Subject: (Flashback) TRIO (chap 7)
From: MXJK67C@prodigy.com (CHRISTIAN A ROGERS)
Date: 11/14/1997, 6:32 PM
To: fanfic@fanfic.com

Now this chapter contains two characters I'm proud to have created.  
Brunt and Bombard, while having small roles so far, will find 
themselves in bigger parts as TRIO progresses.

So, I dog dare ANYONE out there to MST the rest of these "Flashback" 
chapters!

Come on!  I double dog dare you!

I TRIPLE dog dare you!!

Oh BTW, regular C&C would be nice too. :)
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				   TRIO:
			      THE DEADLY DUO!

	Gohan woke up to a curious sound.  At first he wasn't sure if he had 
heard it at all.  He was about to dismiss it as a sound effect from 
his dream, when it came again.  Whatever it was it was coming  from 
outside.  It was hard to describe.  It sounded like.... no that 
wasn't it.  It sounded kind of like Rosie O Donald doing an 
impersonation of Bruce Lee.  "HIEEEYAAA!!!"

	"Again, but keep your arm straighter," came Ranma-chans voice and 
that was what clued Gohan in on what was happening.

	"Hieeyaa!"

	Curiosity overtaking him, Gohan got out of bed, put on his clothes 
and went to see how Usagis training was going.  He peaked out his 
window and looked down on the backyard.  The light reflecting off the 
window blinded his view so he opened it up and floated out until he 
was hovering next to the house, from there he had what he felt was 
the best "seat" for the proceedings.

	Ranma-chan shook her head and said, "Your STILL not keeping your 
arms straight enough at the end of the blow."

	Usagi whined, "But you said I was getting better!"

	"You are... but anybody can FAKE a good looking punch.  It's a whole 
other story for it to actually work however.  Let's try something 
else."

	Ranma-chan got into a ready Kempo stance and did a simple snap kick. 
 She smiled at Usagi and said, "Now you try."

	Usagi gulped and tried to imitate Ranma's stance but it was a bit 
sloppy. (Chivalry denies me the right to say what it was really like.
) She took a deep breath to calm her nerves and then flashed her foot 
up and outward.  The rest of her body quickly followed and she did a 
complete flip and landed on her head.  Ranma-chan gasped and asked, 
"Are you all right?"

	Gohan zipped down and ran to his friends side.  Hoping that Usagi 
was all right.  "Nooooo," she moaned, still on her head and then she 
started to cry, "WHHHAAAA!!  I'm NEVER going to get this right!  I 
just know it!"

	"You're just tired," Gohan said, "I never would have thought you 
would have been able to get up this early anyway."

	"I wouldn't have if it hadn't been for HIM... I mean her..." she 
indicated Ranma-chan.

	"Come to think of it," Gohan said to Ranma-chan, "I never would have 
figured you for the early rising type either."

	"It's easy," Ranma-chan replied with a smile, "when you have 
something to get up for."

	"Yeah," Usagi said, "Tormenting me!"

	"I'm not tormenting you!  YOU said you wanted to learn!  Did you 
think it was going to be easy?!!"

	"You didn't say that you would be like a drill instructor!"

	"How else do you expect to learn?!!"

	"You COULD try being kinder, you two sex wonder!!!"

	"Sheesh!  An insult coming from a person who's still on her head!"

	Usagi got back up to her feet and was about to start Round Two when 
Gohan jumped between them and said as he indicated his watch, "Hey.  
Don't you two have jobs to get to."

	"EEP!" Usagi yelped, "I'm going to be late!!!!"

	Usagi ran off in a cloud of dust and after a hurried change into 
more presentable clothes then  the sweat shirt and pants she was 
wearing, she zoomed down the stairs and out the door for the bus stop 
to the city.  Ranma-chan walked off muttering, "I KNOW she can do it. 
 She just needs to be properly motivated.... SOMEHOW."

	Ranma-chan got into her uniform and also left for her job.  About 
two minutes later the phone rang.  Gohan picked up, knowing who it 
would be, (only one person in the world besides the three of them 
knew the number) and said, "Yes?"

	He listened intently to the voice on the other side and replied, 
"Right.  The usual place.  I understand.  I'm on the way."

	A few minutes later, Great Sayaman flew out the upstairs window and 
headed off for the city.  The house was quiet until two intruders 
made their way inside.  "Let us make this quick Trunks," Sailor Pluto 
said, "we have to get back before Usagi gets to the store."

