O.K., time to get back to work here. I hope you all enjoyed my new fic, "Intertwine Dreams." If you
haven't read it yet, why are you here?! You can read this later. Go read it now!(Unless your under
thirteen). When you get back, enjoy this wholesome Chp. 18. I would also like to thank everyone
once again who has read and reviewed my stories, sending me comments and the like. Thanks for
your support! I'd also like to thank Yoshiman128 for the great picture he drew of Dan. Keep up the
great work!
Note: Chp. 18 is from Vaporeon's POV. Also, the title of the chapter probably doesn't make a lot
of sense. Sorry, but I didn't know what else to write!
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Chp. 18- Clear as Water
"Here it is, Lavander Town!"
I looked up at the sign from the ground. I assume Dan was right, but I couldn't understand
what it said myself. We were hidden off in the trees so the humans wouldn't see us.
"That's great...what now?" Sara asked.
"We go into the town!" Dan said like it should've been obvious.
"What about Vaporeon? Sure, we can go human and rush in, but what about him?" Sara pointed
out, looking down at me.
"Vaporeon?" I agreed. *How do I get in?*
"Hmm..." He seemed to be thinking about what we could do. He didn't suggest a Poke'Ball,
which I wouldn't have agreed to anyway. I've never really liked those things.
"I got it!" Dan explained his plan to us. Sara said it never work, and I didn't understand
exactly what he wanted to do, but he seemed to think it'd work.
I was nervous about walking into the town with the others the way I looked, but with all
the people staring at us as we walked through the town, Dan didn't seem too worried.
We stopped on a street corner after about five minutes of walking. A lot of people had
gathered to see what we were doing. Dan seemed to be ready for this, as he turned to face the
crowd of humans that were watching us.
"Ladies and gentlemen," he announced as Sara released her Poke'mon who weren't already out
while I stood behind her, trying to decide what we were doing. "welcome to our magic show! I see many
of you are intrested in our costumes. Thank you for taking intrest in them. However, we must assure
you that no matter what you see us do or how we act, these are in fact just costumes, and we are
in fact just actors."
For the next hour, we performed, 'magic'. Sara coughed up fireballs, Dan made rings of
electricity, and I did various tricks with water. The Poke'mon helped out with the show, often
having to be told by thier trainers what to do right before they did it. There was one thing we
did that really caught the attention of the crowd. Sara made fireballs and spit them down the
sidewalk while I stood about fifty feet away, shooting them down before they passed me. By the
time we were done, the crowd was clapping happily.
While the others were thanking the people who had watched us, I noticed a little girl who
had joined the crowd. She looked different from the other humans, though. Her clothes looked very
old and dirty, and she didn't look as clean as the other humans altogether. I also noticed that,
unlike all the other small humans in the crowd, she didn't seem to be with any of the older humans.
Sara and Dan spoke with some of the people when most of them left. A few tried to speak to
me, but they quickly learned I didn't speak English. The others were asked why I didn't speak
English, and why they spoke part Poke'mon.(I'm writing this all in my language. You may think it's
English, but trust me, it's not.) They explained that they did it as part of, "staying in character",
and that I, "had problems". I was offended by this, but Sara said that was just so other people
didn't get suspicous. I still wasn't happy, but I understood.
Before we left to find a hotel, I looked around for the small human girl. I could barely
see her well down the street, staring at me around the corner of a building. She was just a human,
but something about her...I don't know what exacty it was I felt, but it felt familiar somehow.
That wouldn't have bothered me so much, except that even during the show, she'd been looking at me
and only me. It's like she didn't even notice the others.
Once all the people had left, we quickly found a hotel and got a room for all of us. We
stayed in the room for the rest of the day. The others trained their Poke'mon, while I practiced
with my reading and writing. I was confused by why there are two ways to write a letter. I mean,
there's, "a", and then there's, "A". Why did there have to be two forms of letters?
We slept in the room for the night, and I woke up late the next morning. The others left
before I fully woke up, but they woke me earlier to tell me they were going down to the Poke'mon
Center. I was too sleepy at the time to really care. I just nodded and went back to sleep. I watched
T.V. till the others came back. I don't know why, but something about television...it's like once
you start watching, you can't stop. By the time the others had returned, it was already late in the
afternoon, and they were in their human forms.
"Geez, I can't believe there's a new strain of flu running around..." Sara said to Dan as
they walked in.
"Yeah, and I hate shots! Still, if it's really contagious, I guess...oh, hey Vaporeon!"
Dan said, seeing I was now awake.
"Vaporeon, Eon?" *What's this about a flu?*
"Vaporeon...please don't be offended by this, but there's a flu going around, one that
affects both humans and Poke'mon, and, well..." Dan started to trail off.
"What he's trying to say," Sara continued, "is that we can't get you vaccinated."
"Vaporeon?" I said, confused. *Vaccinated?"
"Do you understand?" Dan asked. I shook my head. "It means...while we normal could prevent
you from getting it, we can't now."
"Vap?!" *Why?!*
"We're sorry, Vaporeon, but if you're stuck like that, we can't risk people seeing you like
that all the time." Sara said with a hurt look on her face. "As it was, we had to hide in an alley
for hours when we had to go back to being Hybrids again."
I couldn't believe this! They were really going to let me get sick just because people
would stare at me?! This was injustice! This was wrong!
I left it at that, but was still very sore toward the others. They put something in one of
the fins on my head, but I didn't listen to them when they told me what it was. It hurt a lot,
which didn't help my mood at all. They ordered dinner, but I wasn't in much of a mood to eat.
In the end, they had to save my meal for me.
We went to sleep, though I still was very mad. Great, I thought. This can't get any worse.
Dan and Sara are too worried about themselves to care about me, I'm probably going to be sick, and
there's nothing I can do! I tossed and turned on the cot that had been bought in for me, but it
squeaked horribly, and I couldn't sleep. What else could go wrong?
"Raiiiii..."
"Vap?" *Dan?* It sounded like he was moaning in his sleep.
"RAAAIIII..."
"Vap? Vap!" *Dan? Dan!*
Suddenly he leapt up on all fours, like a Persian who had just heard someone approaching.
He looked around quickly, then saw me. What was he...
CRACK! SNAP! WHAM!
Something moved from Dan, so fast I didn't see it. One of the supports for my cot suddenly
was sliced in half, causing the cot to fall over and me to hit the floor.
"Vap! Eon Eon Vapor?!" I said, rolling back to my feet. *Dan! What'd you just do?!"
He said nothing. He just crawled down onto the floor and turned to face me. That's when I
knew something was wrong.
His eyes were glowing bright red, like something out of a horror tale. The look on his face
was anger, hatred. That wasn't the big tip off, though. Somehow, his tail had grown from being over
six feet long to being at least 15 feet long! He held it above him, the tip of it hanging above his
head. The lightining bolt tip suddenly looked very sharp and pointy, more than sharp enough to cut
through the wooden support of the cot.
"Vaaaapppp..." I said worriedly, backing away toward Sara. *Daaaannnn...*
The tail lashed forward again, and I barely kept my head from being cut off. There was a
searing pain down my back as the tail cut through my skin. It finally got stuck in the wall behind
me.
"Vapor! Vapor! Vaporeon!" I yelled through gritted teeth. *Sara! Sara! Wake up!*
Sara slowly stirred, but some of the other Poke'mon were up before her. They too looked
around in confusion, but their eyes also glowed the same way Dan's did. Right now, Dan was trying
to pull his tail out of the wall.
Finally Sara started to get up. I couldn't see anything different about her, now that she
was in her Hybrid form. Maybe she was alright!
"Vapor! Vap Eon, Vaporeon Vaporeon Vap Vap Eon!" I said frantically, looking at the Poke'mon
as they slowly started toward me. Unlike Dan, though, they didn't have any physical changes beyond
their eyes. *Sara! Dan and the Poke'mon have something wrong with them!*
"Vulll..."
"Vapor? Va...Eon..." *Sara? Wha...no...* Sara turned to look at me, and I realized that she
too had changed. Her eyes were glowing as well, but her teeth had grown so large, they didn't even
fit in her muzzle anymore.
