On their way to Santalune City, the trio run into a biker gang causing trouble in the Gardens.
Chapter 4: Trouble in the Gardens
The three got to the other side of the gate and saw a large expanse of gardens, but not too far away was Santalune City.
"Man, when you said Santalune City was the closest you weren't kidding. It's right there!" Nick looked over to Liam, who shrugged.
"Route 4 is hardly a Route as much as a fancy Garden leading up to Lumiose City. I figured that it's no trouble at all to challenge the Gym Leader there, which will give us all our first badge." Lindsey shrugged a little.
"Well, maybe you two. I don't think I'll be going after the Gym Badges." Nick and Liam turned to look at her with shocked faces.
"But if you aren't going to go after Gym Badges, then what are you planning for this journey?" Nick looked to her, waiting for an answer. Lindsey thought for a moment, looking at the sky, then looked back down to them.
"I'm going to try and become a Pokemon Professor, just like Sycamore. I'd be more interested in studying Pokemon than in trying to become the best Trainer in the region. Plus, traveling with the two of you can help me reach that goal faster." Liam started nodding his head with his fingers to his chin and eyes closed.
"Yep, yep, that makes perfect sense. Beg for a battle, then tell us you don't want to battle." Lindsey lightly smacked him on the back of the head and Nick laughed before they heard engine sounds. A group of motorcycles appeared at the other end of the garden. One of them started revving their engine, and then he laughed and went riding through the flowers and hedges. Pokemon started panicking and jumping out from where they had been. The others followed, leaving a stream of Pokemon pouring out of their homes in the garden.
"What do they think they're doing? Froakie, Tyrunt, come on out!" Nick threw his Pokeballs in the air, which were immediately joined by Fennekin and Froakie. The bikers reached the fountain in the center of the garden before the three and their Pokemon got in the way.
"Come on, kids. Get out of the way, you're just going to get hurt. He revved the engine again and the others started laughing. Then, a small Pokemon with a white flower came floating up to the bikers and started yelling at them.
"Woah, who's that Pokemon?" Lindsey lifted her Pokedex to see.
Flabébé, the Single Bloom Pokemon. Flabébé will stay with a flower it likes for its entire life. It floats in the wind's embrace with an untroubled heart.
"Come on, you damned little Pokemon. Get out of my face." The biker swatted Flabébé to the ground.
"Alright, that's enough. Tyrunt use Stomp, and Froakie use Bubble!"
"Fennekin use Ember!"
"Chespin use Vine Whip!" Chespin and Tyrunt went running forward to attack, while Froakie and Fennekin's attacks went over their heads.
"I warned you kids. Pangoro, use Hammer Arm!" The biker in front threw his Pokeball out, which released a Pangoro who immediately attacked. Froakie and Fennekin's attacks both got slammed into the dust, then Chespin and Tyrunt had to skid to not run into the sudden obstacle.
"I wonder what kind of a Pokemon Pangoro is." Nick held up his Pokedex.
Pangoro, the Daunting Pokemon, and the evolved form of Pancham. Pangoro will charge ahead and bash its opponent like a berserker, uncaring of any hits. Its arms are strong enough to snap a telephone pole.
"Pangoro, use Power-Up Punch on that Tyrunt!" Pangoro turned to Tyrunt and blasted him with a Power-Up Punch. However, when the dust cleared, Tyrunt was still standing.
"What, how did your puny Tyrunt live a hit from my Pangoro?" The Pangoro looked as confused as his trainer.
"Nick, Tyrunt must have the Sturdy ability! It won't be beat in a single attack!" Liam looked over to Tyrunt, who struggled to stand up.
"Well that doesn't matter. Pangoro can still take him out with his next attack. Pangoro, use Hammer Arm on Tyrunt!" Pangoro ran up, but then the Flabébé from earlier came flying up and launched an attack on Pangoro, sending it flying backwards.
"That was Flabébé's Fairy Wind, a Fairy-type move! That's really powerful against a Dark and Fighting-type like Pangoro!" Lindsey squealed.
"This is our chance to counter-attack. Everyone go!"
Tyrunt and Chespin both charged forward again, towards Pangoro who was still on the ground. Fennekin, Froakie, and Flabébé all attacked as well. All five attacks landed on Pangoro with a cloud of smoke. When it cleared Pangoro had flown into his trainer's bike and landed on top of him.
"Gah, get off of me you useless creature! What kind of Pokemon loses to five brand new Pokemon?"
"They beat Don! Everyone get out of here!" The rest of the bikers turned and rode past Nick, Liam, and Lindsey and through the gate to Lumiose City as fast as they could screaming.
Nick, Lindsey, and Liam all stood over Don, looking down at him. Tyrunt, Froakie, Fennekin, and Chespin also hopped up to glare at him, albeit a little less threatening than the trainers.
"What were you guys thinking tearing through the garden? This place is a home for all of these Pokemon, plus people take a lot of care for all these flowers and hedges." The biker finally got Pangoro back into his Pokeball and shoved Lindsey out of the way, hopping on his bike.
"You damned kids; I'll get you back for this. You just wait." He rode his bike through the gateway. Lindsey sighed and looked over to Nick and Liam.
"Some people just don't understand what having Pokemon is for." She looked around at the garden, which was trashed, and then the Flabébé floated up to them. "I'm sorry about your home, Flabébé. Those people shouldn't have done that." Just then a whole group of Flabébé floated up alongside the other. They all started floating across the garden making all sorts of sounds. They started trailing some sort of dust, and wherever the covered started to grow back as if the bikers hadn't come through. The Flabébé all went back to playing in the garden, but the Flabébé with the white flower came back to Lindsey.
"Oh, Flabébé, you're back? Don't you want to go play with your friends?" Flabébé shook its head and started flying around Lindsey.
"I think it's trying to say that you are its new friend, Lindsey." Liam laughed and pointed to a Pokeball clipped onto Lindsey's backpack. "Come on, take it with you." Lindsey took the Pokeball off and looked at Flabébé.
"Do you want to come with me?" Flabébé made a bunch of sounds and floated up to the Pokeball, pushing the button and going inside. Lindsey cheered, and the three were all excited for the new team member.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the gateway, the last of the biker gang was getting pushed into the Police Van by Officer Jenny.
"Oh come on, Jenny. None of us did anything, honest. Just go look at the garden." Jenny shook her head and slammed the door shut, driving away. Don sat in the very back, looking through the back window, glaring at the gate to Route 4. "I'll make you kids pay, one day. You'll regret messing with the Lumiose City Gang."