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Paul vs. Mudkip
Paul exited the Pokemon Center after a good night sleep for free. He breathe in the air of Pastoria City.
I am much closer to Sunnyshore city now Paul thought. He looked around and found a big dome building with the words "Safari Zone" written on it. Paul decided it wouldn't hurt to visit it.
He walked inside and was greeted by the receptionist at a counter.
"This must be your first time at the Safari Zone, since I haven't seem you around here," she cheerfully said with glee that she met a new person.
"What are you trying to say? Are you being racist," Paul accused her.
The receptionist blinked in surprise. "Sir, that wouldn't make sense since we are the same skin color," She remarked. Paul was taken back by her respond.
"Don't deny it. There are some people who are racist to their own race," Paul retorted. "I am going to report you to your boss."
The receptionist cried in fear at the sudden turn of events."Please don't report me. I...I...I will let in free if you don't complain to him," she tried to bribe him. Paul smirked at her response.
"Deal but don't get racist with me again," Paul warned sternly. The receptionist nodded and nervously handed him thirty free pokeballs. Paul tooked them and left going into the door that lead tp the Safari Zone.
He was the must scary customer I ever had she thought.
Paul stared at all the wilderness scattered around th area. A lot trees were scattered around with thick piles of mud between them. He began to search the place for any rare, strong pokemon.
"Shit! Why is there a lot of mud here?" Paul wondered out loud, pulling his foot out of some mud.
"This is the Great Marsh. What did you expect?" Paul turned toward the sound of the voice. He saw a bug catcher who responded to his question.
"Buzz of bug freak. I don't need your smart ass replys," Paul retorted, turning to leave but saw a Beedrill blocking his way.
"A trainer like you, must be put in his place. You will battle me," the bug catcher demanded.
"Your pokemon can't defeat me," Paul calmly replied. He suddenly karate chopped the bug pokemon on his head, knocking him unconscious.
"Ahh! Beedrill!" He ran up to his fallen pokemon. "Your suppose to battle with pokemon." Paul walked away from him.
"Your pokemon couldn't survive a chop from me. He would have had less sucess with one of my pokemon,"Paul answered not turning around. He walked deeper into the marsh.
He than saw a group of Kangaskhan, grazing in a patch of grass. He set down his backpack on the floor and began to creep on the herd. He took small steps before he got to a suitable distance. Paul counted to three and he jumped on three. All the Kangastkan ran away when they saw him pop out. Paul took aim at the biggest one and threw it. He miserable missed.
"Stupid pokemon!" Paul shouted in frusturation. He went up to his pokeball and kicked it. The ball soared and disappeared into the forest. He stomped back to where his stuff was and found out it had been rummaged through.
He quickly grabbed his backpack to quickly check it. He found out that someone stole his food and music player.
"Who could have down this monstrosity?" Paul asked to no one in particular. He began to search for clues. "What footprints?" Paul found tiny footprints everywhere and also found a puddle of water. He touched the puddle with one of his finger. He than stucked it into his mouth but immediately spat it out. "Mudkip's Water Gun and those must be Mudkip footprints," Paul concluded.
"Mudkips!" Paul shouted to the sky. He got out his Revenge List ,which Paul was grateful they didn't steal it, and wrote 'Mudkip'.
Picking up his stuff, he walked back to the building. He walked into the lobby all muddy. He walked up to the receptonist lady and shoved the pokeballs at her.
"This was the worst tourist attraction I have been to. I want my money back!" Paul demanded back.
"Sir, you didn't pay to enter," she replied. Paul scowled but wasn't in the mood to argue so he left to go back to the Pokemon Center.
After taking a bath, Paul decided to call Barry.
"Pick up... pick up...stupid pick up the phone!" Paul screamed into the pokegear. After another ring a voice sounded.
"Hey, this Barry. I am not able to answer the phone right now. But leave a message so I can call you back," the recording informed before making a beep sound.
"How dare you let the machine answer! You are a useless peice of scum! I think we should end our alliance from now on since you can't help me," Paul shouted. He slumped on his bed before delivering his last message. "Get to Pastoria City when you get this. It's me Paul." Paul hung up after he was finish.
A few hours later
Barry walked out of his hotel close to Lake Acuity after he got Paul's message. He walked on the beach route with his sandals and khaki shorts, enjoying the scene. He walks until he gets to a fork in the path. He takes the right one that leads towards Pastoria City.
He keeps on walking until soon he gets to the city and notices an immediately change in the soil. Barry looked down and saw the soil was more mushy and wet under his flip flops than the dirt on route thirteen.
