As we continue onwards, I notice General Goom smiling and whistling happily, which was odd. "Hey, um, why are you so happy?" I ask General Goom, who says "Well, it's just nice to finally have some explorers who are strong enough to help me and Ma- uh, I mean, Mister Mudkip on one of our jobs! Ya see, we're explorers, too, and apparently, Mister Mudkip already saved this emolga, but she didn't pay him for it, so then he told me to go get her so we can get our reward... a reward which my mother and I really need." that explanation was strangely long, and oddly wrong. These were outlaws, right? As in, not explorers? The whole 'mother' part was strange, as he didn't mention having any other family... was she a single mother somewhere, then, and he was just trying to help her? If so, then it seems like he just got mixed up in a bad crowd trying to help her out. We eventually make it to some weird hole in the wall, that is, after General Goom handled a couple omanyte and kabuto that decided to block our path. None of them stood a chance against his absorb attack. "Well, here we are, everyone! Uh... just let me put on my helmet really quick..." He then heads into the cave, and comes back out with a green helmet with splotches of darker green and brown all over it, and added "Well, let's go! This is just so exciting for me."

I then head into the small cave with General Goom, and find a mudkip wearing a suit and tie, and a tied up emolga, who appeared to be screaming for help. "Wow... um... I-I had no idea about this... Mister Mudkip usually just tells me to stay outside when we have a guest over." General Goom says somewhat timidly. The mudkip, who I'm assuming is Mister Mudkip, then turns to see us. "Oh, good, you've brought another one, General Goom." He says, with General Goom shaking whatever was supposedly his head, and responding with "Wh-what's going on here? Why is she tied up like that? Isn't that hurting her, or something?" this response made Mister Mudkip laugh, and say "Yeah... wait, you still haven't figured it out? This is what we do, Goom." this seemed to almost physically damage Goom, who said "What? I-I thought we were just an unofficial exploration team! You... you lied to me!?" Mister Mudkip laughed even harder at that, and said "Yeesh, what a dope, YES I LIED! This was the only way to get money for us, you dolt. In case you don't remember, no guild would have us. If you're leaving, that's fine by me..." Mister Mudkip then pulls out a conch shell and blows on it, summoning several wild water types to his aid. "Well, guy, looks like we're fighting for the same thing... um, sorry for being bad, earlier." General Goom says as the water types start heading towards us. He then adds "Oh, and, you can call me Anthony... Anthony Birch." [i]Birch? Could he somehow be related to me? If so, then how? Well, I guess that's not important, after all, we've got a flood of water-types to fight through, now.[/i] I think when I hear his name. I was fairly quiet through this whole ordeal because I had no idea what was going on... of course, there really weren't too many other water types, there was literally just one for everyone who was on our team, including Anthony. I pull out a vine whip, and look back in preparation of another fight.