From: Maria Rocket <mobius101@aol.compactpika> Subject: [PW!] Delayed Too Long... Date: Thursday, December 16, 1999 6:16 PM >As if on cue, Jessie chose that moment to barge in. She looked at the >two James for a moment, then grabbed the one on her right. "Stop >playing with yourself and come on. We've got work to do." James seemed >to put up a bit of a struggle, but Jessie hauled him away with little >difficulty. > >Maria, having taken her eyes off the action for a moment to finish her >meal, stood up and gently put her arm around James, leaning her head >into whisper range of his ear as his eyes watched Jessie leave. "We >should get going too, Mimic." > >James blinked, then slowly turned his head towards Maria, suprise >evident. > >"Mim...uh oh..." > >"I won't tell a soul, for now," he whispered with equal quiet. "But you >have *got* to tell me how you captured him." James dashed off in the >direction Jessie had gone, with Maria in close pursuit. *** "James! What are you..!?" Jessie cried, holding her hands to her head in disbelief. She had turned around for a moment after tossing him into the balloon. And now... 'James' looked up at Jessie. "Umm...sweet?" When Mimic had found the giant red jello inside the basket, the sweet smell had been too much to resist. First he'd taken a nibble, but then another, and another... "You ate our prop!" Jessie shrieked, pulling what was left of the jello 'R' away. "Now we'll have to make another one! How could you be so...!?!?" She wailed as the remains crumbled away in her grasp, only to bounce away in little pieces once they hit the ground. "Prop...taste good?" Mimic cringed slightly. "I know...I'll go get another one." He slid out of the basket and started inching away. "Oh no you don't!" Jessie reached out and pulled him back by the hair. "OW!" Meanwhile, Maria and James were searching the woods. "I can't believe you can't remember where you parked your balloon," Maria sighed. "I can't believe I'm going to lose another Ditto in record time either..." "I can't believe you actually caught Mimic and haven't turned him into the boss yet," James raised an eyebrow. "You do know the kind of price on that Ditto's head, don't you?" "Yeah..." Maria looked away. "Giovanni knows I have him, but he wants me to train Mimic for him. It's a secret hush hush type of thing." "Really?" "Yeah," Maria lied. She could barely believe she was doing this. Only a day before, she would have been all over James had she seen him. And she couldn't deny that part of her still wanted to. But she needed to find Mimic, before Jessie took off with him. Just as they ran around a corner, James fell down into a pit, probably of his own design. Maria cringed, but kept running. There was no time to lose, and possibly around the next bend... Then she came across the balloon. "Hey! Let him go!" Maria yelled. She had emerged from just beyond the trees. On her shoulder, Slasher hissed. Just before he spotted Meowth and went flying with his claws outstretched. Meowth, who had been hiding behind the balloon, didn't have time to move. "Hey! Offa me you low life! AAAAHH!!!" "MEOWTH!" Ignoring Slasher and Meowth, Maria marched over to Jessie and tugged Mimic away. "I'll take him off your hands now." "I don't think so!" Jessie grabbed Mimic's arm and pulled him back. "When are you going to get a clue that he doesn't want you!" "I'll bring him right back, just let me borrow him for a minute!" "Borrow!? James is *not* up for rent! ...How much *are* we talking about here?" Jessie blinked. Maria sighed and tugged Mimic back. "Sheesh...just let go!" "NO!" Between them, being yanked back and forth, Mimic was beginning to look worn, and just a little stretched out. "Can't....take....much....more....help..!" *Ping!* Jessie squeaked and jumped back as 'James' melted into a pile of taffy. "Y-You....You melted James!" She fell to her knees and wailed. Just then, James came crawling along the ground, past the the squabbling felines. He was covered with dirt and grass. "Ackkk..." Jessie blinked down. "James? Then what..?" She looked down to see the melted blob reform into an exact copy of James again. "A Ditto!" Mimic smiled brightly. "Ditto!" Jessie did a double take. "M-Mimic!?" Her first reaction was to jump away. Then she floated away.... "Hey! Put me down!" "Mimic?" Maria looked down at him. Mimic was looking up at Jessie with a frown. "Mimic...have bad feeling." In the next instant, Jessie fell hard back onto the ground next to James, and on top of Slasher and Meowth. The two Meowth complained loudly. Up above, a a bright blue glow appeared. And in the midst of it, a floating Mew. "Mew!" #Ahah! Now you're all alone!# TBC? (Sorry for the lameness, but I've been suffering from severe writers block all week. I rewrote this a few times, but it didn't come out the way I wanted... but decided I'd better post something anyway. -_-;;; ) ~Maria R "Psy yie yie..." --- http://purplestudio.webjump.com --- "R is for Rrrah...Rrrah...Rocket!" - Meowth --- Rocketshipper Forever! --- TEOTWAWKI