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XXVI : Victory
"Robin and Angel are up first, thank God" Lisa moaned. "I can't take any more"
"You're the one who wanted to go to contests in the first place!" Michael exclaimed, "Or did you forget that?"
"I wanted one contest, not two hundred! For the love of God, its people pulling out cute pokemon to do the same routines over and over and over again! I can't take it!"
"Why not be like Louis, he's happy!" Louis and L3 had identical expressions on their faces. Eyes glazed over, mouths hanging open, drooling slowly. Lisa smacked him across the face. Nothing.
"What is the matter with him?"
"Oh, Louis gets this way when he gets drunk and really stoned" Michael said.
"Stoned? I've never seen him get stoned"
"Ever since he got L3, Louis has had to eat his pot. Weren't you the least bit curious why he left L3 here and went to the bathroom for 23 minutes?"
"I choose to believe the best in people, and I must say this simply wont do" Lisa said, "I'm a member of the war on drugs!"
"Louis marched against that" Michael said, "Besides, he needs drugs. You've never seen him with out them"
"How bad is Louis?" Titan asked Enfer.
"Some where on par with living through your own death"
"Why is he that way? I barely know the guy, but he's always got his lips around a bottle" Enfer frowned.
"Louis got me when he was nine. A year later, his mom ran away. Even at the age of ten, he was emotionally destroyed. He relayed heavily on me as an emotional crutch. He started smoking that year, in a few years he took up drinking, and the year after that he turned to light drugs" Enfer sighed. "To be honest, he could be a lot worse. If I weren't around, Louis would have started using heavy drugs, and over dosed a long time ago"
"Now please welcome to the stage" The annoying MC said, "Robin and Angel, and Donny and Eevee" I ran out on stage, followed by the walking black and white cookie. If I had hands, I would have shielded my face. Of course, if I had had hands, I probably wouldn't be in this mess. Donny came up on the other side, with his shiny Eevee in front of him. They were smiling to the crowd, light reflecting off his oddly white teeth.
"What do you think of Donnys' special contest costume?" He asked Robin. In addition to the three piece suit, Donny was now wearing a top-hat, a cape, a monocle, and was carrying a walking stick.
"You look like Mr. Peanut" Robin said, "Do we get our free snacks now, or what?"
"Donny has no relation to the salty snack man" Donny said, "Donny looks dashing in his contest outfit. Donny is the love of every woman, and the envy of every man"
"Delusions of grandeur. Isn't that a sign of early on set mental illness?"
"Fuck you"
"Where on earth does some one get a cape? I sort of asked Eevee.
"Eevee doesn't think she should speak to the competition" We have a gender!
"The coordinators will each perform five appeals, at the end, the coordinator with the most points will be declared the winner" The MC blathered on. "Robin and Angel will go first"
"We're up" Robin said, "Later boners" The two of us walked onto the run way, in front of the judge. "Alright Angel, cute attacks are double, tough attacks are ¼ their normal value. To start the ball rolling, growl" I hung my head in shame, and let out a pitiful growl. Me, the almost great trainer, reduced to being a contest pokemon.
A sentence I never thought I would say.
"Okay, those glowing hearts are the appearance score, the score they got before coming out here" Lisa said, "Angel had four, and Eevee had zero. I guess because Angel and Robin matched"
"And Donny looks like a train conductor from the 1850's?" Michael responded.
"GO DONNY" A voice screamed. Michael, Lisa, and Enfer turned to see Angela2 standing up, waving a flag. "KICK THAT SKANKS ASS"
"Does that flag have Donnys' face on it?"
"I'm afraid to ask" Lisa responded. "Uh, miss? Could you please keep it down?"
"Fuck you whore" Angela2 yelled.
"Whore, that's not a nice thing to" Angela2 tossed a water bottle with out a lid at Lisa, and hit her in the skull. She fell flat on her ass, with a thud.
"Owe! That hurt!" Rush and Louis both snapped to action.
"Some one hurt my goddess! I must defend her!" Rush exclaimed, jumping off of Lisas' lap. Louis stood up, and untied L3.
"Michael, hold my Slakoth"
"Shouldn't you stop him?" Titan asked Enfer.
