The Incredible Poke-Odyssey chapter 20 Taken For Granite Today we find Team Rocket out in the middle of a vast desert. They had finished digging a big pothole in the middle of a paved road. "Forgive me for asking this my Queen", said Reiko, "But do you really believe that an ordinary pothole in the road will stop those rebels?" "It will if we add one special ingredient", said Jessie. "James, put in the ingredient." "One pinch of oregano should do the trick", smiled James while dressed as Julia Child and speaking in her voice, "And a pinch of nutmeg would do just nice too." And he started pouring spices into the hole. "I meant the ingredient that hurts people!" grumbled Jessie as she whacked James on the head with a hot spatula. "Oops, sorry Jess", said a red-faced James as he put a small land mine into the hole and sprinkled some extra nutmeg into it just to give it spice. Then he took a bag of cement and poured it over the hole and smoothed it evenly. Then he started to write his name in it with his finger. "Oooooh", he said very pleased, "I wonder if I can mail this off to The Chinese Theatre in Disneyworld?!" An angry Jessie just grabbed James by the hair and used his face to even out the mess he just made on the pavement. "I wonder if cement does wonders on the skin?" said James as he took out his mirror. Jessie was about to open up her mouth but then realized that insulting James will never make him smarter no matter how many times she tries. "Did you just put a land mine in the road?" asked Reiko. "You are correct my dear", smiled Jessie evily. "A source just told me that our little rebel friends will be driving an orange van down this road in a few minutes. And once their tires run over this spot of pavement, BOOM!!! No more rebels!" "Doesn't it make you feel all bad and tingly inside?" said James with dark stars in his eyes. "Come on everyone", said Jessie, "Let's get behind that huge boulder and watch the fun when it happens." "Oh no!" thought Reiko fearing that this'll definitely be the last of Cameron. Capturing him was one thing, but killing him she just couldn't be a part of. While Jessie and James headed over to the boulder, Reiko took one of her metal stars and secretly threw it at where the mine was buried. "KABOOOOOM!!!" went a loud sound. "What was that?!" said both Jessie and James surprised while holding each other. "Congratulations my Queen", said Reiko as she pointed to the huge hole in the road. "The rebels' van just drove past here and over your mine. Like the Poliwag that loses its tail forever when it evolves. Our enemies are definitely done in for good!" "That's funny", said James while scratching his head. "I didn't hear any kind of motor vehicle coming this way." "Who cares", smiled Jessie, "I'm just glad those bothersome rebels are out of my hair forever. Come on, let's see if there's anything left of them." And she and James approached the hole. Reiko smiled for maybe now Jessie and James would give up the hunt for Cameron and return back to Rocketville. "That sure looks like a deep hole", said Jessie, "I wonder how far they went?" "Uh, I think we're about to find out!" cried James as he pointed to the road. Little cracks suddenly started to form around the sides of the road until they got bigger and bigger and started to form around their feet. "May I suggest we be like the wingless Dodrio and RUN FOR OUR LIVES!!!!" shouted Reiko. "Yes, I give us all permission!!" shouted a panicked Jessie as she, James and Reiko ran like crazy down the road while those huge cracks started chasing after them. But they weren't fast enough and the cracks suddenly tore the road apart sending Team Rocket falling down a huge black pit. "Looks like Team Rocket's tumbling down again!!!" they all shouted as they disappeared into the darkness. * * * * * * The cracks started to head into the opposite direction of the road right into the path of an orange van with Officer Jenny at the wheel as usual. "We're sure lucky your Donphan won us this van Cameron", said Brock, "Otherwise, we'd be walking to Cinnabar Island the rest of the way." "Thanks", said Cameron, "But I don't think we'd be able to walk to an island. Unless we had diving suits." "And there's no way this van can travel under water", said Misty. "Unless it's actually a built in submarine." "How long will it be until we reach Cinnabar Jen?" asked Seymour. "Well", said Jenny, "If we just follow this road for about a few minutes, we should come to the sea where