The Incredible Poke-Odyssey chapter 25 The Conclusion Cameron was standing on a tall podium overlooking a huge gym floor while on the other side, were Jessie, James, and Meowth standing on their own podium as well. They were about to have a huge Pokemon match so Cameron could win an EarthBadge and to save Reiko, who was bound and gagged, from being torn to bloody bits by a giant paper shredder. Cameron could feel the sweat pouring from his head and down to his shoes. "We'll have a 6 against 6 match, no time limit", said Meowth who blew his whistle while in a referee's uniform. Let the bloodfest begin!" "All right, ladies first", smiled Jessie as she took out a Pokeball. "Jessie", asked James. "Where is this lady? And is there room on this podium for four of us?" "GRRRRR!" growled Jessie as she whacked James on the head with a mallet. James picked up the mallet and saw his face print on it from all the times Jessie used it on him. "I guess you earned some retirement Mr. Mallet", said a dazed James. "All right kid, no more stalling", shouted Jessie. "I choose you Kadabra!" and she released the first Pokemon of the match that made out a loud, "KADABRA!" "I know what'll be good against Kadabra", said Cameron. "Another psychic type. Slowie, I choose you!" and he released Slowking right in front of Kadabra. Slowie turned around and waved at his Mamma. "No Slowie, pay attention!" commanded Cameron. "Kadabra, use your psybeam on that little dunce while its back is turned", commanded Jessie. "Slow?" asked Slowie as he turned around and suddenly got hit by a psychic beam that Kadabra had released. "SLOWIE!" cried Cameron. "Quick, use your blizzard attack!" "Kadabra, start teleporting!" commanded Jessie. "SLOW!" called out Slowie as he blasted an icy blizzard all over the place, but Kadabra just kept teleporting out of the way. Slowie was just no match against Kadabra in the speed dept. Cameron then remembered something in his backpack. He reached in and pulled out the X-Speed device that Aya had given him. "Here Slowie, this should help you!" called out Cameron as he aimed the device's beam at his Slowking. "SLOWKING!" shouted Slowie as he felt an incredible burst of speed surge through his pink body. He was finally able to hit Kadabra freezing it in a block of ice. "MGMLLF!" cried Reiko in what sounded like a happy mumble. "You can thank your sister for giving me this device", Cameron smiled. "This wasn't supposed to happen!" growled Jessie as she pulled the frozen Kadabra back into its ball. "Who'd ever thought that kid would have a bag of tricks?" grumbled Meowth. "Well it's my turn now", smiled James as he sprayed some Pokemon repel potion on his head. "If you're gonna release who I think, you'd better spray me as well!" ordered an annoyed Jessie. "What's with the hairspray?" wondered Meowth as he watched James spray his queen. "And now it's time to earn your fertilizer Victreebel!" smiled James as he released his plant. But instead, it started to eat up Meowth. "HEY!" he mumbled from inside Victreebel's mouth. "Why didn't you spray me too?!" "You never asked us", sighed James as he pulled Meowth free. "I think you might prefer a delicious water-type Pokemon like him", smiled James as he threw Victreebel right onto Slowie's head. "Oh no!" gasped Cameron. "Oh yes!" giggled James. "Now use your mega drain on that so-called king!" "BEL!" cried Victreebel as it lifted Slowie up and started sucking him dry. "NO!" cried Cameron. "Slowie, return!" He shouted as he pulled the drained Slowie back into its ball. Just then, he saw Reiko being lowered just a little into the shredder. "What are you doing?!" Cameron cried. "The match isn't over yet!" "Oh, I forgot to tell you", smiled Jessie. "Every time one of your Pokemon loses, Little Miss Ninja up there will get lowered inch by inch. And when your sixth Pokemon loses, well.... Let's say we'll lose one ex-intern and gain a new intern, which'll be you!" "MNGLMLF!" cried Reiko in fear of dying but in more fear of Cameron's future. An angry and determined Cameron then reached for his next Pokeball. "VP, I choose you next!" he shouted and released Vileplume right in front of Victreebel. "Oooooh, Victreebel Vs. Vileplume!" smiled James. "Or better yet. VVV. Okay Vic, prune that posey with razor leaf! Victreebel complied by shooting out razor sharp leaves at VP making it cry out in pain. "VP, use your cut attack!" shouted Cameron. VP started spinning around like a buzzsaw ready to show Victreebel who was the top plant in this battle. Victreebel screamed as it started hopping away from the spinning little shredder. Victreebel jumped right on top of James's head wanting him to protect it. "NO VICKIE!" cried James as he tried to pull it off his head. "I got repel potion on me!" Victreebel took one whiff of James and totally fainted. "It's time I give this brat a severe tongue lashing!" shouted Jessie angrily. "Lickitung, you're up next!" and out popped Lickitung who had its tongue sticking out ready to humiliate the smiling plant. "VP, sleep powder!" commanded Cameron. "Lickie, supersonic!" commanded Jessie. "LICKIE!" shouted Lickie as it released sonic waves at VP causing it to stumble around all confused. It tried to release its sleep powder, but it fell over and the powder landed on VP putting itself to sleep. "No, VP!" cried Cameron as he saw VP sleeping while Reiko got lowered some more. He sucked the sleeping Vileplume back into its Pokeball. "You got only 4 left kid!" said Meowth. "You better do some thinking or is that too much of a chore for you?! HA HA HA!" "Let's see how you can handle military power!" said Cameron. "Buzz, you're up next!" And out popped Electabuzz who was looking healthier after his huge electric wall meal. He saluted Cameron and let out a, "BUZZ EL BUZZ!" "Let's see if I can remove those stripes from your little private", laughed Jessie. "Lickie, use your wrap attack!" Lickie complied by shooting out its tongue completely tying up and squeezing Buzz to death. "OH NO!" gasped Cameron thinking about the gross situation Buzz was in. Being wrapped up in that wet, slobbery tongue. "Wet? That's it!" smiled Cameron. "Buzz, send Mr. Lickitung a little thundershock through that tongue of his, won't you?" Buzz smiled and winked at his master. He charged himself up a little and that tiny thundershock caused Lickie to yelp and let go of Buzz. Lickie