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Grime and Punishment

After a few more minutes of walking, Lincoln and his friends reach Paniola Town. Seeing a Pokemon Center nearby, he walks into it and uses the PC to swap his Gyarados for his Eevee.

"So, how far is it to Brooklet Hill now?" asked Lincoln.

"We're about halfway there." said Alola Lana.

"We'll rest up for a while before continuing on our way." said Lincoln. As the group sits down, Lillie notices a lot of pokeballs behind the counter.

"Why are there so many Pokemon here?" asked Lillie, making the nurse behind the counter look at them.

"Those are all Pokemon from the Paniola Ranch." said the nurse, shocking Kiawe.

"What's wrong with them?!" asked Kiawe.

"They have all fallen ill." said the nurse.

"Why?!" asked Kiawe.

"We're not sure at this time." said the nurse. "We're running some tests, but we won't know for a while."

"I gotta look into this!" said Kiawe as he runs out the Pokemon Center's doors.

"Wait for us, Kiawe!" said Sophocles as he and the others follow after him.

About a minute later, they all arrive at the Paniola Ranch's front gate and head inside. The group runs over to the house where Kiawe's family resides and head inside to see Rango, Siwa, and Mimo in their living room with worried looks on their faces.

"Mom, Dad, Mimo!" said Kiawe, getting their attention.

"Kiawe!" said Siwa as she, Rango, and Mimo get up and run over to him.

"What are you doing here?" asked Rango.

"My friends and I were just at the Pokemon Center in Paniola Town when we heard about the Pokemon here being sick!" said Kiawe.

"Yes, our Pokemon started falling ill a few days ago." said Siwa.

"Do you know what's wrong?" asked Lincoln.

"We don't know." said Rango.

"The poor Pokemon!" said Mimo as she cried, making Kiawe pick her up in a hug and nuzzles her cheek.

"Don't worry, Mimo!" said Kiawe with tears in his eyes. "We'll figure out what's happening." After a minute, Kiawe sets his sister down onto the floor.

"Something has to be causing it." said Lincoln. "I can't believe that so many Pokemon can all fall ill at once for no reason."

"I thought so, too." said Rango.

"Have they eaten anything unusual lately?" asked Mallow.

"No, they always eat grass in the meadow and it's perfectly healthy." said Siwa.

"What about water?" asked Alola Lana. Rango starts thinking about something and heads out of the house, towards the stables, prompting everyone else to follow after him.

They all reach the stables and Rango heads over to the water pump inside; he takes a drinking glass from a small stool near it, puts it under the spout, and turns on the spigot to make water come out into it.

"Take a look at the water." said Rango as he picks the glass up. Everyone looks at it to see it had a slight green tint to it.

"That water doesn't look very clean." said Alola Lana.

"It started looking like this three days ago." said Rango. "Nothing happened after the Pokemon drank it at first, but after the next day, they all got sick."

"That's terrible!" said Lillie.

"Has anyone in the town fallen ill?" asked Hau.

"No, our ranch gets its water from a lake nearby." said Siwa.

"We should check it out and see if there's something there that shouldn't." suggested Lincoln.

"The lake is north of here." said Rango. "There's a path behind these stables that leads to it."

"Let's go!" said Kiawe as he and the others exit the stables and go behind them; seeing the path they were told about, they all start walking up it.

"What do you think happened to the lake?" asked Lillie.

"We'll find out when we get there." said Lincoln.

"I hope nothing is wrong with Brooklet Hill." said Alola Lana.

"What do you mean?" asked Mallow.

"I think some of the water from up there goes into the lake." said Alola Lana.

"Hopefully, that isn't the case." said Lincoln. The group reaches a small lake, and they all start looking around at it, noticing the water was a little gray.

"Do you see what might be causing this?" asked Kiawe.

"Not yet." said Hau. As Lincoln gets a close look at the lake, he sees some bubbling from near him.

"What's that?" asked Lincoln, getting everyone's attention. A few seconds later, something starts to emerge from the water; they all then see a Pokemon that looked like a green blob of sludge with eyes, a mouth with one tooth and a yellow lower jaw, and a pair of arms.

"That's a Grimer." said Sophocles. Lincoln points his Rotom Phone at the Pokemon to learn more about it.

"Grimer, the Sludge Pokemon. There are a hundred or so of them living in Alola's waste-disposal site. They're all hard workers who eat a lot of trash." said Lincoln's Rotom Phone.

"What's it doing in the lake?" asked Hau. They all watch as it splashes around a bit.

"Looks like it's playing around." said Lillie.

"It's body color looks almost like the stuff in the lake water." said Lincoln.

"I think this Grimer is what's making the water polluted." said Mallow.

"Hey! Get out of our lake!" said Kiawe. The Grimer just looks at Kiawe, belches out loud, then keeps splashing around.

"I don't think it's going to do what you asked." said Sophocles.

"Then I think we'll just have to capture it." said Lincoln as he takes out a pokeball and throws it, releasing his Rufflet. The Grimer, noticing this, leaps out of the water and takes a battle stance.

"Looks like it's ready for a fight." said Hau.

"So are we." said Lincoln. "Rufflet, use Leer!" Rufflet glares harshly at the Grimer, making it nervous, and lowering its defense; it responds by opening its mouth and coughs up a purple ball of liquid at Rufflet.

"Watch out, that's Acid Spray!" shouts Hau.

"Dodge it!" said Lincoln. Rufflet quickly flies out of the way, narrowly avoiding the ball of acid that hits a nearby boulder, causing part of it to dissolve.

