The Pokeball stops shaking around. The land Magikarp is his. Jack quickly runs over to the Pokeball and grabs it from the ground. "One more to go." He looks down at Farfetch'd. "Great job Farfetch'd. But next time let me call the attacks instead of you deciding to use them on your own. We will be a much better team if we work together." Farfetch'd nods as he is recalled into the Pokeball.
The water could be heard clearly now. The river was at medium speed flow. A couple boulders in the middle of the river, slowly withering away by the water.
Jack had searched most of the land areas, why not search around the river. Maybe he would find a water type Pokemon, something he did not have at the moment. Jack thought about all the water Pokemon he would like, which was a lot. But beggars can't be choosers in a situation like this one. He needs one more, no matter what it is.
A large tree grows sideways and Jack jumps over it. The bank could be seen now. The grass slowly turns to dirt and small baseball sized rocks. Jack looks upstream then downstream. He looks back upstream. Magikarps all over the place, but not in the water like they should be. The Magikarps were flopping up and down on the land just like the one Jack had just caught moments ago. "Darn! My land Magikarp isn't so unique anymore." Random people were running about, picking up the Magikarp and throwing them back into the water. Curious, Jack walks over to a kid younger than him. "What's going on with these Magikarp?"
The kid doesn't even look at Jack. "No time to talk. Ask Big Bob in the straw hat." The kid runs away to help a Magikarp get back into the water.
Jack looks around for a guy with a straw hat. "Aha!" Big Bob has been sited. He runs over to the big guy shouting out orders.
"Over there, a Magikarp just jumped out. Hey, no foolin' round! This is serious work." Big Bob turns to see a new face. "Ah, you must be them extra trainers I called up, yep." He looks behind and all around Jack. "But I expected more than just one of ya." He takes off his straw hat and scratches his head. "I can'ts complain. One of ya is better than nun."
(ooc: Yes, this is bad grammar. It's the way Big Bob talks.)
So Big Bob needs trainers, but for what reason? Jack decides to play along. "What did you need me for? I kinda forgot what you want me to do."
Big Bob puts his hat back on. "I'll tells ya a story. Two days ago, them Magikarp starts to jump out of here water. I live round yonder trees and one jumps on into my house. So I comes over here and discover theres more jumpin' out. I push them all back into the water. Next mornin', them Magikarps are still outta the water. The reason why is �cause some Grimer got into this river and the slime pollutes the water. Yesterda' I helps them Magikarp back into the water and scare alls them Grimer away. This mornin' I check again, and them Magikarps are outta the water agains. Now I calls for trainers ta catch them Grimer so these Magikarp can live in the water." Big Bob takes a sip of mountain spring water. "Now go, my trainer. Every Grimer caught equalls big rewards." Kinda like a contest. Who can catch the most Grimer wins the grand prize. But Jack only needs one. He was about to speak but Big Bob shoos Jack away.
Jack walks down the river bank. "Gee, Big Bob sure missed lots of English classes." A couple trainers could be seen. One with a Pinsir, another with a Wartortle. All the Grimer were out and about, sliming all around this area. This was Jack's moment to help and test his skills and also catch another Pokemon. The reward didn't matter to him, he just wanted the prize.
On the other side of a large boulder, a trainer was fighting a Grimer with a Graveler. Grimer jumps off of a tree, leaving a rotten mark, and lands on Graveler. Graveler rolls forward, causing Grimer to jump off before it got flattened. Graveler picks up a rock and throws it. Grimer splats with the hit. The trainer throws a Pokeball at the weakened Grimer. In it goes and it stays there.
"Yeah!" cries the trainer. "That ten minute battle may have been long, but it was worth it." The trainer walks away to search for more.
Jack had watched all of it. The battle had really mesmerized him. He shakes his head. "Must focus on the task at hand." Jack walks back to the river and stops. He looks left then right, scanning the river for any Grimer.
A purple blob surfaces in the water. Jack grabs a Pokeball but was beaten by a trainer on the other side of the river. His Pidgeotto swoops down and picks up Grimer, taking it into the forest to battle. Jack sighs and continues scanning the river.
After about five minutes, Jack's eyes get tired. But.... "Hey, that rock looks different, a kinda purplish color. And I don't think it was there a second ago." He picks up a small rock and throws it at the unusually shaped rock in the water. It hits. The rock moves; it's a sleeping Grimer.
