Chapter 25: The Plan of the Clan

Tuesday, 18 June 2013…

I was woken up by a man shouting from outside: "WAKE UP!"

"Sandshrew!"

"Azurill!"

Me: "Who is it?"

"WAKE UP, I SAID!"

Me: "Gloria, wake up! Someone's shouting from the door!"

Gloria: "Well, what should we do?"

"WAKE UP NOW!"

Me: "Just wait. I'm coming!"

Hence, I quickly opened the door: "Justin, is it you?"

Justin :"Thomas, Gloria, get up! We have been robbed!"

Me: "Robbed?!"

Justin: "Team Rocket barged in my cabin last night and stole most of our police euiqpment!"

Gloria: "Say what?"

Justin: "It's true! Get dressed up as fast as possible, we have to go and investigate!"

"Roger!"

By the time, Angela has come out of her cabin: "We can't let them get away with this, can't we?"

Justin: "Of course we can't! This equipment is of utmost importance. The lives of every single passenger are in risk by this thing."

Me: "Should we call the ship's security authorities?"

Justin: "WE are the security authorities! The private guards should not realize that there is a bomb up here!"

Angela: "We have to do it ourselves, then!"

Justin: "Right! Let's go to the cabin immediately! Return your Pokemon first, though."

We entered Justin's cabin from the broken door.

Justin: "Any issues while I was away?"

Darren: "No, Master!"

Justin: "I told you to fix the door!"

Farell: "It's impossible without the equipment, Master!"

Justin: "We have to fix it! We can't use this place as our base of operations if it has not a door!"

Gloria: "Master, should we call the authorities to fix it."

Justin: "NO AUTHORITIES! Even them approaching the cabin is dangerous. We have to fix it ourselves."

Angela: "Or move our base. I would be more than glad to give my cabin."

Me: "Ours as well!"

Justin: "That's not the problem! There are fingerprints of every single one of us everywhere!"

Angela: "Let's clean them!"

Justin: "I say we fix the door!"

Gloria: "Can't we have breakfast first?"

Everyone: "NO!"

Darren: "Door finished! What next?"

Gloria: "Find the equipment, idiot!"

Farell: "I like idiot more than air-head. That's it, Darren! I will call you idiot from now on!"

Gloria: "This is my catchphrase!"

Me: "You are out of topic! We have to get back the equipment!"

Angela: "Still, if we were able to do so, we would have pretty much dissolved the bomb by now!"

Justin: "Thanks for the comment, Angela! Can't we actually think of something?"

Darren: "We do, Master! We are processing the available data."

Farell: "Shut up, idiot!"

Gloria: "Hey, that's my…"

Me: "Out of topic!"

Angela: "Back to topic. Master, you are the thinking mind of the operation."

Justin: "You are right… Got it! we should go and eat something!"

Me: "Ex… Excuse me?"

Justin: "Angela was right! We can't find the equipment easily!"

Me: "But we have to find it!"

Gloria: "How?"

Me: "We had a plan, remember?"

Gloria: "I don't. Should I?"

Farell: "Thomas, we had no plan."

Justin: "Stop it! Let's just go for breakfast and feeding!"

Angela: "Breakfast done, feeding done… What now?"

Me: "We have to check the remaining cabins!"

Justin: "No, we don't!"

Farell: "Why is that so, Master?

Justin: "Team Rocket will expect us to check THOSE cabins! It's their bait!"

Angela: "Then where is the real thing, Master?"

Justin: "That's what we have to find out! Let's go to the base for some discussion…"

Justin: "This is the case… We have to stop looking around the cabins. Places like, say, the captain's rooms, are more possible candidates for the bomb."

Angela: "Access to such areas is restricted, though."

Gloria: "Maybe we should ask the auth…"

Me: "STOP IT!"

Justin: "Thomas's right! Let me think of a plan… Got it! Hear me closely…"

We are just outside the captain's rooms…

Justin: "Is the plan perfectly understood by anyone?...thinks a bit… Minus Darren and Gloria?"

Everyone (minus Darren/Gloria): "Yes, Master!"

Darren: "Why are we out of this?"

Farell: "Because you are out of this! Don't ask explanations…"

Justin: "Anyway, it was just a joke. Let's execute the plan… Now! Poliwrath, mission time!"

Upon Justin's command, my team (Me, Gloria and Angela) stepped in: "Excuse me, we came here to tell you that our key does not open the cabin's door."

One of the Captain's First Mates came towards me: "Excuse me, but these are the Captain's quarters. You are not allowed to be here."

Angela: "We know, but we had no other place to go."

FM: "What do you want from us? We can't fix the problem ourselves!"

