Chapter 21: Cool off! (round 3)
Dirt shuffles around in the sandy shallows. A blue bulge bursts out of the mire, one tentacle wiping off it's face.
*Hack Cough* 'Ugh, that was awful! Mud Slap really came in clutch this time. Even if I used it more as a Dig move instead of a slap. I don't even know how that would've worked if I was actually the target of that wave... Now, where is everyone?'
Looking around, the jelly sees the bodies of fainted Tentacool all around. The wave washed them all out into the shallows, and up onto the beach as well by the looks of things. Peering up and over the water, Jessie took in a grim sight.
'What- what happened to the town?' A piece of driftwood floated by, washed out by the receding tide. They push it and many others out of the way as they near the ruined town. The beach was completely covered in debris, bits of ruined housing and overturned boats littering the coast.
Standing in the middle of this wasteland was a lone, giant Tentacruel, marveling at the destruction it's wave caused. It seemed to be sweeping the land, looking for something as it took pleasure in wiping away the last standing traces of human civilization.
'This is the guy you wanted to follow, Chatty?' He said to himself, slowly moving up as far as he could onto land.
-"CRUEL!" Bringing down it's tentacle on a spot, wood splinters and sand flew into the air! A Pidgey, likely just stunned from the wave, came crashing down along with the wreckage of what was once it's nest.
-"CRUEL..." Ignoring the downed bird, Tentacruel went back to it's search.
'Holy moley! Is that how you "hunt"? I know I need to find the others and stop you but... *sigh* hold out a little longer, guys.'
Pulling out one of his last berries, Jessie quietly makes his way over to the injured bird.
"Eat this, slowly. Try not to make too many sounds." Pidgey meekly obeyed, barely enough energy left to move it's beak, let alone cause a ruckus.
-"CRUEL!" The beast raised another tentacle high, about to bring it down on what remains of the Pokemon Center.
-"Octil!" A yellow orb of energy launches out of nowhere, sending electric voltage running through the monster kraken!
Eyes glowing with rage, it turns it's massive body to the direction of the shot. Standing there on an overturned fishing ship, red and bulbous, is a rather chunky Octillery! Grasped tightly in some of it's tentacles are the almost-totally unharmed party!
"Guys! You made it! How?"
-"Tilery~"
"Oh, that is sneaky. Using Endure and shielding the others like that, genius!"
-"TENTACR-"
"OH SHUT UP!" Both Jessie and Aurum fling wreckage at the shouting giant. Surprisingly, when out of water it's much less balanced.
The shot sends it flailing backwards and into the treeline.
"You have caused enough problems for everyone! You kept the Tentacool trapped by fear-" He flings a broken oar, smacking it on the head. "You hunted pokemon like my friends-" Sending another bit of wood crashing into the cruel pokemon, Jessie doesn't notice the gathering faces. "You ruined this town and who knows what else out there!?" Another shot put of trash knocks the Tentacruel off balance. The big guy actually begins whimpering.
"You. Need. To." They grab a crabbing bucket. "COOL OFF!"
The whole thing smashes over Tentacruel's head, sending it sprawling over the ground!
-"Krabby?"
-"C-CRUEL?"
-"Krabby!"
A swarm of crab pokemon, as well as a good number of regular crabs, begin pinching and clawing at the huge target! Shaking and slapping it's already injured body, Tentacruel is forced to retreat back to the water, practically crying the entire time.
"AND STAY AWAY FROM MY FR- woah, it's dry up here." Feeling dizzy, Jessie falls over into a puddle.
'Well... that wasn't my most graceful moment. Hope nobody saw that.'
Pulling themselves up by their one good tentacle, Jessie looks out over the mass of fish pokemon amassed at the beach. 'Well shit. There goes my reputation.'
"Uh hey, you guys didn't see-"
An explosion of applause cuts them off. As Loafy grabs his beached friend and helps him everyone back into the sea, The Cooler Crew are met with excitement and praise from everyone! Native pokemon, Tentacool, even some of the land-bound pokemon that were there to witness the crew's battle with the monstrous kraken. Everyone wanted to see the heroes who drove away that beast for good!
"Heh, okay okay. But seriously, don't thank me. I just stole the final blow. It's my team here that put in the hard work back there!
-"Karp kar."
"Well, yes I did train you."
-"Gol!"
"Okay! So I prepared items to! So what?"
-"Octillery~"
"Look, I honestly thought you were choking. How was I supposed to know you had swallowed an Everstone years ago?"
-"Oct..."
"Wait, you were choking? Damn it man, stop eating so fast!"
The crew shares a rousing round of laughter at Jessie's expense. They and their leader would have a long road to rebuilding the area underwater, and hopefully with time, the humans might do the same for their town...