บท 21: Sparks Fly For Magnemite (Re-edited)
By nightfall, the gang was crossing through a town, which to their surprise, they didn't find people anywhere. They walked near the dock, where Cora saw the water wasn't clean and frowned.
"This is a weird city," Cora commented, "Lots of Factories, but no people."
Alain opened up a pamphlet, "This place is called... Gringy City."
"Gringey? Never heard of it." Mairin stated.
"It used to be a lively and busy place, with all this Factories here." Cora explained.
"Yeah, they kind of went overboard with Factories," Alain commented, "Pollution ruined the air, and the water here."
Cora sighed, "That's sad."
"Espe." Kilala said.
Cora noticed something Kilala wasn't looking too good and Chespie wasn't looking any better.
"Guys, are you okay?" Cora asked.
"Espeon. (I don't feel so good.)" Kilala said before she fell to the ground.
"Kilala!" Cora quickly knelt down and picked up Kilala into her arms.
Mairin quickly pulled Chespie into her arms, worried for her Chespin when she saw his condition.
"We need to get them to the Pokémon center and fast." Alain decided.
"Let's go!" Cora said before she and her friends ran towards the Pokémon center.
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The gang ran into the Pokémon center and found the place was empty but could be just because of how late it was right now. Cora rang the bell on the counter, and they waited for Nurse Joy. Then Nurse Leslie Joy walked in, looking very tired.
"Hey, Aunt Leslie, sorry to wake you up," Cora apologized, "But our Pokémon are in need of treatment."
"Do you kids know what time it is?" Nurse Leslie Joy scolded.
"Sorry." Cora apologized again.
"We just got here." Mairin said.
At that moment, the front doors opened again, and they saw Ash and his friends rush in.
"Ash?" Alain asked.
"Oh hey guys." Ash said.
Then they noticed a very sick Pikachu in Ash's arms.
"Pikachu is sick too?" Mairin asked.
"It looks that way." Brock replied.
Suddenly the lights all turned off and we looked around in confusion.
"What's going on?" Ash asked.
"I have no idea," Nurse Leslie Joy said, "Oh no!" She quickly ran to the other room, and they quickly followed her, getting inside a room where many Pokémon were in beds with glass on top of them, sleeping.
"What happened to those Pokémon?" Cora asked.
"They're intensive care. If we won't get the power back soon... well, I just don't want to think about what will happen." Nurse Leslie Joy replied, worriedly.
Cora gazed at all of the Pokémon that were in their incubators. She knew that if they didn't solve the problem soon, the Pokémon here...will die. But Cora wasn't going to let that happen!
"Don't worry, Aunt Leslie. We'll go and find out the problem." Cora assured the nurse.
"Thank you." Nurse Leslie Joy smiled in thanks.
Then she handed Kilala over to her, "Take care of Kilala for me." She promised.
"I will." Leslie Joy promised.
Ash and Mairin handing Pikachu and Chespie over to her, "Take care of Pikachu/Chespie." They requested.
And with that they ran off.
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The gang left the Pokémon center immediately and went to Officer Jenny's office.
"Officer Jenny, we have a problem," Brock said, "The Pokémon has a black out and if the power doesn't come back on soon then the Pokémon there will die."
"That's the problem right now. I've been trying to contact the power plant, but no one is answering." Officer Jenny told the gang.
"Officer Jenny, where is the Power Plant located?" Alain asked.
Officer Jenny pointed to the factory area, "It's the big building with the smokestacks there, you really can't miss it."
"Thank you." Cora thanked the officer.
Suddenly there was movement in the bushes revealing to be Kilala, Chespie and Pikachu,
"Kilala!"
"Chespie!"
"Pikachu!"
Cora, Mairin and Ash all exclaimed in surprise going over to the sick Pokémon.
"You three were supposed to be at the center resting." Cora stated.
"That goes for you too Pikachu!" Ash added.
Mairin nodded, "You guys have to go back and get some rest."
The three Pokémon shook their heads making Ash confused, "What gives? Why are they so adamant about coming with us?"
