Sorry, I wanted to get this episode up yesterday but that 'I' key kept pestering me, and I couldn't take it but today, guess what happened? We got it fixed! HOOOORAY! Anyway, this is part 1 (well, technically part 2) of the Virbank City Gym Battle rematch. This will be the longer episode of the Gym battle, and the next one only should be about 3,000 so enjoy this one!
Episode 52 – Battling Roxie: Attack of the Poison! Pt.2
"Servine has been officially discharged," Nurse Joy told me, meaning that Servine was able to leave the Pokemon Centre now. "But no battling, at least not for a week or two." It had been two days since the contest (Skyla had left yesterday) and May was still pretty disappointed. Losing to Lilly hurt, but it wasn't really the losing part, it was what Lilly said and also, how she hated May's guts.
"Ok Nurse Joy," I replied as I took Servine's pokeball. I walked over to May who was sulking in the main lobby, while Max was packing up the rest of our stuff so that we could finally leave now that Servine was ok. "May. It was one loss. Get over it. Lilly was gonna have to beat you some day, otherwise she would've been a walkthrough – which you know she's not." May looked up at me unsurely but smiled.
"You're right Nick. Thanks," she told me and hugged me. I blushed but luckily she didn't see, because her attention turned to Max.
"Well, we're all set to go off to Icirrus City," Max explained.
"Great!" I cheered. Hmm… I wonder… What about... What if- "Max, I don't want to go to Icirrus City yet."
"What?" Max and May questioned at the same time.
"It's time to go back and challenge the Virbank Gym!" I exclaimed as I held my fist up in ambition. "After all, it has been over one month." May and Max looked at each other and smiled, before nodding at me.
"But are we going to have to journey all the way back down there?" May sighed. I thought about it for a moment.
"Well… If we go past Icirrus City there's a port there that will take you to Virbank City, or we walk back there," I replied. "Maybe it's not such a smart idea after all."
"No need to worry!" Max assured May and I. We both looked at him oddly but then saw that he had a pokeball in his hands. "Gallade, I choose you!" Gallade's pokeball flew up to the ceiling of the Pokemon Centre before a blast of blue and white light created Gallade.
"Lade!" Gallade roared.
"Now everybody hang on," he instructed the two of us. We both gripped onto one of Gallade's arm, while Max put his hand on Gallade's chest. "Teleport us to Virbank City." Suddenly the sight of the Zynera Pokemon Centre became blurry until I felt like I was being stretched on an unimaginable way, but in seconds that feeling went away and I saw that we were outside of the Virbank City Pokemon Centre!
"Awesome!" I cheered as I sprinted down the road to the Virbank Gym immediately. May and Max sighed as they chased after me. I remember the city we had stayed a long time in, and I certainly remember this salty sea air! We quickly arrived at the Gym and the purple disco lights were still booming, although this time there was no bouncer and I just walked straight in. I ran down the red carpeted stairs and then entered the Gym, that was a stage. I looked over to see Roxie battling a challenger.
"Magmar, finish with Fire Blast!" a familiar face – Chard – ordered his Magmar. Magmar leaned back and then shot out a star of flames at Roxie's Pokemon.
"Garbodor, finish with Sludge Bomb!" Roxie retaliated. The supposed Garbodor opened his rubbish mouth and then fired out purple pellets of sludge, which countered the Fire Blast but won! It then started to pummel Magmar and after a few hits, he fell.
"Magmar is unable to rock anymore. That means that the finest strummer is Roxie, who rocked this battle!" the ref declared.
"Who's that Pokemon?" I asked and pointed my Pokedex at Garbodor.
"Garbodor, the Trash Heap Pokemon. Consuming garbage makes new kinds of poison gases and liquids inside Garbodor's bodies," Dexter explained.
"Not again!" Chard whined as he returned Magmar. Roxie then looked over at us, after finishing her battle and had a pleasant smile.
"Nick!" she cried. Chard's body swung around as he saw us too.
