Poke-Odyssey 2001 chapter 11 Impounded After winning a Harvest Badge from the Garlic Acres gym leader, Cameron and his friends have entered the town of St. Curry. It was now nighttime and our heroes were sleeping away in beds at the Pokemon center while all of their Pokemon were sleeping on nice comfortable mattresses right next to them. Everyone was sleeping peacefully except for two little baby Pokemon. "Hey Togepi", said Elekid. "Are you sleepy?" "Nope!" smiled Togepi. "I want ice cream!" and he started wiggling his hands around until a huge ice cream sundae appeared right between them. "Yay!" whispered Elekid as he eyed the delicious looking ice cream covered with rich chocolate, caramel, butterscotch, almonds, and every kind of sugary coating you could think of. Both babies dove right in chomping away while ice cream bits started flying everywhere. Some of it landed right on the sleeping Cameron's face. He licked it off, smiled, and moaned happily in his sleep. More of the ice cream splattered on the rest of the Pokemon who just licked it off and went right to sleep as well. Except for Tracey's Marill. She just rubbed her eyes awake. "What's going on?" she asked in her Marill language. "WHOOPEE! YAHOO!" called out two cute little voices. Marill saw Togepi and Elekid running around the room flapping their arms around like mad as a result from all that sugar they just ate. They were bouncing around the room like two rubber balls. Then Elekid jumped on Togepi and started to roll him around. "Children, please stop this!" pleaded Marill. "It's bedtime. Little ones like yourselves need rest!" "Aw, mind your own Beedrillswax grandma!" laughed Elekid in a smug hyper voice. "You will stop this at once!" scolded Marill as she grabbed hold of Elekid's arm. But Elekid gave her a small thundershock causing her to fall and let go. "Never mess with a kid's fun", smiled Elekid. "Hey Kid!" laughed Togepi as he started bouncing up and down on an open windowsill. "Betcha' can't do this!" "Betcha' I can!" said Elekid as he leapt up onto the sill with Togepi and they started dancing around like they were on a tightrope. "Get down from there!" cried Marill. "You'll hurt yourselves!" "We're just babies", laughed Elekid. "We're too cute to get hur, hur, hur.. AAAAAH!" shouted Elekid as he and Togepi fell off the sill. "Oh no!" cried Marill as she leapt up onto the sill and looked down. She was relieved that the babies had landed safely in a trashcan. "Oh thank Heaven!" sighed Marill. "I hope falling into smelly trash has taught you two a lesson!" "It has!" smiled Elekid. "We like being smelly!" "We're sorry Aunt Marill", said Togepi. "We won't do it again." "I hope not", said Marill. "Now give me your hands so I can pull you up." Togepi and Elekid leaned to the side of the can to reach Marill. But the can suddenly tipped over and it started rolling down the hill the Pokemon center was on and it was heading for the town taking the two babies with it. "NOOOOO!" cried Marill as she quickly jumped back into the center and tried to wake up the two nearest Pokemon. "Pikachu, Sandy! Please wake up!", pleaded Marill. "It's an emergency!" "I'll get up later Mom!" yawned Sandy as he curled up into a ball and continued snoring. "Yeah, the same here", yawned Pikachu as he snored while producing little sparks from his mouth. "I really hate to do this", said Marill and she squirted a little water at both the sleeping Pokemon. "Hey, stop that!!!" cried Sandy as he uncurled his damp self and quickly reached for his blanket and started wiping himself dry. "Why did you squirt me with my sworn enemy?!!!" "Sorry Sandy", said Marill nervously. "But we've got trouble!" "Not Team Rocket trouble?!" gasped Pikachu. "If only that were", sighed Marill. "Togepi and Elekid were fooling around and now they're gone!" "Not little Elekid?!" gasped Sandy. "And poor little Togepi?!" cried Pikachu. "What happened Marill?" Marill calmly, but nervously, explained the situation to Pikachu and Sandy while Growlithe suddenly approached them. "What's going on here?" asked the dog. "Shouldn't you three be sleeping?" "It's Togepi and Elekid!" cried Pikachu. "They've gone out there in that town!" "But isn't it past curfew?" asked Growlithe. "Kids should be sleeping right now." "You should tell them that!" said Sandy. "We have to wake up our masters and tell them about their missing babies!" "I'm afraid that there's no time", said Pikachu. "Do you know how long it would take sleepy humans to get out of bed and get dressed? The four of us should go out there and retrieve them ourselves. We're already awake and we don't wear those bothersome things called clothes." "I agree", said Sandy. "That way we can get them back here without waking up our masters and worrying them to death. Cameron needs all the rest he can get so he can be ready