“You pathetic scum of Earth, release me now!” A white Vulpix shouted at the Galvantula in front of her. Elsa was completely trapped on webs along with her friends, with no way of moving. “If you don’t release me right now, I’ll-“ She stopped herself when the big spider leaned her face closer to her, hissing while baring her fangs.
“Quit your whining before I bite your head off to make you shut up!” The Galvantula threatened, making Elsa whimper in fear while shutting up. “Now… I’ll ask you one more time… where’s my son!?”
“I-I swear, I don’t know what you’re talking about! B-but… if it’s a Joltik you want… my sister is with one!” That made the Galvantula stop leaning onto her and back away from her. “U-um… she’s somewhere else in this dungeon! And that stupid critter is always with her!” The Galvantula stayed silent and turned away from the three Pokémon.
“I will go after your sister… but if I discover that you’re lying…” She turns her head back to Elsa. “… I’ll eat you for dinner and your friends as dessert.” She said in a menacing tone and climbed onto a tree.
“E-Elsa… what about the others…?” Cindy, the Purrloin asked hesitantly to the fox.
“Bah, they can handle that bitch! We need to escape this disgusting web and find that stupid flag!” At that, all of them started struggling, trying to use their claws to cut through the webs. But their paws were also tied up, rendering their efforts in vain.
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“Don’t come near me! Fuck off now!” John shouted, from behind Claire, at the monster that was in front of them. It was brown, had two black eyes, and had a horn on its head. Truly a monster that was so terrifying that could kill John in an instant.
“… Um… John… it’s just a Weedle…” Taro said looking concerned at John. “Are you okay dude…?”
“No, I’m not! I’m on a death trap that is a Mystery Dungeon, and then to top it off, it’s infested with fucking bugs! And to make it even worse, I’m one of them too!” John shouted, and the Weedle came closer to him. “Stay away from me!” He then let out a String Shot towards the caterpillar, constraining it inside a silk prison.
“Wait… you’re afraid of bugs… even though you’re one?” Claire asked confused.
“Yeah, I am… happy now? I’m not as fearless or determined as the humans you seem to fantasize about, I’m… the opposite of them…” John looked down, frowning. “I’m sorry I’m not the ideal human for you…”
Claire turned to him as John looked away. “John, it’s okay… I… I’m sorry too.”
“For what?”
“For putting such weight on you, and comparing you to the other humans. You’re not them… you’re different from them.” She looked at the Weedle and saw it struggle, trying to free itself from the sticky silk. “Listen, how about this? We’ll take care of the bug types here while you help us take care of the normal types, how does that sound?” She looked back at him while smiling.
“…” The human thought about it for a moment, if the normal types were… normal, like they say they are, then he wouldn’t mind helping them. Maybe he could use that new technique he had learned in the training he did with Claire. After all, he needed to get stronger. He sighed and looked at Claire, who was joined by her three classmates. “Sure… just please keep the bug types or whatever, away from me… okay?”
“You can count on us, John!” She cheerfully said and grinned.
“If you get hurt, I’ll heal you if needed!” The hedgehog added as well.
“Let’s shock these fools together!” Taro added while throwing a paw in the air.
“… So like… I know I have electric powers but… I don’t know how to use them…”
“What!?” Taro said in surprise as John rubbed the back of his head.
After getting to know each other, they pressed forwards and after a bit of walking they eventually found the… stairs…? “No fucking way… the floors are actually separated by stairs!?” John blurted out in surprise. It was a normal staircase, that cut through the ground and essentially led downwards to another level. “This makes no sense whatsoever! Like who built these?”
“They are not supposed to make sense… they are called a Mystery Dungeon because no one knows what they are gonna find in a place like this.” The Shaymin explained. “But one thing we know is that they’re made out of magic.”
John looked around the stairs. “I see…”
“Anyways, let’s get on with the second floor-“ Suddenly, Taro was interrupted when John was quickly snatched from Claire’s head by a flying blur. “What the!?” John started screaming as the figure slowed down, revealing itself to be a Taillow. It was holding the Joltik in its talons.
