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Underwater Emissary pt. 2

All the young smashers wasted no time to head to the lake. They all shot from the mansion, ran through the woods, and soon the approached the vast lake. The stopped and looked out over the great body of water.

"Wow." Nana breathed, her eyes sparkling in admiration. "It's so pretty."

"And to think a pirate died in this very spot and his ship and treasure is at the bottom of it." Toony commented.

"Alright." Pichu said as she took out a map. "I printed a map of the lake. My guess is the ship is towards the middle of the lake where it's the deepest. So we head there." The others nodded in understanding. They then took out goggles and air tanks that they found in the basement.

"Okay guys," Pichu faced the others once they got their gear on. "Let's go!" They all then jumped in the lake. Lucas was the last one to get in the water. He hesitated, still certain this situation won't end well, but then he jumped in.

The scene was enough to take their breathes away. All the young smashers looked at the underwater place with wide eyes. There were lots of underwater plants and plenty of water pokemon all over the place.

"It's like a whole new world." Nana said.

"I didn't know there was this much water pokemon in here." Popo commented. They all proceeded to swim farther under water until Toony realized Ness was falling behind. He turned around to see the quilava swimming slower and slower every stroke. He didn't look so well either.

"Yo Ness!" Toony called, causing the others to stop and look back as well. "Are you alright?"

Ness looked at his friends with dull eyes. "Yeah! I'm fine." He said. "Just not feeling so well." The others swam up to him.

"What's wrong with him?" Villager asked.

Pichu thought for a moment then understood what was wrong. "It's because he's a fire type." She said.

The others looked at her with questioning expressions.

"What does that have to do with anything?" Toony asked.

"You see, fire type pokemon are weak to water." Pichu explained. The others understood now. "We gotta hurry up with this if we want him to be okay." Pichu said. The others nodded and proceeded to swim with Popo aiding Ness so he can keep up. Lucas looked back at his friend with worry. I just know something bad is gonna happen. He said to himself.

They swam for another ten minutes. The ship was still yet to be seen. Some of the young smashers started to grow impatient.

"Where is that stinking ship?!" Toony said. "I'm starting to think it doesn't exist."

"It's here somewhere. I know it!" Pichu said.

"Well, we need to hurry before Ness keels over." Nana said. They looked back at their red hatted friend. He wasn't looking so well. He was hunched over and was barely even swimming anymore. Popo was under him, basically swimming for him.

"I'm starting to think he's dead or on the brink of dying." The minun said. "He's not moving anymore and he's really cold." Popo looked up at Ness with worry. The quilava' s eyes were closed tight, as if he was in pain.

"A fire type growing cold." Pichu said knowingly. "That's not good. We're gonna need to take him back on land continue with out him." She said to the others. Then Ness groaned and hunched a little more.

"We need to get him back fast!" Toony demanded. But before they could turn around, a low, dangerous growl sound from behind them. The young smashers turned and saw a big, dark cave behind them. Before they could react, a huge garadose shot out of the cave.

"You're in my territory! Leave now!" He roared at them.

If any sort of urination can be seen in they water, a whole bunch would be seen coming from the little smashers. Their eyes were wide and their hearts nearly stopped.

"Holy Goddesses! It can talk!" Toony shouted.

"Well duh! We're pokemon! We can understand him!" Popo said.

"Shut up and swim!" Pichu shrieked.

The young smashers then turned tail and swam for their lives. But the garadose was not yet satisfied. He then swam after them, growling. The group swam as fast as they could, but Villager swam the fasted since he was a water type, but Popo was falling behind, due to Ness being extra weight.

The garadose saw the two as an easy target and lunged at them. Popo took one look of the gaining water pokemon and he shot forward screaming like a little girl, leaving Ness floating there. The garadose closed his mouth over the quilava and began to head back to his cave.

The others stared back in horror. "NESS!" They all shouted in unison. Villager put on a determined look and swam after the garadose.

"Villager no! Come back!" Pichu shouted.

"I'll be fine! Just go get help!" The ducklett shouted back and continued to swim after the garadose and soon was out of sight in the murky water. The others looked back at where their friend disappeared and swam back to the surface.

Once they reached the top and got to shore, they lay on the ground, panting. They looked back at the lake where their two friends were still in. They stayed silent for a moment until Nana turned and glared at her brother.

"Why did you let Ness go?!" She snapped at him. "You knew he was too weak to swim on his own. He could be dead now because of you! Him and Villager!" She glared at him with sparks flying from her cheeks.

"I-I'm sorry!" Popo said, lowering his blue minun ears. "I just panicked. I wasen't thinking."

"I knew something bad was gonna happen." Lucas said with despair.

The others looked back at the lake with sorrow. Pichu then turned to her friends.

"We need to get help."

Done! Now I just gotta say, holy shit! This is the first serious moment in any of my stories. Well, expect two epic pokemon battles in the later chapters. I hope you liked it. I'll have the next chapter up tomorrow, in fact, I'll be updating daily. Thank you for reading. See ya!