The Incredible Poke-Odyssey chapter 7 Pokemon Pool Party Cameron and his friends were now at the Cerulean City Pokemon center where Cameron was getting his Pokemon healed from that tough battle from the previous chapter. "Hi", said Cameron as he approached Nurse Joy, "Can you please heal my Pokemon for me?" "Why of course young man", smiled Joy as she took the four Pokeballs from Cameron and opened them up. She was outraged when she saw the wet Sandshrew, frozen Oddish, sleeping Zubat, and the Slowpoke that looked all right but still had a clueless expression on his face. "How could you let your Pokemon get in these conditions you irresponsible trainer?!" scolded Joy. Cameron started to feel pretty small as Joy's voice was growing even louder. He always felt that way whenever he watched Ash get lectured by a Nurse Joy, but experiencing it himself was just as bad. "Please go easy on him Joy", said Misty, "He just had a run in with Team Rocket today." "Misty?!" asked Joy as she leapt across the desk and hugged her. "Is that you?! IT IS!!! Oh, it's so great to see you again!" "You know each other?" asked Cameron. "Yes we do", smiled Misty, "I was born in Cerulean City and I always came to this Nurse joy whenever my Pokemon got hurt." "That's right", smiled Joy, "And how is your Goldeen doing these days?" "I don't have a Goldeen anymore", said Misty, "Because it evolved into a Seaking", and she released the big fat fish with a huge horn on its head. "My, that's some catch", said Joy, "And looking at you, I bet guys everywhere are saying the same thing." Misty smiled on the outside, but frowned on the inside thinking about one certain guy. "But tell me", asked Joy concerned, "How did you get back here? I've heard on the news five years ago that you were trapped in a Rocket controlled town. I was terribly worried about you and so were your sisters." "My sisters were worried?!" asked Misty shocked, "Maybe they do care about me after all. Well anyway", continued Misty, "Some of us managed to escape thanks to some of the ideas from our new friend Cameron over here." Cameron just smiled and blushed. "Wow", smiled Joy, "I've got a real live hero in my very own Pokemon center! Just for that, I'm going to give your injured Pokemon the full class treatment. Oh Chansey, bring out the special stretcher." "Chansey" said a Chansey who rolled in a huge stretcher with soft quilted sheets, Pokemon feeding bowls on one side, a drinking bottle on the other, and a transistor radio that played a collection of music from the Pikachu's Jukebox segments from the show. Chansey put each of Cameron's Pokemon on the luxury stretcher and rolled them off to get treated. "Your Pokemon will be just fine", smiled Joy. "Thank you ma'am", smiled Cameron kind of wishing he was the one that got injured so they'd put him on that stretcher. * * * * * * Our heroes had arrived at the Cerulean City gym that was owned by The Sensational Sisters, Misty's three older sisters. "Well, here it is", said Misty nervously, "It's time to see what's changed these past five years", she said hoping her vein, stuck-up sisters would be a little fat and wrinkly. "Well you all have a good time here", said Jenny, "I'm going to visit my cousin, the Cerulean City Jenny, and see if she'll lend us another van." "But what if Team Rocket comes back while you're gone?" asked Seymour. "Don't worry", said Jenny as she released her Growlithe, "I'll leave my Growlithe here to protect you. And if things do get bad, Growlithe will let out a loud roar and my cousin and I will come running. Right Growlithe?" "GROOOOOWWWLLL!!" howled Growlithe agreeing with her. They all waved goodbye to Jenny as they stepped inside the gym. "Are you sure you want to go through with this Misty?" asked Brock, "I know how much you and your sisters don't get along." "Of course I do", said Misty, "After all, we're family." As they walked through the hallways of the gym. They saw huge tanks that contained water Pokemon of every shape and size. "It's like being at Sea World", thought Cameron as he saw a Goldeen making silly faces at him and Sandy through one of the tanks. Sandy didn't take Goldeen's teasing too lightly and he started to slash up the tank trying to get at the wise guy fish with no luck at all. "No Sandy", said Cameron as he