"Probably because they think we won't be coming back?" Alain theorized.
They nodded.
Cora sighed, "Fine you can come, but if you get any worse, you're going back to the center to get some rest."
Pikachu jumped onto Ash sending an electric shock to him.
"Oops." Cora and Alain sweat-dropped.
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It didn't take them long to find the Power Plant. Officer Jenny did say that the Power Plant was the biggest building in Gringy City. The power plant had big chimneys with lots of thick smoke coming out. So they really couldn't miss it.
"Something tells me this is where most of the pollution is coming from." Cora stated.
Misty noticed a stream and was disgusted by it, "Ugh look at that, this water is as filthy as the air."
"Come on, we should hurry." Alain said.
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The inside of the power plant was very dark and deserted. Luckily the gang had flashlights on them.
"Hello! Is anybody in here?" Cora called but no one answered. "Come on." She led the way down the hall.
"Something is really weird," Brock said as they looked over to the map of the building. "Why isn't anybody working in here?"
Misty pointed down the hall, "It looks like the control room is down this way."
"Let's go then." Alain said and they started to walk down the hall.
After a few minutes of walking, Misty suddenly grabbed Cora's arm and Mairin grabbed Alain's as they all stopped walking.
"Something is following us." Misty said in fear. She looked behind her and they looked over her shoulder, but no one was there.
"Really? Cause I don't see anything, Misty." Cora told her.
"B-but it was just there I swear!" Misty stuttered.
Cora sighed at this. She picked up Kilala and placed her on her shoulder. Then she somehow sensed that something was behind her and turned around to see what sort of looked a magnet, with a metal body and one big eye.
"Hey it's a Pokémon." Cora took out her phone and scanned the Pokémon:
[Magnemite, the Magnet Pokémon. It's able to float through the air and leave its Thunder Wave through its magnet shaped units located on its sides.]
"What's a Magnemite doing here?" Mairin asked.
"Don't know." Ash shrugged.
"Hey, you don't suppose this Magnemite caused the blackout, do you?" Misty asked.
Brock shook his head, "I don't think so."
"Besides I don't think this one Magnemite could do that by itself." Alain stated.
"Hey Magnemite, I don't suppose you know what's happened, do you?" Cora asked the magnet Pokémon.
Magnemite stared at Cora, then suddenly froze and flew off in a hurry.
"I was just asking." Cora's brow arched.
At that moment, she smelled something terrible nearby.
"Do you smell that?" Brock asked, smelling what she was smelling, so did Ash, Misty and Mairin.
"I do." Misty replied.
"So do I." Mairin added.
Then they heard a metal felling down and we looked behind them to see a grating had fell to the floor. A few Grimer fell down to the floor, looking at them.
"These things must be the reason why Magnemite left in a hurry." Brock said, holding his nose.
"Grimer." Cora took out her phone.
[Grimer, the Sludge Pokémon. It was born when sludge in a dirty stream was exposed to X-rays from the moon.]
"Appears among the filth? The city. The pollution. It all makes sense." Brock realized.
"So all of this pollution called all the Grimer's," Alain said.
"And if there's Grimer's then..." Cora trailed off.
The gang were disgusted by the smell of the Grimer, but didn't say anything about it as they took a step back. Cora knew that would make the Grimer mad. Unfortunately, Misty and Mairin couldn't help but let out,
"THEY SMELL ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE!" They yelled.
Alain covered Mairin's mouth and Brock covered Misty's as Alain and Brock yelled together, "Shut up, Mairin/Misty!"
That of course that did make the Grimer mad. Suddenly a big dark purple blob of sludge appeared between the Grimer, looking very cross.
"There's a Muk among them." Cora looked at it on the phone:
[Muk, the sludge Pokémon. The evolved form of Grimer. A toxic fluid seeps from its body. The fluid instantly kills plants and trees on contact.]
Muk pointed at the humans signaling for the Grimer to attack, like a crime boss ordering his thugs, making them run away.
"Nice going you two!" Ash yelled.
"How is this our fault?!" Misty yelled back.
