Poke-Odyssey 2001 chapter 2 Return of the Rockets Cameron, Ash, and Misty were outside of Officer Jenny's police station home getting their Pokemon ready for the journey to Ryooku. "Are you guys all set?" Ash asked his team that consisted of Pikachu, Pidgeot, Venusaur, Charizard, Blastoise, and Espeon. "Pika, Cooo, Saur, Char, Blast, Pi!" replied all his Pokemon. "Well let's go then", smiled Ash as he sucked his Pokemon back into their balls while Pikachu climbed onto his favorite spot in the whole wide world. Ash's head. "How about you guys?" Misty asked her team that consisted of Starmie, Seaking, Seadra, Golduck, Poliwag, and her favorite Togepi. "Hah, Seaking, Sea, Gol, Wag, Pi", said all her Pokemon. Misty then called her Pokemon back in their balls except Togepi who preferred being carried around in its mother's arms. Cameron had checked out all his Pokmeon too and pulled them back into their balls except for Aerodactyl, who was going to be flying them all to Ryooku and Sandy who was standing by his master's feet. When Sandy had learned that Pikachu always stayed out of his Pokeball when traveling, he begged Cameron for the same treatment too. Cameron agreed for he liked seeing his best friend by his side all the time. "Are you all ready to go?" Cameron asked his friends as he and Sandy got on Aero's back. "I am", smiled Misty as she got on with Cameron. "How about you Ashy-poo?" Ash just stood there silently staring at that huge toothy beast and flashbacked to the time a wild Aerodactyl grabbed him with its scary talons wanting to have him for lunch. "Ash, what's wrong?" called out Misty. Ash still just stood there silently. "Pika, pi!" said Pikachu as he gave his master a shock waking him up. "YIPE! Oh, uh. Yeah, I guess I'm ready." Said Ash coming to his senses. "You're still not having flashbacks from that Aerodactyl incident, are you?" asked Misty. "Like I said, you don't have to fear Aero", said Cameron. "I've known her since she was a friendly little Zubat. Right Aero?" "Aero", said Aero in a quiet smiley voice showing she wanted to be Ash's friend. "Okay Aero. I'll make you happy and get on your back", smiled Ash. Aero smiled as she drooped her wing and let Ash and Pikachu climb on. "Sit in front of me, Ashy-poo!" smiled Misty. Ash did what Misty said and sat in between her and Cameron. That's when Ash felt two, soft as silk, arms wrap around his body. "Just something to give you a little security", smiled Misty as she kissed him on the neck. "Thanks Mist", smiled Ash as he held onto her arms. "And in case we fall off, you'll be there to break my fall." "WHAT?!!!" grumbled Misty as she tightened her grip on Ash's waist making his eyes bulge out. "You're making me taste my liver!" said Ash in a tiny voice. "And I hate liver!" Cameron and Sandy giggled at the bickering couple seated behind them. They knew Ash and Misty loved each other dearly. Bickering was just sometimes the way they showed their affection. "Good luck on your journey Honey", called out Jenny. "And remember that badge I gave you." "I will Jenny", smiled Cameron. "It'll be like you're there protecting me!" "And say hi to Prof. Bonsai for me too", said Seymour. "I will Seymour", called out Cameron. "And you two have a great time on your honeymoon!" Then Aero flew off into the east taking our friends to the country of Ryooku while Seymour and Jenny waved them off. "Shall we start on our little adventure in Seafoam my little babe in blue?" asked Seymour as he took Jenny into his arms. "Does this answer your question my big Bunsen burner?" smiled Jenny as she threw off her uniform revealing a blue bathing suit. Seymour stood there speechless and tried to bring out his inhaler. "No need for that", smiled Jenny as she snatched it from Seymour and started kissing him giving him her own sweet breath of life. * * * * * * On an island prison located between Kanto and Ryooku, we see a prison guard sitting at his desk eating a donut while plopping jelly on his round stomach. Just then a shadow covered him. He looked up and saw a strange looking lady holding a cake. She was wearing a long flowered dress with baggy sleeves. On her head was a sunhat that covered one of her