My name is Thomas

by kostasgriv

This is Thomas' journey through the Kanto region, from the start to the end, from Thomas' POV. Together with him is Gloria, a girl who wants to be a Pokemon Coordinator. A heavily remastered version of my first fanfic, which was awful (being the first one...)

36. A Dream Come True

Chapter 36: A Dream Come True

Fabio: "On my destro e Casey e on my sinistro e Thomas! Who of the due Trainers will reach the top! Il finale has come!"

Meanwhile, we took our spots to the battlefield. While there, I had a strange feeling… Something like having seen this before… That's when I shouted: "It's the dream!"

Casey asked me in surprise: "What is it, Tommy?"

Me: "Nothing at all. Let's go on."

Right after that, the referee started speaking: "The final battle…"

He was interrupted by a blackout, which put all lights down.

Ref: "We are experiencing a major blackout! The match is interuupted!"

Fabio tried to appease the crowd: "No worries, people! Everything is under control!"

Some of the crowd started shouting in fear. Others, more fearless, mentioned something else, though: "You are not speaking Italian!"

Fabio had to answer: "Okay, that's it, I lied! I am not Italian, and I am not even a commentator!"

Suddenly, a huge spotlight shined upon Fabio. He put off his regular costume and came out with a Team Rocket uniform.

Fabio: "Hahahahaha! I am a member of the villainous Team Rocket!"

I was shocked by the revelation, of course. I turned otwards Justin and asked: "Justin, what's with him?"

Justin replied from the sidelines: "I don't know!"

The girls were shouting: "No worried, Thomas! Whatever it is, we will figure it out!"

On top of that, we had Casey shouting at me: "Justin told me that you will not involve me in this one!"

Me: "That was unexpected!"

Back to the side, Fabio started babbling: "You fools! You thought that no explosion was going to take place, didn't you!"

The crowd was shouting in fear: "Explosion?"

Fabio continued: "Right, fools! I am a Team Rocket member, and I present you the bomb that will destroy this ship!"

Justin kept on: "We can't afford it! Listen to me, people! I am not a police movie maniac! I am an undercover International Police Agent! Team, let's overthrow him! It doesn't matter we have been caught off guard!"

Me: "Yes, Master! Pidgeotto, crash test! Use Gust to blow Fabio away from the bomb!"

Justin: "Ursaring, mission time! Use Hammer Arm to break the bomb!"

Pidgeotto was able to drive Fabio away, but we had no luck with destroying the bomb, as Fabio took the bomb with him. He immediately set it on, giving us only 10 minutes to do the job.

Fabio shouted out: "Team, you go down there and battle them off as well!"

Suddenly, around 12 men from the sidelines, disguised as normal citizens, jumped off and into the battlefield. Our team (Casey included) jumped into the field as well!

I was called to battle one of the Grunts with Pidgeotto. She sent out a Pokemon: "Golbat, come out!"

I scanned Golbat at the Pokedex :"Golbat, the Bat Pokemon. It clamps down on its prey with needle-sharp fangs and drains over 10 ounces of blood in one gulp."

Grunt: "Golbat, use Air Cutter!"

Me: "Blow it away with Gust!"

Gust blew the Air Cutter back to Golbat, damaging it with its own move.

Grunt: "Supersonic!"

Me: "Blow it back to it with Gust!"

Again, that made Golbat confused.

Grunt: "Damn you! Shrug it off and attack!"

Me: "No way! Finish it with Brave Bird!"

Brave Bird knocked out Golbat. With the Grunt out of the way, I proceeded to the bomb.

Meanwhile, a male Grunt has defeated Darren. He proceeded with his Golbat to attack me.

Grunt: "Supersonic it!"

This time, I was unable to keep it from being confused. Meanwhile, Fabio and Justin battled…

Fabio: "Weavile, use Night Slash!"

Justin: "Ursaring, dodge and Hammer Arm!"

Fabio: "When it comes to speed, we rule! Dodge it and try Night Slash again!"

Justin: "I know you are tired from the previous battle, but we have to win it! Hammer Arm! Again!"

Looking at Justin's battle distracted me from my post, though. Grunt's Golbat started attacking endlessly Pidgeotto with Air Cutters.

Me: "Pidgeotto, return!". After that, I was about to ran back, when Gloria entered the scene with her Ivysaur. "Energy Ball!"

Grunt: "Ha! We have a huge advantage over you! Air Cutter!"

Air Cutter and Energy Ball collided. Meanwhile, Fabio's Weavile has defeated Justin's Ursaring. The bomb started ringing: "5 minutes till self-destruction."

