Anime Trigamon: New Story(Trigamon.getFull(THIS));
SceneList[] = new Scene[(infinism)];
Narrator myNarrator = new(THIS);
Narrator: This tale begins in a world that many of us know only too well. Personally, I'm not so familiar with it. As dimensions shift in space, were forced to find our way; what was once impossible could become everyday. But the finding of this way is not something one does with might, or with power, but with…
@QST.Calendar: []
New Scene(Benjy is dreaming...)
Benjy enters his room while a thunderstorm rages outside. Benjy reaches for the light-switch (by the door) and flips it, but the light fails to turn on. He looks at it curiously, then tries to turn on his lamp. This also fails, but Benjy tries twice more just to be sure. Benjy then scans the room.
Benjy: Power must be out.
QST.camera synchronizes with Benjy's field of vision as he scans his room: this reveals that Benjy's room contains a large number of obsolete computers and computer equipment, as well as a few plants. After about 8 seconds, the room is illuminated a bit by lightning, and it's revealed that someone left Benjy chocolates on his pillow.
#1408_Reference
QST.camera de-synchronizes with Benjy's field of vision as he removes the chocolates from his pillow and places them on his desk. Lightning flashes again, illuminating Benjy's whiteboard, and revealing that someone has written "The Cake is a Lie" over and over again on it.
Benjy sees this, and goes over to erase it. After erasing for a few seconds, lightning flashes again, showing that the message won't come off that easily.
Benjy: …Erk. Must be wet-erase?
Benjy leaves his room, and a moment later returns with a wet paper towel, and this time is successful in wiping off the markings. Benjy then pulls out a hand-powered flashlight and silently opens his closet door. He shines the flashlight inside, the beam lands on a girl.
Benjy: Lana…
The girl turns around in shock.
Lana: Oh, hi Benjy…
Lana: How'd you know it was me?
Benjy: Because you're the only one who would do this kind of thing.
Lana: Are you sure about that?
Benjy: I've been in class with you since Junior High. And I know about your little tunnel leading into my closet.
Benjy: Bob discovered it when we repainted Rachel's room. His stud-finder found that the wall was weak where there should have been a support beam. He pushed it and it collapsed.
Lana: I didn't take out any support beams…
Benjy: I know, the termites did that.
A shriek from the tunnel: Termites?!
Benjy: You in there too, Alexandra?!
???: …
Benjy: All the termites are dead, we had the exterminator take care of it… And the stuff is non-toxic…
Lana: Then how does it kill termites?
Benjy: …to humans, Lana. To humans.
Alexandra pokes her head out of the tunnel and begins to climb out.
Alexandra: Benjy, your eyes are glowing…
Lana: He's an alien, Alexandra. I told you.
Benjy: That's the flashlight.
Alexandra: No, your eyes are really glowing!
Lana: He's an alien. They also leave glow-in-the-dark footprints.
To emphasize her point, Lana nods her head slowly and eerily, as if to hypnotize both Benjy and Alexandra. Benjy quickly excuses himself, and walks to the bathroom, but fails to realize that the light he is seeing by is not that of his flashlight.
QST.camera follows Benjy around the corner into the bathroom, where he looks in a mirror to find rainbow-colored lights around the edges of his eyes. Benjy tries to wipe the lights away with a damp washcloth, then shakes his head and returns to his room.
Alexandra: Any idea what it is? Lana, don't say he's an alien.
Benjy: It's probably something in the water. We should probably all lie down…
Alexandra: Huh?
Lana: Benjy…
Benjy flinches, but doesn't turn red.
Benjy: Freudian slip, Lana. Get some rest I mean.
Benjy flops down on his bed, and Lana and Alexandra approach Benjy's window to watch the storm. Lightning dances about making odd arcs in the sky. With the sky illuminated by lightning they are able to see around Benjy's room with only minor difficulty.
Alexandra: What's that box?
Benjy: ?
Benjy looks up at the box that Alexandra is pointing to.
Benjy: The RAM I ordered must've arrived… I suppose I shouldn't leave that sitting around…
Alexandra watches Benjy as Benjy opens the case of the Powermac G3 (Blue & White). To Benjy's surprise a golden (or at least gold painted) Gameboy-esque object lies inside the case.