cat-like eyes. "Uh, may I help you ma'am?" asked the guard. "Why yes", said the lady in a cat-like voice. "I've come to visit my dear son James. I brought him this cake I made with my own two paws, I mean, hands to cheer him up. Won't you be a dear and please let me see my darling boy?" "Not so fast ma'am", said the guard as he took the cake from her. "I gotta put this pastry through this x-ray machine just to make sure there's no file, hacksaw, or bomb in here. It'll just take a minute." And he slid it through the machine while the lady seemed to be shaking nervously. "Oh no", thought the lady. "I didn't expect this!" When the guard looked at the monitor, he found what looked like two skulls attached together in the cake. "What's all this?" asked the guard. "Uh, it's a new kind of dessert", said the lady. "You've heard of boneless chicken? This is boneful cake. There are some people out there who like gnawing on bones. And my little James won't eat anything soft and mushy. He even chews on my expensive furniture." "Well, okay", said the guard as he handed her the cake back. "Come with me and I'll take you to your son." As they walked through the hallway, the guard didn't notice that the lady had a purple snake's tail sticking out from behind her dress. * * * * * * The former Rocket king known as James was busy sitting in his cell trying to hold onto a bar of soap but kept slipping out of his hand. "I believe the 99th time's the charm", said James. "I'm definitely not gonna drop it in the shower tonight!" and he picked up the soap and tried to hold onto it again, but it slipped out again. "I never had this trouble with my royal soap bars", he whined. "Oh, how I long for those days again!" "Hey James, you got a visitor!" called out the guard. "A visitor?" wondered James. "Who would be visiting me?" "It's your mother", said the guard. "MOTHER?!!" cried James in fear as he hid under his cot shaking. "James, how could you?" asked the guard while dragging him out. "Your dear sweet mother has come all this way just to see you and she's brought you a delicious cake she made all by herself. You must be breaking her heart even more." "You don't understand!" cried James. "My mother's a monster! If I go near her, she'll kidnap me and force me to marry a psychotic harmful woman named Jessibelle! You gotta send her away!!!" "Oh, I think you'll definitely want to come with me Jimbo!" said the lady. James suddenly stood up. "That doesn't sound like Mother's voice", he said as he looked at the fuzzy face of the woman that was standing in front of him. "Mother!" he gasped. "You're all furry! Have you stopped shaving again?!" "Oh, you're such a little rascal, aren't you my little bundle of joy?" smiled the lady as she pinched his cheek with her clawed fingers. "Ouch!" said James as he rubbed his cheek. "And you could also stand to trim those nails." "Why you!" grumbled the lady as she slashed James's face while the guard stood there surprised. "You know Mother", said James, "you're starting to remind me of someone I know." "Oh, that's silly my cute little brained son", smiled the lady. "Why don't you enjoy this cake I made especially for you?" and she handed James the cake. "It does look kind of delicious", said James. "Wait a minute! How do I know that this cake's not drugged so you'll get me to marry Jessibelle?" "Aw, I don't have time for this!" growled the lady as she smashed the entire cake into James's face while the guard stood there even more surprised. "Wow, like mother, like son", thought the guard wondering if she might end up in a cell here one day. "Hmmm, boysenberry. My favorite", said James as he tasted the cake on his face. Then he saw two familiar faces covered with frosting floating right in front of him. "WEEZING!" it said glad to see its master once again. "Or was that cake posionberry?" gasped James as he started to spit the cake out of his mouth. "Hey, what's the big idea bringing that dangerous Weezing in here?!" shouted the guard. "Mothers know best", said the lady in a Meowth's voice. "Weezing, give 'em your smokescreen!" "WEEZING!" said Weezing as it sprayed black smoke into the cell making everything dark. When the smoke cleared, the