Chapter 52: The Truth of Gamfax! The Destination is Goldenrod City!


The group gathered around the egg as it began to crack. "It's hatching!" exclaimed Yoshi. "What's going to be inside? I'm so nervous!" I bet you're nervous too, right?

The egg shook more and crack appeared even more, and slowly, the shell fell out one by one as everyone glued his or her eyes carefully at the egg.

Finally, the egg broke open fully and a small blue canine-like creature came out. "It hatched!" exclaimed Yoshi.

"What is this Pokemon?" asked Red curiously.

"It's so cute!" said Blue.

Green got out his Pokedex and scanned the strange Pokemon with it. "I got it. It's Riolu, the Emanation Pokemon, male gender, and his ability is Steadfast, where his stamina will increase if he is interrupted in his attacks. Despite having a small body, it is very powerful and a skilled fighter even when newborn. He is fighting type.

"A fighting type Pokemon, eh?" said Red. "I'm curious to see what it can do."

Yoshi reached out his hand to the Riolu and said to him in a kind voice, "Come here, little fella! Don't be afraid; I'm the one who took care of you, so I am your father! Though not the real one…"

The Riolu looked at Yoshi with a curious yet cute face, and then he looked around at the people around him. "He looks scared," said Yellow.

After scanning the area around him for a bit, the Riolu approached Yoshi and he lifted him into the air. "Good boy!" said Yoshi happily. "My name is Yoshi! Nice to meet you, Riolu!" The Riolu seemed happy; he swayed his limbs around in a playful manner and smiled.

"He sure likes you," said Mario.

"Of course; Yoshi took care of the egg to the whole time after all!" said Pikachu.

-

On the road to Goldenrod City…

Ganondorf and Pichu were drinking the Moo-Moo Milk that they brought earlier. "Nice milk!" said Ganondorf as he took a sip. "Not too expensive either!"

"It sure is! Miltank milks are the best!" said Pichu as he took a sip from his bottle.

Then Ganondorf noticed two familiar people approaching from over the horizon. "Those two… Shades of blue… It must be them!" And he quickly ran up to them, causing Pichu to drop his bottle.

"Hey! My milk!" he cried.

"Falcon! Sonic!" shouted Ganondorf as he ran up to them.

"It's Ganondorf!" said Captain Falcon.

"Boy! Are we lucky to run into him!" said Sonic, and both sides ran to each other.

"Are you guys all right?" asked Ganondorf.

"I wanted to ask you that too!" said CF. "I'm so glad to find you!"

Pichu popped up behind Ganondorf's head and said, "Don't forget about me!"

"You're here too? Good!"

"How's it been, guys?" asked Sonic. "Where are the others?"

Ganondorf shook his head and replied, "Sadly, I never met any of them yet…"

"Guess we're really separated…" said CF. "We'll have to reunite with them somehow. Let's go to Goldenrod City and ride the Magnet Train over to Kanto, and then we'll plan on further from there."

"Goldenrod City is in that direction," said Ganondorf, pointing to the path behind CF and Sonic.

"What? But we met an old man just now who said Goldenrod City is in this direction!"

"But we saw a sign earlier saying the city is over there!" said Pichu.

"Then why did that old man…"

"You know how old people tend to have memory problems," Sonic reminded CF. "Maybe he got it wrong."

"Oh well… We'll have to backtrack now…"

Ganondorf got out a map and said, "According to this map, we have to go through Ecruteak City to get there."

"Hey, wasn't that city the place we just left after getting attacked by the police?" asked Sonic.

"You got attacked by the police?" asked Pichu.

"Yeah, the news about S.S. Cargo seems to have stirred up our presence and they even have the wanted poster of me!" replied CF. "I'm afraid Ecruteak City will be dangerous to return to."

"Then what do we do?" asked Sonic.

CF looked across the field next to the path they're on. "Looks like we'll have to take a shortcut…"

-

Meanwhile, at the Radio Tower of Goldenrod City…

"Do you know which floor DJ Mary is? I want her autograph," a man said to the front desk lady.

"She's on the 19th floor," said the front desk lady.

"Thanks!"

Suddenly, there was silence between the both of them, as well as all the people around the place. "You know, you remind me of my stupid wife who likes to kick other people's butt for no reason!" said the man. "I hate her so much that not only did I divorce her, but I kicked her butt so hard that she bled!"

"You look like a certain douchebag that I know of, you faggot!" shouted the lady. "I really want to rip off your face right now!"

Elsewhere, everyone is acting really rude and cruel to each other.

"You are an idiot!"

"I hate you! You hate me! Everyone in the world hates me!"

"Shut the f-- up!!"

"You fag! All of you! Argh!!"

