The holidays may be over, but the fun sure isn't!


#20: The Super Smash Bros. Brawl Incident

Paul finally arrives at the Pokemon Stadium within Sinnoh's largest city. After registering, Paul steps out into the arena, where a gargantuan crowd of onlookers began cheering for him upon his arrival. Paul makes his way toward the center, where a long comfortable sofa sat, and in front of it, a stadium-sized television screen.

"Paul, you've made it!" says a familiar voice as he sat down.

Ash, Dawn, Brock, and surprisingly: May, approach Paul and sit down with him.

"So you guys are my partners then? How ironic…" Paul says, a bit surprised to see them there as well.

"Yeah, we wouldn't miss this tournament for anything!" Ash says.

"And…who is she?" Paul asks, looking at May.

"Oh, this is May, she's a friend of ours. She signed up for this tournament as well," Dawn answers him.

"I see…" Paul responds.

Meanwhile…

Meanwhile outside of the stadium, Team Rocket was hastily approaching the stadiums' entrance, when suddenly Officer Jenny stops them at the doors.

"Sorry, the stadium is full to capacity. No more may enter…HEY! You're the ones I interrogated a few weeks ago!" Officer Jenny proclaims, immediately recognizing the trio.

"Uh oh! You're THAT Officer Jenny, the one that kept bitch-slapping us?" James says an uneasy smile.

"You bet I am, just transferred here yesterday! And you're just in luck, I just received a report of the various crimes you've been committing throughout this region on poor helpless Pokemon trainers. I have the perfect punishment for you!" Officer Jenny says to them, immediately grabbing them and dragging them inside the stadium through the side door. Once inside, Officer Jenny orders them to step into a dark room, where she then slams the door shut and locks it.

Back Inside…

Back inside the stadium, the tournament was just starting.

"Welcome ladies and gentlemen to Sinnoh's First Annual Super Smash Brothers Brawl Tournament! Our competitors today are Ash, Paul, Brock, Dawn, and May versus the game's CPU! Let the games begin!" the announcer says, as the crowds cheer loudly while the game begins.

Paul, Ash, and Brock were first to play.

At the character selection screen, Ash picks Pikachu, Paul picks Lucario, and Brock chooses Super Mario.

The CPU opponents?

Team Rocket.

"What the…are we inside of a game?!" Jessie proclaims, looking through the TV screen to see the young trainers playing against them.

"This is not fair!" Meowth says, banging his paws on the inside of the screen trying to get out.

Sadly it was too late for them as the battle began. The stage chosen was 'Pokemon Stadium 2'.

"3…2…1…GO!"

Mario, Pikachu, and Mario appear before Team Rocket. Pikachu was charging up his electricity, Mario was cracking his knuckles, and Lucario whips out a metal baseball bat.

"Not good!" James yelps like a little girl, as the Team Rocket's opponents proceed to beat the trio all around the stage, smashing them out of ring minutes later.

Ash, Paul, and Brock won the first round.

"Whoo! Good job boys, now it's our turn!" Dawn says, as she and May grab the controllers for the next round.

At the character selection screen, Dawn picks Link and May picks Marth.

Again, the stage chosen was 'Pokemon Stadium 2'.

"Oh no…not again!" Jessie whines, as she and the other two looked like a truck has hit them twice over.

"3…2…1…GO!"

The next battle began, and Team Rocket was faced with Link and Marth this time around.

"Come on you two, we gotta fight back and win this!" Meowth says to them, as he runs up and grabs a stray Pokeball lying on the stage and throws it at their opponents.

To their horrible luck, out of it popped Goldeen, useless for an attack Pokemon.

"Oh man…" all three of them say simultaneously as Link picks up an assist trophy while Marth grabs a Pokeball and toss them at Team Rocket.

The assist trophy summon turns out to be Shadow the Hedgehog, who used his Chaos Control ability to slow down time for Team Rocket, while Link's Pokeball summons the spiky creature Groudon, who immediately jumps over them and starts stomping them into an oblivion.

Once again the young trainers won another round.

"Ooh…that HAD to hurt! But being such a nice guy that I am, what say we give our CPU opponents another chance to redeem themselves?" the announcer asks the crowds.

The crowds cheered wildly in response.

"Okay! Let's see how Team Rocket fares against a boss opponent!" the announcer proclaims.

The TV screen now shows Team Rocket on top of a fast moving flying ship. Out of nowhere, Ridley from the Metroid Series flies up to them and prepares for the attack, leaving Team Rocket no time to call out their own Pokemon to help fight it.

The screams of the trio made Ash, Paul, and the others cringe as they watched the carnage on screen.

"Oooh, too bad for them! Please give a hand for the champions of this tournament!" the announcer proclaims!

The audience cheer the names of all of the young Pokemon Trainers, the winners of this event.

"Hey…Dawn…something's been bothering me. I don't quite recall Team Rocket as playable characters in this game…" May says to Dawn.

"Aw, who cares, it was all fun anyways!" Dawn says to her with an amused smile.

This concluded the Sinnoh Saga featuring Paul.


Today's lesson? The good guys will always beat Team Rocket, even in a videogame!
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