Chapter 4 Waiting To Battle Rocky

"Ya know, this isn't bothering me. No, no! I'm actually enjoying this! Honestly, I wouldn't want to be anywhere else! I mean, who wouldn't want to be in a line 3 DAYS STRAIGHT!!?" Magmar screamed.

"Calm down, Magmar. We'll be there soon," Tyler assured him.

"There are six girls here your age, of course YOU wouldn't complain!" Magmar grumbled.

Our heroes are still waiting to challenge Gym Leader Rocky. So far though, they haven't found out anything about him that was helpful.

"I'm bored!" Magmar wailed.

"Well, let's play a game!" Meghan said brightly.

"Like what?" Magmar asked.

"Uh...Go Fish?" Chelsea, one of Meghan's friends, suggested.

"No, no no. That got old after the last 50 times that I beat all of you," Magmar sighed.

"Checkers?" Meghan added.

"No," Magmar groaned. "That got boring after I beat everyone 35 times each!"

"Then let's play a very interesting game!" Meghan giggled, a slight touch of wickedness in her voice.

"Huh?" Magmar and Tyler exchanged glances.

"The game that girls love to play!" Britney, another friend, snickered wickedly.

"Oh-no. No, no!" Magmar cried.

"W-what?" Tyler stammered in fear.

"The game that girls just love to play!" Meghan grinned.

"Oh man! They wouldn't!" Tyler whimpered.

"Let's start now!" Chelsea cackled.

"They would!" Magmar whimpered.

* * *

"Truth or Dare?"

Magmar looked at Meghan, Chelsea, Britney, Mandy, Serena, Cameron and Tyler, who were all staring back at him with looks that seemed to pierce through him. "Why do I feel like I'm about to be executed?" he grumbled.

"TRUTH...or...DARE?!" Meghan repeated menacingly. She sounded like she was trying to drag information out of Magmar.

Magmar rolled his eyes and mumbled, "Dare,"

The girls and Tyler all burst out laughing, making Magmar very, very nervous. "That's so unhelpful!" he moped.

"Okay," Meghan hummed, then she started whispering to the other girls and Tyler. Magmar stood where he was, tapping his fingers together nervously.

"You have to...," Britney started, but she let it hang.

"Yeeeees?" Magmar asked.

"Go jump in front of the cameras over there and shout, HI!' to them!" Britney finished gleefully.

Magmar looked further up the line. There was a lot of cameras and reporters busy with some people. "Hmm, okay!" he started walking over to the cameras.

"Do you really think he'll do it?" Meghan asked Tyler.

"I dunno," Tyler admitted.

* * *

"And do you think you can beat the gym leader here?" a reporter asked Colin.

"Yeah, of course. All six of us will! After all, it's only one guy!" Colin replied.

"Hmm. Anyway, you mentioned earlier a talking Magmar'?" the reporter repeated slowly.

"Yep. Our rival, Tyler, got a talking Magmar for his starting Pokémon. Amazing creature," Colin informed them.

"What's this Tyler person like?"

"Oh, he's got brown hair, green eyes and he dresses kind of funny,"

"Who dresses funny?"

The reporter and Colin turned to see Magmar standing beside them.

"HEY! It's the talking Magmar!" Colin shouted, jumping up and down in excitement.

"HEY! It's the illegal driver!" Magmar cried out, jumping up and down to mock Colin.

"Ashley! Ashley, it's the-" Colin tried calling his girlfriend but she paid no attention, as she was too busy trying to look sexy for the cameras. "Hey, Ashley!" Colin cried, running over to her.

"Quite pathetic, really!" Magmar remarked to the reporter. She had been watching Colin but then turned her attention and microphone to Magmar.

"Are you waiting with your trainer to battle the gym leader?" she asked him.

Magmar raised an eyebrow. "No, we're here because we enjoy standing in lines," he replied.

"Oh. Well, what was your favorite line so far?" she asked.

Magmar shoved her away. He had no time to deal with stupid people. He jumped in front of the majority of the cameras (and in front of Ashley), waved his arms around and shouted, "HI!!" He then walked away.

* * *

"WOW!! You actually did it!" Meghan cheered when Magmar came back.

"Yeah, and you know what? That was fun!" Magmar admitted.

"Now you get to pick who goes next!" Chelsea giggled.

"Okay, hmm...," Magmar thought.

* * *

In a few more hours, they were awfully close to the gym. Colin, Ashley and the rest of Tyler's rivals were having their turn against Rocky. Magmar listened hard, putting his hand behind his ear.

"What are you listening for?" Tyler asked him.

"I'm trying to hear what Pokémon Rocky has!" Magmar explained.

"Oh. Good idea," Tyler started listening too. "Phew, that was a great game of Truth Or Dare, wasn't it?"

"Of course you would think so!" Magmar teased him.

