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Chapter 10B

Clefairy Rescue

Jason has just escaped from Mt. Moon, but what was happening to Lexi that whole time? She was being dragged off last time we saw her.

The Missile guard holding her was not going to ever let go. She kicked, punched, and bit, but to no avail. Lexi knew she was not physically strong enough to make this guy let her go, but her Pokemon were! She was able to get her hand free, and then she started to reach for a Poke Ball. Her hand finally got a hold of one. Let this be a good one! she thought. She knocked the Poke Ball to the ground.

Once it hit, the Poke Ball opened up, and Butterfree popped out! The guard quickly turned around, this being the first time he even knew what Lexi was doing. "Sleep Powder!" she yelled. Butterfree started flapping it's wings, and a blue powder started to fall into the sky. Lexi was able to get out of the way, the guard was so shocked he let her go, but he wasn't so lucky. He inhaled the blue powder, and he instantly fell asleep.

Lexi recalled her Butterfree, and snuck off, not knowing if a loud noise would wake the guard up. As she made her ways through Mt. Moon, she started to think about what to do next. I have to find my way out of here and help Jason, she thought. It was then she remembered the Clefairys, calling for help. But I have to save the Clefairys!

Lexi thought if she looked around enough, she could easily figure out how to get back to where she was. She was as wrong as she could be. Every tunnel in Mt. Moon looked exactly the same, except the letters above each. And, of course, she didn't look at those while she was being carried down here. So, 26 letters, 26 tunnels! That's not too bad!

Wrong again, she looked down and saw a number as the side of the entrance to the tunnel. The wanted to scream. How many tunnels are in this place! It was at the most opportune moment, but a horde of Zubats came flying at Lexi, trying to make her leave their home. (of course, these were a select few not taken by Team Rocket) Lexi released her Pikachu, and commanded it to use Thundershock. The Zubats were not hit by the thunder bolt, but it was enough to scare them away. Lexi ran, now more than ever wanting to help the Clefairys and getting out of Mt. Moon.

She walked aimlessly for hours and hours, getting more tired, thirsty, hungry, and frustrated every minute. It was at about the end of the fourth hour, when she saw…a Clefairy jumping among the boulders littering Mt. Moon. "Clefairy!" Lexi called as she ran toward it. Clefairy looked at her, fear in it's eyes. It started running away as fast as it could, using Metronome along the way. Lexi was hit with Flamethrower, Blizzard, and Razor Leaf, all in the total of five minutes, but she didn't give up the chase. It was important to her to show this Clefairy that she was a friend, wanting to help. At a couple times during the chase, she wanted to use her Pokemon to slow it down, but she didn't want to make it even more afraid of her, so she didn't.

The Clefairy ran her for a while, but Lexi never stopped running. It wasn't until the Clefairy mysteriously disappeared that she got really frustrated. She spun a 360° circle, looking for where it could have gone to. She looked in every nook and cranny, but nothing. It was like the door to the secret jail cell that the Missiles were trapped in. She knew that the Clefairys could only open these doors, so this gave her three conclusions.

1: She would never find the Clefairys unless she had one.

2: Team Rocket some how captured a Clefairy and it was being used for evil.

3: Team Rocket had gotten control of all of the Clefairy secret rooms, all except one.

She sat down and really tried to think. A Clefairy helped before, why wasn't it helping her now? She started to walk back where she first heard them, thinking that maybe the old Clefairy would still be there. This time, she was actually right. A Clefairy jumped toward her, saying, "Clefairy."

It went over to a tunnel and started to hop down it until it reached the place where the other one had disappeared. It used Metronome again, opening the wall. Lexi entered the room, and she was amazed. This cavern was huge! All of the Clefairys were standing and dancing around, saying their chant. What was even more amazing was the gigantic Moon Stone in the center. She stared at it, her mouth hanging open in awe.

Now I know why Team Rocket wanted access to this room so bad, Lexi thought. She turned around when she heard the Clefairy's singing turn to screaming. It was Rick, a member of Team Rocket standing alone. He glared at her.

