Smeargle and Kecleon

The gang was getting closer and closer to Olivine City, but they still had to walk a little more to finally arrive there. Suddenly an enormous blimp flew over them."

"Wow, look at that." Misty said.

"I've never seen anything like it." Brock remarked.

"It's huge!" Tomo exclaimed.

"Let's check it out." Ash said.

The blimp was flying over to the air station, not far from where the gang was, so they headed over to the air station.

Once the gang made it to the air station, the blimp started to land to get refueled. A lot of other people were at the air station too, all wanting to have a look at the blimp.

"This blimp is awesome." Ash said.

"I wonder what it carries." Brock stated.

A man at the air station explained that the blimp was called the Blue May and it carried people all around the world. The blimp was also like a five star luxury hotel because it had a lot of luxury suites, restaurants and a theater inside.

"Oh wow." Misty said. "I would love to see what it's like inside."

Just then a staff member came out of the blimp.

"Please excuse me." He said to the crowd of people. "Is there a Pokemon doctor here? We have two Pokemon on board that need help."

The gang walked up to the man.

"What's wrong with the Pokemon?" Brock asked.

"They seem to be feeling sick." The man said. "We don't have a Pokemon doctor on board and the nearest Pokemon Center is in Olivine City."

"You can leave it to me." Brock declared. "I'm studying to become a Pokemon doctor and I have a lot of medicine on me."

The man was delighted and let the gang onboard the blimp immediately.

The inside of the ship was like a big mansion hall.

"Wow, it's more glamorous inside the blimp than it is outside the blimp." Misty said. "It must be nice traveling in something like this."

At the reception of the blimp, two beautiful women were waiting for the man. The man introduced the women to Brock who would help their Pokemon. The women introduced themselves as Madison and Alexa and they were sisters.

"Thank you for coming." Madison said.

"Yeah our poor Pokemon haven't been feeling well since last night." Alexa said.

"No problem." Brock replied. "I'll make your Pokemon well again in no time. So where are they?"

Madison and Alexa turned to a big flower pot with a plant in it.

"Come on out Arty." Madison said. "Someone is here to make you feel better."

"You too Greeny." Alexa said.

A beige and brown colored Pokemon with a green tipped tail came out from behind the flower pot. Then a green and yellow Pokemon with a red stripe on it's tummy appeared in front of the flower pot.

"This Smeargle is my Pokemon, Arty." Madison said.

"And this Kecleon is my Pokemon, Greeny." Alexa added.

Ash looked Smeargle and Kecleon up on the Pokedex.

"Smeargle, the Painter Pokemon. A special fluid oozes from the tip of it's tail. It paints the fluid everywhere to mark it's territory."

"Kecleon, the Color Swap Pokemon. Kecleon is capable of changing it's body colors at will to blend in with it's surroundings. There is one exception - this Pokemon can't change the zigzag pattern on it's belly."

"They are nice Pokemon." Brock said. "How did they end up feeling sick?"

Madison and Alexa explained that last night it was very windy and the blimp kept on swaying side to side, and it was then Arty and Greeny began to feel sick.

"Motion sickness." Ash said out of nowhere.

"Motion sickness." Madison blinked at his statement.

"It's basically when you feel nauseous while traveling somewhere." He quickly explained.

"I agree with that assumption." Brock added.

He took a jar out of his backpack, removed two pills from it and gave them to Arty and Greeny. They started to feel better in no time.

"Now they just need a good nap and they will be right as rain again." Brock said.

Madison and Alexa were grateful to him and asked him and the rest of the gang to have some lunch with them in the blimp's restaurant.

"Is it okay though?" Misty asked. "I mean won't this blimp be leaving again soon?"

"Don't worry." The man said. "We won't be taking off again for a while, so you can have some lunch here."

So the gang accepted Madison and Alexa's invitation; besides it isn't every day they get the chance to have a meal in a luxurious blimp. Madison and Alexa asked the man to take Arty and Greeny back to their room for a nap and he complied.

Something suspicious was taking place on the Blue May. Two men in uniform were patrolling the suite rooms. These men weren't staff members on board the Blue May; they were burglars stealing valuables from the rooms.

