From: Time Lady <sailrgal@swbell.net> Subject: [PW!]On towards the Ranch.... Date: Sunday, August 08, 1999 8:18 PM When we last let our party, they were, for the most part, going to rest after a rather eventful day. In one of the rooms at the Fuschia Pokemon Center, two young Nidorans are awaking with their usual youthful exuberance. Their adoptive mother/trainer is still sound asleep and, after her day yesterday, they don't want to disturb her. Instead, they try to wake up the Mr. Mime asleep next to them. Shields brushes away their attempts for play and pulls his blanket over his head. Exasperated, they decide to explore. Christy is asleep in the cot next to Sarah Jane. A few other female trainers are also asleep in the room. Spunky finds the door into the hallway slightly ajar. Feeling adventurous, he pushes the door open. Cuddles follows him into the hallway. A Chansey walks down the hall carrying a tray. Cuddles and Spunky follow it until they notice another door slightly ajar. Spunky leads Cuddles inside. Back in the girls's room, Sarah Jane wakes up. Her sprained ankle throbs painfully. She grabs her glasses, then dresses quickly. In another room, Robert and Rilli are sound asleep. Suddenly Robert feels a weight on his chest, and warm breath on his face. He brushes it away, thinking that Rilli is trying to wake him up. Then he feels another weight land on his chest, as if something jumped there. He cautiously opened his eyes. "GAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!" After picking up her crutches, she hobbles over to the bed she set up for her free-roaming Pokemon. Shields was asleep with the blanket over his head. Cuddles and Spunky weren't there. Before she can panic, she hearsRoberto's scream. Startled, Shields jumps out of bed. Sarah Jane hobbles to Roberto's room as fast as she can, with Shields right behind her. Suddenly, Robert opens his door. Cuddles and Spunky are each under one of his arms. Sarah Jane looks at him sheepishly. "Sorry about that Robert. They tend to get a little restless in the early morning." Robert mumbles something incoherent as he puts them down. Then he turns around and goes back into the room. Sarah Jane glares at the two troublemakers. "Ni ni doran ni ran ni do," said Cuddles to Spunky. <I told you we'd get in trouble.> "You better believe it," said Sarah Jane sternly. "Since my foot is hurting, and I need to eat before I can take the medicine, we _will_ discuss this during breakfast." Like two children who just got into big trouble, Cuddles and Spunky followed Sarah Jane to the Pokemon Center cafeteria while a yawning Shields followed. <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