Welcome back to another chapter of Pokémon Journey: Sevii Islands!

Last chapter saw Richard win his second Sevii League gym badge against Archie, the gym leader in Boon Town. The group now set their sights on the next gym, located on Kin Island.

Upload Date: 28th February 2016


Chapter 8: The Rescue

Atla Town, Sevii Islands

11:49am, 10th July 2005

It was wet and gloomy day as James, Livvi and Richard disembarked from the ferry. They'd just arrived on Kin Island, having caught a ferry from Boon Island earlier that morning.

"What a miserable day," Livvi sighed, watching the raindrops land on the palm of her hand.

"There was always going to be a day or two like this," James replied. "On the plus side, it's been really sunny most of the time so far!"

"It's not really very nice weather to be out in though," Richard said, frowning at the dark grey clouds blocking out the sky.

Atla Town was a small place, slightly larger than Boon Town in terms of the actual area it covered, but most of the buildings were more spread out. Even though the rain presented a miserable picture, it seemed like a very peaceful town. A small pokémon centre stood in the middle of the town, while another, larger building stood further back at the foot of one of the hills which gently enclosed the town.

"Are you sure that the next gym is here, Livvi?" James asked. "This place seems even smaller than my hometown."

"Yeah, the next gym is definitely here in Atla Town," Livvi replied, pulling out her town map to double check.

"It might be that big building over there," said Richard, pointing to the large building further back in the town.

James nodded. "That seems like the most likely candidate," he said.

"So do you want to head to the gym straight away, or did you want to stop off at the pokémon centre first?" Livvi asked.

"We'll head over to the gym first," Richard replied. "If there's a slot available today, then we might not even need to stay the night at the pokémon centre."

"You're assuming that you'll win on the first try, right?" James raised an eyebrow.

"Well that's how my first two gym battles went," Richard replied. "I don't see why the others should be too different."

"Don't forget that you lost to Misty twice when we were travelling around Kanto," James reminded him. "Don't underestimate the pokémon gyms."

"I'm sure I don't need to remind you that I'm much stronger now than I was back when I challenged Misty," Richard replied. "In any case, we won't find out until I actually challenge it."

They continued walking along the smart little paths that criss-crossed the town. There was a cold breeze blowing in from behind them, from the direction of the port. On a warm, sunny day, it might have been a welcome relief. But in the wet and gloomy morning, it made the three trainers shudder in discomfort. As they drew closer to the building they suspected was the pokémon gym, they immediately noticed that it was far grander than the neglected one on Boon Island.

For starters, it was much taller. Taller, in fact, than they'd originally thought it was. Its white walls, contrasting with the dark brown support beams positioned at the corners and at regular intervals along the front, gave the building an aged appearance – as if it were from a few centuries ago. In an almost jarring comparison, a pair of sleek, modern glass automatic doors stood at the front of the building beneath the pokémon gym symbol, a poké ball with a downwards pointing triangle in the bottom right.

"Looks like we were right!" Richard grinned. "Let's head inside!"

The three of them walked through the doors and into the lobby.

Like the exterior, the lobby seemed to contrast the old and the modern. The room was supported by old-fashioned support beams and projected a cosy atmosphere. Most of the furniture, however, was very modern, such as the leather sofas arranged in a square to the right and the glass table covered with magazines in the centre of them.

A young woman stood behind the reception desk on the left side of the room.

"Can I help you?" she asked.

"I'm Richard Winter from Pewter City," Richard replied. "I'd like to challenge the leader of this gym to a battle!"

"I'm afraid the gym leader isn't accepting any challengers today," the receptionist said, bowing her head slightly in apology. "There's been an incident that requires her attention."

"An incident?" Livvi asked, a puzzled look on her face. "What happened?"

"A little girl from this town went missing near the Berry Forest yesterday." The receptionist replied. Her concern was obvious. "The gym leader is leading the search for her."

