Chapter One: On the Road to Arachnid City
"Woolie!" In our last episode, Jay, Dee, Agua, Fire Orb, and Ultra journeyed to the Woolie Zone to capture a new Pokémon. The Pokémon there were attacked by Team Rocket but the gang saved the day once again, and Jay gained a Woolie.
And in a previous episode, Jay captured an amazing Bugged and also gained the Wurm, which had been following them for some time now. And now the five-some is heading to the capital of the Arachnid Island, Arachnid City.
"I'm so dehydrated," mumbled Jay, drooling and wishing for water.
"We've been walking for two days straight," muttered Agua. "We've drank water form my Pokémon but they're almost out of water."
"We need to find this Arachnid City and quickly," murmured Dee. "Before I turn into a puddle of sweat."
The hot desert plains of Arachnid Island weren't the friendliest. None of the group Pokémon were strong enough to fly them to the city, not even the mighty Auqtrias, who was suppose to be able to not be affected badly by heat. And poor Fire Orb seemed to be drained of his energy, even out in the sun and poor Ultra was being carrying in Jay's arms. And the eggs, which were back in Jay's backpack, were happy staying nice and warm. They were probably the only happy members of the group.
"How far was this town again?" asked Jay.
"It's the capital city of the island, it's huge," muttered Dee. "We should have run into it awhile ago."
Agua stopped for a moment and fell to her knees. "Guys, maybe when we saved all those Woolie we were set off course."
Jay frowned. "As in we passed right by the Arachnid City?"
"But we don't know where to go!" cried Dee.
Jay selected a Super Ball. "I know what we could do. Winger, I choose you." He threw the Super Ball into the air releasing his powerful bird-of-prey Super Pokémon, Winger. "Winger, use your bird vision to see if you can find a large city."
"Winger," moaned Winger, who also didn't like the heat. Winger squinted into the ongoing plains, and in the distance to the right was a large city. "Wing-wing! Winger wing Winger wing!" He held his wings towards the direction of the town.
Jay took a deep breath and held out Winger's Super Ball. "Return."
Dee pointed forward. "Then let's go!"
* * * *
"I mean yes it's hotter than Auqtrias' cavern but this is way too much heat," muttered Mike.
"How come this little twurps wanted to come this way?" growled Nick. Suddenly he shouted in anger, "Couldn't we have taken a plane!"
"If we don't follow them, then we'll never capture that Ultra and Fire Orb," disagreed Kelly. "We have to beat the heat."
"Even I'm all drained out," muttered Fire Kat. "I say we should head towards the Arachnid City. Nick, use Snake Glare to find which direction to head into the city."
Nick nodded. "I choose you, Snake Glare!" He threw the Super Ball containing Snake Glare and-
"You sound just like Jay!" growled Mike and Kelly.
Nick shrugged. "He's a better Pokémon trainer then you guys, I might as well have a role model." He glanced towards Snake Glare. "Use your eyes to point us into the direction of the nearest city."
"Glare!" hissed Snake Glare. It glanced towards the right and there was a huge city. As it turned back towards Nick, it saw three humans and two Pokémon heading towards the city. "Snake glare, glare, snake!"
"They're heading there too?" growled Nick.
"Who?" asked Kelly.
"It seems these annoying, young, Pokémon trainers are heading into the Arachnid City too," said Nick.
Chapter Two: Welcome to the Arachnid City
"We're here!" cried Jay, Dee, and Agua. The kissed the ground of the paved ground of the Arachnid City out of happiness.
"Ultra, ultra, ultra!" cheered Ultra. He danced around with delight.
"Fire!" Suddenly, Fire Orb fell to the ground. It had passed out.
Dee sighed. "I'm with Fire Orb, let's head to the Pokémon Center to heal our Pokémon. I bet they're pooped."
"Ultra tra ultra tra," agreed Ultra.
* * * *
The Pokémon Center was one of the tallest buildings there, with a large Poké Ball on the top and a big "P" in the middle of it. Tons of Pokémon could be seen in the building there too, and many Poké Balls and Super Balls.
"Whoa, this has to be the biggest Pokémon Center yet," murmured Jay.
From the building side, three Spida leaped down.
"These must be the Pokémon that help out the center, correct?" asked Dee.
"Spida spi," the three Spida said at once. The made a little net with their webbing so the trio could put their Pokémon in it.
"Alright." Agua put all of her Poké and Super Balls into the little net.
"Ultra, you don't shock anyone in the center, alright?" said Jay, as he put Ultra and the Super Balls into the net.
"Tra!" said Ultra, giving Jay a peace sign.
"Yeah Fire Orb, don't go flaring up and burning the other Pokémon," said Dee. She put Fire Orb and the rest of the balls into the net.
The trio of Spida nodded and headed into the Pokémon Center.
"I'm starving, let's get something to eat and drink!" said Jay. "Pokémon training and Pokémon battles are too tough too handle."
