the top floor of a factory not far away, sniper was watching them with a leery grin on his face. Behind him was pb, tied up inside a cage. It was all going according to plan, he told himself. Soon they would use their biodetector to find pb's location. Then they would enter, and he would roll barrels at them, which they would either have to jump over, or avoid by climbing the ladders conviniently positioned on various floors in a seemingly random fashion. Sniper threw his head back burst out into another maniacal fit of laughter, which in retrospect he would regret, but at the time he hadn't seen the pigeon directly above him up on the rafters.....
"yes", said FM. "He is our boss and the head of Sony HQ."
"So why were we trying to escape?" queried Ant. "And why, when we have access to a tardis and therefore limitless powers over time and space, did we just travel here at the present time?"
"Have you never watched films?" FM asked. "People act stupidly, consider how many times could James Bond have been killed by now! It's film etiquette, neither side must press home any advantage, and only minor characters may die before the last scene. I mean if a good guy gets captured, he/she won't be killed straight away, it's obvious!"
"hmmm.....where IS pb?" Ant replied, scanning over the group quickly.
FM turned to check the group. Ant was still there, so was Dan2k and the new guy, Gobble De-Gook, still wearing his Hovercar chair outfit. pb was nowhere to be seen.
Meanwhile, in the top floor of a factory not far away, sniper was watching them with a leery grin on his face. Behind him was pb, tied up inside a cage. It was all going according to plan, he told himself. Soon they would use their biodetector to find pb's location. Then they would enter, and he would roll barrels at them, which they would either have to jump over, or avoid by climbing the ladders conviniently positioned on various floors in a seemingly random fashion. Sniper threw his head back burst out into another maniacal fit of laughter, which in retrospect he would regret, but at the time he hadn't seen the pigeon directly above him up on the rafters.....
"So how did you appear back in the Tardis when you were already with us the second time we had the crash?" asked FM as they left the ship and stepped into the cold night air of an unfamiliar town.
"Well," replied pb. "It's complicated quantum physics, and it always makes my head hurt thinking about it. It's like asking what would happen if you went back and changed past events, then went back to the future again to see the result. Would you already be there?"
"I have a feeling this might be important later on." pondered Ant.
"I saw back to the future. And back the future 2 and..." started Dan_UK before glancing at the others glare. "Okay, but where is Sniper?"
"Well," replied pb. "It's complicated quantum physics, and it always makes my head hurt thinking about it. It's like asking what would happen if you went back and changed past events, then went back to the future again to see the result. Would you already be there?"
"I have a feeling this might be important later on." pondered Ant.
"I saw back to the future. And back the future 2 and..." started Dan_UK before glancing at the others glare. "Okay, but where is Sniper?"
Okay, I'll continue until anyone else decides to contribute,
As the skies darkened and the Overlord drew closer, the group huddled together and looked for a quick escape route.
"I didn't know the Overlord could draw" said a suprised and slightly confused Dan_UK.
"Er," corrected Ant, "I don't think the narrator meant that kind of draw. Mind you, he is quite good at it, look at that shading...."
They stood their admiring the Overlord's skill with a 4B pencil while a familar noise grew in pitch behind them.
"Ah, here we are back at the beginning again, jump in fellas." shouted pb at the mesmerised group of art critics. "Watch out for the Overlord, he has a very powerful hypnotic power by drawin...ah...I see you've found out. Better pull you all inside, I think."
After they had settled down and FM had stopped Dan_UK from rambling on about the Overlord's drawing skills, they looked on the ships computer to see if they could locate Sniper's whereabouts.
"I can't use this thing!" shouted FM, banging the computer screen for the 10th time, "It's all strange."
"Ah, that would be the Linix operating system, I installed it after the ship kept getting errors with the Windows one. Here, try this."
The screen lit up and a flashing red arrow with the word 'Sniper' appeared on a map of a nearby town.
"What does that mean?" asked Dan_UK.
Everyone else gave a disaproving look and set course for the location.
As the skies darkened and the Overlord drew closer, the group huddled together and looked for a quick escape route.
"I didn't know the Overlord could draw" said a suprised and slightly confused Dan_UK.
"Er," corrected Ant, "I don't think the narrator meant that kind of draw. Mind you, he is quite good at it, look at that shading...."
They stood their admiring the Overlord's skill with a 4B pencil while a familar noise grew in pitch behind them.
"Ah, here we are back at the beginning again, jump in fellas." shouted pb at the mesmerised group of art critics. "Watch out for the Overlord, he has a very powerful hypnotic power by drawin...ah...I see you've found out. Better pull you all inside, I think."
After they had settled down and FM had stopped Dan_UK from rambling on about the Overlord's drawing skills, they looked on the ships computer to see if they could locate Sniper's whereabouts.
"I can't use this thing!" shouted FM, banging the computer screen for the 10th time, "It's all strange."
"Ah, that would be the Linix operating system, I installed it after the ship kept getting errors with the Windows one. Here, try this."
The screen lit up and a flashing red arrow with the word 'Sniper' appeared on a map of a nearby town.
"What does that mean?" asked Dan_UK.
Everyone else gave a disaproving look and set course for the location.
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