"Hey, it's you guys!" he exclaimed as well.
"Long time no see Roxie," I said to her, completely ignoring Chard.
"Yeah!" she agreed. "So have you come back to challenge my Gym again?"
"You bet!"
"Well I need to go and heal my Pokemon. I'll be back in a minute." Roxie ran out of her Gym and I guessed that she was going to the Pokemon Centre.
"We might as well," I said to May and Max, and they agreed.
"So Professor Juniper, I need to switch one of the Pokemon that's on my team," I explained to the Professor, who I had been talking to since we got to the Pokemon Centre.
"Ok, sure," she agreed, with an asking look one her face.
"Well, I'll be sending back … ," I told her as I said the Pokemon's name. "And I want … in return. Also, since Riolu and Servine will be under the care of May and Max for this battle, I'll also be needing … and …"
"I'll make the transfers now." I placed one of my pokeballs on the machine and a white light quickly surrounded it before the pokeball was zapped away. I turned around and looked back at my friends, May and Max, who were talking with Roxie, but when I turned back to the video chat screen I saw that Professor Juniper was gone, but three pokeballs rested in the transfer machine.
"Bye to you too," I said sarcastically as I snatched up the pokeballs. "Roxie, I'm ready!"
"This battle of the rockers between Roxie and Nick is about to get strumming! Roxie may only play music with 3 Pokemon, while Nick gets to beat with 6, also being able to switch his band members. If you lose you are not allowed to challenge this Gym for a month, so that we can schedule your performance in!" the ref declared like this was some sort of rock concert. Although, I made no booking whatsoever so I don't know what he means by that. "So now, let the rocking begin!"
"Alright Scolipede, let's get rocking!" Roxie demanded as she threw her pokeball downwards to the stage.
"Now Eelektrik, you're up first to strum!" I sang like I was one of the members of the Gym, although I don't know if it suited me…
"PEDE!" a familiar Team-Rocket based Pokemon roared at us, although this time it belonged to a Gym Leader.
"Eel!" Eelektrik squealed, frightened of the large Pokemon.
"Get over those shivers and use Thunderbolt!" I commanded Eelektrik. He gulped before rearing back just before throwing his head forward, forcing a blast of lightning to come out of his small body. I had also noticed that the yellow dots on the side of his body glowed when he used an Electric-Type attack.
"Scolipede, endure the hit before using Sludge Bomb!" Roxie quickly retaliated. Scolipede took the damaging Thunderbolt attack and once it stopped, he simply shook off the remaining sparks around his body and then started to fire out dozens of purple gunks of sludge.
"WHAT?!" I shrieked. Scolipede was tough last time, but this time he looks even tougher! "Alright Eelektrik, use Spark to avoid the attack!" Eelektrik knew what I meant and quickly engulfed himself in a yellow oval of electricity, before surging forward towards Scolipede. While the Sludge Bomb pellets slammed up against Eelektrik, they were all only simply being fried up by the Spark attack.
"Whack the Pokemon away with Poison Tail!" Roxie screamed.
"Go Scolipede! Go Scolipede!" the crowd started to chant energetically. I forgot about the crowd. They always used to make up retarded rhymes the last time I was here, but really, I mean is the best they can do this time "Go Scolipede! Go Scolipede!"?!
"Pede!" Scolipede shouted as his two small tails started to shine purple with poison, before he swung his tail around and knocked Eelektrik with it, making the Spark attack fail. Eelektrik went soaring back to me and he hit the ground hard, but quickly got up and levitated in the air again.
"Thunder Wave, and then it's time to bite that thing with Crunch!" I told Eelektrik.
"Eel!" Eelektrik screeched as he started to radiate in yellow energy, before a massive wave of sparks and yellow energy flooded out from around him. It surrounded Scolipede and after the attack was over, he was unable to move because of the Thunder Wave. Sparks kept coming out of Scolipede as Eelektrik dashed through the air with his mouth wide open, all of his teeth being in a dark power. Since Scolipede was frozen from paralysis, Eelektrik went in for the win and crunched down onto Scolipede's thin layered skin, and a massive indent of four teeth were left behind.
