Early monday morning, three figures bolted through Edd's house, running through the floor and leaping off furniture and walls.
The first, Eddy's newly caught Shiny Pikachu, Volty, had gotten ahold of Double D's hat. Watt was chasing after him, wanting to play as well. Polter, who had an intense love for her master's hat was trailing after Volty, claw extended.
Meanwhile, Edd ambled after them, having covered his head with one of his father's golf caps. "You three get back here!" He demanded.
"Pika pi!" Volty laughed as he leapt on top of a ceiling fan. Polter jumped up across from him, readying to swipe the hat off his head. She lashed out with her claw, only for the Pikachu to block the Mimikyu's attempts with light kicks and tail strikes.
Edd quickly flicked the ceiling fan on, giving the two Pokemon a quick spin.
"Mi! Kyu!" Polter shrieked as she was spun around, her disquise fluttering.
"Ka-chuu!" Volty cried. The two of them were flung away, with Volty landing on a soft chair, and Polter landing in Edd's arms. He gave a wince as he caught his Ghost/Fairy-Type, a quick jolt of pain coursing through him.
Watt picked up Double D's hat and handed it back to him. "Thank you, young Watt." He said, sitting Polter on the floor before pointing to Volty. "Look, if you're going to sneak out of Eddy's house, at least be a bit less rambunctious with your playdates!"
"Pika!" The Pikachu said, pulling on it's chin to make a cartoony representation of his face. "Pika! Pi-Pikachu!~"
"I mean it!"
"Pika!"
Watt nudged his master's leg. "Pichu…" He whined. The little Pichu didn't like to see his friend in such a mood.
Double D had no choice but to relent. "Okay, fine. But no more fooling with my hats."
"Pika!" Volty affirmed.
"Pichu!" Watt yipped happily. The two started wrestling lightly, but immediately, Watt put off a bluish-white glow.
"What in the-?" Double D mouthed, as the Pichu's glow intensified, obscuring his form. He seemed to become taller, and stockier, but as soon as he did, he was coated in a purple miasma-like phenomenon. He shrunk back to normal and stopped glowing.
"Pi?" Watt vocalized, confused as he looked up at Edd.
Double D didn't know what to think of it. "Roto-Z? Come in here, quickly."
His Rotom Dex levitated into the room. "You rang, Roto-D?"
"I just saw Watt glowing with some white aura, and it seemed as though he was changing, but he shrunk back to normal and stopped." Double D described. "What do you make of that?"
"It zzzzounds like Watt was evolving." Roto-Z whirred. "But I've seldom heard of a Pokemon zzztopping in the middle of a process without being provoked to do so by it'zzz Trainer."
As soon as the Dex finished it's statement, Watt took on the glow again, and started to change. Double D made note that it's silhouette vaguely resembled Volty. However, it never reached fruition as he reverted back into Pichu with another smoky miasma.
"Pi-Pi!" Watt cried, obviously not liking it.
"Oh dear. It's almozzzt as if something'zzz blocking him from evolving." Roto-Z said. "Very strange."
Double D looked down at his cute Pokemon, snivelling and cringing. "This is very strange...I don't usually do this, but I believe…" He gulped. "Skipping school for today would be for the best."
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Later that day, inside the Melon Cave, Leeana, the rescued Steenee woke up from a nap in the comfortable bed Jonny had prepared for her.
She looked around, but the melonheaded kid was nowhere to be seen. Only the Seedot(who was sleeping before her in one of the two watermelon-themed chairs) and the board with the face painted on it, which was surprisingly in different position than yesterday.
Leeana rose, taking a walk through the halls. She found a note on a desk that read as thus:
Dear Leeana,
I'm sorry I won't be there for most of the day. Planter and Plank can keep you company until then. If you get hungry, there's sandwiches in the fridge, and artesian water as well if you get thirsty.
Sincerely, Johnny. (Apparently he mispelled his own name)
Because she was a plant based Pokemon, she didn't feel the need to eat food, so she walked over to the fridge and took a bottled water from inside, taking a few sips. The fresh water sang inside her mouth as it travelled down.
She put the cap back on and put the empty bottle into a recycling bin. The Steenee looked behind her to see the closet under the stairwell. This was where Jonny kept his costume.
