Chapter 11- The Professor's Day Out

Mum "Congratulations. I feel so proud of the both of you. Aren't you proud of them Calvin?"

Calvin "Sure,"

Hugh "Where's Adam? I want to tell him the news,"

Mum "Doing something special,"

Sara "Like what?"

Mum "None of your business dears. Well, what's the plan for today?"

Hugh "We were going to call Professor Birch and tell him,"

Mum "He isn't home at the moment, but he is at the Rustboro city beach on a cruise with the other pokemon professor's,"

Sara "Great, we'll go visit him,"

Mum "He'd like that. Have fun dears…oh I'm so proud of them…"

They logged off the call and collected their pokemon from Nurse Joy. On their way to the beach they noticed a pokemon battle in progress. One of the trainers was Nick Porter.

Nick "All right Pintar lets make it a 3 on 3 pokemon battle,"

Pintar "Fine with me. Get ready to lose to my Gastly,"

Nick "Go Gyarados,"

Pintar "Confuse ray,"

Nick "Screech,"

Hugh and Sara saw a hill close to where the battle was happening and decided to sit down and watch. The confuse ray and the vibrations from Gyarados's screech hit each other and bounced back to the sender, making Gastly confused and Gyarados shudder in pain.

Pintar "Gastly don't do anything, try and get out of your confused state,"

Nick "Dragon rage,"

Everything went dark and a huge twister tore through the battle. Gastly went flying straight at Hugh and Sara.

Nick "Hey guys, what are the two of doing there?"

Sara "Hey Nick,"

Hugh "We're watching you in battle, don't mind us, keep on going,"

Pintar "Gastly return. Go Wigglytuff, sing,"

Wigglytuff sang to Gyarados, making it fall asleep.

Pintar "Vital throw,"

Nick "Dude, Wigglytuff isn't strong enough to lift Gyarados,"

Pintar "Don't judge the size difference,"

Everyone watched as Wigglytuff pumped itself up, flexing its muscles and lifted Gyarados over its head and threw it hard into the ground.

Nick, Hugh & Sara "No way,"

Pintar "Wigglytuff is my strongest pokemon; it lifted a Snorlax over its head and carried it to the pokemon center one time. Never underestimate a pokemon with tough in the name,"

Nick "Thanks for the advice, go Diglett,"

Pintar "Pound it,"

Nick "Earthquake,"

The ground shook uncontrollably, making Wigglytuff lose its balance and fall over.

Nick "Rock throw,"

Wigglytuff was sent into the air with a huge rock. Wigglytuff fell on the ground, and then the rock fell on Wigglytuff, followed by two more.

Pintar "Ah. Wiggly return. Go Flareon, dig a hole and use fire blast,"

Bight red flames burst out of the hole that Diglett popped out from. Flareon came out of the hole and Diglett lay there, not moving or making a sound.

Nick "Let's do fire with fire, Go Charmander,"

Pintar "Flamethrower,"

Nick "Flamethrower as well,"

Both fire attacks struck, getting bigger and the heat was getting more intense, Hugh and Sara felt it on the hill. Without warning there was an explosion that sent both Charmander and Flareon flying, Charmander into a tree and Flareon into a rock. Both struggled to get up, Charmander glowed a bright white and evolved into Charmeleon.

Nick "Sweet,"

Pintar "Quick attack,"

Nick "Tail whip,"

Charmeleon's tail was too strong for Flareon to handle, as it got thrown back into the rock.

Nick "Finish it with skull bash,"

The rock exploded as Charmeleon smashed Flareon through it. Flareon didn't have enough strength to get up and fainted.

Pintar "That was an intense battle, here's my number. I want a rematch sometime,"

Nick "Definitely, see you around dude,"

Sara "You and your pokemon were great. Have you tried for a badge yet?"

Nick "Not yet, tyring to get my pokemon a bit stronger before I challenge the gym leader. What about you two?"

Hugh "Been catching pokemon, and got our first badge,"

Nick "That's sweet; I hope to see you two later. I'm off to heal my pokemon,"

Sara "Bye,"

Nick waved goodbye and Hugh and Sara began to walk towards the beach. They saw a big forest and noticed some Abra and Ralts teleporting around the trees. They kept on walking, but didn't notice a bright green flash from a near by bush, or a person silently watching them.

Hugh "I can see the big cruise ship. They look too far out to swim. What shall we do?"

Sara "We could get Golduck and Wartortle to carry us,"

Hugh "Or better yet, a boat. I don't want them to get tired out when we could use that to get there,"

Sara "Good idea,"

Hugh and Sara got into the boat and began to row into the direction of the cruise ship. Not long they noticed another boat already there, with a red 'M' on the side of it.

Sara "Who could that be?"

Hugh "don't know, maybe a reporter of another lot of professor's…"

Voice 1 "Now nobody move,"

Hugh (whispers) "…or bad guys,"

Sara "(Have a look Ledyba, see what's happening,)"

Hugh "(Fly over as well Pidgeotto; make it look like you're looking for something to eat,)"

Pidgeotto flew over the ship, while Ledyba crawled up it and looked around. They came back and nodded to Hugh and Sara. Slowly they climbed up the ladder and saw all the professor's tied up and 3 people in red looming over them.

Voice 1 "Novak what shall we do?"

