Roleplay:Genetix

An ancient artifact has recently been excavated far north in the Kartilla Desert. An exhibit in the museum of Station Square has been made for it, and has attracted many people far and wide.

A day after the opening, a strange virus begins to spread across the city. People suddenly morph into darker versions of themselves for a short amount of time. In this form, they feel more energetic, and overall stronger than they had been. However, when it wears off, a wave of fatigue falls over them, which leaves them in a worse state than before they even transformed. No one knows where this virus originated from, nor do they know the real dangers of this "disease".

Somewhere, a secret organization lead by three power-hungry individuals, is orchestrating the entire scheme. As they sit in the shadows, they are increasingly gaining energy from the people...

Rules

 * 1) There Will Be No Godmodding. I will begin handing out penalties depending on how bad the situation was. I will not allow any godmodding in this roleplay, unless it's plot important.
 * 2) Please try to use proper grammar. I do not want any chat speak, text smilies, or mismatched sentences here. I'd prefer if you used story format, but script is acceptable.
 * 3) Stick to the plot at hand. And pay attention to it, for that matter. If you're confused on what's going on, ask on the Talk Page.
 * 4) Keep things at a PG13 level. Cut down on the swearing, and no sexual content at all. I'm serious.
 * 5) Do Not Break The Fourth Wall. Really, Don't.
 * 6) Wait for other people so that they can catch up. We don't want to leave anyone behind. If you see that someone isn't replying, get everyone to wait for them.
 * 7) The villains are controlled by Smash, Memph and Flashfire. No one else can use any villains unless they are either explicitly allowed or if they have no connections to the main villains.
 * 8) Rpers may have 3 characters, be they villains (Refer to rule 7 on how villains should be.), Hereos or Neutral.
 * 9) For everything else that has not been listed, please refer to this guide.

New Gen users:

 * Nudge
 * Flurrie
 * Scorpio
 * Wolf
 * Apallo
 * Venom
 * ZeroPath

Veteran users:

 * General Knight
 * DragonKnight
 * Draon
 * Hika
 * Shadow-Flare
 * Flash
 * Memphis
 * Smash
 * White
 * Kagi
 * Hunter
 * Nero
 * Tenshi
 * Sonicfan
 * Ryu
 * Nora

Heroes
Smash The Echidna (STE)

Splice The Hedgehog (STE)

Gizmo The Cat (STE)

Gale the Hedgehog (GK)

Lucas "Gunfreak" Bandicoot (GK)

Endac Korinth Solarium (SDK)

Team Chronohog (Draon)

ThunderHart the Artificial Grizzly (Venom)

Stave the Hedgehog (Flashfire212, page pending)

Apallo The Hedgehog (Apallo)

Junior (Apallo)

Heidi the Cat (Apallo)

Statyx the Hedgehog (Kagi)

Raile Draxxon (Kagi)

Kane the Snipehog (Kagi)

Fuchsia the Bakeneko (Nudge)

Rika the Tanuki (Nudge)

Nudge the Lopunny (Nudge)

Temporal Kitsempt (Nero)

Serana the Mouse (Nero, Page Pending)

Deck the Komodo Dragon (S-F, Page Pending)

The Random Rangers (Ryu)

Memphis the Kid (Memph)

Krinkinko the Hedgehog (Sonicfan919)

Mazda the Lion (White)

Alice Maeda (White)

Ray Takiyama (White)

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Neutral
Fredrick the Deer(Whitestar) ---

Sledge the Hedgehog (S-F)

Rosie the Racoon (S-F, Page Pending)

Eclipse The Hedgehog (Apallo)

Ryan the Chimera (Draon29)

Taylor the Two-Tailed Chimp (Draon)

Nora the Seedrian (NoraKouba)

Corsin the Bear (SDK)

Marcel the Human (Frozen Scorpio)

Minor villains
(User's villains)
 * Jared the unknown (frozen scorpio)
 * The Trolls (Controlled by Flash & the other creators, the Trolls serve as minions to the villain triad through Reaper's connections.)
 * Pherix (Venom)

Villains
(Only controllable by Smash, Memph and Flashfire.)

