by RandomTask and InsaneLlama
Previously, Mewtwo abducted Icy. Icy was thoroughly whooped by Mewtwo. A little Celadonian girl abducted Icy. Icy was taken to hospital. X got some. Random played rock music.
Icy’s Recovery
The group of friends was crowded around Icy, who was wired to a car battery. “Poor guy…” Llama muttered. “What’s a Mewtwo?” Random asked ashamed. “One bad ass Pokémon.” Toocold was looking at the battery.
“Nurse,” InsaneLlama asked, “when will Icy be able to leave?” “Very soon, but he will have to be partially immobilized.” Nurse Joy said grimly.
A few hours later… Everyone was sitting in the waiting room. Nurse Joy wheeled Icy in. He was a paler shade of yellow and bandages were wrapped over his left ear and part of his head.
“…kachu…” Icy cursed. He spoke into his translator, “Lets get out of here…” Random took the wheelchair. They silently exited the building.
Firestorm reluctantly asked, “Icy, when will you be able to walk and move around again?”
Icy’s color was returning as they wheeled down the street. “I want to walk now,” said Icy, hopping down. Since they were only about 70 yards from the pokécenter, Insanellama sent rapidash to return the wheel chair. Rapidash returned a couple of minutes later. Dev was once again with the Clan. They walked towards the town square. When they got there, there was a small crowd gathering.
“What’s going on?” asked Insanellama. The mayor is about to give a speech. “Oh,” with that, Clan Caterpie settled in to listen.
The mayor was merely making a speech congratulating all the air show competitors for competing. The crowd disappeared, and Random showed the group the way to the Underground. As soon as they entered, they split up a little. Insanellama and Lonewolf went to the bar for some drinks. Icy and Dev, Toocold, and Firestorm went to the other end of the bar to give Insanellama and Lonewolf a little time alone. Random jumped up on the stage to play for a while. X walked over to corner, and leaned against it, looking around to see if Ashley was there. He didn’t see her, so he settled into quiet contemplation.
Insanellama and Lonewolf finished their drinks and got up. They left, heading for a country-western bar they saw down the street. When they got there, “Standing outside the fire” was being played over the speakers. As soon as they had sat down, “Just about right” by Black Hawk came on. Insanellama couldn’t help himself, and by the time the words started, he was singing along. “Your blue might be gray, Your less might be more, Your window to the world might be your own front door, Your shiniest day might come in the middle of the night, It’s just about right.” Insanellama and Lonewolf continued talking. An outside observer might have thought they were flirting.
~~~ Back at Spitz Bar~~~
X had his hat pulled down almost completely over his face. Dev, Icy, Toocold and Firestorm were making a real ruckus, talking and laughing.
A drunk walked up to X. The others saw this and started to get up. It was pointless they realized, they’d never get through the crowd. “What’s yer problem boy?” asked the drunk of X. X slowly pushed his hat back up, and raised his head.
“Problem sir,” asked X.
“Yea, you, what the frick are u doing just standing there.” said the Drunk.
“Now, I know this may be a strange concept for you, but there is something known to most as thinking. I was thinking of someone who I met earlier. Hey, your face looks familiar. I think you tried to bother a certain girl a while ago. You met with a man with throwing knives I believe, dressed similarly to myself.” said X.
“I don’t know what yer talkin about, some punk threw a few cheap shots at me earlier,” he said with a slur.
“I am afraid you are sadly mistaken, the man had throwing knives, and the man gave no cheap shots, he even warned you thoroughly before he acted. You see, that as u say PUNK was me,” X smiled coolly. Just then X saw Ashley walking in. “Not again,” he thought, “Look pal, just save yerself some pain, and me some time, and get lost.”
The drunk turned around, seeing Ashley, he agreed and stumbled towards her. X stuck out a foot and tripped him. He then lunged at the Drunk, tackling him as he got up. He stepped on the man’s back as he walked towards Ashley. The drunk was spitting out teeth at this point. “Good day my lady,” said X bowing. X was back in super-polite gear, and out of sarcasm.
“Hello,” said Ashley. By this time, toocold had made it through the crowd, and dragged the drunk into the street in a headlock. X saw this, and calmed down still further.
“Will you please excuse me for one moment?” x asked Ashley.
“Sure,” she said.
“I’ll be back in 10 or 15 min,” X said. He walked out the door, heading for the Celadon electronics store. There, he purchased a cell phone, and signed up for service. He walked out the door, and over to the jewelry store. There, he picked up a small silver thumb-ring. Then he walked back to Spitz bar. When he walked in, he saw Ashley over at the bar. He sat down beside her. “Hi again,” he said, “I got you something.”
He brought out the thumb-ring and gave it to her. “Thanks,” she said. He also gave her his cell-phone number. He saw the other members of Clan Caterpie getting up to leave.
“Well, I guess I’d better go. Call me some time,” X said turning for the door. They walked out of the bar.
“Does anyone know where Insanellama and Lonewolf went?” asked Toocold. Random looked down the street.
“His rapidash is hitched up at that country western bar.” said Random. They walked down the street, and entered the building. Lonewolf and Insanellama were talking quietly to each other. “Friends in Low Places” by Garth brooks was playing. Clan Caterpie walked over to the table. Insanellama and Lonewolf didn’t even notice. Random cleared his throat. Insanellama and Lonewolf got up and they left the building. Insanellama unhitched rapidash. As rapidash was untied, it reared up. Insanellama saw why, there was a rattler on the ground. X didn’t even think twice, the snake tried to strike at rapidash, but its head was caught in mid air by a knife, which then pinned it to the ground only a few inches from rapidash.
“Thanks,” said Insanellama, admiring X’s skill. When rapidash came down, it landed one of its front hooves directly on in front of X’s knife, crushing the snakes head to a pulp. X retrieved his knife. Insanellama got out his hunting knife and cut off the snake’s head.
“It’ll be nice for dinner,” he said.
“Hey, wears the gym at random?” asked Dev.
“It’s south of here, Let’s go there.” Random said. When they got to where they could see it, there was a ten-foot rock wall around it. “We’ll have to cut through that thick brush over there to get in,” said Random. Insanellama gave rapidash a note, some cash, and directions to the silver smith. Rapidash returned in a few minutes with a sheathed machete in its teeth.
“Good job,” said Insanellama, sneaking rapidash a sugar cube. He unsheathed the mammoth 36 inch long blade, and walked over to the brush. He began hacking wildly at it, but in a set V pattern, stopping at intervals to remove brush. He was making slow progress, and there was a lot to get through.
Random smacked himself on the head, and called out snorlax. “SNORLAX, EAT THE BRUSH!” Insanellama backed off, and Snorlax began to eat its way through the underbrush. Insanellama sheathed the machete, and put it in rapidash’s saddlebags. Before very long, Snorlax was done, and went to sleep. Random returned it to its pokeball, and they walked towards the gym.
To Be Continued…
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