A/N: Last time, the three group manages to find two starter Pokemon, but Tracey's attempt to rescue a fourth resulted in them both getting stuck in a well. Will the others get them out and find the remaining Pokemon? And what other sabotage does the Snob Squad have planned? Find out on Part 3, starting now!
Run, Pokémon, Run: Part 3
Throughout one the halls of ToonSchool, Tony's group continued to search the classrooms and closets they could, still looking for the remaining starters.
"Man, we've been looking forever," Timmy whined.
"We can't give up now!," Tony said. "We're halfway, just need three more Pokémon!"
"Well I've had enough," Bloo casually said. "I'm giving up."
He started to walk away until he heard Oak say in a stern voice, "Rotom."
Suddenly, Rotom appeared in front of Bloo and sparks flew from it.
"On second thought, I'll stay a little longer."
"So what now?," June said. "There is no sign of any of the remaining Pokémon anywhere."
"Maybe we just need to think like a Starter Pokémon to find one," Bubbles suggested.
"Huh?!," everyone asked in confusing.
"Well let's think," Bubbles said. "If I were a Starter Pokémon, where would I be?"
Just then they heard a crashing sound, the clattering of pots, and the shrieks of a woman. They immediately realized…
"The cafeteria!," they all said as they ran down to where the cafeteria was. Upon arriving, they saw one of the lunch ladies running around with a rolling pin, chasing after a…
"Chespin!," the group said as Chespin ran by with a bunch of food in its arms, eating as it ran.
"Hey, stop that thing! It stole a bunch of food!," the lunch lady shouted.
"Right on it, ma'am," Tony said as the group took off after Chespin.
"I should have known, most Chespin have very big appetites," Oak said. Soon, Chespin disappeared from sight, but the others continued to follow it, thanks to a trail of food it left behind. They followed the trail all the way to a door at the end of a hall. On the door was a sign that said, "SCHOOL STAFF ONLY–NO STUDENTS ALLOWED." Oak immediately recognized what the room was. "Oh dear."
"What is it, Professor?," Bubbles asked.
"This is the room where the chemicals used in the Science/Chemistry class are stored."
"And if Chespin's in there…," Timmy added.
"Then we got a problem," June finished.
"Then come on let's get in there," Bloo said as he started to head inside, but was stopped by Bubbles.
"Can't you read?," she said as she pointed at the sign. "NO STUDENTS ALLOWED."
"So then Professor Oak will have to go in there and get Chespin," Timmy said. Oak opened the doors and looked around on a scaffolding. He looked over the railing and saw Chespin on a lower platform over a vat of chemicals eating the food it stole.
"Chespin's on a platform down there," he told the students.
"Then you have to climb down and get it," June said.
"Um, there's one problem with that," Oak said nervous. "I'm a little scared. If I lose my grip, I might fall into those chemicals."
"So basically, you're a fraidy-cat," Bloo said. Tony and June angrily hit him on the head for his thoughtless comment. Tony then got an idea.
"Hang on, I know what to do," he said. He then pulled out his MP3COM and quickly called up Daryl. "Hey Dar, I need your help. Come alone over to the chemical storage room right away."
In less a few moments, Daryl arrived at the location of Tony's group.
"Hey, bro. Think you can give the Professor here a little of your Dark Touch to conquer his fear to rescue Chespin in there?"
"Sure," Daryl said as he quickly pushed Oak's forehead with four fingers, causing him to become frozen in a trance.
"What do you wish, Master?," Oak said.
"Professor, I need you to go in the room and find Chespin. You will be very careful in your rescue," Daryl said.
"Yes, o'Master."
"And here's my Expandable Cable Bungee Belt," Tony said as he fastened it to Oak's waist and fired the cord. "Bloo and I will hold the cord while you rappel down to the platform and get Chespin."
"Why me?," Bloo whined.
"Cause I'd like to see you do something other than whine and complain."
"Fine."
"Well, I'd better get back to my group. Once the rescue is done, he'll snap out of it. Good luck!," Daryl said as he left.
Tony and Bloo then held the cord while Oak rappelled down to the platform where Chespin was. Once there he quickly scooped up the Pokemon, and tugged at the cord.
