What A Malfunction Part 2: Pokemon Havoc
by Martial Arts Master
Pokemon and all related characters copyrighted by Nintendo, Game Freak, Creatures Inc., TV Tokyo, Satoshi Tajiri, 4Kids, and Wizards of the Coast. Digimon and all related characters copyrighted by Bandai, Saban, Fox, and TV Tokyo. I made up Smiling Joe Technique, though. Actually, to be honest, the Smiling Joe Technique character appeared to me in a dream. Speaking of which, Seth Turtle, I'll try to put more detail into this fic than I did into "Kooky Bully", but I might not succeed, because detail is my biggest weakness. This chapter takes place after the "Hot Matches!" episode. With that said, on with the story.

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In the Pokemon world...

Smiling Joe Technique's clone was in the Pokemon world. It looked around. It was in a forest, and there didn't seem to be any humans or Pokemon around.
"Targets not here," it said to itself in its monotone electronic voice. "Must search elsewhere for targets."

Ash, Misty, Brock, and Pikachu were walking along in another area of the forest that Smiling Joe Technique's clone was in.
Ash was feeling pretty confident after having successfully trained Cyndaquil to be faster, to be able to light its flame quicker, AND having beaten Miki's Skarmory to boot.
"Looks like I'm getting to be a pretty good trainer," Ash said.
"Guess again," Misty said. "You just got lucky battling Miki."
"Did not, I won with skill!" Ash retorted.
"No, you won with luck!" Misty said.
"Skill!" Ash shouted.
"Luck!" Misty shouted.
"Skill!" Ash shouted.
"Luck!" Misty shouted.
"Skill!" Ash shouted.
"Luck!" Mistyy shouted.
"Skill!" Ash shouted.
Pikachu couldn't take the arguing anymore and shocked both Ash and Misty, while Brock sweatdropped.
"Ha ha!" a new voice said. "Guess your Pikachu isn't well-trained if it walks free and isn't in a Poke Ball."
Our heroes looked around, trying to discern where the voice came from.
A trainer stepped out from behind a tree.
The trainer was a male trainer, wearing blue shorts, a white shirt, sandals, and a red cap. He had short red hair.
"How about a battle?" the trainer said.
"Fine, I accept!" Ash said. Then he turned to Misty and said, "NOW you'll see that I'm a good trainer after all."
"Fine, why don't we bet on it," Misty said. "If you win the battle with this trainer, I'll apologize for saying you're not a good trainer."
"Fine, I'll take that bet!" Ash said. "If I lose the battle with this trainer, I'll say that I'm not a good trainer after all."
"You shouldn't make that bet, because you'll LOSE!" the other trainer said.
The other trainer brought out a Poke Ball.
He then threw the Poke Ball, saying, "Go, Voltorb!"
A Voltorb came out of the Poke Ball.
"Pikachu, let's go!" Ash said.
Pikachu ran out to face Voltorb.
Misty and Brock watched, waiting to see who'd come out on top.
"Pikachu, Thundershock, now!" Ash said.
Pikachu used its Thundershock.
"Voltorb, Mirror Coat!" the other trainer said.
Voltorb turned itself into a mirror version of itself. The electricity hit it, and the the mirror quality flew off of Voltorb, leaving the real Voltorb behind. This mirror quality slammed into Pikachu, doing double the damage of the Thundershock. Of course, since Electric attacks didn't work very well against Electric Pokemon, that still wasn't very much.
"Pikachu, Thunderbolt!" Ash said.
Pikachu sent stronger electricity at Voltorb.
"Voltorb, Light Screen!" the other trainer said.
Voltorb created a Light Screen which protected it from the Thunderbolt.
"Now, Voltorb, Rollout attack!" the other trainer said.
Voltorb rolled at Pikachu.
"Pikachu, Quick Attack, now!" Ash shouted.
Pikachu rammed into Voltorb. Surprisingly, it was Voltorb who was knocked backwards, not Pikachu.
"What the..." the other trainer said.
"Ha! Your Voltorb may have good defensive skills, but it stinks on attack power!" Ash said.
"No way!" the other trainer said. "Well, let's see if you think the most powerful attack in Pokemon HISTORY stinks! Voltorb, Explosion!"
Voltorb glowed white, and Pikachu hid behind a tree.
Then, Voltorb exploded, and everyone covered their ears to prevent themselves from being deafened by the blast.
Now Voltorb was unconscious, but Pikachu was still standing. So Pikachu was obviously the winner.
"Darn it!" the other trainer said, recalling Pikachu and running off.
Misty sighed, but reluctantly kept her end of the bet.
"I'm sorry I said you weren't a good trainer," she said.
"Apology accepted," Ash said, sounding surprisingly gracious.
Then they heard three new voices laughing. THESE voices they recognized.
Sure enough, Team Rocket flew down on their balloon.
"Prepare for trouble," Jessie said.
"Make it double," James said.
"To protect the world from devastation," Jessie said.
"To unite all peoples within our nation," James said.
"To denounce the evils of truth and love," Jessie said.
"To extend our reach to the stars abovs," James said.
"Jessie!" Jessie said.
"James!" James said.
"Team Rocket blast off at the speed of light!" Jessie said.
"Surrender now or prepare to fight!" James said.
"Meowth, that's right!" Meowth said.
"Not you three again!" Ash said, groaning.
"Oh yes, and now we want that Pikachu!" Meowth said.
There was yet another new sound as a big, green robot used the rockets on its back to fly to where our heroes and Team Rocket were.
"You are the targets," the robot said. "I am a clone of Smiling Joe Technique. Give me your autographs for my original's master or I will force you to."
"Force us too?!" Ash asked incredulously. "You can't FORCE us to do anything!"
"Yeah, so get lost!" Meowth said, leaping at Smiling Joe Technique's clone.
"Crabhammer!" the robot shouted, turning one of its fists into a crab's claw. It then hammered Meowth back to Jessie and James with it, and then turned the claw back into a robotic hand.
"It can't be, that's a Pokemon attack!" Brock said.
"Pikachu, take care of it!" Ash said.
Pikachu ran up to do a Quick Attack on Smiling Joe Technique's clone.
"Sludge!" the robot said, firing a stream of sludge and pushing Pikachu back to Ash.
"Now, give me your autographs or else," the robot said.
But just then, our heroes and Team Rocket began to shimmer, like a hologram going on and off.
Then they disappeared.

Back at Professor Oak's laboratory, the same thing happened to Tracey. And since Tracey had suffered this mode of transportation before, he figured out who was transporting him...

To be continued...

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