Chapter 28: It was All a Plan
LAST TIME: The Ferry Tournament's first round has finally finished… Thomas, Gloria, Angela, Justin, Casey, Gregory, Ralph and Victoria have all made it to the second. There, the matchups will be Thomas vs Ralph, Casey vs Gloria, Justin vs Gregory and Angela vs Victoria…
THIS TIME: Even though the gang has decided to search for the bomb, Justin and his pals are nowhere to be found, and the kids start the search. Robert, Ckavar and Etuart (previously competitors in the Ferry Tournament, who have lost though) appear before our heroes, and secrets are revealed… On top of that, Sandshrew notices that his beloved has evolved into a Water-type…
Wednesday, 19 June 2013…
Gloria: "Thomas, wake up!"
I woke up to see Gloria all dressed up and ready to go: "What's up?"
Gloria: "Get ready! We have to get back the Pokemon and have breakfast!"
Me: "Okay with that, but how come you woke up and dressed up before me?"
Gloria: "Basically, I didn't sleep at all! More explanations at breakfast!"
At the breakfast hall, after receiving our Pokemon, together with Gloria and Angela…
Me: "You owe us an explanation, Gloria!"
Gloria: "Well, I was thinking about my battle with Casey… Plus the bomb…"
Angela: "As for the bomb… Where is Justin and the others?"
Me: "No clue… Maybe he is busy with his training for today's battle."
Gloria: "He should be busy about the bomb that is going to toast us on Friday!"
Angela: "Calm down, Gloria. I know you are stressed, but know what, I am more stressed than you! I get to battle Victoria!"
Me: "Okay, girls! We have breakfast, feed the Pokemon and then make it to the base in search of Justin."
Gloria: "Okay with me!"
Angela: "Okay as well! Just let's eat fast!"
At the Pokemon Park, for the Pokemon feeding…
Me: "Everyone, come out!"
Gloria: "You too as well!"
Angela: "Altaria and Rapidash, come out!"
All Pokemon came out, but there was one who was quite surprised: "Sandshrew?!"
"Marill! Marill!"
"Sandshrew…"
Gloria: "What's up?"
Me: "Sandshrew is surprised by Marill's evolution, that's all!"
Suddenly Sandshrew hits Marill with a Rollout, before going to hide, crying. Marill hides somewhere else, crying as well
I rushed towards Sandshrew: "What's up, Sandshrew?"
"SANDSHREW!" Sandshrew gave me a Rollout to the face, and I fell down.
"Ouch! That hurt! Listen, buddy, what is the problem with Azurill evolving? As you can see, she is still in love with you! She wouldn't be crying anymore!"
Sandshrew started imitating Marill's Water Gun attack.
Me: "I see… You fear her because she is a Water-type and you dislike water, right?"
"Sandshrew…"
Me: "But she is sad about your rejection as well! Don't you see? She loves you! There is no way she will hurt you!"
Sandshrew simply continued crying, without even looking at me or responding at my words.
Me: 'Okay, bud. You get a day-off from battling. Your food is over here. Eat whenever you want and whether you want . I am leaving you alone for a while."
With that, I returned to feed the other Pokemon: "Pidgeotto, Arcanine, you did great yesterday!"
Wartortle gave me a sad look: "Wartortle?"
Me: "Well, Wartortle. I know you didn't get to battle yesterday, but you are going to do so this time, as well as all of the others. Promise."
Wartortle eased up and started eating. I turned to face Pidgeotto and Arcanine: "You are going to battle again, both of you. Sandshrew gets the red card this time, because of the events with Marill. Allright?"
Both Pokemon assured me that they wanted to battle.
Me: "That's the spirit! Ralph stands no chance!"
The situation was not the same when it came to the girls, though. Pokemon and people were all stressed of having to battle opponents as strong as Casey and Victoria. I tried to change their mood: "Okay, no need to push yourselves. Just let the Pokemon eat, and then make it to Justin's cabin."
The girls agreed, and we left our Pokemon to eat, before returning them all at their Pokeballs (Sandshrew and Marill included…)
Outside Justin's cabin…
Knock- Knock!
Me: "Is anyone in?"
Gloria: "Master? Farell? Darren?"
Angela: "Isn't anyone in here?"
No response…
Gloria: "What should we do?"
Me: "We should leave them a sign to come and search us, if they return…"
As soon as we were about to leave the sign…
CRIME SCENE BEGINS…
Three men left the nearby cabin. We hid to watch the conversation. The three men were Etuart, Ckavar and Robert, from the Ferry Tournament.
Robert: "Be sure not to mess up again! We can't let Jackass find out!"
Ckavar/Etuart: "Roger, sir!"
Robert: "The boom is going to take place at the engine room. Just follow my orders and we will be okay!"
Ckavar/Etuart: "Roger, sir!"
Robert: "Time for our motto, cause who three are we?"
Ckavar: "We are the ones who make the stealing spree!"
