The Capture Specialist
Chapter Six: Monotony in Mount Moon Part Two
Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon. I do own Dana and Emily and the CSU.
A/N: Thanks for all the reviews, although I have been receiving several reviews from one particular user by the name of a.t. and AA. Your reviews consist of nothing more than copied text from my fanfic, and I'm worried you're copying and pasting it onto another site and passing it for your work. That, my friends, is called plagiarism, and is stealing. If you are going to review, leave a comment with good, constructive criticism, or leave a review on how you believe the story is going. And do not copy my work. It is mine, and stealing just isn't very nice.
Now, on with the chappy! (That's "chapter")
The pair of Trainers walked in silence after Dana had shared the story of her traumatizing event with the Slaking controlled by Hunters when she was younger. Jiggy waddled, although it seemed more like dancing to Dana, along with the group, occasionally stopping for a twirl or another dance move. Emily smiled as Jiggy danced.
The pair came to a ladder, and climbed it up to the second floor. There was a small path outstretched before them, and no twists and turns.
"Seems our path is decided for us." Dana murmured, walking forward. Finding another ladder, the pair climbed down back to the first floor.
The area they came to was much more expansive, and there were several crystals in the wall that game off a dim glow, like moonlight. Emily was in awe of their beauty.
"Look at these crystals! They're so beautiful!!" Emily murmured. Dana smiled.
"They sure are…Hey, these look like Moon Stones…" Dana muttered. Reaching up to touch one, she caressed it gently. She nodded in affirmation.
"Yep, definitely a Moon Stone." Dana said. Emily looked back at the wall, the Moon Stones giving off a dim glow, illuminating her face.
"Is it possible the Hunters want the Moon Stones, then?" Emily asked. Jiggy was in awe of the Moon Stones, and seemed entranced by them.
"Could be." Dana said. Reaching out to the Moon Stone in the wall, she tugged at it until it came loose. She extended her hand to Emily, as the larger Moon Stone had broken into four Moon Stones.
"Here. You can use these on your Pokemon to evolve. When your Nidoran evolve into Nidorina and Nidorino, they can evolve into Nidoqueen. And Jiggy can evolve into Wigglytuff." Dana said.
"How do you know so much about Pokemon?" Emily asked, as she pocketed the Moon Stones, deciding to save them for later.
"Well, when I lived in Hoenn, I went to the Trainer's School there taught by Roxanne. That, and I used to watch lots of Pokemon research channels and battling shows." Dana remarked.
"Oh, that makes sense. But you don't seem very interested in battles." Emily murmured.
"I may not seem like it, but I do like battling very much. It's something I have a lot of skill then, I think." Dana said.
"Maybe we should have a battle when we get out of here, then?" Emily said, giggling to herself.
"Sure! When we get done with this mission, we'll battle." Dana said. After she said that, there was a low rumble beneath them.
"There's a ladder over there, Dana!" Emily said, pointing. Dana nodded, running to the ladder, Emily and Jiggy following close behind.
Quickly sliding down the ladder, they came to a much more damp and dark basement level of the mountain. Dana knew right now they were underground. Emily seemed anxious.
"What's wrong?" Dana whispered.
"Well, I-I'm kinda claustrophobic…" Emily murmured. Dana slapped herself in the face at this comment.
"So many problems for just one girl." Dana thought to herself. Dana could hear voices nearby, and shushed Emily. Creeping silently down the path, she knelt behind a large rock to get a better view. Looking carefully over the top of the rock, she could see bright lights, and what appeared to be an excavation site. Dana motioned Emily to come join her, and the young girl dropped to the ground and crawled to where Dana was to avoid being seen.
There were several men and women in black suits with goggles over their eyes down in the excavation site. Several Pokemon, who were obviously under mind control, where digging into the cave wall.
"Rhydon, hurry up and drill through that wall with Horn Drill!!" one of the Hunters commanded. A mind-controlled Rhydon, a large burly dinosaur like creature with a large horn on it's head, began rotating the single horn, and pressed it against the wall, sending rocks and boulders flying in all directions. A collection of Machop, Machoke, Geodude, and Graveler, all under mind control, where also tearing at the wall along with Rhydon.