Millennium Gameboy Advance Outside (unfolded)
Millennium Gameboy Advance Inside (unfolded)
Alexandra: What is that?
Benjy: No idea.
Benjy takes the device out, and hands it to Alexandra to investigate.
Alexandra: It's got [C] and [D] buttons…
Lana and Alexandra examine the device, Alexandra turning it over in her hands, then she powers the device on. The odd, macintosh-like noise that it makes diverts Lana's attention from the window. QST.camera focuses on the device's screen as it is flooded by strange characters.
Benjy.offscreen: Looks like a kernel panic.
Finally the device displays: "Where am I?" QST.camera now zooms out a little ways to show Benjy, Lana, and Alexandra.
Benjy: You're… It looks like it already has a game in it.
Lana: It's also got a chain on it.
Alexandra: Like a necklace!
Lana: Benjy should wear it.
Lana puts the chain around Benjy's neck in a necklace manner, and a boy who distinctly resembles Benjy appears on the screen. Lana quickly takes it from him and tries it on. An animated version of her appears as well. Lana puts the chain back around Benjy's neck.
Lana: It looks better on you.
Benjy: Uh…
Lightning cracks and thunder rumbles outside the window. In her peripheral vision, Alexandra notices that the device is brighter, and draws everyones attention to it. The device now only displays two words: "Don't panic." The lightning jumps closer to the ground and the device begins to glow slightly.
Spirit: That's not natural lightning.
Benjy: You think so?
Benjy looks around to see no one but Lana and Alexandra.
Benjy: Am I hearing voices?
Lana: We heard it too.
Alexandra: Benjy, behind you!
Benjy turns to face a shadowy mirror of himself.
Spirit: Um, hello?
Benjy: !
Alexandra: It's just like in Yu-Gi-Oh! with Yugi and Yami Yugi. There's Benjy and Yami Benjy!
Yami Benjy: Do you know our coordinates?
Lana: Coordinates?
Benjy: You mean where and when we are?
Yami Benjy: Yes, I'd like to know that.
Lana: Who are you?
Yami Benjy: Not entirely sure.
Alexandra: Also like Pharaoh Atem in Yu-Gi-Oh! He lost his memory!
Yami Benjy: Atem you say…
Alexandra: Does it sound familiar?! (excited)
Yami Benjy: Maybe, I–
*Loud noise as lightning strikes ever closer to Benjy's room.*
Yami Benjy: Perhaps we better focus on the problem at hand though…
Benjy: This house is grounded.
Yami Benjy: That's not natural lightning.
Lana: How do you know that?
Lightning flashes taking the shape of a serpentine dragon.
Lana: OK, I–
Benjy: That had better be coincidence! I'm going to calculate the chance…
Benjy takes out a calculator and enters some numbers but is puzzled by the answer. Benjy types in 2+2 and is given 1.31.
Benjy: What th–
*CRACK*
Lightning hits the window, destroying it in a shower of glass. Lana and Benjy flinch, and close their eyes (at which time QST.camera goes black), then open them to find themselves (with Alexandra) inside an orb of golden light. The device is shining brightly enough to illuminate the entire room. With another CRACK, the lightning strikes the orb, but the orb refuses to give. Still, Lana dives behind Benjy.
In the midst of the golden light being emitted, the device suddenly sends out a blue pulse. This time, when the lightning strikes the blue light, and there is a massive flash, and then a crack, as the lightning shoots out of the room, back outside where it explodes in a massive, ear-wrenching CRACK! Then silence, save for the sound of the rain on the roof.
Alexandra: What else can you do?
Yami Benjy: I don't know…
Yami Benjy looks around as lightning still cracks outside, but nowhere near where they are.
Yami Benjy: If you don't mind, I'm kind of sleepy… If it's not too much to ask, *yawn* research this "Atem" guy for me.
Benjy: Atem is make-believe…
Lana: I don't think that matters.
Lana: What will you tell your mom?
Benjy: You mean, what will you tell my–
*Be-beep* *Be-beep*
New Scene()
@Temporal = Mid-Afternoon
Benjy is sleeping at his desk (in his room) with his head down, and is awakened by his clock beeping and flashing "12:00" signaling that there has been a power outage. It is mid afternoon, and the rain is streaming down his window. A Chikorita sleeps on Benjy's bed, snoring soundly. Benjy's clock turns to 12:01, then the power goes out again. Despite the rainstorm, it is still light enough to see easily.
