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...)

38. It was a Bomb

Chapter 38: It was a Bomb

Gloria: "Wake up, Thomas! Today's the Contest!"

Me: "Okay, Gloria! No need to rush that much! We have more than two hours (and a bomb) ahead of us!"

Angela (from outside): "Rush it!"

Me: "When the cowgirl says it, things get serious…"

At the Contest Hall…

Gloria: "Here we are! Isn't it neat?"

Me: "Looks like an ordinary Contest Hall to me! (plus a bomb, of course…)"

Angela: "Where's Victoria and Ralph?"

Victoria finally revealed herself, but something was different on her. Her all-purple dress was… pink?

Victoria: "Hello, guys! Am I a good girl now? See, my dress matches up Sylveon's colors!"

"Syl!"

Gloria: "You are less of an idiot, for sure. Still, you are going to be beaten!"

Victoria: "Don't think so! A win streak is a win streak!"

Angela: "Except that I broke it by beating you…"

Victoria: "That's not the same! Cowgirl…"

"Syl!"

Me: "Okay, girls! I am leaving you alone. Gotta search for Ralph."

Of course, I had no personal interest in Ralph at all. I just had to found a way to leave them… and find Justin to start searching for the bomb.

Justin: "Where have you been?"

Me: "Excuse me, it's not easy to slip off the girls unnoticed! They are searching for you too! They know something's amiss…"

Justin: "We just have to ensure that it won't be so when the Contest kicks in!"

"Announcement! The Contest is going to begin in 20 minutes. All competitors should move to the backstage and all spectators to their seats. Thank you."

Me: "We don't have time! Let's go!"

Justin: "You sneak in the storage room."

Me: "How?"

Justin: "The storage room guards are already hypnotized by my Poliwrath! The path is clear, you just search for the mechanism!"

Me: "Roger!"

Hence, I left for the storage room. Over there, I saw Poliwrath keeping hypnotized three guards.

Me: "We gotta search fast!"

I checked all over the place, no bomb to be found.

Me: "Poliwrath, the place is clear! I am leaving."

I returned to the main hall, but a bodyguard spotted me: "Rush to the seats, please. The Contest is about to begin."

(Damn you… I hope Justin gets this done.)

Lilian: "Hello folkies, and welcome to the Silver Island Contest! It's me, Lilian, your favourite Kanto Contest MC! Get ready to hang at the edge of your seats, as 15 cool Coordinators will compete for this magnificent Silver Island Contest Ribbon! Without further ado, then, let's introduce our panel of judges! First up, the Head of the Pokemon Contest Association, Mr. Contesta!"

Mr. Contesta: "Hello, everyone, and welcome to the Silver Island Contest! I hope that today's event will be a life-lasting experience for all of you!"

Lilian: "Next up, the President of the Pokemon Fan Club, Mr. Sukizo!"

Mr. Sukizo: "Remarkable!"

Lilian: "And last but not least, Silver Island's own Nurse Joy!"

NJ: "I can't wait to see all these exciting performances going to take place today."

Lilian: "Okay, folkies. With the judges introduced, we shall continue to the Appeals, where all 15 Contestants will show off their Pokemon! But only 4 will score high enough to touch the battlefield! Now, LET'S GET BUSY!"

I was worried, since Victoria, Gloria, Raalph and Angela were four by themselves. Could they all pass?

LIlian: "Let's go straight on with our first Coordinator, Ralph from Pewter City! He has one Contest Ribbon already and goes straight for the second!"

Ralph enters the stage: "Raticate, join the party!"

Lilian: "Ralph chooses his Raticate, newly-evolved from the Rattata he used at the Celadon Contest!"

Ralph: "Let's start things up with Double Team!"

Lilian: "As before, Raticate starts with creating copies of itself! What's next?"

Ralph: "Swords Dance is next! All copies, please!"

Lilian: "Amazing, Ralph shows us its power while giving us a nice presentation of Swords Dance!"

Ralph: "Time for the grand finish! Zen Headbutt!"

Lilian: "And Ralph finishes with a massive Zen Headbutt at the middle! Time for the judge's opinion!"

Mr. Contesta: "It was nice, even though it showcased only 3 moves. Still a great job, Ralph!"

Mr. Sukizo: "Remarkable!"

NJ: "A nice sight for my eyes!"

Lilian: "Time for Ralph's score… 85/100! Nice job, Ralph!"

Lilian: "Entry number 4, Angela! She is one of the foreigners who participates in this Contest because of the S.S. Anne ship that is docked here! It's time for Angela!"

Angela: "Face the world's best flyer, Altaria!"

Lilian: "Angela chooses Altaria! Things are getting interesting!"

Angela: "Use Air Slash while spinning!"

Lilian: "Amazing! Altaria literally litters the place with Air Slashes! Oops, that was a word pun!"

Angela: 'Combine it with Ice Beam to make an ice sculpture around you!"

Lilian: "It looks like Altaria is inside an icy ring! Quite interesting, given that Altaria is weak to Ice attacks!"

Angela: "And now, shield yourself with Dragon Pulse!"

Lilian: "Fabulous! Never ever has a projectile move used as a shield!"

Of course, I was sure Angela would use that. What I was not sure about is about Justin and his bomb. Could he be able to prevent it in time?

Angela: "And for the grand finale! Draco Meteor!"

Lilian: "As expected, Angela's finale was the best possible! Judging time!"

Mr. Contesta: "Angela's appeal was just perfect!"

Mr. Sukizo: "Perfectly remarkable!"

NJ: "A perfect sight for my eyes!"

Lilian: "Can all this perfect thing mean… It can! Angela gets 100/100!"