Leeana opened it, and saw the Captain Melonhead outfit hanging on hooks. Additionally, she noticed a small towel bandana fashioned into a mask with cutout eyeholes. The Grass-Type removed it from the hooks and examined it.
Without even thinking, she wrapped it around her eyes, and with a cute cry, she saw herself in the mirror. She thought she looked cool in that mask!
"Stee! Steenee!" She vocalized, striking mock action poses until she heard something landing by her feet. Leeana looked down to see the board called Plank, it's drawn on eyes staring up at her. She shivered. The piece of wood unnerved her with it's unchanging smile. The only question was, how did it get over to her position?
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After school, Ed and Eddy walked into Double D's family driveway. "What in the heck did sockhead miss out on school for?" Eddy asked. "He's had perfect attendance since kindergarten!"
"Maybe the cyborgs finally got to him!" Ed shrieked. "Or he mutated into a bug!"
"I REEEALLY don't think that was it, Ed."
"Or maybe he-"
"Please. Don't." Eddy knocked on the door. A voice called from inside.
"Come in!"
The two of them entered, and to their surprise, the lights were dimmed down. Several blue, red and purple lights poured in from the kitchen.
"Maybe that cyborg thing wasn't too far off base." Eddy noted. The two of them entered the kitchen to see quite the sight.
Double D had several monitors, with wires attached to Volty's cheeks as a power source. His Venonat was watching curiously. The wires ran through to several monitors that were hooked up to Watt. The Pichu nervously stared forward, trying to ignore the situation.
"Cool!" Ed mused.
"Woah, woah, woah!" Eddy exclaimed, running over and swiping Volty from the layout. "Whaddya think you're doing to my Pika!?"
The Pikachu accidentally shocked him, leading to all present being shocked painfully.
Eddy shook his head, collecting himself. "Double D? Care to explain yourself before I do like Rolf when I threw one of his stupid fish balls!?" He asked threateningly.
Double D stood, still reeling from the electricity.
"NOW!" Eddy screamed.
"OKAY!" Double D said. "Watt seems to be going through difficulties. My Rotom Dex says that it's time for him to evolve into a Pikachu himself, but something seemed to be blocking it."
"Yeah...what does 'evolve' mean again?"
Edd sighed. "Evolve in our sense means to change on a generational scale to become better suited for survival. By a sense for Pokemon, Roto-Z told me that they change into a more powerful form. It's moreover like a life stage for them that's achieved when certain criteria are met."
"That'zzz right!" The Dex added. "The majority of all Pokemon that evolve do zzo by gaining enough battling experience. In the case of Pichu, like Watt, they evolve through a biochemical reaction in the brain caused by high friendship. Pikachu, Pichu's evolved form become Raichu when expozzzed to a special stone called a Thunder Stone, which belongs to an order of stones that radiate elemental energy."
"How does Wotter evolve?" Eddy asked.
"Oshawott, and Turtwig, such as Snappy, are starter Pokemon. All Starter Pokemon evolve via battle experience."
"What about Jackie?" Ed asked, pulling out his Sneasel's Poke Ball.
"She could evolve at night time, when holding a zzzpecial item called a Razor Claw."
As they conversed, Edd hooked the wires back up to Volty's cheek pouches and clicked his fingers away on a makeshift keyboard.
The monitor screens lit up, one showing Watt's heart rate and body temperature. Another pulled up an x-ray.
Double D took note of something unusual. "Th...there's a black spot on his brain!"
The other two Eds and the Rotom Dex joined him in eyeballing the screen. "Wierd! What could that mean?" Eddy gasped.
Watt cringed as his own cheek pouches sparked. "Pi...Pichu!" His eyes flashed from pink to red briefly as he loosed an intense Thunder Shock.
"Baaaa-aaaah-ahhh-ah!" Ed shrieked as the group of them were shocked.
The group collapsed as Watt ripped his way out of the apparatus around him and collapsed.
Edd roused himself and glanced at the x-ray monitor. It had frozen on another screen, with Watt's brain shown normal again. "This...requires more analysis...Later." He groaned before passed out.
"Pichu…" Watt whined, paws to his face in shame.
Volty walked over and placed a paw on his shoulder(If their evolutionary family actually has them). "Pika…" He said with a concerned smile.
