Okay, I realize that Fanfiction's email seemed to stop working, I only got this chapter's upload email early this morning. For that reason, I won't make a big deal over the reviews...

This time

Now then, this chapter is going to start to expand on Harold and Palmer's pasts, particularly on the sister I mentioned a few times earlier.

Recap

Having restocked on supplies in Hardstone, Palmer had no reason to stay in town, so while his Brother prepared for his gym battle the next day, he disappeared into the wilderness that was the electric plains

(A/N, I don't do routes. Its a bit of a Ranger game feel when it comes to areas in between)

The area was filled with electric types, which was the main reason you didn't see a lot of the trainers stuck on the gym here. The part ground types he used made them useless.

It was later trainers, those who beat Gramite, who came here for the electric types; Mareep, Electrike, Plusle, Minun and other native electric species dominated the area, with other sorts of native species like Sentret and Spearow eking out a living.

Non natives were here too, such as Shinx and Blitzle.

The area was constantly harassed by thunderstorms, caused by the nearby mountain range, where one found Geodude and such rock types trapping all the storms on one side, in comparison to a drier area to the mountains east.

It was a...forbidding place, but it did have plenty of potential recruits.

End recap

Electric Plains, a few days in

Crooks had a Pokeball in his mouth, which was good as Palmer had a self appointed mission to do...capture as many electric types as he could.

Before this, his finds were mainly foods stuff he and his Pokemon needed, along with a new TM that fit him well.

This was more than just desiring to have recruits for the Pokeathalon...it was about his sister.

The older sister of Palmer and Harold, Leah, was a fan of Pokemon like them, but she had severe asthma. For that reason, their father didn't want her traveling because of it.

Her favorite Pokemon were electric types, so he'd capture as many different electric types as possible. It would make her happy, and give him Pokemon for the Pokeathalon.

And he spied his first electric type...or types as it was a Pluse and Minun

Plusle/Minun the cheering Pokemon. It attacks their prey with electric pom poms. They always work together with Minun/Pluse

4, 2, 2, 2, 3

"Crooks, Hypnosis" Meowth began to use his psychic attack on both the electric charge rabbits, who fell to the ground, asleep.

"Go, Pokeballs" he tossed each Pokeball at the Pokemon duo, both of whom were captured.

"Plus and Minus, captured" he named them. As soon as he could, he'd send them back home...but he still had space.

Catching another electric type would allow them to go straight to Leah...or any Pokemon, seeing as, while she liked Pokemon; she'd rather get a Pikachu than a Spearow.

Did Pikachu live here? They were Leah's favorite Pokemon, so she had often watched many documentaries on the Documentary Channel on them. According to the channel, they were only native to Kanto's Viridian Forest; they were introduced to Hoenn's safari zone and some eccentric collector in Sinnoh's garden.

They had also appeared in the regions of Fiorre, Almia and Oblivia, though no one knew quite why. Some suspected they were introduced, others suggested they were descendants of the rare 'Surfing Pikachu' or 'Flying Pikachu' sub species, though that was about as accepted as the idea that Pokemon could speak English.

Purely ridiculous...but could they be here...

"BAA!" a loud bahing noise filled the area, like a dozen Mareep ended his thought pattern...in fact it was a herd of Mareep over the next ledge, thundershocking at a duo of predators.

The problem was...the predators were a Sandile and Krookodile, ground and dark types

Mareep, the Wool Pokemon. Mareep live in flocks and create electricity in their wool. Sheering the wool for making wool requires rubber sheer grips.

2, 3, 2, 4, 2

Sandile the Desert Croc Pokemon. They live, buried in the sands of the desert. The sands heat allows it to regulate their body temperature

1, 3, 2, 3, 2

Krookodile the Desert Croc Pokemon. They live in small groups. Like its pre evolution, special membranes protect their eyes from the sand.

2, 4, 2, 4, 2

Something was wrong here...the Sandile line of Pokemon was one of the foreign families of Pokemon that had not been seen in the region yet.

Even then, they were desert animals, they liked sand, not savannah plains. At the very least, they should be in the mountains.

The Krookidile smashed his foot into the ground, as sand began to form around a Mareep, trapping the poor ewe in sand. Her herd fled in terror from the obviously doomed lamb.

"Crooks use Swagger!" Meowth glowed red as did the Krookodile and Sandile, as they began to move dizzily, smashing into each other.

However, while the Krookidile kept harming itself, sandile broke free of the confusion and lunged at Crooks with a bite attack

"Attract!" Crooks formed a heart and fired it at Sandile...who was unaffected as the bite got so close...

"PROTECT!" using his new Tm taught move, Crooks protected itself from the bite attack via a glowing blue energy sphere around itself,

"return!" he returned Crooks as he called Star out, the Ledian unleashing a supersonic quickly, confusing the Sandile again as he began to hit himself.

"Go, Pokeball!" he launched and caught the Croc in the ball, taking his sixth Pokemon just as Krookodile broke out of confusion and charged with a stronger bite attack...Crunch.

"Use Protect as well Star!" Star formed the same sort of shield, blocking the powerful crunch attack from damaging Star.

