Hello. I apologize for making you wait. You don't want to know how insane my life has been lately.
Thanks to ratinthehole for helping me choose a name. Pokemon Hunter J belongs to the Pokemon Company, not me. This chapter contains lyrics to the song "Colors" performed by FLOW. I don't own either of them. The translation to the lyrics belongs to the people who translated them. I didn't do it, but if there are any mistakes, I apologize.
Um, I have to warn you, that ratinthehole and I got into a debate on this chapter being put up. Finally, we agreed I need a break from writing until August.
I dedicate this chapter to my mother, who's recovering from knee replacement surgery.
Gentle Solider (Doctor) of My Soul
"I know we've been having trouble with the climate program, but I think I have the solution," the Doctor said with a smile.
"What is it?" Jack asked.
"Neutrinos!" the Doctor said with a wide grin, however the humans looked confused.
"How would . . . neutrinos help?" Toshiko asked.
"Well, when you have enough and the right equipment, neutrinos can help synchronize . . ." the Doctor then began his technobabble speech, specking rapidly.
"Does he usually do this?" Gwen whispered to Martha, as the Doctor spoke.
"Pretty much," Martha admitted, whispering back. "Just smile and nod when he's done."
" . . . So I added neutrinos to the crystal chamber," the Doctor said, finishing his wild explanation. He then pressed a few buttons, and looked at everyone with a wild grin. "I just imputed the parameters. Hold on tight."
The others took the Doctor's advice and held onto anything in the TARDIS, as the Doctor pulled a lever. The TARDIS then began moving. Despite a few shakes, the ride was pretty smooth. After a few minutes, the TARDIS landed.
"Did it work?" Tosh asked.
"There's only one way to find out," the Doctor said, still grinning. The Doctor and Angel walked to the door, and once the Doctor opened it, they stepped out. "Ladies and gentlemen-and Pokemon-I present to you: the ocean!"
The Torchwood team, Martha, Rhys, and their Pokemon went outside and saw the ocean. The TARDIS had landed on a medium-sized grassy cliff that overlooked the ocean. There was a beach with some tropical trees below them, and a natural dirt path led from the cliff to the beach. They could feel a cool breeze as the humans, Time Lord, and their Pokemon looked around and smiled; happy they were now closer finding Manaphy and Phione.
"The view's terrific!" Rhys said, looking at the ocean, as Tosh got out her equipment to take some readings. "I'm going to get my binoculars."
"Smell that sea breeze," the Doctor said, as he stretched his arms out opened wide and inhaled, as Rhys went to get his binoculars.
"Good work, Doctor," Jack said, smiling.
"Why, thank you," the Doctor said, smiling, as Rhys returned with his binoculars.
"So, does anyone see those islands?" Owen asked. The Doctor took out a small short telescope from a pocket of his trench coat, and used it to scan an area of the ocean.
"Nothing's on my side," the Doctor said, and replaced the small short telescope in his trench coat's pocket. "How about you? Any luck?"
"Let's see . . ." Rhys said and focused his binoculars, and smiled. "I see a beautiful woman in front of me."
Gwen blushed as she looked up and saw Rhys looking at her with his binoculars. She then laughed and Rhys joined her. Rhys then saw something in the distance and focused his binoculars on that.
"What's going on over there?" Rhys asked when he saw what got his attention clearer.
"Let me see," the Doctor said, walking over to Rhys and took Rhys's binoculars, but the Doctor failed to realized that Rhys had the binoculars strapped around his neck. So when the Doctor took Rhys's binoculars, he started to strangle Rhys.
However the Doctor was completely focused on the sight he saw through the binoculars. He saw a large Pokemon being chased by men in a boat and other Pokemon. The men wore dark tan outfits and dark brown upper body armor.
"Doctor," Martha said, trying to get his attention. The Doctor lowered the binoculars and looked at Martha, who indicated Rhys, gagging on the strap.
"Oh, sorry," the Doctor said and gave Rhys his binoculars back, stopping the gagging. Once Rhys was okay, the Doctor took out his small short telescope and looked at the chased Pokemon again. The others soon joined him, watching the situation.
The Doctor could recognize the chased Pokemon as Lapras. Lapras could pass for the Loc Ness Monster, but she was smaller and more compact. Still, Lapras was tall, about eight feet tall, and had a very long neck. To the Doctor, Lapras was blue, like his TARDIS, and there were darker blue blotches in different areas of her body. Lapras then leapt out of the water to gain more distance between her and her pursuers. Everyone saw that Lapras had four flippers, and the front flippers were slightly larger than the back flippers. Lapras had a short tail, and all of her underside was a light cream color. As Lapras landed back in the water, they could see that the front of her neck and her lower jaw were also a light cream color. On each side of the Pokemon's head were curls, that to the humans, resembled Princess Leia's curls from Star Wars. There was a short blue horn in the middle of her forehead and her eyes were a mixture of black and mocha brown. On the Pokemon's back was a light blue-gray curved shell that was dotted with blunt knobs.
There were many different kinds of Pokemon chasing Lapras. There were Magnemites, Magnetons, and a Koffing in the air. Magnemite looked a foot tall steel ball with a big single eye in the center that only had a pupil. There was a horseshoe magnet on both sides of this Pokemon. Two Phillips head screws were below each side of the eye. And there was a bigger screw on top of its head. Magneton was about three feet tall and looked like three Magnemites glued together; there was one Magnemite on top, and two Magnemites on the bottom. Koffing looked a two-foot tall purple navel mine with a white ring and a wide 'x' in the center. Koffing had a face, but there was no nose. There were only pupils in its eyes, and there were fangs in its mouth.
Chasing Lapras in the water were Tentacool, Tentacruel, Marill, Azumarill, and Crawdaunt. They also leaped in and out of the water to catch up to Lapras. Tentacool resembled a two-foot tall light blue box jellyfish. There was a red smooth orb above each eye, and a smaller red orb in the middle. Tentacool had two dark beige tentacles. Tentacruel resembled a five-foot tall jellyfish. The main body was a black sphere with a pair of black eyes. Numerous dark beige tentacles dangled from the body. Tentacruel had a pair of light blue pincers vertical to the body. The top was lite blue and was shaped like a mushroom's cap, but more jellyfish-like. There were two red smooth spheres on both sides and a smaller red sphere was in the middle.
Marill was a foot tall and had a blue round body with a white torso. The ears on the top of its head resembled those of a mouse, and the insides were pink. Marill had a tiny black nose and shoe-button black eyes. Its blue hands and feet were stubby. Marill's tail was thin and was in the shape of a zigzag. There was a blue ball on the end of Marill's tail. Azumarill was two feet tall and had an oval body. Three-quarters of Azumarill's upper body was blue, and one-quarter of its lower body was white. The chest was covered with white spots. The ears on the top of its head resembled those of a rabbit, and the insides were dark pink. Azumarill had a tiny black nose and shoe-button black eyes. Its arms and feet were a little longer than Marill's, but they still looked stubby. Like Marill, Azumarill had a long thin black tail shaped like a zigzag and there was a blue ball on the end of the tail. When the humans saw Crawdaunt, they thought it looked like a three-foot tall crayfish on steroids. Crawdaunt didn't have antennae or the mouth like a crayfish. Instead, Crawdaunt had a craved yellow star on its forehead and a thin line for a mouth. There was a smoke white mark in shape of a thick wide 'v' underneath the line, and below that mark were two blue lines also in a shape of a thick wide 'v'. There were two wide smoke white jagged-like patches underneath the blue lines. Crawduant's lower pinchers and belly were smoky white. The rest of its exoskeleton was a terra cotta color. Crawdaunt's pincers were connected to long arms, and the exoskeleton seemed to formed shoulder pads. The top pinchers had four spikes close to the tip, two on each side. There were also two spikes on Crawdaunt's armored front legs. The back legs were more truck-like and the exoskeleton seemed to form wide kneepads. There were two white toes on each of Crawdaunt's back legs. The tail resembled a crayfish's, and had yellow marks on it. A pair of black eyes peered out from Crawdaunt's exoskeleton.
Most of the men were at the bow of the boat, and so were a few Pokemon: Gloom, Parasect, Alakazam, Pinsir, Shiftry, and Exploud. Gloom was two feet tall, had a dark blue round body and its face was in the center of its body. Its eyes were just curved lines, and it had thick dark purple lips. It had no nose, but there was a visible blob of drool hanging out the corner of its mouth. It had stubby arms, short thin legs, and flat oval feet. On top of Gloom's body was a flower. The flower had four long narrow dark orange curved petals, and four round rust-colored stamens with dusty white dots. There was a round orange-brown pistil in the middle. On the top of Parasect's body was a red-mauve mushroom's cap with wide white oval spots, shaped like a wide cone. The rest of Parasect's body was dark orange and resembled an insect's. Parasect was about three feet tall and had two thick insect's claws in the front, and four insect's legs in the back. The head and the rest of the body were oval-shaped and thin. The eyes on the front of Parasect's head were completely white. Alakazam was four feet tall and yellow. It had long pointed ears on top of its head, pointed cheeks, and a thin muzzle. Alakazam's eyes gave off a sinister look since it only had pupils. A large yellow moustache grew from its muzzle. Its chest, shoulders, forearms, and knees were covered in brown body armor. Alakazam's hands had three fingers and its feet had three claw-like toes; there were two claws in the front and one claw on each heel. Alakazam carried a spoon in each of its hands.
Pinsir was four feet tall and looked like a humanoid insect. Its brown body was shaped like a wide oval and the torso had thin black horizontal stripes. Pinsir had a pair of pincher-like white horns, covered with small spikes. It had a pair of long skinny arms. Each hand had three white claws and each foot had two white claws in front and one white claw on its heel. The most unusual feature on Pinsir was its teeth. Instead being on the roof and the bottom of the mouth, Pinsir's long teeth were on the walls on the mouth. Pinsir's eyes only showed its pupils. Shiftry was four foot tall, mostly brown and seemed to made of polish wood. It feet were in the shape of Japanese clogs. Shiftry's shoulders were round and covered with curved black horizontal lines. At the end of its short arms were three green narrow finger-leaves. The only vein that was visible was the main one and it was brown. Shiftry's thighs were fat and its legs were short and skinny. It had a long wild white mane that covered its upper face and trailed behind it. Shiftry had a long pointed nose, flat teeth, and its ears resembled those of a donkey's, but smaller. A pair of yellow eyes peered out of the darkness of Shiftry's mane. Exploud was a bizarre looking purple monster that was four feet tall. It had an enormous mouth with teeth in the same shape and placement of a hippopotamus. There were three thin black horizontal stripes on each forearm. Each hand had three fingers and each foot had three long white toes. There were three hollow tubes on top of Exploud's head that had yellow tips. However the middle tube was a little wider and the yellow tip was longer. Protruding from the top and bottom of its cheeks was a tube with a yellow tip. There were tubes on Explound's elbows and knees, but the tubes on Explound's knees were wider. Exploud had two curved tubes with yellow tips for tails. Its eyes were red.
As the Doctor lowered his small short telescope, he frowned, wondering who would do something this atrocious.
Pokemon Hunter J was a young woman in her 30's, with short silver hair, cold blue eyes, and pale pink lips. She was in the business of capturing rare Pokemon for profit, and with her special technology, preserved them in golden-stone for her clients. Her current target was a Lapras who had eluded her for the last few days, but now J had the perfect plan to trap the Lapras.
"What is the situation of Ship 2?" J asked her navigator, a man who had a dark moss green afro and a small goatee.
"Ship 2 is getting into position," her navigator responded.
"Good," J said. "What's the status on the target?"
"Ship 1 reports that the Lapras is starting to weaken," the navigator reported. "They are moving the target closer to us."
"Excellent. Tell them to continue," J said. "Take us down."
"Yes, sir," the navigator said.
Pokemon Hunter J smiled. Everything was going according to her plan.
"Doctor," Martha said, getting his attention.
