Episode 6: Picking a Meteorfight

Tonight our heroes seem to have settled down and stayed up late to watch an amazing spectacle of nature. Let's join them…

Ash, Brock, and Brenda are laying out on the grass on the top of a hill. They have a camp set up around them. They are next to a campfire that seems to have just been extinguished. The three have their eyes fixed on the night sky. The view changes to show the sky. It is a starry night. A shooting star flashes across the sky. Ash points up and exclaims, "Look! There's one!" Another one appears, then a third, followed by a fourth.

Brock says, "Wow, I've never seen such an active meteor shower before." Several more pass by.

Brenda smiles. "Didn't I tell you? Tenno has the best meteor showers in the world."

They continue to watch for a few moments. Shooting stars continue to fall. After a few more moments, a brilliantly bright one appears in the sky. Ash says excitedly, "Wow, that one's amazing!"

Pikachu, who was curled up sleeping nearby wakes up and pokes it nose into the sky, alert to something. "Pik?"

The shooting star stays in the sky longer than expected. It starts to grow larger. Brock states with some surprise, "Um…guys? Something's not right here."

It continues to grow even larger and brighter. It changes from a streak of light to a fiery orb, and it's heading right at them. They all gasp in surprise, get up, and run away. At this point the shooting star has become a meteor hurtling towards their campsite. Ash, Brock, Brenda, and Pikachu have made it a safe distance away. The meteor impacts right in the center of their camp and causes the ground to shake.

Ash cautiously approaches the wrecked campsite. Pikachu follows behind him. He looks into the camp, which now has a large crater. Ash walks up to the crater and peers down into it. In the center of it is a smoking meteorite a couple of feet in diameter. Ash looks over to the others and calls, "It's alright, come check this out!"

Brock and Brenda slowly approach. Brock gives an impressed whistle. "What are the odds that a meteor would fall right on top of our campsite?"

Brenda adds, "Yeah, what would have happened if we weren't watching the meteor shower?"

Ash jumps over the ridge of the crater and shouts, "Come on guys, let's get a closer look." He slides down the slope of the crater and approaches the meteorite.

Brock calls, "Ash, be careful!"

Ash looks back up. "Don't worry about me! It's just a rock after all." He gets even closer. He starts reach out to touch it when it starts to shake violently. Ash leaps back in surprise. Two eyes open up on the surface of the meteorite. Then a crack widens, looking more like a mouth now.

Brenda shouts in surprise, "What's that?!"

It continues to shake. To arms jet out of the top on either side, followed by two legs out of the bottom. Ash, who has run back to the top of the crater, shouts, "It's a Pokémon!" The Pokémon has retained it's primarily round shape. It has no torso, its face being its entire body. Its arms are positioned so that its shoulders are on top of its head.

Ash pulls out his Pokédex. "Meteorfight, the Space Warrior Pokémon and a Rock and Fighting combo type. Meteorfight are born in outer space and primarily live in the Asteroid Belt. They are masters of fighting in zero-gravity situations. Only occasionally will a Meteorfight land on Earth, making it a rare Pokémon to find. Evolves into Meteormight at level 34."

The Meteorfight is looking around with some confusion. With a sudden rage it roars, "Meteorfight!" It then leaps out of the crater an lands near Ash, Brock, and Brenda. It starts to stomp its feet and roar more.

Brock exclaims, "Something's wrong! That Pokémon's in pain!"

The Meteorfight charges at one of the tents and smashes it with its fist. With what seems like extreme anger it continues to destroy the tent, ripping it to shreds and smashing it to pieces.

Brenda, who sounds frightened, suggests, "Guys, I think we should get out of here." The group slowly backs away and hides behind a nearby bush.

For a while they watch as the Meteorfight smashes and destroys everything in their camp that wasn't already destroyed by the impact. After a little while, once everything has been destroyed, the raging Pokémon runs off in the opposite direction, knocking down trees and smashing bushes as it goes.

Brock and Brenda step out from behind the bush. Brock shakes his head. "Something was very wrong with that Pokémon. Maybe we should go after it."

Brenda notices that Ash isn't with them. She looks back behind the bush to see that Ash and Pikachu have fallen asleep. She yawns. "I don't know Brock, maybe Ash has the right idea. It's getting pretty late. I think we should just get some sleep while we have the chance, then we can go after it in the morning." She yawns again and lies down on the grass.

Brock shakes his head again. "I don't like this."

The next morning, Ash and Pikachu wake up at the same time. Ash looks around and sees Brock sitting, looking out in the distance, towards the direction that the Meteorfight ran. Ash gets up and walks over to Brock, Pikachu follows. Ash asks, "Did you sleep well Brock?"