"What exactly are they doing? Some sort of excavation, but what are they looking for?" Dana thought.
"Wartortle, go!" Dana called silently, releasing Wartortle from his Poke Ball. Wartortle stretched slightly, not quite used to his evolved form.
"We might have to battle soon." Dana explained. She turned to Emily. "You should call out a Pokemon, too." Dana said.
"Hmm…Jiggy's not really cut out battling…I'll use Keekee!" Emily said, pulling out the Mankey's Poke Ball.
"Is that wise?" Dana asked, recalling the ape Pokemon's earlier reaction.
"Is what wise?" a deeper, gruff voice asked. Dana and Emily looked up to find a Hunter standing directly over them. Emily shrieked, while Dana rolled to the side, and pointed at the Hunter.
"Wartortle, Water Pulse!!" Dana called. Wartortle extended his webbed paws, gathering a sphere of water energy between them, before thrusting it towards the Hunter. The pulse of water energy struck the Hunter, causing water to cascade over him and push him back.
"Keekee, you go too! Use Karate Chop!!" Emily called, tossing Keekee's Poke Ball into the air. Keekee appeared, angrier than ever.
"-Rargh!!! I was taking a NAP!! Doesn't anyone respect me around here?!" Keekee shrieked, as he ran towards the unguarded Hunter, paw raised in the air for a chopping motion. Before Keekee could connect the attack, a Graveler stepped into to take the attack with it's rocky hide, being visibly injured by the super effective attack.
"Rhydon, stop drilling and get those Pokemon!! Golem, grab the two girls!!" the Hunter called. Several other Hunters were calling out more Pokemon to take Rhydon's place in the excavation, as it walked slowly and grudgingly to aid the Hunter in battle.
"Wartortle, use Water Pulse on Rhydon!!" Dana called. As she finished her command, she was shocked as she was grabbed from behind by a clawed, brown hand. Hoisted into the air by a Golem, Dana was completely caught off guard.
"Where did this thing come from?!" Dana shrieked. It then dawned on her that this Golem was the boulder they had been hiding behind before, and that it was listening in on their conversation for the Hunters, and that's how they knew where they were.
"I'm coming to help you, Dana! Jiggy, help Dana by using Pound!!" Emily called. Jiggy puffed up her body, running towards Golem with surprising speed. Raising her fist, she punched Golem quickly across the face. The attack didn't do any significant damage, but Golem did drop Dana, who quickly ran to stand at Emily's side.
"Bellsprout, help Jiggy fight Golem!!" Dana called, releasing the weed Pokemon. "Razor Leaf!!" Dana called as soon as Bellsprout materialized.
"-Let's do this!!" Bellsprout encouraged himself and Jiggy, firing a barrage of leaves concealed under his two larger leaves. The barrage of leaves struck Golem point-blank in the face, leaving it stunned.
"Jiggy, use Defense Curl, then follow up with Rollout!!" Emily called. Jiggy curled herself into a ball, then slowly started rotating, gaining speed as she rolled towards Golem. Leaping suddenly, Jiggy struck Golem where Bellsprout's leaves had hit it moments before, causing Golem to be in a fair bit of pain.
Rhydon had also been attacked, being hit by a super-effective Water Pulse from Wartortle, causing Rhydon to be slammed up against the wall, it's massive body leaving a dent in the wall of the cavern.
"Keekee, hit it while it's down! Use Low Kick!!" Emily called. Keekee rushed in, using a sweeping kick to knock Rhydon off balance. Rhydon's massive body caused it to collapse through the cavern wall, revealing a colony of Clefairy huddled behind the cavern wall. The collection of mind-controlled Pokemon stopped drilling, realizing their target was before them,
"Good! We found the Clefairy! Let's deal with these kids, then get the Clefairy and go!" A female Hunter said.
"Right!! Golem, use Explosion!!" the Hunter called. Golem gathered energy, and Dana shrieked.
"Get away from there!! Jiggy, use Protect!!" Emily called. Jiggy nodded, raising her hands creating an ethereal green barrier of energy around itself, and also extending to protect Dana, Emily, and Bellsprout. The Hunter cursed as he realized the attack was foiled.