"I guess it can't be helped," Richard said, rubbing the back of his head with a troubled look on his face. "I'll have to wait until later for my gym battle."

"Is there anything we can do?" Livvi asked.

"If you want to volunteer to help in the search, then you're more than welcome to," the receptionist replied. "The more people we have, the faster we'll be able to find the missing girl."

"We'll do that then!" Richard grinned. "It'll give us a chance to explore the island as well!"

"You mentioned a place called 'Berry Forest'," James began. "Is that where the search is going on?"

The receptionist nodded.

"That's right. If you head west from here, you'll eventually cross Bond Bridge to Kinimo Island. That's where Berry Forest is. The search team have set up a headquarters by the main entrance to the forest."

"We'll head there then," said Livvi. "Let's go, guys!"

"Right behind you," James replied.


Bond Bridge, Sevii Islands

1:50pm, 10th July 2005

It turned out that the receptionist had neglected to mention the long walk through the hilly terrain of the western side of Kin Island. However, James, Livvi and Richard had finally reached the large wooden bridge across the sheltered water between Kin and Kinimo Islands known as Bond Bridge.

"I wonder if the search team have had any luck so far," Livvi wondered aloud as they climbed the steps up onto the bridge.

"They probably aren't having that much luck in this weather," Richard replied, looking up at the clouds. They'd gotten thicker since they'd set out from Atla Town. The rain hadn't eased off at all either. Fortunately, the sheltered channel between the two islands and the beaches on both sides were sheltered by the surrounding hills, making the increasingly strong wind less of a problem.

"The receptionist at the gym said that they had some sort of camp just outside the forest, right?" James asked.

"That's what she said," Livvi replied with a nod. "I hope we'll be able to help."

They walked across Bond Bridge, listening to it creak slightly underfoot.

"How old do you think this bridge is?" Richard asked. "You don't think it'll collapse under us do you?"

"It looks pretty solid," James replied, stamping his foot slightly to prove his point.
"It was only built ten years ago," Livvi added, reading the information about Bond Bridge on her town map. "And it's pretty sheltered here, so there's probably nothing to worry about."

"Sorry." Richard apologised. "The creaking just made me feel a little uneasy."

"Not to worry!" James replied. "We'll be on the other side in no time anyway!"

They quickly reached the stairs down onto Kinimo Island and made their way down them. Ahead of them was a mixture of terrain. In the distance, tall hills covered the south side of the island and crept around to the north as well. Closer to the centre of the island was a large forest full of trees sporting yellowish green leaves. The three trainers suspected that this was Berry Forest. The beach stretched back a fair way before reaching the edge of the grass a level above it. The terrain between the beach and Berry Forest was mostly open with clusters of trees dotted around. In the distance, they could see a collection of tents set up around a small wooden building close to the edge of the forest.

"That's probably the base camp," Livvi said as they started walking towards it.

"We should let them know that we're here to help before we head into the forest," James added.

"Yeah, that sounds like a good idea to me." Richard nodded.

They continued walking until they reached the outskirts of the tents. There only appeared to be a handful of people in the camp at the moment. James supposed that most of the search team was out in the forest continuing the search.

"Excuse me!" Livvi called as they walked past the tents and towards the small wooden building.

A young man standing by the door noticed them.

"I'm really sorry, but we've got a serious situation going on here at the moment – we don't have time for this!"

"Wait!" Livvi cried. "The receptionist at the gym sent us here – we want to help with the search!"

"You're here to help?" The man clearly looked unconvinced. "Do you know your way around Berry Forest?"

"I have a town map, so I'll be able to find our way through," Livvi replied.

"A town map won't give you enough information on the forest for you to explore everywhere," the man sighed. He paused for a second to think. "But it is true that we need all the people we can get. Are you good at map reading?"

Livvi nodded.

"I've had quite a lot of experience," she replied.

"Good! I'll give you this map." The man handed her a large map of Berry Forest. "This'll tell you where all the smaller paths are. You're searching for this girl." He held up a picture of a little girl with blonde hair in pigtails. "Her name's Lostelle. If you find her, then make sure you return here as quickly as you can."