"He's got Chespin!," Tony said. "Now let's pull him up."
The two of them started to do just that, pulling them closer and closer to the top. However, just before they reached the top, Bloo looked down and saw…
"Hey, a silver dollar!," he said. He bent to pick it up, but as he did he let go of the cord, causing Tony to give in to Oak's weight and nearly get pulled down along with him as he and Chespin began to fall. The rest of the group quickly grabbed the cord and stopped the two just before they landed in the chemicals.
"BLOO!," they all snapped in anger.
"Whoops," he said sheepishly. They gang then pulled Oak and Chespin back up, all the way to safety. When they were both safe, the Dark Touch hypnosis ended, and Oak regained his senses.
"What happened?," he asked.
"Daryl hypnotized you to help with your fears and rescue Chespin," Tony said.
"A rescue that nearly got badly botched thanks to Bonehead Bloo over here," Timmy said, point at Bloo, who grinned sheepishly.
"Well, anyway let's get Chespin back to the Creature House," Oak said. The rest of the group nodded as they all left the hallway.
Back at the Creature House, Oak added Chespin next to Bulbasaur, Froakie, and Squirtle, as Timmy crossed Froakie of the chart of starter Pokémon.
"That's four down, two to go," Tony said.
Meanwhile, the Snob Squad was wandering through the halls, searching the classrooms for something.
"Any sign of one of those little Poke-tykes?," Vicky asked.
"No, nothing," Brad said. "Why do we even bother searching for them anyhow?"
"Yeah, they've got like three or four already," Dash agreed.
"Because if we manage to get just one, they'll go out of their minds with worry, and then how will they explain to that new twerp that one of his choices is missing?," Vicky said.
"Great idea!," Princess said. "Now if only we could find one."
"Yeah, but we've searched everywhere," Mindy said.
"Not quite," Eustace said as he pulled out and activated a cellphone-like device. "Behold my Pokémon Life Searcher, created by my inventors just this morning. I'll lock onto the heat signature of a nearby Pokémon and it'll lead us right to it."
"Excellent! Like I said, it pays to be rich!"
"Yes, and my Life Searcher is detecting a Pokémon in the gymnasium."
"Then let's go get it before the twerps do!," Vicky said as the Snobs all dashed to the gym. Once there, they searched more but saw nothing.
"Hmm, the signals coming from under those bleachers," Eugene pointed at the bleachers on the left. The Snobs headed over, looked under them and saw…
"A Charmander!"
Upon seeing the Pokemon, the Snobs grinned evilly, scaring the young Pokemon.
"Jackpot," Vicky said as she reached for the trembling Charmander. "Come to Vicky…"
Later on, back with Tracey's group the others were still trying to figure out how to get Tracey and Fennekin out of the park's well. Jake and Tommy had left to find another rope, leaving the others to stay by the well.
"Man, what is taking them so long?," Bart whined.
"Whatever it is, you shouldn't be complaining," Blossom said. "If you hadn't let go of the rope, we'd have had Fennekin by now."
"Hey, I said I was sorry."
"Hey guys," Jake called as he and Tommy returned with the rope. Unknown to them, Vicky, Princess, Brad and Dash were hiding in the bushes nearby with a wire in hand.
"Okay…now!," Vicky said as they pulled the wire just as the two boys ran by, causing them to trip and fall into the others, which in turn caused them all to fall into the well and on top of Tracey and Fennekin.
"Uh, what happened?," Tommy asked as they all began to recover.
"Ha! Looks like you losers are a little footloose," Vicky said as she and the other three Snobs appeared at the top of the well.
"You guys?!," Mac said. "Haven't you caused enough trouble already?"
"We're just getting started, pipsqueak!," Dash snickered.
"And BTW, we found one of those starters," Princess said. "The one called Charmander! And we're keeping it for ourselves!"
"You can't do that!," Tracey said. "You're just as bad as Team Rocket!"
"Just watch us," Vicky cackled. "Oh, wait you can't because now you're stuck in the well!"
The Snobs then began to move a big steel lid over the well's entrance, Jake quickly transformed into his dragon form and flew up, with Blossom following, but the Snob covered the hole before they could reach it and left laughing. They tried to push it off, but it was too heavy for them.
