I don't own anything. I like Gargoyles, Animorphs, and Pokemon. This part takes place directly after part 4. I have a couple of brief notes, though: * = telepathy/thought-speak; " = regular quote/speech; ~Commercial Break~ = well, generally it means a shift in location and which characters are shown/participating, though you can go do something else when you encounter one. Enjoy the story! ~Grimwood. grimwood83@yahoo.com
The Vacation: Part 5; Dicisions and Divisions
~In the Pokemon Center, directly after dealing with Giovanni~
Brooklyn spoke up with a concerned tone to his voice, "All right, that was interesting."
"Yeah," Jake agreed. "I've never seen anyone so determined to get us to fight! Visser One didn't really want to fight us, but he did want to take over the human race."
"This. . . Giovanni. He seemed ready to try to capture us," Angela stated with as much calm as she could muster.
"You Gargoyles do look a lot like Pokemon. Until you flipped out your Pokedexes, I thought you were Pokemon, too," Gary explained.
"So did Ash, Misty, and Brock," Marco added.
"You've met Ash? Already?!" exclaimed a shocked Gary.
*Yes, we have. I also believe that in this world Tobias and I resemble Pokemon,* Ax said thoughtfully.
*I never thought about it before, Ax-man, but you're right! Even though the six of us aren't Pokemon, we do resemble them,* Tobias admitted.
"What about your friend? She turned into a Pidgeot. If Giovanni gets wind of that, she'll be a target, too," Gary speculated.
"Hmm. Rachel's not the only one. Tobias, Ax, Jake, Marco, and I can change into Pokemon as well," Cassie told Gary.
"Then all ten of you are going to be prime targets for Team Rocket," Nurse Joy piped up for the first time that evening.
*I thought being a nothlit was bad,* muttered Tobias, ruffling his feathers.
Looking at Gary, Jake asked, "Any ideas on how to avoid T.R.?"
"If you mean Team Rocket, I'm sorry, but I don't," Gary replied.
"I could ask Officer Jenny to escort you to the next town," Nurse Joy offered.
"No, that would bring Giovanni's attention to us even quicker," Jake declined.
"We'd better make a dicision and get going. Jake, I don't want Giovanni to catch us here," Cassie voiced her worries.
Though the group discussed the matter for another fifteen minutes, they couldn't think of anything. Finally, they decided to let their Pokemon walk with them rather than stay inside the Poke-balls.
They also decided to split into groups of five. Each group would have three Animorphs and two Gargoyles. They would meet up at Professor Oak's in two months if they were still in the Poke-world, which they suspected they would be.
"Since I'm the 'leader' of the Animorphs, I'll lead one team," Jake stated. "One of you Gargoyles should lead the other team."
"I'm the clan's second-in-command anyway. I think I should lead the second team," Brooklyn replied.
"Any objections?" Jake asked. No one had any, so Jake and Brooklyn selected their "teams." Jake's team consisted of himself, Cassie, Marco, Broadway, and Angela. Brooklyn's group had himself, Lexington, Ax, Tobias, and Rachel. Jake's group headed for Cerulean City, while Brooklyn's team went to Indigo Plateau.
No one noticed Mew and Mewtwo, who happened to be keeping a watch on the Animorphs and Gargoyles.
~Commercial Break~
~Eyrie Building, a few days later~
"Something's wrong. I just know it!" Naomi exclaimed.
"It's all right, Naomi. Puck and Alex will go have a quick chat with my mother and Oberon. Between the four of them, I'm sure they'll get the all the Animorphs and their new friends back safely," Fox tried reassure all the parents of the Animorphs.
Two days ago, Xanatos had sent Puck and Alex off to Avalon. They hoped that between Puck, Titania, and Oberon, Alex could be convinced to say where the trio, Angela, and the Animorphs had gone. Puck and Alex weren't back yet!
~Commercial Break~
~Avalon, time uncertain~
"This isn't working," said a disgruntled Oberon.
"Are you sure he even remembers?" Titania asked. She was holding a fussy Alex.
"He's only behaving the way babies are supposed to," Puck piped up. Oberon glared at him. Puck continued, "I'm sure he'll tell us something under the proper motive."
Instead, Alex threw a stray piece of magic at Oberon! Oberon deflected it easily, and summoned more of his children. They were the Wierd Sisters, Oden, and Coyote. Oberon told them, "This is your nephew, Alex. He has sent some shapeshifters and Gargoyles to a seperate dimension. Try as we might, we cannot get him to tell us where they are. I summoned you in the hopes that any of you know how to coax a child to speak!"
The Wierd Sisters floated forward. The blonde one said, "I am sorry, m'lord. We have not the knowledge of which you speak."
"Then go," Oberon commanded them. They left, worried about what Oberon would do to them if they disobeyed.
Oden also didn't know how to get Alex to specify the whereabouts of the Gargoyles and Animorphs. He, too, was dismissed.
Then the trickster stepped forth. "I may have something up my sleeves," he said. Coyote made a lollypop appear. He offered it to Alex.
