Glass: "Okay Mysty, it's your turn to do the disclaimer."
Mysty: "Pokemon belongs to Nintendo. This chapter is mostly filler. Um, why is a Spinarak wrapping a spider-web around me?"
Glass: "Well, I think-"
Mysty: "On second thought, don't answer that. JUST GET IT OFF!!!! I hate spiders!"
Glass: "Almost all girls hate spiders! That includes me!"
Mysty: "Well you're a Suicune! Can't you at least TRY to get it off?"
Glass: "Well, maybe I can...." creates a huge wave of water that sends the Spinarak flying and completely soaks Mysty
Mysty: "Thanks a lot, Glass...."
Glass: grins sheepishly
Mikhail: from a distance "TORY I DON'T THINK A SCYTHER'S GONNA UNTIE THIS! GET IT AWAY FROM ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Glass: ".................Let's just get to the story before someone gets hurt....."
Chapter 4: Excuse me, I'm Looking for a Red and White Ball.....
The sliding door to the PokeMart opened and Mikhail and Mysty slowly walked out. "Well, that was certainly interesting. We say 'Pokeball' and the employee looks at us like we're aliens or something... Seriously, what's so weird about looking for a red and white ball?" Mikhail grumbled, probably more annoyed then he had ever been in his entire life ( which has only been two decades so far, mind you).
"Well, at least that lady back there could help. So I guess we're off to the Outskirt Stand now?" Mysty noted. Mikhail immediately thought, 'No! That brings me closer to Eclo Canyon! Which brings me closer to Team Snagem! Please don't do this to me.... Please don't do this to me.... They want my blood! THEY WANT MY BLOOD!!!!"
He nodded and said, "Yeah, the Outskirt Stand... We should go there really quick!" 'And leave even quicker....'. "Smooth Mikhail. Very smooth...." Tory informed him. After that Mikhail and Mysty left Phenac and started driving to the Outskirt Stand, on the 'Crazy Bike'. Oh dear.....
TEN MINUTES LATER...
"MIKHAIL!!! I FEEL LIKE I'M ON A ROCKET HEADED TO THE MOON!!!! AIYEEH!!!!!" screamed Mysty. "SO DO I!!!! ASTRONAUTS STARLIGHT AND KNIGHT HAVE LOST CONTROL OF THE 'CRAZY BIKE' AND MAY BE UNABLE TO CONTACT EARTH!!!!!!!" Mikhail screamed back. As usual, the bike had taken off at one-hundred-miles-per-hour. Hey, at least Mikhail and Mysty were making good time....
Mikhail managed to slow the bike down to sixty-miles-per-hour for about a minute, then it decided to be bad and took off at one-hundred-miles-per-hour again, this time not slowing down.
"MYSTY THERE SHOULD BE A TOOLBOX BESIDE YOU!!! CAN YOU HAND ME SOMETHING I CAN FIX THIS WITH?!" Mikhail tried his best to sound polite, but his voice was still screaming. Mysty, struggling against the force the bike's speed was making, opened the toolbox and handed Mikhail a wrench. He took it and stared at the bike saying, "YOU'RE GOING DOWN CRAZY BIKE!!! THE ASTRONAUTS ARE REGAINING CONTROL!!!!!"
Okay readers, I want you to picture the following scene in SLOW MOTION.
Mikhail raised the wrench above the controls, his once golden eyes having taken on a shade of crimson. He jumped slightly and brought the wrench down on the controls, sending pieces of metal and plastic flying. Mysty's eyes widened and her mouth hung open, and she immediately ducked into the sidecar to avoid the debris.
Okay readers, we're back to normal speed now.
Mikhail continued to bash the controls, all the while screaming, "TAKE THAT! AND THAT! AND THIS!" The bike slowed down a little, then started to pick up speed again. "Oh no you don't!" cried Mikhail, bashing the controls again. The bike slowed and stayed at a steady sixty-miles-per-hour.
"Here." Mikhail said, handing a dumb struck Mysty the wrench. She took it and put it back into the toolbox. 'Mikhail just bashed the controls with a wrench? He's kind of crazy, and he wasn't even born in Orre! I guess this region's weirdness is infectious.....'