Benjy turns his chair around and looks at Chikorita sleeping peacefully. Next to him (Chikorita), a white miniature poodle is also resting. Both look up when Benjy turns to face them.
Benjy: What was I going to do, what was I going to do… Right before I fell asleep.
Benjy glances along the shelves in his room, looking for something to jog his memory. His gaze eventually falls on a pile of books and CDs.
Benjy: Oh, that's right! Library books!
Benjy gazes up towards his window and hesitates seeing the uninviting weather.
Benjy: Where's my raincoat?
A voice now calls out to Benjy from offscreen, in another room:
Benjy's mother: Benjy, you're not going out in that weather.
Benjy: Yes, I am! The books are due tomorrow; darn it!
Benjy's mother: No, your not. I've heard that birds have been going crazy lately.
Benjy: That doesn't change the fact that the books are due, nor does it change the fact that Alex has her play tonight, and I promised her I'd be there.
Benjy's mother: But it does change the fact that you're going out. Alex said that she won't be offended if you can't make it.
Benjy: That doesn't change anything.
Benjy's mother: Yes it does.
Benjy: No it doesn't.
Benjy's mother: Yes it does.
Benjy: Yes it does.
Benjy's mother: No it doesn't.
Benjy: Then it's settled.
#Loony_Toons_Reference
As Benjy looks around for his shoes and puts them on, both Chikorita and the poodle look up at him expectantly.
Benjy: Sorry you guys, the library doesn't allow pets…
Chikorita takes this opportunity to leap off of the bed into Benjy's arms. Benjy catches him as he nuzzles into Benjy's arms.
Benjy: And I understand why mom's so concerned. Raccoons in the trash is one thing, but imaginary creatures like pokémon is entirely different. But still, it's from what once was a work of fiction, so when you get birds acting like they're in Hitchcock's "Birds", you assume the entire story became true. But there probably is a saner answer.
Benjy sighs, and gets out his backpack, and places the books inside of it, and then Chikorita inside of it as well.
Benjy: In the Nintendo games, grass types were weak to flying types. I have no idea if that holds true in the real world, but I'm not taking any chances.
Benjy takes the golden gameboy-like device (that he found in the dream section) off it's hook on the wall, silently worrying what his mom would do with it given the opportunity. He then puts the chain around his neck and tucks the device under his coat.
Benjy: I really have no idea what she's thinking–the government has better things to do than genetically engineering pokémon, especially when they're several trillion dollars in the red. Either that, or President Colbert's got a really bizarre re-election strategy.
*Be-beep* *Be-beep*
Benjy turns to see that the clock is back on, flashing "12:00" again.
Benjy: …
Benjy looks around his room again, to see that the dog has gone back to sleep, sprawled out on the bed where Chikorita was lying. Inside Benjy's backpack, Chikorita looks upset.
Refresh Scene()
Benjy walks out of his room and down the hall past his brother's room where his brother is working on homework.
Josh quickly starts to gather his things together as Chikorita meows eagerly from inside Benjy's backpack.
New Scene()
@Weather = Rain
QST.camera starts at 20 feet above the ground. Benjy and Josh are walking down a sidewalk next to a semi-busy street. Chikorita walks at Benjy's heels under an umbrella that Benjy carries, sniffing things as he (Chikorita) goes. Chikorita doesn't pull on his leash though as his desire to stay dry outweighs his curiosity. He stops to sniff a fire hydrant, then recoils in disgust and confusion. Shortly thereafter, a passing dog takes this opportunity to mark the hydrant.
I'm envisioning this to take place on the corner of Springer Road and Miramonte near the Blossom Valley Shopping Center in Mountain View, CA.
As Benjy and Josh wait for the light, the camera zooms up to show the roof of a nearby gas station, lined neatly with crows staring ominously at Benjy and Josh.
Josh: Man, this light is taking forever. What are the odds of that?
Benjy: Probably one hundred percent, unless the stop lights run some kind of random number generator. How long does this light usually take?
Josh: I dunno.
Yami Benjy: He's onto something. Something doesn't feel the same today.