* * * *
"Uh, I'm never going to eat another thing again," mumbled Jay, as he walked out of the restaurant.
"I'm not surprised," muttered Agua. "You ate five cheeseburgers, I'd never wanna eat anything again if I were you too."
"Yeah Jay, you really pigged out," said Dee. "You're going to be too fat to challenge the Arachnid City Gym Leader."
Jay glared. "Me and my Pokémon will be just fine! I don't see you two earning any badges."
"You want us to fight the leader too?" asked Dee. "Don't you think my bird Pokémon would be a one-hit-knockout against the spiders?"
"Yeah, Ice Orb's ice beam would surly freeze them," said Agua. "What Pokémon would you use?"
"Ultra or Winger could handle them all," said Jay.
"I dunno, Winger seemed pretty pooped after battling Woolie two days ago," murmured Dee. "And Ultra is always exhausted because you don't keep him in his Super Ball like you should."
Jay glared angrily at Dee and Agua. "You guys never help."
They smiled. "We know."
Suddenly, on the speakers throughout the city, a voice said, "Jay Barial, Jay Barial, please come to the Pokémon Center for a very important message. I repeat, Jay Barial, Jay Barial, please come to the Pokémon Center for a very important message."
Chapter Three: A Team Rocket Interruption
"A very important message, huh?" Fire Kat gave his famous evil smile. "We could stop that annoying Jay from reaching the phone in the Pokémon Center, and foil his plans."
"Or while two of us are distracting Jay, the other two could be taking the call," said Nick.
"Have you noticed Nick has seemed a bit more twisted, and evil?" Mike asked Kelly. "I mean since our problem with Auqias and Auqtrias."
"Yeah, I think their brainwashing stuck a little bit on him," agreed Kelly. "Can't be a bad thing though."
"Mike and I will stop Jay, Kelly and Fire Kat go get that message," commanded Nick.
"Right!" said the other three.
* * * *
Jay, Dee, and Agua headed back to the Pokémon center to get Jay's "very important message" but some how they all knew trouble was on its way.
Dee stopped and looked around.
"What is it?" asked Jay.
"I could have sworn I heard somebody," murmured Dee.
Agua nodded. "Yeah, it feels like somebody is following us."
"Well if they are they should prepare for trouble," growled Jay.
Suddenly, in the shadows of a nearby alley, two figures jumped out.
"Trouble?" wondered the first.
"Make that double," said the second.
"To protect the world from devastation," said the first.
"To unit all peoples within our nation," said the second.
"To denounce the evils of truth and love," said the first.
"To extend our reach to the stars above," said the second.
The two figures stepped out into the open.
"Mike."
"Nick."
"Team Rocket blast off at the speed of light," they said together. "Surrender now or prepare to fight."
Jay sighed. "Yeah right."
Both Mike and Nick cringed. "Hey, how dare you interrupt the Team Rocket original motto! Now you'll pay!"
Jay laughed. "Half the team, half the battle."
"Smogger, Gaser!" Mike threw two Super Balls revealing the two gaseous Pokémon.
"Snake Glare, Rhyoran!" Nick hurled the two Super Balls and released his snake Pokémon and his deadly rock/poison Pokémon.
Jay smiled. "I choose"- Suddenly Jay realized that all of his Super Balls were back at the Pokémon Center.
"We don't have any Pokémon to battle," murmured Dee.
"Then we'll just have to run!" cried Agua.
The trio darted away from the two Team Rocket members.
Nick glared at the three Pokémon-less Pokémon trainer running away. "They won't get far."
Chapter Four: Search for the Message
"Run! Run! Run!" cried Jay as he ran along the paved road of the Arachnid City.
But suddenly, ahead of the road a large snake Pokémon shot up from out of the ground.
"Snake Glare!" cried Dee.
"Snake Glare stop them with your glare attack, now!" shouted Nick.
"Everyone dive!" cried Jay.
"Glare!" growled Snake Glare, glaring straight at the group of young Pokémon trainers, luckily the jumped out of the way in time.
"Gaser, Smogger, smokescreen," said Mike.
Agua pointed down another alley. "Come on guys, this way."
As the trio left they could hear Team Rocket still commanding their Pokémon to attack the trio.
* * * *
Jay, Dee, and Agua felt fine know, they figured Team Rocket wouldn't find them again on the to Pokémon Center.
"Hold it right there!" growled Nick. "Rhyoran, go! Takedown attack now"
From behind them, the trio heard loud thumping of powerful hooves coming their way.
"Snake Glare dig underground," Nick shouted.
Jay looked around. "Snake Glare will cut us off up head while Rhyoran will trample us back behind us."
"Trapped, great," muttered Dee.
Agua pointed upward. "The emergency escape exit! I say this is an emergency, let's use it guys!"
Jay quickly jumped up and started climbing, and Dee and Agua followed. Not seeing the other, Rhyoran continued running, but Snake Glare popped up right under the rock Pokémon knocking him out.