started to rub its singed tongue back to health. "Lickitung, don't let that dim bulb defeat you like that!" shouted Jessie. "Show 'em your own thunderbolt attack!" "LICKIE!" shouted Lickitung as it shot a thunderbolt at Buzz causing him to flinch a little. "Buzz, show it you're the real master of electric types", said Cameron. "Strike back with your thunderbolt!" Buzz released a thunderbolt causing it to push back at Lickie's bolt. The two bolts started to push at each other for a half a minute, but Buzz being a pure electric type and had just filled up on a giant electric wall had a much stronger bolt. He sent it back to Lickie causing it to shout, "LICKIE!" and faint. Buzz just proudly saluted his master once again. "Nice work Private", said Cameron proudly. "This can't be!" shouted Jessie as she sucked Lickie back into its ball. "I'm up to bat next Jess", said James. "Let's see if that Buzzbrain is a match against Weezing!" and he released the two-headed ball of gas into the ring. "Okay Buzz, give it, or is it them?, your thunderpunch attack!" commanded Cameron wondering if Weezings had two brains. Buzz made a sparkling fist and was about to punch Weezing's lights out. "Weezing, sludge attack!" commanded James. Weezing shot a ball of sludge into Buzz's face causing him to go blind and end up missing his target. "Now finish it off with a tackle attack!" smiled James. And that's what Weezing did. "Poor Buzz", cried Cameron as he pulled back the defeated Buzz. "And poor Reiko too!" gasped Cameron as he saw Reiko get lowered a bit more. "Just three more loses and you're gonna lose that girl", laughed Meowth. "All right, Donnie, I choose you!" said Cameron as he released his Donphan who made a loud trumpeting sound. "Weezing", commanded James as he and his teammates were holding their ears. "Silence that beast with a hyper beam. "WEEZING!" shouted Weezing as it opened its main mouth and shot out a powerful beam at Donnie. "Oh no! Donnie's toast for sure!" cried Cameron as he covered his eyes for he knew hyper beam is the worlds' most dangerous attack. One strike and the victim's finished. Cameron peeked a little and he was surprised at what he saw. Weezing was still spewing out its hyper beam but Donnie was just standing there unharmed and still looking tough. "What's that Donphan made of?" wondered Cameron as he aimed his Pokedex at Donnie. "Endure", replied Dexeena. "When a Pokemon calls on the power of endure, it can withstand even the most power attacks including hyper beam." Cameron then remembered all the times when Donnie was in battle. Most of the attacks that were launched at Donnie never seemed to harm him. Even when he fell into that lava pit in Blaine's gym, Donnie didn't even have a mark. "Wow, what a great power to have", smiled Cameron as he watched Weezing run out of hyper beam energy. "Okay Donnie, finish it off with a tusk attack!" commanded Cameron. Donnie trumpeted and started charging at the tired Weezing. "Why didn't hyper beam work?!" gasped James. "I definitely must get the money back for that TM." "Never mind that now!" shouted Meowth. "Do something before that jumbo creams your Weezing!" "Oh right", said James. "Weezing, poison gas attack!" But Weezing was still charging itself up from that powerful attack so it couldn't use poison gas. Then Donnie punctured Weezing with his sharp tusk. "WEEEZZZIINNG!" cried Weezing as it popped and started flying all over the place like a balloon. It landed right at James's feet all flat and deflated. "Don't worry Weezing", said James as he pulled it back into its ball. "I know the name of a good tire repairman." "I guess its time for the brains of the group to step back in!" said Jessie. "Does that make me the brawn?" asked James. "You wish!" grumbled Jessie as she released her Arbok. "Okay Donnie, use your rollout attack", commanded Cameron. Donnie rolled up into his tire form and was about to squish Arbok into a snake skin rug. "Quick Arbok, leap out of the way!" commanded Jessie. "ARBOK!" said Arbok as it curled up like a spring and bounced right out of the way of the approaching tire. "No give it your fissure attack!" smiled Jessie evily. Arbok then landed sharply on the floor sending a current of power right towards Donnie. The floor exploded and Donnie went flying up in the air and then landed on the floor knocking him out. Then Reiko's rope got lowered once again. "This is bad!" cried Cameron as he watched as his Pokemon got hurt one by one while Reiko's life was on the line. "Those guys leave me no choice. Aero, finish off that snake!" And out popped the huge Aerodactyl that made Arbok look like a tiny worm. "Is that what I think it is?!" gasped James. "An Aerodactyl!" said Meowth shaking. "Haven't those things died out yet?!" "Don't worry boys", said Jessie. "It'll be an honor to make this one extinct! Arbok, poison sting attack!" Arbok fired its glowing needles at Aero, but they didn't seem to affect her one bit for she had skin made of stone. "That Medusa Stone you touched certainly was a Godsend", smiled Cameron while Aero smiled back at him. "It's just a shame that its nostrils aren't protected", laughed Jessie. "Arbok, use your toxic attack!" "ARBOK!" shouted Arbok as it shot a green toxic cloud out of its mouth. "Quick Aero, fire blast now!" shouted Cameron. "AERO!" shouted Aero as she blasted her fire right at the approaching toxic before it could leave Arbok's mouth. It made such a huge explosion causing Arbok to get thrown back and knocked out. "No, Arbok!" shouted Jessie as she called it back. "It looks like you guys only have one Pokemon left", said Meowth. "And this one better be good for our sakes." "You mean for your sake", said Jessie as she grabbed the cat and threw him onto the gym floor. "They're sending Meowth to battle Aero?!" wondered Cameron. "I didn't think they were this dumb." "Are you crazy?!" screamed Meowth. "I'm no match against that rocky horror!" "Relax my dear Meowth", smiled Jessie. "I got just the prescription you'll need." And she pulled out a pair of stone tongs that was holding a very familiar stone. "A Medusa Stone!" gasped Cameron along with Aero. "Here, catch!" called out Jessie as she dropped the stone into Meowth's paws. "Ooooh! Neat!" smiled Meowth as he started playing with it like a ball of yarn. Suddenly, Meowth stopped playing for he found his paws turning to stone. "What did