The Incredible Poke-Odyssey

[Cullen]

Hi everyone. This here is a Pokemon fanfic I wrote back in 2000 and I'd thought I might post it on this board. And Pokemon is the property of Nintendo and Game Freak and it's rated PG. Hope you enjoy.

The Incredible Poke-Odyssey

By Cullen Pittman

Chapter 1

A Whole Familiar, Yet New World

13 year old Cameron Fusterman was lying on his bed playing Pokemon on
his Game Boy. He was right at the end of the whole game where he was
battling Gary, the smart-mouthed opponent who kept appearing throughout
the game wanting to challenge him. Gary had released his final Pokemon,
a Venusaur. Cameron pushed the button and released his Ninetales. He
ordered it to use its fire blast attack which finished off Venusaur
making him the winner and finishing the game. Cameron watched with
delight as Professor Oak came up to Cameron's character congratulating
him on becoming the new Pokemon champion. Cameron smiled as his six
best Pokemon were getting inducted in the Pokemon Hall of fame. They
were Blastoise, Golbat, Farfetch'd, Machoke, Ninetales, and Exeggutor.
And finally his name appeared saying that he caught exactly 104 Pokemon.
Then the credits started to roll on his Game Boy.

"Wow, I can't believe that I've finally completed the entire game",
said Cameron proudly. "I guess all there is to do now is to start the
game again and try going after Mewtwo." But then Cameron looked at his
digital clock. "Which will be later", he said as he turned off his Game
Boy, "Right now it's time for what got me into this game."

Cameron quickly turned on the TV so he could watch his favorite cartoon,
which happened to be Pokemon. Cameron loved watching the adventures
of Ash Ketchum, Misty, Brock, and Pikachu. They all seemed like best
friends and Cameron secretly wished that he could just jump into the TV
and join them on their adventures. "Like that could ever happen", he
thought while smirking. "If I did that, I'd have a broken TV in my room
along with glass stuck in my head which I could show my grandkids.
Oh well." He thought as he continued watching Pokemon.

In todays episode, Ash and his friends came across a traveling circus that
appeared in his home town known as Pallet. The ringmaster Stella had
a problem with a Mr. Mime that just lied around eating potato chips and
never performed for her. Brock volunteered Ash to dress up like a Mr.
Mime so the show could go on. When it was time for the show to begin,
the evil members of Team Rocket burst into the big top and kidnapped
Ash with a net thinking he was a valuable Pokemon. Then they sailed off
in their Meowth shaped balloon. Ash's friends were about to go and
save him until Ash's mom came up and told them not to worry about it.
She told them that once Team Rocket finds out they had Ash instead of a
Mr. Mime, they'll probably let him go. Misty, Brock, Stella, and Pikachu
suddenly agreed and they all went off to have lunch at Mrs. Ketchum's
house.

Cameron couldn't believe what he just saw. Ash's so-called friends got
him into this mess and they went off to have lunch with his mother
without feeling the slightest bit guilty. "I guess Ash doesn't have
true friends or a kind and caring mother", thought a disappointed
Cameron. He was waiting to see what happens next when all of a sudden,
the cable went out.

"NO!!!" shouted Cameron, "You can't do this to me! I have to see what
happens to Ash!!!" He then remembered his pocket TV which ran on battery
power. He yanked it out of his bedside table drawer and clicked it on.
Only it wouldn't turn on.

"I don't believe this!" he grumbled, "The batteries must be dead!"
Cameron scrounged around his room for some good batteries but couldn't
find any. He then looked at his Game Boy, openned up the hatch, took
out the batteries and placed them in his pocket TV.

"Ash would be proud of me", thought Cameron has he was about to click
on the TV and find out what happened to Ash. Little did Cameron knew
was that he was going to find out in a most unusual, no make that twisted
way!

Just then, a bolt of lightning shot out of the tiny screen shocking
Cameron like crazy. He screamed as everything went black. He then
found himself floating in a black world of nothingness. Just then a
pack of Pikachu started to dance around him in a circle singing a
delightful melodies of pika-pikas.

"This can't be happening", said Cameron who was confused but yet
delighted. Just then a flock of Spearows flew by chasing away all the
Pikachu. Cameron shut his eyes waiting to be pecked to death,
but didn't feel a thing. He opened his eyes and saw that the Spearows
were flying right through him like they were illusions. Cameron
turned around and saw the Pikachu and Spearows flying off into the
darkness.

"Totally weird", said Cameron. Just then a giant computerized flashing
bird started to fly up to him. "Porygon!!!" cried Cameron, "From the
banned seizure episode of Pokemon!" he quickly shut his eyes again so
his brain would be safe from this bizzare blinking bird. After a
minute, he peeked to make sure Porygon was gone and it was. Cameron
was now surrounded by a pack of Gastlies, Haunters, and Gengars, the
ghost versions of Pokemon. Cameron watched in fear as the ghosts flew
around him making scary faces and spooky noises. Then one of the
Haunters opened its huge mouth and Cameron got sucked in it like a
huge black hole.

"NOOOOO!" cried Cameron as he entered Haunter's scary mouth. He then
found himself falling through a smog filled sky about to land on top
of a strange looking building. Luckily someone had the sunroof up so
he wouldn't smash through any broken glass and was even luckier that
he landed on a nice soft bed. "I guess those Lucky Charms for
breakfast and for lunch really paid off", thought Cameron as he rubbed
his head from that traumatizing experience.

He found his glasses lying next to him. He put them on and discovered
he had cartoon hands. He sat up and looked at the front mirror and
discovered that he was a drawn anime-style kid. His blonde hair all
shaggy, big green eyeballs, and a mouth that can get really large
sometimes, just like people in anime.

"This can't be happening to me", thought Cameron, "This all must be
a dream. Yeah! I think I'll lie back down on this imaginary bed and
I'll wake up soon." He laid back down when all of a sudden, he heard
someone mumbling, "GET OF ME YOU LITTLE RUNT!"

Cameron quickly got up and felt something furry on his back. He
brought it up close to his face and discovered it was an angry cat
with a gold charm on its head.

"MEOWTH?" asked Cameron. The cat only replied by slashing its claws
against Cameron's nose. Cameron screamed as he dropped Meowth on the
floor.

"You could've at least have the consideration to drop me on the bed
when I slash you", grumbled Meowth as he got up on his hind legs.

"What's all the racket in here?" called out a familiar woman's voice.

"Meowth, are you having another nightmare where you wake up and
discover you're wearing cat's pajamas?" asked a familiar guy's voice.

Cameron had finished rubbing his nose and discovered that he was
looking directly at Jessie and James, the two famous villians from
Team Rocket. Jessie was wearing blue pajamas while James was wearing
a pink nightgown with curlers in his hair. "Yes, you're definitely
Jessie and James", said Cameron.

"That's Queen Jessie to you twerp!" said an angry Jessie.

"And King James to you", said James. "The royal emblem on my lovely
frilly nightgown should tell you that I'm a mighty King!"

"Well then prepared to get crowned again!", sighed Jessie as she conked
James on the back of his head.

"Wow", said Cameron, "I can't believe I'm staring at the real Team
Rocket!"

"Yes", smiled Jessie, "I know it's a small insignificant honor for a
peasant boy like you to talk, let alone gaze at the beautiful me.
Which reminds me. Meowth, why have you let this plain-clothed urchin
into your room? He might infest you and all of us with cooties!"

"Hey, this brat just appeared on my bed while I was dozing", protested
Meowth. "He tried to use me as a pillow. Can you imagine the nerve?
That's not how you treat a royal Pokemon monarch!"

"You're a king too?" asked Cameron who didn't look like he believed
Meowth.

"You don't believe me?" said an even angrier Meowth, "I oughta shred
you into kitty litter and dump you into my box. I believe the chef is
cooking chili tomorrow!"

"I'm in trouble", whispered a nervous Cameron.

"TROUBLE?!" said Jessie and James while shaking.

"Oh no", grumbled Meowth, "You had to get them started!"

Jessie: "Prepare for trouble!"
James: "And make it double!"

Cameron knew what they were about to say because he had heard them say
their corny motto in almost every episode he watched.

Jessie: "To protect the world from devastation!"
James: "To unite all peoples within our nation!"
Jessie: "To denounce the evils of truth and love!"
James: "To extend our reach to the stars above!"
Jessie: "Queen Jessie!"
James: "King James!"
Jessie: "Team Rocket blast off at the speed of light!"
James: "Surrender now or prepare to fight!"

"Royal Meowth, that's right!" said a tired Meowth.

It always annoyed Cameron when they kept saying that motto on TV.
Real life seemed to be worse.

"Hey, why aren't you saying the Rocketville pledge of allegiance with
us?!" shouted Jessie.

"Rocketville?!" gasped Cameron trying to stifle a laugh. Like these
three bunglers could start up their own town let alone be rulers of it.

"This is complete blasphemy!" shouted James. "Do you like playing
with fire little boy?! I remember that I used to play with fire all
the time when I was younger. Then my parents took away my cigarette
lighter at the tender age of three. Oh those painful memories!!!"

"Hey, I know why this kid is here!" said Meowth, "I bet he's a spy
from those stinking rebels."

"Yes, that's probably it", Jessie smiled evily.

"Oh goody!" giggled James, "Our very first caught spy! Does this mean
we can finally use our interrogation room?!"

"But of course!" smiled Jessie as she pulled a Pokeball out of her
pajama shirt pocket.

"Arbok, wrap him up!" commanded Jessie. Cameron looked in fright at
the huge purple cobra that pounced on him and wrapped him up in its
strong coils.

* * * * * *

Cameron then found himself in a room still wrapped in Arbok's coils.
A huge ceiling light shined over him while Arbok was wearing
sunglasses. Jessie, James, and Meowth were huddled over Cameron
staring at him with threatening eyes.

"What's your name and your age?" demanded Jessie.

"I'm Cameron Fusterman and I'm 13", said Cameron nervously.

"Where are you from and what's your job occupation?" demanded Meowth.

"I'm from Trenton, New Jersey and I'm a student", said Cameron.

"What's a six letter word that starts with U meaning paradise?"
demanded James.

"Utopia?" said Cameron now puzzled.

"Perfect", smiled James as he wrote Utopia in his TV Guide crossword
puzzle. "Thank you. I've been trying to figure that one out for
months."

"Can we get back to more intelligent things please?!" shouted Jessie
as she bopped James on the head.

"Utopia sure is heavenly", said a dazed James.

"And now for the 64 million dollar question", smiled Meowth. "Where
is the secret location of the rebels' camp?"

"I, I, I don't know of any rebels", said a frightened Cameron. "The
last thing I remember was watching the Pokemon show on TV and found
myself ending up in your world!"

Jessie, James, and Meowth looked at the boy funny and then looked at
each other. "He won't tell us a thing! These rebels sure train their
spies good", said James, "Weird, but good."

"We'll get this twerp to talk", sneered Meowth, "Arbok, put the
squeeze on 'em!"

Arbok was about to tighten its grip on Cameron until Jessie called out,
"No wait Arbok. There are a lot of other fun ways to get little boys
to talk."

"You're right Jess", smiled Meowth. "We can paint him banana yellow
and throw him into a cage of starving Primeapes!"

"Or we can do like the Princess and the Pea and make our 1000 pound
Snorlax the Princess and you know who can be the pea!" snickered James.

"No this has to be memorable for our very first interrogation", said
Jessie. "But I can't think of one right now with these bags under my
eyes. Let's all go back to bed and we'll deal with this twerp in the
morning."

"Me too", yawned James, "I'm missing my beauty sleep."

"You wouldn't get enough beauty sleep if you got pricked by a
spinning wheel and slept for a hundred years!" said Meowth.

"At least I don't leave milk stains on my sheets every night!" said
James. Cameron laughed a little inside. These three were definitely
the infamous Team Rocket.

"Enough of this bickering!" shouted Jessie. "James, come to bed!
Meowth, you and Arbok take young Mr. Fusterman to our darkest,
dankest, dungeon!"

"Oh all right!" grumbled Meowth as he opened the door and left the
room while Arbok slithered along behind him still holding on to Cameron.

* * * * * *

Meowth opened up a cell located at the bottom of their palace. Arbok
ejected Cameron out of its coils and he landed face down onto the hard
black stone floor.

"I hope you enjoy your probably short stay here", said Meowth as he
shut the cell door, "Tomorrow for breakfast we'll be bringing you
pancakes, sausage, and chocolate milk."

"Really?" asked Cameron.

"Why are you looking so surprised?" asked Meowth.

"I thought they only served bread and water in dungeons", said Cameron.

"You mean there are people out there that sadistic they'd do that to
their prisoners?" asked a shocked Meowth. "I like it! Just think how
bigger our royal treasury would become. You're gonna get nothing but
bread and water tomorrow. Thanks for the suggestion kid! Heh heh heh
heh!", and he and Arbok left.

Cameron was sitting on his cot pinching himself trying to wake up from
this nightmare but with no luck. He also tried slapping himself. He
was even tempted to scoop out some of the dirty water from the nearby
toilet and splash himself awake, but he wouldn't dare to that. Not
even in a dream.

"I can't believe that I ever wished to be in this world", sighed
Cameron, "No actually I wished that I could be with Ash, Misty, and
Brock so technically my wish didn't really come true!" He reached
into his pocket and found a bag of corn chips he was planning on
eating later.

"I guess this'll be my last decent meal", sighed Cameron as he opened
up the bag. Some of the chips were crushed because of Arbok, but most
of them looked okay. As he calmly listened to the sound of his
munching, he heard another sound as well. Something was digging its
way through the stone floor. Cameron backed up into a corner in fear.
Soon a small hole was made and the thing that made it crawled out.
It was a rodent with armor that looked like sand.

"Hey, you're a Sandshrew aren't you?" said Cameron.

"Sandshrew!" said the rodent as it crawled around sniffing for food.
It then eyed Cameron's corn chip bag and approached him.

"Do you like corn chips?" asked Cameron as he handed a big ripe chip
to Sandshrew. Sandshrew took the chip with its claws and munched on
it happily.

"Shrew!" it said gratefully.

"Your welcome", said Cameron who had figured out what Sandshrew said.
He then sat down on the floor and took out another chip. Sandshrew
jumped into Cameron's lap and ate that one as well. Cameron smiled
as he fed his new friend half his chips and ate the other half himself.
Sandshrew then licked Cameron's face while he laughed and forgot about
the trouble that was in store for him in the morning.

"Can you understand me little Sandshrew?" asked Cameron hoping that
all Pokemon could understand the human language.

"Shrew?" asked Sandshrew.

"I'm being held prisoner by these really bad people and I have to get
out of here. Can you please help me escape?" he asked Sandshrew.
Sandshrew just jumped out of Cameron's lap and crawled back down into
the hole it made. Cameron looked down at the small hole and found
Sandshrew gone.

"I guess he only stuck around just to get free chips", sighed a
disappointed Cameron.

* * * * * *

An hour later, Cameron was lying in his cot unable to sleep. He was
now sure that this was not a dream. But it seemed like a nightmare to
him. Just then, the floor started to crumble and Cameron found
himself lying in a big dirty pit. He stood up and brushed the dirt
off of himself and found Sandshrew smiling at him. And behind the
rodent was a huge tunnel.

"Did you dig that tunnel for me?" asked Cameron while a tear appeared
in his eye.

"Shrew", replied the happy Sandshrew.

"Thank you my friend", said Cameron as he patted Sandshrew.

"What's going on here?" screamed Meowth as he, Jessie and James were
looking at the huge hole in the cell that was supposed to contain
their prisoner.

"Uh oh, time to blast off", said Cameron as he and Sandshrew ran
through the tunnel.

"He's gone!" cried James, "And I had the thumb screws smoothly sanded
just for him!"

"Not for long", shouted Jessie as she pulled out a Pokeball. "Go
Lickitung!" Out of the ball popped a strange pink turtle like creature.

"Lickitung!" commanded Jessie, "Use that tongue of yours to track down
our tasty tormentee!" Lickitung quickly stuck out its long tongue that
was twice as long as its body and tasted around the huge tunnel.

Cameron was running through the dark tunnel with Sandshrew running
beside him. He suddenly saw a light that would probably lead them to
freedom. Just then Cameron tripped for something moist had grabbed
his ankle. He turned around and saw a long tongue dragging him back
to where he escaped. Sandshrew quickly slashed Lickitung's tongue
causing it to yelp and to let go of Cameron. It then felt Sandshrew's
sandy body and used its tongue to bind the poor mouse dragging it away.

"Oh no you don't!" yelled Cameron as he picked up a rock and threw it
right in the middle of Lickitung's tongue. It yelped again causing
Sandshrew to fly out of its grip and to land in Cameron's arms.

"Shrew!" said Sandshrew gratefully.

"Hey I couldn't let my bud get done in by tastebuds", smiled Cameron
as he ran up to the light while holding Sandshrew. Sandshrew just made
a soft moan from hearing Cameron's bad pun.

Lickitung had dragged its poor damaged tongue back in holding it in
pain. Jessie leapt into the pit applying some bandages to her
Pokemon's bruised tongue.

"You know Jess, you treat your Arbok and Lickitung better than you
treat me!" snarled Meowth.

"That's because they're not royalty like you are you pampered
puffball!" grumbled Jessie.

"How about if I cut back on my late night caviar snacks?" said Meowth.

"There's no time for this royal rambling!" said a panicked James,
"We've gotta get that brat back before he reports back to those
rebels!" He quickly ran over to the nearest intercom and made an
announcement. "Attention all you lowly rockets", he shouted, "There's
a boy about to escape from our palace. Surround every inch of the
entire area and keep your eyes on the ground. That's where he'll most
likely pop up!"

Cameron and Sandshrew finally emerged from the ground and into the
animated outside world. When he turned around, he finally saw the
outside of the palace. It was a huge pyramid with a Meowth shaped head
on top. "That'll probably give me nightmares for years", thought
Cameron, "If I don't wake up from this one!"

Just then, he heard some voices call out, "Hold it right there punk!
There's no way you're escaping!" Cameron saw a couple of thugs dressed
in black rocket uniforms holding guns running right towards him.
Sandshrew quickly jumped in front of Cameron and sprayed sand out of
its mouth and into the thugs' eyes causing them both to yell, drop
their weapons, and rub their eyes."

"I'm blind! I'm blind!" screamed the first thug. "Now there goes my
dreams of being a cartoonist!"

"Keep your eyes closed and wait for the tears to wash it all out!" said
the second thug. And that's what they did unaware that their prisoners
were long gone.

* * * * * *

Cameron and Sandshrew were running as fast as they can through the
town. It looked a lot like Ash's hometown of Pallet, except there was
no grass on the ground, no leaves on the trees and the sky was covered
with smog. They suddenly came across a huge sign that said, WELCOME
TO PALLET TOWN. Only the words Pallet Town were crossed out and
replaced with Rocketville. Cameron continued reading it. "WELCOME TO
ROCKETVILLE. WHERE NOBODY GETS IN AND NOBODY GETS OUT,
SO YOU CAN'T REALLY BE WELCOMED HERE! HA HA HA!"
Cameron and Sandshrew left the sign and ran down the hill. There they
came across a huge glowing wall.

"This wall looks like someone could pass right through it", said
Cameron as he was about to touch it. Sandshrew jumped right in front
of him shouting, "SHREW! SANDSHREW! SHREW!"

"What's wrong?" asked Cameron, "Is there something bad about this
wall?" Sandshrew picked up a nearby twig and threw it at the wall.
The twig suddenly got fried and then it disappeared.

"That wall is pure electricity!" gasped Cameron, "Thank you Sandshrew.
Now I see what that sign meant when it said nobody gets in or out.
Which means were stuck here." Suddenly they heard some loud barking.
An orange and white dog with black stripes was charging at the two
about to put the bite on them.

"A Growlithe!" cried Cameron. Sandshrew quickly rolled itself into a
ball and launched itself into the dog's mouth. Cameron covered his
eyes fearing it would be the last of his new friend. He opened his
eyes slowly and saw the Growlithe about to chomp down on the curled up
rodent. But Sandshrew had a strong armored body causing all of
Growlithe's teeth to break. It howled in pain as it spit Sandshrew out
onto the ground. Cameron picked up the slobbery Sandshrew and got
away from the wall at full speed.

* * * * * *

Cameron was running through the town still carrying Sandshrew trying
to find some way out of this mess or at least someone who could help
him. But then he came across a dead end. There were about six rocket
thugs surrounding him looking very mean and tough.

"Time to go night-night kid!" said one of the thugs as he threw out a
Pokeball. "Weepinbell, I choose you!" Out popped a plant that looked
like a yellow bugle with leaves.

"Weepinbell, sleep powder now!" ordered the thug. Weepinbell leapt
into the air and sprayed some strange kind of pollen all over Cameron
and Sandshrew causing them both to become very sleepy and to fall down
onto the ground. While the thugs were happily gloating at the two
sleepy victims, a periscope popped out of a nearby manhole cover.

"What shall we do with 'em? Have 'em both put to sleep?" laughed
one thug.

"News flash Einstein", said another. "What do they look like to you?"

"Let's just take 'em back to our most gracious majesties", said the
leader.

"Not so fast you rocks in the head rockets!" called out a familiar
girl's voice.

"It's those darn rebels!" shouted a thug.

"Vulpix, use your fire spin now!" commanded another familiar voice.
A small red fox with six tails shot a tornado of fire around three of
the thugs trapping them. A half-awake Cameron watched as the forms
of the other thugs got beaten by a pack of familiar Pokemon shapes.
He looked up some more and saw the forms of two very familiar figures.
One had her hair done in a pigtall on the left side and the other had
spiky hair.

"It's you two!" smiled Cameron as he went into a deep sleep.

TO BE CONTINUED

AUTHOR'S NOTE:

Well, there's the first chapter. What do you think of it so far?
Please let me know.

[Cullen]

The Incredible Poke-Odyssey, chapter 2

The Origin of Rocketville!

Cameron suddenly woke up thinking he'd be back safe and sound in his
room. Instead, he found something egg-shaped sitting on his chest.
"Pi, pi?!" said the egg.

"Togepi?" asked Cameron as he found his glasses lying next to him and
put them on. There it was. The mysterious egg Pokemon known as
Togepi. It was smiling at Cameron while doing a funny dance on his
chest.

"Now Togepi, please leave the poor boy alone", said the girl who
picked it up and cradled it in her arms. "You don't know where he's
been."

"Hey, are you all right kid?" asked the guy who was next to the girl.

"Yeah, I think so", replied Cameron who was looking at the faces of
Misty and Brock. They almost looked exactly the same as they did in
the TV show except that Brock looked 20 and Misty looked 17. And a
very sexy looking 17 at that!

"Just what do you think you were doing out there?" demanded Misty,
"Going out in the open during Rocket curfew? Did you leave your brain
at home with your parents?"

"Hey, go easy on him Misty", said Brock, "We've all been going through
rough times these past five years. Badmouthing complete strangers
isn't going to help us."

Cameron looked around at his surroundings. He was lying on an old
mattress inside a giant sewer. There were people all over the place
dressed in dirty clothes, eating canned foods, and warming themselves
up by fire-lit trashpails.

"I see that our new friend is awake", said a pleasant voice. Cameron
saw Mrs. Ketchum coming up towards him with a tray in her hands.
"Hello dear, I'm Mrs. Ketchum. I take care of the sick and tormented
citizens down here. I hope you like canned ham, canned potatoes, and
canned peas", smiled Mrs. Ketchum who placed the tray of food on
Cameron's lap. "I'm sorry it isn't much, but canned food is all we've
got down here. It would be a really dark day if I lost my trusty can-
opener. Hee hee!"

"Thank you Mrs. Ketchum", said Cameron as he dug into the meal. It
may have been canned but Ash's mom knew how to work her magic on any
type of food.

"My what a polite young man you are", smiled Mrs. Ketchum, "And what
is your name?"

"I'm Cameron Fusterman" said Cameron who was still a little confused
but at least his stomach was full.

"Nice to meet you Cameron", smiled Mrs. Ketchum, "These two dears
found you asleep on the street about to be harmed by those awful
Rockets. Their names are...."

"Misty and Brock?" replied Cameron.

"Yes we are", said a surprised Brock, "How did you know our names?"

"Isn't it obvious?" asked a proud Misty, "We're two of the leaders of
the famous Pallet Rebellion. Even someone like him would know the
marvelous magnificent me."

"Yes, you're definitely Misty", smiled Cameron remembering that cute
little ego she sometimes has. "Say, where's Ash?"

"ASH??!!!" shouted Misty and Brock. Mrs. Ketchum fainted at the three
lettered name she just heard.

"What do you know about Ash?!" shouted Misty grabbing Cameron by his
gray sweatshirt. "Please tell us before my mind goes south for the
winter! AGAIN!!!"

"Take it easy Misty", said Brock as he helped Mrs. Ketchum back on
her feet.

"Yes Misty", said Mrs. Ketchum calmly, "You just can't shake someone
around like that if you have a question. Please let me handle it." She
approached Cameron slowly and placed her hands on his shoulders.

"Where's my little Ash!!!" she screamed hysterically as she shook
Cameron around like a rag doll. "I'll do anything to know if my boy
is safe and well!!! I'll give you anything! Candy, cookies, a million
dollars, clean underwear! I just want my baby back here in my arms!!!"
and she started crying.

"I'm sorry ma,am", said a shaken up Cameron, "But the last time I saw
Ash was at the circus when Team Rocket kidnapped him thinking he was
a Mr. Mime. That's all I can tell you. I'm sorry."

"I'm a terrible mother!" sobbed Mrs. Ketchum, "They were all planning
on rescuing Ash but I told them not to worry. I told them all to come
back to my place and have lunch and I was sure Ash would come back
safe and sound, but he never did! I'M A TERRIBLE MOTHER!!!"
Cameron felt sorry for Mrs. Ketchum. She really did care about Ash
and now she was suffering mentally from his disappearance.

"No it wasn't your fault", said Brock, "It was mine. I never should've
put him in that Mr. Mime suit to begin with and when Team Rocket tried
to net him, I grabbed Stella but not Ash. I lost a good friend because
of my obsession with pretty girls!

"Please don't blame yourself Brock", said a voice. Out of the shadows
came Stella, the ringmaster of the Pokemon circus that was invaded.
"It was my fault. Ash tried to speak up to save himself but I covered
his mouth. If I had only treated my original Mr. Mime nicer in the
first place, none of us would be in this mess!"

"Actually it's all Ash's fault!" shouted Misty, "That kid is always
doing stupid things and getting himself into one mess after another.
If he only refused to put on that Mr. Mime costume in the first place,
he wouldn't have gotten himself kidnapped! No offense Mrs. Ketchum."

"None taken", said Mrs. Ketchum who had stopped crying. "To tell you
the truth, I always figured that Ash didn't have all his screws
tightened in. Maybe he wasn't mature enough for me to let him leave
on his Pokemon journey."

"And when I whipped Ash with my trusty whip. He could've at least
have the backbone to throw off the costume and walk away!", said
Stella.

"At least Ash's disappearance brought the two of us together", said
Brock as he took Stella in his arms. "That's probably the first and
last thing he's ever done right!" and he and Stella kissed.

Cameron couldn't believe the things he was hearing. Ash had been
missing for probably a long time and his friends and mother were still
bad-mouthing him. "To tell you the truth, it was all your faults!"
said Cameron in an angry voice. "Ash did everything he could to help
you out with that circus and you just used him. And when dangerous
criminals took him away, it was pretty thoughtless of you all to just
go off and have lunch when Ash needed you the most! That just doesn't
seem like friendship to me!"

"He's right!" cried Mrs. Ketchum again, "We're hurting Ash again even
when he isn't here! I'm a terrible mother!"

"No, you're not a terrible mother", said Misty, "We're all just angry
and frustrated at Ash's disappearance and for what Team Rocket has
done to your town. We just never took them seriously until now."

"I'm sorry for blowing up at all of you like that", said Cameron, "It
just made me angry at what I just saw happened in that circus tent
yesterday."

"Say, that reminds me", said Stella, "How did you know all of that
happened? Were you sneaking around in my circus? That's trespassing
you know?!"

"And what do you mean you saw that yesterday?" asked Brock, "That
incident happened 5 years ago."

"Five years?!!" gasped Cameron, "But I saw what happened on TV
yesterday afternoon on my bed."

"I didn't know someone was broadcasting my circus live", said Stella.

"All right kid, we want the scoop and we want it now!" shouted Misty,
"Exactly who are you and how do you know so much about all of us?"

"Well", said Cameron as he was slowly telling the story of how he got
zapped by his pocket TV and ended up here with them.

"Now let me get this straight", said Misty as she wrote down some stuff
on a pad. "You come from a world where we're all cartoon characters
on a TV show and you somehow mysteriously got transported here into
our world? Fell right into Meowth's bedroom, got locked in a dungeon,
saved by a Sandshrew and ended up here with us?"

"Yes", said Cameron who couldn't believe the story he just told
himself. Misty wasn't really taking notes. She was actually sketching
Cameron in a straitjacket with googly-eyes, an arrow through his head,
and the words NUT BOY underneath him.

"That story sound pretty farfetched", said Brock, "Are you sure those
Rocket scientists didn't switch your brain with a Farfetch'd brain?"

"Honest, my story is true", said Cameron, "And I can prove it." He
reached into his pocket, pulled out a little book and handed it to
Brock. It was a mini-Pokemon anime album that featured scenes from
the cartoon show.

"I don't believe this!" said a shocked Brock, "That's all of us and
some of the adventures we've had with Ash! Look at this. There's the
time we met up with the Squirtle Squad! I remember that adventure
well."

"And look", said Misty as she took the book from Brock, "There's the
time when we got onboard the St. Anne! I can't believe that we
couldn't recognize those two girl prize givers as Jessie and James.
I should've looked more clearly."

"And will you look at this", said Mrs. Ketchum as she took the book
from Misty, "Here's the time when we were all vacationing in Porta
Vista and I won first place in a beauty contest! Oh those wonderful
memories!"

"And you look cute in a bathing suit Brock", said Stella winking at
him. Brock just shyly blushed.

Cameron smiled for the beauty contest episode never made it to American
TV, but at least the characters from this world got to experience it.

"I guess you really are telling the truth Cameron", said Brock, "So
we're all actually cartoon characters in your world?"

"No it can't be!" cried Misty, "I'm too beautiful to be a cartoon
character! I should be doing movies or at least sitcoms!"

Everyone started laughing, even Cameron. Then he started to look
around the place. "Didn't I have a Sandshrew with me?" he asked.

"Yes, it's right here my boy", said another familiar voice. Out of the
shadows came an old man wearing a dirty, torn lab coat holding a
Pokeball in his hand.

"Professor Oak?" asked Cameron.

"You are correct Cameron", smiled the Professor. "I've healed your
Sandshrew and given him his own Pokeball. Here you are", he said as
he gave the ball to Cameron. Cameron opened it up and out popped his
friend.

"Sandshrew!" called out Sandshrew as he jumped onto Cameron and started
licking his face. "How'ya doing Sandshrew", smiled Cameron. "You're
looking really better, all nice and sandy. Say, how about I call you
Sandy?"

"Shrew!" replied Sandy who really approved of his new name.

"So you're from another world?" said Prof Oak as he took out a little
light and started shining it in Cameron's ears, mouth, and nostrils.
"Very interesting!"

"Professor", asked Brock, "Do you have any idea how Cameron ended up
in our world?"

"I believe I might have a theory", said Prof. Oak, "Come with me
everyone."

* * * * * *

Prof. Oak had led the group into another part of the sewer. It was
full of lab equipment, machines, and empty Pokeballs. He pointed to
a strange looking device that looked like a giant white cone with an
antenna on top.

"This here is a matter teleporter I've been working on in secret", said
Prof. Oak, "I have this theory that Ash is still alive out there
somewhere and this device will teleport him to wherever Team Rocket
left him and bring him back to us."

"You mean you've devised a way to bring back my Ash?!" cried Mrs.
Ketchum with hope in her eyes.

"I didn't tell you earlier because I didn't want to get your hopes up",
explained Prof. Oak. "I typed in the name, age, and description of Ash
hoping it will locate where Ash is and begin the teleportation. But
instead, it brought you here Cameron.

"Wow!" said Cameron, "I thought the reason I got here was the shock
from when I put the batteries from my Pokemon game into my pocket TV
when I was watching the Pokemon show."

"Interesting theory, but I don't really think so", said Prof. Oak. "I
typed in Ash's name, hair and eye colors, and the age he would be
today. But you Cameron don't seem to fit any of that subscription.
Very puzzling." Prof. Oak looked at the computer screen on his
teleporter and found a whole bunch of letters and numbers all jumbled
together. "What the...." Asked the Professor as went to the other side
of the teleporter. "So that's it, eh?" he said disappointedly.

"What's wrong Professor?" asked Misty, "Have you found out why your
machine didn't work?"

"Yes you might say there were a few quirks", said Prof. Oak, "Make that
a few quacks!" and he held up a funny looking duck in front of Misty.

"PSYDUCK?!!!" shouted Misty.

"Yes", sighed Prof. Oak, "Your Psyduck seemed to be playing with the
keys before I activated the teleporter. The machine got so confused
trying to read Psyduck's mess that it brought Cameron into our world
sending him crashing through Team Rocket's palace."

"You dumb duck!!!" screamed Misty as she shook Psyduck around like
crazy. "It's bad enough that you keep ruining my life. Do you have to
ruin Ash's and this poor kid's life too? I really thought leaving you
down here while I battle up there would make things better. But no!!!
You always have to find some way to ruin it for me and all of us!!"

"Psy-yai-yai!" said a shaken Psyduck.

"Hey, go easy on him Misty", said Brock taking the poor duck away from
her.

"Yes", said Mrs. Ketchum taking Psyduck in her arms, "Let me mangle
this dumb duck! He prevented me from getting back my son!!!" and she
started shaking Psyduck even harder than Misty did. Psyduck's headache
suddenly got even worse causing his eyes to glow a scary blue color.

"Uh oh", thought Cameron as he grabbed Sandy and quickly hid behind a
nearby table for he knew about Psyduck's powerful confusion attacks
when his headache is increased. Everyone who was near Psyduck started
to fly around in the air bouncing off the walls. Cameron quickly
helped everyone up and patted the poor Pysduck who didn't look so happy.

When everyone was calm, Mrs. Ketchum slowly spoke up. "Professor Oak",
she said, "Can you please reactivate your machine so you can bring back
my son?"

"I'm afraid I can't", said Prof. Oak sadly, "I'm sorry."

"You can't?!!!" asked Mrs. Ketchum calmly while grabbing Prof. Oak by
the labcoat with an angry look on her face.

"And I'll show you why", said Prof. Oak as he approached the
teleporter, opened up a small door, and pulled out a small rock.

"That looks like a piece from the Moonstone", said Brock.

"It is", said Prof. Oak, "This is what powers up the teleporter.
Unfortunately it can only be used once. I'll need two more Moonstone
chunks if we want to get Ash back and to send Cameron back to his own
world."

"But the original Moonstone is back at Mt. Moon", said Misty, "And
there's no way we can get it because of that stupid electric wall!"

"Then there's no hope for any of us!" sobbed a depressed Mrs. Ketchum.

"Where did that huge wall come from?" asked Cameron.

"You should know, you seem to watch us all the time", said Misty.

"Yes", smiled Mrs. Ketchum who grabbed Cameron's shoulders. "You can
tell us what Team Rocket did with Ash and how we can get him back and
free our town from those horrible Rockets. Please tell us!"

"I... I don't know", said Cameron, "The last Pokemon show I saw was when
Team Rocket kidnapped Ash and left the circus. Then I suddenly ended
up here."

"I knew it had to be too good to be true!" wailed Mrs. Ketchum. "I'm
being punished for being a terrible mother!!!"

"I'm sorry Mrs. Ketchum", said Cameron, "I wish I knew how to help all
of you. I don't even know how Team Rocket was able to do all of this
damage."

"It's a long sad story", said Brock. "Five years ago after having lunch
with Mrs. Ketchum. Misty, Stella, Pikachu and I went back to the
circus thinking Ash would be back any minute now. Instead Jessie,
James, Meowth, and hordes of Rocket thugs arrived with tanks,
motorcycles, and armored cars. They invaded Stella's circus and nabbed
all of her Pokemon, even her Mr. Mime."

"I miss my mime!" cried Stella, "I've failed to save him along with all
my other Pokemon. This was the only one I could save!" She opened up a
Pokeball and released a big clump of vines wearing shoes.

"A Tangela." said Cameron.

"That was a really rough time for her", said Brock, "Little Pikachu
tried his best to shock away those baddies, but the terrible trio
managed to nab him with a rubber net. Once all the Pokemon were
seized, Team Rocket blasted off and we never saw Pikachu or any of
Stella's Pokemon again." Cameron wondered why he didn't see Pikachu
down here.

"Just then things went from worse to tragic", said Misty, "We were all
going to start a rescue party and track down those Rockets until a huge
electric wall suddenly appeared circling around Pallet Town trapping
all of us in. Then hundreds of Rockets stormed the town seizing all
the citizens, taking away their Pokemon and bringing them into the
center of the town. That ugly Meowth shaped balloon landed in the
center of the town and out popped Jessie, James, and Meowth. They were
wearing purple robes and paper crowns like the ones you find at fast
food restaurants!"

START OF FLASHBACK:

Jessie: "Prepare for trouble!"
James: "And make it double!"
Jessie: "To protect the world from devastation!"
James: "To unite all peoples within our nation!"
Jessie: "To denounce the evils of truth and love!"
James: "To extend our reach to the stars above!"
Jessie: "Queen Jessie!"
James: "King James!"
Jessie: "Team Rocket blast off at the speed of light!"
James: "Surrender now or prepare to fight!"
Meowth: "Royal Meowth, that's right!"

"Attention all you lucky people of this town", smiled Jessie, "The all
powerful and sometimes merciless Team Rocket has chosen your humble
little town to be our kingdom!"

"Yes", smiled James, "Tomorrow we'll be holding classes at the nearby
college on how to say your new pledge of allegiance and how to bow down
as low as you can to us."

"You have no right to take over Pallet Town like this!" shouted a
citizen. "We're all democrats here!"

"Democrats?" asked Meowth, "What kind of Pokemon is a democrat? And
where can we steal one?" Jessie just pulled Meowth's crown over his
mouth to keep him quiet.

"As I was saying", continued Jessie, "You will all do as we say, pay
whatever taxes we just feel like coming up with, and treat us like
royalty!"

"And if you don't like it, you can just leave", said James, "But don't
let the electric wall kill you along the way!"

"One more thing", said Meowth who just had his crown straightened up,
"We all think Pallet Town is a wussy name for a kingdom. I hear by
declare that this town will be now called Meowthland!"

"Meowthland?!" said Jessie, "We were going to name this place
Jessiopolis!" she growled as she grabbed Meowth by the mouth.

"I think Jamestown would sound nicer", said James.

"That name is copyrighted you dope!" growled Meowth.

"Like any lawyers are gonna bust through that wall and slap us with
lawsuits", sneered James.

Jessie, James, and Meowth started arguing and then broke into a fight
cloud while all the frightened and confused citizens watched them
duking it out making bets on the cute red head. A few minutes later,
the fight cloud dissolved and it showed Team Rocket covered with
bandages.

"After a peaceful discussion", said Jessie, "We've all decided that
this town will now be known as Rocketville. Remember that name, live
by it, and you'll all be living peaceful and very semi-healthy lives!"

"What have you done with my little Ash you horrible Rockets?!!" shouted
Mrs. Ketchum.

"Show some respect for our beloved monarchs you wacko!" shouted a thug
who was about to strangle her until Brock and Misty got in his way.

"Leave the poor woman alone Bruiser", said James. "We're going to be
merciful just this once since this is our first day as monarchs."

"So you're the twerp's mother?" smiled Jessie as she looked over Mrs.
Ketchum. "Your little boy sure has given us a hard time throughout our
villainy. I wish we could say what happened to him but I have a
feeling that you're never gonna see him again or anyone else from the
outside world for that matter!"

"But we will give you this so you can always remember your little
Ashie-Poo", said Meowth, "While you're slaving away for us! HA HA
HA HA!" and he flung something at Mrs. Ketchum. It was Ash's Pokemon
league expo-hat.

"Oh Ash!" sobbed Mrs. Ketchum, "What have I done to you?! And to
everyone else I know and love?!"

END OF FLASHBACK:

"And that's how I lost my son, my town, and my entire life!" cried Mrs.
Ketchum.

"Gee", said Cameron, "Usually in the cartoon when somethng bad happens,
they break it up into 2 or 3 parts, but five years? That's like five
seasons!"

"And you wouldn't believe the suffering we all went through those long
5 years", moaned Misty, "On the first day of Rocketville, the trio
ordered all us citizens to build that ugly Meowth shaped palace like we
were Egyptian slaves. The back-breaking labor wasn't so bad, but
seeing those 3 getting carried around wearing those lame Pharaoh hats
was complete eye murder!"

"Once their palace was finished", continued Brock, "They sent all the
citizens back to their regular jobs while increasing taxes almost every
day. If you couldn't pay them, they take away your house and replace
it with a smog-spewing factory! So far, they've built 30 factories in
the past year!"

"Is that why almost everyone is living in the sewers?" asked Cameron.

"Yes and it seems to be getting crowded almost every tax day", said
Prof. Oak, "And you won't believe what those Rockets have done to our
schools and our TV shows! This is what our poor children are learning!"
and he turned on a nearby black and white TV and showed Cameron.

"It's time for Rocket Room", said a lady teacher wearing a black rocket
uniform with a huge scary smile on her face who was surrounded by
little kids that were also dressed in smaller versions of the uniform.
"I'm you're teacher Miss. Scary and this is our little friend Doo-
Beedrill!" In flew a giant bee with two huge needles on its hands
ready to do some serious stinging.

"Today were going to recite the Rocket alphabet", smiled Mrs. Scary,
"Doo-Beedrill loves the alphabet. In fact, he really hates it if you
mess it up. Now let's all sing together so that Doo-Beedrill won't have
to make Swiss cheese out of you!"

"Bzzzzzzz!" said the Beedrill waiting to hear some singing. The kids
all nervously started singing. "R R R R R R R. R R R R R R R.
R R R R R R. R R R R R and R. Now we know the letter R.
It's the only one worth knowing cause it's best by far!"

"I can't watch this!" cried Cameron, "Please turn it off!" and that's
what the Professor did.

"I'll never think badly of Barney or the Teletubbies again after
that!" said Cameron.