Agua stuck her tongue out Mike and Nick as they climbed up the house.
* * * *
At the roof of the house, Jay and the others were about to introduce themselves to the owners of the house to try to get them down when suddenly-
"I don't think so, you aren't suppose to get away! Gaser, Smogger, tackle attack now!" shouted Mike from the emergency exit.
The two hovering poison creatures leaped out from the emergency exit.
Jay smiled. "That's right, you two strong Pokémon just come right over here. Come on girls, follow me."
The two girls darted after Jay.
Jay, Dee, and Agua headed towards the entrance into the building. The door, as Jay had guessed, was locked and there was nowhere to go. It was a dead-end.
"Slick Barial, you just get us from one mistake to the next!" cried Agua. "What are you going to do now? Hand them our Super and Poké Balls?"
"Now why would we do a stupid thing like that? Duck!" shouted Jay.
Suddenly, the trio slammed down to the ground and Gaser and Smogger slammed into the door knocking it down.
As the trio headed downward, Dee said, "Thanks Team Rocket."
* * * *
As they all rushed down, Dee explained to the others that she had a perfect idea. "If we don't have the Pokémon, then we can use them. Got it?"
"Yeah," said Jay and Agua.
"Not so fast! Get them Snake Glare, one more try!" said Nick. Snake Glare was riding down the railing, trying to catch up to the others.
"Not a bad idea," said Jay. He climbed onto the railing. "If we're going to make a quick getaway we're going to have to make it fast! Everyone, slide down the railing now!" Jay quickly started sliding down.
Dee and Agua nodded, in a not too happy agreement, and climbed on too. They slid down on the railing down many floors.
When the slid near the finally floor, Jay noticed a small statue at the tip of the railing. He knew how much it would hurt if he slid down onto that. So he decided to use that towards their advantage. "Alright girls, jump off here." Jay leaped off from the railing.
"You're the boss," murmured Dee. She and Agua did the same as Jay. The trio quickly headed out the door.
Still going down the railing on Snake Glare, Nick continued sliding down. It was too bad Nick didn't notice the small statue, because Snake Glare slowed down and Nick slid right off the snake and continued down the railing. He suddenly realized what would happen if he slammed into the railing, but he couldn't stop. And so, Jay and the others gained a bit more time.
Chapter Five: Foiled
Jay, Dee, and Agua decided it would be best if they were running instead of biding their time. The Pokémon Center was in clear site, and the trio was in the area where the Spida took their Pokémon, but in an angry shout-
"That hurt!" growled Nick. He was riding on Rhyoran, who was preparing to use his horn attack on one of them.
"Face it, there's no way to escape, Gaser, Smogger, smokescreen now," growled Mike.
"Snake Glare, wrap attack," commanded Nick.
It seemed as if the trio was trapped by Team Rocket. But all of a suddenly Jay shouted, "Spida, help us now!"
From the top of the Pokémon, but in an angry shout-
"That hurt!" growled Nick. He was riding on Rhyoran, who was preparing to use his horn attack on one of them.
"Face it, there's no way to escape, Gaser, Smogger, smokescreen now," growled Mike.
"Snake Glare, wrap attack," commanded Nick.
It seemed as if the trio was trapped by Team Rocket. But all of a suddenly Jay shouted, "Spida, help us now!"
From the top of the Pokémon Center dropped a trio of spider Pokémon by their webbing. They swung themselves and slammed into Gaser and Smogger.
"What!" cried Mike.
"Counter attack!" shouted Dee and Agua.
Snake Glare began wrapping itself around Spida, but Spida slipped away and got the snake into a small tangle.
The other Spida leaped out in front of Rhyoran, and gave a slam attack upward, chipping Rhyoran's horn.
"String shot Spida!" shouted Jay.
Finishing them all off, the Spida shot the webbing at them wrapping them up.
"Now let's get that phone call," said Jay, as he turned around and headed towards the doors of the Pokémon Center.
* * * *
"What does this stupid machine me, 'I'm not the receiver'?" growled Kelly, as she sat at the telephone both with Fire Kat. "I am Jay Barial, waiting to receive an important call."
"Voice does not match, incorrect user," answered the computer.
Fire Kat sighed. "Computers are too smart these days."
Kelly glared at the machine. "I wasn't going to do this, but I will." She pulled out a small machine from her pocket. She held it up to her mouth and said, "I am Jay Barial waiting to receive an important call." This time her voice was changed to sound like Jay's voice.
The computer didn't reply right away. It said in a confused voice, "Incorrect and correct user."
Fire Kat sighed. "The machine's picking up your normal voice too."
"That's right!" growled an annoyingly familiar voice.
"Huh?" The two turned around and there stood Jay, Dee, and Agua. "Ah! It's the brats! Didn't Mike and Nick stop them."
"Hardly," muttered Dee.
"Guards, stop these two, they're Team Rocket!" shouted Agua.
