From: Tree Spirit <dryad48@aol.commoner> Subject: [PW!] Moon Rocket Spotlights Date: Sunday, October 10, 1999 1:13 AM Simon got up to see who the aggressor was, ready to kick their ass. But in the shadows, the fading footsteps of a running man, in a familiar body. Simon, Coshari, and Spike stared as something sprinted away about twenty yards. It was Simon's body, running. Trent didn't know exactly what made him run, the Arbok, or that eerie feeling he got when the girl he pushed over stared at him. What was going on? Trent didn't know, and he really didn't care. All he thought about was carrying out his mission, or suffer the consequences. As he ran, the girl, the Arbok, and a Sandslash followed him. He stopped to confront them. The Arbok stood-or the closest thing to standing an Arbok can do- in front of Trent, eargerly awaiting the girl's orders. The Sandslash stood in a slightly defensive pose. Why did this Sandslash look so familiar? It almost looked like Trent's, except it had a different coloration and no scar. He'd almost say it was Sandslash's brother. Now it all made sense! A few months ago, Sandslash had mentioned that he recognized Simon Locke's Sandslash. He even thought they might be brothers. Since Trent WAS in Locke's body, and he found it pretty close to where he was now, it was possible that this Sandslash was Locke's. With that pointless information figured out, Trent had to think of a way to get out of this predicament... [PW!] Moon Rocket Spotlights by Dryad48 Opening Act by Simon and Trent Other Parts by the writers of the Co-Stars Starring: Derrick Co-Starring: Dernam, Luke, Splash, Neo, Rigel, Orion, Keri, *sigh* White Blade, Draconi, Samuraichu, and Blizzard Guest-Starring: Simon and Trent "What's going on?" Rigel looked around and saw many rockets showing their faces with pokeballs in their hands, ready to capture the unaware intruders. All around the vacinity of the cave, more pokemon trainers and some pokemon started creeping out of the cracks, holes, and tunnels like ants invading a picnic. "Team Rocket is going on. . Prepare your pokemon. . " With much confidence, Neo and Rigel sent out all of them and began to duke it out. It appeared to be a one sidded battle since Team Rocket had Vileplume, Golem, Dodrio, Arcanine, Golduck, Magneton.... The list goes on, but there was a Sandslash and an Arbok staying back, they appeared to belong to some kind of Team Rocket leader. Plus, Neo and Rigel had to guard the lifeless Derrick and his pokemon behind them. Suddenly, rocks gave away from above and there was a shout of, *CLEFAAAIIIIRRRRRRRRRRYYYYYYYYyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.* The shout got the attention of the rockets. *Looks like we have no choice but to fight!* another figure showed up on the scene, then more and more plopped out of the sky. Most of them appeared to be pokemon themselves, and many were strange and unusual colors. "We'll deal with you later," the TR Golduck blew Neo and Rigel's pokemon away with ease. TR Arcanine jumped onto the two and kept his paws on them, holding them down. "Let's catch some rare and elusive pokemon!" *Uh oh.* the Raichu said. The Celfairy was already fainted from the fall. A dragon-like pokemon and a Persian also showed up on the scene. *No backing up now.* the dragon was ready to fight. *Now, who'll go first?* "Orion!" Once again, everyone looked around to see where the shout came from. There was a figure of a man about to fall of the edge. The only thing holding him was a girl who herself, was about to tumble off. *Keri!* the Raichu looked up and just then, one of the rockets swiped at him with a rubber net. *Get me outta here!* The TR Vileplume started spraying a combination of stun spores and sleep powders into the air and soon, both Keri and Orion's muscles tightened and they tumbled to the ground. *NOOOO!