By nightfall, the gang was crossing through a town, which to their surprise, they didn't find people anywhere. They walked near the dock, where Ashlyn saw the water wasn't clean and frowned.
"This is a weird city," Ashlyn said, "Lots of Factories, but no people."
Misty opened up a pamphlet, "This place is called... Gringy City."
"Gringey? Never heard of it." Ashlyn stated.
"It used to be a lively and busy place, with all this Factories here." Misty explained.
"Yeah, they kind of went overboard with Factories," Brock commented, "Pollution ruined the air, and the water here."
Ashlyn sighed, "That's sad."
"Rai." Tesla said, standing next to Boltund.
Ashlyn noticed something Tesla, Boltund, and Lucario weren't looking too good. Sparks were coming out of Tesla's cheeks and their faces red, and Lucario wasn't looking any better.
"Guys, are you okay?" Ashlyn asked.
"(I don't feel so good.)" Lucario before he fell to his knees.
"Lucario!" Ashlyn caught him before he could fall forward.
Tesla was falling to her left side, luckily Boltund stopped her fall and fell beside her.
"Tesla! Boltund!" Ashlyn cried out when she saw her Pokémon's condition.
"We need to get them to the Pokémon center and fast." Brock decided.
Ashlyn took out Lucario, Boltund, and Tesla's Pokéballs, "I have to put you in your Pokéballs for now. It'll protect you from the smell."
The three Pokémon looked at the Pokéballs, Ashlyn's worried expression, and back the Pokéballs. Then they nodded. Ashlyn returned them to their Pokéballs.
"Let's go!" Ashlyn said before she and her friends ran towards the Pokémon center.
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The gang ran into the Pokémon center and found the place was empty, but could be just because of how late it was right now. Ashlyn rang the bell on the counter and they waited for Nurse Joy. Then Nurse Joy walked in, looking very tired.
"Hey, Nurse Joy, sorry to wake you up," Ashlyn apologized, "But my Pokémon are in need of treatment."
"Do you kids know what time it is?" Nurse Joy scolded.
"Sorry." Ashlyn apologized again.
"We just got here." Misty said.
Suddenly the lights all turned off and we looked around in confusion.
"What's going on?" Brock asked.
"I have no idea," Nurse Joy said, "Oh no!" She quickly ran to the other room and they quickly followed her, getting inside a room where many Pokémon were in beds with glass on top of them, sleeping.
"What happened to those Pokémon?" Ashlyn asked.
"They're intensive care. If we won't get the power back soon... well, I just don't want to think about what will happen." Nurse Joy replied, worriedly.
Ashlyn gazed at all of the Pokémon that were in their incubators. She knew that if they didn't solve the problem soon, the Pokémon here...will die. But Ashlyn wasn't going to let that happen!
"Don't worry, Nurse Joy. We'll go and find out the problem." Ashlyn assured the nurse.
"Thank you." Nurse Joy smiled in thanks.
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The gang left the Pokémon center immediately and went to Officer Jenny's office.
"Officer Jenny, we have a problem," Brock said, "The Pokémon has a black out and if the power doesn't come back on soon then the Pokémon there will die."
"That's the problem right now. I've been trying to contact the power plant, but no one is answering." Officer Jenny told the gang.
"Officer Jenny, where is the Power Plant located?" Ashlyn asked.
Officer Jenny pointed to the factory area, "It's the big building with the smoke stacks there, you really can't miss it."
"Thank you." Ashlyn thanked the officer.
The gang headed off to the Power Plant.
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It didn't take them long to find the Power Plant. Officer Jenny did say that the Power Plant was the biggest building in Gringy City. The power plant had big chimneys with lots of thick smoke coming out. So they really couldn't miss it.
"Something tells me this is where most of the pollution is coming from." Ashlyn stated.
Misty noticed a stream and was disgusted by it, "Ugh look at that, this water is as filthy as the air."
"Come on, we should hurry." Ashlyn said.
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The inside of the power plant was very dark and deserted. Luckily the gang had flashlights on them.
"Hello! Is anybody in here?" Ashlyn called but no one answered. "Come on." She led the way down the hall.
"Something is really weird," Brock said as they looked over to the map of the building. "Why isn't anybody working in here?"
Misty pointed down the hall, "It looks like the control room is down this way."
"Let's go then." Ashlyn said and they started to walk down the hall.
After a few minutes of walking, Misty suddenly grabbed Ashlyn's arm as they all stopped walking.
"Something is following us." Misty said in fear. She looked behind her and they looked over her shoulder but no one was there.
