Charmeleon's Egg-celent Adventure

Archer and Petrel slowly walked down the hallway. The injuries they sustained were not too serious, but the pain forced the duo to move slowly. With their sluggish movements, they made their way down the aisle.

The black carpet was the most interesting adornment in the plain hallway, since Archer kept his eyes fixed on it as he walked. His silence with his worried expression meant that that something not good was going to happen. A few scratches on his face and small burns on his face didn't make appearance anymore appealing.

Petrel, on the other hand, was happily looking around to admire the wall adornments like the paintings of rare pokemon. He had on a smile even though he had scratch marks on his cheeks and part of his beard was burnt.

They soon made it to the end of the hallway and stood in front of a black, wooden door. The infamous Team Rocket signature "R" was painted on the door, shimmering as I it was just painted on the door.

Archer grabbed the polished brass door knob. Slowly turned it but felt a sharp sting in his arm. Sucking up the pain, Archer opened up the door and entered the room, Petrel close on his heels.

Archer gulped and summoned all of his strength to talk. "We are here sir," Archer informed.

Behind a stereotypical wooden desk, a man in a mahogany chair nodded to their arrival. In his lap, a large white cat sat in on it, purring as the man stroked its fur.

"Your arrival is late," the man said with no emotion. His facial features were indistinguishable since the lights on his side were turned off, so only his expensive looking suit was seen.

Archer uncomfortably shuffled around; cold sweat was already running down his face. "Well…it's because..-"

"It's because we were attacked by a pack of growlithe," Petrel cut in, who became impatient with Archer.

"Do you expect me to believe that you men didn't get here yesterday because of a bunch of pooches attacked you?" the man sternly asked. His Persian hopped off its owner's lap and walked around the large desk. It stopped at the foot of the desk and hissed at the Rocket Executives. Its red gem on its head glinted in the light and long claws extended from its paws.

Archer gulped louder this time. "That didn't happen. You know that Petrel likes to joke around." Archer turned his head to Petrel."Shut up, Petrel," he quietly hissed with his infamous cold stare that everyone in Team Rocket feared. Petrel shrunk back to keep his mouth shut.

"We did managed to steal the Fire Crystal but...," Archer trailed off and tried to think of the appropriate words.

"But two people stole it from us, Giovanni" Petrel spoke up to finish Archer's sentence.

"What!" Giovanni furiously shouted, banging the desk with his fist. His Persian took a step closer and hissed louder, revealing its large fangs. "I sent two Rocket Executives to steal the crystal and you fail me!"

Archer tried his best to look unemotional while Petrel looked scared, biting on his nails. "We did defeat the Elite Four guarding the crystal," Archer retaliated.

"Elite Four? What Elite Four?" Giovanni asked with a confused tone.

Archer was taken back by the replied. "You mean you didn't send two Rocket Executives because of the Elite Four member?" Archer asked feeling very confused.

"Of course not, I sent two high ranking team rocket members because the members of a secret organization might try to stop you," Giovanni cleared up the issue.

Secret organization...Archer wondered. "I believed we were attacked by this secret organization," Archer re. "They both had these weird jackets and I think they said that they were part of Kuraisora."

Giovanni fell silent after hearing Archer's observations. He plopped his elbows on the table and rested his chin on his fists. "Damn! They're the reason why I sent you on this mission in the first place," Giovanni explained. Both Rocket Executives' heads perked up in interest. "I heard that this organization is after the three element crystals. If they gather them all, then it will bad for Team Rocket when they get that kind of power. I thought I could have stopped them by taking one of the crystals...but defeating two of my best men. I underestimated their strength."

Archer and Petrel were astonished by the explanation of their mission. Though, one thing troubled Archer.

"Sir," Archer politely said, getting his boss's attention. "Where did you get this information?"

Giovanni took his time to answer. "One of my spies caught this information," Giovanni answered. "Don't be too concern on your failure. It wasn't important and we can get them the next time. You are free to go." Petrel let out a sigh of relief while Archer nodded. The Persian retreated back to Giovanni's lap.

Archer left the office with Petrel close behind. When the door closed, Giovanni turned around in his chair to face the wall behind him.

"I will need to think of a different strategy to stop that organization," Giovanni said to no one in particular.

-"Those Rocket Executives were lucky that their failed mission wasn't really that important,"- Persian said, licking his paw.

Red threw all of his pokeballs in the air. One-by-one, each pokeball snapped open to release their respective pokemon. The pokemon appeared on the sandy beach, shielding their eyes from the blazing sun.

-"No battle?"- Charmeleon asked, studying his surroundings. A few people were already setting up at the beach. He noticed the confused look on the faces of the rest of his team mates. All turned to their trainer.

"Well guys, I think it's time we take a little break from our journey, and what better way to relax than a day at the beach." Red's pokemon all began to cheer in joy. Red smiled at his pokemon's enthusiasm, but then remembered he had to do something first. "Well I have to go to the PokeMart to stock on supplies so we don't have to go back in the city." Red placed his bookbag on the ground and took out the glass container with his egg. He placed the container on the sand and picked up his bookbag, dusting off some sand that got on it. "I will just leave the egg here, so take care of it. Charmeleon you are in charge until I get back, okay." Charmeleon nodded in agreement. Red seeing that his starter had everything under control, he turned back and started to make his way back into the city.

