Chapter 22 – A Negotiation of Things to Come!
Previously…
Megan got kidnapped by the evil Team Hydro once again. Tommy, Sammy and the Guildmaster were sent a letter from them and were told to bring 10,000 to their castle, little do they know that this is all a setup and Team Hydro have worse intentions rather than just accept the money and give Megan back, will the Pikachu and his Chespin friend be able to save Megan in time or will this be their final battle?!
"We're finally here, hold on Megan because Tommy's on his way!" Tommy exclaimed as him and his friend stood in front of the towering Castle, Sammy was gaping in awe at the size of the place.
"Wow, what an awesome place, I bet they have a food storage the size of Mars here" Sammy squealed in excitement at the prospect.
"Do you ever think about anything else apart from your stomach Sam?" Tommy asked.
Sammy thought to herself for a second before replying "Well umm… I think about hunky boys with such charming smiles and also boyfriends and dates and romance and well anything to do with guys!"
Tommy fell down anime style straight to the floor, face as red as a cherry "I Swear most girls think about stuff like that too but m-me… I'm a guy and I am not interested in girls at all ha ha.."
"Are you alright Tommy?" Sammy asked with a slight giggle
Tommy jumped up from the ground suddenly as the realization hit him "Never better Sammy, now c'mon we don't have much time, we have to go find where Megan is so we can save her before she gets hurt and as explorers we cannot let that happen"
"Right!" Sammy nodded in agreement.
And with that the two young explorers entered the dark and gloom castle unaware of Team Hydro's true intentions.
"Whoa… this hallway is massive but its so dark, I'm kinda scared" an unsure Sammy said with a bit of a scared look on her face as they began walking down the huge hallway.
"It's okay Sammy, nothing's gonna attack us here ya know, this hallway's completely empty" Tommy said with a little laugh "besides even if there was, I'd protect you"
"R-Really?" Sammy drew a tear.
"Of course" Tommy replied with a cheeky grin.
Wow, he's so brave and sweet, no one's ever said that to me, ohh I love him so much… but does he even feel the same way I do? Sammy thought to herself beginning to blush a little bit.
Sammy tried to hide it from Tommy but unfortunately for her Tommy turned to look at her and even more unfortunate for her he did notice the fact that her whole face had turned a deep shade of red.
"Sammy are you feeling alright, you seem to be blushing a lot today…" Tommy said slowly almost like he knew why she was blushing.
"Ummm uhhhhh, no reason" Sammy said quickly as she had started to blush even more.
"Huh?" Tommy blinked.
Out of the corner of her eye Sammy noticed a door straight ahead, that meant it'd be the perfect opportunity to change the subject before he could figure it out.
"Look Tom there's a door just ahead of us, I think Meg might be in there" Sammy pointed for the Pikachu to turn around which he did and he saw she was right, there was no doubt that Megan was right.
"You're right Sammy, Good Work but if Megan's in there then I have no doubt in my mind that Team Hydro are in there too with her so we need to be careful, who knows what kind of tricks they'll try and pull… well what are we waiting for, come on!" Tommy exclaimed with a slight look of excitement on his face.
And so Tommy zoomed towards the door sparing not a single glance back.
"Hey Tommy wait up for me!" Sammy cried out as she ran after him.
The two pokemon ran into the room and the moment they arrived in the room they immediately saw that Megan was sat in a cage at the end of the room, she looked sad but there was no sign of Team Hydro, they were nowhere to be seen which seemed strange…
"HEY MEG, GUESS WHOOOOOO?!" Tommy shouted down the hall and the moment she heard his voice she tensed up and looked around to see him and Sammy standing in the middle of the room grinning at her.
"Tommy, don't come any closer… please…" Megan cried looking like she was almost on the verge of tears.
"Why? We've come to save you silly." Tommy replied with little laugh
"Yeah, we're your best friends in the whole wide world Meggy" Sammy smiled.
"You don't understand…" Megan said with a sad look on her face.
Tommy frowned "Don't understand what Meggo?"
Megan sighed sadly "Listen you have to leave now, this has all been a setup, Team Hydro have been playing tricks on you and you guys have been playing along and if you don't leave right now they'll kill you and I won't let that happen, yes I realize I am as good as dead but I'd rather die than see you two get killed, I could never forgive myself if that were to happen…"
Tommy clenched his fists in frustration "LISTEN HERE MEGAN IF YOU DIED WE WOULD NEVER FORGIVE OURSELVES EITHER SO NO WE WONT LEAVE CAUSE WE WOULD NEVER LET THAT HAPPEN, WE'RE STRONGER THAN THOSE BASTARDS COULD EVER HOPE TO BE!" He screamed at the top of his voice causing Sammy to jump in fright and Megan to sigh even louder.
