Key2DestNE: *is looking around, searching under everything with an evil smirk* Foooox! Come on out, already- this isn't funny~!
DarkFoxKit: *hisses* Mew, I warned you not to mix Vi's stupid potion with your Psychic, now you just made Key EVIL!
Mew: I didn't think it would go all Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde on me! It was supposed to be for a new Mew Game!
DarkFoxKit: Yeah well it backfired! You just HAD to pour it into his apple juice, didn't you!?
Key2DestNE: *His ears perk up, and he grins, slowly turning.* Hmmm… I wonder where they could be… Hee hee hee~ *He walks over to the bed and lifts it, revealing two shocked Pokemon.* THERE YOU ARE, DARKFOXKITTEN!
DarkFoxKit: …RUUUUUUUUUUN!
Mew: Sorry Kitty! You're on your own! *teleports away, leaving DarkFoxKit alone with the insane, demonic Key.*
DarkFoxKit: … Mew, if I die, you're so FIRED! *screams in fear as the camera feed turns into static*
The Child of Mew
Shadows of Kanto
Chapter 4: The Biker Gang
Ash and Blue were making great time on their new bicycles, Storm the Pikachu was just relaxing on his little basket, enjoying the ride. Nya was still a remote in Ash's backpack.
"I just hope Misty doesn't see this." Ash muttered to himself, remembering how hard-pressed she was about him owing her a bike… and if she found out he had a LIMITED EDITION bike? He'd be so dead then!
Blue raised an eyebrow. "Hmm? Misty? Like… the Gym Leader, Misty Waterflower?"
Ash chuckled sheepishly, "Yes… that's her. I didn't get her sister's names, so I just called them by their hair colors… uh… mentally of course. We traveled together for quite some time before she had a call to go back to her gym."
Blue blinked. "Wait… are you talking about Daisy, Violet, and Lily? The three sisters of the Cerulean Gym?"
The boy looked back at him for a second, surprised. "Well… if that's their names, sure… I guess, why?"
Blue shuddered, to the surprise of the boy. "Ugh… please, don't call her when I'm in view- the girl hates me… a lot."
"Huh? You mean Misty?" Ash asked, blinking in confusion. "Why would she hate you?"
Blue shrugged, sighing in exasperation. "I don't even know! The girl takes ONE look at me when I challenge her Gym, and she forces me out! I had to wait for her sisters to be in charge for a day for that badge…"
Ash blinked and frowned, "That… doesn't sound like Misty… I mean sure she's very short tempered and hard headed but… I don't think she'd kick a challenger out." Unless she had a good reason to…
Blue chuckled sheepishly. "W...well, uh… I might've been… different from how I am now…"
"... You were?" Ash frowned. He didn't really expect that at all!
"Hey, was he like Gary?" Storm spoke up from his basket.
Blue looked away, sighing. "Well… I was almost like my brother… but much colder at the same time. Consider arrogance… combined with a cold outer shell."
"Hmm…" Ash began thinking. "That almost sounds… familiar. I heard from Memma one of her friends had a child similar to what you're describing."
"... Memma?" Blue blinked.
"I-I meant Momma, of course!" Ash quickly corrected himself, blushing.
Blue raised an eyebrow, glancing at the boy. "...Well, we lived in the same town, so I'm not that surprised… Hey, do you remember Leaf?" His eyes narrowed, looking at the boy for a response.
"... Leaf? No, I don't think so… why do you ask?" Ash wondered, not looking at Blue since his eyes were on the road.
Blue nodded, looking back at the road. "Well, it's funny… she always knocked on your door when we were kids, trying to get another kid to play with us. And yet..." His eyes glanced back at Ash. "You never answered the door."
Ash sighed, shrugging. "I was probably out. During my toddler and kid years, I was out with Mom… a LOT. I was very rarely home." Memma always had to play Mew Games after Mew Games with me. I'm surprised I'm still alive up to this point.
"Aww Ashy, you know you loved it." He heard Mew's voice giggling in his head, and he sighed.
Blue shrugged, speaking cautiously here. "Sure, perhaps. But if you were always out with her… what friends would she have, I wonder? She certainly was never in town often enough."
"She… likes to go… out of town a lot, especially since Pallet Town is such a small place." Ash said, trying not to sound too nervous.
Blue frowned for a moment before shrugging. "Sure…. I get that- but who's her friends?"