-"Well, you heard him. I am in charge,"- Charmeleon cockily said. He looked at his fellow comrades.

-"Hey! Everyone has already evolved!"- Pikachu exclaimed, examining the other pokemon. They were rarely out of there pokeballs, so seeing everyone evolved since the last time was stunning.

-"I haven't evolved!"- Gible shouted as he jumped into the middle of the group. He jumped and down in excitement of meeting his team mates.

Everyone sweat dropped at Gible's childish antics. -"Whose the new guy?"- Nidorino asked, never had seen him.

-"He is a Gible. He is supposedly a powerful dragon pokemon from Sinnoh,"- Charmeleon answered, recalling the information he heard from Red.

-"Nice to meet you Gible, my name is Pikachu"- Pikachu warmly said, extended out his hand to shake Gible's. Gible stared blankly at the hand.

-"Oh and I forgot to mention that he is kind of...unintelligent,"- Charmeleon tried his best to explained Gible's condition.

Pikachu put down his hand. -"You're from Sinnoh, Gible. How did you end up here in Kanto?"- Pikachu asked Gible the question of the day.

Gible put on his thinking face and tried to remember. -"...I...I…don't know."- Everyone fell on their backs anime style.

-"What do you mean you don't know?"- Pidgeotto furiously asked the dragon type.

Gible shrugged. -"I don't remember anything about my past. I just woke up and saw this big scary guy staring at me,"- Gible told the group what he could recall. Everyone fell silent as they tried to think of an explanation for Gible being here.

-"Well, I'm going to go for a swim,"- Pikachu announced, and left the group to head to the ocean water.

-"I'm going to stretch my wings,"- Pidgeotto was the next pokemon to leave. He took off in a flash, kicking up sand that made the rest cough. Catching the ocean breeze in his wings, he picked up altitude and began to fly in circles, doing aerial stunts.

-" I'm going to go have fun as well. Take care of the egg while I'm gone,"- Charmeleon told the last two pokemon left. He turned around and trotted away.

-"But you are a fire type! I thought fire types hate water,"- Nidorino claimed, not wanting to stay behind to guard an egg.

Charmeleon briefly stop to answer. -"Fire types don't like water, but we do like the sun."- Nidorino realized that he was going to go bask in the sun.

Nidorino let out a sigh and took another look at the beach. More people have already arrived with their pokemon as well. A young and beautiful woman with a skimpy blue swim suit walked in front of Nidorino, but what caught his attention was the Nidorina that walked alongside her trainer. He gawked as she passed by him with no clue that she was being spied on.

-"I'm going to go find love. You're in charge of the egg,"- Nidorino bestowed the responsibility on Gible. He then ran after the Nidorina.

Gible blinked and turned around to take a look at the egg. -I think I should take off the glass so the egg can breathe- Gible thought. He walked across the sand to get to the container. He grabbed the sides of the glass with his small hands, smudging the container, and pulled upward. His stubby form gave him a hard time taking of the glass but he than succeeded. He dropped the glass on the sand.

-"There you go. Now you can breathe little guy,"- Gible spoke to the egg and lightly patted the brown egg. He proudly stood up straight with his hands on his hips to look like a hero. He then regained his usual posture.

-"I'm bored...I should build a Sandcastle!" Gible shouted to the skies. He immediately got to work. He got a few feet away from the egg, worried he might get sand on it. He began to dig so he could get enough sand to make his sand castle.

While Gible was digging, Pikachu was in the salty water, trying to concentrate. The water rocked him back and forth as he floated on it. His fur coat was wet and salty, but he could have cared less.

Pidgeotto flew above the sea water, and saw the aquatic pokemon in it. A few goldeen swam closed to the surface and it reminded him of Misty's Goldeen. He moved on and soon came upon Pikachu, who looked like he was in a deep trance with his eyes closed.

-"What are you doing?"- Pidgeotto asked as he got close to the mouse pokemon. Pikachu was startled when he heard Pidgeotto's voice, but calmed down when he saw the bird fly past him.

Pikachu saw Pidgeotto was circling around to meet up with him again. Pikachu replied when Pidgeotto stopped in front of him. -"Well, back in the forest, the elderly pikachu would always talk about a Pikachu that learned the move Surf. He used his power for good and became a hero. I thought I might as well try to learn Surf while I'm at the beach."-

Pidgeotto flap his wings to try to stay airborne, and avoided any water that splashed in his way. -"What makes you think you can learn that move? Do you even know the method that allows you to learn it?"- Pidgeotto fired Pikachu with his questions.

Pikachu sheepishly rubbed the back of his head. -"Well it doesn't hurt to try, but I don't know how to learn it."- A wave formed and crashed on top of the electric type, while Pidgeotto flew higher to avoid it.

Pidgeotto sighed and flew higher into the sky. -"He wants to learn Surf. Hehe, next he will want to learn how to fly,"- he chuckled to himself. He decided to fly over the beach and let the sun warm his body.

