Shipping One-shots (Pokémon)

The Criminal And The Cop

Comelyshipping (Commander Jupiter X Looker)- Sinnoh

"Your time is up, Team Galactic!" The second-in-command officer of the International Police declared, motioning for his co-workers to come out of hiding. Three officers streamed out from behind a rock formation, and another two came in from the entrance of the cave.

Looker rubbed off his breakable rock disguise and faced the criminals, who had been busted in the middle of their act. The bowl-cutted Grunts looked dazed, like they did not know what was going on.

"But-" the lavender-haired older male stuttered, "This can't be happening!"

"Oh, but it is," Looker said. "We have finally tracked you down, Team Galactic. It was not easy to disguise myself as one of you, nor was it easy to assume the identity of this boulder, but patience paid off. Now, men, arrest them."

His agents shackled the Galactic Grunts and lined them up against the wall, the two strongest ones standing guard.

"The jig's up, I guess," Commander Jupiter sighed.

"Afraid so. Looks like we've got to go back to being ordinary girls, Jupiter." Commander Mars wrung her hands and looked up at the ancient writing etched on the stone walls. She was visibly younger than Jupiter, and her red hair resembled a war helmet. "Coming to this cave- I thought that it would get him back. But- I'm going back to Spear Pillar. I'm going to look for Cyrus. Maybe I'll even jump into that portal, I don't know." She gritted her teeth in hesitation. "But I'm not getting arrested here. Not now."

She lept down the jagged cliff and broke into a sprint. Looker motioned for one of his men to follow her, and he followed the red-haired teenager (at least, Looker presumed that she was a teenager) through the broken stone paths that made up Stark Mountain.

"I don't know what she's talking about." Jupiter clucked her tongue and shook her head in disagreement. "That Mars...she's definitely not an ordinary girl." She looked around the cavern. "Where's Charon?"

"He's gone," Looker said. "Yes, he must have vanished. Men, you go after him. I will handle this woman."

Looker's last two cops went deeper into the cave, slipping behind the stone formations they had come out from. Jupiter crossed her arms and bounced on the balls of her feet, watching Looker with a curious expression. There was a sly smile on her lips, like that of a Glameow that has just cornered a weak Rattata, or like a Zangoose that has just found a nest of Seviper eggs.

"So you are the world-famous Looker," she said calmly. "You were hiding in plain sight all this time, and we never thought to look for you. Hmm...I see where your name Looker comes from. You're my type."

"I'm afraid that you're not my type," Looker said, knowing that she was flirting with him, and not wanting to give in.

Jupiter uncrossed her arms and gave him a look that was halfway between a scowl and a sulk. She walked over to him and sat at a boulder by his feet, folding her legs one over the other and leaning her chin on her hands. "Oh, you're no fun."

"I have to arrest you now," Looker said. "You might try to run away, yes, but you cannot run away from your criminal background."

"I wasn't going to run away from anything," Jupiter purred. "I know what I've gotten into, Looker. I'm not a coward like Mars, or like Saturn. Shackle me and take me away. I'll go. Don't worry."

Looker pulled his handcuffs from his belt and clicked them around her wrists, standing her up and ushering her out the door. Most of his men were waiting outside of the cave entrance, except for the officer who had chased after Commander Mars.