Disclaimer: I don't own Pokémon, nor do I own Total Drama.
All Pokédex entries are quoted from Bulbagarden "dot" net.
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Chap 56: Paula the Powered Gym Leader
Gardevoir tells Irina and the group about Mal and is shocked, the next day Gill has his gym battle. Irina and Cameron find and Ampharos that was abandoned.
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Late in the evening the Team Mutant van was en-route to Castelia City with Mal in the back of it. The drivers saw a white quadrupled Pokémon with wings. In front of them, so they stopped.
"Why have we stopped?" Mal asked
"There is a Pokémon in front of us and it's not moving." One of the grunts said.
"Okay, so run it over." He said coldly.
"As you wish." The van was driving towards them and the Pokémon jumped up into the air and onto the roof of the van suddenly she opened the top of the van with her crimson glowing claws and it jumped in and it stared at Mal and growled. It engulfed his hand he was holding the Garchompite in his right hand and he dropped in its mouth and the Pokémon jumped back out of the van and ran back to Nimbasa City.
"Get that Pokémon!" But Mal saw that the drivers were knocked out and he saw a figure jump over the van and he noticed she had dark pink hair and she sped after the Pokémon. "We'll see if that Pokémon can escape Svetlana." He gasped and jumped out of the van and ran after the Pokémon. But he lost it and the person. He growled as he went back to normal. "Looks like, I'll try to work my magic on Irina again. Since, that is where that Pokémon must be going."
He got back up and walked back to Nimbasa City. "If Irina won't give it to me, I'll take it by force."
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Cue Pokémon: BW Rival Destinies theme song.
The group including Dawn and Bridgette went up to Irina's room, she told them that she had something important to discuss.
"So, why did you call us up here?" Gill asked.
Irina who was sitting on her bed sulking spoke up "Because, it's time you knew something. The explanation of what's happening to Mike… I think Gardevoir world be better explaining this one."
Gardevoir's eyes glowed blue and so did everyone else's except for Kelsey, Zoey and Irina. After a few seconds their eyes stopped glowing and they looked around.
"Uh, what happened?" Bridgette asked
"I've linked our minds telepathically." Said Gardevoir
"Woah! Now Gardevoir can talk!" Gill exclaimed
"I'm not talking, I am merely making a way for all of you to hear my thoughts. As for that Zorua, it is still unexplained how he can convey human speech. But on to more pressing matters, to put it short, Mike has a disease you humans call multiple personality syndrome, which means a personality named Mal has taken over him which explains his abnormal behaviour."
"I never knew that Mike had other personalities." Said Bridgette
"Yes, and he has been trying for the past three days of so to get the components to make his Pokémon, Mega Evolve, fortunately we've had some help on the outside." Said Gardevoir.
"Wait! What help?!" Irina exclaimed.
"Look over there." Everyone looked and they saw a white quadrupled Pokémon and it dropped the Garchompite, a Houndoomite and what looked like a picture.
The Pokémon then jumped out of the open window.
"That Pokémon brought back the Garchompite, Mal stole."
"And left another one it looks like." Said Zoey as she picked it up.
"That is Houndoomite, useful for you Houndoom Irina gave you." Dawn stated. "And I think this picture proves that Mal is in control as everyone looked at it and saw Mal when he was battling against Daniel and Iris.
"Now, more than ever we must. Be very careful. There is no doubt the Mal will come after Irina again. And if that does happen we must be ready to defeat him." Said Gardevoir.
"Uh, wait. What about Mike, the real one I mean?" Zoey asked, she saw Gardevoir look away for a moment.
"I… I just don't know how to answer that question. If I were to guess the real Mike is trapped in there along with his other personalities. And Mal probably changed his mind so that it is a prison. I don't know if we'll ever see the real Mike ever again."
"NO! I refuse to believe that the real Mike is gone forever!" She yelled.
"I am not saying that, Zoey."
"Okay, how can Mike escape then?"
Gardevoir remained silent for a while. "He'll have to do it himself, but our priority is making sure that Mal doesn't do any more damage."
"So, what do we do now?" Kelsey asked
"We go about our regular business but we just have to be on the lookout for any grunts from Team Mutant."
And with that everyone left the room, however Gardevoir stopped Cameron for just a second. "Cameron, I can tell that you have an infatuation with Irina."
"What!? I only like her as a friend…" he said while blushing.
"That is why, I want you to protect her in case Mal tries to come to her in private."
"I would, but look at me, he could tear me in half if he wanted to."
"Listen, Irina trusts you, more than the others, except for Kelsey. All I'm saying is that you be at her side and do whatever it takes to keep her safe."
"Yeah, but I still can't believe he did that, I thought I could trust him but I guess I was wrong."
"We were all fooled, but we can't let that bring us down now. We have to stop him and the rest of Team Mutant."
"Sorry, Gardevoir. But I'm just not up to it." And he walked down to his room.
"He still can't fathom that his friend betrayed him. I only hope that he will snap out of it soon." Gardevoir thought to herself.
