The Bridge Bike Gang:
DUST'S POV:
"It's weird to be back in the city, huh?" Ash asked as we started walking through the streets of a nearby city they were passing through.
"I can second that," I agreed, I thought we'd never stop seeing the endless amount of trees surrounding us.
"It's not too bad," Derek said to my right. Yes, he was still following us. David was on my left and glaring at him. It was obvious the two didn't like each other but at least they weren't fight like half the time they were on the way here. Ok, I admit, the only time they didn't was when they were sleeping.
We were only stopped where we came to a large bridge; it reminded me of the San Frisco Bridge. Of course, I had never seen it in person but I saw it on TV before. This one was much bigger.
"Look at that!" Ash sounded just as amazed.
"Big bridge," Derek muttered. Derek glared and pulled me to the other side of him.
"An amazing bridge," Misty said, awed by it.
"You know, with the bridge here, we could cut a lot of time off our journey, it can take us straight to Sunny Town,"
"At least we can make it fast timing," I grinned excited. Maybe now we can have real food, or a real bed, or a real shower!
"Sorry, but the bridge isn't finished yet," one of the police guards informed us as we made our way over.
"Not finished, our luck sucks," I sighed, everything always seemed to happen to us.
"Can't we just walk across?" Ash asked, just as confused as the rest.
"The bridge is ten miles long," the guard said. "It wouldn't be dark before you get there, but you could always go by bike,"
"Bike?" I asked. I just hoped Misty wouldn't go off on Ash about the bike he destroyed.
"Yes, bike, you know what you ride on to get places," Derek smarted off.
"I know what a bike is!" I snapped.
"But I thought you said the bridge wasn't finished," Misty said confused.
"The road isn't finished, but the bicycle path is!" the guard informed us.
[Or I could call rayquaza out here and we could fly over with the added bonus of scaring the living daylights out of everyone!] David quipped and I shot him a dirty look. Then Misty started ragging on Ash about her bike, just as I feared. So we swung by a bike shop and discovered they were out of our price rage. After that, we decided to go to the pokemon center.
DAVID'S POV:
This might actually prove to be entertaining, going back to see the bridge bike gang. Of course, there was still Derek to put a damper on everything. Eventually, Nurse Joy walked up and asked for our help in getting the medicine to the pokemon center in Sunny Town. Naturally, we accepted and got bikes for the trip.
"We're off to see the wizard, the wonderful wizard of Oz!" Pikablue sang.
[Why are you singing that?] Lucario asked.
"Do I need a reason to relive excellent tunes? I mean, me and Pikachipik are pretty much reliving who portions of our lives, so I might as well add in a musical accompaniment," Pikablue reasoned.
"What are you three knuckleheads going on about?" Hope asked.
"Nothing in particular," I answered and we continued biking until those of us with less able bodies required a break. Then, just as we were about to get back underway, the bridge bike gang appeared.
"Oh no, it's a bunch of bad 60's clinches!" I exclaimed in mock horror and then they surrounded us. We kept our cool, for the most part, and they challenged us to a pokemon battle.
"A pokemon battle? I-" Ash started.
"Whoa there cowboy, we want this over sometime today so we can get to Sunny Town. I'll handle it," I said and then the leader sent out of his golem. So many ways to kick his butt, so little time. "Lucario, you're up," I said as he took his place.
"I'll let you have the first move!" the bike leader said.
"Sure thing, that'll just make this all the quicker. Lucario, aura sphere and don't hold back!" I instructed and lucario fired off the attack. Golem tried to withdraw into his rocky shell, but he got blasted sky high. Lucario then caught him on the rebound with an ice punch and then finally batted him away with a bone rush.
[What poor, unfortunate soul wants to be the next victim?] Lucario asked and then a girl sent out a cloyster.
"Come back for now lucario. Pikablue, why don't we enlighten then with our shocking performance?" I asked and that earned me a swift hit in the head from lucario's bone rush and a smack upside from the head from Dust.
"If you're done with the awful puns…" Dust asked.
"I'm done. Pikablue, volt tackle!" I shouted and the attack was successful. We didn't get much further than that, because Jesse and James decided to show up.
"Is there something wrong with wanting to go 24 hours without seeing their ugly mugs?" Dust asked and then Team Rocket told us of their days in the bike gang.
"That's nice and all, but we're kinda in a hurry," Ash grumbled, but he was ignored.
[All in favor of just casting meteor and getting the heck out of here?] Lucaria asked as the bike gang tried to steal our pokemon.
"I see no problem with that. Meteor!" I shouted and scattered the lot of them. We decided to get going while the getting was good.
"So what was that you used back there?" Misty asked.
"My meteor spell, don't leave home without it," I replied and then we all noticed a storm rolling in. Then we felt the storm. I hate getting rained on. Then we came to the part of the bridge that was a drawbridge.
"What are we gonna do?" Misty wondered.
"Are we mice? Or are we men and Pokemorphs?" I shouted.
"I am a mouse. And so are you," Pikablue quipped and I quickly snacked him for it. So we ended up jumping. Dust, Derek, and I made it over with no problem, everyone else needed some assistance, but they got over just fine in the end. After that, we made it to the pokemon center in Sunny Town without any further trouble. The shelder got the medicine and another adventure came to a close.