"F-- you all!!"

"I wish you would all just die!"

"You suck so much donkey balls that I wish the FBI would blast your brains off and then toss your body in the Mariana Trench were get crushed into a pea by the water pressure and then get eaten by a shark!"

Even the Pokemon are attacking anyone they come across and beating up each other.

Then the doors of the radio tower slammed open, but nobody cared. The Mask of Ice and a group of people wearing uniforms with the letter R on it stepped inside. Someone ran up to the Mask of Ice and shouted at him, "n00b!!"

"Show respect to the leader of Neo Team Rocket!" shouted a TR member as he kicked the guy away.

"Leave them alone," said the Mask of Ice. "Gamfax has corrupted their minds to the point they have no idea what they are doing anymore. Let's get with our plan."

-

Back at Fuchsia Pokemon Center…

"So you plan to keep this Riolu with you?" Red asked Yoshi.

"Yeah, he seems attracted to me," replied Yoshi while the Riolu sat and cheered playfully on Yoshi's back.

Some people were watching the TV that was set up in the Pokemon Center, and then the Mask of Ice suddenly showed up on the TV. "Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen!" he said.

Some of the people recognized who he is at once. "It's the Mask of Ice!" gasped Red.

"What's he doing on TV?!" asked Blue.

"Who?" asked Mario.

"The Mask of Ice is the current leader of Team Rocket, now called Neo Team Rocket," replied Green.

"I am about to began my ultimate plan here at Goldenrod City!" said the Mask of Ice. "I plan to take advantage of the Radio Tower and play a certain type of music that will control the minds of Pokemon, wild or tamed! With the Pokemon under my control and the fact that everyone within the radius of Gamfax are now corrupted, the Negativities's ultimate goal will be reached in no time!"

"Gamfax!! Negativities!" gasped the Smashers.

"I know you are watching this as I speak, Smashers!" said the Mask of Ice. "If you think you can stop me, come! There is still a certain amount of time before the music is played!"

"We must stop him!" said Red.

"But wasn't Gamfax here in Kanto? When did it go to Johto?" asked Pikachu.

"I don't-a know, but we know where to go now!" said Mario.

-

At Celadon City…

Peach and Meta-Knight just saw the broadcasting through the window of a TV store. "The Negativities are at Goldenrod City!" said MK. "We must go over there at once! Let's take the Magnet Train in Saffron City!"

"I hope the others are on their way there too," said Peach.

The two of them ran as fast as they could through Celadon City and went through the building that leads into Saffron City. Once there, they quickly headed for the train station. As they were about to enter the entrance, MK caught notice of something coming down from the sky. "Look!"

It appears to be trainers descending on their flying Pokemon, and the three Smashers are with them too. "It's Mario and the others!" exclaimed Peach.

When the Pokemon landed, Mario got down from the Charizard quick and ran up to Peach. "Peachy, you're all right-a!"

"I'm so glad you're all right, Mario!"

"So glad to see the rest of you!" said Pikachu.

"Sadly, we were the only ones together," said MK. "The others are nowhere to be found."

"Oh well, we'll just have to find them somehow," said Yoshi.

Peach saw the Riolu sitting Yoshi's back and asked, "What's that?"

"Oh? He's Riolu. I found an egg lying out in the wilderness and so took care of it, and now he's fond of us!"

"Aw, it's so cute!" Peach reached forward to hug the Riolu, and he seems happy.

"They say it's a very capable fighter too."

"That would be interesting to see," said MK.

"Hey Peach! Nice to meet you!" Red said to her.

"Oh hi, Red! Nice to meet you too!" she replied.

"I'm sure you all saw da TV," said Mario. "Let's-a go to Goldenrod City fast-a!"

"Okay, let's go!" said Red.

-

Back at Goldenrod City, the whole place is a mess. People are beating up each other and trashing around the place, and Pokemon are attacking and destroying things too.

Then CF, Sonic, Ganondorf, and Pichu emerged from behind a large bush. "We're here at last!" said CF. "Walking across the fields to get here sure saves us time and trouble!"

"I wouldn't call that saving less trouble when he had to brave through swamps and thorns…" grumbled Pichu.

"Whoa! Check out the sight!" said Sonic. "Having a street carnival or what?"

"It appears that they've all been affected by Gamfax!" gasped Ganondorf.

"What?! Wasn't it in Kanto?" asked CF. "How did it get here?"

"That's what I've been wondering. Something similar happened while I was in Olivine City, but then the effect just died out all of a sudden. Now it's happening here! It's as if the Gamfax is actually moving around!"

"What do we do?!" asked Pichu.

"Gamfax must be around here now!" said CF. "Let's look for it and destroy it at once!"

