BZRich64
The Mustachioed Machamp
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- Gresham, Oregon, U.S.A.
- Seen Jun 8, 2021
Chapter 117
Spoiler:
Red, Yellow and Bill walked into a hospital room with six beds, five of which were occupied. Misty sat up in one of the beds when she saw them.
"Red? Yellow? What are you doing here?" She asked groggily.
"We came to see how all of you were doing." Red explained. "Do you remember anything that happened?"
"Not really." Misty winced and grabbed her forehead with one of her hands. "I remember diving down under the water to search for the S.S. Anne and then… nothing."
"We were attacked by something down there." Said the red-headed woman who was in the opposite bed from Misty. "The doctor said that you were the ones who checked us in here, would you care to explain what happened?"
"You are you?" Red asked the woman.
"I am Lorelei, of the Elite Four."
"Oh, well…" Red thought of where he should start his explanation. "We were hired to stop whoever was trying to sabotage an offshore construction site. It turned out to be a group of Tentacool trying to defend their habitat from being destroyed, then a giant Tentacruel showed up and attacked. It had the five of you held captive, but then this Pikachu here showed up and managed to defeat it, rescuing you and saving us."
Red pointed at Chuchu, who Yellow still had in her arms and lifted up for everyone to see.
"Well, that certainly is an interesting story." Lorelei mused. "But is there any chance of this giant Tentacruel coming back?"
"I don't think so." Red said. "But I can't really say for sure."
Lorelei closed her eyes and looked contemplative. After a moment, she opened them again and spoke. "Thank you for your help. All of you. I do not know what would have happened if you hadn't rescued us, but it likely would have been the end of us. We owe all of you are lives. I'm going to let the other's know what happened and we'll place a watch to see if anything else happens."
"You're welcome, I guess. We didn't really do much of anything, though. Chuchu's the one who really deserves the credit."
Lorelei turned her gave to the Pikachu that Yellow was still holding up. "Thank you. We might not still be here if it were not for you."
"Hey, I've seen you before." Red turned around to see a pink-haired girl in one of the other beds, who Red recognized as Lily. "Didn't I fight you back at the Cerulean Gym a while back?"
"Yeah." Red nodded. "That was when I got my second Gym Badge."
"Well, it's good to see you again, I guess." Lily said. "These aren't exactly ideal circumstances though."
"Yeah, I guess not."
Red looked around. The blue-haired and blonde girls were still unconscious and even the Gym Leaders who were awake still seemed to be in relatively bad shape. Misty had a dazed look on her face like she was having trouble taking in her surroundings. Red wondered if she might have sustained some kind of concussion from what happened.
He also noted that Bill had gone up to the blonde girl's bed and had been kneeling beside it the entire time they were there. He was looking at her with a loving sense of tenderness and wiped her hair out of her face. It was clear that Bill knew her and from the looks of it they must have been close.
"You're all going to be fine, right?" Red asked no one in particular.
"That's what the doctor said, at any rate." Lorelei responded. "There shouldn't be any lasting damage and we should all be ready to leave in a day or two."
"That's a relief." Red sighed. "Things could be a lot worse right now."
* * *
Pikoa swam through the ocean to the eastern shore of Kanto. He had felt a disturbance there earlier but was too caught up dealing with the King of Pokélantis to check it out earlier. At last, he reached the source of the disturbance and slowed to a stop. There did not seem to be anything there at first, but he looked around and found it down below. A gigantic Tentacruel sprawled out along the sea floor, completely unconscious.
"Kracruel?" Pikoa uttered in astonishment at the sight. "Well, that's certainly not where I last left you. I wasn't expecting you to wake up for another hundred years or so after that beating I gave you last time you tried to wipe out humanity. Though fortunately, it looks like someone else managed to get to you while I was busy. I wonder who could have done this two you." Pikoa shrugged. "Oh, well. At least this means I won't have to deal with you again for a while. That would be the last thing I need right now, considering everything that's been happening lately."
Pikoa turned around and was about to leave when a glimmer of yellow light from down below caught his eye. He swam down to where he had seen it and navigated between Kracruel's massive tentacles to find whatever it was. Finally, he found it nestled between a couple of rocks, where it had fallen.