* The Persian glared at Vileplume and started slashing at it. this pokemon however, seemed to be much quicker than the average Vileplume. It slammed into the Persian and it tumbled to the ground. Now, only the dragon remains. Being held down, all Neo and Rigel could do was watch. -=Very Close By=- A sudden turn of the corner revealed several Rockets (Derman thought these Rocket guys were getting REALLY annoying) surrounding an even raggeder looking bunch, including a guy that looked unconsious. All made ready their weapons, although Dernam doubted they would need them, and got Pokéballs ready. Luke with Trooper, Splash with Mr. Mime, and Dernam had Scyther. Apparently the Rockets were oblivious to them, although one of the surrounded, a girl, had eyes as wide as saucers. "It's go-time......" he said to himself. With that, Dernam, Luke, and Splash jumped out of hiding and made their pokemon jump in, thinking it would be an easy win. They were wrong. "More people?!" Rigel and Neo shouted out on accident. Team Rocket turned around and there, they saw pokemon charging right at them. With fast reactions, the TR Golem came crashing into Scyther and the black Arcanine. Dodrio started chasing around Mr. Mime. Magneton flung itself into the air and sent thunderbolts flying towards Dernam's Gyarados. "Sigh, we're doomed in the hands of Team Rocket." The TR Arcanine blew fire into Rigel and Neo's faces. The two screamed in pain for a while, then fainted. Luke was about to recall his pokemon, but suddenly, a crazed man ran by and knocked over a TR girl who appeared to be the leader of the pack. She got up and gawked at him for some reason. Five seconds later, she, the Sandslash, and the Arbok ran after the man. The dragon creature also decided to join in the pursue. -=We'll Be Back After These Messages=- Trainer: "Dangit, I lost against the Elite Four again! If only my hands weren't so cracked and peeling." Announcer: "Do YOU have rough, dry hands?" (Trainer nods) "Then try new Eeveelotion. Created from a special extract of the sheddings of our specially bred Eevees and Eeveelutions. For silky smooth hands in even the toughest battles. Now in Original scent, Jigglypuff Strawberry, Caterpie Green Apple, Tentacool Blueberry and NEW Flareon Jalapeńo!" Trainer: "Wow, I won! thanks to Eeveelotion!" (Trainer smiles while holding up bottle) (Not tested on Pokémon. Void where prohibited, prohibited where unlawful and unlawful where illegal. Saffron, Celadon and Vermilion add 6% sales tax. Lotion does not move by itself. Doll does not move by itself. Dittos do move by themselves. Objects on TV may be smaller than they appear.) This is the Pokewars Shopping Network! ::A lady walks onto the stage with items up on the walls:: "Welcome, for any of these amazing pokewars items, call 1-800-POKE-CRAP." ::She walks over to the left end:: "Our first item is a Clickety pen signed by Saber of ATR." Retail price: $250. "Next, we have a special edition foon signed by Agent 0007." Retail price: $200. "Here is Sirius's TCG Collection." Retail price: $150. "This is the Holy Libel signed by the writer, Cat-Gonk." Retail price: $200. "Now, we have the well known paper bag of Simon Locke." Retail price $400. "This is Derrick's newest creation, designed to turn any pokemon in a delightful mood. Observe as I give this pill to this Voltorb." ::She gives the pill to Voltorb. It goes crazy and explodes:: ". . . . . . ." ::Price gets slash from $300 to $3:: "ugghhh." She hauls a gigantic book on the table. "This here is Icy's autobiography signed by himself." "It is called 'My Path to Sucess.'" Retail price: $50 ::She hauls on two books which are a great deal smaller:: "This is Icy's two-book biography written and signed by Marcus Yu." "They are called 'The Egotistical Maniac' and 'Identity Crisis.'" Retail price: $100 "Call now and we'll throw in this." ::She picks up a VERY small pamphlet:: "Raven's very own, self-written 'Guide to Laziness.'" ::Lots of laughter is heard and the audience is shown:: ::One Magnemite holding a camera goes by:: ::There is a Gengar sitting with them laughing and making cracks about the news and other such:: "So then Lenny says, 'As if, don't go there sister!'" ::Laughter in the audience continues:: "Mike the Gengar, tonight at eleven." (E-mail Dryad48@aol.com if you want to advertise something on the next post) -=And Now, Back To Our Show=- "There