Pokémon Journey I: Violet's Trial
Chapter 10: Trip to the Rock Tunnel
Violet's Point of View:
Last night had seemed almost like a blur when Vince, Alex and I all ran to escape the ship after Alex and my battle ended up destroying the entire observation deck on the second level. We were able to make it off the boat before we were caught but no charges were made to anyone since the captain had expected this to happen with all the battles and we hadn't been the ones to destroy part of the ship, we were just one of the few who were lucky enough not to get caught.
From what I heard on the news before I went to bed, once the ship hit Fuchsia City in a few days, they'll do more repairs there. In the mean time, they would do minor repairs while traveling on their way there. In the mean time, that little secret about what we did would stay a secret for a long time.
The boys and I came back to the pokemon center after we escaped the ship and headed in for the night. I would have slept in, but I was planning to see the boys off to the gym before I left, so I had to drag myself out of bed at quarter of six to get ready. I was able to get myself out of bed and Amber was quick to follow, but Amethyst was a different story. She continued to stay in the bed and sleep no matter how much I tried to wake and move her.
With an angry groan I finally gave up on the idea of moving her and withdrew her back into her pokeball. "Amethyst…" I shook my head and sighed before I gathered all my things and headed downstairs. My things I had used from last night were all in large bag from the store and I'd planned to send it to Luke after the boys left. I was glad that we were all on the same page now, but I still didn't trust them as much as I used to. Mom could be pretty demanding if she wanted.
I headed downstairs with Amethyst's pokeball and my extra bag in hand while Amber and my normal bag were on my shoulder as I hurried downstairs. Alex and Vince were waiting there for me with both their pokemon out. I saw Wartortle looked a lot better than it had last night after the battle, but Amethyst's rage would put even the strongest of pokemon out there in the hospital.
As soon as the group of four saw me, I saw them all smile (with the exception of Alex who gave me a hidden grin that ghosted over his scowl). He never could get angry at me, even when I beat him. It was the one thing I really liked about Alex, he was really nice and caring when he wanted to be, but it was extremely hard to bring it to the surface. Even his family had a hard time getting him to really show his nice side, so when I see it from time to time, or his really caring side (which I now realized he showed a lot of back when he was freaking out over my safety with Team Rocket after me) its pretty nice.
"Hey Sis!" Vince called and waved me over to them. I smiled tiredly over at them and stretched when I got before them. A yawn escaped my lips I felt my arms and back cracking before I settled back down. "You get enough sleep?"
"Nope." Another yawn made its way out of my mouth. "Neither did Amethyst."
"I was wondering where she was, she in her pokeball?" Alex questioned.
"Yep." I showed him the pokeball in my hand.
"Well, we're gonna head out now Violet, will we see you in Lavender Town?" Vince questioned as he headed for the door.
"Should, I'm planning on training in the tunnel for a long while, but I'll try not to stay there longer than a week or two, depending on the rations I find there."
"Then we'll plan to meet up in that town then?" Alex questioned.
"I don't see why we shouldn't, at least for a meal or so," I said. "Depending on how we feel once we get there, we could walk to Celadon City together, I mean it's a short walk there and we need to figure out some way to get by the snorlaxs anyway, they're blocking both routes six and eleven, and it doesn't help that Saffron's on lockdown due to Team Rocket."
"Sounds like a plan, pretty basic and not well through out, but good enough for the time being." Alex sighed and looked at the ground for a moment before he looked back to me. "Vince and I'll head out and meet up with you over in Lavender Town, in the mean time, we'll go get our third badge and you go train and what not. Before we head out of the city we'll have to call Gramps and Daisy and lie to them about not catching you." Alex took a moment to step closer to me and got right up in my face. I stared at him with equal determination while Vince looked between us worriedly. "But don't leave Lavender Town before we get there unless there's some sort of emergency, or else we will start chasing you around the region again Violet."
"I got it the first time Alex, don't be so over dramatic." I raised my eye brow at him and crossed my arms. "I'll wait for you in the next city, but you better keep up your end of the deal too."
Alex simply stepped away from me and nodded before he turned to walk out the door. "Adios Violet!" He waved and took off out the door, rushing to battle Surge and Amber's father.
"Hold on Alex! Wait up!" Vince rushed after him and I sighed at their behavior. Alex was way too over protective at times…
"Pika?" Amber questioned, she repositioned herself on my shoulder to get more comfortable.
"Yeah, we're getting out of here. We'll grab something to eat in Cerulean, I'm not really feeling hungry right now and Amethyst's still sleeping. Unless you're hungry Amber? I'll stop and get you something to eat if you want."
"Pika pi." She shook her head and jumped off my shoulder and hurried over to the video phone. "Pika, chu pika pi!"