Golem released the pent of energy, shaking the cavern to it's core. Dust and smoke were kicked up from the blast area, and when the smoke cleared, Dana and Emily noticed that the Hunters and the Pokemon were attacking the Clefairy.
"We have to stop them!! Wartortle, use Water Pulse to blast them away!!" Dana called. Wartortle collected a sphere of water energy, before thrusting it in a linear path, striking several Geodude and Golem, as well as some Machop and Machoke, but there were a few of each that hadn't been defeated and were still grabbing the Clefairy and throwing them into cages.
"Keekee, get in there and help the Clefairy!! Karate Chop!!" Emily called. Keekee rushed in, positioning himself between the mind-controlled Pokemon and the Clefairy. When the Pokemon attacked, Keekee used his exceptional fighting ability to knock most of them down, before being slammed by a Brick Break from a Machoke and knocked out. Emily recalled Keekee into his Poke Ball.
"You did awesome. Thanks, Keekee." Emily said. Pointing her finger, she called Jiggy to help Wartortle, and Dana told Bellsprout to do the same.
"Bellsprout, Vine Whip!! Grab the Hunters!!" Dana called. Extending a multitude of vines, Bellsprout was able to grab the Hunters in his grip, dangling them in the air, while Wartortle and Jiggy were able to take care of the mind-controlled Pokemon with relative ease.
"Grr!! How do you kids keep thwarting us?!" the male Hunter shrieked as he was dangling in the air.
"Simple. We're Agents!" Dana replied, smirking. Then, her smirk faded. "Drop 'em." She told Bellsprout. Bellsprout did as he was told, retracting his vines and causing the Hunters to plummet and moan in pain when they hit the ground.
"Here's some rope. We should tie them up and take their Poke Balls." Emily suggested, pulling some rope out of her backpack. Dana nodded in agreement.
"Anna said it will be a while until other Agents are able to come and support us, so it's a good idea to tie them up and leave them here. Besides, it'll be easier for us to release the Clefairy." Dana replied. She took the rope and tied each of the Hunter's arms and legs by cutting it with Bellsprout's sharp leaves, and walked over to the caged Clefairy.
"It's all right, Clefairy…We're not going to hurt you like they were." Dana said, soothingly. The Clefairy nodded, trusting her. Dana pulled the latch on the cage, and the Clefairy were free to return to the cavern.
"I've never seen Clefairy up close before!" Emily said, happily. She followed them to the edge of their cavern, and realized the cavern had a hole in the ceiling that allowed the moon to shine through. Dana was surprised, she hadn't even realized how late in the day it was.
The moon slowly moved to the center of the hole in the ceiling, and cast it's illuminating glow into the cavern. Dana and Emily saw a small pedestal with a small stone on it, which Emily recognized as one of the Moon Stones, looking identical to the ones she had grabbed earlier.
The moonlight was absorbed into the Moon Stone, before refracting it along the crystallized walls of the cavern, the moonlight refracting off those as well. The Clefairy absorbed this moonlight energy, and each of them were consumed in a white light that signaled evolution. Each Clefairy evolved into Clefable, and when the last Clefairy finished it's evolution, they used their newfound wings to fly through the hole in the ceiling, off to the very top of the mountain.
"Wow…I think we just witnessed an evolution ritual, Emily." Dana murmured. Emily nodded.
"I'm glad we were able to save them. You know, it's rumored that they go to the top of the mountain to give birth to new families…If the Hunters had captured them, the Clefairy species may have died out entirely." Emily said, sadly.
"I think the CSU should position Agents in Mt. Moon at all times, to help protect the Clefairy." Dana said. Emily nodded.
"We need to protect all Pokemon. That's your dream, right Dana?" Emily asked, smiling. Dana nodded.
"Your right. It is." Dana said.
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A/N: Like I said, not much happened this chapter. Tried to mix it up with more battles against the Hunters, but I feel this chapter was kind of blah, not my best anyway. Next chapter, lots of interesting decisions are made, and perhaps two important battles, so you don't want to miss it! R&R, please and thanks!