As Pipian drove the van that housed the Pokémon
filched from the
Laramie Ranch, John's hand wandered to his neck, where he found
something hanging around it. Taking off what he found, John was
surprised to see it was a necklace with a dream catcher/feather
charm
hanging on it. Suddenly, another vision took over him.
In this one a boy looking like John had left a hospital.
Suddenly, a
deliveryman walked up to him. The two exchanged conversation,
then the
deliveryman handed John a package. Inside was the same necklace!
"Crap! The police!" shouted Pipian, bringing John back
to the present.
John opened his door, leaned out, and began firing at their
pursuers.
Suddenly, Pipian made a sharp turn, and John flew off the truck.
As
Pipian began to swerve wildly, and John started rolling before
finally
slamming headfirst into a tree. Darkness overwhelmed him.
(OOC: I wanted to write this story, but I also wanted to leave
what
Tiki and Pipian planned, so there)
When John opened his eyes, the first thing he noticed was that he
was
no longer at the Ranch. Instead, he was in a long hallway. He got
up
and noticed a figure nearby. the figure left the darkness and
revealed
itself. It was John!
"Who are you? And where am I?" he demanded.
The other John answered. "I'm you. And as for your other
question, were
in your mind."
"What are you talking about?"
Pseudo-John shook his head. "It's hard to understand. you
see, the
brain can be different things to different people. To some, it
could be
a maze, while others see it as a hallway or corridor. It all
depends on
the person."
"So I'm not really here?"
"Well, in spirit, you are. You see, you are currently
undergoing
amnesia, and it has been so long, you're memories are almost
impossible
to get them back. A recent blast from a Mew helped out, but it
wasn't
enough. So your subconscious mind created this hallway and placed
your
spiritual self in it. And you have to find a way to return them..
Follow me." Pseudo-John started to walk down the hallway.
John decided to follow this wannabe, and ran to catch up to him.
"So if I am here spiritually, what happened to my physical
self?"
"Your body is residing in a coma-like state, and will stay
that way
until you're finished here."
As they walked, John noticed that the many doors had names. One
of them
was called FEARS. Curious, John opened it up and proceeded to
witness
himself turning into a Raichu.
"What the heck was that?" he cried out.
Pseudo-John explained. "You see, each of these doors
represents a
certain area of your brain, in this case, your fears. One of them
is
that whatever created your Raichu tail will one day return and
finish
changing you into a Raichu." They continued through the
hallway.
Soon, John noticed that another of the doors, one marked
ENFATUATIONS,
was open a little. John peeked his head through the door. Inside,
he
saw the female PODA member - Jamie, he thinks was her name -
surrounded
by angels and a choir of singing Jigglypuffs.
"There's no way I could be in love with that witch," he
said.
"No, there isn't. It's your true self that has this blind
love with
Jamie. Let's continue." They continued their trek, John
being even more
curious the farther they went. The rest of the walk had no big
deal,
but John wondered who the person in the jail cell was.
"That represents your ego. your real self is very humble,
and as a
result this person is kept behind bars. If you ever started
bragging
about everything you do, then I would be the one there, and your
ego
would be the one in charge of this tour."
Finally, they reached the end of the hallway. there, a door
marked
MEMORY was located. However, this door had a giant lock on it,
and no
key was to be found.
"So this is what cause my so-called 'amnesia', is it?"
he asked Pseudo-
John.
"Exactly. And you have to find a way to open this, so things
can return
to normal in your life."
"But what if I don't want to? I happen to like my life. Give
me one
good reason why I have to do this."
Pseudo-John suddenly towered over John. "I'll give you two.
One: you'll
never wake from this until you do. Two: if you don't start
trying, I'll
break every bone in your spiritual body."
John sweatdropped. "I'll get to work."
He walked to the lock and touched it. Immediately, a Raichu-sized
electric shock coursed through his body. He flew back and hit the
ground, then glared at Pseudo-John. "Ouch! That hurt! Why
didn't you
warn me about that?"
Pseudo-John shrugged. "I thought you deserved it."