I smacked my head. "Damn it! You're right; I almost forgot to send my stuff to Luke's place. I'll just have it teleported with a note; I really want to get on the road." I quickly grabbed a piece of paper from the counter that the nurse was at and scribbled a slightly legible note to Luke that theses were my things that I'd just sent him to keep stored away. When I had the note ready, I attached it to the bag of things I had in my hand and placed them on the tray and typed in Luke's number to the machine. The machine lit up and the bag was gone in the next second when the light left.
"We're all set Amber!" My pokemon grinned before she launched herself onto my waist and crawled up my body and seated herself back on my shoulder and I hurried out the door. I was still stuffed from the food from last night and didn't feel like I was going to faint any time soon, so I hurried out of the city the same way I came and I had Amber point out the way for me since I was asleep when Amethyst carried me into town.
Amber pointed me up the path that led away from town and slightly up hill until we reached the small building that we came out of only a couple days ago. I pushed open the door and stepped inside the building, a single room where I man sat in a chair before the stairs that led down below to the underground tunnel. I quietly walked around the man as to not disturb him and walked down below the ground.
It was much colder here without the aid of my fire pokemon to keep me warm with her constantly warming the temperature around me and the fire on the end of her tail for instant warmth. I shivered from the draft I felt between the walls around me and suddenly sneezed form the dirt that had gotten up my nose without my knowledge of it. Amber, with the help of her fur kept warmer than I did, tried to offer what little extra warmth she had by jumping into my arms. I hugged her close to my body and took in the little warmth that she had.
"Pika…"
"Yeah, it is cold down here. I hope I don't catch a cold or you either. I doubt Amethyst would." Amber snuggled into my arms and yawned. We had gotten up way too early for our liking, but I wanted to put a good amount of distance between me and the boys, it's not that I didn't trust them, but at the moment, I don't trust them as well as I used to. They might be now on my side (which I'm extremely happy for) I'm not sure if I should totally trust them just yet and by putting a whole bunch of distance between them and me makes me feel a lot better.
The end of the tunnel soon came and I could feel the warmth of the small building above. I nearly jumped the steps before me and ran into the same little girl who had been looking for a nidoran to see her standing next to two small creatures beside her, a purple one and a light blue one, both similar in appearance looking rabbit like in shape with spikes all over their body and large, more rounded ears. The girl was grinning so she must have found the pokemon she had been looking for. I pulled out my pokedex to record this information on these two.
Nidoran the poison pin pokemon. Though it is small, its highly toxic barbs are thought to have developed as protection for this small-bodied pokemon. When enraged, it releases a horrible toxin from its horn. There are two types of nidoran, male and female that both have different evolution patters, the female has smaller horns, is blue in color and is slightly smaller then the male. All female nidoran are like this and have nests commonly around route three and different areas of the Safari Zone.
Nidoran the poison pin pokemon. The male nidoran has developed muscles that freely move its ears in any direction. Even the slightest sound does not escape this pokemon's notice. There are two types of nidoran, male and female that both have different evolution patters, the male has larger horns, is purple in color and is slightly larger then the female. All male nidoran are like this and have nests commonly around route three and different areas of the Safari Zone.
Interesting… I can see why this girl wanted to catch of pair of them. I watched the girl laugh with her two pokemon and I slipped out around her in the building as to not ruin her time with them, which seemed to be quite good from assessing the situation. I gave the young girl a smile that she never saw but did glance in our direction when I rushed out the door.
I nearly flew back up route five as I hurried back over to Cerulean City, the last time I'd been in the city it had been flooded with police members and it was the early evening with flashing lights all around and a broken building. Now, it was like an expansion was being put out on the city. The building that had been previously ruined was now covered in workers who was bringing it back up to what it had looked like before and expanding the building if I wasn't mistaken. I saw the man that I helped that ran the building here with his pokemon technique book under his arm. He glanced up from where he was working and saw me across the street and waved to me, I waved back with a grin before I continued on my way into the center of the city.
I finally made it to the pokemon center when Amethyst finally decided to wake up and she let herself out of her pokeball. She yawned and stretched her arms over head before she tiredly looked up at me before she looked around and saw that we were in the pokemon center.
"Char?" she questioned. "Char char?"
"Yeah, we're already left; we're back in Cerulean City girl," I answered her. "Anyone up for lunch?"
"You're welcome to have it at my place if you want." I turned to the sudden voice that spoke behind me, ready to hit them with their rude comment to- wait, now that I thought about it for a moment, the voice sounded familiar and kind. I fully turned to face the person behind me and saw it was none other then Bill. He game me a warm smile and it forced me to sigh in relief before I laughed.
"For Mew's sake Bill! Don't talk to me like that! I almost thought you were some rapist trying to lure me into his web of lies." Amethyst held me up and my two pokemon laughed while Bill shook his head, a deep chuckle emerging from him.
