Ash looked at the Saffron City Gym and swallowed heavily. Taking a deep
breath, he entered the building. Close behind him was Brock.
Ash called, "Mr. Canton?"
Sabrina's father walked out of one of the rooms inside the gym.
"Ash, it's good to see you. What can I do for you?"
Ash winced a bit, sighed, and said, "It's about Sabrina, Mr. Canton."
Mr. Canton took a long hard look at Ash and motioned for Ash to follow
him. The two boys followed Sabrina's father into a room. Ash noticed
that Sabrina's mother was in the room sewing. Looking up, she studied
Ash's face and set her sewing aside.
"What has happened to Sabrina?" Mr. Canton asked.
Ash bit his lower lip and stammered, "There was an accident involving a
teleporter that was recently set up..."
"Go on."
"It's... well... It will be easier to show you," Ash said, as he took a
Pok�ball from his belt and tossed it.
The ball opened up and Sabrina appeared.
"Psybot?"
"What?!" the Canton's exclaimed.
Brock quickly jumped in and explained the situation. Sabrina stood
ramrod straight as what happened to her was told to her parents, while
Ash sweated nervously.
"My daughter has been turned into a life sized metal doll and you
expect us to go along with this?" Mrs. Canton almost yelled.
Mr. Canton held out a hand to silence his wife. "Sabrina isn't the
only one that's been changed. Misty was first and Whitney was changed
along with Sabrina."
"Sir?" Ash asked, "I thought you'd be more upset. Why aren't you?"
"I am upset, but it wouldn't have made any difference," Mr. Canton said
with a resigned sigh.
"I don't understand," Ash said.
"That's right, it takes a sledgehammer to get something through your
skull. Sabrina is/was the most powerful human psychic. That would have
made her a prime target of kidnapping for human into Pok�mon
experiments."
"Psybot," Sabrina said, nodding.
"Ash, I'd like for you and Brock to wait outside while we talk to our
daughter in private."
"How are you going to communciate?" Ash asked.
"I am a telepath," Mr. Canton said bluntly.
"Oh," Ash replied, as he and Brock walked outside.
With her arms bent in an 'L' formation, Sabrina waited for her father
to say something.
"Sabrina, I'd normally would ask or demand that Ash would hand over the
Pok�ball that is linked to you, but I have a feeling that wouldn't be
the best thing for you."
"Psy?"
"Dear, what are you saying?"
Putting a hand on his daughter's shoulder, Mr. Canton said, "Spend time
with Whitney and Misty, beyond battles. You have a chance for friends
who you can relate to."
"Dear, you're rationalizing. What's the real reason?"
"Do I trust my powers or not? They are telling me it's in Sabrina's
best interests to go with Ash."
Mrs. Canton softly said, "I see."
Mr. Canton gave Sabrina a hug. "Good luck on your journey."
"You'd better rejoin your Trainer," Mrs. Canton whispered after she
hugged the Psybot.
"Psybot," Sabrina replied and left.
"Besides," Mr Canton said, "On some level, Sabrina wanted to be a
Pok�mon like Misty. That's why her danger sense didn't go off when she
entered the teleporter. This gives her a second chance at a childhood."
"Why do you say that?"
"Most psis don't link up with their Pok�mon as closely as Sabrina and
her Kadabra are. My guess is she wanted to live through the battles as
much as possible. I'd better talk to Ash."
"Hugging her was like hugging a statue," Mrs. Canton idly commented.
"That it was, but she will be fine," Mr Canton said with a slight
smile. "Now then..."
Mr. Canton went to talk to Ash and Brock.
"Ash, take care of my daughter. I will explain the situation to
Whitney's uncle."
"Thanks, Mr. Canton,' Ash said with some relief.
"But, I think we should have Nurse Joy take a look at Sabrina and the
others."
"It's a good thing Pok�Centers are free," Ash muttered. "I spent a lot
of money at the game cornere to get enough tokens to buy Gary's
Dratini."
"So that's where you got it," Brock said. "I was wondering."
"Am I missing something here?" Mr Canton asked.
"Christmas gift," Ash replied.
"Ah. Well, let's get to the Pok�center."
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Whitney felt a current running through her non-existant body, keeping
her fully charged.
*It's been a few months and I'm still a Pok�mon. I should be crying or
in a rage, but I'm not. Is it because of the transformation or
something else?*
*Mas-Ash is nice to allow us to stay out if we want to, but I'm a
Pok�mon. I should be in a Pok�ball while traveling with my trainer.*
Whitney turned her thoughts to her gym.
*I know that I'll be allowed to keep my Gym Leader status, but I wonder
how long this journey will take. And, will I want to be a Gym Leader
after it?*
*Misty can talk to humans and Pok�mon and can act like a translator.