Benjy: Different from any other time you've been with us?
Yami Benjy: Exactly. Something is…
A cawing sound cuts off Yami Benjy's thought, and Benjy peers out above his umbrella to see the crows suddenly dive-bomb at him. Benjy and Josh shield themselves with their umbrellas, and try to shoe away the other crows that are suddenly attacking them.
Benjy: Ow! Stop it!
Josh: Stupid birds!
Chikorita smashes two crows that have started to attack it. While the crows have a significant advantage, the damage Chikorita inflicts with only a couple of attacks shows that the crows aren't accustomed to it's style of fighting.
Josh: Yow!
Josh knocks away a crow with a swing of his arm, and Benjy sends the crows flying off of his umbrella, such that they now loose their footing and are forced to circle around the three of them in the air. Suddenly, they charge.
Under Benjy's raincoat, the Millennium Gameboy Advance glows brightly. The Eye of Anubis appears on Benjy's forehead and his body becomes cloaked in golden light. (This happens while the crows are in flight)
Before the crows can strike, a flash of golden light cloaks Benjy and his brother, and expands striking the crows. The crows look around puzzled, and then quickly fly off as if they just lost their memory. The Eye of Anubis on Benjy's forehead now disappears, and the Millennium Gameboy Advance shines slightly.
Josh: Wow…
Benjy: Josh, lets go!
The light has changed and Benjy and Josh hurry across the street, with Chikorita at Benjy's heels. As Benjy and Josh walk down streets, (their entire journey isn't shown) birds line up on the tops of buildings, malevolently staring down at cars.
New Scene()
Benjy and Josh begin to approach the library by crossing a park, QST.camera goes back to an overhead view showing some birds staring at them from atop a nearby building, staring at them and waiting. The rain is now slowly letting up.
Chikorita suddenly starts growling at something neither Benjy nor Josh can see. Benjy stands and carefully scans the area that Chikorita is growling at. One second later (real time), a heron shoots at Benjy, beak extended like a javelin. Benjy swings his umbrella in it's way, knocking the heron to the ground, where it turns and prepares to charge again. The MGBA emits another energy pulse and the heron suddenly looks confused, and begins to fly away.
Benjy: Come on, Josh! Lets get inside!
Josh: You don't need to tell me twice.
Benjy, Josh, and Chikorita make a b-line for the library doors, and suddenly a carpet of various birds starts to descend upon them. The MGBA sends out energy pulses, causing parts of the swarm to disperse, but it isn't enough to disperse the whole swarm, and all three run inside the library, taking refuge inside the library doors. Some birds fly around excitedly outside, while others sit on ledges staring intently.
Benjy picks up Chikorita, putting him into his backpack, before going over to the return counter to return things. Benjy nervously looks back at the birds outside and cringes, as all of these birds are glaring malevolently. Most of the library patrons that were paying attention just watch the mess in confusion, but an elderly gentleman goes out of his way to make sure that they are alright.
Benjy: Yeah, we are…
Gentleman: Never seen them act like that…
Benjy goes over to return his books to the library's automatic check-in window. As he does, an elderly lady is seen bothering other patrons.
Elderly Lady: I've never seen anything like that! (background comment)
The patron quickly brushes her off, causing her to turn to Benjy.
Elderly Lady: What did you kids do?!
Benjy continues returning his books, then looks at the elderly lady.
Benjy: I didn't do anything.
Benjy starts backing away from the woman slowly, leaving the books that he's returning. Once he's about a foot away, the lady takes one of his not-yet-returned books and starts waving it at him.
Elderly Lady: Birds just don't attack people like that! What did you do to them?!
Benjy: Uh, that's some conclusion you jumped to, ma'am.
Josh meanwhile backs away from Benjy. The elderly lady now grabs Benjy by the shoulder and shouts, "What did you do?!" Benjy knocks her hand away, but she grabs at him again, this time she is stopped by the librarian, who scolds the elderly lady for shouting in a library; leaving the elderly lady speechless.
Benjy: Excuse me, that's mine.
The elderly lady throws the book at Benjy before storming off. Benjy quickly slips back to returning his books, then slips upstairs. As Benjy ascends the staircase, the elderly lady shouts at him to get back, but Benjy ignores her and continues moving.