"Yes, because all pokemaniacs do that nowadays." Suddenly his mood changed for a moment and I saw something move behind his head. The something moving I saw was blue in color and suddenly a head popped out from behind his head. I saw it was a small pokemon with bandages all over its wings and it smiled once it saw me.
"Lovey!" I bound forward toward my little zubat and rubbed my nose against her own (which I honestly couldn't tell where her nose was exactly, but I didn't care) and pulled her off of Bill's shoulder and she walked in my hands over to my free shoulder opposite of Amber. "You feeling any better?"
"Her condition is actually much better then what I had originally thought, she's healed much faster too. She might be okay to travel in the next month or two rather then half a year." Bill explained. "Why don't we finish this conversation up at my place on the cape with some nice lunch, I still have to give that little zubat her medicine."
Suddenly without warning, my little zubat opened her mouth wide and fired a small blast of poison sting at him. Bill leapt out of the way and landed on his feet a few paces away from where he had been standing before.
"Lovey what did you do that for?" I questioned my zubat slightly harshly.
"No, it's alright; this is why though I wanted to carry out this conversation back at my place, to avoid causing a scene. But it seems we've done that already." I looked around to where Bill was gesturing to the people and pokemon in the center that were all looking at us.
"You're right, let's go." I quickly grabbed his wrist and hurried off with him and my pokemon up to the cape where his little house resided and where we could talk freely.
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"So let me get this strait, she won't let you call her anything else but the nickname I gave her due to the way that Team Rocket treated her?" I questioned Bill as we sat in his kitchen, sandwiches and food before the lot of us and the pokemon eating happily over together next to us.
"That just about sums it up. She always fires a poison sting attack at me if I call her 'zubat' or any other name. I think she's gotten quite attached to the one you gave her," Bill replied before taking a bite of his sandwich. "Lovey tends to be the sweetest pokemon otherwise, its just she only wants to be called 'Lovey' or she snaps."
"Well if she likes the name then who are we to judge or change it? Though I will admit that attacking others is a bit over the top. Once she gets better and I can spend more time with her when the heat from my mother calms down, I'll work with her on that."
"I'd appreciate that, I've learned to leap and run from her after I got hit the first time, and let me tell you Violet, it might not do much damage to other pokemon, but that attack stings when used on me."
"Lovey! You be a little nicer to Bill, no more attacking him okay? He is the one looking after you for me." My little zubat looked up from her meal and glanced in my direction. She nodded easily, but I doubted that habit of hers would die so easily.
"Don't worry about it too much Violet; you have enough to worry about with your own journey and your family after you." Bill waved his hand about the subject and took a long drink of his lemonade.
"Yeah… about that Bill…"
"Don't tell me they finally caught up with you?" An unusual glare was placed on the young man's facial features.
"Sorta, it's a bit of a long story, but the short run of it is the boys don't want to chase me anymore since it gets in the way of their own journey and it's ruining our friendship. I set out ahead of them, for my own comfort on the subject, and I'm heading toward route nine and ten to reach the Rock Tunnel and make my way to Lavender Town where we're supposed to meet up and maybe together head over to Celadon City. By then I'll be much stronger too to protect myself should they turn on me or if I face any other trouble."
"You could also evolve Amber over in Celadon," Bill noted. "It's known for selling evolution stones to trainers, but they do cost a bit more of a pretty penny. A thunder stone is what you'd be after if you ever wanted Amber to evolve to a raichu."
"Its Amber's choice if she wants to, not mine. It was Amethyst's too when she evolved back in Pewter City, if she hadn't wanted to evolve, she could have stopped the evolution. Although I'm really glad she hadn't or else it might have cost us the match with the disadvantage we had."
"I'm surprised you were able to pull off such a feature as that. How did you manage to beat Brock with only Amethyst?"
"Luck and skill, that's all it was, and maybe a few smarts too."
"That wouldn't surprise me with you, you always tend to have a little of everything in you Violet."
"I wouldn't be me if I didn't." A snicker escaped me. I stood up from the table and placed my dishes in the sink. "Sorry to stop by only to run off again Bill, but the girls and I should be going now. I want to get to the Rock Tunnel before night fall; we're going to be camping in there for a little while."
"Let me and Lovey take you out there then, we have a boat that can take you around route nine and right to the pokemon center on route ten, it'll also put some more space between you and those boys."
"I'd really appreciate that Bill." I turned to my girls. "Amber! Amethyst! We're heading out now, meet me and Bill outside by the boat, we're taking it to route ten!" My two pokemon stuffed the last remains of their food in their mouths and hurried out the door with Lovey perched on Amethyst's should.
