Author's Note-
Special thanks goes to Pika-chan, who's spark ignited an inferno...
Also quick thanks to George Lucas and Toshihiro Ono, without their vision
this story would not be possible.
Pokemon: Expedition
PART ONE
Chapter One: Voyage To A New Land.
"Finished." Dr. Gary Oak muttered, as he ran his fingers
through his soft brown hair. He typed in the last of the new computer
program he had created. The prototype for the new Pokedex upgrade.
This new Pokedex would be tested for the first time in the Expedition into
the Outer Territories. Gary popped his neck and sulked forward at the
computer screen. He took a shallow breath, the stench of his breath made his
nose turn.
"Amazing! You don't have to go to sleep and you still get morning breath!"
He looked at his watch. It read 4:46 a.m .
"The Expedition............" He sighed. "Founded by all the leading sponsors
of the Pokemon' Leauge. Seven trainers chosen to find new pokemon, and chosen
to play with new 'toys'. The 'adventure' begins in less than three hours and
I'm still up!" with that he slumped, snoring onto his keyboard
"RING RING! RING RING! PHONE CALL! PHONE CALL! RING RING! RING RING!
PHONE CALL! PHONE CALL!" The high pitched voice stabbed into Gary's mind.
He slowly opened his eyes and looked at the clock. It read 8:30 a.m.
"Aw no!" He yelled. He knew who was calling.
He clicked on the video phone to see a brown haired woman with a thin nose
and thin lips and a very cross look on her face.
"Hi Trudie." He mumbled "
"Hi Trudie?!" She shouted. "Hi Trudie?!? Where the Heck are you?!?!
You were supposed to be here at 6 a.m.! The candidates get chosen by
tonight and we're still not even halfway done getting prepared to leave!!"
"All right! All right! I'm on my way." Gary groaned as he stumbled to find
some clothes.
"Did you finish the new Pokedex program?" Trudie demanded
"Check." Gary sighed.
"Do you have the route plans?"
"Check."
"Did you fix the condensor reverberator?"
"Check."
"Ah ha!" Trudie said triumphantly. "You weren't listening to me! We don't
HAVE a condensor reverberator!"
Gary stumbled over a pokeball and found his favorite shirt.
"If we don't have one, then we don't need one! So it's a check!" he told
Trudie in aggravation.
Sweatdrops formed on Dr. Trudie's forehead. "I'm not talking to you for at
least a week." she said, gupling down a pair of asprin. "It's not healthy for
me, just get your butt here ASAP!!!" the phone call ended abruptly.
It was 9:00 a.m when Dr.Oak finally reached the Pokemon center in Porta Vista,
where the competition to see which Pokemon trainers would go on the
Expedition was in progress. He walked past the crowd of Parents and Pokemon
trainers all competing in a series of tests of endurance, speed, battles, and
an obstacle course for their pokemon to compete in. The trainers themselves
had to take a writen exam and pass a minor physical exam. All together about
100 competed, and of that 100 only seven would be chosen.
Gary walked into the main office of the Pokemon center. There he met up with
the rest of his team. There was the Co-Leader of the expedition Dr. Trudie
Whispman, Head of Security Officer Kenny Buckport, There was the team's
Medical officer, Dr. Joy, and finally Gary's personal advisor and guide into
the Outer Territories, The Jedi Knight, Kal Vander.
Dr.Trudie stood up almost knocking over her coffee.
"Well it's about time!" She said. The team were busy shuffling and filing
papers.
"Good Morning Sunshine!" Kenny sang as he carried some files.
Dr. Joy came up behind Gary.
"Put your hands on the desk and bend over!" she demanded.
"What for??" He asked. She answered by pulling down his pants and then his
boxers down enough to expose his buttocks.
"Innoclulations!" She sang as she stuffed the end of his tie into his mouth.
NHMM?!?!?!?MHPHHMM!!!MPHMMMHMMMMPHMMM!!!" He mumbled franticly
"What is he saying?" Dr.Joy asked as she filled six needles with vaccinations.
"Wait hold on, I understand this type of talk!" Kenny said, "He wants to
know what happened with the air gun?"
Joy smiled "We put up the air gun this morning, so you have to get the
needles!"
After being stabbed a great number of times Gary took a seat.
"OOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" He screamed and realised he
should probably keep standing for a while.
"What time will the judges from the pokemon leauge decide who we're taking?"
He asked, rubbing his bottom.
Dr.Trudie looked out of the window onto the field of pokemon trainers. "The
group will be narrowed down to 30 by 4 p.m after that we'll have our 7 by
six p.m."
Dr.Joy was busy in her work when she came across a lab report on her niece
Kimmi, "Oh dear! oh my................Dr. Oak come look at this!!"
Chapter Two
Team Rocket Two Makes The Scene
Kal Vander strolled through the field filled with Pokemon
trainers. Half were already eliminated , and the numbers were dwindling. At
the end of playing field G Kal found his young friends Ruka and Ryer, The
infamous Team Rocket 2. He took a spot behind Jesse and James, who watched
anxiously as they're kids prepared to battle. Ruka and Ryer smirked at
thier oppenents, two boys from Pallet town named Frank and James.
Ryer called to his twin sister "Are you ready Ruka?"
Ruka cracked her knuckles, then shook her hurt hand. Finally she called back.
"I'm ready Ryer!"
They walked into the ring and stood back to back.
Up in the stands Jesse jumped with excitement "James! They're going
to do it!" she squealed happily.
James' eyes sparkled "I love this part!"
Ruka struck a pose by crossing her arms while Ryer only held a single
white lily....
"Prepare for trouble!" Ruka began.
"And make that double!" Ryer continued
"To protect the world from devestation!"
"To unite all peoples within our nation !"
"To denouce the evils of truth and love!"
"to extend our reach to the stars above!"
"Ruka!"
"Ryer!"
"Team Rocket 2 blast off at the speed of light!"
"Surrender now or prepare to fight!"
Mew jumped in front of them even though she
wasn't supposed to be in the battle.
"Meeeeow! That's right!"
Frank and James wounded up and let their pokeballs fly,
"Let's get ready to rumballlllllllllll!!" Frank yelled. From the
Pokeballs emerged a Raticate and a Mankey.
Ruka and Ryer launched their Pokemon next.
"Go Wartortle!!!" Ruka yelled.
"Go Pikachu!!!!" Ryer commanded.
Ruka yelled out the first commands "Wartortle, Pikachu, go for attack plan
alpha! I want this battle short and sweet..."
"Why?" Ryer asked. "We could drag this out for hours and have lots of fun."
"I had too much punch at the snack table!" Ruka whined, crossing her legs.
"Auch! I told you not to drink so much!" Ryer scolded.
Pikachu raced forward circling it's oppenents before flipping and
flying into the air. Raticate and Mankey both focused their attention on it
unaware of Ruka's Wartortle until it doused them both with it's water gun
attack. Before the Pokemon knew what was going on Pikachu came flying down
with a ferocious electric shock attack. The water intensified the electricity
causing both Pokemon to faint immediately.
"The match is over!" Shouted a voice over the speakers. "The winners are
Team Rocket Two! Ryer and Haruka Rocket!"
The crowd erupted in cheers as Jesse and James hugged and kissed each other
"Yay! Our kids did it!!"
Ryer jumped and shouted. "YEAH BABY! WHO DA MAN? WHO DA MAN??"
He turned around to see that his sister had vanished from sight. He then
heard a flush and saw Ruka emerge from a building marked 'Restrooms'.