to travel." "Where do we start looking?" asked Marill. "They could've rolled to anywhere!" "Don't worry", said Sandy as he started sniffing out the window. "My nose knows where they've gone!" "Growlithe, can you come with us?" asked Pikachu. "You can help Sandy find them with your nose too!" "That's right", said Sandy. "And everyone knows that four nostrils are better than two." "Gee, I don't know", said Growlithe as he looked over at the sleeping Reiko. "Officer Jenny has given me strict orders to keep an eye on Reiko." "But I believe Reiko's really reformed", said Sandy. "And hopefully we'll all be back here by morning before our masters wake up." "Please help us!" pleaded Marill with tears in her eyes. "Well", said Growlithe. "As a police Pokemon, it is my duty to protect all citizens, especially the youngest ones. All right. I'll help you. Just as long as you all get me back to Reiko before she wakes up." "Thank you Growlithe", said Pikachu. "All in the line of duty", said Growlithe as he quietly leapt out the window along with Pikachu, Sandy, and Marill. Growlithe and Sandy led the way sniffing the ground while the other two Pokemon followed after them. Soon they had entered the center of the town. "Hey, look at this", said Pikachu as he pointed to a signpost. It said. 'All Pokemon in St. Curry must be wearing tags and licenses at all times or else they'll be locked up in the Poke-pound.' "What does it say?" asked Marill. "I don't know", said Pikachu. "I don't really know how to read human words yet. Do any of you?" "I know the words, corn chips", smiled Sandy for he just loved finding bags that had those two special words on them. "I think I've found them", said Growlithe as he aimed his nose into a dark alley. "Come on guys", and they all followed Growlithe into the alley where it was completely dark. "We could use a little light", said Pikachu as he used his flash power to light up the alley. There they found a toppled over trashcan. "That's the can Togepi and Elekid went rolling off in!" said Marill. "But where are they?" asked Sandy. "Be quiet for a minute", said Marill as she adjusted her big ears. She heard some cute little moaning coming from inside the can. "Yes, they're inside!" said Marill. "And it sounds like they aren't doing so good." "Togepi, Elekid, are you in there?" asked Pikachu as he peeked inside. Sure enough, there were the two baby Pokemon stumbling out from the can feeling dizzy and sick from all that rolling around. They fell into the arms of Pikachu and Sandy. "Uncle Pikachu, I don't feel so good", moaned Togepi. Pikachu saw the chocolate sauce all over Togepi's mouth. "No wonder", Pikachu scolded. "It came from eating sweets and then rolling down the hill like that! Have you been metronoming up ice cream while we were all asleep?!" "Well, uh," stuttered Togepi. "Hey Togepi", moaned Elekid. "Next time, how about making ice cream without caramel sauce okay? It sticks to my tummy!" "Tattletale!" groaned Togepi. "Well I hope you two little rascals have learned your lesson!" said Marill sternly. "Let this sickness be a reminder!" "Let's just get you both back to the Pokemon center before our masters wake up", said Sandy as he picked up Elekid while Pikachu picked up Togepi and put him on Growlithe's back. Soon all six Pokemon left the alley and were on their way back to the Pokemon center until a huge net plopped right down on all of them scooping them up. They were all staring at a creepy looking man wearing a white dogcatcher's hat and uniform with a huge nametag that read, MILTON. "Hey now! This is a mighty fine catch!" said the dogcatcher as he counted all the Pokemon he caught in his net. Then he opened the doors to a huge brown truck, tossed them all in and closed the doors. "Six stray Pokemon all at once!" smiled Milton as he started up the engine and drove off. "I wonder how long it'll take for them to get masters? Hopefully never, HEH HEH HEH!" Inside the back of the truck, all the Pokemon were trying everything they could to break free. Sandy tried slashing the doors, but they were too strong. Pikachu tried a thunderbolt, but it was shock-proof. Even Growlithe's flamethrower couldn't do any damage to give them any freedom. "It's no use", moaned Marill. "This cruel human has made this truck attack proof!" "What is he gonna do with us?" asked Sandy. "No doubt, he's gonna take us to a Poke-pound", said Growlithe sadly. "Poke-pound?" asked Pikachu. "What's that?" "I remember Officer Jenny telling about that place one time", said Growlithe. "In some towns, if any Pokemon isn't wearing a collared license, they get caught by a human called the Pokemon catcher and get locked up in a place called the Poke-pound! And they stay there until their masters come for them or if they get new masters." "What happens if they never get a new master?" asked