Chapter 28: Ain't no Mountain hot enough
"I'm sorry. I should have told you" said Professor Cozmo over the Pokenav. "They didn't just steal the documents, but they also stole a meteorite from me." I told him I would try to get them back from Team Magma, and he thanked me.
As I was leaving, I saw Wattson. "I hear there are lift problems. Mind if I come for a look?" I told him yes. If anyone knew anything about how lifts work, it was Wattson. We waved bye to May and headed down the road.
The two of us got to the Cable Car and saw the man at the counter. "Sorry, still closed." I saw something under the desk again. I grabbed it and pulled out a Team Aqua Grunt, male. "Sorry" he told me. "I didn't want Team Magma to get up." Well he was doing a terrible job. The Grunt looked and saw some Golbat flying in the distance. "Oh no, they flew up on the Golbat. Okay, I'm letting you on"
Me and Wattson got in the Cable Car and watched in awe as we rose into the Hoenn skies.
"This is madness!" Wattson shouted. Even in the heat of the volcano, Team Magma and Team Aqua were fighting. "Both of them are as bad as each other, even if Team Aqua are with us" Wattson said. "I suppose you will be looking for their Leader." That sounded like a good place to start. "Meanwhile, I'm gonna fend of some of these Grunts." I thanked him and told him I would see him next time I'm at the Grotto with my Christmas list. "I'M NOT SANTA!"
I ran around the volcano and saw him. Maxie. "You!" he shouted. "Come here, this instant!" I shakily walked over. I saw a hand go over my shoulder. It was Tabitha. "You heard him" he told me and pushed me forward so hard I fell in front of him.
"I told you to stay out of Team Magma's operations, but did you listen? No, you didn't." I got to my feet. "Not one to give up are you" he smirked. "If you think I am going to not let a 12-year-old kid get away with it after meddling with our plans again, you're wrong. Tabitha, take him down".
"Go Numel!" Tabitha shouted as I sent out Marshtomp. Marshtomp used Water Gun. Numel was almost knocked out. "Numel, give it a taste of your Magnitude!" Numel shook the ground very hard. "Magnitude 9! Not bad!" That took a lot away from Marshtomp. Marshtomp used Mud Shot and finished of Numel.
I recalled Marshtomp for Seviper. "Go Poochyena!" shouted Tabitha. Seviper used Poison Tail on Poochyena. Poochyena was poisoned! "Poochyena, use Bite!" Poochyena sank its fangs into Seviper. Seviper came back with Poison Tail again. This time it was a Critical Hit and Poochyena was down.
"Foiled!" shouted Tabitha. "Well it doesn't matter. Maxie still had the meteorite!"
Tabitha ran off. Maxie gave me an evil stare. "You just don't know when enough is enough do you" he said. I sorted out my team (that included healing them). This would be a strong match alright. "YOU WILL NEAL BEFORE TEAM MAGMA!"
"Go Mightyena!" Maxie shouted, sending out his own Mightyena. I used Seviper. Seviper let out a piercing sound at Mightyena, which seemed to lower its defense! Seviper had learned Screech! "Mightyena, use Roar!" Mightyena roared at Seviper, forcing it back into its Pokeball. Out came Dustox. Uh Oh. Dustox used Gust but Mightyena came back with Bite. That almost took down Dustox. Dustox used another Gust but Mightyena took Dustox down after that.
Next, I sent out Nuzleaf. Nuzleaf used Fake Out to get a flinch in first thing. Then, Nuzleaf said something to Mightyena. "Mightyena, Bite!" shouted Maxie. Mightyena however couldn't seem to do it. "Now what?!" Wattson came running over. "Nuzleaf has learned Torment!" he told me. "It's a move that makes it so that the opposing Pokémon can't use the same move twice in a row!" Nuzleaf used Rock Smash this time. This almost knocked out Mightyena. Mightyena used Roar, but this time it missed. Nuzleaf used one more Rock Smash which finished Mightyena.
"Go Golbat!" Maxie sent out a Golbat and I switched into Swellow. "Golbat, Wing Attack!" Swellow also countered with the same move and two Flying Types locked wings. "Keep going Golbat!" One had to come out on top though and unfortunately, it wasn't Swellow.
I sent out Seviper. One more Bite did the trick.
"I've had it" Maxie said angrily. "I HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF YOU!" With that, he sent out an orange Pokémon with what looked like two volcanoes on its back.
Camerupt
102
Fire/Ground Type
Eruption Pokémon
6'03" (1.9 m)
485 lbs (220 kg)
Camerupt has a volcano inside its body. Magma of 18,000 degrees F courses through its body. Occasionally, the humps on this Pokémon's back erupt, spewing the superheated magma.
Numel -Lv 33 Camerupt
I used Marshtomp for this. Marshtomp used Water Gun which took down Camerupt's HP by a quarter. "Camerupt, Focus Energy!" Camerupt seemed to pump itself up. It looked stronger now. Marshtomp used another Water Gun. Camerupt wasn't going down clearly. "Magnitude!" Camerupt let out a Magnitude 8. This was enough to knock out Marshtomp.
This was getting tense. I sent out Nuzleaf. Nuzleaf used Fake Out and flinched Camerupt. Nuzleaf then used Nature Power. Because it was a rocky terrain, it became Rock Slide. Camerupt was down!
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Maxie yelled. I hi fived Nuzleaf as Maxie gave me back the meteorite piece. "Tabitha, we have no more to do here. Head to our next step of the mission. Head west". Tabitha saluted. "Sir yes sir!" He shouted at all the Grunts to retreat and they all did.
At that point though, a lightning strike came down from the sky and blocked the Grunts path. They had nowhere to go. "Is that Doom Desire?" Wattson asked himself. "Only Jira- never mind. Let's get that meteorite."
"I'll take the meteorite" said Archie. "Don't" Wattson said stepping in. "I am taking this back to Professor Cozmo. They are the only hands they are safe in." Wattson put the meteorite in his pocket. Archie sighed. "Fine" and flew off on his Golbat. "What am I going to do with them?" Wattson asked. "Anyway. I bought a tent up. You can borrow it for the night. Sleep up on a volcano! Just give it to the Cable Car curator up here next morning to send it back to me."
It was time for a volcano nap.