She rejoined her brother in the ring still not aware that a strand of toilet
paper was still attached to her shoe.
They stepped out of the ring still gloating.
"Go rocket! Get funky! Go rocket! It's your birthday! Go rocket!!" Ruka sang.
Kal greeted them with a scolding grin. "A little cocky are we?" he asked.
"Hey Kal!" The Jedi smiled as Ruka gave him a friendly hug.
Ryer grinned at Kal, answering his question.
"Well Kal you know what they say...If you walk the walk..." Ruka finished
Ryer's sentence. "You've got to TALK THE TALK!"
Jesse clunked their heads together, "You'll have to excuse our kids,
they've had more than their share of sugar today!"
Kal smiled. "They are a bunch of scruffy looking nerfherders!"
Jesse and James shook Kal's hands.
"Hello. I'm James and this is my wife Jesse. You must be Kal. We've heard
alot about you."
"As I with you." Kal replied.
Jesse and James chuckled.
"Excuse me but... have we met before? You seem familiar." Jesse asked.
Kal blinked. They had forgoten when Kal saved them from a beedrill attack
a long time ago. Way before Ruka and Ryer were born.
"I get that a lot." he said simply.
He turned to Ruka and Ryer "So? How goes the fight?" The twins beamed.
"Six trainers bit the dust and the toll is rising!"
Ruka chimed. She then noticed a pokeball under Kal's robe.
"Hey Kal! I didn't know you had a Pokemon!" she said, pointing out the red
and white sphere that dangled next to his lightsaber.
Kal took the ball and released his pokemon. "Oh, yes this is my Cubone!"
"Cubone! Cubone!" chimed the Pokemon as it appeared.
"You have just one?" Ryer asked.
Kal scratched his head. "Well, he's more of a companion than a fighter. I
taught him a few new tricks."
Ryer's Pikachu went forward and sniffed Cubone.
"Pi pika chu. Pika?"
"Cubone! Bone! Bone!"
"Pika???"
Cubone raised one paw and both Rocket teams gasped as they saw little Pikachu
begin to levitate above the ground.
"PIKAAAAAA!!!!!!!PIKAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!PIKAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!" It yelled,
struggling against the power holding it up. He kept floating until Kal
stepped in. "Enough cubone!" He said sternly.
The Pokemon looked up. "Cubone!" It let Pikachu down with a thud.
"Strong in the force is he, but not that strong..." Kal whispered to Cuebone.
Ryer sweatdropped. "Not excatly a Pokemon sanctioned attack..." he said.
Kal cleared his throat. "Well, I'd best be off now. It was nice meeting you,"
He nodded to Jesse and James. "Good luck Ruka and Ryer!"
With a grin he and his Cubone departed.
Jesse blinked "Well, kids...You do have interesting friends."
Part Two
Chapter 3: A Friend Is Found
It was close to 5 p.m and already the numbers were dwindling down.
The finals were about to take place.
Kal stood from afar and watched as pokemon trainers fought long and hard
battles. Some took the loss as a learning experience. Others didn't.
From nearby Kal heard a crash and the sound of glass breaking.
He turned to see a portly woman dressed in a yellow waitress dress screaming
at a young woman with flat long dark brown hair dressed the same. It was the
uniform of a volunteer at the Pokemon center.
The younger girl had apparently tripped and dropped an entire tray of glass
mugs. Broken shards of glass lay everywhere, as did the look on the poor
girl's face, as she was getting brow beaten by her apparent superior.
"KIA! I can't believe you did that! You clumsy little oaf! Were you
born with any common sense? What was the orphanage thinking when they chose
you! You've been nothing but trouble since you got here!"
Screamed the elder of the two women.
"I...I...I...I'm s..sorry, Bertha." Kia stammered.
"You better clean this mess up by the time I get back or else!"
Bertha stormed off.
Kia sniffed as warm tears began to run down her cheek. She went to pick up a
shard of broken glass and jerked her hand back in pain.
In the crash Kia had cut her hand, not noticing the bleeding wound until now.
Kia's Oddish jumped on her lap. "Ooodish? Oddish! Oooooodish!" It cooed.
She stroked the Pokemon's leaves with her un-injured hand.
"It's just my hand Oddy, I'm OK..." Her face crumbled "No I'm not!" she
choked, beginning to sob as she hugged her Oddish.
"Oooddish..."
A shadow fell over Kia and Oddish
"Can I be of some help?" Kal asked.
Kia sat up "Oh! Oh my!!" She immediately wiped her face. Kal knelt beside
her and took her bloodied hand and began to bandage it.
"Come now, accidients happen." Kal soothed.
Kia began picking up the shards as Kal helped.
"Yeah but they happen to me alot!" she said.
While cleaning a Koffing floated by. "Koffing! Koff koff koff! Koffing!"
It said rather disgruntly.
Kia looked up at it. "Well I'm sorry you didn't win but I did warn you that
that Sandshrew was a much higher level than you." she said.
The Pokemon sank. "Kooooooooooffffffiiiinnngggggggg...... Koffing! Kooffing?"
Kia answered it.
"Hmm. I think I saw them by playing field G. You may wanna go check!"
It floated away. Kal was astonished at how Kia could converse with the
Pokemon. A little later a Jigglypuff trotted by.
"Jiggly! Jiggly jiggly puff??"
"I'm sorry Jiggly but I get put to sleep by it too." Kia sighed to the round
pink fluffball.
"PUFF!!!!!!" The Pokemon heaved. It stormed off.
Kia sweated. "Geesh! For something so cute it sure has a filthy mouth!"
Kal looked at her and sensed something all too familiar.
'Is it possible?' he thought. 'I've been here in this world for nearly 20
years and she is the first? I must trust my intuition. Yes, the force is
strong in her.'
"Kia how long have you been able to converse with Pokemon?" He asked.
She placed her hands on her thighs. "Hmm all my life I guess, I can just
understand what they say and they can understand me. Come to think of it when
no one wanted to talk to me Pokemon would. They always chatted with me."
Just then Bertha the supervisor came back.
"Kia!!! How dare you ask someone to help you! You're in for it now!" she
yelled.
Kia stuttered. "But, but, but...I, I, I, I...."
Kal cleared his mind and adressed Bertha. "That won't be nessecary." he said
"That won't be nessecary..." Bertha repeated, sounding dazed.
"She's doing a great job."
"You're doing a great job!"
"Let me take this for you..."
"Let me take this for you." Bertha said and stooped over to take the tray
filled with broken glass.
"In fact take an hour lunch break!"
"Hey, how about you take an hour lunch break!"
"Go on now."
"Well, go, go on!" Bertha said as she left.
Kia blinked in shock and looked at the grinning Kal,
"H-H-How did you do that!?"
Kal stood up and smiled. "Let's just say I have an infulence over people. I
have to go see who will be chosen for the Expedition. Would you please join
me? You do have an hour lunch break." he said, offering his arm.
Kia blushed and accepted.
Chapter four: Moment of truth......
It was 7 o'clock and the competitions were over.
Dr. Trudie handed Gary the roster of the trainers who were chosen overall.
His eyes scanned the list.
"Oh wow! Oh gawwwwwd!! Aw no!!! I know HALF their parents!!!!!" He lamented,
slapping himself in the forehead.
Trudie took off her lab coat. "Well they're the best and that's who the
commitee chose overall."
Gary grabbed his suit jacket. As head of the Expedition, he would have to
announce the results.
"This isn't an Expedition." he grumbled. "It's a daycare field trip!"