"B-But Tommy…" Megan started but Tommy cut her off before she could even say anything
"No buts Megan, the reason we came here to save you, the reason why we put all our effort into coming here to find you is because me and Sammy, we both love you, especially me, I have never trusted or cared about someone so much in my life before, you are an amazing Pokémon Meg and it hurts me seeing you locked in a cage like this, Team Hydro will pay… this time they've gone too far, this is absolutely unforgivable!" Tommy said, his face red with anger.
"Oh Tommy…" Megan said starting to smile slightly with a tiny hint of a blush.
"Hahahaha" they heard someone laugh, the three all looked around but there was no sign of anyone there…
"Who's there?" Tommy shouted face becoming redder and fists starting to clench
"Awe looks like your boyfriend has arrived and wow what a touching, heartfelt speech that was" another voice said.
Tommy's and Megan's faces both went completely red as they shouted simultaneously "He's not my boyfriend!" "She's not my girlfriend!"
"GRRR SHOW YOURSELVES THIS INSTANT!" Sammy screamed at the top of her voice, the loudest and most angriest scream she could muster.
"Fine suit yourselves meheheh" yet another voice said with a cackle.
Megan looked up and gasped in fright "THEY'RE UP ON THE CEILING!" She screamed.
And before they could even look up, the three evil Pokemon jumped down in front of them smirking… they looked satisfied?
Prepare for brand new trouble! - Greninja
We are new and improved, on the double! - Frogadier
To make sure little twerps stay out of the way! - Greninja
And keeping our worst enemies always at bay! – Frogadier
To denounce all evils that include truth and love! - Greninja
To extend our reaches to the darkness above! – Frogadier
Epic Warrior Greninja! - Greninja
Unstoppable Samurai Frogadier! - Frogadier
Team Hydro is blasting off at the speed of light! - Greninja
Surrender now or you're in for the ultimate fight! - Frogadier
Bubbles THAT'S RIGHT! – Bubbles
"TEAM HYDRO!" Tommy and Sammy cried.
"Hello Tommy and Sammy long time no see hehehe" Bubbles said with a cocky smirk.
"Missed us?" Frogadier asked sarcastically.
"Not particularly No" a frightened Sammy replied.
"So I See you brought the money with you, hand it over and you can have your precious Megan back all safe and sound however if you fail to co-operate with us you wont know what's coming to you" Instructed Greninja.
"Don't give it to them, its all a trap, even if you give it to them they wont hand me over and they'll just kill you anyway" Megan cried out.
Bubbles walked over to the cage and grimaced at her causing her to step back "Here's a novel idea, how about you shut YOUR Trap you little bitch!"
"I will never listen to you…" Megan snarled.
"HEY LEAVE HER ALONE YOU JERK, COME DOWN HERE AND FACE US LIKE A MAN!" Tommy shouted at the evil Pokemon who was trying to intimidate his friend.
"Hehe… really? Give us what we want then, what Megan said is true, we weren't planning on giving her back to you just like that, yes we deceived you however if you hand over the money and then defeat us in a Pokemon battle I promise you can have her back so what do you say? You and Sammy VS Me, Frogadier and Greninja!" Bubbles smirked.
"Fine, I accept your challenge and here's your money…" Tommy started before throwing the briefcase into Greninja's arms and then continued "So I'll fight you Bubbles and Sammy can take care of your henchmen"
"But I can't possibly defeat two Pokemon at once…" Sammy replied looking unsure.
Tommy smiled "You can, I know you can, I believe in you Sammy!"
"Nice advice from your friend, you should be grateful twerpette" Bubbles smirked.
"So are you ready for your final battle twerps, looks like your adventure is about to come to an end MWAHAHAHAHAHA" Greninja laughed maniacally.
"That will never happen!" Tommy growled in anger.
"Right lets do this AQUA JET!" Bubbles shouted.
Tommy swiftly dodged out of thro way before the powerful jet of water could hit him "THUNDERBOLT" Tommy screamed releasing a strong bolt of electrical energy towards the water type but Bubbles had other ideas.
