Pokémon
the Adventures of Gattsu
Chapter 4
Trouble at Mount Moon
Before departing east toward Mount Moon, Gattsu remembered he had to transfer his Pikachu to Professor Oak. After a quick phone call, he did just that and checked on his Pidgey as well who was "doing very well" according to the Professor. Gattsu was sad that he couldn't travel with all of his Pokémon, but those were the official rules of being a trainer.
Gattsu set off toward Mount Moon at about 11 in the morning. It was a sunny day and there was a breeze that made Gattsu enjoy the walk while he was outside. He let Bubbles out of his Pokéball, thinking that he should be allowed to enjoy the day as well.
Mount Moon was only a short walk away. Route three was to the East of Pewter City and that's where Gattsu headed. He was determined to catch a new Pokémon as well. Whethere he'd use it in his team or not he wasn't yet sure, but he wanted to collect a fourth regardless.
There were several Pidgey on this route as well as another bird type the Pokédex called "Spearow" that Gattsu wasn't quite interested in catching just yet. In fact, Gattsu wasn't interested in any of the Pokémon on this route until he made it to about the middle and saw what he could only describe as a Pokémon mob beating up on another Pokémon. The mob was full of little white fuzz balls with brown skin and long tails and the Pokémon they were beating up on was a small, yellow armadillo looking Pokémon. It was a completely unfair fight so Gattsu would intervene.
"Hey!" he yelled. The fluffy mob of Pokémon turned to face him. They looked angry. "Leave that Pokémon alone!" At these words, the furry Pokémon charged toward Gattsu and his Wartortle.
"Water-gun," Gattsu said with confidence.
Bubbles obliged and blasted a large water-gun attack, blasting the group of about five away, disorienting them. They persisted, however, and Gattsu had his Pokémon hit them with yet another water-gun attack. This time, they seemed to be down for good.
Gattsu walked up to the yellow Pokémon and flipped out his Pokédex, getting the names of both types. The fuzzy white Pokémon were called "Mankey" and the yellow Pokémon was called "Sandshrew".
Sandshrew looked up to Gattsu and looked very hurt and sad. He slowly made his way to his feet and handed Gattsu a small piece of food before cuddling up to Gattsu's right leg. Gattsu frowned, feeling sorry for the injured Sandshrew, and picked him up. It looked scared of Gatts, who said "don't worry, little guy, you're fine now and I won't hurt you, okay?" He put the Sandshrew on the ground and smiled at him, but it clung to his leg again.
"Do... Do you want to come with me?" Gattsu asked, wondering if that's what the Pokémon was getting at.
At these words, Sandshrews eyes light up and it let out a cry that seemed to say "yes!" Gattsu smiled and realized that he already seemed to have an attachment to the yellow Pokémon.
"Okay then, it's settled," he said as he pulled an unoccupied Pokéball from his pack. "Welcome to the team, Sandshrew," he said as he tossed his Pokéball out, capturing the injured Pokémon. Gattsu looked down into the transparent side of the Pokéball to see his new Pokémon smiling up at him. He felt a flood of happiness come over him and clipped the occupied ball to his belt. "Now, let's get to Mount Moon."
Gattsu didn't capture anymore Pokémon on this route but he did have several battles before reaching the mountain. He healed his Sandshrew with a potion before battling with him, but when he did use him in battle, Sandshrew showed great skill. This pleased Gattsu, showing that Sandshrew would be an important asset to the team he was building.
After about fourty-five minutes, Gattsu reached the base of Mount Moon. Conveniently, there was a Pokémon Center placed in front of the mountain entrance which Gattsu used to heal his team. He made a call to his father to explain that he would be entering the mountain shortly and would probably not get signal. After the call and the treatment to his team, he exited the center and entered the mountain.
His first impression was that it was very cold and damp. He stepped in a few feet, looking around, trying to let his eyes adjust to the darkness. Lucky for him, there was a light system that ran through most of the cave.
Bat-like Pokémon flew in flocks all over the place. According to the Pokédex, they were called "Zubat". They didn't interest Gattsu just yet. There were also several Geodude which Gattsu had already encountered during his battle with Brock. Gattsu continued into the cave, following the lights that seemed to guide trainers through.
