JITTERS
Lazuli is currently typing on for her blog
Lazuli: To understand what I'm about to tell you, you need to do something first. You need to believe in the impossible. Can you do that? Good. Because all of us, we have forgotten what miracles look like. Maybe because they haven't made much of an appearance lately. Our lives have become ordinary. But there is somemon out there who is truly extraordinary. I don't know where you came from. I don't know your name. But I have seen you do the impossible to protect the city I love. So for those of us who believe in you, and what you're doing, I just wanna say:
Lazuli: "Thank you."
She then hits enter on her laptop and posts the blog message, she then closes her laptop and sighs and then a yellow blur picks her up and races her outside to the roof of Jitters
SpeedDV: "You're welcome."
Lazuli then turns around and sees a Jolteon in a red suit
Lazuli: "How did you...? I literally just hit send."
SpeedDV: "Speed reading."
Lazuli: "It's crazy what you can do to your voice."
He then runs behind her
SpeedDV: "You need to stop writing your blog."
Lazuli turns around: "Pokémon need to know that you exist."
Her phone starts ringing and she looks at it and sees its Spike she declines the call, puts the phone back in her pocket and looks back up at the Jolteon
Lazuli: "What else can you do?"
He then runs behind her again and Lazuli turns around
SpeedDV: "This is not an interview."
Lazuli: "Come on, you gotta give me something. Hobbies, pet peeves, favorite color."
The Jolteon then shakes his head: "You're not hearing me."
Lazuli: "My hearing is fine, it's just selective. What should I call you?"
He then runs behind her again and she turns around again
SpeedDV: "Anything but the Streak."
Lazuli shrugs her shoulders: "Fine. Suggestions?"
He then ignores this question
SpeedDV: "You said you were writing about me to bring hope to somemon you care about. How would he feel if doing that put you in harm's way?"
Lazuli then sighs: "He and I aren't exactly on the same page these days. Besides, you're giving hope to a lot of people. So I'm doing this for them."
Rescuer Sirens are heard from nearby and the Flash and Lazuli look to where its coming from before the Flash turns back to her
SpeedDV: "To be continued. Gotta run."
He then runs off
Lazuli: "Wait. You can't just leave me up..."
He then runs back and grabs her again and runs her down to her laptop inside the Jitters and runs off again
Lazuli: "...Here. Wow."
SOMEWHERE IN DOWNTOWN PLASMA TOWN
A Hitmonchan is driving a yellow Humvee and is running over things and several Rescuer cars are chasing him
Hitmonchan: "Woo-hoo!"
At the intersection in front of the Humvee there is a blockade set up and Alfred and Spike are also there
Spike: "What kind of a tool steals a yellow Humvee?"
Alfred: "What kind of tool buys a yellow Humvee?"
Alfred then turns to Spike and points at the mon that are gathering: "Get these mon back."
Spike then jogs over to the mon: "I need everymon back."
Alfred then rushes over to his car and sees the Humvee approaching and he also sees a young Eevee crossing the street
Alfred: "Son! Out of the way! Out of the way!
The Eevee then turns and faces the yellow Humvee that is racing towards him and freezes in place, just then a yellow blur grabs the young Eevee and brings him to the other side of the street out of the way
Alfred, Spike and the other Rescuers then starts shooting at the mon in the Humvee
Spike lands a shot on the Hitmonchan's forehead but it turns to steel, then he shoots at his cheek and his cheek turns to steel
Spike: "What the hell?"
Then the Hitmonchan's face turns to steel and he yells
Alfred then starts running towards Spike: "Spike, Spike."
He then tackles Spike out of the way as the Humvee drives by and runs through the barricade
Alfred then looks back and sees the Yellow Blur chase after the Humvee
As the Blur runs by he knocks off the Mirror and stops at the end of the street and the Hitmonchan drifts the Humvee
Speed: "Step out of the vehicle."
Hitmonchan: "If you say so."
He then rips the door off
Speed: "Uh-oh."
The Hitmonchan then throws the door at Speed who narrowly dodges it and looks back at the Hitmonchan and runs towards him and throws a punch, and the Hitmonlee's jaw turns into steel and Speed breaks his paw as he hits him
Speed then starts to yell in pain and looks up at the Hitmonlee while breathing heavily and the Hitmonlee's right arm turns into steel and he backhands Speed and Speed is sent flying over the hood of the Humvee
Speed groans as he is taking a serious beating and tries to get up as the Hitmonlee approaches him
Hitmonchan: "Looks like you were born to take a beating."
