From: <pokefreakazoid@my-deja.com> Subject: [PW!] A battle and a reunion Date: Saturday, August 07, 1999 8:38 PM (Last time, after a really boring intro, SOMETHING, snuck its way on to the bridge of the Krabbyier Wheelar...) Will was felt a sudden rush of pain run up his back, and was sent flying forward as he was clubbed by something. His body slammed into the wheel of ship, and his body fell down, limp. He felt a stabbing pain, at each side of his back at about the shoulder blades. Three prongs at each point, as if they were that of some sort of Pokemon. Meanwhile, a dark man stared on at his handy work. He wore a dark raincoat, and wore massive fishing boots. He could blend in perfectly at the New Calceeta docks, and gain access as one of the unloaders. He had brought with him, a Persian that was now digging its claws into Will's back. "The boss will be very happy, he's gonna pay me well for this one..." the hooded man crocked with his scottish and frog-like voice, "Persian! Slash him!" Will, still dazed from the first attack, had actually just opened his eyes to find he was face down, and was being sat on by something. The pain was bad, and his mind began to race, about how he was gonna get out of this..."How am I gonna get out of this...I can't move, whatever that is on top of me will kill me..." he thought to himself frantically... "Perrrr...Perrrrr...Perrrr...Perrrr..." came the sound from the Persian as it readied for its Slash attack. When it reared up its mighty paw, and his claws gleamed in the light bathing the bridge from the floodlights on the dock. Then like a kamakazi diving onto its target, the three clawed paw ripped through Will's shirt with ease and cut deeply into his skin... Will screamed, he couldn't see it coming, and was too dazed to concentrate on what the Persian was saying. It was just a slur, and his mind was just blown away by the new sensory data. After the wound was raw for a few seconds, he did the only thing he could think of...he screamed again...but this time something different..."FLASH WHERE ARE YOU???????" Suddenly as if on que, the the short, little Raichu jumped in from outside, as if he had been hiding waiting for his line. Leaving feet first, the mouse's legs clobbered the unsuspecting Pokemon, sending the poor cat flying backwards into the bulkhead. Will, now with the load off of him, stammered to his feet. The holes where the claws of the Persian had dug in were easy to spot, as they were a deep red from the blood. Also, Will could barely keep on his feet because, of the shock the slash had done to his system. Still he managed to keep himself from collapsing. "Flash, certainly took you long enough didn't it?" Will said with a smirk the size of a pinhead. "Rai, Rai, Raichu! Chu Chu Raichu!" Flash retorted in one of his more commical tones. Will cracked a smile at what his Raichu had been doing, "Well I don't care if you were hitting on the Krebbys down in the hold, I was jumped..." Just as Will finished his response to Flash's explaination, the stunned Persian got up and hissed in pure anger. It dug its claws into the floor and got ready for a fight. The old man looked mad as a Tauros that had just got stung by a Beedril. "Alright Persian, if we have to do it the hard way, then we'll do it the hard way. Fury Swipes attack!" The old urged pointing his entire arm towards Flash, pointing at him. "Flash, Agility then Mega Punch and Thunder Shock at the same time! Nail right in the middle of the gut!" Will commanded his Raichu. "First, to help make this easier, LIGHTS!" Following its voice command the computer activated the bridge's lights. The Persian hissed as its irises were overloaded going from pitch black to perpetuel day. It hissed as it covered its eyes and tried not to act blind, but that wasen't happening. Meanwhile, Flash was using its Agility attack to out manuever the Persian and had it out flanked. Still the Persian didn't do any attacking, it was still blind as a bat. Flash wond up, sending a massive charge of electricty into to his right paw. Lunging forwarded he sent his charged paw into the Persian's perverbial bread basket and sent it stammering backwards, electricuted and in pain. The Persian growled and let out it its blood curtiling schreech attack, disturbing Flash and distracting him. The old man, turning around to see the quickest way out, heard more footsteps coming up the stairs, and a shadow heading towards the the corridor. "Persian, let's beat it! They're onto us!" "Not so fast!" Will said as a wide grin crossed his face. THe thrill of the hunt began. This was where it got fun. He grabbed a Pokeball off of his belt, enlarged it, and tossed it, "Swift, GO!" The pokeball opened in a flash of brillant light, the form of a Starmie formed. "Swift, Spinnng Tackle attack!" Will ordered his