YOU ALWAY'S LOSE SOMETHING....
Lance groaned, his eye's fluttering open. He looked around, trying to decide if the gray he was seeing was a sign of being blind, or just supposed to be that way. He held up his hand to his face, it was fuzzy, but yes it was there, so he decided the place was supposed to be grey. He looked around, seeing a round spot in the greyness filled with flames and white light, and another round hole a few yards in front of him with Pictures flashing by of Various Cities, Gym's, and People. He decided to try out his voice, his memory still a bit foggy.
"Where am I?" He said hoarsely to no-one. Suprisingly someone answered.
"In the Inbetween, A place Mortals would call Limbo." He turned, seeing an african american dressed in a simple silver long sleeved shirt and pants and neatly buzzed Silver hair and a small mustache.
"Hold on, Mortals? Limbo? What's..what's going on?" The figure smiled and looked at him, his eye's gold.
"I'm Baxter. And To what's going on? Let me explain. You're Inbetween The afterlife and Life, hence the name the Inbetween or Limbo. Every person comes through here before passing on."
"Passing....After.....You mean I'm dead?" Baxter scratched the back of his head and his face contorted in a look of hesitance.
"Well....It actually...it's kind of hard to explain. Do you remember anything before waking up here?" Lance stood there and started to think back.
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Lance grinned broadly as he led Sabrina to her guest room, glad that she was happy also with their new relationship. As he opened the door to her room, she stepped inside and looked around, still holding the small wooden box Lance had given her with the Pokemon in it.
"Nice. Better than a Hotel."
"Of course, Parks' Gym is equipped with only the best." Lance grinned. Sabrina smiled and stood in front of him still smiling.
"Thanks for the wonderful evening Lance. I can't remember when I've had such a good time." She said. Lance smiled and leaned over, kissing her quickly on the cheek.
"Anytime Sabrina. Good night." He closed the door and walked down the hall to his room, smiling broadly.
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"No, Not THAT far Back." Lance looked at Baxter, amazed.
"How did you know what I was thinking?" Baxter smiled.
"I'm close to what Mortal's would call an Angel."
"You mean a Human Soul?" Baxter laughed, amused.
"No. Angel's that work in the field, so to speak, were never Human. We never lived a Life. We just.....Well, Yet again another thing Hard to explain. Besides the Point. I'm an Archangel, I work in the Inbetween to escort people's spirits to the Afterlife and help them adapt to life their. I also work on Earth sometimes to help lost souls."
"So...Why aren't you escorting me to the Afterlife?" Baxter sighed, rubbing his head.
"Try to remember, the real struggle begins as soon as you understand."
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Lance watched as Sabrina's plane took off and dissapeared into the sky. Sabrina had promised that she'd come and visit as soon as she could, Lance had promised the same. He sighed and walked back to the Limo, Ash and his friends waiting inside for him.
"Driver, back to Parks' Gym." Lance said quietly. He felt the car give a jerk before starting down the road. Brock looked at Lance and patted his shoulder.
"Don't worry, Long distance relationships sometimes work out very well." Brock assured him. Lance shrugged and sighed. Misty looked at Lance, a bit worried.
"Are you alright?"
"I will be, Right now I just want to get back to Parks' Gym." Lance smiled weakly. Right now he just wanted to sit back and relax, talk with Ash and company and chat with them, but first he wanted to get back to Parks' Gym.
"You were great last night With Gary!" Ash chuckled. Lance grinned at the thought.
"Yeah, It was a bit harsh, but he was just getting so annoying! Gah. Good riddance. At least now he'll never get back into the Pokemon League."
"Why is that?" Brock asked.
"Simple. He has to beat me in a Pokemon battle, and there is no way that second rate Magikarp Wanna-be is going to beat me." Lance laughed. Misty smiled at the thought, remembering Ash's battle with Sluggo and Sluggification.
"You have a point there Lance." Ash said. He looked at Lance, seeing that they really weren't cheering him up much. Then Ash struck upon an Idea.
"How about a Pokemon battle when we get back? 6 on 6 against me?" Ash said hopefully. Lance looked at Ash, then thought a minute.
"You want to get whupped again Ash? Fine then." Lance smiled.
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"Pokemon.......An interesting species really." Baxter nodded. Lance just stared, a bit uneasy that Baxter could read his thoughts.
"They are so loyal, yet they demonstrate much free will, truly a masterpiece."
