DFoC- (singing very loudly in room while doing laundry) Be my bad boy be my man be my weekend lover but don't be my friend, you can be my bad boy but understand…
Mel&Max-……O.o okay i'm scared now!
DFoC- oh is it time to start already…hehe right on to chapter four….hoorayy disclaimers, go
Mel&Max- this crazy girl owns nothing but the plot and some characters, some which are revealed in this chapter
They walked a ways, watching Pikachu and Kari play with each other. When the two stepped onto an area of the path that was a different shade than the rest of it, they became suspicious.
"I've seen this too many times before," Max whispered. Mel nodded and called Kari back to her, Max doing the same with Pikachu. Suddenly, the ground beneath them gave way and they plummeted down a deep hole.
"Waahhh! Ow!" Mel said, rubbing her sore butt.
"Yeah, it would've hurt a lot more if you hadn't landed on me," Max told her sarcastically, though sounding out of breath from Mel sitting on him. She got off and helped him up.
"Sorry 'bout that. What happened?" she asked.
"I think I can guess," Max told her. As soon as he did, they both heard some ominous music playing in the background, followed by some people saying a poem of some kind.
"Prepare for trouble!"
"Make it double!"
"To protect the world from devastation."
"To unite all peoples within our nation."
"To denounce the evils of truth and love."
"To extend our reach to the stars above."
"Selena."
"Strider."
"Wherever there's peace in the universe."
"Team Rocket will be there."
"To make everything worse!"
"Meowth, now get ready for the hurts."
Max crossed his arms and looked up angrily at the older teens above them. "Of course, Team Rocket!" he yelled out. Then he got a puzzled look on his face. "Wait, who are you guys?" he asked. The girl with short cherry-red hair with blue streaks looked at him with a calm expression.
"Hello! We just told you who we were. Didn't you hear us?" she asked, obviously annoyed.
"Yeah, I heard you. I've just never seen you before. And isn't that supposed to be Jessie and James' Meowth?" he replied. The red-haired girl looked at the boy next to her. He was about a foot taller than the girl, and he had ocean-blue hair with some red streaks.
"Guess no one's figured it out yet, eh sis?" he asked.
"Apparently not, bro," she answered back. Then they turned back to their captives. "We're Jessie and James' kids. Twins actually. Why do you think we have Meowth with us?" she asked. Max wasn't as confused as he had been, but he was still confused.
"Okay, I get it," he said, still mad at being stuck in a hole. "But how old are you? I thought there was some age requirement for joining Team Rocket."
"They lowered the age because everyone was getting too old, and they figured the younger the trainer, the more luck they might have. And we're friends with Cassidy and Butch's kids, who are now the leaders of Team Rocket," the boy explained. "They let us start early."
"Yeah, whatever!" Mel interrupted. "Can we get out of this stupid hole now?" The twins noticed her for the first time.
"Don't think so, sweetheart. Not until we get that Pikachu and Eevee from you," Selena told her. "Right, bro? Strider?" She looked at her brother, who was busy staring at Mel with glossy eyes. Mel turned to Max.
"Why is he staring at me like that?" she asked, pointing at the boy who looked ready to jump in the hole with them. Max looked at Strider and his eyes got wide.
"I've seen that look before!" he said. "That's the same look one my friends gave every…girl…he met." Max smiled, an idea forming in his mind. "Mel, how good are you at acting?" he asked her quietly. She stared at him with question marks all over her face. He pulled her over to the other side of the hole, away from the twins, and told her his plan. Her face twisted in disgust.
"You've got to be kidding me. Please tell me you're kidding?" she asked with a pleading voice.
"Unless you want to stay in this hole, then yeah, sure. I'm kidding," he replied as-a-matter-of-factly. Mel rolled her eyes.
"Ugh! Fine, I'll do it." She turned around and walked back to the side of their prison where their captors were. Mel batted her eyes a few times, pouted her lips a bit, and moved her body into a 'damsel-in-distress' position, sparkle dust floating around her and a sudden light shining on her, reflecting from her now big, emotional eyes. "Oh Strider," she said in a somewhat girly voice, like a damsel would do. "Why have you put me in this hole? I though you loved me." Strider looked about to faint.