"You go to HFIL!"* cried John. He got up and
absent-mindedly wished for
a pair of rubber gloves, and to his surprise they suddenly
appeared. He
grabbed the lock with his now-insulated hands and pulled. He
continued
pulling, switching more positions than someone playing Musical
Chairs.
Finally, he collapsed from exhaustion, and looked in the
direction of
Pseudo-John. The guy was calmly playing with a paddleball toy.
John thought of a crowbar, and when it appeared, he shove it in
the
lock and handle and started applying pressure. Harder and harder
he
pulled, until it snapped under the pressure. John fell flat on
his
back, and when he sat up, the second half of the crowbar landed
on top
of his head. "Ouch! Again!"
This time, John brought out an axe and started swinging for all
it was
worth. Slowly, the lock began to look like it was starting to
wear
thin. But when John fell to his knees, tired, the lock reverted
to its
normal, unscathed state. "Damn it!"
John decided a different approach was necessary. He created a
Pokéball
and from it brought forth a Blastoise. He ordered it to use Ice
Beam.
Once the lock was frozen under a layer of ice, John ordered a
Skull
Bash. The Blastoise aimed its head and charged. Unfortunately,
the only
thing that shattered was the icy layer.
John sent the Pokémon back to nothingness, trading it for a
simple lock
pick. He sat down and went to work.
Some time later...
"Rattatas!" he cried out, throwing his latest pick into
a pile as big
as him. the lock was still no closer to opening as before. John
knew it
was time for the last resort. He brought out a laser gun, aimed
it at
the center of the lock, and fired. A concentrated beam hit the
lock,
raising up a dust storm.
Another time lapse...
Finally, the energy source ran out. His laser sputtered out, and
John
cursed not thinking of a laser with unlimited energy. He watched
as the
dust cloud settled. The grin on his face turned into a scream of
agony
when the lock appeared, no more beaten than when he first saw it.
John
slammed his head into the ground a few times.
"That's it! I give up! I can stay forever in this limbo and
not care!
this lock will not open!" In his rage he kicked the lock. It
proceeded
to pop open and fall to the ground, landing with a thud. Both
Johns
facefaulted.
"Why didn't I think of this before? When I think of all the
trouble I
could have avoided.... Why?"
Pseudo-John shrugged. "Terminal cliche. Anyway, it's time
for you to re-
claim your life." At that, Pseudo-John disappeared, and the
hallway
turned into a room, with the MEMORY door as the only entrance or
exit.
Seeing he had no choice, John opened the door.
As soon as he did, light engulfed him and he was shown his entire
life
before the accident with the Raticate. John closed his eyes.
A voice came from the darkness. "John? Do you hear me? Wake
up, John!"
He opened his eyes. Nurse Joy formed in his vision, followed by
Lara
Laramie. Their grim looks melted into happy smiles when they saw
John
open his eyes and look around.
"John? Is it really you? Answer me!"
"Lara? What are you doing in Cerulean City? Shouldn't you be
at the
Ranch?"
Nurse Joy gave him a drink. John took a sip and slowly woke up.
It was
then he noticed he was at the Ranch. "What's going on here?
Where's the
PODA?"
Reply by: Tiki
Before this happens but after Lewis revives Jamie
and Score.
The Laramie in the main office had awakened sometime ago, he ha
dfound
the knife next to his body and had managed to cut out of his
bonds. He
went to the phone and kept trying to get it to work, 5, 10, 15,
20
times but nothing. Then finally it started working for no
reason. He
quickly dialed the poilice office, "HELLO Police this is
Laramie Ranchi
were inder attack by Rockets."
MEANWHILE
The van was starting down the long strip of land leading to the
Ranch's
enterance, Pipian and John sat in the front of it.
Tiki(Azutal)
watched from the shadows, as it passed he ran out and quickly
threw a
tracker on the back. "I'm not done with you two, not
yet."
MEANWHILE
Lewis and the others stood up, Score and Jamie still wounded,
Lewis was
still recovering and was barely able to heal them. Score
retracted his
tongue which had been severly hurt byt he gun shots. He was
relatively
okay though. Jamie on the other hand needed a doctor and
soon, Lewis
had managed to keep her alive but he was no surgeon the bulet was
still
in her neck and it was going to cause problems. Mike and
Darian was
still unconcious and Bridget was whimpering silently as the
rockets
encirlced her.