"We just couldn't take all this suffering", said Stella, "That's when
we decided to start up this underground rebellion hoping one day we
can find a way to rid ourselves of those rotten Rockets!"

"So you're the rebels Meowth was talking about", said Cameron.

"That's correct son", said Prof. Oak, "The rebellion consists of me,
Misty, Brock, Mrs. Ketchum, Stella, her circus crew, my grandson Gary,
and many others."

"Yo! Gramps!" called out a funny voice. Cameron recognized that weird
sounding voice. It was Prof. Oak's obnoxious grandson Gary. He looked
like he was sixteen and his cheerleading squad was standing right
behind them looking pretty disgruntled.

"What is is Gary?" asked the Professor.

"We gotta move!" said Gary who was sounding really serious. "Those
Rockets are terrorizing a family who lives in a blue house on Elm
Street!"

"That sounds like the home of my good friend Mrs. Johnston!" cried Mrs.
Ketchum, "We have to save her and her kids!"

"Right, let's move out!" shouted Brock as he, Misty, Stella and Gary
left Prof. Oak's lab.

"Gary, rah", said his unenthusiastic cheerleaders.

Prof. Oak opened up a Pokeball and out popped a Magnemite with a
periscope attached to it. "Head over to Elm Street and show us
everything that's going on with the Rockets at the blue house", ordered
the Professor. And the Magnemite left the lab while Prof. Oak
approached a huge monitor and turned it on. He, Cameron, Mrs. Ketchum,
Sandy, and the cheerleaders watched the screen as the Magnemite
traveled through the dark and dirty sewers and raised its periscope
through an open manhole cover. There they saw a blue house where two
Rocket thugs were threatening a poor woman and her two little kids.

"We're very disappointed in you ma'am", said the first thug, "You know
our beloved rulers just wants a little tax money to keep their
luxurious palace running. And you have the rudeness to tell us that
you're broke?!"

"Please sir", pleaded Mrs. Johnston, "I don't even have any money to
feed my poor children! Can't you show a little mercy for the poor?"

"Awwww", said the second thug who looked into the eyes of the youngest
daughter and patted her head. "I'll tell you what we'll do. You let us
tear down your house and build a fertilizer factory here and we'll let
your kids stick their feet into the leftovers. All those minerals in
fertilizer must be better than deadly candy. HA HA HA HA!"

"You can't take away our house you big dumb jerks!" shouted the oldest
son as he sprayed his mustard bottle at the thugs.

"Billy no!" shouted Mrs. Johnston.

"Ooooh, you've made us very happy!" smiled the first thug, "Now we get
to punish all of you for disrespecting Team Rocket! Go Koffing!" He
shouted as he released a floating purple ball with a clueless looking
face on it.

"Go Charmeleon!" said the second thug as he released a mean looking
orange lizard with a flame on its tail.

"Quick children, come inside!" shouted Mrs. Johnston as she pushed her
kids in and slammed the door.

"Koffing, seal up all the doors and windows with your sludge!"
commanded the first thug.

"Koffing!" said the Koffing as it floated around the house spitting out
sludge all over every exit of the nice clean house.

"Charmeleon! Make that discourteous family feel the burn!" said the
second thug.

"Char!" said the Charmeleon as it breathed fire on the top of the roof.
The Johnstons could smell the fire burning its way in and they closed
their eyes waiting for it to be all over.

"Oh those poor Johnstons!" cried Mrs. Ketchum and the cheerleaders at
the same time.

"I can't believe those Rockets would stoop to something like this!"
thought Cameron who just wanted to squirt HOT mustard on those thugs.

Just then, a Staryu and a Vaporeon flew into the air and sprayed water
onto the fire. "What the..." shouted the thugs as they saw Gary, Misty,
Brock, Stella and the three girls from her circus standing right in
front of them. Gary had his Nidoking, Arcanine, Kingler, Dodrio,
Alakazam, and Venusaur by his side. Misty had her Staryu and Seaking,
Brock had his Vulpix, Onix, Graveler, and Golbat, Stella had her Tangela
and her circus crew had their Vaporeon, Jolteon, and Flareon with them.

"It's those stinkin' rebels!" growled the thugs.

"That's Mr. Stinkin' Rebels to you losers!" said Gary proudly.

"And don't forget Mrs. Stinkin' rebels too", said Misty, "No wait, I
don't like the sound of that."

"When will you guys learn that when you mess with innocent citizens,
you'll have to deal with the forces of good!" said Brock.

"What are you guys, the Superfriends?" said the first thug, "Let's
whoop these rebels along with their dumb Pokemon!" He quickly sent out
his Kofffing to attack them along with his Poliwrath, Rhyhorn, Zubat,
Magneton, and Ivysaur. The second thug also sent out his Charmeleon
along with his Mankey, Raticate, Nidoqueen, Drowzee, and Scyther.

"Long live the Pallet Rebellion!" shouted the good guys as they sent
their Pokemon to fight the Rocket's ones. It was the most spectacular
Pokemon battle Cameron had ever witnessed. Vulpix was frying Ivysaur,
Staryu was putting out Charmeleon's fire, Jolteon was putting the jolts
on Scyther, and Alakazam was completely psyching out Zubat.

While the battle raged on, Stella ordered her Tangela to cut down the
door with its many vines freeing the Johnstons. Once the family was
outside, Stella gave the thumbs-up signal to Brock. "Okay Golbat",
said Brock, "Use your haze attack now!" Golbat flew high up in the air
and sprayed a thick fog around everyone. The thugs couldn't see a
thing and neither could their Pokemon and they ended up battling each
other. Once the fog had cleared up, the thugs found the rebels and
their Pokemon gone along with the Johnstons. All they found were their
own Pokemon lying on the street all battered and beaten.

"Our highnesses ain't gonna like this", sighed the first thug, "What
shall we do?"

"I really can't think on an empty stomach right now", said the second
thug as he took a sausage out of his coat and smeared it on his mustard
coated friend.

* * * * * *

A few minutes later, the rebels returned to Prof. Oak's lab feeling a
little proud of their latest victory.

"Gary, rah", said the gloomy cheerleaders again.

"Congratulations on another great citizen rescue", said Prof. Oak.

"It was no problem", said Brock, "The Johnstons are out with the
others. They're a little shaken up but they're not physically hurt."

"I'd better go calm them down and bring them some food", said Mrs.
Ketchum as she left the lab.

"That was the most awesome Pokemon battle I've ever seen!" said Cameron.

"It was only just a typical day in this heck-hole we call Rocketville",
sighed Misty.

"I still thought it was excellent!" said Cameron. "And it looks like
some of your Pokemon had evolved."

"That's right", said Brock, "My Geodude and Zubat have been through
many years of tough battles so eventually they would evolve into
Graveler and Golbat."

"And my Goldeen just evolved into a Seaking about a month ago", said
Misty. "Its been a very strong and loyal fighter for me all these
years."

"Why hasn't your Psyduck evolved?" asked Cameron as he saw the duck
licking the bottoms of his webbed feet.

"Because he's hardly ever won any battles!" groaned Misty studying the
bad habits of a Psyduck.

"And you Gary were just great", said Cameron, "I've always wondered
what kind of Pokemon you carried and now I believe that Bulbasaur was
your first Pokemon now that I've seen that Venusaur of yours."

"Just who exactly is this loser?" asked Gary. Cameron suddenly frowned.
"He mistreats all people the same way he mistreats Ash!" thought Cameron.

"Really Gary", said Prof. Oak, "I wish you wouldn't call every poor
citizen we bring down here a loser."

"Well that's what they are", shouted an angry Gary, "We rebels are the
ones that keep winning these pointless battles while we defend these
poor weak losers who can't even fight for themselves. This is no life
for a great and fabulous Pokemon master like me!"

"Hey, if these citizens had their own Pokemon, they could fight back
too!", shouted Cameron, "If you didn't have any of your Pokemon fighting
your battles for you, then you'd be as helpless as these poor
citizens!"

Gary just said nothing. He just spit on the ground and stormed out of
his grandpa's lab while his cheerleading squad followed him without
even cheering him off.

"You have to excuse my grandson", said Prof. Oak, "He's just frustrated
that he can't leave this town and continue his dream to compete in the
Pokemon League. He doesn't mean to act this way."

"Actually he does", Misty whispered to Cameron.

"That evil electric wall has prevented many dreams from coming true",
said Stella, "No one can do a thing about it. Anyone who even sets a
finger on that deathwall becomes a southern fried skeleton in two
seconds."

"I've heard that ground Pokemon like Sandy are immune to
electricity", said Cameron, "Have you tried sending either Graveler or
Onix to go through the wall to get help?"

"Sure my rock Pokemon could probably go through the wall", said Brock,
"But unfortunately I can't. Pokemon need their trainers to go along
with them or else some strangers might try to catch them thinking
they're wild."

"And once they're caught in a stranger's Pokeball", continued Prof. Oak,
"They automatically get a new trainer with no memory of their old
trainer."

"Hmmmm", thought Cameron, "Have you ever tried doing this?" They all
gathered around Cameron and listened to his idea.

"Why that's so crazy it just might work!" said Brock.

"Why didn't I think of that?" said Misty.

"My friends", said Prof. Oak with hope in his eyes. "If Cameron's idea
succeeds, we just might get our first step in freeing Pallet Town along
with finding Ash!"

TO BE CONTINUED

AUTHOR'S NOTE:

Just what is Cameron's plan on escaping from the iron fists and paws of
Team Rocket's kingdom? Stay tuned for chapter 3 to find out.

[Cullen]

The Incredible Poke-Odyssey, chapter 3

First Roll to Freedom

The next morning, Prof Oak led his group of rebels along with Cameron
to the very end of the sewers. "Once you all step through that manhole
up there", explained the Professor, "You'll be facing the very edge of
the electric wall. If Cameron's plan succeeds, you'll be on your way
to bring back help and maybe even find Ash."

"And if Cameron's plan doesn't succeed", smiled Misty, "We'll all have
plenty of time in the afterlife to blame him!" Cameron looked
nervously at Misty hoping they'd all make it through alive.

"Has everyone got everything they need?" asked Mrs. Ketchum.

"We sure have Mrs. Ketchum", said Brock, Misty, and Stella all together
as they showed her their backpacks along with their Pokeballs.

"Cameron, I've made this backpack especially for you", smiled Mrs.
Ketchum as she handed him a bright red backpack full of food, a
sleeping bag, healing potions, bandages, hot chocolate, and of course
clean you-know-whats "I also want you to take this", said Mrs.
Ketchum as she showed Cameron something and placed it on his head.

"Ash's Pokemon League expo-hat!" said Cameron, "But are you sure you
want me to wear this?"

"Yes Cameron", smiled Mrs. Ketchum, "That hat always seemed to bring
Ash luck on his travels and maybe it will do the same for you. And if
you do find my Ash, please give it back to him and tell him that his
mother misses him and wants him to come home. Will you?"

"You can be sure I will Mrs. Ketchum", smiled Cameron. Mrs. Ketchum
gave him a warm motherly hug thanking him.

"Pi?!" asked Togepi who was in Misty's arms.

"No Togepi", said Misty, "This trip is too dangerous for you. I want
you to stay here with Mrs. Ketchum and I promise I'll return to you as
soon as I can."

"Togepi!" cried Togepi as it kissed Misty. Misty who was full of
motherly tears kissed Togepi on the cheek and handed it to Mrs. Ketchum.

"Don't worry Misty", said Mrs. Ketchum, "I'll try to be a better
mother to this one."

"Oh yes, Misty", said Prof. Oak, "I want you to take this with you."
He handed her a Pokeball.

"Is this a new and powerful Pokemon just for me?" asked Misty
excitedly.

"Not exactly", said the Professor. The ball opened by itself and out
popped a Pokemon.

"PSYDUCK?!!!" shouted Misty surprised and annoyed.

"I have a feeling you're going to need more than the two Pokemon you
already have for this trip", said Prof Oak, 'Besides, I want that
dimwit duck out of my lab for good!' he thought to himself.

"Oh, and Cameron", the Professor continued as he handed Cameron some
items. "Here's your Pokedex which will identify any Pokemon you
encounter and it will also serve as your I.D. And here's a set of
Pokeballs so you can catch some Pokemon. But I'm afraid you won't be
able to catch any more than six, because I don't have my Pokemon
transporter here with me."

"That's okay Professor", smiled Cameron, "Just going on an actual
Pokemon journey is good enough for me!"

"Why do they get to go while I have to be stuck here?!" complained
Gary, "I've got the toughest Pokemon of all of us put together!"

"Which is why I feel you should stay here Gary", said Prof. Oak, "We
need your extra strong Pokemon to protect the citizens. And besides,
with Misty and Brock gone I figured that you'd be the perfect one to
lead the Pallet Rebellion, but if you don't think you can handle the
responsibility, Then you can just go on ahead with them."

"Are you kidding?!" asked Gary, "You should've made me the leader in
the first place! As usual, I'll make the daring sacrifice and stay
here and protect my people!"

"Gary, he's now our leader. Whoop-dee-doo!" said his emotionless
cheerleading squad.

"Are you sure you girls can handle the rebellion without the three of
us?" Stella asked her circus staff.

"Don't worry about us Stella", said the first girl, "We'll all be fine,
you just concentrate on freeing us all."

"And if a battle ever does get bad for us", said the second girl, "We
can always escape by using my Vaporeon's mist attacks."

"I just hope we can survive the super-ego of our new leader", thought
the third girl who was watching Gary combing his red hair proudly.

"Good luck everyone", said Prof. Oak, Mrs. Ketchum, and everyone else
who was watching Cameron, Misty, Brock, and Stella climb the ladder
that led to the surface. "Pi pi. Mommy!" said a tear filled Togepi.
Misty suddenly grew some tears too. "I love you Togepi!" she smiled as
she blew it a kiss and left the sewers.

* * * * * *

The four of them found themselves on top of a grassy hill and down
below the hill was the infamous electric wall. "Perfect", said Brock,
"There's not a guard in sight!" They were about to go down the hill
until they saw a giant six-foot orange dog marching back and forth near
the wall. They all went back up and hid behind the hill just before
the dog turned its head.

"That was an Arcanine", said Cameron, "The evolved form of Growlithe."

"I forgot! They always have those rotten mutts guarding the wall!"
grumbled Misty.

"Leave this to me", smiled Stella as she reached into her backpack and
pulled out a huge rubber bone. "I've been saving this in case I find a
Growlithe or Arcanine to add to my circus, but now hard times calls
for something different."

"But it still might attack us even if you do give it the bone", said
Cameron.

"Not if I coat it with Tangela's sleep powder", smiled Stella as she
took out a bottle of powder and sprinkled it all over the bone.

Arcanine looked up and saw a huge bone flying its way. It leapt into
the air and caught the bone and started gnawing on it like crazy.
A few seconds later the Arcanine was on its back snoozing while the
mangled up bone was stuck between its teeth.

"Nice job Stella", winked Brock.

"Thanks", said Stella blushing.

"Now's the time to put Cameron's plan into action", said Brock as he
took out a Pokeball. "Go Onix!" he shouted as the giant rock-skinned
python appeared right in front of them.

"Maybe I shouldntv'e suggested this plan", thought Cameron as he
nervously stared at the gigantic snake remembering that he got wrapped
up by an Arbok the other day.

"Onix, we need you to protect us with your rocky coils so we can pass
through that electric wall. Are you up to it?" Onix roared and nodded
its head and then wrapped up the four humans until no parts of their
bodies were showing. Then Onix rolled itself down the hill heading
closer and closer to the wall.

* * * * * *

"Hey guys", said Meowth as he was looking through his binoculars on
the royal observatory, "Something's going on by the north side of our
wall!" Jessie and James took out their binoculars and looked too.

"What in the world is that thing?!" asked James.

"It looks like an Onix all coiled up", said Jessie, "Just what is it
doing?"

"I remember one of those brats had an Onix with him", said Meowth,
"Do you think it's trying to bust out of our happy little kingdom?!"

"If it actually does escape, we have nothing to worry about", smiled
Jessie, "After all, those rebels won't be able to come with it. And
if Onix does escape and never return, those poor little rebels won't
have their big and powerful snake to protect them!"

* * * * * *

The trio in the palace watched as Onix rolled even closer to the wall
while the Pallet Rebellion watched too through Prof. Oak's monitor.
Soon Onix had completely passed through the electric wall completely
unharmed. It loosened up its coils and out crawled Cameron, Misty,
Brock, and Stella who all fell down onto the grass feeling completely
dizzy but unharmed as well.

"No! This can't be happening!" shouted Jessie.

"It's against the law for people to leave Rocketville!" shouted James,
"At least not alive!"

"I told you it was a mistake to make dumb mutts guard that wall!"
grumbled Meowth, "We cats have more brain power!"

"All right, then you go and guard it!" shouted Jessie as she picked up
Meowth and threw him out of the observatory and right into the lap of
the sleeping Arcanine waking it up.

"Uh you're just having a nightmare", said Meowth nervously, "Just go
back to sleep and I'll soon be gone." And sure enough Meowth was gone
for the angry Arcanine was chasing him throughout the town.

* * * * * *

"THEY MADE IT!!!" shouted the Professor happily, "THEY'RE OUTSIDE!!!"
Everyone in the sewers started cheering happily with glee. Even Gary's
cheerleading squad was cheering happily like they used to do in the old
days. Even Gary couldn't help but crack a smile of hope.

Mrs. Ketchum was cheering while tossing Togepi up in the air and
catching it. "I believe your mommy is going to be just fine", smiled
Mrs. Ketchum, "And I believe this mommy right here is too!"

"TOGEPI!!!" cried the egg happily.

* * * * * *

"It's a miracle!" screamed Misty happily while dancing around, "We're
free!!! We're actually on the other side of the wall! There are blue
skies above us and green grass below us! I almost forgotten what that
stuff is like!"

"Way to go Onix!" said Brock as he patted his Pokemon on the head
proudly. "And to you too Cameron for coming up with that brilliant
idea!"

"It was nothing", smiled Cameron while blushing.

"Nothing?!" asked Stella, "You've gotten some of us our freedom back.
Now we have a chance to help the others as well."

"So who are we going to get to help us?" asked Cameron.

"We'll just find ourselves a nearby Officer Jenny", said Misty, "Then
she can call up all her sisters and cousins and we'll have a whole
police force as a cavalry!"

"And along the way we can head over to Mt. Moon and collect two pieces
of the Moonstone so we can bring Ash back and send you back home
Cameron", said Brock, "I hope you don't mind traveling with us until
that time comes."

"I think it might be fun", said Cameron excitedly, "And maybe along the
way I can try my luck at catching some real live Pokemon! I've already
got one so far." He opened up his Pokeball and out popped Sandy.

"What do you say Sandy?" asked Cameron, "Are you up to catching me
some Pokemon?"

"Shrew!" replied Sandy who was eager to please his new master.

"Okay then, let's go everyone!" said Cameron as he and Sandy ran off
into the horizon while the others tried to catch up with him.

"It's just like being with Ash!" smiled Brock.

"Don't remind me", sighed Misty who secretly missed those Ash's
adventures days.

* * * * * *

Jessie, James, and Meowth were all pacing around their throne room
thinking about the situation. Meowth wasn't actually walking. He was
limping from that unfortunate Arcanine attack.

"I don't see what the big deal is", said Meowth, "So four measly humans
got out. We'll probably never have to see them again and we still have
over a hundred subjects here to kick around."

"It's not the number, it's the principle of it all!" shouted James.
"It makes us Rockets look bad if any of those peasants leave
Rocketville without permission!"

"And if they got out, they could find a way to get back in!" shouted
Jessie, "And bring in a whole army that'll end our ruling fun!"

"You think they're able to do it?" asked Meowth.

"If that little twerp can escape our dungeon and then escape through
the wall with three others, who knows what else he's capable of!"
said Jessie.

"Just when we think we've seen the last of one twerp another one takes
his place!" moaned James. "It's like they spore!"

"There's only one thing to do!" said Jessie as she walked over to a
huge door, put a card key through a slot next to it and the door
opened. There they saw their old balloon that had been gathering dust
for quite a while. "I'll open up a portal through the wall that's big
enough for the balloon to fly through. That way you two can retrieve
those rebels either dead or alive. Doesn't that sound like fun?"

"The two of us?" asked Meowth, "Ain't you coming with us?"

"No, someone has to stay here and boss around this kingdom", smiled
Jessie, "And I guess I'll have to make the supreme sacrifice and stay
behind." And she sat down on her throne and stuffed caviar and bon-bons
in her mouth.

"But we couldn't even defeat those twerps when it was all three of us",
whined James, "Do you possibly think that only two of us would make
things better?"

"Relax James", smiled Jessie, "I've got someone in mind who'll be
joining you two on your mission." She pushed a button on her throne
and a door opened. Out came a black whirling tornado heading directly
at James and Meowth sucking them both in. They soon found themselves
tied up in knots and then saw the tornado slow down. It was a girl who
looked about 14. She had long shiny black hair that was tied up in a
braid, mean looking red eyes, and she was wearing a black ninja's
outfit with an R on her chest and her nose and mouth were covered up
with a black ninja's mask.

"James, Meowth", smiled Jessie, "I'd like you to meet Reiko, our new
intern. Not only can she whip up a good pot of java, she can also whip
our enemies into a bloody pulp with her awesome ninja skills!"

"Pleased to meet you", said Meowth while huge hearts formed in his
eyes and was about to kiss her hand. Reiko only replied by grabbing
his lips and tying them up in a cute little bow.

"Like the tiny innocent Caterpie that foolishly crawls into an open
Pidgey's beak, you should never give any sort of affection to a
probable enemy!" said Reiko in a pretty Japanese accented voice.

"But we're not your enemies", said James, "Jessie is our friend and
your friend too so that makes us all friends!" he said while hearts
formed in his eyes as well. Reiko just grabbed James by the eyelids
and flung him on his back.

"Jessie, did you see what she did to us?!" cried James, "The very two
kings of Rocketville?"

"Yes I did", smiled Jessie, "If she can do that much damage to royalty,
she definitely will do something worse to those runaway rebels. Reiko
my dear, I'm putting you in charge of these two. Are you sure you can
handle them?"

"Like the gum cutting braces that keeps crooked rebel teeth in line,
You can be sure that I will keep these two males straight Your
Majesty!" said Reiko as she grabbed James by the collar and Meowth by
the tail and headed over to the balloon.

"This shouldn't happen to a king!", whined James.

"MGGMLPHLBRG", replied Meowth trying to get his lips untied.

* * * * * *

It was nighttime and our heroes had set up camp in a quiet spot in the
forest. They were all roasting hot dogs and marshmallows over an open
fire thanks to Vulpix's ember attack. Cameron smiled as he held a stick
with a plump hot dog on it to Sandy who was nibbling it happily.

"It sure is great to see an unsmogged stary night again", sighed
Stella, "And look Brock, there are all my favorite constellations.
There's Leo the Persian, Pisces the Magikarp, Cancer the Krabby, and
Tauros the Tauros!" Cameron was a little confused but then remembered
that he was in the Pokemon world now.

"If I could, I'd catch every one of those stars in a Pokeball and train
them to form a constellation of you my lovely Stellar Stella!" smiled
Brock as he put an arm around his smiling love.

"Oh please!" said Misty as she turned around and put her finger in her
mouth while quietly gagging.

Cameron smiled too and then looked into his jeans' pocket. He pulled
out what looked like a red Gameboy and turned it on.

"I am Dexeena", said the Pokedex in a girl's voice, "I am the official
Pokedex of Cameron Fusterman, age 13, birthplace Trenton New Jersey.
I was given to him by Professor Oak. I provide Cameron with
information on all types of Pokemon and serve as his I.D. If lost or
stolen, I cannot be replaced."

"Trenton?" asked Misty, "What kind of Pokemon do you have in Trenton?"

"Actually we don't have any Pokemon in Trenton", said Cameron, "Or any
kind in my world."

"A world without Pokemon?" gasped Brock, "You mean there are only
humans in your world?"

"Oh no, we do have these creatures called animals", said Cameron.

"An-nuh-mulz?" asked Misty, "That's a funny word."

"The only Pokemon I've seen in Trenton were the toy ones they gave out
at Burger King a month ago" said Cameron. "Gee, it's been two days
since I left my room and ended up here. I'm starting to miss Trenton
already!"

"And I bet you miss your mom and dad too", said Misty concerned.

"Actually all I have is a dad", replied Cameron, "My mom died when I
was two. I bet he's calling up every police station in New Jersey
looking for me!" said Cameron wiping the tears through his glasses.
Sandy saw the sad look on his master's face and hugged his leg saying
a comforting, "Shrew."

"I know what you're going through kid", said Brock, "I haven't seen my
Dad or my brothers and sisters for years. They're probably worried
sick about me too!" Stella patted Brock's arm comforting him as well.

"It's not likely, but I bet my stuck-up sisters are worried about me
too!" groaned Misty. She suddenly felt something wet kissing the back
of her arm.

"PSYDUCK?!!" shouted Misty as she turned around and saw the clueless
looking duck smiling at her. She was about to yell at him, but instead
picked him up and said, "At least I know you'll miss me if I'm ever
gone", she smiled. "Psy", said the happy duck.

"And I haven't seen my Mr. Mime in years", sighed Stella, "I miss him
terribly."

"Don't worry Stella", said Brock while wiping the tears from her eyes,
"As long as we all stick together, we'll get through this rough time
and be reunited with our loved ones soon! I promise!"

Cameron smiled at the hope that suddenly surrounded the campsite. He
then noticed Sandy trying to pull some kind of vegetable out of the
ground. "You're still hungry?" asked Cameron, "I already gave you a
whole hot dog."

"I guess even Sandshrews need their roughage", said Misty. Sandy kept
pulling at the plant until he finally succeeded causing him to roll
back into Cameron's lap. They suddenly saw the thing Sandy had pulled
out. It was a small blue radish with green leaves on top, a little
face, and tiny feet. It replied, "Oddish!" Cameron pulled out his
Pokedex and aimed it at the plant.

"ODDISH, the weed Pokemon", replied Dexeena, "During the day, it keeps
its face buried in the ground. At night, it wanders around sowing its
seeds."

"Wow, I'm gonna catch it!" smiled Cameron as he took out an empty
Pokeball. "Go ahead Sandy, battle that Oddish until its weak enough for
me to catch!"

"Shrew!" replied a scared Sandy as he hid behind his master's legs.

"Sandy, what's wrong with you?" asked Cameron, "You can take on that
little plant with your fury swipes attack, can't you?" Sandy started to
run around in a panic as the Oddish started chasing him with a huge
smile on its face.

"Quick Cameron, throw your Pokeball at Oddish before Sandy's done for!"
shouted Brock. Cameron quickly replied and threw his Pokeball at the
little plant. The ball opened up and Oddish got sucked in. The ball
fell to the ground, started shaking around and then it stopped.

"All right!" shouted Cameron as he picked up the ball. "I caught
Oddish!"

"He's definitely like Ash", thought Misty as she watched Cameron hold
up the ball while wearing Ash's hat. Just like the time when she saw
Ash catch his first Pokemon.

"Way to go Cameron!" said Brock giving him a thumbs up."

"And you didn't even have to weaken it either", said Stella.

"Yeah", said Cameron as he saw Sandy hiding behind a stump shaking
nervously. "I don't know why you're afraid of this cute little thing",
said Cameron, "But now that I've caught it, its now on our side. Why
don't you go ahead and make friends." He opened up the Pokeball and
released Oddish on the ground right in front of a nervous Sandy.

"Sandshrew?!" said Sandy which meant hello in the Sandshrew language.
Oddish just looked at Sandy with hungry dots-for-eyes and jumped onto
Sandy's head.

"SHREW!!!" cried Sandy who was running around while Oddish was clung
on tight to him.

"Oddish, what are you doing to Sandy?!" asked Cameron.

"It's absorbing all the minerals from Sandy's body!" said Brock.

"Cameron, Oddish is a grass Pokemon and Sandy's a ground Pokemon",
said Misty, "Haven't you learned from your TV show and your Gamekid
thing that ground Pokemon are weak against grass Pokemon?!"

"That's right, I forgot!" cried Cameron as he ran over to Sandy and
pried Oddish off of his head.

"We'll have none of that on my team Oddish!" scolded Cameron as he put
Oddish back in its Pokeball. He then looked at the poor Sandshrew who
was totally weakened. Cameron took a bottle of full-restore potion
from his backpack and gave it to Sandy.

"I'm sorry Sandy", said Cameron who was cradling his friend in his
arms. "I didn't know Oddish would do that to you. But don't worry,
I'm gonna train Oddish hard so it won't attack you like it just did.
And I'll always keep it in its Pokeball whenever you're outside of
yours."

"Sandshrew!" said Sandy in a forgiving voice. Cameron smiled as he
hugged the first friend he ever made in this exciting world.

"I don't think Ash has ever had the kind of experience we just saw with
his Pokemon", said Brock.

"I miss those days!" sighed Misty as she looked up in the stars and
saw a constellation of Ash.

* * * * * *

A few minutes later, the four were all tucked into their sleeping bags
ready for the big journey ahead tomorrow. "Cameron", asked Misty who
was across from him, "In the TV show from your world, does anyone ever
see me taking a bath all naked?"

"No, I don't think anyone in America has ever seen you naked on the
show", said Cameron.

"Thank goodness", said Misty relieved.

"But in the Japanese version, I'm not sure", said Cameron.

"AAAAAHHHH!!!!" screamed Misty.

That scream attracted the ears of a Pokemon. It started to run over to
camp making loud barking sounds. "What's that?" asked Cameron as he
stood up still in his sleeping bag. The others stood up still in their
sleeping bags too until they looked like four huge slugs. Out of the
bushes came a vicious Growlithe.

"A Growlithe!" shouted Brock, "Team Rocket must've gotten through the
wall and they're trying to hunt us down!"

"Heal Growlithe!" called out a familiar voice. Out of the shadows came
a pretty blue-haired woman wearing a police uniform.

"Officer Jenny!" shouted the four all smiling especially Brock.

"You must be Team Rocket soldiers up to no good!" said a serious Jenny,
"Only Rockets would come from that trapped town over there!"

"But we're not Rockets", said Cameron, "We all just escaped from that
place."

"Sounds like a crafty Rocket trick to me", said Jenny, "You all can
tell your story at my station. You will all come with me and if any of
you even think of running away, my Growlithe will trap you in a very
hot fire spin!"

"Groooowl!" howled Growlithe as it spouted smoke through its nostrils
showing them it was serious.

* * * * * *

Next we find our friends in Jenny's police station which was actually
a small log cabin. She was looking at all the info in Cameron's
Pokedex. "Okay, I guess you're all clean", said Jenny as she handed the
Pokedex back to Cameron.

"And you look very nice and clean too!" said Brock while blushing.
Stella suddenly grew an angry face and whacked Brock over the head.

"Forgive me my sweet!" begged Brock, "It's been a while since I saw an
Officer Jenny and that was just an old habit that popped out of me.
You're the one I really love!"

"Why don't you put that in writing", said Stella now smiling, "On the
next fogged up window you see with your tongue!"

"Yes my love", said Brock feeling very small.

Jenny giggled for she knew how almost all men everywhere dreamed about
dating or marrying an Officer Jenny. "I'm surprised that you've all
gotten through that wall", she said, "I haven't even seen a Rocket go
through it in the five years I've been patrolling this forest."

"We were hoping we could find you", said Misty, "So you could help us
free Pallet Town."

"I would very love to do so", said Jenny, "I use to be the official
policewoman of Pallet Town. Five years ago, I got a report that some
Rockets were sneaking around the forest near the town. My Growlithe
and I went to investigate. But when we got there, we fell into a deep
pit that the Rockets had probably dug just for us. When we finally
escaped, we found all of Pallet Town surrounded by an evil looking
electric wall. I've failed my town!" she cried while Growlithe licked
her hand trying to comfort her.

"Can't you call all your sisters and cousins from the other towns and
cities to come and help you?" asked Cameron.

"I tried doing that a few years ago", said Jenny, "Some of us tried
putting on rubber suits so we could walk through the wall without any
harm. But we didn't count on all of those bad Growlithes and Arcanines
guarding the wall from the inside. Once they got through, those dogs
burned the rubber suits off of their bodies causing them all to get
trapped too. As for me and my good Growlithe, we both took refuge in
this abandoned cabin hoping one day we'd find a way to break down that
wall. You four are the first people I've ever met to actually escape.
How'd you do it?"

"With the help of my Onix",said Brock, "But I don't think it's big
enough to carry a whole police force back through the wall."

"Probably not", sighed Jenny, "So where are all of you heading now that
you've escaped?"

"We were on our way to Mt. Moon to collect some pieces of the
Moonstone", said Brock.

"We need them as a big part to bring back a friend who might be able
to defeat those Rockets once and for all", said Misty.

"And maybe along the way we can convince a very powerful gym leader to
help us", said Cameron.

"Then that's settles it!" smiled Jenny, "Tomorrow morning I'm going to
give you all a full police escort to Mt. Moon so we can get my home
town back!"

"Thank you Officer Jenny", said Cameron with grateful eyes.

"Just call me Jenny kiddo", winked Jenny as she pinched Cameron's cheek.

* * * * * *

Back at Rocketville, AKA Pallet Town, a portal opened up around the
very top of the electric wall, a huge Meowth shaped balloon flew out
of it, and the portal closed up.

"It's just like the good old days, eh Meowth?" asked James as he was
admiring himself in his old Rocket uniform.

"Yeah", said Meowth, "Only it's even better now that Jessie isn't here
to whack us on the heads." But they did get whacked on the heads by two
fans that were held in the dangerous hands of Jessie's new intern.

"Like the pin you throw when you're supposed to be throwing the
grenade, Never enjoy a serious mission too much or else it might
backfire on you!" said Reiko while James and Meowth were seeing stars
and Pidgey's flying around their heads.

TO BE CONTINUED

AUTHOR'S NOTE:

Well it looks like Cameron now has two Pokemon and a beautiful long arm
of the law on his side. And just how dangerous is this newest member
of Team Rocket. Stay tuned for chapter 4 to find out!

[Cullen]

The Incredible Poke-Odyssey, chapter 4

Cameron's First Badge

The next morning, Cameron and his friends were all getting a full police
escort to Mt. Moon thanks to Officer Jenny. She was driving them all in
her personal van with Cameron riding gunshot. He looked out the window
holding Sandy in his arms so they could both see the wonders of this
vast animated land.

"It looks like we'll all be passing through Viridian City everyone",
said Jenny.

"Sigh", said Misty feeling a little sad. Cameron looked at Misty and
wondered what was wrong with her. They drove through the tall
buildings of Viridian City and passed the Rocket owned Pokemon gym that
was still in ruins from Ash's final victory and there was a huge sign
on it that said CONDEMNED.

"I guess Team Rocket abandoned it when they took over Pallet", said
Brock.

"Double Sigh", said Misty.

"And there's the first Pokemon center Ash had ever visited", said
Cameron.

"Tripple Sigh!" said Misty while a tear formed in her eye.

"What's wrong Misty?" asked Cameron, "You look a little down today."

"It's just that seeing all these familiar places reminds me of the time
I first met Ash", said a sad Misty.

"You must really do care about him", smiled Cameron.

"I do not!" she shouted. "I remember that little loser stole my bike
and wrecked it six years ago! I swore that I was gonna track him down
until he pays me back for it! I'm really glad you freed us Cameron.
Now that I'm back in the outside world, Ash is no longer free from our
debt! Heh heh heh!"

Cameron, Brock, Stella, and Sandy all looked funny at Misty. "What?!!"
she asked.

Little did they know was that a giant Meowth-shaped balloon was
following them every inch of the way. It was piloted by James, Meowth,
and their new partner Reiko. "Look, there's our old Rocket gym", said
James. "And they're gonna tear it down! They just can't demolish all
of our happy memories from that place!"

"What happy memories?!" sneered Meowth, "Don't you remember that our
old tyrant of a boss used to torment us day and night at that place?!
I just wish I could see the look on his and that dumb Persian's faces
when they find out that his lowliest Rockets are now living the royal
life. I bet they'd both be coughing up hairballs. Heh, Heh!"

James started laughing too. But Reiko just sat there picking her ear
with her sharp katana. (Kids, this is something you should never do.
Unless you're a psychotic ninja like Reiko!)

"Do you remember the time when our old nemesis Ash, tried to compete
for the Earthbadge?" smiled James, "We rigged the booth he was standing
in to electrify him whenever his Pokemon got beaten!"

"Yeah, and we also rigged Jessie's booth by accident making her feel
the sparks too", said Meowth.

"HA HA HA HA!" laughed both James and Meowth just realizing that they
got back at Jessie for all those years of abuse she put on them. But
then they both got whacked on the head by two huge mallets marked HIS
and ITS.

"Like the gigantic Dragonite that keeps its head in the clouds and ends
up stepping on a manure factory. You should never keep your eyes off
an enemy when you have the upper advantage!" said Reiko angrily as she
pushed James's and Meowth's heads to the side of the balloon and
discovered that Jenny's van was gone.

"Uh oh", said James, "The boss isn't gonna like this."

"What are you talkin' about?!" asked Meowth, "We're our own bosses
now!" But they both got bonked on the head again by Reiko's twin
mallets proving who was the boss of this mission.

"Interns can really move up in this world", said a dazed James.

* * * * * *

Jenny's van soon drove out of Viridian City, into Viridian Forest, and
then they entered territory that was familiar to Brock, Pewter City.
"Jenny, can we please stop here for a while?" begged Brock. "I have
family that I haven't seen in years."

"Oh, okay", smiled Jenny, "As long as we're here, I think I'll visit my
big sister. We'll rest here and continue our journey tomorrow."

* * * * * *

Jenny had dropped the group off at the front yard of Brock's old home.
Then she drove off to the police station that was across the street
where her older sister, which looked exactly like her, was waiting
eagerly for her.

"Jenny, it's so good to see you!" cried Jenny while hugging her.

"The same goes for me too Jenny", said the other Jenny.

"It's amazing that an entire family can all look alike, have the same
careers, and all have the same exact name." Said Cameron, "I wonder how
they can tell each other apart?"

"Brock always seems to know", said Misty winking, "Why don't you explain
to Cameron the different ways you use to go ga-ga for each Jenny you see?"

"Please Misty", said Brock disgusted, "I was immature back then. I'm
now an adult and Stella's a whole lot better than a hundred Jennies put
together. She's the only love and beauty I need in my life." And he
picked up Stella and started to hug her.

"Thanks Brock", smiled Stella, "But that still doesn't excuse you for
what you did last night!"

"Oh darn", whispered Brock, "It was worth a shot."

* * * * * *

Brock knocked on the door and a girl who had spiky hair and shut eyes
exactly like he had answered. "Big brother?" asked the girl.

"Yes it's me Suzy", smiled Brock patting his little sister on the head.

"Brock!!" cried Suzy as she leapt onto her brother knocking him down.
"I'm so glad you're back!" she cried. "Because my dolly is ripped and
I need it fixed!"

"Yep, it's good to be home!" smiled Brock.

* * * * * *

The minute they all entered inside. All of his ten little brothers and
sisters piled on top of Brock welcoming him home. "Hey Cindy, Timmy,
Tommy, Twins, and all the rest", smiled Brock as he hugged them all at
the same time wishing he had longer arms.

"Don't I get a hug too?" asked a voice. Brock looked up and saw his
father Flint dressed in an apron and holding a spatula in his hand.

"Hello Father", said Brock quietly. Flint knew that he wasn't really
Brock's favorite person since the time he abandoned his family years
ago causing his own wife to die of a broken heart and leaving Brock to
take care of his ten younger siblings demolishing his dreams of
traveling around and becoming a Pokemon breeder.

Brock approached Flint slowly and hugged him tightly. "Oh Dad!" cried
Brock, "It's so great to be home and I forgive you!"

"Thank you son", said Flint totally relieved. All of Brock's siblings
along with Misty, Stella, and Cameron were smiling at the touching
sight. Cameron smiled and thought about his own father. "I'll be home
soon Dad", he thought.

* * * * * *

Everyone was gathered at the table that afternoon for lunch. They had
to bring extra chairs to the table for they had some guests, as if a
table for eleven wasn't crowded enough already. Brock had prepared a
meal of spaghetti for his siblings requested that he make it since they
hadn't had his good cooking in years.

"Brock" said Timmy. "I really like Stella a lot. She's got pretty
hair and beautiful eyes. I wish she were my sister-in-law!" Stella
just blushed at the words he just said and then looked at Brock with a
smiling face.

"Okay Brock, where's my five bucks?" asked Timmy.

"Five bucks?!!!" asked Stella now frowning.

"Yeah, Brock promised me five bucks if I said those nice things about
you." Said Timmy innocently. Stella looked angrily at a nervous sweaty
Brock and then smiled at Timmy.

"I'll give you ten bucks if you tickle Brock to death", smiled Stella
as she handed Timmy a ten.

"Uh oh, I think I left the garlic bread in the oven too long", said
Brock as he left the table and headed into the kitchen while Timmy
followed him holding a feather. Everyone at the table started laughing.

"So Cameron", said Flint, "I understand that it was you who helped
Brock and his friends escape from that trapped town."

"All I did was make a suggestion", said Cameron blushing, "It was
Brock's Onix that was the hero."

"And that little suggestion was what started it all", smiled Flint,
"That's why they should always have suggestion boxes in office
buildings. Thank you Cameron for reuniting my whole family and I want
to give you something."

"Aw, you don't have to sir", said Cameron humbly.

"But I want you to have this", said Flint as he opened up a nearby
cabinet and took out something.

"Wow, a Pokebelt for carrying Pokeballs!" smiled Cameron, "But are you
sure you don't want to give it to Brock?"

"I've been planing on making Pokebelts for each of my kids", said
Flint, "And I'd like you to have my first one. Go ahead and try it on."

Cameron did as he was told and put on the belt. He took the Pokeballs
that contained Sandy and Oddish out of his pocket and placed them into
the built in holes on the belt. "Thank you sir", smiled Cameron. "This
is really neat."

"Wow Cameron", smiled Stella, "Now you look like a real Pokemon
trainer!"

"Too much like Ash if you ask me", thought Misty still thinking about
Ash.

"Cameron", asked Tommy, "Wanna have a Pokemon match?"

"Me, actually competing in a real live Pokemon match?!" gasped Cameron.

"Why not?" asked Tommy, "Are you too scared to take on a little kid
like me?"

"And all of us!" asked the rest of his siblings each holding a Pokeball.

