Poke-Odyssey 2001 chapter 12 The Snatched Away Snorlax Today we find Cameron and friends walking by a stream on their way to the next Ryooku gym so Cameron can win his fourth badge. "So where's the next gym located Tracey", he asked. "It's in Ketchupopolis", said Tracey. "The biggest city in Ryooku." "Ketchumopolis?!" gasped Ash. "You mean someone named their city after me, Ash Ketchum?! Wow, I guess winning in the Indigo League has made me world famous!" and stars appeared in his eyes. "Earth to big-headed boyfriend", groaned Misty as she whacked Ash on the head. "Tracey said Ketch-UP-opolis! With an up as in clam up!" "Oops, sorry!" said Ash blushing. "Pika, pi!" sighed Pikachu while wondering if Ketchupopolis had lots of his favorite food, ketchup! "How far is Ketchupopolis?" asked Cameron. "It should be about a day's walk", said Tracey. "We just have to go through the town of Sauerkraut and we'll be there the next day." "Look over there!" said Reiko as she pointed to something in the stream. It was a whole bunch of fish-like Pokemon with actual hands and feet. Some were swimming around while some were actually walking around on the land. "Wow! I've never seen fish move freely out of the water like that!" smiled Misty witnessing the miracle she thought would never happen. "Like the grounded Charmeleon that can suddenly fly once it evolves into a Charizard, this is truly an incredible sight", said Reiko as she watched the fish gather up some twigs and bark. "What are those things?" asked Cameron as he took out his Dex. "QUAGSIRE: the water fish Pokemon", replied Dextra. "Due to its relaxed and carefree attitude, it often bumps its head on boulders and boat hulls as it swims. Quagsires are both water and ground types." "A water-ground type?" said Ash. "That means those Quagsires could be immune to electric attacks. What do you think of that Pikachu?" "Pika, pi!" said Pikachu fascinated but not really wanting to experiment with his electricity though. "And that means even though they're part ground type, water may not harm them much", said Cameron. "Shrew!" sighed Sandy wishing he was a ground-water type too and not just a ground so he could enjoy water like the rest of his friends. "What are they doing?" asked Misty as she saw the Quagsires on land scooping up some mud with their tails and tossing it in the stream while the Quagsires in the water were smoothing it out and covering it with sticks, twigs, and bark. "They're building a dam", said Tracey as he started making some sketches of the Quagsires at work. Pretty soon the Quagsires had finished and they backed away admiring their beautiful dam. "It's beautiful", sighed Misty. "If you don't count that it's made of dirty sticks and icky mud." "MUUK!" shouted Muk as he popped out of Ash's Pokeball for he heard his favorite word, mud. He eyed the beautiful dam and started oozing his way to it. "No Muk!" cried Ash as he tried to hold him back but his oozy body just slipped through his arms. "MUUK!" shouted Muk as he dove right onto the dam chasing away the surprised Quagsires. Then Muk started to gobble up the dam until it was no more. "Muk, return!" grumbled Ash as he pulled the full and happy Muk back into his Pokeball. "Have you always caused this much trouble for Prof. Oak?" he asked. "Uh oh", said Cameron. "I think Muk has made some new enemies. And they might become ours too!" They suddenly saw all the Quagsires marching up to them looking very angry. "Hi guys", said Misty trying to make peace with the fish. "We're sorry for what Muk did to your dam, but it did look kind of dirty and yucky so I guess Muk sort of did you a favor." "QUAGSIRE!" shouted all the Quagsires as they started scooping up some mud and started flinging them at our heroes causing them to run off. "AHHH!!! MY NEW CLOTHES AND MY HAIR!!!" cried Misty. "They say that mud's good for the complexion Mist", said Ash as he tried to avoid the mud slaps. "Here, let me make you look more attractive Mr. My Muk Caused This Mess!" shouted Misty as she smooshed a clump of mud into Ash's face. * * * * * * Pretty soon, our heroes had gotten away from the angry Quagsires. Ash's Blastoise and Misty's Starmie were washing everyone clean with their water guns. "Thanks Blastoise", said Ash as he called back his tortoise that made out a happy, "Blast!" "You too Starmie", smiled Misty as she called back her starfish. "Hey look, another dam!" said Cameron. "Oh no!" cried Ash as he tried to hold Muk's Pokeball so it wouldn't pop open again. "Relax Ash", said Cameron. "This is a real