"I'll take care of the dishes later Violet; let me get you out to the Rock Tunnel." I nodded and followed the pokemaniac out to his small boat that had more then enough room for all of us and he started her up and led us down the deep river toward route ten.
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Bill was right when he said that this way faster. His boat easily flew over the top of the water all the way to route ten without having to stop or pass through any part of route nine, but I was able to watch it from a distance. I could see all the trainers who were traveling along the route and making their way to the next pokemon center that I was heading toward as well. It was good to see the route so I at least knew about it if I ever came back here for some reason, but to avoid it now and put nearly a quarter of the region between me and the boys, more time to travel and more time to train.
Bill pulled his boat up to the side of the river just next to the pokemon center and me and my two pokemon got off. Lovey had somehow gotten on my shoulder in the mean time and it took a lot of coxing to get her to go back to Bill.
"I'm sorry Lovey, but you're not healed enough yet to travel and I don't want to you to have to deal with my family. When you're stronger I promise I'll take you with me." My little zubat bowed her head and hopped herself from my shoulder to Bill's. I turned to face him to give him a few final words. "I'll give you guys a call once I make it outside the Rock Tunnel, which probably will be a week or more."
Bill merely nodded and held out his hand for me to shake. "Then we'll hear from you when we hear from you Violet." I grabbed his hand in my own and shook it.
"Let's go girls! We're gonna give Luke a quick call and have the nurse check you girls over before we head inside." My pokemon nodded and we waved to Bill and Lovey as they drove off back up the river to where his cottage was back on route twenty-five. Once they were out of sight, we turned to head to the center and I herded the girls over to Nurse Joy who worked at the center before this cave.
"Healing for two?" She questioned when I showed her my pokemon. I nodded and the girls followed after her while I headed over the video chat phone and started it up, typing Luke's number while I waited for the girls to come back from their healing. The phone rang a few times before I saw the image of Luke come on screen, his blond hair all messed up and a yawned escaped his lips.
"Violet? That you?" he yawned.
"Morning Luke; or more like afternoon now I guess, today a day off for you?" The young man in question yawned once more and nodded to me.
"I pulled a double shift the night before and my manager was upset with the other few workers we have at the store that were putting all the work onto me. So he's fired them, hired new people and sent me on a vacation for a couple weeks since I haven't taken any time off since I started this job the other year."
"Wow, I'm surprised no one said anything earlier." I tapped my fingers to my chin. "What do you plan to do during your vacation?"
"Sleep." I laughed at his quick and powerful response to the restful word. "And stop over in Celadon."
"What do you have to do over in Celadon?"
"My manager's trying to get more items to add to the shop, so he wants me to head over there some time during my vacation when I feel like it and ask about where they get their items from since a whole bunch of trainers are crazy about his selection, but are always requesting locations of shops where they can find other items that larger cites like Celadon would only have."
"Maybe we can meet up in Celadon then? I plan on getting there in a week or more, depending on how long I spend in the Rock Tunnel and how long I can stand it in there before I go crazy."
"I wouldn't mind that. I'll stay in Celadon after a week from today or so and I'll stay at the hotel they have there, it's the one where no pokemon are allowed." He scrunched up his face on the other end of the line. "And I don't really get why."
"Some people don't like pokemon or are allergic to some or all of them; they have to have areas like that for people, especially in the more populated cities." I shook my head. Luke laughed for a moment before something caught his eye on his side of the screen. He looked away from me and I paused to watch him as he moved away from the screen.
"Luke?" I called out worriedly. While I waited for him and looked at the screen with mild concern, Nurse Joy walked over to me with my pokemon. I thought she was just leading them over to me but I was shocked when she showed me a paper pad and a pen.
"Violet, you are so incredible for standing up against those miserable thugs! Would you due me the honor of writing down your autograph for me?" I gapped at her and suddenly I heard a crash on Luke's side of the screen. My eyes quickly turned back to him and I gasped as he flew over to the screen in a frenzy.
"Luke! What's go-"
"There's no time for that Violet!" He cut me off and silenced me quickly. "You need to see this!" He turned the screen of his own video phone and my girls crowded around the screen with me to see what he was so worried about. Once I caught a glimpse of the screen, my response to what I saw was so predicable it was saddening, but it was the only way to respond.
I gasped.
Daisy's Point of View:
My brother finally sent word of what happened on the S.S. Anne since we last talked to him and Vince. They had been unable to catch Violet on the ship due to the fact that not only did she beat them both in battle, but she managed to escape the two of them in the middle of the chaos of people who got off the ship when the sailors weren't happy that the trainers were wrecking the ship.
