Episode Three: To Hatch Or Not To Hatch

Co-Written by Joanie Rich and Sheila Coe


Chapter 1: The Missing Leek



"Prepare for trouble," said a female voice as fog covered the path in front of our heros.
"Make that double!" said a male voice as three shadows appeared behind the fog cloud.
"To take all the world's pokémon,"
"Being honest is no fun!"
"To make the goody-goodies suffer our plight,"
"We're here to rekindle the fight!"
"Jannie!" she leaped out of the cloud.
"Jared!" he followed.
"NEO Team Rocket Unite in the Ways of Old!" she cried posing.
"Sit back now, and watch our plot unfold!" he called, posing beside her.
"Sandshrew!!" she jumped out in front of them.

"Stop right there you goodie-goodies!" Jannie called.

"Not again! Quit following me Jannie!" Jacen cried out.

"I'm not following you. It's MY job to make you absolutely miserable! That's why were twins, dork!"

"That makes no sense, Jannie..." Jared pointed out.

"BUT IT'S THE TRUTH!" Jannie whined loudly, "Besides you're adopted, how could you understand?"

Jared's blood boiled, his forehead throbbed, "Jannie, step back." She saw the fire in his eyes, squeaked and frightened, stepped back.

"Okay, Jared...What do you want?" Krystal asked.

"A rematch!" Jared replied, "You versus me." he threw his hands wildly to make sure she got the idea.

"Now? But I'm on my way to... where are we going again Jacen?"

"Don't look at me, you're the one with the 'Dexter3000'..." Jacen sputtered, also backing off from the situation.

"Wait I remember," Krystal started, "We're going to Brittany Space Station! It's very far away and we-" she was rambling when Jared cut her off.

"AHEM!" Jared stamped his foot.

"Oh! Okay, Let's battle boy-yee!" she turned her hat around, and got in her special battling position, which she adapted from her father's.

"Let's make it a SUDDEN DEATH match!" Jared called out, laughing evilly, "HAHAHA!!! Yes, Death!!!" Jannie backed away even more and glanced at Jacen, with scared eyes, as if to say, "I didn't do it!"

He returned the glance with one that said, "Yes, you did!" Bram, who finally decided to follow Krystal and Jacen, looked worried for his friend, Krystal, whom he had known since childhood.

"Alright, Jared. You're on!"

Buddy, her bulbasaur mascot, looked ready to fight, especially after his crushing defeat from the last episode.

"Baby, I chooose you!" Krystal called, pulling out a pokéball and throwing it out in front of her. Buddy, horrified that wasn't choosen, rolled over in digust. The ball hit the ground and out jumped a happy snubbull!

"Nice choice," Jared commented, "To battle your silly snubble, I choose the Amazing, IMPLAUSO THE MAGNIFICENT!!!! HAHA! Bow to his AWESOME powers! MWAH-HA!" he chucked out a pokéball which released a frisky farfetch'd.

"That farfetch'd has about as much power as my big toe, and I pride myself in having small feet!" Krystal giggled.

"Oooh! You're gonna get it now! Implauso, PECK!!!"

Implauso flung his beak towards Baby. Baby dodged easily and leaped on it, pinning it to the ground.

"Great tackle Baby, now sit on it!"

"What?" Jacen cried, "That's not a legal move!"

"FLY!" Jared shouted towards Implauso.

Jannie whined, "But Jared, Implauso can't fly!! He's stupid!!"

Implauso, who couldn't get up from under Baby, began to flap his wings and fling his onion leek wildly around. Baby caught site of it and watched it with increased interest like a meowth with a yarnball. Suddenly she lunged at it, mouth wide, and snapped her jaws tightly around and yanked it out of his 'hands'. She yanked out a pepper shaker, shook it all over the leek, and to Implauso's shock, ate it WHOLE!

Jared's jaw dropped at the site of this. Baby burped loudly and it shook the ground. Satisfied, she hopped up and wobbled back to Krystal and sat down, completely full.

Implauso still lay in shock, his beak wide open in fear. "FAR?" he called out, like it would come back to him, "FETCH'D???" Suddenly he burst out into pokétears, "FAR!!!Fetch'd!! Fetch'd, FAR! Far far Fetch'd!!!" He flat-out fainted.

"Guess that means I win! AGAIN!!" Krystal cried, picking up Baby and giving her a bear hug. Baby's eyes bulged and she began to feel sick to her little stomach. Krystal sensed this and held her up to her face, "What's wrong Baby?"

Baby replied, "B-B-B-Bull," very sickly.

"What?" Krystal cried, "Tell mommy what's the matter?"

"Snub-" she paused, then her eyes rolled back and she moaned loudly.

"Krystal," Bram called, "Baby doesn't look so good. I think you should-"

"SNUB-BULL!!!" There was a disgusting upchucking noise and Krystal found her self covered in ..... ewww!!

"Bul-BA!!!" Buddy ran behind Jacen.

"Gross me out!" Jannie screeched, holding her nose.

"I thought that would happen," Bram replied, "You gotta watch for the warning signs."

"I didn't wanna see that," Jacen sighed, turning a bit green in the face.

"Ohh... Poor Baby..." she set her down and picked up the pokéball, "I'll get you to a center, ASAP!" she then called her back in the ball, and deposted her ball in her backpack.

Then she sniffed and looked down at her clothes, "No!! Not my shoes!! My shirt, my jacket!! It's all....over... ME!!"

"Let's get you cleaned up." Jacen said, carefully touching her arm with one finger.

"Good idea," said Bram.

"Wait!" Jared suddenly cried out, "I'm not done with you yet!"

"Yes, you are!" Jannie shrieked, "We aren't going to have anything more to do with that stinky twerp!"

"But...I-m-plauso!" he spit out, picking up his fallen friend. Implauso slowly opened his eyes and then began to wail. "FAAAAAARRRRR!" Jared tried his best to calm his little buddy, but to no avail.

"That's harsh," Bram said, "A leekless farfetch'd is a depressing sight."

There was a pause.

"Let's go," Jacen finally said, breaking a short silence. And with that said, the small group left Jared once again standing alone in his defeat; Jannie still keeping her distance.

"Come on Jared," Jannie looked annoyed, "Aren't you going to stop him? They're getting away!! AGAIN!!"

"CAN IT, JANNIE!!" he looked at Implauso, who finally calmed down and was now silently mourning, "I can't believe he lost again." Jared said silently, "He used to be so good. That brat destroyed him. Destroyed me.... Well, I'll get that brat! And her little dog too!" his voice rose, "JUST YOU WAIT!! AND SEEEEEE!!" he laughed beserkly, Jannie rolling her eyes.

End of Chapter One
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