Suddenly, three Machoke came from the back of the Pokémon Center and they picked up Kelly and Fire Kat. The escorted them to the door, and the trio had officially stopped Team Rocket once again.
"Team Rocket's being escorted to the door once again," moaned Kelly, on her way out.
Jay took a deep breath, except the message, and there in front of the screen was Brock's sister.
"Oh, hello," said Jay. "What's up? Is there a problem."
She shook her head. "Oh, no problem at all. It seems your Pokémon are ready to evolve, and you said you might be here so I called."
Dee smiled. "It's that time again."
****WHO'S THAT POKéMON: KIPAS?****
Chapter Six: Evolution Time
****IT'S SPIKA! "Spi ka!!"****
Jay frowned suddenly. "Do we have to walk three days again to get there, and three days back?"
Brock's sister shook her head. "If you follow the direct route from here to the city, it should only take acouple of hours."
Dee moaned. "Hours?"
"It's better than days," grumbled Agua.
Jay smiled though. "But it's for our Pokémon! It's evolution time guys! Let's go!"
* * * *
"Welcome, your Pokémon are in the back," said Brock's sister, as the trio and Ultra entered the small house.
"Buggy, I'm here!" shouted Jay, as he rushed towards the back of the house.
"Ultra, ultra!" Ultra ran by Jay's side.
"We're here too guys!" cried Dee and Agua.
"Fire-fire orb!" agreed Fire Orb.
The sister sighed. "Whoa, they must really like evolution."
Outside in the back of the house were Buggy, Kakuna, and Metapod and hanging out in a tree.
"They're very happy to see you, I can tell," said Brock's sister. "Whenever you guys are ready they'll evolve."
"Ready!" they chanted all at once.
Suddenly, all three cocoons cracked open in the back and a whitish light glowed from the cracked. Then the flying bug Pokémon slipped through the crack revealing them.
"Free, free!" screeched Agua's Butterfree.
"Bee-drill," growled Dee's Beedrill.
"Stung!" shouted Jay's Stung.
"Yeah! They've evolved!" cried the trio.
"Their Poké Balls, and Stung's Super Ball, are on the counter by the door," said Brock's sister. "I suppose you three will be challenging the Spider Gym, correct?"
Jay smiled. "Oh yeah! I'm getting another badge."
* * * *
After returning to the city and sleeping over at the Pokémon Center, Jay, Dee, Agua, Fire Orb, and Ultra all marched happily towards the center of the down, which was the Pokémon Gym.
The gym was dome-shaped, except the dome was colored as a spider web, not a very welcoming shape.
"Well I think I know what this gym is going to be like," murmured Jay. "But don't worry, Ultra and Stung can easily handle this spider trainer."
Dee sighed. "I'm not so sure Jay. All your Pokémon do have some sort of disadvantages, like Spida has a low defense and"-
"Positive comments only," growled Jay.
Agua sighed. "Weirdo."
"Anyway, onward and forward into the gym!" Jay pointed straight ahead. As he walked through the door, with Ultra at his side, an arena filled with holes and drops appeared.
"This is a Pokémon Gym?" murmured Dee.
"Fire orb fire," muttered Fire Orb.
"It looks more like an obstacle course," muttered Agua.
"Some may say." From the center of the gym, a small platform rose into the air and there stood a young man, while long, dark, purple hair, holding a Super Ball, staring down towards the ground. His head shot up suddenly at the five-some, with a glass-breaking glare and said, "You have met your challenge."
Chapter Seven: The Spider Gym on Arachnid Island
"And you are?" asked Dee.
"I am Rick of the Spider Gym," said the Pokémon trainer. "I lead this gym, through many battles it has fought, and as more of a challenge the floors have been raised and lowered for a more adventurous battle."
"Well you won't ever have a more adventurous battle against anyone after us!" said Jay. He winked. "Your defeat won't be easy though, but it will be fast!"
"Ha," laughed Rick. "So, I'm guessing you three want to do a tag-team battle, right? If so, instead of doing a duo battle we'll do a six-against-six battle. Is that alright?"
Jay smiled. "Dee's birds, my Stung, and Agua's Ice Orb will be able to stop those spiders. Especially against Dee's Fire Orb."
Rick's glare shot towards Dee's Fire Orb. "Ah yes, another. The Pokémon cannot be revealed before the match. It will be an advantage towards the owner of the Pokémon so your Fire Orb and Ultra will not be able to battle."
"A!" cried both Fire Orb and Ultra.
Rick smirked. "If you choose to battle me, you will earn an Arachnid Badge, an official Orange League Badge."
"Orange League?" repeated Jay.
"Don't worry, a Orange League badge will still let in the Pokémon League," said Dee.
"What makes this an Orange League Gym anyways?" asked Agua. "Aren't all the Orange League Gyms on island or- no, wait this is an island."
"There will be something happening on the battle arena, besides us battling, so this isn't a normal battle," explained Rick.
"Oh," said Jay. "Oh well, I can still beat you Rick."
