Poke'Wars
Episode IV: A New Hope
Star Wars created by George Lucas. Owned by 20th Century Fox.
Pokemon created by Game Freak. Owned by Nintendo.
This fanfic will be about as violent as the original Star Wars Trilogy, of
course. So people, and maybe some Pokemon will die. You have been warned.
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INTERIOR: DeathOrb-- FORWARD BAY -- COMMAND OFFICE.
In a very small command office near the entrance to the
pirateship, a Gantry Officer looks out his window and notices
the guards are missing. He speaks into the comlink.
GANTRY OFFICER: RK-four-one-two. Why aren't you at your post?
RK-four-one-two, do you copy?
Ash comes down the ramp of the pirateship, wearing James, uniform and a
blue wig, and waves to the gantry officer, pointing to his ear indicating
his comlink is not working. The gantry officer shakes his head in disgust
and heads for the door, giving his aide an annoyed
look.
GANTRY OFFICER: Take over. We've got a bad transmitter. I'll see what
I can do.
As the officer approaches the door, it slides open revealing the
towering
Chewpika. The gantry officer, in a momentary state of shock, stumbles
backward. With a bone-chilling howl, the giant Raichiee fries the officer
with one Thundershock. The aide immediately reaches for his pistol, but is
blasted by Ash. Oak and the robots enter the room quickly followed by
Brock,
dressed as a stormtrooper. Brock quickly removes his helmet.
Brock: You know, between his howling and your blasting everything in
sight, it's a wonder the whole station doesn't know we're here.
ASH: Bring them on! I prefer a straight fight to all this sneaking
around.
TOGEPIO: We found the computer outlet, sir.
Oak feeds some information into the computer and a map of the city
appears on the monitor. He begins to inspect it carefully. Togepio and
Vul-2
look over the control panel. Vul-2 finds something that makes him whistle
wildly.
Oak: Plug in. He should be able to interpret the entire Rocket
computer network.
Vul-2 punches his claw arm into the computer socket and the vast Rocket
brain network comes to life, feeding information to the little robot. After
a few moments, he beeps something.
TOGEPIO: He says he's found the main computer to power the tractor
beam that's holding the ship here. He'll try to make the precise
location appear on the monitor.
The computer monitor flashes readouts.
TOGEPIO: The tractor beam is coupled to the main reactor in seven
locations. A power loss at one of the terminals will allow the ship to
leave.
Oak studies the data on the monitor readout.
Oak: I don't think you boys can help. I must go alone.
ASH: Whatever you say. I've done more that I bargained for on this
trip already.
Brock I want to go with you.
Oak: Be patient, Brock. Stay and watch over the droids.
Brock: But he can...
Oak: They must be delivered safely or other star systems will suffer
the same fate as Cerulean. Your destiny lies along a different path
than mine. Take care of Ash, no matter what he says otherwise. The Force
will be with you...always!
Oak adjusts the lightsaber on his belt and silently steps out of the
command office, then disappears down a long grey hallway. Chewpika barks a
comment and Ash shakes his head in agreement.
ASH: Boy you said it, Chewie.
Ash looks at Brock.
ASH: Where did you dig up that old fossil?
Brock: Oak is a great man.
ASH: Yeah, great at getting us into trouble.
Brock: I didn't hear you give any ideas...
ASH: Well, anything would be better than just hanging around waiting
for him to pick us up...
Brock: Who do you think...
Suddenly Vul-2 begins to whistle and beep a blue streak.
Brock goes over to him.
Brock: What is it?
TOGEPIO: I'm afraid I'm not quite sure, sir. He says "I found her",
and keeps repeating, "She's here."
Brock: Well, who...who has he found?
Vul-2 whistles a frantic reply.
TOGEPIO: Princess Misty.
Brock: The princess? She's here?
ASH: Princess? What's going on?
TOGEPIO: Level five. Detention block A A-twenty-three. I'm afraid
she's scheduled to be terminated.
Brock: Oh, no! We've got to do something.
