Me: Ok, here we are with the story's first fight scene!
Crow & Servo: WOOOOOOOOOOOOT!!!!!!!!!!
Zane: Calm down tinker toys.
Me: This chapter itroduces one of Clay's special plumber moves, the Drain Snake Spin. Those who have read the character bio for Clayton Mario will know what this move is. Anyway, enjoy!
Chapter 4: Confrontation
Clay and Meriee ditched the streetboard and they continued running on foot. Clay was used to this sort of thing, so he wasn't tired of running around yet. He needed to find a safe place for him and Meriee to hide. However, Meriee isn't used to this much physical exertion and was getting very tired. Clay noticed this, and decided to stop so she could catch her breath. Meriee then said, "That was too close..." Clay then said, "Yeah, I know. I was actually suprised that plan had worked so easily... At least we got away from those Rocket people."
They then heard a voice say, "And what says your out of the woods yet?" They turned and saw a small group of Team Rocket members to their left. One of them held a small black ball with their orginization's emblem on it. The man then threw out the ball, and yelled, "Claydoll, go and capture them!" What Clay and Meriee saw was an odd looking creature with many eyes that went around the perimeter of it's head. It had stubby arms ending in small points, and very small legs, but instead of standing on them it was floating in the air. It had a deep, and dopey sounding voice as it said, "Claaaaaydolllll..."
Clay raised an eyebrow, and said, "What's the matter? Afraid to get me yourself, so you send this... thing after me?" The man scoffed, and said, "Are you implying you can take us yourself? Claydoll, use Psybeam to stun him." The creature fired an unusual beam at Clay and Meriee, but Clay grabbed Meriee and jumped away. He told Meriee to hide while he took care of this free-floating dirt clod.
Clay pulled out a drain snake, almost seemingly out of nowhere, and then said, "I'm not going anywhere, but back to my home to enjoy what's left of my vacation! Now get lost so I can find my friends, and you'll never have to deal with me again." The man ordered the creature known as Claydoll to attack again. This time, it began spinning like a top, but with one good kick, the creature slowed down, and just stood still stunned from the strong kick Clay delivered. He then said, "Ok rocks-for-brains! You've asked for it!"
He swung the arm holding the drain snake forward, using it like a whip. It wrapped around the Claydoll like a rope. Clay then gave the drain snake a good tug, and Claydoll went spinning out of control back into it's master, as well as the other rockets. Clay then said, "Ok, if any of you have any creatures like that last one, forget about using them as I'll knock em' down like that living chunk of mud. If you wanna fight, take me on yourselves like real men!" The group's leader said, "You'll regret this boy! Ok men, CHARGE!!!!!"
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Ash and his friends watched as the kid, whom Vivian pointed out was her boyfriend Clay, took down a Claydoll with little effort on his part. Brock said, "Wow, I hadn't seen skill like that in a while. Not many people can take a pokemon on there own like that." Max then said, "WOW, I had no idea that a plumber's tools could be used like that!" Ash was a bit more concerned about the Rockets confronting Clay however. He said, "Just what is Team Rocket doing here? And what do they want with that guy?"
Vivian then said, "Who's Team Rocket?" Ash then said, "They're a bunch of no-good crooks who go around stealing pokemon from trainers and nature preserves! They'll even kidnap sick or wounded pokemon from Pokemon Centers, and never bother to heal them properly! We have to deal with three idiots from their orginization almost daily, and they keep trying to take Pikachu from me!"
Vivian scowled. She hated people like this ever since she decided to be Clay's friend long before she realized she loved him. But hearing how these people treated pokemon was crossing the line. She then said, "I'm going to send them away myself!" She ducked into the shadows, ready for her chance to strike the evil men in uniform.
Clay meanwhile was charged by three of the opposing enemies. Clay jumped over the first one, rolled under the second, then kneed the last one in the gut, dropping him to the ground. The other two tried to get Clay from behind, but he spun around, and delivered a strong kick and hit them in the face. The three got back up, but they didn't stay up for long as Clay jumped when all three of them charged, causing the three goons to knock each other down.