"Use Steam Roller!" Scolipede's horns shone white but just when he was about to go into a ball, sparks surrounded him and he was frozen from movement.
"Eelektrik, it's Tackle time!" I yelled. Eelektrik started to rapidly speed through the air towards the static-holding Scolipede.
"Scolipede, use Hyper Beam!" Roxie commanded. Scolipede started to create a red ball at his mouth, and by chance, the attack worked! A massive red laser shot off from his mouth and clobbered Eelektrik, who was caught in a massive red explosion of power.
"Eelektrik!" I called, worried for my EleFish Pokemon.
"Eelektrik can't rock anymore, which means the top drummer of this performance is Scolipede!" the 'ref' declared.
"Wow, Scolipede's strong…" I murmured as I quietly returned Eelektrik. "Lampent, rock and roll!"
"Pent!" Lampent exclaimed as she started to spin in the air as she came out of her pokeball.
"Lampent, immediately start with Flamethrower!" I ordered. Lampent swung her two arms forward as she shot out a searing shot of flames, which started to rampage over towards Scolipede.
"Sludge Bomb!" she retaliated.
"Pede! Pede! Pede!" Scolipede screeched over and over again as he kept shooting out purple bullets of toxic. Obviously, the paralysis didn't kick in that time. It started to counter the Flamethrower and push it back, before it just fully wiped the whole thing out! The Sludge Bomb then went on and pelted Lampent a stressful amount of times until Lampent collapsed to the floor, but she quickly floated back up.
"That's the way Lampent! Use Inferno!" I instructed. Lampent gathered a red fire ball in her two arms that just kept growing and growing until it was the size of Lampent, where she shot it out to Scolipede. It quickly engulfed Scolipede in the blaze but Roxie wasn't going to let her Pokemon get her like that.
"Use Double Edge to get out of this mess!" Roxie countered. Suddenly sparks surrounded Scolipede and he still couldn't move, and the fire just kept raging on. "Steam Roller!" Unfortunately for us, this time the attack worked and Scolipede started to roll like a tire, but, with white horns.
"Rock and… ROLL Scolipede! Just keep up that ROLL while you keep rocking!" the crowd cheered. Wow, what a pun. I don't remember them being this annoying - or dry for that matter - last time. The fire still surrounded Scolipede as he continued to roll towards Lampent, until… SLAM! Lampent was hit by the Steam Roller but the fire that surrounded Scolipede ignited her ability Flash Fire, powering her up. Even though she gained energy from the fire she also took some major damage from Steam Roller.
"It's time to use Flame Burst!"
"Lam—pent!" Lampent roared as a mirage of red glowing shards fired off of her body, and pelted Scolipede over and over. Scolipede dropped to the ground and was becoming very weak after all of the Fire-Type attacks.
"Use Toxic!" Roxie told her Pokemon. Scolipede spat out a gunk of purple sludge and it completely encapsulated Lampent. She hit the ground and was surrounded in purple sparks, before the sludge finally drooped away. But as she floated back into the air she started to shine fully purple, and the sparks came back.
"LAM!" Lampent cried in pain as the Toxic was taking effect.
"She's poisoned!" I gasped. I looked at my aching Lampent in worry. "Return!" The red laser from her pokeball zapped Lampent up and I placed her pokeball back in my pocket. "Alright Tirtouga, it's time to rock and roll!"
"Touga!" Tirtouga squealed excitedly. I hadn't seem or battled with Tirtouga in a long time, so it was nice to be battling with him once more.
"Alright Tirtouga, let's start by using Ancient Power!" I started off the match. Tirtouga quickly shone silver before that energy was transferred into a shining sphere, where he then whipped his head forward and shot it at Scolipede.
