One thing: I'll try to update more often. My apologies. And...I'll stop thinking of starting another story (no matter how tempting and good it is) for a while...

I do not own Pokemon.

"Broken?!" I screeched. The few staff members in front of me flinched at the volume. "What do you mean the portal switch is broken?!"

"E-exactly that, ma'am." One staff member replied. "No one can go into an inner dimension at this moment."

"Can't we just roll the die and reach to the inner dimension?"

"But that way causes us to go to different inner dimensions at random! Don't forget, we also used this to have the guides enter a specific one. So there's really no other way to go to that specific dimension." Said another. "Then we'll take the chance." I said stubbornly. "You want to go to that forest full of you-know-what?"

"Nevermind." The stubbornness went out of me. "Can the people inside still get out?" a staff member asked. "Yeah."

"Hold on, is the Aipom really at the dimension Crystal and the others are in?" I said. "That's what the switch says," a staff member replied, examining the screen where it says where the portal leads to.

I groaned. "Why the heck is a horde of Aipom suddenly attracted to here of all places?" I said to no one in particular. "Why didn't the pokedex holders here didn't do anything?" a staff member asked. "Red and Green were too far away (how they didn't noticed the rumbling is beyond my knowledge), Silver was in that room with the computers and printers, and Yellow is busy trying to comfort Ruby for some unknown reason." I said.

"…they can save the world so many times but bombs it when a simple accident occurs. The logic in this world!"

"Alright then!" I said, clapping my hands together. "Let's order pizza!"

"Pizza?!" the staff members said in surprise. "No anchovies!" one commented. The rest stared at the person guilty of the outburst and he just shrank down. "Why pizza? We're suppose to try to fix this portal thing and the horde of Aipom!" one said to me. "We ran out of ideas, and it's not like Silver or Green can help us either, so we'll just have to wait for them." I shrugged. "Besides, we can always just watch what's going on with that monitor of ours, if it still works…"

"You were the one who was yelling at us to hurry up and fix the problem, right?" a staff member said. "Right, now who's ordering?" I said, hands on my hips. "I'll do it!" one raised his hand. "I want pepperoni!" another said, and the argument for the pizza order started.

"I'll call the zoo about the Aipom." One staff member informed me, heading out. "I don't really care about the pizza anyways."

"Oran berries!"

"Eew, who puts fruits in pizza?"

"I put pineapples!"

"Gross!"

"They're not gross!"

"Does oran berries even count as fruit?"

"They're berries, right?"

"Are they even good with pizza?"

At the same time, a group of staff members said this:

"We should have a dozen of large pizzas."

"We're not going to finish it! Just get one large one!"

"That's too little!"

"Then get two!"

"Why don't we just get several normal sized pizzas for several kinds of toppings?"

"Nah. Too expensive."

"I tried."

I grabbed the monitor screen and set it up. Luckily, the transmission still works. And so, I got a crate and sat down and enjoyed the soundless (but subtitled) show.

In the Inner Dimension

Crystal, Emerald, Blue, and Sapphire stared at intruders. "…Aipom?" Emerald finally said. The horde of Aipom suddenly appeared out of a flash of light and now they littered the entire room. Gold, who had just woken up, looked around. "What the-Aipom?!"

"Welcome back, Mr. Gold." Fredrick said as he bowed in a formal manner. "Allow me to explain your assignment."

As Fredrick continued to explain, Gold was ignoring him and looking around before he saw the others. "Hey! What's going on?!" He said. Fredrick continued to talk as if Gold was paying attention, and he has given no sign of irritation or knowledge that Gold is not paying attention.

"You're awake!" Sapphire said. "A bunch of Aipom appeared." Blue called out. "I think they're from the zoo north east from here." Emerald said. "We're supposed ta get a medal way out there but they're makin' it hard on us ta run."

"I assume you understand the rules, Mr. Gold?" Fredrick said. "Huh?"

In the Outer Dimension

"Okay, you got the phone?" I asked a staff member. "Yeah. Whether or not Mr. Butler has his emergency phone is another question." he answered. "He better." I grumbled. "I want to finish this failure of a game show."

In the Inner Dimension

"Yes…Yes…I understand…Yes…Right away." Fredrick ended the phone call and put back into one of his hidden pockets. "Who was that?" Emerald asked as he tussled with an Aipom on his face. "That was Ms. Ani." Fredrick replied. "For what?" Gold managed to ask as he began swatting multiple Aipom who's trying to attack his face. "Wha-Oi! Come back! Give me back my hat you!"

