@QST.SetPrerequisite("Tokyo Mew Mew™/Mew Mew Power™");
New Scene(Hot Springs, @Temporal=Early Morning)
Ash and company are all gathered in front of the tunnel above the hot springs. They all stare into the darkness of the tunnel as a figure slowly becomes visible in the darkness, becoming more and more distinct as it moves closer to the end of the tunnel. The figure then passes a ray of light coming in though the tunnel’s mouth, revealing that it’s Officer Jenny.
Officer Jenny: It’s crazy…
Ash: What’s wrong?
Officer Jenny: Well, nothing’s wrong, persay. But it does go all the way through. It’s just crazy that something like this would appear at the same time the only road out of here gets washed out.
The Millennium Gameboy Advance glows.
Yami Benjy: Unless its intelligently designed.
Officer Jenny: I don’t understand…
Officer Jenny trails off.
Yami Benjy: I wasn’t conscious at the time, however, it would seem that to stabilize the mountain, rock would have to be added to where Team Aqua removed it. I’m guessing, that the rock came from here.
May: You know, I was going to say that a week stuck at the hot springs doesn’t sound so bad…
Brock: Until you consider the state of the town’s food supply.
May swallows hard, and turns around and continues to stare at the hot springs.
May: I just want one more day… And I don’t think Benjy’s fully healed either…
As if in response to this, Yami Benjy shivers, holding his walking stick.
Yami Benjy: What’s going on, I ache all over…
Benjy: Your tactical error meant I took a lot of damage yesterday. I won’t be healed for a few days.
Yami Benjy: Are you angry with me?
Benjy: Normally I might be, but I’m saving my anger for Team Aqua. Compared to what they came a hair-breadth from doing, I don’t have any anger left for anyone else. If it’s taking me longer to recover than you expected, that makes me more worried than angry.
Yami Benjy: I see. But desperate times call for desperate measures.
Benjy: I’d probably have done something similar, but don’t try to reason with me right now. I’m going to rip Team Aqua a new one the next time we cross paths–by spirit alone if I have to.
Yami Benjy: There seems to be a cost to using too much spirit… Judging by your current condition…
Benjy: I know. There’s a good chance it will be worse next time.
May: Do we really have to leave now?
Narrator: With the road to the east washed out, the only way forwards is a tunnel that mysteriously appeared in Mount Chimney. Even with his new friends around him, it appears that Benjy has quite a bit of cabin fever having spend an entire day resting in the Lavaridge pokémon center.
Benjy: We can come back sometime, maybe.
Narrator: There’s room for an omake here somewhere. What happened while Benjy was out of commission?
Ash: Brock, how’s your stomach feeling?
Brock: Better, but still not a hundred percent.
New Scene(Tunnel through Mount Chimney)
Ash and company are walking through a damp and dripping cave-tunnel with moss growing along the edges. The tunnel is about ten feet wide and eight feet high. Around the edges of the tunnel, there are big leafy plants growing around them.
Ash: It’s hard to believe this all just formed in a day…
Brock: I think Team Aqua must’ve dug it, and hid it.
Max: Maybe, but I think the Magical Mushroom Girls had something to do with it too.
Benjy: I think I can hear them giggling.
With May in the back of the group, Ash and company all stop walking. The sound of girls giggling and naturally flowing water can be faintly heard.
Girl’s Voice1: Ooh! Mikyuki-zhell! Th-that tickles!
Brock suddenly turns bright red, and Benjy looks around, confused. This is quickly followed by another girl’s voice, louder than the first.
Girl’s Voice2: Don’t touch me there, BAKA!
Max: This gives me the creeps, lets get out of here before they realize we’re here. (Whisper)
Brock starts blushing.
Brock: Uhh…
Ash turns back towards May.
Ash: Come on May, hurry up!
May: I miss the hot springs…
Max: Even though that’s all that we did yesterday?
As Ash and company walk by a hole in the wall, a Badgeroy darts inside.
May: …I just wanted one more day…
Ash and company now pass a tiny waterfall down the side of the tunnel. A fern grows in the stone nearby and Benjy pauses to look at it.
Benjy: Yami me, I think it would make more sense if Team Aqua dug this than if the Magical Mushroom Girls made it all themselves.
Benjy puts his finger in the water.
Ash: Hey, Benjy!
Benjy: Coming…
Benjy shakes off the water from his finger and follows everyone else through the tunnel.
New Scene()
Ash and company emerge from the tunnel through Mt. Chimney into a small forest high-ish on the mountain. Ash, Max, and Brock are at the front of the party, followed by Benjy who stretches as soon as he gets out of the tunnel.
Ash: You can’t be tired already…
Benjy: Ash, I’m still not feeling a hundred percent after that fight.
Ash sighs.
Ash: ?
Benjy: I just need a few minutes to rest.
Leaning his walking stick against the side of the mountain, Benjy sits down, and Celebi lets itself out of it’s ball, landing on Benjy’s shoulder. Benjy winces in pain and asks it to get off, which Celebi does, albeit a bit surprised by the request.
Ash: So how long do need to rest?
Benjy: Just a few minutes.
Brock: I think you might be forgetting someone though.
Ash: Really?
Max: You know, my sister?
Ash: I thought she went back to the hot springs.
At this moment, May emerges from the tunnel, almost out of breath.
May: *pant* Very *pant* funny.
