THE QUEST FOR LOVE INVOLVES PAIN.
Lance groaned, resting his head on his desk. He had screwed up majorly, playing the Halloween prank just two day's ago, sending Sabrina off packing was completely unintended. He had called her, only to end up talking to an Answering Machine. He felt dirty, evil for the playing the trick, he didn't know why he did but he had and now things with Sabrina had been screwed all to He....
"Mon chan hit mon.(So get up and do something.)" Lance looked up, seeing Hitmonchan standing in the doorway.
"What am I supposed to do? She won't return my calls."
"Mon chan chan hit mon!(So get in the Copter and Go to Saffron!)"
"Riiight. And as soon as I knock on her door, she'll knock me flat on my face." Lance groaned.
"Mon chan hit mon.(Better than what's happening now!)" He walked into the room and leaned on his desk.
"*What are you accomplishing sitting HERE? She's in Saffron, you're in Viridian. Listen, we're shipping some Element X to the Silph Co. Today, and I'm sure the Pilot can accomadate a passenger. We can alway's send the Chopper back for you when you're done.*" Hitmonchan offered. Lance sighed and looked up at him.
"You're not going to stop till you hear a yes are you?"
"Mon chan.(Quite true.)"
"Are you coming?"
"Moon..Hit mon mon chan hit mon.(Nahh...Got a Poker game this afternoon.)"
"Figures. Anyway, I give, I give. Ash and Misty have been on me about this as well. If it'll shut you guy's up, I'll go I'll go." Lance threw up his hands. Hitmonchan nodded.
"Mon! Hit mon mon chan hit mon!(Right! I'll go tell the Pilot!)"
"Great, you do that." Lance mumbled as he walked out the door.
Lance sat in the Helicopter, watching down below with mixed anxiety attacks and the urge to throw up.
"Where are we again??" He asked nervously.
"We're over Route 21 I think, that links the Sunnytown Bridge and the road that connects to Celadon. Right now we're in the forest region." The Pilot called back.
"Right..Just checking." Lance said nervously.
"Don't worry! The worst thing that could happen is...I don't even know! Although a Team Rocket Faction was spotted in Celadon, you have nothing to worry about!"
"You're not DOING MUCH TO EASE MY APPREHENSION!"
"Sorry sorry!" The Pilot apologized. Lance looked at the cargo sitting next to him. Three Crates of Element X, stuff that either upped or evolved Pokemon, even Pokemon that didn't have Evolutions. It had been discovered In Grandpa valley after an Explosion of mysterious Origins, and now it was being found all over. Parks' Gym Scientists had been experimenting with the stuff, which looked like Black Crystal, except if something hit it like a bullet, it would explode and incinerate anything within five Feet.
"How do you handle shipping this stuff around so well??"
"Being paid helps." The Pilot joked. He suddenly looked out the front window and squinted, seeing something white streaking towards them.
"HEADS UP!" He cried, veering left. The white thing exploded a few feet away from them, leaving a Large Red R before dissapearing.
"TEAM ROCKET! NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT YOU SAID!!" Lance cried, holding on for dear life.
"That was Just a warning shot! They Want the Element X! They wouldn't dare shoot at this thing unless...."
"UNLESS THEY DIDN'T KNOW IT COULD EXPLODE AND KILL US HORRIBLY AND PAINFULLY!!!" Lance screeched as he saw something head towards them, then veer off and explode anolther few feet below them.
"What are they DOING??"
"Shrapnel Missiles! They're trying to Force us to Land!" The Pilot answered as he heard pings on the underside of the Helicopter. He looked at his Fuel gauge, growling, then gasped when he heard a grinding sound in the Propellers.
"They hit the Fuel tanks! We're leaking Gas! Looks like they Lodged some of that Shrapnel in the Propellers, she's grinding sparks!"
"Wait...Sparks plus Leaking Gas...."