"Have.....have you met Pokemon as well?" Baxter thought a minute.
"They really don't fall within my jurisdiction, They go somewhere else. But once and a While, when the trainer and Pokemon are so connected, not even death keeps them apart. Yes, I have escorted a few Pokemon through to the Afterlife in certain situations." Baxter admitted.
"Now, think back a little further Lance."
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Lance grinned, tilting his hat up. Ash was on one side of the arena, Lance was on the other, five Pokeballs and Hitmonchan were with him. Misty, Brock, and Russell Watched from Warmonger's restaurant.
"Six on Six then Ash. I agree to no Sluggo's or Sluggifications." Ash nodded and plucked a Pokeball from his belt.
"BLASTOISE! I CHOOSE YOU!" He hurled the ball into the Arena, His Blastoise appearing instantly. Lance nodded and grinned.
"A water type. Interesting. LET LOOSE A SHOCKER ELECTABUZZ!" Lance cried, releasing his Electabuzz. Ash mentally slapped himself for forgetting that Lance had an Electabuzz.
"Alright! Hydro Pump!" Ash ordered. Blastoise stomped his foot into the ground, Geyser's of water exploding from the ground and sent Electabuzz into the air.
"Electabuzz! THUNDER!" Immediately the Room was filled with Lightning bolts as they flew to the ground, nailing Blastoise and knocking it unconscious.
"Blastoise return!" Ash recalled his Pokemon quickly, then thought a moment. Lance had a Normal, Two bugs, an Electric, and Two fighting Pokemon that Ash remembered. What Pokemon were they all weak against, but also Did Ash have. Then he remembered.
"CHARIZARD GO!" Ash grinned, flinging his Fire Pokemons Pokeball out and releasing him. Lance raised an eyebrow, grinning. He recalled Electabuzz and looked to Hitmonchan, then to the holes in the ground form Blastoise's Hydro Pump attack.
"Heheheheh." Lance laughed, then pulled a whistle from his Overcoat. Ash and Charizard stared at him like he was nuts.
"I think you'll like this Pokemon Misty." With that, Lance blew into the whistle, no apparent sound coming from it.
"What is that?"
"It's a Pokemon whistle. Like a Dog whistle? Just wait and see." Lance explained, then stood there as Hitmonchan ran into the bleachers. Ash and Charizard stood there waiting patiently, thinking Lance might be bluffing. Then they felt a rumbling sound beneath them that slowly increased until they were knocked off their feet. Ash looked out towards the arena and saw something smash through one of the holes caused by Blastoise, making the hole even wider. Ash gaped when he saw it fully. It looked like some sort of dragon out of Medieval times, only without wings. It had jagged scales that covered it's giant body, water dripping from it like a waterfall, A Massive flipper of dark sea green was on it's tail while smaller flippers were all along it's sides. It's jaw's opened and closed, revealing long sharp teeth. It was a deep sea green, a sort of sea blue mask covered it's yellow eyes and upper jaws. Six giant webbed feet were on it's underbelly, And to top it off, it dwarfed Charizard, making it look like an ant would see a dog. It eyed Charizard, then let our a roar. Misty and Brock were staring while screaming, while Russell just groaned and complained about having to repair that.
"WHAT THE %$&^ IS THAT THING?" Ash screamed in horror. The giant monster stomped over to Lance, walking behind him and snarling. Lance grinned, but looked nervous.
"We found it on a safari to the Mariana Trench in the ocean. It's so big we keep it underground in a water-filled cave. It's a water type Pokemon." Lance explained as he moved out of the way of the dripping Pokemon.
"We call it King Kraken." King Kraken opened it's jaw, a long, thick, deep green tongue rolled out and tasted the air.
"OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD!" Misty screamed. Brock peeked behind the bleacher and looked extremely scared.
"What the heck do you FEED THAT THING??? DRAGONITES??" Brock cried.
"Actually it eats Seaweed. It scoops up large parts of the seabed and eats the vegetation." Russel answered.
"WHY DOES A FRICKIN' HERBIVORE POKEMON HAVE SUCH SHARP TEETH???" Misty cried, calming down a little.
"I didn't say it was herbivore. I said it eats seaweed, the teeth? In case it lucks into catching a more meatier prey." Russel explained. Ash bit his lip as Charizard hissed at the creature.
"No way Charizard can Beat that thing! Charizard return!" Ash called, recalling his Pokemon. He thought a minute, looking at the giant Pokemon. It was a water type, it was huge, It had TEETH....It was...a Water type....
