Episode 14: Meeting One of the Missing
Hana and the others have arrived at Gardenia Town's Pokemon Contest Hall. Hana and the others are waiting outside while Diana registers for the contest. As of now, Hana is feeding Latias and Latios. They both drink from the bottle with smiles on their faces. Seeing them happy makes Hana happy.
Hana giggles, "They're so cute when they smile like that."
"Pika Pika," (I agree.) Pikachu says.
"Nothing makes a mother happy than to see their kids happy," Akira says.
Winter snuggles Hana and asks, "Vul Vulpix Vul Vul Vulpix?" (Mommy, can we play a game?)
Hana turns her head, "In a minute, I'm almost done feeding them."
"And there," Hana replies, seeing they finish with their milk.
Soon the babies fall asleep with smiles on their faces. Hana smiles and places the little ones on her lap. Then brings out a ball.
"Ready Winter?" Hana says.
"Vul!" (Yes!) Winter happily says.
Hana then throws the ball and Winter hits it with her tail. Hana catches the ball again and throws it to Pikachu. Pikachu passes it to Winter, and then she passes it to Hana. Diana walks out of the Contest Hall and to the gang.
Diana says, "Okay guys, I'm all registered."
"Great. Since the Contest doesn't start tomorrow, we should find a place to stay," Akira says.
"Yeah. But I heard the Pokemon Center is full for the night. A lot of Coordinators are staying there," Chase says.
"Then I guess we should find a hotel," Akira says.
Confused, Haan asks, "Um if you don't mind me asking, but what's a hotel?"
The three look at Hana in shock.
"You mean you really don't know," Diana replies.
"Uh no," Hana replies.
Meanwhile, Team Rocket: Jessie, James, and Meowth are spying the group from the tree using binoculars.
"There she is along with that Pikachu," Jessie says.
"And they're alright for the taking," James says.
Meowth says, "Hey guys, look at the Pikachu that man has."
Jessie and James look to see Akira who has Alistar on his shoulder.
"Oh my, that is a unique color Pikachu," Jessie says.
"Yes. I have never seen a Pikachu in that color," James says.
Then Jessie notices, "Look. That Twerpette has two interesting Pokemon."
James and Meowth look at their binoculars to see the baby Pokemon that are on Hana's lap.
"Aww. they look so tiny and cute. I wonder what kind of Pokemon they are," Meowth says.
James places the binocular down and brings out the small computer pad. He then types in the description and both the baby Pokemons' picture appear along with some information.
"It says that the red one is Latias and the blue is Latios. Two young Legendary Pokemon," James says.
This surprises Jessie and Meowth.
"Legendary Pokemon?" Jessie asks, surprised.
"And they're small and tiny," Meowth says.
"Alright. We'll steal those Pokemon from those twerps and give them all to the boss," Jessie says.
"Yeah!" James and Meowth say.
After registering, the gang are walking down town to find a place to stay for the night until the contest.
"So any idea where she should stay?" Chase asks.
"I remember reading in the guide book that there's a hotel that welcomes all trainers. Even students. There's even a training hall for trainers of all kinds," Diana says.
"Sounds cool. Think we should stay there," Hana replies.
"Sure. It will help us get some sleep," Akira says.
"And you know what, the hotel is actually close to a community center," Diana says.
"A community center huh. I wonder what it will be like," Chase says.
"Well, let's go find out," Hana says.
Some time later, the group arrives to see two buildings. One of them is a tall pink, light blue, green, purple color building with twelve floors. It has a sign that is a Pokeball and a ribbon, and it reads, 'Floral Hotel.' Next to it is a white building that only has two floors and it's connected to the hotel.
"Wow! This place is huge," Hana says.
"Yeah. And the Community Center is connected to the hotel. That way people can learn and get some rest," Chase says.
Diana looks at the guide book, "Apparently this building is famous around Gardenia Town. Not only can this place allow Pokemon Trainers to train their Pokemon, but it can help Breeders, chefs, and scientists, just for Pokemon Trainers of all kinds."
"Sounds cool. A hotel and Community Center for trainers," Hana says.
"Yeah. Let's go check it out," Akira says.
