Epilogue
Here I am, back at the Cerulean Gym where I belong. The first thing I did when I arrived back was return my Magikarp and Lanturn to their tanks. Their presence gave my gym an element of natural beauty.
It only took Nurse Joy two days to conduct her tests and heal Gyarados, with Chansey's help of course. Apparently, Team Rocket didn't have any type of evolution stone. It would have resulted in permanent damage to the pokemon they attempted to evolve. Nurse Joy explained it all to me earlier: "Evolution is a natural thing. Stones, such as the water stone, were naturally created to boost this process. You can't create an unnatural way of carrying out something completely natural." Gyarados was happily returned to his home.
I ate dinner with my pokemon on the night of Gyarados' arrival back home. I had all my pokemon help me put one finishing touch on the gym: a sign that read "ENTER IF YOU DARE."
