Act Three: The Misty Conspiracy
Reader Advisory: Some scenes contain an evil Misty bent on Ash domination. Viewer discretion advised especially those with no (toot) guts.
After a long and exhausting run, Ash and Misty arrived at Professor Oak's lab safe and sound; and with a jar full of Ariados acid. It was plenty enough for his top secret research. Both were tired from getting away as far as they could from the pack. They didn't stay long and eventually left the lab to let the professor work on his research in complete solitude. On their way back home, Misty thought about her newfound power located in her right eye. One thing was for certain, the Spinarak with the odd intricate patter on its back had something to do with it. She wanted to test it out for a bit first before going in for the coup de grace.
She planned a preemptive strike against the brunette coordinator first.
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May and Glaceon were resting on the banks of the river where Drew forced her to swim with the Remoraid downstream. This time she was more careful and slept under the shade of a tree on top of a small hill overlooking the river from not so far away. The brunette coordinator slept like a little angel. Combined with a sleeping Glaceon on top of her lap, it was a beautiful sight to behold for any passerby that appreciated art in both the human and Pokemon form. Misty saw them from a distance and walked up to them. The sound of her footsteps in the grass disturbed Glaceon's beauty sleep. The Pokemon yawned and looked at the water Pokemon trainer.
Of course, she didn't mean any harm. To prove it to Glaceon, she even took the liberty of patting the Pokemon's head.
"Had a good sleep, Glaceon?" She smiled. As expected, the Pokemon smiled back and even liked the way Misty was patting its head. "You're such a beautiful Pokemon. May's very lucky to have you by her side especially during contest battles."
"Glaaeee…!"
"You must really like May, don't you?"
Glaceon nodded its head.
"Well then…" Misty revealed her right eye with the Geass in it and faced Glaceon right in its pair of eyes. "…show me how you love your trainer through an Ice Beam attack."
The Geass went straight into Glaceon's eyes in a matter of seconds. The Pokemon, complying with Misty's instructions, stood up on its feet and fired its Ice Beam at its sleeping trainer. Slowly but steadily, ice began to form around the both of them. The Ice Beam strafe continued for minutes until both May and Glaceon were encapsulated in a huge block of ice attached to the bark of the tree they were resting on. Misty's newfound power was unlike anything compared to the previous weapons of mass infatuation—it was really a force that could even change how this story would go.
"It looks like it's going to be a misty winter this year." Misty giggled; taking one last good look at the ice block encapsulating May and Glaceon before leaving them frozen. "One down, one to go…"
Meanwhile, Dawn jumped for joy as she celebrated for her successful capture of the cotton-winged Swablu. She managed to catch one during her lonely stroll around town and using her Pachirisu to battle it. After a quick recovery at Professor Oak's lab, she let out her recently-caught Swablu to get acquainted with one another. In fact, she let out not just Swablu but all of her Pokemon to play a little game of hide-and-seek.
"Okay guys, it's time for hide-and-seek!" Dawn cried. "This time, Swablu's 'it'."
Quickly, they fanned out across the forest area while Swablu covered its eyes with its cottony wings; counting up to ten in its own Pokemon language. As soon as it had finished counting up to ten, Swablu flapped its wings in search for its trainer and buddies in the forest area. It was expected that Swablu would be scared of anything that popped out of nowhere especially now that it was flying low at the darkest part of the forest. A few minutes later, Swablu heard something rustle near the bushes; then Misty appeared once again.
"Don't be afraid, little Swablu. I won't hurt you." Misty said gently. "(Wow, maybe I should take up Pokemon poetry.)"
Sensing Misty's innocent nature, Swablu cautiously flew towards her. She showed to the Pokemon a self-portrait of Dawn smiling and flashing a peace sign with her fingers…and at the same time, opening her right eye to the unsuspecting Pokemon.
"I want you to put this trainer to sleep with your song." The same thing that happened to Glaceon was now happening to Swablu. Unsuspectingly, the cotton-winged Pokemon continued searching for Dawn and the other Pokemon as if nothing ever happened in particular. But the water Pokemon trainer was sure that the Geass had taken effect. It was only a matter of time. Meanwhile, an unsuspecting trainer was hiding inside the hollow insides of a humongous tree. The chances of Swablu finding her inside that hollow tree were somewhat slim.
"I bet Swablu's too afraid to even take a peek here." Dawn giggled softly. "Oh, here it comes."
Her Swablu aligned itself with the hollow tree without any knowledge that its trainer was hiding inside of it. Suddenly, it began to sing a melodious song…and as long as Pokemon singing beautifully was involved; there were some bound to fall asleep.
"Hey, that's not…fair…no…singing…" Dawn started to feel drowsy until she fell asleep inside her hiding place. The wild Pokemon nearby also fell asleep as well. Misty watched how Swablu got the job done under the influence of total obedience; wearing ear muffs to fend off the song's notes.