Refresh Scene()
Benjy is seated on a chair facing away from the window, outside of which birds are swarming wildly. Chikorita is resting on his leg.
Benjy: Son of a monkey…
Yami Benjy: Odd, isn't it.
Benjy: Beyond odd…
Yami Benjy: You sure these odd things started happening when you–
Benjy: Right when we first met. That was the first time I'd seen anything like…
Benjy picks up the book on D (programming language) off of the table that he was reading and skims the page, before turning it.
Benjy: Still not what I'm looking for. How do I build a GUI in Sapphire? It's supposed to be really easy from what I hear from Isabelle.
Benjy gets up, picking up the book and returning it to the shelf. From there he scans the books on D.
Benjy: Let's see, creating graphics in C++… Java Swing… Nothing on Sapphire…
In the distance, a scream is heard, and Benjy looks up. On the ground by his feet, Chikorita bristles his hair. Cautiously, Benjy peers out into the main aisle.
Benjy: Where did that come from…?
The battle cry of a seagull reverberates, as it shoots at him like a rocket, shattering the library window with a rock in it's beak. Chikorita flings a razor leaf into it, and the gull flinches, temporarily knocked off track. The MGBA emits a pulse of light as the gull charges at him again, and the gull flees immediately.
Yami Benjy: Take a look at that!
Benjy: Where!
Yami Benjy: Outside!
A giant circle of assorted birds fly in the sky, seeing the hole in the window, the birds dive at the library, targeting windows and descending in waves. Benjy braces himself, staring in horror.
Yami Benjy: Actually, can I handle this?
Benjy: You mean "May I?"
The Millennium Gameboy Advance glows brightly. The Eye of Anubis appears on Benjy's forehead and his body becomes cloaked in golden light.
Benjy: You ready for…
Birds shatter the windows in an avalanche of glass, and burst into the building.
Yami Benjy: Chikorita! Razor leaf!
Chikorita launches a huge blast of razor leaves at the birds, but one bird zooms at Yami Benjy from behind. Just in time, one of the librarians yanks him out of the way. Backing down the hallway, birds fly at Yami Benjy, the librarian, and another patron. Yami Benjy is suddenly pulled backwards out of the way of the birds by someone behind him. Yami Benjy quickly looks back to see an elderly man holding onto his shirt collar.
Elderly Man: Haven't seen this kind of damage since October '89!
Middle-Aged Lady: I take it you haven't watched much hockey then.
Suddenly the lights go out, leaving the top floor of the library in darkness, save for the light of the (early) evening coming in through the windows and cracks in the ceiling. Benjy takes advantage of the darkness to look for cover.
Librarian(♀): They must've hit the wires!
Elderly Man: Someone's there!
Librarian(♀): Who is it?
Yami Benjy: IDENTIFY YOURSELF!
Middle-Aged Lady: Before we call the police!
For about one second, there is no reply. Then voices call out from the darkness:
???f: Standby for drama!
???m: And possibly trauma!
???f: To protect, every species, from devastation;
???m: To inform, an entire, civilization;
???f: To renounce the horror of your so-called love;
???m: We'll stop you from even harming a bug;
Elderly Man: Who do they think they are? (whisper)
Middle-Aged Lady: Must've wandered onto some kind of set… (whisper)
Doe: Doe…
A single light turns on, acting as a spotlight onto a young woman, approximately 22, holding a camellia in her hand.
John: And John…
Another light turns on, acting as a spotlight onto a young man next to Doe, approximately 22, with a parrot on his wrist.
Doe: PETA is here, saving the night;
John: Surrender, or flee in terror and fright;
Parrot: Polly! That's right!
Librarian(♀): Surrender?! Your psycho birds started attacking us!
John: They aren't our birds.
Doe: We're here to make sure that whomever is responsible for this pays the appropriate only price.
John: Hold on, what's that thing around his neck?
Doe: I don't know, but I bet it's what we came for.
Doe addresses Yami Benjy.
Doe: You in the striped pants, hand over that thing around your neck!
QST.camera shifts to Yami Benjy.
Yami Benjy: …
John: Polly, retrieve that for us will you?
Polly: Aye-aye captain!
