"Lets see," He said, reaching up to the clock hands" Its. about 11:35 AM" He said to himself moving the hands on the clock to the right positions. "Ty Ty come quick!" Cried Ty's mom. Ty quickly sprinted down stairs, wondering what was the matter. "Your Father is on TV!" She cried, pointing at the TV. Ty looks around quickly seeing only 2 boxes unpacked, but all the machoke gone. He looks at the TV surprised to see his Father.

"....and as the new Petalburg City Gym leader, what do you hope to show to trainers?" "Well," said Norman "I hope to show them that attacks and types aren't the only things that matter. Also, with the new rule of gym battles past, were you must have at least one student of yours fight the gym challenger, I plan on proving that further. The trainer must go through 3 of my students, each one having a high stat count in a specific area, such as attack or speed." "That's great! And finally, what does your badge, the balance badge, represent?" "Actually, it could represent many things. The balance of attack and defense, accuracy and speed, or the balance of attacks." "That's great. From Petalburg City gym, this is Gabby."

Ty's Mom turned off the TV, and turned to Ty. "Well Ty, you should probably go see May, I'm sure she'll be glad you moved in! She lives 2 houses down, go see what she's up to. I have to straighten up the house anyway." She said to Ty. "OK, be back in a bit." Replied Ty.

He stepped out of the house and looked around, seeing the few people wandering around, going about their daily business. He turned left and started walking towards May's house, wondering what she's up to, and when his father would be back home.

He had reached May's house, and knocked on the door, and was greeted by May's mother. "Hello, Mrs. Birch, is May here?" Asked Ty. "No, she's at her fathers lab, helping him. You look familiar. Ty is that you?! I haven't seen you in 2 years! I'm sorry again I didn't make it back up last Christmas, I was sick." Said Mrs. Birch, obviously happy to see Ty again. "That's OK. Se you later." Replied Ty, starting to walks backwards. "Bye Ty, oh, the Lab is the big building down their." Mrs. Birch told Ty, pointing past some houses, to a small stack of smoke coming from a vent on the roof.

Ty started running towards the building and upon arriving was surprised at how small it actually seemed. He knocked on the door and stepped in. He saw May sitting on a chair next to a big machine with a red dome, and another man walking around the lab, mostly putting books that were in boxes on the shelves. May looks over to him, and a look of surprise crossed her face. "Ty, I didn't expect to see you here so soon!" She cried, getting up and walking over to him, giving him a hug. "Yea, we had a clear trip here. So what are you doing here?" Ty asked her. "I came to see if my Dad needed help with anything. He got some new stuff and was setting it up, so- Suddenly a little kid wearing glasses burst in, breathing heavily. "Help.," said the boy " The professor.. He's.." The boy huffed and puffed a little more. "He's been attacked, he needs help." The boy finally got out what he wanted to say. " Oh my goodness!" cried May "take us to him, now!" Ty, May, Birch's assistant, and the boy ran out of the Lab, and ran out heading up towards May and Ty's house, passing them, and started heading for the path leading to Oldale Town.

When they had run part of Route 101, they saw in an open field Professor Birch running from a poochyena. He was flailing his arms, yelling, and running around in a rather large circle. When he noticed Ty and May, he started yelling to them. At first Ty and May couldn't understand, but soon they realized he was yelling " In my bag, use the pokeballs, HURRY!!!" May and Ty saw his bag thrown to the ground, with the stuff spilled out of it. They saw 3 pokeballs, Ty reached for one, May reached for one, and Birch's assistant reached for the third, and all the other things sprawled on the ground.

Ty and May tossed the pokemon, yelling at the same time "Pokeball, go!" From Ty's pokeball, out popped a little blue creature, with one orange spot on each cheek and small, short points extruding from them. "Mudkip!" it went enthusiastically. From May's ball, a green lizard looking thing popped out, its tail was long, but curled, and had its arms out as if it was balancing on something. "Treecko" it went.

The poochyena stopped and turned to Mudkip and Treecko. It growled and tromped closer to the two. "Treecko!" Cried May, "Mudkip!" cried Ty, "Tackle attack!" they cried at the same time. Both pokemon rushed towards poochyena, hitting him right in the face. Poochyena went flying back, but recovered from his fall, full of rage. "GRA!" It roared, leaping at Treecko, fangs shown. He nearly got Treecko's shoulder, but missed and clamped right onto his arm. The attack had pierced Treecko's skin, but only slightly. A few drops of blood feel to the ground, and Treecko gave a punch to Poochyena's head. Poochyena detached, and was tackled from behind by Mudkip. Treecko then tackled Mudkip. "Treecko, don't attack him!" Cried May. Treecko focused once again on Poochyena. Treecko leapt forward, landed on Poochyena's back, and started riding him about. Poochyena ran about, trying to throw Treecko off his back, but to no avail. Mudkip got up from his tackle, and looked over at Ty. "Mudkip, tackle Poochyena when Treecko is thrown off." Ordered Ty. Mudkip nodded in response, and watched as Poochyena tried to throw Treecko off. Treecko was clinging on for dear life, and beat on Poochyena's head. After about 5 minutes of Treecko riding Poochyena, Poochyena finally had it, and rammed his back into a tree, finally ridding himself of Treecko. Mudkip took this opportunity to attack, and ran himself right into Poochyena, sending him flying. The threat of Poochyena was gone.

Mudkip had a large grin on his face, and started running towards Ty, but was then suddenly blind-sided by a tackle attack from Treecko.