The Other Amy
A crossover between Pokémon Mystery Dungeon and Metroid by Amy Donovan...with a few other cultural references.
—Act 1: Two Amy's—
Author's note: You don't have to have read my previous story, Amy, Chikorita, and the Echoes of Time, to fully enjoy this one. However, you'll have a better understanding of those titular characters if you do!
Chapter 1: The Return of Team Pecha!
Narrator: Two years ago on a planet far, far away…
The story begins with a view of outer space, and the Pokémon planet below. The following opening crawl scrolls upward across the screen, a la Star Wars, complete with the opening music from Spaceballs.
Amy, the human from the future, and her friend Grovyle traveled back in time to save the planet from total paralysis. On that fateful day, she lost her memories, turned into a Jigglypuff, and met her new best friend Chikorita. Together, they made up the exploration team named Team Pecha. Within a month, they discovered the truth of the dark future, collected all five Time Gears, placed them in Temporal Tower, and completed the mission that even Grovyle sacrificed himself for.
Then, a year later, the two of them saved the planet again, that time from a nightmare that threatened to drag every single Pokémon into it and never ever wake up. They found that the sinister Darkrai plotted those two conspiracies and defeated him. Now, having lost his memories, he will never be a threat again.
Today, Amy and Chikorita live in their own unique Pecha Berry house. Unlike Chikorita, however, Amy has started to get sick of the everyday life of an exploration team, and prefers to pursue what she likes most, which seems to involve such things as painting pictures, singing, and dancing. What Team Pecha doesn't know is that, though they saved the world twice, those trials are nothing compared to what they will face soon…
Oh yeah, and if you can read this, you definitely don't need to copy and paste this whole chapter into Microsoft Word and enlarge the font.
It SEEMS like a normal morning in Treasure Town. Pokémon go about their business, discuss the pros and cons of evolution, prepare for massive explorations to Zero Isle…you know, the usual. But then, voices emit from out of nowhere, freezing everyone in place. For those of you with Sky Jukeboxes, you'd also recognize the "Here Comes Team Charm!" theme that starts to play at this point.
Medicham: Strength!
Gardevoir: Knowledge!
Lopunny: Beauty!
Everyone pauses, looks at each other, and surrounds the place where the voices are coming from, which is Town Square. They'd recognize that motto instantly…
All three: We are the treasure hunters! We are Team Charm! Between the three of us…There's nothing we can't do!
The three of them burst out from underground in the most stylish way ever, showering sparkly stuff all over the stunned crowd. Then the crowd swarms them, totally excited.
The gist of what they're saying: Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, it's THEM! The super-famous legendary Team Charm! They're MASTER RANK! They've NEVER failed a mission! EVER! Can I have your autograph? Please? Pretty please? And while you're at it, how about I join you on—OW! Hey, no cutting! By the way, Miss Lopunny, why ARE you here today?
Gardevoir uses her telekinetic energy to move everyone back so her team can talk for once.
Lopunny: Tee-hee! You're all sooooo adorable! Before that autograph, though, we just need a favor. One eensy-eensy tiny little favor. So tiny, even a Magikarp can do it!
Gardevoir: We have heard there is another all-female team that lives around here. This team also has the Master Rank. And if I heard correctly, there are only two members, and they have saved the world not once, but twice!
Medicham: Now give it to us straight, people!
Medicham takes a deep breath and pauses for dramatic effect. Lopunny and Gardevoir wisely step out of her way as she angrily screams as loud as she can:
Medicham: WHERE'S THIS SO-CALLED TEAM PECHA?
The Official Recycling Shop, managed by Wobbuffet and Wynaut, is a hole in the ground beside the road leading to the guild. Master Wigglytuff is at the lottery, trading in his Prism Tickets. Team Charm happens to stroll in at this time, catching sight of the guy.
Lopunny (smiling): Wigglytuff! Long time no see, dearie!
Wigglytuff: Oh hi, friends and Lopunny! Is there someone you wanted to see? Like me?
