The Incredible Poke-Odyssey chapter 16

The Great Slowbro Dispute

Jessie and Reiko were staring at what looked like a lump of coal carved 
into a cat sitting on the grass. "I can't believe that this used to be 
the Meowth that made my underling life and my royal life a living 
heck!" said Jessie.

"It's like the defective VCR remote that gets stuck on pause that 
forces you to unplug it", said Reiko feeling a little pity for the poor 
Meowth. "But that old lady said the effects of the dark gaze can be 
cured if we take him to the nearest Pokemon center."

"Yeah, but my beautiful face is on every wanted poster in every Pokemon 
center in this country", said Jessie, "It's such a curse to be so 
wanted!"

"But I don't think a lifeless Meowth would be any use to us on this 
team", said Reiko, "Unless we need a huge paperweight."

"I'll just have him sent back to the Pokemon center at the Rocketville 
palace", said Jessie, "Luckily for us, the Nurse Joy there is the black 
sheep of her family." And she released Kadabra from its Pokeball. 
"Kadabra", said Jessie, "I need you to teleport Meowth back to the 
palace so he can get treated.  Also bring James here too.  Team Rocket 
just wouldn't be the same unless we have 3 members."

"Kadabra!" replied Kadabra as it picked up the paralyzed Meowth by the 
tail and disappeared from the two Rocket girls' sights.

*      *      *      *      *      *

 James was in his room having his own private fashion show.  He was 
trying on Jessie's dresses and walking around like he was in Paris. 
"Aren't I something you'd wanna take home to Mamma?" said James slyly 
as he admired himself in a sleeveless red gown with matching gloves and 
pearls.  Just then, Kadabra materialized right in front of him.

"What is this, some kind of funhouse mirror?" asked James wondering 
when he grew such a large bushy mustache.  "Kadabra!" said Kadabra as 
it grabbed James's bare shoulder and teleported away with him.

*      *      *      *      *      *

James suddenly found himself in a grassy field along with Jessie and 
Reiko. "What on my queen's great throne are you doing in that dress?!" 
asked Reiko.

"That's my favorite red gown!" shouted Jessie with fire in her eyes. 
"What are you doing in it?!!!"

"Uh, I just wanted to be like you?" James said quickly while sweating 
all over her expensive dress.

"If you've stretched it out of shape, I'll...." Shouted Jessie ready to 
strangle James's delicate neck.

"Did I ever tell you that your eyes match the color of this dress?" 
said James trying to save his skin. "Or is it just because you're mad 
right now?  Oh gee, I put my high heel in my mouth!" Jessie grabbed the 
bottom of the dress and yanked it off James's body.  Then the girls 
became even more shocked when they saw James wearing nothing but high 
heels, a pink bra, and flowery panties. "Don't worry Jess", said James, 
"These undergarments are mine!"

*      *      *      *      *      *

Meanwhile Cameron and friends were pedaling down a road enjoying a nice 
day in this animated world.  Cameron thought he could hear the cute 
music they played in the Gameboy whenever his character got on a 
bicycle.

"Why do we always keep hearing this strange music every time we get on 
bikes?" asked Misty.

"You can hear it too?!" said Cameron surprised.  Just then a figure 
that looked like a little boy was standing in the middle of the road.  
"Hey, get out of the way!" shouted Jenny, but the boy just wouldn't 
budge.  Everyone was forced to swerve out of the way.  Seymour crashed 
into Cameron and Brock, while Stella crashed into Jenny and Misty 
causing poor Bill to fly out of Misty's basket and hit a nearby tree. 

"Could somebody get the license number of that boy's butt?" asked Bill 
all dazed.

Everyone pedaled back to the boy in a clump of body and bicycle parts 
while the background music was totally messed up as well. "Just what 
do you think you're doing?!" shouted Misty who was the first to crawl 
out of the pile. "Didn't you see us?!  Why didn't you move out of the 
way?!!!"

The boy was an eight year old dressed in a blue suit with blue shorts 
and a red bow tie.  He just turned his nose up at Misty and said, "Why 
didn't you all move out of my way?"

"Why you little..." grumbled Misty as she was about to dig out her large 
mallet from her tiny pocket until Brock and Cameron held her back. 
"Take it easy Misty", said Brock, "He's only a kid."