I haven't exactly had the chance to question Grandpa about his thoughts on Violet, but it seemed like he was worried just the same as Violet's mother was and would rather have her home. Clearly it wasn't the best time for her and the boys to start their journey. Ivory was still quite worriedly about her daughter, but now she nearly seems to be on the same pins and needles when Vince and Alex don't check in. It almost seems like she's starting to get out of hand…
While I have been worried about all three of them out there, I've been more worried about the guilt I've been feeling welt up inside of me. Violet might be a recently turned teen, but she's not dumb, she thinks quickly on her feet and can pull herself out of most jams, its only Team Rocket that worries me with her.
Suddenly I heard the TV turn onto the news in the other room where Grandpa had left it on before his afternoon nap. I walked into the other room to find him snoring loudly on the couch and the TV was broadcasting another report regarding Team Rocket. I walked over to my grandfather and pulled the blanket that hung over it's back and laid it over him. I watched him snuggle into it for a moment before he started to snore again. I snorted softly at his actions.
"Can you believe it now folks? Team Rocket might finally be starting to lose their edge, and to a kid no less!" The suddenly broadcasted announcement caught me off guard and I turned to face the TV. I turned down the volume and sat before it to listen to the words softly so my grandfather wouldn't wake up from its noisy reporters. "This Violet Vilmos kid is really something to stop few Team Rocket plans!"
The sudden motion of Violet's name caught me by surprise and I leaned in closer to hear and watch the reporter bragging about her abilities. I already know she's strong! Just tell me what happened! My thoughts were louder than the TV but the words died on my tongue.
"Let me tell you people, this kid is something else! The man finally continued on with his report and a few people showed up in pictures behind him, one of which was a young man that looked quite nerd like with thick glasses and a tall body with shaggy hair. "These people behind me are victims to Team Rocket attacks that Violet Vilmos was able to assist and send them away crying to their mothers and boss. Miguel Carey was in Mt. Moon when he was attacked by Team Rocket for his fossil rocks of a kabuto and an omnyte. Violet Vilmos came in and took the head Rocket member down in no time at all and escorted him all the way to Cerulean City. From there he was able to escape to Cinabar Island and is happily with his revived pokemon all thanks to this young girl." He then brought up another picture of a group of five trainers. "This young set of trainers, Cale, Ali, Timmy, Reli and Ethan Corliss are the five sibling trainers that battle others for sport on the Nugget Bridge north of Cerulean City. Unknown to them, a man that was dressed as a civilian stood at the end of their bridge to give away winners a nugget as prize for beating the five trainers, but in truth, he was actually a Team Rocket member in disguise that was recruiting new members! Young Violet Vilmos made quick work of the recruiter and sent him off scurrying away while Miss Vilmos rushed off with the man's zubat that had been critically injured in the battle." The last image came forward and showed and older man that looked a lot like a hiker. "This man, Harry Averette, is Cerulean City's pokemon move tutor for any and every pokemon out there in the region. Team Rocket attacked his home and stole the only two copies of all the moves known to man kind. In a fit of rage, Mr. Averette chased after him all the way to the northern entrance to Saffron City. The guard and Mr. Averette fought valiantly to get back the stolen books, but when Team Rocket pulled out a few pokeballs, they knew they didn't stand a chance! Suddenly Violet Vilmos comes rushing in with her pokemon and took out the Rocket's pokemon in no time at all! What an amazing girl! Sadly, we haven't been able to properly thank Violet for all she's done since she apparently looks like she's on the run herself, and I don't blame her, she better move quickly if she doesn't want Team Rocket finding her after all she's done to them! But in case you're watching this trainer Violet Vilmos, please note that all of these smiling faces here are thankful that you came to their rescue and that you stood up to those that have been caging up the nation."
The report ended there and that's when I shut off the TV just as my grandfather just began to stir. He blinked his eyes a few times before he looked over to me and pushed back the blanket that I'd left over him.
"Daisy… what time is it?"
"Just a little after three in the afternoon Grandpa," I told him. "I just watched the news."
"Oh, was there anything particularly interesting on?"
"Actually, there was. They had a segment on Violet and Team Rocket and how she's been messing up their plans and helping people." To say his face was shocked was insufficient.
"You best not say anything to Ivory then, the woman will go crazy." He sighed and sat up on the couch. "I think that woman had finally lost her marbles."
"I think she has too Grandpa. Why exactly have we been so possessive to protect her? Its obvious that from what she's been doing that she doesn't need our help, and what help would we be to her? The only ones who could really help her are Vince and Alex, and she keeps taking them down every time she sees them."
My grandfather sighed. "Do not repeat this to Violet or any of the others Daisy, but the main reason that I believe she is like this is due to her husband after his disappearance two years ago. Haze, even though he caused her extensive worry and nearly had her tear out her hair over him, she loved him to the very core of her being, and he for her. When he disappeared, it all came crashing down on her in a single moment and nearly destroyed her had it not been for Violet and Vince. They were the sole thing that kept her together, and I fear that she believes that letting Violet do things as crazy as her father had may end up having her lose her daughter as well, or her son should things change."