The crowd had assembled in front of the pokemon center. All the tests
all the forms, all the battles had come down to this moment.
Gary was joined by his team and 4 other leading pokemon scientists. The
microphone sqwaked and hummed as Gary stepped up to it.
"Hello? Um...Hi!" he said. "First off I want to thank each and everyone one
of you. You all did a great job and all deserve a round of applause!"
With that loud clapping rose from the crowd.
"Unfortunately only seven of you can be selected. Now as I call your names
please come to the front." He cleared his throat.
"BRISS PORTER!"
Applause went up and a small 13 year old girl came up stage. She had dirty
blond hair that was tied into two ponytails on both sides of her head. She
carried with her a very large wooden bat, which she swung in the air
triumphantly. Her fellow trainers from the San Dallas City gym cheered her
on.
"KIMMI BROCK!"
Kimmi's sister's all hugged and screamed as they kissed her and urgered her
onstage. Her father Brock congratulted her. "I'm proud of you pumpkin!"
"RYER ROCKET!"
The Rockets all yelled as James patted his son on the head. Ryer leapt onto
the stage, "I did it! I did it!!!" He yelled not looking where he was going
and falling flat on his face. Ruka yelled "Go Ryer!" With a haunting feeling
that she didn't get chosen.
"NINA KETCHUM!"
Nina screamed and blew out her fathers ears. "Wahhhhh!!! Nina I'm deaf now!"
Ash wailed. Nina hugged her mother.
"Goofy. Get up there!" Misty said.
"GRAYDON SAWYER!"
Applause went up and died down. No Graydon. Gary looked around and called
again "Graydon Sawyer?"
"Right here!" A voice answered. On stage walked a boy about 17. He walked up
on metal crutches. The kind kids who had polio used. Mainly because he HAD
Polio. He noticed Briss, Kimmi, Nina, and Ryer staring at him.
"What's amatter?" he demanded. "Never saw a cripple before?"
Gary called out the next name...
"JETT MASTERS!"
A tall handsome boy of about 17 jumped up on stage. He smiled and waved to
the crowd.
"Hey who is he? He's cute." Nina asked Kimmi.
Her friend shrugged. "No one knows him, he's not affiliated with any Gym,
he's a wild card!"
"My favorite kind." Nina said, rubbing her hands together.
The last name was about to be called and Ruka gripped her Father's hands
tightly.
"I'm not gonna get chosen! I'm not gonna get chosen! I'm not gonna get
chosen!" she whimpered.
James conforted her. "Hush honey. It's not over yet." He said putting aside
his own feelings of doubt. Jesse eyed her daughter.
"She's never been away from her brother before..." she whispered to James.
"HARUKA ROCKET!"
"Yay!!! SIS!!! Team Rocket Two stays together!!!!!" Ryer yelled.
Jesse and James both shook their daughter. "YOU DID IT! YOU DID IT!!" They
yelled. Ruka only responded by fainting.
"Thank you all for participating." Gary said. "Now if I can get all of the
canidates to report to the Pokemon center for your Final Physicals, we have a
big day tomorrow and we need to clear that up tonight!"
Kia excused herself from Kal.
"That's my cue. I have to go and assist with physicals. It was nice meeting
you Kal!" With that she and her Oddish trotted off to the Pokemon center.
Kal's way was set. "She has the ability to become a great Jedi." he muttered
to himself. "If I don't attempt to train her she might become a victim of the
dark side..."
Part Three
Chapter five: Life Sux
"Cough-Cough!" Kimmi hacked,"Cough-Cough!!!!!"
Kimmi, Ruka and Nina sat waiting to be examined by Dr.joy
"Hey Kimmi, that cough sounds bad are you OK?" Ruka asked.
Kimmi cleared her throat "I'm fine, really."
She reached into her purse and pulled out some asprin. "Can I have a sip of
your soda Ruka?"
"Sure!" Ruka said as she gave her her Poke-cola to her friend. Kimmi gulped
down the medicine.
Briss walked out of the office rubbing her butt. "Next," she whinced. "Ouch,
stupid innocu-whats-its."
Kimmi strolled in to see her aunt writing something down in a medical folder
"Kimmi," she said looking up. "I need you to strip down and put on a gown,
and take a seat on the table."
Kimmi did as she was told, all the while letting out a cough or two.
Joy didn't like the sound of the cough. She began her examination.
"Lay down Kimmi, I have to lift up your gown." She ran a stethascope over
her chest and belly. "Breathe deep. Again, again,... Again. One more time..."
Joy heard a gurgglingin the nieces chest that confirmed her fears.
Kimmi sat up. Her Aunt asked. "Kimmi where are your Mom and Dad?"
She asked Kimmi thought. "They might be in the cafetieria."
Joy went to a phone "I need to ask them something right quick."
"Mr and Mrs Brock, please report to the third floor treatment room." She
paged on the overhead. Joy put down the phone and began popping her knuckles
one by one.
"Aunt Joy? What's wrong with me?" Kimmi asked
"What makes you think somthing's wrong?"
"You're craking your knuckles. It's a nervous trait all of us Joy's do."
She pointed out.
Joy realised she was busted.
Kimmi looked her in the eye. "I can't go ..can I?"
Joy ran a hand down her face, something she did with all of her nieces when
they were little.
"You're my niece." she sighed. "But your also a young woman, so I'll tell it
to you straight, I'm your lab tests we found a strain of measles. You have
the first stage symptoms. With proper treatment you'll be cured...
But, I can't out of good faith, allow you to go. The risk would be too great,
to you, to the crew, and to anyone else in the Outer Territories."
Kimmi felt weak, she tried to keep a straight face but couldn't. She broke
down in her aunt's arms.
Shortly after, her parents came and Joy broke the news to them.
Before they left they were visited by Dr.Gary Oak.
He patted Kimmi on the shoulder. "Hey, I'm sorry you can't go this time." He
said. But there will be a second Expedition, I guarantee it. And I PROMISE
you'll be the first to go!" Joy gave a warm smile.
"You have my word!" Gary said. "Now go get better!"
Brock shook Gary's hand. "Thanks Gary! you sure have changed. I remeber you
as a total jerk."
Gary sighed, "If only you knew........."
"C'mon Kimmi! Let's give Jordan the measles so he dosen't get it on in later
life!" Brock said.
His wife slugged him. "Ow, just kidding!"
As they left Kimmi was stopped by Ruka.
"Hey! What's wrong?" she asked.
"I'm not going.....I have the measles." She said solemnly. Kimmi smiled.
"Be careful, and write me OK!"
Ruka nodded "Um yeah. You be careful too!" She waved good bye and watched
them leave.
Ruka felt really, really, sick.
"Measles.........Perfect!" She remebered Kimmi sharing her Poke-cola.
"I'm sunk!"
"Ruka!" Joy called out. "You're next! Your Mom can sit in too!"
Joy started the exam checking all parts to Ruka. Joy and Jesse would chat
about old times and such. Until Ruka could no longer hold it in.
"Dr.Joy! I need to tell you something!" She took a deep breath. "Ok, so Kimmi
has the measles and all? Well she had a bad cough and she needed to take her
medicine so I kinda... I sorta...well...I let her share my soda."
"Ruka!" Jesse scolded.
"I'm sorry Mom I didn't know!" Ruka looked at Joy. "Will I be ok?" she asked
meekly.
Joy thought for a bit.
"Jesse did Ruka have any childhood sickness?"
Jesse paused. "Well there was that one time when she was barely 2."
Ruka looked at her.
