A/N: The confrontation between Maude and Archie ends now! After a long wait, Maude finally reveals what went down between her and Archie, and it is as explosive as you can get. As a matter of fact, it is so explosive and epically suspenseful with adventure and excitement that the whole gang had to join in! In the meantime, Omari meets another adopted relative of his, someone he never knew existed. And the cyber pets that are portrayed in this chapter are animals that belonged to both the Bunkers and Findlays. In the Findlay team, Scruffy and Solstice are black and white dogs, Clucky is a maroon/burgandy duck, Cheepy is a red chick, Biffy is a white rabbit, Thor is a tiger, Squeak is a dark maroon/burgandy bat, Terrance is a light blue/green hedgehog, Spella is a purple spider, and Puffin is a penguin. As for the Bunker team, Blotchy is a panda, Mitsy is an orange cat, Krotus is a fish who transforms into a big, monstrous piranha, Stocky is a turtle, Blaine is a female wolf, Porky is a pig, and Squab and Scarab are twin bats owned by Archie. Other pets include Blair, Blaine's new mate and fellow wolf, and Stud the light grey horse.
Again, I don't know how much this will be expanded but perhaps sometime in the future this will be eventually expanded.
Enjoy!
Archie V.S. Maude – The Final Outcome (The Bunkers V.S. The Findlays)
Okay, I've heard around the superhero community from some of my allies that everyone's been clamoring to hear about what resolution transpired between Archie and me. Well, here it is - finally! Archie came over to my house itching for a confrontation with me. Well, I was finally ready for him! Accompanying me were Carol, Walter, Philip, Vivian, Arthur, Ms. Naugatuck and of course, Omari. I've ever brought in some of our virtual cyber pets that we have managed to transport from the virtual world to our world using a teleporter machine: Scruffy, Solstice, Biffy, Clucky, Thor, Cheepy, Squeak, Terrance, Spella and Puffin. And as for Archie's team, he brought in his loyal wife Edith, (my beloved cousin), Joey, Gloria, Stephanie, and Michael. Their cyber pets are Blotchy, Mitsy, Krotus, Stocky, Blaine and Porky. And now they got four new cyber pets: Squab & Scarab, (twin bats owned by Archie; Squab is a boy while Scarab is a girl), Blair, Blaine's new mate, and Stud.
I directly confronted Archie and I peered at him with a hard, concentrated glare as my arms bend and my hands latch themselves onto my hips, forming an akimbo.
The Bunkers were now clearly outmatched: 17 people on my side and only 15 people on their side. "You got nowhere to hide, Archie," I proclaimed to him with my tough, belligerent, hardnosed demeanor and temperament hinted in my voice and my flaring indignant, haughty, proud, trite eyes peering right at him. "This disputation ends now." "If you think I would pack up and go home already, Maude, you got another thought coming. Edith, the gang and I will fight to the death!" Archie vowed with a triumphant and confident, self-assured tone.
Walter's knees nearly gave in and he just dashed right behind me and cowered. But I stood my ground. I was not about to wimp out in front of my archrival/cousin-in-law and my family, especially my adopted son Omari. I would hate for him to think that his own mother was a coward. I would hate for him to think his OWN father was a coward, seeing that he had just resorted to hiding behind me as a sign of cowardice. I could sense him trembling and quivering behind me as he crouched down on the floor with his arms shielded over his balding, sideburn head and his teeth chattered ever so slightly and I could hear him whimper, "Maude..." "Let's get this shit going!" Philip squealed in a raspy voice as he aimed his Beretta Model 1918 up in the air and I swerved around to see him and I hollered at him with a stern, loud voice, "Settle down, Philip, or I'll bite your head off!" That silenced him in an instant.
