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Parts 17-20
By Wessand7
Pokémon is not copyright to us. It is copyright to those very big companies
who are really nice.
Chapter 17: And Team Rockets Red Glare
Later that day, after Ash & Misty ate lunch & were heading back
to their room to shower, they didn't know what they wanted to do next. When Ash &
Misty were done showering, Misty said, "Come on, Brock. Let's go on the deck &
look out on the water."
"Oh, all right." he grunted. "I've got nothing else to
do." When they finally got out there, they all just gazed out there, onto the shallow
water. Nobody said much, because they were just looking out, onto the warm, and sometimes
shallow water. "KNOCK IT OFF, PIKACHUUUUUUUUUUU!!" Ash yelled when Pikachu
shocked him from inside its Poke Ball!
"Ash, something wrong?" is what Brock said when he saw Ash
not looking out on the water, but flat on his back, twitching from the shock.
"O-okay P-pikachu y-you can c-come out." Ash stammered.
"Guys, help me up!" Brock & Misty pulled him to his feet. "You okay
Ash?" Misty asked.
"Would have been worse if Pikachu was outside the Poke Ball,
that's for sure." Ash replied. "Pikachu." the lightning mouse Pokemon said.
"You want me to let Togepi out? No way Pikachu... unless you 2
stay in our room." Misty said, shocked (not literally). This made Pikachu angry.
"PIKAAAAAAAAAAAAA.....CCHHHHUUUUUU!" The thundershock was aimed at Misty, and it
hit her. When the surge finished passing through Misty, it paralyzed her. "<long
groan> Ohhhhhhhhh, Ash. Now I know what it feels like to be paralyzed. You know what I
need. I've got a few bottles of it in my backpack." she murmured.
"Brock, keep an eye on her! Pikachu, return!" ans Ash ran up
to the elevator to the 4th floor, which was the level of their room. Ash had to run from
the elevator entrance at the stern, all the way up a long hallway, to the bow, where their
room was. When Ash burst in, he saw Misty's orange backpack next to the bed he & Misty
had been sharing. He opened it up, and the Paralyz Heal was right there, staring him in
the face. Ash grabbed a bottle and ran back. He knew he had to hurry. When he got there 1
minute later, Misty needed the Paralyz Heal badly. "Here, Misty. Drink this."
Ash said, and Misty managed to swallow & get up.
"Thanks, Ash. Look over there! Someone's hangliding. Oh, I'd love
to do that sometime!" she noticed, having recovered.
"Hey, they're heading this way!" Brock said, worried.
"Prepare for trouble!" a girl on 1 of the gliders said.
"And make it double!" a guy on a different glider said.
"They know the rest!" a Meowth on the 3rd glider said,
happily.
"It's Team Rocket!" Ash & friends screamed in unison.
"Hey Meowth, we have to finish our motto, or it just doesn't feel
right!" Jessie screamed at it.
"Ah, forget the motto! Victreebel, go!!" James cried.
"Misty, tell the captain! In the meantime, me & Ash will
battle Team Rocket. Hurry!" Brock screamed.
"Victreebel, Stun Spore!! Prevent Ash's twerpy little friend from
getting away!" James yelled.
"Pidgeotto, I choose you! Blow the spores back at Team
Rocket!" Ash screamed. Misty had no choice but to run right through the spore cloud.
She remembered that any kind of powder only affects you if you breathe it in, so she just
held her breath & ran through it! Then the whirlwind came. "Looks like Team
Rocket's blasting off again!!" Jessie screamed as they were blown off the deck. Misty
couldn't help breathing in during that gust, but she took a deep breath as her feet left
the deck, and she went overboard. "Her time is limited! She may be paralyzed, Brock.
You run back to the room and get another bottle of Paralyz Heal from her pack, and I'll
figure out how to get Misty out of the water." Ash said, realizing that his friend
could die because of Team Rocket. "Misty!!! Can you hear me!" he shouted.
"<loud exhale> Yeah, I heard you Ash! I can't feel my legs,
though! I must have gotten a little bit of those spores, but not enough to fully paralyze
me! Is Brock getting some Paralyz Heal?" she asked, scared.
"Yeah, he is! Listen, swim out away from the boat so I can use
Bulbasaur to pull you out of water!" he yelled back.
"I just can't, Ash! I need to be able to use my legs to swim
around! Now my arms are starting to cramp up!" she squealed back, not having a clue
what to do.
"What should I do?!?!?!" Ash yelled. There was no response.
Misty's arms had obviously cramped up to the fullest. She just held her breath...
Chapter 18: Misty's Lapras
...until her lungs felt like they would burst. She felt herself hit the
sand. Ash dove into the water. Misty went blue. Ash knew how blue she should be under the
water (because her skin was white), but it seemed it should be a little lighter. When she
hit the sand, (which was about 25 feet deep) the sand rose up, and got her back to the
surface. Ash wasn't lifted up to the surface, so he noticed something lift her up.
