Subject: [PW!] Secret Dealings Date: 08 Jul 1999 21:52:25 GMT From: mobius101@aol.compactpika (Maria Rocket) Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Newsgroups: alt.games.nintendo.pokemon >> Seth couldn't stop thinking about it, but he just nodded. "I'm been >thinking >> about going to Fuschia. I was born there....I want to see what it looks >like >> in this time." He looked around at Mimic. "Unless you have something else >in >> mind?" > >"Mimic no mind." > "Alright!" Seth ran it through his mind. The quickest way to Fuchsia was going straight through Saffron.....nuh uh. He wasn't going near the place yet if he could help it. He pointed east. "Though the Rock Tunnel!" Aerie looked at him as if his head had fallen right off his shoulders. "Whaat?" Seth blinked. She shook her head. "Seth, that place is a death trap....and after that trip through Mt. Moon I don't know if I want to go into anymore enclosed dark places. I mean...we're talking big hungry Onix!" She put her hands up near her mouth as if trying to imitate a munching Onix. Mimic shook his head. "No, it's more like-RRRRROOOOOAAAARRR!!" He transformed into a huge Onix and reared up before diving back down and snapping his jaws shut right in Seth's vicinity. Aerie gave a small shriek and flinched away. When she looked back, Seth was sitting on Mimic's head, looking white as a sheet. "Are you guys okay?" Seth nodded slowly. "Err...yeah. Nice demonstration, Mimic." He slid off, looking shaken. Mimic immediately transformed into a double of Seth. Aerie put up her hands helplessly. "Well, if you're literally dead set on doing this Seth....." Screwing up his courage again, Seth hopped over and gave her a quick kiss on the cheek. "Trust me on this one..." "Famous last words..." Mimic said lightly under his breath. He started coughing when Seth shot him a look. Then Seth looked away, and withdrew himself from Aerie. "There's some things I need to take care of before we go though. Wait up for me, huh?" Mimic blinked. "Where Seth going?" "Just.....somewhere." He nodded at Slasher, who followed after him. Aerie frowned. "Seth!" The boy was gone before she could protest further. She turned her disapproving look on Mimic. "Now where in this world could he be off to?" Mimic just shrugged. He had an inkling...but he knew telling Aerie his suspicions could possibly be quite dangerous." *** Seth made his way up the Nugget Bridge, north of Cerulean. He knew it was around here somewhere. Beside him, Slasher kept an eye on the trainers hanging around the bridge. It was clear most of them were up to no good and weren't hiding it very well. None of these lowly street thugs interested Seth, however. "Hey....you." Seth stopped and looked to the side. In the shadows a man wearing a basic Rocket uniform was staring at him. "You mean me?" "Yeah. You. Want to join Team Rocket?" He lit a cigarette carefully, giving Seth a grin. Bingo. Seth took a quick look around and walked over. "You're a recruiter, right?" "Yep." Then the Rocket got a better look at him. "Hey....don't I know you? You're the one who hangs out with that hottie and the loud mouth cat......James, right?" Seth made a face and removed his shades. "No....but you could say we're related. And I want in." "Do you now, kid?" The Rocket took a puff and stood up straight facing Seth. "Well, I think I can help you with that." Needless to say, Team Rocket wasn't very picky with who they recruited. If there were any questions asked, they usually had no bearing on your acceptance into the team. After some sort of visual check to make sure he wasn't an infiltrator from law enforcement or ATR, Seth soon found himself in the Cerulean City Rocket Station. He was sitting at a desk with a woman in an elite Rocket uniform. She was looking over his written forms. "A Bellsprout farmer from Fuchsia City, eh?" She gave him a skeptical look over her glasses. "Yep." Seth was leaning back in his chair with his arms draped over the back, giving her his best seductive smile. She wasn't impressed. "Now, you've checked out, so we'll give you the simple quota of ten Pokemon this month. If you meet that, the Boss may agree to see you and give you a more advanced assignment. Keep the pamphlet we've given you on hand if you have anymore questions." Seth nodded. Good....the sooner he got closer to that scum, the better.... With a grin, he got up to leave. "Oh, one more thing." He glanced around. "Huh?" "You only gave your first name on here." Seth blinked. He'd never had to go through all this at the Academy.....but then his parents had probably had everything arranged since he was only ten at the time he enrolled. He remembered his parents and some friends telling him that all the different Stations had their own recruitment procedures, and some of them were rather annoying. He supposed he'd been lucky so far they hadn't asked for a physical. He didn't like giving out his full name though. "We only need your first and last name," She said, reading his face. "Don't worry, these are for the Boss' personal profiles only, you understand." Seth gave a doubtful look. ".... Kojiro. Seth Kojiro." He'd already said he was related to James...how could it hurt? The woman had finished up correcting his forms then had handed him his uniform. A plain looking grey outfit. Yuck. He deposited both the uniform and the pamphlet upon reaching the first dumpster outside. He was sure he remembered everything from school without it. "Purrrsian...?" Slasher looked up at him as they walked back looking for Mimic and Aerie. "I don't know...but Giovanni better watch out. And I'd better pray Aerie never finds out." "Purrr...Purrsian." Slasher had a bad feeling about this. "Hey, we're going to need some steady income anyway. I'm going to make this work..." He froze when he saw Aerie standing at the front of the bridge. She walked up. "Seth not doing what Mimic think Seth doing.....is Seth?" Seth breathed a sigh of relief. "Mimic.....well, I..." "Purrsian." TBC? ~Maria R "Psy yie yie..." ----- Tha webber: http://hamstergirl.cjb.net/ ----- "Taking Pokemon straight from your pockets, With the power of the stars, it's Maria Rocket!" -My corny PW! motto ^.^; --- Rocketshipper Forever! --- TEOTWAWKI