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Professor Willow informed us about a mass outbreak of Magikarp this morning, so one of my Team Valor teammates and I came to the lake. We wondered what this mass outbreak was all about, but we still weren’t prepared to see so many Magikarp out of the water, flopping around at our feet. Even if we approached them, all they did was splash around and not attack us. If this many were on land, there were sure to be many more in the lake itself.
“Oh no! Get down!”
“Huh?”
I quickly ducked with my hands over my head, and I felt something pass by above me.
“It’s a Pidgeotto!”
The Pidgeotto made a quick dive toward the water and masterfully caught a Magikarp as it splashed out of the lake, before it flew away. The two of us were stuck there, speechless at the speed. We couldn’t win against a Pokémon that could fly.
Since catching a Magikarp in the lake wouldn’t be feasible, we switched targets to the Magikarp that were on land.
“I wonder why they’re flopping around on the land. They’d probably be way more comfortable in the water.”
“Oh yeah, I heard that Magikarp are bad at swimming. If there’s a fast current, they easily get swept away.”
“What kind of Fish Pokémon can’t swim?” But that gave us a good opportunity. Since so many Magikarp were on land, we wouldn’t have to approach from the sky to catch them.
“If we can evolve them into Gyarados, we’d be unstoppable! Let’s catch a whole bunch of them and make a team of Gyarados!”
Let’s see, which one should I catch? The one splashing around nearest me looks good! I pulled out a Poké Ball from my backpack and took a deep breath. I waited until it stopped moving and threw the Poké Ball. It connected, and the Magikarp got sucked into the Poké Ball.
“Nice! I gotta pick up my pace, too!”
“Wait, if you throw that many Poké Balls at once…”
Maybe the sudden shower of Poké Balls falling from the sky startled the Magikarp, but they all started flopping even harder, and the Poké Ball I had thrown also got slapped away by their tail fins and flew away.
“Aww, man! And I was so close!”
My Poké Ball popped open when it landed, and the Magikarp got away.
“Oh well, I got more where that came from!”
I threw another Poké Ball at the Magikarp that had escaped, but it must have been on guard now, because it deftly slapped away the incoming Poké Ball.
It looked like a Poké Ball wouldn’t be enough on its own, so I pulled out a Nanab Berry from my backpack and tossed it in front of the Magikarp. It must have smelled the Nanab Berry, because it flopped toward it at incredible speed.
Perfect, now’s my chance while it’s slowed by the distraction! I grabbed another Poké Ball and was about to throw it when countless Magikarp leaped out of the lake, lured by the Nanab Berry!
“Wha— It’s raining Magikarp!”
“Let’s get out of here!”
Professor Willow laughed when we trudged back and told him our story. There were so many Magikarp, but we were only able to come back with one. The Magikarp in the tank waved its tail fin while looking at us. When I waved back, I could have sworn that it smiled at me. I guess at some point, I learned how to tell Magikarp apart by their faces.
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