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The Retelling of Pokemon Colosseum - Chapter 3

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Chapter Three - Enter the Afro


"What do you mean, no challenges?" asked Wes, drumming his fingers on the desk.

"Sorry, but the current challenge is already underway. I guess you will have to come back later if you want to try the Phenac Colosseum challenge," the receptionist said in a matter-of-fact manner.

"Alright then... thanks anyway," Wes grumbled. "Odd, isn't it?" he said to Rui as they walked out, with Espeon and Umbreon following behind. "You'd think the mayor would have remembered that the challenge started a day ago…"

"I guess he just… forgot," offered Rui as an explanation, admiring the architecture of the Colosseum which had even more water features than the town itself within the white structure. "It IS a nice stadium though, isn't it?"

"Yeah, I guess so…" Wes said, taking one last glance of the interior of the vast Colosseum before they left. It truly was the highlight of the town, with water clinging from the spherical ceiling and flowing down to the moat surrounding the building rather than falling onto their heads. The building was simply staggering in beauty, but Wes wondered how much money could have been saved on other parts of Orre, which from what he had seen while working with Team Snagem was struggling in retrospect. As they stepped back outside onto the bridge over the moat Wes squinted his eyes at the blazing sun before putting on his shades.

"So, what do we have here?" a sinister voice…voiced, bring Wes out from his musings.

"Hey, Wes!" another cried. "We found you, you filthy, double-crossing traitor! You wrecked Team Snagem's base, and stole the Snag machine as well? You have some nerve!"

Wes frowned as his looked across the bridge to confirm the sources of the voices - a pair of Team Snagem grunts.

They stuck out like a sore thumb to Wes – nobody else wore that attire composed of  jet-black jeans and gloves, a dark-red jacket, and even the same kind of odd hairstyle - a ring of hair at the back of their heads was all that remained from the free haircut that Team Snagem offered to new members. Wes had declined this sort of outfit, choosing to stick with his appearance, not being a fan of Gonzap's choice of uniform. In turn Gonzap wasn't a fan of Wes's sense of fashion - Wes liked to think that he didn't appreciate his clothing but hadn't cared, instead pointing out that the fact he went on operations not dressed up like Team Snagem tended to help him remain unsuspicious. Not that it mattered anymore anyway.

"Who are they?" asked an oblivious Rui, failing to notice the words 'We're Team Snagem!' stitched upon their jackets, or their menacing tone of voice. Espeon rolled his eyes - even he and Umbreon knew that Team Snagem's outfit was recognised across the region, despite having only arrived in Orre a few months ago. Rui had a lot to learn.

"Er, don't you know?" asked one, confused. "We're Team Snagem!"

"Team Snagem?" Rui shouted as her eyes widened.

"Yeah, that's-" the other continued before Rui proceeded to kick the nearest one in the shin.

"Arrgh! What was that for?" asked the criminal member, grabbing his leg in anguish. He looked in bemusement at the girl who glared angrily at him; he was clearly not used to having people stand up for themselves.

"For kidnapping me!" cried Rui.

"Kidnap you?" asked the member, blinking with surprise. "Pttf. Why would we waste our time kidnapping some nobody? No, our beef is with Wes."

"Umbre…" (Mmm… beef,) Umbreon muttered. Espeon rolled his eyes again at his partner's comments before lightly slapping his head with his tail and mentally conveying to him to be prepared for a battle.

"But I was kidnapped!" Rui cried. "And what do you mean by traitor…" she added as an afterthought as she turned to Wes. "Wes, you mean…"

"Yep! He was from Team Snagem! Not only that - he was a Snagger! He was snagging Pokémon without fail! Well, okay, he wasn't perfect, but he sure was one of the better ones!" he said, leering at Wes. "And then he went and blew up our base and stole our Snag Machine."

Rui looked astounded and chose not to speak straightaway, opting instead to catch her breath before turning her glare at Wes.

"IS THIS TRUE!?!" she demanded, glaring at Wes.

"Umm… yes?" answered a nervous Wes. Rui's face at this answer made him wince - it was a mixture of anger and sadness rolled into one.

"Well, well, look what you did now, Wes, breaking people's hearts," the first member sneered. "I'd love to stay and chat, but we need to get going. Give us the Snag machine now!"