Now where would I fine Paul? Maybe I should try the pokemon center Barry decided. He turned left and found a familiar purple hair guy crouching in front of a metal cage.
"Hey Paul," Barry greeted him from behind. Paul gave no response, still tinkering with the cage. Barry tapped Paul's shoulder to get his attention. Paul turned around and had a welder mask on his face with a blowtorch in one hand. The flame on the torch almost touched Barry's face.
"Ahh…watch where you're pointing that thing," Barry recoiled and fell on his ass. Paul removed the mask to reveal an angry face.
"Where have you been? Why didn't you answer my call?" Paul interrogated him threatening him with the blowtorch.
"I…I was taking a nap in my hotel. I need to take daily naps because I use a lot of energy. I am very hyperactive which takes a lot of energy," Barry answered, sweat pouring down from his forehead. Paul turned of the tool and turned back to his work. Barry got up and dusted of his clothes.
"What is that?" Barry asked, observing the contraption. It was a cage big enough to fit a Grotle inside. The cage was made of metal with some metal spikes on the top pointing down. An apple layed on the bottom of the cage. A string was attach to the fruit and extended to the top.
"This will be use to capture a pokemon," Paul vaguely explained. He demostarted by getting a stick and poked the apple through one of the holes in the cage. When the apple moved, the string tugged a switch on the cage. The switch activated the spikes to drop down. Making it a gruesome site if a real pokemon were to set of the trap.
"Paul, can't you use pokeballs to capture pokemon like everyone else does," Barry asked, shocked by his friend's idea.
"It's not for any type of pokemon. It's made espcially for Mudkips," Paul explained.
"Why Mudkips? They are good pokemon," Barry asked.
"Those theiving Mudkips stole my new iPom and they also look weird. They always that face that make them look that they got constipation," Paul answered."They make me so mad that the next time I see a Mudkip, I will dismantle his face.
"Isn't that going a little too far? They just stole your iPom, the music player that is part Aipom and part music player. Plus those spikes might not kill them", Barry said, he saw a batch of Apples in a bucket next to Paul. He grabbed one and took a bite of it.
"I thought of that, so I poison the apple as well. I got a whole bunch of poison apples in that bucket," Paul informed and turned around to see Barry with a frozen face.
"Did…you poison this bucket of apples?" Barry quietly asked, dropping the apple.
Paul angrily replied," Do you see any other bucket with a batch of apples around me." Barry face turned blue than he began to stumble around like if he were drunk.
"I don't feel so good…" Barry dropped on the ground barely conscious. Paul sighed and grabbed Barry's legs and began to pull him into the pokemon center. A long line of trainers were waiting to get their pokemon heal inside the center.
"Excuse me…Pardon me…dying friend here," Paul tried to pull Barry through the crowd.
"Excuse me sir. Are you going to use that dead body?" Paul looked up and saw a guy dressed in a black cloak. A Mismagius floated next to him.
"He is not dead. Don't listen to him, Barry. Your not dead...yet," Paul assured the limp Barry. He pulled Barry through the crowd to the front counter. He picked up the limp body and threw it on the desk, startling Nurse Joy in the progress.
"Hello Nurse. My friend here has been poison so please fix him," Paul simply stated.
"Ugh..ok. I will need his name please and the type of insurance he has," Nurse Joy asked.
"He is dying for crying out loud!" Paul screamed at the nurse. "I am Paul if you don't remember."
"Ok sir," Nurse Joy tried to call him down. A stretcher was pulled in the lobby by two Chanseys. One of them picked up Barry and slammed him onto the bed.
"Your friend is in good hands," Nurse Joy assured.
"Thanks," Paul said in a bitter tone and decided to make a call. Paul left to one of the video phones. He picked up the receiver and pushed the buttons. Sitting down, a ring could be heard. After the third ring a man who looked in his twenties appeared on the screen. He had his brown hair tied in a pony tail and was wearing an apron.
"Hey Paul, let me just congratulate you on your great catch," Paul's brother Reggie began. Paul gave a confused look.
"What did I catch?" Paul asked obivously confused.
"What!...You don't remember what you caught this morning, and according to the type of pokeball you used. You clearly caught it at Pastoria's Great Marsh," Reggie exclaimed.
"I didn't catch anything. I did kick a pokeball out of frustration but I didn't know where it went," Paul informed his brother.
"Oh, than you must have incredible luck," Reggie remarked. "That pokeball caught a powerful, shiny Sceptile." Paul nearly dropped the phone.
"How powerful?" Paul asked after he got his cool together.