"Chu!" Watt spat, turning away, only for the ground to shake. "Pi?" The two rodents scuttled over to the window and opened the curtain.
Outside was an enormous contraption in the shape of a Pikachu made from twisted metal and wiring. It looked severely malformed.
At the top of it's head structure was a transparent dome, and inside were none other than the Kanker Sisters.
"Pi!" Volty and Watt cried in unison, making a crazed dash for the Eds. Volty grabbed his master by the collar and slapped him in an attempt to wake him up. "Pi-Ka! Pi-Ka-Chu!" He called.
"Ughhh...Wake me when breakfast is ready." Eddy groaned.
The Shiny Pikachu pulled his left eye open as Watt yanked on his three strands of hair. His eyeball had cartoonishly morphed into the abbreviation "KO".
Seeing no other option, Volty gathered his forces in his paw, balling it up into a fist. He prepared to use a Focus Punch, but Watt stopped him. "Pi! Pi-Pichu-chu!" The smaller Electric-Type interjected, pulling out Double D's wallet and producing a dollar bill.
The albino Pichu waved the currency note in front of Eddy's face. The shortstack sniffed the air, and woke up immediately. He made a swipe for the cash. "Mine!" Watt leapt back and put it back in Edd's wallet and returned it to his pocket. "Alright, what was that all about!"
The Pichu and Pikachu got in front of him and started floundering around. Watt pointed at Volty as he stood as tall as he could, warping his face to look like a grotesque version of itself and lurching around with his arms held in an apelike posture.
Watt put a bowl over his face and stood on top of Volty's head, placing a bundle of flowers over Volty's head, who made his best swooning sound and kissy lips at Eddy. An impersonation of Lee Kanker.
"Kankers!" Eddy caught on to it before running to the window and seeing the Pikachu mecha lumber off into the distance toward the forest that obscured the clearing where they'd met Volty and the other Pikachu.
"Pika! Chu-Pika-pikachu!" Volty said in a demanding tone.
"What? I'm not going out there!" Eddy protested. "Those Kankers are wacko!"
Volty and Watt's cheek pouches sparked as they made threatening cries.
"Okay okay! Fine!" He pulled out Wotter's Poke Ball. "Wotter! Wake 'em up with Water Gun!" The Oshawott manifested from the Ball and with a cry, he spat streams of water in Ed and Double D's faces. The two of them shot up.
"Water slide!" Ed yelled happily.
"Was I just unconscious?" Edd asked.
"We got a problem."
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The three of them, as well as Watt, Volty, Wotter, Nat and Roto-Z followed the lumbering behemoth. The Eds peered through the trees to witness that their feminine tormentors were indeed inside the robot, under the glass dome at the top of the head.
Watt could tell where it was heading. Toward the Pikachu colony.
In spite of their treatment towards him and his friends, he couldn't let them do harm to them.
The Pichu leapt out, only for Volty and Nat to block him. "Venonat!" Nat cried in protest.
"Please, Watt." Double D said. "If we do this, we have to do this together."
"When did you get brave all of a sudden?" Eddy asked.
Edd gulped. "I'm not, really. But Watt wants to help those Pikachu. Even though they treated him so poorly, he doesn't want them to be hurt. And if such a small creaure like Watt wants to fight...then I suppose I can too."
Ed produced Snappy's Poke Ball. "It's hero time!"
A thundering cry of "Pikaaa!" sounded through the forest.
"Now!" Double D began. He, along with Watt and Nat charged through the trees. Ed took off after them, releasing his Turtwig.
"Let's do this, Snappy! Arroooooooha!" He yelled.
"Twig!" Snappy added, hopping after him.
"Ka-chu!" Volty roared, dashing forward.
"Well, I guess we're really doing this. Us against the Kankers." Eddy noted. He clutched his fist. "What am I so worried about? They only have that one fluffy Pokemon! And if we work together, we can bring that stupid robot down too. We can do this! Let's go, Wotter!"
"Oshawott!" His partner cried.
Unbeknownst to him, the Waterium Z in Eddy's Z-Power Ring took on a blue shine.
The group of them broke through the forest into the clearing. When they did, they saw the Kanker's Pikachu mecha holding a large clear sphere above itself, with all the wild Pikachu inside.
