Lapras Valley University Starts! LSUs are always welcome!

[Lady Vulpix]

Ok, this time I'm not going to repeat what everybody else said.

Gabi
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I must admit I was scared when the party was crashed. I had learned to fear police intervention from my parents, friends and practically everyone I'd grown up with. Where I came from, the police brought trouble much more often than it brought solutions. Trouble that ranged from robbery to drug-dealing, and often killing people, especially during protests, and especially young people. But I reminded myself that I was in a different place now, that rules were not the same in different parts of the world.
In the middle of the mess, I saw Ryan call out his Scizor. I assumed he had a new plan to sort things out. What happened later has already been said. Especially the announcement that made the incident at the party pale in comparison.
I stood at the cafeteria for a while after Lance finished his speech and left. I was trying to make sense of the whole situation. Normally, going to Indigo Plateau wouldn't have been anything short of exciting. But given the current circumstances it was unsettling to say the least. We didn't know what was going on, nor why we were required. And the news that the Gyms and all other pokemon-related institutions were closing was alarming indeed. Whatever was going on, it was big. A small part of me was suddenly excited at the thought of being a part of it. But I could tell from Lance's words this had to be the kind of things that should never had started. I consulted Ryan, and he was as clueless as I was. I hadn't known him for a long time, but I'd seen enough to know that, whatever we were in for, he was going to play hero. I urged him to stay safe, and decided that I would be by his side no matter what. Anything that could drive the Pokemon League to take this course of action wasn't on the same level as a bunch of drunk students. We would all have to work together.
I kissed Ryan on his cheek and headed to my room with my pokemon, seriously doubting that I'd be able to follow the advice of both Ryan and Lance. Getting some sleep, I mean. Falling asleep was a hard task for me in the best case; how could I possibly keep my eyes closed with so many questions and worries in my mind? I walked around the campus for a while before entering Aquarius; I needed to feel some fresh air on my skin and in my lungs. I needed to get some stress out of my system. It only worked partially.
When I entered the room, I saw the bulk of a human body on Craig's bed, so I didn't turn on the lights. Then I walked one more step and I saw a Persian lying between my bed and Craig's. The big cat stood up and looked at me.
My first thought was that I must have got in the wrong room just like Luke had done earlier, but no, I had used my key, so it was deffinitely my room. And my suitcase and Craig's clothes on the floor immediately confirmed it. How could the Persian have got in? Sunny was apparently asking herself the same questions, as she immediately walked to the Persian's side and began to smell the feline's fur. The Persian did the same with my Ninetales. Both pokemon looked uncomfortable, as if they didn't know how to react to each other's presence. My other pokemon stayed by my side and watched, just like me. Until Mirage came out from somewhere behind Craig's bed and greeted me and my pokemon. Then the Persian relaxed and sat down, still examining us.
I didn't want to disturb my roommate's sleep, especially at a night like this one, but I had to.
"Craig?," I spoke softly. Apparently too softly.
I tried again, a bit louder.
"Craig?"
"Hmm?," he mumbled, opening his eyes.
"Is this your Persian?," I asked him.
"Oh. Yes, she's Shadow," he replied. "They sent her from home last night, I hope you don't mind."
"Of course I don't," I smiled, slowly sliding my right hand behind Shadow's ears, to show her I was friendly. "Sorry I woke you up."
"It's ok, I wanted to make the introductions," Craig told me. "You can go to sleep now."
"I'll try," I responded.
I took my pyjamas and went to the bathroom to change. Then I got into my bed. Sunny curled up on the space left by mu knees. My other pokemon went to their pokeballs, except for Cascade and Jasper, who preferred to sleep on the floor. Under my bed, to be more precise.
As I tried to sleep, my mind kept going around the events of that day, and trying to figure out what tomorrow would be like. All kinds of feelings rushed through me, and I moved a lot, much to Sunny's discomfort. I was sorry for her, but I just couldn't help turning from side to side when I had too many things on my mind for sleep to come.
"I must get some good sleep," I said to myself. "I will need to be fine tomorrow. I won't be able to figure out anything right now, I'd better save my energy for when it's needed. Now I must relax."
It was all fruitless. What can I say? My mind could be really stubborn at a moment like that. I finally gave up, trusting that 'd be able to take whatever I had to, and make it through like I always had, whether I managed to sleep that night or not. Where the 'not' seemed to be the likeliest option.

[Drusilla]

Mmkay... one note, we're driving. :-D
*kackles as everyone groans*
C'mon, road trips are fun! Since the school has to be emptied, all the cars need to go bye-bye as well.
Max- Flaria. And, it's a year after the last LVH.
Zera- Aquaria
*skips off to another RPG*
MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
~*~Dru~*~

[Lady Vulpix]

Just a question: what is the real name of my house?

So far I've already seen it called Aquarus, Aquarum, Aquaris, Aquarius and Aquaria.

I take it the first 5 letters are right, but what's the right name?
(I just hope it's not Aquarium. )

[Drusilla]

Lol....
Well, when I started assigning houses, I couldn't remember the names of the houses other than Flaria for the life of me. ^_________________^;
I knew it was Aqua somethin, so i just said Aquarum. Then when I started to read the LVH fic, I saw that it was Aquaria. Go figure. I didn't remember Joltara either, so I made Taras. Terra is the Greek word for earth. Meh...
BTW, if anyone's char doesn't have a car, Dru's motercylce can fit 2
Laterz
~*~Dru~*~

[Jon UKX]

Jon
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As I left my dorm I realised that I couldn’t go to indigo plateau without phoning my sister who was in Cerulean and my phone was dead, as I walked the path this girl drove past me on her motorbike and then she said:
“Want a lift?”
We both nodded and got in, the girl told me her name was Dru and I told her my name was Jon while she drove to the Indigo Plateau.

[Max Blaze aka AT#2]

Name:Max H. Blaze

Age: 24

Gender: Male

Physical Desc.: 5'11,blue eyes,red spikey hair, blue finger gloves,navy jeans, red flame coat and fire pokemon undershirt, strong build

Personality:strong,confident,smart,shy and quiet type,antisocial(but comes around when cute girls are around him ),

History: Max now is a different man once he once was in high school. At the last year of high school his powerful pokemon Mewtwo changed max, mewtwo took max's special abilites away from him and mewtwo left his master to leave in pain and in a coma. Then Laparas Valley High School staff found him and left him in the hospital wing and has been there ever since, until now.(it would help me if someone tell me there was a time,year distance apart from the last highschool to the Univ.,thanks)
Other: has no human friends curently, he has trained his arcanine his entire life that arcanine is not weakened by water and max can withstand intensive heat,somewhat related to Lance(Dragonmaster)
Pokemon: Arcanine(Arky),Charizard(FlameDemon),Dragonite(Dra
gonDemon), Jolteon(Thundee),Raichu(DenseSpark),Ferailigator(s
p?)((WaterGod))




`Max Blaze` House: Flaria
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I woke up wondering where in the world i was. I quickly got up and i was in.. hospital clothes, i put my hand over my eyes. "What happen to me? I can't remember anything except...Laparas High School...ugh how come i can't remember anything?" Just then somebody walked through the door, i did not look who it was, i just stared into space wondering what was going on. I heard footsteps coming towards me and the person stop at the right side of my hospital bed i was in.