"Yes", said the boy, "Listen to the dorky looking guy with no eyeballs!"

"Why you little..." grumbled Brock as he pulled the mallet from Misty's 
pocket and was ready to turn the little smart-mouth into a pancake 
until Jenny stopped him.

"I should give you a ticket for obstructing a road", said Jenny as she 
took out a pad and pen, "What's your name and who are your parents?"

"Kingston Frederick Silph", said the boy proudly.  Jenny quickly put 
away her pad and pen and said, "My apologies master Silph, I meant no 
disrespect."

"WHAAAT!" shouted Misty, "Are you gonna let some snot nosed brat tell 
MMMGGLPH!!!" Jenny had covered Misty's mouth and gathered all her 
friends around her while Kingston stood there smirking.

"What's wrong Jenny?" asked Cameron, "Is that little boy important?"

"You'd better believe it!" said Jenny nervously, "That there is the son 
of Mr. Silph!"

"Not thee Mr. Silph?!!" gasped Stella, "The richest and most powerful 
man in the world?!" Cameron remembered the Silph building from his game 
and how the Rockets took it over and made the supposedly richest and 
most powerful man in the world their hostage.

"And that boy is very powerful too", said Jenny, "If I upset him, I 
could lose my badge!"

"Well I certainly don't have a badge he can take away!" growled Misty 
as she was about to march over and slug the kid until Jenny stopped her.

"And if you upset him, he could get all your info from the net and do 
unpleasant things to you and your family", Jenny warned her, "People 
and even kids with money can do that!"

"Can you imagine if Team Rocket owned all that money?" thought Cameron 
imagining a huge electric wall surrounding the entire Earth.

"Uh, excuse me", said Kingston, "There's a rich and powerful boy here 
that no one's paying any attention to!" Everyone looked down at the boy 
who was looking very bratty. "I came out here to chase all you 
trespassers off of my property!"

"What property?" asked Stella, "All we see are trees and a dirt road.

Kingston just took out a cell-phone and dialed it. "Cedric", said 
Kingston, "Move the dwelling over to where I'm standing please."  
Suddenly, a huge mansion on wheels drove over the trees and stopped 
right in the middle of the road.  The wheels folded up and the mansion 
just plopped down there. "There's nothing like blocking a simple road 
so you can have a new outlook through your bedroom window.  Isn't that 
right Officer?" said Kingston with a smug look on his face.

"You're so right Master Silph", said Jenny trying to stay as pleasant 
as she can while deep inside she was bubbling like a volcano. "Well if 
you'll excuse us, we'll all be on our way."

"Not so fast!" said Kingston as he jumped in front of Cameron and on 
his toes.  Cameron tried to hold in the pain without yelping. "You've 
got Pokeballs on your belt", said Kingston, "Anyone who dares trespass 
on my property must challenge me to a Pokemon battle.  What do you say?"

"Sure, anything", said Cameron hoping that would get this little brat 
off his feet. Kingston rang a little bell and a butler suddenly sped 
out of the mansion holding a velvet pillow.  On it were three Pokeballs 
covered with gold, silver, and bronze.

"Thank you Cedric", said Kingston as he took the gold ball from the 
pile.  "Go Bellsprout!" he shouted as he released a tiny Venus-Fly trap 
with a yellow head and something around its neck that looked like a 
tiny crown.

"What's that thing around the Bellsprout's neck?" asked Seymour.

"It's my official King's Symbol to show that these Pokemon are my 
property!" said Kingston. "A labcoat wearing peon like yourself 
wouldn't know of such things." Seymour was about to blow his top along 
with the testtubes and beakers he had in his coat. "So are we gonna 
battle or are you just gonna gawk at my riches since you're obviously 
not gonna get any anytime soon you common loser?"

Cameron started to feel the rage too. "All right", he said angrily, 
"V. P, let's show this kid and his plant what this common loser can do!" 
He released his Vileplume who made a fighting "VILE!"

"You call that a plant?" scoffed Kingston, "My gardener eats Pokemon 
like that for breakfast.  I should know, since he works for minimum 
wage.  Bellsprout, razor leaf now!"

"Bell!" said Bellsprout as it started flinging razor sharp leaves at 
V. P. "Quick V. P." shouted Cameron, "Use your cut attack!"

