Chapter 18 Showdown in Pastoria! Will Aqua Finally be Taken Down?
Wake, Bertha, and Flint returned to the hotel to tell the others what happened and how Eliza got kidnapped by Aqua.
"Damn it! Why did they have to take her?" Marty asked.
"Besides her, who knows how long they will take us." Maritza said.
"What should we do?" Harper asked.
"We better find her or Aqua will do something worse to her." Flint said.
"Wait, doesn't she have her PokeGear on her?" Bertha asked.
"Yeah, she always does." Marty answered.
"We should try and call her and see where she is." Bertha said.
"good idea." Flint said and took out his and dialed Eliza's number.
Meanwhile, Shelly and John found their teammates at the house before storm clouds rolled in and with a defeat.
"I guess we lost again?" Ike asked.
"Yep, those guys are hard to beat especially with Wake." John answered.
"So, how's our prisoner?" Shelly asked.
"Rusty's taking care of her by giving her some of the of the leftover food we had from our travels." Ike answered.
"Good, at least she's being fed." Shelly said.
"In the meantime, what should we do with her?" John asked.
"Take her back with us ." she answered.
"What?" Ike asked.
"I thought you wanted her taken out." John said.
"I did, but I think it would be a lot better we take her to Archie, I think she will make a great addition to the team." She said with a smile.
"Not a bad idea, I seen her water PokeMon and they are pretty strong." Ike said.
"It's decided then." Shelly said.
"What about her friends? What if they get on our trail?" Ike asked.
"We'll take them out, this time we won't hold back." Shelly said.
They nodded.
Eliza finished eating and Rusty came to take the plate away and said, "Finally, you sure know how to eat slowly."
She was silent as he took it.
"Doesn't matter, you're fed anyways." He said and took it and was about to leave.
"Look Rusty, you shouldn't be in this team! You belong with us, I mean me, Harper, the twins, we are more of your friends than these guys!" Eliza yelled.
Rusty slapped her and yelled, "Shut up! You don't know what you're talking about!"
"The Rusty I know wouldn't have done that to me." She said with tears in her voice.
He was silent as he left.
Eliza lied down on the floor and heard her PokeGear ring and took it out and saw it was Flint and said, "Flint! I am so glad to see you!"
"Are you alright? You look like you have a bruise on your cheek." He said.
"I will be, how is everyone?" she asked.
"doing alright, we are calling to check on you, is there anyone around you?" he asked.
"No, I am alone right now."
"Listen to me, you need to get out of the place they are holding you!"
"Huh? What about getting Rusty back?"
"Nevermind that now, just save yourself." He told her and hung up.
She put her PokeGear away and sighed. She waited until the Aqua members to fall asleep and started to escape. She Got out by climbing through a window and noticed that she was in a marshy area of the city.
"Damn it, I am going to get back to the hotel?" she asked.
She heard thunder over head.
"Great, rain is on its way, I better get started." She said and started walking.
It started to pour and she kept on walking and ended up lost.
"Great, this just peachy! I am lost now! How the hell Flint expects me to get back in one piece?" she asked.
"Good question, you won't!" she heard and turned to see the members of Team Aqua and gasped.
Meanwhile, Eliza's friends were walking through the rain trying to find her.
"Usually we would be inside waiting for her." Maritza said as she walked and held her umbrella.
"She's our friend and we must make sure her safety is in our hands and she would do the same if it was one of us." Marty told her.
"this is true, she did agree to get Rusty back after all." Maritza said.
They kept on walking and they heard a scream as they got close to the Great Marsh.
"did you hear that?" Harper asked.
"Yeah, let's go and see who screamed!" Flint exclaimed and they ran in the direction of the scream.
They got to the location where they saw Team Aqua fighting against Eliza and saw that they took out her Buizel.
"No Soaker!" she yelled and returned him.
"Eliza!" she heard.
She turned and saw her friends with Bertha, Flint, and Wake.
"About damn time you guys! I almost got lost here and getting my ass kicked here!" Eliza yelled.
"So, these guys finally arrived!" Ike exclaimed.
"Shut up you fox-faced freak, I am going to take you down for whaat you did to me back in Celestic! Go Soar!" Harper yelled and sent out her Golbat.
"Very well then, return my Walrain!" Ike exclaimed and returned it. "Now go Octillery!"
"I will take care of Ike, you guys try to get the others!" Harper told them.
"Right, I will go after that John guy! Go Spritzer!" Maritza yelled and sent out her Ampoleon.
"I will get the commander then! Go Branch!" Marty yelled and sent out his Leafeon.
"Very well geek, let's see what you got!" Shelly exclaimed.