is no hope for us," Splash looked down to the ground as all his pokemon were being defeated at the hands of Team Rocket. Dernam and Luke too were near giving up. Admiting defeat, they recalled their badly bruised pokemon and Team Rocket handcuffed the trio. "See what you get?" One TR member spit snot from the back of his mouth into Dernam's face. The other punched Splash in the stomache. Luke was kicked to the ground. "WALK." One Team Rocket member led the way deeper into the caves while the other stayed behind them incase they tried anything funny. "Ughhh.." Two of them hauled the bodies of the colorful pokemon. One big girl dragged Neo, Rigel, Keri, and Orion's bodies behind her. "Hey, what about this guy?" The last TR man kicked Derrick's lifeless body. "I checked his pulse, he's a dead man. I already took his pokemon so dispose of him." "Gladly," the man grinned wryly. He picked up Derrick, and walked a bit. he paused, then looked around. No one was watching. "I can't do this." Instead of mutilating Derrick's body, he dumped the carcass into the water. "So long!" Derrick was carried off with the drift, going in and out of caverns. -=Inside An Enclosed Cavern=- Neo and Rigel woke up at the same time. Their faces were burnt. They looked around and saw five pokemon trainers and some pokemon trapped in a cage on the far corner. "You're awake finally!" one guy spoke. "If you didn't notice *sigh* we were captured by Team Rocket," one girl muttered to herself. They look around and discover there are NO exits. "What's your name?" ". . . .I'm Rigel. He's Neo." "Hi Rigel and Neo. I'm Splash, he is Dernam, that guy is Luke." The two in the back speak. "I'm Orion and she is Keri." "Hi," Keri spoke. The two were obviously badly wounded. Dernam points to the weird colored pokemon in the cage. "And that Raichu is Samuraichu. The Persian is Blizzard. Clefairy is White Blade. The other guy, Draconi went chasing after someone." "We need to find a way out," Luke spoke. *We can't, the cage is super enforced!* argued White Blade. *You can't leave us here!* added Blizzard. "Plus, we can't walk very fast, let alone climb with our sore legs." Keri pointed to the small opening in the ceiling. *And, they took our pokemon,* Samuraichu sighed. "I get the picture," Luke grumbled. Neo layed down to sleep. "There is no plan, we wait for help." "Whatabout the other guy with you?" "Derrick is dead." ". . . . . . " "There are probably only two that can help. Draconi, and that wacko that ran by durring the fight." "So we wait. . . . " Keri layed back to rest as well. -=In Another Cavern of Mount Moon=- Derrick awoke with his face soaked in water, he seemed perfectly fine now. With unsteady steps he looked around. He had NO recollection of ever going to Mount Moon, let alone leave Pewter City. Somehow, he felt the presence of something with him, though this corridor was barren. He had a feeling he was being told to get up and go. He had a feeling he was being given directions. "Huh?" Derrick stumbled onto ATR equipment. "What is going on?" he also saw Team rocket equipment, then remembered something. . . . He thought he heard a battle going on in his death sleep. Then, he came to realization. "Neo! Rigel!" They didn't answer. "Team Rocket!" Was he put in the spotlight to save Neo and Rigel? He checked his pokeballs. They were missing. Derrick picked up the equipment with unsteady hands and walked on to somewhere. If Neo and Rigel were really in trouble, then the responsiblity would leap onto his shoulders. "L. .e. . f. .t. ." There it went again, the feeling he was being watched, the feeling someone was talking to him had come back. Perhaps he should listen. Or perhaps it was a dillusion. To Be Continued Today's Story Included Music From: Sixpence None The Richer "Spotlight, get me out of this spotlight..." and Celine Dion "With miles to go before I sleep. . . Miles to go. . .before I sleep. . . " _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ~Dryad48: Weekly Quote: "Fall seven times, stand up eight." -Japanese Proverb "Hide people from bad things, and you've made them weaker." -Me