"VILE!!" shouted V. P. as it started spinning around like a top 
shredding up the leaves with its huge petals.  V. P. then started 
spinning right at Bellsprout ready to do the same thing to it. 
"BELLSPROUT!!!" cried Bellsprout as it ran around trying to escape the 
spinning red petals of doom.

"Bellsprout, return", said Kingston with a mean look on his face as he 
pulled Bellsprout back in its gold ball.

"I guess this means you'll think twice before bad mouthing another 
commoner again", said Cameron proudly as he patted his happy Vileplume 
while all his friends were smiling at Kingston's defeat.

"You were just lucky!" grumbled Kingston as he took the silver ball. 
"And I'm gonna prove to you that money and snobbish ways will always 
win!  Go Shellder!" Out popped a cute little clam that also had 
Kingston's symbol stuck on its shell.

"A water type", said Cameron, "That should be easy for you V. P.  Use 
your mega-drain!" 

V. P. was about to suck the water out of Shellder's shell until 
Kingston shouted out, "Shellder, aurora beam now!" Shellder launched a 
cold multi-colored beam at V. P. causing it to shiver and faint.

"Oh no, V. P!" cried Cameron as he hugged his slightly frosted flower.

"Any Pokemon genius would know that Shellders also have ice attacks and 
it wouldn't be a good idea to send grass Pokemon against it!" laughed 
Kingston, "Maybe I should have you sent off to Oxford to get some 
brains.  That is if I didn't hate charity!  HA HA HA HA!"

"This kid is just as bad as Gary", thought Misty and then she thought 
about and missed the rivalry of Gary and Ash.

"Okay then, I choose you Slowie!" said Cameron as he released his 
Slowpoke.

"Uh, oh", said Seymour, "Sending a Slowpoke to battle a Shellder could 
lead to trouble!"

"That Slowpoke looks totally dim", laughed Kingston, "Must be related 
to you!"

"Yes, you could say that", said Cameron as he saw Slowie looking up at 
his mamma's face. "Okay Slowie", said Cameron, "How about giving that 
Shellder a tri-attack?"

"Slow", replied Slowie as he launched his triangle of energy at the 
unmoving clam.

"Shellder, withdraw now!" commanded Kingston.  Shellder closed its 
shell tight and glowed.  The speeding triangle suddenly bounced off of 
Shellder like a pea and struck back at Slowie knocking him over on his 
back.

"You all right Slowie?" asked Cameron. "Slowpoke!" replied Slowie who 
didn't feel any pain at all.  That is until a few seconds later.

"Okay Shellder", said Kingston, "Finish that Slowpoke off with a clamp 
attack!"

"NO, DON'T USE CLAMP!!!" cried Seymour.  But it was too late.  Shellder 
had clamped on good and hard at Slowie's tail.  Suddenly, both Slowie 
and Shellder started to merge together.

"Slowie, what's happening to you?!" cried Cameron.  When the merging 
was completed, there was Slowie now standing on his hind legs with the 
Shellder stuck on his butt, only it was now spiral shaped instead of 
bivalve shaped. "Slowbro?" replied Slowie.

"Yes", sighed Seymour, "When a Shellder clamps onto a Slowpoke's tail, 
you've got an instant Slowbro."

"Cool!" smiled Kingston in a mean smile, "I got me a brand new 
Pokemon!" He said as he hugged the shell part of Slowbro.

"Wait a minute!" said Cameron angrily, "Slowie is my son, I mean 
Pokemon!"

"But Shellder here is mine!" said Kingston as he took out a stamp and 
stamped his trademark King's Symbol on Slowie's left bottom leg. "And 
this mark shows he's mine!"

"If your Shellder hadn't clamped onto my Slowpoke, this wouldn't've 
happened!" shouted Cameron.

"You were the one who was dumb enough to send a Slowpoke to battle my 
Shellder in the first place!" shouted Kingston as he clutched onto 
Slowie. "So whoever caused the blunder first should pay the price!"

"You're already rich, so you can afford paying for it!" shouted Cameron 
as he grabbed onto Slowie while Kingston clutched onto Shellder causing 
an all out tug-of-war while Slowie was completely clueless to what was 
going on.  All that stretching felt kind of relaxing to him.  

The two boys suddenly stopped when they heard Jenny blow her whistle. 
"All right you two", she shouted, "You must stop this before you tear 
that poor Slowbro apart!  There must be some way we can settle this!" 
Just then, a huge white limo that was as long as three Onixes drove up.  
Out stepped a man in a business suit with a cell phone attached to his 
shoulder.

