Chapter twenty-one - Bikers reunion!
Gary and Fatalix walked off, laughing. Jemima glared at Fatalix's receding back. If looks could kill, Fatalix would have had a stroke. Zak, who had previously kept his mouth shut, piped up:
"Labby Girl?"
"He calls me that, because Mewtwo, UltraMew and Karinkat were created in a lab."
"There's no need to be mean about it though!" Said Topaz
"I dunno… ITS GOT EYES LIKE A BUG! AAAARRRRRGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!" Shouted Misty
"Misty…" Said Brock
Karinkat made a small noise, turned round and jumped into Jemima's outstretched arms saying
"RING RING GING KAT! SHE'S SCRAWNY!"
` "KARINKAT! Mouth!" Said Jemima, astonished
"Ging Ging. She LOOKS like a bug" Said Karinkat
"Karinkat! Shush!" Said Jemima stroking its head.
"IT TALKS!" Shouted Misty jumping sky high. Ash caught her when she came back down. She hit him over the head and jumped away. He looked faintly disappointed and embarrassed. Jacko put his arm round Ash's shoulders.
"Ooh! Yeah! She's a nice one is Foggy! Go on! Get in there while ya still can mate!" He looked at Sam accusingly "HOW DARE YOU TRY AND STEAL DEAR ASHY-BOY'S ONE TRUE LOVE!?"
Ash blushed bright red and Brock gave Jacko a sideways 'shut-up-quick' look. Jacko took his arm off Ash and sidled off a little way, still grinning.
"Now C'mon guys. Get real… where are we gonna sleep?" Said Sam
"I'll doss here." Said Zak, plonking himself down in front of a vegetable market stall.
"I'm in no mood for walking." Said Jacko as he dropped down next to Zak.
Sam looked at Brock as if to say 'C'mon! Help me out here!' But Brock shook his head and sat on the other side of Zak.
"Aaaah!" Sighed Misty as she sat down.
Ash sat next to her and Jetstorm and Atomic sat next to him. Jemima suddenly noticed.
"OOOOOH! A sit down strike!" She shouted. She sat down cross-legged and stuck her tongue out at Sam. Sam just looked surprised. Jacob walked off a bit and Vicky and John sat down. Topaz plonked herself down with a huge sigh. Andre sat near her. Scribbles, Jig, Ember and Jacob then sat down. Sam decided he'd lost the fight and sat next to Jacob. A laugh came from beside Brock. They all looked to see what it was. Then it came again from near Sam. They all looked at each other worriedly. A tall girl dressed totally in leather studded gear stepped out from beside Brock. He turned to goo around her feet. She stood on his face. Her heels, one over each eye and the toe of her long black boots over his mouth. Jacko stood up. A girl, exactly the same stepped out beside Sam. Jacko whirled round. Then a Cloyster came rolling out beside the first girl. Jacko turned back round and smiled. A Cloyster came out beside the second girl. Jacko fell over, confused. Jetstorm walked over to the first girl.
"Tyra?"
The second girl said
"That's me!"
"Can't be… You sound different"
"You can tell?" Asked the first girl.
"Yeah. Who are you?"
"Duplica! Excuse me a moment!" Said the second girl
Duplica ran back into the alley she'd walked out of and disappeared. Jemima walked round the corner to se where Duplica had gone and found herself staring into the eyes of her exact double!
"WAAH!" Shouted Jemima, almost falling over backwards. Then she realised. Phew! This wasn't her double!
'Either I have eyes like Misty, but brown, or this isn't my double. I don't have eyes like Misty.' She thought.
Duplica giggled
"That's not funny." Said Jemima
"Oh I think it is!"
"Well, could you become normal please?" Asked Jemima.
"Sure, wait there!" Said Duplica as she hid behind a box.
She came back a few minutes later.
"Your hair. Its still green." Said Jemima
"Yup and it always has been. Pastel green mind you… Not WAAH like yours is." Said Duplica
"You saying' my hair is WAAH?"
"No, its just, its kinda Jade, dark green, rather than pale pastel."
"Okay then… lets stop talking about hair and try and untangle the situation." Said Jemima.
They stepped back outside the alley to see Zak, Andre, Vicky, Jig, Sillabub, Topaz, Brock, Misty, Ash, Sam, John, Jacob, Scribbles, Jetstorm, Atomic and Ember huddled up in a corner, trying to keep as dry as possible from the rain that had suddenly blown over. Jacko was staring at Tyra as if she was a ghost and she was mirroring his expression. Duplica stood behind Jacko and was mirroring him.
"Jackie! C'mon! We gotta get someplace dry!" Complained Jemima.
