Episode 56! So, is the story to your satisfaction? Just to
let you know, I’m putting some of the other fics on hold while I work on this
monster.
Disclaimer: SHADOW DOES NOT OWN POKEMON OR CARD CAPTOR SAKURA. However, Charlotte, Destiny, Pika-chan, Vulpix-chan, Eterneon, etc. belong to me and me alone. E-mail me if you want to borrow them.
Notes: ** indicates thoughts, <> indicates telepathy, and italics indicates pokemon speech. Yatta!
Ranma – thanks! ^_^. Actually, MQ was mentioned in the Star’s Ascent arc once. But glitches are fun to play with.
Inami – Lance does have the Sakura cards, plus the moon cards. Um… yes, Teresa likes Ash kind of like Tomoyo likes Sakura. But no, I’m not doing Ash/Charlotte because then I’d get flamed for Mary Sue-ness. But I know what you mean… *Sad eyes* Wish I could…
Eevee99 and Star – so what did you think of the fic itself?
Digifan – thank you! Comedy always rules!
Tmp – MQ was one of the glitch pokemon mentioned near the end of the Star’s Ascent arc, one of the ‘wild cards’ in the Kanto card set. Um… Teresa is Teresa, go figure.
Silver#2 – yep, poor lil’ Ash…
SnowTiger – yep! I don’t think Pika-chan’s ever given a stolen snack back, but… *Pika-chan hands you a chocolate*
Pikacar/Marle – I hate SATS… *Joins you with Charizard and Moltres to destroy the score sheets* Nope, Charlotte does not like costumes. *Guardians eat brownies, then chase you… *
Severus’ Potions Mistress – I think you’re right. Poor Ash. I’m sure he was red.
Nikki Wind and Crystal Wind – sorry, can’t co-host b/c I might get locked… and I’ve already been locked several times…
Fire Eevee – Mystery = good. Charlotte’s hair is naturally wavy, but…
Episode 58: Bob strikes again – Dragon’s Fury!
“So what do I do now?” Lance asked as he switched off his interdimensional mirror. * This could get complicated… *
< I don’t know. Do you think you can get Loop back? >
< Only when Ash changes the card combination required to travel across dimensions, or creates a card to cross dimensions easily. >
< Oh. >
< Maybe I should just send spirits instead of the cards. It’s too risky. > Lance said.
< That’s probably a good idea. What are you using next? >
< Dash, probably, or something weaker than Loop. He needs a break. Besides, Bob the Dragon-Mage is about to make his move. >
< You don’t like Bob, do you? >
< Of course not. Let me think, he’s copying me, he’s evil, he was the dark apprentice after all, and he’s really annoying. >
< Ah. >
CP Dimension…
“MWAHAHAHA! I have found you! You can’t hide from me!”
Charlotte and Ash both jumped away as a Hyper Beam hit the area they had been in mere seconds ago.
“Release!” They shouted in unison. Teresa quickly dived into a bush. The bands of magic surrounded both as they grabbed their staffs and took up their positions, Charlotte on the right, Ash on the left side.
“Espeon, I choose you!” Charlotte shouted.
“Electabuzz!” Ash called, as light surrounded the pokemon card and it changed into an Ash card’. Both pokemon streaked towards Bob, who laughed and ordered his dragon to kill them.
“Shield!” Charlotte said, as clear protective barrier sprung up in front of her. * Hmm… I don’t think he can disrupt this one. *
“Disruption!” Bob shouted, throwing the black card into the air. “Unbind!” This time, instead of reversing the attacks, the card literally unbound Espeon and Electabuzz, leaving two dazed-looking pokemon lying on the forest floor.
“Flareon! Quick Attack!” Charlotte shouted. The pokemon nodded and rammed into Bob, knocking him over.
“Butterfree, use Stun Spore!” Ash said, throwing out his pokemon. Butterfree nodded and spores began to drift from its antennae. Bob choked a bit, but quickly regained his bearings.
“Disruption! Unbind again!” Bob shouted. But this time, there was no effect.
< He doesn’t know they’re pokemon! > Pika-chan said in though-speak. < That’s why he’s temporarily stunned. Attack him now! >
< Storm, use Hyper Beam! > Ash said in telepathy. Storm materialized and charged up energy in its horn.
< Arcanine, use Fire Blast! > Charlotte told her fire pokemon. < And Flareon, use Fire Spin to immobilize him! > The two fire-types nodded and began their own attacks.
“I-Impossible!” Bob choked out. “Fine then! Daemon card! Go!”