"Scolipede, use Poison Tail to hit it back!" Roxie retaliated. Sparks started to surround Scolipede and he was frozen for a second, but then he pulled through and whacked Ancient Power back with his now purple tail, and it crashed into Tirtouga.
"Fight back, use Hydro Pump!" I roared. Tirtouga opened his mouth and then suddenly a massive cylinder of water came shooting out, but Roxie didn't counter this time and just stood there smiling. Scolipede was drenched in the horrendous Water-Type attack, and when it stopped it showed that Scolipede looked better than ever and the sparks had gone!
"Thanks for washing off the effects of the Thunder Wave," Roxie chuckled.
"Time to electrify, show them your rocking spirit! Time to shock, show them your toxic skills!" the crowd chanted. Ok, they just need to STOP.
"Now Scolipede, use Double Edge!"
"Scol-ip-EDE!" Scolipede shrieked as he started to stampede for Tirtouga and I in a dynamic white coat, and I was so frightened of the powerful attack that I almost didn't counter.
"Use Stone Edge!" Tirtouga was surrounded by sharp stones that orbited hit turtle body before they all fired at Scolipede. As the rocks started to hit Scolipede he seemed unaffected, and kept charging right through the attack. Scolipede reached Tirtouga and he was slammed into by Double Edge.
"Time for Poison Tail!" Roxie added. Scolipede's tail gained poisonous powers before he swung it around and stabbed Tirtouga, who was highly damaged by the attack.
"Touga!" Tirtouga whined as he fell back to me, and struggled to get back up. This looked like the end.
"We're not going to give up just yet. Use Aqua Jet Tirtouga!" I exclaimed. Tirtouga was drenched in a watery coat before he started to shoot through the air like a bird. SLAM! Tirtouga bashed Scolipede and knocked the large Pokemon over, before quickly jumping back to my side. "Time for Hydro Pump!"
"Use Hyper Beam!" Roxie countered.
"Tir-touga!" Tirtouga screamed energetically as he pumped out gallons of water from his mouth. The clear water wasn't the only powerful attack up for this collision, the red-laser-Hyper Beam streamed out from Scolipede's jaw. BOOM! They connected in mid-air and created a massive explosion, and the fire and smoke caught Scolipede along with Tirtouga in it, who were both very weak. We weren't sure if any of the two were going to come out alive until the smoke finally lifted.
"Both Scolipede and Tirtouga can no longer strum. That means that this concert was a tie for rocking!" the ref shouted.
"Return Tirtouga, you were great," I said to my Pokemon as I returned him. I took out another pokeball and looked down to her in hope. "Cubchoo, show them your POWER!"
"Alright Koffing, it's time to electrify!" Roxie shouted as she threw a pokeball.
"Koffing…" Koffing mutter-roared.
"Choo!" Cubchoo squealed as she danced around the battlefield.
"Cubchoo, I'm counting on you!" I told Cubchoo who stopped dancing around the battlefield and then nodded, before staring down the Kanto-native Pokemon. "Then let's start with Slash like usual!" Cubchoo lifted up her paw and showed her lengthened white claws, before dashing like a tiger for Koffing.
"Gyro Ball!" Roxie retaliated.
"Koff!" Koffing yelled as he started to topspin with a blue light surrounding his body. Cubchoo went into slash that Pokemon but he just went faster and bounced her off, sending Cubchoo flying down onto the concert stage, or known as Roxie's battlefield.
"Go Koffing go! Fight to the end! Go Koffing go! Koffing for the win!" the crowd chanted. Ok, now I suppose that was probably the best chant so far. Well done author.
"Cubchoo, get back up and freeze that thing with Icy Wind!" I told Cubchoo. She nodded and jumped back up before spinning on her little tippy toes and blowing out a freezing cold air which stopped Koffing from spinning, and froze his whole body! He eventually turned into a full ice ball and collapsed to the floor. "Go in and use Superpower!"
"Cubchoo!" Cubchoo exclaimed as she shone in a blue power as she started to run for Koffing. Cubchoo slammed into Koffing side on and shattered the ice, before ramming into him which sent Koffing soaring into the air.
