The Dragon Master III: Chapter Four

	"You are under arrest for having something to do with the Italian mafia," 
Officer Jenny said as she pulled out her handcuffs.
	"Dammit," I said. "My day could not get any better." Officer Jenny pulled 
out her gun.
	"Stop right there," she yelled. She started firing her pistol. I started to 
back flip away from her towards the hole that I had created earlier. She 
kept on firing, and I kept on back flipping into the hole. I fell through, 
and landed on my feet underneath the dock. I ran towards where I had left 
the three-month olds. They were right where I had left them.
	"Come on," I said as I picked them up. "Let's go back to Cerulean City." I 
called my wings, and I flew off towards Cerulean City. I had no idea where 
to go. So I went to the Gym. I busted through the door, and whom I assumed 
were Misty's parents. I had never met them before, as they died in a car 
accident when Misty was about ten years old.
	"Where did you find our little Misty," Misty's mom came towards me asking. 
Her mother was quite beautiful, and now I know where Misty had gotten her 
beauty. Her mother was about five-feet-six, with long red hair and green 
eyes. Her father on the other hand, had bright blonde hair, along with a set 
of ocean blue eyes. Just like Misty's eyes, I thought to myself.
	"Come on, son," Misty's father said. "How did you find our little girl?"
	"Well, Mr. Waterflower," I said. "I found her at Cerulean Cape, right after 
some of the mafia started to shoot up the place."
	"How can we ever thank you for finding her," Mrs. Waterflower asked.
	"No need," I said. "Just forget that you ever saw me."
	"Why is that," Mr. Waterflower asked.
	"I have my reasons," I replied. Mrs. Waterflower, however, was interested 
in the baby that I had held in my arms.
	"And who is this," Mrs. Waterflower asked, tickling the little me's 
stomach. "Surely he's not your...your...son?"
	"Um...no," I said, while doing some quick thinking. "He's not my son. He's 
actually my...my...brother! Yes, he's my little brother. But I have to go. 
Please, don't tell anybody that you saw me. I would be in your debt." And 
with that, I ran out the door. Unfortunately, an Officer Jenny was standing 
right outside the door, with her back to it. I almost ran into her in my 
haste. She was talking to another officer.
	"Put posters up of this mysterious stranger in a teal cloak," Officer Jenny 
said. "I want him in jail as soon as possible." I snuck away from her and 
back behind the wall of the Gym. "He is said to be carrying a three-month 
old baby boy." I was hiding behind the wall, waiting for the two officers to 
get out of there.
	"Yes, Ma'am," the other officer said. "Right away, Ma'am." The two officers 
walked their separate ways. I needed to find some allies instead of more 
enemies. Quickly, without anyone noticing, I ran out of town and I was on my 
way to Saffron City. I had to find Sabrina…and fast.
	When I arrived in Saffron City, it had appeared to change since I had been 
there in 2004. I quickly ran to them Gym. As usual, there were those 
annoying teleporting pads everywhere. Luckily, there was one path that led 
to Sabrina without nay trainers challenging you. I jumped on one pad, and 
then another, I was teleporting all over the Gym. Soon, I reached the 
chamber where the Gym Leader stood. But it wasn't Sabrina. Instead of a 
young girl with green hair and with a face that showed no expression, I 
found an older man with a kind and warming face.
	"Hello," the man said in a kind voice. "What can I do for you and the baby 
that you are carrying? Would you like to battle for a badge?"
	"Um...no," I said. "I need to see Sabrina."
	"Sabrina," the man said. "Why would you want to see a five year old girl?"
	"I need her to help me," I said. "Unless you can read minds."
	"Well it happens to be that I can," the man said. "Come here and kneel. I 
will put my hands on your temples, and I will see what you need to have 
seen." I did as he said, but when he touched my temples, I felt an odd 
sensation all over my body. It was not a good feeling; it was one of 
apprehension and fear. I did not like it. After about five minutes, the man 
staggered away for some reason.
	"What is it," I asked him.
	"Your life is very complicated," the man said. "But, I saw something in 
your future that is very bad. The loss of a loved one."
	"Yes, I know," I said. "But I'm more worried if you believe me."
	"Do I believe that you're from the future," the man said. It wasn't a 
question. "Or that that baby is you when you were three months old? Or that 
the brother that you had in your adopted family is trying to kill that baby? 
That a Pokemon Master brought him back from the dead? Which part?"
	"Um," I said. "All of them."
	"I don't know what I believe anymore," he said. "But I do know that I can 
help you in some way. You were brought back here by a Mysticman, right?"
	"Yeah," I said. "His name was Will."