Ash looks at May curiously as the latter collapses to the ground, into a sitting position
Ash: Well we didn’t see you.
May: –Don’t go so fast!
Brock: The more energy you spend, the more you’ll generate.
Benjy: Brock, that’s mostly a load of carp.
(Note that Benjy says carp, and not the curse word that results from the "a" and the "r" transposed:this is not a typo!)
Benjy: I would have liked to spend more time in that tunnel though. It was an interesting ecosystem.
Brock: You’ll make a good professor someday.
Ash: Benjy, how long do you think you’ll need to rest?
Benjy: Just a few minutes.
Ash: Alright, that works.
May: And what about me?
Ash: If you hadn’t been whining about the hot springs, than you’d’ve had plenty of energy.
Benjy: I don’t think that’s how that works…
Benjy’s comment is ignored by both Ash and May, who continue to argue:
May: One bathes in the hot springs to get energy! So it’s your fault!
Ash: Well obviously you’re doing something wrong; Pokémon trainers are supposed to jump out of bed and hit the road first thing in the morning.
May: Not all trainers are just like you.
Max: And just for the record, May’s technically a coordinator…
Max’s comment is ignored by Ash.
Ash: We can’t stay in Lavaridge forever! We have to get going!
May: That’s not the point! I need time to get ready! Nurse Joy said Benjy should take at least two days to get better, so I was expecting–
Ash: Things don’t always go according to expectations!
May: They don’t when you act like an idiot, disregarding the advice of a medical professional!
Brock: Uhh, guys. Can we take it easy?
Again, Brock’s comment seems to be ignored.
Ash: No one knows everything, idiot!
May: Don’t call me an idiot, you idiot!
Ash: Yeah I know you are, but what am I?
May: I just said it, you idiot! Just shut up!
Ash: No, you shut up!
May: No, you shut up!
Ash and May butt heads.
Ash: No, you shut up!
May: No, you shut up!
Ash: No, you shut up!
May: No, you shut up!
Ash: No, you shut up!
May: No, you shut up!
Brock: Will you two knock it off–…
Ash: But out!
May: Both of you, shut up!
Benjy has now propped himself on his walking stick, and begins to walk down the mountainside, followed by Max, and a few seconds later by Brock.
Ash: No, you shut up!
May: No, you shut up!
Ash: No, you shut up!
At this point, Ash and May both realize that everyone else is leaving them behind, and start to rush to catch up, pushing eachother as they go.
May: Just shut up! You men just roll out of bed and go about your day–
Ash: And you can’t why?
May: We ladies need time to get ready in the morning!
Benjy now has to stop to get some rock out of his shoe, which allows Ash and May time to catch up.
Ash: No you don’t!
May: Yes we do!
Ash: No you don’t!
May: Yes we do!
Max: Oh my head…
May: Have you ever seen a lady who just rolled out of bed? No, of course you haven’t!
Ash: Of course I have! I bet you haven’t though!
May: Do I look blind to you?!
Ash and May are now pushing up against one another argumentatively.
Ash: Do I look like an optometrist to you?!
At this point, both are getting closer to Benjy, Max, and Brock, but they suddenly stop walking, turning to face eachother and start fighting, which looks like both Ash and May flailing at each other. This lasts about 15 seconds (real time); during which time both Ash and May yelp when they get hit by the other’s flailing.
/#Note: This looks very similar to an argument in Madoka Magica™, where Madoka and Sayaka are arguing, and both appear to be flailing#/
Brock: Hey guys, remember, you only hurt the ones you love.
Ash and May both turn angrily towards Brock.
Benjy: Then they must love you. (sarcastic)
Brock backs up avoiding angry glares.
New Scene()
And and company, now packed, begin their decent down the mountainside.
May: Well at least I have a sense of dignity!
Ash: Well at least I don’t obsess over vanity!
May: Are you calling me vain?! I’ve known boys who have spend hours in the bathroom!
Ash: It’s called having diarrhea! It can happen to you too!
May: Oh, how you boys just love to talk about your bodily habits, it’s disgus…
Max has stopped abruptly, and May trips over him and goes sprawling face-forwards on the ground, she prevents her face from getting hurt with her arm. Despite this, May’s tripping also knocks Max down.
Ash: And this is why I say don’t put a lot of time into getting ready.
May: Shut the (bleep) up!
Ash: No, you shut the (bleep) up!
May: No, you shut the (bleep) up!
Ash: No, you shut the (bleep) up!
Max: Both of you shut up! I can’t move my legs…
May quickly gets off of Max.
Brock: Max?
Max: I can’t move my legs…
Benjy: You can’t move them at all?
Benjy quickly bends down to help Max onto his side, and then onto his back. Ash and May resume arguing in the background.
Refresh Scene()
Max is lying on his back in the grass. Brock is bending over him, with a small medical instrument out.
Brock: This is interesting…
Benjy: I think his knees locked up.
Max moves his feet, but is seemingly unable to bend his knees.
Benjy: It happens sometimes when you go down steep hills.
Everyone turns to Benjy.
Brock: You know how to fix it?
Benjy: It fixes itself with time.
May: You see, Ash? This happened because he wasn’t effectively loosened up at the hot springs.
Ash: No, it happened because we spent too long in them! If we don’t keep moving, things like this are bound to happen!
May: Well, Flannery said–
Ash: I saw it in a documentary!
