"Freeze!" Katie heard Cecil's amplified voice. Looking around, Katie could make out four or five vans, all bearing the A.E.I.O.U. crest. Katie sweatdropped *big time*, and one of the elite A.E.I.O.U. commandos was there to catch it in a sterilized jar. Katie stepped back involuntarily and fell into a manhole. The A.E.I.O.U. did that eerie simultaneous blink. "That I would not have expected. AFTER HER!" Four fifths of the A.E.I.O.U. jumped into their vans and took off, heading to try and get ahead of Katie. The remaining A.E.I.O.U. rushed for the manhole. Katie was trying to stay afloat in the muck as she was swept down the sewers at neck-breaking speeds, getting repeatedly slammed into the sides of the sewers. The A.E.I.O.U. had no chance of catching her. ------------- /|(*)_(*)|\ ------------- PROJECT CHIBIFICATION Created by Lady Brick This part written by Zack Hibiki Part four - plot-contrivance/sort-a filler part ------------- //*(^_^)*\\ ------------- Meanwhile, Frank was pulling his 1991 Honda Civic into his driveway. He sighed as he got out and headed into his modest sized house. He opened the front door, tossed his coat onto the back of a chair, and headed for the kichin. Then he walked up to the refrigerator door and read the note pinned to it: Sorry. Big deal in Seattle! Will be back in four days! Seya, Sallis ^_^V Frank sighed and tossed his mask onto the table. Then he put on the kettle. "Looks like instant ramen tonight..." he muttered to no one but himself. -------------- /(|^_^|)\ --------------- Thomas sighed. He looked up. "Great. Something is clogging pipe two. I'll get it, Keith." he said as he stood to his full eight-foot height. "Thanks, Thomas! You're the best, man!" Keith exclaimed as Thomas turned to the side and ducked out the door. Thomas walked along the causeway over the pit of raw sewage. He reached the end of the causeway and walked along the concrete over to the cover of Drain#2. He extended his big hand down into the drain and grasped the object clogging the drain. As he pulled it out, he gasped. "Oh my. Now this was unexpected. Just like Frank..." He shook off the little girl he held in his hand gently and carefully carried her back across the causeway. "Keith, would you cover for me?" Thomas asked as he ducked his head through the doorway. "Something came up." "Huh... but... yeah, sure. It's the least I can do after all the times you covered for me," Keith answered with a smile. "Just one thing. Why?" "Well... you see... umm..." Thomas stuttered. "It's a girl, right? You're lucky. Now get out of here! See you in two Days!" Keith said, waving at Thomas, then going back the monitor. Thomas shrugged. ~Well, that is sorta the truth.~ Thomas carefully walked down the hall and eventually ended up out side the locker rooms. ~Better call frank and see if he knows her.~ Thomas walked over to a payphone and picked it up. After dialing, he waited. Eventually... ""hello, you have reached"" *click* ""sorry, forgot that was on. who's calling?"" "Hey, Frank! It's Thomas!" ""Long time. So, why are you calling so late?"" "well, I found a girl clogging Drain #2. Considering that she is SD, I assumed you would know something about her." ""Katie? Oh, great. The A.E.I.O.U must have set a trap. But it looks like she got away. Look, Thomas... take care of her. But get her out of there as soon as possible. They're after her. You know, the otaku force."" "Great. I will. We'll be out of here as soon as she rinses off. Come over to my house tomorrow and pick her up. I have classes." ""Sure"" "Oy. She is starting to wake. Seya ya tomorrow! Bye!" ""Bye."" Thomas hung up and walked over to where Katie was laying down. He crouched down and looked at her. Katie's eyes fluttered open. And then she screamed. "AHHH! Who are you?!?" she shrieked, flattening herself into the back of the couch. Thomas blinked. "Oh. Sorry. Some times I forget about my appearance. I'm Thomas. And don't worry. I won't hurt you. I'm a friend of SD Karmen. I don't have time to go into it, but the A.E.I.O.U are after you. I'll take you to some place safe where you can hide out. But first, and no offense, you smell. And so do I. I'm gonna go rinse off in the mens' locker room. The womans' locker room is through there. You go rinse off also. I'll meet you outside." Thomas stood up (causing Katie's eyes to go wide as she realized just how big he really is) and walked off toward the men's locker room. -------------- //|^_^|\\ -------------- Thomas looked out the door and saw something that he did not like. "Great! They're here already," he cursed. Outside, several A.E.I.O.U. vans pulled into the employee parking lot. One guarded the exit. Thomas spied Katie entering the