Get ready for more adventures of our heroes. Delia and Garrett are ready to be spies while Pokéstar Studios will have two new actors.
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Chapter 21: Time to shine, or not? (part 4)
Jasmine looked mad at Delia and Garrett.
"So that explains why you didn't want to support me?!" She exclaimed. "Congratulations for your priorities, sweetie."
"To be honest, I'm surprised that you react like that." Garrett complained. "We all knew from the start that it would end badly and Delia's deal was more interesting."
"But it was still no excuse for you to miss it!" She yelled.
"Enough with this fight! You remind me my parents who are always arguing!" Stevenson stopped them. The group looked at him surprised. "What? It's true. It's not like you have never been living with yours. But I still don't understand why my actors were arguing half hour ago and why the studio is destroyed. Who can continue the story?"
"I guess I can." Jasmine said. "So, in the Pokéstar Studios..."
Flashback: Jasmine's PoV.
It was the first day of the shooting, or should I say the beginning of my celebrity. Last night, I was rehearsing with Hunter and the twins were helping us. That was probably short but at least, we knew our script.
Today, Hunter and I went to the Pokéstar Studios by taxi but the others promised us to join us as soon as they got their badge and Ribbon. When we arrived, we have been so impressed by the place. It's like Hollywood but with Pokémons in addition. The director told us to meet at his office before we start the shooting. We had to take a bus from the entrance of Pokéstar Studios to Stevenson's office.
"These are my two actors!" Alexander Stevenson greeted us at his office. "Have you learned your script?"
"We have and we're ready to shine." Hunter answered.
"Great. But where is your agent?" Alexander asked.
"She is busy with her Gym Battle but as soon as she finished, she will be here." I told him.
"So, in that case, there is no more reason to stay here." He replied. "I need her to sign your contracts but we can still do it later. I take those and we will sign them once she is here. Let's go to the dream machine." Hunter and I looked at him. "It's the studio, kids!"
We left the office and took another bus and finally went to the studio. It was huge! Stevenson showed us everything we need to know about the studio. There were a lot of platforms for probably every scenes we will shoot and video cameras seemed so futurist. I also noticed a cupboard with plenty of Pokéballs.
"Excuse me, but why is there a cupboard in the studio?" I questioned.
"That is a good question, Jasmine." Stevenson said. "We use Pokémons in almost every movies. So, we constantly need Pokémons, but these have been trained for cinema. You will certainly have to use one of them instead of yours. So, what do you think about all of it?"
"Well, I just want to begin now!" I said.
We ended the visit and went to the dressing room to put on our movie outfit. Afterwards, we went to a house, where we were going to shoot the first scene.
"Are the actors ready?" A man asked.
"We are here." Hunter answered. "What is the first scene?"
"So, Bruce just came from an antiquary with a special Pokéball." Stevenson explained to us. "He will enter in that door into the house. Monica, his older sister, gets mad at him while she was cooking because he never warned her whenever he went out of the house. They argue and when Monica pushed the button, she is captured and can't get out of the Pokéball. You got it?"
"Yes. I'll go in front of the house." Hunter stated and left.
"And I'll go to the kitchen." I added and went to the kitchen.
"Sound ready, light ready, actors ready, scene one take one and... Action!" Stevenson ordered with his megaphone.
(AN: from Action! to Cut!, I will refer characters with the name of their character in the movie)
I was cutting vegetables when Bruce entered in the house and just sat down in the main room and watched TV. I was showing anger as I joined him and switch off TV.
"Why are doing that, Monica?" Bruce asked, astonished.
"You are not supposed to go out without warning me!" I shouted. "Besides, what is in your pocket?"
"Nothing." Bruce lied and tried to hide the object in his jacket.
"One, you go out and not told me and second, you lied to me! That's it! Show me what you got!" I yelled.
Instead, he just ran to his room but I caught him down the stairs. I could see that the object he was hiding in the floor. I looked surprised when I realized what it was.
"Why are you hiding a Pokéball? I have never forbidden from having Pokémons." I explained to my brother.
"It's not what you think." My brother warned me. "I bought it in an antiquary who told me that..."
I wasn't talking to him and I pressed the button. A tiny wind was made from it.
"Cut!" Stevenson stopped us. "That was brilliant! We will have to do four or five more takes and we will go over the next scene. Jasmine, show more anger next time."
"Guys, sorry I'm late!" Lindy exclaimed far away as she came to us.
"Don't worry, Lindy, we have just made the first take." Hunter stated. "Where are the others?"
"Garrett will compete at the final of the Contest, Delia is supporting him and Logan has just left the city to go to Slateport City."
"Slow down." I stopped her. "Why did he leave the city just like that?"
