Poke-Odyssey The Movie. Chapter 3 As we look in our heroes that consist of Reiko, Tracey, Taki, Leo, and Akbar. They got trapped in Soy Town thanks to Team Rocket's electric wall created by the mind-controlled Raikou. Now we see them locked up in a large cell in the local jail. Right next to their cell were Soy Jenny and Prof. Bonsai in another cell. "Prof. Bonsai!" called out Tracey from his window. "It's so good to see you!" "And the same goes for you too Tracey!" said Prof. Bosnai sadly. "I just wish I could be seeing you in better circumstances." "Did those awful Rockets hurt you terribly Professor?" asked Taki who came to the window next. "Taki, it's so good to see you too!" cried Prof. Bonsai. "And no, all they did was force me and my dear friends to keep working on that palace of theirs!" "I just can't stand the thought of what that palace is going to look like once it's done!" grumbled Soy Jenny remembering the stories her cousin told her about Team Rocket's first palace. "This is all my fault!" moaned Leo. "If I hadn't ordered Totodile to use a rain dance attack, Raikou wouldn't've gotten stronger and he wouldn't've created that second wall which imprisoned us!" "Please do not blame yourself master Leo", said Akbar. "At least you were trying to help everyone." "But I should've known that rain dance attacks would make electric types like Raikou stronger!" cried Leo. "I'm a gym leader. I should know stuff like that! I doomed us all!" and he covered his face in shame. Taki came over and removed his hands from his face. "Don't be so hard on yourself Leo", said Taki. "Maybe you didn't know about rain dances and electric types too well is because you lived in the desert all your life. And deserts hardly have any rain or thunder." "I guess that's one way to view it", said Leo as he dried the tears from his eyes while he looked into Taki's smiling face. Taki took out the handkerchief that Leo had given her when she was sad. "I think you now need this more than I do", she smiled as she placed a hand on Leo's shoulder and started wiping his teared face dry. "Let me make you dry as your beautiful desert home." "Thank you Taki!" smiled Leo who was now feeling a little bit better. "You are a blessed friend to have." "Hey, I'm here to please", smiled Taki as she started blushing. "At least that wall went up after Ash, Cameron, and Misty escaped", said Tracey. "You mean my favorite boy is outside the wall?!" said Soy Jenny with hope. "Excellent! If anyone will come back and bring back help, Cameron can!" "But I saw young Cameron and his friends get snatched away by a huge water spout", said Akbar. "Who knows what kind of sorcery they've landed into!" "I have a feeling that water spout was Suicune's doing", said Tracey with hope in his eyes. "That means he must still be alive!" "What do you think about all of this Reiko?" asked Leo. "Uh, Reiko?" "Say, where is Reiko?" asked Tracey for they just realized that Reiko was not in the jail cell with them. "Uh oh!" said Tracey nervously. * * * * * * In the center of the town, we find Team Rocket sitting on their thrones with a hypnotized Raikou seated next to them. They were looking mean eyed at Reiko who was standing in front of them tied up. "It's so good to see you again my darling little intern!" said Jessie in a sweet sarcastic voice. "I'm so glad you came back to us!" Reiko just scowled angrily and said. "I never ever want to go back with you! Me and my friends came here to prevent you from repeating your acts of cruelty!" "And you see where it's gotten you babe?" laughed Meowth. "Stripped of your weapons and Pokemon and standing here before us all tied up like a pretty package!" "But we're willing to be gracious this one time and forgive you for betraying us", said Jessie. "Just swear your loyalty to us forever and not only will we give you back your Rocket uniform, but I'll give you back the key to the royal washroom!" "Royal washroom?" gasped James. "Hey, how come I never got a key to the royal washroom back in our old kingdom?" "Like the Koffing that corrupts fresh clean brooks by drinking from it! You once polluted my mind when you forced me to become a Rocket! But I'm not going to let that happen again!" shouted Reiko. "Even if you threaten to hang me over another paper shredder again!" "I see", said Jessie with a pretend sad face. "I guess being gracious isn't enough for an ungrateful brat like yourself. I guess we'll have to persuade you the hard way. Oh James!" "Oh goody!" giggled James as he stood up from his throne and took out four Pokeballs. "If you think I'm going to be intimidated by your Hakking, Bython, and your other foolish Pokemon lackies, you must have dumplings for brains!" said Reiko in a proud fearless smile. "Actually, we just got some new recruits!" smiled James. "You may know them!" And out of the Pokeballs came Reiko's own Tentacruel, Kingler, Hitmontop, and Bellossom. "My loved ones!" cried Reiko. "What's happened to you!" The Pokemon didn't answer her. In fact, they were just staring off into space like zombies. Just like Raikou was doing. "Okay children", said James as he took out a remote control. "It's time to punish this disrespectful little girl!" The hypnotized Pokemon quickly approached Reiko who could now no longer show her bravery. Tentacruel seized her with its tendrils. Bellossom started throwing hard petals at Reiko's face. Hitmontop started kicking her shins. And Kingler grabbed Reiko's long black braid she was mighty proud of and snipped it off! "Why are you doing this to me my darlings?!" cried a tear filled Reiko. Then she noticed that her Pokemon had some kind of metal bands on their wrists, tendrils, and claws. "Those metal bands!" cried Reiko angrily. "You're controlling them like you did Raikou!" "You got it!" cackled Meowth. "I decided to go to the nearest hardware store and make a bunch of extra control bands. You never know when they might come in handy!" "And they certainly did!" laughed James. "Just look at how your Pokemon no longer obey a once mighty ninja like yourself!" "Noooo!" cried Reiko as she looked down at the hypnotized Pokemon who once loved her, but now were the soulless slaves of Team Rocket. "But don't worry", laughed Jessie as she got out of her throne. "You'll soon be joining them in No Free Will Of Your Own Land! Tentacruel, hold her