Poke'mon: Journey across the Four Countries
Chapter 21: Static Shock! Patrick v.s Wattson!
The group headed into the rather odd building that was Mauville's Gym, Patrick was pumped for battle, hoping to get the glorious DynamoBadge he sought after. The receptionist looked up to see a rather energetic teen looking at her, "Welcome, I suppose you're here to challenge Wattson?" she asked with a smile.
"You better belive it, I'm here to win!" Patrick said a little loud, and with a lot of energy.
Brendan, May, and Dawn just looked at him, dumbfounded, and had a drop of sweat going across their face, the recpetionist just smiled, and handed him his pass, which unlike Roxanne's or Brawley's, who were brown and beige, Wattson's was yellow. "Okay, well go on in, and be prepared, Wattson..." she then sweatdropped with a light chuckled nervously, "a bit different."
The group looked at each other with confusion, but just shrugged it off, and headed in through the gym door, inside they saw a large room, with walls, and oddly shaped towers on the corners. "Huh...is this what she meant by different? He decorates his gym?" Dawn asked with confusion, looking around at the room.
"Maybe...well, can't just stand here, let's get going." Patrick said starting to walk foward to where Wattson was.
Brendan looked closely at the towers, he realized what they were, "Uh, Patrick I wouldn't do..." he then heard a loud scream of pain, as Patrick was being zapped between towers, and fell to the ground burned to a crisp, "nevermind..."
Dawn rushed over to Patrick and started to nudge, "Patrick, are you ok? Open your eyes!" she said with concern, as Patrick then started to stir, sitting up completely dazed, "Oh thank goodness, can you stand up?" She asked him warmly, as she aided her man up. Patrick sighed, and smiled at Dawn, Dawn looked at Brendan with concern, "Brendan, what just happened?" she asked desperately.
May answered Dawn's question before Brendan could even open his mouth, "Seems Wattson is testing the trainer's reaction skills, apparently, these towers are charged up to shock them if they don't cross in time. So the only thing to do, is to either cross fast, or stop the towers from charging." May explained, looking at the towers, as they were taking up more energy.
Brendan stepped in and smiled, "Well Patrick has to, he's the trainer who wants the badge, not us. Wattson is probably watching us, so if he help in any way, he may not challenge Patrick." He said, as Patrick shook the dust off of him, and regained his composure.
"Ok...so stop the towers or cross them in time..." Patrick looked at them and nodded, "Ok I know what to do," He called out Pikachu, who looked up at him with a smile, "Pikachu, use Thunderbolt on the towers!" Pikachu nodded, and blasted out two bolts of lightning on each tower, the group watched them glow yellow, then just shut down. "Good Job Pikachu" He said with a smile, petting his partners head. The two then headed onward, as the group were amazed at what he did.
"Did he..." May started off.
"Actually..." Dawn went in second.
"Think for once..?" Brendan finished off, to make the whole sentence a big joke, but the two girls looked at him with glares, and he ran after Patrick, "I don't want to die!" he yelled out. The girls just sighed, and headed off to the room, watching Patrick and Pikachu blast the towers down.
"Way to go Pikachu, keep up the pace!" Patrick said with joy, as Pikachu blasted on and on and on. They hit the midway point, seeing a large man waiting for them. "Are you Wattson?" He asked curiously.
"No, I work for him, I'm Symon, I make sure that your Poke'mon are still pumped for battle, so get ready!" He yelled out, as he tossed out a blue Poke'ball, summoning a three iron ball like Poke'mon, "Let's go Magneton!" he commanded his Poke'mon as it started to rush towards his opponents.
"Pikachu, show them what you're made of, use Iron Tail!" Patrick called out to his Partner, as Pikachu leaped foward, his tail glowing with a silver shine, he leaped up, and smacked Magneton back with his tail, "Follow up with Brick Break!" Pikachu nodded, as he landed down on the ground, leaping foward a second time, his tail glowing with a beige like shine, then slamming it down on Magneton's top head, sending him to the ground.
"Magneton, recover yourself, and use Sonicboom!" Symon called out, as Magneton rose up, with a anger like face, and balsting out a large green beam that had a loud scream to it, sending Pikachu backwards, but the yellow mouse flipped and landed on his feet. "Strike him again!" Magneton blasted out the same beam towards Pikachu.
