Max, Zet, Vivi, and poochyena all take a train ride to a big city in Kalos called Vis. They were informed that there are some high level criminals in the city. Even so, they are busy hunting down other criminals on the train while on the train. They know that there's a good chance the criminals they're after are on the train and they know some thing bad might happen since they know what the life of a bad dude bounty hunter is like.
TRAIN ATTENDANT: Soon, this train, 210, will arrive in Vis very very soon.
TRAIN ATTENDANT: Some people may have an allergic reaction to the special plants used in Vis.
TRAIN ATTENDANT: It has a chance of degenerating into Vis sickness, so if symptoms appear, please consult a doctor immediately!
TRAIN ATTENDANT: That will be all and please enjoy the view every one!
The train comes out of a dark tunnel. That's when hi jackers Hue, Dew and Louy, suddenly attack.
HUE: (starting to shoot at the roof of the train) Quiet down, every one!
HUE: (holding a gun in his hand) Both hands behind your heads!
HUE: (holding a gun in his hand) All of you!
RICH MAN: I'll give you money!
RICH MAN: I don't care about the others, just let me go!
Louy hits the rich man in the head with the back of her machine gun.
LOUY: (holding a gun in her hand) Any one who makes a ruckus ends up like him.
A man named Roc, carrying a container wrapped in cloth, hides in his seat.
ROCO: (whispering to himself and trying to hide his head) Darn and why did this have to be the day?
DEW: (holding a gun in his hand) You, over there.
DEW: (yelling and holding a gun in his hand) HEY!
Dew approaches Max, apparently fast asleep.
DEW: (holding a gun in his hand) You listening to me?
DEW: (holding a gun in his hand) You get up!
Max opens his eyes.
DEW: (holding a gun in his hand) Quietly put both hands behind your head!
Max closes his eyes.
DEW: (holding a gun in his hand) Don't go back asleep!
DEW: (yelling and holding a gun in his hand) WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE YOU LITTLE IDIOT?
Max gets up stretching, pushing Dew aside.
DEW: (yelling and holding a gun in his hand) BIG MISTAKE!
Dew swings the barrel of his gun at Max. He ducks and head butts him. Hue, who is a very short man, charges at Max from behind. He flips him on to Dew.
MAX: (sarcastically apologizing) Whoops!
MAX: (sarcastically apologizing) Sorry about that dude.
HUE: (running toward Max) That's enough!
Max flips him over on to his partner, knocking them both out. Vivi sprays Louy with a container of sedatives, causing Louy to pass out.
VIVI: Enough of You Ms. Bounty.
The train makes an emergency stop, the cops show up to the train, they hand cuff the criminals, and Officer Jenny congratulates Max, Zet, Vivi, and poochyena on a job well done. Even though, Zet and poochyena didn't really do any thing. They were on the train as back up in case Max and Vivi needed extra help. Even so, Jenny hands a 1500 dollar check to Max, Zet, and Vivi for stopping the criminals. They finally didn't mess up on a mission. They were very happy to get their check.
A few hours later, at the bank, in a big mall, Roc, the man from the train, is having an argument with the postal worker about a special item.
ROC: Don't be silly.
ROC: This is 5000 dollars?
POSTAL WORKER: Special price.
ROC: That's not written any where.
POSTAL WORKER: But it's not to normal residential quarters.
ROC: I'm asking ya for a favor here.
ROC: Don't rip me off here!
POSTAL WORKER: There's nothing i can do.
Roc spots Max and he leaves a package and money on the desk.
ROC: Make sure it gets there!
ROC: Got that?
Roc runs after Max.
POSTAL WORKER: Hey wait!
Max cashes the check at the ATM machine and it spits out the 1500 dollars.
MAX: (talking to the ATM machine and holding the money in his hand) Thanks for the pay check.
Vivi stands near by.
VIVI: Hi!
MAX: (holding the money in his hand) What do you want?
VIVI: My share.
MAX: (holding the money in his hand) Here?
VIVI: I need it now.
Max hands Vivi 500 dollars. Vivi takes it and puts it in her pocket. Max puts the rest of the money in his pocket.
