"Oi, you may not want to sleep there," a man said.
Missy awoke to see the gym leader, Roark, standing above her. "What are you doing down here Roark?" she asked.
"I work at the mine every day, the mine that you are blocking the entrance to…" Roark said.
"Oh," Missy got out of her sleeping bag quickly and pulled it off to the side, "sorry."
Roark looked at her confused. "Why were you sleeping out her anyways? Wasn't the poke center open?"
"No, when I got into town it was dark inside and the doors were locked." Missy explained.
"Oh, well maybe I should check it out first," and Roark turned around for the poke center.
Missy packed up and returned her pokemon to their pokeballs. She stopped for a quick breakfast in town and started to head towards the Mountain.
She began to climb when she bumped into a group of people.
"Ouch!" Missy cried out as she was knocked down to the ground, clutching the pink poke egg tightly.
"Sorry," a boy said, he stretched out his hand and helped Missy up to her feet. A Pikachu was on his shoulder. "My name is Ash, and this is Pikachu."
"Hi!" Pikachu said.
"My name is Missy, Hi Pikachu!" Missy said.
"Ash, who are you talking to?" a girl walked up to the pair.
"Oh Dawn, this is Missy. Missy, this is Dawn and Brock should be showing up soon…."
Almost on cue, Brock showed up. "Oh beautiful maiden, won't you come and stop my beating…." But before he could finish, his Croagunk popped out of his pokeball and poison stabbed Brock.
"Why does he always have to hit on every girl he sees?" Croagunk asked.
Missy laughed, "So he always does this?"
"So are you a trainer Missy?" Dawn asked.
"Oh yea, I have five badges already," Missy answered.
"Where did you get that pretty egg?" Dawn asked.
"Ah," panic filled Missy's face. She couldn't tell them that the egg had fallen out of the sky. "My grandparents run the daycare off of Route 219."
"Oh, so it is an extra egg from there?" Brock asked.
"It doesn't look like any of the eggs we've seen," Ash added.
"Well then you haven't seen eggs from this region." Missy said quickly, "what are you guys doing up here anyways?"
"Shortcut to Hearthome City," Dawn said, "We only started climbing a little while ago."
"Why are you up here Missy?" Brock asked.
"Training before I go for my sixth badge," Missy answered.
"Do you wanna have a battle then?" Ash asked.
"Sure Ash," Missy answered.
"For this match, each trainer can use three pokemon. Either can sub out their pokemon at any time. Ready?" Brock was referring the match, "begin!"
"Ok Aipom, let's go!" Ash let out his first pokemon.
"An Aipom…Shinx, go!" Missy tossed her pokeball and out popped Shinx.
"Aipom, agility."
"Shinx, dodge and then use charge."
"Missy," Shinx cried out, "let me do it my way."
"Ok Shinx, do what you wanna do!" Missy answered.
"Aipom, Swift!"
Shinx evaded and ran up to Aipom and brushed against it – and Aipom exploded in sparks.
"What was that?" Ash asked.
"Discharge," Missy called out, "Now finish it off!"
Shinx tackled Aipom and it was out. "Aipom is unable to battle, Shinx is the winner." Brock said.
"Good job with that one, but are you ready for Pikachu?" Ash said.
"Shinx, you know what to do!" Missy called out.
"Pikachu, Iron Tail!" Ash shouted.
Pikachu hit Shinx dead on. "Shinx is unable to battle, Pikachu wins." Brock said.
"Ok, I hope you're ready for this Ash!" Missy threw a pokeball and out popped Houndour.
"Oh no…" Pikachu said.
"Houndour, fire fang!"
"Agility Pikachu!"
Pikachu hit Houndour before he could bite.
"Houndour, Roar!"
Houndour roared at Pikachu, freighting it so much that it hid behind Ash. "Ok Pikachu, I'll save you for later. Come on out Turtwig!"
"You're at a type disadvantage Ash," Missy called out.
"Oh you'll see," Ash answered.
"Houndour, Fire Blast!" Missy called out.
It hit Turtwig head on before it had time to dodge. "Woa, Turtwig is unable to battle, Houndour is the winner."
But right after Ash returned Turtwig to its pokeball, Houndour fell over. "And Houndour is unable to battle. Each trainer is down to their last pokemon." Brock commented on the battle.
"Pikachu go!" Ash said.
"So for the final one, who should I send out?" Missy asked. She released her last pokemon, Dragonair.
"Woa…..a Dragonair!" Ash said.
"Dragonair, twister!"
Pikachu was caught up in a twister of twigs, rocks, and power.
"Pikachu, thunderbolt!"
"I can't….." Pikachu cried out.
"Pikachu?" Ash asked.
"Stop the match! Pikachu is in a lot of pain! Dragonair, let it down slowly!" Missy cried out.
The twister stopped and Pikachu was set down gently with Dragonair's psychic ability.
Everyone let their pokemon out of their pokeballs for lunch. Missy joined the others for some food too. She let out her pokemon so they could meet with new pokemon.
"You have really strong pokemon Missy," Dawn said.
"Thanks, we train hard before we go off to each gym." Missy explained.
"They look really healthy," Brock said.
"How did you know Pikachu was in pain?" Ash asked.
"It looked like it, and I hate to see a pokemon in that much pain." Missy said.
"Missy," Absol turned to his trainer, "danger approaches, you need to get out of here."
Missy ran and began to pack up her things. "Guys, you might want to start packing up."
"Why?" Ash asked.
"Because danger is on its way," Missy answered.
Just as she spoke a large machine Meowth came into view over side of the mountain.
"It's team rocket!" Ash, Brock, and Dawn said at once.
"Let's get the pokemon on the double." A girl with long red hair began.
"Not today….." Dawn complained.
"But we always say our motto…." A man with blue hair sobbed.
Missy held tight to her egg as her pokemon surrounded her to protect her.
"You won't do anything of the sort!" Absol called out.
"Leave now before you get your butts kicked again!" Pikachu added.
"Are they weak or something?" Missy asked.
"It's not like we mean to, we just….wait a minute…..you can understand the pokemon talk?" Meowth asked.
"What?" Brock looked over at Missy.
"Ah…." She looked from the machine to the threesome near her and back to the robot. "Well, you see…."
"Pikachu, thunder!" Pikachu followed Ash's orders and attacked the machine and it exploded. Team Rocket blasted off and out of the vicinity of the mountain.
"That was cool Ash!" Missy said, "But I should really get going…." Missy tried to leave but was stopped by Ash and Brock.
"Can you really understand the pokemon?" Brock asked.
"Erm…." Missy looked from him to Ash then to Dawn. "I really need to get going……" She returned all her pokemon to their pokeballs except for Absol.
"Absol, sand attack!" Absol sent an attack at the ground, kicking up dust and rocks. Ash, Dawn, and Brock were all blinded. Missy ran up the mountain away from people.
"What was that all about?" Dawn complained.