I've got a crystal in my chest, why not a switch on the back of my neck
that switches me from human speak to Pok�speech?*
*Sabrina and I are putting on brave fronts for our mast-Ash. We keep
the depression and outrage here in our Pok�balls.*
*Pokebot,* Whitney thought amusedly. "Pokemon robot. Psybot. Psychic
Robot. I wonder what our pre-evolutionary form looks like. The
Up-Grade kit obviously made me a second stage Pok�mon and Sabrina's
psychic powers did the same to her.*
*I wonder what mas-Ash would say if he knew what his kindness is doing
to us, along with Misty. I hope Misty can take her next evoultion
well.*
*Our Pok�dex pictures aren't ready yet, since we haven't decided what
we're going to wear yet as Pok�mon. Hmmmm.*
*I have it. I'll talk to Sabrina, but I know she'll go for it. Since
our clothes are now changeable due to being evolved with us, we use them
to cover our whole body, including hair, and make us look like silver
versions of ourselves, wearing silver clothes. And out of the top of
our head we have two antennae, to further go along with the robot theme
of our new forms.*
*We walk like robots, why not look like them as well?*
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In the Saffron City Pok�center, Ash handed the balls containing his
Pok�mon over to Nurse Joy. Pikachu leaped from Ash's shoulder onto the
table next to the Pok�balls. Mr. Canton and Brock were discussing
current Gym leader regulations.
Looking at the display over the healing machine, Nurse Joy exclaimed,
"What in the world? No. The Surge."
Picking up a phone, Joy made a call.
"Please head over here. It's important. No, not Pok�mon thieves. The
Surge."
"Uh," Ash stammered, "What does Lt. Surge have to do with my Pok�mon?"
"Wait until Officer Jenny gets here."
The three males looked at each other in perplexity. They didn't have
to wait long for Officer Jenny to show up. She was covered with sweat,
had a red face and she was puffing heavily.
"Please tell me you're joking," Jenny gasped, as she tried to recover
her breath.
"No. The Surge is starting once again."
Mr. Canton asked, "What is the Surge you are talking about? My
daughter is one of the girls turned into a Pok�mon."
Joy explained, "Myth, legends have humans with special powers. They
are true. They were Human Pok�mon. Every so often a cycle occurs
called 'The Surge' where new Human Pok�mon are formed."
Jenny continued, "After the Surge has passed the new Human Pok�mon
shift back to human through mating or degenerate and aren't thought of
as human anymore."
"Degenerate? How?" Ash asked.
"Magmar, Electabuzz, Abra, Kadabra, Alakazam, the Hitmons, Jynx, Hypno,
Drowzee," Joy said.
Brock exclaimed, "That's crazy. They don't look like humans."
"Neither does Nastina," Ash said.
"I'll grant you that one," Brock allowed.
"We don't know why it happens, but it does," Joy said.
"How come the two of you know so much about it?" Mr. Canton asked.
"Hitmonjen and Joifill were two Pok�mon breeds from the last Surge that
melded back into humanity," Jenny said. "A Fighting and a Normal. They
kept part of their heritage."
Mr. Canton nodded, "The Officer Jennys and Nurse Joys."
"Yes," Jenny said, and handed a map to Ash. "Go to Rainbow Island.
You'll be drawn their eventually."
"Rainbow Island? But, I'm supposed to go on tour with my Human
Pok�mon," Ash objected
"There is a leauge there," Jenny said. "Joy and I have to warn out
families to be ready."
"Ready for what?" Brock asked.
Joy replied, "We are close and we might backslide. We want to retain
our humanity as much as possible."
"I see. By the way, what's the name of the leauge?"
"The Celestial Leauge," Joy said.
"That settles that," Ash said. "I'm off to the Celestial League."
Jenny whispered to Joy, "and in for a whole lot more than he expects."
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Giovanni looked down at the reports he had recieved from the Indigo
League an scowled.
"Three powerful Human Pok�mon and not one of them under Team Rocket's
control. Misery!!"
A woman looking a lot like Nurse Joy walked into Giovanni's office.
"Yes, sir. What do you want?" Misery asked.
"Take a look at this," Giovanni said and shoved the paper to his cheif
Pok�mon nurse.
"I see. The Surge is starting again."
"The Surge?"
"Long story, but short answer is that new Human Pok�mon can be formed
at this time. Judging by this, two of the new Pok�mon are steel types.
Now as there are no steel evolution stones and the only thing that can
evolve something into a steel type is a steel coat, I would say that use
of a modified trading machine caused those two girls to evolve."
Giovani leaned back in his plush leather chair. "Turning humans into
Pok�mon with a link cable machine? Interesting. We are going to need a
test subject."
Misery wrote down the name and address of a person. "This person."
"Interesting and quite ironic. We'll see to it."
A couple days later, Misery looked at the person they had chosen. She
was dressed in a blue leggless leotard, had blue fingerless gloves on,
wearing soft calf high boots, and a black belt was tied around her
waist.
"Greeting Officer Jenny," Misery said. "I hope you like the clothes we
picked out for you."
"Joy? What's with you?"
"I am not a Nurse Joy! I am Misery!" Misery yelled.
"The black sheep," Jenny whispered in horror. "What are you going to do
to me?"
Pointing at an elobarate machine that was pointed at Jenny, Misery
said, "I'm going to turn this one and throw you back."
"Huh? Throw me back to what?"
Misery flipped a switch and grinned evilly as Jenny's body began to
glow. "The Surge has restarted."
"NO! I don't want....Aaaarrgh!"
Misery turned the machine off and watched as Jenny glowed white. After
the glow had faded, Jenny's clothes looked like they were part of her.
"Jen-jen-hit-mon-jen," Jenny said weakly.
Misery picked up a Pok�ball and threw it at Jenny. In a flash of red
light, Team Rocket had accquired their first Human Pok�mon