ASH: What are you talking about?
Brock: The droid belongs to her. She's the one in the message.. We've
got to help her.
ASH: Now, look, don't get any funny ideas. The old man wants us to
wait right here.
Brock: But he didn't know she was here. Look, will you just find a way
back into the detention block?
ASH: I'm not going anywhere.
Brock: They're going to execute her. Look, a few minutes ago you said
you didn't want to just wait here to be captured. Now all you want to
do is stay.
ASH: Marching into the detention area is not what I had in mind.
Brock: But they're going to kill her!
ASH: Better her than me...
Brock: She's rich.
Chewpika growls.
ASH: Rich?
Brock: Yes. Rich, powerful! Listen, if you were to rescue her, the
reward would be...
ASH: What?
Brock: Well more wealth that you can imagine.
ASH: I don't know, I can imagine quite a bit!
Brock: You'll get it!
ASH: I better!
Brock: You will...
ASH: All right, kid. But you'd better be right about this.
Ash looks at Chewie, who grunts a short grunt.
Brock: All right.
ASH: What's your plan?
Brock: Uh...Togepio, hand me those binders there will you?
Brock moves toward Chewpika with electronic cuffs.
Brock: Okay. Now, I'm going to put these on you.
Chewie shocks Brock.
Brock(coughs out a puff of smoke): Okay. Ash, you put these on.
Brock hands the binders to Ash, and falls over.
ASH: Don't worry, Chewie. I think I know what he has in mind.
The Raichiee has a worried and frightened look on her face as Ash binds
her with the electronic cuffs.
TOGEPIO: Master Brock, sir! Pardon me for asking...but, ah...what
should Vul-2 and I do if we're discovered here?
Brock: Lock the door!
ASH: And hope they don't have blasters.
TOGEPIO: That isn't very reassuring.
Brock and Ash put on their armored stormtrooper helmets and
start off into the giant Rocket DeathOrb.
INTERIOR: DeathOrb-- DETENTION AREA -- ELEVATOR TUBE.
Ash and Brock try to look inconspicuous in their armored suits as they
wait for a vacuum elevator to arrive. Troops, bureaucrats, and Pokemon
bustle about, ignoring the trio completely. Only a few give the giant
Raichiee a curious glance.
Finally a small elevator arrives and the trio enters.
Brock: I can't see a thing in this helmet.
A bureaucrat races to get aboard also, but is signaled away by Ash. The
door to the pod-like vehicle slides closed and the elevator car takes off
through a vacuum tube.
INTERIOR: DeathOrb-- MAIN HALLWAY.
Several Rocket officers walk through the wide main passageway. They pass
several stormtroopers. At the far end of the hallway, a passing flash of
Oak Kenobi appears, then disappears down a small hallway. His appearance is
so fleeting that it is hard to tell if he is real or just an illusion. No
one in the hallway seems to notice him.
INTERIOR: DeathOrb-- INTERIOR ELEVATOR -- DETENTION SECURITY AREA.
Brock and Ash step forward to exit the elevator, but the door
slides open behind them. The giant Raichiee and her two guards
enter the old grey security station. Guards and laser gates
are everywhere. Ash whispers to Brock under his breath.
ASH: This is not going to work.
Brock: Why didn't you say so before?
ASH: I did say so before!
INTERIOR: DETENTION AREA.
Elevator doors open. A tall, grim looking Officer approaches
the trio.
OFFICER: Where are you taking this...thing?
Chewie growls a bit at the remark but Ash nudges her to
shut up.
Brock: Prisoner transfer from Block one-one-three-eight.
OFFICER: I wasn't notified. I'll have to clear it.
The officer goes back to his console and begins to punch in the
information. There are only three other troopers in the area. Brock and Ash
survey the situation, checking all of the alarms, laser gates, and camera
eyes. Ash unfastens one of Chewpika's electronic cuffs and shrugs to Brock.
Suddenly Chewpika throws up her hands and lets out with
one of his ear-piercing howls. She jets out a Thunder bolt that fries one
of
the troopers.