"Pichu!" Watt wailed.
The wild Pikachu looked to the bunch of them, all banging on the glass of the sphere.
"Well hello, lover boys! Miss us?" Marie asked. The three of them wearing their Rocket uniforms.
"Let those things go!" Eddy demanded. "Or you're gonna feel some pain!"
"Wott!" Wotter added.
"Pika!" Volty spat.
"Now why would we do that?" Lee asked. "We caught like thirty of these Pokemon at once? Ain't that cool!?"
"No, it's not!" Double D said. "Those Pokemon were minding their own business. They were happy together. You have no right to capture them against their will and take them away from their home!"
"Isn't that what we're all doing?" May asked.
"No! Eddy and I were given our Pokemon. I DID catch Nat, and Ed was allowed to catch Snappy, but Volty came with Eddy of his own free will. Then two others were caught and kept so that they wouldn't have to steal to get a meal. That's different than what you're doing! Living, intelligent creatures that have their own homes and families aren't a commodity to be harvested."
"Why...why you...don't you understand? We're doing this for you!" Lee cut in.
"And who asked ya!? Get it through you're thick heads!" Eddy growled. "WE. DO NOT. LIKE YOU!"
The three sisters recoiled at his statement. "You are abusive, disrespectful, violent, and overall just crazy! How could we ever like girls like you!? For all we care, you can go kiss a cactus!"
Lee grit her teeth, before shaking her head. "Seems you need to bash heads before you can get in a romantic mood." She hit a button. An orifice opened in the middle of their mech's chest section and two Poke Balls ejected. "Go have some fun, Jerry!"
"You too, Lil' Marie!" Marie added.
The two balls popped open. Marie's Eevee and Lee's Lickitung burst out into view.
"Eivui!" The Eevee cried powerfully.
"Licki-!" The Lickitung vocalized, waving it's tongue out.
"What in the heck is that pink thing!?" Eddy cringed.
Roto-Z took a picture and pulled up it's image. "Lickitung. Licking Pokemon. Normal-Type. It's tongue is roughly the length of it's whole body. It has a habit of licking it's trainer, which leads to a paralyzing sensation. When it extends it's tongue to it's full length, it's tail quivers. There is said to be some connection."
"Heh! We'll show you!" Eddy waved his hand passively before taking a stance. "Ready Wotter?"
"Osha-!" Wotter cried.
"You see we've picked up a new trick! Lemme show you what I mean!" The boy crossed his arms and brought them down over his chest. "Time for our Z-Move!"
Eddy started waving his arms like waves rolling over the ocean. Wotter mimmicked his motions, and began to take on a blue aura.
Jerry leapt out at Wotter and ran his tongue over him. The Oshawott flailed his arms in resistance, before spitting a Water Gun at the Lickitung, sending him flying away. Wotter twitched uncomfortably.
"Zzrt...Seems paralyzzzizzz has set in." Roto-Z said.
"Oh come on…" Eddy groaned as Jerry and Lil' Marie closed in on him.
"Snappy! Use Tackle attack!" Ed commanded.
"Tur-twig!" Snappy shouted, managing to tackle Jerry, then Lil' Marie. However, the Eevee lunged and bit down on the twig atop his head. "Twig! Twig!" He cried.
"Psybeam!" Double D commanded.
"Vennnn…" His Venonat chimed, shooting beams of psychic energy from his compound eyes. Lil' Marie barely had time to dodge.
"Shadow Ball!" Marie commanded.
"Vui!" Lil' Marie shot a dark energy sphere from her mouth at Nat, who got blasted back.
"Volty, lend 'em a hand!" Eddy commanded.
"Pika! Pipi!" The Shiny Pikachu replied, taking a combat stance.
"Watt! You too!" Edd added.
"Pi-chu!" Watt called, standing as tall as he could across from the Eevee, who made a cute, yet threatening smile.
"Get 'em both, Jerry! Use-Huh!?" Lee said as the Luxury Ball Jessie sent them burst open inside their protective dome.
Jessie's Mimikyu lurched forward, causing the machine to do so as well. "K...Kyu...kyukyu-Mimi-Kyu!" It chittered angrily, shaking it's claw as it gave Volty and Watt a death glare.