May: You know those things are all made up!
Brock: So do we just wait here until his legs fix themselves? To be honest I’ve never come across something like this before.
Benjy: I think it’s a matter of hours. Bayleef!
Benjy pulls Bayleef’s ball out of his pocket, and presses the button, prompting Bayleef to come out. He (Bayleef) immediately starts to graze.
Brock: ?
Benjy: For now he can ride Bayleef.
Brock: Is Bayleef going to be okay with that?
Benjy: Probably.
Benjy bends down and twice attempts to pick Max up to put him on Bayleef, but Max yelps in pain whenever Benjy tries. Brock switches places with Benjy, and is able to lift Max onto Bayleef (Max only yelps slightly), whom doesn’t seem to even notice the extra weight. To prevent himself from sliding off of Bayleef’s back, Max puts his hands on Bayleef’s shoulders for stability. Max now hands Benjy his bag, to help ease Bayleef’s burden.
Brock: Ready?
Benjy nods.
Benjy: Bayleef, this way.
Bayleef responds to the prompt and proceeds to follow his trainer. Brock calls out to Ash and May, who are still squabbling, that they are leaving.
New Scene(on a parallel pathway)
Team Rocket walks along a four-foot wide dirt path with bushes on either side, looking disgruntled.
James: Jessie it’s fifteen!
Jessie: Don’t be a moron, James. Seven times two is twelve.
James: Don’t call me a moron, you moron!
Jessie: You’re the moron!
James: No, you’re the moron!
Jessie: No, you’re the moron!
James: No, you’re the moron!
Jessie: No, you’re the moron!
Jessie and James now butt heads, and begin fighting in the same way that Ash and May had been, but unlike Ash and May, they repeatedly call each other "Moron."
Meowth: This is stupid, you guys are both drunk. Two times seven is obviously thirteen.
Jessie and James stop fighting for long enough to stare at Meowth, with somewhat inebriated expressions, and say the following lines:
Jessie: Don’t be stupid, it’s obviously twelve.
James: That delusion only applies to women. Women have a thing for even numbers, but it takes a real man to admit that the solution is an odd number like fifteen.
Narrator: And just when I thought this conversation couldn’t possibly get any dumber.
Meowth: But that odd number is thirteen!
Meowth holds up five of his nails (from both hands) to illustrate, as Jessie and James go back to arguing.
Meowth: Seven is lucky. Thirteen is unlucky. Whenever you have two people, one is always good and one is always evil. Seven is the good to thirteen’s evil. Therefore, seven times two is thirteen. And therefore…
Meowth lifts up his paw, pointing at Jessie and James were.
Meowth: You two are as drunk as a skunk on a tree-trunk!
Meowth now blinks and realizes that Jessie and James have gone on ahead, zig-zagging all over the path as they argue, which has displaced several nests of pokémon. Meowth now rushes to catch up with them.
New Scene()
Ash and company have moved quite a ways from their previous location, now with Max riding Bayleef.
Ash: You mean the perfume that makes everyone sick to their stomachs?
May: It only makes you sick because you never took the time to get used to it. Granted, that would be easier to do if Bayleef would…
Bayleef turns around and looks hungrily at May.
May: STOP licking it off of my face!
Bayleef licks his lips with a yellow-green vine-tongue that’s approximately ten times the length one would reasonably expect it to be.
Max: Would they two of you cut it out!
Ash and May both suddenly stick their fingers in each-other’s faces.
Ash/May: She started it!
Max: May, Ash is a boy…
Brock: Just ignore them, I brought some earplugs.
Max: Thanks…
Brock starts to hand a pair of earplugs to Benjy, but he refuses. Brock then hands a pair to Max, but before he can put them in his ears, Bayleef sticks it’s head in Brock’s hand. One second later Bayleef pulls away, and the earplugs are gone.
Brock: Did you just…
Bayleef: Gurp.
Max: Um…
Bayleef: Gurp. Gurp. Gurp.
Max: Um, what’s he doing? (To Benjy)
Benjy: Well, this is Bayleef’s way of warning us.
Max: Warning us? Of what?
Benjy: Well, earplugs don’t digest very well.
Bayleef suddenly starts heaving beneath Max, then opens his mouth, prompting May to shriek.
New Scene()
Two trainers are shown on a hill holding hands, one male, one female.
Trainerm: We should probably go down there and show them how to get along.
Trainerf: I take it you mean destroy their respect for each other?
Trainerm: What else could I mean?
These two trainers wink at each other, then kiss (on the lips).
Revert Scene()
QST.camera is looking backwards at Ash and company. They haven’t moved far from where they were previously. Bayleef’s vomit isn’t visible, but the stink lines from it are.
May: See? Even Bayleef likes my makeup!
Ash: You’re makeup is why the vomit smells so bad!
May: Next you’ll be blaming me for the sky being blue!
Ash: Well as far as I know–
Ash and May suddenly butt heads.
Trainerf: Well if it’s not a duo of lovestruck young ones.
The two trainers from the hilltop are now standing in the path that Ash and company are heading down.
Brock: Hello…
The two trainers just stand there, zombie-like against the sun. Benjy approaches them, and stands in front of them the same way they are standing in front of Ash and company, studying them from head to toe. The sun shines down on them for about 15 seconds.
Benjy: It’s probably just a mirage, I’ll bet we can walk right through them.
