From: Zagro <zagro@att.net> Subject: [PW!] Caterpie Wars! Date: Saturday, June 26, 1999 4:43 PM "Your Pokemon are fighting fit! We hope to see you again soon!" Zagro's eyebrow raised. "Do you always say that?" No reply. "Okay..." --- "Stop, thieves!" Zagro looked towards the yell. Two thieves had pushed an old lady down, and were now running off with her purse. She stood and yelled "My Clefable was in there!" Zagro stared. Was that... yes, those are the thieves that took his Pokemon, too! "Hey, come back here!" The duo turned. "You again? Look punk, you lost and we won." Zagro pulled out his balls. "I challenge you to a Pokemon Duel." The woman smirked, and both pulled out their Pokeballs. "It's your funeral. Jigglydeath, go!" "DoomFairy, go!" "What?! What kind of names ARE those? Those are my Pokemon you're re-naming!" "Well, you never did tell us the original names!" "Well, you don't need to know now, I'll be taking them back! 'Goddish', go!" The Oddish appears and scowled at Zagro, just as the Jigglypuff and Clefairy turned to scowl at the Rockets. "Puff!" "Fairy!" "Thou thinketh that I shall wasteth My powers for thee, one who hath kidnappedeth Goddish Himself?" The Rockets jumped and yelled. "Kill that Oddish! Now! Then kill the kid!" Zagro was more passive. "Please?" "Goeth toeth helleth." The Rockets saw the trouble Zagro was having, and recalled Puffers and Fuzz. "Go, Caterpie!" Zagro grimaced, and recalled 'Goddish'. "This is it... go, Caterpie!" The two Caterpies faced off. Each tackling, the other dodging. Team Rocket yelled off commands by the second. Zagro just sat there, letting his Caterpie fight. It had a brain, it could do this. The fight lasted for what seemed like forever, although it was only minutes. Both Caterpies still had trouble hitting the other, now due to the weight of the string. Zagro recalled Caterpie and brought out 'Goddish'. "I will not fighteth for you!" "That's fine. Just sit there." "Fineth." The Rockets grinned. "Caterpie, Tackle it! Take that to the ground!" It only took a few blows, as 'Goddish' wouldn't even defend itself. Zagro recalled 'Goddish'. "Okay, you win. What do you want?" "Ha! We win! We want your Oddish. It speaks, it should make a good profit." "Okie-doke. Here." Zagro tossed them the ball and walked away. The man paused. "Why was he so calm about it?" "Who cares, let's get out of here!" --- Zagro sat, waiting, then grinned as Caterpie crawled up, with 3 Pokeballs in a string sack. "They didn't catch you?" Caterpie shook his head and dropped the sack next to Zagro, who took the Pokeballs out, and walked over to the old lady, handing her the Clefable she lost. After a bout of thanks, he headed to the Pokecenter to rest his Caterpie, and let Puffers and Fuzz get some air. And now he didn't have to put up with Goddish!