guard found everyone gone. He quickly rushed over to his desk and whacked the alarm button. * * * * * * James, Weezing, and the lady were now hiding in a broom closet with a chair pressed against the doorknob. "Oh Weezing, it's wonderful to see your disgusting faces again!" cried James as he was hugging his dear Pokemon while heart shaped smoke came out of its holes. "Quick Jim, where's Jessie being kept?" asked the lady. "We gotta get you two out of this big house fast!" "But Mother", wondered James, "Why do you want to take Jessie with us? I thought you were gonna make me marry Jessibelle?" "Maybe I should show you the truth", said the lady as she was about to tear off her dress. "MOTHER!" cried James as he quickly covered his eyes. "Have you no dignity?!" "Look at me you lame brain!" said a familiar voice. James opened his eyes and was surprised to see Meowth sitting on top of Arbok's head. "Meowth! Arbok!" cried James as he went over and hugged the two Pokemon. "I can't believe you three Pokemon went to all this trouble to break out little old me!" "Hey, cut out the mush!" growled Meowth as he slashed James back a few steps. "Right now, we gotta find Jessie. Do you by any chance know where she's being kept?" "Yes", said James. "She's being kept in cell 13. It's located right next to this broom closet on the left." "How coincidental!" smiled Meowth. "Okay Arbok. Do your thing!" "ARBOK!" hissed the snake as it tore up a hole in the floor and started to dig through. * * * * * * In her cell, Jessie was having an extreme fit. She was clanging her mug against the bars shouting. "GUARD! GUARD! GET YOUR DONUT SMELLING BUTT DOWN HERE!!!" "What is it this time?!" grumbled a woman guard. "I just broke a nail!" screamed Jessie as she held up her index finger. "I demand you do something about this at once!" "Listen exqueen", grumbled the guard. "When are you gonna realize that you're not royalty anymore?! You're just a royal pain in the butt now! And I'm gonna take away your mirror privileges if you don't stop bugging me!" "But what about my nail?!" cried Jessie with a teary eyed look. "Write a letter to the warden and maybe, just maybe mind you, he'll ask his wife for one of her old used nails he can send to you." Smiled the guard. "Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go! I just got a report that a prisoner has escaped!" and she left the hallway. "I don't believe this!" growled Jessie as she sat down on her cot. "A year ago, I used to sleep on a luxury queen sized bed and had my very own golden throne. Now I'm sleeping on this Venomoth eaten old mattress and my throne is now this yellow colored toilet! Oh, how I hate the twerps known as Ketchum and Fusterman! They took away my tyrannical dreams! If I had my Arbok with me right now, I'd...." But before she could finish her hate-filled sentence. The floor in her cell exploded and out popped Arbok. "Arbok?" gasped Jessie with surprised, tear-filled eyes. "ARBOK!" hissed Arbok as it went over and hugged its owner tightly in its coils. "Hey, how did you get that snake in there?!" shouted the girl guard as she came into the room holding a gun while the guy guard joined her. Arbok just glared at the guards causing them to stand there paralyzed in fear. "Nice work my long lost little Arbok", smiled Jessie as she patted its head. "But how did you find your way back to me?" "You can give all the credit to me", called out Meowth who just emerged from the hole along with James and Weezing. "WOW!" cried Jessie happily as she hugged all the familiar faces. "The old team is finally reunited once again!" "It's great to see you too Jessie", smiled James with joy in his green eyes. "And it's about time you knuckleheads came and broke me out!" said Jessie in her trademark mean voice. "What were you all doing, sitting around like a bunch of vegetables?" "Hey, you can show us a little gratitude you know", grumbled Meowth as he was about to slash her face but his claw was caught by Jessie. "I don't have gratitude in me, I have attitude!" growled Jessie. "And I'll turn you into hairball soup if you don't think of a way to get us out of this jail and into that Rocket endangered world!" "Weezing, maybe