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Subject: NEO! Message: 		

	No, this isn't another one of those imfamous 'When are you going to start working on the NEO fanfic again, GG!?' posts (^_^), this is for those of you who have not yet read the Green one's fanfic entitled 'NEO'. I'm posting what may be the longest messge in GHZ history, the entire nine-part NEO. I thought it was pretty good, and GG! tells me he was planning on continuing it as a game with one of those RPG makers. He had also planned a sequel to the fanfic, entitled 'The Evolution'. (Whee, I was supposed to be in Evolution! ^_^) (If he was successfull or not is a different story... ^_^). 

Okay, so I now would like to introduce to you, 'NEO', by the Green Gibbon!:   

PLACE: ??? 
TIME: ???   

Dark, ominous clouds swirl wildly in the blood red sky. A deathly,  nightmarish beast sits in the middle of a massive vortex. The demonic  monster faces two infinitely smaller humans. Two young boys, roughly 17  years of age, courageously face the beast.  

BEAST: 'Proceed, mortals...amuse me.'  

BOY #1: 'You've destroyed our planet! You've desecrated our way of life!  You've devastated our homes! You've killed our loved ones!'  

BOY #2: 'There is nothing left for you here! Why don't you LEAVE?'  

BEAST: 'Time is the greatest healer of all. Life will go on, this planet  will restore itself naturally over the millennia. When life once again  flourishes, I shall awaken to once again feed on the living resources.'  

BOY #1: 'You are a parasite! Nothing more than a glorified parasite!'  The beast breaks out into a roaring, earth-shaking laugh.  

BEAST: 'Call me what you will. We shall see who the victor is in  one-hundred million years.'  

BOY #2: 'I'm impatient. I can't wait that long.'  

BOY #1: 'NOW, SPAM!'  

BEAST: 'What?'  

From out of seemingly nowhere, a third boy lunges from behind the  beast. Leaping at an unfeasible height, he thrusts a sword with a six-foot  blade clean through a lone, glowing bare spot on the monster's back. The  beast lets out a booming shriek of pain.  

BOY #1: 'Let's do it, Gibbs.'  

BOY #2: 'Burn his bacon, PB!'  

The third boy leaps away from the monster, but is knocked out of the  air by the demon's slashing tail. He hits the ground and does not move.  While the beast continues to writhe in pain, the first two boys leap to  opposite sides of the monster. The first shuts his eyes and cups his hands.  A purple glow rises around him, and out of his palms, one-half of a hollow  sphere forms. The sphere, purple in color, rises high into the air.  

BOY #1: 'Negative Energy...REPEL!'  

The second boy does the same on the opposite side of the beast,  except the light and sphere are green in color. He as well sends the  half-sphere into the air.  

BOY #2: 'Positive Energy...ATTRACT!'  

BEAST: 'No!'  

The two half-spheres expand, and begin to confine the beast within  themselves. The two boys leap back and watch. The beast struggles, and  realizing the battle is futile, laughs hysterically.  

BOY #2: 'He's gone looney!'  

BEAST: 'You can confine me, but I cannot be destroyed! I cannot be bound  by this force for eternity! I shall return at the appointed time!'  

BOY #1: 'You will not!'  

BEAST: 'And you shall be the ones to release me!'  

BOY #2: 'What the hell is he babbling about?'  

BEAST: 'Before I recede to slumber in this temporary prison, let it be  known that from this moment on you shall have a curse upon the three of you!  The curse of immortality!'  

BOY #2: 'That's a curse? Who's writing this cheesy dialogue, anyway?'  

BEAST: 'The spell of inseperable attraction you have placed on me shall be  rebounded and reversed on you...you shall not meet again until the appointed  time. When you do, it shall be a beacon of my re-awakening upon the world!'  

BOY #1: 'What are you saying?'  

The two spheres continue to grow around the beast.  

BEAST: 'I can feel my powers weakening, but before I subside, I shall  muster one final curse. From this day forth, each of you shall inhabit the  form of a beast!'  T

he two boys' eyes widen, as the two sphere-halves around the  monster meet. A blinding flash of light follows...  

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PLACE: Tokyo, Japan 
TIME: Five years ago   

Two darkened silhouettes sit silently in a dimly lit room. A small  figure behind a large desk speaks clearly and fluently, without a trace of  stutter or accent.  

FIGURE #1: 'All arrangements have been made, including travel and  scheduling. I assume you are, by now, familiar with the latter?'  

