Pokemon: New generations
Axon, David, Christy, and Macy are still hot on their way, as they head to the port on Route 11, where they will hop aboard a ferry and continue to Crystal Island. The gang is getting closer and closer to their destination. Now, it's out of the backpacks and into the swimsuits, as they take a rest on the beach. "The Beach!" Christy squealed with excitement. "All this water must mean we're getting closer to the port. It won't be long now Plusle."
"Puhh-luhh!" Plusle cheered, plopping down in the sand.
"This sand is so soft," David said on his hands and knees, fiddling with the sand. "And perfect for a good night sleep tonight. We picked a great spot."
"Who cares about sleeping?" Axon shouted running out in his swimming trunks. Minun was running by his side. "Let's go swimming!" The two of them dived head first into the waves, laughing and splashing in the water. David and Charmander began building a sand castle together, as Christy set up a towel for her and Plusle. Christy looked over to see Macy with her tape recorder up to her ear, while writing something down on a notepad.
"Hey Macy, what are you doing?" Christy asked beginning to relax.
"Hm? Oh I'm starting my rough draft for my article on Mt. Fiery." She began to explain. "This way I can start typing it and get it published as soon as we get to Crystal Town".
"That's so smart. You're preparing so well."
"Yeah I know. Speaking of which, how are you prepping for your competition?"
"Oh well I—I uhh…" Christy was at lost for words. She had been so excited about getting there, she hadn't even thought of what she would do once she was there. "Any ideas Plusle?"
"Pluhh." Plusle shrugged, now covered in sand.
"Wow. Uhmm, maybe you didn't get the memo that says you actually have to train to win a competition." Macy snickered a little bit.
"Look, I get the point ok." Christy retorted. "Ugh, I've wasted so much time. Now what am I going to do?"
"Well don't just sit here and whine about it. Get out your poke-balls and start training already!"
"You're right." Christy nodded. She grabbed her two poke-balls, tossing them up in the air. "Teddiursa, Caterpie, it's time to train."
"Piieeee" Caterpie yawned as it emerged from the ball.
"Ursa! Ursa!" Teddiursa cheered, excited to be on the beach.
"Listen up guys!" Christy said. "We'll be in Crystal Town sooner than you think, and then, it'll be time for our team competition. So that means we have to start training now. Got it?" All three pokemon nodded.
"Good. Now let's get started. Let's all run laps across the beach. Ready, 1,2,3, go!" Christy and her pokemon began running back and forth across the sand. "Caterpie, you have to keep up. Teddiursa slow down! You have to make sure you're all in perfect sync. Everybody stop!" The pokemon all stopped running. They seemed confused. "Listen guys, in a team competition everything is different. You can't think like 3 different pokemon. We're all one team now. Every move that you make, every thought that you think, has to be done together. Understand?"
"Hahahaha." Macy was laughing in the corner.
"Hmph, what's so funny?" Christy crossed her arms.
"Oh, nothing. It's just you really think they're going to listen to that little inspirational speech? I mean, you're basically telling them to get rid all of their individualism."
"Well FYI, that's kind of what you have to do in a competition like this." Christy retorted once again. "If we don't all think as one, our moves will turn up as scattered and uncoordinated."
"Okay, sure that's true if these were all fire pokemon, or all water pokemon." Macy began to stand up. "But look at what you have here. An electric type, a normal type, and a bug type. Not to mention you still have three more to catch. They all have unique qualities that you can't just ignore."
"Hmph. Look, not that I don't appreciate you're ongoing commentary, but maybe you better just stick to your articles, kay?
"Fine. Good luck getting along without my help." Macy smirked putting her tape recorder back up to her ear.
"We'll do just fine!" Christy's fist clenched with anger. She quickly kneeled down and began to form a pile of sand. "Alright guys. Imagine this big heap is your opponent. I want you all to find away get it down. Okay?" The three pokemon all looked at each other. Without hesitating, Teddiursa dived into the piles, destroying it completely. "No no no no! You all have to do it together. Find out what your teammates are doing, and then do it with them. Now here's a new pile. Try it again."
The three pokemon looked at each other once again. This time they all ran straight at the pile squirming and tackling each other in the sand. Christy was getting frustrated. "Ugh, okay you did it together this time, but there was no form! No plan! This time, I want you guys to think exactly what it is you're going to do. Try it one more time!" Christy formed another pile of sand.
