Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon, k?
Muddy: But she does own things. But still!
I still don't own this. (sigh)
Flare:vBut that's a good thing otherwise Pikachu would have died a loooong time ago. Well for me anyway.
o.O Okay then.
Kidnapped
He held on to his head. That menacing, insane laughter throbbed throughout it. He fell on this knees. It felt like his eyes turned blood-shot red. That haunting, high-keyed voice, shattering his very soul; his body. He trembled and but his lip; he didn't know why he felt this way. A cool, soft hand touched his forehead ever so delicately. He looked up and peered into dark blue orbs of happiness, worry, hope, and fear. The girl smiled weakly, reaching out for his hand to comfort him and herself as well. He heard nothing else but the gentle exhales coming from his beloved. He felt nothing else but the warmth in his hand. He saw nothing else but her eyes, the windows of her soul...
May gasped as the man took hold of her arm. "Hey! Let go of me!" she screamed, trying to kick the man.
Flare fired up her claws in bright fire, ready to attack the stranger, but the strange man let out two Slakings and one Vigoroth in defense, "Dammit!" Flare cried as she used used a fiery punch against one of the Slaking but it was to no effect. She then tried to jump over them but the hyper-active Vigoroth held her by the leg. "Hang on, May, I'm coming!" she yelled angrily, sweeping her leg down on the Vigoroth.
May tried to pull the man out of the shadows but to no avail; he was just too heavy. His face was covered with a black ski mask anyway. She next tried to scream but the man used his other hand to cover her mouth. "Fware!" May screamed, muffled by the man's hand as he began to drag her away. "Get Bwendan, get Wally, get someone!" She managed to ger her mouth out of the man's grasp to say the last word. The strange man dragged her into Mauville - to a place unknown.
"May!" Flare screeched as she saw her trainer being taken away. "Get back here!" she bellowed as she tried to get past the Slakings and Vigoroth but failed. "Get out my way, you old farts!"
"Old farts!" the Vigoroth yelled, ready to use a tackle the Blaziken in the stomach but was held back by one of the Slakings. "Hey! I'm not the one that was suppose to be kidnapped!"
"Quiet, Vigoroth! N.M. said to not attack anyone! All we needed to do was just keep them from getting to him," the other Slaking hissed. "And besides, you're giving away our mission."
Flare gasped, her eyes raging with cold fury. "What are you going to do with May?" she demanded, her four claws charging up with blue and white flames. "Trust me, blue and white flames do leave a mark." She smirked. "Want to try it?"
A high-pitched whistle got caught in all four Pokemon's ears.
"I loved to but sorry, hot stuff. We have to go now!" the Vigoroth laughed maniacally, back flipping.
"And what are we going to do to May ..." one of the Slakings trailed off.
"...Is for us to know and for her to find out!" The other Slaking laughed evilly as smoke began to cover them from head to foot.
"Hey!" Flare ran into the middle of the smoke but no one was there. "Latios," she said to herself. "I let them get away."
- - -
May struggled against the man's grasp but he was too strong for her. "Lwet mwe gwo!"
"Quiet, you!" the man tried to sound harsh but couldn't. He dragged her into a psychic tent in the midst of Mauville's fair. "I'm actually surprised we got this far without anyone noticing." He peeked his head into the tent and walked in, the tent's door flapping in the breeze.
The room was dark and cold. Not an ounce of light came through besides the door flap.
"Who are you, you piece of vermin?" May cried, prying free of the man's grasp, finally having the ability to talk right.
The man, still cloaked in a black cape and ski mask was busy putting up a temporary steel gate to get people from coming in and coming out in front of the tent door. He finally turned around and faced May who was backed down to the other side of the tent. He smirked, but he doubted that May could see it. "Is that any way to speak to your father?" he asked as he took off the ski mask and smiled at May. "Surprise!"
"Daddy!" May cried in surprise, happiness, and annoyance. "What's the big deal with kidnapping me?" she asked, a slight frown on her face.
"I told him not to, but nooo." May's mom appeared from the shadows. "Your father is so stubborn sometimes."
"Mom!" May cried, running up to hug her mommy dearest. "You're here too?"
"Of course, sweetie!" Mrs. Maple, May's mother, let go of her daughter and smiled warmly at her. "Let's go out back shall we?" Mrs. Maple led May out to the back way of the tent that was a secret part of Mauville. She sat down on a wooden chair next to a table shaded by a green umbrella. "So dear. You really couldn't tell that your father was 'kidnapping' you?"
May took the seat across from her. "No actually. His face was covered in a ski mask."
Norman, May's dad, carried three sodas and passed one to everyone and sat down next to his wife. "But couldn't you tell by the Pokemon that Flare had to battle?" he asked, opening his soda can.