"It's better to let him work out this stupidity on his own"
Louis jumped over the benches, and was about to tackle Angela 2. She flipped around, and hit him in the stomach with the end of her flag. Angela2 then jumped on his chest, and began to punch Louis in the face. By this point in time the audience, along with me, Robin, and the judge were watching this. Rush attempted to jump onto Angela2, and she smacked him away with the back of her hand. He hit the cement wall, and was knocked out.
"That's it, I'm mad" Before Michael could do a thing, Lisa was up, and jumped onto Angela2. She flipped Angela 2 on her stomach, held both her arms with one hand, and pulled her head back with the other.
"Auuugh! Let me go you fucking freak!"
"First, apologize for calling me a whore" By now, security was running up the stands, but they wouldn't get there soon enough at this rate.
"Iiiiiiieeeeeee! I'm sorry"
"Now apologize for hitting Louis in the stomach"
"Soooooorrrrrrrrryyyyyyyyy" Angela2 cried.
"Now apologize for smacking Rush"
"Sorrysorrysorry" Angela2 continued to weep. Lisa nodded, but before she could let go, two men in security T-shirts grabbed her. They then grabbed Angela2, and hefted Louis off the floor. One of them picked Rush up and held him by his head fin.
"Awe crap, they won't involve me, will they?" Michael asked him self. Lisa spoke to one of the security men, and pointed to him. "Yes, they would" One of the security people, the one holding Rush, came over.
"Excuse me, do those people belong to you?" The entire audience was now looking at him. Michael tried to slump down, except he was sitting on a bench.
"Well, this Mudkip belong to me" He said, taking Rush, "As for them" Louis and Lisa waved, "I've never seen them before my life"
"You're going to hell Luccelli!"
"I've thought about it, I'm willing to roll the dice" As the three morons were dragged away, Robin and me walked back to the stage.
"That was one of the strangest sights I've ever seen" Robin mumbled. I just shook my head in shame.
"Uh, let's move on to the first appeal of Donny!" The MC said.
"Donny would be happy to" Donny said, walking to the edge of the runway. "Eevee, take down"
"That's a tough move, it'll only earn half points" Robin said, "What is he planning?"
"Uh, that was interesting" The MC said.
"The voltage went down, and Robin has eight points, Donny has two" Michael murmured, stroking Rush.
"Alright, now us" Robin said, as we walked back out. "Sand attack Angel" I tossed sand (where did it come from) into the air. Every one applauded. Morons.
"Donnys' turn now" Donny said, rushing down the run way and knocking me and Robin out of the way as he did. "Donny has been waiting for this, so the audience could see Donny, and his brilliance. Donny is brilliant, isn't he?"
Self absorbed, conceited asshole. Why on earth did I date him again? He shaves his head for Christ sake!
"Donnys' Eevee is special. Aside from being shiny (lucky bastard), her mother was an Espeon. Donny knows what you're thinking, so? Well, Eevee whose mothers are Espeon have a higher potential to learn psychic type moves. Knowing that, Eevee use embargo"
A wave swept through the crowd, as Eevees' eyes lit up. I felt the wave hit me, and the scarf around my waist untied its self. Now, the first thing embargo does is it eliminates all held items. They become null and void. So my scarf is no longer doubling points. The problem is though, embargo does a second thing in contests. The voltage can't go up for the next coordinator.
"Alright, two points" Michael said, "That's what he was waiting for?" Donny waved at the crowd, and did some weird pointing thing, as he returned to the stage. Eevee wasn't much better, the stupid puff ball kept doing back-flips as she ran. Every one laughed and clapped, morons.
"You're victory is mine Robin" Donny said.
"Your fly is open, Donny" As he looked down to check this, Robin and I walked bucket, laughing the entire way.
"Okay Angel, use" Robin froze. "Uh, use, use the uh, the attack"
"The attack? What the hell is the attack? I can't use the attack, you use the attack" Robin just stared, her lips moving silently.
"You only know five attacks, and you only know three cute moves" Robin whispered. "I can work with that, Angel use hidden power" I nodded, and fired all of the little white balls out of my neck. For some reason, the crowd stayed silently.
"Another interesting, uh, move" The MC said, "That's an Eevee that is obviously very talented"
"The name is Angela" I snarled.