Plusle, Caterpie, and Teddiursa huddled together. Teddiursa began to propose a plan, which Caterpie seemed to refuse to. Caterpie gave another idea, which neither of the other two agreed with. Teddiursa and Caterpie began to bicker back and forth over whose plan was better. Fed up with the waiting, Plusle began to charge up a spark attack. "Plusle, no!" Christy ran to stop Plusle, picking it up. Plusle accidentally released the attack, shocking Christy and knocking her to the ground. "Ehh….maybe…we should try something a bit different."
"Hahaahahaha!" Macy was clapping and laughing. "Oh wow. Thanks for the show guys!"
"Argh, why don't you just keep the snarky comments to yourself?" Christy was getting more and more angry. "Let us learn by ourselves."
"I'm sorry, but you're doing it all wrong. Maybe you're forgetting but the team captain is supposed to be part of the team too. You have to help them. You can't just expect them to get it all on their own. It defeats the whole purpose."
"Look 'Ms. I know everything in the world!' We can do this just fine without your help. We're learning how to form our team, our way, right guys?" Christy turned to her pokemon for support. They all gave unsure looks.
"Oh yeah, that was convincing." Macy rolled her eyes.
"ARGH! That's it! Come on guys, let's go over there where we don't have annoying bugs flying in our ears the whole time." Christy stormed away, her pokemon trotting close behind her.
"Let me know when you actually get somewhere." Macy called after her tauntingly. Christy spent the better half of the day training. She tried to motivate her pokemon over and over but nothing seemed to get them to move the way she wanted. The sun was setting, and the pokemon were all tired, sprawled out over the beach. Christy could barely keep her eyes opened either.
"Okay guys…" She yawned. "It's time…. to get up and test that move out agai….zzzzz."
"Hey where's Christy?" Axon said grabbing a towel and he and Minun walked out of the water. David and Charmander were putting their finishing touches on their sand castle.
"That whiney kid is over there somewhere slave-driving her pokemon." Macy shrugged it off, soaking in the last bit of the sun that was left. Axon began to walk over to his sister.
"Hey, Christy wake up!" Axon shook her awake.
"N-no, not like that Caterpie.." Christy said half asleep. She finally opened her eyes all the way. "Huh? Axon?"
"Haha, what have you been doing all this time?" Axon laughed a little at her delirium.
"OH NO! We fell asleep!" Christy panicked, jolting herself up and off the ground. "Plusle! Caterpie! Teddiursa! Everyone, wake up! We have to get back to training."
"But…the day's over." Axon scratched his head in confusion.
"What?" Christy jumped. She looked over at the sun beginning to set. "Argh! We blew it!"
"What are you talking about? You'll have plenty of time to train tomorrow."
"But, we didn't get anything done today! Everything we tried to do was wrong. And now Macy over there is probably feeling all self-righteous and stuff. Argh, she makes me so angry!"
"Calm down. Look, just put your pokemon back and let's get some rest. David says we have a lot of traveling to do if we want to make it to the ferry port by tomorrow."
"Fine." Christy sighed, picking up her poke-balls and retrieving Teddiursa and Caterpie. Her and Axon walked back to the others. They began to set up their sleeping bags. The pokemon all nestled inside the sand castle that David and Charmander had made.
"So," Macy began to speak putting her head on her pillow. "How was training Christy?"
"And just what is that supposed to mean?" Christy stopped fidgeting with the zipper on her sleeping bag, and turned to Macy.
"Oh good golly, I was only asking a simple question." Macy blinked her eyes lashes trying to look as innocent as possible.
"I'm not falling for it Macy!" Christy began to stand up, "And if you're trying to say that you were right, than you can stop, because you weren't right. You were completely wrong! So ha!"
"Oh really? So tell me all about it!"
"I uhh…and just how is this any of your business?" Christy said frustrated with both herself and Macy.
"Ha! Thanks for proving my point." Macy said, revealing her tape recorder.
"What the—were you just recording this?" Christy's eyes widened.
"Yup. I've been thinking about making an article on the minds of Team Captains. You'll be used as the bad example."
"YOU MUST BE CRAZY!" Christy tackled Macy. "Give me that thing right now!" Christy and Macy rolled around in the sand. Christy fighting to pry the tape recorder out of Macy's hands.
"Don't you think we should stop them?" David hesitated.