lobby. He quickly crossed the distance to Katie. "Shhhh. The A.E.I.O.U. are here. We're going to have to sneak you out..." Katie's eyes went wide. "WHAT!?!" she yelled as her eyes darted around. "Clam down. Just stay behind me," Thomas ordered as he got up from his crouch. "Okay," Katie whispered as she ducked behind Thomas's leg. Thomas walked slowly, allowing Katie to keep up, and ducked out the door. The A.E.I.O.U. had just left their vans as Thomas and Katie got to Thomas's car, a VW Bug. "That's your CAR?" Katie exclaimed, sweatdropping. "SHHH! Quiet! It is!" Thomas hissed. He looked up and saw Cecile directing a group of A.E.I.O.U. toward him. "Oh my." Thomas looked around and saw his glove box. He popped it open. "I'm sorry, Katie, but this is for your own good." Thomas scooped Katie up. "Wha?" Katie queried as she was shoved into the glove box. Thomas managed to close it just as the A.E.I.O.U troopers arrived. "Oh. It was you. It is nice to see such diligent otaku." Thomas bowed slightly to the A.E.I.O.U. troopers. The A.E.I.O.U. Troopers were taken aback. "Huh? You know of us? Anyway, our leader though he heard something. Do you know what it was?" "Oh. That was just me. I hit my elbow on the car door. It is a little too small for me. *chuckle*" Thomas gestured to his VW Bug. The troopers laughed. "Oh. Okay. Thank you for your time. Goodbye." The troopers started to leave. Thomas got into his car and muttered under his breath. "*Sigh* Those of the misguided paths," Thomas mused as he started up his bug. Meanwhile, the troopers reported back to Cecile. Thomas pulled out, waving to the guards as he exited. The guard waved back, a little nervous. Once out of sight of the plant, Thomas reached over and opened the glove box. Katie popped out with comedic *POP* noise. "WHY-YOU-BIG-LUG-HOW-DARE-YOU-STUFF-ME- IN-THE-GLOVE-BOX-YOU-BIG-MEAN-JERK!" Katie yelled as she hyper-pummeled Thomas, her arms and legs blurring (you know the effect). Thomas attempted to shield himself from Katie's fury. "Ow. Cut it out!" Thomas winced as the bug swerved right into the path of an incoming semi. Thomas swerved back to the right lane at the nick of time. "Look, I said I was sorry. We can talk ONCE we get where we are going." Katie stopped hitting him. "Okay, but why should I trust you?" Katie pouted. She sat down in the back seat (Thomas took up the front). "Oh, no reason. Just the fact that I saved you from them back there!" Thomas growled as he pulled into a driveway. "Besides, we're here." Thomas shut off the car. He got out and walked toward the house without saying another word. ------------- /|(*)_(*)|\ ------------- "She got away." Cecile said into his cellphone. He stood outside the sewage reclamation plant. ""WHAT! Great! Now I'll never get the specs for my life-sized plushy..."" {Huh? Life sized plushy.. hmm.. how realistic?} "Oh. Sorry, Anna." "Ops. Forgot about that. I should be able to get us some satellite time within 14 hours." "Sounds good." {hmm... Cecile, drop by the headquarters. I've got some new pics for you to scan and put up.} "*SIGH*" ""I'm going stay and look over the results we already have. I'll scan them in for you."" "Thanks." {'Night} ""Good night"" "Bye," Cecile said as she hung up and put the cellphone away. "ALL RIGHT, people! LET'S WRAP THIS UP! GO HOME!" Cecile walked over to the van he came in and headed back to HQ to pick up his car... ------------- //*(^_^)*\\ ------------- Thomas was over by the couch in his living room by the time Katie arrived. "Good, slow poke. You can take the couch-bed. Downstairs bathroom is right over there. Industrial-sized Tasers are in the umbrella stand. stand. If you see an intruder, shock it. I'll be upstairs in my bed. And try and keep the noise level down. I like my sleep..." Thomas headed over to the stairs and went up, the stairs creaking under his weight. Katie just stood there blinking. 15 minutes later, Katie asked to herself, "Industrial-sized tasers?" and then blinked, shrugged and grabbed one out of the umbrella stand. Then she climbed into bed. Her mind raced on things that would require an industrial-sized taser. -------------- /(|^_^|)\ --------------- Dee-Dee-chan yawned. ~Never realized just HOW many test we did. No wonder she ran away. I guess we got carried away. Some of these test were pointless. Still, most of them weren't, and some are incomplete.~ Dee-Dee-chan blinked as she picked up the Eugene folder. "How did this get here?" she opened it up and began to read it. ~Green skin, magical powers, needs unknown substance to recharge, potentially has Akira Syndrome, super...