Brock faces Ash and sighs. "No, I'm afraid not. I couldn't help but think about that Pokémon last night. I'd imagine that crashing to Earth has got to be a pretty traumatic experience."

Ash sits down next to Brock and looks at the trail of destruction left by Meteorfight. "What do you think we should do?"

"I don't know. Maybe it's in pain. If that's the case, I could help it."

Brenda has apparently woken up and joins them. "I'm sure you could."

Ash stands up. "Then that settles it. Let's go after it!"

Brock stands up too. "Alright!"

A voice from the distance calls out, "Hey you, over there!" Off in the distance a figure approaches. As he nears, his details can be better made out. He wears rugged, rough hewn, brown and tan clothes. He has a belt filled with various tools. His face is also rugged and with scraggy, brown hair. He looks like someone who spends most of his time outside. He then calls, "I have a question to ask you!"

He makes it close to them. Brock says, "What is it sir?"

The man says, "I've been told by a reliable source that a meteor crashed here sometime last night. You wouldn't happen to know where it landed, would you?"

Brock points towards their wrecked campsite.

The man's eyes widen. "My, my. You three seemed to have gotten pretty lucky…or unlucky, depending on how you look at it." He walks up the hill towards the crater.

Brock catches up with him and asks, "If you don't mind me asking sir, why are you looking for where the meteor landed?"

The man stops in his tracks. "Silly me. I forgot to introduce my self. The name's Crate. I'm a world renowned meteorite hunter."

Ash and Brenda catch up. Ash asks, "Meteorite hunter?"

Crate smiles. "I travel around the region, hunting for fallen meteorites. I sell some, but for the most part, I collect them. I just love the idea of actually having something in my possession that came from outer space. It's the closest that most people will ever get." He turns towards the crater and starts to head off. "Now, let's see that meteorite."

Ash, Brock, and Brenda look at each other for a moment, and then look back at Crate. They run after him. Ash calls, "Um, about that!"

Crate makes it to the ridge of the crater. He then looks back at them and asks, "Did you three already remove the meteorite?"

Brock shakes his head. "No, it sort of…removed itself."

Crate looks confused. "What do you mean?"

Ash exclaims, "The meteorite was actually a Meteorfight!"

Crate's eyes go wide. "That's no good…"

Brenda asks, "What is it?"

"Tell me, did it go crazy and destroy everything in sight?"

Brock nods and points towards its trail of destruction.

"Oh my. This is not good." He starts to run off in that direction. "It must be stopped.

Ash, Brock, and Brenda run after him. Brock asks, "What's the matter?"

Crate explains while still running, "Meteorfight come from outer space. They live their entire lives in a zero gravity environment. When the time comes that one falls to Earth, they first go through the traumatic experience itself of falling and crashing, then they are disoriented because they have never felt strong gravity. Meteorfight have been known to rage and destroy everything in sight for days after landing. I must stop it."

Ash gives him a thumbs-up. "We'll help you however we can."

Crate nods. "Good, I could use it." They run off.

Hiding behind a fallen tree is none other than Team Rocket. James asks, "Do my ears deceive me, or are the twerps looking for an alien Pokémon?"

Jessie grins. "Not only an alien Pokémon, but a power-packed alien Pokémon. Look at what it did here. If we could get our hands on it, we'd be unstoppable."

Meowth shouts, "No, absolutely not!"

James asks, "And might I ask why?"

Meowth closes his eyes and thinks. "Listen here. The Boss is a collector of rare and valuable things, right?" Jessie and James nod. "Well think about it this way. That Meteorfight is part-Pokémon, part-meteor, and meteors are rare rocks. Surely The Boss must have a rare collection of rocks on display." Meowth imagines Giovanni strolling along a hallway full of display cases with various gemstones and rocks of different shapes and sizes. "Now of course The Boss, being the busy man he is, can't watch over his precious collection all day and night, but someone needs to. That's were the Meteorfight comes in. It sits in the biggest pedestal of them all, doing nothing but looking like a rock from space. Then, when night comes, and a thieving thief sneaks his way in," the situation Meowth describes plays out, "that's when good old Meteorfight reveals his true colors and smashes that thieving thief. Then The Boss will come in and ask, 'What's all the commotion?' and upon seeing that Meteorfight has protected his precious collection, he'll say, 'Why this Meteorfight given to me by Meowth and friends is the only rock I need. I know! I'll give the rest of them to Meowth and friends so that they can sell them and get rich!" Meowth's fantasy ends.

Jessie exclaims, "Everyone knows that precious rocks are a girl's best friend!"

