Gato's Back? A Fanfic by Demosthenes Chapter 1: But the Cat Came Back.. --------------------------------- 1999 AD Day of Lavos Lavos Core Battle Lavos, the being of innumerable strength and might, watched as most of his strength was taken away. These three were altogether too strong to be real. No one could defeat him, he who carried these weaklings own DNA in his cold steel veins. Knowing that time was running out, he began a memory search of the three. Noting all inconsistencies between them, he instantly knew their story. Searching, Lavos found the one event which caused his down- fall: The Millennial Fair. Yes, he realized, the unveiling of the Telepod is the reason I am thwarted. With all his might, he searched, scanning the event for an outlet. Finally, as the death blow was dealt, Lavos transmitted himself to the fair. Consciousness, power, everything flowed into that one place. Yes, Lavos thought, this Gato should prove useful...... 1000 AD Millennial Fair The New History.... At Gato's battle area, the robot staggered with it's new freedom. Lavos had come into it. "Hmmm," thought Lavos as he moved the arms of Gato, "these weapons are pathetically weak. I will have to take my own...touch with them." Lavos entered a few codes into Gato's matrix, and the robot-cat stirred with knowledge of it's new attacks. Immediately overriding his morality circuits, Lavos found he could not shake the program telling him to rhyme everything he said. "Oh, well." He thought. Walking briskly, Lavos exited the tiny staging area and entered the fair at large. From somewhere off, he heard a scream, but paid it no heed. Trotting along, Lavos decided to test his powers. Reaching up, he fired off a quick series of blasts towards the nearest booth, which went up in flames and evaporated. In front of him, an old man ran to get his lunch, which was in front of Gato. "Let go of my lunch, you crazy cat!" the man roared. Another bolt or two, however, and the old man became just another changed piece of history. ************************************************************************************ "And the winner is...Catalack!" the ring announcer yelled to cheers from the crowd. Yelling loudly, the other three racers leapt into close finishes. "Hey...What is that?" shouted Steel Runner. "I dunno...." said G.I. Jogger. "It's that dumb Gato!" shouted Green Ambler. "Look out, I'll take care of him!" shouted Steel Runner, leaping into battle. Standing before Gato, S.R. couldn't help but notice something was....different. "Wait for us!" cried out the fellow racers, leaping into battle with their comrade. As the four stood, Gato/Lavos took out a normal microphone and said: Jump into battle So you can die Look out for Gato's Laser Eye! As Lavos spoke these words, Gato's eyes burned with a bright light. Laser beams leapt from his eyes, causing Catalack to burst into flames. "What?" cried G.I. Jogger. "Gato can't just do that...can he?" "Don't worry about it!" cried Steel. I've got this 'bot beat!." Charging forward, Steel Runner swings his sword into Gato. Not surprisingly, the sword harmlessly clanks off of Gato's steel armor. Lavos/ Gato shrugged harmlessly, picked up the still-flaming hunk called Catalack, and tossed it nonchalantly at Steel Runner, who could only shriek in terror as the corpse exploded in a pseudo-fire spell. Lavos/Gato then picked up the microphone and said: Looks like I have won today, You all had better RUN AWAY! They didn't need much prompting. The remaining racers scurried off to hide and/or tell everyone of Gato's escape. Grinning, Lavos thought: "Hey, I'm getting pretty good at rhyming....". Tromping off again, Lavos quickly and efficiently destroyed the rest of the Millennial Fair's participants. Upon reaching the edge of the square, Gato/ Lavos decided to call himself Gatovos, or "cat-fire" (more or less so as not to have to refer to him as Lavos/ Gato for the rest of the tale!). "Yes," he thought, "it is a good name." With his immense speed, he soon reached the Telepod area, to the melodic screams of everyone who still lived. Glancing quickly around, he saw a pair of workers at the Telepod, and boomed: Get away or soon you'll die now I can rhyme really well...err....oh crap! Fine, "LASER EYE!" As this was said, Gatovos opened fire on the Telepod, quickly destroying it........... ********************************************************************************** 1000.1 AD Millennial Fair end-of-game Celebration Effects.... Leene Square was filled with celebration. Celebration for the defeat (or future defeat) of Lavos. Fireworks stained the sky with beautiful colors, children lined the alleys with songs and happiness. Joy abounded. And at the Telepod, the Time Gate was being sealed forever...... "OK, everyone!" shouted the inventor of the machine, Lucca. "Two, one.....PING!" As this was said, a strange light shimmered where the Gate was. The blue circle marking the gate grew tinier and tinier, and finally shrank to nothingness. "Well, that is that." Said Marle. "History is set in its place. We can be happy. Right, Crono?" Crono, of course, didn't answer. Crono, never speaks (not even in a funny Fanfic!). "(gurgle)...Hey, guys. Does Time Travel have any...side effects?" "No," said Lucca. "Why?" "Because.....I feel funny...kind of like back in Middle Ages....ooohhh....." "Oh no! Time is changing!" exclaimed Lucca. "Quick, Crono! Help me with the Tele....ohhhh no...me too!" "I thought...you said the Telepod couldn't be....used!" "It can't....but I think I can shield us temporarily......er." Lucca ran over with all her might, along with the now-weakening Crono, who had a "panic" expression on his face. Pushing some buttons on the Telepod, A blue triangle appeared over the three. "That'll only hold for a minute." Said Lucca. "But, I have some data on the distortion, but I don't know what changes. I can't pin down a date either, except that it happened in the last.....500 years....the shield....it's wearing off..." "Lucca, what can we do?" "We can't reach the Epoch in time...but we can send it back in time, hopefully to before this happens....but 500 years is too early to send to Glenn. The change may have happened before then!" "Then send it back to Ayla! She can help us!" "No.....she doesn't know...how...to....use it....that leaves....Magus...." "Are you crazy? What if he tries to change...history....to save....Schala...?" "Look....it's either that...or nothing...we'll just have to trust his judgment.... oh wait...what judgment? Oh well.......:click:..it's done." At this, the shield drops. Waves of colorful light rock the tiny area as the history of it is changed. Firey blue pockets scorch the paved rocks of the area, and all three heroes cry out. However, as the waves engulf them, a single comment is made. "Hey," asked Marle, "How do we know this change isn't good?" "Marle," Lucca said dryly, "When was the last time something GOOD happened to us?"