Gloria: "Why not? You are three people here, the Captain included. Isn't one of you able to step down for a bit?"

FM: "There are other people responsible for such jobs, guys."

Me: "We know, but we can't find anyone at the security counter."

FM: "Let me make a request for someone to appear, then."

Gloria: "No, don't do such a thing!"

FM: "Excuse me? Why shouldn't i? It is their job, after all!"

Angela: "We would not like these people to risk their jobs, that's why!"

FM: "Don't worry about that. I can handle it myself."

Me: "Please. Help us yourself!"

Gloria: "Please!"

Angela: "Please!"

All of us: "Please!"

FM: "Okay! Let's make it to the cabin!"

Me: "Thank you, sir!"

Gloria: "Thank you!"

Angela: "Thank you!"

All of us: "Thank you!"

On our way to the cabin, Justin and Poliwrath "bumped" upon us. Justin gave us the signal, and we closed our eyes. His Poliwrath used Hypnosis.

FM: "I feel drowsy… Please, stop it…"

As soon as the First Mate was under Poliwrath's sway, Justin ordered: "Check the entirety of the quarters for a bomb."

FM: "Of course, sir."

Justin told us to leave. We did as he said.

At the cabin…

Farell and Darren were not there. Justin has sent them to check the storages.

The door cracked open, and Justin and Poliwrath entered: "No bomb at the quarters. Everything went okay with the plan."

Gloria: "That's a relief. Were I good?"

Justin: "For reasons unknown, you went all right with the mission. Good job, all of you!"

Gloria: "Thanks, Master!"

Me: "Master, what should we check next?"

Justin: "We should wait! Farell and Darren MUST return."

Farell and Darren finally returned…

Justin: "How did it go, guys?"

Darren: "No sightings, Master."

Justin: "Screw you, Team Rocket! Where are you hiding?"

Farell: "Don't lose your cool, Master."

Justin: "You are right. Instead of that, we should think up of a plan to find Team Rocket once and for all!"

Me: "Master, we have to decide where to check next!"

Justin: "Let me see… To the restaurant!"

Farell: "But, Master!"

Justin: "We are going to the restaurant for a plan. Let me explain…"

We were outside the restaurant…

Me: "That's the place! We have to split!"

Angela: "We have to pull this off right. Understood?"

Gloria: "Of course! Good luck to all of us!"

We finally split. I sat to a table somewhere in the middle. Soon enough, the waiter came to ask me: "Hello, sir, what would you like?"

I gave him an order, and he left. When the time was right, he brought the order and left once again. I put the plan in action Just then…

Me: "Excuse me!"

The waiter turned around, look at me, and came towards me

Waiter: "What's the matter?"

Me: "This dish has someone's hair on it."

He checked the dish, which it really had the hair (hehe, I put it…)

Waiter: "We are deeply sorry for this one, sir. Let me substitute…"

Me: "Substitute? Do you think that a simple substitution is enough?"

Waiter: "Excuse me, sir, but…"

Me: "Bring me the chef! Now!"

Waiter: "The chef?! If that's what you wish, come with me."

Me: "Of course I don't! Bring me the chef here!"

Waiter: "Here?!"

Me: "It is his obligation to come here, face to face with the client."

Waiter: "As you wish, sir. Let me inform him."

Finally, the chef came out…

Chef: "Do you have a probleme, monsieur?"

Me: "This dish had some of your hair in it!"

Chef: "Oh, mon Cherie! C'est tragique!"

Me: "Call it whatever you want, I am going to call the authorities."

Chef: "Oh non! Non les authoritees!"

Me: "Excuse me, but I am just going!"

I stood up and started moving towards the authorities' office. The chef and the waiter were chasing me, and it was finally time for Justin to break in. The same thing was planned to happen with Angela and Farell, as well as Gloria and Darren… though, the last group actually checks a restaurant already checked, because we don't have that much trust in them…

After going right outside the authorities' office, the chef stopped me:

Chef: "S il vous plait! S il vous plait! Don't tell them anything!"

Waiter: "We don't know how to persuade you to stop."

Me: "Well… I want you to prepare this, and this, and that as well! Without any hair on them, of course!"

Chef: "Surement! Let's return au restaurant."

By the time we returned to the restaurant. Justin was found sitting on a table. He gave me a signal that everything went allright but he still had no sightings. Finally, I sat at a table, and both of us had lunch.

After everyone's job was done, at the cabin…

Justin: "We can still not find anything. What a pain…"

Farell: "What should we do, Master?"

Justin: "Let's call it a day. We have to take a nap and prepare for the tournament."

Darren: "I already lost the tournament…"

So, finally, we returned to our rooms for the naps. I am feeling sleepy already…

Next time: The Ferry Tournament Continues!