"Well the champion Cynthia was in the city and she saw the Sceptile..."
"Get to the point," Paul exclaimed. Reggie unfazed by Paul's sudded outburst ,like if he was use to it, continued.
"She battled it by using Lucario. Sceptile nearly defeated it but lost in the end. If trained well, he will be able to stand up against the Champion's pokemon," Reggie answered Paul's question. A smirk slowly formed on Paul's face.
"Reggie, send me my Sceptile," Paul ordered.
"Sure but send one pokemon back,"Reggie complied.
"Curse the six pokemon rule," Paul cursed placing his Ninjask's pokeball on a metal plate next to the machine. The pokeball disappeared in a flash and was replaced by a camouflage colored pokeball.
"Now I got to go see my poisoned friend," Paul ended and turned off the video phone before Reggie could ask anything. He walked up to the receptionist desk and saw Nurse Joy.
"How is Barry?" Paul asked with little concern
"He is fine now. We drained all the poison and now he is resting. He should be okay by tommorrow," Nurse Joy replied.
"Can't he come out now?" Paul asked, not able to wait for his friend to come out.
"Sorry but he can't. He has to rest for at least a day," She responded.
"Ok if you say so," Paul sighed. He walked outside and went to the back of the Pokemon Center. There it laid his death trap. He picked an apple from his basket before putting it back down.
Better get rid of these before someone else get's poison Paul thought. He picked up the bucket and went to a river close to the city. He dumped the fruit into the river and left. A few Magikarp floated to the top of the water and looked dead.
"Woa...there must good pokemon around these waters," a kid with a yellow t-shirt and blue shorts exclaimed. A gyarados popped out of the water and was also dead. The youngster threw the pokeball and sucessfully caught it. "Yay, I got a new pokemon. Hey an apple. I will save it for later." He picked up an apple floating inthe body of water and stuffed it in his bookbags. He soon left and more pokemon floated to the top poisoned.
Paul went back to his trap and decided not to use since he had a better plan. He walked into the pokemon center.
Meanwhile a fat guy walked out of his house. "Ahh...teaching pokemon moves takes a toll out of me. I sure am hungry," he yawned than he saw the apple in the cage.
Paul found the room Barry was resting in after he asked Nurse Joy. He barged into the room and found Barry lying on the bed. A machine was attached to him that made a beeping sound every one second.
"Hey Barry, how your doing buddy," Paul softly asked but got not respond. "Want to help me with my revenge?" Again he didn't get any respond. "Great than let's get going."
Paul grabbed Barry from the bed and picked him up. He placed him on a wheelchair next to him. He still had his clothes on so Paul pushed him right out of the room. He pushed him down the hall than stopped at a corner. He popped his head out and saw Nurse Joy was busy attendning the pokemon of a youngster. He saw his chance, so he pushed the wheelchair quickly when Nurse Joy turned around. He went through the lobby and out through the automatic doors.
"Your free Barry," Paul announced. He took out some sunglasses and put them on Barry. "Now no one will notice your closed eyes."
Paul took out his new pokeball and released Sceptile. He appeared with his arms crossed, ready to battle.
"Your not going to battle," Paul assured.
-"I won't listen to you. You caught me by luck. I was sleeping when you threw that ball. Plus I need to finish my mission,"- Sceptile said, picking up a twig from the ground and put it in his mouth.
"I don't understand you, but I need your help to get revenge on some theiving Mudkips," Paul told his new pokemon. Sceptile nearly chocked on his twig he had in his mouth.
-"So you too are after the Mudkips. I think we can form alliance since we got the same enemy,"- Sceptile proposed by stretching out his hand. Paul blinked in confusion but finally got it.
"So you hate the Mudkips too, and you want you want to get revenge on them too," Paul said like he read Sceptile's mind. The grass pokemon nodded and shook hands with Paul.
"Now we need to go to the Great Marsh," Paul muttered and looked at Barry who was still in the wheel.
I can't take him with the wheel chair, because it will get stuck in the mud... Paul thought than took out a pokeball. He pushed a button and Haunter materialized in front of him. Haunter giggled a bit before getting orders.
"I heard you can control people sometimes with your ghost powers. Can you try to control Barry for me?" Paul asked, pointing at Barry.
Haunter nodded and floated towards Barry's shadow. Haunter seem to dissapeared into the shadow.
Barry's body began to twitch before suddenly standing up clumsly. Haunter still was new to the possessing thing. He tried to take a couple of steps, but sumble a bit.
