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~Returning Character~
Paul
Original Date of Post: 08/08/2009
Narrator: The following chapter takes place in the early part of the month of June, in a little town called Pallet, in the state of…confusion! This is the story of what happens within a 24 hour time frame. (24 time clock starts ticking)
Joel: I can’t help but feel sorry for him. His mother died from a drug overdose and his younger brother committed suicide four years ago. (The door opens)
Aria: Sir…I need your assistance here. (He leaves the room)
Ash: It can’t be true. It can’t be…His birth certificate…His father…Giovanni Ketchum? Dad? (Wakes up) Huh? Oh man… (Thinking) How can I even sleep? Reggie’s father is my own father. How is that even possible? I need answers. (Knocks on the door) Mom! Mom, are you in there? (The door opens)
Delia: (Yawns) Ash, do you have any idea what time it is?
Ash: I had a bad dream.
Delia: Honey, aren’t you a little old to be sleeping with mommy every time you have a bad dream?
Ash: Well then…I just have one question…When did you and Dad meet?
Delia: What’s this all about?
Ash: Please Mom, it would help me settle this uneasiness I have.
Delia: If it’ll help you get back to sleep! Well, we met back in high school and dated all the way through college and then we were married.
Ash: Huh?
Delia: Something the matter?
Ash: No…It’s nothing.
Delia: Huh? Is that all you wanted to ask me?
Ash: Um…yeah. I’ll see you in the morning. (At the college radio station)
Rhonda: (Sighs) Man, I hate pulling these all-nighters. Damn Jack for getting to leave early. No rest for the weary! (Sighs) Hmm…If I put this on for the first half of the show, it’ll give me a chance to leave the call board open to rant about the President. I knew there was some good in having a democrat in office. (She falls backwards in the chair) AH! That’s the last time I sit in Jack’s chair! (Glass breaking) Huh? What was that sound? It sounded like it came from the basement. (She walks downstairs and peeks around the corner) Huh?
Reggie: Okay, perfect….None of these saps will know what hit them.
Rhonda: What the hell? Hmm… (Pulls out a video camera)
Reggie: I’ll destroy them all in one blow. I got everything I need from here. (He jumps on a few boxes and jumps out the window)
Rhonda: Huh? He’s gone! Hmm… (The next morning at Marisa’s house)
Marcus: 102 degrees. Oh yes, you are staying home today. (Marisa groans) Hey, don’t be like that little buddy. You’re lucky you are still alive. I nearly jumped out of my skin when your co-workers called me and told me you fell on the job.
Marisa: (Weakly) Those bastards were the ones who did this to me.
Tracey: Okay, don’t get all worked up. Now you just had a heatstroke. I want you to stay in bed and rest.
Marisa: Uh-huh? (Tracey and Marcus get up) Where are you going?
Marcus: Well, we do have tickets to this one event.
Marisa: Event?
Tracey: Yeah. Over at the college, they’re having a carnival to celebrate the start of summer.
Marcus: I still can’t believe they were able to get Lily Allen to perform. Oh but, we’ll check in with you later, okay. (They leave)
Marisa: (Thinking) Well, this sucks. While everyone is having fun at the carnival, I’m stuck in bed like some vegetable. I hate my life. (Back at the campus station)
Jack: So who is the guy you caught on camera?
Rhonda: Beats me! It happened so fast I can’t get a good glimpse of him. I figure it’s just some punk kid stealing a few parts. Nothing of vital was stolen really. It was just a few wires we kept in storage and a broken window. I really didn’t need to bother the police over a petty theft like that.
Jack: But what was that whole, “None of these saps will know what hit them” comment?
Rhonda: You do have a point there.
Jack: Just to be on the safe side, we really should take this little footage to the police and file a report.
Rhonda: Might as well. Let’s hurry up so we can get back to the carnival. (At the carnival)
Marcus: Mmm…I can’t remember the last time I got cotton candy!
Tracey: Just promise me you won’t eat a lot of it and throw up on my shoes again.
Marcus: Can’t make any promises there, Tracey.
Tracey: Then at least promise me you’ll behave yourself today. Bad enough Marisa isn’t here. She can usually tame you.