With a squawk, Polly takes flight from Doe's wrist straight at Yami Benjy. Chikorita's eyes track polly, and he lets out a low growl. As Polly approaches, Chikorita attacks it with a razor leaf, knocking Polly out of the air with a squawk. On the ground, Polly and Chikorita now circle each other.
Doe: Polly, peck it!
Peck does moderate damage to Chikorita.
Yami Benjy: Alright Chikorita–
Benjy: Wait! Real animals shouldn't fight each other! They'll just get hurt! You need to get Chikorita out of there!
Yami Benjy: Sorry, I don't see that as an effective option.
Polly rushes at Chikorita, who fires razor leaves at Polly. Having taken too much damage, Polly crashes to the ground unconscious in mid flight. Chikorita walks back over to Yami Benjy, who looks around nervously to see rows of birds spectating the battle. Chikorita jumps into Yami Benjy's arms nervously, and suddenly the birds charge. Yami Benjy moves his arms to shield himself, but he is pulled away by the elderly gentleman. The birds charge towards PETA too, forcing them to take off.
New Cutscene()
John: This isn't good! Don't they realize we're on their side!
Doe: Use your jetpack!
John and Doe reveal their jetpacks and use them to keep ahead of the birds, but this only lasts for a few moments: some birds of prey catch up to them and bump levers on their jetpacks as they start to attack.
John: Did they just–
With a tremendous burst of energy, John and Doe shoot through the library roof and vanish into the sky.
Yami Benjy is pulled around the corner into an aisle, where the birds don't let up their pursuit of him. The sheer number of charging birds is enough to knock Yami Benjy out of the elderly man's grasp and through the window, which shatters in a Hollywood-esque explosion of plexiglass, leaving Benjy's spirit speechless.
Yami Benjy grabs a branch of the tree directly outside the library to prevent himself from falling, and slowly pulls himself up onto the branch while swatting away pidgeons.
Library Intercom: In case you were not aware, most of the local avian wildlife have gone on a homicidal rampage, so it is critical that you remain calm and–
The intercom is drowned out by a shriek of terror (Yami Benjy covers his ears), which fades after a couple seconds. Then from the ground a voice calls up to Yami Benjy:
Josh: Benjy!
Yami Benjy: Josh?
Josh: How'd you get up there?!
Yami Benjy: I–
Yami Benjy has to stop talking in order to maintain his balance and fight off the birds that are becoming increasingly more aggressive. Yami Benjy moves his hands like blades (when he's not holding onto things) and his hands when used this way glow with a blue aura. Chikorita helps too by hurling leaves at attacking birds. On the ground, Josh backs up as he also has to fight off birds.
Yami Benjy: This doesn't look like it will end well.
Benjy: What do you mean?
Yami Benjy: Can't keep fighting them all like this…
Benjy: But I thought you can just return them to normal–with those pulses of light…
Yami Benjy: This time there are way too many. I don't have enough power.
Benjy: Then let me at them!
Yami Benjy: But I don't have enough power.
Benjy: What kind of power?
Yami Benjy: I don't know…
Benjy: Well one of us has to deal with them!
Yami Benjy: But you don't have enough power either!
Benjy: I don't need power!
The Millennium Gameboy Advance pulses with a small amount of energy.
Yami Benjy: What are you doing?!
Benjy: Silly AI just gives up.
Benjy: It's not about might! It's not about power! It's spirit! Spirit alone!
Yami Benjy: …
Benjy: If you're the one with the ability to do something, then it's up to you to do it! Now!
Yami Benjy: Spirit?
Benjy: Just watch me–
Yami Benjy: No, let me…
Benjy: I thought you said…
Yami Benjy swats one last bird away as the MGBA pulses with light. Yami Benjy leans back against the tree truck in order to concentrate on the MGBA. The glow intensifies and expands in a rapidly growing sphere of orange light, which explodes in a massive energy burst once it gets to a certain size. Immediately after this, birds around them return to their normal behavior, and many begin to fly away.
As the light fades Yami Benjy is left standing on the tree branch, slightly spent.
Benjy: Can't believe that worked?!