"Do you REALLY want to get in the middle of that?" Axon said, backing up a little bit. The two watched as Christy and Macy rustled on the ground, toppling over each other, until finally Christy escaped from the fight pile. She managed to get away along with the tape recorder.
"Ha!" Christy barked with a smirk on her face. "Try to blackmail me? Yeah, right. Better luck next time hon." Macy charged at Christy, as Christy backed up, holding the tape recorder up high where Macy couldn't reach it. Suddenly, she felt the tape recorder swiped out her hands. She looked at Macy who didn't seem to have it in her hands either. Looking up, she saw a fearow, with the tape recorder in its beak. "No…no it can't be."
"Does that Fearow look familiar to you guys too?" David said, with a certain worrisome in his voice.
"What are you talking about?" Macy was separate than the rest, and was getting angrier. "Just get me back my tape recorder right now!!"
"Awww, that's just too bad." A sly familiar voice said coming from behind them. The four of them all turned around to see the gang of bandits, the goon trio. Fearow turned the tape recorder into Ester's palm. They began to speak in unison.
Welcome one and welcome all
Fear us, for we will make you fall
A team that's there to rid of the mess
To sweep away annoyance, and all of the rest
Ester, JJ, and yours Truly, Dalem!
Goon Trio, coming up stream without a paddle
Surrender now, you've already lost this battle
"It's…It's you!" Macy cheered in reaction to the poem. "It's really, truly, and totally you! This really is a dream come true!"
"A fan?" Dalem stroked his chin curiously. "Not that I'm not flattered, but don't the nerds usually hate us?"
"Oh Please. Who isn't a fan of the great Goon trio?" Ester said proudly. Axon quickly pulled Macy away.
"Listen up Macy, you don't want to idolize these goofs." Axon warned her. "They're bandits, and they're out to pretty much make our lives miserable. We need to get out of here, now."
"Oh Axon, you worry too much." Macy pushed him aside and continued to talk to the trio. "Hello. My name is Macy and I, believe it or not, am a reporter for the Pokemon daily. I have heard oh so much about you, and would just love to do a story on you. You'd be famous."
"Hmm…are we really ready to go public?" JJ asked his two companions.
"Depends on what kind of publicity we'd be getting." Ester sat deep and thought. "Good or bad, little girl?"
"When you think about it, is there really any such thing as bad publicity?" Macy asked with a sweet and innocent look on her face. Christy rolled her eyes at it all. "But of course, in order for all this to happen, I'd need my tape recorder back."
"HAAHAAHHHAHA" The Goon trio held their sides in laughter. Ester gave the girl a smirk, "Just how dumb do you think we are? We'd never fall for that."
"Look, there's nothing on that tape recorder that can incriminate us, so you might as well just give it back." David said angrily.
"Oh really?" Dalem made a pretend clueless face, looking at the calculator. "Guess it's worthless then. Might as well erase the whole thing."
"DON'T YOU DARE TOUCH A BUTTON!" Macy suddenly exploded. "You have two seconds to drop my tape recorder before I go Kill bill on you!"
"Don't you get it?" Ester continued laughing. "This is simply what you get for joining up with these three. They deserve the worst, and any friend of theirs, is an enemy of mine! Say goodbye to your precious recordings."
"I'm not playing this!" Macy quickly pulled out her poke-ball as if it were a reflex. "Spoink, show them what happens when you mess with our career!"
"Spoink!" Spoink emerged from the poke-ball. It began to glow a bright misty blue, as did the Tape recorder, beginning to lift out of Ester's hands. The Tape recorder floated directly down onto the top of Spoink's head. Ester was completely caught off guard and the smirk on her face quickly turned into a glare.
"Fearow, fury attack now!" Ester shouted. Fearow zoomed down to wear Spoink was and began jabbing it's beak furiously at it's skin. Spoink fell backwards, tipping the tape recorder off and knocking it back into the air.
"Catch it Charmander!" David cried, seeing that Charmander was the closest to the tape recorder's falling point. Charmander ran as fast as it could on it's legs and grabbed the device between it's claws. Just as it thought it was safe, Dalem came up behind it and snatched the recorder up out of its grip.
"Better luck next time." Dalem laughed confidently as he ran down the beach when he felt a surge throughout his whole body that caused him not to move. Minun had just sent a thunder attack to stop him from escaping.
