Chapter 28 – Nightmare in Mewtopia
Jeremy was walking along, whistling. He had just finished dinner when Mew came rushing by and bumped into him. The two collided, and fell to the floor, nursing their heads. "Ugh...what's the rush, Mew?" Jeremy groaned. Sorry! Mew said. There's this one kid having a nightmare in Central Plaza! Jeremy looked at her quizzically. "Why is a nightmare so important, and since when do we have a Central Plaza?" The nightmare has been going on for three days. Jeremy nodded, and went to get his battle gear. He met Nick on the way, scribbling something on a piece of paper. "Hey Nick, whatcha writing?" Jeremy said, packing his backpack. "A letter to the author of our story, saying I need a bigger role." Jeremy looked at him like he was a deranged mental patient. "Ooookayy," Jeremy said. He rushed out the door to Mew, who was floating and looking impatient. Upon his arrival, she sped off. "Aw man, more running?" Jeremy said as he used the sneakers he had cloned from Sonic the Hedgehog's to keep up. They soon arrived at the kid's house, where two broken-down parents greeted them. "We just can't get him to wake up!" said one tearful Kangaskhan (who Jeremy assumed was the mother). "We've tried everything," the gruff father Lucario said. Mew and Jeremy nodded in sync and went inside. "Which way's his room?" asked Jeremy. The father Lucario pointed to a room on the right of a hallway in front of them. There they saw a young Riolu in the bed, crying and lashing out at an unknown enemy. Jeremy got his restraints, but Mew stopped him. I'll see what's going on in his mind, she said. Jeremy agreed, putting the restraints back in his backpack. She concentrated for a moment, and quickly started to exhibit the same effects as the Riolu. "..." he said as he watched her. Then he did the only thing he could think of: he slapped her in the face. She woke up with a jolt, and after slapping him back with an angry What was that about? , he explained what had happened. Oh, she said, ...it was so dark...and I couldn't see anything at all...and I felt cold, and tired, and...dead... Jeremy consoled her, and he slapped the Riolu. It woke up, and attacked him. Jeremy subdued it, explained yet again, and the young Riolu finally calmed down. They went back down, where the parents, thanked them, only to be met by a messenger: "Another one has been struck by a Nightmare!"
Jeremy made a :( face. They hurried to the next house, bumping into several citizens along the way, who were about to scold them when they realized they were talking to the two most powerful beings in this universe. Finally, Jeremy and Mew reached the next house. Jeremy had an idea. He took out a pair of goggles from his backpack, and put them on. "I'll use these to detect anything abnormal about the person who was attacked, without being affected." Mew nodded, having no idea where he even got the goggles, and they headed inside. This time, the fathers were two Blaziken, who stood aside without a word. Jeremy used ninja tactics to go upstairs without being heard, and peeked inside the room. 'Nothing on normal,' he thought. He turned to infrared. Nothing. Polaroid, nothing. X-ray...something! It was a dark shape that looked oddly like a Pokemon. Jeremy took out a Master Ball from his backpack, ran in yelling "Banzaaaaiiii!" and caught the thing. He woke the Combusken up, reassured him everything was all right, and headed out, with Mew tagging along. What's in there? she asked, pointing to the Master Ball. "I don't know, we'll find out back at the lab."
At the lab, they stood in a sealed chamber, and released the thing. To their surprise, Darkrai popped out, grimacing. "That was...unpleasant." He looked around, spotted Mew, Jeremy, Nick and Magnus, who had decided to tag along. "Darkrai? YOU were causing the nightmares?" shouted Jeremy. "Umm...yeah, that's a side effect of me being around a sleeping person. I could only come to you through there because our transporter was broken." Jeremy paused in thought. "But what about Arceus?" Darkrai grinned. "Dealing with some pesky Team Galactic members. Have you seen their hairstyle?" All of them doubled over in laughter. After they had finished, Jeremy built a working transporter and sent Darkrai home. "Thanks again!" Darkrai said as he vanished. "No problem, dude!" answered Jeremy. He then went to his room and played video games with Mew, Magnus went to study, and Nick went to the kitchen...again.
