Pokeball Run: The Great Race
Part 3 - Let the Race Begin
By C-Dogg
Inspired by Cannonball Run

Disclaimer: All unoriginal material is TM and(C) all respective owners. 
Please don't sue me. I have no money. Besides, my lawyer can beat up your 
lawyer.

Foul language, tasteless humor and sex jokes lie ahead. This one may not be 
for the kiddies. 

"/" denotes pokemon speak i.e. "/Duplica?"

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9:05 A.M.

Tires squealed. Rubber burned. White smoke floated into the air,

Only the Cadillac moved. It sped out of the lot and onto the street for its 
next destination.

"So long suckers!" Meowth yelled from the rear seat. When the smoke cleared, 
the rear wheels of the other four vehicles had fallen off.

"Son of a bitch!" shouted Surge. "They took the nuts out of our wheels!"

"Heh. Pretty clever," the author commented, inciting glares from the 
contestants. Metro smiled and faded away with his companion.

*****
9:07 A. M.

"Damn I love being the bad guys!" Jessie said as she maneuvered their car 
through the light early-morning traffic.

James acted as navigator. "Turn right at the next light, then it's a straight 
shot to the bridge."

"Good," Meowth said. "Once we get there, we'll be able to trap the others on 
this island for sure."

*****
"Great." Said Brock. "Just fucking great"

"What now?" Nurse Joy asked.

"Fear not my friends! I have the solution!" Koga reached into his sleeve and 
pulled out two socket wrenches the others stared at him in awe.

"Why did you carry those things around?" Blaine asked his partner. Koga 
shrugged in response.

"We can talk about this later. Right now we need to fix our cars," Surge 
said. He grabbed the rear bumper of the Hummer and concentrated all of his 
strength. "Graaaaaaah!" The tail of the vehicle slowly rose off of the 
ground. All of the muscles on Surge's massive frame were strained to the 
breaking point. 

"Holy shit!" Ash let out

"Hurry up and put the wheels back on! Ungh!" Koga and Blaine moved with haste 
and reattached the wheels.

"Done!" Blaine announced. The large vehicle bounced heavily when Surge 
dropped it back on the ground. Koga and Blaine tossed the wrenches to the 
other teams. The three men jumped in the Hummer and sped away.

"Perhaps we should have asked them to help us too," Ms. Kethcum said.

Officer Jenny asked, "Anyone got a jack?"

*****
9:45 A.M.

"No way!" Meowth sat high atop the suspension bridge. What he saw between 
through his binoculars was totally unsettling. "Jessie! James! Pick up the 
pace. Da Hummer is already fixed and dey're on dere way here!" he shouted in 
his radio.

"We're going as fast as we can!" James told him. "You try putting these 
things on!"

*****
9:50 A. M.

"Wait 'til I get my hands on those Team Rocket bastards," Surge said as his 
team crossed the bridge.

"You're forgetting," Koga informed him, "that we are not allowed to touch the 
other teams."

"Bah!"

"Look." Blaine pointed out the window to Team Rocket's car. "We just passed 
them."

Surge rubbed his sore arms. "Can't I at least throw something at them?"

*****
9:53 A.M.

*vroom*

Upon the departure of the Gym Leaders, a member of each of the three 
remaining teams had run to a nearby auto shop and purchased a jack. Ash, 
Brock, and Gary had finished their repairs and were now in hot pursuit.

"There's no way I'm losing to Team Rocket." Misty announced as she worked on 
the Beetle.

Jenny grunted. "I hear you."

*****
9:56 A.M.

"Dammit! Are you two done yet? Surge is off of the bridge and the El Camino 
is almost here now!" shouted the impatient pokemon.

"Give us a few more minutes," Jessie told him.

*****
"Finished!" Nuse Jenny lowered the car and tossed the jack into the trunk. 
The three ladies were now on their way with Ms. Ketchum at the wheel, leaving 
the A-Cups in the dust.

"Wow. This sucks." Giselle commented.

*****
10:01 A.M.

"All done, Meowth," James announced.

"Finally!" the feline responded. "Now let's get off da bridge so we can blow 
dis thing."