"PIKACHU! GO!" Ash cried. When nothing happened, he turned around and saw Pikachu, on the ground twitching in fear, sparks flying out of it's cheeks.
"Pikachu?" Ash said, kneeling next to his electric Pokemon. It shot up and grabbed Ash's collar, it's eyes wider than dinner plates.
"PI PIKA CHU PI PI PIKA PIKA PIKA CHU?? PI PI PI PIKA KA KA CHU PI PIKA PI!(YOU WANT ME TO FIGHT THAT SUCKER? HAVE YOU LOST YOUR FRICKIN' MIND???? THERE IS NO *%&$ING WAY I'M FIGHTING THAT!!!!)" Pikachu screamed, throttling Ash a little.
"But It's a Water type! Water are weak against Electric!" Ash Argued.
"PI PIKA CHU CHU!(IT'LL EAT ME ALIVE AND SPIT ME OUT!!)" Pikachu hollered, Throttling Ash harder.
"How about ketchup?"
"PI PIKA KA KA CHU PIKA!(THERE AIN'T ENOUGH KETCHUP IN THE WORLD YOU CAN OFFER ME TO FIGHT THAT THING!)" Pikachu then started to choke Ash, who gasped for air.
"ALRIGHT! I give! I won't send you out!" Ash squeaked. Pikachu let him go and hid behind Ash's leg as King Kraken eyed him. Ash then decided to try something.
"ALRIGHT!" He pulled out his Pokedex and pressed a white button, his Pokedex starting to cycle through his captured Pokemon. Muk, no it'd just get squished inbetween it's toes, Krabby, yeah right, Rhyhorn, nah, Jolteon....
"I switch my Charizard with Jolteon!" Ash announced as Charizard's Pokeball crackled and dissapeared, replaced with another one. Lance shrugged.
"Good strategy." Lance complimented as Ash sent out Jolteon. It stared at the Giant Pokemon, gulping in fear.
"JOLTEON! PIN MISSILE!" Jolteons spiked fur pointed at King Kraken, firing Little Spikes into it's hide, not even hurting it.
"Alright, King Kraken, Tail Whip!" Lance cried. King Kraken jumped through the air, landind solidly into the arene in front of Jolteon, whose ears folded back onto it's head. King Kraken's Tail whipped around, slamming down in front of Jolteon, who jumped back, barely dodging.
"JOLTEON! THUNDERBOLT!" Jolteon growled as a Giant Thunderbolt flew from it, slammign Into King Kraken, who Roared in Pain.
"It doesn't matter how big it is! It's still water!" Ash cried AS King Kraken Fell to the ground. Jolteon laughed and walked up to the fallen Pokemon. Lance just sighed.
"KRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWKKKKEEENNNN!!!" Kign Kraken suddenly jumped up, slamming it's head into Jolteon, sending it flying. King Kraken climbed down into the Hole it had come from and swam away.
"JOLTEON!" Ash cried, catching the Pokemon. It had a dazed look on it's face.
"Jooooollltttt..(Owwwwww.....)" Ash recalled His Electric and looked at Lance.
"Alright! Go Ash!" Misty cheered. Brock clapped in applause while Russell made a mental note to order some replacement parts.
"Alright, So You've used three Ash, I've Used two. TIME TO DROP THE HAMMER! HAMMIR! GO!" Lance tossed out a Pokeball with an X branded on it. Out popped a Yellow and Black Pokemon wearing a hard hat, two Hammers on it's sides and a Large one on it's back.
"Hey! It's One of those X's you gave me!" Ash grinned, pulling out another Pokeball.
"Actually different. This one was the first one we cloned from the Genetic material we found." Lance corrected.
"Hammir hammir! Hammir!(IT IS! HAMMER TIME!)" It cackled, taking off a hammer with a chain attached. He grabbed the chain part and swung it around as Ash threw out his next Pokeball.
"PIDGEOT! GO!" The Bird appeared in the air above Hammir.
"Gust attack! Blow Hammir away!" Ash ordered. Hammir covered it's face as it tried to keep it's footing form the gale winds. He flung his Hammer with the chain around Pidgeot as he flew into the air, wrapping it around Pidgeot. The Bird fell to the ground with Hammir, the Chain still wrapped around it's wings.
