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Chapter 8 – Smelly madness with Muk
Nahïm kicks away his chair: "Ah, nice… My belly is filled up, so… Let's go! Or haven't you finished yet?" Joyce gets up as well and grabs her slushy. "No, I'm done all right!" She looks at the table, Mudkip is on it. She looks green, lets out a burp and a weird "Mud…" with a pitiful voice. Joyce: "Oh god! You ate to much ice! Go rest in your pokéball!" With an angry face she points it towards Mudkip. Nahïm looks at Joyce and says: "Okay, she looked gross…" Joyce ignores him and picks up her bag. She turns to Nahïm: "Well, what're you waiting for? Let's go!" Joyce runs outside. Nahïm runs after her. Together they stop in front of a huge building. They have arrived at Devon Corp. Joyce gapes: "Phew… It's so big!!" Nahïm says: "I don't care about that! Let's go in!" And with that he walks on. Joyce follows. They arrive at a closed door.
Joyce gets a sweat drop and says: "Mm closed…" She turns around and looks at the sky. Its pitch dark now. Good for them, for otherwise someone would have noticed them breaking in. Nahïm touches it and mumbles: "We must blast this door open!" Then he turns to Joyce: "You should freeze it with Absol's Ice Beam…" Joyce lets out Absol and commands her to use Ice Beam. She whispers: "Do it silently please… No doubt there's security here…" Nahïm starts grinning: "Well, about the security… They're good targets for my newest friend!" He moves aside his jacket and his belt is revealed. He points at the one with Gyarados in it. Joyce nods. Absol freezes the door. Nahïm picks the pokéball with Vaporeon in it and throws it. "Vaporeon, smash it with Iron Tail!" Vaporeon's tail starts to shine and a big crash is heard. The door is completely smashed!
"I said… SILENTLY!!" Joyce says with an angry face. Nahïm pulls up his shoulders and says: "Security won't hear us… They'll only react on the alarms…" Joyce gets even more angry: "You think so? Sure… They won't hear us… Though they WILL SEE US!!" She madly points at a video camera. Nahïm sighs: "Vaporeon, freeze and smash that camera please… Make sure you aren't detected…"
Footsteps are heard in the corridor nearby. Joyce shouts: "SHIT!" She takes Nahïms hand and together hide behind a pillar. Then she whispers: "Guess they saw us huhn…" She gets a sweat drop and returns Absol in its pokéball. Then she throws Belossom's and whispers: "Belossom, use Sleep Powder!" Nahïm folds his arms together and shakes his head: "Finally! Seems that your brains are frozen… Thanks to that slushy!" He points at the empty can Joyce is still holding. She throws it over her left shoulder. It nearly touches one of the red security lines. Nahïm sighs. Joyce gets a sweat drop on her face. "So it would seem," she responds.
Belossom is in front of the guard now. The guard pets her and says: "Hey sweet little fella!" Belossom starts dancing, using Sleep Powder… Guard: "Yes… Very… Sweet…" Joyce and Nahïm see the guard falling on the ground and he starts snoring. Joyce walks to the guard and nods. "Well, wich way? Let's go!" Nahïm rubs his chin. "Okay… The fossil restoring lab is on the second floor. And the stairs are on your left…" Joyce starts walking to the right. Nahïm goes on: "… And we need to take care of the guards there… That lab is heavily guarded… But I guess Gyarados can take care of that…" Joyce stops and turns around. She sees Nahïm walking the other way. She shouts: "Hey wait!" and starts running the other way.
Nahïm: "Mm, I thought I heard something… Must be the wind…" Joyce stops running and bumps into a pillar. She falls to the ground, and says: "Ouch…" Belossoms pokéball rolls out of Joyce's bag. Belossom comes out and pulls Nahïms shirt. She points and says: "Bella, bella!" Nahïm looks at the little pokémon pulling his shirt. "Eh? What is it?" Belossom points at Joyce, laying on the ground in front of a pillar. "Bella, bella!" Nahïm gets a sweat drop on his face and lifts his shoulders. "Oh right…" Belossom gets a sweat drop. Joyce groans. Nahïm goes on: "Hey Joyce… Rise and shine!" When that doesn't work, Belossom tries. She touches Joyce. Joyce groans again. Then Belossom slaps Joyce. This works good… Or not… Joyce shouts: "OUCH!!" Then she gets up. Belossom starts running, Joyce chasing her. They run over the stairs and reach the first floor.
"I'll get you! You little…" Joyce shouts. Belossom puts herself onto a hold and starts charging her Solarbeam. Now Joyce runs the other way, screaming: "Aaaack!!" Nahïm comes running over the stairs. Then he shouts: "Hey, quit it! You'll set off the alarm!!" Joyce and Belossom stop fooling around and both look at Nahïm. They both look confused and say: "Huhn?" Then, suddenly, out of nowhere, there are loud beeps. It's the alarm. Nahïm's face gets covered with anger markings and shouts towards them: "THERE YOU HAVE IT!! Go, go, go, go, go to the lab!!" He waves his arms and starts running. Belossom and Joyce both get a sweat drop. Then they also start running. Belossom is still charging her Solarbeam, and when guards block their way, she shoots it at full force. Nahïm commands Vaporeon: "Water Gun, now!" Vaporeon comes running to the guards. They avoid Belossoms Solar Beam, though get wet because of Vaporeon.