*****
"Let's go," Misty said as they finished their repairs.

"What's your rush?" Giselle asked sullenly. "There's no way we can catch up 
now."

"This is only the first leg of the race," Duplica reminded her, grabbing 
Misty's hand with both of hers" We can still win this thing, right Misty?"

"Huh? Oh, right."

"C'mon girls! Let's show the what the 'A-Cup All Stars' are made of!"

"Yeah!"

"The speech roused the girls' ambitions. They charged the small car and sped 
off for Pallet Town.

*****
10:19 A.M.

Meowth held a small white control with a bug red button as the Cadillac 
exited the bridge. "Time to watch da firewoiks!" he said, pushing the button. 

*****
Ms. Ketchum looked into the rear view mirror. "That's not good."

"What's wrong? Nurse Joy asked.

"There was an explosion at the front of the bridge."

*boom*

The bridge quaked under the force of the second explosion, which occurred a 
part of the way down from the original. The entire first section of the 
bridge plummeted into the water.

"Step on it!" Officer Jenny shouted. "Someone's trying to blow up the bridge!"
Ms. Ketchum dropped her foot like a sledgehammer. The corvette exploded 
forward, dodging the slow-moving traffic that failed to realize the danger of 
the situaton.

*Boom*

Another explosion, another section gone. This one was much closer.

"Who would do such a thing?" exclaimed the Nurse

*BOOM*

This one was nearly on their ass.

"Team Rocket, of course," Jenny responded.

"I see the exit!" the driver announced. "We're almost there!"

*BOOM*

The next bomb exploded directly under the car. It launched the Corvette and 
its three occupants into the air. Jenny crossed herself. Joy gripped her seat 
and braced for the landing. Ms. Ketchum twisted the wheel violently in a 
futile attempt to stabilize the car.

*KABOOM*

The final explosion took place at the mainland edge of the bridge. The 
Corvette charged through the wall of flames and hit the ground on its front 
two wheels. It bounced a few times and skidded to a halt. The three women 
slumped down in their seats.

"Everyone ok?" Ms. Ketchum asked.

"Yeah," Jenny answered.

"I think so," said Joy.

The blue car continued on its way.

"I hope everyone made it across okay.

*****
10:15 A.M.

The Volkswagen finally pulled up to the bridge. Or at least where the bridge 
should have been.

The girls stepped out of the car and peered over the edge. Large chunks of 
rubble and red metal floated in the water below.

"Oh god dammit!" Giselle shouted.

Ditto hopped out of the car through an open window. It bounced over to its 
owner and tugged on her pant leg. "/Duplica! I have an idea!"

The girl looked down. "What is it Ditto?"

The purple blob closed its eyes in concentration and started to glow white.

*****
"Oh, brainstorm! Go to Professor Oak's lab." Gary said.

"Why?" asked Brock.

"My car is parked at his lab. It can go way faster than this thing."

"Never bought me a car," Ash grumbled.

"You're not his grandson either."

"But he likes me more."

"I'd like you too if I was screwing your mom."

"They're not sleeping together!"

"Both of you shut up!"

*****
10:18 A.M.

"Kick ass!"

"What a great idea!"

"Everybody in the car!"

The three girls loaded up the Bug. A beady-eyed charizard grabbed the roof 
and flew it across the channel.

"You've got one smart ditto," Giselle complimented.

"Thank you," said Duplica.

*****
10:25 A.M.

The Gym Leaders pulled out of a gas station at the edge of Pallet Town and 
set course for Viridian City. Blaine read a sign on the side of the road. 
"Viridian City 220 miles. Well damn."

*****
Professor Oak embraced his grandson. "So nice to see you Gary."

"Same to you Grandpa, but I can't stay long." Gary motioned his head toward 
Ash and Brock. "We're in a race and I need to get my car."

"Sure. It's in the back."

"Thanks Grandpa."

The old man waved to the other two boys. "Tell your mother I said hello Ash."

Gary could be heard laughing from be hind the laboratory.

*****
Ms. Ketchum sneezed.

"Catch a cold?" Joy asked.

"Oh, it's nothing, I'm sure."