Marcus: Yeah, I should bring her back something. Hey wait! YOU should bring her back something. Win her something from one of those booths!
Tracey: Marcus, all of those games are fixed! See that game! The balls are bigger than the hole you’re supposed to throw the balls into! And that game over there…Metal ball so it’s hard to get it off the ground even with a mallet. And I don’t even want to tell you about those milk bottles they scam you into knocking down.
Marcus: Then buy her a stuffed kitty and say you won it! She’d buy that lie!
Misty: Hi boys!
Tracey: Well, hi Misty! You got in?
Misty: Yup! I wouldn’t miss this carnival for anything. Say, where’s Marisa?
Tracey: She’s sick.
Marcus: Passed out from heatstroke and had to take the day off.
Harley: Hello people!
Nando: Greetings!
Misty: Wow, look at the size of that bear! Did you win that Nando?
Nando: Actually, Harley won a game and got me the teddy bear.
Harley: It’s all in the wrist, I suppose.
Marcus: See Tracey, if a total pansy like Harley could win at one of those games, you can do it.
Harley: Who are you calling a pansy, you hack?! (In a car)
Rhonda: Okay, once we reach the end of this street, take a left and from there, take a right at the light. With any luck, we’ll be in and out. (Steam rises out of the hood)
Jack: Uh-oh! (The car sputters and stops)
Rhonda: Jack…get this piece of crap up and running NOW.
Jack: It’s dead. It doesn’t want to start. Maybe that blinking icon that said, “Check Engine” was a sign.
Rhonda: IT’S A SIGN THAT YOU’RE AN IDIOT! (Groans) Okay, don’t panic! We’ll just call for help from that house over there. Come on. (Inside Marisa’s house)
Marisa: Maybe I’ll feel better with some food in my stomach. (Opens the refrigerator) Ugh! (Gags) Maybe not! (Doorbell rings) Huh?
Rhonda: (Shouting) Hello! Is anyone home? Our car broke down. Can we come inside and phone for help?
Marisa: A stranded person? (Opens the door) What the?! Now I really feel like I’m going to puke.
Rhonda: YOU?!
Jack: Boobies!
Marisa: Don’t call me that. Call me Marisa!
Jack: Sorry Boobies!
Marisa: That’s it. Call me that again and I will break your legs!
Rhonda: I need your help Marisa. You see Jack and I were on our way to the police station and Jack’s car died on us. Could we quite possibly use your phone?
Marisa: (Sighs) In the kitchen.
Jack: Thanks again Boobies!
Marisa: He needs to die! (Rhonda sits down and pulls out the video camera) Huh? (Back at the carnival)
Dawn: Mmm, this is tasty! (Bumps into someone) Ah! I’m sorry I… (Gasps)
Reggie: Move out of my way. (Walks away)
Dawn: What a jerk! Huh?
Zoey: Dawn! Dawn! There you are! What’s wrong?
Dawn: It’s nothing. I thought I saw someone I knew. My mistake! (Back at Marisa’s house)
Rhonda: It could be nothing.
Marisa: But it could be something.
Rhonda: Who told you that you could watch this? Geez you’re nosy!
Marisa: Huh…I could have sworn I’ve seen that guy’s face before. But I don’t know where.
Rhonda: Knowing you, it’s probably some punk that got on your bad side.
Marisa: Shut up, I’m trying to think. Was it on the street, television, a customer maybe?!
Rhonda: Hmm…Well if we can’t go to the police, we can bring the police here. (A little later at the carnival)
Misty: (Grunts) Ha! (Bell dings) I did it!
Man: Here you are, Miss!
Misty: How cute is this?
Winona: Very cute!
Zoey: Look how big that is!
Misty: Hi Zoey, Dawn. It’s been a while. You guys came?
Zoey: Yeah. I’ve always liked carnivals and Dawn has always had a thing for Lily Allen!
Dawn: (Singing) At first when I see you cry, it made me smile. Yeah it made me smile!
Zoey: So where’s Ash?
Misty: Oh, he’s not coming. He has work today. (Back at the police station)
Joel: Okay ma’am, we’ll send someone to come check it out. Hmm, a little break-in case and the victim has video footage of the robbery.