Alex took the treat, not realizing it was enchanted. The spell on the lollypop would get Alex to talk, but it wouldn't last forever! Coyote quickly plucked Alex from Titania. The trickster asked Alex, "Where are the Gargoyles and Animorphs, little one?"
Alex said one word: "Pokemon!"
"What does that mean? Are they with the Pokemon?" Coyote continued.
"Pokemon! Catch 'em all! Morph 'em, morph 'em!" Alex happily told Oberon and the members of his family that were present.
"Oh dear!" Puck and Titania exclaimed on the same breath.
~Commercial Break~
~Cerulean City, three nights after the group of 10 split into groups of 5~
"We're here!" Marco exclaimed. Along the way, he had captured a Scyther. Cassie had caught a Girafarig. Broadway and Angela each captured a Stantler.
"This place is lovely," Angela commented.
"The gym is that way," Jake said, pointing northward. He also pointed out the Pokemon Center. "Where to first?" he asked.
After a brief discussion, they decided they'd go to the center first. Partly, it was because the sun was about to rise. The stayed there for the day, allowing Nurse Joy to care for thier wearied Pokemon. That night, they hurried to the gym.
They were greeted by its three Gym Leaders. Jake and the Gym Leaders arranged for the battles. They decided that Broadway would be first. He'd be followed by Angela. They'd wait for a night or two and have the Animorphs battle during the day.
Broadway's Pokemon had managed to defeat the Gym Leader's Pokemon in ten minutes. Angela's battle took twenty minutes and wound up being a tie.
Over the next few days, the Animorphs had their battles. Angela had a rematch on the third night. Finally, all five had a Tear Badge.
They then headed for the Fushia Gym. They encountered some strangely dressed peopple. Those people used tranq darts and captured all of Jake's team!
Mew, who had tailed them, teleported to report to Mewtwo.
~On the road to Indigo Plateau, same night as capture~
"Mew mew mmew mew," said the Pokemon.
*I had feared this, Mew. Come with me. We must warn the others of the danger their friends are in,* Mewtwo replied.
Mew had reached Mewtwo and told him everything. Now it was up to Mew and Mewtwo to get Brooklyn's team ready to face Giovanni.
Not two minutes later, the Pokemon met up with Brooklyn's group.
"Mewtwo?!" they exclaimed incredulously.
*Yes, it's me. This is Mew,* Mewtwo stated. *We have been keeping our eyes on you and your friends. Mew saw Team Rocket capture them! We are willing to help you get to the Viridian City Gym. We will not, however fight with you.*
*Mewtwo? May I ask why you are warning us?* Ax asked.
*Because I learned from a human that all creatures should be helped by who or what ever is capable of giving it,* the super-clone explained. *Would you rather Giovanni kept your friends as slaves?*
*Would he really do that?* Tobias asked, shocked.
*Unfortunately, yes,* Mewtwo replied.
"All right. Listen, since I'm in charge, I say we go to the rescue. I also say, your help would be greatly appreciated, Mew and Mewtwo," Brooklyn stated boldly.
"Then let's go!" Rachel exclaimed, shoving a fist into the air. She morphed to Grizzly before anyone could tell her not to!
Mew and Mewtwo then used their psychic powers to transport the group to the Viridian City Gym.
~Commercial Break~
~Eyrie Building, night of capture~
"ALEX SENT THEM WHERE?!" Naomi yelled.
Oberon, Titania, Puck, Alex, and Coyote had all come to the Eyrie Building to share what they had learned.
"To the dimension where Pokemon are the reality. We just have one minor problem," Puck replied.
"What problem?" Cassie's father asked.
"We don't know where in the Pokemon world they are. We could go there, but it'll take time to find them," Coyote said.
"If I've learned anything from the Animorphs and Andalites, its that giving up isn't an option," said Marco's dad. "We'll look for them if it takes us a lifetime!"
"Does this mean you wish to come along?" inquired Titania.
The Animorphs' parents discussed whether or not to go. They decided against it. *It might cause problems for us to disappear,* Ax's mother commented.
Naomi hugged her younger girls during the discussion. The younger girls, Jordan and Sara, weren't nearly as phased as the adults. In fact, they felt a little jealous but didn't say so.
"All right. Fox, will you allow us to take Alexander with us? He may be the key to bringing them back," Oberon politely requested. He recalled what had happened the last time he had tried to forcefully take Alex from Fox.
"Only if you let me come, too. Perhaps it'll be handy for Alex to have his mother nearby," Fox replied.
"If that is what you wish. Shall we go?" Oberon queried.
"Yes, let's go," Fox agreed. Oberon, Titania, Puck, and Coyote made a circle around Fox and Alex. On Oberon's signal, they teleported to Professor Oak's.
~Commercial Break~
*We're here,* Mewtwo announced.
*Lemme at 'em!* Rachel stated and had her bear morph let out a tremendous roar.
"Hold on, Rachel. Demorph. We don't want to bring the gym down until AFTER we've rescued everyone," Brooklyn instructed. Rachel followed the order, although she wasn't too happy about it.
