At last... Chapter 10!
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Chapter 10 - Sea Warfare
Joyce hits another lever and the boat starts rumbling even more now. It's also gaining more speed now. The wind blows Joyce's hair into her face. Because she can't see anything, she starts muttering foul words. Mudkip stares at her and then gets a sweat drop on her face. Nahïm leans onto the rail of the boat, relaxing in the sun. "So... How far left to Jubilife city? I know you've always wanted to visit Sinnoh..."
Joyce tries to wipe away her hair from her face, but it's not working. She keeps muttering foul words and the boat starts swaying. Up and down the waves, almost causing Mudkip to fall. Nahïm grins: "Heh... Our little wimp really needs to watch out!" After receiving a glance from Mudkip, Nahïm walks to the door. "I'll go investigate the rest of this ship with Torchic... I bet there's a treasure aboard somewhere... Or at least a PHONE! I need to contact Delibird!" Nahïm walks away.
Joyce finally manages to get the hair back and ties it immediately, to make sure it doesn't happen again. She realizes what her partner in crime just said and responds: "Sure... Go ahead..." After a big sigh she focuses back to steering the boat. After a short while, Nahïm comes running back towards Joyce. "Does this thing have an autopilot? Because there are a lot of pokémon down there... And they seem angry..." Joyce shakes her head and pushes a button with a little puppet on it. "Guess it does have autopilot..." she says when the boat steers itself. A sweat drop appears on her face. If only she found that button before...
"Well now... Mudkip, you stay here and be our lookout!" Joyce points at Mudkip. Mudkip jumps on the control panel and nods. Joyce nods at Nahïm: "Show the way partner!" Nahïm nods back at Joyce and leads the way. When they scurry down the biggest part of the way, Nahïm puts on a hold abruptly. He pushes Joyce to the wall and takes a peek at the rest of the hall. "Okay... Down here..." Nahïm jumps down the stairs, Joyce follows. As she wants to walk on, its Nahïm again who stops her. "What are you doing?" She tries to pull loose, but Nahïm stops her. He puffs: "I'm checking the surroundings..." As Nahïm lets go and starts to peek again, Joyce does the same.
"See... Those Golduck over there are guarding that door... I want to know what's behind it!" Nahïm sighs. Joyce thinks out loud: "How come we haven't seen them before on the ship? It ain't that large..." She takes a step forwards and jumps in the middle of the hallway. Nahïm is just out of reach for her. "Hey you!" The Golducks turns around as Joyce points at them. Nahïm mumbles in himself: "I have this crazy hunch we aren't alone... Like we're being watched..." Joyce ignores Nahïm and throws a pokéball. Belossom appears out of it. "Belossom, charge Solarbeam!" Joyce shouts. Nahïm nods.
"Okay, into the fray! Ninjask, go! Support Belossom in every way you can!" Nahïm shouts while throwing a pokéball. While Belossom dances, charging Solarbeam, the Golducks seem have noticed the plan of attack. One of them rushes towards Belossom with Ice Punch. Ninjask flies between the Golduck and Belossom, using Protect. The Golduck bounces back, but now the next one comes. Belossom dodges it and fires her Solarbeam at it. Nahïm laughs: "That's one! I'll do the other! Ninjask, Swords Dance, then Aerial Ace!" Ninjask does as he's told and starts doing his attacks. When he uses his Aerial Ace on the other Golduck, it's a one-hit KO. Belossom starts dancing, using Sweet Scent to see if there''s anything or anyone else on the ship. The door team Rocket wants to open, now opens itself.
As it's creaking loudly, Nahïm sees shadows moving. "Erm, I suddenly feel kind of strange... Do you?" Joyce gets speechless: "Erm... Sure if you mean that... That... That..." A sweat drop appears on her face. Belossom faints instantly, for no reason at all, it seems. Then, out of nowhere... A Gengar pops out of the wall. It startles Joyce, causing her to bump into Nahïm backwards. This causes them both to fall hard onto the ground. "Eek!" Joyce shouts. Nahïm rubs his butt and mumbles: "Ouch..." As they get up, Nahïm thinks out loud: "You know... That fall hurted more than it should have..." Joyce blushes: "Erm, yeah... Sorry... I gained wight... Ate to much chocolate..."
"Ugh, you bag of blubber!" Nahïm sighs. Joyce gets angered: "Why you!!" Her face gets covered with anger markings. Instead of using her partner as a punch bag, Joyce rushes towards Gengar. She desperately tries to hit it, though when it disappears she crashes against the nearest wall. She slides down the wall onto the ground, as being KO'd. Nahïm laughs out loud, not paying attention. The Gengar pops out of the wall behind him, with glowing eyes. Nahïm instantly falls asleep. The Gengar laughs, then disappears.
As Joyce regains her senses, she shakes her head. She searches for her partner and finds him sleeping on the ground. He doesn't seem to wake up anytime soon, so she starts slapping him in the face. "Hey you! Sleepyhead! Wake UP!!" she shouts as she punches him really hard. Nahïm wakes up, not to brightly: "OUCH!!" Joyce gets to her feet and makes a dance of joy. "Yay I woke up the sleepyhead!!" Nahïm sighs and rubs his face where Joyce punched him. That's going to be a blue stain all right... "Well... At least I'm awake..." he growls at himself.