Cinnabar Island lies." "Is it me or does this road looked kind of cracked?" asked Cameron as he looked out the side window. "It looks okay to me", said Stella as she looked out the back window. "I think you should look out the front window", said Seymour as he pointed to the huge crack that was crawling around like a snake opening up the road. "Quick Jenny!" cried Bill. "Turn this van around!" "You don't have to tell me twice!" shouted Jenny as she started to make a sharp turn in the opposite direction but was too late. The road opened up and the van and its passengers started to fall down the same darkness like Team Rocket did. "AAAAAAHHH!" screamed everyone as the van kept falling. Cameron hoped and prayed that a cartoon miracle would come along and save them at the last minute while Misty pulled out a piece of paper and started writing her will. "To my sisters, I leave, uh, I leave. Well I can't really leave you anything cause you've always taken everything I've owned! So Goodbye! AAAAAHHHH!" "Wigglytuff, I choose you!" shouted Stella as she released her Wigglytuff and pushed her out the window putting her underneath the falling van. "I thought you were over mistreating your Pokemon?!" shouted Cameron, "Now you're gonna make that poor Wigglytuff break our fall?! That won't even help us at all!" "Just watch", shouted Stella, "Wiggles, show this doubter what you can do!" "WIGGLY!" shouted Wiggles as she took a deep breath and started blowing up like a huge balloon. Everyone became surprised at the now gigantic Wigglytuff gently floating down onto the ground while the van landed safely on her soft stomach. "That was amazing Stella", said Brock. "Thank you Brockie", smiled Stella winking at him and then turned to Cameron. "Don't you have something to say to me?" "Oh yes, I'm sorry", said Cameron, "I guess you and Wiggles knew what you were doing after all." "Think nothing of it", smiled Stella. "WIGGLYTUFF!" said Wiggles in a not so tiny voice anymore and put her huge face in front of the windshield and made a goofy smile. * * * * * * Once they got the van off of Wiggles's stomach. Wiggles shrunk back down to her normal size and hugged Stella happily. "Thank you for saving us Wiggles", smiled Stella. "Wiggly!" said Wiggles in her cute voice again. "And thanks for saving the van too", said Jenny, "But I don't know how we're going to get it out of this pit." "More importantly", said Misty, "How are we going to get out?!" "Yes", said Seymour as he looked up to the blue sky that looked very far away. "By my calculations, this pit looks like its 30 feet deep." "Can you calculate a way to get us out?" asked Bill. "Maybe our flying Pokemon can fly us all out of here", said Cameron, "I got my Zubat." "And I got my Golbat", said Brock, "Let's try it out!" So Cameron and Brock released their bats and grabbed onto their talons. Both Zubat and Golbat were trying their best to fly the two boys out of the pit, but with no luck. "It's no use", sighed Brock, "Neither Zubat nor Golbat are strong enough to carry humans." "Zubaaaat!" wailed Zubat as she started crying tears for she knew she let her master down. "It's okay Zubat", said Cameron as he cradled her. "I should never have asked you to do such a hard task." He knew that neither Zubats nor Golbats could fly people to different towns in his Gameboy, and he was hoping it would've been different in this world. But it wasn't. Zubat just flew out of Cameron's arms and hid somewhere in the darkness. "Zubat, where are you going?!" cried Cameron. "Just let her be alone for a while", said Brock, "She just needs some time to think." "Right now we should be thinking too", said Misty, "Thinking about how to get out of this ugly pit!" "I wouldn't say its ugly Misty", said Brock, "This place has got lots of pretty rocks of every shape and size." "Yes, they do look beautiful", said Misty who was now seeing the pit clearly. Everyone became awestruck at all the rocks and boulders of every shape, size and color and how they sparkled beautifully. "I know", said Cameron, "Maybe we can stack all these rocks together so we can climb out of this pit." "That's a good idea Cameron", said Jenny, "What do you think everyone?" "Yeah!" smiled Brock, "And lets use all of our Pokemon to help us!" and Brock quickly released Graveler, Onix, Golbat, and Vulpix. The others followed and released all the Pokemon they had with them. Then they all started gathering rocks and boulders and putting them in a big pile. The big