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Gill was back in his room and Kelsey peeked inside and she saw him relaxing on his bed. She decided to mess with him a little.
Kelsey peeked her head into the room. "BOO!" she screamed and this forced Gill to jump and fall off his bed.
"KELSEY!" Gill screamed
She giggled after seeing his reaction. "Sorry, I couldn't resist. So what's up?"
"I just lying here, thinking…"
"Thinking about what?" she asked
"My gym battle. From what I heard, this gym uses Electric Type Pokémon. But as for the Pokémon he/she uses. I can't deduce that." He then sighed.
"Something wrong?"
"It's just, well my last gym battle didn't go so well."
"You didn't skip that gym did you?"
"No! I managed to win the Hostile Badge, but only on the second try. I just don't want to have to go through that again."
Kelsey sat next to Gill on his bed. "Don't worry, you're not going to lose I can see it now. All you have to do is believe in your Pokémon and once you've established a great bond with your Pokémon. Victory is as easy as snapping your finger. Strength isn't everything, and neither is strategy. You just have to go there with the belief that you and your Pokémon will come out victorious. What I'm trying to say here is that if you do your best, your Pokémon will follow and do the best they can. And really that's all anyone could ask for. But your best quality is that you never give, you're always persistent, and that's what I lo- LIKE! That's what I like about you hehehe."
"Wow, thanks a lot, Kelsey."
She chuckled. "Hey, just doing my best to cheer you up. I'll see you tomorrow." The then hugged Gill and he yet again felt this fuzzy warm feeling inside him that he couldn't explain. Afterwards she left his room and Gill just went back to lying down on his bed, but he remembered Kelsey's words of encouragement.
'I wonder if she already has a boyfriend… What the… why am I even thinking of that!'
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The next morning the group were in the Pokémon centre and all their Pokémon were out of their Pokéballs as they were having their breakfast.
Tepig had this weird look when he saw Mawile eating two bowls of food. One was for her and the other was for the huge maw on her head.
"So Gill, you're going to take on the gym today?" Bridgette asked.
"Yep, I was told that the gym leader is back in town." Gill replied.
"Well, Dawn and I surely wouldn't miss it isn't that right, Dawn?"
They saw Dawn meditating on the other side of the Pokémon centre with Riolu and Leafeon. She opened one eye and just shrugged.
"And I'm coming too!" Kelsey cheered.
"Well, I didn't know you were inviting your girlfriend." Bridgette smirked.
"GIRLFRIEND!" Both Gill and Kelsey exclaimed and rose colours could be seen on their cheeks
"We're just friends, trust me it's purely platonic." Said Kelsey.
"Oh…" Gill began to look at the ground, depressed for some reason.
Then the doors opened and they saw Lindsay walking inside.
'Oh boy…' Gill thought.
"GILL! There you are!" she squealed cheerfully and ran towards him and crushed him in a hug and lifted him off the ground. Kelsey looked at this and lifted an eyebrow.
"Nice to see you too, Lindsay but could you put him down. I don't think Gill's face is supposed to be blue." Said Bridgette.
"Oh." She dropped him.
"A few more of those, and I'm going to need a chiropractor." Gill said as he got up and stretched his back.
Zoey walked up to Kelsey. "Remember what you said about Love Triangles…" she giggled.
"Shut up." Kelsey muttered.
"I heard you were looking for the gym leader." Lindsay announced
"Yeah, I'm going to have my gym battle today."
"Oh, you're the challenger my sister was talking about."
"WHAT! Wait a minute, your sister is the gym leader."
"Yep, her name is Paula, she only took over the gym a few weeks ago and you're her second challenger."
"Really. Who was her first challenger?"
"It was Cora… if I remember, and my sister lost."
"Cora… she probably means Courtney."
"It's no surprise that Courtney won." Said Bridgette. "But I wonder where she is right now? Wait if you're here, where is Heather?"
"Oh she left to go to Driftveil City, but I found this girl named Bianca and I'm travelling with her now." She looked around and saw Irina. "OMG! IT'S YOU!" Lindsay squealed and ran towards her.
"I'm confused, do you know each other?" Cameron asked.
"I've never met this girl in my life!" she said
"You're Irina! The Daughter of famous actress Diantha of the Kalos region!"
"Oh, well I'm happy to meet another fan. And here I was thinking no one here would find out." She said.
Gwen was sitting with her friends but then got up. "Oh, I had my suspicions, and I guess Lindsay proved they were true. But I wonder, what are you doing here in Unova?"
"I guess I wanted to get away from it all, maybe know what it's like to live a normal life."
"Oh! I'm so excited to finally meet you!" Lindsay squealed
"Well it's great to see that I have fans in the Unova region."
"So could you take me to your sister?" Gill asked as he returned his Pokémon to their Pokéballs. Bridgette, Kelsey and Dawn did the same.
"Oh sure." She led Gill, Bridgette, Dawn and Kelsey to the gym.
They left Cameron, Sierra, Zoey, Irina, Gwen and Leshawna in the Pokémon centre.
