Poke-Odyssey 2001 chapter 19 Bad News Bears Today, Cameron and friends have entered a town called Honeydew. It was a quaint little town that resembled London England with flats, tea shops, and a huge clock tower that looked a lot like Big Ben, except that it looked like it was made of used honeycombs with old Beedrill needles for hands. "That's the most unusual clock I've ever seen", said Cameron. "Like the Shuckle that make delicious juices with berries, this is quite a work of art", said Reiko. "That's because Honeydew is famous for its world's tastiest honey", said Tracey. "People from all over the world come here to experience the sticky buns." "Sticky buns?" gasped Ash as he felt his pants-seat. "I hope I didn't sit in anything sticky while I was here." "No Ash", smiled Cameron. "Sticky buns are a popular English pastry." "Yes", smiled Tracey. "And honey is one of the main ingredients in sticky buns. And all this town's honey are provided by its beloved benefactor..." "BEEDRILL!" screamed Misty. "That's the Queen Beedrill", corrected Tracey. "No, that's a Beedrill!" cried Misty as she got behind Ash and pointed to the huge bee that was hovering right in front of them. "Wow, a Beedrill looking right at us!" said Tracey as he got out his sketchbook. "Kill it! KILL IT!" shouted Misty as she took out a huge flyswatter and tried to smack the flying Beedrill. "BZZZZ!" said the frightened bee as it tried to dodge the swatter as best as it could. "Misty, leave that Beedrill alone!" shouted Tracey. "Hurting a Beedrill is against the law in this town!" "Who cares!" shouted Misty. "If that Beedrill hurts me, it'll be against my law!" Suddenly a loud whistle was heard causing Misty to stop. The frightened Beedrill quickly flew past Misty's legs and perched itself on the shoulder of an Officer Jenny. "Don't worry Beatrice, Jenny will protect you from that big bad savage!" said the Jenny in a British accent. She approached the group and Cameron noticed that this Jenny was wearing an English bobby uniform while holding a nightstick. She approached Misty with an angry face and raised her stick. "Oh no! I would have to anger a strict Jenny!" cried Misty as she was about to shut her eyes until she saw Jenny put her stick arm down. "Why were you trying to harm my partner?" asked Jenny in a calm serious voice. "Partner?" gasped Misty. "BZZZZ!" said Beatrice the Beedrill as she turned around and showed a tiny badge on her striped bottom. "They actually let bugs on the police force?!" "Please Officer", said Ash. "Misty has this incredibly big fear of bugs. If she knew that this was a police Beedrill, she wouldn't've tried to swat it and shout, KILL IT! KILL IT!" "Nice way you're defending me genius", groaned Misty. "Hmmm, I don't know", said Jenny seriously. "How do I know you're all on the bloody level?" "Because we're all under the protection of Pallet Jenny", said Cameron as he took out his badge and showed it to her. Honeydew Jenny studied the badge carefully then looked down at Growlithe who was sitting at attention for he was in the presence of an Officer Jenny. "Why you must be Cameron", smiled Honeydew Jenny as she pinched Cameron's cheeks like all the other Jennies had done. "My sister-in-law's cousin's sister has told me all about you. How are you doing lad?" "I'm fine ma'am", said Cameron as he felt his cheek for every Jenny he had met were really tough cheek pinchers. "I hope we didn't cause you and your Beedrill any harm." "Aw, don't worry about it now", laughed Jenny. "It's all water under the bridge. And it just fell down recently thanks to The My Fair Lady Demolition Company. Ha ha ha ha. Jolly good!" Everyone smiled as they listened to the Honeydew Jenny's unique wit. Then they heard the huge clock strike four. "What do you know, it's time for afternoon tea", smiled Jenny. "Would you all care to join us? I know a delightful tea shop that'll knock your knickers off." "Sure, that would be fine", smiled Cameron. "I hope I don't lose my knickers when I go there", said Ash. "And I don't really want to know what knickers are either." "And people say I talk funny", sighed Reiko. * * * * * * Soon we find our heroes in a lovely tea shop dining on tea and a variety of pastries. "Like the charcoal that melts deliciously in a Charmander's mouth. I am enjoying this very well", smiled Reiko. "It almost reminds me of the tea ceremonies we had back in Fuchsia." "I'm glad you're enjoying it