"I do, but it was Selena's plan," he told the girl below him. "I'm sorry, please forgive me!" Mel swung her hips to the other side and turned a little more sideways, her head looking over her left shoulder.
"I don't know if I can. I'm a delicate flower, and you've put me in a rough area. What ever will I do?" She put her right hand on her forehead(A/N: you know what damsels do, with the hand on the forehead move that guys die over, I can actually do that move, it's sooo fun /). Selena had to hold on to Strider so he didn't jump into his own trap. Then Max started his part of the plan. He walked toward Mel and grabbed her hand.
"Don't worry. I'll help you out of this," he said.
"Oh, thank you!" Mel cried out. She hugged him, with Max facing Strider and Selena. When he was sure Strider was looking at him, he winked and smirked, then went back to the hug. But not before he saw Strider go about ten shades of red in jealous anger.
"It's working," Max whispered.
"It better be, or else," came Mel's reply. Suddenly, they stopped hugging as they heard a thud behind them.
"Get away from her!" Strider yelled at Max. "Can't you see? He's just going to use you!" Mel looked surprised at Max who scowled at Strider, then smirked.
"Is that true? You were just…using me?" Mel asked, still acting with the plan.
"You figured me out then," Max replied. Mel was about to run over to Strider when Max grabbed her arm. Her eyes got wide with surprise when he did that, since it wasn't part of the plan. "But know this, I do love you. No matter what happens," he whispered. Then he gave her a slight shove so that she was thrown toward Strider. She landed in his arms, and she put on her big, emotional eyes and sweet damsel voice.
"Oh, thank you! You saved me from that awful boy! How can I ever repay you?" Strider looked at her and then smiled.
"Never leave my side," he said. She nodded, and the boy pulled out a pokeball. "Weedle, come out and use your string shot to get us out of here!" A caterpillar like Pokemon, with a big red nose and a horn on its head, came out. 'Wee weed dal!' A white string shot from its mouth and went around a tree above them. Strider tied the end of it to Mel, who was trying hard not to barf on the boy, and then climbed up, dragging the string behind him, along with Mel. When they got to the top, he pulled her out and took the string off her.
"Oh, thank you Strider!" she said daintily. She hugged him after grabbing a pokeball off her belt. She tossed it to Max and mouthed the words 'Use Adra' to him. He nodded, and she pulled out of the hug. She looked deeply into Strider's eyes. "You're my hero," she told him. Then she quickly pulled him into a kiss before she could object to it herself. She only opened her eyes long enough to see Max climbing out of the hole, returning Adra to her ball, and then hiding behind some trees with Pikachu and Kari. She pulled out of the kiss with Strider's eyes still closed, and grabbed the remaining pokeball on her belt. Her mood suddenly went from innocent damsel to tough chick. "Too bad I never really felt that way about you. Sparkles, use your thunder attack!" Mel threw the pokeball, and the little Pichu came out, and shocked Team Rocket badly.
"Pikachu, use thunder too!" Max called out. Pikachu did, and the force of the two attacks blasted Team Rocket into the air.
"The new Team Rocket's blasting off for the first time!" the twins shouted. Max and Mel looked up and saw a little glint in the distance. Max handed Adra back to Mel.
"That wasn't part of the plan, you know," Mel said suspiciously. Max started walking down the path.
"I know." Mel still looked confused. She ran up to him and grabbed his shoulder.
"Then why did you do that?" she asked. Max stopped and turned around, grabbing her hand.
"Because I meant it," was all he said. Then, before she could say anything else, he kissed her. She blinked her wide eyes with surprise. A few seconds later, Max pulled away from her, staring. She was still shocked, and he could tell.
"Wow!" she breathed after a second. Her eyes finally got small again as she blushed, looking at Max. He smiled at her, then headed down the trail toward the next town. He was a little ways away from her when he realized that she wasn't there. He turned around and saw Mel lying on the ground, panting heavily. He ran back to her as fast as he could, wondering what was wrong. When he got there, he looked her over, but he couldn't find anything. But as soon as he touched her back, however lightly, she cringed in pain. He lifted her shirt a little ways and saw that her back was covered in marks, all of them glowing a sickly, purple color.