you do to me Jess?!" cried Meowth as he saw his soft fur turning to hard stone. Then he started growing and growing until he was a 30 foot tall stone Meowth. "Wow, a concrete kitty!" whispered James. "This is better I ever imagined", giggled Jessie. "What do you think of your new form Meowth?" "Meowth? Uh, Meowth?" said the stone Meowth as he tried to lick himself with his stone tongue, for his body may be big, but his brain was now small. "Maybe this wasn't such a brilliant idea", said James. The Stone Meowth looked over and saw the tied up girl hanging over a shredder. He smiled as he ran over to her and started swatting her like a cat's string toy. "REIKO!" cried Cameron. "MGLMKF!" mumbled Reiko while being gently swatted around by Meowth's stone paws. "What were you saying about this not being a brilliant idea James?" Jessie asked while smiling wickedly. "Aero, take down now!" shouted Cameron. Aero flew as fast as she could at Stone Meowth knocking him back onto the gym floor while Reiko sighed of relief. "Quick Meowth!" shouted James. "Use some kind of attack on that bird! Like a hairball or something!" "MEOWTH!" said Meowth as he made some hacking noises and suddenly spat out 5 hairballs that were actually large boulders. They all hit Aero causing her to scream and fall onto the floor. "Nice job Stone Meowth!" called out James. "Now give it your fury swipes!" Meowth complied by slashing his stone claws at the poor fainted Aero causing little pebbles to fall out of her skin. "NO!" cried Cameron as he watched his Aerodactyl faint and then saw that Reiko was just one inch away from the shredder of death. Her feet were almost touching the spinning blades. "You've got one Pokemon left to use twerp", laughed Jessie. "And I bet you're gonna use that small-fry Sandshrew of yours. Am I right?" "Well, bring 'em out!" laughed James. "I bet Meowth hungers for a dirtball in his new form!" Cameron looked at the Pokeball that contained his best friend. "I don't know what to do Sandy", he said. "I can't send you to battle that huge monster, you could get eaten or even worse. But if I give up, Reiko will die. I just don't know what to do!" Just then the Pokeball popped open and Sandy came out and hugged his master's leg letting out a comforting, "Shrew!" "What's that Sandy?" asked Cameron as he saw Sandy pointing to the Stone Meowth while making a fist. "You want to fight? But you're a mouse and he's a giant stone cat, that's not very good odds unless you're a smart-alec mouse like Jerry." "SHREW!" shouted Sandy as he leapt onto the gym floor not wanting any more arguments. "Good luck Sandy", said Cameron nervously. "So the little pipsqueak wants to be the last minute savior", laughed Jessie. "It'll be a shame to stomp this little mouse's brave, yet stupid spirit. Right Meowth?" "MEOWTH!" said Meowth as he quickly slammed his stone paw right over Sandy extremely hard. "SANDY!" cried Cameron in grief. Meowth lifted up his paw and saw a hole in the floor with no sign of the Sandshrew. "MEOWTH?" said Meowth as he scratched his stone head while little stone question marks formed around him. Cameron wondered if Sandy had used a quick dig attack to escape Meowth's paw. And sure enough, he did for Sandy had busted out from the floor right behind Meowth and landed right on top of his head. "All right Sandy!" smiled Cameron with relief. But then became surprised at what Sandy was doing. He was beating up Meowth's head non-stop while bits of rocks were flying out like he was being demolished by a jackhammer. "I've never seen you use that kind of attack before", said Cameron as he took out his Pokedex again. "Rock Smash", replied Dexeena. "A new attack that is very useful for fighting rock-type Pokemon or for removing giant boulders that are blocking your path." "That's it Sandy!" smiled Cameron excitedly. "Keep on smashing him until he's his old mangy self again!" "SHREW!" said Sandy as he continued with his smashing while Meowth moaned in pain. "Meowth, you blockhead!" shouted Jessie. "What kind of cat are you, letting a little rodent like that getting the best of you? "Yes!" shouted James. "You're disgracing all Meowthkind everywhere! Maybe we should get a Persian to the job better!" "MEOWTH!" growled Meowth at what he just heard. He swatted the Sandshrew off of his head and felt his scalp that felt all chipped and bumpy. "SANDY!" cried Cameron as he saw his Sandshrew about to hit the nearby wall. But Sandy just curled up like a ball and started bouncing all over the place like a piece of Flubber. "Meowth?" said Meowth as he saw the ball zooming right towards his face. Sandy then uncurled and made a huge fist socking Meowth right straight in the eye. Cameron, Reiko, Jessie, and James stood silent at what was now happening. The big stone Meowth started to crumble and crack and finally collapsed into a big pile of rubble. "SANDY!" cried Cameron as he quickly got down from the podium and rushed over to his Sandshrew who was lying on the pile of rocks panting hard, but smiling. "Sandy, you did it!" he sighed happily. "You've defeated Team Rocket's last and toughest Pokemon." "SHREW!" smiled Sandy as he gave his master his trademark victory sign with his claw. "Meowth!" cried both Jessie and James as they started to dig through the rubble to find the core of their ex-stone champion. There they found the original small furry Meowth with a rock stuck in his right eye. "Meowth, are you all right?" asked James. "I think so", said Meowth. "Except that I think I have something in my eye. Can you pull it out?" James pulled the rock out of Meowth's eye, but then he and Jessie became horrified at the sight they just saw and quickly covered their mouths. "What? What is it?" asked Meowth. He realized that he could only see out of one eye. He felt his right eye and found out that it was just an empty socket. "MY EYE!" he screamed. "MY EYE, AYE AYE AYE!!!" "Meowth relax", pleaded Jessie as she inserted the rock back in Meowth's socket. "How can I relax now that I lost one of my pupils?!" cried Meowth. "Since when did you become a schoolteacher?" asked James. Meowth just angrily scratched James's face for that dumb remark. "Watch it buster, or I'll make you just like me!" growled Meowth. "This is all your fault you rotten rodent!" he shouted while pointing a claw at Sandy and Cameron. "You and that crummy trainer of yours! Now