Medicham: Team Pecha, that's who! Those guys out there said they're in here somewhere! Do ya know 'em, Wigglytuff? Do ya? Do ya? Huh huh huh?
Wigglytuff: Of course I do, silly! I'm their master, see?
All three of their jaws drop. How can he, this weird dude who happened to become a guildmaster, be the master of the most up-and-coming exploration teams in the world?
Wigglytuff: …Don't you believe me?
Wynaut and Wobuffet inturrupt as they process the Prism Ticket. Did Master Wigglytuff win...?
Wynaut: *gasp*! Don't tell me…is it a big win? Is it not?
Wobuffet: …That's right!
Wigglytuff: Really? Yippee! Oh yeah, you guys might want to look outtie.
Lopunny, Medicham, and Gardevoir: …?
A hole bursts through the wall, totally blasting Team Charm across the room, slamming them straight into the doorway.
Lopunny, Medicham, and Gardevoir: Ooowww…
Medicham: (Wh…what the heck...?)
Gardevoir: (This…is legal?)
Wigglytuff: Lookie, lookie! Here's Amy!
Lopunny: Who…?
A Ludicolo, two Bellossom, a Jigglypuff, and a Chikorita file through the hole and take their positions. The Jigglypuff and Chikorita are in the front. The Ludicolo mimics the Kool-aid Man and so will therefore be known as the Ludicoolaid Man.
Ludicoolaid Man: Oh, yeeeeeaah!
Lopunny, Medicham, and Gardevoir (too stunned, flattened against the door): …...
They dance the most awesome dance ever, lasting for a whole minute. The whole time, Master Wigglytuff claps his hands and laughs in delight while Team Charm is still sprawled on the ground, watching the performance with stunned expressions. The Ludicoolaid Man is good, but by the end, the Jigglypuff and the Chikorita are the clear masters of the performance. Finally, the music stops, the Ludicoolaid Man snaps his fingers, and in a flash of light, he and the Bellossoms disappear while the Jigglypuff and Chikorita remains. The wall is suddenly patched back to normal. Confetti pops over Master Wigglytuff's head.
Wynaut: I must congratulate you. And why not? Here's your prize!
Amy: (Wait a second...! She got our prizes mixed up AGAIN?)
Just as Wynaut hands Master Wigglytuff an IQ Booster, the Jigglypuff snatches it away and replaces it with…
Wigglytuff: A Perfect Apple! Whee! Thank you, Amy!
Master Wigglytuff starts bouncing the Perfect Apple on his head while the Jigglypuff and Chikorita are animatedly chatting with him. As the Jigglypuff gulps down the IQ Booster energy drink, Chikorita explains how Wynaut and Wobuffet gave the Perfect Apple to the Jigglypuff instead of Master Wigglytuff.
Lopunny (still stunned): Wh—what the…?
Gardevoir: You really have not changed, Wigglytuff…
Wigglytuff: Oh, right! Amy and Chikorita, this is Team Charm, see? Meet Medicham, Gardevoir, and Lopunny.
Finally, Team Charm manages to get up as Wigglytuff, the Jigglypuff, and the Chikorita walk up to meet them.
Wigglytuff: You three, these are my best rookie apprentices ever, Chikorita, and Amy.
Amy: Nice to meet you! We're Team Pecha!
Chikorita: We're, uh, sorry about crashing into you like that…
Lopunny (squealing in delight): *gasp!* KIDDIES!
Suddenly, Medicham flares up into a jealous rage, interrupting Lopunny. She snatches their exploration team badge and finds that it really is Master Rank.
Medicham: I knew it! I KNEW IT! You're Master Rank too! What do you think you're doing, stealing OUR spotlight, you little brats? First the Time Gear, and now this? C'mon! Bring it on! HI-YAH—!
Gardevoir: MEDICHAM!
Just as Medicham is about to use Hi Jump Kick on Amy and Chikorita, Gardevoir blasts Psychic on her, stopping her in her tracks. She starts up a pep talk while consoling the little girls at the same time.
Gardevoir: This world needs MORE all-female teams, not less. Thanks to your belligerence, you are scaring away too many girls from forming their own exploration teams.