'Oh no,' he thought. 'This must've been from when she got attacked by those Ekans in town yesterday.' He grabbed his backpack and dug through it, looking for something. "I just hope it's not too late!" he said after he finally found a small vial with a purple potion in it. He turned Mel over, uncorked the top of the vial, and poured the contents down her throat. "That should work," he said to himself. When she showed no signs of healing, he decided to let her sleep. So he carried her over to a grassy area and laid her on a sleeping bag he pulled out of his bag. Then he pulled out some cooking supplies and started making some food. A few hours later, Mel woke up.
'How did I get here?' she thought groggily. She saw Max sleeping against a tree trunk, and remembered what happened. 'Oh yeah. We got rid of Team Rocket, Max kissed me, and then I passed out. But why?' She started to get up, but she was in too much pain, most of it coming from her back. She suddenly remembered the attack from the previous day. 'Damn. Now I remember. Those stupid Ekans and their poison sting attack. It must have finally affected me.' Max heard her stirring and woke up. He saw her try to get up, grimace in pain, and then lay back down.
"You okay?" he asked. Mel looked at him, realizing he was awake.
"Yeah. What happened?" she replied.
"Well, we beat Team Rocket. We started walking, stopped, and then I kissed you. And then I walked a little more, then realized you had fainted," he told her, blushing a little at the mention of the kiss. Mel did too, and looked away from her friend.
"Thanks for helping me," she told him. "I'm feeling a ton better, so I think we shou…" Mel was stopped short when her stomach began to growl loudly.
"Maybe you should eat something first?" Max suggested. Mel smiled and looked at him.
"Yeah. Hehe!" Max grabbed a bowl from near the fire pit and handed to Mel. She finished it in about 30 seconds and held the bowl out for more. "That was delicious!" she said. "Where did you learn to cook like that?" Max filled her bowl up again and she started gulping it down.
"Well, my mom is a great cook, so I get the ability from her. But this recipe is from another friend of mine," he told her. "Maybe you've heard of him. His name's Brock." Mel stopped eating and stared at the boy in surprise.
"You mean the Pewter City gym leader? Geez, Max. How many people do you know who are famous?" she asked sarcastically. Max held up his fingers and started to count them, being funny.
"Well, there's Ash, May, Drew, my dad Norman, Brock, Misty from Cerulean City, and a lot of Nurse Joys, Officer Jennys, and Lillian and Vivian from the Pokemon contests in Kanto and Hoenn," he told her. "That makes about at least 8 that are really well known." Mel just sat there, amazed. But she was snapped out of her amazement when she heard a scream for help. She got up, grimacing slightly at the pain, and ran off in the direction of the noise. She got to a small clearing and saw what was going on. It was a girl being attacked by a group of Poochyena and Mightyena. A Houndour was standing in front of her, trying to fend off the wild Pokemon. She was on her knees, holding a fainted Ralts. The girl's Houndour was losing strength fast, so Mel decided to jump in.
"Kari, use your quick attack! Adra, use water gun! Sparkles, use spark!" Mel called out, throwing out her two pokeballs. The three went into the battle, Kari's attack missing, but the other two hitting their targets head on.
"Ponyta, Pikachu, you help too," Max said. "Use fire spin!" Max's Ponyta came out and hit both a Poochyena and a Mightyena. Pikachu then hit all of the wild Pokemon, causing them to be blasted away. Mel ran over to the girl. She was crying, trying to get the Ralts to eat some kind of powder.
"Here, maybe this will work," Mel said. She handed the girl a small, blue berry.
"Thank you," she replied. Mel just smiled as the girl turned back to her Ralts. The Ralts ate the berry and gained back enough health for it to last till they got to a Pokemon center. Mel went over to the girl's Houndour and gave it a blue berry as well. The dark Pokemon looked at its trainer, who nodded, saying it was okay to take the berry. The dog ate it, and felt much better. Then she went back to the other girl and helped her up.
"Are you okay?" Mel asked.
"Yes, thank you very much," the girl replied.
"I'm Mel, and this is Max." Kari jumped into Mel's hands. "And this is Kari, my Eevee. What's your name?" Mel asked the girl. The girl took a small bow, the little Ralts still in her hands.
"Loki. Mushie Loki."
