The Pikachu's tracks had begun to disappear a ways back, but the slowpoke was still attempting to follow. The forest was very dense, and there was something weird about it.
Ruse heard a nearby bush rustle. "Hello?" he asked. A zigzagoon jumped out. "Oh, hi there little guy. You scared me"
There was something off about the zigzagoon it's eyes had a different look than the pikachu. All of a sudden, it rushed at Ruse, who tried to get out of the way but got hit in the side.
"Urk, hey! what the fuck dude!?" The zigzagoon responded with a sharp growl which caused a chill to go down the slowpoke's spine.
"Ok, I see how this is gonna be." He got into a defensive stance. *curse* he thought to himself. A strange feeling overcame him, he felt stronger, but somehow slower than he was before. The zigzagoon charged at him again, but he was ready this time. Ruse rolled out of the way and yawned at the wild pokemon. *hmm, did it work?* he thought to himself worriedly.
The zigzagoon charged one more time, and hit ruse head on. It didn't hurt as much as the first time, the curse must have worked.
All of a sudden the Zigzagoon fell down asleep. "Yes!" Ruse tackled the sleeping Zigzagoon. It was KO'd. He looked down at his defeated foe and saw it had dropped an apple. "Finally, food" he gobbled it right up.
Ruse was just finished eating when he heard pikachu's call "Where are you?" the shout wasn't far from where he was. The curse had worn off by now and he was back to full speed, still much slower than the pikachu was, and even slower than the small Zangoose he had just attacked, but to him he felt a little faster than earlier.
(*DING* level 2)