"Got it!" Livvi nodded. "We'll get going then!"

"Good luck!" the man replied.


Berry Forest, Sevii Islands

2:11pm, 10th July 2005

Berry Forest reminded James and Livvi of the Viridian Forest. The branches of the tall trees overlapped each other, leaving the forest floor in shadow. Light beams from gaps in the canopy could occasionally be seen, giving the forest an eerie atmosphere. Most of the leaves on the trees and bushes were a brownish-green colour, almost autumnal. Also prominent were the countless berries hanging from branches and peeking out of the grass on the ground where they'd fallen.

Where it differed from Viridian Forest was in the dim orange light caused by the sun attempting to pass through the brown-green leaves. Furthermore, the terrain was much rougher, with countless rocks and cliff faces almost everywhere they walked. Crossing a shallow river with clear water flowing in the large cracks on the surface of a large slab of rock before pouring off the edge of the cliff to join a larger river below, James, Livvi and Richard continued walking uphill. A cliff face stood on their left, with the wide, grass-covered ledge they were walking on leading up slowly to the top.

"Do you know if any of the other teams have already been this way?" Richard asked.

"No, I don't," Livvi replied, shaking her head. "I think that they'd have probably searched all of the main paths though."

"So that's why we're exploring these smaller paths in the more remote parts of the forest then?" James asked.

Livvi nodded. "That's my plan," she said.

"In any case, do we know anything about how this girl disappeared?" Richard asked.

"Not really," Livvi replied.

"When we ran into that other team back at the clearing, they told me that her friends had told them that they'd been playing close to the edge of the forest," James began. "At one point, Lostelle suddenly wandered off into the forest without saying a word."

"Did they find out anything else?" Richard asked.

"Only that one of the other girls spotted something glinting from the edge of the forest just before Lostelle disappeared," James replied. He frowned. "It's not really a lot to go on, is it?"

"Well, with this many people out helping in the search, I'm sure that we'll track her down sooner or later," Richard said with a shrug. "And they'll send out a flying pokémon to track the other search teams down when one of them brings Lostelle back to the main camp, so we won't have to worry about wandering around in here forever."

The three of them reached the top of the slope to find themselves atop a rocky ridge. Or, to be more specific, the end of a rocky ridge. To their right, the ridge extended a short way before it reached a cliff edge. A number of large trees with wide canopies also stood atop the ridge, their thick roots stretching out mostly across the surface, weaving in between the countless rocks. The rocky edges of the ridge quickly fell away as sheer cliff faces. Despite the height of the ridge, most of the huge trees making up the canopy still reached almost the same height, and many stood even taller.

"This seems like a good place to stop for a rest!" Richard gasped, sitting down on a nearby rock.

"I'll quickly check out position on the map," said Livvi, perching herself on another rock and pulling out her map.

"Yeah, make sure that we don't lose our position," said Richard. "The worst thing we want is to get lost as well!"

James pulled out his water bottle and took a long swig.

"Phew! That's better! I was worried I was going to die of thirst!"

"How are you for water by the way?" Livvi asked.

"I've got about half left," James replied.

"We'll keep an eye out for another river like the one we passed on the way here," said Richard. "We can use it to top up our water if we start running low."

"Don't let it get too low," Livvi warned them. "It could be a long time before we run into another river. Besides, we don't know for sure that the water here is safe to drink."

"We could get Helix to test it for us," Richard said with a grin. "He'll be able to tell us whether or not it's safe to drink!"

"Hey, guys!" James interrupted them. He pointed over towards a large tree at the end of the ridge. "Doesn't that look like Lostelle?"

"Huh?!" Livvi and Richard immediately turned round and looked over at the tree as well.

A young girl, no older than six or seven years old, with blonde hair tied up in short pigtails and wearing a pale pink hoodie and light blue shorts, was standing by the foot of the tree. She was barefooted – maybe she'd lost her shoes while she'd been in the forest.