"Grandpa, I have to talk to Violet and I have to tell the boys to stop hunting her." I suddenly shouted out to him and he looked at me in surprise and worry as my words sunk in. "Grandpa, we can't let Ivory ruin her daughter's life because she's afraid, I'm afraid for Violet too, but look at the damage we've caused because we've let this go on for so long! She may not even talk to any of us anymore!"
"Daisy I believe you getting a little too overdramatic."
"A little overdramatic?" I gasped, horrified by what my grandfather had said and he soon regretted it too. "I think I'm well with how dramatic I'm being! We've all be out of control with our worries and focused it all on Violet with little reason to justify our actions. I don't care what you say Grandpa, but I'm going to help her and not fight against her any more." I turned away from him and walked out to my room upstairs across from Alex's and started to pack a few things to spend a few weeks in Celadon City. Lily would let me stay with her until I ran into Violet and talked to her.
"And where do you plan to go?" I heard my grandfather shout. "How will you get there? What if you don't find Violet?"
"I will find her!" I snapped back down at him. With my bag now packed, I carried it over my shoulder and stomped down the stairs. "And I'll catch a ride in Viridian." With my last parting words out of my mouth, I stomped outside of the house and angrily passed through the town and the forest as I made my way to Viridian City.
Violet's Point of View (An Unaccountable Amount of Time Later):
I don't know how many days had passed since we entered the Rock Tunnel, nor do I know how far I've traveled inside it. It feels like its been more then just days, maybe even more then the two week plan I had for training in here. With no way to see the sky above to tell when it's been day and night, my pokemon and I have just slept and traveled at any time we pleased. It's been nearly like a maze in here however, I've hit more dead ends then I think I've won pokemon battles (and that's quite a few mind you).
Amethyst on the other hand tended to like the area, although the area was colder, she kept us warm and she could scale the area easily. Amber, however, didn't like the area and clung to my neck and the area around Amethyst for warmth. I agree more with Amber on that subject, I didn't care for it much in this colder area, I've always preferred the warmer areas to the cold, I think its mostly from me being so used to living in a warmer climate town and being around Amethyst so much since I met her.
Trainers filled the area of the Rock Tunnel and kept us on our toes as we faced them each day. A majority of them were hikers who had rock and fighting type pokemon on them, which wasn't the easiest pokemon to beat, but it was certainly doable. The rest of the other trainers mostly had normal types, and those were easier to take down. A couple trainers actually had grass types, which would have made the trip through the cave easier for them with the people they've encountered, but not so much against me and Amethyst. She got a really crack at taking down a normal colored charmander that we faced inside the cave; she crushed the poor pre-evolution of herself before it could even make a single move against her.
Thankfully we found enough rations to make it through the cave once our supply ran out. Berries grew throughout the entire cave (sadly not the ones we liked the most) and they kept us filled as we took most of what was on the bushes, but left plenty for the other pokemon that lived here.
From the last few trainers we talked to, they said that they came from the Lavender Town entrance to the Rock Tunnel and that we were near by that exit. I was so thrilled to hear the news and so was Amber who had clung to Amethyst for her warmth at the time (and robbed me of my own from Amber's body that we often shared in here). It gave us hope that there was actually an end to this tunnel.
We continued down a path that actually led us in the direction that the trainers had pointed out to us until I saw a flash of red, green and blue, another trainer. I continued to walk with my pokemon, who were thrilled about another battle, when I got a good look at the trainer who seemed to be muttering to himself before us. An ivysaur was at his side that looked up to him in worry before its head turned toward us. I saw a grin plaster itself on its face and it looked back up at its trainer who it nudged. The trainer in turn looked back to his pokemon before he looked to where I was.
"Hey Vince." I smiled and snickered. "Got lost?"
The boy suddenly turned around in such a rush to look at me that he slid on the ground below him that was slightly damp and crashed into the ground below him. I closed my eyes and averted my gaze when he crashed into the ground below and I looked at him worriedly.
"Are you alright Vince?" I hurried over to my elder twin and he used my arm to support himself as he slowly got to his feet. Once he was standing, Ivysaur kept him standing with its vines.
"Yeah, I'm fine Sis, great to see ya by the way." He shook his head and gave me a grin before Ivysaur stopped holding him up and he was able to stand on his own. "Anyway, so how's your training in here?"
"It's been really productive, it's been especially helpful for fighting against rock and ground types that we have a disadvantage against. Most of the trainers here in the cave were hikers who had either geodudes, gravlers and onixs."
"Nice, I haven't had much of a hard time in here due to those types that most of the other trainers have that you were talking about, though we did have a bit of trouble with some guy's chamander…"
I snorted loudly. "Amethyst loved taking down her pre-evolution. I swear I nearly saw a demonic grin and mad eyes when she battled it, funny as hell."