They turned aorund to see Jamie Score and Lewis standing
up, "WHAT
THE???" One of them yelled. "GET
THEM!!!" A large group of rockets
turned about to see the trio of people up again. They
immediatly
attacked. Score jumped in front of them and kicked a rocket
but was
then attacked from the sides. Lewis jumped up and threw out
some
pokeballs. His Golem and Pidgeot popped out, "GO GET
EM!!!" Pidgeot
and Golem both attacked a couple of rockets until their pokemon
came
out. Then they battled them. Score threw out his
pokeballs and his
Kangaskhan, Ryhdon, Ninetails and Pidgeotto jumped out. The
weakened
Jamie threw out two of her pokeballs and her Magnemite and
Nidoino came
out, they all began attacking.
Darian and Mike had begun to came to, and managed to drop
their
pokeballs on the ground, and there pokemon attacked.
Bridget was still
in a tissy and wasn't doing anything.
All of this commotion attracted the attention of Azutal,
who had
promptly returned to the seen. He turned a corner to see
the spposedly
dead members of PODA battleing the rockets. "WHAT!!!!
HOW CAN THIS
BE?!?!? WHY WON'T YOU FOOLS DIE!!!" He took out a
small elongated
sphere, he oushed a button and the center opened into a large
green
bulb. he pushed another button put on a pair of glasses and flung
it
into the fray. The explosion of light blinded everyone on
the feild.
Azutal took out his gun and aimed it at Jamie's head.
MEANWHILE
The van roared out of the enterance and began driving towards the
city
limits, the police cars soon caught and opened fire. (This
is where
John's post starts).
MEANWHILE
Tiki watched Azutal aim the gun, helpless. he looked at the
spirits
which resided inside his body. "Please can't you see
that Azutal is
never going to release you, your his source of power. He is
going to
keep you here forever."
The monstrous conjoined spirits looked down at Tiki,
"AND Why should
we believe YOU??? You are a weapon of evil you are eventually
going to
be taken under control by Mewtwo then what? You kill others and
absorb
them as well?"
"I'm not goin... what did you say absorb them?"
"Yes don't play dumb, you know that if your body
kills someone their
spirit is absorbed into us. Once we have enough spirits in
here we
will be freed, we need 6 more spirits to free us from this
body. But
we need the body controlers concent, Azutal will give it to us,
you
will not."
"WHAT six more innocent people have to die to set you
free, HAV YOU
NO MORALS!!!!"
"Our morals died over a decade ago, we now have but
one goal, to
escape. And we have but one pleasure torturing our
capture."
Tiki watched in horror and the gun move towards Jamie's
head. "NOOO!!! ENOUGH OF THIS!!!" Tikie yelled,
his bonds yelled and
he shattered them and tackled the spirit, "I PROMISE
TO FIND ANOTHER
WAY TO RELEASE YOU. BUT NOW I MUST STOP AZUTAL!!!!"
Tiki formed the
bonds around the spirits, he had gotten the hang of controlling
his
mind. He charged towards Azutal and tackled him, knocking
him out of
control.
MEANWHILE
Tiki's body began convulsing he shot about wildly into the air,
only
hitting buildings. People began regaining their site,
andonce it was
returned the fight raged on, but Jamie saw Tiki with the gun and
attempted to try and walk over there.
MEANWHILE
"YOU CANNOT STOP ME!!!!" Azutal screamed
unleashing fireballs
against Tiki, who easily blocked them.
"Were not going anywhere like this Azutal, I propose
that we fight
for control of the body, and freedom. Nthing may be used
except the
weapon of your choice, no teleporting no fires nothing. The
loser is
put into shackles while the winner takes control of the
body. What do
you say?" Tiki asked.
Realizing that they were at a stalemate in mental battle
he
agreed, "Very well, we shall battle with the weapon of
ancient times,
we shall battle with swords." Azutal formed a black
sword wityh a
dragon hilt.
Tiki formed the same kind of sword with a white dragon and
a slimmer
blade, which was also white.