"Hammir! SEISMIC TOSS!" Lance ordered. Hammir grasped the chain and swung the Pidgeot Around and around, then released the chain around Pidgeot, Sending it flying to Ash. Pidgeot sat up, disoriented.
"Pidgeot! Use your Quick attack!" Pidgeot jumped into the air, then flew at Hammir, slamming into him then flapping back into the air. Hammir slid tot he ground from the blow, His hammer still in his hand.
"IT'S VINE TIME! DO IT HAMMIR!" Hammir swung his chain hammer around and around, then flung it into the ceiling high up, pulling himself up until he was eye level with Pidgeot.
"Pidgeot! Wing Attack! Get the chain!" Ash cried. Pidgeots wings gleamed, then swung them into the chain, snapping it apart in one blow. Hammir fell to the ground hard, growling when he saw his Chain hammer broken.
"Hamm mir ham ham!( That's it! NOW I'm really mad!)" Hammir screamed as it got to it's feet.
"Pidgeot! Finish it with another Quick attack!" Ash ordered. Hammir watched the bird coming at him, then side stepped. Pidgeot keptcoming around and around, trying to Nail Hammir.
"HAMMIR! BLOCK!" Lance yelled. Hammir grabbed the handle of his giant hammer, swinging it into the air then catching it. He waited as Pidgeot came at him, then stuck the hammer in front of him, Pidgeot slamming beak first into it. Pidgeot fell to the ground unconscious.
"Owch....That must've hurt....." Misty winced.
"A lot." Brock agreed. Ash recalled Pidgeot and called his Bulbasaur out.
"Hammir! Return!" Lance recalled his Hammir, then pulled out another Pokeball.
"Hitmonlee, if you please." He said simply, releasing his Silver armed Hitmonlee. Hitmonlee kicked the air a few times, then looked at the grass Pokemon.
"Bulbasaur! Use your Vine whip!" Vines whipped out from Bulbasaur, flying towards Hitmonlee. He grabbed the vines and started spinning Bulbasaur around by them.
"BULBA BULBA SAUR SAUR BULBA!(STOP IT! I'M GONNA THROW UP!)" The grass Pokemon cried. Hitmonlee released him , sending him skidding to a stop near Ash.
"Bulbasaur! SOLAR BEAM!" Ash cried. Bulbasaur jumped to his feet and growled as the bulb on it's back started to glow.
"Hitmonlee! Quick! Hi Jump kick!" Hitmonlee jumped into the air, it's foot outstretched as it headed towards Bulbasaur. Bulbasaur jumped out of the way and kept Charging up. Finally, as Hitmonlee Crashed into the ground, Bulbasaur let loose wiht the SOlarbeam, Knocking Hitmonlee out immediately. Lance grinned and recalled his Hitmonlee.
"Not too Shabby...Ashy Baby...." Ash growled, hating that nickname.
"Hitmonchan, your turn." Hitmonchan jumped into the arena in front of Bulbasaur.
"You know what to Do Hitmonchan." Lance laughed. Hitmonchan grinned and rushed Bulbasaur, putting it in a headlock and knocking it out with a Mega punch before Ash could order it to do anything.
"What? Bulbasaur return!" Ash recalled the Pokemon, then looked at Pikachu, who looked charged and ready.
"Alright Pikachu GO! THUNDER!" Pikachu nodded and jumped up high, releasing thunderbolts.
"HITMONCHAN! AGILITY!" Hitmonchan jumped around, dodging the Thunderbolts as they came close to hitting him.
"Give Pikachu a Comet punch!" Lance cried as Pikachu landed. Hitmonchan jumped Behind Pikachu and started pummeling it form behind.
"KEEP IT ON THE ROPES! DON'T GIVE PIKACHU ENOUGH TIME TO NAIL YOU WITH AN ELECTRIC ATTACK!" Lance cried. Hitmonchan didn't respond, just kept the Comet Punch up till Pikachu fell to the ground unconscious.
"MON CHAN..............HIT MON CHAN!(AND THE STILL CHAMPION..............HIT! MON! CHAN!)" Hitmonchan cried victoriously. Ash smiled and picked Pikachu up.
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"An impressive battle." Baxter complemented. Lance nodded and let a small smile creep onto his face.
"Yeah, I'm really proud of Hitmonchan."
"As you should be. But, still....Hitmonchan can be a bit violent and overly aggressive....Anyway, you are getting closer."
"Closer to what?"