*Loud noise, megaphone sound*
Do to his slightly dazed state, this is enough to make Yami Benjy fall off the tree branch and take a tumble into some bushes. Josh comes running over asking if (Yami) Benjy is okay. He is cut off mid-sentence when the following is heard:
Doomsayer: THIS IS A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT. PEOPLE OF PLANET EARTH, HEAR THIS WARNING. THE END IS NEAR. REPENT NOW, AND YOU WILL BE ABLE TO ASCEND TO GOD'S GLORIOUS KINGDOM.
Yami Benjy gets slowly to his feet and looks around to see a young man with a megaphone on the top of a firetruck.
Josh: If I had a penny for every time I've heard those words, I'd have enough money to stop any apocalypse. Well okay, maybe just buy a pet frog. (mumble)
Doomsayer: YOU HAVE ONLY SEEN THE BEGINNING. TODAY THE WILDLIFE TURNED, TOMORROW THE SEAS WILL RUN RED WITH THE BLOOD OF THE DAMMED.
Young Man: Or food coloring! Trollolololol!!!
Doomsayer: WILL ANYONE VOUCH FOR THE SOUL OF THIS POOR MAN?
Josh: Come on Benjy, let's get out of here.
The Millennium Gameboy Advance glows brightly.
Benjy: Couldn't have said it better myself.
Benjy and Josh begin to make their way through the crowd.
Doomsayer: WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING?
Doomsayer: HEY YOU IN THE STRIPED PANTS! WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING?
Benjy turns around to stare at the boy with the megaphone.
Benjy: Home?
Doomsayer: AND NEGLECT YOUR DUTY?!
People in the crowd turn to face Benjy, who is backing up slowly and nervously.
Benjy: What?
Doomsayer: YOU CAN PERFORM MIRACLES! DO NOT BE MODEST, AND COME ACCEPT YOUR FATE. JOIN OUR LORD AND SAVIOR: JESUS–
Benjy looks down at the Millennium Gameboy Advance.
Benjy: Um– I need to be going…
An elderly African-American woman walks over to him, repeating the word "lordy" over and over again. She attempts to put a hand on Benjy's shoulder, but Benjy pulls away.
African-American Woman: Son, it's your calling.
The woman extends her arm, and Chikorita snaps at her, bitting her hand. She screams and stumbles backwards.
Benjy: Uh–Sorry, he can get a bit defensive… We really have to go!
Benjy pushes through part of the crowd to where Josh is.
Suddenly, a huge blast of noise shakes Benjy and Josh, as well as everyone around them.
Doomsayer: AND TO THINK I MISTOOK YOU FOR THE LORD'S CHOSEN. YOU WERE CHOSEN, WEREN'T YOU?
Benjy isn't given time to reply:
Doomsayer: CHOSEN BY THE DEVIL!
Gasps are heard from the crowd. Someone hurls a soda can at Benjy, which Chikorita fires a razor leaf at, slicing it in two. A young lady then charges Benjy, and the Millennium Gameboy Advance makes a shield that reacts explosively, knocking her away. (She falls on her bottom)
Yami Benjy: Good guess, but not correct. They call me a scientist.
A gasp goes up from the immediate crowd and some people faint. A cheer also arrises from other parts of the crowd.
Yami Benjy: And the evidence suggests that you belong in a padded room.
Josh: Benjy…
Yami Benjy: As for the birds, it's probably some abnormal…
(Yami Benjy searches for words)
Benjy: Electromagnetic radiation.
Yami Benjy: …Electromagnetic radiation.
Doomsayer: The birds are back to normal you say?!
Some birds fly over the crowd, acting completely normal.
Doomsayer: NATURE ITSELF HAS TURNED IT'S BACK ON MANKIND!
Lady: It's humankind! You sexist neanderthal!
Doomsayer: IGNORE THE PEANUT GALLERY! WE HAVE GOD ON OUR SIDE!
Police have now shown up, and people are beginning to leave the crowd, now that the birds seem to no longer pose a threat. This leaves a clear path between Yami Benjy and the doomsayer on the fire engine, giving the doomsayer a clear view of the Millennium Gameboy Advance.
Doomsayer: No wonder:
(As the doomsayer thinks, he makes a reference to the bible trying to turn the Millennium Gameboy Advance into a demonic device; we a the writers have yet to figure out what this will be).
Doomsayer: A "scientist" huh, that's just a code way of saying…
Doomsayer: YOU'RE A DEMON!!!