"Well, at least she got some enjoyment out of it." We both laughed and walked down the stone hallway together.
"Hey, how did you battle with Surge go anyway? Yours and Alex's?" I questioned. He sighed dramatically.
"He beat us both the first time we faced him." I gasped. "Alex was at a huge disadvantage with Wartortle being a water type and I just couldn't get any leeway on him with Ivysaur. We both had to battle him a second time to beat him, and Alex had to spend more time then he planned around the city so he could train his kadabra to battle Surge, he couldn't put Wartortle in such and battle again without any help."
"I don't blame him for doing that then; Wartortle's attacks wouldn't do anything against Surge's raichu. Oh, and just for the record," I snorted and Vince looked over at me curiously. "That raichu of Surge's is Amber's father."
Vince slapped his forehead angrily. "Damn it! No wonder we had such a hard time with it! It's the father of the monster battler you got." I laughed and I heard Amber squeal from on Amethyst's shoulder which caught my attention. When I looked to where she and Amethyst were looking at, they took off and a sudden light blinded me.
Wait! Light? I hurried and took off after the two of them and I smiled widely when I saw that there was a bright light at the end of this tunnel. My pokemon bound out of the tunnel first with a large jump and squeals of happiness before I jumped out and joined them. It was the middle of the day outside with the sun shining brightly over head with only a few clouds in the sky. I felt Vince walk up behind me and he smiled up at the bright weather as well. His ivysaur immediately slumped down onto the grass and took a snooze.
"Oh dear sun! How much I missed you!" I cheered and spun around on the rocky mountain side that we had just come out onto from the Rock Tunnel.
"So much warmer…" I heard Vince mutter. "A guy could get used to this weather after being stuck in a cave for a long time."
"Hey Vince? How 'bout a battle?" My brother looked up at me startled. "I mean, we haven't faced each other at all yet, I've only faced Alex, it would give you some good practice for the next gym leader."
"Why not?" He called his nearly asleep ivysaur to his side. "I've been dying to take a crack at you Sis, but Alex's so possessive…"
"What are you talking about?" I raised my eye brow at him and he froze stiff. My pokemon and I all looked at him weirdly and he rubbed the back of his head.
"Nothing at all!" he called out. He quickly got over whatever had bothered him a moment ago and reached for another pokeball that was on his belt. I never knew that Vince had any other pokemon other then his starter pokemon, but I guess that just means he must have caught it recently or that I've been extremely blind.
"Go Onix! Let's crush them!" Out of the pokeball came the same type of rock like snake the size of a small mountain just like the one I faced against with Brock. The creature watched me worriedly and waited for some pokemon to be pitted against it.
"Alright Amethyst, you're up!" My fire pokemon jumped before me and Amber jumped back onto my shoulder to watch the match. My fire type was grinning madly at the pokemon before it while the onix growled and glared at her. Amethyst crystals and dark black orbs met and before either of us trainers could utter a word, the lunged at each other.
"Onix! Rock throw!" Vince shouted and the pokemon suddenly came to a halt and slammed its tail into the ground. Rocks shot upward into the air and the onix then picked up its tail again and swatted the rocks in Amethyst's direction.
"Amethyst! Dodge by using dig and attack!" My fire pokemon leapt into the air and suddenly dug herself under many layers of ground. I think I heard my brother curse on the other side of the mountain ledge and he told his pokemon to hit the ground with its tail.
I saw red show up in my vision when I heard that. I've read the side effects for dig when it's been used. If the pokemon is still underground when an earthquake attack is used, it causes double the damage then when the pokemon is on the surface and normally ends up trapping them below the ground.
"Amethyst come up now!" I screeched as the onix's tail came down on the ground. In the next second I was stunned. A hole was beneath the tail of the onix and from that hole came two clawed arms that slowly shoved the tail away from it. I saw my Amethyst below where the tail had been and she breathed heavily from her rush to come above ground. Well… I guess 'dig' is out of the question for this battle…
"Damn it!" Vince growled. "Onix use screech!" An ear piercing sound then echoed in the air and I rushed to cover my ears as I felt them echoing the high note and my hands provided little comfort to the vibrating hairs within my ear.
Amethyst was in no better position then I was, and Amber as well due to her high pitched hearing. The two of them held their paws over their ears and I watched as Amethyst took off toward the onix without my command. He claws lit up and turned metallic and she threw her attack at the onix's face. It suddenly stopped its attack and rolled over; muttering in pain as it slowly rose back up with much effort. It may have been large and strong, and very content to kill an ear or two, but it was still not as strong as the ones I faced in the tunnel. I'd bet that Vince just caught this onix and this was one of its first battles, if not its first.