The group walks to the front of the Community Center. The door opens in front of them as three students come out.
One of the students says, "That was a great class. Chloé is the best."
"Remember, she's called Md. LeBeau when she's in school," The girl with glasses says.
The rocker boy says, "Who cares Chloé LeBeau is the best."
"I know. I can't wait to come back tomorrow," The girl student says.
Akira eyes wide out in shock to hear this name.
Akira quickly asks, "Hey kids, where is um those Chloé LeBeau's classroom is at?"
The students turn around with confused looks.
The girl answers, "It's Room 130. I think she's still in the room."
"Thanks," Akira says, and runs inside leaving Hana and the others behind.
"What's wrong with him?" Diana asks.
"I'm not sure, but we should follow him," Hana says.
Hana and the others hurry through the doors and into the building to find Akira. Meanwhile, Akira continues to hurry down the halls of the Community Center. The name Chloé LeBeau really sets him off on a tangent.
Akira thinks, "Can it really be? Can it really be her?!"
Soon Akira stops in front of the door that has the number 130 on it.
He knocks on the door and a female voice asks, "Come on."
Akira opens the door and walks inside to see a classroom that has beakers, jars with different color liquids, and other science stuff. What catches his attention is to see a woman sitting at a desk with a Pokemon next to the desk, taking a nap on a small Pokemon bed.
The woman is about a few years younger than Akira. She has chocolate brown skin, long blonde hair, and blue eyes. She is wearing a simple white shirt and blue jeans and blue canvas shoes.
The Pokemon sleeping is a quadruped, canine with thick, white curly fur on the head around its neck, and two puffs of hair on it's rear, with black skin. It has a pink heart on the front of the head fur, on the tip of its tail, and pink puffy fur on its legs. It has round, red eyes with blue eyelids, a pointed snout with a round, light blue nose, and long rectangular ears. When its mouth is open, two pointed teeth can be seen on its upper jaw.
Akira walks over and asks, "Um excuse me, are you Chloé LeBeau?"
The woman turns to the man and says, "Yes. How may I help you?"
"My name is Akira Silver, and me along with Alistar are sent to find you," Alistar says.
"Um what do you want with me?" Chloé asks.
Akira holds his badge out, "I'm part of the New York Police Department to find the people who mysteriously disappeared from our world and ended up in this one."
Chloé eyes wide and calmly asks, "You are?"
Just then, the door opens to reveal Hana and the others.
"There you are, Akira. We were looking for you," Hana says.
"What was that about?" Diana asks.
"Right. Sorry about that," Akira says.
Chase asks, "So Akira, do you know her?"
"Not personally, but I know her from the missing case files in New York of my home world," Akira says.
"Uh, Akira, maybe you should explain to us what's going on," Diana says.
"I think I can help, and you are?" Chloé replies.
"I'm Hana, this is my partner Pikachu. My little Alolan Vulpix, Winter, Latias, and Latios," Hana says.
"Pika," (Hi) Pikachu says.
"Vulpix," (Hello) Winter says.
"La!" (Hi) Latias and Latios says.
"I'm Diana," Diana says.
"And I'm Chase," Chase says.
"Nice to meet you, I'm Chloé LeBeau. I'm currently a I think we have a lot to discuss. We can talk about it back in the hotel," Chloé says.
Sometime later, Chloé escorts the group to the hotel room on one of the floors that also acts like an apartment. It has a living room, bedroom, kitchen, closets and restroom. The room also has tables, chairs and other kinds of furniture.
Diana says, "You have a lovely home. I'm surprised you were able to live here."
"Well. When I came here, I was able to get a job here and I was able to live in the hotel, but still need to pay the rent and such," Chloé says.
Hana then turns to the Pokemon, "You have a very nice Pokemon."
"Thank you. Her name is Marienette and she's a Furfrou," Chloé replies.
"Furfrou huh. I remember reading about them. They lived in the Kalos Region here," Chase says.
Diana brings out her Pokedex, "I really like her fur."
When she points the Podex at the Furfrou, Dexter says, "Furfrou, the Poodle Pokémon. Furfrou were assigned the task of protecting kings who ruled the Kalos region in ancient times."