"Why don't you go ahead Cameron", smiled Flint. "I gave them each one
beginning Pokemon and they all need some experience."

"And so do you Cameron", smiled Misty.

* * * * * *

Everyone was outside in the backyard where Cameron was facing his very
first opponent, Tommy.

"Go Diglett!" shouted Tommy as he released a cute little mole like
Pokemon.

"Oddish, I choose you!" shouted Cameron as he released his new
Pokemon.

"Why does he have to sound like Ash too?" thought Misty.

"Diglett, scratch attack now!" commanded Tommy as Diglett tried to
slash up Oddish but quickly dodged out of the way. Oddish jumped on
top of Diglett's head and started absorbing all the minerals from its
body just like it did to Sandy the other night. "DIGLETT!" cried Tommy.

"Oddish, I didn't command you to use absorb!" said Cameron as he
quickly pried Oddish off a drained Diglett while Tommy picked up his
poor Pokemon.

"I'm sorry Tommy", said Cameron, "I just caught this Pokemon yesterday
and it still needs some disciplining."

"That's all right", said Tommy, "Dad has a whole medicine cabinet of
healing potion and besides, I now know that my Diglett needs some more
training. Thanks for the match." Said Tommy bowing to him.

"You sure are a good sport Tommy", smiled Cameron feeling happy that he
won his very first live Pokemon battle.

"I hope you'll be a good sport when you lose to me", said Cindy as she
leapt in front of Cameron holding a Pokeball. "Go Krabby!" she shouted
as she released a small crab. Oddish looked at Krabby, jumped out of
Cameron's arms, landed on the crab's head and started absorbing again.

"No Oddish!" shouted Cameron, "I didn't command you to attack just yet!"

"That's okay", smiled Cindy, "We can handle your rebel Pokemon.
Krabby, vicegrip!" Krabby quickly grabbed Oddish by the stems and
started to hold it tightly so it couldn't absorb anymore.

"What'd I tell you?" smiled Cindy as she crossed her arms in triumph.

"Oddish, use your stun spore now!" commanded Cameron. Oddish managed
to cough up some pollen which hit Krabby right between the eyes causing
it to let go of Oddish and to fall backwards completely paralyzed.

"KRABBY!" shouted Cindy as she picked up her Pokemon while Oddish did
a cute little victory dance.

Next the twins sent out their male and female Nidorans, but Oddish
managed to paralyze them again with stun spore. Then Timmy approached
Cameron. "Go Venonat!" shouted Timmy as he released a purple furry bug
with huge red eyes.

"Oddish, stun spore now!" commanded Cameron.

"Venonat, psybeam now!" commanded Timmy as Venonat shot a powerful
psychic beam from its forehead knocking Oddish out completely.

"ODDISH!!", shouted Cameron as he ran over and picked up his completely
dazed Pokemon. "Don't worry Oddish", he said as he put it back in its
Pokeball, "You've done all you could today." He put Oddish's ball back
onto his belt and took out another one. "Go Sandy!" he shouted as he
released his Sandshrew.

"Venonat, leech life now!" commanded Timmy as the bug rushed over to
put the bite on Sandy.

"Sandy, use your sand attack now!" commanded Cameron as Sandy sprayed
sand into Venonat's very sensitive eyes causing it to yelp, "NAT!!!"

"Now finish it off with a tackle attack", smiled Cameron. Sandy rolled
up into a ball and threw himself at Venonat completely knocking it back
into Timmy's arms.

"Venonat!" said Venonat apologizing to Timmy.

"It's okay Nat", smiled Timmy, "At least you defeated his first
Pokemon. I couldn't be prouder of you."

"Your kids sure are good sports", said Stella to Flint.

"You can thank Brock for that", said Flint, "He taught his siblings to
love and respect all Pokemon like they were their own children." Stella
then looked at Brock who was watching his brothers and sisters battling
with Cameron. She then put her arm around Brock and kissed him on the
cheek.

"Does this mean I'm forgiven?" asked Brock smiling.

"What do you think?" smiled Stella as he tackled him onto the ground
and started kissing him while Timmy and Venonat were watching them.

"Does this mean I get my five bucks from Brock?" he asked.

So far Cameron and Sandy were doing pretty good. Sandy mangaed to
defeat the Caterpie, Weedle, Metapod, and Kakuna from the next four
siblings. Finally Suzy, the youngest sibling approached Cameron.

"Are you ready to taste the agony of defeat?" asked Suzy in a cute
little voice.

"Sure thing", said Cameron as he bent down and whispered into Sandy's
ear. "You'd better go easy on her", said Cameron, "It might upset a
young girl like her if you trash her Pokemon."

"Shrew", whispered Sandy and nodded his head. Then Cameron stood up
just as Suzy released her Pokemon. "Go Butterfree!" shouted Suzy as she
released a beautiful purple butterfly that flew over Sandy's head.

"A Butterfree!" thought Cameron nervously, "I'd thought she'd have a
much smaller Pokemon after the cocoon types we just faced!"

"Butterfree, use your psychic attack!" commanded Suzy. Sandy found
himself hovering in the air for Butterfree was using its psychic powers
to lift him up, slam him onto the ground a few times, and throw him
into a nearby tree.

"SANDY!" cried Cameron as he picked up his bruised Sandshrew who was
feeling a little psyched-out.

"You did it Suzy!" shouted all of the siblings as they picked up their
youngest sister and paraded her into the house with her Butterfree
following them.

"I hope you weren't too disappointed Cameron", said Brock, "But I think
it was nice of you to battle my siblings and build up their hopes and
confidences. Now they'll be even more determined to keep training so
they can take on any trainer big or small."

"Thanks", said Cameron feeling pretty good even though he lost in the
end.

"Come on", said Brock, "Let me take you to your very first Pokemon
center so you can learn how to get your Pokemon healed, my treat."

"But don't Pokemon centers heal them for free?" asked Cameron.

"Which is why it's a treat for both you and me!" winked Brock.

* * * * * *

An hour later, Cameron and Brock left the Pokemon center after getting
Cameron's Pokemon healed. Cameron just had a nice conversation with
Nurse Joy while a Chansey took the Pokeballs that contained his Pokemon
to a healing machine.

"So that's what it was like being in a real live Pokemon center", said
Cameron, "It was almost like being in a motel."

"But remember, each Pokemon center has only 3 day limits to a trainer."
Explained Brock, "They can be pretty cruel to freeloaders." They
turned around and saw a Chansey throw an old hobo out on the street
along with his empty Pokeballs. "See what I mean?" asked Brock.

"I also noticed that you didn't try to romance the Nurse Joy that
worked there", said Cameron.

"That's because I finally found Stella, my rightful love", smiled Brock,
"And besides, that Nurse Joy used to be my babysitter when I was little.
She even changed my diapers!" he said while blushing.

"Maybe Stella will do the same thing for you when you're older",
laughed Cameron.

Brock was about to whack Cameron for that wisecrack until he noticed a
huge building. "Hey, it's my old gym", smiled Brock as he pushed aside
a huge rock, picked up a key, unlocked the doors to the gym and they
both stepped inside.

"Yep, it's the same when I last left it", smiled Brock has he looked at
the rock covered floor and the spot where he use to sit cross-legged
whenever a trainer wanted to battle him.

"Cameron", said Brock, "It just feels so great to be back in my old
home city with my family, friends, and all the other things that are so
dear to me. And all of this happened because you dropped into my life.
Is there any way I can repay you?"

"Well", said Cameron, "I would like to compete for a BoulderBadge if
you don't mind. I want to experience my very first live official gym
match."

"You got it!" smiled Brock as he leapt to his old spot while Cameron
went over to the other side of the gym. "Why don't we make this a one
on one match with no time limit?" asked Brock.

"That works for me", said Cameron, "Sandy, I choose you!" and he
released Sandy who was looking a lot better and ready for battle.

"Then I choose Graveler!" said Brock as he released a large boulder
monster with very strong arms.

"Sandy, use your fury swipes!" commanded Cameron.

"Graveler, harden yourself!" commanded Brock.

Sandy started slashing like crazy at Graveler but the giant rock was
almost impossible to scratch. "Graveler, give him your seismic toss!"
shouted Brock. Graveler then grabbed Sandy, crumpled him into a ball
and threw him across the floor. Luckily Sandy's armor had protected
him a little.

"Graveler, tackle him now!" shouted Brock as Graveler stared rolling
like a steamroller heading toward Sandy.

"Quick Sandy, dig underground!" shouted Cameron as Sandy dug under the
rocky floor escaping Graveler's attack just in time.

"Graveler, dig after him!" shouted Brock. Graveler started to tear
through the rocky floor as well until all the guys saw were two holes
in the floor and a lot of pounding coming from the ground.

"What have I done?!" thought Cameron imagining the mess his Sandshrew
would become once this was all over. Just then Graveler emerged from
the ground smiling.

"Way to go Graveler!" shouted Brock as Cameron bowed his head in
defeat. Just then, Graveler fainted and Sandy leapt from out of the
ground and landed onto Graveler's back shouting, "SANDSHREW!" while
giving a victory sign with his claws.

"You did it Sandy!!" cried Cameron happily as he ran over and picked up
Sandy who licked Cameron's face with joy.

Brock went over to his knocked out Graveler and patted him on its bumpy
head. "Don't worry Graveler", smiled Brock, "You put on quite a battle
for me and I'll always be proud of you."

"Graveler!" said the huge boulder while smiling.

"Congratulations Cameron", said Brock as he handed him a little badge
in the shape of a boulder. "The BoulderBadge is yours. You earned it."

"All right!" smiled Cameron as he marveled at the small but important
looking badge and then showed it to Sandy. "You're the one who really
earned it Sandy." He smiled while Sandy stuck his chest out waiting for
it to be pinned on him.

"Uh, I think you might need a shirt like me if you want to wear it",
said Cameron thinking about the welfare of his proud Pokemon.

* * * * * *

Later, Cameron and Brock were walking back to the house with Sandy
marching proudly along the way. "I'm sorry about the holes in your gym
floor", said Cameron.

"Hey, don't sweat it", said Brock, "That usually happens a lot when
trainers bring their ground Pokemon to battle. I always keep a hefty
supply of rocks of all sizes to plug up those holes."

When they got back to Brock's house, they found Officer Jenny and her
sister crouched down behind some bushes along with their Growlithes.
"Jenny and uh, Jenny?", asked Brock, "What's going on?"

"Duck down and be quiet!" shouted both Jennies as they grabbed the boys
by the shirts and brought them both down behind the bushes. "There's
trouble afoot" said the Pewter Jenny.

"Team Rocket is holding your family and friends hostage in your own
house!" said the Pallet Jenny, "And we can't let them see you!"

"Too late, they already have!" shouted James as he poked his head out
of the window.

"James you jerk!" shouted Brock, "If you harm one hair on any of my
loved ones...."

"Too late, we already did", smiled Meowth as he held up a lock of dark
brown spiky hair from one of his siblings. Brock started to turn red
with rage.

"You boys have a choice", said James, "You can either come in here
peacefully and join our all-night hostage party or you can stay out
there and we'll have to entertain our guests by ourselves. Meowth,
if you please?"

"My pleasure James", said Meowth as he put on an Elvis wig and suit and
started singing, "I ain't nuthin' but a Meowth cat, purring all the
time! You ain't caught a Pokemon so you ain't even a peon of mine!"
The group outside could hear everyone screaming in pain from inside.

"We've got to get in there!" cried a panicked Brock.

"And have you all taken back to Rocketville and make Officer Jennies
look bad everywhere?" asked the Pewter Jenny, "We don't think so!"

"Wait, I think I have an idea!" said Cameron as he looked at Sandy.

* * * * * *

Cameron and Brock slowly approached the door and it opened. In the
center of the room they found Brock's siblings on the floor all tied
up. On the right side was Misty and Stella tied back to back on chairs
and on the left they found Flint hanging upside down from the coat rack
all tied up. Just then James, Meowth, and a girl they've never seen
before jumped right in front of them holding a rope.

"I'm so glad you both could make it", said James, "We've saved a spot
for you right by the fireplace."

"Now give us your Pokeballs if you want live humans in this house!"
said Meowth holding a sack. Cameron and Brock complied and put their
Pokeballs in Meowth's sack. Then Reiko quickly tied up the two guys
and sat them right next to Misty and Stella.

"Ya' got any last words before we send you all back to Rocketville?"
sneered Meowth.

"Yes I have", said Cameron, "If all of your prisoners are gonna be
taken back to Rocketville, shouldn't you teach them your pledge of
allegiance so they'll know it as soon as they get there?"

"Cameron, what are you doing?!" shouted an angry Misty.

"Why that's a marvelous idea!" smiled James, "Jessie will adore having
a bunch of new subjects pledging their loyalty to her the minute she
sees them. What do you say Meowth?"

"Oh, all right!" grumbled Meowth, "That is if it's all right with our
high and mighty intern over here."

"Yes, that would be good", said an emotionless Reiko, "Our queen will
be most pleased."

"Then it that case, I want you all to repeat after us or Meowth will
start singing again!" smiled James. All of the hostages nervously
repeated the Team Rocket motto over and over again for exactly 20
minutes until they all knew it by heart while their brains were about
to disappear.

"Could you repeat that again please?" asked Cameron, "I want to be sure
I get it right."

"They say the 52nd times the charm!" smiled James.

"I'm gonna kill Cameron for this!" thought an almost hoarse Misty.

Meowth suddenly put his ear against the stone floor and heard
something. "Hey guys", he said, "I think something's going on down in
the basement."

James and Reiko put their ears against the stone floor and heard it
too. "Hey pops", said James as he turned to Flint, "What's going on in
your basement?"

"Basement? This house doesn't have a basement." Said Flint puzzled.
Just then the floor under James, Meowth, and Reiko collapsed and the
three of them fell right through it. "Maybe it does", said Flint
surprised.

Everyone heard a bunch of barking, biting, scratching, and yelling
coming from the hole. Soon out popped the Growlithes who ran over and
untied the hostages with their teeth. And out came Sandy carrying the
sack of stolen Pokeballs.

"Your plan worked Cameron!", said Brock.

"What plan?!" demanded Misty who was suffering a headache that was
worse than Psyduck's.

"Well", said Cameron holding Sandy, "Before we stepped in, I asked
Sandy and both of the Jennies' Growlithes to dig a hole right under
the house. I wanted to keep the Rockets talking so they could hear the
sounds of their voices and bring them down into the ground so they'd
be powerless. And I'm sorry we had to tear up your nice floor to do it
Mr. Flint."

"It's okay Cameron", smiled Flint, "I'm just glad you were able to save
us all."

"And I'll get some rocks from my gym to plug up that hole", said Brock,
"Right after we deposit some unwanted trash from it." He opened the
door and the two Jennies charged in and circled the hole where they saw
James, Meowth, and Reiko lying in the dirt looking battered, beaten,
and chewed to perfection.

"You three are under arrest!" shouted both Jennies as they took out
their handcuffs.

"Sorry, we don't feel like resting right now!" said James as he took
out a Pokeball and released what looked like a Koffing with two heads.
"Weezing, smokescreen now!" commanded James as Weezing flew around
the room spraying black smoke all over the house. When the smoke
cleared, they found the hole empty for the Rockets had escaped.

"I hate to put this on my report", sighed the Pewter Jenny.

* * * * * *

The next day, Cameron and his friends were all climbing inside Pallet
Jenny's van ready to continue their journey to Mt. Moon. Brock was
standing in front of his family and Pewter Jenny getting ready to say
goodbye.

"Do you really have to go Brock?", asked Suzy, "I'm gonna miss you
again!"

"And I will too little sis", smiled Brock, "But if we stay here, those
Rockets will come back again. We need to keep traveling until every
Rocket on this planet is defeated forever. And only then, will I come
back."

"And don't worry Suzy", smiled Pewter Jenny, "I'm going to stay in this
house until I can be sure that the Rockets won't ever come back here."

"Please be careful Brock!" said Suzy as she hugged her big brother
while all the other siblings hugged him at the same time.

"Don't forget the head of this household", said Flint as he managed to
squeeze through the cluster of kids to get to his oldest boy.

"You take good care of the family you got traveling with you", said
Flint, "We're all counting on you."

"You bet Dad", smiled Brock as he hugged his father and then stepped
into the van. Everyone waved goodbye as they saw the van drive off
into the horizon while Brock waved out through the back window while
a tear formed into his closed eye.

* * * * * *

Meanwhile in the Meowth balloon, James, Meowth, and Reiko were busy
tying bandages around each other almost like how Primeapes like to pick
the lice off of each other's backs.

"UUUUGGGGHHH!" screamed James as he started to scratch his bruised
back, "Get these lice off of me!"

"The narrator only meant it as an example you lame-brain!" shouted
Meowth as he bopped James on the head with a tiny mallet.

"Like the fresh white briefs that become pink when you put them in the
wash with red long-johns. Will my brain grow small like those fools
if I'm near them every minute?" sighed Reiko.

TO BE CONTINUED

[Cullen]

The Incredible Poke-Odyssey chapter 5

Zubattalion

Cameron and his friends had finally reached the foot of Mt. Moon thanks
to Officer Jenny and her van. "I can't believe I'm actually looking at
the famous Mt. Moon", smiled Cameron, "It seems so big compared to the
one in my Gameboy."

"Are you sure what you need is located here?" asked Jenny.

"Yes it is", said Misty, "Six years ago, we saw the famous Moonstone
explode into a hundred pieces. They're now being watched by the
Clefaries and Clefables."

"Do you think they'll let us borrow two of them?" asked Stella.

"Our old friend Seymour Scientist also lives here", said Brock, "The
Clefairies and Clefables like Seymour a lot. I'm sure he can convince
them to give us two little pieces of Moonstone."

"I remember Seymour", smiled Cameron thinking about that funny guy with
glasses and a lab coat who always broke out into happy poems at certain
times. Suddenly the van stopped and Jenny couldn't seem to drive any
further.

"Jenny, what's wrong with your van?" asked Misty.

"The road to Mt. Moon is too steep and rocky for my van", said Jenny,
"We'll all have to go on foot to the entrance."

Everyone got out of the van while Jenny pushed a button on the side of
the rearview mirror. To everyone's surprise, the van suddenly sprouted
vines that covered the entire van from sunroof to tires making it look
like a huge bush. "Just a little something to keep Team Rocket off our
trail", smiled Jenny.

"For a minute I thought that van had one too many car washes", said
Cameron.

* * * * * *

The group walked for an hour up the steep mountain until they finally
came up to the entrance of Mt. Moon. "At last, we finally made it",
said a tired Jenny.

"Thank goodness", moaned Misty as she took off her shoe. "I think I
have a pebble in my shoe."

"I once found a Geodude in my shoe", said Brock, "Don't ask!"

"Well, shall we all enter?" asked Stella. The group was about to enter
the cave until they heard a funny voice screaming. Out ran a guy with
glasses and a lab coat carrying a Clefairy in his arms being chased by
a flock of angry Zubats. He accidentally ran into Cameron knocking him
on the ground. Then the Zubats flew right back into the cave feeling
very proud.

"Seymour Scientist?" asked Misty and Brock looking at their old friend
who was scrounging around on the ground looking for his glasses.
Cameron was doing the same exact thing. "Clefairy!" said the little
pink fairy like Pokemon as it found both of their glasses and returned
them to their rightful owners. Sort of.

"AUUUGH!" my glasses are damaged!" cried Seymour as he ran around in
circles.

"Uh, I think we may have each other's glasses", said Cameron as he took
off Seymour's pair and handed them back to him.

"Oh thank you nice kid!" smiled Seymour as he put on his right glasses
and handed the other ones back to Cameron and then went into poem mode.

"I was pursued by Zubats in the darkness of the cave.
They have teeth like daggers, there was no way I could be brave.
When I thought I was free, everything just went blurry.
I couldn't see. I couldn't see. I went in a crazy furry.
But thanks to my Clefairy and this helpful young boy.
I've gotten my sight back. Oh for joy, FOR JOY!!!"

"Yep, he's the same old Seymour", sighed Misty as everyone looked
funny at the now happy man spreading his arms out in happiness.

* * * * * *

At the bottom of Mt. Moon, James, Meowth, and Reiko were following the
tire tracks hoping it would lead them to the rebels but instead they
came across a huge bush.

"It's just what we need", grumbled Meowth, "A huge convention of leaves
and twiggies blocking our way!"

"How could they possibly drive through that huge bush without
destroying it?" wondered Reiko.

"Maybe they're driving a ghost van", thought James. But then he got
bopped on the head by Reiko's mallet again.

"Unintelligent ideas really disturbs the ninjas train of thought!"
scowled Reiko.

"Well I'm glad we found this bush cause this cat's gotta take a whiz!"
said Meowth as he was about to undo the zipper on the bottom of his fur
while James and Reiko watched curiously.

"Hey, do you mind?!" shouted Meowth as he quickly turned around.
"Sorry", said James blushing. "My apologies Meowth-san", said Reiko.
Meowth was about to tinkle until he noticed something tucked underneath
the bush. It was a license plate that read, JENNY15.

"Hey guys, come look at this", said Meowth.

"Oooooh!" smiled James, "Are you gonna show it to us after all?"

"No you sicko!" shouted Meowth as he slashed James's face and then
slashed away some of the vines. "Feast your eyes on this!" he said as
he showed them Jenny's van.

"Like the Magmar that blends into the fire so it can't be detected",
said Reiko, "Those fools thought they could blend in with Mother
Nature's handiwork." She then took out her katana and punctured holes
in all four tires.

"They must've gone up that mountain!" said James, "We've gotta get
after them."

"Like the Nidoking that enjoys moonlight evenings with the Nidoqueen,
I agree with you James-san", said Reiko as she lead the way up the
mountain.

"What's with the metaphors all the time?" asked Meowth, "Don't you ever
get sick of metaphors?"

"Like the tiny little word that's hidden in the second half of the
English alphabet, NO!" shouted Reiko in a loud threatening voice
knocking Meowth back down the mountain.

"Even her voice is a weapon", thought James.

* * * * * *

Our heroes were all sitting around the entrance of the cave listening
to the Zubats singing their screechy songs from inside. Brock just
pulled out some of his Pokemon food while they watched Seymour's
Clefairy along with Seymour himself chowing down on the food that looks
only good to Pokemon.

"Thanks Brock", smiled Seymour, "I really missed your brand of Pokemon
food"

"I'm glad that you're the first and only human that likes my Pokemon
food", smiled Brock.

"What a weird man", whispered Stella.

"I don't know", whispered Jenny, "I like enchiladas stuffed with wild
cherries myself."

"That's my favorite too!" said Seymour.

"Wow!" smiled Jenny, "I was always considered the outcast Jenny for my
unusual tastes in foods. Thanks Seymour for brightening my day!"

"Uh, your welcome Officer Jenny", said Seymour blushing. "So Cameron",
said Seymour looking at the boy who was feeding his Sandshrew, "You're
really a kid from another universe? Why that's amazing. How long have
you been here?"

"So far this is my fifth day here", said Cameron, "My dad must be going
mental by now wondering if I'll ever come back!"

"Maybe not", said Seymour, "We scientists have this theory that when
someone gets pulled into another universe, time in their universe
stands still from them. So when you do return, it'll be like you've
never left. Which means your father won't even know you've left your
room even if you're stuck here for 100 years."

"A hundred years?!!" gasped Cameron, "Even though I think your world
is cool, I don't really want stay here that long! But thanks for your
theory. Now I feel a little relaxed."

"Don't worry Cameorn", said Misty, "Once we get a couple of Moonstones,
we'll be able to bring Ash back and send you back home as well if
Seymour will let us use some of them."

"Me and my Clefairy would be happy to give you as many as you want!"
smiled Seymour.

"Clefairy", agreed Clefairy.

"That is if we could get to them", said Seymour sadly.

"What do you mean?" asked Brock.

"It's those Zubats!" said Seymour, "Many years ago, Clefairy and I went
to the nearest town below to pick up some supplies. When we tried to
enter the cave to rejoin our Clefairy and Clefable family, a raging
flock of Zubats charged us out of there. For years we've tried many
strategies to get back in, but those Zubats always manage to get the
best of us. Today we tried to bribe them with a video collection of
Batman Beyond, but that didn't work. The Zubats just shredded them up
like noodles and then chased us out again. That's when we bumped into
all of you."

"Can't you figure out why they're all so angry?" asked Misty.

"No I can't", said Seymour, "They used to be so friendly, but now they
won't let anyone in."

"Maybe someone who can speak their language can help us", said Brock as
he released his Golbat. "Golbat", said Brock, "I need you to talk to
the Zubats and find out why they won't let Seymour or anyone else into
their cave."

"Bat!" replied the Golbat as it flew into the cave and was greeted by
all the Zubats.

"Zubat, bat, bat, bat, Zubat!" "Golbat, bat, bat, Gol" said the group
of bats enjoying a delightful conversation while hanging upside-down
from the cave. A few minutes later, Golbat flew back to Brock and
started explaining the situation to him.

"Golbat, bat, bat, bat," said Golbat.

"Hmmm, I see", said Brock.

"He can speak Golbat?" asked Cameron.

"Brock's a Pokemon breeder", said Misty, "Pokemon breeders need to
understand the languages of all their Pokemon."

"What did Golbat say?" asked Stella.

"Golbat says that all the Zubats made a pact never to trust or let
another human into their cave again", said Brock.

"But why?" asked Seymour, "We all used to be such good friends."

"Many years ago, a horde of humans in black suits with a human letter
on their chests stormed their cave causing trouble for them and all the
other Pokemon that lived in there", explained Brock.

"Humans in black suits with human letters?" said Jenny, "That sounds
like the Rs of Team Rocket to me."

"Seymour, you didn't see any Rockets sneaking around Mt. Moon back then
did you?" asked Misty.

"No", said Seymour, "Clefairy and I must've been in town the day those
awful Rockets invaded. I hope all the Clefairies and Clefables are
okay."

"Clefairy!" replied the Clefairy concerned.

"Well the good news is that Golbat has convinced the Zubats to give us
safe passage through the cave", said Brock, "Just as long as we behave
ourselves."

"Well then let's get going", smiled Seymour as he picked up his
Clefairy while they were dancing and singing with glee. "We've got a
family reunion waiting for us!"

"Let's hope Big Auntie Clefable doesn't wanna hug and kiss him to
death", laughed Misty.

The group entered the cave that was pretty huge. Cameron looked up at
all the Zubats that were hanging upside-down from the stalactites
looking pretty unfriendly.

"Boy would I like to catch one of those", whispered Cameron.

"Not so loud", grumbled Misty, "Do you want them to go into a rage
again?!"

"Sorry" said Cameron blushing.

Golbat was flying around the cave with a huge smile on its oversized
mouth. "Your Golbat seems to feel right at home here", said Stella.

"That's because this was once its home", smiled Brock, "Its come a long
way from being just another Zubat. Its been a real treasure to me."

One Zubat heard what Brock had said and started to do some thinking.

"Here it is everybody", said Seymour, "This is wear all the Clefairies
and Clefables live along with every single piece of the Moonstone."
When they all entered, they discovered that the place was even larger
than the cave they just walked through. Mainly because it was
completely empty.

"What happened to all the Clefairies and Clefables?" asked Misty.

"I don't know", said Seymour surprised, "Not only are they gone. So
are all the Moonstones! The spot where they kept and worshiped them is
empty. What happened?!"

"Do you think they all moved to another place in the mountain?"
asked Cameron.

"Maybe you're right", said Seymour. Just then, they heard a soft cry.
Clefairy quickly bounced over to a nearby rock and found what it was.
It was a larger version of a Clefairy, a Clefable. Cameron took out
his Pokedex.

"CLEFABLE, the evolved form of Clefairy", said Dexeena, "A timid fairy
Pokemon that is rarely seen, the Clefable runs and hides the moment it
senses people."

"Clefairy, fairy, fair", said Clefairy trying to calm the nervous
Clefable down. Clefable looked at the all the strange human faces and
started to shake. But when it saw Seymour, it smiled and tackled him
onto the ground happy to see its old friend again.

"It's good to see you too", smiled Seymour, "Have you been living here
all by yourself these past years? Where are all your brothers and
sisters?"

"Clefable!" cried Clefable as it started to shake around wiggling its
fingers. An image started to appear in front of everyone. It showed
about 50 Clefairies and Clefables dancing around the cave, laughing and
singing and praying to their great collection of Moonstones. Then a
horde of Rockets barged into the cave surprising all the cute little
Pokemon. The Rockets suddenly made their way for Jessie, James, and
Meowth who made their unforgettable speech along with the other Rockets.

"Hello all you cute little puffs of pink", smiled Jessie evily. "We
were all just passing by and we wanted to check out your beautiful
collection of Moonstones along the way."

"Yes, they certainly are beautiful", said James looking at the stones
through a spyglass. Then everyone in the cave started laughing at
James. "What?" he asked as he took out a mirror and found out he had
a black ring on his right eye.

"Meowth!!!" said James annoyed.

"Just adding a little humor for these puffballs on their darkest hour",
laughed Meowth.

"Well anyway", continued Jessie who had now calmed down, "We like
these Moonstones so much, that we each want to take one with us as a
souvenir."

"And we've got over 100 Rockets here with us", said James, "I hope
there'll be enough leftover for all of you little cuties." The
Clefairies and Clefables started to get angry as they all piled around
the Moonstones ready to defend them.

"Aw, it looks like the little puffballs don't wanna share", said Meowth.

"Maybe we should respect their wishes and let them keep their precious
stones", said Jessie, "Let's just take them all with us along with the
stones! Right everyone?!"

"Right!" shouted the Rockets. Some of them took out their Pokeballs
and released a pack of Drowzees and Hypnos. They quickly used their
hypnosis powers to put all the Clefairies and Clefables to sleep until
they looked like a huge pile of pink pillows.

"Gather them all up my loyal Rockets", said Jessie, "They'll be an
excellent addition to our future kingdom!" All of the Rockets stuffed
the Clefairies and Clefables into huge nets while Jessie, James, and
Meowth put all the Moonstones in a huge bag. One Clefable was hiding
behind a rock this whole time watching sadly as those evil humans took
away everything it held dear.

Then the image stopped and the Clefable fell to the ground all sad and
tired. "This is terrible!" cried Seymour as he and Clefairy helped the
poor Clefable up. "Those Rockets took away our entire family and I
wasn't here to protect them!"

"There was nothing you could do Seymour", said Misty, "We've all tried
ourselves but that didn't stop them from taking over Pallet Town."

"This means that Team Rocket must have all those poor Clefairies and
Clefables hidden somewhere in Rocketville", said Brock, "Along with all
the Moonstones!"

"Does this mean we have to go back to Rocketville?" asked Stella.

"I should say not!" said Jenny. "Team Rocket is still after us. If we
head back in the other direction without a cavalry, they'll surely
catch us and take us back with no hope of ever freeing my town."

"We were hoping we could get a gym leader who has very powerful
trainers and Pokemon to come and help us", said Cameron.

"Well then Clefairy, Clefable, and I are coming with you!" said Seymour
as he hugged his two Pokemon. "We'll travel through rain, mist, snow,
and bogs. Until we find a way to defeat those Rocket dogs! Sticking
together will be our master plan. And then we'll all be reunited with
our Clefairy clan!"

"Clefairy!" "Clefable!" shouted the two Pokemon giving each other a
high five.

"Oh great", sighed Misty, "It looks like Team Rocket's not the only one
who's gonna give us corny poems!" Both Cameron and Jenny just giggled
at Seymour's happy poetry.

* * * * * *

James, Meowth, and Reiko who had just stepped into the cave were all
being chased by the angry Zubats. "You just had to play that CD of
Vanilla Ice out loud, didn't you?!" asked Meowth angrily.

"Hey, it's not my fault these Zubats don't have ears for classical
music!" whined James.

"You should not have turned on that CD player in the first place you
fool!" shouted Reiko, "Those rebels could've heard us and we would've
lost them!"

"Let's concentrate on losing these mini-draculas!" shouted Meowth. And
they did by running off a cliff and landing in a new part of the cave.
Right at the feet of Cameron and friends.

"Are you guys all right?" asked Cameron.

"Yeah I'm fine", said James, "Thank's for asking.

"Arigato", said Reiko.

"Why are we thanking these chumps?!" shouted Meowth. "They're right in
front of us. Let's get 'em!"

"Not so fast!" shouted Jenny as she released her Growlithe. "You're all
under arrest for taking over my town, kidnapping Pokemon, and stealing
Moonstones from this nice guy!" Seymour started blushing from her
compliment.

"Oh yes", smiled James, "I do remember that marvelous day like it was
yesterday. Now I get to live it again. For joy!" he said as he
released his Weezing.

"Weezing, knock them all out with your poison gas", commanded James.

"Weezing!" moaned Weezing as it flew around the cave spraying green gas
all over our heroes while they quickly covered their noses and mouths.

"Golbat, leech life now!" commanded Brock. Golbat quickly sucked up
all the poison, which was extremely delicious if you're a Zubat or
Golbat. Then it bit Weezing on the head and started to suck it dry
until it fell to the ground like a deflated balloon.

"WEEZING!!!" cried James as he returned it to its Pokeball. "You'll pay
for that! Go Victreebel!" shouted James as he released a huge man-
eating plant. But instead of attacking our heroes, it tried to eat
James's head. "Victreebel! Stop it!" whined James, "Why do you always
persist on chomping my head?!"

"Yeah!" grumbled Meowth, "There's definitely no chewy liquid center in
there!"

"It looks like the lowly intern will have to handle the situation as
usual", sighed Reiko as she took out a Pokeball. "Go Tentacruel!" she
shouted as she released a huge squid. "Now you will all feel the wrath
of Tentacruel's cold clammy tendrils!"

Everyone released a Pokemon ready to defend themselves from this multi-
armed enemy.

"Sandy, sand attack!" shouted Cameron.

"Staryu, water gun!" shouted Misty.

"Golbat, razor wind!" shouted Brock.

"Tangela, vine whip!" shouted Stella

"Growlithe, flamethrower!" shouted Jenny

"Tentacruel, use your barrier technique", smiled Reiko. Tentacruel
quickly raised its tendrils and a huge invisible wall formed around it
and Team Rocket protecting them all from the coming attacks.

"HA HA HA!" laughed Reiko, "Like that time traveling doctor from my
favorite movie who used a bulletproof vest to protect himself from
Libyan terrorists. Nothing can penetrate a Tentacruel barrier! But my
pet can still attack all of you though! Tentacruel, give them your
acid attack!"

"Cruel!" replied Tentacruel as it shot powerful jets of acid at the
good Pokemon causing them to run behind their masters' legs.

"Shrew!" apologized Sandy.

"Don't worry Sandy", said Cameron picking up his friend. "I don't
expect you to keep fighting while under a poisonous attack like that."

"You respect your Pokemon dearly boy!" smiled Reiko, "Too bad, that'll
be the last time you'll ever hold each other. Tentacruel, grab all
those rebels!"

"Cruel!" replied Tentacruel as its tendrils went right through the
barrier and was about to grab everyone. Just then all the Zubats flew
into the cave and let out a huge screeching noise all at once.
Everyone covered their ears in pain, even Team Rocket. The screeches
even shattered the barrier that was protecting them. Then the Zubats
used their supersonic powers to confuse Tentacruel causing it to dance
around and to grab all three rockets shaking them up and down.

"Tentacruel, what are you doing?!" shouted Reiko who couldn't get her
arms free to defend herself.

"I've already gotten over the trauma of being seized by one
Tentacruel", cried Meowth, "Now this!"

"And I thought my Pokemon liked to hurt me!" said James, "I'm not alone
in this world after all!"

"Clefairy, Clefable, why don't you give them your metronome attacks",
said Seymour.

"Fairy", "Fable", replied the two cute little Pokemon as they started
shaking their bodies while wiggling their fingers back and forth.

"Ah, cool, it's the metronome!" smiled Cameron, "I remember having fun
with this attack when playing with my Gameboy. You never know what's
gonna happen!"

Suddenly a huge whirlwind appeared sucking up Tentacruel along with
Team Rocket and they started flying out through a big hole above the
cave.

"It looks like Team Rocket's blasting off again!" shouted all three at
once.

Everyone cheered from their latest victory, even all the Zubats. Then
one Zubat approached Golbat and started to speak to it. Then Golbat
flew over to Brock and translated what the Zubat had just said.

"What did it say Brock?" asked Misty.

"This Zubat wants to become a powerful Golbat like mine", said Brock,
"That's why it wants to come with us and train so it can win battles
and one day evolve."

"Why sure", smiled Misty, "We could use another Pokemon to our team.
But who gets to be its trainer?" Zubat smiled and flew to the person
it wanted to train with.

"You want me to be your master?" smiled Cameron as the Zubat perched
itself on his shoulder and smiled, "Zubat!"

"Yes", smiled Brock, "Zubat saw how much you cared for your Sandshrew
so it decided to pick you as its master."

"Well I'm glad to have you aboard Zubat", smiled Cameron as he shook
hands with Zubat. Actually he shook fingers and wing with it.

* * * * * *

Our heroes were now at the bottom of the mountain ready to drive off
to bring back reinforcements to help them free Rocketville and get
Seymour his Clefairy family and the Moonstones back. When they got to
Jenny's van, they found all the vines that disguised it gone.

"No wonder why Team Rocket found us", said Jenny. "Maybe next time I'll
use poison ivy vines." She was about to step in until she shouted,
"OH NO!"

"What's wrong Jenny?" asked Seymour.

"LOOK!" shouted Jenny as she showed them the four punctured tires.
"Vandalizing an offical police van is a federal offense!" shouted an
angry Jenny, "I'll see to it that those Rockets fry for this!" Cameron
felt relieved that this Officer Jenny was on their side.

"I guess this means we'll have to walk all the way to the next town!"
sighed Stella.

"Well the closest town I know is Cerulean City", said Seymour, "That's
where I always go to get my supplies."

"That's perfect!" said Jenny now smiling, "My cousin patrols that city.
She can lend me another van so we can be on our way."

"Cerulean City's your home town Misty", smiled Brock, "And your sisters
too. Maybe they can help us defeat the Rockets with their powerful gym
trained Pokemon."

"Yeah, good idea", whispered Misty who was mad at Brock for bringing
that up. She could just imagine all the teasing and put-downs her
sisters had saved up for her these past five years.

So the gang of six, which now included Seymour, left Mt. Moon and
headed for Cerulean City. Cameron had let his new Zubat out of its
Pokeball so it could get used to the sunlight. It flew around happily
eagerly waiting for the day it would become a Golbat.

TO BE CONTINUED

AUTHOR'S NOTE:

Well it looks like Cameron now has three Pokemon and another human
friend added to his team. What lies ahead for our friends as they
approach Cerulean City? Stay tuned to find out!

[Cullen]

The Incredible Poke-Odyssey chapter 6

The Not So Slow-Pokemon

Cameron and friends were now traveling across a beautiful beach, along
with their new companion Seymour Scientist, heading for Cerulean City.

"Isn't this beach wonderful?!" smiled Misty with stars in her eyes, "I
haven't seen the beautiful blue ocean in five years! It's much better
than looking at dirty sewer water. I was getting sick of that stuff!"

"Mainly that's because people have gotten sick in that water", laughed
Stella.

"This beach is very special to me!" smiled Misty, "This is where my
sisters and I used to hang out every summer. I can still remember the
spot where they use to bury me in the sand. And then they go leave
with some tattoo-coated bikers and come back for me in about a week!"
Then she started to frown.

"Gee, I knew Misty's sisters always picked on her", thought Cameron,
"But not like that!"

"But I'm not gonna let that incident spoil my mood!" smiled Misty as
she threw off her yellow jacket and jeans showing off her red bikini.
"It's time for some fun in the sun!"

"But Misty, we don't have time for any beach fun", said Brock.

"Yeah", agreed Jenny, "Team Rocket's still on our trail and they could
spot us easily in this wide open beach!"

"Oh all right!" sighed Misty as she slowly got dressed, "But can we
please go shell collecting along the way? I'd go ballistic if we left
a beach and I didn't bring back any shells with me."

"I suppose that would be okay", said Jenny, "Just as long as we keep
moving."

So our heroes kept walking, with their shoes off, so they could enjoy
the water splashing against their feet. Cameron smiled as he watched
Sandy run across the stuff he feels right at home in. Sand! He almost
blended in with the beach. Misty was picking up any shell she could
find with glee while her Seaking and Staryu were swimming along beside
her. Psyduck waddled right behind her for he still didn't know how to
swim. Brock and Stella walked together holding each other in the
romantic atmosphere.

Jenny looked over at Seymour and noticed that his face was bright red
and he was sweating terribly. She took out a small tube and approached
him. "Seymour, I think you need some sun screen", said Jenny as she
took off his glasses and applied the cream all over his face.

"Uh, thank you Officer Jenny", said Seymour turning even redder than
ever, "When you live in the mountains all your life, you don't tend to
get much heat."

"Please just call me Jenny", smiled Jenny.

"Okay Jenny", smiled Seymour, "I think you might need some of that sun
screen yourself. You're becoming red too."

"Oh my", said Jenny as she looked into her compact mirror. But it
wasn't a sunburn red, it was another kind of red.

"Just look at all these pretty shells I found!" giggled Misty as she
held out her backpack filled with shells of every shape and size.

"It looks like someone else found his own shell too", said Cameron as
he pointed to Psyduck who had his bill against a huge spiral shell.

"Maybe Psyduck does take after you after all", smiled Brock.

"If only he could take after my brains", sighed Misty.

"That looks like a Slowbro shell", said Seymour.

"Slowbro?" asked Cameron as he took out his Pokedex.

"SLOWBRO, the hermit crab Pokemon", replied Dexeena, "This Pokemon can
only be formed when a Shellder clamps on to a Slowpoke's tail. When
that happens, they instantly evolve into a Slowbro."

"Yes", said Seymour, "Usually all Shellders are bivalve shaped but once
they combine with a Slowbro, it suddenly becomes spiral shaped. It's
been a mystery to all us scientists."

"It looks like the Slowbro abandoned its shell", said Cameron, "And
Psyduck's trying to use it as a horn." Misty was shocked as she saw
Psyduck trying to blow through the shell like he was Dizzy Gillespeie.
Even his cheeks were puffing up like crazy. But instead of notes, out
popped little round things.

"YOU STUPID PSYDUCK!!!" shouted Misty as she shook Psyduck around
causing him to drop the shell and let all of the round things spill
onto the beach. "You can't even respect your own watery kind can you?!"

