A Team Galactic Halloween Story

By Cosmic Gerbil

Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon or the characters within.

Part 1

It was Halloween in Sinnoh and everybody at Team Galactic's HQ were eagerly preparing for their splendid Halloween party that they were having that evening. Actually, no…no they weren't. Cyrus didn't want to do anything for Halloween, as it involved emotions.

To be fair, he had told any of his staff that if they wanted to celebrate, they could have the evening off to do so. No, wait, he didn't do that either. Cyrus had organised an important lecture for the evening and he was insisting that everybody attend. Mars, Jupiter and Saturn, being nice commanders had told him that they would be delighted to. Hey, maybe not completely true but very loyal of them.

Sadly, not all of Team Galactic were this loyal. There were some grunts who had simply joined because they were lazy bums who thought that being in Team Galactic would be easy money and that they wouldn't have to do a scrap of work.

Two of these particular grunts were G45 and G46. They were brothers who had joined up just a few weeks previously and were disappointed to find that being in Team Galactic seemed to be 80% listening to Cyruses' lectures, 19.9% doing things to make the world a better (and emotionless) place and 0.01% larking around. Not what they had expected or wanted at all.

During the 0.01% of time they had to bum off, they had concocted up a rather ingenious plan. (Well, G45 and G46 thought it was ingenious). As it was Halloween that evening, they had decided that it would be hilarious to jump scare Cyrus. Or at least attempt to.

So, G45 was dressed in a totally unrealistic Spiritomb costume and he and his brother were hiding in a supply cupboard, along on of the main corridors.

"This is a dumb idea," G46 complained. "The Boss might not even walk along here. And if he does who knows how long we gotta wait? And even if it's not long, he still won't be scared".

"Why not?" G45 asked. "I think it's a pretty scary costume".

"Cos he doesn't have emotions, duh!"

G45 snorted. "That's garbage, bro. Everybody has emotions".

"Well, I've never seen him show any".

"That's just cos he's good at hiding them. Now shut up, in case somebody hears us".

Presently, Cyrus and Mars came walking down the corridor. Cyrus was talking about the correlation between oatmeal, Pachirisu and the creation of silicon chips. Mars was listening avidly and even managing to convey a fascinated expression.

"Ugh, I hope that's not gonna be what tonight's lecture is about," said G46.

"Shush, you'll give us away," growled G45. He peeped round the cupboard door and smirked as he saw Cyrus and Mars approaching.

"Now to find out if he's got emotions or not," he muttered in a low voice.

"Yes Commander Mars, I am glad you understand my fascinating subject," Cyrus was saying. "Of course, milled oats and silicon are very similar, which is why in theory it should be possible to manufacture silicon chips out of oatmeal".

"Of course, Boss," Mars said, wondering why anybody would want to make oatmeal chips. While she was wondering whether of not Windows would run on them, G45 leapt out of the cupboard right in front of her and Cyrus, screaming at the top of his lungs. Mars squealed and Cyrus flinched, jumping back a little.

Both grunts yelled with laughter. "Haha, told you so," G45 said gleefully to his brother., "The Boss does have emotions after all. He was scared!"

Cyrus stared at G45 with a deadpan expression. "Incorrect," he stated. It was simply a reflex action and not indicative of emotions at all".

Mars was furious. How dare those stupid grunts make her jump and attempt to scare Cyrus. "Boss, can I have permission to do horribly painful things to them?" she asked.

"Very well," Cyrus said. "Permission granted".

"Thank you!" Mars advanced towards the grunts, who having just a small amount of good sense, turned tail and fled as fast as they could.