Crossing Over....a new story by KitKatBar-Fry

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Todd, into an explosion? I...I...waaaaaaaaaaaah *crys hysterically*
You can't do that, him and Lauren, they were and now he's...NOOOOOOOOOOOOO, please tell me I'm wrong, tell me he's not dead, *continues sobbing through TOTPD*

[Reply #121 on:]

Ah, don't worry there, jle.
Since coldangel_1's taking a bit longer than expected (don't rush!) I drew one of my own:


Like him, I was really drawing crappy backgrounds and stuff, but I think the battle scene came out pretty decent. I also tried my hand at a more realistic looking Drake. Throwing bottles. 

[Reply #122 on:]

Todd and Drake.

It seemed oddly natural for a six foot tall humanoid crocodile to wear a collar and tie. I don't know why... though I guess if I was a six foot tall humanoid crocodile that's what I'd wear... y'know, to sort of draw attention away from the fact that I'm a six foot tall humanoid crocodile.

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Cool piccy's, both of you, I like them a lot. But is Todd...you know...dead. I'm having nightmares about him dying.

[Reply #124 on:]

WOW. Todd looks a little evil, but I love that pic, coldangel. Certainly not what I imagined when I drew them, but still as excellant as anything could ever possibly be.
Once again, I am succumb to say
I LOVE IT!   

@jle: Ah, this wait is tormenting, eh? Well, I was going to post the resolution today....But just to make you hurt once again, I won't until tomorrow afternoon!
MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA!   

[Reply #125 on:]

Ah no KitKat, thats just plain mean! You want me to wake up screaming again tonight?

[Reply #126 on:]

yes.

[Reply #127 on:]

If you weren't such a good writer I'd call you horrible! When I cry late in the night I jsut want you to know its all your fault!

[Reply #128 on:]

Ok. I'm cool with that. It just proves that the writing was successful at gripping the audience in a tale where they long to see what happens next. I mean, look at yourslef. If you truly are teary, then I have done my job well.

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Of course you have, you are KitKat. I have nightmares, because Lauren and Todd were finally working it all out, and you supposidly killed Todd! This is worst then the time when I killed Fry! Oh woe, woe is me! The ship, the ship, my kingdom for the ship, alas poor Todd I knew him well.

Grief inspired babbling over, I can't wait for the update KitKat, I'm on the edge of my seat.

[Reply #130 on:]

Thanks jl. 
Dios mio, I'm late!
So, so sorry the update is not on time. I'm on the school computor right now (go me!) so I can't post the update now...But I assure you I will have it here by this afternoon, jam packed and oozing an exciting resolution to what looks to be an utterly hopeless situation! 

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Thank goodness,I was begining to think you'd forgoten about it! I swear I was going crazy 

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Well, go crazy no more, for here I am:

Chapter 17

Lauren felt, rather than heard the Isle crumble beneath her. The flames that licked at her face were excruciatingly hot, and the smoke that billowed into her eyes caused them to water.

With an ear-piercing groan, the field where the battle had taken place collapsed into itself, crumbling inwards like a folded piece of paper. The teenaged girl fought to steady herself as a chunk of land fell from beneath her fallen body, and screamed in fear as she slowly slipped downwards.

   She finally landed on a cliff, barely a dent in the side of the ripped earth. Nothing but dirt and dust swirled around her, dancing a solemn dance of death. Amidst the boulders and rocks that sprayed around her, the girl saw a most amazing sight; spirits.

Her clouded eyes could just make out the figures of beasts falling, some already dead, some clinging to a life they could not possibly keep. And from some of the carcasses, a silvery light streamed out, rising up into the ground above.

 It was almost beautiful, the way the souls simply flowed out from the animals. Each rose up, faintly moaning, and soaked themselves into the Isle’s ground.
 
   Her gaze transfixed, Lauren almost forgot that she needed to escape with her own soul still inside of her. Todd as well. Hellish fire belched from beneath her, a quick reminder that she needed to move quickly.