"Pikachu, duck under his next attack, and strike with Iron Tail and Brick Break combo!" Patrick countered, as Pikachu reacted fast, ducking under Magneton's attack, and doing as Patrick said, struck upward with Iron Tail, sending Magneton to the sky, then leaped quickly upward, slamming Magneton back to the ground with Brick Break.
Symon knowing his battle was over, he sighed with defeat, calling back Magneton into his Poke'ball, "Man, that little mouse sure can pack some, hopefully Wattson can avenge my defeat." He then stepped out of the way opening up the path. Patrick and Pikachu nodded at each other and headed on through, leaving his friends behind yet again.
"He's really in a rush isn't he?" Dawn said in amazement, watching Patrick bolt off blasting away at Towers again, then running after him.
"Must be really psyched to battle Wattson..." May said, starting to walk after Patrick, she didn't feel like running at this point.
"Well, hopefully he won't wear out for the real battle." said Brendan as he streched out his arms, following May in just walking to the final area.
Patrick and Pikachu finished away at blasting towers, and entered the final room, Dawn came up behind next, then the two walkers themselve. Pikachu was breathing heavily from thunderbolt exhaustion, "Well thank goodness I bought this before getting here." Patrick said pulling out a Ether tablet, giving it to Pikachu to consume, a few seconds passed, and his mouse Poke'mon was back to his prime. "Pikachu, you can take a light rest, I'll need you later." Pikachu nodded, as Patrick called him back to his Poke'ball.
"Wow Patrick, that was quick thinking," Brendan said in shock, walking up to his friend, "That was a good idea too, calling back Pikachu, I mean, you have other Poke'mon for a reason." he said with a light chuckle.
"Well then, Patrick, you ready to fight Wattson?" May said walking up to her friend, patting his back.
"As I ever will be..." Patrick said catching his breath, he looked up to see Dawn vanished, "Eh? Where's Dawn?" He asked looking around the area.
"Hmm? Whoa..she was here a second ago..." Brendan said with confusion, he looked down to see Dawn's bag open, "Well..wherever she went, she left her bag behind..." He said picking up her bag, handing it to Patrick.
They then heard a loud whistle, as Patrick and the others looked back behind them to see Dawn, out of her regular clothing, and in a blue and white cheerleading outfit, and was holding two blue pompoms, "Surprise!" she said with a wink.
"Dawn, why are you in a cheerleading outfit?" May asked in shock, looking at her up and down, "And how did she change so quickly?" She thought to herself.
"Well I bought it while we split up, I figured if Patrick is gonna be a big shot trainer, he needs a cheerleader, and..." She then gave a light blush, hiding her mouth, "who better than his ladyfriend, heheheh." she said with a rather cute tone, and wink.
Patrick chuckled, walking over to her, giving her a big hug, "Dawn, that's so sweet of you, thank you." he said happily. Dawn giggled, as she was being held in midair.
"Those two...?" Brendan said in shock, missing a complete event from last night. He looked at May, who just smiled watching the two, "What the hell did I miss?" he asked the brown haired trainer.
"I explain later, Brendan," May told him with a light smile. Brendan just shrugged it off, and the two headed up to the bleachers, Dawn stood a bti aways from Patrick, on the arena sidelines, as Patrick walked over to the opponents side, waiting for his challenge to arrive.
A Minute passed, and the doors across the arena swung open, and a large, white haired man appeared, in yellow and brown attire, he looked down at Patrick and laughed very loudly. "So this is the kid, who took down Symon, hahah, well I guess he's losing experience...but if you can make it past the shock towers, you may be worth battling," Then four shock towers rose up in the arena corners, Dawn jumped back, since she was standing real close to one, and almost got caught in it. The towers then started to spark up, as Wattson spoke yet again, "I AM WATTSON, MAUVILLE'S BEST TRAINER, AND GYM LEADER!!" The towers then surged up, and clashed lightning at each other, Wattson jumped down, and looked across at Patrick, who stood his ground really well, "So, we'll have a Three on Three Battle, no swapping until one Poke'mon falls to the ground, understand?!" he yelled out, and Patrick gave a nod, "OOOOK, LET'S BEGIN!" He yelled out, tossing out a red poke'ball, summoning a small green and yellow hound Poke'mon, "Electrike, give them all you got!" Wattson yelled out, as Electrike howled, standing his ground for battle.