"What's a Snag machine?" asked Rui, seemingly on auto-pilot now.

"Oh, a Snag machine is that mechanical contraption on Wes's arm," said one of the Team Snagem members, pointing at the object Wes had stolen. Wes wondered why Rui hadn't noticed the snag machine in the first place. It was clearly situated upon his arm and would have been one of the first things people noticed about him, he imagined. Then again, she probably hadn't been paying attention, what with her running off in every direction. Furthermore, Orre was filled with oddities, and several residents of Orre had stranger things than a machine on their arm. No wonder she didn't mention it - she probably knew at least that much about Orre, let alone anyone else.

"...It converts Poké Balls into Snag balls, which overrides a trainer's possession of the Pokémon within the Pokémon's original Poké Ball data, and thus allows it to be stolen…" continued the Team Snagem member.

"Shut up!" warned another.

"Oops."

"Enough talk! We'll take it by force!" shouted the first Team Snagem member. "Get him, Corphish and Koffing!" he continued as he hurled two Poké Balls at Wes and Rui's feet as the two Pokémon materialised. The former - a small, orange crab-like Pokémon - quickly jumped forward and tried to latch onto Umbreon's snout but the Dark type was alert and twisted his body to deflect the attack. The second merely watched and waited for a command as gasses emitted from various crater-like bumps upon the Koffing's body.

Wes smirked upon noticing the poison-typed Pokémon in Koffing; he had dealt with these Pokémon before. "Espeon! Use Confusion on Koffing!"

"Espi!" (This is going to be fun!) Espeon said, looking sadistically excited before staring at the ball of gas. As he applied his psychic powers on the Koffing, it began shivering violently.

"Koffing..." (I don't feel well...) the Pokémon said before burping out purple sludge.

All at once, the Koffing started expanding, before Umbreon joined in and applied his own attack which gave rise to sparks which engulfed the Pokémon.

"What the…" said the Snagem member, taking a tentative step back. The others decided to do the same, worriedly looking at his partner's Pokémon which was now several times its previous size. Satisfied, Wes quickly ordered his Pokémon to summon up a quick wall of light around them which they did promptly.

Then the Koffing exploded.

The two Team Snagem members were sent flying several metres down the stairway leading from the Colosseum, their outfits were covered in black sludge and their Corphish fainted from the explosion. Some sludge fell harmlessly on Espeon's and Umbreon's barrier of light and slid to the ground.

"Blast you! Don't think this is over! We'll get the machine!" shouted one of the Team Snagem members, before they limped off into the distance. Watching them leave, Rui then turned to Wes.

"What do you know, Wes. You're from Team Snagem," said Rui.

Wes sighed as he put his hands in his pockets. "Well... yes, I am; no point denying that fact."

"Well, that's okay."

"It is?" replied Wes, surprised.

"NO! WHY DIDN"T YOU TELL ME?" shouted Rui, once again in a sudden rage.

"Esp." (Oh dear.)

"HOW COULD YOU HAVE BEEN A SNAGGER?!? DIDN'T YOU STOP TO THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU WERE DOING TO THOSE POKEMON?"

"Umbreon, Umb?" (She has a good Screech attack, doesn't she?) Umbreon remarked to Espeon quietly.

"That's why I quit! Well, partly, anyway. Besides, I can't be all that bad - I did rescue you…" countered Wes.

"Well… I'll give you that," admitted Rui, who began pacing back and forth, "But still… for all I know, you could be stealing Pokémon for yourself!"

You know, that's not a bad idea in itself if it didn't increase my chances of getting caught by Team Snagem or landing in jail, Wes mused for a moment, but he wisely decided against voicing that line of reasoning. For some reason, he didn't feel like upsetting this girl any further.

"If I was stealing Pokémon I would have taken those guys' ones instead of..."

"Espeon," (Exploding them,) Espeon offered.

"That. At any rate, I wouldn't say that- WATCH OUT, RUI!"

However it was too late - Rui, while interrogating Wes, didn't notice that she had walked close to the flight of stairs nearby.

Too close.

Wes, Espeon and Umbreon observed Rui bounce down stair after stair until she came to a stop at the bottom. Startled, Wes ran down to her.

"Umbre…" (Ouch.)