The Doctor followed Martha's gaze and saw men who wore the same uniform, on another boat, coming from the opposite direction, heading towards the Lapras. The roar of engines made the Torchwood team, the Doctor, Martha, Rhys, and their Pokemon look up to see a huge airship descending towards the ocean.
"They plan to surround that Pokemon!" Rhys exclaimed, figuring out what was going on.
"They probably have Pokemon Types who are strong against Lapras," Owen said, looking at the second boat.
"'Type?'" Jack asked, looking at Owen.
"Pokemon are categorized into different groups called Types," Owen explained.
"Like the Earth's taxonomical classification?" the Doctor asked. Owen nodded.
"Some Types are stronger than others," Owen continued to explain. "Lapras for example, is a Water and Ice Type, so it's weak against Electric and Grass Types."
"So some of the Pokemon chasing Lapras are Electric and Grass Types," Jack said, looking at the Pokemon chasing Lapras. Owen nodded again.
"Those Pokemon may also have Abilities which would harm Lapras more," Owen said.
"'Abilities?'" Ianto asked.
"Pokemon have . . . different abilities to help them in battle," Owen explained, and then looked at Hippopotas. "Hippopotas's Ability is Sand Stream, which summons a Sandstorm when she's in battle."
"Hippo!" Hippopotas proudly agreed, nodding and wagging her tail.
"How do we stop them?" Rhys asked, looking at Lapras's situation.
"The second boat is closer to us," Jack said, loading his gun. "So we take out that boat before it reached Lapras."
Before anyone could say a word, Jack ran down the path to the beach; Buneary and Buizel followed him.
"Jack!" the Doctor exclaimed, realizing Jack's plan. He then ran after Jack. The rest of the Torchwood team, Martha, Rhys, and their Pokemon followed him.
"Jack! Stop!" the Doctor yelled when he and the other reached Jack, who looked at them.
"Do you have any ideas how to stop them?" Jack asked the Doctor when they all stopped running.
"Jack, Arceus's request-" the Doctor began.
"I know that! I'm not shooting Pokemon! I'm aiming for the people!" Jack said.
"But Jack, we don't know if humans are included in Arceus's request," the Doctor said. Jack sighed.
"Look, we don't have time to debate!" Jack said, as the second boat come into sight. "If you have a better way to stop them from here, then do it!"
"But what if-" the Doctor tried again.
"Doctor, if you're right . . . then promise you'll take care of me," Jack said, as he raised his gun.
"Jack . . ." Ianto said, knowing they couldn't stop him.
"Besides," Jack said, trying to put on a brave face. "I think I'll look adorable as a Pokemon."
Jack got a man in his sights, and began to pull the trigger . . .
"Bun-eary!" Buneary said as she jumped off of Jack's arms, using them as a springboard, propelling herself towards the boat, and landed on the railing.
"Bun-ear-rey!" Buneary said, as she moved her ears like pistons in an engine and hit the men with the force of her ears. After the men were hit, they stumbled around, dizzy, and collapsed.
"That's called Dizzy Punch," Owen explained, as Jack slowly lowered his gun, watching Buneary. "I believe the name speaks for itself."
A man snuck up behind Buneary to catch her, but he was in for a surprise.
"Buizel!" Buizel said as he jumped out of the water and his tails glowed yellow-white. Buizel spun around in the air and swung his tails. Yellow stars appeared, coming from Buizel's tails, and the stars knocked out the man behind Buneary.
Buneary turned around to see Buizel landing on the railing and bowed to her; Buneary smiled back.
"What's with all the noise?" a man said, coming from below deck, with another group of men who heard the noise above them.
Buneary jumped backwards into Buizel's arms, who leaped back into water, before the group of men could catch them.
"Hippo," Hippopotas said as she blew a transparent pink bubble from her mouth. The bubble floated over to the men, and hovered in front of them for a moment. The bubble then popped and the men began yawning and fell to the ground, asleep.
"What was that?" Gwen asked Owen.
"Yawn," Owen said, as Buizel and Buneary returned to Jack. "You can see what it does."
"That was great teamwork," Jack said to Buizel and Buneary, smiling at them.
"Buizel," Buizel said and bowed.
"Buneary," Buneary humbly said, blushing and smiling.
"Oh, and thanks for stopping me in time," Jack said, still smiling. "If I shot one of them, we might have become roommates, Buizel."
Buizel nodded as he smiled and laughed.
"Scyther," Scyther said, as he took off and flew to the boat, as Hippopotas used Yawn once more.
Hippopotas did Yawn again as Scyther went inside the boat, and the tips of his blades were glowing. After the sounds of fighting, Scyther flew back and landed next to Owen.
"You got the rest of them?" Owen asked Scyther.
"Scy, Scyther," Scyther said, nodding.
"Great job," Owen said, smiling, and Scyther smiled back.
"Hippo?" Hippopotas asked Owen, looking at him.
"Yeah, you were good . . . no, you were smart using Yawn to stop them," Owen said, and gave her a smile.
"Hippo!" Hippopotas cheered, wagging her tail.
"You didn't kill them, did you?" the Doctor asked Scyther. Scyther glared at the Doctor and began complaining at him. "Okay, I didn't mean to insult you. I'm sorry-Ah! Almost forgot!"
The Doctor turned to face the boat as he pulled out his sonic screwdriver and aimed it at the boat; the boat's engines were then shut off.
The roar of the airship engines grew louder and the Torchwood team, the Doctor, Martha, Rhys, and their Pokemon looked up to see the airship descending, and a platform lowering from it. On the platform was a woman with short silver hair, wearing a round earpiece, and a dark visor. The woman wore a slim, form-fitting black trench coat, with short pointed shoulder pads; the right sleeve was missing. She wore a tight dark red turtleneck with a long neck, turned up. The woman also wore fingerless dark red gloves, and dark red high-heeled boots. On her right arm was a high-tech sandy-brown armband. The Doctor frowned a little seeing her.
"Oh, no, you don't," the Doctor somberly whispered, and pointed his sonic screwdriver at the airship. Soon there was an explosion on the side of the airship, and it tilted a little off balance.
"What's going on?" Pokemon Hunter J asked her navigator, as she tried to keep her balance.
"We seem to be losing power!" her navigator responded through her earpiece. "Sir, we need to land, otherwise we'll crash into the water!"
J was frustrated and annoyed. Who could have done this? She looked at the people and their Pokemon on the beach and studied them. Her eyes focused on a man with an Absol near him, pointing a metal stick at her ship. She had a pretty strong feeling that this man was responsible for damaging her ship and interfering with her plan.
"Sir, what are your orders?" the navigator asked. Pokemon Hunter J growled before she answered.
"Bring me up, and land," J said, and felt the platform rising back into the ship. She still kept an eye on the man with the metal stick. "Inform Ship 1 of our situation, and that Ship 2 is out of commission. Then link me up to Ship 1."
"Yes, sir," the navigator responded. When J was inside her ship, she heard from Ship 1.
"Ship 1, awaiting your orders."
"Continue your pursuit on that Lapras," J said. "I want it immobilize when I reach you."
"Yes, sir."
"And if those people on the beach continue to interfere," J said, as the image of the man with the metal stick went through her mind. "I order you to stop them . . . by any means necessary."
"Jack, can you distract the men on the boat chasing Lapras?" the Doctor asked, as he replaced his sonic screwdriver, keeping an eye on where the airship landed.
"Yes," Jack said.
"Good. Martha, help them," the Doctor said and ran in the direction of the airship; Angel dashed next to him.
"Where are you going?" Martha asked the Doctor, who turned around to look at her, running in place.
"I'm going to meet their Lady and Mistress!" the Doctor called out before running off with Angel.
"Tosh, how long before that boat comes our way?" Jack asked, taking command of the situation, as he put away his gun.
"About twenty minutes," Tosh said, looking at her equipment.
"All right, Owen," Jack said, looking at Owen. "You got twenty minutes to tell us everything you know about the Pokemon we're going to face."
When the Doctor and Angel reached the clearing where the airship had landed, Pokemon Hunter J was walking out from the hanger bay. They stopped when they saw each other.
"Who are you?" the Doctor asked, sternly, with a serious expression on his face; Angel stood protectively next to him. The woman had a slight smile on her face.
"I am Pokemon Hunter J," Pokemon Hunter J said, with a little arrogance in her voice. "I'm surprised you haven't heard of me. Who are you?"
"I'm the Doctor," the Doctor said. "I'm not surprised you haven't heard of me; I'm new here."
J was momentary caught off guard by the man's strange behavior, but then she went back to business. She scanned the Absol with her visor, and smiled when she saw the results. The Absol was radiating enough power that it seemed the man was radiating power as well, but she knew that was impossible.
"Your Absol seems pretty powerful," J said, with a wicked smile. "I'll make a good sale once I capture him."
Angel growled at J, while the Doctor frowned at her. For a brief moment, J thought she saw an unnatural storm raging in his eyes, but she decided it was just the way the light was hitting his eyes.
"Now you've done something foolish," the Doctor solemnly said. "You gave me more reason to stop you."
Pokemon Hunter J had to laugh hearing the same words many people had said to her, but they failed. She then got out a red and white ball the Doctor had seen before.
"We'll see after a Pokemon battle," J said and threw the ball. "Go! Drapion!"
The ball spilt opened and red energy came out of it and formed a silhouette of a Pokemon. When the light faded, the Doctor and Angel saw a four-foot Pokemon that slightly resembled a scorpion. Drapion was mostly purple, with alternating shades of lavender and violet. He had four short thick legs, with thin black curved lines in the center. He stood on the tips of his white claws. Drapion had a wide abdomen and a long thorax. His arms looked like a string of seeds linked together, and at the end of Drapion's arms was a purple circle with a pair of white pincers on the sides. In the center of each purple circle was a clear bight aqua circle. Drapion's tail was shaped the same way as his arms. There were three small spikes on top of Drapion's head, and he seemed to have clear bright aqua pointy eyebrows ridges above his black eyes. Two purple fangs were visible on the roof of Drapion's mouth, and three purple fangs were visible at the bottom. Two white short jagged tusks emerged from his mouth and curved slightly towards Drapion's face. As J put away her Poke Ball, she saw the Doctor grinning.
"Why are you smiling?" J asked, started to get annoyed with the Doctor's behavior.
"I heard what those balls could do, but I've never seen one in action," the Doctor said, with a manic grin. "Brilliant!"
This situation was getting more bizarre. Why was the Doctor acting like he'd never seen a Poke Ball before? She decided to get this battle over with quickly.
"You won't be smiling once I capture your Absol," J said.
The Doctor's smile vanished, and he looked staidly at J.
"There you go again; you did something foolish," the Doctor somberly said, and knew J wanted to battle him. "I usually don't like fighting, but if I must . . ."
The Doctor then looked at Angel.
"Angel, would it be okay if I share some ideas with you while you fight Drapion?" the Doctor asked Angel.
"Absol," Angel said, smiling at the Doctor. "Absol, absol, absol, ab, sol, sol."
"Angel, you're too kind," the Doctor said, smiling at Angel.
J was getting agitated at the Doctor's behavior, but at the same time, she knew she feel more satisfaction after she beat the Doctor and get his Absol.
"Before we start, I do have a question," the Doctor asked, making J look at him.
"What?"
"Don't you get uncomfortable wearing high heels all the time?" the Doctor asked.
"Our biggest problem is dealing with the Magnemites and Magnetons," Owen said, as he finished writing, and ripped out a piece of paper and handed it to Rhys.
While Owen was explaining the enemy's Pokemon, he was writing notes for the others, so they would become more familiar with the moves of their Pokemon.
"Magnemites and Magnetons are Electric and Steel Type," Owen explained as he wrote, trying to ignore Rhys's rant that every doctor's handwriting was illegible. "Their biggest weakest is Ground Types, but Ground Types are weak against Water Types. Hippopotas and Trapinch are perfect to stop the Magnemites and Magnetons, but they can't handle the water."