Hastings: I’ll go there, Joel.
Joel: You sure, sir?
Hastings: I’m okay with it. I’ll be back. (He walks away)
Joel: Next order of business…Ketchum, I need you to help Elita in the storage room again.
Ash: (Sighs) Okay sir.
Joel: Huh? What’s wrong? Usually you put up more of a fight when I tell you to do that.
Ash: Sorry…I have a lot on my mind. (The door opens)
Joel: Spenser, what’s the word?
Spenser: We’ve been on patrol looking for Reggie and so far no luck. No one has seen him and there’s no trace of him. None of the other cities have spotted him either. On another matter…Ketchum! On the night of Reggie’s disappearance, the staff told us that you came to visit him.
Ash: What of it?
Spenser: Well, we didn’t assign you to do any such act. In fact, I seem to remember me and Joel telling you to stay out of this situation. Any particular reason why you went to visit…
Ash: I JUST FELT LIKE IT! GET OFF MY BACK! Sorry about that Spenser. It’s just that I felt so concerned and felt sorry for the guy. I had to see him. (A little later at Marisa’s house)
Hastings: You must be Miss Rhonda. I’m Chief Hastings. Now you say you have a little video footage of someone breaking into the radio station.
Rhonda: Yes. I was working late last night and I heard some glass break. When I went downstairs, I saw a shady character tampering around the area and just like that he was gone. But I was able to get a few seconds on camera.
Hastings: Mind if I see the footage? (She turns on the camera)
Rhonda: Here he is.
Hastings: (Gasps) Reggie! And it happened last night?
Rhonda: Yes.
Hastings: This is serious. (Gets on the phone) Joel! Come in Joel! This is Chief Hastings! Reggie Silver is still in the area!
Marisa: Reggie…Silver?
Joel: You’re kidding me!
Hastings: I just saw footage of him on a video camera.
Aria: Joel, we just got some reports of a shady character around the Pallet University area and the descriptions match those of Reggie Silver.
Joel: Chief, meet me at Pallet University. (They hang up)
Hastings: Pardon me folks, I’m going to take this video footage down to the station. You can come by and pick it up later. Now if you’ll excuse me, duty calls. (He leaves)
Rhonda: Hmm, that’s very odd. He didn’t even ask us to come down to the station. (Marisa gasps) What’s your problem?
Marisa: That policeman, he said that guy was named Reggie Silver. He’s been all over the news the last couple of days!
Rhonda: And?
Marisa: The police have been on a manhunt looking for him and they say he’s potentially dangerous to himself and those around him. (A little later at the carnival)
Tracey: Do you think she’ll mind the size?
Marcus: Nah! Give her something that looks like a cat and I’m sure she’ll go ga-ga over it. She’s like that.
Tracey: We better check on her. Just to make sure she’s okay.
Marcus: You’re right. It is later in the day so she's probably awake. (Near the stage)
Spenser: Okay, the reports say that the shady character was lurking around here earlier, but this place looks pretty clear. (Through the walkie-talkie)
Joel: Alright Spenser. From the outside stage, there should be a little basement where the tech people and other personnel get ready. Better check there to make sure he didn’t go there.
Spenser: Right. (Whispering into intercom) I’m in you guys. If I see anything strange I’ll be sure to… (Opens a door) Oh my God!
Joel: What is it Spenser?
Spenser: Bombs and explosives and everything else to cause great destruction. This psycho was willing to take out as many people as he could. I’ll get right on it as soon as I… (Gunshot)
Joel: Spenser! Answer me! God damn it! Spenser! Spenser! Aria, call all the troops in. We’ll need reinforcements!
Aria: Right away sir! (Back at the carnival)
Dawn: Was it just me or did I just hear the sound of a gunshot?
Zoey: Gunshot?
Misty: Must be your imagination. (Back in the basement)
Spenser: (Thinking) It was just a graze! (Footsteps) Okay, remember your training! (Reggie walks in)
Reggie: I guess I must have killed him. Back to work. (He walks away)
Spenser: (Thinking) Good thing he didn’t see through my facade. Neither did that bear out in the forest. (In the police station)
Elita: Ash, I just got word. They’re calling all police to Pallet University. One of our own was just shot. (Back at Marisa’s house)
Rhonda: This is what happens when I stop watching local news.