"Thanks for the wishes Cuz." Axon followed up, knocking Dalem over and snatching up the tape recorder. He and Minun were running when JJ quickly scooped up a handful of sand and tossed it in the direction of Axon's face. "Ah! My eyes!" Axon couldn't see and accidentally tripped over Minun, causing the tape recorder to fly into the air once again. It landed in the soft sand.
"Christy quick, get it before they get to it!" Macy cried to her in desperation. Christy looked up and saw the tape recorder only a few feet away from where she was.
"Let's go Plusle!" Christy called out as she sprinted toward the device with her pokemon. She had began to reach her hand out when the Fearow swooped it up in its beak before her eyes. "What? No!" Christy stopped dead in her tracks. The goon trio huddled together as Ester pulled out a rope and tossed it around Fearow back. They began to fly away along with the pokemon.
"Someone stop them!" Macy cried out desperately. All of the trainers ran toward the direction of fearow, but the swift bird pokemon was too quick. It was already high in the air, carrying the goon trio where they could not touch them. Ester let out a devilishly evil laugh.
"I'm Sorry Sweetie, I feel just terrible." She pouted tauntingly. "Maybe next time you'll choose your friends a little wiser. Hahahahahaha." They all laughed as Fearow pulled them off into the mist until they were nothing but a small dot. Macy was frozen. Her face emotionless. Spoink bounced to her side, tugging on her leg. Her mouth opened slightly. "D-did that really just happen?"
"Man, I'm so sorry Macy." Axon sighed, picking Minun up. "Is everyone okay though?"
"Charmander's fine, and I'm still in one piece." David said, examining his surrounding, to be sure everything was in order.
"No scratches on Plusle. We're fine." Christy did the same as David. Macy began to shake, growing angrier and angrier.
"Grr! Well I guess we should all be glad that none of you got a mark on your pretty little faces!" She snapped at the both of them. "Can we all just pretend for a second that we care that weeks of my work have just gone down the drain? You guys are so insensitive."
"Look Macy, I know you're upset but I think the most important thing is that no one got hurt." Axon tried to sympathize.
"He's right." David added in, "We know your job means a lot to you, but out of everything those guys have ever tried to do to us, I think that was the least they could do. You still have your memory to write your article at least."
"You would say that!" She retorted. "After all, nothing actually happened to you! It's not about what was on the tape recorder. My mom gave me that tape recorder when I was only 7 years old. It's the oldest edition, and I promised her I'd never let anything happen to it. It's special to me."
"But….it's just a material thing." Christy tried to sympathize as well. "It can always be replaced. I'm sure your mom would understand if you explained to her what happened."
"And she speaks." Macy rolled her eyes. "I was waiting for you to say something to sweep this under the rug. After all, this is your fault!" Christy eyes grew wide. She opened her mouth the retort, but Macy didn't her the chance. "Don't even try to look surprised. You're the one who had her open palm in the air that let Fearow get the chance to grab it. And then when it was your chance to get it back, you couldn't maneuver yourself, or your pokemon to help!"
"I—you—" Christy couldn't find the words to fight back. Macy was right. She did let this happen.
"Calm down, it's no one's fault." David butted in. "Macy, I don't know what you want us to do. The tape recorder is gone, and the goon trio is probably miles away from here by now. I think we should all just get some sleep and be grateful that those guys are finally satisfied with their revenge."
"You guys are unbelievable!" Macy almost shouted as she got into her sleeping bag, turning her head so no one could see her. The rest of them got into their sleeping bags as well. Before Christy rested her head, she looked at Macy sadly and said, "I'm…really sorry Macy." Macy did not respond. Christy assumed she was already asleep and decided it would be best if she tried to do the same. It wasn't long before everyone was fast asleep. Or so it seemed. Around an hour later, Christy opened her eyes to find Macy's sleeping bag empty. She was standing up, and packing her backpack.
"M-Macy? What are you doing? What time is it?" Christy looked at her watch, but Macy barely paid her any attention.
"Go to sleep Christy." She answered briefly, beginning to walk off down the beach. Christy jumped out of her sleeping bag. Plusle jumped up at attention as well.
"Hold on! Where are you going?"
"Where do you think? I'm getting my tape recorder back, and nothing you can say is going to stop me."
"You heard David, they're probably miles away from here. It would take forever to catch up to them."