Vincent the Incubus (Memph)

Nyx the Rottweiler (STE) [Still deciding on a name.]

Reaper (Flashfire)

Opening:
Power.. power is all I need.. I want to taste the dark gourmet of power. Power can be used in many ways.. it can be used as a tool of justice, it can be used as a bringer of evil. But I see power as something to be eaten. I will set the stage, I will give heroes and villians a harbinger of power to fight over. An ancient artifact, well.. a fake artifact of my own devise. Go, spread false rumors of this artifact. Bring the strongest heroes and villians to fight over the artifact. Let them touch it, let it touch them. Their delicious aura shall be infected with the spice of flavor, the spice of darkness. Then.. I shall feast.

Part 1
A blue echidna slowly sat up in his bed. He woke with a start, now sweating bullets and taking deep breaths. He looked around the room, trying to get oriented and realize that he was safe at home. It was a dream... He thought. He glanced over at the window, noticing the sun rising above the horizon. Looks like I overslept...again... He stood out of the bed, careful not to wake his sleeping wife. Rubbing his temple, he couldn't help but worry about this now. ''This is the second time I've had that nightmare...A nightmare where I'm all alone, in the endless dark abyss...facing a monster with no true form. What it means, I have no idea...However... ''He picked up a booklet from his night table; one that spoke of an ancient relic being presented in Station Square's museum. That dream isn't the only thing that's giving me a bad feeling...

Smash set the booklet down, and headed out to start the day.

 * * * A pure white hedgehog with flowing fur is seen reading a booklet, he mutters to himself as he recites the location of the museum in which he hopes to attend. "So a relic of power huh? Maybe I can touch it and see the power it provides." He laughed quietly to himself as he stated the comment. After a few moments of walking he stops and looks up to see the grand relic museum in front of him. It's old crumbling state dictates how old the structure is. "Hmm.. this museum should be in a museum." The white hedgehog phases the booklet away with his telekenisis. "Welp let's see how the line is."

* * *

A grey hedgehog stood ontop of a tall building, eyeing the city below. He slowly lowered his eyes to the small booklet in his hand that told of a relic of power that was in the museum nearby. "I can see this going bad very quickly. If I don't hurry, who know what'll happen. I'll investigate." He sighed and smiled as he jumped over the side of the building landing on his extreme gear, Huricane. He road to the Museum and strode inside.

* * * "Fire Blast now, Liutas!"

A violent burst of flame erupted from the mouth of an Arcanine, engulfing a wooden dummy made to look like Toxic. Immediately the dummy went up in flames, soon crumbling into smoldering ashes that drifted to the ground. A small group consisting of a cat, a vixen, a ferret (who had a pink Rattata perched on his shoulder), a dragon halfbreed and a horned, cat-like creature were watching with great interest.

"Dayum, he smoked that dummy!" said the halfbreed. A purple cat was standing behind the Arcanine. She laughed.

"A shame we don't have the REAL thing here to practice on," she said. The ferret suddenly perked up.

"Hey, there was that exhibit at the museum today, remember?" he said.

"Some kind of ancient artifact, apparently..."

"Mmmmmmmmmmmreally?" the purple cat asked.

"Yeah. It looked pretty interesting."

"There's probably gonna be a huge line of people wanting to see it, though," the male cat sighed.

"And I really don't wanna stand waiting in line for what could be an hour."

"Well, I'm gonna go see it," said the ferret.

"You have fun with that."

"Thank you, I will."

And with that, he jogged towards the museum.

***

"Oh..my.. God.." He exclaimed in disbelief as the he sees the line stretching far beyond what he expected. "Ugh gatta get in another way.."

***

Nearby the museum, 3 Humans were standing together talking, 2 males and a female. One male said to the other "and your sure this is where it was said to be" to which the other Male responded "yes Endac, i found a booklet on it on the sidewalk and i can feel a strange aura nearby, it has to be here." The female looks at them "why are we looking for this relic again?" Endac looks back at her with a stern look, his face almost to worn to be that of a 20 year old "because we can't let is't power get into an enemies hands, especially with Dracomancers here on this planet somewhere".