Novak "How about we put them to sleep and steal their findings. What do you reckon Linda…Boris?"

Linda "Sounds good. Go Gloom,"

Boris "Go Tangela,"

Novak "Go Dustox,"

Professor Oak "Please just let us be,"

Novak "Team Magmar doesn't work like that, use sleep powder,"

Hugh "Whirl wind,"

Dustox blew sleep powder towards the Professors, but went out towards the ocean thanks to Pidgeotto.

Linda "Who do you think you are?"

Sara "Why are you harassing the Professors?"

Novak "Because Team Magmar has its orders. Don't come between our mission or we'll destroy you,"

Hugh "Fat chance. Lets settle this with a pokemon battle,"

Boris "There's 3 of us and only two of you,"

Nick "Make it all even,"

Sara "How did you get here?"

Nick "After the pokemon center, I went to the beach and saw the both of you hesitate before going in the boat. So Gyarados and I surfed here to help you two out, if it was necessary. Low and behold it was. Hey Professor Birch,"

Birch "Nick, Sara, Hugh be careful, they are tough,"

Novak "Enough talking, use tackle,"

Nick "Go Charmeleon, use flamethrower,"

Linda "Stun spore,"

Sara "Comet punch"

Boris "Vine whip,"

Hugh "Agility,"

The Professors watched as the pokemon battled each other. Dustox didn't dodge the flamethrower in time and got caught in the fire attack. Ledyba punched gloom, before it could stun it. Gloom went flying into the captains door and shot its stun spore at Tangela, making it's vines go limp.

Novak "Dustox return, go Grimer, sludge bomb,"

Hugh "Quick attack on Tangela,"

Sara "Swift on Gloom,"

Nick "Tail whip those bombs back at Grimer,"

Tangela was too stunned to avoid the attack. Gloom was too slow to get away from the oncoming swift. Grimer and Charmeleon were matching speed and attack power.

Linda "Go Skorupi,"

Pokedex "Skorupi the scorpion pokemon. Many Skorupi live in dry areas, there tail is filled with many poisons, if attacked go straight to the hospital,"

Boris "Go Absol,"

Pokedex "Absol the mysterious pokemon. Absol look out for people who are in trouble, if lives are in danger it will protect them,"

Linda "Poison sting,"

Boris "Quick attack,"

Hugh "Quick attack as well Pidgeotto,"

Sara "Double slap,"

Novak "Sludge,"

Nick "Fire punch,"

Pidgeotto and Absol hit each other and kept on attacking with their quick attacks, which looked like a blur to the Professors. Ledyba knocked the poison stings away and then slapped Skorupi around. Charmeleon punched Grimer before it could send a sludge attack, making it go up in flames. Grimer and Skorupi fainted, while Absol and Pidgeotto were still matching each other.

Boris "Dark pulse,"

Hugh "Agility,"

Pidgeotto was too fast for Absol.

Hugh "Wing attack,"

Absol didn't have time to see the attack coming; Pidgeotto came out of no where and knocked it out.

Hugh "I was hoping for a challenge. Jed from Team Aqua was tougher than you 3 combined,"

Novak "You battled a member from Team Aqua? Was he strong?"

Sara "You 3 wouldn't have been able to stand a chance against him,"

Linda "They're training them harder. What was Jed doing?"

Hugh "He stole something from the Devon Company, but we got it back,"

Boris "Novak, we need to tell the boss,"

Nick "You're not going anywhere,"

Novak "Keep dreaming kids. You just made a bad enemy,"

Sara "Who? Team Aqua?"

All of Team Magmar fell over before 3 Ralts appeared and teleported them away.

Hugh "Professor Birch are you and the other Professor's alright?"

Birch "We're fine. Thank you all for saving us,"

Professor Elm "Yes we are very grateful,"

Sara "Why did they attack you?"

Oak "They were going to steal our work and one of us; they need one of us for our knowledge on pokemon. They weren't expecting us to refuse,"

Professor Rowan "And then you lot showed up. That would have ruined their plans even more,"

Nick "Glad we could help,"

Birch "How did you know we were here?"

Hugh "Mum said you were out on a 'relaxing cruise', Sara and I wanted to show you our new badge,"

Birch "Very good. We're about to have lunch, come join us, you've earned it,"

Everyone went below deck and enjoyed the feast that was awaiting them. All the Professors discussed to Nick, Hugh and Sara what they have discovered about pokemon and which six they had while travelling;

Professor Oak had: Venusaur, Dewgong, Exeggutor, Rapidash, Primeape and Kingler

Professor Elm had: Feraligatr, Octillery, Xatu, Muk, Umbreon and Mr. Mime.

Professor Birch had: Blaziken, Ampharos, Tropius, Pelipper, Lunatone and Jynx

Professor Rowan had: Empoleon, Aggron, Camerupt, Houndoom, Tauros and Steelix.

When lunch was finished, Nick, Hugh and Sara waved goodbye to the Professors and travelled on Gyarados's back, to the beach.

Hugh "That was fun. So what are you going to do now Nick?"

Nick "I'm going to go for my first badge. What about you guys?"

Sara "Wander around for a bit. Enjoy the sights,"

Nick "Cool. Next time we meet up, I want a battle,"

Hugh "You got it, good luck,"

Nick began to walk towards the gym, while Hugh and Sara walked to the forest, unaware of the eyes that watched them.