"Hey Irina." Gwen called out. "Do you want to have a battle, I'm curious on how the daughter of the most famous actor of the Kalos region battles."
"Sure,… uh?"
"Name's Gwen."
"Girl, you sure I mean we still have to meet up with Trent and my cousin." Said Leshawna
"No worries, Trent's a patent guy."
"Yeah, Leshinga isn't."
"I'm sure Trent will keep her entertained."
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Lindsay led the others to a huge building in Nimbasa City and it looked like a huge building with the Pokémon league symbol on the top of the building. They all entered the building and they saw a reception near turnstyles that lead to elevators. The receptionist turned her chair to face them.
"No! This meeting is very important, we can't just reschedule it! Fine I'll inform Miss Elesa about the change." She then looked towards them. "How can I help you?" she asked
"I'm here to have a gym battle of course!" Gill yelled excitedly.
"I am sorry but Miss Paula is very busy, she will only take gym battles in the afternoon and she's already booked for the day.
"What! Are you kidding me!"
"Please don't raise your voice in here." She said calmly.
"I've come here for a gym battle and I'm not leaving until I get one!"
"I asked you nicely to not raise your voice in here."
"C'mon, Lisa can't you do it, for me?" Lindsay asked. She gave the receptionist the puppy dog eyes.
"I am sorry the answer is no. I've done many "Favours" for you already, Lindsay. And for the one hundredth time. My name is Lena."
"What's going on in here?" a female voice asked. She was wearing a sleevless shoulder strapped top that was black and yellow, it opened near her mid-section so that it showed her belly, she had yellow and black long armbands on her arms. She was wearing a light blue skirt with black leggings and yellow sandals with heels. She wore the headgear that Elesa wore (In Black and White), had shoulder long blond hair with blue eyes.
"Oh, Miss Paula I was just telling these kids that you aren't available for a gym battle right now." The receptionist said.
"I'm sorry kids but I have a business to run… wait a minute you're Gill aren't you?" she asked
"Uh, yes that's my name."
"Lindsay talks about you all the time." she said.
"Paula!" Lindsay pouted while she blushed.
"I think I can make an exception for them. Lena, give me the keys."
"Are you that sure, I mean the whole city has to get here to watch the battle surly you can't just…"
"Yeah I can, I just tweeted it." She said holding out her phone. The receptionist looked outside and saw people taking the underground subway tunnel to the gym below the building. "Their taking the subway to it right now."
"How come nobody told me that you could take a subway to the Pokémon gym?" Gill asked
"You never asked." Lindsay replied.
Then Gill anime fainted.
"So, Lena. The keys?" the receptionist named Lena threw some keys to Paula. "If you four will follow me." She led them past the turn-styles and to two elevators. "Gill, this elevator will take you to the gym. The rest of you will the stairs down to where the audience watches. I'll take this elevator." And with that Paula entered the elevator and went downwards.
"Well Gill, I guess this is it." Said Bridgette.
"Yeah."
"Then may I take this opportunity to wish you luck in this battle." Said Dawn
"Same from me." Said Bridgette.
"Best of luck, Gill and remember what I told you last night."
"Yeah, win or lose. It doesn't matter as long as I give it my best shot."
She nodded. Then she hugged him. That fuzzy felling came back. "I hope you win, Gill."
"T-thanks." He said. She then let go of him. "Well I better get going." He said and he went down the elevator.
"Well girls, shall we go." Said Kelsey and they all went down the stairs to where they already saw that the space was packed.
"Wow! That was fast!?" Bridgette exclaimed.
"When one person hears that Paula is going to battle, the rest of the city flocks in fast." Lindsay explained.
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Meanwhile Gwen and Leshawna joined Irina, Cameron, Zoey and Sierra as Gwen and Irina were about to battle.
"So how are we doing this?" Gwen asked.
"Let's make it a two on two, how does that sound?" Irina asked.
"Fine with me."
"Girl you make sure you don't lose to her alright!" Leshawna yelled.
"You got it Shawnie!"
But before the battle they saw an Ampharos running around as if he was lost and looking for something. He looked panicked.
"An Ampharos?" Gwen asked
And the Pokémon saw them and he began running away. "Let's hold the battle for now." She chased after the Pokémon. "Wait hold on. I want to help you!"
"Irina, wait up!" Cameron yelled and he followed them
Ampharos ran from them and then he saw that he was in front of a lake and he didn't want to swim not that he could.
"I finally caught you!" Irina exclaimed and he began to cower. "What's wrong?"
"Amp… Ampharos…?"
Cameron caught up with them. "Irina what's wrong?" he asked and he saw her trying to calm down a scared Ampharos.
"Oh Cameron, I found this Ampharos and he looks scared but I can't figure out why."
"Why don't you throw out Gardevoir, that way she can tell us what's wrong Ampharos." Cameron suggested.
Irina put her hands on the back of her head and blushed. "Yeah, hehe right I forgot." She sweatdropped before she took out her Pokéball , she threw it and Gardevoir came out. "Hey Gardevoir, I found this Ampharos and he looks unnerved. Do you think you can link Cameron and I with him?"