"QUICK ATTACK" Bubbles shouted moving out of the way faster than a jet plane before the Thunderbolt could hit him.
"WATER PULSE" He heard Bubbles shout behind him and before he could even turn to look around behind him he felt the attack hit him directly making him shout in pain as it took a massive amount of damage on him and the attack sent him flying to the ground causing a small explosion.
"TOMMY NOOOO! Both Sammy and Megan screamed as they watched their friend hit the cold hard floor.
"Err Twerpette why are you just standing there, we're supposed to be battling too" Frogadier said with an evil look.
"Um Yeah ya see… about that…" Sammy started as she began to backtrack into the corner causing her two enemies to laugh hysterically at her actions.
"Awe what's the matter? Too Scared?!" Frogadier mocked.
"Yeah you chicken!" Greninja grinned.
"I'm not a chicken…" Sammy replied with her face going red.
Tommy slowly started to slowly lift his head, his vision was slightly blurry but out of the corner of his eye he could see Sammy being cornered by Greninja and Frogadier causing him to gasp in shock.
"Sammy fight back, I KNOW YOU CAN DO IT! YOU NEED TO UNLEASH YOUR FULL POWER, I HAVE FAITH IN YOU, UNLEASH THE TRUE POWER OF SAMMY AND SHOW THEM HER HIDDEN POWER NOOOOOOOW!" Tommy shouted louder than he had ever shouted before.
Sammy's body started to glow green as she shut her eyes and concentrated all of her energy into releasing her real power, her entire body shone in a brilliant bright light, the kind of light none of them had ever seen before.
"WATER GUN" Frogadier cried.
"HYDRO PUMP" Greninja screamed.
But before they could send out their attacks Sammy opened her eyes as she was completely enveloped in rhea blinds green light and then…
"OVERGROW… DOUBLE ENERGY BALL!" Sammy cried out loudly as she jumped into the air and shot towards her foes and before they could do anything it hit them directly sending them flying to the back of the room and crashed into the hard wall, after hitting it they fell down to the floor and with swirling their eyes they had been defeated.
"Wow, so powerful, I never knew she had it in her…" Megan quietly muttered underfed her breath, her eyes wide open in awe.
"I knew you could do it Sammy!" Tommy beamed.
Sammy's face went completely red in embarrassment before smiling slightly at him "Yeah, t-thanks hehe"
"Impressive" Tommy heard his enemy say from behind him.
Tommy whirled around to look at him and smiled "Well look who's got the advantage now ha!"
Bubbles snorted "This doesn't mean you've won yet, you still have to defeat me!"
"With pleasure!" Tommy said before charging towards the Water Type and cried "Now ELECTRO BALL!"
Bubbles tried to move out of the way but the attack was too fast for him to dodge and it him in the stomach powerfully, he had never felt so much pain in this life and it sent him flying to the back of the wall causing an explosion of dust and rubble.
"Is that the best you can do?" Bubbles said with a cocky smirk.
"You wanna see better? I'll give you better, its time to finish this! THUNDERBOLT!" Tommy shouted
"I don't think so!" Bubbles replied as he jumped into the air above Tommy and landed behind him and before he could even defend himself Bubbles shouted "HYDRO PUMP!"
Tommy turned to look around at his worst enemy and the first thing he saw was a huge blast of water and it hit him directly causing him even more damage as it sent him crashing to the ground and he hit the floor with even greater impact than he did before.
Bubbled smirked in satisfaction "Heh that was easy pfft HA what a weakling…"
Tommy slowly tried to get up however the pain was too much for him and he collapsed again "Grrr I won't let you win, not now, not ever…"
"Ha, well it looks like I already have, I'm not the same old Bubbles you once knew, there's no way you can win now!" Bubbles replied with an evil grin on his face.
"No, do you really think I'd come alone?" Tommy said starting to smile a bit.
"Huh? Why are you smiling?! You've lost and there's no one else here apart from Me, You, Frogadier, Greninja and the Twerpe—" but before Bubbles could continue all of a sudden the door to the room burst open and the first thing that Bubbles saw was a huge blast of fire and it hit him completely devoured him burning him to a crisp and causing Frogadier and Greninja to wake up and upon seeing Bubbles being charred they got up immediately and ran to him.
"Bubbles are you okay" Greninja asked with a hint of worry in his voice as he slowly shook his friend who had fainted trying to wake him up.
"He'll be okay… in Prison" they heard a voice say behind them, they turned around and upon turning around their worst fears were confirmed… Standing in front of them were…
DELPHOX AND THE PSYCHIC WONDERS!