"Me- Mom has a lot of friends, but… I'm not allowed to say, sorry." Ash shrugged.
Storm then pointed ahead, surprising them both. "Hey! I think I see the bridge you were talking about ahead! Look at it! It's… under construction?" The Pikachu blinked, surprised.
Blue nodded. "Yeah, there it is up ahead- it's been that way for a while, and won't be done for a long time… the only bit done is the bike road, or the Cycling Road, they call it."
Ash and Storm stared at the boy, who eventually raised an eyebrow. "What?"
"You just answered Storm!" Ash pointed out.
Blue grumbled. "No I didn't! I just simply stated it's been that way because it was like this when I started out… which was a long time ago!"
Ash frowned in confusion. "...I thought you weren't a Trainer."
Blue shrugged. "W-well, I'm not anymore! I… I guess you could say I'm a retired Trainer…"
Ash raised an eyebrow, surprised. "...Really? You can retire from that?" The boy was surprised, he didn't even know that was an option!
"Yes." Blue sighed. "But that's not important right now. We better cross that bridge now."
"Right…" Ash sighed, not wanting to push the issue. They were heading to the bridge when a cop standing guard said, holding a hand up to stop them, "Wait kids."
"What is it?" Ash asked.
The cop looked at them, "You might want to be careful, there's a biker gang terrorizing the Cycling Road right now and they love to challenge anyone they can to a Pokemon Battle."
Blue sighed. "You mean like a few years ago? I remember they were here then, too."
"You met them?" Ash said in shock. "How'd you get away!?"
"Well yeah, I did… I, um… was fast…" Blue said quietly, obviously hiding something from the boy.
Ash frowned, raising an eyebrow. "...You would've been on a bike, not a motorcycle like I'm sure they were."
"They're not on a motorcycle, that would be on the freeway bridge, not the cycling one." Blue rolled his eyes.
Ash blinked before chuckling sheepishly. "O...oh, right… M-my bad, Blue!"
The security guard blinked himself before shaking his head. "Well, anyways, be careful, the leader is really powerful!"
"We'll keep that in mind, thanks!" Ash said as he and Blue pedaled into the Cycling Road.
Storm began coughing, covering his mouth. "Ack! The air around smells so bad!" He held his little nose. "What is that STENCH!? Ugh!"
Blue frowned in thought, sniffing the air. "...I think whatever that smell is, it's a tank of kerosene… I can smell it from here!"
"I swear you're talking to my Pikachu, Blue!" Ash said to the boy beside him, also holding his nose.
"That smell is strong, it's not my fault he spoke about it right after I answered!" Blue snapped back. "Even if he was in his Poke Ball, I'd mention it! Because I'm sure YOU'RE curious about this too!"
Ash grumbled, shaking his head. "Whatever, let's just hurry and get across this. I still can't believe they're taking so long with the road, this must be one tough bridge to assemble…"
"Not really… they just don't have a lot of money to finish it quickly, especially over the water like this." Blue sighed. "Their money was mostly taken by Team Rocket a few years back, so ever since then work's been slow."
Ash nearly growled in anger… It looked like wherever he went, Team Rocket has some kind of influence to the area! "How'd they take the money?"
Blue looked thoughtful, thinking. "From what I can remember… they were building the bridge just fine, they already finished Cycling Road and were halfway done with the road itself, but then… Giovanni came and… well… He took the project over, putting it on halt by taking most of their money and putting it in his own projects. After he left, they tried to continue it, but they barely had enough for the bridge anymore."
Ash frowned at that. "...It was Giovanni?" He looked at Blue. "Not… anyone else?" He was thinking of the mysterious Team Rocket member from before when he mentioned that…. that guy was super tough, it wouldn't be a stretch to imagine him walking in alone and taking the money before threatening them to say it was Giovanni… or it's possible that those in the elites are young children so they can easily blend in as a regular every-day people or Trainer. It's hard to see a kid as a shady character, much harder than a full grown man.
Blue shrugged, sighing. "Well… I'm not sure, really. They said it was Giovanni, but Team Rocket knocked out the power to the cameras before striking." He then paused, frowning, before he shook his head. "Well, either way, it was Team Rocket who took away the money, so it's taking forever for the bridge to be completed."
The two boys continued cycling across the bridge when they suddenly saw a lot of people heading their way…
"Oh no… here comes the Biker Gang." Blue groaned, like it was more troublesome than dangerous.