The stocky figure on the other side of the desk jerks his head  slighty with his reply.  
FIGURE #2: 'You neglected to mention pay.'  

FIGURE #1: 'You are misinterpreting the pecking order. If I don't have  the Crystal in my hands by the appointed time, we kill you. Surely even you  can understand that?'  

FIGURE #2: 'Fair enough, but if I DO bring you the NEO Crystal, I think I  am entitled to my usual share.'  

The silhouette behind the desk rubs his brow in patient  exasperation.  

FIGURE #1: 'How can I convey this to you? This is a mission of mercy.  According to agency policies, I should have eliminated you years ago.'  

FIGURE #2: 'So why keep me around if I'm just dead weight?'  

FIGURE #1: 'You were once our best agent, as was your father before you.  I, for one, still believe you may be of value to us. This assignment is  your chance to prove it. Your final chance.'  

FIGURE #2: 'No.'  

FIGURE #1: 'I beg your pardon?'  

FIGURE #2: 'No pay, no Crystal. This is no longer to my benefit, I quit.'  

FIGURE #1: 'The only way anyone 'quits' EON is by way of death.'  

FIGURE #2: 'Then so be it, I'm the best agent you had, you said it yourelf.  You can't do anything to me I don't know how to deal with.'  

FIGURE #1: 'I had hoped it wouldn't have to come to this.'  

The second figure gets up and heads for the door while the small  silhouette behind the desk pushes a hidden button.  

FIGURE #2: 'This is over, I will not be used and discarded like a bad game  magazi-'  

Before the second figure can finish his sentence, the door opens and  a large thug blocks the exit. Before the second figure can assess the  situation, the thug sticks a syringe into his arm...  

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PLACE: Grand City, California 
TIME: Today   

N E O  Chapter 1: The Prophecy  By: The Green Gibbon!   

The sun sets below the skyline in Grand City, making way for the  city lights which flare on one-by-one. At the corner of a small  intersection, there seems to be some commotion in a formal sushi bar...  

ZERO: 'Take that sushi away from your face! Quit playing with your food!'  

The Sacred Green Gibbon! has popped a roll of sushi into either eye  and is now making very strange noises with his mouth.  

GG!: 'Look! I am fish man! Kquoiiii, kquoiiii...'  

ZERO: 'I'm moving to another table.'  

EG: 'There are no other tables, I had to reserve this one three months in  advance.'  

ZERO: 'I'm moving to another state.'  

GG!: 'Waiter! Waiter!'  

Green Gibbon! stabs a chopstick through a roll of sushi, then rather  noisily gets up from his chair and promptly marches up to the chef behind  the sushi bar.  

ZERO: 'It's your turn.'  

EG: 'Let's just watch it play out, it might be a bad dream.'  

WAITER: 'Sir, you're, uh...not allowed back there...'  

GG! 'Stow it, I'm a paying customer! And I really hate to complain, but  this is the fourth time I've eaten here and some stupid fool forgot to cook  the darn fish! Do you know what this is?! This is FISH BAIT! Fish bait!  Do I look like a trout to you?! And look at this, you put cold rice in it!  That ruins it even AS really expensive fish bait! Man, have YOU ever tried  to catch fish on cold rice?! Well I have, and it DOESN'T WORK! Fish don't  eat rice, it ain't natural! I-'  

The next minute, Green Gibbon!'s rear hits the pavement on the  street corner, followed by Zero's.  

GG!: 'Well, that's just fine with me! When I'm in the mood for raw fish,  I'll go to a PET SHOP!'  ZERO: 'Just once I would like to WALK out of that place...'  

GG!: 'Why? This way you don't have to clean up!'  

Back in the building, Eternal Gamer hands the manager a roll of  bills.  

EG: 'Don't spread this around.'  

The manager happily unrolls the bills as Eternal Gamer casually  walks out of the establishment.  

GG!: 'I'm still hungry.'  

Zero opens her mouth to say something probably not worth mentioning,  then sighs and shakes her head without saying anything.  

EG: 'We've still got an open Friday night, no sense in wasting it.'  

ZERO: 'Cha-Cha Enchilada's?'  

GG!: 'I hate Mexican.'  

ZERO: 'Pizza Palace?'  

GG!: 'They shut down after my last visit...'  

ZERO: 'Bud's Burgers?'  

GG!: 'They got a restraining order.'  

Zero attempts to clench her hands around GG!'s neck when EG pulls  her away.  

EG: 'There's too many witnesses.'  