head still!" And she took out another control band and slowly approached the frightened Reiko. "CAME-CHAN!!!" cried Reiko as a cold uncomfortable collar snapped around her neck. * * * * * * "REIKO!" gasped Cameron as he was riding on the back of his Crobat. "Shrew?" asked Sandy who was on top of Cameron's head asking his master if he was all right. "What's wrong Cam?" asked Ash who was riding on the back of his Charizard. "Is it something about Reiko?" asked Misty who was riding in Charizard's arms. "I felt something bad deep down inside my gut", said Cameron nervously. "Maybe it was the airline food we had on that plane ride", said Ash. "You'd think the rich Leo would provide us with better food." "No, it's Reiko!" said Cameron nervously. "I have a feeling something bad is happening to her right now!" "Is she dead!" asked Misty. "No, I don't think it's that serious", said Cameron. "But I have this feeling that she needs our help right away!" "Don't worry Cam", said Ash. "Once Suicune leads us to Holdamayo to enlist Entei's help. We'll free Reiko along with the rest of our friends and beat those rotten Rockets once and for all!" "We're approaching the island of Holdamayo right now!" called out the water spout our heroes were following. They looked down and saw a huge island with lots of palm trees along with a huge volcano in the center. "I guess it's time to come in for a landing, huh Charizard?" said Ash. "CHAR!" nodded Charizard as it swooped down and landed on the sand. "You can land too Batty", said Cameron. "BAT!" said Batty as she glided down onto the sand next to Charizard. Then the water spout came down and reformed itself into the mighty water beast known as Suicune. "This seems like a nice peaceful island", said Ash looking at all the palm trees. "Where are all the hotels, shopping centers, and restaurants?" asked Misty. "And come to think of it, are there any people on this island?" asked Cameron. "No", replied Suicune. "This island has not had a human on it for years. Maybe this is why Entei likes staying here. And that volcano over there must be where he's residing." "Well, my Charizard will be able to fly us in there", said Ash. "Just as long as you don't do anything mischievous like dive into the lava." "CHAR?" gasped Charizard while sprouting out a pretend halo. "Shall we go then?" asked Cameron as he got on his Crobat. "No wait", said Misty as she approached some palm trees. "I'm kind of hungry right now. Since there are no restaurants around here, I'd like to gather a few coconuts." And she went over and picked a coconut from a tree. Suddenly, the tree cried, "EXEGGUTOR!" and kicked Misty across the sand with a huge foot. "Mist, are you okay?!" gasped Ash as he ran to help her out. "I think so Ashy", said Misty. "If I didn't know better, I'd say that tree had kicked me for plucking off one of its fruits." "That angry tree thing almost reminds me of a scene from the Wizard of Oz", said Cameron scratching his head. Suddenly, all the palm trees started to march up to our heroes and each of them had 3 coconut heads with funny faces on each of them. They kept shouting out, "EXEGGUTOR! EXEGGUTOR!" in angry voices. "It's an Exeggutor attack!" cried Misty nervously. "And that looks like a barrage attack!" shouted Ash as the Exeggutors started launching coconuts at our heroes. "This fruit throwing thing also reminds me of the Wizard of Oz!" cried Cameron as he tried to run from the incoming coconuts. "Quick Charizard! Use your flamethrower!" shouted Ash "CHAAAR!" growled Charizard as it used its flamethrower attack to burn up the flying coconuts. But however, one of the Exeggutors launched a quick hypnosis attack putting Charizard to sleep. Then the Exeggutors continued with their coconut attacks while Ash managed to suck the sleeping Charizard back into its ball just before a huge coconut was about to hit it in the skull. "Quick Batty! Fly up high and swoop down on them!" called out Cameron. "BAT!" shouted Batty as she soared way up into the sky to avoid the coconuts then zoomed down ready to turn those trees into toothpicks. But however, one of the Exeggutors launched a psychic blast at the Crobat causing her to screech in pain then about to plummet into the sea. "NO BATTY!" cried Cameron as he managed to suck Batty back into her ball just in time. Then the Exeggutors continued their coconut tossing while the three humans, Pikachu, and Sandshrew were getting clunked to death. Suddenly, a mysterious mist surrounded our heroes protecting them from the coconuts. "Where did this mist come from?!" gasped Ash. "This must be Suicune's doing", said Cameron. "Don't worry my friends", called out Suicune's voice. "You'll be protected by my mystical mist while I take care of these unfriendly trees!" "Wait Suicune!" cried Misty as she poked her head through the mist. "Those Exeggutors are grass types! Are you sure your water powers are able to handle them?!" "Mist, get back in the Misty!" called out Ash. "No, wait! I mean. Misty, get back in the Misty! No, I mean. Just get back in here!" Grumbled Ash as he yanked Misty back into the protective mist just as a coconut was about to hit her in the face. Suicune tried to use his leer attack to back away the charging Exeggutors. Some of them backed away, while a few of the bigger, braver ones used their hypnosis powers to put Suicune to sleep. "No, I can't go to sleep now!" yawned Suicune. "My friends need me! Raikou needs m.. m... YAWN!" and Suicune went right to sleep on the sand. "EGG!" smiled the Exeggutors as they gathered around the sleeping beast that was made entirely of nourishing fresh water. Then they started using their mega drain power to suck the mighty Suicune dry. "OH NO!" cried Misty as she peeked through the Mist and saw those awful Exeggutors absorbing all of Suicune's water. "They can't do that to the beautiful king of the sea!" growled Misty with fire in her eyes as she leapt out of the mist. "MISTY! What are you doing?!" cried Ash. "Saving my Suicune that's what!" shouted Misty as she released her Starmie. "Starmie, save your king with your double edge attack!" she commanded. Starmie started to spin around like a powerful speedy buzzsaw and started slicing the leaves off all the Exeggutor's tops. "EGG!" cried the Exeggutors as they all ran away from the drained Suicune while Starmie