Applause all over the room. To be honest, I didn't see that coming.

Angela: "That was for you, Justin! Oops, where's Justin?"

Lilian: "Entry number 6, it's Victoria, from Cerulean City! We should note that she has a 4-Contest win streak!"

Victoria: "Hello, Kanto! It's Victoria, appealing with an unidentified Pokemon!"

Lilian: "Unindentified Pokemon?! How great can that be? Today, we will witness the very first Appeal of an unindentified Pokemon!"

Victoria: "Right! No time to lose! Sylveon, way to win!"

Lilian: "It looks like this Pokemon's name is Sylveon! What a magnificent colour! Can it be a newly discovered evolution of Eevee?"

Victoria: "Exactly! Sylveon, use Hurricane!"

Lilian: "Sylveon showcases its Flying-type characteristics!"

Victoria: "Now, use Tailwind to blow it to all directions!"

Lilian: "Sylveon really looks like the Queen of Wind with such moves!"

Victoria: "We can use other attacks too! Bounce high!"

Lilian ;"Yet another Flying-type move from Sylveon!"

Victoria: "And for the end, Swift around!"

Lilian: "Victoria finishes with Swift! Time for judging!"

Mr. Contesta: "A nice presentation of a Pokemon never before seen!"

Mr. Sukizo: "Remarkable!"

NJ: "An excellent sight in my eyes!"

Lilian: "Time for scores… 87/100! That's it for our win-streak Coordinator! Let's go on!"

Lilian: "Entry no 11, it's Gloria, from Saffron City! Like Ralph, Gloria already has one Contest Ribbon! All hail for Gloria!"

Me: "Go, Gloria!"

Gloria: "Marill, the stage is yours!"

Lilian: "Gloria sends out Marill, the evolved form of the Azurill she used at the Vermilion Contest Appeals!"

Gloria: "Right! Marill, use Aqua Ring to start things up!"

Lilian: "Marill uses Aqua Ring to get a blue-surrounding effect!"

Gloria: 'That's the way! Now, Rollout to lift yourself up into the air!"

Lilian: "Marill use Rollout to allow air movement! It looks nice, but how can can it stand this way up there?"

Gloria: "Now, use Water Gun while spin-rolling!"

Lilian: "Rollout is combined with Water Gun to make the latter multi-direction! Nice strategy! But, Oops! Marill is going to fall straight down!"

Gloria: "It won't! Use Double-Edge to raise up!"

Lilian: "Glori had a way to remedy it all along! Still, it delas recoil damage to Marill! How much can it last?"

Gloria: "Three Double-Edges in total! Hit! Hit! And drop yourself down in pose!"

Me: "Way to go, Gloria!"

Lilian: "Gloria did her trick, even though it looked shaky at the beginning. Judging time!"

Mr. Contesta: "Gloria is a bit violent in her Apeeals, but it is still a great performance!"

Mr. Sukizo: "Awkwardly Remarkable!"

NJ: "A thrilling sight for my eyes!"

Lilian; "Score… 82/100! That was for Gloria! Going on, 4 Contestants to go!"

Lilian: "The Appeal Round has finally finished! 10-minute break!"

I left my seat and made it down. Meanwhile, I bumped into Justin.

Me: "My place was clear. You got any luck?"

Jusitn: "Unfortunately, nothing!"

Me: "That's bad…"

Justin: "The others are still searching. I am coming to the backstage with you, because the girls must be alerted to my absence."

Me: "At least Angela was. Come on, let's go!"

Backstage…

Justin: "Angela, you were great!"

Me: "Perfect, to be exact…"

Angela: "Come on, guys! The others were great too!"

Me: "Of course! All four of you should make it to the second round!"

Gloria: "Still, only 4 will! If it is us, then it is no one else!"

Ralph: "A second round with only the 4 of us can be quite interesting!"

Victoria: "I guess you will be officialy impressed, won't you?"

"Syl?"

Angela: "By the way, where were you, Justin? Still fearful of a bomb?"

Justin:"Of course not! I just had to ensure that everything goes well with the captured ones at the Police Department."

Victoria: "Did you have to do this one right then?"

Justin: "Come on, girls! There is no need to fear something!"

Ralph: "Hey, I am here too, and I am not a girl!"

Me: "I am here as well, but it doesn't matter, does it?"

Angela: "Come on, we are off topic!"

Me: "Weren't we off topic when you were tellinganyone in the ship that you will become an announcer?"

Angela: "Come on! Do we have to do this right now?"

Me: "Okay, okay, let's stop!"

"Announcement! The Contest is going to resume shortly. Please get ready. Thank you."

Justin: "We have to leave! Good luck to all of you!"

Me: "We will be rooting for you!"

We left the backstage…

Justin: "I am coming with you at the seats. I am not needed down here, plus the girls will be worrying."

Me: "Okay, Master! Time to see the Battle Rounds in action!"

Lilian: "The break is over, and we are ready to announce the 4 contestants who make it to the battle rounds! Stay tuned to the bulletin board! Ready, Go!"

The bulletin board showed us the 4 Coordinators simultaneously. They were Gloria, Angela, Victoria and Ralph!

Me: "All four are in! That's great!"

Justin: "We also have to see the way they battle each other!"

Lilian: "Time to reveal the matchups as well! It's Victoria vs Ralph and Angela vs Gloria!"

Me: "Oops! Gloria and Angela get to battle!"

Justin: "Her time has come, it seems."

Me: "She will pull it off, I am sure of it."

Justin: "Still, there are more important problems than it around…"

Me: "The bomb…"

Next time: The Battle Round and its "explosive" matches!