He then punches towards Speed who gets out of the way and runs
S.T.A.R. Labs
Trace and Pearl have just walked into S.T.A.R. Labs from the elevator in the main lobby
Pearl: "Check the math. Your dispersal models don't correlate."
Trace: "Uh, they do if you factor in the seasonal fluctuations in reproduction cycles."
Wells then joins them as they walk down the hall towards the Cortex
Wells: "What are we debating?"
Trace: "The average number of bugs Speed swallows in a day of running."
Wells: "I look forward to seeing you accept your Nobel."
As they enter the Cortex they see Speed lying on the floor unconscious with blood coming out the side of his mouth
Trace: "Speed?"
Pearl then runs over to him and so does Trace
Pearl: "Speed, are you okay?"
She then gasps at his current condition
LATER
Speed is laying on the gurney again, he's wearing a cast on his paw and is breathing heavily
Pearl: "Thirteen fractures. That's a new record and that's just in your hand. You also have a concussion, three cracked ribs and a bruised spleen."
Wells and Trace make eye contact while Pearl keeps speaking
Pearl: "Even with your powers, you'll need a few hours to heal."
Speed then nods his head
Wells turns to Speed: "What exactly did you hit?"
Speed sighs: "A mon. A big, bad mon. His skin changed when I hit him. Like it turned to metal."
Wells crosses his paws: "Interesting. A man of steel."
Trace: "So you went after a meta-Pokémon alone? Dude, why didn't you call us?"
Speed: "I didn't know what he was."
He then sits up and grunts: "Besides, I was off duty."
Pearl then tilts her head: "Hmm."
Trace: "Lucky he didn't knock out your teeth."
Speed: "Strange thing is I feel like I knew him."
Pearl: "What do you mean?"
Speed: "He said something that was familiar."
Wells then looks at Speed
Speed: "But he's gonna hurt somemon. So how do I fight a mon that's made of steel?"
Wells: "We will find a way. Tonight, you heal."
Speed: "Yeah."
He then laid back down on the gurney and sighed
THE NEXT DAY
PTRD
Alfred was watching an old tape listening to it wearing earbuds, it was a Young Eevee talking to Alfred, the young Eevee was an 11 year old Speed
Speed: "There was lightning in my house. Yellow-and-red lightning. There was a mon in yellow. Then I was on the street. I don't know how I got there. Please, you have to believe me."
Alfred then looks up and sees a Jolteon looking at him holding a cup of fresh Jitters and Alfred closes his laptop
Speed: "Hey"
Alfred: "What happened to you last night?"
Speed: "Got beat up by a steel-plated sociopath. Good times."
Alfred: "So he is meta-Pokémon."
Speed nods his head: "Yeah."
Alfred: "That particle accelerator is the gift that keeps on giving."
He then stands up: "You okay?"
Speed: "Relatively. Any idea who he is?"
Alfred: "Spike's taking point while I run down a lead. I need you to work with him until I get back."
Speed: "Why me?"
Alfred points at Speed: "Because he saw something impossible that he's got questions about. Questions that I can't answer."
Speed: "In other words, make up some science-y stuff to throw him off?"
Alfred: "Exactly."
He then walks off and Speed chuckles and takes a sip of his coffee and starts to walk over to the Captain's office
Singh: "He stole the Humvee and evaded capture."
Speed then walks into the room and Singh notices him
Singh: "So pleased you could join us, Mr. Allen. Rough night?"
He then hands him and the other mon's a package of papers each
Speed: "Uh, just a little beat, sir."
Singh: "As I was saying, our perp yanked three ATMs after he boosted the vehicle. ATM security cameras caught him on video. We got a hit in the database. Tony Woodward."
Speed then remembers that name
Singh: History of violence, petty theft, assault, going way back to juvie. dropped off the radar 10 months ago. Looks like he's back."
Speed then gets a flashback
FLASHBACK
PLASMA TOWN MIDDLE SCHOOL
A young Eevee is walking with another Eevee talking to her, it was a young Speed and Lazuli
Speed: "...Increased pressure produces heat, and if you don't release it, you get combustion."
Lazuli: "I don't know how do you remember all this stuff, Speed."
Then a Tyrogue approaches the two Eevee, it was Tony Woodward
Tony: "Because he's a little freak. Just like his old man."
Speed then snaps: "Don't talk about my dad."