James adds, "And if they make you rich, then they'll be this guy's best friend as well!"

Who's that Pokémon!?

This is a new species of Pokémon that is said to have fallen from space. It floats in the air and moves silently. In battle, this Pokémon releases intensely bright light.

Ash, Brock, Brenda, and Crate are crouched behind several rocks. Not far from them is the Meteorfight. It is still outraged, and attacking anything it sees. Crate says, "Alright, we're not that far from a town, so we've got to calm it down before it can get there and cause any real damage."

Everyone at once says, "Got it."

Brock asks, "What's the plan?"

"You guys may not like this, but I need to get close to it. That means I need a distraction."

Ash stands up. "Don't worry, we can do that, right Pikachu?"

Pikachu nods. "Chu."

Brock and Brenda stand up as well. Brenda says, "We're in too."

Crate nods. "Thank you guys. If you could just keep its attention off of me for just long enough, then I should be able to get close enough to calm it down. And keep your eyes out for it's Meteor Slam attack. It's a very powerful move that inflicts both Fighting and Rock-Type damage. It will curl up into a ball and send itself flying at you. It can be hard to avoid."

Ash says, "Let's do this." He leaps over the rock formation, waves his arms around, and calls, "Hey, Meteorfight, over here!"

The Meteorfight turns towards Ash and then roars, "Meteorfight!" It then leaps up into the air, retracts in it arms and legs, causing it float in the air, looking like a round rock with a face. It flies at high speeds towards Ash, who leaps out of the way just in time.

It prepares to attack him again, but that's when Brenda leaps out nearby and calls, "You can't catch me!" Meteorfight changes its attention to her, charging in her direction. She also manages to leap out of the way.

Now it's Brock's turn. He moves out from behind a tree and shouts, "Meteorfight!"

The Pokémon now turns to Brock and charges at him. Brock tries to get out of the way, but is too slow. Meteorfight hit's the bottom of his chin with an uppercut, which sends him flying into the air, landing a few meters away. He raises his hand into the air and says weakly, "I'm okay!"

Meteorfight is still looking in Brock's direction. That's when Crate leaps at it. Meteorfight looks up in surprise. Crate wraps his arms around it and says, "Meteorfight, calm yourself." He starts to rub the point where Meteorfight's left arm connects to its head, Meteorfight instantly calms slightly. "I would personally like to welcome you to our-"

He is suddenly interrupted by James commanding, "Haking, Sludge Bomb!" Several sludge balls are sent at Crate and Meteorfight, hitting them, and knocking them apart. Meteorfight begins to stomp its feet with renewed anger.

Crate demands, "What was that!?"

Team Rocket's balloon lowers from the sky. Jessie answers, "Prepare for trouble, it is us!"

James adds, "Make it double, I don't see what's the fuss!"

"To protect the world from devastation!"

"To unite all people within-!"

James is cut off by Meteorfight, who has now rolled back up, and sent itself flying at Team Rocket. This sends Team Rocket flying away. They all shout, "Team Rocket's blasting off already!"

Crate asks, "Who were they?"

Brock shouts, "No time, look over there!" He points towards Meteorfight, who's running towards the town. They all run off, after it.

It's Solrock!

Ash and the group are now near the outskirts of the town. They are between the town and Meteorfight. Crate says, "Alright, I hate to resort to this, but we're running out of time. We're going to need to use your Pokémon to stop it. Ash, Brenda, you two go in first, Brock, you hang back with me, in case I need your help." The three nod. "Alright, good luck."

Ash and Brenda move forward. Pikachu leaps off of Ash's shoulders and Brenda throws a Pokéball, releasing Kappaqua. Meteorfight instantly notices and charges at them. Ash shouts, "Iron Tail Pikachu!"

Pikachu readies its attack. "Chu pika!" It slashes its tail at Meteorfight, who in turn, punches with a glowing silver fist.

Brock exclaims, "That Meteorfight knows Meteor Mash! Be careful guys!"

Brenda shouts back, "Don't worry! Kappaqua, Water Gun!" Kappaqua sends a torrent of water towards Meteorfight, hitting it. However, it is quickly shaken off.

Ash shouts, "Thunderbolt now Pikachu!"

"Pikaaachuuuuuu!" Pikachu zaps Meteorfight, but does minimal damage. Pikachu keeps up the attack.

Brenda shouts, "Help out Pikachu, use another Water Gun!"

"Kappa pa pa pa!" Kappaqua starts another stream of water.

Meteorfight shouts, "Meteor!" and gets out of the way of the attacks. It then charges at Pikachu and Kappaqua, delivering several rapid fire punches to both of them, before sending them flying.

