Chapter 13: Reunion and Sacrafice

A room, dimly lit except for about 30 monitors, was inhabited by 2 guards. Just then, an alarm sounded. One of the guards looked through a monitor and saw a small boat. He grabbed a microphone, pressed a button & spoke into it.
In another room, a man was trying to get some information out of another man dressed in white. His glasses slid off his nose as he tried to resist the larger man.
"You WILL tell me what I want to know, or else!" The larger man said.
"Never!" said the strapped-down man.
Suddenly, a radio buzzed.
"What do you want?" the man said to the radio.
"Sir, we have an intruder coming in by speedboat. Three males & one female"
"Hmm. Our guests are late. Get them, but do not kill them." the man said to the radio. He then faced the man in white, "Well, I have other methods to get what I want" he said as he laughed. The man in white gasped & his eyes widened.
I sat, sulking in the speedboat, mad at myself for losing my Pokédex. Zach was steering the boat, Megan, Zubat & Pichu were having lunch and Josh was teaching Sandshrew a new move.
"Hey! I see something!" Zach shouted.
We all sat up and looked out to the sea. Josh grabbed a pair of binoculars and looked through them.
"It's an island!" Josh said.
"Lemme see!" asked Megan. She peeked through the binoculars, "That's it! That's the island where my dad is!"
"Pichu! Pi!" Pichu shouted in excitement.
As we neared the island, all we could think about was freeing Scott.
"Hey Zach, how are we going to sneak in?" I asked.
"Well, I am going to stop the boat here, then we'll use our Water Pokémon to find a sewer drain or something" Zach answered.
"Hey, look at that!" Josh yelled out.
We all looked to see something launch from the island. We were still a good 20 miles from the island. Zach had just stopped the boat when we saw something terrifying. Two things were headed straight for us!
"Torpedoes!" I shouted.
Zach tried to start the boat but the torpedoes were coming too fast.
"Jump!" Zach yelled.
We all jumped into the water. We were all underwater when the torpedo hit. Our boat burst into flames upon impact. The force sent all of us deeper. Unable to hold her breath much longer, Megan called out Dratini, grabbed Pichu, and told Dratini to head for the surface. Josh called out Poliwhirl and rode it to the surface, while Zach used Lapras & grabbed me. Megan reached the top first, as she was out breath. Josh came up next, then Zach & me. Everyone got on Lapras and started to catch their breath. I called out for Zubat, who flew down & sat on my shoulder. As we rested & thought about what to do next, I looked at our boat. It finally sank into the depths.
"All that money we used to get that thing here, & now it's gone" I said.
"We have more important things to worry about now" replied Josh.
Just then, we heard the rumbling of engines. About 5 men on Jetskis were coming after us.
"Looks like the welcoming committee is hear to greet us. Lapras, use Blizzard now!" said Zach.
Lapras nodded & shot out a field of ice at the men. All of them were frozen in a huge chunk of ice. Zach petted Lapras on a good job, when Zubat, Pichu & Lapras were alarmed.
"What's wrong Zubat?" I asked it.
All three looked up. So did we. Then three small metal balls hit the sea & drifted over near us. I was just about to pick one up.
"No don't!" Zach yelled.
Too late. The three balls exploded with electric energy. All of us being soaked didn't help. When it stopped, we all fell over. Everything then went black. I could hear the whirring sounds of a computer in the distance. I sat up & shook my head. Feeling woozy, I decided to try & get my bearings straight. There wasn't much light except for a small window on the wall. I saw Zach & Josh laying next to me, unconscious. I shook them in order to awake them. Zach complained that his back hurt while Josh wanted to know where Megan was. Zach got up & moved towards the window of light, to find that it was a door.
"Should be a simple enough task to break out of here with...Oh no! Where's Golem? All my Pokémon are gone!" Zach said.
Josh also realized this fact.
"Of course their gone, you don't think their stupid enough to throw us in here WITH them do you?" I said.
"No, I guess not" Zach said as he looked out.
"What do you see?" Josh asked.
"Well, there's about 4 guards guarding two doors, a giant computer flashing something about Pokémon, 4 scientists, and...Zubat and Pichu!" Zach reported.
"Huh?" both Josh & I said in unison.
