From: Yosh1121 <yosh1121@aol.com> Subject: [PW!][Island] Our Fine Four Fendered Friend! Date: Sunday, May 02, 1999 9:00 PM Not really in the mood for writing, but I'd better try to cram the stories tight and get off this island quick.. ~~~~~ "Chitty Bang Bang, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, we love you! Huh? Wha? Chitty Bang Bang, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, we love you!" A hyperactive Oz sang loudly as he used his right hand to wildly swerve the small electric automobile through the dense foliage that was Pokémon Island. "Shrew!" Sandshrew yelled at Oz from his position next to him in the passenger seat, desperately trying to get the boisterous youngster to shut up. "Well, I don't want to be quiet. Doesn't being on the road just give you the urge to sing road tunes? It's a strange phenomenon, really..." "Shrew sandshrew sand!" Sandshrew commented at the fact that they had actually bounced off of the road what seemed like hours ago. Probably why the windshield was full of scratches courtesy of the local plant life. "Well, that is true..." Oz said, not bothering to inform Sandshrew that they were lost. Sandshrew could already guess at Oz's incompetence. Shaking his head slightly, his eyes lit back up. "Come on Sandshrew, ya gotta provide the backup for the finale!" and he started singing Chitty Chitty Bang Bang again, even louder than ever. "Shrew! Shrew! Shrew!" Sandshrew yelled. "No, I cannot be quiet! If you don't like it, would you suggest another song?" Sandshrew shook his head firmly, muttering something concerning the onomatopoeia "bang" and Oz's head. "Fine then, meanie," Oz replied, and started singing another song, "When the moon hits your eyes, like a big pizza pie, that's amour!!!" Sandshrew grumbled. Throughout the loudmouthed pair's argument, Charmy was simply curled up in the passenger's seat next to Sandshrew, dozing heavily. Fortunately (Or unfortunately, depending on your appeal for off tone singing), Oz soon spotted something through the tree ahead. "Hey, look! A ridge!" Oz shouted intelligently, "Think I could get some air off of it?" Before Sandshrew could state something very logical, which might persuade otherwise, Oz put the pedal to the metal and they raced through the last of the constraining jungle trees. "SHREEEW!" he yelled in vain, and in a mere second, they were rocketing through the air, the sloped ground rapidly approaching them. They landed heavily, and bounced slightly. Then spotting something directly in front of the racing vehicle, spun the steering wheel sharply to the right. The car did an uncontrollable fishtail, and fell over into the mud, roughly throwing its passengers out of the car. "Sandshrew!" the small shrew Pokémon yelled as he tried to free himself from the sticky substance. "No," Oz groaned as he picked himself up out of the mud, his greater mass making it easier, "If I ever do get drunk, I will be sure to inform you before hand." "Charmander char," Charmy said has Oz helped him out of the mud. "Yeah, at least we didn't hit whatever that thing was," Oz said turning around to face back where they had just driven through. In the middle of the clearing, Oz spotted one of the weirdest things he had seen ever since starting his journey. It looked like a normal Charmander, except it wasn't. The color and markings were entirely different. This specimen's skin, was entirely green, except for a few random patches of a darker shade of green. At the end of the tail, it had a flickering flame, as do most Charmanders, except this one's was somehow a bright blue. As he watched, the charmander's vivid skin slowly turned darker and darker until it was a brownish shade, blending it in with the color of the dirt path he was standing in the middle of. "A relative of yours, Charmy?" Oz asked. "Char," Charmy answered nervously. He wasn't too sure about the Charmander, as it kept staring at them with mean, slanted eyes. This factor went seemingly unnoticed by Oz, as he took a step forward and said in his most soothing voice possible, "Hey little guy, how's it going? I'm not going to hurt you" The Charmander blinked at Oz, then open his mouth and sent a huge blast of flame speeding at Oz. The attempted pacifist was toasted, and fell backwards into the mud in a large cloud of black soot. "Argh! Sandshrew, kill it!!" Oz yelled in rage. Sandshrew slowly plodded over to the fallen Oz, and commented on Oz's sudden conversion of views on the Charmander's safety. "I don't care! Get him!" "Charmander char" Charmy said. "Huh?" Oz mumbled as he picked himself up, confirming that the offensive Charmander had in fact disappeared. He shifted his left arm in the sling across his chest into a more comfortable position as he stomped over to the tossed over vehicle, muttering curses at the departed jungle Charmander. Within a few minutes, they righted the spherical car, and driving through the jungle, Oz began to feel better. With a side glance at Charmy, he managed to crack a small grin, "Gee, that Charmander reminded me more of my relatives: pissy and down right unenjoyable." TBC, that is, unless the author of this post would so graciously decide to burt into flames... ~~~~~ Hmmm.... not quite sure if the Charmander would be a rule breaker, but it's supossed to be strange exotic Pokémon so I took a shot in the dark. Any insight? Yosh ---------- Note: Beware the rabid Yosh.