Pokemon were carrying and pushing all the big boulders while the smaller ones were carrying the smaller rocks. "That's it guys", smiled Bill as he was carrying a few pebbles with him. "Every little bit helps." * * * * * * In another part of the pit, Reiko managed to fall safely down using her Tentacruel as a parachute. But Jessie and James weren't so lucky. When Reiko landed, she found her king and queen lying on the ground badly damaged. "Oh my dear parents' grave!" she gasped. "If only it was me who suffered that bad fall instead of you!" "I can arrange that!" moaned James who wanted to trip Reiko and make her fall but couldn't move his broken leg. "I have to get you both back to Rocketville to get treated fast!" said Reiko as she reached into Jessie's pocket and pulled out a Pokeball. "But those rebels are still on the loose", moaned Jessie. "I just hate the thought of them being free!" "Relax my queen", said Reiko, "I'll continue the mission alone while you two recover. It's what all of your subjects would want. At least your evil subjects." Then she released Jessie's Kadabra. "Kadabra", said Reiko. "I need you to make yet another ambulance trip. Send the king and queen back to the Rocketville infirmary. You know where it is." "Kadabra!" nodded Kadabra as it approached Jessie and James. Jessie looked over and saw a mysterious red stone right next to her. She managed to pick it up and her leather glove suddenly turned into a stone glove. "What in the world is this?" asked a shocked Jessie just as Kadabra teleported out of sight taking her and James with it. "Team Rocket is too evil even for this deadly rose", said Reiko thinking about how they planned on killing Cameron with that mine in the road. "Ninja's oath or not, I just cannot serve them anymore!" and she took out her Tentacruel and ordered it to carry her out of the pit. Tentacruel replied by lifting Reiko onto its back and using its other tendrils to climb the long rocky wall. * * * * * * Sandy was busy using his rock slide technique to create more boulders to add to the pile while Cameron was giving him a thumbs up for his excellent work. But unfortunately, Misty's Psyduck wasn't doing so good. He had a huge rock stuck in his bill and he ran over to Misty begging her to get it out. "Psyduck!" groaned Misty as she managed to yank out the rock. "Why do you always stick things in your stupid bill?!" "Did you just call me stupid?" asked Bill. "No Bill, I was just talking about my stupid Psyduck", groaned Misty, "There is no way on Earth I'll ever understand the way he thinks. If he does think at all!" "Then why do you have him out helping us?" asked Bill. "Because he's the only Pokemon I've got that has hands", said Misty. "All my other water Pokemon wouldn't be of much help down here. Unless...." And she stared at a wall made of connected stones and had an idea. "Seaking, I choose you", said Misty as she released her Seaking who was flopping around. She then picked it up and put it against the wall. "Seaking, I need you to use your horn drill to make us more rocks." "Seaking", replied Seaking as it started spinning its horn around boring into the wall creating more rocks for piling. Graveler had emerged from the darkness with a huge pile of unusual stones in its arms. "Nice work Graveler", smiled Brock. But then Graveler suddenly dropped all the stones and started to glow brightly while changing its shape. "Brock, what's happening to Graveler?" asked Stella. "It looks like its evolving", gasped Brock. And sure enough, Graveler did evolve. It was now bigger with a sphere shaped stone body with tiny arms and legs and a head sticking out of it. "Graveler, you've become a Golem!" said Brock surprised and happy. Cameron took out his Pokedex and aimed it at the new Pokemon. "GOLEM, The megaton Pokemon. The evolved form of Graveler", replied Dexeena. "Its boulder-like body is extremely hard and can easily withstand dynamite blasts without damage." "Wow!" smiled Brock as he hugged Golem. "I've always dreamed about having a Golem. And that day has finally come! Thank you Lord!" "GOLEM!" said Golem while smiling. "But I thought Gravelers can only evolve into Golems if you transfer their Pokeballs through a cable link", said Jenny. "Maybe these weird looking stones helped it evolve", said Cameron as he pointed to the huge pile of stones Golem brought them. They were all red with a gray snake shape carved into each one. Cameron was about to pick one up until Seymour stopped