"Hey so your awake. That's good to hear Max, cuz."The guy said. What did that guy say?I looked up at him and...i tried to remember and it was my cousin Lance the dragonmaster."Lance...tell me how long..whats been going on?" I said. Lance took a chair backwards and sat on it with his arms cross on the top of the chair. "Well a year ago staff members of the high school saw you on the ground, not knowing what happen to you. You've been in a coma ever since then and now you just woke up, all i gotta say cousin is welcome back." I took another look at lance and then looked back at my bed again. I grabbed the sheets tighter. "A year....." I said. "Oh and another thing Max, I didn't come down here just because of you, i came down here for business for the university. Max all gyms,comeptetions and pokemon schools are being shut down, since i'm the head of the Indigo Plateau we need the students of the school to help us and i'm gonna need your help to Max. But i can't tell you any details yet." Lance said with indeed seriousness. "Um i got that but....my clothes and my pokemon.." I replied. "Don't worrie about that i got your clothes and some pokemon of yours from oak.Now if you hurry we must be off" Lance answered back.

I got dressed and i grabbed my pokeballs and let all my pokemon out since they haven't been out in a year, "a year i've been in a coma," the thought always bypassed my head. Lance and me went outside the hospital and to a limo and i recalled my pokemon,promising i'll let them out later, and then we reached to a hotel. "Ok Max get some sleep tonight it might be your good last night sleep in a while" Again Lance said in a serious tone. "I've been alseep for a year and just been awake for an hour, you've expect me to get some sleep?" I said to him. "Yes Max,do it so you can get a regular night sleep." Was all Lance said. I decided it wouldn't hurt so i went off to my 1st class room that was righ next to Lance's room and unbelievable i slept and with all my pokemon right besid my bed.


~Morning 5:30~

Lance woked me up and we head out of the hotel, Lance turned to me. "Ok Max I have to go to the university for some instructions. Hey why not come with me ride on your dragonite." I smiled, "sure why not" I released Dragondemon and he was glad to see me. We hopped on our own dragonites and made our way to the university.
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EDIT: fixed some typos and stuff

[Drusilla]

Erm... Jon, when I said that my bike could seat two, I ment me and another person. Sorry, you're gonna haveta change your post
Max- Lance flew in on his Dragonite. There's no reason for him to go to the airport. Plus I already said that we're driving, not flying. If the entire Pokemon League is being shut down, don't you think that the airports would be too?
And as there seems to be a misunderstanding... We're piling into what cars we all have and hauling @$$ accross the continent to IPHQ.
I'll post in a sec...

[Drusilla]

~*~Dru~*~
The day dawned bright. I ran through the shower, and when I got out Nala and Ryan were awake. I felt like crap; I had a hangover. I didn't say anything, because I was pretty sure that they could tell, and if I said something, they'd have some chastisement about drinking on school property. Bleh.
I packed up what of my things I had actually gotten out in the past few days. I carefully removed my poster of Joey Jordison from the ceiling above my bed. Nala looked over my shoulder as I mournfully folded it up.
"Yeesh, what is THAT?!" she asked.
"That's Joey Jordison..." I sighed. "I know, you probably don't like that type, but I think he's VERY fine!"
Nala and Ryan tried not to laugh and I grinned.
I grabbed my bag and left the room. I ran smack right into a guy I guessed was kinda new. He looked familiar; I think he was at LVH while I was there for a little while.
"Ooh! I'm so sorry! I'm kinda out of sorts... You new?" I asked sheepishly.
"Yeah. I'm Max."
"Dru. You're in Flaria too, huh?"
"Seems like it. Do you know if anyone around here has a car? I get here, and then I have to leave again. I heard that there was something going on."
"Well, if you don't mind, I've got room on my bike. You could ride with me. Otherwise, I know some people who have cars."
I waited for his reply. He was kinda cute. More my type than Marc. Geez, I was becoming a girly-girl. Checking out guys around every corner. Maybe I had changed...
~*~

[Megaman]

ugh, writers block, will come back to this when Nay posts, which i hope is soon, too much cold to think -_-

[Shadow Djinn]

Cant I just have my espeon teleport me or something?


Name:Zera Protoss
Age: (18-24)20
Gender:M
Physical Desc.:He has a vest and wavy spiky hair. Blue jeans. green eyes.
Personality: He's er....cold. Really smug and thinks hes the best.
Bf/Gf:N/a
History: (Famous parents? Old friends that also go here? Anything major happen to you?)Was raised by a rich guy and he could've been rich just taking the family buisness. Instead he wanted to become a traainer.
Other:
Pokemon:

Nightshade(M) Umbreon

Draggy(M)Dratini

Aqua(M) Vaporeon

Storm(M) Jolteon

Psychi(M) Espeon

Darkflame(M) Houndoom

Will post later

[Drusilla]

Meh. If you and some of the other people who have psycics and no car go together, I guess...

[Max Blaze aka AT#2]

~Max~
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I looked at Dru and remembered something. "O wait nevermind i have a ride with my dragonite plus i'm going with someone thanks for the offer though." I said. Dru looked at me and said "Ok it was nice metting you Max or seeing you, i think i've seen you around in LVH a couple of times. Well anyway i got to go. See ya." With that she took off and I just remembered me and lance are leaving soon so i should meet up with him soon i think he has to give directions in the cafteria or something so i decided to meet up with him.


I went to see Lance in the cafteria but instead i saw him by the princable's office and i went up to him. "Hey Lance what are you doing?" I asked him curiously, he responded "I had to tell the vice.p and the princ. to shut down the school within today but anyway the students are already leaving so we should to. Ready to go?" I shook my head and then we head off outside the school and we called our dragonite's and then we set off to Indigo Plateu(sp?)
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[Andrew]

Andrew - Taras House
Pokemon - Mr. Mime (M), Lickitung (F), Delibird (M)
Animals - Rocky (M) Australian Red Kelpie.

Well Nala agreed and we were soon off to the BBQ, I thought I saw one of my friends from school, and ran ahead to go catch them, but when I got close enough, well I kinda backed off when I realized it wasn't them. By then I realized that Nala was gone! Lost! I gave a little shrug and continued on towards the free food event. Spiffy. I saw a girl named Gabbi on my way there and we had a quick intro before I told her of the BBQ continued to jog ahead.

I surely didn't want to pay the exorbitant prices at the supermarket. One buck for a packet of tic tacs for a mint junkie like me was inexcusable. I also ran into Ryan again, I was expecting some kind of reference to my hair again, but I told him of the barbie and continued on my way. I was like some messenger destined to tell everyone about the coming events. Why they didn't read their sheets was beyond me, but oh well, be best to make the best of it! And on the way I accidentally slammed into a very pale girl, I said sorry, she turned out to be Dru, and she many tattoos, I'd personally never have any tats cause well, the pain of it! And when you get old and saggy, it looks really really weird and icky, like on my grandfather. Her hair was a multitude of colours and it seemed she'd been on schoolies week too it I was to presume that. I also told her of the event and continued on my way.

I got to the BBQ, grabbed a rissole, some potato salad, tomatoes, and a bread roll and began to chow down. Eat now, socialize later, that's my motto at a Barbie, unless you're among mates. I saw some various alcohols on sale and went over and brought some Orange Schnapps, a nicely refreshing drink but alcohol really had near no effect on me, apart from I was a lot more cheerier and talkative.