"Vaporeon, use Ice Beam on the floor!!" Nahïm shouts. Then, the whole floor freezes. Joyce nearly falls, and when she does… She drags Nahïm along. When laying on the ground she shouts: "Why did you do that?!" Nahïm gets up and points at the guards: "See them? They're stuck!" He giggles. Joyce gets up as well and sees the guards too. "Mm, ice cubes!!" She walks to them and starts licking the ice. Nahïm gets a sweat drop and says: "Okay… Lets slip ahead shall we?" He starts skating, as does his Vaporeon. Joyce and Mudkip slide forwards on their butt, when they fall again. Well, at least they go forward this way… Just when they almost reach the stairs to the second floor, they hear heavy footsteps. It's an Aggron.
Joyce hides behind the very first pillar she spots. Mudkip follows. Joyce releases Belossom out of her pokéball and whispers: "Use Sleep Powder!" Nahïm gets a sweat drop: "Okay…" The Aggron falls down and starts snoring loudly. The ground starts shaking. Is the Aggron really snoring that hard? Nope, it's another one! Joyce was ever so proud on making it sleep, though when the other one appears she lets herself fall to the ground. "SHIT! Not another?? Pleaseeee" Nahïm grabs one of his pokéballs, enlarges it and says: "I'll cover that! Torchic, go!" Joyce waves when Torchic appears. After that, she goes to slap and kick the sleeping Aggron. Belossom and Mudkip start doing the same. Dratini also gets out of her pokéball and wraps herself around Joyce. Joyce gets a sweat drop.
"Vaporeon, soak them with Water Gun!" Joyce throws Absol's pokéball and shouts: "Thunderbolt!" When the Aggron is soaking wet, Absol makes the water static. As the Aggron is paralyzed, Nahïm shouts: "Okay, now! RUN!!" He runs to the stairs and starts climbing it. Joyce puts all of her pokémon back into their pokéballs and gets up immediately. Except for Mudkip then, she always runs free. They both run over the stairs and reach Nahïm. Joyce grabs to her nose: "Eeeeew!! What's that smell?!" Nahïm nods, he's already holding his nose closed. "It stinks so badly…!" Mudkip points down the hall and jumps up. Joyce and Nahïm try to see what's up ahead. Then a huge sludgy thing comes sliding forward. Joyce walks backwards and grabs her pokédex. "Eeeeew!! What's that!!"
"Muk. The sludge pokémon. Thickly covered with a filthy, vile sludge. It's so toxic, even its footprints contain poison." Joyce grabs to her mouth with her other hand. Mudkip walks back. Joyce: "Aaaack!! I think I'm gonna have to puke!" Mudkip tries to use her Water Gun, though faints right away because of the foul smell. Nahïm throws Torhic's pokéball and says: "Mm… Ember?" Torchic gets out of the pokéball and faints right away as well. Joyce and Nahïm both get a sweat drop. Then Joyce throws Absol's pokéball and Absol comes jumping out. Absol still stands, she ignores the smell. "Use your Thunderbolt!!" Joyce says. Absol uses Thunderbolt. Though Muk shakes it off. Nahïm looks confused: "Wait… Did that attack some damage? It doesn't look like it did… You know…" Joyce gets a sweat drop.
"Right… Well then… What way again?" Joyce asks Nahïm. He points towards the Muk. "That way…" he mumbles. Joyce gets another sweat drop. "We need to pass that Muk…" Nahïm says with a shaking voice. Joyce puts all of her pokémon back in their balls, except for Mudkip… Again. She picks up Mudkip and walks backwards. "Okay… Here we go then…" Joyce hesitates. She takes a leap… And jumps over Muk. She slips on his trail though, and falls on the ground. She gets up and rubs her butt. Then, Muk turns around and grabs Joyce. Joyce yells: "Aaaack!!" Muk holds her above his head and then throws her. Joyce crashes against a door. "Is this the right door…?" she mumbles.
Nahïm nods. "Nope, the door we need is bigger! Okay… I'll handle this! Gyarados now! It's your turn!" He lets out his Gyarados. Gyarados starts charging his Hyper Beam when Nahïm tells him to. Joyce gets up. "Absol… Please go help him…" she shouts when standing up. She starts sniffing around with Mudkip in the corridor. Nahïm nods. "Absol, use your Snatch! Muk has to defend himself with Acid Armor so…" Absol is ready to snatch Muk's attack. Joyce puts a hold to her pas. Mudkip knocks on a big door. "Mm.. I think I found it!!" Joyce winks. Nahïm nods. "Good job Joyce!!" he winks back. Joyce pushes the door.