"Are you ready for the match to begin?" asked Rick.
"Whenever you are," growled Jay.
Rick gave a nod towards the rafters and an announcer announced, "There will be a six-on-six battle. Six Pokémon remain for both teams. This is the first round. Begin."
"Selected your Super or Poké Ball," ordered Rick. "Whichever one of you are going first that is."
Agua smiled. "That'll be me. Ice Orb, I want you!" She threw a Super Ball containing her deadly ice Pokémon.
Rick smiled and selected a Super Ball. "My first Pokémon shall be you. Go Spidey!" Out came the small, first stage, spider Pokémon.
"Spi-spi-de," growled Spidey.
"Iccce," hissed Ice Orb.
"My Spidey knows some attacks it usually won't know." Rick gave a smiled; very annoying since he was still on the top of the platform he seemed ever so intimidating. "Claw that Ice Orb now, an additional agility will easily stop it."
"Spin to evade the attack Ice Orb," ordered Dee.
Spidey came rushing up towards Ice Orb at full speed. As it leaped into the air, holding out its claws, Ice Orb's slippery, spinning body, sent Spidey flying against a wall. But as the spider hit the wall, the wall spun around like a trap wall.
"Huh!" cried Dee and Jay.
"This cannot be good," murmured Agua.
Chapter Eight: It's a Difficult Life
"Ice . . . Orb?" wondered Ice Orb.
Rick smiled evilly, not saying a word, hoping to not give a thing away.
"What do I do?" asked Agua.
"Dunno," murmured Dee. "This never happened back at the Forest Gym."
"Ice Orb, go check it out," ordered Agua.
"Orb." Ice Orb floated towards the wall, when suddenly and opened up and slammed into Ice Orb. The Spidey walked proudly out.
Agua gasped. "No more playing around. Ice Orb mist attack now!"
"Iccce," hissed Ice Orb. Ice Orb floated around the room, covering it with a thick mist making it almost impossible to see.
"Spidey leer attack," ordered Rick. "Find that Ice Orb and give it a poison bite now!"
"Spi!" Spidey's eyes lit up, using its leer attack to make a light in the fog.
"Body slam, now Ice Orb!" shouted Agua.
As Ice Orb hurled towards him, Spidey saw Ice Orb, leaped, and bit it. But Ice Orb's body slam slammed both of them into the wall, paralyzing Spidey.
"Ice beam, freeze that stupid spider!" growled Agua.
"Ice . . . orb," moaned Ice Orb. It was glowing a strange purplish color due to the fact that the poison had badly affected its body.
"Ice Orb and Spidey are poisoned and paralyze. They are unable to battle," announced the announcer. "The first match is a tie."
"Ice Orb return!" ordered Agua. She quickly recalled Ice Orb.
"Spidey return," said Rick. The injured Spidey was swiftly taken back into its ball.
Agua nodded. "I can't handle those stupid spiders with my water Pokémon. Butterfree will have to face them. But let me have some time to think my plan over, okay?"
"I'll go next," announced Dee. She selected a Super Ball. "Whenever the announcer's ready."
From the speakers, the announcer said, "Five Pokémon still remain for both teams. This is the second round. Begin."
"Go Birdy!" Dee threw the Super Ball containing his deadly poison/fire bird Pokémon.
"Ah, a hard challenge." Rick smiled. "Then this should be a fun challenge for your Birdy. Go Itomaru!" Rick threw a Poké Ball and out of it came a rather small, normal, Pokémon."
"Cool Pokémon!" cried Jay. He flipped open his Pokédex really quickly.
"Itomaru, a spider Pokémon," answered the Pokédex. "Pokédex number 167. Other information unavailable."
Jay gave a confused look. "Aren't there only 151 Pokémon?"
Rick smiled. "Here. If you've journeyed the Neo World you'll have seen Itomaru all over the place."
"Let's get this battle over with, Birdy can easily take out your spider," growled Dee. "Birdy, do your stuff!"
Rick gave a wink. "It won't be that easy."
Chapter Nine: Cheap Trick
"If you believe it is so easy, then I'm sure you'll like a challenge, correct?" asked Rick. He pushed a button on his platform and suddenly the uneven floors glowed. When they stopped glowing, pictures of the Itomaru were all over the place. In fact Dee had forgotten where the real one was.
"Birdy use your good eyesight to find that spider!" ordered Dee. "Then use your quick attack!"
"Bird-de," murmured Birdy as it flew across the floor. Suddenly, it saw the real Itomaru, on the wall. Birdy quickly dived at the spider-
Slam!
-And slammed right into the wall.
"Birdy!" cried Dee. Dee glared at the now laughing Rick. "Birdy don't let that stupid gym leader beat us! Flamethrower now! Burn at the whole floor!"
"De!" Birdy shot a deadly flame from its mouth all across the floor. Itomaru didn't move an inch when Birdy burned near it. When it was all over, Itomaru still stood there, untouched.