"Then that leaves Rusty to me! I haven't used him for a while and needs some exercise! Go Shells!" Eliza yelled and sent out her Blastoise.
"A Blastoise? You think that will get me back?" Rusty asked.
"You were a friend of ours and you don't need to be on this team! Shells use your hydro pump!" Eliza yelled.
"Starmie dodge it and use your water gun!" Rusty yelled.
Starmie dodged the attack and retaliated .
"Withdraw Shells!"
Shells went into his shell and doged it.
The two PokeMon kept on fighting along with the other PokeMon with the the other Aqua members. After a few hits, Marty managed to beat Shelly's Walrain.
"Return Walrain!" Shelly yelled and returned it.
"Yes! One victory down for my team!" Marty exclaimed.
"Enjoy your victory now, I will make you suffer!" Shelly exclaimed and pulled out her sword.
"Oh great! I never came with one! Return Branch!" Marty exclaimed and returned his leafeon and braced himself. Shelly charged at him and took a swing.
John kept on trying to take out Maritza's Ampoleon but she had it strike back at his Kingler. When Kingler got tired out Maritza yelled out, "Now Spritzer use dizzy punch!"
Spritzer did as he was told and took out Kingler.
"Return Kingler! You bitch you took out my Kingler!" John yelled.
"You got it, now let go of our buddy Rusty!" Maritza yelled.
"I think not!" John yelled and took out his sword. "He is better off with us!"
She gasped.
Harper was still going at Ike's Octillery and was able to take it out with a fury cutter.
"Damn it!" Ike exclaimed and returned his Octillery.
"Give up?" Harper asked. "Or you want more?"
"Of course I do, now it's time for you to die!" Ike yelled and pulled out his sword and charged at her.
"I am so glad I bought this from the antique shop yesterday!" Harper exclaimed and pulled out a dagger and blocked the sword.
Both Blastoise and Starmie were starting to get tired out from their fight.
"Give up?" Eliza asked.
"No, I won't give up yet." Rusty answered.
"Look at you, you changed after those three came back to the house earlier before my escape! You turned into a major asshole and it feels like you don't remember our times together and also how you cared for your Pokemon, you were one of the nicest guys I know and you lead me to the twins as well!" Eliza yelled.
"Shut up! How can you talk to me like that?" Rusty asked.
"What if you saw one of your Pokemon yourself?" Flint asked as he came out from one of the trees.
"What do you mean?" Rusty asked.
Flint tossed Sparkplug's Pokeball and he came out and was looking paler than usual.
"Sparkplug?" he asked.
"Don't forget about your Starraptor." Bertha said and tossed Breeze's Pokeball.
Breeze came out and was having a worried look on its face.
"Breeze?"
"Last and but not least, your newest one, your Turtwig." Wake said and tossed Leafy's Pokeball and he came out growling a bit.
"Leafy."
"Ever since you left back at Lake Valor, these three were worried about you even though Leafy was kind of mad at you, but they were worried that you've abandoned them." Eliza said.
Rusty was silent.
"What are you going to do Rusty? Stay with these guys or leave the team?" Flint asked.
"He's going to stay with us of course." They heard and saw Archie ccome out.
"Archie?" rusty asked.
"I was worried about you all and heard that you were here in Pastoria and came to find you all." He answered.
"You're the one who leads the team?" bertha asked.
"You got it!" Archie answered. "I think it's time for me and the others to go, come on Rusty, let's get the others."
"No…" he said.
"What?" Archie asked.
"I said no." he answered.
"Rai?"
"tur?"
"Star?"
"I am done with this! You do nothing but hurt people and their Pokemon and my Pokemon have been hurt enough! Sparkplug?"
His Raichu came over.
"Now zap him!" Rusty yelled.
Sparkplug sent a huge jolt of lightning and it hit Archie and he screamed. Not only that, with the rain, it also zapped everyone else that was nearby and along with a few trees. When the lightning was done they fell over and caused the ground to shake.
"What was that?" Maritza asked.
"I don't know, but we should see what happened!" Marty answered.
The both of them started to run.
Harper nodded and put the dagger away and followed.
Flint coughed and saw that he, Bertha, and Wake were underneath a cage of branches.
"What the? When did trees fall?" he asked and then remembered what happened. "Damn, that Raichu has some great power!"
"Eliza!" he heard and saw the others run over.
"Hey!" he yelled.
"Whoa, what happened here?" Marty asked.
"Rusty's Raichu struck us and then the trees all around us to take out that Archie guy and they fell over." Flint answered.
"What? Where are Rusty and Eliza now?" Harper asked.
"I don't know, but I have a feeling they won't be alone." Flint answered and looked at the murky waters of the marsh.