Pokemon: Live-Action!

Chapter 11: The cave beneath the waves

Ash and the Pokemon swam down through the water. Strange tailless sharks swam around. Ash wondered what they were. But they kept swimming. Ash stared at the multiple odd looking fish, and the occasional circular, chubby whales. He noticed one of them in particular. It looked like a mudfish, except it had strange orange gills and a big fin on its head. Another thing Ash noticed was that it was following them. Suddenly it shot past them and stopped directly in front of them. He said, "Why are you here? Are you the Chosen One?" Ash was wondering not only how it was talking underwater, but how it knew he was the chosen one. He nodded. The creature gave a big toothless grin. "Nice to meetcha. Name's Mudkip." Mudkip said. "And I was instructed by an acquaintance to guide you to Kyogre's Seafloor Cavern." He swam downward towards an underwater cliff. Ash exchanged glances with his Pokemon, then followed.

The four saw a cave opening in the cliff face. Mudkip swam straight in. Ash, Pikachu, and Eevee followed. A shadow moving along the rocks followed as well. They surfaced in a large room in the cave. "Wow." Ash said. "Hey, how did Kyogre even get through this place on land?" "He didn't." Mudkip said. "There's another way in that leads straight to him, but its about 34 more miles down, and the pressure from just 5 more miles down would be enough to break a few bones." Ash frowned and the thought of that, and got up out of the water. Pikachu and Eevee followed, along with Mudkip. They headed down a corridor. The shadow emerged from the water and became Darkrai. He coughed and spat out some water, then followed in shadow form.

Ash and co. stopped at the tunnels end. It lead straight to a rapid 'river' of seawater. Ash grimaced, then dove in. Fighting the current, he managed to make it to the other side. The Pokemon, being more skilled at swimming, made it to the other side in half the time as Ash. Mudkip was there faster than Ash, Pikachu, and Eevee had gotten there. They headed down the next tunnel. Darkrai's shadow, which was dripping wet, continued following. Soon, they stopped. There was a Pokemon resting on the floor of the next chamber. It was a lizard-like creature. It had small leathery 'wings' on the edge of its thin arms. It had two horns on its head that were shaped like small torpedo's. It was a blue color, but its chest was red. "A Gabite!?" Mudkip gasped. "Those things cant swim! How'd one get down here?" "Maybe Kyogre carried it down on its back." Ash suggested. Suddenly the creature awoke and reared up with a loud roar. Ash and friends jumped backwards in surprise. Gabite wheeled around to face them. "So, Master Kyogre was right! A human and little Pokemon did come!" He laughed. "Do you think you can take on the Desert Dragons?" He said. As he said that, two much smaller creatures, one male and one female, scurried out from a tunnel. "A pair of Gible!" Said Mudkip. The Gible giggled. "Lets see you…" The male said. "…Defeat us!" The female finished. With that, the three opened their mouths. Balls of fire started to form. Ash barely dodged as the attack, Dragon Rage, hit where he had stood. Mudkip opened his mouth and shot a jet of water at the female Gible, who screamed in pain. "They're weak to water!" Ash said. Mudkip kept spraying. Suddenly Gabite reared up and sank his fangs into Mudkip's dorsal fin. Mudkip shrieked in pain. Gabite let go. Blood poured from Mudkip's wound. The little guy uneasily backed away. But then suddenly he let out a battle cry and charged at Gabite. Suddenly Mudkip was surrounded by a white orb of light. The light grew brighter until you could no longer see the mudfish. Everyone in the room gaped as the orb took a shape that looked like Mudkip, except standing on two legs. With a flash, the light vanished and a bigger mudfish stood there. "What happened to Mudkip?!" Ash gasped. Mudkip turned to Ash. "I'm not Mudkip anymore, partner." He said with a grin. Ash gave a start at the word partner. "Now I'm Marshtomp. Lets do this!" Marshtomp, Pikachu, and Eevee charged at Gabite and the Gible.

End of Chapter 11