May opened hers too and took a sip. "Let me see. There were two Slakings and one Vigoroth ... Latios, dad," she groaned as Norman chuckled. "So why did you take me away?" She watched curiously as the two Slakings and Vigoroth appeared through a back gate in the back.
"For reasons unknown," Norman joked around. "Your mom and I wanted to see who liked you more, Brendan or Wally."
"How do you two know about them?" May asked, puzzled.
Mrs. Maple laughed. "That Wally boy has been calling our house everyday, asking if he can marry you."
"That's Wally all right," May sighed.
"And Brendan's mom tells me that Brendan calls her about what to do about getting a girl to like him. Hmm." Mrs. Maple smiled at May who was now blushing crimson. "My daughter sure does catch a lot of eyes now doesn't she?"
"Mom!" May complained as Norman laughed. "That's not funny dad!"
"To me it is." Norman laughed, smiling at his daughter. "Moving on, your mother and I decided to - you know - see who cares for you more. Whoever finds you will probably like you more, right? Right."
"Ooh," May understood. "What is this? A reality television show?"
- - -
"Mom, I am not going to marry May!" Brendan groaned, placing his head in his hands.
"Just yet anyway." Professor Birch smirked, giving Brendan another noogie.
The green-haired trainer glared at Brendan from his position on his porch. "He wishes," Wally trailed off. "I know I want to marry May."
"Whatever, Wallace," Brendan frowned, causing the adults to chuckle.
"Brendan! Wally! Muddy! Skittles! Someone!" Flare ran into Verdanturf so fast she could barely stop. "May's been kidnapped!"
"What?!" Brendan exclaimed. "Who took her?"
"Calm down, B Boy," Muddy replied. "Breathe in. Breathe out."
"I can't breathe in and out with my girl out there!" Brendan bellowed, unaware of what he called May.
"What do you mean 'your girl,' Brandon?" Wally yelled angrily.
"Who cares about that crud right now, Wallace? May is in trouble! Get that through your thick-headed mind!"
"What do you mean May's in trouble, Flare?" Cherry asked calmly, flying over and landing on the Blaziken's shoulder.
The Blaziken caught her breath. "May saw someone lurking in the shadows, so she took me to check things out with her!" Flare stated in panic. "Then some guy said, 'I've been looking for you May' and then grabbed her arm! I tried to stop him, but the kidnapper sent out two Slakings and a Vigoroth! They kept holding me back and I couldn't get to May! Then the kidnapper dragged May away to somewhere I don't know, and it's all my fault!"
"Calm down, Flare," Muddy, this time, tried to calm down the Blaziken. "So what you're trying to say is May was kidnaped by an unknown force. Are you sure it wasn't Team Magma?"
"Duh, Mud-for-Brains, otherwise the kidnapper would have sent out fire Pokemon, not normal types."
Muddy giggled at this. "Haha, Team Normal." Flare glared at Muddy who smiled back sheepishly. "Okay, not the time to be goofy apparently."
"Brendan, dear, what's going on?" Mrs. Birch asked worriedly. "What happened to May?"
Brendan tried to speak in a nonchalant voice to his mother. "May's been kidnapped to a place unknown and by someone unknown," he said. He wrung his hands together in fret. "I just hope she's all right. She doesn't have any Pokemon with her."
"Then we better find her then ... Brendan," Wally said reluctantly.
"Whoa, what did you call me?"
"... Brendan."
"What?"
Wally refused to continue with that conversation and started a new one. "If May's Blaziken couldn't beat three of this person's Pokemon, then he must be strong right?"
"I guess so. Of course, three versus one isn't fair regardless of how strong a Pokemon is."
"Whose knows where she is by now. So if our Pokemon teams work together, I'm sure we'll be able to find her ... Brendan."
"Are you sure about this ... Wa-wal ... Wally?"
Wally signed inwardly. "Hey, we like the same girl, but we can't be enemies anymore if the girl we like ain't here." He held out his hand, "Allies until May is back?"
Brendan shook his hand. "All right, allies." He turned to May's Pokemon. "And you guys are helping right?"
"Of course!" Flare replied.
"Then let's go kick some kidnapper's butt!" Brendan cried.
"We'll stay here in case May escapes and to call May's parents, dear!" Mrs. Birch waved off the Pokemon and trainers.
"Go find May safe and sound!" Professor Birch added.
"And don't try to get your clothes too dirty, hun!" Mrs. Birch shouted. "We're going to the fair later!"
Brendan shook his head as he walked away. "May is kidnapped, and my mom's only concern is that my clothes will get dirty."
"Moms," Wally agreed, keeping up with Brendan's swift walking speed. "When I was still sick, my mom would make me eat so many vitamins when I only needed like two a day."