Something was really wrong. Everyone was trying to hurt me! Bulbasaur suddenly launched a
Razor Leaf at me, but I ducked under it. It crashed harmlessly into the wall next to Dan, who
almost had his tail free.
Looking around quickly, I saw the door to the room was open just a crack. I could get it
open the rest of the way with a little bit of work, but I'd have to go by everyone else, who looked
very unhappy with me at the moment. Still, if I stayed where I was, I wouldn't have to worry about
being put in a ball again. There probably wouldn't be enough left of me to put in a ball, even without
the energy transfer!
I ran over Dan, who had just pulled his tail out of the wall, and by the Poke'mon, though
Furret swiped me with her claws pretty good. I quickly nosed open the door and started to run down
the hall, but stopped when I saw what was happening.
Pokemon of all sorts were loose in the hall, attacking and hurting one another. The humans
did nothing to stop this. In fact, a whole bunch of humans were cowering in one corner of the hall,
shaking like they were all hit with Earthquake attacks. Most of them were clutching to one another
as they shook.
Realizing the others were still behind me, I ran down the hall toward the exit, which was
in the same direction as in the cowering humans. It was easy to run around the Poke'mon; they were
too busy fighting each other to notice me.
"St...Stay away!" one of the humans yelled as I came in their direction.
"Eon, Vap Vaporeon." I tried to tell them, taking a step toward. *I'm not here to hurt
you.*
The humans as a group let out a scream, which hurt my ears. Confused and worried about
being pursued by the others, I left them to their fear. I quickly ran out through the front doors
of the hotel into the street.
"Vaporeon, Vap Vap?..." *What's going on this town?...*
The streets were pure chaos! Humans were watching like total cowards as Poke'mon violently
battled one another. Some even fought Poke'mon as they laid on the ground, totally unable to defend
themselves. Something was seriously wrong here!
I ran down the road, but where would I go? A sharp pain rose from my back from being cut
with Dan's tail. The wound was only skin deep, but it still hurt a lot. Maybe I should go to the
Poke'mon Center. It was probably one of the safest places to go, and they could heal my wounds.
I only had one problem...where was the Poke'mon Center?
A Pidgey was suddenly knocked in front of me by a Geodude, who seemed to lose intrest in
the bird Poke'mon now that it saw me. It tried to Tackle me, but I shot a Ice Beam at it before it
even got within twenty feet. While the Geodude learned how to be an ice cube, I moved down the
street, hoping to find the Poke'mon Center somewhere.
I was able to avoid most of the violent Poke'mon, and the few that I did have to fight I
just blasted with a Water Gun or Ice Beam and moved on while they recovered. I couldn't help but
wonder exactly why all these Poke'mon and humans were acting so strangely, and yet I wasn't. It's
like a disease on the rampage, but why would I be invunerable? I was the one who got left out of
getting my shots today. You'd think of anyone, I'd be the most likely one to...
"AHHHH!"
A human suddenly turned a corner ahead of me, running in my direction. I thought she was
just scared like all the other humans, till I saw the six Pidgeotto's flying after her. Even if I
didn't know this human, I still felt like I should help.
"Vap!" I yelled before shooting off another Ice Beam. It was one of the longest beams I'd
ever had to make. The Pidgeotto's were so close together, the Ice Beam got them all in one shot.
By the time the last one had been encased in ice, I was worn out. Unlike what most people think,
it takes a lot of energy to use those kind of attacks. With normal rest and food, I could do Ice
Beams and Water Guns all day, but I hadn't eaten most of dinner, and I was starting to wear down.
"Thank you for helping m..." The person I saved started to say, but before I could recongnize
them, they'd knelt down and thrown their arms around my neck. "Brother! Where have you been?!"
"Vaporeon?" *Brother?* I broke away from the person and slowly backed away. It was that
little human girl from the magic show. She looked the same, maybe even a little dirtier than before,
it that was even possible.
"Brother? Don't you recongnize me?" the human said, confused.
"Vap, Vaporeon!" *I'm not your brother!*
"Of course you're my brother. You may not look like it, but I can sense your human spirit."
"Vaporeon?" *Human spirit?* What was this human talking about? She was nuts!
"You truly believe your not my brother, do you?" I nodded. "But...how could this happen?
Please, whoever you are, maybe I see something?"
"Eon..." *Sure...* I'd do almost anything to get away from this creepy little girl. She
slowly approached me, then placed a hand on my head. I started to feel kinda lightheaded and sick.
What was she doing to me?
"Oh..." The girl removed her hand and looked at me. I thought I saw a tear in her eye, but
she wiped it away before I could see.
"Vaporeon...you're not my brother..."
"Vapor!" *Thank you!*
"...but my brothers spirit is definitly in you. It's been...subdued somehow. He can hear
me and see what's going on, but he has no control over it. It's you, the Poke'mon, who have all the
control."
"Eon, Vap Vapor Eon Eon." *That makes absolutely NO sense!*
"It may not make sense to you, but it's the truth."
"Vapo...Eon. Vaporeon, Vapor?!" *If yo...wait. You've understood everything I said?!* She
nodded. "Vaporeon?!" *But how?!*
"Well, like my brother, I'm psyhic. I'm simply reading your thoughts."
I didn't say anything for a minute. I was still way too confused as to what was going on.
How could a human spirit be inside me? I was born a Poke'mon!
I tried to recall anything that could've happened that maybe would've led up to this, but
like always, my memory hit a blank. All I remember are these horrible dreams where the little girl,
the one who's been chasing me, is laughing hysterically while I see another girl screaming in pain
and glowing bright blue. I try to help her, but I always get knocked away by some invisble force. I
saw something...I know I saw something that could stop her...except I can't remember what it was.
All I know for sure was that it was bad, and if someone else learned, they were in very deep
trouble.
And yet...there were other things I couldn't explain. If I didn't want to get anyone else
involved, why did I try to take Dan's towel and get him to notice me? Why did I stay with him and the
others, even though they treated me badly? Why was I still here? Why didn't I just leave them all
behind and get away while I still had the chance?
"Brot...Vaporeon," the little girl corrected herself, "you've been hurt. We should get you
to the Poke'mon Center. They can help you, and it's probably the safest place to be right now."
"Vaporeon Vapor, Eon Vapor." I agreed. *First thing you've said all night that made sense.*
We stuck together as we made our way to the Poke'mon Center. She took the lead, obviously
knowing where to go, but I was almost right next to her in case anything else tried to attack us.
We were able to avoid anymore attacks, and soon found the Poke'mon Center. Everything looked normal
as we went in, but I couldn't help but notice the odd van parked outside the building. Karen(that
was her name) told me it was from Parasol Inc. I'd never heard of them, but I don't know a lot
about humans and their buissnesses. Karen said she'd never heard of them either, though.
All the lights were on in the Center as we walked in. It didn't looked trashed or damaged
in anyway. Actually, it looked kind of inviting. Maybe this was the right place to go to after all.
"Vapor? Vaporeon?" I called out as we walked in. *Hello? Anyone around?*
No one answered us. We slowly walked in together, ready in case anything tried to jump out
at us. Despite the fact that all the lights were on and the Center looked fine, something felt wrong
here. We moved behind the main desk as we looked around for somebody. It was quiet...too quiet.
"AH!"
So much for the silence. We turned to look behind us to find the screamer. It was one of
the many Nurse Joy's. She was under the main desk, shaking like all the other humans.
"Joy? Joy?" Karen asked, sliding down next to her. "What's going on?"
Joy was too busy shaking to say anything. She looked like she'd seen a ghost. What was
happening to everyone here?
"Is that the last of them?"
A new, rougher voice called out of nowhere. All of us crammed in under the desk and looked
around the corner to see who this person was. Two men came out of a room just to the side of the
desk. One was a man dressed in black, and the other was a woman in white. Both of them had a red,
"R" on the front of the shirts. Each of them held what looked like a large gun, and they wore
straps across their shirts that had odd ball shaped items straped to them. The man also had a large
bag that was bulging full of something.
"Yeah, that should be all of them." the woman replied, looking around. "Come on, let's get
out of here and get some more ammo. I'm almost out."
