"Hmm. I wonder why Gary has the Event planned

"Hmm. I wonder why Gary has the Event planned for the sleepiest day of the year." I reached for my copy of "Eigler's Extensive Concordance of Hidden Surprises." It fell open to the

a blank page. I never noticed that before, what a surprise! But even that wasn't exciting enough to fully wake me, on the sleepiest day of the year. Gary soon showed up and we

had a quick battle. His fire-based pokemon made quick work of my grass types. I crumpled to the ground. "M-Maybe I'm just not meant to be a Pokemon master." Ash said softly.

The a shadow was cast over us. Something huge, dark and ugly raised its fist. Ash shouted, "Who are you?" The terrible thing said, "I am Hokey Pokemon!" Thunder roared

as Ash turned himself around. "Don't you walk away from me," said Hokey. "Mom chose you for me, Ashy baby." Ash was getting tired of all these arranged marriages. Arranged divorce

s, arranged marriages, arranged vengeances. Ash looked into Hokey's mind. He wasn't much surprised to see that some bitterly evil thought had burrowed into Hokey's mind during the

Pokey incident. Hokey seemed to be suffering from some sort of post-traumatic stress disorder, which Ash understood completely. Hokey was out for blood this time, no doubt.

They at least were not running for any political office, no one listened to this kind if drivel anymore. The plastic robots handled them easily, needless to say. It was post-curfew

and the radio broadcast was overdue. The underground listeners would be standing by with analog decoders. Plastic robots are puppies compared to the mech-ops tracing their

ancestry to the original dogs of war. The robots felt something new inside, something they hadn't felt before. It was jealousy over their lack of ancestors and it shocked them.