Chapter 7: Ambushed... PART I
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Who's ambushed, you wonder? Will this person make it out alive, you wonder? Will I start the story, you wonder?
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"Well," Pearl said to Platinum. "That was some straining battle you had, but it was well fought on both ends."
"Yes," Platinum agreed happily. "I'm glad that now I have seventeen badges!"
Paka and Uji patted Platinum on the shoulder(s).
"Just cuz you have seventeen badges doesn't mean you can take on Team Copper just yet!"
The four of them spun around and saw four Team Copper grunts.
"Who are you weirdos?" Pearl sweat-dropped.
The leader, the girl with magenta hair, fumed. "Such impertinence at such a young age!" she said. "Let's fight! I won't hold back on you, blondie, just cuz you're cute!" She whipped out her Umbreon.
"You're asking for it!" Pearl said as he unleashed his Chimhiko. "Chimhiko, use Low Sweep!"
"Whoa! I'm impressed," the magenta-haired girl, whose name was Magla as states on her name tag, said. "On top of dealing damage, you lowered Umbreon's speed by one stage. Impressive! But that's not the end! Umbreon, Faint Attack!"
"But that's not very effective," Pearl pointed out. "Since Chimhiko's resistant to Dark-type attacks. Chimhiko! Flame Wheel!"
"Interesting..." Magla said. "Flame Wheel has burned my Umbreon...! Umbreon, use Psychic!"
"Wow, that's super effective..." Pearl gritted his teeth. "But I can win! Chimhiko, Mach Punch!"
"Faint Attack," Magla said coolly.
"Chimhiko, you can do this!" Pearl shouted. "Mach Punch non-stop till that Umbreon faints!"
"Dodge, dodge, dodge and dodge," Magla said.
"Are you sure?" Pearl asked. "I think several Mach Punches hit. Look at Umbreon."
"What?!" Magla screeched. "How could she have fainted?! Fine," she spat. "You win, but you can't take on any of our Commanders! Mark my words!" She sent out her Murkrow and flew off.
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"What happened here?" Crystal gasped. She, Gold and Silver were back in Johto. Specifically, they were in Goldenrod.
"Whoa, the Department Store sure looks wrecked," Gold remarked.
"Let's ask the manager about what has happened," Silver said in his usual quiet, slightly shy and soft-spoken manner.
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Ms Amathy, the manager, was found sitting on the floor, her Chansey next to her. She (the manager) was crying.
"What happened?" Crystal cried, rushing forward.
"It was terrible," Ms Amathy said. "I was ambushed by this woman who identified herself as Cherlia, one of the Commanders of Team Copper."
"Please enlighten us on your battle," Crystal replied seriously.
Flashback
It was an ordinary day at work for Ms Amathy. Yep, just managing her employees and the Department Store.
Suddenly, the door blew open. When it hit the wall, it shattered into millions of pieces. Ms Amathy stood up and sent out her Chansey.
"Who's there?!" Ms Amathy shouted. "Chansey, use DoubleSlap!"
"Heh... That puny thing to fight my Dewgong? I think not! Dewgong, Secret Power!"
"Chansey!" Ms Amathy gasped.
Cherlia stepped out of the shadows. "Dewgong, Ice Shard!"
"Chansey, DoubleSlap!" Ms Amathy said.
"Is that all you can do?" Cherlia criticized. "Dewgong, Secret Power!"
Ms Amathy was bewildered. "What's Secret Power?" she demanded. "I've only heard of Nature Power."
"Let me answer you!" Cherlia said. "Secret Power is similar to Nature Power, except while Nature Power's attacks change according to the nature of the environment, Secret Power's type and effect (if there'll be an effect) changes according to the nature of the battlefield.
"In buildings and the Distortion World (whatever that is), the animated attack is Body Slam and Pound respectively, while the secondary effect that might occur is paralyzingly the foe.
"In sandy terrain, plain terrain and puddles, the animated attack is Mud-Slap, while the foe's accuracy might be lowered by one stage.
"In caves and rocky terrain, the animated attack is Rock Throw, and the foe might flinch.
"In tall grass, the animated attack is Needle Arm, and the foe might be put to sleep.
"In water, the animated attack is Water Pulse, while the foe's attack may be lowered by one stage.
"In snowy or icy terrain, the animated attack is Avalanche, and the foe might be frozen.
"Got it?" Cherlia gasped for air. Then she shook her head. "It doesn't matter if you understand... What's important is that I emerge victorious. Dewgong, use Blizzard!"
Ms Amathy gasped when she saw Chansey faint. She fell to her knees in front of Cherlia.
"Super effective," Cherlia said smugly. "As to be expected from a Commander of Team Copper. I'm Cherlia."
Oh, so NOW you introduce yourself, Ms Amathy thought, fuming, as tears spurted out of her eyes (yuck!).
Cherlia sighed. "Y'know..." she said. "If you joined Team Copper, you'd be stronger..."
Ms Amathy was horrified. "Like HECK I'll join Team Copper."