"EQUALS EXPLOSION! Get your Parachute on! I have to Land!" Lance stumbled around the helicopter, snagging a chute and strapping it on as his hat fell off from a sudden swerve, banging his head against the side, causing a cut that left a mark of blood. He ignored the pain and waited for the Pilots instructions.
"JUMP!"
"Team Rocket's down there!"
"And We might Explode up here! JUMP!" The Pilot cried. Lance slid open the side door and felt the wind slap him. He gulped and jumped, screaming while he tumbled through the air.
"I SHOULD HAVE STAYED AT HOME! AH GREAT GOOGILY MOOGILY!" He screeched, yanking his Parachute cord. Instantly a billowing white chute popped out, making his neck snap back as it caught an updraft and slowed his descent. He looked at the Helicopter as another Missile shot a few feet away from it, sending shrapnel everywhere, including at him. He held his arms up protectively, catching a few pieces on his arms, non landing in his chute. He yelped in pain and saw the Helicopter suddenly catch on fire from below, speeding down towards the forest. He looked down and saw the ground and Tree's rushing up at him. He covered his face as he was whipped all over by branches, then landed on the ground hard. He rolled along for a while, getting wrapped in his chute as he went downhill, stopping in a small lake, unconscious or worst as wisps of red leaked into the water.
Officer Jenny helped examine the wreckage with the many Officers. So far they had found some wreckage with blood on it, a partially vaporized hat, and the corpse of the Pilot. They had arrested the Rockets when they tried to search the plane for any more Element X, which had exploded, taking about Five feet of the middle of the plane. She was currently waiting for the report on the blood and hat when
she saw someone run up.
"No Civilians are allowed in here!" She cried, holding him back.
"SCREW YOU LADY! I'm From Parks' Gym! I'm Russell, the Stand-in Gym Leader for now! Where's My Brother??"
"Oh! You're the rep. From Parks' Gym!"
"Well DUH! What's going on!" Russell asked as she led him through the wreckage.
"We found a piece of wreckage with a blood stain and hair samples. We also found a partially vaporized hat. I have a sneaky suspicion they belong to you're brother." She said witha touch of sadness.
"Anyone alive?"
"We found the Pilot, dead. We...We haven't found a second body."
"WHAT? Let's...let's think...."
"If you're brother was within five feet of the X containers, his body could have been....vaporized...."
"Which.....Which would..Explain the vaporized...hat." Russell choked out, tears brimming his eyes.
"Well, we're not sure the hat was his......" She turned to a rookie officer that handed her a file folder with the results of the Hat and Blood.
"What are you reading?"
"The...the results are back..."
"And?"
"They...They match you're Brother Lance. Residual hair folicles were on the hat, and...they match..I'm sorry." She said regretfully.
"He..he can't...he was...he was fine yesterday....he.." Russell choked, not believing what he was hearing.
"I'm sorry...." She repeated.
"I...I have..have to tell...oh god he's...he's going to go postal.....oh my god Hitmonchan..." Russel wrung his hands together, thinking.
"Ash...Misty...Brock, The Bruisers, they're...they're gonna take this hard....oh god...Sabrina..."
Ash and Misty sat in the Poke-reserves, laying against a rock with all the Bruisers Except Hitmonchan, who was working out on the Gym with Other Pokemon, waiting for news sitting in front of them. Russell had already left hours ago, and they were trying to pass the time.
"So..When did you guy's meet Lance?" Misty asked The Bruisers.
"*Pinsir and I met him after we Fought Hitmonchan and Lance, he ended up catching us. Lance was agile even back then.*" Scyther remembered. Pinsir nodded in agreement.
"*Me n' Kangaskhan met him aftah a leetle...Transpahtation accident mixed r' Dee Inn Ayy togedder, he helped fix us.*" Electabuzz sighed, placing a new Cigar in his mouth. Hitmonlee sat crosslegged, hands layed out on either side.
"*After a most honorable battle, Hitmonchan defeated me and Lance Caught me. He was Quite an adversary Lance was.*" Hitmonlee remembered.
"*WAS? WHAT DO YOU MEAN WAS???*" Scyther exploded, getting to his feet on the grassy reserve.