A horrific-looking mound of black smoke mixed with some strangely solid substance appeared in front of the two.
“This does not look good.” Pika-chan muttered.
“Hahahaha! Daemon, attack them!”
Ash and Charlotte both jumped out of the way again.
“Don’t think its safe to stay on the ground.” Ash said. “Oh well, this is going to drain me… Destiny!”
The lights surrounded him and he transformed.
“Fly!” Charlotte said simply. A pair of wings rose from her shoulders and she flew after him.
Bob laughed. “That’s not going to do you any good!”
“What do you mean?” Vulpix-chan asked.
As if in response, the Daemon sprouted wings itself and flew after the two Chosen. The guardians winced, but concentrated their attention back on their renewed battle with the dragon.
Vulpix-chan and Pika-chan blasted it with Flaming Thunder, but absolutely nothing happened.
“It’s a fire-type. Let me try.” Sabrina said, as she stepped forwards. “Summon Rain!” From the sky, drops began to fall, splattering all over the dragon and causing it to writhe in pain.
“Great!” Angel said as he blasted it with a Light Ray attack.
Sabrina followed up with a Psychic, while Pika-chan used Thunder and Vulpix-chan used Fire Blast.
“Oh no!” Bob said, as his dragon finally fainted under the combined assault. He quickly put it into a little jeweled box. “Grr! Daemon card, get them!”
“Ash?”
“What?” Ash asked as he evaded
a swipe from the Daemon card. “Eep! Hey, watch it!” A few stray feathers
drifted down.
“I hate to interrupt.” Charlotte said as she blasted the Daemon card with a bolt of fire. “But it’s raining, and we have feathers.”
Ash gulped as the rain began to fall in torrents. “Um… what do we do now?”
“I don’t know.” Charlotte said as they began to fall. The Daemon card didn’t have a problem, since its wings were made of leathery skin.
“Storm, I choose you!” Ash said. Storm popped out of her great ball and looked around, before nodding. Her horn glowed, and in an instant, the storm died down. Next, she fired an Ice Beam at the Daemon in an effort to immobilize its movements.
“Daemon card, DESTRUCTION!” Bob shouted.
Gray energy surrounded the card, and suddenly split and flew towards both Chosen. They really didn’t have much time to react before it struck, so they were both blasted down to earth by the attack.
Storm fired a Thunderwave at the Daemon, hoping to immobilize it, but nothing happened. As she furiously threw attack after attack at it, something inside her snapped and she began to glow with the light of evolution.
Meanwhile, Vulpix-chan and Pika-chan managed to rescue the two collapsed trainers. They decided to let them rest for a bit, as Bob wasn’t attacking anymore.
When the light cleared, what stood there was not a Dragonite. It looked like a Dragonair, only with two pairs of silver dragon’s wings and four legs, with claws. A ‘helmet’ of wing-shaped scales covered its head, and its long body was covered with blue, silver, and gold scales.
“Wow… Storm finally evolved.” Pika-chan whispered.
“Dragonami!” The new pokemon shrieked.
“Dragon plus Tsunami.” Angel said in a studious tone.
Storm shrieked and threw all of her anger into a Dragon Rage attack, blowing the Daemon card out of the air.
“Curse you! I’ll be back!” Bob screeched, as he recalled his card, opened a porthole, and vanished.
Dragonami landed next to Ash and nuzzled him. Ash’s eyes fluttered open. “S-storm? You evolved?”
< Yes. > A voice said in his head. < Nice, isn’t it. >
Ash smiled. “I’m so happy.” He would have said more, but than he fainted again.
As night fell, the guardians finally revived their masters and began to set up camp. Teresa sighed happily and hugged her video camera.
< This
could get problematic, master. >
< I know. I am trying to
figure out some way around this. > Lance said.
< You
know that you have to go help them. >
< Yes, but not until the
end. >
< It’s the prophecy. Fire,
Ice, Lightning, three in one... >
< It also involves Light, Darkness, and Shadow. >
< Yes, I know. >
< What can we do? > Another voice chimed in.
< I’m trying to think, Aerodactyl. >
< really? >
< Yes! >
< So you’re not just using the mirror to oogle the card captor? >
< AERODACTYL! >
The sound of something breaking echoed through indigo plateau.
Lorelei looked up. < Please tell me that wasn’t something expensive. >
< Don’t worry, it wasn’t. > Dewgong said.
< Good. >
< It was one of the platforms. >
< DEWGONG! >
End Episode 56! Flames will be used to forge Windy – so she can strangle all those dubbers who don’t care about pronunciation and stuff!