"The Gym Leader can't count on her current drummer since he's sick whereas she has a concert to play. So, Logan will replace him and will be back in two days."
Now, Hunter and I got it. Life is something crazy: in one day, we have two actors and one drummer in our group!
"That's great! Damage I didn't have time to wish him good luck." I complained.
"And guess what? Starly has evolved into Staravia!" Lindy exclaimed.
"I'm so proud of you, sunshine!" Ryan exclaimed and hugged her. He was faster than me this time.
"Great, your agent is finally here!" Stevenson interrupted us. "Now, we can sign the contract for the movie."
"All right, give me the contracts, please." Lindy requested.
While she was reading those, we kept shooting four more takes until the director considered it was enough. Lindy could have watched the last take and was impressed by us. After that, we took a break and I profited to watch the battle of Garrett and noticed that he had been brilliant and deserved his victory.
For the next scene, Hunter was solo. He had to freak out about Monica's disappearance and find a way to deactivate the spell. Then, he called his best friend River who will appear in future scenes. The least I could say was that played well. We were done for today and left Pokéstar Studios. When we came to the hotel, we didn't find Garrett and Delia and they didn't answer my calls. So, we just stayed waiting for them.
"Ryan, your solo was great. I was right about it." Lindy said to break the silence.
"Looks like I was born to be loved by the cameras and spotlight." He proudly stated.
"Don't worry Hunter. I will have my moments too." I replied.
"Yes, as the scary giant woman." He said.
"And remind me the name of the movie. Oh well, it's 'The Giant Woman'!" I replied. He really annoyed me. Always trying to put me down!
"Sometimes, I'm asking why they picked you!" He exclaimed.
I noticed that Garrett and Delia came back but Hunter made me angry.
"We are really..." Garrett said.
"Shut up!" Hunter and I yelled at him. For once we agreed on something.
They were astonished and just left the main room.
"I hope this argument won't prevent the movie from being completely shot." Lindy noticed.
"I hope so." Hunter added. "I'm gonna take a shower. See you later, sweetie." He kissed her. "Salt!" He said with a cold voice looking at me and left the hotel room.
"When will this war end between you?" Lindy let out.
"When your boyfriend will be more mature." I told her.
Flashback end.
"That's pretty much how the problems between Kang and I began, once again." Ryan said, accentuating on the last two words.
"We already knew that you are not best friends, but you two went too far this time." Delia replied.
"Sorry for us, but with these two, too far is not far." Lindy stated. Jasmine and Ryan looked at her mad. "But can we have an explanation on this?" She pointed at the saucer.
"All right, I'll tell the story on." Delia answered. "Yesterday, Garrett and I continued our secret mission..."
Flashback, Delia's PoV.
For the sake of the crew, Garrett and I agreed on keeping the mission secret until further notice. So, I woke up and got dressed very early and discreetly. I took my Pokéballs, a spare outfit, sunglasses, binoculars and a flashlight. Unfortunately, Jasmine woke up and noticed me.
"It's just 7a.m, what are you doing with your bag?" She muttered, still not fully awake.
Oh no! Quick, I've got to find a good excuse before she suspects something.
"I'm going to... walk." I stammered.
"With a flashlight in the morning?" She asked.
Why can't she have her detective side after I leave?
"Because I want to." I answered.
She shook her head and went back to sleep. That was close! I finally left my room and knocked at Garrett. But the door opened when I knocked for the third time and I saw Garrett.
"Don't knock that noisily! Ryan could hear you!" Garrett yelled-whispered. "Have you got what we need?"
"Don't worry, I have the binoculars and flashlight. What about you?"
"I have the card of the city and the metal detector. Let's go before they are awake."
We left the hotel and began our research across the city. We went first at an empty area of a park where no one could see us so we can know which places we could check. It took like ten minutes to plan everything and leave the park. We had to be both very discreet and not recognizable. So, we put sunglasses and a hat. We began at the most inhabited zones of the city, like the small streets. We were looking for two hours and wanted to take a break. So, we went to Bearticone to take two froyos. After we sat down and began to eat, Garrett typed me in my arm.
"Hey, look at him!" Garrett whispered him to show me a guy who was ordering a froyo.
I couldn't forget how scary his look was, and even his hooded cape with the same sign at the bottom of it!
"This is the guy we are looking for!" I stated. "We got to follow him but we have to be careful."
We waited until he left Bearticone and left the restaurant too. We were trying to be at most four feet away from him, even if we had to use binoculars to keep an eye on him. He didn't seem to be a suspicious guy since he didn't really acted suspicious but he was pulling himself away from the city and leading to the forest. Fortunately, there were more places to hide in the forest and he seemed to find one. But what we have seen and looked like his secret was something that no one could ever suspect!
