Ryan's Pokemon Adventure
Ryan's Pokémon
Adventure
Ch. 13 Shockdown
By BlastSage
"I gathered some info about
the Arcanine in the Underground Passage," Ryan explained as
he entered the group's little apartment, which they had
gotten cheap. Karen was reading a book, while Ttocs was writing
something in his notepad that he always carried, and Jeremy was
watching television, flipping through the channels. They all gave
a sound that they were listening. "It seemed that when
Ricky, the old man in the shack, had evolved his Growlithe when
he was a trainer, he used adeformed fire stone. Prof. Oak
said that rare stones that are deformed in some way could cause
the Pokémon that it was used on to obtain one of several kinds
of mental diseases. The effect on Arcanine was making it
delirious and aggressive, and that was why it was locked in the
old passage. But Prof. Oak knows how to cure him, and he should
be fine in days."
"I'm just glad that I
made out with my life with that monster. But now that the danger
has passed, I kind of miss being down there with the
Arcanine." Everyone looked at Jeremy, which was starting to
make him uneasy. "What?" Out of nowhere came
Karen's book bashing him in the face. "Ow"
"Anyway, I want to go and
get my Thunderbadge from the Pokémon Gym. I heard the gym leader
is very tough, but I think I can beat him." Ryan boasted as
he admired his first two badges hovering in a hologram
originating from his watch. "We might as well leave
now."
"It's agreed then.
We'll go to the gym." And with that, Karen bounded out
of the room, followed by Ryan, Ttocs, and Jeremy.
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They walked through the brush
and grassland that proceeded the bustling Vermillion City, where
ships of every kind, from pirate ships to cruises, were in port
to attract visitors. They walked in the western side of the
district, where most businesses were held. They passed by a
Pokémon Fan Club, the Pokémart, and Pokémon Center. The next
building that was nearest the water was the Vermillion City Gym.
Lightning bolts streaked across the building, reaching several
meters outside the vicinity. They could only guess that a battle
was going on.
They went up to the heavyset
doors, careful to dodge any electricity, and entered into what
appeared to be a dark waiting room. The group chose four seats to
sit next to each other, and when they looked forward, they
noticed that they could see but not hear the battle going on. A
girl, a little older than Ryan, was using her Gloom to battle the
Raichu. They could see her mouthing an attack, and the Gloom
responded to what she said by spewing from its top a barrage of
flowery petals at the Raichu. It was Petal Dance, and they
certainly did dance around Surge's Raichu. But with one jolt
of energy, the petals fell to the floor. The Gloom then spat out
a gas that caused Raichu, plus everyone in the arena, to stagger
back. The Raichu then used Thunderbolt, and struck the Gloom to
the opposite wall, knocking it out cold. The girl ran to her
Gloom, and ran out the arena, bursting through the waiting room,
crying and chanting for her Gloom's health.
"Dat's one more
victory for me and Raichu," boomed a deep, commanding voice.
"Now, who's my next challenger, baby?" A tall,
spiky haired, army uniform clothed man walked into the room,
followed by one man and one woman. It was Lt. Surge. "Oh, do
I have four challengers," he asked.
"No," Ryan said as he
stood up and looked way up to Lt. Surge's face. "I,
Ryan Sasako, challenge you to a Pokémon battle."
Lt. Surge ruffled Ryan's
hair. "All right, baby. I'll battle you. Of course it
won't matter that it will be you dat will do da losin,"
he remarked. He led Ryan to the battle arena and walked to the
opposite side. His Raichu came bounding in after being energized
from a portable Pokémon Center. The pokémon saw Ryan, and got
ready to take orders from Surge. But Surge put up a hand to
signal Raichu not to attack. "Don't even bodda Raichu.
Dis is a job for Magnemite." He threw his pokéball to the
ground, and Magnemite hovered in appearance.
"What to pick"
Ryan thought. "I think I choose"
"Pidgey! Sand attack
now!" Ryan's pokéball spun in the air, and before it
hit the ground, it popped open, sending out sand, as if it were
the pokémon. From the Magnemite's view, it saw sand
clouding its vision before it saw the Pidgey zoom strait at it.
Pidgey's beak made contact with the Magnemite's eye.
