PM: Note that the ending to this chapter is based off of a strange dream I had… YOU WILL GET A LOOK INSIDE THE HEAD OF I, THE PATINATOR! GACK-ACK-ACK-ACK-ACK!

Chapter Six: Legendary Brawl I: VS ZAPDOS!

"I warned you… I HAVE NO MERCY FOR MEDDLERS SUCH AS YOU!" Zapdos roared, seemingly making the whole mountain shake.

"I knew I should've stayed in bed today…" Pat groaned.

"Not scared…" Justin groaned, sweat dripping down his blue head.

"You don't frighten me! I think…" Pika whimpered.

"Oh, what kind of Rescue Team are we?!" Pat muttered. "I shall take action! Release Shiftry now, Zapdos, or be eliminated!"

What seemed to be a smirk appeared on Zapdos' beak appeared. "You must be determined to utter those words… You shall answer… TO MY RIGHTEOUS, GREAT FURY!"

Another lightning bolt group flashed, starting the battle.

Pat began with an Ember, shooting a series of red fireballs at the Legendary Bird, which merely caused one nearly microscopic burn upon impact.

Pika went next, quivering as she executed a high-speed ram, her Quick Attack, which hit Zapdos. He didn't even flinch, retaliating with a slam of his wing immediately, sending the female Pikachu backwards into Justin and Pat.

"HA-HA-HA-HA! Just try and defeat me!" Zapdos sneered.

"Let's kick it up a notch, guys… We have to rescue Shiftry!" Justin growled as he got off of his friends. He unleashed a powerful Water Gun blast at their foe, which caused only slight damage.

After that, it began to rain somewhat heavily… But that's for later…

Zapdos growled as he beat his wings to dry them from the Water attack. "Fool… This rain enables my Electric moves to get a power boost! Especially against YOU! Thunderbolt!"

Zapdos began to glow yellow, and from its body, the large Pokemon unleashed a large golden thunderbolt, which zipped towards Justin.

"NO! JUSTIN!" Pat screamed. In a burst of speed, he shot in front of Justin, knocking him away from the Thunderbolt… But he was hit himself, illuminated by electricity.

"Pat…!" Justin cried out. He let out a growl, and formed an icy blue sphere in his mouth, blasting Zapdos' left wing with a powerful thunderbolt-style Ice Beam, causing super-effective damage. The attack also brought the Bird to the ground by freezing its wing.

The Thunderbolt ceased, leaving Pat on the ground, scorched nearly everywhere.

"Err… Fried chicken anyone?" Zapdos smirked, shooting another bolt of lightning at his wing to defrost it.

"Pat…" Pika and Justin gasped, seeing their Team's "leader" fried and not moving…

"…"

Both walked slowly up to him, teary-eyed, but Pika even more so…

"……."

"Pat, please wake up…" whimpered Pika, struggling to hold back tears.

"……Mmm…" Pat mumbled. He was awake!

"PAT!" both of his teammates cried out, embracing him tightly.

"…Grr…"

Pat moved out of the two embraces, with a look of anger focused upon Zapdos in his eyes. "ZAPDOS… YOU SHALL NOW LEAVE THIS WORLD…"

Even the Legendary Bird himself was shocked to here such words from, as he called Pat earlier, a chicken.

"What kind of mental illness have you come down with, idiot?" Zapdos growled.

"…ZAPDOS…! YOU SHALL PERISH! FLAMETHROWER!"

From his mouth, Pat shot a burst of flames, which slammed into Zapdos and knocked him to the ground, three feet from the cliff.

"URGH…!" it grunted.

"…Whoa… Pat, are you…" Pika started to say. That's when she noticed Pat was glowing a faint reddish-orange color.

"Huh?"

Justin noticed as well. "It must be Pat's ability! Blaze! When his HP is really low, his Fire attacks get a power boost! I have the same ability, but it's Torrent, for Water moves!"

"Cool…" Pika gasped.

"Okay, let's help him out, Pika! Ice Beam!"

Justin shot another thunderbolt-shaped Ice-type attack at Zapdos, freezing him to the ground for a brief moment, also causing super effective damage again.

"Now, Pat! Pika!" shouted the Squirtle-bodied human.

Pat began charging up a second Fire attack, and Pika began to form an electrified sphere in front of her mouth, Flamethrower and Shock Wave.

All at once, both were unleashed, sending a Flamethrower-powered lightning ball at Zapdos.