"Finish it off with metal claw Amethyst!" My shiny charmeleon bound forward with metallic claws raised above her head, ready to strike down upon the onix's head. The onix had no place to move to in such a quick moment and was hit right down on its horn, which cracked and made a slight indent on impact. With another screech leaving it mouth, it collapsed onto the ground and didn't get back up.
"One down, one to go." I muttered softly to myself. "Amethyst! Come back! Its Amber's turn!" My fire pokemon obediently came back to my side and from my shoulder Amber leapt toward the battle ground where Vince's onix still laid. He recalled it back into its pokeball and congratulated it on a good job before he sent out Ivysaur. The grass pokemon in turn shook its body, for whatever reason, I didn't know.
"Alright Ivysaur, razor leaf!" my brother shouted. From the grass pokemon on the other side of the field it shook its body violently, and from the large leaves that hung from around the flower bulb on its back came rapidly spinning leaves. An army of them flew right at Amber and she dodged them quickly on my command before they could tear her to shreds.
So Ivysaur's more of a long range pokemon, that makes a lot of sense with its lack of speed and what not. Its vines could also probably reach Amber from where we were, but at the same time, I bet it didn't want to get electrocuted from Amber's thundershock attack either. Little do they know about our new move we learned from our battle with Surge, or any of the moves I've taught the girls while we were in the Rock Tunnel.
"If that's how you wanna play Vince, then that's fine, we'll play your game." I grinned over at my pikachu. "Amber, use shock wave!" From my electric pokemon came a large disk of electricity that she created before her with the electricity in her cheek sacs. Once it was to a decent size, she jumped around and slammed it toward the ivysaur with her tail. "And follow up with iron tail!" She chased after the disk as it raced toward its target with her tail turning metallic.
"Block it with your vines Ivysaur!" Vince shouted and out sprouted vines from the grass type pokemon. Its vines hit the disk head on and shattered it, but the electricity traveled up the vines of the grass pokemon and left it paralyzed. While it was stunned and Vince was left unknowing what to do on the sidelines, Amber raced forward and suddenly ducked and rolled when she got right before the grass pokemon. Her tail hit it strait on the head and it cried out as Amber leapt away from it, her tail returning to its normal color of yellow.
"Had enough yet Vince?" I called out at the same time his pokemon had gotten back to its feet.
"Nope!" He grinned. "Poison powder!"
Awe shit… "Don't breathe Amber!" I was able to shout that part out before the purple gas filled the air and Amber was submerged in it. I saw her cover her nose and her ears were down against the sides of her head, I know she grew up in Viridian Forest, but she was used to poison being in needles thrown at her, not in the air.
"Now use vine whip Ivysaur!" Vince shouted happily and the grass pokemon compiled. The vines slipped out of the sides of the bulb again and flew through the gas at Amber and started whacking her from side to side, I saw it was affecting her ability to breath, and soon, she had too, taking in a breath when the vine whip attack. I could hear her cough as she breathed in the fumes from the poisonous gas and she tried to find a way out of it. When she finally did however, she was stained with patches of purple all over her bright yellow fur where the powder had settled upon her, creating colored patches of purple-brown. Amber coughed heavily and saliva slid out of her mouth with the poison mixed within it. I had to finish this up quick and rush her to the pokemon center before the poison really did some damage to her.
"Thundershock Amber!" My pokemon took a large breathe and sent off electricity toward the grass pokemon and it hit it head on. Ivysaur stumbled back but hung on. For Mew's sake! What does it take to take this thing down?
"Quick attack Amber! Don't give it any time to recover!" I shouted out to my electric pokemon. She bound forward with a quick breath of air and raced through the slowly disappearing cloud of poison gas before she hit the ivysaur head on. "Iron tail!" Consecutively right after I had her attack with another attack before the ivysaur could catch itself and have a chance to breathe before another attack. This time the ivysaur had a hard time getting up and taken quite a bit of damage, and I saw the paralyze was still running over its body, slowing it down so it couldn't avoid our attacks.
"Finish it off with quick attack!" Amber used the last bit of strength she had and threw her body at the ivysaur, throwing its body with the final hit off to the side. It slowly tried to rise back up to its feet, but it wasn't able to and fell back down under the strain on its body. I sighed and pulled out Amber's pokeball and withdrew her while telling her soothing words of how well she did and how things were going to be alright now that the battle was over, and I raced off toward Lavender Town to heal her with Amethyst hot on my heels. I heard my brother shouting to me from behind where his pokemon had fallen, but I was too worried about helping Amber to look back.
Witch's Note:
Wow! A really long chapter to please all of you! I hope you all enjoyed it and you can wait for the next one, since it'll be a week before you see if Amber's alright or not! And what happens to our heroes next!
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