Ash raised an eyebrow. "Huh? ...I thought they were dangerous, aren't they?" He didn't understand… the security guard said the Biker Gang was dangerous, so why's Blue treating it like an annoyance?
"I've met them before… they have tough Pokemon yes, but they rely on brute strength only, no strategy involved whatsoever." Blue sighed. "It's more troublesome really…"
Ash chuckled, the boy almost sounded like a certain Mudkip he met. "Yeah, I guess that makes sense… But you know, you kinda remind me of a Pokemon I met a while back."
Blue raised an eyebrow, surprised. "Huh? A Pokemon? ….What Pokemon? A Slakoth or something?"
"A Mudkip." Storm said with a sly smile. "A very… troublesome Mudkip."
Blue's eyes sort of twitched and sighed, shaking his head. "Forget about it, here they come!"
The two boys were soon surrounded by the Biker Gang, all of them were young guys, but they were all much older than Ash and Blue; some were big and bulky, others were lean and mean, but there was one green-haired girl in the group, and she seemed tough.
"Well, well, what do we have here? A couple of passerby Trainers perhaps?" a skinny one with a mohawk said, smirking.
One of the biker gang noticed Blue and blinked, trying to see his face. "... He looks familiar… is he that arrogant punk called Gary Oak we see on TV?"
"Probably, but I'm surprised he's not using that limo he always has. Then again, he does need a bicycle to get through here, though I thought he'd use a Pidgeot or something to just fly across it." A bulky guy shrugged, frowning in thought.
The girl then spoke, grinning sadistically. "It doesn't matter, these two boys are on our turf, so shouldn't we give them a… proper introduction?"
One of the other guys smirked, stepping forward. "Yeah, we should!" He pulled out a Poke Ball, grinning.
"Well… hi, I'm Ash Ketchum and this is-" Ash gestured to Blue but he answered quickly.
"I'm nobody important." Blue said.
"I'm Storm, a Pikachu, but you should know that!" Storm said with a wink.
Ash sighed. "They can't understand you, Storm… you should know that by now."
"I know, I was just being funny." Storm rolled his eyes.
Surprisingly, though, the girl blinked in surprise. "Hmm? A wise Pikachu, eh?" She smirked. "Well little boy, too bad for you when we say 'proper introduction' we mean Pokemon Battle. Chopper… why don't you take him and his little Trainer out first?"
The man with the mohawk stepped forward, smirking. "Sure thing, Tyra! Looks like this ain't your lucky day, brat!" He tossed a Poke Ball into the air. "Let's go, Golem!"
The Golem roared like an animal. Ash couldn't understand it as it kept just roaring out mindlessly. "Ugh… Alright fine, I guess I'll…" He took out one of his Poke Balls… he left Kooper back with Prof. Oak, so he decided to go with… "Konoha! Go!" He released the Bulbasaur from the Heal Ball, and he got into a battle-ready position.
"Alright, who're we fighting this time Ash?" Kohona then blinked, seeing a Golem in front of him. "...We're fighting a GOLEM!?"
"Yes, calm down, you have the type advantage!" Storm muttered from his basket. "I'm not fighting it, thankfully…"
"But it looks pretty strong…" Konoha sighed. "And I'm half Poison! Poison types don't do so good against Ground types…"
Storm rolled his eyes. "You still have the type advantage, and you'll be using strategy! Now go ahead and beat this glorified boulder!"
"Ha, a puny little Bulbasaur? That's just too funny! Golem, crush that pipsqueak with a Body Slam attack!" Chopper ordered.
"Konoha, jump and use Razor Leaf!" Ash ordered.
The Bulbasaur jumped out of the Golem's way as it smashed down onto the road and fired sharp leaves at the Golem, scratching every inch of his rocky hide. The mindless beast roared in pain, glaring at Kohona.
Chopper blinked in surprise. "W-what the!? How'd you dodge that!? Bah, whatever… Body Slam again, and this time don't let the little thing get away!"
"Vine Whip!" Ash yelled.
Konoha slapped the Golem and wrapped his vines around the rocky body and threw it into the ground!
Chopper narrowed his eyes in anger. "How are you doing this!? Rock Throw!"
Konoha growled as he awaited Ash's orders, staying in one place. "Get out-" Ash was trying to tell him to get out of the way, but the Rock Throw was too fast and some of it already hit Konoha!
