Chapter 88: Encounter With Grimer And Muk

(Meanwhile, Mew and her friends arrived at the Power Plant.)

(It has a large red and white pipe on top.)

(Mew says.)

Mew: "Yep. There's the power plant."

Misty: "Let's check inside,"

(Misty says.)

(Soon the group enters the building.)

(Mew calls out.)

Mew: "Hello? Is anybody in here?"

(But no one answers.)

(Mew says.)

Mew: "If no one's here, we might as well look around, huh?"

(Mew and her friends begin to walk inside the hall to look around.)

Brock: "Something's really weird. Why isn't anybody working here?"

(Brock wonders.)

(Finding the map, Misty says.)

Misty: "It looks like the central control room's down that way."

(Mew and her friends continue to walk down the hall to find the control room.)

(Unknown to them, something is in the air vent that zips through it.)

(And then, something creeps up behind Misty.)

(Misty shudders and says.)

Misty: "Something's following us."

(and turns her head back.)

(Brock, Mew, and Eevee do the same.)

Mew: "The place is deserted. Nobody's here,"

(Mew says.)

Misty: "I know I heard something back there,"

(Misty panics.)

Mew: "Are you sure?"

(Mew asks.)

Misty: "I'm positive. There was something back there,"

(Misty says.)

(Suddenly, Brock and Misty become scared to see a spooky shape appearing behind Mew.)

Mew: "You guys okay?"

(Mew asks.)

(Brock and Misty shake their heads in reply.)

(Misty nervously says.)

Misty: "There's something.."

Brock: "Right behind you,"

(Brock adds.)

(Confused, Mew turns her head, but the figure is gone.)

Mew: "I don't see anything,"

(Mew says.)

(Pikachu and Eevee are a little nervous that they stand close to each other.)

(Just then, the mysterious figure appears behind them, frightening them both.)

(Mew turns to her Pokemon.)

Mew: "Pikachu? Eevee? What's wrong?"

(The group turns around and sees three figures.)

(They all begin to panic in fright.)

(Soon, they end up seeing a Pokemon.)

(It's a robotic Pokémon that has gray, spherical metal bodies with blue-and-red tipped horseshoe magnets on each side and a single, large eye.)

(They have three Phillips head screws on its body.)

(two near the bottom of its body and the one on top of their head that looks similar to an antenna.)

(Mew says.)

Mew: "Hey, that's a Magnemite."

(Mew brings out her Pokedex, and Dexter says.)

Dexter: "Magnemite, the Magnet Pokemon. An Electric and Steel Type. It's means of floating through the air are not understood. This very mysterious Pokemon is of the electric and steel type."

Mew: "What's a Magnemite doing here?"

(Mew wonders.)

(Misty suspects.)

Misty: "It caused the blackout! Magnemite shut down the power plant!

Mew: That's unlikely."

Brock: "This one? By itself? No way!"

(Brock denies it.)

Misty: "Well, Dexter said it was mysterious,"

(Misty says.)

(Soon enough, Magnemite begins to circle around Pikachu.)

Mew: "That's weird. Why's it circling Pikachu?"

(Mew wonders.)

Brock' "It seems to like Pikachu,"

(Brock says.)

(When Magnemite flies to Pikachu, it blushes as Pikachu's cheeks spars.)

Misty: "This Magnemite blushing, like it's in love or something,"

(Misty says.)

Mew: "Love? That's a little weird,"

(Mew says.)

Brock: "If it were an animal Pokemon, I could understand. But can an inorganic Pokemon like Magnemite fall in love with an electric rodent?"

(Brock says, as Magnemite chases Pikachu.)

Mew: "Magnemite's following Pikachu all over the place, almost like it's a stalker.

Misty: "Well, like I said, this Magnemite really likes Pikachu,"

(Misty says.)

Mew: "Yeah, but Pikachu doesn't like it,"

(Mew says.)

(Then shouts at the Magnet Pokemon.)

Mew: "Hey, you, Magnemite! Cut it out!"