"You know, there's a bright side to what Crazy Bike did. We're only forty minutes away. We'll be there around....." Mikhail started, "....6:40!" 'Oh sweet pineapples! It's 6:00 already?! Wow, time flies when you're having fun....' Mysty thought.
Mysty started thinking about random things, then a question popped into her head. "Mikhail, why did you join Team Snagem?" she asked, surprised she said it aloud. She was met with an awkward silence and a long sigh. "I'd rather not say....." Mikhail replied. Mysty wanted to press him further, but decided against it.
After all, everyone has their secrets.
The forty minutes went by fairly quickly. 'Whoa, the Outskirt Stand's still open? Well, it's not that late I guess.' Mikhail thought. He and Mysty got off Crazy Bike and started walking towards the train. Their Pokeballs started shaking and the Pokemon came out.
("Wah! She's still here!") Shadow panicked. ("Hey Shad, there's this new thing. It's called optimism!") Tory yelled, growing tired of Shadow's almost mindless panic attacks with Mysty. Sparky overheard this and looked at Mikhail and Mysty, who were trying to figure out what the Pokemon were doing out of their balls.
("I agree with Pink- uh, I mean Tory.") Sparky said, catching a dangerous glance from Tory, ("Look at the bright side of things."). Mysty's other Pokemon, a female Flareon and Vaporeon, were watching with confusion. At least, the Flareon was. The Vaporeon was counting something with her paws.
("Um, what are we talking about again?") Sparky asked, making his sister the Vaporeon mutter, ("Bingo! Never fails...."). Tory took a deep breath, ("Shadow thinks Mysty messed up Mikhail, to put it plainly."). Sparky's eyes widened.
("Um...okay. Wait a second! Are YOU saying MY human's dangerous?!") the spiky fox growled. Both Shadow and Tory held their tongues. Arceus had no wrath as terrible as a Pokemon defending his Trainer. Translation: Shut up Shadow and Tory! Which they readily did.
The Flareon casually walked up to Sparky and then grabbed him, keeping him from attacking from the Dark fox and Psychic fox. ("I'm sensing a lot of negative energy here, with a logical cure. Inhale... Exhale... Inhale... Exhale...") she said. Sparky breathed in and out until he finally calmed down. The orange fox then let go of him.
("Whoa, you're amazing Amber!") cried the Vaporeon, before adding, ("Especially for a traded Pokemon!"). Amber ignored the last part and walked up to Shadow. She smiled sweetly at him and then walked back to her group. Shadow seemed oblivious. Mikhail and Mysty had 'What the heck is going on here?!' looks on their faces.
The Vaporeon walked up to Mysty. ("Are we gonna eat anytime soon?") she asked, placing her paw on her tummy. "I think Wave's trying to tell us she's hungry." Mysty commented. The blue fox nodded happily and then just stared at Mysty. With sad eyes a fox Pokemon normally wouldn't have...unless they were trying to get their Trainer to do something for them.
"Personally, I can understand Wave on that one..." Mikhail grimaced, having not eaten the entire day ( he must have good stamina). Mysty nodded. The two Trainers and their Pokemon walked into the train and were greeted by the man-behind-the-counter.
"Ah, you've come back! Good to see you, sonny! You can call me Kiri, by the way." he said to Mikhail, "What can I do for you and your friend?". Mysty was surprised Kiri noticed her, she thought she was invisible to most people, excluding Mikhail. He could see her just fine. Then again, Mikhail saw lots of things. On their way here, he told her about a UFO he saw in Eclo Canyon.
'Who knows? Out in the desert he might have seen something. UFOs seem to like deserts. Some like them so much they crash into them. But apparently the deserts don't like them as much.' Mysty thought. While she was thinking, Mikhail ordered dinner for them and the Pokemon, as well asking Kiri if he sold any Pokeballs.
"Pokeballs you say? Well, I used to sell them, but with Team Snagem around, they're only good for catching dust now. Come to think of it, I may have them packed somewhere. Hmm......" said Kiri, beginning a search for the Pokeballs.
All the Pokemon, save Tory, ran to the food bowls. He was messing with the jukebox, with a golden coin which he had swiped from Mikhail in his mouth ( Mikhail didn't even notice Tory took it from him).