"But Akira said that he was here to find you so that must mean you must be from his home world, so what are you doing here?" Hana asks.
Chloé frowns and sadly says, "It's a bit of a long story. I still get scared thinking about it."
"It will help if you can tell us. I might be able to help you," Akira says.
"Yes. Back in my home world, I was a scientist in the University of Paris, studying various possibilities involving how the universe came to be, one possibility being that Arceus, the Alpha Pokémon, was it to thank. One day, I was continuing with my studies with Marinette, when suddenly, a portal showed up before me. Before I can react, the portal begins to suck me inside and I was trying to run for my life. Marinette tried to rescue me, but we were sucked inside. Next thing we knew, we were sent unconscious. When I awoke, I was tied to a chair, surrounded by several men and women dressed in black and white, while a man dressed in a fancy suit stood before me, alongside his Persian. I noticed that Marinette wasn't around and got worried. I demanded to know where she was. However, the man said that he would tell, but wanted me to make a deal with him. When he told me what it is, I refused. When I refused, they kept me locked up until I agreed to it," Chloé explains.
"How awful," Diana says.
"It was. But if it wasn't for Furfrou, We wouldn't have been able to escape. Furfrou was able to fight off the dressed soldiers and distracted them long enough for me to find a way out. She then rushed off and we ran away together. We traveled for a while until we reached Gardenia Town. I was looking for a job and a play to stay and the head of the Community Center offered me a job as a science teacher. It kept me busy in this town, and I love teaching young people about the world of Pokemon. They allowed me to stay in the hotel so I can be close to work. Marinette and I made a home here and had a wonderful life until we can find a way to return home," Chloé says.
"I'm glad you were able to make a home for you, and that you and Marinette are safe," Akira says.
"Pika," (Me too.) Alistar says.
"If you don't mind me asking, do you have any idea who was holding you hostage?" Hana asks.
"Well, I didn't get a good look at them. I was too frightened, but I remember them having a big red 'R' on their outfits.
"A Red 'R'?" Diana asks, worried.
Hana angrily says, "Team Rocket!"
"You… you know them?" Chloé asks, shocked.
"Team Rocket is an organization that steals Pokemon and makes them do terrible stuff. We had run-ins with them before who tried to steal our Pokemon. Luckily, they were able to stop them," Akira says.
"They steal Pokemon?" Chloé asks, stunned to hear about her former captors.
"But what could they want with you?" Chase asks.
"I'm not entirely sure. The leader of this Team Rocket wanted me to help them with some strange new machine that the scientists have been working on for sometime. He never told me what it was," Chloé explains, feeling sad and scared.
Seeing the sadness in Chloé's eyes, Latias and Latios floats to her and snuggles her cheeks with their own. Chloé can't help, but giggle with a smile on their face. The two babies do the same as well.
Hana smiles and says, "Latias and Latios are trying to cheer you up."
"Thank you. I could really use it. What happened brought terrible memories for me," Chloé says.
Then pets both of the little Pokemon, "I must admit, I never thought I would see Latias and Latios in the flesh. And they're so young and adorable."
"Thanks. They're my little ones, along with Winter. She was hatched from an egg before they were," Hana says.
"Really? I must admit, that is some luck you have Hana. Raising two Legendary Pokemon from Infancy is a rare privilege. And they're such darlings," Chloé says.
Latias and Latios land on the bed and soon fall asleep. Winter yawns as well and hops on the bed to sleep as well. Soon, everyone giggles with smiles on their faces.
"They're such angels," Chloé says with a smile.
"And very playful," Diana says.
Hana then turns to Furfrou to see her bringing out some papers. The others notice FurFrou taking the papers to Chloé.
Chloé takes the paper and says, "Thank you, Marinette."
"Marinette is very nice," Diana says.
Hana then says, "I kind of noticed that your Furfrou is different from what I've seen in the Pokedex."
"Yeah. I love the Pink she has," Diana says.
Marine smiles and then walks into the room, Pikachu and Snowy follow after them.
"Yes. Furfrou are able to have their fur trimmed to different designs. I just love the Heart Trim and Marinette loves it too,"
Outside of the room, Team Rocket is flying on the group from the Meowth hot air balloon. They see the Pokemon in a separate room from Hana and the others.
