Chapter 12:

"Palpitoed is powerful but Alomomola beat it once and she can beat him again, go!" Alomomola was released into the pond.

"I think seeing as Alomomola can only battle in water, Palpitoed does have the advantage, so use hyper voice!"

Palpitoed screeched loudly, so loud that the sound waves could be seen; they struck Alomomola and splashed it underneath the water.

"Now Palpitoed, chase after it!" Palpitoed dived in the pond after it, ready to attack.

"Alomomola, keep an eye out." Lauren shouted into the pond.

"Palpitoed use take down!" Waves could be seen where Palpitoed was dashing underwater.

"Alomomola, use take down too."

Waves were colliding under the water; many splashes were spurting onto the bank. Then a massive pillar of water shot from the pond and a Pokémon was flung onto land.

"Palpitoed." Jordan screamed realizing that his Pokémon was the disadvantaged one.

"Now let's finish it off Alomomola use brine." Lauren asked to her Pokémon.

Alomomola jumped out of the pond, then the water rose from the surface and injected towards Palpitoed.

It was drenched, now swirled eyes, unconscious.

"Using brine, a move that doubles in power when the target is at its lowest to finish a battle off is an expert technique. An excellent battle."

"Even though Alomomola and I are newly trainer and Pokémon, we are already close." Lauren explained.

"Now it's time for my ultimate partner, go Snivy!"

Who's That Pokémon? LOPAIADPT…

Snivy stood confident facing the pond, ready for battle.

"Snivy use lock on."

"Snivy shouldn't be able to learn lock on." Lauren exclaimed, shocked.

"My Snivy is special; we met a woman in Wellspring Cave who specializes in teaching lock on, she taught it to Snivy."

Snivy's eyes turned red as she focused on Alomomola, now it couldn't miss.

"Now, hit it with vine whip!"

Snivy jumped right above the pond and shot stems of green into the water. All that was heard was Alomomola's yell. It was all over!

"Now it's time for me to win for the second time, bring out your last Pokémon Lauren."

Lauren stood, not knowing what to do; is Snivy unbeatable?

"Okay then, let's prove him wrong, Gothita!"

Gothita was summoned with a loving look on its face. It was ready to win for Lauren.

"Start off with psybeam!"

Gothita sent circles of pink in Snivy's direction.

"Dodge Snivy, quick!"

Snivy hastily dodged the attack and put itself in a battling stance.

"Attract Snivy." Jordan bellowed.

Snivy gave off a cute wink which sent hearts towards Gothita. They hit her but had no effect.

"So Snivy's a girl, tough luck." Lauren giggled.

"It was worth a try." Jordan returned. "Snivy, try leaf tornado!"

Snivy spun repeatedly, releasing dozens of sharp leaves to attack Gothita.

"Teleport Gothita!" Lauren quickly bellowed.

Gothita disappeared to dodge the tornado but reappeared behind Snivy's back.

"Now psychic!"

Gothita pushed her arms forward, Snivy's body's outline turned pink as Gothita mentally flung Snivy across the battlefield.

"Come on Snivy, get up; use tackle!"

Snivy struggled back onto her feet but then dashed towards Gothita.

"Gothita, dodge using teleport."

"Not this time; Snivy, wrap!"

Vines flew out of Snivy's shoulders and repeatedly wrapped around Gothita, preventing her from teleporting.

"Now Snivy, fling it!"

Gothita was thrown into the ground, struggling to stay in battle conditions.

"Now finish it off with leaf blade Snivy!"

Snivy bounced into the air and dashed towards Gothita doing numerous summersaults as its tail flashed green.

Snivy's tail hit Gothita's chest hard and the impact stayed for five seconds when an explosion struck the battlefield.

Snivy was sprung into the air as smoke shrouded Gothita. When the fog cleared…Gothita had fainted.

"No Gothita!" Lauren yelled as she ran towards her unconscious Pokémon.

"I told you I would win again, but I must admit you have gotten way stronger."

"I thought I won it, I really did but you just thought quicker than me." Lauren explained as she returned Gothita back to her poké ball.

"That was a great battle Lauren but I must-"

Jordan was interrupted by a rigorous voice.

"Move out of the way creeps."

A man with ginger hair covered by a grey hoodie, who wore a white spaceman-like costume pushed Lauren and Jordan out of the way as he ran towards Wellspring Cave, it was a Team Plasma Grunt!

