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After Pibby and Frisk's groups left, it was pretty... weird having them not around. Before Oswald had left, he did pay for the repairs to the Pokemon Center, so that's good! Also, since Zilla was now Gelatin's Pokemon, I had a free spot once again in my party, meaning Cross was back to being a permanent team member! I switched out Shade, Mamoru, and Violet out for Dig-Dig, Prism, and Tsunami. Coiny did the same with Spooks, Hangry, and Dragonfly for Fang, Sorin, and Slash. We soon leave Saffron City, and go to the next route, where we encounter II Nickel, his Blaziken, and a red-eyed Rocky with a Golem?!
"Rocky?!" I ask. I noticed the hat on Rocky's head was in Team Shadow's colors. Team Shadow is back?! We haven't seen them since Puffball attacked us back when she was under their control! I suddenly got a call on my communication watch. I almost forgot about this thing! I pick up, and turns out, it's from Pibby, and Frisk also answered.
Pibby: Firey? Frisk? You there?
Boy am I glad to hear Pibby's voice again! "Pibby!" me and Frisk say at the same time. Me and Frisk both laugh at how we just said that in sync! That was so silly! "Wow, can't believe we unknowingly said that at the same time, Frisk!" I said. "You and me both!" Frisk responds. Boy am I glad these things work! I was a bit scared that I would've lost contact with our friends from other universes!
Pibby: It worked! We've got contact! Also, where's...
I see Castform behind Frisk. "Hello!" Castform says. There's the Castform. I was wondering where he was at!
Pibby: There he is!
"Cell, please calm down!" Frisk says. Cell? Is that what Frisk is calling Castform? Weird name.
Pibby: Cell?
"Yeah, that's what I decided to name him. Since we were once one, I thought it would be nice to give him his own name!" Frisk says. "It's true!" Cell says. "Good. It's great to hear that we don't just have to call you Castform anymore!" I said, jokingly. Sure hope Frisk and Cell know that was just a joke! "Watch it, Firey!" Frisk and Cell said together. Okay, so maybe they don't know that I was just joking!
Pibby: ... how many brain cells do you two share, Frisk and Cell?
"Every single one." Frisk and Cell say together. Okay, why am I not surprised by that? "Okay, yeah, that makes sense. Also, I was just joking!" I said. "Well, we didn't think it was very funny, fireball!" Frisk says. "He's telling the truth. Not cool, man!" Cell says. "well, he's a fireball, so he can't necessarily-" Sans says. "Frisk, burn him for me, will ya?" I ask. "Will do!" Frisk says. I hear a Fire Blast from Frisk hitting Sans. That skeleton/Dusclops gets what he deserves! "ouch." Sans says. "YOU SHOULD'VE SEEN THAT COMING, BRO!" Papyrus says. "i know, paps. i would make a pun, but it seems they're all burned out!" Sans says, and he gets another Fire Blast from Frisk. Sans, you should be more careful with your puns! I hear the Babtqftim guys in the background.
Cuphead: Wow, those skeleton's jokes are bad!
Felix: Trust me, you'll unfortunately get used to them.
Oswald: Yikes.
Mugman: Aw, man!
Figaro: *upset meows*
Oscar: Darn it.
Should that baby bunny even KNOW the word 'darn' at his age?!
Oscar: What?
Felix: You shouldn't even know about that word at your age!
Pibby: Talk to guys later. Got some of our own problems here.
Me and Frisk understand, and Pibby hangs up, with me and Frisk now talking to each other by ourselves on our communication watches. "So... how are you, Firey?" Frisk asks, trying to start up a conversation with me. "Good. You?" I ask. "Good." Frisk says. Me and Frisk's groups, well, except for Gelatin and Zilla, don't know each other as much as we know Pibby's, so this is a pretty awkward conversation. "How's, uh, how's your Charizard? Blaze was his name, right?" Frisk asks. "Yep, and he's doing fine." I said. "How about Coiny? Is he still upset about having taken on Sabrina's gym last?" Frisk asks. "He's gotten over it by now, thankfully. Wasn't easy for me, having to give him his space, and all." I said. "Boy am I glad me and Scrag Kid were never in that situation!" Frisk says. "Scrag Kid?" I ask. I see a Scraggy appear behind Frisk. "That would be me!" the Scraggy says. "There you are, SK!" Frisk says. "Oh. You're the armless monster child, right?" I ask the Scraggy. "That's me!" Scrag Kid says. "Okay, we've gotta go! Say hi to Gelatin and Zilla for us!" Frisk says. "Will do!" I said. We've got our own issues here, anyways. Frisk hangs up, and I return my focus to the others. "Well, what was that call about?" Gelatin asks. "Pibby just wanted to make sure that the communication watches Bubba made worked. Also, Frisk told me to tell you and Zilla that they said hi." I said. "Well, it's good to hear that Frisk's group still counts me as their friend!" Gelatin says. "Tyran!" Zilla says. "Now, where were we- *sees II Nickel and Team Shadow-controlled Rocky* Ah, right! Let's go, Tsunami!" I said. "Croconaw!" Tsunami says. "Hydro, Fang, let's go!" Coiny says. "Blast!" Hydro says. "Gyara!" Fang says. Teardrop sends out Dash and Blade, and Woody sends out Tox. "Nidoking!" Tox says. "Let's go, Iron Thorns!" II Nickel says. A robotic version of Tyranitar comes out from II Nickel's Pokeball.