Rui groaned and looked to Wes, looking a bit confused at first before her thoughts gathered.

"I'm...all right."

Wes breathed a sigh of relief.

"Let's go rest at the Pokémon Centre. Here, I'll help you," Wes offered, taking her hand and pulling her up gingerly to her feet.

***

"All your Pokémon are healed to perfect health. And your friend, besides a few bruises, is going to be all right."

"Thanks," acknowledged Wes. He was a bit bewildered about being in a Pokémon Centre again. He hadn't entered one for years, and he couldn't help but wonder why everything was so strange. Each nurse seemed to look just like each other, and most of them seemed intent on spoiling Espeon and Umbreon non-stop with a pet or treat; not that they minded much. Espeon constantly gave a look whenever one of the nurses had to pause and stop petting him, while Umbreon simply walked up to every nurse that entered the room.

And then there were the people who seemed to live inside the centre. There was an old man that earnestly kept telling Wes that he could use the PC for storing his Pokémon, and the girl who asked every person whether they were Pokémon trainers or not. She even asked a bemused Justy, who had entered the Pokémon Centre to pick up some Pokémon. It was obvious, thought Wes, that the best trainer in town, picking up Pokémon from the Centre built around Pokémon, WAS a Pokémon trainer.

There was also a kid, who seemed obsessed with the 3-D holographic map of Phenac City displaying from a table. What disturbed Wes was that he was seemingly to be drooling over it, muttering senseless technical terms.

Shaking his head at the group of weirdos, Wes sat down next to Rui.

"By the way? It's... it's okay, Wes," Rui begun in a quiet voice.

"Huh?"

"I've thought for a bit, and... it doesn't matter to me who you were. After all, you're my gallant price who rescued me…" she added with a smile. "Besides, you quit, so can't be so bad anyway."

"Well... okay then…" Wes said with a shrug.

Umbreon gave Espeon a glance.

"Umbreon? Umbre?" (You didn't have anything to do with Rui's sudden acceptance about Wes's past, did you? Especially not when she fell down those stairs?) he asked quietly.
"Espi…" (Well…)

"Anyways, Rui… something is rather odd about this…whole thing," he began.

"What is it?"

"Well, firstly… didn't you think it odd that those Team Snagem members didn't know anything about your kidnapping? And those people who did kidnap you… well, they didn't look like Team Snagem. For one, they weren't wearing the generic 'I'm-from-Team-Snagem!' uniform."

"Yes…" mused Rui. "That is… odd. But then who kidnapped me?"

"I'm not sure… maybe those people somehow got possession of a Shadow Pokémon, and didn't want you spilling the beans."

"That's an idea… that poor Shadow Pokémon…" added Rui to herself. "I mean it looked so… unlike a Pokémon should. Really angry."

"Which reminds me - what do you mean by seeing a black aura? I never saw any aura around a Shadow Pokémon. In fact, nobody I know who worked at Team Snagem could distinguish Shadow Pokémon from normal Pokémon easily, beyond the whole 'they're trying to kill you!' fact. Which makes me fairly interested as since I was fairly new, I didn't really know much yet about how they made Shadow Pokémon and all. I was just told to steal them."

'I honestly don't know. I guess nobody else could see it… but I've seen loads of Pokémon before, so I was pretty spooked when I saw the aura around this one. Besides, I came up with an idea," smiled Rui.

"Ok… what's that?" Wes asked, raising his eyebrows.

"Well, you have a stealer thingy from there, don't you?"

"Yes, I do..." Wes said, already suspicious of the way the conversation was going.

"Well, we get ourselves some Poké Balls, and then steal back that Shadow Pokémon with them! And then we help them!"

"Um… Rui, remember, you bumped your head on the stairs. Your 'great idea' may need some reconsideration…"

"Why, what's wrong with it?" Rui asked, somewhat disappointed.

"Firstly, that Shadow Pokémon could be anywhere. Secondly, it's unlikely Trudly and Folly will show up again so we can find it. And thirdly - where will we get Poké Balls? None are kept anywhere I know in Orre as there's rarely any wild Pokémon anyway, and Team Snagem imported them from other regions, as far as I know. And they weren't cheap."

Rui blinked. "Well… it's still a good idea," she answered adamantly.