	"Will's father and I are very good friends," the man said. "After you 
finish your quest here, tell him that you wish to go back to the future. 
Other than that, you have no way of getting back to your girlfriend; even 
though you promised that you would."
	"Thank you," I said. "You are very gener-" BOOM! An explosion rang through 
our ears. Lance was standing was standing there, in a hole that he had 
created in the wall.
	"Hey, Bob," Lance said with a devilish smile on his face. "Should we fight 
first, and then you give me the baby; or shall we just save us both some 
time and give him to me now? Then again, I have all the time in the world."
	"Go to hell," I told him.
	"I've been there already, and it's really not much fun," Lance said. "You 
know, with all the flames and shit. I think that I got sunburn while I was 
down there." I called my wings, and I flew over his head and out of the Gym, 
blasting out the walls with a Hyper Beam. I flew out of the Gym, and a Hyper 
Beam narrowly missed me. I looked where it had come from, and I saw two 
figures in teal tumbling off a cliff.
	"What the hell," I asked myself. But I had no time to think about that, as 
Lance tackled me from behind. The baby flew out of my arms, and started to 
fall to the ground. I threw Lance off me, and flew straight down towards the 
baby. If he hit the ground, he would die. I was shooting down, Lance right 
behind me. He was about to hit, when I grabbed him, and swooped up as fast 
as possible. Lance collided straight to the ground, while I flew away as 
fast as possible towards anywhere that Lance wasn't. I just flew as fast as 
I could, without thinking of the consequences. I had nowhere else to go, 
anyway. I would just fly as fast as I could towards wherever I was going.
	It ended up that I went to Cinnabar Island. With the little me in my arms, 
sleeping contently, I landed behind the Gym. But I had to find Will's 
father. That was my number two priority. My first was keeping me alive. I 
entered a phone booth, and I opened the address book. I tried to find Will's 
last name, but then I realized that I didn't even know his last name. What 
kind of a League Champion am I? I don't even know my own first of the Elite 
Four's name. I had to go for it. I walked into Blaine's Gym. Two male twin 
trainers stopped me before I could enter.
	"You can only enter here," one of them said.
	"If you can beat us and control your fear," the other said.
	"Our fire pokemon are the best," the first one said.
	"Can you stand up to the test," the second one continued.
	"If you can't, you'll get a beating," the first twin said.
	"We twins aren't for greeting," the second twin said.
	"So challenge us to see our master, Blaine," the first one said.
	"If you lose, you'll be in for lots of pain," the other twin rhymed.
	"So let me get this straight," I said changing positions for the baby so he 
didn't wake up. "I have to beat you two in order to see Blaine."
	"Why, yes, of course," the first one said.
	"Can you beat my fire horse," the other one asked. He let out a Rapidash, 
the fastest of land pokemon.
	"And what is your other pokemon," I asked.
	"My brother's pokemon is not like mine," the twin with the Rapidash said.
	"For my Macargo is absolutely fine," the other twin yelled, as he let out 
his fire/rock pokemon.
	"A two-on-two battle we request," the Rapidash trainer said.
	"To find out who is the best," the Macargo trainer said.
	"So two pokemon you must send out," the Rapidash twin said.
	"Choose two to fight this bout," the Macargo trainer said.
	"Okay," I said. "I choose you, Puff! Scarlet, you battle, too! Puff, take 
on that Rapidash! Scarlet, you take on that Macargo!" As my red Gyarados and 
my most powerful Dragonite erupted from their teal pokeballs in a flash of 
teal light, the battle began.
	"Rapidash, use Fire Spin," the Rapidash trainer said.
	"Macargo, use Rock Slide before he can win," the Macargo trainer shouted.
	"Puff, use Thunder to stop the Fire Spin attack," I shouted. "Scarlet, use 
Ice Beam to knock those rocks away!" According to my orders, Scarlet shot 
pelts of ice at every rock. Puff exploded with electricity, counteracting 
the fire that Rapidash was spitting at Puff.
	"Macargo, use the biggest Flamethrower that you know," one of the twins 
said.
	"Rapidash, Stomp that Dragonite, and end this show," the other twin rhymed.
	"Puff, Scarlet, counter with Hyper Blast," I commanded at my pokemon. They 
each opened their mouth wide, and a thin beam, no larger than a penny's 
width shot out of their mouths. When they came within an inch of Macargo and 
Rapidash, however, the tiny beams erupted into huge blasts that hit both of 
the two pokemon that were owned by the twins. A bright light and fire 
exploded everywhere, leaving the twins, the baby, and me unable to see our 
pokemon. When everything cleared, Puff and Scarlet were still standing, 
though kind of burned. The Rapidash and Macargo, however, were lying on the 
ground, fainted.