James, Livvi and Richard immediately jumped to their feet and started making their way towards her, treading carefully to avoid tripping over the shallow tree roots and rocks covering the surface of the ridge.

"Excuse me, are you, Lostelle?" Livvi called as they got close to her. "We're here to take you back to Atla Town!"

The girl didn't respond. Her eyes seemed vacant, as if she wasn't really there.

At that moment, the three trainers spotted a glint coming from an opening in the tree.

A tall, yellow bipedal pokémon with a long nose and a thick, white, mane-like collar around its neck emerged from the opening and glared at them. Its eyes were glowing blue slightly and it held a small pendulum made of metal and hanging from a black string in its left hand. This was what had been glinting.

"What is that pokémon?!" Livvi exclaimed.

"I don't know," James replied, pulling out his Pokédex.

"Hypno, the hypnosis pokémon and the evolved form of drowzee. The arcing movement and glitter of the pendulum in a hypno's hand lull the foe into deep hypnosis. While searching for prey, it polishes the pendulum. It has been known to occasionally spirit away children it has hypnotized."

"Don't look at the pendulum!" James warned as he put his Pokédex away.

"So Lostelle was hypnotised?" Richard cried. "That explains why she went missing!"

"Let her go!" Livvi shouted at the hypno.

Hypno narrowed his eyes and raised the pendulum up.

"In that case, I'll force you to let her go!" Livvi shouted. She turned to James and Richard. "Leave this to me!"

"Got it!" They both nodded.

Livvi took a deep breath and pulled out a poké ball.

"Go, Salea!" she called.

Salea cried out as she burst from the ball. She landed slightly unsteadily as she attempted to avoid the countless rocks and tree roots.

The glow disappeared from Hypno's eyes as he adopted a battle stance.

"Huh?" The vacant look in Lostelle's eyes was replaced by one of surprise. Clearly Hypno had been forced to release her from his power in order to focus fully on the battle with Salea. Unsteady on her feet, she stumbled slightly to the side before almost tripping on a rock and stumbling even further.

Right to the edge of the cliff.

"Watch out!" James yelled, rushing over to her. He reached out and grabbed her right hand just as she started toppling over. There was a loud crunch as the side of the cliff beneath James' now-extended left foot suddenly gave way and both of them started to fall.

"James!" Livvi screamed. Salea and Hypno both stopped in the middle of their attacks as they realised what was happening.

"Sting, use String Shot!" Richard yelled, throwing out a poké ball.

A String Shot fired from the mass of energy that emerged from the poké ball before it had even had the chance to assume Sting's form. The string immediately burst outwards to form a large web which wrapped itself around James and Lostelle and stuck fast to them.

"Great work, Sting!" Richard called as he rushed up to the edge.

Sting grimaced. He was starting to be pulled down by the James and Lostelle's weight.

"I'll help!" Richard immediately grabbed the string and pulled as well. They slowly started pulling the two back up. "Are you okay, James?" Richard called down.

"We're fine!" James called back. Though he was trying to remain calm, he was clearly shaken. Lostelle had started crying.

"Leave James to us!" Richard called over to Livvi. "You deal with the hypno!"

"O-Okay!" Livvi nodded. She was shaken as well, but she turned attention back to the battle.

Hypno's eyes lit up a light blue colour for a second before fading again.

"That was Future Sight!" Livvi cried, recognising it from the previous times she'd witnessed a psychic type battle. "We need to finish this up quickly, Salea!"

Salea nodded.

"Alright, use Double Slap!" Livvi ordered shakily.

Salea charged forwards, stumbling slightly as she crossed the tough terrain. Once she was in range of Hypno, she unleashed a flurry of slaps on him.

Hypno cried out in pain. He took a couple of steps back before lowering his head and launching himself back at Salea. She cried in pain as she was pulled back. She tripped over a rock and fell backwards with a crash.