Marisa: This is serious Rhonda, the police said this guy was a convicted felon who is on suicide watch. Who knows what he’s capable of!
Jack: Hey, check this out!
Marisa: Who said you can turn on my television, chubby?!
Jack: The school is on the news! (They gasp)
Reporter: We’re reporting live from the Pallet University entrance. There has just been a report of one person getting shot at the summer carnival. (Marisa gasps)
Marisa: I have to make sure they’re okay! (Runs to the phone) Please be okay! Please be okay!
Tracey: Hello?
Marisa: Oh thank you God, you’re okay! I thought you were shot and I got so worried and I didn’t know if…
Marcus: Who’s that?
Tracey: It’s Marisa, she sounds completely delirious. It must be a side-effect from the heatstroke. (Marcus grabs the phone)
Marcus: Marisa, get your butt back in bed.
Marisa: Oh thank God, you’re okay too Marcus. I don’t know what I would do if I lost you.
Jack: (Shouting) They said it was a cop that was shot and it wasn’t fatal.
Marisa: You could have told me that before I made an ass out of myself, you idiot!
Marcus: What’s going on Marisa?
Marisa: I was just watching the news and one person got shot at the carnival.
Marcus: What the?
Marisa: Please get out of there! I want you guys safe and… (Gags) Oh God! (Drops the phone) Oh God! Oh God! (Runs into the bathroom) Oh God! (Vomits)
Marcus: Hello! Marisa, are you still there? Marisa, answer me!
Rhonda: Hello, this is Rhonda.
Marcus: Rhonda? What in God’s name are you doing there?
Rhonda: Long story! Apparently one cop was shot at the carnival. And we’re pretty sure it’s that guy that’s been all over the news.
Marcus: Are you serious?
Rhonda: My advice would be to get out of there so you don’t get harmed or worse.
Marcus: Oh man! (Hangs up) The things that go on in this town! (Police sirens)
Tracey: What could that be about?
Marcus: I don’t know and I don’t want to find out with a killing spree or anything. Come on, we’re leaving! (Nearby)
Spenser: Luckily, it was only the arm he shot. And good thing he fell for the fake dead act. Though I lost a lot of blood getting out of here!
Joel: I’m just glad you’re alright, Spenser.
Spenser: But there’s no doubt about it, that was definitely Reggie Silver with all of the explosives.
Joel: I thought he was just suicidal at this point. I didn’t think he would take anyone down with him.
Spenser: Something inside him must have snapped. You hear several cases where someone just snaps like that. He needs to be stopped. (Ash gets up and starts running)
Joel: You must have some sort of death wish! KETCHUM, GET BACK HERE!
Ash: I can talk to him!
Joel: Absolutely not! Knowing you, you were probably the one that made him snap to this crazy attitude of his.
Ash: I don’t care. I have to do this.
Joel: He’s suicidal! Ketchum, you are to stay here. THAT IS AN ORDER!
Ash: I refuse. (He runs to the basement)
Joel: Spenser, get some rest. I’ll go after the kid myself. (He starts running) Ketchum!
Ash: I SAID STAY BACK! I’ll handle this by myself.
Joel: Going against the commanding officer’s orders is going beyond your limit.
Ash: Joel…just stay behind the area. I’ll give you a call if I need back up. Don’t come inside unless I call you. (Outside behind the barricades)
Marcus: I told you we had to leave. Now the area is all blocked.
Tracey: Sue me!
Misty: Marcus, Tracey!
Tracey: Misty?
Misty: Where’s Ash?
Marcus: Ash?
Misty: Did I stutter? The whole police department is here and he has to be here.
Dawn: Misty! I just saw Ash going near the stage! And that whole area is roped off by the police. So there might be some guy they’re after around there!
Misty: Please tell me you’re joking! (In the basement)
Ash: (Thinking) Just take baby steps. Just get to the bottom of it. (Gunshot) Ah! (Whimpers) Huh?