"PSY-YAI-YAI!" shouted Psyduck while clutching its head.

"Careful Misty", said Cameron, "It looks like Psyduck's losing his
marbles!"

"Those aren't marbles", said Misty as she stuffed Psyduck back into his
Pokeball, "Those are Slowpoke eggs. You usually find them in abandoned
Slowbro shells."

"But where's the Mamma Slowbro?" asked Cameron, "She just didn't
abandon her children. Did she?"

"Of course she did", said Seymour, "You see Cameron, the Shellder
doesn't live as long as a Slowbro. When the Shellder dies, the Slowbro
eats the meat of the Shellder and then lays its eggs into the empty
shell. Once the Slowbro finds a safe secluded spot for its young. The
Slowbro then goes into the ocean and dies."

"Wow", said Cameron, "That means all those poor little Slowpokes have
to fend for themselves once they're born."

"Well at least they won't have to worry about forgetting when Mother's
Day is", said Brock.

"Look", said Stella, "Some of the eggs are cracking up."

"That means it's time for the next generation of Slowpokes to arrive",
said Misty, "Everyone get behind that huge rock over there. It's not
good for newborn Slowpokes to see humans." Everyone followed Misty to
a huge rock that was big enough for six humans to hide behind and there
they watched a most amazing and beautiful sight. One by one, a cute
little pink Pokemon hatched out of each egg. They had faces that
looked like hippos, and very long tails. They were no bigger than your
hand and they kept saying "Slowpoke!" in cute sounding voices. Cameron
took out his Pokedex again.

"SLOWPOKE, the dopey Pokemon", replied Dexeena, "This water-psychic
Pokemon is so slow and dopey, it takes five seconds for it to feel pain
when under attack."

"I don't think they look dopey", said Jenny, "I think they look so cute
and tiny."

"Aren't Slowpokes usually bigger?" asked Brock, "About the size of a
dog?"

"They'll get bigger", said Misty, "Just as soon as they get into the
ocean and swim around for a year."

"Correct", said Seymour, "It's like when you put a tiny fish into a
bathtub. It might get too big for your fishbowl."

"There they go", said Stella as they watched about 30 Slowpokes leave
the shell and the hatched eggs and crawl off into the sea.

"Happy journey to all of you", sighed Misty who just loved watching the
habits of water Pokemon.

"Hey, that one hasn't left yet", said Cameron pointing to one Slowpoke
who was crawling around in the sand trying to find the water. Instead,
it kept banging its head against the rock they were all hiding behind.

"Psyduck must've given it stupid germs", thought Misty. Just then they
heard a loud cawing sound shouting "FEEAARROOOW!" Everyone looked up
and found a huge bird with large wings and a sharp scary looking beak.
Cameron aimed his Pokedex at it.

"FEAROW, the beak Pokemon, the evolved form of Spearow", replied
Dexeena, "With its huge and magnificent wings, it can stay aloft
without ever having to land for rest. It usually likes to fly around
looking for food like clueless little Slowpokes!"

"Everyone duck down!" shouted Jenny as the Fearow swooped down, grabbed
the poor Slowpoke with its talon and flew off."

"SLOWPOKE!" cried the frightened Slowpoke.

"That poor little Slowpoke was just born!" shouted Cameron, "That bird
can't do this!"

"Actually it can", said Brock, "It's the way nature works."

"Well I just can't stand here and watch an innocent baby get eaten by
that anti-stork!" shouted Cameron, "Sandy, use your swift attack to
bring that Fearow down!"

"No Cameron!" shouted Misty, "You don't know what you're doing!"

"Shrew!" said Sandy as he pulled some glowing stars out of his armor
and started throwing them at the Fearow like a trained ninja. Fearow
cawed loudly and let go of the Slowpoke. Cameron started to run and
then slid across the sand until the Slowpoke landed safely in his hand.

"You're safe now kid", smiled Cameorn.

"Slowpoke", said the Slowpoke gratefully as it hugged Cameron's finger
with its tail.

"Now you've done it hero!" shouted Misty, "We're all gonna become Swiss
cheese now that you've ticked off that Fearow!"

"FEAROW!" shouted the bird as it started to soar down at our heroes
while its beak started to spin around like a drill.

"Go Pokeball!" shouted Cameron as he threw an open Pokeball at Fearow.
But Fearow just destroyed it with its beak.

"That's Fearow's drill peck!" shouted Jenny, "Its most powerful attack!"

"Zubat, I choose you!" shouted Cameron as he released his Zubat.

"Zubat, use your supersonic attack to confuse that Fearow!" commanded
Cameron.

"Zubat!" replied the bat as it flew up in front of Fearow and launched
a bunch of sonic waves. Fearow managed to dodge out of the way and
shot some sonic waves back at Zubat causing it to become confused and
crash down onto the ground.

"ZUBAT!" cried Cameron as he picked up his poor friend in one hand
while holding Slowpoke in the other, "I thought Fearows couldn't learn
supersonic", he said.

"They can if they use a mirror move attack", said Brock, "Fearows have
the ability to copy any attack that's launched at them."

"And it looks like it's gonna stick to its original harmful attack
right now!" shouted Stella as Fearow started up its drill peck again.
Everyone started running like crazy until Seymour threw out two of his
Pokeballs releasing Clefairy and Clefable.

"Seymour, what are you doing?!" shouted Jenny.

"Protecting us", shouted Seymour, "Okay guys, use your light screen!"
Clefairy and Clefable pointed to the Fearow and a huge flashing light
started to appear causing Fearow to crash into something. When the
light cleared, our heroes found themselves protected in a huge glowing
dome. Fearow flew away crookedly along with a crooked beak.

"Nice work you guys", smiled Seymour as Clefairy and Clefable undid
their light screen and hugged each other happily.

"Cameron how could you do something that dumb?!" shouted Misty, "Going
against a deadly Fearow just to save one tiny Pokemon?"

"I just couldn't stand to see this cute little Slowpoke get eaten",
said Cameron as he tickled Slowpoke's belly while it laughed, "Slow!"

"Misty's right", said Brock, "I really think it would've been smarter
if you let nature take its course."

"You know", said Cameron angrily, "That exactly sounds like the time
when Ash got captured by Team Rocket and you didn't do a thing to help
him!" Misty, Brock, and Stella hung their heads down in shame.

"You just had to bring that up!" sighed Misty.

"You're right Cameron", said Stella, "I just wish we had the morals
that you and Ash have. That way we'd be better friends and better
people."

"Let's all make a pact to be better friends and help each other out and
those who need help along the way", said Brock.

"Agreed!" said the group as they all joined hands in friendship. Then
Cameron looked at the new friend he had in his hand. "Would you like to
come with me?" asked Cameron.

"Slowpoke!" it said in a slow happy voice.

"Cameron, it can't come with you", said Misty, "It has to get into the
ocean and swim around for a year. Otherwise it'll stay that puny size
forever."

"But we've become friends", said Cameron.

"I'm afraid Misty's right Cameron", said Seymour, "You wouldn't want to
deny a Slowpoke's rightful size would you?"

"Trust me", said Misty, "I'm a water Pokemon expert. I know about this
stuff."

"Oh, okay", sighed Cameron as he bent down to put Slowpoke back onto
the beach. But it wouldn't let go of Cameron's wrist for its tail was
wrapped around it tight.

"Sorry, I'd like for you to come with me but I can't", said Cameron as
he pried Slowpoke off his wrist and faced it to the ocean. "The sea is
where you rightfully belong along with your brothers and sisters."

"Slowpoke!" it said in a sad little voice. Cameron started to feel sad
too as he stared at the tiny Slowpoke, but Misty turned him around and
made him walk off along with the rest of the group. "Just keep
walking", said Misty. "And let it get on with its natural Slowpoke
life."

As they continued walking Sandy turned around, then tugged Cameron's
pants leg and replied, "Shrew!"

"What is it Sandy?" asked Cameron, "They all turned around found the
Slowpoke following after them pretty fast.

"That Slowpoke sure isn't living up to its name", said Stella.

"I guess this means it really does want to come with me", smiled
Cameron.

"But it can't", protested Misty, "It won't be healthy if it stays that
small size. This is why humans should not be around when Slowpokes
hatch!"

"Cameron, you have to convince Slowpoke that it'll be more comfortable
in the water", said Brock, "Put it into the water and let it feel the
coolness and pure saltiness of its natural habitat."

"Oh, okay", sighed Cameron as he picked up Slowpoke and put it into the
shallow end of the water. It seemed to like the stuff a lot and
started swimming around in it like a pro.

"You did the right thing Cameron", said Misty as she placed her hands
on his shoulders. "Now let's all get away from this spot fast before
Slowpoke tries to follow us again."

This time everyone started to run across the beach hoping the Slowpoke
wouldn't try to follow again. But Cameron wished it would. Just then
he heard everyone scream. He and Sandy turned around and found a huge
pit in place of their friends. They rushed over and found everyone
lying in the deep pit piled on top of each other.

"Are you guys all right?" asked Cameron.

"We're in a dirty pit and I'm at the bottom of this pile!" grumbled
Misty, "What do you think?!"

"Uh oh", said Brock, "Whenever any of us lands in a pit, that means
only one thing!"

"I was afraid you were going to say that", said Cameron knowing what
usually comes next whenever someone falls into a pit on the TV show.
Just then, he and Sandy saw something digging a path right toward
them. Then Meowth popped out from the sand wearing fake rabbit ears
and holding a carrot.

"Eh" he said while crunching the carrot, "How's it hangin' Nurse?" Then
Meowth got kicked into the sky from Reiko's black boot.

"Prepare for trouble", said Reiko as she did a double back flip from
out of the ground.

"And make it, COUGH, COUGH, HACK, COUGH", said James as he emerged from
the ground coughing up sand and old fishbones.

Reiko: "To protect the world from devastation!"
James: "To unite all peoples within our nation!"
Reiko: "To denounce the evils of truth and love!"
James: "To extend our reach to the stars above!"
Reiko: "For my glorious Queen Jessie!"
James: "And King James!"
Reiko: "Team Rocket blast off at the speed of light!"
James: "Surrender now or prepare to fight!"

"MEEOOOWWTHHH, THHHAAAT'S RIIIGGGHHT!" shouted Meowth as he landed
onto the sand with his carrot stuck to his nose like a snowman.

"I guess you were right James-san", said Reiko bowing to him, "The
classic hidden pit trap may be old and unimaginative, but it seems to
get results."

"Yes Reiko", smiled James, "You should always listen to those who are
older than you to receive wisdom."

"I'm only 9 years old and I've never received any wisdom from the older-
than-me dimwit!" sneered Meowth. "Besides, you haven't caught all of
them." And he pointed a claw to Cameron and Sandy.

"Get out of here while you can!" shouted Jenny from the pit.

"And leave you to get taken back to Rocketville to be punished?" asked
Cameron, "I don't think so!"

"If he gets any more noble, I'm gonna get him a Ponyta's feedbag", said
Misty.

"Like the Bellsprout that won't let tiny bugs escape until they're
slowly and painfully digested, you won't escape my wrath either!"
smiled Reiko as she took out a rope and was about to tie up Cameron.
But then Sandy jumped right between them and started slashing Reiko's
rope to pieces.

"Thank's again Sandy", smiled Cameron. "Shrew!" replied Sandy giving
him a claws up.

"Why you upstart Sandshrew!" yelled Reiko, "You will pay for
dishonoring me! Go Tentacruel!" she shouted as she released her
Tentacruel that was looking even meaner than ever.

"Sandy, use your sand attack on it!" commanded Cameron.

"Tentacruel, water gun now!" commandaed Reiko. Tentacruel quickly shot
a powerful jet of water at the approaching blast of sand dampening it
along with poor Sandy.

"SANDY!" cried Cameron as he picked up his poor soaked Sandshrew who
replied, "Sandshrew!" which meant, "I'm sorry."

"Like a hut made of mud that disappears when the rainstorm comes,
there's no way your puny Sandshrew can protect you now!" laughed Reiko.

"But I've still got more!" shouted an angry Cameron. He put Sandy back
into his Pokeball and then released his Zubat. But Zubat just fell to
the sand still dazed and confused.

"Oh no!" gasped Cameron, "Zubat's still pretty wiped out from that
Fearow attack!"

"My what a foolish Pokemon trainer you are", laughed Reiko,
"Tentacruel, constrict that little bloodsucker!"

"Cruel!" said Tentacruel as it picked up Zubat with one of its tendrils
and started to squeeze the very life out of it.

"Zubat, return!" shouted Cameron as he tried to suck Zubat back into
its Pokeball but couldn't for Tentacruel's grip was very powerful.
"It's all up to you now!" said Cameron as he took out his last Pokeball
and released Oddish.

"Oddish, sleep powder now!" commanded Cameron. Oddish opened its tiny
mouth and coughed up the biggest cloud of pollen at Tentacruel and
Zubat causing them both to fall right asleep. Tentacruel then released
Zubat so Cameron could pull it back into its Pokeball. "Nice work
Oddish", smiled Cameron, "You saved Zubat and given it a chance to
rest up its power too."

"Oddish!" said Oddish blushing.

"Tentacruel, awaken this minute!" ordered an angry Reiko who was
shaking Tentacruel's tendrils trying to wake it up but with no luck at
all.

"Give it up Reiko", said Meowth, "That squid's just checked into
Slumberland."

"I guess it's time for the Rocket expert to step in", said James as he
took out a Pokeball.

"Not so fast James-san", said Reiko as she put Tentacruel back into its
Pokeball, "I still have one more Pokemon up my pants leg", and she
reached into her boot and pulled out another Pokeball. "Go Kingler!"
she shouted and released a gigantic crab with claws almost bigger than
Cameron's body.

"What a cool Kingler", said Cameron.

"Kingler!" said the crab winking at him.

"Thank you", smiled Reiko, "I always give it a healthy diet of
crabgrass and I keep its claws sharp by letting it play with my katana
collection and.... Wait a minute!" she shouted, "I'm letting my guard
down! I must remember to punish myself later for that! Kingler, water
gun now!"

"KING!" said Kingler as it started to squirt some water at Oddish. But
Oddish just absorbed it all making it look a lot stronger.

"Thank's" said Cameron, "You saved me the trouble of having to water
Oddish today."

"King, Kingler", smiled Kingler which meant, "Your welcome."

"Yes Kingler, you should be rewarded", smiled Reiko, "How about with a
frozen vegetable dinner? Ice beam that Oddish!"

"KING!" said Kingler as it shot a cold beam from its mouth and hit
Oddish, freezing it in a block of ice.

"ODDISH!" cried Cameron as he tried to pick up the frozen Pokemon but
couldn't for it was too cold to touch with his bare hands. He was
forced to suck Oddish back into its Pokeball.

"Go on boy", laughed Reiko, "Send out your next Pokemon. Kingler's
just getting started!"

"But I don't have anymore left", said Cameron.

"Then in that case, it's time for you to come with us prisoner!" smiled
Reiko as she took out some more rope. Just then the little Slowpoke
jumped right in front of Cameron and shouted, "Slowpoke, Slowpoke!"

"What's it saying Meowth?" asked James.

"It's saying, please don't hurt my mamma!" said Meowth who was laughing
to death.

"That little pipsqueak thinks the boy's its mother?" said James who was
also laughing out loud. "I wonder who the father is?!"

"I'm a mother?!" gasped Cameron looking down at the Slowpoke getting
ready to defend its parental unit.

"HA HA HA!" laughed Reiko and Kingler at the same time. "So the tiny
but tough Pokemon is gonna fight to save its poor weak mother!" laughed
Reiko, "Kingler, remove this pest if you would." Kingler just flicked
Slowpoke away with its claw causing it to roll into a nearby post and
hit its head.

"How could you?" cried Cameron, "It was just born today!"

"It's the way nature works", said Reiko, "The big and strong must
always triumph over the small and weak! And now I'm going to
demonstrate it again by using you and me!" She grabbed Cameron by the
shirt and was about to slug him hard until they heard an angry voice
shout, "SLOWPOKE!!!!" They saw Slowpoke approaching Reiko slowly while
huge question marks were flashing all around it.

"What on Earth is it doing?" asked Reiko as she let go of Cameron.

"I think that's Slowpoke's amnesia", said Cameron. "It uses amnesia to
forget its own pain and launch an even powerful attack."

"Well we won't give that slow one a chance", grumbled Reiko, "Kingler,
bubble attack now!"

"KING!" shouted Kingler as it started shooting a horde of bubbles at
Slowpoke. But Slowpoke started to glow a strange color and some the
bubbles started to merge into one big bubble bouncing back to Kingler
and Reiko sealing them both in.

"What is the meaning of this?!" shouted Reiko as the bubble started to
bounce up and down like crazy.

"That must be Slowpoke's confusion attack", smiled Cameron, "Now you're
all in for it!" Then the rest of Kingler's bubbles formed into another
huge bubble and started to bounce right at James and Meowth sealing them
both in while bouncing them around as well.

"For once I wish someone would actually burst my bubble!" shouted
Meowth.

"At least we'll stay fresh for a while", said James. Then both bubbles
started to bounce off into the horizon.

"It looks like Team Rocket's bouncing off again!" they all shouted.

"Thank you Slowpoke", smiled Cameron as he picked up his friend, "I
would've been Rocket chow if you hadn't come along."

"Slow" replied the happy Slowpoke wrapping its tail around Cameron's
finger again.

"Hey Cameron, way to go!" shouted Brock as he and the others emerged
from the pit thanks to his Onix.

"You've handled that newborn Slowpoke very nicely", smiled Stella, "I'm
very impressed."

"And did I just hear Meowth say that Slowpoke thinks you're its mother?"
laughed Misty, "That's rich!"

"Just like how Togepi thinks you're its mother too?" asked Brock.

"Well I guess I'm rich too!" said Misty while sweating. "But you're
still going to have to let it go back into the water Cameron, otherwise
you won't have it for long."

"I just wish there was some other way", said Cameron sadly. Just then
Slowpoke started to grow really fast. Cameron now had to hold it with
both hands for now it was the size of a dog, the proper size that all
full-grown Slowpokes should be.

"Hey, you're all grown up now!" said Cameron surprised, but happy.

"Slowpoke!" said Slowpoke in a deeper voice.

"Kids sure grow up fast these days", said Jenny.

"I guess defeating that high-level Kingler gave Slowpoke enough
experience points for it to grow up into a full sized one", said
Seymour.

"Well that changes everything!" smiled Misty, "Slowpoke can now be your
Pokemon Cameron."

"Really for truly?" asked Cameron smiling at the Pokemon he was holding.

"Now that it's a full sized Slowpoke, it doesn't need to swim around in
the ocean", said Misty, "I'm now happy to say that it can come along
with you!"

"Thank you Misty" smiled Cameron and then looked at his new Pokemon.
"Did you hear that Slowpoke?" he asked, "You can now finally come with
me? What do you say?"

"Slowpoke!" it said happily.

"I think it just called you Mamma", said Brock.

"Uh, listen Slowpoke", said Cameron nicely, "I really appreciate your
affection, but I'm not your mother. I'd prefer you think of me as your
trainer and friend."

"Slowpoke!" it replied in the same tone.

"I believe that still means Mamma", giggled Misty.

"That's okay", smiled Cameron, "I'm just happy to have it on my team.
Hey guys, come on out and meet the newest member." He took out all
three of his Pokeballs and released his Pokemon who weren't looking so
hot. Zubat was still sleeping, Oddish was still frozen, and Sandy was
still terribly damp and crumbly.

"Oh no, I forgot!" gasped Cameron, "We've gotta get them to the nearest
Pokemon center!"

"Wait, I see one about a mile ahead!" said Jenny, "In Cerulean City.
Let's hurry everyone!"

So Cameron called back all three of his injured Pokemon, put Slowpoke
inside its very own Pokeball, and the six humans rushed off to Cerulean
City while Seymour started up a poem.

"A boy met a Slowpoke, so tiny, so frail.
He wanted to own it, but that could not prevail.
It had to go to the sea so it could grow big and strong.
So the poor boy had to tell the Slowpoke, "So long."
But the Slowpoke would not give up on its newfound friend.
It followed and protected him right to the end.
And because that little Slowpoke had a great big heart,
It grew for the boy so their friendship could start."

"Very weird!" whispered Stella.

Jenny just giggled.

TO BE CONTINUED

[Cullen]

The Incredible Poke-Odyssey chapter 7

Pokemon Pool Party

Cameron and his friends were now at the Cerulean City Pokemon center
where Cameron was getting his Pokemon healed from that tough battle
from the previous chapter.

"Hi", said Cameron as he approached Nurse Joy, "Can you please heal my
Pokemon for me?"

"Why of course young man", smiled Joy as she took the four Pokeballs
from Cameron and opened them up. She was outraged when she saw the wet
Sandshrew, frozen Oddish, sleeping Zubat, and the Slowpoke that looked
all right but still had a clueless expression on his face.

"How could you let your Pokemon get in these conditions you
irresponsible trainer?!" scolded Joy. Cameron started to feel pretty
small as Joy's voice was growing even louder. He always felt that way
whenever he watched Ash get lectured by a Nurse Joy, but experiencing
it himself was just as bad.

"Please go easy on him Joy", said Misty, "He just had a run in with
Team Rocket today."

"Misty?!" asked Joy as she leapt across the desk and hugged her. "Is
that you?! IT IS!!! Oh, it's so great to see you again!"

"You know each other?" asked Cameron.

"Yes we do", smiled Misty, "I was born in Cerulean City and I always
came to this Nurse joy whenever my Pokemon got hurt."

"That's right", smiled Joy, "And how is your Goldeen doing these days?"

"I don't have a Goldeen anymore", said Misty, "Because it evolved into
a Seaking", and she released the big fat fish with a huge horn on its
head.

"My, that's some catch", said Joy, "And looking at you, I bet guys
everywhere are saying the same thing." Misty smiled on the outside, but
frowned on the inside thinking about one certain guy.

"But tell me", asked Joy concerned, "How did you get back here? I've
heard on the news five years ago that you were trapped in a Rocket
controlled town. I was terribly worried about you and so were your
sisters."

"My sisters were worried?!" asked Misty shocked, "Maybe they do care
about me after all. Well anyway", continued Misty, "Some of us managed
to escape thanks to some of the ideas from our new friend Cameron over
here." Cameron just smiled and blushed.

"Wow", smiled Joy, "I've got a real live hero in my very own Pokemon
center! Just for that, I'm going to give your injured Pokemon the full
class treatment. Oh Chansey, bring out the special stretcher."

"Chansey" said a Chansey who rolled in a huge stretcher with soft
quilted sheets, Pokemon feeding bowls on one side, a drinking bottle on
the other, and a transistor radio that played a collection of music
from the Pikachu's Jukebox segments from the show. Chansey put each of
Cameron's Pokemon on the luxury stretcher and rolled them off to get
treated.

"Your Pokemon will be just fine", smiled Joy.

"Thank you ma'am", smiled Cameron kind of wishing he was the one that
got injured so they'd put him on that stretcher.

* * * * * *

Our heroes had arrived at the Cerulean City gym that was owned by The
Sensational Sisters, Misty's three older sisters. "Well, here it is",
said Misty nervously, "It's time to see what's changed these past five
years", she said hoping her vein, stuck-up sisters would be a little
fat and wrinkly.

"Well you all have a good time here", said Jenny, "I'm going to visit
my cousin, the Cerulean City Jenny, and see if she'll lend us another
van."

"But what if Team Rocket comes back while you're gone?" asked Seymour.

"Don't worry", said Jenny as she released her Growlithe, "I'll leave my
Growlithe here to protect you. And if things do get bad, Growlithe will
let out a loud roar and my cousin and I will come running. Right
Growlithe?"

"GROOOOOWWWLLL!!" howled Growlithe agreeing with her.

They all waved goodbye to Jenny as they stepped inside the gym.

"Are you sure you want to go through with this Misty?" asked Brock,
"I know how much you and your sisters don't get along."

"Of course I do", said Misty, "After all, we're family."

As they walked through the hallways of the gym. They saw huge tanks
that contained water Pokemon of every shape and size. "It's like being
at Sea World", thought Cameron as he saw a Goldeen making silly faces
at him and Sandy through one of the tanks. Sandy didn't take Goldeen's
teasing too lightly and he started to slash up the tank trying to get at
the wise guy fish with no luck at all. "No Sandy", said Cameron as he
picked him up. She's not worth it and besides, if you do manage to
break through that tank, all that water will make you mud again." As
they continued walking, Sandy, who was still being carried by Cameron,
looked behind him and saw the Goldeen sticking her tongue out at him
while pulling her eyelid back with her fin. "SHREW!" he said making a
fist at her.

"Look, there's Daisy", said Misty as she pointed to the oldest sister
who was standing on a huge platform feeding fish to a Dewgong that kept
diving out of the water. "Yoo hoo, Daisy!" called out Misty.

"Hey guys", shouted Daisy, "Like look who's here!" Her other sisters,
Violet and Lilly, who were in the pool scrubbing their Poliwhirl's back,
swam up to the edge and smiled with delight at the group.

"Hold on, we're coming down!" called out Violet. The three sisters
were quickly running up to the group in happiness.

"Wow, I guess they really do miss me", thought Misty as she held out
her arms waiting to be hugged. But instead, they brushed right past
her causing her to fall flat on her face onto the floor. When she got
up, they were all surrounding Brock.

"Hey, Brock, like it's so good to see you again!" smiled Lilly.

"Wow, like you've become such a hunk over the years", said Violet.

"Care to swim with us?" smiled Daisy, "We were just about to break in
our new bikinis."

Brock suddenly turned red, while Stella turned green with envy, and
Misty turned purple with rage. "Don't you all care that your long lost
little sister has returned home after all these years?!!!" screamed
Misty.

"Like chill out baby sis", smiled Daisy, "We're all glad to see you
too."

"Yeah", said Violet, "We've been like, what's that word, eh, worried,
yeah, worried about you all these years and we're glad you're back home
safe." And they all gave her a big hug.

"Do you really mean it?" asked Misty.

"Like duh", said Lilly, "I mean we just couldn't stand the thought of
being in a trapped town where no one from the outside world can see our
talents and beauty. I must say, you're like probably the toughest
Sensational Sister of us all."

"Really?" smiled Misty while tears formed in her eyes.

"Yeah", said Daisy, "Like the three of us inherited the good looks so
you must've gotten something else." Misty started to glow purple with
rage again.

"Like turn off the technicolor", said Lilly, "I say we should celebrate
our tough little sister's return. You're all invited to an indoor pool
party! Like what do you say?!"

"A pool party?! ALL RIGHT!!!" shouted Misty for the sisters had never
ever thrown a pool party for her before. "Come on everyone!" shouted
Misty, "You haven't lived until you've experienced a Cerulean City
Sensation Sisters' Pool Party!" and she threw off her jacket and jeans
once again revealing her red bikini.

"I don't know", said Stella, "Shouldn't we continue our quest before
Team Rocket catches up with us?" She was more worried that Brock would
go ga-ga for those three flirts if they stayed here any longer.

"Come on Stella", said Brock putting an arm around her, "I got to spend
time with my family. We should let Misty spend time with hers.
Besides, you already said that I looked cute in a bathing suit. I bet
you would too."

"Okay Brockie, we'll stay", said Stella blushing.

"Oh dear", said Seymour who was nervously shaking his legs.

"What's wrong Seymour?" asked Cameron.

"It's just that I get very uncomfortable at pool parties", said Seymour
nervously, "I burn easily in the sun!"

"But we said it was an indoor pool party", said Violet. "Like don't be
such a geek!"

"Misty still has unusual tastes in boyfriends", said Lilly.

"BOYFRIEND?!!" grumbled Misty while turning purple once again on the
outside while feeling blue on the inside thinking about the time they
first met Ash when they thought the same exact thing.

* * * * * *

Meanwhile, Team Rocket was searching around Cerulean City for their
escaped citizens. "It's like trying to find a needle in a Sandslash's
back", whined James.

"Like the quarter you find in an old coat pocket, you should never
leave any stone unturned or any house unsearched", said Reiko.

"Or any gum that happens to be under your paw!" said Meowth as he
pulled some grape chewing gum off of his foot and started chewing it.

"Eeeeeyeeew!" said James and Reiko together.

"It's not like I'm gonna swallow it", protested Meowth, "So don't
accuse me of being disgusting!" and he blew a huge purple bubble
covered with dirt, a bandage, and crushed insect eggs.

"Hey, look over there", said James.

"Just as long as I don't have to look at Meowth", said Reiko. They saw
Jenny heading over to a nearby police station. They all jumped into
empty trashcans so she wouldn't spot them and go into arrest mode.

"That's the Pallet Town Jenny", said James, "That must mean the other
rebels are nearby.

"How can you tell it's her?" asked Reiko, "All Jennies look the same."

"All you humans look the same to me", said Meowth.

"Just like the rebel Brock", said James proudly, "I too have studied
each and every Officer Jenny of every city and town and I can assure
you that's the Pallet Jenny."

"Well then why are we hanging around in these tin cans?" said Meowth,
"Let's go spy on the fuzz." And they all closed their lids. Their feet
suddenly stuck out of the bottom of the cans and they tiptoed slowly to
the police station. There they listened to the Jennies conversation
through the cracked window.

"Why of course I can lend you a van", said Cerulean Jenny, "Anything
that'll help free Pallet Town along with our sisters and cousins."

"Thank you Jenny", smiled Pallet Jenny as she hugged her cousin. "I
can't wait to get back to the Cerulean Gym to tell them that we got
transportation again."

"So they're all at the Cerulean Gym", said Reiko, "We must storm the
place as swift as a Vulpix."

"But first we gotta get those two little piglets out of the picture",
said Meowth.

"Leave that to yours' truly", said James as he released his Victreebel.

"Victreebel, use your sleep powder now", but Victreebel just started to
chomp on James's head again.

"Hey I don't like humans much either", said Meowth, "But you don't see
me trying to eat their heads!"

Reiko just sighed and used her ninja-like strength to pry Victreebel
off of James's head. Then she squeezed Victreebel's stems tightly
forcing it to cough up a cloud of pollen that floated into the station
making both Jennies very sleepy.

"YAWN! All of a sudden I want to fall asleep!" said Pallet Jenny.

"I knew I should've brewed up some extra coffee today", yawned Cerulean
Jenny as they both fell asleep on the floor and desk.

"Excellent!" smiled Reiko wickedly as she and Meowth climbed through
the window while James was tending to his poor mangled Victreebel.

"Vic, speak to me!" he cried, "If you're all right, please give me a
sign!" and Victreebel did by biting James's head again.

* * * * * *

Back at the gym, everyone was having a great time at the indoor pool
party. Cameron, wearing dark brown Bermuda shorts that Mrs. Ketchum had
packed for him, was swimming around while his Slowpoke followed after
him. Misty was sitting at the shallow end of the pool talking to her
sisters who were sitting on deck chairs. Stella, who was under a huge
sunlamp, was rubbing some oil on Brock's back and made him face the wall
so he wouldn't gaze at the sexy sisters in their bathing suits.
Seymour, wearing red and white striped shorts under his labcoat, was
examining the buffet table that consisted of all kinds of seafood even
sushi. Seymour couldn't really stand the sight of sushi, but Clefairy
was by his side with a vomit bag ready just in case. Sandy could not
stand the feel or even the sight of water. But the sisters did have a
huge sandbox where Sandy and Growlithe were free to play around in.

"So are you still doing that underwater mermaid ballet I helped you
with many years ago?" Misty asked her sisters.

"Like no", said Violet, "We sold the rights to Andrew Floyd Cobweb a
few years ago."

"Not thee Andrew Floyd Cobweb?!" gasped Misty, "The guy who produces
those famous musicals like Gengar of the Opera and Meowths?"

"The very same", smiled Lilly, "Like he was in our audience one day and
he saw Daisy playing the mermaid and he just had to come up and buy the
show from us. After that, we sisters just went back to our old
routine diving show, which we enjoyed doing anyway."

"Like I knew Andrew would jump at the chance when he saw me performing
the mermaid", said Daisy proudly, "If he saw like Violet or Lilly being
the mermaid, he'd probably lose interest fast."

"And like just what does that mean?!" said Violet and Lilly looking
dagger-eyed at Daisy. Then the three sisters started to have a cute
little wrestling match in the water.

"Please Stella", pleaded Brock still facing the wall, "You gotta let me
see this battle!"

"Oh sure", said Stella holding Brock's hands behind his back, "If you
want the same treatment from me afterwards!"

Cameron was laughing at the scene while Slowpoke bobbed right in front
of him saying, "Slow!"

"Do you want to race Slowpoke?" asked Cameron.

"Slow!" said Slowpoke nodding his head.

"All right then", smiled Cameron as he and Slowpoke swam up to the edge
of the pool, "We'll do five laps around the pool, and I'll go easy on
you okay?"

"SLLOOOWWW!" said Slowpoke as he darted off the edge and swam like a
torpedo to the other side leaving a trail of bubbles behind him.

"Hey wait!" said Cameron as he tried to swim after him but was like
trying to catch a greased pig. That Slowpoke may have been slow on
land, but it was a different story in the water. When it looked like
Cameron was about to lose, some huge white flippers suddenly wrapped
around his body. "Dewgong!" said Dewgong and started to swim after
Slowpoke at lightning speed taking Cameron with him.

"Hey, what's your Dewgong doing with Cameron?" asked Misty.

"Oh like Dewgong's just having some fun", said Daisy, "Chill out won't
you?" Just then Dewgong sped past Slowpoke and rested its head on the
side of the pool. But unfortunately, Cameron's head got banged sharply
at the edge causing a huge cartoon bump to grow out of his head.

"Dewgong!" it apologized seeing the bump on the dazed Cameron and
started licking it.

* * * * * *

"Like we're really sorry about what Dewgong did to you", said Violet as
she was placing some kind of medicine on Cameron's head. "It still has
a little bit of baby Seel inside."

"It's okay", said Cameron, "It didn't hurt that bad", and it was true
since he was now a cartoon character.

"You like really are a good sport Cameron", smiled Lilly as she patted
Cameron's bare shoulder.

"Our baby sis sure does have great taste in friends", said Daisy as she
kissed Cameron's cheek while he blushed.

"Maybe I should get into the pool and let Dewgong bang my head", said
Brock who was now looking at the girls. An annoyed Stella just covered
Brock's eyes and did some noogies in his spiked hair.

"Gee, you've all become a lot nicer these past years", said Misty
impressed, "In fact, I'm wondering if you all could help us?"

"Doing what?" asked Daisy.

"We need a cavalry that'll free Pallet Town from Team Rocket. Can you
and your powerful gym-trained Pokemon be part of our cavalry?"

"You want us to help you?" asked Lilly. "HA HA HA HA HA!" laughed all
three sisters together.

"This doesn't sound like they want to help", thought Cameron.

"Like why would we want to help a nowhere place like Pallet Town?" said
Daisy. "We have our dignity to maintain."

"And why would you be concerned Misty?" asked Violet, "That town like
isn't even your home. We'd think you'd want to avoid that place after
what you went through."

Misty started getting steamed at her sisters' snotty selfishness.
"You'd all want someone to help you if Cerulean City was taken over!"
she spat out.

"Well it's not, so we won't", said Lilly.

"This isn't fair!" whined Misty, "Remember when I did that ballet for
you? You owe me!"

"Oh no", said Daisy, "We tricked you into doing that ballet so we don't
owe you anything!"

"You all haven't changed a bit!" cried Misty who was about to swell up
in tears wishing she never returned to this place of torment.

Cameron finally had to speak out. "I challenge all three of you to a
Pokemon match!" he shouted, "And if I win, you'll have to come and help
us!" Misty suddenly looked at Cameron with amazement. It was like he
was a knight defending a fair maiden's honor.

The three sisters huddled together and started whispering. When they
were through, they faced Cameron with huge smiles. "All right kid",
said Daisy, "If you win, we'll all be part of your little cavalry, but
you won't get any CascadeBadges from us if you do!"

"It's a deal", said Cameron as he shook hands with Daisy. He was a
little disappointed that he wouldn't be getting a badge if he won, but
the freeing of Pallet Town and defending Misty's honor were more
important.

* * * * * *

Cameron and Lilly were now both standing at opposite ends of the pool
while a huge battle platform was floating in the pool's center. "All
right Cameron", smiled Lilly, "You'll be battling all three of us one
at a time. We'll each be using one Pokemon so that means you can use
three. Like you think you can handle us Sensational Sisters?"

"Bring it on!" said Cameron as he looked over at Misty hoping he'd beat
all her sisters and make her feel better as well.

"Like I choose Goldeen!" said Lilly as she threw a Pokeball and
released a small fish with a horn on her head that was flapping on the
platform. Sandy, who was sitting in the sandbox, recognized the fish.
It was the same Goldeen that teased him today.

"Then I choose...." But before Cameron could throw out his Pokeball,
Sandy jumped on top of Cameron's head and then landed on the platform
ready to show that upstart Goldeen what for. "No Sandy!" shouted
Cameron. "You're no match against a water Pokemon!"

He was about to suck Sandy back into his ball until Lilly shouted out,
"Sorry kid, like once you've released a Pokemon, you can't call it back
until it uses at least one attack!"

"All right", said Cameron, "Sandy, use your fury swipes and be careful!"

"SHREW!" replied Sandy as he tried to slash at Goldeen but couldn't for
Goldeen was very slippery to even touch. She kept flopping around the
platform in all directions out of Sandy's reach.

"Goldeen, give it your waterfall attack", commanded Lilly.

"Waterfall?!" gasped Cameron, "I think I remember this attack. And
it's not pleasant to a ground Pokemon either!" Goldeen started to leap
high into the air and then made a jet-speed dive into the water.
Suddenly, a huge tidal wave started to appear right in front of the
tiny Sandshrew. Sandy got so scared that it jumped out of the way
right before the wave could hit him. Cameron then found a shaking
Sandshrew in his arms. "Sandshrew!" Sandy replied nervously.

"I tried to warn you", said Cameron patting his head, "Next time, don't
start battling until I tell you, okay?"

"Shrew!" replied Sandy.

"Like Sandshrew has left the battleground!" said Lilly, "Now you've got
two Pokemon left to use!"

"And I've got the perfect thing for your Goldeen", smiled Cameron as he
gently put Sandy back into his Pokeball and took out another. "Oddish,
I choose you!" he shouted as Oddish suddenly appeared on the platform.

"Aw, what a cute face!" smiled Lilly, "Like it's a shame that I'm gonna
have to mangle it. Goldeen, horn attack now!"

"Goldeen!" said Goldeen as she leapt high into the air ready to
puncture Oddish with her horn.

"Quick Oddish!" commanded Cameron, "Use your sleep powder now!" Oddish
complied and Goldeen was immediately put to sleep. Then Oddish hopped
over to Goldeen and started absorbing all the water from her body.

"GOLDEEN!" cried Lilly as she took out her Pokeball and sucked Goldeen
back just in time.

"This round goes to Cameron", said Daisy in a sour voice. Lilly just
stepped back in defeat.

"Nice work Oddish", said Cameron, "But then Oddish started to glow very
brightly. Everyone looked in amazement for Oddish was starting to
evolve. It was now bigger with a bigger mouth that seemed to ooze
saliva, little hands popped out of its sides, and the green leaves on
its head got replaced with a beautiful red flower bud. It smiled at
Cameron and said, "Gloom, Gloom!" Cameron took out his Pokedex and
aimed it at his new Pokemon.

"GLOOM, the evolved form of Oddish", replied Dexeena, "The fluid that
oozes from its mouth isn't saliva, it is a nectar that is used to
attract prey."

"Cool!" smiled Cameron. "I've not got my very, uh very own, uh,
AACHOO!" he sneezed wondering where that came from.

"Like bless you", said Violet as she came up to the spot where Lilly
had stood. "Let's see if your new Gloom can handle this. Go Poliwhirl!"
shouted Violet as she released a huge black frog with gloved hands and
a swirl on its stomach. "Poliwhirl, doubleslap attack!" commanded
Violet. Poliwhirl started slapping like crazy at Gloom without even
stopping to take a breath. "GLOOM, GLOOM!" shouted Gloom waiting for
its master to call out a command.

"AACHOO!" said Cameron again, "Let's see", he thought while sneezing,
"What are Gloom's attacks? I know! Gloom, AACHOO!" he shouted while
sneezing", petal dance attack, AACHOO, now!"

Gloom suddenly jumped out of Poliwhirl's slapping field and started to
do a funky kind of dance. "Whirl?" asked Poliwhirl while scratching
its head. Just then, a flock of pink petals suddenly shot out of
Gloom's body and started to dance around Poliwhirl. The petals turned
out to be extremely hard and they knocked Poliwhirl unconscious.
"POLIWHIRL!!!" cried Violet as she sucked her Pokemon back into its
Pokeball.

"Nice job Gloom, AACHOO!" said Cameron. "You can stop dancing now,
AACHOO, You've won this round, AACHOO!"

"GLOOM, GLOOM!" shouted Gloom for it couldn't stop. It kept right on
doing its crazy dance until it was getting closer and closer to the edge
of the floating platform.

"What's wrong with Gloom?" asked Stella.

"I was afraid of this", said Seymour, "Petal dance may be Gloom's
specialty attack, but it's also its dangerous. Once a Gloom petal
dances, it can't stop until it falls down and hurts itself!"

"Or in that Gloom's case, splashes down!" said Brock.

"GLOOM, AACHOO, PLEASE STOP BEFORE YOU FALL IN AND DROWN, AACHOO!"
cried a red-nosed Cameron. But it was too late for Gloom had already
fallen in. "GLOOM!" cried Cameron who was about to dive in and save it.
But then Gloom suddenly floated upward and was now lying on its back
looking very over-watered.

"Gloom, AACHOO! Return", said Cameron as he sucked Gloom back into its
Pokeball.

"Looks like I'm the last one!" smiled Daisy, "And like don't think I'll
go easy on you just because you suddenly now have a cold!"

"But I don't have a cold!" said Cameron, "And I've still got one more
Pokemon that I'm sure won't lose to you. Hey, I'm not sneezing
anymore! I wonder why?"

"Like quit stalling and release your Pokemon", demanded Daisy.

"All right", said Cameron, "Zubat, I choose you!"

"Zubat!" said the bat flying high above the water.

"Well, I got just the Pokemon that'll wet Zubat's whistle", said Daisy,
"Go Seadra!" Out popped a huge blue sea horse with huge spikes on its
body.

"Seadra?" thought Misty, "Could it be?"

"Zubat, supersonic attack", commanded Cameron.

