From: Time Lady <sailrgal@my-deja.com> Subject: Re: [PW!][League]A lull in the action Date: Monday, January 24, 2000 2:47 PM In article <388B85AF.16476920@mindspring.com>, Continue <continue2@mindspring.com> wrote: > >"It was still scary though." Sarah Jane took of her glasses, put them > >on her leg, and began to rub her eyes. Spunky, seeing an opportunity > >for fun, grabbed the glasses in his mouth and took off running. > > > >"HEY!" shouted Sarah Jane. She tried to grab for him but missed > >completely. "I can't see a thing without my glasses! Spunky, you get > >back here!" The frisky Nidoran ran a short distance away and looked > >at everyone, daring them to chase him. > > Damian quickly got up and said "I think he still wants to play. Let me > see if I can get it from him." The young trainer sprinted towards > Spunky, but the Nidoran took off as fast he could. Pteryx saw this > happening and decided that it looked like more fun than the pokedoll > that she was playing with. The baby Aerodactyl quickly joins the chase > as well. > > "Be careful! Don’t let him break my glasses." shortly after Sarah Jane > says this, Pteryx uses her wings to make a leap and almost gets Spunky. > She starts to run after Spunky, but she isn’t very fast yet and begins to > use wing-assisted hops to keep up. > > The inclusion of Pteryx in the chase causes Damian to stop short. He > catches his breath while Sarah Jane asks with concern n her voice > "What’s going on?" > > "I can’t chase him. Pteryx is chasing after Spunky now and I don’t want > to accidentally hurt her." > > "This is so frustrating. There’s not much I can do, all I can see are > blobs." > > "I think I’ve got an idea that will get the glasses away from him without > breaking them." Damian looks at the Magnemite faithfully hovering > over his right shoulder. "I hope you can understand everything I’m > about to tell you to do, Bulletproof." > > "I can help with that." Sarah Jane interjects. > > "What?" > > "Bring Bulletproof over and tell him your plan. If it’s not > understanding something, I’ll make sure it can understand." > > "Okay." Damian goes over to Sarah Jane and the details of the plan are > passed along to the Magnemite. In the meantime, Spunky has run by > Cuddles in an attempt to get her to play. The female Nidoran seems far > less interested in her brother than in her adopted baby sister. Shields > seems equally concerned about the youngster and the Mr. Mime joins > the chase in pursuit of the Aerodactyl, who is now flapping her wings to > get more out of every leap that she makes. > > Damian watches the chase and waits for the right moment. Spunky > turns his head to look back at his pursuers and the young trainer signals > his Magnemite. Bulletproof disappears in a small flash of light and > reappears two feet away from Spunky, in front of the male Nidoran but > off to the side in the direction that his head is now turned. The magnets > on either side of it glow. > > Spunky notices the Magnemite right as he is about to pass it by. He is > surprised as the pair of glasses are suddenly pulled out from under his > oversized incisors by an unseen force. > > The Nidoran stops short in confusion, uttering a "Ni?", before being > pounced upon by Pteryx. Shields stops and watches to make sure > Pteryx doesn’t get hurt as she playfully nips at Spunky. > > Right as the metal frame of Sarah Jane’s glasses contacts one of > Bulletproof’s magnets, a loud crunching sound is heard. > > "Oh, no, my glasses!" Sarah Jane says, but she is nearly drowned out > halfway through as a man’s voice shouts out "Hey!" > > Damian quickly gets in "It wasn’t your glasses.", before the pair of > trainers hear another shout the voice that they just heard. > > "You have no right to do that! I’m a member of the press and that’s an > expensive piece of equipment that you just crushed." > > A different, but more familiar male voice can be heard. "And you don’t > have any right to spy on people and take pictures of them without their > permission. If you want to argue the point I’ve got a bag full of a couple > of dozen cans of Brock’s Best brand of pokechow and a swing that can > shatter concrete." > > "I’ll -" > > "You’ll what?" the voice which the trainers have now recognized as > belonging to Drake asks with a deep and threatening growl in it. > > Retreating footsteps can be heard shortly before the Dragonite comes > around the tree that had been blocking the view of the exchange. > Bulletproof floats over to Damian who hands the glasses that it has > back to Sarah Jane. As she puts them on, she asks to no one in > particular "Don’t they ever quit?" > > As he hands the shopping bag over to Damian, Drake gives the > response "As a whole they may be persistent, but I don’t think we’ll see > this one again. Most humans still react to primitive stimulus, like being > threatened by something much bigger and more powerful than they are. > By the way, while I was shopping I saw a notification that the new > League games match-ups have been decided upon. You two should > probably check it out." > Nodding, Sarah Jane begins to collect her pokemon. Drake laughs when she tries to disentangle Pteryx and Spunky, the Nidoran protesting the baby's grip on his tail. "Good thing she doesn't have any teeth," laughed Damian. "I'm sure an Aerodactyl bite, even from a baby, would be painful." "I had better start breaking her of the habit now, before she _does_ grow teeth," said Sarah Jane as she inspected Spunky's tail. She put him down on the ground while she tucked Pteryx into her carrier. Spunky ran over to Cuddles, who continued to give him the cold shoulder. Spunky sat down, a confused look on his face. "Ni? Ni do? Do ni ran?" "Well, why don't you ask her?" said Sarah Jane as she bundled up the remainder of the things. Damian and Drake watched as Spunky slowly approached his sister. He seemed to repeat his question, then Cuddles snarled back a reply. Spunky sat back on his haunches, a look of surprise on his face. "What's going on?" asked Damian. "Looks like she's mad at him for not playing nicely with the baby," Drake almost laughed. "So if he won't play with the baby, she won't play with him." "Sounds like you were right about them maturing at different rates," said Damian with a laugh. "Mmm," said Sarah Jane as she picked up her backpack. She walked over and attached Cuddles and Spunky's leashes. Cuddles walked so she was away from Spunky. Spunky walked with a confused look on his face. Back at the central pavillion, Damian and Sarah Jane checked in at the main desk. "Here you go," said the attendant as she handed Sarah Jane a fishing pole. "Fish away. The Magikarp you catch will have the number of your next opponent." With a shrug, Sarah Jane dropped the line into the tank. About a minute later she pulled up a Magikarp. "Your opponent will be Kyle Richter," said the attendant. Sarah Jane passed the fishing pole to Damian so he could take his turn. > <TBC?> > > Jeff Hauser* > *Sig Sold Seperately > > -- (o)_(o) || Time Lady, sailrgal@swbell.net _(^*^)_ || sailrgal@hotmail.com, sailrgal@my-deja.com (__ __) || Visit the Mystic Manor Homepage /_/\_\ || http://members.tripod.com/~MysticManor Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.