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I woke up early next morning to a group of Pikachu shaking me and pulling at my tail.

"Ugh... What? What are you all doing in here?" I asked as I sat up and wiped my eyes.

"We have to get Rice silly, remember?" Electra giggled as she nuzzled my cheek.

"Oh yeah, right..." I said as I stood up and stretched. "Everyone out, give me a minute..."

"Yes Dallas." Everyone said as they exited the room.

"Ugh..." I said as I lay back down on the cushion, closing my eyes. Just as I managed to drift back off to sleep, I was kicked in the side by Electra.

"WAKE UP!" She yelled as she shot me with a little bolt of electricity, causing me to jump right off of the cushion.

"AH!" I yelled, jumping backwards as she shot off another one, then again as another came at me.

"UP UP UP!" She yelled as she ran at me, tackling me onto the other cushion as she tickled my sides. Laughing, I wiggled and squirmed underneath her.

"Ahhhh! Stop it I'm up I'm up!" I yelled as I pushed her off of me, laughing. "Holy... Wow..." I said as I looked at her.

"See? Now you're REALLY awake." She said as she wagged her tail.

"Yeah... Thanks..." I mumbled as I looked around the room, sighing. "Okay... Let's go." I said as I walked out into the hallway, sighing.

"Okay, first thing's first, we need to assemble a team with at least two Raichu in it." I said as I walked toward the main room. "And... Is there already a set team of defenders here?" I asked as I looked back at the group that was following me.

"Well no, but we usually just take whoever volunteers..." One of the Pikachu behind me said.

"Ohhhh nonono..." I laughed as I stood up, entering the main room. "Taking whoever volunteers is a terrible idea. You have to use that as a last resort, and maybe not even that. We need to assemble a TEAM. The strongest of the strong." I said as I climbed up ontop of the rock.

"But... That's only you..." One of the Pikachu said.

"Yeah, YOU are all we need to keep the colony safe!" Another said.

"And what if something were to happen to me?" I asked as I looked down at them all.

"Nothing can happen to you Dallas, you're too strong!" One of them shouted.

"But my point is..." I said as I sighed. "Forget my point for now, why are there only like twenty of us in here? Call everyone in, we're having an important meeting." I said as I looked at Electra, who nodded.

"Yes Dallas." Everyone said as they scattered out into the tunnels.

"No defenders..." Electra said as they frowned. "They all rely on you..."

"Yeah, and that's good that they rely on me, but what if I were to go somewhere for something important?" I asked as I sat down on the rock, sighing as I laid on my back. "I thought they were more organized than this..." I said to myself as everyone began flooding in, and I sat up. I waited until a minute after the last Pikachu entered, to make sure no one else was coming, then I stood up, turning around and walking over to Thunderpaw.

"I can't believe you didn't do something about this..." I said as I frowned at him.

"About what?" He asked as I turned around, frowning.

"I want the Raichu in the front for this..." I said as I motioned with my paw for them to move. "You're a part of this too..."

"Are we all going out at once to get Rice?" One of the Pikachu asked. "Because that's silly if we ALL go out."

"No, we're not ALL going out..." I said as I stood up tall. "Now I want you all to listen to this... Something very important for the safety of the colony came to mind this morning, and I was shocked at the answer I received when I asked the question... So, I'm going to rephrase the question and ask it to ALL of you... WHERE is the team of Pikachu and Raichu that defend the colony? The army? The defenders? The strongest of the strong that come together when something threatens the colony and work together to drive off that threat?" I asked as I looked down at everyone.

"Well, right there standing on the rock." One of them mumbled, to which everyone nodded.

"Yeah, Dallas is all we need! He defeated Rice! He's the champion!" Someone shouted, to which everyone cheered.

"Guys I'm being serious..." I said as I raised my right paw. "What if something were to happen to me? What would you all do?"

"Nothing ca-"

"What IF something DID happen to me? Then who would defend the colony?" I asked as I perked up my right ear, sighing as no one answered.

"See? That's exactly my point." I said as I looked down at the Raichu. "We need to assemble a team. The best of the best, at least two Raichu and a couple of Pikachu, maybe five or six. There can be more, but there has to be at least seven team members." I said as I looked down at the crowd. "Now the strengths of the Raichu don't matter, but I'd like it if the two strongest would step forward please." I said as I watched most of the Raichu step back, leaving only three in the front.

