Subject: [PW!] Another day at the "Office" Date: Sun, 04 Jul 1999 19:05:57 GMT From: "Joe Jeckel" <westpark@mediaone.net> Newsgroups: alt.games.nintendo.pokemon P:OTPW - Nothing. First story. ===== Vermilion City, Downtown Apartment Complex #45, Room 113 - 6:04am. Rick is awoken by a pounding on his door. Rick wakes up, groggy. He notices the time and grabs his Pokeball and opens the door. "Yes, may I help ya?" Rick says. "I want to face you." the person says. The person is a Japanese male, in his late 50s. He hold 3 Pokeballs at his side. "It's 6am. I don't face until noon, pal." Rick says, closing the door. The man grabs the door. "Now or else." says the man, very demanding. "Or else what?" says Rick. "You will be sorry." says the man. "Forget you. Come back at noon and we'll talk." says Rick, slamming the door and locking it. Rick puts his Pokeball back and falls back asleep. Vermilion City, Downtown Alley, outside Downtown Apartment Complex #45 - 12:30pm. "Go, Hitmonchan!" says Rick's enemy. As everyday, Rick is facing all and any trainers. "Go, Machamp!" says Rick. Rick's foe and his Hitmonchan are clearly scarred. "Machamp, Focus Energy!" "Hitmonchan, Comet Punch!" Machamp goes down to one knee and seems to concentrate very hard. Hitmonchan runs to Machamp and releases a series of 5 very powerful punches on Machamp. Machamp gets back up, seemingly unfazed. "MAAAAAAAAAAAA!" Machamp roars. Hitmonchan jumps back. "Machamp, Seismic Toss!" "Hitmonchan, Fire Punch!" Machamp picks up Hitmonchan and throws him with all of his might into the alley wall, shaking it. Hitmonchan gets up, then falls over, fainted. "Good fight. Your Hitmonchan was too low of a level." says Rick, as his foe calls Hitmonchan back and stomps away. Machamp steps back into the alley and goes to one knee and concentrates again, awaiting his next foe. Rick goes upstairs quickly to get a few potions and such. When Rick comes back down, he sees a lone Raichu standing in the alley. "Hey. You lost?" asks Rick as he looks at Machamp, who is still concentrating. "Iiiiiiiiiiiii CHUUUUUU!" screams the Riachu, planting a Thundershock on Rick. Rick stumbles back. "Machamp, Body Slam!" Machamp leaps into the air and slams onto the Riachu. "Riachu, don't just stand there, fight! Thundershock that Machamp!" says a deep voice. A very tall, muscular man stands at the mouth of the alley. The old Japanese man is behind him. Rick recognizes the muscular man as LT. SURGE! Riachu delivers a Thundershock to Machamp. Machamp is slightly phased. "What do you want?!" demands Rick of Surge. "I told you that you would be sorry!" chuckles the old man. "Mr. Kyoto here was my teacher! You should have respected that!" says Lt. Surge. "How was I supposed to know that?! Some guy shows up at my door at 6 in the morning demanding a battle?!" yells Rick. "Riachu, finish these two." says Lt. Surge. Rick suddenly looses consciousness... Vermilion City, Vermilion Hospital, ICU #2 - 6pm, the day after the attack. Doctors swarm the room. Rick was lost pulse. The doctors begin life-saving maneuvers. After 5 minutes, the doctors give up. One doctor, though... "One more shock." says a doctor. "Better not. He's gone." says another. The first doctor ignores the other and shocks Rick. Life returns to his destroyed body. All the doctors are in shock. A few leave while others adjust the life support settings.