“John!!!” Claire shouted. She started growling towards the Taillow as flames started coming from the sides of her mouth. Taro struck first with a Thunder Shock, it missed completely as the bird dodged the lighting. “Stay still!” Claire then shot a fireball at the target, but it also missed. The Taillow then let out a cry at them as it flapped its wings.
“Guys, can you please hurry up!? It’s not on my plans to become bird food!” John shouted in the air. It seemed that it was over and the bird was about to leave for its nest, until Amy had a plan.
“That’s it!” Amy ran forward and shouted to John. “John! Use String Shot on its wings! Make it unable to fly!” John in a bit of panic, did as he was told and shot a string of silk on the left wing of the bird (although he missed a majority of the silk he shot). The Taillow lost control and started falling, while he released John as he also fell along with his predator.
“JOHN!!!” Claire screamed.
‘Shit, shit, shit! Wait... the thing!’ John shouted mentally. Quickly, he shot out a web from his mouth, it latched onto a tree and he pulled it, launching himself towards the tree. The impact was softened by the web that was on the tree, but it didn’t stop it from sending shivers throughout John’s whole body.
“What was… no focus!” Amy said to herself and then turned to Claire. “Claire, do it now!” Claire snapped out of a despair state and quickly shot a fireball at the Taillow, and it got hit by the ball, getting burned in the process. The Taillow fell to the ground and fainted as the burns on its body faded away.
“Holy shit…” Taro said between breaths. “That was too close for comfort…” Claire ran to John going to check on him.
“John, are you okay!? Are you hurt!?” Claire asked really concerned.
“I’m fine… I’m just… not gonna look at birds the same, ever again…” He said panting.
“Do you want to take a break…?” Amy asked the Joltik.
“No… I want to get out of here as fast as possible… the sooner we get a flag, the quicker we get out of here.” The students nodded and Claire picked up the spider and descended to the next floor.
John couldn’t describe the feelings he was having, was it a thrill? Was it fear? Or it was a mix of the two since the adrenaline in his body was wearing off? Whatever the case, he knew one thing he was feeling after that last ordeal… and that was hunger. He craved electricity once again, but unfortunately, there were no outlets nearby or any other kind of electrical grub anywhere… or was there? He looked at the spiky rodent, John could feel in his body so many volts running wild inside him. Taro wouldn’t mind if he shared some, right? ‘So hungry…'
They reached the second floor of the dungeon and Taro stretched. “I have a good feeling that the flag is on this floor!”
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“Let’s hope that feeling of yours is right…” The Shaymin said after sighing. Suddenly, John jumped off of Claire and landed on Taro’s back.
“Hey Taro, erm… sorry in advance, I am really hungry…”
“Huh, what do you mean by- Ack!” He was interrupted by a sting on his back. John sunk his fangs into Taro’s skin and started sucking some electricity from him. After five seconds, John stopped and removed his fangs from him. “What was that for!?”
“So… Joltiks feed from electricity since they can’t produce their own…” Claire explained. “I thought you learn that before going into high school since that’s basic biology.”
“… Ah… I guess my homeschool teacher didn’t teach me that…” John jumped off Taro and landed on the ground while Claire looked at him confused.
“You were homeschooled?” She asked.
“Yes… before I came to Obelisk High, I was homeschooled, and honestly, I didn’t like it. But now, after lots of begging, my parents decided to finally put me in a school. And I’m glad because I got to meet you guys!”
“I’m also glad that I got to meet you as well!” Claire said grinning, and Taro blushed a little, looking to the side.
“Same can be said for me!” Amy added in as well.
“Great then! Let’s all find that flag together, right guys?” Claire said and they all responded back with a “Yeah!” with John saying a little more quietly than the others. With that, they continued to explore the dungeon, defeating wild normal types and bug types that caught sight of them along the way, but now, they were more prepared. It continued like this for three more floors, until they reached the deepest and last floor, Floor 6. Instead of the usual maze, it was just one big room that had no sort of item in the middle, however, their objective was on the floor. Claire spoke up first. “Guys, look!” “She pointed to the flag. “That must be one of the flags that Mr. Zeta talked about!”