Then I turned back to Archie and then I delivered a stirring, solemn declaration: "Cyber pets, attack!" Then all of my cyber pets rushed at Archie's pet entourage while Archie whistled for them to undertake a wide scale assault as well; the animals soon engaged in an intense, electrically-charged, explosive brawl that consisted of bigger animals thrashing, smashing, plummeting and stomping on little animals and the little animals barreling and dashing at each other. Squeak was outnumbered by the troublesome twins Squab and Scarab, and Arthur was berating him to take it like a man. Stud bucked and swift kicked at Clucky and Thor as Thor tore and slashed at him from the side as he flew at him with his claws outstretched and his fists swinging at him. And Krotus transformed into a monstrous, hideous piranha and attempted to murder my husband's red chick Cheepy by trying to drown him in his aquarium as Cheepy struggled and writhed in the water in an attempt to escape from his clutches while crying excitedly in a feeble, shrill voice for help.
Krotus was sucking on his blood and was greatly excited by its briny and salty, icky taste and the thick and slimy blood began to taint and shroud the water in the aquarium in a dark, crimson red, clouding the view in the process. Walter was shaken and distraught by the situation while I was rightly outraged by the unfolding on slaughter and then I approached Archie and asked him to put an end to the gruesome fight. Archie would not hear the end of it and instead demanded that he and I had our own fight. "What are we supposed to fight with?" I addressed him demandingly. I was set on ending the fight; he wanted to prolong it. "Let's duel with a Pokémon battle," Archie suggested plaintively.
I was stunned. "A Pokémon battle? Are you crazy?" I stammered with a bemused and stupefied expression on my face. My jaw nearly dropped at the suggestion. Archie then took out his Poke Ball and then summoned Raichu. "Raichu, I choose you!" he commanded and then Raichu materialized from thin air with a "Raichu!" "If you don't duel with me, Maude, your son will be mine!" he offered in a menacing, portentous tone in an attempt to provoke me into battling him. It worked; no one abducts my baby when I'm around! I was enraged and my lips contorted into a furious and irate snarl as my muscles tensed up, my fists clenched up, my face glowed and burned into a dark, maroon, wrathful hue and my eyes glittered with a twinkle of rage and maternal instinct.
"Fine," I whispered in a huskily calm, placid voice that had a trace of simmering anger in it. "Let's proceed with it." Then I summoned my own Poke Ball and then I tossed it into the air. "Croconaw, I choose you!" I screamed in a shrill, booming voice as the Poke Ball ricocheted onto the ground and then Croconaw made his appearance. "Croconaw!" Croconaw uttered eagerly and with a keen facial expression. "Raichu, use Volt Tackle!" Archie ordered his Pokémon and then Raichu lunged at Croconaw in a speed of light while immersed in a surge of electricity.
"Croconaw, use Quick Attack and grab Raichu!" I harked at Croconaw with a fierce tone in my voice and then Croconaw rushed right at Raichu and grabbed him by lifting him up in the air as he raced across the area. "Croconaw jump in the air and use Slash; then when Raichu is distracted use Hydro Pump!" I fired order after order at Croconaw and then he started hacking and lacerating at Raichu but then Archie interrupted by demanding, "Raichu, use Thunderbolt!" Raichu then electrocuted Croconaw right in the middle of his beating and then Croconaw tumbled through the air in a daze before it spouted out a sudden stream of water, sidelining Raichu from out of the blue and then sent him reeling onto the battlefield. Croconaw then crash landed onto his head on the earth and then quickly got onto his feet.
By this time Vivian had quietly summoned her Chikorita and was planning to help me in any way she could. "Raichu, use Solar Beam and Shock Wave!" Archie shouted at the top of his lungs and then Raichu unleashed a devastating and crippling shock wave as lightning bolts danced and swirled around him and then the intense magnitude of the attack caused the electric energy to combust into a brilliant flash of light, stunning and dazing my Croconaw in the process. In the meantime, Raichu was biding his time and was charging up his solar beam. I was mortified. If Raichu releases that Solar Beam, I'm done for, and Archie will get his hands on my Omari. Oh, merciful God, help me! I thought to myself, quickly panicking. "Cyndaquil, go!" Walter shouted and then immediately summoned Cyndaquil. "Cyndaquil!" Cyndaquil squeaked as his little fire brimmed and sweltered with vigor.
