Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, lovelies ~ ! I hope you all enjoyed the big holly jolly day and got what you wanted, gift-wise. My gift to you all is another chapter of 'All I Want For Christmas is a Pokémon'. I hope you all enjoy this, my dolls. =)
(And, I would just like to take a quick moment to say rest in peace to Jon Huber, better known to the wrestling world as Luke Harper and Mr. Brodie Lee. My thoughts, prayers, and condolences go out to his friends and family.)
It all seemed to happen so fast. One minute AJ, Alex, and Bulby were sitting in their locker room watching the rest of RAW when they suddenly found themselves joined by Kaitlyn, Layla, and Layla's Marill.
"There you are, AJ! We were looking all over for you," Kaitlyn said after finally finding the younger brunette.
"Well, I did tell you both I was heading to the restroom. I just decided to come back here with Alex and Bulby," AJ defended herself.
"And me and Bulby have been enjoying AJ's company since she got back. She saved me after a certain cutie in here decided to tickle attack me," Alex grinned as she threw an arm around the older brunette's shoulders.
"Sa!" Bulby said as she walked over to her trainer.
Watching as Kaitlyn grinned and reached down to pet Bulby's bulb, Layla said "OK, you two. Come along now."
"Huh? What for?" AJ asked.
"Roster-wide meeting. Stephanie wants all of us and our Pokémon to meet up together," Kaitlyn said.
"Sounds pretty serious if she wants everyone to bring their Pokémon along," AJ said as she got up and walked over to the two at the door. "But what about those of us that don't have Pokémon of our own? Why do we have to go to this meeting?"
"Steph didn't say. She just said roster-wide meeting, which I guess includes you both, as well," Kaitlyn said.
"Uhh, Alexis Hardy is not in at the moment. Please leave a message after the beep. ...Beeee-"
"Nice try, Alex. That includes you, too," Layla said, trying not to laugh at the youngest Chickbuster.
"Yes, mum," Alex moaned a bit before she got up and walked over to join the older three and Bulby. "I hope this won't turn into something that'll end up in us Pokémonless folk getting hurt."
"Oh come now, Alex. Don't be so negative about this. What's the worst that could happen after this meeting?" the British asked. Seeing Alex open her mouth to say something, Layla said "Again, no negativity, Alex. Now, come on. Let's just get to this meeting and get it over with."
"Yes, mum," Alex said as the quintet made their way to where the rest of the roster was gathering.
Walking along with her friends as they joined the group of wrestlers heading for where the meeting was set to take place, AJ let her thoughts drift off to the meeting ahead. 'Whatever this meetings about, I'm sure it's going to be interesting.'
...
Standing in front of the gathered roster and crew members-some snickering at Evan and Curt, who had random shapes drawn on their faces-Stephanie cleared her throat as she began the meeting.
"OK, everyone. Now, I'm sure you all are wondering why I've called this meeting at this time," Stephanie began.
"Yeah, what gives, Steph? We aren't in any kind of trouble, are we?" Darren Young asked.
"No, Darren, it's not anything like that. I've called this meeting because I need all of you to assist me with something," Stephanie said.
"Something like what? I highly doubt you need fashion tips from all of us, given how sharply dressed you are," Paige joked, which got a snicker out of Emma.
"No, Paige, that's not it either. But, I appreciate the compliment," Stephanie smiled at the ravenette. "No, the reason why I called you all together is to see if you can help us find and catch a stowaway Pokémon and release it out into the wild."
"There's a stowaway Pokémon here? What makes you so sure of that?" Naomi asked.
"There's been some manner of property damage that would happen to some of our equipment, and there have been some that have come to me saying that their belongings would be thrown around their locker rooms, some even saying that their things had been scratched or torn or even broken," the older brunette explained.
"Yikes, that doesn't sound good," Emma said. "Well, if it's done all of that, what do you think we can do about it?"
"I was hoping that you all could help with finding the Pokémon. I know it's late, but we have to find and catch it and then release it into the wild," Stephanie said.
"Can't this wait until tomorrow?" The Miz moaned. "The A-lister needs his beauty rest after wiping the mat with Orton tonight."
"You only got that win because you had your Minun hit me with Spark!" Randy Orton shouted from where he was standing. "Besides, you know me and my Ekans could kick both of your asses. Anytime, anywhere."
"I'd like to see that!" Miz replied with a scoff.
"Battle! Battle! Battle!" Evan began chanting, which got added on to by some of the other wrestlers; even the crew members got in on the chanting.
"OK, you two, that's enough!" Stephanie shouted over the chanting. Seeing that it seemed like her shout had gone unheard, the brunette reached into her jacket pocket before pulling out her phone and sending a text. Keeping an eye on the roster, she covered her ears and watched as the chanting slowed before stopping and, one by one, a number of the wrestlers and crew members fell to the ground as a number of them could be heard lightly snoring. Seeing that what she texted and asked for was done, Stephanie shared a look with the recipient of her text before getting a nod. With what she guessed was a stop of the singing, Stephanie took her hands from her ears along with those who were still awake as she went back to what she was saying before.
"As I was saying, we have to find and catch this stowaway Pokémon and release it back into the wild before it can cause any more damage. We've got everything already packed away, so we'll have to try to find and catch it when we get to the next city. Until then, make sure your Pokémon are rested and prepared for our search tomorrow," Stephanie said, bringing the meeting to an end.
With Stephanie heading back to her office and the others that were still awake beginning to make their way back to their locker rooms-Paige and Emma being two of the only exceptions as they could be seen respectively letting their Banette and Psyduck out of their Pokéballs and, handing them each a marker as Paige pulling two more out of Emma's purse, one of her and one for Emma, the quartet grinned and went about going around and drawing on the faces of those sleeping-AJ and the others were left to think over their talk.
"So, just how exactly does Steph expect you guys to catch this stowaway?" Alex asked.
"Not sure, Lexi. I don't even know what kind of Pokémon we're dealing with here," Kaitlyn began to think. "Oh God, you don't think we're dealing with some kind of Legendary Pokémon, do you?!"
"I highly doubt that, love," Layla said, trying to calm the two-toned woman down. "Given what Stephanie said the stowaway done, I don't think something like a Moltres or an Entei or ...or any other Legendary could've done that. Damage would've been much worse. If only we could've seen what the damage looked like. That would've made this easier to figure out…."
As Layla and the other two talked on, AJ was lost in her own thoughts. 'I'm not sure just what this stowaway Pokémon is, but whatever it is, ...can't believe I'm even thinking this, I'll do my best to help catch it. Every helping hand counts, I guess.'
...
Nestling further down in the equipment crate it found itself in, the stowaway closed its eyes as it drifted off to sleep. After the day it had-its attempts at trying to reach out to the wrestlers and their Pokémon not being met with success, it earned this sleep. Maybe tomorrow would be a better day. It could only hope, at least.
So, it looks like Stephanie's decided to hold a meeting about trying to catch their little stowaway. ...Good thing someone had their Pokémon use Sing to calm down Miz and Randy (and give Paige and Emma targets for some more graffiti...sorry I just couldn't resist including that XD). Now, with the idea in motion and the roster aware of what to do, how will their efforts go? Just what is AJ thinking? And what will happen to the stowaway Pokémon? All of this shall be answered...next time! Until next time, don't forget to RR please. =)
(Stay safe, healthy, and warm out there, lovelies. *sends love and good vibes out to you all*)