	Trunks nodded in reply and said, "No problem.  This shouldn't take 
very long."

	Sailor Pluto pulled out two silver bands from an interdimentional 
pocket and laid them on the kitchen table where they would be easily 
seen by even a complete and total idiot. (YOU can insert your own 
insult here.)  They started to leave when Pluto asked, "Are you not 
forgetting something?"

	"Opps," Trunks exclaimed and pulled out a note and laid it next to 
the mysterious silver bands, "Can't forget the instructions now can 
we?" he added sheepishly.

	Meanwhile......

	The man in shadows waited in the alley patiently for his contact.  
He pulled out a cigaret out of his trench coat pocket and using a 
lighter, lit it.  He puffed lazily, letting the smoke curl around him.
  "Hey," a voice above him said, "Don't you know that smoking is bad 
for you?"

	The man looked up and saw Sayaman standing on top of a water tower, 
the sun highlighting him from behind.  Sayaman jumped down and did a 
flip in mid air.  He spun several times and skidded to a halt several 
inches in the air before slowly floating down to the ground.  He 
looked up at the man in shadows and said, "Ta da!"

	The man smiled and replied, "I give it an eight."

	"EIGHT??  ONLY an eight?"

	"Nice entrance... lousy costume."

	Sayaman grumbled in response.  The man raised a hand and said, "No 
time for joking around.  We have serious business to discuss."

	A few hours later....

	The research facility was in full swing.  Computers went *beep boop 
beep*, scientists traded facts and numbers as they worked on new 
inventions, every thing was going as it always did.  That was, until 
the front door was blown in.  In stepped three beings.  The first two 
were bizzarly dressed human females.  They were Warp and Brunt (who 
made a brief cameo in chapter 3).  Their third companion was a large, 
military green robot.  It had two large missiles, one each attached 
of his shoulders.  Four more, smaller ones on each of its wrists, two 
more on each side of its waist, a panel on its chest which more then 
likely contained even more missiles and a visor like eye.  On its 
chest was the black circle with the white outline that marked it as a 
member of the Eclipse Syndicate.  "Okay," the robot said, "Now what?
"

	"Don't look at me Bombard," Warp replied, "You two are the new hot 
shot lieutenant for the Inner Four.  YOU'RE the ones who are supposed 
to know what to do."

	Brunt sighed in annoyance and adjusted her skin tight black jump 
suit and straightened her grey Tuxedo Kamenish face mask.  "Come on 
you two.  We have to get those supplies or else the Eclipse Lord is 
going to get mad and I would prefer to NOT have him mad at me, thank 
you very much."

	"Right," Bombard said as he grabbed a nearby gawking worker and 
demanded, "Take us to the uuhhh.... the... uhhh.... ummm... errr..."

	Warp growled in annoyance before saying, "The Space Dilation-
Adapters you moron!  God, only Blade Bot could recommend a total 
idiot like you for lieutenant status!"

	"Hey," the robot shot back, "I resemble that remark."

	Warp muttered under her breath, "I won't answer that.  It's WAY too 
easy."

	Finally, after several minutes of searching, the three of them 
managed to find what they were looking for.  It was a bunch of wires 
that seemed to be made for fitting around a human form.  Warp 
chuckled as she thought, "Good.  One step closer to repairing the 
Time/Space Device and once it's repaired..."

	She laughed a laugh that would have put Kodachi to shame and the two 
luitenents backed off nervously.

	Later at the Eclipse Tower.....

	The Eclipse Lord looked at the Space Dilation-Adapters and he slowly 
nodded in acceptance.  His purple eyes flashed with what could have 
been pleasure.  "Good," he said softly, "this is very good.  We are 
now one step closer to completion.  You have done your job well"

	The two newly christen luitenents wiped the sweat (or in Bombards 
case, oil) off their brows and said, "Thank you Eclipse Lord."

	The Inner Four politely clapped at the Eclipse Lords prompting and 
at his signal the two lieutenants stood and started to leave.  
Samaron caught up with Brunt and said, "The master was right.  You 
have made the Warriors Department proud.  I can only hope that you 
will continue this quality of success."

	"No prob boss," Brunt replied offhandly.

	"What was that?!"

	"I mean," Brunt performed a respectful bow, "thank you sir."

	"Better."