I looked out & saw Zubat & Pichu, still unconscious, encased in glass jars with several bottles of red liquid next to them. Just then one of the doors opened. Two guards, followed by two men, one dressed in a black suit, one dressed in a white lab coat with glasses, then a girl followed by two more guards.
"It's Scott & Megan!" I said.
"Where?" Josh asked.
All three of us looked out the small window at what was going on.
"Now, if you please, or something terrible will happen." The man dressed in black said, then motioned over to a guard, who pointed a handgun at Megan's forehead. Megan was frozen in terror.
"All right!" said Scott, then started to type something in. A few minutes later the screen flashed "Access Granted" and started drawing up plans for some sort of weapon.
"Thank you" said the tall man in black, "Now take these two and put them in the pit" he said to the guards. The two guards put shackls on Megan's & Scott's arms thentook them away. Just then Megan saw Zubat & Pichu.
"What did you do to them?" Megan said in horror.
"Oh nothing at all my dear. We simply took some of its DNA, like we did to the rest of you & your friends' Pokémon," the man said.
Megan just gasped. So did we.
"Hehe. You see, we plan on combining the DNA of your Pokémon to create Pokémon so strong, they can't be beaten! Once we have enough, my boss will take them and use them to take over the entire world! We've already taken Cinnabar, but it will require much more power to take over the other cities. But thanks to you & your friends, we have all that we need." The man said as he laughed a little bit then sneered. Megan & Scott were then taken away.
"We have to get out of here!" Josh said to me & Zach. Zach nodded, then started touching the door in specific spots.
"What are you doing?" I asked.
"Trying to find the weakpoint. Working on the S.S. Anne, I noticed that all sheets of metal have at least 1 weak point, a spot which is very fragile, like wood. If I can find it, then we may be able to bust down the door." Zach told us.
"Uh Zach, even if we do bust down the door, how are we gonna save Megan & Scott?" Josh asked.
Zach found the spot. He asked for something to etch it with. I found my pocket knife & handed it to Zach. He etched a small X on the spot. He then turned on the indiglo on his watched and read the time.
"Hmm. Nightfall is soon, we'll have to wait till then. More than likely, most of the people will be gone." Zach said.
Sure enough, come nightfall, all that were left were 2 guards. The room was pretty dark except for the guards flashlights on their heads. Zubat & Pichu as well as the blood samples were gone too. Zach wound up, and shoulder charged the X. It didn't budge. Zach tried again. The guards noticed and started to come over to our cell. They looked in the window to see Zach charge one more time. The hinges fell off and Zach & the door fell onto the guards, knocking them out. Josh turned on a light as Zach & I put the guards into the cell and put the door back up.
"So where do we go from here? We have to save Megan & Scott!" Josh said.
"We also have to find our Pokémon. Let's see. I may be able to get a map up if we...oh great!" Zach said.
On the small screen it said "Insert Access Card." We didn't have one. Suddenly, one of the scientists from earlier entered. He saw us, and tried to sound the alarm, but Josh & I tackled him before he could do it. We tied him up & took his access card. Using it, Zach managed to get a map of the island. He printed out two copies.
"We have to split up, someone will go & find the Pokémon while someone else has to go and try to save Megan & Scott" Zach said.
"I'll go find Scott & Megan, you two try & find our Pokémon." Josh said as he bolted out the door. Zach took the card and we headed out the other door.
Josh traveled across the halls, trying to find the quickest way to where Megan & Scott were. Luckily, the map had up-to-date locations. Josh then came up to a strange room. He peeked inside & saw more scientists trying to do something. They held the bottles of blood and were trying to make new Pokémon. Something was wrong, however. They were able to put the blood samples into a machine to try & clone, but without a specific code the machine wouldn't work. They contacted the boss. Just then, Josh heard something. He hid behind a pillar as another scientist walked in. Josh darted into the room & hid. He heard something about persuading Scott again and something about a torture chamber. Josh gasped at what might happen, but shook the image out of his mind. He looked up and saw something relieving. Zubat & Pichu! Still encased in their jars, the two Pokémon were wide awake. Josh darted across the edge of the room until he was behind the two Pokémon's prisons. He saw a button on the front of each jar & tried to touch it. Pichu & Zubat saw Josh and smiled. Unfortunately, Josh tripped & fell over, causing the whole table to fall. Josh grabbed his head, when four guns pointed at his face. He surrendered. The guards didn't notice that the jars were broken, and Zubat & Pichu were free. Zubat flew up & used a Supersonic attack, while Pichu leaped up and unleashed a Thunderbolt on the guards & scientists. Josh was glad to see them both. The ran out of the room. Zubat then began to sniff out me & Zach & headed back down the way Josh came. Pichu decided to follow Josh as they continued their search for Megan & Scott.