"Good thing we managed to find uniforms on this blimp and disguise ourselves as attendants." One of them said.

"That's the best thing to do when stealing." The other man said. "That way we will get away with it after stealing from these rooms."

"Since all of these passengers are wealthy." The first man said. "There's no doubt there's lots of precious things to take like very fine jewelry and money."

"And arts and other valuable stuff like that." The other man said.

"Exactly." The first man nodded. "Now let's start looking for valuables."

Both men started to sneak into the rooms.

Meanwhile the gang was enjoying a delicious meal with Madison and Alexa.

"This has got to be the best meal that I have ever eaten." Ash said.

"I second that." Misty added. "You don't get to eat exquisite food like this anywhere else."

Just then an announcement was heard from some speakers.

"Attention all passengers." It said. "There have been reports of robbery lately. Please keep all your valuables out of sight and report to a staff member at once if you see anything or anyone suspicious."

"Oh dear." Madison said. "I hope they haven't taken my jewelry."

"Or mine." Alexa added.

The sisters and the gang finished their meal quickly and then headed to the sister's room.

Meanwhile the two burglars had just gotten into Madison and Alexa's room. They had already taken some stuff from the other rooms and had their loot in a bag. Right now they were aiming for Madison's stuff and Alexa's stuff. Arty and Greeny heard them enter, but kept themselves out of sight. Arty hid under the bed and Greeny blended in with the wall. The two burglars found Madison's and Alexa's boxes of jewelry. There were necklaces, earrings and rings in them.

"Wow this will make us rich." The second burglar said.

"Okay we better leave now." The first burglar said. "Otherwise we will get caught."

They were about to leave the room when suddenly a very long tongue grabbed the jewelry boxes. It was Greeny; Greeny had used his Lick attack to grab the jewelry boxes.

"Hey give those back!" The first burglar demanded.

Just then Arty came out of the bed, splashed it's paint on the burglars and then both Arty and Greeny dashed off with the jewelry boxes. The two burglars ran after them.

Right now the two sisters and the gang were heading to the suites. At the moment a lot of people were reporting to staff that some of their belongings had been taken.

"There must be some burglars on this blimp." Misty said.

"If they're are we better find them before any more stuff is stolen." Brock said.

Ash, Tomo, and Misty agreed.

Suddenly Arty and Greeny ran up to the gang and sisters.

"Arty, Greeny." Madison said. "What are you two doing here?"

Arty and Greeny gave their owners their jewelry boxes.

"Was someone trying to take these?" Alexa asked.

Arty and Greeny nodded.

"The burglars must be nearby." Ash said.

Sure enough they were; they had been chasing Arty and Greeny and had just arrived in the hall.

An attendant saw them.

"Wait a second, you two aren't staff members." He said.

The burglars turned to run away.

"I don't think so, you thieves!" Ash shouted.

He released Bayleef and told her to use Vine Whip to restrain the burglars. Bayleef wrapped the burglars up with Vine Whip.

"Now we've got you." Ash said.

The attendant called the police immediately.

Officer Jenny and her men arrived and the two burglars were arrested. The loot they had stolen was returned to their original owners.

"Thank goodness you caught these guys." Officer Jenny said. "I've been hunting them for quite some time. They sneak into luxurious hotels and other places to steal from people."

"It's really thanks to Arty and Greeny." Ash said. "I mean we wouldn't have run into them if it wasn't for their clever thinking."

"Then they are a very clever Smeargle and Kecleon." Officer Jenny said.

Madison and Alexa agreed.

Officer Jenny thanked them again and left with the officers and burglars. Madison and Alexa thanked the gang too.

Soon the Blue May was refueled and stocked and was ready to take off again. Ash, Tomo, Misty and Brock said goodbye to Madison and Alexa and continued heading to Olivine City on foot while the Blue May started to fly away.

"You know." Ash began to say. "I like flying and all, but I prefer traveling on foot. I mean from the air you don't get to see what's on land."

"I agree." Brock stated. "Besides you see more people and Pokemon on land than you do in the air."

"Yeah and when you are on your feet, you don't get air sick." Misty added.

"I prefer seeing things on the ground too." Tomo continued.

So it was agreed; the gang preferred traveling on foot rather than any other method.