"Pi...chu?" Watt vocalized, shaking a little. This Mimikyu seemed different than Polter.
The Mimikyu popped the Pikachu mecha's dome open and lunged out, lashing at the two electric-types with it's claw. He was aiming for Watt, but Volty dashed in and took the hit. "Pika!" He cried.
"Hey Freaksheet!" May called. "We don't recall sending you out! You're our backup!"
The Ghost-Fairy twisted it's body half around to glare at May, only for her to shrink back. "Uh...I didn't say nothing!" She grinned sheepishly, showing her buck teeth.
Mimikyu turned back around, choosing to ignore her and start slashing at Volty. Eddy's Pikachu managed to block a few of the hits with it's forearms, but wound up getting sent flying.
"Chuuuu!" Watt cried, shooting a Thundershock at the Mimikyu. However, his friendship to Polter caused him to hold back. It turned to him, baring down on him menacingly. "Piiii…" He wailed, taking a step backward, until it unleashed it's Play Rough attack, beating him senseless with it's costume head and tail stick.
"Wotter, you gotta help 'em out!" Eddy commanded.
"Nat, please, get up!" Double D pleaded with the insect, who continued to lie down on the ground with it's feet in the air.
Wotter charged in, only for Jerry to come in and stomp him in the stomach. Luckily, his scalchop shell blocked the hit. "Osha!" He growled at the Lickitung.
"Fine. We'll deal with you first! Water Gun!" Eddy shouted.
"Wooooott!" The Oshawott growled, spitting the stream of water at the Normal-Type. The Licktung blocked with it's arms, only for Snappy to run in and tackle him to Wotter, who leapt into the air and loosed another Water Gun, pinning him down.
Jessie's Mimikyu continued to beat on Watt, striking it mercilessly, but as it did, it failed to notice Volty coming up from behind. He leapt into the air and twirled, unleashing Thunderbolt at full power. The lightning bolt struck the Mimikyu, but it recovered nearly instantly.
The Mimikyu turned around, only for Volty to puff himself up. "Pika!" The Shiny Pikachu growled, sticking his chest out as Watt panted in exhaustion, doubled over in pain. His opponent chittered, as the two of them dashed around, shooting balls of electricity and shadow energy at each other.
A single Great Ball burst open during the scuffle. A dark claw clutched. "Mimi…" A feminine voice chittered.
Lil' Marie whipped Wotter with her tail, slapping him around. "Tackle it!" Eddy shouted.
"Take Down!" Marie yelled in response.
Their Pokemon slammed into each other, each of them shoving for supremacy. The Eevee pushed her enemy back, but Wotter managed to reciprocate. Finally, they both released each other, taking a break to breath until a stray Electro Ball hit the two of them.
Wotter shook his head and dusted himself off. "Osha! Oshaoshawott!" He yapped, waving his paw at Volty angrily.
"Pika...chu." Volty chimed, sheepishly scratching the back of his head until Mimikyu lunged again, slapping him fiercely into a boulder.
Finally, it turned to Watt, who had barely recovered from it's previous attack. "Pi...chu...Pi...Chu…" He panted, struggling to his feet.
Mimikyu powered up a Shadow Ball, only for another to slam into it.
The Ghost-Fairy Type cried out angrily, looking around for the assailant, it's eyes coming to rest on the second Mimikyu that stared it down.
Polter leered at the stranger, shadowy mist pouring from her costume.
"Hey! It's Double D's! Guess we're in for a freaky freaksheet fiasco!" Lee smirked. "But I bet our's is stronge!"
"Polter...you wanna fight?" Double D asked, holding up Nat, who held it's eyes tightly shut, twitching it's antennae.
"Kikyu!" Polter responded, nodding it's costume head.
"I understand. Watt is your friend, and you don't wish to see him hurt." The smart Ed smiled. "Well then…" He reached into his pocket, and produced a spare black ski cap. "Shall we?" He gave it a light toss, the garment draping over Polter's costume. The friendly Mimikyu gasped, chirping happily as she scuttled and hopped back and forth.
Jessie's Mimikyu lolled her it's head forward, miasma coating it's body. "Kkyuuuu...Mimikyuu…"
Roto-Z floated in. "Oh dear...That Mimikyu called Polter a traitor!"