I'm gonna make you pay!" and he took out a remote and was about to drop Reiko into the shredder. "No you can't!" pleaded Cameron. "We beat you fair and square! That was the deal!" "When it comes to beautiful Meowth's eyes, all deals are off!" shouted Meowth as he pushed the button and Reiko started to drop. "NO REIKO!" cried Cameron. Just then, Reiko found herself hovering over the shredder and floating into Cameron arms. Cameron and Reiko turned around and saw it was Ash' Espeon who had just used his psychic powers to save Reiko. "Nice work Espeon", called out Ash's voice. Cameron turned around and smiled as he saw Ash along with Misty, Brock, Stella, Seymour, and Bill along with Ryan, Lulu, Gary, and Prof. Oak. "Thank you", said Cameron as he untied Reiko. "Yes, Arigato", said Reiko humbly. "Don't thank me", said Ash. "Thank Espeon over here." "PI!" said Espeon proudly. "I think it's time to blast off again!" said Jessie and James nervously as they grabbed a grieving Meowth and started to head off to their secret escape hatch. But couldn't for Espeon had used his psychic powers to bring the trio back and dropped them right in front of a boiling mad Ash. "Uh, hi Ash!" said Jessie nervously. "Long time no see?" "You've been certainly drinking your milk haven't you?" said James looking in fear at the muscles on the former twerp. Ash just silently grabbed Jessie and James by the throats and lifted them up. "Ever since I first met you two scumbags, you've given us lots of grief during our Pokemon journey. But doing all this to my town and the people I love is very unforgivable!" "You're not gonna kill us are you?" whimpered Jessie and James in fear. "I won't kill you because it's ungentlemen to kill a lady!" Ash growled at Jessie and released her. "And I won't kill you James because like I said, it's ungentlemen to kill a lady!" And he threw him on the floor along with Meowth. "Thank you!" said Jessie and James sweating of relief. "But that doesn't count for me!" smiled Reiko as she gave her ex-queen a flying kick in the face causing her to lose a tooth and to fall on the floor. Then Reiko tackled James slamming his face onto the floor causing his nose to bleed. The former rulers of Rocketville looked at each other with a missing tooth, broken nose, and a rock for an eye feeling the greatest humility they've ever known in their lives. Jenny walked proudly over to the defeated Rockets and said. "You three are under arrest for Pokemon stealing, town imprisoning, trying to capture a police officer and her company, and for attempted murder! You three will definitely get life for this!" "And allow me to put them in jail for you officer", said a familiar voice. Everyone looked in fear at what they saw. A familiar scary shadow started to emerge from the darkness and connected to the shadow was an old enemy. "MEWTWO?!" screamed everybody. "But I thought you were dead!" gasped Misty as she held her Togepi tightly. "Yes, the first Mewtwo is dead", smiled Mewtwo. "But it's a good thing I saved his body." Ash suddenly recognized Mewtwo's new voice. "GIOVANNI!" he gasped. "Aw, you gave me away", groaned Gio. "And I was saving that for a surprise! Oh well. And I want to thank you Bill." "Thank me?" asked Bill nervously. "Yes", smiled Gio evily. "For creating such a marvelous DNA chamber and for leaving it abandoned and left on. If you've only kept some of your smarts today, I wouldn't be in this wonderful destructive new body!" "Oh dear!" said Bill while sweatdropping heavily on his Rattata. Gio then looked at Jessie, James, and Meowth with a big scary smile. "So this is what you three little fools have been doing since I fired you." He laughed. "I'm glad to see you've made a tyrannical name for yourselves these past five and a half years. I'm very proud of you." "You are Boss?" gasped the trio at once. "Please, call me Gio", he laughed. "You don't work for me anymore. In fact, how you like to be partners with me in my new organization?" "Really?" asked Jessie, James, and Meowth now smiling. Jessie hid her mouth with her hand because she now had an ugly bloody smile without her tooth. "You mean we can be a foursome?" smiled James. "And I can be your top cat once again?" asked Meowth while a tear ran out of the rock which was now his eye. "Actually, I was thinking about a onesome", laughed Gio loud and hard. The trio didn't like the way he was laughing at all. Then Gio shot out Mewtwo's infamous mindjail beam at the trio causing them to scream, shrink down, and get sucked inside Gio's brain. Our heroes turned white at what they just saw. "Perfect!" laughed Gio evily while sending surges of power through his stubby fingers. "Now that I have their conquering skills inside my head, I'll be able to conquer this entire planet! All people and Pokemon will have to bow down to me if they don't want their races to become extinct! HA HA HA HA HA!" "Giovanni, you sick psycho!" shouted Ash. "We took care of you these past five years and this is how you repay us?!" "Ungrateful, aren't it?" smiled Gio. "While I was a prisoner in the original Mewtwo's mind, I felt I had no hope, so I decided to just go mad. But now that I actually have control of the power of Mewtwo, I can go back to being myself. And my first task is to get rid of you Ash Ketchum!" And he charged up his hands and sent a psychic blast right at Ash knocking him into the wall. "NO ASH!" cried Misty as she and the others ran to him. Gio just smiled and shot some more blasts at everyone. "HA HA HA HA HA!" laughed Gio knowing that nobody can stop him now. Just then he heard a loud "SHREW!" Gio curiously looked down and saw a tiny Sandshrew wanting to battle him. "You think someone like you can stop someone like me?" laughed Gio. "Sure, you may've defeated a big stone kitty, but you're looking at the worlds' most powerful Pokemon. I should know, I designed this body myself. And let me show you its features!" and he started throwing swift stars at Sandy hitting him like crazy. "SANDY!" cried Cameron who was lying on the floor after being psyched out by Gio. "PIKA, PI!" cried Pikachu as he stood beside Sandy and started to release a thunderbolt. But Gio had just created a barrier protecting himself from the electricity. "Don't you get it you brainless little rodents?" laughed Gio. "This isn't like David and Goliath. I am the mighty Gio-Mewtwo, and no force on