"NO!!! THIS CANNOT BE…!" screamed the Legendary Bird as both attacks hit.

(PM: Enter the dream… Brace yourself. It is very dramatic, I think. Plus, there is something that probably wouldn't happen… But who cares? This whole fic could never happen, so… Yeah. Big yellow chicken getting its feet stuck in the ground. Yeah. VERY probable…)

The attacks hit, sending Zapdos backwards into a really muddy, loose portion of the peak's edge.

All three members of Team Invincible panted heavily as they realized that they had… Won.

"We did it! Now release Shiftry, Zapdos!" Justin shouted.

A loud pounding noise was heard, and from behind the trio walked up Team A.C.T.!

Alakazam was the first to see what had happened. "What… What took place here?!"

Pika and Justin walked over to the Gold-Rank team. "We defeated Zapdos, Alakazam." spoke up the yellow of the two.

"Whoa. That must've been hard…" Charizard gasped.

"They did it! You guys must be either lucky or really strong!" Tyranitar added.

Both members of Team Invincible cracked a grin as Team A.C.T. walked over to Zapdos.

"Now, Zapdos! You have been bested. Release Shiftry now, or you shall pay dearly for your actions…" said Alakazam, pointing his left hand and spoon at Zapdos.

"…I will…"

As Zapdos growled and began to flap its wings to escape from the muddy cliff, all six Rescue Team Pokemon realized the rain, which had gotten even heavier…

"Wow… This is weird…" Pika mumbled.

"I didn't think rain could come down this hard…" Pat said.

Charizard grabbed a large leaf and shielded his flaming tail from the rain. "Uh, Zapdos? Sometime today!" he snarled.

"Urgh… I can't seem to get out of this… Grr… Mud…"

Zapdos kept trying to fly out of the cliff, steadily weakening the straight-down wall… Until…

A rumble was heard, and within two seconds of that sound, the entire chunk of land Zapdos was stuck in fell down… Down… Down… With Zapdos still stuck!

"NO!" screamed Zapdos.

Below the cliff was a lake, which had already risen several inches by the rain. A loud splash was heard, along with Zapdos' many pleas for help.

The six Rescue Team Pokemon all looked down, only three in horror.

"Well, let's go. Mission complete." Justin said.

"Yep. Done and done. Over and out. Up and in." Pika replied.

"…Actually, the two are right. Zapdos will get himself unstuck. I'm out of here."

…You think that was Pat, right? Wrong. It was Charizard.

Alakazam, Tyranitar, and even Pat shot angry looks at their fellow members, which made them walk back.

"What? If my tail goes out…!" Charizard whined.

"Stop being such a baby, Charizard." Pat muttered. "Well, I'll take the shortcut down!"

Pat walked to the edge.

"PAT! ARE YOU CRAZY?!" cried Pika.

"Bombs away!" Pat jumped, flapping his wings extremely fast, somehow lowering his falling speed, landing on the shore by the lake.

Pika nearly passed out after that.

"He may come off cocky and mean…" Tyranitar said quietly.

"…But deep down, Pat is heroic… There is also something strange about him… But I don't know what…" Alakazam added.

Pika and Justin also walked to the edge.

"Alakazam, get us down there with your Psychic!" Justin said, pointing to Pat's location.

Alakazam nodded, closed his eyes, and pointed his silver spoons at the two. With a humming noise, Pika and Justin became enveloped in blue psychic energy. The two floated down to Pat.

Team A.C.T. stayed at the peak to come up with ideas.

"HELP ME!" Zapdos shrieked.

"Don't worry, Zapdos! Even though you're a jerk, we'll get you free! But it'll cost you 50 percent interest!" Pat called out, followed by Pika bonking him on the head.

"Make it 70."

"Shut up! Okay, here's the plan…"

A minute passed and no one said anything.

"WELL?!"

"…There isn't one. But heck, that never stopped us before."

(PM: Eh, I'll cut the dream short. The ending was cheesy, dramatic, disturbing, and… Romantic. Sorry, but it's already too weird to believe, huh? And this stuff goes through my head EVERY SINGLE NIGHT!)

After another minute's planning, the rescue mission was put into action. Justin began to use Rapid Spin into the water with Pat and Pika on top, staying afloat in the choppy waters. Of course, since the two were large and Justin's shell was barely large enough for Pat and Pika to stay on him, the two had to hold each other together, making Pika blush…

After getting to Zapdos, Justin shot a Water Gun blast downwards into the water, striking the mud and loosening it a bit.

