A/N: I've been so busy lately. I can't remember the last time I was this tired. If I'm late on an update you can assume I fell asleep before I finished editing the chapter. 4 chapters away from "movie" chapter. It'll be corny at times but I'm sure a lot of people will like it. You're probably wondering why I keep talking about that when we're far off from it. I'm talking about it now so that I wont talk about it a lot when I post it. I think it would be better to not have a big note on there so you could dive right in. Anyway, I hope you enjoy this chapter. I had a lot of fun writing the end of it.
Disclaimer: I don't own pokemon.
Chapter 26 Seafloor Cavern
There she was, underwater riding Lapras. Wailmer had led them into a cave. And May was shocked at what she saw. Big letters were in front of them.
( "Submarine Explorer 1" is painted on the hull. This is the submarine Team Aqua stole in Slateport! Team Aqua must have gone ashore here.) She was planning on having a lead to the sub. Not actually finding it. But that was a good thing. May pointed up and so Wailmer and Lapras swam up to the surface in there.
They wound up at a small secluded beach. A wall of rock surrounded the area. The only other place to go was a cave ahead of them. May took out the Comtank and took a breath. It felt good to breathe normal air again. "Good work Wailmer. You actually found Team Aqua for me."
Lapras swam to the shore and May got off. She was soaked. May released Arcanine. "This is where Team Aqua went. We're gonna go after them now. But do you think you can help me dry off?" She asked.
Arcanine nodded and suddenly shot a Flamethrower near her. May was surprised at how fast he did that, and she almost fell back. That was hotter than it looked. That dried her clothes partially. Arcanine planned on doing it again until-
"That's enough. I'm dry enough." May quickly said.
Arcanine stopped and May had Lapras and Wailmer return. May took out her phone and went to call Brendan. But she couldn't get any reception. "Well, looks like I can't call Brendan. And this phone is running low on battery power." May looked at Arcanine and shrugged. "You can't say I didn't try. Looks like we're on our own."
May and Arcanine walked into the cavern. This time, May would make sure she stopped Team Aqua. Arcanine sniffed the ground. Yep, he could smell them. May had him lead the way. They could catch up! But Arcanine had to stop when he came up to a few big rocks.
"Are you sure they went this way?" (A person would have a hard time getting through this.) May thought. Arcanine nodded. That was all May needed. She threw out Miltank's pokeball. "Okay Karate Cow. Crush the rock closest to the wall with Rock Smash."
"Moo!" Miltank chopped the smaller rock and reduced it to rubble. But the passageway was still blocked.
"Good, now use Strength to push those big rocks aside."
Miltank went to the side and moved the first rock over. Then Miltank moved the other one. The passageway was clear and so they went through. Only to see some Aqua Grunts.
"Will you just shut up already?!" An annoyed Grunt yelled to his teammate.
"That submarine we jacked, man, it's brutal as a ride. It's way too tight in there!" The whiney Grunt exclaimed.
"I know. I was there! You have got to stop whining about it!" The annoyed Grunt yelled again.
He was quiet for a second, before... "That submarine... It's tiny inside. I'm sore all over!"
The annoyed Grunt couldn't help but scream. "ARRGH!!!!"
"Hold it! Look it's that girl." The whiney Grunt said.
The annoyed grunt looked at the passageway that was previously blocked. May, Arcanine and Miltank stood there. "We don't need a kid around! Go on home already!"
May stayed right where she was. "Not without the Red Orb. Arcanine..."
Arcanine stepped up and growled at both of the Grunts.
"Fine then." The even more annoyed Grunt tossed out a pokeball containing a Poochyena.
"Flamethrower." Arcanine blew flames at Poochyena. Instantly knocking the hyena pokemon out. The Grunt couldn't believe it. He was one of the strongest Grunts. He even was trying his best to become an Admin. And his pokemon was KO'd like nothing. He recalled his pokemon.
(Man, Uno wasn't kidding when he said this kid was good.) "Go Carvanha!" He released his Carvanha and hoped this match up would be better.
