Battle Aboard the St. Anne/4Kids Version

(Our heroes are walking across a bridge, and as always, Marie and Elizabeth have all their Pokémon out following behind them. They suddenly see a poster for a luxury cruise liner, but a *real* luxury cruise liner can be seen nearby.)

Nanette: **Whoa! It's a cruise ship!**

Casty: **Can we go on it?! Please?!**

Brock: **We don't have enough money, unfortunately.**

Jim: **I have enough money for this, because... I'm a high-ranked person.**

\*Everyone went silent for minutes while staring at him\*

Ellie: **So yeah... he's the president of Galar and the CEO of two manufacturing companies, what do you expect? Not just that, he's also the founder, leader and the general of an paramilitary organization called GDI.**

Misty: **What does "GDI" stand for?**

Jim: **Global Defense Initiative.**

Calem: **So exactly how many money you have?**

Jim: **I have an briefcase of them inside my backpack.**

Cheren: **That's nonsense. The briefcase is too large for your backpack.**

Marina: \*faceplams out of embarrassment\*

Jim: **No, this isn't an ordinary backpack. Inside the backpack, there're a lot of things inside it.**

Nanette: **Jimmy-san, what are you talking about?**

Fiona: \*chuckles\*

Jim: **I'll show you.**

(Jim unzips his backpack and there is literally a dark void inside it. There must be a very large space within the backpack, despite its size.)

Jim: **Come on, put your hand to the bottom.**

Catherine: **Odd, there's no bottom...**

Aurea: **Yeah...**

(As everyone realized what Jim's actually talking about, he decided to explain to them.)

Jim: **Everyone, as you've put you hand in it and can't feel its bottom, I and Ellie decided to use space-manipulating technologies for creating this. This is the Extraspatial Backpack, a type of backpack that has very large space within it, despite its small size.**

Everyone: **Woah...**

Marie: **Anyway, even my rich family wouldn't want to fork over that much dough. But it looks pretty though, don't you think, Yvonne?**

Yvonne (trying to sound smarter): **I hold an intense dislike of water. In my opinion, water is only to be used for the purposes of consumption and bathi-**

Fiona: **We get it.**

Nanette: **Just say "I hate water and water is only for drinking and showering with."**

Pixie: **Maybe to you.**

Serena: *So annoying.*

(Suddenly, two ganguro girls come up to the heroes, holding a bunch of tickets.)

Jessie in ganguro disguise: **Hello, everyone! Here are some free tickets for the St. Anne!**

James in ganguro disguise: **Oooooh, aren't I the *coooollllest* girl?**

Cheren: **Excuse me, but what are they for?**

(Bianca isn't paying attention.)

Jessie in ganguro disguise: **They're for the St. Anne. For free.**

All the walking Pokémon (Elizabeth's Pokémon, Marie's Pokémon, Gigi, Mincie, Pumpkin Bread, Pixie, the baby Ninja Dragonets, etc.): **...FOR FREE?!**

(Rosa starts jumping all over the place in a bubblish happy tone, much to Hilda's embarrassment.)

Elizabeth: **How much Mago juice have I been drinking to be hearing this?!**

(Min-chan, another Minccino, rushes to tell her Trainer the news. The Starlix girls are now a bit far from the main group.)

Aurea: **Min-chan? What is it?**

Min-chan: **I just heard! There's a FREE offer for the St. Anne!**

Sonia: **REALLY?! YES! I CAN'T WAIT!**

The other Starlix members: **Oi vey. That's Sonia for sure.**

(Back with the heroes...)

Pixie: **What if the ship sinks?**

Yvonne: **Yeah. I'm terrified of boats.**

Nanette: **Oh, come on. The ship's unsinkable.**

(Bianca finally notices.)

Bianca: **Ooh! I've wanted to go on a cruise since...um...forever!**

Nanette: **Bianca... You're so into adventuring.**

Bianca: **Heehee...**

(Everyone boards the ship. Meanwhile, Team Rocket is reporting to Giovanni that the first phase of their plan is going well.)

All 3: **Greetings, Boss.**

Giovanni: **How is our plan going so far?**

(Meowth notices a Persian on Giovanni's lap.)

Meowth: **HOLD ON A SECOND! What's with the Persian?! You didn't forget about me, did you?!**

Giovanni: **Such failures! Incompetent, bumbling failures! If you want to make me happy, capture all of the Trainers' Pokémon and bring them to me at once!**

All 3: **Yes, sir.**

(Back with the heroes, Nanette notices a battle between a Starmie and a Raticate. Raticate uses Super Fang to break Starmie's jewel, defeating it.)