this planet can stop me!" and he fired more psychic blasts at Pikachu and Sandy who were trying to leap out of the way. "PIKACHU!" cried the beat up Ash with tears in his eyes. "SANDY!" cried Cameron who did the same thing. Suddenly, both Ash and Cameron levitated from the floor and stood right behind their Pokemon. Gio stopped attacking for he was curious at what those two boys were doing, and so were all our heroes who managed to stand up as well. A glowing surge of energy started to leave Ash's and Cameron's bodies and they went right into Pikachu's and Sandy's. The two Pokemon suddenly felt the large amount of power and fired a powerful thunderbolt and a blinding sandstorm at Gio causing him to scream in pain. "What's happening to them?!" gasped Misty as they all saw the two boys still giving their energy to their Pokemon who were still lashing out their electricity and sandstorm. "I've heard about this", said Seymour. "It is said that if a Pokemon is ever in the most dangerous encounter of its life and its master really loves and cares for it, the master will magically transfer a hidden power into his or her Pokemon making it unstoppable with unlimited fighting power." "Cameron-san really does care for his Sandshrew", thought Reiko as she watched silently while Cameron was making that cute glow. She also noticed that Gio was desperately increasing his barrier power trying to protect himself from the two powerful attacks. "Like the two Beedrills that try to make the worlds' largest hive by themselves, that is very difficult. We need more Pokemon to help those two brave ones." Just then she felt a tendril on her shoulder. Reiko turned around and smiled to see her beloved Tentacruel and Kingler. "Oh, my babies", smiled Reiko as she hugged them. "I am so glad to see that you're both safe. But now I must ask you to do me a favor." "CRUEL, KING", said the two Pokemon ready to serve their loving master. "I need you to use every ounce of your power to defeat that monster", said Reiko. "Those two may not be able to do it alone. "CRUEL!" said Tentacruel as it released its acid attack on Gio. "KING!" said Kingler as it blew a blizzard right at Gio while Pikachu and Sandy continued with their attacks. Everyone became amazed that this Rocket girl was helping them. "Why are you all standing around like a bunch of Pokemon that've been paralyzed by stun spore?" demanded Reiko. "Lend a Pokemon to these brave heroes!" Everyone nodded their heads and released a Pokemon. "Golduck, hydro pump!" commanded Misty. "Golem, rock slide!" commanded Brock. "Growlithe, flamethrower!" commanded Jenny. "Doduo, whirlwind!" commanded Seymour. Stella was about to release her Tangela, until her Mr. Mime jumped into the action. "Mime?" asked Stella. "But you can't fight now. After what you've been through!" "MR. MIME!" shouted Mr. Mime as he released his psywave attack at Gio. "Still as stubborn as usual", said Stella while smiling. Bill's Rattata then jumped out its master's arms and joined in the battle using its swift attack. "I never knew my Rattata had that attack", said Bill amazed. "I could've have fun with that!" "Shall we join in the fight Grandson?" Prof. Oak asked Gary as he put a comforting hand on his shoulder. Gary, who no longer felt grievous after what happened said. "Let's do it Gramps!" and they each released one Pokemon. "Magnemite, sonicboom!" commanded the Professor. "Venusaur, solarbeam!" commanded Gary as their attacks joined in with the others. Ryan and Lulu definitely wanted to be rid of that horrible beast forever. They've been waiting five and a half long years for this day. Then Ryan released his Hitmonchan and Lulu one of her Beedrills. "HC, comet punch!" commanded Ryan. "Beeswax, pin missile!" commanded Lulu. And the energy blows from HC's fists and the pins from Beeswax's stingers joined in with all the other countless attacks. "You really think you can all stop me?!" shouted Gio as he kept increasing his barrier power but couldn't attack back. "Keep it up! You'll all conk out from exhaustion soon and then I'll be here to clean up the mess, which'll be all of you! HA HA HA HA HA!" * * * * * * Outside, all the rebels and the citizens saw and heard the fireworks that were going on at the top of the palace. The giant Meowth head that was on the top, started to crumble and crack causing its right eye to fall off making it match the original Meowth that posed for it. "Oh Ash!" cried Mrs. Ketchum desperately hoping that her baby would come out of this alive. * * * * * * As the Pokemon kept launching their attacks, two figures had suddenly teleported into the room. It was Sabrina along with Agatha. "It looks like we got here at just the right time", said Sabrina. "But I thought you were scared of Mewtwo", asked Agatha. "But this isn't the same Mewtwo", said Sabrina. "It's a corporate Rocket bully in Mewtwo's clothing and I'm gonna defeat it once and for all!" and she released her Haunter who no longer had any fear of Mewtwo either. "Haunter, nightshade attack!" commanded Sabrina as Haunter blasted its shadow at Gio. "Count me in as well!" said Agatha as she released her Umbreon and studied Gio's face. "Perfect!" she smiled. "That monster has its eyes closed. Umbreon, give it your nightmare attack!" "UM!" cried Umbreon as it released a dark energy at Gio. Gio tried his best to build up more barriers but the oncoming powers of ground, electric, poison, ice, water, rock, fire, flying, psychic, normal, steel, grass, fighting, bug, ghost, and darkness were completely draining Gio's power. "At least there's no dragon type here", Gio thought but he spoke too soon. A huge Dragonite had burst through the ceiling and on its back was Blaine. "I got your psychic message Sabrina", said Blaine, "Dragonite and I are here to lend a hand and claw. Or better yet, a mouth! Give it your dragonbreath, Dragonite!" "DRAAGG!" shouted Dragonite as it fired hot breaths of fire at Gio. That did it. The combined attacks of every known type of Pokemon along with the power that Ash and Cameron were feeding into their own Pokemon were just too much for Gio. He made a loud howl and the entire room exploded. But luckily no one got killed for Sabrina had used her psychic powers to protect everyone. "Is it over?" asked Brock as he looked around. "Does all that answer your question?" asked Stella as she pointed to all the white and purple