A Gateway to Madness
10:01 PM ~ Day 1
Thomas jumped angrily into the lumpy hospital bed. They hadn't let him eat
dinner; instead, they'd given him a second helping of therapy. It turned out
that "misbehaving" as they'd referred to it, was not taken lightly.
"Misbehaving," he muttered. What's wrong with falling asleep during a boring
movie? Everything, according to Tonya. He recalled the conversation they'd just
finished.
"Why wouldn't you want to watch it?"
"It's boring! And stupid!"
"Pokémon is stupider and more boring," was the reply.
He had been amazed at the matter-of-fact way she'd said it; as if she was simply
telling him that James was stupider than Jessie, or that Snorlax was more boring
than Pikachu.
He'd never been more confused in his life. The one thing he was sure of was
this: He wasn't in the Pokéworld.
DING! An announcement followed the bell.
"Lights out for all patients in the APA wing."
The lights went out with a click.
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Thomas was in a forest surrounded by Caterpies. Reaching for a PokéBall, he
started to capture them. He'd just caught the 4th one when Tonya Brown's voice
rang out.
"Prepare for trouble!"
Dr. Bradley Davis joined in. "And make it double!"
"To protect the world from devastation!"
"To unite all people within our nation!"
"To denounce the evils of Pokémon!"
"To extend our reach to the stars beyond!"
"Tonya!"
"Brad!"
"APA blasts off at the speed of light!"
"Surrender now or prepare to fight!"
Before Thomas could make any sense of it, they had captured him in a huge net,
along with the Caterpies. The net was attached to a huge crane; it lifted up in
the air, then lowered him toward a giant trash compactor.
"Aaaaaaaah!!!!" Thomas sat up in bed, shaking with fear. Once he realized that
it had been a dream, he tried to relax. He took a few calming breaths and went
back to sleep.
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Thomas awoke to the sound of voices in the next room. He listened closely, and
was shocked at what he was hearing.
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AN: What were they saying? What the heck was that dream about? Who or what is
the APA? Find out in the next episode of Gateway Mad Ness! (sorry, my brother's
DBZ obsession is rubbing off on me)
10:01 PM ~ Day 1
Thomas jumped angrily into the lumpy hospital bed. They hadn't let him eat
dinner; instead, they'd given him a second helping of therapy. It turned out
that "misbehaving" as they'd referred to it, was not taken lightly.
"Misbehaving," he muttered. What's wrong with falling asleep during a boring
movie? Everything, according to Tonya. He recalled the conversation they'd just
finished.
"Why wouldn't you want to watch it?"
"It's boring! And stupid!"
"Pokémon is stupider and more boring," was the reply.
He had been amazed at the matter-of-fact way she'd said it; as if she was simply
telling him that James was stupider than Jessie, or that Snorlax was more boring
than Pikachu.
He'd never been more confused in his life. The one thing he was sure of was
this: He wasn't in the Pokéworld.
DING! An announcement followed the bell.
"Lights out for all patients in the APA wing."
The lights went out with a click.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Thomas was in a forest surrounded by Caterpies. Reaching for a PokéBall, he
started to capture them. He'd just caught the 4th one when Tonya Brown's voice
rang out.
"Prepare for trouble!"
Dr. Bradley Davis joined in. "And make it double!"
"To protect the world from devastation!"
"To unite all people within our nation!"
"To denounce the evils of Pokémon!"
"To extend our reach to the stars beyond!"
"Tonya!"
"Brad!"
"APA blasts off at the speed of light!"
"Surrender now or prepare to fight!"
Before Thomas could make any sense of it, they had captured him in a huge net,
along with the Caterpies. The net was attached to a huge crane; it lifted up in
the air, then lowered him toward a giant trash compactor.
"Aaaaaaaah!!!!" Thomas sat up in bed, shaking with fear. Once he realized that
it had been a dream, he tried to relax. He took a few calming breaths and went
back to sleep.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Thomas awoke to the sound of voices in the next room. He listened closely, and
was shocked at what he was hearing.
----------------------------------------------
AN: What were they saying? What the heck was that dream about? Who or what is
the APA? Find out in the next episode of Gateway Mad Ness! (sorry, my brother's
DBZ obsession is rubbing off on me)