*We should be going. At least now your friends have a chance,* Mewtwo said. It and Mew then vanished.
"We'll go to the Pokemon Center for the day. Tonight, we go rescue our friends," Brooklyn growled.
"Oh, all right," Rachel sullenly agreed.
*Rach, you can be guaranteed to enter before I do if that'll make you happier,* Tobias told her and shook dust out of his feathers.
"Thanks, Tobias," Rachel said.
The group went into the center. The day gave the Pokemon, Animorphs, and Gargoyles a chance to rest.
~Commercial Break~
~Inside the Viridian Gym, day after capture~
"Put them in Cage 7. Have Alakazam use Confusion on them. They'll have to work for us," Giovanni instructed some of the members of Team Rocket. They complied.
Throughout the day, Jake's group - their Pokemon included, but not the Gargoyles, who were stone - were forced to fight. Marco's gorilla morph defeated three Mankey and a Machop. Jake's tiger morph gave some nasty scratches to a surprised Gengar. Cassie's Charizard morph lost to a Steelix, though her skunk morph defeated twelve miscellaneous Pokemon by scent alone!
The Alakazam sure had its work cut out. Each time the Animorphs would demorph or remorph, it had to re-apply the Confusion!
One member of Team Rocket got bold and said, "We should use a dif'rent Pokemon. Alakazam is starting ta get tired!" Suddenly, Alakazam fell over, reeking of skunk musk!
Jake and Marco demorphed from their battle morphs to remorphed into skunk! Cassie demorphed and remorphed her skunk as well. Now there were three angry skunks on the loose INSIDE the gym! Soon, the whole gym reeked of skunk musk, not to mention all of its trainers and Pokemon.
*Yeah! We're skunks on the loose!* Marco exclaimed as he fired more skunk musk towards the Steelix. Marco's Scyther and Ponyta had jumped into their Poke-balls to avoid being sprayed. The Pokemon of Jake, Angela, Cassie, and Broadway followed suite.
The three "skunks" waddled around for another hour, stopping infront of Giovanni. They got in position on their fore legs, and, before Giovanni could dodge, sprayed him, too!
"How am I to get rid of this awful stentch?!" he bellowed at the top of his lungs.
*Depends. Do you have any oranges?* Jake asked. *If my memory's right, orange juice is the only way to get rid of skunk musk.*
Cassie and Marco chuckled. Giovanni ordered Team Rocket to begin washing everyone and everything in orange juice. Unfortunately, they had started to wash the Gargoyles in orange juice just as the sun was going down!
"Whoa!" Broadway exclaimed. "Who let in the army of crazy skunks?!"
*Giovanni did,* Marco thoughtspoke through a ton of giggles.
Cassie stopped laughing long enough to explain about the skunk morph and why they had it. As an after thought, she also told them about when Visser One had been Visser Three and got "skunked." She told them about the grape juice, too.
"Is that why we are coated in orange juice?" asked Angela.
*Um, I think the two of you got sprayed while Cassie was still delirious,* Jake replied regretfully.
"Oh," Angela and Broadway stated. The Animorphs demorphed. Soon, they all heard a tremendous THUD!
~Commercial Break~
~Brooklyn's team is awake and recieving orders outside of the Pokemon Center~
"Okay, here's the plan," began Brooklyn. "Rachel in elephant morph will slam into the wall while her Teddiursa throws a Mega Punch or two at it. After Rachel's hit the wall once or twice, I want the Charizard morph of Tobias, Ax, and Meowth to attack the wall. How you do that is up to you, Ax, but I want Tobias to use the claws of his Charizard and Meowth to use Fury Swipes."
*I will use my tail blade, Commander Brooklyn,* Ax said. He'd somehow decided that "commander" would be the most appropriate term for Brooklyn. When later asked, Ax had commented that Jake was the "Prince," so Brooklyn had to be of a slightly lesser though still pretty important rank.
"Sounds great," continued Brooklyn. "On my signal, Tobias will demorph and remorph his Charizard. Then I want Ax to step away and let me and Lexington take his spot. Got that everyone?" He recieved a chorus of "yes, sir"s.
Brooklyn's plan sounded quite good. With that, they raced to the gym.
When they arrived, Rachel released her Teddiursa. Then she morphed to elephant. Trumpeting as loud as she could, Rachel charged the wall. Teddiursa used a Mega Punch at the exact same time. It created a very loud THUD!
*Again, Teddiursa!* Rachel ordered her Pokemon. They slammed into the wall once more, creating a very creaky thud. Rachel demorphed, thanked Teddiursa, and both of them moved aside. The first part of Brooklyn's plan was now complete.
"Time for Phase Two," Brooklyn said, signaling Ax and Tobias. Tobias morphed to Charizard, and Ax didn't morph at all. Ax started hacking at the weakened wall with his tail blade. Tobias and Lexington's Meowth used their claws in Fury Swipe mode. The wall began to crumble.
"Step away, Ax. Tobias, demorph, catch your breath, and remorph. Lexington, please ask your Meowth to take a brief breather while Tobias catches his own breath," Brooklyn commanded.