"What does that mean?" Ed asked.
"Mik-miku-Kyu-Mimi! Mimikyu-ku-mi-mimi!" Mimikyu cried, slamming it's claw into the dirt.
"It says that Polter is a disgrace to all Mimikyu for making friends with Pikachu...and as he described Watt a…'Pikalett.'" The Rotom Dex continued.
"KyukyuMikyu!" The crazed creature screeched, lunging with a Shadow Claw.
"I'm...not going to tranzlate that. Zrt!" Roto-Z shrank back.
Jessie's Mimikyu's claw was blocked by Polter's own Shadow Claw. "Kyu!"
"Zrrt. Polter says 'Enough!'"
"Mkyu! Mimimimikyuky-mi-kyu-mimi-kyukyu!" Polter added.
"Polter says 'We have hated Pikachu for generations, but for what purpose? We still make our disguise to look like them. So why? What is the reason?'"
Polter shoved the other Mimikyu away, but it charged again, the two striking and parrying each other with Shadow Claw. She began to chitter and screech again, but she was drowned out by Jessie's.
"'They are capable of making friends at the tip of a hat, while we are cursed to hide under a ragged sheet!'" Roto-Z translated. "Every single stitch I sew when my costume is damaged, I spit at the Pikachu name. The humiliation I must suffer, I will turn to rage! I'll beat every single Pikachu I come across, until they too are forced to hide their true faces! Because I am MIMIKYU!'"
Polter began to speak again, as she shot a Shadow Ball it's way.
"'But why!? Why must be force ourselves to hate and destroy?'" Roto-Z continued, now translating for her. "'I am honored to wear this Pikachu costume. Because Watt is my friend, and Watt is the friend to the guy with the pretty hat!'"
Double D blushed. "Pretty?" Ed and Eddy snickered to the side.
"Hey!" Marie growled from the mecha. "This isn't a debate! Crush that stupid thing so we can get outta here with these rats and our boyfriends!"
"We're not your boyfriends!" Eddy spat. "Wotter! Let's hit that Z-Move, now!"
"Oshawott!" His partner barked.
"I don't know what a Z-Move is, but it sounds like trouble!" Lee began. "Jerry! Lick 'em into submission!"
Her Lickitung charged in again, but bladed leaves cut him off.
"What!?"
Snappy stood bravely against Jerry, baring his beak angrily.
"Why you!?" The redhead grimaced.
"Good job, guys!" Eddy said, giving Ed the thumbs up. "Now, let's do it!" He crossed his arms, with Wotter mimmicking his gesture. The two started waving their arms, as if they were imitating the ocean tide. "Z-Move!" A blue aura cloaked his form, channeling into Wotter. "Hydro Vortex!"
Wotter pooled fluid in his mouth, as well as controlling water with his paws, swirling it all together to create a huge whirlpool before him.
"OshaaaaaaWOOOOTT!" He screamed, unleashing a spiralling deluge at Jerry and Mimikyu. It, as well as Polter ducked back, leaving large tongued Pokemon to take the brunt of the blast.
The flood of water struck, blowing everywhere. Jerry was flung backward into the mecha's leg. His eyes spiralled, signalling his knockout.
"Grr….we're down one." Lee said, opening the dome to recall him to his Poke Ball, which they'd previously retrieved. The Pikachu in the glass sphere all yipped happily, prompting them to shake the lot of them. "Pipe down, rats!"
Eddy and Wotter smiled back to each other, gasping happily. "We did it! We did it! We finally did a Z-Move!~" Eddy cheered with Wotter mimmicking him as they held hands and hopped about.
"Vui!" Lil' Marie growled, biting Wotter on the foot.
"Woooooott!" Wotter cried, accidentally spraying Eddy in the face with a Water Gun, sending him crashing into a rock.
The two of them started to slap and scratch at each other as Polter and Jessie's Mimikyu continued to brawl, slashing each other with their Shadow Claw, mist blowing around them.
In Edd's hands, Nat writhed in pain from the attack it suffered.
"Please, Nat. Rest easy. You're in no shape to fight." Edd advised.
"Veno...Venonat!" Nat cried before his body took on a glow.
"Wha-?" His trainer gasped, letting him land on the ground.