continued to slice up their edges causing sap to spill out. "Nice job Starmie", smiled Misty as she called back her starfish and then released her Kingdra. "Okay Kingdra, paralyze those trees with your dragonbreath!" "KING!" shouted Kingdra as it started launching its blue flames at the Exeggutors causing them to stand perfectly still like real motionless coconut trees. "Nice work Mist", smiled Ash. "Thanks Ashy!" smiled Misty blushing as she called back her Kingdra. "But it was my Pokemon who did all the work. They'd do anything to help the mighty Suicune. OH NO! SUICUNE!" They all rushed over to Suicune who was lying unconscious with his fur no longer blue, but a dull gray. "Is he dead?!" gasped Cameron. "Don't say such a thing!" growled Misty while she made her huge angry face. "Mere Exeggutors cannot kill the powerful Suicune!" "No, he's just drained and sleeping", said Ash as he took Suicune's pulse. "Too bad I don't have any full restore potion with me. How about you guys?" "Sorry Ash", said Cameron, "I used my last bottle of full restore to revive Sandy." "And I didn't think to bring any with me", said Misty. "How could I have been so careless?! I have no way to help the greatest water Pokemon in the world! What kind of water Pokemon master am I?! WAAAAH!" "Hey, take it easy my lovely water lady", said Ash as he tried to comfort Misty while getting soaked to death by her waterfall-like tears. "Even though we don't have any awakening potions with us, Suicune will eventually wake up." "I hope it'll be soon", said Misty. "But what are we going to do about Suicune being drained of his water power?!" "Maybe our water Pokemon can help revive Suicune with their water guns", said Cameron. "That's brilliant Cameron", smiled Misty as she released all six of her water Pokemon. "Listen up guys", said Misty. "Your watery king needs your help. Can you all please lend some of your water to Suicune making him better again?" Seaking, Starmie, Golduck, Corsola, Kingdra, and Politoed looked down at the fallen Suicune then quickly formed a circle around him and started spraying their water all over the beast's dry body. "Ah, sweet moisture!" moaned Suicune while smiling in his sleep. "Yes, that's it!" smiled Misty as they saw Suicune's gray fur turning back into a beautiful sea blue color again. "Maybe my Blastoise can join in", said Ash as he took out his Pokeball. "And Slowie can too", said Cameron. "No, I think my darling team of six are handling this just fine", said Misty. "Besides, you guys might need your water Pokemon when you go into that volcano to find Entei." "But what about you and Suicune?" asked Cameron. "I need to stay here and look after Suicune", said Misty. "But don't worry. Once he awakens, I'll tell him where you are and we'll catch up with you." "Good luck my Misty", said Ash as he kissed his love. Then he, Cameron, Pikachu, and Sandy headed for the volcano while Misty and her Pokemon continued to care for the sleeping Suicune. * * * * * * Soon, Ash and Cameron came to the foot of the volcano. "That thing sure looks big!" said Ash. "At least it's not blowing its top right now", said Cameron imagining the mess they'd look like if they got covered with lava. "We were gonna fly up there. But Charizard just got put to sleep", sighed Ash. "And Batty's out for the count", said Cameron remembering how she got zapped by the Exeggutor's psychic power. "I guess we have no choice but to climb to the top." "I knew I should've ordered that leg lift machine the minute I carelessly watched that informercial the other night", sighed Ash trying to stretch out his legs. "Pika, PI!" said Pikachu pulling at Ash's pants. "Thanks Pikachu", said Ash. "I need all the leg stretching exercises I can get." "CHUUU!" sighed Pikachu as he pointed over to the left side of the volcano's bottom. "Hey, it's some kind of tunnel", said Cameron. "Now that's a whole lot better than just flying up to the top." "Thanks Pikachu", smiled Ash. "I don't know where I'd be without you." "Pikachu!" smiled Pikachu. * * * * * * Soon Ash and Cameron were now inside the volcano looking for Entei. "The inside of this volcano is pretty bright", said Ash. "I kind of thought this would be a dark place." "I think it's because that river of lava is giving us light", said Cameron as he pointed right to a stream of hot bubbling lava. "Think of all the lava lamps you could make with that lava", said Ash thinking about that lava lamp he saw back on that space station they visited. "No Ash, lava lamps aren't made from lava", said Cameron. "Well then what are they made from?" asked Ash. "Well, uh", pondered Cameron. "Gee, that's a good question." "LAVA!" said a cute little voice. "I thought you said lava lamps weren't made from lava", said Ash. "That wasn't me", said Cameron. "My voice isn't that cute." "LAVA! LAVA!" called out some more cute voices. They all looked down and saw a neat sight. It was a bunch of tiny red mollusks with cute faces each sitting in what looked like halfshells made of charcoal. They were bouncing up and down squeaking happily at them. "What are those things?" asked Ash. "We'll see what Dextra has to say", said Cameron as he aimed his Pokedex at one of the mollusks. "LAVALING: the halfshell Pokemon. The pre-evolution of Slugma", replied Dextra. "Lavalings are born with charcoal shells attached to their bottoms. Once they evolve into Slugmas, they shed their shells." "Wow, I bet Misty would love to hold such cute things", smiled Ash as he tried to pick one up but ended up burning his hand. "YEOW!" moaned Ash sucking his singed fingers. "I should probably also mention that Lavalings don't like to be picked up or else they'll burn you", said Dextra. "Sorry Ash." "My Pokedex usually warns me about these things ahead of time", moaned Ash. "Well excuuuse me!" said Dextra in a smug voice. "Maybe I should also mention that the mothers are very possessive and will attack any creature they think is harming their little Lavalings." "Really?" gasped Cameron. "Yep", said Dextra. "So I suggest you scoot away from the Lavalings if you know what's good for you." "MAAAGGG!" called out a scary voice. They all turned around and found a gigantic red snail made of lava with a round boulder on its back crawling out from the lava stream. "Too late", said Dextra. "Mamma Magcargo has commeth! This is