The Rocket squadron's leader was getting impatient, and pulled out a pistol and shot Clay in the arm. Clay clutched his arm, and tried to remove the bullet, but knew he'd have to rely on a professional for this sort of thing. Ash and his friends were horrified and angry to say the least. Before Ash could do anything though, Vivian revealed herself from the shadows: She said, "You leave him alone, do you hear me!?" With exception of the leader, all the Rockets were nervous. One of them said, "D-d-d-d-id y-y-you guys see that!? T-t-t-that thing came out of the floor!"
Vivian then said, "Well, are you gonna leave, or do I have to force you to!?" Clay gritted his teeth, and said, "You losers are in trouble now... I suggest you leave if you don't wanna get burned!" The group leader was tired of Clay's mouth, and was about to shoot at him again, but a burst of flames erupted on his arm, causing him to drop the gun. Vivian's hand was enveloped with flames as she had performed a small Fiery Jinx spell to stun the creep. She then turned the attack on all of the Rockets full blast.
That wasn't enough to take them out though, and the leader got his gun again. He was about to fire when a yellow blur jumped in, and yelled, "PIIIIIIIIIIKACHUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" A huge blast of electricity erupted from a small yellow mouse, and the electricity hit the Rockets hard. Then an explosion occured, sending them off into the sky. Vivian looked down at the mouse, which she knew was Pikachu. She then turned her attention to Clay, and saw Meriee there next to him trying to get the bullet out of his arm.
Clay then said, "I- (cringes) I'm glad to see you're ok Vivian. A timely assist, I must say." Meriee removed the bullet, and cast a recovery spell on Clay's arm. She then said, "You'll be ok. The spell has healed you completely, as well as removed any chance you may suffer an infection from that shot. You may need to rest a while though." Vivian then said, "Thank you Meriee, I'm glad to see your ok too."
Ash and his friends came up, and Pikachu stood next to them. Meriee, being her usual timid self hid behind Clay and Vivian. Ash then said, "Hey, we aren't gonna hurt you." Vivian then said, "He's telling the truth Meriee, you don't have to hide." Meriee came out from behind Clay slowly, but she was willing to get to know these four kids since Vivian said it was ok. Suddenly, there were sirens heard in the distance, and Clay said, "I think we should save the introductions for later. Let's get out of here and find a safe place to hide!"
Ash then said "Good idea, let's get to the forest outside of town!" Clay and Meriee followed Vivian, Ash, and Ash's friends outside of the city's view as they found themselves in the forest Ash had mentioned. When they fled, the cops were searching the area for the disturbence said to have been caused by Team Rocket chasing two kids through town. All they could find was the dropped handgun that belonged to the Rocket that shot Clay, and the bullet Meriee removed from his arm on the ground.
The cops took the dropped weapon and the bullet for testing, but other than that they had no other things to do other than go back to their daily patrol.
To be continued...
Servo: He's near the blue line, now over the blue line, NICE SAVE BY PIKACHU!!!!! (imitates crowd cheers)
Me: That made no sense...
Servo: Excuse me for adding a little football finese to Pikachu's quick rescue!
Zane: Clay's been shot!? Didn't see that coming.
Mallow: It's Team Rocket, do you expect them to be only armed with pokeballs?
Crow: To be honest, with how a lot of pokemon fanfics are done, I'm glad that they don't have live guns on the show. Seeing this happen on the show would not be a good thing.
Me: Well, they did during the very early days, but that was fixed due to the concern of parents letting their kids watch the show. They didn't want them to be scarred seeing a dangerous tool on an otherwise perfectly fine to watch anime. To be honest, I think leaving guns out of the show (the kind that fire the deadly metal bullets, as most guns used on the show had non-lethal ammo) was a wise move. I mean, it's a show for all ages, and kids usuallly watch it with their parents, so it was a good move on the part of the script writers to leave out the dangerous weapons. Of course, for those obssessed with more mature themes, there is fanfiction. I only put the gun in there to emphasize the villinous aspect of Team Rocket. Don't expect many more scenes with guns in them as I want to try to keep this as clean as possible. R&R!