“Finally… let’s freaking grab it and get the hell out of here!” John said while jumping off of Claire’s back. They got closer to the flag, and when they were about to grab it, a voice interrupted them.
“Wait a damn second you peasants!” They looked around trying to find the source of the voice, until they looked upwards a little and saw Elsa and her friends being tied to a tree by big webs. “This flag is mine because I saw it first!” She said while struggling a little.
“Elsa!? What are you doing here already? Who- who did this to you?” Taro asked and was immediately answered by a falling figure behind them.
“Me…” The figure said. They turned around to see a Galvantula behind them, looking pissed.
“Wait, are you the boss of this dungeon!?” Claire asked while taking a step back with her classmates.
“Boss? No… I’m not even from this place. I came here because you kidnapped someone precious to me! You kidnapped my baby!” She looked at John, who was shivering and cringing at the sight of his own mother.
“You- you’re my mother…!?” John asked bewildered as the students looked at him surprised. The Galvantula nodded and switched the tone of her voice to a more motherly voice.
“Of course my little hatchling! I’m your- ...” She suddenly stopped herself as she made a realization. “… did… did you just talk?” She asked in disbelief and John shook his head rapidly. “I just heard you talk, don’t lie to your mother!”
“Yeah, I just talked alright!? Damn, it was the right decision to not come back to that place…”
“What… do you mean by that…?” The big tarantula asked.
“I left that place as fast I could, and damn, I was right… you’re terrifying as fuck!” John said while going to hide behind Claire, all she could do was stay silent as the son and mother situation. Instead of crying, she then let out a slow chuckle that evolved into a crazy laugh.
“I get it now…” She stopped laughing and looked at them, tilting her head insanely. “You did something to my baby, didn’t you? Didn’t you!?” She asked while shouting.
“We did nothing to him miss, he did it on his own!” Taro replied back, trying to resolve the situation.
“Lies, lies, LIES!!! I know you did something to him! Now my little baby, come back to me before I force you to come with me!” She demanded and John replied back with a hiss.
“NEVER!”
“Then these baby kidnappers will die, and I’ll take you back with me!” She lifted her forelimbs, doing a spider threat pose, meaning she was ready to fight. The others got in position to fight while John zipped away towards a tree.
Electrifying Arachnophobia
GALVANTULA
The Galvantula started first, shooting out an electric web towards the trio. All of them dodged the web as it fell onto the floor. “We have to be careful with those! Even if she misses, it might become a problem later if it stays on the field!” Amy warned the group, Claire nodded and burned the web with flames coming out of her mouth.
“I’ll take what’s respectfully mine! And none of you will stop me!” She lunged towards Taro, with her fangs ready to bite him. Taro acted quickly and used Spiky Shield by making his spikes come out of his body. The Galvantula bit his shield and got hurt by the spikes, forcing her to retreat with a jump back. Claire took this opportunity to shoot a fireball at her, causing some damage. She hissed out of pain and looked at Claire. “You little brat!” She shot a Sticky Web at Claire, causing her paws to get stuck by the webs on the field.
“Dammit, I’m stuck!” The Vulpix prepared a fireball to burn the webs away until she got pounced on by the Galvantula, pinning her on the ground. “Argh!” Then, the Galvantula winked her fangs on Claire’s chest, using Leech Life to recover some health. She then hopped away from Claire, licking the blood from her fangs.
“Claire!” John, Taro, and Amy shouted. Claire slowly got up on her back, a bit weakly. She coughed and looked at the Galvantula.
“She’s tough…”
After a quick look, Shaymin spotted above John just what they needed, an Oran Berry tree. The Shaymin shouted to the Joltik. “John, above you! Use your String Shot on one of those blueberries!” John quickly looked up and understood. Although he didn’t know what a normal fruit was about to do in this situation, he felt that it was right to do as Amy said. He used his Grappling Silk, which latched onto the berry and pulled it. Fortunately, he was heavier than the berry, so instead of being launched towards it, the berry detached from the tree and fell to the ground. “Nice! Taro, keep her busy while I get this berry to Claire!”
