CHAPTER 11

Rachel went into the Pokémon Center. She was going to get Michael healed. Hopefully, the doctors and nurses wouldn't ask why he wasn't in a Pokéball.

After a while of waiting, Lisa and Boris went in to see what was going on, leaving Bounce and I alone.

˂So... that was pretty close, hey?˃ I said.

I expected Bounce to say something like, ˂Yeah, we're lucky to be alive. I hope Michael is okay.˃

But instead, he just looked away. ˂Yeah.˃

The battle had been horrifying. And now, scenes from it were permanently embedded in my memory.

Finally, Boris, Rachel, and Lisa came out of the Pokémon Center. Followed by Michael.

I was glad he was okay. I was glad we had escaped. I was glad I was still alive.

Who wouldn't be?

But the effect of the battle on Bounce freaked me out.

He'll be okay soon, I told myself.

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It was the next day. About midday, I guess.

Michael was okay. He was fully healed.

And Bounce was okay. So were my human friends. We all did our best to forget that horrible fight.

I had just been for a fly. It was quite fun, but I soon got bored.

I landed outside my cave and demorphed.

I raced in, expecting Bounce to be working on the Ditto Device. He wasn't.

Where was he?

I noticed all the tools were out, scattered around the Ditto Device.

He had been here recently. He must have just gone to get something.

I walked up to the Ditto Device. The Ditto inside grinned goofily at me.

˂Hi Ditto!˃ I cried, waving.

I looked inside the hole in the side of the Device. There were wires and stuff inside.

I heard footsteps. I looked up and saw Bounce entering the cave.

˂Hi Blitz! What are you doing?˃ he said.

˂Hi! Can I try to work on the Ditto Device?˃

˂No.˃

˂Pleeeeeeeease?˃

˂No.˃

˂Aaaawwww... I won't break it!˃

˂No.˃

I reached inside the Device anyway and grabbed two wires.

˂Blitz! Don't do that!˃

˂I got it! I got it!˃ I cried, shoving the wires together.

ZZZAAAAPPPP.

A nasty electric shock went through me. I pulled back.

˂I don't got it.˃

Bounce sighed, like he usually does when I do something annoying. He walked up, picked up a tool, and started working on the Device.

I leaned forward, looking over his shoulder. I leaned so far over that my head was right next to Bounce's. From the front, it would have looked like he had two heads.

Bounce looked over at me.

˂YAAAH!˃ he yelped in surprise.

I stepped away from him. He glared at me. ˂Hey Blitz? Why don't you go watch South Park?˃

˂Can't. Boris is at College and he won't let me watch it anymore, anyway.˃

˂Well... why don't you go climb a tree?˃

˂Cool!˃ I said. ˂Great idea! Wanna come? Sure you do!˃ I grabbed him by the arm and tried to pull him towards the exit of the cave.

Bounce just sat there, sighing. ˂Brothers,˃ he muttered. ˂Who needs them?˃

THE END!

Author's Annotation: What exactly do Mews do for entertainment? You know, when they're not Blitz? Hmm.

I definitely enjoyed this book on the reread. I was worried how my grumpy, jaded brain would react to Blitz, but South Park references aside, he was fun. I liked the dichotomy here, with Blitz's ridiculousness stacked up against the most serious battle the Pokémorphs have had so far. They tempered each other nicely.

Next up is Pokémorphs #6: The Arrival! We have our first Boris book, and we meet a new character! Tune in next time.