"Hey Delphox I see you guys finally arrived, took you long enough" Tommy beamed at the Fire Type Explorer as he got up off the ground brushing the dust off of his fur.
"Oh sorry about that, me and the girls were trying to find out where the remote controller for the TV had gone and we discovered someone stupidly put it in the fridge, I really apologize for all this" Delphos said with a short sigh.
"Its fine really, at least you found It haha" Tommy said with a slight laugh.
"That's true, anyway…" Delphox began before turning her attention back to the 3 criminals in front of them "Team Hydro you're under arrest for the kidnapping of Megan, you have the right to remain silent!"
Bubbles opened his eyes immediately at that moment and started laughing evilly "NEVER, You'll never take us alive!"
"If you try to resist arrest we will have no choice but to use force!" Gardevoir exclaimed.
"I don't care, we're still not gonna give ourselves up!" Bubbles replied.
"Fine… if Force is needed so be it! MYSTICAL FIRE LETS GO NOOOOOW" Delphos screamed.
And with that she shot another but much more powerful blast at the three criminals hitting them directly sending them flying to the ceiling and it the impact was so powerful thatthey crashed through the roof and into the sky.
Bubbles sighed "We were so close too"
"We always fail, some things never change" Greninja groaned.
"Well there's always next time…" Frogadier added.
"WE'RE BLASTING OFF AGAIN" the three Pokemon screamed as they flew into the distance.
…
"Well I didn't get to arrest them this time… dangit, they got away again" Delphos sighed in disappointment.
"Well there's always next time" Sammy said with a smile.
"She's right ya know" Gardevoir Piped in.
"Yeah I know, you're right, anyway lets go and let Megan out, what a horrible thing Team Hydro did, I didn't even think they were this bad but I guess they're capable of anything alright MYSTICAL FIRE!" Delphox exclaimed.
She waved her wand and a blast of fiery energy was releasedout of it and it hit the cage door with a massive impact blasting it open much to a pleases Megan as she ran out of it and towards Tommy and tackled him into a hug causing his face to go red in embarrassment.
"Oh Tommy thank you so much, I thought I'd never get out of there, I was so scared and you were so brave, I'm so sorry I ever doubted you, Sammy was right, you two are my best friends in the whole wide world" Megan sobbed crying into his fur still hugging him.
"You're welcome, there is nothing I wouldn't do for you Meg" Tommy said grinning at his foxy friend.
"Really" Megan asked as she reluctantly let go of him.
"Yep, I mean it" Tommy beamed.
"Awww you're so sweet Tommy hehe" Megan giggled as she blushed even more at this.
"Megan are you okay?" Sammy asked her best friend.
"Yep I am now"
"Its good to see you all together and happy again" Delphox beamed at the three Pokemon all smiling and chatting happily.
Megan turned around and smiled at Delphox "Thanks to you too Delphox, you were amazing as always"
"No Problem, anyway me and the girls have to get going now, there's another job we have to get to now, we hope we can meet you guys again soon" Delphox said as the three experienced explorers waved goodbye to the three Pokemon and with that they took their leave much to a disappointed Megan.
"Why did they have to leave so soon… I was gonna ask them ofvthey wanted to come round for Tea sometime" Megan sighed in dismay.
"It's okay Megan, we'll see them again soon and you can ask them then" Tommy said cheerfully.
"Yeah maybe we should start heading home too" Sammy piped up.
"Yeah you're right we should go, EVERYONE'S waiting for us back in Destiny Town, c'mon!" Tommy exclaimed excitedly.
"I suppose you guys are right, I can't wait to get back to Destiny Town so I can see everyone" Megan cheered.
And so with yet another mission completed Tommy and Sammy have managed to save their best friend Megan, what awaits them in Destiny Town? Well all will be revealed next time as the Journey Continues.
To Be Continued…
Next Chapter – A Heartwarming Homecoming!
Team Ace arrive back in Destiny Town where they are greeted by all their friends who congratulate them on their safe return back home so the entire guild organise a celebration party for Team Ace celebrating theIr defeat of Team Hydro and their safe return home…
Well that was really something, we finally saw Team Ace have their first big battle with Team Hydro and Megan is all safe now, in the next chapter It's party time for Team Ace as the whole guild celebrate their Homecoming… sorry for the long wait but the wait was worth it in the end
Thanks ~ UPF1