human-made dam. And I don't think Muk could eat this one if he tried." Sure enough it was a huge white dam that was overlooking a small town. "That must be the town of Sauerkraut", said Tracey. "It's famous for its huge dam that's strong enough to hold tons of water." "Wow!" said Misty. "I wonder how many water Pokemon you can find behind that thing?!" "Well, I found a Pokemon", said Reiko. "But I do not think that it is made for the water." And she pointed to a huge blue Pokemon next to the dam. They slowly approached it and found that it was a huge bear-like Pokemon snoring away with its front paws resting on its obese belly. "Hey, that's a Snorlax!" smiled Ash. "One of the heaviest Pokemon in the world!" "Let's see what Dextra has to say about it!" smiled Cameron as he took out his Dex again and aimed it at the sleeping beast. Since it was so huge, Dextra's info-beam could easily eye it. "SNORLAX: the sleeping Pokemon", replied Dextra. "What sounds like Snorlax's cries may actually be its snores or the rumblings of its massive, hungry belly. "I can't wait to catch this one", said Ash excitedly. "This'll be my master catch!" "But Ashy", said Misty. "Don't you remember the last time you tried to catch a Snorlax? A tiny Pokeball couldn't contain that giant thing!" "A regular Pokeball may not", smiled Ash. "But today, I got this!" And he held out a black ball covered with small bumps. "That's the Heavy Ball you got from The Garlic Acres gym!" said Tracey. "Yes, that might do the trick!" "Just observe your boyfriend in action", smiled Ash as he bravely marched up to the sleeping Snorlax. "Your boyfriend sure is a brave one Misty-chan", said Reiko. "Mainly because his opponent is asleep", sighed Misty while smiling. "Okay Snorlax", said Ash proudly. "You're mi..." Just then, Ash was blown back by a huge snore from Snorlax. "Ash, are you okay?" asked Misty as she helped him up. "Yeah, I'm fine", said Ash surprised. He saw Snorlax snoring really loudly blowing away the nearby pebbles and daisies. "What kind of attack is that?!" "Hold on, I'll check my Dex", said Cameron. "SNORE, a special powerful attack a Pokemon can use only when its asleep", replied Dextra. "It's a favorite attack of the Snorlax. It can sense when trouble approaches and uses the powerful snore technique to blow its enemies away. "I guess the only way you can get that Snorlax is to wake it up", said Cameron. "I got it", said Ash. "Pikachu, can you use a thunderbolt, thunderwave combo to awaken and paralyze that Snorlax?" "Pikachu!" smiled Pikachu as he fired a thunderbolt at Snorlax waking it up. "Snore?" asked Snorlax as it got up feeling angry that its nap was awakened. It then started up a rollout attack getting ready to crush our heroes like a steamroller. "Thunderwave, now!" commanded Ash. "Pikachu!" shouted Pikachu as he used his thunderwave to paralyze the huge ball of blubber making it completely stop. "Nice job Pikachu", smiled Ash. "Now I'll take it from here!" and he threw his Heavy Ball at the Snorlax sucking it in. The ball started to shake around for quite a few minutes then stopped. "I did it!" shouted Ash happily. "I caught...!" but just then, the ball started to shake around some more. "At least I think I caught it", said Ash nervously. But then the ball stopped again. Ash tapped the ball with a stick, but it didn't budge. "Yes, I did it!" said Ash happily. "I definitely caught a Snorlax!" "Congratulations my Ash", cooed Misty as she blew as kiss to him. But Ash didn't pay attention. He was just admiring the Heavy Ball that had his newest biggest Pokemon ever. He was about to pick it up, until it teleported out of sight. "Hey, where'd Snorlax go?!" he asked. "Ash, don't you remember?!" said Misty still annoyed that Ash didn't see her blown kiss. "You already got six Pokeballs on your belt. Snorlax just got teleported back to Prof. Oak!" "Oh yeah, that's right", said Ash. "When we get to the town's Pokemon center, I'll call up the Professor and see if Snorlax got there safely." "Hey, look at this!" said Cameron as he pointed to the dam. "This dam has a huge leak!" "Like the foolish person that takes a big gulp into the movies, then has to get up and go during the dramatic parts, you are right Cameron-san", said Reiko. "A leak has suddenly appeared in this dam!" Tracey went over and studied the leak and found that the grass underneath it was squashed from that sleeping Snorlax. "I think that Snorlax had been blocking this leak all along", said Tracey. "And now its been removed!" "Which means this town might get