I was surprised to see that Walter was going into action. "Walter, what are you doing?" I inquired him, shocked. "I'm not going to surrender Omari to Archie without a fight, Maude. So let Cyndaquil and I do the talking," Walter explained as little Cyndaquil spouted fire out of his mouth eagerly. On the sideline, Squeak was harassing and badgering Scarab and was chasing her all over the place while using echolocation to snag her. Scarab flew this way and that and darted under and out as the animals gradually tired of fighting and instead began to co-exist with each other by feasting on their natural diets. She was terrified and was desperate to get away from Squeak. But then Scarab ran right into Spella's web-like trap and was caught in the sticky entrapment. Now there was nowhere to hide.
Squeak hovered in front of her as he examined her and then settled on the web carefully next to her, taking care not to get himself stuck in the gooey, sticky substance. Scarab thrashed and writhed frantically to break out of the web but then a fly landed on her nose and Squeak snatched the fly off her face and then offered it to the frightened female bat. Scarab then munched on the fly and then lightly kissed him in the lips. Squeak then gnawed on the web to free his newly found sweetheart and then Scarab joyously circled around him in high pitched squeaks and then the two flew together with their noses pressed against each other and they curved their bodies together to shape a heart as they floated away in the sky.
"Oh, Archie! Look, your bat just hooked up with Dr. Harmon's bat!" Edith squealed in delight and then the moment Archie swerved around to see what Edith was talking about, he exploded. "Raichu, release your Solar Beam!" he roared in a bellowing voice. Raichu then shot out his Solar Beam and with my Croconaw already stunned and confused, I feared the worst. Omari, in the meantime, was unexpectedly ambushed and was tackled and pounced on by a female lioness cub. She had batty, pencil thin, short eyelashes, closed, bent, angular ears, small, diminutive, minute paws, lean, agile, muscular, wiry legs, a light, long tail, a rounded, oval, angular face, a rectangular, medium-sized, elevated nose, and dazzling, flashy, brilliant velvet/aquamarine eyes. She also had topaz/amber fur and also had a heart-shaped auburn/honey nose. The lioness cub also had bangs hanging over her eyes, making her look tomboyish.
"Who are you?" Omari questioned the strange young lioness cub quizzically. "My name is Velvet, who are you?" the young lioness cub made a whimsical query out of him. "Omari. My name is Omari Findlay," Omari stammered timidly. "You have a last name?" Velvet retorted at him caustically. "Yeah; I was adopted by Maude and Walter Findlay. My real parents abandoned me when I was a baby, so they took me in," Omari explained to her without even making eye contact at her.
Velvet looked very much like a stray dog but was somewhat strikingly beautiful, so it was no surprise that he was shy around her. The only women he could talk to without cowering in timidity were Carol, myself, Vivian, Ms. Naugatuck, Tessa, (his best friend and girlfriend), his mother, and his half-sisters. But Velvet was different, and he was sweating nervously and he was shaking in apprehension. Poor Omari - he thought he was going to hurl.
"I'm part of the Bunker family. I was adopted by Edith and Archie Bunker as a pet, but technically I'm their daughter, because they wrote a new birth certificate for me to take home along with my original one. Edith loves me very much, but Archie's the one who dotes over me. He loves me just as much as his daughter Gloria. So my legal name is Velvet Bunker. I must be your cousin then; Maude's too," Velvet blabbed and chattered on as Omari's face faded to green and he hunched over in agony and anguish. Finally, after looking at him for a few minutes, she was appalled to witness Omari vomit in his mouth in front of her.
"I'm sorry, I'm just nervous," Omari groaned and gasped through his nostrils as he gulped his vomit back into his stomach. Velvet then cuddled close to him and enfolded him in her arms and purred sympathetically. Omari then snuggled close to her and purred right back.
Finally I had an idea. I then ordered Croconaw, "Croconaw, use Ice Beam!" Croconaw then fired an ice beam from his mouth and then the two beams collided and clashed and smashed against each other as their power increased in a staggering magnitude and size. Finally the beams combusted into a crippling and debilitating red hot explosion that willowed and erupted into the air in the midst of spewing and gushing thick smoke that polluted the atmosphere and the two Pokémon were flying backwards and crumpled onto the ground upon impact. Archie gawked; I gasped at the scene that just unfolded. Walter fumbled with his Poke Ball as he juggled it from hand to hand and Edith bit her lip anxiously.