ASH: Look out! She's loose!
Brock: She's going to pull us all apart.
ASH: Squirtle, Butterfree, Go get her!
Brock: Go Geodude!
The startled guards are momentarily dumbfounded. Ash has already pulled
out his PokeBalls and Sqirtle, Geodude, and Butterfree engage the
Raichiee.
Their barrage of Water Guns, rocks, and Psybeams misses Chewpika, but hits
the camera eyes, laser gate controls, and the Rocket guards. The officer
gets squashed under a rather large rock just as he is about to push the
alarm system. Ash rushes to the comlink system, which is screeching
questions about what is going on. He quickly checks the computer readout.
ASH: We've got to find out which cell this princess of yours is in.
Here it is...cell twenty-one-eight-seven. You go get her. I'll hold
them here.
Brock races down one of the cell corridors. Ash speaks into the
buzzing comlink.
ASH: (sounding official) Everything is under control. Situation
normal.
BUTCH: What happened?
ASH: (getting nervous) Uh...had a slight weapons malfunction. But, uh,
everything's perfectly all right now. We're fine. We're all fine here,
now, thank you. How are you?
BUTCH: We're sending a squad up.
ASH: Uh, uh, negative. We had a reactor leak here now. Give us a few
minutes to lock it down. Large leak...very dangerous.
BUTCH: Who is this? What's your operating number?
Ash blasts the comlink and it explodes.
ASH: Boring conversation anyway. (yelling down the hall) Brock! We're
going to have company!
INTERIOR: DeathOrb-- CELL ROW.
Brock stops in front of one of the cells and calls out Geodude. The
little rock Pokemon grabs the door and trars it away. As Geodude tosse the
door down the hallway, Brock sees the dazzling young princess-senator. She
had been sleeping and is now looking at him with an uncomprehending look on
her face. Brock is stunned by her incredible beauty and stands staring at
her with his mouth hanging open.
Misty: (finally) Aren't you a little young to be a stormtrooper?
Brock takes off his helmet, coming out of it.
Brock: What? Oh...the uniform. I'm Brock Stonewalker. I'm here to rescue
you.
Misty: You're who?
Brock: I'm here to rescue you. I've got your Vulpix unit. I'm here with Oak
Kenobi.
Misty: Oak Kenobi is here! Where is he?
Brock: Come on!
INTERIOR: DeathOrb-- CONFERENCE ROOM.
Rock Vader paces the room as Governor Giovanni sits at the far
end of the conference table.
VADER: He is here...
Giovanni: Oaki-Wan Kenobi! What makes you think so?
VADER: A tremor in the Force. The last time I felt it was in the
presence of my old master.
Giovanni: Surely he must be dead by now.
VADER: Don't underestimate the power of the Force.
Giovanni: The Gym Leaders are extinct, their fire has gone out of the
universe. You, my friend, are all that's left of their religion.
There is a quiet buzz on the comlink.
Giovanni: Yes.
BUTCH: Governor Giovanni, we have an emergency alert in
detention block A A-twenty-three.
Giovanni: The princess! Put all sections on alert!
VADER: Oaki-Wan is here. The Force is with him.
Giovanni: If you're right, he must not be allowed to escape.
VADER: Escape is not his plan. I must face him alone.
INTERIOR: DeathOrb-- DETENTION AREA -- HALLWAY.
An ominous buzzing sound is heard on the other side of the
elevator door.
ASH: Chewie!
CHEWPIKA: Pikapi?
ASH: Get behind me! Get behind me!
A series of explosions knock a hole in the elevator door through which
several Rocket troops begin to emerge.
Ash and Chewie fire at them through the smoke and flame. They turn and
run down the cell hallway, meeting up with Brock and Misty rushing toward
them. Squirtle and Butterfree cover them until Ash calls them back.
ASH: Can't get out that way.
Misty: Looks like you managed to cut off our only escape route.
ASH: (sarcastically) Maybe you'd like it back in your cell, Your
Highness. (to Chewpika)Chewie, give us some breathing room!