Tyra cracked up and so did Duplica. Relief spread across Jacko's face like a wave. He laughed.
"You guys need bikes!" Said Tyra.
Jemima brushed this suggestion off her cuff immediately, but Brock walked up behind her.
"She does have a valid point Trouble. It'd work well. There are eighteen of us."
"Better make that nineteen. I'm coming along to keep Jacko in check!"
"TWENTY! I'M COMING WITH YA! For a while…" Said Duplica
"Err… do we have enough money for bikes?"
"No, but I got one at home" Said Jacko
"Yeah, me too" Said Jemima
"And me!" said Sam
"Shall I ring Nurse Joy and ask her to Teleport them here?" asked Jemima
"Yeah!"
"Back in a Mo!" Said Jemima, running into the Pokémon centre. She returned a few minutes later.
"Does anybody have change for the phone?" She asked sheepishly
"I got some… But why not try a reverse charge call?"
"AHA! I hadn't thought of that." She said, running back into the centre. A few minutes passed. She came back, staggering under the weight of three bikes.
"TAKE THEM… QUICK…. NOW…. BIKES HEAVY! GOING TO…" The bikes clattered onto the floor
"…Drop them."
Jacko and Sam picked up their bikes. Jemima picked hers up and sat on it.
"We got bikes, don't we Topaz?"
"Yeah, I'll ring dad!"
She ran into the Pokémon centre.
"I got a bike!" Said Vicky
"Yeah, me too" Said Jig
"I got one" Said Brock
"And Me" Said Jetstorm
"And of course, I do!" said Atomic
"And me!" Said Zak
"I got one" Said John
"Yup, and me!" Said Jacob
"And me!" Said Ember
"And me!" Said Scribbles
"And me!" Said Manic
"Don't leave me out! I do!" Said Sillabub
"Well… It all comes down to one small boy here doesn't it." Said Misty "If It wasn't for him, I'd still have my bike. Unfortunately now, as it is frazzled, I shall have to borrow one." She continued calmly "But as for this boy, not too far from where I am standing, he doesn't own a bicycle, and I don't know where he'll GET ONE FROM EITHER!"
Ash grinned sheepishly… he knew Misty was talking about him. Most of them went into the Pokémon centre apart from Ash, Jemima, Jacko, Sam and Tyra. Duplica had taken it upon herself to join the others, at least for a short while.
Jemima was reminded of a phrase her dad had once quoted to her.
'The lone Ninetales is quieter, swifter and manoeuvres easier, but it takes a pack to make a kill. And it is often the pack that is wiser and stronger of heart.' 'Hmm…' She thought 'His wisdom makes sense. I never understood before, but now I do. Yes… I do.'
The others emerged; Brock was carrying a tandem bike.
"You can take the back of mine, but you'd better pedal Ash!"
The rain really started to come down hard.
"We could go back to my place…?" Said Duplica.
Duplica rode off, and the others followed. They'd been riding for about ten minutes when they saw a large building. They decided between them, it'd be safer in there than out in the rain. They could wait for the clouds to blow away that way.
"Hello?" Shouted Misty
"HELLO?" Shouted Jacko
No reply.
"C'mon, lets split up and explore this place." Said Jemima
Jetstorm, Atomic and Andre were in a group, Jacko, Ember and Tyra were together, Ash, Misty and Brock were together, Manic, Vicky and John were in a group, Jig, Sam and Scribbles were together, Topaz, Sillabub and Jacob were together, Jemima, Duplica and Zak were in the last group. It was quite fortunate that there were seven groups and seven doors which to go through. Jemima, Zak and Duplica took the nearest. They walked into a large white room. There was a cupboard in the far corner. Duplica walked over to it and opened it. What she saw made her nearly fall over backwards. Zak broke her fall, as he was standing behind her. Zak saw what was in the cupboard. He slammed the door.
"D-don't l-look in t-the c-cupb-board" Stammered Duplica
Jemima pushed her out of the way and stupidly opened the cupboard. She found herself staring into the grisly eye sockets of what used to be a Bulbasaur. She felt sick. She was going to be sick. She slammed the door and retched. She sat down hard on the floor in front of the cupboard. Her Pokémon broke out of her Pokéballs. UltraMew, Mewtwo and Karinkat all cowered close to Jemima.
"What? What is it?"
"We gotta get out of here!" Said UltraMew
"It's a Research centre." Said Mewtwo
"Karin King Ging Kat. And we're not alone. There are scientists here" Said Karinkat.
"Yes… That much is true…" Said Lapras.
"Per Neaw per."(Gotta get out!) Said Persian
"NINE! Nine TALES! TALES!" (QUICK! We gotta GO! BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE!) Said Ninetales
Just then, there was a scream.