"Daddy!" cried Kingston as he hugged the man's leg crying, what was 
obviously fake tears.

"Hello son", said Mr. Silph as he patted his son's black hair, "Say, 
did you move our mansion to another location again?  I like it!"

"That's not important right now Father!" said Kingston. "I need your 
help on getting these mean bullies off our property!"

"Oh really?" said Mr. Silph, "And just what have you all been doing to 
my poor little angel?"

"You mean poor little fallen angel", grumbled Misty.

"Mr. Silph", said Jenny while holding her badge, "Your son and my 
friend here have gotten themselves in an unusual predicament with their 
Shellder and Slowpoke and we need to find some way to dissolve this 
matter." And she pointed to the Slowbro who sat there looking dopey at 
the richest man in the world.

"I see", said Mr. Silph, "Kingston, tell your daddy how all of this 
happened."

"Well", said Kingston in pretend sobs, "I saw these poor citizens 
injured from a bad bicycle accident so I brought our mansion over here 
to help them out in any way I can.  But that kid with the glasses sent 
his Slowpoke to attack me so I had no choice to send out Shellder to 
protect myself.  That Slowpoke suddenly got his tail stuck in 
Shellder's unsuspecting mouth causing my poor little Pokemon to become 
this new type.  And now they want to take away my poor Shellder. 
WAAAAAAH!!!"

"That's all a big lie!" shouted Cameron angrily, "He was the one that 
challenged me to a match and ordered his Shellder to clamp onto Slowie!"

"It's just like a big sweatshirt wearing bully to say such a thing!" 
cried Kingston, "Please don't let him take away my poor Shellder!"

"Don't worry son, I'll handle this", said Mr. Silph as he took out his 
checkbook, wrote out a check, and handed it to Cameron. "Here you go", 
he said, "Here's a check for 25 cents if you'll let my son keep this 
Slowbro and all you ruffians never set foot on my property again.  
Wherever Kingston decides to put it next time."

"No way!" shouted Cameron, "Slowie here is my friend and he'd be 
horribly devastated if he ever has to leave me!  Isn't that right 
Slowie?"

"Slowbro?" said Slowie who still had no idea about the trouble he was 
in.

"I guess that shows how much he cares about you", laughed Kingston.

"I know how to settle this", said Mr. Silph. "You boys will have a one 
against one Pokemon match.  And the winner gets to keep Slowbro.  
What do you say?"

"No way!" cried Kingston, "I don't want any of my other Pokemon to be 
infected like poor Shellder!"

"That won't happen if you use You Know Who!" smiled Mr. Silph winking 
at his son.

"I'm in", said Kingston in a now happy, nasty mood, "How about you 
geek?"

"You got it", said Cameron desperately wanting to win Slowie back from 
this mean brat.

"You have to win", Jenny whispered into Cameron's ear, "Slowie has 
Sabrina's special mindzero attack installed in his head.  Without it, 
we won't be a match against Mewtwo!"

"And this time, try not to send out a Pokemon that might fuse with 
his", said Bill.

"No problem", said Cameron knowing the perfect Pokemon that hardly lets 
him down. "Sandy, I choose you!" and Sandy popped on the ground ready 
for battle.

"Is that your best Pokemon?" laughed Kingston as he took the bronze 
ball from the pillow Cedric was holding. "Let's see how it does against 
DITTO!" and he released a tiny lump of pink jelly that had Kingston's 
official King's Symbol on it as well!

"A Ditto?" asked Cameron as he took out his Pokedex.

"DITTO: The transforming Pokemon", replied Dexeena, "Capable of copying 
an enemy's genetic code to transform itself instantly into a duplicate 
of the enemy."

And Ditto demonstrated by transforming into an exact copy of Sandy.  
Only it still had its King's Symbol on its chest.

"You'd better watch yourself Sandy", Cameron whispered to him. "Not 
only does that Ditto look like you, it also now knows all of your very 
attacks."

"Shrew?" said Sandy nervously.

"Ditto, launch any attacks you now know at that mouse!" smiled 
Kingston. "SHREW!" said Ditto as it dug underground ready to attack 
Sandy from where he was standing.