"What Pokemon is that?" Ash wondered. He knew if he needed air, he had his
Squirtle, and if he needed to I.D. a Pokemon, he had his Pokedex. He dove in with his
clothes on, so he had all his Pokemon, everything but his backpack. Misty was just lying
on the thing, exhaled, & took in a fresh breath. Then she regained consciousness.
"Huh? I'm alive? <swallows a reality pill> Ash?! Brock!? Where are you!"
she screamed. "EEEEKK! What am I sitting on!"
"I don't know where he is, Misty! I'll throw you the Paralyz
Heal." Brock. He threw it, and it landed on her chest, where she could administer it
to herself. Having anything to drink helped her cramps- but as an added bonus, she wasn't
paralyzed anymore. Back underwater, Ash didn't hear any of this. He just looked in awe at
the thing that saved Misty. "Hmm... maybe I shoud find out what this thing is before
it does anything weird." He pulled out his Pokedex. It spoke: "Lapras. A
Transport Pokemon." Ash hit the pause button. He thought to himself: "So, this
is Lapras. Misty's an expert on Water Pokemon, so why doen't she realize she's on a
Lapras?" He straightened up. "Why else but- she's still unconcsious? She's been
topside." He put this Pokedex back in his pocket. He swam up to the surface.
"Misty! Where are you? Can you hear me?" he shouted.
"Yeah, over here!" she replied. Ash turned around.
"Help me up! Did Brock give you the Parlyz Heal?" he said.
"He did. I was so scared. I thought I was done for! When I drank
it, I thought you were on the ship, but I realize I was wrong." she replied, happy
& also taking deep breaths.
"Hey, that's what friends are for, Misty. But don't you realize
thet we're standing on a Lapras? Ready to dive down into the water & capture it for
yourself?" Ash whispered. "WHOA!"
The Lapras submerged back down. Ash & Misty realized that it must
have heard Ash, but they couldn't talk to each other because they were swimming now. Ash
handed Misty a Poke Ball, and she threw it. Ash remembered how fast it should usually go
when she threw a Poke Ball, but this throw wan't even close compared to her usual throw on
land. It barely made it. The ball opened, put the Lapras in, and Ash & Misty stared at
it. It shook, and it sank. Then it opened back up. Misty & Ash hugged each other in
fear. They both knew that Lapras is usually gentle, but when it gets angry, nothing will
stop its raw power. The Lapras shot a beam of water straight at them, but they broke up
& got out of the way. It hit the Sea Queen, shaking it a little. "WHOA! I hope
Ash & Misty know what they're doing down there." Brock thought to himself when he
noticed the jolt. Ash & Misty surfaced. "OK, let's review: we've got an angry
Lapras here, the Sea Queen is in danger, and if we don't catch the Lapras here, this ship
will be sunk." Ash said, as if this was a joke.
"Well, it's kind of obvious that we need to dive back down &
catch this thing for me!" Misty replied, taking this serious. "Let's go!"
and they dove back down. Misty found the Poke Ball she threw last time, and threw it
again. The Lapras, with its back turned on them, was put inside the Poke Ball again, but
it came back out again. Ash threw a Poke Ball, and caught it. Ash gave the Poke Ball to
her, and they smiled at each other. They surfaced. "Good job, Misty. Now we've got a
Pokemon that can help us out of some big jams." Ash said, happy.
"Thank you, Ash. You're the one that told me to run & get the
captain, so if I hadn't have done that, I would never have been in the water. How are we
going to get back on board the Sea Queen?" she asked, smiling at him.
"That's simple. Just grab me by the waist for a second. I need my
hands free." Misty dove under & grabbed him. "Bulbasaur, I choose you!"
Ash managed to throw it up onto the deck, near Brock. She surfaced. "You first,
Misty." Ash said, "Bulbasaur! Grab Misty with Vine Whip & pull her up onto
the deck!" Bulbasaur used its vines to grab her around the waist, and pulled her up.
She always liked it when that happened, because it gave her a sense of security.
"Bulbasaur, now pull me up!" Ash liked it too, because it gave a feeling of
flight.
"<sigh> I'm so tired. Let's go back to the room & take a
nap." Misty murmured.
"I agree. First a dive, then swimming around everywhere." Ash
agreed. When they got to the room, they just slumped into bed, not wanting to do anything
else. The rest of the day passed on quietly.
Chapter 19: The Last Dive
Nobody wanted to dive the next day because no one had anything to
catch; or if they did, they knew they didn't need today; there was tommorrow. So nothing
happened that day. The next day...
Ash & friends were eating breakfast when the captain announced:
"A hurricane approaches. Any dive times after 2:30 today are canceled. You will be
refunded the part of your bill that covered that & any time on board that will be
lost."
"Boy, are we lucky! Our dive time is at 2." Misty said,
realizing that she needed a Squirtle when she woke up.
"Brock, come on. At least dive once with us." Ash prodded.
"Oh, all right. But I'm not using the launcher." he demanded.