"That's enough Arcanine." Arcanine nodded and stepped back. Then May released Lapras. "Thunderbolt."
Lapras charged up electricity before zapping Carvanha. The offending pokemon fainted.
"Drat. I'm all out of pokemon." The annoyed Grunt said as he recalled Carvanha.
"Leave it to me. My Carvanha will take her Lapras down." The whiny Grunt said. He released his pokemon.
"How is your Carvanha different from mine?!" The annoyed Grunt yelled.
May shook her head at them. (Oh brother...) "Knock out this Carvanha too."
Another Thunderbolt finished the task. The whiney Grunt only had this one pokemon. He recalled his Carvanha. "Losing makes me sore!"
The annoyed Grunt had to stop himself from strangling his teammate. "Will you shut up about being sore! Ugh... I want to go home..." (We've been here since yesterday. It's taking too long to-)
"What is Archie planning to do with the Red Orb here?" May asked.
"He will use it to expand the sea. Our goal will be met very soon." The annoyed Grunt said.
(I already knew that! He's probably not going to say anything else. It's better to move on. I'll have to see for myself.) "Not if I can help it." May recalled Lapras and they went through a different opening to get to a different part of the cave.
The annoyed Grunt sighed. (I want to get a promotion so I can boss around the Grunts... but the Boss won't let me if I keep losing like this. At least I'm one of the strongest Grunts. Not that it says much.)
"Hey, should we call the Boss?" The whiney Grunt asked.
His teammate shook his head. "Cell Phones don't work in here. The Boss has a walkie-talkie, but we don't have one remember. Only the Aqua members outside have those."
May continued going through Seafloor Cavern.
But in the mean time, a certain someone was having a nice time in Slateport. Mr. Briney looked at the nice things in the market with Peeko. Then started walking to the harbor. "Oh Peeko. We should have gone home by now. But this is a wonderful place."
"Wingull!" Peeko replied.
"Yep. Sure is. But the vacation has to end some time." Mr. Briney said.
Peeko looked a little sad. Mr. Briney understood. He wanted to continue to relax. But staying at a hotel was eating up what little money they had.
Suddenly, they bumped into Dock. "Oh excuse me. I was just on my way to the shipyard and wasn't paying attention."
"Shipyard? My that brings back some fond memories of my sailing days. Can you show it to me?" Mr. Briney asked.
"Sure. Follow me." They started walking to the shipyard. "By the way, my name is Dock. I'm a close friend of Capt. Stern."
"My name is Mr. Briney. And this is my Wingull, Peeko." They arrived at the shipyard and Mr. Briney saw a help wanted sign. "What is this?"
"Oh that? We are looking for an experienced sailor to help us build a ship. It's not going very well." Dock said.
"I see..." (Too bad I'm retired..... but.... perhaps I can offer some advice.) Mr. Briney thought and they walked inside.
Back in the cavern... Miltank was moving more rocks to clear a path. The smaller rocks were crushed and the larger ones were pushed aside. But the rocks were very heavy. It was taking a while to move the rocks far enough.
(All these rocks are taking a long time to move...) May hoped that she wouldn't be too slow this time. Miltank crushed one more rock and opened another path. "Good job. Now lets hurry up."
Arcanine and Miltank nodded and they all went through to a different part of the cavern. And then they saw an Aqua Grunt looking around looking a little scared.
"Where are the others? I can't find the way out!" He turned around and saw May. "Who are you? Where did you come from?"
May couldn't help but feel a little sorry for the separated Aqua member. A LITTLE. "It's obvious that you're scared and lost. So how about we can just pretend we didn't see each other." (Which would save some time.) May thought.
The lost grunt took out a pokeball. "I'm not afraid. Don't get me wrong! And I bet you are that kid that has been getting in our way! Get ready to battle! Come out Poochyena!" His Poochyena came out.
(Just great...) "Knock this Poochyena out, Arcanine."
Arcanine used his flamethrower to KO Poochyena in a single hit.
(Wow this kid is strong.) "Try my Carvanha." The lost grunt recalled his Poochyena and brought out his Carvanha.