I drank it down and went to get another as I leant on the beer keg ready to ask for another bottle of schnapps. I noticed a problem as the keg began to tilt, I tried to steady the huge silver vat as I also tried to pull out my cash for the drink but the keg began to leak everywhere! I'd knocked something over accidentally! I tried to cover it up, but people were beginning to look

“AAAAAAAAAH! The beer keg’s leaking! Who did that!?” I yelled, looking at people. Beer wasn't my drink of choice, it was far too bitter in my opinion. “We’re losing the beer! All hands on deck! Save the beer!” I continued on, trying to blame someone else as everyone began to look at me.
Ryan gave me a glare as he bent over, picked up the lid and handed it to me, I thanked him before he threw his drink in his face like a tool, and did some tumble thingie, it was like some really really weird gymnastics. He stool up with some stupid grin and went over to that Gabbi girl and acted as if nothing had happened.

I tried to regain some of my totally lost self confidence by releasing one of my less embarrassing Pokemon, Delibird as he waddled near me, and I got him a sausage and some bread with tomato sauce which he spilt on his lovely feathers, not really making an effect but. I recalled him as he got a bit bored of the lack of Pokemon companionship as Dru that gothic type girl just kind of collapsed at my feet!

I couldn't help but give a little chuckle as she looked totally stunned, but nonetheless I helped her up. Hopefully she wasn't really drunk, because well I'd looked after a friend's girlfriend who was a bit of a state on schoolies and had a great time, trying to swim in the carpet and such. Dru gave me a quick peck and a thank you as I gave an embarrassed look I was still pretty self conscious after the keg incident.

Dru took my hand and led me through the crowd as she released an ABSOLUTELY HUGE Arcanine! It was simply huge! We finally arrived at another rather pale individual, as Dru introduced us, turns out he's her brother. He shot me a deathly glare for no reason, I simply had to think he was a jerk right now. He didn't say a word as I shook his hand, and he tried to squeeze it tighter than mine, and so we ended up trying to outdo eachother. I think I won as we withdrew our crushed hands and glared eachother down, he and Dru had some issues to work out, so I excused myself from the conversation.

So far I’d met, Ryan, Gabbi, Dru, Nala, Jon and Sam and now Martin. I wasn’t going to badly for one day, that was to be sure! I grabbed a caramel tart and then some napkins, throwing in some Carmel tarts in them for later! Caramel tarts were the sweetest and one of my favourite things to have! I hoped no-one saw me as I saw a red flash make the beer keg shatter and some people began to cry over its loss. How sad.

Suddenly, an announcement was sent out around the campus, echoing among us all and stopping everyone in their tracks. "ATTENTION ALL STUDENTS AND STAFF! PLEASE REPORT TO THE CAFETERIA IMMEDIATELY! MAKE SURE ALL POKEMON ARE ACCOUNTED FOR!" came the horrid noise, along with some feedback.

Not too long later…

“Basically there’s some great big nationwide emergency and we have to deal with it, we’re like being FORCED To do it! Its so unfair I tell you! If I had’ve gotten into my first preference I wouldn’t be dealing with this, but Noooo! So um.. use Jessica’s Wigglytuff and Jynx to help you out if you’re in trouble I guess and maybe go to Aunty Maureen’s in the bush so you’ll be safe” I concluded to my mum on my mobile standing outside in the dark.

Walking back to my dorm, I saw something in the bushes! A sleeping Metapod! I crept up to it and gently pressed the Pokeball onto it and without a sound it was sucked into my empty Pokeball, officially mine. Bug types were my least favorite, but they were good against Psychics, and I did need some more Pokemon compared to everyone else here, but now my measly three was an awesome foursome! I clipped Metapod onto my belt, I’d talk to it in the morning.

I went back to my dorm and began to pack my backpack, ready for a bit of a fight. I scoffed down my tarts and stuffed it with my spare toothbrush, deodorant, clothes, toothpaste, some food and some potions and such just in case. I took an extra long shower and washed myself excessively before I let my Pokemon have a wash of their own. I certainly didn’t want them to be stinky so I sprayed them with deodorant.

I finally toppled into bed and tried to ignore everything that was going to happen. And I was going to miss buffy tomorrow night too! Dammit!

[EVme15]

Gr... guess who was lost earlier? Yup! Moi!
And I hope you peoples don't mind if I just make up a roomate. We're leaving anyway...
~|~|~|~|~
*skips to morning of the moving day*
Kayla

Leaving already? It didn't seem real. I whacked my alarm clock, which was going crazy next to my bed. No, we couldn't be leaving. That had been a dream... right?
"Hey, Alexis?" I nudged my roommate's form, lying under the sheets in her bed. Crud, I couldn't even remember last night anymore.
"Hey, Alexis, wake up." She stirred, and slowly lifted the sheets off her head. "Yeah... what?" she mumbled.
"Are we leaving today?" She laughed slightly. " 'Course we are. Don't you remember what Lance told us?"
I tried to remember. I couldn't. Crap, was I drunk or something? "No, I don't."
"Well, we're leaving. So you'd better get moving if you want to catch someone's car." She laughed. Alexis had her own car, so she didn't have to worry. I had my Espeon, Naroom. I think that was good enough.
If not, I could see if any of the "old gang" was willing to give me a ride. I smiled as I got changed in the bathroom. Yeah, I really missed all them. And Ashley... I remembered what Sal told us. That was a huge shock. Of all the people... Why Ashley?
Too bad Sal wasn't coming with us. Or maybe she was. I suddenly found myself longing for the days back when we were roomates. I just wish she was here now. I got the new house, so she wouldn't be with me.
Ah, well. The others were here, so I might as well go find them before our "little" "road trip". I said bye to Alexis, and set off to find someone.

[Drusilla]

Hey, Andrew exuse my lack of knowledge about Aussie-ness, but what's "schoolies"? ^____________^;
~*~Dru~*~
bout to to go testing... post during lunch

[Megaman]

hmph, since everyone's moving, i suppose I'll have to.

Martin
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The day straight after I come, we have to leave, great, well, anyway, I left the building way before the others, I had no need for sleep. Taking my bank card I went to the nearest Bank, took out a lot of money and went to the nearest Bike Shop.
"hmm, blue blue blue blue blue" I muttered to myself as I searched out anything water colored, eventually I found a cool looking blue one with a tidal wave effect on it, Buying this I took straight to the road, and to Indigo Plateau...
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short, sweet, right to the point, the point being writers block sucks, and as for all of the money, Martin has no need for much money, he's like me, except i'm not cold

[Nayia Waterflower aka starmie44]

[color=royal blue]lol, poor Megaman. Hope the writer's block goes away soon. ^-^

Nayia Waterflower ~ F ~ Writing a lazy post....
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The sunlight shone through the open blinds, making it so I couldn’t sleep any longer. Reluctantly, I rolled out of bed, a cold chill running up my spine about contact with the icy floor. I muttered something sleepily, pulling myself up onto my feet, picking up the sleeping Nixie as I waddled to the bathroom.

After a hot shower, both myself and Nixie were awake. I made it a long one, cause by the sounds of things, we weren’t going to get to enjoy things like sleeping in and hot showers for a long time. I knew Lance from gym meetings when I took over the gym for my cousins when they needed a break or were too busy with the water shows to have time to fight the trainers. He was a nice guy, funny too, but when he got serious you knew something was up.