Brendan laughed as he returned all his Pokemon. "Did we actually have a conversation without biting each others heads off or talking about how pissy May can be?"
Wally shrugged. "I guess so."
"Uh, yeah excuse me?" Flare interrupted them by tapping them both on the shoulder. "I hate to bother this heart-to-heart chit chat but hello? May, the girl you two both like, is being held hostage!"
"Oh yeah," Brendan and Wally said in unison. "Then let's go!"
- - -
"I'd better email instead of using a viv-gram just in case, huh dear?" Professor Birch asked his wife from inside the Pokemon Center. "That way Norman can see how his plan is working."
"I agree," Mrs. Birch replied, smiling.
"Right," Professor Birch said, getting out his PokeNav. "To Norman Maple ..."
To: Gym Leader Norman Norton
From: Professor Birch
Subject: Right On Track
Norman,
So far, so good. Brendan and Wally have set off to find May, but they have decided to work together. I'm not sure if it'll help you find a possible suitor for your daughter but it is good for the boys. I hear they are quite competitive when it comes to May. Good luck with the rest of your plan.
- Birch
"Done." Professor Birch set the PokeNav onto the table. "Now we're just going to have to wait and see how this all works out."
Mrs. Birch glanced at the screen of the PokeNav. "That's nice, dear, but it would be good if you actually sent the message to Norman!" she said merrily.
"Oops."
- - -
BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP
Norman reached down to his belt loop. "That would be my-"
"PokeNav," May finished for him. "I got a new viv-message too."
"Oh," Norman replied, busy reading his e-mail sent from Professor Birch. "Well that's good, I suppose."
"What is?" May asked as her viv-gram was loading the camera for her own PokeNav.
"Brendan and Wally are looking for you but they're working together."
"Really? Weird," May replied as her viv-message started.
"May! Are you there?" Brendan shouted from the video screen.
"May! Are you okay?" Wally yelled pushed Brendan's head to the right to see into the screen too.
May looked up at her parents who mouthed to go along with the kidnapping sequence.
May put on her best scared face on. "Brendan! Wally! I'm so scared!" she whispered. "Hurry and find me!" she cried, forcing a few tears to come out of her eyes while trying hard not to laugh at the same time.
"Don't worry, May! We're coming!" Wally replied worriedly.
"Where are you? Do you know?" Brendan asked with the same amount of concern as Wally.
May tried to look up to her parents without looking suspicious. "Well, I think I'm-"
Norman put his black cape and ski mask on and held a fake gun up to May's head while taking hold of May's PokeNav. "Listen here, kiddies. You only have until six sharp to find your little girlfriend otherwise-" he loaded the gun, "-bam! Muhahaha!" Norman cancelled the viv-message and blocked all calls from Brendan and Wally for the time being.
"Nice laugh, dad," May complimented him, giggling.
"I know. I've practiced," Norman took off the ski mask and cape. "It gets awfully hot in this thing."
"Um, mind if you get the gun away from me?" May muttered, trying to push the gun away from her head with a finger.
"What? This?" Norman looked at the gun and shot it toward May. May winced but only colorful, foam-like string came out. "It's just silly string. Like I'd really hold a real gun to my daughter."
May sighed in relief as the string laid harmlessly at her feet. "I thought for a second it was a real gun."
"I may not see you quite as often as I used to or wish too, but I'm not that irresponsible, kiddo," Norman laughed, pocketing the "gun."
- - -
"Damn, I can't get a hold of her anymore!" Brendan growled, pressing the speed dial button for May over and over again. "'We're sorry, the PokeNavigator you are trying to contact is either blocking you, being used for another viv-message, or is currently turned off. Please try again later.'" Brendan mimicked the PokeNav.
"Please, do not mimic the PokeNavigator," the monotonous voice of Brendan's PokeNav came out.
"What?" Brendan asked the phone.
"Please do not ask the PokeNavigator any questions because this is a recording."
"Latios, I know that!"
"Then why are you yelling at the PokeNavigator?"
Brendan hung up the PokeNav. "Finally, it shut up!"
"Try again, Einstein!" the PokeNav replied.
Brendan pressed the turn off button again. "Freaky."
"Definitely," Wally agreed, shuddering. "Creepy little PokeNavs."
"Do not call your PokeNavigator creepy." Wally's PokeNav began to talk and vibrate on its own. Wally unhooked it and turned it off. "Devon Corporation, I believe Halloween is in a few weeks."
Brendan shrugged. "How are we suppose to find May without any clues?"
"Our Pokemon, duh!" Wally answered.
"I could have thought of that," Brendan said to himself.
"I'm sure." Wally rolled his eyes.
