From: Fenix <dash53@aol.comrade> Subject: [PW!] Bringing out the dead (Leon's night shift) Date: Saturday, December 18, 1999 7:46 PM --------------------- [PW!] Bringing Out the Dead by Fenix --------------------- It is a cold night in Fuschia City, with the hustle and bustle of Indigo applicants, waving good-bye to their families, and hope in their minds and their Pokemon's. But in the Fuschia City Pokecenter, an rather odd event is happening... Leon, Nurse Joy's assistant, is about to get a rude awakening.... "What?! Why do *I* have to go on duty tonight! I've gotta train for the league!", shouts a frustrated Leon. "No, there's no excuse. No one else is available, many of the assistants are leaving for the League. You'll have to take the night shift. With so many cars leaving, it's likely that many wild Pokemon will be hurt.", replies Nurse Joy. " Fine, fine. Let's go Nightmare." " Charrbok!" Nightmare, Leon's black Arbok is primed to go. Leon takes the left staircase right of the PC down to the garage. He taps his custom Medi-Dex, and the red and white patrol van is activated. "*sigh* Maybe we'll find some that's alive this time.." "Bok! Cha-bok!" " Yes, Nightmare, you can eat any dead Eevee or Pikachu we find. Just don't get the seat blood-stained. Remember, leave some for Carapace." "Bok!", Nightmare happily shouts, but scowls at the Pinsir's name. Leon taps the 'Dex once again, and the garage door opens. Soon enough, they're on the road. " Let's try Route 14." They take a couple of turns, then barrel down the road. " What? What's that? Well, well." The van brakes to a stop on the side of the route. The ground is littered with Pokemon, both dead and alive. Nightmare hastily slithers out to check if any are worth eating. " Let's see if any are alive." " Raaaa..." "A Ratatta! Well, then. Orim, go!" The Chansey pops out of the Pokeball. "Orim, use Softboiled on this Rattata, and check for more that are alive." "Chan!" Orim salutes, then prepares to use the ability on the hurt Rattata. " Bok..*burp*" The black Arbok had just bitten a Caterpie in half, the insect's blood sprayed all over it's scales. Suddenly, a small yellow rodent pops out from under the trash to see what the commotion is about. "Bok! Charrbok!" " What's that Nighmare? Found a Pikachu?" Leon grins. " Have fun." The black serpent roars, slithering over to the wayward Pikachu. "CHU!" The terrified rodent shrieks, almost Paralyzed in fear. "Bok.." it chuckles, steadily swaying side to side, living up to it's cobra-nature, deciding which part to strike at first. " Pika...CHU!" The Pikachu suddenly remembers something that his trainer was watching on televison that day. "Chu-chu!" The enlightened rodent suddenly glows, and starts running at high speed and tries to confuse Nightmare. The Arbok gives a grim smile. It merely sticks it's tail out, tripping the speedy vermin. "Piiiiii!" the Pikachu trips, and lands face-first. Nightmare then strikes, it bites the unfortunate rodent in half, spraying a thin stream of blood over Orim and Leon, whilst they are performing a delicate opertation on a injured Charmeleon. " Can you watch it! Orim and I are trying to remove shrapnel here!" "Bok." Arbok then simply swallows it whole. Now it wants to eat the dazed Butterfree that hatched out of a seemingly dead Metapod. "Free! FREE! FRE"-*chomp**splat* "Urrrp." "Chan!" A couple hours later, Orim and Leon loaded the remaining Pokemon they saved into the van; a stubby-tailed Rattata, a wounded Charmeleon, a one scythed-Scyther, and a dismembered Fearow. Then loading dead Pokemon for burial; eight Rattata, three Spearow, two Venonats, and one Clefairy. Nightmare however, managed to eat four Pikachu, two Butterfree, three Caterpie, and a whopping *ten* Eevee. Orim and Leon had no idea what to do with the mangled corpses, so they left them there for the Spearow to feed on. They all drove back to the Pokecenter for the injured Pokemon to heal, and a well-deserved rest. TBC? What do you think? -Fenix. "Float like a Butterfree, sting like a Beedrill!" - Pokemon boxing advice "Thanks a lot, Officer F**kmeat!" - Quote from Lake Placid AIM: ATRFenix