[PW!] Brigette: The Best A Man Can Get

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"So you see, Timmy," lectured Professor Pseudowood. "Pokémon evolve due to
DNA! It stands for Dem's Nice Apples, and refers to the way one's genetics
interact with the mind."

"Isn't he so clever?" giggled his assistant.

"My name's not Timmy," said the boy. "And I don't think I even ASKED why
Pokémon evolve."

Professor Pseudowood, unphased, threw off his white lab coat, bald cap and
false moustache in one swoop.

"We're here at last!" chanted the short, red-haired man who appeared
underneath.

His assistant shook her head and rubbed her temples.

"For the LAST TIME, Diego, we're NOT doing the motto any more! We're NOT!
Get it?"

The boy the pair had been badgering wandered off.

The assistant removed a wig and used a damp cloth to wipe her face of
make-up. The face of Lauren, the second half of the notorious Team Rocket
smuggling pair, was revealed.

"You fool, Diego. Now we'll never manage to-"

"CONVENIENT INTERRUPTION!" shouted someone nearby.

Lauren and Diego turned around to see a girl of about fifteen on
rollerblades skate up to them.

"What are you talking about?" asked Lauren.

The girl gave her a look and laughed derisively.

"Don't tell me you haven't heard about Convenient Interruption!"

"I have!" said Diego, who hadn't, but wanted to seem hip.

"I haven't," said Lauren coldly.

"It's only the coolest thing in the entire world ever ever ever!" squealed
the excitable teenager. "Convenient Interruption makes my world go round."

Lauren was growing tired of this obsessively fashionable girl. Then again,
Lauren had always been against anything mainstream if it caused people to
act like idiots. Suddenly, a thought struck her.

"Hey, do you like Minun?"

"That cute li'l yellow mouse? Sure! I love that li'l guy!"

Lauren grinned sneakily and looked sidewise at Diego. She hoped he'd do the
same thing, thus creating a feeling of a mutual understanding, but he was
making a note to check up Convenient Interruption on the internet.

"We happen to have a Minun," said Lauren. "And we're selling it cheap. A
mere fifteen hundred, and it's yours!"

"Wowee!" exclaimed the girl. "If only I hadn't spent my pocket money on a
Convenient Interruption T-shirt, I'd be buying it right now!"

"Tell you what," said Lauren. "I'll give you my phone number, and you can
contact me when you get the money together." Lauren released Sparkler, the
Minun she'd obtained from a gullible trainer in Mauville. Sparkler looked
around nervously, searching for the girl who'd caught her.

"Sweet!" exclaimed the rollerblading girl. "I'll be sure to look you up."

She exchanged phone numbers with Lauren, who learned that the girl's name
was Irene. Irene skated off, and Lauren prepared to recall Sparkler.
However, as though their lives were determined by some higher being who
wanted them to be constantly interacting with random people, someone else
showed up.





PokéWars!: Lauren and Diego
"Brigette: The Best A Man Can Get"
Steffan Alun





"Hello!" greeted a tall girl with long red hair. She was carrying a sack in
one hand and a clipboard in the other. "I saw that Minun you released
earlier, and you seem like an incredible trainer."

"I'm not," said Lauren, brutally honest as opposed to modest. "Now leave me
alone."

"I am! I am!" shouted Diego. He released a Geodude, his favourite Pokémon
in the world. "This is Density! She's lovely!"

"She sure is!" said the bright-eyed girl. "My name's Brigette, by the way.
What's yours?"

"Cameron," replied Diego. "This is my sister Sinead."

"I've been looking for some good trainers, you see," said Brigette. "My
sister Lanette created the PC system that stores Pokémon as computer data.
I've been working on this system to make it better, and for a reason that I
assure you is entirely related, I need to give you an egg."

Lauren raised an eyebrow. Diego looked overjoyed.

"An egg! Excellent!"

"Yes, excellent!" said Lauren, faking a bit of enthusiasm. After all, the
egg may contain a rare Pokémon. No use in wasting an opportunity.

Brigette removed a light blue egg from the sack in her hand. She handed it
over to Diego.

"I will keep it warm until it hatches and then I will love its contents like
my own child." He considered this. "One of my children," he ammended, to
avoid offending Density.

Brigette noted something down on her clipboard.

"Excellent!" she said. "I'm sure you'll take super-special good care of
that Pokémon. See you around, guys!"

She walked south, clearly headed for Mauville. Lauren considered warning
her not to go into the gym without very dark glasses, but thought better of
it.

"Hatch that as quickly as you can, Diego," she said instead. "We need to
start selling."

Diego barely heard her words. He stroked the egg's shell affectionately,
then gently pocketed it.

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Steffan Alun

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