Chapter 25: Sleepy time in the town
A/N: Enjoy! Last time, Mew has been given the name 'Ella' which she accepted and then...private time for the two girls to enjoy with Arcus, who regretted it yet secretly enjoyed it a little. Now that they're back in the Kanto region, will the see Ash and friends in HopHopHop Town? Maybe, maybe not. Find out in this chapter. I do not own Pokemon but I own my OC and this story. Reminder: Arcus telepathically talks to his Pokemons during battles. Names of characters: Arcus, Mega Absol(Angel), Combusken(Torch), Marshtomp(Kippy), Meowth(Ace), Servine(Lily), Kabuto(Shelly), Spearow(Spear), Ekans(Venom), Eevee(Jewel), Mew(Ella). Angel is permanently a Mega Absol.
When Arcus and his Pokemon have all reached the Pokemon Center, they noticed that the Center contained more trainers than the others that they had saw before.
They approached the counter where Nurse Joy was at and Arcus said,"Hey Nurse joy." The pink-haired nurse smiled and replied,"Hello there. Can I help you?" Arcus asked,"Yes. Can you tell me why is this Pokemon Center different than the others?" Nurse Joy nodded and said,"Well you see, HopHopHop Town is the ideal location for me to open a Pokemon Center. That's because many trainers stop by this town to have battles, so I set up a Pokemon Center for the trainers so they could heal up their Pokemon and spend the night resting here."
Arcus smiled and said,"That's must be quite stressful." Nurse Joy nodded and said,"I've got to admit, three days ago, kids have been going missing and Pokemon have been brought here feeling restless." Arcus asked,"May I see them. I'm a Pokemon breeder and I may have an idea what's going on." Nurse Joy nodded and she said,"Follow me."
They followed Nurse Joy into a room where there was a Cubone, an Oddish, a Magikarp, a Psyduck and a Charmander.
As Arcus examined the Cubone, Nurse Joy said,"I have to get back to the counter. There may be more Pokemon trainers who need my help." Once she was gone, Arcus called out his Pokemon.
"Alright, we need to find out what's causing this problem," said Arcus. As he turned back to look at his Pokemon, Beedrill and Poochyena fell to the ground and Arcus said,"They must be feeling restless just like the Pokemon. They have to be sent back now." He returned them to their Universal balls and the two balls disappeared.
Arcus placed Sam on his face and a screen with Arceus popped up. Arceus said,"Arcus, I've received Beedrill's and Poochyena's Universal balls. I have to say, they are not fit to do anything. While I let them rest, who would you like to bring back?" Arcus said,"I'll take Torch and Lily back." Arceus nodded and the screen disappeared.
Once Sam was removed, two Universal balls appeared and Torch and Lily emerged from them.
Arcus smiled and said,"Torch, Lily, it's great to see you two again." As all of them shared a group hug, the Oddish and the Charmander started moaning. Arcus quickly ran over to them and the door soon opened, Ash, Misty, Brock, Nurse Joy and Officer Jenny from the town came in. As soon as the three saw Arcus, they exclaimed his name in unison. Arcus quickly shushed them and Officer Jenny demanded,"Who are you and why are you doing here?!" Nurse Joy quickly stepped up and explained,"Jenny, this breeder is here to help me examine the Pokemon."
Once she heard that, Officer Jenny said,"Sorry about that. I thought you were trying to steal them." Arcus replied,"Why would steal Pokemon? And even if I did, I wouldn't go for the ones who are restless for three days straight. Something is wrong." Ash asked,"Arcus, when did you get here?" Arcus replied,"My boss told me to come back to the Kanto region and that's what I did. But as soon as I got here, this happens. My Beedrill and Poochyena were both suffering from this as well when they were out of their balls. That's why I sent them back."
Arcus then looked back at the restless Pokemon and said,"But still, I just can't figure it out. What questions me the most is who or what is causing them to be like this." Officer Jenny said,"Not only the Pokemons are feeling restless, children have gone missing!" Arcus's eyes widen and he asked,"How long?" Officer jenny replied,"Three days." Arcus sighed and said,"This could mean that the two problems are somehow related. But how are they..."
Just then, Arcus felt a sensation that gave him his answer. Arcus said,"I've got it! It's a Psychic Pokemon that's causing these problems!" Brock asked,"But how can you be sure?" Arcus replied,"Simple. A second ago, I felt a sensation that was equivalent to a Psychic Pokemon's psychic powers." Not long, Pikachu was the next Pokemon to fall.
Officer Jenny then took out a device and it started beeping. Misty asked,"Is that your radio?" Officer Jenny shook her head and said,"This is a sleep wave detector. Lately, I've been picking up sleep waves." Arcus said,"That could be it! Now the question is what kind of machine or Pokemon is causing it." Nurse Joy said,'I'm sure that there's no Pokemon able to emit that kind of sleep wave." Officer jenny said,"No. It's coming from outside."