MAX: (holding the rest of the money in his hand) That's all you get.
MAX: (holding the rest of the money in his hand) The money will be split 3 ways by you, me, and Zet.
MAX: (holding the rest of the money in his hand) We each get 500 dollars each.
VIVI: I know that and i know how to divide Max.
Vivi walks off waving.
MAX: Depositing it at the casino again?
VIVI: (walking away while waving) It's better than the bank.
MAX: (talking to himself) She never gives up.
Roc rushes toward Max with a pocket knife from behind, but he trips Roc and he stumbles to the floor.
MAX: I don't need any more pick pockets.
ROC: You passed my test and you're amazing.
ROC: You're really amazing.
Roc gets up.
ROC: You're the one that rounded up those hi jackers with some amazing moves, right?
ROC: I have a favor to ask.
ROC: Can you teach me how to fight like that?
ROC: Is it judo or kung fu?
MAX: Neither!
ROC: Then what type of fighting style were you using?
MAX: A whole new fighting style i created called jeet kung judo.
ROC: Even though you look like an 8 year old, you're more amazing then i had originally thought.
MAX: You've got very sharp eyes.
MAX: I am in deed only 8 years old.
ROC: Even though you're so young, you fight like a man.
ROC: I take it back, you fight like a machine and not only that, but you've created a new martial art.
ROC: I'm thoroughly impressed.
MAX: Thank you.
ROC: Can you teach me some of those amazing fighting moves like judo, karate, and kung fu?
MAX: Huh!
ROC: So how about it?
MAX: No!
MAX: My fighting style isn't really suited for your kind, so sorry.
Max then walks away with Roc following him.
ROC: Hey, wait a minute!
ROC: I want to be strong like you.
MAX: You're really an annoying guy.
MAX: A no is a no.
ROC: Oh come on.
ROC: Just a little.
ROC: (bowing in front of Max) Please master!
ROC: (bowing in front of Max) I beg of you.
Max enters an elevator.
ROC: Hey wait a second!
The elevator door closes.
MAX: (talking to himself) What was that dude's story?
The elevator door opens. Roc stands in front of it, out of breath from running down flights of stairs. Max walks away from him again and Roc follows him again.
ROC: Just teach me a little bit!
ROC: Think of it as helping me.
ROC: Have some compassion!
MAX: I'm kind of out of that right now.
They walk out of the mall.
ROC: Please!
ROC: It's not like you're losing any thing.
MAX: Quit it already!
ROC: (begging and yelling) PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!
Max becomes slightly angered.
MAX: (getting a little ticked off) You're pushing your luck pal.
ROC: Cool!
ROC: Hands on training.
Roc does some stupid gestures.
ROC: I'm Roc Bonn.
ROC: Nice to meet you master.
Back at camp, Zet is petting poochyena, while looking at a piece of paper with the pictures of their new bounty head targets.
ZET: (petting poochyena) Our first pay check in a while.
ZET: (petting poochyena) I'll feed you some thing good.
POOCHYENA: Poochy!
ZET: (petting poochyena) This is all thanks to the master mind.
ZET: (starting to read the papers Officer Jenny gave him about the new targets) Lets see who's next.
Else where, at the mall with the bank in it, a group of thugs search for Roc. Max trains Roc on a grassy strip of land outside the mall.
MAX: I'm telling you to not tense up so much!
ROC: But you can't defeat enemies that way.
MAX: The power and calmness is more important and not just the aggression.
MAX: You have to be like the wind.
MAX: Get it?
ROC: Not one bit.
MAX: That's what i thought.
MAX: Alright, come after me with your pocket knife!
ROC: You might get hurt.
MAX: Just do it!
Roc takes out his knife.
ROC: (holding his pocket knife in his hand) Here i come.
Roc charges at Max and he dodges and trips him.
ROC: (looking up at the sky) What just happened?
MAX: You were tense and i was calm and powerful.
MAX: You apply excessive force and i control that force through wind like moves and reflexes.
MAX: That means relaxing the body so it can react quickly with out tensing up.
MAX: The wind can be calm some times and powerful some times.