The Grey Hedgehog notices the group and stops and smiles as he recognises Endac's voice. "Well, never expected a Dragon born to be going to a museum. Trying to dig up some history?" he siad with a chuckle, walking up behind the group

Endac turns to see the hedgehog, scowling at the mobian until he recognizes him. He makes a half smile turning fully towards him "been years since i saw you Gale, you probably wouldn't recognize me or my friends here, correct?" Endac's companions nod towards Gale, then continue talking amongst themselves.

Gale chuckled and put a hand on the man's shoulder. "You kidding me, I'd recognise your cocky self righteous voice anywhere." He says, walking past the group and starting to head into the museum. "So, you here to watch over the relic as well, or just wanted to see me?" The hedgehog looses the grin and replaced with a stern face.

Endac starts chuckling before he replies by saying "well it was a miracle Selenia fell for you with that ugly mug so i don't think thats the reason, so the relic of course". He looks back at his companions and then back to Gale "still don't who they are?"

Gale looked at the two then back at Endac. "You really think I care? Come on, lets head inside, We need to go in the backdoor cause th front is way to crowded."

Endac sighs and shakes his head as Gale goes in. "why do i hang out with that guy, when he is such a dick?" The other male human walks up and says "dunno you tell me". Endac turns back to the Female "come on Jen, me and Yuyeri are going in". She looks up from talking to a local of the city and runs over to catch up with them, as they go inside the museum, saying "Hopefully we don't get caught back here".

***

Somewhere in the city, An ice blue hedgehog is jumping from roof to roof. "Tch it's too hot today." In the middle of his next leap, a piece of paper flies into his face, startling him and making him miss the next roof and down an alley into a dumpster.

Corsin hearing the comotion in the alley walks over and sees the hedgehog in the dumpster. He looks up to the sky were he fell from chuckling then looks back down at him. "i think you missed just slightly mate, need a hand?"

At the same place a firely red hedgehog with black gloves and a pink cat were walking near the alley. "What was that" said the red hegehog. " I dont know but lets approach it very slowly" Said the Pink Cat. (Guys as a reminder I type slowly because sometimes i need to think on what i need to type, i have a different style os doing these types of roleplays so bear with me ok?)

The hedgehog just simply lays in the dumpster for a few seconds before removing the piece of paper stuck to his face, a flyer showcasing the ancient relic at the museum, crunches it into a ball and fliks it "Sigh, no." he then leaps out of the dumpster and straight up the side of the building.

A purple hedgehog finds the paper. "Ive seen this thing before........" he said. -he picks up his scythe and walks towards the museum. "I wonder if its just an old statue"

Corsin looks up after the hedgehog. After awhile he decides to leave the alley and follow the other hedgehog to the museum (maybe i'll find something to do there)

* * *

"How did I get dragged into this...?" Fredrick asked in agony. In one hand, he clutched a map to some museum he'd never heard of before, and the other was being pulled by Alice. "How did I get dragged into your little circle at all?!"

"Destiny," Mazda said mater-of-factly, earning him an eye roll from the stag," Seriously, I've been hearing alot of rumors about this new exhibit, few of them good. I want to see what all the fuss is about and make sure there's no danger."

"So why are we bringing along Romeo and Juliet?" Fredick replied, glaring at the two humans of the group.

"I'm here to help Mazda. I'll be able to determine whether the artifact has any magical properties, and if so whether of dark or good magic," the blonde replied, her boyfriend draping his arm over her shoulders as he said," And I'm there to help!"

"No, you're there to 'help' Alice get accustomed with the janitors' close-" Mazda said before Ray tackled him to the ground.

"How did you find out!?" the boy demanded, hardly a few inches from the lion's face/.

"I walked in on you two," Fredrick replied, smirking at the memory.

"Where!?" Alice almost shreiked," The bedroom, bathroom, closet, office? Wal Mart!?"

"Guys," Mazda said, pushing Ray off," We're here."