picked him up. She's not worth it and besides, if you do manage to break through that tank, all that water will make you mud again." As they continued walking, Sandy, who was still being carried by Cameron, looked behind him and saw the Goldeen sticking her tongue out at him while pulling her eyelid back with her fin. "SHREW!" he said making a fist at her. "Look, there's Daisy", said Misty as she pointed to the oldest sister who was standing on a huge platform feeding fish to a Dewgong that kept diving out of the water. "Yoo hoo, Daisy!" called out Misty. "Hey guys", shouted Daisy, "Like look who's here!" Her other sisters, Violet and Lilly, who were in the pool scrubbing their Poliwhirl's back, swam up to the edge and smiled with delight at the group. "Hold on, we're coming down!" called out Violet. The three sisters were quickly running up to the group in happiness. "Wow, I guess they really do miss me", thought Misty as she held out her arms waiting to be hugged. But instead, they brushed right past her causing her to fall flat on her face onto the floor. When she got up, they were all surrounding Brock. "Hey, Brock, like it's so good to see you again!" smiled Lilly. "Wow, like you've become such a hunk over the years", said Violet. "Care to swim with us?" smiled Daisy, "We were just about to break in our new bikinis." Brock suddenly turned red, while Stella turned green with envy, and Misty turned purple with rage. "Don't you all care that your long lost little sister has returned home after all these years?!!!" screamed Misty. "Like chill out baby sis", smiled Daisy, "We're all glad to see you too." "Yeah", said Violet, "We've been like, what's that word, eh, worried, yeah, worried about you all these years and we're glad you're back home safe." And they all gave her a big hug. "Do you really mean it?" asked Misty. "Like duh", said Lilly, "I mean we just couldn't stand the thought of being in a trapped town where no one from the outside world can see our talents and beauty. I must say, you're like probably the toughest Sensational Sister of us all." "Really?" smiled Misty while tears formed in her eyes. "Yeah", said Daisy, "Like the three of us inherited the good looks so you must've gotten something else." Misty started to glow purple with rage again. "Like turn off the technicolor", said Lilly, "I say we should celebrate our tough little sister's return. You're all invited to an indoor pool party! Like what do you say?!" "A pool party?! ALL RIGHT!!!" shouted Misty for the sisters had never ever thrown a pool party for her before. "Come on everyone!" shouted Misty, "You haven't lived until you've experienced a Cerulean City Sensation Sisters' Pool Party!" and she threw off her jacket and jeans once again revealing her red bikini. "I don't know", said Stella, "Shouldn't we continue our quest before Team Rocket catches up with us?" She was more worried that Brock would go ga-ga for those three flirts if they stayed here any longer. "Come on Stella", said Brock putting an arm around her, "I got to spend time with my family. We should let Misty spend time with hers. Besides, you already said that I looked cute in a bathing suit. I bet you would too." "Okay Brockie, we'll stay", said Stella blushing. "Oh dear", said Seymour who was nervously shaking his legs. "What's wrong Seymour?" asked Cameron. "It's just that I get very uncomfortable at pool parties", said Seymour nervously, "I burn easily in the sun!" "But we said it was an indoor pool party", said Violet. "Like don't be such a geek!" "Misty still has unusual tastes in boyfriends", said Lilly. "BOYFRIEND?!!" grumbled Misty while turning purple once again on the outside while feeling blue on the inside thinking about the time they first met Ash when they thought the same exact thing. * * * * * * Meanwhile, Team Rocket was searching around Cerulean City for their escaped citizens. "It's like trying to find a needle in a Sandslash's back", whined James. "Like the quarter you find in an old coat pocket, you should never leave any stone unturned or any house unsearched", said Reiko. "Or any gum that happens to be under your paw!" said Meowth as he pulled some grape chewing gum off of his foot and started chewing it. "Eeeeeyeeew!" said James and Reiko together. "It's not like I'm gonna