Marill. "I'd rather not say!" said Growlithe with a grim face. "But I don't wanna new master!" cried Togepi. "I want my Mommy!" "Me too!" cried Elekid, "I want Daddy-Cameron!" and both babies started to cry. "Hey, everything'll be all right", said Pikachu as he hugged the sad Togepi. "Yeah, we'll find someway out of this mess", smiled Sandy as he hugged Elekid while his tears were plopping on Sandy's unwaterproof skin making him flinch a little. "Just keep you fuzzy little chin up." "Will you jerks keep it down?!" growled a familiar voice. "I'm trying to get some shut-eye over here. And I can only do that with one eye!" They all turned around and saw a single eye peeking out from a dark corner of the truck. It came closer and they found out who it belonged to. "Meowth?!" gasped Pikachu as they looked in shock as their arch enemy approached them with a sour look on his face. "Oh great!" growled the eye-patched cat. "It's bad enough I'm going to the big house, but I'm also getting sent there with a bunch of sickening goody-goods! What'd I ever do to deserve this?!" "One, you work for evil humans known as Team Rocket!" scolded Pikachu. "Two, you imprisoned an entire innocent town for five years", growled Growlithe. "Three, you've tried to kill our beloved masters many times", sneered Sandy. "All right! All right!", shouted Meowth. "So maybe I do deserve to be locked up! Just not with the likes of you!" "What was that you were saying?!" growled Growlithe as he backed Meowth into a corner while showing off his sharp teeth. "Uh, nothing!" said Meowth nervously smiling. "My, what sharp teeth you got grandma!" "What happened to Jessie and James?" asked Sandy. "Why aren't you with them?" "We were all relaxing in our hideout watching some TV when a Golden Fried Goldeen commercial came on. Good ol' Jessie started to have a craving for the stuff and said she'd get it at any cost. Even if it meant sending one of us to the nearest GFG stand. Since the genius James got his head stuck from curiously looking into an empty tea kettle, I was the one that got thrown out by Jess so I could bring her highness back some fish. By the time I finally got to the stand and got a whiff of that heavenly fish aroma. Who should appear but that jerk of a human with his nasty net! And that's how I got here!" "What a sad story!" said Marill. "Aw, you're concerned that I got caught!" said Meowth smiling. "No, I'm just sad you never got to get any of that fish", said Marill. Meowth just hung his head down in grief. "I gotta get out of here!" screamed Meowth as he clung onto the bars where Milton was on the other side driving. "Hey you unshaven misfit!" he shouted. "I happen to be the official pet of Team Rocket. If you don't let me out of here right now, they'll come looking for me and when they do, you'll be in for a heck of trouble!" "Team Rocket?" asked Milton. "Sounds like the name of some lame soda company!" "Oh, you're in for it now badmouthing Team Rocket like that!" growled Meowth as he tried to claw the back of Milton's head but couldn't get past the bars. "Pipe down kitty or I'll give you some yarn to keep you quiet", grumbled Milton. "Tied around that big Meowth of yours!" "Doesn't it even shock you that a Meowth is actually talking to you?" grumbled Meowth. "Nyaaah, it's just a result from this cool stuff I've been drinking", smiled Milton as he showed the cat a bottle that read, XXX. "You really shouldn't be drinking that stuff while driving", said Meowth. "Don't tell me what to do furball!" scolded Milton. "I'm the superior being around here!" and he soon pulled his truck over to a building, drove up a ramp and parked on top of the roof. "Welcome to your new homes for now", laughed Milton as he pushed a button and a trap door opened behind the truck. The back of the truck tilted causing all seven Pokemon to get dumped out and into the trap door. They found themselves sliding down a huge slide and finally landing into a huge cell while the door they fell out of closed shut. "Where are we?" asked Pikachu as he helped up a nervous Togepi. "I believe this is the feared Poke-pound", said Growlithe quietly remembering the stories that Jenny had told him about. "How do we get out of here?" asked Sandy as he was cuddling a scared Elekid. "Maybe our masters will start looking for us", said Marill. "And they might come by here." "Well I'll bet Jessie and James will come for me first before any of your twerps come!" scoffed Meowth. "And what makes you think they'll come for you?" asked Sandy. "Seeing how they mistreat you all the time!" "You're right!" said Meowth while falling into a cartoon pit of despair. "I bet Jessie and James are out there chowing down at a GFG stand since I'm not back yet! How could things get possibly worse for me?!" Just then, something had bitten his tail. "YEOWWW! GET IT