Croconaw then scrambled to his feet and clacked his jaws while Raichu painstakingly put his unsightly, floppy feet in front of each other and soon stood on his own ground with his tail lashing out. "Raichu..." Raichu growled with an audible hiss. "Croconaw," Croconaw snarled with a loud, sharp CLACK! With his jaws. I then paced around agitatedly, not knowing what to do next. What am I going to do? What am I going to do?
"Hey Maude, are you gonna keep on fighting or what?" Archie barked at me doggedly. "All right, all right! (Sigh) Croconaw, use Walter Pulse!" I snapped at him before directing my next move, completely at loss. This was turning into a no win situation. Either way, both of us could end up in a tie or lose. "Archie use Dig!" Archie issued another command at Raichu and then Raichu burrowed deep in the ground. I was baffled. What on earth was he doing? "Now use Volt Tackle!" Archie screeched in a sonorous, stentorian tone and then Raichu shot out of the ground in a surge of electricity and I knew that Croconaw was down for the count unless I do something! Even though he still was in the water, I could not waste another minute.
"Croconaw use Ice Beam!" I shrieked at him hysterically. Croconaw then fired a long range ice beam as Raichu lunged right at him and then was heading straight at him as Croconaw inadvertently froze himself into a block of ice. "Walter, tell your Cyndaquil to do something!" I pleaded to Walter desperately. I didn't want to lose my son; if Omari were to be taken away from me, I would go insane. And then in the moment that Raichu was about to hurdle right at Croconaw, Walter finally showed his guts. He fired at Cyndaquil, "Cyndaquil, use your Flamethrower at the ice block!" Cyndaquil then shoots out a long stream of flames and then the ice block melts and dissipates into a hot, steaming liquid at a rapid pace and then Croconaw was freed from his icy prison. Archie's Raichu was just minutes away from defeating my Croconaw.
Then maternal rage seized me and before I knew it I hollered at the top of my voice, "Croconaw use Double Edge!" Croconaw was ignited in fire and then he bashed his head right into Raichu, stopping him in his tracks, but not before he crashed into Croconaw and plummeted him to the ground. Raichu spiraled into a harrowing descent onto the earth and then landed onto the area, completely dazed. Croconaw was absolutely knocked out and had slipped into unconsciousness; even Ms. Naugatuck took sympathy for him. "Poor lad, he took a hard beating I must say," she quoted compassionately.
"Grandma don't let Archie take Uncle Omari!" A sobbing Philip begged with tears brimming in his eyes. But then Vivian unexpectedly took the stand and then commanded to Chikorita, "Chikorita use Earthquake!" "What the fucking hell?!" Archie nearly exploded and fumed indignantly. "Chikorita!" Chikorita squeaked and then she unleashed a powerful earthquake that rippled through the ground and toppled Raichu off his feet and sent him reeling. The moment he smashed his head onto the ground, he was flattened onto the earth and was defeated. I was elated and excited; I won! I finally beat Archie in a Pokémon match!
Archie was fuming and he wanted a rematch. He was about to rush at me with his fist swinging at me and was about to clobber me into the dust when Edith finally intervened and placed her hand onto his shoulder. "Archie, let it go. The battle has gone on long enough. Let's head home and tomorrow we can all get together to have a cup of coffee," she advised him and reluctantly Archie heeded her advice. He then pointed his Poke Ball at the unconscious Raichu and then said, "Raichu, return." before Raichu disappeared into the Poke Ball in a red beam of light. I did the same with my Croconaw.
Philip then dashed right to me and then gave me a great big hug. So did Carol and Walter. I gave Walter a great big hug. If he hadn't ordered his Cyndaquil to use his Flamethrower to melt the ice block, my Croconaw would not have sacrificed his own life to permit Chikorita to deliver the final blow. "You did a good job, Walter. Keep on training Cyndaquil and he'll beat an opponent on his own in no time," I praised him highly. Omari then raced to me and jumped in my arms; I embraced him with a loving squeeze and I nuzzled my face into his fur. I was glad to have my little boy back.