CHEWPIKA: PIKA! (turns to troopers)Pikaaa... CHUUUUU!!!
Chewpika lets loose with a Thunder Wave that paralyzes half of the Rocket
troops and Pokemon.
Brock takes a small comlink transmitter from his belt as they continue
to
exchange fire with stormtroopers making their way down the corridor.
Brock: Togepio! Togepio!
TOGEPIO: (over comlink) Yes sir?
Brock: We've been cut off! Are there any other ways out of the cell
bay?...What was that? I didn't copy!
INTERIOR: DeathOrb-- MAIN BAY GANTRY -- CONTROL TOWER.
Togepio paces the control center as little Vul-2 beeps and
whistles a blue streak. Togepio yells into the small comlink
transmitter.
TOGEPIO: I said, all systems have been alerted to your presence, sir.
The main entrance seems to be the only way in or out; all other
information on your level is restricted.
Someone begins banging on the door.
JAMES: Open up in there! And give me back my uniform!
TOGEPIO: Oh, no!
INTERIOR: DeathOrb-- DETENTION CORRIDOR.
Brock and Misty crouch together in an alcove for protection as
they continue to exchange fire with troops. Ash and Chewpika
are barely able to keep the stormtroopers at bay at the far
and of the hallway. The laserfire is very intense, and smoke
fills the narrow cell corridor.
Brock: There isn't any other way out.
ASH: I can't hold them off forever! Now what?
Misty: This is some rescue. When you came in here, didn't you have a
plan for getting out?
ASH: (pointing to Brock) He's the brains, sweetheart.
Brock manages a sheepish grin and shrugs his shoulders.
Brock: Well, I didn't...
The princess takes a PokeBall from Brock's belt and throws it
Misty: PokeBall, Go! Get us out of here!
The ball opens to reveal Onix, who smashes a small grate in
the wall next to Ash, almost flattening him.
ASH: What the hell are you doing?
Misty: Somebody has to save our skins. Into the garbage chute, wise
guy.
She jumps through the narrow opening as Ash and Chewpika
look on in amazement. Chewpika sniffs the garbage chute and
says something.
ASH: Get in there! I don't care what you smell! Get in there and don't
worry
about it.
Ash gives her a push and the Raichiee disappears into the
tiny opening. Brock and Ash continue firing as they work their
way toward the opening.
ASH: Wonderful girl! Either I'm going to kill her or I'm beginning to
like her. Get in there!
Brock ducks laserfire as he jumps into the darkness. Ash fires off a
couple of quick blasts creating a smokey cover, then slides into the chute
himself and is gone.
INTERIOR: DeathOrb-- GARBAGE ROOM.
Ash tumbles into the large room filled with garbage and muck. Brock is
already stumbling around looking for an exit. He finds a small hatchway and
struggles to get it open. It won't budge.
ASH: (sarcastically) Oh! The garbage chute was a really wonderful
idea. What an incredible smell you've discovered! Let's get out of
here! Get away from there...
Brock: No! wait!
Ash draws his laser pistol and fires at the hatch. The
laserbolt ricochets wildly around the small metal room.
Everyone dives for cover in the garbage as the bolt explodes
almost on top of them. Misty climbs out of the garbage with a
rather grim look on her face.
Brock: Will you forget it? I already tried it. It's magnetically
sealed!
Misty: Put that thing away! You're going to get us all killed.
ASH: Absolutely, Your Worship. Look, I had everything under control
until you led us down here. You know, it's not going to take them long
to figure out what happened to us.
Misty: It could be worse...
A loud, horrible, inhuman moan works its way up from the murky depths.
Chewpika lets out a terrified howl and begins to back away. Ash and Brock
stand fast with their laser pistols drawn. The Raichiee is cowering near
one
of the walls.
ASH: It's worse.
Brock: There's something alive in here!
ASH: That's your imagination.
Brock: Something just moves past my leg! Look! Did you see that?
ASH: What?
Brock: Help!