"You and Mairin are the ones who insulted them!" Alain reminded her.
"Why did you have to open your mouth and make the Grimer mad, Misty?!" Ash added.
"I had to open my mouth, I couldn't use my nose!" Misty shouted before they ran around the corner, which then Mairin bumped into something and both of them fell down. It was a man and another man was standing behind him, both of them had a flashlight.
"What are you doing here?" the man standing asked.
"I'm Brock, this is Misty, Cora, Alain, Mairin, Ash and we're here to--" Brock started.
"Look, can we cut the introduction?!" Misty snapped, "We got to get out of here!"
The Grimer appeared around the corner as Cora helped Mairin up to her feet and they all took off as they followed the men.
"The Grimer here, too!" one of them yelled.
They ran into the control room and Alain and Brock leaned against the door, keeping it shut.
"Tell us what's going on," Cora said to the men, "This blackout is a disaster for the city! Lost of Pokémon are gonna die in the Pokémon Center if the power won't come back soon! They need that power!"
"But, we can't. There's so many Grimer, that they are blocking the sea watering tack." the man with the dark hair explained.
"We got to bring the water to a boil, so it will turn the turbine, but the generator won't work at all." the man with the brown hair added.
"Do something." Ash pleaded.
"I'm afraid that's easy to say. We've been trying to--" the man with the dark hair started.
"Everyone!" Brock and Alain cut him off and they all looked over to see the Grimer were trying to get in, hitting the door as Brock and Alain were trying to keep it closed.
"The Grimer are... ramming the door! I can't hold it!" Brock said.
The others ran closer and tried to help him keep the door closed, but the door opened, and they all backed away to stand with the men as the Grimer walked inside.
The man with black hair looked at Cora and her friends, "You six are Pokémon trainers, right? You got to use your Pokémon to help us out."
"That's right, if you can get rid of the Grimer, the generator will work." the man with the brown hair said.
The Grimer started to walk closer and then Pikachu jumped out of Ash's arms. Then he and Kilala used Thunder Shock together, hitting a few Grimer, but not everyone.
"Pika." Pikachu whimpered as Muk walked behind the Grimer.
Suddenly the ceiling grate fell down and the gang looked up to see Magnemite flying down with several Magnemite and Magneton.
"Magnemites and a Magneton!" Cora exclaimed and took out her phone.
[Magneton, the Magnet Pokémon. The evolved form of Magnemite. Its heavy gravitational power allow it to float, and it can emit powerful magnetic and electric fields.]
The Magnemite and the Magneton along with Pikachu all used Thunder Shock together, sending a huge electricity on the Grimer, which caused them all to ran away as the Magnemite and the Magneton started to follow them, chasing them away. A moment after, the lights turned on, which meant that the Grimer that were blocking the water were probably chased away.
"The lights are on!" Ash said as they all smiled, and the men went to the computers.
"The turbine is moving again." the man with the brown hair said.
"The Grimer had cleared away!" the man with the black hair said.
"Yes!" Ash cheered as they high fived each other.
"Hold it!" Misty looked at the door and they followed her gaze to see Muk was still there.
"Muk is still here." Brock said.
"Pikachu, use Thunder Shock!" Ash ordered.
Pikachu plus the friendly Magnemite from before sent a powerful Thunder Shock towards Muk rendering it unconscious, Ash threw a Pokéball at it, making it an instant capture when it didn't resist.
Ash took the Poké ball and grinned, "I did it! I captured a Muk!" Everyone could still smell the horrible smell and covered their noses. Apparently, Ash didn't smell anything yet as he looked at us in confusion, "What's wrong?"
"Ash, that Pokéball stinks!" Misty told him.
Ash sniffed the Poké ball and pulled it away as he covered his nose, "The smell is coming through the Pokéball!"
Everyone laughed at his face. Magnemite flew over to Cora and floated around her.
"Do you want to come with me?" Cora asked.
Magnemite nodded 'yes'.
"Okay then." Cora took out a spare Pokéball and tapped the magnet Pokémon. It was sucked into the Pokéball, and it instantly dinged. Then it disappeared, transported to Oak's coral.
