Chapter Six. City Of The Trapinch.

"Five bottles of Black Persian Beer." Dr. Krabbleberg said, removing the items and placing them on the table. "One whip."

He placed the weapon on the table, and went back into removing the items from Nightmare's body.

"One baseball bat, with the words Home Run enscribed on the wood."

Nightmare looked at his old favourite weapon.

"One wallet with the name Arjun stitched on the front." Dr. Krabbleberg remarked, searching the wallet to find it empty. He then threw it on the table, before exploring the contents of Nightmare's stomach further.

"A pair of water pistols."

He dropped them on the table.

"A magazine, issue 14 of PokeDude. Contains a full page spread of Giratina."

"Give me that." Nightmare said, snatching it from the pincers of Dr. Krabbleberg. "A female Giratina is one fine ghost."

He opened the magazine and let the spread fold out in front of Dr. Krabbleberg.

"Giratina, 1096, from the Distortion World." Nightmare said, proudly.

"What is this?" Krabbleberg asked. "Pornography?"

Nightmare almost burst out laughing.

"Of course, you moron." He said. "What did you think it was?"

"A nice picture of Giratina." Dr. Krabbleberg replied, hopefully.

His response was for Nightmare to bash him over the head with the baseball bat.

Then an alarm rang out through the building.

"Everyone report to the briefing room!!!!!!!!" The voice of Professor Alaworth said.

Nightmare quickly jammed all the stuff back in his stomach.

"Hey, I just spent half an hour getting that stuff out!!!!!!!!!" Dr. Krabbleberg yelled.

"Well, I told you not to." Nightmare replied, as he jogged out.

Leaf was wandering around the building, looking for Belia.

"Hello!!!!" He called. "Belia!!!!"

A door opened behind him, and a Buizel poked her head out.

"What's up?" She asked.

"Are you Belia?" Leaf replied.

She nodded.

"Apollo sent me over here." Leaf explained. "He said that you borrowed something from him. And he wants him back."

She smirked.

"Tell the miserable bastard to give me the money he owes me then."

Belia slammed the door shut, causing Leaf to sigh as he went back to Apollo's office.

Nightmare jogged into the briefing room, where Duskla, Alaworth and Tandy were waiting.

"Where's that irritating Shaymin?" Alaworth asked, looking around.

"Err... I don't care." Nightmare replied.

"Good news everyone." Alaworth said. "We've got a new job. We've been assigned to deliver this lovely statue to the City of the Trapinch out in the desert."

Tandy groaned, as he looked at the statue which was, nearly, the same size as him.

"Oh, I can't wait to get my legs around that big long thick statue." He said, eagerly.

Duskla glared at him.

The statue was about four feet tall, and had the jaws of a Trapinch on the end.

"What do they need that hunk of rock for anyway?" Nightmare asked. "It looks worthless."

"It is worthless." Alaworth explained. "But, they need it to evolve into Vibrava properly, so it apparently has some value."

"Well then." Duskla said. "Let's get it onto Tandy, and...."

"Yay!!!!" Tandy cheered.

"Then get going." Duskla finished.

"Right then." Nightmare said, heading into the other room. "Give me a shout when you're ready for me."

He dropped down on the couch in the other room, sitting on a Buizel who was already there.

"Hey!!!!" She protested.

"She called you a miserable bastard and said you owe her money." Leaf explained.

Apollo glared at him.

"Tell the bitch that..."

"That's just really not nice." Leaf protested.

"Ah jam a banana in it, ya peacekeeping little bastard." Apollo said, throwing a stapler at him.

Leaf groaned in pain, as it hit him on the head.

"Go and get my frickin' item, or I'll throw something heavier at ya."

Leaf sighed, before turning to leave.

Belia finally managed to convince Nightmare to get off her, when Leaf wandered in.

"Good news." Nightmare said. "We're going to the City of the Trapinch."

Leaf groaned, as he jumped on the couch, and looked at the TV.

"What's on?" He asked.

"Jigglypuff's Pillow." Belia replied.

"I love this show!!!!" Leaf remarked. "Apollo said that he'd throw something heavy at me unless you gave him the item back."

Belia sighed.

"I'll give him it later." She replied. "Just ignore the jerk."

"I intend to." Leaf said.

"Get your asses in here!!!!" Duskla yelled.

Nightmare and Leaf looked at each other.

"Okay then, let's go." Leaf said, as they headed out.

"The desert." Nightmare remarked. "How depressing is that?"

As Tandy soared above the sands, Nightmare and Leaf looked down.

"I don't think it's depressing." Leaf said. "It's boring but..."

Duskla turned to look at them.

"Well, we've only got to deliver this statue and then we can go home." She remarked.

Nightmare nodded.

"So, what about you?" He asked. "You got a one eyed boyfriend?"

She narrowed her eye at him.

"I'm going to ignore that for the moment." Duskla remarked. "Then, I'm going to kick your ass when we're on the ground."

"Greetings, great ones." A Trapinch said, as the four of them, including Tandy who was dragging the statue, arrived at the City entrance.

"Great ones?" Nightmare remarked. "Oh yeah, they must have seen me coming."

"Actually, we were referring to the Tropius, mate." The Trapinch said.

"Crikey Bruce." Another Trapinch remarked. "That's an absolute stonker of a Tropius."

"And what's that huge thing underneath it?"

Tandy laughed.

"Oho, thank you!!!!" He said, winking.

Duskla removed the ropes keeping the statue secured around Tandy's body, and there was a crash as it fell to the ground.