Benjy takes a step forwards and the female trainer holds out her hand.
Trainerf: We’re real, kids. Sorry.
Yami Benjy: They don’t look real…
Brock: So… Nice to meet you guys? Who are you?
The light has now shifted slightly so the sun is no longer right behind them. Max now recognizes them as Oscar and Andi, a famous tag-battle couple. Both Oscar and Andi nod.
Brock: So, uh, what are you guys doing here?
Trainerm → Oscar: We heard a new couple was in the area–
Trainerf → Andi: And we just had to try them out.
May: Try them out, meaning…?
Brock: And who is this new couple?
Oscar: Them, of course.
Oscar points at Ash and May, with two of the fingers on his right hand. This makes both Ash and May cringe. Oscar smiles slightly as he does.
May: We’re not a couple!
Ash glances at May with mild disgust and steps to her side.
Ash: You think I’d ever… (pause) …with her?!
Andi: Of course…
Andi smiles mischievously, and Benjy backs up slightly.
Benjy: Uh, I think you’re badly misinformed.
Andi takes a step towards Benjy.
Andi: No, we’re not. We’ve come to challenge this new couple.
A chill appears to run down Benjy’s spine. Oscar and Andi start approaching Ash and May, which makes all of Ash and company uneasy. Benjy now steps backwards and to the side again.
Benjy: Come on guys, lets go.
Max: B-but…
Benjy: Ignore the trolls, let’s go!
Andi turns back to Benjy, curious.
Andi: Trolls, huh? I’ve been called a lot of things but that’s a new one.
Andi turns back to Ash and May, and Pikachu sparks a warning.
Andi: Come on, what do you say you lovebirds–
Oscar: I’ve never been so insulted!
Benjy: Then stop trolling.
Oscar: If you have something to say, say it to my lawyer!
Andi quickly turns back to Oscar and kisses him on the lips.
Andi: He’s not worth it, dear.
Oscar ponders this briefly, then returns the kiss.
Oscar: I guess you’re right, dear.
Brock: Uh, look you guys we’d really best be on our way–
Andi: It’s our responsibility to introduce new couples to the power of love.
Oscar: So don’t interfere!
Oscar and Andi clasp hands, and turn them, holding their palms together, towards Brock in a hyperstandard motion to tell him to back away.
Ash: Well, you might as well forget it. There’s no way I’m working with someone like her.
Oscar: It’s not up to you, the form that you signed when you got your trainers license; by making eye contact with a trainer that you haven’t met before, you make a challenge that he/she must accept.
Andi: And we challenge the both of you.
Andi looks into Ash’s eyes with her right eye (although he is on her left) and into May’s eyes with her left eye (although she is on her right) such that she is cross-eyed. May grits her teeth, turning to Benjy.
May: Lets take them down.
Andi: Ah-ah-ah!
Oscar: He doesn’t have a trainer’s license, (referring to Benjy) so he isn’t worth our time.
May ponders this in confusion for a brief moment.
May: Benjy doesn’t have a trainer’s license…? Well I guess that makes sense if he’s from another–
Oscar: Besides, it’s not good to cheat on–
May: I’m not with him!
Andi: Well don’t you have a whole harem going, miss.
May: What’s a harem?
Brock: I’ll explain later…
Andi: We’ve challenged the two of you. The leader of a harem should be able to use the hearts of all of it’s members. You’re up to that task aren’t you.
Benjy: You already have yourself a battle! So will you stop trolling now?!
Max: Is that Benjy’s way of agreeing?
Oscar shoots his finger at Benjy’s chest.
Oscar: S-say that again and I’ll sue!
Benjy: Don’t get me wrong, I’d be more than happy to settle this in court.
Benjy grins slightly.
Andi: Sorry, but I’ve already selected our opponents.
Andi stares at Ash and May, completely cross-eyed.
Brock: Is it just me or did thing go from bad to worse?
Benjy: This isn’t a good time to be asking that.
Refresh Scene()
Ash and May stand across a field from Oscar and Andi, with about 30 meters between them. Oscar and Andi have about 4 inches between them, as opposed to the 20 feet between Ash and May.
Ash: Pikachu, this isn’t good.
Pikachu’s ears perk up.
Pikachu: Pika?
Ash: May’s probably not going to be any help, so it’s two-on-one at best.
Pikachu now jumps down from Ash’s shoulder, sparking. Oscar and Andi deliberately fail to acknowledge that Ash and May are currently at odds, as she shouts the following line.
Andi: It’s time to test your lovey-dovey power!
QST.camera shifts to Benjy, Max, and Brock.
Max: What are they thinking?! Are they insane?!
Benjy: Is the pope Catholic?
Brock nods, looking nervous.
Andi: Alright! Let’s go!
QST.camera shifts back to Oscar and Andi and they send out a Nidoking and a Nidoqueen, however it isn’t clear who calls on what. Pikachu sparks, and May calls on Torchic.
May: Torchic, ember!
Torchic launches a volley of embers at both Nidoking and Nidoqueen. In unison, Oscar and Andi call for Nidoking and Nidoqueen to use and attack called "love rush." As the embers zoom towards them, Nidoking and Nidoqueen grab each-other and proceed to form a ball-shape, which then shoots at Torchic, picking up the fireballs as it rolls, and singeing the grass. May calls for Torchic to dodge, and Torchic starts to, but it isn’t fast enough, and Nidoking and Nidoqueen change directions to strike it, anyways.