"Alright. I used up a lot myself." The two of them proceeded out the main door of the
Center.
"Eon, Vap...Vapor!" *What was...Karen!*
Karen had moved out and started to follow those people out. She slowly opened the Center's
doors, then proceeded out. I chased after her, wondering what she was trying to do.
By the time I got outside, I saw Karen open the back door of the van parked outside, then
try to climb in. The van seemed to have problems starting. If I hurried, I could still get Karen
out of there. I ran over to the van just as Karen made it in. Before I could even think about what
I was doing, I'd hopped in with her.
"Vap Vaporeon?!" I exclaimed. *What are you doing?!*
"Shh!" she hushed, closing the back door. "This is Team Rocket! If they're involved in this,
maybe we can find something to stop all this!"
"Vaporeon!" *You're insane!*
"Did you just feel something?" the woman up front asked the man next to her.
"It was probably this stupid van. When we get our raise, we should ask for a new one..."
the man said.
The van soon started up, and we were off to wherever we were being taken. I really wasn't
in the mood to talk, but the girl seemed to want to talk. We spoke quietly, as not to be overheard.
"Vaporeon...how did you come to be combined with my brothers spirit?"
"Vaporeon..." *I don't know...*
"You don't?...Oh, I see. Your memory has been damaged in that particular area."
As we spoke, I couldn't help but feel concerned for this humans safety. I mean, I never
want anyone to get hurt in the first place, but something inside me...I'm not sure. It's like I
felt I had to protect her at all costs. Was it because I really cared about her, or was it because
she was right? Did I really have her brother's spirit somewhere inside of me, and somehow it was
influencing my thoughts toward Karen?
I asked Karen why she was dressed the way she was. Her response was that they were all
she could get out on the streets. Then I asked why she lived out on the streets in the first place.
"I...my parents are both gone. Mom died of cancer, and Dad was killed in a car accident.
They were both great psyhics, and always encouraged my brother and me to practice our powers, but
not use them openly. After they passed away, I hoped one of our realitives would take me in. You
had left us a while ago, but Mom and Dad never told me where, and I haven't developed my mind
enough on my own to find out. The rest of the family...they wanted nothing to do with me. Mom and
Dad never made wills for anyone to take care of me, and since we were the only psyhics in the
family, they were scared and left me out in the cold. That was two years ago. Since then, I've been
trying to find you...my brother...and get back together with him."
I was shocked. Her parents were gone, and no one else wanted to take care of her? What about
her brother? Why didn't he take care of her?
The van soon stopped, and the man and woman got out of the van. As soon as they opened the
door, I knocked them into a wall with a Water Gun. They laid against it, wet and not moving. I
must've knocked them out.
"Wait a minute..." Karen went to the bag that was in the front and dumped out it's
contents.
"Vaporeon?" *Poke'balls?* There must've been hundreds of them! They must've been taken out
of the Center. Still, if any of those Poke'mon had been loose, how did those two stop them?
"What are these?" Karen tried to pick up one of the guns, but it was too heavy for her and
she dropped it. When it hit the ground, something shot of the muzzle and exploded in a white cloud
quite a distance away.
We were in a garage, but there was no where to go except for a platform nearby. Karen went
over to it and pushed a button, then the platform started to move down.
"Vapor!" *Karen!* I ran over and quickly leapt down onto the platform before it got too
far away. We slowly descended down, but I hoped we wouldn't have to fight anyone or anything. That
last Water Gun really took a lot, and I was running on empty with energy.
When we hit the bottom, we were both in shock. Ahead of us was a giant vat containing some
kind of white gas, much like the one that came out of that gun before. There were some computer
consoles surrounding the big vat, but that was about it. We couldn't see or hear anyone else.
We slowly apporached the giant vat, and Karen turned on one of the computers while I kept
on watch for anymore of Team Rocket. She must've been very skilled with a computer; her fingers
flew around with great speed. After a minute, Karen suddenly gasped in shock.
"Vaporeon Eon?" *What is it?*
"It was all a plot!" she exclaimed.
Karen quickly explained what she meant. The, "flu" shots that had been given out were in
fact some sort of emotion controlling drug. When given to humans, it increased their fear levels
to a point where they were too scared to even move. In Poke'mon, it made them grow violent and
dangerous. There was no flu at all; it was all just a plot by Team Rocket. The computer didn't
explain what the plot was, but Karen did. She thought that while most humans were in total fear,
Team Rocket went around and gathered up the Poke'mon and stole them!
"Vap Vap, Vapor Eon Eon Vaporeon?" *How'd they get the Poke'mon to stop attacking?*
"I'm not sure...here it is! It's...this stuff." Karen pointed to the big vat. "It's
supposed to be the anidote for the drug, mixed with Sleep Powder. That's how they caught them!"
Well, that explained a lot. It must have had some weird side effects on Dan and Sara, why
I didn't know. Now we had to get this stuff to everyo...
"Poke'ball, GO!"
"Vap? VAP!" *What? NO!* A Rocket had appeared from a side door, but by the time I saw him,
the Poke'ball he'd thrown was just inches from me! I had no time to dodge it!
I closed my eyes and braced for the energy transfer. The ball hit me in the face...and then
nothing.
"Vap?" *Huh?* I looked down at the ball now sitting harmlessly on the ground. What happened?
I should've been sucked right in! I mean, I glad I wasn't, but why not?
The Rocket seemed as confused as I was. He threw four Poke'balls at me, but nothing happened
when they hit me. Either all his Poke'Balls were broken, or something else was going on here.
"Vaporeon!" Karen yelled, looking at all the action. I heard a, "CLICK!", then a message
was suddenly played throughout the facility.
"THE SELF DESTRUCT SEQUENCE HAS BEEN ACTIVATED! THIS CANNOT BE ABORTED! SELF DENTENATION
WILL BEGIN IN FIVE MINUTES!"
"Oops..." Karen said, looking back at the panel.
"You fool!" The Rocket yelped. "You're gonna fry us all!" He reached to his belt and pulled
out what looked like another Poke'ball. It was painted all weird, and there was something else odd
about it, but I couldn't really tell what it was. "Go, Seel!"
When the creature came out, I was expecting a Poke'mon. Instead, at first I thought I was
looking at a human. The body and head was that of a human girl except for the small horn coming out
of her head and was maybe about Dans or Saras age. Her arms, though, were very short, and instead of
hands, she had the paws of a Seel. She was all a snow white color, even her hair. She only wore a blue
tank top, but that was because her body from the waist down was the same as a Seel's! Standing up on
her tail, I guessed her height to be about five feet.
"Vapor!" *A Hybrid!*
"Seel, these people are trying to escape! Stop them!" the Rocket ordered before running off
through the door which he'd come through.
"Vaporeon, Vap...EON!" *Yeah, like she's...OW!* I was sure she wouldn't attack. After all,
she was a Hybrid, and Hybrids didn't listen to humans. Of course I wasn't ready when the Seel Hybrid
suddenly sprung toward me, nailing me with a Headbutt. I stumbled back, having just been avoided
being stabbed with her horn.
"Vaporeon! Seel! Stop!" Karen tried in vain to hold back the Seel. It just knocked her away
and sprung at me again. I leapt to the side, letting the Seel slide past me and into a wall.
"Eon, Vaporeon?" I asked as the Hybrid recovered and turned around. *Why are you doing this?*
"Because Master ordered it." was the monotone, emotionless response. She turned her head
so her horn faced me, like she was aiming it. Soon water was shooting out from the tip toward me. It
hit me with a lot more force than I expected, and knocked me back into the vat before I slowly slid
down.
"Vap..." I moaned in pain. I slowly got to my feet and tried to counter with a Water Gun of
my own, but I was too weak. I had no energy left to fight. If this kept up, I was as good as gone.
"Vaporeon!" Karen called out. I turned painfully to see Karen by another door. "Come on!
Your not strong enough to fight!"
"Vapor..." *Coming...* I moved as fast as I could toward Karen, barely avoiding an Ice
Beam. Karen pushed a button and opened the double metal doors, going through and closing them
behind me as I made my way through. As soon as the door closed, there was a loud, "WHAM!" from the
other side, and the metal was starting to become dented.