OFF!" GET IT OFF!" cried Meowth as he ran around in circles with something pink and furry gnawing at his tail. Growlithe managed to jump on the creature pulling it off Meowth while he started rubbing his poor tooth-marked tail. Everyone looked at the creature. It was a small pink bulldog wearing a pink dress with blue dots and it had two red ribbons in its hair. "What are you looking at?!" said the dog in a cute smug voice. "Just who are you and what's the big idea?!" demanded Meowth. "My tail isn't a licorice stick y'now!" "The name's Snubbull!" growled the dog. "And I can do anything I want in this joint. Including biting off the tails of cute looking Meowths." And she started looking lovey-eyed at Meowth. "You think I'm cute?!!" gasped Meowth while covering his face with embarrassment. "Even with this eye-patch?" "What eye-patch?" asked Snubbull for she was actually in love with Meowth's tail and she was about to chomp on it again until Pikachu jumped in her way. "Hold it Miss. Snubbull", said Pikachu. "I'm sure if we all work together, we can find a way out of this pound." "Who says I wanna leave Pika-puss!" sneered Snubbull. "Watch who you're calling names you little pug-nosed punk!" growled Sandy as he jumped in front of Snubbull. "You'd better not hurt my delicate feelings", smiled Snubbull. "Or else my big brother will hurt you. Right Granbull?" Out of the shadows stepped another bulldog. Only this one was purple and a lot bigger and meaner. It had huge sharp teeth and a spiked collar around its neck. "What's this I hear about someone picking on my baby sis?" asked the dog in a gruff voice. "It's those newbies!" cried Snubbull. "Especially, that Meowth. He won't let me bite his tail in a friendly matter." "Is that so, eh?" said Granbull making a scary face at Meowth forcing him to hold out his tail and go, "Huh, huh, Here you go Snubbull, enjoy!" while smiling. "Thank you Granbull!" smiled Snubbull as she bit Meowth's tail and he started running around in pain again. "You can't do that to a Meowth, even if he is a bad one!" growled Growlithe as he looked mean-eyed at Granbull. "And just who are you, you small-teethed version of me?" scoffed Granbull. "I'm an official police dog!" growled Growlithe. "And you had better watch yourself around me!" "If you're a police dog", laughed Granbull. "How come you're locked up like a common criminal?" "Well, uh, you see", said Growlithe blushing then hid back behind his friends. "Guys, please help me out." "Mr. Granbull, we mean you no harm", said Pikachu. "I'm sure if you get to know us, we could all become friends." "Really?" asked Granbull feeling a little touched. "In that case. Let see if you can handle the friendliest face I got!" and he made his biggest, scariest face causing all the Pokemon to back into a corner. "HA, HA, HA!" laughed Granbull. "I just love fresh meat!" and he walked off to the other side of the cell where he watched his sister still chewing on Meowth's tail while he was still running around screaming. Pikachu and Sandy were trying to calm down a crying Togepi and Elekid while Growlithe looked angrily at the Granbull. "I can't believe what a brute that Granbull is!" said Marill. "Would I love to rip off that scary mug of his and put it over my own!" growled Growlithe. "I wouldn't try that", said a ferret-like voice. "There's just no winning against Granbull", said a squeaky voice. The good Pokemon all turned around and found three other Pokemon looking very sad. "Hi, my name's Furret", said the ferret-like Pokemon with a long furry body. "I've been here for 5 days." "I'm Chikorita", said the pear-shaped Pokemon in a squeaky voice. "I've been here for 4 days" Suddenly, something started to lick the pollen off of the leaf on Chikorita's head. It was a huge beetle with a long powerful horn in the center of his face. "For the last time Heracross, cut it out!" cried Chikorita as she shot two vines from her body and whipped the bug back. "Sorry", said the drooling bug. "Me just hungry." "This here's Heracross", said Furret. "He's been here for 3 days." "And you wouldn't believe those 3 days too!" moaned Chikorita as she tried to wipe Heracross's drool off her leaf. "How do you all do?" said Pikachu politely. Just then, something purple was bouncing off the walls like a rubber ball. "Gotta get out of here! Gotta get out of here!" the thing kept shouting. "What's that?" asked Marill. "Oh, that's just Gligar", said Furret. "Gligar, come down here and meet our new friends." The figure suddenly stopped as it hovered over our Poke-friends. It looked like a cross between a bat and a scorpion with huge claws attached to its wings and a long sharp tail. "Hi everyone!" said Gligar in a really fast voice. "Sorry, can't talk now. I gotta get out of here!" and he started flying around bouncing off the walls again. "Poor