Misty In Europe

By Globie

Five

Berlin...

Misty looked around. Seems like everywhere you turn, TR

is there...but somehow, this time, they're not here. Perhaps they're

on vacation today? Nah, they always try to capitalize in situations

like this...

Ah, but that's where you're wrong, Misty. Team Rocket is

around...but you just don't know it. Maybe try looking around,

perhaps towards that purple-haired guy with the binoculars sitting

on that bench to your left...

Now, where was I...Oh, yeah...TR's about to attack...Then,

suddenly, the usual (Jesse, James, Butch, Cassidy, Megan, Shawn,

Gary) jumps out from their positions, and surrounded the defenseless

Misty and her Togepi...

But, surprisingly, after a measly three minutes later,

all 7 TR members, including Meowth, were on the floor, out cold.

Only Misty was standing there, dusting her hands off while

bystanders stared, bug-eyed.

"What?" Misty snapped, as she picked up her backpack,

cradled Togepi, and walked out of the airport.

The hotel...

Misty looked at the map, and scanned it for the location

of the gym. She got her backpack, stuffed it with a few necessities

(Poke Balls, cosmetics, wallet, etc.), and went outside into the

bright sunshine.

First stop, the Pokemon gym. She went into the gym, and

saw the waiting room empty. She went inside, and saw Blake, the

gym leader from Seattle, sitting there, seemingly reading

something while waiting.

"Hey, Misty!" He shouted, spotting her.

"Blake! Where's Ash?" Misty replied.

"Ash? You mean that kid from Pallet?"

"Yeah."

"He was just here."

"Where is he now?"

"I dunno. Heard he was going to some beach in the East to

relax before heading off to Geneva."

"Did he say which beach it was?"

"Nope."

"Thanks, Blake."

"No prob. Any time."

Misty walked out of the gym, and went to her next

destination: the Reichstag building. The travel guide had

said that the tea house there was 5-star, and if there was

any 5-star tea house in Berlin, Brock would be there.

She ran down into a subway station, and after a painful

process of reading the map, looking through the German-English

dictionary and attempting to convert Deutch marks to Indigo

Island dollars.

Finally, she found the right route, purchased a ticket and

found the right platform. The train pulled up, and she, along with

a large wave of commuters, pushed and shoved against the crowds

exiting the train.

The Reichstag...

Misty went through the revolving door, and came up to a

building directory. She traced a path to the Chancellor's Tea

House, and rushed toward it, in hopes that Brock and Ash are

still there...

She went inside, looked around, but there was no sign of

them. Misty then rushed up to the glass dome, which offered a

majestic view of all Berlin. If Brock was there, Ash and Pikachu

would surely be there too...

But, unfortunately, it was empty. No one was there but

herself. Misty tried to hold back her tears, but to no avail.

She fell to her knees, and started to cry. Togepi tried to calm

her down, but to no avail.

Brandenburg Gate...

It was already nightfall in Berlin. People were already out

around the Brandenburg Gate, and the music was at full blast. It was

almost like a mass party, with some dancing on the Berlin Wall's old

path.

But, for this time of day, Ash wouldn't be here. He was the

party type, but not this kind that was out in the street. Misty

walked down farther down the road, checking the bars and cafes, all

with no luck.

Finally, she decided to try one of the plazas all throughout

the city, including the one where the Canadian and Indigo Island

embassies was (If anyone has the name, please tell me.) Maybe Scott,

Ash and Brock were there...

The Canadian Embassy...

Misty walked out of the building, dejected. Scott was never

here. And, she had already tried the Indigo Island embassy that was

across the plaza from the Canadian Embassy, and Brock and Ash also

never showed up.

Why did they all leave me? Misty thought. The guys aren't

usually that heartless...They wouldn't leave a girl like me all

alone in a foreign place like this...would they? Or was this just

a stupid prank?

But, Ash DID tell her that he was going after the European

crown...Brock had said he was going with him...Pikachu was back

with his trainer, and Scott was probably sick and tired of Misty's

constant ogling.

Scott had been reluctant to even stand close to her, as

there was something about him that was strange to Misty. Not that

he didn't like her, but maybe he had someone else already on his

mind, or was he is love with her?