Wes sighed as he leant on the desk. Well... it's not like I have anything else to do, he thought silently to Espeon.

No, I assumed that blowing up their warehouse isn't something that means you can still keep your job, Espeon thought back drily. After all... to be frank, Umbreon and I were never keen on the whole Shadow Pokémon thing anyway, and who knows, finding out more about this whole deal could be... interesting.

"Ok, whatever. I'll help you, but I don't think we'll get far. Where do you propose we go looking for Poké Balls?" Wes asked Rui.

Rui smiled. "Let's go SHOPPING!

***

"No Poké Balls?" repeated an anguished Rui.

"Sorry, but we haven't had any in the last few years - there's been no need for them," answered a young shop assistant. "You know, with the whole lack of wild Pokémon thing."

"Well, where can we get some?"

"Umm, try Silph Co. It's only in Kanto," suggested the assistant with a roll of his eyes. This proved to be a fatal mistake as the assistant received a slap to the face, before Rui marched out in a huff as Wes followed.

"I did say," Wes pointed out.

"Psst!" said an old man to Rui as she walked by, ignoring Wes's comment. "They may have some Poké Balls in the Outskirt Stand…" he offered, before tapping his nose exaggeratedly and abruptly walking into the Poké Mart.

"Huh… um, thanks?" Rui said to thin air.

Wes merely shrugged. "He acted the same way when I asked him where the Mayor's house was."

***

A bumpy ride on the Zoomer later, they arrived at the Outskirt Stand. Rui had complained about making the trip by the machine in the first place, but soon got accustomed to the transportation vehicle, although Espeon and Umbreon had been annoyed that she had taken up a lot of space in their usual seat. A worried-looking Willie greeted Wes as they jumped out of the loud machine.

"Oh, I was worried about you…"

"Why?" asked Wes, surprised that the pink-haired person would have worried about him.

"Well, recently some tough-looking characters came asking around about you. They had a Koffing, and it looked like they were from Team Snagem… hey, who's the chick?"

"Excuse me!" exclaimed Rui as she glared at the man. "And… why is your hair…"

"I'll explain later," said Wes hastily, as he dragged Rui into the train, ignoring Willie's cries of 'Wait!' - after all, he already had dealt with these Team Snagem people, if they had a Koffing with them. Still, he'd have to be on his guard so that the same thing didn't happen again.

"Hello there, Wes! Brought a stranger?" asked Kirk as they entered the train with his usual wide grin.

"That's right," Wes nodded.

Rui smiled. "My name's Rui, sir," she told him.

"Well, what can I do for you today?" Kirk asked warmly.

"Well, sir… we heard you may have some Poké Balls…"

"Poké Balls? There's been no call for these things around these parts for ages… where'd I put them?" he mumbled as he walked off to look in the storage. He immediately came back with a whole box full of them to their surprise..

"Here they are! They are a bit dusty, but they should work fine." Kirk blew the dust off the red and white orbs into Wes and Rui's faces, causing a mass coughing fit.

"Umm...sorry. I'll give you some for free for that. How about five?" offered Kirk as he winced at their response.

"Thanks... I think I'll buy another ten, for safety's sake," Wes said after he recovered. And so with a significantly heavier bag full of Poké Balls and a considerably lighter wallet, Rui and Wes made their way back to Phenac City for lunch.

***

Outside the mayor's house, an old lady stood, observing the happenings in the city. She was well known for being a gossip, and spent most of her time spying upon others. People went to her if ever they wanted a chat about the latest in the town, such as news about any interesting newcomers or whether anyone had fallen in the fountain again.

Recently, she had turned her attention to the mayor's house. Something interesting was happening - she could tell. She had the same feeling she was having now as well before; the sort that itched at you and refused to go away until it was attended to. The last time that happened, it turned out Jed's overcooked apple pie HAD been the source of the burning smell that had caused a mass evacuation of Phenac City.

But what was up? The old veteran was thoroughly perplexed by the recent events around the Mayor's house. First, that man (if he deserved such a title; he had looked more like an alien with poor dress sense) showed up in the Mayor's house, and then the young man and that girl went in too… it was all very odd.