"You got any ideas how to stop them?" Jack asked, as Owen wrote notes for Gwen's Pokemon. Gwen, however, was looking frantically around.
"Rhys, have you seen Shellos?" Gwen asked, trying to find her. Rhys shook his head, and Gwen looked more worried.
"Gwen," Martha said, getting Gwen's attention, and indicated to the ocean.
The Torchwood team, Martha, Rhys, and their Pokemon saw that Lapras, the boat with the men, and their Pokemon were coming into their view. However, Gwen was more focus on Shellos, swimming towards the enemy's Pokemon.
"Shellos!" Gwen exclaimed, as she ran towards the water's edge; the others followed her. "Shellos, what are you doing?"
Shellos looked more determined as she swam faster to the enemy's Pokemon, particularly towards the Magnemites.
"Shellos, you'll get hurt!" Gwen called out, trying to stop Shellos. She then looked at Owen. "Owen, what is she doing? Shellos is a Water Type. She'll get hurt if she faces Electric Types, right?"
Owen silently handed Gwen her notes on her Pokemon. Gwen looked at the notes, then back at Shellos.
"She knows Ground attacks?" Gwen said, still looking at Shellos.
"Shellos!" Shellos shouted, and balls of mud shot from her mouth and towards the Magnemites. The mud hit the Magnemites straight in their eyes, blinding them, causing them to fly erratic, and even hit each other. Fortunately, Shellos was small enough that the men on the boat didn't see her right away.
"That's called Mud Bomb," Owen explained to Gwen as she watched Shellos attacked the Magnemites. "Sometimes Mud Bomb lowers the opponent's accuracy, which means they can't see what they're doing."
Gwen just smiled and softly cheered Shellos, so she won't attract the attention to the men. Shellos used Mud Bomb a couple more times on the Magnemites, causing them to crash into each other more, until they began to fall. Some of the men recalled the Magnemites into their Poke Balls before they hit the water. However, one of the men noticed Shellos as he recalled his Magnemite back.
"It's that Shellos!" the man said, getting the others' attention. Shellos squeaked upon being found.
"I bet that Shellos belongs to one of those people the boss told us about," a middle-aged man with dark hair said. He then had a wicked smile on his face. "This is going to be easy. Magnetons! Get that Shellos!"
Shellos tried to use Mud Bomb on the Magnetons, but they shook the attack off, as if it was nothing.
"Why isn't Mud Bomb working on them?" Gwen asked, getting worried.
"Magnetons are the evolved form of Magnemite," Owen explained. "Which means they're stronger and tougher than Magnemites."
"Shellos! Get out of there!" Gwen yelled.
This time Shellos did listen to Gwen, and quickly swam back to her. However, the Magnetons followed her and shot electricity at Shellos while they chased her. The middle-aged man cruelly laughed.
"Jack! We got to save her!" Gwen exclaimed, as Shellos tried to dodge the Mangetons' attacks.
"I know that, Gwen, but the Pokemon that can reach her are weak against them!" Jack said.
Rhys then noticed that Gwen looked like she was about to cry, and put a comforting arm around her shoulder.
"We'll find a way," Rhys said and pulled Gwen into a hug.
After he hugged Gwen, Rhys heard a mumbling sound below him and looked down to see Trapinch pacing back and forth, mumbling to himself. Rhys then realized that Trapinch really wanted to help and save Shellos, but he couldn't, since he was weak against water. Rhys then bent down next to Trapinch, who stopped pacing.
"You really want to save her, don't you, little monster?" Rhys asked Trapinch, who sadly nodded back. "Yeah, me too; it will make our lives a whole lot easier if you could."
Trapinch looked out at Shellos, still being chased by the Magnetons.
"Trapinch!" Trapinch said, determined, and began glowing.
Rhys screamed in shock, and he backed up and stood up. Everyone stared at the glowing Trapinch.
"What . . . is he doing?" Rhys asked.
"Do you remember when I told you about evolution when you first met Clefariy?" Owen asked Rhys.
"Not that much," Rhys confessed.
"Well, this is an evolution," Owen said, smiling, excited to finally see a Pokemon evolve.
Trapinch's head became smaller, his body and feet became slimmer, and he grew a pair of antennae, a tail, and two pairs of wings. Finally, Trapinch stopped glowing, and in his place was a new creature.
"Vibrava," Vibrava said, flexing his wings.
Vibrava was three feet tall and was pastel yellow-green. He had a long skinny body that had thin black curved horizontal lines. Vibrava had an oval-shaped head with a pair on long thin pointed antennae that faced forward, and huge green eyes the resembled polished stones. His legs resembled insect legs, and were black and skinny, but his feet were horizontal. Vibrava had four long green wings shaped like rhomboids, outlined with a thick black line. On each side of Vibrava's tail was smaller green rhomboid, also outlined with a thick black line. Vibrava had small white wing covers.
Vibrava rapidly flapped his wings again and flew towards the Magnetons, as the others watched him; Rhys was still in shock to what he just witnessed. When Vibrava was in range, he opened his mouth and breathed out green fire.
"What's that?" Rhys asked, still in shock, watching Vibrava attacking the Magnetons.
"Dragonbreath," Owen said, taking Rhys's notes and began to update them.
"Hang on! I thought you said Trapinch was a Ground Type," Rhys said.
"Trapinch is a Ground Type," Owen said, giving Rhys his notes back. "Vibrava is a Ground and Dragon Type."
"D-D-Dragon?" Rhys asked, as his eyes widen. Owen nodded back.
Vibrava closed his mouth, and Magnetons were covered in scorched marks and had spirals in their eyes. The men had to recall the Magnetons into their Poke Balls before they hit the water. The middle-aged man looked furious. However, a man with short brown hair and bangs smiled.
"Ha! They made a mistake sending a Ground Type to save Shellos!" said the man with short brown hair. "Marill, Azumarill, use Water Gun on that Vibrava!"
"Crawdaunt, Bubblebeam on Vibrava!" a man with spiky dark brown hair said.
"Tentacool, use Water Pulse!" said a man with black hair in a buzz cut.
"Tentacruel, Hydro Pump!" said a man with a round face, wide nose, slanted eyes, and short brown hair.
Marill and Azumarill shot out a stream of water. Crawdaunt opened its pinchers and a stream of bubbles came out of them. A glowing sphere of water appeared in front of Tentacool and changed into a wave of water. Tentacruel lifted its front pincher and a geyser of water came out. All the Water attacks where heading towards Vibrava.
However, when the water attacks almost reached Vibrava, the water turned and headed to Shellos, who looked ready.
"Shellos!" Gwen exclaimed, seeing the water hit her. However, when the water dispersed, Shellos swam closer to Vibrava, looking like she just came out of the shower. Vibrava lowered himself closer to her.
"What just happened?" Gwen asked, as Shellos and Vibrava rub their faces together.
"That was Shellos's Ability: Storm Drain," Owen explained, as Shellos jumped onto Vibrava's back, and he flew back to the beach. "Storm Drain draws in Water attacks, without being damaged by them."
Vibrava then flew in front of Gwen, and Shellos jumped into Gwen's opened hands, smiling.
"That was very brave, Shellos," Gwen said, smiling at Shellos, as Vibrava flew to Rhys. "Just next time, don't go off without telling me; you nearly gave me a heart attack."
"Shellos!" Shellos said, still smiling, and she and Gwen rubbed their cheeks together. Rhys looked stunned seeing Vibrava flying in front of him.
"Owen," Rhys said, sounding dazed.
"Yes?"
"When we get out of this mess, remind me to take a look at your books," Rhys said, looking at Vibrava, still amazed at what he witnessed.
"Heads up, people; we got company," Jack said, seeing the boat was heading towards the beach.
"What happened to Lapras?" Tosh asked. In all the excitement, they lost track of Lapras.
"Over there," Martha said, indicating a small alcove, with a huge rock in the water. Lapras was hiding behind the rock.
"Will . . . she be okay?" Gwen asked, seeing Lapras.
"She will be, once we take care of them," Jack said, as the men docked the boat and came onto the beach with the remainder of their Pokemon. Jack caught a little bit of their conversation.
"But what about the Lapras?"
"Look over there, will you? That Lapras isn't going anywhere!"
"Besides, Pokemon Hunter J ordered us to take care of them by any means necessary, and I don't think they'll let us near the Lapras without a fight."
Soon the Torchwood team, Martha, Rhys, and their Pokemon stood face-to-face with J's henchmen and their Pokemon.
"Who are you?" demanded the middle-aged man.
"We're Torchwood," Jack automatically said. He knew this world probably didn't have a Torchwood institute, but Jack thought it might make the henchmen uneasy hearing about an organization they never heard before. Besides, a little publicity wouldn't hurt.
Jack's plan seemed to work on most of the men, but the middle-aged man laughed.
"There's no such thing as Torchwood!" the middle-aged man said.
"That because we're . . ." Jack smiled when he found the perfect words. "We're outside the government; beyond the police."
Jack's smile grew; he liked that. The middle-aged man started to look nervous.
"And we stop people like you, and protect the innocence," Jack added, still smiling. The middle-aged took a step forward.
"We'll see how good Torchwood is in a Pokemon battle!" the middle-aged man declared. "Are you ready?"
"I have something to say," Rhys said, raising his hand.
"What is it?" the middle-aged man asked Rhys.
"I'm not part of Torchwood," Rhys said, lowering his hand.
"Drapion, Poison Sting!" Pokemon Hunter J said.
Drapion opened his mouth and purple darts shot out, heading towards Angel. Angel positioned his 'horn' in front of himself, and it seemed to twinkle a little. The Doctor looked calm, as the purple darts headed at Angel. Instead of hitting Angel, the purple darts hit an invisible barrier, causing them to fall to the ground and disappeared. J looked at the Doctor.
"Your Absol knows Detect," J said.
"Yes, he does," the Doctor said, calm.
"Absol," Angel said, causing the Doctor to look at him.
"Oh? It's my turn? Sorry! Got distracted," the Doctor said to Angel and started thinking. "Do you think Quick Attack will work?"
Angel nodded.
"Go right ahead," the Doctor said.
Angel dashed towards Drapion, leaving a trail a white light behind him.
"Deflect it," J ordered.
Just as Angel was about to ram Drapion, he swung one of his arms and hit Angel underneath his chin. Angel was flung backwards, but he twisted his body, so he could land on his feet.
"Are you all right, Angel?" the Doctor asked, a little concerned. Angel looked at the Doctor and nodded.
"Good," the Doctor said and looked at J; he wondered how the others were doing.
Owen's opponent was a heavy-built man with a short red mohawk, who had the Koffing and the Shiftry. When the man with the mohawk saw Owen's Pokemon, Hippopotas and Scyther, he began laughing.
"May I ask, why are you acting crazy?" Owen calmly asked.
"You think you can beat a Grass Type and a Poison Type?" the mohawk man said through his laughter. "My Shiftry will defeat your Hippopotas in two seconds, and my Koffing will win against your Scyther! You can't win!"
"Except," Owen said, still sounding calm. "My Scyther wants to battle your Shiftry, and my Hippopotas wants to fight your Koffing."
The mohawk man was taken back a little, but then he looked at Hippopotas and laughed more.
"You can't use Hippopotas in this battle!" the mohawk man said, laughing. "She'll summon a Sandstorm into battle, which will damage all Pokemon, including yours and your friends'. Also, Koffing's Ability is Levitate, which prevents him from being hit by Ground attacks!"
Hippopotas looked like she was about to cry, but Owen stepped forward.
"Let me tell you something . . ." Owen said, and looked at Hippopotas. He gave her a quick smile before facing the man again. "We've been practicing."
The mohawk man looked confused as Hippopotas walked forward, and a storm of sand erupted from the hole on her back. However, the Sandstorm only covered the area surrounding Hippopotas and Koffing. The mohawk man looked stunned.
