Seventy
Whacked-out Conspiracy, Part 2

"Seventy chapters?!" the author muttered under her breath. "I should probably get a life."

"Nah, we love you here!" Flygon waved.

"That's just because you're my creation," she sighed, lowering the rope.

Reevee21 (as an Eevee for stealth), Flygon, Luxio, and Aipom were on a break-in rescue mission to get back Swellow. Right now, they were lowering a rope into the penguin's tunnel.

"Alright, one more time for the readers?" Reev asked. "Aipom, you're going to go in there and steal Swellow while they're asleep. Flygon, Luxio, and I will be flying overhead to pick you up."

"Why else did I come here?" Luxio moaned. "I need to upload a Let's Play on my channel!"

"Wait, you have a YouTube channel?" Flygon asked.

"Yea, DUH," Luxio growled.

"You're here for our tranquilizer!" Reevee21 answered perkily. "Like, oh say, that night watchman over there!"

She pointed to a random guard that for some mysterious reason, hadn't seen the large dragon or bizarre creatures in the penguin exhibit.

The moment he turned to face them, Luxio Thundershocked him out of his right mind.

The keeper fell to the ground, knocked out.

"…leave no witnesses," Luxio muttered darkly, shoving him into an outhouse.

"Imma back with Swellow!" Aipom giggled, climbing up the rope with Swellow in his tail.

The bird was duct taped around his wings and beak but looked relieved. After the author ripped the tape off violently ("they really should have used Swellow Tape," she had noted), Swellow gasped and squawked, "They called me a stalker! And THEIR stalkers!"

"Meh, we've got the bounty, let's just…go…" Luxio trailed, seeing how they already left.

"…THEY LEFT WITHOUT ME!"

Five minutes later…

"Alright, where's that map they always show on this…show," he muttered, walking around.

"You know, this zoo is pretty nice. The pathways are beautiful, its picture—no, MOTION picture-perfect, not a single soda can or popcorn bag in sight…that's kind of weird, actually, since a lot of characters end up hiding in them. Like in Toy Story. And then you've got the animals' exhibits. I mean, WOW! So clean! The lemurs have a stereo system and bouncy house, for Arceus's sake! Meh, the penguin's is kind of bare…I can't even see the kangaroo over this brick wall, what's the point in that? And why is the elephant's wall so ridiculously low? He could probably—I could step over it, and I'm less than three feet tall! That is short! …aaaaaand I'm walking in circles," Luxio finished his speech by plopping down in front of the lemur exhibit. "Great. JUST GREAT. HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO GET OUT OF HERE?!"

"WILL YOU SHUSH?! THE KING IS TRYING TO SLEEP!"

"Wha—OOF!" Luxio wheezed, knocked to the ground by a small creature. "…What the heck are you?"

"I'm Mort!" the mouse lemur answered, standing on Luxio's head. "Now be quiet! King Julien's sleeping!"

"Sure, sure. Anyway, you know a way out of here?" he asked.

"You could go over the—"

"Maybe I could go over the wall!" Luxio summarized.

"That is what I was going to—"

"C'mon, Mort, Agumon told me to bring a souvenir! 'Course, he probably meant a stuffed animal, but whatever!" Luxio said, building up a running jump before mounting the wall and leaping into the forest.

Meanwhile, on Flygon's back…

The ride back was silent, calm, and smooth.

"…hey, are we missing someone?" Aipom asked.

"Let's see…Flygon, Aipom, Swellow, me, Luxio…naw, I don't think so," Reevee21 answered.

Back in the PC box…

"HEY GUYS! I'M BACK!" Luxio proclaimed, busting through the door and standing proudly in the center with Mort on his head. "Aaaand, I brought a souvenir!"

"YAY!" Agumon exclaimed, reaching through the hole and snatching Mort.

"…how did THAT happen? The Narrating Platform is waaaay up there," Shaymin asked, trying to look up at it but falling over instead, "and we're waaaaay down here…can someone help me up?"

"Did you get Swellow?" Chestnaught asked.

"We got Swellow! Well, Flygon and the other two did. I was left behind and kidnapped Mort. Well, he kidnapped me. Now HAND OVER THE COMPUTER!" Luxio roared, knocking Serperior off the chair and logging onto YouTube.

"Ow!" Serperior shrieked before turning to glare at Luxio.

Luxio stuck out his tongue in her direction, still uploading.

AND THUS, A GLORIOUS RIVALRY WAS BORN!

"Reev's back," Frogadier summarized.

"Gee, how can you tell?" Fennekin asked sarcastically.

I needed to put Luxio in the spotlight and get back Swellow, so here we are.
I completely forgot about the rivalry, though.
…oh, the other guys? They're handling mouse lemur law suits.

Mort: I'm in a FanFiction! Yay!

INDEED YOU ARE, MORT. WELCOME TO THE GROUP.

Mort: Yay!

But you'll probably only be here for a few more chapters.

Mort: (puppy dog eyes)

… (Robotic voice) CUTENESS OVERLOAD. P-PROBLEM. PROBLEM. PROOOoooooo… (Falls over)

Percy: DARN IT, MORT, YOU BROKE HER!

Pit: I know how to fix her!

Zelda: I'm afraid to ask, but how?

Pit: (holds up ice cream cone) FLOOR ICE CREAM GIVES YOU HEALTH! (Shoves onto author's face)

AUUUUUUUUUUGH! BRAIN FREEZE! (Jumps up) Be sure to review, follow, and favorite, readers! Free floor ice cream being offered…and does anyone want to take Mort for me? (Holds up Mort) Anyone…? You there, in the back? No? Oh well. Hug your Eevee, I'll see you next chapter! BYE!