No, he wouldn't do that. He knows perfectly well she and

Ash loved each other, no matter what. That's because he was the

one who brought the both together, and Scott had been stressing

that every time she made a move toward him.

Then, suddenly, she remembered a picture of a beach in

Eastern Germany that she had seen at a travel agency back in

Athens. She rushed to the train station, in hopes of the ticket

booth knows where it is.

Somewhere in Eastern Germany, two days later...

The train slowed to a halt at the station, and people

slowly disembarked with their luggage. Misty followed, and soon,

arrived at the town. She checked into a hotel, and walked about

exploring the town.

Suddenly, as she walked toward the hotel, saw a tall,

blond North American man that looked a bit like Scott walking

in the opposite direction toward the beach. She tried to stop

him, but he was too fast.

The beach...

Misty looked everywhere, hoping that Ash, Brock or Scott

was around somewhere, either in the water, or lying on the beach.

But, that could be done when she finds a place to put down her

towel in this crowded place.

Finally, she found a place, and put down her towel. Then,

suddenly, Ash and Brock walked by. Unfortunately, Misty was too

busy getting the kinks out of the towel to notice that her quarry

was getting away...

Later, when she was in the water, she saw the tall, blond

man that she had seen on the street near the beach. She went over

to him, but he was swimming away too fast, and splashing up too

much water droplets for Misty to see clearly.

But, she gave chase as best as she could, but when she

arrived back on shore, he was already gone. Misty looked everywhere,

but to no avail...He seems to have just disappeared into thin air.

She went back to her towel, and soaked in some rays. She

was sleeping when Togepi started to shake her, and pointing to a

familiar face. But, she just ignored the little egg, and coaxed it

back to sleep.

The next day, at the Reichstag's dome...

Brock looked at the note. Yep, it was the right place and

time, all right. But where was Snap? He had said in the note that

he would be here by now. And what's the reason that Snap told him

to come here?

Suddenly, there was the sound of heavy footsteps coming

from behind. Brock turned around, and there was Scott, Lt. Surge,

Blake (Seattle GL) and Martin (Berlin GL), as well as Snap, carrying

all his photographic equipment.

"Great to see you all here." Snap declared. "Well, as you

can all see, this is a photo-shoot."

"For what?" Scott asked.

"Yeah, what?" Blake added.

"Well, it's for some fitness magazine..." Snap replied.

"Seems like they're featuring gym leaders this month."

"How did they pick us, then?" Lt. Surge asked.

"They held some sort of a poll across North America, Europe

and Indigo Island, and it seems like you guys were picked." Snap

explained. "Well, let's get on with it."

"Sure, but this better stay decent." Martin commented.

"It will, I can assure you." Snap replied. "Now, guys, line

up over there."

The guys followed Snap's instructions, and he took a few

shots. "Now, take off your shirts." He instructed.

"I hope this is as far as Snap goes..." Blake whispered to

Brock. "I don't want to know what happens."

Later...

Misty looked around. She had just gotten back from the beach

after a fruitless search, and it's now brought her back to square one:

The Reichstag building. Then, suddenly, she noticed something in the

glass dome.

She rushed up there, and stared at the five really hunky

guys, standing in front of Snap, seemingly to be posing for a photo

shoot...but they seem to be naked. Misty blushed, and decided to

watch from a safe distance.

She watched as Snap made shot after shot after shot. When

someone turned her way, she turned away toward the windows, pretending

not to notice. Soon, she made out who the five guys were, and two of

them she was looking for.

Once the photo shoot was complete, she turned around, and

saw that two of the guys had already disappeared. Snap was packing

up, and Brock was standing there, still putting on his sandals.

Misty rushed over, and Brock blushed. He probably thinks

she had seen everything. But, when she came close enough, Brock

could see that she was worried about something else other than

what she had seen...

"Hey, Misty...what are you doing here?" He gulped.

"Brock, where's Scott?" She asked.

"He just left for the airport...said something about Norway."

"Norway? What's there?"

"I don't know."

"Hey, what's this?"

"It's his sunglasses...Must have dropped them."

"And it has a name engraved on it...I never knew Shawn

was Scott's real name."

"It isn't, Misty. And Green's not his last name either.*"

(* - As you can tell from that, yeah, I'm a Blue Jays fan

...is there a Yankees fan out there who's objecting? Well, forget

it. I like 'em in the playoffs, but not in the regular season. Now,

back to our story...)