Gary and Fatalix walked off, laughing. Jemima glared at Fatalix's receding back. If looks could kill, Fatalix would have had a stroke. Zak, who had previously kept his mouth shut, piped up:
"Labby Girl?"
"He calls me that, because Mewtwo, UltraMew and Karinkat were created in a lab."
"There's no need to be mean about it though!" Said Topaz
"I dunno… ITS GOT EYES LIKE A BUG! AAAARRRRRGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!" Shouted Misty
"Misty…" Said Brock
Karinkat made a small noise, turned round and jumped into Jemima's outstretched arms saying
"RING RING GING KAT! SHE'S SCRAWNY!"
` "KARINKAT! Mouth!" Said Jemima, astonished
"Ging Ging. She LOOKS like a bug" Said Karinkat
"Karinkat! Shush!" Said Jemima stroking its head.
"IT TALKS!" Shouted Misty jumping sky high. Ash caught her when she came back down. She hit him over the head and jumped away. He looked faintly disappointed and embarrassed. Jacko put his arm round Ash's shoulders.
"Ooh! Yeah! She's a nice one is Foggy! Go on! Get in there while ya still can mate!" He looked at Sam accusingly "HOW DARE YOU TRY AND STEAL DEAR ASHY-BOY'S ONE TRUE LOVE!?"
Ash blushed bright red and Brock gave Jacko a sideways 'shut-up-quick' look. Jacko took his arm off Ash and sidled off a little way, still grinning.
"Now C'mon guys. Get real… where are we gonna sleep?" Said Sam
"I'll doss here." Said Zak, plonking himself down in front of a vegetable market stall.
"I'm in no mood for walking." Said Jacko as he dropped down next to Zak.
Sam looked at Brock as if to say 'C'mon! Help me out here!' But Brock shook his head and sat on the other side of Zak.
"Aaaah!" Sighed Misty as she sat down.
Ash sat next to her and Jetstorm and Atomic sat next to him. Jemima suddenly noticed.
"OOOOOH! A sit down strike!" She shouted. She sat down cross-legged and stuck her tongue out at Sam. Sam just looked surprised. Jacob walked off a bit and Vicky and John sat down. Topaz plonked herself down with a huge sigh. Andre sat near her. Scribbles, Jig, Ember and Jacob then sat down. Sam decided he'd lost the fight and sat next to Jacob. A laugh came from beside Brock. They all looked to see what it was. Then it came again from near Sam. They all looked at each other worriedly. A tall girl dressed totally in leather studded gear stepped out from beside Brock. He turned to goo around her feet. She stood on his face. Her heels, one over each eye and the toe of her long black boots over his mouth. Jacko stood up. A girl, exactly the same stepped out beside Sam. Jacko whirled round. Then a Cloyster came rolling out beside the first girl. Jacko turned back round and smiled. A Cloyster came out beside the second girl. Jacko fell over, confused. Jetstorm walked over to the first girl.
"Tyra?"
The second girl said
"That's me!"
"Can't be… You sound different"
"You can tell?" Asked the first girl.
"Yeah. Who are you?"
"Duplica! Excuse me a moment!" Said the second girl
Duplica ran back into the alley she'd walked out of and disappeared. Jemima walked round the corner to se where Duplica had gone and found herself staring into the eyes of her exact double!
"WAAH!" Shouted Jemima, almost falling over backwards. Then she realised. Phew! This wasn't her double!
'Either I have eyes like Misty, but brown, or this isn't my double. I don't have eyes like Misty.' She thought.
Duplica giggled
"That's not funny." Said Jemima
"Oh I think it is!"
"Well, could you become normal please?" Asked Jemima.
"Sure, wait there!" Said Duplica as she hid behind a box.
She came back a few minutes later.
"Your hair. Its still green." Said Jemima
"Yup and it always has been. Pastel green mind you… Not WAAH like yours is." Said Duplica
"You saying' my hair is WAAH?"
"No, its just, its kinda Jade, dark green, rather than pale pastel."
"Okay then… lets stop talking about hair and try and untangle the situation." Said Jemima.
They stepped back outside the alley to see Zak, Andre, Vicky, Jig, Sillabub, Topaz, Brock, Misty, Ash, Sam, John, Jacob, Scribbles, Jetstorm, Atomic and Ember huddled up in a corner, trying to keep as dry as possible from the rain that had suddenly blown over. Jacko was staring at Tyra as if she was a ghost and she was mirroring his expression. Duplica stood behind Jacko and was mirroring him.
"Jackie! C'mon! We gotta get someplace dry!" Complained Jemima.
Tyra cracked up and so did Duplica. Relief spread across Jacko's face like a wave. He laughed.
