From: Sailor Pika <here@myhouse.com> Subject: [PW!] A family emergency, OR The day of the cheesy cartoons! Date: Monday, May 24, 1999 4:54 PM Kat whimpered as she plopped down on a couch in the Fuschia city Pokemon Center. Her feet HURT. She'd walked all over the durned woods looking for Spec, and finally had given up and found her way to the city. Nurse Joy walked over to where her and her Pokemon were sitting. "Pardon me, miss, are you Katrina Richardson?" Kat sat up. "Er, yeah, I am.. Why..?" She hated her full name.. "I got a call from Cinnibar General Hospital. It's about your mother. Seems there was an explosion in the Pokemon labratory. " Kat leaped up from her seat. "How did it happen? Is mom okay? What-" Nurse Joy cut her off. "Miss, I don't know anything except that you're supposed to get there ASAP. I'm sorry." "OK." Kat took a deep breath and gathered her Pokemon. "Look, if Spectre Hikage shows up looking for me, explain to him and tell him where I am." Joy nodded. "Thank you!" Kat ran out the door and toward the Pidgeot Express airport. When she arrived there, she ran up to the bored-looking man at the front counter. "Sir, I need a ticket to Cinnibar Island for the next possible flight." "You're in luck." He replied in a monotone, handing her a pass. "There's a flight boarding right now. Gate 21." She took the pass and gave him some coins. "Thanks!" And she took off at a dead run toward the gate. It was a couple hours' flight to Cinnibar. When she arrived, she took off running again (Big surprise, right?). She knew the way to the hospital by heart. (Don't ask how, she just did. ^_^) Kat went up to the front desk and explained herself to the nurse there. The woman checked a file and led her up 2 flights of stairs, around a corner, and up to a room. "You can visit, but keep quiet. This is no Pokemon center." The nurse rolled her eyes and walked off. *That nurse doesn't like Pokemon trainers much, I suppose.* Kat thought. *Oh well* She turned and walked into the room. A middle-aged blonde woman was propped up in the hospital bed, her right arm encased in bandages, her right leg propped up, and breathing tubes in her nostrils. The TV was on at low volume. Kat recognized the show as Sonic the Sandslash. *What is mom doing watching _that_?* The woman turned her head. "Kat!" She exclaimed. "What in the world are you doing here?" "I got a message from Nurse Joy in Fuschia. She told me something about an explosion at the lab, and that I was supposed to get here as soon as I could." "Oh," Her mom replied. "I certainly didn't tell them to send for you. I did ask them to notify you that I was here so you wouldn't call home and get no answer.. Anyway, I won't be here much longer. I'm going home today, but I have to keep my arm bandaged. I got some burns on it, but it isn't broken. My ankle is sprained, but instead of crutches they gave me a brace that'll let me walk semi-normally." "Still, you'll need some help around the house.." Kat said. "There's no way you can cook and clean without being able to use your right arm." "Oh, and you're going to cook and clean? My dear, your domestic skills are not the best." <scene switch- living room of the Richardson house> Kat walked into the living room with some microwaved burritos, and found all her Pokemon and her mother engaged in the TV show Darkwing Psyduck. She set the food down and picked up the remote, changing the TV off of the cartoon channel. She got 6 dirty looks. "Whaaat?" She asked innocently, picking up a burrito and taking a bite. She grimaced and set it down. "I'm no cook." She said sheepishly. Her Pokemon were already burrowing in her backpack for their Pokechow. <8:PM that night> "Mom, you should go to bed. Ya need some rest." Kat said, sitting down in the big comfy chair next to the couch. "But dear, Gloom Troop and Mickey Pikachu are on next, and then a special showing of Beauty and the Bulbasaur." Her mom replied, absently petting Chu-chu's back. "Oy.." Kat rolled her eyes and collapsed in the chair, not caring to watch the ancient cartoons. *It could be Teenage Mutant Ninja Squirtles..* She reminded herself. TBC. ^_^ -- Sailor Pika Pika must run, have battery will travel ----------------------- "Clefairy forever!" ----------------------- My day of death will be Monday, March 30, 2065 ------------------------ Visit the AGNP website at http://members.xoom.com/agnp/