* * *

Gale stood outside the back entrance waiting for people who wanted to get in that he knew could sneak past the front gaurd and gate. "This would so get me killed if I actually gave a flying flip about security." He says, chuckling and turning the corner to see who was coming.

***

Isaiah the Angelic Hedgefox stood on a rooftop overlooking the museum. "Strange power, eh?" He dives down, catching himself on his wings and lands softly, looking around. He walks up to the line and looks for anybody who he might recognize. "I might have to just wait and watch to see what happens." He then parkours up the wall and onto the roof of the museum silently.

 * * *

Smash finally pulled up in the museum's parking lot. Unfortunately due to the crowd, he was forced to park pretty far away from the actual building. "Tch. Figures there'd be a crowd." He mumbled to himself. He locked up his bike and hurried to get inside. An ancient artifact, dug up in the Kartilla Mines... He pondered on his way. ''I'm curious as to why they'd bring it to Station Square. Usually they keep their treasures to themselves...Still, what worries me is this "Latent power" supposedly in this thing. That's even more reason for them to keep it, yet they didn't...So what happens when someone steals this thing?'' Smash folded his arms, feeling troubled by it all. Trouble, that's what.

***

A young, mobian, pink, feline creature can be seen running around outside the museum. "This is the place, Rika-chan!" She shouted to a younger mobian raccoon dog with big round glasses trailing behind her. "Wow", said the raccoon dog, "this place is amazing!" The cat creature looked at the raccoon dog with a confused look on her face. "Rika-chan," she said, "how come you like old, dusty museum stuff so much?" The raccoon dog looked at her friend as if she was shocked. "Are you kidding?" She asked, "I never miss an oportunity to learn about history, and what better place to learn than a museum?!" The pink cat creature rolled her eyes at her nerdy friend. "Eh, If you say so.

***

Inside the museum, Endac is looking around the Museum looking for the artifact when he sees a crowd surrounding an exhibit. "That must be the artifact, now how do we get a look at it?" His two friends walk up behind him. Jen nods to Yuyeri and they both transform into miniature Dragons, Jen white, and Yuyeri red. Endac nods "should make it easier with one human instead of three."

***

On the other side of the room Apallo and Heidi are looking at the exibit called the "History of the Mobi-Gods"

"You know, If they only knew" Apallo said after remembering what happened during his last adventure and what happened to them.

"Sorry Master Apallo" Said Heidi ***

Somewhere in Station Square, a young seedrian girl with rough white leafy hair was playing on a strange guitar, she merely touched a screen to play every harmonic note. But then a piece of paper flew up into her face causing her to create a loud awful note! "What the heck!?" she moaned as she took the thing from her face with a scowl. The seedrian noticed it was a booklet for a museum, she opened it up and landed on a page for a strange artifact. Nora moaned and tossed the thing away, however she was indeed curious so she got up from her bench and began to walk to the museum with a wry grin on her face.

*** Meanwhile, A young Bandicoot was inside the museum, aparrently working as a gaurd. Gale stood next to him and surveyed the area as he looked for the relics location. "You know, you could have had a better cover Lucas." Gale said, noticing others aproaching. Lucas looked at his friend and rolled his eyes. "Be happy I let you in the back. You could still be waiting outside if it weren't for me." Gale rolled his eyes back. "Yeah yeah. your a great help. I got work to do." he says as he heads into the crowd to get to the relic.

***

Smash's foot tapped against the concrete floor just outside the museum doors. There was a long line to get inside, and that line lead to the front desk. It seemed to split up once past there. Understandably, since the line was only formed of people trying to pay to get in. He took a step forward as the line moved slowly, and went back to tapping his foot again. Thiiis is gonna be a while...

***

Back outside in the line, Corsin is waiting tapping his foot impatiently. "Well this is boring" he says to himself noticing that the line wasn't moving. (Man i wish i could do something without regret, it's boring being a goody goody) his thoughts racing in anticipation. Suddenly a ghostly blurred form of a little Teddiursa wearing a Black hood like Corsin appears next to him. The teddiursa looks up at him "well you can do what ever you want, your neutral in most political sidings so you can choose to live inside or outside the law". Corsin looks down at the spirit and replies "yeah but it's to much of a pain to get out of jail, especially when there is something i want to see here, so i have to play goody goody". The spirit tilts it's head sideways in confusion "you creatures are so peculiar".