ooze all over the place showing them that Gio- Mewtwo was no more. And where he was standing were Jessie, James, and Meowth on the floor shaking frantically. "We did it Ash!" cried Misty happily. "Actually, you and Cameron started it all! You're both heroes! Uh, Ash? ASH!!!" cried Misty as she saw Ash lying on the floor unconscious while a tear filled Reiko was holding an unconscious Cameron in her arms. "NO ASH!" cried Misty as she ran over and hugged her long lost love. Everyone became sad and silent as they saw the two heroes who had just given up their lives lying there motionless. Sandy desperately tried licking the life back into Cameron and it seemed to work. "Sandy, we did it!" smiled Cameron as he opened his eyes. "After this, I'll never look at my Gameboy the same again!" "SANDSHREW!" cried Sandy as he started slurping Cameron some more. "CAMERON-SAN!" cried Reiko as she hugged him tightly with all her ninja strength. "Uh, Reiko!" gasped Cameron while his eyes grew even bigger than his glasses. "I'm okay now. You can stop killing me now!" "Oops, sorry Cameron-san", said Reiko blushing as she gave him a long good kiss." "Oh Ash!" cried Misty who couldn't seem to wake him up at all. "PIKACHU!" cried Pikachu hoping that his old shocking method that usually woke Ash up in the past still worked. He fired a thunderbolt at Ash along with Misty who was still holding him. "AAAAAH! PIKACHU!" screamed Misty. "Why are you doing this? Are you trying to send me into the afterlife so I can join my Ash?" "It must've worked, cause I think I'm in Heaven", mumbled Ash's voice who just opened his eyes at a most beautiful sight. "ASH!" cried Misty as she hugged her guy while giving him a big kiss. "PIKA, PI!" cried Pikachu while letting loose happy thundershocks. Our heroes became extremely happy at the sight they were seeing and applauded for the two heroes of the day. Suddenly they saw some of Mewtwo's leftover ooze starting to bubble and take a new form. "Oh no, he's coming back to take revenge on us!" thought Cameron remembering how that usually happened on Dragonball Z. "Relax my friends", called out a cute little voice. "The ooze suddenly formed into a smaller version of Mewtwo. "I am here to help you", it said. "I can't believe it!" gasped Sabrina, Seymour, and Bill. "IT'S MEW!" "Mew?!" gasped both Ash and Cameron as they both took out their Pokedex's. "MEW", replied both Dexter and Dexeena. "A mythical Pokémon of South America which has been thought extinct. A growing number of people have seen it recently. "I can't believe we're actually face to face with the legendary Mew!" gasped Seymour while polishing his glasses to the extreme so he could get a better view of it. "It's not dangerous, is it?!" asked Stella nervously. "Of course not", said Bill. "Those who have said they've seen it said that Mew is a friendly fun loving Pokemon who wants to make people happy." "That is correct", said Mew as it flew around happily making figure- eights in the air. "And I want to thank you all for freeing me from that evil prison called Mewtwo." "You mean you've been a victim of the mindjail beam too?" asked Ash. "How come we've never seen you all these years?" "A long time ago I was captured by an evil man named Giovanni", explained Mew. "He and his scientists ejected me with all sorts of horrible chemicals which forced me to develop into the beast known as Mewtwo along with making my mind evil and twisted. But now that you've destroyed Mewtwo, you've set my hidden innocent-self free. And I know the perfect way to repay all of you." Before anyone could say a word, Mew suddenly flew around the town and started to cover everything up with some kind of pink psychic dust. Suddenly a miracle happened. All of the damage and suffering that Team Rocket had caused was all erased. The smog disappeared showing off the sun and blue sky, the trees got back their leaves and the grounds got back their grass and flowers, the factories suddenly disappeared and were replaced by all the houses that the citizens had lost over the years. And finally the palace they were all in got replaced by the original town hall that the Rockets had demolished to make room for their palace. "It's a miracle!" smiled Ash as he and the others looked out the window and saw Pallet Town restored back to its beautiful, peaceful stage while all the citizens were dancing and cheering with joy. Even Mrs. Ketchum who just saw her boy looking out the window and happily blew him a kiss. Then our heroes released all their Pokemon so they could see the miracle that just happened and they started dancing and cheering as well. Then Ash and Misty kissed, Brock kissed Stella, Seymour kissed Jenny, Ryan kissed Lulu, and even Bill kissed his Rattata! Then Bill approached Blaine and his Dragonite and stared awestruck at the huge dragon. "Hello Mr. Dragonite", Bill stuttered. "It's me Bill. I don't know if you remember me, but I own a lighthouse on a beach near Vermilion City. I kept dreaming I'd meet you one day and it finally happened!" and he bowed down to him. "DRAG!" cooed Dragonite as it gave Bill a gentle slurp for he did recognize the friendly looking guy in that lighthouse a long time ago. "Why don't you keep him?" asked Blaine. "You're giving your Dragonite to me?!" gasped Bill. "Of course", smiled Blaine. "You were the first to discover it before me so you should be its trainer. And besides, I'm a fire Pokemon trainer, not a dragon trainer. What do you say Dragonite? I think this guy would treat you better than I could." "DRAGONITE!" smiled Dragonite as it slurped Blaine and then picked up Bill and started hugging its new master affectionately. "Thank you", smiled Bill with tears while Dragonite still hugged him like crazy. Prof Oak and Gary hugged each other and then Gary silently approached Ash. Ash stood there silently wondering what his old rival was gonna say or do. Gary smiled and extended his hand to him. "Put it there Pokemon master!" he said. "Thanks old friend", said Ash. Prof. Oak smiled knowing that his grandson had made friends again with Ash just like when they were babies. "Hello Samuel Oak", said an old lady's voice. Prof. Oak turned around and blushed at who he just saw. "Agatha?!" he gasped happily. "It's been a long time Samuel", smiled Agatha. "And I see you still got your hair." "And I see you've still got your, uh... uh... wrinkles!" said