May tossed out a pokeball. "Come on out Lapras. Take care of this Carvanha like the other two."
Lapras was released and she charged up electricity, before shooting it at Carvanha. The Grunt recalled his defeated pokemon and sent out his Zubat.
"Lapras return." Lapras went back in her pokeball.
The Grunt was surprised. "Afraid of my Zubat?"
"No, just swapping Lapras for my Grumpig." May released Grumpig from his pokeball. Miltank cheered him on. "Use Psybeam."
The pearls on his body glowed before unleashing the beam of psychic power at Zubat. It may have been his weakest attack, but that was enough to knock out the Grunts final pokemon.
He recalled his pokemon and sighed. "Lost it..."
"Good work Grumpig. You can return now." Grumpig nodded and returned to his pokeball. May, Arcanine and Miltank looked at the Grunt. "You aren't going to cause anymore trouble, right?"
The lost Grunt stepped back and out of the way. "I wouldn't be able to if I tried. I'm more lost than a Magicarp out of water." (I wish the others would find me.... I hope they didn't abandon me!) He thought.
May was satisfied with that answer and they left the Grunt. Arcanine jumped down a small ledge and looked at the entrance to another part of the cave. May and Miltank jumped down too and saw where he was leading them. (How deep is this cave? If it weren't for Arcanine, I'd be stuck in here for days.) May thought.
They went into the new area and found themselves in what appeared to be a maze. The only way to get through would be to push rocks aside and hope that you're going the right way. A few of the rocks looked breakable.
"Well, looks like another job for the Karate Cow." May said.
Miltank looked at all the rocks. If she wasn't careful where she moved them, they could be blocked in. She was strong, but there was a chance she could push a rock in a path they needed to go by mistake. Miltank could push the rocks, but it was impossible to pull them back. She took a breath and got ready.
"Millo."
Meanwhile, Maxie of Team Magma was talking with a few magma members. They had heard that Archie stole a submarine. They were trying to find out where he was.
The Magma Grunt spoke up. "If Archie took a few maps and documents, couldn't we pinpoint where he is?"
Maxie wished it would be that simple. "It's easier said than done. The others have been checking all the documents to see exactly what is missing. But it's a lot to look through."
Magma Admin Tabitha tried to think of an answer. (What would Archie need with Maxie's information? Wait...) "Some of those documents had your plan to expand the landmass right?"
"Yes, but he couldn't have taken those. What use would that be? ....Unless...." Maxie suddenly jumped up and started running. The Grunt and Admin quickly followed him.
"Sir! What's the matter?!" Tabitha asked.
"I know where he is! We have to hurry! Archie is going to do what I was planning! Only in reverse!" Maxie yelled as he ran.
"What do you mean?!" The Magma Grunt asked.
"Those documents... he didn't get all of the right information. He doesn't know that doing this will spell doom for everyone! Drat! I should have destroyed all that information!" Maxie yelled in frustration.
"Where are we going?" Magma Admin Tabitha asked.
"To get a boat. And possibly some scuba gear." Maxie answered.
Back with May... Miltank shoved aside a few more rocks and they found the way to the next area. May looked back and was fairly sure that the way back was blocked. (Lets hope that we find a different way out.) She thought.
They went in the next part of the cave and saw a lot of water. Arcanine sniffed the ground again. It seems as if the trail ends at the water. He wasn't sure where Archie was now. But one look across the water gave them the answer. A plot of land with an opening to a different part of the cavern. Archie must have gone through there.
"Okay Arcanine, you should return to your pokeball for now." She recalled him and checked to see if Miltank wanted to do the same. Miltank shook her head since she didn't care if she got a little wet. Then May tossed out Lapras's pokeball. Lapras went in the water and looked a little nervous. "We need to get to the other side. Can you take us over there?" (Why does she look nervous?)
It was hard to tell, but there were strong currents here. Lapras could feel the currents. And wasn't sure if she could fight them to reach the other side.
"Lapras? Something wrong?" May asked.
"La.... la."