Nidoking and Nidoqueen roll over Torchic, knocking it out and giving May a horrified expression. Nidoking and Nidoqueen then change direction and come rushing at Pikachu.
Ash: Pikachu, thunder!
Pikachu: Pika–chuu!
Pikachu launches a large electric charge at Nidoking and Nidoqueen, but the attack is deflected and Nidoking and Nidoqueen continue to role at Pikachu. Ash has Pikachu dodge, and Pikachu barely zips out of the way of the attack, with only a few inches between him (Pikachu) and Nidoking and Nidoqueen.
Pikachu is barely out of the way when Nidoking and Nidoqueen change direction, forcing Pikachu to dodge again with Nidoking and Nidoqueen close behind. Ash has Pikachu dodge again, but this time Nidoking and Nidoqueen strike it anyway, sending Pikachu flying across the battlefield in May’s direction, where Pikachu lands, heavily damaged.
Noting that something isn’t right, Ash has Pikachu use iron tail on Nidoking and Nidoqueen as they roll towards him (Pikachu); Pikachu jumps, and while in midair Ash instructs him (Pikachu) to also attack with thunder simultaneously. Pikachu starts sparking a split-second before he makes contact with Nidoking and Nidoqueen, but gets deflected, and flies back towards May, striking her and knocking her over, and knocking Pikachu out in the process.
As May crashes to the ground, Ash cringes watching as she is zapped by Pikachu’s electricity.
Andi: Oscar, we won!
Nidoking and Nidoqueen immediately stop their attack and start dancing around in circles. Oscar now gives Andi a large kiss on the cheek.
Andi: Oscar, we won! Our lovey-dovey knocked them out!
Andi now returns this kiss with another kiss (also on the cheek), which starts Oscar and Andi making out, and QST.camera shifts to May, who lies on her back dazed. One second later (real time) Ash lifts Pikachu off of her chest without saying a word, and proceeds to glare at Oscar and Andi. QST.camera shifts to Brock, who is throwing up in some bushes (the vomit is offscreen; the bush’s leaves are in the way). Benjy now steps onto the screen as he steps towards Oscar and Andi, and clears his throat, a gesture which Oscar and Andi ignore.
Benjy: Now if you’ll excuse us, but we’ll be on our way now. (angry)
Andi: We’re not done with you yet.
Andi now lands a big smooch on Oscar, and both Andi and Oscar recall their pokémon.
Oscar: You failed the test!
Andi: Which means…
Oscar and Andi raise their hands in a synchronous motion, making a big circle in the air and ending with their arms crossed in an "x" shape.
Oscar, Andi: THOU SHALT NOT PASS!
QST.camera shifts to Ash, who stares at Oscar and Andi, red-faced and enraged. Oscar and Andi start to make out again, but stop upon seeing that the Millennium Gameboy Advance is starting to shine. Both watch it curiously.
Yami Benjy: Just keep living in your diluted fantasy world…
Yami Benjy mimics Ash’s standard pose, and calls on Shroomish.
Yami Benjy: Shroomish, direct attack–shadow rush!
Max: Wait, Benjy–erm…
Shroomish rockets from it’s ball (which never leaves Yami Benjy’s hand) straight for Oscar and Andi. Oscar and Andi stare at Shroomish briefly, then appear to explode into a cascade of red, pink, and purple hearts around the time Shroomish reaches them, leaving it unclear if Shroomish ever made contact or not. This cascade of hearts lasts only a couple of seconds, leaving Shroomish where Oscar and Andi were, still very angry, and now very confused.
Max stares at where Oscar and Andi were moments earlier, in disbelief.
Max: Benjy…
Yami Benjy: Now that’s just creepy.
Max: Benjy you just ordered your pokémon to attack a human!
Yami Benjy: …
Max: You could lose your trainer’s license!
This comment makes Ash look at Yami Benjy, and then at Shroomish, then back to Yami Benjy.
Yami Benjy: He’s right about one thing though. I don’t have a trainer’s license.
Brock has now finished throwing up, and looks weakly at Yami Benjy.
Brock: But you still shouldn’t–
Yami Benjy: If I’m not mistaken, we were in mortal danger.
QST.camera goes into split-screen, three ways, on Ash, Max, and Brock, for about half a second. Pikachu is in Ash’s frame, on his shoulder.
Yami Benjy: Had they kept making out, we would have all died of dehydration.
Ash: I don’t understand…
Yami Benjy: We would’ve lost all the water in our bodies in throwing up. For now though, we need to get out of here quickly before they come back.
Max: What about May though?
Ash: Just leave her–
Yami Benjy: I’ll see to her.
Yami Benjy beckons to Bayleef as he walks over to May, recalling Shroomish at the same time. Bayleef rushes up to him and walks by his heels.
Yami Benjy: Now to find them and kill them.
Benjy: You aren’t serious are you?!
Yami Benjy: I wasn’t kidding about the dehydration. They wanted to kill us.
Benjy: I know they were trolls, but do you really want blood on your hands?!
Yami Benjy: I won’t have blood on my hands when I dispatch them. I don’t know what they are, but I’m fairly certain they won’t bleed.
