Slowpoke gently moved his tail about. "Slow..." he muttered.
The waves crashed against the shore, and Slowpoke's trainer stood next to him on the sands. He muttered softly: "Just a little bit more my friend."
"Slowwww," said the Pokemon as he went to try just a little bit harder. "...poke."
The trainer cast out his Super Rod. Moments later he landed a Magikarp.
"Sslooopokkkkkkkkke," cried Slowpoke as he moved to engage the nearly defenceless fish.
"Karp, karp, Magikarp," said the fish as it splashed around.
Slowpoke doused nearly futilely the Magikarp with an attack of Water Gun.
The Magikarp sank backward, trying to splash back to the sea. "Karp!"
The Slowpoke made chase. Its eyes began to glow as it attacked its enemy with a Confusion attack.
Magikarp stopped in his tracks. It weakly murmured: "kkkkkarp!"
As it prepared to deal the coup d'grace, Slowpoke moved to Tackle his enemy and be victorious.
"Karpppp," yelled the Magikarp as it was tackled. It was defeated. It floated weakly back into the ocean.
Slowpoke panted softly. "Slow," it said. "Poke." Its breathing was heavy.
A Shellder washed up onto the shore. "Shell," it was confused. "Shell?"
Slowpoke was tired, it panted heavily.
Shellder flopped around and then it saw Slowpoke. "Shell!"
Slowpoke began to walk over to his trainer, and it brushed against Shellder.
"Shell," it said.
"Slowpoke?"
Shellder bit Slowpoke firmly upon the tail.
Slowpoke and Shellder both began to glow.
Moments passed and the two still glowed.
Shellder had changed it shaped by the time it ceased to glow, and was spiral and conical.
"Slowbro," said Slowpoke, who had evolved into Slowbro.
"Well done," said the trainer, who had been onlooking the whole time. He went up and hugged his Pokemon. The two of them had worked so hard that day and their mission was finally accomplished. The two companions had worked so hard fighting together since both of them could remember.
Slowbro looked at his trainer and softly said: "Slow..."
The Magikarp was gone, so many had to die just for that moment to happen.
"Shell..." said Shellder, who had haphazardly become the third member of the trio.
It was worth it to all of them, though so many Pokemon had suffered so the three of them could be there at that moment on the beach.
"Slowbro, return," said the trainer as he held up Slowbro's Pokeball.
Slowbro and its new partner Shellder disappeared in a beam of red light into the Pokeball.