"Ok, I know who should start this off," Patrick said, pulling out a Poke'ball he put a purple eye on, to identify the Poke'mon by their type, "Kirlia, stand by!!" he yelled out, summoning his green and white Psychic type Poke'mon. Kirlia looked ahead, and bowed gracefully to Electrike.
"Be prepared, I won't fall so easily.." Kirlia said to her opponent. Electrike just growled at her, and Kirlia scowled at Electrike's rudeness.
Dawn did her job, and cheered out "Let's go Patrick, Let's go! Let's go Patrick, let's go!!" she cheered out waving her pompoms in the air. Patrick looked at her, and chuckled at his lady cheering on for him. He looked ahead seeing Electrike ready to strike.
"Kirlia, kick it off with Psybeam!" Patrick called out, as his Poke'mon blasted out two beams of light from her palms, blasting Electirke back towards Wattson. Electrike shook it off, and rushed towards Kirlia
"Hah, Electrike, use Spark!" Wattson yelled out, as Electrike sped up, makign his body get covered in a small amount of electricity, smacking into Kirlia's side, since she dodged out fo the way, but not enough to avoid the full hit. Electrike skidded out of the way, and made one big leap towards Kirlia
"Kirlia, use Barrier to defend a second assault!" Patrick commanded, as Kirlia then raised up her arms, making a small orange shield around her, making Electrike fall backwards, "Use Psychic!" Kirlia's body glew, and she raised her arms up to the ceiling, making Electrike hover off the ground, "Send him away!!" he yelled out, as Kirlia then waved her arms fowards, making Electrike fall between two shock towers, giving him a huge zap of electricity, and knocking him out in a daze. "Way to go, Kirlia!" Patrick called out to his partner.
Kirlia blushed at her owner, and chuckled, "Well..what can I say...he shouldn't have been so rude...I mean the very nerve.." She said crossing her arms, she sighed walking over to Patrick, unaware her body was glowing, when she did notice, she stopped and looked up at Patrick, "No way...I'm...evolving..?" she said in shock, as her body grew, her gown lengthening, and her torso becoming more feminine like to symbolize that she was a female (a/n those of you who didnt understand that, she grew a set of breasts, lol), her two pink horns vanished, and her hair taking on a elegant form, and her pink horns showed on her chest and back, her arms grew, and so did her legs. Her glow faded, and she looked down at herself, "Wow...I look good..." she said with a slight deeper tone, as she moved her arms up and down her body, "Well...I don't like my full name..call me Gardia." She said with a smile. (A/n, every game I had Gardevoir, she had that nickname, so there ya go, lol)
Patrick was in awe at his newly formed partner, but then smiled, and gave a thumbs up, "you got it, Gardia!" he said happily.
"Alright Gardia, way to go!" May yelled out in the bleachers.
"Show Wattson what you are made of now!" Brendan called out, with a rather excited tone.
"Victory... THY NAME IS GARDIA!" Dawn cheered out, jumping, and waving her pompoms in the air.
Patrick and Gardia looked at their friends, and smiled, "Okay, I suppose we get fighting on right, Gardia?" Patrick said to his beautiful partner, Gardia nodded, and faced back towards Wattson.
"Huh, so you have a tougher form now? Well that don't mean I got weak on you," Wattson said pulling out a second Poke'ball, summoning a large blue and yellow dog-like Poke'mon, "Manectric, you're on!!" Wattson yelled out, as Manectric howled, dashing towards Gardia at high speed.
"Gardia, act fast, use Psywave!" Patrick called out, as Gardia pushed her arms foward, making a large light wave towards the speedy Manectric, sending him backwards.
"Manectric, use Quick Attack!" Wattson called out, as Manectric rushed towards Gardia at the double the speed he had before, slamming into Gardia's chest, sending her backwards towards Patrick, who caught her just in time.