Gentleman: **Who else is up to challenge my Raticate? Anyone?**

Nanette: **I want to! Can I?! Can I?!**

Jim: **Me first, my Star Lucario is my ultimate Pokemon. Even without the power to stop time, his speed, defense and power are far exceed that of your Raticate and many others.**

Nanette: **That would barely even be a fair match. He'd defeat it in one go without even giving it a chance.**

Jim: **I guess you're right.**

Gentleman: **How about that Butterfree of yours battle me, young lady? And... what about you, cyborg boy?**

Nanette: **Sure!**

Jim: **Huh, it appears I wanted to try a little test to find out just how powerful Star Lucario is, compared to your Raticate but I can't. Because the result that would be unfair, as you'll lose the battle instantly.**

(Nanette sends out Catie.)

Gentleman: **Jump Kick!**

Nanette: **Intercept with Tackle, quick!**

(Catie Tackles Raticate, but it intercepts with its own Tackle.)

Gentleman: **Hyper Fang!**

Nanette: **Stun Spore!**

(Catie uses Stun Spore, but just as it is about to hit, the Gentleman decides that is enough and recalls his Raticate.)

Gentleman: **That's enough for now.**

Nanette: **Okay, if you say so.**

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(Meanwhile, James walks by several vendors. He notices a salesman with several Magikarp.)

Salesman: **You, over there! I've got a Pokémon that will make you filthy rich in no time. Come over here!**

James: **Me?! Rich?!**

Salesman: **Magikarp is a Pokémon gold mine. Each Magikarp lays one thousand eggs, and each of those one thousand eggs will grow up and lay another one thousand eggs, and so on. In no time, if you sell them all, you'll be filthy rich!**

James: **Yes, please! I'll take one! How much is it?**

Salesman: **Normally, I would charge $50. But for an extra $50, I'll sell you a breeding kit as well. What do you say?**

James: **I'll take it.**

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(Everyone, meanwhile, is stuffing themselves at the buffet. Nanette and Elizabeth are trying to avoid the junk food like the cupcakes and are instead eating salad and Jim also doing the same as them, but Dragonet and Marie are going to town on the cupcakes, the other Pokémon and Fiona are eating cinnamon rolls, Yvonne is having 5 helpings of spicy pizza, Bianca is eating several meatless Pokémon world-friendly burgers, and so on.)

Nanette: **Wait, you avoid junk foods and eat salads like us?!**

Jim: **Yes, because junk foods doesn't provide much water for me, so I eat salads. Waters and vegetables are required coolants for a cyborg like me.**

Elizabeth & Nanette: **Oh!**

Ellie: **He also requires liquid nitrogen too, as it is also his required type of coolants for a cyborg like him.**

Elizabeth: **What energy source does he actually run on?**

Ellie: **Nuclear energy. That's why he has to drink water and eat salads at this point. If he doesn't have sufficient amount of coolants like those he eats today... you know, boom! We are dead along with the passengers on this ship.**

Parker: **Yeah... we don't like to see him overheated and boomed due to a lack of coolants.**

Leah: **Is there any alternatives for nuclear energy?**

Nanette: **Yeah, there must be a replacement!**

Ellie: **There are 2 alternatives, antimatter and zero-point. They safer and produces more energy than nuclear energy does. And yes, I'm currently working on miniaturized version of antimatter and zero-point reactors. You know, micro reactors.**

Elizabeth: **Can Jim do what computers, PokéDexes and laptops can actually does?**

Ellie: **Yes, he can. He can be our personal data storage or a personal computer, you can save any data if you wanted to!**

(Nanette notices the Gentleman walking up to her.)

Gentleman: **Are you all having yourselves a good time?**

Nanette: **Yes, we're all having a great time.**

Gentleman: **That Butterfree of yours has quite the talent.**

Gentleman's girlfriend: **Yes, it is quite exceptional.**

(Brock instantly starts flirting with the Gentleman's girlfriend.)

Brock: **She's so beautiful...**

Misty: **Would you please stop?!** \*grabs Brock on the ear\*

Nanette: **Well...**

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*Aurea: **Since any Pokémon you get will be inflected with your magic, only give them away or release them if it's for the best.***

*Nanette: **OK.***

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Nanette: **I put a lot of work into raising it. But I have to decline your trade, unfortunately. Thanks for offering, though.**

Gentleman: **Alright.**

(The Gentleman leaves.)

