Chapter 10: Gold Gathers the Good People

A/N: I think this chapter's the climax... Actually, I'm not to sure. LOL.

I don't own Disney Channel.

Chapter summary/preview:

All is going well at the Kanto and Johto Gym Leaders' party. Of course, as well as in can get, that is, considering that they're playing the mature version of truth-and-dare.

But how well can it go on, when there's evil gangs running around trying to kidnap someone for their evil plans?

The party goes down into the dumps when Team Copper breaks in as an uninvited guest. However, there's always some people that the Gym Leaders can rely on.

But will it be enough? Will the awesome rescue team make it in time to save everyone?

...

"Dare!" Brock said.

Whitney smirked. "Do the hula dance now!"

Brock was confused. "What? But I don't have a leaf bra or grass skirt or whatsoever!" he argued.

Whitney punched his shoulder lightly. "Do it or I'll make you kiss Erika."

"Heck no to both," Brock declared.

"Sorry." Whitney had a very sly gleam in her magenta eyes. "But it's either/or."

Winter refilled her glass of Sprite, knowing that this will take a while.

"Can I switch to truth?" Brock pleaded.

"Heck no."

Brock sighed. "You better cough up twenty PokéDollars once I do it," he replied.

"No promises." Whitney was determined that she'd wind him up around her pinky.

Brock sighed again and then did the hula dance while everyone else cracked up.

"That was ridiculous!" he spluttered. "Now where's my twenty PokéDollars?!"

Whitney stuck out her tongue playfully. "I never did promise to give you twenty PokéDollars," she said.

Brock growled and chased her, demanding that "you'd better cough it up, since I did your stupid dare!"

"I think I'll take over for the time being," Winter said. "So, who's next?"

...

Pearl flopped onto the couch of Platinum's hotel room while the girl herself sat down more sedately. Paka and Uji leaned against the wall.

"We dealt with the grunts pretty well!" Paka said. "High-five to all of us!"

Smacks of hands could be heard.

"But what that grunt - Amelia - said really unnerved me," Platinum confessed. "Team Copper wants to kidnap someone - a girl, no less."

"Who is this girl?" Pearl wondered, raking his hand through his blond hair.

Platinum'a breath was suddenly caught in her throat when she saw Pearl's action. She then told herself to calm down and breathe for goodness sake. Then something clicked in her mind.

"Missy." Pearl rested his hand on Platinum's shoulder. "What's wrong?"

Platinum's heart was beating into an overdrive, but she told herself to calm down. "I-I realised something," she said shakily.

"What is it?"

Platinum took a breath. "Apparently, Team Copper actually knew Winter long before we knew her, and she knew Team Copper before we did."

"Okay... What's your point?" Pearl asked.

"The point is, I'm assuming she was messing with Team Copper long before we met her or Team Copper," Platinum explained. "And she's also really strong, isn't she?"

The three males nodded.

"Maybe... They thought about killing her at first, but then they realised that it'd be a waste to just kill such a strong person," Platinum continued. "So... Then... They planned to kidnap her and force her to join Team Copper, because they thought with her strength they can do anything."

Paka and Uji silently registered what she said while Pearl's eyes shone.

"That makes sense, Missy," Pearl said. "Cuz that's how evil people think." He smiled at her cheekily. "Does that mean you're evil, Missy, since you can think like an evil person?"

She glared at him. "I'm. Not. Evil," she said. "I just thought that in order to find out what an evil person's thinking, we must think like one."

Pearl nodded. "Good point."

...

"Fine, I surrender," Whitney squeaked. She flung twenty PokéDollars at Brock. "Have this. I hope you're happy," she huffed before storming off.

Brock grinned and pocketed the money. Of course she'd cave in to my rock-solid willpower!

Meanwhile, Whitney stopped in her tracks when she saw Falkner and Janine...

Falkner and Janine kissing, that is.

...

"What should we do?" Platinum asked. "We must warn her.. But we don't have her number, do we?" She was crestfallen.

"Besides, she's at Saffron City attending some party..." Uji trailed off when he remembered what Amelia had said before running off.

"Let's see if you can catch up with us, since we'll be in Saffron City before you can say 'PokéDex Owners'!"

The four of them gasped. Everything made sense now. Previously, they weren't to sure whether Platinum's hunch was correct, but after remembering what Amelia had said... Well, they were sure that Team Copper's on their way to Saffron City...

Where that party was currently taking place.

...

Gold smiled charmingly at Crystal, which made the latter's heart bounce and leap around.

I HAVE ALL MY FINGERS! THE KNIFE GOES CHOP CHOP CHOP!

Gold tutted. "Stupid ringtone." He picked up the call. "Yo!" he said. "Gold speaking."

"Senior Gold?" the other party said. "It's me, Pearl! Your junior!"

"Ah, hello, Pearl!" Gold greeted cheerfully. "'Sup?"

"Listen," Pearl said breathlessly. "Missy, Paka and Uji-"

"Not being rude, but who's these Paka and Uji?" Gold butted in.

"Missy's actual bodyguards," Pearl replied with exasperation. "Anyway... We found out that Team Copper's headed to Saffron City, where a party's taking place, to kidnap Winter, who's attending the party, along with several Gym Leaders."

"You mean the girl who either wears ice-skates or sneakers as shoes?" Gold asked in disbelief. "What does Team Copper want from her?"

"Yeah," Pearl answered. "They wanna kidnap her because.. Team Copper at first..." Pearl told Gold about Platinum's (correct) hunch as well as what Amelia had said before running off.