"I don't think so. Lazy bandits like those guys wouldn't want to travel too much at once. Besides, if they were watching us, they'd have to have a place nearby. I bet you they have a base or a hideout somewhere on the beach."
"And you're going to go find it?"
"I'm not coming back until I do."
"…Then let me come with you! I can help!"
"You? No, you'd just get in the way. Besides, I wouldn't want you to break a nail."
"Listen, you have every right to be mad at me, and I want to make it up to you. You only have Spoink, and you're going to need backup. Let me help." Macy stared at her, thinking hard. Finally she let out a sigh.
"Fine! But you do exactly as I say. I get to be the leader. Deal?" Christy and Plusle, both nodded at this. Christy gathered all of the necessary things, and then set off down the beach with Macy. Axon and David were left fast asleep, clueless to what was going on around them. The walk was quiet and awkward. The only things that could be heard were the waves, crashing down on the shore. Plusle was snuggled, almost asleep in Christy's arms, feeling the soothing ocean winds. Macy was concentrating hard on the road ahead. It was as if she had completely forgotten Christy was there. Finally, Christy cleared her throat and tried to make conversation. "So…How Far do you think this place is?"
"What?" Macy looked up. "Oh. It'll be hard to know for sure, but maybe another mile or so." Christy thought it funny how Macy always hated walking long trips, but when it meant getting her Tape recorder back, she couldn't care less.
"Oh! What's the plan when we get there then?"
"I get in there, kick those guys to the side, leave with my Tape recorder, and a new story." Macy smirked with confidence.
"Hm, yeah." Christy only half smiled. She wanted to say she would do something to help too, but the truth was she wasn't sure she'd be able to. "Macy…I'm sorry about earlier. I shouldn't have gotten so mad at you when you were trying to help me. A-and I'm sorry Plusle and I couldn't get to your tape recorder fast enough. We just don't know how to work our team yet."
"That's all I wanted to here." Macy smiled back at her. "The thing is Chris, you just have to remember what being a team is. It's not just working as one, but it's treating every single individual importantly. You have to remember that you have 3 different pokemon, with 3 different advantages and disadvantages. They all think differently by nature, so you can't expect them to think the same. All different attacks and powers together is what create the illusion of a perfect combination. Got it?"
"Yeah." Christy was beginning to finally understand what Macy was saying. "I think I do." They continued walking, now both in higher spirits. They talked and laughed, as Macy told her all the different stories and adventures she'd been through, while Christy told the ones of the adventures her Axon and David had so far. It wasn't long before they came to what seemed like a house. Macy quickly gestured to Christy to crouch down so they wouldn't be seen. "Okay, this is it." She whispered.
"How can you tell?" Christy asked. Macy pointed in the window, and sure enough, there was Dalem, keeping a watchful eye out. "Dalem! Alright Plusle, time for a little shock—"
"Don't!" Macy quickly interrupted her. "Just stay low, and stay quiet. If they see us coming, they'll attack, and we don't want all that. I'm just gonna get in and out before they even know I'm there." Christy gave a look of protest. "Trust me, I have plenty experience with sneaking. Now stay put!" And with that, Macy sprinted across the sand, careful that Dalem wouldn't see her. She inched over to the front door, making three knocks on the door.
"What is she doing?" Christy whispered to Plusle. Still looking in the window, Christy saw Dalem walk away from the window. Next thing she knew, the door was swinging open, but Macy was no longer there. She was now climbing through the window. Christy smiled, at how sneakily genius Macy's plan was. Dalem looked up and down the beach in confusion, then returned inside.
Inside, Macy fell to the ground as she came through the window. She heard Dalem on his way back, and quickly dived under the table. She could see the feet walking. Looking around for a way to escape, she spotted a door. Maybe her Tape recorder was in there. Making sure Dalem couldn't see her, she crawled her way into the door. It was a small dark room, but she could faintly see something in the corner. Shining in the moonlight, was her Tape recorder. Macy only laughed at how dumb the Goon trio could be. She reached out for it when suddenly the lights turned on. "We knew you'd come running sooner or later." Ester laughed. Macy could feel her smirk, even when turned around.
"Look, I'm leaving with my Tape recorder, whether you like it or not!" Macy stated firmly. JJ was at her side.
"Oh we could care less about the Tape recorder now." Said JJ. "We're after a much bigger prize now."
