From: Foratog5 (team_atog@geocities.com) Subject: [PW!] Attacked by a Madman Newsgroups: alt.games.nintendo.pokemon Date: 2000/03/19 As Jessie turned onto her stomach, a teenaged girl layed down onto the beach chair next to her. She was wearing baggy jeans and a black shirt. Her fantastic red hair shocked Jessie for a moment. ³Nice weather tonight,² Jessie said. The red-head was releaved Jessie had spoken to her. ³Yes, quite nice.² ³My name is Jessie, nice to meat you.² Jessie held out her hand. ³Iım Hoku Roberts,² she said as they shaked hands. Jessie had made a new friend on this trip already. ³Looks like you wonıt get much more of a tan today." Suddenly Nick and Sarah turned around the corner. "Hey Jess, I want to show you my-" His eyes glared on Hoku. Her hair was as red as a fire in a Cinnabar Island volcano. It burned him as he was fixated on each flowing strand of fire hair on her head. He was in love with her, and tried his best not to give anything away. Of course, this is nearly impossible for Nick, who was now shaking in his sneakers. He finally lurched his head away from the view of the beautiful Hoku. He felt many emotions. Love. Embarresment. Shyness. But, most of all, he was very afraid. Some sort of force was coming from Hoku. Something that almost felt evil, but Nick knew that it wasnıt Hoku herself. It was something else. His crystal necklace suddenly turned into ice. He felt Sarah shiver as they held hands. ³Uhm, Jessie, Sarah and I-weıre going to our...uh...² Nick grabed his forehead as he tried to remember the simple words of the language he once knew, before he had layed his eyes upon Jessieıs new friend. ³Cabin. Yeah, weıre sending-I mean turning in for the night. Weıre tired.² Nick quickly turned the corner, draging Sarah with him. ³But Iım not tired, Nick. Iım hungry,² Sarah complained. Nickıs stomach was too full of butterflies, but he still took Sarah to a snack bar. ³Who were those two?² Hoku asked. ³Uh,² Jessie blurted as she scrambled for an answer. ³That was Nick. Heıs kinda like my brother. And his sister Sarah. But Iım not her sister. Long story short, Nick and I are orphins. Abandond by our parents² She turned her head away as her eyes started to fill with tears. ³I know how you feel,² Hoku said. ³I was abandond too when I was a month old.² ³Really?² Jessie sat up and wiped her eyes dry. She felt much better now. ³Yup² Jessie smiled. ³Looks like weıre gonna be good friends.² * * * * * Marley came to her senses. She was tied to a chair with ropes. The room was pitch black, except for a bright spotlight that was making Marley sweat. She was barley concious, and couldnıt make sense out of things. When she finally lifted her head, all she could see was a blue blur to the left of her. And smoke. Cigarette smoke. Someone was there. Marley tried to speak, but a sock was in her mouth, and a sharp pain shot through her cheeks. Her throat was parched. The person in front of her took a puff of the cigarette, and the smoke came into the shining light. Marley involuntarily breathed it in. The smoke whisped through her dry throat amd entered her lungs. She started to throw up onto her lap. ³Plesent.² Marleyıs heart jumped. He spoke. Defenatly a guy. Very manly, tough. He vastly overpowered her when she attacked her earlier. Marley tried to think of who could it be. Someone from her past? Couldnıt be. This person must have been what, 18? Sounded very mature. And, hey, he was smoking. A sound of a chair squeaking came from ahead Marley. The mystery man stood, and came into the light. At first she couldnıt recognize him. Then she figured him out. ³No....no, it...canıt be...,² she thought. She felt her heart sank into her stomach. ³You remember me, donıt you Marley? Itıs me, Josh.² Ironicly, he spoke very gently to her. Marley tried to shake her head, but her neck was as stiff as a board. A tear streamed down her left eye; her right eye stung like a bee when a another tear tried to escape it. She definatly knew who Josh was, though. An ex-boyfriend of hers. They had fallen in love when he came to Pallet Town. Sure, they had a good time. But all the trouble started when Marley stumbled on some of Joshıs secret papers. When she found out what Josh was doing there, Marley ran from him. She kinda felt bad about it. She never got to say good bye to him. Her last words to Josh was ³I hate you, I never want to see you again,² and so on. Very messy break-up. It amazed Marley how much Josh had grown. When he was only 13, he was a skinny, puny little boy. Cute, but still puny. Now, he was a strong, mature man. What amazed her most is what Josh has just done to herself. She felt like she was attacked by a couple of street thugs. The little boy she knew in Pallet was harmless, or so he seemed. ³OK, you have something I need. Give it to me now; you should know what I mean.