swallow it", protested Meowth, "So don't accuse me of being disgusting!" and he blew a huge purple bubble covered with dirt, a bandage, and crushed insect eggs. "Hey, look over there", said James. "Just as long as I don't have to look at Meowth", said Reiko. They saw Jenny heading over to a nearby police station. They all jumped into empty trashcans so she wouldn't spot them and go into arrest mode. "That's the Pallet Town Jenny", said James, "That must mean the other rebels are nearby. "How can you tell it's her?" asked Reiko, "All Jennies look the same." "All you humans look the same to me", said Meowth. "Just like the rebel Brock", said James proudly, "I too have studied each and every Officer Jenny of every city and town and I can assure you that's the Pallet Jenny." "Well then why are we hanging around in these tin cans?" said Meowth, "Let's go spy on the fuzz." And they all closed their lids. Their feet suddenly stuck out of the bottom of the cans and they tiptoed slowly to the police station. There they listened to the Jennies conversation through the cracked window. "Why of course I can lend you a van", said Cerulean Jenny, "Anything that'll help free Pallet Town along with our sisters and cousins." "Thank you Jenny", smiled Pallet Jenny as she hugged her cousin. "I can't wait to get back to the Cerulean Gym to tell them that we got transportation again." "So they're all at the Cerulean Gym", said Reiko, "We must storm the place as swift as a Vulpix." "But first we gotta get those two little piglets out of the picture", said Meowth. "Leave that to yours' truly", said James as he released his Victreebel. "Victreebel, use your sleep powder now", but Victreebel just started to chomp on James's head again. "Hey I don't like humans much either", said Meowth, "But you don't see me trying to eat their heads!" Reiko just sighed and used her ninja-like strength to pry Victreebel off of James's head. Then she squeezed Victreebel's stems tightly forcing it to cough up a cloud of pollen that floated into the station making both Jennies very sleepy. "YAWN! All of a sudden I want to fall asleep!" said Pallet Jenny. "I knew I should've brewed up some extra coffee today", yawned Cerulean Jenny as they both fell asleep on the floor and desk. "Excellent!" smiled Reiko wickedly as she and Meowth climbed through the window while James was tending to his poor mangled Victreebel. "Vic, speak to me!" he cried, "If you're all right, please give me a sign!" and Victreebel did by biting James's head again. * * * * * * Back at the gym, everyone was having a great time at the indoor pool party. Cameron, wearing dark brown Bermuda shorts that Mrs. Ketchum had packed for him, was swimming around while his Slowpoke followed after him. Misty was sitting at the shallow end of the pool talking to her sisters who were sitting on deck chairs. Stella, who was under a huge sunlamp, was rubbing some oil on Brock's back and made him face the wall so he wouldn't gaze at the sexy sisters in their bathing suits. Seymour, wearing red and white striped shorts under his labcoat, was examining the buffet table that consisted of all kinds of seafood even sushi. Seymour couldn't really stand the sight of sushi, but Clefairy was by his side with a vomit bag ready just in case. Sandy could not stand the feel or even the sight of water. But the sisters did have a huge sandbox where Sandy and Growlithe were free to play around in. "So are you still doing that underwater mermaid ballet I helped you with many years ago?" Misty asked her sisters. "Like no", said Violet, "We sold the rights to Andrew Floyd Cobweb a few years ago." "Not thee Andrew Floyd Cobweb?!" gasped Misty, "The guy who produces those famous musicals like Gengar of the Opera and Meowths?" "The very same", smiled Lilly, "Like he was in our audience one day and he saw Daisy playing the mermaid and he just had to come up and buy the show from us. After that, we sisters just went back to our old routine diving show, which we enjoyed doing anyway." "Like I knew Andrew would jump at the chance when he saw me performing the mermaid", said Daisy proudly, "If he saw like Violet or Lilly being the mermaid, he'd probably lose interest fast." "And like just what does that mean?!" said Violet and Lilly looking dagger-eyed at Daisy. Then