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As we arrived in Pewter the most remarkable thing was a rock quarry
right
in the middle of town. I made a note to stop there later.
The museum was packed. Including Silph Co's gift shop, (Featuring
the newly
redesigned Poke-ball) and the most current of Pokemon directories,
the
Poke-Dex! One of the corners had been cleared out to make room for
an arena
where a Prime Ape and a Machoke fought. A nearby display case stored
a
number of Kabuto and Omaynte fossils, I should know, I donated them.
I let
PikaZAP out from his poke-ball. Other trainers had their pokemon out.
I
didn't expect any trouble.
Of Course, The first thing she did was jump onto the display case
smashing
it and spilling the fossils to the floor. Luckily the room was so noisy
no
one noticed. ZAP and I stood paralyzed for a minute. Should we run,
leaving
these priceless fossils spilt on the floor, or should we "steal" our
own
property? After Acquiring a Silph Co. Tote bag and filling it with
fossils I
recognized a voice.
"Fresh Fish! Get your Fresh Fish Pokemon! Only 500 cash up front!"
"Daemon! DaemonWyrm?" I yelled. He looked up, "Well I'll be!
Stryker
Silph!" We slapped each other on the back and talked about irrelavant
topics
'till we came to the topic of his fish stand.
"What are ya' doin selling MagiKarp?"
"Its a scam I bought off some old, fat guy. I plan on selling
a couple more
fish then selling it off to some other guy." Daemon stood reletively
tall,
at 5'11" although his unkept poofy hair added an inch or two to that.
I asked, "How's your brother doing? He still infatuated with
bug Pokemon?"
"Heh heh, yeah he dreams of catching the all! All 18 that is."
Kat was milling around, and unbeknownst to us all PikaZAP was
about to go
loco again.
ZAP walked over to the arena, watching the two fighters going
at it hard.
"Pika, Pika, Pi!" or "Look at those wimps!!!" She grabbed a nearby
folding
chair and jumped into the ring! After decking the Prime-ape with the
chair
the Machoke grabbed ahold of the chair and prepared to tear it away
from
ZAP, "Pi, Pi, Pi, PIKA!" or "Don't you DARE!!!". ZAP then proceeded
to
electrify the chair knocking the last competitor out!
"Pika, PIKA, PIKACHU!" ZAP proclaimed to the spectators. Meaning
"I am the
WORLD's BEST PIKACHU!!" About this time Daemon pointed out the on-going
fight. I laughed. "Who says wrestling is all fake." I quipped. The
winners
table had all five stones laying on it, Leaf, Moon, Thunder, Water,
and
Flame. The MC then asked PikaZAP which stone she would pick.
"Pikachuu." Meaning "Moon stone." I was astonished. Of course
the Moon
stone couldn't be bought anywheres, ZAP picked the one she couldn't
profit
at all from! Although my astonishment died down but kindled a feeling
of
admiration, I noticed when the next match began she had swiped all
the other
stones and replaced them with duds.
While Daemon congratulated ZAP, and Kat was talking to Silph CEO
about new
products, I recognized a face, no, TWO faces in the crowd. There stood
the
people responsible for half-drowning me, and releasing all my pokemon.
I
started running, I'd get a good jump on them and beat them while they
were
on the ground. To put it bluntly I was stopped. A huge foot kicked
me to the
ground and then stepped on me to keep me there. George and Jenny walked
over
to me.
"Whom do you think YOU are?" George asked.
"I'm the one you didn't kill George! I'm the one that got away!"
I ignored
the fact I was pinned to the floor.
"Oh, dear! I'm not George, My brother is! My name is Giovanni!
And this is
First Officer Jenny. GP you can release him..." For the first time
I gave
thought to the person standing on top of me. I rolled over and looked
at his
face, while it was obscured by a Penguin mask the point was made that
he
wasn't happy with me.
After recognizing that I was in no imminent danger, I pulled
myself up and
introduced myself. "Silph, Stryker Silph."
GP inquired, "You mean the Silph that gave all his money to the
Pokemon
Amnesia fund?" I blinked, and blinked again. I hadn't seen the news
in days.
It would make sense that my assailants would get rid of my assets.
Realizing
this I proceeded to Yell quite loudly.
After about five minutes I stopped. Panic would get me nowhere.
I heard
over the PA system: "Paging Giant Penguin, please come to the Arena
area!"
GP looked at Giovanni who dissmissed him with a nod. Gio handed me
his card,
"Look me up after you leave, together we can stop George. ." I stashed
the
card in my pocket but when I looked up Giovanni was nowhere to be seen.
I
smirked and went to see GP fight.
At the Arena I was joined by PikaZAP and Kat. Daemon was trying
to sell his
entire business to a nearby fat guy. "You want to make a lot of money
REAL
fast?" After he replied in the affirmative Daemon went into his sales
spiel.
I smiled; Daemon could talk anyone into anything.
Behind me an elderly gentleman and two kids sat down. One who
was rather
cool and competitave with Great hair the other one annoying with hat
hair. I
sighed and returned my attention to the match.
GP's opponent had a Bulbasaur in the ring, At GP's side a Flareon
leaped
from the ground into the ring. Once the Flareon landed the 'saur burst
into
flames, just from being in that close of proximity to the healthy fire
dog.
