Chapter Fifteen - If Only Tears Could Bring You Back
After a series of strange looks to and fro, from the cameras to Jacko, to Sillabub, to Jetstorm, Jacko started running. Jemima bounced up and said sarcastically
"Oh… Goodie Goodie Gumdrops! Another run!"
Jemima set off at a run, running through trees, hitting plants out of the way, being hit by plants Jacko had moved. Jig, Victoria and Sillabub were hot on Jemima and Jacko's heels, the others in hot pursuit. Jacko came to a screeching halt as he saw a boy tried desperately to calm an unusually large Primeape. The Primeape struck out at him, in a manic Thrash attack. The boy caught each of the blows on his face, as he franticly tried to calm it down. The boy's face was covered in bruises, when the Primeape used its Seismic Toss, and crushed the boy, by carrying him as it jumped, then charging down to earth and landing on him. The boy was knocked out. Then the Primeape did another Seismic Toss. The boy was no longer breathing. Then the Primeape ran off through the trees.
"I'll sort that out, you deal with the kid!" Said Sillabub, swinging through the trees on a vine.
"Hey… Are you okay? Wake up! Please say you're alive." Said Jemima
The boy's eyes opened and he said
"Gee… Thank you for caring. Jemima?! I… Jemima…"
He stopped breathing again and his eyes closed. He'd gone. Jig comforted Victoria, who was crying quietly.
Sillabub came running back.
"I got me a new Primeape!"
"What's… wrong?" She asked
Jemima looked up, sadly.
"He's… Gone" said Jemima
"Gone…? No! He can't be… A Pokémon would never kill!" Said Sillabub, who sat down hard on the floor in amazement
"Either you're wrong, or he's a weakling." Said Misty
"And He's not a weakling. Did you see how long he withstood that Thrash attack? And then he was still alive after two Seismic Tosses" Said Ash
"Why is it people like him? Always People like him?" Asked Jemima
Victoria was just crying, alone by a banana tree.
"He looked very brave." Said Brock
"He was." Said Jemima
"He took one too many risks. Unless he was stupid?" Asked Brock
"HE WAS NOT STUPID!" Said Jemima, angrily as she hit Brock over and over again.
"OKAYOKAYOKAY! HE WASN'T STUPID, OKAY!"
"I could argue about that…" Said Vicky
"I know not where he got his knowledge, strength and bravery from, I just know, he sure had a lot of it." Said Jemima
"Then he was incredibly brave." Said Brock
"Why are you crying? I mean, it's not like you knew him, or he was your brother! Not that I'd cry if MY annoying brother were to DROP OFF THIS PLANET! He was just a stupid boy undertaking an impossible task with a huge risk." Topaz asked
Victoria, who was standing behind Topaz, smacked her round the side of her head.
"HE WAS MY BROTHER YOU MANKEY-BRAINED IDIOT!"
"Oh…I… I'm so sorry Victoria… I didn't mean it like that… I… I'm so sorry" Said Topaz apologetically
"He was my friend." Said Jemima, almost speechless.
She lifted his head up onto her knee. She bowed her head over his and cried. Victoria took his Pokéballs from his waist.
"GOLEM! GO!" Cried Victoria
"ARCANINE! GO!"
"ALAKAZAM! GO!"
"MACHAMP! GO!"
"GYARADOS! GO!"
"MAGMAR! GO!"
His Pokémon surrounded his body in silent companionship. The Arcanine lay down over his legs, as if trying to warm him up.
"POKÉMON! COME BACK TO ME!" Cried Jemima
Her Persian came back first and licked her hand with his sandpapery tongue, to reassure her.
"Per? Per, Per Per PerNauw! Neaw Neaw Per"
"I'm okay, just he… isn't… "
Then, her Pikachu came running up with her Sandshrew. Her Lapras came back, crying and telling Jemima not to worry. Then her Onix's shadow loomed up; The Onix curled round all the kids. Jolteon ran up crying. Mewtwo loped up with an insolent, teenage look of boredom on his face. He was slouching and generally being a 'Kevin'. What a great help he was gonna be. The Alakazam shouted "KOZAAM!" And a shimmering, rainbow coloured light lit the Glasshouse. Mewtwo drew himself up to his full height, lifted his head and slowly opened his huge purple eyes. He turned his head to the sky and shouted "LIFE!". The air glistened with Psychic powers. Then, a sparkling white beam of light cast itself onto the boy's face. The sky and Glasshouse went dark apart from the beam of light. Scribbles leaned towards Andre and he held her. Jetstorm was wearing the usual look of determination and fearlessness on his face. The light returned to normal and the boy opened his eyes
"JACOB! YOU'RE OK!" Said Victoria
"I have such a headache." Said the boy (Jacob)
Victoria hugged him.