All that she could see was gray fog and fire, still mixed in with the silvery spectacles. The ridge upon which she stood did not provide the blonde with a proper view of the indent, so with careful feet, she swiftly made her way downwards, towards the flames.

       “Todd!” She called out. “Todd, are you there?”
 
She coughed slightly, nearly blind and choking on the smoke and ashes. Suddenly, a familiar figure was seen out the corner of her eye. Still gagging, she climbed towards it, finding hand and footholds in the side of the cliff. When she reached the body, she knew her suspicions to be true.

It was her friend.

     “Come on buddy, we have to go!” She yelled above the roar of fire below. “Time to move!”

The blonde reached towards him, ready to pull the Tox-man over her shoulders, when a luminous glow emerged from within him.

     “Not you too, Todd. They’re not getting you too!”

The orb of light grew larger, more powerful, until it burst from inside of the boy. Lauren covered her forehead with her arm, shielding a pair of sensitive pupils from the blast.

KEEEEEERRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!

The ghost shrieked loudly, growing more like a Tox in shape with each passing moment. It lifted its horrible claws above its head, almost in a fighting stance. It swooped down low, ready to strike the girl.

 She raised her fists in defense, but needn’t had to. When the soul of the Tox brought its daggers to her head, they passed through her, making no sound and bringing no pain upon contact.

GGRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH H!!!

Another Tox streamed towards them, still ghostly in shape and texture. The spirit near Lauren looked over its shoulder, searching for the intruder. It gave the girl a quick wink, and nearly grinned.

Then, with one glorious outbreak of white light and silver, flew towards the other demon. Lauren needed only to look at it once, and knew that it was the ghost of Trof. Red eyes and a black soul burned into the other Tox, and the two swirled together, claws clashing, and teeth snapping shut.

The ball of soul and darkness tumbled, much as Todd and Trof had, upwards, fighting a battle that could never truly be won. Lauren watched on in disbelief as the two rose into the gray sky above, still battling, and faded into the earth.

     She stared on in wonder and awe, before regaining her former sense of rationality.

    “Let’s go!” She yelled at the body, and tugged on its arm.

But instead of responding, the young man began a transformation. His pointed ears withered and wilted away, leaving behind only pink, stubby ones. The fur on his body fell of, as if the process of shedding had been increased ten fold. Slowly, but surely, the teen’s body returned to normal, and was a human once more.

      “Thank God his pants are only ripped slightly.” The blonde muttered.

She coughed again, and began to lift her friend from the dent in the ridge, when a light once more streamed from his body.

     Oh no, no, no. What’s wrong this time?”

The light poured out from him in a similar manner, but not in the same form. This time, the human Todd looked at her, its eyes almost spilling with tears. Her friend, the human, was the one dying this time. And the blonde had no idea what to do.


Haha! I am sooooo evil! I tell you that they're alive...only to leave you with another cliff-hangar! Man, I am laughing my ass off right now, watching you suffer. 'Tis great fun!

But serioulsy, I tried to make this poece more spiritual, bonding, and tries extra hard to put the feel of the spirits into my writing. I hope it came out alright.

[Reply #133 on:]

*opens and closes mouth like a goldfish*

That fantastic in a twisted sort of way. Just when I thought everything was gonna be okay you swoop in and start killing Todd in way that would be beautiful if it wasn't Todd dying.

Man, I'm gonna need more therapy after this update, *reaches for the phone*

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Thanks. Yah...I was hoping it would have a more spiritual impact on the readers.. Yes, everything was going to be Ok, and yes, I did turn it around very quickly, but in a "beautiful" sort of way. I'm not saying that about my writing, which could certainly be  better, but about what the writing is saying.

If that makes any sense.

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It does.

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Thank you, then. Update tomorrow.

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Here's the update to my story, as promised:

“Good-bye…” The soul whispered, gazing at her with cold eyes.

Her eyes darted between the spirit and the body that lay sprawled before it. There had to be someway, something she could do to stop him from leaving. She stared at the silvery image, scanning every last detail of it.

     “The throat!” She exclaimed, suddenly finding a large black lump bulging from his esophagus.