"There was? All I remember having is Chicken Pox and Colds and Flus and all
the other normal stuff that gets you out of school for a week."
Jesse sighed "I'd like to forget that moment." She said. "We almost lost
you." She turned to Joy. "She had a fever of 103, and a horrible cough, I can
still hear her screaming... We left Ryer with Brock and went to the hospital.
Her eyes were rolled back when I handed her to the nurse. She went limp. For
four hours I couldn't see my baby. They said it was scarlet fever. A week
later she pulled out of it." Jesse said, wiping at her eyes.
"Oh, Mom..." Ruka whispered.
Joy pulled out a medical book and began reading. "Uh huh...uh huh...Ah ha!"
She closed the book
"Ruka your in the clear! That scarlet fever should have built up a tolerance
to the measles, but just in case I'll give you a vaccination." Joy readied
and gave her a shot. Ruka winced, rubbing her arm.
"We're almost done, just one more thing." Joy said cheerfully, pulling out
a large tongue depressor.
"What's that for?" Ruka sweated.
"Cold sore check. Those things are practically contageous?"
"Daey awre?" Ruka asked around the large peice wood jammed into her mouth.
"Mmm hmm. You can catch them just by kissing." Joy said.
Ruka jumped. "Ooh sayd anytwing abawt kitheing!?!" she demanded.
"Hmm. What's this on your lip? Hey you've got a cut!" Joy cried.
"Aih pwobabwy cuthed ith om my cola can." Ruka mumbled as Joy took the
depressor from her mouth.
"You cut it on metal?!? Time for a tetanus shot!"
"Whaaaat!?! A tetanus shot!?! What for!?!" Ruka wailed as Joy filled a huge
needle with something pink that swirled...
Up on level four, as he was examined by another Joy, Ryer heard his twin
sister scream. "YYEEEEEEEOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!"
"Ten bucks it was a tetnus shot." he winked at his father.
James grinned where he was sitting by the exam table. "Make it fifteen and
you're on."
Chapter Six : Fill the void......
It was morning at the Pokemon center and the 6 teens were assembled
for the Get-To-Know-You Breakfast. All around the table voices cluttered as
they 'got to know each other'.
"Pass the pancakes!"
"More syrup please!"
"More Orange Juice?"
"I can't believe she did that to me!"
"Hey do you like seafood?"
"Uh...sure!"
"SEE!"
"Ewwwww!!! And your a girl?!?!"
"I can't believe she did that to me!!"
"First blood test Ryer?" Nina asked
"Blood test? Ha! She gouged me!" He held up his finger which was covered by
a neon green band-aid. "I can't believe she did that to me!!!" he yelled.
At the far end of the table sat the adults of the Expedition and
members of the Pokemon leauge. Gary, Trudie, Joy, Kenny, Dr.Petersen,
Dr. Baker, Dr. Morris, and Kal.
"There's still the matter of the 7th finalist..." Dr. Baker began.
"Either way we can't call back the others, it's too late now." Gary turned to
Kal. "Kal this is your call. What should we do?"
Through the years Gary had know Kal, he had grown to trust his judgement and
wisdom and deeply relied on his opinon. Kal sipped his tea and eyed Kia.
"Her!" her pointed to the girl as she desperately attempted to balance too
many plates on her arms. Her Oddish rushed about her tentative feet, carrying
a pitcher of water on it's head.
"Let's take her." Kal said.
Gary and the others turned to see Kia busy busing a table. They then saw her
trip over Oddish and fall flat on her face, dishes flying everywhere. Trudie
sweated. "You want us to take Queen Clutz of the Universe?"
"Might I ask why?" Dr. Petersen asked Kal.
"She has much potential." Kal said. "Gary, trust me, since when have I ever
led you astray?"
Gary tapped the table with his fork and thought.
"I'm with Kal on this one." he said finally
Dr. Petersen argued. "I'm sorry but that little clutz is simply a liability,
I won't allow it."
Kal placed his tea down and stared at Dr. Petersen.
"On second thought I change my mind." he said.
Dr. Petersen stopped. "On second thought I change my mind." he repeated.
"She'll do fine."
"She'll do fine!"
"Put her on the list."
"Put her on the list!" He said as he turned to his colleauges.
Trudie whispered to Gary "What's going on??"
"Old Jedi mind trick." He said. "You never win an arguement with Kal."
"Well it's settled." Kal smiled. "I'll go inform her!"
He got up and left, on the way he was stopped by Ruka and her friends at the
teen table. "Morning Kal! Why are you still here?" She asked.
He stopped. "Good morning to you too! I guess they haven't told you but
I'm your guide into the Outer Territories."
Ryer shot up from his seat. "Really? ROCK ON!!!"
"If you'll excuse me I have to recruit team member seven." With that he left.
"Who is he?" Briss asked. "He dresses funny." She said in reference to his
brown robes and tan Gi."
Kal is really cool!" Ryer began
"He's our friend we met in Satrudo. "He saved our folks lives way before we
were born. He's a Jedi Knight and let me tell you he can do some helluava
cool stuff!" Ryer went off on a tangent about Kal as the jedi approached Kia.
Kal reached Kia as she and Oddish were busy picking up the broken
pieces of dishes.
"Good morning Kia!" He greeted. She turned to face him.
"Oh! G..good morning Kal!"
"Quite a morning?"
"You can say that again."
"Is this your last day here?" He asked her.
Kia sighed "Yup. After this it's back to the orphanage."
Kal took a seat. "How long have you lived there? "
"All my life, I was found in a basket by the nearby monestary, taken in by
nuns and raised at the orphanage ever since." She told the tale as though it
had become very bland over the years...
Kal stood again. "Tell you what Kia. Instead of going back to the orphanage
come with us to the Outer Territories." He pointed across the room at the
chattering teens and professors.
She blinked. "The Expediton!?! Shouldn't only Pokemon trainers go? All I have
is Oddy and he dosen't fight!"
"We all of a sudden have an opening and I want you to go." Kal said.
She took off her headdress to reveal her long brown hair.
"Why me? I can't do anything right!" She said solemnly.
"Don't say that! You don't know it yet but you have a power that you are not
aware of, and I want to help you develop it and use it to your best ability."
He said "The gift you have to speak with Pokemon is the tip of a much larger
iceburg. There's a much bigger world out there for you."
Oddish hobbled up and lovingly nudged Kal.
"Oddddish! Oooodish! Oooooooooooddddish!" He cooed.
Kia was amazed. "He likes you ! He really likes you!" She said. "He's afraid
of everyone else but me!" She thought. "I don't know why but I feel I can
trust you." She took a deep breath. "OK, I'll go with you on the Expedition." Kia smiled.
"Good for you! Now go pack! You have a busy day ahead of you!"
She smiled "Kal, all my life I've had one constant dream, about men in
hooded robes with swords of light. And when they spoke to me they only told
me one thing." She closed her eyes and thought.
There is no emotion, There is peace,
There is no ignorance, There is knowledge,
There is no passion, There is serenity,
There is no death, There is the Force.
A Jedi does not act for personal wealth of gain but seeks knowledge and
enlightenment.
A true Jedi never acts from hatred, fear or aggression but acts when calm and
at peace with the Force.
Kal could not believe his ears
'The jedi code........how could she know it?' He thought.
"Kal?" She asked. "What are Jedi Knights?"
Kal smiled and patted her shoulder.
"I'll do better than tell you! I'll show you how to be one!"
And it was at that moment Kal gained his first pupil. And he hoped beyond all
hope that he wouldn't fail like Obi-Wan Kenobi did a long time ago.
