Aqua Boat Song

Brendan slowly crept along the side of the hidden cove. All the clues had said Team Aqua were plotting something here, and what Brendan saw basically confirmed everything. Huge cranes and crates were grouped around, Aqua grunts talking or patrolling the base. He'd have to be extremely stealthy. A loud horn sounded behind him, and he panicked, thinking someone had noticed him.

Instead, a boat pulled into the entrance, the trainer hiding himself further into the rocks as more Aqua grunts came out on deck. This situation had either become better, or worse. He fingered a Pokeball, ready to call out his strongest fighter in case of discovery.

Ropes were thrown, and then an odd noise reached Brendan's ears. The sound of drumming. He looked around for the source, and spotted a large Snorlax that had managed to remain inconspicuously hidden until now. What really confused Brendan was what an Aqua Grunt was doing to it. He had taken out a large pair of drumsticks and was slapping the Pokemon's stomach to make the rhythm.

Before he could think on this weird action, a muscular Aqua member jumped up onto the side of the ship. Brendan recognised him as Matt, an Aqua Admin underneath the Leader Archie. Covered in dark tanned skin and overloaded with testosterone, he was basically a violent thug who dressed like a fashion reject. But nothing could have prepared Brendan for what happened next.

"A-qu-a! A--qua!" yelled Matt in a long musical call. The Aqua Grunts paused, then began to hum in tune with the drumming as they unloaded crates.

"Daylight come and me wan' battle!" called back the Grunts in unison, moving up and down the gangplank placed down.

"Me say Aqua, me say Aqu-a!"

"Daylight come and me wan' battle!"

They sung with an ease that told Brendan they had practiced this often. Apart from that, all he could do was stare in a stunned gape.

"Work all night on a drink a rum!" called Matt, and took up a large jar that he poured into his mouth. Brendan winced, then noticed it was actually lemonade.

"Daylight come and me wan' battle!"

"He's completely insane" whispered Brendan, then quietly took out his VS recorder and aimed it at the song.

Matt waved the empty jug triumphantly. "Stack Pokemon till the mornin' come!"

"Daylight come and me wan' battle!"

The word Pokemon jerked Brendan out of his stupor, and he saw with a brief flash of anger that the crates were filled with various types of Pokeballs, no doubt stolen from hard-working trainers and elderly people. The bastards, thought Brenda, even as his foot began to tap with the rhythm of his own accord.

Horror overcome everything as all the Aquas yelled, apart from Matt, "Come, Mister Archie Man, tally me Pokemon."

Matt just shrugged and responded, "Daylight come and me wan' battle!"

Brendan exhaled, extremely relieved to see it was just part of the song. He couldn't take much more of this, he was seriously outnumbered.

"Come, Mister matt man, tally me Pokemon!" cried the Aquas, and Matt roared with laughter as he responded.

"Daylight come and me wan' battle!"

Matt jumped down onto the deck and picked up a crate, passing it over as he sang, "Lift six ball, seven ball, eight ball bunch"

The Grunts lined up rank and file to take down six crates, then seven, then eight, all seemingly enjoying themselves. What the Hell had he stumbled upon, were they drunk?

They all began singing at once, the Snorlax jiggling to the music even as it slept and the Aqua drumming it starting to shake his ass.

"Daylight come and me wan' battle!"

More crates were unloaded as Matt started another rousing chorus of "Six Ball, Seven ball, eight ball bunch!"

"Daylight come and me wan' battle!"

This time Brendan had joined in abruptly, and he clapped a hand over his mouth in horror. Fortunately, they had not noticed his voice among the rest and he let out a sigh of relief just as Matt launched into a group of stanzas louder than the first. His voice echoed around the cavern.

"A beautiful sight, sea everywhere!"

Brendan joined in now, too caught up in the joy to resist. "Daylight come and me wan' battle!"

"Defeat Magma, fuck them right up!"

"Daylight come and me wan' battle!" sung Brendan, but messed up the timing. The Aqua's all suddenly stopped, looking around suspiciously.

"Over there, by the rocks!" called out an Aqua member, the drumming stopped, and the happy faces becoming angry.

Brendan scrambled back, and debated diving in the water, but, they were no doubt good swimmers. He was cornered, and as Matt jumped into the water, swimming over to him, he took out his Pokeballs.

'Daylight come and me wan' battle!" cried Brendan in a panic, and Matt stopped for a moment. Brendan took his chance and shoved Matt into the water, releasing his Ludicolo into the water. "Surf, Ludo, surf!" he yelled, the Pokemon shooting him out of the cave as Matt spluttered behind him, finally stopping to tread water.

"Daylight come and me wan' battle" growled Matt and swam back to the boat.