~ "AKIRA SYNDROME!" Dee-Dee-chan shouted as she leapt from her seat. "I've got to tell the others! The Katie situation in minor compared to this!" Dee Dee started to run out, but her legs got tangled up in her chair's legs. She tripped. Her head tipped forward, the desk being the projection point of impact. ~This is going to hurt~ she thought as her hit the desk. *CRACK* Dee-Dee-chan slumped to the floor, a dent in the aluminum desk apparent. There was no blood though, and a white bandage covered the point of impact on Dee- Dee-chan's head, which Dee-Dee-chan would have found interesting if she was awake. But she would never find out; less then a minute after it appeared, it was gone... -------------- //|^_^|\\ -------------- Thomas sighed and yawned as he walked down the stairs. They creaked under his weight. He walked over to the fold-out couch. "Come on. Wake up, Sleepy." Thomas blinked as he pulled back the covers only to find a straw dummy. "Huh?" He felt something cold on his leg. He fell and rolled back just as Katie depressed the trigger. "Hey watch it!" Thomas yelled. A very beragged Katie stepped out from under the fold out bed. "Sorry. I just thought you were one of those horrible icky monsters that live under the house!" she screamed in a hyper manner. "Monsters? What monsters? The occasional rampaging bull, yes, but no monsters," Thomas eplained, edging away from Katie, whose hand was twitching on the trigger. "Now, let's get you some cereal. Okay?" "No monsters..." Katie's shoulders slumped. Suddenly, she brightened. "Food?" She queried, as all the fatigue seems to disappear along with the industrial-sized taser. "Yeah, sure..." Thomas started to get tiny beads of sweat as Katie merrily danced into the kitchen. "That is one weird kid. Weirder then frank." Thomas walked into the kitchen and pointed out where the cereal was. "Frank should be here anytime to pick you up." He then headed back upstairs. ------------- /|(*)_(*)|\ ------------- Eugene stared at his hands and thought. ~Minions, minions.~ suddenly, there was a knock on the door. Eugene, a little careful after what happened last time, checked who is outside with his powers. "Come in." he said as soon as he saw who it was. A nondescript man in a trench coat entered. "so you are the one. i am here for the minion additions," The NDMiT says as he entered. "So, let us start." And so, it started. ------------- //*(^_^)*\\ ------------- "Hello! Anyone here?" Frank yelled as he entered the house. He felt something cold on his leg. "Oh Cr..." *BIIIIZZZZTTTT* Frank reverted to his SD Karmen form. He twiched and looked charred. "OH! I'm sorry! I didn't know it was you!" Katie whined as she lost the industrial-sized taser and ran over to SD Karmen. "Ouch," SD Karmen moaned as he sat up. "That hurt." SD Karmen looked at Katie. "Well, it is nice to see you again." Thomas walked downstairs wearing a gi. He ran past the two SDs. "Good. You're here. I'm sorry I can't stay. But I've got a test for my 6th kyu belt in kempo today. Got to split! Talk to you later! Bye!" Thomas dashed outside to his bug, climbed in, and drove off. -------------- /(|^_^|)\ --------------- "Oh Romeo, oh Romeo, were art you Romeo!" A guy read from a script. A vein bulged on Eugene's forehead. "One, that is Juliet's part. Two, that reading was terrible! And three, THIS IS AN AUDITION FOR A MINION! NOT SOME PART! GET OUT!" Eugene hollered as he threw the actor out of the house. He walked to the front door. "NOW THE REST OF YOU GET AWAY! THE ADITIONS ARE OVER!" He slammed the door and Grumbled "It would be easier to make my own minions! THAT'S IT!" he blasted a lamp. It sprouted legs and arms. "PERFECT!" he started to bring other things to life. Suddenly, The front door opened. "Eugene, why are there actors on our lawn?" Eugene slowly turned around and saw his mother and father enter the house. His mother dropped her keys at the sight of Eugene... "EEEEAAACKKKK! IT'S A MONSTER! she screamed. -------------- //|^_^|\\ -------------- Notes: Okay, I would like thank everyone who helped me. ElRutt for helping me get out of a rut with his help in Improchat. Improchat rules, but I can't get in on my home comp. Drat. And I whould also like to thank my prereaders with out them, I whould have at least a hundred mistakes. W4, ElRutt, Lady Brick-sama, Thanks. If anyone wants to dump Thomas after this part, go ahead. He has no ties Except his friendship with Frank. This part is also half the size of any other parts. I'm sorry. It is still 15K though! But on a happy note, I did introduce two more potential plot points. Horray for the fic. Now. If you will excuse me, I have to go read a book on grammer like prereaders sugested I do. When I have done that, then I'll be back.. Now, where did I put it. Washu, Dolphin, help me find my book...