"Seadra, use your agility", commanded Daisy. Seadra started swimming
around at lightning speed perfectly dodging Zubat's sonic waves.

"Now use your smokescreen", commanded Daisy. Seadra, quickly stopped
and then sprayed a big cloud of smoke around Zubat. Luckily Zubat
could see her way around in the dark.

Just then, Seadra took one look at Misty and suddenly stopped. It
called out, "SEADRA!" to her. "I can't believe it!" gasped Misty, "It
is you!"

"Zubat, go and bite Seadra while its distracted!" shouted Cameron.

"ZUBAT!" replied Zubat as she started to swoop down on the distracted
Seadra.

"Seadra, pay attention!" shouted Daisy. Seadra turned around and
looked in fear at the huge approaching mouth of Zubat.

"Seadra, hydro pump now!" commanded Daisy. Seadra quickly spouted a
powerful jet of water right into Zubat's mouth. The hydro pump attack
didn't seem to end as Zubat started to blow up like a huge water
balloon and was about to drop down into the bottom of the pool.

"NO!!!" shouted Cameron as he quickly stepped into the water and caught
Zubat just in time. He then pushed at Zubat's stomach pumping out all
the water that got into her. After that, Cameron hung his head down in
defeat.

"The winner and still beautiful, Daisy!" said Daisy blowing Cameron a
kiss in good sportsmanship.

"Well it looks like you won't get any help from us Misty", scoffed
Lilly, "So much for the boy who fights in your honor!"

"It's not fair!" cried Misty, "You sisters have always taken from me
and gotten me to do everything for you! But whenever I need help,
you're never there! You're all just a bunch of selfish, conceited
takers!" and she started crying really hard while her friends came and
comforted her.

"Aw, please don't feel that way Misty", said Lilly taking her hand.
"Like, it's not that we don't want to help. We just can't."

"Yeah", said Violet, "Like this is an electric wall were talking about
and our water Pokemon would be totally weak against it."

"Gee I never thought of that", said Misty, "I guess it would be wrong
to have all these poor water Pokemon get fried trying to bring down
that awful wall."

"The gym leader you'd probably want to see is Lt. Surge", said Daisy,
"Like he's the electric Pokemon expert."

"Yes, that's right", said Brock, "Lt. Surge is a famous war hero too.
I bet he'll want to get back into action if we ask him."

"Yeah, but it's a shame you won't be able to contact him though",
called out Meowth's voice. Everyone turned around and they saw a huge
submarine shaped like a Magikarp emerge from the pool. James, Meowth,
and Reiko jumped out from a hatch on top and did their motto.

"Oh bummer", groaned Violet, "Like I told you it was a bad idea to
install that economy sized drain in the pool Daisy!"

When Growlithe saw that Team Rocket had arrived, he started to howl for
Jenny to come right away. "GRROOWWWLL!" it howled.

"Aw, save your dog-breath Fido", sneered Meowth, "Your pet policewoman
ain't comin' for you this time!"

"And neither is her attractive looking double", said James as he pushed
a button on a remote and a huge fishing net rose out of the submarine.
Inside were both Jennies tied up and gagged.

"GRROOOWWWLL!" shouted Growlithe as he angrily shot a bolt of fire at
the Rockets.

"Kingler, bubblebeam now!" said Reiko as a hatch opened from the mouth
of the sub and Kingler came out and shot an army of bubbles at
Growlithe putting out the fire and him with it. Pallet Jenny looked in
tears at her poor washed up Pokemon.

"You let those Jennies go or I'll, uh I'll, uh, let's see", said
Seymour trying to think of something threatening.

"Still the same old wimp as usual", said Meowth remembering the day he
first met Seymour, "It's time this Pokemon does some people catching
for once!" Meowth took out a remote and lots of fishing nets and rods
shot out of the sub snaring everyone in the room.

"Nice catch Meowth", said James as he looked at the Jennies in one net,
Cameron and Seymour in the second, Brock and Stella in the third, and
Misty and her sisters in the fourth. "We should take a picture!"

"Like the special in the fast food restaurant that expires when you
wait at the last minute. We should be heading back to Rocketville
before we savor our victory", said Reiko. Just then, they felt
something banging. It was Dewgong trying to headbutt their sub to
smithereens.

"Then again, victory can be savored now when absolutely necessary!"
said Reiko, "Kingler, defeat that foolish Dewgong!"

"KINGLER!" shouted Kingler as it dived into the pool swimming after
Dewgong but Dewgong was just too fast for Kingler. Everyone watched as
Kingler and Dewgong swam around in circles.

"Now to escape while they're being distracted", said Seymour as he took
out a Pokeball and released a turtle with huge furry ears and long
furry tails. "Wartortle!" it replied.

"Wow Seymour", said Cameron, "I didn't know you owned a Wartortle too."

"He prefers closed up spaces rather than wide open ones", said Seymour,
"He fears that his shell just isn't enough so I let him stay in his
Pokeball most of the time. Wartortle, I need you to bite through all
these nets. Can you do that for me?"

"Wartortle", said Wartortle as he bit through the net like Japanese
noodles causing Cameron and Seymour to fall into the pool. Then
Wartortle leapt to each net setting free all the captives causing them
to land into the pool as well. But the Jennies couldn't swim for they
were all tied up. Cameron and Seymour quickly swam up and untied them.

"My hero", said Pallet Jenny as she grabbed Seymour's head and kissed
his cheek. Seymour could suddenly feel the water getting warm.

"Hey, our prisoners are free!" shouted James.

"I hate it when the big ones get away!" grumbled Meowth.

"At least one enemy isn't free", smiled Reiko as she pointed to Kingler
who just caught Dewgong in its claws. "Kingler, give it your guillotine
attack!" smiled Reiko evily.

"NO!!" cried the three sisters together as they saw their poor Dewgong
about to be crushed to death by the scary looking crab. Just then
Kingler suddenly released Dewgong while the sisters quickly dragged it
out of harm's way.

"Kingler, why have you stopped?!" demanded Reiko angrily. Just then
Kingler started to float up into the air unable to move its body.
Cameron's Slowpoke and Misty's Psyduck rose out of the water and were
using their disable attacks against Kingler.

"All right, nice teamwork you guys!" cheered Misty.

"Now how about teaching Kingler seismic toss?" smiled Cameron, "On
them!" Slowpoke and Psyduck complied by making Kingler grab the
Rocket's sub causing them to fall back down into the hatch. Then they
made Kingler spin the sub around and around making the people inside
very dizzy.

"Quick, where are the seatbelts?!" cried James holding on to his chair.

"We never use seat belts!" shouted Meowth, "We're villians!"

Then Slowpoke and Psyduck sent the sub flying out of an open window in
the roof taking Kingler with it. "It looks like Team Rocket's blasting
off again!!!" Shouted the Rockets as they disappeared into the sky.

* * * * * *

That night, the sisters held another pool party for Misty and her
friends for saving them all from Team Rocket. Seymour was in the
shallow end having a water fight with Wartortle, Clefairy, and
Clefable. Seymour then felt someone tap him on the back. He turned
around and found Pallet Jenny with her hair down and wearing a
strapless blue and white striped bathing suit. "Are you four conducting
an illegal water fight?" she asked seriously.

"Well, uh", said Seymour nervously.

"Cause it's perfectly legal in my book if you have five", smiled Jenny
as she dunked Seymour's head into the water and started wrestling
around with him while he and his Pokemon happily wrestled back.

Growlithe was under the sunlamp trying to get dry from his watery
battle while Sandy was happily playing in the sandbox right next to
him. "Goldeen!" called out a voice. Sandy looked up and saw Goldeen
who had just jumped out of the water. She was holding a bag of corn
chips in her fins as a peace offering to Sandy.

"Sandshrew!" said Sandy gratefully as he ripped open the bag, nibbled
on some himself, and tossed a couple in the air so that Goldeen could
jump up and enjoy them as well.

Cameron and Misty were sitting at the edge of the pool watching
Slowpoke and Psyduck having fun. Since Psyduck couldn't swim,
Slowpoke was giving him a ride on his back.

"Those two get along just great", said Cameron.

"Yeah", sighed Misty, "I'm glad Psyduck's found someone that's just as
clueless as he is."

"Hi guys", said the sisters as they walked up to Cameron and Misty.
Misty saw that they were looking very humble.

"So you're all like heading off to Vermilion City tomorrow to ask Lt.
Surge for help?" asked Violet.

"Yep, that's the plan", said Misty quietly.

"Like we're sorry that we can't come along with you", said Daisy, "But
we'd like to give you some stuff that'll probably help. Remember the
last time you visited us, you lent us two of your Pokemon to improve
our ballet? Well we're giving them back to you." Daisy handed Misty
two Pokeballs. She opened up the first one and out popped a purple
starfish with ten points and a big red jewel in the middle.

"Starmie! It's so good to see you again!" smiled Misty as she hugged
one of her original Pokemon. "And I bet this is my Horsea!" she said
looking at the other Pokeball.

"Not exactly", said Daisy, "Instead of Misty's Horsea, out popped the
same Seadra she saw today.

"It really was you I saw out there!" smiled Misty as she hugged Seadra
who happily hugged her back with its fins.

"Yep", smiled Daisy, "Like your Horsea was such a great fighter that it
eventually evolved into Seadra. It rightfully belongs to you."

"Thank you", said Misty smiling at her big sister.

"And this is for you Cameron", said Violet as she handed him a badge
that looked like a teardrop.

"A CascadeBadge?" said Cameron, "But I lost to all of you."

"But you were willing to give up the badge to fight for our little
sister's honor", smiled Violet, "Like that makes you a winner in our
book. Congratulations Cameron."

"Thank you", smiled Cameron feeling happy that he now won two real gym
badges.

"And take this too Misty", said Lilly as she handed her sister a
beautiful blue stone.

"A Waterstone!" smiled Misty, "It's so pretty."

"Like we figured it might come in handy in case you find a really
great water Pokemon you want to evolve along the way." Smiled Lilly.
Now you definitely can't say your older and much more beautiful sisters
never gave you anything!"

Misty was about to spout off at her sisters, but instead she smiled and
gave them all a group hug. "Thank you all", she said quietly with tears
formed in her eyes.

"It's our pleasure baby sis", whispered all three sisters at once.
Then they picked Misty up, tossed her into the pool, dove in after her
and started tickling her to death.

"HA HA HA HA HEE HEE!" laughed Misty while thinking that there's no
place like home.

TO BE CONTINUED

[Cullen]

The Incredible Poke-Odyssey chapter 8

Giovanni the Cruel

Cameron and his friends were back on the road thanks to the van that
Cerulean Jenny had lent to her cousin Pallet Jenny. They were driving
on a paved road at night that was right next to another beach on their
way to Vermilion City hoping they could get help from Lt. Surge, the
electric Pokemon gym leader. Jenny was at the wheel with Seymour
riding shotgun at Jenny's request.

"Gee, it must get lonely living up in the mountains all alone", said
Jenny.

"I'm wasn't really alone", said Seymour, "I once lived happily with my
adopted family of Clefairies and Clefables until that Zubat incident
five years ago. After that, it's just been my Clefairy and me."

"I noticed you also have a Wartortle", said Jenny, "They usually live in
watery places, not high in the mountains."

"That was an interesting story", said Seymour.

"Clefairy and I were hanging around Mt. Moon.
Hoping to enter that cave someday soon.
Then one day we heard a loud yelp.
We looked up and saw a Wartortle that needed help.
It was struggling in vein in a Fearow's tight claw.
It was the most distressing thing that we ever saw.
Clefairy used her light screen and made a bright wall.
Which made the Fearow crash making its prey fall.
I came and caught Wartortle just before it hit the ground.
With the Fearow no where to be found.
Wartortle was so grateful it that it wouldn't leave my side.
Now I have a new Pokemon to add to my pride!"

"What a wonderful story", smiled Jenny as she looked at the man beside
her. Usually when she was near a guy, they would become suddenly
afraid or intimidated by her for she was the law. While others just
wanted to date or marry her just because she was a girl in uniform.
But Seymour was different. He had a carefree mind that thinks of
unusual things and puts them into poems. She just seemed very
comfortable with him.

"Thanks Officer Jen, I mean Jenny", smiled Seymour looking at the
lovely Jenny. He really wanted to ask her out on a date, but he didn't
have the nerve. Back in high school and college he was considered a
geek getting "KICK ME" signs pasted on his back, girls too busy washing
their hair to even speak to him and he was the only member of the
Pokemon lovers club. It was then, he decided to live up in Mt. Moon
where the only ones he could trust and call friends were Pokemon. Now
he was actually traveling with five humans while having a conversation
with the prettiest one.

"Maybe you can write a poem about me sometime", smiled Jenny.

"Oh boy!" thought Seymour who had his hand in his labcoat pocket
clutching on to his inhaler just in case.

Cameron was just admiring his brand new Pokemon. It was the Gloom that
had evolved from Oddish in the last chapter. "That Gloom sure is
pretty", sighed Misty.

"Gloom, Gloom!" said Gloom blushing.

"And I agree with, ah, with, AACHOO!" sneezed Cameron and he started to
sneeze some more. "AACHOO, AACHOO! I just don't know what's happening
to, to, AACHOO!"

"I'd better stop the van so you can get some air", said Jenny.
Everyone got out of the van so they could all stretch their legs and
let Cameron sneeze out in the wide open beach in the beautiful starry
night. "AACHOO! AACHOO!" went Cameron while his Gloom followed him
around.

"Wow Cameron", said Stella, "Your eyes are all watery and your face is
bright red! You wouldn't happen to be allergic to anything would you?"

"AACHOO, the only things that I know I'm allergic to are perfume and
flower nectar, AACHOO!" and then everyone suddenly looked at Gloom.

"Gloom?" asked Gloom wondering why everyone was looking funny at it.

"I'm afraid there's your answer", said Brock, "You're allergic to your
Gloom."

"But I wasn't allergic to Oddish, AACHOO!" sneezed Cameron.

"That's because Oddish never oozed out nectar", explained Seymour as he
pulled a huge blackboard out of nowhere. "You see Cameron", said
Seymour as he drew a Gloom on the board. "Glooms can't help but ooze
nectar from its newly grown flower bud. So it's very common for most
people to sneeze or break out whenever they're near a Gloom."

"I think it would be safer if you'd keep Gloom in its Pokeball for the
time being", said Jenny, "Until we can figure something out."

"I'm sorry Gloom", said Cameron as he took out Gloom's Pokeball. "I
hope you understand, AACHOO."

"Gloom!" said an understanding, but sad Gloom as it got sucked back
into its ball.

"Here Cameron", said Misty as she handed him a box of tissues. "I'm
sure things will work out for you and your Gloom soon."

"Thanks Misty", sniffed Cameron as he blew his nose.

"Hey, look over there", said Brock as he pointed to a lighthouse that
had no light at all shining.

"Where's the light?" asked Stella, "Is the keeper in there goofing off?"

"I remember that lighthouse", said Brock, "That's the home of our
friend Bill, the Pokemon researcher.

"I remember good old Bill", smiled Misty, "He taught us all sorts of
neat things about Pokemon."

"And he also appeared in my Gameboy too", said Cameron.

"I wonder why his light is out?" wondered Brock. "He always keeps it on
so he can keep a lookout for that special Pokemon he's been looking for
so long."

"We'd better go check on him", said Misty, "Come on everybody."

"But first, it's camouflage time", said Jenny as she pushed a button on
a remote and her van suddenly turned to sand and fell down mixing in
with the rest of the sand.

"Wow!" said Cameron, "That's even weirder than the vine covered van!"

"We Jennies have to prepare for anything", winked Jenny. "The only
problem though is we sometimes forget where we've parked." Everyone
laughed as they approached the lighthouse.

* * * * * *

They all soon entered the lighthouse that was very dark in the inside
as well. "This should be called a darkhouse instead of a lighthouse",
said Cameron trying to find his way around.

"I can't even see my hand in front of my face", said Stella.

"But at least I can still hold it my sweet!" said Brock as he found her
hand and kissed it.

"That's my hand you jerk!" shouted Misty as a loud slap was heard.

"And that's my cheek", shouted an annoyed Jenny.

"You're not gonna give me life for striking an officer?" asked a
nervous Misty.

"Clefable, use your flash to light up this place", commanded Seymour.
Suddenly a burst of light filled the room causing everyone to rub their
eyes while seeing dancing colored dots. Then they saw Clefable shining
bright as a beacon.

"I certainly could use her in case my police siren goes on the blink",
thought Jenny.

"Let's go up those stairs and see if we can find Bill", said Misty.
They all went up the circular path of stairs with the shining Clefable
leading the way.

When they got to the top, they found themselves in a beautifully
decorated room filled with Pokemon paintings and shelves filled with
Pokemon books. "Who's there?" asked a British accented voice, "If
you're thieves, you'd better leave or I'll sick my Rattata on you!"

"That's Bill's voice", said Brock, "Don't worry Bill. It's us, your
old friends Brock and Misty."

"Hi Bill, remember us?" called out Misty.

"Misty and Brock?" called out Bill, "Why it has been a while! Is Ash
with you?"

Misty was about to sigh again until she stopped herself and said, "No,
it's just me, Brock, and some new friends. Why don't you come on out
so we can see you."

"No, I can't!" cried Bill, "Something terrible has happened to me! I
can't face any of you!"

"Are you stuck in another Kabuto costume again?" asked Brock. "We can
help you get out of it if you'll show yourself."

"It's far worse than that!" said Bill. "All right, I'll show myself.
But you must promise that you won't be shocked an appalled at what you
see." Everyone stood there waiting for Bill to come out from wherever
he's hiding.

"EEEEEK!!!" cried Stella as she jumped into Brock's arms, "A RATTATA!!!!
I hate Rattatas! Kill it!!! Kill it!!!" Everyone looked down at the
small purple rat with huge fangs while Brock was busy gazing at the
girl in his arms.

"You promised me you wouldn't be appalled!" said the Rattata in a
British accent.

"Bill?!" thought Cameron.

"A talking Rattata!" gasped Seymour.

"But I thought Meowth was the world's only talking Pokemon", said
Jenny.

"I'm not really a Rattata", said the rat, "Even though I have the body
of one, I used to be a pure bread human named Bill."

"Bill, is that you?" gasped Misty as she bent down to examine the
Rattata. Instead of having bright red eyes like all Rattatas are
supposed to have, it had human eyes.

"Yes, it's me", cried Bill covering his face in shame with his front
feet, "This is so humiliating!"

"Getting you out of that tiny costume might be a little tricky", said
Brock.

"This is no costume", whined Bill, "I've turned myself into a real fur
and fanged Rattata with no hope of ever being changed back!"

"How did it happen?" asked Misty.

"It's a long story", said a now calm Bill, "If you'd be so kind and get
some tea bags, cookies, and cheese logs out of that cupboard up there,
I'll tell you. I'd get them myself, but I've been vertically disabled."

* * * * * *

A few minutes later, everyone was seated around a huge table having tea
and cookies. Bill was sitting on top of the table nibbling on a cheese
log. Misty thought it was so cute, but Stella thought it was gross
that a filthy Rattata was seated at a table with humans.

"I appreciate you all making the tea and setting the table for me",
said Bill, "I don't mean to be such a terrible host, but you can see
my condition."

"Can you tell us how it all happened?" asked Seymour, "I'm a scientist
so I can probably help."

"It happened five years ago", said Bill.

"Uh oh", thought Cameron, "Another five years ago story. This must
mean, you know who, had something to do with Bill's dilemma."

"As you know", explained Bill, "I've been fascinated by Pokemon so much
that I try to make myself Pokemon costumes so I can learn how its feels
to be like them. But the costumes weren't enough. I wanted to
experience being a real flesh and blood Pokemon. So I invented a DNA
chamber. A device that would let my dreams come true. First I placed
my pet Rattata in chamber 1, then I stepped into chamber 2. I suddenly
felt my molecules get pulled apart and sucked into the long tube that
leads to chamber 1. When I felt my molecules rejoin, I stepped out of
the chamber. WITH FOUR FEET! I looked into a nearby mirror and
discovered I had the fur, ears, tail, and fangs of a real live Rattata!
It was a most marvelous experience! I ran through mouse holes, found
things I had lost for years while scavenging through seat cushions, and
I even knew the Rattata language by heart! I had planned on merging
with a Pidgey the minute I became human again."

Cameron remembered that Bill did the exact same thing in his Gameboy.
He asked Cameron's character to activate the computer on the side. The
minute Pokemon Bill stepped into his chamber, Cameron activated the
computer and Bill came out the other chamber human again. "Where's
your machine now?" asked Cameron, "Maybe we can help you reactivate
it so you can become human again."

"Alas, I don't have it anymore!" sighed Bill, "Just as I was about to
reactivate my machine, hordes of thugs dressed in black uniforms with
Rs on the front busted into my lighthouse."

"Team Rocket!" said everyone.

"I hid under a chair and watched as those horrible Rockets turned over
my things, searched through my drawers, and took whatever they thought
was valuable. Then in stepped their boss. He was a mean looking man
with dark hair, dark skin, and wore an orange business suit."

"That sounds like Giovanni to me", said Cameron.

"Who's Giovanni?" asked Misty.

"Giovanni is the big boss of all Team Rocket", said Cameron, "I
remember from the cartoon how Jessie, James, and Meowth would shake in
fear whenever they reported to him. He sure knew how to put those 3
down with his insults and put downs."

"Anyway", continued Bill, "This Giovanni started to gaze at my DNA
chamber and seemed to find it very interesting. 'This is what we came
for', he said, 'I've heard rumors on the net that the famous Bill had
created such an interesting device. Too bad he isn't here to watch us
steal it from him. HA HA HA!' But I was there and I wasn't going to
let them take my precious machine without a fight, even if I was a tiny
Pokemon. I leapt right in front of Giovanni with my best ferocious
face. I didn't want to talk because I wanted him to believe that I was
a fierce wild Rattata. But he just smiled and sent his pet Persian
after me. I ran for my dear life trying to escape the feline. And I
did by running into a nearby mouse hole. A few minutes later, I
emerged from my hole only to find my DNA chamber gone with no hope of
ever becoming human again. And that's my entire sad story."

Everyone felt sad about the life Bill had to live these past five years.
"Who'd ever thought I'd feel for a filthy Rattata", thought Stella.

"If I only knew where this Giovanni lives", said Jenny, "I can track
him down and put that awful head of Team Rocket behind bars for life!
I'd become the most popular Jenny of all." She said while fantasizing
about wearing a golden badge that was even bigger than her body.

Just then they all heard some glass crack, they all turned around and
saw two human shaped and one Meowth shaped hole right on the large
window of the lighthouse. Then the forms of Team Rocket went right
through them, but through the wrong shaped holes though, causing even
more glass to shatter. Then James and Reiko did their usual motto
while Meowth started sweeping up the broken glass with a whisk-broom
and dustpan.

"Meowth, why are you cleaning up this place?" asked James, "We're here
to capture some rebels!"

"Hey, it's for my safety", said Meowth, "You both got shoes while all I
have are bare paws. That attracts blood thirsty broken glass!" and he
dumped all the swept up shards into a nearby trashcan.

"Thank you my fellow Pokemon", said Bill as he approached Meowth, "I
can hardly clean around here since I can't reach my vacuum cleaner."

"That Rattata talks!!!" shouted James and Reiko both surprised.

"WAAAH! That's not fair!" cried Meowth, "I'm supposed to be the world's
only talking Pokemon! I'm not special anymore! WAAAAH!!!"

Reiko quieted Meowth down with her little mallet. "I suggest you do not
be like the sorrowful Weepinbell and weep its eyes out." Said Reiko
calmly, "If you want to be the world's only talking Pokemon, just
destroy that one!"

"You're right!" smiled Meowth as he sharpened his claws, "Got any last
words rodent?"

"Uh, bye!" said Bill as he sped into a nearby mouse hole. Meowth
chased after him but ended up bumping his head against the wall causing
a huge lump to grow right through the charm on his head.

"How did you Rockets find us?!" demanded Jenny, "I thought I hid my van
perfectly!"

"It's was very simple", said James, "We were traveling through the dark
sky in our balloon when all of a sudden we saw a lighthouse giving off
a beam of light that looked too powerful for a normal lighthouse."
Everyone looked at Clefable who still had her flash power on.
"Clefable!" she apologized as she turned off her flash and the entire
room went dark.

"Clef..." said Seymour who suddenly had his mouth covered by someone.

"If we all stay quiet, Team Rocket may not have any chance of finding
us in the dark", whispered Jenny.

"Someone turn on the lights!" shouted Meowth, "I can't see my paw in
front of my face!"

"I'd better stop those rebels before they escape in the darkness", said
James, "Victreebel, sleep powder now!"

"James you fool!" shouted Reiko, "Victreebel won't be able to see who
its attacking. It might put us to, to, sleeeeep, ZZZZZZZ!"

"I could use a little catnap myself", yawned Meowth, "ZZZZZZZ!"

"No Victreebel!" cried James, "You're supposed to put those rebels to
sleep not my teammates! Can't you do anything right?!" Then they all
heard Victreebel chomping on James's head again. "When will I learn?!"
cried James.

Cameron found a nearby light switch and turned it on. He found himself
and all his friends unharmed while Meowth and Reiko were sound asleep
in a corner and James was kicking his feet trying to escape the mouth
of his very own Victreebel.

"This is perfect!" smiled Misty, "We've got one of the trio right where
we want him! We've waited for this day for five long years!"

"Now we can find out what they did to Ash, Pikachu, and my Mr. Mime!"
smiled Stella. "Go Tangela!" and she released her Tangela.

"Go Growlithe!" said Jenny as she released her Growlithe. "Growlithe,
sustain that Victreebel!" commanded Jenny. Growlithe quickly jumped
on Victreebel causing it to spit out a nectar-slobbered James. Then
Growlithe sat on top of Victreebel making grumbling noises threatening
to hurt the poor plant if it made any sudden moves.

"Thanks for getting me away from that constricting plant life", said
James.

"I have a much nicer plant for you to meet", smiled Stella wickedly,
"Tangela, bind him now!" James suddenly found himself tied up in the
strong vines of Tangela.

"Uh, I don't really hug on the first date", gasped James trying to get
loose.

"All right James", said Brock sternly, "We want some answers and we
want them now! What have you done with Ash?!"

"Ash?" asked James, "I've given up smoking two years ago and I've
thrown away all my ashes along with all my old ashtrays."

"We're talking about Ash Ketchum!" screamed Misty, "We want to know
what you and your friends have done with him five years ago!!!"

"Oh, you mean the original twerp", smiled James, "Sorry, even if I did
know what happened to him, I still wouldn't tell any of you. My lips
are zipped!"

"Tangela", smiled Stella, "Let's see if you can unzip James with your
truth spore."

"Truth spore?" thought Cameron. Just then Tangela sprayed some kind of
red pollen all over James causing him to go into a trance.

"I cannot tell a lie", said James in a monotone voice, "I chopped down
my Dad's wooden leg with my little hatchet!"

"It works!" smiled Stella, "Now James will be able to tell us anything
we want thanks to you Tangela."

"Tang!" said Tangela winking at her.

"Wow, I've never heard of an attack called truth spore", said Cameron.

"No one really has", said Stella, "Prof. Oak invented a truth spore TM
just for my Tangela. He figured it might come in handy in case we run
into one of the trio. And that day has finally come!"

"Now let's try this once again", said Brock calmly, "What have you done
with Ash?"

"It happened five years ago when me, Jessie, and Meowth thought we
caught a Mr. Mime", said James emotionless. Clefable then hopped over
to James, placed her finger on his forehead and an image appeared in
front of them.

"What's Clefable doing?" asked Cameron.

"She's just giving us a flashback so we can understand what happened
better" smiled Seymour as he handed out bags of popcorn to everyone.
James started talking while his words were being transformed into
pictures.

START OF FLASHBACK:

Jessie, James, and Meowth were heading over to their boss's office
carrying a great big sack. The door opened and there sat Giovanni
looking pretty mean while stroking his pet Persian. "So if it isn't the
Simpleton Squad", said Giovanni annoyed, "Don't tell me. You've
destroyed something else of value to me. Well, tell me so I can punish
you and get on with my rich life!"

"Oh no Boss", smiled Jessie, "We've brought you an extremely rare
Pokemon liked you asked us to."

"Here he is, the one and only Mr. Mime!" said James as Meowth gave him
a drum roll on a tiny drum while James opened up the sack. There in
front of Giovanni was a Mr. Mime all tied up and gagged.

"A Mr. Mime!" said Giovanni who started to smile a little. "That's one
of the Pokemon I've been missing from my collection. Maybe I misjudged
you three after all. Congratulations." Jessie and James hugged each
other with pride while Meowth made a face at the annoyed Persian while
Giovanni studied the Mr. Mime.

"Very nice", smiled Giovanni, "I've always admired the curvy shoes of a
Mr. Mime along with his round red shoulders, jester points on his head,
and the tag that says, MADE IN JAPAN, sticking out of the back of his
head and the.... MADE IN JAPAN!!!!!" He angrily pulled the Mr. Mime's
head off and discovered that it was only a mask. He looked down and
saw the head of a black-haired boy.

"You're no Mr. Mime!!" shouted Giovanni angrily.

"Hey, I only play a Mr. Mime on TV!" shouted Ash.

"Oh no, it's that brat again!" shouted Meowth. This time it was the
Persian who was making faces at the poor Meowth.

"Uh oh", we're in trouble!" whined James while shaking his knees.

"Don't show fear in front of the boss!" said Jessie while hugging
James's knees shut.

"I knew it was only in a fantasy world that you three nincompoops
would do something right!" shouted Giovanni as he threw the Mr. Mime
mask causing it to land right on Meowth's head making him look like a
Mr. Mimeowth. "You three have failed me for the last time!"

"Oooooh, are you gonna give us all a magic potion that'll stop us from
failing?" smiled James while stars formed in his eyes. Jessie just
sighed.

"Just get out of my sight for all eternity!!!" screamed Giovanni as he
pushed a button on his desk and the three Rockets fell through a trap
door, slid down a long slide and landed into a dark and dirty room.
They all looked around and found about 100 Rocket thugs wearing worn
out uniforms, eating stale food, and looking very nervous.

"Hey, I've never seen this place before", said Jessie.

"We thought we knew where everything was in the boss's headquarters",
said James.

"Welcome to the Rocket's execution room", said a skinny and dirty
looking Rocket.

"We hope your stay here will be a long one", said another, "Unlike some
of our other poor failures."

"Knuckles, is that you?" asked Jessie looking in surprise at the first
Rocket. "It is you! I haven't seen you since the day you accidentally
starched the boss's underwear with greasy potato starch."

"And Brusier, you're here too!" gasped James staring at the other
Rocket, "I thought you got fired when you tried to tell the boss to
chill out."

"Firing is too kind a word Giovanni uses", moaned Bruiser.

"This is where he sends all the Rockets that let him down", wailed
Knuckles.

"It looks like there are over a hundred Rockets in here", said Jessie.

"Yeah, Giovanni has a very short fuse", said Bruiser, "He goes through
failed Rockets like a bag of potato chips."

"And who's your new Pokemon?" Asked Knuckles pointing to Meowth who
still had a Mr. Mime's head.

"Oh it's just our ex-boss's ex-pet", said James as he pulled the mask
off of Meowth's head. Jessie and James looked surprised when they saw
Ash's hat sitting on Meowth's head. "Hey, I'm a Pokemon master!"
smiled Meowth as he took out a mirror and admired himself while making
a paws' up.

"Will you stop that?!" shouted Jessie as she grabbed the hat and
whacked Meowth with it. "This stupid hat is a reminder of the little
brat who got us into this mess! I'm gonna tear this hat to shreds as
soon as I can find something sharp!"

"You mean like these?!" shouted Meowth as he scratched Jessie's face
causing her to yelp and drop the hat. Meowth quickly slid by as the
hat landed perfectly on his head. "I still got it!" said Meowth as he
turned the hat backwards like they way Ash usually does.

"This doesn't look like an execution room to me", said James, "Where
are the torture devices, the iron maidens, the guillotines, the
electric chairs?"

"Just look down there", answered Bruiser while pointing down. Jessie,
James, and Meowth looked down and saw a bunch of closed trap doors all
over the floor.

"And look up there also", replied Knuckles, "They saw an alarm go off
and a light that read in red letters, LUNCH TIME! Everyone held each
other in fear waiting for something. Just then, a door slid open from
under a Rocket and he suddenly fell through it letting out a loud scream
and a splash. Jessie, James, and Meowth rushed over to the open door
while the others backed away. There they saw the Rocket in a shallow
pool of water facing a gigantic sea serpent.

"A GYARADOS!!!" cried the trio remembering their frightful experience
with one a year back. Then the trap door quickly shut right before
they saw the Gyarados take a bite of the poor Rocket.

"You see", moaned Knuckles, "We never know who's gonna be on the menu.
I could be tonight's dinner!"

"Or I could be tomorrow's breakfast", wailed Bruiser.

"Or I could be today's tea time", said a British sounding Rocket
holding an umbrella.

"Jessie", said James nervously, "Did I ever tell you that you were a
marvelous dresser?"

"Oh no", grumbled Jessie while slapping James around, "We're not gonna
go through those death row compliments like we did on that sinking
ship!" She then stood up and shouted, "Listen up my fellow Rockets!
For many years, we've served and cowered under the thumb of that
miserable ingrate Giovanni. And where did it get us? Stuck in a room
with stale food all over the place thinking about the future we were
never gonna get even if we still worked for him! I'd say we find a way
out of here, start our own Rocket empire and run it our way!"

"That's brilliant Jess", smiled James, "And you can be the queen and I
can be the king! And I get to wear a pretty tiara!"

"And I can be the top cat of this new and better empire too!" smiled
Meowth, "What da' ya' all say?"

"YEAH!!" shouted all the Rockets together. "To Queen Jessie, King James,
and the Top Meowth. The rulers of our new empire!" shouted Knuckles.

"So your majesties", asked Bruiser, "How are you gonna get us out of
this room of doom?"

"Give me a minute and I'll think of something", said Jessie. Just then,
the alarm went off and the words, AFTERNOON MUNCHIE TIME, appeared on
the screen.

"Uh oh", said Knuckles, "I wonder who'll be it now?"

"Our new queen", said Bruiser as they all looked at Jessie. Jessie
looked down and found the trap door underneath her was open. She
screamed as she fell through it. But James caught her arm just in
time. She looked down and found the Gyarados sleeping in the water.

"Pull me up quick", pleaded Jessie. Just as James was about to pull
her up, the trap door slammed right onto James's waist. He yelped as
he let go of Jessie causing her to land right on top of the Gyarados's
head waking it up. It woke up in an angry rage looking for the
delicious thing that awakened it. Jessie ducked under the water and
held her breath hoping it wouldn't find her. She did find a chomped
up skeleton though. Which was probably the last guy that was
Gyarados's lunch. She screamed in terror as she rose from the water
causing the Gyarados to spot her.

"Jessie, I'm sorry that I let you go!" called out the front half of
James, "And I'm sorry that I got your beautiful hair and clothes dirty
too. Please don't beat on me in the afterlife!"

"Keep quiet you moron!" screamed Jessie, "Or Gyarados will spot you
too!" But it was too late. Gyarados saw James sticking out of the
trap door and it flew up getting ready to chomp on him.

"No!" I'm too wimpy to die!" cried James as he covered his eyes.
Jessie quickly jumped onto Gyarados's tail causing it to fall back into
the water. Then she released Arbok just as Gyarados rose and was about
to attack our villians.

"Arbok, use your glare attack now!" commanded Jessie. Arbok's eyes
started to glow a bright scary color as it glared at the even bigger
serpent. Gyarados suddenly became paralyzed with fear and it stood
there motionless.

"You did it Jessie!" smiled James, "You're my hero!"

"I'm your heroine", corrected Jessie, "And don't you forget it! Now
this Gyarados will only stay paralyzed for a few minutes so we have to
find a way out of here fast. And I think I found a way", she said as
she pointed to a huge drainpipe. "This pipe looks like it's big enough
for a human to pass through. We can all escape through here and hope
it leads to a better place."

"Hey James, is Jessie fish bait yet?" called out Meowth's voice from
above.

"No Meowth", called out James. She's alive and she's found us a way
out. Take Weezing out of my pocket and stuff it into the crack of the
door."

"Okie dokie", said Meowth as he released Weezing from its Pokeball
and pushed it through the crack of the trap door that was opened by
James's torso.

"Weezing, expand yourself", said James. Weezing then took a deep
breath and started blowing up like a balloon causing the door to slide
open some more. James fell out of it and slid down Gyarados's back
like a slide causing him to land into the water right next to Jessie.

"Hey all you Rockets" called out Jessie's voice. "There's a drainpipe
to freedom in this pit. I've paralyzed this beast so you can all slide
down it safely. So come on everyone, your first slide to a brand new
life starts with you!"

Everyone cheered as they all slid down Gyarados's back one by one and
crawled through the pipe. Once the last Rocket went through, James
sucked Weezing back into its ball and the trap door shut quick. Just
then, Gyarados started to shake off the last of the paralysis and
started to look angrily at Jessie and James. "Quick James", shouted
Jessie, "We gotta split!"

"I just thought of something", said James nervously, "What if that pipe
leads to filthy raw sewage? We could get killed if we get exposed to
our ex-boss's old waste!"

"Would you rather become Gyarados's waste after it munches on and
digests you?" hollered Jessie as she tossed her partner into the pipe
and got in just before the Gyarados could snap at her.

Jessie and James crawled through the pipe and came across an open
vent. They slipped right through it and found themselves in a room
where Meowth and all the other Rockets were waiting for them. "Hey
guys", said Meowth, "Look what we came across." They both looked
around and discovered that they had entered the Rocket weapon and
invention storage room. It was filled with nets, bazookas, tanks,
jeeps, motorcycles, and a huge device that happened to be Bill's stolen
DNA chamber.

"Acres and acres of items of destruction", smiled James as he danced
around happily, "And they're all ours! I feel like a schoolgirl!"

"Well then why are we standing around here for?" asked Jessie, "Let's
take all this stuff to our new kingdom!"

"And where exactly is our new kingdom?" asked Meowth.

"I've got just the place!" smiled Jessie as she stared at Meowth's new
hat evily.

* * * * * *

Soon, a door exploded and a pack of tanks, jeeps, and motorcycles drove
out of Rocket headquarters with Jessie, James and Meowth leading the
way in the largest tank. Jessie took out a bottle of champagne and
poured them all some. "To our wonderful new future as monarchs!" she
shouted as they all tapped their glasses together. Just then, they
heard a loud bang.

"Oh no!" cried James, "Giovanni's found out about our plan and he's
blown his stack about it!" He opened the top of the tank and looked
behind him. He found something purple and white flying out from the
roof of the headquarters. It looked like some kind of new Pokemon.

"What do you suppose that is?" wondered James.

"Whatever that is, it's Giovanni's and that dumb Persian's problem",
said Meowth as he popped open another bottle of champagne causing the
cork to fly off into the horizon along with the Pokemon.

END OF FLASHBACK:

Clefable then stopped pointing at James's head and fell back down
completely exhausted. "Why did Clefable stop?" asked Misty, "We were
just finding out lots of interesting stuff."

"Clefable needs to rest up", said Seymour as he cradled his poor tired
Pokemon. "That technique sure can take a lot out of her."

"But we still got James under the power of Tangela's vines and its
truth spore", said Stella, "Let's continue with our interrogation."

"So James", asked Brock, "What has this old boss of yours done with
Ash?"

"I don't know", said James who was still in a trance, "We haven't seen
Giovanni or the twerp ever since that day."

"Well where is this Giovanni's headquarters?" asked Jenny?"

"It's in Celadon City", said James, "Hidden in a game center."

"Just like in my game." Said Cameron remembering the underground maze
in the Celadon game center that lead to Giovanni's headquarters.

"Well what have you done with Ash's Pikachu?" demanded Misty.

"And my Mr. Mime?" demanded Stella.

"Well", continued James, but before he could speak, a small ball of
blue goo hit James in the mouth sealing it up tight. They all turned
around and found Reiko and Meowth who had just woken up.

"Spilling the beans can lead one into a life of empty franks and
associates." Said Reiko while holding a slingshot she used to throw
that goo ball. "Tentacruel, retrieve our teammates at once!" commanded
Reiko. Tentacruel stuck out its tendrils and pulled James out of
Tangela's vines and Victreebel from Growlithe's feet.

"So you rotten humans know about our old ex-boss and my so-called
loving master, eh?" sneered Meowth. "Now it's gonna be a double
pleasure rubbing you all out along with the stuff you just learned!"

"Not so fast", said Jenny, "Growlithe, take down attack!"

"Tangela, vine whip!" commanded Stella. Just as the two Pokemon were
about to launch their attacks. Tentacruel managed to restrain them
with its powerful tendrils. It then stuck out its other countless
tendrils and nabbed all six of our heroes pinning their arms to their
sides.

"I can't reach Sandy's Pokeball" gasped Cameron for his Pokebelt was
covered with a thick tendril.

"Now we're all going back to Rocketville so we can show you how real
villians interrogate goody-goods!" laughed Meowth. Just then a voice
shouted out, "QUICK ATTACK AND SUPER FANG!" A bolt of purple flashed
by biting off Tentacruel's tendrils freeing our heroes.

"Bill?" asked everyone. They all looked down and found Bill smiling
with his fangs covered with green ooze. "Luckily, I taught my Rattata
some good attacks before getting combined with him", smiled Bill. "But
now I'm gonna have to brush my fangs for an entire year! YEECH!"

"It looks like Cruelly's gonna be useless now that it's handicapped",
said Meowth as he stared at the tendrilless Tentacruel.

"Never underestimate the handicapped", smiled Reiko as she watched
Tentacruel grow some more tendrils ready for battle again.

"All right!" shouted Meowth, "Cruelly, you take a rest and I'll take
care of that tasty looking rat for you!" He shot out his claws and was
about to pounce on Bill, until Clefable knocked Meowth down with her
pound attack. She then started to wiggle her fingers starting up her
metronome.

"Clefable, you need to save up your energy!" cried Seymour, "If you
end up launching a weak attack, you'll be finished for sure!"

But luckily Clefable launched a powerful attack. Probably the most
powerful attack of all, Hyper Beam! The entire room went dark and a
powerful beam of energy shot from Clefable's body. It hit the Rockets
sending them flying out of the lighthouse and off into the morning
sunrise.