Yami Benjy now bends down and helps May sit up as Torchic runs over to her. Bayleef wags his tail, inviting May to ride on him. Yami Benjy then helps May onto Bayleef, and May recalls Torchic.
Ash: Are you sure that’s necessary?
Yami Benjy: By the way she fell, it was obvious to me that she’s lost the feeling in her legs. It should be back in twenty minutes or so, by which time I aim to be long gone.
Ash and Brock shrug.
Yami Benjy: Go on ahead, we’ll catch up.
Ash, Max, and Brock start walking, and May blushes bright red in response to Yami Benjy’s comment. QST.camera zooms ahead to Ash, Max, and Brock.
Brock: You know, you really should try to get along better…
Ash: Eh, she started it.
Brock lets out a short sigh.
New Scene()
Coming out of the forest, Ash and company approach a small building on the coast. May is still riding Bayleef.
May: Can we stop here for lunch? Please?
Brock: Might not be such a bad idea, since we all lost our lunch back there.
Ash: I still want to put more distance between us and… you know… them…
Max’s stomach gurgles.
Max: Ash, I don’t think I can go much further.
Ash: If it helps, just remember the two of them making out.
Max: I’m trying not to!
Ash: Well, it’s burned into my brain!
Benjy: So that’s why you’re not hungry.
Ash: So come-on!
Yami Benjy: Putting more distance between them and us is useless at this point.
Ash fumes, prompting Pikachu to leap off of his shoulder.
Yami Benjy: And you’re going to start feeling faint soon. If you can’t eat anything now, we can hopefully get something to go for when–
Ash: I told you! It’s burned into my brain!
Yami Benjy: Which is why I said those two were dangerous in the first place. And I believe they were attracted by the two of you arguing.
May smiles at Ash mischievously.
May: So it’s you’re own fault, Ash.
Ash: You’re the one who–
Yami Benjy: Both of you equally share the blame. (solemn)
Ash and May both stare at Yami Benjy nervously.
Yami Benjy: But it’s really not your faults either. You can’t be blamed for someone else’s actions. Now lets go get something before we fall apart on the road.
Ash, May, Max, and Brock, all eye Yami Benjy curiously. Ash’s stomach now gurgles, and he takes a deep breath. Yami Benjy now walks towards the café and goes inside, with Bayleef and May right behind him. Brock and Max follow, and finally Ash walks after them.
Refresh Scene()
Inside the café, Ash and company arrive at the counter. Brock asks if they can order:
Brock: Excuse me?
Worker: Hold on a minute, we’re getting ready to stop a fight.
Max: A fight?
Worker: See that sailor over there?
The worker points to a table in the north-west of the café.
Worker: He’s a master at baiting the others. Just watch him work his magic, and…
QST.camera shifts to the table with a lone sailor eating by himself, about 25 feet from Ash and company on the north side of the restaurant. This sailor is staring off into space as he eats his sandwich, and most likely daydreaming. About two seconds later, another sailor gets up from another table, diagonal to the first and by the window, and walks over to the sailor sitting by himself.
Sailor1: Hey you! Are you the idiot who’s mother was so dumb that she drives the car backwards to fill the gas tank!
Sailor2: You realize who you’re talking to?
Sailor1: I’m talking to the idiot who let three sightings get out from under him!
Sailor2: You think a puny lady like you could have done better, do you?
Sailor1: That’s the best comeback a land-lubber like you’s got?
The second sailor gets up, grabs his chair and smashes the first on the head shattering the chair. The first sailor groans and attempts to land a punch but trips over the table, sending food flying as Ash and company recoil in horror. A bit of a chair’s leg is launched over to where the first sailor’s two buddies are sitting.
Sailor3: Hey! What do you think you’re doing to my food!
Sailor4: You’ve got some nerve!
These sailors also join the brawl, punching and hitting and throwing things, which involve other patrons as they are forced to duck to avoid flying objects. A middle-aged lady jabs one of the sailors in the back with a cane, knocking him into a table, and shattering it.
May: Men are so stupid…
Ash starts to reply, but Brock comments before he can.
Brock: That was actually a woman…
Yami Benjy: You’re going to stop them now, right?
Worker: Desk duty is boring, so maybe just a few more minutes…
Ash and company stare at the worker, dumbstruck.
Worker: Okay, okay, I’ll stop them.
The worker reaches under his desk.
Worker: Clean up in sector 32! Clean up in sector 32!
A slightly younger employee emerges from the back-room carrying a long hose. Pointing it as the sailors, he pulls the handle, knocking them all over with a powerful blast of water.
Max: Now can we order, I’m starving…
Refresh Scene()
Everyone orders, with May going for some shortcake. Ash looks over at the sailors who stare at the young man with the fire hose. Suddenly another man wearing a captain’s outfit bursts in through the door.
Captain: Enough! We’ve been here long enough, we have to get back to the Western Isles.
Sailor: Another sighting?
Captain: And this one looks interesting. Quickly boys, there’s not a moment to lose!
Some of the sailors grumble, but they all exit the building and head off towards their ships, leaving the other patrons cursing and swearing.
Young Worker: Don’t worry, I’ll have replacements whipped up in no time.
The young worker smiles pleasantly, which appeases some of the patrons. The middle-aged woman still upset:
Middle-Aged Woman: But can you replace my suit?!
Young Worker: There’s a restroom down the hall and to the right. If you can leave your suit on the hook and put a blue sticky on it, we’ll see what we can do.
