The Thing With Hajimes
Me: Hello people!
Karrie: Hello!
Keith: Hi!
Kellyn: pokelover0ash does not own Pokemon
Kate: though secretly she wished she did
Me: mhm, though owning something like that would be stressful and a lot of of work...
Keith: yeah, too stressful and complicated
Me: well, let's get on with the mystery! I've been itching to get to this chapter!
Chapter 32: The Screaming
Keith's P.O.V.
The ringing got louder and louder. I glanced at Karrie, she was definitely trying to block out the sound without seeming rude. I checked on Kate, she was rubbing her head like Karrie had been doing. Finally, Ms. April stopped mid-lecture.
"What is that noise?" she asked.
Regular P.O.V.
Everyone except for Kate and Karrie looked at their teacher. No one could provide an answer. To make things worse, the ringing continued to grow louder. Suddenly there was a new sound, the sound of someone's head meeting the desk. They all turned and their eyes widened. It was Karrie. Her eyes squeezed shut and her hands clamped onto her ears, there was no doubt that the noise was bothering. Bothering her would be an understatement. A door swung open.
"Ms. April, the Pokemon are going crazy." said Mr. Lamont. Just then, the Sawbuck came barging in and breaking a wall. Most of the students started running and screaming. Keith was too worried about Karrie to do something about the Sawbuck.
"Karrie, what's wrong?" asked Keith. His friend was now in a crouching position, trying to block out as much noise as possible.
"It hurts." Karrie managed to say. The ringing noise then got loud enough that it was impossible to miss, and it was just the right frequency to drive pokemon crazy and to somehow hurt Karrie.
"Did you call the Area Rangers?" asked Ms. April.
"Yes, they should be here shortly." replied Mr. Lamont. Keith realized they needed to either get Karrie as far from the noise as possible or find the source and destroy it. Before he could do or say anything about it though, Karrie let everyone know just how much pain she was in by letting out a blood curdling scream. Everyone stopped what they were doing.
"What's wrong with Karrie?" asked Ms. April.
"The ringing noise. I don't know why but it's doing more than bother her, it's causing her pain." Keith replied. Then something clicked. The pokemon were probably in pain as well, that is why they were going crazy. He decided to take action. Putting a screaming Karrie on his back and allowing her to burrow into his school jacket as much as she could, he stood up and looked to Rhythmi and Kate. "Someone grab the egg. We're stopping this madness right now." Rhythmi nodded even though she was startled at how serious Keith was being. She grabbed the egg. Kate captured the rampaging Sawbuck.
"So, what exactly is your plan to find the source of the noise?" asked Kate loudly as she was trying make sure Keith could hear her over Karrie.
"Um, I didn't think that far through." Keith replied.
"Of course." replied Kate a she shook her head. Suddenly, a couple of figures stepped through the wall.
"Dah dah dat tah!" said someone.
"Who's screaming? Is she hurt?" asked another person.
"Crawford, was that entrance necessary?" asked a third person.
"Crawford, Barlow, Luana!" exclaimed Mr. Lamont. "Thank goodness you're here!" Finally, Keith, Kate, and Rhythmi got a clear view of their 'saviors.'
"Karrie's screaming, the noise is hurting her and we don't know why." replied Ms. April. Crawford came over to inspect Karrie. Keith glared at him.
"Okay, okay, I get it Gingy, don't touch the girl." said Crawford. "You know, in theory, she'll scream louder the closer we get to the source."
"Why would the noise affect her this badly? And why does it seem just her?" asked Luana.
"Kate is effected by it. I noticed she was getting a headache from it." replied Keith. Kate blushed, she didn't think he had noticed.
Kellyn, something's wrong with Karrie. Kate tried her best to get the mental message across to Kellyn. She needed to know why her friend was in so much pain because of the noise.
I don't know exactly what's wrong. She's blocking me out. Replied Kellyn. You're in pain. I can feel it all the way from here.
Just a headache. Kate assured him.
It's the noise. It must be just the right frequency to bother and possibly hurt humans who can use telepathy or any communication similar to telepathy, like mind linking. Kellyn replied. The noise is rather annoying as well. I can hear it very slightly through you. Very slightly yet it still bothers me to an extent.
"You seem to know something miss." said Barlow. "Care to tell us?" Kate jumped a little. She didn't know if she should answer.
If it will help the situation, then tell them. Said Kellyn with a sigh.