"Swablu's singing never ceases to amaze me." Misty commented despite the fact that she didn't hear a single note of the Pokemon's song thanks to her ear muffs. "Now, only one task remains…"
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It was unlikely of Ash to help out with what needed to be done around the house. But he figured that he wouldn't be staying long so he was making the most out of his family reunion. He helped his mother clean the house and take out the laundry. Sooner or later, he and his friends would be leaving home for adventure. As much as it hurts his mother Delia, she learned to get over the pain and pray for her only son's safety.
"I'm surprised to see you helping around the house." Delia said.
"I should really make the most out of it, Mom." Ash replied. "After all, we'll be leaving sooner or later."
"I know it's not my right to say this but I wish you'd stay here with me and Mr. Mime."
"Did you say something, Mom?" Ash didn't quite catch what his mother murmured.
"Oh nothing…"
Misty entered the backyard; hoping to steal Ash from his mother for the meantime.
"Ash mind if I steal you away for a sec?" asked the gym leader.
"You should go, Ash. I'll finish up here." The trainer's mother sent him off. "Make sure you come back for lunch."
"Well…if you say so. Let's go, Misty." Ash agreed.
They found a secluded place not far from the house. It was the perfect place to conduct their secret conversation—just the two of them under a tree. Finally, Misty was able to have a little talk with Ash without any outside interruptions.
"So what is this about, Misty?" Ash asked. "I hope you pulled me out of my house for a good reason."
"Don't be so testy. I wouldn't do that." Misty replied. "I have something that needs to be told right now."
"Well…before that, I have something to tell you as well."
She blushed red all of a sudden; thinking that his share of something important had the same theme. "W-What is it?"
"Your fly's open."
"W-WHAAAAAAAT…?" She gasped; looking at her shorts…only to see that it didn't have a zipper in the first place. "Wait a minute…my shorts don't come with a zipper."
The trainer exploded in an outburst of laughter; telling Misty that it was nothing more but a mere practical joke. Embarrassed for a pathetic and downright stupid reason, Misty kicked Ash from down under again that almost made Ash's intact balls fall off.
"You're such a jerk, Ash Ketchum! Grow up!" Misty yelled.
"Come on, Misty. Don't you know humor when you hear one?" Ash replied; smiling and ignoring the excruciating pain from down under.
"Ash, you're like 14 years old. Don't stay a bratty kid forever."
"Misty, it's only a joke. Don't get too upset about it. Besides, I'm only 13."
"Anyway…are you ready to listen?"
"Okay, okay, I'm all ears Misty."
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While they were having a private and interruption-free conversation, May and Glaceon were still chilling out by the riverside inside a block of ice and Dawn was still sleeping; leaving her hide-and-seek game one person short. The ice was so thick from the inside; May couldn't move a darn inch. She and Glaceon were about to time-travel into the future when Brock's Croagunk caught them chilling out by the riverside. Croagunk never made any reaction at first—the Pokemon just stood there as its breathing sacs bulged in and out at a constant pace. There was no action at all.
Thirty seconds later, Croagunk's right arm glowed purple unexpectedly. It was getting ready for a Poison Jab attack. The attack went swiftly through the thick layer of ice, causing it to crack all over and breaking into small pieces. It took May and Glaceon three freezing seconds to regain their movement.
"W-Who turned up t-the A/C?" May was shivering a lot.
"G-G-Glaeee…" So did Glaceon.
"Whatever happened to us a while ago, I'm glad that's over. Thanks, Croagunk…"
Croagunk turned around and walked away from the both of them at a Slugma's pace.
"Hey Croagunk, wait up!" May and her Glaceon followed.
Inside the forest, they quickly saw Dawn inside a hollow trunk of a tree sleeping like an angel. Her Pokemon gathered around and used attacks to make her rise and shine but to no avail. Swablu felt very guilty for putting her to sleep. Dawn's Pokemon started blaming the cotton-winged Pokemon for an act it didn't intend to do.
"You guys, stop it." May said. "I know exactly what to do at situations like this."
She slowly pulled her legs and took her out of the trunk. She instructed Glaceon to make a small ice pillar strong enough to hold a medium-sized rock just above Dawn's chest. She placed the rock on top of the ice pillar and crept up to the sleeping beauty's left ear. Then, May whispered something. It wasn't pretty but it did the trick.
"Oh Ash, it's getting hot in here. I think I'll take my clothes off."
"NOOOOOOOOOO…!" Dawn busted her eyes open and rose up—only for her head to be hit by the rock standing on the ice pillar. The hardness of the rock combined with how fast Dawn woke up after hearing such a statement was certainly going to leave a mark.
"Now that, my friends, is a wake-up call."
"Two words, May: ALARM CLOCK!" Dawn said; rubbing her forehead.
"I know. I just felt like teasing you." May winked while giving Dawn a slip of the tongue.
"I SO hate you for that cutesy pose of yours."
They began wondering how they got into their respective mishaps. Glaceon and Swablu, the ones exposed to Misty's Geass, didn't have a single clue that they were exposed to Misty's Geass. They just shrugged. While they were busy thinking about the possible causes, Misty was preparing to deliver the coup de grace on Ash—her lips.
END OF ACT THREE