Meanwhile, Zach & I were trying to decide where to go. There were three places our Pokémon could be: The Pokémon Lab, Pokémon Observatory, & Pokémon Ability Room. We saw that the lab was on the same path Josh was, so we decided to go to the ability room. Carefully sneaking past the guards, we finally made it to our destination. Peeking inside, we saw scientists trying to test the limits of Pokémon abilities. I then saw something I was glad to see. All of our Poké Balls were on a table on the far side of the room! In the middle of the area, Raichu was shocking targets with a collar around its neck. Every time Raichu underpowerered, a sting went into Raichu from the collar. Using the Access Card, Zach & I sneaked in, and saw something interesting. A plug. Curious, I pulled it out, and all the power to the computers in the room went dead. Zach turned off the lights as well. Scientists were crashing left & right to get the power back on. I went for Raichu while Zach tried to go for the Poké Balls. I managed to get to Raichu easily, and managed to get the collar off. Zach tripped over 3 scientists but finally made it to the Poké Balls. I dodged & weaved through the pack & got near Zach. I grabbed a Poké Ball and threw it to the ground. The bright flash alerted the scientists to our presence.
"Flare Flare!" the Pokémon shouted that came out of the Poké Ball.
"OK Flareon, light this place up with your Flamethrower!" I told Flareon.
It did as it was told, the Scientists were about to come after us.
"Raichu! Flash attack now!" I yelled.
Flareon, Zach & I covered our eyes as Raichu leapt up and delivered a bright light throughout the whole room. We grabbed our Poké Balls and split. As we left, the entire hall became red as the alarm sounded.
"I was wondering when they were going to notice us." I said.
Just then two guards came around the hall.
"Golem! Use your Tackle!" Zach shouted as he called Golem to battle.
Golem did as it was told, and tackled the two guards, who's guns were useless against Golem's tough skin. We were about to head out when I told Zach that I didn't see Zubat or Pichu anywhere. Zach said they might be in the Observatory. We started to go there.
"BBBBAAAATTTTT!" We heard down the hall.
"Zubat!" I shouted as my top Pokémon flew into my arms.
"All right, now it's time to rondevou with Josh" Zach said. Zubat, Golem, Raichu, Flareon & I nodded.
Josh & Pichu finally got to the Pit. Josh figured that this was also the torture chamber, but no one is in the room. The alarms went crazy as guards scrambled all over the place. Josh hid inside the room with Pichu on his head. When the way was clear, Josh headed to the next possible place: The Agony Room. Two more guards spotted Josh, but Pichu quickly took care of them. Finally, they made it to the torture chamber. They looked inside to find Scott tied to a chair & Megan strapped to a slanted table.
"Now then" the man in black said, "We can do this the easy way, or the hard way. Your choice. Give me what I want, and no harm will come to you or your daughter. To do so otherwise will meet in some unfortunate things."
He nodded to a guard who turned on a drill the was headed straight for Megan's head.
"All right! I'll tell you!" Scott yelled out.
Meanwhile, Josh was angry, but he couldn't get in without an access card
"Oh man! I forgot to get one from those scientists back there!" Josh said. He then had an idea.
He saw an air vent above him, and lifted Pichu up so it could get the vent off & go inside. Josh then hid in a janitor closet so no one would spot him. Pichu walked along the vent until it came to a vent window. Pichu saw Megan & Scott in there, so it jumped down, crashing through the window onto Megan's stomach.
"Pichu! Am I ever glad to see you!" Megan said. The guard & the head honcho saw Pichu and tried to grab it, but Pichu jumped up and landed on a control console.
"Pichu! Press the red button!" Megan shouted.