you can help", smiled James. "Weezing?" asked Weezing. "Yes", smiled James evily. "Get rid of that wall with your explosion attack!" "WHAT?!!!" shouted both Jessie and Meowth. Weezing let out a huge explosion taking out the entire jail cell causing the guards to get thrown back into an empty room and causing Jessie, James, Meowth, Arbok, and Weezing to fly out of the jail and into the sky. "I never really missed your stupidy, Jim!" cried Meowth as he started slashing him like crazy. "At least I got us out of there!" cried James. "Yeah, on a one way ticket to oblivion!" growled Jessie as she started strangling James. "Oblivion?" asked James. "Didn't that used to be part of the Soviet Union?" "Looks like Team Rocket's strangling James again!" called out Jessie and Meowth as they all disappeared into the sky. * * * * * * Team Rocket had landed on a small island just a few miles away from Ryooku. There were no trees at all to gather any food. Just lots of huge boulders. "Maybe escaping wasn't such a hot idea", whined James. "They were gonna serve Swill Ala Slop for dinner tonight." "Quit whining!" grumbled Jessie. "At least there aren't any smug prison guards on this island to boss us around! I'm glad we're out of that ugly jailbird cage! A gray environment just brought out the worst in my beauty!" "And you both need to get out of those prison clothes too", said Meowth. "Arbok?" "AARRBOOK!" hissed Arbok as it started hacking and coughing like crazy while a lump was crawling up its long body. "Arbok, what's wrong with you?" asked Jessie concerned. Arbok only complied by coughing out two sets of uniforms. "Hey, it's our old Team Rocket suits!" cried Jessie picking up the cute suit she used to wear when hunting down Ash and Pikachu. "And they feel like they've been washed too", smiled James as he hugged his old suit that was covered with Arbok saliva. As Jessie and James went behind two boulders to change, James asked. "Meowth. How did you, Weezing, and Arbok escape? We thought you and all the other Rockets' Pokemon were gonna be transported to gyms all over the world?" "And why isn't my Lickitung with you?" demanded Jessie. "Well, it all started out like this", said Meowth. START OF FLASHBACK: Meowth was locked in a small cage surrounded by piles of Pokeballs. He was watching two Officer Jennies putting the balls into a transporting device one by one. Meowth then saw Jenny 1 take a Pokeball he recognized. "Hey, that's Lickitung's ball!" cried Meowth. "What're ya gonna do with it!" "Relax little Meowth", smiled Jenny 1. "We're just going to transport it to a gym in Johto where they train normal-type Pokemon." "Yes", said Jenny 2. "The gym leader there is sure to give Lickitung all the love and guidance it never had when it was Jessie's Pokemon." And they put Lickitung's ball into the transporter, pushed the button, and it teleported away right in front of Meowth's single eye. "Farewell Lickie", cried Meowth. "I hardly knew ye!" "Oh, don't worry", smiled Jenny 1. "You'll be seeing it soon, because you're about to be sent to that same gym." "WHAT?!!" cried Meowth. "That's right", smiled Jenny 2. "And you'll love the gym leader there. She loves to take care of cute Pokemon and put dainty little ribbons in their hair and give them pink, sweet smelling shampoos." Meowth suddenly had an image of the fluffy, pink-ribboned, lipstick wearing Pokemon he might become. "NOOOOOO!" cried Meowth. "I'm sure you'll like it once you give it a chance", smiled Jenny 1 as she took out her keys and unlocked Meowth's cage while Jenny 2 held out a Pokeball. Just as Jenny 1 had opened the cage, Meowth let out a screeching noise causing Jenny 1 to cover her ears. That gave Meowth the opportunity to jump on top of her head and jump onto the floor. "Hold it right there!" shouted Jenny 2 as she aimed the Pokeball's beam at Meowth trying to pull him in. But Meowth had jumped into a pile of Pokeballs missing the beam. "Don't think you can hide in there forever!" shouted Jenny 2. "We Jennies have very long arms of the law!" and she and Jenny 1 started digging through the pile of balls. Meowth sat there in the pile's center nervously waiting for those pretty hands to dig