Then the lady had observed an explosion of sorts from near the Colosseum during a confrontation between that same boy and girl and a group of other people. After that, three people looking remarkably like Team Snagem members had ran past, looking the worse for wear and covered in black goo. Then the girl fell down the stairs without warning… all very peculiar. And then there was the gossip going on about a girl being saved from a kidnapping only hours beforehand, one of the many stories springing about every since news about Team Snagem's hit on their base reached the media. There was a smell of change in the air, what with the reputed criminal gang suffering badly - and as a result that was all that was being talked about on Orre's TV stations currently.

The senior sighed. Whatever it was, she sensed it wasn't good, and probably won't go away as easily as Jed's apple pie did. Not that anyone else in town seemed to notice much, if at all. Recently she heard a man discussing that he 'heard that a scuffle was going on at the town's entrance', but that he 'couldn't be bothered to find out what happened'…

That man is as naive as a Slakoth at times, deliberated the old woman to herself. I bet he didn't notice the explosion either… then again, he wouldn't even know the time of day. Either way… kidnappings and explosions don't seem right when Team Snagem should have by all rights gone on the back foot. Something else is up.

Suddenly, the lady saw a strange shadow upon the ground; the shadow jolted her out of her reverie and back to the present. She blinked at the shadow - it looked like it belonged to a rather large circular object… with a head attached to it.

Shakily, she turned around, to face… it. The 'it' in question gave a dazzling smile and bowed to the lady.

"Hello madam! Is this the mayor's house?" it asked.

Unfortunately, 'it' received no answer as the woman gave a soft moan and promptly fainted in shock.

"Umm… Sorry? These poor citizens aren't accustomed to my grace I fear..." it said to itself.

***

As Wes and Rui entered Phenac City, their attention was grabbed by the lady who was with them during Rui's kidnapping.

"Oh! It's you two! Something terrible is happening!" she said, panting as she ran to them and waving her arms about as if she was on fire, looking flustered and flurried. "Some scary looking men came here - including the two people who kidnapped you!"

Rui instantly tensed up at this news, thinking back to her ordeal. Wes glanced at her before looking back at the lady.

"Where did they go?" asked Wes.

"Towards the mayor's house, I think. Maybe the mayor is in trouble!" answered the lady.

At this Wes nodded. "Ok, I'm going to see what's going on. Rui, you stay in the Pokémon centre till I come back."

"No! I mean… I'm going with you," said Rui.

"What?" Wes asked, surprised. "I man... it seems odd you want to go and risk yourself after these folk, and the same who had kidnapped you to boot."

"I'm not letting those two away, and I'm certainly not letting you have all the fun," smiled Rui. "So there."

"Umm, ok then. Be careful though," answered Wes. Didn't expect her to be this confident.

She certainly did look more confident than before as she walked along with Wes towards the mayor house, up a set of white stone stairs flanked by a pair of small waterfalls. Wes hoped that all was well, and that the mayor was safe, but it didn't seem to be good news that the two people had reappeared again and went about that area.

As they drew close to the mayor's house however, they noticed a still figure by the mayor's house.

"Hey… that's an old woman! She's unconscious!" shouted Rui as she poked the body with her foot.

"Shh! Can you hear that?" Wes chided, ignoring the lady for now. Something else had caught his attention. Rui, Espeon, Umbreon and Wes stood quietly for a moment and listened. There was a noise coming from the mayor's house. It sounded almost like…

"Music?" asked Rui incredulously.

"Umbre!" (And from the sounds of it, good music too!)

"Maybe… the mayor's having a party?" offered Rui, but even she didn't believe that idea.

"Only one way to find out," said Wes, barging into the house. Espeon and Umbreon ran in afterwards.

"Wait for me!" cried Rui. She too followed in, only to collide straight into Wes as soon as she came in.

"Hey, what gives…" asked Rui as she stood back up and looked at the still form of Wes. Then she realised what Wes was looking at and gaped at the sight.

"What is that?" she whispered.

The strangest scene was in front of them. Wes quickly recovered from his shock and surveyed the room just like he had been taught to while he had been with Team Snagem, mentally telling himself to keep focused on the task at hand.

There was no short chubby mayor to be seen, but both Folly and Trudly were present in the room. Three other men stood at the side of the room - one clad in green, one blue, and the last in red flashy uniforms. Not one looked like a member of Team Snagem.

