START OF CHAPTER 3 The Rescue Team Team Egg was off hanging out and chatting with Paras, as they do. They chatted with Paras so much that Team Egg might as well be their therapists. Not too surprising, given that if I had turned into a crab, I'd be pissed too. But then, since the news was playing in the background, they heard something VERY interesting. "Good afternoon, it's Psyduck here with Psyduck News. Recently, archeologists have uncovered a book detailing how to talk to Arceus, and we could ask him how Paras could get back. It says go down to the Cave of a Million and One Zubat, and you will find a part of Arceus's phone number. Unfortunately, the rest of the places where it could be aren't known, as the book doesn't detail that. Psyduck out." "Guys! We could go there!" Rowlet said.
Everyone agreed to go with him, with the exception of Paras. I know what you're saying. "Why not? This entire journey's purpose is for him!" Well, you know what's worse than becoming a Pokemon? Becoming a Pokemon and DYING in the Pokemon world. Understandably, Paras didn't want to go. But first, Team Egg needed to do something. What was that something? Tell the Guild that they'd be trekking like that. (is trekking a word?) Everyone was worried for them, especially Noibat and Yanma, because Noibat had went there before and got scared, and because Yanma thinks that they'll get lost in the darkness of the cave, but the thing that scared them the most? Nobody had entered the Cave of a Million and One Zubat in years, as they knew. And don't confuse this with the way more boring Cave of a Million Zubat. That cave's boring. Well, either way, the Guild wished them luck. Team P.O.O. wished them a lot of luck, because those guys were experienced treasure hunters. Oranguru was worried that they'd take their job, but none of them are getting paid for this except for random coins they find in the caves. And before they entered the cave, Oranguru had to warn them of something.
"This cave isn't any normal cave. It is a Pisstery Dungeon."
"Why is it called that?" Torchic asked.
"Because unlike all the other places you could explore, they haven't put any toilets in that cave."
"Well, that would've been nice to know that the last cave had toilets."
So they finally went to the cave.
It was very scary. Happiny cried a lot during it. But the name was incorrect. There wasn't a million and one Zubat. There was a million and two Zubat. But, in the middle of the trek, they found something weird.
"Wow! Is that a Sentret? In the cave?" Torchic noticed.
"Yeah."
"What are you doing here?"
"Well, Giratina said that you guys would be here, so I was waiting for you so I could tell you that Giratina's right and you're wrong."
"No! In fact, we made a pamphlet to give to any Giratina fans that we come across. Take this."
Sentret read it.
"W-what? WHAT? GIRATINA DID THAT? GIRATINA THINKS PINAP BERRIES ON PIZZA TASTES GOOD? He's almost like Satan or something?"
"Yeah, that's what he is, kinda."
"Thank you for giving me this, Torchic! I'll be friends with you now!"
"Well, do you want to join the Guild?"
"No. Don't like exploring."
"Understandable. Well, will you at least hang out with us a bit?"
"Yeah."
But they weren't over yet. They still needed to find Arceus's phone number. So they went down to the very depths of the cave, and they saw this.
"It says...1-800-GIRATINAISCOOL?" Happiny noticed.
"Haha! I'm Poochyena, and Giratina ordered me to to replace Arceus's REAL phone number with a FAKE phone number. So I'll-"
Torchic proceeded to use Low Kick and make the Poochyena faint. He got part of the phone number.
"Hmm...it says 04936. Is that the beginning?"
"Well, Torchic, it's probably 493 for the dex number, so probably."
"Yay. We should go back to the Guild."
They tried to go back to the Guild, but they were lost, unfortunately. So they had to get Team P.O.O. to come and rescue them.
"Wow! You're here! Nice to meet you." said Rowlet.
"Yes, Rowlet. I'm Poliwag of Team P.O.O., and I'll lead you out."
"Thanks!"
Everyone was lead out, and they went to the guild to tell everyone about what they found.
"Hey guys! It's Torchic here, ready to tell everyone about our adventures! 1, we found a Sentret and told them about Giratina's misdeeds, 2, we found half of Arceus's phone number, and 3, we stopped a Poochyena from doing more crazy stuff."
"Wow!" Paras responded. That was the first time he ever seemed happy in the Pokemon world.
But the bad news was that they had no clue where the second part of his phone number was. There were hundreds of deep, dark caves where it could be, and nobody in the guild wanted to brute-force Arceus's number. And then Team Funny came for the night. Why were they here? Because of the weekly Funny Nights. Mr Rime told his joke.
"What did the Paras do?"
"What?" everyone said "Cry."
I know what you're thinking. "Wow, that Mr Rime guy is a huge jerk!" Well, you would be correct. Everyone booed at him, and he started crying because he can't handle hecklers. Mr Rime's hypemen starting insulting the audience, and then a fight started, and Team Funny was banned from the Guild for the month.
And so, Rowlet, Torchic, and Sentret went back to the house to talk.
"You know, Torchic. I've been thinking about how Giratina's getting more followers. Everyone knows about how his pretzel rods thing is a complete scam, and they're still getting new members. Why?"
"Well, we'll ask Sentret. HEY, SENTRET! WHY DID YOU JOIN GIRATINA IN THE FIRST PLACE?"