"Err… spare a thought for my lap! Your head is a dead weight" Said Jemima, hiding her emotions from him.
She got up and as she did Jacob's head hit the concrete floor.
"Ow." Said Jacob in a matter-of-fact way.
Jemima showed some tenderness on her face as he looked away, but she quickly noticed she was doing it and turned round. She went up to the nearest tree and banged her head against it.
"You lose 200 brain cells every time you do that." Came a voice from beyond a tree. Jemima dropped to the floor with a glazed look on her face. Jacob came over to her and she said
"Hello doctor! You wanted to see me?"
She collapsed sideways. A girl with jet-black hair came running up.
" "Is she okay?"
"Oh, her? Nah, she's fine. She head-butted that tree ON PURPOSE MAY I ADD." Said Jacko, extra loud, just for everybody else's benefit
"Oh… I'm Ember," Said the girl.
"Oh radiant, exquisite and unmatchable beauty!" Said Brock
"Is he always like this?" Asked Ember trying to wriggle her hand out of his grasp.
"Yeah, He's just an idiot. Don't mind him." Said Jacko
Ember smiled at Jacko and he blushed and turned round. Sam grinned and nodded at Jig.
"Ooh! Jacko's got a crush!"
"Leave it out guys!" Said Jacko shyly
"Ooh! Jacko and Ember, sittin' in a tree K-I-S-S…" Sang Jig
"Shut up Jigger" Said Jacko, stopping her mid sentence
"I-N-G! So, Jacko, Is it love at first sight, or just a childhood crush?" Asked Sam
Needless to say, Sam got a punch in the eye. He was still laughing though.
"Better get used to it Jacko." Said Brock
"It… Its getting dark, d'ya wanna stay with me tonight guys?" Said Sillabub
There was a chorus of
"Sure…"
"Sure
"Sure" And so on.
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NOTE: Just when we thought it couldn't get any worwse, its about to get a lot more confusing... If you can tell who is speaking at all for the rest of the story, contact the Shardracian State Home for the Bewildered, via Meatloaf-kun.
After a series of strange looks to and fro, from the cameras to Jacko, to Sillabub, to Jetstorm, Jacko started running. Jemima bounced up and said sarcastically
"Oh… Goodie Goodie Gumdrops! Another run!"
Jemima set off at a run, running through trees, hitting plants out of the way, being hit by plants Jacko had moved. Jig, Victoria and Sillabub were hot on Jemima and Jacko's heels, the others in hot pursuit. Jacko came to a screeching halt as he saw a boy tried desperately to calm an unusually large Primeape. The Primeape struck out at him, in a manic Thrash attack. The boy caught each of the blows on his face, as he franticly tried to calm it down. The boy's face was covered in bruises, when the Primeape used its Seismic Toss, and crushed the boy, by carrying him as it jumped, then charging down to earth and landing on him. The boy was knocked out. Then the Primeape did another Seismic Toss. The boy was no longer breathing. Then the Primeape ran off through the trees.
"I'll sort that out, you deal with the kid!" Said Sillabub, swinging through the trees on a vine.
"Hey… Are you okay? Wake up! Please say you're alive." Said Jemima
The boy's eyes opened and he said
"Gee… Thank you for caring. Jemima?! I… Jemima…"
He stopped breathing again and his eyes closed. He'd gone. Jig comforted Victoria, who was crying quietly.
Sillabub came running back.
"I got me a new Primeape!"
"What's… wrong?" She asked
Jemima looked up, sadly.
"He's… Gone" said Jemima
"Gone…? No! He can't be… A Pokémon would never kill!" Said Sillabub, who sat down hard on the floor in amazement
"Either you're wrong, or he's a weakling." Said Misty
"And He's not a weakling. Did you see how long he withstood that Thrash attack? And then he was still alive after two Seismic Tosses" Said Ash
"Why is it people like him? Always People like him?" Asked Jemima
Victoria was just crying, alone by a banana tree.
"He looked very brave." Said Brock
"He was." Said Jemima
"He took one too many risks. Unless he was stupid?" Asked Brock
"HE WAS NOT STUPID!" Said Jemima, angrily as she hit Brock over and over again.
"OKAYOKAYOKAY! HE WASN'T STUPID, OKAY!"