*****
12:01 P.M.

Gary had taken the wheel of the car, arguing that he should drive because it 
was his. Brock was seated next to him in the passenger seat. Ash, after much 
protest, sat in the back.

"It smells like cheap perfume back here," he whined.

"Where are all your cheerleaders anyway?" Brock asked.

Gary grunted in response.

"Giselle made you get rid of them, eh?"

The boy grunted again.

"You're so whipped!" the boy in the back shouted.

"We're still about a hundred miles from Viridian. I suggest you shut the Hell 
up. Ash sat back, making whip noises under his breath.

"Gary, put the top up," Brock ordered.

He obeyed but then asked, "Why?"

"Team Rocket is up ahead. They won't recognize us in this car and we can pass 
them easily."

*****
"That red car seems to be in quite a hurry," James said.

Jessie slapped him in the head, inciting a yelp of pain. "Stay focused. We 
need to look out for the purple Hummer.

*****
2:37 P.M.

"Well look at this! The baby's team is finally here!" the lieutenant called, 
seated on the back of the Hummer with a beer bottle in hand. Koga leaned 
against the driver side with his arms crossed. Blaine was asleep in the 
passenger seat.

The top of the red car was down again as it eased into a parking spot in the 
Pokemon Center. Gary walked into the center to check in and drop off his 
keys. "How long have you guys been here?" Brock asked.

Surge took a drink from his bottle. "About twenty minutes. Koga got us here 
in damn good time. He tossed Brock and Ash each a beer.

"I don't think my mom wants me to drink," the boy told him.

"I won't tell if you don't," Surge said with a smile. Ash shrugged and went 
to work on his beverage.

*****
Gary looked around the lobby of the Center. Save for the few chansey milling 
around, it was nearly empty. He approached the counter where the brunette 
from that morning waited.

"Keys please," she said with a cheerful smile. Gary handed them over. The 
brunette handed them to a chansey that took them away somewhere. The girl 
scribbled a few things on a sheet of paper, and then looked back up at Gary. 
"Your team will start at 9:23 tomorrow. Please get plenty of rest!" The smile 
never faded from her face.

"Uh, thanks." He turned and headed back for the lot.

*****
2:47 P.M.

"On no," James remarked as his team arrived. "Surge is already here, and it 
looks like he's been drinking. A brown bottle smashed against the hood of the 
Cadillac.

"Aw shit," Jessie let out.

"I'm going to check in. You guy deal with this." Meowth escaped through a 
window and broke for the center.

*****
2:53 P.M.

The Corvette parked and three ladies stepped out. They watched as Surge shook 
James around like a rag doll while Jessie screamed at him to stop. Ash and 
Brock goaded him on.

"Kill him!"

"I told you! It was meowth's idead!"

"Put him down!"

"Shaddup."

"We're going to be disqualified!"

"Pika!"

"Men," said Ms. Ketchum before entering the Center. Jessie smashed the rest 
of the bottles into the ground. Surge got angrier and grabbed her by her long 
red hair.

"I need some popcorn," Jenny remarked.

"Where's the author?" pondered the nurse.

"Right here."

Both laides jumped.

"How long have..."

"Just got here." Metro smiled.

"So, are you going to break them up?" asked the pink-haired nurse.

"In a little bit. This is kinda fun to watch."

*****
3:15 P.M.

The Beetle was finally rolling into sight. Metro decided it was time to break 
up the fight before Misty got involved.

"Hey!" he shouted as he approached the group. "I should disqualify all of you 
for this!"

"Team Rocket took off our wheels!" Ash charged. "Disqualify them!"

"That wasn't against the rules!" James returned. Jessie slapped him.

"We didn't do anything!"

The Beetle pulled up and parked. Giselle went to check in. Gary followed her 
in. Misty and Duplica made their way over to the group.

"Did we miss anything?" inquired Duplica.

"Only puberty," Jessie muttered, adjusting her hair.

Misty suppressed her rage enough to ask a question. "Who blew up the bridge?"

"We did, of course," James answered snidely. Jessie slapped him again.

"Thank you." Misty pulled out her mallet and walked toward the white Cadillac.

Is she going to...?"
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