The other Eds, and even the Kanker Sisters and their Pokemon gasped at the sight of Nat's shining body as it began to change shape. Wings sprouted from his side, as well as a crest like horn.
The glow died down, revealing Nat had taken a moth-like shape and taken flight.
"Veno...moth." He vocalized.
"Was that?" Double D asked.
"Evolution confirmed! Nat changed from Venonat to Venomoth! Zrrt!" Roto-Z whirred.
"Venomoth…" Edd whispered in awe as he beheld his Pokemon's new form, as shining scales glittered on it's wings.
"The Poison Moth Pokemon. The colors of the dust on it's wings indicates which toxins it contains. Zrrt!"
"Vennnnnnnn!" Nat buzzed, sound waves expelling from it's form.
The Kankers gripped their ears and wailed. Lil' Marie and Mimikyu screeched in agony at the Bug Buzz attack.
"Mooooth…" Nat cried, flapping it's wings powerfully, and loosing a glittering green dust from the scales on them.
Lil' Marie accidentally breathed some in, and let out a sneeze before doubling over. Mimikyu struggled to stay awake, before falling asleep.
The two of them snored loudly as Lee, May, and Marie fumed angrily.
"Get up, you too! The fight's not over 'till we win!" Marie scowled.
"Sleep Powder. Lookzz like they're not getting up anytime zzoon." Roto-Z chimed, only for their mecha to kick him away. "Aaah!" The Rotom Dex wailed, as he landed on the ground. His body vibrated wildly. "Ddddamage 35 percent…"
"Roto-Z!" Edd shrieked, scooping the Rotom Dex up as the girls recalled their Eevee and Jessie's Mimikyu.
"Hey! He wasn't even fighting! Not fair!" Ed shouted.
"Shut up, you burheaded baboon!" Lee spat. "That stupid hunk-a-junk was annoying us!"
"Don't talk about my pookie-bear like that!" May said, shaking her.
"May, get your hands off me!" The two of them wrestled about angrily, until a single footstep caught their attention.
Eddy's Pikachu had took a confrontative stance, now sporting a black eye from his scrap with Mimikyu. "Pi-KA!" He growled.
"Oh look, he wants to save his friends! You want these?" Marie asked as their mecha held the Pika-ball out at him teasingly. "Well too bad! Swallow it, rat! Because they're coming with us!"
As the three of them started to cackle, Volty grit his teeth. "Chuuuu…" He got on all fours, his hair bristling up on his back. Electric sparks burst from his form as he started to sprint at them.
"What's he doing!? He doesn't think he can take that big robot, does he!?" Eddy blanched.
"Cccccal-cul-ating...Wild...Charge." Roto-Z droned in Edd's arms.
"Pika! Pika-pika-pika-pika-pika-" Volty cried as he came closer and closer to the Pikachu droid, and with a leap, he bashed his fist into the mech's chest area. "Chu!"
Electricity coursed through the mecha, as it's chest area seemed to loosen up. "Why you!" The three sisters cried in unison.
Volty landed on the ground on his hind legs, and after remaining in that stance for a moment, gripped his paw in pain. "Ka-chuuu!" He wailed.
"Ha!" Lee boasted. "Too little, too weak!" The mecha held it's foot over Volty, who yelped in fright.
"Get outta there, Volty, or you're one pancaked Pika!" Eddy cried, getting ready to make a run for him.
"Bye-bye!" Marie said, as the foot slowly came down toward Volty.
A cry cut the air. "Pichu!"
The lot of them turned to see Watt, who was imitating Volty's Wild Charge stance.
"No, Watt! The robot's too strong!" Ed protested.
"Chu!" Electricity crackled across Watt's small form, as if he too would use the same attack, but this was different. This time, the Pichu was cloaked entirely in electricity. He took off sprinting on all fours at the Kankers.
"That looks...different." Eddy noted.
"Massive energy buildup!" Roto-Z said, coming back to himself. "Watt's energy capacity up five-hundred and twenty percent! Calculating…" He whirred and buzzed for a moment.
"-Volt Tackle!"
"Piiii-chu!" Watt cried, slamming into the Kanker's mecha, and searing right through it like a bolt of lightning. When he landed behind them with a wince, the machination blew up, the sphere holding the wild Pikachu breaking open.
