Subject: [PW!] Sick and Tired Date: 2 Apr 1999 02:47:57 GMT From: goola2u@aol.comREMOVE (Goola2u) Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Newsgroups: alt.games.nintendo.pokemon When we left Shard, he had stolen from Team Rocket. As we join him, he's between Saffron and Celadon. --- Shard groaned. "Ooh, I need to sit down." Shard sat on a rock, but was unable to stay upright. Banshee, who was walking alongside him, caught him before he hit the ground. "Thanks, Banshee," said Shard weakly. "Hey, I ain't lettin' ya beat yourself up," said the Jigglypuff. "That's the Hitmonlee's job." Shard laughed weakly and got up. He then staggered towards Celadon. --- "Erika!" Shard shouted. "I need somewher to..." Shard fell to the ground in mid-sentence. Even as Erika's assistant opened the door, he was struggling to lift himself off the ground. He staggered in, almost tripping over a Vileplume. "Sorry, little guy," Shard said to the Vileplume as he sat down on the ground. He leaned against a tree to stay up. "I think something nasty's about to happen to me." As if on cue, Shard fainted. He woke up with a jar of mixed flower petals under his nose. Shad groaned as he sat up, thanking whoever was up there for herbal medicine. "That was a nasty faint," said the assistant. "Where's Erika?" asked Shard. "She's busy," said the assistant. "If you've still got Psychics on your tail, you can tell me, although conmsidering you've got a Lickitunglash XXL series Lickizooka, I think you're safe." "How do you know what..." Shard started to ask. "You have to know things to be able to work in a gym," answered the assistant. "For example, I know that you're displaying some early warning signsd of Pokemonitis." "Nonsense!" shouted Shard. "I'm as healtrhy as a..." Shard fainted before he could finish his sentence. --- "Is he okay?" asked Erika. "Well, other than thinking he's a Bulbasaur, he's fine." answered the assistant. "Bulba?" asked Shard. "You'll be safe here," answered Erika, reaching to take the gun off Shard's back. "Bulba!" he shouted as soon as Erika's hands got within half a foot of the gun. "He thinks that's his bulb," explained one of the assistants present. "He'll never evolve at this rate!" joked another. Erika walked over to Shard and sprinkled a bit of powder on him. "Ooh, what happened?" groaned Shard. "You have pokemonitis," answered Erika. "This powder is one of this simplest methods of taking care of it, but I'm afraid it doesn't always work. "Kachu?" asked Shard. Erika just shook her head. "I'm afraid we'll have to deal with him some other time," she told her assistants. "We'll have challengers here any minute, take him upstairs, gently." "But..." said Shard. "Your condition is unstable," replied Erika. "I have no choice." The assistants threw a stick up the stairs, and Shard went after it, like a good little Growlithe. They closed the door behind him, and left him there to wait until they could so something about it. TBC...