At first, the stroll through the cave was fairly smooth. Gattsu had some trainer encounters which he dealt with pretty handily, and he also battled several wild Pokémon, but as soon as he descended into a deeper part of the mountain, it seemed like everything went down the drain.
His first sign that bad things were going to occur in this cave was literally a sign in Pewter City that warned of Team Rocket's evil doings in the mountain. Gattsu kept this in the back of his mind the entire time he was in the mountain, hoping he wouldn't encounter them, but he did.
They were traveling in groups in one particular area deep in the mountain. As soon as Gattsu saw them, he hid behind a large boulder, listening.
"Okay, we're after rare Moon Stones and keep an eye out for M-"
There was an interruption, it was a trainer trying to walk through, probably attempting to make his way to the exit.
"Excuse me kid!" a man said, presumably the leader, as he shoved the young trainer to the ground. "This is not the place you want to be right now, understand?!"
The kid looked frightened, he must not know about Team Rocket. Gattsu was about to step out and defend the kid, but before he had the chance, the kid was up and running away.
"Now, let's split up. You two, with me. You three go down this channel. Got it?" And, with that, they dispersed.
Gattsu let out a sigh of relief as he stood up and stepped out from behind the boulder. Close call he thought. He continued trecking through the mountain, hoping that would be the only encounter. He wouldn't be that lucky.
Gattsu got pretty far before coming to a large clearing. It was empty of Pokémon and trainers alike. Weird, Gattsu thought, this has to be the right path. Where is everyone?
Almost instantly after that thought, he heard footsteps coming from the path in front of him. He looked around, scared that it'd be Team Rocket. It was, and he didn't have anywhere to hide. The only thing he could do is fight. He gripped Bubbles' Pokéball and stood there, waiting for them to reach him.
It wasn't long before they appeard from the channel, looking very triumphant. Perhaps they'd found what they were looking for. Then, they noticed Gattsu.
"What's this? Another kid?" said the leader. It was the same one from before. "Why is this mountain so full of little children like you? Don't you know Pokémon training is for adults?"
Gattsu began thinking about his last encounter with the infamous Team Rocket and his courage seemed to disappear.
"I'm going to take care of you, kid," he said as he tossed out a Pokéball. What emerged was a Sandshrew. This one, however, looked particularly mean and angry. Nothing like Gattsu's Sandshrew. Gattsu backed up and considered running away. He began to tremble and took another step backwards as the Sandshrew approached.
This is it. I can't be a trainer. I should've quit back in Viridian City when I got beaten by Team Rocket that time... Now I really will lose Bubbles... And Sandshrew.
Thoughts flooded his mind. He was scared and shaking, then a positive thought entered his mind. His grandfather who's name he inherited. He was almost a Pokémon Master. He was famous. Gattsu had his grandfather's blood flowing through him and he was a natural at training Pokémon. Confidence flooded him as he stepped forward, glaring into the eyes of the Team Rocket group leader.
"Bubbles, let's do it," he said coolly as he tossed out his Pokéball. The Wartortle emerged and grinned, ready for battled.
"Sandshrew, swift!" the Rocket leader called out.
"Withdraw, then counter with water-gun," Gattsu said almost instantly after the Rocket member.
Sandshrew seemed to concentrate and bright star-shaped rays blasted toward Bubbles, who retrated into his shell as the rays collided with him.
The attack subsided and the Wartortle swiftly emerged from his shell, blasting a powerful stream of water into Sandshrew, sending him several feet backward and into the wall. It cried out in pain and collapsed briefly, breathing heavily before finally getting back to it's feet.
"Magnitude..." the Rocket member said.
Sandshrew suddenly dug into the ground quickly and Gattsu didn't know exactly what to expect.
"Brace yourself, Bubbles," he advised.
Suddenly the ground began to shake. Lightly at first but then it became much more violent.
"Watch out for debris!" Gattsu called out as stalactites and rocks began falling from the ceiling of the mountain they were inside.
The Wartortle tried to dodge what he could but small rocks pelted him over and over before a large group of rocks and some small boulders burried the Wartortle.
"No! Wartortle!" Gattsu called out running toward the piled of rocks. He pulled them off, finally getting to his Pokémon after a few moments. Bubbles was down.