"To realizing. Concentrate one more time...."
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Lance groaned, his eye's fluttering open. He looked around, trying to decide if the gray he was seeing was a sign of being blind, or just supposed to be that way. He held up his hand to his face, it was fuzzy, but yes it was there, so he decided the place was supposed to be grey. He looked around, seeing a round spot in the greyness filled with flames and white light, and another round hole a few yards in front of him with Pictures flashing by of Various Cities, Gym's, and People. He decided to try out his voice, his memory still a bit foggy.
"Where am I?" He said hoarsely to no-one. Suprisingly someone answered.
"In the Inbetween, A place Mortals would call Limbo." He turned, seeing an african american dressed in a simple silver long sleeved shirt and pants and neatly buzzed Silver hair and a small mustache.
"Hold on, Mortals? Limbo? What's..what's going on?" The figure smiled and looked at him, his eye's gold.
"I'm Baxter. And To what's going on? Let me explain. You're Inbetween The afterlife and Life, hence the name the Inbetween or Limbo. Every person comes through here before passing on."
"Passing....After.....You mean I'm dead?" Baxter scratched the back of his head and his face contorted in a look of hesitance.
"Well....It actually...it's kind of hard to explain. Do you remember anything before waking up here?" Lance stood there and started to think back.
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Lance grinned broadly as he led Sabrina to her guest room, glad that she was happy also with their new relationship. As he opened the door to her room, she stepped inside and looked around, still holding the small wooden box Lance had given her with the Pokemon in it.
"Nice. Better than a Hotel."
"Of course, Parks' Gym is equipped with only the best." Lance grinned. Sabrina smiled and stood in front of him still smiling.
"Thanks for the wonderful evening Lance. I can't remember when I've had such a good time." She said. Lance smiled and leaned over, kissing her quickly on the cheek.
"Anytime Sabrina. Good night." He closed the door and walked down the hall to his room, smiling broadly.
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"No, Not THAT far Back." Lance looked at Baxter, amazed.
"How did you know what I was thinking?" Baxter smiled.
"I'm close to what Mortal's would call an Angel."
"You mean a Human Soul?" Baxter laughed, amused.
"No. Angel's that work in the field, so to speak, were never Human. We never lived a Life. We just.....Well, Yet again another thing Hard to explain. Besides the Point. I'm an Archangel, I work in the Inbetween to escort people's spirits to the Afterlife and help them adapt to life their. I also work on Earth sometimes to help lost souls."
"So...Why aren't you escorting me to the Afterlife?" Baxter sighed, rubbing his head.
"Try to remember, the real struggle begins as soon as you understand."
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Lance watched as Sabrina's plane took off and dissapeared into the sky. Sabrina had promised that she'd come and visit as soon as she could, Lance had promised the same. He sighed and walked back to the Limo, Ash and his friends waiting inside for him.
"Driver, back to Parks' Gym." Lance said quietly. He felt the car give a jerk before starting down the road. Brock looked at Lance and patted his shoulder.
"Don't worry, Long distance relationships sometimes work out very well." Brock assured him. Lance shrugged and sighed. Misty looked at Lance, a bit worried.
"Are you alright?"
"I will be, Right now I just want to get back to Parks' Gym." Lance smiled weakly. Right now he just wanted to sit back and relax, talk with Ash and company and chat with them, but first he wanted to get back to Parks' Gym.
"You were great last night With Gary!" Ash chuckled. Lance grinned at the thought.
"Yeah, It was a bit harsh, but he was just getting so annoying! Gah. Good riddance. At least now he'll never get back into the Pokemon League."
"Why is that?" Brock asked.
"Simple. He has to beat me in a Pokemon battle, and there is no way that second rate Magikarp Wanna-be is going to beat me." Lance laughed. Misty smiled at the thought, remembering Ash's battle with Sluggo and Sluggification.
"You have a point there Lance." Ash said. He looked at Lance, seeing that they really weren't cheering him up much. Then Ash struck upon an Idea.
"How about a Pokemon battle when we get back? 6 on 6 against me?" Ash said hopefully. Lance looked at Ash, then thought a minute.
"You want to get whupped again Ash? Fine then." Lance smiled.
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"Pokemon.......An interesting species really." Baxter nodded. Lance just stared, a bit uneasy that Baxter could read his thoughts.
"They are so loyal, yet they demonstrate much free will, truly a masterpiece."
