The shady thug looked like he was about Wes's age. He had orange sunglasses on his head, and pleaded with what looked like a police officer.

"Awww, Mr. Johnson, give a man a break here," He started to say. "I keep telling you, I don't know anything."

The police officer, Johnson, stared firmly at the boy.

"That better be true Cail," Johnson replied. "If you're trying to con me, I'll know about it!"

Cail then immediately said, "Mr. Johnson, sir! I wouldn't think about lying to you! You've got to believe me, right?"

Officer Johnson sighed. "All right, fine. I'll let you off easy today," Johnson said.

As the officer left, Cail grinned.

"Hehehe, what a nitwit!" Cail said. "Of course I haven't got a thing to tell you!"

Suddenly, he noticed Wes and Rui looking at him.

"What are you looking at?" Cail snapped at them. "I haven't seen your faces around these parts. What are you, tourists?"

Wes glared back into Cail's eyes. Rui looked at Cail and then back at Wes in a worried expression.

"What's this kid's deal?" Cail thought.

"If you don't want to get hurt, you should get lost, and quick," Cail said with a smug. "For the good of your health. Hehe."

Wes walked forward towards Cail. "Uh, Wes please don't- Rui began to say.

"Actually, we aren't tourists, but regardless it isn't your concern," Wes replied. "If anything, you should go clean yourself, you stink like a Raticate."

Cail angrily glared back at Wes. "What'd you say, punk?" Cail responded. They were both staring each other down intensely, as if they were ready to kill each other.

"Uhhh, I'm sorry," Rui quickly. "What my friend is trying to say is, we were wondering if you participated in the Pyrite Colosseum."

Cail quickly glanced at Rui. "I might have," He replied. "What of it?"

"Did you win?" Wes immediately asked.

Cail started to stare Wes down even harder. "Maybe I did. But why do you and your girlfriend care so much-

Wes immediately grabbed Cail's neck and shoved him against a wall of a building.

"Wes, stop it!" Rui cried out.

"Agh, what's your proble- Cail started to say.

Wes met Cail in a cold icy glare. Cail started to shudder a little. "You're going to forget you just said that, NOW." Wes calmly, but visciously said.

Cail started to look away from Wes in a frantic fearful way. "Ok ok man, just let go of me!" Cail replied.

Wes let go of his neck, and pushed him away. Cail gasped for air.

"So, when you won, what was the prize?" Wes calmly asked.

Cail, still gasping for air, replied, "I, I might have earned something. It-

"Was it a peculiar Pokemon?" Rui asked. She walked over to Cail. "Please, I'm sorry for the rudeness of my friend here, but we just need to know if you have a weird Pokemon. Do you have a strange Pokemon with you?"

Wes rolled his eyes in direct annoyance. Cail slowly got up, and grinned.

"Hehe." Cail muttered. Suddenly, Rui quickly moved near Wes. She had a very scared look on her face.

"Rui what's wrong?" Wes asked.

She pointed at Cail, where there were 3 poke balls around Cail's waist. "H-he has it," Rui shockingly said.

That's when Wes looked back at Cail, in a darknened expression. Cail grinned.

"Hehe, if you want to know that much, you may as well see it with your own eyes!" Cail said as he threw out two poke balls.

A Furret and Seedot came out of the poke balls.

"Wes, it's that Furret!" Rui cried out as she pointed at it.

Furret had a dark aggressive glare in its eyes, and stood in a battle stance. "This one looks a little different," Wes thought.

Wes sent out Umbreon and Espeon from their poke balls.

"Haha!" Cail laughed out loud.

"What's so funny?" Wes asked in annoyance.

"You can't honestly think that your Pokemon have a chance against my Shadow Pokemon! Furret, use strength!"

Furret shoved Espeon and sent Espeon flying instantly.

"Espeon no!" Wes yelled out.

As Espeon slowly got up from the heavy blow, Rui covered her hands over her mouth.

"Oh no, it's so powerful..." Rui softly said. Wes looked back at the Furret in shock.

"Wait, it can learn other moves besides Shadow Rush?" Wes asked.

Cail started laughing again. "Duh, the more you battle with it the more moves it can learn!" Cail said. Wes shot an angry look at him.

Cail sneered, and said, "But then again, what's the use of those regular moves when I can just destroy you with Shadow Rush!"

Suddenly, Wes realized something. "Wait, didn't Quilava... That's right!" Wes thought. "Espeon, come back!"

Espeon diligently returned to her poke ball, and Wes swapped out Quilava. It had a more calmer look than before.

"Quilava, use-uh, that fire move... oh Flame Wheel! Yeah use Flame Wheel on Seedot!" Wes ordered.

Quilava first looked at Wes, and then back at Seedot. Then, Quilva let out flames that circulated and obliterated Seedot in one hit.

"No, Seedot!" Cail yelled out. "Argh, return!"

A fainted and burned Seedot quickly returned to Cail's poke ball.

"Smart move Wes!" Rui happily said. "I remember now, Quilava also learned a move!"

"Come out, Machop!" Cail said.

A small body builder Pokemon came out.

"Oh no, a fighting type" Wes thought. "Umbreon might not survive against it!"