But the strangest oddity was in the centre of the room. A tall man was dancing to very loud salsa music, clearly having fun as he spun and grooved across the carpeted floor. The man was in bright yellow, had odd disco-styled glasses, and looked like a relic from the seventies. But most noticeable was the fact that his considerable height was increased due to the large orb-like thing on his head. Wes first took it to be a Voltorb but quickly realised that it was actually an afro - and a very odd one at that. One side was dyed red, the other half white - rather like a Poké Ball.

"Espeon!" (All right, who the HELL is this!)

Umbreon however was the only one to take the look of the strange man in his stride, still nodding his head in time to the music.

"Master Miror B! It's him! He's the one that took the girl from us!" shouted Folly, pointing at the two as he noticed Wes's and Rui's appearance. Suddenly the man also seemed to take notice of the recent entrance of the two and ceased dancing, assuming a straight posture as he looked down at the newcomers. Luckily, the ceiling was just high enough to accompany his hair.

"Oh, aren't you two pathetic!" he said to Folly and Trudly. "You couldn't beat these infants? Trudly, song change! Something more 'suitable' for the situation, if you will!"

Trudly grabbed a nearby radio and hit a button, changing the jovial music to a more grim, sinister tune.

"Umbre!" (Hey, I was enjoying that!) Umbreon cried in protest.

"Darling, did you say your name was Wes?" the man asked.

"Well, I didn't actually say that it was my name, but yes, it is Wes," he replied uncertainly. "And you are… Miror B?"

"Correct. And, well, I don't like saying this, but we're not at liberty to keep you lady friend at liberty," he replied with an unfitting, dazzling smile.

Rui frowned at both the meaning implied behind the sentence, and the poor wording of it. Nevertheless, Miror B continued.

"She sees… things that ordinary people aren't supposed to see. That won't do… not at all."

"Why not?" Rui demanded, but Miror B just turned to Folly and Trudly.

"Boys! Oh Boys! I shall return to Pyrite town. Remember, I will wait for you with the little lady, and Wes as well. Am I making myself clear? I won't accept failure from you two…"

Folly and Trudly gulped. Maybe it was strange that a man with a giant Poké Ball-themed afro and a snazzy, bright, yellow outfit with matching shoes was threatening them, but it worked to perfection.

"Ye…Yes, sir," stammered Folly.

Clearly this…person holds power of some kind, thought Wes.

"Good!" Miror B sung happily as he then struck a dance pose that made all in the room cringe. "Let the music play! Let's get it on!"

At this, Trudly obediently picked up the radio and changed the grim tune back to the previous salsa song. With that, Miror B ducked down and danced out as he took the radio with him, so that his afro could fit through the door. The three coloured men glared at Wes, before following Miror B as well. Slowly the music faded away.

Wes gave a questioning look to Folly and Trudly.

"What…who was that, exactly?"

Folly smirked. "Why, none other than Miror B, an administrator of none other than the Team Cipher!"

Wes grinned. Then Folly realised that he just revealed classified information.

"Damn it! You, you... you! You caught me off guard…"

"…Again…" added a frustrated Trudly.

"…but that won't happen again! Go! Whismur and Lotad!"

"Oh no, you're not going to kidnap me again!" Rui yelled angrily.

"Oh, I wouldn't worry too much about that," Wes said with a grin. "Remember; I'm here!"

"Espeon..." (Not very modest of you...) Espeon drawled.

One of the small pink Whismur that had been sent out last time Wes and Folly battled appeared, accompanied with a small blue creature that wore a deep-green lily pad upon its head. It let out a tired yawn and glanced at its trainer.

"Whismur!" (I hope I win… not you two again,) it added, catching sight of its opponents, Espeon and Umbreon.

"Lo...tad..." (Yawn… I was sleeping…)

"Umbreon! Attack Lotad with Bite!" commanded Wes. Umbreon quickly darted forward and chomped on the small Pokémon's leaf - it was seemingly attached to it as it was lifted into the air along with the lily pad.

"Lotad!" (Arrgh! Hey, what gives?) it cried in protest.