Pichu did as it was told. Megan was free from her prison and untied her father. They both hugged each other & asked if each other was all right. Pichu jumped onto Megan's shoulder and both hugged. Outside, Josh used a broom handle to knock one of the guards out. He grabbed one of his guns & fired a few shots into the mini-console next to the door. The thing malfunctioned & the doors opened. Josh went in and asked if everyone was all right. Megan, Pichu & Scott nodded.
"Let's get out of here & find Zach & Matt" Josh said.
"You won't be going anywhere!" said the person in black.
"You won't win Hell Fire!" Scott shouted.
"That's his name?" Josh asked.
"Yes, it is, but it will be the last thing you know!" HF said as he advanced.
Pichu became angry at him & used Thundershock to stun him. The group was about to head out when they were stopped by five troops. Each pointing a gun at them. Josh, Megan & Scott surrendered while HF laughed.
"Coming through!" shouted a voice and before anyone realized what was going on, Golem came crashing through the guards followed by Zach & I.
"Hey guys! Long time no see!" I said.
"We have something for ya!" Zach said as he gave Josh & Megan their Poké Balls.
We decided to leave, when HF stopped us. He raised a Poké Ball and out came a strange yellow humanoid.
"Buzz!" said the Pokémon.
"Humph. I can take care of this! Sandshrew! Let's go!" Josh shouted.
"Electabuzz, time to use Take Down!" shouted Hell Fire.
Electabuzz slammed into Sandshrew. Sandshrew tried to use its Slash & Fury Swipes attacks, but Electabuzz was too powerful. With a Mega Kick & a Slam, Sandshrew was severely hurt. Josh went to see if Sandshrew was OK, while Zach was ready to use Golem. However, Sandshrew stood up. It wouldn't be beaten by an Electabuzz. Sandshrew attacked again but a Swift attack knocked it back. Sandshrew became angry, and something triggered. Sandshrew had a white aura around it, then glowed white. Everyone shielded their eyes as Sandshrew became bigger. When the light disappeared, Sandshrew had been replaced by it's evolved form: Sandslash.
"Slash!" shouted the newly evolved Pokémon.
"All right! Now Sandslash! Time for you to use Fury Swipes now!" Josh shouted.
Sandslash nodded and started slashing Electabuzz left & right. It's long claws hurt Electabuzz badly. HF called for Thunder, which didn't hurt a curled-up Sandslash. It rolled towards Electabuzz & its spiny quills made Electabuzz pay.
"OK Sandslash! Finish it! Submission attack now!" Josh shouted.
Sandshrew nodded and picked up Electabuzz. It then jumped up and slammed Electabuzz hard, pounding it into, well, submission. Electabuzz had fainted. Proud, Josh hugged Sandslash.
"Let's get out of here!" Zach said. Everyone nodded & left. HF stood up & talked into his radio.
"I want all scientists to work on Project: Takeover. You have the necessary codes, now do it! I also want all guards to find those kids and kill them no matter what!" HF shouted into his radio.
"What is going on Scott?" I asked as we were running down the hallway trying to find a way out. Golem rolled ahead and took care of any guards.
"Well, A few years ago, I worked for Hell Fire and became one of his best scientists. When I discovered the lost research of another group of scientists who supposedly cloned the legendary Mew, HF became greedy and wanted total control of it. He commanded me to make the program, but I secretly left out the codes needed. After escaping the original island, I found Megan before my captors did, and we ran from them. I put Megan in an abandoned warehouse so she will be safe while I tried to dodge my pursuers. They eventually got me and I've been here ever since." Scott told us.
"So he's gonna take over the world using cloned Pokémon?" I asked.
"Yes, the Pokémon are resistant to just about everything save for their natural weaknesses. I fear that Hell Fire will now put his plan into motion" Scott told us.
We decided to go into a new room to figure out what to do. This must have been an armory of some sort. There were weapons all about & a huge ray gun inside. We didn't have much time to look around as HF & guards came through the door. I decided to sent out something that would stop them cold.
"Gyarados! Go!" I shouted.
Gyarados rose up above HF & guards & roared. Hell Fire simply took out a remote control & pressed a button. Suddenly, Gyarados was wrapped up by over a hundred bands & slammed to a giant table. HF walked over to the big gun while the guards pointed their guns at us.
"I was going to use this later to perform surgery on you, but I guess now would be the perfect time as well!" HF said to Gyarados as he laughed, again.
