Super Train Sim 2050

A collaboration between Sun and I

Disclaimer: We don't own Pokémon or any of the characters within.


Notes: If you are afraid of trains, please don't read. Trains are mentioned frequently in this story.

We do have permission to use Moira (Skarrow's OC). With thanks to our Evil Master, Skarrow.

This story is based loosely on an old Pokemon Role Play Cracks in the Foundation, in which the three of us participated.

It's set in the future (2030s), so Saturn is in his 40s and Moira in her 20s. (The Subways Twins are immortal, for certain mysterious reasons).


Part 1

Somewhere within the mists of Deepest Sinnoh, in a perfectly normal looking house (appearances can be deceiving, you know), in a darkened bedroom...two men sat, planning deeds. Terrible, evil deeds.

A blue haired guy took a package out from under the bed. He glanced around fearfully, before passing it to a guy in a conductor's uniform.

"Here it is," he whispered. "It arrived this morning and I managed to intercept it before any of the others saw what it was".

The conductor didn't bother questioning why the package was hidden under the bed. He took it from the blue-haired man, considering it critically. "Are you certain this is a quality product? Accidentally getting that cheap knockoff last time wasn't very pleasant."

The blue haired guy nodded. "I'm sure of it, Ingo," he muttered. "I bought it directly from the source this time. I'm not taking any more chances like that!"

Ingo nodded, and turned the package over in his hands. He began to pull at the wrapping, and paused with a look of satisfaction when it gave way. "This certainly looks genuine," he mentioned, turning it so the other man could see the contents of the package. "Well done, Saturn."

Saturn beamed, "Super Train Simulator 2050. Directly from GAME in Veilstone City". He admired the cover, which featured a picture of a train, flying over a snowy mountain range.

Ingo was pleased, though his expression remained neutral. He had always liked that series of games, for obvious reasons. Flying trains, the sky really was the limit for these trains. "Are we going to have a chance to play it anytime soon, or are you... busy?"

Saturn frowned, a disturbed look on his face. He glanced down at the game and then over towards the door. Then, his remaining eye wandered over to an X box, which was innocently plugged into a small TV set. He spoke aloud, his voice a little shaky, as if saying the words would cause some kind of dreadful curse...

"We...could always play now?"

Ingo opened his mouth to agree. It was an excellent opportunity, as his brother wasn't there bugging him. Before he could even speak, though, someone knocked on the door loudly, and opened it without waiting for a response. It was Emmet, with a brilliant smile on. "Excuse me," he said pleasantly. "Have either of you seen Moira?"

Suddenly, the wardrobe door flew open and Moira came out. Saturn nearly screamed and actually fell of the bed. Over 10 years of being stalked by Moira and he still wasn't used to it, it seemed.

Ingo was rather spooked himself, putting a hand over his heart. 30 years around Emmet, and he himself wasn't used to sudden scares and an obsessive relative hiding in strange places.

Emmet, however, was pleased to see her. "There you are! I see my lessons have not gone to waste, huh?"

Moira smiled at Emmet and nodded. Saturn took some deep breaths to calm himself down. Then suddenly, a terrible thought occurred to him...

"Uh, Moira? How long have you been hiding in there for?" he asked.

Moira stared at Saturn and signed to him Since you got dressed this morning.

The Subway Master in white began to laugh. Sometimes his apprentice really amused him. "Well, Elesa and Courtney and I were just wondering where you were, you can go back..." He giggled. "Go back to what you were doing."

Saturn shook his head at once. "Emmet, no way! Don't encourage her, it's bad enough without you..."

Now that she was found, Moira went over to Saturn and hugged him. Saturn looked at Ingo, a hopeless expression on his face.

"Maybe she should have taken your brother's advice," he said.

"Surprisingly," Ingo said, glancing at Emmet, "he really is smarter than he looks."

Emmet pouted in the smiley way only he could, but brightened again and began pestering Ingo. The older twin wished he and Saturn could just play Super Train Simulator 2050... Without their loving stalkers there.