"How do you know that?"

"Duh, Scott's last name is McGwire, not Green, remember?"

"Oh yeah, I forgot...But why does he have someone else's

sunglasses instead of his own?"

"Maybe he traded them with Shawn Green once...*"

(* - If you wanna hear more about this story, as well as

more interesting tidbits on Scott's life that you don't know about,

e-mail me! Now, it's back to the story (again).)

"Never mind. Let's go find him."

"Where? He's left already, and is probably at the airport

by now...I think."

"What are we waiting for? Let's go!"

On board SAS Flight 215 to Oslo...

Scott sighed. That photo-shoot wasn't that bad. If Blake

wasn't making such a big screaming deal about it...but hey, there

are some people who can get a bit sensitive about this kind of

thing...

He reached for his sunglasses, which he had perched on top

of his hat, but it wasn't there. He searched all his pockets, but

that turned up nothing. That was his only pair of sunglasses, and

he would need it.

Back at the hotel...

Misty sighed, and stared at Scott's sunglasses. She put them

in her backpack, and waited for Brock to come to pick her up for

dinner with Ash at a place near the old Checkpoint Charlie in the

days of the Berlin Wall.

Suddenly, there was a knock at the door. Misty grabbed her

backpack, picked up Togepi, and answered the door. Sure enough,

Brock was there, and Ash was standing beside him with a bunch of

flowers.

"For you, Misty." He stuttered.

"Ash, they're pretty." She replied, utterly speechless.

"Thanks. I got them at a florist near City Hall."

"Really. Must be a really exquisite place."

"It is. Cost me a fortune to get these."

"Oh, Ash, you shouldn't have."

"You know how I love you, Misty."

"Lemme guess...and this is the way you show it?"

"Um...right. Now, I'm famished. Let's have dinner."

"I agree. Let's go!"

Downstairs in the lobby...

"Jesse, why are we even bothering to follow those brats?"

James moaned.

"Yeah, Jesse, let's give up and go back to Indigo Island."

Megan added.

"And we're hungry. We need food!" Meowth chimed in.

"JESSE!" Butch shouted, trying to get Jesse's attention.

Jesse snapped to attention, and using her trusty 100 kg

mallet, hammered everyone repeatedly over the head until stars

were aplenty and everyone was completely out cold. "Now, no more

whining." She huffed.

Meanwhile, Ash, Brock, Misty, Pikachu and Togepi were inside

the elevator car, with Misty pacing around, angry over the slow

speed of the elevator. But, soon, the doors opened, and TR jumped

into view.

(Jesse) "Prepare for trouble..."

(James) "Make it seven times!"

(Butch) "To protect the world from devastation..."

(Cassidy) "To unite all peoples within our nation..."

(Megan) "To denounce the evils of truth and love..."

(Shawn) "To extend our reach to the stars above..."

"Jesse..."

"James..."

"Megan..."

"Shawn..."

"Butch..."

"Cassidy..."

"Gary...."

(All) "Team Rocket blasts off at the speed of light..."

(Gary) "Surrender now, or prepare to FIGHT!"

(Meowth) "Meeeeeeeeowth! That's right!"

But, unfortunately, Ash, Brock and Misty, as well as Pikachu

and Togepi, had just walked by, and completely ignoring their presence.

TR rushed outside, and saw our friend walking farther and farther away.

They stole some skateboards, and chased after them.

Unfortunately, they did not notice a police trap that was set

around a construction site. One by one, they were caught, but

some were lucky enough to blast off again.

"Now can you admit defeat, Jesse?" James asked, as they

took off in the chopper.

"Can we go home now?" Gary added.

"Meowth wants to go back to my basket back at TR HQ in

Viridian!" Meowth shouted.

"All in favor of going back to Indigo Island, raise your

hand!" Cassidy shouted, and all but Jesse shot up their hands.

James tried to wrest control of the joystick, but everyone was

knocked out cold by Jesse's mallet.

Ash, Misty, Brock, Pikachu and Togepi watched as the chopper

disappeared from sight, and hurled insults at them. Jesse pretended

not to hear, as she knows she'll get her revenge against that bunch

of puny little runts, no matter what...

To be continued...