Medicham: Wha—really—?
Gardevoir: Are we not Team Charm, the vanguard of innovation in the exploration team business?
Medicham: Well, yeah, but…
Gardevoir: Believe me, Medicham, these children are the future of all-female teams everywhere! They saved the world not once, but twice!
Medicham: But—but—they took our Time Gear—
Amy and Chikorita: (No we didn't!)
Gardevoir: You may see it as a threat to our success, but I see it as a necessary sacrifice for the good of all. They have their roles to fulfill…and we have ours. Now what do you say? Go on…apologize.
Medicham takes several deep breaths first to calm herself down. The little girls are still shaking from fear. Note that all this time Master Wigglytuff has been preoccupied with bouncing the Perfect Apple on his head, and it looks like he's not gonna stop anytime soon.
Medicham: Fine…Sorry, kids.
Chikorita: That's okay…I guess…
Amy: Thanks, Miss Gardevoir! You're really nice.
Lopunny barges in front of Medicham and Gardevoir.
Lopunny: Okay, now that the light comedy is over, let's get down to business, kiddies!
Gardevoir and Medicham (appalled): (Our personal drama…reduced to light comedy?)
Lopunny: Do you two know of Quartzite Cave?
Amy and Chikorita start jumping up and down in excitement.
Amy: Yeah yeah yeah! I love that place! There's shiny pink quartzite crystal thingies, and pretty stages where you can sing songs on, and—
Chikorita: I love it too! What about it? What about it?
Lopunny sits down to better match Amy and Chikorita's eye level. She also does so to emphasize the information she's about to give.
Lopunny: Just this morning, we've received intelligence that a weird meteor of some sort had landed in the deepest part of the cave. And what's more…a life form no one has ever seen before came from it.
Now Amy and Chikorita's attentions are really captured. They lean in closer, hoping to hear more.
Chikorita: A life form no one has ever seen before…
Amy (getting excited): Is it an alien?
Lopunny: Undoubtedly so, kiddies. Unfortunately, he knows attacks so powerful; no one's ever been able to beat him. Everyone's worried that he's going to destroy the world if he isn't stopped; as of now, even the legendary Team Raider is on their way to try and defeat him in battle. *sigh*…Brute force. Typical.
Gardevoir: But we would like to try an alternative strategy. This is what we propose. We would like you, Team Pecha, to provide backup just in case our plan fails.
Chikorita: Which is…?
Medicham: To seduce that thing…
They all stand up and pose the classic Team Charm pose.
Lopunny, Gardevoir, and Medicham: …with our feminine wiles! (And you could help too, right?)
Every guy in the place is stunned by the pose and faints. Even Master Wigglytuff stops bouncing his Perfect Apple for a second. Heck, even some of the girls (like Wynaut and Wobuffet) are stunned…with jealousy. The only ones who can't comprehend what Team Charm is doing at all are…well, guess.
Amy and Chikorita: "Feminine what-whats?"
Cut to the next scene! Amy and Chikorita have already packed their Treasure Bag to the brim with all the food they think they're going to need. They're skipping out of Treasure Town into the wilderness on the way to Quartzite Cave with Team Charm, sticking close to the nice Gardevoir.
Lopunny: Let me explain it to you. Of all the Pokémon you've faced in battle…how many can you remember that were male?
Amy: Male? Okay, let's see…there was Grovyle and Dusknoir…
Chikorita: All those Sableye…Kabutops and the Omastar brothers…Dialga—
Gardevoir: No, no, child. Dialga is genderless.
Amy: Whaaaa…? Isn't he a guy?
Gardevoir: No. He only seems male in order to fit into our language.
Medicham: Fun fact; almost ALL legendary Pokémon are genderless...'cause they're one-of-a-kind, of course! Now keep it coming!
Chikorita: Luxray, all those Luxio, the meanie-butts…
Amy: Oh yeah! The meanie-butts…
Chikorita: That Spiritomb…Drowzee…uh…
Amy: Uh…
Lopunny: Fair enough. And how many female?