Gattsu sighed, returning the injured Pokémon to it's Pokéball and glaring at the Rocket member. "You're going to pay..." he said with anger, "for your crimes against Pokémon and humanity." He had a very intimidating sound to his voice that actually struck a small amount of fear into the Rocket member.
Gattsu approached and tossed out his own Sandshrew. "I'm counting on you," he said. "His Sandshrew went into that hole so aim a swift attack into it."
Sandshrew nodded and blasted the same star-shaped beams toward the hole that the foe's Sandshrew went into. The beams seemed to gravitate right into the hole and after that, no one was sure exactly what happened. That was, until a cry of pain was heard coming from within the hole.
The Rocket member made his way toward the hole when the mountain began to shake again. Another magnitude attack? No, this felt different. Natural. Gattsu realized that there was a very good possibilty this spot of the mountain would collapse. He returned Sandshrew to his Pokéball and watched the Rocket member as boulders, rocks, and stalactites began to fall as the ground continued to shake.
Gattsu charged the Rocket member, jumping and pushing his knee into the evil man's chest. "You'll pay for how you treat Pokémon!" Gattsu called out as the two began falling to the ground. Gattsu was much smaller than this man, but his force along with the shaking mountain was enough to send him to the ground. Gattsu was now on top of him and he punched him several times in the face as the other two members approached them. They may have been able to help if it wasn't for a large boulder landing on both of them. Gattsu jumped off of the Rocket group leader and reached into the hole that his Sandshrew had dug. The Sandshrew was on it's way up and Gattsu managed to grab it out of the hole before approaching the leader once more.
"I'm saving your Pokémon because you seem incapable of doing so yourself. But you deserve whatever fate you get here."
He was about to walk away when he remembered they all had occupied Pokéballs on their belts. He took those as well and he also managed to take a small bag the leader had tied to his waist. Afterward, he ran through the cave finally escaping the area that was collapsing. He was so tired and exhausted that he found a spot off the main path and pulled his sleeping bag out of his pack and layed it on the cold floor. He fell onto it and drifted into a much needed sleep.
Gattsu woke up after sleeping for several hours and felt sore all over. He was probably pelted by several rocks during the collapse. Now that he thought about it, he was lucky to have made it out alive. And with all of his Pokémon and Team Rocket's as well. He looked down at all of the Pokéballs he'd taken from them and frowned. They would be sad to be away from their trainers but they will be better off. Gattsu decided he'd take them to the police as soon as he could.
He stretched, painfully, and stood up, checking on his two Pokémon. They seemed to be resting still and he smiled, hoping Bubbles wasn't too bad off. He had luckily purchased a few potions just for this situation and healed up both Bubbles and Sandshrew before making his way toward what he assumed was the exit of the mountain.
Everything was smooth for the rest of his time in the mountain. Gattsu had completely forgot about the fact that he stole a bag from Team Rocket and his sole focus became on getting the Pokémon to the police.
Toward the very end of the mountain, Gattsu had approached a small staircase that he ascended. In front of him was a nerdy looking male standing beside what looked like two fossils. Pokémon fossils? Gattsu was actually kind of sad that he didn't have one but the man approached him and said "Hey, I see you checkin' out the fossils I found. Well, you can have one if you beat me in a Pokémon battle..."
Gattsu couldn't believe what he heard. If he managed to beat this guy in a battle he'd give him a fossil. Gattsu had no idea what it would be useful for but at least he could say he had the fossil of an ancient Pokémon. How many people could say that?
"Consider it done," Gattsu replied as he gripped Bubbles' Pokéball. The two tossed the devices out simultaneously and what emerged from his foes was what could only be described as a shapeless ball of sludge.
Gattsu didn't waste too much time focusing on the looks of his Pokémon. "Bubbles, I'm not going to make you bite that so hit him with water-gun!"
The Wartortle blasted a powerful stream of water from it's mouth and it collided directly with the enemy Pokémon but seemed to not have as much effect as Gattsu would've liked.
"Sludge attack," the enemy trainer said.
The ball of waste launched a nasty ball of sludge from it's mouth that collided with Bubbles. It seemed to have some effect as well, because Bubbles appeared to be sick afterward.
"Hang in there, hit him with bubble," Gattsu said.
The Wartortle did as his trainer commanded and the enemy Pokémon seemed to weaken a bit further, but with every passing second, Bubbles looked like he was going to faint.
