Draft #2: Mc Zinger Dead

Winona, Jackie and Zinnia had gone to Lavaridge, to buy lunch for everyone.

The rest waited patiently at the foot of Mt. Chimney, thinking of how each of them would personally take revenge on Brendan. When suddenly :

" Oh s*** ! The Jagged Pass! How could I forget it ! " Steven exclaimed.

" Jagged Pass? " Wally questioned.

" Jagged Pass! " Flannery exclaimed.

" THE JAGGED PASS!!???" They all chorused.

" Dang it !" Shima yelled, stomping her foot.

" I have a plan, " Maisen said, " four of us will wait on the Jagged Pass. Two will wait at the start of the pass, two at the end in case this mad guy finds a way to get through.

Wallace nodded to Maisen.

" Wallace and I will wait at the start. Who- "

Steven and Shima were the fastest to answer.

" Then it's the two of you. " Wallace said, smirking.

" Sorry guys. " Shyma apologized to the rest of them.

" It's okay. Really. " Wally reassured her, " Flannery and I will find the worst punishment ever for him! "

***

- At the PokeMart -

" Custard - filled doughnuts are the best! " Zinnia chirped as she grabbed a pack of custard-filled doughnuts.

" No way ! " Jackie gasped behind her, " Y- you like custard-filled doughnuts ! I should have known!"

" Of course! There's nothing better than- Wait a minute ! " Her gaze darkened as she guarded herself, " Don't tell me-"

" Yes, " Jackie hissed, " I'M CREAM-FILLED DOUGHNUT LOVER ! "

Both Zinnia and Jackie grabbed that their eyes first fell on. Jackie a broom.
Zinnia a-A-ARE YOU FREAKING SERIOUS !?

YOU'RE GOING TO FIGHT HIM WITH A CUCUMBER!?

Zinnia averted her gaze, " Whatever... " She muttered.

" Ahem, " Winona started, " I don't think- "

Jackie and Zinnia launched themselves towards each other, going for the each other's throat.

" URAGIRIMONO !!! " They yelled in unison.

- Meanwhile on Brendan's side-

" Oh crap! They actually remembered the Jagged Pass. " he muttered to himself, hiding behind a tree, not taking his eyes off the eighth Gym-leader and the blonde.

Maisen stood still on the left, all senses in alert. Wallace on the other hand, was walking in circles.

" Urgh. How am I gonna get out of here!? " Brendan cried.

He took out a Pokeball, examining it closely.
" Hmmm... Now that I think of it... It might work. "

* goes back to Mt. Chimney *

* sounds of chainsaw, drilling machine and hammer *

" A MASTERPIECE, " Brendan said proudly as he looked at his new invention.

The young boy hoped on his humanoid robot. The system booted up as Brendan entered the cockpit, checking whether everything was operational.

It was a 20 metres high black robot with red highlights, golden yellow eyes and purple legs.

" Alright! " Brendan exclaimed, " Time to go, McZinger Dead. Hop on too, you guys! " he gestured to his Pokemon.

Swampert jumped on, excited, Breloom sighed and Magcargo took an eternity to get on. Raichu rolled his eyes, tagging along nevertheless.

**

Maisen and Wallace were reviewing the plan that had been set when all a a sudden, they were thrown in a enormous shadow.

" I-KU-ZE! " Brendan yelled starting the engine of his gunman.*

The gigantic robot took off, flying through Hoenn's sky, a fist forward. It circled around the Region at lightning speed and halted above the Jagged Pass. Underneath it, Maisen and Wallace were sent into into an enormous shadow. Their head snapped up as they gasped at the sight of the gunman.

On the other hand, standing at the top of the flight of stairs leading to Lavaridge, Steven and Shima tared in awe at the gunman that stood out boldly against the light grey colour that the sky was steadily turning into.

" What the hell is that!? " Steven muttered loud enough for the brunette girl to hear.

" Brendan's latest invention, I bet. " Shima replied, frowning.

" BRENDAN! " Wallace yelled, " I see you're too scared to fight your way down Mt. Chimney. "

Maisen took a few steps back. " Wallace don't provoke him. We haven't got a clue what that guy's up to nor how this gunman functions. " he warned the Gym Leader.

" The gunman's name's Mc Zinger Dead, ya know! " came Brendan's voice from the a loudspeaker, " and I ain't scared, Wallace. It's just waaaay easier to use Mc Zinger Dead instead. "

"..... " Both the blonde and the Gym Leader were speechless for a moment.

" Mc Zinger Dead, huh? It's...nice. A nice name... " Maisen cautiously said.

" I KNOW, RIGHT? Now without any further delay- LET'S DO THIS!! " Brendan laughed with triumph as he whammed his fist onto a big red button.

" Do what...? " Wallace asked curiously. A circular wave of purple energy shot through the cloudy sky disappearing as quickly as it had appeared.

" Flannery, did you see that! " Wally exclaimed.

" Yup. Wonder what it was. " the red-head replied.

- At the Pokemart -

Winona gazed at Mt. Chimney, her brow creased with worry while she wondered why her guts were telling her to run. Zinnia and Jackie were still fighting. Thankfully, the older woman had ditched her cucumber for giant chopsticks which she wielded as dual swords. Jackie used his broom like a halberd. None of them both had paid much attention to the purple wave, being too absorbed by their fight over doughnuts.

Zinnia charged towards the Pokémon Ranger. She brought down the chopsticks in an infernal tornado with such finesse and technique that even renowned sword-masters would have ran away in shame. Jackie parred the rapid strikes at the best of his capacity but was slowly driven into a corner. He jumped back, dodging a semi- circular swing from his opponent. The Pokémon Ranger, twirled his broom above his head, charged towards Zinnia thrusting the broom towards her with a violent force but the attack did not connect.

" What? " Jackie said, surprised. His surprise quickly turned into shock as he noticed that he was floating away.

Zinnia gasped. " Jackie...? What's up with that green aura? "

Jackie glanced at his hand. The custard- filled doughnut lover was right. He was surrounded by a weird, green aura. In fact, his whole body shimmered in that green aura. The blonde floated away towards Brendan's gunman.

Zinnia could only stare at Jackie. Her brain was trying to process whatever visual data was being received and tried to find a logical explanation but to no avail. She dropped her chopsticks and cussed. " What just happened?! " And then, just like that, it clicked.

" BRENDAN! " she shrieked. The Draconid grabbed Winona's hand and dragged the Flying-type Gym Leader towards Mt. Chimney.

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" Err...Steven? " Shima said hesitantly. She gave the Champion a worried smile. He was wrapped in a shimmering saffron aura.

" I'm just as...clueless as you are, Shima. " Steven answered, trying his best to mask his unease. Suddenly, he was lifted off the ground and floated away.

" WHOA! WHA- CHAMP! " Shyma shouted. From the corner of her eye, the girl caught other shimmering lights floating towards the gunman. She took out her binoculars and saw Maisen and Wallace too floating upwards surrounded by a red and pink aura respectively.

" HELP! " someone shouted from above her.

' Wally!? ' Shima thought, seeing her other road companion also wrapped in a shimmering pale blue aura float away.

Shima lowered her binoculars. " I need to check this out... " she murmured to herself. She took out a Pokeball, tossed it into the air and said, " Come out, Swellow! I need your help. You up for a possibly life-threatening flight, girl? "

" Swe-llow~ " the Pokémon exclaimed in agreement. ' Life- threatening? Who cares? As long as it promises to be interesting... '

Shima hopped onto Swellow's back. " 'Kay. To Mt. Chimney! "