Etuart: "'Cause all the evil is greatest to be!"
Robert: "My name is Robert, or better is Ro!"
Ckavar: "My name is Ckavar, or better is Cke!"
Etuart: "My name is Etuart, or better is Et!"
All: "Combine our forces, and you get Rocket! 'Cause we are Team Rocket, explosion you get!"
The three then ran away…
CRIME SCENE ENDS
Angela: "Can they be?! Team Rocket?!"
Me: "They look like the ones we saw back then, minus the hoods…"
Gloria: "They even have a motto! And they also said…"
Me: "The boom is going to take place at the engine room! We better hurry!"
Outside of the engine room. Two guards were outside the door…
Gloria: "How do we get in?"
Me: "Simple! Arcanine, come out! Ride up!"
We all rode upon Arcanine's back
Me: "Use Extremespeed to blast in without the guards noticing!"
PHEW!
Guard 1: "Did you hear that?"
Guard 2: "It's just coming from the burning fuel! Don't worry!"
CRIME SCENE BEGINS
We hid around to see Team Rocket, together with a bag (supposedly the bomb was in there) as well as… Justin, Farell and Darren!
Justin: "Was the job done all right, Robert?"
Robert: "Yes, from my part. I hope that it goes well from yours too…"
Justin: "Of course it does! I have the evidence over here! Ready and running! You give me the bomb, I give you the papers!"
Robert: "Listen, Justin, I never obey to other people's commands, but this time I have no choice…"
Justin: "You are a smart kid, after all… If you want to bomb something right, you have to find 3 kids to blame afterwards!"
As soon as we realized that Justin was fooling us all this time, just to blame us when the bomb was going to explode, we barged in: "Oh, no, you don't! Traitors!"
Justin: "Hahaha! At last, training has paid off!"
I asked in surprise: "Training?"
Justin: "Okay, guys, I have to tell you something. I was training you all along. Rocket, Ckavar and Etuart are not the real Team Rocket! And no bomb is going to explode on Friday! I just told you all these lies to find out if you are brave and loyal enough to fight the real threat!"
Me: "What I do know is that you are a psychotic villain!"
Justin: "Just wait to hear from me! The real Team Rocket threatened of an explosion at the Silver Island Contest Hall, on Saturday. This moment, they are not at the ship. I was unable to bring a proper set of troops, as it would arise suspicion. So, I only brought a team of five."
Me: "We don't believe you!"
Justin: "I had to get more loyal people. That's why I used you. Did you think of me as silly enough to make you search cabins and restaurants for a bomb?"
Me: "Well, mad people ask mad things!"
Justin: "I am not mad! It was a plan! Prearranged, from the very first moment! Still, I want your help! If you want to see Team Rocket finished once and for all, you have to believe me and do what I ask you to do!"
Gloria: "I would like to help, if I could!"
Angela: "Me too!"
Me: "Are you girls crazy?! You are going to side with a madman?!"
Angela: "I am in love with him and you know it!"
Gloria: "And I am sensitive enough to seek justice against Team Rocket. In contrary to a certain Thomas who just wants to toss off all the moments we had with these people! A person who wants to toss off these people, who tell him the truth and want his help! Don't you realize the mistake of your ways?"
Me: "My ways?! He tricked us all along! And you still trust him!"
Justin: "Thomas, please! I am a friend of yours! And you promised to help! That help can't be achieved without proper training. Think of it! Even now, I am not trying to hurt you! I never tried to hurt you, and I was sure that there was no threat in the ship before trying to recruit innocent kids from here!"
Me: "I still can't believe that a sane man can think and pull off all of this without any sort of remorse!"
Justin: "I always considered you friends! From the very first moment! Do you doubt it?"
Me: "Of course I do! Whoever you are, and whatever rate of IQ you have, just think of my side. If you were in my shoes, what did you do?"
Justin: "I would have been persuaded by now. Because I did whatever I could to show you that we were real friends! Please, clear your mind and think of it. Why would I meddle some kids outta nowhere in a bombing mission?"
Me: "I can give you two reasons! First, because you are mad, and second, because you want to blame us!"
Justin: "Haha! Would everyone believe that three happy-go-lucky kids planted a bomb? Just because I purposely said so to call you out of hiding and watch your reaction doesn't mean that I can really pull it off. I am not a psychic! I just use unorthodox tactics to confuse the culprits!"
Me: "Whatever! I won't make any ruckus right now, but I will not help you in anything until I find out that you tell the truth, plus, I will keep a sharp eye on you and your actions!"
Justin: "This is enough! You will be just persuaded when you see that no bomb explodes on Friday!"
Me: "I hope so! Now, as for you girls, let's leave them alone! It's lunch time after all!"
Justin: "Have a nice lunch! See you at the tournament! I hope you will forgive my ways."
Me: "We will see… When the time is right!"
NEXT TIME: Ferry Tournament: The Second Rounds Begins, I battle Ralph!
