Chapter Two. Hail To The Chief.
"So, where are we headed?" Nightmare asked, as they left the forest of the Weavile.
Leaf smiled.
"I think we should head to New Holimar City." He replied, looking at the trees. "It's the main area where Pokemon congregate. Maybe we can form a rescue team and...."
"Woah woah woah." Nightmare said. "What was that?"
"Form a rescue team." Leaf explained. "We go around looking for people in trouble, and help them."
Nightmare snorted.
"Does it pay well?" He asked.
"Depends how generous the client is." Leaf replied. "I've been looking for a partner. Someone to stand by me in times of despair. Someone to watch my back. Someone to look out for me and drag me back from the edge. Someone to..."
He turned around and saw that Nightmare had vanished.
"Oh." Leaf remarked.
Leaf eventually found Nightmare sat against a tree, drinking a bottle of Black Persian Beer.
"How come you vanished?"
"I wanted to get away from you." Nightmare replied, as he hurled the empty bottle into the trees.
"You can't litter!!!" Lead exclaimed, in shock. "It's against the law."
Nightmare snorted.
"Yeah, I really took notice of the laws in my own time." He said. "I really think I'm going to do it in the future."
Leaf sighed.
"Just don't do it when we get to New Holimar City." He replied. "The security Machokes will throw you in jail."
"Security Machokes?" Nightmare asked. "Like I'm afraid of a muscle headed Machoke."
Leaf sighed again.
"You don't understand." The Shaymin insisted. "If you cause a scene while in the Cities, then the Machoke will throw you in jail. Or, at least chase you for a bit."
Nightmare snorted.
"What are you talking about?"
"When the humans died out." Leaf explained. "They left a whole bunch of stuff behind. Pokemon now have full control of the world, and have adapted to this world alone."
"I see." Nightmare replied. "Do they still make Black Persian Beer?"
"Of course." Leaf said. "But, they are careful who they sell it to. No shifty looking characters."
"Do I count?" Nightmare asked.
"I would say so." Leaf replied.
"Ah, I'll have to beat somebody up then." Nightmare said.
"Don't you get it?!!!" Leaf demanded. "You do that and the security Machokes will get you."
"So, how far is it to New Holimar City?" Nightmare asked, changing the subject.
"Well, we have to travel through the Ice Pokemon Kingdom." Leaf replied. "It gets pretty cold there, so..."
"Yeah, I make the room colder when I go through." Nightmare said. "Don't bet on it."
"Christ, this is cold!!!!!" Nightmare yelled, as they wandered through the barren frozen wastelands.
"I told you so." Leaf replied.
"Okay, no need to rub it in!!!!!" Nightmare said, tapping Leaf on the head. "So, is there any shelter around here?"
"You could build an igloo." Leaf remarked.
"What do I look like, a frickin' Weavile."
There was a wail up ahead.
"What was that?" Leaf asked.
Nightmare shrugged.
"About fifty octaves higher than it should be."
Leaf glared at him.
"Someone's in pain!!!"
"Yeah, me." Nightmare replied. "I've got to put up with you."
Leaf groaned.
"I'm not that bad." He said, scampering away in the direction of the voice.
Leaf arrived upon the fallen body of a Smoochum.
"Jeez." Nightmare remarked, as he tried to stop the hail from hitting him. "Who killed the broad?"
"I'm not dead." The Smoochum replied, sitting up. "Just winded."
"Nah, I think she's dead." Nightmare insisted. "I'm a ghost, I can tell these things."
"I'm not dead." The Smoochum insisted.
"Nah, I think she's dead." Nightmare insisted. "What proof do you have that she's not dead?"
"She's flipping you off." Leaf said, dryly.
"Damn corpse, flipping me off." Nightmare said, angrily, as he grabbed the Smoochum by the throat. "I'll show you!!!!"
He started to throttle the Smoochum, who gagged.
"Unhand me at once, you bounder!!!!!!" She exclaimed. "I am Princess Smooch of the Ice Kingdom."
"Yeah, of course you are." Nightmare said, rolling his eyes. "And I'm Nightmare, lord of the darkness, emperor of shadows and king of destruction. I'm a lovable character who the whole family can play with, and I am always awesome."
"I don't care, just let go of me!!!!!" Princess Smooch shrieked.
Nightmare sighed, before throwing her backwards into a tree. She yelled in pain.
"You clumsy fool!!!!!"
Nightmare laughed.
"Oh that's so cutting." He said, in mock hurt. "Your royal voice cuts me with agony."
Leaf looked up at Nightmare.
"Wow, sarcasm is an art form with you." He remarked.
Nightmare nodded, before realising that Leaf was being sarcastic.
"Little bastard."
Leaf looked at Princess Smooch.
"What troubles you?" He asked. "Maybe we can help?"
Princess Smooch glared at him.
"How can a Shaymin and a Gengar help me?" She asked, bitterly.
"We're about to form a rescue team!!!!" Leaf replied.
She groaned.
"Fine then, I was deposed by General Boma up at the palace, and thrown out into the snow to die." Princess Smooch replied. "If you can go up, get rid of him and get my kingdom back, then I will let you pass through."
"We'll just walk through anyway." Nightmare said. "Like some wrinkly old solider is going to stop me."
"HALT!!!!!"
"Oh crap, an Abomasnow." Nightmare muttered.
Leaf looked up at the hulking figure.
"Nobody passes through the village to New Holimar City without the permission of King Boma."
"I thought it was General Boma." Nightmare remarked.
The Abomasnow glared at him.
"Quiet, ghost!!!!!" He roared, striking Nightmare with a Needle Arm attack.
Leaf instantly put his paws up, as best as he could.
"I surrender!!!!!"
Nightmare leaped up and smashed a Poison Jab attack into the Abomasnow, causing him to roar in pain.
"Don't touch what you can't afford, bitch." Nightmare yelled, as the Pokemon doubled over in agony.
The Shiny Gengar then exhaled, before leaping around and unleashing his trademark move.
"Shadow Kick!!!!" Nightmare exclaimed, knocking the Abomasnow out cold.
He then placed his foot on the face of the creature and struck a pose.
"I rock, I rule!!!!!" Nightmare said, bowing.
Leaf groaned.
"Do you know who that was?" He asked.
"Do I care?"
"That was Captain Frost of the Ice Kingdom Royal Guard." A Glaceon remarked, who came to sit next to them. "He's not a nice Abomasnow."
Nightmare snorted.
"Yeah, I think he pissed himself when I Poison Jabbed him."
"You should probably get out of here." The Glaceon warned. "If King Boma finds out that you beat up one of his friends, he's not going to be very happy."
Nightmare yawned.
"Yeah, I'm really scared." The Gengar said.
"We just want to get through here as soon as possible." Leaf explained. "Where's the exit to New Holimar?"
The Glaceon shook her head.
"I'm sorry." She said. "Only King Boma can order the opening of the gates."
Nightmare and Leaf looked at each other.
"Do we always have to do this the hard way?" Nightmare asked.
Leaf groaned.
"Let's go and see the King." He said. "You never know, he might not be annoyed with me."
"Aha." Nightmare replied.
"But, you're toast."
Nightmare suddenly had a thought.
"What about that flaky broad we met in the snow?" He asked.
Leaf looked up.
"What do you have in mind?"
Author's Notes.
Oh dear. Problems for Leaf and Nightmare.
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