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The next morning the group spoke to Officer Jenny and Nurse Leslie Joy, before they left. But before that Nurse Leslie Joy gave a check up on their Pokémon and assured them that they have a clean bill of health. Then Ash sent Muk to the coral, which Cora knew that Prof. Oak won't be happy about.
"You see, the Grimer's and Muk were in the stream because the water is filthy and dirty." Cora informed.
"Yeah, this place needs a really good clean up." Misty suggested.
"I know, we'll do everything we can until the water is clean once more." Officer Jenny assured them.
"But if you clean up the air and water around here, the city will be as good as new, and it may become lively again." Alain advised.
"Yeah, no Grimer or Muk." Brock added.
"Of course we will," Nurse Leslie Joy smiled, "Promise."
"Bye Aunt Leslie, Officer Jenny!" Cora said.
"Goodbye!" Nurse Joy and Officer Jenny bid the gang farewell.
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Pokémon Obtained:
Cora: Shiny Espeon (Kilala)(F), Shiny Charizard (Nuri)(F), Altaria (Talia)(F), Shiny Lucario (Jackal)(M), Frogadier (Kenji)(M), Pidgeot (Gail)(F), Shiny Gyarados (Rory)(M), Cloyster (Matta)(M), Shiny Starmie (Pyxis)(Genderless), Butterfree (Papilio)(M), Beedrill (Stinger)(M), Nidoran (Juno)(F), Nidoran (Malik)(M), Pikachu (Tama)(F), Clefable (Shayla)(F), Sandslash (Digger)(M), Meloetta (Odele)(F), Chikorita (Kalmia)(F), Shiny Braxien (Rogue)(F), Mienfoo (Mulan)(F), Glaceon (Nieva)(F), Leafeon (Panra)(F), Shiny Gengar (Sypro)(M), Shiny Monferno (Pirro)(M), Galarian Ponyta (Althea)(F), Shiny Chespin (Cybele)(F), Alolan Raichu (Zuma)(M), Rockruff (Romulus)(M), Meowstic (Yuki)(F), Oshawott (Daisho)(M), Kingler (Kuka)(M), Shiny Umbreon (Zunair)(M) Sylveon (Stella)(F), Vaporeon (Kaori)(F), Jolteon (Lyn)(F), Flareon (Egan)(M), Dratini (Scylla)(F), Absol (Twilight)(M), Shiny Scorbunny (Scorch)(M), Popplio (Naia)(F), Alolan Vulpix (Elsa)(F), Pink Butterfree (Momo)(F), Sobble (Mystique)(F), Mankey (Manny)(M), Magnemite (Static)(Genderless)
Alain: Charizard (M), Metagross (Genderless), Tyranitar (M), Weavile (M), Bisharp (M), Unfezant (M), Leafeon (F), Umbreon (M), Chestnaught (M), Malamar (F), Steelix (M), Shiny Gyarados (F), Scyther (M), Golbat (M), Shiny Zorua (Unovan)(M), Frigibax (M), Prinplup (M), Copperajah (F), Lokix (M), Magby (M), Axew (M), Rockruff (M), Rhydon (F), Alakazam (M), Meowstic (M), Sandile (M), Absol (M), Cyndaquil (M), Deino (F) Rookidee (M), Squirtle (M)
Mairin: Chespin (Chespie)(M), Flabébé (Bébé)(F), Gogoat (Grazer)(F), Butterfree (Bira)(F), Parasect (Paxtin)(M), Clefairy (Pixie)(F), Lilligant (Unovan)(Petunia)(F), Swadloon (Evanthe)(F), Thwackey (Biri)(F), Grotle (Aspen)(M), Pansage (Sage)(F), Roserade (Rose)(F), Azumarill (Mary)(F), Skitty (Cathy)(F), Cherubi (Cherry)(F), Maractus (Amaranth)(F), Snivy (Vinicius)(F), Shaymin (Carissa)(F), Squirtle (Kai)(M)
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