Nurse Joy was not in a good mood, which vas very unusual for her family.
When she had woke up first thing that morning she had felt sleepy. Then
once she had properly woken up she felt bright and cheerfull as all her
family felt 24 hours a day. This feeling had lasted untill the fourth
worried trainer burst into the center with a sick Pokemon. Her calm cherry
hopefullnes had gradually changed to worry, then panik as the number
doubled, then horror as the entire Veridian City Pokemon Center was crammed
full of stricken Pokemon, and now, as she was stuck on a rattling train
heading out to a naibouring city, she was anoyed. Angry in fact.
Half an hour ago all the Pokemon seemed to be on the way out, and Nurse Joy had absolutly no idea what to do. They were all showing the same symptoms, and it was surmised that the entire City's Pokemon had been infected by some sort of Virus or desiese, which Nurse Joy was powerless to stop.
Then when they attempted to Teleport the sticken Pokemon to a secure location they discovered that all of the Teleport machines in the Center had cut out compleatly. When a cause was not found for the bizzare power failiure, they attempted to pack the pokemon into trucks to take to the secure location only to find that the trucks insides had been gutted completly, leaving only a useless shell. After a string of similar failiures two trainers had sugessted using the old Veridian City railway, which was currently being re-vamped for the new millenium. The fact 2 years had passed since the millenium was testement to the eternal mystery that is Beuracracy.
Now after all that hard work it seemed that none of it had been necesary. Using the small portable Medkit that she carried everywere, Nurse Joy had analised the mystery Virus and had discovered that it was slowly destabilising. In laymens terms the Pokemon were building a very strong resistance to it and were getting better. This meant that not only had there been a wasted trip, and there had been a lot of worry over nothing, it also meant that she would have to explain to the authoritys why they had to put the entire City under martial law, barricading the roads so that no- one could go or leave, for nothing.
The Veridian City's Officer Jenny opened the small hatch at the top of the rail car and climed down. Nurse Joy made one last routine check of the Electabuzz and turned to face the music.
"Well, what's the word?" asked Jenny. "Are they going to be ok?"
"Oh yes, there doing much better now, it's just,"
"Just what?"
"I can't understand how theve built up such a strong resistance to the Virus." She sighed. "It's not that I'm complaining that their getting better, but.."
"I know what you mean," said Jenny. This entire thing doesnt seem right somehow. It's almost as if this entire thing has been planned."
"But who would want to do something like that," said Nurse Joy. Officer Jenny sighed to herself. The Jennys were honest and hardworking people, but origional thought wasnt their strongpoint.
"Well ther are several minority groups who would love to get their hands on this amount of Pokemon," she said. "But, the only group I can think off with this kind of resources would be Team Rocket."
"The Pokemon Poachers," exlaimed nurse Joy. "But why would they go to all this trouble. This Virus alone is a work of art. This must have taken months to plan. Why not just steal the Pokemon normally." Officer Jenny gave her an apraising look. It had taken her most of the trip to come to that conclusion.
"Even Team Rocket would find it hard to steal every single pokemon from the City using typical methods. This is probably the best way to capture them all in one go."
"But why havent they ever done enything like this before," said Joy. Surly it would have saved them a lot of trouble in the long run." Jenny shook her head sadly.
"I dont know, I honestly dont know."
She was about to say something more but was abruptly cut off when the carrige began to fly.
Jigglypuff had been having a bad day as well. She had just been launched out of a Karioke bar, by an unatturally quick thinking Bartender, for the simple crime of getting on the stage in the middle of an elvis song. After that she had been hit by several huge sheets of water from passing cars, and was molested by two mangy Meowths scrounging for food. And to top that of, she was now hitching a lift on this stupid train with a horrific lack of room service. Not that Jigglypuff was complaining, mind you. Compared to some of her previous trecks across the globe, this was a peice of cake. After about an hour of trying to find a comfortable spot Jigglypuff finally propped herself behind one of the grills on the roof and Nodded off.
Big mistake.
She had just been minding her own buisness, dreaming the eternal dream of her eventual and inevitable stardom, when a shadow had blocked the sunlight from her tan. She looked up in annoyance, and then nearly fainted in horror as the obstruction dived at the Train Car, and Lifted it clear off the track.
Officer Jenny and Nurse Joy gripped the rail in an effort to stay standing as the train car shook and rocked dangerously.
"What's happening," said Jenny over the noise.
"I think were moving," said Nurse Joy.
"Duh," thought Jenny. She made her way over to the side door of the car.
"What are you doing?" asked Joy.
"I'm going to go and see what's got hold of us."
"Shouldnt you use the top hatch?" said Joy.
"Whatevers got hold of us is directly overhead. I cant risk being spotted." She reached the side door and took a deep breath.
