Drive in Movie (working title)

By Lord Agravane the Undead

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

Written as a gift for Rattlehead


Part 1

"Archie? Hey, are you falling asleep again?"

"Huh?" Archie stirred, lifting his head up off the pillow. "I wasn't, no".

"You looked like you were to me", Courtney said, amused. "We can go to bed if you want and I'll put the TV off". She indicated towards a little portable TV that was sitting on a coffee table.

"Nah, I'm alright", said Archie, sitting up and rubbing his eyes. "I was watching that show".

"No you weren't, you were sleeping", Courtney laughed.

"Was not!"

"Was too".

"Was not".

"Was...oh look, if you were awake, then what is the show about?"

Archie squinted at the TV. There was a guy with a microphone, talking to an older couple. All three people had Unovian accents.

"Um, Unova?" Archie suggested.

Courtney poked him.

"It's about Unovian culture in the 1950s and 1960s. It's really interesting; the reporter is interviewing people who were teenagers back then, to find out what they did for entertainment".

"Uh and did they have technology back then?" Archie asked.

"Of course! It was the 1950s, not the dark ages".

"Oh yeah, yeah. So, what did they do?"

"Look, they're showing a historical piece of film", said Courtney. An old black and white film appeared on the screen. A field was full of old fashioned cars with their soft tops removed. At the far end of the field was a giant screen, showing a Western film.

"A drive in theatre!" Courtney said with a happy sigh. "Wouldn't it be exciting to go to one, Archie?"

Archie had to admit, there was something appealing about the drive in. "Yeah", he said. "It'd be really retro. Say, I'll take you to one, if you like".

"Oh, yes please, that would be brilliant", said Courtney eagerly. She grabbed Archie and hugged him.

"No problem", said Archie, hugging Courtney back. "Uh, do you know where there is a theatre in Hoenn?"

Courtney's smile faded. "Oh dear, no! Perhaps they don't have them here?"

"I'm sure there must be some", Archie said, not wanting to see Courtney upset. "Hoenn's a pretty big region. Hm, does your phone have internet on it?"

"Yes", said Courtney, taking her phone out of her bag. "We can search for drive-ins on there".

After a couple of minutes, Courtney found two drive-ins. "Look", she said, showing Archie the little screen. "There is one in Lilycove and one in Mauville".

"Ha, great", said Archie. "We can go to either one of them, then. Whichever you think looks the best".

"Hmm", Courtney mused. "The one at Lilycove looks more classy but the one at Mauville is more retro".

"Well, there's no rush", said Archie, settling back down into the pillow. "Have a think about it and then choose when you are ready".

"I will do", said Courtney, turning off her phone again. She lay down next to Archie. Archie slipped an arm around her and began stroking her hair. All was quiet for a minute. Then Courtney spoke again.

"Uh, Archie? I've just thought of something".

"Uhuh?"

"We don't have a car!"


Archie stood outside Team Magma's Base, hands in pockets and scuffing the toes of his boots in the loose soil.

"Humph!" he muttered. "Why don't they make drive in theatres at sea? I have a ship. It'd be easy to sail to one, that way".

Archie leaned against the side of the volcano and waited. Presently a grunt came along, carrying a drill press.

"Oi, you!" Archie called out. The grunt stared at him in alarm, then reached for a Pokeball on his belt.

"Put that away, you daft sod", said Archie. "I don't wanna fight you; I wanna speak to your Boss".

"Uhh...OK then", the grunt said nervously. "He's working on his car; shall I take you to him?"

Aha, even better Archie thought. That'll bring the subject up straight away.

"Yeah, that'd be great".

The grunt led Archie round the base of the volcano, towards a cave that was being used as a garage. There was a car parked inside; a small black car with a red line running round it.

"There you go", said the grunt and scuttled off quickly. Archie frowned; he could see the car alright but where was Maxie? Entering the cave, he soon found out, as he noticed a pair of familiar boots sticking out from beneath the rear end of the car.

"Hey, Maxie?" Archie smirked. "Could you get out from under there quicker than the time it would take me to pull your boots off and tickle your feet?"

Maxie stuck his arm out form under the side; a Pokeball held in his hand.

"No but I could set my Camerupt on you faster".

"Huh, you're no fun", Archie huffed. "Anyway, can you come out a minute?"

"Wait!" said Maxie. "Here, pass me that spanner, will you?"

Archie looked round and saw a spanner on the cave floor, just out of Maxie's reach. Thinking that he ought to be nice to Maxie if he wanted to borrow the car, he picked it up and handed it to him.

"Thanks", said Maxie. "Can you pass me that piece of pipe too?"

"Uhuh", said Archie, picking up a soot stained pipe.

"Thanks". Maxie made a lot of rattling noises under the car and Archie waited patiently. After about five minutes, he called out again.

"Archie, pass me the oil can, will you please?"

Humph! Well if he doesn't lend me his car after all this help, he's in big trouble Archie thought, reaching for the oil can.

Half an hour later, Maxie announced that his car was fixed and he slid himself out from underneath. "Thanks, Archie", he said. "You were a great help".

"Uh, no problem", said Archie, scratching his beard. "Maxie, can I borrow it please?"

"Borrow what?"

"Your car".

Maxie looked puzzled.

"Why do you need my car? You've got a ship and lots of your grunts have flying Pokemon, if you need to travel about on the land".

"Uh..." Archie shuffled his feet. "I'm gonna take Courtney to a drive-in movie and we need a car to sit in".

Maxie wiped his hands on a piece of cloth. "Why didn't Courtney just ask me? She is admin for Team Magma, after all".

"Cos I'm the guy and I wanna arrange the car for her", Archie said. "It'll be more...romantic, I guess".

"Um, yeah", said Maxie. He nodded. "Alright then".

"Alright? You mean I can borrow it?"

"Sure", said Maxie. "Just let me see if it's working properly first". He opened the door and got into the driver's seat.

"OK, stand back Archie..."...

Archie stepped to one side and watched as Maxie turned the ignition. There was an enormous bang and black smoke billowed from the exhaust. Archie jumped about five feet in the air and Maxie shook his head.

"Nope, still not right".

"Never mind, I'll just hire one", Archie said hastily.

"You sure?"

"Yeah", Archie eyed up the exhaust nervously.

"Hm, fair enough. Do you want to help me with some more repairs?" Maxie asked.

"No, I gotta get going, check out hire cars, you know". Archie grinned a little. "Say Maxie?"

"Yeah?" Maxie approached him. Archie held up his oil covered hands, then wiped both thumbs across Maxies' glasses.

"ARCHIE!" Maxie yelled, as Archie walked off, snickering.