He sneered, his mustache rising up to his ears & his black hair shining off the light. He pressed a button as the end of the gun glowed with blue & white energy. Gyarados struggled to break free. HF smiled & fired.
"Gyarados!" I shouted as I ran towards the ray's target. One of the guards aimed his gun at me, but Zach punched his jaw & Pichu shocked the rest. Gyarados' eyes widened, but before the ray could hit the Pokémon, I leaped in front of it & took the blast full charge. I was sent flying until I hit the edge of the table. My shirt had a big hole in it as I laid there unconscious. Everyone ran over to me. Zach tried to wake me up but it was no use. Gyarados saw what had happened and roared in anger. It broke free of its bonds and glared at Hell Fire. Then, a yellow ball of energy started forming in Gyarados' mouth.
"Uh oh. Run for it!" Zach shouted. He threw me on top of his shoulder as we tried to leave.
Gyarados used its most powerful attack: Hyper Beam. The beam smashed into the ray, blowing it to pieces. HF was knocked out, and the explosion caused a pile of rocks block the entrance. Gyarados smashed through the road block as Josh put it back in its Poké Ball. Zach knelt down to feel my pulse.
"Oh no! His pulse is slowing down! Scott, where's the sick bay around here?" Zach asked.
"Follow me" said Scott as he led us to the sick bay.
When they finally got there, Josh & Zach inspected me.
"This is not good. If we don't do something fast, Matt is gonna phase into the next dimension!" Josh said.
Zach, Megan & Scott just looked at him.
"I mean he's gonna die!" said Josh.
"Hmm. I may know of a way to save him" Scott said.
"How?" Zach asked.
"In the lab, there is a machine that is able to copy the powers of Pokémon. If we use it, it may save his life." Scott told us.
"Lead the way" Zach told him.
Eventually they got to the lab. It was still a mess from Pichu's assault, but luckily, most of the machinery was still intact. Scott motioned over to two glass cylinders. Zach put me inside one of them
"Now, we need a Pokémon that knows Rest or Recover" Scott said.
Josh, Zach & Megan looked at each other. No one had a Pokémon that could heal itself. Suddenly Josh had an idea. Reaching into his backpack, Josh grabbed out his TM Development Kit. Quickly he made a copy of TM44.
"Sandslash, come here" Josh said. The Pokémon obeyed, as Josh opened the small box.
White balls of light gathered around Sandslash's head as it was taught another move: Rest. On the control console, the heart monitor on my cylinder went flat. Scott told Josh to put Sandslash in the other glass cylinder. Scott pressed a button and both containers closed. Josh told Sandslash to use Rest, and it did. Scott then turned the machine on. A bright green light shot into Sandslash's cylinder and traveled through a clear pipe to my cylinder. I was covered in the same green aura as Sandslash was. My large wound on my chest where the ray hit started to disappear. On the control console, my heart monitor started to beep again. Scott turned the machine off. Both cylinders rose as Sandslash & I awoke.
"Oh man, what happened?" I asked woozily.
"Nothing much little bro." Zach replied.
Suddenly, a few guards came storming in, well armed. They fired their guns. Golem & Sandslash couldn't get to the guards while blocking all the bullets. I couldn't watch so I just grabbed a random Poké Ball from my belt & threw it. The Poké Ball dropped to the ground and opened. The bright white light shot to the ceiling and took form of a huge monster.
"DDOOOOOSSSSSS" shouted the Pokémon.
"All right! Gyarados, use your Tackle attack!" I shouted.
Surprisingly, Gyarados did as it was told. It lunged at the guards and slammed them. I then called for a Hydro Pump. Gyarados obeyed and shot a raging blast of water at the guards. They went flooding across the halls.
"Good job. Return Gyarados!" I said as I returned the huge beast.
Just then, some of the water from the Hydro Pump splashed onto the circuits of the machines. It was just enough to make them short-circuit. One of the machines exploded and shot fire & electricity everywhere. After nearly dodging a few bolts, we decided to try and put up a shield. Zach called out Golem and Rhyhorn, Josh called for Sandslash, while I called out Graveler & Raichu. The Pokémon stood in a circle around us. Each of them absorbed the blasts from each of the machine's explosions. Raichu was hit with a bolt of electricity, and started glowing. More shocks came to it and it started glowing more and more. Pichu got the idea and started sucking in electric bolts itself. Everyone watched the two electric types suck up all the energy the machine's explosions gave off. A few minutes later, the fires burned themselves out. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, until we were all doused with hundreds of gallons of water.