"You ok, Gardia?" Patrick asked in concern, Gardia looked up at him, blushing a little bit, but nodded, "That's good, can you still fight?" he asked with a smile, Gardia nodded, and stood back up ready to fight, "Alright, Gardia, use Psybeam!" Gardia, then blasted out a massive white beam towards Manectric, sending him backwards in revenge. "Good job!" He said with joy.
"Good..but not good enough, Manectric use Thunder!!" Wattson said in retaliation, Manectric howled, blasting out a massive bolt of electricity, too fast for Gardia to dodge, she took the full hit, screaming out in pain.
"Gardia, no!!" Patrick yelled out, Gardia fell back after the surge off electricity was over, Patrick, for the second time caught her from falling, "Gardia...you had enough, take a rest..." he said with concern, Gardia had her eyes halfway, and she slowly nodded to her owner, as Patrick placed her back into his Poke'ball.
"Man, Gardia put up a hell of a fight..." Brendan said watching the whole battle.
"Yea...Gardia could've won if she made it pass Manectric's attack...but geez that attack was so fast, I couldn't imagine any of Patrick's Poke'mon dodging it." May said looking down at Patrick, who summoned Quilava to fight next. "Let's hope Quilava can survive..."
Dawn cheered on for Patrick, "Don't give up, Patrick, you can do it!" she called out, doing another one of her cheers, hoping it would raise Patrick's spirits.
Patrick gained his morale again, looking down at Quilava, "you first true battle, you ready?" he asked his fiery quilled Poke'mon, who nodded happily. "Okay, Quilava, take that sparked mutt down!!" Quilava rushed towards his opponent.
"Manectric, use Thunderbolt!" Wattson called out, as Manectric launched a large bolt towards Quilava, but luckily, Quilava rolled up and dodged it quickly. "Damn fiery hedgehog Poke'mon..."
"Quilava, use Flame Wheel!!" Patrick said taking the chance to strike, Quilava picked up his speed, and turned into a giant rolling fireball, spinning around Manectric, making him really dizzy, then ramming into sides, burning the one side he hit. "Now use Rollout!" Quilava leaped back, and was rolling around the arena.
"Manectric, run after him!" Wattson commanded, as Manectric rushed after the rolling ball of a Poke'mon. Quilava picked up the pace to outrun his enemy, then when the timing was right, he rolled in front of Manectric sideways, making the Poke'mon trip and fall foward, then Quilava acted without command, and blasted out a large Flamethrower at his opponent, but Manectric acted fast, before taking the hit, he blasted out a Thunderbolt at Quilava, who took the ful hit as well, and both Poke'mon were knocked out. "What a shame...Manectric, return!!" he called out, returning Manectric to his Poke'ball.
"Quilava, you fought well, return." Patrick said, calling back his old friend. "So Wattson..it's down to this...one on one..." He said with a grin.
"Heh, don't think it'll be easy..." Wattson said with an evil grin on his face, pulling out an old Poke'ball, "Jolteon! You're up!" He said, summoning, a white and yellow dog-like Poke'mon, that had pointed fur, and was sparking with energy.
"A Jolteon..oh man..Patrick better have a good plan.." Brendan said in shock, looking down at the arena below.
"Why..what's wrong, it doesn't look so strong..." May said looking down at it.
"Jolteon is a tough electric Poke'mon, it may not be big, but it's body it built for speed, and power, Patrick better have something that can keep up it's pace, or he'll lose this battle..." Brendan said sadly, looking down at the yellow dog Poke'mon.
Dawn was listening in,and grew flustered, "Grr...C'MON PATRICK, PUMMEL THAT POKE'MON!!!!" Dawn yelled out, forgetting to do her cheers, but she didn't care at this point, she just wanted Patrick to win this battle.
"I said I use him later, and I will keep my word," Patrick looked down at his Poke'ball with a small lightning bolt on it, and tossed it up, "Pikachu, go!!" He said, summoning his yellow mouse companion, Pikachu looked at Jolteon, and was pumped for battle.
"Heh...shame that it's not a Raichu, Jolteon would've broken a sweat..." Wattson said with a cocky additude, Patrick looked at him in anger and rage, as did Pikachu, "Heh, no matter, will crush them, Jolteon, Pin Missile, engage!!" Jolteon's fur pointed up, and blasted out a fury of white needles towards Pikachu.