"Oh, and she knows more than just Ground attacks," Owen said calmly, and looked at his Pokemon. "Scyther, Wing Attack on Shiftry, and Hippopotas, Water Pulse on Koffing."
"Scyther," Scyther said, as he flew up. His wings glowed and he dove towards Shifty, slicing it with his glowing wings.
"Hippo-" Hippopotas said, opening her mouth, and a glowing sphere of water appeared in front of her opened mouth. "-popotas!"
She then slammed her mouth shut, and the glowing sphere of water changed into a wave of water, and crashed into the Koffing. The mohawk man looked shocked.
"Gr! Shiftry, use Pound on that Scyther! Koffing, use Sludge on his Hippopotas!" the mohawk man said.
Shiftry got in a few whacks on Scyther. Koffing spat out a puddle of Sludge, but Hippopotas dodged it. Koffing grunted as the Sandstorm hit him.
"Are you going to be okay?" Owen asked Scyther, seeing the scuffs marks on him. Scyther nodded; Owen smiled a little. "All right, use Fury Cutter on Shiftry, and Hippopotas, Tackle Koffing."
Scyther's blades glowed green and he attacked Shiftry. Hippopotas charged at Koffing and leaped up to Tackle him.
"Koffing, use Somkescreen! Shiftry, use Leaf Storm!" the mohawk man said.
Dark heavy smoke came out from Koffing's holes, and surrounded Hippopotas. Glowing green leaves appeared around Shiftry and hit Scyther. Owen couldn't see Hippopotas through the dense smoke, but he could hear her whimpering.
"Hippopotas! Listen, you can still hear me, right?" Owen said, and Hippopotas responded. "Good. Then listen for Koffing; he's bound to make a sound. When you do hear Koffing, head towards that direction, and Bite him. Scyther, use X-Scissor."
Scyther crossed his blades across his chest and they glowed bluish-white. He then released his blades, and slashed Shiftry. Hippopotas ignored the smoke, and concentrated on hearing Koffing. She then heard him grunting because of the Sandstorm, and ran towards the source of the sound. She soon saw a familiar shape and Bit down on it.
When the Smokescreen cleared, Owen smiled when he saw Hippopotas holding Koffing in her mouth. The mohawk man fumed.
"Koffing, use Selfdestruct!" the mohawk man ordered, and Owen's eyes widen. "Shiftry, use Whirlwind!"
"Hippopotas, get rid of Koffing, now!" Owen exclaimed. "Scyther, use False Swipe!"
Hippopotas tossed Koffing in the air, as he began to glow. Shiftry waved its arms and created a Whirlwind, but Scyther flew up, dodging the Whirlwind, and he flew towards Shiftry with the tips of his blades glowing. Shiftry became airborne after Scyther hit it with the tips of his glowing blades, and headed towards Koffing. There was explosion afterwards, and the two Pokemon crashed down onto the mohawk man, with spirals in their eyes. The Sandstorm on Hippopotas's side faded as Owen walked up to the mohawk man.
"Who are you?" the mohawk man asked.
"I'm Dr. Owen Harper," Owen said, and smiled proudly at his Pokemon. "And I just won my first Pokemon battle."
Scyther smiled and nodded in agreement, while Hippopotas happily wagged her tail.
"Angel, how about you try Night Slash?" the Doctor said.
Angel's 'horn' was envelopment by a purple-black halo and he charged at Drapion, slashing him with his 'horn.' Drapion stumbled back a little, but still stood strong. Pokemon Hunter J snickered.
"Don't you know if you attack a Pokemon with a move that is the same Type as it, the move won't produce that much damage?" J asked.
"I have heard that, but I wanted to make sure," the Doctor said. J brushed off the Doctor's strange reply.
"Drapion, Pin Missile!" J ordered. Drapion opened his mouth and glowing white pins came out, and headed towards Angel.
"Angel, do three back flips!" the Doctor said.
J was caught of guard when she saw what the Doctor said was correct. How did he figure it out? She had to know.
"How did you do that?" J demanded. How did this man know that all it took was three back flips to evade Drapion's attack without any equipment?
"If I told you, you wouldn't believe me," the Doctor said and smiled.
Tosh's opponent was the man with black hair in a buzz cut, who had the Tentacool and the Alakazam. She quickly looked over her notes.
"Okay . . . Shinx, use . . . Spark," Tosh said.
"Shinx?" Shinx asked Tosh, curious.
"You don't know Spark?" Tosh asked. Shinx shook her head. The man with the buzz cut laughed.
"You don't know what moves your Pokemon have? That's pathetic!" the black haired man laughed. Tosh frowned at him.
"Totodile, use Water Gun on Alakazam. Shinx, use Tackle on Tentacool," Tosh said.
Shinx Tackled Tentacool head on, and Totodile squirted a small stream of water from his mouth towards Alakazam.
"Alakazam, use Teleport! Tentacool, use Bubblebeam!" the black haired man said.
Just before Totodile's Water Gun hit Alakazam, it vanished and the water hit the ground where it once stood. Shinx braced herself, as Tentacool shot a stream of bubble at her. Alakazam then reappeared.
"Shinx, can you use Bite?" Tosh asked Shinx, after quickly looking over her notes. Shinx nodded back. "Good. Bite his Tentacool. Totodile, do the same thing to Alakazam before it disappears again."
Totodile and Shinx charged at Tentacool and Alakazam, and Bit them. Shinx attacked Tentacool on the top of its head, while Totodile held onto Alakazam's moustache. The man with the buzz cut looked a little started.
"Tentacool, throw that Shinx! Alakazam, use Psybeam!" the black haired man said.
Tentacool Wrapped its tentacles around Shinx and threw her off. A multi-colored beam shot Alakazam's eyes and hit Totodile, throwing back. Tosh tried to catch her Pokemon, but she accidentally dropped her notes. The man with the black hair saw her notes, and laughed.
"You need notes to battle? That's pathetic!" the black haired man said, laughing. "Alakazam, use Psychic on Totodile! Tentacool, use Constrict on Shinx!"
Alakazam's eyes glowed red, and Totodile was surrounding by a glowing blue light. Alakazam lifted its arms, and Totodile was lifted up in the air. Tentacool tied Shinx up with its tentacles. Tosh looked horrified, and tried to think of a way to rescue her Pokemon. The black haired man laughed.
"Tighten your grip on Shinx, Tentacool. Alakazam, throw Totodile into the cliff," the black haired man cruelly said. "Let's put these Pokemon out of their misery being kept by a dumb woman."
That was the black haired man's mistake. Tosh glared at him.
"I may not know a lot about Pokemon battles, but I know something that you will never know," Tosh said.
"What?" the black haired man asked, as Alakazam directed Totodile towards the cliff.
"Physics," Tosh said, and looked at Totodile. "Totodile, use Aqua Tail on the cliff!"
When Totodile was close enough, he pointed his tail at the cliff and a spiral of water came out. The force of the water slowed down Totodile's speed, and pushed him away from the cliff. Alakazam tried to push Totodile towards the cliff, but Totodile put more power into his Aqua Tail. Alakazam couldn't keep its hold on Totodile any longer, and let him go. Totodile used the remainder of Aqua Tail power to propel himself towards Alakazam.
"Ice Fang!" Tosh called out.
Totodile opened his mouth, and his fangs glowed blue. He bit into Alakazam's forearm and let go. As Totodile returned to Tosh, Alakazam's forearm was encased in ice.
"Shinx, Bite into the tentacles!" Tosh said.
Shinx Bit into the tentacles hard enough that Tentacool had to release her. Tentacool then tried to whip Shinx, but she shot out a beam of electricity at it. Shinx then ran to Tosh.
"What was that?" Tosh asked Shinx.
"Shinx, shinx," Shinx said, smiling at Tosh.
"Charge Beam?" Tosh said, and Shinx nodded. Tosh smiled and patted the top of Shinx's head.
"I had enough of you!" the black haired man said. "Alakazam, use Disable of Totodile! Tentacool, use Water Pulse!"
"Shinx, see the sphere?" Tosh asked Shinx, indicating the sphere of water in front of Tentacool. "I want you to use Charge Beam on it. Totodile-Totodile?"
Totodile was already charging at Alakazam. As he was running, he made a fist that glowed bluish-white. Totodile then hit Alakazam with his glowing fist. Afterwards, Alakazam was completely encased in ice. At the same time, Shinx hit Tentacool's Water Pulse with her Charge Beam, causing a tiny explosion in front of Tentacool, and zapping it at simultaneously. When Shinx was done, Tentacool had spirals in its eyes.
"What was that move?" Tosh asked Totodile when he returned.
"Totodile," Totodile said.
"Ice Punch?" Tosh said, and Totodile nodded. "Nice."
The black haired man looked panicky at his defeated Pokemon, then at Tosh, who was walking up to him with her Pokemon.
"I surrender!" the black haired man pleaded, falling on his knees and putting his hands up. "Please don't hurt me!"
"I won't hurt you, unless you say these words," Tosh said, stopping in front of him.
"What?"
"'Toshiko Sato is a brilliant woman," Tosh said, smiling with her Pokemon.
"Oh! I got a fun idea! You going to love this one, Angel!" the Doctor said, smiling at Angel. "Use Razor Wind!"
"Absol," Angel said, and his 'horn' momentary glowed. Pokemon Hunter J laughed.
"Don't you know that it takes time for Razor Wind to power up?" J asked, sneering at the Doctor.
"I know," the Doctor said, calm. "What are you going to do in the meantime?"
"Drapion, Cross Poison!" J ordered.
"Angel, on my word: jump," the Doctor whispered; Angel nodded back, and prepared himself.
Drapion cross his arms against his chest . . .
"Not yet . . ." the Doctor whispered.
His arms glowed purple . . .
"Wait for it . . ."
Drapion then charged at Angel . . .
"Steady . . ."
He then started moving his arms . . .
"NOW!"
Just as Drapion was about to unleash Cross Poison, Angel leaped high into the air, and all Drapion hit was the ground. The Doctor, J, and Drapion looked up to see Angel flip in the air. As Angel came down, he swung his head, creating glowing slices of wind from his 'horn.' Angel's Razor Wind hit Drapion straight on his back, and caused dust to rise and covered them. Angel flipped backwards to the Doctor, and the dust parted. Drapion was covered with scratches, and he seemed to have trouble standing.
"See, Angel? Wasn't that fun?" the Doctor asked, smiling.
"Absol," Angel said, smiling and nodding as he wagged his tail. "Sol, absol, absol, sol."
"You have a surprise you want to show me?" the Doctor said. "What is it?"
Angel faced Drapion, and opened his mouth.
"Ab-" a glowing purple sphere formed in front of Angel's mouth. "-Sol!"
The sphere shot from Angel's mouth and emitted purple rings as it headed towards Drapion.
"Drapion, dodge it!" J ordered, but Drapion was too slow and the sphere hit Drapion, creating a good-sized explosion. When the smoke cleared, Drapion was laying on the ground, with spirals in his eyes.
"You know Dark Pulse? Oh, I like that surprise!" the Doctor said, grinning at Angel, as Pokemon Hunter J quietly went berserk. "May I tell the others?"
"Sol," Angel said, nodding and smiling at the Doctor.
J took out Drapion's Poke Ball and pressed the button. A red light came from the button and envelopment Drapion. It seemed Drapion became one with the red light, as the light retreated back into the Poke Ball.
J scowled at the grinning Doctor, ruffling the fur on top of Angel's head, who wagged his tail. Now that she knew his Absol knew Dark Pulse, she'll get more money for this Pokemon. J reached for her other Poke Ball . . .
"NO!"
Sparks flew from her other Poke Balls as they short-circuited. J looked up to see the Doctor pointing the metal stick at her Poke Balls. The Absol stood a few feet away from the Doctor, growling at her.
"Absol!" Angel barked, seeing J's fingers inching towards her armband. The Doctor aimed his sonic screwdriver at J's armband and electricity wildly shot out. J had to throw her armband onto the ground before the electricity shocked her. J looked at the Doctor.