Reggie: That was just a warning shot. But I won’t miss next time!
Ash: You didn’t give Spenser a warning shot.
Reggie: That was different. So I see we meet again. I feel my rage just eating me up every time I see your face.
Ash: Reggie…I want to talk to you. (Back outside)
Hastings: What’s happened?
Aria: Chief Hastings! So far only one of our cadets has been shot. He’s okay and is currently being treated. All of the young people are safe and there have been no casualties.
Hastings: Very good. And what of the other officers?
Aria: I saw Ketchum run down in the basement. I think Joel ran after him.
Hastings: I see… (Outside a door)
Joel: I don’t hear anything. I hope the kid is okay. I knew I shouldn’t have caved in. (Back inside)
Ash: I know the truth. Your father, Paul’s father, and my father! Giovanni Ketchum! Is that why you hold this grudge against me? Is this why you hold a grudge against the world? (Silence) ANSWER ME!
Reggie: I was…four.
Ash: Huh?
Reggie: I was four years old when my father left. Before…it was just him, and my mother, and me! We were a happy family…But something happened and he left. I didn’t see him until I was about seven or eight. However, he didn’t stay long and he was shortly out of our lives once again. I think the reason he left was because he found out that my mother was carrying another child. Soon after Paul was born, my mother started having postpartum depression. And sure enough…she committed suicide by overdosing on prescription drugs.
Ash: But why the hatred?
Reggie: You are seriously clueless! After Mom’s death, I did a little search for our father. All I had to go on was what my birth certificate said. My father’s name!
Ash: Giovanni Ketchum?
Reggie: The one and only. I found out where he lived and took a peek through the windows. He was happy! And he was with another family! He got the family he always wanted, with the perfect looking wife and stupid looking son. It was like saying that Paul and I were worth nothing. Years passed. I got in a lot of trouble and found myself behind bars. Just around the time Paul started high school, he came to visit me. (Flashback to four years ago)
Paul: Well at school, they’re making all of us get senior advisers. I got some idiot. His name is Ash Ketchum.
Reggie: Ketchum? (Growls)
Paul: Reggie…You know, it could be a common last name…
Reggie: Shut up. There’s only one family in this whole town with the last name of Ketchum. I know. I’ve checked the phone books. (Growls)
Paul: I never knew Dad the way you did…but we both feel the same pain. Our father abandoned us and Mom for another family.
Reggie: Dad was a deserter. Mom waited for him to return, but she couldn’t take the wait any longer and she took her own life. As far as we’re concerned, that Ash Ketchum that you speak of…is an enemy. Don’t you forget it! (Paul sighs)
Paul: Yes brother…I’ll see you on the next visiting day. (End of flashback)
Reggie: I never saw him after that day. I think after that day, he fell into a deep depression and then…
Ash: …He…committed suicide.
Reggie: What made it worse was that you pushed him over the edge.
Ash: That’s not true Reggie! I tried to talk him down…But he just took that step over the edge. I’m not the cause of your brother’s death! I tried to help him damn it!
Reggie: You murdered my brother and you stole my father away. It’s not fair. (Sobbing) I was the first born! How could Dad choose you over me? Why did he do that? (Screaming) TELL ME!
Ash: I can’t give you an answer. Even though he died back when I was 11…I still miss him every day. But I know that my decade without a father doesn’t compare to your whole life. I’m sorry Reggie.
Reggie: (Silently) It’s not fair. It’s not fair God damn it! (Pulls out the gun)
Ash: Re-Reggie!
Reggie: You killed my brother and now it’s time to thank you for that. A life for a life…I see this as very fitting…Wouldn’t you agree?
Ash: Reggie, please don’t… (Reggie pulls the trigger and Ash falls to the ground)
Reggie: I did it… (Manic laugh) You’re dead now! You’re dead Ash Ketchum! (Puts the gun to his head) I’ll see you in Hell! (Manic laugh and gunshot)
Joel: (Gasp) A gunshot! Ketchum! Are you okay? I’m coming in! (Bursts through the door) KETCHUM! Oh no! ASH!
Narrator: To be continued.
Song(s) used:
*Smile by Lily Allen
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