"TEAM ROCKET'S BLASTING OFF AGAIN!!" shouted Reiko and Meowth while
James was still in a trance and his mouth was still covered with goo.

Clefable smiled, fell to the ground and went into a deep sleep. "Nice
job sweetie", smiled Seymour as he sucked her back into her Pokeball.
"You rest up now. You deserve it."

"And you did a great job too Bill", smiled Cameron, "Thanks for saving
us."

"My pleasure", said Bill blushing. "So this team rocket took my DNA
chamber back to their palace. I must go there and get it back!"

"Well, why don't you come with us?" asked Brock. "We were on our way
to Vermilion City so we can ask Lt. Surge to supply us with an army
that'll help us free Pallet Town."

"And it looks like we'll now be heading off to Celadon City too to find
this Giovanni creep so we can find out what happened to Ash." Said
Misty hoping Ash would be all right.

"All right, you talked me into it", smiled Bill, "And it looks like I
won't have to pack me some clothes either", he laughed as he showed off
his ratty bareness. They all laughed too.

"Wow, it looks like we have ourselves a magnificent seven", said
Cameron.

"You mean a magnificent six and a half", whispered Stella who still
couldn't stand the sight of rats. Even if this one was a nice guy.

"Just don't put me in a Pokeball please", said Bill, "I prefer being my
own Pokemon."

"You got it!" smiled Cameron. Then Cameron, Misty, Brock, Stella,
Jenny, Seymour, all placed their hands on top of each other while Bill
leapt on top of Cameron's arm and placed his front foot on the pile.

"Long live the Pallet Rebellion!" They all shouted together.

TO BE CONTINUED

AUTHOR'S NOTE:

Well it looks like our heroes have another new addition to their team.
I hope you enjoyed this chapter. And those Rocket thugs, Knuckles and
Bruiser, happen to be the same two thugs that terrorized the poor
Johnston family in chapter 2. Knuckles owned the Koffing and Bruiser
owned the Charmeleon.

See ya' all soon with another chapter!

[Cullen]

The Incredible Poke-Odyssey chapter 9

Electric Schemes

Back in the Rocketville palace, Jessie was lying on a nice soft table
dressed in a white towel. She was getting her back massaged by a
muscular Machoke. "Ah, this is the life", she sighed, "If only everyone
in the world could live like this. Too bad I'm just a monarch who
doesn't care about the needs of the common folk. HA HA HA!"

Just then, a Primeape came in rolling a table with a ringing vidphone
on it. "It always rings when I'm doing something important!" Sighed
Jessie as she got up and stretched her sexy arms. She picked up the
receiver and pushed the voice only button. "Queen Jessie speaking",
she said sweetly, "If you're calling to give me compliments, talk away.
If not, hang up before I spray mace through the receiver!"

"Greetings my most royal, smart, and superior majesty", said a pretty
Japanese accented voice.

"Reiko, is that you?" smiled Jessie delighted to hear from her favorite
intern. "How are things going with our rebel retrieving party? Good
I hope."

"Not exactly", sighed Reiko, "Like the lump that forms on your mattress
when you try to drift off into a peaceful night's sleep, we seem to
have a little dilemma right now."

"WHAT???!" shouted Jessie in a frightening voice causing Machoke and
Primeape to hold each other while shaking.

"You might want to turn on your vidphone screen so I can show you",
said Reiko. Jessie did and she found Reiko and Meowth staring at James
who was sitting on the ground in a trance. He was still under the
effects of Tangela's truth spore and was saying stuff like. "I always
felt like I was a woman trapped in a man's body. I was completely
devastated when I got turned down for the role of Cinderella in our
school play. I even had 12 inch glass slippers custom made just for
me!"

"What's he babbling about?" asked Jessie, "He seems more pathetic than
usual!"

"Those rebels did something to him to make him do nothing but tell the
truth", said Reiko, "And now he won't stop being truthful."

"There ain't nothing more useless than an honest villain!" cried Meowth.

"Say Meowth, did I ever tell you that Jessie and I are really dog
people?" asked James.

"NOOOOOO!!!!!" screamed Meowth as he fell into a cartoon pit of despair.

"How dare you spit out our little secret!!!" screamed Jessie as she
shook the vidphone up and down, "I don't want people to know I like
dirty, slobbery dogs!!!"

"Please your highness", pleaded Reiko, "You might break our connection.
I called you up so I can get some of your wisdom on what to do about
this problem."

Jessie calmly set the vidphone down. "Where are you now?" she asked.

"Behind the Vermilion City Gym", answered Reiko.

"Hold on, I'll be right there", said Jessie as she turned off the
vidphone. She looked over at the Machoke and Primeape who were still
shaking in fear. She smiled and sucked them both into their Pokeballs.
Jessie then went behind a screen and changed into her old Team Rocket
uniform and admired herself in the mirror. "Even in peasant garb, I
still got it!" Jessie smiled. She then went to a huge shelf filled
with Pokeballs and placed Machoke's ball into the M section and
Primeape's into the P section. Then she grabbed a Pokeball from the
K section.

"Go Kadabra!" shouted Jessie releasing a strange looking Pokemon with
pointy ears, a pointy snout with a mustache, and was holding a huge
spoon. "Kadabra", said Jessie, "I need you to teleport me to Vermilion
City right away."

"Kadabra!" said Kadabra as it suddenly disappeared out of sight taking
Jessie with it.

* * * * * *

Jessie and Kadabra found themselves in Vermilion City where Reiko and
Meowth were waiting for them while James was still in a trance. "Heya
Jess", smiled Meowth, "Long time no see!"

"Greetings your majesty", said Reiko while bowing, "I hope your journey
was blissful."

"I only left the palace a second ago", said Jessie, "But thanks for
your concern", and she patted Reiko's head while she rose proudly.

"Oh, hi Jessie", said James, "Did I ever tell you that your hair looks
like you've eaten a thousand pounds of spaghetti? And you do look like
you've put on a few pounds as well."

"WHAT?!!!!" screamed Jessie as she grabbed James by the ankles and spun
him around until he hit the wall of the Pokemon gym.

"Please your highness", pleaded Reiko, "Like the volcano on Cinnabar
Island that could destroy its neighbors with one little irritation, you
must try to control your temper or else there will be no Team Rocket
left for you to boss around."

"Oh very well", sighed Jessie as he stared at the beaten James,
"Kadabra, teleport James back to the palace and have the royal doctors
treat him."

"Hey Jessie", said James who was trying to stand up with no luck at
all, "I think the whole world should know about your secret desires
like how you're a big fan of Jar Jar Bi...."

"Get him out of here NOW!!" shouted Jessie. A nervous Kadabra complied
and quickly teleported away taking James with it. "Whew, that was
close", said Jessie as she wiped her forehead with a handkerchief. "I
hope he didn't blab about anything else, did he?"

"Well, he did tell those rebels about our old boss and about the nerve
wrecking adventure we had when we last saw him", said Meowth, "Now they
plan on going over to him to find out what he did with that brat Ash."

"Giovanni?!" gasped Jessie, "Well why are you both hanging around
Vermilion City for? His headquarters are in Celadon City! We've got
to stop them before Giovanni finds out what we've done!"

"We've heard the rebels were on their way here to get help from Lt.
Surge", explained Reiko calmly, "We figured that we should wait here
and capture them before they meet up with Surge."

"Pretty good idea", smiled Jessie, "But I've got something better.
Let's take over this gym and let them walk right into our cute little
clutches!"

"Are you crazy?!" said Meowth, "That place is packed with heavily
armed war veterans with electric Pokemon! I still haven't recovered
from all those Pikachu shocks!"

"Relax you fraidy Meowth", sighed Jessie as she took out a suitcase and
pulled out some rubber suits. Two human sized and one cat sized. "With
these rubber PJs, we'll be invulnerable to anything those brain fried
soldiers dish out!"

"You're always so wise my queen", smiled Reiko as she started putting
on the suit.

Meowth was wondering what Jessie's boots tasted like for Reiko always
seemed to be kissing them. "So how did you know we'd be needing these
rubber suits Jess?"

"Simple my dear Meowth", smiled Jessie, "You were in Vermilion City,
the electric capitol of the world. So I figured that rubber suits
would come in handy. And besides, it gives me an excuse to show off
my lovely figure!" and she started posing in her purple covered suit
and veil.

After they were all suited, Reiko found an open window on top of the
gym. Jessie used her 11 foot Arbok to push them up to the window
causing them to fall into a vat of Pokeballs.

"Wow, we hit the jackpot!" smiled Meowth.

"I can't wait to see what kind of Pokemon are in these balls!" smiled
Jessie as she tried to open up a ball but it just wouldn't open.

"I do not think they are Pokeballs my queen", said Reiko nervously.

"Well, what are they then?" asked Jessie. She turned the ball around
and discovered two angry eyes looking at her saying, "Voltorb!" All the
other balls in the vat had the same eyes and were sparking like crazy.
"VOLTORBS!!!" they all screamed at once. They managed to leap out of
the vat just as all the Voltorbs exploded.

"Hey, what's going on in there?!" called out a girl's voice. Jessie,
Reiko, and Meowth were on the floor looking up at two tough looking
faces. A girl dressed in a red tank top with army pants and a guy
wearing a black leather jacket also with army pants.

"Now who do you suppose these jokers are Shocker?" asked the girl.

"I don't know Electra", said Shocker, "But it looks like they've walked
right into trouble!"

"TROUBLE?!!" asked Jessie and Reiko nervously as they got up.

"Look", laughed Electra, "You've got them so shook up, they might start
crying for their mammas!"

"Believe me, it's not what you think", sighed Meowth knowing what the
two Rocket ladies would do whenever they hear the word trouble.

Jessie: "Prepare for trouble!"
Reiko: "And make it double!"
Jessie: "To protect the world from devastation!"
Reiko: "To unite all peoples within our nation!"
Jessie: "To denounce the evils of truth and love!"
Reiko: "To extend our reach to the stars above!"
Jessie: "Queen Jessie!"
Reiko: "And for King James too!"
Jessie: "Team Rocket blast off at the speed of light!"
Reiko: "Surrender now or prepare to fight!"

"Royal Meowth, that's right!" finished Meowth.

"So you're the famous Team that took over Pallet Town!" grumbled
Electra, "I've been wanting to battle you for years!"

"Yeah", said Shocker, "Let's show these bad babes what military power's
all about! Go Pikachu!" shouted Shocker as he released a cute little
Pikachu. "Pika, pi!" it went.

"A Pikachu?!" cried Meowth as he ran behind the two ladies' legs. "Oh
no! Don't let it zap me girls! Protect me!"

"Like the Omanytes that died out many years ago", sighed Reiko, "So did
chivalry!"

"Pikachu, paralyze them with thunder wave now!" commanded Shocker.
Pikachu let loose a wave of electricity but it didn't effect Team
Rocket one bit.

"What happened?!" asked Meowth who just felt no pain, except for the
fan that Jessie whacked him with.

"Haven't you forgotten about our protective rubber suits you flea
brain?" shouted Jessie. "There's no way this wac and this wacko can
stop us from taking over this gym!"

"Is that so?" smiled Electra, "Go Magneton!" and she released what
looked like a bunch of magnets stuck together floating around.

"Go ahead and try shocking us", cackled Jessie, "We're indestructible
to your type of power!"

"Oh, we're gonna shock you all right", smiled Electra, "Like this!
Magneton, magnet power now!" Jessie, Reiko, and Meowth suddenly found
themselves being pulled up into the air by a magnetic force. Meowth's
metal charm on his head, Reiko's sword and metal throwing stars she
kept hidden in her outfit, and all of Jessie's royal jewelry really
attracted them to Magneton's power. They found themselves stuck all
over Magneton.

"Talk about a sticky situation!" cried Meowth as he tried to pull his
forehead off from Magneton, but with no luck.

"Magneton, blow them away with sonicboom!" smiled Electra. Magneton
floated up to the open window that Team Rocket came through and blasted
them right through it.

"Looks like Team Rocket's blasting off again!" shouted all three of
them together. "Ah, I haven't said that line in a long while!" Sighed
Jessie as they all flew off into the horizon.

* * * * * *

"What do suppose they are?" asked Misty as she pointed out the van
window to the three flying figures in the sky.

"They're probably just three shooting stars", said Stella.

"Or maybe it's more Pokemon who've left the moon and are coming here to
live on Earth!" said Seymour excitedly.

"Do you actually think all Pokemon came from the moon?" asked Bill the
Rattata. "I kind of doubt that. I never felt any connection to the
moon while inside this Rattata's body. Except when I get cravings for
green cheese."

"Well I know you're wrong about the moon being made of cheese", said
Seymour, "I know for a fact that the moon is made of pistachio ice
cream. Who'd want to live on a gooey drippy place like that? That's
why all those poor Pokemon decided to come and live here!"

"Yeah, whatever", said Bill wanting to end this conversation fast.

"Well, here it is, the Vermilion City gym", said Jenny as she stopped
the van and everyone stepped out of it.

"I really hope Lt. Surge will be able to join our cavalry", said Misty.
"His jaw alone could scare all those Rockets out of Pallet Town."

"I also hope I can win a ThunderBadge from him", said Cameron.

"Are you sure you want to take on Lt. Surge?" asked Brock, "I remember
the last time we were here, the Pokemon center was packed with injured
Pokemon that were beaten badly by Surge's Raichu."

"Even Ash and Pikachu were a little scared to come to his gym", said
Misty, "I sure hope Ash is brave wherever he is now", she thought to
herself.

"Don't worry", smiled Cameron, "Because I got Sandy here with me. And
everyone knows that electric attacks don't effect ground Pokemon.
Right Sandy?"

"Shrew, shrew!" said Sandy who was practicing boxing with his shadow.

"I wouldn't be so sure", said Brock who remembered the time Ash's
little Pikachu shocked his big Geodude black as coal.

"I guess we should all go inside and continue our quest", said Jenny.

"You're coming with us?" asked Stella, "Don't you have an identical
relative here you need to visit?"

"No", said Jenny sadly, "My second cousin who works here was one of the
unfortunate Jennies that got trapped in Pallet Town. Oh, how I miss
our yearly barbecues!" and small tears formed in her eyes.

"Please don't feel sad Jenny", said Seymour who was trying to find a
handkerchief in his labcoat but had none in his pockets.

"Here us this", said Bill as he handed Seymour a small yellow
handkerchief with holes.

"Thanks Bill", said Seymour as he handed it to Jenny who used it to
blow her nose.

"Thank you Seymour", said Jenny, "This is a very interesting
handkerchief. Not only does it look like swiss cheese, it smells like
it too." Seymour smiled as he looked at Jenny and then looked down at
Bill and frowned.

"What else is a rodent supposed to carry?" whispered Bill sheepishly.

* * * * * *

When they all stepped inside the gym, Shocker and Electra were standing
right in front of them. "Halt!" shouted Shocker, "What brings you
civilians into our gym?"

"If you're here to challenge our Lieutenant to a Pokemon match, come
back later", said Electra, "He's busy having his breakfast of two dozen
raw eggs and gruelshakes. He can get pretty steamed if he's
interrupted."

"Never mind sergeant, I'm done already", said a gruff sounding voice.

"SIR, YES SIR!" shouted Shocker and Electra as they stood at attention
while saluting. Out of the shadows stepped Lt. Surge. He was extremely
large, extremely muscled, and extremely intimidating with his mean
looking stare, blonde buzzcut, and a piece of raw egg on his huge jaw.
Cameron didn't feel nervous when he saw him in the cartoon, but meeting
him live was another story.

"Well, well, what babies do we have here today?" asked Lt. Surge as he
looked at Misty. "Have you come here to get your pretty little baby
face pulverized by yours truly?"

"Uh, no sir", said Misty nervously, "Don't you remember us Lt. Surge?
I'm Misty and this is Brock. We visited your gym six years ago."

"Hmmmm", said Surge, "I've had many trainers come here and leave crying
for their mammas for many years. So why should I recognize you babies?
Are any of you here for a Pokemon match or do I have to court marshal
you all out of here?"

"No Lt. Surge", said Jenny, "I'm Officer Jenny from Pallet Town and
we've come a long way to ask you for help."

"Now hold on there a minute Officer", said Shocker, "If you want to ask
any favors or even speak to our Lieutenant, you have to challenge him
to a Pokemon match. If not, Sgt. Electra and I will get to work our
electric magic on you."

"That's no way to talk to an officer of the law!" said Jenny angrily as
she grabbed Shocker by his leather jacket.

"No he's right", smirked Surge while tossing a coin in the air and then
crushing it to powder with his bare hand. "And besides, a Lieutenant
like me ranks higher than a lowly officer like yourself girly."

"Not to mention another kind of rank", thought Stella while holding her
nose.

Jenny was about to use her rage attack on Surge until Cameron stopped
her. "Please let me challenge him", said Cameron, "That way we can
continue this quest without any trouble.

"Oh all right", grumbled Jenny while looking dagger eyed at Surge.

* * * * * *

A minute later, Cameron and Lt. Surge were standing in opposite corners
over a huge metal floor. "You know baby", said Surge, "That hat you're
wearing reminds me of a kid who actually beat me a few years back.
It's gonna be a pleasure knocking you and your Pokemon off of this
planet!" Cameron just stood there nervously hoping his Sandshrew was
tough enough for Surge's Raichu.

"We'll each use two Pokemon, no time limit", said Surge. "Go ahead and
release your first puny Pokemon!"

"All right, I will", said Cameron trying to show no fear. "Sandy, I
choose you", and he released Sandy on the steel floor ready for action.

"Aw, ain't that cute?" laughed Surge, "The baby thinks he can defeat my
electricity with a ground Pokemon. I've got just the Pokemon for those
types. Go Electrode!" and he released what looked like a Voltorb,
except it was a lot bigger and scarier looking.

"An Electrode!" thought Cameron, "Those things can explode in just one
second! Sandy, dig underground quick!" shouted Cameron. Sandy
complied but his claws couldn't tear through the tough steel floor.

"Sorry little mousie", laughed Surge, "But there ain't no runnin' from
a Pokemon match. Electrode, explosion now!" Everyone in the room
quickly covered their ears for when a Pokemon blows itself up, it's
quite a painful noise. Electrode made a huge BOOM and smoke filled the
room. Cameron nervously waited for the smoke to clear wondering how
injured Sandy would become. When he finally saw Sandy, Cameron was
relieved that Sandy was rolled up in his protective ball.

"All right Sandy!" shouted Cameron happily, "What a great strategy!
Protecting yourself and letting your opponent finish itself off."

"Sandshrew!" said Sandy doing a double back flip in triumph.

"Ha!" scoffed Surge, "Your Sandshrew may be smart, but let's see it
protect itself from my toughest private! Go Raichu!" and he released
a larger version of Pikachu with bigger ears and a longer electric tail.

"Don't worry Sandy", whispered Cameron, "Raichu's electric attacks
won't harm a ground Pokemon like you. You've got this battle won
already!"

"Shrew!" Sandy shouted at the smirking Raichu.

"Chu!" replied Raichu in an overconfident voice.

"All right Raichu", said Surge, "Give it your thunderbolt attack!"
Raichu let loose a huge bolt of lightning at Sandy completely shocking
it like crazy. "SSSHHHRRREEEWWW!" screamed Sandy who had never
experienced an electric shock before in his life.

"Sandy!" cried Cameron as he saw his poor Pokemon on the ground all
fried to a crisp. "That's impossible! I thought ground Pokemon were
invulnerable to electricity!"

"You've made the mistake every little baby makes thinking their
groundies can defeat my Raichu", laughed Surge. "Pokemon types don't
matter here in this gym, strength is the only thing that counts and
I'll show you! Raichu, finish it off with mega-kick!"

"Raichu!" shouted the mouse as it launched its huge foot at the
weakened Sandy. But Sandy managed to dodge out of the way causing
Raichu to fly out of the ring, ramming into Shocker's stomach.

"Oh thank God!" said Cameron as he pulled out Sandy's Pokeball getting
ready to pull Sandy back in. But Sandy just leapt out of the way of
the Pokeball's beam. "You don't seriously want to keep on battling in
your condition?!" asked Cameron. "I'll just send out another Pokemon so
you can..."

"Sandshrew, shrew, shrew, shrew!" explained Sandy for he knew there was
no other choice. Zubat and Slowpoke would be totally weak against
Raichu's electricity for they were flying and water Pokemon and if
Cameron sent out Gloom, he'd be sneezing all over the place while all
those mean human soldiers would just laugh at him.

"Raichu, get back in there and use your swift attack!" commanded Surge.

"CHU, RAI, CHU!" shouted Raichu which meant sir yes sir in Raichuese.
It jumped off of the dazed Shocker's stomach and got back into the ring
with Sandy. Raichu started throwing little swift stars at Sandy with
no star missing his poor battered body.

"Sandy, you have to get back in your ball now!" cried Cameron.

"Shrew!" shouted Sandy shaking his head no. Then he started throwing
his own swift stars at the stars Raichu was throwing. Everyone ducked
in cover as little glowing stars started flying all over the place.
One of them almost cut off Misty's pigtail.

"Which one of you two threw that star!!!" she shouted hysterically
while Brock and Stella tried to calm her down.

"All right Sandy, blind it with your sand attack!" commanded Cameron
who now had his confidence in Sandy back.

"Shrew", replied Sandy as it blew sand into Raichu's eyes causing it to
rub them like crazy.

"No private!" shouted Surge, "Don't rub your eyes like a big crybaby!
Get that walking sandbox with your thunder! That way you'll be sure to
strike it wherever it's standing!"

"Raichu", cried Raichu as it concentrated hard. The entire room went
black and about ten lightning bolts shot down on the floor making the
room all bright and blinding.

"Oh no, Sandy's done for!" thought Cameron as he covered his eyes. "Why
did you have to be so stubborn?!" Just then he felt something tug on
his pants leg and saying a soft "Shrew." Cameron uncovered his eyes and
found Sandy a little burned and crispy but still alive and smiling. He
looked at the battleground and found Raichu all blackened and charred
for it got hit by one of its own lightning bolts while Sandy was able
to dodge them all.

"Way to go Sandy!" smiled Cameron as he picked up his Sandshrew while
all his friends cheered for both of them.

Lt. Surge just sucked Raichu back into his Pokeball and approached
Cameron. His big scary frown turned into a huge smile.
"Congratulations kid", he said, "Your Sandshrew may be undisciplined
but you've trained it well in combat. Here you go. The ThunderBadge
is yours." And he handed Cameron a badge that looked like a red ruby
surrounded by little lightning points. Cameron smiled as he gazed at
the pretty badge while Surge and his soldiers saluted him. Cameron
saluted back to them while holding Sandy in his other arm who was also
saluting back.

"Well now that we've had our little Pokemon match", said Jenny, "Maybe
we can start discussing the thing I wanted to talk to you about."

"Fire away officer", said Surge. And Jenny did explaining how they
needed Surge's soldiers and powerful Pokemon to join their cavalry so
they could free Pallet Town from Team Rocket. Electra almost jumped
when she heard the words Pallet Town.

"Sorry, no can do", said Surge.

"But why not?" asked Jenny, "You are a famous war hero aren't you?"

"But of course", smiled Surge beating his chest. "It's just that me and
my Pokemon had experienced harrowing torments and hardships during
PokeWar II and I promised them that they'd never have to fight in
another war again. Just engage in tiny Pokemon battles."

"But couldn't we make a small exception just this once?" asked Electra.

"Did I give you permission to speak soldier?!" bellowed Surge.

"SIR, NO SIR!!!" shouted Electra standing at attention.

"Maybe you don't want to fight because you're just a cowardly chicken
who hates getting his spiffy uniform dirty", called out Misty hoping
that would motivate Surge into coming with them.

Surge just giggled at Misty's cute peer pressure and pushed a button on
a remote. A door opened from the ceiling and a pile of Voltorbs and
Electrodes fell onto the floor just waiting to explode. "Let's see
who're the chickens now!" laughed Surge. "These balls will go off in
about ten seconds if you feel like you're brave enough to hang around
here. One, two, three...." Counted Surge.

Our heroes sped out of the gym as fast as they could just as Surge
shouted out "TEN!" Then all the Voltorbs and Electrodes popped open
revealing candy in each one.

"The old fake Voltorbs and Electrodes filled with candy strategy",
laughed Shocker as he scooped out a handful, "You sure are smart sir."

"And don't you forget it!" smiled Surge as he chomped down on 50
jawbreakers at once. Electra just stood there thinking.

* * * * * *

An hour later, Cameron and his friends were having lunch at the Pokemon
center's café. Sandy, who had just been healed by Nurse Joy, was
enjoying a huge deluxe plate of corn chips. "You deserve it champ",
smiled Cameron as he was admiring his third badge.

"That Lt. Surge sure was tough", said Seymour.

"I sure am glad he was on our side during the war", said Brock.

"We really could've used him in our cavalry", said Jenny.

"I don't know if I could stand his beefy machoism every step of the way
though", said Misty who was a little thankful that Surge wasn't coming
with them.

"I don't know if I can stand seeing a Rattata on a public fast food
place", thought Stella who was watching Bill sitting on the table next
to Sandy enjoying a plate of nachos with all varieties of cheese dip.

"Care for a bite?" Bill asked Stella holding a half-nibbled nacho up to
her.

"Uh, no thanks Bill." Said Stella trying to prevent herself from turning
green.

"I'm going to the restroom for a minute", said Cameron, "Maybe an idea
will come to me while I'm in there." And he walked off to the men's
room.

Cameron had locked the door to the men's room and did his business in
the nearby wall toilet. When he was done, he suddenly heard a small
knock on the closed bathroom stall door nearby. Cameron curiously
opened the door and was shocked to find Electra standing there. "What
are you doing in the men's rmmmmph!" said Cameron just as Electra
covered his mouth.

"Keep your voice down kid", whispered Electra, "I snuck in here because
I don't want Lt. Surge or Shocker finding me here with you."

"But why do you want to see me?" asked Cameron.

"Because I want to free Pallet Town as well", said Electra.

"But why?" asked Cameron.

"Because Pallet Town's my birthplace", said Electra, "I'll do anything
for my glorious homeland, even going against Lt. Surge's orders. I
want to give you something that might be good against the Rockets'
electric wall." She reached into her pants pocket, pulled out a
Pokeball and threw it to Cameron. He opened it up and out popped a
short creature with huge muscles, yellow fur with black stripes, small
antennas on its head, and a long cat's tail.

"BUZZZZZ!" said the creature while little sparks were forming on its
antennas. Cameron took out his Pokedex and aimed it at the Pokemon.

"ELECTABUZZ, the electric Pokemon", said Dexeena, "Normally found near
power plants, they can wander away and cause major blackouts in cities."

"Private Buzz here has saved our butts countless times during the war",
said Electra, "And I think he'd be a perfect addition to your team."

"Are you sure you want me to have him?" asked Cameron, "Didn't Lt.
Surge promise all his Pokemon that they'd never have to fight in
another war again?"

"Yes, but Buzz here is different", smiled Electra, "He really misses
being in combat and I'd do anything to make him happy again. So please
make us both happy and recruit him."

"You got it!" smiled Cameron as he stuck out his hand to the Electabuzz,
"Welcome to my team Buzz." Buzz just frowned at the funny looking kid
with glasses. He just stuck his finger at Cameron and gave him a small
thundershock. "I don't think it wants to go with me", said Cameron
whose hair was now sticking up like Bart Simpson.

"Don't worry, I'll straighten him out", said Electra, "ATTENTION!" she
shouted in a tough drill sergeant's voice. Buzz stood at attention
while saluting and let out a "BUZZ, EL, BUZZ!"

"Now you listen and you listen good Private Buzz!" shouted Electra,
"Like it or not, I'm transferring you to Cameron's unit. Now you will
obey your new commanding officer or I'll have you peeling and frying
potatoes till you're nothing but a worn out old sparkplug! Got that!"

"BUZZ, EL, BUZZ!!!" shouted Buzz.

"Now get down on your fat fuzzy belly and give me fifty!" shouted
Electra.

"BUZZ, EL, BUZZ!" shouted Buzz as he plopped onto the white tiled floor
and started doing push-ups with only one hand. Cameron was shocked at
the way Electra handled that smug Pokemon.

"There you go Cameron", smiled Electra, "I bet you won't have any
problems with good ol' Buzz now. Right Private?" she asked Buzz while
looking at him with tanks forming in her eyes.

"I just don't know how I can ever thank you for this", said Cameron
looking at his new Pokemon.

"Just keep him in his Pokeball until you're far, far away from Vermilion
City", said Electra, "If Lt. Surge found out I gave Buzz to you, he'd
have me scrubbing his personal toilet till I'm old and gray."

"But won't Lt. Surge find out that his Electabuzz is missing one day?"
asked Cameron.

"Don't worry about it", smiled Electra, "I've replaced Buzz with a
stuffed toy Electabuzz. Believe me, Surgie won't know the difference!"
Then she climbed onto the sink and pushed open the window above. "Safe
journey to both of you", smiled Electra as she gave Cameron and Buzz a
victory sign with her fingers. Cameron smiled and did the same as he
watched the pretty soldier climb through the bathroom window and was
gone.

* * * * * *

Meanwhile at the Vermilion City power plant, three figures were outside
the plant surrounding a huge wooden box. A long cord was sticking out
of the box and it seemed to be sucking all the power out of a nearby
generator. "Perfect!" smiled Jessie, "Thank badness there's no solar
energy here!"

"Yeah", said Meowth, "Are those saps gonna get a charge out of our
latest scheme!" laughed Meowth like a mad maniac.

"Like the ground that plays executioner to a poor rooted tree during a
thunderstorm, our clever little rebels will be in for quite a shock as
well!" laughed Reiko but much more maturely though.

TO BE CONTINUED

AUTHOR'S NOTE:

Well so far Cameron now has three badges and five Pokemon, but will
Team Rocket's mystery box stop Cameron from getting more? We'll soon
find out in chapter 10!

[Cullen]

The Incredible Poke-Odyssey chapter 10

The Ferry Tale

We Find our heroes down at the Vermilion City harbor where Cameron was
telling them about his encounter with Sgt. Electra. "You mean you
actually met a pretty girl when you just walked into the men's room?!"
gasped Brock, "Why can't that ever happen to me?!"

"Are you saying that you'd rather have a pretty girl with you than me?!"
asked Stella while grabbing Brock by his shirt.

"Oh no, my sweet Stella!" stuttered Brock, "I meant why can't I find
the pretty you when I walk into the men's room?"

"Oh okay", said Stella as she let go of Brock, "But I'm keeping an eye
on your hormones!"

"So Cameron", asked Misty, "Are we gonna get to see your new Electabuzz
or are you just gonna leave it in your Pokeball until archaeologists
find it?"

"Not right now", said Cameron, "I promised Electra that I'd only
release Buzz until we're far away from this city."

"Well that'll be pretty soon", said Jenny, "For there's a ferry coming
that will take us all the way to Celadon City."

"Did you say ferry?" asked Seymour nervously. Just then a Pokeball in
Seymour's labcoat popped open and out popped Clefairy asking. "Clefairy?"

"No Clefairy, I didn't call you", smiled Jenny as she patted Clefairy's
head, "I said a ferry, the huge boat that transports cars and vans
across the water."

"Clefairy", said Clefairy now understanding it. She leapt back into
Seymour's pocket and got back in her ball while Seymour stood there
nervously.

"What's wrong Seymour?" asked Jenny, "You don't get seasick on boats
do you?"

"Oh no", smiled Seymour trying to look relaxed, "I really love boats!
In fact I've written quite a number of poems about boats!" But what
they didn't know was the poems Seymour wrote about boats were all the
times he threw up whenever he was on or near them. Even when he had a
toy tugboat in the bathtub when he was two.

"Look, here comes the ferry now!" said Cameron as they saw a huge ferry
pull into the harbor ready to let all vehicles on board. Our heroes
got into Jenny's van and she drove it up the gangplank and to the
sailor checking everyone in. He looked into the van and saw the
Rattata sitting on the dashboard and the Sandshrew sitting in Cameron's
lap.

"Sorry", said the sailor, "I'm going to have to ask you to keep your
rodent Pokemon in their Pokeballs during this trip."

"But why?" asked Cameron.

"Because the captain believes that it's bad luck to have rodents
roaming around a ship", said the sailor.

"But that doesn't make sense!" protested Cameron.

"Would you like to tell our extremely superstitious captain that?"
asked the sailor seriously.

"Sorry Sandy", said Cameron as he took out Sandy's Pokeball, "I hope
you understand."

"Shrew", said Sandy who really didn't want to stare at all that harmful
water they'd be crossing.

"Come on Bill", said Jenny, "You have to get in a Pokeball too."

"Isn't it a shame", said Bill smiling, "I don't have my very own little
Pokeball."

"You can borrow one of my empty ones", said Brock as he took one out of
his backpack.

"Are you serious?!" shouted Bill, "I don't deserve to be in a Pokeball!
Have you forgotten that deep down I'm still a human being?!"

"Sorry Bill", said Jenny, "But this ferry has rules, besides I hear
that Pokeballs are very comfortable."

"And from what Pokemon's mouth did you hear that from?" demanded Bill.

"Well then, you can remain here in Vermilion City while we continue on
our quest", said Misty, "And you may never see your DNA chamber again."

"And you'll stay a Rattata forever and probably get caught in a
mousetrap one day too", smiled Stella.

"Oh very well", sighed Bill as he stepped into Brock's Pokeball. "But
just remember, I'm nobody's Pokemon. Just my own!"

* * * * * *

Just as Jenny's van had boarded the ferry, another group was zooming by
in their own van too. It was Team Rocket. "We want on board now!" said
Jessie.

"Sorry ma'am", said the sailor, "But this ferry is all filled up.
You'll have to take the next one which will arrive in 90 minutes."

"But we can't wait that long!" shouted Jessie, "I'm a very important
queen and I demand that you let us on board!"

"Yeah, and I get god like strength by eating spinach", laughed the
sailor. "Have a nice royal life your majesty!" and he closed the rail
while the ferry was about to sail off.

"Nobody brushes off Queen Jessie and lives a normal life from it!"
screamed Jessie as he clutched onto the clutch and sped in reverse
almost knocking down a few citizens.

"Jess, what are you doing?!" shouted Meowth.

"Have you ever heard of Evel Knievel?" smiled Jessie.

"Oh no, you wouldn't?!!!" cried Meowth.

"You'd better believe it furball!" laughed Jessie as she pumped on the
gas while Meowth nervously bit his claws while Reiko calmly filed hers
with her katana. The van went at full speed right across the gangplank
and flew up into the air. But unfortunately, it missed the ferry by
one inch and the van went, SPLASH, right into the briny deep.

"May you rest in peace your royal highness", said the sailor
sarcastically as he threw a dandelion into the water.

* * * * * *

Our friends were now out of the van and enjoying a nice peaceful ride
on the ferry. They had bought some snacks at the snack bar and were
sitting in deckchairs. Cameron was plopping some corn chips down into
a Pokeball that contained Sandy. "Sorry you can't come on deck Sandy",
said Cameron, "But I hope these chips make up for it."

"Shrew", said Sandy while making munching sounds.

"It's like feeding a Cloyster", said Misty.

"You okay in there Bill?" asked Brock as he cracked open Bill's
Pokeball.

"Am I okay?!" called out Bill, "I couldn't be better! I never knew a
Pokeball could be so luxurious! It even has a big-screen TV with HBO
Family on it. You can hardly find that channel on regular cable
systems!"

"Wow, I always wondered why most Pokemon never complain about being
kept in Pokeballs", said Cameron.

"Say Cameron", said Misty, "Now that we've left Vermilion City, how
about showing us your Electabuzz now?"

"Okay", said Cameron as he took Buzz's ball and released him. "Hi
Buzz", smiled Cameron, "I'd like for you to meet all of my friends."
But Buzz just frowned and turned his back on all of them.

"Come on Buzz", pleaded Cameron, "We all want to be your friends.
Won't you give us, especially me, a chance?" and he placed his hand on
Buzz's furry shoulder. Buzz only replied by shocking Cameron again.
Then Buzz walked away from his jolted master.

"Wow", thought Misty, "That's exactly the way Ash's Charizard used to
treat its master. I hope they've become friends now wherever they are.
Or if they're even together, or if they're even still alive. Oh Ash!"

"I don't understand it", said Cameron as he got back in his chair,
"Electra ordered Buzz to listen to me, but no matter how nice I try to
be to him. He just gives me the cold and shocking shoulder."

"Maybe you're too nice to him", said Brock, "That Electabuzz is a
military trained Pokemon, so he's probably used to people yelling at
him."

"Brock's right", said Stella, "You've gotta teach your Pokemon
discipline. I've got an old circus bullwhip in my backpack and I'll
lend it to you so you can whip that powered punk into shape."

"Oh no, I'm not gonna treat Buzz or any of my Pokemon like that!" said
Cameron, "It's cruel and inhumane! No Pokemon, or even a human being
deserves that!"

"Oh sure, if you want to keep around a group of unruly Pokemon that
won't respect or fight for you", said Stella. "Lt. Surge said so
himself that your Sandshrew was undisciplined. He's always jumping
into battle whenever you order him not to. And he won't return
whenever you try to call him back into his ball. And when was the last
time you left him and your Oddish, now turned Gloom, together without it
sucking the very life from Sandy's body? Let's face it you little
softy, your Pokemon need disciplining!"

"Hey, Pokemon are living things with feelings you know!" said Cameron
angrily. "I remember how you mistreated your Mr. Mime, working him day
and night without a break until he refused to obey you. You even tried
to do the same thing to Ash!"

Stella flinched when Cameron brought that up, "I know I was wrong for
what I did to my Mr. Mime and to Ash as well", said Stella, "But you
still need to show certain Pokemon who's boss, or else you'll have a
Pokemon that'll get you in major trouble."

Just then, they all heard a lady scream. Then they saw Buzz running
for his life being chased by a lady who was whacking him on the head
with her purse. "Hey, what you doing to my Electabuzz?" asked Cameron
as he stopped the lady.

"So this little wise guy belongs to you!" shouted the lady as she
started whacking on Cameron now. "Your Pokemon just gave me a thunder-
pinch on my bottom! You must've trained it to do that!" and she started
whacking on Cameron some more.

"See what I mean?" called out a smiling Stella.

* * * * * *

Back at the harbor, Team Rocket was floating in the water while holding
onto their huge wooden box. "Now what, Miss Queen of Road Stunts?"
scowled Meowth.

Reiko just bopped Meowth on the head with a passing Magikarp, "Do not
ever gripe at your queen you insignificant little hairball!" shouted
Reiko.

"Thank you my dear", smiled Jessie.

"Hey, I'm royalty too you know!" shouted Meowth, "That means I have
authority to whack you with an even bigger fish!"

"Try it and I'll yank out your eyeballs", shouted Reiko, "Like the
funny shaped corkscrew that pries the cork of life from its poor wine
bottle!"

"Now, now, children", said Jessie as she leapt onto the box breaking up
their fight. "As much as I'd love to see a ninja go against a Meowth,
we still have to catch that ferry and capture our little rebel friends.
Reiko, can you help us out?"

"It's always an honor my queen", smiled Reiko as she released her
Tentacruel and Kingler into the water. "I need you two to swim all of
us to that ferry as fast as you can. Can you do that for me, my queen,
and this mangy Meowth?"

"MANGY?!!" shouted Meowth, "Why you little MMGLPH!" said Meowth for
Tentacruel had grabbed him by the mouth and placed him on its head,
along with Jessie and Reiko. Then Kingler picked up the box with its
claws and followed Tentacruel who was rushing its passengers over to
the ferry.

* * * * * *

Back onboard the ferry, Seymour was leaning over the rail not feeling
at all well. "I gotta remember that boats are our friends", he thought,
"For Jenny's sake!" and he started saying a poem to himself.

"You should not be afraid of a thing called a boat.
It's a safe and sturdy thing that'll keep you afloat.
When you have to cross seas filled with deadly Tentacool.
Just swimming across it would crown you King Fool.
So give praise to a boat for it will keep you from harm.
And you might not have to worry about buying the farm."

"There, I feel much better now!" smiled Seymour as he started enjoying
the ferry's scenery. Especially now that Jenny came into his sight.

"Hi Seymour", she said, "Are you enjoying yourself?"

"You'd better believe it", smiled Seymour, "Just stretching out my old
sea legs!"

"That's wonderful", smiled Jenny as she held a paper cup up to his face.
"Would you care for some chili?"

Seymour took one look at mixture and suddenly turned green. He covered
his mouth, leaned over the rail, and made a loud, "BLAAAARGG!"

"Oh my!" said Jenny concerned.

* * * * * *

Team Rocket had finally reached the edge of the ship and was about to
climb aboard. "Tentacruel, help us on board!" commanded Reiko.
Tentacruel stuck three of its tendrils onto the sides of the ship and
was climbing up carrying Reiko, Jessie, and Meowth in three of its
other tendrils while dragging Kingler and the box with its remaining
ones.

"Those rebels and that disrespectful swabbie are in for it now!"
laughed Jessie evily.

"Hey, what's that stuff coming right at us at lightning speed?" asked
Meowth as he pointed to something that was falling from the top of the
ship.

"It smells like trouble to me", said Reiko as she sniffed it and knew
what it exactly was.

"Did you say trouble?!" asked Jessie nervously as she was about to go
into motto mode. But couldn't for a huge pile of vomit knocked Team
Rocket and their Pokemon off the side and back into the water.

"We should teach one of our Pokemon that attack", said Meowth as he was
about to lick himself clean but then changed his mind.

* * * * * *

Down in the ferry's sick room, Seymour was lying on a cot with his eyes
covered with a wet cloth while Clefairy was rubbing his poor stomach.
"Oh boy", he moaned, "I haven't thrown up like that since I was forced
to dissect a Poliwag back in high school."

"Clefairy", said Clefairy trying to comfort her master then became
quiet all of a sudden.

"And worst of all", he continued, "I did it in front of the most
special girl I've ever met. I'll bet Jenny will now want to avoid me
for the rest of this journey!"

"Don't be so down Seymour, I'm sure she'll still want to give you a
chance." Said a pretty voice.

"Clefairy, you can talk as well?!" gasped Seymour as he removed the
cloth from his eyes, put on his glasses, but found Clefairy on the
other side of his cot. He turned his head around and blushed when he
found Jenny crouched down next to him rubbing his stomach.

"Hi Seymour", smiled Jenny, "I'm sorry you had to go through that
embarrassing moment out there. I just wish you told me that you get
seasick on boats, then I wouldn't have offered you that chili."