love", smiled Jenny. "And it looks like our Pokemon are having a jolly good time too." She said as she saw Pikachu, Sandy, Growlithe, and Beatrice at a smaller table enjoying their tea and pastries too. Beatrice had both her needles into two cups sucking up the tea. "I swear", smiled Jenny. "Beatrice takes to tea like she almost does to honey." "But don't Officer Jennies usually have Growlithes for partners?" asked Cameron. "Growl?" asked Growlithe. "Well this Jenny prefers a cute little Beedrill for her partner", smiled Jenny. "Dear sweet Beatrice was assigned to me by the Queen Mum herself!" "BZZZZ!" buzzed Beatrice proudly. "The Queen Mum?" asked Ash. "Look behind you", smiled Jenny proudly as she pointed to a huge portrait on the wall while she and Beatrice saluted. It was a picture of a Beedrill wearing a crown and she had a larger than average butt. Almost like a beach ball. "Eeeeyeew!!!" Misty thought to herself, but tried not to say it out loud in front of Jenny and her little stinger. "The beloved Queen Beedrill and her subjects supply our humble little town with our greatest asset known as honey", said Jenny. "That way the town bakers can make their famous sticky buns where everyone from miles around can come here and sample them." "But I don't see any sticky buns on this tray", said Tracey. "Just scones, tarts, cream cakes, and crumpets, but no sticky buns." "NO STICKY BUNS?!!" gasped Jenny with a shocked expression. "BZZZZZ?!" said Beatrice who said the same thing. "Nigel, get in here!" shouted Jenny. "You called Officer?" asked the owner of the tea shop who came rushing over to their table. "Yes Nigel", said Jenny calmly. "Look at this tray. Do you notice something missing?" "Oh yes I do", said Nigel while sweating. "I forgot the little lace doily! Let me go to the cleaners next door and..." But then Beatrice stuck out her twin needles at Nigel forcing him to stop. "I'm talking about the bloody sticky buns!" said Jenny in a spastic voice. "You know very well I can't go back on duty without my afternoon sticky bun fix!" "I was really hoping you wouldn't notice", said Nigel sadly. "For I can't make any sticky buns for a while." "But why?" asked Jenny seriously. "I no longer have any honey to make them", sobbed Nigel. "And neither does any other tea shop or bakery in town." "WHAAAT?!" shouted Jenny. "BZZZZZ?!" shouted Beatrice as well. "You see", explained Nigel. "All us tea shop owners and bakers went over to the Queen Mum's hive to get our daily supply of honey, but the Beedrill sentries refused to give us any. They just attacked us forcing us to run away." "Why would our beloved Beedrills do such a thing?" asked Jenny. "BZZZZ?!" said Beatrice wondering the very same thing. "I don't know", wailed Nigel. "But unless they give us any honey, we cannot make any more of our famous sticky buns!" "Not only that, Honeydew's economy could crash like a faulty computer!" said Jenny in a panic. "Come on Beatrice, we have to see what's up with our Queen!" And she and Beatrice left the shop while our heroes followed after her. * * * * * * Jenny had led them to a beehive on top of a hill that was as huge as Buckingham Palace. As a matter of fact, it looked exactly like Buckingham Palace. There were even Beedrills dressed in cute little sentry uniforms guarding the front gate. "We've come to see her royal highness", said Jenny in a demanding voice. "BZZZZZ!" said the Beedrill sentries as they launched their pin missiles forcing back our heroes. "I think that means no!" said Ash. "Good thing too!" said Misty for she didn't really want to go into that bug filled hive. "Beatrice, maybe you can reason with them", said Jenny. "After all, you were raised here." "BZZZZ!" said Beatrice as she flew over to the sentries and started buzzing with them. A minute later, Beatrice flew back to Jenny telling her that it was okay to come in. "Come on mates", said Jenny. "Let's go inside." "Uh, if you don't mind, I think I'd rather stay out here", said Misty nervously. "Don't worry Mist", smiled Ash as he put an arm around her waist. "As long as big brave Ash has his arm around you, you'll be in safe hands." "Really?" said Misty. "Uh huh!" smiled Ash. "Let's go!" and they slowly approached the beehive as the guards dropped the honeycomb made drawbridge allowing them to go inside. Our heroes looked around the huge palace. It was completely made of honey and honeycombs with hundreds of Beedrills flying around