Last One Standing
Pikachu and Finaille Nailo
Part 2

Sunday November 9, 2003

Okay. I am finally doing the next part. Most of you probably think it’ll be 
short but I’m not stopping until it is at least 6 pages long. Review and 
enjoy!!! ^_^

	“CATCH ME FIRST!!!” Ash yelled back. Misty was so ticked her face looked 
the color of raw meat.

	“WHEN I DO, YOU’LL WISH I DIDN’T!!!” Misty screamed. Ash continued to run 
stupidly between trees. Misty tore after him again.

	“Can’t you go faster?” Ash taunted her as she was a good ways away from 
him.

	“YES!!!” Misty screamed. She took a shortcut and popped out right in front 
of Ash and tackled him to the ground. She then gave her mallet quite a 
workout.

	“YAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!! OKAY OKAY! YOU WIN!!!!” Ash screamed. Misty smiled 
smugly.

	“Ha. Told you.” Misty said, now beginning to chill out a bit. Brock arrived 
shortly after with Pikachu up on his shoulder.

      “Are you two through now?” Brock asked with slight annoyance.

	“Yeah. I guess so. I beat Ash.” Misty said with a grin.

	“You had to take a shortcut just to catch me you cheater.” Ash said.

	“What’s your point?” Misty asked. They all jumped as a blast was heard just 
ahead of them.

	“What was that?” Misty screamed. They all jumped up. Pikachu took start and 
shocked all of them.

	“YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!! CUT IT OUT P-P-PIKACHU!!!” Ash 
yelled. After they were done being fried, they peered out of the bushes. It 
was quite obvious that a bomb had been dropped some 100 yards from them.

	“I really don’t like this. Team Rocket is bombing everything in sight.” 
Misty said worriedly.

	“I think we should go back. Maybe Mia will let us stay with her. Maybe, 
just maybe we can stop all this.” Ash said quietly. Misty snorted.

	“Ash. You heard what Mia said. The 3 of us can’t stop Team Rocket. It would 
be impossible.” Misty said with a slight tone of agitation.

	“Maybe it’s risky but Ash has a point. We should try and do something.” 
Brock said.
	“Thank you Brock. Anyway, I do think we should turn back. Mia is my sister 
so more than likely she’ll let us.


	“And maybe me and her could get to know each other better.” Brock said with 
hearts in his eyes.

	“No. Don’t even think about it Brock. Other girls are one thing but not my 
sister.” Ash said.

      At Mia’s house…

	“Back already?” Mia asked when she opened her door and saw them standing 
there.

	“Yeah. We need a place to stay. We figured we could help out with the fight 
against Team Rocket.” Ash said. Mia looked suspicious.

	“You can stay here but I don’t think it’s a good idea for you guys to get 
involved. What if I lose my brother that I’ve been looking for for years?” 
Mia asked. There was a silence.

	“You’ve been looking for me?” Ash asked, touched. Mia rolled her eyes.

	“I told you that the last time you were here Ash. You must forget things 
easily.” Mia said, trying to hold back a smile. They went inside and sat 
down.

	“So. Did you guys here that Team Rocket let a bomb drop 4 miles away from 
here?” Mia asked.

	“Yeah. It nearly landed right on us,” Misty replied. Mia was shocked.

	“You’re kidding, right??” Mia screamed. They shook her head.

	“It was about 100 yards away. It was a near miss,” Ash told her.

	“Well, I’m surprised an accidental bombing would be on the news but it is,” 
Mia told them. She turned on the news channels and began flipping. All they 
kept showing was the forest where they had been in a clearing that was made 
by the bomb. Mia finally shut of the T.V.

	“I still can’t believe Team Rocket, Aqua, and Magma have all teamed up 
together. I thought they all liked to do things their own way,” Brock asked.

	“They used to. Then they realized they could get many things they wanted if 
they all teamed up together,” Mia explained.

	“It must be awful living in constant fear like this,” Misty said sadly.

	“It is. Not a day goes by where we haven’t heard that someone’s been 
injured or killed,” Mia replied.

	“Well Mia. We’re going to go to the Pokemon Center. My Pokemon need 
healing.” Ash told her.

	“Well, okay. Just be careful Ash,” Mia said to him.

	“I will. You don’t need to worry,” Ash reassured her. She smiled as they 
walked out of the house.

	“You don’t need to heal your Pokemon. Why did you tell Mia that? And what 
are you planning to do anyway?” Misty asked.

	“Do you always have to ask so many questions?” Ash asked, annoyed.

	“Misty. Ash. Stop it. Anyway, what are you doing anyway?”

	“Going to stop Teams Rocket, Aqua, and Magma!” Ash exclaimed. Misty and 
Brock both grabbed one of his arms and began dragging him back to Mia’s 
house.

	“WHAT ARE YOU TWO NIMRODS DOING???!!!” Ash shouted.

	“We’re taking you back to Mia’s!!”  Misty exclaimed.

	“Why?” Ash asked as he struggled to break free.