"You said a Pokemon battle," the Doctor sternly said, lowering his sonic screwdriver, but still keeping it by his side. "That means one. It seems you are a sore loser."
J felt her jaw dropped; no one had ever talked to her like that before.
"You're just making the situation worse for yourself," the Doctor said, reserved. "Unlike you, I keep my word. I will stop you."
J's visor then picked up an enormous amount of power, but it wasn't coming from the Absol, it was coming from . . . the man? How could he? Wait, why did her readings indicate that he had two hearts? That wasn't possible! The power the Doctor radiated was off the scales, and her visor broke down as the power he radiated destroyed it. J threw down her visor before her hair caught on fire. She then looked at the Doctor, and wanted an answer.
Instead, she found herself lost in the Doctor's eyes. J felt like she couldn't breathe, like she was stuck in the vacuum of space. The Doctor's eyes burn with the fury of ten thousands angry suns, all directed at her. His eyes were dark and unforgiving. J felt she was facing an unnatural storm from space that she couldn't escape. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw the Absol walked closer to the Doctor's side, and sat down next to him. J thought the legends of Absols warning about disasters were exaggerated, but this Absol was different. This Absol was the herald of a living force that could bring disaster: the Doctor.
For the first time, Pokemon Hunter J felt an emotion she never felt before.
Fear.
"Stay away from me!" J finally said, and ran back into the airship. She then contacted her navigator when the hanger bay door was completely closed. "Do we have power yet?"
"No, sir."
"Then secure the ship instead! We can't let that man inside!"
"Sir?"
"You heard me! Do it!"
"Yes, sir!"
"Have you heard from Ship 1?"
"They are confronting the people from the beach, but they said the Lapras is too injured to escape."
"When we have power, take me to the target."
"Sir, you could-"
"Are you questioning my orders?" J demanded.
"No, sir."
"Then do it!"
Meanwhile outside, the Doctor and Angel watched the airship. Angel looked at the Doctor.
"Absol, sol," Angel said.
"You're right. She isn't coming back out," the Doctor said, walking forwards. "I guess we have to let ourselves in."
The Doctor and Angel walked to the hanger bay door, and the Doctor aimed his sonic screwdriver at them, which soon opened. The Doctor and Angel then walked inside Pokemon Hunter J's airship.
Martha's opponent was a man with dark green hair who the Gloom and the Parasect.
"I'll start," the dark green haired man said. "Gloom and Parasect, Sleep Powder!"
Green dust came from Parasect's mushroom and the top of Gloom's head. Beautifly and Blissey looked at Martha, awaiting her words.
"Oh, right!" Martha said, and remembered the notes Owen made for her. "Get the powder away from us, Beautifly."
"Blissey?" Blissey asked.
"Oh . . . Pound Gloom?" Martha suggested.
Beautifly flapped his wings and created a Whirlwind that blew the Sleep Powder away, while Blissey Pounded Gloom, until there were scuffmarks on it.
"Take this!" the dark green haired man said. "Gloom, Parasect, use Giga Drain!"
Martha remembered the word Giga Drain from her notes, but she didn't have time to look them over, as green energy came out of Gloom and Parasect, and hit Beautifly and Blissey. Gloom's scuffmarks vanished, as Blissey looked weaker. When the green energy faded, Blissey looked tired and Beautifly lowered himself, looking sleepy; while Gloom and Parasect looked healthy. Martha then realized what Giga Drain does. The dark green haired man laughed; Martha frowned at him.
"Blissey, Doubleslap that Gloom. Beautifly, use Gust," Martha said.
Beautifly flapped his wings and created a strong wind that flipped Parasect on its back, while Blissey slapped Gloom a few times. Both Gloom and Parasect looked beat up. Martha couldn't help but laugh a little, seeing Parasect trying to get back on its feet. The dark green haired man sneered at Martha.
"Think that's funny? Parasect, use Cross Poison! Gloom, use Acid!" the green haired man said, once Parasect got back on its feet.
Parasect crossed its claws above its body and the claws glowed purple. It then leaped up and slashed Beautifly with its claws. Beautifly crashed down, looking battered. Gloom spat dark Acid at Blissey that stained her body, making her fall down.
Martha looked worried at her injured Pokemon. She looked at Blissey and remembered what the Doctor said about one of her moves.
"Blissey, you can use Softboiled on yourself now, right?" Martha asked. Blissey's face brightened and she nodded back. Martha then looked at the sun and remembered what Owen said about Beautifly. "Use that move. Beautifly, use Morning Sun."
"Bliss, bliss," Blissey said, repeating the same actions she used to heal Martha and Beautifly. Blissey touched her body with the tips of her glowing hands, and her body momentary glowed. When the glow faded, the acid stain on Blissey had vanished, and Blissey's wounds were gone. She stood up, looking stronger than ever.
"Beautifly," Beautifly said, using his last strength to fly up a little. Rays of light and sparks appeared around him as some of his body glowed. When the light faded, Beautifly looked healthy again. The dark green haired man growled.
"Parasect, use X-Scissor! Gloom, use Petal Dance!" the dark green haired man ordered.
"Blissey, that move you did to save Beautifly and me from Dudrio-" Martha said, as Parasect crossed its claws in front of it, and petals formed around Gloom.
"Blissey?" Blissey asked.
"It's called Egg Bomb?" Martha said. Blissey nodded back. "Can you do it again?"
"Blissey," Blissey said, smiling and nodding, as Parasect and Gloom prepared to unleash their attacks.
"Good," Martha said, smiling. She then looked at Beautifly. "Um . . . try Silver Wind?"
"Blissey!" Blissey said and flung her egg at Gloom, causing a small explosion when the egg hit it.
"Beautifly!" Beautifly said as he flapped his wings, creating silver crescents of wind that hit Parasect.
When Beautifly was done and the smoke cleared, both Gloom and Parasect had spirals in their eyes.
"Beautifly?" Beautifly asked Martha, as the egg returned to Blissey.
"Yeah, I did like Silver Wind, and it was pretty," Martha said, smiling at Beautifly. She then wrapped one arm around Beautifly and her other arm around Blissey.
"I think I'm going to be sick," the dark green haired man said, seeing Martha hugging her Pokemon.
"Oh, shut up," Martha said to him.
The Doctor and Angel ran down the corridors of Pokemon Hunter J's airship, looking for the main circuit board. They didn't run into any of J's henchmen, and the Doctor made sure of it. Each time he or Angel spotted a security camera; the Doctor used his sonic screwdriver to disrupt the camera's transmission, so they wouldn't be spotted.
The Doctor was about to turn left when he noticed Angel wasn't with him. He stopped and looked back to see Angel looking in the opposite direction.
"Angel, I think this way leads to the main circuit board," the Doctor said, walking up to Angel. "This path is the best way to go."
"Absol, absol," Angel said, pointing down the corridor he was facing.
"Well, then, what's down there that you're so interested in?" the Doctor asked, looking down the corridor.
"Absol," Angel said. 'Listen.'
The Doctor did listen.
He heard silent crying, muted tears, and quiet screams of help. The Doctor then looked at Angel.
"Now I'm curious," the Doctor said, and he and Angel walked down the corridor.
After a while, Angel stopped and sat down in front of a closed door.
"Absol," Angel said, getting the Doctor's attention. The Doctor stopped in front of the door and put his hand on it. He could hear the unheard sounds coming from inside. The Doctor pointed his sonic screwdriver at the door, and it slid opened. The Doctor's eyes widen and Angel looked horrified when they stepped inside.
Scattered around the room were glass domes of different sizes on top of small gray pedestals, and inside the glass domes were Pokemon craved out of golden-stone. However, the Doctor sensed something wrong with these . . . statues, and walked up to one of the domes. He placed his hand on top of it and his fears were confirmed: these Pokemon were still alive. Pokemon Hunter J used her technology to preserved the Pokemon in golden-stone, then sell them to her clients. Now these Pokemon were stuck in time, frozen in life, and were the source of the unheard screams of help. The Doctor frowned a little; this is what Pokemon Hunter J planned to do with Angel and Lapras. He rested his hand on top of the glass dome and closed his eyes.
"No more," he staidly whispered. "No more after today."
He then opened his eyes, and took his hand off the glass dome.
"Let's go, Angel," the Doctor calmly said, as he left the room.
"Absol," Angel said, and followed the Doctor down the corridor he originally went.
After some time, the Doctor and Angel entered a room the Doctor unlocked. After he used his sonic screwdriver on a security camera, the Doctor put his glasses on and pulled off a panel on the wall. Angel sat down next to the Doctor as he used his sonic screwdriver on some wires and yanked some out.
"Hey, what are you doing in there?" a man asked, seeing the Doctor and Angel in the room. The Doctor looked up from his work and saw the man.
"Sorry! The maximum capacity of this room is one Time Lord and one Absol!" the Doctor said, with a wide grin and yanked out a wire. The Doctor manically laughed as the door slide closed in front of J's henchmen.
Jack's opponent was the man with spiky dark brown hair who had the Exploud and the Crawdaunt.
"You ready?" Jack asked Buneary and Buizel, who smiled and nodded back. "Good. Let's get this party started."
"Exploud, use Pound on Buneary! Crawdaunt, use Bubble on Buizel!" the man with the dark brown hair said.
Buneary and Buizel were both knocked down when Exploud Pounded Buneary off her feet, and Crawdaunt shot Bubbles out of its pinchers at Buizel. However, Buneary and Buizel stood right back up, and gave Jack a look that they could still fight.
"Let's see . . . Buneary use Quick Attack, and Buizel use Sonicboom," Jack said, remembering his notes.
Buizel swung his tails as he flipped in the air, and his tails glowed a little. Sonic waves then appeared from his tails and hit Crawdaunt. Buneary dashed towards Exploud, leaving a trail of white light behind her as she hit Exploud.
"Exploud, Bite Buneary! Crawdaunt, use Bubblebeam!" the dark brown haired man said.
Buneary screamed as Exploud Bit into one of her ears. This distracted Buizel, who was caught off guard when Crawdaunt hit him with a stream of bubbles.
"Bun, bun, bun," Buneary cried to Jack, after Exploud Bit her ear.
"You're right, that wasn't very nice," Jack said. "Give that Exploud a Dizzy Punch. I like how you did that move. Buizel, use Swift."
"Bun-ear-rey!" Buneary said as she hit Exploud with her ears.
Buizel spun around in the air and swung his tails as they glowed yellow-white. Yellow stars then appeared and hit Crawdaunt. Both Crawdaunt and Exploud stumbled back when Buneary and Buizel were done, but they still held their ground.
"Exploud, use Hyper Voice! Crawdaunt, Vicegrip!" the dark brown haired man said.
A glowing blue sphere came out of Exploud's mouth and launched itself at Buneary. Crawdaunt grabbed Buizel around his waist with one of its pinchers. The dark brown haired man laughed as Exploud's Hyper Voice pushed Buneary backwards and Crawdaunt threw Buizel off to the side.
"Are you going to be okay?" Jack asked Buizel and Buneary, who were getting up. Buizel and Buneary looked a little bruised, but they looked at Jack and strongly nodded at him, with determination in their eyes.
"Good . . . Buneary, try Bounce, and Buizel, let's see what your Aqua Jet looks like," Jack said, smiling at them.
Buneary leaped horizontally, and kicked Exploud with both of her feet. She then used Exploud as a springboard and Bounced back to Jack, as Exploud fell down. Buizel surrounded himself with water and launched himself at Crawdaunt, who was knocked off its feet when Buizel hit it.
"That was good," Jack said to Buneary. He then looked Buizel when he returned. "And I like the way that move looked."
"Buneary," Buneary said, smiling.
"Buizel," Buizel said, bowing.
"Exploud, use Uproar! Crawdaunt, use Crabhammer!" the dark brown haired man ordered, when his Pokemon stood up.
