Chapter 2: "It means that everything that can go wrong will" (Jurassic Park)
About a week later, Ash was sitting on one of the beaches of Moss Deep Island. The past week had been disturbing and weird to say the least. He stopped watching T.V. about a day ago. Nothing on the news but stuff about Green Earth, insane inflation, and debates on whether to shut down the leagues for good.
Morris was still trying to do whatever it takes to get them all back to the mainland. The few ferry's that were running were now charging $300 per person, plus all other civilian ships were still being held in dock. Morris was literally calling everyone that he knew. Several friends said they would get back to him but it was doubtful.
It was easy to know where Max was. He was constantly busy fussing around Morris' lab, most likely out of fascination.
All that May ever did was eat, sleep and fuss over what clothes wouldn't clash with her new tan and purple fur.
Both Ash and Morris agreed that she was slowly going off the deep end. Unfortunately she heard them discussing her mental health and they ended up with deep claw marks.
Brock was making due cooking what little food they currently had. Yesterday he went shopping and he returned so angry that even May was frightened.
Ash couldn't blame him $7.50 for a jar of peanut butter, $20 for a pound of chicken. Even a simple box of lemon heads cost $3. At this rate Ash wouldn't be surprised if starvation was not becoming a realistic problem. He recalled Torkoal, at least training seemed to take some of the edge off, but he couldn't help wonder if everyone at home was o.k. Each night he tried to call but the lines were all busy.
A few days ago out of curiosity he remembered the time he took down Bailey's robot with an electric attack and wondered if he could do it again. The problem was so much generating the electricity but discharging it. It literally felt like someone stabbed him with a knife. He asked Glitch about this since Morris was always so busy with all the current problems. Glitch said that the problem might lie in the fact that his body hadn't fully adapted to its change yet. Either that or maybe he was too young to handle such power.
Suddenly there was a rustling in the bushes. Both Ash and Pikachu heard it at the same time. Ash yelled out, "Who's there!"
Out of the bushes stumbled a Electabuzz hybrid covered with almost a dozen different gashes and what looked like bullet holes. He lumbered down the hill to the beach and was dead before he hit the sand.
This literally freaked Ash out. What was even more disturbing was the person who stepped out of the bushes next--an ordinary human--dressed for the warm climate of the island in dark yellow shorts and a tee shirt. What was worse was that his clothes were caked in blood. He was also holding a knife dripping red.
The stranger said, "About time that demon dropped dead. Surprised it lasted so long. I had to stab it about 12 times, and I wasted a whole clip of .45 on it." He then glanced at Ash and said, "Hmmm another one."
He wiped the knife on his shirt and said, "Looks like it's a two for one special."
Ash began to back away, this guy was obviously crazy. Ash nervously blurted out, "Who are you Green Earth?"
The guy cracked up laughing. "I would join if I could, but like most people here I'm trapped on this damm island." He then took a cross from his shirt and began rubbing it. "God has punished you all--all who have sinned have been turned into demons that must be exterminated." He then dropped the cross onto the sand and charged at him at full speed.
Ash managed to dodge the first charge and yelled, "Pikachu: Thunder Bolt!"
Pikachu shocked the crazed man, but he shrugged it off as if it was nothing.
The man laughed again and said, "Is that all you have? That other hybrid that I disposed of shocked me much worse than that." He then took out a great ball and enlarged it. "If that's the way you want to play fine, I need the practice anyway." The ball opened revealing a Pokemon that Ash had never seen before.
He took out the Pokedex and it reported, "Masquerain, the eye bug Pokemon, they love to live in damp warm places. The eye ball pattern on its wings are to scare off predators, and it's of an unusual bug flying type. Trainer level 30."
The man smiled and said, "Masquerain aerial ace--I want to see some blood. Aim for the eyes."
The eye bug quickly charged at an insane speed. Pikachu was able to dodge just barely.
Ash yelled, "Pikachu--zap cannon." The attack hit Masquerain dead on. Last time Ash checked Pikachu was at level 60 so the bug did not stand a chance. The crazed man recalled Masquerain and whipped out a giant Australian bowie knife and once again charged Ash.
Ash yelled, "Pikachu: Iron Tail." Pikachu's Iron Tail smacked the man directly in the face. The man stopped holding his hand dripping in blood over his eye. He started to scream, "My eye--I'm blind!"
Ash took this opportunity to run. The crazy man was now in hot pursuit, half blind and whipping his knife into the air. Ash came to the part of the island where Moss Deep City was located. He ran past a military M.P., then a second later the crazed man ran by screaming, "Come back here you demon." The M.P. quickly tackled the man, but the man trusted his knife upward nearly impaling the M.P. The M.P. then removed his gun and fired off three rounds directly into the man killing him with the first round. He then got up with a huge gash from his neck to his shoulder, a few inches to the left and the man would have severed his carotid. The M.P. stumbled up to Ash and Pikachu who were lying on the pavement exhausted. Before he could say anything Ash managed to say, "The beach…" then he passed out.
An hour later Morris heard a knock on the door. He mumbled as he got up from his computer, "I just spent all week on this things trying to secure passage to the mainland. I finally manage to get something arranged and someone disturbs me in my moment of triumph." He then yelled, "Brock will you get the door, I'm exhausted."
Brock opened the door to see a human military soldier holding a rather beat up Ash and Pikachu was at the soldier's side looking very worried. Brock said, "What the hell happened?" Upon hearing this Max, May and Morris appeared out nowhere. They were just as shocked as Brock by Ash's appearance.
The soldier spoke in almost a robotic voice, "Green Earth supporter tried to gut him. He was lucky to get away. Same guy has already killed about 4 others. Used to be a reverend in the city's church. Went crazy during star dust. He's dead now in case your wondering."
Everyone just stared at him, wondering especially how he could report such things in such a dead voice.
"I recommend that he and his Pikachu rest and get plenty of fluids. He ran the entire length of the island and in this heat I'm surprised he didn't have stroke, with all that fur." He then placed Ash on the floor, pivoted and simply walked out of the house.
May yelled, "Wait a minute!"
The soldier responded without turning, "I said the man responsible is dead. If you have any further questions, please contact the space center naval base." He then hopped into an old issue military jeep and drove off.
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