"Really? Cause I don't see anything Misty." Ashlyn told her.
"B-but it was just there I swear!" Misty stuttered.
Ashlyn sighed at this. Suddenly, two of her Pokéballs shook and Tesla and Boltund came out.
"Tesla, Boltund, what are you doing out?" Ashlyn asked.
"Rai raichu (We don't want to stay in the Pokeball)." Tesla said.
"Arf arf (It's boring)." Boltund added.
Ashlyn sighed again. She picked up Tesla and placed her on her shoulder. Then she somehow sensed that something was behind her and turned around to see what sort of looked a magnet, with a metal body and one big eye.
"Hey it's a Pokémon." Ashlyn took out her phone and scanned the Pokémon:
[Magnemite, the Magnet Pokémon. It's able to float through the air and leave its Thunder Wave through its magnet shaped units located on its sides.]
"What's a Magnemite doing here?" Misty asked.
"Don't know." Ashlyn shrugged.
"Hey, you don't suppose this Magnemite caused the black out do you?" Misty asked.
Brock shook his head, "I don't think so."
"Besides I don't think this one Magnemite could do that by itself." Ashlynn stated. "Hey Magnemite, I don't suppose you know what's happened do you?" She asked the magnet Pokémon.
Magnemite stared at Ashlyn, then suddenly froze and flew off in a hurry.
"I was just asking." Ashlyn's brow arched.
At that moment, she smelled something terrible nearby.
"Do you smell that?" Brock asked, smelling what she was smelling, so did Misty.
"I do." Misty replied.
"So do I." Ashlyn added.
Then they heard a metal felling down and we looked behind them to see a grating had fell to the floor. A few Grimer fell down to the floor, looking at them.
"These things must be the reason why Magnemite left in a hurry." Brock said, holding his nose.
"Grimer." Ashlyn took out her phone.
[Grimer, the Sludge Pokémon. It was born when sludge in a dirty stream was exposed to X-rays from the moon.]
"Appears among the filth? The city. The pollution. It all makes sense." Brock realized.
"So all of this pollution called all the Grimer's," Ashlyn said, "And if there's Grimer's then..."
The gang were disgusted by the smell of the Grimer, but didn't say anything about it as they took a step back. Ashlyn knew that would make the Grimer mad. Unfortunately Misty couldn't help but let out,
"THEY SMELL ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE!" She yelled.
Ashlyn covered her mouth as she and Brock yelled together, "Shut up, Misty!"
That of course that did make the Grimer mad. Suddenly a big dark purple blob of sludge appeared between the Grimer, looking very cross.
"There's a Muk among them." Ashlyn looked at it on the phone:
[Muk, the sludge Pokémon. The evolved form of Grimer. A toxic fluid seeps from its body. The fluid instantly kills plants and trees on contact.]
Muk pointed at the humans signaling for the Grimer to attack, like a crime boss ordering his thugs, making them run away. Ashlyn quickly picked up Boltund as Tesla held onto Ashlyn's shoulder.
"Nice going Misty!" Ashlyn yelled.
"How is this my fault?!" she yelled back.
"You're the one that insulted them!" She reminded her. "Why did you have to open your mouth and make the Grimer mad, Misty?!"
"I had to open my mouth, I couldn't use my nose!" Misty shouted before they ran around the corner, which then Ashlyn bumped into something and both of them fell down. It was a man and another man was standing behind him, both of them had a flashlight.
"What are you doing here?" the man standing asked.
"I'm Brock, this is Misty, and this is Ashlyn, and we're here to--" Brock started.
"Look, can we cut the introduction?!" Misty snapped, "We got to get out of here!"
The Grimer appeared around the corner as Brock helped Ashlyn up to her feet and they all took off as they followed the men.
"The Grimer here, too!" one of them yelled.
They ran into the control room and Brock leaned against the door, keeping it shut.
"Tell us what's going on," Ashlyn said to the men, "This blackout is a disaster for the city! Lost of Pokémon are gonna die in the Pokémon Center if the power won't come back soon! They need that power!"
"But, we can't. There's so many Grimer, that they are blocking the sea watering tack." the man with the dark hair explained.
"We got to bring the water to a boil, so it will turn the turbine, but the generator won't work at all." the man with the brown hair added.
"Do something." Ashlyn pleaded.
"I'm afraid that's easy to say. We've been trying to--" the man with the dark hair started.
"Ashlyn! Misty!" Brock cut him off and we all looked over to see the Grimer were trying to get in, hitting the door as Brock was trying to keep it closed.