flooded!" said Misty nervously. "Uh oh!" said Ash realizing he may have done a bad thing removing that Snorlax. "We'd better warn the town about this!" "We already know!" said a bunch of angry-sounding voices. Our heroes turned around and saw a bunch of angry citizens holding huge baskets and wheelbarrows of food. One of the citizens approached the group. It was a short man with a huge white mustache and was wearing lederhosen. He was being followed by an Officer Jenny. "I am the mayor of Sauerkraut!" said the man. "What just happened to that Snorlax that was peacefully sleeping here?!" "I caught it with my Heavy Ball", said Ash nervously. "And it got teleported back to my home town." "WHAT???!" shouted the mayor and all the citizens. "That Snorlax was our town's savior and you stole it away from us you thief!" said the mayor. "Hey, my Ash is no thief!" said an angry Misty. "He didn't know that Snorlax had an owner or a bunch of owners!" "Still you took away the only thing that had been protecting us from that leak in the dam!" shouted the mayor. "Now, our whole beloved town is going to be flooded thanks to you! Officer Jenny, do your duty!" "You have the right to remain silent", said Jenny as she took out some handcuffs. "Wait Officer Jenny", said Cameron, "I'm protected by the Pallet Town Jenny", and he pulled out the badge his adopted mother had given to him and showed it to the Sauerkraut Jenny. "Ah, so you're my cousin's sister-in-law's boy", smiled Sauerkraut Jenny. "Pallet Jenny's told me so many wonderful things about you at our last Officer Jennies convention. It's so nice to finally see your handsome face." Cameron just smiled and blushed. "Ahem!" said an impatient mayor. "Oops, sorry Mr. Mayor", said Jenny as she handcuffed Cameron and then the others. "I'm sorry Cameron", she said sadly. "Even though you're part of my family, I still have to take my orders from the mayor, so you're all under arrest for Snorlax snatching!" Reiko was about to take out her sword to free Cameron, but Growlithe started to spit out little embers ordering her not to use any force for all police Growlithes must always obey any Officer Jenny they see. Then Jenny handcuffed Reiko and she started to march our heroes to the Sauerkraut police station. * * * * * * Meanwhile, the Quagsires were busy rebuilding the dam that Ash's Muk had destroyed unaware that evil eyes were watching them from behind a bush. "Talk about fish out of water!" said James. "Fish that can walk on land?" gasped Meowth smiling. "A Meowth's prayers have been answered!" "It's says here that these are Quagsires and they're part water and part ground types", said Jessie as she read her Pokemon book. "This is perfect!" "It is?" asked James and Meowth. "Of course!" laughed Jessie. "That means those little fish heads are immune to electric attacks! If we send a whole army of Quagsires to attack those twerps, Pikachu won't be able to hurt them no matter how many thunderbolts he launches!" "Did you say lunches?!" said Meowth as he eyed those tasty looking land fish. "Focus furbrain!" growled Jessie as she hit Meowth with her fan. "How do we get all those Quagsires without them putting up a huge fight?" asked James. "We won't have to fight them", smiled Jessie. "We'll just charm them! Go Snubbull!" and she released her new Pokemon that makes Meowth very nervous. "Snubbull!" said the pink girl dog as she bit Meowth's tail while Meowth started screaming and running around in circles. "Quiet Meowth!" growled Jessie as she stuffed a rock in Meowth's mouth and pulled Snubbull off of his tail. "You'll scare away our targets!" and then she cradled Snubbull in her arms. "My cute little baby", she said all mushy, "How would you like to do your Mommy Jessie a little favor?" "Snub", said Snubbull as she listened to her mistress's whispering. * * * * * * The Quagsires suddenly stopped their work when they heard someone whistle at them. They turned around and saw Snubbull winking and blowing little hearts at them. "Snub, Snubbull!" said Snubbull in a sexy voice as she raised her dress while bending her short fuzzy leg. "Quagsire!" said all the Quagsires goofy while under the spell of Snubbull's charm power. Then Snubbull went to a nearby bush and winked at them again urging the Quagsires to follow her. "QUAG, QUAG!" said all the Quagsires as they climbed out of the water and started walking like zombies to the bush Snubbull went behind. Once every Quagsire was behind the bush, sounds of rustling and Quagsire cries were heard while 3 sinister voices were