Saturn gave Ingo a helpless look. Now that they had been "found", there was next to no change of them getting to play Super Train Sim 2050 that day. It was impossible. Or was it?

Oh, it wasn't. Ingo was going to make sure of that. After a quick scan of the room to check for any escape doors, he pulled Saturn's shoulder until he could whisper in the man's ear. "Emergency meeting in the wardrobe?"

Saturn nodded and whispered back. (Which was difficult when you have your stalker around but possible...just about).

"Ok mate, give me a minute..."

Saturn gave Emmet a weak grin. "Uh, Emmet? Could you...do you have anything, erm...new to teach Moira?"

Emmet smiled and nodded. "Hey Moira, come see this new trick I came up with for tying people up more efficiently!"

Moira smiled at Emmet and released Saturn, going over to the white robed conductor. Saturn winced internally. Emmet was going to teach Moira more dreadful things? Was it worth it, just to hear Ingo's plan?

Then, Saturn reminded himself that Ingo did usually come up with extraordinarily good plans.

Ingo was probably going to suffer from Emmet's new trick too, but it would have to be dealt with later. At the moment, the black conductor was busy dragging Saturn off into the wardrobe. Hopefully they'd disappear before Moira noticed them escaping.

"Alright," Ingo said once the door was firmly closed, and he was trapped in the dark with Saturn. "There has to be a way to get rid of them for a while."

Saturn thought hard. "Maybe, if we can get them to do something that they really really like doing, they'll go and do it and then we can play the new game. But, what do they likeg?"

Ingo also had to think for a moment. "Girl stuff? I'm not sure, what is it that girls like to do?" The way he liked dresses so much sometimes made Ingo think it was okay to categorize Emmet as a girl for situations like this.

Saturn brightened up at Ingo's question, That was easy. "Courtney likes shopping," he said at once. "Sometimes, she even takes Moira with her".

"Shopping, of course," Ingo agreed. "Perfect. Do you think we can send them off with that?"

Saturn nodded eagerly. "I am sure we can. How about Elesa? Does she like shopping too?"

"I think so," Ingo said, pleased by the failproof plan. "That's settled then."

Saturn went to high five Ingo, when he was rudely interrupted by the cupboard door being opened. He squinted in the sudden light and when his eye had adjusted, he found himself face to face with Moira.

"Moira," Emmet said from somewhere in the room behind her. "There's still part 2 to the trick, don't you want to learn that?" Sometimes he actually was helpful to his brother.

Saturn rubbed his eye and stepped out of the cupboard. He looked behind him anxiously, to make sure that Ingo had his back. Was it time to put their plan into action?

Ingo indicated that it was with a nod. He thought that Moira might just respond a little better to Saturn. Considering how much she loved him.

"Uh, Moira?" Saturn began. Moira immediately turned to stare at him in a creepy way. "Uhh...would you...would you like to go shopping with Emmet?"

Emmet immediately liked the idea. Shopping was always fun for him, he had a talent for tracking down the weirdest item in any given store.

Smiling, he took Moria by both her hands. "You should! It would be fun, I've never been shopping with you before."

Moira wanted to go shopping with Emmet. She nodded eagerly at him.

Saturn watched the touching scene and wondered, for a brief moment, what would happen if Emmet and Moira were to hook up and become a couple. It would be wonderful indeed!

"Want to bring Courtney and Elesa too, or leave them here?"

Moira nodded again. Saturn's head drooped. How could Moira and Emmet hook up together if they were not alone.

Emmet was thrilled. "Verrry good! It's like... A girl's night out! Except... It is not night."

"And you're not a girl," Saturn deadpanned.

Emmet stuck his tongue out and Ingo went blank.

"Um well, I'll just go and ask Courtney and Elesa if they wanna go. Yeah...Ok". Saturn scuttled out of the room, backwards so that Moira could not jump him.

