Chapter 8 Gyrados Enraged "Hey Professor," Karl said. "So how are things," Professor Coy said. "Good," Karl said. "Yeah we are at the Pokémon Center in Kipper Island," Tonya said. "Pi Pichu," Pichu said. "Karl do you have a Butterfree?" Professor Coy asked. "Yeah why?" Karl asked. "Can I borrow it," Professor Coy said. "Sure I guess," Karl said pulling out the silver Pokéball with Butterfree in it. "What do you want it for?" Tonya asked. "I am doing research of the eating patterns of bug Pokémon and Butterfree is the prefect subject," Professor Coy said. "Okay," Karl said putting Buttterfree's Pokéball in the transfer slot. "You listen to the professor okay Butterfree," Karl pressed the button and the Pokéball disappeared. "I got it thanks Karl," Professor Coy said. "Free," said the bug Pokémon as the professor released it from it Pokéball. "Now you listen to the professor okay Butterfree," Karl said. The Professor turned on his translator. {Okay I need the vacation} Butterfree said. "See you later Butterfree and bye Professor," Karl said. "Thanks again and bye Tonya," the professor said. His face disappeared from the screen. "Excuse me, Karl," Nurse Joy said. "Yeah," Karl said turning around. "Your prize for the race is here," she said. "Right I forgot," Karl said following Nurse Joy to the front of the Pokémon Center. "Is that it," Tonya asked pointing to a box. "Yeah," Nurse Joy said. "Okay how do I open it," Karl said. "With this," Nurse Joy said handing him a Swiss Army knife. After about 20 seconds the box was open and a note floated out. "Karl you won the Snake Way Race and the prizes is a followed, 25 Pokéballs, A card for your Pokédex that allows it to also be a GPS device, a map of the Platinum Island and all the gyms are shown, a Good Rod, 100 Full Restores and a abandon Pokémon that was donated by the Pokémon Adoption agency in Lavender Town, Kanto. "Whoa all those things," Karl said putting all the Pokéballs, the potions and the Good Rod in his backpack and putting the card in the Pokédex. "That will be a big help," Karl said. "Hmm," he said pulling out the Pokéball it was purple. "Okay lets see what Pokémon is inside," Tonya said. Karl released the Pokémon. "Poliwag" said the Pokémon. "Poliwag?" Karl said pulling out his Pokédex. "Nice to meet you Poliwag," Karl said holding out his hand. "Pol," said the Pokémon as it tapped Karl's hand with its tail in a friendly way. Karl turned on his translator. {Are you my new trainer? } Poliwag asked. "Yes I am my name is Karl. This is Pichu he is one of my Pokémon," Karl said. "HEY ARE YOU GOING TO INTRODUCE ME," Tonya yelled. {You are too loud} Poliwag said. Everyone laughed. Team Rocket… "Yes right away," Haley said hanging up the pay phone. "So?" Harvey asked. "The Bosses said they got a tip from a spy that Team Delta is planning to attack the main base on Jared Island we must go there," Harvey said. "But what about the kid," Harvey said. "He hasn't messed in Team Rocket affairs for a while he isn't top priority anymore." Not Team Delta Too… "What we are in charge?" Cindy yelled she hanged up the pay phone. "New assignment?" Donny asked. "Yeah we have to lead a team which is going to take over the new Rocket base," Cindy said excited. "Finally a chance to kick Rocket butt and send them Blasting off Again," Donny yelled also excited. Who is going to mess with Karl… "And I got two badges," Karl said showing Poliwag the Gully Island badge and the Ground badge. {Wow} Poliwag said. "Yeah," Karl said. {You never told me you life story} Pichu said. "Hey can I help it?" Karl asked. "Yes you can" Tonya said. "Hey are you Karl," a grown man coming over to Karl. "He's me," Karl said. "I challenge you to a match," he said. "Okay," Karl said. "One on one," he said as he pulled out a Pokéball and threw it. "Beedrill," yelled the Pokémon. "Watch this," Karl said to Poliwag as he pulled out a Pokéball "Charmander, I choose you!" "Char man der" "Beedrill use Poison Sting," grown man said. "Charmander attack with your ember attack," Karl said. Beedrill aimed its stinger at Charmander and tried to hit it but when Beedrill was right in the way of the Ember attack. "Beed," yelled Beedrill in pain. "People seem