"Umbre!" (Hey, it's like a Frisbee!) Umbreon proceed to toss the Lotad through the air to Espeon. His brother grinned before applying his Psychic powers to the Lotad, spinning it around in circles through the air and ignoring the further protests from the Pokémon to put it down so it could go back to sleep. Suddenly, the Lotad's continuous path around the room took a sudden change and ended abruptly as it hit the Whismur directly in the face hard, knocking both out.

"Return…" said Folly sadly, summoning the two Pokémon to their respective Poké Balls. "I failed… again."

"See?" Wes said to Rui, who smiled weakly back.

Trudly stepped forward. "Oh no you don't! It's my turn now! I'm not going to end up like Folly - and NOW I have my Pokémon! Go! Duskull and Spinarak!" Two new opponents appeared before Wes's Pokémon, one a black floating skull-shaped ghost, the other a small green spider that started scurrying around straight into a wall.

"Espi…" (What, we have to beat these two as well? What a waste of energy,) Espeon smirked as he made this comment understandable to all in the room. Wes managed a grin.

"Okay, Spinarak! Attack with Spider Web!" Trudly shouted, trying to ignore the sarcastic comment.

"Spinarak!" (Web power for the win!) exclaimed Spinarak as it dashed at the Eeveelution and spat out a large clump of sticky web at Espeon, only for Umbreon to quickly dart behind it and knock it flying faster than its attack with a strong Tail Whip. The spider found itself colliding with its own attack in midair, and then the wall as Espeon ducked his head away from the attack. While it struggled to break free, Umbreon pounced once with another Bite attack which was enough to knock it out.

"Uh," Trudly managed as Folly facepalmed. "Duskull, do... something!" His Pokémon glanced uncertainly at his trainer before waving itself at its two opponents.

"Dusk! Skull! Duskuuuul!" (Oooooh! I'm a ghost! Ghosts are scarrrrrrry!) it shouted.

The Eeveelutions exchanged glances before they sprang forward and strike the Pokémon simultaneously, and despite Duskull's best attempts at continuing to scare them away it was predictably knocked out as well.

"Looks like you lost again," grinned Wes, his grin widening. To his surprise, however, Trudly also grinned.

"Not quite. Go, Makuhita!" At this, a short, fat fighting-type Pokémon was sent out. Upon seeing his opponents, he brandished two large blue gloved hands in the air at them and waved angrily.

"Makuhita!" (Prepare to DIEEEE!) he shouted loudly as it stomped its feet.

"Espi?" (Come again?)

Wes frowned. This Pokémon, unlike the others that Folly and Trudly had offered up beforehand, looked rather capable, and also a little mad. But a two-on-one battle shouldn't be too hard, thought Wes.

"Espeon! Attack with… what is it Rui? Stop tugging at my coat!"

Rui's eyes however startled Wes - they were wide open - wider than before, if that was at all possible. She pointed a shaking finger at the Makuhita.

"Sh… sha…SHADOW! IT'S A SHADOW POKEMON" she screamed.

"Well… you didn't have to shout in my ear," winced Wes. "Hang on… shadow?" Wes gazed at the Makuhita. "Let's see...yes, of course! I remember this Makuhita!"

"You do?"  

"Espeon! Esp," (Yeah, we have seen this one before! It was the one who had nearly escaped about a month back,) Espeon explained to the two.

"Umbreon!" (He gave Gonzap a sore leg!) Umbreon added with respect.

"Yes, someone at Team Snagem stole it, and it was meant to made into a Shado-"

"Watch out!" cried Rui. Wes brought himself back to the present only to see Makuhita attack him with an Arm Thrust attack. Startled, Wes could only tense himself and cover himself with his arms to lessen the impact but was nevertheless sent flying towards a wall, remembering all too late that Shadow Pokémon didn't mind attacking trainers. Fortunately, his crash was softened considerably - unfortunately for Rui.

"Umm, thanks Rui…" he said sheepishly.

"Gfttham frmhth nefhte!"

"What was that?" he asked.

"I said get off me!" Rui yelled.

Wes jumped off the somewhat squashed Rui, and mumbled an apology. Umbreon and Espeon glanced at the two worriedly for a second, then glared angrily at Makuhita.

"Anyways, Wes… That's the Pokémon I encountered earlier. And I can see a black aura! Can you see it?"

"Well… no, I can't," answered Wes.

