Chapter 8: Going on the Air

Calvin woke up to find himself lying in his hotel bed. He got up, and went down stairs to the breakfast hall after realizing he still had his clothes on. He saw Hobbes eating Pancakes.

"Boy Hobbes, I had a weird dream last night. I dreamed that you, me, and the electric rat were fighting those Team Rocket morons, then we crashed into some fancy restaurant and caused a whole lot of damage, oh, and I kicked the morons off a ledge and they crashed onto the table Ash and Serena were eating at."

Hobbes sighed, "That wasn't a dream, that actually happened, and then you got knocked out from some of the food that flew into the air."

Calvin thought for a moment, and groaned when he noticed that it was on the front page of the newspaper Hobbes was reading.

"Fight breaks out between six people at restaurant, lots of damage caused"

"Last night, a fight broke out at the Palace Restaurant, six people, who were not eating at the restaurant at the time, engaged in a fight that caused the restaurant to suffer thousands of dollars in damages. The people involved were not directly identified due to grainy surveillance footage and do to the fact the people involved in the fight were covered in food and debris. Witnesses stated that three of the members seemed to be part of the criminal organization Team Rocket, while the other three seem to have some sort of relationship to Master Tournament competitor Ash Ketchum, though this cannot be confirmed for sure..."

Calvin threw the newspaper.

"Who writes stories like this anyway?" he remarked.

Then, Calvin and Hobbes heard something on TV, which sparked another idea for Calvin.

"Today starting at 9:30 on PokeTalk! We'll be breaking down the Master Tournament bit by bit! And see who does and doesn't have a chance at being called a Pokemon Master!"

Calvin looked at the clock, it was 9:07. "C'mon Hobbes! This our chance to show the world that Ash does have a chance because of my geniusness! We don't have a minute to lose!" as Calvin ran out to the PokeTalk studio, with Hobbes close behind.

An Hour Later...

"Alright, so next up we'll talk about Ash Ketchum, the trainer who has lost every single Pokemon league except the Orange League! I mean, he'll get eliminated in the first round for sure! He's lost so many times! Why put in someone like him into this tournament!"

Then, the PokeTalk host got interrupted because a cloud of smoke came in, caused by Calvin and Hobbes.

"Gross girls and gentlemen! I, the great and almighty powerful Calvin! States that Ash Ketchup will win the tournament! Because of my superior genius and cleverness! He will win!" Calvin yelled out for everyone in the studio to hear before the smoke cleared out and Calvin and Hobbes were clearly visible.

"GET THEM!" Someone yelled as the entire audience started chasing after Calvin and Hobbes. Calvin and Hobbes were chased through the streets, before managing to get to another street before any of the angry mob did, but got slowed down since they bumped into Ash and Serena.

"Oh hey guys, what's the rush?" Ash asked before the four of them heard the angry mob coming.

"I'll tell you later, right now we need to run for it so we can escape with out lives." Calvin said as he began bolting away. The four of them ended up running into an alley where nobody saw them.

"Are we safe?" Hobbes asked.

"Yeah, looks like it, now let's head back to the Hotel to stay safe." Calvin said.

But just then, black smoke came rushing in and Calvin blacked out.