***

Back with the Purple Hedgehog known as Eclipse, he entered the building to try to find any machines of darkness.

<p style="text-align:center;">***

"Finally!" Memphis said with a disdained voice as he enters the museum, he is greeted by a cheerful voice with which he recognized right away. "Memphis, hi." There stood a beautiful pink echidna, some of her bangs contained a soothing blue. He dress simple yet abit revealing. Her greeting soft and timid but it carried it's own presence. She smiles at the sight of her friend. "The stone brings you here as well?" Jasmine asked in her soft voice. Memphis walks over to her and smiles. "You called it. Seems this thing is a big deal." Jasmine looks around and plays with one of her dreadlocks. "My yes.. it has attracted quite alot of people."

Gale was walking through the crowd and spots Memphis, slightly bewildered at his appearence. "Huh, so it attracted you here too, eh?" He says with a smile as he approaches his old friend.

Memphis looks over to Gale, a confused look on his face "Um yes.. might I ask who you are?" Memphis inquired. As he does so, Jasmine shyly runs behind Memphis and glimpses over to Gale from time to time.

Gale looked at Memph, gaining the same confused look as he had. "Um......Memphis right? It's me Gale..." He says, looking from Jasmine to Memph again.

***

Statyx sat at a table in the outdoor section of a cafe near the museum, and it was no coincidence. This artifact had attracted a lot of attention, and the higher-ups at G.U.N. were suspicious of the rumors that were spreading. G.U.N. intended to extract the artifact as soon as possible for security reasons, and had ordered Statyx to keep an eye on it. But if there was anything over eight years on the job had taught Statyx, it was that mysterious artifacts surrounded by rumors always equated to bad news. So instead, the green hedgehog kept his distance, avoiding actually entering the museum. However, he was by no means careless. While pretending to read the newspaper, skimming over his blue friends latest exploits against that crazy bag of lard, Statyx carefully observed the crowd. Wearing his Scanner Shades, he scanned the crowd using his Radio Sight, looking to spot any familiar and unwanted faces. Not to mention anyone who might try to sneak in unannounced. Slumped next to his chair was also a bag full of the rest of his gear. The green hedgehog knew that with his luck something was gonna go down, but damn it all, he was going to be ready for it.

<p style="text-align:center;">***

Memphis' eyes light up "OH! GALE! I'm sorry you are thinking of Solarestro Memphis. I am Memphis the Kid! Remember me? I was a feather fragment and well.. I quick aged apparently. I am the new legacy of Memphis." He smiles when he states the fact.

Gale nodded in sudden relisation. "Aaaaaah Okay. Well, you sure grew fast." He says as he chuckles. "So, you come here for the dusty old stone too?" He looked back at Jasmine. "She your girlfriend?" He askes, slightly confused again.

Jasmine blushes horribly and squeals cutely, burying her face in Memphis' back. "Hahaha no no no This is Jasmine, she is like a sister to me. But she still crushes on me" Memphis laughs. Jasmine squeals again "shut up!" She says in her cute quiet tone. Memphis calms down abit and looks around "yeah I heard some interesting fact about it. You too?" He materilizes the booklet and waves it to Gale.

Gale nodded and turned to the crowd. "Yeah, it seems to be drawing everybody. I'm sure we'd find a few friends in this crowd somewhere..." He turns back to Memphis, his face now serious. "And more importantly, a few foes." He says, tapping his glocks.

Endac walks up with the 2 dragons still perched on his shoulder. "I don't see any threats right now, no one i recognize...who's this? He seems odly familiar" Endac says looking at Memphis

<p style="text-align: center;">***

Finally, Smash made it to the front desk. He would have asked where to go to see the new exhibit, but it was kind of obvious when looking at where everyone was going. He just simply paid, and went on his way.