"You guys need bikes!" Said Tyra.
Jemima brushed this suggestion off her cuff immediately, but Brock walked up behind her.
"She does have a valid point Trouble. It'd work well. There are eighteen of us."
"Better make that nineteen. I'm coming along to keep Jacko in check!"
"TWENTY! I'M COMING WITH YA! For a while…" Said Duplica
"Err… do we have enough money for bikes?"
"No, but I got one at home" Said Jacko
"Yeah, me too" Said Jemima
"And me!" said Sam
"Shall I ring Nurse Joy and ask her to Teleport them here?" asked Jemima
"Yeah!"
"Back in a Mo!" Said Jemima, running into the Pokémon centre. She returned a few minutes later.
"Does anybody have change for the phone?" She asked sheepishly
"I got some… But why not try a reverse charge call?"
"AHA! I hadn't thought of that." She said, running back into the centre. A few minutes passed. She came back, staggering under the weight of three bikes.
"TAKE THEM… QUICK…. NOW…. BIKES HEAVY! GOING TO…" The bikes clattered onto the floor
"…Drop them."
Jacko and Sam picked up their bikes. Jemima picked hers up and sat on it.
"We got bikes, don't we Topaz?"
"Yeah, I'll ring dad!"
She ran into the Pokémon centre.
"I got a bike!" Said Vicky
"Yeah, me too" Said Jig
"I got one" Said Brock
"And Me" Said Jetstorm
"And of course, I do!" said Atomic
"And me!" Said Zak
"I got one" Said John
"Yup, and me!" Said Jacob
"And me!" Said Ember
"And me!" Said Scribbles
"And me!" Said Manic
"Don't leave me out! I do!" Said Sillabub
"Well… It all comes down to one small boy here doesn't it." Said Misty "If It wasn't for him, I'd still have my bike. Unfortunately now, as it is frazzled, I shall have to borrow one." She continued calmly "But as for this boy, not too far from where I am standing, he doesn't own a bicycle, and I don't know where he'll GET ONE FROM EITHER!"
Ash grinned sheepishly… he knew Misty was talking about him. Most of them went into the Pokémon centre apart from Ash, Jemima, Jacko, Sam and Tyra. Duplica had taken it upon herself to join the others, at least for a short while.
Jemima was reminded of a phrase her dad had once quoted to her.
'The lone Ninetales is quieter, swifter and manoeuvres easier, but it takes a pack to make a kill. And it is often the pack that is wiser and stronger of heart.' 'Hmm…' She thought 'His wisdom makes sense. I never understood before, but now I do. Yes… I do.'
The others emerged; Brock was carrying a tandem bike.
"You can take the back of mine, but you'd better pedal Ash!"
The rain really started to come down hard.
"We could go back to my place…?" Said Duplica.
Duplica rode off, and the others followed. They'd been riding for about ten minutes when they saw a large building. They decided between them, it'd be safer in there than out in the rain. They could wait for the clouds to blow away that way.
"Hello?" Shouted Misty
"HELLO?" Shouted Jacko
No reply.
"C'mon, lets split up and explore this place." Said Jemima
Jetstorm, Atomic and Andre were in a group, Jacko, Ember and Tyra were together, Ash, Misty and Brock were together, Manic, Vicky and John were in a group, Jig, Sam and Scribbles were together, Topaz, Sillabub and Jacob were together, Jemima, Duplica and Zak were in the last group. It was quite fortunate that there were seven groups and seven doors which to go through. Jemima, Zak and Duplica took the nearest. They walked into a large white room. There was a cupboard in the far corner. Duplica walked over to it and opened it. What she saw made her nearly fall over backwards. Zak broke her fall, as he was standing behind her. Zak saw what was in the cupboard. He slammed the door.
"D-don't l-look in t-the c-cupb-board" Stammered Duplica
Jemima pushed her out of the way and stupidly opened the cupboard. She found herself staring into the grisly eye sockets of what used to be a Bulbasaur. She felt sick. She was going to be sick. She slammed the door and retched. She sat down hard on the floor in front of the cupboard. Her Pokémon broke out of her Pokéballs. UltraMew, Mewtwo and Karinkat all cowered close to Jemima.
"What? What is it?"
"We gotta get out of here!" Said UltraMew
"It's a Research centre." Said Mewtwo
"Karin King Ging Kat. And we're not alone. There are scientists here" Said Karinkat.
"Yes… That much is true…" Said Lapras.
"Per Neaw per."(Gotta get out!) Said Persian
"NINE! Nine TALES! TALES!" (QUICK! We gotta GO! BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE!) Said Ninetales
Just then, there was a scream.