"The walls Birdy, try the walls!" shouted Dee.
Birdy burned at the walls of the circular gym. Suddenly Birdy noticed something hanging from the very top of the gym. It was Itomaru, hanging there by its web.
"Birdy quick attack, break that web!" shouted Dee. "That was a cheap trick Rick, not a challenge."
"Fire orb, orb!" growled Fire Orb.
"Do you really think I care," muttered Rick. "It's part of the gym. Poison sting now Itomaru!"
"Agility," ordered Dee.
Itomaru jumped up, aiming its stinger right at Birdy. Birdy was slowly powering up its agility attack when Itomaru hit Birdy.
"Huh!" gasped Jay and Agua.
Dee suddenly smirked. "Birdy's a poison type too. It won't be hurt. Birdy power slam now!"
"Itomaru double team now!" ordered Rick.
Itomaru started moving back and forth and suddenly it seemed as if two Itomaru were standing in front of Birdy. But Birdy ignored that. Birdy went full speed toward Itomaru with a power slam. It went for the one on the right and went right through it. Birdy slammed into the wall, hurting Birdy instead of Itomaru.
Rick smirked. "It seems Birdy is unable to battle. You know what that means."
"Birdy is unable to battle," said the announcer. "Itomaru is the victor. This round goes to"-
"Hold it! Look at Birdy!" shouted Dee.
Birdy still managed to get up.
"What!" cried Rick. "Fine then. Itomaru, mega drain now!"
Itomaru crawled over to Birdy. It was about to drain Birdy with a single bite when Itomaru jumped back. Birdy was now glowing and suddenly started to grow.
"Birdy evolved into Sky High!" cried Dee. "Yes! Now let's see you beat my Pokémon."
Jay flipped open his Pokédex to see Sky High's entry. "Sky High, a bird Super Pokémon. Said only few Birdy actually evolve into this stage. Sky High's wing spanned is around ten feet wide. It's the second longest bird Pokémon, next to Winger."
"Itomaru string shot now!" ordered Rick.
"Drill peck now!" ordered Dee.
Sky High spun around and went straight towards Itomaru peck-first. It hit Itomaru with a full impact and Itomaru gave a final screech as it fainted.
"Itomaru return now!" commanded Rick.
Sky High suddenly fell to the ground in pain.
"Sky High!" cried Dee. She rushed over to her Pokémon. "You're worn out from evolving. Don't worry, you'll have a good, long rest. Return."
Chapter Ten: Spida Versus Spida!
"Itomaru has been defeated and Sky High is too tired from the fight. They are unable to battle," announced the announcer. "The second match is a tie."
"Hey!" growled Dee. "That wasn't a tie! My Sky High was tired from evolving, not from battling your little Itomaru!"
Rick shrugged. "I don't control the announcer, it's an official announcer calling the shots. Besides you recalled it. Anyway, who's next?"
Jay stepped up. "I am."
"Jay," whispered Dee, "poison Pokémon don't have an advantage over these guys, but if you use another type it'll get poisoned and we'll lose the match."
Jay nodded. "Spida has been waiting to fight here, I can tell. I'll use him."
"Are you ready!" shouted Rick.
"Yes."
The announcer said over the PA, "Four Pokémon still remain for both teams. This is the third round. Begin."
"Go Spida!" ordered Jay and Rick in unison.
Two Spida appeared from out of their owner's Super Ball.
"What!" cried Jay. "He has a Spida too? This isn't fair, I'm suppose to have an advantage."
"The tables have turned," said Rick. "My Spida is at a much higher level than yours. And if they're the same Pokémon, with the exact same status, then the one with the higher level has the advantage."
"Spida leer attack now!" commanded Jay.
"Spida leer attack now!" mimicked Rick.
Both of the spiders' eyes lit up and glared at each other for awhile. But Jay's Spida was the one to give in. It flinched in terror.
"Spida slam now!" ordered Rick.
"Spida double team," said Jay.
Both Jay's Spida could even move, Rick's Spida slammed right into it.
"Spida!" cried Jay.
"Bite it now!" commanded Rick.
Jay gasped. "Spida string shot now!"
Rick's Spida bit Jay's Spida right in the back. Jay's Spida cringed suddenly, then fell down onto the ground.
"Jay's Spida has been defeated. Spida is unable to battle," announced the announcer. "The third match goes to the Gym Leader, Rick."
"Shut up!" shouted Jay. He held out Spida's Super Ball. "Spida, return now!" He glanced towards Agua. "Ready yet?"
"Been ready," replied Agua.
"Alright then," said Rick.
The annoying announcer said once more, "Four Pokémon remain still remain for Rick, while three Pokémon remain for the challenging team. This is the fourth round. Begin."
Chapter Eleven: A Psychic Blast!
"Since my water Pokémon won't be able to handle that sting of yours, I need you Butterfree!" Agua threw a Poké Ball revealing her beautiful butterfly Pokémon.