Both sides recalled their pokemon, GP knew it was NO fun to crush an
opponent so easily. He Pulled a pokeball from his waist and tossed
it into
the ring, a Kabuto popped out. "Kabuto!" It yelled. The opponent called
a
Porygon (another Silph Co. Creation!) into the ring.
At the sight of the Pory the Kabuto fell to the floor motionless.
Everyone
leaned inwards, GP let on that he knew what was happening, but he didn't,
A
bead of sweat down his cheek gave that away. I knew what was happening.
My
old Kabuto was the first and only (since they became extinct that is)
ever
to have this honor. The Porygon tilted its head wondering what was
going on.
The Kabuto then did a mild version of self-destruct, its shell exploded,
leaving a ditto-like critter. The Ditto thing started screaming. Its
"flesh"
caught on fire and its goo expanded. As the fire cooled the goo hardened
and
became rock. Making GP the 2nd person to ever own a Kabutops!
My attention wandered again. Since Kabutops was GP's new pokemon
I knew he
wouldn't recall it, and it was much stronger than anything the opponent
had.
ZAP pulled on my pant-leg and handed me the thunder-stone. I was cautious,
ZAP was already mutated and I wondered what would happen if she evolved.
The
Thought of a 20 story Raichu knocking down skyscrapers in Saffron came
to
mind. I put those inhabitions away and placed the stone on ZAP's head.
She
glowed for a minute before letting out a huge burst of electricity.
The
added voltage pushed her body to the limit where it had no choice but
to
grow! (The burst of electricity hit a nearby spearow, but that isn't
critical to the storyline, although the owner wasn't very happy). ZAP
grew
to half my size and one can only imagine the increase in voltage. Seeing
as
PikaZAP wouldn't do the job anymore RaiZAP was her new name!
RaiZap, and I walked over to where two men were quarrelling. "Fire!"
"Electric!" "Fire!" "Electric!" I interceded.
"What's goin' on here?" It turns out the two men were ex-commandos
named
Tom A. Hawk (Corny ehh.?) and BlackSkunk.
Skunky replied, "I say electric causes the most property damage!"
Hawk retorted, "And I KNOW fire causes more!
I commented, "Please, everyone knows water and Ice do the most
damage!"
Raizap brought us back into the real world with a quick shock.
Conversation dwindled. I tried to start it up again. "So why'd
you guys
quit the commandos?"
Hawk: "They Wouldn't Let me Blow stuff UP!"
Stryker: "But isn't that what a commando's job is?"
Skunky: "Yeah, but he was blowing stuff on BOTH sides up! I personally
quit
because *sniffle* Nobody loves me!" As he started sobbing on my shoulder
I
was in a very awkward position. I tried to do my best at comforting
him
without having to touch him. I had heard about stuff like this about
Pokemon
, like there is a group of renegade squirtles out there somewhere.
But I had
a crying Army Officer on my shoulder and I was getting irritated! Over
the
sobbing Skunk I noticed Hawk twitching, "Just like a Pyromaniac!" I
thought.
Trying to change the subject I said, "There, There. Lets talk
about
Pokemon! What pokemon do you fight with?" This cheered him up considerably.
"You really wanna see?" Without giving me a chance to reply he
had pulled a
ball from his belt and popped it open onto the floor. A Chansey stood
there,
a headband around its head and nin-chucks in his hands.
"A chansey?" The Chansey spotted a nearby Dratini.
"Chan-SEY!" It yelled its battle cry as it Seismic tosses the
dragon into a
passerby. It then turned its prowess to a Caterpie, which it body slammed!
"Chan-SEY!" It then put a Submission hold on a Machamp. I was impressed.
"His name is Chan-Lee!" "Chan-Lee!" Our conversation was broken
by Kat's
Screaming! "He's Got my Pokemon!"
A man was running out of the Museum with Kat's Poke belt. Officer
Jenny
rode up on her scooter to meet up with Kat while I chased down the
offender.
I met up with him at the rock quarry, After trip kicking him I grabbed
the
belt away from him but he was able to grab one ball before he got away.
As
this was going on...
Jenny: "Someone is poaching pokemon?"
Kat: "Yes, he's right there and he's getting away!"
Jenny: "Stealing is wrong, you know that don't you?"
Kat: "??? He's getting away!"
Jenny: "We'll let you know if we find your belt."
Kat: "Do you ever find anything?"
Jenny: "No."
By this time I had returned with the belt, Jenny had left, Daemon
sold his
stand, GP had finished all the remaining opponents, RaiZAP took a liking
to
Chan-Lee (and Vice-Versa), and Kat was EXTREMELY livid at Officer Jenny.
I
handed her her belt.
"He got away with one, I'm sorry I couldn't do better..."
"That's alright, she checked the Poke-Balls, It was one of my
new ones I
wasn't attached to. You are my hero though!" She smiled and kissed
me on the
cheek. I blushed.
As Kat, RaiZAP, and I were about to leave GP confronted the everyone.
"Giovanni, wanted me to make sure you all come with me. Great rewards
were
promised and I guarantee You'll like them." He smiled an Evil grin
and led
us outside. I personally couldn't help but think about what happened
to the
theif though...
The Theif ran deeper into Viridian Forest. He Finally found a
resting place
and sat down. He was huffing and puffing a great deal. "Well Lets see
wat
wees got 'ere" His language skills needed some work.
He opened the Pokeball to realize what he had worked so hard
for.
"A MAGIKARP! I DON"T BELIEVE IT! AAAAAAAGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!"