Crate states, "It knows Comet Punch too. That's a powerful Meteorfight alright."

Just then, a capsule comes down from the sky and is sent at Meteorfight in an attempt to capture it. Brock shouts, "Meteorfight, no!" and leaps towards it, getting scooped up as well.

Team Rocket's balloon descends from the sky once more. Jessie shouts, "Prepare for trouble, let's try this once more!

James continues, "Make it double, our motto is never a bore!"

"To protect the world from devastation!"

"To unite all people within our nation!"

"To denounce the evils of truth and love!"

"To extend our reach to the stars above!"

"Jessie!"

"James!"

"Team Rocket blasts off at the speed of light!"

"Surrender now or prepare for a meteorite fight!"

"Meowth, that's right!"

"Wobbuffet!"

"Mime mime!"

Ash shouts, "Team Rocket, you'd better give back Brock and Meteorfight!"

James questions, "Brock?" He peers over the edge of the balloon basket and sees Brock knocking on the wall of the clear capsule he and Meteorfight were caught in. He looks back up and says, "A little mistake. It would appear that in addition to our normal quarry, we also caught the tall twerp."

Jessie says, "Don't worry about him. We'll figure out what to do later. It's time to make our escape."

James nods. "Right." He pulls out a Pokéball. "Go, Haking! Use Smokescreen!"

Haking comes out of his Pokéball. "Haking!" Black smoke pours out of its mouths and holes, blocking Team Rocket from sight.

Ash can be heard saying, "Go, Apprentichick, clear out this smoke with your Gust!" The smoke starts to clear, thanks to Apprentichick's attack. Team Rocket is gone. "Thanks Apprentichick. Now I need you to go and look for Team Rocket's balloon. Can you do that?"

It affirms, "Apprenti!" and flies off.

Crate looks a little confused. Ash says, "Come on, let's follow Apprentichick, I'll catch you up on the way!"

Ash, Brenda, and Crate run off in the direction that Apprentichick flew.

Team Rocket has landed their balloon in a clearing in the forest. The capsule that caught Brock and Meteorfight is placed down next to the balloon. Meteorfight is rapidly punching the walls of the capsule, attempting to break out. Brock is sitting down. Jessie is peering into the capsule at Brock. She mocks, "That's what you get for trying to interfere with Team Rocket." She turns around and walks away. She then asks, "Since when was the tall twerp even back to traveling with the twerp?"

Meowth and James shrug. Meowth takes a turn to walk up to the capsule, but he focuses his attention on Meteorfight. He says, "Sorry pal, but that capsule was designed to withhold the force of a meteor's impact. There's no way you're breaking out."

It roars with rage, "Meteorfight!"

James asks, "What's it saying?"

Meowth answers, "I'm not sure, it's mostly a bunch of mumbo jumbo. Something about being in pain."

Jessie shrugs. "Who cares? All that matters is that we've caught our way to fortune. I'd say we celebrate with some food."

James exclaims, "Great idea! I just happen to have been saving these for a rainy day." He pulls out a bag of something.

Meowth and Jessie both exclaim, "Oh boy, chocolate!" They both rush over to grab some, and in the commotion, the bag is dropped.

Before anyone can grab it, a Munchlax runs in, grabs the bag, and runs away. Team Rocket notices and Meowth shouts, "Catch that Munchlax!" Team Rocket runs into the woods after it.

Brock gets up and says, "Alright, now's the chance to escape." He looks at Meteorfight, who's still using Comet Punch on the walls. He takes a deep breath. "Alright, here goes nothing." He leaps at Meteorfight when its facing away from him and begins to stroke the same spot that Crate was earlier. "Meteorfight, calm yourself." Meteorfight slows its attacks, and doesn't try to throw Brock off. "It would be my honor to welcome you to our world. I know that this must be a painful experience for you, but you must be calm. You will adapt to living on this world, under its gravity. I know you will. Please, be calm." Meteorfight completely ceases its punches. "That's it. It's okay. Be calm." Meteorfight suddenly plops down on the ground. Brock slowly removes his hand. "Are you okay now?"

The Meteorfight looks at him and nods. "Meteor."

"Brock nods back. "Alright, that's good. I'm glad you've calmed down." He observes the capsule and then pulls out a Pokéball. "Go, Blissey!" Blissey emerges. "Blissey, could you use your Strength attack on the wall?"

Blissey nods. "Bliss." It charges energy and a white aura surrounds it. It begins to rapidly punch at the wall, but does absolutely nothing.

