Pokemon: an unmissable opportunity Part 4: Rustboro city!-via Petalburg woods
There is one thing I need to cover here, Finalsmasherwhateverthatnumberis, I know the last chapter seemed a little rushed and the wasn't all that good but that was because I didn't want to leave people waiting for it. But now I have had a little change in way I'll have things working, to reduce rubbish stuff and bring in the good stuff. Hopefully.
And now back to our scheduled story:
"Sean, you are a complete idiot" Ben was correct in saying that, as Sean's' map reading got them stuck in Petalburg woods
Since the last chapter the boys had got into Petalburg woods, but now they got.......well lost. It was natural to get lost in the thick bushy greenery of the woods and being a 'natural maze', that's what they're all famous for. By 'all' I mean the woods in the known regions like Viridian woods in Kanto, and the Ilex forest in Johto.
"Hang on" said Ben "That map looks.................... no, IS UPSIDE DOWN!!!!" Not unusual for Sean to be completely useless. Sean handed the map (still upside down, though) to Ben
"Look Ben, you can do the map reading then"
So they walked off, Ben with the map at the front and Sean plodding behind. Their feet squelched along the wet muddy track through the woods.
"I'm so sick of the sight of Wurmples" Sean said as they passed the 34th Wurmple they saw "It'd just be nice to see a Shroomish for a change" and with that, a strange man in a suit came down.
"have you seen any Shroomish around here?" The two boys looked at each other and shrugged. "Oh because I do love that pokemon"
Just as the man in a suit said that, a familiar outfit caught the boys eye.
"HEY!" it was a Team Magma grunt "I've been looking all over for you fancy-pants Devon corp guy!" That revealed the strange man worked for the Devon Corporation.
"Hey aren't you two trainers?" asked the man. They nodded. "Good, then chase him away"
The grunt looked at them "You challenging me!!?" he pulled out a pokeball "Go! Poochyena!"
"I'll take this one" said Ben with confidence "Let's try you out Corphish!" the crab/lobster pokemon prepared for it's first battle with Ben.
"Poochyena, Tackle!" Poochyena charged up a full powered tackle on Corphish.
"Corphish, use bubble!" Corphish opened it's pincers and released hard-hitting water bubbles onto Poochyena. "Now, Poochyena, Bite!" Poochyena held onto Corphish with it's jaw and flung it against a tree.
"Return, Corphish" Ben got his other pokeball out "Tailow, GO!" The tinyswallow pokemon came out battle ready.
"Poochyena, bite again!" Poochyena tried the same trick again but Tailow flew up, dodging Poochyena's vicious bite.
"Nice work Tailow, now use wing attack!" Tailow's wings glowed white and the it charged at Poochyena, knocking it out.
"Return, Poochyena" the grunt called back his pokemon "You're OK kid, but don't you meddle with team magma again!" and with that, he ran away.
"Thank you trainer" said the Devon corp guy "But how to thank you......." he thought deeply "How about this" he gave Ben a pass card "Use it to get to the inside of the Devon corporation, where my boss can thank you properly".
"Hey, Look" Sean started to say "A Shroomish!" Devon corp guy turned around
"Ooooh! I want it" Sean and Ben saw
him capture it but they left when he started thinking of a nickname.
"Shroomy?, nah too simple. Mash-mash?, nah too weird.
Oooh!.........."
Yeah, that's how it went, but we want some
action now! Too bad that will not be till the next chapter
"According to this map, we should be at the exit to the woods" said Ben. He was right, a path cut out through some bushes led them outside. After the sight of Wurmples and endless amounts of trees, it would be refreshing to see a beautiful pond with a bridge over it.
"George would love this area, so perfect for fishing" said Sean
"Yes but look beyond the perfect scenery" Ben pointed to the city "Our destination..."
BEEP BEEP BEEP
"Oh, my Pokenav" Ben got it out of his bag "Hello?"
"Ah, Ben, Hello" The voice was Prof Birch "So where are you"
"Just entering Rustburo" replied Ben "Are you wondering about the egg?"
"Yes I was, so how is it" asked a hopeful Prof Birch
"Well it shook a little in my bag, but nothing else" replied Ben
"OK then, I'll tell Prof Elm about this. Goodbye, and Good luck in the gym battle!"
As they entered Rustboro, they saw a huge building with the word DEVON in giant letters on top.
"Well that looks like the place Devon corp guy was working" said an obvious Sean
"No, I thought he worked at the Pokemon centre" Ben sarcastically replied
"Gee, thanks for the confidence boost" then the two headed for Devon corp.
If you know what big fancy office buildings look like, well that was Devon corp. They were Hoenn's version of Silph Co., except smaller and not previously overrun by Team rocket. Also on the second floor was a complicated machine that by the guy who ran it, claimed it could regenerate fossils of pokemon. As they walked through it, workers gave them an odd stare. That was probably because of the smell of wet mud and trees they had lingering around with them. On the top floor was a big meeting room and at the back was a upper-class old guy on a big fancy chair. It was a good chair actually, very soft and beyond the word comfy. It was also a recliner. Nice.
"Security!" yelled the old guy. Ben showed him the pass card.
"Ok then, you can come" he looked at Sean "But you can leave, unless you have a pass key"
"Er......actually I don't" Sean nudged Ben muttering "Help an old friend out?" Ben thought for a second and came up with an excuse.
"Well.....your employee..only had one pass key....so.....he said..to let us share it" The old guy didn't look gulible. But they got a big surprise when he said
"Ah, yes you're the ones my employee rang about" he looked at them, sighing "Don't make up stupid excuses about things, it'll get you nowhere" he picked up a leaflet "It's a leaflet that my son sent me when he was champion, it's about the gym leaders of Hoenn"
"Wow, thanks"Ben put it in his pocket
"Yeah that's surprisingly great" Sean said
"Now run along, and good luck for the future" said Mr Stone, watching the pair take the lift.
Outside, They saw a trainer running from Rustboro gym with a fainted pokemon in his arms.
"It's OK Seedot, you'll be fine"The trainer kept saying as he ran by.
"That's not the best way to see tough the gym is" Sean said, quite worried
"If you're gonna be worried, I'll challenge the gym first" Ben began to say "It's the best way to see how tough it really is, after all, I am the stronger of us"
"OK Ben, you go ahead and win" Sean began walking away
"Get ready Tailow and Corphish, we've got a gym battle to win!" and so, the first battle shall begin. The outcome, you ask?. Find out next chapter