along with Kakunas hanging from the ceiling. "This honeycomb's big!" said Ash. "Yeah, yeah, yeah", said Misty nervously. "It's not small", said Tracey. "No, no, no", said Reiko. Cameron looked funny at what his friends had said then looked down at the floor. There were about a thousand baby Weedles all over the place crying. "AAAAH!" cried Misty as she jumped on top of Ash's shoulders. "Misty, they're only cute little babies", said Ash. "Babies with poison points on their cute little heads!" protested Misty. "Why are they all so sad?" asked Cameron. "I think I see the problem", said Jenny as she pointed to a big empty throne in the center of the room. "Our beloved Queen Beedrill is gone!" "BZZZZZZ!" cried out all the Beedrills in agony along with Beatrice. "I see", said Tracey. "One of the Queen Beedrill's duties is to take care of the baby Weedles and now they're sad because their mother is gone." "But where did she go?" asked Reiko. "Beatrice, what did the Beedrills here tell you?" asked Jenny. "BZZZZ, BZZZZ, BZZZZ!" explained Beatrice as Jenny listened for she understood Beedrill tongue perfectly. "I see", she said seriously. "What did Beatrice say?" asked Ash. "Our Queen has been kidnapped by Ursarings", said Jenny sadly. "Ursarings?!" asked Cameron as he typed up that name on his Dex. An image of a huge brown bear with a ring on its stomach appeared on the screen. "URSARING: the hibernation Pokemon", replied Dextra. "With Ursaring's unique ability to distinguish any aroma, it unfailingly finds all food buried deep underground." "One thing Ursarings really love is honey", said Tracey. "They'll do anything to get honey. Even kidnap the master honey maker known as the Queen Beedrill." "So that's why you poor things haven't made any honey", said Jenny as she looked down at a crying Weedle. "You're too busy mourning over the loss of our Queen. How did it happen?" "BZZZZZ!" said one of the Beedrills as it started going into a flashback. START OF FLASHBACK: The Queen Beedrill was taking her daily flight through the woods with her Beedrill bodyguards flying right beside her. She was enjoying the fresh air and the flowers without a care in the world. Suddenly, a whole horde of Ursarings jumped out from the trees surprising the swarm. They started fury swiping the Beedrills knocking some of them down. The remaining Beedrills tried using their pin missile attacks, but the Ursarings used a counter attack sending the pins right back at the Beedrills knocking them down as well until all that was left was the Queen. She tried to defend herself with a twin needle attack, but the head Ursaring managed to grab both her needles removing them from her appendages. And the last things the beaten Beedrills heard was their Queen getting taken away by those awful Ursarings. END OF FLASHBACK: Jenny had listened to the Beedrill's story and translated all of it to our heroes. "Talk about being overbearing", said Ash. "I'll turn those bloody thieves into rugs for taking our beloved Queen Mum!" shouted Jenny with rage. "BZZZ!" shouted an angry Beatrice agreeing with her. "If only we knew where those Ursarings have gone", sighed Jenny. "Misty, maybe your Corsola can show us", said Cameron. "Uh, what?" asked Misty surprised. She was too busy being nervous about being in this hive to pay attention. "We need Corsola's mirror coat to help us find those Ursarings", said Ash. "Oh, okay", said Misty coming back to her senses. She released her pretty rock Pokemon and told Corsola what she needed. "COR!" said Corsola as an image appeared on its mirror coat. It was a cave located in a huge forest. "I know that place", said Jenny. "That's the forest just east of Honeydew. I remember seeing that cave when I was a little schoolgirl." Corsola then concentrated and showed them the inside of the cave. They saw about 40 or more Ursarings gathered around the Queen Beedrill who was tied hanging from a stalactite. The bears were making loud roars scaring the poor Queen forcing her to squirt large gobs of honey from her butt and into a huge pot marked HUNNY. Then the Ursarings started digging into the sticky stuff like a bunch of willy-nilly-silly old Ursarings. "How horrible!" gasped Reiko. "That's so cruel!" said Cameron. "I actually feel sorry for that bug", said Misty. "We can't let them keep tormenting our kind-hearted Queen like this!" shouted Jenny. "Come Beedrills, let's go rescue her majesty!" "BZZZZZ!" said all the