laughing. * * * * * * Sauerkraut Jenny had uncuffed our heroes when they arrived at her station. But she didn't put them in a cell, she offered them chairs and some cocoa and cookies. "I'm sorry I had to run you all in", said Jenny. "But the entire town is in panic now that you've taken away Snorlax. The mayor would've taken away my badge if I didn't comply." "It's all right", said Cameron. "I understand. Pallet Jenny feels the same way about her duties too." "Can I use your phone?" asked Ash. "I can call Prof. Oak and have him transport Snorlax back here." "Certainly", said Jenny as she pointed to a nearby vidphone. "The sooner we get Snorlax back, the faster I get the mayor off my back!" Ash picked up the receiver and dialed Prof. Oak's number. A second later, the Professor appeared on the screen. "Hello, you've reached the home of Prof. Samuel Oak." "Hi Professor", said Ash. "I was wondering if you..." "Sorry, but I'm not at home right now", said the Professor which was actually a recording. "I've gone to a tofu convention in Olivine City and I will be back Thursday. Please leave your name and number at the sound of the beep and if you've caught any Pokemon that've been transported here. Don't worry, the Pokemon that are living with me will take good care of your sent Pokemon while I'm away. Goodbye." Ash hung up the phone with a grim anime look on his face. "It looks like we won't be getting Snorlax back until Thursday", he sighed. "Thursday?" asked Misty. "That's 5 days away!" "I'm sorry", said Jenny. "Until we get that Snorlax back or get that leak fixed, I'm going to have to keep you here under custody." "Doesn't the town have any carpenters or bricklayers that can fix up the dam?" asked Cameron. "No", said Jenny, "All the money in the town's budget for fixing up the dam now goes to keeping Snorlax fed. I've told the mayor that this was a bad idea from the start, but he refused to believe that. Now just look what happened!" "You mean all the food we saw the townspeople carrying were going to Snorlax?" asked Ash. "Yes", said Jenny, "In order to keep that Snorlax from getting up and walking away, once a month the mayor orders 900 pounds of food brought to Snorlax so it'll be happily fed and plop back down blocking the leak once again." "900 pounds of food?!" gasped Misty. "That's pretty expensive!" "I've tried to tell the mayor that", said Jenny. "But he won't listen. He declared that Snorlax the town hero and anyone who tries to get rid of it will be punished by law. That's right, he left the dirty work to me!" "What do the townspeople think about this?" asked Tracey. "They love Snorlax", sighed Jenny. "They think it's so cute and they don't have to worry about getting themselves hot and sweaty fixing up the dam themselves." "Those fools are as lazy as that Snorlax", said Reiko. "Snorlax really fits well in this town." "I'm afraid by the time Snorlax gets transported back here", said Jenny sadly. "It'll be too late. Our glorious, but lazy, town will be flooded!" "Don't worry Officer Jenny", said Ash. "Since I took the towns first savior away, I'll be your second savior and find a way to fix that dam." "You will?" asked Jenny. "How are you gonna do that?" "Uh, well, let's see!" said Ash stuttering nervously. "Ash, you should really plan things ahead before you boast your head off!" sighed Misty. "We could use bubblegum?" said Ash nervously as he took out a pack of gum. "It's a nice thought Ash", said Jenny. "But I don't think bubblegum will be strong enough to hold all that water." And she imagined all that gum sealing up the leak, but then blowing up in a huge bubble even bigger that the town. Then it popped and sent a tidal wave destroying the town. "I know", said Cameron. "Those Quagsires we saw today. They're good at making dams, maybe we can ask them to fix that leak." "Yes, Quagsires are indeed master dam builders", said Jenny smiling. "My cousin was right. You are a master of good ideas Cameron", and she pinched Cameron's blushing cheek. "You are so correct", smiled Reiko as she kissed Cameron's other cheek causing him to blush even redder. "Wait a minute!" said Misty. "Don't you remember? Ash's Muk just ate the Quagsires' first dam. Do you actually think they'll help us after that?!" "Maybe if we offer them a gift, they'll forgive us and agree to help us", said Ash. "But what do you give a Quagsire?" asked Cameron. "I know, Quagsires love round things", said Tracey. "Maybe we can give them stuff like balls or oranges." "That could work", said Jenny. "The Pokemon center has a