to have a lot of these Pokémon," Tonya said. "Pi," said Pichu agreeing. "Wag," said Poliwag also agreeing. "Charmander finish it off with Slash," Karl yelled. "Beedrill look out," the man yelled but Charmander was faster hitting Beedrill knocking it out. "Beedrill return," the grown man said. "Charmander is my first Pokémon," Karl said turning to Poliwag. "Char," said Charmander flexing it small muscles. "That is a pretty strong Charmander have you been training it against the gym leaders here?" the man asked. "Yes sir," Karl said. "All these are you Pokémon?" he said pointing to Poliwag and then at Pichu. "No I have 4 other Pokémon," Karl said. "That is good you maybe have a chance at collecting all the badges," the grown man said walking away. "He was nosy," Tonya said. "Well Charmander, Poliwag return," Karl said calling all his Pokémon back. "Pi," Pichu said. After a pit stop at the Pokémon Center… "Too bad there wasn't a gym here," Karl said as they walked by the sign that said Entering Kipper Beach. "Wow there is a beach here," Tonya said. "Of course there are beaches here we are on an island," Karl said. "Yeah asked that piece of Red metal where is the best and nearest beach is," Tonya said. "Okay hold on," Karl said pulling out his Pokédex. "Lets go," Tonya said. They started to walk before they knew it there where at the beach but it wasn't anything they had expected. "What happen to all the people?" Tonya asked. "Maybe it is a bad day to go to the beach," Karl implied. "Yeah that means I have the whole beach to myself," Tonya yelled. "You forget about us," Karl said. "Pi," Pichu said. After Tonya took off into the water Karl decided it was time he went fishing for Pokémon with his new Good Rod. "A fishing we will go a fishing we will go," Karl sang putting his rod into the water. "You sound like nails on a chalkboard," Tonya said getting out of the water. "Ohh," Karl said staring at her. "Piiii," said Pichu. "Hey," Tonya screamed knocking Karl and Pichu back to their senses. "Pokémon." "Right I forgot," Karl said pulling out a Pokéball. "No you were staring," Tonya whispered as she put a towel around her bathing suit. "Go everybody," Karl yelled as he released all his Pokémon. "Charmander." "Sandshrew." "Bulbasaur." "Scizor." "Poliwag." "Free day everybody," Karl yelled. His Pokémon took off in different directions. Sandshrew went rolling around in the sand. Charmander took a nap. Bulbasaur and Scizor was practice battling and Poliwag stood next to Karl with Pichu. {Lets go for a swim} Poliwag said. "Yeah," Karl said pointing to a big rock that hanged 10 feet above the water. Karl and Poliwag climbed the rock as Pichu and Tonya stood on the beach watching them. "Be careful," Tonya yelled up to them. "Hey we will be okay," Karl yelled back. "Ready to go Poliwag?" Karl asked. "Wag," the Pokémon said. They ran and jumped off in midair Karl did a flip and as they were about to hit the water a blue piece of land appeared out of the water. Karl hit it and was knocked out. "Ohh," Tonya yelled. "Pichu," Pichu yelled. The blue land mass had a head. "A Gyarados," Tonya yelled. Poliwag landed on top of Gyrados's head as Karl slipped into the water still knocked out. "Karl," Tonya yelled. Poliwag tried to jump into the water after Karl but Gyrados knocked Poliwag back up into the air. "Pi," said Pichu charging up an electric attack. "No water conducts electricity if you hit Gyrados you will electrocute Karl and Poliwag. "chu," said Pichu upset because it couldn't help. Poliwag tried to battle back against Gyrados with Water Gun but Gyrados was stronger it started to shot its Hyperbeam attack at Poliwag but a red blur knocked Gyrados's head into the air and the Hyperbeam. Then a whole bunch of Razor Leafs hit Gyrados stunning Gyrados for a second and making it retreat. "Thank god for you two," Tonya said looking at Bulbasaur and then at Scizor. "PI," Pichu yelled pointing towards the water. "Karl," Tonya yelled. Poliwag jumped into the water after Karl but Karl was much further down than Poliwag. Poliwag keep on swimming harder and harder but it couldn't catch up to Karl then all of a sudden Poliwag started to glow it was evolving. From the shore where