"Are you alright, Salea?" Livvi called.

Salea pulled herself back to her feet and nodded.

"Alright, use Egg Bomb!" Livvi ordered.

Salea pulled an egg (a smaller kind than the one visible) from her pouch and hurled it at Hypno.

Hypno's eyes started glowing blue. The egg Salea had hurled at him stopped in mid-air, surrounded by a blue aura. A second later, Hypno hurled it back at her. Salea cried out as the egg exploded and sent her flying back. The moment she landed, another psychic attack came out of nowhere and struck her.

"Future Sight!" Livvi cried in alarm.

"Livvi, stay focused!" Richard called to her as he continued pulling James and Lostelle back up the cliff.

"Is she losing?" James cried.

"She's just suffering from a temporary setback!" Richard called down. "Don't worry about it down there!"

Salea pulled herself unsteadily back to her feet and looked back to Livvi for orders.

Livvi took a deep breath. She needed to stay calm. Richard was dealing with James. Both James and Lostelle were alright. It was her job to deal with Hypno. She could do this! "Alright!" She looked back at the battlefield. "Salea, use Softboiled!"

Salea smiled back at her before pulling out the large egg in her pouch, cracking it slightly, and drinking some of the yolk inside.

Hypno lowered his head again and charged towards Salea as the wounds she'd suffered earlier in the battle started to instantly heal.

"Intercept it with Egg Bomb!" Livvi called.

Salea put her egg away and threw another, smaller one towards Hypno, catching him off guard. Hypno cried in pain as he was thrown back. He crashed into the trunk of the large tree ad slumped to the ground.

"Livvi!" Richard called. "It's dangerous to leave that Hypno running free around here – he might try to kidnap other children again!"

"What should do then?" Livvi asked.

"Catch him for now!" Richard called back. "We can take him back to the camp and see what they want us to do with him!"

"Alright, got it!" Livvi nodded. She pulled out an empty poké ball and threw it at Hypno. It struck him in the chest before sucking him inside.

The ball dropped to the ground and rolled once… rolled twice…

And then burst open again with a loud cracking sound.

Hypno cried out as he rematerialized. His eyes started glowing blue again. Salea was lifted into the air and thrown back again.

"Salea!" Livvi cried. "Are you alright?"

Salea pulled herself back to her feet and nodded.

"Okay, use Egg Bomb!" Livvi ordered.

Salea threw another Egg Bomb towards Hypno, again striking him before he could react.

"Now follow up with Double Slap!" Livvi called as Hypno started pulling himself back up again.

Salea nodded and charged forwards. She delivered a series of slaps to the now-exhausted Hypno, sending him crashing back to the ground.

"Great work, Salea!" Livvi called. She pulled out a second empty poké ball and threw it at Hypno.

The ball struck him on the top of the head this time and sucked him inside. It dropped back to the ground, with a clatter as it bounced off of a couple of rocks, before starting to roll back and forth. After the third roll, there was a click and a burst of sparks.

Hypno had been caught!

"We did it!" Livvi cried in an exhausted tone.

Salea cheered enthusiastically, just as happy as Livvi was.

"Great work!" Richard grimaced. "Do you mind giving me a hand now?"

"O-Of course!" Livvi quickly made her way over to join him, careful to avoid tripping over the rocks. She grabbed hold of the string as well as helped haul it up.

It was only once James and Lostelle were safely back on the ridge that they let out a sigh of relief.

"Great work, Sting!" Richard grinned as he patted the beedrill on the head.

Sting nodded in response.

"Thanks, Sting!" James said gratefully. "We'd have had no chance without you."

"Are you both alright?" Livvi asked.

"I'm a bit shaken," James replied. As if to prove his point, his hands were still quaking involuntarily. "I'm more worried about Lostelle though."

"It's okay, you're safe now," Livvi assured the little girl, putting her arms around her to comfort her.

"Did you manage to catch that hypno?" James asked.

"We did," Livvi replied. "You did a great job today, Salea – I'm proud of you!" She turned to grin at the chansey.

Salea nodded. There was a sudden burst of light as she started glowing.

"Huh?" Richard cried in surprise.

"Is she evolving?" James cried.

"I think she is!" Livvi exclaimed in excitement.

Salea's body grew taller and larger, with frills appearing on her arms and at her waist. The frills on the sides of her head merged together and grew fluffier. There was another burst of light and the newly-evolved pokémon appeared before them.

"Congratulations on evolving, Salea!" Livvi cried as she pulled out her Pokédex.

"Blissey, the happiness pokémon and the evolved form of Chansey. Blissey senses sadness with its fluffy coat of fur. If it does so, this pokémon rushes over to the sad person, however far they may be, to share an egg of happiness that brings a smile to any face. If it sees a sick pokémon, it will nurse the sufferer back to health."

Salea walked over to Livvi and Lostelle and offered the little girl an egg. Upon seeing it, despite still being shaken from the near-fall, her eyes lit up and a smile appeared on her face.

"Thank you!" she cried, taking it. She looked around at James, Livvi and Richard. "Thank you for saving me. My name's Lostelle."

"I'm James," James replied.

"And I'm Richard," said Richard.

"My name's Livvi," Livvi added. "We're going to get you back home safely."

"Thank you!" Lostelle repeated.


Bond Bridge, Sevii Islands

6:58pm, 10th July 2005

It was late by the time they'd managed to get onto the correct path out of the forest and arrive back at the search team's camp. Once there, Lostelle had been reunited with her frantic father, who had come back from the Game Corner on Boon Island where he worked when he'd heard that she'd disappeared.

In the meantime, Livvi had been speaking with some of the other people at the camp about what to do with the captured hypno.

"This isn't the first trouble we've had with this hypno, to be honest," a young man with short dark hair explained.

"Really you should talk to the gym leader," another man said. He pointed to a young girl, perhaps a couple of years older than Livvi, with short, mousy brown hair and dark eyes. She was wearing a light, tight-fitting brown top with long sleeves and a pair of black cycling shorts, as well as a pair of worn out trainers, which may have originally been white.

"Alright, thanks," said Livvi. She walked over to the girl.

"Hey! You're one of the ones who found Lostelle, right?" The girl spotted her as she approached and greeted her.

"That's right." Livvi nodded. "My name's Livvi Weston."

"I'm Liz," the girl replied, offering her hand. "I'm the gym leader in Atla Town."

"Pleased to meet you," said Livvi, shaking her hand. "I wanted to ask you what to do about the hypno that kidnapped Lostelle."

"Huh? I heard you caught it, so that makes it your pokémon," Liz replied. "Don't you want it?"

"I…I don't know," Livvi replied. "To be honest, I'm a little worried it might turn on us."

"Hmmm." Liz frowned. "The Atla gym isn't a psychic-type gym, but I could contact someone who does train psychic types. Could you hold onto it for now while I focus on reopening the gym?"

"That's fine," Livvi replied.

"Did someone say 'gym'?" Richard asked as he and James walked over to join them.

"That's right." Liz nodded. "I'm Liz, the Atla Town gym leader."

"These are my friends Richard Winter and James Burton." Livvi quickly introduced them.

"I'm collecting badges to compete in the Sevii League," Richard explained. "Is it alright if I challenge you to a battle?"

"That's fine by me," Liz replied. "How does tomorrow afternoon sound?"

"I'm good with that." Richard nodded.

"That's great! I'm looking forward to it," said Liz. She looked up at the descending sun. "We should probably think about getting ready for dinner. I'll see you guys later!"

"See you!" Richard called after her as she left.

"Is the plan to camp out here tonight then?" Livvi asked.

"Yeah," James replied. "We don't want to be travelling in the dark. Besides…" He looked around the camp. "… There's a nice atmosphere around here, don't you think?"

"I guess you're right!" Livvi grinned.

