Chapter 20

Lizzy had been walking around the center for over an hour. She could not find Ryan anywhere.

"Where the heck is Ryan?" she asked herself. Many times when she was walking through the seemingly endless halls, she saw a trainer.

They would say things like, "Oh wow! It's a Vulpix! That's so rare here! I should get it outside and try to catch it!"

And another would walk by and say, "It has a scarf around its neck idiot. It belongs to someone."

Thank god for the scarf! Lizzy would think. And a Piplup came up once and asked, "Who's God?"

"Who's a legendary Pokemon that everyone knows about? And how the heck could you hear my thoughts?" asked Lizzy.

"Arceus. And I don't know."

"That's like God. And weird."

Lizzy walked on. She actually walked outside of the Pokemon center. And believe it or not, Ryan was there.

"Ryan!" she ran over to him. He was carrying a plastic bag.

"Hey Lizzy! Where'd ya get the scarf?" he asked.

"I found it in our room. Whatcha got in the bag?"

"You're probably wondering what I got in the bag, right?" Lizzy nodded, "You'll see. Let's go."

He started towards the Pokemon center. Lizzy followed. When they got into their room, after being asked one million questions about the strange Vulpix, Ryan reveled what was in the bag.

There were so many different things inside of it. For example, a bow, Frisbees, and another thing. Something that Lizzy was kind of afraid of.

Several Pokeballs. Different kinds. But all scary.

"Vul?" asked Lizzy.

"Apparently, the hundredth person to walk into their store, gets a bow, Frisbees, and a ton of Pokeballs. I was just browsing."

"What the heck are we gonna do with all of... these?" yelled Lizzy.

"We gotta figure out a way to communicate," said Ryan.

Someone ran into the room. He had a stack of papers in his hand and something else in his other hand, "CONGRATULATIONS!" he yelled, "YOU ARE THE HUNDREDTH PERSON TO BE IN THIS ROOM! YOU GET..." he made a dramatic pause, "THIS WONDERFUL POKEMON TRANSLATOR!"

He threw the translator at Ryan, who barely caught it. The person tipped his hat (Where did that come from?) and walked out of the room.

There was an awkward pause. Then, Ryan spoke up, "You gotta be kidding me right?"

Lizzy realized that this kind of thing happened often, so she screamed to the air, "I WANNA BE HUMAN AGAIN!" just then, an anvil dropped from a plane that had a small hole in it. It came crashing down to the Pokemon center.

It crashed through all of the upper rooms, which were not as sturdy as the floors closer to the bottom. It landed millimeters away from Lizzy's paw. Then, a note popped out of it saying, "HA HA! You wish." Then it fell through the floor.

"What the-"

They just stared. Then, Ryan said, "Anyways... Let's see if this works!"

Ryan looked at the translator. It had two buttons on it. Ryan held the translator in front of Lizzy. He pressed the button, "Say something!"

Lizzy said, "Umm... Hi?"

The translator beeped. Then it came out, "Umm... Hi?"

"It works!" yelled Ryan.

"Vulpix!" yelled Lizzy.

Another anvil came crashing through the ceiling.

"I'm gonna have a word with that driver!" yelled Lizzy, walking through the door. Her scarf snagged on a loose nail. She walked for about a minute before Ryan could hear screams coming from girls and boys, "IT'S MINE!" "NO! IT'S MINE!"

And, you saw Lizzy run into the room.

"Gimme that Vulpix!" yelled a younger boy. He had a Buizel with him.

"I'm sorry. But she's my Vulpix," said Ryan, calmly.

"NO FAIR! Buizel, use water gun!"

"Holy crap!" screamed Lizzy. Lizzy ran away from the water.

"NO! YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO RUN AWAY!" yelled the little boy.

"Hey! Crazy kid!" yelled Ryan.

"Huh?" asked the crazy kid.

"You get away from her!"

The crazy kid looked at Ryan. Then he laughed, "There's no way that I would give up this opportunity to catch a Vulpix in the Sinnoh region!"

The Buizel went out of control right then. It just started to shoot water in all directions, soaking its trainer, the kids, Ryan, but not Lizzy.

"What the heck?" she muttered.

"Buizel! Quit it! NOW!" yelled the crazy kid.

"Bui bui!" yelled the Buizel.

"CHILDREN!" screamed a voice.

"Huh?" asked the crazy kid.

"You'll be kicked out if you try to battle again in a Pokemon center!" yelled a nurse Joy.

"We're sorry nurse Joy!" mumbled all of the kids.

All of the kids walked out. But the crazy kid looked at Ryan and Lizzy one last time. Then he signaled, I got my eye on you.

"To think that this all started with a Pokemon translator," muttered Lizzy.

So, later on that day, Ryan and Lizzy figured out that the translator was easier to use than they thought. Ryan pushed the other button. A piece came out of one side of the translator that apparently was able to custom fit any Pokemon's ear. And another piece came out of the other side. It was an ear piece for Ryan. It was just like one ear bud. He could hook it up to his ear and that made it so only he could understand Lizzy.

"I can't believe that this cheep looking piece of plastic works!" said Lizzy.

"I know," said Ryan.

It really was amazing. It really did look like a little tiny piece of plastic. But it really worked.

"Hmmm..." muttered Lizzy.

"What is it?" asked Ryan.

"What the heck are we gonna do for the Pokemon contest?" she yelled.

"I have no idea!" yelled Ryan back.

"By the way, don't we actually have to sign up for a Pokemon contest?" asked Lizzy.

"HOLY CRUD! YOU'RE RIGHT!" yelled Ryan.

He ran out the door. Lizzy, grabbing her scarf, ran out after him.

"WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL?" yelled Lizzy, as they ran down the road.

"WE MIGHT BE TOO LATE!" screamed Ryan.

The little place where people sign up for the contests was just ahead. Ryan dove for it.

''I *Gasp* would like to sign up for the contest!" breathed Ryan.

"Alright. May I please see your contest pass?" asked the lady.

"Crap!" yelled Ryan.

"*Sigh* They're at the booth next door kid," she said in a totally different tone.

"Holy crap! Crap crap crap crap crap!" yelled Ryan. The line must have been, like, a hundred feet long. Literally.

Lizzy's eyes opened even wider than they naturally were.

"Damn," she muttered.

And, they spent the next five minutes waiting in line. It didn't take nearly as long as they thought it would, since, for some reason, all you needed to do was sign a card.

"Next in line please!" yelled the lady.

"I need a contest pass," said Ryan.

"Here you go," she muttered. Ryan signed the card.

"Thanks!" he yelled.

He walked back over to the other desk, "I have my contest pass," he said.

"Alright!" she yelled, back into character, "Now, which two Pokemon will you be submitting for our double contest?"

"WHAT?" yelled Ryan, "You're kidding me!"

"Nope! For the first half, you need two Pokemon. While for the second half, you only need one."

"But I don't have-"

"Kir!" yelled someone who we know.

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING HERE?" yelled Lizzy.

"I followed you here," she said.

"Well, since your here, do you wanna help us? We need another Pokemon for the contest," said Lizzy.

"Sure!" she yelled. Now it seemed like she was out of character.

"Hey Ryan, she says that she wants to help us," said Lizzy.

"Okay. I do have two Pokemon," said Ryan.

"Great!" yelled the lady, "Now, will you fill out this sheet."

It was just one piece of paper, with a few blank spots.

Ryan was done in seconds, "Here you go!"

"Thank you. Good luck!" yelled the lady as they walked away.

Well, now it seems like we got a chance! Thought Lizzy, as they headed back to the Pokemon center.