With this, the middle-aged woman curses and storms off to the restroom, leaving the younger worker to turn his attention to Ash and company, and allowing him to show them their table, (on the south side of the restaurant). Pulling the chairs out, Ash, May, Max, and Brock sit down, with Yami Benjy opting not to sit down quite yet.
Max: Excuse me, but do you know what kind of sighing they’re referring to?
Young Worker: It’s another Mewthree sighting, though I’m betting they aren’t going to find anything. They’ve been combing the Western Isles for the last three months and nothing’s come up.
Ash: What’s a Mew…three?
Young Worker: No one knows for sure, but I think it’s some kind of demon.
May shivers.
May: D-demon?
Young Worker: That’s just my theory; all they know is it’s not a pokémon. About four months ago there was a rumor that someone got a chunk of Mewtwo DNA. Since everyone knows what a success Mewtwo was, they decided to create a "Mewthree." That’s sarcasm, by the way.
Ash: Mewtwo… I saw him once, it was in Jhoto…
Young Worker ➞ Tornamistrik: You actually saw him twice, Ash. However, the first time he erased everybody's’ memories.
Brock: Then how do you know?
Ash: And how do you know my name?!
Worker: Tornamistrik! Keep your zarking mouth shut!
Tornamistrik: Don’t worry. It’s all fine. We have Mewtwo’s mad rampage on videotape that was captured by cameras in the laboratory. As for your name, it was just a lucky guess. You look like an "Ash."
Brock: Is it just me, or is there something seriously shady with this guy.
A female employee now comes out of the back room and over to the table and puts her hand on Tornamistrik’s shoulder.
Female Worker: Let them eat in peace, Tornamistrik.
Brock: Can we see this videotape?
Tornamistrik smiles.
Tornamistrik: Eventually.
Tornamistrik now walks into the back of the restaurant.
Yami Benjy: I’ll bet he learned your names from that videotape.
Yami Benjy’s comment goes unheard as Ash and Brock wonder what else has been erased from their memories. Suddenly Brock bursts into tears, crying that he could have had a girlfriend and never known it. May and Max eye Brock nervously.
New Scene()
Team Rocket sits huddled in the bushes.
James: What’s this Mewthree thingy?
Jessie: A very powerful creature of course, but a doody-head like you couldn’t be expected to know that.
James: Then tell me what it looks like.
Jessie: It’s uh… fifteen feet tall and uh… gold with silver stripes.
Meowth: You’re a pink liar! It has never before been seen with mortal eyes!
Jessie: I have seen it!
Meowth: No you have not!
James: Silver and gold stripes, that sounds like she saw you, Meowth, and wasn’t fully awake.
Jessie: I know what I saw!
Meowth: You guys, we should stop arguing about what it looks like and start arguing about the best way to get it to the boss!
James: But if it’s never been seen by mortal eyes then how do they know it exists?
Jessie: The government must be hiding one somewhere?
James: Do you think that it’s maybe a bit odd that they have this big cafe out in the middle of nowhere?
Meowth: Anyone thinking what I’m thinking?
James: They’re hiding a Mewthree at this cafe?
Meowth: No, silly they’re hiding a Mewthree *in* this cafe!
Jessie and James look curiously at Meowth in disbelief.
James: Question. We all saw Mewtwo’s power when we encountered it last time, don’t you think Mewthree is going to be even more powerful?
Jessie: Good point…
Meowth: Leave that part to me:
Cutscene(Rocket_Boss_Fantasy)
QST.camera shows a chibi version of what Meowth narrates.
Meowth: See, we don’t tell Mewthree outright that were going to capture it. Since Mewthree is a secret, they’ve probably got it trapped underground somewhere. That’s why we tell Mewthree that we’ve come to rescue it. Mewthree will be so grateful to us for it’s freedom that it’ll blast those twerps off, and let us take it straight to the boss!
(In the fantasy) >> Team Rocket causes a ruckus, and fights their way past the twerps into a basement where they open the door to Mewthree’s cell. Ash and company try to stop them but Mewthree blasts them off, then Mewthree knocks out the workers allowing Team Rocket to take it away in their balloon.
New Segment: Team Rocket talks to their boss.
Meowth: And the boss will say, "Since Jessie, James, and Meowth brought back such a powerful pokémon, they deserve a promotion to admin and golden parachutes!"
.end Cutscene
James: I like how that sounds.
Meowth begins to chuckle, rubbing his paws together.
Revert Scene()
Tornamistrik comes out of the back room with a small battery powered TV, which he places on the table in front of Ash and company.
Tornamistrik: I never thought I’d get this opportunity. I get to show Pokémon to one of the very characters of Pokémon…
Yami Benjy: I sense a disturbance in the fourth wall.
Tornamistrik returns to the back room to fill more orders, and Benjy stretches as the video plays. Team Rocket, spying through the window, comments on the adventure as their memories have not been wiped, though no more than about five minutes of the movie are shown in this context.
New Scene(Restaurant Back-room)
Tornamistrik sits at a computer terminal talking with someone via the terminal.
Tornamistrik: Elliot, I think we found another candidate for the project
Elliot: You did? Who is she?
Tornamistrik: May Tennyson. Daughter of Petalburg’s gym leader.
Elliot: Wait...
Tornamistrik: When you think about it, she’s the perfect candidate.