When it was all over, the Kanker Sisters were flying high in the sky, away from the Eds, and their quarry.
"Well that was a bummer." Marie said. "I thought for sure this would work!"
"Gah! If that freaksheet would've actually done it's job, we wouldn't be in this mess!" Lee growled.
"Please don't make it angry." May uttered shakily. "It can hear you through the ball."
"Next time, Eds!" They hollered as they blasted off and out of sight.
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The sun had begun to set. The Eds, along with Watt, Nat, Volty stood across from the colony of wild Pikachu.
"We're happy we could help you all out. With any hope or luck, they won't be back to trouble you." Double D said.
"Pika!" A wild one yipped, giving a thumbs up. "Pi-Pika-chu!"
Roto-Z hovered over to the Eds. "He says thank you. Watt and Volty are free to come back and play anytime!"
"Pi! Pi!" Watt cried happily, as he ran up and snuggled it's elder Electric-Type.
"Ka…" It replied, giving a hug.
"Well, I'm glad that all turned out for the best." Eddy noted. "Come on, guys. I'm starved."
"Bye now!" Ed said, waving goodbye to them all.
"Pi-ka-pika!" The Pikachus waved in response.
"Chuuuu!" Watt and Volty added as they left with their trainers.
"Another eventful day under our belts, right fellows? And we received a powered up member of our team now." Edd said, giving Nat a stroke as he fluttered next to him.
"Nomoth!" Nat piped up, landing on his shoulder and wrapping a wing around him.
"That's quite good, Nat." The sockhead smiled before catching a whiff of something that tingled and burnt his nose. "Oh no...Toxins!" He gasped, blowing his nose into a hankerchief.
"Veno?" The Venomoth chirped quizzically.
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As the Eds left, elsewhere, a confrontation occured on the other side of town in the outskirts.
Preston grimaced at the grimly handsome man with very short black hair, and black eyes. He wore a dark suit, with a patch on his pocket, that read a multicolored capital 'R'.
Giovanni smirked at him. "Pretty good. You're no ordinary Gym Leader. I commend you for your skill. You must've been through fierce training in your own world."
Hopz stood before Preston, in her Mega Lopunny form. Her blue dress lie in tatters at her feet. "Lop...Lop...punny…" She panted. She was by no means out of the fight, but whatever Pokemon Giovanni used was truly a mighty one to keep up with her in that state.
Her opponent, a mysterious and unknown Pokemon wearing strange armor, with a ten-sided polygonal intent in the center of the torso, and a pair of twin horns at the top of it's mask(which obscured it's face) stood across from her. Whatever it was seemed to be alien in nature, with three digits on each long, skinny arm, cat-like feet with two toes on each, and a long purple tail. It's armor was heavily damaged in places. Bruises adorned it's body from Hopz' powerful attacks.
"It would seem that the Beta still has some essential fine tuning to work through." Giovanni continued. "It's incomplete. We're done for today."
He and his Pokemon turned around, preparing to leave. "Wait!" Preston demanded, reaching out with his hand. "Why? Why are you Rainbow Rocket goons in our world!? Why would you come here? To attack the innocent people of this world? To capture all of the hapless Pokemon that were taken away from their homes and brought to this alien place? What's the purpose!?"
"Lop-Lopunny!" Hopz growled, taking a ferocious stance. She was not satisfied by their battle. She still wanted to fight the strange creature.
Giovanni cocked his head around to look at them. "Heh. Why not?"
"What?" Preston gasped.
"Team Rainbow Rocket has amassed great power in it's own world...and now after seizing the power to travel to others...why not going around conquering whatever we please. And with strong Pokemon like that Lopunny, I'm sure it'll be quite...profitable. Hehhehheh…"
And just like that, Giovanni and his strange Pokemon vanished.
Hopz cried out as she reverted to base Lopunny form. "Looooop!" She wailed.
"I know you wanted to fight more, Hopz, but this is serious…" Preston said, placing a hand on her shoulder. "We have got to get back in touch with the professors."
Quite the chapter here. It seems Giovanni is going to begin his campaign on the Eds worlds with force on a whim! What dangers does this spell for the Cul-De-Sac kids, and their Pokemon friends!?