Arcus said,"If we're going on a search, I have just the Pokemon for that." Everyone looked at Arcus in confusion and Ash asked,"What kind of Pokemon is it?" Arcus answered,"Me." He reverted into his Pokemon form, shocking Nurse Joy and Officer Jenny.
Brock and Misty exclaimed,"You evolved?!" Arcus nodded and said,"last night while protecting one of my Pokemon from a combined attack made by a flock of Spearow and Beedrill. What do you think?" Ash said,"Love the blades." Brock said,"It does kinda look better than how you look before." Misty said,"At least your wings are still the same."
Arcus then said,"I'll be heading out first. I hope to see you at the source of the sleep waves." Arcus then called back his Pokemon, except Angel, Ella and Jewel before they headed off.
For a few minutes of searching, Arcus and his Pokemon were looking everywhere from top to bottom but with no luck.
It seemed as if nothing would give them another sign until Arcus felt the same sensation again and this time, Ella and Jewel were able to feel it as well. The four of them quickly flew over to the source of the sensation.
As they landed on a rooftop, Arcus saw a mansion and he exclaimed,"Is it even possible for humans to build their houses on rooftops?!" Ella said,"In all the years I've been alive, I've never even seen a house on a house."
Just then, the door behind them opened to reveal Ash, Brock, Misty and Officer Jenny. As they saw the mansion, they gasped and Arcus said,"I know. I can't believe it either."
Officer Jenny said,"The sleep waves are coming from inside that mansion!" The group started running towards the mansion as Arcus exclaimed,"Angel, use Razor Wind to blast open that door!" As her horns started glowing brightly, she launched two projectiles at the door and it burst opened as they entered it.
Once they were in, the people inside the mansion all turned their attention to the group but mostly Arcus and Angel. The group could see that the people were all dressed formally but what caught Arcus's attention were the two Pokemon in the mansion: Drowzee and Hypno.
As one of the men in the mansion approached the group, he asked,"Are you new members?" Ash asked,"Members?" Officer jenny then stepped up and said,"We've been monitoring some sleep waves coming from up here." The same man said,"Sleep waves? Oh I know! This Hypno must be emitting them."
Arcus walked over to Hypno but he was stopped by a few of the people in the mansion as one of the women said,"Bad Pokemon! Go back to your trainer!" Feeling insulted, Arcus exclaimed,"How dare you! I am nobody's Pokemon!" He used his Psychic attack and he tossed them all across the room as he continued to approached Hypno. At the same time, the man said,"Amazing! A Pokemon that could actually speak. I must say, that is a one of a kind opportunity to ever see one in person."
Arcus turned and demanded,"Why do you have Hypno and Drowzee?!" The man explained,"You see, three days ago, our Drowzee evolved into the Hypno that you are seeing right now." Another man said,"We've been using the Pokemon instead of using sleeping medicine." Misty asked,"We?"
The same man from before said,"We are the members of the Pokemon Lover's Club. You see, all of our members absolutely adore Pokemon and Hypno has become our favorite. Everyone's hard work paid off when Drowzee evolved into a Hypno. Living our lives in the city can also be very stressful and all the members suffer from insomnia so we've come to rely on Hypno's powers to help us get to sleep at night."
As their attention returned to Hypno, another man sat down in front of it as it began to swing its pendulum-like device. The same sensation was felt yet again and Arcus asked,"Did you know what you've been doing?" The man replied,"Yes. We use Hypno to put us to sleep." Arcus turned and said,"No. This is actually disturbing Hypno's powers! If it is use to do this, it's sleep waves will develop to not only affect Pokemon, but it will affect humans that are sensitive to it. The worst part is that the sleep waves will travel at a longer distance so this is the cause of all the problems the town has been facing."
The man asked,"What problems?" Arcus replied,"Kids have been missing ever since your Drowzee evolved into Hypno and the Pokemon at the Pokemon Center are all feeling restless."
Suddenly, Arcus turned and saw that Misty was acting like a Seel. Arcus then said,"Like that. Kids sensitive to sleep waves may act like that." Misty then got up and ran off, leaving the group to chase her with the man following them.
As they came to the town's park, they were starting to lose Misty.
"I can't believe that there's a park this big in the middle of the city!" Exclaimed Ash. Arcus flew overhead them and he said,"Misty's heading for the lake up ahead!"
As soon as they reached the lake, they saw that Misty wasn't the only one acting like a Pokemon. There were many more kids acting like Pokemon! There was a boy who acted like a Bulbasaur, a girl acting like a Magikarp, another girl acting like a Gloom and a boy acting like a Weedle.
Officer Jenny tried to wake the kids up but her efforts were futile as Arcus said,"It's no use, Jenny. The only thing able to wake them up is Drowzee." Ash asked,"Why Drowzee?" The man replied,"Yes! Of course! Drowzee emits dream wavelengths which in this case may counteract Hypno's Wavelengths." Brock nodded and said,"That could work."
Arcus then picked up Misty and they all headed back to the mansion.
Back at the mansion later, they placed Misty in front of Drowzee. The man said,"Drowzee, emit your dream waves and focus them towards this girl." Drowzee nodded and he did as he was told to do.