MAX: Do you see now?
MAX: You have to become like wind or better yet, a sky pokemon.
ROC: Wind or better yet, a sky pokemon you say?
MAX: Yes!
MAX: Wind can take off the roof of houses if it's strong enough.
MAX: There are also a few sky pokemon out there that can move as fast as a jet.
ROC: In some ways, i don't get it and i kinda do get it at the same time.
Roc sees and hears the thugs that are looking for him at the entrance of the mall. The thugs shove an old man. Roc gives Max the cloth wrapped container he was carrying.
ROC: (giving Max his cloth wrapped container) Here, hold this!
ROC: Tomorrow night, meet me at the cathedral on the out skirts of town!
MAX: (holding the cloth wrapped container) Wait!
Roc runs away and the thugs chase after him.
THUGS: (yelling and talking) THERE HE IS and don't let him get away!
Max notices them chasing after Roc and wonders what is going on.
Back at camp, in the woods, Max and Zet talk. Max gives him his share of the reward money.
ZET: Casinos again?
ZET: The ones around here are famous for being stingy.
MAX: Don't worry about it.
MAX: It's her money.
ZET: On top of it, she takes off like a bullet and we don't know when she'll be back.
ZET: Oh well.
ZET: No use wasting time.
ZET: How about making some pocket cash?
Zet lays down a few papers for Max to see.
ZET: (looking at Picc Calvin's paper) Picc Calvin.
ZET: (looking at Picc Calvin's paper) Usually a stingy little thief, but went in big this time.
ZET: (looking at Picc Calvin's paper) Price is doubled if we get the whole crew.
Max spots Roc on one of the papers and Zet hands Max a paper with the picture of a special plant on it.
ZET: That is the stolen item.
ZET: It makes the remedy for Vis sickness, but apparently it's hard to grow them and they're worth a lot.
Max uncovers the container Roc gave him, revealing the stolen plant, which startles Zet.
Else where, on the streets of Vis, Roc is running away from the thugs that are chasing after him. He loses them around a corner.
THUG 1: Where did he go?
THUG 2: He's sure good at running.
Back at camp, Max, Zet, and Vivi talk about the plant.
VIVI: I say we take it.
VIVI: I mean, it's worth much more than capturing that group.
Zet hesitates.
ZET: No, we can't.
VIVI: Hey, you thought about it for a moment.
ZET: Idiot!
ZET: It's better to not be involved with dangerous stuff like this.
ZET: Are you forgeting that we're suppose to be Bad Dude Bounty Hunters and that we're suppose to catch criminals and not become criminals?
VIVI: It's okay if they don't find out, right?
ZET: So how much did you lose at the casino, bad girl Vivi?
VIVI: (becoming a little angry) What's that suppose to mean?
MAX: I'll leave Picc up to you Zet.
MAX: I'm going after Roc.
VIVI: Why don't you wait?
VIVI: You're gonna see him any way.
MAX: They say that Lady Bounty waits for no one.
VIVI: It's Lady Luck F Y I.
Max bikes to a small desert location in Vis, to see if Roc is secretly hiding out there. 30 to 35 minutes later, he makes it to the desert.
ZET: (talking to Max on his walkie talkie cell phone radio) A broken down car?
ZET: (talking to Max on his walkie talkie cell phone radio) Why in such a place?
MAX: (talking to Zet on his walkie talkie cell phone radio, while peddaling on his bike, in the desert) I don't know.
ZET: (talking to Max on his walkie talkie cell phone radio) There might be some weirdos that do live out in the desert.
ZET: (talking to Max on his walkie talkie cell phone radio) Be safe.
MAX: (talking to Zet on his walkie talkie cell phone radio, while peddaling on his bike, in the desert) Yes!
Max hangs up. He then spots what looks like an abandoned big laboratory in the middle of the desert. He enters. A young woman points a gun at him. She is Stella, Roc's blind younger sister.
STELLA: (pointing a gun at Max) Don't move!
STELLA: (pointing a gun at Max) Don't move!
STELLA: (pointing a gun at Max) Both hands up!