Jack thought Exploud was having a temper tantrum as it jumped up and down, waving its arms wildly around, but Jack changed his mind when he saw circular sound waves coming from Exploud's mouth, making an irritating loud noise. Buneary covered her ears, trying to block the noise. Meanwhile, one of Crawduant's pincers glowed white and hit Buizel, who fell on his stomach. Jack looked worried at his Pokemon.
"Buneary, try to ignore it," Jack said, as Buizel attempted to get back on his feet.
"Bun, eary!" Buneary exclaimed, shaking her head, still covering her ears.
Jack wondered how he could help his Pokemon; he then got an idea.
"Buneary, try to concentrate on my voice," Jack said. "Listen to me."
Jack began softly singing, and Buneary slowly removed her paws from her ears as she listened to Jack's singing. She concentrated on how handsome his voice sounded and looked at Exploud with determination.
"Bun-" Buneary said, and she jumped high into the air. Jack stopped singing as he looked to see Buneary coming down with her feet glowing. "-eary!"
Buneary landed on top on Exploud, causing a cloud of dust to form around them. Buneary jumped backwards toward Jack as the dust cleared, revealing Exploud buried up to its head in sand and spirals in its eyes.
"Buizel!" Buizel announced, and a pillar of water formed underneath him, lifting off the ground. When the pillar reached a certain height, Buizel pointed at Crawdaunt, and the water crashed into it. As the water receded, Buizel jumped backwards toward Jack, and everyone saw Crawdaunt had spirals in its eyes.
"Great job," Jack said, smiling proudly at his Pokemon. "But what did you do?"
"Buneary," Buneary said.
"Buizel," Buizel said.
"Jump Kick?" Jack said to Buneary, and then he looked at Buizel. "Waterfall?"
Buneary and Buizel nodded back, and smiled at Jack.
"I like those moves," Jack said, still smiling.
"Buneary, buneary," Buneary said and Buizel nodded in agreement,
"Thanks, I'm glad you like my singing," Jack said, and his smile grew.
"Attach this here . . . disconnect this . . . don't need this anymore . . ." the Doctor said to himself as he used his sonic screwdriver on the main circuit board. After he connected some wires, he looked at Angel. "Angel, would you mind doing me a favor?"
"Sol?" Angel asked, looking at the Doctor.
"Would you please use Slash on these three cables?" the Doctor asked, moving out of the way to show Angel.
"Sol, ab," Angel said, and he stood up and backed up a little. "Absol, ab, sol, absol, absol."
"Oh, good point," the Doctor said, and stepped back from the cables.
"Ab-" Angel said, as his 'horn' glowed. "-Sol!"
Angel charged at the cables and Slashed them with his glowing 'horn.' When Angel was done, the Doctor saw the three cables were sliced in half.
"Perfect! Thank you, Angel," the Doctor said, smiling at Angel, as he began using his sonic screwdriver on the cables.
"Absol," Angel happily said, wagging his tail, as the Doctor replaced the panel. He soon heard the sound of many doors closing. Angel then looked at the Doctor. "Absol, absol, absol?"
"Very good, Angel. I did lock the remainder of Pokemon Hunter J's men in whatever room-or hallway-they were in," the Doctor said smiling, and Angel smiled back. The Doctor walked over to another panel and took it off.
"Absol, sol, absol?" Angel asked, watching the Doctor use his sonic screwdriver on more wires.
"We need to do a few more things before we meet Pokemon Hunter J again," the Doctor said, as he sonicking some more wires.
Ianto's opponent was the man with short brown hair with bangs who had the Marill and the Azumarill.
"Let's start this simple," Ianto said, after quickly reviewing his notes. "Turtwig, Tackle Marill. Clefairy, Pound Azumarill."
Turtwig charged at Marill and hit it head on. Clefairy leaped up and Pounded Azumarill on the side of its head. Azumarill and Marill stumbled back a little.
"Marill, Azumarill, use Bubblebeam!" the brown haired man said.
Marill and Azumarill blew out a stream of bubbles at Clefairy and Turtwig, who braced themselves as the bubbles hit them.
"Right. Now Turtwig, use Razor Leaf, and Clefairy, use Magical Leaf," Ianto said.
Turtwig did somersaults in the air and green leaves appeared around him, and headed at Marill. Clefairy repeated the same actions she did when she defended Ianto from the Nosepass, and opalescence swirling leaves hit Azumarill. When the leaves disappeared, both Marill and Azumarill had scratch marks on them. Ianto smiled a little; maybe he can get out of this battle quicker than he expected. However, the brown haired man laughed.
"You haven't won this battle yet!" the brown haired man said. "Marill, Azumarill, use Aqua Ring!"
Ianto's eyes widen a little when blue rings of light appeared around Marill and Azumarill, and rotated around them. When the blue rings vanished, the scratch marks were gone. Ianto frowned in confusion. The brown haired man laughed at him.
"What's the matter? You didn't know that Aqua Ring heals them? In fact, it will continue to heal them throughout our battle," the brown haired man said, still laughing at Ianto. "Now Marill and Azumarill, use Hydro Pump on them."
Marill and Azumarill shot a geyser of water at Turtwig and Clefairy, which knocked them off their feet. When the water receded, Ianto noticed that Turtwig and Clefairy looked pretty beat up when they stood up. Ianto then got an idea.
"Turtwig, use Synthesis, and Clefairy, use Copycat and use Synthesis as well," Ianto said.
Turtwig spread out the leaves on his sprout and they glowed white. The white glow then covered him. Clefairy raised her arms in the air and flashes of light appeared around them. Soon a white light covered her. When the white light faded, Clefairy and Turtwig looked better.
"Hey! That wasn't Copycat! That was Mimic!" the brown haired man yelled, correcting Ianto, as Aqua Ring continued to heal Marill and Azumarill. However, he then smiled. "Maybe I'll use your stupidity against you. Marill and Azumarill, Rollout!"
Clefairy and Turtwig frowned at the man who insulted Ianto, as Marill and Azumarill spun themselves around until they were nothing more than spinning spheres. Clefairy and Turtwig looked at each other, and nodded. Before Ianto could say anything, they charged at Marill and Azumarill.
"Clefairy!" Clefairy yelled as she made a fist that glowed, and she hit Azumarill with it. Azumarill stopped spinning, and fell on its back with spirals in its eyes.
"Turtwig!" Turtwig yelled and glowing seeds were shot from his mouth, and when they hit Marill, there were tiny explosions. When the explosions faded, Marill was laying on its back with spirals in its eyes. The brown haired man looked at his defeated Pokemon then at Ianto and his Pokemon.
"Your Clefairy knows Meteor Mash and your Turtwig knows Seed Bomb?" the brown haired man asked, astounded.
"Apparently they do," Ianto said, giving his Pokemon a proud smile, and they smiled back.
"We connect these two wires here . . . Angel, would you hand me that circuit board? . . . Thank you . . . Reroute the power to boost the signal . . . I leave that one upside down . . ." the Doctor said as he used his sonic screwdriver on another part of J's airship. When he was done, he replaced the panel, stepped back, looked at the security camera, and pointed his sonic screwdriver at it.
"Smile for the camera, Angel," the Doctor said, as he put away his glasses and sonic screwdriver. "We're about to have our fifteen minutes of fame."
When he was ready, the Doctor began speaking.
"This transmission goes out to the clients of Pokemon Hunter J," the Doctor solemnly said to the security camera. "In about ten minutes, the Pokemon that she sold to you will be freed. I advise to not capture them again, unless you want me to find you. I suggest you turn yourself in to the authorities, or I will repeat what I'm about to do to you."
The Doctor let out a deep breath and walked to the door.
"You still want to come?" the Doctor asked Angel, as he opened the door.
"Absol, absol, absol," Angel said, walking up to the Doctor's side.
"Angel, you are not only wise, but very brave as well," the Doctor said, and gave Angel a tiny smile. "Let's go find Pokemon Hunter J."
Gwen and Rhys were in an odd situation. Shellos and Vibrava wanted to fight the last Magnemite and Magneton that belonged to the middle-aged man, while Farfetech'd and Girafarig wanted to battle the Pinsir and the Tentacruel that belonged to the man with the slanted eyes, wide nose and short brown hair. The middle-aged man laughed seeing Gwen and Rhys's confused expressions.
"What's the matter? Can't handle a 2-on-2 tag team battle?" the middle-aged man said.
"Yes, we can," Gwen said, taking a bold step forward. Shellos and Vibrava gave Gwen confident smiles. Shellos then slid onto Vibrava's back and Vibrava flew upward, ready to fight. However, Rhys gave Gwen an uncertain look that she noticed.
"We can do this," she softly said to Rhys and held his hand, while the men weren't looking. "Just use the notes."
"Magnemite and Magneton, use Discharge on their Shellos and Vibrava!" the middle-aged man ordered, surprising Gwen and Rhys.
"Tentalcruel, use Bubblebeam on Girafarig, and Pinsir, use Vicegrip on Farfetch'd!" the man with the wide nose said.
"Hey!" Rhys exclaimed, as Magnemite and Magneton shot blue electricity at Shellos and Vibrava. "We weren't ready yet!"
"You were taking too long," the man with the wide nose said, as the Tentacruel shot a stream of bubbles at Giafarig, and Pinsir picked up Farfetch'd with its pincer-like horns and tossed him aside.
Gwen looked concerned when she saw Shellos covered in scuffmarks after Magnemite and Magneton's attack. She quickly looked over her notes, and smiled when she saw one of Shellos's moves.
"Shellos, use Recover!" Gwen said, and looked at Girafarig. "Girafarig, use Stomp."
Gwen then looked at Rhys.
"Um . . ." Rhys said, and looked over his notes. "Vibrava . . . use Sonicboom, . . . Farfetch'd . . . use . . . Peak."
"Far?" Farfetch'd asked, giving Rhys a confused look. Gwen looked at Rhys's notes.
"That's 'Peck,' dear," Gwen whispered to Rhys.
"I told you I couldn't read his handwriting," Rhys whispered back. He then looked at Farfetch'd. "Yeah . . . Peck."
White light gathered around Shellos as Vibrava rapidly flapped his wings, creating sonic waves. When light faded, Shellos was healthy again, and Vibrava's Sonicboom hit Magneton, but it didn't do that much damage. Girafarig reared up on her hind legs, and Stomped Tentacruel with the full force of her front legs. Farfetch'd's beak glowed, and he stabbed Pinsir with his glowing beak. Pinsir stumbled back and little.
"Magnemite and Magneton, use Thundershock!" the middle-aged man said.
"Pinsir, use Vital Throw! Tentacruel, use Wrap!" the man with the wide nose said.
"Don't let the attack touch you!" Rhys exclaimed to Vibrava, and quickly looked over his notes. "Use Screech-No! Wait!"
Vibrava flew out of range of Magnemite's and Magneton's attack, and flapped his wings at such a fast pace, that it produced a high pitch whine. The whine was so loud that everyone covered his or her ears.
"All right! Stop!" Rhys yelled, and Vibrava slowed down the pace of his wings. Everyone then uncovered his or her ears. "Thank you."
"Farfetch'd?" Farfetch'd asked Rhys.
"Oh . . . use Fury Cutter," Rhys said.
Farfetch'd's stick glowed green and he charged at Pinsir. However, just as he was about to hit Pinsir, it grabbed Farfetch'd's stick and threw him back to Rhys. Gwen then heard Girafarig scream and saw the Tentacruel Wrapping its tentacles around Girafarig's neck and legs.
"Girafarig, use Psychic!" Gwen said to Girafarig, and then she looked at Shellos. "Shellos, use Hidden Power."
Small glowing spheres in a pattern of two circles intertwining each other, emitted from Shellos, and hit Magnemite. Girafarig's eyes glowed blue and Tentacruel was surrounded by a glowing blue light and was lifted up in the air, as it released her. Girafarig threw her head to the side and Tentacruel was slammed into the man with the wide nose.
