Oogie Boogie Strikes Back

chapter 9

"So um, Ash, where was your dad, was he with your mother the last we saw you and Emi?" Estelle asked.

"No..." Ash said softly. "Dad went out for some milk a few years ago."

"That's a long time to buy milk..." Estelle looked bewildered.

"I'm pretty sure he had other plans..." Ash was a little touchy about the subject of his father.

"I'm sure your father would never leave you on purpose." Estelle said before comforting Ash.

"That just happens sometimes..." Ash shrugged, a little sad. "His loss I guess..."

Pikachu purred and nuzzled against Ash to also give him comfort. Ash smiled to his favorite Pokemon and gently pet him. All of a sudden, Pikachu sensed something coming.

"What is it, Pikachu?" Estelle asked.

"Something is coming right towards us," Pikachu said in Pokemon language before sniffing the air and then went down to the ground and where the sense got stronger. "It's coming from underground."

"What is it?" Ash asked.

"Something's coming from underground..." Estelle looked to Ash in warning.

Ash looked a little worried. What could it be? Just then the ground underneath them began to shake and Emi's Onix burst out from under the ground and roared at them before stealing their pokeballs along with Pikachu and then went down through the ground, making a new hole.

"PIKAAAAA!" Pikachu squeaked as he was taken down.

"PIKACHU!" Ash cried for his Pokemon, trying to save him, taking his yellow paw.

"ASH!" Pikachu cried back.

Both Ash and Estelle went after Onix so then they could get Pikachu and their Pokemon back.

"It's risky, but come on, we gotta get down!" Ash told Estelle.

Estelle nodded and joined him before the hole could close up.

Simon was now right in front of the and was ready to meet Dr. Finkelstein.

"Go away!" Dr. Finklestein snapped as he opened the door and shook his fist, being crazy and cranky as always, despite now technically being a grandfather, he then looked down. "Oh... Were you heartlessly abandoned by your mother and I'm to raise you like my own son?"

Simon blinked emotionlessly and crawled in.

Finklestein shut the door behind him. "You should be indoors, little one... Strange pocket monsters are roaming the city with Oogie Boogie!"

Simon kept crawling until he found someway for him to go underground and save everybody, but more importantly, his mother.

"Where are you going?" Dr. Finklestien asked.

Simon looked around, seeing his devices, he then showed his battle plan on a paper.

"What's this, a firetruck or some other childish fantasy?" Dr. Finklestein took the paper and saw it was a highly advanced underground drill. "You want me to build you a drill!?"

Simon slowly nodded.

"And why's that if I might ask?" Dr. Finklestien asked, not knowing why Simon wanted him to build the drill.

Simon took out a picture of his mother he found from his father's private journal on their honeymoon.

"Oh... Your mother is in trouble..." Dr. Finklestein took it, taking a look. "What a devoted child you are..."

Simon folded his arms, looking impatient.

"Okay, okay, I'll get started on the drill right away." Dr. Finklestien said before going to work.