บท 3: All according to plan?

"Ok Max, you can do this. All you have to do is save Professor Oak from the Beedrills, lead them to the Nidoking, have them fight, and try not to get killed in the crossfire.... who am I kidding,"

Despite how depressing Max made it sound, it would be fairly simple actually, Beedrill and Nidoking were both very aggressive, and they would probably fight it out. Nidoking because of the proximity to its nest, and the Beedrill because their numbers would give them confidence in beating the Nidoking. That might even work, but that's not the point, the goal is to save Professor Oak(and then to exploit him for all he's worth).

"Ok, here goes.... HEY PROFESSOR OAK! OVER HERE, YES, THE CRAZY LOOKING GUY YELLING AT YOU! GET YOUR RESEARCHING OLD ASS OVER HERE, NOW!"

" You... know.. I'm not that old yet." The sweating man gasped out as he reached Max.

"Now what?"

"What do you mean, RUN!" Putting words into action, Max bolted towards the way he came.

" Are you joking, what do you think I've been doing for the last hour! I thought you had a pokemon on you to help."

'An hour? Maybe he isn't so old after all.'

" Ahh! My back is killing me" Oak even had enough breath to complain... about his back.

Max wished he could facepalm at the moment, 'No, he is old. I mean I'm tired, but my back is fine. hmm? Maybe that year of track wasn't that bad afterall. Still hated it though.'

"You... Know.. oh boy. Why... are these Beedrills... chasing you... anyway?" It was a fair question. Even if in the show the Beedrills chased people alot, they should have left after 20 minutes, let alone an hour.

" Haha, funny thing... about that... I, well... kinda was observing their nest, from a branch, and it... sorta snapped.. and I fell onto a part of their nest, damaging it. So their a bit angry at me, haha." Oak even put a hand on the back of his head as he explained

" WHAT?! Aren't you supposed to be a professor on pokemon behavior? How could you do something so stupid!" Max was starting to regret helping him now

" You learn something new everyday I guess, right haha" Oak was being a bit too happy go lucky, but he was probably used to this kind of thing, not that that was good or anything.

By this time they were getting close to the Nidoking nest.

"Alright now all we have to do is get the Beedrill to fight the Nidoking, and then we can escape while they are fighting."

Professor Oak suddenly went wide eyed, "A Nidoking! Why would you lead us to that monsters lair?!"

"How else are we going to get rid of these Beedrills without something distracting them? Get that Nidoking to fight them and it will be fine."

Before Oak could refute Max...

*ROOOOOAAARRR!!!!!*

The giant Nidoking crashed through the trees( those poor plants) angered to have smelled more trespassers. It could see two of those puny hairless Mankeys, along with a swarm of Beedrills. Normally it would focus on the Beedrills as they were more of a threat, but it remembered one of the hairless Mankeys, which had trespassed earlier, and it thought it had destroyed already. The Nidoking got quite angry that the chimp dared to have survived, so it decided to finish the Mankeys first.

" Ah, why is that Nidoking focusing on us?" Professor Oak was beginning to go pale now.

" Funny thing about that. I kinda already met it earlier, and I think it remembered me." Max wasn't in looking the best either.

The Nidoking opened its mouth, and it began to glow in the telltale sign of its Hyper Beam.

"" We are so dead.""

*BBBBEEEEEEEE*

DEUS EX BEEDRILL!

The swarm of Beedrill had just caught up to Max and Professor Oak, and upon seeing Nidoking had hesitated, but once they saw Nidoking ignore them for those hairless Mankeys, were insulted, as if they believed that Nidoking though they were less dangerous than those two. Infuriated they mass attacked the Nidoking, just as it was powering up its Hyper Beam. As it was focused on Max and Oak, it didnt see the Twin Needles before it was too late.

Even though the Nidoking was strong, much stronger than an individual Beedrill, the combined attack inflicted heavy damage.

*RRRRRRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR*

The Nidoking was enraged! It completely forgot about the other two and stampeded towards the Beedrills, and they in turned continued to barrage Nidoking with attacks.

"... I guess your plan worked afterall?" Oak was equally flabbergasted and relieved, he thought that they were done for.

" Yeah.. I guess s... WAIT! This is our chance, let's get out of here!"

Oak didnt need to be told twice.