"The Grimer are... ramming the door! I can't hold it!" Brock said.
Misty and Ashlyn ran closer and tired to help him keep the door closed, but the door opened and they all backed away to stand with the men as the Grimer walked inside.
The man with black hair looked at Ashlyn and her friends, "You three are Pokémon trainers, right? You got to use your Pokémon to help us out."
"That's right, if you can get rid of the Grimer, the generator will work." the man with the brown hair said.
The Grimer started to walk closer and both the Tesla jumped off Ashlyn's shoulder and Boltund jumped out of her arms. The two stepped forward before using Thunder Shock together, hitting a few Grimer, but not everyone.
"Rai/Arf." Tesla and Boltund whimpered as Muk walked behind the Grimer.
Suddenly the ceiling grate fell down and the gang looked up to see Magnemite flying down with several Magnemite and Magneton.
"Magnemites and a Magneton!" Ashlyn exclaimed and took out her phone.
[Magneton, the Magnet Pokémon. The evolved form of Magnemite. Its heavy gravitational power allow it to float, and it can emit powerful magnetic and electric fields.]
The Magnemite and the Magneton along with Tesla and Boltund all used Thunder Shock together, sending a huge electricity on the Grimer, which caused them all to ran away as the Magnemite and the Magneton started to follow them, chasing them away. A moment after, the lights turned on, which meant that the Grimer that were blocking the water were probably chased away.
"The lights are on!" Ashlyn said as they all smiled, and the men went to the computers.
"The turbine is moving again." the man with the brown hair said.
"The Grimer had cleared away!" the man with the black hair said.
"Yes!" Ashlyn cheered as they high fived each other.
"Hold it!" Misty looked at the door and they followed her gaze to see Muk was still there.
"Muk is still here." Brock said.
"Tesla, Boltund, use Thunder Shock!" Ashlyn ordered.
Tesla and Boltund plus the friendly Magnemite from before sent a powerful Thunder Shock towards Muk rendering it unconscious, Ashlyn threw a special pokéball at it, making it an instant capture when it didn't resist.
She picks up the pokéball and sighed, "Glad that's over."
Magnemite flew over to Tesla and Boltund who looked better than before. Then Magnemite closed eye smiled and floated around Ashlyn.
"Do you want to come with me?" She asked.
Magnemite nodded 'yes'.
"Okay then." Ashlyn took out a spare Pokéball and tapped the magnet Pokémon. It was sucked into the Pokéball and it instantly dinged. Then it disappeared, transported to Oak's coral.
The special Pokéball was a Pokéball designed to hold a Pokémon who have a nasty smell and won't leak the smell out.
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The next morning Ashlyn, Misty and Brock spoke to Officer Jenny and Nurse Joy, before they left. But before that Nurse Joy gave a check up on Ashlyn's Pokémon and assured Ashlyn that they have a clean bill of health. Then Ashlyn sent Muk to the coral, which she knew that Prof. Oak won't be happy about.
"You see, the Grimer's and Muk were in the stream because the water is filthy and dirty." Ashlyn informed.
"Yeah, this place needs a really good clean up." Misty suggested.
"I know, Ashlyn, Misty, Brock, we'll do everything we can until the water is clean once more." Officer Jenny assured them.
"But if you clean up the air and water around here, the city will be as good as new and it may become lively again." Ashlyn advised.
"Yeah, no Grimer or Muk." Brock added.
"Of course we will," Nurse Joy smiled, "Promise."
"Bye Nurse Joy, Officer Jenny!" Ashlyn said.
"Goodbye!" Nurse Joy and Officer Jenny bid the gang farewell.
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Pokémon on hand: Raichu (Tesla)(F), Lucario (M), Pidgeot (F), Shiny Suicune (Azure)(F), Bulbasaur (M), Shiny Charmander (Natsu)(M), Squirtle (M), Shiny Gyarados (Rory)(M), Dratini (F), Shiny Entei (Searius)(M), Primeape (M), Scyther (F), Nidoran (M), Nidoran (F), Boltund (M)
Prof. Oak's Lab:
Mienfoo (F), Glaceon (F), Leafon (F), Shiny Rapidash (Comet)(M), Jolteon (F), Flareon (M), Vaporeon (F), Shiny Sylveon (Parisa)(F), Shiny Umbreon (Mani)(M), Espeon (F), Clefable (F), Sandslash (M), Butterfree (M), Pink Butterfree (Momo)(F), Gengar (M), Rockruff (M), Raboot (M), Braixen (F), Kingler (M), Magnemite (Genderless), Muk (M)