Amy: Uuuuhhhhh…
A really long, uncomfortable pause.
Amy: …uhhhh…Mesprit and Celebi?
Medicham: NO! What did I tell you about—?
Gardevoir: Easy, Medicham, easy.
Lopunny: You see? The vast majority of them were male. Furthermore, in the midst of all that battling…did you sometimes notice…something weird, little Amy?
Amy: Actually…yeah! Several times, they'd be beating me up so much, and then just suddenly stop! Of course, Chikorita and me would beat them instantly, but…yeah…what about it?
Lopunny: Now you understand! That is the Cute Charm ability—
Amy: Yeah! I know that…
Lopunny: …and it's responsible for two things. One, it draws opposite gender Pokémon to you for miles around. Two, if they land a close-range attack on you, it causes them to fall…
All three (grinning): …in LOVE!
Amy and Chikorita just stand there, taking that revelation in. Then suddenly…
Amy and Chikorita: …EEEEEEWWWWW! Ew, ew, ew, ew—
As they collapse on the ground and thrash in disgust, Lopunny giggles, Medicham slaps her face in exasperation, and Gardevoir reminisces about the time she was just like that.
Medicham: Oh. My. Gosh. For real?
Gardevoir: They are just children, Medicham. You did not think children would be able to—
Medicham: Whaddya talking about? I had my first real boyfriend when I was, like, four—
Lopunny: Let 'em recover, ladies. Please.
Finally, they do.
Lopunny: Of course, Amy, you aren't the only one. Any Jigglypuff can do it, your Master Wigglytuff can do it…and do you know why I know so much about it? I can do it too!
Amy (wailing): …How do I turn it OFF?
Lopunny: You can't turn abilities off, sweetie. It's just a natural part of you! You'll get used to it…someday!
Chikorita (feeling terrible): I'm sorry, Amy…I didn't know—
Amy (grumbling under her breath): Now I really wish I could turn back into a human or something—
Lopunny (ears twitching): What was that, sweetie?
Amy: Uh, nothing…!
Lopunny: Well, on that note…
Lopunny picks them both up and charges forward, with Gardevoir and Medicham bouncing close behind.
Lopunny: We've got an ALIEN to seduce!
Amy: It's slay! SLAY! Get it right, okay?
Chikorita (feeling uncomfortable): Um, Miss Lopunny, how exactly do you know that this alien is a guy…?
Lopunny: Hee-hee-hee! Everyone knows that all aliens are male.
Chikorita: I mean, even if it's true, how do you know that your Cute Charm's even gonna work?
Lopunny: It always works, sweetie.
Amy (kicking and screaming): NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NOOOOOO~!
Medicham (grumbling): Frickin' whiny naïve little snotragged brats…
Gardevoir (threateningly): Medichaaaaaam…
Note that the only reason that Amy and Chikorita don't just kick Team Charm's butts right then and there is because they're eager to see the alien too. They just don't buy into the whole "seduce that thing". Finally, after miles and miles, they arrive at Quartzite Cave's entrance. They can see something from just over the entrance into the valley inside.
Amy: Hey, look! There's smoke coming from over there!
Chikorita: Is that…a battle…?
Lopunny: That's where the alien is. Let's go.
They proceed through all 50 (!) floors of the cave, helping each other attack the wild Pokémon along the way. Several times Amy and Chikorita try to sing and dance on the pink crystal-like formations exactly reminiscent of the one from the Nintendo 64 game Pokémon Snap, but Team Charm drags them along. The farther they go, the faster Amy and Chikorita proceed.
Amy: (An alien…We're gonna see a real live alien! What will he look like? Will he know anything about distortions in the fabric of space? Will we get to go on a space adventure at last?)
Chikorita: (No one ever defeated him? He must be huge! He must be really really scary!) *gulp*! (But…Amy and I have faced much stronger Pokémon, and defeated them, too! I HAVE to work my courage up for this one! I just HAVE to! We've saved the world once. We've saved the world twice. If we have to save it three times…then it's fine by me!)
Finally, they make it. They emerge from the cave into a valley. A stray laser happens to shatter the rocks right next to them.