"Now what do we do?," Bart asked. "They've got Charmander and we're stuck down here!"
"Hold on," Tommy said as he took out a RC car remote control-like device with a screen on it and activated it. Soon enough, video popped up on the screen that showed the park and the well.
"Lucky I dropped my RC camera car outside," Tommy said. "I can find the others and get them to come free us."
"Good idea," Tracey said. Tommy then used the controls and drives his RC car to find the others.
Back in the school, Tony and Daryl's groups had reunited in the entrance hall.
"So that's four of the starters," Tony said. "Now we just need to find the two Fire-types."
"But where do we start?," Daryl said. Just then, Tommy's RC camera car zoomed up to the two groups.
"Hey, isn't that Tommy's camera car?," Danny asked.
"Yeah, but where is he?," Ash said. June noticed the camcorder's red light was on.
"It was recording something," she said. "Maybe it'll tell us where he and the others are."
"Then let's see it," Oak said as he picked up the camcorder and played the tape. On it, they were shocked to see Tracey, and then his group fall into the well and then the Snobs cover the top with a lid.
"Oh, man. They are in real trouble!," Bubbles gasped.
"Well, we know where they are, let's go!," Tony said. The two groups then took off for the park. Upon getting there, they headed to the well where they heard screaming and shouting inside.
"Guys, it's us! We'll get you out!," Lilo said.
"We gotta get this lid off, everybody push!," Daryl said. With that, the two groups pushed the heavy lid, trying to get it off. It took a lot of effort and much time, but slowly with each push, the lid came off a little more, until finally it came off completely. As soon as it did, Jake (in dragon form) and Blossom flew out of the well carrying Tracey, Fennekin, Bart, Tommy, and Mac with them.
"You guys are okay!," Ash said as the returned to the ground. "And you found Fennekin!"
"Yeah, that's the good news," Tracey said.
"So that leaves just Charmander," Oak assessed.
"And that's the bad news," Mac said. "The Snobs found Charmander and are holding it hostage! They told us that just before they trapped us!"
"Oh, that's awful!," Bubbles gasped.
"I say we find them, and give'em a knuckle sandwich they'll never forget!," Buttercup snapped.
"Now hold on everyone," Oak said. "First, we should get Fennekin to the Creature House, then come up with a rescue plan."
"And we best hurry, that trainer will be here soon!," Ash reminded them.
Back at the Creature House, Tracey added Fennekin next to Chespin, Bulbasaur, Froakie, and Squirtle, as Tommy crossed Fennekin of the chart of starter Pokémon.
"That's five down, one to go," Tony said. "Now to rescue Charmander–any ideas?"
"We could find them, and ambush them in the warehouse, hit them with all our powers, and everything," Buttercup said.
"No, there'd be security cameras," Tony said.
"We could have some of these Grass and Bug Pokémon hit them with Stun Spore?," Bart said.
"No, they just find a way to blow it back at us," Ash said.
"I know!," Bloo said. "We disguise Ash as a Charmander and switch him with the real one before they notice!"
Everyone stared at Bloo like he was insane.
"Really Bloo, really?," Mac asked.
"Um, excuse me?," a voice said. The gang turned to see a young boy said. "I'm Eric. I'm here to see Professor Oak about my first Pokémon."
"Oh, uh, well…," Oak stammered, as he realized the new trainer had arrived.
"Uh, the Professor is busy with another matter at the moment, but I can teach you some basic lessons in Pokémon training," Tracey said as he escorted Eric away. At that moment, Ash stood up.
"Wait, I got an idea!," he said.
"What is it?," Daryl asked.
"Just grab some Pokemon. I'll tell you along the way, come on," Ash said as the gang all dashed out.
Later, the gang reached Princess's said warehouse that was closest to the school.
"Kinda fancy for a warehouse, isn't it?," Danny asked, referring to the posh exterior.
"Yeah, well you know Princess, she loves everything decorative and clean," Blossom said. The gang then peaked in the window and saw the Snobs squeezing the Charmander and grabbing its tail.
"Hold it still while I light this thing," Vicky said as Brad and Dash held it down, while she used its tail to light a fireplace. Charmander whined in agony.
