From: Mobius101 <mobius101@aol.compactpika> Subject: [PW!] [ISLAND] On the Lake Date: Thursday, April 22, 1999 5:33 PM After finding and borrowing a motorboat she found docked near the shore, Maria took off across the lake. Once she'd reached the center, she cut the engine, letting them drift across the mirror in silence. She pulled a set of binoculars and began searching the surrounding area. "That Mew is supposed to be around here somewhere..." Slasher, sunning himself in the back of the boat, just meowed in disgust. James was swaying along the bottom of the boat as the waves moved them back and forth. He was very still and looked ill. "Psyyy...." Maria sighed in boredom and pulled out a Pokeball. "I wonder how things are going back at the complex." She released the green Ekans from its Pokeball. "Ekaannns!" It hissed and looked around. "Ekk!" Maria carefully gave it some food in her hand. "Hey you. We haven't had much chance to get aquainted yet have we?" The Ekans curled up defensively. "Ekkk...: "Hmm..." Maria put her hand to her chin and tilted her head studying the green snake. "How about I call you Jade?" "Ekkans?" She looked over at James. The Psyduck nodded at the Ekans. "Psyduck duck." "Ekkans!" She curled up around James with a satisfied expression. Maria broke into a grin. "Looks like you have a friend there James." James gave her the usual blank Psyduck look. "Psy...duck?" "Heh....and it looks like you take after your namesake a little too well..." She glanced down to notice the blue Ditto crawling down towards her belt. "You don't want to be left out do you?" She scooped him out in her hands. Then she noticed it was carrying a Pokeball. "Ahh...and that one." She took the Pokeball. "Ditto?" It poked a long part of itself at the Pokeball curiously. Maria released the golden Metapod, where it blazed brilliantly beneath the sun. She grinned and slipped on a pair of shades with a whistle. "Well hello there golden child.....sleep well?" The golden Metapod blinked at her. "Metapod." Maria held the Metapod in one hand and rested her elbow on the side of the boat with her head in her hand. "Still not sure what I should call you though. Y'don't mind, do ya Metapod?" "Metapod." "Well, yer a talker, aren'tcha? But I'm not one to talk." She called the Metapod back into its Pokeball. "Back to sleep then." She turned to the Ditto who was slowly inching up her shoulders and reaching for the shades on her face with a long blob of itself. "Now what am I gonna do with you, Blue?" The Ditto looked up at her. "Ditto?" She pointed over at Slasher. "Transform, Blue!" "Dit...Ditto?" It looked visibly distressed. Maria blinked in surprise. "Um, Blue, transform?" "Dit...Dit...." The Ditto glowed and then sputtered out. It slumped in disappointment. "Oh geez....I got a dud!" Maria moaned. She gave the Ditto a severe look. "Well, looks like we've got a lot of work ahead of us. I'm going to get you to transform one way or another." "Dittooo.." It seemed to wail. "Dittoooo...." It fell over in her hand. "ACK! It's dead!" Then it opened one eye and looked back at her. "Dit." "You...." Slasher laughed at them from his seat. "Sheesh, Dittos." She stretched it like silly putty in her hands a moment, which it didn't seem to mind at all, and then placed it back in her pocket. "If nothing else you'll make a good stress thingy." Moving to the front of the boat, she picked up the phone and called the complex. A few minutes later there was still no reply. "They're probably screwing around again," Maria grumbled. She slammed down the phone. "Well, I'm not giving up on Mew just yet. They better have that place together." *** Back at the complex, a tumbleweed floats on past. TBC? ~Maria R "Psy yie yie..." ------------------------- Tha webber: http://hamstergirl.cjb.net/ ----------- "Taking Pokemon straight from your pockets, With the power of the stars, it's Maria Rocket!" -My corny PW! motto ^.^; ------ TEOTWAWKI