"Okay, three is fine." I said as I looked at Thunderpaw, who smiled at me.

I knew he was one of the stronger ones...

"Now, for the Pikachu, it doesn't matter how many of you step forward, the only thing that matters is if you're strong or not." I announced. "And I don't want any assumptions either. Either you're stronger than the others or you're not. I don't want any "Well I think I'm strong." or, "Well I know if I try hard, I can be as strong as them." or any of that. I need legitimately strong Pikachu. You're going up against Rice as your first task, and if you don't think you're up to it then don't bother stepping forward." I said as I sat down on the rock. "Now, if you KNOW you are stronger than the others, step forward." I said as I watched the crowd.

"Well, we figured we'd be setting out immediately... So the strongest are already in the front..." One of the Pikachu in the middle said.

"Well good then, smart thinking. From now on, all you in the font there, and what the heck... ALL the Raichu, not just three, are a part of the colony's defense team. Now, not all of you have to go on missions all at once. You can alternate. So let's say Strongclaw carried out the task of driving away an Arbok. Well Strongclaw now has the option of whether or not he wants to attend the next tast with the group or not. He can go and help, or he can stay back. It is not mandatory that you go on these tasks, but I'd like at least seven of you on a task at all times, NO exceptions! Whether it's seven Raichu, five Raichu and two Pikachu, it doesn't matter. But there MUST always me seven or more." I said as I stood back up. "Now, with that said, we can make a little exception this time, because this is a biiiig task. Now, I understand that most of you hated Rice, if not, ALL of you, and so did I. We're all headed out in a couple minutes to defeat him once and for all, and since he's a BIG threat, the WHOLE defense team will be attending. Now, if any of you feel you're not up to it, you're welcome to stay here. But if you're really determined to get rid of Rice, then I'd go if I were you." I said as I stepped down off of the rock. "And anyone else that's not in the defense team, and feels that they could be helpful with this task, feel free to help!" I said as I waved my right paw in the direction of the exit tunnel. "We're planning on taking Rice, and any of his allies DOWN!" I said as I made a fist in my right paw and slapped it into my left. "Rice is NOT going to take over this colony. As long as I'm alive, it WON'T happen! Now with that said, let's move out!"

Everyone began cheering as we made our way to the exit, and I looked behind me as Electra, followed by all the Raichu and a pawfull of Pikachu followed me into the tunnel. I stood up tall as I hopped through the bush on the outside, ruffling up my fur as I rubbed my neck, happy to have my collar off. I turned around and watched as Electra stood beside me, followed by the group of Raichu, and then one, two, three, four, five Pikachu. I frowned as a sixth and seventh came out, before remembering I had ordered the whole defense team to come.

"Okay everyone over here." I said as I walked out towards the tree I'd been sitting at when I'd been attacked by Stryder as a human. Of course I didn't remember it, but I had an odd attraction to it, as if my body remembered but my mind didn't... I made a face as the Pikachu continued to exit the bush, swarming around me as the crowd got larger and larger. I waited until it appeared no one else was coming, before I stood up and looked around at the group.

"What, did the whole colony come out?" I asked as I frowned.

"Pretty much, yeah... A couple stayed to watch over things, but... Most of us are here." One of the Raichu said as he shrugged.

"Well... I though that since the whole colony hated him, then the whole colony should take part in searching for him, right?" Asked one of the Pikachu.

"Right..." I said, nodding. "Well that makes sense... But do we really need EVERYONE?" I asked as I looked around.

"Well it's not everyone, you see, like I said before, some staye-"

"Shut up..." I said as I held out my paw. "I know that... Ugh... Fine. But here's what we're going to do, since everyone decided to come... MAJOR change in plans... Instead of our original plan, I want everyone to spread out, but keep within a shouting distance of each other in case something is to come up." I said as I waved my paw. "Now everyone spread out. And I want you all back here by sunrise!" I said as I motioned for everyone to go. "Watch out for predators and keep QUIET." I said, sighing.

"Strongclaw, Thunderpaw, um... You..." I said as I pointed to the three Raichu that had said earlier that they were the strongest out of the group. "You three come with me." I said as I went towards the tall grass, sighing as a bunch of Pikachu ran ahead of me.

