It's the end of the Ultra Beast Side Quest. You know which one is next. Can Collin and Guzma take down their biggest challenge together yet? Or will they fail? Read the chapter to find out. Enjoy!
Chapter 36-Hungry for battle
Like the last few times, Collin and Guzma went to the motel Looker and Anabel were staying. However, this time something was off. After asking the reception about the room the two were staying in, all they did was give them a letter.
"What does it say?" asked Guzma. Collin shrugged and opened the letter. It read;
Collin and Guzma,
Meet us at Seafolk Village on Poni Island. We will be at the restaurant. We found the last Ultra Beast sighted in Alola, and it's bad. We'll talk more when you meet us. Get here now.
-Looker and Anabel
"Shit, what do you think it is?" asked Guzma.
"I have a hunch." said Collin, sighing. "We better not waste any time. If this is the last one, we better prepare ourselves." The two got onto Charizard and flew to Seafolk Village. There wasn't much of a crowd, considering it was now nighttime. They spotted the restaurant and entered. At one of the tables in the back were Looker, Anabel and Nanu, eating dinner it seemed. They walked over to the group and joined them.
"Glad you two could come on such a short notice." said Looker.
"Whatever. Let's make this quick, something tells me we shouldn't waste any time." said Collin, sounding annoyed. Nanu only smirked at the Champion.
"Heh, want this over with already kid? I know the feeling." he said, still with the smirk on his face. "Anyway, Anabel," he said, calling the young woman to attention. "tell these two who they are up against." Anabel swallowed her food and took a deep breath.
"The Ultra Beast you are going to be tracking down is UB-05, Guzzlord. One of the strongest Ultra Beasts out there that we know of. It's the very reason why I'm here." she said.
"Exactly. This thing isn't like the other UB's you faced. Those ones are mostly harmless unless they are attacked, but Guzzlord shows no mercy." said Looker, butting in. "It will eat anything in sight. You name it. People, Pokemon, buildings, farmland. It would eat the ocean if possible."
"Which is why you want me and Collin to fight it?" asked Guzma, sounding dumbfounded. "You're out of your fucking mind."
"Look I have no Pokemon, Anabel can't go near the thing, and Nanu is too lazy to do it." said Looker sounding just as annoyed, getting a grunt from Nanu as a result. "You are the only two we can trust to do this. If you can pull if off, we will make it worth your while. Trust us." Collin looked away for a moment and began to think.
"You better not be fucking with us, or I swear I'll rain down hell on you three." he said with a dark voice that even made Guzma shake. "Now where was Guzzlord spotted?" Nanu, who was the only one who wasn't phased by Collin's threat, spoke up.
"It was spotted in Resolution Cave northwest of Poni Meadow. You two better get going before it leaves. If it gets out of that cave, who knows what it could do." he said.
"Once you are done, meet us at Aether Paradise. We'll be handing the Ultra Beasts to them and they'll send them home." said Anabel.
"Fine, let's go Dad." The look of confusion on the three was enough to make Collin calm down.
"But I haven't eaten!" he shouted.
"We'll get food AFTER okay!" shouted Collin, his smile fading. Guzma grumbled and they left the restaurant. "I haven't eaten a thing all day."
"Neither have I so I know what you're going through. We get this over with and we'll get some food okay?" Guzma only nodded and they continued their way to Resolution Cave. Along the way, Guzma thought of something.
"So do you consider me...you know...a dad now?" he asked.
"Well I've called you Dad twice already so I think it's safe to assume I do."
"Yeah but...it seems so quick. One minute you're calling me by my name, the next I'm dad." Guzma had a point and it's something Collin knew. At the same time, Collin had his answer.
"It's what mom would have wanted." he said simply. "I'm sure if she was still here, she'd run into your arms." Guzma looked away, trying not to let the tears well up in his eyes. Another thought came into his head.
"Where is that Lillie girl by the way? She seemed attached to you all the time." The smile across Collin's face fell at the mention of Lillie's name.
"She went to Kanto to help her mother recover and go on her own journey." he said, with a hint of a whimper in his voice. "She didn't tell me until the night before she left." Suddenly he perked up. "But I know she'll come back someday. And when she does, she'll be the best damn trainer Alola will ever see."
"Heh, my son's got a girlfriend." said Guzma, smirking.
"Shut up!" shouted Collin and he pushed him off the path and started laughing. The two continued to mess around as they walked their way to Resolution Cave.
Avoiding conflict with other trainers and Pokemon, the two managed to get to Resolution Cave without a scratch. The cave itself was dark and damp, with only the light of Collin's torch lighting the way through.
"Take it easy here, we don't know where we are going." said Collin.
"How are we going to find it?" asked Guzma.
"Feel along the walls, like a maze. As long as we keep one hand to one wall, we'll loop around in case we get lost." They continued their way through the dark cave when suddenly, there was a low growling coming from deep in the cave. "You hear that?"
"Yeah, sounded like my stomach." Collin looked at Guzma with a blank face.