"Pikachu, dodge, and use Brick Break!" Patrick called out, as his companion rushed onward through the needles, then leaped above Jolteon, his tail glowing beige, and slamming it into Jolteon's back. "Follow up with Skull Bash!" Pikachu leaped backwards, and then bashed his head into Jolteon's side.
"Jolteon, shake that pest off, and use Mega Kick!" Jolteon then jumped out of Pikachu's assault, then crushed him to the ground with his back foot. "Heh, not so tough now, huh?" Wattson said looking down at the small mouse, but in a flash, Pikachu bolted up, and struck Jolteon with his tail again, "What?!"
"Good Job Pikachu, now, prepare yourself for Volt Tackle!" Patrick called out, Pikachu landed on the ground, and was running opposit of Jolteon getting his body sparked up for a massive strike.
"Heh, Jolteon, show them a real Volt Tackle!" (A/n I don't know if Jolteon can learn it, and yet I don't care, lol) Jolteon obeyed his command, and ran opposite of Pikachu, his body was fueling up with electricity, the two reached opposite ends of the arena, and faced each other, completely drenched with electricity, "Now..."
"STRIKE!" Patrick yelled out, as Pikachu then picked up his speed, running towards Jolteon, as his opponent did the same. The two's body were surging and surging with power, it even shut down the shock towers, Wattson, and Patrick shook with fear at the explosion yet to come. Patrick looked at Dawn who was holding her skirt down from the force's wind. "Dawn, take cover!!" he yelled out, Dawn looked at him and nodded, she rushed up to the bleachers, next to May and Brendan who took cover behind the main bleacher wall. "Pikachu, finish it now!!" He yelled out, as Pikachu's body was exploding with energy, and the two Poke'mon finally clashed in the middle, making a large explosion in the arena, the towers fell down, the ceiling was cracking, and the arena floor was picking up debri. The explosion carried on for a while, and the dust was finally drifting down, the two trainers looked ahead, and saw what amazed both of them, Pikachu and Jolteon were butting heads, like nothing just happened. "Heh, well I'll be damned..." Patrick muttered to himself with a light chuckle.
"My god...that little mouse...it's still standing..." Wattson said in shock, but shook it off, "Jolteon, finish off the battle now, use Thunderbolt!"
"Pikachu, use your own!" Patrick called out, as the two electric Poke'mon blasted their remaining thunder at each other, both of them took the hit, and both of them still butted heads, "They just won't quit, will they...?" Patrick said in shock, Wattson just stood in awe, "Pikachu, use Iron Tail!" He said to break the head clash, Pikachu leaped up in the air, as Jolteon was weakly standing, then Pikachu slamming his tail into his back, making Jolteon fall to the ground, finally knocked out. Patrick stood still for a short time, but then jumped with joy, "YES, way to go Pikachu!" He called out, as Pikachu took one deep sigh of relief, and rushed towards his owner, and leaped into his arms.
Dawn then rushed into Patrick, and smiled, "You did it, I can't believe you won!" she said with joy, nuzzling her cheek into his.
May and Brendan walked down to him and they hugged their friend, "That was intense!" May said with joy.
"Yea...remind me to never challenge Pikachu again.." Brendan said with a chuckle, as Patrick and Pikachu looked at him with a grin.
Wattson sighed and called back his Poke'mon, he walked over towards Patrick, and smiled, "Kid..you did well...you remind me when I started out...so stubborn and yet brave..." he said with a warm smile.
"It should..." Patrick said with a raised eyebrow, "Cause...Dad taught me those battle tactics...that he learned from you..." He then smiled warmly, and moved the hair out of his eyes so his father could recognize him, "Grandpa Wattson.." he said with a smile. May, Brendan, and Dawn looked at him in shock, then saw some similarites between Wattson and Patrick.