dumpster-load of broken Pokeballs in the back. We can gather them up and give them to the Quagsires." "Then like the Ekans that leaves its shedded skin on the ground so that the Spearows can eat it, lets salvage those balls", said Reiko happily. * * * * * * Our heroes, along with Jenny carrying a bag of broken Pokeballs, had returned to the stream where they first found the Quagsires. But they didn't find any, just the Quagsires' dam. "I thought you said there were Quagsires here", said Jenny disappointedly. "There were", said Misty. "I hope they didn't get so mad that they just swam off." "I don't think so Misty", said Tracey. "It looks like they were working on another dam and Quagsires hate to abandon a dam until it's finished." "Shrew!" said Sandy as he started sniffing the ground and then ran off somewhere. "Do you know where the Quagsires went Sandy?" asked Cameron as he and the others followed after the Sandshrew and his nose. Sandy and the others ran through some bushes where they came across a shocking sight. It was a huge tank of water with all the Quagsires locked inside swimming around begging to be let loose. "Who could've done such a cruel thing to those poor Pokemon?" said Jenny. "Three guesses", sighed Ash. And sure enough, Team Rocket appeared admiring all the Quagsires they captured. "QUAG!" cried all the frightened Quagsires. "Just relax my little water babies", snickered Jessie. "Soon we will relieve you of your fears. Because we're gonna turn you all into a little navy of destruction!" "And any of you that don't shape up will be deep fried and serve with chips!" said Meowth while wearing a bib and holding a knife and fork. "Hey, how about we make some of them lay eggs and seal them up in little bags?" said James. "We can sell them to kids so they can hatch some in their own homes. We can call them Sea Mankeys! HA HA!" Jessie, Meowth, and all the Quagsires just looked funny at him. "Never mind", said James sheepishly. "Hold it right there you three!" shouted Jenny as she and the others appeared. "Well if it isn't Team Twerp and they got an Awful-cer Jenny with them!" laughed Meowth. "We need those Quagsires for official police business", said Jenny sternly. "And they way you're mistreating them will get you in trouble with the law!" "Prepare for trouble, we give it to the law!" smiled Jessie. "And make it double, you'll get it right in the jaw!" smiled James. Then they started saying their motto while Meowth once again finished it with, "That's right!" "Okay guys", said Ash, "Get ready for our usual battle with these guys!" "Pika! Shrew! Growwwl!" said the three Pokemon that were already out of their balls while Tracey released his Marill, Reiko her Hitmontop, and Misty her Poliwag. "Go Girafarig!" said James. "Go Snubbull!" said Jessie. But unfortunately, the scene ended up with Girafarig's tail biting James's head and Snubbull biting Meowth's tail once again. "What's with you two!" demanded Jessie as she watched the mess. "You're supposed to be attacking those goody-goods, not these two good for nothings!" "Pika! Shrew! Growl! Marill!" gasped all the Pokemon for they had met this Snubbull before. "That's right guys", said Meowth sadly as he managed to yank his tail from Snubbull's mouth. "Little Miss. Chompy here's Jessie's new Pokemon!" "Pikachu, do you know this Pokemon?" asked Ash. "Pika, pi!" said Pikachu as he and the other Pokemon stared surprised at that familiar pug-face. "Jessie has a new Pokemon?" asked Cameron as he took out his Dex. "SNUBBULL: the fairy Pokemon", replied Dextra. "It has an active, playful nature. Many women like to frolic with it because of its gentle, affectionate ways." "She doesn't look affectionate to me!" said Misty. "She reminds me of Jessie the way she likes hurting people and Pokemon." "Oh, my Snubbull does more than hurting people", laughed Jessie. Watch this!" Snubbull, give 'em your charm attack!" commanded Jessie. Snubbull started releasing her winks and her little hearts at Pikachu and Sandy causing them to back away behind their masters' legs not wanting to fight the little pink puppy. "Sandy, what's wrong?" asked Cameron. "Shrew!" wailed Sandy not to wanting to fight such a charming Snubbull. "Now who would want to harm such a cute little pink face?!" cackled Jessie. "You see twerps, no one can stand up against the charm of my new Snubbull!" "But it's a shame you can't be as charming as it my horrible ex-queen!" scowled Reiko. "GRRRRR!" growled Jessie. "I should've killed you the minute I gotten you back to my palace you rotten