This is no good, just trying to give him orders over every little thing is getting to complicated, if only I could get them to think for themselves should the need arise… Ash thought to himself as Konoha growled at the Golem. Like that Trainer did, along with Blue, then Kohona could've dodged!
Chopper grinned viciously. "Alright, NOW we're talking! Tackle that little pipsqueak into the ground!"
"We're not through yet! Konoha, use Sleep Powder now!" Ash quickly ordered.
The Bulbasaur spout out blue pollen from his bulb at the Golem, the Golem was charging at him, but when the spore hit him the Golem soon fell asleep.
"WHAT!? WAKE UP!" Chopper shouted.
"Now finish it with Razor Leaf again!" Ash ordered as Konoha hit the sleeping Golem with Razor Leaf.
Golem growled in pain, waking up a second too late. It fell back, unconscious, as it rolled towards it's Trainer. "W-what the!? Golem! GOLEM, STOP IT!" Chopper tried to run out of the way, but got ran over by his own Pokemon! "WAH!"
Ash and Konoha began laughing at the sight, Blue was chuckling from his bike, and Storm was kicking his feet in the air while laughing. The girl in the group smirked, shaking her head in amusement at the sight of the tough guy squashed underneath his Golem, before it finally rolled off of him and Chopper returned him.
"Not bad…" the girl said, grinning. "Not bad at all, kid. But… there's still a bunch of us left."
Ash groaned, facepalming. "Come on, do I really have to face all of you?"
The girl smirked, her name wasn't Tyra for nothing. "Yes, and it's my turn now." She took out a Poke Ball and released a Slowbro.
"... A Slowbro?" Ash wasn't expecting this, he expected them all to just have brute force Pokemon, like Blue said. Slowbro was more of a defensive Pokemon.
Blue blinked, surprised. "Hmm… I never did face her in a battle come to think of it…" He looked at Ash, thinking. So… why is she battling Ash?
"Alright, I guess I know who to use for this battle." Ash returned Konoha to his Heal Ball and turned to the Pikachu in the basket. "Well Storm… ready for a re-match against a Slowbro?"
Storm stood up, smiling as electricity crackled from his cheeks. "More than ready, I've been waiting for a chance like this!"
"Alright, let's start with Thunderbolt!" Ash commanded as Storm jumped from the basket, charging up his Thunderbolt and letting loose a powerful electric shock at the Slowbro.
Tyra smirked. "Dodge and use Ice Beam to slow this Pikachu down." she commanded, surprising Ash again.
Slowbro, for something so slow, was able to jump to the side quickly and dodge the Thunderbolt and then shot out an Ice Beam at Storm.
"Dodge!" Ash quickly said.
Storm managed to land and zip away from the Ice Beam. "That was too close!" He then tried to move… but felt a tug on his tail! "What the!?" He looked back and frowned- apparently his tail wasn't fast enough… it got hit by the Ice Beam.
Tyra smirked. "Not bad, for a wimp. Slowbro, use Psychic- toss that Pikachu into some of the beams!"
Ash growled, narrowing his eyes. "Storm, use Iron Tail and put it in front of you now!"
Storm blinked, not sure what good that would do, but did it anyway, trusting his Trainer. He turned his tail to steel and quickly pulled it in front, out of the ice it was in… when the Psychic wave hit him it picked him up a little bit before putting him back down. "...?"
"Hey, what?" Tyra frowned in confusion. "What the heck happened?"
Ash sighed in relief, as if he wasn't sure if it would've worked himself. "Steel types are resistant to Psychic, so I figured what if a Steel type move help cover the Pokemon itself from the attack? Maybe it would reduce it, and what do you know? It actually works."
Blue smirked, nodding. "Yes it does, and good job Ash… Interesting tactic, too!" He then blinked, seeing something begin to emerge in the distance. "Huh…? Wait, what's over there?"
Everyone stopped what they were doing and saw three shadow figured, two tall ones, one of them with a long hair, and one small one. The three figures came closer and closer until they revealed to be…
Ash's eyes widened in shock, staring openly. "Jessie, James and Meowth?" I hadn't seen them in a while…
Tyra was staring openly as well. "C-Chain Jess!?" She blinked, startled. "I… so you're back!? Little Jim!?"
Jessie blinked, surprised. "Huh? T-Tyra!?" She looked at the girl, before glancing at Chopper. "C-Chopper!? What's going on? I thought you guys moved on to other territory!"