² Marley had no idea what he was talking about. She just sat there, trying to loosen the ropes that held her to the chair. Josh was starting to get upset. ³Alright, alright,² Josh said as he pulled a chair in front of Marley and sat in it. ³Remember that ring I gave you? The black jewel one? I gave it to you after we watched the sun set that one evening. Iım sure you remember.² Now she remembered what he wanted. About a week before their split, Josh gave her a beautiful black jewel ring. As she felt her fingers behind herself, Marley remembered that she had lent the ring to Hoku. * * * * * Hoku posed her hand with the black jewel ring, as the sunset was in the background. ³Isnıt it beautiful?² ³Yes, itıs stunning!² Jessie answered. "A friend of mine lent it to me a few days ago." * * * * * Josh slapped Marley with the back of his hand. ³Then where the hell is it?!?² Marleyıs cheek burned as tears cooled it down. Her right eye stung again. She tried to say something, but nothing came out. "Look," Josh said as he grabbed Marley by the neck "If you don't tell me where that damn ring is right now..." Josh went into his pocket and pulled a pocket knife out. Marley's left eye bulged, her right eye quinted in pain. She opened her mouth as wide as it could, trying to scream, but her voice box failed on her. Only a small puffing sound came from her mouth. As he realized that she could still give in, Josh set the knife down and grabbed for a mirror. "You know, you used to be a pretty girl. Then age caught up with you." He let Marley see what she looked like, and it was too much for her. The first thing that grabbed her attention was the blood running down her bruised right eye. Her cheeks were as red as cherries and her once beautiful hair was all over the place. She had never seen anything so horrific, and sadly enough, it was herself in the mirror. Finally, the first sound out of her was hysterical crying. An evil smirk was revealed by Josh as he grabed Marley's chin. "Now why don't you be a sweetheart and give me that ring, OK?" Marley tried very hard to speak her first word, and it took about ten seconds of mouthing it to finally spit it out. "Wha-Wha-Why do you want it so bad?" "The boss wants it. What the boss wants, the boss gets." Marley's eyes glared with anger as she thought of her former employer, Giovanni of Team Rocket. She hated him for his cruelity. She hated him for his heart-less endenvores. She hated him for making Josh the monster he is today. "Giovanni is an ass-wipe." She took Josh by surprise. His eyes bulged largey, and tried his best to retain his anger. He fail, and picked Marley and the chair she sat in and threw her into the wall. The chair bnroke on it's collision with the wall, making a loud wooden shattering sound. She could feel her ribs shatter as spikes of wood dug into herself all over. She tried to scream in pain, but the pain was too great and peralized her. Josh slowly walked over and looked down onto her. He clenched his fists and kicked her in the gut. "You will never have the chance to say anything else about Giovanni again." He grasped his knife with two hands and held it over his head. Marley now felt that she was going to die. This was it. How could it end so soon? This deffinatly wasn't the way she wanted to go out. She wanted to die as a hero. Not a victim of a murderous Team Rocket. As her life flashed before herself, she felt strength within herself. Just enough for one thing, and she knew what her only option was. She screamed with a blood-curddling, glass shattering volumn. The whole ship must have herd her. Josh paused for a few seconds. "No one is stupid enough to come to your help. Nobody loves you." This hurt her the most. Nobody did care. Nobody did love her. Her thought was interupted as she heard a banging at the door. Someone was trying to break in. Josh slowly set the knife down on the cabnet. With a final thud, the door burst open. A bright burst of light came from outside, and two figures appeared. One smaller than the other, a boy and a girl. The boy dove after Josh as the girl ran for the knife. Josh quickly made his escape. Everything took only a few seconds, but it seemed to pass for minutes to Marley. As the girl figure walked over to the door, the boy kneeled down to Marley. He gently petted Marley's left cheek. It warmed her heart; just what she needed. "Sarah, she's hurt baddly. We have to get her some medical attention." His voice seemed to boast from heaven. Very commanding, very certain and sure. The male figure slowly dug his arms under Marley and picked her up. Marley gazed up at her hero's face as it was silloutted against the light. She thought he was so beautiful. His green eyes were as glowing as a rainforest. His black hair made him look so strong and handsome. The boy smiled to Marley and said, "Don't worry, you'll be OK." Marley's heart pounded as he carried her out the door. She now felt like someone did care about her. Somebody did love her. TBC...sorry about the spelling errors. My damn spelling thing is crashing it's way into hell. Clare, I have a suggestion for the ending of your PW. Get on AIM.