Now that he had free movement, he felt a lot more relieved. He headed down towards the artifact's exhibit, following the many people with the same intentions. ''I still have a bad feeling about all this. ''He thought to himself, folding his arms. ''Made even worse by how many people have shown up. I need to know what the deal with this ancient treasure is..''.

<p style="text-align: center;">***

Isaiah went through the ducts and hopped down into an empty room, and began to make his way to the artifact. ''I can't touch it. The power might be too much for me to handle...or it may be tainted; but I need el tug htofe eltugh to feel the radiational power of the artifact... ''He thought to himself as he slowly worked his way through the crowds.

<p style="text-align: center;">***

"Luka, Luka, Night Fever~!" the three sang in a monotone chorus, once again wearing away at Fredrick's sanity. The only think keeping him from screaming his head off was a very curvy rabbit in front of them with a nice....well it helped distract from a concert of Pon Pon Pon, Yellow, Just Be Friends, and a few other Vocaloid crap sung out of boredom.

"Next," the attendant at the counter asked for the umpteenth time that morning. It was obvious she was as bored as they were.

"Tickets for four, you know where we're going," Fredrick said, hastilly handing the woman his money before his "friends" could start up another song. Somehow they still ended up singing a (poor) version of Emi Hinouchi's "Magic" as they strolled through the large halls of the museum. Something in the stag's gut told him it was just to annoy him.

This damn rock had better be worth it he thought. <p style="text-align: center;"> * * * "I'm beginning to think this was a bad idea," the ferret muttered to the pink Rattata sitting on his shoulder.

"Ratta..."

There was still quite a line of people in front of them. The ferret was sorely tempted to sneak into the museum; a few years of sneaking into Eggman's numerous bases at the behest of Dr. Quack had been great practice. But, of course, there was always the possibility that he would be caught. And that was something he did not want to deal with.

<p style="text-align: center;">* * *

Inside the building near the artifact, a komodo dragon was leaning against a wall keeping an eye on the crowd, was wearing a combat vest marked with the G.U.N. symbol.

"Sigh, what so attractive about a damn rock, ain't like it's gonna somebody invincible"

<p style="text-align: center;">* * *

The white hedgehog's fingers drummed a pattern on the fans attached to his belt, a bored look on his face. He could see the presence of the G.U.N. agent, hence his tentative behaviour, but he knew what his master had said. He knew what this museum hid, and it's importance kept him here. With a slight gesture to raise the hood of his black jacket, he stepped back into the shadows of a side-alley, preparing himself for his task.

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Gale, exhasted from pushing through the crowd had finally reached the front of the fifth crowd he had seen only to find just another stupid picture of some old famous guy. "What the hell is with this museum? Why can't I find a stinking rock in the middle of this huge crowd." He thought out loud, he started to head back through the crowd, some giving him dirty looks as he passed. Ehen he finally exited the area he looked around suddenly noticing a sign pointing to the next room that read: "Priceless Artifacts, this way." As the grey hedgehog read it in his head he had the sudden erge to slam his head into the wall, but instead just stepped inside and continued with his crowd navigating.

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As the crowd enters the museum, a mobian Lopunny watches over them from ontop of the roof. "Hmm........" she said, "I wonder what all of the comotion?" She hops down from the roof and lands onto one of the vehichles. "Lets have a closer look." She said as she took out a pair of binoculars. "Hmm........." She spots the relic at the exibit. "Whats so special 'bout that? I guess its worth checkin out." She put the binoculars away and quickly hops towards the entrance.

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As the crowd enters the museum, a orange hedgehog spots the Lopunny and then looks at the relic. " Welp....might as well check it out..." <p style="text-align: center;">* * * A half-hour went by, and the throng of people had barely moved an inch. The ferret was trying his best to keep a cool head, but his patience was wearing quite thin.

"Oh for Ka's sake, this is absolutely ridiculous," he muttered to himself as he walked away from the others. He happened to pass by the alleyway which was right next to the museum, and looking down it, the thought of sneaking inside crossed his mind again. Getting caught was always a risk, but that risk exhilarated him; he enjoyed dangerous escapades. Looking around to make sure that no one was watching, the ferret slipped into the alleyway as quickly as he could.

