From: Roberto Perez-Vila <RobfromVoid@prodigy.net> Subject: [PW!] Fresh Eevee For Zubat (Or Not?) Date: Friday, June 04, 1999 9:20 PM A young boy who appears to be 11 years of age strolls out of the eastern Celadon City limits. His hair is short, brown, and messy, and his eyes are a crystal blue. A cute and fluffy brown Eevee skips alongside him happily, squeaking out its name on occasion. Just as the child begins to whisper, Minax appears, seemingly out of thin air. The kid looks up at the adult, noticing that she doesn't look too nice, "Hiya?" Minax smiles insincerely and reaches for her holster, "I'm in a good mood right now, so I'll level with you. I'm about to blow your Eevee's brains out so that my Zubat can drink the little guy's fresh blood. Sound good? Great!" By the time she explains her plan, she is already pointing the silver pistol straight at the Eevee. "WAIT! NO!" The kid grabs his Eevee off the ground, and the barrel of the gun follows the Pokemon up to the child's arms. "You can't do that! It's unlegal and I just gots Eevee today!" Minax continues to point the gun at the Eevee in the boy's arms. If she pulls the trigger now, the bullet will go right through the child's chest. She ponders her options for a moment and answers, "Well... I'm not particularly fond of merciless slaughter, so if you answer the question I am about to ask correctly, I won't shoot your Eevee." "THAT'S NOT FAIR!" The child pulls his new Eevee close to his arms and the Pokemon squeals, "Eeebui?" A mocking chuckle aries from Minax, "I know. The question I want you to answer is this: What is my favorite contemporary song? You've got three seconds to answer. One... Two... Thr-" "Livin' La Vida Poké?" The child meekly answers, closing his eyes, and hugging Eevee tighter than ever. "Hmm. Lucky guess." Minax seems disappointed while saying that. The innocent child opens his eyes to see Minax putting her gun away. Minax continues speaking, "Just like I promised, I won't shoot it. However, if my Zubat just happens to kill it in a good old fashioned Pokemon battle, that's a different story..." With that, Minax grabs a Pokeball off her belt and extends her arm forward. Red light is released and it forms into a fat blood sucking Zubat! The boy drops his Eevee on the ground in front of Minax's Zubat, and backs away. "Eevee, do the Sand Attack on that mean ol' bat!" The cute little fluff ball turns around and kicks some dirt into Zubat's face... Zubat doesn't seem affected, however, since the blue bat Pokemon doesn't have any eyes! Minax extends one finger towards the Eevee, "Zubat, Bite." Though the Zubat can't possibly know which direction Minax is pointing, the blood-thirsty creature senses the Eevee through use of hearing and smell alone. He screeches out his name, "ZUUUUBAT!" and dives down towards the Eevee. He sinks his fangs into the Eevee's neck. "NOOOO!" The boy's eyes get full of tears, "Eevee, do the Quick Attack now! Don't let that thing kill you! You can do it! Quick Attack!!!" The Eevee responds immediately, shakes Zubat off of him, and does a running attack! Zubat flies up into the air to avoid the attack, but the Eevee still crashes into him and causes some harm. "Zubat, Leech Life." Minax can't believe that her Zubat didn't suck all the blood off the baby Eevee in one Bite. Her Zubat responds again, flaps down next to Eevee, and latches on once again! This time, Eevee squeals out in pain, about to faint from blood loss... and eventually die. The boy reaches into his pocket and pulls out a Thunder Stone, "I was gonna wait... but it's the only way he won't die!" He throws the Thunder Stone with all his force at Minax's Zubat. It hits the Zubat hard, an action which manages to unlatch the bat's fangs from the now woozy Eevee. The Thunder Stone bounces of Zubat's belly and falls on top of Eevee. The Normal Pokemon begins to glow and grow simultaneously... After a flash of bright light, a thunderbolt crashes down from the sky. In the place where the cute brown Eevee once stood stands an angry yellow Jolteon, ready to attack! "Jolt, Jolt, Jolt!" Minax frowns at the transformation, "No matter. Zubat, Supersonic!" While Minax's Zubat begins to screech out "ZuUuuUuuUuUuuU" the young boy yells out a command of his own over the noise, "Jolteon, Thundershock that Zubat clear outta the sky!" The newly evolved Jolteon's spiky fur stands up straight. "Jolt!" After some charging up, the Jolteon discharges an electrical blast, aimed straight for Minax's vulnerable Flying Pokemon! After thirty seconds of constant electrical attack, Minax's Zubat is thoroughly shocked by the experience, and he falls down to the ground, fainted. Minax sighs and recalls her fainted Zubat back into the Pokeball in her hand, "You win, kid." "I do?" The boy's worried stare remains for a moment before turning into a bright smile, "I did! I won! YAY! HIP HIP HOORAY!" He then shakes his head, "Wait, if you're a bad guy, aren't you supposed to...?" He slaps a hand onto his mouth before finishing the sentence, realizing that it is a stupid, and dangerous, question. Minax stares down at the boy and his Jolteon, a hardly visible grin forming on her lips, "A villainess without honor is nothing more than a simple minded thug. You guessed my favorite song and defeated my Zubat, so your Pokemon deserves to live. Still, I'm satisfied. You just forced your Pokemon to evolve against his will. You have taken away his youthful innocence, you monster. I hope you regret that foolish decision for the rest of your pathetic life." With those final words, Minax disappears into the bushes as mysteriously as she appeared. -Minax