him. "Don't touch it!" cried Seymour. "If these are what I think they are, you'd be in a big stew if you touch them. Stone stew that is!" and he took out a pair of metal tongs and picked up one of the stones. The metal tongs suddenly changed into stone tongs to everyone's surprise except Seymour's. "Just as I thought", said Seymour. "These are the supposedly extinct Medusa Stones!" "Medusa Stones?!" asked everyone at once. "I've heard of Medusa Stones", said Bill, "They're one of the rarest of the evolution stones. But disappeared millions of years ago. They're supposed to help certain rock Pokemon evolve to the next level." "Like my Golem here", said Brock. "Not to mention metal tongs", said Stella. "You mean to say if I had touched those stones, I'd become a lifeless statue?!" gasped Cameron nervously. "I wouldn't really say that", said Seymour, "Something much worse which I'd rather not talk about. Hurry everyone, we've gotta get these Medusa Stones buried before someone or something else touches them!" And he took a huge shovel out of his labcoat and started burying all those stones faster than the speed of light. "I'm surprised he can work so fast", said Bill. "I'm even more surprised he can pull large long items out of that labcoat of his", said Stella. "There we go", said Seymour as he patted the spot where he buried the stones with his shovel. "No innocent soul will ever be bothered by those stones again." "Hey guys, look at all the stones my Seaking dug up", called out Misty as she came running up to the group with a huge pile of stones in her hands. "Say, where did that Golem come from?" asked Misty for she was too busy making stones to know about the discovery and banishment of the Medusa Stones. Just as they were about to speak Misty put down her stones and gazed happily at a certain one on the top. "Oooooh! Look at this one!" she smiled as she hugged it to her face. "It's all red and sparkly and it looks like a little Ekans has been carved into it." "NO MISTY, PUT THAT DOWN QUICK!!!" they all shouted at once in a panic. "What's your problem?" asked Misty all curious. "You act like this stone might mutate me into something, uh something, uh, uh, DUH!!" said Misty in a now dopey voice. She suddenly started to glow very brightly and it looked like she was growing and bulking up. "What's happening to Misty?!" gasped Cameron. "The thing I hoped wouldn't happen", said Seymour quietly. Misty was now a huge 8 foot rock girl with gray granite skin, granite hair, huge muscular granite arms. Even her clothes were made of stone. "She's become a mutant Misty monster!" gasped Stella. "Misty monster?" asked Misty in a huge dopey voice. "Misty not monster. Misty's feelings hurt. Misty smash mean lady!" and she made a huge rocky fist and was about to pound the frightened Stella until Brock yanked her out of the way. Misty slammed her hand on the ground causing everyone around her to fall down. "Misty, what are you doing?!" cried Brock. "Stella's your friend! She didn't mean to say that to you!" "Yes Misty", said a shakened Stella, "I'm truly sorry!" "You side with mean lady?" asked Misty. "Misty MAD!!! Misty smash everything!!!" and she grabbed the van with her huge stone hands, crumpled it up into a big ball and threw it at Cameron, Seymour, Jenny, and Bill who quickly moved out of the way. "Quick Onix!" cried Brock, "Bind her now!" Onix quickly coiled itself around Misty so she couldn't move her arms. She stood there bound while growling angrily. "What's happened to you Misty?" asked Cameron. "This is what I hoped wouldn't happen", moaned Seymour, "Every part of Misty's outside may be big and strong, but her brain stayed the same size. And in that huge body, her brain is now the size of a walnut! She doesn't know what's happening or who her friends or enemies are!" "Is there any way we can change her back?" asked Jenny. "I have no idea!" cried Seymour. "I'll need some time to study Misty and figure out a solution." "But I don't think Onix can hold her that long!" said Brock and he was right. Misty managed to break free from Onix's grip and she started swinging the huge python around like a bullwhip. She then let go and Onix went flying into the crushed van damaging it even more. "Why do we keep having bad luck with vehicles?!" moaned Jenny. "Oh no, Onix!" cried Brock as he sucked it back into its ball. "Go Grav..., I mean Golem. Knock her out with a take down attack!" "GOLEM!" said Golem as it curled up and started rolling at