"So... You want me to get the rest and save the day?" Gold said. Not waiting for an answer, he barreled on. "Alright! See ya when we're risking our lives against Team Copper, Pearl!"

"Bye." Then Pearl hung up.

Crystal gave Gold a look.

"Oh, yeah," Gold said. "We've to put our date on hold first. Pearl told me that..."

...

"Let me get this straight," Silver said, holding Lyra's PokéGear (since he didn't have one). "You want me to go down to Saffron because something's gonna happen there?"

"Yes," Gold replied. "A kidnapping, specifically," he quickly added.

Silver clenched his left fist because his right hand was holding onto Lyra's PokéGear. "I'll be there."

"Alright!" Gold said in a totally plastic and cheesy voice (think of a guy who's advertising some carnival on Disney Channel).

Silver hung up. "Lyra," he said to his new girlfriend. "Uh... I'm going to Saffron to fight an evil team. You stay-"

"No," Lyra cut him off firmly. "I'm going with you. I have Pokémon to fight with."

Silver looked at her with his beautiful silver orbs. "Nothing I say can make you change your mind, right?" he stated nonchalantly.

"Yup."

Silver sighed. He extended his hand, which she took. "Let's hurry."

...

"You WHAT?!" Sapphire yelled into the PokéGear, nearly blasting off Ruby, Emerald, Gold, Crystal, the sailor... pretty much everyone's ears off."We're on a ship to go back to Hoenn, and now you want us to go back to Kanto?!"

"Sapph, he's your senior," Ruby said with exasperation. "Show him some respect."

Upon hearing that, she smacked Ruby with her free hand. "Hold it - some guy's babbling poo at me." She scowled at Ruby.

"I do not babble poo!" Ruby said defensively.

Emerald sighed and approached the nearest Sailor. "Toss them off this ship and I'll pay you an extra fifty PokéDollars."

The Sailor shook his head. "Sorry, kid," he apologised. "But two lives mean more than sixty PokéDollars to me."

Emerald scowled. "Then I'll kill myself," he threatened.

"I have no poison with me, kid," the Sailor replied. "Kill yourself when you get back on shore."

Emerald stomped off, muttering something about "incredibly thick sailors".

"Wait, a kidnapping? No way!" Sapphire gasped, horrified.

"Yes way," Gold replied. "Hurry here!"

"Roger," Ruby said.

"Heard that," Sapphire said.

"Over and out," Emerald said.

...

"Uh..." Whitney turned to Winter, who was giggling. "While I'm glad they're kissing, why are they kissing?"

Winter's eyes twinkled. "That's cuz I dared Falkner to kiss the girl he has a crush on, and then he kinda walked over to Janine and swooped her into he arms and kissed her!" she squealed.

Whitney's heart melted into a puddle of goo. "Aww... That's so romantic!" the Gym Leader of Goldenrod City squealed back.

"IKR!" the girl in ice-skates shouted.

Green turned away from the (disgusting, to him) scene of the two female Gym Leaders shrieking and squealing. "Girls..." he muttered.

Suddenly, grunts of Team Copper swarmed the place.

...

"I think we're too late," Gold said as he snapped his goggles onto his eyes.

"Not yet!" Blue shouted. "Never say never!"

"You just did," Pearl pointed out. Of course, if Dia was here, he'd totally find a way to make a pun... Pearl sighed. He really missed his best friend.

Platinum remained quiet, listening to the screams and shouts coming from the building in Saffron. Of course, some of the screaming was due to Ruby screaming about heights, Sapphire screaming at Ruby to "stop being a pussycat" and Emerald screaming about wishing he had stayed on the Hoenn Maru.

A loud and resounding smack could be heard (as well as a"pussycat" ow).

"You pussycat!" Sapphire shouted at Ruby. "We're here to save people, not to be a pussycat!"

Emerald sighed and poked his fingers into his ears.

...

"Divine Mistress," Cherlia said. "I'm not being rude or trying to meddle with our plans, but what if it's all fake? What if she doesn't know where those gems are?"

Divine Mistress turned around. "Cherlia... While I like your cautious nature, you're sometimes too cautious," she replied. "If she doesn't know, we'll dispose of her."

Cherlia squinted to try to see what Divine Mistress' face looked like, but the darkness in the room shadowed her (Divine Mistress', not Cherlia's) face. Why's her room so freakishly dark? she suddenly wondered.

Cherlia cleared her throat. "So... When do I come into the plan?" she asked curiously. She was absent on the day the others were making plans to storm the party at Saffron due to her illness.

"The grunts will keep everyone busy," Divine Mistress explained. "You wait until they get her into a corner, then you leap into action. Remember: wear your mask at all times. Don't let anyone see your face. You will leap down ninja-style, shove the cloth into her mouth, tie her hands and carry her back here. Jackson will cart her off into one of the cells."

Cherlia nodded in reply, to say that she understood. She got up from her kneeling/squatting position and made her way to the door. She unhooked her jacket and slipped in her mask.

"Good luck, Cherlia," Divine Mistress called after Cherlia.

"Thank you, Divine Mistress." Cherlia walked out.

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A/N: My fingers are swamped! This has to be one of my longest chapters yet. Whoo... I really liked the Emerald part. LOL. Sailors are thick, aren't they?

LOL. Ruby's a pussycat. Of course he is - he's sissy, isn't he?

Ooh lala! Platinum seems to have one heck of a crush on Pearl, doesn't she?

BTW, there's no love relationship between Whitney and Brock. Just to let ya know.

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