<p style="text-align: center;">* * *

At last, Smash had made it into the ancient relic's exhibit. He had to push past a few people to get a clear view of it. What...what is this thing...? The relic stood on a pedestal in what appeared to be a minature altar. The lighting in the room was noticably dimmer than the rest of the museum, but there was a very faint glow around the artifact which illuminated a small radius. It gave the whole room a somewhat ominous atmosphere.

"So...This is the ancient treasure advertised all over the city." Smash folded his arms, staring uneasily at the exhibit. According to the booklet he had, a hidden power lay dormant within the ancient relic. There had to be some truth behind that; He was sensing some sort of energy from it...and that worried him.

Apallo also made it to the relic. "Hummmmm Smash? You Feel that energy?" "What enegry" asked Heidi. "I sence darkness and evil like from a bad dream but only darker....not even Hades or Kintobot could withstand this" So anyay how are ya Smash?"

Smash narrowed his eyes at the person suddenly chatting with him. "...And just who the heck are you?" He asked bluntly.

Apallo relized that he knew Smash but Smash didnt know him.... -blushed- "Um.............just a friend?"

"Not one of mine, that's for sure." He remarked. "Why do you know me?"

"I just heard about you that's all" Apallo said as he grinned.

Smash rolled his eyes away from him, slightly shaking his head. ''Oh brother. Probably another fanboy from the Blitz Pit.'' He thought.

Apallo laughed and pointed at him "Naw I just know about all of the heroes that are just in my Power Group" Its nice to meet you though"

(Did he just read his thoughts?)

"I don't know what you're talking about but I'm not involved in any kind of 'Power Group'."

(Actually, why does Apallo know him? The two have never been in the same RP before. It's one thing if he heard of him, but they definitely did not meet before.)

(Well I kinda wanted to talk to you about that but ya its better if he heard about him)

(It'd have been a better idea to talk to me ahead of time, since that could have been an awkward plot hole.)

(Sorry it was late at night when I edited so I was tired and forgot to ask)

"That's it!?" Fredrick yelled over the hushed murmor of the crowd. His yelled, emphasised by audible pants and grunts of madening boredom, echoed throughout the hall as he continued," It's a glorified glowstick!"

"He has a point," Alice said, pushing her way through the other museum goers to see if there was anything worth noting from a closer look. There wasn't. "It's just...just a..."

"A rock!" Fredrick blurted out again, quieter than before but still drawing the glares of everyone around him," I spent fourty dollars to stare at a glowing rock in a badly lit room. I've been in crypts with better lighting than this room, and the artifacts inside were much more impressive."

"I don't know..." Mazda said, stepping beside Alice, his gaze fixated upon the rock like a child with his face against the glass of a candy store," I feel some sort of power from it."

"Probably radiation," the stag replied sarcastically," I bet they just ordered this thing from some cheap Chun-Nan factory. It's probably full of lead."

Alice just rolled her eyes. As she did, she caught a hint of blue from the corner of her vision, only to find Ray slumped over asleep against one of the massive pillars in the room.

Isaiah slid his way into view of the artifact, happening to overhear Fredrick's ranting. "More to it than just radiation, I can promise you that. This relic has some sort of power emenating from it...but I wouldn't trust it on my life. It feels...dark."

Endac steps up beside Isaiah and nods "thats a bit obvious, but it still seems strange to be attracting so many people" Yuyeri folded his wings to his body and stared at the rock with his glowing eyes "it's like it's pulling people around it so it can use them." The dragon muttered something to itself while Endac kept staring at it. "Why is it so facinating though? I feel power coming from it, so strong that it's almost tainting me with darkness." Endac thought as he stared at the ominous stone.

Gale appears on the other side of the exibit, practically be swallowed by the crowd. "Uh, A little help here please?!" He said, clawing at the floor, trying to escape the crowds grip on him.