"Okay, Meowth. Take a brief breather like Brooklyn said. I don't want you to over exert yourself," Lexington told his Pokemon. The Meowth walked over to Lexington, sat down, and began washing its face.
Soon, Tobias announced that he'd had his breather. He remorphed. Tobias, Lexington, and Brooklyn all positioned themselves to finish bringing down the wall! With a mighty CRASH the wall fell!
Suddenly, they were bombarded by the stench of skunk musk mixed with oranges!
"UGH! Who called in Skunk Fleet?!" Brooklyn exclaimed in disgust. If he could have, the red Gargoyle would have wrinkled his beak.
Marco innocently replied, *Aw, but we were having the Skunk Fleet make Orange Juliases for everyone!*
"I'm not even gonna ask!" Brooklyn retorted.
*Ask what?* Ax innocently inquired.
To that, all of his friends replied, with varying degrees of irritation, "Never mind."
As the Animoprphs were demorphing in preperation of their next battle morph, Giovanni approached with his Persian at his side. Speaking in oily tones, Giovanni stated, "Ah, welcome my new Pokemon."
"WHAT?!" the Animorphs and Gargoyles fumed. All four Gargoyles' eyes glowed with full battle rage. They headed for Giovanni as the Animorphs went Hork-Bajir!
But before the Animorphs could finish their morphs, Booklyn grabbed Giovanni by the front of his suit and slammed him against an unbroken wall! Brooklyn snarled, "You do NOT threaten me, my clan, OR my friends! REGARDLESS of the species! Is that CLEAR enough for ya, HUMAN?!"
Giovanni gulped and lost all color as he said, "Clear as the crystal waters deep in the Johto region."
"Rachel?" Brooklyn began. "I think its time to bring down the gym!"
*YES!* Rachel exclaimed, slamming one bladed Hork-Bajir fist into the air.
*May I ask what's going on?* Marco asked.
"Simple. We decided we'd rescue you guys; then we'd let Rachel trash the place," Lexington calmly explained.
*COOL! Can I help?* Marco wanted to know, tilting his head so that Giovanni had a good view of the three horns that Hork-Bajir heads have.
*I say yes. Besides, we're already in the perfect morph for the job,* replied Jake.
"You guys look a lot like wingless Gargoyles," Brooklyn said.
"You look lethal," Angela added.
*Of course we do! We're Hork-Bajir,* Rachel though-spoke. She headed for the nearest wall and started to use every blade on her (each Hork-Bajir is born equiped with blades on the head, wrists, elbows, knees, and tail) to attack the wall full force.
*All right, Animorphs. Follow Rachel's lead!* Jake commanded. Rachel's morph roared as she continued her barrage. The other Animorphs headed for other walls and began hacking with as much force as they could. The Gargoyles exchanged glances, shrugged, and pitched in.
The Animorphs had to demorph and remorph twice before the entire gym finally crumpled to the ground.
~Commercial Break~
~Eyrie Building, 10 minutes before the gym fell~
"Okay. Are we ready?" Coyote asked. He recieved a chorus of "yes"s. "Puck? Will you and Alex have the honor?"
"Certainly," the mischievous Puck replied. "Alex, let's visit the Pokemon. C'mon, it'll be fun."
Alex burbled a happy response. He and Puck transported themselves, Oberon, Titania, Coyote, and Fox to Professor Oak's.
"Greetings. I'm Professor Oak. Who are you?" asked a man in a white lab coat. He wasn't disturbed by their abrupt appearance because he was working with a Noctowl that night.
After a round of introductions, Titania explained why they were there.
"Hmm. I believe they were starting a Pokemon journey. I'll check the Pokemon Centers to see where they are," Professor Oak stated. It didn't take long before they learned that the Animorphs and Gargoyles were in Viridian City.
With a deft flick of the wrist, Oberon transported his group to the Viridian Pokemon Center. Their party headed for the gym. They were stopped by Officer Jenny!
"Hold on a second! What are you doing heading for the gym? Don't you know that a major Pokemon battle is ensuing? It's dangerous for people to go-"
Oberon interupted, "Nothing is more dangerous than the wrath of Oberon!"
"Uh, okay. . . Then don't blame me if you get in trouble," replied a baffled Officer Jenny.
Oberon's group arrived at the gym just as it crumbled into a pile of rubble!
"WHAT?!" Oberon exclaimed, outraged.
*It's all right,* Ax stated, climbing out of the rubble. He demorphed from Hork-Bajir back into Andalite when he saw Fox and the others.
"Why did you destroy this mortal building?" Titania asked.
*Because it's owners thought it could keep us as some sort of pets or slaves,* Jake replied as he, too, came out of the wreckage. He demorphed rapidly at seeing the shocked expressions on everyone's faces.
Soon, everyone and everything that had been inside the gym came out from underneath its remains. The Animorphs and Gargoyles recalled their Pokemon, though the Animorphs that were still in Hork- Bajir morph demorphed first.