"She can use some kind of telepathy, or something close to telepathy. She, she can communicate mentally with her brother, and we've found that she can link to me through Kellyn." Kate replied, squeezing her eyes shut. "Kellyn and I can communicate mentally though we don't know why or how. This, this noise is just the right frequency to damage people who can use telepathy or something close to telepathy." She felt a hand rest on her shoulder. She turned partially and looked over to see that it was Keith.
"That must have taken a lot guts to say." Keith said. "Though it seems like its nonsense, I know its the truth."
"Um, let's talk about this later, we kind of have a screaming girl in pain on Keith's back." Rhythmi replied. So the search for the source began. They went everywhere in the building first then the outside. She screamed louder as they went closer to the entrance.
"You know, that's cool how you can keep in touch with Kellyn." said Rhythmi. Kate blushed.
"Yeah," replied Kate.
"FOUND IT!" shouted Luana. They all gathered to where Luana, who was with Keith, and saw her pointing at a rather large flower bed next to a foxgrove bush (for your information, for a bush, its HUGE).
"Nice flowers." replied Rhythmi.
"Now isn't the time to start making jokes Luana." said Crawford.
"GUYS LOOK MORE CLOSELY! THERE'S A MYSTERIOUS MACHINE HIDDEN PARTIALLY IN THE FOXGROVE!" screamed Keith who was not aware that he was screaming. Kate pushed part of the plant back and sure enough a mysterious machine shaped like a large black box was there.
"Now to destroy it." said Rhythmi.
"Miss, you captured a Sawbuck earlier, right?" asked Barlow. Kate realized that she hadn't released the Sawbuck yet and that it had followed them everywhere.
"Yes, and my name is Kate." replied Kate.
"Use Target Clear on it using Sawbuck. It should destroy the machine." said Barlow. Kate nodded and then ordered Sawbuck to use Target Clear on the machine.
"Thank you Sawbuck." said Kate before releasing the Sawbuck.
"OH MY CASSEROLE! IT'S GOING TO EXPLODE!" screamed Crawford.
"EVERYBODY HIT THE DECK!" screamed Luana. Everyone tried to get as far away from the machine as possible in the shortest amount of time. The machine exploded and Karrie stopped screaming.
"Thank god," said Rhythmi. "I thought we were all going to go deaf."
"WHAT DID YOU SAY RHYTH?" asked Keith while yelling.
"WHY ARE YOU YELLING? YOU KNUCKLE HEAD!" screamed Rhythmi.
"WHAT?" asked Keith.
"CAN YOU HEAR ME?" asked Barlow in a scream (yes, Barlow can scream) that was very loud.
"WHAT? I CAN'T HEAR YOU! CAN YOU REPEAT THAT?" asked Keith who showed signs of actually struggling to hear what everybody was saying. Then Kate screamed in his ear. "WHAT DID YOU SAY KATE? YOU HAVE TO SPEAK UP! I CAN'T HEAR YOU!" Then something dawned on Keith. "HOLY CRAP! I'VE GONE DEAF!"
"I guess having a girl screaming bloody murder on your back will do that." replied Barlow. "Crawford, Luana, check on the pokemon, see if they have gone back to normal. I'll take the machine back to Elaine. Kate, escort the boy to Janice. Hopefully he has only gone temporarily deaf. Oh and bring Karrie. She seems to have passed out on his back from all that screaming."
"Yes sir!" replied Kate and Luana.
"Whatever you say Muscle Man." replied Crawford.
"Crawford, why can't you respect me like Kate and Luana do?" asked Barlow.
"Because I'm Crawford." replied Crawford with a smile. Luana and Crawford went off while Barlow went to go retrieve what was left of the machine. Kate pushed Keith towards the school building.
"JANICE!" yelled Kate. Looks like Keith and Karrie will be visiting the infirmary once again.
~end of chapter~
Karrie: x_x
Keith: that was not fun
Me: well, you DID get to hold and carry Karrie.
Kellyn: how tall can foxgroves get?
Me: I think about 8-10 ft.
Kellyn: O.O that is big
Kate: why am I the one doing all the capturing lately?
Me: *shrugs* Karrie was kinda out of commission, Keith was carrying her so he couldn't use his styler, Rhythmi wants to be an Operator so she won't try to capture anything, Kellyn goes to a different school, Summer & Ben go to the same school as Kellyn, and Solana & Lunick are in a whole different region
Kate: point well taken
Keith: question: did Crawford really say "Oh my casserole"?
Me: yep =D
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