"And what would that be?" Macy asked, trying to distract them as she discreetly reached for her poke-ball.
"You!" A voice said from behind her. She suddenly felt a shocking surge of energy go through her body. She fell to the ground, and feeling paralyzed. Spoinks poke-ball fell out her hands. "Nice work Jolteon." Dalem petted his yellow dog pokemon. JJ quickly began to tie Macy up, as Ester grabbed her Poke-ball, and her Tape recorder.
Christy was still waiting patiently outside with Plusle. Well, almost patiently. She looked at her watch. "Something's not right. Macy said she'd be in and out. She should be out of there by now." Christy gestured to Plusle for them to move closer to the window. The two of them both crawled, and looked inside. Their eyes grew wide at what they saw. Macy was tied to a chair, looking almost unconscious. The Goon Trio surrounded her.
"W-what's the big deal?" She asked, sounding short of breath. "Holding me for ransom?"
"I guess you could say that." Ester shrugged. "We knew if we took your Tape recorder, the rest of the group would think they'd seen the last of us. Please, that was child's play. We were counting on you, my little headstrong reporter, to come here and try to find your dear sacred device. And you did. And when they realize you're missing, they'll come running, but this time we'll be prepared."
"We're finally gonna get our revenge on those stupid little brats!" JJ gritted his teeth, almost psychotically.
"It'll never work." Said Macy. "Your plans never do. What makes you think today is any different?"
"We've been training." Dalem continued. "You felt how strong that thunderbolt was. Plus, Ester's been training Fearow to work on that mirror move. There's no way they can win." Christy put her hands over her mouth in disbelief. She didn't know what to do. She couldn't go get Axon and David, because the Goon Trio was expecting that.
"We don't have a choice Plusle." She took in a deep breath, taking out her two other poke-balls. She let out Caterpie and Teddiursa. "Guys, Macy is in trouble, and right now we're the only ones who can help her."
"Puh-luhh!" Plusle nodded.
"Alrite, let's test this out." Christy continued, remembering what Macy told her. "We're a team, but we're all different. Teddiursa, I want you to use Swift to bust us in, once we get in Plusle, I need you to go after Ester. Don't let her get a chance to get out Fearow. And Caterpie, I'm counting on you to take care of Jolteon. You have to cover up its face with your String shot. It won't be able to aim if it can't see. And as for me, I'll free Macy. This is only going to work if we all stick to our jobs. Are we ready?"
"Ursa!" Teddiursa threw a fist in the air.
"Piee." Caterpie nodded.
"Puhluhh!" Plusle smirked showing it was with Christy all the way.
"Good, now Teddiursa, use swift!" Christy commanded. Teddiursa's forehead began to glow, as bladed stars began to shoot out of it. All of them against the wall caused an explosion, creating a gust of smoke. The Goon Trio looked up in surprise. "Everyone go, now!" Christy said diving into the smoke, along with the rest of her pokemon.
"PUHHLLUUHH!"" Plusle let out a huge thunderbolt on Ester.
"AIEEE!!" Ester screamed, dropping to the ground, unable to move. She twitched as electricity continued to move through her body.
"Jolteon, use thunderbolt!" Dalem shouted. Nothing responded. Dalem looked and as the smoke cleared, he could see that his pokemon was now almost entirely covered in sticky string. "Jolteon! Argh, use thunderbolt now!" Unable to aim, Jolteon shot a thunderbolt directly at Dalem, knocking him down. Christy smiled, as the plan seemed to be going into action perfectly. She ran towards Macy. Suddenly she felt something kick her at her side. It was JJ.
"You dumb twerp!" He scowled. "You think you can just get away with—AHH!" He was knocked over as Teddiursa jumped at his face, and began rapidly scratching. Christy quickly got up and began untying Macy as fast she could. As soon as she was free, she hoisted her arm around her shoulder and did her best to help her out of the room.
"C-Christy." She said weakly. "The tape recorder! Get the Tape recorder please!"
"Oh!" Christy looked around the room. The Tape recorder was in the corner. Ester was inching towards it. "Plusle! Get the tape recorder, hurry!"
"Pluh!" Plusly leaped over to where the Tape recorder was, knocking Ester out of the way. It grabbed the Tape recorder between its two paws.