“I wonder what could have happened that made it so the whole school had to go to the Indigo Plateau. It must be serious if the gyms are closed. But what… maybe the gym leaders are meeting at the Indigo Plateau too. Then I can ask my cousins.”

Hair dried and brush and my clothes changed, I walked out of the bathroom. For the first time I noticed that my roommate’s stuff was gone. I didn’t even get to meet the person. All I knew was that my roommates stuff was there last night but now it’s gone.

“Guess they already left.” I muttered, quickly packing up my stuff. I called out Dalit to help me carry the stuff to my car. I was a complete surprise when I bummed into something in the hallway. Someone I knew.

“Nayia?”

“Kayla?” I blinked, looking at her for a second before squeaking and hugging her. “Kayla! I didn’t know you were coming here!”

“Yup, but now I’m going.” I said.

“Why?” I asked, which was just stupid.

“To go to the Indigo Plateau, remember. We’re all going.” Kayla laughed.

“Oh yeah.” I smiled sheepishly. “Do you have a drive?”

“No, I don’t. I was looking for some of the old gang to see if I could catch a ride.”

“Well, you got one now.” I chirped, leading her towards my red sports car. We threw our stuff in the back trunk and I called Dalit back.

“Is any of the others here?” Kayla asked.

“Yeah, Dru’s here but she’ll probably drive her bike there. Craig and Greg are here as well. And we met Sal outside of grounds yesterday.”
“Cool. Do you think they have drives as well?”

“I don’t know. Let’s go find them and ask before was go. My car can handle three more.”

“Dratini!”[/color]

[Drusilla]

Andrew- you dont have car, right? You're riding with me, mmkays?
Don't worry, Nay's helmet isn't "girly". It's blue with wavies on it
~Dru~
Max walked off. Well, it was worth a shot. I headed outside.
"Kayla?! Oh, hey! What's up?"
Kayla turned and waved. "Hey Dru! Nayia's over there at her car. It's kick-@$$!"
"Yeah, it's pretty cute, but it's a little too cramped for me. I'm riding my bike... HOLY CRAP!"
Someone sped by on a blue bike. I was willing to bet that it was Martin.
"OK, I'm off..."
"Wait, Dru!"
"Hey Andrew, what's up?"
"You got room? I need a ride."
"Sure! Nay, can Andrew borrow your helmet?"
Nay got it out. I had gotten it for her birthday way-back-when.
"Well, we're off!"
I put Andrew's stuff in the storage compartment with mine, he got on behind me, Nay pulled out with Greg, Craig, and Kayla in her car, and we were off!
~*~
Bell's gonna ring... PLEASE, no one make a post where we're at IPHQ yet. I've got somethings in mind...
*runz*
~*~Dru~*~

[Shadow Djinn]

Zera

A emergency....audutorium....I thought where it was. Finally, I found it and walked in. Lance was there, said an emergency at Indligo Plateau. We needed to go there. Just when LVU started. No car, just my Espeon.....Nah. I saw a guy come out of the bike shop, which gave me an idea. I took out my wallet. Thank God i was rich! I walked in and chose a black plain mortocycle. I paid and left, scanning the horizon. It was pretty cold. I revved up my mortocycle and zoomed off, dust trailing in the distance....

[Craig]

Craig (M)
Sky'ree the adventurous Pidgeot (M)
Mirage the little cute Vaporeon (F)
Shadow the sassy Persian (F)

Just so people dont get confuzzled when I call my pokemon by nick names!

Maybe it would be wise to bring Sal in Nays car, instead of Greg cause ..he hasn't posted all that much TBH Or all 3, whatever
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As the sun rose ..and then rose up some more..and then slowly made its way across the sky; I was awake lots of the time, but just didn't feel like getting up, until finally it was roughly 9 (late for sleeping in if you go to sleep at an ACTUAL reasonable time)

"Meeowww" I heard at the side of my bed, as a rather large cat hopped onto my bed, opening my eyes.. I looked and saw a large paw infront of me, and across the room Gabi still sleeping...

"Shhh.. shes still sleeping" I said into Shadow's ear.
Another lump came up, Mirage's big face popping out of the covers.."va!"
"hey..where is sky?" I asked in a weary tone, the little vaporeon replied by flapping its ears and pointing at the open window

"Oh..flying around..heh" I said, sitting up "Well, I guess we should get going, I just learned that we arnt going in a plane afterall, we are driving there.. I dont want to get stuck with people I don't know.."

The vaporeon perked up and did a little flip in the air, Shadow was sleeping again.
"Yea I know..you love cars! " I let out a quiet laugh, as Mirage did little flips in the air of happyness

"Well..its time to get packing" I pulled out a few pokeballs, they would hold my suitcase, and another; my guitar. Some people would call me lazy for that, but it worked so well, and when flying on a pidgeot, you couldn't afford to have too much extra weight.

After a shower, and changing into clean clothes, I put all my stuff in the suitcases except for a few things Id take with me in my backpack and zapped them into their pokeballs.

"huh??what??" I heard eminating from Gabi's bed, as she slouched over on her back.

"oh..Im just getting ready to go, we gotta leave..remember?"
"Ok..I'll start getting ready soon, you best go ahead" she said, her eyes closing again.

"Don't sleep in too long" I said, bringing Shadow back in her pokeball and ATTEMPTING to get Mirage in hers, she didn't want to when the talk of riding in a car was about, she would HAVE to stay out the entire journey... oh well I finally closed the door behind me, wearing my backpack I went down the stairs fairly speedy and then out to the parking lots, after taking one last look at the campus of course.

"Hey! Craig!" I heard from the left side, turning I saw Kayla and Nayia sitting in nay's red car "Come on!" I walked over to the car and hopped into the backseat, putting my bag on the floor between the two backseats

"You know..there IS a door!" Kayla said, turning around to face me.
"Oh..right, so..hi Kayla"
"Hey, didnt you have a Vaporeon or something with you?"
"Yea.." I looked over and saw Mirage standing at the door, waiting to be let in.
I opened the door, and Mirage hopped in "eon!"
"This is my new Vaporeon, I caught her right before I headed home last year, Nayia's met her"
"Yup!" she chirped
"So..were just gonna wait for some more people, dont want to leave anyone behind, I wonder if Sal knows about this" Nayia added
"Ok, cool.. maybe Skyree will find her..that reminds me.."
"What?" Kayla asked
I made a really loud whistling noise, and then heard a familiar cry of a Pidgeot is the distance
"Just calling him"
The pidgeot grew bigger then a speck, and dove at the car, into a beam of pokeball returnation..

"Well, I guess we wait.. Kinda weird how we were all being shipped so far, this'll take a while to get there!"
"Yea.." they agreed..

[EVme15]

I knew the original people would include me if I did that! Oh, how much I have learned in 2+ years...
~|~|~|~|~
Kayla

OK, that had almost given me a heart attack. The diving Pidgeot, I mean, not Craig. Craig I was glad to see. And I was glad to hear from Nayia the whole gang was pretty much here. Cool how all three of us had gotten into the same car, though. We could talk now, catch up on how we've been. Or maybe Craig and Nayia had already done that, and I wasn't around. (Real Kayla: I hate vacations only for that one reason.) At any rate, it was too bad we all had to leave again. At least we were all leaving together. "Well, I guess we wait.. Kinda weird how we were all being shipped so far, this'll take a while to get there!"
"Yea.." It was strange how they were doing this. We had to go all this way to get to LVU. Then the Pokemon League crashes (or so I've heard via eavesdropping, I don't remember Lance much...) and we all get sent to the Indigo Plateau. And we didn't even start classes! What could be wrong enough to shut down the entire League, anyway?
~|~|~|~|~
Filler, yes. But the three of us can't leave until Nayia decides to leave, the entire group moves out, or we pick up another 2 passengers. And I don't wanna throw anyone in there without their consent.