Miltank jumped to attention and carefully looked at the water. Then she pointed to a spot. "Millo. Millo moo."
May looked at where Miltank was pointing to see what the fuss was about. And she saw that the waves shifting in different directions. "That actually looks dangerous. But if Archie went through, then so will we."
(May's traveling tips. DO NOT go out into water with strong currents.)
Lapras and Miltank agreed. They couldn't chicken out. ...Not that they knew what a chicken was. May and Miltank went on Lapras's back. Lapras started swimming to the right. She knew trying to go straight up to the plot of land would make them hit a current forcing them to go a different way. Hopefully things wouldn't get too rough. Lapras barely started swimming when they went into a strong current. The current whipped them around at a high speed. May and Miltank held on tight. Lapras tried to fight it... but the current was very strong. May almost fell off as they were jerked to the side. And they made it to where that particular current ended.
" ... That was much stronger than I thought it would be." (I'm surprised we didn't hit the wall!) May thought a little unnerved.
Lapras carefully studied the water. She felt the currents and studied their movements. If she went in the right place at the right time, they could ride the currents to the other side... Without warning, Lapras went up into another current. Water splashed all over them as they rode the current to the left. This one was shorter. They stopped to see they were getting closer to the other side. But May wasn't too happy.
(So much for staying dry.) Despite that May could tell Lapras was working hard.
Lapras concentrated for a while before finding the right current. This was a whopper. Lapras looked back at Miltank and May. "La."
Miltank held onto May tight. May had the feeling she wasn't going to like this. Lapras swam up and went into the current. They were instantly shot to the right. And towards the cave wall. Lapras had to keep telling herself not to fight the current. But it was hard when it looked like you were about to run into a wall!
"Aaaaaahhhh!" (We're dead!)
"Millo!"
Lapras braced for impact, but they were slowed down... and the current curved away from the wall. Before speedily moving them to the left. They actually passed the plot of land before the current took them downwards. Where they came to a stop. There were no more currents in the way. So Lapras quickly swam back up to the plot of land before something else got in their way. May and Miltank got off. They looked petrified until they realized they were back on land.
(Oh sweet land how I missed you so!) That was quite a ride. May was glad it was over. She released Arcanine so they could continue. "Do you smell Archie again?"
Arcanine took one quick sniff before nodding. Catching the scent again was a great sign. May recalled Lapras and they went into the next part of the cavern. They saw a bunch of rocks blocking their way... again.
"You know what to do."
Miltank nodded and went to work.
Meanwhile... Aqua Admin Shelly stood at her post. She was mad at Matt. He was annoying.
Flashback to yesterday. As the Aqua members were getting into the sub.
"Hehehehehe. I'm the one the Boss is counting on to stop that stupid kid. I told you he trusts me more." Aqua Admin Matt said to Shelly.
"What are you talking about? I'm the one that gets to go with him to the cavern. You're just a pawn there to stall time." Shelly said back.
"What are YOU talking about? You messed up at the weather institute so I'm back in the Boss's favor. He doesn't trust you anymore with the small stuff." Matt threw back at her.
Shelly was furious at that comment. "I was low on men and... STOP using my words against me! I'm a better Admin than you! You need to be pushed back to Grunt level. Now if you excuse me, I need to get into the sub."
End of Flashback
She hated how he did that. And his temper gave Team Aqua a bad name. He needed to learn that Team Aqua wanted to help the world. Not kill people. Archie had to talk to Matt a few times about how he would go too far. And that if he EVER even came close to killing someone, he would be kicked out of Team Aqua. Shelly couldn't believe Matt was still on the same level as she was.
She sighed when she thought of what was going on now. (Here I am stuck in some stupid cave. Archie told me to stay here in case of trouble. But man... getting through this cave was tough. We've been looking for the right way to go since yesterday. But it looks like we are almost there. Good. I'm tired of sitting here guarding this area. I mean... it' not like the brat could follow us here.)
Just at that moment, a rock nearby was pushed aside. Shelly looked at it and saw May, Arcanine and Miltank coming. She couldn't help but laugh at how ironic that was.