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Stella: **Bloom? Are you OK?**

Bloom: *I'm not sure if making friends was a good idea. But why?*

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(The ballroom suddenly goes dark. Several Team Rocket grunts appear with vacuum-like machines.)

Team Rocket Grunt #1: **Give us your Poké Balls!**

Everyone: **Huh?**

(Since Marie and Elizabeth always had their Pokémon out, the grunt just snatched their Pokémon instead. Sugar screamed in terror when her mom was captured. Jim pulls out his assault carbine and prepares to assault then, but suddenly, he heard a familiar voice... It was the Smiths!)

Jim: \*prepares his GD-34 carbine\* **Commencing assault... huh?**

Ashley: **Give us our Pokemon back!**

Eli: **Yeah!**

Taylor: **I'll beat you for that!**

Jackie: **Get back here you *cabrones*! Wait, I heard a familiar voice... is that you Joot?**

Jim: **Jackie!**

Jackie: **JoJo! My man! Long time to see you! What makes you here?**

Jim: **Well I'm in an adventure with the kids here, why do you here?**

Jackie: **We saw this cruise ship and decided to go on it.**

(The Team Rocket grunts continue to suck up everybody's Poké Balls.)

Nanette: **This is no time to discuss something!**

Jim and Jackie: **Oh... Right.**

Parker: *At least the passengers think what will happen next is performed by some silly Ditto...*

Nanette: **Everyone else... *TIME TO TRANSFORM!***

Jim: **Wait for me!** \*drops his assault carbine in order to attack the Grunts in close combat\*

Jackie: \*notices the GD-34 Jim dropped, then pick it up\* **This is gonna work...**

(The heroes transform to fight back! But at that moment...)

Reena: **I'll help out! I know it!**

(Reena evolves into a Steenee!)

Glitter Parfum: **You evolved! Let's help the others!**

(Faith Idol performs Bright Sparkle to stun the grunts, while Rotom and Dragonet zap them with Thunderbolt, Casty uses Ice Beam, Dragonet's babies join in using Thunderbolt, and Bluey uses Petal Blizzard. However, the ship has sailed straight into a storm, causing it to rock.)

Misty: **It's a big storm!**

(Everybody grabs their Pokémon back once the fried grunts retreat. The ship continues rocking violently and starts to sink.)

Captain: **There is no need to worry. The ship's unsinkable!**

(The captain goes to one of the lifeboats.)

Captain: **I was just testing out one of the lifeboats!**

(All the passengers begin scrambling to the lifeboats. Marie tries to get to the lifeboats, but she notices a Poké Ball that a passenger left behind and decides that if somebody lost it, she may as well keep it. Citronelle frantically flies after her and Reena, Pinkie, and Clefy run after her.)

Jim: \*get a Tool Gun, then spawned a patrol boat\* **Well, I'm out.**

Jackie: \*carries his wife and his children\* **Wait for me, *mano*!**

(Jim and the Smiths get inside the patrol boat without noticing. Meanwhile, the heroes realized that Jim and the Smiths are missing, believing they are drowned.)

Lucas P.: **Wait, where's big bro?!**

Karen: **I dunno, the Smiths aren't here too!**

Ellie: **Uncle, where are you?!?!**

Lily: **Don't tell me my dad is...**

Charlie: **Water's coming inside... the ship's losing balance... HELP!**

Charlene: **I got your back, bro!**

Yvonne: **Marie, wait!**

Dragonet: **The ship is going down! We have to go!**

Elizabeth, Nanette, and Fiona: **Come on!**

(Marie grabs the Poké Ball, but the ship rocks again, throwing everybody into the wall and knocking them and their Pokémon unconscious. Nanette though...becomes color-less.)

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Jim: **Crap... this is reminds me of the day where I travelled with the others in Horman's Cay island... Better call my forces to send rescue teams! Jackie, you drive, I had to contact with one of my HQ to send rescue teams there!**

Jackie: **Alright, Joot!**

Captain: **May I have your attention! Anyone who did not leave the ship safely, please say "I." (...) Good, we're done. Everyone is safe.**

(The captain is unaware that the heroes are still trapped inside. As the ship goes down, everyone and their Pokémon are unconscious strewn across the floor, and Team Rocket is as well.)

Narrator: **Not everyone, Captain. And as the St. Anne heads to the bottom of the sea, our heroes are trapped unconscious inside, and so is Team Rocket. Could this be the end? How will they escape their watery fate?! I don't know, but I have this sinking feeling!**

*To be Countinued (?)*