"Now Furret, use Shadow Rush on Quilava!" Cail yelled out.

"No, Quilava use Shadow Rush back on it!" Wes responded.

Both Pokemon tackled each other, and angrily glared at each other. They were both at a standstill, trying to suppress one another.

"Umbreon, use Secret Power on Machop!" Wes ordered.

"Machop use karate chop!" Cail yelled out.

Both Pokemon evaded each others attack, and kept on trying to hit each other. Finally, Quilava lost the standstill and got shoved by Furret.

"No, Quilava quick use Flame Wheel!" Wes hollered out.

"Hehe, Furret finish this with Shadow Rush!" Cail said with a grin.

Furret quickly approached Quilava, but Quilava almost immediately trapped Furret in flames and hurt it badly. Furret, surprised from Quilava's fast attack, was on the ground in pain.

"Now, time to snag!" Wes said as he pulled out a poke ball and fit it inside his snag machine.

Wes threw the poke ball at Furret, and a dark purple cursor circulated Furret. It then caught Furret, and rolled 3 times. Furret was snagged.

"What, noo, you punk!" Cail yelled out.

"Hehe, that was too easy," Wes said with a grin. "Now Umbreon, finish-

Umbreon was panting on the ground, and badly bruised. Machop then did one more karate chop, and sent Umbreon flying towards Wes.

"Umbreon, oh no!" Wes yelled.

"Haha, while you were focusing on my Furret, my Machop finished off your Umbreon!" Cail said with a nasty grin.

"Wes Umbreon is hurt bad!" Rui called out, as she approached Umbreon.

"I know, Umbreon return to your poke ball!" Wes said.

Umbreon went back to his poke ball. Then, Wes swapped out a poke ball.

"Wes, a-are you sure about this?" Rui hesitantly asked.

"We have to use Noctowl if we're going to win against Machop," Wes replied. "It has a better typing advantage than any other Pokemon on my team, besides Espeon. But she's too hurt to fight now. Go, Noctowl!"

Out came the Shadow Noctowl. It had a glare in its eyes, and stared deeply at Machop. Suddenly, it started attacking Machop immediately.

"Hey, hey Noctowl stop!" Wes called out. Cail laughed immediately.

"You can't even control your Shadow Pokemon, heh what a loser!" Cail said.

Wes gritted his teeth. "Come on Noctowl, use some bird move, I don't know, Fly! Use Fly!" Wes shouted over and over.

Noctowl repeatedly kept trying to use Shadow Rush on Machop, but Machop gracefully dodged. Quilava stared at Noctowl in confusion.

"Fine, Quilava use Flame Wheel!" Wes ordered.

Quilava attempted to form flames, but then Cail said, "Machop use low sweep on Quilava!"

Machop immediately got close to Quilava, and kicked it hard. Quilava fell to the ground in an instant, and spit out the flames on the ground.

"No, return Quilava!" Wes said. As Quilava returned to his poke ball, Wes let out a sigh of annoyance.

"This isn't going well," Wes thought. "If I don't beat this quick Machop now..."

"Wes, try to control Noctowl!" Rui called out. "There has to be a way to win, just do what you did with Quilava!"

Wes looked back at Rui. "But what did I do with Quilava?" He wondered.

Noctowl suddenly looked at Machop, but not with anger. He was confused. And then, he was angry almost immediately, and got in a battle stance.

"Alright, maybe Noctowl might listen to me," Wes thought. "Noctowl use Fly!" Wes called out.

Noctowl didn't do anything. Cail started to laugh.

"Your Pokemon won't listen to you, because you're a sucky trainer!" Cail said and then sneered.

Instead of glaring at Cail, Wes smiled. Rui looked at Wes in confusion. Suddenly, she saw Noctowl fly up towards the sky.

"No, Noctowl listened to me alright, because it trusts me," Wes responded with a grin. "And I trust Noctowl, just as much as I trust any of my Pokemon!"

Noctowl finally stopped flying up. Cail looked at it in shock and annoyance.

"So what, it listened to you!" Cail angrily replied. "There's no way it will-

Noctowl swooped down and accelerated at a fast rate. Machop blocked itself, ready to take the impact.

"Alright, we'll see who wins after Noctowl fails against my Machop!" Cail yelled out. "Machop has high defensive abilities, you won't win!"

Noctowl clashed against Machop. Machop rolled on its back, and stopped moving. It didn't get up.

"Argh this can't be!" Cail shrieked. "You destroyed my Machop! But how? There's no way!"

Wes chuckled, and said, "Cail, you're a fail. Noctowl is much stronger than you think, NEVER underestimate me again!"

Rui smiled and said, "Hooray, Wes you did it! You snagged Furret, and beat this goon!"

Cail looked down to the ground. "No way, now what'll I say to boss," he said sadly.

Suddenly, Wes snapped back at him, "boss?"

Cail then looked back up at Wes in shock. "Erp, I said too much, what now?!" Cail hesitantly thought.

Wes approached him and smiled. "Hehe, you and me, we're gonna have to talk about this boss of yours," Wes said, as Cail started to sweat nervously.

Thanks for reading everyone! Sorry for this coming out later than usual, life got in the way.