Chapter 20 - Bonjour to Mt. Bonjour! The Skiddo Rescue?!

"Uhhh" Tommy groaned as he turned over in his sleep and slowly opened his eyes to look at the alarm clock on his bedside table and his eyes widened in surprise and shock. It was 10:30, HE HAD SLEPT IN.

Tommy scrambled out of bed and rushed out the door, down the hallway and into the main room where all the guildmembers hang out and at the corner of his eye he could see Megan and Sammy looking at him with frustrated looks on their faces.

He ran over to where they were sitting and sat down next to Megan and laughed slightly as he said "Uhh Hey Guuuys aha"

"Don't Hey Guys us Mister, what time do you cal this?" an Annoyed Megan asked.

"Um 10:00?" Tommy answered.

Megan facepalmed "Well duh but it's late, we were supposed to start work AN HOUR AGO!"

"Uh she's right ya know Tommy, dont you remember we joined the Guild Yesterday"

Tommy gasped in shock as the realization hit him "Dear Arceus you're right, i forgot but why didnt either of you wake me up?"

"We tried to but no matter what we did you wouldnt wake up so we just gave up and now we're late" Megan groaned as she rolled her eyes.

"Well that may be true but now we can make up for it, do you know where we get the requests?" Tommy asked them seriously.

"There's a Bulletin Board outside and it is full of job requests and they offer pretty good rewards" Sammy replied with a smile.

"Okay, let's go find a job then" Tommy confidently said.

and all 3 of them jumped into the head and cheered as they high fived each other "YEAH"

...

"mmmm..." Tommy wondered which request to do as he scanned all of the Job requests on the bulletin board and Sammy was right, they all offered pretty good rewards but suddenly out of nowhere a piece of paper flew down right next to him which he noticed, he picked it up and read it and gasped in astonishment at what it said.

"What'd you find?" Megan asked as she raised and eyebrow in confusion.

"Did you find a request we can do?" Sammy wondered as both of them looked over his shoulder and all 3 of them read what it said.

Dear Friendly Explorers

My Name is Skiddo, I am also an explorer like you and I live at Lucario's Guild... however the other day I got a request from a Pokemon on Mt Bonjour but it turned out to be a trick and the Pokemon turned out to be a Malamar and now the Malamar is holding me captive at the top of Mt Bonjour, I havent ate or drank in days and if this keeps up I will probably die so please I need your help... I-I have so much to live f-for and I have loads of friends a-at the g-guild and I-I j-just wanna go h-home...

From Skiddo

"OMG the Poor thing" A Sad Megan said as she started to Cry a little bit.

"This is not good at all, we have to save him RIGHT NOW" Tommy cried.

"RIGHT" His two friends replied in agreeement.

and with that the three Pokemon ran down the mountain and towards the crossroads, all 3 of them knew that they had to be quick and they couldnt waste any time at all.

Tommy suddenly stopped causing Megan and Sammy to raise their eyebrows in confusion at Tommy's weird actions, he turned to look at the two starter Pokemon.

"Shouldnt we get prepared?" Tommy wondered.

"WE DONT HAVE TIME TOMMY" Megan screamed in worry.

"Yes we have to hurry to Mt. Bonjour, we dont need to get prepared, we should be fine" Sammy laughed.

"You two are right... we're TEAM ACE and we can overcome ANYTHING" Tommy seriously said causing both of his friends to smile.

"That's the spirit" Megan said with a giggle at her crush's enthusiasm.

"You're awesome Tommy" Sammy beamed.

And at that moment Tommy, Megan and Sammy started to run as fast as they could down the road towards Mt. Bonjour which is where their next adventure awaits them.

...

"T-Tommy, We're lost arent we" Megan groaned.

They had finally reached Mt. Bonjour but they had one small little problem... they had NO idea where they were going.

"I retract the statement I said about you being Awesome Tommy..." Sammy sighed in exasperation.

Tommy sweatdropped "Fine, we're lost... it's not my fault that I forgot to bring the map... or at least I dont think so aha"

"Actually it is your fault since you're the team leader... according to the Explorers Rulebook The Leader of an Exploration Team must take full responsibility for any missing, forgotten or stolen possessions" Megan said with a cocky smirk causing her Pikachu friend to tense up.

Tommy didnt quite know what to say in response, he was a bit shocked and a little bit scared... Megan was right, it was all his fault for being so careless and forgetting something as simple as a map...