thing", sighed Chikorita. "He's only been here for two days. Soon he'll realize that there's no escape from this place." "No escape?" gasped Sandy. "If there were", sighed Furret, "I wouldn't've spent 5 days locked up here being taunted by that sadistic human called Milton. And Granbull and his sister have been here for 7 days!" "Seven days?" asked Growlithe. "Uh oh! Those dogs'll be dead soon!" "Oh lowly loving servants!" called out Granbull. "It's time to pamper your king!" "Coming your majesty!" said Furret nervously as he, Heracross, and Gligar nervously approached the smirking Granbull. Chikorita was about to go to him too until Pikachu stopped her. "Why is that Granbull your king?" asked Pikachu. "Is he like the leader of your rebellion in hopes of escaping?" "Oh no!" said Chikorita nervously. "His highness doesn't want any of us trying to escape!" 'Why, because he fears that it might get you in more trouble if you try to escape?" asked Pikachu. "No, because he won't have a kingdom anymore if we leave!" said Chikorita. "Sometime today leafhead!" growled Granbull in a loud bellow. "Sorry, your highness", cried Chikorita as she ran over to him. The others couldn't believe the sight they saw. This Granbull was making those poor 4 pamper him like crazy. Furret was curled up like a pillow while Granbull was lying on him, Chikorita was fanning Granbull with her leaf, Gligar was trimming Granbull's toenails with his claws. And Heracross was scratching Granbull's back with his horn. "Ah, nothing beats the pound life!" sighed Granbull. "Right Sis?" Snubbull was too busy gnawing on Meowth's tail to answer while poor Meowth just sat there depressed. "Hey, you can't just boss those nice Pokemon around!" shouted Sandy. "You wanna say that again right in front of my scary face?!" sneered Granbull. "You newbies better watch yourselves if you wanna survive in my kingdom!" And he made another scary face causing Sandy to back away nervously. "You won't be surviving for long", said Growlithe as he shut his eyes so he wouldn't get blasted by Granbull's scary face. "Because according to what my Officer Jenny has told me, if you're not adopted in 7 days, the Pokemon catcher will put you to sleep!" "Good, I could use a refreshing nap on a nice bed", smiled Granbull. "Anything better than lying on this lumpy Furret. I think he has dandruff!" Furret just sneered at what Granbull had said about him, but wouldn't dare say anything back to his king. "It's not that kind of sleep you fool!" growled Growlithe. "That Pokemon catcher's gonna..." and he started whispering something to Granbull. "You're not serious, are you?!" asked Granbull a little nervous. "As serious as I'm a fire-type", said Growlithe. "Nyaah, that's crazy", laughed Granbull. "Good ol' Milton would never do that to me. He's not too smart to know how to do such a thing!" Just then, Milton came up to the bars of their cell and aimed some kind of remote control at all the Pokemon. Snubbull suddenly let go of Meowth's tail. "Aaaaah! That feels so much better!" said Meowth as he tried to stand up but found out he couldn't. "Hey, I can't move!" he cried! "Pika, Pi!" cried Pikachu for he was paralyzed too. "Shrew! Marill! Bri! Pi! GROOWWL!" cried all the Pokemon for they couldn't move either. "What did you do to us?!" shouted Meowth. "Relax kitty!" smiled Milton evily as he used his card key to slide open the bars of the cell. "My trusty little remote just sends out sonic waves that has the power to paralyze Pokemon for just a few minutes. It's not that I don't trust any of you. I just have this thing about not being shocked, bitten, burnt, scratched, or attacked in any way while I do my duty." And he approached the paralyzed Granbull. "Gran?" it woofed nervously at Milton. "Sorry boy", said Milton as he attached a leash to Granbull's collar. "It's been a whole week and no one's come to claim or adopt you. And I don't blame them too with a face like yours! Come on, it's nap time for you!" and he started dragging along the stiffened Granbull. "SNUB! SNUBBULL! SNUB!" yapped Snubbull telling him to let go of her brother. "Aw, the little puppy wants to be a big shot!" laughed Milton as he started shaking his huge butt in front of Snubbull's face. "I bet you'd love to bite this bottom right now, huh?" laughed Milton for he knew Snubbull couldn't since she was paralyzed. "HA HA HA HA!" laughed Milton as he shut the cell door and dragged Granbull into another room. "My brother!" cried Snubbull with tears in her eyes. * * * * * * The paralysis had worn off and the Pokemon could move again. Snubbull was holding onto the cell bars staring at the door Milton had dragged Granbull into. "Granbull will wake up from his sleep, won't he?" she asked Growlithe with puppy- dog eyes. "I wish I could say it was so kid", said Growlithe sadly. Snubbull