(Soon enough, Magnemite stops following Pikachu and flies away.)

Mew: "Guess Magnemite gave up,"

(Mew says.)

(Suddenly, Brock smells something.)

Brock: "Do you smell that?

Misty: "Me, too,"

(Misty says, noticing the smell.)

(Mew says.)

Mew: "So do I."

(Eevee weirdly says.)

Eevee: "Eevee." (Me too.)

(Suddenly, the vent gate falls to the ground and two purple sludge blob Pokemon appear.)

Brock: "It's those things!"

(Brock says, shocked and covering his nose.)

Misty: "They stink!"

(Misty says, covering her nose.)

Mew: "Those are Grimer,"

(Mew says.)

(Then she brings out her Pokedex, Dexter says.)

Dexter: "Grimer, the Sludge Pokemon. A Poison Type. Born from sludge, these Pokemon specialize in sludge attacks."

Brock: "Magnemite must've disappeared because of these things!"

(Brock says.)

Mew: "I think it will be best to be careful what we say or do with the Grimer around,"

(Mew says.)

Brock: "You're right. We don't want to say anything that might insult their Pokemon pride or make them mad,"

(Brock says.)

Misty: "You say it whatever you want, but it still stinks!"

(Misty cries out.)

(Mew and Brock quickly cover Misty's mouth.)

Mew and Brock: "Shut up, Misty!"

(Suddenly, all the Grimer begin to feel insulted.)

(Mew says.)

Mew: "They're saying that they won't stand being insulted by humans."

(Just then a giant version of Grimer appears.)

Brock: "It's huge!"

(Brock exclaims.)

Misty: "Grimer's grandpa?"

(Misty asks.)

Mew: "Close, that's Grimer's evolved form. That's a Muk,"

(Mew says.)

(Mew holds out her Pokedex.)

Dexter: "Muk, the Sludge Pokemon, and the evolved form of Grimer. A Poison Type. Use extreme caution, as its slimy form contains poison."

(Worried, Brock says.)

Brock: "That's not good news!"

(Misty covers her nose.)

Misty: "And the smell is getting worse."

Pikachu: "Pika." (Awful.)

(Pikachu says, covering his nose.)

(Eevee covers her nose.)

Eevee: "Eevee." (And very strong.)

(Then Muk shouts.)

Muk: "Muuuuk!" (Charge!)

(The Gimer begin to charge as Mew and the others panic and run away screaming.)

(Mew screams.)

Mew: "Why'd you have to open your mouth and make the Grimer mad, Misty?!"

Misty: "I had to open my mouth! I couldn't use my nose!"

(Misty panics.)

(That's when they run inside the worker of the Power Plant.)

(Plant Worker 1 asks.)

Plant Worker 1: "What are you doing here?"

Brock: "I'm Brock, this is Misty, Mew, Pikachu, and Eevee, we're here to help.."

(Brock quickly introduces.)

(Misty screams.)

Misty: "Skip the introductions, we gotta get out of here!"

(Suddenly, the Grimer appears around the corner and makes everyone panic.)

(Plant worker 1 screams.)

Plant worker 1: "The Grimer are here, too!"

(Soon everyone begins to run away from the Grimer.)

(Plant worker 2 cries out.)

Plant worker 2: "Back to the control room!"

Mew: "Hey! Wait for us!"

(Mew calls out.)

(Everyone continues to run for their lives as the Grimer chase after them.)

(Soon, they hurry into the control room and Brock slams the door shut.)

(Mew turns to the workers.)

Mew: "Tell us what's going on! This blackout is a disaster to the city! Lots of Pokemon are gonna die at the Pokemon Center if the power doesn't come back soon!"

(Back at the Pokemon Center, Nurse Joy keep watching over the sick Pokemon.)

Nurse Joy: "Hang in there. Those trainers are gonna get the power back on real soon, I'm sure. At least, I hope so,"

(Nurse Joy says, worried.)

[To Be Continued...]