the three sisters started to have a cute little wrestling match in the water. "Please Stella", pleaded Brock still facing the wall, "You gotta let me see this battle!" "Oh sure", said Stella holding Brock's hands behind his back, "If you want the same treatment from me afterwards!" Cameron was laughing at the scene while Slowpoke bobbed right in front of him saying, "Slow!" "Do you want to race Slowpoke?" asked Cameron. "Slow!" said Slowpoke nodding his head. "All right then", smiled Cameron as he and Slowpoke swam up to the edge of the pool, "We'll do five laps around the pool, and I'll go easy on you okay?" "SLLOOOWWW!" said Slowpoke as he darted off the edge and swam like a torpedo to the other side leaving a trail of bubbles behind him. "Hey wait!" said Cameron as he tried to swim after him but was like trying to catch a greased pig. That Slowpoke may have been slow on land, but it was a different story in the water. When it looked like Cameron was about to lose, some huge white flippers suddenly wrapped around his body. "Dewgong!" said Dewgong and started to swim after Slowpoke at lightning speed taking Cameron with him. "Hey, what's your Dewgong doing with Cameron?" asked Misty. "Oh like Dewgong's just having some fun", said Daisy, "Chill out won't you?" Just then Dewgong sped past Slowpoke and rested its head on the side of the pool. But unfortunately, Cameron's head got banged sharply at the edge causing a huge cartoon bump to grow out of his head. "Dewgong!" it apologized seeing the bump on the dazed Cameron and started licking it. * * * * * * "Like we're really sorry about what Dewgong did to you", said Violet as she was placing some kind of medicine on Cameron's head. "It still has a little bit of baby Seel inside." "It's okay", said Cameron, "It didn't hurt that bad", and it was true since he was now a cartoon character. "You like really are a good sport Cameron", smiled Lilly as she patted Cameron's bare shoulder. "Our baby sis sure does have great taste in friends", said Daisy as she kissed Cameron's cheek while he blushed. "Maybe I should get into the pool and let Dewgong bang my head", said Brock who was now looking at the girls. An annoyed Stella just covered Brock's eyes and did some noogies in his spiked hair. "Gee, you've all become a lot nicer these past years", said Misty impressed, "In fact, I'm wondering if you all could help us?" "Doing what?" asked Daisy. "We need a cavalry that'll free Pallet Town from Team Rocket. Can you and your powerful gym-trained Pokemon be part of our cavalry?" "You want us to help you?" asked Lilly. "HA HA HA HA HA!" laughed all three sisters together. "This doesn't sound like they want to help", thought Cameron. "Like why would we want to help a nowhere place like Pallet Town?" said Daisy. "We have our dignity to maintain." "And why would you be concerned Misty?" asked Violet, "That town like isn't even your home. We'd think you'd want to avoid that place after what you went through." Misty started getting steamed at her sisters' snotty selfishness. "You'd all want someone to help you if Cerulean City was taken over!" she spat out. "Well it's not, so we won't", said Lilly. "This isn't fair!" whined Misty, "Remember when I did that ballet for you? You owe me!" "Oh no", said Daisy, "We tricked you into doing that ballet so we don't owe you anything!" "You all haven't changed a bit!" cried Misty who was about to swell up in tears wishing she never returned to this place of torment. Cameron finally had to speak out. "I challenge all three of you to a Pokemon match!" he shouted, "And if I win, you'll have to come and help us!" Misty suddenly looked at Cameron with amazement. It was like he was a knight defending a fair maiden's honor. The three sisters huddled together and started whispering. When they were through, they faced Cameron with huge smiles. "All right kid", said Daisy, "If you win, we'll all be part of your little cavalry, but you won't get any CascadeBadges from us if you do!" "It's a deal", said Cameron as he shook hands with Daisy. He was a little disappointed that he wouldn't be getting a badge if he won, but the freeing of Pallet Town and defending Misty's honor were more important. * * * * * * Cameron and Lilly were now both standing at opposite ends of the pool while a