From: Dryad48 <dryad48@aol.com> Subject: [PW!][ISLAND] The Blazing Desert: Derrick's Pictures Date: Friday, April 23, 1999 11:02 PM Recap to Derrick Best Shots: Venusaur, Silver Butterfree, Victreebel colony, Spearow nest, mad Scyther, and perhaps Marowak's secret! STORY: "Ahhh," Derrick proudly said to himself as he was looking through the album of pictures of the many pokemon on the island. "These should last me a few years of supplies." He was still however, waiting for Marowak to change masks. It seens that Marowak is taking the care of cleaning it out inch by inch after seeing a Weedle skeleton fall out. It had been hours, and Derrick and Dern were still outside in the middle of the blazing desert waiting and waiting and waiting. Finally, Marowak finished cleaning the skull and was ready to take of the old one. Derrick excitedly took out his camera and carefully focused it on Marowak. Derrick was not blinking and had his eyes wide open on the Marowak. His eyes began to feel watery and he blinked. When he stoped his blinking, he noticed Marowak's new mask on! It had switched skulls in a split second! "Well," said Dern, "I guess some secrets were meant to be kept." "%$@#%@$." the furious Derrick stomped of in search of the center complex. "I HAVE ENOUGH ANYWAY, TO MAKE MORE MONEY YOU'LL EVER GET!" Derrick left Dern in the middle of the desert and went off. However, after many strenuous hours, Derrick wasn't sure if he was getting closer or farther to the complex. The heat became so intense, that he passed out. --Dream-- Derrick was leaving Pokemon Island in a first class plane with his newly aquired Venonat and zillions of dollars. At his new lab in Cinnabar, he discovered both the cure for cancer, a sure way to prevent sleep durring pokemon battles, and a potion that continuously heals HP, even after it's been used. "Thank you, thank you," he said as he stepped up to the podium to receive the anuall Pokemon Peace Prize. --Real Life-- Derrick awoke. He was no longer in the Desert. He was in a strange room with a few other people asleep. "Hello!" a friendly nurse greeted when he exited the room. "Where am I?" "Why, the complex of course!" "Really? Well, can I have my rewards and a Venonat for my pictures now?" "Pictures?" "Uhhhh......I am on pokemon Island, right?" "Of course, but the boy who carried you here said you didn't have any pictures on you." "Boy?" "Yeah. He was about half your hight, pig nosed. I could tell he was really into pokemon." Derrick reflected on his past experiences a immediatly figured out the culprit. "Where did he go?" "He said he was heading to the lake, I think. Oh, and the planes leaving the island are there too." Derrick quickly set out in search of his hard earned pics after recruiting Beedril, Exeggcute, Cloyster, and Arbok. To Be Continued Mark Jew "They pay homage to a king, whose dreams are buried in their minds." -No Doubt (I am currently thinking of lines that can relate to Pokemon.)