The Tyrogue then walks towards him: "Or what? Is he going to murder me too?"
He then pushes Speed into a set of lockers and he falls onto the ground
Tony: "Looks like you were born to take a beating, Allen."
He then walks off and Lazuli comes up to Speed who is still on the ground
FLASHBACK END
Speed then looks up
Spike: "Allen"
Spike taps Speed's shoulder: "Hey, Allen."
Speed then looks at the Absol: "Hey."
Spike: "You Okay?"
Speed: "Yeah. Sorry, Spike."
Spike: and Speed start to walk
Spike: "Listen, I saw something last night I just can't get my head around."
Speed nods his head
Spike: "I fired a dozen rounds at our car thief and it was like they sparked off of him."
Speed: "Huh. Well, I mean, he must have been wearing some kind of body armor."
Spike: "On his face?"
Speed: "Um..."
Lazuli then appears
Lazuli: "Hey."
She then looks at Speed: "Speed"
Then she looks at Spike: "Hi, babe, I saw the news. Are you okay?"
Speed then walks a bit away and reads the file on Tony
Spike: "I'm fine. Which you'd know if you checked your messages. I tried you three times."
Lazuli: "Sorry, I had to work late."
Speed then glances at her because he knows that wasn't the truth but then looks back down at the file
Lazuli: "Um, so I heard that the Streak saved a kid. Any comment, detective?"
Spike sighs: "All I know is our perp got away."
He then points towards Speed: "But Speed here is gonna help me find him."
Speed nods his head: "Yeah."
Lazuli then nods her head
She then looks at Spike: "I have other sources. I will see you tonight."
They share a quick kiss
Lazuli: "Bye."
Spike: "Bye."
She then walks off without looking at Speed
Spike then turns to Speed: "What is going on with you two?"
Speed: "What do you mean? Nothing.
He then starts backing up
Speed: "It's fine. It's..."
He then hits the door
Speed: "It's fine. I don't know."
He then walks off leaving Spike
Spike: "Okay."
S.T.A.R. Labs
Wells is wheeling over tot he elevator in the main lobby of S.T.A.R. Labs and the doors open and it's Alfred
Alfred: "Dr. Wells."
Wells: "I guess you heard about Speed's incident last night. If you're looking for him, he's at the station."
Alfred: "I came here to see you."
Wells tilts his head in confusion
Alfred: "I need your help solving an old case."
Wells: "What case is that?"
Alfred: "The murder of Speed's mother."
Wells nods
IN THE CORTEX
Speed, Trace and Pearl were talking in the Cortex
Trace: "Your childhood nemesis is now an unstoppable meta-Pokémon. That is seriously messed up."
Pearl: "I had a childhood nemesis. Lexi La Roche. She used to put gum in my fur."
Trace: "Jake Puckett. If I didn't let him copy my homework, he'd give me a swirly."
Speed: "Now that we've established that we're all uber-nerds what are we gonna do about Tony?"
Trace smiles: "Glad you asked."
Trace then begins to walk into the other room with the treadmill in it, Speed and Pearl follow him
Trace: "We're gonna train you, man. Karate Mon style."
He then pushes away a whiteboard and behind it is a metal dummy
Trace: "Behold."
Speed looks at it confused
Trace: "I call him Girder."
Pearl: "For the record, not my idea."
Trace: "Fighting is physics. It's not about strength, it's not about size, it's about energy and power. Channel your speed the right way, you can totally take this bad boy down."
Trace then begins to walk around the dummy: "Now, obviously, your Girder is a moving target."
Trace then grabs a control box from beside the dummy and walks away
Trace: "So..."
He then begins to move it via the control box, Speed turns and looks at the two mon
Pearl: "I have ice and bandages standing by."
Speed sighs and it throws a punch and Speed dodges and starts throwing punches at it, it then throws another punch at Speed and he dodges again and starts punching it from the other side
It then goes in for the backhand and Speed dodges it narrowly and tries to hit its head which it dodges and hits Speed in the back of his shoulder and a crack sound is heard and Speed falls to the ground and groans
Speed: "I'm pretty sure I just dislocated my shoulder."
IN THE CORTEX
Speed is sitting on the gurney again and Pearl is holding is right paw and Speed yells in pain
Pearl: "Okay, not gonna lie. This is gonna be quick but extremely painful."
Speed's phone then starts to ring and he grabs it with his left paw and looks who is calling, it was Spike
Speed: "Oh, speaking of pain."