Dextra, signing off for now." And Cameron's Dex shut down. The Lavalings bounced away from the humans and approached the Magcargo who ordered them to jump into the lava stream where'd they be safe. Once the Lavalings were out of sight, Magcargo started looking angry eyed at the two humans and Pokemon. "Uh, hi Mrs. Magcargo", said Ash nervously. "You have some really nice kids. And we had no intention of harming them even if one of them did harm me a little." And he showed her his slightly burnt finger. But Magcargo only replied by launching a flamethrower attack causing them to hide behind some nearby boulders. "I guess a burnt finger doesn't play well on her sympathy", cried Cameron. "Quick Pikachu, use your thunderbolt!" called out Ash. "PIKACHUUU!" shouted Pikachu as he launched a thunderbolt at Magcargo causing her to roar in pain. But then fiery question marks started to form around Magcargo and her lava skin started to bubble even hotter. "Uh oh! That looks like amnesia power!" gasped Cameron. "That means Magcargo's defense is gonna rise!" And sure enough Magcargo gotten even tougher canceling out the thunderbolt attack with an even powerful flamethrower causing Pikachu to run back into Ash's arms. "Pika, Pi!" apologized Pikachu "Don't worry Pikachu", said Ash. "My Blastoise will avenge you!" and he released his giant turtle and ordered it to use hydro pump on the hot boiling snail. But Magcargo was so powered up with fire that the large amounts of gushing water got turned to steam the minute it touched Magcargo. "That Magcargo's got steam heat!" said Cameron. Then Magcargo released her flamethrower once again at Blastoise causing it to get charred and faint. "Poor Blastoise!" cried Ash as he sucked the fallen turtle back into its ball. "Sandy, remember how you defeated AJ's Magcargo?" asked Cameron. "SHREW!" smiled Sandy as he leapt out in front of Magcargo and released his sandstorm. Sure enough, the strategy Sandy used with the last Magcargo he faced worked. The huge red snail was now sandy colored for sand covered her entire body making her unable to launch any fire attacks. "Way to go Sandy!" smiled Cameron. "Wait, it's not over yet!" said Ash. "LOOK!" The sand covered Magcargo was now starting up her rollout attack trying to run over the panicked Sandy. "Oh no!" gasped Cameron. "I think AJ's Magcargo did this also! Now how did Sandy defeat it?! I can't remember!" But luckily Sandy did. He made a fist and used his rock smash power to knock the rolling stone back. But Magcargo started to roll again, but luckily Sandy got in another lucky hit, then another, and another. "Yeah, that's it!" smiled Ash. "Sandy's rock smash attack is dropping down Magcargo's defense points!" But just as Sandy was about to release one final blow, Magcargo managed to knock Sandy out with a quick rollout causing him to fly back into Cameron's arms. "SHREW!" moaned Cameron. "Don't worry about it Sandy", said Cameron. "You did your part. Hey Ash. I think Sandy weakened Magcargo enough. Maybe Pikachu can defeat her with one last thunderbolt." "You heard the kid", said Ash. "Can you win this one for your teammate Sandy?" "PIKACHU!" shouted Pikachu as he launched a thunderbolt at Magcargo causing her to get launched back into the lava stream. The Magcargo's head rose from the lava, called over her Lavalings and they all swam away from the group. "Way to go guys!" said both Ash and Cameron together. "PIKA!" "SHREW!" said both Pikachu and Sandy as they high-fived each other. "Hey look. There's a cave up ahead", said Cameron. "And I don't think I see any lava streams in there." "That would probably be safe to go through", said Ash. "Let's go everyone." When they entered the tunnel, it suddenly became dark and all you could see were a bunch of cartoon eyes. "Maybe we need the lava after all", said Cameron's green eyes. "It's totally pitch black in here." "Pikachu can help with his flash power, right Pikachu?" asked Ash's eyes. "PIKACHU!" called out two glowing dots for eyes as he used his flash power to light up the cave. "That's much better Pikachu", smiled Ash. "Thanks." "Pikachu!" said Pikachu proudly. "This sure is a pretty cavern", said Cameron. "Look at those pretty green stalactites up there!" "Green stalactites?" gasped Ash as he looked up above and saw one of them about to fall off. "Get out of the way Cam!" shouted Ash as he tackled Cameron out of the way just as a stalactite hit the ground like a missile. "Thank you Ash", said Cameron breathing hard. "I wonder what could've caused that stalactite to break off like that?" "I don't think that's a stalactite at all", said Ash. "It's got eyes!" Sure enough, the stalactite had turned itself around revealing a pair of mean looking eyes. "PUPITAR!" it mumbled. "Pupitar?" gasped Cameron as he took out his Dex. "PUPITAR: The hard shell Pokemon. The evolved form of Larvitar", replied Dextra. "Even sealed inside its tough shell, Pupitar can move freely. Hard and fast, it has outstanding destructive power." "You mean Larvitars can form shells around themselves like a cocoon?" asked Cameron studying the Pupitar. "How interesting." "You call that interesting?!" gasped Ash as he pointed up and saw the other Pupitars hanging from the ceiling were also dropping down. They were making huge cracks in the rocky ground." "Which they could do to our skulls if we don't get some protection!" shouted Ash as he released his Espeon. "Create a reflect dome, quick!" "PIII!" shouted the psychic Eevee as it formed a glowing dome around our heroes causing the falling Pupitars to bounce off like hailstones until they were all lying motionless on the ground. "Nice work Espeon", smiled Ash as he patted Espeon. "You can drop your dome now." "Pi!" smiled Espeon as it undid its reflect dome. Just then, the first Pupitar that dropped started to yank itself out of the ground and launched itself at our unprotected heroes. "Look out! It's a thrash attack!" shouted Ash. "SHREW!" shouted Sandy as he managed to use his rock smashing fist to sock the speeding Pupitar causing it to hit the wall cracking its shell. "Nice work Sandy", said Cameron relieved. "Uh oh!" gasped Ash as he saw all the other Pupitars pulling themselves out from the ground getting ready to start up their thrash attacks too. "Espeon, start up your reflect dome again!" Espeon nodded as it