"Will someone shut this thing up?!," Vicky said as she picked it up by its tail and shook it violently.
"Why not throw him in the doghouse until it quiets down?," Eugene said, pointing at a caged area filled with angry and violent dogs. Charmander shuddered with fear.
"Good idea," Princess said as she grabbed Charmander and threw into the cage and locked the door. The dogs all growled at Charmander, who continued to tremble in fear.
"Those monsters!," Bubbles gasped in shock and anger.
"Let's get in there and get them!," Bart said.
"Hold on," Oak said. "we should stick with Ash's plan."
"Well, I'm just gonna stay here, I'm kinda tired," Bloo said. The others all glared at him. "What? You guys already have enough manpower. You don't need me!"
Just then, Rotom, hearing this, popped out of it's PokeBall and blasted Bloo with a Thunderbolt. This, however, attracted the attention from the Snobs inside.
"What was that?," Mindy asked.
"Let's go see for ourselves," Eugene said. The Snobs then headed for the door as the gang observed.
"Oh-no, they're coming out!," Lilo said.
"Rotom, you weren't supposed to use Thunderbolt yet!," Oak scolded.
"Rotom," Rotom said sheepishly.
"Well, we can still stick to the plan," Ash said. "Everyone, hide and get your PokeBalls ready!"
Everyone did just that and took cover just as the Snobs exited the warehouse and looked around.
"I could've sworn I saw something glowing out here," Vicky said.
"Maybe it was just car lights, or-," Dash started to suggest.
"NOW!," Ash shouted. At that moment, about a dozen PokeBalls flew up and out popped about a dozen strong Pokémon, including Typhlosion, Machamp, Salamence, Sceptile, Blastoise, and Tyranitar, with Ash's Pikachu and Oak's Rotom leading the charge.
"Alright you Snobs, freeze!," Tony said and he, the rest of the gang, and Oak emerged from their hiding places. "You try anything and we'll order these Pokémon to attack!"
Stunned, the Snobs all put their hands up in surrender. Ash approached as he said, "We saw what you did to Charmander in there! If it's hurt at all…"
"Well, then you best get it out of that doghouse then," Brad said. "Those dogs looked hungry!"
Ash, Pikachu, Oak, Rotom, and Bubbles quickly ran into the warehouse while the rest of the gang and their borrowed Pokémon kept the Snobs at bay. Inside, they saw the dogs closing in on Charmander, about to attack.
Just as they lunged at it, Ash and Oak shouted at their Pokémon, "THUNDERBOLT!"
Pikachu and Rotom both unleashed powerful Thunderbolt attacks on the dogs, shocking them bad and knocking them out. Bubbles then scooped Charmander up, and the Pokemon began to cry in her arms.
"It's okay, it's all over," Bubbles said in a comforting voice. She then flew back out to where the gang and Pokemon were keeping the Snobs at bay and right into their faces.
"How could you be so cruel to this poor little thing?!," she screamed at them, angry as never before.
"Oh come on, we were just joking around," Brad said. "Right, you guys?"
The other Snobs nodded nervously, even Vicky, who was surprisingly also scared by Bubbles' temper.
"Joking around?! YOU CALL NEARLY GETTING RIPPED APART BY A BUNCH OF MEAN, NASTY, DOGS JOKING AROUND?!"
"Easy, Bubbles," Tony said as he glared at the Snobs. "Just calm down. We're just as upset as you are."
"Yeah, all of us," Ash said with a similar glare.
"But don't worry, these guys will get their punishment back at school," Oak said in the most stern tone possible, which calmed Bubbles down.
"And speaking of which, shouldn't we get back so you can give Eric his first Pokemon?," Daryl reminded him.
"Yes, we best get going. Alright you guys, march!"
With that, the Snobs started walking back to ToonSchool with the Pokemon flanking them on all sides and the gang all behind them.
"Is it just me or did Professor Oak, just sound like Prickley just now," Bart commented.
"Well, having a Pokemon be pick on like that must be really hard on him, you know being a Pokemon professor and whatnot," Jimmy replied.