Special thanks goes to Pika-chan, who's spark ignited an inferno...
Also quick thanks to George Lucas and Toshihiro Ono, without their vision
this story would not be possible.
Pokemon: Expedition
PART ONE
Chapter One: Voyage To A New Land.
"Finished." Dr. Gary Oak muttered, as he ran his fingers
through his soft brown hair. He typed in the last of the new computer
program he had created. The prototype for the new Pokedex upgrade.
This new Pokedex would be tested for the first time in the Expedition into
the Outer Territories. Gary popped his neck and sulked forward at the
computer screen. He took a shallow breath, the stench of his breath made his
nose turn.
"Amazing! You don't have to go to sleep and you still get morning breath!"
He looked at his watch. It read 4:46 a.m .
"The Expedition............" He sighed. "Founded by all the leading sponsors
of the Pokemon' Leauge. Seven trainers chosen to find new pokemon, and chosen
to play with new 'toys'. The 'adventure' begins in less than three hours and
I'm still up!" with that he slumped, snoring onto his keyboard
"RING RING! RING RING! PHONE CALL! PHONE CALL! RING RING! RING RING!
PHONE CALL! PHONE CALL!" The high pitched voice stabbed into Gary's mind.
He slowly opened his eyes and looked at the clock. It read 8:30 a.m.
"Aw no!" He yelled. He knew who was calling.
He clicked on the video phone to see a brown haired woman with a thin nose
and thin lips and a very cross look on her face.
"Hi Trudie." He mumbled "
"Hi Trudie?!" She shouted. "Hi Trudie?!? Where the Heck are you?!?!
You were supposed to be here at 6 a.m.! The candidates get chosen by
tonight and we're still not even halfway done getting prepared to leave!!"
"All right! All right! I'm on my way." Gary groaned as he stumbled to find
some clothes.
"Did you finish the new Pokedex program?" Trudie demanded
"Check." Gary sighed.
"Do you have the route plans?"
"Check."
"Did you fix the condensor reverberator?"
"Check."
"Ah ha!" Trudie said triumphantly. "You weren't listening to me! We don't
HAVE a condensor reverberator!"
Gary stumbled over a pokeball and found his favorite shirt.
"If we don't have one, then we don't need one! So it's a check!" he told
Trudie in aggravation.
Sweatdrops formed on Dr. Trudie's forehead. "I'm not talking to you for at
least a week." she said, gupling down a pair of asprin. "It's not healthy for
me, just get your butt here ASAP!!!" the phone call ended abruptly.
It was 9:00 a.m when Dr.Oak finally reached the Pokemon center in Porta Vista,
where the competition to see which Pokemon trainers would go on the
Expedition was in progress. He walked past the crowd of Parents and Pokemon
trainers all competing in a series of tests of endurance, speed, battles, and
an obstacle course for their pokemon to compete in. The trainers themselves
had to take a writen exam and pass a minor physical exam. All together about
100 competed, and of that 100 only seven would be chosen.
Gary walked into the main office of the Pokemon center. There he met up with
the rest of his team. There was the Co-Leader of the expedition Dr. Trudie
Whispman, Head of Security Officer Kenny Buckport, There was the team's
Medical officer, Dr. Joy, and finally Gary's personal advisor and guide into
the Outer Territories, The Jedi Knight, Kal Vander.
Dr.Trudie stood up almost knocking over her coffee.
"Well it's about time!" She said. The team were busy shuffling and filing
papers.
"Good Morning Sunshine!" Kenny sang as he carried some files.
Dr. Joy came up behind Gary.
"Put your hands on the desk and bend over!" she demanded.
"What for??" He asked. She answered by pulling down his pants and then his
boxers down enough to expose his buttocks.
"Innoclulations!" She sang as she stuffed the end of his tie into his mouth.
NHMM?!?!?!?MHPHHMM!!!MPHMMMHMMMMPHMMM!!!" He mumbled franticly
"What is he saying?" Dr.Joy asked as she filled six needles with vaccinations.
"Wait hold on, I understand this type of talk!" Kenny said, "He wants to
know what happened with the air gun?"
Joy smiled "We put up the air gun this morning, so you have to get the
needles!"
After being stabbed a great number of times Gary took a seat.
"OOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" He screamed and realised he
should probably keep standing for a while.
"What time will the judges from the pokemon leauge decide who we're taking?"
He asked, rubbing his bottom.
Dr.Trudie looked out of the window onto the field of pokemon trainers. "The
group will be narrowed down to 30 by 4 p.m after that we'll have our 7 by
six p.m."
Dr.Joy was busy in her work when she came across a lab report on her niece
Kimmi, "Oh dear! oh my................Dr. Oak come look at this!!"
Chapter Two
Team Rocket Two Makes The Scene
Kal Vander strolled through the field filled with Pokemon
trainers. Half were already eliminated , and the numbers were dwindling. At
the end of playing field G Kal found his young friends Ruka and Ryer, The
infamous Team Rocket 2. He took a spot behind Jesse and James, who watched
anxiously as they're kids prepared to battle. Ruka and Ryer smirked at
thier oppenents, two boys from Pallet town named Frank and James.
Ryer called to his twin sister "Are you ready Ruka?"
Ruka cracked her knuckles, then shook her hurt hand. Finally she called back.
"I'm ready Ryer!"
They walked into the ring and stood back to back.
Up in the stands Jesse jumped with excitement "James! They're going
to do it!" she squealed happily.
James' eyes sparkled "I love this part!"
Ruka struck a pose by crossing her arms while Ryer only held a single
white lily....
"Prepare for trouble!" Ruka began.
"And make that double!" Ryer continued
"To protect the world from devestation!"
"To unite all peoples within our nation !"
"To denouce the evils of truth and love!"
"to extend our reach to the stars above!"
"Ruka!"
"Ryer!"
"Team Rocket 2 blast off at the speed of light!"
"Surrender now or prepare to fight!"
Mew jumped in front of them even though she
wasn't supposed to be in the battle.
"Meeeeow! That's right!"
Frank and James wounded up and let their pokeballs fly,
"Let's get ready to rumballlllllllllll!!" Frank yelled. From the
Pokeballs emerged a Raticate and a Mankey.
Ruka and Ryer launched their Pokemon next.
"Go Wartortle!!!" Ruka yelled.
"Go Pikachu!!!!" Ryer commanded.
Ruka yelled out the first commands "Wartortle, Pikachu, go for attack plan
alpha! I want this battle short and sweet..."
"Why?" Ryer asked. "We could drag this out for hours and have lots of fun."
"I had too much punch at the snack table!" Ruka whined, crossing her legs.
"Auch! I told you not to drink so much!" Ryer scolded.
Pikachu raced forward circling it's oppenents before flipping and
flying into the air. Raticate and Mankey both focused their attention on it
unaware of Ruka's Wartortle until it doused them both with it's water gun
attack. Before the Pokemon knew what was going on Pikachu came flying down
with a ferocious electric shock attack. The water intensified the electricity
causing both Pokemon to faint immediately.
"The match is over!" Shouted a voice over the speakers. "The winners are
Team Rocket Two! Ryer and Haruka Rocket!"
The crowd erupted in cheers as Jesse and James hugged and kissed each other
"Yay! Our kids did it!!"
Ryer jumped and shouted. "YEAH BABY! WHO DA MAN? WHO DA MAN??"
He turned around to see that his sister had vanished from sight. He then
heard a flush and saw Ruka emerge from a building marked 'Restrooms'.