"Have.....have you met Pokemon as well?" Baxter thought a minute.
"They really don't fall within my jurisdiction, They go somewhere else. But once and a While, when the trainer and Pokemon are so connected, not even death keeps them apart. Yes, I have escorted a few Pokemon through to the Afterlife in certain situations." Baxter admitted.
"Now, think back a little further Lance."
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Lance grinned, tilting his hat up. Ash was on one side of the arena, Lance was on the other, five Pokeballs and Hitmonchan were with him. Misty, Brock, and Russell Watched from Warmonger's restaurant.
"Six on Six then Ash. I agree to no Sluggo's or Sluggifications." Ash nodded and plucked a Pokeball from his belt.
"BLASTOISE! I CHOOSE YOU!" He hurled the ball into the Arena, His Blastoise appearing instantly. Lance nodded and grinned.
"A water type. Interesting. LET LOOSE A SHOCKER ELECTABUZZ!" Lance cried, releasing his Electabuzz. Ash mentally slapped himself for forgetting that Lance had an Electabuzz.
"Alright! Hydro Pump!" Ash ordered. Blastoise stomped his foot into the ground, Geyser's of water exploding from the ground and sent Electabuzz into the air.
"Electabuzz! THUNDER!" Immediately the Room was filled with Lightning bolts as they flew to the ground, nailing Blastoise and knocking it unconscious.
"Blastoise return!" Ash recalled his Pokemon quickly, then thought a moment. Lance had a Normal, Two bugs, an Electric, and Two fighting Pokemon that Ash remembered. What Pokemon were they all weak against, but also Did Ash have. Then he remembered.
"CHARIZARD GO!" Ash grinned, flinging his Fire Pokemons Pokeball out and releasing him. Lance raised an eyebrow, grinning. He recalled Electabuzz and looked to Hitmonchan, then to the holes in the ground form Blastoise's Hydro Pump attack.
"Heheheheh." Lance laughed, then pulled a whistle from his Overcoat. Ash and Charizard stared at him like he was nuts.
"I think you'll like this Pokemon Misty." With that, Lance blew into the whistle, no apparent sound coming from it.
"What is that?"
"It's a Pokemon whistle. Like a Dog whistle? Just wait and see." Lance explained, then stood there as Hitmonchan ran into the bleachers. Ash and Charizard stood there waiting patiently, thinking Lance might be bluffing. Then they felt a rumbling sound beneath them that slowly increased until they were knocked off their feet. Ash looked out towards the arena and saw something smash through one of the holes caused by Blastoise, making the hole even wider. Ash gaped when he saw it fully. It looked like some sort of dragon out of Medieval times, only without wings. It had jagged scales that covered it's giant body, water dripping from it like a waterfall, A Massive flipper of dark sea green was on it's tail while smaller flippers were all along it's sides. It's jaw's opened and closed, revealing long sharp teeth. It was a deep sea green, a sort of sea blue mask covered it's yellow eyes and upper jaws. Six giant webbed feet were on it's underbelly, And to top it off, it dwarfed Charizard, making it look like an ant would see a dog. It eyed Charizard, then let our a roar. Misty and Brock were staring while screaming, while Russell just groaned and complained about having to repair that.
"WHAT THE %$&^ IS THAT THING?" Ash screamed in horror. The giant monster stomped over to Lance, walking behind him and snarling. Lance grinned, but looked nervous.
"We found it on a safari to the Mariana Trench in the ocean. It's so big we keep it underground in a water-filled cave. It's a water type Pokemon." Lance explained as he moved out of the way of the dripping Pokemon.
"We call it King Kraken." King Kraken opened it's jaw, a long, thick, deep green tongue rolled out and tasted the air.
"OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD!" Misty screamed. Brock peeked behind the bleacher and looked extremely scared.
"What the heck do you FEED THAT THING??? DRAGONITES??" Brock cried.
"Actually it eats Seaweed. It scoops up large parts of the seabed and eats the vegetation." Russel answered.
"WHY DOES A FRICKIN' HERBIVORE POKEMON HAVE SUCH SHARP TEETH???" Misty cried, calming down a little.
"I didn't say it was herbivore. I said it eats seaweed, the teeth? In case it lucks into catching a more meatier prey." Russel explained. Ash bit his lip as Charizard hissed at the creature.
"No way Charizard can Beat that thing! Charizard return!" Ash called, recalling his Pokemon. He thought a minute, looking at the giant Pokemon. It was a water type, it was huge, It had TEETH....It was...a Water type....