was about to cry until Meowth approached her. "Look kiddo", said Meowth. "I may be an evil Pokemon, but I hate it when those miserable human-things try to hurt other Pokemon. So if it'll make you feel better, you can bite my tail." And he nervously extended his sore tail to Snubbull. "No thanks", said Snubbull. "Maybe later", and she continued staring at the door while Meowth sighed a breath of relief and hugged his precious tail. Soon, Milton came out of the room smiling wickedly. He approached the cell and started waving something in front of the Pokemon. It was Granbull's collar. "It looks like you guys have more cell space tonight!" he laughed mean spiritedly. A heartbroken Snubbull started barking at the nasty man like crazy. "Hey, take it easy pink pup", laughed Milton. "In about a few hours, you'll be joining your little friend in dreamland forever and ever! HA HA HA HA! But first, I could use some sleep myself. Good night my beloved children!" and he walked off while taking a drink of his bottle. Snubbull was crying her heart out while Chikorita patted her head with her leaf trying to calm her down. Furrett, Heracross, and Gligar sat there silently thinking about poor Granbull. Sure he was mean and bossy, but he didn't deserve that fate. Togepi and Elekid were crying too while their friends tried to calm them down. "I don't wanna be put to sleep too!" cried Togepi. "Auntie Marill", cried Elekid. "I'm sorry I was a bad Pokemon. Please forgive me!" "Don't worry honey", whispered Marill as she kissed Elekid's head. "Everything will turn out okay." "That does it!" said Sandy angrily. "We've gotta bust out of here and teach that INHUMAN a lesson!" and he started slashing up the floor trying to dig a tunnel to freedom. All it did was just leave scratches on the floor. "Save your energy Sandy", sighed Furret. "There's no way you can penetrate that steel floor. We all tried" "I'm afraid we're all doomed!" cried Chikorita while Heracross started licking her leaf again. "Why are you doing this now?!" cried Chikorita as she started vine whipping the bug back again. "Me sorry", said a blushing Heracross. "Me just wanted last meal." "If only I wasn't cursed with this sweet scent!" groaned Chikorita. "Wait a minute", smiled Pikachu. "I think I have an idea. Gather round everybody!" and the group, including Meowth, gathered around Pikachu to listen to his plan. "It's just so crazy it just might work!" said Meowth. "Maybe you're not so dumb for a dumb looking rodent after all." Pikachu just frowned angrily at the smiling Meowth. * * * * * * Milton was asleep on his couch muttering, "Sleep forever you miserable curs! HA HA HA!" When something started to wake him up. He got up and smelled something wonderful. "What is that heavenly aroma?" asked Milton as he followed the clouds of pink pollen to the Pokemon's cell. It was Chikorita spraying her sweet scent. "I like your sweet smelling style", smiled Milton who was totally mesmerized to think about anything else. "If no one claims you, I think I'll keep you around for 8 days, or maybe even 8 months, or years even!" "Chika!" said Chikorita happy that this inhuman liked her sweet scent. Then she slipped a vine through the bars, reached into the mesmerized Milton's pocket and pulled out his card key. Then she slid it through the slot and the cell opened. "What the...?!" gasped Milton finding out that the cell was open and he was surrounded by a bunch of free, vengeful Pokemon. "PIKACHU!" shouted Pikachu as he thundershocked Milton like crazy. Then the other Pokemon attacked Milton with their flamethrowers, water guns, sand attacks, swift stars, and vines. Even Elekid sent out his tiny little sparks at the bad man. "How do you like them apples warden?!" laughed Meowth wickedly as he started fury swiping Milton's face to no end. "I'll fix all of you!" growled Milton as he tried to pull out his paralyzing remote. But a bolt of purple had snatched it away from him. "Who took that?!" shouted Milton as he looked up in the air. "Gligar!" smiled Gligar who had the remote in his claw and then snapped it in two. "Ooooh! You're gonna pay for that!" shouted Milton as he reached for his net and plopped it down on Togepi then scooped him up. "One false move out of you and this egg will be cute no more!" smiled Milton as he was about to crack Togepi through his net while all the Pokemon could do was stand there helpless. "TOGEPI!" cried Togepi in fear. Just then a loud, "FURRET!" was heard. Furret had jumped onto Milton's head and coiled his long furry body around Milton's face causing him to drop his net while Togepi landed safely in Sandy's arms. "MRMRLFL!" moaned Milton trying to pull Furret off of his face. "Quick guys, get out of this place now!" cried Furret. "But what about you?" asked Chikorita. "Don't worry about me!" cried Furret. "Just