"*Scyther please...*"
"*Just because a Helicopter he was in...exploded...Doesn't mean he's Dead! Don't talk about him in the Past tense!*" Scyther cried.
"*Twas just an error in speech my bladed friend. Please Calm yourself.*"
"Everyone. We're all worried about Lance, but we have to hope for the best." Ash interrupted. Scyther tensed, but sat back down. Misty wrapped her arms around Ash, hugging him close.
"*Well...To keep the ball rolling, how are you adjusting to Life Ash and Misty?*" Pinsir asked.
"Well, I have to admit, I'm having fun training all the Water Pokemon and the New Gene One's." Misty giggled.
"All the X's and Sluggos an' everything, It's pretty awesome. AND After hanging around you guy's we've managed to understand you. Next Question?" Ash admitted.
"*Don't mind sharing living compartments?*" Scyther asked, smiling.
"Not at ALL." Misty laughed, hugging Ash tighter.
"*Dumb Question Scyther. They're married.*" Kangaskhan pointed out. They stopeed talking whenthey saw Russell trudging slowly towards them, a strange look in his eye's. Misty almost knew what was coming, but hugged Ash as they got up, looking expectantly at Russell along with the Bruisers.
"Scyth? Scyther Scy scy ther scy?(Well? What happened? Where's Lance?)" Scyther asked. Russell took a deep breath.
"They....They found...they found traces of his blood on a piece of wreackage..and they found his hat...a few feet away from where the X containers vaporized...the hat itself was vaporized.....Lance...Lance..he's..He's dead." Russell said, his voice cracking. The Bruisers stared while Ash and Misty started Crying into each others shoulders. Pinsir sobbed a bit while Kangaskhan just looked down in sadness. Scyther blinked back his tears, feeling part of him ripped away, as did all the Bruisers.
"Scy? Scy scyther Scy scy?(So?...Who..Who gets to tell Hitmonchan?)" Scyther said, then broke down and started sobbing violently, hugging Pinsir.
Lance groaned, resting his head on his desk. He had screwed up majorly, playing the Halloween prank just two day's ago, sending Sabrina off packing was completely unintended. He had called her, only to end up talking to an Answering Machine. He felt dirty, evil for the playing the trick, he didn't know why he did but he had and now things with Sabrina had been screwed all to He....
"Mon chan hit mon.(So get up and do something.)" Lance looked up, seeing Hitmonchan standing in the doorway.
"What am I supposed to do? She won't return my calls."
"Mon chan chan hit mon!(So get in the Copter and Go to Saffron!)"
"Riiight. And as soon as I knock on her door, she'll knock me flat on my face." Lance groaned.
"Mon chan hit mon.(Better than what's happening now!)" He walked into the room and leaned on his desk.
"*What are you accomplishing sitting HERE? She's in Saffron, you're in Viridian. Listen, we're shipping some Element X to the Silph Co. Today, and I'm sure the Pilot can accomadate a passenger. We can alway's send the Chopper back for you when you're done.*" Hitmonchan offered. Lance sighed and looked up at him.
"You're not going to stop till you hear a yes are you?"
"Mon chan.(Quite true.)"
"Are you coming?"
"Moon..Hit mon mon chan hit mon.(Nahh...Got a Poker game this afternoon.)"
"Figures. Anyway, I give, I give. Ash and Misty have been on me about this as well. If it'll shut you guy's up, I'll go I'll go." Lance threw up his hands. Hitmonchan nodded.
"Mon! Hit mon mon chan hit mon!(Right! I'll go tell the Pilot!)"
"Great, you do that." Lance mumbled as he walked out the door.
Lance sat in the Helicopter, watching down below with mixed anxiety attacks and the urge to throw up.
"Where are we again??" He asked nervously.
"We're over Route 21 I think, that links the Sunnytown Bridge and the road that connects to Celadon. Right now we're in the forest region." The Pilot called back.
"Right..Just checking." Lance said nervously.
