RainbowSeagull: I already apologized in advance for late updates, right? Cool. Two more months of marching season left.
"Go away. I believe we have just discovered something that could lead to a major discovery. It is said that there's a lake hiding around here that no one has ever found. Well, no one has ever found a way to get rid of the fog before, either. So, if you would excuse us, we will be leaving," Javert said. Skuntank laughed.
"Ha! This one's funny," he said. "They'll be leaving, he said! Isn't that funny?" Skuntank turned to face Zubat and Koffing, who started laughing as well.
"I was Inspector Javert with the Paris police. I arrested Patron-Minette. You three are nothing compared to them," Javert said.
"Eh? Patron-Minette, you said? I've heard a few things about them..." Skuntank said, taking a tiny step back. "Had some funny names, they did. One of 'em, didn't he pick a fight officer Magnezone and win, Zubat?" Skuntank asked. Zubat shrugged. "Moan-pare-nass, I think his name was. Course, you never hear about this kinda stuff in Treasure Town, cuz it'd be embarassing if anyone knew that Magnezone was beat up by a thief. You say you arrested all of 'em?" Skuntank seemed to be having second thoughts. "But if you arrested them, how come they're still around, huh? Ah, that must be it-you're lying. Team Skull, attack!" he shouted suddenly. Zubat and Koffing, caught a little off guard, hastened to waft Skuntank's poisonous gasses away from them and towards Valjean and Javert.
Javert took a deep breath and charged through the cloud and into the huge skunk. He Scratched it once before retreating back out of the cloud, which was expanding.
"Javert! I'll try Helping Hand, if that's alright," Valjean said. Javert nodded.
"Tackle, I suppose," Javert said, charging into the cloud again. Valjean followed close behind. The impact caused Skuntank to temporarily loose his balance, and Javert took the opportunity to use Scratch and Bite in quick succession. Then, they ran out of the cloud of gas as quickly as they could, and inhaled loudly once they were past it.
"The cloud is getting bigger, Javert," Valjean obsevered. "I really don't know if we're going to be able to keep this up. It'll get more difficult every time," he pointed out. Javert nodded, having already made that observation.
"If only we could blow it away," Javert sighed. There was a rustle in the bushes behind them. Javert heard it, and turned to face the sound. "Who's there?" he demanded.
"Me!" said a familliar voice. Chatot hopped out from behind the leaves. Wigglytuff followed after. "We heard you two fighting them. That's team Skull, isn't it?" Chatot asked, and continued without waiting for an answer. "Don't you worry, we'll take care of them," Chatot said, and pushed the two out of the way. Slightly startled and confused, the pair watched as Chatot flapped his wings until the cloud of gas disappeared.
"I think they can handle this," Valjean said. "You may have been the greatest fear of all the criminals in France while you were a human, Javert, but you shouldn't forget that right now, you're a level 14 Eevee." Javert grumbled. It was true. He climbed over the bushes that the Guildmaster and Chatot had been hiding behind. Valjean followed him, and they had only walked a few steps when they heard a loud bang come from behind them. This was followed by the sounds of Team Skull screaming and fleeing in the opposite direction until their voices could no longer be heard.
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"You think what?"
"I think that the mystery lake is located on the top of this...thing," Javert repeated, pointing with his tail to a tall structure that he hesitated to call a mountain. More like a fountain. A very large fountain. "You see? There are waterfalls all around the edges. There has to be a source up there. And it's no wonder no one has ever found it, because the fog prevented one from seeing more than five feet in any direction," Javert explained, moving a thick vine aside and examining the wall behind it.
"Okay, I see you're point. But you want us to go up there?" Valjean asked, bewildered.
"Yes. Then we can be done with this expedition and go back home, where I can devote my time to going after criminals." Javert moved on from the vine and check behind a large bush.
"How?"
"Simple. All I have to do is check the outlaw notice board and choose one to capture. We've already done it a few time, Valjean. Surely you haven't forgotten?" Javert asked as he poked his head behind a large tree that was growing close to the fountain-like mountain.
"No, I meant, how are we going to get up there?" Valjean asked.
"Oh, that? Simple as well," Javert said, moving a clump of moss away from the wall of the fountain mountain. "We go through this hole," he said, moving aside to allow Valjean to get a better view of the entrance he had found.
Valjean looked at it in disbelief. Steam was rushing out of the hole. It seemed to be dark, but when he looked at it from another angle he could see a red glow coming from the inside. "In there? It must be a hundred degrees!" he exclaimed. The former inspector smirked.
"Oh? Too hot for you? Then how about I remove the red stone from the statue and we head on back through the forest. Why, we can even camp out there for the night," he suggested. This shut Valjean up, though he continued to eye the entrance with distrust. "Don't make faces at the wall, Valjean. It won't make things better, and believe me, because I have tried. Now follow me and don't hesitate, because I might lose you," Javert said, and he crawled into the hole.
Valjean pouted at the wall once more before squeezing through the hole after Javert. He got through just in time to see the end of his fluffy tail disappear around a corner to the left. Following him, he found another fork, and went the same way as the fluffy brown tail. This went on for a while until Valjean found himself in a spacious room, full of steam. Javert was waiting, panting slightly.
"Be glad your fur is so short," Javert said. He walked quietly around the room, and sat down in the middle. "It's sloping up this way," he said, tapping the floor behind him, "and we want to go up. So, our best course right now would be to go though way. It will be approximately... seventeen floors? No, make it fifteen, with the slope." Javert dragged himself through the hall, with Valjean walking calmly next to him. The heat was getting uncomfortable for Javert, but he did his best to hide that fact. If Valjean could get through the cold with his short fur while whining, then Javert could get through the heat without making a sound. That was what he told himself. The two made their way through the first floor.
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The journey up the first eight floors was not uneventful; however, in order to spare the reader time, the events will be summarized here:
Javert spent several minutes trying to force a Shuckle out of its shell so that his moves would deal greater damage. His efforts only served to frighten the Pokemon further into its shell, frustrating Javert, who really only wanted to knock the Pokemon out because it was in the way. Valjean was amused by this, and did not step in to help until after Javert learned Frustration. Fearing for the safety of the little bug, Valjean intervened and got the Shuckle to leave by feeding it a Warp Seed.
A Yanma tried to steal Valjean's Apple, and Valjean tried to give it to him. Javert prevented him from doing so. Valjean was quite pouty for the remainder of that floor. He may or may not have learned Fake Tears.
Javert's tail got singed, and he cooled it off in a bottle of water they had brought along, muttering about tail coats and stoves. Valjean concluded that Javert had had enough of the heat and it would be best to get out as quickly as possible before he completely lost his mind.
Eventually, they made it up to a small room with an oddly shaped rock in one piece.
Valjean saw an opening in the wall, and after examining it concluded that it led outside. He dragged Javert next to it and let the cool wind blow inside. Valjean felt his HP becoming fully restored. He looked at the strange rock, wondering if it had anything to do with it. Yamning, Valjean decided he could figure that out later, and he curled up on the floor to take a nice, long nap.
RainbowSeagull: About what Javert said about making faces at the wall: It greatly amused me in the novel when Javert glared at the locked sewers, trying to force it open with his will/the force/THE LAWR. Or at least that's how I imagined it.
I wrote this at three in the morning because the wind was strong and it woke me up, so I apologize for any incoherent phrases/words/paragraphs. If you leave me a message or something about a mistake, I'll fix it. Also, I may or may not be revising the first couple chapters just a little. It depends on how much sleep I get.