Chapter 15- Slug and Slo
Waking up was always a pain for me. I loved sleeping normally I got all the quiet time I needed then. But wait why was I sleeping? I was trying to find Togepi and I was carrying Totodile not sleeping. I willed myself to wake up.
"Hey Slug what are we going to do about her?" A slow and delayed voice asked. I thought I was listening to Bullwinkle here.
"I don't know yet. She knows nothing yet. Maybe if we leave her here she'll be found sooner or later." The man named Slug replied.
"But what if she's a spy or something." The voice said again.
"If she's a spy Slo. We'll have to get rid of her." I shuddered and was glad I wasn't a spy. But wait how would they know? I was still in danger. Right now I wished that I could be home with my mom. Wait! Either today or yesterday was mother's day! I totally forgot!
I tried moving and was successful. Wasn't I supposed to be immobile? I started to doubt these men were a threat.
"Hey Slug be careful of that Slowpoke! We need it's tail perfect." They were poachers and they were cutting of the tails of the pokemon for profit. The monsters!
"Look Slo that girl is waking up! What do we do?" The man panicked as I made a fatal mistake of moving as if I were awake his direction.
"She can't do anything right now. Hurry up and get these tails cut." It was time to wake up now. I looked around as quick as I could Totodile stood right next to me with a muzzle on and I could see poor Togepi in a cage. Togepi was fine with it but then I noticed all the sad and depressed Slowpoke who lost their tail.
"Stop it right now." I stood up trying to put on my brave face but of course I didn't really have any sense of bravery right now. The men just laughed at me and got closer like a fearful animal I backed up.
"What are you going to do about it punk?" The man named Slo laughed. What was I going to do about it? I had no power over them like Leif did. But what I did was a little power that may be enough to stop these thugs.
"Go Bellsprout!" The men looked at me if I were crazy. They stopped and stared at my pokemon, which wobbled uncertainly. They then laughed I was sure they thought it a joke.
"That twig is going to stop us?" Slo laughed maliciously. "Then let's pull some weeds Slug." He held out a pokeball and I waited to see what it was going to be. Out came two pokemon. No fair! They can't use two pokemon.
I started to get goosebumps. Wait? Why goosebumps I wasn't that scared about dumb and dumber here. I looked down to see a pinkish pig at my feet. It was a slowpoke still bleeding from tail docking. It looked at me and smiled, I thought that Slowpoke were slow! But that was beyond the point the point was now that there was a Snubull and a Grimer both looking to fight.
"Vine whip!" Bellsprout sprung at the two pokemon with it's green vines and struck multiple times at the ruffians. The Slowpoke quickly zipped over to aid my pokemon. It growled at the two that cut its tail off, I could understand that one because I would do the same if I were in his shoes.
"Bellsprout use tackle!" I ordered. The Slowpoke followed with a water gun. The two pokemon were forced back. By this time my Totodile finally figured out how to get his muzzle off.
"Grimer use mud shot!" Slo ordered.
"Snubull use growl!" Slug replied.
"Slug use attacks that actually hurt your opponents!" Slo barked at poor Slug. Even though they were poachers I felt pity for the poor guy.
"But I thought growl was an attack." He whined.
"No it's not it does nothing." He growled. "Now use an attack!"
"Okay Snubull use Bite!" Slowpoke quickly dodged the attack and gave Snubull a body slam. Grimer stood there staring dumbfounded at the Slowpoke. He like any other had expected a slower pokemon.
"What?" Slo gasped. "Mud shot!" The pokemon took aim. I stood there waiting for impact on my pokemon but again Slowpoke beat them to the punch. The pokemon were shoved back more. The men decided they were out of their league and turned to retreat. I laughed in victory and totally forgot about my Togepi. Togepi! I ran to the cage and unlocked the door. The small pokemon crawled up into my arms and started to cry. I rocked my pokemon in my arms and felt so much relief that my pokemon was returned. Who knew what those two chuckleheads would of done to my Togepi.
The Slowpoke that helped came up to me and looked at the little Togepi in my arms. I had an idea what he was going to ask. So I helped him by verifying it.
"Slowpoke do you want to come?" I asked and in reply the pokemon jumped into my free arm. I almost dropped both of them but managed to balance them both. I reached into my pocket for a pokeball then into my giant bag. I found one last one.
I threw it at him and he accepted it with open arms. The ball rocked for a short time then clicked.
I tried to remember all the pokemon I had caught on my trip so far. Let's see here I had a Shiny yet mentally slow Totodile, a crybaby Bellsprout, a naughty Togepi, an enigmatic Unown, and a speedy/tailess Slowpoke. What else could a girl ever want?
I started my venture out of the well expecting to see the police lights and thousands of officers surrounding the well. But it was actually quiet as I went up. Bug Boy did end up bringing a few officers including their head officer Jenny and even Leif was there. I discovered this when my favorite person assisted me out of the well.
Leif looked at me in disbelief and excused me from the investigation after a few questions. Now what would I do? I thought it'd be right to go to the pokemon center first so Slowpoke could get something for his tail or lack of tail.
Nurse Joy did treat Slowpoke and all the other victims they were all either relocated or adopted by someone who pitied them and wanted them to have a decent life. But by Slowpokes power and determination I had no doubts he would be fine despite the tail loss.
When it was time to leave the center I gathered all my pokemon and tried to get out the door. The reason I tried to and not succeeded was I felt someone bump into me. I shrugged it off and kept walking until I realized something really drastic. My belt with my pokeballs were gone!