"Don't worry! The worst thing that could happen is...I don't even know! Although a Team Rocket Faction was spotted in Celadon, you have nothing to worry about!"
"You're not DOING MUCH TO EASE MY APPREHENSION!"
"Sorry sorry!" The Pilot apologized. Lance looked at the cargo sitting next to him. Three Crates of Element X, stuff that either upped or evolved Pokemon, even Pokemon that didn't have Evolutions. It had been discovered In Grandpa valley after an Explosion of mysterious Origins, and now it was being found all over. Parks' Gym Scientists had been experimenting with the stuff, which looked like Black Crystal, except if something hit it like a bullet, it would explode and incinerate anything within five Feet.
"How do you handle shipping this stuff around so well??"
"Being paid helps." The Pilot joked. He suddenly looked out the front window and squinted, seeing something white streaking towards them.
"HEADS UP!" He cried, veering left. The white thing exploded a few feet away from them, leaving a Large Red R before dissapearing.
"TEAM ROCKET! NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT YOU SAID!!" Lance cried, holding on for dear life.
"That was Just a warning shot! They Want the Element X! They wouldn't dare shoot at this thing unless...."
"UNLESS THEY DIDN'T KNOW IT COULD EXPLODE AND KILL US HORRIBLY AND PAINFULLY!!!" Lance screeched as he saw something head towards them, then veer off and explode anolther few feet below them.
"What are they DOING??"
"Shrapnel Missiles! They're trying to Force us to Land!" The Pilot answered as he heard pings on the underside of the Helicopter. He looked at his Fuel gauge, growling, then gasped when he heard a grinding sound in the Propellers.
"They hit the Fuel tanks! We're leaking Gas! Looks like they Lodged some of that Shrapnel in the Propellers, she's grinding sparks!"
"Wait...Sparks plus Leaking Gas...."
"EQUALS EXPLOSION! Get your Parachute on! I have to Land!" Lance stumbled around the helicopter, snagging a chute and strapping it on as his hat fell off from a sudden swerve, banging his head against the side, causing a cut that left a mark of blood. He ignored the pain and waited for the Pilots instructions.
"JUMP!"
"Team Rocket's down there!"
"And We might Explode up here! JUMP!" The Pilot cried. Lance slid open the side door and felt the wind slap him. He gulped and jumped, screaming while he tumbled through the air.
"I SHOULD HAVE STAYED AT HOME! AH GREAT GOOGILY MOOGILY!" He screeched, yanking his Parachute cord. Instantly a billowing white chute popped out, making his neck snap back as it caught an updraft and slowed his descent. He looked at the Helicopter as another Missile shot a few feet away from it, sending shrapnel everywhere, including at him. He held his arms up protectively, catching a few pieces on his arms, non landing in his chute. He yelped in pain and saw the Helicopter suddenly catch on fire from below, speeding down towards the forest. He looked down and saw the ground and Tree's rushing up at him. He covered his face as he was whipped all over by branches, then landed on the ground hard. He rolled along for a while, getting wrapped in his chute as he went downhill, stopping in a small lake, unconscious or worst as wisps of red leaked into the water.
Officer Jenny helped examine the wreckage with the many Officers. So far they had found some wreckage with blood on it, a partially vaporized hat, and the corpse of the Pilot. They had arrested the Rockets when they tried to search the plane for any more Element X, which had exploded, taking about Five feet of the middle of the plane. She was currently waiting for the report on the blood and hat when
she saw someone run up.
"No Civilians are allowed in here!" She cried, holding him back.
"SCREW YOU LADY! I'm From Parks' Gym! I'm Russell, the Stand-in Gym Leader for now! Where's My Brother??"
"Oh! You're the rep. From Parks' Gym!"
"Well DUH! What's going on!" Russell asked as she led him through the wreckage.
"We found a piece of wreckage with a blood stain and hair samples. We also found a partially vaporized hat. I have a sneaky suspicion they belong to you're brother." She said witha touch of sadness.
"Anyone alive?"
