"I...Ikkakumon..." gasps out Joe, kneeling beside the pit with tears flowing from his eyes.
The earthquake has finally stopped. It was bad enough that Ikkakumon had fallen down the pit but Joe has not heard any shout or scream or anything.
'Its been so quiet, could Ikkakumon be...'
A slightly muffled snoring manages to wind its way into Joe's despair. Sitting up straight, he sees Sam, still apparently asleep, with her head and back bent over. Her face is facing the ground and her head is facing Joe, like a medevial battling ram about to strike down a castle gate.
The sight hurts Joe. Because it is like Sam is mocking Ikkakumon. The way she bends over, with her head aimed at him, like how Ikkakumon would, to fend off an enemy...
"YOU! WHAT KIND OF PERSON, CAN JUST KILL AND CONTINUE TO SLEEP?! NOT EVEN THE LEAST HUMANE PERSON IN THE WORLD CAN DO SOMETHING...SO...SO DISGUSTING! YOU DESERVE TO DIE, YOU BLODDTHIRSTY MONSTER!" Joe yells suddenly, springing to his feet and preparing to fight Sam.
"Don't be an idiot, Joe! You'll get killed! Don't try to be a hero!" shouts Matt, trying to get up from the sunken ground beneath he, Sora, Izzy and T.K.
"Shut up, Matt! If I had been Tai, you wouldn't say "don't try to be a hero" to him, would you?"
Matt is totally taken aback.
"I may be weaker or maybe not as brave as you or Tai,"
"But that doesn't mean I can't do anything too."
"Joe...I" stammers Matt.
Joe turns to Sam.
"THIS IS FOR IKKAKUMON AND THE REST OF US YOU HURT, YOU MONSTER!" yells Joe, raising his fist and running at Sam.
Unfortunately, if Joe had been a Pokemon expert, he might have known that Sam was bending her head over to launch a Skull Bash attack!
Sam makes a great burst of accelaration and charges at Joe, her head poised to strike him.Charging like two battling rams, Sam and Joe advance on each other, each running at high speed.
'I gotta make it, for Ikkakumon.' thinks Joe, swinging his right arm in to hit Sam.
Alas, Sam is bigger, stronger and a whole lot meaner than poor Joe could ever be, even when she is asleep. The winner for this 'ramming' contest is obvious.
"HHEEEUGGG!" cries Joe in agony.
Sam's head rams right into Joe's stomach, causing him to bend forward and be sent flying backwards to the ground.
"Owww...!" gasps Joe, clutching his stomach as he lies helplessly on the ground.
"Joe!"
The rest of the Digi-destined clamber over to Joe, with Mimi reaching him first.
"Joe! Joe! Are you okay?" asks Mimi in concern.
"
A thin trickle of blood begins to flow out of his mouth.
"Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God...!" says Matt over and over again, seeing the state Joe is in.
All the rest of the Digi-destined crowd around Joe, desperate and not knowing what to do. T.K stays beside Tai though, who with Agumon, have woken up.
"No, Tai! You gotta stay still!" protests T.K, trying to hold Tai down.
"No way! What's wrong with Joe? Let me see him!" argues Tai, trying to wrestle his way up.
"Tai, stop! You're too hurt!" agrees Agumon, trying to pull Tai down as well.
"You know, you should listen to T.K and Agumon, Tai." says a cynical voice.
"YAWN!
"I got it!" shouts Brock from Ash & co's hiding place.
"Got what?" asks Ash, tearing his eyes away from all the action for a moment.
Ash and company have been (and still are, mind you) watching the spectacular battle from thier cover (Team Rocket, I have no clue). Ash is getting really pumped up as the battle is progressing, shouting and cheering on Sam. Misty is also watching, though perhaps not as excited as Ash about the battle. In fact, she feels that this battle, in a way, is pointless. But she simply shrugged it off and never gave that idea much thought. After all, those alien monsters and children CHOSE to attack and invade THEM in the first place. But still...
"I finally figured out what moves Sam used!"
"Okay, I heard about this very rare move from Nurse Joy," suddenly goes all goo-goo eyed, blushes and have all sorts of Nurse Joys in different poses whirling around his head.
"Ahem, Brock?" Misty interrupts Brock's fantasizing and hits him on the head.
"Hmm? Oh! Right! Well, this move, Sleeptalk, is really powerful. Here is what I think probably happened. Sam gets hit by that big walrus' and walking cactus' attacks right? Well, I think just before she hit the ground, she used Rest to heal up. But by using Rest, she'll be alseep and unable to attack and be vulnerable. This is where Sleeptalk comes in. Sleeptalk let's the Pokemon (in this case, Sam) to use any attacks it has while it is STILL ASLEEP. My guess is that Sam must have used it just before Rest took full hold."
"Brilliant strategy. Rest heals her up fully," says Misty.
"And Sleeptalk let's her keep on attacking." finishes Ash, turning back towards the battlefield.
"What's more, since she probably can use any and every Pokemon move, that Sleeptalk is probably as strong as a Metronome attack!"
"'Was' you mean, look!"
Misty points towards Sam, who is standing in front of the Digi-destined.
"She's awake."