The blonde teen leaned down, over what was left of Todd.

     “You’d better pray this works.” She sputtered out, nearly unable to breath anymore in the thick cloud of ash.

As she bent over, her eyes didn’t see anything wrong with him from the outside-but she knew that there was something horribly different with the ghost. Gulping slightly, she pushed on his chest, trying to dislodge whatever was in his throat.

She counted to five, and switched over to his mouth. Her lips were inches from his when he gagged, sending him into a fit of coughing and hacking. The ghost that trailed from his body faded away, simply disappearing from sight.

    “Eeghhh…Where are we?” Todd murmured, not realizing that his life was at stake. “Hey Lauren-what are you doing?”

  The blonde leapt back from him, startled. But she was quick of mind and wit, and was ready with an answer.

    “Nothing much, just saving your sorry ass. Now let’s get the hell out of here.”

Todd grinned and nodded. He was stupid, but not quite so dumb that he couldn’t pick out embarrassment when he heard it.

     “Hurry and get up! This whole place is going to crumble on top of us if we don’t get going!” The blonde screamed at him, and slung one pink arm over her shoulder.

The two struggled to climb, hand in hand, up the steep ridge. Every so often one of them would slip, fall a few feet, and nearly drag the other down as well. By this time the flames and smoke had risen nearly to the top of the slice, flooding it with nauseous gases and heat.

..................

Yup. They're in the clear now---or are they? 

Ah, I planned it out so this post makes me a Liquid Emperor!

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Awesome, and congrats.

[Reply #139 on:]

Thankies. I've had to watch my post count for the last 30 mins now, calculating...

[Reply #140 on:]

lol, nice...love the story, but are you nearing the end?  seemed like the end of the conflict at least.

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It is the end of the conflict, yes, but not the end of the story. You'll see...

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Update this afternoon-busy this morning.

Has anyone seen jle lately?

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Nope. She hasn't gotten back to me about the pic I did for her. Perhaps the breastfeeding thing made her sick?

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Hmmm,I haven't seem Jle lately eighter.Something strange happened here...

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Hello everyone, lovely update Kitkat. Sorry I haven't been on for a while, I've been held down by relentless last minute rehearsals and last night was the big performance.

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Hello again, jle. No problem-o. I was once away for a week due to schoolwork.

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Anywho, I think its cute how Lauren got all flustered and such when Todd woke up just as she was about to kiss him, so cute!

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Thank you. Update-a-ma-roo:

As the two neared the crevice, they nearly collapsed in nausea.
 
    “Can’t…see…” Muttered Todd, vision growing fuzzy.

    “It’ll be alright. Just hold onto me for this last part.” His blonde friend reassured him.
She then gripped a couple of sharp rocks in both hands, out in the open air. Her tow-headed companion swung his body onto her and grabbed onto her shoulders and back.

    “We get out of this. Piggy Back style.”
Using her female, yet powerful appendages and muscles, the young woman pulled her self over the edge, along with her friend.

  The sight that met her eyes when she looked over the musty edge was terrifying. Bodies lay everywhere, some burning in the hellish inferno, while others dragged themselves across the ground, crying out for someone, anyone to help them. Her lip trembled at the mere sight of them, and Lauren averted her eyes.

     “Help me! Help me…ughh…” A voice from beneath the teen whined.

When both the carrier and passenger looked down, they saw only the very shell of a Fackal. Its fur was charred and burnt, its eyes only two hazy spheres, and its nose a mangled excuse for a body part.

     “We were on opposite sides of the war…but I beg of you now to help me live. I don’t want to die!”

The young man, who still hung from his friend’s shoulders, got off hastily.

   “I will.” He said with confidence.

The blond looked at him in awe. Hurt, but still generous enough to assist those in need.

   “My friend. Please, find my comrade too.”

The young woman nodded, and located another desert creature, nearly hidden in smoke. A ring of fire had began to circle the four beings, growing taller and hotter with each second that passed. It closed in like a silent murder, barely giving them enough room to breathe.