"Brock nods slowly. "Alright, try your Mega Punch." He turns to Meteorfight. "And why don't you add your Meteor Mash?" Both Pokémon nod and begin to punch the walls with massive amounts of power. Still nothing. Brock thinks a little longer. His face lights up with an idea. "I've got it! We need to combine your two's power. Meteorfight, you prepare to use a Meteor Slam, then, before you use it, Blissey will throw you at the wall with her Strength. Can you two do that?"

Both Pokémon nod. Meteorfight retracts its limbs and hovers in front of Blissey who takes a hold of it. Blissey then begins to glow white again. "Blissey!" With all of its strength, Blissey hurls the other Pokémon at the wall. Meteorfight flies at high speeds and impacts, then crashes through the wall.

Brock cheers, "Yeah, great job!" He and Blissey jump out through the hole. "Come on, we've got to get out of here before Team Rocket gets back."

Jessie asks, "Before who gets back?"

Brock turns around to see Team Rocket standing on the edge of the clearing. James states, "How dare you break out of our escape-proof capture capsule?"

Meowth adds, "Now we'll have to punish you!"

Jessie and James throw Pokéballs, letting out Repiv and Haking. Jessie commands, "Poison Fang!" while James commands, "Sludge Bomb!"

Brock leaps out of he way of the Sludge Bomb, he then shouts, "Blissey, knock back Repiv with Mega Punch!" Blissey punches Repiv away.

Meteorfight, meanwhile, has been moving away, and has now almost left the clearing.

Jessie shouts, "Hold the twerpish Pokémon down with Wrap!" Repiv wraps itself around Blissey.

James commands, "Now Haking, rapid fire Sludge Bomb at the twerp!"

Brock dodges out of the way of several of the attacks, but one eventually hits him. He's knocked back. He shouts, "Blissey, can you break free!?" Blissey struggles to get out, but its no use. Haking moves in closer to Brock, ready to attack again. Brock shouts, "No!"

Meteorfight hears Brock's cry and turns towards him.

Haking prepares for another Sludge Bomb. Just as it's about to fire, it is hit by Meteorfight's Meteor Slam. It is sent flying towards Team Rocket. Brock exclaims, "Meteorfight, you came back!"

"Meteor!"

Just then, Apprentichick flies in overhead and Ash, Brenda, and Crate run into the clearing after it. Ash shouts, "Brock, are you okay!?"

"I'm fine Ash!"

Ash looks at Pikachu and says, "Come on buddy, let's get ready for a fight."

Brock holds up an arm. "No, Meteorfight and I got this one! Right?"

Meteorfight nods, "Meteorfight!"

"Meteorfight, use Comet Punch on Repiv and free Blissey!" Meteorfight runs at Repiv and hits it with several rapid fire punches, causing it to loosen its grip on Blissey. "Now finish it off with a Meteor Mash!" With a glowing, silver fist, Meteorfight punches Repiv, sending it crashing into Team Rocket. "Now, hit them all with a Meteor Slam!" Meteorfight curls itself up and hurls itself at Team Rocket, hitting the ground right next to their feet, which causes a shock wave that sends them flying into the air.

Team Rocket shouts, "We're blasting off for the second time!"

Ash, Brenda, and Crate approach Brock, Meteorfight, and Blissey. Crate says with amazement, "Wow, did you really manage to calm down this Meteorfight by yourself?"

Brock nods. "I remembered what you were doing before, and I did it myself."

Brenda exclaims, "That's amazing!"

Ash comments, "Yeah, and you seem to have a great bond with it already."

"We do, don't we Meteorfight?"

It nods. "Meteor."

Brock kneels down and looks Meteorfight in the eyes. "Hey Meteorfight, would you like to come with me? I know that you're still not used to this planet, but I'm sure that I could help you."

Meteorfight thinks about it for a couple moments and smiles. "Meteor."

Brock pulls out a Pokéball and taps it against its head, pulling it into the Pokéball. It wiggles several times and then clicks. Brock holds the Pokéball into the air and exclaims, "I just caught a Meteorfight!"

Blissey joins in, "Blissey!"

Crate claps. "You've got yourself a powerful Pokémon there. After what you've done, I have no doubt that you can handle it."

Brock nods. "Thank you." He throws the Pokéball up into the air.

Meteorfight emerges next to Brock, and out of nowhere, it delivers an uppercut to the bottom of Brock's chin, sending him flying back several feet. It smiles and says happily, "Meteorfight!"

Brock weakly says, "I'm…okay…"

Everyone laughs. Ash says, "I guess that's how Meteorfight show affection." They continue to laugh together.

Now that Brock has a new partner and friend along with him on his journey, things are bound to be more interesting. Join us next time, as the journey continues!

To Be Continued…