through and grab him. He then gazed at two more familiar Pokeballs. "Hey, miracles do happen!" he said while smiling sinisterly. "I think I got him now!" said Jenny 1. "I can feel his slimy circular skin!" "I think I got him too!" said Jenny 2. "I can feel his scaly tail!" "Scaly tail?" asked Jenny 1. "Slimy circular skin?" asked Jenny 2. They quickly pulled out the things they felt and became surprised and fearful at what they found. "WEEZING!" shouted Weezing as it spat some sludge into Jenny 1's eyes causing her to get knocked down. "ARBOK!" hissed Arbok as it glared at Jenny 2 making her completely paralyzed. "Nice work guys!" said Meowth as he jumped out of the ball pile. "Now let's amscray from this place!" and the three Pokemon charged, slithered, and floated out a nearby door and into the vast open world off to find their masters. END OF FLASHBACK: "So that's how you 3 escaped", said Jessie who had just appeared in her Rocket uniform. "But it's a shame I'm never gonna see Lickitung again!" "At least it went to a place where it'll get lots of love and guidance", said James appearing in his Rocket uniform as well. "All the things you denied it!" "What do you mean by that?!" growled Jessie as she started strangling James. "I gave my little Lickie a warm bed in its little Pokeball, 10 square meals a day, and tongue massages every afternoon!" "Hey, will you two cut it out?!" growled Meowth as he pushed their faces back with his hind feet. "We've got bigger fish to fry! Do you two remember the name Cameron Fusterman?" "FUSTERMAN?!!" growled Jessie as veins started popping out of her head. "Oh, how I hate that dreaded, but quite funny sounding, last name!" "And I'm also not too fond of the name Ketchum either", said James in a much calmer voice. "Oh, how I'd love to eliminate those two names from this world and prevent any more kin from appearing and ruining any more of our evil dreams!" shouted Jessie. "Well, you're in luck", smiled Meowth. "Because I've heard those two, along with that twerp Misty, will be heading to Ryooku today. And it's just a few miles away from this island." "When will they be arriving?!" growled Jessie. "I can't wait to get my pretty hands on them!" "I'd say about now", said Meowth as he spotted something in the sky with his one extra-keen eye. It was Ash, Misty, and Cameron flying around on an Aerodactyl. "Three twerps at 10 o'clock", he shouted. "We've got to bring them down here somehow!" said Jessie. "Weezing, I got a plan", said James as he whispered into Weezing's waxy covered ear. "Weezing!" said Weezing as it started spitting out sludge onto the sand. * * * * * * "Hey, look down there!" called out Misty as she pointed to the small island that was close to Ryooku. It had the letters, S.O.S. written in the sand. "S.O.S?" asked Ash. "Looks like someone needs help down there." "But I don't see anyone on that island", said Cameron. "Just a bunch of huge rocks." "Maybe the castaways are underneath those rocks asleep", said Misty. "We've gotta go down there and help them!" "Are you sure that's a good idea Mist?" asked Ash. "Of course it is!" shouted Misty. "We water Pokemon trainers live by a code. Never ignore a cry for help on the open sea. Cameron, have Aero take us down now!" "You heard the lady Aero", said Cameron as he patted Aero's head. "Aero!" she cawed as she came down for a landing. Ash, Misty, and Cameron along with Pikachu, Togepi, and Sandshrew got off of Aero's back and looked around the empty island. "Hello?" called out Misty. "Is anyone out there?" "Is anyone out there alive?" called out Ash. "Ash you dope!" growled Misty as she pulled his hat down over his head. "No one who's dead would call out to you!" "Unless they were ghosts!" smiled Ash as he put on a white sheet with holes cut out all over and started making ghost noises while dancing around. "Oh Ashy-poo", sighed Misty as she bopped him with her mallet making him see tiny little ghosts. "Your brain is the only thing that's dead." "Hey guys, come look at this!" called out Cameron as he pointed to the huge letters written in the sand. Sandy sniffed them, then held his nose and let out a loud. "SANDSHREW!" which meant. "P.U!" "That almost looks