"Koffing, steady yourself and then use Thunderbolt!" Roxie ordered. Koffing stopped wobbling in the air and floated still, before he started to have sparks surround his sphere body. A sudden jolt of lightning shot out and it was so quick that it was unavoidable, and Cubchoo was immediately fried.
"Cubchoo, quickly get back up and use Ice Beam!" I demanded.
"Counter with another Thunderbolt!" Roxie countered us.
"Koff!" Koffing roared as he shot out a quick, fast bolt of electricity which quickly made its way over to Cubchoo. Just before it could hit though, Cubchoo shot out a freezing beam of ice, which contained different strands of the freezing material. It started to duel with the Thunderbolt, and the attack went back and forth until there was quite a big explosion of blue and yellow, and when it cleared, it revealed both Pokemon more determined to win than ever.
"Cubchoo, it's time to use Slash!"
"Use Sludge Bomb!" Cubchoo jumped into the air with her long claw out front, but Koffing opened his rather large mouth and a barrage of toxic sludge came pelleting, pummelling Cubchoo and sending her into the ground. "It's time to use Gyro Ball!"
"Superpower!" I fought back.
"Choo!" Cubchoo yelled as she was saturated in a shining coat of blue energy, and she just stood there powering up the Fighting-Type attack. Koffing started to spin wildly while being surrounded in a blue glow, before he surged forward for Cubchoo, who was now stampeding along the battlefield. She jumped and Koffing came rocketing down, until they collided. BOOM! Smoke flooded the whole field and neither of us could see a winner.
"Cubchoo, return!" I called as they smoke finally lifted. Both of our Pokemon were fighting fit but I just didn't think that this was Cubchoo's match. "Lampent, rock and roll... again!"
"Pentt!" Lampent screeched as she came back out. Lampent looked very weak and she flew low to the ground. I knew Lampent could only take one-two more hits, and that was it. But that still doesn't mean that we can't defeat Koffing in that time!
"Alright Lampent, start off with a combination! Use Shadow Ball and Inferno!" I commanded. Lampent gathered the first ball of energy in her hands, which was made up of purple and black Dark matter. She then threw it forward heavily and began to create fire at her small black arms. The blaze grew and she chucked it, so that it joined the Shadow Ball. The two attacks merged and Shadow Ball was set afire from Inferno.
"Use Gyro Ball to defend!" Roxie instructed Koffing. Koffing started to topspin like he normally does and the Shadow-Inferno-Ball hit against him, although the spinning tactic didn't work this time and the two attacks exploded right on his body! Koffing was sent shooting into a wall behind Roxie and the remains of the Inferno left violet fire surrounding Koffing's body. "Koffing, get back up and use Sludge Bomb!"
"Koff, Koff, Koff, Koff!" Koffing sang over and over as dozens and dozens of purple bits of sludge started to shoot out from his mouth, all pelting Lampent over and over. Suddenly Lampent was orbited by purple static before she flashed purple, and the Poison status' effects were kicking in. Lampent dropped to the ground and just barely got up.
"Now Lampent, use Flamethrower!" I screamed.
"It's time for our secret move. Use Explosion!" Roxie roared.
"Watch out, Koffing's explosive. Watch out, Roxie's dynamite! Watch out, Koffing's explosive. Watch out, Roxie's dynamite!" the crowd chanted over and over again. Ok author, you've sunk again. The last one was quite a bit better.