She rejoined her brother in the ring still not aware that a strand of toilet
paper was still attached to her shoe.
They stepped out of the ring still gloating.
"Go rocket! Get funky! Go rocket! It's your birthday! Go rocket!!" Ruka sang.
Kal greeted them with a scolding grin. "A little cocky are we?" he asked.
"Hey Kal!" The Jedi smiled as Ruka gave him a friendly hug.
Ryer grinned at Kal, answering his question.
"Well Kal you know what they say...If you walk the walk..." Ruka finished
Ryer's sentence. "You've got to TALK THE TALK!"
Jesse clunked their heads together, "You'll have to excuse our kids,
they've had more than their share of sugar today!"
Kal smiled. "They are a bunch of scruffy looking nerfherders!"
Jesse and James shook Kal's hands.
"Hello. I'm James and this is my wife Jesse. You must be Kal. We've heard
alot about you."
"As I with you." Kal replied.
Jesse and James chuckled.
"Excuse me but... have we met before? You seem familiar." Jesse asked.
Kal blinked. They had forgoten when Kal saved them from a beedrill attack
a long time ago. Way before Ruka and Ryer were born.
"I get that a lot." he said simply.
He turned to Ruka and Ryer "So? How goes the fight?" The twins beamed.
"Six trainers bit the dust and the toll is rising!"
Ruka chimed. She then noticed a pokeball under Kal's robe.
"Hey Kal! I didn't know you had a Pokemon!" she said, pointing out the red
and white sphere that dangled next to his lightsaber.
Kal took the ball and released his pokemon. "Oh, yes this is my Cubone!"
"Cubone! Cubone!" chimed the Pokemon as it appeared.
"You have just one?" Ryer asked.
Kal scratched his head. "Well, he's more of a companion than a fighter. I
taught him a few new tricks."
Ryer's Pikachu went forward and sniffed Cubone.
"Pi pika chu. Pika?"
"Cubone! Bone! Bone!"
"Pika???"
Cubone raised one paw and both Rocket teams gasped as they saw little Pikachu
begin to levitate above the ground.
"PIKAAAAAA!!!!!!!PIKAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!PIKAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!" It yelled,
struggling against the power holding it up. He kept floating until Kal
stepped in. "Enough cubone!" He said sternly.
The Pokemon looked up. "Cubone!" It let Pikachu down with a thud.
"Strong in the force is he, but not that strong..." Kal whispered to Cuebone.
Ryer sweatdropped. "Not excatly a Pokemon sanctioned attack..." he said.
Kal cleared his throat. "Well, I'd best be off now. It was nice meeting you,"
He nodded to Jesse and James. "Good luck Ruka and Ryer!"
With a grin he and his Cubone departed.
Jesse blinked "Well, kids...You do have interesting friends."
Part Two
Chapter 3: A Friend Is Found
It was close to 5 p.m and already the numbers were dwindling down.
The finals were about to take place.
Kal stood from afar and watched as pokemon trainers fought long and hard
battles. Some took the loss as a learning experience. Others didn't.
From nearby Kal heard a crash and the sound of glass breaking.
He turned to see a portly woman dressed in a yellow waitress dress screaming
at a young woman with flat long dark brown hair dressed the same. It was the
uniform of a volunteer at the Pokemon center.
The younger girl had apparently tripped and dropped an entire tray of glass
mugs. Broken shards of glass lay everywhere, as did the look on the poor
girl's face, as she was getting brow beaten by her apparent superior.
"KIA! I can't believe you did that! You clumsy little oaf! Were you
born with any common sense? What was the orphanage thinking when they chose
you! You've been nothing but trouble since you got here!"
Screamed the elder of the two women.
"I...I...I...I'm s..sorry, Bertha." Kia stammered.
"You better clean this mess up by the time I get back or else!"
Bertha stormed off.
Kia sniffed as warm tears began to run down her cheek. She went to pick up a
shard of broken glass and jerked her hand back in pain.
In the crash Kia had cut her hand, not noticing the bleeding wound until now.
Kia's Oddish jumped on her lap. "Ooodish? Oddish! Oooooodish!" It cooed.
She stroked the Pokemon's leaves with her un-injured hand.
"It's just my hand Oddy, I'm OK..." Her face crumbled "No I'm not!" she
choked, beginning to sob as she hugged her Oddish.
"Oooddish..."
A shadow fell over Kia and Oddish
"Can I be of some help?" Kal asked.
Kia sat up "Oh! Oh my!!" She immediately wiped her face. Kal knelt beside
her and took her bloodied hand and began to bandage it.
"Come now, accidients happen." Kal soothed.
Kia began picking up the shards as Kal helped.
"Yeah but they happen to me alot!" she said.
While cleaning a Koffing floated by. "Koffing! Koff koff koff! Koffing!"
It said rather disgruntly.
Kia looked up at it. "Well I'm sorry you didn't win but I did warn you that
that Sandshrew was a much higher level than you." she said.
The Pokemon sank. "Kooooooooooffffffiiiinnngggggggg...... Koffing! Kooffing?"
Kia answered it.
"Hmm. I think I saw them by playing field G. You may wanna go check!"
It floated away. Kal was astonished at how Kia could converse with the
Pokemon. A little later a Jigglypuff trotted by.
"Jiggly! Jiggly jiggly puff??"
"I'm sorry Jiggly but I get put to sleep by it too." Kia sighed to the round
pink fluffball.
"PUFF!!!!!!" The Pokemon heaved. It stormed off.
Kia sweated. "Geesh! For something so cute it sure has a filthy mouth!"
Kal looked at her and sensed something all too familiar.
'Is it possible?' he thought. 'I've been here in this world for nearly 20
years and she is the first? I must trust my intuition. Yes, the force is
strong in her.'
"Kia how long have you been able to converse with Pokemon?" He asked.
She placed her hands on her thighs. "Hmm all my life I guess, I can just
understand what they say and they can understand me. Come to think of it when
no one wanted to talk to me Pokemon would. They always chatted with me."
Just then Bertha the supervisor came back.
"Kia!!! How dare you ask someone to help you! You're in for it now!" she
yelled.
Kia stuttered. "But, but, but...I, I, I, I...."
Kal cleared his mind and adressed Bertha. "That won't be nessecary." he said
"That won't be nessecary..." Bertha repeated, sounding dazed.
"She's doing a great job."
"You're doing a great job!"
"Let me take this for you..."
"Let me take this for you." Bertha said and stooped over to take the tray
filled with broken glass.
"In fact take an hour lunch break!"
"Hey, how about you take an hour lunch break!"
"Go on now."
"Well, go, go on!" Bertha said as she left.
Kia blinked in shock and looked at the grinning Kal,
"H-H-How did you do that!?"
Kal stood up and smiled. "Let's just say I have an infulence over people. I
have to go see who will be chosen for the Expedition. Would you please join
me? You do have an hour lunch break." he said, offering his arm.
Kia blushed and accepted.
Chapter four: Moment of truth......
It was 7 o'clock and the competitions were over.
Dr. Trudie handed Gary the roster of the trainers who were chosen overall.
His eyes scanned the list.
"Oh wow! Oh gawwwwwd!! Aw no!!! I know HALF their parents!!!!!" He lamented,
slapping himself in the forehead.
Trudie took off her lab coat. "Well they're the best and that's who the
commitee chose overall."
Gary grabbed his suit jacket. As head of the Expedition, he would have to
announce the results.
"This isn't an Expedition." he grumbled. "It's a daycare field trip!"