	Blade Bot laid a hand on Bombards shoulder and said, "You did well, 
but perhaps we should have your intelligence circuit looked at."

	"Uhhh," the missile covered robot replied.

	"My case in point."

	Lujane looked at the lieutenants and said, "Don't congratulate 
yourselves yet.  You have one more component to recover and you will 
go to retrieve it tonight."

	That night....

	"Ranma, Usagi" Gohan asked when the two of them got home, "do you 
have any idea what these things are?"

	Gohan showed the two of them the silver bands that he had seen on 
the table.  They fingered them curiously as Gohan pulled out the note 
that had gone with the bands and said, "I also found this and it says.
.."

<Dear Gohan, Ranma and Usagi,

	You do not know who we are but we want you to know that we are here 
to help you.  The two metal bands you will find with this note are to 
help you in an emergency situation.

	First, Ranma and Gohan, please put on your costumes.>

	The two men shrugged and complied.  After they were done, they went 
back to reading the note.

	<Second, put the rings on your pointer finger on your right hand.>

	They did.

	<Third, press the ring hard.>

	They did and the next thing they knew they were in their underwear.  
Usagi "eep"ed, turned deep red and turned her back.

	<BTW. You may want Usagi to leave the room at this point.>

	"NOW it tells us!" Ranma snapped.

	<To get your clothes back, press the newly formed gem on the ring, 
which is in actuality, your compressed clothes.>

	Gohan quickly pressed the green gem on his ring, while Ranma did the 
same to his half black, half white one.  In a flash, they were back 
in their costumes.  "You can turn around now," Gohan said to Usagi.

	"What happened?" Usagi asked.

	"I think this note is getting to that," Gohan said.

	<These rings are compression rings.  You can use them to store your 
costumes and change into your alter egos if you're in a hurry and so 
you won't be caught with your pants down (no pun intended).  If you 
are wearing other clothes at the time, they will trade places with 
your costumes in the rings storage space.

	Use this gift well.

	Signed,
	Two Friends>

	"Well," Ranma said, "it's nice to know we have somebody watching our 
backs."

	"We don't have time to waste worrying about this right now," Gohan 
said, "we have business."

	"Do we have to go out tonight?" Usagi whinnied, "I had a tough day.  
The whole store needed dusting and vacuuming, not to mention 
polishing and I had to do it all alone while Susan and Troy did 
'executive stuff'."

	"In other words," Ranma quipped, "They stuck you with the manual 
labor while they did the cross word puzzles in the paper and/or 
played solitaire."

	Usagi smiled at the joke and replied, "Bingo."

	"Sorry," Gohan cut in, "but this needs to be done."

	Gohan pulled out a large map of the city along with a black felt pen 
and began to circle certain facilities.  "I've learned through a 
source that these science research facility have been robbed in the 
past week.  Each of them have had only one item stolen but each item 
was real high tech.  In fact, it might be the kind of stuff that the 
Eclipse Syndicate would go after."

	At the name of their enemies, Ranma and Usagi got serious or at 
least as serious as they could.  Usagi transformed into Sailor Moon 
and the three of them got down to business.  Gohan circled another 
factory and said, "According to my source, this is the next research 
facility that will most likely be hit."

	"Why?" Sailor Moon asked.

	"Not sure," Sayaman replied.

	"And what is this 'source' of yours?" Yin Yang asked.

	"If I told you, I'd have to kill you."

	Yin Yang looked at his friend, not sure if he was joking or being 
serious.

	Later....

	"Now remember," Brunt said as she briefed the half dozen men who had 
been sent with them, "we must only find the Machile Distortation 
Circuit.  This is very important to the Eclipse Lord and his 
punishments for those who fail him are legendary.  So DON'T fail."

	The men all knew the price of failier and all muttered their 
understanding.  "Now that we know the stakes," Brunt said in 
satisfaction, "let us precede," Brunt turned to Bombard and motioned 
towards the research centers doors, "Bombard, could you please make 
our presence known?"

	"Right," Bombard said gleefully, "time to make a big BOOM!!!"

	Bombard aimed his right hand at the doors and one of his missiles 
flew off and exploded against the doors.  The doors blew inwards and 
the Eclipse Syndicate followers rushed in.  "Knock, knock, anybody 
home?" Bombard quipped.

	The few security guard inside froze in fear and Brunt prompted them 
with, "If you leave now, I won't let Bombard have you."

