Haven’t Got A Clue
By:  Salt*N*Pepper

Chapter 5 (The Finale)

 "HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!!!!!!!"

Delia, Professor Oak, Mr. Mime, Nurse Joy, Officer Jenny, and even the phone guy came rushing in the house, with orange and black party streamers and balloons. Ash, Brock, Misty and Team Rocket looked up, shocked at what was happening.

Ash didn’t wait another second.

"Mom! Mom!!" he screamed running towards her.

"How’s my little boy?!" she asked, he smile spreading from cheek to cheek.

"Mom…it’s Gary--he killed them!!" Ash pointed a shaking finger at Professor Oak…who happily waved to him, Nurse Joy…who was throwing party streamers in the air, Officer Jenny…who smiled at him like there was no tomorrow, Mr. Mime who was gleefully jumped on his broom as if he were a witch, and the phone guy, pretending his hand was a phone.  They were all alive and standing right in front of him.

"But-But you’re all dead!" Ash shrieked.

Misty, Brock and Team Rocket sat frozen in the same positions, unable to take in what was happening. Delia bent down to look into Ash’s face, then glared at Gary.

"I told you to have fun! Not to make him cry!" she said.

After keeping a straight face for nearly five hours, Gary burst out into fits of laughter.

"Sorry Mrs. Ketchum…but I guess I got a little carried away…" he said in between giggles. "You’ll always be my best friends…that was great!"

Ash gave horrified looks at Brock, Misty and Team Rocket.

"Happy Halloween honey!" Delia squeezed Ash tightly. "I hope Gary didn’t scare you guys too much…"she said looking towards the others.

Brock and Misty slowly stood up, using each other for support.

"You mean…" Misty said, quickly wiping away her tears with one hand, and holding Brock’s with the other. "This was all a…joke?!?"

Jesse and James also stood up, Meowth still clinging to James leg.

"So you’re all alive!" Jesse cried.
Jesse and James looked at each other. "And we’re alive too!" they shouted together, and happily began hugging again.

Ash still looked stunned.
"Gary…then what you said in the attic-"

"Wasn’t true!" Gary laughed interrupting him. "I’d never admit you being better than me…even if you were!"

Ash still had no statement. Then he began to smile, and soon was laughing.

"I hate you Gary!" he yelled, still laughing.

Gary smiled.

"Just be glad I’m not REALLY blackmailing you guys…" he said.

Brock and Misty began to laugh also, finally realizing everything was okay.

Delia smiled. "I’m sorry honey, but when you said Halloween wasn’t special to you anymore on the phone…I wanted to make sure you’d have at least one good one left. Professor Oak, Mimey, Joy, Jenny, Gary and myself planned it all out…I just can’t believe you actually fell for it! I was sure this scene would be all to familiar to you…but I guess we haven’t played ‘Clue’ in a while…have we?"

Brock’s eyes widened.
"Of course! Everything, from Gary acting like a butler, to Professor Oak handing out weapons, to all of us coming dressed up was taken directly from the game ‘Clue’! Ash, we were playing a game the whole time!"

"I think I did a fine job with the unexpected visitors, didn’t I Grandpa?" Gary asked, looking at Team Rocket and the phone guy. "I explained everything to him, and he played along perfectly!" Gary laughed. "As for Team Rocket, they turned out to be just as dumb as you three!"

Jesse suddenly blinked.
"That’s right!" she cried. "Now that this horrible mess is over, we have decided to take possession of all your Pokémon!"

"But we were just going to have dinner!" Professor Oak protested.
Jesse paused. After catching Jenny looking at her suspiciously, she quickly changed her mind.
"Uh, I guess we could be friends for just a little while longer …" she replied.

Soon everyone was sitting at Professor Oak’s long dinning room table, eating and laughing.

"And then, after I said ‘I’m glad I wasn’t the one dead’-Ash freaked out! You should have seen the look on his face!" Gary cried, red in the face from laughter.

"I have to agree, we all played very good rolls," Oak said, smiling.

"Oh, but the best part…look at these fake weapons grandpa got at the store!" Gary gushed. "100% Rubber!"

"I can’t believe I didn’t realize…" Brock laughed.

"And the fake blood was really a nice touch," Jesse added, making James spit out his drink.
Ash laughed and looked over at Misty. She seemed to be deep in thought.

"Hey Misty, what’s the matter?" he asked, focusing his brown eyes on hers.

"Oh, it’s nothing…I was just wondering, if all the weapons were fake and everyone’s still alive…then where’s Tracey?"

Everyone became silent. Suddenly the chairs screeched against the floor as everyone got up and ran towards the front door.

Gary, who got there first, opened it, while everyone else gathered around him.
When the door was fully opened, everyone peered out.  There was Tracey, lying on the ground, his body sprawled in an unnatural position. In his limp arm he was clutching his sketchpad.

"I don’t understand…the gun was fake!" Gary cried.

Everybody looked at Brock, who was the original owner of the gun.

"Well, no one ever liked him anyway.  After all he did replace me in the Orange Islands…" he said.

Everyone stared at him.

"Uh…what I meant to say was what-a-shame…what-a-shame..."

                                        HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!!!!