Chapter 2
"Hevvo," the accented man with purple hair spoke.
"HI!" I exclaimed, trying to sound courteous. "Are you here for a challenge?"
"Vof courve," the long haired girl said evilly. There was something about their accent that seemed unnatural; I think it was that they desperately replaced every other letter with a V, basically.
"I love your Meowth! He's so cute!" I couldn't resists picking up Meowth and cuddling it to death. His sandy colored fur was silky smooth and his nose was very moist. "OWWWWWW!" I shrieked. Meowth scratched my face three times! I suddenly felt like a giant voltorb used self-destruct on my face. The burning feeling was extraordinary. Both of the strange trainers looked at each other and chuckled. "We can battle right this way..." I grunted.
I took the pair through the most elegant hallway in the gym. Both of the walls were made of pure glass. Essentially, the hallway was in a large tank of water for pokemon to swim around. I had nine magikarp and a few lanturns swimming around passionately. The strange long haired girl practically started drooling over the pokemon. I gave her a puzzled look, and the man nudged her elbow while whispering under his breath "Don't seem obvious." It only took us about two minutes to get to the highly attractive battle arena. This would have been a perfect time to show off my sign ideas, I thought.
I pointed out where the opposing trainers were to stand. "If you both are going to battle, then I have the right to use two pokemon at once. Sound fair?" I asked with a slight smile. They both nodded their heads with a neutral expression on their face.
"YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE!" I shouted the cheesy line I was going to put on the sign. They responded with evil, yet content looks. "Arbok...GO!" The strange girl shouted. "Wheezing...GO!" The weird boy shouted. Two poison types... I thought. "I choose you, Gyarados!" I decided to wait to call my second pokemon. It's an effective strategy I developed throughout my gym training.
"Gyarados, use hydro pump!" I shouted through the gym. Gyarados got his energy together and released an enormous length of water towards Arbok. It hit Arbok square in the head- he didn't even try to avoid it. "Now use dragon rage!" I yelled. Although dragon rage is a move that takes time to recharge, Arbok didn't move a muscle. He just sat there like a bump on a log. Something's up, I thought.
"Wheezing," the boy began, "use smokescreen!" Wheezing immediately released pellets that filled the room with a smokescreen. I had never seen a smokescreen that powerful before. "WHAT? No! I can't even see my pokemon!" I angrily exclaimed.
Two minutes after intense coughing, I could finally see the arena! "What?!" I shouted with horror. My gyarados was gone. Disappeared. "I KNEW there was something weird about them!" I shrieked to myself. Immediately, I ran through the same hallway I came in, just to notice that all the pokemon in the tank had also disappeared. I ran outside the door and saw a colossal balloon with a Meowth's face as the balloon. It was obvious that they were in there, because the pink and purple hair sticks out like a sore thumb (especially in the blue sky).
"YOU IDIOTS! BRING ME BACK MY POKEMON!" I shouted into the sky with all the fear built up inside my heart. If only I had a flying pokemon...