Chapter Nineteen - Lost!
A few days later, after relaxing in Crystal City, they set off again. They surfed on their Pokémon to a huge island, almost like the mainland. The island was not populated.
"Perhaps I'll be the first Pokémon watcher to discover some new Pokémon!" Said Scribbles excitedly.
They climbed some cliffs, and came to an expanse of grass with a forest up ahead.
"Now What?" Asked Jacko
"Now… Let's walk."
They walked across the grass. Nothing. The forest was farther away than they thought and it was dusk before they got there.
"We'd better get some shelter." Said Sam
"Won't the trees be our shelter?" Asked Atomic
"They'll only provide so much cover."
"Well, if we move these logs and get a few of those leaves…"
"Two steps ahead of ya sister!" Said Jig
"Bulbasaur! GO!"
"Get us a few of those big leaves!"
"This leaf is sorta stringy… AHA!"
Jemima pulled a few of the leaves off, and ripped them into strips. Topaz helped her tie them together. Jig, Sillabub and Vicky tied the larger leaves together. John's Golem and one of his Rhyhorn lifted the logs.
About an hour later, the shelter was finished. There was just about enough room for all of them.
"Hah! And most people only have two people on their journey! AAARGH! Somebody's cut off the blood supply to my foot! MOOVE!" Said Jemima.
"And there's… eighteen of us OW! Who threw that? Said Vicky
"Sorry. It was digging in my back!" Said Topaz
"What is it?" Asked Andre
"A bit of… tree bark." Said Vicky as she threw it.
"THAT WAS MY EYE YOU IDIOT!" Said Brock
"Bullseye… I mean…I'm an idiot?" Said Vicky
"Guys…" Said Sam
"Who is on my foot? GET ORF!" Shouted Jemima
"That's me, on your foot that is…" Said John.
"Then move your great fat behind!" Said Jemima
"OUCH!"
"WHO THREW THAT?" Asked Jemima
"Me, it was… Err… digging in my back. Yes… Digging in my… back…" Said Vicky
"What's that?" Asked Jemima
"What's… What?" Asked Vicky
"That noise…"
"Noise?"
"I can't hear anything" Said Topaz
"THAT'S COZ YOU'RE DEAF YA DOZEY MARE!" Shouted Jemima
"It's… gone…. THERE IT IS AGAIN!" She continued
"It's a… Deviel!" Said Scribbles
"A what?" Asked Jemima
"It's a new type of Pokémon"
"Oh dear. Is it friendly?" Asked Jemima
"No."
"Oh no…"
The next morning, cold and wet, they found themselves in a tree, their demolished shelter far below.
"Now what?" Asked Jig
"What's this stuff?" Asked Misty
"Stuff?" Asked Ash
"The white stuff."
"It's a Scyther trap. This is how they trap things" Said Scribbles
"Oh, reassuring…" Said Jig.
"Are they veggie?"
"Most of them are, but as this island is unpopulated, they may have evolved in a different way." Said Scribbles
"Which of course would explain why we are hanging from a tree." Said Misty
"Oh no…" Said Ash
"We need a pond or a lake." Said Sam
"There's one, through there.
"Lets go there then."
"Slight problem" Remarked Jemima, "We can't get free of this sticky stuff, our Pokéballs are in our bags, and even if we did get free, how'd we get down?" Said Jemima
"Ah… Err…" Said Sam
"Great. Just great. Stuck in a tree, can't get down and we're about to be Scyther chow." Said Jig
"Unless… Nah…" said Scribbles
"What?" Said Ash
"Well, we could… nah, you don't wanna hear it." Said Scribbles
"Yes we do, it's the best we got." Said Misty
"I just noticed, the tree has a lot of footholds, which must be where the Scyther stand, right? So I guess we could free somebody, ask him/her to go down there and get us out with the Pokémon." Said Scribbles
"Okay, who's going down there?" Asked Jig
They looked at each other in distraught silence
"Not Ash, he'll get side-tracked by a Pokémon, Brock would get side-tracked by a girl, Scribbles would wander off to look at an Oddish or something Atomic would just get Jetstorm down and forget about us, same with Jetstorm, And Vicky would notice a boy. I think Sam should go down." Said Misty
"Why not… Jacko, he can climb?" Said Sam
"Nah, I don't climb, Jemima does though." Said Jacko
Jemima sighed and swung her legs over the branch she was hanging from. She wriggled out of most of the stuff, but a tight bit round her elbows wouldn't come off. She started to climb down, but she saw a Scyther.
