Editor's note. For every reality there is an alternate reality. Life as we know it is not as is seems for our ideas can create as well as destroy the very fabric of our existence. What people some times call dream's are in essence different realities which in turn can influence there reality. This story is protected by copyright laws. Feel free to distribute this story, but the author does not allow any unauthorized alteration of the story or distribution for profit. All characters depicted herein are the creation and property of Service and Games (SEGA) and/or Archie Publications and/or DiC and/or Disney. Blood and Metal and Haunted Fantasies by David Gonterman MechTail by Paul Lapensee Foxglove created by Disney. Foxglove Wingtail by Paul Lapensee created for BAM there's a difference so Disney back off!. The Void is a focal point where reality's collide leaving a empty place that is some times call Limbo, Mobians just call it the Void. Robotnik had managed to open the Void with the help of Naugus a very powerful wizard. Robotnik tricked Naugus and trapped him in the it. He also trapped King Acorn and a some other important people into it so they could be no up rising against him. Foxglove only appeared once on Disney's Chip 'N' Dale's Rescue Rangers in a episode called 'Good Times Bat Times' and was never heard or seen of again. Just what happened to her? Now that I got that out of the way. Time to start the story. Note this story takes place about 2 to 3 years after Robotnik's take over in another reality. Confused yet? Good. A Past Life By butcher@iaw.on.ca (Paul Lapensee) A Chip 'N' Dale Rescue Ranger Story. This could be the last of it's kind. (A SPECIAL BREAK IN FROM THE REALITY ENTITLED http://members.aol.com/Robo212) ROBONERD: Yeah right. (CLOSE TRANSMISSION) Metro city. A cleaning lady warring a prison suit is reading. She is deep in thought as she looks at the book. The writing is very old, she turns a page. A picture of animals worshiping what looks like a portal in the sky is seen. She reads more and then turns a page. There is a picture of metal robots fighting against the animals. The lady looks up. "Hmmm I do be leave I have found the answer." She turns the page. Her eyes light up. "Yes." She pricks her finger and touches the page. She speaks in a foreign tong and the book glows. Magic flows into her hands. She lets go. There is a fact howl from the window. She looks out of the bared windows and sees a full moon. "Now is the time to summon my pets, to free me from this jail." She pull's out a pot of soapy water, and stirs it with a broom. It starts to glow, a picture of a snake and a large spider appear. "Lue and Buddy, it's time!" The snake looks at her. "Sure thing Freddy." "I'VE TOLD YOU NEVER CALL ME FREDDY, GET YOUR BUTS HERE NOW!" She kicks the bucket, and the image disappears. She stirs it again and a picture of a female bat appears, she is flying along side a chipmunk wearing a hawaian shirt who is flying along side her in a glider. Winifred stands up. "Foxglove." There is anger in her voice. "It's your fault I am here, I was slow close. But you and your new friends spoiled my plans to becoming a real witch. I will first take out my revenge on you then the rescue rangers." She laughed evilly. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Foxglove is smiling as she enjoys flying with Dale. Dale smiles back. "How am I doing Foxglove?" "Just fine Dale, I think you have passed with flying colors." She said, suddenly her smile drops as if something came over her. She lost her bearings and flies into a tree. 'WHAM' Foxglove awakes to hear Chip talking to Dale. "What happen?" "I don't know Chip we where flying together and then she flew into a tree." There is a mone, Gadget runs up and asks. "How do you feel?" Foxglove moves a bit. "I have a headache." She groins. Gadget holds out her fingers. "How many fingers do you see?" "Three." Gadget sighs relief. "She'll be ok she just needs to stay awake for awhile." Dale walks up. "Err why?" "She might have a consion" "A what?" "A temporary dazed condition or loss of consciousness resulting from a blow or fall on the head." Dale carefully pieces together the words in his head. "Err OK." Chip walks up. "Dale you stay here with Foxglove." Gadget and I are going to the police station." Dale tries to object, but sees Foxglove looking at him. "Chip where's Monty?" "He out getting some chess, tell him will meet him at the police station." They walked to the main entrance Chip opens the door for Gadget, he smiles at Dale as they leave. Dale grumbles to him self, he knows what Chip is up to, he's not that stupid. Foxglove calls for him from her bedroom. "Dale?" Dale walks back into her room. "I'm here Foxie." She smiles as she looks him over. Dale feels his heat rising, he thinks of something to say. "Foxglove, what happened?" Foxglove loses her smile. "I'm not sure, when I was flying. It felt like some one was looking at me. I felt it's anger towards me. I'm scared." The bat stands up and walks towards Dale and hugs him. Dale forgets him self for a minute and hugs her back. She looks into his eyes. "Dale am I pretty?" Dale lets go and stands back. "Yes." She then grabs his paws into her's. "Do you like me?" Dale answer back. "Yes I do." He then realizes what she is really asking and lets go. "Err.. do you want anything to eat, I'll get something." Dale walks out the door. Foxglove rolls her eyes and sighs. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chip and Gadget are on top on the ceiling fan watching the police. Gadget sighs. "Slow day." "It sure is Gadget." Madoon walks up to Spenly. "Got some reports for ya." Spenly takes a quick look at them. "Just put them anywhere." Muldoon puts them down and walks away. Spenly looks over his reports. His fax machine prints out a fax. He drops his work and looks at the sheet of paper. Chip looks at it with his binoculars. He see that it is a Wanted Poster. Spenly moves his hand away from the face. Chip eye's open wide, he drops the binoculars and stands up. "We got to get back to base fast." Chip grabs Gadget arm she is stunned. "What is it Chip?" "I'll explain it on the way." ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Foxglove is flirting around with Dale, who is trying to find escape. He decides to hide outside. Foxglove runs out. "Hey where are you cute stuff? Come out, come out where ever you are." Dale is in hiding wiping the sweat from his forehead. Foxglove drops in looking at him up side down. "Hiya, you still haven't answered my question." The stun chipmunk slip of the branch and lands on the one below. Foxglove giggles and lands right beside him and helps him on his feet. Dale is cault in a imbrace. "So you never kiss a girl." "G...Gadget kiss me once, when we where playing spies." Foxglove smiles. "What about a real kiss, you know when you really like someone. Here let me show you." Dale is helpless the bat's hold is too tight to break, she pulls his head closer and opens her lips. There lips meet, Dale's struggle last but a second. His arms drop limp as he feels her tongue explore his. Dale after a bit starts to return the kissing, he puts his arms around the bat. A large spider grabs Foxglove and pushes Dale down on his back. Dale is stunned. Before she could scream out, webbing from the spider covers her mouth. Dale gets up, "Let her go." something slick knocks Dale off the tree. With a loud thump he hits the ground. Dale is unable to move as he watches a lady on a vacuum cleaner flies up and sucks the spider, Foxglove and the snake into it. Then they fly away. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monterey Jack walks up and sees Dale laying on the ground staring into space. "Getting some sun Dale?" Dale turns his head and looks at him. "They got her." Monty see the desperation in his eyes. "Who?" "Foxglove's old gang, they took her away. I couldn't stop them." "Blimey, you mean that crazy cleaning woman is back." Chip and Gadget run up to them. "Dale, Montra we have a problem, Winifred has escaped from jail." Dale still laying on the ground looks at Chip. "I know." Chip and Gadget look around. "Where Foxglove?" Monty speaks up. "They got her mates." They look at Dale who is still laying on the ground. "We got to rescue her. Come on Dale get up." Dale shakes his head. "I can't move." Gadget runs over to him. "Are you hurt?" Dale try's to move. "Ouch. Yes." Chip and Monty find a flat piece of bark to lay Dale on, and carry him into the tree. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Winifred is grinning as she looks at Foxglove strapped to a broom. "Rise and shine." Winifred splashes soapy water into the bats face. Foxglove sputters awake. "Well Foxglove so nice to see an old friend." "I'm no friend of yours Freddy." The cleaning lady was about to hit her when she stopped and a evil smile forms over her face. "You know if it wasn't for me you would still be a regular bat hunting for fruit and bugs. I was the one who found you tangled up in Lue's web." Foxglove tunes her head and speaks softly. "I know." Winifred paces around the room. "I'm disappointed in you Foxglove you turned on me. After all that I have done for you." Foxglove tunes to face her. "You where going to hurt Dale." "I won't have if you just stayed with Lue and Buddy. But no you had to go out on a little adventure all by yourself and fall for that stupid rodent." Foxglove shows anger in her face. "He's not stupid!" "It doesn't mater anymore that's history. Which you and friends will be shortly." Winifred starts stirring her pot of magic. Foxglove looks around and sees the snake and spider walking up smiling evilly showing there teeth. "What are you going to do?" Winifred smiles and grabs a book. "I have discovered a new spell, which opens a portal to a place which no one can return. I plan to use this spell on your friends. After that I'll deal with you. But first I need to prepare, this spell requires a lot of ingredients. Lue, Buddy you have the list now go and don't come back empty handed." ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dale is lying in bed. The gang is there. "Gadget?" Gadget turns her head. "He'll be all right, the shock of the fall caused temper peralis." Monty walks in. "The ranger wing is ready mates." Dale painfully sits up. "I'm going with you." Chip looks at him. "Dale your in no condition to be out of bed yet." Monty speaks up. "Chip right you took a nasty fall there." Something unexpected happens. Dale has a true serious look in his face which is a surprised to the other rangers. "No I am going with you. Foxglove life is in danger. This is no longer a game for me. Chip help me to the ranger wing." Chip was reluctant at first but complied with Dale's wishes. Chip look at his friend. Something was driving the chipmunk something different, could it be Dale felt guilty about Foxglove. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lue and Buddy return later that night. They handed Winifred a bag full of different items. "A yes remember this Foxglove?" She holds up a rock which starts to glow in her hands. She then starts dumping different items into the magic pot. It changes color and glows brighter. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- "She has to be somewhere." Chip said as he looked through his binoculars. "Chip there is over 10 Laundromats in this city, and we have only covered 4." Gadget says. Monty looks at the sky, which is changing color, flashes of lighting can be seen. "Craky the sky is acting weird tonight." "It must be Winifred's doing." Chip says. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Winifred is looking at the book which is glowing. "A here it is. As the book states, I'll translate it for you." "Long ago when the animals where dumb. A evil wizard name Lazar was running for his life from an army of knights. He had no one to help him. He was trapped and alone in the forest. The knights surrounded him. The wizard casted a spell. A vortex in the sky opened sucking him and some knights into the sky. It also said that the knight who survived the vortex, found this book that I am reading know." "You know what the most interesting part of this book is." Winifred starts turning pages and stops at one. "The spell of no return. I kind of like the ring of that." Foxglove yells back. "Don't do it Freddy, you might get sucked in like the wizard." "DON'T CALL ME FREDDY!" The rangers bust in and Lue the spider is cault off guard and tied up. Monty wrestles with Buddy the snake. Chip and Gadget run up to Winifred. "Give it up Winifred, we got you surrounded!" There is a smile on Winifreds face. "Oh I'm so scarred frog!" She aims her finger at Chip. Gadget pushes him out of the way and gets hit by the magic and changes into a frog. "GADGET!" Chip screams. The frog looks at him. (A SPECIAL BREAK IN FROM THE REALITY ENTITLED http://members.aol.com/Robo212) GADGEPHILES EVERYWHERE ON THE INTERNET: Booooooooo!... ROBONERD: You suck Gonterman! (CLOSE TRANSMISSION) "Stop her!." Foxglove tries so hard to break free but the string is too tight. Dale climbs up the broom. "Miss me?" Dale said as he bit his way through the string. Foxglove is now free. Winifred has had enough of this. She starts chanting words. The book glows bright and her pot of magic start to swirling around. The sky above the building turns green. There is a violent earth quake and the roof gets ripped off. Winds are holing very strong and washing machines fly into the sky. The rangers grab the nearest solid piece of pipe the could find. The snake is rapped around a big pipe and Winifred and Lue and hang on to him with all there might. Dale and Foxglove a are holding on to a fire hose which is dangling up in the air. Dale being weak loses his grip and flies towards the sky. Foxglove flies after him and grabs him by the shoulder with her feet. With all of her might she flaps towards the rescue rangers. Dale gets a grip on to Monty. Foxglove lets go and tries to get a grip on Dale. Suddenly a piece of the ground gives way and large rock flies up and slams into Foxglove knocking her out. Foxglove helpless gets sucked into the vortex. Shortly after that the vortex closes and the wind dies down. There is silence the rangers pass out. Morning they awake to the rising sun and the sound of police cars. Gadget is back to normal, apparently the spell was not permanent. Winifred is being placed in a cruiser. She looks at the sky before they close the door. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Later that day Dale is sitting alone looking at the sky. Gadget walks up to him. "Are you going to be ok?" Dale silent. He then turns and faces Gadget. "You know Gadget. Sometimes I can be so thick headed that I don't realized how others might react." Gadget sits beside him. "Is that why you wanted to come?" Dale sighs. "I never got the chance to tell her that I..." "It's ok Dale you can tell me." "I loved her. At first I wasn't sure, but when she got sucked into the hole, I yelled out her name." Gadget hugs him. Chip walks up caring a piece of paper. "Dale I have something for you. He hands him a picture of animals fighting against robots. There is a blue hedgehog at one end, a half metal fox and a tall gray squirrel at the other end standing beside him is a female bat which looks almost just like Foxglove only older and more humanoid. "Chip where did you get this?" Chip smiles. "I think it is a page from that book Winifred was using." They look at each other then at the page and then looked into the sky. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This happened in there world. In our world the show got canceled before one of the writers a got a chance to make a episode out of his dream. And now a different reality. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naugus is busy doing nothing. He is thinking. He hears something from his right and then looks to his right. The void opens and a tiny creature flies in and was about to hit a sharp piece of crystal. He raises his hand and the creature is surrounded in a red glow it stop in a hare lengths of the crystal. Naugus waves his hand and the creature floats to him. He strokes his beard. "Now what do we have here." Naugus looks over the bat. He knows who she is and where she came from. Ever since that lady started using Lazar's book, Naugus has been watching, the thought of a mean human opening the void intrigued him. Even through this bat was from another world, he sensed something about her. Her mind was intelligent, and had the ability to learn and grow. King Acorn walks up. "I heard the void open. Did you find away to leave this place." Naugus frowns. "No and I didn't open it." Acorn sees the bat floating in front of Naugus. She was very small about 14 cm in height. Her eye's are closed. "I see we have a guest. Is she alive?" "Yes. But I don't wish to wake her." Acorn asks. "Why?" Naugus explains. "I don't want her to have the same fate as us." Acorn looks worried. "Your not thinking of killing her." "No she is alive and intelligent like us. I can't not send her back to her world. But maybe I can do something else." Naugus waves his hand and a image of a battle happening on Mobus. Bats lots of them are trying to escape from Robotnik's army of Swatbot's and Hoverbot's. The image zooms in on a mother and father crying over there loss of a young female bat. Naugus turns and looks at King Acorn showing tears in his face as he see's his people suffering. Naugus speaks up. "I will give this family a second chance. Through I am unable to transport us out of the void, there is another way. A spell which can transfer one's own soul into another. When she awakes, she will have no memories of her past only the memories of who that person once was. It's a more merciful way to live then to die here of loneness." Acorn nodes and touches the little bat. "Go luck little one, and may your god protect you." Naugus stands up and opens the void. He then waves has hand and claw in the air. There is a brilliant flash of light. Foxglove is surrounded in energy and despairs. Ashes fall to the ground where her body once was. The energy flies out of the void and infuses its self into the lifeless body. The mother is holding her lost daughter in her arms. The body glows and as if life was given to her, she breaths again. The mother cries out. "Geard she's alive!" The father runs up be sided the mother and dauther. The bat open's opens her eye's and looks at the crying mother. Foxglove's first reaction was, who was this lady then as if someone just turned on a light switch. "Mom?" "Yes dear how do you feel?" Foxglove looks at her surrounding there is sounds of blasters's a distance away, she looks up at her mother. "I just had the strangest dream, that I was in love with a chipmunk wearing a hawaian shirt." Acorn smiles as the family hugs there new daugther. He then walks back to his crystal home. "Good luck little one." Speaking softly as he closed the door. The End ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Foxglove Wingtail. Age: 19 Race: Fruit Bat / Vamipire Bat???? Height: 4 feet 11 inches. (Earth scale.) Current Skills: Telepathy. Probability of becoming a magic user 50%. Currently is under going freedom fighter training. Past: From a parallel reality. Consciousness infused into a new body with the help of Naugus. Personal: Currently involved with a tall gray squirrel who calls him self MechTail. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Now you know. BYE.