"HA!", laughed Kingston, "It looks like your precious little 
Sandshrew's about to be done in by its own specialty attack!  And 
there's no way it can strike back from up here!"

"I wouldn't count on it!" smiled Cameron, "Sandy, get 'em with swift 
attack!"

"Shrew!" shouted Sandy as he threw his swift stars down in the hole 
Ditto just made. They all heard a loud, "DITTTO!" and out popped the 
Ditto back to its jelly like self with little glowing stars stuck in it 
like a Jello-mold.

"Don't worry Ditto", said Kingston, "I've got something that should 
make you feel a whole lot better!" and he showed Ditto the front of a 
comic book that had the picture of a giant Japanese robot on it.  
Ditto suddenly transformed into a 12 foot tall robot with guns on its 
wrists.  It said, "DITTO" in a computerized voice.  Sandy looked 
terrified at his new opponent.

"Hey, that's not fair!" whined Cameron, "That isn't even a Pokemon 
Ditto transformed into!"

"According to the League rules, anything a Ditto transforms into is 
perfectly legal", said Mr. Silph.

"Thanks Daddy!" said Kingston with a mean victorious smile, "Ditto, 
finish him off!"

"DITTO!" said Ditto as it shot its wrist guns and laser eye beams at 
Sandy who was successfully dodging every blow.  Everyone ducked out of 
the way as Ditto's blasts hit the limo as well as the entire west wing 
of the mansion.

"Oh dear", said Mr. Silph, "And I had this year's tax forms in that 
room.  Oh well, there's always next year."

Cameron uncovered his eyes and found that Sandy was nowhere to be seen. 
"Sandy?!" cried Cameron.  Everyone looked around for Cameron's missing 
Sandshrew.  Even Ditto was looking around for its opponent.  Cameron 
suddenly saw Sandy who was clinging onto Ditto's back.

"Shhhhh!" whispered Sandy as he smiled and placed a claw up to his 
lips.  Cameron smiled as he saw Sandy spraying some sand into the open 
vents of Ditto's robot back.  Suddenly Ditto started to blow fuses all 
over the place dancing around out of control.  Sandy jumped off just in 
time as Ditto exploded leaving gobs of pink jelly covering the entire 
area.  It was all over everyone.

"Yeeech!" said Stella, "Anyone got any peanut butter?" Then the jelly 
crawled off of everyone and reverted back to the tiny little Ditto who 
suddenly fainted.

"No Ditto!" cried Kingston. "You have to keep fighting!  My reputation 
is at stake!"

Mr. Silph bent down and examined Ditto, "I'm sorry son", he said, "But 
this Ditto's out for the count.  I guess that means this young man wins 
the Slowbro."

All of our heroes cheered for joy, especially Cameron who hugged Sandy 
for his biggest triumph of all and Slowie for he wasn't going to lose 
him after all.

"Best two out of three!" demanded Kingston in a rage. "I'm not gonna 
lose that Shellder of mine!"

"Sorry", said Cameron, "I would love to give you your Shellder back, 
but I don't know how."

Just then, a huge cage fell through the sky and landed on the entire 
group trapping them in.

"Kingston, did you order another girl scout trap in the mail again?" 
asked Mr. Silph.

"Uh oh", said Brock, "It's time to prepare for trouble again!"

"Hey, that's our line!" called out a familiar guy's voice as two 
familiar figures appeared from behind the damaged limo.  

"Prepare for trouble!" said Jessie.

"And make it double!" said James.

Jessie: "To protect the world from devastation!"
James: "To unite all peoples within our nation!"
Jessie: "To denounce the evils of truth and love!"
James: "To extend our reach to the stars above!"
Jessie: "Queen Jessie!"
James: "King James!"
Jessie: "Team Rocket blast off at the speed of light!"
James: "Surrender now or prepare to fight!"
Reiko: "Like the arrow sign that points in the opposite direction of 
left, That's right!"

"Hey Reiko, our motto's long enough as it is", scolded James. Reiko 
just pointed her katana at James's neck.

"If my little intern likes to add her own ending, it's okay with me", 
said Jessie liking the way Reiko handles James's complaining.

"She may be vowed to serve Team Rocket, but she certainly won't let 
any of them walk all over her", thought Cameron.

"You can't do this to us!" shouted Mr. Silph, "Do you know who I am?!"