Beedrills as they sharpened their needles. "Wait a minute", said Tracey. "I've counted over 40 Ursarings in that cave. I'm not really sure if all the Beedrills in this hive can stop them hearing how they wiped out the first swarm." "I know!" smiled Ash. "My Snorlax! It's huge, weighs over 1000 pounds, and has a powerful rollout attack! Snorlax is sure to crush those Ursarings flat!" "What a great idea Ashy!" smiled Misty as she kissed Ash. "Oh, how I wish I can come up with more brilliant ideas", smiled Ash wanting more kisses from Misty. "But what about these poor little Weedles?" asked Reiko as she picked up a crying Weedle who really wanted its mommy. "The only thing that can quiet these little tykes down is a lullaby from the Queen Beedrill", said Jenny. "But none of the Beedrills here can imitate our Queen's song!" Just then, a Pokeball on Cameron's belt popped open and out came Sudowoodo. "Sudo! What are you...?" But before Cameron could ask, Sudo did something amazing. He started humming like a Beedrill. All the Weedles stopped crying and crawled over to the happy humming rock tree cuddling against his feet and falling asleep. "Sudo! You know the Queen Beedrill's lullaby?" gasped Cameron. "But how?" "Sudo!" whispered Sudo in a smiling blushing voice. "Maybe Sudo once heard another Queen Beedrill sing a long time ago", said Tracey. "And he quickly learned to mimic it." "Well, it certainly did the jolly trick", smiled Jenny. "Now we can concentrate on getting our Queen Mum back while Sudowoodo will be the nanny!" "Sudo!" smiled Sudo for he did think these little sleeping Weedles were cute. * * * * * * Meanwhile, in that same forest, we hear a lot of loud growling. But it isn't from the Ursarings, it was Team Rocket holding their hungry stomachs with their hands. "Actually, with my paws", said Meowth as he showed everyone a gross-looking stomach with intestines attached sitting in his paws. "Meowth, put that disgusting thing back inside you!" shouted Jessie. "The narrator was just making an expression!" "Oh, all right!" grumbled Meowth as he opened a door in this chest and placed his stomach back inside. "That almost made me lose my appetite!" said James disgusted. "Almost, that is!" and his stomach started to growl again. "I'd give anything for something sweet!" moaned Jessie. "Or something sour even!" "And I think I may smell something sweet!" said Meowth as he smelled an aroma. The other two Rockets smelled it too. They rushed over to a huge cave where Meowth peeked through a small hole with his good eye. "What do you see Meowth?" asked James. "It's looks like a Beedrill with a gland problem", said Meowth. "And honey's coming out of her butt!" "EEYEEEW!" whined James. "That definitely killed my appetite! Eating honey that comes from a bee's bottom?!" "That's where all honey comes from lame brain!" shouted Jessie. "Now all we gotta do is go in there and nab that busy little Beedrill. Just think, we can make our own sticky bun company and put that sorry town known as Honeydew out of business!" "Ooooh, I love bittersweet endings!" said James. "Let's go heist us a honey moneymaker!" "Only one problem", said Meowth. "That Beedrill's being watched over by a bunch of Ursarings!" And the loud URRRRRs coming from the cave proved it. "So much for free honey!" sighed James. "No problem", said Jessie with confidence. "That cave is totally dark! We'll just send our dark warriors in there to get that Beedrill for us!" "You're right Jessie", smiled James. "Hakking and Bython will surely knock the rings of those Ursarings with their dark powers!" And they released Hakking and Bython into the cave and told them what they wanted. Hakking and Bython marched and slithered into the cave until they disappeared into the darkness. Suddenly, a lot of growling, hissing, and scratching was heard while a bunch of cartoon fight stars flew out of the cave. "Oooooh! I hate to be those Ursarings right now!" laughed James. But instead, Hakking and Bython got tossed out of the cave with scratches, bumps, bruises, and Xs for eyes." "Yeah, I'd definitely hate to be those winning Ursarings right now!" said Meowth sarcastically as he kicked the heads of the unconscious Bython. "This is impossible!" gasped James as he tended to his Hakking. "How could those overgrown stuffed toys defeat our dark types?!" "I guess there's no way they're gonna give up that honey", said Meowth. "Never mind!" growled Jessie as she