(Transportation Pod)
Koga could feel the sharp
hands of sleep pulling at his eyelids, but he resisted. He wanted to stay
awake, just in case. Besides, he didn't know when they would arrive in
Brazil, and he wanted to be up when they got there. Sabrina had fallen
asleep about half an hour and she was now beside him, leaning against the
walls of the pod. Every now and then, her head would threaten to fall on
Koga's shoulder, making him tense alittle, but the contact was never made.
He couldn't tell whether he was relieved at that or not.
Taking his mind off
her closeness, he turned to look at the two sisters. For the past several
minutes, they had been playing this hand game that had become incredibly
annoying.
"Big Mac, fish fillet,
quarter pounder, French fries, icy coke, thick shake, sundaes, and apple
pies! You deserve a break today! You deserve a break today! And…"
"And I deserve a break
today. A break from the sound of your voices. Could you possibly tone it
DOWN a bit?" He asked through gritted teeth.
Daisy and Lily dropped their hands instantly,
cutting their eyes at the ninja.
"Like, fine," they mumbled
in unison.
Koga looked away from, happy that he would spend
the rest of the ride in content. And indeed he would, for a in a few seconds
he was sleeping soundly with Sabrina's head resting on his shoulder.
Once Koga was asleep,
Daisy and Lily resumed their hand game in whispers. Alakazam watched them
with an unemotional expression; the demon lay motionless at his side. Unseen,
the demon's eyes opened the tiniest bit, his heart pounding viciously.
Grumly looked around, wondering where he was. And then he remembered…the
man he had attacked at the train station, and Giovanni's redheaded daughter
who he was supposed to capture. He felt a shiver go down his spine as he
realized he had failed to do as asked, and that he would surely pay for
that. Just as he dared to open his eyes a little more, he heard a quiet
yelp. He looked up to see two girls standing above him, eyes wide with
disgust and fear.
Daisy pointed at him with a trembling finger.
"Th-the thing has like,
woken up!"
Alakazam made a move to get it, but before he
could touch it, the girls had pulled out colorful purses and proceeded
to beat the creature with them mercilessly. He sweatdropped as he watched
the demon claw at them and the purses, shrieking something in a different
language. He glanced back at Sabrina and Koga, who were both deep sleepers,
and still floating in dreamland.
"Ala…" he sighed, raising
his hands in defeat and sat down to watch.
After several minutes of torture, the girls dropped
their purses and fell to their knees, breathing heavily. Grumly was on
the verge of unconsciousness and had managed to remain completely still,
so they would think he was knocked out.
(Black Fortress, Central Hall Bedroom, Indigo Mountain)
Midas Ranielli, clad
in a fuzzy white bathrobe that fell to his knees, sat down on his bed,
ready to turn in for a good night's sleep. Just as he was about to lay
down, he heard the faint sound of Grumly's telepathic message. He rubbed
his temple and rose again, making his way towards his desk. He jotted down
the locations Grumly had described to him—his location, which was somewhere
near Central America, and the location of James and Giovanni's daughter,
which was around the Indian Ocean. Once done, he sent a message to the
Lord of Darkness and to his lovely ShapeShifter. And then, finally, he
laid down to rest.
Meanwhile, the Lord
of Darkness looked into the monitor ShapeShifter had brought him. It showed
a large world map. He reached out and touched the Mediterranean Sea with
a sharp, pointed fingernail. Instantly, a black cloud appeared over it
and the two exchanged devilish grins.
(Over the Mediterranean Sea)
Dragonite was starting
to get tired, but he persisted. He was, however, slowing down. Dr. Brown
sensed this and whispered some encouraging words to him. Meowth grabbed
his tail and pulled it up to his side after having it be splashed for the
hundredth time.
"Doc! Are we almost
dere?" He yelled to the front.
Dr. Brown opened his mouth to reply, but the
loud crash of lightning cut him off. The gang looked up at the sky that
had suddenly become very dark and cloudy. The waves underneath them grew
wild and rapid as the wind picked up a great deal of speed.
"Dragonite, please hurry…"
Dr. Brown whispered to his pokémon.
Meowth yelped and scrambled up onto James' shoulder
and ducked down inside his white TR jacket as it began to rain hard. The
humans lowered their heads, closing their eyes to shield them from the
sudden downpour. All around them, lightning crashed and thunder roared.
The sea was going crazy, water flailing everywhere. Dr. Brown squinted
out ahead of them and saw the approaching land.
"Hold on, everyone!
We're almost there!" He tried to call out over the storm.
Before anyone could say anything else, a streak
of lightning erupted directly in front of Dragonite, frightening him and
making him come to a complete halt, beating his wings backwards. The impact
hit his riders full force, and the next thing Dragonite knew, the area
on his back was empty and three splashed erupted from the sea below him.
End of Chapter Four