"En guarde!!!" they both yelled. The two
rushed at one another....
Reply by Pipian:
However, Pipian's sharp turn
flipped the van over, flipping Pipian and
the bags of pokéballs out of the van before it exploded.
The police came
out and retrieved the Pokéballs, Pipian, and John and took the
latter two to
a hospital (Incidentally, it was the same hospital in which Tiki
had woken
up in after Pipian and John first met him). They were put
in separate
rooms. Of course, Pipian had been knocked out...
Pipian woke up strapped to a chair staring at
a mirror image of himself.
"Gaah!" Pipian screamed.
"I suppose you are wondering who I
am," replied Pipian-2.
"Uh... No. But because you
did this, you'll pay..."
Pipian tried to pull out his knife he always
hid in his pocket as a
Rocket, but alas, it wasn't there.
"You know why?" asked Pipian-2.
"Why what?" asked Pipian.
"Why the knife you usually hide there is
gone? It's because, oh, I know
you VERY well... So..."
"Eh..."
"Now you'd better do what I want, or
you'll have to pay..."
"And what if I don't... Or I kill
you?"
"Then you'll pay."
"Well I don't want to help you."
"Then you'll be punished..."
"FINE!"
Pipian-2 walked out a door that suddenly
appeared and turned on a movie
projector... Barney the Kangaskhan was on it...
SEEMINGLY HOURS LATER...
"Will you help me now?" asked
Pipian-2.
"Sure, anything but that... that...
show..."
"Now then... You say you've been a
Rocket all your life?"
"Yeah. So?"
"What if you weren't?"
"Uh... I'd join Team Rocket."
"Let me try again... What if you
were brainwashed into becoming a
member of PODA?"
"I'd be really mad at whoever did
it."
"Yes... But you wouldn't
know."
"Yeah..."
"Well I've got to take you on a little
journey."
"Oh... Great..."
Pipian-2 led Pipian through another door.
SEEMINGLY HOURS MORE LATER
"So that's my life..." said Pipian.
"Yes. *Now* would you be a member
of Team Rocket?"
"No..."
"Good. Your training is
complete. By the way... You were brainwashed
by Team Rocket... G'day."
Pipian-2 faded away, as the room turned
brighter. Pipian opened his
eyes. He was in a hospital. It was only an hour after
his escape from the
ranch. A doctor walked in.
"You seem to be doing much better.
Nasty fall you took there. You have
some bad broken bones, so you'll be on crutches for a few
weeks."
"Aggh! Not again!" cried Pipian.
"That's what they always say. Of
course you'll probably have a court
hearing if the Laramies want to file a suit..."
"Ungh..." Pipian always hated
litigation and all that legal stuff...
"Hey..."
"What?"
"Could you move me into my friend's
room? John Laramie? I'm sorta
alone in here..."
"Yeah... Seeing how his amnesia
vanished... Wait... You wouldn't try
to commit any more crimes would you?"
"Heck no!"
"Sure! That's good enough for
me."
Pipian was moved into John's room accordingly.
"Hey John!" said Pipian.
"Hey Pipian!"
The Laramies in the room scowled at Pipian.
"You know we're gonna sue you for what
you did to John?" said Lara.
"Huh? Me? I didn't do a
thing."
"Pipian? Oh, he hasn't done a
thing. He's my friend. It's not like we
joined Team Rocket... Forgive him Lara...
Please?" asked John.
"Oh... All right..."
"What are you in the hospital for anyway,
Pipian?"
"I got some broken bones from a
fall..."
"That's you Pipian... Always
getting hurt..."
Reply by: Tiki
Tiki and Azutal facedone
another on Tiki's concious scape. They
each had their swords in their hands. "Alright,"
Azutal began, "Ready."
"Steady," Tiki continued.
"GO!" They both yelled.
Tiki rushed Azutal and sliced at him, Azutal
blocked easily and
then, slashed at Tiki's mid-riff. Tiki managed to scoot
back in time.
Then Azutal swung overhead, Tiki held his sword up quickly and
blocked
it. Next Tiki kicked Azutal in the stomach and jumped
back. Next Tiki
rushed again at the side, and tried to slash Azutal from the
side.