Elliot: Hold on. There’s something I need to investigate.
Tornamistrik: It’s unlikely we’re going to get another chance!
Elliot: This is extremely important, she–
Tornamistrik now powers off the monitor.
New Scene(Oldale: Mew Café)
QST.camera zooms into the Mew Café and into the room where Elliot is at his computer. Elliot punches his desk in frustration.
Elliot: He didn’t even listen. Been listening less an less. I don’t know if it’s true, but I once heard that Norman’s daughter wields a bizarre power. Who knows what might happen if we enlist her in the Mew Project.
New Scene(Restaurant)
As Ash and company watch the movie, Tornamistrik walks out of the back room with a ray gun.
Tornamistrik: If this works, they won’t even notice until–
From around the corner, Tornamistrik starts to focus his device on May.
Pikachu: Chuu!!!
Pikachu shoots out a giant arc of lightning, striking Tornamistrik, who screams. Ash and May quickly jump up. Tornamistrik sits in the corner, sparking with electricity. His ray gun lies on the ground, also sparking. Another spark arcs, striking the TV and causing it to spark and explode.
Max: What was that?
Pikachu pretends to sneeze, which is convincing enough to fool Ash and company, but Tornamistrik scans Pikachu, not entirely convinced that it was an accident.
Tornamistrik: Gezuntiet.
Ash: Sir, are you okay?
Tornamistrik: I’m fine, I’m fine.
Tornamistrik smiles as if the shock was nothing.
New Scene()
Team Rocket watches these events unfold from the bushes.
James: That thing… It looks like a modified sleep missile… And the only reason they’d have a sleep missile is…
Jessie: If they were hiding Mewthree!
Meowth: Let’s get in there and get ourselves a Mewthree!
Revert Scene()
Ash stares down at the device next to Tornamistrik.
Ash: What is that?
Tornamistrik: It’s uh… how we gage customer satisfaction. Saves people the bother of having to fill out a questionnaire.
Ash, May, and Max stare at Tornamistrik in surprise.
Brock: That’s a sleep ray.
Tornamistrik: Must act surprised.
Tornamistrik: It is?
Brock: Can’t tell if he’s up to to something or just stupid, but something isn’t right here.
May: A sleep ray?!
Brock: Yeah, that’s definitely a sleep ray. Except I thought they were highly illegal.
Tornamistrik: I’ll have to just use it discretely as I talk to them. But I can handle that.
Tornamistrik starts to point the ray at May, and starts to press to fire it, when suddenly a scream is heard from the back of the restaurant, which causes Tornamistrik to drop the ray and run off to the back of the building. Now concerned Ash and company chase after him, with Benjy tripping on the ray, sending the device flying across the floor. Benjy doesn’t fall, as he manages to catch himself.
New Scene()
The group (Ash and company plus Tornamistrik) rush into the restaurant’s back room to find a lady tied up to a post which supports the ceiling. Tornamistrik immediately starts to untie her.
Tornamistrik: Lilla! Who did this to you!
Lilla: It was too fast! There was a large black cloud, and when it lifted. Just like that!! (hysteric)
Lilla gestures with her head and Ash and company turn to face a large amount of haze.
Mysterious Voice1: Mwahahahahaha… Prepare for trouble.
Mysterious Voice2: And while you’re at it, make it double.
Tornamistrik: It can’t be! They’ve sent more reinforcements already?!
Mysterious Voice1: To protect the world from devastation.
Mysterious Voice2: To unite all peoples within our nation.
Ash and company are rapidly looking around trying to find where Team Rocket is.
Mysterious Voice1: To denounce the evils of truth and love.
Mysterious Voice2: To extend our reach to the stars above.
Tornamistrik: Who are you?!
The smog now begins to clear, billowing away from where Jessie and James are standing.
Mysterious Voice1: Jessie!
Mysterious Voice2: James!
Jessie: Team Rocket blasts off at the speed of light!
James: Surrender now or prepare to fight!
Meowth now jumps down from the ceiling.
Meowth: Meowth, that’s right!
Tornamistrik: Team Rocket?!
Tornamistrik has now finished untying Lilla, and she stands up with everyone else.
Lilla: What do you want from us?!
James: We know your secret.
Meowth: We want Mewthree!
Jessie: We know you’re hiding one somewhere!
QST.camera split-screens to show the expressions of shock on the faces of Ash and company.
Lilla: We don’t have a–
Suddenly Wobbuffet springs from Jessie’s pokéball.
Wobbuffet: Wobbuffet!
Meowth: You’re late!
Wobbuffet: Wobbu…
Tornamistrik: What makes you think that we have a Mewthree?!
Jessie: We have our sources.
Tornamistrik: Mewthree… Mewthree… Wait a minute Mew… Three. Mew number three… They don’t mean.
Tornamistrik: You’re never taking Lilla!
Jessie: That’s a Mewthree?!
James: Must be able to shape-shift…
Meowth: No wonder it’s never been seen!
Lilla jumps up to run away, and QST.camera shifts to a freeze frame.
Tornamistrik: Impossible! How did Team Rocket find out about the Mew Project!
Narrator: And for the first time ever, the heroes of Pokémon cross paths with the heroes of Mew Mew Power. What surprising reality will this reveal? Wait and see!
…///To Be Continued///…
© April 28, 2007 to December 1, 2015 by Benjy Strauss