"Let's go then," Paul smirk leading the way with a shiny Sceptile and a clumsy possessed boy following behind him. Paul thought before going inside. A new receptionist was there and Paul walked up to her.
"Hello the entry for entrance is five-hundred pokedollars per a person," She informed.
"Now problem, Barry could pay for it this time?" Paul asked nicely.
"Sure Paul, you're my best friend," Barry said with no emotion in his tone. He handed the money to the receptionist from his pocket and both received thirty safari pokeballs.
"Oh and you can't use your pokemon to help capture the pokemon," she informed Paul by pointing at Sceptile.
"Don't worry I won't use him. He just wanted to see the scenery," Paul assured her and left. He walked into the Great Marsh again and this time with a goal to get revenge.
"First let's go back to the scene of the crime," Paul suggested. He lead the way to where he was robbed.
"I am starting to get use to this body controling thing. Can I stay in this body forever?" Barry asked but was really Haunter's doings.
"Hmm...I will think about it," Paul replied. They got to the place where Paul put his backpack before. He noticed it because there was a number two on a sign next to where he placed it.
"There are still Mudkip footprints," Paul exclaimed. Sceptile bend down to feel the footprints.
-"The footprints are old so they probably already left,"- Sceptile informed.
"What are you saying?" Paul couldn't understand him.
"He said the Mudkips had already left," Barry translated.
"Wait, you can translate what he say," Paul exclaimed.
"Of course I can, I am still the fun-loving Haunter. Haha," Barry laughed evilly.
"Well than Sceptile, tell me why you want revenge on the Mudkips?" Paul asked. Sceptile just grunted his answer, twirling his twig in his hand.
"He said he has no reason to answer your question," Barry translated.
"We have the same enemy, so I have the right to know," Paul barked back shaking his finger at Sceptile.
Sceptile sighed before answering. Barry began to translate in to human speech.
Sceptile was a Treecko in the Petalburg forest. He was practicing his Pound attack on a boulder with two Sceptiles watching him from a tree.
"When I asked why you want revenge on Mudkips, I didn't ask for your life story," Paul rudely interrupted Sceptile. Sceptile shot him a glare before continuing his story making Paul sigh.
The Treecko kept on slamming his tail into the boulder until he broke it into tiny pieces. One of the Sceptile jumped from the tree and landed gracefully in front of his son.
-"Son you have gotten very strong, but you still not strong enough to evolve into a Grovyle. Let's call it a day,"- Treecko's father said.
-"But I need to get stronger,"-Treecko tried to argue.
-"Now Treecko, listen to your father,"- Treecko's mother now spoke. -"It time to take a break."-
-"Okay let's go,"- Treecko admitted in defeat. His father picked him up and put him on his shoulder.
-"Let's go...what?"- The ground began to tremble. -"Oh no, son hide in that hole in the tree."- Before Treecko could protest, Sceptile threw him into the hole. He landed inside, hitting his head. He than stuck out his head to see what is happening. His parents were in battle stances and soon small blue creatures marching on their four limbs approached them. A whole army surronded the Sceptiles and one Mudkip that haves black shades walked forward.
-"We have heard that you have been messing with our plans of world domination,"- he accussed them.
-"We are interfering with your plans,"- Sceptile didn't deny it. -"We don't like your plans, everyone deserves to live. Even the humans deserve to live and we will stop you at all causes. Yall Mudkips have always caused problems to the world."-
-"Well time to show we are an organization not to be messed with"- he declared. At once, all the mudkips jumped at the Sceptile parents.
-"Dad! Mom!,"- Treecko cried from his hiding place. The leader looked at the hole he heard a voice and got a group of Mudkips to follow him. He jumped into the tree hole with his comrades and found a frighten Treecko shaking inside. A big grin slowly formed on the leader's face.
-"Stop your fighting,"- the leader cried out. All the fighting stopped and the mudkip army got back into their formation.
-"Give up or I will hurt your daughter,"- the shades wearing Mudkip ordered grabbing Treecko by his neck with his stubby little arm.
-"I am a boy. Dad! Mom! Help me" Treecko cried helplessly.
-"Treecko,"- cried Treecko's Mother. -"Why did you say Dad first instead of Mom?"-
-"It's because he likes me more,"- the father replied for Treecko.
-"What? I care for him ever since he was a child and all you did was train,"- Sceptile barked back at her husband. Both parents began to bicker until Mudkip broke their quarrel.
-"Silence you fools. What will it be? Your son or will you stop interfering with our plans"- Mudkip demanded.
Sceptile hesitated before answering.-"You win Mudkip,"- Sceptile muttered in defeat.