Right then, I figured a plan out. I had to sneak behind all grunts unseen, while the others were occupying them. It worked out at first, until Fabio and Weavile turned back and spotted me.

Fabio: "One more step and I order Weavile to Night Slash the bomb!"

Me: "Okay, okay, got it! I'm stuck here!"

Hopefully, I got some help from Victoria: "Sylveon, use Air Slash to stop Fabio!"

The plan worked perfectly, but we were still not done. There were only 3 minutes remaining and only me and Victoria were able to dissolve the bomb. That is, if we knew how.

Me: "Thanks for earlier, Victoria! What now?"

Victoria: "Wait a minute! I've got a plan! Jolteon, way to win! Drain all electricity from the bomb to stop it from working!"

Jolteon tried to do the trick, but it did nothing. I told her: "The bomb is not run by electricity!"

Victoria: "That means, it is ignition-based! Vaporeon, way to win! Soak the whole bomb to stop it from working!"

Vaporeon tried as well, but to no avail. The wrapping metal was too strong.

Me: "Send out Flareon to burn the outside!"

Victoria: "You are right! Flareon, way…What is happening?"

It turned out that Fabio has gathered all the Grunts and is now stealing our Pokeballs using a giant magnet: "Haha! I' ve got all Pokemon now!"

Gloria and Ivysaur were still out, though: "Use Solarbema to burn the magnet!"

Fabio: "Oh no!"

BOOM!

Justin: "That's it! The magnet's off, and Team Rocket's down! Time to dissolve the bomb! Let me handle it!"

Bomb alert: "10 seconds!"

Justin: "Just wait! This cable!"

"8 seconds!"

Gloria: "Are you sure you can do it, Justin!"

Justin: "Sure! Let me work!"

"6 seconds!"

Angela: "No need to do it, my love!"

Casey: "If you don't do it, we will be toast!"

"2 seconds!"

Justin: "This one… Finished!"

"Bomb deactivated."

Victoria: "Hmph, he dissolved it!"

Ralph: "I am officially impressed!"

Meanwhile, the power went back on and Captain with First Mate arrived.

Captain: "Is everything okay?"

Justin: "Sure! Just, we don't have an announcer for the final!"

Captain: "That's a relief! People, stay calm! No longer a threat! Listen, I take these into custody! Now, find an announcer willing to comment on the final and finish this tournament! It will be a huge strike to the ship's prestige if a Tournament does not conclude in time!"

Angela just then bumped in: "Uncle, can I announce!"

I asked: "Uncle?"

Angela: "I am the Captain's niece! Didn't you know?"

Captain: "That's not the case right now! I have no problem with you announcing! Just go on!"

Angela: "Thanks, uncle!"

Angela: "Now, time for the grand final! On my right is Casey, the flaming warrior who incinerates whoever comes his path! On my left is Thomas, the calm and collected fighter who steadily tears his enemies apart! Battle begin!"

Ref: The final of this Ferry Tournament between Casey and Thomas is about to begin! Both Trainers will use three Pokemon, and Pokemon can only be replaced at the starts and ends of battles. The winner is the Trainer who manages to defeat all of his opponent's Pokemon. Let the battle begin!"

Casey: "The time has come, Tommy! Poliwrath, fight with might!"

Me: "My name's not Tommy! Let me show you. Arcanine, crash test!"

Angela: "Poliwrath vs Arcanine! The first move goes to Casey! Begin!"

Casey: "Use Water Pulse!"

Me : "Dodge it with Extremespeed!"

Casey: "He is going to attack! Shield yourself with a Water Pulse!"

Me: "You can still attack, Arcanine! Thunder Fang!"

Angela: "This is turning into a heated battle, worthy being of the finals!"

Both Pokemon seemed quite hit by the attacks.

Casey: "Hypnosis!"

Me: "Dodge it with Extremespeed! And then Thunder Fang!"

Casey: " You did your mistake, Tommy! Ice Punch it to the teeth!"

Angela: "Amazing! Poliwrath managed to freeze Arcanine's teeth, disabling it from using Fang moves!"

Me: "That gives us only one option! Outrage!"

Casey: "We give this an end too! DynamicPunch!"

CLASH!

Ref: "Both Pokemon are unable to battle!"

Angela: "That is it, folks! A dynamic clash that results in a dynamic tie!"

Casey: "Darn you! Tying with you is like a loss! Poliwrath, return!"

Me: "How can you? Arcanine, return!"

Casey: "Pupitar, fight with might!"

Me: "Sandslash, crash test!"