get the children to safety!" "You don't have to tell me twice!" shouted Meowth as he was the first to bolt on out the door. The others picked up Togepi and Elekid and followed Meowth while Marill stayed behind. Milton managed to pull Furret off and he was looking angrily at the furry Pokemon. "So you want to be my personal scarf?" he scowled. "Well I can certainly arrange that!" and he went to his desk to pull out a switchblade. Just as he was about to skin the frightened Furret, something had bitten Milton's butt causing him to yell and throw Furret across the room and into Marill's cute arms. "Get it off! Get if off! GET IT OFF!" shouted Milton as he was running around with Snubbull holding on tight to the seat of his pants. She was biting down hard to get revenge for her resting-in-peace brother. Milton managed to knock Snubbull off with a broom causing her to fly out an open window. Then he saw Furret and Marill heading for the front door. "Oh no you don't!" he shouted as he ran after them. "Someone's gotta pay for biting by butt!" Marill quickly squirted water on the floor as she and Furret left. Milton then slipped on the wet floor and broke the bottle he had kept in his pants. "My precious!" he cried as the alcohol sunk into the floor unable to be drunken by human lips. * * * * * * Snubbull was wandering the cold streets wondering about her future. "Without my brother, who'll take care of me?" she cried. "Will I ever find someone else who's the same as Granbull?" Just then a familiar woman's voice shouted out. "Go Pokeball!" And a Pokeball had appeared and opened up sucking the surprised Snubbull right into it. * * * * * * Marill and Furret had managed to catch up with the others. They were all running for their dear lives with Meowth leading the way. He led them all into an alley. "Oh, this is a brilliant Meowth!" said Sandy sarcastically. "Leading us right into a dead end!" "Hey, I didn't ask to be the leader!" scowled Meowth. "You jerks could've run in your own direction instead of following an evil-minded Meowth like me!" "Uh oh! Look!" cried Pikachu as some headlights were suddenly beamed right on the group. It was Milton and he was revving up his truck getting ready to run them down. "I'm in the mood for some Pokemon pizza!" cackled Milton as he stepped on the gas. "What'll we do?!" cried Marill. "Me stop bad man!" shouted Heracross as he jumped right in front of the speeding truck. "No Heracross!" cried Chikorita. "I'll let you lick my leaf for life! Just don't end yours!" "Megahorn!" shouted Heracross as he jammed his huge horn right into the radiator completely stopping the entire truck. "What the...?!" gasped Milton as he saw the bug not budging one bit. He tried to pump on the gas some more, but Heracross still wouldn't let the truck move. "That bug's a regular powerhouse!" gasped Growlithe. Then Heracross lifted up his horn taking the huge truck with him. He started swinging the truck around while Milton was holding on to the steering wheel tightly with one hand while tightly covering his mouth with his other. Then Heracross tossed the truck out of the alley and into the street smashing it completely. "I've been a bad boy!" said Milton as he climbed out from the destruction and totally fainted. "Toge, Togepi!" said Togepi wiggling his hands around and a huge scoop of ice cream had landed onto Milton's beat up head. "Mmmmm, butterscotch!" said Milton as he took a lick of his face then passed out. * * * * * * Our Poke-friends were now saying goodbye to Furret, Chikorita, Heracross, and Gligar. "Thank you for freeing us", said Furret as he shook paws with Pikachu. "We would still be at the mercy of that Milton monster if you hadn't come along." "And thank you!" replied Pikachu. "It was all of us working as a team that saved us." "Where will you all be going now that you're free?" asked Marill. "We're going back to our homes in the forest outside of town", said Chikorita. "Why don't you all come back to the Pokemon center with us?" asked Sandy. "I bet our masters would love to have you on their teams." "Thanks, but we can't", said Furret. "We have families that are probably worried about us. After all we have been locked up for a few days." "Gotta get home to Mamma! Gotta get home to Mamma!" said Gligar as he started gliding around like crazy bumping into building walls. "I guess we had better get going", said Chikorita. "So Gligar can finally end his breakdown spells." Heracross then started licking Chikorita's leaf again. "And to get this pollen hungry oaf off my back!" she sighed as she vine whipped Heracross back one last time. "But you said me could lick your leaf for life!" said Heracross. "Oh yeah, that's right!" sighed Chikorita as she extended her leaf to the happy bug. "And we better get back too", said Sandy. "Dawn is coming and our masters will