-"Please call me...Zero"- Zero insisted dramitacally. He dropped the young Treecko on the floor.
-"And to make sure you stop messing with us. Mudkips, humuliate them"- Zero ordered, fixing his shades.
All the Mudkips took out items from out of nowhere. Some had make-up while others had clown customes. They jumped at the grass pokemon and began to go in a frenzy. When they were finish, they all jumped back to examine their work.
Both Sceptiles had a rainbow colored afro with a big fake red nose. They had make-up of a clown and giant overalls. Their overalls were white with red pokadots decorating them.
-"Ha ha ha ha ha,"- all the Mudkips laughing uncontrolably. Zero smirked trying to hold his laughs.
-"I bet you now know not to interfere with us Mudkips"- Zero remarked. -"Mudkips were out and don't try anything on us or you will regret it."- Zero pointed at Treecko.
-"Lets see how yall will deal with the pokemon of the forest. You guys will be the laughing stalk of the forest,"- Zero smirked, and left with his gang folowing him giggling.
Sceptile sighed before getting an angry face. -"Ahhhhh! Son you shall avenge us by stopping their plans. You will become very strong and no Mudkip will get in your way,"- Sceptile shouted his wishes to his son. Treecko absorbed what his father said to him than he put on a determine face nodding.
"That's why I want to find them. I will stop them and avenge my parents. I followed them and got stronger. My journey led me to the Great Marsh in the Sinnoh region," Barry finished. Paul sat on the floor not moving after Barry was done. He began to scare Barry because he never had seen him so quiet. He even thought that Paul might have died.
"That is worst thing that ever happen to a pokemon," Paul exclaimed, feeling Sceptile's pain. "I will now find those evil Mudkips and make them pay.
"Who will we find them?" Barry asked.
"We will trap one on the outskirts of this town and torture it until it tells me where they are," Paul declared."And I happen to have a trap to use."
Paul set up his trap on Route 212. He had to take of the spikes since some fat guy tampered with it so they didn't work but the guy is in the hospital right now due to the poison apple.
"Give me the Sleeping Apple," Paul ordered. Barry, still under Haunter's control, conveyed and handed him a big apple. Paul set the apple inside his trap. He than hid behind a tree with Barry. Above him, Paul heard rustles of leaves where Sceptile kept watch.
SNAP! A loud sound of metal crashing could be heard.
"Aha!" Paul jumped out from behind the tree. A fat Bibarel sat inside the cage, giving Paul a dumb look. The pokemon than bit into the apple, and the next second dropped on the floor, sleeping.
"Another reject. Sceptile, take him to the reject pile," Paul grumbled, unsatified with not catching a Mudkip.
Sceptile jumped from his tree, in front of the cage and opened it up to take out the heavy sleeping pokemon. Being very strong, he lifted up the Bibarel easily and tossed to the reject pile. Bibarel landed on top of a snozzing Budew. The other pokemon joining Bibarrel were some Starlys, a few Quagsires, some Woopers and a weird blue pokemon that looked like a horse with a purple mane. Paul didn't recognize the pokemon but he thought it was strange, especially the two tails it had that always pointed forward instead backwards.
"When are we going to catch a Mudkip? This is taking forever" Paul complained, setting up the trap again.
-"When you stop being a dumbass,"- Sceptile retorted, laying down on a branch of a tree.
"What did he say?" Paul asked Barry. Barry was about to answer when he suddenly started twitching. He soon began twitching uncontrollably. Barry fell on the floor like if was having a seizure and a purple gas escaped from his mouth. The gas sooon turned into Haunter.
"Ughhh...where am I?" Barry asked confused and a little dazed. "What happen to me? What day is it? Oh no, oh no!" Barry began to hyperventilate.
"Don't worry Barry. Everything will be alright," Paul assurred Barry and handed him an apple. Barry eyed it suspiciously.
"You need your energy. Eat it and I didn't do anything to it if that is what your worrying," Paul vowed, acting nicely. Hesitating, Barry took a bite and began to chew.
"Not bad, this maybe the best apple I ev..." Barry collapesed. He began to suck his thumb during his sleep.
"There you go Haunter. Try to stay more in control." SNAP! Paul jumped out and saw a Mudkip munching on the apple. Soon he dropped on the floor of the cage, and started snoring.
"Finally we caught it!" Paul cried in happiness. He ran to the cage with Barry, possesed again, following him.
"Sceptile bring me a rope and an Awakening," Paul commanded, taking out the Mudkip out of the cage. Sceptile gave Paul the items.