"You will not escape me so easily," Giovanni said, having regained his composure. "Alakazam! Confusion!"
~I am sorry to have to cut this portion of the story short, but the computer is uncooperative. Finishing the story is Part 6 and the Epilogue.~
The Vacation: Part 5; Dicisions and Divisions
~In the Pokemon Center, directly after dealing with Giovanni~
Brooklyn spoke up with a concerned tone to his voice, "All right, that was interesting."
"Yeah," Jake agreed. "I've never seen anyone so determined to get us to fight! Visser One didn't really want to fight us, but he did want to take over the human race."
"This. . . Giovanni. He seemed ready to try to capture us," Angela stated with as much calm as she could muster.
"You Gargoyles do look a lot like Pokemon. Until you flipped out your Pokedexes, I thought you were Pokemon, too," Gary explained.
"So did Ash, Misty, and Brock," Marco added.
"You've met Ash? Already?!" exclaimed a shocked Gary.
*Yes, we have. I also believe that in this world Tobias and I resemble Pokemon,* Ax said thoughtfully.
*I never thought about it before, Ax-man, but you're right! Even though the six of us aren't Pokemon, we do resemble them,* Tobias admitted.
"What about your friend? She turned into a Pidgeot. If Giovanni gets wind of that, she'll be a target, too," Gary speculated.
"Hmm. Rachel's not the only one. Tobias, Ax, Jake, Marco, and I can change into Pokemon as well," Cassie told Gary.
"Then all ten of you are going to be prime targets for Team Rocket," Nurse Joy piped up for the first time that evening.
*I thought being a nothlit was bad,* muttered Tobias, ruffling his feathers.
Looking at Gary, Jake asked, "Any ideas on how to avoid T.R.?"
"If you mean Team Rocket, I'm sorry, but I don't," Gary replied.
"I could ask Officer Jenny to escort you to the next town," Nurse Joy offered.
"No, that would bring Giovanni's attention to us even quicker," Jake declined.
"We'd better make a dicision and get going. Jake, I don't want Giovanni to catch us here," Cassie voiced her worries.
Though the group discussed the matter for another fifteen minutes, they couldn't think of anything. Finally, they decided to let their Pokemon walk with them rather than stay inside the Poke-balls.
They also decided to split into groups of five. Each group would have three Animorphs and two Gargoyles. They would meet up at Professor Oak's in two months if they were still in the Poke-world, which they suspected they would be.
"Since I'm the 'leader' of the Animorphs, I'll lead one team," Jake stated. "One of you Gargoyles should lead the other team."
"I'm the clan's second-in-command anyway. I think I should lead the second team," Brooklyn replied.
"Any objections?" Jake asked. No one had any, so Jake and Brooklyn selected their "teams." Jake's team consisted of himself, Cassie, Marco, Broadway, and Angela. Brooklyn's group had himself, Lexington, Ax, Tobias, and Rachel. Jake's group headed for Cerulean City, while Brooklyn's team went to Indigo Plateau.
No one noticed Mew and Mewtwo, who happened to be keeping a watch on the Animorphs and Gargoyles.
~Commercial Break~
~Eyrie Building, a few days later~
"Something's wrong. I just know it!" Naomi exclaimed.
"It's all right, Naomi. Puck and Alex will go have a quick chat with my mother and Oberon. Between the four of them, I'm sure they'll get the all the Animorphs and their new friends back safely," Fox tried reassure all the parents of the Animorphs.
Two days ago, Xanatos had sent Puck and Alex off to Avalon. They hoped that between Puck, Titania, and Oberon, Alex could be convinced to say where the trio, Angela, and the Animorphs had gone. Puck and Alex weren't back yet!
~Commercial Break~
~Avalon, time uncertain~
"This isn't working," said a disgruntled Oberon.
"Are you sure he even remembers?" Titania asked. She was holding a fussy Alex.
"He's only behaving the way babies are supposed to," Puck piped up. Oberon glared at him. Puck continued, "I'm sure he'll tell us something under the proper motive."
Instead, Alex threw a stray piece of magic at Oberon! Oberon deflected it easily, and summoned more of his children. They were the Wierd Sisters, Oden, and Coyote. Oberon told them, "This is your nephew, Alex. He has sent some shapeshifters and Gargoyles to a seperate dimension. Try as we might, we cannot get him to tell us where they are. I summoned you in the hopes that any of you know how to coax a child to speak!"
The Wierd Sisters floated forward. The blonde one said, "I am sorry, m'lord. We have not the knowledge of which you speak."
"Then go," Oberon commanded them. They left, worried about what Oberon would do to them if they disobeyed.
Oden also didn't know how to get Alex to specify the whereabouts of the Gargoyles and Animorphs. He, too, was dismissed.
Then the trickster stepped forth. "I may have something up my sleeves," he said. Coyote made a lollypop appear. He offered it to Alex.
Alex took the treat, not realizing it was enchanted. The spell on the lollypop would get Alex to talk, but it wouldn't last forever! Coyote quickly plucked Alex from Titania. The trickster asked Alex, "Where are the Gargoyles and Animorphs, little one?"