"See, this is why I didn't want everyone out here..." I sighed. "No one is going to keep quiet with everyone running around like this..." I said as I ducked down low in the tall grass. "Let's hurry up and get to the training area." I said, sighing as I took off running.

About a minute or two later, when me, Electra, and the three Raichu arrived at the training area, we all looked around, squinting as we looked for clues that would lead to Rice's presence.

"I found blood..." Electra frowned as she got down onto all fours and sniffed it. "And Pikachu fur..."

I frowned as I walked over to where she was and looked at the little bits of fur on the ground, sighing as I looked around.

"So he was definitely attacked here... But... There's nothing here that tells me that it was Rice that did it..." I said as I looked around nearby for any orange fur.

"Hey, did Rice have any... Habits at all? Things he'd do constantly, like mark trees, or chew on things?" I asked Thunderpaw as I walked past him.

"No, not that I know of..." he said as he shrugged. "The only thing I know of is his habit of walking on all fours. He would do it even if it was a slow walk, he almost never stood up unless he was really close to you for some reason... I think maybe you threatened his authority with your power, so he would stand to make himself look bigger or something..." Thunder said as he shrugged.

"So... I have to look for Raichu prints that shows a Raichu on all fours..." I said, frowning. "What does that look like..."

"Like this." Strongclaw said as he walked over to a patch of mud and got down onto all fours, stomping footprints into it and hopping out, frowning as he wiped his paws in the grass.

"Okaaaaay..." I said as I examined them, frowning. "No wonder his paws were always dirty..."

"I think I found some." said the third Raichu as he pointed. "There."

"Well let's see where they lead then..." I said as I walked along them, frowning. "I want you to lead, and try to walk with your paws inside the prints."

Nodding, he walked ahead, dropping down onto all fours as he placed his paws inside of the prints and began walking inside them.

"Yep, that's how Rice walks..." Thunder said as the Raichu stood up, frowning.

"Okay then, let's go." I said as I took Electra's paw, smiling as we followed the prints. We followed them for maybe a minute or two before we arrived at the shore of the lake, where the ground was nothing but soft mud. I stood there, staring at the ground as I looked around. I looked left, then looked right, my ears dropping to the sides as I turned and faced the Raichu, who all nodded.

"The tide..." They all said as they frowned. "Washed away the prints..."

"Well then there's not much we can do... All we can do now is go back... Try again tomorrow..." I said, sighing as I turned around, surprised to see that one of the Pikachu was also following the footprints.

"Any luck...? Oh..." He said as he looked at the lake, sighing.

"Yeah... Call everyone back, there's no point in searching anymore until later today..." I said as I took Electra's paw and walked over to the tall grass. "Just... Yell or something, the word spreads quickly. Tell them I said come back." I said as I stepped onto the trail in the tall grass.

"Dallas wait... Look..." Thunder said as he pointed down at the smooth dirt.

"What?" I asked as I walked back over.

"Look, there's marks where he's pointing." Electra said as she tilted her head. "It looks like..."

"Like someone was trying to hide something here..." Thunder said.

"Well someone dug a hole here obviously..." Electra said as she pawed at the dirt with her right paw. "Plus it's too soft..."

"Well maybe they were trying to cover up the tracks?" Thunder asked as he drove his claws through the soft dirt, frowning as it was dug up easily.

"Well maybe someone peed there and buried it." Electra shrugged.

"On the tracks?" I asked, frowning.

"It could have been Rice." She said, sighing. "Why are we still here anyway? There's nothing we can do about it, the tracks are gone. All we can do is smell around where they end to see if we can smell who buried them." She said as she dropped down onto all fours and sniffed the dirt. "And it smells like... I don't even know..." She said as she stood up, sticking her tongue out. "Yucky."

"Ugh..." I said as I looked down. "Let's just go back..." I sighed. "Someone obviously covered them up before the tide did... The question is WHO did..." I said as I walked onto the path in the tall grass.

"No clue." she said as she walked beside me, frowning. "Maybe Rice did it himself."