"Thorns!" Iron Thorns says. "What is that thing?! It's like a robot version of Tyranitar!" I said. "That would be because Iron Thorns is the future paradox form of Tyranitar!" Gelatin says. Zilla glares at his robotic descendant. "Tyrani!" Zilla says. "Iron Thor!" Iron Thorns says. "Why am I not surprised that Zilla isn't getting along with Iron Thorns?" I ask. "Wait, Gelatin, what typing is Iron Thorns?" I ask Gelatin. "Rock-Electric, wh- Oh, wait! It's Rock-Electric! That means it's four times weak to Ground!" Gelatin says. "I was hoping that was the case! Let's go, Dig-Dig!" I said. "Come on out, Sorin!" Coiny says. "Dugtri!" Dig-Dig says. "Slash!" Sorin says. Suddenly, Rocky lets out an Omastar!
"Oma!" Rocky's Omastar says. Okay, by the looks of things, Rocky's a Rock type user, I can tell just by his Golem and Omastar. "Coiny! Woody! We're gonna need Sprout and Dottie!" I said. "Right!" Coiny says. "Wah wah!" Woody says. They send out their Grass types. "Hydrap!" Dottie says. "Venus!" Sprout says. Geez, the amount of Pokemon we had to send out! And we haven't even started the battle yet! Woody tries to shout to Blaziken. "Wah wah! (translation: Cinder!)" Woody says, but Blaziken ignores him. "Cinder? That's what you named your Torchic?" I ask the plank of wood beside me. "Wah wah! (translation: Don't judge!)" Woody responds. Apparently, II Nickel heard me and Woody. "Cinder, huh?" II Nickel asks. Uh-oh! Now that II Nickel knows Blaziken's nickname, he probably has more power over it! I see a device on Cinder's back. Wait, if we destroy that device, Cinder will probably have control of itself again! II Nickel mega-evolves Cinder, despite it's pain. "Blazi!" Mega Cinder says. "Guys! There's a device on Cinder's back! If we destroy it, II Nickel won't have control of Cinder anymore!" I said. "Slash..." Sorin says. "Sorin, I know you're still recovering from the first time we battled Cinder, but we can't give up on it! It's Woody's Pokemon, and I don't think he likes seeing it in pain!" I said. Sorin thinks it through, while Blade goes over to him, and tries to convince him more, albeit not verbally. "Slash!" Sorin says, finally going along with the plan. "Glad to hear it, Sorin!" Coiny says. "Zilla, use Stomping Tantrum!" Gelatin says. "Tyran!" Zilla says. Zilla stomps the ground, and his attack hits Iron Thorns, it being 4 times super effective against it. "*growls* Thor!" Iron Thorns says, angrily. "You guys help Cinder! We'll deal with Iron Thorns!" Gelatin says. "Okay. You two be careful, Gelatin and Zilla!" I said. "We will, Firey! Good luck!" Gelatin says. "Tar!" Zilla says. While II Nickel and Iron Thorns are distracted by Gelatin and Zilla, Dottie uses Fickle Beam on the device, breaking Cinder free, un-mega evolving him. "Blazik..." Cinder says. "Wah wah? Wah? (translation: Cinder? You in there?)" Woody asks. The Blaziken slowly opens his eyes, and sees Woody. "Ziken! (translation: Woody!)" Cinder says, kneels down, and then he hugs Woody. Woody is shocked by the hug, but eventually hugs him back. "Blazi... (translation: I missed you...)" Cinder says. "Wah wah! (translation: I missed you too, Cinder!)" Woody says. Cinder's Pokeball returns to Woody from II Nickel's bag, and he sees this. "What the?! That's my Blaziken's Pokeball you just stole!" II Nickel says. "Correction, other me! Cinder's Woody's Blaziken, not yours!" our Nickel says. Phaedra is sent out, and she glares at II Nickel, Iron Thorns, Rocky, Golem, and Omastar. "Rocky, let's go! We'll deal with them another day! And get Cinder back!" II Nickel says. Him and Rocky return their Pokemon, and they teleport away. "Looks like Team Shadow's back!" I said. "I think I might know why they haven't attacked up til this point! Iron Thorns is a future paradox form, isn't it? Maybe the reason why they didn't attack up until this point is because they were trying to get a future paradox Pokemon!" Coiny says. "That's a good theory, Coiny, but we have no way to know if it's true! Sure, Cinder's here, but he doesn't seem to remember much of when he was under that device's control." Nickel says. "Touche, Nickel." Coiny says. I noticed a Pokeball on the ground. "Guys, look!" I said. The others see it, and Puffball picks it up with her mouth. Yep, I'm going to let Puffball keep whatever Pokemon's in there, because I don't think any of us want to touch something that was in PB's mouth. The Pokeball glows pink, probably indicating that the Pokemon inside is now Puffball's. She sends it out, and it turns out to be a robotic Delibird?!
Jeez. And I thought that Iron Thorns was weird-looking! "Bund?" the robot Delibird asks. "Wow! An Iron Bundle!" Gelatin says. Coiny scans the robot Delibird, apparently known as Iron Bundle, with his Pokedex. "Iron Bundle, the Paradox Pokemon. An Ice-Water type, and the paradox form of Delibird. It resembles a mysterious object mentioned in an old book. There are only two reported sightings of this Pokémon." Coiny's Pokedex says. Coiny puts away his Pokedex afterwards. "Coiny, your Pokedex can also scan Paradox Pokemon, and tell us their Pokedex entries?! Why didn't you try using it on them before?!" I ask. "I guess I forgot about that feature." Coiny says. "Iron Bund..." Iron Bundle says, clearly confused. Puffball floats over to it. "Hi there!" Puffball says. "Bundl!" Iron Bundle says, and it hides behind a nearby tree. "Aw! Just like Roaring Moon, it's shy!" Puffball says. She slowly approaches the metal penguin. "It's okay. We're not going to hurt you!" PB says, softly. Iron Bundle slowly approaches Puffball, and soon trusts her. Guess we've got our own future paradox Pokemon now!