Tyra smirked, shrugging as she regained her bravado. "We decided to take this one back after we heard Team Rocket slowed down the construction for the bridge."
Chopper nodded, punching his fist eagerly. "Yup, it's a great place to find traveling people since they have to come through here without a Flying type Pokemon. We were in the middle of fighting one of these guys when you two arrived!"
James raised an eyebrow, before looking at Ash. "Wait…. WHAT!? H-he's your current prey!?"
"Of course, what's the problem?" Tyra asked as if they just said 'the sky is blue, right?'
Meowth laughed nervously, scratching the back of his neck "Actually, this kid ain't no joke… he's pretty tough, we fought with him a few times before; so we know."
Tyra blinked in surprise. "...Wait… they beat you two!?" She looked between the two Team Rocket members, shocked. "I mean… you both were the strongest of the group when you were here!"
Ash raised an eyebrow. "Wait…. Jessie and James, you were both once part of this gang?"
Jessie sighed and nodded, shrugging. "Back then, we were only teenagers, running away from home and joining up a gang. I was known as Chain Jess since I loved swinging my chain around while riding my bicycle."
James snickered as he thought about it, smirking. "It seemed so long ago really, I was the youngest of the Biker Gang and had to use training wheels since I wasn't use to riding on a bicycle yet."
Blue raised an eyebrow. "...Who are these two?" he finally asked, confused. "You know them, Ash? And why is that Meowth talking?"
Storm shrugged before Ash could answer, "They're Jessie, James and Meowth, they belong to Team Rocket, but… they seem pretty chilled to me."
Ash chuckled, "Yeah, these three are a part of Team Rocket, Jessie, James and Meowth. Meowth learned how to speak like a human. And… well… we seem to run into them a lot. They use to try to capture Storm or any of my other Pokemon but lately I hadn't really seen them that much." Then he looked at them. "Uh… why are you three here anyway?"
Meowth blinked before smiling with a sheepish sweatdrop. "U-uh… see, that's the thing… We're kinda…. in trouble with the boss."
Jessie nodded, nervously grinning. "Y-yeah… we're trying to get a job done for him right now."
Ash crossed his arms, raising an eyebrow. "Oh? A secret mission for 'the boss'?"
James nodded, smirking mischievously. "Naturally, we are still a part of Team Rocket after all, so we want to try and please him however we can."
Blue frowned, slowly speaking up. "Is your boss… Giovanni?"
The three looked at him, and Blue continued, "Which is odd since I heard someone defeated Giovanni in the Virdian Gym a while back and he disbanded Team Rocket."
James scoffed. "Well, that might've been true, but I've heard someone helped him! They helped the boss get back up on his feet, so now we're back in business!"
Meowth started to nod, then froze, gulping. "E-er…. You idiots! We just told them!" He was about to slash the two's faces, but Jessie caught him by the paw.
"Not everything." Jessie smirked, "Only enough to satisfy them."
Ash groaned, "Great… so it's a secret mission? You realize I'm going to have to try and stop you, right?"
James shrugged. "Sure, perhaps… and you realize we're just gonna run now, right?"
They suddenly took out a two-biker, Meowth jumped on James' head, and they peddled away quickly!
"H-hey!" Ash got on his bike, Storm in the basket, and tried to peddle after them, but the Biker Gang got in his way. "Out of my way! I have to stop them!"
Tyra frowned, shaking her head. "No can do! We're not letting you do it, little boy!"
"Don't you realize how dangerous Team Rocket are? They're merciless, especially with Trainers and Pokemon, the rarer the Pokemon is the more desperate they will be to obtain them, even go so far as to kidnap and torture a child just to get to it!" Ash snapped, remembering his experience with his kidnappers all too well and how he came close to death.
Chopper glared, clenching his fist. "How DARE you say that about Chain Jess and Little Jim!? They wouldn't hurt a fly!" He pulled out another Poke Ball. "We won't let you hurt them!"
Ash growled and was about to have Storm attack when Blue stopped him, "Ash… you go on ahead, let me handle these guys."
Ash blinked at him, surprised. "But you're not even a Trainer!"
Blue gave him a somewhat bitter smile, shrugging. "True… but I do have… some powerful allies. Go on, I'll catch up with you later, okay?"
Ash frowned, before slowly nodding. "...Alright… but be careful, Blue! I still want to be your traveling partner!"