sucked Bython back into its ball. "I happen to have another plan!" * * * * * * Our heroes were now at the Honeydew police station where Ash dialed the vidphone. "Hello Ash, hello all", smiled Prof. Oak. "How's the journey going so far?" "It's going okay I suppose", said Ash. "How are our Pokemon doing?" "Oh, they're doing great", smiled the Professor "Especially your Octillery, Cameron." "She's still not hugging and kissing you, is she?" asked Cameron. "Oh no, she's stopped doing that", laughed the Professor. "At first she was disappointed that I wasn't really her long lost husband. But she felt better now that I've made some special glasses for her." "You mean Octillery can now see?" smiled Cameron. "Why yes", smiled the Professor. "And she's become quite helpful around the house. See for yourself", And he turned the vidphone around and showed Octillery wearing huge glasses while working a feather duster, washrag, vacuum cleaner, broom, dustpan, iron, and mop all at the same time. "Octi!" smiled Octillery as she saw Cameron on the screen and blew him a kiss. "It's good to see you again too my friend", smiled Cameron. "And I bet you feel the same way too now that you've got those neat glasses." And he adjusted his own glasses while Octillery did the same. Just then, she spied Snorlax sneaking into the kitchen trying to snag a snack. She reached out a tentacle and smacked Snorlax on the butt. "SNOR!" shouted Snorlax as it rubbed its huge bottom. "OCTILLERY, OCTI!" scolded Octillery telling Snorlax to stay out of the kitchen. "SNOR!" sighed Snorlax as it left the room. "See what I mean when Octillery is very helpful around here?" smiled the Professor. "She keeps Snorlax on a proper diet as well as keeping my food bill short." "She's definitely a great mother figure", smiled Cameron remembering the overbearing motherly attention Octillery gave Cameron when she first met him. "Speaking of Snorlax", said Ash. "I really need it right now. Can you please transport it to me?" "Sure Ash", said the Professor. "Just put one of your Pokeballs in that slot by the phone so I can swap Snorlax for it." "Thank's Professor", smiled Ash for he knew which Pokemon he wanted to send back. The Professor took the Heavy Ball that Snorlax had been captured in and sucked the huge beast into it. Then he put the ball on the Pokeball transporter, pushed a button, and it got teleported away while another Pokeball got sent back. "I wonder which Pokemon Ash sent me", wondered the Professor as he opened the ball. "I should've predicted!!!" He wailed as Muk popped out of the ball and piled its gooey self on the poor Professor hugging him to death. "OCTI!" cried Octillery as she saw the mucky mess all over the Professor and tried to suck Muk off with a dustbuster. "MUUUUK!" cried Muk as its face got stretched by that dustbuster. * * * * * * Back at the Ursarings' cave, we see three figures dressed in ragged Ursaring costumes. "Are you sure this'll work Jess?" asked James as he looked at his hands that now looked like claws. "I feel kind of bear. HEE HEE!" "Trust me", laughed Jessie. "With these costumes, we'll blend right in." "Just don't nobody try to cuddle me!" grumbled Meowth wearing a cute costume of a Teddiursa, the baby form of Ursaring. "I ain't no Tickle-Me-Teddiursa doll!" "Wait a minute!" said James. "I just remembered. Ursarings have a strong sense of smell. They'll know we're not Ursarings once they get a whiff of us!" "Relax James", smiled Jessie. "I just sprayed these costumes with essence of Ursaring. Those furballs' noses will never be the wiser! Let's go my skeptical bear family!" And off they marched into the cave. Sure enough, Jessie's plan seemed to work. They were walking past the Ursarings who were doing their normal things like grunting, sleeping, and licking themselves. "Hey guys, there she is!" whispered Meowth as he pointed to the Queen Beedrill dangling over a huge honey pot. "I've always dreamed of finding a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow!" sighed James as he stared at that golden honey. "Now all we have to do is hang out here until all these Ursarings fall asleep!" whispered Jessie. "Then we grab that Beedrill and sneak away." Suddenly a shadow started to cover the Rockets. They nervously looked up and saw the face of a frowning Ursaring. "Hi guy!" said Meowth nervously. "Steal any good pic-a-nic baskets lately?" "UR, UR, URRRR!" growled the Ursaring as it pointed to