Chapter 11

Rock-N-Rolling!

We rejoin Rowan and Lenna as they leave Pewter City in the early morning. Lenna had her usual spring in her step, but she was several strides away from Rowan for a reason.

"Common slowpoke before you evolve into the Slowking." Lenna teased, as Rowan glared back.

"Yeah, your 'spa' was a burn trip! Those hot rocks left burn marks all up my back!" He complained back, his movements stiff.

"I warned you to tell them mild but did you listen? NO! So stop your whining." Lenna said back defensively.

"I thought you where talking about food." Rowan said back. "Now where is it we are going next? Cerulean City?"

"No, Hue City remember? There is a gym there too and right after we can hit the Cerulean Gym cause it is about three days from Hue." Lenna said, taking a deep breath. "Now, we need to hurry to Mt. Moon. Hue is on the north-east side of it and there is a rock Pokemon resort I want to see."

"Another tourist attraction?! Is this going to be a every town thing?" Rowan asked, feeling his wallet getting lighter with each step.

"Every area thing! If you don't sight see while traveling then what is the point?!" Lenna said, punching the air in front of her. She then grabbed Rowan's arm and said, "Lets hurry so we can see all the cool rock types!" and started running and dragging Rowan towards Mt. Moon.

Little did they suspect that two eyes where watching them in the bushes as they passed.

Rowan and Lenna made it to the resort at Mt. Moon's western side, a little farther up than the normal trainer path to Cerulean. Steps lead up to a cave and inside was the resort. Upon entering, and paying, Rowan was amazed at all the rock types and the giant area. They had walked out onto a platform that stood overlooking the cave with a metal railing to prevent people from falling in. In the bottom of the large cave where several different rock types and ground types. Rowan took out his dex to check everyone that it would reach.

Unfortunately he wasn't close enough for his dex to get a shot at most of them, but one came up.

Dex: Rhyhorn, the drill Pokemon. It's horn is used as a drill to dig through the toughest boulders, it also makes a lethal weapon in battle.

"See, told you this would be a great idea!" Lenna told him, looking out in the cave. She pulled out a digital camera and snapped a quick photo of the Rhyhorn Rowan was looking at. As the picture took, a loud roar could be heard deeper in the cave.

"What was that?" Rowan asked.

"I don't know, but it didn't sound friendly." Lenna replied.

As soon as she said that, a Onix came rampaging through the cave and started attacking anything in sight. It threw other Pokemon aside like they where nothing. Many people ran out of the cave, and Rowan was about to follow them. Suddenly he felt a Poke ball bust open on his belt and Pidgey appeared.

"Pidgey what are you doing, lets get out of here!" Rowan said as Pidgey flew off towards the Onix as it raged on deeper into the cave. "Hey get back here! Return!"

The beam chased after Pidgey, but it dodged it and flew on after the Onix.

"Rowan, lets go after it! It must want to fight that Onix!" Lenna said, sending out Dodrio below and jumping down to land on it's back. "Hurry and jump down Dodrio will catch you."

Rowan nodded, and jumped down. Dodrio jumped to meet him half way and took off full speed down the cave. In a minute they came to find Pidgey trying to use wing attack on Onix, just to be swatted away with it's tail. Pidgey was heading for the ground, and Rowan jumped to catch it half way. He ended up grabbing hold, but was thrown down himself from the force of Pidgey's speed.

"Rowan! You alright?!" Lenna asked, jumping down beside him.

"Yeah, Pidgey what about you?" Rowan asked the Bird Pokemon in his arms. Pidgey looked up at him and gave a weak, cheeky chirp. "Don't ever do that again!"

As Rowan said this, Onix had lifted it's tail and was about to strike where Rowan and Pidgey sat. As Rowan reached for a Pokeball, Pidgey zoomed out of his hands in a quick attack. As it flew into Onix, it turned white and almost immediately turned into a new Pokemon. Pidgey had evolved into a Pidgeotto. Pidgeotto had pushed Onix back a little bit, and proceeded to flap it's wings rapidly. The wind it produced blew the Onix into the cave wall, knocking it out.