"Donny isn't surprised you would use a lack luster move" Donny said, "Donny will laugh hard when he wins" Robin though, stayed silent. As much as I hate to admit this, she did seem to know what she was doing.
Now, a little information on the move hidden power. In a battle, it can be one of sixteen types. Those principals apply to the contests, it can be one of any five types. That being said, it isn't affected by the nature of the pokemon. Instead, if a pokemon is holding a scarf, hidden power becomes that type. If no scarf is held, it becomes normal type.
"Let's finish our plan, Eevee use attract" Little pink hearts shot out of Eevees' body, and fluttered around the audience. People laughed and touched the little hearts, before they popped, and fluttered away as pink energy confetti. Cute, so sugary cute your pancreas was over loaded just watching. Robin smiled at this, and knelt down beside me.
"This is our final move Angel" Robin said, scratching me behind my right ear, "If it works the way I expect it to, Donny will actually doom him self" With that, she stood up and began to walk down the run way"
"Nervous yet?" Donny asked, giggling as he spoke.
"Donny, in sixty seconds I'll have won, and in two minutes, you'll be crying" Robin and me got to the end of the run way. "Alright, Angel, just use tail whip"
"How is that going to win for us?" I asked. But, I did the stupid appeal anyways. The crowd cheered, and Robin bowed! She had to hold onto her black and white hat, before turning and walking back.
"Now it's Donnys' turn!" Donny cried, shoving Robin aside so hard she fell on her ass. He stomped on my tail, and I screamed and jumped a foot in the air.
"Angel!" Michael exclaimed, "I'll kill you Donny" Sweet guy. He was willing to kill my ex for me. This made me smile, along with thoughts of Donnys' head on a pike.
"Donny knew Robin would fall for Donnys' trap!" Donny exclaimed. Yeah, we're going to fall for a trap you talked about every other minute. "Now it's time for Donnys' last appeal, with which Donny will grasp the sweet fruit of victory!"
"I never dated him!" I yelled, "And we didn't do it six times. Would I do it with this freak?!" Denial is the best solution.
"Eevee, use last resort" Eevee glowed brighter then the sun, and did a sort of tackle. Last resort's point value starts out at two, and increases by two every turn. Seeing as it was the fourth turn, the value was eight. On top of that, if you used it, it was your last appeal. If I calculated correctly, Donny would also have the voltage meter hit maximum, and release a shit load of points! We were fucked!
"Donny wins, Donny wins" He began to do touch down dances, "Even if Robins' pokemon knew last resort, they couldn't win"
"Uh genius?" Robin called, "You didn't get the voltage meter. I didn't use all cute attacks"
"Yes you did" Donny snarled, "You used sand attack, hidden power, and growl"
"You're contest skills are good, but you're battling skills suck. If you knew any thing about attacks, you would no embargo doesn't just stop the voltage meter, it also negates all held items" Robin held up the scarf. "Hidden power went back to being a smart move. You forgot about this, and you doomed your self. Since you used last resort, that was your last appeal, and I still came out on top, and I win" Donnys' jaw dropped. He looked at the judge, who nodded. Then he exploded.
"YOU CAN'T BEAT DONNY, DONNY HAS TO WIN" With that, Donny burst into tears, and ran off the stage crying, followed by Eevee.
"Uh, with that, Robin wins" The MC said, a bit confused by the events.
"I win? I win!" Now Robin began to do a victory dance, "And all by my self, no one else, all me! I'm awesome, I'm awesome"
"All by your self, by your self this" I muttered. I fired a small shadow ball at Robins' left heal, which shattered on contact. Robin tried, and fell into the MC. The MC was able to keep her balance at first, but got so badly tangled in her microphone wire, she jerked the wire out and the two fell off the stage.
"Huh. So I got to beat my ex, and beat up Robin?" I smiled. "I think I do like contests"
Ten minutes later, the two of us sat in the preparation room, Robin grooming me a little more.
"We did great Angel" Robin said, "We're going to go out there, kick ass, and win us a ribbon"
"Yeah, nothing can stop me" I said.
We ended up getting forth place. But, we got to beat Donny in the process, so it was more then worth it.