"Would you shut up about being hungry. We must be close." They continued to go deeper when they noticed some light coming from deep within the cave with the sound of the growl coming from that direction. "It must be down there. Get ready." They slowly made their way down to the light. When they entered, there was a hole shining moonlight into the massive room. They couldn't pay attention to it too much as a loud crash almost made them fall over.
"Careful Collin!" shouted Guzma. Another crash happened when a massive black Pokemon with a mouth the size of a house was right in front of them, roaring wildly. "You're a big fucker!" shouted Guzma.
"No time for jokes Dad! Go Onslaught!" shouted Collin, sending out his most powerful Pokemon on his team.
"Oh right! Go Golisopod!" Both Pokemon were now out on the field, standing side by side ready to attack. "Let's start off strong! First Impression!" Golisopod charged forward and directly hit the massive Ultra Beast. However, it didn't seem to do any damage. "Shit! This thing is tough!" Guzzlord used one of it's massive arms to swing at Golisopod. "Dodge!" It barely managed to dodge, but lost it's balance and fell over, open for attack. The arm swung up into the air, ready to hit the fallen Pokemon.
"DRAGON RUSH!" shouted Collin. Onslaught the Hygreigon slammed it's body up against the Ultra Beast, sending it back. "Is Golisopod okay?" he asked. Guzma went over to check his Pokemon.
"Yeah he's fine, just fell over. Get up buddy we ain't done yet!" Golisopod got to it's feet and was ready again. "Liquidation!" shouted Guzma. Golisopod was covered in water and charged forward again, hitting Guzzlord. The attacks from both sides continued, with minimal results, as the Ultra Beast stood up to every attack they threw at it. Suddenly, it's massive arm swung at not the Pokemon, but Collin and Guzma. Guzma managed to dodge but Collin was sent flying. "COLLIN!" shouted Guzma as he fell to the ground.
"I'm fine!" he shouted, getting back up. The Ultra Beast was fair too strong for them to take out little by little. After weighing out his options, Collin too a deep breath and prepared himself. "OUTRAGE!" shouted Collin. Something inside Onslaught snapped, it's eyes glowed red and the rage inside it build up. With blistering speed, the Dragon Pokemon rushed forward and start hitting Guzzlord with blow after blow, bite after bite. Guzzlord had no chance to counter due to the speed Onslaught was attacking. When it finally stopped, Guzzlord struggled to get up from the ground, leaving it open. "Guzma! Beast Ball now!" he shouted.
"Right!" Guzma took out a Beast Ball and threw it to Guzzlord. The ball captured the Ultra Beast and within three shakes, the massive Pokemon was caught. "HELL YEAH!" shouted Guzma, picking up the Beast Ball. Collin walked up to him with a smile.
"Glad that's over Da-" he said just as he was thrown halfway across the room.
"SON!" shouted Guzma as he saw who threw him. It was none other than Onslaught, still in rage over the Outrage. Guzma ran back, but Onslaught seemed to not pay attention to him as he set his eyes on Collin. Collin got up and began to take out Onslaught's Poke Ball, only to find it was not on his belt.
"Shit!" He looked around to see it close by, on the ground. Just as he was about to move, Onslaught was already in front of him and used the teeth in its heads to slash at Collin, hitting his face. "AH!" he shouted and he limped away. Onslaught caught up to him in no time and just as he was about to slash at him again, he was sent flying away from Collin.
"Nice job buddy!" shouted Guzma. Golisopod used Liquidation and bought Collin the time to get his Poke Ball. Just as Onslaught recovered and charged at Collin, he used the Poke Ball and Onslaught returned to the Ball as if nothing happened. The room was now silent, aside from panting from Collin.
"Thanks Dad." he said, getting up to his feet. He felt his face and he felt a massive gash across his left cheek. "Fuck, that's another scar." he said. He took medical supplies out of his bag and began to dress and clean the gash.
"Shouldn't you get that checked?" asked Guzma.
"Well unless a nurse can pop out of thin air, no." he said. "Right, well now you see why I don't like using that move. Thanks again Dad."
"No problem...Son." The two smiled at each other and came together for a hug. An awkward hug, but a hug nonetheless. "So what now?"
"We need to get to Aether and get this bastard home. But first, let's get take-away." The mentioning of food made Guzma's eyes widen.
"THANK FUCK!"
With their stomachs full and Collin patched up properly, the two flew to Aether Paradise. After asking the desk were Looker and Anabel were, they were directed to head down to the lower labs. Once down there, they entered a room that had Looker, Anabel and Wicke all standing by. The first thing they noticed, of course, was the patched up Collin.
"Oh my Acreus what happened to you dear!?" asked Wicke, horrified.
"Did Guzzlord do this?" asked Anabel. Collin waved his hand in the air to get them to stop.
"Nah, my own Pokemon was confused and hit me. I'm fine, though it's gonna scar." he said. "Anyway, here's the Ultra Beast." Guzma handed the Beast Ball to Wicke, who was already carrying the other four on a tray.
"Thank you so much for doing this. We'll be sending these Ultra Beasts home as soon as possible." she said, bowing her head. "Well I best make my leave and find out where exactly to send these off to. Again, thank you so much." Without another word, Wicke left the room and the door closed behind her. Anabel looked at the two and smiled.