"Good job, Girafarig!" Gwen cheered her.
"You know, the woman's not that bad at Pokemon battling," the man with the wide nose said, getting Tentacruel off him.
"Yeah," the middle-aged man said. He then looked at Rhys and cruelly smiled at him. "But her partner stinks at it! Hey, lady, if I were you, I get myself a new partner! Magnemite and Magneton, Spark!"
"Listen, I'm going to marry this man!" Gwen said, as Vibrava flew out of range of the electricity that came from the Magnemite and Magneton.
"That's a laugh! Why? He's useless!" the man with the wide nose said. "Pinsir, use Submission! Tentacruel, use Water Pulse!"
Rhys looked down; feeling a little ashamed as Pinsir grabbed Farfetch'd in a full body hold and rolled around. Meanwhile, Tentacruel's Water Pulse knocked Girafarig off her feet. Gwen looked at Rhys, then back at the men.
"Because . . ." Gwen said, looking at Rhys and gave him an encouraging smile. " . . . I love him."
Rhys then noticed Girafarig and Farfetch'd getting back on their feet, looking at him with confidence. Vibrava and Shellos looked at Rhys with complete trust in their eyes. Rhys then looked at the men.
"I also learn from my mistakes quickly!" Rhys said with confidence, making Gwen and their Pokemon smile at him. "Vibrava, Sand Tomb! Farfetch'd, Air Cutter!"
"Shellos, Mud Bomb! Girafarig, Confusion!" Gwen said.
Vibrava angled his wings to the ground and flapped his wings rapidly, causing the sand to rise and swirl in front of him. He then flapped his wings in a new direction, making the whirling sand moved towards the Magneton and it was trapped in the tornado of sand. Shellos shot a ball of mud at the Magnemite and the Mud Bomb landed right in its eye, blinding it.
Farfetch'd flew straight up in the air, and as he flew down, he swung his stick in arcs, creating curved airwaves that hit Pinsir. Girafarig's eyes glowed blue and a blue light came from them, and hit Tentacruel.
"Magnemite and Magneton, Zap Cannon!" the middle-aged man said, even though Magnemite was still covered in mud and Magneton was trapped in the Sand Tomb.
"Pinsir and Tentalcruel, get close to each other!" the man with the wide nose said, and Pinsir stood in front of Tentacruel. The man with the wide nose grinned mischievously. "That's it. When that Farfetch'd gets close to you, use Brick Break, Pinsir! Use Acid when you see Girafarig, Tentalcruel!"
Gwen and Rhys looked at each other and smiled.
"Vibrava, use Dragonbreath!" Rhys said.
"Shellos, use Muddy Water!" Gwen said.
"Now, Farfetch'd . . . huh?" Rhys noticed Farfetch'd whispering a plan to Girafarig. Rhys then looked at Gwen. "I'll let him handle it."
Before Magnemite and Magneton could use Zap Cannon, Vibrava unleashed Dragonbreath onto Magneton, as Shellos shot a river of Muddy Water at Magnemite. When they were done, Magnemite and Magneton had spirals in their eyes, and fell to the ground, as Vibrava's Sand Tomb faded.
Farfetch'd flew onto Girafarig's back, and pointed his stick forward.
"Farfetch'd!" he announced, as Girafarig reared up on her hind legs. Rhys couldn't help but laugh, since Farfetch'd looked like a twisted version of a knight at a jousting match.
Girafarig galloped straight at Pinsir, as one of its hands glowed white. When Farfetch'd was close enough, his stick glowed and he Slashed Pinsir with it. Pinsir fell down sideways, with spirals in its eyes. Girafarig's horns seemed to be coated by a bluish-white glass-like shield as she lowered her head and head butted Tentacruel with her horns. Tentacruel was tossed upwards and landed next to Pinsir, with spirals in its eyes. Gwen's and Rhys's Pokemon soon returned to them.
"Was that Zen Headbutt?" Gwen asked Girafarig, remembering her notes. Girafarig nodded back.
"Farfetch'd, far," Farfetch'd said to Rhys, as he dismounted from Girafarig.
"Oh, it's called Slash?" Rhys said to Farfetch'd. " . . . Thanks."
Rhys then looked at Gwen, who was smiling at him.
"Rhys, we did it!" Gwen said.
"Yeah . . . we won!" Rhys said, realizing it, and laughed.
Rhys and Gwen then hugged and kissed each other as their Pokemon watched on in endearment.
"Rhys, you were great!" Gwen said, after their kiss.
"Humph. If he was so great, he would have started off with Dragonbreath," the middle-aged man criticized.
Gwen frowned as she walked up to the middle-aged man and slapped him.
"Stop insulting my finance!" Gwen said, and walked back to Rhys. The middle-aged man looked slightly intimidated of Gwen.
"It looks like you won," Jack's voice said behind them.
Gwen, Rhys, and their Pokemon turned around to see Jack walking up to them; Buizel was on Jack's left side and Buneary was on his right.
"Yes, we did," Gwen said, smiling when Jack and his Pokemon reached them.
"Congratulations. I love to hear how you did it," Jack said, smiling at Gwen and Rhys. He then looked at his Pokemon. "Okay, get them."
Buizel and Buneary walked to J's henchmen, and herded them to where the rest of the henchmen were being guarded by the rest of the Torchwood team and their Pokemon.
"What are we going to do with them?" Gwen asked, looking at J's henchmen with Rhys and Jack.
"I don't know," Jack said, as Buizel and Buneary returned to his side. "Shooting them will get the Doctor or Arceus mad-I don't want to face either of their wraith."
"How about you turn them over to the police or whatever they have here?" Rhys asked.
"That is an option, but I don't want to spend the rest of the day answering questions," Jack said. "I would like to leave them to the authorities of this world."
As the humans talked, Farfetch'd looked around. He then saw Beautifly and got an idea. He tapped Rhys lightly with his stick to get Rhys's attention.
"Farfetch'd," Farfetch'd said, when Rhys looked at him. "Far, far, Farfetch'd."
"Excuse me," Rhys said to Jack and Gwen, who looked at him. "Farfetch'd has an idea."
"What is it?" Jack asked, and he smiled when he heard Farfetch'd's idea.
"Absol," Angel said, pointing to a certain door.
The Doctor used his sonic screwdriver on the door, and when it slid opened, the Doctor and Angel saw J frantically working on a keyboard. The Doctor looked up to see a security camera transmitting the events to J's clients, before he looked at her again.
"You can't override it," the Doctor calmly said. J jumped as she turned around to see the Doctor and Angel walking into the room. "Oh, in about ten minutes, the Pokemon you imprisoned will be set free."
"Who are you?" J asked the Doctor, trying to hide the fear in her voice. "What are you? Why are you doing this?"
"Who am I?" the Doctor said. As he spoke, he walked closer to J; Angel sat down where he was and watched. "I'm the Doctor. I'm a Time Lord. I'm from the planet Gallifrey in the constellation of Kasterborous. I'm 903 years old and I'm the man who will stop you."
"No," J said, trying to deny the Doctor's words as he stopped in of her. "That's impossible."
"Oh, yes," the Doctor somberly whispered to her. "I'm so old now; I used to have so much mercy."
"You're . . . going to kill me?" J said, her eyes widening in fear.
"No," the Doctor said, shaking his head. "I'm not a killer. I'm just going to stop you."
For a moment, the Doctor just stared at Pokemon Hunter J.
"I try not to get too involved," the Doctor solemnly said. "In the past, I would have let you go, but after I saw what you do to Pokemon and what you planned to do with Angel and Lapras . . . you're pass forgiveness."
"You're going to arrest me?" J asked; right now she rather go to jail than face the Doctor. The Doctor took in a deep breath.
"Angel," the Doctor calmly said, still looking at J; Angel perked up his head, hearing his name. "Would you please go outside and guard the door? Just in case some of her men are still running around. Oh, lock the door behind you; just touch the panel on the right. Don't worry; I can let myself out."
"Sol," Angel said, and walked outside. When he touched the panel on the right, the door slid close. The Doctor kept staring at J.
"What are . . . you doing?" J asked, trying not to sound nervous.
"I had planned to turn you in to the local authorities, but as I said, after I saw what you do to Pokemon and what you wanted to do to Angel and Lapras . . . now you must face a higher authority," the Doctor somberly said.
"Who?" J asked, starting to get scared. The Doctor leaned closer to her and whispered the last word he ever said to Pokemon Hunter J.
"Me."
"Torchwood is mad! Do you hear me? Everyone at Torchwood is mad! You all are-mph!" one of Pokemon Hunter J's henchmen yelled, until Beautifly covered his mouth.
"Thank you," Jack said to Beautifly. "He was starting to annoy me."
Farfetch'd's idea was to use Beautifly's move, String Shot, which produces a sticky white thick thread, to bound and gag J's henchmen to the trees.
"How are you doing?" Jack asked Toshiko, who was working on her laptop.
"I've just finished," Tosh said, looking at Jack. "In about five minutes, the local authorities will get an anonymous call to come here."
"Good job," Jack said, giving Tosh a quick smile. He then checked their progress.
Beautifly was finishing tying the last of J's henchmen to a tree. They also bound and gag the Pokemon that belonged to the henchmen, and just to be safe, Blissey and Clefairy used Sing and Hippopotas used Yawn to keep them asleep, so they won't use their moves to escape. Totodile, Buizel, Scyther, and Farfetch'd went to the second boat to secure it. They found some rope to tie up the men there and dropped the anchor to keep the boat in place. Owen was busy tending to the wounds of their Pokemon, and Ianto was helping him. Lucky, their Pokemon received minor injuries. Rhys was looking at one of Owen's Pokemon books, and reading more about Vibrava.
"So you evolve into that next?" Rhys asked Vibrava, showing him the pictures. Vibrava proudly nodded back.
Jack laughed seeing Rhys's reaction, but stopped when he saw the one problem they still had: Lapras.
Martha, Gwen, and their Pokemon were trying to coax Lapras out from behind the rock to treat her injures, but Lapras was too scared and traumatized to come out. No matter how hard they tried, Lapras refused to move. Jack knew there were problems they couldn't fix, but he really want to help Lapras; even he didn't want see this creature in so much pain.
A sound got everyone's attention. The Torchwood team, Martha, Rhys, and their Pokemon turned to see hundreds of Pokemon, running, flying, swimming away, as if they were freed from something. Out of the herds of running Pokemon, was the Doctor, calmly walking towards them, with Angel by his side. When the Doctor reached the beach, he and Angel looked back to see Pokemon Hunter J's Pokemon running away from them in fear.
"What happened?" Martha asked, as she and the others reached the Doctor and Angel, who looked at them.
"Oh, I just freed the Pokemon Pokemon Hunter J captured," the Doctor causally said. "How did it go on your end?"
"We had our first Pokemon battles," Jack said with a smile, and moved to show the Doctor what they did with J's henchmen and their Pokemon.
"Very nice. Splendid! You didn't kill them. I'm proud of you, Jack," the Doctor said.
"Oh, and Trapinch evolved," Rhys said, showing the Doctor Vibrava.
"I missed an evolution? Well, you can tell me about it. I'm sure I'll see an evolution sooner or later," the Doctor said, and took another look at J's henchmen. "You're not going to leave them there, right?"
"Tosh contacted the local authorities. They'll receive an anonymous call in five minutes," Jack said.
"Excellent! Remind me to tell you were you can find the rest of Pokemon Hunter J's men . . . Oh, Lapras! How is she?" the Doctor asked. The Torchwood team, Martha, Rhys, and their Pokemon looked embarrassed.
"Doctor . . ." Martha said, and showed the Doctor and Angel Lapras still hiding behind the rock. The Doctor and Angel took a step forward, and studied Lapras.
"She's scared to come out," Gwen said as the Doctor and Angel continued to study Lapras. "We really need to treat her injuries. No matter what we do, she doesn't want to come near us. We can't leave her here."
