Kyisha noticed her bag start to quiver a little. She opened it up and a ray of light streaked from a Pokeball and the Arcanine appeared. He gave a little bark and sniffed Kyisha curiously.

"Eni, we have a bit of a problem. See if you can talk to that creature over there. Maybe we can help it if it's in pain. Or at least stop it or calm it down..." She murmured to the Arcanine. It nodded and cautiously went to the black monster.

A large tentacle whipped out of the beast's body, giving the Arcanine a hard slap. The Pokemon flew through the air, smacking into a wall. The thing's bug mouth opened, and a spray of green glop spewed all over the Pokemon's body.

Eni whimpered, trying to shake off the slime. Some of it flew off, but the rest soaked into its coat.

"Aaaaaaugh!"

Munch! Another security agent disappeared into the monster's mouth.

Kyisha was on the edge to insanity. She ran up in front of the monster.

"Stop! Please, stop! Why are you harming all these people?!" She shouted, with her arms outspread to her sides, in front of the rest of the security agents.

Being the conversationalist it was, the creature only hissed. It was impossible to tell what the creature was thinking. The dark face showed no expression.

The creature shifted its weight on its legs. Whether this was for attack or defense was uncertain. "S-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s..."

Was that a laugh? Was it mocking her?

"Saaaaahhhhhh..."

Was it afraid? Was this a hiss of fear? Did it want another snack, or a friend?

One of the agents threw a canister of tear gas at it. The monster opened its mouth and a loud roar came out. All the fluorescent lights in the room shattered.

The emergency wall lights switched on automatically. Their light was hazy, subdued. There was a scream as another airport security official disappeared.

The tear gas wafted over towards Kyisha. She tried to wave it away, but she began feeling a faint burning sensation in her lungs.

Kyisha pulled a handkerchief over her mouth and nose. She quickly grabbed a container filled with black colored pellets the size of golf balls. "Here!" She opened the container and threw its contents to the monster.

The creature's tentacle shot out, picking up the carbo pellets with its suckers. The creature sucked the food into its mouth. It sat back, folding its legs underneath itself. It opened its mouth. An unmelodious singing sound came out of its mouth. An eerie, moaning, ghost-like noise.

Kyisha's Mightyena stood in a daze, slowly creeping closer to the monster.

"Stop, Mightyena!" Kyisha's luggage began to rattle and shake. She smelled something burning. She looked in her bag. Her Pokeballs were glowing. Smoke rose from the imitation leather lining. A puff of flame came out, and all the Pokeballs went bouncing out of the bag, onto the floor. She tried to grab one, but it was like touching a hot burner on a stove. She jerked her hand back.

Another fire burned holes in her suitcase. Glowing hot Pokeballs were rolling all over the place.

She saw a flash. Her plant-like Bayleef Brute appeared. Flash. An insectoid Electabuzz and scaly Dragonair came out. Flash. There was her fox hybrid Ninetails.

The monster's neck swelled up like a balloon. A deep gurgling sound came out, like someone had put an air hose into a giant vat of ink.

It distended its jaw. A massive shower of slime sprayed out, coating everything in sight. All of Kyisha's Pokemon wobbled dizzily, then shook their bodies, trying to dislodge the slime.

The Ninetails looked depressed.

The Dragonair rolled over on its back and just laid there. It was alive, but was apparently unmotivated to do much of anything.

Kyisha sighed. Serenely and determinedly, she stepped forth toward the creature without a doubt in her mind. Her heart was racing with excitement as she continued forth toward the creature.

The big monster leaned forward, as if trying to get a better look. It paused a long time.

The creature folded its legs, pressing its body close to the conveyor. It stretched out its neck, lowering its head until it was almost touching the floor. Its body swelled like it were taking a deep breath. A lump rose in the creature's throat. It distended its jaw, and a spherical black object the size of a musket ball rolled out onto the floor.

The ball rolled around in a semicircle, leaving a trail of translucent slime in its wake. It passed in between Brute and Electrabuzz, stopping in front of the Eni.

The Arcanine sniffed at the ball, growled and backed up.

The black spheroid unfolded like a cabbage, revealing a glob of something like tar. A squatty, saurian shape began to form from the substance. It stood up on its hind legs, stepping out of the shell. It looked like a black saurian Charmander.

Eni tensed up. She pointed her nose straight at the Charmander, folding one paw like a hunting dog might. She glanced at Kyisha, wagged her tail, then pointed her nose at the Charmander again.

The black Charmander opened its mouth. Strings of black slime hemmed in its mouth. "Kkshharr," it managed to say.

The beast on the conveyor repositioned itself, sitting back on its legs again. Its tentacle slapped against the floor.

I may be crazy, Kyisha thought. But I''ll protect my Pokemon as long as I live... Unless we're in battle...

Kyisha spun around and ran forth to protect Eni, but she felt sort of silly about it in retrospect.

The slime was on the floor this time, and not on her pets. It wasn't spraying up. The black ball had left a trail of slime on the floor tiles, and she had panicked unnecessarily. Arcanine was safe.

Eni barked disapprovingly at her action.

"I'm fine Eni..."

"Kharrr?" said the black Charmander. It hopped back and forth on its feet, blowing a taunting puff of fire into the air. It slapped its tail on the ground, then screamed, "KHARRR!"

Kyisha heard the sound of something scampering down the escalator. She turned and saw a short creature in a kimono and a giant fedora lugging a backpack twice its size down the steps. The creature looked like a rodent, but the exact species was unclear. Its ears were wide and bat-like. It wore a monocle and a shiny black glove on one paw. "Stand aside!" it cried in a shrilly voice. "Cobber Dobber coming through!"