"She has call to inform me that the rules have been slightly altered due to unseen interference." Fredrick continued. "Ya mean these Aipom?" Sapphire jabbed her finger at an Aipom who believes clinging to Blue's hair is suppose to be training. "Get off! Jeez! These pokemon are getting out of control."

"A group of Aipom have reached the far end of this course and has captured the medals you were supposed to obtain. As the result, you will be chasing them in an attempt to obtain the medals back." Fredrick said. "Oh great! Now we need to find five Aipom playing dress up!" Emerald said sarcastically. "Can we really do that? I'm only seeing purple with this stubborn Aipom stuck on my face!" Crystal can only nod in agreement with Emerald. It seems that the side effects are still intact.

"Alright troops! Move out! These simple obstacles isn't going to defeat us dexholders, you hear!" Blue said, marching (or at least trying to march) her way through. "Aye aye, captain!" Sapphire said, marching with her (and with more agility too). "Wait! Us too!" Emerald said, trying to catch up. Gold and Crystal tried to too, but Gold ended up tripping and knocking over Crystal down. Then Crystal kicked him in the gut since his face was kind of on her bottom…

In the Outer Dimension

"Okay, boys." I clapped my hands behind the male staff members. "Move along...I'm the host, I should be the one monitoring.

"Did you see that?"

"Yeah, a full smack on! How lucky…"

I ought to fire you… I thought.

"It just a little accident, no need for comments." I chastised.

In the Inner Dimension

Blue darted around, finally Aipom-free, trying to find an Aipom with a medal. Sapphire jumped over a large group of Aipom, searching from above to find a glimpse of shiny material. Crystal looked around on the ground with a KOed Gold slung over her shoulder. She'll drop him on the floor from time to time when she's tired and scanned around before picking him up again and continue walking. Emerald tagged along with Crystal, checking the opposite direction of wherever Crystal was looking. "Aha! Found one!" Blue said suddenly and kept an eye on one Aipom with a medal around its neck. But she tripped over another Aipom's tail, and landed on the ground. "Oof!"

"You alright?" Emerald asked. Crystal looked at her senior with a worried face. "I'm okay. I just tripped." Blue rubbed her nose as she slowly got up. "Stupid Aipom…" Blue muttered. "Aha! Gotcha!" Sapphire voice said in victory. The trio turned to find Sapphire farther down the room, holding an Aipom by it's tail triumphantly. A medal is tightly kept by its tail. "Now…" Sapphire tried to grab the medal out of the Aipom's grip but it held on fiercely. In seconds, it ended up being a tug of war. "Stubborn…little…pokemon!" Sapph grunted. "It ain't yours! Give it back!" she continued to pull roughly. The Aipom pulled just as roughly and determined as Sapphire. It made several noises, probably saying back to Sapphire's outburst.

"Well, one's down…in due time." Blue said. She turned to Crystal and Emerald, looked questioningly at Gold for a moment before figuring things out (apparently a human sack is normal), and smiled. "So! Do anyone else have a plan 'cause going around at random has a very small chance of finding one."

Emerald and Crystal shook their heads. Blue sighed. "Should have known." She muttered to herself before looking around with lack of interest. A twinkle caught her eye and she found the same Aipom from earlier again. "Okay! Emerald, you try to herd that Aipom to me while I come after it and Crystal…continue holding Gold." Blue ordered and waded her way towards the Aipom. "Which Aipom?" Emerald asked as he followed. "That one." Blue answered.

"Where?"

"Over there."

"There's too many Aipom to figure out where's 'over there'!"

"Just look for the medal!"

Emerald continue to grumble. "If only Yellow was here." He sighed. "Things will go a lot smoother."

In the Outer Dimension

"Where is Yellow anyways?" I asked, looking around. "Still with Ruby outside. I don't even remember what Ruby was crying about." A staff member shrugged. "Pizza's here!" another entered , almost invisible by the stack of pizzas,and almost immediately got swarmed by the hungry staff. "Save a plain one for me!" I called out. "Will do!" one replied back. I couldn't tell who because everyone was talking over each other for the slices. "Are we even going to finish all those pizzas?" I commented.

In the Inner Dimension

"Got you!" Emerald said as he tackled the third Aipom holding a medal. "Whoa!" he said as the Aipom decided to go roly poly. "We don't have time to play around Emerald!" Blue said as Emerald rolled by. "I'm not doing this on purpose~!" he said. Gold woke up a little while ago and is still sitting and rubbing his head. "Why the heck does my head hurt like hell?" he glared at Crystal, who glared back, standing. "It's your fault! I bet my life on it!" he accused. Crystal just turned her head and crossed her arms. "Aha! So it is you! Ow!" he continued to rub his head in pain.