"It's because his advertising is really convincing. He makes it seem like everyone's being brainwashed by Arceus to believe he's bad, but knowing that he puts Pinap Berries on pizza has made me lose all respect for the guy. And also because he's plotting to kidnap members of the Guild."
"Wait, WHAT?"
END OF CHAPTER 3
Everyone agreed to go with him, with the exception of Paras. I know what you're saying. "Why not? This entire journey's purpose is for him!" Well, you know what's worse than becoming a Pokemon? Becoming a Pokemon and DYING in the Pokemon world. Understandably, Paras didn't want to go. But first, Team Egg needed to do something. What was that something? Tell the Guild that they'd be trekking like that. (is trekking a word?) Everyone was worried for them, especially Noibat and Yanma, because Noibat had went there before and got scared, and because Yanma thinks that they'll get lost in the darkness of the cave, but the thing that scared them the most? Nobody had entered the Cave of a Million and One Zubat in years, as they knew. And don't confuse this with the way more boring Cave of a Million Zubat. That cave's boring. Well, either way, the Guild wished them luck. Team P.O.O. wished them a lot of luck, because those guys were experienced treasure hunters. Oranguru was worried that they'd take their job, but none of them are getting paid for this except for random coins they find in the caves. And before they entered the cave, Oranguru had to warn them of something.
"This cave isn't any normal cave. It is a Pisstery Dungeon."
"Why is it called that?" Torchic asked.
"Because unlike all the other places you could explore, they haven't put any toilets in that cave."
"Well, that would've been nice to know that the last cave had toilets."
So they finally went to the cave.
It was very scary. Happiny cried a lot during it. But the name was incorrect. There wasn't a million and one Zubat. There was a million and two Zubat. But, in the middle of the trek, they found something weird.
"Wow! Is that a Sentret? In the cave?" Torchic noticed.
"Yeah."
"What are you doing here?"
"Well, Giratina said that you guys would be here, so I was waiting for you so I could tell you that Giratina's right and you're wrong."
"No! In fact, we made a pamphlet to give to any Giratina fans that we come across. Take this."
Sentret read it.
"W-what? WHAT? GIRATINA DID THAT? GIRATINA THINKS PINAP BERRIES ON PIZZA TASTES GOOD? He's almost like Satan or something?"
"Yeah, that's what he is, kinda."
"Thank you for giving me this, Torchic! I'll be friends with you now!"
"Well, do you want to join the Guild?"
"No. Don't like exploring."
"Understandable. Well, will you at least hang out with us a bit?"
"Yeah."
But they weren't over yet. They still needed to find Arceus's phone number. So they went down to the very depths of the cave, and they saw this.
"It says...1-800-GIRATINAISCOOL?" Happiny noticed.
"Haha! I'm Poochyena, and Giratina ordered me to to replace Arceus's REAL phone number with a FAKE phone number. So I'll-"
Torchic proceeded to use Low Kick and make the Poochyena faint. He got part of the phone number.
"Hmm...it says 04936. Is that the beginning?"
"Well, Torchic, it's probably 493 for the dex number, so probably."
"Yay. We should go back to the Guild."
They tried to go back to the Guild, but they were lost, unfortunately. So they had to get Team P.O.O. to come and rescue them.
"Wow! You're here! Nice to meet you." said Rowlet.
"Yes, Rowlet. I'm Poliwag of Team P.O.O., and I'll lead you out."
"Thanks!"
Everyone was lead out, and they went to the guild to tell everyone about what they found.
"Hey guys! It's Torchic here, ready to tell everyone about our adventures! 1, we found a Sentret and told them about Giratina's misdeeds, 2, we found half of Arceus's phone number, and 3, we stopped a Poochyena from doing more crazy stuff."
"Wow!" Paras responded. That was the first time he ever seemed happy in the Pokemon world.
But the bad news was that they had no clue where the second part of his phone number was. There were hundreds of deep, dark caves where it could be, and nobody in the guild wanted to brute-force Arceus's number. And then Team Funny came for the night. Why were they here? Because of the weekly Funny Nights. Mr Rime told his joke.
"What did the Paras do?"
"What?" everyone said "Cry."
I know what you're thinking. "Wow, that Mr Rime guy is a huge jerk!" Well, you would be correct. Everyone booed at him, and he started crying because he can't handle hecklers. Mr Rime's hypemen starting insulting the audience, and then a fight started, and Team Funny was banned from the Guild for the month.
And so, Rowlet, Torchic, and Sentret went back to the house to talk.
"You know, Torchic. I've been thinking about how Giratina's getting more followers. Everyone knows about how his pretzel rods thing is a complete scam, and they're still getting new members. Why?"
"Well, we'll ask Sentret. HEY, SENTRET! WHY DID YOU JOIN GIRATINA IN THE FIRST PLACE?"
"It's because his advertising is really convincing. He makes it seem like everyone's being brainwashed by Arceus to believe he's bad, but knowing that he puts Pinap Berries on pizza has made me lose all respect for the guy. And also because he's plotting to kidnap members of the Guild."
"Wait, WHAT?"
END OF CHAPTER 3