They stepped out from the bushes just at the same time the rest of the Smashers stepped out of the train station, and this was when the crowd stopped whatever they're doing and returned to normal.

"It's Mario and the others!" they exclaimed.

"The others are all here!" exclaimed Mario's side.

"Boy! I'm so glad to see you all right!" exclaimed Pichu.

"We were just looking for you!" said Sonic.

"Well, we were gonna look for you too!" said Yoshi. "I'm glad that we finally reunited with each other at last!"

"And look who is with you! Red and his friends with colorful names!" said CF in a joking manner.

"Yeah, funny joke," said Red, giving a soft chuckle.

Ganondorf looked around the city and said, "Looks like they're all calming down."

"That's-a becuz I have da Positive Zone with me!" said Mario.

"Good thing you have it with you," said CF. "Otherwise it would be tough running around just to look for the Gamfax. By the way, what are you doing here?"

"The Negativities appeared on TV and told us that they are causing havoc here in Goldenrod City, at the Radio Tower to be precise," explained MK. "And they are planning to control the Pokemon using some music, so we have to stop them before it's too late."

"Good, now we know what to do!"

Green pointed to the black colored tower a few blocks away from the train station and said, "The tower is over there. Let's go over there at once!"

"Who's that?" asked Pichu, pointing to Riolu.

"He's blue like me!" said Sonic.

"Oh, that's Riolu who I found in an egg," explained Yoshi. "He's fond of us and is following us everywhere at the moment."

"He's cute, isn't he?" asked Peach.

Pichu hopped off Ganondorf's bag and ran up to the Riolu and stretched forward his hand. "Nice to meet you, Riolu! I'm Pichu!" The Riolu happily shook hands with him.

"Okay, let's save this introduction for later and get the work done fast!" suggested CF. "To the radio tower!"

Just as they were about to move, they heard a loud voice being broadcasted from the radio tower. "Smashers! I see that you are all here, as well as those blasted trainers that the people of these countries claim as heroes!" said the voice.

"It's the Mask of Ice!" gasped Red.

"I applaud you for coming this far! If you think you have what it takes to stop me, then come to the top floor!"

"You bet we will!" said CF angrily.

"There is perhaps one thing you're wondering about! And that is the existence of Gamfax in this place!"

"Yeah! Tell us the truth behind it!" shouted Ganondorf.

"The Gamfax first struck Sinnoh, but since then, it has been moving throughout Kanto and Johto. Why do you think it's like that?"

"Hurry up and spit it out! I don't have the patience to listen to your story!" said Sonic.

"That's because the Gamfax struck a living thing!"

"What?!" they all gasped

"Not just any living thing, but a legendary being that controls and travels through the 4th dimension space!" continued the Mask of Ice. "There is only one Pokemon capable of doing such a thing!"

Suddenly, pink light appeared around the buildings around them and the air became distorted, and then those buildings exploded and debris flew everywhere. "Whoa!" they gasped.

Then a crack appeared in the air before them and it grew larger and larger. "There's a crack in the air!" gasped Yellow. "How is that possible?!"

Then a pair of claws appeared from behind the crack and they began to pry the air open. As it was being opened halfway, a pair of glowing eyes can be seen from behind and a large shadowy figure too. It also let out a loud roar that vibrated the air and everyone closed his or her ears because it hurts. "Ugh! I prefer the lullaby of Jigglypuff!" cried Pichu.

"What is that?!" asked Red.

Then the air cracked open and a massive white dinosaur-like creature stepped out and lifted up its head and roared.

"The legendary Spatial Pokemon, Palkia!" said the Mask of Ice loudly.

"Palkia?! I heard of legends about the Pokemon who can control space!" said Green. "I can't believe I'm looking at it right now!"

"What?! How on earth are you able to control such a powerful Pokemon?!" gasped Red.

"It is under the influence of Gamfax!" replied the Mask of Ice. "It is now under my control and will do whatever I say!"

"I get it now!" said Ganondorf. "The reason for this constantly moving Gamfax is because Palkia is moving through the 4th dimension. Even if he is standing in front of us, we cannot see him due to difference in space and dimension. Because he is the source of Gamfax here, he is able to corrupt his surrounding place, but if he leaves that area, the corruption will end!"

"And he was the one who attacked us while we were just arriving at Kanto?!" gasped Pikachu.

"It appears to be the case…"

"It's a monster! Run!!" screamed the people, and they all ran for their lives.

"We have to take down Palkia!" said Red.

"You should leave this to us!" said CF. "Since he is the Gamfax here, only our Holy Weapons can do something to it!"

"Leave this to us," said Green. "The Mask of Ice is about to unleash his final plans, and I believe that you have the capabilities to stop him in time before it's too late. We will try to hold down Palkia as long as we can until you defeated the Mask of Ice."