Suddenly Brock is yanked under the garbage.
ASH: Brock! Brock! Brock!
Solo tries to get to Brock. Brock surfaces with a gasp of air
and thrashing of limbs. A membrane tentacle is wrapped around
his throat.
Misty: Brock!
Misty extends a long pipe toward him.
Misty: Brock, Brock, grab a hold of this.
Brock: Blast it, will you! My gun's jammed.
ASH: Where?
Brock: Anywhere! Oh!!
ASH: Chewie, Thundershock!
CHEWPIKA: PikaCHU!
Pikachu throws a bolt of electricity at the area the tentacle is coming
from. Unfrotunately, the garbage and muck is an excellent conductor of
electricity, and everyone else gets shocked as well. The tentacle pulls
Brock under.
ASH: Brock! Brock!
Suddenly the walls of the garbage receptacle shudder and move in a
couple
of inches. Then everything is deathly quiet. Ash and Misty give each other
a
worried look as Chewpika howls in the corner. With a rush of bubbles and
muck Brock suddenly bobs to the surface.
Misty: Grab him!
Brock seems to be released by the thing.
Misty: What happened?
Brock: I don't know, it just let go of me and disappeared...
ASH: I've got a very bad feeling about this.
Before anyone can say anything the walls begin to rumble
and edge toward the Rebels.
Brock: The walls are moving!
Misty: Don't just stand there. Try to brace it with something.
They place poles and long metal beams between the closing
walls, but they are simply snapped and bent as the giant
trashmasher rumbles on.
ASH(tosses another PokeBall): Charizard, hold the doors back!
Charizard ignores Ash
ASH: Charizard, do you want to get squashed, too?
Charizard looks around, concedes Ash's point, and begins to try and hold
the
door back. Brock calls out Onix and Geodude to help, but to no avail. The
situation doesn't look too good.
Brock: Wait a minute!
Brock pulls out his comlink.
Brock: Togepio! Come in Togepio! Togepio! Where could he be?
INTERIOR: DeathOrb-- MAIN GANTRY -- COMMAND OFFICE.
A soft buzzer and the muted voice of Brock calling out for see-Togepio can
be heard on Threepio's hand comlink, which is sitting on the deserted
computer console. Vul-2 and Togepio are nowhere in sight. Suddenly there is
a great explosion and the door of the control tower flies across the floor.
Four armed stormtroopers enter the chamber.
JESSIE: Take over! (pointing to the dead officer) see to him!
Look there!
Meowth pushes a button and the supply cabinet door slides open.
see-Togepio and Vul-2-Detoo are inside. Vul-2 follows his bronze companion
out into the office.
TOGEPIO: They're madmen! They're heading for the prison level. If you
hurry, you might catch them.
JESSIE: (to his troops) Follow me! You stand guard.
The troops hustle off down the hallway, leaving a guard to
watch over the command office.
TOGEPIO: (to Vul-2) Come on!
The guard aims a blaster at them.
TOGEPIO: Oh! All this excitement has overrun the circuits of my
counterpart here. If you don't mind, I'd like to take him down to
maintenance.
TROOPER: All right.
The guard nods and Togepio, with little Vul-2 in tow, hurries out the
door.
INTERIOR: DeathOrb-- GARBAGE ROOM.
As the walls rumble closed, the room gets smaller and smaller.
Chewie is whining and trying to hold a wall back with her giant paws.
Ash is leaning back against the other wall, while the closing accomidations
are becoming very unconfortable to the massive Onix. Garbage is snapping
and
popping. Brock is trying to reach Togepio.
Brock: Togepio! Come in, Togepio! Togepio!
Ash and Misty try to brace the contracting walls with a
pole. Misty begins to sink into the trash.
ASH: Get to the top!
Misty: I can't
Brock: Where could he be? Togepio! Togepio, will you come in?
INTERIOR: DeathOrb-- MAIN FORWARD BAY -- SERVICE PANEL.
TOGEPIO: They aren't here! Something must have happened to them. see
if they've been captured.