Tonya and the other Pokémon had gathered it looked like someone had turned on a high beam light. Poliwhirl appeared on shore dragging Karl behind him. After Karl regained conciseness… "Where am I?" Karl asked seating up on the bed. "You are at the Pokémon Center," Nurse Joy said. "What happen?" Karl asked. "A Gyrados attacked you but Scizor, Bulbasaur and Poliwhirl saved you," Tonya said. "Poliwhirl?" Karl said. "Yes it evolved to save you," Tonya said starting to cry. "Why are you crying?" Karl asked. "I…I mean we almost lost you," Tonya said. "You should rest up longer before go Pokémon training," Nurse Joy said. "Pi," said Pichu running in through the front door and jumping on Karl. "Pichu," Karl said laughing. "I better go I have other Pokémon to attend to," Nurse Joy said walking out the front door. "I guess this means we won't be going back to the beach huh Pichu?" Karl joked with Pichu. "Your other Pokémon are here," Tonya said putting a tray with Pokéballs on the table next to Karl. "How come you didn't take me to the Hospital?" Karl asked. "It was closed for renovation," Tonya answered. "Ohh, that was a close call," Karl said looking at Tonya. "Yeah," Tonya said. There was a pause of silence then… "Where is he," a male voice yelled. Karl and Tonya could hear him. They could hear Nurse Joy but they couldn't make out what she was saying then… "Are you Karl," the man said running into the room. "Whoa slow down," Karl said. "Jimmy stop he needs rest," Nurse Joy said trying to come in but Jimmy blocked the door. "Let me in," Nurse Joy said. "Sorry," Jimmy said allowing Nurse Joy to get in. "I am Karl," Karl said confused. "Boy is you okay?" Jimmy said. "Yeah…umm do I know you," Karl said still confused. "No but you were the one attacked by the Gyrados," Jimmy said. "Yeah…what was a Pokémon like that doing at a beach," Karl said. "It my Pokémon," Jimmy said. "WHAT!" Tonya yelled. "This problem with the Gyrados has been going on for a week now," Nurse Joy said. "You see I was training my Magikarp to jump," Jimmy said starting to explain. "It evolved right there at the beach I was happy to see my little Magikarp evolve," he said. "But it didn't listen did it," Karl said. "No and it has made the beach it hunting place but it also attacks anyone who goes near there," Jimmy said. "We need to stop this Pokémon," Karl said trying to seat up but the pain caught him. "You better rest," Nurse Joy said. "Yeah we will talk about this tomorrow," Tonya said. "Okay," Jimmy said a little bit annoyed. "Come on Pichu Karl needs to rest," Tonya said as everyone exited out the door leaving Karl to rest. In the main area of the Pokémon Center… "So has anyone else tried to stop the Gyrados?" Tonya asked. "Yes many trainers did but all lost," Jimmy said. "But Karl's Pokémon made Gyrados run," Nurse Joy said. "Yeah he is a real good trainer," Tonya said. "But I will never tell him that." "Do you think he will help us this town?" Nurse Joy asks. "Without the beach Jurin Town will lose a lot of tourist money," Jimmy said. "That is the main source of income for most of the people here," Nurse Joy said. "Knowing Karl he will say yes," Tonya said. "Pi," said Pichu agreeing with Tonya. Karl's Dream… "Yes I caught a Gyrados," Karl yelled holding up his Pokéball with Gyrados in it. Then all of a sudden the Pokéball started to change shape. It wrapped it self around Karl's arms and legs. Then the Gyrados exploded from the Pokéball and grew 3 times the normal size and it wrapped itself around Karl and started to squeeze him. "Help," Karl yelp but no one was around. Then the Gyrados opened its mouth and everything went black. Karl woke up in a sweat looking around there was no one else in the room. He looked at his Pokégear watch 4:00pm. He got up and started to walk but he stopped when he saw that Tonya was up. "What are you doing up?" Karl asked walking up to Tonya. "Ohh I couldn't sleep," Tonya said. "I couldn't sleep either," Karl said. "I volunteered you," Tonya said. "For what?" Karl asked. "To help Jimmy capture his Gyrados," Tonya said. "I knew you would, and besides we need to stop that Pokémon," Karl said. "I know," Tonya said. After everyone was up… "Are we all