[Lady Vulpix]

I would be happy to be thrown in there, Kayla. I was looking for someone to give me a ride.

[Nayia Waterflower aka starmie44]

Sorry I haven't been on. I've been busy. And I'm going to busy for the next two to three days so I won't be able to post or anything.

Till then, love ya all. ^-^

~Nayia~

[Lady Vulpix]

Oh, sorry to hear that. Can we still mention you in our posts? And is there room in your car for me?

[Nayia Waterflower aka starmie44]

[color=royal blue]Yeah LV, there's room. ^-^ Just make a post for it. Now I need to run. I have several projects to due and a script to remember but only several hours to do it.[/color]

[Max Blaze aka AT#2]

::waits for V.D. TPM to post::





::coughs:



::starts to get impatient:: sorry i can't help myself.......

[Andrew]

Andrew - Taras House
Pokemon - Mr. Mime (M), Lickitung (F), Delibird (M)
Animals - Rocky (M) Australian Red Kelpie.

During the night I had a great brainwave... Metapod wasn't the greatest Pokemon and I was taking on some unknown force on Indigo Plateau so I was thinking about it right, and I had the idea to dress it up to look like a far more fearsome cocoon pokemon - Pupitar.

As soon as I woke up I ran to the supermarket and brought some cardboard, string, dark blue paint and got to work on my little craft project at like 6am, I was glad it was a 24/7 little shop it made for easy buying.

I released Metapod and was all cheery, it seemed a bit startled, but pretty emotionless that I'd captured it. I released the other three and they said their hellos, but right now they weren't really sure of Metapod. I told them all of my little plan as I sat on my bedroom floor as I was painting away on Metapod's shell.

I gave the vets department a quick ring as I confirmed I'd have to leave Rocky with them for the duration of the trip. God knows when I'd be back though. Dr Preston didn't really mind though. There was a knock at my door as a girl walked in. Maybe this was one of my housemates I hadn't met yet.

"What are you doing?" she said, looking at my painting in my boxers a bit wierdly.

"Um.. making my metapod look like a pupitar" I said, giving her a stupid look.

"Oh... Ok then..." she said, looking miffed.

"I'm Andrew by the way" I said, giving her a wave

"Ah, I'm Kayla. Nice idea, I don't think it'll work in the process but" she said, trying not to laugh at my absurd idea. Perhaps I could pawn my Metapod off, or trade it... oh the possibilities.

"Well we better get going" I said, cleaning up and recalling my new "Pupitar"

"Yeah, I'm not sure of this all" she said, leaving the room.

"Seeya there!" I said

"Good luck!"

Oh well... I pulled on some clothes and went to look for this apparent bus that was taking everyone who didn't have transport to the INdigo Plateau there. But I wasn't too keen on public transport. The germs of it all. So I tried to look for someone I knew with a car for the hopes of scabbing a ride.

I came across the lovely Dru and she managed to give me a ride. How very nice of her. I wondered what her car was like till the shock hit me. IT WAS MOTORCYCLE! EEP! I held my fear down and got on the bike. I was soon screaming like a little girl, and VERY VERY SCARED!

"We're stopping at this cafe!" Yelled Dru to me as we were driving, the wind carrying her voice and my butt numb, fingers clenched and sweaty and myself SCARED TO THE CORE after hours of driving. I was scared.

EDIT: Dru - Schoolies is a week long celebration directly after year 12's celebrate and go to the coast with their mates for a week, and you do crazy things. Lol... www.schoolies.com.au that should have more info!

[Drusilla]

Eeep! Sorrys all! I have a post all ready to go... at my home comp. ^_____^; I ment to post it yesterday, but I had a gun to my head till I signed up for a new RPG, and I COMPLETLY FORGOT!!! I'm really sorry... I'll post it when I get home this afternoon... If any of you have AIM/AOL and see me on, remind me please!
Sorrys again!
~*~Dru~*~

[Megaman]

I almost forgot, Dru, add my e-mail address to your msn list, i changed a while ago, it's angelwarriorcomics@hotmail.com , also, when you get to wherever we're going in this RPG, include me, i can't shake writers block/laziness ><

[Drusilla]

All right.... Time to move on...

