But, of course, there is also an opposite of this phenomenon. Objects and forces that conflict. Things that should never be brought together, left there be grace consequences. Matter and anti-matter. Tokyo and giant irradiated lizards. Toothpaste and orange juice.
There are worse combinations out there. Far, far worse. Possibilities so terrible as to be incomprehensible to the human mind. Pairings so horrifying as to cause gods and goddesses to seek new realities to relocate to. Forces that, if aligned, are so frightening that all sane creatures pray that 'never the twain shall meet.'
To summarize, there are some things which go well together. And some things that cause disaster together.
This story is about one of the latter.
"Wahhhh! I'm sorry! I didn't MEAN for anything to happen!" came an anxious feminine reply.
The sound of booted feet slapping against hard earth was overshadowed by the noise coming from behind. The thunderous footsteps that practically made the ground tremble and the snap and crack of broken tree limbs spoke of something large and angry. And it was catching up.
"What did you do anyway?"
"I don't know! There were lots of buttons and switches and I didn't know where we were and it was dark and I was SURE that one of them controlled the lights…"
The trees and bushes along the sides of the dirt path began to blur as the runner picked up the pace. The thunderous footsteps began to fade as he increased his lead. But then the race came to a very abrupt end. Before them towered a massive concrete and steel structure. Easily sixty feet high, the giant electrified fence towered over the tropical forest, stretching out endlessly in either direction. And the flashing red lights perched atop it proclaimed that THIS fence at least still had power.
"Damn!" Ryoga Hibiki grunted in annoyance as he stopped dead, spinning around to face the way he had come. The weight on his back tended to throw him off stride a bit, but not very much. He had become fairly accustomed to it over the last few days. Or was it weeks? Anyway, it wasn't as if she weighed very much.
"Uh oh…" Mihoshi squeaked as Ryoga made his abrupt stop. She was currently hanging off Ryoga's back, getting a 'piggy back' ride from the faster part time porcine martial artist. It wasn't as comfy a ride as her galaxy police space cruiser, but it certainly beat trying to keep up on her own two feet. Plus piggy back rides WERE kind of fun!
"Now what do we do?" The ditzy blonde haired officer asked as she slid onto the ground and dusted off her blue uniform. She took the time to adjust her hair before pulling out a datacube. She stared at it intently, twisting and turning it this way and that. "I still have NO idea where we are…" She sighed. "It seems like earth, but I can't tell for sure.. Maybe we're on Telarus… No, wait… Telarus has giant ORANGE lizards…" She muttered to herself as she continued to fiddle wit the device in her hands.
Ryoga sighed as the thunderous footsteps once again grew louder and louder, interspersed with the occasional terrifying roar.
"I guess it's up to me to beat this thing up." . He reached onto his back to retrieve his trusty combat umbrella. He was just lowering it to his side when the trees in front of the disturbing duo were pushed aside, revealing a very irate looking T-Rex, half a dozen yellow and black spotted bandana sticking out of it's nose.
Ryoga grunted, getting into combat stance, smiling a bit in anticipation. He could really use something to vent his frustrations on at the moment. As the T-Rex roared once more and charged, he shouted his new battlecry.
"Mihoshi! Washu! This is all your fault!"
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