"Scyther ALERT!"
"HURRY UP THEN!"
Jemima reached the ground and sent everybody's Pokémon out. The Pokémon cut the sticky stuff and got them down.
"Right, TO THE POND!"
They got to the lake and washed the stuff off.
"Skank-Skank-Skank-a-lank!" Said Vicky
"Gross!" Said Misty
"Euw-Euw-Euw!" Said Topaz
"Rough!" Said Andre
They got it all off and set up a new camp, near the lake. They stayed the night there, then they went on to explore. They were just walking along when Jacko disappeared.
"AAAAAAARRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHH!" He screamed.
"Eep." Said Victoria
"Well, at least it wasn't me!" Said Jemima, sitting down and dangling her legs over the edge of the gigantic ravine that Jacko was clinging to the side of. Jacko gave her the evilest evils he could muster. She grinned. Suddenly, a boy started climbing up the ravine. He had mad purple hair, with two huge spikes sticking out the back. He reached the top, with a look of total surprise on his face.
"Woss up mate?" He asked as he pulled Jacko out of the ravine.
"I'm Manic! I climb cliffs, trees, mountains and suchlike… Hhhyyeeellllloooo!" He said as he noticed Victoria.
"What might your name be young lady?"
"You're no older than me… Victori…"
"Angel. Her name is Angel"
Jemima saw the fist coming, even before Victoria had lifted her arm. SMACK.
"By Dose! Bell, call her Angelica to really ged her addoyed!"
SMACK
"OOOW!"
"My name is Victoria."
"But…"
SMASH
"Keep your trap, shut" Said Vicky, closing Jemima's mouth for her. Jemima bit her.
"OW! You little cannibal"
"OW You big… Boxer!"
"Her Nickname is Angel…"
By this time Manic seemed to have lost interest. He went over to where Jacob, Andre and John were sitting.
"Hey! Is umm… Victoria single?"
"Yes."
"Yes, but perhaps… perhaps not, very soon… yeah… perhaps she won't be for long!"
"She won't be."
"Eh?"
"I'm gonna ask her out!" Said Manic. And on saying that, he walked over to Jetstorm and Atomic, standing a little way off on their own. John looked at the floor.
"You fancy my sister." Stated Jacob
John blushed
"You make me wanna barf."
"YOU fancy MY sister."
"You like mine, I'm gonna go… barf over… there."
After a while they went back to their shelter near the pond, now with Manic. Now officially nicknamed Maniac
They rested for a few days. After about four days, Jemima walked over to Brock.
"Brocko?"
"Yes, Trouble?"
"Ashy-boy over there is eating a tin of baked beans."
Sillabub came bouncing up, singing:
"BEANZ MEANZ GOOD FOR YOUR HEART! THE MORE YOU EAT THE MORE YOU…" Jemima held Sillabub's mouth shut.
"And?"
"Its our last."
"So?"
"We only had baked beans in the first place."
"FAAAAART!" Said Sillabub as Jemima let her mouth open. She bounced off again.
"Eh?"
Jemima sighed in exasperation.
"WE HAVE NO FOOD LEFT! OKAY? GETTIT?"
"Okay, Okay… Lairy…"
"I'm hungry."
"Hey Brocko! Hey Trouble!"
"You're in it!" Said Jemima as she knocked Ash to the ground and started throttling him.
"I'm in what…?" Choked Ash
"TROUBLE!" Yelled Jemima
Jetstorm grabbed her arms and lifted her up; she was kicking and screaming, trying to get Ash's throat. Atomic walked up and knocked Ash to the floor. He was in her way. She held Jemima's head still by the bunches. Then, a very strange "Drow… Drow… Drow… Drow… Drow…" Sound came from the trees. Jemima's Persian leapt up.
"NEAW NEAW PER NEAUWWWWW!" It screeched.
"What it say" Asked Ash
"There's a DROWZEE!"
"NEAUW NEAUW!!!! PER PER PER PER NEAUW!" Screeched the Persian urgently.
"It's… TEAM ROCKET!"
Then an awful, crackley sounding music started playing, and smoke billowed out from the trees.
"Prepare for trouble!"
"Make it Double!"
"To protect the world from devastation"
"To unite all peoples within our nation"
"To denounce the evils of truth and love"
"to extend our reach to the stars above"
"Jessie"
"James"
"Team Rocket blast off at the speed of light"
"Surrender now or prepare to fight!"