"It was the only way", said Seymour, "If I didn't get on this ferry,
I'd never be able to join all of you and my Clefairy, Clefable, and I
would have no chance of ever seeing our missing family again."

"I kind of thought you did it because you just wanted to look good in
front of me", smiled Jenny while posing sexily for him while winking.

"Well, I, I, I, I kind of...." Stuttered Seymour as he was trying to
reach into his labcoat for his inhaler, but Jenny just grabbed Seymour
by the collar and did her own mouth work with the surprised, but
delighted scientist. He managed to find his inhaler, but just kept it
back in his pocket.

"Clefairy", sighed Clefairy as she watched the scientist and the
policewoman lie down on the cot together eyeing each other happily.
Clefairy slowly snuck back into her Pokeball wanting to give them
their privacy.

* * * * * *

Back on the deck, a huge wooden box was suddenly thrown on top of it.
Everyone watched curiously wondering what was inside of it. Just then,
a huge wave splashed on the box revealing Team Rocket.

"Uh oh", said Cameron, "It's time to prepare for trouble again!"

"You got that right twerp!" smiled Jessie, "And don't forget to make
it double!"

"What's going on up there?" called out Jenny as she got on the deck
with her hair messy and her hat crooked while Seymour followed behind
her with his shirt halfway buttoned, glasses crooked, and lipstick
prints all over his face. Everyone started looking funny at the two.

"Hey, you're supposed to pay attention to us!" shouted Jessie. "You
weren't even listening to our glorious motto!"

"Sorry", said Cameron, "Say, where's James?"

"And why do you all smell funny?" asked Misty while holding her nose.

"You will all suffer for that!" shouted Reiko as she pulled out her
sword while Meowth pulled out his crowbar and started prying open the
box.

"Hey, I thought I told you three to wait for the next ferry!" shouted
the angry sailor.

"We didn't feel like it", said Jessie as she pushed the sailor's cap
over his face. "And don't get any impure thoughts about me either! I
know what's always on you sailors' minds!"

"As captain of this ship, I won't stand for any of this havoc and
chaos!" shouted the captain as he left his control deck and approached
the two ladies. "Either you stop all of this or I'll have you all
thrown in the brig!"

"Sorry Captain Kangaskhan", smiled Jessie, "But we really do have our
little hearts set on a mutiny. Meowth, are you done yet?!"

"Does this answer your question?!" smiled Meowth as he finished prying
off the last piece of wood revealing a strange kind of pointed machine
with an antenna on top.

"Don't worry Captain", said Jenny, "I'll gladly put these troublemakers
in the brig for you. Growlithe, apprehend those Rockets now!" But
before Jenny and Growlithe could even approach them, they suddenly
froze in their tracks.

"Jenny, what's the matter?" asked Misty, "Why aren't you and your
Growlithe moving? Hey, I can't move either!"

"Neither can I!" shouted Brock. Cameron saw that every person on the
ship was completely paralyzed. Even Cameron found out that he couldn't
move as well.

"What have you done to all of us?!" he shouted.

"Elementary my dear brat!" smiled Jessie, "This device you see here is
a thunder wave generator. It has the power to send out invisible
currents of electricity completely paralyzing anyone who's even near
it. HA HA HA!"

"But how come you three are still moving around?" asked Misty.

"It's simple like you", laughed Meowth as he held up his wrist, "These
bracelets we're wearing makes us immune to our little gadget. And I'll
show you!" He started curling up around the generator like it was a
human's leg.

"Like the Koffing that's immune to its own poison, we're also immune to
our own device of terror!" laughed Reiko.

"And now", smiled Jessie as she yanked the captain's hat off and placed
it on her head, "As the new captain of his ship, I hear by declare it a
love boat. For you're all gonna love where we'll be taking all of you.
A trip to our beloved Rocketville! Shuffleboard and pool activities
will begin soon. Oh, that's right! We three will be the only ones
that'll be playing! HA HA HA HA!" laughed all three Rockets at once.

Just then, a Pokeball that was sitting by a deckchair popped open and
Bill came out of it. "Rules or no rules", he shouted, "This rodent's
gonna enjoy this sea going journey!" Just as he was about to, Bill
suddenly became paralyzed as well. "I think maybe I'll get back into my
ball", he said while trying his hardest to move. "The Sailor Moon
marathon is about to start soon."

"Hey, it's the other talking Pokemon", shouted Meowth as he pounced on
poor Bill and picked him up by the tail, "Let's see if talking Rattatas
taste as good as they sound", said Meowth as he opened up his huge
mouth while Bill shut his eyes.

A paralyzed Cameron managed to move his little finger over to his
Pokebelt releasing Sandy from his ball. Since Sandshrews were immune
to thunder wave attacks, he ran up to Meowth, slashing his face causing
him to throw Bill across the deck and right onto a deckchair's pillow.

"Thank you fellow rodent", Bill called out to Sandy, "What am I
saying?! I mean, thank you fellow living creature!"

"Shrew!" replied Sandy giving Bill a claws' up.

"Ah, my face!" cried Meowth looking at his scarred face in a hand
mirror, "Did you see what that miserable mouse did to my beautiful face
Jessie?!"

"Now you know how it feels", smirked Jessie happy that Meowth had
finally gotten a taste of his own medicine. "Arbok, make that dusty
little pipsqueak join our paralyzed little family!" she shouted as her
Arbok appeared also wearing a protective bracelet around its tail.
Arbok quickly glared at Sandy causing him to become paralyzed as well.

"Oh no", gasped Cameron, "He was our only hope left!"

"Now I get to have a ball with you!" grinned Meowth as he crumpled
Sandy up into a ball and started dribbling him all over the deck like a
basketball.

"You leave Sandy alone!" shouted Cameron, "Or I'll, I'll, I'll..." He
tried his hardest to move but couldn't.

"Give it up punk!" laughed Meowth, "Cause the score is Team Rocket two,
Loser Boy zero!" and he tried to throw the curled up Sandy in Cameron's
face. But Cameron somehow managed to catch Sandy in his hands.

"Hey, I can move again!" smiled Cameron.

"So can we all", said Misty as everyone on the ferry suddenly became
free from the thunder wave effects.

"What the?" asked Jessie as she turned around and found Electabuzz
right next to their generator. He managed to yank a cord out of it and
started to guzzle up all its electricity like it was a soda fountain.

"Hey, get away from our generator you dumb static seat cushion!"
shouted Jessie as she, Reiko, Meowth, and Arbok started to charge at
Buzz. But unfortunately for them, Buzz didn't like being interrupted
during his mealtime and let loose a powerful thunderbolt at the two
girls and the two Pokemon causing them to fall flat on the floor.

"Thanks Buzz", called out Cameron, "I guess you're really on our side
after all." Buzz only replied by shooting a small thundershock at
Cameron and then went on with his electric feast.

"I guess the only side Buzz is on is his own", said Brock.

"Shall we talk discipline now?" Stella asked a shocked Cameron.

Team Rocket slowly got on their feet where they found themselves
surrounded by our heroes, each with a Pokemon out. Cameron had Sandy
whom he had just cured with a paralysis heal potion, Misty had her
Starmie, Stella had her Tangela, Jenny had her Growlithe, Seymour had
his Wartortle, and Brock released his Onix. Just then the ferry
started to sink.

"Brock, Onix is too heavy!" shouted Misty, "Call out something lighter
quick!"

"Sorry", said Brock, "Onix return!" He sucked the huge python back into
its ball and released Vulpix instead.

"Lickitung, I choose you!" shouted Jessie as she released her long
tongued friend.

"Give it up", said Jenny, "Or my Growlithe will have to go rough on
your poor Lickitung."

"Go ahead and send your little fleabag", laughed Jessie, "I dare you!"

"Growlithe, take down now!" commanded Jenny.

"Lickitung, slam attack!" commanded Jessie. Lickitung quickly shot out
its tongue completely slamming Growlithe onto the deck knocking him out.

"GROWLITHE!" cried Jenny as she ran over and cradled her poor pooch.

"You're looking at Licky", laughed Jessie, "The fastest tongue in the
west. Let's see who else might be faster."

"Vulpix, use your quick attack now!" commanded Brock. But it wasn't
quick enough for Vulpix also got slammed as well.

"Sandy, try using your swift attack", commanded Cameron.

"Shrew!" said Sandy as he started throwing his swift stars at Lickitung,
but it managed to catch them all in its tongue and throw them back at
Cameron and Sandy. Sandy quickly curled up while Cameron ducked down
just as the stars hit the nearby wall.

"Buzz, use your thunderbolt on it now!" Cameron called out to his
Electabuzz who was on the other side of the ship. But Buzz was still
guzzling up the generator's power ignoring Cameron's orders. Cameron
sadly took out Buzz's Pokeball and sucked Buzz back in. He made an
angry BUZZZZZ of hunger when he was forced to leave his meal. "Maybe I
should save you for the electric wall", sighed Cameron, "If you'll
actually be useful against it."

"Stella, let's double team against this salivating slob", said Misty.

"You got it", said Stella, "Tangela, vine whp!"

"Starmie, double edge attack!" commanded Misty. Just as Tangela and
Starmie were about to finish off Lickitung, it managed to knock Starmie
away causing it to get tangled into the vines of Tangela.

"Wow Jess, your Lickitung is really cool!" said Meowth.

"Very impressive my queen", said Reiko, "I hope one day I will become a
great trainer like you."

"You wouldn't happen to be part vampire?" asked Meowth, "With all that
sucking up you do?"

"Would you like me to bare my fangs onto your hide?" grumbled Reiko.

"You two can bicker later", said Jessie, "Right now it's time to give
all these rebels a severe tongue lashing. Lickitung, do your stuff!"

"Lickie!" shouted Lickitung as it was about to lash at our heroes. But
then, a beam of ice hit Lickitung's tongue completely sticking it to
the deck.

"Nice ice beam Wartortle", said Seymour while patting his turtle's head.

"War!" said Wartortle proudly.

"That's gotta be painful", said Meowth as he watched Lickitung trying
to pull its poor frozen tongue off the deck but with no luck.

"Come on Licky", shouted Jessie, "Your tongue's not your only weapon.
Show them all up with supersonic!"

"LICKIE!" shouted Lickitung as it released sonic waves all over the
ship while one of them hit the very top room where the control deck
was. Just then, the ferry started to spin around very fast creating a
huge whirlpool.

"What's going on?!" shouted Misty while holding on to her Starmie
tightly.

"Those sonic waves have confused the ship's control panel!" shouted the
captain, "I've gotta get up there and stop all of this!" But
unfortunately, the captain got thrown back and landed face first in a
very tight barrel.

Our heroes quickly pulled their Pokemon back into their balls and held
on tightly to the nearest thing that was nailed down. Bill had his
long curly tail wrapped around the rail right next to Seymour who was
also holding on to it. "I don't believe it!" said Seymour happily,
"This is possibly my most wildest ride ever and I don't feel the
tiniest bit sick! It's a miracle! Oh, how I love Jenny!"

"I wish I could share your pleasure right now", sighed Bill who had
other things on his mind like surviving.

Team Rocket was holding on tight to Lickitung whose tongue was still
stuck onto the deck. "That's it Licky", called out Jessie smiling,
"You're gonna be the hero of his episode today!" But the force started
to make the part of the deck that Lickitung was stuck to break off
causing our villians to be hurled off into the horizon blasting off
once again.

Everyone screamed in terror as the little ferry started to sink deeper
and deeper into the whirlpool. Cameron was holding onto the rail
tightly with both hands and legs. He closed his eyes praying they'd all
make it safe and sound. But then he felt some water touching his
bottom, then his legs, his chest, his neck, and finally over his head.

"Don't tell me this is a two-parter!" thought Cameron as he suddenly
went unconscious.

TO BE CONTINUED

AUTHOR'S NOTE:

Uh oh! What's gonna happen to Cameron and company now?! Will they get
pulled down into Davy Jones's locker and be forced to wash his gym
socks? Or will they discover the lost world of Atlantis and be
displayed in an oxygen tank by the groups of fishmen? To find out, stay
tuned for chapter 11!

[Cullen]

The Incredible Poke-Odyssey chapter 11

Muscle Island

Cameron slowly woke up from what seemed like his eternal
unconsciousness. The last thing he remembered was holding onto the
ferry's rail while getting sucked into a giant whirlpool. He found his
glasses lying on some sand and put them on. He looked around and found
himself all alone washed ashore on a huge tropical island.

"Hello?!" he called out nervously, "Misty? ,Brock?, Stella?, Seymour?,
Jenny?, Bill?, are any of you guys out there?!" Cameron then realized
that he was all alone on this probably uncharted island. He was about
to go into a panic until he remembered that Ash and his friends also
got washed up on an island in one episode. "Yeah", said Cameron
quietly, "I'm probably on the island of Porta Vista. And if I keep
walking, I'll find the tropical resort and all my friends will be
waiting for me at the luxurious hotel. Yeah, that's how it might work
out for me."

He looked at himself and he was pretty wet and sandy. His backpack was
gone. He patted his head and realized that Ash's hat was gone as well.
"Oh gee!" thought Cameron, "I promised Mrs. Ketchum that I'd return
that hat to Ash. What am I gonna tell her? Or will I ever get the
chance to tell her?!" He reached into his pockets and all he could find
was his waterproof Pokedex, the gym badges he kept in the Pokedex's
little compartment, and a blue comb. And finally, he nervously felt his
Pokebelt.

"NOOOOO!" he cried as he looked down and found empty spaces on his
Pokebelt. "They're all gone! Sandy, Gloom, Zubat, Slowpoke, and even
mean Buzz! All gone!" he shouted as tears filled up in his eyes.
"They're probably down in the bottom of the sea dying right now!" He
started to run around in agony until he tripped on something round. He
picked it up and discovered it was one of his Pokeballs.

"Maybe they haven't drowned at all", thought Cameron who was now calm,
"Maybe they're scattered all over this island just like Ash's Pokemon
were in that same episode. I wonder which one are you." He opened it
up and out popped the one he really didn't want to be alone with.

"BUZZZZ!" said the Electabuzz looking around at his surroundings then
looking at his master. He zapped Cameron again taking advantage of his
damp clothes.

"Please Buzz", pleaded Cameron, "I really need your help right now.
We're both stuck here on this deserted island and we need to start
looking for the others while trying to find things to survive." But
Buzz just yawned and sat down on the sand completely ignoring his
master. Cameron was sick to death of Buzz's attitude. He had no
choice but to follow Stella's advice.

"ATTENTION!" shouted Cameron in his loudest, angriest voice. Buzz
stood up and looked curiously at the kid. "Now you listen and you
listen good you smart-alec, short-tempered little runt!" shouted
Cameron, "Like it or not, we're gonna need each other to survive and if
you don't like it, you can just curl up into a puny little electric
blanket and short circuit for all I care! You got that Private?!"

"Buzz", scowled Buzz.

"I can't hear you!" shouted Cameron. But Buzz didn't yell back. He
just turned his back on Cameron and started to wander off. Cameron
just didn't have a strong and commanding voice like Lt. Surge, or
Electra did. "Come back Buzzy", pleaded Cameron while running after
him. "What do I have to do to get you to listen to me?" Buzz only
replied by paralyzing Cameron with his thunder wave attack. Cameron
sadly stood there paralyzed while he watched his probably now ex-
Pokemon walk off into the horizon. "I hope you find a master that'll
treat you worse than Surge does!" he shouted.

* * * * * *

On the other side of the island, a Pokeball was sitting on the sand
quietly. Then it started to shake itself open and out popped Sandy.
"Shrew?" he called out wondering where Cameron is and where he was as
well. He looked around and found Cameron's backpack lying on the beach
right next to three Pokeballs. Sandy rushed over to the balls and
sniffed them. He knew which Pokemon were in each one by their scent.
He tapped open two of the balls and released Zubat and Slowpoke. "Hey,
are you guys all right?" asked Sandy, (TRANSLATED IN ENGLISH FOR THOSE
WHO DON'T SPEAK POKEMON).

"Yeah, I'm fine", replied Zubat, "I just love being dragged out of my
dark and cozy Pokeball at all sorts of crazy hours!"

"Your welcome!" said Sandy sarcastically.

"Where's Mamma?" asked Slowpoke.

"I don't know", replied Sandy, "I hope he's okay."

"You don't think Cameron drowned in that blue and green stuff that
tastes like salt?" asked Zubat.

"MAMMA!!" cried Slowpoke out loud, "I WANT MY MAMMA!"

"Hey, calm down kid", said Sandy while patting Slowpoke on the head,
"Zubat only thought Cameron might've drowned. I bet he's still alive
somewhere on this island. We survived, so there's a very likely chance
he may have too."

"Okay Sandy", said Slowpoke feeling better. "I believe we'll see Mamma
again."

"That's the spirit", smiled Sandy. "Now let's all gather these things
on the beach and search for your mamma!" he said while laughing in the
inside at what Slowpoke thinks of Cameron. He took his and his two
friends' Pokeballs and put them inside Cameron's backpack and was about
to put in the Pokeball that contained Gloom as well.

"Aren't you gonna let Gloom out?" asked Zubat, "It is one of us."

"No, I don't think that'd be a good idea", said Sandy fearing that
Gloom might pounce on his body and suck out all the minerals like it
did when they first met. How Sandy wished he never pulled that tiny
little Oddish out of the ground.

"But it might starve to death if you keep it away from any sunlight for
a long while", said Zubat, "And this island is filled with sunlight.
Oh, how I loathe that stuff!" she cried while trying to hide her eyes
with her wing.

"Oh, all right", said Sandy nervously as he tapped open the Pokeball
and released the smiling Gloom. Sandy quickly hid in the backpack
hoping it wouldn't find him.

"Hi everyone", said Gloom politely, "Where are we and where's Cameron
and Sandy?"

"We don't know where Mamma is", said Slowpoke, "Do you?"

"Gloom wouldn't really know Slowpoke", explained Zubat, "Its been
inside its Pokeball all this time just like the rest of us."

Sandy listened to the conversation they were having and was hoping that
Gloom wouldn't find him or that his friends wouldn't tell it that he
was hiding inside the backpack. Just then the flap open and Sandy
looked in fear at the smiling, nectar drooling mouth of Gloom. "Oh
there you are Sandy", said Gloom, "I was worried that you've drowned
and I know how much you hate water."

"You're not gonna absorb me till I'm dry are you?" asked Sandy while
sticking out his claws in defense.

"Don't worry Sandy, I'm your friend now", smiled Gloom as it got into
the backpack and sat down next to him. "Please forgive me for what I
did to you when we first met. I was just an immature little Oddish
back then. Cameron feeds me water, sunlight, and very delicious plant
food and I love the taste of that stuff better. I really like Cameron
a lot. I just wish he wasn't allergic to me, that way we'd be closer
just like he is to you." And nectar tears started to ooze out of
Gloom's eyes.

"It's okay my friend", said Sandy putting a comforting claw on Gloom's
head. "I'm here for you."

"Is there any room in there for two more Pokemon?" asked Zubat as she
and Slowpoke crawled into the backpack with Sandy and Gloom. And they
all sat in there in a tight squeeze wondering if they'll ever see their
beloved master again.

* * * * * *

Cameron, who was now free from Buzz's paralysis, was wandering the
beach trying to look for his friends, his Pokemon, and signs of any
civilization. He then spotted a sexy body lying on the beach. He ran
up to it and found it was Reiko completely wet and unconscious.
Cameron was about to run away from this dangerous girl but then looked
at her helpless and probably waterlogged as well.

"I just can't leave her to die like that!" he sighed, "Even if she is
evil, violent, and incredibly sexy when wet!" But then he snapped out
of it and removed the mask from Reiko's nose and mouth. She had the
most beautiful face in the world of anime. Cameron's heart started
beating like crazy and was almost too scared to give her CPR. But he
got over it and pushed at her chest, pinched her nose, and started
breathing into her mouth. Just then, Reiko coughed up the water into
Cameron's face, started coughing some more, and sat up. The first
thing she spied was the blonde-haired, glasses-wearing boy whom she
remembered as the enemy.

"Are you all right?" Cameron asked her concerned. Reiko only replied
by grabbing him by the shirt and slamming him down onto the sand.

"How dare you put your filthy lips on the ones of a ninja!" shouted
Reiko, "Like the Ginsu knife that cuts through a tomato after it kills
a metal can, I should cut off your face for the sexual treatment you
tried to give me!"

"Hey, I just saved your life!" shouted Cameron as he stood up. "You
should show at least a little gratitude!"

"Oh, I'll show you my gratitude", smiled Reiko evilly, "By carving you
a tattoo on where the sun doesn't shine!" She tried to pull out her
sword, but found out it was gone, along with her katanas, rope, and her
throwing stars. Even the Pokeballs that contained her Tentacruel and
Kingler were gone.

"NO!!!" she cried, "Not my little babies too! Why did this have to
happen to me?!"

"Welcome to the club", said Cameron, "I've lost all my Pokemon too."

"Well I am pleased that my enemy is suffering from great losses as
well", said Reiko, "And at least I have me a prisoner."

"Prisoner?!" laughed Cameron, "We're stuck here on a deserted island
with no jail cells or dungeons and all your weapons are gone. How can
I possibly be your prisoner?"

"Like the aged Ekans that loses its poison but still keeps its wrap
attack, a ninja can still rely on other attacks without the use of
weapons!" Smiled Reiko as she leapt up high into the air, landed next
to a nearby boulder, and smashed it in two with one karate chop.
Cameron was afraid, yet impressed, by this powerful and complex girl.
"And if you even think of running away from me, I know a thousand
ways to cripple a person. I've been practicing on all my Ken dolls!"

Cameron thought it would be best not to try escaping from her just yet.
He wasn't sure if he really wanted to either. "Okay, I'll stick with
you", he said calmly, "So shall we both explore this island until we
find some civilization and maybe our Pokemon?"

"No we will not!" said Reiko, "We will remain here on this spot until
my glorious Queen Jessie finds me."

"How do you know if she's still alive?" asked Cameron.

"Reiko slapped him on the cheek, "How dare you say that about my
wonderful queen!" she shouted, "I know Jessie, she's probably found
some way to survive and she's probably out there looking for me right
now. And when she does find us, I'm going to show my gratitude to her
by presenting you for her daily torment."

"If she is actually looking for her", thought Cameron knowing Jessie.
Then Reiko slapped him again. "Hey, I didn't say anything!" he
protested.

"I call tell what you're thinking about my queen by your expression!"
shouted Reiko, "Now we are going to remain here whether you like it or
not and you'd better like it or else!"

Cameron nodded his head while Reiko approached some nearby rocks.
She started to take off her black ninja shirt while Cameron stood there
shocked. "What...What are you doing?!" he asked.

"I'm damp and I could catch pneumonia if I wear this garment of watery
death." Said Reiko as she finally pulled it off revealing a white tank
top that was cut off at the waist. Cameron was relieved and was
secretly fascinated at how attractive she looked in face and body.
Reiko neatly laid her shirt on one of the rocks so it could dry out in
the sun.

"You'd better take that wet shirt off too", said Reiko.

"No thanks", said Cameron, "I feel okay."

"Well I'm not going to risk you dying of pneumonia just before my queen
gets here and she can't enjoy the pleasure of torturing you", said
Reiko sternly, "Now take it off!" and she smashed another nearby rock.
Cameron quickly pulled off his wet sweatshirt, laid it on a rock, and
quickly covered his body with his arms.

"Now don't be like that!" said Reiko, "You obviously have nothing that
would interest me and you could use some sunlight on that pasty skin."
Cameron just wanted to insult her back about her body but couldn't for
she was stronger and she was too sexy.

"So should we start looking for food?" asked Cameron, "I could go up
into the trees and try to find some fruit."

"Oh no", shouted Reiko, "And have you be like the crafty Mankey that
escapes from its prey by swinging to freedom from tree to tree? I
don't think so! You will gather firewood while I will go into the
water and gather fish. And if you try to escape from me, remember
this!" and she leapt high into the air and landed five feet on the
other side showing Cameron that she could easily tackle him no matter
how fast he could get away. "Now start gathering!" she commanded.

"Yes ma'am!" said Cameron as he started to pick up every nearby stick
while Reiko stepped into the water. Cameron did feel kind of
embarrassed being held prisoner by this psycho ninja girl with his
shirt off, but for some reason he wasn't scared. The tropical sun felt
warm on his body and Reiko was extremely beautiful. He then saw her
standing in the water with her eyes closed and her hands clasped
together. Cameron thought it would be a good chance to sneak away, but
he was curious about what she was up too. All of a sudden, all kinds
of fish swam up to Reiko constantly flipping out of the water. It was
like she was using some kind of ancient ninja power to summon them.
She then started chopping and kicking at the fish knocking them onto
the beach. She then gathered up all the fish and approached Cameron
who had gathered a fair amount of firewood.

"Good, we can proceed with the cooking", said Reiko plopping the fish
at Cameron's feet.

"So how do we start a fire?" asked Cameron.

"Oh, I forgot about that!" shouted Reiko angrily, "We do not have
anything here that could start one. I must punish myself later for my
lack of thought!"

"Hey, take it easy", said Cameron. "Don't be so hard on yourself."

"If you tell me to take it easy again, I'll be hard on you!" shouted
Reiko, "The ninja is not one to be taken lightly. Got that?!"

"Yeah, sure", said Cameron realizing that Reiko's words were kind of
amusing. "Hey, I think I got an idea." He took off his glasses and
aimed them at the sun. The lens suddenly caught a sunbeam that Cameron
aimed at the pile of wood causing a little spark to form.

"Why that's amazing!" said Reiko surprised, "What survival camp did you
learn that from?"

"From a movie called Toy Story", smiled Cameron putting his glasses
back on.

Reiko was puzzled and then took a good look at Cameron. He did look
cute without his glasses and even cuter without a shirt. "Do you work
out?" she asked.

"Not really", said Cameron, "P.E. was my worst subject at school. But
I do try to lift two volumes of War and Peace every day to build up my
arms."

Reiko became perplexed, yet fascinated at this boy's way of thinking
then said, "Let's just eat." And she picked up a stick and stabbed a
fish.

* * * * * *

Cameron and Reiko had eaten all the fish they could and then they both
lied down on the sand letting their food digest while soaking up some
of the sun's rays. "What I wouldn't give for some hush puppies right
now", said Cameron who loved to eat those things with seafood.

"Well you'd better not get your hopes up prisoner", said Reiko in a
relaxed voice, "Because when Team Rocket's through with you, you won't
be seeing another puppy again, unless Queen Jessie orders me to feed
you to our Growlithes."

"You really have high hopes that you'll be rescued", said Cameron, "I
think it's good to have hope in tough times like these. I admire your
faith and courage."

"Uh, thank you prisoner", said Reiko.

"Just call me Cameron", smiled Cameron.

"Okay Cameron-san", said Reiko. She was a little surprised that a
prisoner of hers could act so nice to her. Maybe he wasn't really her
prisoner after all. Just then they heard a weak cry call out, "Buzz!"
Cameron sat up and found Buzz crawling on the ground feeling very
tired and weak.

"Buzz, are you all right?!" gasped Cameron as he approached the furry
Pokemon that just collapsed on the ground. Reiko was worried that he'd
order his Electabuzz to shock her so they could escape.

"Don't you dare try shocking me with that thing!" shouted Reiko as she
started to go into attack mode.

"Relax", said Cameron in a serious voice, "Buzz doesn't look like he
could harm a fly right now. There's something terribly wrong with him.
Buzz, what's wrong? Did somebody beat you up or are you just hungry?"

"Buzz!" cried out Buzz who showed Cameron by trying to shoot a bolt out
of his finger but all that came out was a little spark. Cameron pulled
out his Pokedex and typed up the habits of an Electabuzz.

"An Electabuzz's main food source is electricity", replied Dexeena,
"If it doesn't get any within 48 hours, it will die."

"Don't worry Buzz", said Cameron cradling his Pokemon, "I won't let
you die. Even if you don't like me at all, I'll find you some
electricity to eat."

"Ha, Ha, Ha!" scoffed Reiko, "And just how are you going to find any
electricity on this non-tech island?"

"I think I have an idea", said Cameron as he ran up to the rock,
grabbed his shirt which was now dry, and came back to his Electabuzz.
Then Cameron pulled out his comb and started rubbing it on the fuzzy
part of his shirt creating static electricity. "Here you go Buzz",
said Cameron as he put the staticky comb up to Buzz's mouth, "It's
not a Thanksgiving dinner, but at least it's something."

"Buzzzz!" said Buzz feeling a little better as he slurped up the
electricity. Cameron then continued to rub the comb some more creating
some more static for Buzz. Reiko watched Cameron feed his poor, tired
Electabuzz for a whole hour and did some thinking. She remembered how
Cameron said that his Electabuzz hated him, but here he is feeding the
hateful Pokemon doing everything he could to keep it alive. Reiko then
remembered that Cameron gave her CPR when she drowned in that ocean.
This was two times today that he saved two of his enemies. "Could I be
wrong to mistreat this nice guy?" wondered Reiko, "No, he is just
another dumb kid and he will still feel my wrath soon! Don't forget
Reiko, you are a ninja who feels no emotion!"

Then she looked at Cameron again. He was getting pretty tired trying
to keep Buzz alive. His second arm was getting numb and he was
sweating. But Buzz was feeling a little better. Well enough to take
the shirt and comb from Cameron and to feed himself. He looked at his
master and made a quiet, "El, buzz", which probably meant, "Thank you",
in his language.

Cameron smiled for he wondered if Buzz would respect him now. Then he
felt some hands massaging his shoulders. "Reiko?" he asked.

"You did everything you could for your Pokemon", said Reiko, "So you
deserve some nursing as well. But don't get any thoughts! I'm only
doing this so you'll be well enough to gather more firewood when the
time comes."

"Sure, whatever", said Cameron who suddenly felt relaxed and happy as
Reiko's soft hands squeezed his bare shoulders until they were sore no
more. Just then, they heard a voice call out, "MACHOP!" They both
turned around and found a small lizard-like Pokemon with gray skin and
huge muscular arms. Cameron aimed his Pokedex at the creature.

"MACHOP, the superpower Pokemon", replied Dexeena, "Loves to build its
muscles. The Machop trains in all styles of martial arts to become
stronger."

"A Pokemon that can be taught the ways of the ninja", smiled Reiko,
"I must catch it! That way I'll have a strong fighting Pokemon by my
side just in case that Electabuzz gets better and my prisoner has it
attack me!" She reached into her boot and managed to find an empty
Pokeball. She threw it at Machop, but Machop managed to whack it away
with a strong karate chop causing it to hit Reiko right into the face.
Then the Machop started to run into the tropical forest. "COME BACK
HERE YOU INSOLENT LITTLE POKEMON!!" screamed Reiko who had a huge round
sore mark on her face. "You will become my prisoner as well!" And she
ran after it into the forest while Cameron watched curiously. Just
then he heard Reiko scream. He looked at Buzz who was still building
his strength up on his shirt and comb. Feeling that Buzz'd be all
right for now, Cameron ran into the forest to see what happened to
Reiko.

As he got deeper into the forest, he suddenly saw about 20 cartoon eyes
peeking out of the darkness. "I don't like the looks of those eyes",
said Cameron nervously, "And he was right, for all those eyes belonged
to a troop of six foot tall lizards that looked like Machops, but were
bigger, more muscular, and wore golden wrestling belts around their
waists. Cameron pulled out his Pokedex and Dexeena described them.

"MACHOKE, the evolved form of Machop", replied Dexeena, "Its muscular
body is so powerful that it must wear a power-save belt to regulate its
motions."

"Machoke, choke, choke, choke", said all the Machokes at once as they
all surrounded the nervous Cameron. He tried to slip right under their
legs but one of the Machoke's grabbed him and wrapped its huge arms
around Cameron's torso.

"How dare you do this to a member of Team Rocket!" shouted Reiko as
another Machoke brought her to the group all tied up with strong vines.
"My queen will have all your cyst's cut out and have you eat them when
she hears about this!" All the Machokes just laughed at Reiko's funny
human words, especially the little Machop that she was unsuccessful of
catching. She then saw the Machokes tying up Cameron with strong vines
as well. "No, you can't be their prisoner!" she wailed, "I made you my
prisoner first fair and square!"

"Sorry, but we can't always get our way", said Cameron as the Machokes
started pushing him and Reiko somewhere even deeper into the forest.

* * * * * *

The Machokes had marched the two tied-up teenagers into a village with
huts made out of bamboo and mud shaped like Pokeballs. They became
surprised when they saw the citizens of this village. "It's a whole
community of Machops and Machokes!" gasped Cameron.

Sure enough, there were Machops and Machokes everywhere. Lifting
barbells made of boulders, punching punching-bags made of slabs of meat.
They even saw Machop kids sitting on the ground playing some kind of
card game that had human pictures on them.

"I guess I'm not gonna find my friends relaxing in a tropical resort",
he thought nervously. He looked at Reiko marching beside him looking
unafraid and very angry. "How can she remain calm in a situation like
this?" he wondered, "Must be a ninja thing."

Then they came across a huge stone throne at the end of the village.
Sitting on the throne was an extremely huge Machoke with four strong
arms. Cameron thought if he could reach his Pokedex, Dexeena would
say something like, "MACHAMP, the evolved form of Machoke. Using its
powerful muscles, the Machamp throws powerful punches that can send the
victim clear over the horizon."

Cameron also noticed a thing on the Machamp's head. "Ash's hat!" said
Cameron, "So that's where it went to!"

The Machokes made the teenagers get down on their knees while they did
the same thing bowing their heads saying, "Ma-Machoke-Choke!" which
meant, "Your Majesty!"

"That Machamp must be the king of this island", Cameron whispered to
Reiko.

"What do you suppose gave it away?" said Reiko sarcastically, "Is it
because he's sitting on a throne while these muscle-brains are
groveling in shame and making us do it too?!" Machamp approached Reiko
and looked at her with a huge smile on his huge mouth. He ordered a
Machoke to cut Reiko free from her bonds.

"You've just made your last mistake King Stupid!" laughed Reiko as she
started to make a flying kick at Machamp. But he just grabbed Reiko by
the ankles with his upper hands holding her upside-down. Then used his
lower hands to feel and pinch Reiko's arms.

"This cannot be, HA HA HA!" laughed Reiko who was extremely ticklish,
"Tickling a ninja will lead you to dire consequences! HA HA HA HA!"
When Machamp was finished, he threw Reiko into the arms of a Machoke
who held onto her tightly. Then Machamp ordered Cameron cut free from
his bonds. He approached the boy and started pinching his arms as well.

"HA HA HA HA!" Laughed Cameron who was also ticklish, "If I didn't
know better, I'd say he was testing our muscles!" he thought while
laughing.

Then Machamp stopped and spoke to his Machoke subjects. "Machamp,
champ, champ, champ!" he said in a pleased voice. Then the Machokes
grabbed the teenagers and took them to another place.

* * * * * *

Cameron and Reiko now found themselves locked in some kind of cell
shaped like a giant Pokeball. "I wonder what they're gonna do to us?"
Cameron asked. Reiko just sat there quietly holding her knees. A
small door below the big door opened and their dinner was pushed in to
them. It was mineral water and wheat germ. "This must be a Machoke's
regular diet", said Cameron as he looked at the yucky stuff, "No wonder
why they stay so buffed. Care for some Reiko?" Reiko still said
nothing. Cameron walked over to Reiko and discovered that she was
crying. That didn't seem like her one bit.

"Don't worry Reiko", said Cameron, "We'll find some way out of this!
Remember the hope you have that your Queen will come for you soon."

"Who am I kidding!!!" wailed Reiko, "Jessie's not really coming for
me! She doesn't really care about anyone but herself. I guess this
is what happens to you when you try to make friends with evil!"

"Then why are you always praising her even when she's not around?"
asked a now surprised Cameron.

"Because Jessie trained me to!" sobbed Reiko, "She wanted a warrior
that'll always like her no matter how vain or cruel she acts. It just
drove me crazy. The only reason I joined Team Rocket was so I could
find a way out of that trapped town. Now that I'm actually free from
it, I've landed in another far worse prison. And I don't know the
Machamp language for sucking-up!"

"Well why didn't you try to run away from your teammates when you had
the chance?" asked Cameron.

"Because I'm addicted to being Jessie's little bootlicker!" cried Reiko,
"I didn't mean to do all those mean things to you and your friends.
It's just once I had a taste of power, knocking around James and Meowth
under Jessie's permission, I just couldn't get enough of it! My older
siblings warned me that too much power could corrupt the most innocent
soul and they were right! I bet I can hear them laughing at me right
now!" And she started crying even harder.

Cameron never figured that this pyscho-girl who welds a mean katana
could have a troubled, emotional side. "Please don't cry", said Cameron
as he wiped the tears from Reiko's eyes with his finger. "We'll get out
of this mess. Remember I'm a good guy and good guys always seem to
prevail in the end. I bet if you become a good guy too, that'll make
our chances twice as good."

"You sound like a cartoon character from a cheesy Saturday morning
show", said Reiko now laughing a little. Cameron started to laugh too.
He was starting to enjoy his time with Reiko now that she showed him
her other side. Then he noticed Reiko shivering.

"Are you cold?" asked Cameron and then he started shivering as well.
Mainly because night had fallen and neither one of them were wearing
their shirts.

"Just a little Cameron-san", said Reiko, "Maybe if we hold each other,
that'll warm us up a little", and she scooted over to where Cameron
was sitting and wrapped her arms around him burying her face in his
bare chest while her tears ran down it. A blushing Cameron sat there
shocked but then also wrapped his arms around her.

"I'm truly in an anime world", he thought while smiling.

* * * * * *

Meanwhile, Sandy, Gloom, Zubat, and Slowpoke were wandering the beach
calling out for Cameron. Slowpoke was carrying Cameron's backpack on
his back while Zubat was scouting around up in the night sky. She then
noticed something brightly sparking from below. She immediately flew
back down to the search party.

"Have you found Cameron?" asked Sandy.

"No", replied Zubat, "But I found someone else we could invite to our
little search party. They all followed Zubat and they found Electabuzz
still feeding himself with static electricity.

"Hey, you're Cameron's Electabuzz", said Sandy, "The one that doesn't
like him at all."

"Yeah, and what's it to you rodent?" said Buzz in a smug voice.

Sandy was about to carve his initials into Buzz's hide for that remark
until Gloom stopped him. "Do you know what happened to our master?
Even though you don't like Cameron can you please help us find him,
for your fellow Pokemon?"

"Who says I don't like the little geek?" said Buzz, "I admit that at
first I thought he was just a boney little twerp who wouldn't last five
seconds on the battlefield. But when I was running low on juice, he
gave me this comb and the shirt off his back to keep me alive. Lt.
Surge taught me that a good soldier never leaves a faithful companion
to die. And as soon as I get all my strength back, I'm gonna start my
own search party and find my new Sergeant myself."

"Wouldn't it be better if we all joined you?" asked Zubat, "After all,
five Pokemon heads are better than one."

"Please help us find Mamma", pleaded Slowpoke.

Buzz looked puzzled at what Slowpoke said and then replied, "Okay, you
tenderfoots can come with me. But remember, I'm the leader of this
squadron and if any of you get out of line. It's K.P. for all of you!"

"K.P.?" asked Sandy.

"Kracking Pokemon", smiled Buzz. Sandy just made a hidden scowl at
this bossy Electabuzz.

"Do you know which way Cameron last went?" asked Gloom.

"The last I remember, our Sergeant went into the forest chasing after
some human girl", said Buzz. "I tried to go after him, but I wasn't
fully charged up yet."

"Maybe this'll help", said Sandy sniffing the shirt. "I think he went
in that direction." And Sandy ran off into the forest while the others
followed him. Usually Slowpoke was the one that always followed last,
but this time it was Buzz who was walking slowly still feeding himself
static.

"I'm just glad Surge isn't here to see me like this", sighed Buzz.

* * * * * *

The next morning, Cameron woke up to a surprising, yet wonderful
situation. He was leaning against a wall while a sleeping Reiko was
holding onto him using his chest as a pillow. Cameron decided to let
her sleep and not wake her up to the scary cell that they were being
kept in. But unfortunately, the Machokes burst in waking her up.

"What, what's going on?" asked a groggy Reiko finding out she was
holding her prisoner passionately.

"I think it might be time for our breakfast", said Cameron looking at
the smiling Machokes. They picked up the teenagers and clamped some
golden wrestling belts around their waists. "Then again, maybe later",
said Cameron wondering what was going to happen next.

* * * * * *

Cameron and Reiko found themselves in the center of a huge fighting
arena. In the stands were hundreds of Machops and Machokes cheering,
waving flags that say M on them, and wearing large foam hands in the
shape of fists. And in the center aisle was the Machamp sitting on his
throne still wearing Ash's hat.

"It looks like they want us to fight each other", said Cameron
nervously.

"Well I don't fight for lowly unintelligent Pokemon!" shouted Reiko
who was trying to pull her belt off but it was too clamped on tight.
Just then, two Machokes jumped on top of platforms on the opposite ends
of the arena.

"Ma, ma, champ, Machamp!" called out Machamp announcing the beginning
of the fight. Machoke 1 started to karate chop the air around it.
Cameron suddenly found his arms swinging in all directions for he now
had no control of them. He also found himself walking to Reiko getting
ready to karate chop her. "What do you think you're doing?" gasped
Reiko, "This isn't you!"

"I don't know!" cried Cameron. "I can't help myself!" Then Machoke 2
started to jump up in the air and make a huge kick. Reiko suddenly
jumped up high in the air as well kicking Cameron sharply in the chest
and onto the ground. Machoke 2 started to make a headlock move and
Reiko suddenly pounced on Cameron putting him in a headlock while
wrapping her other arm around his torso.

"These aren't my traditional fighting skills!" shouted Reiko, "What's
happening to me?!"

"The Machokes must be controlling our movements with these belts!" said
Cameron gasping for air, "Which means we're the Pokemon and they're
our masters!"

Machoke 1 made a low kick causing Cameron to swing his leg knocking
Reiko off of him. Then Machoke 1 started to raise its arms into the
air and spin around very fast. Cameron found himself lifting up Reiko,
spinning her around, and tossing her onto the ground. "I hope you
realize that I really didn't do that!" shouted Cameron.

"No problem", said Reiko weakly, "But this does feel like a nice
workout though." Machoke 2 started pumping itself up causing Reiko to
get up while her arms were blowing up like huge balloons.