"Well, that is interesting." Pikoa said in surprise. "I haven't seen one of these in very a long time. I think I'll go ahead and take it with me. You never know when it could come in handy."
* * *
Ash returned home to find his mom in the kitchen fixing dinner.
"Welcome back." She said as she looked up when he walked in. "What did the Professor want?"
"He gave me this." Ash held up the incubator he was carrying.
"Oh, that's nice." Delia set down the food she was preparing and went up to get a closer look at it. "Do you know what it's going to hatch into?"
"The professor wasn't actually sure. He said he wanted to give it to me because he knew that I'd be up to the challenge of raising whatever it ends up being."
"Well, I'm sure he's right about that." Delia smiled and looked up at Ash. "Dinner will be ready in just a minute, so why don't you go get ready."
"Okay."
Ash turned and headed over the staircase. He went up to the second floor, down the hall and into his room. He went over to his bed and knelt down to put the incubator into his backpack, which he had left sitting on the hardwood floor. Once it was safely inside, he slung the backpack over his shoulder and stood back up. He turned around to head back out, but took a step back instead and fell onto his bed.
Down below, Delia heard a knock on the door just as she was setting the table. She stopped what she was doing and went to answer it. She was surprised when she opened it up to see a man she recognized as one of the International Police officers that worked to take down Team Rocket all of those years ago, as well as a young man and woman she did not recognize.
"Can I help you with anything?" She asked.
"Good evening, madam." Looker gave a polite nod. "I am Agent Looker and these are my associates Wes and Rui. We were wishing to have a word with your son."
"Come in." Delia stepped away from the door and held her arm out towards the living room. Looker, Wes and Rui walked inside and Delia closed the door behind them. "He just went to his room upstairs. It's the last door on the left."
"Thank you." Looker nodded again. "We promise we won't take up too much of your son's time. I just have a few follow-up questions from what he told us earlier."
Looker headed up the staircase with Wes and Rui close behind. The walked down the hallway and turned into the open door at the end into Ash's room. There was someone standing in the center of the room, facing away from the door, but it certainly wasn't Ash.
"009!" Looker said as the blonde girl slowly turned around to face them. She wore a crazed smile on her face. It was the kind of expression that Looker always hoped that he would never have to see it again. And yet it was one that he saw far too often. "What did you do with the boy? Where is Ash?"
"Gone."
"Red? Yellow? What are you doing here?" She asked groggily.
"We came to see how all of you were doing." Red explained. "Do you remember anything that happened?"
"Not really." Misty winced and grabbed her forehead with one of her hands. "I remember diving down under the water to search for the S.S. Anne and then… nothing."
"We were attacked by something down there." Said the red-headed woman who was in the opposite bed from Misty. "The doctor said that you were the ones who checked us in here, would you care to explain what happened?"
"You are you?" Red asked the woman.
"I am Lorelei, of the Elite Four."
"Oh, well…" Red thought of where he should start his explanation. "We were hired to stop whoever was trying to sabotage an offshore construction site. It turned out to be a group of Tentacool trying to defend their habitat from being destroyed, then a giant Tentacruel showed up and attacked. It had the five of you held captive, but then this Pikachu here showed up and managed to defeat it, rescuing you and saving us."
Red pointed at Chuchu, who Yellow still had in her arms and lifted up for everyone to see.
"Well, that certainly is an interesting story." Lorelei mused. "But is there any chance of this giant Tentacruel coming back?"
"I don't think so." Red said. "But I can't really say for sure."
Lorelei closed her eyes and looked contemplative. After a moment, she opened them again and spoke. "Thank you for your help. All of you. I do not know what would have happened if you hadn't rescued us, but it likely would have been the end of us. We owe all of you are lives. I'm going to let the other's know what happened and we'll place a watch to see if anything else happens."
"You're welcome, I guess. We didn't really do much of anything, though. Chuchu's the one who really deserves the credit."
Lorelei turned her gave to the Pikachu that Yellow was still holding up. "Thank you. We might not still be here if it were not for you."
"Hey, I've seen you before." Red turned around to see a pink-haired girl in one of the other beds, who Red recognized as Lily. "Didn't I fight you back at the Cerulean Gym a while back?"
"Yeah." Red nodded. "That was when I got my second Gym Badge."
"Well, it's good to see you again, I guess." Lily said. "These aren't exactly ideal circumstances though."