The crowd had assembled in front of the pokemon center. All the tests
all the forms, all the battles had come down to this moment.
Gary was joined by his team and 4 other leading pokemon scientists. The
microphone sqwaked and hummed as Gary stepped up to it.
"Hello? Um...Hi!" he said. "First off I want to thank each and everyone one
of you. You all did a great job and all deserve a round of applause!"
With that loud clapping rose from the crowd.
"Unfortunately only seven of you can be selected. Now as I call your names
please come to the front." He cleared his throat.
"BRISS PORTER!"
Applause went up and a small 13 year old girl came up stage. She had dirty
blond hair that was tied into two ponytails on both sides of her head. She
carried with her a very large wooden bat, which she swung in the air
triumphantly. Her fellow trainers from the San Dallas City gym cheered her
on.
"KIMMI BROCK!"
Kimmi's sister's all hugged and screamed as they kissed her and urgered her
onstage. Her father Brock congratulted her. "I'm proud of you pumpkin!"
"RYER ROCKET!"
The Rockets all yelled as James patted his son on the head. Ryer leapt onto
the stage, "I did it! I did it!!!" He yelled not looking where he was going
and falling flat on his face. Ruka yelled "Go Ryer!" With a haunting feeling
that she didn't get chosen.
"NINA KETCHUM!"
Nina screamed and blew out her fathers ears. "Wahhhhh!!! Nina I'm deaf now!"
Ash wailed. Nina hugged her mother.
"Goofy. Get up there!" Misty said.
"GRAYDON SAWYER!"
Applause went up and died down. No Graydon. Gary looked around and called
again "Graydon Sawyer?"
"Right here!" A voice answered. On stage walked a boy about 17. He walked up
on metal crutches. The kind kids who had polio used. Mainly because he HAD
Polio. He noticed Briss, Kimmi, Nina, and Ryer staring at him.
"What's amatter?" he demanded. "Never saw a cripple before?"
Gary called out the next name...
"JETT MASTERS!"
A tall handsome boy of about 17 jumped up on stage. He smiled and waved to
the crowd.
"Hey who is he? He's cute." Nina asked Kimmi.
Her friend shrugged. "No one knows him, he's not affiliated with any Gym,
he's a wild card!"
"My favorite kind." Nina said, rubbing her hands together.
The last name was about to be called and Ruka gripped her Father's hands
tightly.
"I'm not gonna get chosen! I'm not gonna get chosen! I'm not gonna get
chosen!" she whimpered.
James conforted her. "Hush honey. It's not over yet." He said putting aside
his own feelings of doubt. Jesse eyed her daughter.
"She's never been away from her brother before..." she whispered to James.
"HARUKA ROCKET!"
"Yay!!! SIS!!! Team Rocket Two stays together!!!!!" Ryer yelled.
Jesse and James both shook their daughter. "YOU DID IT! YOU DID IT!!" They
yelled. Ruka only responded by fainting.
"Thank you all for participating." Gary said. "Now if I can get all of the
canidates to report to the Pokemon center for your Final Physicals, we have a
big day tomorrow and we need to clear that up tonight!"
Kia excused herself from Kal.
"That's my cue. I have to go and assist with physicals. It was nice meeting
you Kal!" With that she and her Oddish trotted off to the Pokemon center.
Kal's way was set. "She has the ability to become a great Jedi." he muttered
to himself. "If I don't attempt to train her she might become a victim of the
dark side..."
Part Three
Chapter five: Life Sux
"Cough-Cough!" Kimmi hacked,"Cough-Cough!!!!!"
Kimmi, Ruka and Nina sat waiting to be examined by Dr.joy
"Hey Kimmi, that cough sounds bad are you OK?" Ruka asked.
Kimmi cleared her throat "I'm fine, really."
She reached into her purse and pulled out some asprin. "Can I have a sip of
your soda Ruka?"
"Sure!" Ruka said as she gave her her Poke-cola to her friend. Kimmi gulped
down the medicine.
Briss walked out of the office rubbing her butt. "Next," she whinced. "Ouch,
stupid innocu-whats-its."
Kimmi strolled in to see her aunt writing something down in a medical folder
"Kimmi," she said looking up. "I need you to strip down and put on a gown,
and take a seat on the table."
Kimmi did as she was told, all the while letting out a cough or two.
Joy didn't like the sound of the cough. She began her examination.
"Lay down Kimmi, I have to lift up your gown." She ran a stethascope over
her chest and belly. "Breathe deep. Again, again,... Again. One more time..."
Joy heard a gurgglingin the nieces chest that confirmed her fears.
Kimmi sat up. Her Aunt asked. "Kimmi where are your Mom and Dad?"
She asked Kimmi thought. "They might be in the cafetieria."
Joy went to a phone "I need to ask them something right quick."
"Mr and Mrs Brock, please report to the third floor treatment room." She
paged on the overhead. Joy put down the phone and began popping her knuckles
one by one.
"Aunt Joy? What's wrong with me?" Kimmi asked
"What makes you think somthing's wrong?"
"You're craking your knuckles. It's a nervous trait all of us Joy's do."
She pointed out.
Joy realised she was busted.
Kimmi looked her in the eye. "I can't go ..can I?"
Joy ran a hand down her face, something she did with all of her nieces when
they were little.
"You're my niece." she sighed. "But your also a young woman, so I'll tell it
to you straight, I'm your lab tests we found a strain of measles. You have
the first stage symptoms. With proper treatment you'll be cured...
But, I can't out of good faith, allow you to go. The risk would be too great,
to you, to the crew, and to anyone else in the Outer Territories."
Kimmi felt weak, she tried to keep a straight face but couldn't. She broke
down in her aunt's arms.
Shortly after, her parents came and Joy broke the news to them.
Before they left they were visited by Dr.Gary Oak.
He patted Kimmi on the shoulder. "Hey, I'm sorry you can't go this time." He
said. But there will be a second Expedition, I guarantee it. And I PROMISE
you'll be the first to go!" Joy gave a warm smile.
"You have my word!" Gary said. "Now go get better!"
Brock shook Gary's hand. "Thanks Gary! you sure have changed. I remeber you
as a total jerk."
Gary sighed, "If only you knew........."
"C'mon Kimmi! Let's give Jordan the measles so he dosen't get it on in later
life!" Brock said.
His wife slugged him. "Ow, just kidding!"
As they left Kimmi was stopped by Ruka.
"Hey! What's wrong?" she asked.
"I'm not going.....I have the measles." She said solemnly. Kimmi smiled.
"Be careful, and write me OK!"
Ruka nodded "Um yeah. You be careful too!" She waved good bye and watched
them leave.
Ruka felt really, really, sick.
"Measles.........Perfect!" She remebered Kimmi sharing her Poke-cola.
"I'm sunk!"
"Ruka!" Joy called out. "You're next! Your Mom can sit in too!"
Joy started the exam checking all parts to Ruka. Joy and Jesse would chat
about old times and such. Until Ruka could no longer hold it in.
"Dr.Joy! I need to tell you something!" She took a deep breath. "Ok, so Kimmi
has the measles and all? Well she had a bad cough and she needed to take her
medicine so I kinda... I sorta...well...I let her share my soda."
"Ruka!" Jesse scolded.
"I'm sorry Mom I didn't know!" Ruka looked at Joy. "Will I be ok?" she asked
meekly.
Joy thought for a bit.
"Jesse did Ruka have any childhood sickness?"
Jesse paused. "Well there was that one time when she was barely 2."
Ruka looked at her.