"Uh oh", thought Cameron, "That looks like Machoke's focus energy.
Now I'm in for it!" But then Cameron found his arms and pecs blowing
up for Machoke 1 was using focus energy as well. Cameron almost thought
he saw Reiko salivating at his new body. But Machoke 2 made Reiko
charge at Cameron putting him in a tight bear hug squeezing him very hard.

The crowd was cheering loudly waiting for one of them to die. Some
were even betting jars of wheat germ on who'd be the winner. Just
then, Cameron and Reiko found themselves standing perfectly still not
moving at all making the crowd very angry.

"What are those Machokes doing?!" demanded Reiko who saw them standing
perfectly still also.

"There's your answer!" smiled Cameron as he looked down and found all
of his Pokemon who just rushed into the arena. Slowpoke was using his
disable attack on the Machokes causing them to stop the fight. All the
Machops and Machokes started to charge into the arena ready to pound
on the Pokemon. But Buzz, who was feeling 100 percent better, managed
to paralyze the first half of them with thunder wave, Gloom put the
second half to sleep with sleep powder and Zubat used supersonic to
confuse the last half causing them to attack each other.

Sandy looked curiously at his incredibly pumped up master standing
perfectly still. "Sandy, can you get these belts off us?" asked Cameron.

"Shrew", replied Sandy as he slashed the belts off of Cameron's and
Reiko's waists causing them to move again as well as shrink back down
to their skinny selves.

"What a shame", thought Reiko sad that she lost her newly given
strength but happy that she was free.

"Thank you my friend", smiled Cameron as he hugged Sandy while all his
other Pokemon friends approached him. "And thank you all, all, uh,
AACHOO!" sneezed Cameron. Gloom sadly started to step a few feet away
from him. "And I thank you too Gloom", called out Cameron causing his
Gloom to smile a little.

"Slowpoke", said Slowpoke returning his backpack to his Mamma. "Thank
you son", smiled Cameron as he removed the pack from Slowpoke and
hugged him like a parent.

"Zubat, bat, bat", said Zubat as she perched herself on Cameron's
shoulder. "You're the tops too Zubat", he smiled as he wiggled her ear.

Buzz humbly approached Cameron and handed him back his comb and shirt
all neatly folded. "Very nice", smiled Cameron, "You truly are a
disciplined soldier."

"BUZZ, EL, BUZZ!" shouted Buzz saluting his new commanding officer.
Suddenly, they heard a loud scary voice scream out, "MACHAMP!" An angry
Machamp jumped out of his throne and landed on the ground with a huge
THUD causing everyone to almost fall down.

"Leave this to me", smiled Reiko ready to make this champ look like a
chump. But Buzz pushed her aside and approached the hulking Machamp.

Machamp started chopping at Buzz with all four of his arms causing him
to flinch in pain. Cameron and his Pokemon watched worriedly while
Reiko was kind of grateful that Buzz was taking the pain Machamp had
planned for her. Just then Buzz balled up both his fists and sparks
started to shoot out of them. Machamp stopped fighting for he was
curious. Then Buzz started punching at Machamp non-stop sending
currents of electricity through his large body.

"What kind of cool attack is that?!" smiled Cameron as he took out his
Pokedex.

"Thunderpunch, Electabuzz's specialty attack", said Dexenna, "Several
blows of Thunderpunches can cause severe damage to an opponent." Buzz
started to charge up his fist making it glow like the sun. He then
shocked Machamp good and hard causing him to smile and fall to the
ground. Zubat quickly snatched the hat away from Machamp and placed
it back on Cameron's head.

"BUZZ, EL, BUZZ!" shouted Buzz as he leapt onto the Machamp's butt
and saluted.

* * * * * *

Cameron, Reiko, and the five Pokemon had returned to the spot where
they first met. Reiko found her shirt now dry and put it back on.
Cameron was sitting on a rock gathered around all his dear Pokemon,
except for Gloom who was standing by the forest so that its master
wouldn't start sneezing and was getting ready to defend its master in
case the Machokes would try to go after them.

Reiko approached Cameron and gave him a kiss on the lips. "Wow, what
was that for?" he asked while blushing.

"That was for saving my life when I had drowned", smiled Reiko, "Like
the aluminum foil that keeps a ripe tomato fresh. You truly have a
heart of gold."

"Thank you", smiled Cameron who no longer thought of Reiko as an enemy
and maybe even more than a friend.

"So do you think we'll actually ever get off this island?" asked Reiko.

"Maybe those things coming over here might be able to help", said
Cameron pointing to the two figures swimming up to the shore. Reiko
immediately knew who they were.

"Tentacruel and Kingler!" cried Reiko happily as she ran over to her
two Pokemon and gave them a big hug while they hugged her back as
well. Cameron smiled for now everyone on this island was reunited
with their Pokemon. Just then, he heard some buzzing up in the sky.
Everyone looked above and saw a helicopter flying above the island.

"We have to get the pilot's attention somehow", said Cameron. Buzz
replied by shooting a thunderbolt up in the air. The pilot managed to
see it and started to come in for a landing. "Hey Reiko", called out
Cameron, "Come on, we're finally saved!" Reiko was about to approach
the landing helicopter until her eagle-eye spotted a policewoman
through one of the windows.

"Uh, oh", said Reiko as she approached her two Pokemon and started to
speak to them. Cameron and all of his Pokemon approached the
helicopter just as the door opened. He was even extra-happy when he
saw who came out of it. "Misty, Brock, Stella, Jenny, Seymour, Bill!"
he cried, "You're all alive!"

"And so are you!" smiled Misty as she gave Cameron a big hug.

"I'm sure glad you're okay kid", smiled Brock, "When that ferry got
pulled under, we saw you get pulled away into the center of the
whirlpool."

"The rest of us were lucky", said Stella, "The whirlpool finally
stopped and we all managed to grab onto the nearest thing that would
keep us afloat."

"And we were even luckier that the Celadon Nurse Joy had heard about
the boat's sinking and got in this helicopter to save us", said Seymour
pointing to Nurse Joy who was at the cockpit waving to Cameron.

"And we begged Joy to keep circling around every island and area of
this sea until we found you", said Bill, "Something inside all of us
told us that you were still alive."

"You guys are the greatest friends I could ever ask for", said Cameron
with a tear in his eye. "And now we have a new friend that can join
us. Oh Reiko! Uh, Reiko? Where are you?" he asked while looking around
the beach but found no trace of the girl.

"You mean that vandal's here?!" shouted Jenny as she took out her
handcuffs, "Wait'll I get my long arms of the law around her! I lost
two vans because of her and those dirty Rockets!"

"Hey, what's this?" asked Misty as she found a huge stick sticking out
of the sand with a note stuck at the top. Cameron grabbed the note and
read it.

"Dear Cameron-san:

I truly enjoyed the time we were forced to spend together. I've never
met a boy quite like you. You're clever, sweet, and you treat and love
your Pokemon dearly. But unfortunately I cannot be with you. For I am
still a Rocket and I took an oath of loyalty to Queen Jessie even if I
didn't like it. I'm going off to find her and that silly Meowth
wherever they may be. But I'm going to do what I can to lead them off
your trail for I do want you to succeed in your mission. I truly hope
we can have another magical moment like we did in that cell and maybe
next time we won't have to engage in battle afterwards.

Until we meet again.

Reiko. XOXOXOXO"

Cameron looked up from the note and saw two figures swimming off into
the horizon and whispered. "Good luck my cute little ninja!"

* * * * * *

Reiko was riding on top of her Tentacruel while Kingler was swimming
right behind them. She turned around and sadly watched the island
where she had her amazing adventure disappear into the horizon.

TO BE CONTINUED

[Cullen]

The Incredible Poke-Odyssey ch.12

The Garden of Erika

Reiko was still surfing the seas on her Tentacruel searching for Jessie
and Meowth. She was thinking about the scary, but romantic adventure
she had with Cameron and wondered if she'll ever have another chance
to be with him again. But not as a heartless Rocket criminal. She
then saw a huge buoy coming up the horizon and there were two figures
clutched onto it tightly. "Full speed Tentacruel!" commanded Reiko as
they swam even faster while Kingler tried to keep up with them.

Jessie and Meowth had been holding onto the buoy for a long time and
they were looking pretty dirty and hungry. "Care for some more plankton
Jess?" asked Meowth as he plucked some little mites off his fur and
offered them to Jessie.

"No thanks!" scowled Jessie, "I think the ones that are already in my
stomach are starting to lay eggs so I'll probably be full for the rest
of my life! This is no way for a Queen to be living! I sure wish
Reiko were here!"

"I wish James was here", whined Meowth, "He always does the whining
for both of us."

"Queen Jessie, Meowth-san, is that you?" called out a Japanese accented
voice. They looked up and smiled when they saw Reiko and her two
Pokemon swimming up to them.

"Reiko!" cried Jessie happily, "You've come for us!" and she and Meowth
jumped off the buoy and onto Tentacruel's head hugging their favorite
intern.

"Oh great and wise Reiko!" cried Meowth while stroking himself against
her legs, "I've never doubted you for one minute!" and he started to
kiss her boots. "And he calls me a bootlicker!" thought Reiko.

"Well it's about time you got here!" said Jessie angrily, "I was
beginning to think that you wouldn't be coming for us and that you'd
be having a romantic encounter with one of those rotten rebels to think
about your beloved queen!"

"Yes, that is an interesting theory", said Reiko smiling on the outside
but serious on the inside. "Well, you do not have to worry about those
rebels any longer. It was reported that they were all sucked under the
bottom of the sea all dead."

"You mean they're all gone?" asked Meowth all excited instead of
sorrowful.

"I believe so", said Reiko hoping this lie would make them want to
forget their mission on capturing Cameron. "So I suggest that we all
head back to Rocketville so you can get cleaned up, fed, and be back
on your nice comfortable thrones before ABC's TGIF night starts."

"Ah, home", sighed Meowth ready to get back on his wonderful throne
which was actually a litter box.

"No", said Jessie. That two-letter word caused Meowth's fantasy cloud
to shatter.

"What'da'ya' mean no?" cried Meowth.

"I've known two of those twerps for a long time", said Jessie, "They've
survived shipwrecks, typhoons, giant Pokemon, ghost Pokemon,
prehistoric Pokemon, and lots of other cliffhangers. So there's no
doubt in my mind that they're still alive and on their way to Celadon
City."

"I don't know about that your majesty", said Reiko, "My ninja senses
tell me that they're all dead."

"Well my evil senses are more powerful and I say we head over to
Celadon before they reach Giovanni", said Jessie, "And besides, I'm
curious to know how our old tyrannical boss is doing these days."

"But that might not be wise", said Reiko.

"What's wrong Reiko", smiled Meowth, "Is the all fearless girl in black
suddenly developing a yellow streak?" Reiko suddenly went from a
serious look to an angry look. She then whacked Meowth into the water
with a mallet made from coconut shells and bamboo.

"Like the Lickitung that doesn't watch its tongue when it slurps up
prickly pears, foolish Meowths should watch their tongues as well!"
scowled Reiko not wanting her teammates to see her emotions. "Now let's
get going to Celadon", she said as Tentacruel ferried her and Jessie
east to Celadon City while Kingler picked up a damp Meowth by the tail
and followed them.

* * * * * *

We find our heroes at the Celadon City Pokemon center where Nurse Joy
had just treated Cameron's injuries and fed him. She was now healing
all of Cameron's Pokemon while he was telling his friends about the
encounter he just had with Reiko.

"That sounds like something that came out of a cheesy romance novel",
said Misty.

"And what's wrong with chessy?" asked Bill.

"I don't think it's a good idea to be obsessed with this girl", said
Brock, "After all, she is a Rocket and I've learned long ago not to be
taken in by a pretty face. Except for the one I'm holding in my arm
right here" and he kissed Stella while she blushed.

"But it's true", said Cameron. "I don't think Reiko really is evil.
She's just a troubled girl forced to serve Jessie with no choice."

"She does have a choice", said Stella, "She's just making the wrong
choice."

"What a predicament", said Seymour who suddenly went into poem mode
again.

"This girl had the beauty of a rose but survived in the cold.
Violence, destruction, and hate were all she seemed to hold.
Till one day a kind boy came and crossed her path.
But for some strange reason she couldn't show her wrath.
His kindness and concern seemed to melt her ice.
And for the first time, she started to act nice.
But she feels deep down that she's a bad girl still.
If only her love can destroy her evil will."

Everyone stood silent as they thought of Seymour's poem while Stella
was thinking, "Why doesn't Brock write me poems? Even corny ones?"

"I hope you realize Cameron that the next time we see her, I'm going
to have to arrest her", said Jenny politely. "After all, she is a
Rocket and what she did to my first van, I'll just, I'll....I'll" said
Jenny starting to now sound angry but then went back to her normal
self. "Right now we should concentrate on finding this game center that
Giovanni owns so we can find him and get some answers!"

"Do you think Giovanni might still have Ash held captive?" asked Misty.

"I don't know Misty", said Jenny, "But we'll soon find out as soon as
I get some info."

"Here you are Cameron", said Nurse Joy as she handed Cameron back his
Pokeballs. "All your Pokemon have been healed and are fighting fit."

"Thank you", smiled Cameron as he hugged his Pokeballs and placed them
back on his belt.

"Excuse me Joy", said Jenny, "We'd like to ask you a question?"

"But of course", smiled Joy, "Asking questions is a good way of finding
out something." Everyone looked funny at Joy. "Oh, sorry", giggled Joy,
"I was just watching Sesame Street with my five year old cousin Joy
this morning."

"Well", said Jenny, "Our question is do you know if there's a game
center in Celadon City?"

"Gee I don't know", said Joy, "I've never heard of a game center being
in Celadon."

"But a person we met said that there was one", said Brock.

"Hmmm", said Joy, "I wouldn't really know. I just took over my Aunt
Joy's job here a couple of months ago so I don't really know much about
this city."

"Well she was certainly helpful", thought Stella frowning.

"I know", said Joy, "You can go and ask Erika, the Celadon City gym
leader. She's lived here all her life so she might can give you some
info."

"Yes", said Cameron, "And maybe I can challenge her and win a
RainbowBadge."

"Ah, Erika!" sighed Brock remembering the pretty kimono wearing gym
leader who owned a gym where women only worked.

"Brock, why are you levitating up in the air like that?" asked Stella
as she yanked Brock down causing him to wake up from his daydream.

"Oops, sorry", said Brock, "My mind must've wandered off somewhere."

"You should put rocks on your mind to keep it there", said Misty, "If
there weren't enough on it already."

* * * * * *

Our heroes had arrived at a gym with a huge red flower sticking out at
the top like an umbrella. When they got to the door, they found a
knocker in the shape of an Ivysaur. "I guess we should knock", said
Cameron as he took the vine shaped knocker and knocked with it. A
window on the door opened and out popped a pretty girl with short blue
hair.

"Who knocked on that knocker?!" said the girl angrily. "Didn't you read
the sign?"

"What sign?" asked Cameron.

"Oh dear", said the girl as she looked at a black screen right next to
the door and closed the window. A message started to appear the screen
and everyone read it out loud, "Knocker out of order, please ring."
Cameron became puzzled, but he pushed the nearby doorbell and the girl
popped out of the window again.

"That's better", said the girl now smiling, "Have all of you come to
challenge Erika, our beloved gym leader and perfume manufacturer?"

"Yes, I would like to please", said Cameron.

"My what a polite boy you are", smiled the girl, "Tell me, do you like
perfume?"

Cameron stood there nervous for a second and replied, "Yes, I do like
perfume. I can't get enough of the stuff." He hated to lie like that,
but he remembered from the cartoon when Ash badmouthed Erika's
perfume. That same blue-haired girl stamped a huge red X onto Ash's
face and banned him from the gym.

"Well, come right on in everyone", smiled the girl as she opened the
door and let them all in.

"Cameron", Misty whispered to him, "I thought you said that you were
allergic to perfume."

"I am", whispered Cameron, "But it would seem rude to say I didn't
like the stuff."

"We'd also like to ask your boss a few questions", said Jenny.

The girl looked nervously at the policewoman and said, "Why, is Erika
in trouble with the law? I warned her about ripping the price tag of
that mattress!"

"Relax", smiled Jenny, "We just want to know if Erika knows where a
certain place in your fine city is located."

"Oh very well", said the girl now relieved, "Erika is busy with her
perfume shop right now, but in the meantime you can hang out in our
little greenhouse until she gets back." She pushed open a huge set of
doors and they all found themselves in a huge indoor garden with all
kinds of plant life. There were women dressed in gardening uniforms
all over the place taking care of the plants along with all kinds of
grass Pokemon. Cameron was hoping he wouldn't get any nectar in his
nose while Misty and Stella were gazing at all the beautiful flowers
while Brock was secretly gazing at all the pretty girls.

Bill started to smell something delicious and started to sniff around
until he found it. It looked like a piece of swiss cheese growing from
a vine. "Miracles can happen!" smiled Bill thinking he could take a
snip of that plant home with him. But then the cheese started to open
up a huge mouth and snapped up Bill until only his curly tail was
showing. Cameron heard Bill's muffled cries for help from the plant
and managed to pull Bill out.

"Are you all right Bill?" asked Cameron.

"Yeah", said Bill covered with milk, "That thing could make the common
mousetrap obsolete!"

"I see that your little friend had accidentally came near our new
Velveeta Mouse Trap", said the blue-haired girl. "It's a new specialty
cloned plant-life used for removing pesky rodents in gardens."

"Pesky is such an improper word", thought Bill.

"Hey girls", called out the girl as all her friends approached Cameron.
"This boy here is a huge lover of perfume. Isn't that wonderful?"

"Wow", smiled a green-haired girl, "Usually we can hardly find guys who
like perfume. You're one of a kind kid!"

Cameron just blushed while feeling pretty small at the same time. "Uh,
thank you", he said.

"You just have to try my new fragrance", smiled the green-haired girl,
"It's called Bellsprout No. 7", and she took out a huge bottle and
sprayed some kind of perfume in Cameron's face. Cameron replied back
with a small sneeze.

"That's very nice stuff", said Cameron who was wiping his glasses clean
with his thumb.

"That's nothing", said a red-haired girl, "You haven't lived till
you've had a whiff of Tangela supreme", She sprayed some more perfume
into Cameron's face while he sneezed again.

"Are you coming down with a cold?" asked the blue-haired girl.

"Oh no", said Cameron smiling at the girl while imagining the stamper
she'd yank out if she knew the truth about him and perfume. "It's just
that I had a big lunch today and I sometimes sneeze after big meals."

"Oh, okay then" she said while smiling. Then one by one the girls
started approaching poor Cameron wanting him to try out each of their
favorite perfumes.

* * * * * *

Seymour found a bouquet of orange flowers sitting in a vase. He picked
one out and handed it to Jenny. "Here you go my cute cop", he smiled,
"A flower for the girl who has me in her power."

"Aw, that's so sweet", smiled Jenny, "Thank you Seymour", and she
kissed him on the cheek while he blushed happily. But when Jenny put
her nose up to the flower, a pair of tiny jaws popped out of the bud
and bit her on the nose. "OW, OUCH, OWIE!" cried Jenny as she was able
to pull it off and then looked at a worried Seymour angrily.

"Oh, I see you've discovered our rare Snap Dragonites", said the blue-
haired girl as she walked by them. "Just be careful not to sniff them
too close or keep them near your pants."

"I hope you can forgive me Jenny", pleaded Seymour as he got down on
his knees begging for her forgiveness.

"How can I stay angry at a sweet man like you?" smiled Jenny while her
nose was still red. Just close your eyes and stick out your lips and
I'll show you that you're forgiven."

Seymour complied waiting for what was coming to him. Jenny just placed
a Snap Dragonite up to Seymour's lips and bit down hard on them.
Seymour immediately pulled it off and looked at Jenny who was smiling
lovingly at the red-lipped Seymour showing that he was forgiven and
then she kissed him on the cheek instead of his now sore lips.

* * * * * *

"Oh Brock", sighed Stella as she gazed at every flower she could find,
"Isn't this the most beautiful place we've ever been too?"

"You can say that again", said Brock who wasn't looking at the flowers.
He was looking at every girl who was there.

"You're not looking at those girls are you?!" Stella demanded angrily.

"Oh no my sweet", said Brock nervously, "I'm just admiring all the
pretty flowers with you. Don't they have such nice bosoms, I mean
blossoms?"

Stella became so hurt that she slapped Brock hard. Everyone in the
room suddenly stopped what they were doing and stared at the two. "I
just don't know why I put up with this!" Stella cried, "I sometimes
think you don't really love me and that the only reason we came
together is because you were forced to be with me these past five
years!" And she stormed out of the room while Jenny ran after her
passing a purple-haried girl wearing a red kimono.

"Welcome home Miss Erika", said the blue-haired girl as she greeted
her boss happily. Erika looked at some of the new and familiar faces
and saw Brock hanging his head down in shame. "Did something happen
that I should know about?" she asked.

After explaining what happened with Brock and Stella, Erika slowly
approached Brock and placed a hand on his shoulder. "Yep, you're the
same old Brock I met a few years back", she smiled, "And it looks like
you've got a great girlfriend too."

"It doesn't look good though", moaned a sad Brock, "After what I pulled
a few minutes ago."

"Are you sure you love her?" asked Erika.

"I..I think so", said Brock, "I just don't know why I'm still falling
in love with every girl I see. Maybe she's right. Maybe we only fell
in love because we were forced to be together. I just don't know!"

"I think I may have something that might help", smiled Erika as she
took out a bottle of perfume. "Meet my latest creation." She smiled as
stars suddenly surrounded the bottle, "Essence of Exeggcute. It's a
special psychic perfume that can see into your heart and show you who
your true love is. Care to try it?"

"Sure, I'll try anything", moaned Brock as he closed his eyes (If they
weren't always closed already) and Erika sprayed him. He suddenly
stood there quiet and motionless while everyone stared at him concerned.

"What did you do to him?" demanded Misty.

"Relax Misty", said Erika, "The effects will only last five minutes and
when he wakes up, Brock will be a new man."

* * * * * *

Brock suddenly found himself in a void of darkness wondering what was
going to happen. "Brock, I need to know. Do you really love me?" asked
Stella who suddenly stepped out of the darkness wearing her old
ringmaster's suit. "After all, you lost your best friend Ash to Team
Rocket just to impress me."

Brock feeling very guilty at about what Stella said was about to speak
until another voice called out. "What about me?" It was Rachel, the
girl that Brock helped out when her father was too busy training his
Hitmonchan to spend any time with her. "I thought we could've had
something when you helped me with my father?"

"But I..." stuttered Brock, but before he could answer. Another girl
appeared. It was Cassandra, the girl who loved making healing potions
for Pokemon. "We both love taking care of Pokemon." She said sweetly,
"That should makes us the best pair."

Brock was going crazy as one by one, all the pretty girls he met on his
journey with Ash had appeared asking him which he loved the most.
"Pick one of us!" called out all the Nurse Joys, "We've got our
stethoscopes all warmed up for you!"

"No pick one of us!" called out all the Officer Jennies, "We've got
handcuffs!"

"Brock, Brock, he's the rock! If you don't choose us we'll all be in
shock!" cheered out Gary's cheerleading squad.

"I just don't know who to pick!!!" screamed Brock as he clutched his
head in pain.

"Too bad", called out a familiar girl's voice. "That means we'll have
to take them all away if you can't choose one!" Brock looked up in the
air and found Jessie and James. Giant sized!!!

"These lovelies will go good in our collection", smiled James. "And I
just bought the new line of Barbie beachwear!" The two Rockets started
throwing Pokeballs all over the place catching every girl. Brock stood
there wondering what to do. He then saw Stella get sucked into a ball
while she was screaming in fear. Brock looked in rage as the ball
containing Stella flew up to Jessie's hand.

"I think I'll put you in a Mr. Mime suit my little clown", smiled
Jessie wickedly.

"NOOOOO!" cried Brock as he released his Golbat and Graveler. "Golbat,
bite that witch's hand!" shouted Brock. Golbat flew at high speed
biting hard on Jessie's hand causing her to yell and to drop the ball
while she and James suddenly disappeared. The ball started to fall but
luckily Graveler managed to catch it.

"Nice catch Graveler", said Brock relieved, "Now pry it open."
Graveler ripped open the ball with its big rocky hands releasing Stella.
Brock ran up to her and lifted her up into his arms.

"Oh Brock", said Stella, "You could've saved any one of those girls.
Why choose me?"

"Because I love you Stella", smiled Brock as he kissed his one and only
true love.

Brock suddenly woke up from his fantasy and found himself back in
Erika's garden. "Oh thank you Erika!" shouted a happy Brock who was
about to hug her, but instead gave her a handshake. "Your perfume has
shown me that Stella is my one and only true love and I'm gonna do
everything in my power to show her that!" and he left the garden to try
to make things right with Stella.

* * * * * *

Now that things were peaceful again, the girls continued to spray poor
Cameron with more of their perfume. Misty saw Cameron turning red
with watery eyes and approached him. "Can I talk to my perfume lover
alone for a minute please?" she asked politely as she dragged Cameron
behind a group of shrubberies.

"Did that boy look kind of red to you?" asked the green-haired girl.

"Those two must be in love", winked the red-haired girl while laughing.

Misty handed Cameron a roll of tissues. "Thank you", he said while
blowing his nose many times.

"Why are you letting them do this to you?" demanded Misty, "You're
gonna make yourself sick if you keep sniffing all that perfume."

"I don't want to make them mad at me and get kicked out of this gym",
sniffed Cameron. "Especially by Erika."

"Why hello you two", smiled Erika as she approached Cameron and held
out her hand to him. Cameron politely shook hands with her, but with
the one that wasn't covered with tissue snot though.

"You must be Cameron", smiled Erika, "The girls have been telling me
that you've enjoyed all their perfume. I think that is so wonderful.
Maybe later you can sample some of my strongest."

"Uh, yes. I'd like that", Cameron lied.

"Another lie like that and his nose will be big enough to let in all
kinds of allergies", thought Misty.

"Is there anything else I can do to make your stay here a nice one?"
asked Erika.

"Yes", said Cameron, "I'd like to try competing for a RainbowBadge
please."

"But of course", said Erika, "Let me get my Pokemon ready and we'll
have a friendly little batlle."

* * * * * *

A few minutes later, everyone was inside a huge arena seated onto
benches excitedly waiting to see who'd win. Brock had made up with
Stella and they were seated together. "Oh Brocky", she sighed, "I sure
hope I can trust you in the future now that you assured me that I'm
your one and only true love."

"Yes you are babe", smiled Brock as he put his arm around her. "And if
you do catch me gawking at another girl, I give you permission to give
me any kind of torture you feel I deserve."

"Any kind?" smiled Stella wickedly as she imagined herself whipping
Brock who was dressed in a Persian suit making him jump through rings
of fire.

Cameron was standing on one end of the arena waiting for Erika to
arrive, and she did. She was out of her kimono and was wearing a blue
squirtleneck with a red mini-skirt. "All right Cameron", she smiled,
"How about we each use 3 Pokemon, no time limit?"

"Sounds good to me", said Cameron as he released his first Pokemon,
"Buzz, I choose you!" and out popped Buzz saluting his master
shouting, "BUZZ, EL, BUZZ!" and was ready to fight.

"That's a pretty tough looking Electabuzz you've got", said Erika, "But
can it take on the power of Parasect?!" and she released a bug with a
huge red mushroom on its back shouting out, "SECT!"

"Buzz, use thunder wave to paralyze Parasect", commanded Cameron.

"Parasect, send Buzz to slumberland with your spore attack", commanded
Erika.

The two Pokemon launched their attacks at exactly the same time. And
the result was one paralyzed Parasect and one sleeping Electabuzz.

"It looks like round 1 is a tie", said Erika as she sucked Parasect
back into its ball while Cameron did the same with Buzz.

"Let's see if you can handle Exeggutor!" smiled Erika as she released
a huge coconut tree with feet and funny looking faces on each large
coconut.

"Zubat, I choose you", said Cameron and released Zubat who flew above
the multi-faced tree. "Zubat, confuse that tree with supersonic",
commanded Cameron.

"ZUUUUU", shouted Zubat as she started releasing her sonic waves.

"Exeggutor, use your psywave attack", commanded Erika. Exeggutor
suddenly released a glowing psychic wave completely canceling out
Zubat's supersonic and hitting her in the face.

"Zubat!" cried Cameron as he was about to call her back. But Zubat
waved her wing and replied, "BAT!" showing him that she still had some
fight in her. "Okay Zubat", said Cameron, "How about showing it up with
wing attack."

"ZUUUU!" shouted Zubat as she dove at Exeggutor.

"Exeggutor, double team now!" commanded Erika. Exeggutor suddenly
split into three coconut trees. Zubat flew at Exeggutor #1, but it
disappeared for it was a fake. Zubat then tried to go after the
Exeggutor on the right, but it was also a fake too.

"Let's give this Zubat a lovely bunch of coconuts", sang Erika, "Give
it your barrage attack!"

"EGG!" shouted Exeggutor as it fired coconuts at Zubat who was trying
her best to dodge out of the way.

"Double team some more on it", commanded Erika and Exeggutor split into
9 trees all trying to hit the poor Zubat with coconuts.

"What can I do?" wondered Cameron nervously then had an idea, "Zubat,
mimic Exeggutor's double team!" called out Cameron. Zubat concentrated
hard and immediately split into 9 Zubats. Each bat flew at an
Exeggutor creating a huge cartoon fight cloud. Once the cloud
disappeared, they found one Zubat perched on top of a fainted Exeggutor.

"This round goes to Cameron", called out the blue-haired girl while
Cameron gave a thumbs up to his Zubat who replied with a wings up.

"Poor Exeggutor", sighed Erika as she called back the tree. "Lucky for
you, I've saved my best for last. Go Gloom!" and she released a Gloom
that looked almost like Cameron's.

"Oh boy", thought Cameron thankful that Erika's Gloom was way across
the other side of the arena. "Zubat, use your leech life", he commanded.

"Gloom, use your stench attack", smiled Erika. "GLOOM", replied the
Gloom as it let loose a powerful odor causing Zubat to fall onto the
floor while covering her face with her wings. Everyone in the room
covered their noses for the smell was terrible to them as well.

"Zubat, return!" commaned Cameron as he pulled Zubat back into her ball
and then took out another one. "I may regret this, but it's the only
thing I know that might be able to defeat her Gloom. Go my Gloom!"
and he released his own Gloom.

"Uh oh", thought Misty, "Two Glooms in the room could mean Cameron's
doom. Oh great, now I'm starting to sound like Seymour!"

Erika's Gloom sprayed its stench at Cameron's Gloom, but it had no
effect. "You have a nice Gloom too Cameron", called out Erika smiling.

"Thank y.. y..., AACHOO!" sneezed Cameron.

"Bless you", said Erika, "Okay my Gloom. Why don't you invite that
other Gloom to dance? Petal dance that is!"

"Gloom, Gloom!" smiled Erika's Gloom as it danced around shooting razor
sharp petals at Cameron's Gloom. "GLOOM, GLOOM!!!" cried Cameron's
Gloom waiting for its master to make a command, but Cameron was still
sneezing like crazy to even talk.

"Why isn't Erika's Gloom falling down?" Misty asked Seymour, "I thought
you said that Glooms could hurt themselves if they use petal dance?"

"I guess Erika trained hers in the ancient arts of petal dance", said
Seymour.

"AACHOO, ACHOO!" sneezed Cameron trying to think of a way to save his
Gloom then managed to come up with something. "Gloom, use body slam
now, AACHOO!" he shouted.

"GLOOM!" shouted Cameron's Gloom as it ran at lightning speed to
Erika's Gloom and slammed into it hard. "Oh no, GLOOM!" cried Erika
as she ran up to her Gloom who was lying on the floor all paralyzed.

"Sorry about that, AACHOO!" called out Cameron while his Gloom waved
at him feeling proud of itself.

"No problem and bless you!" smiled Erika as she picked up her Gloom
and approached Cameron. "Well Cameron", she smiled, "It looks like the
best Gloom won. Here's the RainbowBadge as proof of your victory."
And she held up a badge that looked like a flower with rainbow colored
petals.

"Thank, uh, thank, you-you-ACHOO!" sneezed Cameron and then started
sneezing some more. Now that two Glooms were near him, it was just
too much for his nose. He kept sneezing until he blacked-out.

* * * * * *

When Cameron woke up, he found himself lying on a bed with Nurse Joy
right beside him along with his friends, Erika, and all her girls.
"Hi", smiled Joy, "I hope you're feeling better. I just gave you a
special sinus medicine so you could breathe again."

"Thank you", said Cameron who was glad that he had air going through
his nose again.

"You really gave us quite a scare Cameron", said Erika, "When you
fainted, I immediately called over Nurse Joy while my girls took you
to my room. Misty told me that you were allergic to perfume and flower
nectar. You should've told us that yourself instead of making yourself
suffer like that."

"I just didn't want to offend any of you", said an ashamed Cameron,
"I'm sorry."

"Misty also told me about what happened to Ash after he criticized my
perfume", said Erika, "My girls had no business to ban him from my gym
like that."

"And I'm sorry that you felt intimidated by me", said the blue-haired
girl, "Miss Erika taught me better after that day. I even donated my
trusty stamper to my cousin who's a network censor."

"You truly are a good trainer Cameron and a sweet person", smiled
Erika, "And you've definitely earned that badge." Cameron looked down
and found the RainbowBadge pinned on his shirt.

"I'm also surprised that some who's allergic to nectar keeps a really
great Gloom", said Erika as she pointed to Cameron's Gloom who was
peeking from the doorway feeling sad about what happened to its master.

"I know", sighed Cameron, "I just wish there was some way I can be
close to it again."

"I'm sure you can if you evolve it into a Vileplume", smiled Erika.

"Really?" asked Cameron.

"Yes, that's right", said Seymour, "Unlike Glooms, Vileplumes have
special sacks in their bodies that keep nectar from oozing out."

"But the only way you can get a Vileplume is if you expose a Gloom to
a Leafstone", said Brock, "And we don't know where to get one."

"Look no further", smiled Erika as she pulled out a small stone with
a leaf inside it and gave it to Cameron.

"Wow, a Leafstone!" smiled Cameron as he gazed at the stone, "But are
you sure you want me to have this?"

"Sure", smiled Erika, "At first I bought it for my Gloom, but for some
reason it refuses to touch it. So I thought you could use it for your
Gloom."

"Thank you", smiled Cameron and then he called out to his Gloom.
"Gloom", he asked, "Would you like me to evolve you into a Vileplume?
That way we'd be close once again?"

"GLOOM!" cried out a happy Gloom as it hopped over to Cameron eagerly
wanting to become a new and improved plant. Before Cameron could
sneeze again, he put the stone against Gloom's body and all of a
sudden, it started evolving. It grew bigger and the red bulb on its
head sprouted into a huge red flower with extremely large petals.
Cameron pulled out his Pokedex and aimed it at his new Pokemon.

"VILEPLUME, the evolved form of Gloom", replied Dexeena, "The larger
the petals, the more toxic pollen it contains."

Cameron got near Vileplume and didn't even sneeze once. "It works!" he
cried as he hugged his new Vileplume happily. "Thank you Erika!
Things'll be better now that I got my relationship with it restored!"

"Vileplume!" smiled Vileplume as it started to do a happy dance but
suddenly fell down. "VILE!" cried Vileplume as it tried to stand up,
but toppled over upside-down again.

"Vileplume, what's wrong?" asked Cameron as he tried to help up his
Pokemon but toppled over once again. Cameron took out his Pokedex.

"Vileplumes have the largest petals in the world", explained Dexenna,
"In fact, they're so large and heavy. Some beginner Vileplumes have
been known to keep falling over."

"Uh oh", said Erika, "Now I see why my Gloom didn't want to evolve."

* * * * * *

The next day, we find our heroes outside of the gym with Erika. "Yes,
I remember there was a game center here in Celadon five years ago",
said Erika. "Until a huge mystery explosion completely closed it down
for good. It just now sits there abandoned and untouched at the very
edge of the city." And she pointed east to where the game center was
located.

"What caused such an explosion?" asked Jenny.

"Nobody knows", said Erika, "But no one ever dared to go back there."

"That means Giovanni might not be there anymore", said Misty, "What'll
we do now?"

"We'll go to that abandoned game center and search around for clues",
said Jenny, "There must be something there that might tell us where
Giovanni or Ash is right now."

"Well I want to wish you luck on your quest", said Erika. "And I hope
you get Ash back too."

"Yeah, especially me", thought Misty sadly.

"Goodbye Erika", smiled Cameron, "And thank you for giving me a great
Vileplume."

"I'm just sorry that it keeps tipping over", said Erika.

"That's okay", smiled Cameron, "I'm gonna train it until it can stand
on two feet again. I'm just glad that I can let it out of its Pokeball
whenever I want to without sneezing."

"And thank you for helping me out with my relationship with Stella",
said Brock as he wrapped his arm around his girl, "That Essence of
Exeggcute is sure to make you a fortune."

"My pleasure", smiled Erika, "Why today I just sold 50 bottles."

"Now who would buy all that perfume in just one day?" asked Brock.
Stella just secretly winked at Erika for she was the one who bought
all that perfume just in case Brock would break his promise. "And it
might be fun", Stella also thought while smiling sinisterly.

* * * * * *

At a harbor nearby Celadon City, a fisherman was fishing from a dock
hoping to catch something really big. And he did. He reeled it up and
found two pretty girls clutching onto the line along with a Meowth.

"Wow, I caught me a harem!" he smiled as he started taking pictures
ready to take them home with him.

"Reiko, I believe this man of fish deserves a big hug, what do you
say?" asked Jessie smiling.

"You're so right my queen", said Reiko who was smiling as well. But
first you have to close your eyes."

"You got it my brides", said the man as he closed his eyes and waited
for his hug. Reiko had Tentacruel grab him and squeeze him until his
eyes popped open. Then it tossed the man right into a nearby fish
stand. "I sure caught me a couple of feisty ones today!" said the man
dazed, smelly, and happy.

"Now that we've had our fun for today", said Jessie, "Let's reel in some
rebels before they reach Giovanni!"

"I was afraid you'd say that", thought Meowth not looking forward to
seeing him pamper that Persian once again. Reiko too was afraid,
afraid that it might be Cameron's last day of freedom.

TO BE CONTINUED

[Cullen]

The Incredible Poke-Odyssey chapter 13

The Truth About Ash

Team Rocket had managed to beat our heroes to a huge castle shaped
building which was the abandoned Celadon game center that was actually
their old hidden Rocket headquarters. "It's just as how I remembered
it", sighed Meowth. "I wonder if Giovanni misses me."

"You can be sure that I'll never miss you!" said Jessie angrily as she
whacked Meowth with her fan never missing his big head.

"Like the ice cream that melts when left out in the icebox too long,
shall we go in or do we just stand here and bake in the sun?" asked
Reiko wanting to get this over with.

"Yes, we must", said Jessie, "Before those rebels come in and bug our
ex-boss before we have a chance to seize him" They approached the
entrance to the game center and found it was surrounded by yellow tape
reading, "POLICE LINE. DO NOT CROSS."

"Well, that solves our problem", said Meowth smiling, "When those dumb
humans see that tape. They'll have no choice but to not go in."

"You dumb Meowth!" shouted Jessie as she whacked him with an even
bigger fan. "Haven't you forgotten they have a cop with them? She's
sure to let them through! We have to get in there before they arrive!"

"But what about all that harmful police tape that's blocking our way?"
asked Meowth.

"Reiko", said Jessie, "How about protecting poor fragile Meowth from
all that deadly tape?" Reiko silently nodded and sliced through the
tape with her sword.

"She's indestructible!" gasped Meowth while Jessie and Reiko just
sighed and then walked in.

Team Rocket silently looked around their old game room section where
they saw all the familiar sights. The slot machines, the coin exchange
booth, and the prize window containing toy Pokemon all old and mildewy.
"I'm not sure if this Giovanni is here anymore", said Reiko.

"Don't be fooled by abandoned slots and misfit toys", said Jessie,
"This is definitely the perfect hideout for someone like Giovanni.
You never know how he operates."

"Hey look!" called out Meowth, "There's the first slot machine I ever
rigged!" and he pounced and hugged a dusty old slot machine with a
number 9 on it. "Let's see if it still has the old Meowth charm on it",
he said as he took out a coin, inserted it into the slot and pulled the
lever. Three Meowths suddenly appeared on the screen and Meowth
eagerly waited for his pay. Instead of coins, out came catnip. "Ah, I
hit the jackpot!" sighed a dizzy Meowth, "This baby may make humans
miserable, but it sure brightens up my day!" and he sniffed it some
more.

Reiko who was disgusted with Meowth immediately left him and went to
look around. "AAAAAH!" screamed Jessie's voice. Reiko and Meowth
followed her scream and found Jessie holding onto a big hole in the
floor. "What da ya think you're doing?" asked Meowth.

"What does it look like you dumb furball?!" shouted Jessie, "Now pull
me up unless you want me to fall to my doom!"

"Not so fast", smiled Meowth, "What's in it for me?"

Jessie just angrily flung up her legs, grabbed Meowth by the neck and
was planning on dropping him. "Does this answer your question?"
grumbled Jessie.

"I guess so", said Meowth nervously as he looked down at the darkness
below. Reiko just sighed and pulled them both onto the floor.

"Now where do you suppose this ugly thing came from?" asked Jessie.

"Why do you always have to insult me all the time?!" whined Meowth.

"I was talking about that ugly hole in the floor", grumbled Jessie,
"How dare you compare your ugliness to that poor hole's!"

"I think I see a much prettier one", said Reiko as she pointed to the
ceiling and found another hole leading to the bright blue sky.

"Wait a minute", said Meowth, "I remember when leaving this place for
good, James and I saw some weird kind of Pokemon blast out of the
roof. Maybe Giovanni's too cheap and lazy to have all this fixed."

"I certainly doubt it", said Jessie, "He'd usually have one of us fix
it for him. And during the holiday season too!"

"Shall we go down there and investigate?" asked Reiko as she took out
some rope.

"No need to go down that dark and filthy hole my dear", smiled Jessie,
"We'll just go down by our old secret passageway. Follow me", and she
lead them to a painting on a wall that consisted of Growlithes sitting
at a table playing poker. She tapped on a Growlithe's tongue and a
hidden door right next to the painting started to open.

"Come my loyal Rocketeers", smiled Jessie as she marched downstairs
while the others followed. The door behind them quickly closed up just
as Cameron and friends had entered the game center.

"Look at this place", said Brock as he saw all the dust and mildew,
"I don't think anyone's been around here