created another dome while all the hostile Pupitars kept trying to slam their way in. "Poor Espeon can't keep up this shield for much longer", cried Ash as he saw the shining jewel on Espeon's forehead fading out showing that it was running low on psychic energy. "Maybe the extra psychic power of Slowie can help", said Cameron as he released his Slowking. "Slowie!" said Cameron. "Can you use your psychic powers to get rid of these Pupitar's?" "I'll try Mamma", said Slowie who was doing better in English these days, but not enough to stop calling Cameron, Mamma. Slowie used his psychic power to lift all the Pupitars up in the air and toss them all out of the cave causing them to get carried away by the lava stream. "Nice job Slowie!" smiled Cameron as he hugged his precious Slowking while a blushing Slowie replied. "Tweren't nothing." "How did Slowie learn such a word like tweren't?" wondered Ash. "PIKA!" called out Pikachu as they all turned around while Pikachu pointed to something. The Pupitar had Sandy had knocked out started to crack even more. Soon it split open and something glowing came out. It soon grew and grew into a giant monitor lizard with a mean face and powerful claws. "TAAAAR!" it roared angrily. "It's a Tyrannitar!" cried Ash. "If only I had my Scaleon with me!" gasped Cameron remembering how Scaleon defeated the last Tyrannitar they faced. "Quick Slowie! Try using your psychic power again!" Slowie tried to remove the big lizard with his psychic powers but nothing happened. "Slowie! What's the matter?" asked Cameron. "Too much darkness!" said Slowie sadly. "Can't hurt lizard with psychics. Sorry Mamma." "That Tyrannitar must be part dark type! So psychic attacks can't harm it!" gasped Ash as he saw the Tyrannitar charging at our heroes ready do some serious thrashing and crunching. "Espeon, can you create one more reflect dome?" asked Ash. "PI!" cried Espeon for it used up all its psychic energy and couldn't create another dome to protect them. "Slowie. Maybe you can hold it awhile with your whirlpool!" said Cameron. "Okay Mamma", said Slowie as he blew a whirlpool of raging water around Tyrannitar trapping it in. "Nice work Slowie", smiled Cameron. "It just goes to show you that you don't need psychic powers all the time to solve problems like these." "Thank you Mamma", said Slowie hugging his master Mamma. "Now how do we get through this tunnel?", said Ash. "That Tyrannitar is blocking our way and that whirlpool will dissolve anytime now." "That's a good question", said Cameron. "If only we can find some way to move it out of the way like we did those Pupitars. But psychic power won't be able to move this dark infested Tyrannitar." "Maybe Venusaur can help", said Ash as he released his plant monster. "Venusaur", said Ash. "We need you to use your vines to move this lizard out of the way." "SAUR!" replied Venasaur as it stuck its many vines into the whirlpool trying to snare the Tyrannitar. But then Venasaur let out a painful, "SAUR!" "What's wrong Venusar?" asked a concerned Ash. The whirlpool had cleared and Venasaur's poor vines were trapped in the sharp mouth of Tyrannitar. Then Tyrannitar started swinging the poor plant around like a huge yo-yo and tossed it out of the tunnel. "VENUSAUR, NO!!!" cried Ash as he saw his Venusaur about to hit the lava stream. But thankfully, Slowie used his psychic power to bring Venusaur back into the tunnel. "SAUR!" roared Venusaur in pain for Slowie's psychic energy was hurting the poison Venusaur had in its veins. "Venusaur, return!" said Ash as he pulled Venusaur back into its ball free from harmful lava and psychic powers. "Thank you for your help Slowie", said Ash gratefully. "Tweren't nothing", said Slowie again. Then the Tyrannitar started charging at out heroes again madder than ever. "Octillery, I choose you!" cried Cameron. But once again, Octillery just grabbed Cameron and started kissing him non-stop not paying any attention to the Tyrannitar that was running up behind her. Just as Tyrannitar was about to jump onto Octillery, it bounced off of Octillery's rubbery head and hit the wall hard. "Did I feel someone nudge me?" Octillery asked Cameron who was all wet from kisses. "Yes", smiled Cameron. "You just saved us from that mean Tyrannitar over there." "That monster was trying to hurt my baby?!" said Octillery in an angry voice. She wriggled over and grabbed Tyrannitar with all her tentacles and started spanking it. "TAARRR!" roared Tyrannitar as Octillery continued to whack its green bottom turning it bright red. "That'll teach you to be a bully!" shouted Octillery as she stopped spanking Tyrannitar and released it from her grip. "Now you leave and think about what you've done!" "TAAARRR!" cried Tyrannitar with tears in its eyes as it ran out of the tunnel rubbing its red bottom. "Wow, and I thought my Mom was strict sometimes", said Ash. "Are you all right my dear?" asked Octillery as she placed a tentacle on Cameron's cheek. "I'll be fine Ocky", smiled Cameron. "Thank you", And he put Slowie back in his ball and was about to put Octillery back into her ball until she grabbed his wrist. "Wait Cameron", said Octillery. "This dark place looks so dangerous. I'd feel much better if you let me stay out of my Pokeball so I can protect you in case something bad happens." "Well..." said Cameron stuttering. "Aw, come on Cam", smiled Ash. "We could use an extra pair of hands. And Octillery's got eight of them. You saw how she whooped that Tyrannitar's butt." "Oh, okay", sighed Cameron. "But please Ocky. When we get to meet the mighty Entei, please don't start kissing me in front of him." "Oh, all right", laughed Octillery. "You know, you sound a lot like my Remoraid baby. He too didn't like me kissing him in front of his friends. Oh, how I miss him." And she wiped a tear from her huge eye. "If it'll make you feel better, you could give me one quick kiss before we meet Entei", said Cameron. "Thank you baby!" smiled Octillery as she seized Cameron and gave him her biggest wet one yet. "Shrew!" shuddered Sandy seeing his master get covered with moisture and not wanting to be in his shoes. * * * * * * Our heroes had now arrived in a much bigger cavern and there was light in it too. Mainly because it was filled with craters with bubbling lava in them. "Look at those lava pools", said Ash. "I