"I choose you, Sirius!" Brendan commanded, releasing his Mightyena from his Pokeball. Sirius burst free from his ball, landing on his four paws. "Try to sniff out for May!" Sirius began to sniff out a trail, his nose pressed against the dirt ground as he shifted his head left and right.
"Go Altaria!" Wally's newly evolved Pokemon came out in a burst of white light. The Altaria stretched her feathery blue body, spreading her soft, white wings. "Search up high in the skies for May!"
"You too, Silver!" Brendan told his fly Pokemon.
"I'm coming too!" Cherry flew after the Ninjask and Altaria.
"Wait up!" Tai chirped, descending into the skies.
"Come out, Sapphire!" Brendan let out his Lanturn into his arms. Sapphire cried out cheerfully. "Use your Confuse Ray! We can use the ultraviolet rays to find footprints!" Sapphire used her antennae and shot out a red beam that showed thousands of footprints on the floor. Brendan sighed before returning Sapphire to her ball. "Well that helped. Return, Sapphire!"
"Too many footprints," Wally murmured. "There has to be another way to find May."
"Hmm. I have Cy and Muddy left." Brendan gazed at the two Pokeballs that held his two remaining Pokemon. "And I don't know how much they'll do."
"Yo, B Boy!" Sirius cried, running over toward his trainer, panting. "I got a scent trail! It's very faint, but I think I can find her with it!"
Brendan and Wally looked at each other and smiled in relief. "That's great!" they said in unison.
"Bread Head! Wall Leak! We think we spotted May!" Silver and Cherry rushed back and flew down toward Brendan and Wally.
"She was in a very secret part of Mauville," Cherry explained.
"But she looked fine," Ninjask added.
"Weird. Not that it's a bad thing or anything." Brendan shrugged it off. "Whatever. Lead the way, Sirius!"
"Alrighty then!" Sirius replied, sniffing the trail out, the rest of May's Pokemon behind him. They quickly made their way into Mauville, weaving in between booths and alleyways. A few minutes later, Sirius stopped in a quiet, deserted location. "I think that she would be right here - hey! Who put this dumb tent in the way?" Sirius cried, trying to run his head with his front paw.
Brendan looked up and down the tent. "A psychic tent? Here of all places?"
"Tell me about it," Wally replied.
Brendan opened the tent flaps only to find a steel gate in front of it. He shook at them, but they held fast. "Damn, and the gates are locked too," he said sadly, noticing the lock.
"Then we're just going to have to bring it down, huh?" Flare smirked, her claws being licked by hot flames. "Bring Muddy and Roselia out. They'll know what to do."
"Whatever you say, Flare." Brendan shrugged but let out Muddy regardless. Muddy's ball spiraled in a blur of red and white before cracking opening, releasing the Swampert who stumbled around dizzily.
"All right," Wally said, releasing his Roselia in a beam of white light. The Roselia spun around a few times and posed, sparkles flying from her body.
Flare took in a deep breath before rushing toward the steel gate, punching it with a fiery claw. Soon after, Muddy inhaled and exhaled a power jet of cold water, making the steel bars release steam. Flare and Muddy repeated this process until they nodded to Roselia who spun around again, releasing sharp, jagged leaves from her body. The leaves flew toward the gate, slicing at the bars until they gave in. The bars fell over with a loud clunk.
The white-haired trainer blinked a few times. "How did you guys know what to do?" Brendan asked in awe.
"Don't you watch television, Bread Head?" Muddy asked, puffing his chest out in pride. "They always pull that trick whenever there's a gate in their way."
"Uh huh." Brendan eyed Muddy strangely but walked through the broken down gate. It took awhile for his eyes to adjust to the dim room. "Ugh, it's so dark and gloomy in here."
The green-haired trainer quickly followed Brendan, squinting his eyes. "Where's May?" Wally asked, walking over the debris. "It's only five, so she should be okay. Right?"
"You mean six." Norman came out of the shadows wearing his cape and mask, one arm holding a gun to May's head, the other pinning her by the neck.
"Damn this daylight's saving time!"
"Let May go right now!" Brendan bellowed, Muddy behind him, a determined smirk sketched on his face.
Norman released several varieties of Normal types from Linoones to Slakings, "Make sure their Pokemon don't bother us..." he commanded; Norman's Pokemon each took an opposing Pokemon and began to spar with them.
Norman checked his watch. "Oh look, one minute after six, and one minute too late!" He loaded the gun. "Oh well!"
"May!" Brendan and Wally gasped in horror.
Norman took off his ski mask and smiled. "Happy early Halloween, boys!"
"Norman?!" the boys said together, surprised.
May got out of her father's grip. "Gotcha!"
Wally and Brendan looked at each other and fainted.
I wish I could do reviews now but I can't... have to go somewhere... ^-^
LaTeR dAyZ!!