Gardevoir eyes glowed light blue and all of their eyes glowed light blue as well.
"I've linked all of you up telepathically." Said Gardevoir
Ampharos looked startled. "Who are you guys!?"
"Don't worry, where here to help you." Irina assured.
"We're not here to hurt you." Cameron told the Pokémon.
"Now what's wrong?"
"Daniel...? Where is Daniel…? He told me to wait by the battle club and he's still gone…?"
"Daniel? Who is Daniel?" Irina asked
"He was one of trainers in the tournament." Said Cameron. "Ampharos lost to Mike's Excadrill."
"Okay, we'll help you. When was the last time you saw him?" Irina thought.
"He said he was going to find this girl named, Iris. I wonder if he found her yet. But as soon as I hear noises I got scared… Where is he?" Ampharos began to panic again.
"Oh no… Cameron I think he was abandoned."
"What, Daniel was that mad?"
"I wonder…"
"Ampharos… I don't know how to tell you this but…"
"But what..?"
"Well, I know, why don't you travel with me until we find Daniel?"
"Yay!" Irina pulled out a Pokéball and Ampharos walked up to it. He happily pressed it and he was engulfed in a red light and he was brought into the Pokéball it wiggled and then he was successfully caught.
"So what are you going to do now?" Cameron asked
"If Daniel really abandoned Ampharos, I guess I have to keep him and try to convince Daniel to take him back. I have to help him gain his confidence though."
"Don't worry, if anyone can help Ampharos, it's you." Said Cameron.
Irina's cheeks became red. "W-well thanks Cameron."
"I know, I'll use him against Gwen in our battle."
"I hope that Daniel will take him back."
They both walked back to the others.
"What happened?" Gwen asked.
"Don't you worry about it, Gwen. Now how about that battle?"
"Of course! And here's my first Pokémon." Gwen threw out Krokorok.
"Okay, now come out! Altaria!" and Pokémon that looked like a big bird surrounded by clouds came out.
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Gill was looking at an arc that had a curtain behind it and he heard and an applause.
"You guys ready for a gym battle!" he heard and the crowd behind the curtain roared and now for my challenger! Come on out Gill!" and they all looked to the curtain and he knew he would have to go there to battle.
"Okay, here we go." Then Gill walked through the arc and he saw that he was now on a long catwalk and he saw a blonde figure on the other side and there was a crowd below him and he began waving. Then he got to the other side which was a grey and yellow lit battlefield.
"Uh, yeah." He said scratching the back of his head.
"Well let's give these people a show." A referee appeared in a puff of smoke
"The battle between Paula the gym leader and Gill the challenger is about to begin. Both of them can only use three Pokémon and only the challenger can substitute Pokémon. The battle is over when all three Pokémon on a side are unable to continue."
"So Gill are you ready for this?"
"Of course I am!" He exclaimed.
"I'm glad you said that because I have a battle to win and I can't disappoint my mentor." Then she took out a Pokéball. "Emolga, you're up first!" then she threw a Pokéball and then the sky squirrel Pokémon came out of the Pokéball.
Gill: Okay since Emolga's a flying type I need another Pokémon to throw out other than Drilbur
"C'mon Gill we don't have all day." Said Paula
"Here we go Tepig! Do some damage!" then he threw out a Pokéball and then Tepig came out and he blew embers from his nostrils. "Now here we go, Tepig use Flamethrower!" then Tepig blasted a continuous flames from his nostrils.
"Dodge it Emolga." Then she flew into the air and avoided the attack.
"Let's see if you can dodge this. Tepig use Rollout!" then Tepig curled himself into a ball and then began to roll towards Emolga but then she simply flew into the air and avoided it.
"Emolga use Acrobatics!" then Emolga flew in towards Tepig and then hit him continuous times.
"C'mon Tepig, we not losing easily. Now use Take Down!" then Tepig charged towards Emolga but he missed again.
"Now Emolga, use Spark!" then Emolga shot through the air cloaked in yellow electricity and was going to swoop down onto Tepig.
"Tepig dodge it now!" then he dodged it and Emolga crashed into the ground but then looked unscathed. "Now it's our turn. Tepig, use Flame Charge!" then Tepig became surrounded in orange flames and then he charged towards Emolga and made contact she then flew back to Paula but then Emolga got back up.
"Emolga, use Aerial Ace. Then Emolga became covered in a clear aura and then flew into Tepig and then the fire pig Pokémon flew backwards and then bounced on the ground. "Now we have him. Finish it with Electro Ball!" then a ball of electricity formed on Emolga's tail and then it was thrown toward Tepig.
"Tepig counter it with Flamethrower!" then Tepig blasted orange flames from his nostrils and then it hit the electro ball and then it exploded and made a cloud of black smoke then Tepig saw Emolga fly into the air. "Tepig, flamethrower again!" then Tepig blasted flames toward Emolga who was dodging it easily.
"Emolga use Spark again!" then Emolga became covered in yellow sparks and then flew towards Tepig.
