Random Encounters with Missingno: Chapter 37

Chapter 37- A Random Power In The Power Plant

“Glitch! Definitely a glitch!”

Cassandra screams. She grabs Missingno’s collar as she runs past and drags him with her. She runs around a large piece of machinery and quickly ducks behind it. From the other side, screeches and crashing can be heard.

“What is going on?” She pops her head out of her hiding place to get a better look.

Not that it helped. She sees a large Zapdos zapping the giant Pokemon, while the Pokemon seems to be spinning on its back.

She ducks back in. “I’m so confused! What is that?”

Missingno smiles. “That is a Rhyhorn.”

“Are you sure? Cause I’m pretty sure that Rhyhorns are not ten feet tall.”

“Zapdos is also about triple its normal size.”

“Really?” They watch a ten foot tall Electabuzz walk by.

“Yeah, did you really think that Zapdos is that big?” He scoffs. “He is actually only about 5 foot.”

“I’m sorry that I haven’t seen a LEGENDARY Pokemon before.”

“Apology accepted. Now, as for what they are doing, it seems that Zapdos needs help breaking their stalemate.”

“Stalemate?”

“Zapdos seems to only have Electric type moves, which don’t affect Ground types. And the Rhyhorn only has Ground type attacks, which do nothing to Flying types.”

And since this isn’t Pokemon Go or Pokken, neither can really fight each other.

Missingno pops out from hiding. “Don’t worry, Zapdos! You picked the right people to ask for help! I can do anything! So long as it is random and funny!”

Cassandra pulls him back in. “What moves do they have?”

“Zapdos has Thunder, Thunder Shock, Thunder Wave, and Thunderbolt.”

“... Wow, I thought they would be a lot stranger.”

“And the Rhyhorn has Earthquake, Earthshake, Earthbake, and Earthbreakdance.”

“There we go.” She raises an eyebrow. “Earthbake? That sounds more like a Fire type attack.”

“Naw, but it makes some really great cupcakes.” He holds one up. Before he can take a bite, the ground rumbles from the fight. He loses grip, and the pastry falls to the floor.

“... Ya’ll gonna die!” He tries to jump over the machinery, but Cassandra pulls him back.

“How about we try a better strategy than just randomly jumping in”

“I think it has been working pretty well.”

“Does Driller have anything that will work?”

Driller flies up and down in small circles while jabbing.

“Not really.”

Driller slumps over.

Cassandra folds her arms. “Well, he is our best option.”

Driller flies energetically again.

“Actually, I was going to use this Power Transformer.” He places a hand on a large metal box.

Driller falls to the floor, tears in his eyes.

“What?”

“It has a base attack stat of 400, which even Dragonite starts at 134. So if it used an attack like Explosion, this would be a piece of…” He wipes a tear away. “cupcake.”

You know that if you want it to explode, it still needs to be plugged in.

“... Of course.” He pulls up some cord that runs through the floor. He pulls and pulls, but it still doesn’t run out. Feet becomes meters, which easily becomes yards. Soon, there is a large pile of cord, still plugged in.

“There, now we are almost ready.” He pulls out a pink marker.

Cassandra rips the marker out of his hand. “Missingno! You need to stop this.”

“... Uh, stop what?”

“Being so random!” She sighs. “You have been able to defeat everything so far, but what if the glitches get stronger in the future? Do you plan on beating them by being random?”

“Yup.”

“No!”

“You’re right! I also need to be funny.”

“Don’t you get it? It’s great to have some fun, but you need to have some sort of plan.”

Missingno's smile fades as he sighs. “I thought we already went through this a while ago.” He looks around. “I guess I can explain it this way. Do you know about current and voltage?”

“Uh, kind of.”

He punches into the machinery they are hiding behind. From it, he pulls out a D battery. “Voltage is the potential power that exists in something like a battery. My power has rules, and one rule says that the funnier I act, the more power I can draw from.”

He punches a new hole, and pulls out some wires. “And then there is current. It is the rate at which power moves through a wire. In the same way, when I am random, the rate I can use my power goes up. The only difference is that as I use my power, it starts to deteriorate the ‘wires’. So I have to continually be random to use the power I have. That is why sometimes I have to do something completely random that is not really funny, or vice versa. To balance out my power.” He throws the electrical pieces over his shoulders. “Otherwise I end up having none to fight with. Like in Pewter City.”

“Uuuuuuuuuhhhhh.” Cassandra’s eyes spin as she clutches her temples. “So you are saying that everything is in a sense a plan?”

“Less of a plan, and more like everything will work out.” He shakes his head. “No, I will work everything out myself. Just sometimes in a roundabout way.”

Cassandra slowly nods. “Then what do you need from me?”

He smiles. “Just act like you have always. That gives me exactly what I need.” He perks up. “Oh, and I do need something from your bag.”

She holds it open. “Go ahead.”

From his pocket, Missingno pulls out the Max Revive they got from Grandma, and holds it near the glowing opening. His hands shake as he prepares his next move.

In one swift movement, he pulls out a disk and puts the crystal in at the same time. “BOOM! Indiana Jones status!”

She smiles. “I thought you said that was a worthless TM.”

“It is. Not like I’m gonna teach it to one of my friends.” He stands up. “Better get rid of Earthshake. It can ‘shake it like a polaroid picture’.” He says the last part in an accent.

“What?”

He winks at her. “Exactly, just like that.”

She smiles back. “No, but seriously. I have no clue what you are talking about.”

“............ Alright, let’s do this. LEEEEERRRRROOOYYYYY JEEENKINS!” He runs into the open space and towards the breakdancing Pokemon.