"There they are, and are ready for the taking," Jessie says.
"I agree. They will do nicely," James says.
Meowth then notices, "Hey, check out the Pokemon "
Jessie and James look through the binoculars to see Furfrou with Pikachu and the others.
"I never seen that Pokemon before," Jessie says.
"It's very rare indeed," James says, using the small computer pad to look up the info.
Then James says, "It's a Furfrou. They originally lived in Kalos and rarely find anywhere else."
"Hmm, a Furfrou. I think we should capture that too and make it part of Team Rocket," Jessie says.
"Then let's make a bashing entrance," Meowth says, bringing out the remote and then pressing the button on it. Under the balloon there are robotic hands. Then begins to fly directly towards the window.
In the hotel room, the group are still discussing the situation when they hear a loud crashing sound and Pokemon scream.
"That's…" Chase panics.
"The Pokemon," Diana panics.
Hana, Akira, and Chloé are the first to hurry into the room. They rush into the room and gasp in shock. They see Pikachu, Alistar, Latias, Latios, Winter, and Marinette being held by robotic hands attached to robotic arms.
Chloé gasps, "Marinette!"
"Alistar!" Akira screams.
"Alright, who are you?" Hana demands.
Suddenly, the balloon lowers itself a little to reveal two of the villains: Jessie and James along with their Meowth.
Jessie:
Prepare for trouble.
James:
Make it double.
Jessie:
To protect the world from devastation.
James:
To unite all peoples within our nation.
Jessie:
To denounce the evils of truth and love.
James:
To extend our reach to the stars above.
Jessie:
Jessie.
James:
James.
Jessie:
Team Rocket blasts off at the speed of light.
James:
Surrender now or prepare to fight.
Meowth:
Meowth, that's right.
Hana angrily says, "Team Rocket!"
"Not you crooks again!" Akira angrily says.
"That's right. We're here to take all of your Pokemon," Meowth says.
"Give them back!" Hana demands.
"That's right! You return my Marinette and the other Pokemon right this instant!" Chloé angrily says.
"Sorry, but we'll have to decline that offer young lady," James says.
"That's right, these rare and valuable Pokemon are going to be taken to our boss," Jessie says.
"Not so fast! Little Brother! Little Sister! Go!" Hana calls out, throwing her Pokeballs.
With that, the two Kirlias exist from the Pokeballs.
"Alright you two, use Psychic to save Pikachu and the others," Hana says.
"Kirli!" (On it!) The twins answer.
They both use their psychic abilities to break the robotic arms and the hands to bring the Pokemon to the hotel room. Team Rocket becomes stunned to see the Pokemon have been freed so easily.
"Hey you can't just free what we already stole!" Jessie angrily says.
"That's right," James says.
"So give us back those Pokemon," Meowth angrily says.
Chloé steps forward with her Furfrou and is not pleased with them.
Chloé says, "Marinette and I will take care of them."
"We'll take care of your Furfrou once we take care of it's fur," Jessie remarks.
We'll see about that. Marinette, use Zen Headbutt!" Chloé calls out.
With that, Marinette performs a zen headbutt. Her head flows as she runs and slams Team Rocket's basket.
That ends up sending them flying as they scream, "We're blasting off again!"
Later in the night, after helping fix Chloé wall, and the rest of her home. Chloé invites the gang to sleep over for the night. The boys are already fast asleep in the living room. Meanwhile, the girls are in the bedroom and are ready for bed.
Hana says, "I have to admit, your Furfrou is amazing. Never knew it could learn Zen Headbutt."
"Me either. It was very impressive," Diana says.
"Thank you. I was once a trainer when I was young and FurFrou and I were great back in the day. Of course, I don't go on a journey anymore, but we both had great memories of our adventures," Chloé says.
Then turns to Diana, "And I wish you luck on your Pokemon Contest tomorrow."
"Thanks Chloé. I just know I'm going to win tomorrow's contest. I can't wait," Diana happily says.
Soon, everyone has fallen asleep for the night. Will Diana be able to win her next ribbon on the upcoming Pokemon Contest. And how will things go for Chloé and Marinette about getting back home. As the journey continues.