Little Vul-2 carefully plugs one of his tails into a new wall socket and
a complex array of electronic sounds spew from the tiny robot.
TOGEPIO: Hurry!
INTERIOR: DeathOrb-- GARBAGE ROOM.
The walls are only feet apart. Misty and Ash are braced against
the walls. The princess is frightened. They look at each
other. Misty reaches out and takes Ash's hand and she holds it
tightly. She's terrified and suddenly groans as she feels the
first crushing pressure against her body. Onix moans as his body begins to
crack.
ASH: One thing's for sure. We're all going to be a lot thinner! (to
Misty) Get on top of it!
Misty: I'm trying!
INTERIOR: DeathOrb-- MAIN FORWARD BAY -- SERVICE PANEL.
TOGEPIO: (to Vul-2) Thank goodness, they haven't found them! Where
could they be?
VUL-2: Vulpix! Vulpix!
TOGEPIO: Use the comlink? Oh, my! I forgot I turned it off!
INTERIOR: DeathOrb-- GARBAGE ROOM.
Meanwhile, Brock is lying on his side, trying to keep his head
above the rising ooze. Brock's comlink begins to buzz and he
rips it off his belt.
INTERIOR: DeathOrb-- MAIN FORWARD BAY -- SERVICE PANEL.
Muffled sounds of Brock's voice over the comlink can be heard,
but not distinctly.
TOGEPIO: Are you there, sir?
INTERIOR: DeathOrb-- GARBAGE ROOM.
Brock: Togepio!
INTERIOR: DeathOrb-- MAIN FORWARD BAY -- SERVICE PANEL.
TOGEPIO: We've had some problems...
Brock: (over comlink) Will you shut up and listen to me? Shut down all
garbage mashers on the detention level, will you? Do you copy?
INTERIOR: DeathOrb-- GARBAGE ROOM.
Brock: Shut down all the garbage mashers on the detention level.
INTERIOR: DeathOrb-- MAIN FORWARD BAY -- SERVICE PANEL.
Brock: (over comlink) Shut down all the garbage mashers on the
detention level.
TOGEPIO: (to Vul-2) No. Shut them all down! Hurry!
Togepio holds his head in agony as he hears the incredible screaming and
hollering from Brock's comlink.
TOGEPIO: Listen to them! They're dying, Vul-2! Curse my metal body! I
wasn't fast enough. It's all my fault! My poor master!
Brock: (over comlink) Togepio, we're all right!
INTERIOR: DeathOrb-- GARBAGE ROOM.
The screaming and hollering is the sound of joyous relief. The walls
have
stopped moving. Ash, Chewie and Misty embrace in the background. Brock
recalls Onix, much to the rock snake's relief.
Brock: We're all right. You did great.
Brock moves to the pressure sensitive hatch, looking for a
number.
Brock: Hey...hey, open the pressure maintenance hatch on unit number...
where are we?
INTERIOR: DeathOrb-- MAIN FORWARD BAY -- SERVICE PANEL.
ASH: (over comlink) Three-two-six-eight-two-seven.
INTERIOR: DeathOrb-- TRACTOR BEAM -- POWER GENERATOR TRENCH.
Oak enters a humming service trench that powers the huge tractor beam.
The
trench seems to be a hundred miles deep. The clacking sound of huge
switching devices can be heard. The old Gym Leader edges his way along a
narrow ledge leading to a control panel that connects two large cables. He
carefully makes several adjustments in the computer terminal, and several
lights on the board go from red to blue.
INTERIOR: DeathOrb-- UNUSED HALLWAY.
The group exits the garbage room into a dusty, unused hallway. Ash and
Brock remove the trooper suits and strap on their PokeBall belts. Misty
somehow also has her PokeBalls
Ash: Where did you find those?
Misty: Editing mistake in our favor. I'm not going to complain.
ASH(sighs): If we can just avoid any more female advice, we ought to be
able
to get out of here.
Brock smiles and scratches his head as he takes a blaster