Practice, effort, and blowin' stuff up

[Xenos]

Dan wheeled in on his Landboard and cursed. " Damnit could she be anymore of a baby"!? He'd just exited from his second Gym battle with Lilian, with less than happy results. " Screw it, she ain't worth gettin' angry over". He took a deep breath and pulled out four Pokeballs.
Machop, Fetch', Shell, and Puffy popped out and looked up at Dan. " Guys, we're gonna' be doin' some extreme stuff today! Any Pokemon that comes around here you attack on sight, and then we're addin' it to our team"!
Machop shrugged and jumped off towards some rocks, while Puffy, Shell, and Fetch' stuck as a team and headed towards a corner.

[PBK]

A Slugma made its way down the route. Make that two Slugma. Actually, make that three slu- four, five, six Slugma. All six- no, wait, seven, eight, nine pokemon made their way, closer and closer to Dan and his pokemon. A tenth one lagged, far from the rest of his "herd."

[Xenos]

Dan grinned as he saw the oncoming Pokemon. " Machop! Take out the ones in the middle with some Cross Chops! Fetch' and Shell! You two hit'em with Ice Spears and Furry Cutters at the front! Puffy, use rollout to send some Rocks flying at them"!

[Hamboy]

Dans' Pokemon were swatting the slugma like flies. But suddenly, a rumble was heard. The rocky path they stood on began to rumble, and everyone fell off (into small islands of rock in the surrounding lava. No one dies in this show!)! The path lifted itself off the ground, to reveal it was not a path, but an Onix!

"How dare you! Those Slugma were giving this old Onix a back massage! I find it heartless that you'd deny an old Onix of that!"

Onix was angry. Onix was screaming. Onix was using Rage! And he crashed right toward the island Dan had fallen on!

Meanwhile, the slugma were crawling as fast as they could (in other words, an inch a minute) away from the scene using the real path.

[Xenos]

Machop suddenly hopped in front of Dan. Actually, he had hopped onto Dans face and stood there, facing the Onix. " Time to go Super Machop"! He leapt forward, causing Dan to fall back on his rump, and prepared Cross Chop.

[Hamboy]

"RRRAAARRRGGGHHH!" The Onix screamed as he crashed into Machop, the shock causing the ground under Dan to rumble. Onix had been hurt by the exchange as much as Machop, but it barrelled towards Dan still, crashing into the small island beneath him and destroying it! It looked like he and Machop were going to fall into the lava. Could they escape this fate?

[Xenos]

" Tally-ho mates"! Fetch' soared in and grabbed Dan by the shoulders, flying him onto solid ground.
Puffy came and saved Machop as well, only she bounced a side wall and barrelled into him, sending him flying into a wall, but a safe wall at the very least.

[Hamboy]

After the rescue, the Onix could not stop its momentum! It slammed right into the lava, and was completely engulfed. Was he... dead?

Then, suddenly, huge lava covered boulders came flying at the group from varying angles! It seemed that Onix had used harden to survive, and was now circling the group, using Rock Throw as he swam. But how and why didn't really matter. What mattered was that there were now lava covered boulders flying at the group from all directions!

Meanwhile

10 little Slugma, trying to crawl away!
10 little Slugma, trying to crawl away!
Lava rock falls, and crushes one of them,
9 little Slugma, trying to crawl away!

[Xenos]

Shell countered the flying Flame Boulders by shooting some of her Ice Spears.
Machop growled and dashed forward, dodging any Boulders that Shell had missed, and charged straight at the Onix. " HIIIIYAAAAHHH"!!!! He screamed as he used Focus Energy, Rage, and Cross Chop all at the same time.

[Hamboy]

Unfortunately, considering that Onix was still under the lava, it was obvious that Machop had done something very stupid and was about to die.

Fortunately, Onix had not predicted the sheer stupidity he was facing, and was just raising his head from the lava. One problem, however: Onix's mouth was wide open, and he looked like he was about to enjoy some Machop suflay. He closed his mouth, with Machop inside it, and... Machop Cross Chopped him. From the inside. Ouch.

The blow hurt, more than anything he had felt in a while. He once again dived into the lava. Machop was still in his mouth. Oh dear. Could he find a way to stop Onix from opening his mouth?