"We'll let her come to us…get ready."
Then she swooped down and was now close to the ground and she was heading for the Fire Pig Pokémon.
"Tepig use Rollout!" then Tepig curled himself and rolled into a ball and then impacted Emolga and then she bounced back to Paula but then she looked determined and got back on her feet. "Now we'll start the attack. Tepig use Flame Charge!" then Tepig ran towards Emolga and then cloaked himself in orange flames and then charged was about to charge right into Emolga.
"Emolga, attack at twelve o clock!" then Emolga flew into the air and avoided it. Then she landed behind Tepig. "Emolga use Acrobatics!" then Emolga was flying towards Tepig.
"Tepig, dodge it now!" then Tepig was trying to dodge Emolga's strikes but Tepig wasn't fast enough to dodge all her strikes then he was eventually hit.
"Emolga, dazzle the crowd with the final blow. Use Electro Ball!" then a ball of electricity formed on her tail and the she front flipped and flung it towards. Tepig and it exploded on him and then he was down on the ground.
"Tepig no! You've got to get up."
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"That Emolga is pretty nimble. I don't know if Gill can defeat her easily." Said Bridgette.
"We have to trust that Gill knows what he's doing, Bridgette." Said Dawn
…
Then Tepig was struggling to get to his feet and then Paula was surprised that Tepig got up after the attack.
"How could Tepig still be able to get up from that?!" Paula asked
"Tepig and I have a bond that can get us through anything."
"Sorry about this. Emolga use Aerial Ace!" then Emolga flew towards Tepig and then the Fire Pig Pokémon stood there looking focused.
"Tepig ran at Emolga then do what I say next." Then Tepig nodded then he ran towards Emolga and they were getting closer together. "Now bite down on her tail!" then he did so after dodging Aerial Ace. Then Emolga was cringing in pain.
"Emolga shake him off!" but Tepig wouldn't let go. "Okay, get airborne!" then Emolga flew up with Tepig still holding on.
"Now grab onto Emolga!" Gill commanded.
Then he grabbed onto Emolga.
"Emolga use Spark and crash into the ground." Then both Emolga and Tepig were surrounded in a yellow sparks.
"Tepig use Flame Charge and do the same but different!" Gill said then Tepig became cloaked in flames and then they both hit the ground and after the dust cleared Tepig was panting very hard and Emolga had her eyes replaced with swirls.
"Emolga is unable to battle, Tepig wins."
"Wow I did not see that coming." Paula said scratching her head. "Emolga return."
Then Tepig was heavily panting. "Wow, you really worked hard that last battle. You need a break. Tepig return." Then he brought Tepig back into his Pokéball.
"Okay, Gill you seem tough, so let's see how you handle my next Pokémon. Zebstrika! Show them what you got!" a black and white zebra like Pokémon with his horns shaped like thunderbolts and a white mane going down his back and his tail came from his mane.
Gill scanned him with his Pokédex.
Zebstrika the Thunderbolt Pokémon and the evolved form of Blitzle - When this ill-tempered Pokémon runs wild, it shoots lightning from its mane in all directions.
"Okay, time for my secret weapon! Drilbur! Do some damage!" and the Mole Pokémon came right out and looked at Zebstika.
"A Drilbur, huh? You came prepared. But so am I, all gym leader have to be prepared. Zebstrika use Flame Charge!" Zebstrika stomped on the ground continuously and he flew towards Drilbur while cloaked in orange flames
"Drilbur use Dig and avoid the attack!" Drilbur dug underground and avoided Flame Charge. "Now strike him!" Drilbur came out of the ground and just missed Zebstrika and was behind him.
"Quick use, Double Kick!" Zebstrika then kicked Drilbur backwards with his hooves and he flew back and rolls back to Gill.
"Oh, man Drilbur get up!" Dribur suddenly got up. "Quick use Metal Claw!" Drilbur ran towards Zebstrika with his claws turned to metal and he jumped towards Zebstrika.
"Double Kick, again!" Zebstrika kicked Drilbur while he was in air and he flew back towards Gill.
"Damn, this isn't working. Drilbur return!" Gill held out his Pokéball and Drilbur was brought back into his Pokéball.
"Okay, Abomasnow! Do some damage!" and his Abomasnow came out of the Pokéball. 'I'm only going to use Mega Evolution when I have to. Since this is a gym battle it's probably not necessary.' "Okay Abomasnow use Ice Shard!" Abomasnow made a ball of ice surrounded by a light blue and he shot is from his mouth and it sped towards Zebstrika.
"Zebstrika, use Flame Charge and melt the ice!" Zebstrika ran towards the ice ball and when he hit it, it shattered and melted into the ground. "Now, use Discharge!" Zebstrika became covered in a yellow electricity and he blast bolts of lightning in all directions and two of them struck Abomasnow he stood bet he staggered backwards.
"C'mon we can do this, use Ice Punch!" Abomansnow ran towards Zebstrika and his forarms were glowing light blue.
