Chapter 20- The Trading Game

Officer Jenny "And you found these bags where?"

Sara "On a crashed ship, ten minutes from here,"

Officer Jenny "And no one was on the ship?"

Hugh "Not that we could see,"

Officer Jenny "Have you looked or taken anything out of the bags?"

Sara "Of course not, we wanted to get these to the nearest police station we could get to,"

Officer Jenny "Ok, ok I was just asking. I need every detail, no need to get snippy. I will notify all the other stations, now can the both of you stand over here so I can take your pictures,"

Hugh "What for?"

Officer Jenny "So when the backpacks are given back to their owners, they can see who found them,"

Sara "Ok then,"

Officer Jenny took their photo and saluted them as they walked out of the station and onto the sandy beach of Slateport city. Hugh and Sara began to walk, when they were stopped by two little kids in rubber tubes.

Wade "Hi, I'm Wade and this is my sister Amy. Will you have a double battle with us please?"

Sara "Sure we will,"

Amy "Great, I'll go first, go Slowpoke,"

Sara "I'll go against you, go Geodude,"

Pokedex "Slowpoke the dopey pokemon, Slowpoke are extremely slow with everything. It takes up to about 20 seconds to realise that its in pain. They maybe slow but are strong psychic types,"

Amy "Use bubble,"

Sara "dodge the bubbles,"

Slowpoke's bubble attack came out slow and floated in the air even slower. Sara fell over at the command she gave Geodude.

Sara "Ok, never mind, use tackle,"

As Geodude went to tackle slowpoke, it accidentally touched a bubble and got sent rolling through the sand.

Hugh "Don't underestimate the attacks just because they are slow,"

Sara "What's going on?"

Geodude began to glow and evolved into Graveler.

Amy "Quick use bubble again,"

Sara "Graveler use take down,"

The bubbles didn't affect Graveler as it charged through them and struck Slowpoke, sending it sliding into the sand.

Amy "Use water pulse,"

Sara "Roll out,"

It was like a sprinkler, the water pulse didn't affect Graveler at all. Slowpoke got sent flying into the air and fainted when it landed in the sand.

Amy "Well I'm out, Wade it's your turn,"

Wade "Alright go Onix,"

Hugh "Go Kadabra,"

Pokedex "Onix the rock snake pokemon. Onix are the longest known pokemon. Onix like to use their rock like body to attack harder,"

Wade "Rock tomb,"

Hugh "Teleport,"

Huge rocks landed on the beach, but Kadabra teleported out of the way.

Wade "Rock throw,"

Hugh "Confusion,"

The rocks stopped inches from Kadabra, and then they flew out into the water.

Wade "Tail whip,"

Kadabra was too slow getting out of the way and fainted as it landed on the sand.

Wade "Oh yeah,"

Hugh "Not so fast, use recover,"

Wade "Blast, use rock slide,"

Hugh "End it with psych cut,"

Onix started to glow in a bright red light as Kadabra waved its spoon around. A moment went by and Onix exploded causing smoke and sand to go everywhere. When it all cleared, Onix had fainted.

Stranger "Very good, I liked the way all of you battled,"

Hugh "Who are you?"

Thor "My name is Thor. All of you and your pokemon were great, but they could be better,"

Amy "How?"

Thor "By evolving through trade,"

Sara "But I don't want to trade my pokemon away,"

Thor "I believe I'm not making myself clear. I'm going around the Hoenn region finding trainers who want to trade, then trade back. Your pokemon will come back to you, but they will have evolved,"

Wade "Do all pokemon evolve through trade?"

Thor "Only a certain few and your Onix can evolve into a Steelix, if you have a metal coat in your possession,"

Wade "I do,"

Thor "Then follow me,"

They followed Thor across the beach to a small shack. Outside was a young girl waiting.

Thor "Hey Nina, what can I do you?"

Nina "I would like to evolve my Seadra today,"

Thor "Cool, did you find that dragon scale?"

Nine "Sure did, took a while,"

Hugh "What is the dragon scale for?"

Thor "Nine here, wants her Seadra to evolve into a Kingdra, the only way to do that is to give Seadra the dragon scale and trade it,"

Hugh "Ok then,"

Thor opened the door and they all went inside.

Thor "Ok Nina, does Seadra have the dragon scale with it, in its pokeball?"

Nina "Yes,"

Thor "Then let's get the show on the road,"

Nina put her pokeball containing Seadra in it on the machine, while Thor put his own pokeball on the other side of the machine. Thor pushed a button and the machine sucked up the pokeballs and in another 5 seconds they reappeared.

Thor "Would you like to see your Kingdra now, or when it's returned to you?"

Nina "When it's returned please,"

Thor "Ok then,"

Thor pushed the button again and Nina's Kingdra was returned to her. Nina pushed the middle of her pokeball and Kingdra came out.

Pokedex "Kingdra, the dragon pokemon. Once evolved from Seadra, Kingdra obtain the dragon element, they may seem old, but they are stronger than what meets the eye,"

Nina "Thanks Thor, I'll see you later,"

Nina hugged Thor, returned Kingdra and ran out of the shack before anyone could say anything.

Thor "Ok, who would like to evolve? Your Kadabra? Your Graveler? Your Onix? Or your Slowpoke?"

Hugh "I'll go, does my Kadabra need anything to hold while trading?"

Thor "No, Kadabra and Graveler don't need anything when they evolve, neither does Haunter or Machoke, only a select few do,"

Without any more questions Hugh and Thor placed their pokeballs on the machine and pressed the button. Then Thor pushed the button again and Hugh's pokeball came back to him. Alakazam came out of its pokeball.

Pokedex "Alakazam the psychic pokemon. Out of all the known pokemon, Alakazam is the smartest. With the IQ of 5,000 it doesn't find it had to win a battle."

Hugh "Awesome,"

Amy "My turn, what does my Slowpoke need to hold?"

Thor "Do you have a kings rock?"

Amy "No,"

Thor "Doesn't matter I have plenty. Trade first, and then I'll give it to Slowpoke, so you can get a Slowking,"

Amy "Alright,"

The pokeballs exchanged and Thor got Slowpoke out of its pokeball and gave it the kings rock, before returning it and putting in back on the machine. Amy got her pokeball back and she opened it, out came a Slowking.

Pokedex "Slowking, the dopey royal pokemon. Once having evolved from Slowpoke, the rock is like a crown clamped down on Slowking to make it smarter than an award winning scientist,"

Amy "Thank you very much,"

Thor "No problem, who wants to go next,"

Sara "I will,"

Sara placed Graveler on the machine and Thor pushed the button once, and then pushed it again. Golem came out of its pokeball and gave Sara a wink.

Pokedex "Golem the megaton pokemon. Golem's shell is so strong, nothing can crack it. Every year Golem shed their rock hard shell, making it harder and tougher,"

Sara "You're a cutie,"

Wade "My turn, my Onix has the metal coat with it,"

Thor "Very good,"

Thor pushed the button, and then pushed it once more, making Steelix go back to Wade.

Pokedex "Steelix the metallic snake pokemon. Once evolved with the metal coat, Steelix become invulnerable to most attacks,"

Wade "Thank you,"

Sara "Thank you so much,"

Hugh "Do you want to evolve your Scyther?"

Thor "I can do it for you if you like,"

Sara "It's still very young, I want it to grow more,"

Thor "Understandable, I hope to see you lot again some day,"

They exchanged numbers and went their separate ways on the beach, Wade and Amy to their sand castle and Hugh and Sara to the pokemon center.