"Pokeball GO!" Firing another, the Krookodile was caught, and the ball vanished as it teleported back home.

"BAAA!" Mareep was still trapped by the sand, and loosing health quickly, so he caught her as well, sending Leah her first electric type.

"Okay...Crikey, Crock and Baa" he mused as they were named, but he was a tad worried about the new invasive species...and their odd habitat.

He returned Star and called back out Crooks.

"Am I becoming more of a capture specialist than a Pokeathalon specialist Crooks?" he had to ask, but before he could continue to debate this, he heard a loud scruffling up ahead.

"I wish I had more Pokeballs" he mused. All he had left was the one pokeball Crooks had found earlier...and why did he figure he had a lot more strange things to find.

Hey Crooks, any chance you can find any more Pokeballs" he weakly asked.

"Me-Owth" Crooks pretty much shrugged as the two of them moved up a ridge...

And saw something that perhaps matched in shock what Harold had seen in the Whiscash Pond...but a bit different.

You had two huge huge masses of Pokemon, all of them glaring down at the other

On one side you had another Mareep herd with a few Flaffy and a Ampharos, a huge mass of Plusle and Minun, a pack of Electrike and Manetric, a herd of Blitzle and Zebstrika, a pride of Shinx, Luxio and Luxray, a swarm of Pachirisu, a flock of Spearow and Fearow, several mobs of Sentret and Patrat, and a formidable infestation of Ratatata and Raticate.

It was a huge swarm of the local Pokemon, even the non native ones...

For like Capitalists and Communists, these normally enemy Pokemon were standing up against a group of invaders...

All Pokemon from the nearby cave system

An avalanche of Geodude and Graveler, a nest of Onix, a swarm of Sandshrew and Sandslash, a nest of Trapinch, a bunch of Nincada, wild Drilbur and Roggenrola, dozens of Crustle, teaming amounts of Aron and Lairon, a towering Steelix, rotating treasuries of Bronzor and a hill of Durant

There were too much Pokemon for his Pokedex to even focus on a singe species

Blitzle the...Electrike the...Durant the...Dwebble the...Onix the...

he then saw the message engrained on the nearby stone, that had fallen as the nearby mountains looked like someone had been destroying them, and setting two different ecosystems to war as the mountain pokemon fled from their destroyed habitat, hoping to find a new one.

"The dark God's will continues to spread. His Awakening shall be great, as Dread infects reality once again"

And that is a cliff hung wrap. I just love doing that, if you know me. I hope that this time, with the email recievers not wonky...I get some reviews.

If not...

But, because I wanted to end with a cliffhanger, I will throw in some Data info as a treat, as a recap of the moves used so far. Fans of my Naruto and Percy Jackson stories may recognize the idea of this, but I don't plan of making an entire filler chapter out of them.

Pokemon; Brother's Bet Guide 7/6/12

Palmer (Main character)

Pokemon

Meowth (Crooks) Male; Pokeathalon stats 4,1,4,1,3, Pokeathalon Victories; Moves Attract, Hypnosis, Swagger, Protect

Ledian (Star) Female; Pokeathalon States 4,1,3,2,5 Pokeathalon Victories; Moves Supersonic, Reflect, Light Screen, Mach Punch, Protect

Drilbur (Roy) Male; Pokeathalon stats 1,4,3,4,1 Pokeathalon victories; Moves Rapid Spin, Scratch, Fury Swipes, Stealth Rock, Mud Sport

Plusle (Plus) Pokeathalon stats 4, 2, 2, 2, 3 Pokeathalon victories

Minun (Minus) Pokeathalon stats 4, 2, 2, 2, 3 Pokeathalon victories

Sandile (Crikey) Male Pokeathalon stats 1,3,2,3,2 Pokeathalon victories; Moves Bite

Krookidle (Crock) Pokeathalon stats 2, 4, 2, 4, 2 Pokeathalon victories; Moves Sand tomb

Mareep (Baa) Female; Pokeathalon stats 2,3,2,4,2 Pokeathalon victories; Moves Thundershock

Harold (Main Character); Badges

Pokemon

Lilipup/Herdier; Moves Tackle, Bite, Helping Hand, Leer

Tailow; Moves Peck, Quick Attack, Wing Attack

Riolu; Moves Work Up, Vacuum Wave, Force Palm, Foresight

Johnny; Badges

Pokemon

Mareep; Moves Tackle, Thundershock, Ability Static;

Beedrill; Moves Poison Sting, String Shot, Fury Attack

Purrloin; Moves Scratch, Assist

Herbert; member of the Elite Four

Pokemon

Shiftry; Moves

Leavanny; Moves Reflect

Sawsbuck; Moves

Sunflora; Moves Protect, Grasswhistle, Growth, Energy Ball, Earth Power Ability Chlorophyll

Petilil; Moves Magical Leaf

Gramite; Gym Leader of Hardstone City

Pokemon

Geodude; Stealth rock, Rollout; Ability Sturdy

Roggenrola/Boldore; Moves Rock Blast, Smack Down; Ability Sturdy

Onix; Rock Throw, Tackle, Sandstorm

Onix X3;

Tyranitar;

Crustle;

Relicanth;

Graveler X3;