From: Time Lady <sailrgal@swbell.net> Subject: [PW!][League]Does she have rocks in her head or what? Candi vs Kathy Date: Tuesday, December 21, 1999 7:22 PM Candi stepped out onto the rock field and into the box. She just had to win. Two losses were very embarrasing! She just couldn't lose again.... especially after seeing Sarah Jane's battles on television. She was a much better trainer than Sarah Jane, and deserved to win. It was her right! She was rich. She could do anything. Jeeves stood behind his mistress, impassively staring ahead. He had to wonder if he was being punished by his employers by being made to follow the boss' Pokemon-mad granddaughter around. The chauffeur looked at the gold plated Pokeballs on the red velvet cushion he held in disdain. He couldn't understand what all the fuss was about with all these disgusting creatures.... particularly the vile Charizard the mistress' grandfather had sent her. It refused to obey, going so far as to singe one of his best suits. In his opinion, a world without Pokemon would be a far better place. He stifled a yawn as Candi complained about her lackluster introduction. As far as trainers went, the child could hardly be considered gifted in this area. Inept was the proper word. Yet his employer felt everything she did was perfect, and so long as his employer considered to pay his salary, he couldn't care about how poorly the kid did. Though since the arrival of the Charizard, he considered asking for a raise..... Kathy stepped out on the field and waved as she was announced. Jeeves compared the two girls. At least Kathy didn't appear to be an inept, spoiled, selfcentered brat like his mistress. He watched as Kathy sent out a Geodude and wondered which Pokemon Candi would choose to start. He knew it wouldn't matter. It would lose. "Now let's see..... in that class Grandpa made me take with Mrs. Eckert to get my trainer's permit.... what did she say was strong against rock?" Jeeves tried not to roll his eyes. Even Pokemon haters knew this basic fact. "Water, Miss Candi." "Ooo! Thati's right! And I have two water pokemon! I can't lose!" Considering Candi's water pokemon consisted of a level 10 Goldeen her grandfather bought her and a level 5 Magikarp Jeeves had won for Candi at a carnival, Jeeves doubted Candi would make it very far. "Give me Splashy's Pokeball." Jeeves handed Candi a gold plated Pokeball labled "Splashy." The crowd began to laugh hysterically as the Magikarp flopped helplessly on the rocky field. "Karp karp karp karp..." complained Splashy. Kathy looked at Candi, a huge sweatdrop forming over her head. Her opponent couldn't be for real, could she? As soon as the referree lowered the flag, she called "Geodude, Tackle now!" Surprise crossed Candi's face when Splashy was thrown across the field. For his part, Splashy did make an effort, splashing up a cloud of dust. But after two more tackles by the Geodude, Splashy didn't splash anymore. "Noooooooo...." whined Candi. "Water beats rock!" Jeeves decided not to mention to Candi that the only move the Magikarp knew was "Splash" and that even in water, splash was virtually useless. Stifling a yawn, he felt it was a sad state of affairs that a Pokemon hater like himself knew more about the wretched creatures than the actual trainer. "Goldy can't lose! Give me Goldy's Pokeball!" Candi's Goldeen flopped out onto the hard surface, looking for water. It looked at its trainer questioningly. "Go on," said Candi. Almost painfully the poor Goldeen flopped across the field. It felt the hot sun drying its body and felt miserable. Kathy saw how miserable the Goldeen looked and felt sorry for it. She had her Geodude quickly defeat it."How dumb _is_ this girl?" she thought to herself. Meanwhile, Jeeves looked on impassively Candi whined and complained. She ranted about Jeeves giving her bad advice, then snatched one of the Pokeballs off the cushion. Her Clefairy appeared on the field. "Poopsie, you're my last hope! You've got to win!" The Clefairy yawned, then approached the judge. After the months of dealing with Candi, it learned that it just had to make a good show. It didn't care about winning matches. It would rather have stayed in its Pokeball. As soon as the referree signaled the start, Candi ordered "Poopsie, pound that rock into pieces!" Poopsie halfheartedly complied, then cried out as it hurt its hand on the rock hard body of the Geodude. The crowd, even the announcer was howling with laughter. "Stop laughging!" whined Candi. "Growl Poopsie!" The Clefairy let loose an effortless growl. It just wanted to crawl back into its Pokeball and avoid further humiliation. After 4 tackles by Kathy's Geodude, the Clefairy decided it was tired of the farce and pretended to be out cold. Jeeves grimaced as Candi let out a high pitched whine. He knew what was next.... deliver the Pokemon to the Pokemon Center while Candi returned to the RV and complained to her grandfather about how unfair the rules were. The only consolation was that he would again get to speak with that rather nice Nurse Joy if she wasn't too busy dealing with those wretched creatures.... --Meanwhile, in the Pokemon Center--- "Such a shameless display," said Lillian Eckert as she sat with Sarah Jane, who was waiting for her own Pokemon. "Poor upbringing," returned Dr. Eckert. "Admittedly, she does seem to take after her grandfather. Sooner or later she's going to have to learn that not everything is handed to her on a velvet cushion." Sarah Jane just looked up at the screen, feeling sorry for Candi's poor Pokemon. -- (o)_(o) || Time Lady, sailrgal@swbell.net _(^*^)_ || sailrgal@hotmail.com, sailrgal@my-dejanews.com (__ __) || Visit the Mystic Manor Homepage /_/\_\ || http://members.tripod.com/~MysticManor