turncoat! Snubbull, bite attack!" "Hitmontop, rapid spin!" commanded Reiko. Hitmomtop started spinning around really fast before Snubbull could attack. She tried to release her charm power at the spinning fighter, but Hitmontop was spinning too fast to see Snubbull's charm. Then he launched a kick into Snubbull's face knocking her back into Jessie's arms. "My Snubbull!" cried Jessie as she saw the dirty footmark on Snubbull's face. "James, make them pay for hurting my baby!" "You got it Jess", said James. "Girafarig! Psybeam attack!" "Hitmontop! Look out!" cried Reiko, but it was too late. Girafarig had launched its psybeam at the spinning Hitmontop causing him to spin around all confused and to fall flat at Reiko's feet. "Poor Hitmontop!" cried Reiko as she quickly pulled her fallen warrior back into his ball. "Don't worry my radiant one!" said Cameron. "Sudo will avenge your Hitmontop!" and he released his Sudowoodo in front of Team Rocket. "Sudo, use your rock slide!" commanded Cameron. "Sudo!" said Sudo as huge boulders started to sprout out of his branches like fruit growing in fast forward. Then he started launching the boulders at the Rockets. "Girafarig!" said James. "Send those boulders back with your confusion attack!" Girafarig complied by blasting its psychic powers at the boulders sending them back to the surprised Sudowoodo. "Sudo!" cried Cameron as he saw his Sudowoodo lying on the ground with Xs for eyes like he just got chopped down by a huge ax. "Why don't we take that tree back with us and decorate it for Xmas?" laughed Meowth while all the other Rockets laughed with him too. "Growlithe, use you flamethrower attack", commanded Jenny. "GROOWWL!" howled Growlithe obeying the order of this town's Jenny and launched his flamethrower at the group causing Girafarig to faint and causing the 3 Rockets to run around in a fiery panic. "Marill, I guess you'd better cool them off with your water gun", said Tracey. "Marill", said Marill as she sprayed water on the Rockets putting out the fire. "Now are you going to let those Quagsires go?" asked Jenny. "Not on your blue life!" growled a charred Jessie. "James, it's time to break out team one!" "You got it Jess!" smiled James for this Pokemon never wants to eat his head. "Go Weezing!" "Go Arbok!" said Jessie and Weezing and Arbok appeared right in front of our heroes. "Marill, water gun!" "Growlithe, flamethrower!" said both Tracey and Jenny at the same time! "Weezing, sludge attack!" said James. "Weezing!" said both mouths as they launched two balls of sludge into Growlithe's and Marill's eyes causing them to go blind. "Quick Poliwag! Use you bubble attack!" shouted Misty. The little frog started shooting bubbles at Weezing knocking it out and causing it to land on the unconscious Girafarig. "Nice job Poliwag!" smiled Misty. "Poli!" smiled Poliwag as it danced around happily. "Arbok, wrap attack!" shouted Jessie. Suddenly, Poliwag was caught in the strong coils of Jessie's Arbok. "That's it Arbok!" cackled Jessie. "Squeeze that tadpole into mucous!" "Oh no!" cried Misty as she tried to call back Poliwag but the Pokeball's beam wouldn't go through Arbok's coils. "Poli!" cried Poliwag as it was running out of air. But suddenly, Poliwag started to glow and grow bigger. It sprouted out two gloved hands. "Arbok?" asked Arbok as it saw the new Pokemon it was holding. "Poli!" said the new Pokemon in a deeper voice as it used its strength to break free from Arbok's grasp. Then it grabbed Arbok by the tail and stared spinning it around. "Wow! My Poliwag's become a Poliwhirl!" squealed Misty with delight. Poliwhirl winked at Misty while it tossed a dazed Arbok right onto the ground. The Rockets looked down at their beaten Snubbull, Girafarig, Weezing, and Arbok. "It's up to you Meowth!" growled Jessie as she tossed Meowth in front of Poliwhirl. "Show up that frogface with your fury swipes!" "You could at least say please when you toss me!" protested Meowth as he was about to slash up Poliwhirl. But then Meowth got tossed back when Poliwhirl started beating its own swirled stomach sending powerful noise blasts at the Rockets. "What kind of attack is that?" asked Misty. "I think that's called belly drum", said Tracey. "A Poliwhirl's specialty attack." "That noise!" screamed Jessie. "That horrible noise!" "It's breaking my eardrums!" shouted Meowth as he tried to fold his pointy ears back. "Not to mention our tank!" cried James as he pointed to their Quagsire tank that was starting to crack. And then it happened. Poliwhirl let out one final belly