He then answers the phone: "Spike, hey."
Spike: "We found the stolen Humvee in the alley at Fremont and Lawrence. Need you down here to do your thing."
Speed: "Great, I'll see you in a sec."
He then hangs up and lays down on the gurney
Speed: "Okay. Okay, let's do this."
Pearl then puts her paw on Speed's shoulder and extends his arm
Pearl: "So, Speed, when you said you were off duty last night you weren't visiting Lazuli, you know, in disguise? That would be reckless and a little creepy."
Speed shakes his head: "Nope."
Pearl: "Good."
She then pops his shoulder back into place and Speed screams in pain
LATER
Speed is now at the scene with the PTRD and Spike
Spike: "Allen, you really need a car."
Speed: "I usually manage on foot okay. What do we got?"
Spike and Speed then walk up to the Yellow Humvee
Spike: 'The rig Tony Woodward boosted last night. No sign of the stolen ATMs, probably got those where he's holed up. Though he's going to have a hell of time breaking them open."
Speed: "I wouldn't be so sure."
Speed then walks up to the Humvee and puts his briefcase down on the ground and opens it
Spike: "So about you and Lazuli..."
Speed: "Look, Spike, we had a fight and I just don't really feel comfortable talking about it with you.
Spike then nods his head and gets down on the ground next to Speed: "I get that. And I get that you two go way back. To be honest, I was a little threatened by you at first."
Speed then looks at him: "You were threatened by me?"
Spike: "Sure. I mean, I've seen how close you two are, but you seem like a good guy and Lazuli, I just want her to be happy. From my experience good friends are hard to find."
Mon: "Detective. Excuse me."
Spike then gets back up and turns to the mon
Mon: "Sir, we ran the plates on that Humvee..."
Speed has a flashback
FLASHBACK
A young Speed was wearing boxing gloves and was practicing hits on Alfred's paws, he was hitting but also missing at times and Lazuli was watching
Lazuli: "Come on, Speed, you can do it."
Alfred: "Speed, focus."
Speed: "I am."
Alfred then stops him: "Son, son, you're getting frustrated. You need to learn how to control your emotions."
Alfred then turns to the young Eevee next to him: "Lazuli, come here, sweetie." She also had boxing gloves on her paws
Speed looks at Alfred puzzled: "You want me to hit a girl?"
Lazuli: "He wants you to try."
Alfred: "Relax, Speed, I've had her in gloves since she was 6. She's tougher than she looks."
Speed then sighs and raises his gloves, so does Lazuli, he swings and Lazuli crouches down and he misses, she gets back up and he tries again and she dodges again, then Lazuli retaliates and hits him twice in the gut and he goes down
Lazuli: "Sorry, Speed."
She then lowers her paw to help Speed up which he accepts and grabs her paw and lifts himself up, Alfred then grabs Speed's shoulder and Lazuli walks away
Alfred: "Son"
Alfred then pulls him into a hug: "Sometimes the best way to win a fight is not to start one but if you do come up against somebody you know you can't beat, be smart. It's okay to run the other way. All right?"
The young Eevee nods his head
FLASHBACK END
Spike: "So, what do you think?"
Speed: "Judging by the mud and kegs I'd say he got hammered, stole a big-ass truck and went joy-riding."
Speed then walks over to the missing door and Spike follows
Speed: "I bet the kegs are stolen too. Rusty Iron Ale. It's a microbrew right over in..."
Spike: "Terra Town. I know it. Let's check it out."
Speed: "Yeah."
Speed then looks at the floor of the car and sees some metal bits picks them up and puts them in a plastic bag so he can analyze it later
S.T.A.R. Labs
Alfred is currently speaking with Wells in the Cortex
Alfred: "Speed described a tornado of red-and-yellow lightning inside, a mon in yellow. Then, bam, he's blocks away, on the street, doesn't know how he got there."
Wells spins a pen in his hand as Alfred continues
Alfred: "When I arrived, the place was a wreck."
Wells: "Mollie Allen is dead."
Alfred nods: "Single stab wound to the heart. Jin Allen covered in her blood."
Wells: "Despite all the evidence that Jin is guilty now you believe this mon in yellow is responsible?"
Alfred sighs: "Last night I saw Speed rescue a young Eevee from being run over and it looked exactly like what Speed described happened to him. It got me thinking, what if somebody with Speed's abilities killed Mollie?"