"Didn't I see your face on my Monopoly box?" asked James.

"No, I'm Mr. Silph!" he shouted. "And me and my son won't stand for 
being locked up in a cage on our property.  Actually, this new 
property, but you get the idea!" and he blew a whistle and a bunch of 
security guards ran out of the mansion surrounding the Rockets.

"Weezing, haze attack!" said James as he released Weezing who sprayed 
a thick fog around the guards who couldn't see who they were supposed 
to arrest.  Reiko easily disarmed them and then tied and gagged them.

"Excellent work Reiko", smiled Jessie as she patted Reiko's bowed head.

"What about me and Weezing?" asked James.

"Oh yeah", said Jessie, "Nice job too!" and without thinking she 
whacked James's head because that what she was used to doing to him.

"Please forgive me for this Cameron-san", Reiko whispered to Cameron 
through the bars.

"I understand Reiko", whispered Cameron back.

"What are you two whispering about?" demanded Kingston, "Don't tell me 
that this wacked-out criminal is your girlfriend?!"

Reiko angrily lifted Kingston up by the tie and replied, "Like the 
little Oddish that has not yet developed its bloom.  Little rug rats 
like you shouldn't be thinking about sexes just yet!" and she threw 
Kingston on the ground causing him to run crying into his father's arms.

"My hero!" thought Cameron even if she was a villain right now.

"Just what were you talking to them about?" asked a suspicious James.

"Uh, I've just learned that this kid has loads of money, entertainment 
systems, and fun stuff stashed away inside that mansion", said Reiko, 
"Doesn't it just want to make you rob it like a schoolgirl?"

"Why yes it does!" smiled Jessie who eyed the huge joint with diamond 
shaped eyes. "I hear by give you permission to steal, plunder, and 
totally thrash this place in any way you feel!"

"Arigato, my queen", said Reiko as she did a huge back flip to the 
entrance of the mansion and rushed in.  Mainly she wanted some time 
alone so she could figure out a plan to help Cameron.

"She might steal my Pokemon cards!" cried Kingston, "We've gotta stop 
her!"

"What do you mean we?" asked Misty.

"I wouldn't worry about all your stuff kid", said James.

"Yes", smiled Jessie evily, "Because you'll all be coming back to 
Rocketville with us along with all your valuable stuff!  HA HA HA HA!" 
Just then, Jessie and James heard a loud "SLOWBRO!" They turned around 
and found Slowie standing there ready to defend his master.  Whoever 
that might be in the future.

"How did Slowie get out there?" asked Cameron.

"The cage must've missed him when it dropped on all of us", said Brock.

"Well you may've escaped our little cage, but you'll never escape your 
natural Poke-trap!" smiled Jessie as she took out an empty Pokeball.  
Just then, Slowie started to take a deep breath and blasted out a huge 
blizzard at Team Rocket.

"Wow", gasped Cameron, "I don't remember teaching Slowie blizzard!"

"But I did teach my Shellder that trick", said Kingston.

"Amazing", said Seymour, "It seems that not only the Slowpoke and 
Shellder share bodies, but thoughts and attacks as well."

"Slowbro!" said Slowie as he and Shellder both winked.

*      *      *      *      *      *

Reiko had just come out of the mansion with Tentacruel and Kingler 
following her.  Their tendrils and claws were loaded with jewels, 
money, furniture, entertainment systems, and all sorts of other things 
from Kingston's room.  She then saw Jessie and James frozen solid in 
blocks of ice.  Reiko quickly ran up to them and asked Cameron. "What 
just happened to them?!"

"It was the work of Slowie here", said Cameron as he patted Slowie's 
head through the bars.

"And my Shellder too", said Kingston as he patted the Shellder part of 
Slowbro.

"Well I can't bring all of you, these stolen goods, and my two frozen 
monarchs back to Rocketville all on my own!" said Reiko, "I am not that 
resourceful!  Tentracruel, Kingler, drop those goods."

Tentacruel and Kingler let all that valuable stuff drop onto the dirty 
ground. "My underwear better not be in that pile!" shouted Kingston.

