The snake-like creature roared. It was taller than Red. By a lot. He just realized that the arena was taller for a reason. Onix was 28ft, 10in tall. Red almost panicked. Then he smiled. He wanted this to happen. For a final battle. For this gym at least. Red thought. He looked at Yellow and saw the caring happy face that told him that she believed in him. You can do this. Yellow thought. Red thought the same. "I may be on my last Pokemon Red, but you don't have me cornered." Brock said. Red smiled. "I know. You planned it. So this will be the epic finish." Red said. "Charmander Ember!" Red shouted. Even with this disadvantage Red was not afraid. Charmander's flame hit Onix and did a little bit of damage. "Bind!" Brock shouted. Onix wrapped its tail around Charmander and started to squeeze it doing low damage. "Scratch it!" Charmander scratched Onix but did nothing. Red thought of something else. "Growl in the face!" Red shouted. Charmander growled in Onix's face and Onix's grip weakened. "Ember!" Charmander breathed more flame but in Onix's face. Not only did it do damage but it also caused the burn status. Onix released Charmander from his grip. "Bind!" Onix tried but the burn was doing gradual damage. Brock was shocked. A burn on a rock type should NOT be doing this much damage. Why is this doing so much? "Ember!" Charmander burned Onix and the snake backed away. Red smiled. "Onix over here!" Brock shouted. Brock was holding a bottle in his hand. A pink one. Red didn't know what it did having not seeing one before but knew it wasn't good. "Charmander don't let Onix near the bottle!" Charmander sprinted fast toward the bottle but Onix was too close. "Ember!" Red shouted. The ember burned Onix even more and made the Onix stop. "Quickly get past him!" Red shouted. "Onix hurry!" Brock shouted. Charmander got in front of Onix and growled. Onix tried to use bind to pick Charmander up but his attack stat was too low. "Ember one more time!" Red shouted. Onix still got to the burn heal in time. The burn was stopped but Charmander ran up and let Onix bind him. Brock was shocked. Is this Charmander disobedient? Brock thought. "Use bind!" Red smiled. Use ember Charmander! Red thought. To Red's surprise Charmander used Ember and the Onix cried out. It let go. "Onix tackle!" Brock shouted. "Ember!" The attacks hit at the same time. Both trainers stared wondering which hit was decisive. Onix let out a roar and collapsed on the ground. Red smiled. "Alright!" He shouted. "Onix you did great return." Brock said to his Onix. "Charmander return!" Red said beaming. Brock walked up to Red. Brock was smiling. "You did amazing Red. Here take this in the fact that you won. It is the boulder badge. Take this as well. It's TM34 Bide. Your Pokémon will absorb damage in battle then pay it back double! I forgot to use it on your Charmander but oh well." He handed Red the Technical Machine and the Gym badge. "I won! Thanks Brock. That was fun! But where do I go from here?" Red asked. "Mt. Moon is not far from here. Be wary though a criminal gang is supposed to be about." Brock said. Yellow ran up to Red. "Red that was great you did so well!" She said smiling. Red smiled back. "Thanks Yellow. Hey, tell you what. I'll take you to Viridian Forest so you can catch another Pokemon. How about it?" Red says. Brock smiled at them both. "Well I'll leave you two alone. Seeya Red!" Brock walked off. Red looked back at Yellow. "Well?" He asked. "Red you're the one who won this not me. You deserve something special." She said. Red smiled. "I got something special. You. Being here supporting me. That is all I wanted. More than the badge. I just wanted support. I didn't get much. Blue was my friend but he was also my rival making him automatically not support me. My Mom was busy taking care of her job. My Father is just gone. We don't know where he is. So she had to bring in the money. She couldn't support me much and I understand why. So having you here to support me make me feel happy enough to not care about the badge. I still want it but supportive friends are more important. So helping you catch a new Pokemon is all I want to do. You are a friend after all." Red said. Yellow smiled. "Oh Red you are such a nice person. Sure I guess. But help would be great." She said. "I said help didn't I?" Red said. "Yeah I guess you did. Let's go then." Yellow said. Red nodded and walked out. Brock stood there watching them leave smiling. "You and Yellow will have great adventures Red. Also you will find a little something in each other I'm sure." Brock said smiling. A man walked up behind Brock. "I know they will. I see it in others. The way the met, was by the ways of the-" The man was cut off. "Yeah yeah Ignis I know. You see them better than the rest I get it. I just hope Team Rocket won't hurt them." Brock said. Ignis chuckled. "They can handle it." Brock scowled. "They've been known to use guns before." He said sternly. "Yes but that was during the dark times. It's different now." Ignis said. "How? We still don't really have a Police force. We just keep getting Warned. Nothing is actually done. So how is that different than last time?" Brock asked. "They have me. As well as my friends." Ignis said. Brock looked disappointed. "So? People don't know that. They will live in fear and have no hope. No one who they can trust. I have heard already that a couple of businesses shut down because of it. It's starting the same way it did last time Ignis. With fear. Ignis you are a powerful human being but that doesn't make a difference if no one can know your identity." Ignis frowned. "True. But Red has something. I can feel it. He can handle himself because he is different. You wouldn't understand Brock." Brock shook his head. "No I don't but I'll take your word for it. He's a promising trainer. I just don't want him to end up like the last promising trainer that went up against Team Rocket." Brock said. "We don't know whether or not he's really dead. He could be training for all we know." Ignis said. "Well let's just let them enjoy their life right now. Less worry. Seeya Ignis." Brock said. "Seeya Brock." Ignis walked out of the gym just in time to notice 2 people entering the forest. He casually walked and entered the forest as well.