"Meowth, that's right!"
"It's Team Rocket!" Said Ash.
"Look Ashy-boy, that line is getting so old now. Next time, please refrain from saying that, okay?" Asked Jemima
"Please go away you guys, we're not in the mood for you!" Said Ash.
"Tut-Tut-Tut. But we're in a good enough mood for everyone!"
Cassidy and Butch appeared behind them from the smoke. Jessie, who had been leaning against James, leapt forward with a "Hah!" Cassidy also leapt forward and stood next to Jessie with an evil grin on her face. James and Butch locked shoulders growling.
"BUTCH!"
"Yes boss." Said Butch as he half-heartedly saluted Jessie. Jetstorm's determined look changed to one of total confusion. Atomic's eyes grew to an enormous size.
"After years of service in TR., the Boss decided to retire. He chose me as the new leader!"
"No way." Said Jetstorm
"You're kidding, right?" said Atomic
"Nope."
"No, she's not… unfortunat… OW" Said Butch. (Cassidy had hit him)
"Drow… Drow… Drow… Drow… Drow… Drow… Drow…" Came the sound again!
"Ha-Ha-Ha-Haaaa!" Laughed Jessie, as all the Pokémon sat up and started walking over towards her. Topaz covered her face and watched in horror with her hands as her face as her Eevee walked towards Jessie and the others. But, suddenly, Jemima's Mewtwo shook himself out of his trance and said "Watch the girl!"
before going back into his trance again. They all looked at each other in puzzled confusement. Then, after a few minutes of evils at Team rocket, there was a scream. Victoria's Charizard, Ember's Charizard and Jemima's Persian shook themselves out of their trance. Ember's Charizard flew up towards the sky, and so did Victoria's until it did a nosedive down the cliff. He came up with Scribbles on his back, belching flame and ash everywhere. He and Embers Charizard, Chari breathed fire at Team Rocket, and they went flying. Jemima's Persian jumped into her arms, as all the Pokémon woke up.
"Well… That was… interesting…" Said Brock
"Boss? Can't be…" Said Atomic
"Surely she's just bluffing?" Said Jetstorm.
Jemima was hugging her Persian, it was her very first Pokémon, so she was ultra-protective of it. Mewtwo was sulking, as usual.
A few days later, after relaxing in Crystal City, they set off again. They surfed on their Pokémon to a huge island, almost like the mainland. The island was not populated.
"Perhaps I'll be the first Pokémon watcher to discover some new Pokémon!" Said Scribbles excitedly.
They climbed some cliffs, and came to an expanse of grass with a forest up ahead.
"Now What?" Asked Jacko
"Now… Let's walk."
They walked across the grass. Nothing. The forest was farther away than they thought and it was dusk before they got there.
"We'd better get some shelter." Said Sam
"Won't the trees be our shelter?" Asked Atomic
"They'll only provide so much cover."
"Well, if we move these logs and get a few of those leaves…"
"Two steps ahead of ya sister!" Said Jig
"Bulbasaur! GO!"
"Get us a few of those big leaves!"
"This leaf is sorta stringy… AHA!"
Jemima pulled a few of the leaves off, and ripped them into strips. Topaz helped her tie them together. Jig, Sillabub and Vicky tied the larger leaves together. John's Golem and one of his Rhyhorn lifted the logs.
About an hour later, the shelter was finished. There was just about enough room for all of them.
"Hah! And most people only have two people on their journey! AAARGH! Somebody's cut off the blood supply to my foot! MOOVE!" Said Jemima.
"And there's… eighteen of us OW! Who threw that? Said Vicky
"Sorry. It was digging in my back!" Said Topaz
"What is it?" Asked Andre
"A bit of… tree bark." Said Vicky as she threw it.
"THAT WAS MY EYE YOU IDIOT!" Said Brock
"Bullseye… I mean…I'm an idiot?" Said Vicky
"Guys…" Said Sam
"Who is on my foot? GET ORF!" Shouted Jemima
"That's me, on your foot that is…" Said John.
"Then move your great fat behind!" Said Jemima
"OUCH!"
"WHO THREW THAT?" Asked Jemima
"Me, it was… Err… digging in my back. Yes… Digging in my… back…" Said Vicky
"What's that?" Asked Jemima
"What's… What?" Asked Vicky
"That noise…"
"Noise?"