Wells: "There's one flaw with your theory, detective, and that is all of this happened 14 years ago. Which is long before..."
Alfred: "Your machine gave Speed powers."
Wells: "An accident gave Speed powers."
Alfred crosses his paws: "Do you think it is possible that somemon with Speed's super speed... could have existed before the explosion?"
Wells: "Detective, I deal in probabilities as a scientist. And in this case, it's highly unlikely."
RUSTY ALE IRON, TERRA TOWN
Speed and Spike walk over to the brewery and see several mon's grabbing and moving jugs of alcohol
Spike: " Gentlemen. P.T.P.D. Any chance some of your merchandise was stolen last night?"
Mon: "No. I don't think so."
Spike then pulls out a photo of Tony: "How about this guy. You seen him?"
The Mon standing inside the truck looked away and Speed saw
Speed: "You know Tony, don't you?"
Spike: "Hey"
The Mon then makes a run for it and passes Spike and Speed
Spike: "Allen, come on."
They both start running after the mon and they turn a corner but Speed stops and uses his super speed and runs to cut him off, as the mon approaches the end of the alley Speed appears and time slows down and Speed gets punched in the jaw again and he falls to the ground and Spike tackles the mon and Spike turns to Speed
Spike: "Allen, you okay?"
Speed: "Oh, never better."
Spike then turns back to the mon on the ground: "Get up."
Mon: "Unh. I didn't do nothing, man."
Spike: "So why did you run?"
Mon: "Look, it was an accident."
Spike: "What was?"
Mon: "Tony falling, okay? But I swear to God, we didn't kill him."
Spike then looks at Speed and then looks at the mon: "Keep talking."
Mon: "About 10 months ago, Terra Town Ironworks. Boss was handing out pink slips. Tony gets his and he just snapped. He started beating the crap out of the guy. We pulled him off. Then the lights went out, some kind of power surge and Tony went over the railing right into a vat of molten scrap. Just gone."
Spike then grabs pawcuffs: "Lucky for you, he's still alive."
Mon: "What?"
Spike then turns to Speed: "How did you get in front of us?"
Speed: "Shortcut."
Spike then takes the mon away in cuffs and Speed follows
JITTERS
Lazuli was currently talking a Sylveon, who was her co-worker Laura
Laura: "I've been meaning to ask you, where's your shadow?"
Lazuli: "What shadow?"
Laura: "Speed. He hasn't been in all week."
Lazuli sighs: "Getting his fix somewhere else."
Laura: "Too bad. He's cute. I kind of miss having him around."
???: "Lazuli? Long time, no see."
She looks to where the voice is coming from and sees a Hitmonchan walking towards her, it was Tony
Tony: "I gotta say, Lazuli, you look amazing."
Lazuli: "Thanks, Tony. Um, you too."
Tony: "Oh. Yeah, I keep in shape. Got a gym at my place. Been living out in Terra Town. The west side. You should, uh, stop by sometime."
Lazuli: "So, uh, can I get you a drink?"
Tony: "No, I came to see you."
Lazuli: "How did you know I was here?"
Tony: "Been reading up on the Streak. Found your little blog. Why are you writing about this guy?"
Lazuli: "People say that he's a hero."
Tony scoffs: "I say he's a coward. I happen to know that he took a beating last night and ran off like a little girl. You should write about that. Do you, uh, have any idea who leather boy is?"
Lazuli shakes her head: "No clue. So, um, if you don't want to drink, I should get back to work."
She then starts to walk away but Tony stops her: "Actually, I'd prefer to buy you a drink. What time are you off?"
Lazuli turns back around: "Thanks, Tony, but I don't think my boyfriend would approve. He's a Rescuer, like my dad."
Tony: "I never really did like Rescuers too much."
Laura then whispers to Lazuli: "Lazuli."
Lazuli looks over at her and sees her pointing at the TV and it reads: ALERT TONY WOODWARD WANTED BY PTRD
Lazuli then turns back to Tony: "Well, he's picking me up for the Rescuers ball. Wall-to-wall Rescuers, can't swing a skitty, I should call to see where he is."
Tony then also looks up at the TV and sees what the message is, he then turns back to Lazuli
Tony: "Give me the phone, Lazuli. Now!"
She then hands him her phone and his arm turns into steel and he crushes the phone and drops it into the tip jar
Tony: "Sorry."
He then hands her a stack of bills: "For the damage. We'll pick this up some other time"
He then leaves and Lazuli is breathing heavily after the encounter.
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