a pack of playful Teddiursas. "What did it say Meow, I mean Teddiursa?" asked James. "It said that it's our turn to baby sit the cubs while the rest of the pack goes to sleep!" said Meowth nervously. "There's one thing Jessie never does is baby sit!" growled Jessie. "Unless I get paid a lot and get to be cruel to the kids!" "URRRRRR!" growled the Ursaring as it forced them to run to the Teddiursas. "Ur!" said the cubs in cute little grunts as they cuddled Jessie's and James's legs while they gave Meowth a huge hug. "Oh great!" moaned Meowth. "Somebody call the cute doctor, cause I'm gonna be sick!" "You know, this isn't so bad", smiled James as he picked up a Teddiursa and hugged it. "Hey, maybe we can make colored Teddiursa dolls and put designs on their tummies. We could call them The Share Bears and they can teach people to be kind, and friendly, and caring, and..." "HAVE YOU LOST YOUR MIND?!!!" shouted both Jessie and Meowth together while being cuddled to death. "Sorry!" said James. "I guess it's just the effects of these cubs' cuteness. Hee hee hee, that's tickles!" laughed James as the Teddiursa he was holding started licking him. "UR!" cried the cub as it jumped out of James's arms and looked mean-eyed at him. "What's wrong kid?" asked James. Another Teddirusa took a lick of Jessie and tasted the same thing. "URR!" it growled as it pushed Jessie down and told the other cubs. They quickly ran away from the Rockets and went to tell their parents. "What did they just say?" asked Jessie as she got back up. "They're on to us!" said Meowth while shaking. The head Ursaring along with a bunch of other angry Ursarings approached the shaking fakes. "URRRR!" growled the head Ursaring. "Honest, we really are Ursarings!" said Meowth nervously. "And I can prove it. Here's one of our specialty attacks. Fury swipes!" and without thinking he quickly slashed Jessie and James. "URRRR?" said the confused Ursarings. "What did you do that for you dumb fuzzbrain?!" growled a scratched up Jessie. "Hey, I gotta make it look real for all our hides!" said Meowth in a panic. Suddenly, Jessie's and James's costumes fell apart from Meowth's scratching and Meowth's costume fell apart too for he kind of scratched himself as well. "So much for our hides", said James nervously as he saw the shredded remains of their disguises. The Ursarings were now looking red-eyed at two humans in Rocket's clothing and the one-eyed Meowth. "URRRR!" they all growled angrily while the Rockets started shaking in fear. "Wait, before you thrash us, one question please?" asked James. "UR?" asked the Ursarings. "Is it true you Ursarings _____ in the woods?" asked James with an innocent smile. "URRRRR!" growled the head Ursaring as it used its dynamic punch attack to send the Rockets flying out of the cave. "Team Rocket's blasting off again!" they all shouted as they zipped past Cameron and friends. "That was Team Rocket!" said Cameron. "They must've had a run in with the Ursarings no doubt", said Misty. "Well, there it is", said Jenny quietly. "The cave where those blasted queen thieves dwell." "Okay Snorlax, do your stuff", smiled Ash as he released Snorlax right at the entrance of the cave. But all that Snorlax did was lie there and sleep. "Please Snorlax", pleaded Ash. "You can sleep some other time. The future of honey is at stake here!" "SNORE?" grunted Snorlax as it sniffed the aroma of delicious honey. It quickly got up and stormed into the cave while the growling sounds of Ursarings were heard. "Just you wait", smiled Ash. "Snorlax will have your Queen Beedrill back in no time flat!" A few minutes later, the cave became quiet and Snorlax didn't come out. "So when is no time flat suppose to come exactly?" asked Jenny. "I hope Snorlax isn't hurt in there", said Cameron. "It can't be!" said a worried Ash. "Snorlax is one of the biggest toughest Pokemon I've got!" "Corsola, can you show us what's up with Snorlax?" Misty asked her rock. "COR!" said Corsola as it showed them what was going on in the cave. To their surprise, they saw all the Ursarings unharmed while eating gobs of honey. And there was Snorlax joining their honey feast. They were all laughing and sharing jokes and stories in their grunting language. "Snorlax, how could you betray me like this?!!" wailed Ash. "I think Snorlax's main loyalty will always be food", sighed Tracey. "Now how do we get our Queen back?" groaned Jenny. "Came-chan, I believe I have the