"He's not that smart..." I said as I looked at her, and she grinned. "Well... True... Because he left the ones in the training area... But, why leave them there and cover the ones by the lake?" She asked as she tilted her head. "Unless something is hidden there and he doesn't want us to see... But then again, we could still follow the trail of the covered tracks... The only thing that really covered them was the water... Because covered tracks is just a trail of messed up dirt, which you can still follow." She said as she wagged her tail. "If we look in the morning with a search team or something, I bet we'll find something." She said as we approached the alternate entrance to the colony.

"Well, you have a good point... But it's already morning." I laughed as I nudged her. "But yeah, when it gets brighter out we can definitely look again." I said as I hugged her, before ducking down and crawling into the tunnel.

"Well, maybe he went up a tree." Electra said as she followed me in. "I mean, the tracks just disappear, maybe no one covered them up, maybe he just went up." She said as she crawled backwards out of the tunnel. "I'm going to go up the tree and look... You can stay here if you want, but I'm going back." She said as she stood up.

"Ugh... I'm not leaving you alone with a maniac." I said as I crawled out and stood up. "Let's go..."

"YAY!" Electra giggled as she kissed my cheek. "We should run before he wakes up!"

"Yeah." I said as I got down onto all fours and took off running, staying at the same pace she was as we made our way back toward the training area. We stopped while we were still in the tall grass, and I looked up into the trees, frowning.

"Well the leaves are almost gone so it's hard to see an orange Raichu in orange and red leaves..." I said, frowning.

"Exactly." Electra said as she stepped onto the dirt, smiling as she walked over to the footprints and examined them.

"Well, these are pointing this way..." She said as she pointed toward the lake. "The only reasonable path they could have taken after would be... This..." She said as she turned to the left a little, dragging her tail in the dirt as she made a line from the prints, to the closest tree. "Because if you look at the dirt, it's smooth, yeah, but it's also got those marks... Ugh, I can't explain it... Watch..." She said as she walked over to the water and scooped some up in her paws, before walking back over to the tracks and dropping the water right in front of them. I watched as the dirt sank down into the form of another track, a track that was pointing in the exact direction of the line Electra drew.

"What... How'd you...?" I asked as I stared at the track in disbelief.

"When the water washed over it, it only covered it with new dirt. Nothing pushed down on it to sink it into place. If you was away the new dirt you get all the marks of the old dirt, which means no one tried to cover the tracks." She said as she pointed up the tree. "And I think Rice is up there."

"Well before we jump to conclusions..." I said as I frowned. "Why don't we look around a bit more?"

"Dallas I see his tail..." She said as she sighed, pointing up. "Hanging off the branch... There's no need to look any more..."

"Well... He's sleeping, what do you want to do?" I asked as I frowned.

"I want to KILL him..." She growled as a few sparks flew from her cheeks/

"Well... Maybe if we climbed up there and tied him up... We could defeat him without a fight..." I said as I frowned. "I mean, the last thing we want is for you to get hurt, right?"

"Dallas... if I tied him up, It wouldn't be much of a victory for me... Sure I'd be able to eat him, but... I wouldn't feel as good as I would if I killed him..." She said as she frowned. "We should wake him up and fight him... To prove that I've gotten much stronger..." She said as she rubbed her paws together.

"Well... If that's what you want, then fine." I said, sighing.

"Just don't interfere unless I'm in trouble... And I mean REALLY in trouble..." She said as she looked up into the tree. "I'm going to wake him up..."

"Well... Should I hide somewhere?" I asked as I took a couple steps back, frowning.

"If you want to, then fine." Electra said as she got down onto all fours and looked up at Rice, sighing. "Here I go..."

"Well... He doesn't know I'm here, so why don't I hide..." I said as I turned around and leaped into the tall grass, laying down on my belly as I watched her through the blades of grass. "Go on, wake him..."

"Well, I have an idea..." Electra said as she walked over to me, smiling. "We can get one of the Raichu to wake him, and then they'll fight for a little, and then we walk by and pretend we're just walking, and when I see Rice I go nuts on him." She said as she smiled. "So let's go get Thunderpaw."

"No need to." Thunder said as he stood up, emerging from the tall grass. "I overheard what you said back at the colony about how you were going to go alone and see if Rice went up a tree... I thought I should come along too to help in case something happened... But I didn't know Dallas followed you too, or I wouldn't have come... But now I'm glad I did. I absolutely hate Rice, so it'd be my honor, no, my PLEASURE to wake his ass up." He said as he walked over to the tree, motioning for us to hide in the grass.