like sludge", said Ash. "Now who would write a message for help in sludge?" wondered Misty. "Uh, oh!" thought Cameron for he had a pretty good idea. "Weezing, sludge bomb!" called out a familiar voice. Suddenly, a Weezing popped right out from the sand and fired a sludgeball that was as big as a medicine ball right at our heroes and Pokemon. It exploded covering them all up in sticky sludge making them unable to move. "Just as I thought!" cried Cameron who couldn't move his arms to reach his Pokebelt and neither could Ash and Misty. "We're all in trouble and make that double!" "Hey twerp!" called out Jessie who just leapt out from behind a boulder. "Only we're allowed to say our old Rocketville anthem!" "Yes", said James who came from another boulder. "You all lost that wonderful privilege when you destroyed our beloved kingdom!" Jessie: "To protect the world from devastation!" James: "To unite all peoples within our nation!" Jessie: "To denounce the evils of truth and love!" James: "To extend our reach to the stars above!" Jessie: "Jessie!" James: James!" Jessie: "Team Rocket blast off at the speed of light!" James: "Surrender now or prepare to fight!" "Meowth, that's right!" said Meowth who just popped out from the sand along with Arbok. "Team Rocket!" growled Ash. "Oh, how I've missed the way you always say that whenever we appear!" smiled James. "It sure brings back tender memories", sighed Jessie. "Only we were the ones that kept getting tenderized", groaned Meowth. "We thought you three were in jail for life!" shouted Misty. "But we really do like life!" said James. "But we couldn't experience life when locked away from it." "That's why we escaped so we could enjoy life" smiled Jessie. "We like it so much that we're now gonna take all of yours! HA HA HA HA HA HA!" she laughed while daggers appeared in her eyes. Cameron gulped for those daggers looked scary to him when inside someone's eyeballs. "Sandy!" he cried. "Blow them away with a sandstorm!" "MGMGLS!" groaned Sandy for his body was completely covered with sludge for him to produce any sand. "Quick, Pikachu!" cried Ash. "Stop them with your thunder!" "CHUUU!" cried Pikachu for his electric cheeks were too covered with sludge to produce any power. "Sorry kiddies", giggled James. "It looks like you can't budge in my sludge!" "Oh Togepi", cried Misty as she saw her egg Pokemon stuck to her chest. "If only you knew some attacks to defend us." "Pi, Togepi!" smiled Togepi as it was making little sludge pies with its cute little hands. "Here, let Arbok put you all out of your mucky misery", cackled Jessie. "Arbok, you may now play with them!" "AAARRRBBBOOOK!" hissed Arbok as it was about to put the bite on all our heroes. Everyone quickly shut their eyes waiting for it to be over. Just then, they heard a loud, "AERO!" They opened their eyes and saw Aerodactyl standing right in front of a knocked back Arbok and our villains. "Uh, oh!" said Meowth nervously. "It looks like they sent for the air force!" "Nice work Aero!" called out Cameron. "Now blow them away with a whirlwind!" "Quick Weezing", cried James. "Use your sludge bomb again!" The two Pokemon launched their attacks, but unfortunately, Weezing's sludge bomb hit Aero first causing her to get stuck up like the rest of our heroes. "AERO!" she cawed not being able to move her large wings. "Looks like this bird's grounded for life!" laughed Meowth. "Quick Aero!" called out Cameron. "You can still use your hyper beam on them!" "Aero!" cawed Aero as she opened up her mouth and started charging herself up. "Arbok!" shouted Jessie. "Shut that bird's beak up before we all get hypered to death!" "Arbok!" hissed Arbok as it leapt like a spring and coiled itself around Aero's snout sealing it up tight. "Oh no!" cried Cameron. "How do you like them apples twerp?" laughed Jessie. Just then, they saw Aero puffing up like a balloon while her rocky skin started cracking. There was just no stopping that hyper beam from coming out of Aero. But Arbok tightened its grip on Aero's snout trying desperately hard to keep it from escaping. Then, there came a loud "BOOOOOOOM!" and we see Team Rocket along with their Pokemon flying off into the sky. "Looks