Gyarados fires his Hyper Beam. Muk reacts by using Acid Armor. Absol's Snatch gets activated. So now, it's Absol who uses Acid Armor. The Hyper Beam scores a direct hit and Muk gets KO'd. "Okay Gyarados, good job! Return!" he nods. Gyarados goes back in his pokéball. Joyce doesn't get the door open, so she quickly throws a pokéball to Muk. The pokéball starts beeping and Joyce continues pushing the door. The pokéball pings. Joyce walks to it and picks it up. "Blech! Giovanni is soooo gonna get THIS ONE!!" she says. She holds it as far away as she can, and holds her nose tight with her other hand. She grabs her bag and opens the zipper. She holds her breath, for she only has two hands… She quickly puts the pokéball in her bag and closes the zipper.
She takes a deep breath of clean air. Then she sighs and goes on with pushing the door. Nahïm walks to her and pushes her aside. He pulls the door and shows Joyce the way in. Joyce gets a sweat drop. All that time of pushing… If she'd pulled, she'd be in already… She walks in, Mudkip follows. Nahïm gets inside as well. "Okay, grab the fossils!" he says while running to the window. He looks outside. Joyce walks towards a table and sees fossils laying there. She picks up the Root fossils and searches around for others as well. When she finds any Claw fossils, she walks to Nahïm. She touches his shoulder and he turns around. Joyce hands him the Claw fossils. Nahïm puts them in his bag and winks to her.
"Lets see if there are any others!" he nods. Joyce and Mudkip start searching the room. They look at every book, every cabin. "Mm okay… Mudkip, you help me brilliantly!!" Joyce winks. Mudkip nods and winks back. Mudkip carefully searches the ground for anything. Nahïm lets out his Torchic. "You go help them searching!" he says to Torchic. Then he lets out Ninjask to scan the skies. Absol walks to the door and goes to sit on her butt. Joyce gets a sweat drop when looking at Absol. "Mm… Guess you guard the door then?" she nods. Absol roars and stares down the hallway. Nahïm turns back to Ninjask. "I'll set up our escape!!" he mumbles. Ninjask buzzes in the air, ready to do something for his trainer.
"Take this rope," he says, while getting it out of his own bag. "Fly down and attach it to a tree! Then later we can slide down!" Nahïm nods to Ninjask. Ninjask buzzes: "Nin! Nin!" Mudkip pulls Joyce's skirt and points at a cabin. They haven't looked at that one yet. It's close to Nahïm. Joyce walks to it. Mudkip now pulls Nahïm's shirt. "What now wimp?" he shouts, when looking down at Mudkip. Mudkip gets annoyed and slaps him. Then she points at the cabin next to Nahïm. "Hey!! I just call them how I see them… What's wrong with that?" Nahïm angrily responds when Joyce giggles. Mudkips face looks like a tomato now. "Mm, dunno… Nothing I guess… Though I think Mudkip doesn't like it…" she giggles. Then she turns her attention to Mudkip. "Mudkip, stop it! You look like a blowfish that way!" she shouts at Mudkip. Mudkip kicks Nahïm and walks back to Joyce.
Nahïm opens the cabin Mudkip was pointing to. He finds a Helix and Dome fossil. Joyce kneels down, just in time! Evolutionary stones fall out of the cabin when it's opened. Joyce catches all kinds of stones; Fire, Water, Grass, Moon, Sun, Thunder… Even an Oval stone and Dusk stone. "JACKPOT!" Nahïm shouts when he sees Joyce with full hands. Joyce looks at Nahïm and nods. She quickly puts them in her bag. "Yes, good idea! Put them away before those other pokémon get here!" Nahïm shouts. "I'm out!!" he shouts when sliding down the rope. Mudkip jumps out of the window and grabs the rope. She also slides down.
Joyce still is in the building. She is trying to close her bag. She stuffs it all further into her bag, though can't close the zipper! She pulls and pulls, but it won't budge. The two Aggron from before reach the room Joyce is in. "Luckily we're outside!! And about going out…" he nods to Mudkip. Just as they are about to walk away from the building they hear a scream. It's Joyce. "Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!!" she shouts. She falls backwards and the zipper closes.
"Gyarados, Hyper Beam! Torchic, Ember! Blow up that building!" he shouts. Apparently he doesn't realize Joyce isn't out yet… The building blows up with a blast and Joyce comes flying trough the air. She lands in a flower bedding. "O wow…" she groans. She reaches to a flower. Before she can grab it, she gets overrun by a group of Budew, Roselia and Roserade… Mudkip gets a sweat drop on her face as she walks next to Nahïm. The flowers are all crushed and Joyce cries out loud.
"Okay, lets go! There's a car there! We must get to it!" Nahïm says. He starts running to it and jumps in. He pulls out the threads of the dashboard and connects the two yellow ones. The car starts with a rumble. He puts his foot on the gas-pedal and drives off. When he sees Joyce laying in the crushed flower bedding he shouts: "JOYCE!! We don't have time for this! We must escape!!" Joyce starts crawling towards the car, clearly in pain. After all, getting overrun by a whole group ain't just anything… Mudkip grabs her arm and pulls. Joyce gets in, though Mudkip falls out. Joyce is KO'd at the next bump in the road. Mudkip runs behind the car… After letting her run about 15 minutes, she's KO. Nahïm stops the car, picks her up and puts her next to Joyce.
Then… They drive off to their next destination…
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