"Right." Duskla said, taking a clipboard out. "If you can just sign here..."

"We have no hands, you fool!!!!" The Trapinch remarked.

"Ah." Duskla said. "Well, we'll leave it here and you can take care of it whenever you feel like it."

"But, don't you wish to rest up and recharge in our city?" The second Trapinch asked. "It's truly great, mate."

"Actually, I suppose..." Duskla said.

"Great, Bruce." A third Trapinch replied. "Bring the statue in when you come."

"Aw jeez." Nightmare muttered, as he, Leaf and Duskla picked up the statue and started to drag it through the gates.

"This is a dump." Nightmare remarked, as they dragged the statue through the City.

"Amen to that." Leaf commented, as they carried on.

"Thanks for delivering this, mates." A Trapinch said, as they dumped it in the square. "Please feel free to drink from our yellow waters."

Nightmare looked in a pool, and saw a yellow brackish foul smelling water.

"I'll pass." He said. "It looks like piss."

Leaf wandered around the back....

Only to see a Sandshrew pop up out of a hole.

"Huh?" Leaf said. "What are you...."

"Damn!!!" The Sandshrew exclaimed. "Ninja style!!!!!"

It leaped over and smashed its feet into Leaf, knocking him out.

He then dragged Leaf down the hole.

"Well, we're just about to leave." Duskla said, looking around.

"Crikey mates." A Trapinch remarked. "It was fair dinkum of you to bring this statue in."

"Have you seen our friend?" Duskla asked.

"The Shaymin?" Another Trapinch said. "He went behind the pool a while ago."

Nightmare wandered around, and looked there.

"There's nothing there but a freaky hole."

"A hole?" A Trapinch asked. "Let me see that?"

The Trapinch scuttled over.

"Damn, they attacked us again!!!!"

"They?!" Nightmare asked.

"Attack!!!!" Duskla said.

"Again!!!!" The Trapinch leader exclaimed.

"What's going on?" Duskla asked.

"Strangely enough, we've been attacked lately by Ninja Sandshrew who want this City to themselves. We think that they took your friend."

"But, why?" Duskla asked. "Don't they have anything better to do?"

"Apparently not, love." The Trapinch leader said. "Their home is about a mile west of here."

Duskla looked at Nightmare, who was already walking away.

"Aww, that's so great." She said. "You're going to rescue him."

"Huh?" Nightmare asked.

"You're going to go and rescue Leaf." Duskla remarked.

"No, I'm not." Nightmare laughed. "I want to get back to New Holimar City, before the pubs shut."

Duskla groaned.

"Right, we're going to take Tandy and get Leaf back!!!" She said.

"We would come to aid you, love." The Trapinch leader commented. "But, we can't be bothered. I tell you what. You two knock all the Sandshrew out and we'll come in and plunder their home, steal all their valuables and rape their women."

Nightmare nodded.

"Sounds reasonable." He said.

"Is that it?" Duskla asked.

"There ain't nothing else sticking out of the desert." Tandy commented.

Nightmare leaned over, and saw several Sandshrew running around in the desert below.

"Bingo!!!" He exclaimed.

"Where?" Duskla asked.

"I see Leaf tied to a post." Nightmare remarked.

"That's original." Duskla said. "Okay, Tandy. Let's Razor Leaf them!!!!"

Tandy groaned, as he swung his neck and launched several leaves into the ground.

The Sandshrew shrieked in pain, as they were knocked out by the attack.

"Yeah, that did it!!!!" Duskla laughed. "Okay, now use Stomp!!!!"

Tandy suddenly stopped flapping his wings, and fell from the sky.

"Arrrrrrrrrrrggggggggg!!!!!!!" Nightmare yelled, as they fell through the air.

Then, almost as soon as it had started, Tandy landed on top of a Sandshrew, crushing it instantly.

"Eurgh!!!!" Tandy exclaimed. "I'll be getting that off my feet for ages."

Nightmare jumped off and kicked another Sandshrew in the head.

"Strength of a Ninja Storm!!!" A Sandshrew shouted, creating a Sandstorm.

Nightmare pulled out a water pistol and shot it in the face with a stream of water.

"OWWWWW!!!!" It yelled. "My eyes!!!!!"

Duskla jumped off and went over to Leaf, who was still tied to a post.

"You came for me!!!" Leaf exclaimed.

Duskla smiled.

"You're one of the team." She said, as Nightmare continued to spray the Sandshrew with water.

"Okay, let's get out of..." Duskla started to say, before a Sandslash appeared behind her.

"Look out!!!" Leaf exclaimed.

Duskla spun around, and took the Sandslash down with a Shadow Punch.

"Nothing to worry about." She said. "I come from an area that's so tough, you often see Pokemon killing themselves by jumping off buildings."

Leaf looked at her, with surprise.

"Okay." He said. "Can you please untie me?"

She did so, before the two of them started to run back to Tandy.

"Nightmare, we're ready to go!!!" Duskla yelled.

"Hold on!!!" Nightmare shouted, as he pulled something out of a Sandshrew hole.

It was a bottle of Sandshrew Daniels Whisky.

"This'll do me!!!" The Gas Pokemon exclaimed, as he jumped onto Tandy who started to fly away.

"Damnit!!!" Duskla exclaimed, after about five minutes.

"What?" Leaf asked, worried.

"Those Trapinch didn't pay us."

Author's Notes.

Damn Trapinch.

Still, at least Leaf was saved from those Sandshrew. Ninja Sandshrew.

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