Rescuers Side Mission: Go to Tao Ranch!

PMD-Explorers Mission 4 Part 1

Whatever was happening in Tao Ranch, neither Peter nor Marston expected that it would turn out to be their first mission. They both hurried towards the little group of Pokémon to see what the fuss was about. As they drew nearer, they were dumbfounded to confirm that the dragonite was indeed in a maid outfit. It was Marston who spoke first. And the three Pokémon were didn't notice them coming.

"WHO ARE YOU PEOPLE AND HOW DO YOU KNOW MY NAME?!" shrieked the Dragonite twisting herself, apparently very annoyed. "You're coming with me too cow!" she continued.
"Like hell I am!" argued the Miltank. "I'm sure Iceburg wouldn't mind sparing some food, but you can't take it all."
"NO! Everything AND YOU TWO!" shouted back the Dragonite getting redder.

"H-Hey there! What's going on?" asked Marston with some mumble, taking the opportunity of a short pause.

At that instant, all the three Pokémon turned their heads towards the Mudkip and the Pikachu who had just arrived, looking at them with suspicious eyes.
"AND WHO ARE THOSE TWO?" continued the enraged Dragonite.
"Stop shouting Udon, don't you see that you're scaring those two children? I've never seen them around and they probably are new around," observed the Meganium.
"Um.. hehe," mumbled Marston still hesistant. "You're right, Mr..."
"Iceburg. You can call me Iceburg," said the Meganium.
"Iceburg. And... I'm sorry, I shouldn't have-"
"WHATEVER! I DON'T CARE! I'LL JUST TAKE THE FRUITS AND VEGGIES AND YOU TWO!" went on Udon stubbornly.
"Aren't you seriously not tired of shouting like that? Get real. And who will take care of the ranch if you do take us?" growled the Miltank now coming nearer.
"THERE'RE ENOUGH Pokémon ON THIS RANCH AND I'M SURE THAT THEY CAN DO VERY WELL WITHOUT YOU TWO!"
"It seems pointless to argue with her Ovaltine... Udon completely forgot about us..." Iceburg stuttered with a sad tone.
"ENOUGH OF THIS NOW! I-"
"I agree Udon, enough of all this drama. I'm really disappointed that you don't recognise us, but if you want food, you can take this crate there," stepped in the Miltank pointing to a rather small wooden crate a little further away.

That seemed to have been the straw that broke the camel's back.
"I'M TIRED OF ALL THIS!" shouted Udon preparing to attack.
"UDON! STOP! YOU'LL DESTROY THE RANCH" cried Iceburg alarmingly and tears coming to his eyes.
"We cannot allow this Mars, use Protect to nullify Udon's attack! I'll try to paralyse her!" said Peter quickly.

Marston nodded and jumped in between Udon and Iceburg, enveloping himself in a bluish-green bubble ready to take the hit. At the same time, Peter circled Udon to come behind her. It was then that the uncontrollable Udon unleashed the Outrage towards the Ranch, only to meet the protective barrier made by Marston. The attack was one of the strongest moves that Marston had ever encountered; Udon was indeed a very powerful opponent and was keeping up the power in her moves, so much so that Marston was getting difficulty in keeping up Protect. Peter on his side jumped on the back of Udon surprising her and trying his best to activate his Static ability to paralyze her. He knew that with such power, Marston wouldn't be able to hold on for a long time. Udon twisted in every direction, shouting frantically and trying to get the Peter off her back while keeping up her attack. It was then that Iceburg reacted. He moved besides Marston and used Light screen to help keeping back Udon's fiery attacks.

Just as the shields of Marston and Iceburg were about fade out, a green Pokémon appeared pushing the two Pokémon out of the way and taking the hits. It was a Flygon. Surprisingly that Pokémon was withstanding the attacks very well after the first few hits, annoying Udon even more. Peter's Static finally activated, sending electrifying waves across the body of Udon and making her lose focus. The latter fell down groaning unhappily. Unfortunately, it was too late; one of the fireballs of Udon had been redirected to one of the main stores of the ranch, when Udon lost her focus. The store, not built to withstand such an attack, exploded on impact. As a result, berries were then raining everywhere on the ranch.

"Woah, that was close!" exclaimed Ovaltine. "But now, we have to clean up the mess, oh dear..."
"Ruben! Thank Arceus that you arrived on time!" let out Iceburg with a sigh of relief.
"I seriously dare not think of what would happen if I wasn't here, teehee!" replied Ruben.

"HEY! What's going on here?" a voice sounded from the distance.
"Be quiet there! There're Pokémon trying to lay eggs here!" resounded another voice coming from the ranch.

"Ack... YOU!? You'll haff to come wiff me too," went on Udon angrily, trying to overcome the numbness in her jaw.
"Oh stop the nonsense Udon. Give us a break already," groaned Ovaltine to the helpless dragon.
"What the... what's GOING on here?" said a strangely yellow Miltank approaching. "And why is there such a mess?"

Seeing the Dragonite, Pikachu and Mudkip, the Miltank took a step back.
"And who are they!? What are they doing here?" he inquired with a deep frown appearing on his forehead.
"Now now brother, don't you too start shouting," carried on Ovaltine tired at the thought of having more work for the day.
"Well Malt, Miss Udon here, wanted to take all the food available here, and those two Pokémon actually helped us avoid a bigger catastrophe," answered Iceburg calmly to the Miltank.
"What!? ALL the food? But it will take..." stated the surprised Malt taking out an abacus and pushing beads left and right, before concluding, "Three months!? Three months to get at least half of the amount we have right now! I'm sorry Udon, but we cannot let you do that. All the Pokémon depend on our supplies and with that... what's he's called again now... 'Sorbet' in town, we should even be collecting food before it gets too cold to grow anything."
"That's what I was trying to get Udon to understand, but Miss Udon who has an amnesia couldn't care less," went on Ovaltine.
"Err... if I may?" asked politely Peter.
"Yes?" Malt told Peter with a crooked eyebrow.
"Well... I don't know if that would be feasible, but I think I have the solution as to how to provide enough food to Udon and at the same time, get more food in your storage, without having to clean the 'mess' around..." said Peter his hand on his chin. "And according to my calculations, if we get enough helping hands, we can get it by this evening if we hurry up."