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Pokemon, Asylum of the Damned

Chapter XXI

Saga VI- Team Rocket Saga

Chapter I- Major Ursa's

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Tom stuffed his hands inside his jacket pockets. It had been almost ten 
months since he left his home in Yorin Town. He thought about his parents, 
wondering how they were doing without him. Tom sighed. "Anything to get out 
of that dull town," Tom thought as he and Porygon walked.

Just then, Tom saw a strange figure hanging onto a tree. "What do you s'pose 
that is?" Tom asked Porygon. Porygon shook its head as if to shrug. Tom 
pulled out his Pokedex and aimed it at the creature.

"Teddiursa, the Littlebear Pokemon." The Pokedex said in the same old dull 
synthesized voice. "Using its incredible sense of smell, it can smell 
different kinds of food from miles away. Teddiursa spends most of its days 
gathering food, and storing it in its underground lair. Hibernates from late 
summer to mid spring."

Tom stuffed his Pokedex back in his pocket and pulled out a Pokeball. "I'm 
gonna' catch this one!" he thought aloud, as he enlarged the tiny red and 
white ball. "Pokeball, go!" Tom yelled as he hurled the sphere at the 
Teddiursa. Tom's sudden cry made the Teddiursa turn her head just in time 
for it to see the Pokeball coming at her. She dropped her grip on the tree, 
falling to the ground and narrowly missing the Pokeball. "Dammit!" Tom 
cussed under his breath.

"Ursa!" the Teddiursa growled, obviously displeased.

With a quick jump, the Teddiursa lunged at Tom with her claws extended. 
Porygon quickly stood in the way of Teddiursa, taking the Pokemon's Slash 
attack for Tom. Porygon's head shook, sporting a large tear on its forehead. 
With another Slash, the Teddiursa knocked Porygon over, ripping Porygon's 
surface even more just below the eye. Porygon toppled over. "Ow," Porygon 
muttered.

Then with lightning-quick speed, Porygon rightened itself, and buried its 
nose deep into Teddiursa's gut with a mighty lunge in a Take Down attack. 
Teddiursa flew a few feet back, hiting the tree with such force that she 
almost broke it in two. Teddiursa fell down behind a bush, groaning loudly. 
Suddenly, the bush began to glow with a blinding flash of light, and almost 
as suddenly as it began the glow stopped, and a large figure stood up from 
behind the bush. Tom pulled out his Pokedex.

"Ursaring, the Hibernant Pokemon." Tom's Pokedex said. "Usually spends its 
time gathering food, and sleeping. It's habits are similar to it's pre- 
evolution, Teddiursa, except it sleeps a lot more. Ursarings are usually 
docile creatures, but become highly vicious when angered." Tom looked at 
Ursaring. She looked very angry to him. In fact, she looked very angry at 
him. Ursaring stepped out from behind the bush. Then, raising her huge paw, 
she Slashed Porygon again sending the Pokemon flying a few feet back. Tom 
started to back away from the Ursaring, who was now slowly advancing on him.

"Oh damn," Tom squeaked, quickly plucking a Pokeball from his belt. "Come 
out, Hitmonlee!"

The Pokeball opened, and from the red beam shooting out materialized Tom's 
Hitmonlee. The two Pokemon began to stare at each other, growling 
vehemently.

"Hitmonlee, Jump Kick!" Tom commanded.

Hitmonlee jumped into the air and shot his foot out, which hit Ursaring in 
the nose. Ursaring fell down backwards, holding her bleeding nose. Tom 
quickly reached for another Pokeball. While Ursaring was still on the ground 
holding her bloody nose, Tom quickly chucked the ball at her. "Pokeball, 
go!"

Ursaring looked up in time to see the ball being thrown at her again. The 
ball clonked Ursaring on the forehead, and she was zapped inside. The ball 
rocked back and forth on the ground, with Ursaring trying to break free of 
the Ball's hold. But within seconds, the ball stopped it's shaking. Ursaring 
was caught. "Yahoo!" Tom cried as he ran to the ball and scooped it up. 
Soon, the ball began to glow a white hue, as it was instantly teleported to 
the Professor in Ionica, the same Professor who took Kangaskhan.

Tom walked over to Porygon, who was still a bit woozy from Ursaring's 
assault. "You okay, Porygon?" Tom asked. Porygon weakly nodded. Tom zapped 
Hitmonlee back in his ball, and he and Porygon continued down to Hydro City.

-End

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