I tried to stand up, when I saw that Golem, Sandslash, Rhyhorn & Graveler had all fainted from the blast. Zubat told me to look near the door. Hell Fire was standing at the door, along with four Tentacruel. These were the genetically enhanced ones. They stood about 10 feet tall started to walk towards us. I remembered that Scott said that the Pokémon only retained their natural weaknesses, so I called on Raichu to stop them. Raichu stepped up, and dodged the many tentacles with Agility. Deciding enough was enough, Raichu leapt up and gave out a powerful Thunder attack, but it was more powerful than usual.
"Huh? Raichu isn't that powerful. What's going on?" I asked.
"When Raichu absorbed all that electricity, it must have gained a power boost" Scott said.
Sure enough, Raichu was able to quickly defeat three of the Tentacruel. The last one grabbed Raichu with its many tentacles and started squeezing. All of the sudden, Pichu leapt up and plopped itself on Tentacruel's face. It then let out a Thunderbolt of its own, as well as getting Hell Fire. Tentacruel couldn't stand the electric bolts, and it fainted. We tied up Hell Fire and then departed. Scott showed us the way to the exit, and we took a long look at the first sunshine we've seen for awhile. It was only a few hours since sunrise, but we didn't notice until we got outside. Josh then pointed out something distressing. About 50 large boats & helicopters left the island, along with a multi-bladed airship. Each boat & chopper had Pokémon in it. Each of them also had a R stamped on the side. Looks like Team Rocket has started its plan to conquer the world. We were the only ones who could stop them.
"And just how are we gonna stop them? There must be lots of Pokémon abroad those ships. How can we stop them all?" Zach asked.
"Easy, we'll just use a full power attack!" I shouted.
"It's worth a try!" said Josh.
"All right then! Zubat! Raichu! Raticate! Gyarados! You're up!" I shouted.
"Nidorino! Butterfree! Pidgeot! Poliwhirl! It's time!" shouted Josh.
"Machop! Nidorina! Pichu! Dratini! Let's go!" Megan yelled.
"Scyther! Pinsir! Lapras! It's your turn!" Zach yelled out.
With Raichu riding Pidgeot, Pinsir riding Scyther, Machop riding Butterfree, Pichu on Zubat, Nidorino & Nidorina on Lapras, & Raticate on Gyarados, the Pokémon headed out to do their job. Dratini used it's Thunder Wave attack to paralyze the ships & their Pokémon, and used Agility to dodge any attacks. Poliwhirl dived down used Bubblebeam to break big holes in each of the ships, causing them to sink. Lapras rode out and froze a couple ships, while Nidorino & Nidorina leapt on board other ships and took them out the hard way. Raticate leapt off of Gyarados and started chomping on the helicopter's engine. Raichu took the easy way & shocked a couple choppers while Pidgeot Razor Winded some others. Butterfree's Whirlwind sent some choppers away and Machop went up close & personal with the pilots of one chopper. Pinsir leapt off Scyther and grabbed onto the rudder of one chopper and started squeezing it, causing the chopper to lose balance while Scyther slashed the rudders off other choppers. While most of the choppers were being stopped, Poliwhirl, Lapras, Dratini, Nidorino & Nidorina couldn't stop all the ships. Some were leaving, firing lasers at the Pokémon, when Gyarados rised from the depths to tower over the scared Pokémon. It roared, then started swimming in a circle over and over. A cyclone appeared in place of Gyarados. As the Dragon Rage attack overcame the ships and helicopters, men frantically tried to escape the onslaught.
In the airship, a strange man, as well as Jesse and James, watched the events unfold. The man was upset that this was happening. Meanwhile, Zubat had just caused some helicopter pilots to crash into the ocean thanks to Supersonic while Pichu shocked another chopper. Pichu noticed the airship and told Zubat to fly up there. The huge gusts of wind coming from the airship tried to keep Zubat away, but it managed to overcome it and headed towards the front. Pichu leapt off and landed right on the window. Jesse, James & Meowth were scared while the man pressed a button, and an escape ship came out and zoomed off. Pichu charged up while Zubat raced after the strange man. Zubat dived inside and broke the window. It bit the mans arm and started to wrestle with him.