Blue nodded, watching as Ash began to pedal around the Biker Gang before he exhaled, turning to the gang and keeping them distracted. "So… I assume you won't just let me go?"
"We need to get that other boy!" Chopper snapped.
"No! Your opponent is me." Blue glared, taking out his Pokedex. "... I had hoped I wouldn't have to do this… but it seems I have no choice." he pushed a white button on it, and a Poke Ball transferred to his hand. "Alright… who's first?"
Tyra glared, but seemed hesitant, before she spoke up. "... You guys fight him, I'll go after the boy with the Pikachu."
Chopper blinked, glancing at Tyra in surprise. "Wait, what!? Tyra, we need you! I-"
"You guys can handle this brat. I've gotta stop the other one, quick." She sighed. "I don't like it either… but I'll be fine."
With that, Tyra peddaled after Ash. Blue sighed, "Oh well, maybe I'll still have some fun with you guys."
Chopper growled, turning to him before stopping. "... Wait… You're not Gary Oak… you look like…"
"... Who do I look like? If it's Blue Oak… well, you've hit the mark on that one." Blue smirked at the Biker Gang and they suddenly paled.
Meanwhile, Ash was racing after Team Rocket, but their bike was faster than his since it uses two people.
"H-hey, get back here!" he shouted, switching gears to try and catch up.
"Too bad this bike isn't electric powered, otherwise I could've used my Thunderbolt to make it go faster." Storm said with a sigh.
Then Ash remembered something, and he blinked. "Oh wait!" He quickly dug out the 'device' from his backpack, and shouted into it, "Memma! I need your help!"
The 'teleporter' was snoring softly. "Zzzzzz…."
Ash and his bicycle did a classic anime fall with a THUD. "MEMMA! THIS IS NO TIME TO BE SLEEPING!"
"W-wha…?" The 'teleporter' seemed to shudder in his hand, before reforming into Mew. "What's going on, Ashy? Do you need my help?" She giggled, raising an eyebrow.
"Memma, don't transform in a public place please! Look, Team Rocket is here on a secret mission for Giovanni, we have to stop them now!" Ash said quickly.
Mew quickly turned serious at the mention of Giovanni, and she frowned. "...Giovanni, eh? Alright, Ashy. What do you need?"
"Can you make it so this Pikachu bike can run on electricity? The more electricity the faster it goes." Ash asked, hoping she would do it.
Mew grinned. "Oooh, sounds like a GREAT idea, Ashy~ Sure thing, gimme a second…" She then made an engineer's hat appear on her head, and the Legendary materialized a wrench. "Now let's seeeeee…"
While Mew was making the bike, Tyra had caught up, but she quickly stopped and hid herself. She saw the boy, but she also saw the Mew he was with. No way… Mew? Why is she with that boy? She frowned in confusion, trying to see exactly what's going on.
Soon, Mew simply hit the bike with her hammer, and smiled happily. "Doooone, Ashy~ You need anything else? A sandwich perhaps?"
"... Uh, no, but maybe later." Ash said, confused why Mew would offer him a sandwich when he's just about to go off on a high speed chase.
Mew giggled, nodding. "Alriiiight, have fun playing with your friends, Ashy~ Hee hee!" She then transformed back into the teleporter, and flew herself back into Ash's bag.
Tyra's eyes widened in shock, and she nearly fell off her own bike. This boy… how… when… where? He… he couldn't be… the Child of Mew? THE Mew!? But how? I... the one… that I always heard about!? That's... unbelievable! They said that Mew would never take up a human child, but for some reason she did! And I... I was battling him...? I must've been out of my mind!
"Alright Storm… get ready." Ash said as the Pikachu nodded, his cheeks sparking. "Thunderbolt!"
"PIKACHUUUUUUU!" Storm released his lightning and the bike took off like a speeding bullet!
Meanwhile, Jessie glanced back. "Is the twerp gone? If he's following us, and is catching up, we're dead!"
Meowth turned back and paled, quicklyturning around. "Uh… the kid's following us alright… and he's coming in FAST!"
"We're not going to let you get away!" Ash yelled, almost beside them. But the dark clouds covered the sky… rain began to pour down, and the winds blowed. Ash's eyes went wide when the wet road began to slip up the bike; the electricity would surely shock him now that he's wet! "Stop Storm!"
Storm released his Thunderbolt and frowned. "What's wrong? Why're we stopping, Ash? We're almost there!"