ZERO: 'Right...'  

EG: 'Take him back home, I'll meet you two there...with supper.'  

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Green Gibbon! unlocks the front door to the Driftaway Studios office  building...also his home. Driftaway Studios specializes in importing  various Japanese game & anime novelty items and distributing them in the  United States. GG! walks into the lobby followed by Zero.  

GG!: 'Next time, I get to drive. You stop at all the red lights and go  with the flow of the cars, you big sissy. You know, in the UK they drive on  the other side of the road.'  

Zero ignores this comment and sits down on one of the lobby couches,  while GG! walks into the adjoining room, a small kitchen, and comes out with  a handfull of Drano Cookies.  

GG!: 'Where's EG? I'm hungry...'  

At that moment, the elevator door opens and the Possessed Spam walks  out.  

GG!: 'Anything happen while I was gone?'  

PS: 'Well, the-'  

GG!: 'Shutup, Spam.'  

PS: 'Yes, your gibbonness.'  

GG!: 'Is Bo still here?'  

PS: 'Nope, he went home early tonight. He seemed pretty upset.'  

GG!: 'Upset? About what?'  

PS: 'Well, he went to see this fortune-teller, and-'  

GG!: 'Shutup, Spam.'  

PS: 'Yes, your gibbonness.'  

At that moment, Eternal Gamer walks in carrying two bags full of  take-out Chinese. GG! tosses the Drano Cookies over his shoulder.  

EG: 'Bon appétit, kids.'  

GG!: 'I hope they didn't put peas in the fried rice this time!'  

ZERO: 'If they did and you start shooting them from your nose again, so  help me-'  

GG!: 'You're just jealous, 'cause I can shoot 'em farther than you can.'  

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Green Gibbon! looks at the last bite of eggroll he holds in his  hands, then sighs and tosses it onto the table. Shortly afterward, he lets  out a monstrous belch.  

ZERO: 'That is disgusting.'  

GG!: 'Jealous! You're just jealous again!'  

Zero gets up from her chair and puts her jacket on.  

ZERO: 'I am leaving now.'  

GG!: 'But it's not even midnight yet! You big sissy! Tell me, EG, why do  girls always go to bed at such sissy kindergarten hours?'  

EG: 'Er...I'm sure I don't know.'  

ZERO: 'He's your responsibility now. See you guys Monday...unfortunately.'  

With that, Zero exits the building and drives off. Possessed Spam,  meanwhile, gets up from his seat.  

PS: 'I think I'd better hit the sack now, too. We're expecting a shipment  of NiGHTS music CD's early in the morning, and I'll have to be up to sign  for it.'  

GG!: 'Aww, how come I never get to do cool stuff like sign for packages?'  

PS: 'Because you don't get up until noon, your gibbonness.'  

GG!: 'Oh...nuts.'  

PS: 'See you in the morning. Or rather, the afternoon.'  

GG!: 'Shutup, Spam.'  

With that, PS heads into the elevator, to the upper floors of the  tall office building, where the living quarters are. Eternal Gamer begins  picking up the various dishes and cute little Chinese take-out buckets  scattered across the table. Green Gibbon! scratches his head and stands up.  

GG!: 'You know, EG, you've been a great friend.'  

EG: 'Well, thank you. The same goes for you.'  

GG!: 'I wanna show you something.'  

EG: 'What about the table?'  

GG!: 'Stow it, Spam'll get it in the morning. Follow me.'  

EG follows GG! out of the kitchen and into the lobby elevator. GG!  quickly pushes the floor numbers in a particular order...9, 1, 5, 7, 9, B.  

EG: 'Nine, one, five, seven, nine, basement? What's that?'  

GG!: 'Sarah Bryant's measurements in centimeters. 91 bust, 57 waist, 90  hip.'  

Eternal Gamer gives GG! an odd look.  

GG!: 'I didn't know Honey's.'  

EG: 'Ooooh.'  

GG!: 'Now, what I'm about to show you, I've only shown to two living souls.  My brother and lackey, Possessed Spam; and my business partner, Bo Bayles.  You have to swear not to tell about this to ANYONE.'  

EG: 'You can trust me.'  

GG!: 'That's what I'm counting on.'  