"Dodge it now!" Zebstrika dodged it and jumped out of the way easily. "Wild Charge, now!" Zebstrika stood on the ground continuously and he charged right into him while surrounded in gold coloured sparks of electricity and he slammed into Abomasnow's stomach and he onto his back.
"Damn, you're kidding me."
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"This doesn't look good. All of Gill's Pokémon are too slow to match Zebstrika's speed." Kelsey stated. "This will make it difficult for his Pokémon to dodge Zebstrika's attacks. But knowing him, he'll find a way."
"But, you've only known him for three or four days and have only seen him battle once." Dawn stated.
Kelsey narrowed her eyes at her.
"Well I'm not giving up hope on him! C'mon Gill, you can still win!" Lindsay cheered.
"Show her who's boss!" Kelsey cheered as well Dawn and Bridgette sweat dropped at this.
…
"Zebstrika use Flame Charge!" Zebstrika stomped the ground and covered himself in dust and sped out of it covered in flames and he flew towards Zebstrika.
'I have to keep Zebstrika off balance somehow… Maybe this will work.' "Abomasnow use Razor Leaf and aim for his legs!" the Frost Tree Pokémon's arms glowed green and he flung circular leaves towards Zebstrika's legs and he had to jump over them, but this slowed him down a little. "Now dodge it!" Abomasnow jumped from the attack and it narrowly missed him. "Now use Return!" his body became clear and was surrounded by a blue outline and he charged towards Zebstrika and made contact and he flew to the wall and when he hit there was a dust cloud. "Yeah! We did it!" Gill yelled and he and Abomasnow hi-fived.
"Not quite…" said Paula and Zebstrika came out of the dust and his mane was glowing yellow.
'Should have known that wasn't enough.' Gill thought.
"Zebstrika, let end this Discharge!" his yellow glowing mane blasted electricity in all directions and it his Abomasnow and he was on one knee. "And now, the finale. Use Flame Charge!" Zebstrika charged towards Abomasnow while covered in flames.
"Okay, we only have one shot, Abomasnow! Now Return, let's go!" Abomasnow became clear and had a blueish tint inside and he had a blue outline. He charged into the oncoming Zebstrika and there was an explosion of black smoke and both Pokémon flew back after the force and they were both trying to get back onto their feet.
Most of the crowd was cheering Zebstrika to get up, while Gill's friends but mostly Kelsey and Lindsay were cheering for Abomasnow to get up.
They were both halfway to getting up but both of them collapsed at the same time.
"YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!" the battlers said in unison as they saw both their Pokémon knocked out on the ground.
"Zebstrika and Abomasnow are unable to battle."
"Zebstrika, return."
"Abomasnow, return."
And both Pokémon were brought back to their Pokéballs.
"Well, Lindsay wasn't lying, you are quite skilled." Paula praised.
Gill scratched the back of his head sheepishly and blushed as well. "I'm not that great really."
"And with that, here's my final Pokémon!" she threw out her Pokéball and it opened to reveal another quadruped Pokémon that was yellow in colour and had a yellow spiky mane around his neck and had spiky ears.
"Who's that Pokémon?"
Jolteon the Lightning Pokémon and an evolved form of Eevee - If agitated, it uses electricity to straighten out its fur and launch it in small bunches.
"So that's a Jolteon. Okay, Tepig do some damage." He threw out Tepig onto the battle field and embers flew out of his nose.
"Back to Tepig, huh. However he won't be able to beat Jolteon. Jolteon use Pin Missile!" Jolteon's mane glowed white and he flung many pins that flew in the air towards Tepig.
"Tepig use Flame Charge and dodge them!" Tepig became covered in flames and dodged the glowing needles that were raining down on him and he charged into Jolteon with his head and the Lightning Pokémon flew back and bounced back towards Paula.
"Okay, let's try this. Use Charge Beam!" and Jolteon blasted a yellow beam with electricity towards Tepig.
"Tepig, dodge it quick!" but he was hit and he was on his stomach and slowly and his scaleras became light red and he was surrounded in a flaming aura and he screamed out. "Alright, Blaze kicked in!" Gill yelled.
Paula put her hand on her chin and smirked. "Blaze, and ability that increases the power of fire-type moves when the Pokémon is close to fainting. Neat… but I'm still coming out on top. Jolteon use Quick Attack!" he ran towards Tepig with a white streak of light following him and knocked Tepig and he slid back towards Gill. Jolteon backed off but was still facing Tepig.
"Now! Use Flamethrower!" Tepig blasted blue flames towards Jolteon and they engulfed him and he flew back in a blue fireball and hit the wall.
"Oh no Jolteon!" Jolteon got up from the smoke and he growled at Tepig. "Okay, time to get serious use Thunder." Jolteon's body became surrounded in yellow electricity and fired it at Tepig.
"Tepig, avoid it now!" Tepig narrowly avoided the attack and he stared at Jolteon. "Ready, now use Flame Charge!" Tepig ran towards Jolteon while surrounded in huge flames that could blind most Pokémon.