Soon, Misty was back to normal as she asked,"Where am I?" Ash said,"Jeez Misty, you're looking kinda beat." Misty then said,"When I want your opinion, I'll ask for it!" Officer Jenny said,"Now we've got to use Drowzee's sleep waves on all those kids at the park." Ash picked up Drowzee and they headed out.
Just as they got out, Hypno was there to see them off as Misty asked,"You mean I was thinking that I was a Pokemon?" Ash nodded and said,"Yeah. You were acting like a Seel."
Three dots then appeared on the sky as it dove down towards them. As they came closer, Arcus saw that it was the three he was looking for as they landed on the rooftop and they began their motto.
When they were done, Jessie said,"Team Rocket is here to take possession of Drowzee, Hypno, Pikachu and that talking Pokemon!" Ash exclaimed,"You're dreaming!" Jessie said,"We'll just see who's dreaming after this!"She revealed a mirror and she held it up in front of Hypno as she said,"If Hypno could put anything to sleep, let's see it put itself to sleep." Arcus face-palmed and thought She must be stupid to think Hypno can fall asleep when it has insomnia.
Jessie taunted,"If you have any pride as a Hypnosis Pokemon, You'll do it." As Hypno started swinging its pendulum-like device, nothing seemed to be working as Arcus had known and those three hadn't have a clue what's going on so Arcus whispered,"Shadow Ball."
A dark sphere surrounded by dark electricity materialized on his hand and he shot it at the mirror, shattering it. Jessie groaned and said,"And we thought so hard to come up with that strategy." Arcus said,"Then you must have not known that Hypno and Drowzee won't be put asleep by their own hypnosis powers." Jessie groaned again as she, James and Meowth wrapped him, Drowzee and Hypno with ropes.
Jessie laughed as she said,"And you must have not known that we have a backup plan." James asked,"I don't get it. Why didn't we just do this in the first place?" Jessie replied,"Because we need to keep this long."(A/N: Breaking the fourth wall!)
Before Misty was about to call out Staryu, Arcus said,"Angel, Razor Wind! Jewel, Tackle attack!" The two girls nodded and Angel fired two projectiles that sliced the ropes up while Jewel headbutted the three Team Rocket agents, knocking them down. Arcus then said,"Angel, Gust!" Ash said,"Pidgeotto, you use Gust too!" Ash called out his Pidgeotto and the two Pokemon both flap their wings continuously until the three agents were sent flying away.
Arcus hugged his Pokemon and said,"Thanks girls. You're the best!" Angel and Jewel smiled as Arcus picked up Ella and said,"Maybe next time you'll be saving me." Ella smiled and Ash said,"Arcus, we've got to get to the park now." Arcus nodded and they quickly ran towards the stairs.
Once they were at the lake again, Drowzee started emitting his dream waves and all the kids and Pikachu started returning to normal.
They then headed to the Pokemon Center where Drowzee emitted his dream waves at the affected Pokemon there. As the Pokemon started returning to their normal state, Misty said,"Sometimes, I wonder what the Pokemons dream about." Ash nodded and said,"Yeah. Me too." Brock said,"They must be dreaming about getting stronger and evolving."
Arcus said,"I don't know about them, but I know what Angel dreams about already." Angel smiled as she nuzzled Arcus.
Ash then said,"Well I guess this case is solved thanks to Ash Ketchum, the greatest detective!" Misty said,"Excuse me, but you didn't solve anything. Arcus did." Brock said,"Misty's right. You did absolutely nothing." Ash frowned.
Nurse Joy sighed and Brock asked,"What's the matter? A beautiful woman shouldn't have too much to be sad about." Nurse Joy replied,"All of the Pokemon are better. But Psyduck is still holding its head." Brock said,"Leave it to me, caring for Pokemon is the sole purpose of my life." Nurse Joy said,"Then maybe you can help it."
In the end, as the group was leaving, Brock had brought along Psyduck with them.
"How did I get into this mess?" Asked Brock. Ash replied,"Well, you were the one who said 'leave it to me'." Brock said,"But Psyduck is a Water Pokemon. It should be Misty."
Now, Misty asked,"Why would I want such a boring Pokemon?" Arcus then said,"Misty, Psyduck constantly suffers from headaches." Misty exclaimed,"You mean this things always has a headache?!" She then tripped on a pebble and one of her empty Pokeball rolled over to Psyduck, who stupidly caused itself to be absorbed into the Pokeball and allowed itself to be captured successfully.
Feeling disappointed, Misty hung her head down. Arcus then said,"look on the bright side, you've got yourself another Water Pokemon." Misty whined,"But I didn't want this one!"
Arcus said,"Too bad. A catch is a catch." Misty started groaning as the group made their way out of the town to continue their journey to the next city for Ash's next gym battle.
A/N: Done! With Psyduck now on board the journey, more crazy things will be happening. Next chapter will be out on Friday or so. Please review and criticism is allowed.