	Bombard chuckled malevolently as he said, "And I hope you decide to 
stay."

	That was too much for the security guards and they ran for their 
lives.  "Spread out," Brunt ordered to the men, "rip this place apart 
if you have to, but find that device!"

	Outside, a little ways away and a minute earlier....

	Yin Yang yawned as he and the others looked down at the center.  
"Are you SURE this is the place?" he asked Sayaman.

	Sayaman nodded and replied, "Yes.  I'm certain, we just have to wait 
a little longer."

	Yin Yang sighed and said, "Whatever you say," then he looked at the 
siloueted form of Sailor Moon, "You've been awfully quiet.  I haven't 
heard you complain in almost a minute.  Something wrong?"

	A snore was his only response.  "Oh," he said in understanding.

	KA-BOOM!!!

	That was enough to wake Sailor Moon up and she exclaimed, "What?  
Who?  Where?"

	"Do you believe me now?" Sayaman said as smoke curled up from the 
research center.

	"Yeah yeah," Yin Yang grumbled, "let's just get going already."

	"Let's move out," Sayaman ordered as he flared his ki and flew off.

	"Hey, what's going on?" asked a confused Sailor Moon.

	"Never mind," Yin Yang sighed as he grabbed her hand and pulled her 
after him, "just move that cute little butt of yours already!"

	"'Cute butt'?" Sailor Moon asked, not sure if she had just been 
insulted or complimented.

	"NEVER MIND!"

	"Alright already, yeash!!"

	Inside....

	"We haven't found anything yet field leader," a grunt said to Brunt.


	"Keep looking," she replied.

	"If your looking for trouble," somebody said, "then look no farther.
"

	Everyone looked towards the doors and saw Great Sayaman, Sailor Moon 
and Yin Yang.  Sayaman stood in the lead, his hands on his hips and a 
cocky grin on his face.  Sailor Moon stood a little behind him, her 
arms folded across her chest a nervous smile on her face.  Yin Yang 
was casually leaning against the side of the entrance.  "Who the hell 
are you?" Brunt asked.

	Sayaman grinned and said, "If you are evil, then your in trouble.  
If you work for the Eclipse Syndicate, then you're in bigger trouble. 
 I am Great Sayaman!"

	Sailor Moon took over, "I am Sailor Moon, the champion of justice!  
I shall right wrongs and triumph over evil.. and that means YOU!  In 
the name of the moon... I'll punish you!"

	Everyone looked at Yin Yang and he said, "I'm Yin Yang and I DON'T 
do speeches."

	Sayaman concluded with, "Together we are a force no evil can stop.  
For we are... THE TRIO!"

	"The Trio???" Brunt exclaimed.

	"Kind of stunts your chance for membership growth doesn't it?" 
Bombard quipped.

	"Trust me," Sayaman replied, "the three of us are more then enough 
to beat you."

	"We'll see about that," Brunt said as she turned to the other 
members of the Eclipse Syndicate who were present, "GET THEM!!!"

	A large bald man with the black circle with the white outline on his 
right hand rushed forward and smashed his fist into Sayamans face, 
only to be knocked back and out by a casual backhand from the 
uninjured superhero.  One of the punks pulled out a gun and fired 
three shots at Sayaman.  Only to receive the shock of his life as he 
caught the bullets and let them drop to the ground.

	Yin Yang kicked a man in the jaw and then quickly sent his foot 
backwards into the stomach of one who tried to sneak up on him.  Then 
he leaped upwards and lashed out both of his feet, hitting both men 
in the face, sending them crashing down into dreamland.  Another one 
tried to smash him with a pipe and Yin Yang ducked.  Only to get 
soaked by the water flying from the water cooler that was shattered 
from the missed blow.  "Why you!" Yin Yang-chan growled as she 
punched the shocked man in the kisser, "Do you know how long it takes 
this costume to dry?!!"

	No one had attacked Sailor Moon yet because they weren't sure just 
what the hell to make of her.  Somebody quipped, "I think I'm in love.
"

	Another said, "Hey man!  Can't you see she's jail bait?

	Sailor Moon wasn't sure what that meant but she was pretty sure she 
had just been insulted.  "Who's Jail Bait?!!" she growled.

	She tore her tiara off and... "MOON TIARA ACTION!!!"

	The golden discus, to her surprise, before it hit the lead punk, 
changed back into a tiara and smashed him in the forehead.  Then it 
ricoshed off and bonked into another one, and then another, and 
another and another, ect. ect. ect.

