As Raz continued, he learned more of the Doctor\u2019s mind. He fought a Cyberman with a blonde man with a stick of celery on his lapel, beat a Sontaran with a man in a patchwork coat, outwitted a man in a goatee with a man carrying an umbrella with a question mark handle, ran through New York with a wavy-haired man, battled waves of Daleks with a grizzled old man, threw vinegar onto a Slitheen with a man in leather, saw the loss of the companion of a man in a pinstripe suit, nearly tripped over a man with a bow tie tripping over himself, fended off a Zygon with a man with attack eyebrows, averted the Flux with a woman with a long gray coat, arrested Beep the Meep with a version of the man in the pinstripe suit, threw Sutekh into the Time Vortex with a flamboyant black Scotsman, his memory with what looked like the Doctor\u2019s companion was hazy, then finished with fending off Doctor Doom with the Doctor as she was now. After taking care of the last Censor, Raz and the Doctor finally talked. \u201cAll those monsters and enemies you fought, the friends you made,\u201d he said as the two settled in the current console room, \u201cthe way I see it, if you knew who Gristol Malik was, you\u2019d be putting him back into Psychoisolation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThen, perhaps,\u201d suggested the Doctor, \u201cwe go back into the real world and you can tell me who he is and why he\u2019s so dangerous.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYeah, I think I\u2019ve seen enough here. See you back in the real world, Doctor!\u201d The Doctor opened the TARDIS doors and Raz felt himself lifting away from the Doctor\u2019s mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Raz blinked and saw that he was back in Sasha\u2019s lab with Sasha checking over his instruments and the Doctor coming out of the trance. He then checked himself over and felt the weight of his body. \u201cMost interesting,\u201d muttered Sasha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d asked Raz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe scanners are saying that she has two hearts,\u201d replied Sasha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWell, I DID learn she was from the planet of Gallifrey,\u201d explained Raz. \u201cAnd that she changes her face often<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAn alien shapeshifter?\u201d asked Sasha. \u201cThat\u2019s a first for the Psychonauts.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThere\u2019s more, Agent Nein,\u201d continued Raz. \u201cI saw all her friends and enemies, none of them were Gristol Malik. She hadn\u2019t even heard of the name until today. Her friends here are probably in the same boat.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe are!\u201d confirmed Amy. \u201cNow would you let us go?!\u201d Sasha gestured and the restraints holding the Doctor and her friends released themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMuch appreciated,\u201d thanked the Doctor. \u201cNow, how about some proper introductions? I\u2019m the Doctor. The currently angry goth pink hedgehog girl is Amy Rose.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cReally feel like smashing my hammer on you!\u201d hissed Amy at Sasha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAnd the Twi\u2019lek is Lurra Rus,\u201d finished the Doctor. Lurra Rus put a soothing hand on Amy\u2019s shoulder. \u201cAnd you two are\u2026?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAgent Sasha Nein of the Psychonauts,\u201d greeted Sasha. \u201cAnd this is my prot\u00e9g\u00e9, Razputin Aquato.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHi!\u201d greeted Raz. The Doctor\u2019s eyes widened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cRaz Aquato himself?! The youngest Psychonaut agent ever?!\u201d she asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou\u2019ve heard of me?\u201d asked Raz. The Doctor grinned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe only went through the highlights of my life,\u201d she said. \u201cLet\u2019s say that if we went to specifics, you\u2019d have spoilers about your wonderful future thanks to Sasha and Milla!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWonderful future, hm?\u201d mused Sasha as he took a drag out of his cigarette. He then smiled. \u201cSo Milla Vodello and I DO get something right!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSo what\u2019s my future like?!\u201d asked Raz with his usual youthful exuberance. \u201cIs it really awesome?! Do Lili and I have kids?! Ooh! Do one of us become the Grand Head?!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAh ah! Spoilers,\u201d replied the Doctor. \u201cI can\u2019t tell you the future. That will break the laws of time. Let\u2019s just focus on the current crisis, hm? Who is Gristol Malik?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHe\u2019s the Gzesarevich of Grulovia,\u201d explained Raz, \u201cmy dad\u2019s old home. I\u2019m half Grulovian.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cGrulovia?\u201d asked the Doctor. \u201cBut the whole country was washed away.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWell, you can blame Gristol\u2019s parents for that,\u201d replied Sasha. \u201cRaz has had the most experience with him, but he told me and Agent Vodello about it all and how he got wrapped up in the whole thing. What do you say we walk and talk?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSounds fine to me,\u201d replied the Doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Doctor and her friends were officially cleared and brought on as freelance helpers to the Motherlobe. \u201cSo Gristol\u2019s parents,\u201d the Doctor was summing up, \u201cpushed Lucretia Mux to the breaking point by making her the general of war, Maligula. Maligula tried to knock away the protestors, but her hydrokinesis resulted in the death of her sister, Marona Aquato, and sent her over the edge, flooding and destroying all of Grulovia, then Ford Cruller brought her back and altered the Aquato family\u2019s memories so that she lived as Raz\u2019s Nona instead of his great-aunt so that Maligula would never surface again, but parts of her past were coming back and she convinced you, Raz, to go to Whispering Rock Psychic Summer Camp to start the ball rolling in freeing her fully. Gristol, meanwhile, disguised himself as Nick Johnsmith the mailman and put his brain into Grand Head Truman Zonatto\u2019s head while locking the brain away, then you rescued \u2018Truman\u2019 from the Rhombus of Ruin and tried to find out who kidnapped him in the first place, then you fixed Ford Cruller\u2019s mind after it was shattered in the psychic duel with Maligula and tried to lock her away again with the Astralathe, but it failed thanks to Gristol in Truman\u2019s body interfering, and Maligula rose again, but you entered her mind and managed to help Lucretia face Maligula and bring an end, then you put Truman and Gristol\u2019s brains back into their proper bodies, and to finish it off, you put Gristol in Psychoisolation.