"Jolteon, close your eyes and dodge it with Quick Attack!" Jolteon followed and jumped over Tepig who was charging into him when Tepig missed he saw Jolteon was behind him. "Now Quick Attack!" Jolteon ran towards Tepig at an insane speed. And made contact with him and he flew back. "Quick Attack! Again!" before Tepig could get up he was hit with another Quick Attack. "One more time, Jolteon!" he flew towards Tepig for the third time and made contact with him and this time he forced himself to stand but it was difficult. "Now use Thunder!" he blasted yellow electricity at Tepig and it hit and he flew back and hit the wall at high speed and there were swirls in his eyes.
"Tepig is unable to battle. Jolteon is the winner."
'So it's down to Drilbur now.' "This battle is far from over! Drilbur do some damage!" Drilbur came out of the Pokéball showing off his claws.
"You could be right about that, but then again you could be wrong. Jolteon use Pin Missile!" and Jolteon blasted glowing white needles at Drilbur.
"Quick deflect them with Metal Claw!" and Drilbur made his claws a shade of metal and he put them in front of his face and she ran towards Jolteon. "Now use Fury Swipes!" and her claws glowed white and tried to scratch Jolteon but she missed as Jolteon jumped over her and landed on her side.
"Use Quick Attack!" and Jolteon ran right into Drilbur and she flew back and landed on the right in front of Gill. "Now use Quick Attack again!" and Drilbur flew back yet again.
"That's it, Drilbur use Dig!" Drilbur dug underground. 'This should give me enough time to think of something.' But suddenly Drilbur sped out the ground below Jolteon and she was rotating her body like a drill with her claws in front of her making her look like a spinning drill. And she hit Jolteon's underside and she flew into the air and then landed on the ground in front of Paula.
"What!" Paula exclaimed.
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"It would seems that Gill's Drilbur has learned Drill Run." Said Dawn
"Now, Drilbur has two Ground type moves." Gill should be able to win this easily.
"That may be how it seems but Jolteon's speed is still a problem." Dawn stated
"Oh I kinda forgot about that…"
"Well I wouldn't worry, he's got this handled." Said Kelsey
"How sure are you?" Bridgette asked
"I did give him a pep talk last night so I'm confident that he will win and he's probably thinking the same thing."
…
"Oh Yeah! Drilbur learned Drill Run!" Gill exclaimed.
"It still won't help you, Jolteon use Quick Attack!" Jolteon ran towards Drilbur and collided with him and she bounced back towards Gill.
'I have to stop Jolteon from use Quick Attack or at least slow him down…'Gill suddenly remembered Dawn's strategy she used in the Nacrene City gym. 'Okay I'm probably grasping at straws here but it's better than nothing.' "Drilbur use Dig!" Drilbur dug underground and Jolteon's next Quick Attack missed.
"You can't stay in there forever!" said Paula.
"Who say I was. Drilbur use Drill Run and Dig but keep making holes all over the battlefield." Drilbur who was underground shrugged her shoulders and did what Gill told her to do and she was jumping in and out of the ground like a dolphin making medium sized holes all over the battlefield and when Drilbur was done after about a minute there were holes all over the battlefield, so many that Jolteon would struggle to run across the entire field.
"Big deal! Jolteon use Quick Attack!" Jolteon tried to run across the battlefield but he couldn't run at full speed because he had to avoid all the holes.
"Drilbur use Drill Run!" Drilbur formed herself into a drill and charged into Jolteon who wasn't as fast as before. Drill Run hit him in the side and Jolteon flew back to the wall but this time he wouldn't be getting up as swirls replaced his eyes.
"Oh no, you're kidding me!" she exclaimed.
"Jolteon is unable to battle, Drilbur is the winner and the victory goes to Gill the challenger."
The crowd in the gym cheered for Gill's victory.
"Oh yeah! We won!" Gill yelled and Drilbur jumped on his head.
Gill and Paula were in the centre of the battlefield and Gill had Tepig, Abomasnow and Drilbur out of their Pokéballs.
"You really are as resourceful as your reputation says." Paula complimented.
"I have a reputation?" Gill asked
"Yep, but onto more important things. For you victory against me, I present you with, the Tension Badge." The Tension Badge looked like two human hands rubbing their hands together and had yellow electric sparks coming from it."And with this, you're only need four more badges to compete in the Unova League." Paula stated.
"You're right, I'm halfway there. I won the Tension Badge!" and Tepig and Drilbur jumped into the air with him but then Abomasnow jumped onto Gill and nearly crush him. "Get… Off…me…!" Gill said while under the girth of the Frost Tree Pokémon.
-A-
"Altaria use Dragon Breath!" Altaria blasted a purple fire from her mouth and it made contact with Haunter.
"Not so fast, Irina. Haunter use Dark Pulse!" Gwen commanded and then Haunter blasted a purple ray with black circles at Altaria and the fell to the ground.
"Oh no!"
"Now let's finish this. Use Shadow Ball!" Haunter made a ball of purple darkness in his hands and flung it towards Altaria who couldn't dodge it. And she had swirls in her eyes. "Yes! Now we're even!" Gwen exclaimed.
"Alright, it's your turn, Ampharos!" and Ampharos came out of the Pokéball and he looked at Haunter and became frightened and you could see a chill go down his spine. "Don't worry, you can do this." Irina said making a thumbs up and Ampharos looked towards Haunter. "Now use Thunder Punch!" Ampharos charged towards Haunter with a fist of electrical energy but he missed.
"Nice try, Haunter use Night Shade!" Haunter blasted black ray from his eyes and they hit Ampharos and he fell to the ground in agony.
"Hang in there, Ampharos."
"How about we end this Haunter use Shadow Ball!" he flung a dark purple orb towards Ampharos.
"Ampharos!" he saw this and jumped over it but he saw that Haunter wasn't in front him and was looking around for him suddenly Haunter phased out of the ground below Ampharos and the light Pokémon jumped back in fear.
"Yeah, sorry about that. Haunter is very mischievous. Now use Dark Pulse!" Haunter blasted a purple beam with black circles towards Ampharos.
"Ampharos, counter it with Thunderbolt!" and he glowed yellow and blasted a bolt of continuous lightening towards Haunter and it collided Dark Pulse and this made a small explosion.
"Now Haunter use Sludge Bomb!" Haunter blasted a brown ball of sludge from his mouth and it his Ampharos and he was poisoned as purple electric bolts surrounding him.
"Quick Ampharos use Dragon Pulse!" Ampharos blasted a ball of Turquoise energy and it was smaller than usual and it missed Haunter.
"Let's end this, Haunter use Night Shade!" and the black beams hit Ampharos and he fell over and he had swirls in his eyes."
'This is worse than I thought, Daniel abandoning him is really affecting him. He's lost his confidence I could tell in that battle.' Irina thought. She sighed. "Ampharos return."
"Is Ampharos okay? He didn't look like he was into that battle too much." Gwen noted
"It's a long story, I'll tell you later."
"Oh one more thing, you know Haunter evolves into Gengar. And Leshawna tells me that you have mega rings for this thing called Mega Evolution and I found out that Gengar can Mega Evolve so I was wondering…"
"Say no more, I'll ask Kelsey to hook you up as soon as she and the others get back."
-A-
At a Team Mutant base Mal was walking around the futuristic hall way and when he entered his quarters he found something that he would never expect.
"What the… Irina what are you doing here?" Mal asked sounding like Mike. "I'm on an undercover mission here."
"Don't bother fooling me, Mal I know you're not Mike and quite frankly. I prefer this one." Irina walked closer to him. And what she did surprised Mal even more, she place her lips onto his after she came closer to him.
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Mal awoke in his quarters. And he looked around and the girl he was dreaming about wasn't there. "What's happening to me…? MIKE! What are you doing in there!" Mal said out loud.
"Uh I'm tied to a rock in here if you forgot. You're in charge of our mind, remember. And that's not my dream because I like Zoey not Irina and I haven't heard from Manitoba." Said Mike
"Now it's not possible! There is no way I'm in love with that cretin!" he said out loud
Meanwhile Mel was walking past his room and she heard what Mal said. She decided to put her head to the door and listen.
"That kiss with Irina was probably nothing, I have to focus on what's important and not some false crush with some girl that I barely even know. I'll focus on the Garchompite later right now we have to focus on getting the Light Stone from Team Plasma."
After Mel heard everything she ran to her own quarters. 'Him liking Irina? I usually above using Blackmail but if this can help me throw Mal off his game. And closer to the Light Stone. I may have to so that Team Mutant doesn't take over the world.' She thought to herself. Then a knock on her door was heard and she opened it and it was Michaela.
"Hey, Mel! The big boss is going to brief us on our next mission." She said
"Right… Uh Michaela, all the Pokémon that we steal. Where do they actually go?"
"Only the boss would know that, and Mal since he's our commander. Why you're not going to break out a Pokémon and give it back to some lame trainer." Michaela joked.
"Yeah, who would be dumb enough to do that? Actually I was just curious."
"Well point is I don't know so you're going to ask him yourself if he even decides to tell you."
"Yeah…"
"Hey what's wrong?"
"N-nothing…"
"Hey you're my best friend, Mel so you know you can tell me anything. No one will ever know."
"Yeah I know thanks."
"Enough with the sappy attitude, we have to go."
-A-
Now that Gill has won his fourth gym badge what surprised await him on the way to Driftveil City. Can Irina be able to re-train Ampharos and does Mal have a crush? Find out as the journey continues.
A/N: Already reached over 200 reviews, over 200'000 words and about to reach 10'000 views before 2014. I'd to thank all my readers for giving this story a chance and sticking with it and I'll see you on the next update. I've planned up to chapter 67 so hopefully this will mean faster updates. But I'm not making any promises. Also I was wondering if I should write shorts / a series of one-shots on any of the characters, completely with your ideas and I just write them down. Of course their updates would be less frequent but I thought it would be interesting, fun and ease my mind of the battle scenes I have to create. Either way tell me what you think. See ya!
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