"Oh well, there's only 1 Pokemon we need to capture. A Squirtle
for myself." Misty said. When 2 finally rolled around, they all got into their rented
scuba gear. "Follow us, Brock." Misty said a smile on her face. They all went to
the starboard lifeboats. "Hello again. All 3 of you this time?" Jonathan asked,
wondering why Brock was with them.
"Yep, all 3 of us... for this last dive on the reef." Misty
said, glad that Brock was finally going to see the beauty of the reef for once.
"Why didn't you guys claim your time yesterday?" he asked.
"We had an incident on the bow deck. Team Rocket attacked, &
we sent Misty to go tell the captain, then she became paralyzed. Then I dove in the water
after her, and a Lapras brought her to the surface. Brock threw her some Paralyz Heal,
Misty gave it to herself, & I surfaced. Then I told her that she was on a Lapras, then
it heard me, and it attacked. We managed to capture it, and yesterday we were just too
tired out. Obviously, this all happened 2 days ago." Ash replied, glad that that was
over.
"Well, here we are." Jonathan said, after listening to that
long story.
"All we need is a Squirtle. Hmm. Looks like the weather is getting
bad." were Misty's last words before she dove in. 10 minutes passed. They saw
nothing. Then Brock saw something to his left. A Squirtle. "Misty! Over here! I found
you a Squirtle!" he cried.
"Here's the launcher." and Ash handed her the launcher. Brock
wanted to see how it worked, so he watched intently. "Here goes..." she said,
unsure if she was ready to slam into the sand, and she fired. Ash saw her back into a
piece of the reef, then he heard a loud crack, not from the communicators. Brock gave her
the Poke Ball with the captured Squirtle in it. Ash asked, "Is your air tank all
right?!?!?!".
"No. I can't even breathe.". Ash's heart sank like a rock
when he heard this. "I need a Pokemon, Ash!" she screamed, snapping Ash out of
that trance. She sent out her Starmie, not her Staryu, because she realized Staryu could
take her, but not with all that gear. She grabbed on, and rocketed up to the surface,
dropping the Poke Ball on the sand. Ash swam further back down to grab the ball. Misty
surfaced, along with Brock & Jonathan. Ash surfaced after them. "Misty, are you
all right?" he asked, worried. No response.
Chapter 20: Hurricane Wayne
Misty lay in their stateroom, motionless. Jonathan was there, too.
"I'm sorry, guys." he said, just... dissapointed.
"It's okay. At least she's breathing, which obviously means she
isn't dead." Ash said, worried.
"Ash's right. It wasn't your fault." Brock said, worried,
just like Ash.
"Well, I guess this is the last time we'll see each other. I'll
always remember you!" and Jonathan left, for the last time. 2 hours passed. Ash &
Brock left for dinner, their last one on board the Sea Queen. Misty woke up, to a dark and
quiet room.
"Why would Ash & Brock leave me alone like this? Oh well,
maybe I'm just in the blackness that Ash was from that Pokemon Center (Tia S.'s fanfic) .
But if I'm really in that room, there should be a deep voice. There isn't a voice, except
mine, so that means... I'm alive? Can that be? No way! First that bridge, then the last
dive on the Queen? Oh, if I am alive, then I guess I should get out of this diving
equipment & change into some clothes." as she wandered around in her head. She
showered, and while she was in there she realized she was r e a l l y alive. Then she
changed into some clothes, and she was sooooooooo tired, she went back to bed, and slept
easily. After 30 miutes, Ash & Brock walked in. "This is bad, she should be awake
by now." Brock said, almost out of hope.
"But look! She's not in her scuba gear, she's in some clothes. And
to change..." Ash didn't finish.
"You need to be awake!" Brock in glee.
">groan< Somebody keep it down." Misty groaned,
groggily. Suddenly, a wave slammed into the ship. "WHOA!" THEY ALL... Whoops,
somebody please turn off Caps Lock. Thanks very much... They all slammed into a wall.
"Everybody all right?" Ash asked.
"We're okay." Misty & Brock said in unison. "Come
on. We need our packs on our backs & get out of here." Misty screamed. They all
grabbed their packs, and ran to the bow. Rain was lashing at them. "Ash, your
Bulbasaur can pull us all onto the beach! We all need to grab each other's waist's and 1
of us should grab Bulbasaur." she said at the top of her voice so Ash & Brock
could hear her.
"I'll grab Bulbasaur. Misty should grab me, and Brock should grab her.
Let's go! Bulbasaur, I choose you! Use Vine Whip to grab 1 of those palm trees, and pull
us in!" Bulbasaur did as Ash said, and they all got to shore. Setting up camp further
inland wasn't the easiest thing in the world to do; the wind, the rain, and worst of all,
the darkness. An hour later, when they finally got the tents set up, they couldn't sleep.
It was so hot, they just forgot about their blankets. Then there was the irrefutable noise
of the rain against their tents. "I can't believe this..." Misty thought to
herself. It was a long night, filled with fear of storm surges, and the noise was
unbelieveable. When they finally d i d get to sleep, their ears were ringing like crazy,
into a restless sleep.
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