However Azutal jumped over the sword and kicked Tiki in the back
of the
head.
Tiki stumbled trying to recover from the kick.
Azutal landed and
whirled around trying to slash Tiki's back. Tiki however
turned too
quickly and managed to block the strike. Tiki then dropped
to the
ground and tried to sweep kick Azutal, but Azutal saw it coming
and
jumped into the air and came down on Tiki's sword. He
pointed his
sword at Tiki's throat. "NOW," he began, "I
finish your
determiniation, I will rule this body."
Azutal raised the sword and slashed at Tiki's
throat.
Reply by: Tiki
The sword swung down on Tiki, Tiki
released the sword and jumped back
in time to avoid the blow. Azutal picked up the second
sword, "It
doesn't look to good for you Tiki." He said
smiling. He rushed Tiki
slashing at him with both swords. Tiki jumped to the side
and managed
to dodge the blows, as Azutal ran past him he kicked him in the
back
sending him to the ground.
"I'm not over yet, you stupis body
snatcher." Tiki said posing as if
ready to fight.
"Ha your the one who trapped my soul in here, and I
will not reside
here a moment longer I shall take over your body forever."
Azutal
advanced on Tiki and slashed with one sword, he blocked the
expected
kick from Tiki with the other sword. He slashed and
conected with
Tiki's left arm, causing Tiki to real in pain. Azutal then
lined up
for the final strike, he rushed at the wounded Tiki and slashed
at his
head. Tiki bent back and as the sword passed kicked Azutal's
hand,
releasing the sword into the air.
Tiki jumped up and grabbed the sword he landed and the two
spirits
rushed one another, (and in true Tenchi ANime fashion), struck
one
another causing an explosion of energy to occur. Both stood
still
trying to stay up. Until Azutal fell to the ground
unconcious.
"I... I did it, I DID IT!!!!" Tiki
summoned up the bonds of his mind
and locked Azutal away, he then rushed towards the blue orb of
control.
Meanwhile outside, the gang wasn't doing so well there
were just too
many rockets to deal with. All of a sudden Tiki began to
glow a bright
light. His eyes and mouth were filled with a white light
streaming out
of them. Then the light stopped, everyone stood staring at
Tiki. "Hey
guys, I'm baaaack." Tiki rushed into two Rockets and
ran over them.
"Tiki catch," Jamie yelled throwing Tiki's belt
of pokeballs towards
him, Tiki caught it and threw the pokeballs to the ground,
suprisingly
enough an eevee came out.
"Where'd the eevee come form?" Tiki asked.
"It was Lewis's present to us all." Darian
replied.
"Hm kool, I'll name it Skippy, alright Skippy you
stay put. Zip,
Bullseye, Twirl, Mints, Infenro go get em!!!" Tiki yelled,
his five
pokemon joined the fray.
With Tiki and hios pokemons help the battle was soon
won and the
rockets ran away. "Come on we need to go see what
hapened to John and
Pipian." Lewis said, "We can catch up
later." The group ran to
outside the ranch where the cops were. They aske dif John
and Pipian
were somehwere and were directed to the hospital.
They entered their rooms to see the normal two guys
surrounded by
Laramies. "JOHN PIPIAN IM BACK, AND SO ARE
YOU!!!!" Tiki yelled.
The gang huddled around to rejoice and converse
about plans.
Meanwhile inside Tiki Azutal sat chained to a wall,
"I will have my
revenge Tiki, one day I will be set free again."
Azutal smiled.
Reply by: Lewis8661
Pidgeot express was surprisingly
undercrowded. Usually, airports like
Pidgeot Express were buzzing with activity, but it was strangely
scarce.
"I'm happy all this madness is finally over." Mike
said.
"I know. At least all this is finally over."
Pipian said.
Lewis rubbed his eyes and said, "Ugh. That blast from
Mewtwo really
took it out of me. I'm going to lay down in my basement for
the next
two days."
"I told you he wouldn't help." Jamie said.
"Well, it was worth a try." Lewis said.
"Anyways, I have to get back on my journey too. Clan
Caterpie 2000 is
waiting for me." Mike said.
