"Right. You think you, Johnson, can beat me? Attack, Magnemite and Remoraid!" he commanded.
"Oh yeah? Go, Magikarp!" replied Johnson. A fat flimsy-looking fish came out of Johnson's Pokeball and flopped on the ground in response.
"Whe… it's Karpador!" exclaimed Tom, still somewhat confused by the whole situation. He has somewhat recovered from his initial fear that the end of the world was nigh, but had decided to stay behind the safety of the chair. That didn't last long however as a Pineco that had been thrown to the side by Makuhita flew right at the chair and reduced it to pieces.
"Oh no! It's a…. thingy!" cried Tom before vigorously kicking the poor helpless Pokemon back in the opposite direction into someone's head. "Why fighting dis on fis go?" he wailed nonsensically in fear.
"Erm, Johnson?" Wes began, noticing Johnson's somewhat bold move of using a Magikarp in battle. "Eh, whatever. Try to hold him off for a few seconds at least…" he continued, seeing Johnson's determined face to do something right. Wes turned back to his Pokemon and rallied them.
"Ok, that's ridiculous - a Magikarp? Remoraid, use Water Gun!" shouted the guard. The small blue fish-Pokemon shot out a ball of water straight at Magikarp.
"Ok – use Splash!" commanded Johnson. Magikarp flopped even harder than before as the heavy ball of water approached. Within a split-second of impact, Magikarp randomly jumped up high into the air, surprisingly evading that attack.
"What? Oh, you just got lucky. Remoraid, again!"
Once more a Water Gun attack was fired, and again Magikarp completely avoided it.
"Now that's not possible… Fine then, Magnemite, use Supersonic!"
The Magnemite emitted a sharp array of sounds and focused the waves of reverberations right at the Magikarp. Whether they had any effect or not was unclear, as the Magikarp seemed oblivious to the attack and continued to flop on the ground.
"Ok… oh, whatever. Use Thundershock!"
"Magnet!" (Destroy, Destroy!) beeped the small Pokemon, unleashing an impressive orb of electricity at Magikarp. It zipped right at the fat fish Pokemon, but once again Magikarp evaded the attack.
"What the… Thundershock again!"
"Now, Magikarp, use Tackle!"
It was unclear whether Magikarp had actually used Tackle and had charged at the Remoraid, or that it simply had randomly flopped forward at a surprisingly fast speed at the right time to knock Remoraid into the path of the Thundershock attack. Needless to say, the opposing trainer didn't take to this outcome too kindly, letting loose half a dozen profanities that were appropriate for one who was getting beaten by a Magikarp.
"Why won't you just die!?" shouted the guard in frustration. "I've had enough of this! Magnemite - Spark! Remoraid… just try to hit it!"
Both Pokemon, looking rather battered, charged at Magikarp with their respective attacks.
"Now, Magikarp - jump up and use Flail!"
Impossibly, Magikarp again jumped at the right time to evade both Magnemite's and Remoraid's simultaneous attacks as they collided with each other.
"Magnet! (I am error!) beeped Magnemite as Remoraid's tail struck it.
"Rem!" (Pain!) cried Remoraid as the electrical pulses on Magnemite's body transferred to Remoraid.
As Magikarp returned back to the ground and landed on top of the two Pokemon, it flailed its entire body vigorously, slapping both Remoraid and Magnemite multiple times it its tail. Whether it was the pain, or the sheer humiliation of being bested by a Magikarp that did it remained a mystery as both Remoraid and Magnemite succumbed and fainted.
"Johnson… did you just…" began Wes, his mouth gaping at the remarkable victory.
"I told you that I'd save the day," boasted Johnson. "Good job Magikarp!"
"Magi!" (Flopping is fun!)
"Oh, that's beyond ridiculous!" cried Nore. "You're telling me that we got defeated by a Magikarp? And JOHNSON'S Magikarp to boot? I'm outta here!" he exclaimed, making a run for the door. Unfortunately for Nore, he found the door blocked and ran straight into a person. Before he knew what had happened, he found himself firmly handcuffed.