	Sailor Moon looked at the bad guys sprawled out at her feet and when 
her tiara returned to her hand she caught it and muttered, "Cool."

	Brunt and Bombard blinked (if you can say that a robot can blink) in 
surprise and then Brunt muttered, "That didn't go so well now did it?
"

	"Oh well," Bombard said as he slammed his right fist into his left 
palm, "I always preferred the direct approach anyway!"

	The two luitenents nodded and yelled, "HAIL THE ECLIPSE," as they 
charged.

	Bombard smashed into Sayaman and the two of them crashed through the 
wall and out into the night.  Brunt charged Sailor Moon and Yin Yang-
chan.  The two heros jumped and Brunt went past them and ran right 
into (and through) the wall.  "Guess that takes care of her," Yin 
Yang-chan said.

	"Guess again," Brunt said as she stood up, "I've withstood the 
horrors of Baksaitenketsu training, did you think a little wall would 
take me out?"

	"Well," Sailor Moon said, "we kind of hoped...."

	Brunt roared as she charged again.

	Meanwhile, Bombard delivered a right cross to Sayamans jaw that 
staggered the red caped hero and then followed up with a left 
uppercut that sent him staggering back.  Sayaman looked at his foe 
and said, "Okay.  You've got a nice sucker punch.  If you really want 
to hurt me however, you're going to have to MUCH better then that."

	"Ohhh," Bombard chuckled, "you are going to be soooo SORRY you said 
that!"

	Sayaman smiled, "We'll see."

	Bombard roared and fired several missiles from his hands.  Sayaman 
flew out of the way as he thought, "I'm not sure just how 
invulnerable I am.  It's better if I hold out on finding out as long 
as possible."

	The missiles exploded on the ground and sent up large yellow puffs 
of fire.  Bombard yelled, "Hold still," as he fired several more 
missiles at his airborne foe.  All of them missed.

	At that point Brunt was knocked into the yard from a large flying 
kick from Yin Yang-chan and the other two heros leaped after her.  
Bombard laughed as he said, "Oh lookie here.  TARGET PRACTICE!!!!"

	The Eclipse Syndicate robot turned and fired a large barrage of 
missiles from his hands and the port on his chest opened reveling 
more missiles and those fired as well.   Needless to say that Yin 
Yang-chan and Sailor Moon were caught off guard and were ill prepared 
for the barrage that came towards them.   All sight was blotted out 
from the explosions and all sound faded into a crashing din.  When 
the smoke cleared Sayaman stood in front of his friends, his costume 
scotched and burned, but other wise he seemed pretty much okay.  "I," 
he thought to himself, "do NOT want to have to do that again.  I 
think that just killed my eardrum."

	Aloud he turned towards his friend and said, "You two okay?"

	Yin Yang-chan and Sailor Moon looked at their friend in shock and 
were only able to stutter out, "You... how... wha... but..."

	"AAARRRRRGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!" Bombard cried, "You survived my first 
barrage but I'd like to see you survive it again!"

	Bombard continued his assault with renewed enthusiasm and this time 
he made sure his shots were set wider apart and that some would slip 
pass the seemingly invincible Sayaman.  Sayaman did what he could to 
catch some and destroy others with ki balls but he was still was 
unable to stop some of the shots from getting past.  Yin Yang-chan 
and Sailor Moon did their best to dodge the projectiles but the 
concussion blasts from the explosions continually knocked them to the 
ground.  A water main burst and the jetting spray passed through the 
flames that burned as a result of some of the blasts, being 
superheated in the process.  "AUGH!" Yin Yang cried as the hot water 
splashed her. (Turning back to a him in the process.)

	"Are you all right?" Sailor Moon asked in concern.

	"Yeah," Yin Yang said as he stood, "just a little scalded that's all.
  I'll live."

	Suddenly, he yelled, "Sailor Moon LOOK OUT!!"

	Sailor Moon turned just in time to see a rouge missile come flying 
at her.  She dodged but fell to the ground in the process.  She 
looked up and saw another missile flying at her with a speed she knew 
she couldn't dodge in time.

	The next thing she knew, a pair of strong arms lifted her and 
carried her to safety.  She looked up and for a second she thought 
the person was a man in a tuxedo with a black top hat and a white 
mask over his face.  Yin Yangs crack of, "Be more careful next time 
will ya?!" quickly dispelled that illusion.