bet someone could open up a sauna in this place." "Are you kidding?" asked Cameron. "The only creatures that could survive in those molten tubs are Magmars." "MAGMAR!" called out a voice. "MAGMAR!" called out another voice from the opposite side. "Speak of the devil!" gasped Cameron. "Or something just as hot!" gasped Ash. They saw two angry Magmars climbing out of the lava pools slowly approaching our heroes. "Maybe if we stand still and do nothing, they won't attack us and go away", whispered Cameron. But the twin Magmars just launched their flamethrowers at the two boys. But luckily, Octillery grabbed Cameron and Ash and pushed them down to the ground just before the flames could hit them. "No one does that to my baby and his friend!" shouted Octillery in an angry psychic voice. "Octazooka attack!" and she tried to fire her bubbly cannonball at the Magmar. But unfortunately, Octillery's aim was bad as usual and the octazooka hit the stone wall making a loud BOOM! "Who dares awaken me from my peaceful slumber?!!!" shouted a dark, angry voice. Our heroes and the two Magmars turned around and saw the largest pool of lava start to bubble. A huge ball of fire blasted out of it and hit the ground. Once the smoke cleared, there stood a huge red dog with sharp fangs. Ash and Cameron looked amazed and yet frightened at this powerful but majestic looking fire beast. Even Pikachu, Sandy, and Octillery couldn't help but bow down before him. Mainly because the two Magmars were bowing first. "Thank you my loyal friends", said the dog as he used his paws to pat the Magmars. Then he slowly approached the trembling humans and their Pokemon. "Who is it that enters the personal home of Entei, the mighty beast of fire?!" "If you please oh mighty Entei", said Ash nervously. "I'm Ash Ketchum and this is my friend Cameron Fusterman, along with our Pokemon. Pikachu, Sandy, and Octillery. We have traveled many miles with our friend Misty who is outside taking care of...." "SILENCE!!!" shouted Entei whose powerful breath totally knocked our heroes off their feet. "Why are powerful beings always shouting SILENCE?" wondered Cameron as he held his rattled head. "Is it some kind of code of theirs?" "You there, human with the hair like wheat and the large crystal eyes", said Entei as he looked sternly at Cameron. "Tell me why you have come and do not babble about it!" "Well", said Cameron nervously as he adjusted his large crystal eyes which were actually his glasses. "We came here to ask for you help." "And why should I help pitiful humans like you?" asked Entei unamused. "We were hoping you would be able to help your brother Raikou", said Cameron. "Raikou needs my help?" gasped Entei as he stood there silent and slowly sat down. "All right human. Go ahead and tell me everything." Cameron and Ash slowly and calmly told Entei the story about how Team Rocket had taken over his brother's mind and how they enlisted the aid of his other brother Suicune to help free Raikou. But the rescue attempt failed and how they rushed over to Entei's volcano to seek his help. "So my poor misguided electric brother is a prisoner of wicked humans", said Entei sadly. "It serves him right for wanting to help humans in the first place." "But I was told you and your brothers loved to roam all of Ryooku helping out humans who need it", said Cameron. "Only my foolish trusting brothers like doing that", grumbled Entei. "I once tried to help people a couple of times, but did they appreciate what I did? NO! They just screamed in fear of me and some of them tried to squirt me away with squirt bottles or even fire hoses! So I decided I didn't want anything to do with humans or the Pokemon that get captured by them. Which is why I remain here in this volcano with no untrustworthy humans around to make me their slave. Just me and my volcano dwelling Pokemon friends. Right my friends?" "MAG!" "MAR!" said the twin Magmars hugging each other. "I know some humans can be evil. Like those heartless, despicable Rockets!" grumbled Ash but then getting his cool back. "But lots of humans like Pokemon a lot and only catch them so the can be their partners and life-long friends." "PIKACHU!" said Pikachu hugging Ash's leg. "SHREW!" said Sandy hugging Cameron's leg while Octillery wrapped her tentacle around Cameron's waist. "Just look at you three pathetic Pokemon", growled Entei in disgust. "These humans have captured you and messed up your poor minds! Instead of roaming free in the wild and doing whatever you want, you serve these powerless humans with no will of your own!" "Don't you dare talk about my Cameron like that!" shouted Octillery pointing a lot of tentacles at Entei. "For your information, I was the one who first captured him! At first I mistook him for my long lost baby. Once I found out who he really was, I was devastated and wanted him out of my life. But soon I realized Cameron was still dear to me so I went back to help him when he was in danger. He even saved my life in return and had me sent to a nice old human who feeds me and gives me a nice fresh pool of water! Cameron was the one human who brought me my happiness back! So don't you dare say that about Cameron or any other human Mr. Hotpants!" Cameron's eyes became wide when he heard that gallant speech his Octillery made while Ash became puzzled for he didn't understand what Octillery said because she didn't have her telepathic tentacles around him. To Ash it was all a bunch of, "OC, OC, OCTILLERY, OCS!" "Your story impresses me old Octillery", said Entei. "But I still want to find out for myself if Pokemon can still be their worthy selves even though they are possessed by humans. We will have a Pokemon battle with you all. If you can defeat me and my Magmar friends, I will accompany you to this place my brother is being kept and help free him and your friends. But if you lose, you will leave my volcano and never disturb me again. Or else the fire I release on you will be much painful than in the center of the Earth." "You're on!" said Ash as he turned his cap around. "What about you Cam?" "If it'll save Reiko and the rest of my friends, I'm in too!" said Cameron as he turned his cap the same way. "PIKA!" "SHREW!" said both the determined little Pokemon while Octillery curled up all eight of her tentacles like fists. "Fine then", said Entei. "Magmars. You