"Over there!" Karen pointed over to an elevator at the end of the hall. Finally, a way out!
Karen pushed a button on the panel outside of the elevator and the door opened. I went in as the
metal doors continued to get dented. Karen just got in as the doors gave way to the pounding of the
Seel Hybrid.
"I have to help her!"
"Vaporeon?!" *Are you nuts?!"*
"She doesn't deserve to die in here. No one does!" Karen closed her eyes and put a hand
toward the charging Hybrid. Just as the doors of the elevator closed, the Hybrid dissappeared in
a puff of smoke.
"Vapore...Vapor!" *How did...Karen!* She suddenly collapsed on the ground as the elevator
slowly went up. She tried to get up, but fell back down again.
"I...teleported her away." she gasped. "I...had to use...a lot of energy...she truly...
didn't want...to leave..."
"Vaa..." *Shh...* We went up for what seemed like forever. When the elevator finally
stopped, the announcement now said we only had two minutes to escape.
"Vaporeon, Vapor Vaporeon." *We need to get out of here.* The doors opened to reveal an
alleyway. This must've been some sort of secret escape route.
"I can't...too weak..." she moaned, clearly struggling as she pulled herself up to a sitting
position. "Go...I'll be fine..."
"Vaporeon?! Vapor, Eon Vap Vap Eon!" *You'll be fine?! This place is going to explode!*
"It's O.K..." she assured me with a small smile "I'll make it. You need to go."
"Vaporeon!" *Not without you!*
"GO!" she ordered.
I was torn. I knew I had to get out, but I couldn't just leave her like this. Still, this
place was going to go up soon. If I stayed, I'd be a goner. What was I going t...
It's O.K. She'll be fine.
"Vap?" That voice...where was it coming from?
She's strong. She'll make it through.
Who the heck was this person? How could they tell me what to do? And...why did I feel like
they were right?
I took one last, long look at Karen. My last words to her probably shocked me as much as
it did her.
"Vapor, Vapor." *Goodbye, sister.*
I took off as fast as possible, trying my hardest not to think about her. If I did, I would
be tempeted to go back and try to help her. I just kept running as fast as my weakened body would
carry me, never looking back till I heard a giant explosion. I turned to see a giant building
explode in a ball of flame, sending pieces of walls and glass all over the streets surrounding it.
Soon, all that was left was a giant crater in the earth.
I had run into a small park, which seemed to be free of any life, Poke'mon or human. What
was I going to do now? The anidote been destroyed, and everyone is still out of control. What was
I going to do? I had to...do something...but so...weak...
Between injuries and weariness, I collapsed on the ground. The last thing I saw before
everything went black was the white mist rising out of the remains of the building.
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"Vaporeon? Vaporeon! Wake Rai!"
"Va...?" My eyes slowly opened. When my vision focused, I saw...DAN!
"VAP!" I yelped, rolling off the bed. *AH!*
"Vaporeon! It's O.K!" I picked myself up out of the bed and found myself back in the hotel
room. Everything looked...normal.
"Vaporeon, you're alright!" Sara said, kneeling down next to me. Her eyes weren't glowing...
and her teeth looked straight.
I looked and saw the Poke'mon had gathered around me. They too looked normal. Finally, I
looked up at Dan. No glowing eyes...normal tail! Everything was normal again!
"Vap...Vapor?" *What...happened?*
"Vaporeon, what happened? All I remember is having this werid dream where I attacked you,
and then you ran out. Did something bad happen?" Dan asked as I moved back onto the bed.
I explained to them everything that had happened, but they didn't seem to get it. They
said they found me in the park where I'd collapsed two days ago, and since then they'd been trying
to get me up. They said it was almost impossible to sneak me back in; they had to bring all sorts
of blankets and sheets from the hotel and wrap me in them before they carried me back in. The clerk
at the desk said he'd never seen such a huge Poke'mon.
"Vaporeon...we want to apoligize." Sara said when they were done explaining what happened
to me. "We're sorry we couldn't take you with us to get the vaccine for that flu. It's no big deal
now, but we know it must've been hard on you. We're sorry we had to leave you out like that. We
promise to try and get you involved more often.
"Vaporeon." I said with a nod. *I understand.* Sure, I felt bad about being left out,
but I guess deep down, I knew they did it for a reason. I would've caused a lot of confusion and
fear, and that would've put us all in a lot of danger. Maybe this is why I stay with them, I thought.
Sure, I'm not treated the best I possibly could be, but I've been more respected by them than many
others. Besides, Dan and Sara were the only ones like me. If I was going to get any help for
everything that had been happening, I'd have to do it with them.
"Vaporeon, do you still have that SafetyRod in?"
"Vaporeon?" *Safety Rod?*
"Yup, it's still there." Dan said, looking closely at one of the fins on my head. "Too bad
they only protect from basic PokeBalls. Still, it's better than nothing. At least there's less of
a chance we'll get captured."
That's why those Poke'Balls the Rocket threw at me didn't work! I was protected by the Rod!
Thinking of the Rocket reminded me of the Seel Hybrid. Why was she the way she was? She was in a
ball, called that Rocket, "Master" and basically acted like a Poke'mon who'd been taught for years
to follow orders, and nothing more. I couldn't believe she followed his orders, even when he would
just leave her to die like that. If Karen hadn't teleported her out of there, goodness only knows
what would've happened.
Karen...was she alright? I never saw her get out of the explosion. There was no way she
could've made it out on so little energy...but yet somehow I knew she was alright. She was still
alive, far away somewhere where she'd be safe for a while. It didn't really make a lot of sense,
but then again, neither did a lot of things.
I laid down on the bed, exhausted both mentally and physically. Nothing else could possibly
go wrong. The T.V. news told of the mysterious fog that had come out of a crater and somehow ended
all the fear and violence when it was breathed in. Nothing else could happen...
Then came the next day.
"Sara!" Dan said, digging under his bed. "I've got something for you!"
"You do?" Sara seemed surprised.
"Well, you said before today you turned thirteen, so I got something for you." Dan pulled
out a box wrapped in fancy paper, giving it to Sara.
Sara undid the paper and opened the white box. She pulled out what I later learned was
called a music box. It was pink with a gold trim. She opened the lid, and music played from it.
"Happy Birthday!" Dan said with a smile. Something was wrong, though. Seeing the way Sara's
eyes watered, it wasn't a very happy birthday for her. The look on Dans face changed to one of
concern. "Sara? What's wrong?"
Without warning, Sara dropped the box on the bed and took off out of the room in full blown
tears. Everyone else was shocked by this, and it took a few seconds for us to recover.
"Sara? Sara!" Dan yelled out, to no avail. "Bulbasaur, Furret, Nidoran, follow me!" With
that, he took off after her, leaving me and Sara's Poke'mon to wonder what went wrong.
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I know it's delayed, and I'm truly sorry. Between the new story, limited computer time and the
fact I'm tired a lot, I've had little time to work on this. I'll have out a new chapter for this
sometime in early August. Intertwine Dreams should have another chapter within a week. Please,
forgive my slacking off, and thank you for your continued support!
Now that Family Guy, one of my favorite shows, is back on the air, I think we should celebrate with
a little scene from it. (This paticular scene is rated PG, even if the show is rated TV-14.)
(A random name is picked as a theme for the town parade. Peter's theme, a scene from "Who's the
Boss?" is picked.)
Peter: Yes, they picked mine! (Begins dancing around the room.)
Lois: I'm glad they picked your topic, Peter, but don't you think it's a little esoteric?
Peter: (stops dancing) Esoteric?
(The scene shifts toward a conference room with the word, "esoteric" projected on a screen. The
men seated around the table represent Peter's thoughts.)
Man 1: Alright people, what does this mean?
Man 2: Maybe it has something to do with literature?
Man 3: It's a science term!
Man 4: No, you're all wrong! It's has to do with food! It means delicious!
(Back to Peter in living room.)
Peter: Lois, "Who's the Boss" is not a food.
Brain: Swing and a miss.