"I can't hear anything" Said Topaz
"THAT'S COZ YOU'RE DEAF YA DOZEY MARE!" Shouted Jemima
"It's… gone…. THERE IT IS AGAIN!" She continued
"It's a… Deviel!" Said Scribbles
"A what?" Asked Jemima
"It's a new type of Pokémon"
"Oh dear. Is it friendly?" Asked Jemima
"No."
"Oh no…"
The next morning, cold and wet, they found themselves in a tree, their demolished shelter far below.
"Now what?" Asked Jig
"What's this stuff?" Asked Misty
"Stuff?" Asked Ash
"The white stuff."
"It's a Scyther trap. This is how they trap things" Said Scribbles
"Oh, reassuring…" Said Jig.
"Are they veggie?"
"Most of them are, but as this island is unpopulated, they may have evolved in a different way." Said Scribbles
"Which of course would explain why we are hanging from a tree." Said Misty
"Oh no…" Said Ash
"We need a pond or a lake." Said Sam
"There's one, through there.
"Lets go there then."
"Slight problem" Remarked Jemima, "We can't get free of this sticky stuff, our Pokéballs are in our bags, and even if we did get free, how'd we get down?" Said Jemima
"Ah… Err…" Said Sam
"Great. Just great. Stuck in a tree, can't get down and we're about to be Scyther chow." Said Jig
"Unless… Nah…" said Scribbles
"What?" Said Ash
"Well, we could… nah, you don't wanna hear it." Said Scribbles
"Yes we do, it's the best we got." Said Misty
"I just noticed, the tree has a lot of footholds, which must be where the Scyther stand, right? So I guess we could free somebody, ask him/her to go down there and get us out with the Pokémon." Said Scribbles
"Okay, who's going down there?" Asked Jig
They looked at each other in distraught silence
"Not Ash, he'll get side-tracked by a Pokémon, Brock would get side-tracked by a girl, Scribbles would wander off to look at an Oddish or something Atomic would just get Jetstorm down and forget about us, same with Jetstorm, And Vicky would notice a boy. I think Sam should go down." Said Misty
"Why not… Jacko, he can climb?" Said Sam
"Nah, I don't climb, Jemima does though." Said Jacko
Jemima sighed and swung her legs over the branch she was hanging from. She wriggled out of most of the stuff, but a tight bit round her elbows wouldn't come off. She started to climb down, but she saw a Scyther.
"Scyther ALERT!"
"HURRY UP THEN!"
Jemima reached the ground and sent everybody's Pokémon out. The Pokémon cut the sticky stuff and got them down.
"Right, TO THE POND!"
They got to the lake and washed the stuff off.
"Skank-Skank-Skank-a-lank!" Said Vicky
"Gross!" Said Misty
"Euw-Euw-Euw!" Said Topaz
"Rough!" Said Andre
They got it all off and set up a new camp, near the lake. They stayed the night there, then they went on to explore. They were just walking along when Jacko disappeared.
"AAAAAAARRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHH!" He screamed.
"Eep." Said Victoria
"Well, at least it wasn't me!" Said Jemima, sitting down and dangling her legs over the edge of the gigantic ravine that Jacko was clinging to the side of. Jacko gave her the evilest evils he could muster. She grinned. Suddenly, a boy started climbing up the ravine. He had mad purple hair, with two huge spikes sticking out the back. He reached the top, with a look of total surprise on his face.
"Woss up mate?" He asked as he pulled Jacko out of the ravine.
"I'm Manic! I climb cliffs, trees, mountains and suchlike… Hhhyyeeellllloooo!" He said as he noticed Victoria.
"What might your name be young lady?"
"You're no older than me… Victori…"
"Angel. Her name is Angel"
Jemima saw the fist coming, even before Victoria had lifted her arm. SMACK.
"By Dose! Bell, call her Angelica to really ged her addoyed!"
SMACK
"OOOW!"
"My name is Victoria."
"But…"
SMASH
"Keep your trap, shut" Said Vicky, closing Jemima's mouth for her. Jemima bit her.
"OW! You little cannibal"
"OW You big… Boxer!"
"Her Nickname is Angel…"
By this time Manic seemed to have lost interest. He went over to where Jacob, Andre and John were sitting.
"Hey! Is umm… Victoria single?"
"Yes."
"Yes, but perhaps… perhaps not, very soon… yeah… perhaps she won't be for long!"
"She won't be."
"Eh?"
"I'm gonna ask her out!" Said Manic. And on saying that, he walked over to Jetstorm and Atomic, standing a little way off on their own. John looked at the floor.
