Mr. Briney And His Wingull, Peeko
Episode 18: Part 1
Recap on the last episode...
"What are you guys talking about?" Ash asked. "We should be getting to the Dewford Island Gym now."
"I think we can spare a little time." Aria said as she sat down beside Max. "It's been a long time since we came to a place like this."
"And we've got two hours until we have to leave to go to Dewford Island before the boat leaves, so we have enough time to do something." Brock added.
"That sounds like a great idea." Aria heard Max's small outburst before looking at him to see he spilled soda onto the Pokenav. Aria looks at Ash and the others before she told Max to hide it quickly.
"Well, since were going to be staying longer, Max and I will go walk around town to see if we can go do something." Aria said, covering up for Max with his device behind his back as they stood up. "Is that alright with you May?" She asked.
"Sure, I guess." She answered, blinking in confusion.
"Cool! Let's go!" Max said nervously before running out of the Pokemon Center with Aria following behind him.
"What's up with them?" Ash asked confused.
"Who knows," May and Brock answered in unison.
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"It's what friends do. I know what it's like getting in trouble by a sibling." She said, glancing over at him. "It's not turning on?"
Max shook his head, "It won't work." He said. "It's fried."
Aria frowned. "There has to be some place around here that can fix it. Let's look around for some sort of..." Both Aria and Max came to a stop when they noticed a group kids surrounding a man as he was showing them something. "...what's going on over there?"
They walked up to the kids as they saw some kind showing off some kind of invention.
"Is this guy some inventor?" Max asked the boy beside him.
"Yes, he comes and shows us new inventions to us sometimes." The boy said.
When they saw the invention before them, the man explains it to be a can opener, but it was some kind of wrestler trying to open a soda. But when it did it spilled everywhere as the kids laugh nervously and awkwardly.
Aria and Max sigh in unison as they noticed the kids leaving.
"But important thing is, how are we going to get this fix?" Max asked.
"I have no idea." Aria answered.
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"Well, you could always head to the Devon Corporation." The man said.
"Devon Corporation?" Aria and Max said in unison.
"Haven't you heard of the Devon Corporation? We can fix everything because we make everything!"
Max's face lit up with a smile. "Really?"
"Did you know that Devon produces Pokemon there to?" The man asked.
"They do?" Aria inquired. "How is that possible?"
"Well, all I can say is-. Uh oh, gotta go. Just remember to head to the Devon Corporation, it's the biggest building in town."
Aria and Max looked confused until they noticed the man took off running.
"Wait! Hold on!" Max called to him.
Aria was about to run to catch the man until another man passed by her. Which had her confused.
Was he a robber or something? She thought. But it doesn't seem like he was doing anything wrong.
The man stops once they noticed the inventor had escaped. He pulls out a phone and started to call someone. "Hey, this is Kennedy. He's heading your way." He said.
Aria and Max blinked in confusion.
"Some weird is going on around here." He said.
"I agree with you Max." Aria replied. "But if he really says that the Devon Corporation can fix anything, then lets head there to check it out for ourselves."
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"Could you take a look at this Pokenav? It shorted out and I need a quick repair job." He asked.
"No problem, I'll fix it Mister President." The man said, taking the Pokenav as he examined it.
Aria and Max looked confused. "President?" They said in unison.
"That's right, this man is the president of the Devon Corporation." The woman explained.
"But he tends to get himself in trouble with his assistant Kennedy from time to time." The man added.
"Why can't a president do what he wants?" Max asked.
"Well, that's just how things are around here." The president said. "But call me Mr. Stones."
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"Mister President!"
The trio comes to a stop once they noticed that man from before running over to them. It was Kennedy. "I've been looking all over for you. You should be back in your office, sir. You have several appointments." He said.
"It looks like I've been caught." Mr. Stones said.
"But he's the boss." Max said, catching Kennedy's attention.
"Kennedy I would like you to meet my friends Max and Aria."
The two bowed their head down as a respectful greeting. "Hello, sir." Max said.
"It's nice to meet you." Aria added.
"It's a pleasure to meet you two. I'm the president's assistant." Kennedy said.
"So that's why you were chasing Mr. Stones a while ago." Aria said. "You were just trying to get him back to work."
Kennedy nods in response.
"For a minute we thought you were some kind of robber." Max said, shaking his head.
"Kennedy, would you mind running to the Pokemon Center to find their friends and bring them back here for a little tour, huh?" Mr. Stones asked.
"Sir, of course I wouldn't." Kennedy said before leave the trio.
