Poketropolis Chapter 16

When Zach and Dawn made it to the subway, they noticed a cart that doubled as a laboratory. Mago Flowers were being grown on two large tables.

"The Gumshoos wasn't lying." Whispered Dawn.

"Looks like old Chuck has cornered the market on Night Howlers." Said Zach. A door then opened, and the two of them hid under a table. It was Chuck with a mask, and he grabbed a canister of Mago Berry juice and poured it into a pot. The pot was connected to a test tube, and the juice moved from the pot into a fancy chemistry set that turned a drop of Mago juice into a solid ball. Chuck then received a call from his Pokétch and answered it.

"You got Chuck here." He answered. "What's the mark? Manectric in Desert Resort. Got it." He then took out a bazooka and put the Mago ball in it. Zach and Dawn then saw an entire map of Poketropolis with photos of Pokémon, and all of them were predators. All those Pokémon were the ones that went savage, and Chuck was the one that turned them savage!

"Yeah," Said Chuck, who was still on the Pokétch. "I'll buzz you when I'm done. Or you'll see it on the news. Whichever comes first. "I'll see you later." Someone then banged on the door.

"Hey, Chuck!" Said a Bouffalant. "Open up! We got your latte!" Chuck then headed to the other door and opened it. Dawn took this opportunity to kick the Gogoat out of the cart and closed the door.

"What are you doing?" Asked Zach. "You just trapped us in here."

"We need to get this evidence to the PPD!" She said, and Zach simply closed Chuck's bazooka case and grabbed it.

"Here it is!" He said. "Got it!"

"No. All of it." Said Dawn, and she ran to the driver's seat of the car. She hit the gas Gage and turned the cart on.

"Oh great." Said Zach. "You're a conductor now, huh? Listen, it would take a miracle to get this rust-bucket going." Dawn then saw a lever and started to rotate it as if she were churning butter, and the cart started moving.

"Well." Said Zach. "Hallelujah." However, this didn't go unnoticed by Chuck or the two Bouffalant, Harold and Bob. Harold made a phone call on his Pokétch.

"We kinda got a situation in the lab." He said. The other Bouffalant, Bob, charged after the cart.

"And it just got worse!" Said Harold, and he followed Bob to get the cart back.

"Mission accomplished." Said Zach inside the cart. "May I do a victory toot-toot?"

"Okay." Said Dawn. "One toot-toot." He then blew the whistle on the cart. Around that time, Bob and Harold got on the cart, and Bob broke in and started Head Butting the door.

"I probably regret that victory toot-toot." Said Zach, and then, banging could be heard from above.

"Perhaps it's just hail." Said Zach, but then, Harold broke in through the window.

"Come here!" He threatened, trying to grab Dawn. Zach opened the door and let Bob crash through, knocking Harold out the window. Bob was now sticking out the window with Dawn holding on to his antlers.

"Don't stop!" She said. "Keep going!"

"No, no!" Pleaded Harold, who was now running for his life. "Please, stop!"

"Do not stop this car!" Said Dawn. Harold got to a wall to avoid getting crushed, but his stomach got shaved. Meanwhile, Bob threw Dawn off his horns, and she landed on the roof of the car. Bob used his free hand to try to hit Zach, breaking another window. Dawn then saw an incoming train shaped like a Rhyhorn. However, she saw a lever that changed the tracks. She then stuck her head in a window and spoke to Zach.

"Speed up, Zach!" She said. "Speed up!"

"There's a train coming!" Said Zach.

"Trust me." Said Dawn. "Speed up!" Zach sped up the cart, and they were about to crash into the train.

"Stop the cart!" Pleaded Bob. Dawn then appeared on the roof.

"Need some help?" She asked, and she kicked the Bouffalant out of the window and he landed on the lever, changing the tracks in the nick of time. Now the cart was going so fast that it leaned on the side, and it entered a tunnel.

"I think this is our stop!" Said Zach, and he and Dawn jumped out the cart, which unfortunately exploded when it finally stopped.

"Everything is gone." Dawn said mournfully. "We've lost it all."

"Yeah." Said Zach, pulling out the bazooka case. "Except for this."

"Yes!" Cheered Dawn. "We gotta get to the PPD. Cut through the History Museum!"