Disclaimer: I do not own pokémon.
Warning: I've only played Pokémon Ruby, not Sapphire, so I don't actually know Team Aqua's reasons. I thought them up while I was writing. In any case, Team Magma wants to summon Groundon and such, and the earth will then get warmer. If that happens, the polar caps will melt, and there will be more sea than land! So, in
any case, their reasoning doesn't make any sense (it's more the other way 'round). Mail me if there is a large error in May's speech. Maybe, just maybe, I'll update (if it's a really good update).
CHAPTER 7: TEAMS, TEAMWORK AND A SPEECH
It was afternoon when they reached Petalburg Woods. After beating up some trainers they entered the Woods. Wally, who hadn't battled until then, was challenged by yet another Bug Catcher.
"One on one!" the B.C. said, releasing a fully grown Dustox. "Um...Ralts...go..." Wally whispered, releasing his little psychic-type.
"Dustox, use sand-attack!". Dustox then flew to the ground and started to flap his wings at high velocity. It wasn't just some sand that got hurled at Ralts, it was an entire sandstorm. Ralts couldn't see a thing. Nor could his trainer. Suddenly, Dustox appeared behind Ralts.
"Tackle him!" the B.C. ordered. Ralts got tackled, and smacked into the sand. "Ralts, no! Use...um...confusion... yeah, use Confusion!" Wally yelled, now more self-assured. But since Ralts couldn't even see his enemy, he missed. Ralts got tackles again. "Ralts, use Mind Reader, then Confusion!".
Ralts entered the mind of Dustox, sensed his location, and used Confusion. The damage wasn't that significant, but Dustox became confused. Due to his own dust clouds, he couldn't see where he was going, and crashed into a tree, knocking him out. "Yeah, we won!" Wally said, lifting his Ralts in the air.
After numerous more victories, they walked into a small path between some very large trees. "Heeelp!" they heard someone scream. As they rushed towards the screaming (Brendan had to turn back to pick up a sleeping Muddy), they saw a man in a suit with a purple necktie and a suitcase surrounded by people dressed in either black-red suits with weird caps, or in white and blue, as some sort of wannabe-pirates.
"Give us that suitcase!" a red capped guy said. "No! You give it to us!" someone with a blue bandana yelled. "Who the hell are you?" Wally asked. Both groups turned around. "Um...don't mind me...um...please continue..." Wally murmured, looking at his shoes.
"We are Team Magma/Aqua!" The two "teams" yelled. "I know you! You don't have to yell!" May screamed back.
"You do?" Brendan asked, giving May a puzzled look. "Yeah! And they're idiots! They're on the news all over! You know, they think they have genuine reasons to commit crimes!" she said, lowering her voice (but just enough to let the teams listen, too).
"Those freaks in red are trying to trigger volcanic eruptions and such, to make magma come up and solidify, increasing the earth's landmass. The funny part is, if that happens there is less room for the sea! As a result, the sea level will rise, flooding the land, and maintaining the balance!".
Team Magma started to discuss. While they tried to come up with a correct reply, May continued.
"And Team Aqua! Oh my! Trying to increase the earth's sea level, are we? How in Lugia's name could you do that? There is only a certain amount of water on this planet! So how could the sea rise, then? By melting the poles? If you wanna do that, you'll have to change the climate! It would have to be a lot warmer everywhere! And then, the sea would get warmer, too! If the sea gets warmer, then all the fish and other stuff that lives in the ocean will die! And you wouldn't want that to happen, would you?".
With that, May ended her speech. The Magmas and Aquas where baffled. Their brains didn't react anymore.
"Oh come on, let's just have a battle!" May said. This, the Magmas and Aquas could understand.
"Let's make this a triple battle!" Brendan said, sending out his just awoken Muddy. "Go, Zeal!". "Get 'em, Ralts!".
Three Magma Grunts stepped forward. They sent out a Zubat, a Numel and a Poocheyena.
"Muddy, use Water Gun!". "Zeal, String Shot that Zubat!". "Um... Ralts, use Confusion!". The Water Gun knocked out the Numel with one shot. The String Shot made Zubat fly into his trainer, but Confusion did nothing to Poocheyena. "Wally, Poocheyena is a Dark type! You can't hit Dark types with psychic attacks!" Brendan yelled.
Ralts got tackled by Poocheyena. "Muddy, use Water Gun on Poocheyena!". Poocheyena flew through the air. "Now, Tackle him!". Muddy did tackle him, but Poocheyena was too heavy to be thrown far. "Muddy, use
Mud-Slap!". "Kip?What?" Muddy asked, turning around.
Poocheyena, who stood up and tried to bite Muddy, got slapped by Muddy's tail when Muddy turned around. Poocheyena tried biting again, but was knocked over (and out) by Zeal and Ralts. "We won!" Brendan and Wally yelled as they high-fived. The Magmas fled. "Now, where is Team Aqua?" May asked, looking around. But Team Aqua was missing. So was the purple-necktie guy. "Damn! They got away!". Brendan said. Then, he heard a noise up in a tree. He looked up, and saw nets coming down.
"Kip kipmudkip!I didn't expect this!". "Ral ralts.Quite a surprise.". "Flame, use Ember!". "Kip, mudkip.It's getting hot in here...". Flame burned through the net. "Muddy, use Water Gun on the trees!". A blast of water made the Aquas fall down.
May lifted Flame. "Hands up, or else I'll make her use Flamethrower!" May said, pointing Flame at the Aquas. "Chick chick tor!Dooon't mess with me! I'm one crazy chicken and... and... and I intend to prove it!". "Where is the purple-necktie guy?" Brendan demanded. One of the Aquas raised his arm and pointed it towards a tree. Wally went to take a look and found the p. necktie guy, unconscious. "Where is his suitcase?" Wally asked. A Aqua , until then holding the suitcase behind his back, laid it on the ground. Ralts retrieved it.
"Now scram!" May hissed, letting Flame blow some flames. The Aquas quickly fled. After they where out of sight, May put down Flame. "Did I just threaten eight Aquas with Flame? She doesn't even know Flamethrower yet!". Brendan pulled Muddy (who was trying to sleep) towards the p. necktie guy and ordered him to use Water Gun.
When p. necktie woke up, he saw two blue eyes and a lot of green hair in front of him. "Um... Mister, are you all right?" Wally asked. "Here is your suitcase." Brendan said, handing him his suitcase. "Shouldn't we get a reward or something?" p. necktie heard behind him. When he looked around, all he saw was a Mudkip. "Kip? Well?". p. necktie rubbed his temples.
"Well, thank you for helping-"."Saving!"."-saving me... I work for Devon in Rustboro... thanks again...". He looked at his watch. "Oh my! Look at the time! I've got to be going!". He stood up, tried to wipe some leaves of his suit, and started to run down the road.
"Stingy, are we?" Muddy murmured. "Look guys, He left something behind!" May said, handing them a great ball each. Then, they continued to walk towards Rustboro.
"Good thing I took those balls out of his suitcase..." Ralts whispered.
-In the secret Magma/Aqua base-
"Sir! We came here to bring report of our mission!". Maxie/Archie turned around. "And?". "We failed. We where attacked by members of Team Aqua/Magma and by some trainers with horribly strong pokémon! We failed to get the suitcase. And one of those trainers, a girl, had held a speech 'bout why our Team didn't make sense. We forgot what she actually said, but it sounded horribly logical!". Maxie/Archie shook his head. "Fools! The reason we are doing this is...