~*~Dru~*~
I sent Sky, my Dragonite, ahead with my bass and guitar. I wasn't going to leave them under any circumstances, and I didn't know when we were coming back anyway. I'd been separated from my music for long enough, and if Mark wanted us back in the studio ASAP, then I'd need to practice.
The drive was long. I had to stop for coffee twice to keep myself awake. I had followed Nay for a few minutes after leaving the school, but she had turned. I guessed she was going to get Sal.
Luckily, it was late summer, nearly fall, and the June bugs weren't too thick. It was pretty disgusting to be doing 80 and then one of those huge beetles goes SPLAT on you visor. You're lucky if you only get blinded by beetle guts. I know some people who'd cracked their visors on those things. Pretty nasty, I can tell you.
When we got to the Indigo Plateau, it blew me away. Hundreds upon thousands of Officer Jennys were ushering people in. I guessed that the whole world must be on standby if all the Jennys were here. They seemed to be checking IDs and the like.
I flipped up my visor when we got to the blockade. "Name?" an officer asked.
"Dru Pyronson. I'm a student at Lapras Valley University." I showed her my student ID card. She looked at it.
"OK, well, it says here you're going to have to do an extra check in when they look at your Pokemon. Who's this with you?"
Andrew talked to her, but she didn't tell him about an extra check in. She wrote down something and gave it to us. "Next!" she yelled.
We pulled into the parking lot and found a place near the area where Pokemon checks were being run. Yet again, it was mind blowing to see all the Joys from Pokemon Centres around the world. I locked my bike and Andrew and I walked in. It was like a big outdoor market. Andrew went off to get his Pokemon checked in. I looked around for Sky.
"There she is! Dru!" Someone was calling me. I turned around.
"Hey Max. What's up?"
"We found your Dragonite. At least, we think it's yours. She said that she was, and she's got some stuff that belongs to you. She's with Lance," Max explained, and I followed him.
It seemed that most of the trainers were adults. It made sense, if this was a gathering of the Pokemon League's best. There were some young proteges, but few made it this far. There were lots of rare Pokemon. I had a sickening feeling when I thought of what would happen if Dad's goonies found out that this was happening.
Lance was standing near a door, with him were the two Dragonite that he and Max had flown in on, and Sky.
Sky was a little different from most Dragonite. She had a streak of sky-blue on her forehead and she was a sparkly golden color rather than a yellow. She was sweet tempered, but she didn't have must experience with trainers other than me. I'd hand raised her from a Poke-egg, and no one had been allowed to even be near her. Once, someone had gotten too close when she was a Dratini, and she'd used Hyper Beam on them. The person was in a coma for weeks. She was only a Dratini then, now a Dragonite. So, it made me a little nervous to have her here with so many other trainers, but I was glad that she and Lance had found each other. As a Dragon Master, he should have the power to keep her calm.
"You have a very well raised Dragonite, Dru," commented Lance. "Her coloration is rather extraordinary as well. I've never seen a Shining Dragonite before." He gently stroked her and she looked ecstatic.
I smiled. "Thanks. I'm glad that she's behaving. She's usually not so calm when I'm not around. Of course, it's probably your skill with Dragon types that reassures her."
He looked thoughtful. "Have you ever thought of taking the Dragon Clan Challenge? I think that you'd do pretty well."
"Yeah, I'd considered it, but I've never gotten around to it. I've been rather tied off for the past few years." I left it at that, since I was sure that Lance, as leader of the Pokemon League, would know about it.
Someone came up and whispered something to Lance. "Seems like my presence is requested elsewhere, as usual." He sighed. "Well, nice seeing you, Dru. Maybe we can talk later?"
"Sure. I need to go check in anyway. Thanks for watching Sky, Lance."
"No problem. Later, Dru."
He left and Max went with him. Sky watched their Dragonites walk off after them. I laughed. "I know exactly how you feel, Sky. Let's go find someone to look you guys over."
~
Nurse Joy was tired. "OK, let's get this over with. Name?"
"Dru Pyronson. Here's my ID and something that Officer Jenny gave me."
Joy looked at it and wrote something down. She went and talked to a runner who went to get someone. "All right, may I see your Pokemon?"
I let them out. She went down a checklist and typed something into the computer. "Well, your Pokemon are in top condition. Normally, you could go in, but you need to wait here. Next!"
I called my Pokemon back and waited. Soon, the runner came back with a police officer. I gulped. What had I done now?
"Please come with me, miss," he asked. I followed without saying anything.
He led me into the building. I saw Nayia and the others from school. She started to come over, but I pointed to the police officer and she stopped. I made a "call me" sign and went through a pair of heavy double doors marked, "Police Station! Do Not Enter!". The last glimpse of Nay I had, she looked deathly scared.
"Please, wait in here," the police officer ushered me into a room. He closed the door and locked it. I was terrified. I let Torch out of her Pokeball.
"Flare flare, eon?" she asked.
"I don't know, Torch. They just brought me here. I didn't do anything that I know of." She sat on my lap and laid her head on her paws.
The door was unlocked and we looked up. Another Officer Jenny walked in. She looked pretty important. "It's OK, Miss Pyronson. You haven't done anything wrong. We just want to check up on you before we turn you loose."
I let out a sigh of relief, but I was still a little nervous. She held a strange instrument in her hand. It looked like a gun, but with two little arms opposite each other instead of a barrel.
"This won't hurt too much. Just keep your arm still..."
She took my left arm, placed the two arms on either side of the implant I'd gotten when I'd been released from jail, and squeezed the trigger. An electric shock passed through my arm and I jumped. Torch jumped up.
"EON! Flare!" Her eyes began to glow.
"Torch, no! It's fine." Torch sat down and glared at Officer Jenny. Jenny left the room and a guard stood outside. In a few minutes, she came back.
"Sorry, it's just precautionary. You're clear and you may go now. Smith?"
"Yes, ma'am!" the guard said, coming to attention.
"Take Miss Pyronson back out to the lobby. We don't want her to get lost."
"Yes, ma'am!"
Officer Jenny shook my hand. "My niece likes your band. Do you have another album coming out?"
"Uhhh... I don't know. But don't worry, we'll let people know as soon as we do."
She smiled and I left.
When I went back through the double doors, Nayia swooped down out of nowhere. "What the hell did you do now?!" she cried.
"It's all right, Nay, chill. They just wanted to check up on me, that's all. So, what do we do now?"
People were still flooding into the building. Another set of doors were opened, but these were the huge doors that went into the outdoor arena where competitions were held. A voice came over the speakers.
"WOULD ALL TRAINERS PLEASE TAKE A SEAT IN THE STADIUM WHEN THEY ARE CHECKED IN. PLEASE DO SO IN AN ORDERLY MANNER!"
A buzz went up as the police filled us in. We stayed together and found the seats marked "LAPRAS VALLEY U" near the stadium floor. The stadium filled up fast. It was awesome to see so many famous people in one place. Max joined us at our seats.
"Look, Nay, there's Misty!" I said and pointed to the table which was obviously set aside for Gym Leaders. Violet, Daisy and Lilly were sitting next to her, and Brock, the Pewter City gym leader was talking to Misty. I saw Blaine, my uncle by adoption and distant cousin by blood, and I waved. Torch tried to get away to see him, but I grabbed her at the last minute.
Lance sat with the Elite Four at a table on a raised platform. He had a microphone before him, as did the others on the floor of the stadium. He cleared his throat.
"Could I have your attention please? Please, could everyone be silent!"
Quiet flooded the stadium. "Thank you. Now, I'm sure that there are plenty of rumors going around right now, but please, don't pay attention to them. You have been called here today to respond to an international tragedy. Of course, you have all heard of the terrorist organization Team Rocket. We have recieved reports of a mysterious illness that is sweeping through the world. It appears to only effect Pokemon, and is spread by type-similarities. We have reason to believe that this is an artificiall illness, and that it has been developed by Team Rocket."
A roar of noise swept through the stadium. So, this is why I was checked. They wanted to be sure that I didn't have anything to so with this.
Lance raised his voice. "Please! We will have time for questions later. First, we have to get the information out."
The talking persisted. Finally, Clair, the Blackthorn City gym leader lost it.
"SHUT UP!" she shrieked. Silence ensued immediatly. Everyone knew of Clair's foul temper.
Lance continued. "Thank you. Now, we have to find some way to stop this illness, and find where it came from. That is why we have called you here today. We will need the help of every member of the League to stop this crisis. You will all receive instructions on what you are to do. We will ask that everyone stays here today and that no one leaves until sunrise tomorrow. Your instructions will be posted on the boards in the main lobby where scores are usually placed during competition. To the gyms and schools that are present, your instructions will be posted as a group. Individual trainers will be posted according to your home town. Now, if everyone would leave the stadium in an orderly manner..."
He switched off his microphone and the tables on the floor left the stadium. Noise rose to a roar. We looked at each other.
"Well," Nayia said, "this was unexpected, to say the least."
Max grinned. "That's not the half. We get an excellent assignment. Lapras Valley University is assigned to find Team Rockets hidden lair! We've got the Elite Four with us, too!"
He grinned from ear to ear. My heart sank to my feet, and I sat down, my face in my hands. I looked up at Martin. We couldn't tell them... could we?
~*~
Hmmm... well, this is a chance for everyone to get on the same page. If there's some problem... IM me...
Martin- Uh, I don't have MSN Messanger anymore, but I'll put you on my e-mail list... who knows, maybe now I'll go get MSN again! ^_^

[Last Exile]

Great, finally something to write about. I might have somethig ready tomorrow.

PS. Dru, I know who Joey Jordison is. Vocalist for The Murderdolls and guitarist Slipknot. As if I didn't know that!

EDIT: No, mum used the computer for several hours tonight. Resposne willb e delayed till at least the day after tomorrow

[Shadow Djinn]

Zera

I zoomed down the road when a police officer stopped me.
" NAme Please." The cop asked.
" Zera." I said, taking out my student id card from LVU. The officer looked at it, said I could go and I pushed the pedal. The motor came to life again and I arrived at IPHQ. I walked to the audotorium and Lance talked about an illness bothering pokemon. The LVU students were to find TR. I was shocked. This was amazing.