Alex said one word: "Pokemon!"
"What does that mean? Are they with the Pokemon?" Coyote continued.
"Pokemon! Catch 'em all! Morph 'em, morph 'em!" Alex happily told Oberon and the members of his family that were present.
"Oh dear!" Puck and Titania exclaimed on the same breath.
~Commercial Break~
~Cerulean City, three nights after the group of 10 split into groups of 5~
"We're here!" Marco exclaimed. Along the way, he had captured a Scyther. Cassie had caught a Girafarig. Broadway and Angela each captured a Stantler.
"This place is lovely," Angela commented.
"The gym is that way," Jake said, pointing northward. He also pointed out the Pokemon Center. "Where to first?" he asked.
After a brief discussion, they decided they'd go to the center first. Partly, it was because the sun was about to rise. The stayed there for the day, allowing Nurse Joy to care for thier wearied Pokemon. That night, they hurried to the gym.
They were greeted by its three Gym Leaders. Jake and the Gym Leaders arranged for the battles. They decided that Broadway would be first. He'd be followed by Angela. They'd wait for a night or two and have the Animorphs battle during the day.
Broadway's Pokemon had managed to defeat the Gym Leader's Pokemon in ten minutes. Angela's battle took twenty minutes and wound up being a tie.
Over the next few days, the Animorphs had their battles. Angela had a rematch on the third night. Finally, all five had a Tear Badge.
They then headed for the Fushia Gym. They encountered some strangely dressed peopple. Those people used tranq darts and captured all of Jake's team!
Mew, who had tailed them, teleported to report to Mewtwo.
~On the road to Indigo Plateau, same night as capture~
"Mew mew mmew mew," said the Pokemon.
*I had feared this, Mew. Come with me. We must warn the others of the danger their friends are in,* Mewtwo replied.
Mew had reached Mewtwo and told him everything. Now it was up to Mew and Mewtwo to get Brooklyn's team ready to face Giovanni.
Not two minutes later, the Pokemon met up with Brooklyn's group.
"Mewtwo?!" they exclaimed incredulously.
*Yes, it's me. This is Mew,* Mewtwo stated. *We have been keeping our eyes on you and your friends. Mew saw Team Rocket capture them! We are willing to help you get to the Viridian City Gym. We will not, however fight with you.*
*Mewtwo? May I ask why you are warning us?* Ax asked.
*Because I learned from a human that all creatures should be helped by who or what ever is capable of giving it,* the super-clone explained. *Would you rather Giovanni kept your friends as slaves?*
*Would he really do that?* Tobias asked, shocked.
*Unfortunately, yes,* Mewtwo replied.
"All right. Listen, since I'm in charge, I say we go to the rescue. I also say, your help would be greatly appreciated, Mew and Mewtwo," Brooklyn stated boldly.
"Then let's go!" Rachel exclaimed, shoving a fist into the air. She morphed to Grizzly before anyone could tell her not to!
Mew and Mewtwo then used their psychic powers to transport the group to the Viridian City Gym.
~Commercial Break~
~Eyrie Building, night of capture~
"ALEX SENT THEM WHERE?!" Naomi yelled.
Oberon, Titania, Puck, Alex, and Coyote had all come to the Eyrie Building to share what they had learned.
"To the dimension where Pokemon are the reality. We just have one minor problem," Puck replied.
"What problem?" Cassie's father asked.
"We don't know where in the Pokemon world they are. We could go there, but it'll take time to find them," Coyote said.
"If I've learned anything from the Animorphs and Andalites, its that giving up isn't an option," said Marco's dad. "We'll look for them if it takes us a lifetime!"
"Does this mean you wish to come along?" inquired Titania.
The Animorphs' parents discussed whether or not to go. They decided against it. *It might cause problems for us to disappear,* Ax's mother commented.
Naomi hugged her younger girls during the discussion. The younger girls, Jordan and Sara, weren't nearly as phased as the adults. In fact, they felt a little jealous but didn't say so.
"All right. Fox, will you allow us to take Alexander with us? He may be the key to bringing them back," Oberon politely requested. He recalled what had happened the last time he had tried to forcefully take Alex from Fox.
"Only if you let me come, too. Perhaps it'll be handy for Alex to have his mother nearby," Fox replied.
"If that is what you wish. Shall we go?" Oberon queried.
"Yes, let's go," Fox agreed. Oberon, Titania, Puck, and Coyote made a circle around Fox and Alex. On Oberon's signal, they teleported to Professor Oak's.
~Commercial Break~
*We're here,* Mewtwo announced.
*Lemme at 'em!* Rachel stated and had her bear morph let out a tremendous roar.
"Hold on, Rachel. Demorph. We don't want to bring the gym down until AFTER we've rescued everyone," Brooklyn instructed. Rachel followed the order, although she wasn't too happy about it.
*We should be going. At least now your friends have a chance,* Mewtwo said. It and Mew then vanished.