"Where's the last one?" Blue looked around. She blinked. Hold on….wasn't the goal of this…

She changed course and looked for Fredrick. Once she located him, she made her way back. "Hey Fredrick! I got a medal. Does that mean we won?" she asked once she got closer. "Seeing as how I was the one you were to hand it to and how there was no rule that stated that all the members are to give it me, I suppose so." Fredrick said, taking the medal from Blue's outstretched hand.

"Alright!" Blue said. "Sapph! Gold! We won!"

"Yes!" Sapphire stopped fighting with the Aipom she still had trouble with. "Finally! I'm done!" Emerald said and let go of the Aipom. "We won?" Gold said, processing the information. "Ha! We won! Take that, Super Serious Gal-OW!" he rubbed his head again when Crystal bonked him on the head in agitation. "Learn to chill!"

"Learn to keep your mouth shut." Emerald muttered.

In the Outer Dimension

"Crystal!" I cried as I ran to hug her when the group got back. "Hey! What about us?" Blue said. "Oh yeah. Hi Blue, Sapph, and Emerald." I said with noticeably less enthusiasm. "I'm not dead you know." Gold huffed. "I don't care about you." I said with disgust. "Excuse me?"

"Hey guys! Want some pizza?" a staff member asked, holding up a slice. "Yes!" Sapph and Emerald grabbed a slice immediately. "No thanks." Blue looked around. "Where's Silvy? Is he done with those posters?" she said. "Wait, you're not really gonna-" Gold said."Yes, I am." Blue answered. "Now where is he?"

"I think he's outside training. He finished printing those stuff you wanted him to do." I said, pointing outside. Blue left right away. Crystal grabbed my arm and pointed to her throat. "Hm? Oh! Right…your voice…hey!" I called out to the eating staff members. "Anyone know how to cure a side effect from the shop that sells random knickknacks?" I asked. Most of the staff members shook their heads. "I do!" one raised her hand. "Really?" I said. "Yeah, but the thing is…you kinda have to eat the same cookie that has the same side effect…and if you eat the wrong cookie…you get the side effect that cookie has along with it…" the staff member scratched the back of his head. I groaned. Crystal sighed. "Great!" I muttered. "It's not like we can tell WHICH cookie it'll be on the first try…" I looked at Crystal, who seems to be telling me 'I'm not risking my body on some mutated cookie'.

I agree completely Crystal. Completely.

"By ta way," Sapphire said. "Are we gonna get our prize or what?"

"Oh yeah, what was it again?" I said, thinking. "Three days of three slaves." Emerald replied. "Hm…" I said. "Okay! Pick your peeps!" I said. "Hold on." Emerald motioned me to kneel down. I kneeled down and he whispered in my ear. "Do we really want Gold to have the prize? He was literally luggage for a good amount of time." He said. "That's true…" I said. "Alright! Change of plans!" I stood up and announced loudly. "The group of winner must play rock paper and scissors. Winner picks three!"

"Oh come on!" Gold said. "That wasn't the rule!" Sapphire said. "Well, it is now." I replied back. Blue apparently huffed since she came back with a huff. "I hope you have a reason for this change of plans." She said grumpily. Did she really want to have three people at her beck and call? Scary… I thought. "Just unannounced plans, right Emerald?" I looked at the short person. "Uh, yeah." Emerald said. Crystal continued to stare off in space, thinking about what to do with her lost voice.

"Now, rock paper scissors!" I exclaimed, grabbing a surprised Crystal by the arm. "Meanwhile, emergency operation 'Get Cry's Voice Back' will now commence!"

"Lame." One staff member deadpanned. "It's a working progress!" I said before I shut the front doors behind me.

Blue, Sapphire, and Gold looked at each other. They shrugged and started to play. "Rock paper scissors! Rock paper scissors! Rock paper scissors!"

How is this going to solve the problem? Emerald thought as he wandered off.

With Operation 'Get Cry's Voice Back'

"Let's see…we could ask Jirachi." I suggested. Crystal raised an eyebrow. "Right. Next." I said. "…mechanical voice creater?" I suggested. Crystal shook her head. We continued to walk down a trail in a forest nearby, various pokemon scuttling about. "Um…herbal tea? Right, no such thing. Magic potion? Wrong dimension-wait, I'm the writer here! I know a few wizards or so who can help! Heck, even from this same universe!" I said. Crystal raised her eyebrow again. "…but the one I'm thinking of at the moment is probably unavailable for now so…" I continued back to thinking. "Um…that jirachi…? Nah, she's a bit…ugh…look, don't look at me like that! I know Jirachi are genderless! This is another character I'm talking about!"