huge battle platform was floating in the pool's center. "All right Cameron", smiled Lilly, "You'll be battling all three of us one at a time. We'll each be using one Pokemon so that means you can use three. Like you think you can handle us Sensational Sisters?" "Bring it on!" said Cameron as he looked over at Misty hoping he'd beat all her sisters and make her feel better as well. "Like I choose Goldeen!" said Lilly as she threw a Pokeball and released a small fish with a horn on her head that was flapping on the platform. Sandy, who was sitting in the sandbox, recognized the fish. It was the same Goldeen that teased him today. "Then I choose...." But before Cameron could throw out his Pokeball, Sandy jumped on top of Cameron's head and then landed on the platform ready to show that upstart Goldeen what for. "No Sandy!" shouted Cameron. "You're no match against a water Pokemon!" He was about to suck Sandy back into his ball until Lilly shouted out, "Sorry kid, like once you've released a Pokemon, you can't call it back until it uses at least one attack!" "All right", said Cameron, "Sandy, use your fury swipes and be careful!" "SHREW!" replied Sandy as he tried to slash at Goldeen but couldn't for Goldeen was very slippery to even touch. She kept flopping around the platform in all directions out of Sandy's reach. "Goldeen, give it your waterfall attack", commanded Lilly. "Waterfall?!" gasped Cameron, "I think I remember this attack. And it's not pleasant to a ground Pokemon either!" Goldeen started to leap high into the air and then made a jet-speed dive into the water. Suddenly, a huge tidal wave started to appear right in front of the tiny Sandshrew. Sandy got so scared that it jumped out of the way right before the wave could hit him. Cameron then found a shaking Sandshrew in his arms. "Sandshrew!" Sandy replied nervously. "I tried to warn you", said Cameron patting his head, "Next time, don't start battling until I tell you, okay?" "Shrew!" replied Sandy. "Like Sandshrew has left the battleground!" said Lilly, "Now you've got two Pokemon left to use!" "And I've got the perfect thing for your Goldeen", smiled Cameron as he gently put Sandy back into his Pokeball and took out another. "Oddish, I choose you!" he shouted as Oddish suddenly appeared on the platform. "Aw, what a cute face!" smiled Lilly, "Like it's a shame that I'm gonna have to mangle it. Goldeen, horn attack now!" "Goldeen!" said Goldeen as she leapt high into the air ready to puncture Oddish with her horn. "Quick Oddish!" commanded Cameron, "Use your sleep powder now!" Oddish complied and Goldeen was immediately put to sleep. Then Oddish hopped over to Goldeen and started absorbing all the water from her body. "GOLDEEN!" cried Lilly as she took out her Pokeball and sucked Goldeen back just in time. "This round goes to Cameron", said Daisy in a sour voice. Lilly just stepped back in defeat. "Nice work Oddish", said Cameron, "But then Oddish started to glow very brightly. Everyone looked in amazement for Oddish was starting to evolve. It was now bigger with a bigger mouth that seemed to ooze saliva, little hands popped out of its sides, and the green leaves on its head got replaced with a beautiful red flower bud. It smiled at Cameron and said, "Gloom, Gloom!" Cameron took out his Pokedex and aimed it at his new Pokemon. "GLOOM, the evolved form of Oddish", replied Dexeena, "The fluid that oozes from its mouth isn't saliva, it is a nectar that is used to attract prey." "Cool!" smiled Cameron. "I've now got my very, uh very own, uh, AACHOO!" he sneezed wondering where that came from. "Like bless you", said Violet as she came up to the spot where Lilly had stood. "Let's see if your new Gloom can handle this. Go Poliwhirl!" shouted Violet as she released a huge black frog with gloved hands and a swirl on its stomach. "Poliwhirl, doubleslap attack!" commanded Violet. Poliwhirl started slapping like crazy at Gloom without even stopping to take a breath. "GLOOM, GLOOM!" shouted Gloom waiting for its master to call out a command. "AACHOO!" said Cameron again, "Let's see", he thought while sneezing, "What are Gloom's attacks? I know! Gloom, AACHOO!" he shouted while sneezing", petal dance attack, AACHOO, now!" Gloom suddenly jumped out of Poliwhirl's slapping field and started to do