"No-one treats me like that, especially someone from team plasma, Lauren, take these potions and heal up your Pokémon and meet me by Wellspring."

Lauren healed up her team, but she wondered; who was team Plasma, then she remembered back at Accumula City, meeting N.

She ran in Jordan's footsteps to Wellspring Cave where she met Jordan outside, confronting a Plasma Grunt.

"You'll never get in. Official Team Plasma business is being done in this here cave." The Grunt strictly exclaimed.

"Ready to take that anger into battle?" Jordan asked, confident of a win.

"Okay then, you asked for it, Woobats go!"

Dozens of Woobat flew out of Wellspring Cave attacking Jordan.

Woobat is the Bat Pokémon, its ability in unaware.Its habitat is dark forests and caves. It emits ultrasonic waves from its nose to learn about its surroundings.

"Joltik, Frillish go!" The two Pokémon were sent out, ready to face their many opponents.

"I don't see the point in this but whatever, Woobats use air cutter."

Every Woobat thrusted their wings to release blades of air that shot at the two Pokémon.

"Frillish, use protect."

The Jellyfish Pokémon glided in front of the attacks and built a blue barricade tha protected them from injuries.

"Joltik, discharge!"

Joltik bounced in front of the protect to prevent Frillish from being hit and exonerated out an electric attack that hit the part flying type Woobats hard, they all fainted.

"How about that then?" Jordan smugly said.

"You got lucky; anyway it seems our investigation is complete." The Grunt claimed as a red light flashed in his white pocket.

"Don't think you're getting away that easy!" Lauren yelled as she entered the feud.

"Well I do think, and I will." And with that, the Grunt threw a smoke ball on the floor.

"Let's go now, it's clear." An unfamiliar voice said.

As the fog cleared, two Plasma Grunts could be seen flying into the distance with their jetpacks, the Woobat weakly followed.

"Sigilyph use lock on and then shadow ball." A female voice bellowed.

Sigilyph flew into the air and the eye on the point springing out of its head turned red and focused on the getaway Grunts. Then its fork-like arms created a powerful purple ball that knocked the men out of the sky.

"That dealt with those fashion freaks." The young girl wearing a purple robe said happily.

"That taught them a lesson Rebecca." Jordan exclaimed to his friend.

Rebecca nodded to Jordan then looked at Lauren. "I don't believe we've met, I'm Rebecca; a move tutor."

Lauren then realised that it was the lock on tutor that Jordan was referring to back on Route 3.

"I'm Lauren, nice to meet you; so you can teach lock on to any Pokémon?"

"Yes, I've trained for years to perfect the technique of what I think is the best Pokémon move; being able to attack without the chance of missing is perfection, I ticket to a win in any battle."

"Please could you teach my Pokémon that?" Lauren humbly asked.

"On two conditions: only one Pokémon can learn it per trainer and two, you have to defeat me in battle first."

"I defeated Sigilyph with Joltik, even though I had the type advantage, Sigilyph is such an amazing battler, it was very difficult to defeat it." Jordan explained to Lauren.

"I'll take that deal, so are you ready?" Lauren asked.

"I'm always ready…Go Mienshao!"

Rebecca released a tough looking, fighting type Pokémon.

Mienshao is the Martial Arts Pokémon, its ability is Inner Focus. It is the evolved form of Mienfoo. It wields the fur on its arm like a whip, its arm's attacks come with such rapidity they cannot even be seen.

"We can beat Mienshao, go Gothita."

Gothita was summoned looking ready for a battle.

"Start off with lock on Mienshao!"

"I knew you would, use teleport!" Lauren had thought of a way to dodge lock on, teleport was the way.

"Oh I haven't seen this before." Rebecca said sarcastically, "Mienshao use block."

Mienshao looked up to the sky and raised its arms; its eyes turned red.

Gothita appeared in the middle of the battlefield.

"What was that?" Lauren asked, unaware of block's effects.

"Well block is a move that prevents the target from escaping; loads of trainers who use psychic Pokémon try using teleport to dodge lock on so I thought of a way to prevent that attack."

'How can I beat it now?' Lauren thought, stumped.

"Mienshao, now get it with lock on."

Mienshao's eyes turned a fiery red and focused on Gothita, now it was impossible to miss.

The Pokémon is… PALPITOAD.