[Max Blaze aka AT#2]

Max
~~~~
I looked at Dru, then everyone else, I can't believe i said what are assignment was suppose to be. I sighed and i started to think, fellow students of LVU started to ask questions like
"Okay what are we gonna do?","Hey did you hear what Max said? How are we suppose to do that?!"

Hearing that last question i heard, I got up and i went to stand beside the stage when everyone started to leave the stadium.


I went to talk to Lance, which he was talking to people, so i leaned against a wall and waited to talk to him. Once Lance was done talking to people he came up to me and leaned against the wall too.

"So a illness to pokemon, Lance? Lance they have gone on for far too long they have to be shut down and eliminated" I said with alluted anger and seiousness.

"Yes Max it would help us all...but why does it make you so irritated? The fact that it effects pokemon?" Lance replied with curiousity, I just stared at him.

"Maybe, maybe not.But tell me this what are we suppose to do when we find this hidden base? Kill them?"

"Nope. Once you find the base you will record the locations and pull back." Lance said, i felt somewhat dissapointed."Well anyway follow me come and meet some people." I didn't argue with him and so Lance introduce me to some Elite 4 members and we talked and a bunch of other stuff.



Pretty soon i will have my chance to get my revenge......
~~~~~~~~
Who knows what Max ment by his last thought.......only me! MUHAHAHAHA!!!!! ::coughs:: ok i'll stop now. Well anyway post peeps

[EVme15]

Kayla

*skips drive, doesn't feel like posting it now*
We got to go with the Elite Four?! NO WAY! I didn't doubt it, but... I had to see this! This was too cool to be true!
I went outside to the boards. Sure enough, there was LVU. I read on. FINDING THE ROCKET LAIR! Crap, we were going into yet another hellpit via TR? This was... ok, so at least that's why we got the Elite Four. I had always wanted to meet with some of them, like, really meet. This would be good. And we were all together, too! Score!
I went back to join the students who were still sitting. I scanned for familiar faces. Hey look, Martin, Nayia, and Dru! At least, I think it was Dru, there was a group of people standing up blocking my view. (If I missed anyone, sorry, blame the standing group.) I went down the aisle to try to talk to them. It had been so long since I'd had a really good chat with anyone. Especially Dru.
I couldn't resist. I quietly snuck up behind Nayia and covered her eyes with my hands. "Guess who?"

[Last Exile]

Post 4 – March 7, 2003

Sleep may have given me energy but it gave me something else: anger. We were supposed to have started the beginning towards glory. Instead we didn’t even get to jump off the starting block. My stomach was swirling with acid and my mouth couldn’t even get close to moving away from a vicious scowl. We’d been robbed of our rights.
Frankly, I wasn’t trusting anyone right now associated with the sudden closure of Lapras Valley University. If they’d given a reason straight away, I would’ve accepted it without a worry. But the secrecy did not agree with me at all. I smelled a rat. It was something big or they would’ve told us right away. And if there’s one thing I don’t tolerate, it’s secrecy. I needed to get an idea of what we were facing. Simply being ordered to leave and head to the Indigo Plateau straight away without reason?! Not buying it. My mind was made up. I needed to get in touch with my sources.
Nala woke up soon after me, she seemed like she’d actually slept well. As for Dru, she looked more messed up than a Tangela stuck in the bushes, with the looks to match. I don’t even want to know how much she drunk last night. In fact, I kinda got the impression she’d had some more beer after the party. She got a pretty good look at my disapproving look, then the one she got from Nala.
“Yeah, yeah, I know.” She yawned as she began to straighten her multi-coloured hair. I still found it kind of cool. If she ever tried out to be a Seattle Seahawks cheerleader, with that hair they couldn’t refuse her.
Nala’s face was contorted in disbelief. “Who’s that on the front of your shirt?”
Dru took a quick look down then laughed heavily. “Oh, him! Joey Jordison. He’s so hot!”
Nala looked like she was about to faint. “That’s a male?”
“Yes, Nala,” I explained in an impatient tone. “Joey Jordison, lead singer of The Murderdolls and guitarist for US metal band Slipknot.”
Nala gulped. I could tell she was feeling pretty awkward right now. She knew what Dru was like but she didn’t think for a moment I was into anything Dru was. Conversely, Dru was ecstatic, a beaming smile forming on her lips.
“Get out! How did you know that? You’re a metal fan?”
“Yeah. I’m into Tool. They’re my metal band.”
Dru’s eyes widened in bewilderment. “No way! You, a Tool-head?!”
I smirked as I whipped out the T-shirt that revealed all. On the front was the word Tool surrounded in an aqua aura. On the back was the circular pattern of eyes from the Lateralus album.
Dru began to scream in delight. “You legend! Who would’ve thought it?”
Nala immediately whispered into my ear as soon as Dru headed for the fridge. “She’s got a crush on you.”
What?! I turned towards Nala and she simply nodded her head. Now that I thought of it, Dru did seem a bit too happy for having found a fellow metal fan.
“Oh well. Could be worse. Say, you guys hungry? I gotta use up this food in the fridge before we leave.”

Word soon got around the university that I was cooking up a feast. Nala, Dru, Andy, Gabi and a few others joined in and savoured everything, for there was no point in wasting it. What couldn’t be eaten straight away was kept for later. The good thing about the food was that it kept our minds off of the situation. Everyone could do with that right now.
Soon the time to leave came. People were directed to buses if they did not have their own transportation. Some had their own cars and bikes. I, however, always fly with Zinger, My Charizard. I’m not into messing up the planet’s atmosphere more than it already is. I was kind of hoping Gabi would ask to come with me, but she seemed more keen on joining Nayia, who had a reputation as one of the infamous Lapras Valley High students. Dru, Andy and a couple of other guys were intent on some high-speed thrills. As for me, I wanted some solitude. I needed time to think and for my next move. I wasn’t trusting Lance one bit. Sure, he’s the leader of the Elite Four, but it was all this secrecy. Something really wrong had to be going on to warrant that. And as far as I was concerned, something was bound to be known by the media at this point. If all the gyms, leagues, academies and trainers had been called upon to go to the Indigo Plateau, someone would have noticed that there was something funny going on around here.
I intended to find out.
As soon as Zinger took off and we had reached a considerable height, keeping the LVU students in view so that we kept on going in the right direction, I finally considered it save to pull out my mobile phone and to make the appropriate call.
The ring barely lasted a second. “Channel 5 headquarters, how can I help you?”
I was blunt in my manner. “This is Ryan Mendes. I need to speak to Luke McNeil right now.”
A few seconds of silence followed. “I see. He’s getting ready for the morning report. You should be able to get five minutes with him."
“That’s good. Thank you.”
A clicking sound followed as I was transferred to another line.
“Luke McNeil here. Who’s this?”
“Luke, it’s Ryan.”
“Ryan Mendes?! You bastard, how the hell are you? I thought you were at LVU this year, how’s it going there?”
I sighed before answering. “Not good. LVU has been closed down indefinitely. As have all Pokemon leagues and Gyms.”
I heard Luke gasp like he’d heard the news he’d been wanting to hear so badly. His manner became more enthusiastic and business-like. “So, you’ve got something for me, eh? About time! I’ve heard similar reports but I’ve heard from nobody on the inside. What’s the deal?”
“Lance Gray rocked up at LVU last night.”
“The Elite Four leader? Interesting. What did he have to say?”
“He said that there was a situation, but he didn’t say what. All he said was that all people associated with the Pokemon League had to report to the Indigo Plateau at once.”
A groan followed. “So he’s staying tight-lipped, huh? Not surprising. He’s been playing it conservatively ever since the Blackthorn City incident. His reputation has been going down the last couple of years. People in high places don’t like the way he’s running things now. He’s more of a politician than a trainer anymore, if you ask me.”
I had to admit, for once Luke was on the money. “I can believe that. He’ll be bound to tell all once everyone is assembled later this afternoon.”
“Good, very good. If we get a scoop on this, we’ll have a week’s worth of stories. Except how the hell are we meant to get past security? I had two guys go down there an hour ago and they were almost arrested.”
“Mention the name Agent Hendon. He got on the inside. He should be able to sneak you in. And make sure your people are dressed as Pokemon trainers, that way they’ll get clearance.”
“Or, alternatively, you could tell us straight afterwards.”
“No way, Luke. People know my background. If they know someone on the inside is responsible, I’ll be one of their prime candidates. Your people this time.”
“Aw, hell. Whatever. Just make sure my people get in. And I suppose you want something in return?”
“If you leak the story as soon as possible, Lance will have to hold a press conference. I would like some questions to be fired his way. I’ll say what when I hear the whole story.”
“Okay. Your contact had better be worth his salt. Usual mode of payment if this is pulled off.”
“Good.”
“Later then.”
With Zinger’s speed I happened to conclude my call just in time. It had taken Zinger most of the trip to gain an altitude from where I was sure my call couldn’t be detected. We were homing in on the Indigo Plateau. Even though it was half an hour away, the police there could have been scanning the area for radio waves. If they did, I could have been in trouble.
But I knew better.