"PIKACHU! GO!" Ash cried. When nothing happened, he turned around and saw Pikachu, on the ground twitching in fear, sparks flying out of it's cheeks.
"Pikachu?" Ash said, kneeling next to his electric Pokemon. It shot up and grabbed Ash's collar, it's eyes wider than dinner plates.
"PI PIKA CHU PI PI PIKA PIKA PIKA CHU?? PI PI PI PIKA KA KA CHU PI PIKA PI!(YOU WANT ME TO FIGHT THAT SUCKER? HAVE YOU LOST YOUR FRICKIN' MIND???? THERE IS NO *%&$ING WAY I'M FIGHTING THAT!!!!)" Pikachu screamed, throttling Ash a little.
"But It's a Water type! Water are weak against Electric!" Ash Argued.
"PI PIKA CHU CHU!(IT'LL EAT ME ALIVE AND SPIT ME OUT!!)" Pikachu hollered, Throttling Ash harder.
"How about ketchup?"
"PI PIKA KA KA CHU PIKA!(THERE AIN'T ENOUGH KETCHUP IN THE WORLD YOU CAN OFFER ME TO FIGHT THAT THING!)" Pikachu then started to choke Ash, who gasped for air.
"ALRIGHT! I give! I won't send you out!" Ash squeaked. Pikachu let him go and hid behind Ash's leg as King Kraken eyed him. Ash then decided to try something.
"ALRIGHT!" He pulled out his Pokedex and pressed a white button, his Pokedex starting to cycle through his captured Pokemon. Muk, no it'd just get squished inbetween it's toes, Krabby, yeah right, Rhyhorn, nah, Jolteon....
"I switch my Charizard with Jolteon!" Ash announced as Charizard's Pokeball crackled and dissapeared, replaced with another one. Lance shrugged.
"Good strategy." Lance complimented as Ash sent out Jolteon. It stared at the Giant Pokemon, gulping in fear.
"JOLTEON! PIN MISSILE!" Jolteons spiked fur pointed at King Kraken, firing Little Spikes into it's hide, not even hurting it.
"Alright, King Kraken, Tail Whip!" Lance cried. King Kraken jumped through the air, landind solidly into the arene in front of Jolteon, whose ears folded back onto it's head. King Kraken's Tail whipped around, slamming down in front of Jolteon, who jumped back, barely dodging.
"JOLTEON! THUNDERBOLT!" Jolteon growled as a Giant Thunderbolt flew from it, slammign Into King Kraken, who Roared in Pain.
"It doesn't matter how big it is! It's still water!" Ash cried AS King Kraken Fell to the ground. Jolteon laughed and walked up to the fallen Pokemon. Lance just sighed.
"KRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWKKKKEEENNNN!!!" Kign Kraken suddenly jumped up, slamming it's head into Jolteon, sending it flying. King Kraken climbed down into the Hole it had come from and swam away.
"JOLTEON!" Ash cried, catching the Pokemon. It had a dazed look on it's face.
"Jooooollltttt..(Owwwwww.....)" Ash recalled His Electric and looked at Lance.
"Alright! Go Ash!" Misty cheered. Brock clapped in applause while Russell made a mental note to order some replacement parts.
"Alright, So You've used three Ash, I've Used two. TIME TO DROP THE HAMMER! HAMMIR! GO!" Lance tossed out a Pokeball with an X branded on it. Out popped a Yellow and Black Pokemon wearing a hard hat, two Hammers on it's sides and a Large one on it's back.
"Hey! It's One of those X's you gave me!" Ash grinned, pulling out another Pokeball.
"Actually different. This one was the first one we cloned from the Genetic material we found." Lance corrected.
"Hammir hammir! Hammir!(IT IS! HAMMER TIME!)" It cackled, taking off a hammer with a chain attached. He grabbed the chain part and swung it around as Ash threw out his next Pokeball.
"PIDGEOT! GO!" The Bird appeared in the air above Hammir.
"Gust attack! Blow Hammir away!" Ash ordered. Hammir covered it's face as it tried to keep it's footing form the gale winds. He flung his Hammer with the chain around Pidgeot as he flew into the air, wrapping it around Pidgeot. The Bird fell to the ground with Hammir, the Chain still wrapped around it's wings.
