" My assistants will now be handing out the mystery Pokeballs." Rowan announced as Gary and a bunch of other people walked into the room and walked to the tables and started to hand the balls out. Gary flashed Ash a grin, but before Ash could react, he heard an ear piercing scream.

But it wasn't from camp.

It was from within the lab.

And then an angry raven haired girl wearing Ash's Kanto clothes stormed in, followed by her very angry pokemon.

" You...." The girl said in a dangerous tone, looking at Rowan. " Owe me an explanation."

Rowan blinked. " For what?"

" Playing stupid, are we?"

She turned to her Pokemon. " ATTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK!"

Ash's eyes widened. " Woah woah woah, how about we-"

The Pokemon ignored him.

Dawn walked to Ash. " Why's she wearing your clothes?"

Ash sighed. " Because she was taking a bath a few minutes ago and musta thrown on whatever she could first find."

Brock looked horrified. " Ash, do something! Rowan's gonna become toast!"

Ash ducked as a rogue flamethrower went his way.  " Right."

He walked to the girl. " Uh.... hey, Wisty?"

" What?"

" Why are you attacking him?"

" ' Cause he stole my baby."

" Stole you ba- WAIT TOGEPI'S GONE!?"

" Why else do you think I'm angry?"

Ash's eyes widened. " Wait! Everyone, stop for ten seconds!"

All eyes went on him.

Ash took a deep breath. " Professor Rowan, I think you unknowingly took my sister's baby."

Rowan raised a brow. " What?"

Ash shook his head. " Never mind that. Show us where that ' egg' pokemon is."

" TOGEPIIIIIIIIIII!"

" PRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!"

Togepi yanked the wires off and jumped joyfully into Wisty's arms. Eevee, Chikorita, Growlithe, Wisty, Jigglypuff and Clefairy shared a hug.

" Awwwwwww." All the kids muttered.

Gary looked at Ash. " How'd you know where Togepi was?"

Ash shrugged. " It just seemed like something the professor would accidently do."

Rowan let out a nervous chuckle. " Yes, well, I'm sorry young lady."

Wisty smiled sweetly. " Oh, it's okay."

Ash narrowed his brows. " What did you do?"

Wisty shrugged. " I called the cops because the Professor stole Togepi. I DO have my police badge, remember?"

Professor Rowan blinked in disbelief, adjusting his glasses. "You what?"

Wisty held up a tiny plastic badge with a big, mischievous grin. "I'm an honorary officer of the Viridian City Police Force. Officer Jenny gave me this when I helped her stop Team Rocket that one time. So I thought it was only fair to report my baby as stolen!"

The lab went dead silent.

Ash buried his face in his hands. "Oh no... Wisty, you didn't."

"I did." Wisty folded her arms, looking both smug and indignant at the same time. "Togepi's my baby. Stealing her is a crime. Case closed."

Gary snorted, barely able to keep his laughter in check. "Ash, your sister might be the scariest trainer I've ever met."

"Don't encourage her!" Ash groaned, spinning around to Rowan. "Professor, you didn't mean to take Togepi, right?"

Rowan's face was pale as he tried to formulate an answer. "I... I mistook Togepi for one of the Pokémon we were studying in the lab, I swear! It's just... she was so well-behaved and seemed curious about the equipment. I didn't know she belonged to your sister."

"Belonged to?!" Wisty huffed. "She's not some random Pokémon! She's family!"

Togepi clapped her tiny hands in agreement. "Priiii! Togepiiii!"

Brock stepped in, trying to calm the situation. "Okay, okay, let's just all take a deep breath. Nobody got hurt, Togepi's safe, and the Professor didn't mean any harm."

Wisty scowled, still hugging Togepi tightly. "Fine. But next time someone takes Togepi without asking, Growlithe is coming with me."

Growlithe growled lowly in support, his sharp teeth glinting as if to emphasize Wisty's threat.

Dawn walked over, wide-eyed. "She's... intense."

Ash shook his head. "You don't know the half of it." He turned to Wisty. "And what about the cops? Did you actually call them?"

Before Wisty could answer, a loud whoop-whoop came from outside the lab. Everyone turned to see a squad car pulling up, lights flashing.

Rowan paled further. "Oh dear."

Officer Jenny stepped out of the car, her face a mix of confusion and amusement. "Alright, who reported a Pokémon theft?"

Wisty stepped forward, confidently holding Togepi. "I did! But it's fine now, Officer Jenny. The thief has been caught and reprimanded."

Jenny stared at Rowan, who looked like he wanted to crawl under a table. "Professor Rowan? You stole a Pokémon?"

"No!" Rowan said quickly, waving his hands defensively. "It was a misunderstanding! I assure you, Officer, I had no malicious intent—"

Jenny held up a hand to stop him. "Relax, Professor. I'll just file this under 'accidental Pokémon relocation.'" She turned to Wisty, smiling. "Wisty, next time, maybe try talking to the Professor before calling me, okay?"

Wisty nodded cheerfully. "Sure thing, Officer Jenny!"

As Jenny drove away, Ash sighed in relief. "Crisis averted. For now."

Gary nudged him, smirking. "You've got your hands full with her, don't you?"

"You have no idea," Ash muttered, rubbing his temples as Wisty happily skipped off to rejoin her Pokémon, already chatting with them like nothing had happened.

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