Amy: WAAGH!
What an intense battle! In front of them are the three members of Team Raider, Rhyperior, Gallade, and Roserade, fighting a 6'3'' tall orange bipedal…that must be the alien! They all stop and stare since Team Raider seems to have the situation under control.
Chikorita: What type do you think he is?
Amy: He's orange, so…is he a Fighting type? Is he? (Please please PLEASE say he isn't!)
Lopunny: Hmm…I don't think so. See that shine on his skin? He has to be a Steel-type.
Gardevoir: Maybe he is both Steel and Fighting type.
Medicham: Like a Lucario? Heh heh…nothing we can't handle!
As they discuss this, the alien shoots a lot of what looks like Aura Sphere beams at Team Raider from that cannon on its arm. Yep, definitely an alien.
Amy (relieved): Well, at least Cute Charm won't work with all those long-range moves!
Lopunny: Why are you saying that like it's a good thing…?
Medicham: Look, look!
Team Raider finally gets close enough to use their close-range moves. As Rhyperior moves in to smash it with his Hammer Arm, the alien does something unexpected. It turns into an orange ball!
Amy: WHAT THE—?
The ball expertly dodges all three of their attacks, frustrating Rhyperior as his arm gets stuck in the ground. It bounces right in the center of the three, drops a round, metallic object, and…
SFX: KA-BLOOIE!
Amy and Chikorita (totally freaking out): AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!
Lopunny: He…he just used…Explosion?
Medicham (relieved and confident): Well, then, we don't have anything to worry about! His health must be down to near zero by now.
All three members of Team Raider fly off into the stratosphere like Team Rocket. And to our heroes' amazement, the alien bounces out of the explosion unharmed.
Everyone (totally stunned): … … …
Chikorita: He's okay? How?
Amy: I think he used a Berry that could explode, and…and…maybe he's wearing Explosion-proof armor!
Chikorita: What? No way! Now what are we gonna do?
Actually, it was a Power Bomb, but close enough. The alien transforms back into its original form, appears to sigh in relief, and crouches down to attend to the giant pile of purple machine parts in the rubble behind it.
Amy: What's he doing now?
Lopunny: Chances are, that's some doomsday device that's going to blow up the planet. Time for our plan.
Medicham: Like we said, other teams always use brute force. Let's see what happens if we try something...different.
Gardevoir: Amy and Chikorita, stay here and do NOT make any noise, okay? Watch…and learn. And finally, when we stun him…that will be when we want you to help us attack him.
Team Charm goes into ultra-stealth mode. They sneak closer and closer to the alien as quietly as they can, hiding behind boulders every so often. Amy and Chikorita watch in nervous anticipation.
Chikorita: (Please be okay, guys…please be okay…)
Amy: (A doomsday device? Huh…Why do I get the feeling it's not that at all?)
Finally, there's just 100 feet of wide-open plains. Team Charm really starts running. The alien stops and perks up, almost as if it had eyes on the back of its head. (Actually, it's detecting their presence with the radar in the upper left-hand corner of its visor.)
Lopunny (whispering): Okay, ladies, on my count! Three, two, one…
All three: ATTRACT!
The alien whips its head around as three gigantic translucent heart thingies slam right into it. Team Charm does their official pose with sparkly thingies as they wait for their attacks to take effect. Though the alien has a visor, they can sort of see its eyes. It blinks a few times for a few seconds…and then glares and points its Arm Cannon right at them.
All three: …Uh-oh.
The alien shoots, like, 30—okay, only three—Super Missiles right at them. The resulting explosions send Team Charm flying into the stratosphere right after Team Raider.
?: O-kay…That was really disturbing.
Team Pecha's jaw's drop even further.
Amy and Chikorita: You can TALK?
The alien hears them and shoots an insane number of beam attacks at them, forcing them to run for it. They run towards the alien instead of away from it, desperately trying to communicate with it.
Amy: Wait, wait, wait! We come in peace! We come in peace!
Chikorita: We just want to know why you're here! Can't you tell us?
?: Huh? This is new…
Amy: What's new?