MAX: (raising his hands up slowly) I'm not a criminal.
MAX: (jokingly) Woah, that makes me sound more like a criminal, doesn't it?
STELLA: (pointing a gun at Max) Who are you?
STELLA: (pointing a gun at Max) Why are you here?
STELLA: (pointing a gun at Max) Answer me!
Stella walks toward Max and stumbles. He catches her.
STELLA: (holding a gun) Let go of me!
He lets go of her.
MAX: I just came here to see Roc.
STELLA: (holding a gun) You're Roc's friend?
MAX: I don't know about that.
STELLA: (holding a gun) I'm glad he has a friend like you.
Else where, in a public bath room, Roc relieves himself. He spots Picc next to him and 2 thugs walk out of a stall.
THUG 1: Hey, make sure you wash your hands!
2 more thugs enter.
THUG 2: We can't find him boss.
They stop and they're shocked to see that they've found him.
ROC: (nervously talking to them) Hi fellas.
Back at the big abandoned laboratory, in the desert. Max and Stella talk over a can of soda.
STELLA: You know, it's all because of those deadly special plants.
STELLA: Some times they have spores in them that look like snow.
STELLA: Most people are fine being near them and even touching them, but i went blind because of those plants.
MAX: Isn't it inconvenient?
STELLA: Not really.
STELLA: It's not a big deal once you get used to it.
STELLA: Besides, some times your other senses get sharper when you can't see.
MAX: You'll get better, right?
STELLA: If we put a lot of money into it.
STELLA: To be honest, it doesn't bother me that much staying like this.
STELLA: As for Roc.
MAX: He cares about his little sister.
Stella takes a music box that plays rock and roll tunes from the shelf.
STELLA: (handing the music box over to Max) Roc sent me that yesterday.
Max opens it up and it starts playing the boys are back in town, only with out the singing. He lays it on the table.
STELLA: Every one says bad things about him and he seems to hang out with some bad people, but Roc is a good person.
MAX: Not that i'm trying to scare you, but i might be 1 of those bad people he hangs out with.
STELLA: May be you are and may be you're not.
STELLA: However, if you are a bad guy, you also have a good side.
STELLA: I can tell these things.
STELLA: Both you and Roc have a good side.
STELLA: It's hard to tell some times, but it's there.
STELLA: I can see it.
STELLA: That's why i'm sharing my soda with you.
Max inspects the music box and finds a package of seeds. He puts the box down.
MAX: A good side, huh?
MAX: I'm afraid for a while, i lost that part of myself a long time ago.
Else where and the next day, at a shady small diner, Vivi enters and approaches a criminal that's fallen a sleep at a table.
VIVI: (grabbing the short man by the neck) I want to see Picc.
VIVI: (holding him by the neck) Tell me where he is!
CRIMINAL: (drunk and confused) What?
CRIMINAL: (drunk and confused) I don't know who that is.
The thugs in the diner laugh and draw guns. Vivi quickly draws her gun and shoots the guns out of their hands and shoots a support beam causing it to drop from the ceiling on them.
VIVI: (holding her gun in her hand and shooting the criminal a death glare) Can you remember now?
CRIMINAL: (peeing his pants) I remember now.
Back at camp, Max and Zet talk.
ZET: What's the price of gray ash seeds?
MAX: I'm just asking.
ZET: Those things are like gems.
ZET: You're lucky if you ever see one.
ZET: I would say 8000 dollars per seed.
MAX: (yelling and feeling thoroughly impressed) WOW!
ZET: You got some?
MAX: No!
ZET: Thought not.
MAX: How about Picc?
ZET: I'm almost there.
ZET: Just don't screw up on your end.
MAX: You know it's funny.
MAX: When you said the words "gray ash seeds" i couldn't help but think of my friend Ash.
ZET: You mean that guy you use to travel around with, along with your sister and Brock?
MAX: That's the one and he is currently in the Sinnoh region trying to get stronger so he can be a pokemon master one day.
MAX: I wonder what he's doing right at this moment.
ZET: I may not know him as well as you do, but knowing him, he's probably having a pokemon battle with some one.