"You definitely have to watch out for that attack!" said Mallow.

"Then I'll end this before it gets another chance to use it." said Lincoln as he takes his Flynium-Z Crystal and places it into his Z-Ring. He then does the poses the woman back at Ten Carat Hill showed him, making Z-Energy appear around him, and flows into Rufflet, making the Z-Power symbol appear in front of him.

"Rufflet! Use Supersonic Strike!" said Lincoln. Rufflet swoops up into the air, then comes plummeting down at incredible speed and slams right onto the Grimer, making a shockwave that makes everyone shield their eyes. When the dust clears, the Grimer was stunned. Lincoln quickly takes out an empty pokeball and throws it at the Grimer, hitting it, and sucking it in; the pokeball wiggles a few times before it clicks.

"Yes! I caught Grimer!" said Lincoln. As the pokeball disappears to storage, Lincoln looks up his new Pokemon's information on his Rotom Phone. "This says that my new Grimer's a boy, he knows Pound, Poison Gas, Harden, Bite, Disable, and Poison Spray; and he has the Gluttony ability which lets him eat a berry he has if he's at half stamina."

"Great work, Lincoln." said Hau.

"We should tell my parents about the Grimer." said Kiawe.

The group then heads back to the ranch and report their findings to Kiawe's family; they head back to the Pokemon Center in Paniola Town to tell the nurse about what they learned, as well as Lincoln doing a quick swap for his Grimer to give him some instructions, plus a note he wrote down; after that, he swaps it back, and uses the PC to send Grimer to his family.

An hour later, some people from the Alola Sanitation Committee were at the lake, clearing the toxins that Grimer left in it.

"Your lake water should be completely purified by tomorrow morning." said one of the workers.

"And your Pokemon should be fully recovered by that time as well." said the Pokemon Center nurse.

"That's good to hear." said Rango.

"Thank you, Kiawe and friends, for helping us." said Siwa.

"No problem, Mom." said Kiawe. Later that afternoon, the group and their Pokemon were having a picnic that Siwa arranged as thanks for their help. Lincoln was hand-feeding his Eevee and Lillipup while scratching behind their ears which they seemed to like.

"Good work against that Grimer, Rufflet." said Lincoln as he hands Rufflet some food.

"Thanks again, everyone." said Kiawe.

"You're welcome." said Hau.

Lincoln and his friends have helped the ranch with their water problem, and Lincoln's caught a new Pokemon. What else will Lincoln do as his Alola adventures continue?

Meanwhile at the Loud house, Lisa was walking downstairs, holding a pokeball while the rest of the Louds were in the living room, hanging with the Pokemon that Lincoln sent.

"Family; Lincoln has sent us another Pokemon." said Lisa, holding up the pokeball.

"What is it?" asked Leni as she was scratching behind Pikachu's ears.

"I hope it's another cute one." said Lola. Lisa tosses the pokeball, releasing Grimer. "Eew! What is that?!"

"It's that sludgy Pokemon." said Lana as she then runs at Grimer and begins hugging him. Grimer looks around at the Louds until it stops at Luan; it moves towards her and stops, then motions her to come closer to him; whe she does so; he suddenly grabs her head and kisses her on the lips. As Luan was gagging and spitting with disgust, Grimer belches in her face, releasing a foul stench from his mouth.

"Yuck! What was that for?!" asked Luan while covering her nose and mouth with her hands. Grimer holds out a note towards her; she grabs it and reads it.

Luan,

If Grimer kissed you and belched in your face, then we're even for you mailing me in a box not marked 'fragile'!

Lincoln.

P.S. Grimer eats garbage, so he'll taking over garbage duty from now on.

"Well, it looks like Lincoln is over that prank I pulled on him." said Luan. "Now it you all excuse me, I got to spray disinfectant on my face, and gargle a whole bottle of mouthwash." She begins walking upstairs to the bathroom while everyone else chuckles at her.

End of Chapter 30

Pokemon that Lincoln has with him: Torracat (M), Rockruff (M), Rufflet (M), Cottonee (F), Lillipup (M), and Eevee (F).

Pokemon in Lincoln's collection: Torracat (M), Grubbin (M), Pikachu (F), Rockruff (M), Ekans (F), Misdreavus (F), Crabrawler (F), Zubat (F) Noibat (F), Makuhita (F), Smeargle (M), Spearow (M), Rufflet (M), Mankey (F), Hawlucha x 2 (one M and one F) Flabebe (F), Oricorio (M), Cottonee (F), Clamperl (F), Corsola (F), Gyarados (M), Sableye (F), Carbink (no gender), Machop (M), Spinda (M), Mudbray (F), Miltank (F) Lillipup (M), Raticate (M), Eevee (F), and Grimer (M).

Pokemon in Lana's care: Ekans (F), Mankey (F), Mudbray (F), and Grimer (M).

Pokemon in Lucy's care: Misdreavus (F), Zubat (F), and Noibat (F).

Pokemon in Lynn Jr's care: Crabrawler (F), Makuhita (F), Hawlucha (M), and Machop (M).

Pokemon in Lola's care: Flabebe (F), Clamperl (F), Corsola (F), and Carbink (no gender).

Pokemon in Lily's care: Spinda (M).

Pokemon in Morticians' Club's care: Sableye (F).

Pokemon in Ronnie Anne's care: Hawlucha (F).

Pokemon in Liam's care: Miltank (F).

Pokemon in Leni's care: Pikachu (F).