"You," he said. "You were that girl with that snot nosed boy. He may have beaten me, but you surely won't!" He released his two Pokemon, Grimer and Cubone. This was like deja vu all over again. She remembered how strong his Grimer was, but how strong was his new Cubone?

Lexi released Bulbasaur and Butterfree, trying to get some kind of type advantage. Grimer used Harden and moved in front of Cubone, acting a shield. Rick then commanded Cubone to use Bone Club. Cubone hurled two bones at Butterfree and Bulbasaur around Grimer. Butterfree was able to fly out of the way, but Bulbasaur was not so lucky. It could not jump out of the way and ended up getting hit right in the face.

"Butterfree, use Poison Powder," Lexi commanded. "Bulbasaur, you use Leech Seed!" Butterfree sent a purple powder at the enemy while Bulbasaur shot little spores at them. Cubone was poisoned, and turned purple, and was also hit by Leech Seed. Grimer only got seeded.

While all of this was going on, the Clefairys were running around, trying to find a place to hide among their humongous Moon Stone. "Grimer, build your defense with Harden, and Cubone use Bone Club again!" The same maneuver was performed, but this time with a different outcome. Both of Lexi's Pokemon got hit, but with the combination of Poison Powder and Leech Seed, Cubone was almost was ready to faint.

"Now Butterfree," Lexi called. "Use Confusion!" Butterfree's eyes turned blue, and both of Rick's Pokemon were instantly thrown around. This was enough to make Cubone faint, and it did some major damage to Grimer. Only one more Vine Whip, and it was down.

"Why you," Rick growled. He looked really angry, but then a huge grin started to come on to his face. "You have yet to see my secret weapon!" He took out a third Pokeball, and released…

A Clefairy!

Clefairy stood menacingly in front of them, it's eyes blood red. "Clefairy, use Metronome!" Rick called. All of a sudden, rocks started to fall from the sky, bombarding Lexi's Pokemon.

"NO!" Lexi screamed as her Pokemon took some major damage. But that wasn't the only reason she was screaming. "What did you do to that poor Clefairy?" she asked. Tears started to swell in her eyes, no Pokemon deserved that kind of life. Lexi was in a major delemma. Does she try and beat up this poor Clefairy gone bad, or does she let Rick win. She thought about it and came up with a solution that would grant her everything she wanted.

She commanded her Bulbasaur to use Vine Whip to hold it down, and then told Butterfree to use Sleep Powder, sending Clefairy to la la land. Rick turned red again. "I hate you!" he screamed. He ran away calling, "I can't believe I lost twice in one day!"

The Clefairy's eyes turned back to normal and it started to sing once again. All of the other Clefairy's started to come out and sing as well. The encircled the Moon Stone, and danced around it. It wasn't long before they all started to glow, and they evolved into Clefable! They grew into bigger images of themselves, and even gained wings on their back. They were rewarding Lexi by showing her one of their most sacred ceremonies!

The Clefable who she just saved (it seemed to be the leader) jumped over to her. Lexi was so excited because she thought it wanted to be her Pokemon, but it didn't. It led her out of the big cavern and through all of the tunnels of Mt. Moon. It seemed eerily quiet, Team Rocket/Missile must have gotten out of there after their many losses.

Clefable went on until it came to the exit of Mt. Moon. "Thank you," Lexi said. It hopped away, and Lexi hoped she would see it again later. She walked on toward Cerulean City, when she saw Jason battling a Spearow. His Pidgey just won by using Quick Attack.

"Jason!" she called. He turned around, saw her, and came running toward her.

"You're okay!" he yelled. "I thought you died or something!" They gave each other a big hug, and then came apart when they realized what they were doing.

"Let's go on," Lexi said. But all of a sudden, Pidgey took off down the road, and Pikachu exited it's Poke Ball and ran after it.

"What's going on?" Jason asked nervously.

Coming Up In Chapter 11:Why did Pidgey and Pikachu run away? Find out!

Author's Note: It actually didn't take me a week to finish this one! Well, that ends the Mt. Moon saga, I think it contained some of my best chapters yet! How about you? Also, I'm sorry if some of you wanted Lexi to catch a Clefairy, I was going to have her catch one and talked myself out of it. SORRY!