Jack looks up and down the coast, no trainers, this one was his. A Pokeball lands on the soft dirt and Vulpix happily comes out, greeting her trainer with a cheerful sound. "Vulpix, Flamethro......" The Grimer sights the little fire fox and dives under water. "Scratch that." Another Pokeball is thrown, this time in the water. Magikarp comes out. "Magikarp, get that Grimer out of the water." Magikarp swims over to the bank and flops out of the river. Jack falls down. "Right, polluted water. My bad." Magikarp is returned. "That Grimer has to surface sometime. So..." His third Pokeball comes out and Farfetch'd flies up into the air. He remembers the Pidgeotto catching that one Grimer. "When the Grimer surfaces, grab it and bring it on land."
Grimer suddenly shoots out of the water and lands on a flat boulder in the middle of the flowing stream. "Now!" Farfetch'd swoops down. Grimer flattens its body and avoids the grab. Vulpix steps forward, ready to fire with fire. "No Vulpix, you might hit Farfetch'd." Jack snaps his fingers as Farfetch'd swoops down again for another miss. The forth Pokeball exits Jack's right hand and Spinarak comes out. "Farfetch'd, let Spinarak ride on your back." Farfetch'd flies left, avoiding the attacking Grimer's jumping Tackle attack. Farfetch'd lands next to the spider and gladly accepts riding company. Farfetch'd takes off, with Spinarak on his back. Meanwhile, Grimer sits on the flat boulder, using Harden and Acid Armor.
Jack gets into battle position again. "Ok Spinarak, use Spider Web to trap that Grimer from escaping back into the water. And Farfetch'd, use Agility to speed it up." Farfetch'd flies around Grimer's rock in circles while Spinarak spits out lines of web. Grimer just stares blankly into the sky as sticky webs fall on it. Farfetch'd flies down, leek forward like a jousting match, and jabs Grimer four times. Grimer snaps out of its dazed state and angers up. Grimer takes some sludge from its body and throws it at the flying menace. Farfetch'd and Spinarak take the hit full on. (Big anime sludge explosion.) Farfetch'd falls down and *SPLASH* into the river. Spinarak falls and lands nicely on the rock that Grimer is on.
"Farfetch'd, you did your best. Come on back." Farfetch'd is returned. Jack turns his attention to Spinarak. "Go for it. Try Psychic ability."
Grimer slimes over to Spinarak very slowly due to the web still on it. Spinarak chirps as the face on his back glows. Grimer looks around from side to side, then down.
Jack laughs. "I didn't know Grimers could fly." Indeed, Grimer was up in the air. "Lift it up as high as you can." Up, up, up. Grimer went up above the trees just barely. Spinarak began to shake uncontrollably. The Psychic wouldn't last too much longer. "Ok, let it go." Spinarak's back stops glowing. Grimer falls down............................*splat* (Wile E. Coyote cliff scene.) Grimer lands back on the flat rock in the middle of the river. "It would have helped had Grimer been over here."
Grimer just barely manages to get up. It was now free from the web. Spinarak weakly jumps on Grimer and squeezes as tight as he could. Grimer wiggles an arm free and Pounds Spinarak. Spinarak jumps off of Grimer. *SLASH* *SLASH* *SLASH* Spinarak triple Fury Swipes Grimer before Grimer collapses on the ground.
Jack pulls out a Pokeball. "Suck out all its energy with Leech Life and gain some health while your at it." Grimer attempts to Pound Spinarak but misses by a long shot. Spinarak jumps on the fallen Grimers' back and begins to suck out the life. "Just don't suck its blood and eat it." Jack laughs.
Spinarak jumps off of Grimer after a short while. Spinarak didn't want to take too much health or it would die. "Great timing." Grimer's body slowly moves up and down as a sign it was still breathing, but rather slowly. "I hope I can reach Grimer." Jack throws the Pokeball over to the flat boulder. It was overthrown so Spinarak catches it with a String Shot and reals it in. Spinarak then pushes the Pokeball against Grimer's slimy body. Grimer goes in.
"Let's hope this is one less polluter in this river. These Magikarp need their water in order to live." Jack watches the Pokeball from where he was on land as it rocked back and forth every so often....
~Graded: Grimer caught