Emmet put an arm around Moira's shoulders and turned her away from Ingo, before leaning in to whisper. "But for shopping, we unfortunately need money. Unless you're cool with shoplifting, I know Elesa for sure is down with it. But, in case you're not... Have you got any, or do we need to borrow some money?" He smiled.

Moira shook her head and signed to say that she hadn't any money but they could borrow Saturn's credit card, as long as they were careful.

"Sure, maybe we can buy a present with it too. Ingo doesn't trust me with a credit card of my own either, so I'll have to borrow his." Emmet winked. "Watch this."

Moira nodded at Emmet, she liked the idea of buying Saturn a present. She watched carefully, to see what he planned to do.

Emmet walked up to Ingo, and wrapped him in a crushing hug. "Thank you for letting me go out!" he said cheerfully. Ingo was left recovering his breathing functions as his brother turned away, a plastic rectangle hidden in his hand.

"See, Moira," he said quietly. "It's simple!"

Moira stared at Emmet very carefully, comprehending everything that he had done, in perfect detail. Then she left the room, in search of Saturn. A few moments later, there was a dreadful scream!

Then the door flew open and Saturn charged in. His eye was wide and he was panting for breath.

"Ingo! She...was trying to". He collapsed onto the bed, crying hysterically.

"Calm down, Saturn, and breathe," Ingo said, finally having recovered from Emmet's crushing hug. "Who did what?"

Saturn whispered into Ingo's ear. "Moira hugged me and then she..."

"What, Saturn? Do I want to know what happened?"

Ingo looked pretty concerned. Emmet, however, had broken out into a trill of giggles.

Saturn blushed. "Uhhh, for some reason, she tried to steal my jacket".

"Is that so bad?"

Saturn pouted at Ingo. "Ingo! She is my adoptive daughter and I taught her...". Then, a thought struck him. "She is available to date...if you're interested".

Ingo was frozen, face red, but Emmet answered for him with a very subtle "No!"

Saturn looked rather disappointed. "Oh well, if your brother is sure. The offer is still open, however, if he should ever change his mind. Wait...does that make sense?" Saturn's expression was clueless.

"No, but it doesn't matter," Ingo said sensibly, recovering his voice. "She's a little too young for me. Anyways, you're alright, aren't you? This hasn't scarred you for life?"

"N-no, I'm alright," Saturn tried to reassure Ingo. "It isn't like she's never...oh blimey!" His heart proved that it was a decent quality organ, as Moira had snuck back into the room again and was standing very close to him once more.

"Uhhh, Moira," Saturn began. "Are you ready to go shopping?"

"Oh, good!" Emmet exclaimed, clapping his hands. "I was just about to be impatient about it!"

Ingo cast a covert glance at Saturn, wondering, hardly daring to hope that perhaps they would be able to finally play Super Train Simulator 2050.

Saturn hoped so too. He was delayed for a moment longer, while Moira signed to him that she would like to borrow his credit card.

"Of course," he smiled, taking it out or his wallet in his back trouser pocket. "Here you go".

Moira accepted the card and signed her thanks. Then she went over to Emmet, ready to spend all of Saturn's money on dreadful things. Saturn grinned weakly at Ingo.

Emmet took Moira by the arm and maybe would just drag her out of the room depending on if she moved willingly or not. On the way out of the room, he talked her ear off about things to buy. (Ingo lowered his voice, his gaze flicking between Saturn and the door his twin had left open. "It will be safer to wait until they've left the house to start the system up."

Moira allowed Emmet to lead her away, though she gave Saturn the sort of look that suggested he would get an extra lot of attention when she returned.

As they left the room, Saturn overheard Emmet talking to Courtney and Elesa. He patted Ingo on the shoulder. "I think it's actually going to work," he whispered.

Just then, Courtney stuck her head round the door jamb.

"Oh, by the way," she said, smiling at the boys. "You're babysitting the kids while we are out!"