"Great job, now everybody out!" Christy called. Teddiursa and Caterpie jetted out of house, as Christy helped Macy out of hole in the wall that they had created moments before. Once they were safe outside, Christy placed Macy down against a rock. "Where's Plusle?"
"I think she's still inside." Macy said looking back. Without a word, Christy ran back in, Caterpie and Teddiursa following. "Christy, wait!" Once inside, Christy could see that Ester had Plusle in her clutches. Without waiting for a command, Teddiursa let out a swift attack, directly at Ester. Plusle along with the Tape recorder were knocked out of her hands. Caterpie proceeded to spray the room with String shot, trying to throw the bandits off guard. They were almost out when they heard Dalem shout out in frustration, "JOLTEON USE THUNDERBOLT NOW!"
At these words, Christy scrambled for all her pokemon as quickly as possible. Scooping each and every one of them up, she dived put of the house, rolling the sand. They heard the sounds of static bouncing off the walls, and then a loud BOOM. The Goon Trio was now soaring through the air. "ARGHH, YOU BETTER BELIEVE WE'LL BE BACK!!!" Ester shouted in rage, as the force of the blow carried her away. Christy let out a sigh of relief and dropped to her knees.
"Pluhh!" Plusle handed the Tape recorder to Christy. Christy smiled and nodded.
"Here you go Macy." She smiled, passing it to Macy. Macy almost snatched it, and embraced it in a big hug, as though it were a child who had just run away from home. She looked over at Christy, and wrapped her in a hug as well.
"Thank you Christy. I have no idea how I'll ever be able to repay you for this."
"I should be the one thanking you." Christy leaned out of the hug. "If it weren't for you, me and my pokemon would have never learned how to maneuver like that." Suddenly, from the corner of her eye, Christy could see something begin to glow. She turned around to see Caterpies entire body, engulfed in an almost blinding light. "Caterpie? What's going on, are you okay?"
"It's evolving!" Macy said excitedly, gaining her energy back. Caterpies shape began to change, into what looked like a quarter moon. The light faded, and a new pokemon was revealed. Metapod.
"Metapod." It croaked. Christy got out her poke-dex. The computerized voice analyzed the pokemon and began to speak. "Metapod: The Cocoon pokemon. A steel hard shell protects its tender body. It quietly endures hardships while awaiting evolutions."
"This is great!" Christy bent down, and picked her new pokemon up. "We learned how to work combinations, beat the Goon Trio, and now Caterpie has evolved."
"Yup, and now we can go back to camp, and pretend nothing happened." Macy added. "Everything worked out fine—"
"Ahem." A suggestive cough came from behind Macy. She turned around to see Axon and David, standing there with their arms folded, looking less than happy. The sun was beginning to rise behind them. "Where have you guys been? We've been up all night trying to find you!"
"Uhh..well." Christy tried to think of an excuse.
"We got kidnapped!" Macy blurted out. Christy looked over at her in confusion. Macy gave her a look, letting her know she would take care of it. "The Goon Trio came back, and dragged us away. They were trying to lure you guys into a trap, but luckily, Christy fought them off."
"Oh…really?" David looked taken aback. "We thought you guys might have run off to get the Tape recorder. We were getting all mad. Haha."
"Well I guess you wasted your energy being mad about nothing." Christy winked over to Macy. "But, we're both fine. Since it's morning and everyone's up though, do you want to just keep traveling until we make it to the Ferry."
"I guess we're going to have to." David said looking at his watch. "The Ferry leaves today at noon, and we were planning on leaving camp at 7 anyway. So let's get going I guess." David and Axon began to walk ahead, as Christy and Macy stayed behind, giggling to each other about how easy they just goofed the two of them.
Hours later, the sun was all the way at its highest point in the sky. The gang had been walking now officially for 4 hours straight. They were all just about ready to drop down, when Axon spotted something. "Is that..is that a boat?" He asked. Christy ran up past him.
"That's it! That's the ferry! We made it guys!" She shouted ecstatically. She began to run ahead of the group.
"Ugh, shouldn't this mean that we can catch a breath." Macy groaned as she began to jog to catch up with everyone. The gang ran the rest of their way to the Ferry. Christy was feeling great, now finally knowing how to maneuver her pokemon the correct way, she could ride the Ferry to Crystal Island in confidence. As for Macy, this little adventure had brought her closer to her new friends. With the Team Competition only days away now, it looks like a lot lies in store for the group.