"We'll go to the Pokemon Center for the day. Tonight, we go rescue our friends," Brooklyn growled.
"Oh, all right," Rachel sullenly agreed.
*Rach, you can be guaranteed to enter before I do if that'll make you happier,* Tobias told her and shook dust out of his feathers.
"Thanks, Tobias," Rachel said.
The group went into the center. The day gave the Pokemon, Animorphs, and Gargoyles a chance to rest.
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~Inside the Viridian Gym, day after capture~
"Put them in Cage 7. Have Alakazam use Confusion on them. They'll have to work for us," Giovanni instructed some of the members of Team Rocket. They complied.
Throughout the day, Jake's group - their Pokemon included, but not the Gargoyles, who were stone - were forced to fight. Marco's gorilla morph defeated three Mankey and a Machop. Jake's tiger morph gave some nasty scratches to a surprised Gengar. Cassie's Charizard morph lost to a Steelix, though her skunk morph defeated twelve miscellaneous Pokemon by scent alone!
The Alakazam sure had its work cut out. Each time the Animorphs would demorph or remorph, it had to re-apply the Confusion!
One member of Team Rocket got bold and said, "We should use a dif'rent Pokemon. Alakazam is starting ta get tired!" Suddenly, Alakazam fell over, reeking of skunk musk!
Jake and Marco demorphed from their battle morphs to remorphed into skunk! Cassie demorphed and remorphed her skunk as well. Now there were three angry skunks on the loose INSIDE the gym! Soon, the whole gym reeked of skunk musk, not to mention all of its trainers and Pokemon.
*Yeah! We're skunks on the loose!* Marco exclaimed as he fired more skunk musk towards the Steelix. Marco's Scyther and Ponyta had jumped into their Poke-balls to avoid being sprayed. The Pokemon of Jake, Angela, Cassie, and Broadway followed suite.
The three "skunks" waddled around for another hour, stopping infront of Giovanni. They got in position on their fore legs, and, before Giovanni could dodge, sprayed him, too!
"How am I to get rid of this awful stentch?!" he bellowed at the top of his lungs.
*Depends. Do you have any oranges?* Jake asked. *If my memory's right, orange juice is the only way to get rid of skunk musk.*
Cassie and Marco chuckled. Giovanni ordered Team Rocket to begin washing everyone and everything in orange juice. Unfortunately, they had started to wash the Gargoyles in orange juice just as the sun was going down!
"Whoa!" Broadway exclaimed. "Who let in the army of crazy skunks?!"
*Giovanni did,* Marco thoughtspoke through a ton of giggles.
Cassie stopped laughing long enough to explain about the skunk morph and why they had it. As an after thought, she also told them about when Visser One had been Visser Three and got "skunked." She told them about the grape juice, too.
"Is that why we are coated in orange juice?" asked Angela.
*Um, I think the two of you got sprayed while Cassie was still delirious,* Jake replied regretfully.
"Oh," Angela and Broadway stated. The Animorphs demorphed. Soon, they all heard a tremendous THUD!
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~Brooklyn's team is awake and recieving orders outside of the Pokemon Center~
"Okay, here's the plan," began Brooklyn. "Rachel in elephant morph will slam into the wall while her Teddiursa throws a Mega Punch or two at it. After Rachel's hit the wall once or twice, I want the Charizard morph of Tobias, Ax, and Meowth to attack the wall. How you do that is up to you, Ax, but I want Tobias to use the claws of his Charizard and Meowth to use Fury Swipes."
*I will use my tail blade, Commander Brooklyn,* Ax said. He'd somehow decided that "commander" would be the most appropriate term for Brooklyn. When later asked, Ax had commented that Jake was the "Prince," so Brooklyn had to be of a slightly lesser though still pretty important rank.
"Sounds great," continued Brooklyn. "On my signal, Tobias will demorph and remorph his Charizard. Then I want Ax to step away and let me and Lexington take his spot. Got that everyone?" He recieved a chorus of "yes, sir"s.
Brooklyn's plan sounded quite good. With that, they raced to the gym.
When they arrived, Rachel released her Teddiursa. Then she morphed to elephant. Trumpeting as loud as she could, Rachel charged the wall. Teddiursa used a Mega Punch at the exact same time. It created a very loud THUD!
*Again, Teddiursa!* Rachel ordered her Pokemon. They slammed into the wall once more, creating a very creaky thud. Rachel demorphed, thanked Teddiursa, and both of them moved aside. The first part of Brooklyn's plan was now complete.
"Time for Phase Two," Brooklyn said, signaling Ax and Tobias. Tobias morphed to Charizard, and Ax didn't morph at all. Ax started hacking at the weakened wall with his tail blade. Tobias and Lexington's Meowth used their claws in Fury Swipe mode. The wall began to crumble.
"Step away, Ax. Tobias, demorph, catch your breath, and remorph. Lexington, please ask your Meowth to take a brief breather while Tobias catches his own breath," Brooklyn commanded.
"Okay, Meowth. Take a brief breather like Brooklyn said. I don't want you to over exert yourself," Lexington told his Pokemon. The Meowth walked over to Lexington, sat down, and began washing its face.