"We'll teach you not to shove us out of the way. We all wanna see the stupid rock so you shouldn't be acting all high and mighty thinking your better than us and pushing to the front. "yelled the crowd amongst many other angry voices.

Gale just rolled his eyes and looked back at his old friends. "Would one of you please get this thing off of me?" He said rather un-amused.

Endac nods without looking at Gale "Pyro, could you?". The Dragon hops his shoulder and transforms into his human form, then he grabs hold of Gale's Arm and drags him out as if he was as light as a feather dropping him on his feet, afterwards returning to his original form and Endac's shoulder. Endac nods again "any other miniscual tasks you want me to preform or would you care to join us?" he says unamused by Gale's lack of patience.

Gale thought for a moment then looked at Enda and simply said, "Oh, here's a good one." Followed by a slap to the face with a random bag. "Nothing like wacking an imbecile with a bag of sand to cheer you up in the morning." he says looking at everybody. "So, how you guys been?" *turning his center of attention to Mazda, Ray, Alice and Fredrick. <p style="text-align: center;">* * * Meanwhile, the ferret had successfully slipped into the museum's ventilation system. He was crawling Army-style while the pink Rattata rode on his head. He peered carefully through each vent, trying to find an empty room that he could jump down into; the last thing he wanted was to cause a fuss by landing on top of someone.

At last, he found a vent that dropped down into a janitorial supply closet. But he would certainly look suspicious if he just walked out the room; after all, he wasn't part of the museum's maintenance staff.

And then he had a brilliant idea. Grinning, he pulled out a Swiss Army Knife and used its blade to unscrew the vent and carefully remove it, after which he dropped down into the room. Only a few minutes later, he strode out, now dressed like a janitor. He was pulling a wheeled bucket and mop; the Rattata's muzzle could be seen poking out of it.

"It's a cliche, I'll admit, but there's no denying that it works," the ferret said to her, chuckling a bit.

"Ratta!"

And with that, she ducked down so she wouldn't be seen.

***

The two young girls make their way to the front of the line along with everyone else. "There it is!" Said the nerdy raccoon dog as she pointed to the relic, but her feline friend doesn't seem interested is the relic. "Yeah, that's nice." Said the pink cat beast. "I'm hungry, and bored." She added with a groan. "Come on," said the raccoon dog, "we just got here."

***

Meanwhile, the ferret had finally found the room containing the relic; it wasn't hard to spot due to the large group of people hanging around. He walked around, trying to get a clear view without having to shove past anyone.

"Damn, that's a lot of people," he mumbled. Pushing the wheeled bucket against a corner of the room, he picked up the pink Rattata and hid her in his shirt, crossing his arms over his chest and hoping that no one would notice the weird bulge she made. He then proceeded to carefully ease his way past the crowd, pressing himself against the wall as he went.

<p style="text-align: center;">***

Corsin stood in the back of the room imaptiently waiting for something to happen. "Come on...this is so boring just seeing a bunch of bafoons staring at a stupid rock. Why can't some one just bust though the roof guns blazing shooting everyone just get it?" He muttered to himself annoyed. The little Teddiursa spirit next to him stared past the crowds at the stone in wonder. "Maybe it's attracting people, so it can do something. You know, make a show out of it, like you would." Said the spirit in almost a child like wondering manner. Corsin gave a mischevious smirk and an irritated chuckle "Yeah maybe, but if it were me, i wouldn't need anybodies help in stopping whatever happened, i'm strong that way. Stupid heroes rely on others, but i can do it myself." The teddiursa shakes his head irritably and with obvious dissapointment "You can be a real jerk, ya know Core?" It then returns to staring at the relic.

***

The lopunny makes her way to the entrance of the exhibit, but she notices the large crowd. "Damn," she said, "I didnt know there would be THIS many people here, I gotta find another way in." She stops and thinks for minute, and then hops back up to the roof. She looks around and notices the air vent. "Hah!" She then quickly crawls her way in.

***

Using the psychic powers he had stolen, the white hedgehog simply removed himself from people's vision with a simple psychic command. The rock was within his line-of-sight. As soon as closing time came, it would be his.