Teams Phalanx and Kama pursue Sandjaw, who flees to enlist the help of another of the Siphon Prison's escapees, the mighty Slaking, Holgan. Despite the inhibitions of his species, Holgan proves to be more than a match even for the combined power and skill of the two rescue teams.

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Sandjaw threw himself through the window as the Blaziken chased after him, narrowly missing the Krookodile. A second later, Volcan was out the window and springing after him, his long legs gaining ground on Sandjaw easily, with Sickle not far behind, keeping pace with the Blaziken.

"Geez, do you creeps ever quit?!" Sandjaw shouted back to them.

They had been chasing Sandjaw for several minutes, the cowardly Krookodile ducking into every alley and using everything he could find to stall them.

Volcan was quickly in pursuit, leaping out the window followed by Sickle. "Give up Sandjaw! You can't outrun us!" The Blaziken declared.

"I can try!" The Krookodile shouted, making a beeline toward an empty flower garden and making a dolphin dive into it.

Volcan and Sickle had almost caught him before the last inch of his tail disappeared below the loose soil, and pulled back as some of the dirt came up and flicked into their faces, causing Volcan to sneeze and Sickle to spit out a pebble. Seconds later, Blaster appeared, coming around the other side a building at the corner, winded from running.

“Dang it! Where'd he go?" The Blastoise asked.

"He's gone underground," replied Sickle.

Volcan put a finger to his ear, pressing into the transmit button for his earpiece. "Doug, do you read? Sandjaw just went underground; can you track him?"

“Already on it!” The Dugtrio replied quickly, already sensing the vibrations in the earth where Sandjaw was tunneling through and giving chase after him. “Feels like he’s heading East. I’ll try and make him surface at the nearest soft spot! You guys try to get ahead and ambush him when I nail him!”

"Keep feeding us directions - we're on our way!" Volcan returned. "Come on guys!"

"Blaster, do the thing!" Sickle ordered.

Blaster turned his back to the west, dropping onto his belly and withdrawing into his shell. There, Sickle leapt onto his back, bracing himself as water burst forth from the cannons. The water pressure propelled the Blastoise up the street at remarkable speed with the Grovyle surfing atop him. Volcan ran after them in full sprint, more than able to keep pace as they raced off in pursuit of Sandjaw. He tapped his foot twice, and Blaster banked right, and with a single tap, a small left to correct their course as they sped along.

"You guys have a name for that trick?" Volcan asked Sickle as he strode beside them.

"Eh, it's a work in progress!" Sickle replied.


Doug had almost managed to head off Sandjaw, cutting across his path when the Krookodile veered off course. He pursued, and this time did succeed in heading him off, startling Sandjaw as he cleared away a clump of dirt only to be greeted by a Dugtrio, who shouted “Boo!” in his face. Sandjaw scrambled to turn the other direction, clawing through the soil hurriedly.

“Ooooh no you don’t!!” The Dugtrio hollered, before releasing a burst of energy to trigger a Magnitude attack.

A potent tremour rippled through the ground, shaking Sandjaw to his core and causing dirt and rock to tumble around him, filling the tunnel he was digging. He clawed his way to the surface, scrambling to climb out of the ground. He had to punch through a section of pavement to get out, flinging cobblestone tiles about as he emerged.

"Ah! Fucking hell!" The Krookodile growled, pulling himself out before further collapse could trap him. "These blokes just don't take a hint!"

He got up to run, and then paused in his tracks. "Hey, wait a minute," he said, realizing where he was. He grinned, and then altered his course, turning from his previous easterly course to a south-east direction.


“Guys, he’s heading South-East and is fleeing on foot!” Doug informed the others. “I’m in pursuit as we speak!”

"Don't try to fight him alone if you can avoid it. He may be a coward, but he was put in that prison for a reason - stay sharp!" Volcan replied.

“Gotcha! Just hurry on over as quick as you can and I’ll keep on him!” Doug called out, resurfacing as he travelled and firing off multiple Mud Bombs at the fleeing Krookodile.

In his pursuit, he started to sense more movement on the ground in the direction Sandjaw was heading. Heading for reinforcements, it seemed, he supposed, but it didn't feel like there were very many of them. Still, he wasn’t about to take any chances. Following Volcan’s orders, he hung back a little and ceased his assault, but never lost track of Sandjaw as he continued his pursuit from underground.

“...Just who are you going to, I wonder…” Doug muttered to himself.