From: Maria Rocket <mobius101@aol.compactpika> Subject: [PW!] Three Ditto Types and a Persian Date: Wednesday, September 15, 1999 4:24 AM >Aerie shrugged. "Just an example. Anyway, like I was saying, there's >no way we can keep this to ourselves forever, but I think it'd be a good >idea to keep things discrete. Hmm...wasn't there a scientist who got >famous for a series of teleporter accidents? What was his name...Brill? >Grill? Kill? Something like that." > >"Yeah, I remember seeing his lab on a field trip. It's up north of here >a ways; if we follow the coast, we should run into it eventually." > >"Then let's go." > >"Wait, what about Mimic?" > >"FORGET him! If he wants to find us, he'll find us. He's probably >taking care of something more important to him right now. Besides, >these time distortions are more our problem than his; *we* should take >care of it." "I guess you're right." Seth sighed. He watched baby Doppler attempt to ooze out of his hand. "Hey, stay still!" "Ditto!" Doppler squeaked at him. Seth walked onwards in the water, catching Doppler from one hand to another. "Y'know, he's actually kinda cute like this." "Cute like Wigglytuff," Aerie gave the little Ditto a suspicious look. "What are we going to do with him anyway?" "Can I keep him and call him George?" THWAP! Seth cringed again. "You're getting good with that fan..." "Dittoooo!" Doppler squeaked happily, laughing at Seth. Aerie poked at Doppler and watched the Ditto shake like jello. "This is really creepy though." Seth smiled at Aerie. "I know I shouldn't mess with time and such.....but what if we could make sure this Doppler never becomes evil? Spare the world a lot of pain..." "We could do the same thing by destroying him now," Aerie muttered, drawing Seth closer to shore so Slasher wouldn't have to walk by himself. "Aerie, if anything happens to him, you'll never exist!" Seth gave her a worried look. "He's precious to me if only for that purpose." Aerie crossed her arms. "If he stays here I still might not exist. But when it all comes down to it, we really don't now which timeline he comes from, if any we're familiar with at all. So then killing him wouldn't affect us at all." "I'm not going to risk that." Seth walked off the beach towards a trail running north. "So, ready to go, Aerie?" "Sian." "You're going whether you like it or not," Seth grinned at Slasher. "I'm talking to Aerie." Aerie shrugged and took his arm. "Ready as I'll ever be. So, off to see the Wizard?" "You could say that," Seth chuckled. "Persians and Dittos and Mewtwo, Oh My!" Suddenly Aerie stopped dead in her tracks, suddenly enough to tug Seth backwards with a jolt. "Whoa, Aerie, what's the holdup?" In his hand, Doppler watched. "Dit Ditto?" Aerie was frowning furiously, looking very confused. "Seth....didn't we *see* Mewtwo a few nights ago?" Seth rolled Doppler into a rope-like shape. "Yeah....what's wrong?" Aerie looked at Seth, worry now in her eyes. "Seth, we *saw* Mewtwo." Seth just stared back at her, uncomprehending. Then he looked down as Doppler began squeaking in protest in his hands. Then suddenly it dawned on him. "We saw Mewtwo..." "Purr..." Slasher tilted his head towards them. For a few very quiet minutes the trio continued down the trail with only the occasional squeak from Doppler. Then Seth shifted his eyes towards Aerie. She looked as uneasy as he did. "So..." Seth finally broke the silence. "Do you want to try...?" Aerie closed her eyes and shook her head. "No. I don't think you should either." "Could it really hurt?" Seth looked down at the Ditto in his grasp. "Doppler wasn't always crazy you know." Aerie looked from Doppler to Seth with concern. Seth swallowed. "I see... Well, let's get to Cerulean, then." "Weren't we just there not too long ago?" Aerie gave a small smile. "It's a small Pokeworld after all..." "Ditto..." Doppler looked between them and sweatdropped. "Dit." "Sian..." Slasher nodded, catching the drift of the Ditto's baby talk. *** Hours later, entering south Vermilion... "Seth, he's chewing on my hair!" "I've got him! I've got him!" "DITTOOO!!!" "Purrrsian Sian SIAN!" Officer Jenny looked up from where she was on duty at the guardstation. The commotion was coming from a blue-haired boy and purple-haired girl attempting to hold onto a young Ditto. A Persian she assumed belonged to them trailed along behind them. She tipped her police cap up with one finger and gave them a sympathetic look. "You really should keep that Pokemon in a Pokeball if it's that unruly." Noticing Jenny for the first time, Seth and Aerie looked up. So did Doppler. "Dit....TOO!!!" Before Seth or Aerie could react, the little Ditto launched himself into the air and landed on Jenny's head. Then he proceeded to try to eat her hat. Officer Jenny sweatdropped. "Don't you feed it!?" Seth pryed Doppler off of Jenny. "Well...." "I'm not going to have to arrest you for Pokemon neglect, am I?" "No, we just haven't gotten any food yet," Aerie said, quickly waving away Jenny's threat. "We will once we get into Vermilion, promise." "Alright then." Officer Jenny adjusted her slightly chewed hat. "Move along then!" Seth, Aerie, and Slasher quickly walked past, headed for the heart of Vermilion City. They received many quizzical looks as Doppler began to call out, "Move along then!" In Officer Jenny's voice. TBC? ~Maria R "Psy yie yie..." ----- Webber: http://purplestudio.webjump.com ----- "Taking Pokemon straight from your pockets, With the power of the stars, it's Maria Rocket!" -My corny PW! motto ^.^; --- Rocketshipper Forever! --- TEOTWAWKI