Velvet then clawed at my leg and then I looked down to see who it was. "Oh, you have a little friend. Hi there, I'm Maude," I cooed at her sweetly. "Yep, that's my adopted daughter Velvet. She's also our pet," Archie commented to me as he and Edith approached us. Then he bent down and then tapped on his middle finger rapidly while whistling and then coaxed to Velvet, "Here, Velvet! Here girl! Come on girl! Come to Archie!" Velvet then scampered to Archie eagerly with a graceful gait and then leapt into his arms in one single bound. I was impressed.
"You know, Maude. I was stupid. I should have never threatened to take your son away from you. He's better off with you. And Velvet stays with me. Now listen here, Maude. If I find out that Omari sleeps with my Velvet, he is mine to deal with. He is going to get the punishment that he is never going to forget," Archie admitted his mistake to me but then let me off with a warning, a warning I was certain to heed. And as he walked away with his team, he added, "And by the way, this goes in your record. The humiliation I was forced to suffer today shall not soon be forgotten. I will find a way to seek revenge, and I'll make sure you suffer for this misdeed you have administered upon me." Omari tucked himself in my arms and just hid in shame, while Velvet smiled at him sweetly. Soon the Bunkers departed with Velvet, and we departed with Omari.
I then approached Omari that night as he lay in his crib. He was still too small to be sleeping in a big kid's bed, so he should be sleeping in the crib for at least another 6 months. By that time he should be big enough to sleep in a normal bed. He was apprehensive and lashing at his tail agitatedly as if in play, but he was trying to get away from his thoughts. "Omari, what's wrong?" I asked him in a concerned voice.
"You know he hates me. Archie hates me. I could see it in his face. He doesn't want me around his daughter. He thinks I'm going to rape her or something. Archie thinks I'm the scum of the earth because I'm your son," Omari blubbered in a sobbing voice as his stricken voice cracked and choked in melancholy and I knew he was upset. No matter how hard he tried to earn Archie's respect - and believe me he tried really, really, really hard - Archie still despised him greatly, even going so far as to shoo him out of the kitchen while saying, "Get out, you miserable, stray cat! Scram!" He would not even warm up to his new cousin-in-law.
Edith pities the poor kid; she feels sorry for him and would lovingly stroke his head whenever he's near her. She really feels for the abandoned Omari and wishes she were the one who adopted Omari, even going so far as to sneak him treats in the kitchen when Archie's not around.
Bitter tears are now starting to stream out of Omari's eyes and he swatted the air with his paw in a fit of frustration. "I'm tired of being rejected by Archie! I'm going to do whatever it takes to earn his respect, even ask Velvet out to the fanciest restaurant in town!" Omari wailed angrily as the tears were dripping down on his face and his paws clenched up into fists. I then picked up Omari from his crib and then consoled him by patting him on the back and then walked back to my bed. I then lay in bed and then cradled Omari beside me and Omari rested his throbbing head on his arms and continued to sniffle and whimper as I caressed his fur and repeatedly shushed him to sleep.
"I don't want to lose you, Maude," Omari hiccupped as he lay in bed with his body convulsing and trembling. "I don't want to lose you either, Omari. I love you, my son," I whispered and then kissed his little head. More of Omari's tears slipped down his face as he buried his head more into his arms and then he drifted slowly but surely into sleep. In no time I was asleep as well. Another day in the life of Maude Findlay; I wonder what is up with that Velvet kid. I think there is something mysterious and perhaps sinister about her; who knows? I may be wrong. On the other hand, though, I definitely do not want her to put my son's life in danger. I better see what she is up to. I just hope I am not dead wrong about her. DEAD WRONG.
Author's Note: Well, that's it for this story at least. I don't think it's likely that it'll be updated anytime soon, so sorry about that. However in the future you might see some more new adventures of Omari and his family, depending on what story lines I can come up with. And I think this was one of the most epic chapters I have ever written because it's been forever since I have last written a scene depicting a Pokemon battle but despite of the time passed I think I did pretty good. I think you might also see those Pokemon in future Team Legacy installments. I hope that you enjoyed this story very much and please rate and review! R.P. Perhaps in the future I might be able to churn out more stories relating to this.