Charmeleon stirred when Pidgeotto's shadow flew over him. He was curled up in the sand, letting the sun rays warm his body. He had his eyes closed to help tune out of the activity.

Everyone was too busy to notice that the egg fell from its placement. Luckily, the sand softened the egg's fall. It lay on the warm sand for a moment before the sand under came to life. A small, orange crab emerged from the ground with egg on its head. The krabby held the egg in place with its claws as it crawled away. The egg thief left unnoticed by the group.

Charmeleon was about to fall asleep when he felt some sand get kicked in his way. Some of it got into his nostrils, and he immediately started to sneeze. His slumber ruined, Charmeleon got up to find the one responsible. He scanned the area and found a digging dual dragon-ground type pokemon. Gible kicked up more sand that sprayed into the fire type's face.

-"What the hell are you doing?"- Charmeleon roared at Gible, his outburst caused a few people's heads turn to him in shock. Gible stopped his digging and looked up from his three feet hole.

-"Hello, Charmeleon!"- Gible waved at the angered fire pokemon. -"I was just building a sand castle. Want to help?"- Gible gave Charmeleon his famous goofy grin.

Charmeleon cocked his head towards where the egg was placed...or where it was placed. The egg was gone from the container which quickly replaced his anger with worry. He reached into the pokemon-made hole, and roughly pulled out Gible, by his foot. He dragged Gible across the sand roughly threw him.

-"Where is the egg?"- Charmeleon asked in a demanding manner. Gible looked at the empty container and took his time to answer.

-"It maybe walked away"- Gible answered, making Charmeleon slap his forehead.

-"What's going on?"- Pikachu approached them with his fur soaking wet. -"I could hear your yelling all the way out in the ocean."-

-"The egg is gone,"- Charmeleon said it like it was a commonly known fact. A face of revelation appeared on Pikachu's face. His eyes darted around as he tried to find a clue to where the missing egg might had disappeared to.

Then something caught his eye. -"Look footprints!"- Pikachu pointed at the small footprints in the sand. The footprints started next to the container, but as they got farther, the more disoriented the footprints became. More people walked across the important clue, distorting the footprints even more.

A purple pokemon trotting on his four legs slowly made his way to the group. His sad face made Charmeleon a little concerned.

-"What's wrong with you?"- Charmeleon asked, still trying to act nice during the crisis.

-"I lost again in the war of love,"- Nidorino sighed, lifting his head up. He noticed the worried looks on his companions. -"What's wrong with you guys?"-

Pikachu decided to tell him the bad news. -"The egg is missing from it's container."-

Nidorino was shocked by the news and immediately faced Gible. -"I told you to keep an eye on it. How hard is it to guard an egg?"- Nidorino inched closer to Gible after every word, until his horn was poking Gible's face.

-"Calm down, Nidorino. We need to start looking for the egg,"- Charmeleon tried to calm the poison type. He looked to sky and saw Pidgeotto flying above them. -"Pidgeotto!"- Charmeleon shouted, and got the flying pokemon's attention.

Pidgeotto dropped into dive and quickly started to lose altitude. He smoothly landed next to Charmeleon, ready to listen to pokemon in charge.

-"We need your help to find the Red's egg,"- Charmeleon urgently said.

-"The egg is gone! Who was guarding the egg when this happened?"- Pidgeotto squawked, flapping his wings furiously. Everyone pointed at Gible, who was standing with an emotionless face. Pidgeotto gritted his beak but kept his mouth shut, so he wouldn't say anything nasty. He knew what he had to do and he leapt into the air. With a few wing flaps, Pidgeotto was again soaring through the skies.

-"That stupid Gible is going to pay,"- Pidgeotto grumbled as flew around the beach. With his keen eyesight, he could see the labels on the water bottles from his height. He decided to look a little farther.

He circled around and then caught sight of a big brown object on a rock-strewn cliff. Pidgeotto decided to take a closer look. Less than a hundred feet away from where he started, Pidgeotto saw a krabby on a cliff. The rocky cliff stood directly above the ocean waves crashing onto the side of the natural structure. The water pokemon held the brown egg above its head as it went into a cave that was on the side of the cliff.

Finding the culprit, Pidgeotto did a u-turn and flew straight back to his friends. He nearly crashed into the sand when he tried to land.

-"I found out who stole the egg and it's over there,"- Pidgeotto panted, pointing with his wing to the cliff far away. Everyone began to bombard Pidgeotto with questions but the bird pokemon was too tired to talk. Flying fast took a toll on him.

-"Well, lets head out to get that whatever pokemon it is and get the egg back,"- Charmeleon shouted, pumping his fist into the air. Everyone enthusiastically cheered as well.

When Pidgeotto regain his breathe, he took off to lead them to the cave. Gible wanted to stay to finish his sand castle, but Charmeleon dragged him by his shark fin to make him come.

-I want to bury you in a sand castle- Charmeleon rolled his eyes, fed-up with Gible's childish behavior.

The walk to the cliff took a few minutes. The cliff was about twenty feet high but the cave was about twelve feet. A rock formation protruded from the cliff, forming a place to stand. The waves crashed against the hard, grey stone, slowly eroding it.

