Uploaded May 2nd, 2012

Yo, readers! Wassup?

Bane: …I am just…so sorry…so sorry…

*glare* Anyways, let's get on with, THE EXCITING CONCLUSION OF BANE'S GYM BATTLE!

Bane: Yay! Will I win? Will I lose? Oh, the humanity! The suspense!

…At the moment, Storm is still unconscious, so let's let Bane continue telling the story, shall we?

Bane: No prob, Bob.

…Bob?

Wow. Porygon took out Gengar, I thought. "Oh yeah!" I shouted, pumping my fists.

"Gengar is unable to battle," the judge announced, raising the green flag on my side. "Point to the challenger."

You bet, "point to the challenger"! I thought. Now, let's keep the pokeball rolling. "Porygon, light screen! Anorith, water gun!" I shouted.

Porygon and Anorith glowed a transparent yellow, their defense raised. Anorith shot off a water gun, but Muk was nowhere near finished. "Muk, sludge wave!" Gulka ordered.

Muk summoned a wave of sludge from the pool and threw it at my Pokemon, blocking the water gun at the same time. I ordered them to dodge, but I had to run to the side of the field to avoid it as well. "Hey, careful!" I shouted to Gulka.

Gulka shrugged. "You dodged it," she said passively. "Muk, mud bomb!" Muk shot brown blobs from its hand, forcing Porygon and Anorith to run around dodging.

Suddenly Porygon stopped, shaking violently. "Oh no!" I cried. The poison was really taking its toll on Porygon. I guess he was just hiding it 'till now.

"Now, Muk! Sludge bomb!" Gulka shouted. Muk shot off a blob of sludge at Porygon, ready to knock him out.

Suddenly Anorith hopped in front of Porygon and took the hit! "Aaaaaannn!" it squealed as it flew into the swamp water.

"Anorith!" I shouted. But Muk was already shooting off another sludge bomb. "Porygon, dodge!"

Porygon attempted to dodge, but the poison made it too slow. The sludge bomb hit, knocking Porygon over and all but KO'd. "Porrrrrr." it whirred weakly.

"Muk, finish this battle." Gulka commanded. Muk moved nearer to Porygon, preparing to finish it with one last strike. But, when all hope seemed lost, -sorry, I couldn't help myself- Anorith sprang from the sludge and flew toward Muk, slashing it with a metal claw!

"MUUUUKKK!" it roared, flailing its arm. Anorith landed by Porygon, examining his weakened partner.

"Anorith, look out!" I shouted. Muk had already recovered and was advancing on them with its fist raised.

Suddenly, Anorith shouted something at the Muk. "Anor! Rith, rith, Anorith! An an anor anorith, rith-rith!" it shouted angrily. I don't know what it said, but it was enough to make Muk stop in its tracks to stare at my Bug-type.

"Anorith, metal claw! Porygon, flash cannon! Hurry!" I shouted. My Pokemon obeyed, hitting Muk with both Steel-type attacks. The sludge Pokemon slunk into a puddle, moaning.

"Muk is unable to battle," the ref declared, raising the green flag once more. "The challenger, Bane, is the winner!"

"Oh yeah!" I cheered. "Say it again!" The guy just shook his head for some reason. Oh well, I was happy. I turned and saw Storm coming to. Man, would this be a surprise to wake up to.

Now, since Storm is finally awake, we can return to our regular point of view.

I woke up with a headache hearing, 'Say it again!' "What happened?" I asked as I sat up.

I saw Alysson stand up beside me. "Oh good, you're awake. Bane won his Gym battle!" she said happily.

That woke me up. "What! How'd I miss that?" Come to think of it, how'd I fall asleep?

Alysson helped me up from the bleachers. "Gengar's hypnosis put you to sleep and Bane just won," she explained simply.

I looked over to Bane, who was moonwalking around the perimeter of the battlefield as the referee and Gulka stared in shock. I sighed as Alysson and I walked over to him.

Once we got to him, Gulka had already given him his badge and prize money. The badge was a purple circle, two white circles for eyes and a black mouth with purple, horizontal lines, looking like slime over the mouth. Bane showed it to us. "I got my first badge!" he declared.

"The Noxious Badge," Gulka clarified. "Not many people have it. Do try to show it off sometimes, won't you?"

Bane nodded. "Believe me, I am definitely gonna show it off!" he said, holding it up to the light of the chandelier.

Gulka nodded. "Good." she said, turning to me. "Now, I'll need a few minutes, then we can have our battle, 'kay?" she asked me. I was fine with that, so I agreed.

As we walked to the Pokemon Center Bane told me how his battle went, with Alysson providing assistance whenever he exaggerated. Bane exaggerated a lot.

"You did not save a baby in a stroller from being hit by that sludge wave," Alysson corrected the excited storyteller.

Bane shrugged. "True. But it could've happened," he said with his smirk. Yes, it's his now. "Now, I say we put these badge discounts to good use!" he said, triumphantly marching into the Pokemon Center.

Alysson sighed. "I wish I got badge discounts," she said sadly.

I smiled at her. "You can use mine," I offered.

She nodded, still looking down. "I know, but..."

"Hey! You guys comin'?" Bane hollered. "I demand a victory feast!"

I laughed and Alysson sighed, chuckling a little herself. We followed Bane in as he showed off his badge to anyone unfortunate enough to be within twenty feet of him.

Bane: …Shorter than most of your chapters. Is this really an update?

Yes. And I'm gonna do another one this weekend. I've found my muse!

Bane: *sighs* I thought we'd lost him. Good to have Parker back.

I said muse, not moose! Anyway, I'll be posting Poisonpin's pokefile just a few moments after posting this! So, enjoy!

Bane: I think people are getting tired of seeing "Read and Review!" every chapter, so let's skip that this time, kay?

Okay. We won't put "Read and Review!" Sound good?

Bane: Yeah. "Read and Review!" can get a little annoying to see every time. Bye people!