"Riiiight..." Electra said as she crawled into the grass and lay down beside me, sighing. "Okay then, do it."

"Right." Thunder said as he looked up, his cheeks sparking as she shot off a bolt of electricity.

"I know it won't do much, but it's worth a-"

"AAAAH!" Rice yelled as he fell out of the tree, quickly jumping to his feet as he saw Thunderpaw.

"Ah... Thunder... What brings you here" He asked as he grinned, rubbing his eyes. Thunder rushed forward and pushed him over while he was rubbing his eyes, and growled as Rice leaped back onto his feet.

"Geez, why so pushy?" He asked as he brushed himself off.

"YOU are trying to take over MY colony!" he yelled as he tackled him to the ground.

"I don't know what you're talking about." Rice said as he pushed Thunder off of him, growling as he got to his feet. "The colony wasn't yours to begin with, it was mine. I'm simply reclaiming what was mine from the start." He said as he grabbed Thunderpaw's paw, laughing as he swung him around into a tree and pushed him in the back. "Now if you don't mind, I'd like t-"

"RAAAAH!" Electra yelled as she leaped out of the grass, leaping into the air and attaching herself to Rice's back with her claws, growling as she bit into his shoulder.

"YOU ASS!" She yelled as she leaped off of him, getting down onto all fours as Rice yelled and turned around.

"YOU... I almost ended you and I can do it again!" He said as he rushed forward.

"Yeah, ALMOST." Electra growled as she took a step back.

"And I would've if Dallas hadn't interfered!" He said as he rushed towards her. "But some Pokemon don't learn the first time... Some need to be taught AGAIN!" He yelled as he leaped forward, falling flat on his face as Electra jumped to the left.

"Yeah, some DO!" She yelled as she grabbed him, digging her claws into his side as she dragged him to the left, then flung him to the right, sparks flying from her cheeks.

"SOME Pokemon don't learn the first time, that when you mess with Electra, you get HURT." She said as she jumped into the air. "THIS 'Chu learned the first time. It's YOU that hasn't learned." She said as she twisted around in the air, electricity swirling around her as she landed and took off running, slamming right into Rice's stomach as he got to his feet. Rice grabbed her ears, wincing in pain as he tried to get her off of him.

"Holy FUCK!" He yelled as he fell on his back, gasping as she landed right ontop of him.

"Yeah, so what if I gained a couple hundred pounds since we last met, it's not like it matters." She said as she raised her right fist, electricity swirling around it as she nailed him in the face with it.

I watched as Rice held his paws over his face in pain, his tail wrapping around Electra's leg as he tripped her, causing her to fall over.

"Yeah, well do you remember last time? It wasn't YOU that won." He said as he grabbed her tail. "It would have been ME!"

"YOU CHEATED WITH THE WATER!" She yelled as she grabbed his head and pulled him down ontop of her, growling as she rolled around on the ground with him, her legs and arms clutched tightly around him to keep him in place.

"Stop using your WEIGHT!" Rice yelled as he pulled free and jumped to his feet, a yellow ball quickly forming in his paws. About two seconds later he threw it at her, and it hit her right in the side.

"AAAH!" She yelled as she jumped back, coughing as dust flew into the air.

"RAAAAH!" Rice yelled as he darted into the cloud of dust on all fours, causing it to clear up as he ran at Electra with a volt tackle.

Electra was wiping her eyes, and I knew this would be a direct hit... But was it...

I watched in awe as Electra quickly whipped around, her tail glowing bright silver as she swung it at him at just the right moment, the corner of her tail nailing him right in the forehead. The electricity from his volt tackle discharged into the iron tail and exploded, sending Rice flying in the opposite direction, while Electra didn't move an inch.

"O-ow..." Rice groaned as he rubbed his forehead.

He's lucky it wasn't a full out hit with the edge of her tail...

"You got lucky..." He growled as he opened his mouth, an orange ball glowing inside of it as he leaned back. Electra opened her eyes wide as she saw it, but quickly narrowed them as she fired off a bolt of electricity. The electricity struck the still forming ball of the hyper beam in Rice's mouth, and it exploded in his face. Rice yelped as he held his bloody face in his paws, growling as he shook his head.