answer", smiled Reiko as she started whispering to her boyfriend. Cameron smiled as he took one of his Pokeballs while Reiko took out her Love Ball. * * * * * * Snorlax and the Ursarings had completely finished the first pot of honey and were about to roar at the poor Queen Beedrill to get her to spout out more. Just then, some pink pollen flew into the cave right into the bears' sensitive nostrils. "URRR!" smiled all the Ursarings and Teddiursas and even Snorlax as they all followed the sweet scent out of the cave leaving the Queen Beedrill unwatched. Once the bears were out of the cave, they spied a Bellossom spraying her sweet scent at the bears. "Bell!" she said while smiling. "URRRR?" growled the bears as they wondered why this flower child was luring them all out into the open. Suddenly, they heard a loud, "VILE!" VP had jumped in front of Bellossom and sprayed his sleep powder at the pack. "URRRR!" yawned the Teddiursas first and then dropped down to sleep followed by the Ursarings, and finally Snorlax plopped down to the ground in a loud THUD! "Nice work guys", smiled Cameron as he and the others jumped out from behind the bushes and watched all the sleeping bears along with VP and Bellossom who were kissing each other congratulations. "You're plan worked Moonray!" smiled Cameron. "Our grass Pokemon do make a great team as well as a couple!" "Just like two certain people I know", smiled Reiko winking at him. "Quick Beatrice!" whispered Jenny. "Let's go in there and save our Queen!" "BZZZZZ!" said Beatrice as she buzzed quietly while Jenny tiptoed through the sleeping bears and into the cave while our heroes did the same. The traumatized Queen Beedrill opened her eyes and saw Beatrice, Jenny, and some other humans and their Pokemon looking up at her. "BZZZZZ?" she asked with a weak smile. "Chin up your majesty", whispered Jenny. "We'll get you back to the safety of your hive. Beatrice, cut her majesty free if you would." "BZZZZZ!" said Beatrice as she flew up to the stalactite and cut the ropes that bound the Queen. She was about to fall until two more Beedrills dressed like orderlies appeared catching her with a stretcher. Then everyone snuck out of the cave past the sleeping bears once again. Ash sighed as he pulled the sleeping Snorlax back into its ball then continued to follow the others. * * * * * * They had gotten the Queen back to the hive safe and sound while all the Beedrills were buzzing with happiness. Jenny had placed the ripped off twin needles back onto the Queen's front appendages. "Are you feeling better your highness?" asked Jenny. "BZZZZZ!" replied the Queen with a smile then looked over at the Sudowoodo cuddling the Weedles while buzzing the exact lullaby she always sang to the little ones. The Queen smiled for her children seemed to like this rock tree a lot and she could rest while Sudo tended to the duties of babysitting. "Look, the Beedrills are going back to work!" said Ash as he saw the Beedrills squirting out some honey into little pots. "Yes", smiled Jenny. "Thanks to all of you, the Beedrills can resume their honeymaking now that the Queen Mum is safely back here." "Our pleasure Officer", smiled Cameron as he gave her a salute like his mother Jenny instructed him to if he ever spends time with one of her relatives. Just then, something started to materialize into the hive. Our heroes and the Beedrills looked in fear as they saw who magically appeared. It was the head Ursaring determined to get the Queen Beedrill back. "URRRR!" it growled while waving its claws around. "How did it get in here?!" cried Misty. "It must've used a faint attack to materialize into the hive", gasped Tracey. "Quick Beedrills", commanded Jenny. "Defend our Queen!" "BZZZ!" shouted all the bees as they fired their pin missiles at the Ursaring. But it just used its counter attack to fire all the attacks back at the poor bees just like last time. "Is there anything that can defeat this beast?" gasped Reiko for she knew if she used her ninja attacks, Ursaring would counter attack back. Ursaring was about to approach the Queen until Sudo mimicked Ursaring's faint attack appearing right in front of the surprised bear. "UR!" growled Ursaring as it used its fury swipes slashing up Sudo, but just stood there unaffected. "I thought Ursarings were famous for tearing bark off of trees", gasped Jenny. "This is no ordinary tree", said Cameron proudly. "This is Sudowoodo, a rock hard