"So what do we now then?" Sammy wondered.

"I dont really kn-" Megan replied but before she could even finish what she was trying to say a fletchinder appeared out of nowhere and it didnt look too friendly...

"I think our answer has finally arrived" Megan smiled.

Sammy realized something "Hey Tommy, Fletchinder's a flying type right?"

"Huh? that's right" Tommy started with a nod before continuing "Why?"

"You're an Electric type so you have the advantage against it!" Sammy cried.

"You're right..." he said as he turned around to smile at the chespin before turning back to look at the bird Pokemon again "THUNDERBOLT"

It was a direct hit, the fletchinder fell to the ground with swirls in its eyes meaning it had fainted

"Well that was easy" Megan said with a giggle.

"Well done Tommy, maybe you are Awesome after all" Sammy cheered.

"... Not only that but I think I might know where Skiddo is." Tommy realized in astonishment.

He pointed up the slope that lead upwards and they saw an entrance to a cave at the top and he smiled at this.

"Wow, you're good" Megan said with a dreamy look in her eyes as she looked at her crush with lots of admiration and love in her eyes.

"I knew you'd figure it out Tommy" Sammy beamed.

Tommy blushed slightly "Awwww shucks, you guys are making me blush ahah"

I love it when he blushes, it's so cute hehe Megan thought to herself.

and so the team started running up the slope as fast as they could, along the way they encountered a few more wild Pokemon which they defeated with ease

and finally...

"Wooo, I'm beat" Sammy Panted in exhaustion after the long run up the extremely long and steep slope.

Tommy grinned "Yes but we've finally made it and I have a feeling we're not that far from where Skiddo is so we cant give up now."

"He's right ya know" the fennekin smiled at her exhausted best friend.

"Yeah you two are right... we're so close, do you reckon Skiddo is somewhere in this area then?"

"Well we are at the top of the mountain so yes... I dont know where else he could be" Tommy said witha confident look on his face.

But all of a sudden all 3 of them felt the ground below them rumble... like an earthquake, something strange was going on and Tommy could sense it.

A few seconds later the tremor stopped and they raised their eyebrows in confusion.

"Was that an earthquake bu-but how's that possible, we arent on the ground, we're on a mountain and anyway we never get earthquakes in this area..." A Worried Megan cried.

"that wasnt an earthquake... I think I do know what it was though..." Tommy growled.

Sammy was getting more and more scared by the second "T-Tommy... what was it... what do you mean?"

"It must've been that Malamar Skiddo told us about!" Tommy told the two worried Pokemon with a serious look on his face. "We've gotta hurry"

Both Megan and Sammy nodded in agreement and with that the three explorers slowly and quietly entered the cave and they gasped at what was inside... the cave inside was huge... it was big enough for about 100 Pokemon Battles at once and it looked really ancient.

At the end of the cave they could see the exit to the cave... Skiddo was no where to be seen in the cave so Skiddo must be at the other side of the exit.

but before they could even take 1 step forward a mysterious squid like giant Pokemon jumped down in front of them causing the 3 heroes to jump in surprise at the sudden entrance of the scary looking Pokemon.

"W-Who are you" Tommy asked with a little whimper... Tommy was usually the brave one but there was something about the Pokemon that truly frightened him but he didnt know what it was.

The Pokemon Cackled evilly before replying in a dark scary voice "My name is MALAMAR and you must be Team Ace"

"Y-you're Malamar and how do you know who we are?" Tommy whimpered.

"Well you're famous and I, like everyone else knows who you are... in fact I've been expecting you!" Malamar Laughed.

"So you heard that we came here to save Skiddo?" Megan piped in... she was extremely frightened but she wouldnt let it get the best of her.

"You are correct little girl! But I will not allow you to trespass but dont worry once I defeat you you'll be joining your friend Skiddo and you'll remain here FOREVER MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA" Malamar laughed Maniacally.

"You're a Monster!" Tommy scowled.

"Ha and i'm proud of it" The evil Pokemon replied with a smirk.

"Does making other Pokemon suffer really make you happy?" Sammy added as her whole body shook in fright.

Malamar turned to look at her causing her to tense up as he looked at her with an evil grin across his lips.

"Ahah funny you should say that because as a matter of fact it does" Malamar laughed evilly in delight.

"Grrrrr you make me sick" Tommy Growled.

"YEAH! WHAT YOU ARE DOING IS UNACCEPTABLE" Megan Screamed furiously.