a funky kind of dance. "Whirl?" asked Poliwhirl while scratching its head. Just then, a flock of pink petals suddenly shot out of Gloom's body and started to dance around Poliwhirl. The petals turned out to be extremely hard and they knocked Poliwhirl unconscious. "POLIWHIRL!!!" cried Violet as she sucked her Pokemon back into its Pokeball. "Nice job Gloom, AACHOO!" said Cameron. "You can stop dancing now, AACHOO, You've won this round, AACHOO!" "GLOOM, GLOOM!" shouted Gloom for it couldn't stop. It kept right on doing its crazy dance until it was getting closer and closer to the edge of the floating platform. "What's wrong with Gloom?" asked Stella. "I was afraid of this", said Seymour, "Petal dance may be Gloom's specialty attack, but it's also its dangerous. Once a Gloom petal dances, it can't stop until it falls down and hurts itself!" "Or in that Gloom's case, splashes down!" said Brock. "GLOOM, AACHOO, PLEASE STOP BEFORE YOU FALL IN AND DROWN, AACHOO!" cried a red-nosed Cameron. But it was too late for Gloom had already fallen in. "GLOOM!" cried Cameron who was about to dive in and save it. But then Gloom suddenly floated upward and was now lying on its back looking very over-watered. "Gloom, AACHOO! Return", said Cameron as he sucked Gloom back into its Pokeball. "Looks like I'm the last one!" smiled Daisy, "And like don't think I'll go easy on you just because you suddenly now have a cold!" "But I don't have a cold!" said Cameron, "And I've still got one more Pokemon that I'm sure won't lose to you. Hey, I'm not sneezing anymore! I wonder why?" "Like quit stalling and release your Pokemon", demanded Daisy. "All right", said Cameron, "Zubat, I choose you!" "Zubat!" said the bat flying high above the water. "Well, I got just the Pokemon that'll wet Zubat's whistle", said Daisy, "Go Seadra!" Out popped a huge blue sea horse with huge spikes on its body. "Seadra?" thought Misty, "Could it be?" "Zubat, supersonic attack", commanded Cameron. "Seadra, use your agility", commanded Daisy. Seadra started swimming around at lightning speed perfectly dodging Zubat's sonic waves. "Now use your smokescreen", commanded Daisy. Seadra, quickly stopped and then sprayed a big cloud of smoke around Zubat. Luckily Zubat could see her way around in the dark. Just then, Seadra took one look at Misty and suddenly stopped. It called out, "SEADRA!" to her. "I can't believe it!" gasped Misty, "It is you!" "Zubat, go and bite Seadra while its distracted!" shouted Cameron. "ZUBAT!" replied Zubat as she started to swoop down on the distracted Seadra. "Seadra, pay attention!" shouted Daisy. Seadra turned around and looked in fear at the huge approaching mouth of Zubat. "Seadra, hydro pump now!" commanded Daisy. Seadra quickly spouted a powerful jet of water right into Zubat's mouth. The hydro pump attack didn't seem to end as Zubat started to blow up like a huge water balloon and was about to drop down into the bottom of the pool. "NO!!!" shouted Cameron as he quickly stepped into the water and caught Zubat just in time. He then pushed at Zubat's stomach pumping out all the water that got into her. After that, Cameron hung his head down in defeat. "The winner and still beautiful, Daisy!" said Daisy blowing Cameron a kiss in good sportsmanship. "Well it looks like you won't get any help from us Misty", scoffed Lilly, "So much for the boy who fights in your honor!" "It's not fair!" cried Misty, "You sisters have always taken from me and gotten me to do everything for you! But whenever I need help, you're never there! You're all just a bunch of selfish, conceited takers!" and she started crying really hard while her friends came and comforted her. "Aw, please don't feel that way Misty", said Lilly taking her hand. "Like, it's not that we don't want to help. We just can't." "Yeah", said Violet, "Like this is an electric wall were talking about and our water Pokemon would be totally weak against it." "Gee I never thought of that", said Misty, "I guess it would be wrong to have all these poor water Pokemon get fried trying to bring down that awful wall." "The gym leader you'd probably want to see is Lt. Surge", said Daisy, "Like he's the electric Pokemon expert." "Yes, that's right", said Brock, "Lt. Surge is a famous war hero too. I bet he'll want to get back into