"Finish it off with tackle," the foe commanded.
The sludge-shaped Pokémon began to approach Bubbles quickly before Gattsu commanded him to withdraw. The tackle had little effect.
"Okay, let's put an end to this now. Water-gun, full force and then you can rest!"
The weakened Wartortle did as he was told and blasted the most powerful water-gun he could at the enemy Pokémon, finally knocking it out. Bubbles fainted as well, unfortunately, leaving Gattsu to rely on the newest team member.
The two trainers returned their fainted Pokémon and tossed out their second Pokémon. The enemy sent out a ball-shaped Pokémon that actually resembled a large Pokéball with a face. Of course Gattsu's response was Sandshrew.
"Magnitude!" Gattsu called out. With that, Sandshrew disappeared underground.
"Voltorb, prepare yourself... You can withstand this," the trainer said to his Pokémon.
The ground began to shake causing all sorts of debris to fall. Most of it seemed to collide with the Voltorb. It never stood a chance. Sandshrew had one-hit K. the enemy's second Pokémon. It emerged from the hole it dug just as the third Pokémon had emerged from it's Pokéball. It looked like a purple-levitating boulder that emitted gas.
"Koffing, smog!"
The enemy Pokémon enveloped Sandshrew in a cloud of poisonous looking gas.
"Sandshrew, get out of there! Fury-attack!"
Gattsu's Pokémon tried to escape the toxic gas but it was tough. Finally he just burrowed underground to escape it.
"Ready a sludge attack as soon as you see him emerge, Koffing."
Koffing seemed to concentrate hard on the ground and finally the Sandshrew popped out violently but was immediately hit with a ball of sludge, causing his fury-attack to fail.
"Shake it off and hit him with swift," Gattsu commanded.
Sandshrew blasted the star-shaped beams toward Koffing, who tried to avoid them, but it did no good. They followed him everywhere and collided with him violently, but he managed to stay up.
"Smokescreen," the enemy trainer commanded.
Koffing blasted smoke out of various holes in it's body, filling up almost the entire mountain and blinding Sandshrew.
"Now tackle the Sandshrew,"
Gattsu couldn't see what was happening, but he could hear it. Violent thuds and the cries of his own Pokémon.
"Sandshrew, hang in there! You never seem to miss with swift so just hit him with that again!"
Again, vision was something Gattsu didn't have right now, but he could hear what was happening. It sounded like the beams collided with Koffing.
"Now just escape underground and use magnitude once more!"
Sandshrew must've done as commanded because the mountain's interior began to shake once more. The smoke took a while to clear but when it did, Koffing was on the ground fainted and Sandshrew was nowhere to be seen. Moments later, it emerged from the ground with a victorious cry.
"We won! Good work, Sandshrew! You earned yourself some rest, buddy!" Gattsu returned the Pokémon into it's capsule and smiled down at it before looking up to his enemy. "So, I won fair an square..."
"You did," he responded. "You may pick a fossil. The battle was very good."
Gattsu approached the two fossils and looked them over. One was dome-shaped and the other helix-shaped. Picking was so difficult but finally Gattsu went with the Dome-shaped fossil and thanked the trainer for his generosity. After that, he made his way to the exit of the cave.
Gattsu looked back at Mount Moon as he walked through the exit. So much happened in such a little time. It all seemed like a blur now but Gattsu was glad it was over. Now he had a fossil, a new Pokémon, and "oh yeah!" he said as he remembered he took a bag from that Team Rocket member. He pulled the bag out of his pocket and inside was some money and a stone. It wasn't any ordinary stone, however, it seemed to be emitting energy. It also had a crescent shape cut into it. "This must be the moon-stone that he mentioned..." Gattsu said to himself, turning the stone over in his hand. He was more excited about it than the money for sure. "Oh well. Guess I'd better get going to Celadon." And, with that, he was off once more.
Current known teams at the end of chapter 4:
Gattsu:
Wartortle (Bubbles) Lv. 20
Sandshrew Lv. 18
Sam:
Bulbasaur Lv. greater than 9
Green:
Charmeleon Lv. greater than 16
Days left until Sam is a trainer: 3
Badges:
Gattsu: 1
Green: ?
Sam: 0
There is a very good possibility that I will be uploading more to chapter 4. I am not happy with the length. Keep an eye out for it.