Soon, Tobias announced that he'd had his breather. He remorphed. Tobias, Lexington, and Brooklyn all positioned themselves to finish bringing down the wall! With a mighty CRASH the wall fell!
Suddenly, they were bombarded by the stench of skunk musk mixed with oranges!
"UGH! Who called in Skunk Fleet?!" Brooklyn exclaimed in disgust. If he could have, the red Gargoyle would have wrinkled his beak.
Marco innocently replied, *Aw, but we were having the Skunk Fleet make Orange Juliases for everyone!*
"I'm not even gonna ask!" Brooklyn retorted.
*Ask what?* Ax innocently inquired.
To that, all of his friends replied, with varying degrees of irritation, "Never mind."
As the Animoprphs were demorphing in preperation of their next battle morph, Giovanni approached with his Persian at his side. Speaking in oily tones, Giovanni stated, "Ah, welcome my new Pokemon."
"WHAT?!" the Animorphs and Gargoyles fumed. All four Gargoyles' eyes glowed with full battle rage. They headed for Giovanni as the Animorphs went Hork-Bajir!
But before the Animorphs could finish their morphs, Booklyn grabbed Giovanni by the front of his suit and slammed him against an unbroken wall! Brooklyn snarled, "You do NOT threaten me, my clan, OR my friends! REGARDLESS of the species! Is that CLEAR enough for ya, HUMAN?!"
Giovanni gulped and lost all color as he said, "Clear as the crystal waters deep in the Johto region."
"Rachel?" Brooklyn began. "I think its time to bring down the gym!"
*YES!* Rachel exclaimed, slamming one bladed Hork-Bajir fist into the air.
*May I ask what's going on?* Marco asked.
"Simple. We decided we'd rescue you guys; then we'd let Rachel trash the place," Lexington calmly explained.
*COOL! Can I help?* Marco wanted to know, tilting his head so that Giovanni had a good view of the three horns that Hork-Bajir heads have.
*I say yes. Besides, we're already in the perfect morph for the job,* replied Jake.
"You guys look a lot like wingless Gargoyles," Brooklyn said.
"You look lethal," Angela added.
*Of course we do! We're Hork-Bajir,* Rachel though-spoke. She headed for the nearest wall and started to use every blade on her (each Hork-Bajir is born equiped with blades on the head, wrists, elbows, knees, and tail) to attack the wall full force.
*All right, Animorphs. Follow Rachel's lead!* Jake commanded. Rachel's morph roared as she continued her barrage. The other Animorphs headed for other walls and began hacking with as much force as they could. The Gargoyles exchanged glances, shrugged, and pitched in.
The Animorphs had to demorph and remorph twice before the entire gym finally crumpled to the ground.
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~Eyrie Building, 10 minutes before the gym fell~
"Okay. Are we ready?" Coyote asked. He recieved a chorus of "yes"s. "Puck? Will you and Alex have the honor?"
"Certainly," the mischievous Puck replied. "Alex, let's visit the Pokemon. C'mon, it'll be fun."
Alex burbled a happy response. He and Puck transported themselves, Oberon, Titania, Coyote, and Fox to Professor Oak's.
"Greetings. I'm Professor Oak. Who are you?" asked a man in a white lab coat. He wasn't disturbed by their abrupt appearance because he was working with a Noctowl that night.
After a round of introductions, Titania explained why they were there.
"Hmm. I believe they were starting a Pokemon journey. I'll check the Pokemon Centers to see where they are," Professor Oak stated. It didn't take long before they learned that the Animorphs and Gargoyles were in Viridian City.
With a deft flick of the wrist, Oberon transported his group to the Viridian Pokemon Center. Their party headed for the gym. They were stopped by Officer Jenny!
"Hold on a second! What are you doing heading for the gym? Don't you know that a major Pokemon battle is ensuing? It's dangerous for people to go-"
Oberon interupted, "Nothing is more dangerous than the wrath of Oberon!"
"Uh, okay. . . Then don't blame me if you get in trouble," replied a baffled Officer Jenny.
Oberon's group arrived at the gym just as it crumbled into a pile of rubble!
"WHAT?!" Oberon exclaimed, outraged.
*It's all right,* Ax stated, climbing out of the rubble. He demorphed from Hork-Bajir back into Andalite when he saw Fox and the others.
"Why did you destroy this mortal building?" Titania asked.
*Because it's owners thought it could keep us as some sort of pets or slaves,* Jake replied as he, too, came out of the wreckage. He demorphed rapidly at seeing the shocked expressions on everyone's faces.
Soon, everyone and everything that had been inside the gym came out from underneath its remains. The Animorphs and Gargoyles recalled their Pokemon, though the Animorphs that were still in Hork- Bajir morph demorphed first.
"You will not escape me so easily," Giovanni said, having regained his composure. "Alakazam! Confusion!"
~I am sorry to have to cut this portion of the story short, but the computer is uncooperative. Finishing the story is Part 6 and the Epilogue.~