action if we ask him." "Yeah, but it's a shame you won't be able to contact him though", called out Meowth's voice. Everyone turned around and they saw a huge submarine shaped like a Magikarp emerge from the pool. James, Meowth, and Reiko jumped out from a hatch on top and did their motto. "Oh bummer", groaned Violet, "Like I told you it was a bad idea to install that economy sized drain in the pool Daisy!" When Growlithe saw that Team Rocket had arrived, he started to howl for Jenny to come right away. "GRROOWWWLL!" it howled. "Aw, save your dog-breath Fido", sneered Meowth, "Your pet policewoman ain't comin' for you this time!" "And neither is her attractive looking double", said James as he pushed a button on a remote and a huge fishing net rose out of the submarine. Inside were both Jennies tied up and gagged. "GRROOOWWWLL!" shouted Growlithe as he angrily shot a bolt of fire at the Rockets. "Kingler, bubblebeam now!" said Reiko as a hatch opened from the mouth of the sub and Kingler came out and shot an army of bubbles at Growlithe putting out the fire and him with it. Pallet Jenny looked in tears at her poor washed up Pokemon. "You let those Jennies go or I'll, uh I'll, uh, let's see", said Seymour trying to think of something threatening. "Still the same old wimp as usual", said Meowth remembering the day he first met Seymour, "It's time this Pokemon does some people catching for once!" Meowth took out a remote and lots of fishing nets and rods shot out of the sub snaring everyone in the room. "Nice catch Meowth", said James as he looked at the Jennies in one net, Cameron and Seymour in the second, Brock and Stella in the third, and Misty and her sisters in the fourth. "We should take a picture!" "Like the special in the fast food restaurant that expires when you wait at the last minute. We should be heading back to Rocketville before we savor our victory", said Reiko. Just then, they felt something banging. It was Dewgong trying to headbutt their sub to smithereens. "Then again, victory can be savored now when absolutely necessary!" said Reiko, "Kingler, defeat that foolish Dewgong!" "KINGLER!" shouted Kingler as it dived into the pool swimming after Dewgong but Dewgong was just too fast for Kingler. Everyone watched as Kingler and Dewgong swam around in circles. "Now to escape while they're being distracted", said Seymour as he took out a Pokeball and released a turtle with huge furry ears and long furry tails. "Wartortle!" it replied. "Wow Seymour", said Cameron, "I didn't know you owned a Wartortle too." "He prefers closed up spaces rather than wide open ones", said Seymour, "He fears that his shell just isn't enough so I let him stay in his Pokeball most of the time. Wartortle, I need you to bite through all these nets. Can you do that for me?" "Wartortle", said Wartortle as he bit through the net like Japanese noodles causing Cameron and Seymour to fall into the pool. Then Wartortle leapt to each net setting free all the captives causing them to land into the pool as well. But the Jennies couldn't swim for they were all tied up. Cameron and Seymour quickly swam up and untied them. "My hero", said Pallet Jenny as she grabbed Seymour's head and kissed his cheek. Seymour could suddenly feel the water getting warm. "Hey, our prisoners are free!" shouted James. "I hate it when the big ones get away!" grumbled Meowth. "At least one enemy isn't free", smiled Reiko as she pointed to Kingler who just caught Dewgong in its claws. "Kingler, give it your guillotine attack!" smiled Reiko evily. "NO!!" cried the three sisters together as they saw their poor Dewgong about to be crushed to death by the scary looking crab. Just then Kingler suddenly released Dewgong while the sisters quickly dragged it out of harm's way. "Kingler, why have you stopped?!" demanded Reiko angrily. Just then Kingler started to float up into the air unable to move its body. Cameron's Slowpoke and Misty's Psyduck rose out of the water and were using their disable attacks against Kingler. "All right, nice teamwork you guys!" cheered Misty. "Now how about teaching Kingler seismic toss?" smiled Cameron, "On them!" Slowpoke and Psyduck complied by making Kingler grab the Rocket's sub causing them to fall back down into the hatch. Then they made Kingler spin the sub around