Wattson gasped, and looked at Patrick closely, "No way...is that you lad...?" He asked quietly, Patrick nodded, and Wattson hugged him tightly, "Hahahah, I'd knew I would fight you someday, that son of mine should have told me you were here..haha, well, I suppose you fought well...y'know you scared the crap outta me with that little mouse Poke'mon of yours." He said with a hearty chuckle. He then fidgeted through his pockets, and pulled out a small iron badge with two small circles, and had a bolt go between them, "Behold...your Dynamo Badge, wear it proudly, lad" He said with a smile.
"I will Granddad...I will..." Patrick said, taking the badge, as Dawm, instead of May this time, applied the badge along with the rest on his shirt.
"Also..." He took out a glowing yellow stone, "Here, a thunderstone, I saved it for the day you would show up, I suppose that Pikachu of yours will be able to use it." He said with a smile.
Patrick and Pikachu looked at each other, and Patrick held up the Thunderstone, "Pikachu...do you wanna evolve...?" he asked his partner, Pikachu looked at it closely, in awe of it's presence, he then looked up at Patrick, and took the Thunderstone from his hand with his tail, in an instant, Pikachu's body glew with a yellow-ish tone, and his body took on a new form, with big feet, a long tail with a big bolt on the end, his ears grew shorter but got wide, and had two curls at the bottom end. His fur was now orange, his red cheeks were now yellow, and he still had the brown stripes on his back, he looked up at Patrick and smiled happily, as the stone faded from his tail.
"Raichuuu.." his partner said with a smile, and rested in his arms, Patrick chuckled, and held him close, knowing he was exhausted from the fight. He let him rest in his arms for the rest of time they were at the gym.
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"So Granddad, I'm guessing you will have to close the gym down for a while, huh?" Patrick asked looking outside the gym and saw how shambled it was from their battle.
"Heheh, yeah, luckily Mauville has the finest carpenters in Hoenn, this gym always gets damaged from the way I set it up, you should see my bills, whoo, thank god for your father, the money helps pay for all of this." Wattson said with a hearty chuckle, patting his grandson's shoulder.
"Well there goes my allowance..." Patrick said with a heavy sigh, Wattson chuckled, and handed him a small piece of gold, "Huh..whats that for..?" he asked curiously
"Well, just because your dad will cut off your pay doesn't mean I will, keep in touch lad, and come to me if you need anything, remember Mauville is Hoenn center city, no matter where you will be, you'll be close to your granddad." Wattson said warmly, giving him the small gold chunk, "Verdanturf opened up this new shop, go get some new gear, you will need it for what lies ahead."
"Thanks Granddad..." He said putting the chunk in his pocket, he looked back to see his friends waiting for him, "Well I have to head out, I'll see you around Granddad.."
"Alright, take good care of yourself..." Wattson said with a smile, hugging his grandson one last time, as Patrick headed towards his friends, waving good-bye. "Heh...that kid...he is certainly gonna go places..."
The group was heading down the southern path back to Slateport City, May looked at Patrick and smiled, "So...did you know this whole time the gym leader was your grandfather?" May asked curiously.
"Yep, that's why I was in such a rush to get to him," Patrick said with a smile.
"That's so cool, you're grandfather is a Gym leader," Dawn with joy, finally out of cheerleader outfit, and back into her regular gear.
"Yea, explains a lot about Patrick's abilty with Poke'mon, a professor for a father, and a gym leader for a grandfather." Brendan said pondering the idea for a while.
"Heh, well I never assumed my granddad's and dad's abilty, affected mine...I just fight the way my heart and blood tell me..." Patrick said looking up at the sky.
"Perhaps your family thinks the same way," Dawn said with a smile, pointing out that possible theory.
Patrick looked at her, and smiled, "Yea...that could be...well...I'm glad I fought him..he helped me evolve Kirlia and Pikachu, heh, with Raichu and Gardia, I'll be taken down all my opponents! Let's go!" He said with joy, rushing towards Slateport in haste.
"Hey, wait up!" Dawn said following after her boyfriend.
May and Brendan just sighed, and chuckled, "Luckily his blood will tell him what to do..." May said with a chuckle.
"Cause his brain won't certainly tell him anything..." Brendan said jokingly, the two laughed, and rushed towards after Patrick and Dawn, as these two were prepared for their own events, the Poke'mon Contest, and The Battle Frontier.
End of Chapter 21
sry for late update, it's been hectic here
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