I stopped walking and sighed. "So many options, so many unavailabilities…" I murmured. Crystal stopped walking at turned to me, silently asking what to do. "…We'll figure something out." I answered the silent question. "I know a lot of people who can help, just…not now."

I clapped my hands once. "Okay! With that out of the way, let's go back! I really want to move on, and I'm pretty sure the winner has already picked the three people they have in mind."

Back in the warehouse

I twitched. Crystal just stared. The three people must have picked up on the ability synchronize because they're still playing.

"Exactly how many times have you guys have had a tie?" I asked. "Right now it's…557 times." A staff member said. I face palmed. "Rock paper scissors! Rock paper scissors!"

"Okay! Fine! Forget it!" I said. The trio stopped and looked at me. "What do you mean?" Blue asked. "We'll use sticks." I gritted my teeth. I got three sticks and wrote the names participating. After making sure I covered the names, I showed them to Crystal. "Pick one." I told her. Crystal hesitated a bit before taking the middle one. On it, it said 'Blue'.

"Yes!" Blue cheered. "No!" nearly everyone else said in agony. Blue looked around suspiciously. The guilty ones looked away. "So who's your three people?" I asked. "Green, Gold, and Sapphire!" she replied with a smile. "Me?!" Gold and Sapphire said at the same time, pointing to themselves. "Why me?!"

"You guys will help me nicely with a few of my…hobbies." Blue replied.

Silence.

"I demand a redraw!" Gold cried out. "Sorry, rules are rules…" I muttered. "Says the person who changed the rules on a whim." He said. T T

I sweatdropped. "That was a different occasion. The damage's done, now…" I looked around. "Just hang around a bit while I go find the others." I turned to a staff member. "Is Ruby still crying?"

"I think Yellow and Ruby are just hanging out right now." He said. "Good." I said. "I don't feel like paying for anymore boxes of tissues."

"No! She died!" a staff member wailed. I put my hands on my hips. "Who asked you to watch dramas on the tv? Finish packing already! And where's the Randomizer Hat?"

"I think it's over there." A staff member pointed to a direction and I followed. I found the hat and called the staff members to get the others to come back. And to tell Green his new part time job. "Okay let's see…" I grabbed a piece of paper and unfolded it so I can read.

Play Matchmaker

"Nope." I said immediately and put it back into the hat. "Ani? What was that?" Blue said slyly behind me, who clearly knew what was on the paper. "Ah!" I jumped away from her, in a karate position before seeing who it was. "Oh, it's you." I said, gasping. "Don't scare me like that!"

Blue grinned and grabbed the hat. "I saw you put the paper back. Now, what was it?" she said sweetly. I shook my head. "I decided that we're not going to do that and-"

"That's against the rules." Blue replied cooly. "I never made that ru-"

"I did, that's enough in this book." Blue said. I pouted at her. "I don't care! It's my show!" I exclaimed. "Hey Ani!" Red waved from the doorway. Green and Silver followed him. Ruby and Yellow was coming in from another door. "What's up?" Red asked cheerfully. Blue grinned a Cheshire grin at Red. She waved the hat cheerfully. Silver and Green stopped immediately, foreshadowing the news. Red noticed it too but wasn't sure what to make of it. "We're going to play MATCHMAKER!" she squealed excitedly.

"SAY WHAT?!"

"Okay." I glared at the other staff members accusingly. "Who put that in the Randomizer Hat?"

"You did, Ani." One said, gulping. "Oh…" I became quiet. "…Guess I have to make a few phone calls tonight…gosh, my condolences in advance." I clapped my hands. "Okay, you guys just….go back to your place and sleep. Crystal, you can stay with me while we figure something out with your voice. If you can wait, you can go to sleep now and come back tomorrow."

That being said…you small audience can be the vic-hup-um…clients…(?)

You guys can be in this show for a time being! Can't say if it's…uh…gonna be a happily ever after but…just tell me your name that you want to be named as (I prefer it if it's something that sounds somewhat like a name) and a personality I should keep in mind (just a few notes here and there)

As for Crystal's voice…should I do it with an official character, a crossover character (from another anime/manga (If I know it anyways), or an Oc? Let me know please~

Review and woohoo it's about to be summer vacation-stupid mosquitoes!