Chapter 9: Super Computer
They were engulfed in darkness.
"Psi Flash!" Ness commanded. No response. "I said, Psi Flash!" Still nothing. "What the…? Paula, use Psi Fire to light this place up a little.
"Psi Fire!" Paula screamed, raising her hands. Again, nothing came. She tried again, but the second attempt also failed.
"What's happening, I can't concentrate!" Paula exclaimed.
"There must be something messing with our minds," deducted Jeff.
"YOU HAVE THE RIGHT IDEA, BUT LIKE ALWAYS YOU FOUR ARE STILL WRONG!" Pokey boomed.
Suddenly, a light was flashed on, and the four found themselves inside what looked like an electric-barred cage, along with Pokey in his new spider-mech.
"So I guess while we're inside this cage, we can't use our psychic powers?" Poo questioned.
"WAY TO GO CAPTAIN OBVIOUS!" echoed Pokey.
"Good thing we brought reinforcements!" Ness exclaimed. He reached into his pack and pulled out a Super Bomb. "Fire in the hole!" he shouted and lobbed it towards his nemesis Pokey. "Come on everyone, let's throw everything we have at him!"
Pokey quickly pressed a small button on his control panel, and he became encased in a protective barrier. The Super Bomb exploded into a cloud of flames and smoke when it impacted the barrier. Before the smoke cleared, Jeff had already launched two multi-bottle rockets while Paula and Poo followed Ness's example and chucked their Super Bombs.
"That must have hurt, good job guys," chuckled Ness, arrogantly assuming that Pokey's machine was destroyed.
The smoke cleared to reveal the total opposite of Ness's theory. The spider-mech, unscathed without even a scratch, took a step forward.
"What the hell?" Ness exclaimed. "How could all that do nothing?"
"IS THAT ALL YOU GOT?" Pokey yelled. "I WAS EXPECTING MORE FROM YOU TWERPS."
"Okay, guys, round two!" Ness commanded as he again threw a Super Bomb. Paula and Poo did the same, and Jeff used his Super Bazooka for a change, realizing that the use of a multi-bottle rocket here would probably be a waste.
Again, Pokey stepped out of the smoke, still without apparent damage.
"Why won't it work," Paula whined.
"Hmm, it appears that Pokey has a physical shield engulfing his machine," Jeff said. He pulled out what looked like a giant television remote with a tiny built-in screen.
"What is that?" Ness asked.
"It's my new Spy-Puter," Jeff replied. "It helps me search for weaknesses, powers and special attributes of enemies. He pointed the object towards the spider-mech and pressed a large red button. The Spy-Puter beeped, and Jeff focused on the tiny screen. "I can't find any weaknesses for attacks, but it does say that Pokey is vulnerable to psychic attacks."
"But we can't use our psychic attacks while we are in this cage," Paula said.
"Well, we just need to attack the right target, then," Ness decided, and removed his final Super Bomb from his pack. "What looks like the best target, Jeff?"
"See those small boxes on the top of the poles?" Jeff inquired, referring to the poles in the corners of the room where the electric beams originated. "Those must be the electric generators. If we destroy those, the cage should go down."
"You heard the brain, hit 'em!" Ness commanded, and threw his Super Bomb at one of the four corners. It landed right on target, destroying the pole, and eliminating one side of the beam-cage.
NO! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" Pokey screamed. "FIGHT ME COWARDS! COME GET ME!"
"Com'on guys, use whatever we have left, and hurry!" Ness shouted. Paula and Poo used their remaining Super Bombs to destroy two other sides of the cage, while Jeff finished the task with a multi-bottle rocket. The cage was destroyed.
"Alright! I can concentrate now," Ness shouted, and he used Life-up on him and his friends. "Now let's kick some pig's butt!"
While Jeff continued to focus his Spy-Puter on Pokey and his machine, Ness, Paula and Poo sent wave after wave of PSI Special, Freeze and Starstorm, towards their enemy, respectively. After nearly exausting all their Psychic Points, Pokey's machine erupted into a ball of flames and smoke, and exploded, but Pokey hit the eject button just in time.
"IT MAY BE 2-0 IN YOUR FAVOR, BUT I'VE GOT SOMETHING IN THE NEXT ROOM TO EVEN THE TEAMS!" Pokey boomed. "COME ON RETARDS, YOUR FAMILIES ARE COUNTING ON YOU! MWHAHAHA!" The lights suddenly went out, and then back on, with Pokey nowhere to be seen.
As in the room before, a hole opened up in one of the walls and led into darkness.
"Whatever it is, we can easily handle it!" Ness shouted as he led his friends into the darkness again. The Chosen Four had no idea what they were about to face.