"If you want to save your "precious" little fweeeend you'll have to go through me first but being the big babies you are you'll just wimp out like the rest of the explorers I have killed" Malamar mocked.

"K-KIlled? you've killed explorers" Megan said as she started to tremble in fear.

"You're messed up in the head" Tommy growled in fury.

"If ya think you can take me on COME AT ME" Malamar roared so loudly it caused the entire cave to tremble.

"THUNDERBOLT" Tommy screamed shooting a lightning bolt at the enemy but it dodged the attack and Malamar cried "Poison Sting those brats" as it shot some needles of poison at Tommy, he tried to dodge but it was too fast for him to dodge and it struck him and it was the worst pain he had ever felt, it stung alot and the poor Pikachu fell to the ground writhing and squirming in pain from the powerful poision sting.

"TOMMY NOOOO!" Both Megan and Sammy cried with scared looks on their faces as they watched their best friend crying in pain...

"Heh Heh... it looks like you're through Tommy... PREPARE TO MEET YOUR DOOOM!" Malamar laughed maniacally as he picked up a shard of glass up from the ground and lifted it high up in the air above Tommy getting ready to stab him finishing him off causing Megan and Sammy to gasp in horror at what they were witnessing but suddenly out of nowhere...

"MYSTICAL FIRE" A Voice cried out of nowhere and suddenly out of nowhere a blast of fire was shot at the enemy Pokemon and it hit it directly incinerating the Malamar into flames causing Megan and Sammy to gasp in shock and disbelief before turning to look at who destroyed the Malamar with Mystical Fire... and they found themselves face to face with Delphox, Gardevoir and Gothitelle.

"T-The Psychic Wonders" Megan gaped in Awe and Amazement.

"Wow, that was amazing!" Sammy said with a look of pure disbelief.

"Well if it isnt Team Ace, we heard you were in trouble so we came as fast as we could" The Leader of The Team - Delphox said with a warm smile.

"Yeah but we have a problem... T-Tommy...!" Megan started to cry as she pointed towards Tommy's unmoving body.

Delphox, Gardevoir and Gothitelle looked towards where Megan pointed and they gasped in shock upon noticing his body...

"I-Is he dead?" Gardevoir wondered with a petrified look.

"No... he cant be" Delphox muttered as she ran to his body, he was slightly breathing which was a good sign but his face had turned purple and he was struggling to breath.

"This is bad, we need to get Tommy back to the guild so he can get medical treatment, if he isnt treated soon he might.. meet his fate" Delphox told them with a look of extreme worry on her face... "Megan, Sammy, go and find Skiddo!" She instructed!

"Right... he'll be okay wont he?" Megan sobbed.

Delphox smiled warmly at the fox Pokemon "No Need to Worry Dear, I'm sure he'll be fine"

"Pfft, Says the one who is more worried than any of us!" Gothitelle snorted.

"S-Shut up, I'm not worried, not at all" Delphox tried to deny but everyone knew she was worried.

"Hehe, right, c'mon Megan let's go and find Ski-" Sammy started but suddenly they heard a voice behind them... "H-Hello, are you Team Ace by any Chance" It said and with that all five Pokemon turned around to look behind them and spotted a little goat-like Pokemon.

"Hello, little one, are you Skiddo by any chance?" Sammy asked with a sweet smile on her face at the Pokemon.

"Y-Yes I am, y-you're my heroes arent you, Um I dont have anything to give you..." The Skiddo said in a shy voice.

"That's okay, we dont want a reward from you, your wellbeing is more important to us" Sammy beamed.

"Yeah, are you hurt anywhere?" Megan asked the Little Goat.

"No, I'm fine, Please take me home!" Skiddo asked shyly.

"Okay honey, come along then" Sammy smiled.

and with that the 2 Pokemon escorted the Skiddo out of the mountain, Delphox picked up Tommy and carried him all the way home in her arms with her team members in pursuit... Will Tommy Survive? What is the Secret of Mega Evolution? Find out in the next Chapter...!

To Be Continued...

Next Chapter - Kinapped!

While Sammy and Tommy are sleeping Megan decided to go for a walk and on the walk she is apprehended by Team Hydro who knock her out and take her back to their Castle, Sammy and Tommy notice that Megan has disappeared and get worried for her safety however they receive a letter from an Anonymous Source telling them to bring them 10, 000 Poké so Tommy and Sammy get the money and start heading up to the Castle!