Then they hear the boat crashing. Joyce tries to keep her balance, though fails and bumps into Nahïm again. Then Mudkip comes rolling down the stairs. Joyce gets on her feet and starts shouting: "Mudkip, what did you do? You idiot! I told you to..." In the middle of her outburst, the Gengar appears once more. Now he grabs Mudkip and makes a run for it. Joyce's face gets covered in anger markings as she storms up the stairs shouting: "You poltergeist! Let go of my Mudkip! NOW!!" Little steaming clouds come from her head as she keeps on chasing the Gengar.
In the meanwhile, the boat starts to fill up with water. Nahïm comes running up the deck and pulls Joyce at her arm. "WE'RE SINKING!!" he shouts. He actually shouted so hard, Joyce gets dizzy. "Oh goody..." she responds with a neutral look on her face. "Well, don't just STAND there! Get the wimp back!" Nahïm pushes her forwards, but Joyce starts playing with the water. As Nahïms words get trough, she responds: "WHAT DID YOU SAY ABOUT MUDKIP?!" The little cheering girl suddenly turns into a big angry monster. Nahïm takes a step back: "No time for this nonsense, UNDERSTAND?!" Nahïm throws a pokéball and Vaporeon comes popping out.
"Vaporeon, seal that hole with your Ice Beam!!" Vaporeon shoots an ice beam from its mouth. The flowing water starts to freeze. Joyce also throws a pokéball, but here Absol comes popping out. "Absol, help Vaporeon!" Unfortunately, that's not the only pokémon who comes popping out... Dratini comes out cheering, hugging Joyce. "Damn, Dratini! NOT NOW!!" A sweat drop appears on her face. Joyce gets up her feet and with Dratini wrapped around her, she rushes back to the deck. There she sees Gengar. "Curse you! Gengar!" Joyce starts charging at him. When he disappears and reappears again, Dratini hits him with Thunder Wave. Gengar freezes and Joyce throws a snag ball. Mudkip tumbles down the stairs again, for the Gengar let her fall down.
The ball wobbles for a while, then it pings. Water rises and makes the Snag ball sink. Joyce mutters swearing and then takes a deep breath. She dives down to get it. In the meanwhile, Nahïm is trying his best to stop the water from entering the boat. Vaporeon and Absol both use Ice Beam, but the water is too powerful. It keeps breaking the ice they shoot. "Gee, I wonder what Joyce is doing... Did she manage to save Mudkip?" Then, out of nowhere... The Golducks appear and start using Ice Punch on the hole. This time, the water isn't strong enough. Luckily, the water stops entering the boat and the ice layer gets thicker and thicker. Nahïm rushes to the deck, looking for Joyce.
He sees her bag floating on the surface of the sea. She fell in! Behind Nahïm, Mudkip comes rushing up on deck. Without hesitation, she jumps into the water to save her trainer. Mudkip swims underneath Joyce and starts swimming up again. Joyce is KO'd and can't swim herself. The weight of them both makes Mudkip sink as she almost reaches the boat. She pushes Joyce up a bit, so she can just breathe some air. Then she dives down and makes the bag fly back to the ship, just in front of Nahïms feet. Then she goes back to Joyce again, trying to save her. Mudkips head turns bright red. It's not working. No, she won't loose her trainer! She WONT!!
Nahïm sees the bag and pulls out a rope. He is about to swing it into the water as he sees a bright light coming out of it. "What's that? Joyce? Joyce!?" He rushes to the rail and then sees a big shadow under his partner... He throws the rope to Joyce's body. He is surprised when he sees a Marshstomp catching it in its mouth. He shakes his head and shouts: "Come on everybody, PULL!!" In the water, the Marshstomp tries its best to swim as hard as she can. Nahïm sees only Joyce's legs still in the water. He shrieks when he sees the Marshstomp in front of him, clinging onto the rail. Nahïm sticks out his hand and takes Joyce's.
He pulls with all his might and gets her out. Unfortunately, Joyce's Dratini slides off as she's being pulled in. Marshstomp sees it falling and tries to reach it, but it just slips away... As Marshstomp gets on deck, she sees a Taillow and Ninjask holding Dratini. They saved her just in time! Dratini is put next to Joyce on deck. Marshstomp starts pushing on Joyce's chest as long as it takes to make her breathe again. Absol does the same with Dratini, but less graceful. She just stomps on Dratini, wich causes such shock it has to wake up. Absol grins and goes to lay in a corner.
Water bursts out of Joyce's mouth as she breathes. Joyce sees her Marshstomp above her and hugs it. "You ... You saved me... Didn't you?!" Marshstomp laughs. A sign to Joyce, it's a yes. "Hmm, finally awake huhn?" Nahïm says sceptically. "About time..." Joyce gets up her feet, supported by Marshstomp. She stumbles towards Nahïm. With a mad face she turns away from him again. Nahïm grabs her elbow and laughs. "So there's something different about the wimp... It's bigger and she's somewhat darker colored..." Joyce waves him away and laughs: "Yes, she evolved." With a proud face, Joyce pets Marshstomp.
Nahïm turns around as he hears a mad chirping sound. It's Torchic. "Hmm, Torchic? What's with you?" Torchic chirps madly, and keeps pointing at Marshstomp. Joyce laughs out loud: "Torchic is angry because Mudkip evolved before he did!" She keeps laughing, then has to flee for a huge fire stream comes after her. Nahïm sighs. "Serves you right for insulting my friend. I bet he could cream your wimpy Marshstomp any time!" Joyce glances at him. Marshstomp glances at Torchic.
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Hopefully, the next chapter will be made soon.
Since my friend has a lot on his mind, it'll take some time...