Misty. But Misty managed to catch Golem and started bouncing it around like a ball. "This fun!" said Misty with a rocky smile. Then threw Golem like a bowling ball into the huge rock pile everyone had made. Everyone ducked in cover as all the big and little stones started flying around the place while a few bounced off of Misty's body. "That tickle!" she laughed. "Quick V.P", called out Cameron. "Use your sleep powder on her now!" "VILE!" said V.P. as it was about to spray its sleep powder until Misty smooshed it into a flat plant. "V.P!" cried Cameron as he peeled the Vileplume from the ground and snapped it like a towel back into shape. "If only her sisters could see her now", thought Brock, "They'd think twice before they start to pick on her! That's it! Maybe water attacks will tire her out." "Good idea", said Seymour, "Then I can examine her and figure out a cure for her. Wartortle, use your water gun on her now!" "You too Slowie", said Cameron. Both Slowie and Wartortle gathered around Misty and started squirting water all over her. "Misty hate water!" she said while cringing. "At least Misty think so." Then started to get up again. "Quick you guys, you've gotta assist your fellow water Pokemon", said Bill to Misty's Staryu, Starmie, and Poliwag. But the three Pokemon backed away shaking their heads and appendages no. "I know Misty's your master", said Bill, "But she really needs your help. And the only way to help her is with water power. You've got to do it if you want your beloved Misty back!" The three Pokemon agreed and jumped right next to Slowie and Wartortle and started using their water gun attacks too. And five water guns seemed to work. Misty got down on her arms and knees all weakened with wetness. "Psyduck?" said Psyduck who now just noticed the change in his master. "Psyduck?" asked Misty who just got up and stared at the duck. "Psy", said Psyduck. "Psy?" asked Misty. "Psy", said Psyduck again. "Psy!" said Misty now with a smile on her face. "Misty like duckie!" And she plopped down onto the ground and had a delightful conversation with Psyduck speaking only in Psys. "I guess they now have a better understanding for each other now that Misty's brain is the same size as her Psyduck's." Said Brock. "And Psyduck seems to be a lot happier too", said Cameron who was actually seeing the headache-filled duck smile. "Now we have to figure out how change Misty back to her normal self", said Seymour as he took out a microscope and studied Misty's stone back. Misty was too busy talking with Psyduck to notice what Seymour was doing. "Oh dear", sighed Seymour, "Oh me, oh my, oh goodness!" "Those 4 Oh phrases don't sound very good to me", said Bill. "I'm afraid not", said Seymour, "I've never seen anything like this. It looks like Misty is now made of ten layers of pure granite. I don't see any way we can break through all that stone to get our Misty back." "Could things possibly get any worse?!" whined Stella. And sure enough Stella just had to say those words. Something started to burst out from where Seymour had buried all those Medusa Stones. There in front of our heroes were four new Pokemon. The first two consisted of snails. One small and the other large with huge spikes on its shell. Cameron aimed his Pokedex at the snails. "OMANYTE AND ITS EVOLVED FORM OMASTAR", said Dexeena, "These two mollusk Pokemon have been reported extinct for millions of years. But it looks like those reports are wrong now!" The last two consisted of a flat shellfish and a tall shellfish with long sharp claws. Cameron activated his Pokedex again. "KABUTO AND ITS EVOVLED FORM KABUTOPS", said Dexeena. "These two shellfish Pokemon have also been reported extinct. Boy, is my creator gonna have a field day if he sees these babies!" "If those Pokemon are supposed to be extinct, how can they be standing here in our views right now?" asked Brock. "I think I know", said Bill. "Seymour must've buried those Medusa Stones right over a bunch of buried Pokemon fossils. And being exposed to those stones must've revived them!" "Why didn't I think of that?" said Seymour bowing his head down in shame. "Why don't you think of a way to protect us?" shouted Stella as the four angry Pokemon started to charge right at our heroes. Kabutops tried to slash up Stella but Brock pulled her out of the way just as Kabutops slashed a stalagmite in two. Kabuto suddenly pounced onto Bill and started absorbing his energy. "No please!" cried Bill. "I've already been stuck in a