Palletshippers Rule!
Chapter Three
By Ketsuban

"We're here with the FBI," said Murgatroyd as a security guard returned Archaic to his private cell. "We got complaints of sparking inter-ship warfare."

"N-no, we'd never do anything like that," Chaos stammered. "Whoever told you that is a liar!"

"Who was the man just in here, then?"

"Um... my boyfriend."

"Why was he tied to the chair?"

Chaos laughed nervously. "We, uh, have this weird relationship where, ah..."

"I see." Murg pretended to make a note on his notepad. "Do you currently have any prisoners?"

"Prisoners? Of course not! We're just a harmless, non-warring shipping club."

Murg nodded. Behind him, Wendy and Impereon mimicked him and suppressed giggles.

"Because if you did have any prisoners, I'd have to ask you to let them go."

"Of course. I'll release my invisible prisoners."

---

Arch stared into the cracked mirror in his cell. As the leader of the Pokeshippers, he naturally had to be kept separate from his followers. He sighed.

"The others probably think this is all my fault," he mumbled to himself. "Why does this happen to me?"

"Well, it is your fault. You didn't turn off your cell phone."

Arch looked around wildly. "Who-who's there?"

A small figure of a girl who looked just like Misty appeared on the bench beside him, dressed in Ash-like clothing. "I'm Poke!"

Arch poked the girl.

"No, not poke. Poke, as in Pokemon. I don't see how you could have misheard it to be poke." She sat down and looked up at him.

"Well, I didn't hear you. See, this is a fanfic, so it's all in writing."

"Ohhh." Poke nodded. "I see. Well, I'm the physical embodiment of Pokeshipping, and I came to tell you that you have to go along with Murgatroyd's plan. It's for the better good!"

"Physical embodiment?... are there others like you?"

Poke went into big-head mode. "DID YOU HEAR WHAT I SAID?!"

"Well, yeah..." A sweatdrop formed on Arch's head. "But... physical embodiment?"

"Yeah, there are more. Inferno is off visiting two others you must bring along. Pallet and I have an appointment with one of your members later."

"Which one?"

"Ketsuban. We're gonna be like the angel and demon thing."

"Which one is which?"

Poke shrugged. "I dunno... oh, one more thing. What was with the cold bastard routine earlier? I can't have someone like that representing me!"

"Well, I have to act strong for my followers." Arch sighed and somehow accidentally flicked Poke onto the floor.

"Ow."

"Nothing less than perfection is acceptable!" He stood and rose one fist up, a firey background forming behind him Ash Ketchum-like.

"Oh, wonderful. I have a perfectionist representing me," Poke grumbled. "Well, I gotta go get ready for my next appointment. Only Ketsuban will be able to see us, so don't be surprised if she starts talking to herself."

"Um. Okay."

Poke vanished in a poof of smoke.

---

Chris and Kero stared at the small demon-like figure standing on top of their "bomb."

"You're the spirit of Infernoshipping?" Chris repeated. "Cool!"

"I have come to give you money." A wad of hundred-dollar bills appeared in front of him. "Now you can buy all the stuff you want."

"COOL!" Chris and Kero cried.

"And may Infernoshipping reign forever!" Inferno vanished as suddenly as he had appeared.

---

Little Pikachu walked to her car, yawning and stretching her arms above her head. Today had been very stressful, but the sight of the burning Fruitshipper HQ that morning had helped her get through it. What new, exciting things would happen later to undermine shipping?

---

"Arch."

Archaic looked up to see Murgatroyd and Chaos standing outside his cell.

"I have to let you go. FBI orders." Chaos unlocked the cell, grumbling.

Murg waited until all the Pokeshippers had been freed and were standing outside the PI building to talk to Arch about his plan again.

"I thought about it while I was locked up," Arch admitted. "It's a pretty good idea. And Yukihana is a great name for a planet, so I agree. I'll speak to the other Pokeshippers."

"Fellow Pokeshippers!" Murg exclaimed. "Arch has something to say, so listen up or else!"

The Pokeshippers, as well as some random Palletshippers who were just there, since it was their building, listened up.

"Murgatroyd here has discovered a habitable planet," Arch began. "It is in the Alpha Centauri system, the fourth planet from the sun. He has proposed that anyone who wants out of the war between the ships sign on to his project and come with him... with us to Yukihana."

No one said anything immediately. Then Ketsuban exclaimed, "I'll do it! Does my family have to come, or can I leave them behind?"

"They can only come if they're willing to give up whatever grudges they have against other ships," Murg replied.

"Heh." Ket knew her mother would never give up her war against anti-Rocketshippers, and as for her brother... well, he didn't have to know. Plus a way to get away from Almond... "I'm so in!"

"Me too!" exclaimed Jigglypuff.

"Me too!"

As the Pokeshippers were getting into a frenzy, three young girls, Palletshippers, came up to Arch.

"Um, we heard what you were saying," one of them began shyly. "We were wondering..."

"Can we come?" all of them finished together.

"We'll be good, we won't start anything."

"I'm so sick of this!" one girl cried. "My whole family is Egoshippers, and I have to hide my belief every single day!"

Arch scratched his head and remembered what Murg had said about opposite ships... not all people were bad... something like that. "Well... you'll have to go talk to Murg, he sort of built the spaceship..."

"HE BUILT A SPACESHIP? WOW!" The girls ran over and mobbed Murg.

"Heh..."

---

"Freedom! Freedom!"

Ketsuban whirled around and collapsed onto her bed. Finally free of her bitchy mom, her bratty brother, and Almond...

"Freedom from what?"

She opened her eyes to see her brother standing over her.

"From you, ya little brat," she replied, sitting up. "If you'll excuse me..."

She walked over to her bookcase and picked up her gym bag. Beginning to shove her anime tapes, DVDs, and CDs into it, she couldn't help but giggle hysterically.

"Mom, Ket's being stupid!"

Their mother, Source of All Evil, walked into the room. "Ketsuban, what's going on?"

"My friend built a spaceship and all us shippers are going on it to another planet and you can't stop me! Hah!"

"Cool! I wanna go!" her brother exclaimed.

"Take him with you," SoAE replied.

"But Mooooooom! Infernoshipping isn't even a real ship, and..."

"Take. Kero. With you." With that, SoAE turned and left the room.

Kero stuck out his tongue. "Nyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah."

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