Subject: [PW!]Bad news.... Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 23:11:50 -0500 From: Time Lady <sailrgal@swbell.net> Organization: Southwestern Bell Internet Services Newsgroups: alt.games.nintendo.pokemon <snippage> > >The Next Morning.... > > > >Sarah Jane was looking at her Pokedex as she sat in the hospital bed. Shields > >had > >retrieved her spare glasses from her computer box the night before. She > >had just > >entered the name "Ferdinand" for her Tauros, and was trying to come up > >with a name > >for her Dratini when there was a knock at the door. "Come in." > > > >The door was barely open when Cuddles and Spunky came running in at a mad > >dash, > >then took a flying leap onto the bed. > > > >"NI NI DO!" <Sarah-momma!> they cried as they tried to cuddle up to their > >adoptive > >mother. > > > >"I don't know how you manage," said Jon as he and the rest of the crew > >followed. > >"Those two don't ever stop." > > > >"Infinite patience," replied Sarah Jane as Shields handed her the carrier > >with the > >egg in it. > > > >"No cracks," said Runt. "I checked it over thoroughly last night before > >bed. The > >shell is like solid rock. I don't know how anything is supposed to hatch > >out of > >it." "Well, it will, somehow," said Sarah Jane. Suddenly, Runt's baby Kangaskhan begins to cry. "Now I know what you must have gone through when you got the baby Nidorans," groaned Runt. "What is it now?" "It's hungry," said Sarah Jane. Shaking his head, Runt rummages in his pack for the special Pokechow Nurse Joy helped him with. Damian entered the room, with Drake at his heels. Drake looked at the baby Kangaskhan, then began to bang his head against the wall. Shields patted the Dragonite on the back sympathetically. "What the...." began Jon. "I don't know if, after a day with Cuddles and Spunky, Drake could handle dealing with another juvinile Pokemon chasing his tail," said Damian. "Are you ready to go?" asked Christy. "Yeah," said Sarah Jane as she reached for a pair of crutches by the bed. "The doctor said it was a bad sprain, and he signed a release. I could go as soon as I was ready. Shields, you take the leashes." On the way out, Sarah Jane stopped at one of the desks to sign out. Suddenly, orderlies brought a gurney out of a room, a body under the sheet. The doctor was just covering the face with the sheet when Sarah Jane caught a glimpse. "Oh God no!" she exclaimed, dropping the pen. "No..... Kat.... it can't be...." "Wha? Where's Kat?" asked Jon. He saw Sarah Jane staring at the gurney, which was now unattended. Cautiously Jon walked over and uncovered the face. He dropped his pack in surprise. Sarah Jane cried out. Damian walked over and put his arm around her shoulder. She turned and began crying on his shoulder. "What's going on here?" demanded a doctor who walked over. "Oh God no.... Kat...." sobbed Sarah Jane. The doctor blinked in surprise. "Do you know her?" "We travelled with her for a while," said Damian quietly. "We were separated on the way to Lavendar." "Who was she?" asked Christy softly. "Kat... Kat was the first friend I made.... on my Pokemon Journey," said Sarah Jane tearfully. "Oh man...." said Runt. "Niiiiii....." said Cuddles and Spunky sadly. Kat had helped Sarah Jane when their mother had been killed. "What.... what happened?" asked Damian. "How did she die?" "She was killed by a member of Team Rocket," said Officer Jenny as she came up to talk to the doctor. "And you are?" "We were friends of hers," said Jon. "As I said, we were separated along the journey." "She.... she went off with some guy named Spectre," added Sarah Jane as she tried to dry her eyes. "We only saw her once along the way." "Hmmm.... what can you tell me of this man?" asked Officer Jenny. She wrote down the description and details that Sarah Jane, Damian, and Jon could give her. After thanking them, the group began to walk to the Pokemon Center. "Sarah Jane.... were you two close?" asked Christy. "Yeah.... we met in Viridian Forest... I had just left my grandparents home in Rosetta a few days before...." A couple of tears rolled down Sarah Jane's cheek. "She was trying to find out what happened to her father while she was on her journey...." "The bastard that murdered her... right on her fathers grave, according to Officer Jenny," said Damian. "At least she knew what happened to him.... before.... before...." Sarah Jane tried not to burst out into tears again. <TBC> -- (o)_(o) || Time Lady, sailrgal@swbell.net _(^*^)_ || sailrgal@hotmail.com, sailrgal@my-dejanews.com (__ __) || Visit the Mystic Manor Homepage /_/\_\ || http://members.tripod.com/~MysticManor