"I could argue about that…" Said Vicky
"I know not where he got his knowledge, strength and bravery from, I just know, he sure had a lot of it." Said Jemima
"Then he was incredibly brave." Said Brock
"Why are you crying? I mean, it's not like you knew him, or he was your brother! Not that I'd cry if MY annoying brother were to DROP OFF THIS PLANET! He was just a stupid boy undertaking an impossible task with a huge risk." Topaz asked
Victoria, who was standing behind Topaz, smacked her round the side of her head.
"HE WAS MY BROTHER YOU MANKEY-BRAINED IDIOT!"
"Oh…I… I'm so sorry Victoria… I didn't mean it like that… I… I'm so sorry" Said Topaz apologetically
"He was my friend." Said Jemima, almost speechless.
She lifted his head up onto her knee. She bowed her head over his and cried. Victoria took his Pokéballs from his waist.
"GOLEM! GO!" Cried Victoria
"ARCANINE! GO!"
"ALAKAZAM! GO!"
"MACHAMP! GO!"
"GYARADOS! GO!"
"MAGMAR! GO!"
His Pokémon surrounded his body in silent companionship. The Arcanine lay down over his legs, as if trying to warm him up.
"POKÉMON! COME BACK TO ME!" Cried Jemima
Her Persian came back first and licked her hand with his sandpapery tongue, to reassure her.
"Per? Per, Per Per PerNauw! Neaw Neaw Per"
"I'm okay, just he… isn't… "
Then, her Pikachu came running up with her Sandshrew. Her Lapras came back, crying and telling Jemima not to worry. Then her Onix's shadow loomed up; The Onix curled round all the kids. Jolteon ran up crying. Mewtwo loped up with an insolent, teenage look of boredom on his face. He was slouching and generally being a 'Kevin'. What a great help he was gonna be. The Alakazam shouted "KOZAAM!" And a shimmering, rainbow coloured light lit the Glasshouse. Mewtwo drew himself up to his full height, lifted his head and slowly opened his huge purple eyes. He turned his head to the sky and shouted "LIFE!". The air glistened with Psychic powers. Then, a sparkling white beam of light cast itself onto the boy's face. The sky and Glasshouse went dark apart from the beam of light. Scribbles leaned towards Andre and he held her. Jetstorm was wearing the usual look of determination and fearlessness on his face. The light returned to normal and the boy opened his eyes
"JACOB! YOU'RE OK!" Said Victoria
"I have such a headache." Said the boy (Jacob)
Victoria hugged him.
"Err… spare a thought for my lap! Your head is a dead weight" Said Jemima, hiding her emotions from him.
She got up and as she did Jacob's head hit the concrete floor.
"Ow." Said Jacob in a matter-of-fact way.
Jemima showed some tenderness on her face as he looked away, but she quickly noticed she was doing it and turned round. She went up to the nearest tree and banged her head against it.
"You lose 200 brain cells every time you do that." Came a voice from beyond a tree. Jemima dropped to the floor with a glazed look on her face. Jacob came over to her and she said
"Hello doctor! You wanted to see me?"
She collapsed sideways. A girl with jet-black hair came running up.
" "Is she okay?"
"Oh, her? Nah, she's fine. She head-butted that tree ON PURPOSE MAY I ADD." Said Jacko, extra loud, just for everybody else's benefit
"Oh… I'm Ember," Said the girl.
"Oh radiant, exquisite and unmatchable beauty!" Said Brock
"Is he always like this?" Asked Ember trying to wriggle her hand out of his grasp.
"Yeah, He's just an idiot. Don't mind him." Said Jacko
Ember smiled at Jacko and he blushed and turned round. Sam grinned and nodded at Jig.
"Ooh! Jacko's got a crush!"
"Leave it out guys!" Said Jacko shyly
"Ooh! Jacko and Ember, sittin' in a tree K-I-S-S…" Sang Jig
"Shut up Jigger" Said Jacko, stopping her mid sentence
"I-N-G! So, Jacko, Is it love at first sight, or just a childhood crush?" Asked Sam
Needless to say, Sam got a punch in the eye. He was still laughing though.
"Better get used to it Jacko." Said Brock
"It… Its getting dark, d'ya wanna stay with me tonight guys?" Said Sillabub
There was a chorus of
"Sure…"
"Sure
"Sure" And so on.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
NOTE: Just when we thought it couldn't get any worwse, its about to get a lot more confusing... If you can tell who is speaking at all for the rest of the story, contact the Shardracian State Home for the Bewildered, via Meatloaf-kun.