Angela: "Pupitar vs Sandslash, the first move goes to Casey! Begin!"

Casey: "Stomp it with Earthquake!"

Me: "Jump high to dodge the tremor and come down with a Night Slash!"

Casey: "We are fast enough to dodge the move! Let it fall to the ground!"

Angela: "Casey found a smart way to make Sandslash hurt itself!"

Me: "Dig your way in!"

Casey: "Dig? Excuse me, are you crazy? Earhtquake does double damage to underground targets!"

I knew I had made a mistake. But I could not avert its consequences…

Ref: "Sandslash is unable to battle! Pupitar is the winner!"

Angela: "Thomas' mistake may have cost him a Pokemon, but he still has an edge because of type advantage!"

Gloria: "Thomas, what have you done?"

Ralph: "You lost a Pokemon in seconds!"

Me: "No worries, guys! If I want to win this one, I have to keep going. Sandslash, return! Sorry, pal! Wartortle, crash test!"

Angela: "Pupitar vs Wartortle, first move to Thomas! Begin!"

Me: "Water Pulse!"

Casey: "Sandstorm!"

Angela: "Water Pulse and Sandstorm collide and negate each other!"

Casey: "Use Earthquake!"

Me: "Lift yourself up with Aqua Jet!"

Casey: "You forgot Stone Edge!"

Me: "I didn't! Just dodge the rocks and hit head-on!"

Angela: "Impressive! Thomas managed to pierce through and damage Pupitar quite hard!"

Casey: "We are not done, though! Superpower!"

Me: "Not ain't enough! Water Pulse!"

Ref: "Pupitar is unable to battle! Wartortle is the winner!"

Angela: "As expected, Wartortle pulls it off! It's now one on one, and we all know what it will be, won't we?"

Casey: "At last! The moment I waited! Pupitar, return! Charmeleon, fight with might!"

Angela: "Wartortle vs Charmeleon, the first move's Casey's! Begin!"

Casey: "Smokescreen!"

Me: "Withdraw!"

Casey: "More Smokescreen!"

Me: "More Withdraw!"

Angela: "Both Trainers are setting up!"

Casey: "Dig underground!"

Me: "Aqua Jet overground!"

Casey: "Clash with Slash!"

Me: "Use Skull Bash!"

Angela: "After some poetry, we get a Normal-type clash! An artistic fair play!"

Both Pokemon came down, tired from all the damage they received. The Smokescreen had cleared out…

Angela: "Both Pokemon activated their respective Abilities, Blaze and Torrent!"

Me: "Finally! Finish it with Water Pulse!"

Casey: "The time has come, Charmeleon! Flamethrower!"

Angela :"This looks like a clash worthy of being this tournament's last!"

As soon as the smoke cleared out, the two Pokemon were barely standing.

Angela: "It comes to who faints first!"

Me: "You can keep yourself, Wartortle!"

Casey: "You can do it, Charmeleon!"

Meanwhile ,Charmeleon started to fall.

Ref: "Charmeleon is unable…"

Casey interrupted the referee: "Stop it! Charmeleon may rise again! You can do it, Charmeleon! The very moment is here and now! Redeem yourself!"

Suddenly, Charmeleon started glowing!

Casey: "That's the spirit! Charizard!"

"CHAAAAAR!"

Me: "It evolved into Charizard!"

Gloria: "Amazing!"

Ralph: "I am officially impressed!"

Victoria: "How can he so early!"

"Syl!"

I scanned Charizard at the Pokedex: "Charizard, the Flame Pokemon. Its wings can carry this Pokémon close to an altitude of 4,600 feet. It blows out fire at very high temperatures."

Angela: "Charmeleon surprises us by evolving into Charizard!"

Casey: "Finish Wartortle with your DragonBreath!"

Ref: "Wartortle is unable to battle! Charizard is the winner!"

Angela: "This week's Ferry Tournament is finally over! Justin gets the Broze Medal, Thomas gets the Silver Medal and Casey gets the Gold Medal. All hail for the champion boys!"

Me: "Casey, that was a great battle! Congratulations!"

Casey: "You may not have been that toast! Still, you made huge mistakes!"

Me: "Whatever! Next time, I will beat you and your Charizard!"

"Wartortle!"

Angela: "Justin, Thomas and Casey, please come up here to receive your medals!"

We finally received our medals, and the Ferry Tournament is officially over.

I know it was a hard way up to here. All these battling, all this Team Rocket plotting, all this everything. I got second place, but it's okay! One thing is sure, I will not forget that ship in my life!

Next time: Gloria's Contest is on board!