may start!" "MAG!" shouted the Magmars as they both made fists and tried to use their fire punches on the Pokemon. "Pikachu! Thunderbolt!" shouted Ash. "Sandy! Sandstorm!" shouted Cameron. Both Pikachu and Sandy let loose their powerful attacks causing Magmar 1 to get shocked causing its flaming fist to get paralyzed and Magmar 2 to get covered with sand putting out its fiery fist. But the Magmars struck back by releasing their smokescreen attacks causing our heroes to get trapped in a dark cloud. "COUGH! COUGH!" who turned out the lights?! COUGH!" cried Ash. "Can you, COUGH, see who to attack guys? COUGH!" asked Cameron. But all he heard were Sandy and Pikachu coughing in cute voices and the Magmars laughing at their situation. But suddenly, two octazooka bombs shot from the smokescreen hitting both Magmars causing them to get knocked out. Then the smoke cleared and it showed Octillery raising her tentacles in victory. "Nice work Ocky!" smiled Cameron who was now hugging Octillery. "You hit them even with your bad eyesight." "Thank you baby", smiled Octillery. "You don't suppose making my vision worse with that smokescreen allowed me to hit my target better, do you?" "Who can say?" smiled Cameron. "Very impressive", said Entei as he picked up both Magmars with his mouth and tossed them into a nearby lava pool. "They just need a few days to charge up their fire and they'll be as good as new." "Does that mean you'll come with us?" asked Ash. "Do you not remember what I said?" scolded Entei. "You have to defeat ME and my Magmars if you want me to cooperate!" and he jumped in front of our heroes ready to attack. "You may launch your first attack" said Entei. "Okay Sandy, try launching your sandstorm. That always seems to work great against fire types." Said Cameron. "SHREW!" said Sandy as he blew out one of his most powerful storm of sand and rocks yet. But Entei just stood there unharmed as the rocks pelted off his fur. "Now it's my turn", smiled Entei. "Swagger attack!" and he started coughing out huge huffs of hot air blowing away the sandstorm and knocking poor Sandy back. "SHREWWW!" cried Sandy as he collapsed. "SANDY!" cried Cameron as he cradled his blown down Sandshrew. "It's just as I thought!" scoffed Entei. "Being raised by a human who coddles you makes you a soft battler! Go away and stop wasting my time!" "Not so fast!" shouted Ash. "You haven't seen a battler like my Pikachu. See if you can confuse him with your agility!" "PIKA!" shouted Pikachu as he started zipping all around Entei unable to be caught. "Very agile you are little mouse!" said Entei. "But can you escape my fire spin attack?!" And Entei let loose a fire tornado that surrounded him and Pikachu making Pikachu unable to escape the sinister grin of Entei. "PIKACHU!" cried Ash as he heard the battle sounds inside the fire spin. He tried to use his Pokeball to call back Pikachu, but the beam wouldn't go through the spinning fire. Soon the fire stopped and we see Pikachu on the ground defeated with Entei's paw on top of him. "Your Pikachu was one tough little warrior", said Entei. "But one stomp attack from me and it was all over." And he pushed Pikachu back to his sad master. "Ah, that felt so good humiliating you humans and the Pokemon you made soft! HA HA HA HA!!!" But then Entei's laughter stopped when an ice beam hit his mouth. "That'll teach you to badmouth my dear Pokemon and human friends!" shouted Octillery as she continued her ice beam attack until Entei was frozen in a block of ice. "You did it again!" smiled Cameron hugging his Octillery. "I'm glad I chose you to come along with us!" "Awww!" smiled Octillery hiding her embarrassed faced with her tentacles. "I don't think that ice cube is gonna hold him for long!" said Ash as he saw the ice that trapped the fiery Entei turning to steam getting ready to crack. "I'd better call out another Pokemon before Entei starts breaking the ice!" said Ash. "Go Charizard!" But the huge lizard just lay on the ground sound asleep. "Aw, Charizard!" moaned Ash. "Are you going to go back to not obeying me again?" "It's not Charizard's fault", said Cameron. "Don't you remember he was put to sleep by those Exeggutors?!" "Oh yeah", said Ash as he saw his Charizard sleeping then turned around and saw Entei about to break free from his icy prison. "I'll try you Snorlax!" said Ash as he released his big bear Pokemon who was also sleeping. "What is this, a Pokemon slumber party?!" demanded Ash. Suddenly, Entei broke free from the ice. "Try to leave me out in the cold, will you?" he roared. "Now I'm going to take you all down!" And he started charging at our heroes with the sleeping Snorlax right in front of them. "Uh", said Ash trying to think of something. "Look Snorlax! There's some red meat right in front of you! But I think it needs tenderizing!" "SNOR?" asked Snorlax as it opened up its eyes and saw a blurry vision of a red juicy steak running right at him. "SNOOORRR!" shouted Snorlax as it launched its body slam attack crushing Entei. Then Snorlax started pounding the big dog with its fist trying to make it tender. "Nice work Snorlax!" shouted Ash. "That was a good idea you had Ash", said Cameron. "But what's gonna happen if Snorlax finds out that that's not meat it's pounding?" "I never really thought about that", said Ash nervously as he saw Snorlax trying to eat Entei's mane then coughed it out. Snorlax frowned and saw it wasn't a steak, just a big furry dog. Snorlax then looked at Ash angrily and started charging at him getting ready to attack its master for deceiving it. "SNOOOORRR!" shouted Snorlax getting ready for another body slam. "I'm sorry Snorlax!" cried Ash. "RETURN!" and he pulled the angry Snorlax back into its ball just in time. "I'll make it up to you later, I promise!" said Ash nervously looking at Snorlax's ball. "How pathetic!" growled Entei as he got back on all fours, "You call yourself a master?! You deceived your own Snorlax and you trembled in fear when it tried to attack you! Now, it's time you felt the wrath of my full power!" And Entei was about to let out his most powerful attack yet, until a red bolt rammed into him knocking Entei into the wall. "Charizard?" gasped Ash as he saw that his flying lizard had awoken and was ready to battle. "CHAR!" smiled Charizard winking at its master. "Finally, a worthy