(Ironically, esoteric means, "Little known idea.")
haven't read it yet, why are you here?! You can read this later. Go read it now!(Unless your under
thirteen). When you get back, enjoy this wholesome Chp. 18. I would also like to thank everyone
once again who has read and reviewed my stories, sending me comments and the like. Thanks for
your support! I'd also like to thank Yoshiman128 for the great picture he drew of Dan. Keep up the
great work!
Note: Chp. 18 is from Vaporeon's POV. Also, the title of the chapter probably doesn't make a lot
of sense. Sorry, but I didn't know what else to write!
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Chp. 18- Clear as Water
"Here it is, Lavander Town!"
I looked up at the sign from the ground. I assume Dan was right, but I couldn't understand
what it said myself. We were hidden off in the trees so the humans wouldn't see us.
"That's great...what now?" Sara asked.
"We go into the town!" Dan said like it should've been obvious.
"What about Vaporeon? Sure, we can go human and rush in, but what about him?" Sara pointed
out, looking down at me.
"Vaporeon?" I agreed. *How do I get in?*
"Hmm..." He seemed to be thinking about what we could do. He didn't suggest a Poke'Ball,
which I wouldn't have agreed to anyway. I've never really liked those things.
"I got it!" Dan explained his plan to us. Sara said it never work, and I didn't understand
exactly what he wanted to do, but he seemed to think it'd work.
I was nervous about walking into the town with the others the way I looked, but with all
the people staring at us as we walked through the town, Dan didn't seem too worried.
We stopped on a street corner after about five minutes of walking. A lot of people had
gathered to see what we were doing. Dan seemed to be ready for this, as he turned to face the
crowd of humans that were watching us.
"Ladies and gentlemen," he announced as Sara released her Poke'mon who weren't already out
while I stood behind her, trying to decide what we were doing. "welcome to our magic show! I see many
of you are intrested in our costumes. Thank you for taking intrest in them. However, we must assure
you that no matter what you see us do or how we act, these are in fact just costumes, and we are
in fact just actors."
For the next hour, we performed, 'magic'. Sara coughed up fireballs, Dan made rings of
electricity, and I did various tricks with water. The Poke'mon helped out with the show, often
having to be told by thier trainers what to do right before they did it. There was one thing we
did that really caught the attention of the crowd. Sara made fireballs and spit them down the
sidewalk while I stood about fifty feet away, shooting them down before they passed me. By the
time we were done, the crowd was clapping happily.
While the others were thanking the people who had watched us, I noticed a little girl who
had joined the crowd. She looked different from the other humans, though. Her clothes looked very
old and dirty, and she didn't look as clean as the other humans altogether. I also noticed that,
unlike all the other small humans in the crowd, she didn't seem to be with any of the older humans.
Sara and Dan spoke with some of the people when most of them left. A few tried to speak to
me, but they quickly learned I didn't speak English. The others were asked why I didn't speak
English, and why they spoke part Poke'mon.(I'm writing this all in my language. You may think it's
English, but trust me, it's not.) They explained that they did it as part of, "staying in character",
and that I, "had problems". I was offended by this, but Sara said that was just so other people
didn't get suspicous. I still wasn't happy, but I understood.
Before we left to find a hotel, I looked around for the small human girl. I could barely
see her well down the street, staring at me around the corner of a building. She was just a human,
but something about her...I don't know what exacty it was I felt, but it felt familiar somehow.
That wouldn't have bothered me so much, except that even during the show, she'd been looking at me
and only me. It's like she didn't even notice the others.
Once all the people had left, we quickly found a hotel and got a room for all of us. We
stayed in the room for the rest of the day. The others trained their Poke'mon, while I practiced
with my reading and writing. I was confused by why there are two ways to write a letter. I mean,
there's, "a", and then there's, "A". Why did there have to be two forms of letters?
We slept in the room for the night, and I woke up late the next morning. The others left
before I fully woke up, but they woke me earlier to tell me they were going down to the Poke'mon
Center. I was too sleepy at the time to really care. I just nodded and went back to sleep. I watched
T.V. till the others came back. I don't know why, but something about television...it's like once
you start watching, you can't stop. By the time the others had returned, it was already late in the
afternoon, and they were in their human forms.
"Geez, I can't believe there's a new strain of flu running around..." Sara said to Dan as
they walked in.
"Yeah, and I hate shots! Still, if it's really contagious, I guess...oh, hey Vaporeon!"
Dan said, seeing I was now awake.
"Vaporeon, Eon?" *What's this about a flu?*
"Vaporeon...please don't be offended by this, but there's a flu going around, one that
affects both humans and Poke'mon, and, well..." Dan started to trail off.
"What he's trying to say," Sara continued, "is that we can't get you vaccinated."
"Vaporeon?" I said, confused. *Vaccinated?"
"Do you understand?" Dan asked. I shook my head. "It means...while we normal could prevent
you from getting it, we can't now."
"Vap?!" *Why?!*
"We're sorry, Vaporeon, but if you're stuck like that, we can't risk people seeing you like
that all the time." Sara said with a hurt look on her face. "As it was, we had to hide in an alley
for hours when we had to go back to being Hybrids again."
I couldn't believe this! They were really going to let me get sick just because people
would stare at me?! This was injustice! This was wrong!
I left it at that, but was still very sore toward the others. They put something in one of
the fins on my head, but I didn't listen to them when they told me what it was. It hurt a lot,
which didn't help my mood at all. They ordered dinner, but I wasn't in much of a mood to eat.
In the end, they had to save my meal for me.
We went to sleep, though I still was very mad. Great, I thought. This can't get any worse.
Dan and Sara are too worried about themselves to care about me, I'm probably going to be sick, and
there's nothing I can do! I tossed and turned on the cot that had been bought in for me, but it
squeaked horribly, and I couldn't sleep. What else could go wrong?
"Raiiiii..."
"Vap?" *Dan?* It sounded like he was moaning in his sleep.
"RAAAIIII..."
"Vap? Vap!" *Dan? Dan!*
Suddenly he leapt up on all fours, like a Persian who had just heard someone approaching.
He looked around quickly, then saw me. What was he...
CRACK! SNAP! WHAM!
Something moved from Dan, so fast I didn't see it. One of the supports for my cot suddenly
was sliced in half, causing the cot to fall over and me to hit the floor.
"Vap! Eon Eon Vapor?!" I said, rolling back to my feet. *Dan! What'd you just do?!"
He said nothing. He just crawled down onto the floor and turned to face me. That's when I
knew something was wrong.
His eyes were glowing bright red, like something out of a horror tale. The look on his face
was anger, hatred. That wasn't the big tip off, though. Somehow, his tail had grown from being over
six feet long to being at least 15 feet long! He held it above him, the tip of it hanging above his
head. The lightining bolt tip suddenly looked very sharp and pointy, more than sharp enough to cut
through the wooden support of the cot.
"Vaaaapppp..." I said worriedly, backing away toward Sara. *Daaaannnn...*
The tail lashed forward again, and I barely kept my head from being cut off. There was a
searing pain down my back as the tail cut through my skin. It finally got stuck in the wall behind
me.
"Vapor! Vapor! Vaporeon!" I yelled through gritted teeth. *Sara! Sara! Wake up!*
Sara slowly stirred, but some of the other Poke'mon were up before her. They too looked
around in confusion, but their eyes also glowed the same way Dan's did. Right now, Dan was trying
to pull his tail out of the wall.
Finally Sara started to get up. I couldn't see anything different about her, now that she
was in her Hybrid form. Maybe she was alright!
"Vapor! Vap Eon, Vaporeon Vaporeon Vap Vap Eon!" I said frantically, looking at the Poke'mon
as they slowly started toward me. Unlike Dan, though, they didn't have any physical changes beyond
their eyes. *Sara! Dan and the Poke'mon have something wrong with them!*
"Vulll..."
"Vapor? Va...Eon..." *Sara? Wha...no...* Sara turned to look at me, and I realized that she
too had changed. Her eyes were glowing as well, but her teeth had grown so large, they didn't even
fit in her muzzle anymore.