"Get off of me. What about your yellow friend? What do you think will happen to it when the airship explodes?" asked the man.
Zubat realized what he was saying, and zoomed off, letting the head honcho get away. Pichu, meanwhile, was fully charged and let loose on the airship. In a matter of seconds the airship exploded with electricity. Pichu was thrown off, and was about to fall into the ocean when it was caught by Zubat. Zubat flew down to us, near the coast, where we were waiting. All of the ships & helicopters had been defeated, and all of our Pokémon were pooped. Some guards on land tried to stop us but I just called out Flareon & Megan called Vulpix and they took care of them. We were all celebrating on what we had done. I breathed a huge sigh of relief and called back my Pokémon, thanking them for a job well done. Josh, Zach and Megan did the same. We were pondering how to get back to the mainland, since our boat had been wrecked. Josh suggested that we borrow one of the ships still in the dock and use that to get back. Just then, a bullet whizzed right past my head. We looked behind us and there was Hell Fire. Soaked, burnt and mad, he had a handgun pointed right at us.
"Nobody move!" said Hell Fire, "I am gonna get my revenge no matter what!" He pointed the gun at Megan. She gasped in terror. HF fired the gun.
"No Megan!" Scott shouted as he leapt in front of Megan and took the bullet.
Scott's eyes widened, as he gasped in pain and fell down. The bullet hit near his heart and blood quickly gushed out. A big red spot appeared on his lab coat as he fell into Megan's hands. Josh, Zach, Zubat, Pichu & I glared at Hell Fire, who was about to fire another round when Zubat grabbed the gun, Josh punched him, I smashed him, and Zach kicked him. Pichu jumped up and gave its most powerful Thunderbolt at Hell Fire. He then collapsed. Megan was still clutching her father.
"We have to get him to that lab in there! Quickly!" Megan shouted as her eyes welled up in tears.
"The lab was destroyed. None of us know how to perform surgery & we're too far away to get to a hospital in time." Zach said calmly.
Megan didn't want to hear these things. She assured her father would be all right soon enough.
"Don't worry about me my daughter" Scott said weakly, "Just knowing you are safe makes me happy." He turned to face us. "Please keep her safe while I'm gone" Scott ordered us.
We all nodded as our eyes welled up in tears. Scott smiled weakly, then laid his head down, closed his eyes, and passed away in Megan's arms. Megan clutched her father tightly as she cried even more.
She held her head up and yelled. "NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!" Megan shouted.
We all started to cry. An hour later, we buried Scott near the coast. We made a cross out of wood for a tombstone. Megan put a bouquet of flowers on Scott's grave. Josh put his arm around her shoulder as everyone gave a silent prayer. Megan got on her knees and started crying even more. She then let it all out on Josh's shoulder, as he patted her back. Just then, the rest of the guards from the battle earlier finally got back to the shore and had us surrounded. It looked like we would be joining Scott sometime soon. Suddenly, we heard a strange noise. Everyone looked out to the sea to see about ten helicopters flying towards us.
"Halt! This is the police! Put your hands up! We have you surrounded!" came a voice on a speaker.
"Officer Jenny!" I shouted.
Officers jumped down out of the helicopters and loaded their guns at the troops. The guards surrendered. As the police were rounding up the troops, Officer Jenny was talking to Zach about what happened, Megan was sitting in a helicopter being comforted by Josh & Pichu, while Zubat and I stared across the sky.
"Well, Zubat, it looks like we can get back to getting those badges" I told my faithful Pokémon. As we gazed across the ocean, a small object washed up near me. I immediately recognized it.
"My Pokédex!" I shouted as I picked it up. I found it! It was a little beat up, but it was still in working order. As we were heading home, Josh asked Megan if she wanted to come with us on our Pokémon journey.
"Sure. I'll come with you. It's not like I have anywhere else to go" she said as she started to cry some more. Josh wrapped his arm around her shoulder to comfort her. Megan, for the first time in hours, managed to crack a smile. We then rode off into the sunset, heading towards the next Pokémon Gym.

To be continued...

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