During the Truth Or Dare game, no one had picked Truth. So Chelsea had to stand on her head for 3 minutes, kiss the ground and arm-wrestle her Machoke; Britney had to do the Macarena, chase a wild Butterfree and stand on one leg for 5 minutes; Mandy had to act like a Growlithe, put her socks on her ears and give a mime performance; Serena had to cross her eyes for 4 minutes, act like a Slowbro and shout, Hi, Mom!' at the cameras; Cameron had to act like a Sneasel, shout I am woman, hear me roar!', and try to pull a cup a coffee from Tyler's Pinsir's hand (this took about an hour). Magmar had to act like a Primeape and run back to the cameras and shout, Lookie, I'm on TV!'. Tyler and Meghan were much luckier, because every time someone picked them, they had to kiss the other one on the lips.

"Yep, it sure was a fine game. Don't see why I didn't like it in the first place," Tyler agreed.

"Wipe the lipstick off your mouth," Magmar muttered to him.

As Tyler did this, Meghan laughed. "That was a lot of fun! Amazing how every time we were called on, we were told to do the same thing!"

Magmar whistled innocently. The truth was, HE had been the only one to call on Meghan and Tyler. He then went back to listening.

All Magmar, Tyler and Meghan could hear though was very loud roaring, smashing sounds, and the six different Pokémon crying out.

"Okay, I heard Bulbasaur, Charmander, Squirtle, Chikorita, Totodile and Cydnaquil!" Tyler listed. "Wonder why Rocky would use those Pokémon...," he wondered out loud.

"Those were your rivals' Pokémon!" Magmar corrected.

"Oh. Well, who does Rocky have then?" Tyler asked.

Magmar shrugged. "All I could hear was roaring," he admitted. "I can't tell which Pokémon it is, because a lot of Pokémon roar!"

"We'll have to wait and see!" Meghan commented.

* * *

Tyler, Meghan, Magmar and Meghan's friends were at the door in a few minutes. Every trainer, even Colin and the other rivals, had left defeated. Two guards stood by the door. They looked at the seven trainers and the Magmar.

"Are you all one group?" one of the guards asked.

"Yes," Meghan answered.

"I'm sorry, but only six at once!" the another guard informed them. "You all can use one Pokémon each, and Rocky will battle you 6 on 6. Now, who will stay outside?"

Tyler raised his hand. "I will! After all, ladies first!"

Magmar was surprised. "He may be an idiot at times but I guess he still has manners!" he thought, then said, "I'll stay with my trainer!"

The girls all thanked Tyler and Magmar, then went in.

Tyler and Magmar sat down and waited a few minutes. Inside the gym, Pokémon could be heard duking it out. After a few minutes, the noise stopped.

"Hey, maybe they won!" Tyler said to Magmar.

Suddenly, a earsplitting roar came from the gym, followed by six shrieks.

"What was THAT?!" Magmar shouted.

"Uh..., that was the girls shrieking!" Tyler informed him.

"No, not the girls! I meant the roar!" Magmar corrected.

"Oh, that! No clue!" Tyler shrugged his shoulders.

After a minute or two, Meghan and the other girls came out, looking very pale.

"Gosh, what's wrong?!" Tyler asked them.

Meghan looked at Tyler and Magmar and stammered, "W-we were d-down to our l-last Pokémon, w-when he brought out a...a...-"

"Excuse me, miss!" one of the guards interrupted. "You aren't allowed to tell the other challengers what Pokémon Rocky has!"

"O-okay," Meghan agreed. She looked at Tyler. "We lost, of course. But that guy Rocky was a jerk! Get him for us, Tyler!"

"I will! Don't worry!" Tyler said proudly. Meghan hugged him for good luck.

"At ease, boys!" Magmar ordered the guards as he and Tyler entered.

The gym looked pretty beaten, but still looked like a rocky field. Rocky stood at the other side. He was about 14, with sleek black hair, green eyes, and he was wearing jeans and a long-sleeved brown shirt.

"Oh, boy. Another victim. I'm really enjoying beating all of you pathetic trainers!" he laughed sinisterly. "What will the battle be?"

"Uh...3 versus 3?" Tyler asked.

"3? I like 6 on 6, but if three is all you were able to get, then three it is!" Rocky pulled a gray Pokéball from his belt and threw it at the battlefield. "GO, ONIX!"

The giant rock snake appeared on the field, and roared loudly.

"Hmm, who should I use?" Tyler wondered out loud.

"Pinsir?" Magmar advised.

"Yeah! Pinsir! But do Heracrosses do well against Onixes?" he asked Tyler.

Magmar had forgotten that Tyler thought his Pinsir was really a Heracross called Pinsir. "Uhhhh, yes," Magmar replied uncertainly.

"Great! GO, PINSIR!!"

Pinsir and Onix glared at each other for a few moments, then the battle started!