-"Well, looks like we will have to climb up to get to the cave,"- Charmeleon informed, walking up to the cliff. He extended his claws to firmly grab a ledge. He pulled on it to see if it will support him. The sturdy ledge held and Charmeleon began to climb. Pikachu soon join him by jumping onto the cliff.

-"But I can't climb,"- Nidorino whimpered, lowering his head in shame. He felt to sharp claws grabbed the long spines on his back, and soon felt like his body was being lifted. He looked up and saw Pidgeotto was giving him a lift.

-"Don't thank me, yet,"- Pidgeotto huffed, struggling to fly higher. Nidorino smiled and took this time to enjoy the scenery. He was ascending at the same speed as his climbing companions.

-"I climbed cliffs higher than this in Mt. Silver,"- Charmeleon said, skillfully climbing the rock wall. Pikachu was also doing well but wasn't going as fast as Charmeleon.

It didn't take them long to reach the top. Pidgeotto dropped Nidorino onto the ground before he fell on the ground, exhausted from the lifting. Charmeleon dragged himself unto the cliff, since it has been a long time that he last climbed a cliff he has gotten a little rusty, plus he wasn't used to his new body. Pikachu also dragged himself unto the cliff, joining his tired buddies.

-"What took you so long?"- everyone turned to the source of the voice. Gible stood in front of the cave, not looking tired a bit.

-"How did you get here so fast?"- Charmeleon asked, getting up.

-"I used that path"- Gible pointed a stubby arm to his left. He was pointing at a path that looked liked it was carved into the stone. It was decently steep and most importantly, it lead to the beach.

Everyone groan when they found out there was an easier path. One at a time, they all got up. The entrance to the cave was fairly big, but not big enough to fit an adult human. They calmly walked into the cave.

Charmeleon had a flash of memories as he looked around the cave. -"This reminds me of my home in Mt. Silver,"- Charmeleon said his thoughts out loud. The lighting in the cave was dim as they walked further and the rock walls gave the place a vacant look. Stalactites looking like sharp teeth hung from the ceiling.

-"You're from Mt. Silver?"- Pikachu asked, curious of Charmeleon's history. He tried to imagine how a charmander could have found this place so comfortable.

-"Of course I'm from Mt. Silver. All charmanders come from there. Did you think I was born in a lab?"- Charmeleon said. He shuddered when he felt a cold, sea breeze blew through them. -"But my home was more warm and it had better lighting."-

They walked in silence for awhile before coming across a fork in the road. The cave separated into two. Both caves were too dark to see what lay beyond.

-"Now what?"- Pidgeotto impatiently asked.

-"I know what to do,"- Nidorino responded, stepping up. -"I always use this technique when I get lost in Mt. Moon."- He walked in between the two caves and closed his eyes.

-"Does it work?"- Pidgeotto questioned Nidorino's method, but got not answer from Nidorino.

Nidorino had a calm look on his face while his whole body was tensed. His ears twitched as if they were straining to hear the sounds in the caves. After a few silent moments, Nidorino decided on his course.

-"We should go left,"- Nidorino came out of his trance and quickly hopped into the left cave. He stopped to wait for his team mates.

-"Are you sure this is the right way?"- Pikachu nervously asked as they traveled the cave. It was so dark that they had to rely on Charmeleon's flame on his tail, illuminating a small radius.

-"Well, I'm-."- Nidorino began but was cutoff by a loud screeching noise. The screech resonated throughout the cave, causing the traveling pokemon to stop dead in their tracks.

Charmeleon brought his tail forward to give more lighting in front of him. The fire gave the wall in front of him an orange hue. Most of the group groaned when they found out it was a dead end.

Another screech silenced the group and this one sounded louder than the last. Charmeleon looked up to scan the cave ceilings. Not able to see anything clearly, he decided to turn up the heat. The flame on his tail increased in size and so did the brightness of the light. With the extra light, Charmeleon found out what was making the screeching noise.

-"Uhh guys...look up,"- Charmeleon gulped. Everyone saw the fear in his eyes and so looked up.

On the cave ceiling hung, a colony of zubat and golbat were hanging upside down. It looked like they were all asleep which brought a little relief to the group.

-"No one makes a sound"- Charmeleon whispered loud enough for his team mates to hear. All of them heard except for a certain bipedal dragon pokemon.

Gible got a funny feeling in his shark fin and decided to look around. Gible huge eyes spotted something shine in light of his buddy's fire. He waddled his way to the item, and found out it was a pretty green rock. -Oh boy, pretty rock! - Gible happily thought. He grabbed the rock with his arms and used all of his strength to pull it out, but it wouldn't budge.

Gible's grunts caught the attention of his team mates. They all saw Gible's attempts to pull out a rock stuck in the wall. This caused panic to rise in the group.

-"Gible, stop. Gible, no. Gible get over here,"- was what the group hissed in low voices. Though, Gible didn't pay the slightest attention to the whispers. He put one foot on the cold wall and tried to pull this with his extra strength, but the rock held strong.

-"Gible, we got to go,"- Charmeleon quietly said, and placed a claw on his shoulder.

-"Can't go until shiny rock is mine,"- Gible retaliated, trying harder to pull it out. Charmeleon tried his best to be polite, but then decided to take matter into his own hands.