fire type like myself to battle with!" smiled Entei. "Let's see who's the biggest, what you humans call, hot shot around here!" And he let out his flamethrower attack at Charizard. "Quick Charizard, counter attack with your own flamethrower!" shouted Ash. "CHARRR!" roared Charizard as it launched its own flames at Entei's incoming flames. Both of the mighty fire Pokemon tried to push each other's flames back, but they were both equally powerful. "Time to fight fire with a fire blast!" thought Entei as he let loose a huge clump of fire pushing Charizard into a ceiling of sharp stalactites. "Oh no!" cried Cameron as he looked up. "It'll become a pincushion!" "I hope this works!" shouted Ash. "Charizard, try using your dragonrage, quick!" Charizard complied as it roared and created a typhoon blowing away the fire blast and picking up Entei as well. "Yes, it's working!" smiled Ash as Charizard managed to get out of the stalactites way and watched the dog get spun around with a wicked reptile smile. But Entei managed to get a quick bite onto Charizard's tail causing it to roar in pain. But Charizard managed to reach down and grab Entei's mane. "Now try your famous seismic toss!" shouted Ash. Charizard nodded and spun around in a powerful circle still holding onto Entei's mane. Then Charizard slammed Entei into one of the lava pools making a loud splash. Then Charizard landed and made a loud victory roar while spouting fire into the air. "Your Charizard's totally cool!" smiled Cameron. "Don't you mean hot?" said Ash proudly. Suddenly, the lava pool that Entei was thrown in started to bubble. And out leapt Entei fully recharged from that lava bath. Charizard looked mean-eyed at the dog getting ready to battle again. But instead Entei smiled and said, "Please call back your Charizard Ash. I surrender." "Wait Charizard, heal!" said Ash as he got between Charizard and Entei. "Do you mean it Entei?" "Yes, Ash", said Entei sitting down. "Your Charizard is a very strong and dedicated warrior. It is the first Pokemon that has actually defeated me. You definitely have raised it well." "Thank you", said Ash. "Char!" said Charizard with great respect. "And you Cameron", said Entei. "Your Octillery not only seems to care about you a lot, but for other Pokemon as well when she tried to defend their honor. You truly have raised her well too." "I think she kind of raised me too", smiled Cameron as Octillery started to hug him affectionately once again, but no kissing like she promised. "Now will you help us free your brother and our friends please?" asked Ash. "Yes I will", smiled Entei. "You've defeated me in a Pokemon battle which proves yourselves worthy. So I will join you on your rescue quest." "And it's about time too!" called out Suicune's voice. They all turned around and saw Suicune rushing in with Misty on his back. "Greetings my fiery brother", said Suicune, "Long time no see." "I think it's been too long wet brother", sighed Entei. "You're not gonna start up one of your water fights every time we meet, are you?" "Nyaaah, I've matured since then", laughed Suicune. "Or have I?" And he playful squirted a tiny drizzle inches at the unamused Entei. "MIST!" smiled Ash as he went over and lifted his girlfriend off of the water beast's back. "Suicune just woke and I told him where you went", said Misty. "We heard the battle going on and tried to rush there in time." "But it looked like you handled my hot headed brother by yourselves nicely", smiled Suicune. "Hey, just because nature gave me a fire producing body doesn't mean I have a temper!" protested Entei. "Aw, I'm just joking with you Entei", laughed Suicune. "You know me!" "Yes, we are brothers", said Entei with a good natured smile, but then got serious. "Shall we now go and free our brother Raikou?" "Yes, we should hurry", said Suicune. "I'll lead you to him." Then Suicune transformed back into a water spout and took off while Entei changed back into a ball of fire and followed after him like a red comet. "Shall we go Mist", smiled Ash as he lifted Misty into Charizard's arms, then got onto Charizard's back getting ready to fly off. "Ready, as I'll ever be my Ashy", smiled Mist. "Wait a minute", said Cameron as he pointed to his still unconscious Crobat. "Batty's still injured to fly me back with you guys." "Not to mention our other Pokemon too", said Ash seeing the injured Pikachu in his backpack along with the injured Sandy. And they also remembered their other Pokemon that got hurt battling the not so nice Pokemon along the way. "We sure picked a fine time not to stock up on full restore potion", grumbled Cameron. Then he felt Octillery put a tentacle on Cameron's shoulder. "Perhaps I can help", she said as she uncurled a tentacle and placed a pile of berries in Cameron's hand. "These are special healing berries for Pokemon", smiled Cameron. "But where did you get them?" "I've been gathering them while exploring Prof. Oak's Pokemon preserve", said Octillery blushing. "I figured you might need them for a journey one day." "Thank you Mamma!" smiled Cameron for he now decided to use the name Octillery hoped he'd call her. All that Octillery could do was smile, hug Cameron, and start kissing him since there was no Entei around to see them. * * * * * * Once they gave their injured Pokemon each a berry, they suddenly became well and healthy. Then Ash, Misty, and Cameron put their cured Pokemon back in their balls. Got back on Charizard and the now recovered Crobat and flew out of the volcano trying to catch up with the flying comet and water spout who were Entei and Suicune. "Don't worry Reiko", thought Cameron. "I'll be there for you soon." "SHREW!" nodded Sandy in agreement. * * * * * * It was nighttime and we see a Granbull sniffing the ground trying to look for her Meowth boyfriend. She looked up and came across a glowing electric wall. She could sense Meowth was behind that wall, but had no way of getting through it. The poor Granbull let out a mournful howl. "What was that?!" gasped Meowth as he woke up in his bed that doubled as a litter box. "That can't be!" said Meowth nervously as he pulled the covers over his head. "Think pleasant thoughts Meowth", he said while shaking. "I don't know any Granbull. She isn't here to chomp on me anymore. And she can't get through that wall. I hope!" TO BE CONCLUDED!