Yami Benjy: What's a demon?
QST.camera zooms out a little ways to get a better view of the exchange.
Doomsayer: DON'T PLAY DUMB!
Yami Benjy: What are you talking about?!
Doomsayer: ENOUGH OF THIS!
The doomsayer takes a pokéball from his pocket.
Doomsayer: HONEST! You've now been chosen!
The doomsayer tosses the poké ball into the crowd, where it opens with a burst of light, and the duel spirit "Honest" emerges causing the crowd to back up.
Yami Benjy: A duel spirit.
Doomsayer: Smite him with dazzling gleam!
Honest charges energy, and people get out of the way. Honest fires the energy beam at Yami Benjy, but Yami Benjy sidesteps the blast. Chikorita darts in front of Yami Benjy, waving it's leaf angrily.
Chikorita: Chi-ko!
Yami Benjy: Looks like we have a battle…
Benjy: I honestly don't know what to do right now…
Yami Benjy: Then leave it to me!
Doomsayer: YOU WILL BE DESTROYED!
Honest begins to charge energy.
Yami Benjy: Light screen go!
Chikorita waves his leaf and a barrier appears in front of it as Honest fires dazzling gleam. Chikorita is only slightly damaged.
Yami Benjy: Leech seed!
Chikorita crouches down under the barrier and Honest bends down to target it. Chikorita uses this opportunity to spit a leech seed in Honest's face. Honest fires dazzling gleam, doing moderate damage to Chikorita.
Yami Benjy: Synthesis!
Chikorita heals with synthesis, and the doomsayer mocks him being unable to do damage, then orders Honest to use dazzling gleam again.
Yami Benjy: Chikorita!
Chikorita sets up another light screen, and the damage from dazzling gleam proves to be negligible. The doomsayer doesn't seem to realize this until Honest has performed a couple more attacks.
Doomsayer: WHAT IN HIS NAME IS GOING ON?!
Yami Benjy: Leech seed is draining Honest's energy. Dazzling gleam, as well as all of Honest's other attacks are beginning to lose power.
Doomsayer: This can't be!
The doomsayer looks up and sees that it's starting to rain.
Yami Benjy: And now for an actual attack. Chikorita, magical leaf!
Doomsayer: ?!
Chikorita jumps out from behind the light screen and hurls magical leaf attacks at Honest. The first few don't seem to do much though.
Doomsayer: Now! Hit it with dazzling…
Honest's dazzling gleam fizzes out before it can be launched. A few more magical leaves and Honest crashes to the ground in a faint.
Doomsayer: …
The rain falls harder, and Yami Benjy puts on the hood of his raincoat as thunder rumbles in the sky.
Doomsayer: Honest, return!
Holding out Honest's poké ball, the doomsayer recalls Honest.
Doomsayer: COME OUT, SHINING–
Suddenly, a giant lightning bolt shoots down from the clouds and strikes the doomsayer, traveling through his body and the fire engine to the ground. The doomsayer is knocked unconscious, and falls off the fire engine, where he is caught by quick-acting paramedics.
Josh: Oh my god…
Over the next minute, police begin to break up the crowd.
???: Benjy! Josh!
The Millennium Gameboy Advance glows. Benjy and Josh look around to see a man with a blue car waving to them.
Benjy: Dad!
Benjy's Dad: Your mom asked me to pick you guys up on my way home. I've been listening to your battle on the radio.
Benjy looks around to see a TV crew packing up.
Josh: We… were… on…
Benjy's Dad: And that wasn't the only prophet of doom. I heard about nine others on the radio.
Josh: Nine?!
Benjy: There were only nine?
Benjy's Dad: I'm sure there were more, they were just all that NPR covered.
Benjy: What about your book?
Josh: They didn't have it…
Josh gets into their father's car.
Benjy's Dad: You coming too?
Benjy: I promised Alex I'd see her play.
Benjy's Dad: Alright, just promise me that you won't have any crazy adventures.
Benjy looks towards the sky.
Benjy: I can't promise that.
Benjy's Dad: Alright then.
Benjy: But I really, really, wish I could…
Benjy's dad gets into the car and he drives home with Benjy's brother. Benjy waves, then turns and heads off towards the Center for Performing Arts.