ready," Jimmy asked. "Wait for Karl," Tonya said. "Hey what are you waiting for?" Karl asked. "You," Jimmy said. "Well then lets go," Karl said. "Pi Pichu," Pichu said. They walked and talked about how they are going to stop Gyrados. "So does everyone know the plan," Karl said to each one of his Pokémon. "Pi." "Scizor." "Bulbasaur." "Poliwhirl." "All right Tonya Pidgeotto," Jimmy said. "Right," she said throwing the Pokéball into the air. "Pidgeotto," yelled the Pokémon. "Go over the water and find Gyrados," Tonya yelled. Pidgeotto starting to fly over the water when Gyrados exploded from the water and hitting Pidgeotto with a tackle, Pidgeotto recovered from the attack and started to use gust. "No Pidgeotto get out of the way," Tonya yelled as Gyrados shot out an Ice Beam attack just barely missing Pidgeotto. "Pichu help out with a Thundershock," Karl yelled. Pichu jumped into the water and let out its Thundershock attack. Since water conducted electricity it was stronger hurting Gyrados. "RRRRRROOOORR," yelled the Pokémon in pain. "Try a Pokéball," Karl yelled to Jimmy. "Hope this works," Jimmy yelled as he threw the Pokéball but Gyrados saw it and froze it with an Ice Beam. "Great," Jimmy yelled. Gyrados then started to charge toward where Karl and the others were standing. "Pichu get out of the water," Karl yelled but Pichu stayed in the water and let out a Thunderbolt attack. It didn't even hurt Gyrados because it was using rage. Gyrados was only a couple feet away from Pichu when the water around Gyrados froze. "All right Poliwhirl," Karl yelled. Then a Red blur hit Gyrados right in the head. "ROOOOWWWR," yelled the enraged Pokémon. "Bulbasaur use Solarbeam," Karl yelled. "Pidgeotto help Scizor out with some Quick Attacks," Tonya yelled. Pidgeotto and Scizor look like blurs as they hit Gyrados repeatable. Gyrados started to charge its Hyperbeam. "Bulbasaur Pichu I need you ready to use your strongest attacks," Karl said. "Bulbasaur." "Pichu." "Okay Poliwhirl get ready to hit Gyrados with a Ice Beam," Karl yelled. "Keep it up Scizor and Pidgeotto," Jimmy said. Gyrados finished charging up it Hyperbeam. "Now you two," Jimmy said. "No not yet," Karl said. Gyrados shot its Hyperbeam at the frozen ice it broke instantly. "Pidgeotto Scizor move out of the way," Karl yelled. "As soon as they moved," Tonya yelled. "NOW," Karl yelled to all the Pokémon as they unleashed all there attacks. The Ice Beam/Thunderbolt/Solarbeam hit Gyrados directly in its underbelly. "RRRRROOOOOWWRR," the Pokémon yelled. "Pokéball go!" Karl yelled as he threw a Pokéball at Gyrados. Gyrados was sucked inside the ball landed on the soft sand of the beach and started to shake violently it keep shaking for 30 seconds everyone stood still then the Pokéball stopped. "Its over," Karl whispered. Later at the Pokémon Center… "I hope you aren't going to keep that Gyrados," Tonya said. "No I think I will put it back in the wild," Jimmy said. "Just nowhere near here," Nurse Joy said. Everyone started to laugh. "Yeah," Karl said. "So where are you going now?" Nurse Joy asked. "To the next Pokémon Gym," Tonya said before Karl could say it. "Yeah what she said," Karl said. "There is no gym on this island you have to go to Jared Island," Jimmy said. "Okay then," Karl said. "Heard that Pichu," Tonya said before Karl could. "Pi Pichu," Pichu said. "Hey that annoying," Karl said. "Ha I know," Tonya said. "We better be going," Karl said as he started to walk towards the door Tonya followed. "Bye and thanks for you help," Jimmy said. Our Leading Rockets break… "If they think that they are going to take over this base they are joking," Drew said. "Yeah we have about a third of the Platinum Rockets here," Kristina said. "Yeah I bet you we have more Rockets and Pokémon here than all of Team Delta," Drew said. "Yeah but what about that meddling kid Karl?" Kristina asked. "What do you mean?" Drew said. "If he is completing in the Platinum League like our sources say then we have to watch out there is a gym here you know," Kristina said. "Not to worry if he even comes on this island our Rockets will know and capture him," Drew said. "Right," Kristina said. "Both Team Delta and Karl are over," Drew said.