May went through and saw Shelly. (It's her.)
"Ahahahaha! How did you manage to get here without a submarine? What an impressive child! But... It won't do to have you meddling about here. And, I do want payback for what happened at the Weather Institute... I'm going to give you a little taste of pain! Resign yourself to it!" (I only have two pokemon on me now. Good thing Carvanha evolved recently.)
Shelly tossed out a Sharpedo. May released Lapras.
May planned on making this a short battle. "Thunderbolt."
The electric attack hit Sharpedo hard. The shark pokemon didn't stand a chance and fainted.
Shelly recalled Sharpedo. "Your pokemon have gotten even stronger since our last fight. But I'm not giving up."
(She'll use her Mightyena next. I should save Lapras for later.) "That's enough Lapras.. You did good. Return." Lapras was recalled again and May tossed out Flygon. Shelly let her Mightyena out as May guessed. Mightyena growled at Flygon. But he didn't look intimidated.
"Use Dragon Breath to knock her out in one shot." May told him.
Flygon nodded and shot the dragon attack out of his mouth. The attack was too strong, so Shelly's Mightyena was knocked out.
Shelly recalled her pokemon. "Ahahahaha!" (Ouch! That was pretty one sided.) "Well, I'm out." May had Flygon return and planned to continue. "You're so darn strong. It's terribly disappointing that you're not a Team Aqua member. You could have enjoyed the fabulous world our Boss has promised to one of our own..."
"There's no way I'd join. Ever. Now where is Archie?"
Shelly shrugged and pointed behind her. "You think it's some big secret? Please. We are so close to our goal, there isn't anything you could do to stop us at this point. The Boss went in there. But don't get your hopes up."
May, Arcanine and Miltank quickly went into the next area..... Only to see A LOT if rocks. More that they had encountered in this whole trip. An opening to the next area of the cavern was behind all the rocks. Arcanine started growling a little. He could smell that Archie's scent was only a couple of minutes old. If they got through this area fast enough, they would catch him for sure! Miltank rubbed her hooves together and went to work. 3 boulders were in front of her. She went to the middle and pushed that one forward. She walked up and pushed the other 2 to the right and left. There was now room to move the boulder she moved first to either the left or right. She chose to push it to the left. Only one rock could be moved now. The rock in the middle was pushed forward. Miltank walked up and was in between 2 rocks. She moved them to the right and left since there was space. Miltank walked to the left and pushed the rock closest to the left forward. Then she went to the rock to the farthest right forward. She walked up to the rock on the far right and pushed the remaining rock that blocked the opening to the left. They were through! But Miltank was very tired. She slumped to the ground.
"Millo..."
(Poor Miltank. She used a lot of her strength today.) "You can rest now. I can tell you're tired." Miltank nodded and was recalled. May looked at the opening and then back to Arcanine. "It's time to stop Archie. Lets go."
"Ar!"
Then went into the opening and came to a place surrounded by a weird fog. Arcanine shook his head as something overwhelmed his senses.
(What's wrong with him?) "Is something the matter? Can you still smell Archie?" May asked.
Arcanine shook his head. He smelled Archie for a split second before this other smell overcame it. This place had some strong scent that reeked. Arcanine was surprised May couldn't smell it too.
"Then we'll find him without your sense of smell." (He has to be close anyway.) She thought.
They started walking through the fog. No rocks blocked the path, so it was pretty easy to walk in there. May spotted a TM on the ground. (That's TM36. Earthquake. I don't know how it got here, but that is a good move. I'm taking it.) May picked it up and put it away. Then they continued walking.
It was eerily quiet. Not even the sounds of wild pokemon were heard. May was questioning if any pokemon were here at all. Even so, Archie was here. That was all that mattered. May and Arcanine walked a little more and came up to a body of water. And they were both shocked at what they saw. (What the heck is that?!) May thought.
It appeared to be a giant stone pokemon. But who would carve that? Why here? And what pokemon was it that was carved? They had so many questions. And those were about to be answered.