drum shattering the tank causing all the Rockets to get wet. When they opened their eyes, they found themselves surrounded by a bunch of angry Quagsires. "Uh, I was just kidding about deep frying all of you. Heh heh!" laughed Meowth while sweating. "QUAGSIRE!" shouted all the Quagsires as they used their water guns at once creating a huge wave washing away all the Rockets and their Pokemon. "At least we won't have to take a bath tonight!" said James. "Looks like Team Rocket's all washed up again!" shouted all the Rockets as they got washed away over the horizon. "You did it Poliwhirl!" smiled Misty as she hugged her newly evolved Pokemon. "That cute belly of yours is a neat weapon!" and she started patting Poliwhirl's belly releasing a noise blast sending her back into Ash's arms. "And in the wrong hands, it can be quite powerful", said Ash as he kissed Misty's hand. All the Quagsires approached our heroes and looked at them funny. Cameron was worried if they were going to mud slap them again. But instead, one of them jumped into Cameron's arms and started licking his face. The other Quagsires did the same thing to his other friends. "Does this mean we're forgiven for destroying your first dam?" asked Cameron. "Quag!" said the happy Quagsire as it slurped him again. "Thank you", said Cameron happy. "And we'd like to offer you some round objects if you'll help us." "Quag!" smiled Quagsire with delight. * * * * * * The townspeople were gathered around the town dam where they watched a whole bunch of Quagsires slapping some mud on the leak and smoothing it out with their flippers. Soon they were finished and water was no longer leaking from the dam. All the townspeople cheered for their fishy little saviors. "Thank you my friends", smiled Jenny as she handed the Quagsires the bag of broken Pokeballs. "As we agreed these round objects are yours." "Quag!" smiled all the Quagsires as they started playing with the balls, tossing them to each other, rolling them around and even squirting them up in the air. "I want to thank you all for helping the Quagsires that allowed them to help us with our dam", smiled Jenny as she winked at Cameron. "It was no problem", said Cameron blushing. "And I want to thank all of you too", said the mayor. "I guess you were right Officer Jenny. It would've been better if we fixed that leak ourselves instead of relying on that huge appetite bag known as Snorlax. Ash, I would be happy if you would keep Snorlax as your Pokemon." "Thank you Mr. Mayor", said Ash. "And I'll be sure to take good care of it once I get it back from Prof. Oak." "That reminds me", said Misty. "I wonder if the Professor has enough food to keep Snorlax fed?" * * * * * * Back in Pallet Town, we see Prof. Oak unlocking the door to his house for he had gotten back from his convention early. "That tofu convention was a real disappointment", sighed the Professor. "Some of those charlatans tried to pass of sugar and hamburger gristle as real tofu! At least I'm back home with a refrigerator stocked full of good honest food." And he had stepped inside. Just then, a Magnemite and a Krabby approached him. "Hello Magnemite, hello Krabby", smiled the Professor. "Gee, it's nice to come home and not have a Muk tackle you. Have you been keeping the house and the Pokemon straight while I was away?" "MAG, MAG, MAGNEMITE! KRAB, KRAB, KRABBY!" cried both Pokemon in a panic. "What's wrong fellows?" asked the Professor. Krabby pointed its claw to the Pokeball transporter. There was an open Pokeball sitting on it. "So, one of our friends has caught a new Pokemon while I was away", smiled the Professor. But then Magnemite led the Professor to the kitchen. To his surprise, he found his kitchen trashed. Cupboards of empty cereal boxes and peanut butter jars were scattered everywhere. His breadbox was empty and had a huge bite out of it. And finally, he found a really hungry Snorlax who had just cleaned out his entire refrigerator including the box of baking soda it just gulped down. The Professor was too shocked and stunned to say anything. "Snorlax?" said Snorlax as it looked at the Professor and started sniffing him. Then with a smile, it tackled the poor Professor onto the floor. "LAX!" smiled Snorlax happily as it found a bag of airline peanuts in the Professor's labcoat pocket and swallowed it like a tiny mint. "I think I may need to take a trip to the grocery store tonight!" moaned the Professor. "Snore", said Snorlax as it handed the Professor a huge shopping list that was as long as the Nile River. TO BE CONTINUED