"Relax kid", said Reiko, "I'm not that demented.  Tentacruel, Kingler, 
pick up our frozen king and queen if you would." Tentacruel lifted up 
Jessie while Kingler picked up James. "Well you filthy rebels", she 
sneered, "It looks like I'll have to leave you right now.  My king and 
queen need some serious defrosting." She said as she took out a bottle 
of extra spicy wasabi. "But like the junk food that always comes back 
to torment you, you haven't seen the last of Team Rocket!  HA HA HA 
HA!" She threw a smoke bomb on the ground and everything went black.  
Cameron felt Reiko kiss his cheek and when the smoke cleared, Team 
Rocket was gone as usual.

"It looks like we're safe for now", said Stella.

"Yeah, but we're still locked in this cage!" whined Kingston, "I sure 
hope none of my even snootier friends see me like this!"

Cameron felt something tucked between his ear and glasses.  It was the 
key to the cage.  Reiko had tucked it in there during her little smoke 
bomb trick. "Arigato Reiko!" smiled Cameron as he unlocked the cage and 
everyone was set free.

"Maybe having a wacked-out criminal for a girlfriend's a good thing", 
said Kingston.  Cameron was about to strangle that kid until Slowie 
tackled Cameron onto the ground and hugged him.

"Aw, thank you Slowie", smiled Cameron as he hugged him back. "No 
matter who owns you, I'll always be your mamma!"

"Mamma?!" asked Kingston surprised.

"Yes", explained Brock, "When that Slowpoke first hatched, Cameron 
was the first face he saw, so he thinks Cameron's his mother."

"I remember losing my mother when I was five", said Kingston with tears 
in his eyes. "It was the most saddest day of my life.  Then one day, 
Daddy gave me my very first Pokemon.  It was that Shellder.  I could 
always talk to him whenever I had a bad day or whenever I was picked 
on by bigger even richer kids.  Shellder was my best friend in the 
whole world." And he approached the Slowbro and hugged the Shellder 
part of it while his tears ran down the spiral shapes.

"Wow", thought Cameron, "This brat really does care for his Pokemon.  
If I could do the right thing, I'd let him have his Shellder back by 
giving him the whole Slowbro.  But then poor Slowie would be terribly 
sad if he has to leave his mother, which I am not really.  What a 
predicament!"

Misty looked into her backpack and said, "I think I have a way!" She 
pulled out the Waterstone that her sister gave her and approached 
Slowie. "I sure hope this works", she said as she placed the stone 
against the Shellder part.  Suddenly, Shellder fell off of Slowie's 
bottom causing him to devolve back into a Slowpoke.

"Slowpoke?" he said looking up at Cameron.

"Yes", smiled Cameron with joy in his eyes, "You're back!"

"Shellder?!" cried Kingston for his Shellder didn't devolve back into 
his original shape, but a new one.  He was bivalve shaped again, but 
was a lot bigger and stronger and spikes were sticking out of his shell.  
Cameron aimed his Pokedex at Kingston's new Pokemon.

"CLOYSTER, the evolved form of Shellder", replied Dexeena. "When 
attacked, it launches its horns in quick volleys.  The Cloyster's 
innards have never been seen."

The Cloyster opened up his shell and Kingston saw his little black face 
smiling at him. "Cloy!" he said.

"Aw, Shellder. I mean Cloyster!" cried Kingston with tears. "I'm so 
glad I'm not gonna lose you!"

"Thank you Misty", said Cameron while holding Slowie, "But your sister 
gave you that stone so you could evolve a great Pokemon one day."

"I know", said Misty smiling. "But I remember how you tried to fight my 
sisters to save my honor.  They would've never given me that stone if 
you hadn't did that.  So you truly deserve that great Slowpoke of 
yours."

"Thanks Misty", said Cameron blushing while Slowie was wondering why 
his mamma looked all red in the face. "Maybe Mamma's finally getting 
her pink skin like me", he thought.

Kingston humbly approached the group and said, "Thank you", in a 
tearful voice. "I'm sorry for acting like such a brat and for getting 
all your bikes wrecked and for threatening to take your Slowpoke away.  
I think I know how I can make it up to all of you." He ran over to his 
father and asked, "Daddy, can I use this weeks allowance for...." And he 
started whispering something.

*      *      *      *      *      *

Our heroes were now back on the road in their new R. V.!  Kingston and 
Mr. Silph were waving goodbye as the disappeared into the horizon. "You 
know son", smiled Mr. Silph, "That was a very nice thing you did by 
giving them that R.V.  Maybe you're not really the brat my servants 
tell me you are."