“Name?”
“Ryan Mendes, student of Lapras Valley University.”
I presented my identification to the Officer Jenny in front of me. Twenty of them were working at once to speed up the process. Mine spent several moments clearing my claims, but as expected, there was nothing to worry about. I had nothing to hide.
“Okay, you’re all clear. You need to check in at the Pokemon Centre. One of the Nurse Joys will give you further directions.”
More secrecy. The place was loaded with security, grilling people as if they were criminals. This looked more like the Gestappo in World War II than the home of the Indigo League. My mind was made up. Something majorly criminal must have gone down for this. I suspected terrorism. But what form was beyond me.
I kept my thoughts concealed and moved to the Pokemon Centre. A Nurse Joy forced a smile, making her look like she’d just bitten into a lemon.
“Okay, you’re an LVU student. I need to quickly examine your Pokemon.”
Reluctantly, I handed over my Pokeballs. Most people seemed as confused and skeptical as I was. This wasn’t normal or humane. This was more like martial law. What I was seeing so far looked kind of illegal. Some certain people would like to know about this.
Nurse Joy appeared to be speaking into an intercom. “Okay, subject #2925 is cleared. All tests are negative.”
If I hadn’t been intentionally listening, I wouldn’t have heard her, for she spoke in a whisper. I was sure I heard her say negative. But that term was used in reference to diseases! Why the hell were my Pokemon being screened for diseases?
“Okay, your Pokemon are in good health.”
Nurse Joy’s eyes rolled to the right as she spoke. She wasn’t entirely truthful. I don’t think she gave my pokemon a normal checkup. She was testing for something.
“Okay, you just need to come through here to complete your check-in,” she replied, gesturing to the door behind her. Warily I passed through. Inside, I did not like what I saw. Another Nurse Joy, one who seemed to be forcing her smile even more, standing next to some weird gizmo, gestured me to sit down. The room was so cold and smelled of disinfectant. How I was really worried.
“Okay sir, I just need your attention for a moment.”
Before I could even respond, I felt a short electric jolt.
“Hey!” I screamed, my eyes watering. “What the hell was that?”
“Now for your Pokemon,” she continued, acting as if nothing had happened.
“My Pokemon?!” Okay, the line had been crossed! “Listen, I don’t know...”
“Lance’s orders.”
The rest of what happened I never properly recalled. All I could remember was my Pokemon yelping at the shocks and the intense hate I felt for Lance as he laid down the law to all assembled. Bioterrorism via Pokemon. Sickening. And Team Rocket was responsible as always. They wanted us to find the lair. Why not the proper authorities?! The more I heard the more I was infuriated. As far as I knew in the letter of the law, subjecting people and Pokemon to electric shocks without prior warning was in violation of human rights laws. Lance Gray, you are going to pay.
I toggled with the listening device in my ear. “Get it all, Luke?”
I could hear the unusual sound of disbelief down the line. Luke had seen and heard just about everything in his time. Obviously this somehow managed to surprise him.
“This is insane! This has to go public!”
“Luke, cool it. If it leaks straight away, they’ll know someone on the inside is responsible. Delay the report for two days.”
“Okay. Only because you’ve been reliable before. You usually know best.”
A smile crossed my lips. A devilish smile. Lance Gray was about to be taught a lesson in morality. Reputation can’t save you from everything, pal! You'd better watch how you act from know on, because whever you go, I'm there.
I'm watching you, Lance. I'm watching you.

[Drusilla]

Originally posted by Citrus Crush Chikorita
PS. Dru, I know who Joey Jordison is. Vocalist for The Murderdolls and guitarist Slipknot. As if I didn't know that!

Actually, he's guitarist for the Murderdolls and drummer for Slipknot... ^__^; Wednesday 13 is the vocalist for the Murderdolls... Meh, and the shocks were cuz they were checking the tracking device I've got... but it's allright, I dont post very clearly, do I?

[Lady Vulpix]

Hm? Ryan, what are you? Scott?
Ok, I'll tey to write something up soon. I have to go now.
And... what was that all about?

I don't mean to hurt you or offend you in any way, I'm just confused. And no, it's not that I didn't understand your words. It's the reasons behind them that I can't see.

[Last Exile]

Okay. Here's the reason.

Using electric shocks in any form except to revive people an inch from death is nothing short of immoral, criminal, and a violation of human rights in every way, in my opinion. If you heard about how they used Electro-Shock Therapy in the 1960's in the US and its use as torture around the world, you'd be too.

That and I've never liked Lance anyway.

And I hate secrecy.

[Nayia Waterflower aka starmie44]

[color=royal blue]I feel so bad for this cause I haven't posted in a while. Last weekend, like I posted before, I had company over so couldn't come on. Then I was busy all this we with projects and tests. Now I have a raver/punk/gothic dance party to go to, then tomorrow I'm busy with work. Then this Sunday I'm working then going to PHK to visit my new b/f. (we've been together for a week now) I'm going to be up there till Wednesday when we both come back to Sydney. Then till Thrusday I'm stuck between him, projects and dancing. Then Friday, at 5am in the morning, I'm driving up to Halifax then flying over to NFL for JAAC and won't be back till 1am Monday morning.
hehe, I guess what I'm trying to say is that I would be on for over a week. I'm really sorry. Just do whatever you want to my character till then. Dru, make sure they don't do something like killing her off, okay?

Love ya's all, and sorry again about this,

~Nayia~[/color]

[Drusilla]

No prob, Nay...
Sorry, I'm at a b-day party, so I'll post laterz...
^_____________^;