like Team Rocket's blasting off again!" they all cried as they disappeared into the skies over Ryooku. Our heroes were much luckier. Being stuck in that sludge caused them to get thrown back only a few feet and the explosion seemed to dissolve all the sludge too. "Hey, we're all free!" cried Ash happily. "Yeah!" cried Misty. "And there's not one speck of sludge on my new outfit either. Now I won't have to force you to buy me a new one Ashy-poo!" "Yeah, thank goodness for that!" Ash sighed of relief. Then Ash and Misty hugged each other and were about to kiss until they saw a sad sight. Cameron, Sandy, Pikachu, and Togepi were gathered around a huge pile of rocks crying. "Oh my gosh!" cried Ash. "That pile of rocks was once Aerodactyl!" and he and Misty ran over to Cameron and put their hands on his shoulders. "Oh Aero!" cried Cameron as he held a pile of pebbles in his arms. "I thought we were free from those evil Rockets for good. How could they do this to you?!" and he started to cry some more at the loss of his friend. "Cameron, I'm sorry", cried a tear-filled Misty. "Aero was a brave and true friend to all of us." "She made the ultimate sacrifice!" said a sad Ash. "If it weren't for her, we would've been killed by Arbok. I'm sorry that I was ever so nervous around her." "Aero!" cried Cameron. Just then, he heard some muffled cries coming from the rubble. "What's that?" gasped Cameron. Sandy started digging through the rocks and they suddenly found who was making the cries. Cameron picked it up and found a small blue bat calling out a mournful, "ZUUUU!" "Zubat?!" cried Cameron as he stared into the hard-to-find eyes of one of his original Pokemon. "Zubat, you're back!" cried Cameron happily as he reached into his backpack, pulled out a bottle of full restore potion and gave it to his Zubat. Zubat started to fly around the group happily as it sang a happy melody of Zus. "So that huge Aerodactyl really was once a small Zubat!" smiled Ash who had a hard time believing the story Cameron told him about Zubat touching a Medusa Stone and evolving. "I'm so happy that Aero, I mean, Zubat's still alive", sighed Misty. "But what'll we do now? Zubat's no longer big enough to fly us all to Ryooku." "You're right Misty", said Cameron concerned. "Sorry Aero, I mean, Zubat. I'm glad you're okay, but I am gonna miss the rides you love to give us." "Zubat!" cried Zubat as she perched herself onto Cameron's shoulder and hugged his face with her wings. "Actually, I did kind of miss that", smiled Cameron as he wiggled Zubat's pointy ear. Which he could no longer have done when she was an Aerodactyl. "Don't worry", smiled Ash. "We'll all just travel there by Blastoise Express!" and he released his huge tortoise into the water. "BLAST!" said Blastoise as it got on all fours letting our heroes get onboard its huge shell. * * * * * * As our heroes were enjoying the nice refreshing ride on Blastoise's back, a huge land suddenly appeared over the horizon. "There it is guys", said Misty. "The country of Ryooku!" "Where we'll be meeting new gym leaders and probably some new Pokemon!" said Cameron. "And probably more appearances by Team Rocket no doubt", sighed Ash. "Maybe we should call Jenny and tell her about this." "No!" said Cameron. "Jenny and Seymour are on their honeymoon. I don't want to ruin it for them." "Cameron's right", said Misty. "A honeymoon is a once in a lifetime moment you should enjoy without any worries or distractions. It wouldn't be right to burden Jenny with that." "I guess you're right", said Ash. "After all, we always seemed to be good at blasting Team Rocket into the sky ourselves everywhere we traveled. And what just happened back at that island proves that we can still do it." "Also Jenny told me that she has relatives all over Ryooku", said Cameron. "Maybe we can tell them so they can go after those Rockets and not have to worry my mother Jenny at all." "Then that's settled", smiled Ash. "Full speed ahead Blastoise! We're off to Ryooku!" "BLAST!" shouted Blastoise as it started paddling faster taking our heroes off to new, fun, interesting, and now probably dangerous adventures now that Team Rocket's on the loose. TO BE CONTINUED!