The group got onto the monstrousely large Pidgeot and they flew
back to
Cerulean City.
Everyone quickly returned to the PODA HQ, except for Mike and
Bridget,
who started on their way back to their old friends.
Reply by: Syke108
"Wow, they come and go quickly,"
remarked Jamie as they watched Mike
and Bridget disappear over the horizon. PODA deicided to head
back to
the HQ. As they walked, john's eys wandered over Cerulean. as he
looked
across the waters, he swore he saw a girl and a girl-guy hybrid
lokking
through the grass looking for Pokémon.
"Man, I got to get some sleep, my eyes are starting to fool
me."
Noticing that he was lagging behind, he rux=shed to catch up with
his
friends, all thought of the pair out of is mind.
When they reached the HQ, john decided to stay outside for a
while. he
took out all his Pokémon and was shocked to see that five of
them had
on some strange headband. He removed them, and was immediately
pounced
on by some Eeveelutions who were VERY happy their trainer was his
old
self again. John pushed them off and looked at the sixth
Pokémon. it
was a Tauros, a gift from Lara, and it was chewing on some grass
that
was nearby. John sweatdropped, and got some Pokéchow from the
cupboards
of PODA HQ. Once all had finished eating, john traded his new
Tauros
for his hitmonlee, Jackie.
"Lee? Hitmonlee hit mon hit?" he asked, wondering why
his trainer had
on a karate outfit.
"Well, Jackie, I propose a little one-on-one, you against
me. A wise
trainer once said to know your Pokémon, you have to think like a
Pokémon. So, care for a little sparring?"
Jackie, eager to fight, struck his own pose, then cycled through
a
bunch of martial arts kicks. John went through a few slow poses.
Jamie
and Tiki came out to watch, then put a small wager on who would
win.
"Hya!" cried John, and he charged in with a roundhouse.
Jackie leaped
up, then landed on john and started a quick tap-dance. john
grabbed his
Hitmonlee's foot, and did his own version of a Seismic toss.
jackie
flew through the air, landed on his hands, and flipped rightside
up.
the hitmonlee charged, and the two continued a grup of kick,
punch,
block, thrust. their battle had brought on quite a crowd,
including
Officer Jenny, who was apprehensive about letting this continue.
Five minutes later, jackie saw an opening and planted a Mega kick
right
into John's face. John fell on his rump, then proceeded to trip
jackie,
causing the Hitmonlee to fall flat on its face. jackie got up,
and
started his patented multi-kick. john put up a strong guard, but
the
viewers could tell he was weakening. Finally Jackie leaped back
and
used a springboard to launch a Jump Kick. He was about to land
when a
bell rang. jackie stopped his forward momentum and both looked in
the
direction to see Pipian with a bell.
"Round 1 is over!" he cried, and the two combatants
took time out for a
drink. after that, they went back into the pose that they were in
at
Round 1's end.
(OOC: fanfic physics - gotta love it!)
Pipian hit the bell, and jackie slammed into john, who had put a
block
in time. John slid back ward, slamming into a tree. he growled,
then
slid across the ground and planted anuppercut. jackie flew up and
landed head first. However, he was not hurt, and the battle
continued
to the delight of the crowd. jenny had long disappeared, a
Squirtle
trailing behind her. John did not want to know what they were
doing.
The battle continued, neither combatant asking or giving any
quarter.
Some onlookers cheered for the Raichu-tailed teen, others for the
Kicking Fiend. it wsn't until dusk when both John and Jackie fell
flat
on their backs. Score, dressed in an referee's outfit, ran out
and
started counting. At nine Jackie managed to get up, and was
crowned the
champion of the battle. Jamie looked at Tiki with a triumphant
smile as
John slowly got up and the crowd began to disperse.
"Pay up, Tiki. Told you john was bitimg off more than he
could chew."
Tiki grumbled, then payed the $200 cash they bet. john laughed,
then
grabbed his cheek in pain.
"That smarts. Good fight, Jackie." the Hitmolee bowed,
then returned to
his Pokéball to rest. john headed back into PODA HQ for a
shower, than
joined his friends for Coke and pizza from the nearby restaurant.