"Butterfree?" murmured Rick. "This could be trouble. Spida tackle attack now!"
"Butterfree's at its final stage," explained Agua. "It may just be stronger than Spida. Butterfree, tackle attack."
"Free!" Butterfree shot down towards Spida, who was leaping up in the air. There was a loud slam when Butterfree and Spida collided. Butterfree was the victor.
"Butterfree gust attack now!" ordered Agua.
Butterfree circled around the gym, creating a deadly tornado and sending Spida flying into the wall.
"Now Butterfree, stun spore," ordered Agua.
"Free-free!" chanted Butterfree as a yellow powdered poured onto Spida, paralyzing it.
"Rick's Spida has been paralyzed. Spida is unable to battle," announced the announcer. "The fourth match goes to the challenger, Agua."
"Spida return," ordered Rick.
"Three Pokémon remain still remain for Rick, while two Pokémon remain for the challenging team. This is the fifth round. Begin."
"I summon Araidosu!" The Gym Leader threw another Poké Ball revealing Itomaru's evolved form.
"Araidosu, use a leech life attack," ordered Rick.
Agua thought for a moment. "Butterfree supersonic now!"
"Free!" screeched Butterfree at a very, very high pitch.
The screech was so strong it made Araidosu back up and actually flipped the spider Pokémon over.
"Butterfree sleep powder now," ordered Agua. Agua gave a wink. "Butterfree's spores make it almost impossible for Butterfree to lose!"
"Free-free," chanted Butterfree. Blue powder fell from its wings and poured down towards Araidosu. But it flared it wings and sent the powder in another direction.
Agua stared in shock. "Sleep powder didn't work.
"Araidosu, bite that Butterfree!" shouted Rick.
"Agua, snap out of it!" ordered Jay. "Rick's using this moment to take the advantage. Butterfree is weak against poison attacks, so do something."
"Butterfree, harden now," said Agua.
"Free!" A shiny coated covered Agua. As Araidosu jumped to bite Butterfree and bit the strange coat, its teeth broke.
"No!" cried Rick.
"Confusion now!" ordered Agua. "Let's finish this off with a real blast, with a psychic blast that is!"
"Free-free-free," chanted Butterfree, as psywaves shot from its eyes and put Araidosu in a deep state of confusion.
"Araidosu is confused and too weak. Araidosu is unable to battle," announced the announcer. "The fifth match goes to the challenger, Agua."
Chapter Twelve: Butterfree's Defeat
"Yeah! Butterfree's unstoppable!" cried Agua. She gave Rick another wink. "Two Pokémon left, who's it gonna be?"
Rick recalled Araidosu, gave a nodded, which was giving the announcer its cue.
"Two Pokémon still remain for both teams. This is the sixth round. Begin," said the announcer.
"I summon Spika!" Rick threw a Super Ball and out of it came a fully evolved Spidey, a Spika.
"This can't be good," murmured Jay. He turned his Pokédex towards the spider Pokémon.
"Spika, a spider Super Pokémon," said the Pokédex. "At its final stage, a deadly cross between Caterpie, Paras, and Weedle creates the deadliest Super Pokémon on Arachnid Island. Breed there, the first Spika was the reason of the Island's naming."
Jay sighed. "Doesn't tell us much. Do your best Agua and Butterfree."
Rick smirked. "You know how you were saying before Butterfree had an advantage because of its at its final stage? Well guess what, it's gone. Not only is mine at its final stage and at a higher level, this certain Pokémon attacks are stronger, your Butterfree's tired, and it's a Super Pokémon."
"Butterfree's not tired! It's all powered up! Butterfree psybeam now!" shouted Agua. "Take it out with one quick blast!"
"Spika, reflect the attack with a light screen," ordered Rick.
As psywaves continued to come from Butterfree's eyes, but they suddenly bounced back towards the butterfly when it hit the reflecting light screen. The psybeam confused Butterfree and it fell to the ground.
"Butterfree!" cried Agua.
"Butterfree is confused and too weak. Butterfree is unable to battle," announced the announcer. "The sixth match goes to the Gym Leader, Rick."
Dee nodded. "I'm up and ready!"
"One Pokémon remain still remain for Rick, while two Pokémon remain for the challenging team. This is the seventh round. Begin."
"Go Fearow!" Dee threw a Poké Ball and out of it appeared-
"Beedrill!" growled the deadly bee Pokémon.
Dee suddenly frowned. "Right, I forgot. Fearow and Rocky were transported back to my house because I can only carry up to eight Pokémon. Oh well, Beedrill try your best. Twin needle attack."
"Double team attack Spika," ordered Rick.
Spika did the illusion attack making it seem as if two Spika stood there, but Beedrill wasn't stupid. Using its twin needle attack, it swung one of its stingers towards the Spika on the left and its other on the right. Quickly using its poison sting attack, it poked its rear stinger right in between then. As all three stingers hit, Spika fell down to the ground, hit multiple times by Beedrill's stingers.