Something was really wrong. Everyone was trying to hurt me! Bulbasaur suddenly launched a
Razor Leaf at me, but I ducked under it. It crashed harmlessly into the wall next to Dan, who
almost had his tail free.
Looking around quickly, I saw the door to the room was open just a crack. I could get it
open the rest of the way with a little bit of work, but I'd have to go by everyone else, who looked
very unhappy with me at the moment. Still, if I stayed where I was, I wouldn't have to worry about
being put in a ball again. There probably wouldn't be enough left of me to put in a ball, even without
the energy transfer!
I ran over Dan, who had just pulled his tail out of the wall, and by the Poke'mon, though
Furret swiped me with her claws pretty good. I quickly nosed open the door and started to run down
the hall, but stopped when I saw what was happening.
Pokemon of all sorts were loose in the hall, attacking and hurting one another. The humans
did nothing to stop this. In fact, a whole bunch of humans were cowering in one corner of the hall,
shaking like they were all hit with Earthquake attacks. Most of them were clutching to one another
as they shook.
Realizing the others were still behind me, I ran down the hall toward the exit, which was
in the same direction as in the cowering humans. It was easy to run around the Poke'mon; they were
too busy fighting each other to notice me.
"St...Stay away!" one of the humans yelled as I came in their direction.
"Eon, Vap Vaporeon." I tried to tell them, taking a step toward. *I'm not here to hurt
you.*
The humans as a group let out a scream, which hurt my ears. Confused and worried about
being pursued by the others, I left them to their fear. I quickly ran out through the front doors
of the hotel into the street.
"Vaporeon, Vap Vap?..." *What's going on this town?...*
The streets were pure chaos! Humans were watching like total cowards as Poke'mon violently
battled one another. Some even fought Poke'mon as they laid on the ground, totally unable to defend
themselves. Something was seriously wrong here!
I ran down the road, but where would I go? A sharp pain rose from my back from being cut
with Dan's tail. The wound was only skin deep, but it still hurt a lot. Maybe I should go to the
Poke'mon Center. It was probably one of the safest places to go, and they could heal my wounds.
I only had one problem...where was the Poke'mon Center?
A Pidgey was suddenly knocked in front of me by a Geodude, who seemed to lose intrest in
the bird Poke'mon now that it saw me. It tried to Tackle me, but I shot a Ice Beam at it before it
even got within twenty feet. While the Geodude learned how to be an ice cube, I moved down the
street, hoping to find the Poke'mon Center somewhere.
I was able to avoid most of the violent Poke'mon, and the few that I did have to fight I
just blasted with a Water Gun or Ice Beam and moved on while they recovered. I couldn't help but
wonder exactly why all these Poke'mon and humans were acting so strangely, and yet I wasn't. It's
like a disease on the rampage, but why would I be invunerable? I was the one who got left out of
getting my shots today. You'd think of anyone, I'd be the most likely one to...
"AHHHH!"
A human suddenly turned a corner ahead of me, running in my direction. I thought she was
just scared like all the other humans, till I saw the six Pidgeotto's flying after her. Even if I
didn't know this human, I still felt like I should help.
"Vap!" I yelled before shooting off another Ice Beam. It was one of the longest beams I'd
ever had to make. The Pidgeotto's were so close together, the Ice Beam got them all in one shot.
By the time the last one had been encased in ice, I was worn out. Unlike what most people think,
it takes a lot of energy to use those kind of attacks. With normal rest and food, I could do Ice
Beams and Water Guns all day, but I hadn't eaten most of dinner, and I was starting to wear down.
"Thank you for helping m..." The person I saved started to say, but before I could recongnize
them, they'd knelt down and thrown their arms around my neck. "Brother! Where have you been?!"
"Vaporeon?" *Brother?* I broke away from the person and slowly backed away. It was that
little human girl from the magic show. She looked the same, maybe even a little dirtier than before,
it that was even possible.
"Brother? Don't you recongnize me?" the human said, confused.
"Vap, Vaporeon!" *I'm not your brother!*
"Of course you're my brother. You may not look like it, but I can sense your human spirit."
"Vaporeon?" *Human spirit?* What was this human talking about? She was nuts!
"You truly believe your not my brother, do you?" I nodded. "But...how could this happen?
Please, whoever you are, maybe I see something?"
"Eon..." *Sure...* I'd do almost anything to get away from this creepy little girl. She
slowly approached me, then placed a hand on my head. I started to feel kinda lightheaded and sick.
What was she doing to me?
"Oh..." The girl removed her hand and looked at me. I thought I saw a tear in her eye, but
she wiped it away before I could see.
"Vaporeon...you're not my brother..."
"Vapor!" *Thank you!*
"...but my brothers spirit is definitly in you. It's been...subdued somehow. He can hear
me and see what's going on, but he has no control over it. It's you, the Poke'mon, who have all the
control."
"Eon, Vap Vapor Eon Eon." *That makes absolutely NO sense!*
"It may not make sense to you, but it's the truth."
"Vapo...Eon. Vaporeon, Vapor?!" *If yo...wait. You've understood everything I said?!* She
nodded. "Vaporeon?!" *But how?!*
"Well, like my brother, I'm psyhic. I'm simply reading your thoughts."
I didn't say anything for a minute. I was still way too confused as to what was going on.
How could a human spirit be inside me? I was born a Poke'mon!
I tried to recall anything that could've happened that maybe would've led up to this, but
like always, my memory hit a blank. All I remember are these horrible dreams where the little girl,
the one who's been chasing me, is laughing hysterically while I see another girl screaming in pain
and glowing bright blue. I try to help her, but I always get knocked away by some invisble force. I
saw something...I know I saw something that could stop her...except I can't remember what it was.
All I know for sure was that it was bad, and if someone else learned, they were in very deep
trouble.
And yet...there were other things I couldn't explain. If I didn't want to get anyone else
involved, why did I try to take Dan's towel and get him to notice me? Why did I stay with him and the
others, even though they treated me badly? Why was I still here? Why didn't I just leave them all
behind and get away while I still had the chance?
"Brot...Vaporeon," the little girl corrected herself, "you've been hurt. We should get you
to the Poke'mon Center. They can help you, and it's probably the safest place to be right now."
"Vaporeon Vapor, Eon Vapor." I agreed. *First thing you've said all night that made sense.*
We stuck together as we made our way to the Poke'mon Center. She took the lead, obviously
knowing where to go, but I was almost right next to her in case anything else tried to attack us.
We were able to avoid anymore attacks, and soon found the Poke'mon Center. Everything looked normal
as we went in, but I couldn't help but notice the odd van parked outside the building. Karen(that
was her name) told me it was from Parasol Inc. I'd never heard of them, but I don't know a lot
about humans and their buissnesses. Karen said she'd never heard of them either, though.
All the lights were on in the Center as we walked in. It didn't looked trashed or damaged
in anyway. Actually, it looked kind of inviting. Maybe this was the right place to go to after all.
"Vapor? Vaporeon?" I called out as we walked in. *Hello? Anyone around?*
No one answered us. We slowly walked in together, ready in case anything tried to jump out
at us. Despite the fact that all the lights were on and the Center looked fine, something felt wrong
here. We moved behind the main desk as we looked around for somebody. It was quiet...too quiet.
"AH!"
So much for the silence. We turned to look behind us to find the screamer. It was one of
the many Nurse Joy's. She was under the main desk, shaking like all the other humans.
"Joy? Joy?" Karen asked, sliding down next to her. "What's going on?"
Joy was too busy shaking to say anything. She looked like she'd seen a ghost. What was
happening to everyone here?
"Is that the last of them?"
A new, rougher voice called out of nowhere. All of us crammed in under the desk and looked
around the corner to see who this person was. Two men came out of a room just to the side of the
desk. One was a man dressed in black, and the other was a woman in white. Both of them had a red,
"R" on the front of the shirts. Each of them held what looked like a large gun, and they wore
straps across their shirts that had odd ball shaped items straped to them. The man also had a large
bag that was bulging full of something.
"Yeah, that should be all of them." the woman replied, looking around. "Come on, let's get
out of here and get some more ammo. I'm almost out."