?: …How many of these things ARE there on this planet, anyway?
It shoots even more of those energy beams. They're forced to run to a hiding place.
Amy and Chikorita: AAAAAAAAAGGH!
Amy: These aren't Aura Spheres at all! What the heck are these?
Chikorita: HOW AM I—SUPPOSED TO KNOW?
Finally, it stops.
?: Weird...I swear they were trying to tell me something…*sigh*…C'mon, Adam, just a few more hours…if only they'd stop attacking us every few seconds…
Amy: I don't get it…it doesn't look like it understands us at all!
Chikorita: But how come we can understand it?
Amy: I dunno…This is really weird…I mean, Team Charm's gigantic heart thingies didn't even affect it at all, either…
Chikorita: Maybe it has the Oblivious ability or something…
They formulate a plan for a bit.
Amy: …We're just going to have to stop it from moving somehow…
Chikorita: Gotcha there. What are you gonna do, sing it to sleep?
Amy: NO! Not unless I absolutely have to! I'm still not that good at—!
Chikorita: Hey, not so loud—!
A beam attack blasts the rock they were hiding behind. Right then, they put their plan into effect. Chikorita ties its Arm Cannon down with Vine Whip while Amy says…
Amy: CAN—YOU—UNDERSTAND—US?
Without warning, the alien manages to yank Chikorita off the ground and throw her against a boulder. It then kicks Amy into another nearby boulder, hard. To its surprise, Amy bounces off the boulder like a pinball and propels herself to smack into the alien's helmet with a well-timed Rollout. The alien is dazed, but only momentarily, and when Amy comes back to hit it again, it simply raises its Arm Cannon to stop Amy in her place like a brick wall.
SFX: DONG!
Amy falls to the ground, groaning in pain.
Amy: Oooww…
?: Wait…Did you just say "Ow"?
Amy: Yeah. That hurt—Hey! You can understand me now?
?: Apparently so. I'm surprised that you're the only one here who can talk.
Chikorita (finally recovered): What are you talking about? Everyone here can—
?: Oh! Ooooh…I see what happened. Oops…
Amy and Chikorita: What?
?: …My translator was off.
Amy and Chikorita slap their faces and groan.
Amy: Hey wait a second! Your voice…you're NOT a guy! Right?
?: Right! Wait—what—THAT was a courtship ritual? *pppft*…
Chikorita: Oh, so it's called a "courtship ritual"? Not a "seduce that thing"?
Amy (getting angrier by the second): No wonder it didn't work! Lopunny…THAT WAS A GIRL, YOU LIAR!
Her Hyper Voice reaches into the stratosphere, blasting Chikorita's (and maybe the alien's) eardrums in the process. Finally, they recover enough to introduce themselves.
Chikorita: Anyway, I'm Chikorita!
Amy: My name's Amy.
?: (Isn't that a human name…?)
Chikorita: And we're Team Pecha!
Amy: Nice to meet you, Miss…?
?: Huh? You haven't heard of me? Oh, right, these are one of those outer rim planets that haven't joined the Galactic Federation yet. Okay. I'm the famous bounty hunter…Samus Aran.
Amy (suddenly segueing into formal speech): Samus Aran…Wow. We are really really sorry that everyone attacked you. On behalf of all Pokémon here, we welcome you to our humble planet.
Chikorita (following Amy's lead): Yes, we really are sorry. Really.
They sit down and ask her why she landed here. After a long conversation…
Amy: …so let me get this straight. You crash-landed here and have to fix your ship to get back home, but the Pokémon here keep interrupting you so you're worried you'll be stranded here forever. Is that it, Samus Aran?
Samus Aran: You can call me Ms. Aran, kid. You are kids, right?
Amy and Chikorita: Uh…
Samus: I'll assume that's the case. And yes, that's it. Who around here has the authority to stop them from attacking?
Chikorita: Officer Magnezone does!
Amy: Actually, we'd like to help you, but…
She looks at the pile of rubble and purple metal parts that was Samus' spaceship, trying really hard to comprehend how the heck she can fix such a mess. She can't.