“Understood!” Taro curled into a spiky ball and used Rollout, hitting the Galvantula on impact. The Galvantula hissed and went to strike Taro with her electric fangs, but thankfully he rolled out of the way. Meanwhile, Amy took this opportunity to go to the berry and grab it with her mouth. She then went to Claire, dropping the berry next to her.
“Claire here! I read that these berries can heal you if you eat them!” Amy explained to the Vulpix and she nodded slowly. She took the berry with her paws and started eating slowly. The Shaymin looked back on the fight and saw Taro shooting a Thunder Shock at the Galvantula, although that didn’t seem to affect her much. The Galvantula retaliated by releasing another electrifying web towards Taro, unfortunately, he wasn’t quick enough as he got hit and trapped under the web. He wasn’t really affected by the electricity because of his Lighting Rod ability, but he was immobile.
“When this is over, you’re gonna be a nice dessert for me and my baby!” She lifted a pointy nub upwards, ready to slash Taro. “Die!” As she was about to touch Taro, flames hit her side, making her scream in pain and hop backward. She looked to the side and saw Claire on her feet with flames coming out of the sides of her mouth, while Amy was standing beside her.
“I’m ready for round two!” She said looking fiercely. The Galvantula growled and charged at her, but suddenly, Claire started to glow purple as three purple flames appeared surrounding her. It seemed she had just learned the move Will-O-Wisp. The flames started floating directly towards the Galvantula and impacted the big spider, burning her in the process. After that, Claire burned the web that trapped Taro. “Taro, she’s weak! Finish this!” She called out to Taro.
Meanwhile, John had an awesome idea that might finish her for good. He zipped close to them on a tree and shouted. “Taro, I have an idea! Turn into that spiky ball from before while covering yourself in electricity!” The Togedemaru nodded in understanding. He turned into a ball and covered himself in electricity while his spikes popped out and he started rolling towards the Galvantula. While that, John already thought of a name for the move. “Yes! Finish it with Electric Rollout!” As he said that, Taro impacted the Galvantula head-on, launching her onto the tree where Elsa and her friends were. The impact tore the web from the tree, making it a little easier for them to free themselves. With that opportunity, Elsa and her friends quickly clawed their way out of the web. They all stood silent as they saw the Galvantula faint.
“We… we did it… We actually did it!” Claire said in victory. “Come on, let’s get the flag and-“ She was interrupted by her twin.
“Not so fast!” She and her friends walked in front of the flag. “Remember what I said? We saw this flag first, and so that makes it ours.” She said in a sassy tone and Amy butted in anger.
“What!? But we just defeated that Galvantula, while you did nothing and just watched! “
“Well duh! I was trapped, a princess can’t do anything while she’s trapped you know.” She explained. “Unless you wanna fight for it the flag, I won’t let you take MY flag.”
Taro responded letting out sparks. “Fuck yeah, let’s fight for this flag right now-“
“Hold your [Mudsdales]! I don’t want to see my students tear themselves like [wild animals, hungry for blood]!” A glitchy voice came out from the bushes and trees, and from it, came out Mr. Zeta and Cerbera, looking a bit worse for wear.
“Mr. Zeta!?” The students blurted out in surprise. John was hiding behind Claire after all the commotion.
“You don’t need to fight between yourselves to see who gets that flag, because… everyone won [the lottery]!” The teacher explained while his limbs were moving crazily around his body. The students tilted their heads in confusion.
“So like… I already got my flag, and after I got it, he insisted I come with him until we got to the last floor, and… we were kinda watching Team Alpha kicking the ass of that Pokémon. And uh… Zeta was kinda going crazy and excited as he watched that fight…”
“[As the right hand of god and anime] I declare this… a mission success! You all passed!” Zeta said while Cerbera showed his flag to the group.
Jingle-Jungle Woods
Mission: Success