Chapter Fourteen: The Living Sludge!
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Ash tumbled over, sprawled onto the ground. He immediately got up in time to see the 'Hammerhead' flip over the truck. The Memphis brothers shrieked and jumped out of their automobile.
Ash started to run, but his path was blocked by the 'Redtail'. He turned and ran off in a different direction.
The Memphis brothers all tried to flip their truck back on its wheels as Jet and Faye flew on Ash's tail. Ash kept running, then spied an open manhole as he search for a way out of his predicament. He bit his lip.
"Here goes . . ." He cried aloud, and then jumped into the manhole.
Faye yelped thru the COM link "What happened? He-he just disappeared-"
"He didn't disappear!" Jet snapped. "He went into that manhole, see?"
Faye peered at the ground below. "Well . . . yeah, I kinda see it."
Jet nodded. "Right, let's land and go after him. We haven't got a moment to lose!"
~*~*~*
Vicious, meanwhile, went back into the alley with Shita. He smirked at the sight of the official pokemon league hat lying on the ground.
"He's giving in."
Shita bent over the Pokeballs and Pokedex Ash has left in the corner. "I wonder how he uses these things . . ." She asked aloud.
Vicious picked up one of the Pokeballs as Shita looked at the Pokedex curiously.
Shita opened up the Pokedex. The blue light in the corner blinked, then a strange electronical voice came from it saying "No Pokemon found!"
Shita blinked. "Oh really?"
Vicious smirked at Shita's remark to the machine, and then pressed the button in the center of the pokeball curiously. The ball grew bigger. He stared at it for a moment, then shrugged and let the ball drop to the ground. "Come on Shita, nothing to see here . . . "
Just then the pokeball opened, and Ash's Bulbasaur appeared in a bright flash of red light. "Bulb.saur?"
The Pokedex in Shita's hand beeped, then said in its robotic voice said "Bulbasaur, the grass type pokemon. Its bulb only opens after it evolves."
Both of them stared in shock. Vicious looked at the other Pokeballs.
He grinned.
~*~*~*
Spike ran up just in time to see Jet going into a manhole. "What are you doing?!?"
"Ash is down somewhere in here." Jet replied. "We're going after him."
Spike raised an eyebrow. "You found him? Where are the Memphis brothers?"
"They figured Ash has another one of those creatures he controls down there waiting for us, and chickened out."
Spike grinned. "Perfect! No one to interfere!" He climbed in after him.
Faye looked around, scrunching up her nose. "Gosh, it smells terrible in here!"
"Of course it does." Jet replied, as Spike jumped down next to them. "What did you expect it to smell like, daisies?"
Faye sighed. "Ah, well, where could Ash have gone?"
Spike scanned the area. He looked down at the floor. "Man, its pretty slimy down here . . ."
Faye turned pale. Spike smirked. "What, too slimy for you?"
Faye glared. "At least my hair doesn't look like slime."
Spike smirked. "At least I don't have a spider climbing up my leg."
"What- UUUUGH!" Faye yelped, lifting her leg up and smashing the spider. Jet glared at Spike as he held in his laughter unsuccessfully.
"Alright you two, quit it! Do you want to catch this bounty or what?"
The two of them were silent after that as they walked around, searching for Ash.
That's when they all smelled something a lot worse.
"YUCK!" Spike yelped, plugging his nose. "What's that smell? It's getting a lot worse!"
All bounty hunters now had there hands covering their noses. Faye looked horrified. "Di-did you see that? Something moved, up ahead!"
A pile of sludge inched towards them. The trio gasped.
It had black eyeballs that looked like they'd roll out of there sockets any minute, grubby little arms made of sludge, and a huge gaping mouth. It reached its arm out into the air, and then yelled out its name.
"GRIMMER!"
*~*~*~ OH NO! Could Annie really be right??? Find out next chapter!
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Ash tumbled over, sprawled onto the ground. He immediately got up in time to see the 'Hammerhead' flip over the truck. The Memphis brothers shrieked and jumped out of their automobile.
Ash started to run, but his path was blocked by the 'Redtail'. He turned and ran off in a different direction.
The Memphis brothers all tried to flip their truck back on its wheels as Jet and Faye flew on Ash's tail. Ash kept running, then spied an open manhole as he search for a way out of his predicament. He bit his lip.
"Here goes . . ." He cried aloud, and then jumped into the manhole.
Faye yelped thru the COM link "What happened? He-he just disappeared-"
"He didn't disappear!" Jet snapped. "He went into that manhole, see?"
Faye peered at the ground below. "Well . . . yeah, I kinda see it."
Jet nodded. "Right, let's land and go after him. We haven't got a moment to lose!"
~*~*~*
Vicious, meanwhile, went back into the alley with Shita. He smirked at the sight of the official pokemon league hat lying on the ground.
"He's giving in."
Shita bent over the Pokeballs and Pokedex Ash has left in the corner. "I wonder how he uses these things . . ." She asked aloud.
Vicious picked up one of the Pokeballs as Shita looked at the Pokedex curiously.
Shita opened up the Pokedex. The blue light in the corner blinked, then a strange electronical voice came from it saying "No Pokemon found!"
Shita blinked. "Oh really?"
Vicious smirked at Shita's remark to the machine, and then pressed the button in the center of the pokeball curiously. The ball grew bigger. He stared at it for a moment, then shrugged and let the ball drop to the ground. "Come on Shita, nothing to see here . . . "
Just then the pokeball opened, and Ash's Bulbasaur appeared in a bright flash of red light. "Bulb.saur?"
The Pokedex in Shita's hand beeped, then said in its robotic voice said "Bulbasaur, the grass type pokemon. Its bulb only opens after it evolves."
Both of them stared in shock. Vicious looked at the other Pokeballs.
He grinned.
~*~*~*
Spike ran up just in time to see Jet going into a manhole. "What are you doing?!?"
"Ash is down somewhere in here." Jet replied. "We're going after him."
Spike raised an eyebrow. "You found him? Where are the Memphis brothers?"
"They figured Ash has another one of those creatures he controls down there waiting for us, and chickened out."
Spike grinned. "Perfect! No one to interfere!" He climbed in after him.
Faye looked around, scrunching up her nose. "Gosh, it smells terrible in here!"
"Of course it does." Jet replied, as Spike jumped down next to them. "What did you expect it to smell like, daisies?"
Faye sighed. "Ah, well, where could Ash have gone?"
Spike scanned the area. He looked down at the floor. "Man, its pretty slimy down here . . ."
Faye turned pale. Spike smirked. "What, too slimy for you?"
Faye glared. "At least my hair doesn't look like slime."
Spike smirked. "At least I don't have a spider climbing up my leg."
"What- UUUUGH!" Faye yelped, lifting her leg up and smashing the spider. Jet glared at Spike as he held in his laughter unsuccessfully.
"Alright you two, quit it! Do you want to catch this bounty or what?"
The two of them were silent after that as they walked around, searching for Ash.
That's when they all smelled something a lot worse.
"YUCK!" Spike yelped, plugging his nose. "What's that smell? It's getting a lot worse!"
All bounty hunters now had there hands covering their noses. Faye looked horrified. "Di-did you see that? Something moved, up ahead!"
A pile of sludge inched towards them. The trio gasped.
It had black eyeballs that looked like they'd roll out of there sockets any minute, grubby little arms made of sludge, and a huge gaping mouth. It reached its arm out into the air, and then yelled out its name.
"GRIMMER!"
*~*~*~ OH NO! Could Annie really be right??? Find out next chapter!