"Pin missile, fire!" ordered Dee and Rick at the same time.
From the tip of Spika's horn, little pins shot from. The same happened from the rear stinger on Beedrill. The pin missiles repeatedly shot into the air and exploded with an enormous fury.
"Beedrill, agility now!" ordered Dee.
"I don't think so!" growled Rick. "Slow Beedrill down with string shot!"
Before Beedrill could move, Spika shot its webbing and it was wrapped around Beedrill.
"I know you're too weak to finish off Beedrill so take down now!" ordered Rick.
Spika rushed at Beedrill at full speed and collided into the bee. Both fainted.
Chapter Thirteen: Final Round
Scorpidox Versus Stung
"Both Pokémon have fainted. Neither are able to battle," announced the announcer. "The seventh match is a tie."
"No!" cried Dee.
Jay glared at Rick. "That wasn't a smart move."
"Actually it was," explained Rick. "If I hadn't, your Beedrill would have beaten by Spika, but Spika used an attack that would take it out and itself. So I gained something by that."
"Yeah, a all out match for the final battle," muttered Agua. "And it's Jay's turn too."
"I'm ready," said Jay.
"As am I," agreed Rick.
"One Pokémon still remain for both teams. This is the eighth and final round. Begin," said the announcer.
"I choose you, Stung!" Jay threw a Super Ball and out of it appeared his evolved Bugged. "Let's see you beat that."
Rick nodded. "Alright. I summon Scorpidox!" He threw a Super Ball and out of it appeared a strange scorpion Super Pokémon.
"That's not a spider Pokémon!" growled Jay.
"But it's an arachnid Pokémon," noted Dee. "See what your 'dex has to say."
"Scorpidox, the scorpion Pokémon," said Jay's Pokédex. "Its hard claws are used as one of its most powerful attacks, and its deadly stinger its secondary weapon. If used in an emergency, it'll use its high speed to confuse the enemy. Its main enemy is Spida and Spika. Its venom attacks are strong against the spiders."
"But why would you use an enemy of the spiders in your gym?" asked Jay.
"To prove that even enemies can be tamed." Rick smirked. "Scorpidox, vice grip now! Pinch that bug down to size."
Jay smiled. "I never thought I'd be controlling a Stung, I mean all those time I fought them at gyms. Oh well. Stung poison sting now!"
"Ssstung!" buzzed Stung. It shot down from the sky, aiming its rear stinger towards Scorpidox, but the scorpion reached out with a wide opened claw and shut down on Stung's stinger.
The claw cracked Stung's rear stinger.
"No, Stung!" cried Jay, Dee, and Agua.
"Ultra, ultra, ultra!" shouted Ultra.
"Orb, orb, fire, fire, orb!" shouted Fire Orb.
"Scorpidox, double vice grip," commanded Rick.
Jay gave a wink. "Sorry Rick. Alright Stung, harden now then dive for a twin needle attack!" He smirked. "Glad he didn't forget that attack."
A shiny invisible coat covered Stung, then it dived down, holding out its two stingers, aiming at Scorpidox.
Scorpidox leaped into the air and its claw snapped shut on Stung's stinger. To Scorpidox's surprise there was a crunching sound coming from its claws. They had cracked instead of Stung's stinger.
Taking advantage of the stunned Scorpidox, Stung pushed its stingers into the scorpion's claws.
"Psytoss now!" shouted Jay.
Scorpidox started to glow, and it was swung back and forth against the walls of the gym.
"Now, finish it off, sleep powder!" ordered Jay.
Bluish powdered poured from Stung's wings. The powder knocked out Scorpidox really quickly ending the battle.
"Scorpidox has been put to sleep. Scorpidox is unable to battle," announced the announcer. "The eighth match goes to the challenger, Jay. Rick has no Pokémon left while the challengers have one. The challengers have won the challenge."
Jay, Dee, Agua, Fire Orb, and Ultra all cheered with joy.
"Ssstung," buzzed Stung with delight.
Rick was lowered from his platform and walked over to Jay, Dee, and Agua. "That was a great match. Now I shall award all three of you with an Arachnid Badge, as proof of your victory." Rick handed the three trainers three Arachnid Badges.
"Yeah!" they cheered.
Rick nodded. "The docks off the island is in a neighboring city in the Black Widow Hills. After you heal your Pokémon I suggest you head that way."
"Yeah!" they cheered.
And it's another victory for our heroes! Now Jay has six badges, which means he's half way done with his Pokémon journey. But what mysterious Pokémon and trainers lay at the end of the Arachnid Island? Let's find out in the next episode!
Jay, Dee, Agua, Fire Orb, and Ultra are at the final area of the Arachnid Island, but trouble strikes. After a deadly battle with Blake Oak, Jay and the others discover themselves at a strange Pokémon Center. But things get stranger when the trio and Team Rocket's Pokémon are missing. Find out what happens in Group Missile's Return.