"You fancy my sister." Stated Jacob
John blushed
"You make me wanna barf."
"YOU fancy MY sister."
"You like mine, I'm gonna go… barf over… there."
After a while they went back to their shelter near the pond, now with Manic. Now officially nicknamed Maniac
They rested for a few days. After about four days, Jemima walked over to Brock.
"Brocko?"
"Yes, Trouble?"
"Ashy-boy over there is eating a tin of baked beans."
Sillabub came bouncing up, singing:
"BEANZ MEANZ GOOD FOR YOUR HEART! THE MORE YOU EAT THE MORE YOU…" Jemima held Sillabub's mouth shut.
"And?"
"Its our last."
"So?"
"We only had baked beans in the first place."
"FAAAAART!" Said Sillabub as Jemima let her mouth open. She bounced off again.
"Eh?"
Jemima sighed in exasperation.
"WE HAVE NO FOOD LEFT! OKAY? GETTIT?"
"Okay, Okay… Lairy…"
"I'm hungry."
"Hey Brocko! Hey Trouble!"
"You're in it!" Said Jemima as she knocked Ash to the ground and started throttling him.
"I'm in what…?" Choked Ash
"TROUBLE!" Yelled Jemima
Jetstorm grabbed her arms and lifted her up; she was kicking and screaming, trying to get Ash's throat. Atomic walked up and knocked Ash to the floor. He was in her way. She held Jemima's head still by the bunches. Then, a very strange "Drow… Drow… Drow… Drow… Drow…" Sound came from the trees. Jemima's Persian leapt up.
"NEAW NEAW PER NEAUWWWWW!" It screeched.
"What it say" Asked Ash
"There's a DROWZEE!"
"NEAUW NEAUW!!!! PER PER PER PER NEAUW!" Screeched the Persian urgently.
"It's… TEAM ROCKET!"
Then an awful, crackley sounding music started playing, and smoke billowed out from the trees.
"Prepare for trouble!"
"Make it Double!"
"To protect the world from devastation"
"To unite all peoples within our nation"
"To denounce the evils of truth and love"
"to extend our reach to the stars above"
"Jessie"
"James"
"Team Rocket blast off at the speed of light"
"Surrender now or prepare to fight!"
"Meowth, that's right!"
"It's Team Rocket!" Said Ash.
"Look Ashy-boy, that line is getting so old now. Next time, please refrain from saying that, okay?" Asked Jemima
"Please go away you guys, we're not in the mood for you!" Said Ash.
"Tut-Tut-Tut. But we're in a good enough mood for everyone!"
Cassidy and Butch appeared behind them from the smoke. Jessie, who had been leaning against James, leapt forward with a "Hah!" Cassidy also leapt forward and stood next to Jessie with an evil grin on her face. James and Butch locked shoulders growling.
"BUTCH!"
"Yes boss." Said Butch as he half-heartedly saluted Jessie. Jetstorm's determined look changed to one of total confusion. Atomic's eyes grew to an enormous size.
"After years of service in TR., the Boss decided to retire. He chose me as the new leader!"
"No way." Said Jetstorm
"You're kidding, right?" said Atomic
"Nope."
"No, she's not… unfortunat… OW" Said Butch. (Cassidy had hit him)
"Drow… Drow… Drow… Drow… Drow… Drow… Drow…" Came the sound again!
"Ha-Ha-Ha-Haaaa!" Laughed Jessie, as all the Pokémon sat up and started walking over towards her. Topaz covered her face and watched in horror with her hands as her face as her Eevee walked towards Jessie and the others. But, suddenly, Jemima's Mewtwo shook himself out of his trance and said "Watch the girl!"
before going back into his trance again. They all looked at each other in puzzled confusement. Then, after a few minutes of evils at Team rocket, there was a scream. Victoria's Charizard, Ember's Charizard and Jemima's Persian shook themselves out of their trance. Ember's Charizard flew up towards the sky, and so did Victoria's until it did a nosedive down the cliff. He came up with Scribbles on his back, belching flame and ash everywhere. He and Embers Charizard, Chari breathed fire at Team Rocket, and they went flying. Jemima's Persian jumped into her arms, as all the Pokémon woke up.
"Well… That was… interesting…" Said Brock
"Boss? Can't be…" Said Atomic
"Surely she's just bluffing?" Said Jetstorm.
Jemima was hugging her Persian, it was her very first Pokémon, so she was ultra-protective of it. Mewtwo was sulking, as usual.