Starmie. The starfish lunged forward and started to spin its body around and around. Faster and faster until it became a spinning blade. It flew towards the old man and clubbed him right in the middle of the back, sending him flying right into the bulkhead. The old man, now with his rain hat off and his coat discomboobled, Will, seeing that the battle was over, headed out into the corridor, just to bump into another stranger that had slipped onto the ship...but it wasen't just any stranger, it was at least someone he knew. Will fell onto to his butt, and looked to see what he had run to now, but it wasn't an it, it was a her... Will's eyes lit up in pure joy, "Jenni, that you?" he exclaimed. Jenni's eyes, like Will's lit up, "Will!" she claimed as they embraced and hugged each other. "Oh my God! Your back!" "Yeah! Back in town 10 seconds and jumped by someone..." Will said pointing to the lump of a body in the corridor and the Persian the Flash just brought out. Just then Jenni ran her hand across the claw wounds on his back as she released him from their hug "OUCH!!!!!!!!!" he exclaimed. "What? What'd I do?" Jenni asked concerned over her best friend's sudden fit of pain. "That Persian over there...clawed me up pretty badly..." Will said weakly, showing Jenni the claw marks. "Geez! I'll go get a first aid kit!" Jenni said and rushed off in a hurry. Then, Flash came over to his trainer and patted him with his paw, "Raichu chu chu, Rai Rai? Raichu! Raichu Raich Rai Rai Chu!" Flash asked concerned about how Will was feeling. "No need to beat up on that poor cat anymore Flash, you've already beat the living crap out of it. Thanks for the offer though." Will said as he patted Flash on the head to the Raichu's delight. Just then, Jenni returned with some peroxide to cleam up Will's wounds and some gaws to bandage them up with. After a few minutes, Will was back up and running and wanted to know two things, one who had attacked him and two, why Jenni was here. First he headed over to the old man, and pulled off the rain hat that he'd been wearing to get another shock. "OLD MAN SHCROODER?" Will squiked in amazement. "Yeah...yeah it's me." Shcrooder mumbled, regaining concesunus. "Why'd you and Kimba attack me?" Will asked, still in shock. "We needed the money...the Wharf Syndicate is offering good money to have the PLPS contract revoked from the Krabbyier Wheelar." Shcrooder said. "Why do you need money that badly???" Will asked, still lost with all that was going on. "Times are hard little man, unfortunately your family is resented for your ability to survive...alot of people wanted that contract...I'll lose my boat if I don't get some money..." Shcrooder sobbed. Will ripped off a the blood soaked shirt that he had been wearing. "Show this too your boss...wait until we lift anchor then you'll get your money...now leave." Without another word, Shcrooder was down the stairs and out onto the pier and headed off into the darkness, leaving Will, Jenni, and Flash left on the bridge. Now for question two, "Jenni, what are you doing here anyway?" Will asked a little intrigued by why his best friend was here. "Well I wanted to know how you were doing and to scout out where my quarters will be..." Jenni said before she was cut off. "What do you mean your quarters?" Will asked even more confused than ever. "I'm Dr. Mueller's research aid, remember, Pokemon League Paleogical Survey Project HAMMER?" "Yeah, Dr. Elizabeth Mueller is heading up a PLPS expedition, using some new sub, and is bringing her research assistant her daughter..." Will actually felt quite stupid as the words came out his head. He knew he'd never live down what he said, and waited for Jenni to pounce on his lack of common sense. Instead, she just tenderly kissed his forhead. "Alright, now I'm just hallucinating...when are you gonna rip into me huh?" Will asked, almost wanting it to start. Jenni just tilted her head a little, letting her long flowing hair dangle and smiled. "Simple, your hurt and vulnerable...its my job to be compassionate. Beside its your first day back...I don't plan on ripping to you until we're out at sea." she said tenderly. "Well, since your here to get your accomadations, the research area is down the steps to the left...go settle in and I'll be down in a sec." Will said. As Jenni disappeared down the steps, Will thought of how she'd changed. She had gone from a scrawny and stubbern girl into a beautiful and compassianate young woman. He remembered what she used to be...and that he really liked the change. TBC (Next time, this whole opening will continue as the PLPS's creation, the HAMMER, is deployed onboard the Krabbyier Wheelar) -Rain Dance/CJ *************** Lover all Pokemon TCG elements Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Share what you know. Learn what you don't.