Machop had the type and level advantage, but it seemed this Onix was an expert at using his environment to his advantage.

Meanwhile

9 little Slugma, trying to crawl away!
9 little Slugma, trying to crawl away!
Machop jumped at Onix, one got in the way,
8 little Slugma, trying to crawl away!

[Xenos]

Dan blinked. " $#!%....we just lost Machop".
" NO"! Puffy screamed. She then blinked and looked around, everyone was staring at her strangely. " Err, I mean, I'm supposed to kill him"!
Fetch' and Dan looked at eachother and shrugged, Shell just laughed.
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Meanwhile in Onixs mouth.
" Crap". Machop sat down on what he assumed was Onixs tongue and sighed. " Nice move Machop, really thought it out there didn't ya'"?
He stood and gulped. " If this thing opens its mouth, I'm dead...Wait a sec". He grabbed the creatures tongue and pulled it back hard. " BRING UP ABOVE THE LAVA OR I RIP IT OFF"!
Oh dear, Machop was mad.

[Hamboy]

Onix had a response. He belched it (this Onix was apparently very fluent in the belch language). Well, if you can't move your tongue, and there is someone literally inside your mouth, what else can you do?

"Or.." He, ah, belched "I could just open my mouth. I figure your fate will be worse than mine. Or rock throw. I have no arms, so how do you think I use it? I spit them out of course."

If Machop cared to look down Onix's throat, he'd see a huge rock hurtling up from further down Onix's body.

Meanwhile

8 little Slugma, trying to crawl away!
8 little Slugma, trying to crawl away!
One hears Dan's bad language, has a heart attack,
7 little Slugma, trying to crawl away!

[Xenos]

Dan and the others began to freak out. Machop had been down there a long time. " What if he's....". Dan couldn't continue, the horrors too scary to think.
Fetch' and Shell began formulating a plan. " If we had some sort of way to get in the Lava without dying...".
Shell frowned. " Fetch'y, you're cute an all, but that's a stupid plan".
Fetch' sighed. " I know".
Puffy blinked. " Maybe not". She ran up to the Slugma, which were basically in the same spot they were five minutes ago. " Hey you. You think you can talk to the Onix and get him to release our fri-...companion"?
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Machop released the tongue and ran to block the oncoming boulder. " If you open your mouth, you'll be just as screwed! Your insides aren't made of rock yah' know"!

[Hamboy]

The lead Slugma gave Puffy a look.

"We are lava. That's what we're made of. If we try going in, we're likely to be combined with it. Imagine it, our atoms and consciousness becoming one with the lava, but not having enough mass that is our selves to take control. We could never move again. It would be an unimaginable pain and horror, never ending!" He turned to his companions. "Whatever you do, don't go in!"

One of them was already mid-leap into the lava.

"Oh Sh-"

"Poor guy." The first Slugma said.

"GGGYYYYAAAAAHHHH!!" The lava screamed.

"Oh. It seemed he's still conscious. That means he'll be able to feel the pain forever. Poor fella." He raised his voice. "Hey, lava! How about communicating with the Onix inside you before resigning yourself to an eternity of horrible pain?"

"AAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!! Okay, what do you want me to say? AAAAGGGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!"

"Go on." The Slugma said. "Tell him."

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"What's all that screaming about?" Onix belched.

7 little Slugma, trying to crawl away!
7 little Slugma, trying to crawl away!
One jumped in the lava, an eternity of pain,
6 little Slugma, trying to crawl away!

[Xenos]

Puffy blinked, but told the already dead Slugma what to say. " Tell him to release the Pokemon he's got in his mouth! We've just recently found out he's got a dangerous disease and that if anyone were to belch constantly on him, it would be released and cause the nearest person to turn inside out, making their organs and eyeballs explode".
Dan the others just stared with shock.
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Meanwhiile, Machop was slowly dying of toxic fumes.

[Hamboy]

"AAAAAGGGGGGHHHHHH! Ok, I got it! AAAGGGGGHHHHHHH!"

In truth, the lava had only got a small part of the message due to his screaming. So it decided to fill in the missing parts.

"AAAAGGGGHHHHH! Yo Onix! AAAGGGGGGHHHHHHH!"