"There was? All I remember having is Chicken Pox and Colds and Flus and all
the other normal stuff that gets you out of school for a week."
Jesse sighed "I'd like to forget that moment." She said. "We almost lost
you." She turned to Joy. "She had a fever of 103, and a horrible cough, I can
still hear her screaming... We left Ryer with Brock and went to the hospital.
Her eyes were rolled back when I handed her to the nurse. She went limp. For
four hours I couldn't see my baby. They said it was scarlet fever. A week
later she pulled out of it." Jesse said, wiping at her eyes.
"Oh, Mom..." Ruka whispered.
Joy pulled out a medical book and began reading. "Uh huh...uh huh...Ah ha!"
She closed the book
"Ruka your in the clear! That scarlet fever should have built up a tolerance
to the measles, but just in case I'll give you a vaccination." Joy readied
and gave her a shot. Ruka winced, rubbing her arm.
"We're almost done, just one more thing." Joy said cheerfully, pulling out
a large tongue depressor.
"What's that for?" Ruka sweated.
"Cold sore check. Those things are practically contageous?"
"Daey awre?" Ruka asked around the large peice wood jammed into her mouth.
"Mmm hmm. You can catch them just by kissing." Joy said.
Ruka jumped. "Ooh sayd anytwing abawt kitheing!?!" she demanded.
"Hmm. What's this on your lip? Hey you've got a cut!" Joy cried.
"Aih pwobabwy cuthed ith om my cola can." Ruka mumbled as Joy took the
depressor from her mouth.
"You cut it on metal?!? Time for a tetanus shot!"
"Whaaaat!?! A tetanus shot!?! What for!?!" Ruka wailed as Joy filled a huge
needle with something pink that swirled...
Up on level four, as he was examined by another Joy, Ryer heard his twin
sister scream. "YYEEEEEEEOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!"
"Ten bucks it was a tetnus shot." he winked at his father.
James grinned where he was sitting by the exam table. "Make it fifteen and
you're on."
Chapter Six : Fill the void......
It was morning at the Pokemon center and the 6 teens were assembled
for the Get-To-Know-You Breakfast. All around the table voices cluttered as
they 'got to know each other'.
"Pass the pancakes!"
"More syrup please!"
"More Orange Juice?"
"I can't believe she did that to me!"
"Hey do you like seafood?"
"Uh...sure!"
"SEE!"
"Ewwwww!!! And your a girl?!?!"
"I can't believe she did that to me!!"
"First blood test Ryer?" Nina asked
"Blood test? Ha! She gouged me!" He held up his finger which was covered by
a neon green band-aid. "I can't believe she did that to me!!!" he yelled.
At the far end of the table sat the adults of the Expedition and
members of the Pokemon leauge. Gary, Trudie, Joy, Kenny, Dr.Petersen,
Dr. Baker, Dr. Morris, and Kal.
"There's still the matter of the 7th finalist..." Dr. Baker began.
"Either way we can't call back the others, it's too late now." Gary turned to
Kal. "Kal this is your call. What should we do?"
Through the years Gary had know Kal, he had grown to trust his judgement and
wisdom and deeply relied on his opinon. Kal sipped his tea and eyed Kia.
"Her!" her pointed to the girl as she desperately attempted to balance too
many plates on her arms. Her Oddish rushed about her tentative feet, carrying
a pitcher of water on it's head.
"Let's take her." Kal said.
Gary and the others turned to see Kia busy busing a table. They then saw her
trip over Oddish and fall flat on her face, dishes flying everywhere. Trudie
sweated. "You want us to take Queen Clutz of the Universe?"
"Might I ask why?" Dr. Petersen asked Kal.
"She has much potential." Kal said. "Gary, trust me, since when have I ever
led you astray?"
Gary tapped the table with his fork and thought.
"I'm with Kal on this one." he said finally
Dr. Petersen argued. "I'm sorry but that little clutz is simply a liability,
I won't allow it."
Kal placed his tea down and stared at Dr. Petersen.
"On second thought I change my mind." he said.
Dr. Petersen stopped. "On second thought I change my mind." he repeated.
"She'll do fine."
"She'll do fine!"
"Put her on the list."
"Put her on the list!" He said as he turned to his colleauges.
Trudie whispered to Gary "What's going on??"
"Old Jedi mind trick." He said. "You never win an arguement with Kal."
"Well it's settled." Kal smiled. "I'll go inform her!"
He got up and left, on the way he was stopped by Ruka and her friends at the
teen table. "Morning Kal! Why are you still here?" She asked.
He stopped. "Good morning to you too! I guess they haven't told you but
I'm your guide into the Outer Territories."
Ryer shot up from his seat. "Really? ROCK ON!!!"
"If you'll excuse me I have to recruit team member seven." With that he left.
"Who is he?" Briss asked. "He dresses funny." She said in reference to his
brown robes and tan Gi."
Kal is really cool!" Ryer began
"He's our friend we met in Satrudo. "He saved our folks lives way before we
were born. He's a Jedi Knight and let me tell you he can do some helluava
cool stuff!" Ryer went off on a tangent about Kal as the jedi approached Kia.
Kal reached Kia as she and Oddish were busy picking up the broken
pieces of dishes.
"Good morning Kia!" He greeted. She turned to face him.
"Oh! G..good morning Kal!"
"Quite a morning?"
"You can say that again."
"Is this your last day here?" He asked her.
Kia sighed "Yup. After this it's back to the orphanage."
Kal took a seat. "How long have you lived there? "
"All my life, I was found in a basket by the nearby monestary, taken in by
nuns and raised at the orphanage ever since." She told the tale as though it
had become very bland over the years...
Kal stood again. "Tell you what Kia. Instead of going back to the orphanage
come with us to the Outer Territories." He pointed across the room at the
chattering teens and professors.
She blinked. "The Expediton!?! Shouldn't only Pokemon trainers go? All I have
is Oddy and he dosen't fight!"
"We all of a sudden have an opening and I want you to go." Kal said.
She took off her headdress to reveal her long brown hair.
"Why me? I can't do anything right!" She said solemnly.
"Don't say that! You don't know it yet but you have a power that you are not
aware of, and I want to help you develop it and use it to your best ability."
He said "The gift you have to speak with Pokemon is the tip of a much larger
iceburg. There's a much bigger world out there for you."
Oddish hobbled up and lovingly nudged Kal.
"Oddddish! Oooodish! Oooooooooooddddish!" He cooed.
Kia was amazed. "He likes you ! He really likes you!" She said. "He's afraid
of everyone else but me!" She thought. "I don't know why but I feel I can
trust you." She took a deep breath. "OK, I'll go with you on the Expedition." Kia smiled.
"Good for you! Now go pack! You have a busy day ahead of you!"
She smiled "Kal, all my life I've had one constant dream, about men in
hooded robes with swords of light. And when they spoke to me they only told
me one thing." She closed her eyes and thought.
There is no emotion, There is peace,
There is no ignorance, There is knowledge,
There is no passion, There is serenity,
There is no death, There is the Force.
A Jedi does not act for personal wealth of gain but seeks knowledge and
enlightenment.
A true Jedi never acts from hatred, fear or aggression but acts when calm and
at peace with the Force.
Kal could not believe his ears
'The jedi code........how could she know it?' He thought.
"Kal?" She asked. "What are Jedi Knights?"
Kal smiled and patted her shoulder.
"I'll do better than tell you! I'll show you how to be one!"
And it was at that moment Kal gained his first pupil. And he hoped beyond all
hope that he wouldn't fail like Obi-Wan Kenobi did a long time ago.