"I'm DONE with your games!" He yelled as he got down onto all fours. "I'm going to end this once and for all!" He yelled as he charged at her again, electricity flying off of his body as he ran at her with a full force volt tackle. Electra didn't even move until the last second. Her tail was still a bright shiny silver, and I watched as she turned around and lowered it a little. I couldn't help but laugh as Rice quickly got rid of the electricity, just before he smacked into it with his volt tackle and fell flat on his face. But Electra wasn't done. Just as he smacked into it, she quickly whipped it around and nailed him right in the chest with it. Instead of falling forward, Rice flew backwards into the lake, squealing in pain as he writhed around in the water, curling up into a ball as he tried his best to stand up. As soon as he managed to sit up, Electra jumped on him, and he fell right back down.

"You remember this?" She asked as she got down onto all fours and stood ontop of him. "YOU REMEMBER THIS?" she yelled as little bolts of electricity flew from her cheeks. "Well guess what? It's YOUR turn!" She yelled as she grabbed his head and dunked it underwater, grinning as he tried his best to hold his breath, until she jumped up a little. When she landed back down ontop of him, he gasped, and inhaled a mouthful of water. I turned around and looked the other way as he coughed and coughed, but Electra didn't let go. Instead, she placed one paw on his neck and grinned as she slowly pressed her weight on it.

"It's YOUR turn..." She growled as she hopped up off of him and flipped him over, jumping ontop of his back before he had a chance to get up. She placed her paw on the back of his head and leaned on it, forcing his face to remain underwater as her tail shined a bright silver. She waited until he stopped coughing, before slowly easing her weight off of his head, sighing as she stood up on his back.

"It's over..." She said as she leaped into the air.

Thinking it was all over, I dashed out of the tall grass and ran toward her, just in time to see her flip forward in the air and nail him right in the back of the head with iron tail. A loud crack echoed through the woods as her tail sliced through his skull, and Electra fell on her back. Standing up, she made a face as she looked down, and I followed her gaze, my eyes closing as I saw that her tail was lodged in his skull. I opened my eyes to see her pulling it out of him, and I turned around as I heard the sickening squish of her tail being pulled out of him.

"I'm going to be sick..." I mumbled as I looked down at the ground, taking deep breaths as I looked up at Thunderpaw, who had his paws over his mouth in disbelief.

"That's... Disgusting..." Electra mumbled as she waved her paw around in the water to clean it up. "I'm NOT eating that..."

"Disgusting indeed!" I said as I walked into the tall grass, sighing. "I thought Rice was tougher than that..."

"Well we've been training for so long I'm almost as strong as you!" Electra said as she walked in front of me, facing me as she placed her paws on my shoulders. "Almost as strong as you!" She repeated.

"Not even close... Remember the iron tail thing? When I hit your iron tail with mine? You're really strong for a Pikachu, but I'm stronger." I said as I licked her nose.

"Oh yeah, I forgot about that..." She said, frowning.

"Helloooo! Dead Rice, we have to tell the others!" Thunder said as he ran ahead. "I'll go call for a meeting, you take your time, everything will be ready by the time you get back." He said as he ran off.

"Um... Okay..." I said as I frowned. "Electra you go ahead, I have to go... Look for something." I said as I sat down, sighing.

"Okay!" She said as she ran after Thunderpaw, giggling.

I remember Rice being a lot stronger than that... And even if Electra was much stronger, and heavier, than before... It doesn't make sense for Rice to put up so little of a fight... It's just like... What Ben did back then... I thought as I frowned, until it hit me, and I stood up in disbelief.

"Rice... Was a member of Team Onyx... That means they could have cloned him too... Rice acted the same way Ben acted when we fought him back at the house... That means that there's a definite possibility that Rice could have been a clone... But... IF he was a clone, then... That means that the real Rice is still floating out there somewhere... You know what? Why do I bother fighting Team Onyx members if they all wind up being fake? It's stupid! Well one thing's for sure, there's a definite possibility that Rice was a clone... But I'd better not jump to conclusions so quickly... I'd be better off asking the colony questions and seeing if they've seen anything before I do anything else today..." I said to myself as I walked along the trail, looking down. "I just hope that that was the real Rice..."

--END Chapter Four.--