The fire type pokemon grabbed the dragon-and-ground type pokemon by his sides. -"We got to go"- whispered Charmeleon with a harsh tone. He tried to pry the chubby pokemon off, but like the rock, Gible didn't budge a bit.

-"No!"- Gible whined, causing a few zubat to stir in their slumber. Charmeleon's grip on Gible tightens and Charmeleon pulled with all of his might. He managed to pull Gible off in one swoop, and also took the rock with him. Both pokemon tumbled backwards and fell on the hard floor.

Everyone else held their breathe as the cave wall began to rumble. The stalactites above crashed into the ground, shattering on impact. The rumbling soon stopped and all eyes went up.

The poison-and-flying pokemon all awoke from their sleep. The golbat's glaring eyes could be seen, and the zubats opened up their wings to show that they're awake since they didn't have any eyes.

-"Oh shi-."- The sounds of zubat and golbat screeching drown out Charmeleon's voice. Everyone broke into a run, trying to get away from the blood-sucking pokemon.

A few zubat ganged up on Pikachu, but a Thunder Shock had them falling like a sack of potatoes. He kept on running on fours and shocked the daylight of any zubat that got too close. The golbats were smart enough to avoid the dangerous, little rodent.

Pidgeotto thought it would be faster to fly, but a few golbats still managed to catch up with him. They each tried to take a bite out of him, but Pidgeotto's agility proved to be to fast for them, since they kept missing. He swatted a few of them with a Steel Wing attack and achieved to knock a few golbats into the wall or a stalagmite that hung on the ceiling.

Nidorino and Gible were just running and avoiding any attack that their foes threw at them. Gible was very good at dodging and the enemy had a hard time landing a hit on the pudgy dragon pokemon. Nidorino was just running and the Poison Sting from a few zubats did little damage due to his resistance to it.

Charmeleon saw the split in the corridor ahead, thinking fast to choose his path. He ran into the other cave and pressed his back against the wall. His team mates also followed his footsteps and joined him in his hiding place.

The zubats and golbats were confused when they noticed that their rude intruders have escaped. They gave up and headed back into the cave they came from to return to their sleep.

-"That was close,"- Nidorino sighed. He then noticed that everyone was glaring at him, except for Gible, who was too busy admiring his shiny rock that nearly cost them their life. -"It has a fifty percent chance of being right,"- Nidorino whimpered, lowering his ears in shame.

-"Well, lets take this route,"- Charmeleon coughed, to get everyone's' attention. He began to lead the group by going first. Nidorino sighed when everyone's glaring eyes were not on him.

-"Don't worry, we all make mistakes,"- Gible comforted Nidorino, patting him on the back before heading out as well. Nidorino felt better and followed the group.

-Maybe Gible isn't that bad- Nidorino thought, watching Gible play with his green rock.

Charmeleon slowly moved, on the lookout for any more sleeping zubats or golbats. The lighting in this cave was brighter in the last one. The farther they walked the damper the ground became. The air felt moist, making Charmeleon feel uncomfortable in the environment.

He then saw some light coming from ahead. He led the group closer to the bright light, until he was at the end of the cave. He stopped and took a look in the warmly lit area.

The large cavern was surrounded by rock walls that were decorated with colorful, shiny rocks that were randomly placed. The rocks glistened in radiance as the sun light shined on them. Above, a hole in the ceiling allowed the sun's rays to go through and brighten up the cave room. Two large pools of sparkling water were located on each side of the room. Upon closer observation, water pokemon could be seen swimming in the clean water.

A stone formation that looked like a king's throne stood in the middle of the room. On the throne, a pokemon, that resembled a krabby only a lot bigger, stood on it and made him look like he was king. The pokemon even had a yellow crown that was made of rock placed on his head. In front of his throne, a krabby stood with the stolen egg in his claws.

-"I present to you this rare rock, Kingler,"- Krabby announced, extending the egg closer to Kingler.

Charmeleon interrupted the gift giving. -"Drop that egg because it doesn't belong to you!"- The vicious lizard cried. Charmeleon took a few steps forward and felt a cushy feeling on the bottom of his feet. He looked down and saw sand, which was strange since it was a cave. He returned his gaze to in front of him.

Kingler looked up to see the rescue team. -"Intruders! Get them!"- Kingler ordered, pointing his smaller claw at the group. Water pokemon jumped out of the pools of water. Two Poliwhirls landed in front of the Red's pokemon, while three staryus landed behind the group, trapping the group.

Kingler plucked the egg from Krabby's grasp with his large claw, and held it close to examine it. -"What purpose do you have in being in my cave?"- Kingler asked, gently placing the egg on the ground.

-"We are here to get that egg that the krabby stole from us,"- Charmeleon hastily answered. Krabby scuttled away and jumped into the water, clearly afraid of Charmeleon. -"And what makes you think that this cave is yours?"-

-"Isn't it obvious,"- Kingler said with an uninterested look. -"I am a king and kings need a royal place to live. Me and my loyal subjects spent many years to make this place beautiful"- He gestured to his lair by using his irregular claws.

-"But we need that egg back,"- Charmeleon replied.