"We found the Pilot, dead. We...We haven't found a second body."
"WHAT? Let's...let's think...."
"If you're brother was within five feet of the X containers, his body could have been....vaporized...."
"Which.....Which would..Explain the vaporized...hat." Russell choked out, tears brimming his eyes.
"Well, we're not sure the hat was his......" She turned to a rookie officer that handed her a file folder with the results of the Hat and Blood.
"What are you reading?"
"The...the results are back..."
"And?"
"They...They match you're Brother Lance. Residual hair folicles were on the hat, and...they match..I'm sorry." She said regretfully.
"He..he can't...he was...he was fine yesterday....he.." Russell choked, not believing what he was hearing.
"I'm sorry...." She repeated.
"I...I have..have to tell...oh god he's...he's going to go postal.....oh my god Hitmonchan..." Russel wrung his hands together, thinking.
"Ash...Misty...Brock, The Bruisers, they're...they're gonna take this hard....oh god...Sabrina..."
Ash and Misty sat in the Poke-reserves, laying against a rock with all the Bruisers Except Hitmonchan, who was working out on the Gym with Other Pokemon, waiting for news sitting in front of them. Russell had already left hours ago, and they were trying to pass the time.
"So..When did you guy's meet Lance?" Misty asked The Bruisers.
"*Pinsir and I met him after we Fought Hitmonchan and Lance, he ended up catching us. Lance was agile even back then.*" Scyther remembered. Pinsir nodded in agreement.
"*Me n' Kangaskhan met him aftah a leetle...Transpahtation accident mixed r' Dee Inn Ayy togedder, he helped fix us.*" Electabuzz sighed, placing a new Cigar in his mouth. Hitmonlee sat crosslegged, hands layed out on either side.
"*After a most honorable battle, Hitmonchan defeated me and Lance Caught me. He was Quite an adversary Lance was.*" Hitmonlee remembered.
"*WAS? WHAT DO YOU MEAN WAS???*" Scyther exploded, getting to his feet on the grassy reserve.
"*Scyther please...*"
"*Just because a Helicopter he was in...exploded...Doesn't mean he's Dead! Don't talk about him in the Past tense!*" Scyther cried.
"*Twas just an error in speech my bladed friend. Please Calm yourself.*"
"Everyone. We're all worried about Lance, but we have to hope for the best." Ash interrupted. Scyther tensed, but sat back down. Misty wrapped her arms around Ash, hugging him close.
"*Well...To keep the ball rolling, how are you adjusting to Life Ash and Misty?*" Pinsir asked.
"Well, I have to admit, I'm having fun training all the Water Pokemon and the New Gene One's." Misty giggled.
"All the X's and Sluggos an' everything, It's pretty awesome. AND After hanging around you guy's we've managed to understand you. Next Question?" Ash admitted.
"*Don't mind sharing living compartments?*" Scyther asked, smiling.
"Not at ALL." Misty laughed, hugging Ash tighter.
"*Dumb Question Scyther. They're married.*" Kangaskhan pointed out. They stopeed talking whenthey saw Russell trudging slowly towards them, a strange look in his eye's. Misty almost knew what was coming, but hugged Ash as they got up, looking expectantly at Russell along with the Bruisers.
"Scyth? Scyther Scy scy ther scy?(Well? What happened? Where's Lance?)" Scyther asked. Russell took a deep breath.
"They....They found...they found traces of his blood on a piece of wreackage..and they found his hat...a few feet away from where the X containers vaporized...the hat itself was vaporized.....Lance...Lance..he's..He's dead." Russell said, his voice cracking. The Bruisers stared while Ash and Misty started Crying into each others shoulders. Pinsir sobbed a bit while Kangaskhan just looked down in sadness. Scyther blinked back his tears, feeling part of him ripped away, as did all the Bruisers.
"Scy? Scy scyther Scy scy?(So?...Who..Who gets to tell Hitmonchan?)" Scyther said, then broke down and started sobbing violently, hugging Pinsir.