	“Because we don’t even have a plan of what we’re going to do! That’s why!” 
Brock shouted to him.

	***   ***

	“YOU WHAT???” Mia screamed. Misty and Brock had just told her about how Ash 
was going to try and stop Teams Rocket, Aqua, and Magma.

	“Ash. It’s dangerous enough fighting them with a plan. It’s even more 
dangerous fighting them without a plan!!! WHAT WERE YOU THINKING???”

	“I just wanted to make the area a safer place by getting rid of Team 
Rockmagua,” Ash said to her. Mia, Misty, and Brock looked confused.

	“Team Rockmagua? What the heck does that mean?” Misty asked.

	“All the teams. Rock stands for Rocket, Mag stands for Magma, and Ua stands 
for Aqua,” Ash explained. Brock and Mia rolled their eyes.

	“Where do you get these crazy ideas?” Misty asked.

	“From being around a crazy person like you,” Ash replied with a grin. Misty 
hit him with her mallet.

	“Ha ha. So funny Ash. You need to grow up. It must have taken you what, a 
second to make that up?” Misty replied while Ash rubbed his head.

	“I just hate living in constant fear. You never know what will happen from 
one day to the next,” Mia said sadly.

	“How come you haven’t moved?” Ash asked.

	“I can’t,” Mia said.

	“Well, why not?” Misty asked politely.

	“Well, I own the Pokemon Research Lab here,”

	“Oh. That’s right,” Brock said.

	“You can see why I can’t really get up and leave,” Mia explained to them.

	“Do you mind showing us the lab Mia?” Ash asked. Mia smiled.

	“Of course not. We have to drive across town though. It’s on the other side 
of town,” Mia told them. They looked puzzled.

	“Why didn’t they just build it by your house?” Brock asked. Mia giggled.

	“Not enough land room. Anyway, hop into the car and let’s go for a drive,” 
Mia said happily.  They all filed out of her house and went into her car. 
She lowered the top so that there was no ceiling of the car.

	“I hope you guys don’t mind a topless car,” Mia shouted back to them.

	“Nope. It’s nice out today. Why would we?” Misty replied. Mia adjusted her 
mirror and pulled out of the driveway.

	“So you basically just try and find out what techniques are a Pokemon’s 
strongest?” Ash asked as they had paused at a red light.

	“That’s right Ash. Most of the trainers today are finding out that some of 
their Pokemon’s attacks are stronger than they think,” Mia told them with a 
wink as she sped through the green light.

	“Thanks to you, right Mia?” Brock asked.

	“I don’t want to take all the credit. A lot of people have been helping 
me,” Mia replied as she turned a sharp corner.

	“Who all helps you Mia?” Misty asked.

	“Oh. Just local trainers. Well, I really shouldn’t say trainers. I should 
say kids that are to-be Trainers,” Mia explained.

	“Basically 8 and 9 year olds, right?” Ash asked.

	“Yep. Okay. The lab is just around this corner,” Mia explained. She turned 
and they all gasped. It was enormous. It looked like a gym.

	“I take it you like?” Mia asked, grinning when she saw their expressions.

	“IT’S HUGE!!!” Ash exclaimed. Mia laughed.

	“It’s bigger on the inside,” She told him. Mia turned her red car into the 
Parking Lot and they all got out.

	“Ready to go?” She asked.

	“You bet!” They replied. They went in through doors that were clear glass. 
From the entrance, there were just tons of hallways leading in different 
directions.

	“Each of the hallways leads to a different Gym. Each Gym has a different 
type of Pokemon,” Mia explained seeing their look of confusion.

	“Here. I’ll show you. Let’s go into the Grass Gym first,” Mia said. She led 
them through a hallway diagonal to them. They turned a few corners and saw a 
wooden door with a leaf painted on it.

	“Go on. Enter. I warn you though. These Grass Types are extremely hyper and 
sweet so they’ll probably pounce on you when you walk in,” Mia said with a 
laugh.

	“WHAT???” They screamed.

	“Oh. They do it to me every time I check on them. It doesn’t hurt. Don’t 
worry,” Mia said, reassuring them. They all went inside and saw many Grass 
Pokemon. They were stretched across a Gym on grass as the floor. The whole 
Gym must have been 500 yards wide on each side. They just stood in 
amazement.

	“So. You like? There’s some Bellsprout, Venasaurs, Spineraks, Caterpie, you 
name the grass Pokemon, and they’re here. You want to see the Psychic Gym 
which I refer to as the Ghost Gym?” Mia asked.

	“Uh, how scary are they?” Misty asked.

	“Oh. They’re more comical then scary,” Mia explained. After the Ghost Gym, 
they went to Water, Fire, Ice, Thunder, Fighting, and Normal until finally 
Mia decided to call it a day.

	“Well. I think I’m done for the day. Come on. I’ll fix dinner,” Mia said 
with a smile.

	“Okay!” Ash exclaimed. They hopped back into her car and drove to her 
house.

To be continued…

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