Amy: Sorry, I don't know how to deal with metal parts…but Officer Magnezone is Electric and Steel type. He might—
Magnezone: Here, ZZZT! Did someone call for me, ZZZT?
They spin around. Officer Magnezone is levitating outside the cave exit with his Magnemite helpers. They approach. Samus suddenly gets defensive, stands up, and points her Arm Cannon at them.
Samus: Who are you?
Magnezone: ZZZT! Easy there, ma'am. I am the primary officer in this region, ZZZT.
Magnemite #1: We overheard you ZZZT might need some ZZZT assistance. We'd be ZZZT honored to ZZZT help! ZZZT ZZZT!
Samus (relaxing): Great! Do you know how to fuse a carburetor with an FX-920 zanglehopper when they've been charred by a 510 degree atmospheric temperature and crushed at a velocity of 300 miles per hour?
Amy and Chikorita: Wha—wha—what?
Magnezone: My specialty, ZZZT! Watch and learn, ZZZT!
Officer Magnezone and his Magnemite helpers help Samus in re-molding warped ship pieces, piecing them back together, fusing others, fixing the hyperdrive engine, and using electricity to jump-start a few others. Amy and Chikorita can only watch in awe, overwhelmed by the complexity. While the officer works, he has Samus explain to him everything that happened since she crash-landed.
Samus: …and then there was this 5 foot tall rabbit creature, with two others—I forget what they looked like—and they shot these huge, translucent heart-shaped things at me! I didn't feel a thing. Turns out it was a courtship ritual.
Magnezone: Oh yes, the ever-famous Attract move, ZZZT. Luckily, we never have to deal with "romance" or that sort of thing, ZZZT. Keeps us from being distracted, ZZZT.
Amy and Chikorita are closer to the two Magnemites, who happened to overhear everything Samus and Magnezone said.
Magnemite #1: Romance? What the ZZZT is that?
Magnemite #2: Don't ask me. Must be a ZZZT "gender" thing, ZZZT!
Magnemite #1: Sure ZZZT makes them write ZZZT terrible poetry!
Chikorita: Whoa whoa whoa! What do you mean it's a…"gender"…thing…?
Magnemite #1: All I know ZZZT is that Officer Magnezone and ZZZT us don't ZZZT have any. ZZZT ZZZT!
Amy and Chikorita: …WHAAAAAAT? (First Dialga, now them? How the heck are we supposed to tell?)
Team Pecha can't take it anymore and faints. The two Magnemites just look at each other, dumbfounded.
Magnemite #1: Uuuh…Are we ZZZT responsible for that, ZZZT?
Magnemite #2: I don't ZZZT think so. Must be ZZZT something we ZZZT said.
They think over that for a bit more before finally getting it. They double over in laughter.
Both Magnemites: …Oh, I see! HAHAHAHAHA—ZZZT—HAHAHA—ZZZT—HAHAHA!
Magnezone: Hey, no slacking off, ZZZT!
Samus: (Robots laughing? First time I've ever heard that.)
When Team Pecha recovers, the ship's outer hull is almost completely fixed. Curious, they go inside and play around. By this time, it's evening outside. Samus, Officer Magnezone, and the two Magnemites place the final piece into position, which is that mysterious black box Samus was holding onto all that time. When the front console lights up, a voice suddenly emits from the speakers on the ship. It scares Amy and Chikorita at first, but soon after they recover, they try to find where it's coming from.
Adam Malkovich: Samus! What took you so long? You know, being a brain-in-a-computer has its disadvantages when the ship actually crashes! I swear, if I was on board when those X Parasites infected you—! Oh. Hi there, Mr. Robots.
Samus: Adam…Here's someone you might want to thank. His name is Officer Magnezone.
Adam: Well good to meet you, officer! I'm Adam Malkovich, Samus Aran's commanding officer.
Samus: Former CO.
Adam: I'm still your CO, you know.
Magnezone: Fascinating, ZZZT. You even have brain-in-a-computers, ZZZT!
Adam: Excuse me? The "brain-in-a-computer" has a name!