MAX: Yeah, that's sounds a lot like him.
Else where, in a dark alley corner, Roc is frighten by Picc and his thugs.
PICC: So Roc, you can be nice and tell us where the plant is, but if you don't want to tell us.
The thugs close in on Roc.
ROC: Sorry!
ROC: I dropped it.
ROC: It may not be good any more.
The thugs beat up Roc.
PICC: My little Roc.
PICC: I've heard that you have a little sister.
ROC: She has nothing to do with this.
PICC: Oh really?
PICC: Then where is it?
ROC: It's some where.
Picc goes easy on Roc and gives him a soft punch.
Else where, at a shady motel room, Vivi finds a man eating at a table. She grabs the man and sticks her gun into his mouth.
VIVI: (holding the pointy end of her gun in his mouth) I want to know where Picc is.
VIVI: (holding the pointy end of her gun in his mouth) A quick answer would be nice.
MAN: (talking with a gun in his mouth) Hyu don't haff to be so rough.
VIVI: (yelling and holding the pointy end of her gun in his mouth) HUH!
VIVI: (holding the pointy end of her gun in his mouth) What did you say?
MAN: (talking with a gun in his mouth) I cwan't spweak well with a gune in ma mouth.
Else where, at the abandoned cathedral, Roc sees Max.
MAX: (holding the container in his hands) Sup!
ROC: Oh you're here.
MAX: (holding up the container Roc gave him) And i brought it like you told me to.
MAX: (holding up the container Roc gave him) Sorry, but i snuck a peek inside.
ROC: You know what it is?
MAX: (holding the container in his hands) Gray ash.
MAX: (holding up the container Roc gave him) Some thing spectacular.
MAX: (holding up the container Roc gave him) I mean, it's a lot better than the bounty reward placed on you and your pals.
Roc pulls a gun out of his shirt and points it at Max.
ROC: (pointing a gun at Max) You're a bounty hunter, aren't you?
ROC: (pointing a gun at Max) Are you here to capture me?
MAX: (holding up the container Roc gave him) Stella needs this, right?
ROC: (pointing a gun at Max) You know about her and it?
MAX: (holding up the container Roc gave him) Yes!
Roc tosses the gun.
ROC: (running up to Max) Get out of here quick or they're going to kill you!
Else where, Vivi is peddaling on her bike and yelling to Zet at the same time.
VIVI: (peddaling and yelling to Zet on her walkie talkie cell phone radio at the same time) THIS IS STUPID.
VIVI: (peddaling and yelling to Zet on her walkie talkie cell phone radio at the same time) I WAS JUST SENT ON SOME WILD GOOSE CHASE.
VIVI: (peddaling and yelling to Zet on her walkie talkie cell phone radio at the same time) ZET, ARE YOU LISTENING?
Back at the cathedral, some one uses a machine gun and fires at Max and Roc, missing them and Picc approaches.
BANG! BANG BANG!
Max and Roc are surrounded by gun men.
ROC: Stop this, please!
ROC: The gray ash is back.
ROC: Let us go!
ROC: I'm begging you.
PICC: Sorry to make you deliver it.
PICC: (pulling out his gun and then pointing his gun at Max) I give my thanks.
Roc grabs the barrel of Picc's gun.
PICC: (pointing his gun at Roc) You!
Picc shoves Roc to the ground and tells his boys to get Max and Roc.
PICC: (yelling and holding his gun in his hand) GET THEM!
Picc's thugs open fire.
BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG!
Max runs to a corner and shoots back at them.
BANG BANG BANG!
PICC: (holding his gun in his hand) Kill them!
PICC: (yelling and holding his gun in his hand) QUICKLY!
Vivi enters the scene on her bike to get Picc.
VIVI: (yelling and pedaling on her bike) HOLD IT RIGHT THERE PICC CALVIN!
She causes destruction with her amazing and frightening shooting skills.
BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG!
MAX: (talking to himself) Can't she be a little more careful?
Zet then shows up to the gun fight on his bike.
ZET: (yelling and pedaling on his bike) DON'T KILL THEM VIVI!
