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Chapter 29: Mount Silver Departing
About two weeks later of hard intense training for the Silver League Conference, Clarissa threw a farewell party in Angelina's honor. Professor Oak was there, all the locals in town, there was even a surprise visit from the Violet City Gym Leader Falkner.
"I would like to raise a toast, to Angelina, for conquering all eight gyms in Johto!" Falkner said, raising up his glass.
"Wow. Thanks guys," Angelina said. "It really means a lot that you all are throwing a party for me. I'm sure tons of people have beaten all eight gym leaders in Johto before, right?"
"Well, actually, no," Professor Oak said. "Very few ever do, and certainly not very many from ones living in Kanto."
"Oh. