Chapter 7: Electrifying battle on Route 30

As the sun rose over Cherrygrove City, some Murkrow perched on top of the Pokemon Center screeched out to signal the start of a new day. The day before, Dante had decided to stay at the Pokemon Center over night since his only Pokemon was put out of commission thanks to Chris. And when Chris learned he was staying at the Pokemon Center also, he decided to get some well deserved payback.

Dante woke up to the Murkrows screech and looked at his watch, which read 6:00 am.

"Good…" He yawned. "If I leave now, I'll make up some lost time…"

When Dante was fully dressed he grabbed his Backpack, Pokéballs and Pokédex and headed for the door. As he turned the doorknob, he noticed something was wrong. It wouldn't turn! He was unaware that outside, was a metal chair propped against the door to keep the doorknob from turning.

"What the heck is wrong with this stupid door!?" Dante yelled as he slammed his foot down in aggravation.

As his foot hit the floor, he heard a crumbling sound. He raised his foot, only to find a piece of paper stuck to his shoe. He pulled it off and read what was on it. All it read was… "Payback sucks doesn't it?"

Dante didn't need three guesses to figure out who did this.

"CHRIS!!! That little worm is toast!" Dante yelled.

He ran to the phone to call the front desk, only to find the phone line had been cut! Chris had pulled out all the stops to delay Dante!

"AAAAAAAAAAAARGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH" Dante screamed in anger.

Meanwhile, on Route 30, Chris was feeling very pleased with himself as he strolled down the dirt road towards Violet City.

"Nothing quite like the sweet smell of revenge!" Chris sighed to himself.

Chris opened his Pokédex and thumbed thru the list of Pokemon he's seen so far.

"Lemme see, I've scanned 5 so far, and I own 1… I've barely scratched the surface! I gotta catch me some Pokemon if I want to fight the Gym Leaders!" Chris commented.

All Pokemon Trainers wanting to compete in the Pokemon League must travel to different towns and challenge Gym Leaders, who were tough Pokemon Trainers, if the opposing challenger won, he or she would receive a Gym badge signifying that he beat the Gym Leader. Once a trainer had a total of 8 badges, they could compete, and Chris was no exception.

"Alright, the next Pokemon I see on this road, I'm gonna catch!" Chris decided.

As Chris walked along the road, he heard a rustling in the bush. He turned and actually saw electric sparks emitting from it! Suddenly a Pokemon emerged from it, it was an Elekid! The Elekid then sat down and began munching on some berries, completely oblivious to Chris's presence. Seeing one of those was rare in this part of the Johto Region.

"Whoa!" Chris cried in shock. "An Elekid!"

Chris took out his Pokédex and scanned it.

"Elekid: The Spark Plug Pokemon" it said. "Even in the most vicious storm, this Pokémon plays happily if thunder rumbles in the sky. The space between its Plug-like horns flickers bluish-white when it is charging energy."

Chris looked at the Elekid and then looked back at the picture featured on the Pokédex. Something was off, the picture showed a yellow Elekid with black markings, but the one before him had Golden skin which shone in the early morning sun, and light black markings.

"Whoa, what the heck is up with its skin?" Chris asked.

The blue light on Chris's Pokedex began to flicker a bit before chiming in with a response.

"In very rare cases, Pokemon have an alteration in the skin pigmentation process which causes it to give off a different coloring than usual. Pokemon like these are known as "Shiny Pokemon". "Shiny Pokemon" are very rare and also very valuable, a must have for any collector" It replied.

Chris's eyes lit up with excitement when the words "Rare" and "Valuable" were mentioned.

"Rare and Valuable eh?" Chris mused.

Chris took out Totodile's Pokéball and gently tossed it on the ground as to not scare off the rare Elekid. With a pop and a flash, Totodile appeared on the scene.

The popping sound alone was enough to attract Elekid's attention. It tore its focus off its breakfast and saw the Totodile and its Trainer. It just sat there, eyeing Chris for a bit. Instead of taking off like Chris expected, it stood up, with Electricity brimming form it's Plug like horns.

"E! Ele! Elekid!" It shouted getting into a fighting stance.

Chris was shocked (no pun intended) that it wanted to fight that easily.

"Alright Totodile, this guy looks like he means business, so give it all you got!" Chris said.

"Toto!" Totodile replied.

With that Elekid charged like a bull right at Totodile, with its horns sticking out and brimming with Electricity. Chris knew it was trying to gore and electrocute Totodile at the same time.

"TOTODILE! Watch out for those horns!" Chris cried.

Totodile began to jump around as the Elekid charged at him repeatedly. Chris began to get worried, Totodile couldn't keep jumping, and sooner or later, Elekid would find its mark and zap him. Chris then noticed a nearby tree, which gave him an idea.

"TOTODILE! Jump in front of that tree!" Chris commanded.

Totodile did a back flip over the charging Elekid and ran to the front of the tree. Elekid turned around, only to see Totodile sticking its tongue out at it in defiance. Elekid glared and charged horn-first once more.

"TOTODILE! GET OUT OF THE WAY!" Chris called.

Totodile quickly leapt high in the air, out of harms way. Elekid couldn't get out of the way in time, and its horns got lodged in the tree trunk! This is just what Chris had planned. On the way back down, Totodile landed on its back and bounced off as Elekid tried to dislodge its horns

"Alright! Now let's do some damage! Totodile! Go in for a Fury Swipes!" Chris ordered.

Totodile's fingers began to glow as it ran and repeatedly slashed at its exposed backside. Elekid cried out in pain with every slash, until Totodile was finished.

"Now! Use Skull-Bash and hit him in the side!" Chris shouted.

Totodile ran head first and slammed into Elekid's side. But that would prove to be a mistake, cause that was enough to dislodge Elekid's horns!

"Uh-oh…" Chris gulped.

Elekid returned to an upright position and raised its arms into the air.

"El…E...Kiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiid!" It cried as released a deadly Thundershock at Totodile.

Chris could only watch as Totodile cried out in pain as it was electrocuted by Elekid.

"TOTODILE!" Chris cried.

After a full minuet of this, Elekid stopped, and began panting for air. Totodile face planted onto the ground.

"TOTODILE! Are you alright???" Chris cried, running over to his fallen partner.

Totodile groaned as it turned over and weakly stood up, wobbling a bit in the process, it was slightly singed, but no real physical damage. It weakly pointed a small hand towards Elekid, beckoning his trainer to look. Chris looked and saw that Elekid had used up all its energy, as it was still panting.

"Hey, it must've wasted all its power with that jolt! Totodile, think you can keep going a little more?" Chris asked.

Totodile turned to its master and weakly nodded, as if saying "I'll try…"

Chris nodded and turned towards Elekid.

"Alright, try and muster up a Bubble Beam attack!" Chris shouted.

Totodile opened its mouth and began to shoot glowing light-blue projectiles rapidly at Elekid, which resembled bullets instead of bubbles. The force of Totodile's Bubble Beam was enough to send the tired Elekid flying into the Tree. Elekid smacked into it hard and face-planted the ground. It rolled over on its back with a dazed look on its face; no doubt Totodile had weakened it into submission.

Chris smirked and then took out one of his tiny, empty Pokéballs, and expanded it to normal size. Chris looked down at his injured partner.

"I'll take it from here Totodile!" He said as he gave off a reassuring smile.

Totodile simply nodded before laying on the ground in exhaustion. Chris then turned to the dazed Elekid and put on a serious face.

"Enjoy your last moments of freedom Shiny Elekid! Cause your mine!" Chris shouted.

With that he heaved the Pokéball at the Elekid. The Pokéball smacked its head and bounced off. In mid-air the Pokéball opened up, and Elekid suddenly turned into a blob of red energy which got sucked inside the Pokéball. The Pokéball then closed and landed on the ground. The little button on the center began to glow red as the Pokéball began to shake, the Elekid was trying to escape! Chris watched tensely As the Pokéball shook. After about 30 seconds of this, a faint "Dong" sound was heard, and the button stopped glowing, and the Pokéball stopped shaking.

Chris stood there wide-eyed in shock. Soon, a faint smile spread itself on Chris's face as it all sank in, he captured his first Pokemon! And a Shiny one to boot!

"I…did it? I DID IT!!!" Chris cried.

Chris then noticed Totodile who was laying on it's back, resting. It looked up at its Master, who smiled.

"I mean...'We' did!" Chris smiled. "We did it as a team!"

Totodile gave a weak smile as it rested. Chris took out the Pokéball and called it back.

"You earned a good rest buddy!" Chris said as he attached Totodile's Pokéball on his belt.

Chris then walked over to the Pokéball containing his new Shiny Elekid. He lifted it into his hands and held it proudly into the sky.

"WE GOT A SHINY ELEKID!" Chris cried happily.