"I wouldn't count on it", thought Kingston as thoughts of slingshots 
and spitballs danced around in his head.

*      *      *      *      *      *

A few days later, our heroes were resting in a field next to a 
beautiful stream.  Everyone had let all their Pokemon out to play.   
Sandy saw Slowie sitting on a rock with the King's Symbol still on his 
left bottom leg. "You still have that thing stamped on you?" asked 
Sandy.  Slowie just let out a mournful sigh.

"Hey, don't worry Slowie" said Sandy, "If we let Cameron know about 
that mark.  I'm sure he can get it off with some soap and, UGH, water!"

"It's not that Sandy", sighed Slowie, "It's just that I kind of liked 
being a Slowbro for a while.  I got to stand on my hind legs, I learned 
a new blizzard attack, and having a Shellder attached to me made my 
butt feel smart."

"But at least you got changed back so you wouldn't have to leave your 
mamma", winked Sandy.

"Yeah, that's right!" smiled Slowie, "But I still wished I could've 
stayed my evolved form so I could be a better Pokemon to mamma!"

Psyduck was sitting in the shallow end of the stream listening to 
Sandy's and Slowie's conversation. "I don't like seeing my best friend, 
Slowie this way!" said Psyduck. "If there was some way I can make him 
evolve again, I'd do it for him.  Think Psyduck think!  Oh no, I'm 
getting a headache again.  But wait, it's not in my head.  It's my 
tail?!" Psyduck quickly jumped out of the water and found a wild 
Shellder clamped onto his tail. "My prayers have been answered!" smiled 
Psyduck as he pulled the Shellder off his tail and ran over to Slowie. 
"Hey Slowie", he quacked, "Look what I got for WHOOPS!!! 
PSY-YAI-YAI!!!" Psyduck had tripped on a tiny rock causing him to toss 
Shellder up into the air.

"What's that?" asked Slowie looking up in the sky.

"It's my gift to you", said Psyduck, "Quick, stick your tail up in the 
air!" 

"Okay", said Slowie as he stuck his long tail straight up wondering 
what that thing falling from the sky was.  However, the Shellder missed 
Slowie's tail and clamped onto his head.

"Uh, oh", said Psyduck, "Misty's probably gonna clobber me again for 
this!"

"Oh no, what's that dumb Psyduck done now?!" shouted Misty as 
she pointed to Slowie with a Shellder stuck on his head.  Then they 
both started merging while Cameron and the others rushed over to them.

"Am I gonna get a Slowbro again?" asked Cameron.  But Slowie didn't 
evolve into a Slowbro.  Instead he was a new type of Pokemon.  He was 
standing on his hind legs once again, but he had a frilly red and white 
collar around his neck and the Shellder on his head was now spiral 
shaped with spikes on it.  Almost like a crown.  "I've never seen a 
Pokemon like this before!" gasped Cameron as he took out his Pokedex.

"SLOWKING: An alternate evolution of Slowpoke", replied Dexeena. 
"It is said if a Shellder clamps onto the head of a royal Slowpoke, you 
suddenly get a rare Slowking."

"Wow!" smiled Cameron as he hugged his new Slowking, "I had no idea you 
had royal blood in you."

"I believe it all had something to do with that King's Symbol still 
stamped onto Slowie's leg", said Seymour. "Very interesting!"

"Congratulations your majesty", smiled Sandy bowing down to Slowie.

"Aw, please stop!" said Slowie blushing, "On second thought, do it a 
little more."

"Wow Psyduck", smiled Misty, "Just when I think you'll always be a 
menace to all life forms, you surprise me!"

"Slowking!" said Slowie saying thank you to his best friend for making 
his dream happen.

"Psyduck!" said Psyduck proudly bowing to Slowie. "Say", thought 
Psyduck, "Maybe I'll become a Psyking if a Shellder clamps onto my 
head!  Then Misty'll have to bow to me for a change!" and Psyduck 
quickly dove into the stream hoping a Shellder would clamp onto his 
head.  Then he remembered that he couldn't swim. 
"PSY-YAI-YAI-YAI-YAI!!!!" screamed Psyduck splashing around.

"Psyduck, you'll always be the king of fools!" sighed Misty as she 
stepped into the stream and fished him out. 

TO BE CONTINUED