"We're not, Gwen," the Doctor said, still looking at Lapras. "Let me try."
"Can we do anything to help?" Martha asked.
"For now stay here with your Pokemon," the Doctor said, still watching Lapras. "I'll let you know when you may come closer to her. Angel, you may come with me if you like, but stay a few paces behind me."
Angel nodded and followed the Doctor, as he carefully and slowly walked closer to Lapras. The Doctor was half way to Lapras, when she spotted him. The Doctor and Angel froze, and the Doctor looked at Lapras.
"Hello," the Doctor said to Lapras, who gave him an odd look. The Doctor smiled. "You don't know what to make of me. You're scared of humans and Pokemon since they both hurt you in the past, but . . . me . . . I'm not a human or a Pokemon, so what are you going to do?"
Lapras continued to study the Doctor, who slowly extended his hand towards her.
"You haven't left, so you're not that scared of me," the Doctor said and his smile grew. "I have to say, you are beautiful. I bet few people or Pokemon ever say that you."
Lapras began to slowly extend her neck towards the Doctor, but she still acted timid.
"You want to know what I am," the Doctor said. "But you're scared that I might hurt you. I'm just staying right here. So what's going to win? Your fear or your curiosity?"
Lapras then looked at Angel.
"Oh, he's Angel," the Doctor said, following her gaze and looked at Lapras again. "He's my friend. Maybe that will help you decide. Angel will not hurt you. We all want to help you: my human friends, Pokemon friends, Angel, and me."
Angel sat down, and Lapras looked at the Doctor again.
"Oh! I'm sorry! I got so caught up meeting a . . . fantastic Pokemon like yourself, that I forgot to introduce myself," the Doctor said. "I'm the Doctor, and I would like to help you."
Lapras then slowly swam towards the Doctor, extending her neck more; the Doctor and Angel stood still. Soon, Lapras had her muzzle hovering near the Doctor's hand, and his smile grew more.
"I'm glad your curiosity won," the Doctor said. "Go on, you can touch me; I won't move."
Lapras soon leaned her muzzle against the palm of the Doctor's hand, and the Doctor rested his fingers against Lapras's muzzle.
"You're safe," the Doctor said, as Lapras moved closer to him. "Just focus on me. Let my friends come closer, all right?"
Lapras slowly nodded her head, and the Doctor gave the others a quick nod to come closer. When the Torchwood team, Martha, Rhys, Angel, and their Pokemon reached the Doctor and Lapras, they saw Lapras was resting her head in the Doctor's hands, while the Doctor had his hands cupped around Lapras's curls. The Doctor and Lapras leaned in close so their foreheads could touch each other, and their eyes were closed.
Suddenly, the Doctor quickly let go of Lapras and backed away from her, as if he got an electric shock from her. Lapras looked embarrassed, but the Doctor looked curious.
"You're telepathic," the Doctor said, walking back to Lapras. "You were trying to read my mind."
Lapras nodded back, still looking embarrassed.
"Oh, don't feel guilty; I was just surprised," the Doctor said, with a forgiving smile and cupped his hands behind Lapras's curls again. "Feel free to look. I just hope you like what you see."
Kimi ga kureta kotoba hitotsu tomadoi wa kiesari
Just one word you gave me and the confusion vanishes
Lapras rested her head in the Doctor's hands and leaned her forehead against his, as they both closed their eyes once more.
Karappo data boku no ega ni hikari ga sashita
And light shines into my room that was once empty
When Lapras opened her eyes, she found herself flying in space, as lights of ever-changing colors swirl and spun around her. She then saw someone flying towards her. It was the Doctor, but he was changing. The Doctor became older, younger, the color of his hair, eyes, the shape of his nose, face, the clothes he wore, changed as he flew towards her. The Doctor soon stopped a few feet in front of her as the man she met.
Asaki ni hitori awara, kana koe ni furi mukeba
Alone in the morning sun, I turn towards a gentle voice
The Doctor then spun around in place as he closed his eyes, and Lapras could see tears coming from his eyes. As the Doctor faced Lapras again, he opened his eyes, and flew a little closer to her. The Doctor then smiled at her, and extended his hand to Lapras, welcoming her.
Matayoi hizashi no naka, futo kimi ga homoemu
In the dazzling sunlight, you causally smiled
Lapras looked into the Doctor's eyes and felt she could see the universe in them. His eyes were as warm as the sun. They were the light of the moon in the darkness, and the wonder that the starts bring. Lapras could see every beautiful dream and elegant fantasy become true in the Doctor's eyes. Lapras knew now that the Doctor wasn't human or Pokemon, he was both, yet neither at the same time. The Doctor was . . . wonderful, and Lapras could feel it. Lapras felt that the Doctor completely understood her pain, as his eyes showed her sympathy. She had never seen a mind, a soul, so magnificent before that made her feel so happy. Most of her life Lapras felt alone, but now she found someone that could fill that void of loneliness with love: the Doctor.
Lapras then stretched her neck out and rested her head in the Doctor's head.
Tozashita mado ga kiraki sou ni naru
And opened the window that was closed
Lapras opened her eyes and lifted her head from the Doctor's hands. She saw the Doctor's humans and Pokemon friends. Lapras looked at the Doctor again and her eyes began to fill with tears of sadness and joy.
Lapras made a sound like a soft melancholy whale-song, and she let her tears fall. Lapras lowered her head onto the Doctor's shoulder, and he stroked her neck as she cried.
"It's okay . . . let them out . . . I'm here now," the Doctor gently whispered comforting Lapras.
After a while, the Doctor looked at Blissey and nodded to her. Blissey walked closer to Lapras and performed Softboiled to heal her wounds. When Blissey did all she could do for Lapras, she walked back to Martha. Soon Lapras lifted her head from the Doctor's shoulder and looked at him. The Doctor noticed that there were still tears in her eyes, so he brushed them away.
"Do you feel better now?" the Doctor asked Lapras, after he wiped the last of Lapras's tears away. Lapras softly moaned and nodded her head.
"I'm glad to hear that," the Doctor said, smiling, and he stroked her face. "So many awful things have happened to you . . . sad things as well . . . too many tragedies . . . How about we change that? Would you like to travel with me?"
Lapras quickly lifted her head up and looked surprised. She then spoke to the Doctor making whale-like sounds.
"Don't say that; you are worthy," the Doctor said, smiling at Lapras. "You'll make new friends, journey to new places to new places, have adventures . . ."
He then reached up to touch Lapras, and gently lowered her head to him.
" . . . And besides," the Doctor whispered to her. "I'll be so happy if you came with me."
Lapras raised her head a little. She then spoke, making whale-like sounds and nodded.
"Great! This wonderful," the Doctor said with a wide grin, as the others smiled. The Doctor patted Lapras's head. "You're going to love it Lapras . . . actually, since you're coming with me, may I ask you something?"
Lapras nodded, and made a curious whale-song sound.
"May I give you a name?" the Doctor asked, as he stroked her face.
Lapras responded by nodding her head, and making a whale-like sound.
"Thank you," the Doctor said, and stroked her as he looked Lapras over, and he thought what could be a good name for Lapras. "Maybe I'll name you after my TARDIS. You're blue as-"
Lapras made a curious whale-like sound.
"Right. You've never seen a TARDIS before," the Doctor said with an embarrassed smile. He quickly looked around. "I'll . . . go get it. I'll be right back."
Lapras whine-moaned as the Doctor started to leave.
"Don't worry; I'll be back," the Doctor said, looking back at Lapras. "Let me friends get to know you."
The Doctor then ran off to get his TARDIS. The Torchwood team, Martha, Rhys, Angel, and their Pokemon then introduced themselves to Lapras. Soon, a blue police box materialized in front of Lapras.
"See? TARDIS," the Doctor said, walking out of his TARDIS. Lapras looked it over. "Where was I? Oh, yes. You're the same color as my TARDIS, so I would like to name you after my ship. Is that okay?"
Lapras nodded, and a made a contented whale-like moan.
"Great!" the Doctor said, grinning, and stroked Lapras, thinking of a good name for her. "Sidra. Is Sidra okay?"
Lapras nodded, and a contented moaning-like sound.
"Great! Sidra it is!" the Doctor said with a wide grin. He then studied the ocean. "I think we're too north. Tomorrow we'll try a little further south. Let's go back in-"
"Um, Doctor, I think you're forgetting something," Jack said, as the Doctor started back into the TARDIS.
"What?" the Doctor asked, stopping.
"How are we going to get Lapras . . . Sidra . . . inside?" Owen asked, indicating Sidra. The Doctor looked at Sidra, then at the TARDIS.
"Oh, that does pose a problem," the Doctor said, realizing his situation, and started to think of a solution. The others also tried to think of some way to allow Sidra to travel with them.
"Ah!" the Doctor suddenly exclaimed, surprising everyone and getting his or her attention. The Doctor walked around as he talked. "I can't believe I didn't think of this sooner! With all the excitement that's been happening today, I almost forgot! It's so simple! It's-"
"Doctor?" Martha said, getting his attention, making him stop.
"Yes?"
"What is it?" Martha asked, sounding a little impatient.
The Doctor reached into a pocket of his trench coat, and pulled the Poke Ball the leader Clefable gave him. He pressed the button to make it bigger.
"This!" the Doctor said with a manic grin. He then walked up to Sidra and showed her the Poke Ball.
"Sidra," he said. "May I use this on you?"
Sidra nodded her head and smiled.
"Thank you," the Doctor said, and pressed the white button. The Poke Ball opened and a red light came out of it and envelopment Sidra. Once Sidra became a silhouette of red light, the red light then went back into the ball, which then closed. Everyone looked astonished since this was his or her first time seeing a Poke Ball in action. Even Owen looked astonished; since this was the first time he witnessed a Poke Ball working. The Doctor studied the Poke Ball.
"I wonder . . ." the Doctor said, still studying the Poke Ball. "I wonder if a TARDIS crashed landed here centuries ago, and the humans scavenged its parts to make the first Poke Balls."
The Doctor looked at everyone and smiled, as he put his Poke Ball away.
"Would that be interesting to find out? Well, let's get going," the Doctor said, and headed back inside the TARDIS.
"Wait," Owen said, stopping the Doctor. "Their leader, Pokemon Hunter J, what happened to her?"
"Oh, I took care of her," the Doctor said, and starting walking again, looking at the other members of Torchwood. "Did you really have Pokemon battles? I love to hear them."
"What do you mean-" Owen started to say, but he was stopped when Jack put his hand on his shoulder.
"Owen, when the Doctor says he took care of something, it's best to let it go," Jack said and took in a deep breath. "Because sometimes, you don't want to know."
Jack then removed his hand from Owen's shoulder, and walked inside the TARDIS. Owen stood there, thinking over what Jack said, before he went back inside as well, and just told the Doctor about his Pokemon battle.
The local authorities did look into the anonymous phone tip and found Pokemon Hunter J's henchmen apprehended. They also found the Pokemon J stole from trainers and promise to reunite them as soon as they can. It was a good arrest, but there were three strange things about the case. First, when they questioned J's henchmen on who caught them, the only answer they got was: Torchwood. The local authorities had no idea what this word meant.
"It's true! It's really true! Torchwood is really beyond the police!" one of J's henchmen babbled.
The second strange thing was that all of J's clients turned themselves in around the same time with no reason why.
The third strange thing was how they finally found Pokemon Hunter J.
J was found in a room in her airship, on top of a small gray pedestal, under a thing glass dome.
Pokemon Hunter J was changed into golden-stone.
Her expression was a mixture of fear and awe, as if she saw a power she could never tame or comprehend.
The local authorities had no idea how to change her back, since the reverse progress was damaged beyond repair. The experts said it could be years before they could free her.
They did make one interesting finding when they scanned J.
Whoever did this, made sure J could still see and was aware of the world; she just couldn't move or speak.
Pokemon Hunter J was finally stopped.