Paul soon got to work. He tied Mudkip upside down from a tree from his foot and then sprayed the Awakening on Mudkip. The snot bubble blowing out of his nose popped and Mudkip woke up.
-"Where am I?"- The scared Mudkip asked.
"Now listen up Mudkip. We can either do this the hard way or the easy way," Paul suggested. "Where are your fellow Mudkips?"
-"I…I don't…know what your talking about," Mudkip stuttered.
"He says he doesn't know," Barry translated.
"Lies, I guess this will be the hard way!" Paul shouted, he than turned towards Sceptile. "Bring me Torture Item number one." Mudkip flinched at the sound of the name and began to struggle. "Don't struggle or you will just make it worse." Mudkip sprayed water into Paul's face. Paul's face all became drenched in water.
"Haunter use Lick," Paul ordered, spitting water out. Haunter, still in Barry's body, could still use his attack and licked the water pokemon's face. Mudkip shuddered in response than soon felt becoming paralyzed.
Sceptile came back with something in his hand and handed it over to Paul. Paul turned around with his hand behind his back.
"Now tell me where they are," Paul insisted in a demanded voice. Mudkip just shook his head slowly. Paul took his hand from behind his back and jabbed Mudkip with it.
-"Ahhhhhh!...HAHAHAHAHA," Mudkip began to laugh really hard. The item was really a Starly feather and Paul was using it to tickle him.
"Now tell me or we will move on to Torture Item two," Paul demanded waving the feather around Mudkip's body. Even with the tickling, Mudkip still shook his head with tears falling from his eyes.
"Okay that was my nice torture, time for the big boys," Paul remarked and stopped his tickling. Sceptile came with a bag with a warning label on the front. Paul took out a clothespin and gave it to Barry who put it on his nose. He got some prongs from Sceptile and opened the bag. He slowly lowered the prongs into the bag and took out some purple sludge. He than shoved the sludge into Mudkip's face.
"Now where are they?" Paul asked. The sludge gave of a horrible smell so bad that tears began to run down his face. Mudkip didn't answer so Paul put the sludge even closer to his prisoner's face.
"Aren't you affected by the stench," Barry said in a funny ascent due to his nose being pinched.
"I have been hit by so many Muk's sludge by the police that I am used to it. Did you know that the police use Muk sludge bazookas that they use against people who 'disturb the peace'?" Paul answered.
"Where did you get that any ways" Barry asked. Paul smirked and got a flashback
Flashback
Paul was walking on Route 214 when he heard some screams for help.
"Help!Help!HEELLP!" A voice cried out but Paul ignored it. He kept on walking but than a young boy, who looked no older than ten years old, stopped him.
"Please you got to help the guy crying for help," the youngster begged. Paul rolled his eyes.
"Alright but this better be quick," Paul said with a bored tone. The kid showed Paul the way. They soon came upon a man with archeologist clothes getting strangle by a Muk.
"You there, please help me," the guy pleaded for Paul's help.
"And why should I? I don't have to help," Paul said coldly.
"I will give a treasure I found but please help me," he offered. Paul decided to take it so he sent out his Torterra.
"Torterra use Leaf Storm," Paul ordered. All the leaves from Torterra's tree glowed green and all fired at the purple blob. The leaves engulfed Muk and circled around him like if it were a in a strong storm. The Muk let out cried before fainting. The leaves also dropped to the floor and a new set of leaves instantly grew on Torterra's tree.
"Thanks young lad, I was trying to take a sample of its sludge," the man thanked Paul.
"No one asked you and now hand over the treasure," Paul demanded his reward. The guy grabbed his bag from the ground and pulled out a purple plate from inside and handed it to Paul.
"Since I am an archeologist, I find ancient items in temples," the archeologist remarked.
"This is not treasure, this worthless junk," Paul sneered.
"It may not have money value but it does have historical value," the man smiled and began to leave. He put the Muk sample in the back pocket of pants and started walking.
Paul not satified with reward, sneakily took the bag from the archeologist pocket without him noticing. Paul smirked and went back to traveling.
"Internet," Paul lied, and got back to Mudkip. Mudkip couldn't take the stench and was about talk when Paul threw the sludge into his face.
-"It burns! I will talk! I will talk!" Mudkip cried, waving his stubby arms around.
"He is willing to talk," Barry said to Paul. Paul took out a tissue and began to clean Mudkip's face. He soon wiped off the nasty substance and threw the tissues in some random direction.