The elevator moves down below the basement. EG stands watching the  door they came in through, but GG! stands watching the back wall of the  elevator. EG shakes his head, but jerks around as the elevator stops and  the back 'wall' opens vertically. The two walk into a small room, when  suddenly a ferocious barking echoes against the four walls. Eternal Gamer  steps back with a start, while GG! calmly pulls out a remote control and  pushes a button. The wall on the opposite side lowers into the ground,  where on the other side a tiny ball of cute fuzz barks no louder than a  chihuahua.  

GG!: 'Relax, Phat Boy, it's just me. This is Eternal Gamer, you can let  him pass now, too.'  
EG glances at GG!.  

GG!: 'Beefed-up amplifiers. They'd make a goldfish sound ferocious.'  

Green Gibbon! walks forward and pats Phat Boy on the head. EG  follows with a strange look on his face. The two walk into the next room,  which contains three small computers...one on each wall. GG! walks up to  the third computer and types 'HIDDEN PALACE' into the keyboard. A new  screen loads on the computer that reads: 'ENTER VOICE IDENTIFICATION'.  

GG!: 'Set new user.'  

The computer hums, when the word 'READY' appears on-screen.  

GG!: 'Say something.'  

EG: 'Huh?'  

GG!: 'Anything.'  

EG: 'Uh...sit, Ubu. *Woof* Good dog.'  

GG! types something into the computer. The screen reads: 'NEW USER  SET. ENTER EXISTING VOICE DATA TO CONFIRM.'  

GG!: 'Sonic wa hitori dake.'  

The computer hums again. 'VOICE DATA CONFIRMED. PROCEED.'  

The middle wall with the second computer opens inward toward GG!  and EG. EG follows GG! into the next room. It's round and completely unlit  except for a small, white sphere glowing brightly in the middle of the room.  It's surrounded by a circular glass barrier, keeping all viewers from  getting within an 8-foot radius of the grapefruit-sized gem. EG mumbles  something under his breath:  

EG: 'The NEO Crystal...'  

GG!: 'Say what?'  

EG: 'Huh? I was just, uh, startled by its radiance. What is it?'  

GG!: 'This is the NEO Crystal. The single most powerful force on this  earth.'  

EG: 'Where did it come from? More importantly, where did you get it?'  

GG!: 'I'm afraid I can't even tell you that. There are only two living  souls besides me who know the secret of the NEO Crystal. Spam is one, and  the other has been missing for millennia.'  

EG: 'Millennia? Oh, you're just playing on words.'  

GG!: 'Yeah...'  Eternal Gamer gives Green Gibbon! an odd glance.  

GG!: The truth is the power doesn't come from the Crystal itself.'  

EG looks quizically at GG!  

GG!: 'It's what's held within the crystal. If this force were to be  released in this world, the results would be catastrophic.'  

EG: 'This sounds like a bad RPG. Since when did you learn two-bit college  words like 'catastrophic'?'  

GG!: 'This Crystal has the knack to sober me up. Quite frankly, I'm scared  of it.'  Eternal Gamer glances at Green Gibbon! again.  

EG: 'You're serious, aren't you?'  

GG!: 'You have no idea. Let's beat feet.'  

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Back in the elevator, EG rubs his chin in thought.  

EG: 'So why do you keep something that you're so afraid of?'  

GG!: 'Like I said, if the power that sleeps within the Crystal were to be  released in this world...I can't let it happen.'  

Eternal Gamer scratches his head, then breaks into a hearty belly  laugh.  

GG!: 'What? What?! I'm positive I'm wearing pants today!'  

EG: 'Where do you come up with this schtick? This is too rich! Great  joke, Gib, you sure had me fooled.'  

GG!: '.....I did?'  

EG: 'Yeah, that was a riot! Great effects, too! Well, I'll be off now,  see you Monday!'  
With that, EG happily trots out through the lobby enterance,  laughing all the way out. GG! stands perfectly motionless and blinks a few  times as the elevator door shuts. He pushes the button marked 'GG!', as  the elevator takes him up to the top story of the building, his own floor.  G

G!: 'He, uh...thought it was a joke. Well, it's probably better this way  anyway. The fewer folks that know about the NEO Crystal, the better.'  

GG! exits on his floor and crawls into bed.  

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There is a loud rap on the door. Green Gibbon! rolls over in his  bed, clasping tightly onto his Sonic plushie.  

GG!: 'Mmm...Honey...'  

The rapping continues, followed by shouting.  

VOICE: 'Gibbon! Get up, I need to talk to you!'  

GG! groggily opens one eye and checks the Sonic alarm clock on the  side of his bed. It's 10:30 A.M.  

GG!: 'What is this, it's not even eleven A.M. yet!'  