"I'm wet, I don't want you zapping me too and risk burning the brand new rare limited edition bike like you did with Misty's!" Ash said. "But… we should be able to catch up to them now without it." He began to pedal faster and faster, trying hard to catch up.
Despite the boy's efforts, however... two beats one, especially when it's two adults against a not-quite-grown-up boy, and Team Rocket began pulling away like a rocket.
"Ugh… it's no good… I can't catch up like this…" Ash groaned, getting tired. "W-we'll... have to stop...!" The boy started to slow down, huffing and puffing.
Tyra was still watching silently, then someone came up behind her. "...Why are you spying on him?"
She jumped and spun around to see it was Blue, and he raised an eyebrow at her reaction. "I-I have my rights to sneak around on my turf!"
Blue smirked. "It's not really your turf anymore if there's only one person left not beaten... now is there?"
Tyra glared, about to respond before she froze. "W-wait... what did you say!?" No way... There's no way everyone but me's beaten!
Blue sighed, shaking his head sympathetically. "They were pretty boring, I guess I could've just used my other three untrained Pokemon and still beat them. Brute force, attack, attack, attack, no strategy involve- they don't even take types into consideration, and that's pretty basic, it was rather pathetic really."
Tyra growled at that, getting in his face. "What did you say!? My gang is NOT weak! They're just... headstrong at times!" Blue merely rolled his eyes before brushing past her. "W-where are YOU going!?"
"To help a friend out... You'd better get back to your gang and get out of this rain, wouldn't want a pretty lady like you to get sick now, right?" Blue said, smirking at her before getting on his bike and pedalling to Ash.
Tyra growled, narrowing her eyes even as she blushed. "W-why that little... UGH!" She kicked the ground angrily. "I can't believe his nerve!"
While she got on her bike and pedalled away, Blue caught up with Ash. "Hey there, looks like you need some help."
Ash sighed, shaking his head sadly. "...I can't catch up to them, Blue… they're too fast."
Blue sighed, looking back up. "Maybe we still can… If they're crossing this bridge, it must mean they're trying to get into the next town. So we know where we're going, we just have to get there quickly rather than chasing them."
Ash looked at him, surprised. "But won't they get away by the time we get there?"
Blue shrugged, sighing. "...Maybe... But we'll never know until we try, right? Now come on, we've gotta catch up quickly."
"Right, let's go!" Ash began pedalling as fast as he can again, with Storm looking from his basket, seeing a boat bridge going up.
"Uh… shouldn't we wait until that bridge goes down first?" the nervous Pikachu asked.
Ash frowned, shaking his head. "We can't wait… we have to catch up to them now before they do some real damage!"
"So you're just going to JUMP it!? What if we fall!?" Storm yelled at his Trainer. "Have you LOST IT!?"
"We can make it, I'm sure! Besides… we've always got a secret weapon." Ash said, referring to Mew in his backpack. "Come on Blue, we're going to jump it!"
"... Sounds like fun." Blue smirked as the two boys began pedalling up the slippery wet bridge as the ship was coming in from the ocean below.
Storm was curled up in his basket, holding onto the sides as tightly as possible. "We better not die or I'M GONNA KILL YOU!"
"*pant, pant* Storm… *pant* You've been through… *pant* life threatening *pant* situations before… *pant* Why is this *pant* any different?" Ash asked while trying to pedal up against the flow.
Storm didn't physically respond. "It isn't! If we EVER died, I'd have KILLED you on the SPOT!"
"*Pant* How can *pant* you… kill me… *pant* If I'm… *pant* already dead?" Ash asked with humor despite his situation.
"I'll kill you in your afterlife then!" Storm hissed. "I'LL FIND A WAY!"
Blue groaned, "Stop talking… *pant* to the *pant* Pikachu… and *pant* keep pedalling!"
Ash nodded as they got to the steepest part of the bridge, the center. "Here *pant* we go!" He gulped, but didn't stop pedaling for his life, going straight off the edge as Storm started to scream in terror.
Ash and Blue were flying through the air on their bikes, going over the boat as it began passing under them, and… they barely made it to the other side!
"WHOA! WE MADE IT!" Ash cheered loudly, not noticing the small pink glow that faded from his and Blue's tires. "THAT WAS AWESOME! I could totally join the olympics with this! Let's do it again!"
"LET'S NOT AND SAY WE DIDN'T!" Storm hissed, uncurling from his ball, but still hanging onto the basket for dear life.