"Delia, can you hit me?" Garrett asked. "I believe I'm dreaming!"
I didn't think and punched him in the ribs. Even his abs couldn't protect that little boy.
"Not that powerful!" He whispered-yelled.
"You told me to hit you." I replied. "You didn't say how strong."
"That is not the point." Garrett said. "Did you see that UFO?"
"Yes, but anyone could build it." I told him.
"And what about them?"
I looked carefully and noticed what could be five Pokémons, but one of them was different. The four ones were blue and the different one was twice bigger and had a brown skin and seemed to be their chief. I checked my Pokédex to find out what Pokémons they are and it said that we were dealing with four Elgyems and one Beheeyem, extraterrestrial Pokémons!
I didn't have a clue on what they were doing but I heard noises from where they were. Although, after the noises stopped, I didn't feel the ground. I was levitating and so was Garrett! They discovered us. They lead them to them and were scanning us. Two minutes later, the brown one took a remote and brought it to his mouth.
"How did you find us?" He asked.
I was answering but they didn't understand. I realized that to talk to them, we needed the remote. He gave it to me and answered:
"Something was wrong with you, but we didn't imagined that we are in front of aliens!" I said with a smile on my lips.
"We were told that people saw you fifty years ago but you never appeared again. Why are you here?" Garrett asked.
"We had an accident and landed in emergency here three days ago but the saucer is broken." Beheeyem said. "Fortunately, it is almost repaired but we need energy from Virbank Complex and we can't go there. Will you help us?"
"We will be happy to help you!" I exclaimed.
Garrett suddenly took my arm and carried me away from my new friends.
"What is wrong with you? This is not in the plan!" Garrett complained.
"Man up, Gary!" I replied. "These Pokémons need us and it's not like we have something better to do and don't think about Pokéstar Studios!"
"You get me, again." He said. "We will help them but only if they promise us a flight in the space for a few hours. I've been fascinated by UFO and aliens and conspiracies so, why not."
Oh yeah, he's daring again and ready for adventures. We came back to our new friends and agreed on their request under the conditions Garrett told, which they accepted. Garrett was going in Virbank Complex with two Elgyems to take fire, iron and gas. Meanwhile, I was visiting the saucer. Beheeyem explained to me that fifty years ago, the UFO who landed in Unova had the same problem as they had unless they repaired it faster.
Two hours later, Garrett came back with the Elgyems but they carried nothing.
"Where are the stuff you were supposed to take?" I asked him.
"Don't worry, they have a cube which is like a bag unless it takes me stuff and you don't feel the weight." He explained. "So, can we begin?"
"We will take care of it." Beheeyem told us. "What if you bring us food? It's been since yesterday we are out of provisions."
"Anything to be part of the most amazing experience in my life!" I exclaimed.
After we brought berries from the forest, Garrett lit a campfire for the night. We were all gathered around it and enjoying the berries.
"So, can you tell us where you come from?" Garrett asked.
"We are from the constellation of Phoenix, far away from your planet. I promised you a spatial flight, so you will see what no one along your kind had ever seen before. We are not mysterious like your medias write, it's just that we have never been discovered before."
"Thanks, now I have a proof that conspiracies about UFO are true." Garrett said with joy.
"But you have to tell it to anyone, otherwise we will have to erase your memory." Beheeyem warned us. "I bet you don't want to forget Jasmine."
"How do you know about her?" Garrett questioned him.
"Delia told me." He answered.
"She has to open her mouth every time." Garrett replied. "But tomorrow is a big day and I want to sleep."
"Want to sleep in the saucer?" An Elgyem suggested.
"Of course, thanks for that." I told him.
They liberated a room with two beds so Garrett and I could sleep. In fact, it was two capsules and we had to sleep straight ahead. Although, it wasn't that bad and I slept quickly.
I hope you liked the chapter and will review. They are important for me so I can know what you thought and what I can change for the future chapters.
See you in the next chapter.
Lindy: Lucario (m) / Staravia (m) / Froakie (m) / Accelgor (f)
Logan: Bagon (m) / Grotle (m) / Elekid (m) / Magmar (m) / Larvitar (m)
Delia: Skiddo (f) / Braviary (m) / Eevee (f) / Helioptile (m)
Garrett: Croconaw (m) / Tropius (m) / Espurr (f) / Zorua (f)
Jasmine: Herdier (m) / Togetic (f) / Mawile (f) / Frillish (m)
Logan Ryan Hunter: Roselia (f) / Dragonair (m) / Vivillon (f) / Milotic (f)