"Do you think this has something to do with Team Rocket?"
"What," she turned to Joy. She paused for a moment. "I wouldnt be suprised." She moved the door slowly. "Hang on tight."
"Be carefull," called Joy.
"Jenny opened the door fully and slowly leaned out. And got a face full of Jigglypuff.
Half an hour ago all the Pokemon seemed to be on the way out, and Nurse Joy had absolutly no idea what to do. They were all showing the same symptoms, and it was surmised that the entire City's Pokemon had been infected by some sort of Virus or desiese, which Nurse Joy was powerless to stop.
Then when they attempted to Teleport the sticken Pokemon to a secure location they discovered that all of the Teleport machines in the Center had cut out compleatly. When a cause was not found for the bizzare power failiure, they attempted to pack the pokemon into trucks to take to the secure location only to find that the trucks insides had been gutted completly, leaving only a useless shell. After a string of similar failiures two trainers had sugessted using the old Veridian City railway, which was currently being re-vamped for the new millenium. The fact 2 years had passed since the millenium was testement to the eternal mystery that is Beuracracy.
Now after all that hard work it seemed that none of it had been necesary. Using the small portable Medkit that she carried everywere, Nurse Joy had analised the mystery Virus and had discovered that it was slowly destabilising. In laymens terms the Pokemon were building a very strong resistance to it and were getting better. This meant that not only had there been a wasted trip, and there had been a lot of worry over nothing, it also meant that she would have to explain to the authoritys why they had to put the entire City under martial law, barricading the roads so that no- one could go or leave, for nothing.
The Veridian City's Officer Jenny opened the small hatch at the top of the rail car and climed down. Nurse Joy made one last routine check of the Electabuzz and turned to face the music.
"Well, what's the word?" asked Jenny. "Are they going to be ok?"
"Oh yes, there doing much better now, it's just,"
"Just what?"
"I can't understand how theve built up such a strong resistance to the Virus." She sighed. "It's not that I'm complaining that their getting better, but.."
"I know what you mean," said Jenny. This entire thing doesnt seem right somehow. It's almost as if this entire thing has been planned."
"But who would want to do something like that," said Nurse Joy. Officer Jenny sighed to herself. The Jennys were honest and hardworking people, but origional thought wasnt their strongpoint.
"Well ther are several minority groups who would love to get their hands on this amount of Pokemon," she said. "But, the only group I can think off with this kind of resources would be Team Rocket."
"The Pokemon Poachers," exlaimed nurse Joy. "But why would they go to all this trouble. This Virus alone is a work of art. This must have taken months to plan. Why not just steal the Pokemon normally." Officer Jenny gave her an apraising look. It had taken her most of the trip to come to that conclusion.
"Even Team Rocket would find it hard to steal every single pokemon from the City using typical methods. This is probably the best way to capture them all in one go."
"But why havent they ever done enything like this before," said Joy. Surly it would have saved them a lot of trouble in the long run." Jenny shook her head sadly.
"I dont know, I honestly dont know."
She was about to say something more but was abruptly cut off when the carrige began to fly.
Jigglypuff had been having a bad day as well. She had just been launched out of a Karioke bar, by an unatturally quick thinking Bartender, for the simple crime of getting on the stage in the middle of an elvis song. After that she had been hit by several huge sheets of water from passing cars, and was molested by two mangy Meowths scrounging for food. And to top that of, she was now hitching a lift on this stupid train with a horrific lack of room service. Not that Jigglypuff was complaining, mind you. Compared to some of her previous trecks across the globe, this was a peice of cake. After about an hour of trying to find a comfortable spot Jigglypuff finally propped herself behind one of the grills on the roof and Nodded off.
Big mistake.
She had just been minding her own buisness, dreaming the eternal dream of her eventual and inevitable stardom, when a shadow had blocked the sunlight from her tan. She looked up in annoyance, and then nearly fainted in horror as the obstruction dived at the Train Car, and Lifted it clear off the track.
Officer Jenny and Nurse Joy gripped the rail in an effort to stay standing as the train car shook and rocked dangerously.
"What's happening," said Jenny over the noise.
"I think were moving," said Nurse Joy.
"Duh," thought Jenny. She made her way over to the side door of the car.
"What are you doing?" asked Joy.
"I'm going to go and see what's got hold of us."
"Shouldnt you use the top hatch?" said Joy.
"Whatevers got hold of us is directly overhead. I cant risk being spotted." She reached the side door and took a deep breath.
"Do you think this has something to do with Team Rocket?"
"What," she turned to Joy. She paused for a moment. "I wouldnt be suprised." She moved the door slowly. "Hang on tight."
"Be carefull," called Joy.
"Jenny opened the door fully and slowly leaned out. And got a face full of Jigglypuff.