"It didn't work?!" Justin cried out.

"Hmm… This will risk my life and yours Pika… Let's do a double Quick Attack. By now, since these waters are…" He dipped a claw into the water. "Ooh… Cold, the mud might've hardened a little bit."

Pika worriedly nodded and grabbed Pat's wing, making both blush. But still, they executed the plan, dashing downwards into the water with light trailing their bodies.

"I hope this works… Pat's a Fire Pokemon, so…" Justin said to himself.

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Four Feet Underwater

With quick strikes to the somewhat hardened mud, Pika and Pat destroyed several small chunks, with Pat striking rapidly with Fury Attack.

Eventually, Pika ran out of air and swam back up… But she didn't see Pat when she surfaced.

"Hmm? Pat? Where are you?" she asked, looking around.

Ten seconds passed… No Pat.

When suddenly, a cracking noise was heard, and with a powerful leap into the air, Zapdos broke free!

Letting out a bird shriek, it rose in the air and went towards the mountain, grabbed Shiftry from a small insert in the cliff side, placed him safely near Team A.C.T., and flew up into the sky, away from the mountain.

"I shall return! And next time, I won't hold back, Team Invincible!" he called out.

"We did it… But where's Pat?!" Pika cried out.

"…Perhaps he…" Justin gritted his teeth.

"No… No way… You don't think he…"

Both gave a look to the water with sorrowful looks, knowing that Pat may have…

SPLASH!

With a powerful leap, a bird-like form jumped out of the water, landing on an almost strategically placed rock in the water.

"Did anyone miss me…?" asked the Pokemon. It was Pat!

"YAY!"

Pika jumped over to Pat and knocked him into the water, meaning to hug him, but instead, she knocked him into the water.

"…Pika…?" Pat said after emerging.

"…Yeah?" asked Pika after she also surfaced.

"NEVER TRY THAT AGAIN!"

Pika sweat dropped. "Sorry… I was just happy you're alive. You could have…"

"Yes, yes… I know… It's okay."

Pat swam over to Pika and nuzzled her with his beak, making her blush. They then swam to shore, followed by Justin.

And as soon as they returned to where Team A.C.T. was via Alakazam, the sky, the rain, the lightning, and the wind suddenly cleared up. As if nothing happened, the sky was suddenly a light blue, and a brilliant rainbow could be seen in the far distance.

"Wow… It's beautiful…" Pika gasped, her eyes all starry-like at the beautiful sight.

"The horrible storm must've been either a natural disaster or just normal weather for Mt. Thunder…" mumbled Justin.

"Hey, what's that weird thing?" spoke up Pat, pointing with his beak at something.

Near the rainbow's center arch was a glowing, golden… Object. It was too far away to see clearly.

"I suppose we should all return to the Square now." Alakazam said. His Team, Shiftry, and Team Invincible all returned to the latter Team's base.

0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0

Shiftry had left some money as a reward, leaving Team Invincible and Team A.C.T. at the base.

"Pat…" Alakazam said.

"What is it, Fox-Head?"

Alakazam growled at the insult, and his Teammates sweat-dropped.

"Listen. You're not a Pokemon, are you?"

Pika, Pat, and Justin shockingly gasped at the fact Alakazam had figured out Pat's past.

"My cover is blown. Drat." Pat muttered sarcastically.

"No, Pat isn't a Pokemon. He's a human." spoke Pika.

Now it was Tyranitar and Charizard's turn to be shocked.

"H-Human?!" gasped the two.

"And so is Justin." Pat added.

"Well, he was weird anyway…" Charizard mumbled to himself.

"I AM NOT!" Justin growled.

"Calm down everyone." said Alakazam, pointing his hand in the air. "Pat, Justin, I suggest you go to the Hill of the Ancients. There lives a Pokemon that can see the future, Xatu."

"Thanks for the tip, Alakazam." Pika grinned.

"Now, if you're finished…" smirked Pat. "GET OFF A MAH PROPERTY!"

Team A.C.T. left, sweat-dropping. As they walked to wherever their base was, a conversation started.

"Alakazam…" It was Charizard. "I know you. You know more about Pat and Justin's… Condition, don't you?"

"…" Alakazam was silent for a few moments. "One thing concerns me… But I won't say what now… For their sake…"

"Hmm…?"

PM: No kidding, I really dreamt up that crazy stuff! R&R.