"Yeah, I guess not."
Red looked around. The blue-haired and blonde girls were still unconscious and even the Gym Leaders who were awake still seemed to be in relatively bad shape. Misty had a dazed look on her face like she was having trouble taking in her surroundings. Red wondered if she might have sustained some kind of concussion from what happened.
He also noted that Bill had gone up to the blonde girl's bed and had been kneeling beside it the entire time they were there. He was looking at her with a loving sense of tenderness and wiped her hair out of her face. It was clear that Bill knew her and from the looks of it they must have been close.
"You're all going to be fine, right?" Red asked no one in particular.
"That's what the doctor said, at any rate." Lorelei responded. "There shouldn't be any lasting damage and we should all be ready to leave in a day or two."
"That's a relief." Red sighed. "Things could be a lot worse right now."
* * *
Pikoa swam through the ocean to the eastern shore of Kanto. He had felt a disturbance there earlier but was too caught up dealing with the King of Pokélantis to check it out earlier. At last, he reached the source of the disturbance and slowed to a stop. There did not seem to be anything there at first, but he looked around and found it down below. A gigantic Tentacruel sprawled out along the sea floor, completely unconscious.
"Kracruel?" Pikoa uttered in astonishment at the sight. "Well, that's certainly not where I last left you. I wasn't expecting you to wake up for another hundred years or so after that beating I gave you last time you tried to wipe out humanity. Though fortunately, it looks like someone else managed to get to you while I was busy. I wonder who could have done this two you." Pikoa shrugged. "Oh, well. At least this means I won't have to deal with you again for a while. That would be the last thing I need right now, considering everything that's been happening lately."
Pikoa turned around and was about to leave when a glimmer of yellow light from down below caught his eye. He swam down to where he had seen it and navigated between Kracruel's massive tentacles to find whatever it was. Finally, he found it nestled between a couple of rocks, where it had fallen.
"Well, that is interesting." Pikoa said in surprise. "I haven't seen one of these in very a long time. I think I'll go ahead and take it with me. You never know when it could come in handy."
* * *
Ash returned home to find his mom in the kitchen fixing dinner.
"Welcome back." She said as she looked up when he walked in. "What did the Professor want?"
"He gave me this." Ash held up the incubator he was carrying.
"Oh, that's nice." Delia set down the food she was preparing and went up to get a closer look at it. "Do you know what it's going to hatch into?"
"The professor wasn't actually sure. He said he wanted to give it to me because he knew that I'd be up to the challenge of raising whatever it ends up being."
"Well, I'm sure he's right about that." Delia smiled and looked up at Ash. "Dinner will be ready in just a minute, so why don't you go get ready."
"Okay."
Ash turned and headed over the staircase. He went up to the second floor, down the hall and into his room. He went over to his bed and knelt down to put the incubator into his backpack, which he had left sitting on the hardwood floor. Once it was safely inside, he slung the backpack over his shoulder and stood back up. He turned around to head back out, but took a step back instead and fell onto his bed.
Down below, Delia heard a knock on the door just as she was setting the table. She stopped what she was doing and went to answer it. She was surprised when she opened it up to see a man she recognized as one of the International Police officers that worked to take down Team Rocket all of those years ago, as well as a young man and woman she did not recognize.
"Can I help you with anything?" She asked.
"Good evening, madam." Looker gave a polite nod. "I am Agent Looker and these are my associates Wes and Rui. We were wishing to have a word with your son."
"Come in." Delia stepped away from the door and held her arm out towards the living room. Looker, Wes and Rui walked inside and Delia closed the door behind them. "He just went to his room upstairs. It's the last door on the left."
"Thank you." Looker nodded again. "We promise we won't take up too much of your son's time. I just have a few follow-up questions from what he told us earlier."
Looker headed up the staircase with Wes and Rui close behind. The walked down the hallway and turned into the open door at the end into Ash's room. There was someone standing in the center of the room, facing away from the door, but it certainly wasn't Ash.
"009!" Looker said as the blonde girl slowly turned around to face them. She wore a crazed smile on her face. It was the kind of expression that Looker always hoped that he would never have to see it again. And yet it was one that he saw far too often. "What did you do with the boy? Where is Ash?"
"Gone."