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"Hey! Stop!" Aria demanded, reaching for two of her poke balls. "Houndoom, Absol, chase after him!" She said as her pokemon appeared, chasing the man up the stairs.
Aria turned to Max and helped him up. "Sorry." He apologized.
"It's alright, Max. You actually helped out." Mr. Stones said. Max looked confused as he continued. "His running away shows that he doesn't belong here."
"Let's hurry then!" Aria said as they ran up the stairs.
Mr. Stones then took out his phone and started to call Kennedy.
"It's me. Max, Aria, and I are chasing a suspicious wearing one of our white lab coats. He's now heading up to the roof." He said.
Kennedy spoke to him, but Aria or Max couldn't hear what he was saying.
"We'll meet you on the roof then." He said before he put the phone away.
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"Oh no you don't! Ivysaur, use Vine Whip to take back what he stole!" Aria said as she called out her partner. Ivysaur's attack when straight for the impostor as he quickly went into his pockets and got back whatever he stole. The impostor managed to get away, but at least she got back what he stole. "Good work! We've got them back!" She praised her partner as Ivysaur handed her two small capsules with strange orange substance inside.
The impostor scowled under his breath as he didn't bother to go back for them. They watched him disappear as Aria handed Mr. Stones the stolen parts.
"Thanks Aria, we appreciate you and your friends for helping out." He said.
"Save your thanks, we still have Team Rocket to—." That was when she noticed something fly through the sky as Aria laughed awkwardly, realizing it was Team Rocket who got hit by Pikachu's Thunderbolt. "Hehe. Never mind then."
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"But who was that guy?" Ash asked.
"I have an idea." Officer Jenny said. "Since he was using a Crawdaunt, my guess is that he is a member of Team Aqua."
"Team Aqua?" Max questioned.
"Yes. Here in the Hoenn region there are two organizations that cause trouble. There's Team Aqua, and there's Team Magma." She said. "We'll set up a police line around the city, so he won't be getting away."
"Team Aqua and Team Magma..." Aria murmurs under her breath.
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"Also, I have a special request." He added.
"Special request?" May asked.
"Right, you see..." Mr. Stones glanced at Aria who had just set down her glass of juice. "I was wondering if you could challenge my son to a battle when you see him." He said. "I've noticed how similar you two fight, so I was thinking maybe the two of you could have one."
Aria thought to herself for a moment.
If what he says is really true, then I can't turn away a favor like that...
"I'l do it." She said wit ha sharp nod.
"That's the spirit, sis." Ash encouraged.
"Thanks Ash. But if he's powerful then I'll have to train before we go to meet him." She said smiling.
"Hey Max, can I see the Pokenav?" May asked.
Max and Aria tense up when May asked for the device.
"Uh-I..." Before Max could say that it was broken, he felt something tap against his knee as he looked down. It was the Pokenav. He glanced at Mr. Stones who didn't bother to look at him and Max took the Pokenav as he turned it on. Aria and Max smile brightly as they saw it was working like it normally did.
"Here you go! It's not broken at all or anything!" Max blurted out, handing the Pokenav to his sister.
"Broken?" She inquired, but she shrugged it off as she took it. "Thank you!"
As the three got distracted by the Pokenav, Aria and Max turn to Mr. Stones.
"Thank you for helping us." Aria said.
"It was my pleasure. Just make sure you don't make a mistake like that again." He said.
"Okay! I promise!" Max said with a sharp nod.
"Um, I don't think this is even the right place May." Aria said, a slight anime drop going down her forehead. "This place looks old and abandoned."
Since they missed the first boat to Dewford Island, they had to wait until the next day to go so they decided to walk around Rustboro City before they left.
May held the paper tightly in her hands, realizing what the date said on it.
"The date is..." She said. "It's this month...and this day... from 10 years ago!" She exclaimed, anger in her voice from not reading it correctly.
Everyone dropped to the ground except for May, feeling slightly embarrassed for her.
A kid from pallet town with a brand new world to see
I don't know what's ahead but it won't get the best of me
There's so much to learn and battles to be won
I've advanced so far and still there's always more to come
Take a step and I'm on my way gonna start all over again
I want to be hero (hero!)
Pokemon advance
I wanna be a hero (hero!)
Give it just one chance
And the future will decide
If there's a hero buried deep inside
I wanna be a hero!
Pokemon!
Ash and Aria were back to back on the floor, sighing after spending most of their time trying to look for the port.