\u201d The Doctor took a breath. \u201c\u2026Have I missed anything?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2026No, you pretty much got it,\u201d replied Raz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLucretia\u2019s reconnecting with the Psychic Six and we\u2019re keeping it under wraps as best we can,\u201d said Sasha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSo how did Gristol get out?\u201d mused Lurra Rus. As they talked, Raz saw a young woman approaching them. He groaned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNorma, will you beat it?!\u201d he complained. \u201cWe\u2019re working on Gristol\u2019s escape here!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2026T\u2026V\u2026\u201d mumbled Norma. Raz blinked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2026What?!\u201d he asked as worry crept into his mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cRaz?\u201d asked Amy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSasha-!\u201d yelped Raz. Sasha looked into Norma\u2019s ear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2026Brainless!\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOh no!\u201d groaned Raz. \u201cGristol must have found that sneezing powder!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cCould somebody fill us in?\u201d asked the Doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThose with psychic powers,\u201d explained Sasha, \u201ccan survive without a body.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat\u2019s true of all species, even us Time Lords,\u201d replied the Doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThere\u2019s a special sneezing powder,\u201d said Raz, \u201cthat can make anyone sneeze with enough force to eject their brain from their body. It somehow works on non-psychics and keeps them alive, though not as long as psychics.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAnd Norma here encountered that same sneezing powder?\u201d asked Amy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s the only explanation,\u201d replied Sasha. \u201cAnd Gristol must have had it smuggled to him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSo why not use it on Terryl?\u201d asked Raz. \u201cShe still has her brain, last I heard.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIndeed, why not Terryl? It makes no sense,\u201d remarked Sasha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2026Unless Norma was part of his scheme in the first place,\u201d mused Raz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhy?\u201d asked Amy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNorma always grumbled that our promotion to Junior Psychonauts was underwhelming,\u201d replied Raz. \u201cMaybe he played on that?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2026But that would mean she visited Psychoisolation in the first place,\u201d mused the Doctor. \u201c\u2026Perhaps we should ask Terryl some questions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNot a bad idea,\u201d agreed Sasha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019d be careful, though,\u201d warned Raz. \u201cShe\u2019s a bit\u2026intense.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The group arrived at Psychoisolation after informing the medical ward about Norma being brainless in the most literal sense. They met with the receptionist, Terryl. \u201cHI!\u201d she greeted, eager to talk to people. \u201cAgent Nein! So good to see you! For a while, I thought the Psychonauts forgot about me!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTerryl, we need to ask you a few questions,\u201d said Sasha. \u201cIt concerns Gristol Malik and Norma. Has she visited Gristol at any point before the breakout?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2026Well, no,\u201d replied Terryl, confused. \u201cShe only arrived on the day of the breakout and she was somehow overpowered by Gristol. He took advantage of her and decked her. I had to get medical staff over to fix her.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDecked?\u201d asked Raz. \u201cAs in a punch? But her brain\u2019s missing! No one can punch that hard, not even psychics!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSomething just isn\u2019t adding up,\u201d muttered the Doctor. As she pondered, everyone heard someone rush into the building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLET ME IN! LET ME IN!\u201d begged a voice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cGristol?!\u201d yelped Raz. Gristol Malik then crashed into the group. He then grabbed Sasha by the arms and shook him, fear plain in his eyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s all gone wrong! You need to let me in!\u201d he babbled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cGristol, what ARE you talking about?\u201d asked Sasha. \u201cDid one of my experiments-?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTrust me, I WISH it was you!\u201d insisted Gristol. \u201cBut it\u2019s not! It\u2019s his classmate! The rat! The schemer!\u201d He pointed at Raz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cRat? Schemer?\u201d asked Raz. \u201cWho are you-?\u201d The earth then shook. A metal hand then tore the front of the building off, door and all! The metal hand belonged to some giant robot with a brain swimming in green fluid!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAh, here to witness my work, Raz?!\u201d asked a woman\u2019s voice. Raz goggled in horror.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNorma?!\u201d he yelped.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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