Cherlia smirked. "Your loss. Dewgong, use Icy Wind!"
"Woah!" Mrs Amathy was blown back by the Icy Wind.
End of flashback
"So... that's it," Ms Amathy said.
"Cherlia..." Silver mumbled. "Why does it sound so familiar, even though we've never met her?"
"Now that you mention it..." Gold had a (very cute) dopey look on his face, a lot like Red's.
Crystal's eyes lit up. "That's because Platinum told us that she and Pearl were ambushed by these two Commanders of Team Copper who'd identified themselves as Cherlia and Jackson!" she burst out.
"Platinum and Pearl..." Gold said in a pervy voice.
Crystal hit him hard on the back.
"Platinum?" Ms Amathy stated. "Is she Platinum Berlitz, the one who has defeated all the Gyms in Sinnoh, Kanto and the Mahogany Gym?"
"She defeated the Gym Leader of Mahogany, Winter?!" Gold and Crystal gasped, while Silver just nodded.
"Yes," Ms Amathy replied. "I heard Winter telling Whitney about it."
"Wow..." Gold said.
"... That sounded like a straining battle..." Silver remarked softly and shyly.
Ms Amathy looked at Silver and said, "What was that?"
"Uh..."
Gold sniggered. "Silver said that that your battle was a straining one. Silver," he said to Silver. "Speak up."
Silver scowled.
"Aloha!"
The four of them turned around and saw a girl around thirteen with two brown ponytails hurry over.
Immediately, Silver broke out into a major blush when he saw the girl.
The brunette paused when she saw the wrecked Department Store. "Uh... What happened here?" she asked.
"Some weirdo kinda blew up the place and attacked me, Lyra," Ms Amathy said.
"That's some idiot," Lyra replied. She suddenly noticed Crystal, Gold and Silver. "Oh hey," she greeted. "I'm Lyra! Who are you guys?"
"I'm Crystal of Violet City," Crystal introduced herself.
"Yo, gal!" Gold said. "I'm Gold of New Bark Town!"
"Gold of New Bark Town..." Lyra seemed to be in deep thought. Then she smiled. "Ah, the jokester who stays in the House of Pokémon?"
"Yup," Gold replied.
"Silver," the red-haired muttered.
Gold, sensing that Silver had a new-found crush on that Lyra, decided to tease him a bit. "Oh yeah, and Silver likes to go to the Whirl Islands for vacations!" he said.
"I do not!" Silver shouted. "I go there to train with Lance."
"You train at the Whirl Islands - where Lugia once landed - with Lance of the Kanto Eliet Four?" Lyra's eyes were huge. "Talk about major cool!"
Silver fiddled with his fingers.
Suddenly, Lyra's fingers clamped down on Silver's shoulder. "Hey, Silver! Let's hang out!"
"W-what?" Silver stammered, breaking out in cold sweat.
"Yeah, go on, Silver!" Gold said, shoving Silver closer to Lyra. "It'll be good for you, to socialize with someone you've never met!"
"That doesn't make sense," Silver said quietly.
"Let's go, Silver!" Lyra yelled as she released her Skarmory. She hopped on while Silver reluctantly got on.
Gold and Crystal waved bye, while Ms Amathy was talking to another woman with blonde hair.
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"I'll take on the next grunt!" Paka said.
"I'm Hoode," another grunt, Hoode apparently, replied. "Let's fight!"
Paka sent out his Burmy, while Hoode sent out his Goldeen.
"Goldeen! Use Horn Attack!" Hoode yelled.
"Are you sure?" Paka said. "Burmy, Hidden Power!"
"You can't beat me," Hoode pointed out. "Burmy can only learn four moves, all by leveling up only."
Suddenly, Burmy started to shake and quiver.
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Silver soon found himself in the living room of Lyra's home.
Lyra giggled. "I'm lucky my mum's out," she said. "Or else she would've fry me if she saw me with you, a guy. Tee-hee!"
Silver gave her a weird look and shook his head. Girls...
Lyra smiled and handed him a glass of lemonade. "Here."
"Thanks," he said softly as he accepted the glass.
Hmm... Lyra thought. He's actually quite cute... I mean, his hair is super gorg and his eyes are beautiful. And... he's actually quite nice, soft-spoken, shy...
Lyra's so pretty, Silver thought. And loud. And spontaneous. But still... I can't stop looking at her... Uh... I should stop looking at that part... Shoot, am I becoming a pervert that I know Gold is...?!
Lyra slung her arms around his neck as he took a sip of lemonade. Both of them were blushing furiously as they stared at each other.
"Will you share some lemonade with me?" Lyra asked sweetly yet flirtatiously.
"Um... Okay..." Silver stammered.
Lyra leaned closer and kissed him.
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A/N: LOL, this was supposed to be a chapter where there'll be a lot of fighting, but I guess SoulSilverShipping needed a spot in my stories too.
Well, Silver can actually be nice and soft-spoken and shy and blah blah blah. LOL, Silver's starting to get perverse. Not that I'll actually document it in a fic, of course.
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