be waking up soon." "And we have to get these two little terrors back in their warm safe beds", said Marill as they saw Togepi and Elekid hugging each other while sleeping. "AAAAWWW!" all the Pokemon went. "If only Team Rocket could be as peaceful as them", sighed Pikachu. "That reminds me", said Growlithe in his cop-sounding bark. "Meowth, you're under arrest! Meowth?! Meowth?! Oh drat! He must've blasted off again!" "Come to think of it, I wonder what happened to that Snubbull?" asked Sandy. * * * * * * Sure enough, Meowth had left the group and was heading back for the Rocket hideout. There he found Jessie and James waiting for him. "Well it took you long enough!" scolded Jessie. "And where's our Golden Fried Goldeen!" "And I hope you remembered to leave out the coleslaw!" said James. "I hate that stuff!" "Sorry guys", said Meowth. "I got a little sidetracked tonight so I guess that means you won't be getting any coleslaw after all Jimmy." "You didn't bring us our fish fry?!" growled Jessie. "But I did manage to find you these about a minute ago", said Meowth as he pulled out two skinless fishbones he found in a nearby trashcan. "Once again we've been let down by this muttonheaded Meowth!" groaned Jessie. "Maybe I'll get better results with this new Pokemon." "What?!" asked Meowth. "Oh yes", said James. "While you were out, Jessie caught herself a brand new Pokemon. Show him Jess." "Come on out my pink little cutie", smiled Jessie as she opened up a Pokeball and out popped a familiar pug-faced Pokemon. "Snubbull!" said Snubbull as she snuggled into Jessie's arms while Meowth's jaw dropped. "Isn't she the sweetest thing?!" sighed Jessie while patting Snubbull's head. Snubbull then looked down at the nervous Meowth. She leapt out of Jessie's arms and stood in front of Meowth. "Snub, Snubbull", said Snubbull which meant, "Hi boyfriend!" Meowth just stood there shocked to even speak. But then he started yelling when Snubbull bit onto his tail. "Isn't that cute?!" sighed Jessie. "My little Snubbull loves Meowth! Even if she doesn't have good taste!" "I've never really tasted that tail of his", said James as he scratched his head and watched Meowth run around in circles trying to shake off Jessie's new Pokemon. * * * * * * Pikachu, Togepi, Sandy, Elekid, Growlithe, and Marill had all made it back to the Pokemon center just in time and they were sleeping away like crazy. After all it had been a hectic night for all of them. Just then, the humans had woken up and they were waking up their Pokemon one by one. "Wake up Pikachu", said Ash as he shook Pikachu's shoulders. "It's morning." "Pika, pi!" yawned Pikachu as he went back to sleep. "Wakie Wakie eggs and baky", smiled Cameron trying to wake up Sandy and Elekid but got the same response Ash did. "Rise and shine Marill", said Tracey trying to wake up his mouse but was too busy dozing away. Reiko was about to wake up Growlithe, but then realized that like the pearls you could find in a huge bed of Cloysters, this was a wonderful opportunity. She rushed over to Cameron, hugged him tightly and started kissing like mad just happy that Growlithe wasn't awake to growl her back. "Reiko, what are you..." asked Cameron but couldn't say anymore for Reiko continued to kiss him. "It's always best to leave sleeping Growlithe's lie", whispered Reiko as she continued kissing Cameron. "I wonder why some of our Pokemon are suddenly so tired?" asked Misty as she was holding onto her sleeping Togepi. "It's like they were out on some kind of wild all-night adventure. Nyaaah! That's silly!" The Pokemon center's TV had turned on automatically since it was the beginning of a new day. "We interrupt this program to bring you this special news bulletin", said a newslady. "A disturbing scene was found in the center of town this morning. Our town's local Pokemon catcher, Milton, was seen stuck in a truck that had been completely destroyed. The police found him covered with butterscotch ice cream and alcohol on his breath. It was believed that this sick man was driving drunk while eating ice cream that could give you serious headaches while on the road." Then it showed an Officer Jenny taking away a handcuffed Milton showing the back of his chomped pants exposing red underwear with pictures of hula dancing women on them. "And he's also being charged for indecent exposure", said the newslady trying to cover her eyes in disgust. "What a horrible man!" gasped Misty. "I hate the thought of that drunken Pokemon catcher getting his net on Pikachu and the others", said Ash. "It's a good thing they were all sleeping safe and sound right here", said Cameron. "Right Sandy?" "Shrew!" smiled Sandy in his sleep and continued snoring while Cameron smiled and patted his sleepy little head unaware about the adventure Sandy and his Poke- pals just had. TO BE CONTINUED