Magnemite started to go rapidly back and forth, shooting sparks
everywhere. It was too panicked to attack correctly, and shocked
Surge.
"Yiiiiiiiiiiaaaaaaa!"
he shrieked. But he didn't get that much damage from it. He
recalled the panicky Magnemite. "Very good, but you
can't succeed against my Voltorb." A pokéball rolled
onto the area; at least that was what Ryan thought until it let
out a horrible screech that sent Pidgey to the floor, trembling.
Ryan recalled it.
"Raticate, go!"
Raticate stood in a jumping position. "Hyper Fang!"
Ryan commanded. Raticate ran toward Voltorb and sank its fangs
into it, breaking metal.
"Voltorb," it chanted
as it glowed a white color. It exploded, fainting Raticate and
Voltorb. The dueling two recalled their Pokémon.
"Dratini, attack!"
Dratini appeared, looking better then how its former trainer,
Treft, left it.
"Okay Raichu, now is da
time to incinerate dis runt. Dundershock now!" Raichu
collected its energy, then released it in an all out blast,
aiming toward Dratini. The only thing that saved Dratini from
getting fried was dodging it with its Agility attack.
"Dratini,
Thunderwave!" The little bump on Dratini's head charged
yellow, then sent a shower of thunderbolts down Raichu's
tail, traveling from tail to its body, into its spine, paralyzing
him.
"Raichu" It sent
a shock at Dratini, but with a quarter of the strength, so
Dratini was still conscious.
"Oh no!" Lt. Surge
complained.
While Raichu was getting
powerless, Ryan's companions and a group of other Trainers
in the waiting room cheered on for Ryan. They all complimented on
his skill against a tough opponent.
Back inside the arena, Ryan was
getting the edge. "Now Leer, followed by Wrap." he
commanded. Dratini's eyes glimmered white, freezing Raichu
in its tracks. It then wrapped around Raichu's waist and
started to put the squeeze on the enemy. Raichu tried a
Thunderbolt attack, but paralysis prevented it from doing so.
"Raichu, don't just
stand there. Use your tail or something and whack it. And Raichu
did just that. Using the sharp side of its tail, it whacked
Dratini repeatedly.
"DraI!"
it screamed as it was being severely injured. But the pain caused
it to wrap harder, since it did not want to disappoint its
trainer. Raichu at this point started to turn blue from lack of
oxygen.
"Nice job, Raioh NO!
Raichu, he-he's not breathing!" Surge panicked. His
pokémon was feeling pretty dizzy, while Dratini was still
getting a beating. It gave Dratini another whack and a small
Thundershock, finally loosening the grip on Raichu. The two
separated. Raichu was to dizzy, but gave a last Thundershock that
was prevented by Paralysis, and fainted. Dratini was lying on the
floor, but it kept its head up to guarantee Ryan victory.
"Whoadat was da most
impressive battle. Unbelievable!" the gym leader choked out
as it tossed Ryan the Thunderbadge. Ryan caught it, then waved it
in front of the glass to the waiting room. He jogged to the door
and went through it. Everyone congratulated him on a job well
done.
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"That was pretty impressive
Ryan. With that kind of skill, you can be a master trainer for
sure." Jeremy said, putting his hand on Ryan's
shoulder. After they had left the gym, they decided to head back
toward Cerulean City the long way through the forest, so they can
get to Rock Tunnel.
"You were awesome."
Karen said, looking nervously down at the ground.
Ttocs was quiet while the others
ranted on and on about Ryan and Lt. Surge. He had the strangest
feeling that someone, who was not friendly at all, was watching
them.
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Across the path in a bush, two
figures, Aftran and Nwad, watched them closely. "We will get
them back for making fools of us, won't we Aftran?"
Nwad asked.
"Oh yes, we will," he
replied. "I haven't forgotten my promise to seek
revenge on them." They both disappeared into the wilderness,
knowing a shortcut to their enemy's destination.
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"So, you think you can get
away, huh Jeremy. Betraying your friends and family like
that," Treft whispered, sitting on a branch watching the
group below him. "Just wait until boss hears of my report. I
will be top Rocket for sure." And with that, Treft was gone.