"Lam—penttt!" Lampent exclaimed as she did a quick spin, before unleashing a pipe of fiery flames towards Koffing. Even before the Flamethrower hit, Koffing was turning red and he was getting hotter, and brighter by the millisecond! The Flamethrower hit him and a sudden explosion came from Koffing. BOOOOMM! The explosion of fire, smoke, stones and ashes came pouring out from Koffing and the Flamethrower attack and no one could see the field, and not a single body knew if my Lampent would come out alive…
TO BE CONTINUED…
NEXT EPISODE – Battling Roxie: Attack of the Poison! Pt.3
Hey gals and guys – So, will Lampent survive the Explosion attack (of course we all know that Koffing won't though)…? And yay, I was excited to write this episode because the Virbank City Gym is by far my favourite Gym of all (ROXIE FTW!). And, just so I could write more about the Virbank Gym… I split the two Gym battles into three episodes! Well, you all know what next episode is about but what are your predictions for the episode (s) after this one? Just before I do the Pokemon listings, I thought that I'd just tell you all that I'm only going to do 3 episodes of the Ches and Fen story until we get a fair share of information. Anyway… Pokemon listings!
Nick:
(ON TEAM)
Tirtouga – Lv.37 Hydro Pump, Stone Edge, Aqua Jet, Ancient Power, Sandstorm
Cubchoo – Lv.42 Slash, Ice Beam, Icy Wind, Superpower
Eelektrik – Lv.36 Tackle, Thunder Wave, Spark, Crunch, Thunderbolt
Lampent – Lv.40 Flamethrower, Inferno, Shadow Ball, Flame Burst
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(AT JUNIPER'S LAB)
Pignite – Lv.43 Flamethrower, Flame Charge, Tackle, Arm Thrust, Heat Crash, Focus Blast
Unfezant – Lv.40 Quick Attack, Gust, Air Cutter, Aerial Ace, Air Slash, Sky Attack
Dewott – Lv.39 Water Gun, Razor Shell, Aqua Jet, Tackle, Water Pledge
Duosion – Lv.37 Psychic, Psyshock, Shadow Ball, Energy Ball
(UNDER THE CARE OF MAY AND MAX)
Riolu – Lv. 38 Sky Uppercut, Extreme Speed, Endure, Aura Sphere, Ice Punch, Dynamic Punch
Servine – Lv.39 Leaf Tornado, Vine Whip, Tackle, Leaf Blade, Giga Drain, Leaf Storm
May:
(ON TEAM)
Blaziken – Lv.73 Fire Spin, Blaze Kick, Sky Uppercut, Overheat, Brave Bird
Munchlax – Lv.55 Solarbeam, Thunderbolt, Metronome, Focus Punch
Chikorita – Lv.40 Razor Leaf, Vine Whip, Petal Dance, Tackle, Solarbeam
Minccino – Lv.37 Slam, Quick Attack, Tail Slap, Swift, Shadow Ball
Gothorita – Lv.36 Telekinesis, Psybeam, Shadow Ball, Ice Beam
Emolga – Lv.38 Thunder Fang, Sky Attack, Electro Ball, Air Slash
(AT PETALBURG GYM - POKEMON IN THE UNOVA JOURNEY)
Beautifly – Lv.46 Silver Wind, Morning Sun, Psychic, Aerial Ace, Quiver Dance
Glaceon – Lv.45 Ice Beam, Mirror Coat, Icy Wind, Iron Tail, Shadow Ball
Max:
Grovyle – Lv.36 Bullet Seed, Quick Attack, Pound, Mega Drain, Leaf Blade
Gallade – Lv.37 Psychic, Teleport, Safeguard, Magical Leaf, Psycho Cut, Close Combat
Poochyena – Lv.29 Bite, Quick Attack, Roar, Shadow Ball
Joltik – Lv.29 Thunderbolt, Electroweb, String Shot, Bug Bite
Growlithe – Lv.37 Flamethrower, Heat Wave, Dig, Flame Charge, Fire Fang
Rufflet – Lv.10 Fury Attack, Leer, Wing Attack
Until next time – MonfernoFreak
PS: A new poll will be going up, about which starter of Pokemon X & Y is your favourite, based on the FIRST EVOLUTIONS ONLY! I was going to wait on this poll until we knew all of the evolutions but I decided that I was just going to break the poll up by stages, and then calculate who wins over all based on separate evolutions. Then, we will have an overall fav. Get voting!
