There was a preset battle field out behind the Pokemon center. Rodney and I stood at opposite sides of the field, both gripping our one and only Pokeball. That egg was at stake, and since we couldn't catch any wild Pokemon, this was one of our only chances.
"Go, Iniko!" Rodney started off with his Chimchar, Iniko. This was my first time in a battle of my own, so I did my best to imitate Rodney.
"Go, Juniper!" I pulled the ball off of my belt and threw it into the air. It then fell and hit me in the nose. Nobody's perfect I guess, but Rodney couldn't stop laughing in his usual gay man tone (for those who still haven't caught on yet, Rodney is gay). I glanced over at the lady with the egg. It started to wobble back and forth. I knew I didn't have much time to get that egg.
"Iniko, use tackle!" The Chimchar launched itself at Juniper and sent it flying. If the rest of the battle went like this, I would never win. When my Cyndaquil got back up, I called out to it, "Juniper, use tackle, too!" Juiper hurled itself at Chimchar. "Iniko, dodge it!" Juniper's attack missed my inches. Nobody told me that you could dodge attacks. This might just be a good tactic. "Juniper, dodge Chimchar's attacks!" That was too simple for the confused Cyndaquil to understand, and was hit again by Chimchar. "Looks like that egg is going to belong to me Lina. Hahaha!" Rodney was a completely different person on the battlefield. I would have to forget he was my friend and get me head into the game. "Iniko, use ember!" "Juniper, double team!" Within seconds, Juniper became about twenty different Cyndaquils circling the Chimchar. With my opponent distracted, I glanced back over at the egg. It was about to roll out of the ladies hands, for it was moving much more sporadically now. I had only seconds to finish this battle. "Now, Juniper, use scratch!" Juniper popped out of the crowd of Cyndaquils and flailed is stumpy arms at the Chimchar. Instead of leaving a measly scratch on the Chimchar's face, it looked as if it had been crushed by a boulder. The Chimchar twirled around for a few seconds, and then fell to the ground. "Iniko, NO!"
"Looks like I win." "Lina, did you see what your Cyndaquil did? That wasn't a scratch attack; I think that was Crush Claw." Crush Claw? How could my Cyndaquil learn that move? Oh well, I now had possession of that egg.
After Nurse Joy healed our Pokemon, we tried to figure out where we would go next. We couldn't go to Pewter City without going through the Viridian forest (lost of infected Pokemon), and there was no one who could fly us to any other city. Still cogitating, Rodney and I went to the Poke Mart and stocked up on some supplies.
"We can't stay here forever, Rodney. There has to be some way to get to Jhoto or Sinnoh." "Hey, guess what?" Rodney was looking at a map of Kanto that he got from the Pokemon center. "The entrance to the Pokemon League goes through here. We could ask a trainer with a Pokemon that knows 'Fly' and get them to take us to Jhoto."
"Good idea Rod, but how are we going to convince any of them? They are all top trainers, so why would they bother to take time out of there day and fly two beginners like us?" "You never know until you try Lina. Let's start walking towards the Pokemon League." Okay, I guess it would be worth a try.