guardian!" "URRR!" growled Ursaring realizing that slashing the rock tree wouldn't do any good, so it started up its dynamic punch. "Quick Sudo!" cried Cameron. "Block that bear's blows with a flail attack!" Sudo kept flailing his branches around blocking Ursaring's punches. Once Ursaring was out of breath, Cameron shouted. "That's good Sudo, now try your mimic attack!" "Sudo!" smiled Sudo as he mimicked dynamic punch and socked the Ursaring right out of the hive. Everyone quickly ran outside and saw Ursaring blasting off into the sky and out of sight. "That Ursaring would make a great Rocket", laughed Ash. "It knows the official farewell." "Thanks Sudo", smiled Cameron. "It looks like it's all downhill from here!" "Make that uphill!" shouted Misty as she pointed down the hill and saw the rest of the Ursarings running on all fours storming up the hill. "Guys, it looks like we might need all our Pokemon for this tough battle", said Ash as he took all his Pokeballs from his belt. "Are you ready Pikachu?" "PIKA!" said Pikachu charging himself up to the max. "No wait Ash!" called out Cameron. "Look what Sudo's doing!" Sudo had rushed over to the edge of the hill and started using his double team power splitting into a forest of Sudowoodos. "Like the many apricorns that fall off from one lonesome tree and then become a large forest in the end, this definitely looks promising." Said Reiko with hope. Then all the Sudowoodos released their rock slides all at once sending a whole bunch of rolling boulders at the Ursarings knocking them all back down the hill. "I think I remember seeing something like this on the Swiss Family Robinson", said Cameron as he saw one Ursaring look up, then quickly ducked down as a boulder missed it then bonked another Ursaring on the head making a cartoonish bonking sound. These rolling stones were too much for the squished bears that they ran back to the forest hopefully never to be seen again. "Way to go Sudo! I mean all you Sudos!" shouted Cameron happily as everyone cheered as well. "Sudo!" said Sudo blushing as he merged back into one Sudowoodo. * * * * * * Back at the hive, Jenny had approached Cameron and handed him a honey pot. "On behalf of her royal majesty, the Queen Beedrill", said Jenny proudly. "She wants to thank you for rescuing her by offering you this pot of tasty honey that came directly from her valued behind." "Thank you Jenny. Thank you your majesty", said Cameron bowing to the Queen while everyone did the same. They each stuck a finger into the pot and tasted the honey. "This is good", smiled Misty. "Maybe Beedrills aren't so bad after all." "BZZZZZ!" said the Queen asking Sudo to come forth and bow to her. Sudo did as the Queen requested. She extended a needle and patted Sudo's shoulders one at a time. "Is she doing what I think she's doing to Sudo?" asked Cameron. "Yes", smiled Jenny. "For ridding us of those bloody bears, the Queen Mum has knighted your Sudowoodo. He is now Sir Sudo, knight of the honeycomb table." "One of my Pokemon has been knighted", thought Cameron proudly. "Too bad you all will have to be leaving soon", said Jenny. "We could use more knights like Sudo in case those Ursarings try to come back." Cameron silently looked over at Sir Sudo who was now playing with the Weedles and humming Beedrill songs to them and realized he knew what he had to do. * * * * * * It was now time for our heroes to leave Honeydew and head off for Mt. Mustard. "Goodbye lads and lasses", smiled Jenny. "And please do come back soon. By then, our shops will definitely have sticky buns thanks to you." "You can be sure I will", smiled Cameron. "For I now have a friend who's gonna be living here." And he approached his Sudowoodo who was standing by the Queen's side for he was now going to be staying in the hive as a valiant knight as well as a nanny to the Weedles. "Goodbye Sudo, I mean Sir Sudo", said Cameron with tears in his eyes. "You've been a really great Pokemon throughout my journey. And I'll be sure to come and visit you whenever I can." "SUDO!" cried Sir Sudo as he grabbed Cameron with his branches and started hugging him lovingly. "SHREW!" cried Sandy as he hugged his tall teammate as well. Soon our heroes walked away as Jenny, Beatrice, Queen Beedrill, her Beedrill subjects, and Sir Sudo waved them all goodbye knowing that the town will be paved with honey once again thanks to the stone warrior that Cameron had left them. TO BE CONTINUED!