Later, back at ToonSchool, Tony, Ash, and Oak took Charmander back to the Creature House, while the rest of the gang escorted the Snobs to Mickey's office. Upon reaching the Creature House, Ash added Charmander next to Fennekin, Chespin, Bulbasaur, Froakie, and Squirtle, as Oak crossed Charmander of the chart of starter Pokémon.
"That's all six," Tony said. "And just in time too."
At that moment, Tracey returned with Eric in tow.
"Wow, that was a lot of basics, Tracey," Eric said. "And to think, I still have so much to learn."
"Well that's part of what a Pokemon journey is all about," Tracey said.
"Hello, Eric," Oak greeted him. "Sorry about the delay, but now are you ready to choose your big starter Pokemon?"
"You bet!," Eric said.
"Now usually, we have just three starters to choose from, but this time, we have six," Oak said.
"Yeah, you can choose from the basic Kanto starters: Charmander, Squirtle, and Bulbasaur. Or you can choose these starters imported from the Kalos region: Froakie, Fennekin, and Chespin," Ash informed Eric.
"Wow, man, this is a tough choice," Eric said as he looked over the six starters. However, when he laid eyes on Charmander, something just…clicked. In Charmander's eyes, he could see something about himself: uncertainty, curiosity, and a moderate amount of fear–the perfect one for him.
"I choose Charmander," Eric said as he picks up the Kanto Fire-Type. Charmander gasped with glee and hugged Eric, who returned it with happiness.
"Looks like he likes you too," Tony said observing the situation happily with everyone else.
At the end of the day, after school had let out, at the Creature House, the gang had gathered and was talking to each other about what happened.
"So the kid chose Charmander as his first?," Jake asked.
"Yeah, and Charmander was very happy about it," Tony replied.
"Yeah, I think that it and Eric felt a bond between each other, sort of like me and Pikachu, right buddy?," Ash said.
"Pika-Pi-Pikachu!," Pikachu replied as a "yes".
"That's great to hear considering everything the Snobs put it through," Jimmy said.
"Yeah, I swear I still want to knock their teeth out for what they did," Bubbles said.
"Now you're speaking my language, sister," Buttercup said.
"Well don't worry," Tracey said. "Thanks to Mickey and the Professor, they're gonna be doing a lot of work around here caring for the Pokemon–feeding, bathing, grooming, and cleaning up after them–everyday after school for a month."
In another part of the Creature House, the Snobs were in red jumpsuits, shoveling Tauros manure into a pile.
"This is disgusting!," Princess said.
"It's degrading," Eustace agreed.
"Well at least it can't get any worse," Brad said. Just then, a Scyther, a Electabuzz and several Beedrill and Tauros appeared, and angered by the color of their jumpsuits, charged at them.
"You and your big mouth, Morton," Vicky said as she and the other Snobs ran screaming with the Pokemon chasing them.
"And that's punishment enough," June said.
"Well, guys, I'm glad everything worked out for the best," Oak said as he approached the gang. "But I have one more chore to ask of you before you leave for home."
"What is it?," Tony asked.
"I need you to organize the Pokemon's Pokeballs by which type each one is."
"Well, sure I'm up for it," Tony said.
"Me too," Ash agreed. "Anyone else?"
"Yeah!," nearly all of the rest of the gang agreed too.
"Not me," Bloo said. "I have done way too much today. I'm going back to Foster's and watching TV."
"Rotom," Oak said to his Pokemon.
"Hold on," Daryl said. "I have a better idea."
He quickly pushed Bloo's forehead with four fingers, causing him to become frozen in a trance.
"What do you wish, Master?," Bloo said.
"You will help us organize the Creature House's Pokeballs," Daryl said. "And you will not complain about it at all."
"Yes, Master," Bloo said as he got started, with the rest of the gang following.
"Wow, your powers are incredible, Daryl," Mac said. "If only you could make him stop breaking the rules and acting like such an egomaniac."
"Hey, I'm good but I'm not that good," Daryl said as the whole gang laughed.
A/N: Well, everything worked out great: the Pokemon were all retrieved, the Snobs have been punished, Charmander is going with Eric, and the gang found a way to reel Bloo in, for a while that is. So what's to come next for our heroes? Find out, next time!
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