Chapter 9
"That is some large chewing gum." Emma examined the blob by poking it with a stick. The blob moved and a head popped out and bit the stick.
"It's a Pokemon?" Allen looked at the thing dangling from his shoe.
"A Shellos. If you want to catch it do it now before it dies." Emma prodded it. Allen threw a Pokeball at his foot. Shellos and Allen's trainer were sucked inside the Pokeball.
"My shoe!" Allen cried out as the Pokeball rocked a few times then dinged. Allen picked up the Pokeball. Suddenly it vanished into thin air. "Where'd it go?"
"You already have six Pokemon in your team. It went to your PC." Emma explained.
"Six already?" Allen then counted his Pokemon. "Oh, yeah. I need my shoe!" Allen then ran back to Floaroma Town leaving Emma on her own.
Meanwhile, in the middle of a very large wheat field somewhere in north Jhoto an old man in a lab coat is looking around.
"How the hell did I get out here?" Professor Oak shouted into the sky.
Elsewhere, in Jubilife City Poke Mart the shop assistant is restacking shelves.
"I have the strangest feeling that the author has just done something very random." The shop assistant said to no one in particular.
"Leave the fourth wall alone." A different old man in a lab coat said to the shop assistant.
"Aren't you dead?" the shop assistant asked when he recognised the old man as Professor Rowan.
"Oh yeah, I forgot about that. Thanks for reminding me." Professor Rowan collapsed into a dead heap on the floor.
"Clean up in aisle 3!" the shop assistant shouted and then walked off.
Back in Floaroma Town, Allen is stood in the Pokemon Centre.
"Why do I get the feeling that the author has just done two very random things?" Allen asked.
"Right! I'm putting a stop to this! It's just getting stupid!" Emma burst in.
"If you must know what's going on, I was on the toilet and I'd set my Microsoft Word Office Assistant, you know, the dog with the red collar, to auto-write but it seems its setting is on very random." A deep voice filled the room.
"Um…" Emma looked blankly at Allen who was rolling around laughing.
"Moving on." Allen stood up and went over to the computer. Emma noticed he still didn't have his shoe.
"What I don't get is how the Pokeball got to the computer." Emma looked over Allen's shoulder to see an error message saying that he already had 6 Pokemon in his team so couldn't withdraw.
"Fine! I'll deposit Magikarp but I will figure out how to get more than 6 Pokemon in my team soon enough. Allen shoved a Pokeball through the computer screen and pulled out another.
"How did you do that?" Emma asked.
"I don't know." Allen sent out Shellos and retrieved his shoe before recalling Shellos.
"Well, I don't want to withdraw the Buizel I caught after you abandoned me so turn the computer off when you're done." Emma walked over to the counter to have her Pokemon healed. Allen pushed the computer into the bin and followed her.
"Thank you, come again! No really, come again! We don't get much business here so I'll have to hunt you if you don't come back." The nurse returned Emma's Pokemon and stroked the shotgun under the counter. Allen placed his Pokemon and dropped a couple of coins next to them.
"That's all the coins I could find." Allen feared what might happen.
"It's not enough!" the nurse raised her shotgun.
"Why do so many people have shotguns? I thought this was supposed to be a kid's game!" Emma looked at the nurse as she prepared to fire.
"Can I give an I owe you?" Allen pleaded.
"I guess so, it means you'll have to come back." The nurse lowered her shotgun. She healed Allen's Pokemon. The two left the Pokemon centre and headed towards the meadow. They came across two members of Team Galactic.
"Oh god, more weird haired people." Allen groaned.
"'Ey! Your 'air is weirder t'an mine! Turquoise is better t'an green." One of the Team Galactic agents got angry.
"Give me the key to the windworks and go away!" Allen demanded.
"No!" the second Team Galactic agent protested.
"'Ow about we give you t'e key, and you go away!" the first agent suggested.
"Um, alright." Emma looked at the agents. They gave Emma the key and Allen led her off.
"That was easy." Allen laughed as they headed towards the windworks.
The duo opened the door of the windworks and made their way through the building until they found a woman with odd red hair wearing a Team Galactic uniform. Next to her were two grunts laughing manically.
"Welcome," the woman grinned, "I am Team Galactic Commander Mars. You're not leaving here alive."
"Just watch me!" Allen turned around to leave. Emma grabbed his collar to stop him.
"We need to stop her." Emma hissed in Allen's ear.
"So, what do you plan to do you strange haired people?" Mars asked.
"What's wrong with my hair!" Allen cried out and ran forward to attack Mars. Mars threw a Pokeball and it hit Allen on the head. He fell over backwards and was knocked out. Out of the Pokeball emerged a Purugly. The fat cat licked Allen's unconscious face. The two grunts went up to Allen shooed the Purugly and dragged Allen's body away. Emma stood watching, she didn't know what to do.
"Thank you! He's really annoying!" Emma sighed in relief.
"You don't mind that we've taken your friend with intentions of experimenting on him?" Mars looked at Emma confused.
"No, I really don't mind." Emma smiled.
"What sort of friend are you?" Mars asked.
"A brilliant one." Emma laughed sarcastically.
"Now, how would you like us to take you? Calmly or kicking and screaming?" Mars asked.
"Kicking and screaming, please." Emma smiled and the two grunts came back. They grabbed Emma's arms and dragged her away as she screamed.