("Let's see, what have we got here? Hmm... Aha! Found it!") cried Tory, still with the coin in his mouth. He put the coin inside the jukebox and pressed a button. '(Don't Fear) The Reaper' by Blue Oyster Cult started playing. Satisfied, Tory walked to his food bowl.
("Tor, that is the twentieth time you've listened to that song this week!') Shadow laughed. ("What can I say? I love that song!") Tory replied, before chomping down on the Pokefood.
Aware it was Tory who turned on the jukebox, Mysty looked at Mikhail. "My Espeon loves Blue Oyster Cult. He could listen to them -especially this song- all day if you let him. And that's not a joke, that is a FACT." said Mikhail. "Well, at least he has good taste in music." Mysty commented.
A newsflash appeared on the TV. "We've just received info that a Team Snagem member has been arrested near Eclo Canyon. According to the arrested member, the explosion was caused by another member, named Mikhail Starlight. We've also received info that a giant Snag Machine was destroyed in the explosion, while the smaller, portable one was stolen, probably by Starlight..." the reporter then went on to explain what the Snag Machine did.
Mysty eyed Mikhail, "Now I know why Wakin was so angry..." Mikhail grinned, "Yeah, I took the phrase 'Let's blow this dump!' to a whole new level..." Mysty started laughing. They then heard the reporter say, "It is our hope that Starlight does not use the Snag Machine for criminal purposes again." Mikhail thought, 'Why would I steal it if I was gonna continue using it for bad?'
SOMEWHERE, INSIDE ECLO CANYON.....
"You let him get away?!" And you couldn't even get the Snag Machine back?! Do you know what he could do with it?! It's so hard to get good help these days!" yelled Gonzap, effortlessly destroying his desk. Wakin yelped and jumped back. Gonzap had practically become the Hulk right now.
Gonzap grabbed a chair and crushed it into a ball. Wakin ducked as the metal and leather projectile went flying towards him. He then hid behind the other desk. "But Gonzap, Mikhail doesn't even know how to use the small Snag Machine!" he protested.
Gonzap menacingly walked towards him. Wakin ran from the desk as Gonzap grabbed it and hoisted it above his shoulders. "He can learn! The boy's not THAT dense!" he yelled, slamming the desk through the floor, creating a hole. "Y'know, that's a good place to put a set of stairs." Wakin commented. Gonzap just glared at him.
BACK AT THE OUTSKIRT STAND.....
Kiri was still looking for the Pokeballs. It was like he was trying to find the lost city of Pokelantis with how long it was taking him. Mysty sighed and noticed Mikhail watching the news, with a dumb struck look plastered on his face.
The TV screen showed a Pikachu jumping all over a hotel room after somehow getting his paws on his Trainer's cup of coffee. "What the heck?!" Mysty cried. "Exactly." said Mikhail. They then noticed the 'news story' was labeled 'Breaking News'. "Since when is a hyper Pikachu breaking news? Is Pokemon News Network that desperate for something to report?" Mysty asked.
"Apparently they are...." Mikhail replied. The screen was now showing two boys and one girl putting toy Sharpedo fins on their remote control trucks, and then driving the toys into inches of snow making the impression that three Sharpedo were swimming.
The trucks drove up behind a teenage boy, scaring the daylights out of him. The three pranksters then proceeded to chase the poor teen all around Snowpoint City. The news was titled 'Snow Sharpedo in Sinnoh?!'. "Snow Sharpedo?" Mysty asked, puzzled. "Yeah, that poor kid..." Mikhail commented.
All of a sudden, a thick cloud of dust filled the entire train. "I found the Pokeballs!" cried Kiri, coughing and sneezing up a storm. "I...can't...breathe!" Mikhail choked. "Where's a vacuum cleaner when you need one?!" cried Mysty. Yep, no one inside the train escaped the cloud of dust that night.
Note: And there's Chapter 4. Reviews appreciated. I'm sorry I didn't update last week, but my Zelda story was Number 1 on my priorities. The reason I wanted that story and this one to run at the same time was that I wanted to show people both of my writing styles. Forgotten Legends shows my darker style, this story shows my light-hearted style. Anyways, I'll update next week. See you then.
