Chapter 6 Brainstorm

(Narrator)

Author's note : [ ] represents thought by slowking

Dawn settled. The Pokemon woke up, looking around with worry. Trust was slowly evaporating away from them. Slowking decided to call for a gathering in the hallway, in the hope of finding a solution to their current predicament.

Slowking said: " Listen, we have to find some ideas to either get ourselves out of here, or ideas to find out who the murderer is." Ambipom, who was still in a lethargic mood, protested: " Why not we just slack around here and just enjoy our breakfast. Look, at least there are 3 meals every day. Furthermore, Tropius can always help to produce berries for an extra snack." Slowking countered, with a tinge of annoyance. "If you bother to look at the dining table, you would realise that the quality and quantity of the food gets worse every day." Everyone turned around and saw that the fruits given were in diminishing quantity, and had started to become mouldy. "It seems like, Mewtwo forces us to play this game." Tropius sighed.

"Which is why, we have to start strategising." Slowking declared firmly. "Who is going to lead us?" asked Clefable. "Well, seeing that my intelligence is much higher than any of you, I should be the leader. I will facilitate all the discussions and check for loopholes and flaws in any plan." Slowking replied. "How could you just declare yourself as a leader? For all we know you could be the murderer!" Conkeldurr bellowed. " Maybe Alakazam was right in blaming you." he continued. "In fact, you could be attempting to lead us so that you could mmur..." before Conkeldurr could speak any further, one Scald attack went blasting into his face. "Look! Slowking is trying to silence me! Help!" he spluttered.

"The fact that I did not Psyshock you shows that I am not attempting to kill you. It would be easy for me to finish you off." Slowking uttered icily. "Now, who still dares object?" Silence filled the hallway. "Okay, let's begin. Who has any ideas to stop the murderer?"

Ambipom swung his tail wildly, saying: " I was thinking of building a mini machine, where if one is in trouble, the machine would sound an alarm upon it being pressed." "Do you have the ability to build it?" enquired Tentacruel. "Well, when I was exploring this place, I spotted a laboratory filled with many machines." Maybe if someone were to help me we would be able to build this machine by today." Ambipom said, brimming with confidence. "Well, I would help you." offered Tropius.

As Tropius and Ambipom headed off to the lab, Slowking turned his head and asked : "Any more ideas? How about you Muk?" Conkeldurr seemed to sense something amiss. He growled, " I just realised, since Day 2, Muk has not mentioned a single sentence." Muk stammered: " It doesn't mean... I am the...murderer..". Slowking eyed him warily. "Who ever suggested you were?" asked Slowking. [There, Muk is trapped!] Conkeldurr prepared a Dynamic punch but was immediately stopped by Clefable. " Don't jump to conclusions! We have no proof! STOP!" Clefable rushed to Muk and continued: "We can obviously see that Muk is already shaken by this incident. Also, look at his timid nature (no pun intended). It is because of you idiots who randomly accuse others, causing him to be so stressed out." Conkeldurr and Slowking calmed down, and seemed ashamed of themselves.

Slowking composed himself and remarked: "Let's just calm our nerves and go for lunch afterwards. Go and slack around. But be careful."

Author's Note : Please leave some reviews and suggestions! I am new to fanfiction so please do not flame. Thanks a bunch