	She shook out her head and saw that it was Yin Yang who had carried 
her and she snapped back, "I WAS being careful!!"

	"Look," Yin Yang said as he placed her back on her feet, "I'd love 
to argue with you right now but we don't have the time."

	"I WASN'T arguing!"

	Yin Yang just rolled his eyes and prepared to run back but stopped 
as Sailor Moon whispered, "Ranma... thank you."

	He whispered back, "Well... no prob.... Usagi."

	The two of them moved forward to return to the battle.

	Bombard stopped his barrage, weapons dangerously close to an 
overheat.  He looked at the large collums of smoke, certain that 
nothing could have survived.  "Good work," Brunt said, "I don't think 
we'll have to worry about them again."

	"WRONG!" Sayaman said as he stepped out of the smoke.

	"Wha..." Bombard stammered.  Then he recovered and said, "Looks like 
you're all alone though.  You may have survived but I'm betting your 
friends aren't as tough."

	"You'd win that bet," Sailor Moon said as she also stepped out of 
the smoke.

	"We however," Yin Yan said as he too stepped out of the grey clouds, 
"are very resourceful."

	"I don't feel so good," Bombard groaned as his sensors warned him 
not to fire again or risk a short circuit.

	Brunt charged yelling, "It doesn't matter!  They have nothing 
left!"

	Sayaman grabbed her fist as it stormed towards his face and said, 
"Wrong again."

	He then threw the surprised muscle woman into the air.  Bombard 
looked and saw that his chances of winning were between zero and none,
 so he did the only sensible thing.... he hit the teleportation 
device on his arm and zipped back to the Eclipse Tower.  Brunt, while 
in mid air, did the same.  Silence reigned over the compound and the 
three heros gasped for breath.  "That," Sayaman said, "had to be our 
toughest battle yet."

	"Man," Yin Yang said, "you were at ground zero for that stuff.  Your 
ears are probably really ringing."

	"What?" Sayaman asked with a smile, "I can't hear you.  My ears are 
ringing."

	"I wonder what they were after," Yin Yang mused in a louder voice.

	"Who cares," Sailor Moon panted, "I just wanna go back home and get 
some rest."

	"Sounds like a plan," Sayaman replied with a smile.

	The three heros left, none of them noticing the yellow portal that 
opened inside the research center or the Scarab Demon which came 
through the portal, grabbed a large computer circuit and zipped back 
inside, the portal closing behind it.

	At Eclipse Tower....

	The two luitenents bowed before their master and Eclipse Lord 
growled, "How dare you come back here without succeeding!"

	"B-b-but master," Bombard stammered, "we got the device."

	"NO," Eclipse Lord yelled, "The Scarab retrieved the Machile 
Distortation Circuit, you came back empty handed!"

	"I know master," Brunt said humbly, "I would crawl into a hole if 
there were one to crawl into."

	"Then do so," Eclipse Lord ordered.

	To the surprise of the luitenents, Eclipse Lord hit the red button 
on the side of his throne and two holes opened up underneath the two 
luitenents.  "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!" 
the two of them screamed as they fell.

	They were caught by two large hands and when they looked up they saw 
that they were on a  centerfuige of some kind.  A platform in the 
middle dropped down to the centerfuige and a being in a black cloak 
and a hat with the mark of the Eclipse Syndicate was bathed in the 
light of a spotlight.  "I," the being said as it looked up and 
reveled a head with a single eye with a scar on the right side of its 
metallic face, "am Punisher.  I punish those who fail.  Let us begin.
"

(Authors note: I borrowed this guy from NG Knight & 40.)

	Punisher pulled a lever and the centerfuige spun round and round.  
Brunt and Bombard were spun for their lives and when they were 
totally disoriented, it stopped and the hands opened.  Brunt fell 
down a trap door marked with a picture of a large hand.  Bombard fell 
down one with electrical bolts on it.

	Brunt was spanked severely by the giant hand while Bombard was 
thoroughly shocked by large amounts of electricity.  They knew that 
they would live.... and that they would get revenge on the Trio for 
this humiliation.

END OF EPISODE

Next: On Flashbacks: We skip ahead to chaps. 11&12.  Where the Trio 
and the Inner Four have their first face to face encounter and the 
Trio regains some of their old powers.  Be there for it!

The Flashman

May The Spirit Preserve You!