Back in the Pokemon park control room, Oak and Iris watched the monitors closely. The vision on the monitor was of the tropical storm heading straight for the island.
"The storm hasn't weakened or changed course. We're going to have to cut the tour short." Iris said, looking at the monitors.
"Are you certain?" Oak asked.
"It's not worth it, Samuel." Iris said.
Oak nodded. "Alright, tell them to
Get back into the cars."
Iris picked up a microphone and spoke into it.
"Ladies and gentlemen, last shuttle to dock leaved in five minutes. Stop what your doing and leave now."
Oak was very upset. He sighed and shouted.
"Darn!" Oak said with anger.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the room, James was watching the main boat at Port. He was on the phone with the first mate of the ship.
"We're not safe here. We might have to go as soon as the last of the workers board." The first mate said.
"No way. You stick with the plan. You wait until those guests are back from the tour." James said with a low, low tone.
Back in the Lapras paddock, Misty, Ash, Marnie and Cheren stood around a pile of..well...droppings.
"That is one big pile of crap." Cheren said.
Misty quickly put on some plastic gloves and grabbed some of the dung.
"Your right. There's no evidence of the west orange island Oran berries. That's strange..." Misty said, observing the specimen. "Every six weeks or so..." Misty thought aloud to herself and walked off.
Cheren watched her as she walked off and then looked at Ash.
"She's a tough one." Cheren said.
"You have no idea." Ash replied.
Cheren then turned to Misty's direction.
"Remember to wash your hands before you eat anything!" He yelled.
In the control room, James was quickly typing on his computer. A large, green sign appears on his computer screen that reads "EXECUTE?" He quickly presses it.
Back at the Lapras enclosure, the skies grew darker and darker as Misty and Ash tried to conjure up a possible answer, Until Gary found a Smooth stone.
"These look familiar." He said to himself.
Misty turned to him, looking at the stone.
"Ash, Gizzard stones!" Misty said.
"Can you let see it?"
Gary grinned and chucked the rock at Ash, hitting him in the stomach. Ash frowned.
"That explains it." Ash said.
"What?" Daisy asked.
"It's simple. Some animals like her, don't have teeth." Misty explained.
"Like birds." Ash continued.
"So they grind their food. They swallow stones to grind their food in their stomach with a muscular sack in their stomach." Misty explained.
"A gizzard." Ash continued.
"Which is called a gizzard, but after a while..." Misty explained.
"The stones become smooth. Ever six weeks the animal regurgitates.."
Ash continued. Misty saw the confused expression on his face and chimed in.
"Throws up." Misty said.
"And swallows fresh ones." Ash continued.
"So when she swallowed the stones...that means she swallowed the poison berries too. That's what made her sick. And thats why theres no evidence of the berries." Misty said while rubbing Gary's head
"Good work Gary."
Gary smiles at Misty, but sticks his tongue out to Ash, causing him to roll his eyes.
CRACKLE!
A large thunder erupted around them, causing Cilan to duck.
"Uh...doctors? I think we need to get moving." Cilan said, shaken up.
Ash nodded.
"Well, if its okay I'm going to stay with Dr. Marnie and the Lapras. I want to finish with her." Misty said.
"Sure. I've got a gas powered jeep outside the enclosure. I can drop her off at the visitor center before I go to the boat with the others." Marnie said with a smile. Ash nodded.
"Alright."
CRACKLE!
Another loud-whip like sound of lightning sounded.
"Now. We need to leave now." Cilan said, while walking quickly to the track.
The crew left, leaving Misty with Dr. Marnie and the Lapras. Misty and Ash quickly waved at eachother goodbye.
Back in the control room, Iris saw the visions of reflections getting back into the vehicles. The rain then started to drop in large quantities from the sky. The sky was pitch black, and the trees look like they were being shook by somebody.
Back in the control room, Iris typed on her computer.
"I found a way to Re-route the tour. I'm turning the cars around at the rest area." She said.
"Okay. Get my grandchildren on the phone. I don't want them to worry about the storm." Oak said.
Back across the room, James, now nervous, stared at the video monitor. The same boat from before is still at the island shore, but now the storm is heavy, causing large waves to crack against the ship. The first mate came to the phone and picked it up.
"There's nothing I can do! If the captain says we gotta go, we gotta go!" The first mate yelled.
"Listen, I need more time. This is is talking longer than I planned. I thought I could do it in ten minutes but now I need fifteen, you gotta do something!" James begged in a low tone.
"No promises!" The first mate said. James then hung up the phone and pressed a button at the console of his desk.
"The vehicles are on the way back to the garage." Iris explained, turning to Oak in her seat.
"We'll, so much for our first tour. Two no-shows and one sick Lapras." Oak said in an annoyed tone.
"It could have been a lot worse Samuel." Iris said.
James quickly stood up, trying to keep cool.
"Anybody want a soda or something? I thought I'd go get a snack." James asked. Oak, Iris and Paul shook their heads.
"Oh, and I debugged the phones, the system might get a bit glitchy and go on and off. just minor stuff. hope that's okay." James said.
"Alright alright! Go get your soda." Oak said, annoyed with him.
Secretly, James stretched his hand to his computer mouse and selected the same "EXECUTE" button as before.
He had lied.
He looked down at his stopwatch on his wrist, and it started to tick down from the sixty second mark.
He secretly removes the soda can, and Thus his evil plan begins.