Prof. Oak. "No wait, that wasn't right. I'm sorry!" he stuttered. "Aw, you're still the same old kook I remember", laughed Agatha as she went over and kissed him on the cheek. Cameron looked into Reiko's red eyes and were about to kiss each other. "Oh, wait Cameron-san, I almost forgot", said Reiko as she pinned the EarthBadge on Cameron's shirt. "When I kicked her royal vileness, Jessie across the room, she had dropped the EarthBadge. So I present it to you Cameron-san. You truly are the worlds' greatest Pokemon master in my eyes!" And then she removed Cameron's glasses and looked into his handsome green eyes. Then they kissed lovingly while Sandy made a happy claw's up at his master. "Cameron", said Mew as he suddenly appeared right between him and Reiko. "I also want to give you something." "What is it?" asked Cameron. "A message from Heaven", said Mew as he suddenly vanished and a man in a white suit appeared. Cameron immediately recognized the man. "Hi Son", he said. "DAD!" cried Cameron as he was about to hug his late father but then went right through him. "Sorry son", said Mr. Fusterman. "But I am a ghost now, but don't worry. You'll be hugging me again soon. But not too soon though. I want you to live out your new life here till you're old and gray." "I'm sorry about what happened to you", said Cameron. "I saw the car accident." "I know you did", said Mr. Fusterman. "I've been watching you throughout your Pokemon journey. You know, at first I thought this Pokemon stuff was just another fad that you might outgrow someday and you'll end up looking back at all the Pokemon merchandise you've wasted your allowance on. I was totally surprised when I found out that this Pokemon world was actually real and you were now a part of it. And you've really handled yourself great here. I'm very proud of you son." "Thank you Dad", said Cameron with a tear in his eye. "So you don't mind if I stay in this world from now on?" "Of course not", laughed Mr. Fusterman. "I have learned about that nasty future back in the real world where you die at 31 and I'm happy for this world you're in and the new family you've made. Just always treat them right, eat your vegetables, read your bible every night and pray, and always think of your old man wherever you're on any future Pokemon journeys. I love you son!" "And I love you Dad!" smiled Cameron with tears in his eyes while everyone smiled at the magical sight. Then Cameron slowly watched his Dad fade away. "Reiko, please take good care of my son", said Mr. Fusterman as he totally disappeared out of everyone's sight. "I will sir", whispered Reiko smiling and then stared at the boy who totally changed her life for the good. EPILOUGE All the Rockets were sent to jails across the country. Jessie and James were sentenced to life in an island prison somewhere in the east. It showed an image of them breaking rocks with sledgehammers. Actually Jessie was using a toothpick to break the rocks for the guards took away her sledgehammer when she kept bopping James with it. Unfortunately poor Reiko had to go to juvenile hall for the crimes she committed, but she knew she deserved it though. Luckily, Pallet Jenny convinced the judge to shorten her sentence to a few years for the help she gave them against the Rockets and Cameron promised Reiko that he'd visit her whenever he could. And Reiko's Tentacruel and Kingler were transported over to the Fuchsia gym where they would be in the care of Reiko's siblings until her sentence was done. Meowth, along with the Rockets' Pokemon were going to be transported to different gym leaders all over the world so they could get the proper love and guidance they never had. Meowth with an eye-patch was too busy dazed from everything that happened that day to realize what was going to happen to him. Ryan suddenly saw the Victreebel that one of the Jennies had confiscated from James and ran up to it. Victreebel looked at Ryan and instead of chomping on him, it hugged Ryan lovingly with its large leaves. For Victreebel was once the Weepinbell that Ryan owned many years ago. One day it got injured so Ryan had to send it to the Pokemon center to get Weepinbell healed. But however, the Rocket trio had robbed that center and James claimed Ryan's Weepinbell for himself, which soon later evolved into Victreebel. Vic truly missed Ryan and did not like James as its new master. Whenever it had the chance, Vic would try to gobble up James hoping that would force him to release it. Now that Vic was reunited with its original loving master, it could be a happy innocent Pokemon once again. Seymour had given the Clefairy Clan back their Moonstones and he escorted them all back to Mt. Moon so they could live happy peaceful lives once again. Jenny had made Cameron an official citizen of Pallet Town and appointed herself as his legal guardian. She even gave him a special room in her police station home. A month later, all of the citizens and the heroes had gathered into the town hall for a freedom banquet. Everyone was talking while eating deliciously prepared food made by Mrs. Ketchum and the moms of Pallet Town. Ash and Misty were at a table making googly eyes at each other while kissing every few minutes. Pikachu and Togepi watched them from under the table. "Why is mommy acting funny in front of that guy?" asked Togepi. "You'll know when you're older", whispered Pikachu. "I am older!" protested Togepi. "I'm six fingers old!" "Pika, pi!" laughed Pikachu. Brock had invited his entire family over where they watched Stella and her circus staff of people and Pokemon perform for them. Brock was happy that Stella was nicer to her old Pokemon along with her new Pokemon as well. "She could make a great mother one day", he thought while smiling. Seymour saw Jenny talking to someone and nervously approached her. "Officer Jenny", he asked while holding out a ring. "Will you marry me?" Jenny just angrily scowled at him and hit him with a huge salami that was on the table and left. Seymour became confused and crushed, but was helped up by another Jenny. The Pallet Jenny. "Hi Seymour", she smiled at him. "I see you've met my cousin, the Neon Town Jenny. Please forgive her. She tends to be cranky all the time. Hey, is that an engagement ring?!" she smiled as she picked up the ring that was by Seymour's feet. "Yes, I'll marry you!" she cried happily before