The pincer pokemon picked up the egg, carefully examined it and began to think. -"I will give you the egg back..."- Charmeleon and his companions all cheered. -"...on one condition."- The group quieted down after they heard that there was a catch.

-"I'm kind of bored and there isn't much action in this cave,"- Kingler began. –"So I want you guys to fight my guards. If you managed to defeat them, I will return the egg, but if you are defeated…you will become my servants."-

Charmeleon listened to Kingler's proposition. –"I accept your challenge,"- Charmeleon accepted, nodding his head. The group readied themselves for a battle.

-"Very well…begin!"- Kingler ordered with an evil glint in his eyes. On commanded, Kingler's guards began their assault.

-"Water Gun assault!"- the poliwhirls shouted as they fired stream of water from the middle of their bellies.

-"Everybody dodge it!"-Charmeleon shouted, jumping out of the way of the water. The rest of the group managed to dodge the move as well.

-"Swift attack!"- the staryus cried in union. They jumped up and spun around to fire a barrage of gold stars.

-"I got this,"- Pikachu said, charging up his cheeks with electricity. He fired his Thunder Shock that collided with the Swift. It managed to destroy one third of the stars. The rest of the stars were destroyed by a Flamethrower and an Air Cutter. Charmeleon and Pidgeotto took up Pikachu's sides and each gave him a wink.

-"They aren't really smart since they called out their attacks,"- Charmeleon remarked, observing the star shaped pokemon. He took a quick look behind him and saw Gible and Nidorino battling the poliwhirls. Looks like they have things under control back there Charmeleon thought, he then returned his gaze to his opponents.

-"Water Gun!"- The staryus again shouted out their attacks. From the tips of their limbs, a blast of water was shot at the trio. Luckily, the group has already thought of a counter for the attack, since Kingler's guards calling out their moves gave them the advantage.

Pidgeotto made the first move. He flapped his wings to create a powerful blast of air. The wind was strong enough to change the course of the water. The water gun was sent back to the Staryu trio but easily braced their own attack.

-"My turn,"- Pikachu cried, his cheeks firing off small sparks of electricity. He then unleashed a powerful Thunder Shock that shocked the living daylights out of water pokemon and they were instantly knocked out. The red core in the middle of the staryus, that glowed, was now flickering before going blank.

I didn't do anything to help Charmeleon sighed. The sound of rocks falling down caught Charmeleon's attention. He turned around just in time to see rocks fall onto the two poliwhirls. The falling rocks completely concealed the pokemon under the rubble of rocks. No sudden movements from the wreckage signify that they were knockout.

-"I love my new move,"- Nidorino commented, liking the power his rock-type move had. The team regrouped and faced Kingler.

-"I see that you defeated my guards with ease,"- Kingler stated, receiving nods from the group. –"But I will not turn in the egg."-

Charmeleon clenched his claws, feeling anger build inside of him. –"You said you would return the egg if we defeat you guards!"- Charmeleon pointed an accusing claw at Kingler.

Kingler rolled his eyes. –"I thought you weren't strong enough to defeat my guards, but now I see you guys are pretty strong."- The angry group began to make accusations at the king. –"SILENCE!"- Kingler shouted to stop the uproar.

Charmeleon stepped up. -"You lied and now you face our wrath,"- Charmeleon hissed, but Kingler didn't feel a bit frightened.

Kingler jumped from his throne landed in front of the group with a loud thud. Sand was kicked up in the air, creating a small dust cloud that soon settled. He began to open and close his claws in an imitating way.

-"You think that you puny pokemon can defeat me?"- Kingler mockingly asked. He didn't wait for an answer and opened up his small, right claw to fire multiple, blue bubbles. That attack was direct hit on Charmeleon and sent him flying backwards. The fire-type crashed into the cave wall, making a sickening sound when he hit the wall.

The group wasn't going to let someone push their leader around. Pikachu fired his stored electricity from his cheeks. The attack landed a direct hit on Kingler, but the water-type pokemon endured the move with little effort.

-"Your electric moves need more training,"- Kingler remarked, and retaliated by shooting a gunk of mud from his small claw. The mud slammed into the electric mouse, causing great damage. The force of the attack also sent Pikachu skidding backwards but came to a painful stop.

Pikachu trembled as he struggled to get. -"You will need more than that to take me down,"- Pikachu muttered, coughing up mud that got into his mouth. He then tried to shake of the mud that was stuck in his fur, but to no avail. I can't use my electric type moves Pikachu thought after his attempt to charge up his attack only to have the mud to disrupt his attack.

-"We need a plan,"- Charmeleon said, limping to his companions. No one noticed when he pulled himself off the wall. He stopped in the middle of the group and was catching his breathe.

-" Well, I don't have all day,"- Kingler said in a bored tone, and pointed his small claw at the group. Opening his claw, a barrage of bubbles was fired from it.

-"Pidgeotto, intercept the attack. I got a plan,"- Charmeleon weakly smirked to himself. Pidgeotto nodded and opened up his wings to fire his powerful Air Cutter attack. Charmeleon turned around to face Nidorino. He locked eyes with poison-type before speaking-", I need you to stay here and start using Amnesia until you reach your maximum."- Nidorino absent-mindlessly nodded his head but he understood him.

