off to pokecity!

Ashley was all set and ready to head off, she quickly checked that she wasn't forgeting anything and let skitty out "well skitty... Ready to head out?" Skitty nodded happily ashley paced forward just a bit "it'll be great to finally see the guys again!"she thought to herself.

Tala seen Ashley as she trained for an extreme pokemon race that she heard about. Her chosen pokemon was Instinct who pulled Tala over to Ashley stopping infromt of her. "Hey there where are you going?" Tala asked.

"heading into pokecity!" She smiled and looked at the lead on instinct "i take it you're training for a pokemon race?"

"Yup, hey if you wait for ten I can grab my stuff, convince Chordia to watch Band and come with ya! The race is in Pokecity you see," Tala suggested. "Do you think Chordia would watch Band?" "No one is stupid enough to even try and watch that crazy feline!" Instinct exclaimed

Tala left grabbing her things and was walking over to Ashley with Band on her shoulder and Chordia walking at her side as she tried to convince her to watch Band.

Tala gave Chordia Band and his pokeball before getting on her skateboard and grabbing the lead, "Ready to go?" Tala asked Ashley.

She smiled and nodded "yup! In fact..." She said, looking up the road to her right to see a shaded car "here's the ride!" A silver kawasaki motorbike and sidecar pulled up in front of them the driver took his helmet off "NICK!!!" Ashley jumped and gave him a big hug. Nick stroked her head "hey squirt!" He looked to Tala "i recognise you! You're from ecruteak too,am i right?"

"Yup, I'm Darcy's niece Tala, y'know Kaida and Ryuu's younger sister, and this is Instinct, Crimson's daughter," Tala explained with a smile.

(Crimson is Merri's shiny absol and Instinct's mother.)

Nick smiled and nodded "yup,i remember, so,anyways, who going where?" He asked pointing to the bike and sidecar. Ashley smiled and turned to Tala "tala's choice!"

"I'll tie the leash to the bike and ride on my skate board, I feel like being crazy, after all a bike can't be as fast as Extreme Speed! Instinct will be in her pokeball!" Tala suggested.

Nick laughed at the idea "don't worry Nick, i'll watch her from the side car!" Ashley took a helmet and got into the sidecar

"Hey, Amber, Archey and Stripes are fast, especially when using extreme speed." Tala said putting Instinct into her pokeball and tieing the leash onto the back of the bike.

Ashley clicked her seatbelt. Nick started the engine and gave the thumbs up to Tala. After about 40 minutes the reached pokecity. Nick Helped ashley out of the sidecar and looked to Tala "ok there Tala?" He said after him and Ashley took their helmets off

Tala gave a nod with a big smile. "THAT WAS AWSOME!!!! Not as fast as Extreme Speed but awsome all the same!" she cheered untieing the leash from the bike and putting it in her bag and picking up her skateboard. She then took out her pokegear. "Hmm...that's funny..." she mumbled.

Nick chained his Bike to a bikerack and put the two helmets in the sidecar. Ashley turned to him "so, where did André say we were to get him and the others?" She asked

"Who? Is that one of your other friends that you didn't properly introduce me to?" Tala asked.

Ashey looked to her "you won't know these guys, they're my friends from sinnoh" Nick looked at his watch "at the pizza place in the centre, but we oughta hurry! Comin Tala?"

"Yep, you know what, I wonder how long it'll take Chordia to notice that Band can get out of his pokeball even though it has like three locks on it!" Tala said walking with the duo.

After a 5 minute walk, they made it. They looked inside to see Reddy,André and Elsie. Ashley walked in "party rock is in the hoooooouuuuuse toniiight!" André sang in an english accent as a joke. Ashley burst out laighing as he always did this, it was like a greeting "everybody just have a good time!" Ashley joked back as the André ran to her for a group hug. Nick followed her in and signaled fo Tala to follow him. André let go of ashley and Elsie and elsie "hey,Nicky! Who's your new friend?" He asked. Nick gave him a not amused look and sighed "what did i tell you about that? Anyway.." Nick put his arm gently around Tala and gave her a reassuring smile "this is Tala, she's from ecruteak like me and Ashley" André held his hand out for a handshake "hey there! Nice to meet you, i'm André and the girl over there is Elsie!" He said,pointing to Elsie with his free hand

Tala shook his hand with a slight nervous smile "Nice to meet you, Tala's the name pokemon training is my game! Have you guys heard of the Extreme pokemon race that's going on later?"

André smiled "yeah actually! I think Tina's competing in that!" Ashley looked to André and pouted a bit"does that mean we won't see her til later?" André turned to her after letting go of tala's hand "'fraid so!"

"I guess that means she's competting against me! I tell ya I've came in second place of my home town extreme pokemon race last year and I'm not taking anything less than first this time around!" Tala said confidently before looking at her skate board "Oh damn! I gotta get that fixed!"

Nick raised an eyebrow at Tala "what's up with it? i've got a mini tool kit,so i'll fix it for ya!"