Seymour could even say a word. He just smiled on the inside but then realized that he'd have to study all of his future in-laws for they all looked like his Jenny and they had the same name as hers. But it was worth it spending the rest of his life with his favorite Jenny. Bill was there too, and he had a Nurse Joy holding onto his arm. During the journey, Bill was treated by the Celadon City Joy and had fallen in love with her. Now that he was human again, he could truly start dating her. Gary had won the love of at least one of his cheerleaders when she heard how he had helped defeat Gio-Mewtwo. And since then, he treated this girl with respect, which he never really did with his other girls. The crowd suddenly quieted down when Prof, Oak tapped his glass and stood up. "May I have your attention please?" he called out. "For over five and a half years, we the innocent citizens of Pallet Town fell under the dark tyranny of the evil Team Rocket. We had all been tormented and pushed around by those awful Rockets. But luckily, some of us, including myself, hid out in the sewers and started an underground rebellion where we helped out the poor citizens. And I just want to propose a toast to all the brave and loyal members of the Pallet Rebellion." Everyone cheered as they all tapped their glasses together while Agatha kissed the Professor on the cheek. "I also want to give a special thanks to two special people", continued the Professor. "At first I built a device that would teleport a hero back home, but instead I brought back a different hero. He led 3 of our rebels along with 3 other brave and true friends to far away places where he got help from gym leaders and brought back our own hometown hero. Then they returned and freed us all from Team Rocket along with destroying a deadly monster that may've conquered the entire world. So I want to put this statue in the middle of our town to honor two great guys and their Pokemon!" And a sheet was pulled off a huge monument. Everyone applauded when they saw what it was. It was a huge pedestal that read, "HEROES". Standing on it were statues of Ash and Cameron and by their feet were statues of Pikachu and Sandy. "PIKA!" said Pikachu with stars in his eyes. "SHREW!" said Sandy with also the same feelings. Ash and Cameron stood there blushing while Brock and Misty urged them to go up and make some speeches. "I don't know what to say", said Ash blushing. "First of all, I'm so happy to be back home with my wonderful mother along with all my friends, especially my girlfriend Misty and my best friend Pikachu. And I want you to know that the Indigo Pokemon League games will be starting in a few months and I'll be leaving Pallet once again to compete in the Indigo League and I'm gonna try to bring home the trophy for all you good people of Pallet." Everyone cheered and applauded for Ash. "I'm so proud of you honey!" called out Mrs. Ketchum with tears in her eyes. "You're not the only one", sighed Misty with stars in her eyes. "And Cameron", continued Ash. "I'd like you to train with me and compete in the League too. That way in case I lose, you can win the trophy for both of us and for Pallet as well." "You can be sure I will Ash", said Cameron proudly. "Now it's time for your speech Cameron", called out Brock. "Well, uh..." stuttered Cameron. "I'm not really good with speeches and I don't really consider myself the hero type either. But I'm proud to now be a citizen of your wonderful town and to be with all you welcoming and caring people and Pokemon, Especially you Sandy. Being sent here was the best thing that ever happened to me in my entire life. And I will be grateful for it every day! Everyone applauded while Cameron and Ash went back to their seats. "Will you excuse me please?" Cameron asked his friends. "There's something I need to do in another room." And he went to the kitchen. "You sly Growlithe you!" winked Ash for he knew where he was going. "SHHHUH-REW!" smiled Sandy slyly. "Can you give me just a few minutes please?" Cameron asked an Officer Jenny. She smiled for Pallet Jenny had told her about him and the prisoner that was on work detail in the kitchen. She left Cameron alone and he approached the pretty girl in blue jeans and a prison shirt mopping the floor. Reiko smiled with delight as she dropped her mop and ran over to her guy, but slipped on the suds. Luckily she landed safely in Cameron's arms. "Oh my radiant Reiko", he sighed. "Like the Slowpoke that takes its time while the whole world is rushing. You should learn to take things easy as well." And he slowly walked her over to a part of the floor that hadn't been waxed yet. "Oh Cameron-chan!" sighed Reiko as she hugged him. "I have been taking my time. In fact, I am serving lots of time. I just wish it could go by a bit faster." "Actually, I was hoping this moment of time would go slow for us", said Cameron as he took a portable CD player from his tuxedo jacket and played a bunch of slow dance songs. "Care to dance my graceful little ninja?" he asked while taking Reiko's hand and kissing it. "But Cameron-san", she said while looking at her uniform. "I'm not properly dressed!" "That's okay", he smiled as he took off his jacket and tuxedoed shirt revealing a white T-shirt with a Pokeball on it. "Neither am I!" Reiko just laughed quietly as they danced to the wonderful music and it did feel like time had stopped just for them. Mainly because Sabrina had used her powers to freeze time for a while just for them. "Good luck in your new life my friendly alien!" smiled Sabrina. THE END AUTHOR'S FINAL NOTES: Well, that's the end of the Incredible Poke-Odyssey and I want to thank everyone who made this adventure possible. The fans at the Pokemon Fanfic Mailing List who e-mailed me wonderful compliments and kept encouraging me to keep writing it. Friends like Bellossom Boy, Ben Hertzog, Gundam_Wildfire X, and Emmanuel Jones for giving me ideas throughout the story's construction. Sandra Chan, Misty X, McWizard X, Mega Raichu, and Zeth Raltier for posting my fanfic on their websites. Nintendo, Game Freak, 4Kids Entertainment, and Kids' WB for introducing us all to the wonderful world of Pokemon. And to God for giving me a wonderful gift called imagination. I thank my Heavenly Father every day for it. Thank you all for letting me share this story with you. It was worth a whole year of typing it. ^_^