Episode 3

"I'm going to the gym. See you later." Rene called early in the morning. Jennifer and Pikachu were still asleep from staying up late and watching tv. He and Machoke entered the gym. "Ok Brock, I challenge you for a badge."

"Very well, let's begin 2 on 2." Brock said. "Go Geodude!"

"Rock type, ok, go Squirtle!" Rene sent out Squirtle.

"Rock throw!" Brock commanded.

"Water gun!" Rene called and Squirtle shot Geodude to the floor with a big blast of water. "We beat him!"

"Return." Brock said. "You're luck just ran out. Go Onix! Slam it!" Onix grabbed Squirtle and slammed him to the ground, his rock tail crushing him.

"Squirtle." Rene gulped. "Return. Ok, go get him Totodile!"

"Tackle!" Brock called.

"Bite!" Rene called and both Pokemon ran at each other. Back at the center, Jen was confused that Rene had left her and Pikachu behind and knew that he was fighting Brock and shouldn't interfere. So they went to the museum and saw some weird stuff.

"Isn't this stuff odd Pikachu?" Jen asked and Pikachu agreed.

"Oh no it's gone!" A man called and Jen ran over. "Old amber was stolen!"

"Is that your grandma?" Jen asked.

"No, a fossil of the rare Pokemon Aerodactyl." The man sobbed.

"Exactly. Rare Pokemon is our specialty." A voice laughed, Jessy.

"Team Rocket, you're behind this?" Jen turned.

"You win that bet, now I bet we'll get away with this fossil and your Pikachu." James grinned.

"I wouldn't bet on it." Jen growled. "Got get them Pikachu, thunder shock." Pikachu prepared a powerful volt just for Team Rocket.

"Wait, you'll harm the artifact." The man stopped.

"Ok then stop. Go Totodile! Get back that artifact and get at Team Rocket!" Jen threw Totodile's Pokeball. He tackled Jessy and the fossil flew to James.

"Got it!" He grinned and Totodile kicked and punched and scratched his face and he threw it. "Lost it!"

"Not for long." Meowth jumped up and caught it. Totodile jumped up and slammed onto Meowth with a headbut. It flew into the air and the man got it.

"Why you little!" Team Rocket leered at Totodile. He gave a baby roar and bared all his many teeth. "Sorry, fossil is yours, you can have it!" Team Rocket ran for the window.

"Not so fast. Totodile, send them flying out with a water gun!" Jen grinned and Totodile obeyed. Team Rocket was blasting off again.

"Thank you so much." The man sobbed.

"It's the least I can do." Jen said and they went outside to see Rene coming.

"I won, I got a badge!" Rene held it up.

"Now it's my turn." Jen got ready to run.

"Wait!" The man stopped her and she turned. "Here, so many have tried to steal this and I want you to have it. I know you guys will keep it safe."

"Cool, an Aerodactyl fossil." Rene gasped.

"I hear there's a lab on Cinnabar Island that can make that fossil a living Pokemon. Cool no?" The man grinned. "Well, you should go. Good luck."

"Thanks." Jen nodded and ran to the gym and faced Brock. "I challenge you Brock." Rene watched from the sidelines with Machoke.

"Fine, as gym leader I accept your challenge. Let's begin with 2 Pokemon." Brock said. "Go Geodude!"

"I can't use Totodile, he's too tired." Jen thought. "It's a long shot but here it goes. Pidgeotto, go! Gust!"

"Fool, tackle!" Brock called and both Pokemon banged heads and got dizzy. "That's not good."

"Wing attack." Jen said and Pidgeotto flew at Geodude.

"Do it!" Brock called and Geodude used explosion to faint not only Pidgeotto but also itself. "Now go Onix!"

"Return." Jen began to think. "Charmander is just a baby so he can't take this. What if I use Butterfree?"

"Pikachu!" Pikachu leaped into the ring.

"You think you can do it?" Jen gasped. "Ok then, let's give it all we got!"

"You are completely pathetic. Your Pikachu is an electric type, it can't win." Brock laughed.

"We'll show them." Jen growled. "Use agility!" Pikachu began to go in circles around Onix and got him dizzy.

"Ignore it." Brock said. But Pikachu began to annoy Onix by shocking him and since it had no effect on a rock type it just plain bugged him. "You are a novice!"

"Oh yea, we'll show you!" Jen growled. "Hit Onix with all you got!" Pikachu rammed, tackled, scratched, punched, kicked and did everything against Onix, but he was too big and too hard. He was just getting madder. "Run!" Jen cried as Onix began to chase Pikachu around the arena. He tackled the ground and Pikachu flew into the air. Onix didn't know where he went and as Pikachu flew down he gained speed to make his attack stronger and he hit Onix on his head with his head and the force of the speed sent him out cold on a rock.

"That's impossible!" Brock yelled.

"We did it, I never doubted you!" Jen hugged Pikachu.

"Well you won, I'm sorry for saying that stuff earlier. Take this." Brock gave them a Boulder Badge just like Rene's. "We got our first badge!"

"Yes we did!" Rene held his up too. Machoke cheered and Pikachu just flopped down in his master's arms, glad that the match was over. They healed their Pokemon and took a rest for the night, reflecting on the great day they just had, so many adventures.

"I have a feeling that this journey will be one for a lifetime." Jen said.

"One for the history books when we both become masters." Rene agreed.

"Pika." "Macho." The Pokemon nodded and they all ate dinner and went to sleep. Their next sight was to go to Mt. Moon and pass it to get to the second gym, Cerulean City's Misty. But will their next match be this hard or this easy?