Magnezone: With personality too, ZZZT. Well, we're going, ZZZT. We'll make sure no one shoots you down as you exit, ZZZT. Thank you for your cooperation, ma'am!
Samus: No, thank you, officer. You know, if everyone were as considerate as you, the universe would be a much better place.
Magnezone: It really would be, ZZZT!
Adam: (Why does he only talk to you, Lady…?)
They leave. Samus starts the ship and lets Adam fly it up out of the atmosphere.
Samus: Sorry about the delay, Adam. Let's set a course for the Galactic Federation right now. They're going to wonder why that mission we just finished is taking so long.
Adam: Already set, Lady. We're taking those two children with us too, right?
Samus: Wait, what?
She spins around to where Adam is shining a spotlight on…Amy and Chikorita!
Amy and Chikorita: AAAAAHH!
Samus (furious): What are you DOING here?
Amy: I'm sorry! We, uh…wanted to see what your ship looked like from the inside!
Chikorita: We're sorry! We're leaving right now—Huh?
Chikorita tries to push open the clear elevator door in the center of the room, but it doesn't budge. Amy tries too, but no luck either. They then try to push it together with all their might.
Amy: Aaargh! Uurgh! Urf! YEEAAARRRGH! Stupid thing…c'mon…budge already…
Chikorita: GAH! AAAAARGH! …*huff huff*…Why isn't this opening?
Amy: Why can't we get out?
Samus (rubbing her temples): We're in outer space. Of course the door is locked. Once we set a course…we can't cancel it…which means…
Amy and Chikorita look out the window and see not only the millions of stars getting closer and closer, but the ground getting farther and farther away. They gasp and jump for joy. Meanwhile, Samus and Adam start arguing.
Amy and Chikorita: THIS IS IT! THIS IS IT! WE'RE GOING ON A SPACE ADVENTURE!
Adam: Enthusiastic creatures, aren't they? …I like them! Let's keep them, Lady!
Samus: WHAT? Adam, you know it's against Galactic Federation regulations to take civilians with us!
Adam: They practically hate us now, remember? What does it matter if we pick up a stowaway or two?
Samus: Well, I get the feeling that it's going to matter, and…
The rest of the argument is truncated as the ship finally clears the atmosphere and charges up its hyperdrive engine. Amy and Chikorita are dancing and singing something that goes like this:
Amy and Chikorita: Da da da da da, DA! Da da da da da, DA!
Samus (buckling up): You girls do know we only have one seatbelt, right?
The ship engages the hyperdrive, blasting off at hundreds of light-years per second. Amy and Chikorita may be thrown back against the wall, but they sure seem to enjoy it!
Amy and Chikorita: WA-HOOOOOOOOOO!
Samus: (And after I dropped off those Etecoons and Dachoras, too. This is going to be a looooong trip…)
Narrator: And so, Amy and Chikorita, otherwise known as Team Pecha, began their outer space adventure prophesized by Grovyle and Celebi! They've saved the world once. They've saved the world twice. Can they defy the odds again and save it three times? One thing's for sure; their mission remains the same: To meet more people (read: aliens), fight more intense battles, defeat stronger enemies, discover universal truths…and boldly go where no one has ever gone before!
And that of course means that this will probably be the longest fanfiction I've ever written in my life! Meanwhile, Amy's angry Hyper Voice finally reaches the ears of a battered and bruised Team Charm. Apparently, they've just landed in front of the guild, and Master Wigglytuff.
Amy (echo voice): Lopunny…THAT WAS A GIRL, YOU LIAR!
Lopunny (in excruciating pain): Yeah…we kinda…figured…that out…
Master Wigglytuff hears it too. He bursts out laughing.
The End!—Whoa! What am I saying? That was just a reflex that I do whenever a chapter ends hilariously! What I meant to say was…uh… To be continued! (Yeah!)
Coming up next: So why the heck is this story called "The Other Amy"? Get a hint when Team Pecha travels to their first alien planet and experiences all sorts of confusion and stuff in the next chapter...Big Amy, Little Amy!