"I should extend my thanks and apologies too. I know we have asked a lot from you today, but Collin," she said before taking a breath. "you have done more for us than we could ever imagine. We are extremely sorry for everything we asked for you to do since Sinnoh. So, we are keeping to the deal. You will no longer be approached by us." Collin let out a massive sigh.
"Thanks Anabel." he said.
"There's more, and this is for the both of you. Looker." she said, calling him to attention.
"Yes. On behalf of the International Police, the two of you have been giving a million poke dollars each." he said, handing over a fat stack of cash to the two of them. "Also Guzma, your petty crimes from you and your group have been wiped away." he said with a smile. Guzma tried his best to keep the tears in his eyes from welling up.
"T-T-Thank you!" he said, covering his eyes.
"It's no problem, you deserve it." said Anabel. "I believe that's all. We'll still be around Alola for a little while so if their is any favor you need, please come to us and we'll see what we can do." With that, Anabel left the room. Looker followed, just before stopping. He took Collin's hand and shook it.
"I guess this is the last time we'll see each other as work mates." he said.
"I guess." replied Collin. "Be careful Looker."
"Same to you. Best of luck Collin, where ever you go." Looker finally let go of his hand and walked out of the room. Collin sighed and turned to a still giddy Guzma.
"I can't believe it, a million poke dollars! I never thought I'd get ten thousand! This is amazing." he said. Collin couldn't help but laugh at his dad's giddiness. He looked at his own stack and smiled fondly. Without a second thought, he handed his stack to Guzma. "What are you doing?"
"Take it." he said. "Don't even argue take it." he said before Guzma could even open his mouth. Carefully, he took the stack from Collin.
"But why?"
"I don't need it. I have enough money to last me forever. All the battling and competitions I won stack up you know?" he said. "Dad, use that money to fix Po Town. Or at least make it look better. Use it as a home for all those grunts, a proper home."
"...I will. Thank you so much Collin." he said.
"And if you need more money to help with fixing it, don't hesitate to come to me." All Guzma could do was tackle him into the biggest Ursaring hug he ever had.
"Please, you've done more than enough." he said. "I better get going, to tell Plumeria the news."
"Yeah you do that. I'll talk to you soon Dad."
"I hope so Son. See you in Po Town." Guzma left and Collin was on his own. He was just about to call it a day before something came across his mind. He needed to make a phone call. A very important phone call.
"Collin, happy to here from you, bastard." said the person over the phone. Collin couldn't help but laugh.
"Same to you Silver." he replied.
"I haven't heard from you in almost two months. What's going on?"
"Yeah sorry about that, things got a little busy and I had no time to settle down. How's Kris?" he asked.
"Ah she's fine. Had a bit of trouble at the Day Care but nothing to serous."
"And baby Lyra?"
"Lyra is happy, she's close to walking. You should come over sometime to see her." suggested Silver.
"I should. Next time I'm free I'll pay you a visit." he said. He knew he was beating around the bush, avoiding the reason why he called. "Silver, I have something to tell you."
"I know that voice. Is it something bad?" he asked.
"Depends on how you think about it." Collin took a deep breath and closed his eyes. "Silver...we aren't related." The other end of the phone was silent.
"What do you mean?"
"You know how mom was with Giovanni when I was a baby?" Collin heard a noise from the other end, as a sign of confirmation. "Well turns out she was carrying me when she was in Alola. A few weeks before moving to Kanto."
"Oh wow...do you know who the father is?" asked Silver.
"Yeah I do. He was a leader of a small time gang but he's surprisingly nice once you get to know him. Better than Giovanni that's for sure." he said, before regretting it. "Sorry I said that."
"No it's fine." Silver assured. "So...we aren't brothers by blood."
"Yeah...I'm sorry Silver. If you want to stop calling me brother that's fine. I understand."
"Shut up." said Silver, cutting him off. "I don't care. I've known you for what, six years now and we've been through a lot. There is no way in hell I'm dropping this because of some stupid DNA. We are brothers Collin." Collin was speechless, he didn't know what to say. "No one has to know. As far as everyone else knows, we are still related. Even then it doesn't matter. So stop fucking worrying about it."
"...thanks Silver. I shouldn't have worried over it." he said with a hint of a laugh.
"Again it's fine." Suddenly the sound of crying could be heard over the phone. "Shit, I need to go. Lyra is awake. I'll call you later."
"Heh, troubles being a dad. I'll talk to you later." The phone went dead and Collin relaxed on his couch at home, turning on the TV. He wasn't really paying attention to what was on, some show called Chatter Box, when his phone buzzed. He picked it up and it was a message from Kukui.
Hey cousin, I have the first person who is ready to challenge you after your break. It's none other than Hau. You better watch yourself, he's pretty tough this time.-Kukui.
Collin smirked at the message and set his phone down. He was looking forward to this, to see how good Hau has become and to see if his can take his title away. The battle will be worth it, that's for sure.
Woo! One more chapter to go! This was interesting to write and I do hope it came out okay. Reviews and comments of any nature are welcomed and as always, I'll see you in the final chapter. Cheerio!