and around making the people inside very dizzy. "Quick, where are the seatbelts?!" cried James holding on to his chair. "We never use seat belts!" shouted Meowth, "We're villians!" Then Slowpoke and Psyduck sent the sub flying out of an open window in the roof taking Kingler with it. "It looks like Team Rocket's blasting off again!!!" Shouted the Rockets as they disappeared into the sky. * * * * * * That night, the sisters held another pool party for Misty and her friends for saving them all from Team Rocket. Seymour was in the shallow end having a water fight with Wartortle, Clefairy, and Clefable. Seymour then felt someone tap him on the back. He turned around and found Pallet Jenny with her hair down and wearing a strapless blue and white striped bathing suit. "Are you four conducting an illegal water fight?" she asked seriously. "Well, uh", said Seymour nervously. "Cause it's perfectly legal in my book if you have five", smiled Jenny as she dunked Seymour's head into the water and started wrestling around with him while he and his Pokemon happily wrestled back. Growlithe was under the sunlamp trying to get dry from his watery battle while Sandy was happily playing in the sandbox right next to him. "Goldeen!" called out a voice. Sandy looked up and saw Goldeen who had just jumped out of the water. She was holding a bag of corn chips in her fins as a peace offering to Sandy. "Sandshrew!" said Sandy gratefully as he ripped open the bag, nibbled on some himself, and tossed a couple in the air so that Goldeen could jump up and enjoy them as well. Cameron and Misty were sitting at the edge of the pool watching Slowpoke and Psyduck having fun. Since Psyduck couldn't swim, Slowpoke was giving him a ride on his back. "Those two get along just great", said Cameron. "Yeah", sighed Misty, "I'm glad Psyduck's found someone that's just as clueless as he is." "Hi guys", said the sisters as they walked up to Cameron and Misty. Misty saw that they were looking very humble. "So you're all like heading off to Vermilion City tomorrow to ask Lt. Surge for help?" asked Violet. "Yep, that's the plan", said Misty quietly. "Like we're sorry that we can't come along with you", said Daisy, "But we'd like to give you some stuff that'll probably help. Remember the last time you visited us, you lent us two of your Pokemon to improve our ballet? Well we're giving them back to you." Daisy handed Misty two Pokeballs. She opened up the first one and out popped a purple starfish with ten points and a big red jewel in the middle. "Starmie! It's so good to see you again!" smiled Misty as she hugged one of her original Pokemon. "And I bet this is my Horsea!" she said looking at the other Pokeball. "Not exactly", said Daisy, "Instead of Misty's Horsea, out popped the same Seadra she saw today. "It really was you I saw out there!" smiled Misty as she hugged Seadra who happily hugged her back with its fins. "Yep", smiled Daisy, "Like your Horsea was such a great fighter that it eventually evolved into Seadra. It rightfully belongs to you." "Thank you", said Misty smiling at her big sister. "And this is for you Cameron", said Violet as she handed him a badge that looked like a teardrop. "A CascadeBadge?" said Cameron, "But I lost to all of you." "But you were willing to give up the badge to fight for our little sister's honor", smiled Violet, "Like that makes you a winner in our book. Congratulations Cameron." "Thank you", smiled Cameron feeling happy that he now won two real gym badges. "And take this too Misty", said Lilly as she handed her sister a beautiful blue stone. "A Waterstone!" smiled Misty, "It's so pretty." "Like we figured it might come in handy in case you find a really great water Pokemon you want to evolve along the way." Smiled Lilly. Now you definitely can't say your older and much more beautiful sisters never gave you anything!" Misty was about to spout off at her sisters, but instead she smiled and gave them all a group hug. "Thank you all", she said quietly with tears formed in her eyes. "It's our pleasure baby sis", whispered all three sisters at once. Then they picked Misty up, tossed her into the pool, dove in after her and started tickling her to death. "HA HA HA HA HEE HEE!" laughed Misty while thinking that there's no place like home. TO BE CONTINUED