"Hammir! SEISMIC TOSS!" Lance ordered. Hammir grasped the chain and swung the Pidgeot Around and around, then released the chain around Pidgeot, Sending it flying to Ash. Pidgeot sat up, disoriented.
"Pidgeot! Use your Quick attack!" Pidgeot jumped into the air, then flew at Hammir, slamming into him then flapping back into the air. Hammir slid tot he ground from the blow, His hammer still in his hand.
"IT'S VINE TIME! DO IT HAMMIR!" Hammir swung his chain hammer around and around, then flung it into the ceiling high up, pulling himself up until he was eye level with Pidgeot.
"Pidgeot! Wing Attack! Get the chain!" Ash cried. Pidgeots wings gleamed, then swung them into the chain, snapping it apart in one blow. Hammir fell to the ground hard, growling when he saw his Chain hammer broken.
"Hamm mir ham ham!( That's it! NOW I'm really mad!)" Hammir screamed as it got to it's feet.
"Pidgeot! Finish it with another Quick attack!" Ash ordered. Hammir watched the bird coming at him, then side stepped. Pidgeot keptcoming around and around, trying to Nail Hammir.
"HAMMIR! BLOCK!" Lance yelled. Hammir grabbed the handle of his giant hammer, swinging it into the air then catching it. He waited as Pidgeot came at him, then stuck the hammer in front of him, Pidgeot slamming beak first into it. Pidgeot fell to the ground unconscious.
"Owch....That must've hurt....." Misty winced.
"A lot." Brock agreed. Ash recalled Pidgeot and called his Bulbasaur out.
"Hammir! Return!" Lance recalled his Hammir, then pulled out another Pokeball.
"Hitmonlee, if you please." He said simply, releasing his Silver armed Hitmonlee. Hitmonlee kicked the air a few times, then looked at the grass Pokemon.
"Bulbasaur! Use your Vine whip!" Vines whipped out from Bulbasaur, flying towards Hitmonlee. He grabbed the vines and started spinning Bulbasaur around by them.
"BULBA BULBA SAUR SAUR BULBA!(STOP IT! I'M GONNA THROW UP!)" The grass Pokemon cried. Hitmonlee released him , sending him skidding to a stop near Ash.
"Bulbasaur! SOLAR BEAM!" Ash cried. Bulbasaur jumped to his feet and growled as the bulb on it's back started to glow.
"Hitmonlee! Quick! Hi Jump kick!" Hitmonlee jumped into the air, it's foot outstretched as it headed towards Bulbasaur. Bulbasaur jumped out of the way and kept Charging up. Finally, as Hitmonlee Crashed into the ground, Bulbasaur let loose wiht the SOlarbeam, Knocking Hitmonlee out immediately. Lance grinned and recalled his Hitmonlee.
"Not too Shabby...Ashy Baby...." Ash growled, hating that nickname.
"Hitmonchan, your turn." Hitmonchan jumped into the arena in front of Bulbasaur.
"You know what to Do Hitmonchan." Lance laughed. Hitmonchan grinned and rushed Bulbasaur, putting it in a headlock and knocking it out with a Mega punch before Ash could order it to do anything.
"What? Bulbasaur return!" Ash recalled the Pokemon, then looked at Pikachu, who looked charged and ready.
"Alright Pikachu GO! THUNDER!" Pikachu nodded and jumped up high, releasing thunderbolts.
"HITMONCHAN! AGILITY!" Hitmonchan jumped around, dodging the Thunderbolts as they came close to hitting him.
"Give Pikachu a Comet punch!" Lance cried as Pikachu landed. Hitmonchan jumped Behind Pikachu and started pummeling it form behind.
"KEEP IT ON THE ROPES! DON'T GIVE PIKACHU ENOUGH TIME TO NAIL YOU WITH AN ELECTRIC ATTACK!" Lance cried. Hitmonchan didn't respond, just kept the Comet Punch up till Pikachu fell to the ground unconscious.
"MON CHAN..............HIT MON CHAN!(AND THE STILL CHAMPION..............HIT! MON! CHAN!)" Hitmonchan cried victoriously. Ash smiled and picked Pikachu up.
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"An impressive battle." Baxter complemented. Lance nodded and let a small smile creep onto his face.
"Yeah, I'm really proud of Hitmonchan."
"As you should be. But, still....Hitmonchan can be a bit violent and overly aggressive....Anyway, you are getting closer."
"Closer to what?"
"To realizing. Concentrate one more time...."
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