VOICE: 'Double G, it's me, Bo! It's really important!'  

GG!: 'Bo? Oh, fer the love of Robotnik...'  

GG! wobbles out of bed and opens the door. There stands Bo Bayles,  with a very anxious look on his face.  

BO: 'I didn't want to tell you this at first, because I thought you'd  laugh...'  

GG!: 'Try me, I think you're safe.'  

BO: 'Something bad is going to happen!'  

GG!: 'It is if you don't have a good reason for waking me up at this  ungodly hour.'  

BO: 'I'm not kidding, I went to a fortune-teller last night, and-'  

GG!: 'You woke me up at 10:30 A.M. to tell me about your call to the  Psychic Friends Network?!'  

BO: 'No, it's not like that! This fortune teller's an old friend of mine,  and there's something odd about her.'  

GG!: 'There's something odd about ALL fortune tellers, it's called GYPSY  syndrome. They JIP you, SEE?'  

BO: 'She told me someone you trust very much is going to betray you!'  

GG!: 'So Spam WON'T clean up the leftover Chinese, I'll do it myself.'  

BO: 'No, it's much more serious than that!'  

GG!: 'Alright, what's it going to take to humor you?'  

BO: 'I don't know...have you performed any major acts of trust lately?'  

GG! scratches his head. After performing several 'think' poses, he  finally smiles broadly and says:  

GG!: 'Nope!'  

BO: 'Are you positive?'  

GG!: 'Only fools are positive.'  

BO: 'So you're positive.'  

GG!: 'My point exactly.'  

BO: '...damn. I can't wait to give that fortune-teller a piece of my  mind... Uh...I guess you can go back to sleep now.'  

GG!: 'No I can't, I'm not tired anymore.'  

BO: 'Well, sorry for waking you...see ya...'  

With that, Bo leaves and shuts the door on his way out. GG! puts  down his Sonic plushie and walks over to one of the full-wall windows. He  opens up the curtain and stares at the overcast sky...it's going to be a  rainy day, just the way he likes it. A smile of simple satisfaction crosses  GG!'s face as he gazes out over the placid city scene before the storm, when  one critical thought strikes him.  

GG!: 'Holy mother of Eggman, THE NEO CRYSTAL!'  

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GG! and Bo enter the the NEO chamber, expecting a ransacked scene of  chaos...instead, they are greeted by the glowing NEO Crystal safe in its  protective barrier. GG! sighs with relief.  

GG!: 'Whew, it's still here! I knew I could count on EG, I should be  ashamed of myself. But then I'd only feel bad, hehehe...'  

BO: 'Maybe it's a fake!'  Green Gibbon! shakes his head.  

GG!: 'Definitely not. I can sense its power...can feel it breathing...'  

BO: 'Breathing...? Are you saying that thing's alive?'  

GG!: 'It's a long story, remind me to tell it to you sometime when there's  a campfire handy. Right now, I've got some games to play...and I believe  you've got a refund to collect from a certain fortune-teller.'  

GG! and Bo head back out.  

BO: 'Oh, yeah...Madam Moon...'  

GG!: ''Madam Moon'? You have got to be kidding...'  

BO: 'I don't know, she's never been wrong before. Maybe her prediction  just hasn't come to pass yet, I know she's not a fake.'  

GG!: 'Get over it, Bo...they're ALL fakes; it's a scam the size of Tifa's  breasts. Only with Tifa's breasts you get your money's worth.'  

BO: 'Will you quit making naughty jokes and listen to me for once? I've  known this girl for years, and she really does have some sort of sixth  sense.'  

GG!: 'What are you getting at?'  

BO: 'I think maybe you should go see her.'  

GG!: 'Me? See a psychic? I'd sooner schedule myself a dental appointment.'  

BO: 'Why are you always so closed-minded?'  

GG!: 'Not closed minded, absent-minded. My mind is non-existant.'  

GG! and Bo exit the elevator into one of the supply rooms.  

GG!: 'Besides, I've got some new software to test today that has to be  finished ASAP.'  

At that moment, the Possessed Spam walks up holding a CD.  

PS: 'Hey, Double G, you've gotta proofread this translation. It's 'Super  Tamagotchi Fighter 64 Turbo Championshiop Edition Starring Digi-Mon'.'  

GG!: 'On second thought, it isn't all that urgent. To the Moon, Alice.'  

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(^-^) (-_-) (º.º) End of Part 1 (O.O) (¤.¤)