"Alright. I used up a lot myself." The two of them proceeded out the main door of the
Center.
"Eon, Vap...Vapor!" *What was...Karen!*
Karen had moved out and started to follow those people out. She slowly opened the Center's
doors, then proceeded out. I chased after her, wondering what she was trying to do.
By the time I got outside, I saw Karen open the back door of the van parked outside, then
try to climb in. The van seemed to have problems starting. If I hurried, I could still get Karen
out of there. I ran over to the van just as Karen made it in. Before I could even think about what
I was doing, I'd hopped in with her.
"Vap Vaporeon?!" I exclaimed. *What are you doing?!*
"Shh!" she hushed, closing the back door. "This is Team Rocket! If they're involved in this,
maybe we can find something to stop all this!"
"Vaporeon!" *You're insane!*
"Did you just feel something?" the woman up front asked the man next to her.
"It was probably this stupid van. When we get our raise, we should ask for a new one..."
the man said.
The van soon started up, and we were off to wherever we were being taken. I really wasn't
in the mood to talk, but the girl seemed to want to talk. We spoke quietly, as not to be overheard.
"Vaporeon...how did you come to be combined with my brothers spirit?"
"Vaporeon..." *I don't know...*
"You don't?...Oh, I see. Your memory has been damaged in that particular area."
As we spoke, I couldn't help but feel concerned for this humans safety. I mean, I never
want anyone to get hurt in the first place, but something inside me...I'm not sure. It's like I
felt I had to protect her at all costs. Was it because I really cared about her, or was it because
she was right? Did I really have her brother's spirit somewhere inside of me, and somehow it was
influencing my thoughts toward Karen?
I asked Karen why she was dressed the way she was. Her response was that they were all
she could get out on the streets. Then I asked why she lived out on the streets in the first place.
"I...my parents are both gone. Mom died of cancer, and Dad was killed in a car accident.
They were both great psyhics, and always encouraged my brother and me to practice our powers, but
not use them openly. After they passed away, I hoped one of our realitives would take me in. You
had left us a while ago, but Mom and Dad never told me where, and I haven't developed my mind
enough on my own to find out. The rest of the family...they wanted nothing to do with me. Mom and
Dad never made wills for anyone to take care of me, and since we were the only psyhics in the
family, they were scared and left me out in the cold. That was two years ago. Since then, I've been
trying to find you...my brother...and get back together with him."
I was shocked. Her parents were gone, and no one else wanted to take care of her? What about
her brother? Why didn't he take care of her?
The van soon stopped, and the man and woman got out of the van. As soon as they opened the
door, I knocked them into a wall with a Water Gun. They laid against it, wet and not moving. I
must've knocked them out.
"Wait a minute..." Karen went to the bag that was in the front and dumped out it's
contents.
"Vaporeon?" *Poke'balls?* There must've been hundreds of them! They must've been taken out
of the Center. Still, if any of those Poke'mon had been loose, how did those two stop them?
"What are these?" Karen tried to pick up one of the guns, but it was too heavy for her and
she dropped it. When it hit the ground, something shot of the muzzle and exploded in a white cloud
quite a distance away.
We were in a garage, but there was no where to go except for a platform nearby. Karen went
over to it and pushed a button, then the platform started to move down.
"Vapor!" *Karen!* I ran over and quickly leapt down onto the platform before it got too
far away. We slowly descended down, but I hoped we wouldn't have to fight anyone or anything. That
last Water Gun really took a lot, and I was running on empty with energy.
When we hit the bottom, we were both in shock. Ahead of us was a giant vat containing some
kind of white gas, much like the one that came out of that gun before. There were some computer
consoles surrounding the big vat, but that was about it. We couldn't see or hear anyone else.
We slowly apporached the giant vat, and Karen turned on one of the computers while I kept
on watch for anymore of Team Rocket. She must've been very skilled with a computer; her fingers
flew around with great speed. After a minute, Karen suddenly gasped in shock.
"Vaporeon Eon?" *What is it?*
"It was all a plot!" she exclaimed.
Karen quickly explained what she meant. The, "flu" shots that had been given out were in
fact some sort of emotion controlling drug. When given to humans, it increased their fear levels
to a point where they were too scared to even move. In Poke'mon, it made them grow violent and
dangerous. There was no flu at all; it was all just a plot by Team Rocket. The computer didn't
explain what the plot was, but Karen did. She thought that while most humans were in total fear,
Team Rocket went around and gathered up the Poke'mon and stole them!
"Vap Vap, Vapor Eon Eon Vaporeon?" *How'd they get the Poke'mon to stop attacking?*
"I'm not sure...here it is! It's...this stuff." Karen pointed to the big vat. "It's
supposed to be the anidote for the drug, mixed with Sleep Powder. That's how they caught them!"
Well, that explained a lot. It must have had some weird side effects on Dan and Sara, why
I didn't know. Now we had to get this stuff to everyo...
"Poke'ball, GO!"
"Vap? VAP!" *What? NO!* A Rocket had appeared from a side door, but by the time I saw him,
the Poke'ball he'd thrown was just inches from me! I had no time to dodge it!
I closed my eyes and braced for the energy transfer. The ball hit me in the face...and then
nothing.
"Vap?" *Huh?* I looked down at the ball now sitting harmlessly on the ground. What happened?
I should've been sucked right in! I mean, I glad I wasn't, but why not?
The Rocket seemed as confused as I was. He threw four Poke'balls at me, but nothing happened
when they hit me. Either all his Poke'Balls were broken, or something else was going on here.
"Vaporeon!" Karen yelled, looking at all the action. I heard a, "CLICK!", then a message
was suddenly played throughout the facility.
"THE SELF DESTRUCT SEQUENCE HAS BEEN ACTIVATED! THIS CANNOT BE ABORTED! SELF DENTENATION
WILL BEGIN IN FIVE MINUTES!"
"Oops..." Karen said, looking back at the panel.
"You fool!" The Rocket yelped. "You're gonna fry us all!" He reached to his belt and pulled
out what looked like another Poke'ball. It was painted all weird, and there was something else odd
about it, but I couldn't really tell what it was. "Go, Seel!"
When the creature came out, I was expecting a Poke'mon. Instead, at first I thought I was
looking at a human. The body and head was that of a human girl except for the small horn coming out
of her head and was maybe about Dans or Saras age. Her arms, though, were very short, and instead of
hands, she had the paws of a Seel. She was all a snow white color, even her hair. She only wore a blue
tank top, but that was because her body from the waist down was the same as a Seel's! Standing up on
her tail, I guessed her height to be about five feet.
"Vapor!" *A Hybrid!*
"Seel, these people are trying to escape! Stop them!" the Rocket ordered before running off
through the door which he'd come through.
"Vaporeon, Vap...EON!" *Yeah, like she's...OW!* I was sure she wouldn't attack. After all,
she was a Hybrid, and Hybrids didn't listen to humans. Of course I wasn't ready when the Seel Hybrid
suddenly sprung toward me, nailing me with a Headbutt. I stumbled back, having just been avoided
being stabbed with her horn.
"Vaporeon! Seel! Stop!" Karen tried in vain to hold back the Seel. It just knocked her away
and sprung at me again. I leapt to the side, letting the Seel slide past me and into a wall.
"Eon, Vaporeon?" I asked as the Hybrid recovered and turned around. *Why are you doing this?*
"Because Master ordered it." was the monotone, emotionless response. She turned her head
so her horn faced me, like she was aiming it. Soon water was shooting out from the tip toward me. It
hit me with a lot more force than I expected, and knocked me back into the vat before I slowly slid
down.
"Vap..." I moaned in pain. I slowly got to my feet and tried to counter with a Water Gun of
my own, but I was too weak. I had no energy left to fight. If this kept up, I was as good as gone.
"Vaporeon!" Karen called out. I turned painfully to see Karen by another door. "Come on!
Your not strong enough to fight!"
"Vapor..." *Coming...* I moved as fast as I could toward Karen, barely avoiding an Ice
Beam. Karen pushed a button and opened the double metal doors, going through and closing them
behind me as I made my way through. As soon as the door closed, there was a loud, "WHAM!" from the
other side, and the metal was starting to become dented.