"Hold it right there." They turned to see Archie walk up from behind. They apparently passed him in the fog by accident. "Fufufu... So it was you, after all."
"Give me the Red Orb! And tell me what you are planning!" May yelled.
He looked at the giant stone pokemon figure. "Behold! See how beautiful it is, the sleeping form of the ancient pokemon Kyorge!"
(That thing is alive?!) "Wait... you said Kyorge?" (The same pokemon in the old man's story? No way...) May thought in disbelief.
"Yes. And I have waited so long for this day to come..." (The sea will finally expand.) Archie looked back at May. "It surprises me, how you've managed to chase me here. But that's all over now. For the realization of my dream, you must disappear now!" He took out a pokeball.
"I wont waste anymore breath trying to talk you out of this. You're too stupid to understand logic." May angrily said.
Archie just smiled and tossed out his Mightyena. Arcanine stepped forward and was glad he could finally pay that Mightyena back. Now that he was twice as big, the Mightyena that beat him up as a Growlithe didn't look like such a threat. Mightyena and Arcanine growled at each other.
"Knock him out." May commanded.
Arcanine took a deep breath, before unleashing a powerful Flamethrower. Mightyena didn't stand a chance, and fell to the ground in defeat. Arcanine howled in victory. "Aaaaarrrrrooooo!"
(I will not be stopped.) Archie recalled Mightyena and released his newly evolved Crobat.
"That's enough Arcanine." Arcanine stepped back as May let Grumpig out of his pokeball. "Use Psychic."
With a powerful psychic blast, Crobat was downed. The super-effective move was too much. Archie had Crobat return and was more than a little upset. He let out his last pokemon. Sharpedo.
(Sharpedo would beat up Grumpig. I better pull him in.) "Good work, now I'll let Lapras finish the job."
Grumpig was happy about his victory. He was glad he could help out like that. He returned and Lapras came out.
"Finish off Sharpedo with Thunderbolt."
Lapras instantly knocked out Sharpedo with that attack and Archie was beaten! Archie's pokemon were stronger than the Grunts. But not strong enough. He recalled his last pokemon and May recalled Lapras.
"Good. Now give back the orb." May demanded.
(I... I lost again? Well, it doesn't matter!) "Fufufu... I commend you. I must recognize that you are truly gifted. But! I still have this in my possession!" Archie pulled out the Red Orb.
"This is your last warning, Archie. Give it to me or else."
Arcanine bared his teeth and growled loudly. He was getting ready to tackle Archie, but-
"You can't do anything. If your dog attacks me then the Red Orb could break. You wouldn't want that now would you?"
(Drat! He's right! But we wont let him get away. Not this time.) May thought.
Archie laughed when he saw Arcanine look a little hesitant. "With this Red Orb, I can make Kyorge..."
The fog suddenly lifted. The three of them were completely baffled by that. Until... The Red Orb suddenly began shining by itself! The light spread throughout the entire area. And a great earthquake racked the place. Archie, May and Arcanine lost their balance and fell to the ground.
(What's going on?!) May thought in complete confusion.
The statue's eyes suddenly opened. He sensed Groudon's power.... Kyorge's body went back to normal. His stone color turned to a lovely blue. And he didn't look happy. He looked around and didn't see his rival. Just two humans and an Arcanine. He swam up to them and then the shaking suddenly stopped. May, Arcanine and Archie saw that Kyorge had awoken. And he was furious. Even Archie was confused. He didn't try to activate the Red Orb. The angry legendary sea pokemon roared. They would all feel his wrath!
Preview: May had finally caught up to Archie and beat him in a battle. But that didn't faze him at all. The pokemon of the sea, named Kyorge has awoken after hundreds of years of sleep. And he is infuriated. All of Hoenn is put in danger. Is it possible to put an end to this chaos? Next time... Chapter 27 Kyorge's wrath
A/N: This was a nice place to leave it off. Oh, and that last part with Miltank was mainly for the few people who might still be playing the game. I just put in the correct way to move the rocks for anyone that might be stuck. Then again, the game is getting pretty old and most people probably don't play it anymore. Oh well...