"Oh, shut up with the yapping. Makuhita! Use Shadow Rush on Umbreon!" ordered Trudly.

"Shadow Rush?" inquired Rui.

Wes grimaced. "It's a Shadow move… well, basically the only one there is. Shadow Pokémon can use it, and it hits - hard. Umbreon! Dodge and counter with Bite!"

"Umbreon!" (Easy!) Umbreon replied, and as the Makuhita charged at Umbreon, he  nimbly jumped to the side just as the Fighting Pokémon swung a fist and bit Makuhita's arm.

"Maku!" (Oww how dare you! You must die!)

"Makuhita! Use Arm Thrust!" Trudly shouted.

Makuhita primed its other arm to attack Umbreon, who was oblivious to the impeding danger, still clinging on to Makuhita's arm.

"Espeon! Confusion!" Wes shouted in defence, prepared for this counter with his own. With a cry Espeon let lose a blast of energy at Makuhita. Shouting in response, Makuhita stoped focusing on hitting Umbreon, and clutched his own head. Umbreon realised something was up and released his hold on Makuhita's arm, jumping away as the angry Pokémon started bashing his own head in.

"Hita! Hita! Hita!" (Die! Die! Die!) he shouted with each successive strike.

"Espeon…" (He must have anger management problems or something…)

"Damn! It's confused… stop that! You stupid Pokémon!" shouted Trudly. At that, Makuhita glared at Trudly, and punched him.

"Oww!' Trudly cried in pain, finding himself the target of Makuhita. He started running around the room, with Makuhita chasing him ferociously.

"You know, this is pretty amusing when he isn't punching me," Wes said as he watched.

"Wes… look! It's getting tired!" Rui said.

Wes glanced at Makuhita, who was taking deep breathes in-between shouting insults s his running slowed.

"Good point. I guess now is as good a time as any!" With that, Wes grabbed a Poké Ball from his bag, and put it into the Snag Machine on his arm.

"What the… NO!!" cried Trudly, realising what Wes was about to do. With the grace of an experience Pokémon veteran, Wes threw the Poké Ball at Makuhita which struck the preoccupied Pokémon in the head and proceeded to suck his form inside of it. Within a second Makuhita was gone from sight and all that remained was the Poké Ball as it landed on the floor.

All in the room stared at the lone capsule in the centre of the room. It wobbled once. It wobbled twice.

It wobbled a third time.

"Come on," Wes said under his breath.

To be continued…































…right now.


The Poké Ball… wobbled a fourth time.

And a fifth time.

"Huh?" everyone said.

Then it stopped. Umbreon trotted over to the Poké Ball, picked it up between its teeth, and walked back to Wes, dropping it at his feet.

"You… you snagged Makuhita!" gasped Rui.

"My Pokémon!" whinged Trudly. "You're too good! And now I lost my Shadow!"

"What are we supposed to do now?" lamented Folly. "Miror B will punish us for sure…we won't even get that salsa lesson he promised us!"

A pause followed as the two pondered their options, and as Wes raised an eyebrow at the last comment.

"ESCAPE!" shouted the pair suddenly, as they blitzed passed Wes and Rui out of town faster than a raging Tauros.

"Yes! You did it, Wes!" cried Rui happily as she jumped in excitement. "You snagged it! And defeated the kidnappers again!"

"Espeon? Esp!" (What about us? We did all the fighting, and all he did was chuck a Poké Ball at it!)

"Umbreon!" (Keep quiet, and we might get a pat on the head!)

"Espeon…" (Well, a good point, I'll give you that…) Espeon conceded.

"But I'm sure there are others like it… Let's get them all from the baddies!" added Rui. She beamed at Wes who looked at her questioningly.

Great. NOW she wants us to snag all the Shadow Pokémon?




***
Bit of a while since bothering to post this one, but I blame uni and life and other things (like starting/restarting Let's Plays!).

Anywho you can now rejoice because the best part of Colosseum showed up.

Also recently this fic won (for the third time!) sppf's Best Comedy Fic award, which is cool. =) Yay ego boost?


Prologue: [link]
Chapter Two: [link]
Chapter Four: [link]
© 2012 - 2024 bobandbill
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Whitefire321's avatar
You should upload the rest sdhgjahds

Or if you're still in grammar-edit stage then