"Yes?" the rock-snake replied.

"AAAAGGGGHHHHH! That Machop you ate? Apparently he's a leper. AAAAGGGGGGHHHHHH!"

"What? Ew, that's disgusting." He raised his head from the lava, and spit Machop onto the path. He turned to Fetch. "Apparently your team mate has leprosy." He turned to Dan. "This poor Pokemon was horribly diseased, and you let him fight me? You monster! That makes me really mad!"

Indeed. Onix used rage, and charged right at Dan!

Meanwhile

6 little Slugma, trying to crawl away!
6 little Slugma, trying to crawl away!
Onix spit out Machop, he fell on one of them,
5 little Slugma, trying to crawl away!

[Xenos]

Dan screamed as the Onix came towards him, but the lucky appearance of Shell saved his rump. She used Ice Spears and sent them right at Onix.

Machop groaned as he sat up, only to be greeted by Puffy slapping him on the head. " Stupid! Idiot! Dumbass"! She continued to wail upon him.
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Meanwhile, Fetch' accidently fell backwards and pushed a Slugma into the lava.

[Hamboy]

"Ow. Ow. Owowowowow!" Onix wailed, as the Ice Spears hit. "Stop it. Ow." It was clear that this had to end fast. Why? Onix was about to dive into the lava. If he did so, there was a very good chance that they would lose their advantage.

Since Puffy was beating on an already weakened Machop, he fainted.

The Slugma fell in.

"Ohmigosh their are two of us now? AAAAAAAGGGGGGGHHHH! The pain is worse than before! Now we are.... LEGION SLUGMA! AAAAGGGGGGGHHHHHH!"

Legion Slugma preceded to do... nothing. It seemed it was still powerless.

5 little Slugma, trying to crawl away!
5 little Slugma, trying to crawl away!
Fetch kicked one in, it became Legion Slugma,
4 little Slugma, trying to crawl away!

[Xenos]

Puffy blinked as she realized she had just knocked out Machop.

Shell continued her barrage of Ice Spears.

Fetch' screamed in horror as he saw what he did. " SORRY"! He turned, and his Leek caused another Slugma to fall in.

[Hamboy]

Onix managed to jump in the lava!

Kind of.

It seemed that Shell had used her Ice Spear enough to freeze a bit of the lava. And now Onix's head was submerged, and the ice had trapped the rest of its' body outside the lava. If Dan didn't capture it now, it would drown.

Machop was defeated! Puffy gained experience! Puffy leveled up!

"AAAAAGGGGGGGHHHHHHH! We are Legion Slugma Two, and we are maaaaaaad! One more transgression, and we will call our new master! AAAGGGGGHHHHHHH!"

4 little Slugma, trying to crawl away!
4 little Slugma, trying to crawl away!
One little leek slap, it's Legion Slugma Two,
3 little Slugma, trying to crawl away!

[Xenos]

Dan grinned. " Great job team! Now all that's left is too...capture...it...oh crap".
Machop suddenly revived and looked at Dan. " You left the Pokeball at the Gym didn't you"?
Dan shrugged, and Machop sighed. It was then that Puffy stood up and tossed a Pokeball to Dan. " Snatched it as we were leaving...idiot".
Dan grinned, he then tossed the Pokeball at Onix.

Fetch' was freakin' out now. " Oh crap! I'm sorry mate"! He then accidentally knocked the rest of the Slugma into the lava due to moving around too much, making the side of hte cliff breake and fall off into the lava.

[Hamboy]

Onix was converted into energy, and captured in the Pokeball!

Nickname: (you choose)
Species: Onix
Gender: Male
Level: 16
Attacks: Harden, Bind, Rock Throw, Rage
Ability: Rock Head
Persona: Grouchy old man

The Slugma lava lake screamed in pain.

"AAAGGGGHHHHHHH! Master of the lava flow, hear my plea! That Farfetch'd disturbs the balance! Be rid of him, please!"

A mighty roar was heard, and a distant flame appeared across the lava. It got closer and closer...

Now would be a good time to run.

[Xenos]

Dan blinked. Then screamed. " LET'S GET THE EVER LOVING $@#^% OUTTA' HERE"!
The others soon followed.