Leaving Nidorino to his part of his plan, Charmeleon returned to his foe. Pidgeotto had succeeded in destroying the bubbles. –"Gible, let's both use Dragon Rage,"- Charmeleon ordered, ignoring the pain in his body he stepped forward to get a better aim at the giant crab.

-"Okie-dokie,"- Gible cheerfully agreed, and hopped forward. Both pokemon fired their dragon-type moves simultaneously. Kingler was fast to react by using his large claw to block. The blue flames hit the giant pincer and only managed to budge it a little.

When the attack died down, Kingler made his move. –"My turn to attack,"- Kingler declared. A metallic sheen covered his large claw in an instant. He crouched down and used his four legs to jump high into the air. He brought down his Metal Claw but the group had already jumped out of the way. His claw slammed into bare sand making more sand scatter into the air.

Kingler coughed as he felt the sand go into his lungs. He opened up his eyes, since he closed them to stop the sand from getting into them. He didn't get anyone but he was close to crushing one. Nidorino had his eyes clenched and was in a deep trance. He didn't notice Kingler's claw was inches away from his face but Kingler did notice. His smaller claw was held up so he could fire an attack at the poison-type pokemon in a trance.

-"Oh no you don't,"- Gible shouted, clamping his giant jaw on Kingler's small claw. His mouth was big enough to engulf the claw and prevent him from firing any attacks.

-"Unhand me you ruffian!"- Kingler cried, stumbled backwards and frantically waved his claws around, trying to get rid of Gible. Gible's grip proved to strong for Kingler, who tried his hardest to shake him off. During his frenzy, Kingler accidentally hit Pikachu with his other claw.

The mud-covered Pikachu was launched into the air and he landed in one of the pools in the room. He made a large splash, when he fell into the clear water. Pikachu tried to swim to the surface, but the extra weight of the mud in his fur pulled him down. He attempted to swim again, but the surface looked like it was getting further than closer.

How deep is this pool of water? Pikachu thought, a few air bubbles escaped his mouth. He was losing conscious as he dropped further into what appeared as a bottomless pool. He eyes were beginning to close when he felt an arm wrap around his small waist. Pikachu then felt his body was being lifted. In a matter of seconds, he was out on dry land again.

-"Where am I?"- Pikachu spat out water. He opened his eyes and he saw blue, round pokemon standing in front of him. As his vision cleared he then noticed the pokemon had a swirl pattern on his white belly and had a white gloved hand extended towards Pikachu. Pikachu grabbed the welcoming hand and used it to pick himself up. The hand was wet but firm. -"Ughh…Thanks."-

-"No problem,"- the blue pokemon replied, turning around to face the enraged Kingler. –"I got you now, Kingler!"- Pikachu's savior shouted. Kingler stopped to take a look at the newcomer. Gible decided to let go and fell on the soft sand.

-"I thought I banned you from my kingdom, Poliwhirl"- Kingler shouted in a lethal tone. He scuttled across the sand, heading straight towards Poliwhirl.

-"I heard a group of pokemon had infiltrated your cave and I thought it was good time to act,"- Poliwhirl told him, and leapt over the large pokemon. He managed to grab the crown from Kingler's head. Poliwhirl elegantly landed behind Kingler and held the crown up high. –"I finally regain my family's crown!"-

Poliwhirl's body began to glow white, making him look like a white silhouette. His body began to shape itself into a more frog-like structure. A long hair grew out of its head that curled up. When the light disappeared, a completely different pokemon stood. Most of his body was now green and yellow with a pair of pink cheeks.

-"I have finally evolved into a Politoed!"- Politoed gleefully shouted, bouncing up and down on his new, powerful hind legs. He cut his celebration short and gave Kingler a serious look. –"After all these years that you abused the pokemon of the cave, I will finally put you in your place."-

-"How are you, going to accomplish that? You may have evolved, but I'm still the king of this cliff,"- Kingler retorted, menacingly holding his claws.

-"Don't think you got rid of us,"- Charmeleon informed him, taking his place next to Politoed. Pidgeotto and Gible soon joined them as well. Pikachu's head was clear and so he joined the group as well.

-"Very well…then I will take on all of you myself!"- Kingler bellowed, running towards the group as fast as his legs could take him.

Politoed smirk and waited for Kingler to be a reasonable distance. –"Take this! Hyper Voice!"- Politoed shouted. Politoed let out loud shout that echoed through out the cave. The shriek's echo was powerful enough that it did noticeable damage to Kingler.

Kingler stopped and pressed his claws to the sides of his head, trying to block out the sound. His eyes were clenched in pain as the noise damaged him.

Politoed soon stop his noisy attack and took a few breathes before talking. -"Looks like it's your turn,"- Politoed said, facing Pikachu.

-"But what can I do..."- Pikachu noticed that his fur was free from any mud. The mud must have washed off when he was in the water Pikachu smirked. He began to charge up his body in electricity and got on fours. He broke into a run and sprinted towards Kingler.

Kingler had gotten a headache after Politoed's attack, and so he didn't see the Pikachu covered in electricity heading towards him.