Ash chuckled, rolling his eyes. "We're safe though, so you can relax."
"With you and Mew? I CAN NEVER RELAX!" Storm snapped, still shaken up. "That's like asking a MOLTRES TO NOT BE ON FIRE!"
Blue chuckled from behind, "It must be nice being able to understand your Pokemon, huh? You two look like you're having a fight like brothers."
Ash shrugged, smiling. "Well... we sort of are. Especially since we're constantly trying to survive the insane stuff thrown at us!"
"Insane stuff? Sounds like you've been through a lot, huh?" Blue chuckled.
"You have no idea, and hey, since you're stuck with me now maybe you will too. I seem to be a magnet for weird things." Ash said, chuckling back.
Blue sighed, suddenly growing somber. "Yeah, maybe… well anyway, we should probably get to town now before Team Rocket does whatever it is they're planning to do."
"Right… but Blue, uh… how did you escape from the Biker Gang?" Ash asked as they began pedalling again, the rain slowing down.
"... Let's just say they decided to let me go." Blue said, shrugging as they made it to town on the other side. They were still quite a ways away from Fuchsia City, and this town was pretty small, what could Team Rocket want here?
"Well… here we are…" Ash said, soaked. "... Guess we better find Team Rocket, wherever they are."
To Be Continued...
DarkFoxKit: *running, panting, looking into the camera fearfully* I'm gonna die… I'm so gonna die… I'm dead, I'm a dead girl running here.
Key2DestNE: *from behind her* KITTEN~~~! GIVE BACK THE CAMERA, YOU NAUGHTY FOX! THAT'S NOT VERY NICE OF YOU!
DarkFoxKit: LEAVE ME ALONE! *jumps into a cave.* I-I should be safe here… R-readers… I-I fear I may not survive… Th-this could be my last Author Notes… *breaths hard, before a shadow covers her*
Key2DestNE: Hee hee hee~ I FOOOOUND you~ *The camera turns to face Key, as he holds a long staff.* Now… time to do what I've wanted to ALL DAY… *He slowly approaches Fox… before booping her nose with the staff.* TAG, YOU'RE IT! *grins, leaning back cheerfully*
DarkFoxKit: ….. *eyes wide, just staring* O_O
Mew: *teleports in* Hi Fox, turns out the potion ju- *stops* ...Uh… You okay? ...Hellooooo~! *waves a hand in her face*
DarkFoxKit: …..
Mew: … *teleports to Key2DestNE* … Key… did you just scare her to prank her?
Key2DestNE: Hahaha! Nope~ I just played tag with her, duh~! Silly pink kitty! *He laughs some more, grinning cheekily.*
DarkFoxKit: …. *walks off screen*
Mew: Uh-oh… *slowly flies off screen, looking nervous.*
Key2DestNE: ...Uh-oh? What uh-oh? Why is there an uh-oh? *He frowns, getting nervous himself* M-Mew? What did you mean?!
DarkFoxKit: *comes back onscreen and smiled* Hey Key… I'm hungry… you know… you made me hungry by running all day.
Key2DestNE: *smiles nervously, beginning to back away* U-uh… F-Fox, I-I don't understand… I-I GUESS I could cook you some Stromboli, b-but… It'll take some… time.
DarkFoxKit: What will happen when you tick off a hungry, carnivorous fox, hmmmm? *holds out a shrink ray* You get eaten~ *fires at Key and shrinks him to the size of a mouse and picks him up with paw before he could run.* And you look tasty.
Key2DestNE: WHAT!? NONONONONONO, IT WAS JUST A PRANK! DON'T EAT ME! Y-YOU WON'T HAVE ANOTHER AUTHOR!
DarkFoxKit: Oh I'm sure you'll be fine. Now receive your punishment, bad boy. *drops him into her mouth, closes it and swallows* Mmm, that was delicious~
Mew: …. *slowly floats onscreen, grinning evilly* Hee hee~ Now it's just you and me, Foxie~! Just like when we started! MY MASTER PLAN IS COMPLE- I mean, uh… what?
DarkFoxKit: *shrinks Mew* Don't tempt me, CAT.
Mew: Y-yes ma'am… *gulps nervously, giving a weak grin*
DarkFoxKit: Good kitty. *looks at readers* Please review and have a good day~ Key will be back, don't worry about him, review and he'll be alive again.