"There has to be a port around here somewhere." Aria said tiredly.
"How are we suppose to find a boat if we can't find the port?" Brock sighed.
"This is so weird," May pointed out, staring at the paper in her hands.
"Hey guys!" Max called to them, running in their direction. "It's the port! Over there!"
They nodded, following Max as they reached a harbor, seeing the port on the other side of the city.
"Oh, great." May sighed.
"I guess there's been a lot of change here in the last 10 years." Brock said.
"Just great..." Ash sighed, his shoulders sulking.
"Hey, at least we found somewhere we could relax. Besides there should be another boat soon." Aria pointed out.
"Now what do we do?" Ash asked.
"We must have missed the morning boat by this time." Max pointed out.
"Aria and Max are right, so there's no point in getting worked up." Brock said. "We can just have a soda, sit back, and relax."
"Good thinking." Max said. "We've got tons of time before the afternoon boat."
Ash sighed again. "I just wanted to start my battle once we get to Dewford Island right away." He said quietly.
Aria and May frown at the same time as they glanced at each other. "Hey, maybe there's probably another boat around here." Aria said. "If there is we can leave right away."
May looked confused at first before nodding in agreement. "Hey you guys enjoy your drink and we're going to go find us a boat." May said to the boys.
They all gasped in surprise, glancing at the girls.
"But, how are you going to find us a boat when there aren't any?" Max asked.
"Well this use to be a port didn't it?" Aria pointed out. "There's got to be a boat around here somewhere."
"Then again, maybe not." Aria sighed as her and May have been looking through the port for several minutes.
May glanced at the buildings, seeing the broken windows, the boarded up doors and boats that have been wrecked into many pieces.
"Not only no boats, there aren't any people here." May added. They come to a stop noticing some sort of fishing rod in the distance. There was a man who was fishing, he appeared to be alone. "There's actually someone here! Let's go ask him!" May said as she pulled Aria's hand to get moving.
They approached the man as he continued to look down at the water.
"Excuse me sir." May said. "I'd like to ask you a question if you don't mind."
"I know, I know." He spoke. "You would like to know why the fish suddenly stopped biting today, right?"
"What?" Aria said confused. "What do you mean?"
"So today is not your day. There's always tomorrow." He stood up, looking outward towards the sea. "The point is you don't get in, you don't rise to the challenge!"
"I do, but that's not really what I wanted to ask you sir." May said, getting a sweat drop down her face.
The man glanced at them as they stood there slightly confused. "Hey, who the heck are ya anyway? You don't look familiar" He asked.
"Wingull!"
They glanced at the sky as they saw a Wingull fly in their direction, landing in front of the may.
"Ahoy Peeko!" The man greeted. "Did you enjoy your strolling through the clouds?"
"Wing, Wingull!" Peeko replied happily.
"What's that Pokemon?" May said confused as she pulled out her pokedex.
"Wingull, the Seagull Pokémon. Wingull will fly through the sky as though surfing waves. It normally carries food and other valuable items, then hides them here and there."
"Cool, so it's a Wingull." She said. "It's kinda cute."
"Not kinda, Peeko is the cutest." The man corrected. "This cute pokemon you're looking at is my favorite shining star."
"Wing, Wingull!" Peeko replied.
"Peeko, what a cute name," May said as she extended her hand to the pokemon. "It's nice to meet you."
Peeko was a little shy and hid right behind the man's leg.
"Don't worry, Peeko is just a little bit shy around strangers. The only one Peeko feelings comfortable around is me." He said.
"That's too bad." May said sadly.
An idea came to Aria's mind as she reached into her bag and pulled out a container. She opens it, revealing pokemon food inside of it.
"Here Peeko, try some of this." Aria said as she got down to Peeko's level, holding out a hand full of pokemon food. "It's Brock's special pokemon food, give it a try if you want to. And if you want, we can become buddies too."
Peeko stared at them for a moment before approaching them, eating the pokemon food out of Aria's hand.
"Awesome! Thanks Peeko!" May said as she rubbed Peeko on the head.
"My stars, I'm certainly impressed young ladies, wow." The man said.
Aria laughed slightly. "Thank you, but it's nothing." She said.
"Wow, you're one lucky little Wingull aren't ya?" He said to Peeko.
"Wingull!" Peeko spoke happily.
"The name's Briney." The man said. "They call me that from my salty position, so I hear. Nice to meet you."
The girls smiled as Aria put away the container of pokemon food. "It's nice to meet you too, my name is May."
"And I'm Aria."