"What an eventful day!" Richard sighed. "I saved James' life, you caught that hypno, Salea evolved into a blissey, we rescued Lostelle, and I was able to book a gym battle for tomorrow!"

"I think we've earned a rest!" James laughed. "Come on – let's go and help with dinner!"


No gym battle this week, but a new evolution and a new capture (?) instead. We'll get to the gym battle between Richard and Liz next week.

So, what were your thoughts on this chapter? I spent quite a bit of time thinking about how I wanted the whole 'saving Lostelle from the hypno' to plan out. Hopefully it worked out alright in the end.

Until next time!


Team Listings:

James' Team:

Active:

Charka (Charmeleon): male, naïve, often scatters things, likes sweet food, fire type, Blaze ability, known moves are Fire Spin, Smokescreen, Flamethrower and Metal Claw.

Kacha (Pikachu): male, modest, sturdy body, likes dry food, electric type, Static ability, known moves are Thunderbolt, Agility, Slam and Thunder Wave.

Raenok (Mankey): male, impish, loves to eat, likes sour food, fighting type, Anger Point ability, known moves are Rock Slide, Screech, Cross Chop and Brick Break.

Ayra (Paras): male, lax, loves to relax, likes sour food, bug-grass type, Dry Skin ability, known moves are Aerial Ace, Leech Life, Giga Drain and Spore.

Saeloc (Persian): female, rash, likes to thrash about, likes dry food, normal type, Technician ability, known moves are Slash, Screech, Bite and Icy Wind.

Leytor (Seel): male, careful, good perseverance, likes bitter food, water type, Thick Fat ability, known moves are Water Pulse, Take Down, Safeguard and Ice Beam.

In Pallet Town:

Cuba (Cubone): male, serious, quick to flee, eats anything, ground type, Rock Head ability, known moves are Bone Club, Double-Edge, Bonemerang and Bone Rush.

Livvi's Team:

Active:

Barru (Bulbasaur): male, timid, highly persistent, likes sweet food, grass-poison type, Overgrow ability, known moves are Tackle, Razor Leaf, Solar Beam (not mastered) and Leech Seed.

Dorru (Nidoran): female, quiet, mischievous, likes dry food, poison type, Rivalry ability, known moves are Fury Swipes, Double Kick, Poison Sting and Crunch.

Cylune (Venomoth): male, modest, proud of its power, likes dry food, poison-bug type, Shield Dust ability, known moves are Stun Spore, Psychic, Poison Powder and Silver Wind.

Evoro (Eevee): male, jolly, alert to sounds, likes sweet food, normal type, Adaptability ability, known moves are Bite, Double Team, Take Down and Quick Attack.

Salea (Blissey): female, gentle, somewhat vain, likes bitter food, normal type, Natural Cure ability, known moves are Softboiled, Refresh, Double Slap and Egg Bomb.

Temporary

Hypno (Hypno): male, quirky, loves to eat, eats anything, psychic type, Forewarn ability, known moves are Psychic, Hypnosis, Future Sight and Headbutt.

Richard's Team:

Active:

Naro (Nidoking): male, mild, sturdy body, likes dry food, poison-ground type, Poison Point ability, known moves are Horn Attack, Megahorn, Poison Sting and Double Kick.

Sting (Beedrill): male, hardy, often dozes off, eats anything, bug-poison type, Swarm ability, known moves are Focus Energy, Poison Sting, Twineedle and String Shot.

Spear (Fearow): male, mild, likes to thrash about, likes dry food, normal-flying type, Keen Eye ability, known moves are Drill Peck, Double Team, Aerial Ace and Agility.

Helix (Omastar): male, naïve, somewhat stubborn, likes sweet food, rock-water type, Shell Armour ability, known moves are Spike Cannon, Water Gun, Ancient Power and Tickle.

Flare (Ponyta): male, rash, likes to thrash about, likes dry food, fire type, Flash Fire ability, known moves are Take Down, Agility, Stomp and Ember.