Kabuto costume once. I don't need this again!" But then Sandy appeared and threw a rock at Kabuto knocking it off of Bill. "Shrew?" asked Sandy as he helped up Bill. "Yes Sandy, I'm fine", said Bill. "Thank you." "If I remember, these four Pokemon are part water type", said Cameron. "Buzz, give those guys your thunderbolt attack!" "BUZZ, EL, BUZZ!" shouted Buzz as he launched his thunderbolt at the Omanyte and Omastar. But the electricity didn't damage the snails one bit. "What just happened?!" gasped Cameron, "They're supposed to be electrified since they're water types!" "But they're also rock types too", said Brock. "And this is the desert. They probably don't have any water in their bodies!" Then the snails started to blast themselves at Cameron, Brock, and Buzz like cannonballs. "Look out guys! That's a spike cannon attack!" shouted Brock as he and the others quickly leapt out of the way. Misty and Psyduck were too busy playing pat-a-cake to notice the battle going on. But their game got interrupted when Omanyte knocked Psyduck into a stone wall. "PSY-YAI-YAI!" cried a hurt Psyduck. Misty looked sad at the poor Psyduck and then growled angrily. The four new Pokemon stopped battling and looked surprised at the giant stone girl. "You hurt nice duckie!" growled Misty. "Now Misty will hurt you!!!" And she picked up some huge boulders and started throwing them non-stop at the four making them hit the wall. "It looks like Misty just leaned rock throw", said Bill. "She'd definitely be great if we want to enter her in a gym match", said Brock. They looked at the four Pokemon who were totally too weak to fight. "Quick guys, let's catch them before they attack again", said Jenny as she took out an empty Pokeball and caught Kabutops. Stella then caught Kabuto, Seymour caught Omastar, and finally Brock finally caught Omanyte. "All right!" shouted all four of our heroes at once as they held up their balls. "We caught Omanyte, Omastar, Kabuto, and Kabutops!!!" "I guess everyone does want to be like Ash", thought Cameron. "You okay nice duckie?" asked Misty as she picked up her bruised Psyduck. But his headache was now worse than ever. And when a Psyduck's headache reaches its highest. It lashes out uncontrollable psychic attacks. "PSY-YAI-YAI-YAI-YAI!!" shouted Psyduck as he released his confusion attack at Misty. Misty started flying all over the place bouncing off walls and the ground while everyone tried to hide somewhere. Misty's rocky skin started to crumble as Psyduck's power continued. And finally Misty zoomed out of the pit and into outer space just missing a tiny Russian satellite that contained a skeleton of a Growlithe. Then Misty started soaring back down to earth like a meteor back into the pit smashing into the ground. Our heroes gathered around Misty who was now a pile of smashed rocks. "No, Misty!!!" gasped Brock. "This can't be!" said Cameron with tears in his eyes while everyone sadly stared at the rubble that used to be their friend. Psyduck started gushing tears out of his eyes because he killed his beloved master. "Psyduck, will you keep that racket down?!" called out a muffled voice from the rubble. "I don't need another headache from you!" Everyone quickly dug through the rocks and found Misty who was back to her normal human self. "Misty, you're alive and back to normal!" cried Cameron happily. Everyone started cheering as well. "You guys won't believe the dream I just had", said Misty groggily. "I dreamt that I understood my Psyduck and we became best friends. Can you imagine such a myth?" Everyone just started laughing, even Psyduck, while Misty was curiously scratching her head only to find a piece of stone hair. * * * * * * "You mean to say I was a big stone monster?!" said Misty shocked as she clutched her head in disbelief. "That's right", said Brock. "And you gave us all quite a workout." "Not to mention our new van", said Jenny as she pointed to the crushed van. "Did I do that?" asked Misty. "I.. I'm so sorry. I don't know why I did that!" "It wasn't your fault Misty", said Cameron. "You just didn't know what you were doing. We all probably would've done the same thing if we became rock monsters." "And it's probably just as well", said Jenny. "I don't think we could've gotten that huge van out of this deep pit." "But we still have to get out of this pit ourselves", said Stella. "I guess we'd better start gathering up more rocks", said Brock. "Let's start regathering everyone." And all our heroes and