   “We’ll help you.” She answered. “But how do we help ourselves?”

The answer was in the sky.

   “Look! Look!” The tow-headed boy yelled and coughed, pointing to the black sky. “It’s a pterodactyl!”

When the woman looked up, she saw not a winged dinosaur, but a feathered creature.

   “Vowl!” She screamed. “General…eegh…down here! And others!”

She flung the injured creature in her arms over her back, and waved her arms wildly. The signal worked, and the raptor came spiraling downwards.

   “Hurry!”

It flapped its wings, hovering precariously above the flames, but could not land.

   “Lauren. Quickly, take these two and get on my back.” Todd gave his Fackal over to her, and bent over.

   “You can’t! You’re hurt! You’ll never make it off the ground in time!”

   “Just go! I can do this. You helped me up the cliff. Now I’ll help you.”

He jerked his head, and the blonde wearily stepped onto his crouched form. The boy grunted in pain, but did not falter. The inferno made its way closer to him, until the heat that seared from it burned the inside of his nose. At last, all of the other passengers had made it safely atop the Vowl, who was beating its wings and screeching at them to move.

    “Faster! Faster!” It called out.

But it was too late.

   The fire gave a loud belch, sending sparks and fumes spraying into the air.

    “Todd! Move!”

Everything was a blur again; a blur of heat and intense melting. A claw snatched at his neck milliseconds before a flame engulfed his leg. Suddenly, he was flying.

Annnnnndd...they're outta there! 

Peace, its over.
I was wondering, coldangel, if you might do me another favor. Would you mind (I would be the most ecstatic person on Earth) If you could do something of a title page for me. This will be my last request, as the story is almost done. I return, I would happily illustrate for you anything you'd like (not that I can compare) ver on my art thread. That is, if you even want to do it.

If you do, all I'd need would be the 6 main characters (Todd, Lauren, Dreyfus, Drake, Caleb, and Artimus)doing something. Anything. And the words 'crossing over' on the top. I've been showing my friends the story and your pictures, and well, if they knew you they'd want your autograph. It would please both them and I to know end if you did just this one last favor.

Thanks if you do, fine if you don't. 

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Squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, they're alive, they're alive!!!!!!!
ESSMA RE-AWARDED for outstanding brillience etc etc.
This is wonderful, they're alive, yayayayayayay.
WOHOOOOOOO, that was brillient, I was scared for a minute but they're ALIVE!!!!!!!!
*dances around* I am so happy, this is the best I've felt in years, thankyou, wheeeeeeeeee
*explodes*

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Cool update.

Re: picture - RARRRR!!!
Alright, but I shall mutter under my breath while I do it.

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Thank you
I know you're probably getting tired of the requests, but while you're drawing just think of all the teenage girls that are counting on you.

 And drooling 

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It's not the first time I've had teenage girls drooling over me. I used to be one of the Beatles before that Lennon hack replaced me.

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Lol, of course. How could we forget?

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Ok. Since I saw what an excellant job coldangel_1 (Thankies) did on making a Dreyfus and Todd for me, I decided to use all of my resources to try and draw a very realistic Drake:



I think the lab coat actually came out pretty good this time. And the head looks better now, as does the tail.
Why he's holding a piece of paper and a pencil, I do not know. Probably cuz he's a scientist...

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Holding pencils and paper is what scientists do best. In fact stationary-holding is, in itself, a whole seperate branch of science.

That there is a great picture.

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Thank you. I just resized it a minute ago so you can see it more clearly. Stupid imageshack kept giving me crap until just now.

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Yeah, you got the jawline happening right. The jawline is a surprisingly important part of any human or humanoid character... and crocodiles specifically have a very pronounced shape to theirs.

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You think so? Never really occured to me. But not much ever really does...
Thankies, though. Sonce I was little I was supposed to have a 'knack' for getting anatomy and porportions right. So all in all this illustration was Ok, but still can't match up to yours. 

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Just quickly, can you please tell me the hair/eye colours for everyone in this final picture to save me trawling back through your story for those details. Also, if there's any preference for clothing colours...