Chapter 11 The Power Beam
The Next Morning, Two days later...
"UP AND AT 'EM! IT'S MORNING!" shouted Loudred. "Owww...It's been a while since we've had a Wake Up Call from Loudred..." Char sighed.
"What?! You wake up this way every morning?! If I get woken up like that again, my ears will burst!" moaned Yoshi, since that day was the first day that Yoshi had stayed at the guild. "Don't worry, you'll get used to it in about a week or two, until then though, covey your ears every morning!" Pika said.
Suddenly, Char realised. "Oh no! We've overslept again! Quick, we've got to get to the Assembly Area. Yoshi, do you remember where that is?" Char asked, testing Yoshi's memory of what Pika had explained to him the night before. "Yep, it's just down this hall!" he replied happily. So, Team FlameTail quickly ran over to the Assembly Area, arriving just in time for the Morning Cheer.
After everyone had walked off to complete their jobs, Yoshi asked "So, what shall we do today?" Less than a second later after he had finished his sentence, Loudred started yelling "WHAT? YOU CAN'T IDENTIFY A POKÁÉMON?!" Chatot quickly flew over to see what was going on.
"What's the matter, Loudred?" he asked calmly. "WELL, Sentry Diglett can't IDENTIFY a Visitor!" Loudred explained. "Diglett is an experienced sentry; it's very rare for him to be unable to identify any Pokémon. Although, if THESE three were on Sentry Duty..." he pointed to Team FlameTail "...THAT wouldn't be much of a SURPRISE!!!" Loudred finished.
"Hey! That's not fair! Remember when Diglett couldn't identify Char?" Pika said. Loudred was about to reply when the visitor started talking to Diglett. Diglett repeated everything that was said, so Chatot, Loudred and Team FlameTail could know what was being said.
"Hmmm, so you want to talk to the Guildmaster? It's important? Ok, so what's your name? Dusknoir? Ok, I'll tell him..." Diglett said. "Dusknoir?!" Loudred and Chatot said at the same time, both astonished. Yoshi noticed this and asked "Dusknoir? Who's that?"
Instead of a reply, Chatot and Loudred quickly climbed up the Guild ladders to open the gate.
5 Minutes Later...
Dusknoir was standing/levitating at the bottom of the stairs on the lower floor of the guild. Everyone had crowded around him, with Wigglytuff and Chatot standing next to him.
Team FlameTail was at the back of the group. Char was trying to jump so he could see who and what Dusknoir was, while Pika and Yoshi wondered aloud "Who is Dusknoir?" "What? You don't know him?" asked Dugtrio. "Well, no wonder, he's an overnight sensation!" Sunflora said. "Yep, apparently he just appeared out of thin air and he has the skills of some of the strongest Pokémon ever! He's a one-Pokémon team!" Bidoof said.
"Also, there's a rumour that he is one of the most knowledgeable Pokémon in the world as well!" Sunflora added. "Why is Guildmaster Wigglytuff being so friendly to him, even though this is the first time he's met Dusknoir?" asked Pika. "Oh, that's just our Guildmaster's nature..." Sunflora explained.
"It's an honour to be here at Wigglytuff's Guild; after all, it's famous!" Dusknoir said to Wigglytuff. "Oh, no, the honour's all ours! It's grand to have such a great explorer like yourself to visit our Guild" Wigglytuff replied. "Thank you. Anyway, I heard that you recently went on an Expedition to Fogbound Lake. How did that go?" Dusknoir asked.
"Oh, that was a failure; we didn't find or learn about anything there!" Wigglytuff lied. "Are you sure?" Dusknoir asked, obviously perplexed. "Nope, we learned and saw nothing about anything" Wigglytuff repeated.
"Well Guild! We have a visitor, Dusknoir!" Chatot announced. Everyone clapped, except for Char, since the Snag Machine made clapping impossible for him. "He will be staying in Treasure Town for a few days, so be sure to make him feel welcome here. Also, even though he maybe very knowledgeable, don't overdue your questions. Plus, please don't embarrass us by asking us for his autograph!" Chatot added.
"Oh, don't worry about that. If it's an autograph you want, I'd be happy to oblige. But Information? You flatter me, but I'm not really knowledgeable..." Then, after a short pause, the Guild clapped for Dusknoir, then Chatot said "Come on now, everyone, you're all dismissed!"
With those words, the Guild all exited the Guild to complete their daily jobs and Dusknoir levitated out of the Guild to go to Treasure Town. A few seconds is how long Char saw Dusknoir for. After seeing him, the Snag Machine went haywire and started sparking all over Char's arm.
"What's happening?" Char said before it exploded, causing thick smoke to fill the lower floor, obscuring Team FlameTail's vision. The three stood still until the smoke cleared. When it cleared, Char looked at his arms and gasped. His left arm was covered in a Snag Machine-Like armour that was customised to fit Char's arm, whereas his right arm, where the Snag Machine used to be, now had a cannon fitted on half of it.
From his right elbow to his shoulder, however, the cannon stopped and was replaced by the armour. Both parts of machinery were surprisingly light, but seemingly invincible and was coloured yellow and red. "What is this?" Char though aloud, before a symbol and two words came into his head.
A target-like symbol and the words, 'Power Beam.' "What is it Char?" Yoshi asked, since Pika was speechless. "I-I think it's a cannon that fires a Power Beam of some sort..." Char said. He then aimed at a wall and fired a single shot.
The Power Beam hit the wall and burned through 10cm of it, leaving a neat, circular, smoking indentation in the wall. "I don't think that thing is from this world..." Pika said quietly as the three continued to stare at the wall, now all speechless...
5 Minutes Later...
After sneaking past Chatot and some Guild Members, Team FlameTail decided to go to Beach Cave for the day, to test out Char's new Arm Cannon. First, he shot it at the solid rock wall.
A black circle stained the rock, but no damage had been caused to the rock. Second, he shot a Pink Shellos. The Power Beam instantly defeated it. Thirdly, Char decided to walk into a Monster House alone.
As the Pokémon surrounded him, Char found that the Power Beam could be fired rapidly. So, by the time that all of the enemies had appeared, all of them had been defeated, because of the rapid-fire Capability.
Finally, at the bottom of the Cave, Char fired a single shot into the water. It blasted through the surface, hitting the sea floor a few seconds later, proving that the Power Beam wasn't some sort of fire, it was some sort of an otherworldly energy.
On The Crossroads...
Well, that training was very unique!" Char said, admiring his Arm Cannon. "Yeah, but I wonder what that thing is or where it came from?" Yoshi asked. "Oh, that's easy, it's the Arm Cannon, given to me by Magnezone" Char said.
"Hmmm...Well just make sure that no one sees that you have it, or else there could be a panic, or something similar to that..." Pika said. "Alright, but you both have to help me keep this a secret!" Char said.
"We promise" Pika and Yoshi said together. Then, Pika and Yoshi walked through the guild with Char, concealing his Arm Cannon until they reached their crew room.
That night, Pika and Yoshi had to bring Char some food and lie to Chatot about him being sick, plus convince him not to go to the Crew Rooms, so he wouldn't see the Arm Cannon.