	"Oh my God, he beat us," the Rapidash trainer exclaimed.
	"Now I wonder 'Did he cheat us,'" the Macargo trainer said.
	"I think that he beat us fair and square," the first trainer continued.
	"To see Master Blaine, follow the path there," the second trainer 
concluded. The two twins bowed, parted, and gave me room to go and see 
Blaine.
	"Puff, Scarlet, good job," I said. "Now you deserve a good rest. Return." I 
held out a pokeball in each hand, a teal beam of light came forth from both 
of them, enveloped both Scarlet and Puff, and two of my dragon pokemon were 
sucked back into their pokeballs. I walked through the path that the twins 
had created for me. It was quite dark where I was going, so I didn't know 
where to go. The baby in my arms was fidgeting. I calmed him down, right 
when a set of lights popped on. There Blaine was, sitting on a chair in the 
middle of the room.
	"Hello my young friend," Blaine said. He looked strange young. It looked 
like he was in his mid-thirties. Plus, I had never realized the strangeness 
of seeing him alive again.
	"*mumblemumble*," I said indistinctively.
	"What was that," Blaine said. "You look like you've seen a ghost." I 
dropped my jaw and almost the baby. I pulled myself back together, and asked 
him the question that I tried to ask before.
	"Um...is there a young boy named Will on this island," I asked. Then I 
realized how stupid that sounded.
	"Um...there has to be," Blaine said. "I reckon that there's about fifteen 
of them." Just then, thankfully, my cell phone rang.
	"Bob," Will gasped. "What the hell happened? The paper that had a story 
about you catching the crime boss said that you caught five of them. Just 
now, it changed to four! What the hell is going on there?"
	"Giovanni got away," I said. "Will, what was your dad's name?"
	"It was Tony Marchello," Will said. "Why do you ask?"
	"I just needed to know, thanks," I said as I hung up. I turned my attention 
back to Blaine. "I'm sorry about that. Now, back to my question. Is there a 
man named Tony Marchello on this island?"
	"Not that I believe," Blaine said. "Here, check this directory." He handed 
me a thick book. I quickly flipped to the 'M's.
	"Marchello, Marchello," I said to myself.
	"Um," Blaine said. "This directory is kinda weird. It goes by the first 
name. You had better check in the 'T's section."
	"Who designed this," I asked.
	"Actually," Blaine said. "I did. Now, do you see any Tony Marchello?"
	"No," I said. "Thanks for your time." I walked past the twins, both giving 
me an odd look at the baby in my arms. I went and sat down on the steps of 
the Gym, and thought what I needed to do. I snapped my fingers. I just had 
an idea. I pulled out my cell phone and dialed Will's number.
	"Will, the first of the Elite Four speaking," Will said into the phone.
	"Will, where did you live as a child," I hurriedly asked.
	"I lived in Indigo Plateau," Will said. "You know, the city right in front 
of the Palace of the Elite Four?"
	"Great," I said. "I'll talk to you later." He started to say something, but 
I closed my phone and stuck it back inside of my cloak. Shifting the baby in 
my arms, I called my wings and flew off towards Indigo Plateau. It was 
rather an uneventful flight, and I landed on the outskirts of the largest 
city in the world. There was a guard guarding the gate, and I walked past 
him as fast as possible. The reason that I did that was because of the 
wanted poster with my face on it. I was back being a fugitive. I had almost 
forgotten what it was like not to be able to show your face.
	"Hey," the guard yelled. "Come back here young man!" I started to run away, 
but he put his hand on my shoulder and stopped me from going anywhere. He 
was quite muscular. He could have easily been Bruno's older and stronger 
brother.
	"What do you want," I asked calmly. He gave me a weird look, and continued 
to talk.
	"Do you have some ID, young man," the guard asked. "Because if you can't 
prove who you are, then I'll have to throw you in the slammer. It's the 
League Champion's policy." I quickly got out my wallet and gave him my 
driver's license.
	"Here you go, sir," I said. I winced, hoping that he wouldn't notice the 
date of birth.
	"Well," the guard said. "It sure does look like you. I can't argue with 
that. But it says here that you were born three weeks ago. What is with 
that?"
	"Um," I said, not knowing what to say. I silently asked God to help me 
think of something.
"Are you gonna tell me, kid," the guard asked. Right after that, I said the 
first thing that popped into my head.
	"It's a typo," I said. "The reason that I'm here is to change it to my real 
birth date."