The sludge hits a cyclist in the face causing him to crash into a tree that was next to a house. A Wurmple trotting on the tree lost his footing when the tree shook. The worm pokemon fell on to the roof of the house and rolled off the roof. He fell on top of a woman's face and woman began to freak out. She ran around in circles and crashed into masked man.
Mudkip coughed before answering.-"They are in a cave on this path,"- he answered Paul's question and Barry translated.
"Thank you and that wasn't so hard. I almost move to the third option," Paul remarked.
-"By the way, what was the next option?' Mudkip asked but said to Barry's direction who would translate.
"I would have beaten the crap out of you like if you were a piñata with my baseball bat," Paul replied and began to leave with his pokemon following him.
-"Hey! How am I going to get out of here?" Mudkip asked still being tied.
"Alright a Mudkip to add to my arsenal of water pokemon!" roared a man with a lucha libre mask.
Paul found the cave which wasn't hard to find since because there was a giant sign that said 'Mudkip Meeting Today, Only Mudkips are Allowed'. The trio silently sneaked into the cave which was lit by a candle in the middle of the cave.
-"Is everyone here?"- asked a Mudkip with dark shade standing on a high flat topped boulder. A whole army of Mudkips, were crowded around him.
"Interpret Barry," Paul commanded Barry, hiding behind a boulder. The trio poked there heads over the boulder.
"We Mudkips have been used by humans for a long time and it is time to rebel," Barry began to translate. "We have begun by releasing the popular saying 'So I Herd You Liek Mudkipz' to trick people into liking Mudkips and we have succeeded. No one would ever suspect us Mudkips will do any thing bad.
"Now moving to our plan, we have finally found the missing item we needed to complete our machine. Here it is the iPom." The leader holds up a purple device with headphones coming out of it.
"That is my iPom," Paul growled, getting up but was stop by Sceptile. Sceptile shook his head and turned back to the talking Mudkip with Barry still translating.
"This device will complete the machine we have been working for a long time and it will be launched on a cliff next to the ocean," the leader Mudkip informed.
"Hey Zero, what does this machine actually do? We been working on it but we don't have a clue of what it does?" one of the Mudkips asked from the crowd.
The Mudkip named Zero cleared his throat. "This machine will fire a light into the sky and the light will travel all around the world. When people look up to see the light, they will begin to get brainwash. Their minds will be replaced with thoughts of Mudkips. They will soon obey us Mudkips for now on, and we won't be controlled by them for now on," Zero cried in a deep encouraging voice. All the Mudkips cheered in response on their leader's remarkable plan.
"Everyone to the cliff on the beach," Zero announced, hopped of his boulder walking outside with the army. Paul and his pokemon hid until they left or more like Sceptile bear hugged Paul so wouldn't do anything stupid until they left. When Sceptile let go of Paul, Paul had a tantrum.
"Why did you let them go?," Paul screamed more than asked. "Why those thieving ruffians. I will make them pay!" Paul stomped out of the cave.
"Let's go to the beach and find where they are going to fire the weapon," Paul ordered and left towards Route 213.
When Paul got to Route 213, he began to search.
"Why aren't yall guys in your costumes?" Paul asked. "Yall will look ridiculous without them. " He was wearing a Mudkip costume while Barry and Sceptile gave him a weird look.
"What? Help me," Paul ordered harshly. Sceptile picked up Paul and turned him around. Paul than saw a big line of Mudkips waiting to get on an elevator that will lead them to the top of a big cliff.
"What are you waiting for? Let's go," Paul scolded and got on fours and began hopping to the line like a frog.
-"We have weird trainer,"- Sceptile sighed.
"I kind of like him. You are never bored when you're with him," Barry said than giggled. The left behind duo decided to take a flight of stairs that lead to the top of the same cliff the Mudkips were going to.
None of the Mudkips took notice of giant Mudkip standing in front of them. When it was Paul's turn, the Mudkip leader, Zero, operating the elevator gave him a weird look.
-"You're a pretty big Mudkip,"- Zero commented, removing his shade to take a better look at Paul.
Paul just kept a calm face and replied,"Mudkip!" Zero returned Paul a glare. Paul was sweating bullets mostly due to it being hot in a costume on a hot beach. Zero's glare soon turned to a smirk and turned on the elevator. Paul sighed and hopped onto the platform which was pulled by two ropes operated by a pulley. The platform moved upwards until he got to the top. He hopped off and saw the weapon in the middle of the cliff poitning upwards. It looked like a giant laser gun on a stand. His iPom was connected to the weapon with a cable next to it.
Found it Paul thoguht. He walked closer than he heard a whisper. He turned around and saw Sceptile hiding behind a tree.