"Wow, what did Pidgey do?" Rowan asked.

"It's a Pidgeotto now idiot. And that was a Whirlwind attack, and quite a strong one too." Lenna said. "Don't check it on your dex, we need to get out of here before that thing wakes up!" She told him as he reached for his dex.

"Alright, alright. But isn't it a bad idea to just leave the poor thing here?" Rowan asked, pointing to the out cold Onix.

"Poor thing!? That thing almost flattened you and bird brain over there!" Lenna snapped to get Pidgeotto to squawk back angerly. "Well I'm not the one who challenged something ten times my size and almost got flattened like a pancake!"

"Lenna, remember what a Onix does when it has something stuck in it's boulders? It will rampage around. I'm going to check it out." Rowan said, sending out Chikorita and Staryu as he walked over. "If he tries to attack and rage about, make him stop you two."

"Chika!"

"Kyaa!"

Rowan checked all over Onix and found the problem about half way through. A piece of metal railing was stuck in between two boulders and was digging painfully into them. As Rowan tried to lift it out of there, Onix awoke with a grunt of pain. It then turned and saw Rowan causing the pain so it went to attack, just to be blasted with a jet of water. It roared in pain as Chikorita grabbed it with it's vines and pulled it down. Chikorita then ranted a few things off to it. After it talked, Onix calmed down a little and relaxed. Rowan then turned to Lenna and motioned her to join him.

"I am not getting near that thing. What do you need?" Lenna said.

"Do you have a Pokemon who knows a move like Karate Chop?" He replied

"Yeah, Mankey knows it. Why?"

"I want him to chop this railing in half so I can get it out of Onix."

"Oh, alright. Mankey help Rowan." She cried, sending out the energetic Monkey.

Mankey hobbled over to Rowan and he showed it what he wanted it to chop. It closed it's eyes and focused for a second then swiftly chopped the railing clean through. Rowan quickly pulled the ends out and Onix made a pretty approving sound for the relief of pain. Nurse Joy and Officer Jenny ran up the cave as Rowan returned Staryu and Pidgeotto. After a minute's explanation to the two adults that showed up, Rowan and Nurse Joy looked over Onix again.

"That railing must have been in there for at least two days to cause that much damage to it's skin." Joy said, turning to get into her travel medic bag to hear a spraying sound. She turned to see Rowan already patching up Onix with a Super Potion and putting the old bottle away. "Huh, your pretty quick."

"The Nurse Joy in Viridian City taught me first aid, I've worked with her for three years." Rowan replied as Onix rubbed it's face on his side. Rowan was almost pushed over but he gained his balance and patted Onix on the top of the head.

"Huh, my Aunt has taught you really well then! That's great!" Joy said.

Fifteen minutes later, Rowan and Lenna where on the path to Hue City across the mountain. As they got up yet another large hill, a Onix came up out of the ground at their feet and knocked them over. Lenna screamed and reached for her Pokeball shouting, "Not again!"

The Onix then rubbed it's head on Rowan's side, almost knocking him over. He laughed and said to Lenna, "I think this is the same Onix."

"You have got to be pulling my leg...."

"So, you wanted to say goodbye huh? That's great. See you Onix." Rowan said as he started to walk around Onix. Onix responded by blocking his path quickly with it's tail. Lenna sighed and barked at him

"You idiot...it wants to go with you..."

"Oh really? Well that's awesome!" He said as he pulled out a Poke Ball.

"Oh no you don't! You better battle it first and do it right! Or so help me!"....Lenna started as Onix tapped the button of the ball gently with it's tail, went inside, and the ball confirming the capture. "uh.....your lucky....."

"Heheh, got a new Pokemon. And it's a good one too! Alright lets get to Hue City!"

"Alright time to get home!"

"Wait a minute, HOME?!"

"Oops"