	"Okay," the guard said. "I guess that that clears that up. You're free to 
go." He gave me my driver's license, and walked away, his muscles putting 
his shirt to the breaking point. I ran as fast as I could to the nearest 
phone booth. I quickly looked up the name Tony Marchello.
	"Found it," I said to myself. "He lives at The Palace of the Elite Four, 
Room #4!" Will's father was the Leader of the Elite Four! This was getting 
quite weird. Regardless of where he lived, I had to talk to him. I walked 
into the PokeCenter, and I healed my dragon pokemon. While I was waiting, I 
went and I sat down by a beautiful young woman, about my age. I shifted the 
little me, so he wouldn't wake up, and I could be a little bit more 
comfortable.
	"Oh, that is such a cute baby," the beautiful young woman said. "How did he 
end up with you?"
	"He's my little brother," I lied.
	"How old is he," she queried me.
	"Three weeks old," I said.
	"My, and he's away from his mother," the beautiful young woman exclaimed. 
"What's his name?"
	"His name is really Robert," I said. "But so is mine. So he is Robbie, and 
I'm Bob."
	"Why would your parents do that," she wondered out loud.
	"Actually," I said. "We're both adopted. And our genetic parents just 
happened to name us both Robert, so it's just a coincidence."
	"Really," she asked.
	"Yeah," I said. "But enough about me, what about you? What's your name, 
even?"
	"Well," she said, not even feeling uncomfortable. "My name is Josie 
Flargini." My stomach felt like it exploded.
	"F-F-Fl-Flargini," I asked, stuttering.
	"Uh, yeah," Josie said. "Is there anything wrong with that?" Thoughts were 
exploding in my head.
	"No," I said quickly. I wondered, could she be related to John Flargini in 
any way?
	"Now for the reason that I am here," she said. "Well, I was told that I had 
to go here to give up my son for adoption. Yes, I do have a son, but I 
cannot take care of him. So I am giving him up for adoption. I know what 
you're thinking: 'How can she be a mother when she's only sixteen?'"
	"No, actually," I said. "My mother was only eighteen when she gave birth to 
me."
	"Was she married," Josie asked. "Because I'm not. My parents really don't 
want me to be married. They say that I'm too young. Of course, my boyfriend 
didn't even stay for the delivery. He just split."
	"I'm sorry," I said solemnly. "But, no, she wasn't and isn't married. But, 
her boyfriend stayed through the birth and still claims me as his son."
	"You're so lucky," Josie said. "My son won't ever know me. His name is 
John." My mouth dropped. I quickly closed it, though. She didn't even 
notice. "Evidently, they are going to send to the Lavender Town orphanage. 
I'll most likely never see him again." With that, she broke down in tears. 
Shifting "Robbie," I put my arm around her to comfort her.
	"It's okay, Josie," I said. "It's all gonna be all right. Come on, Josie." 
She looked me in the eyes, her blue green eyes sparkling. Her eyes were just 
like mine, I thought.
	"I just met you," Josie said with tears in her beautiful eyes. "And you 
already are a good friend."
	"It's nothing," I said. She put her head back on my shoulder, and silent 
tears just flowed out of her eyes. We sat there for some time, until it 
turned dark outside. Nurse Joy walked up to the both of us.
	"You two will have to go to a room for the night," Nurse Joy said. "It will 
be curfew time soon."
	"Okay," I said. I was about to get up; when I noticed that Josie had fallen 
asleep. Without disturbing her that much, I handed "Robbie" to Nurse Joy, 
and I picked up Josie. With Nurse Joy leading us to our room, we entered it. 
I laid Josie down one of the beds, while Nurse Joy put "Robbie" to bed. I 
took the other bed, laid down, and I fell asleep.
	I woke up at about 8 o'clock in the clock in the morning, and Josie woke up 
at about eight-thirty.
	"Good morning," she said as she walked out of her room. "Did you sleep 
well?"
	"Why, good morning to you, too, Josie," I said. "And I trust that we both 
slept well."
	"Yep," Josie said. "So, where are you two cuties going today?"
	"I need to talk to Tony Marchello," I said. "And since he's the Leader of 
the Elite Four, I guess that I will have to beat the Elite Four first. 
You're welcome to come along for the ride if you want."
	"Sure," Josie said. "My parents kicked me out of the house after I had 
John, so I would love to come with you." We got all of our stuff together, 
and we went to the Palace of the Elite Four. There were no challengers 
waiting, so I showed the guard my eight Johto badges, and he let me in. 
Josie, "Robbie," and I walked through the doors, to the first of the Elite 
Four...my mother...Lorelei Shepardson...
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