"Green has a point there," said MK. "Imagine all the Pokemon falling under evil influences and being used by evil to harm others…"

"I see your point here," said Ganondorf. "But at least one of us with Holy Weapons should help take on Palkia too."

"Leave this to me!" said Pikachu. "With my Electric Harness, I can take on Palkia!"

"Okay, if that's what you say, then let it be!" said CF. "C'mon, let's get moving!"

"Leave this place to us trainers!" said Red.

"And me!" said Pikachu.

"Let's-a go!" said Mario, punching the air. And then everyone separated according to their groups. The trainers and Pikachu stayed behind to deal with Palkia while the other Smashers, along with Riolu, ran towards the Radio Tower.

"C'mon! I don't care whether you're legendary or not," said Red, "I can still take you down!"

"Don't get too cocky," Green reminded him. "Palkia is an alien to our country, so it is likely that it's more powerful than any of the legendaries we've encountered in the past."

"No big deal! We'll just fight it like we used to with the other legendaries!"

Green got out his Pokedex and scanned the Palkia. "It's typing is water and dragon, that would make its only weakness a dragon type move."

"Doh, we don't have any Pokemon that knows dragon moves…" said Blue.

"Never mind; we'll just use our strongest attacks and typing advantage won't make any difference!" said Red.

"I'll start!" Pikahu gathered electricity around his body and then fired it. "Thunderbolt!" The lightning bolt struck Palkia in the leg, but it shook it off without any problem. "It doesn't seem to be working!"

"It's a legendary, so weak attacks aren't going to be useful against it," said Green. "We'll have to use stronger attacks."

"Need our help?" asked a voice coming from behind them.

The trainers turned around and saw familiar people. "Gold! Silver! Crystal!" exclaimed Blue.

-

Meanwhile, inside the tower…

CRAAAAASH!! BANG!!

"Out of the way!" shouted CF as he sent the TR grunts flying with his mighty punches.

Sonic ran at a group of grunts and charged them down using his head.

CRAAAAAAAAAAAASH!!

"Pichu!!" Pichu released electricity through the air and zapped them.

"Watch who you're zapping!!" shouted Ganondorf with a scorched body.

"Sorry…"

"Get him, Koffing!" said a grunt. The Koffing flew to Yoshi to hit him, but Yoshi quickly swallowed it with his tongue and laid out an egg, and then tossed the egg back to the grunt to knock him out.

CONK!

"Blegh! That thing tastes bitter!" said Yoshi in disgust.

Suddenly, a grunt pounced at Yoshi from behind. "Got you!"

But then the Riolu did an uppercut into the face of the grunt and knocked him back onto the floor, and then he jumped onto the grunt's face and began pummeling him with seemingly hundred punches per second.

PONG POW WHACK SMACK SMACK WHACK POW!!

When the Riolu got up, the grunt was seen with a swollen face with lots of broken teeth. "Whoa, you sure got some skills there, Riolu!" said Yoshi, amazed. The Riolu jumped and down happily that he defeated someone and is being praised.

"Die!" shouted another grunt as he approached them. Riolu jumped at the grunt and did a flying kick into his face, and then jumped off into the air and landed on top of another grunt and pummeled him over and over until the grunt fell. "Good going!" said Yoshi.

"That's the last of the bad guys here now!" said CF. "Let's get moving!"

"Not so fast!" said a voice, and then in a bright green burst of light, a young man with spiky hair and a blond little girl showing no emotions at all in her face appeared.

"Who are you?" asked Mario.

"So you are the Smashers," said the man. "Nice to meet you! I am Ian, one of Phantom's followers and at the same time a member of the Negativities."

"I see; a Negativities member!" said CF. "More people to beat up!"

"I remember the king saying something about a member of the Negativities named Phantom when he went to stop the villains from rescuing Dr. Wily," said MK.

"We are not taking orders from the Mask of Ice, but only from Phantom," said the little girl in a tone that displays absolutely no emotions at all. "He gave us the permission to come and kill you, and we will do as he says."

"Leave this to me, Little Loco," Ian said to her. "I don't believe how strong these people can be."

"Don't call me little," said Loco. "I am older than you already."

"You're underestimating us, are you?" asked CF. "Guess what, you're gonna feel sorry for ever saying that!"


TO BE CONTINUED

This chapter sure has lots of surprising revelations, eh? Those who guessed out the egg would contain Riolu sure did a great job!

Also, I'm going on a trip this Sunday, so if I do not update by the end of Saturday (which should be Friday night for most of you), then you probably won't see a new chapter until Wednesday (Tuesday night to you).