Pikachu delivered his Volt Tackle at full force when he tackled Kingler. A bright flash temporary blinded everyone. When the light disappeared, Pikachu was standing on top of Kingler's non-moving body. He was tired due to using a lot of power and the recoil of the attack.

-"I did it,"- Pikachu weakly said, hopping off Kingler. He rejoined the group, giving them a smile.

Charmeleon grabbed the egg next to the throne and held it close, afraid to lose it again. -"Mission complete, team!"- Everyone happily cheered.

-"Uhh...Got to get out,"- Kingler groaned, making everyone stop their celebration. Kingler picked himself up and slowly started to make his way to the pool of water.

Pikachu growled as he began to charge up electricity, but Politoed stuck an arm in his way. Pikachu look up to the water-type with a confused look and receive a head shake from him.

-"Let him go,"- Politoed muttered. Kingler made it to the pool and jumped in, making a big splash. -"That pool leads to the ocean, which is how I got in."-

-"Why did you help us defeat Kingler?"- Charmeleon asked, curious of why a stranger would help them.

Politoed took a deep breathe before answering. -"Well, I had to help you guys and the pokemon of the cave,"- he gestured to the cave around him. I few krabbys crawled out from behind the stone throne and a few water pokemon emerged from the pools. -"Kingler came here one day in this cave and threaten us to become his subjects. I tried to revolt against him but he defeated me in battle. I was thrown out of this place and told to never come back."- More pokemon jumped out from the water. A few staryus helped the other staryus, which were the ones that were knocked out by Red's pokemon, get up. The polwhirls trapped under the rockslide were barely getting up. -"He took my King's Rock which was handed to me by my father,"- Politoed continued, plucking the crown off his head. -"I trained in the ocean to make myself strong enough to defeat Kingler."-

-"Hooray for Politoed!"- the water pokemon of the cave shouted, which was now a big group that surrounded the group. Many different types of water pokemon native to Kanto surrounded them.

Politoed smiled and turn towards the group. -"I will like to thank you for helping me. If you guys haven't come...who knows when I will have chosen to strike."- Politoed thanked the pokemon.

-"No problem,"- Charmeleon sheepishly said.

-"What do I do now, Charmeleon?"- A confused Nidorino asked. He bumped into Gible and then stumbled his way towards Charmeleon. -"Where am I? Who are you?"- Nidorino asked question after question.

-"I think Nidorino erased too much of his memory,"- Pidgeotto whispered to Charmeleon.

-"Well, it's only temporary amnesia so he will soon regain his memory,"- Charmeleon assured, and turned back to Politoed. -"I will like to say thanks because you helped us defeat Kingler and get our egg back."-

-"No problem and I have a feeling that Kingler won't be coming back soon,"- Politoed said with a hint of relief. He placed his crown back on his head and put on a goofy smile for everyone to see.

-"Well, we have to go,"- Charmeleon said, getting a better grip on the egg.

-"You are welcome to visit anytime you want,"- Politoed smiled. The group bid their farewells and left the happy water pokemon to their lives.


After retracing their steps, the group soon made it back to where the egg was stole in the first place. Charmeleon gently placed the egg on the cushioning bottom of the container.

-"Great adventure, guys! We should have another one soon,"- Gible offered, but received death glares from everyone. Gible backed away and took out his shiny rock out of nowhere.

Pikachu then noticed something familiar about Gible's rock. He got closer to get a better look and he immediately gasped when saw what is was. -"Get rid of that thing!"- Pikachu shouted, jumping back.

-"Huh? You no like shiny rock?"- Gible asked, getting closer to the frighten mouse.

Pikachu stepped back. -"That's a Thunder Stone. If that stone touches...I will evolve. I don't want to evolve!"- He was about to slap Gible's hand with his tail, but was stopped by a voice.

"Hey Guys! I'm back," Red greeted his pokemon. He dropped his book bag on the ground, now full of supplies.

Gible approached Red and poked his leg to get his attention. "Huh? What is it Gible?" Red asked his pokemon.

-"Here"- Gible gleefully said, handing Red his Thunder Stone. Red took the stone from Gible's hands and brought it to his face to examine it.

"Cool, a green stone with lightning symbol on it. Thanks Gible," Red thanked his rare dragon pokemon. He put the stone inside his book bag for safekeeping.

When Red turned around to face his pokemon, the egg began to move. Red and the pokemon rushed to egg. The egg was erratically moving back and forth in its container. A few small cracks appeared in the shell that turned into big cracks. Soft cries could be heard from the inside of the egg.

Soon the swaying came to a halt, everyone held there breathe, waiting for something extraordinary to happen. The egg stood still for a while, before a brown head broke through the shell, making a small hole. Its long, furry ears extended to their full length and it stared at the group with large, black eyes.

"Eevee!" Cried the pokemon, jumping out the egg from the small hole he made. She hopped into Red's arms and began to coo repeatedly. Her bushy tail tickled Red's nose, but he was too happy to care.

"Welcome to the team, Eevee," Red rejoiced, holding up the newborn pokemon into the sunny sky, who squealed in happiness.


(A/N:) A departure from the normal but I really wanted to focus on the Pokemon for once despite it feeling like a filler chapter.