"Over there!" Karen pointed over to an elevator at the end of the hall. Finally, a way out!
Karen pushed a button on the panel outside of the elevator and the door opened. I went in as the
metal doors continued to get dented. Karen just got in as the doors gave way to the pounding of the
Seel Hybrid.
"I have to help her!"
"Vaporeon?!" *Are you nuts?!"*
"She doesn't deserve to die in here. No one does!" Karen closed her eyes and put a hand
toward the charging Hybrid. Just as the doors of the elevator closed, the Hybrid dissappeared in
a puff of smoke.
"Vapore...Vapor!" *How did...Karen!* She suddenly collapsed on the ground as the elevator
slowly went up. She tried to get up, but fell back down again.
"I...teleported her away." she gasped. "I...had to use...a lot of energy...she truly...
didn't want...to leave..."
"Vaa..." *Shh...* We went up for what seemed like forever. When the elevator finally
stopped, the announcement now said we only had two minutes to escape.
"Vaporeon, Vapor Vaporeon." *We need to get out of here.* The doors opened to reveal an
alleyway. This must've been some sort of secret escape route.
"I can't...too weak..." she moaned, clearly struggling as she pulled herself up to a sitting
position. "Go...I'll be fine..."
"Vaporeon?! Vapor, Eon Vap Vap Eon!" *You'll be fine?! This place is going to explode!*
"It's O.K..." she assured me with a small smile "I'll make it. You need to go."
"Vaporeon!" *Not without you!*
"GO!" she ordered.
I was torn. I knew I had to get out, but I couldn't just leave her like this. Still, this
place was going to go up soon. If I stayed, I'd be a goner. What was I going t...
It's O.K. She'll be fine.
"Vap?" That voice...where was it coming from?
She's strong. She'll make it through.
Who the heck was this person? How could they tell me what to do? And...why did I feel like
they were right?
I took one last, long look at Karen. My last words to her probably shocked me as much as
it did her.
"Vapor, Vapor." *Goodbye, sister.*
I took off as fast as possible, trying my hardest not to think about her. If I did, I would
be tempeted to go back and try to help her. I just kept running as fast as my weakened body would
carry me, never looking back till I heard a giant explosion. I turned to see a giant building
explode in a ball of flame, sending pieces of walls and glass all over the streets surrounding it.
Soon, all that was left was a giant crater in the earth.
I had run into a small park, which seemed to be free of any life, Poke'mon or human. What
was I going to do now? The anidote been destroyed, and everyone is still out of control. What was
I going to do? I had to...do something...but so...weak...
Between injuries and weariness, I collapsed on the ground. The last thing I saw before
everything went black was the white mist rising out of the remains of the building.
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"Vaporeon? Vaporeon! Wake Rai!"
"Va...?" My eyes slowly opened. When my vision focused, I saw...DAN!
"VAP!" I yelped, rolling off the bed. *AH!*
"Vaporeon! It's O.K!" I picked myself up out of the bed and found myself back in the hotel
room. Everything looked...normal.
"Vaporeon, you're alright!" Sara said, kneeling down next to me. Her eyes weren't glowing...
and her teeth looked straight.
I looked and saw the Poke'mon had gathered around me. They too looked normal. Finally, I
looked up at Dan. No glowing eyes...normal tail! Everything was normal again!
"Vap...Vapor?" *What...happened?*
"Vaporeon, what happened? All I remember is having this werid dream where I attacked you,
and then you ran out. Did something bad happen?" Dan asked as I moved back onto the bed.
I explained to them everything that had happened, but they didn't seem to get it. They
said they found me in the park where I'd collapsed two days ago, and since then they'd been trying
to get me up. They said it was almost impossible to sneak me back in; they had to bring all sorts
of blankets and sheets from the hotel and wrap me in them before they carried me back in. The clerk
at the desk said he'd never seen such a huge Poke'mon.
"Vaporeon...we want to apoligize." Sara said when they were done explaining what happened
to me. "We're sorry we couldn't take you with us to get the vaccine for that flu. It's no big deal
now, but we know it must've been hard on you. We're sorry we had to leave you out like that. We
promise to try and get you involved more often.
"Vaporeon." I said with a nod. *I understand.* Sure, I felt bad about being left out,
but I guess deep down, I knew they did it for a reason. I would've caused a lot of confusion and
fear, and that would've put us all in a lot of danger. Maybe this is why I stay with them, I thought.
Sure, I'm not treated the best I possibly could be, but I've been more respected by them than many
others. Besides, Dan and Sara were the only ones like me. If I was going to get any help for
everything that had been happening, I'd have to do it with them.
"Vaporeon, do you still have that SafetyRod in?"
"Vaporeon?" *Safety Rod?*
"Yup, it's still there." Dan said, looking closely at one of the fins on my head. "Too bad
they only protect from basic PokeBalls. Still, it's better than nothing. At least there's less of
a chance we'll get captured."
That's why those Poke'Balls the Rocket threw at me didn't work! I was protected by the Rod!
Thinking of the Rocket reminded me of the Seel Hybrid. Why was she the way she was? She was in a
ball, called that Rocket, "Master" and basically acted like a Poke'mon who'd been taught for years
to follow orders, and nothing more. I couldn't believe she followed his orders, even when he would
just leave her to die like that. If Karen hadn't teleported her out of there, goodness only knows
what would've happened.
Karen...was she alright? I never saw her get out of the explosion. There was no way she
could've made it out on so little energy...but yet somehow I knew she was alright. She was still
alive, far away somewhere where she'd be safe for a while. It didn't really make a lot of sense,
but then again, neither did a lot of things.
I laid down on the bed, exhausted both mentally and physically. Nothing else could possibly
go wrong. The T.V. news told of the mysterious fog that had come out of a crater and somehow ended
all the fear and violence when it was breathed in. Nothing else could happen...
Then came the next day.
"Sara!" Dan said, digging under his bed. "I've got something for you!"
"You do?" Sara seemed surprised.
"Well, you said before today you turned thirteen, so I got something for you." Dan pulled
out a box wrapped in fancy paper, giving it to Sara.
Sara undid the paper and opened the white box. She pulled out what I later learned was
called a music box. It was pink with a gold trim. She opened the lid, and music played from it.
"Happy Birthday!" Dan said with a smile. Something was wrong, though. Seeing the way Sara's
eyes watered, it wasn't a very happy birthday for her. The look on Dans face changed to one of
concern. "Sara? What's wrong?"
Without warning, Sara dropped the box on the bed and took off out of the room in full blown
tears. Everyone else was shocked by this, and it took a few seconds for us to recover.
"Sara? Sara!" Dan yelled out, to no avail. "Bulbasaur, Furret, Nidoran, follow me!" With
that, he took off after her, leaving me and Sara's Poke'mon to wonder what went wrong.
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I know it's delayed, and I'm truly sorry. Between the new story, limited computer time and the
fact I'm tired a lot, I've had little time to work on this. I'll have out a new chapter for this
sometime in early August. Intertwine Dreams should have another chapter within a week. Please,
forgive my slacking off, and thank you for your continued support!
Now that Family Guy, one of my favorite shows, is back on the air, I think we should celebrate with
a little scene from it. (This paticular scene is rated PG, even if the show is rated TV-14.)
(A random name is picked as a theme for the town parade. Peter's theme, a scene from "Who's the
Boss?" is picked.)
Peter: Yes, they picked mine! (Begins dancing around the room.)
Lois: I'm glad they picked your topic, Peter, but don't you think it's a little esoteric?
Peter: (stops dancing) Esoteric?
(The scene shifts toward a conference room with the word, "esoteric" projected on a screen. The
men seated around the table represent Peter's thoughts.)
Man 1: Alright people, what does this mean?
Man 2: Maybe it has something to do with literature?
Man 3: It's a science term!
Man 4: No, you're all wrong! It's has to do with food! It means delicious!
(Back to Peter in living room.)
Peter: Lois, "Who's the Boss" is not a food.
Brain: Swing and a miss.
(Ironically, esoteric means, "Little known idea.")