ZET: (yelling and pedaling on his bike) IF THEY'RE DEAD, WE WON'T GET THE REWARD MONEY.
PICC: (holding his gun in his hand) I hate this.
PICC: (talking, yelling, and holding his gun in his hand) Get that thing back, NOW!
A man charges at Roc from behind.
MAX: (yelling and holding his gun in his hand) BEHIND YOU ROC.
Roc has a quick flash back of Max's moves and flips the man charging at him over. He is thrilled by his accomplishment. Max gives him a thumbs up and then Roc gives him a thumbs up right back at him, but is shot from behind. He drops the case with the gray ash plant inside and the glass breaks.
MAX: (yelling and holding his gun in his hand) ROC!
The plant quickly withers away and eventually dies.
PICC: (holding his gun in his hand) Dang idiots.
Vivi quietly sneaks up on Picc from behind on her bike and points a gun at him.
VIVI: (pointing her gun at him) Hands in the air criminal!
Picc drops his gun and gives up and Max tends to Roc.
MAX: (shaking him gently) Come on and hang on!
MAX: (shaking him gently) You alive?
MAX: (yelling and shaking him a little harder) HEY!
ROC: (bleeding and laying down) Master, did you see that right now?
MAX: Yes!
MAX: You were awesome.
MAX: (pulling out his walkie talkie cell phone radio) I'll call a doctor right now.
Roc begins to slip away.
MAX: (yelling and holding his walkie talkie cell phone radio in his hand) HEY!
ROC: I have a favor in the music box for Stella.
MAX: (holding his walkie talkie cell phone radio in his hand) I know and leave Stella to me.
ROC: I trust you.
MAX: (holding his walkie talkie cell phone radio in his hand) Stay alive!
MAX: (holding his walkie talkie cell phone radio in his hand) Now don't die!
MAX: (yelling, running over to where Zet is for additional help, and holding his walkie talkie cell phone radio in his hand) DON'T DIE!
ROC: (whispering his last dying words to himself) Hey, if i knew you earlier, would we have been friends?
Roc dies.
A few days later, at a hospital, Max walks into Stella's room.
STELLA: Come in.
STELLA: Is that you Roc?
MAX: It's me.
STELLA: (over joyed) Nice to hear your voice again.
STELLA: (over joyed) You know what Roc did?
STELLA: (over joyed) Roc got me some gray ash and the operation fees have been paid for.
STELLA: (over joyed) They told me my eyes will be better soon and i'll be able to see again.
STELLA: (over joyed) Isn't it wonderful?
STELLA: (over joyed) I want the first person i see to be Roc.
STELLA: (over joyed) So tell him to hurry over here!
STELLA: (over joyed) Tell him i can't wait!
A few seconds of silence pass by.
STELLA: Oh Max, is he in jail or some thing?
MAX: No!
STELLA: Then why isn't Roc coming?
Stella feels Max's face and he has a distant blank look on it.
STELLA: He's dead, isn't he?
STELLA: I see.
MAX: I'm sorry Stella.
STELLA: It's all right.
STELLA: Please leave me alone now!
STELLA: He must've died because he was doing some thing wrong.
STELLA: I'm sure of it.
STELLA: Please leave me alone for today!
Max gets up and begins to walk out.
STELLA: It's just that.
Max stops walking.
STELLA: I never got to see Roc once with my own eyes.
STELLA: Hey, what was Roc really like?
MAX: You know that better than any one.
MAX: I'm not going to lie to you, he was slightly aggressive and some times very annoying, but at the same time, he was funny, kind hearted, easy going, and last but not least, he was a terrific guy.
MAX: But you know that with out even looking.
MAX: He was a terrific guy.
MAX: Exactly the person you thought he was.
Max walks out of Stella's hospital room. Later, he goes to the nearest diner and has a large milk shake and while he's drinking it, he can't help but wonder how many more painful life lessons he'll have to endure.
This chapter ended with both bad news and good news. I hope all of you at least liked most of this chapter. On the next chapter, a new fascinating character is introduced. Please type up your reviews for me about what you thought of this chapter! Stay curious my friends!
