Paper Pokemon

Chapter 10: One Hot Mess

Jagger coughed a few times.

"Ugh, there's so much smoke in here..." He said. Just then, a piranha plant sprang up in front of them.

"IDENTIFIED AS... UNIDENTIFIABLE! ALERT! REPORT TO BOSS! ALERT! ALERT!" It shouted before going back into the ground.

"Hey! Get back here!" Jagger kneeled down and brushed away some dirt, trying to find the plant. There was no trace of it. Jagger got up and the four continued. They found a rock floating on some lava. Jagger jumped on it. It started to sink, so he quickly jumped off to the other side. "Whoa, this sinks, so you guys have to go one at a time." Trace crossed first, followed by Luna, and then Ashley. They went onto a large rock, and then crossed more sinking ones until they found a moving one. They quickly all got on before it floated away. When they got off, Jagger's arm started burning. At first he thought it was just the heat from the lava, but then the heat began to get more intense. He looked over and saw a fireball with eyes rubbing against him. He smacked it away with Ice Punch. "Ow! Dumb fire ball!" Jagger clutched his arm.

"Are you okay?" Luna asked.

"Yeah... It's just a burn... I'll be fine."

They then found themselves on a small cliff. There was a zip line, but it was broken. Jagger went over and hung off the ledge. "Follow me." He said. He slowly climbed down. Luna followed him. When they reached the bottom, Trace and Ashley were gone.

"Hey, where's Trace and Ashley?" Luna asked. Trace then, floated down, beating his wings. Ashley was holding on to him.

"You know I could have just carried you guys down, right?" He said. Jagger and Luna sighed.

The heat was now getting to them. Their pace slowed, and all the smoke wasn't helping either. Suddenly, Trace felt something bite his tail.

"OW!" He cried. He turned around and saw a Piranha Plant. Trace shot flames from his mouth at the Piranha Plant. He just barely missed as the plant retreated. A bit further into the volcano. Another Piranha Plant popped up.

"CODE RED! REPORT TO BOSS! ALERT! ALERT!" It shouted before retreating.

"That was weird..." Said Jagger. A bit deeper, the four found a pool of lava, with two paths going around it. The lava started bubbling... Then, all of a sudden, a giant Piranha Plant sprung from the lava!

"BLECK HYUCK HYUCK YUCK! YOU MADE IT!" Said Lava Piranha. "YOU GUYS... BAD GUYS! BAD GUYS COME TO STOP MASTER! MASTER WILL HAVE HIS WISH! BAD GUYS WHO COME TO STOP MASTER GET HURT! WE DON'T LET IT HAPPEN! NO! WE DON'T LET ANYONE REACH GUARDIAN! WE GET THIS VOLCANO! VOLCANO IS OURS! GOOD DEAL! WE MAKE THINGS HOT FOR YOU! WE BEAT YOU!" Lava Piranha and the two Lava Buds all spat fire at the four. Trace countered with Ice Beam, destroying the fire and hitting Lava Piranha dead on. Ashley went over and slashed at one of the buds with Iron Tail, cutting it in two. However, the other retaliated. It swung at Ashley and knocked her back.

"ASH!" Trace ran over and caught her right before she went right into the lava. Luna shot a Shadow Ball at Lava Piranha. Lava Piranha was hit, and he recoiled back a bit. He then recovered and shot many flames at Luna. She was about to get hit when Jagger dove and took the attack for her. He fell to the ground.

"Jagger!" Luna cried. "You were already burned from before! How much more can you take?"

"As... As much as I need to..." The remaining Lava Bud slammed down on Jagger with its thorns.

"Jagger! You're hurt bad! You can't keep this up!"

"BLECK HYUCK HYUCK YUCK! BLUE DOG GO DOWN!" Said Lava Piranha. Suddenly, a green ball of light came out of Jagger. It swirled around him and shot out several sparkles. Jagger's burns healed and the thorns were removed. Jagger got up.

"Jagger? What was that?"
"I don't know... But whatever it is, it just saved me." Said Jagger. "Now let's finish this thing!" Both Jagger and Luna shot Aura Spheres at Lava Piranha. Trace then hit it with Ice Beam.

"BLECK... HYUCK... YUCK..." Lava Piranha managed to say before sinking back into the lava.

"Yeah! We did it!" The ground started shaking... The lava started to bubble... Lava Piranha shot out of it, completely covered in flames!

"BLECK HYUCK HYUCK YUCK! NOW BAD GUYS WILL BE BURNED LIKE BARBECUE!"

"Jagger! You shant fight alone! Kolorado to the rescue! Hi-yaaaaaaaaah!" Kolorado charged at Lava Piranha. He just bounced off of the lava, smoking. "Ow ow OW! HOT! Oh it burns! Really!" Kolorado fell and went up to Jagger. "Sorry old chap! But that's all I can do at the moment! Good luck with all this!" Kolorado ran off.

"Well that was helpful..." Said Jagger. " Looks like we're in the middle of one hot mess here... Literally..."