their Pokemon started gathering up the rocks so they could rebuild their pile to freedom. Poor Zubat who was still feeling down saw a Medusa Stone lying on the ground and did some thinking. "Hey look", said Cameron as he pointed to the stone. "There's one of those Medusa Stones just lying here in the open." "Keep it away from me!" cried Misty as she jumped into Cameron's arms. "KEEP IT AWAY!!!" "I'd better get it out of the way", said Seymour as he took out his stone tongs. But before he could pick it up, Zubat zoomed out of the darkness and touched the stone with her wing. "Zubat, what are you doing?!" shouted Camreon. "Don't touch that thing! Get away from it!" But it was too late. Zubat started glowing and then grew very fast. Her blue skin suddenly turned into gray rocky skin, her wings became extremely long, her talons huge and strong, her mouth changed into a big toothy snout and a stone pointed tail appeared in the back. Everyone stood back as they saw the gigantic new Pokemon extend her stone wings and called out a loud, "AERO!" Cameron took out his Pokedex again. "AERODACTYL, an extinct flying Pokemon", replied Dexeena. "A ferocious prehistoric Pokemon that goes for the enemy's throat with its saw-like fangs. Archaeologists believe that when a flying Pokemon is exposed to a Medusa Stone, they immediately evolve into an Aerodactyl." "It looks like we might be in trouble again", said Bill nervously. Aerodactyl slowly approached the nervous Cameron. "Quick Golem", said Brock as he was about to release his Pokeball. "Use your..." "No wait Brock", said Stella. "Look at that." And they were all surprised, yet happy at what they saw. Aerodactyl was cuddling her huge rocky head up to Cameron's chest while Cameron patted her snout. "That Aerodactyl still has Zubat's personality", said Bill. "But why didn't her brain get small when she got that huge body?" asked Jenny. "I believe Zubat must have a larger brain than Misty's", said Seymour. "WHAT!!!" shouted Misty as she stomped her foot down on Seymour's. "OW!" hollered Seymour as he jumped up and down on one foot. "Then again, maybe not." Then he took off his shoe and saw his red sore foot. "Are you sure you still don't have a stone foot Misty?" Then Aerodactyl crouched down and wanted Cameron and friends to get on her back. "Zu.., I mean, Aerodactyl!" said Cameron. "You mean you turned yourself into a huge flying Pokemon so you could save us from this pit?" "AERO!" said Aerodactyl proudly as she winked at Cameron. "Thank you my friend", said Cameron with a tear in his eye. "I'm glad your brain and your heart are still the same inside that new body of yours." Everyone got on Aerodactyl's back and then she spread her wings and started to fly up, up, and up until they were out of the pit and into the sky. They all cheered as Cameron hugged the neck of his old Pokemon who was now in a new body. "Can you take us all south to Cinnabar Island Aero?" asked Cameron. "Aero!" smiled Aero as she flew at full speed while everyone held on tight. * * * * * * Reiko had managed to climb out of that pit and was now sitting on some grass near an ocean. "I just can't go back to Rocketville", she thought. "I have to find Cameron-san. He might know how to help me. But I don't know where to find him." Just then, she saw something huge flying in the sky. She took out her binoculars and became surprised when she saw it was an Aerodactyl. And became even more surprised when she found the rebels riding on its back. "Like the shows in Broadway that can leave you speechless, My Cameron- san never ceases to amaze me!" smiled Reiko as she watched them all fly over the sea. She then released her Kingler into the water, got on its back, and ordered it to follow the flying friends. TO BE CONTINUED AUTHOR'S NOTES: Just for the record. Here's what all of the Pokemon our heroes and villains own so far. CAMERON: Sandshrew, Vileplume, Slowking, Electabuzz, Donphan, and Aerodactyl. MISTY: Staryu, Starmie, Seaking, Seadra, Psyduck, Poliwag, and Togepi who is back with Mrs. Ketchum. BROCK: Golem, Onix, Golbat, Vulpix, Rhyhorn, and Omanyte. STELLA: Tangela, Persian, Wigglytuff, Tauros, and Kabuto. JENNY: Growlithe, Pinsir, Cubone, Nidorino, Nidorina, and Kabutops. SEYMOUR: Clefairy, Clefable, Wartortle, Doduo, Paras, and Omastar. BILL: Once owned a Rattata but now is fused with it. JESSIE: Arbok, Lickitung, and Kadabra. JAMES: Weezing and Victreebel. REIKO: Tentacruel and Kingler. See ya' soon with another chapter! ;)