Subject: 1/2 Factor prologue (reformatted)(repost)
From: ddegidio@ix.netcom.com (DeGidio)
Date: 4/8/1997, 11:53 PM
To: fanfic@fanfic.com

Hi!  This is reformatted so it is easier to read.  C&C is welcome.  
Thanks for reading.  Enjoy!
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     Hey, Ryouga!
     <What!>
     Read this for me, please.
     <Hmph.  Okay.  Let's see . . . Disclaimer-Ranma, grrr,  and
all  related characters were created by Rumiko Takahashi and do
not belong to the author of this story.  X-Factor and all related
characters belong to Marvel Comics.  Don't sue me. Why would
they sue me?>
     It means me.
     <Oh.> Shrugging. <This story takes place sometime in
Ranma, I'm not sure when.  It as for X-Factor, it takes place back
in the good old  days, when Peter David wrote and it was funny,
some time before The X-Cutioner's Song.>
     Thanks Ryouga-kun.  Now don't get too lost.  I may need
you again later.
     <Uh . . . yeah . . . sure.>
     Now that you know (and knowing is half the battle) all of
this   _vital_ information, on with the story!

1/2 Factor
A S.P.A.M. production

X-Factor/Ranma 1/2 crossover
     Prologue

Open to two shadowy figures.
     *Bored? * says the first.  It is the voice of a young man.
     *That's an understatement, * grumbled the second.  This
voice    sounded the same age as the first but female.
     *You were the one who chose this time line to watch, *
chuckled  the man.
     *I know . . . but everything has gotten so predictable lately! 
Very  few of the main groups are interesting at all anymore! They
all act the same.  Even the time travelers are copies of each other!*
     *That bad?* Vigorous nodding. *Hmmm . . .  why don't
you throw   a kink in?  I mean if what you say is true, the time line
is already corrupted.  Whatever you do can't be any worse. *
     *Weeeeeeellllllllllll . . . heh, I even have an idea. * She
giggles.  *This'll be good . . . you may want to watch this. *
Giggles  again and starts talking to the screen as she adjusts an
oddly shaped control panel that had just appeared. *I'm sorry
Jamie . . .  just because I'm doing this to you doesn't mean I dislike
you.  In fact, I like you enough to take notice of you.  Just relax
and you'll be fine . . . *
     *What are you going to do?* asks the man.
     *You'll see . . . *

     Cut to a park.  Verdant grass contrasts with a brilliant blue
sky as the bright sun shines down on the parks inhabitants.  On
such a beautiful day, the battle taking place in its environs seemed
vastly displaced.  Energy blasts flashed through the air.  Loud
 BOOM's echoed as man mountains clashed.  A feral growl was
heard as deadly claws were utilized.
      All the combatants are paired off with and opponent. 
Focus on Multiple Man as he reaches out and sucks in several
dupes with a �POK.' At his feet was Tempo who had been, until a
few seconds ago, holding Quicksilver in the wavering bonds of her
time distortion field.  Not having expected the abrupt change, he
shot off into the distance. There was a brief flash of light, not
incredibly bright, which left, when it receded, a young woman. 
The young woman grabbed Multiple Man's arm and studied him
closely.
     "What the . . . " he exclaims.
     "You'll do!" she declared, grabbing him by the arm.  "Next
stop, China."  With a brief flash, both vanished.  Only Peitro, who
was returning from his �trip,' noticed, the others being too caught
up in their own fights to see the disappearance.  However, before
he could alert anyone to the event, he was attacked by Reaper and
could do nothing.

     Open to a familiar valley, whose floor is dotted with a
myriad of springs in all sizes and shapes.  More numerous than the
springs were the bamboo poles rising from the glassy surfaces of
the water.  Some springs supported one, some many, and from a
very few rose none at all.
     The guide sat, as was his habit, looking out over the
springs.  Suddenly, there was a flash and two figures appeared
above one familiar looking spring.  The woman released her hold
on the man and he fell, screaming, into the water.
     "Ooooo.  That spring quite popular lately," remarked the
guide smoking his pipe.
     Jamie groggily began to stand up after his recent plunge
into the water.  There is something different about him, something
not right, but we cannot tell what it is yet.
     "Now to the final destination," the woman said grabbing
the back of Jamie's trenchcoat.
     In a flash they are gone.

*That was mean.  Curses are tough to deal with. * comments the  
man upon the woman's return.
*He'll be fine.  He's made of quite tough stuff."
*But he doesn't know any Japanese! *
     The woman leans over and pushes several buttons.
*Now he does . . . Don't worry about him.  I even sent him to   
people who can help him with the curse. *

Open scene showing only a heap of brown and blue.
     A young woman with short black hair dressed in a school
uniform walked up and looks concerned.  She knelt down and
began to shake the unconscious form gently.
     "Hey.  Hey! Are you okay?"
     "Mphhhh!  Cut it out Rhane.  I'll get up in a minute.  Tell
�Lex to keep his shorts on . . . " Jamie rolled over to reveal some .