-"Ahem, it is time to begin,"- Zero walked onto his platform to stand. Paul walked to his friends.
"Paul there going to activate the machine. What do we do?" Barry asked.
"Calm down, sheesh your starting to act more Barry by the minute," Paul remarked. "We are going to start with a frontal assault and I, disguised as a Mudkip, will go and get my iPom while they are distracted."
"Sounds like a good plan," Barry giggled mischeously.
"Haunter, I will need you to come out of Barry's body so you can attack more efficiently," Paul ordered.
"What!...Well… Okay." Barry burped out purple smoke and Barry dropped to the floor, asleep. Haunter emerged from the smoke and began to laugh.
"Ok start attacking while I go get it," Paul ordered and got back into the Mudkip character. He trotted out from behind the boulder and began to walked towards the front. He had a hard time because there were alot of Mudkips to go through.
-"Hey buddy, do you have diarrhea because you were behind the boulder for a long time,"- one of the Mudkips asked Paul. Paul couldn't understand him so he kept on going. Pretty soon, Haunter and Sceptile jumped out and began firing Energy Balls and Shadow Balls at the Mudkip army. Their attacks managed to hit some water pokemon but some dodged them and began firing their own attacks.
-"Intruders, attack and hold them off until the weapon is charged,"- commanded the leader mudkip. All the mudkips now turned their attention to the intruders and started their counter attacks. Paul kept on walking until he got to the machine. Zero was holding the iPom in his tiny hand. Paul extended his like if he was asking for something.
-"You want to fire the ray gun? Well there is no harm in letting you have the honors to fire it. It is almost done charging"- Zero handed Paul the iPom. When Paul recieved it, he immediately jumped onto his two feet. He unplug the device and turned to the fighting duo.
-"What are you doing!"- Zero screamed but than gasped as Paul poking his head out of the mouth of the Mukip costume.
-"An imposter, stop him"- Zero shouted. Paul ran towards his back-up and than he began to get plummeted by many water attacks.
"Sceptile, stop the leader," Paul coughed and began to crawl as if he was dying. Sceptile got his determine face on and slammed his hand into the ground. Soon after Sceptile's move, giant brown roots shot from the ground and wrapped around Zero's body. The thick vines crushed Zero and dropped him on the ground unconscous. All the mudkips saw this and at once all the Mudkips began to scatter. In less than twenty seconds, all the Mudkips have left except for those that were fainted.
"We did it, we have completed my revenge and also got my iPom back," Paul happily announced waving his iPom in the air.
"Ahh...where am I?" groaned a confused Barry. Woken up from his sleep, Barry walked around his surroundings.
"Paul where are we and why are there fainted Mudkips everywhere. Is that a laser gun?" Barry asked many questions while clutching his head.
"Nothing important happen Barry. Sceptile, you can do whatever you with the leader," Paul told his Hoenn pokemon. Barry stared in awe at Paul's new pokemon walk towards a Mudkip with broken lack shades.
Sceptile walked up the battered up Zero and looked at him with pity. He sighed before jumping in the air and sliced the machine next to him in half with a swiftly executed Leaf Blade. The machine fell apart and Sceptile satisfied with his work, left towards his new trainer.
"Well that's that. Time for me to move on," Paul said. He began to walk to a flight of stairs with his pokemon following him close behind.
"I think I missed more than I could possibly know. Why was Paul wearing a Mudkip costume and does my tongue have the taste of a Mudkip? Well it is getting dark so I should to my hotel," Barry said to no one in paticular. "Hey who took my hotel key?"
Paul twirled around his finger a pair of keys to a suite in the Valor Lake Front hotel.
Barry decided to stay at a Pokemon center but was stopped when he saw police officers escorting a youngster with handcuffs to a police car.
"Officer I didn't kill my Gyarodos. He was like that when I got him," the young kid pleaded his innocence.
"Yea than why did we find an apple with Drapion poison in it? There were a whole bunch of them in the lake so you must have done it and now many pokemon are dead in the river," the policeman rudely said and shoved the kid into the police car.
Kids these days. They are getting more violent Barry thought and yawn going into the center.
Sorry for the late update. School work and I am working on another story.
Paul takes on an army of Mudkips just to get his iPom back. He will go far just to get something he wants. I wanted to make the Mudkip Costume more funny but here is the website to see the suit if you I didn't describe it much .com/Mudkipz/#
I think I need a Beta Reader for this story because I think I have that feeling. If you are a good beta reader than PM me. Thanks for reading and please review and remember "So I Her You Like Mudkips."xD
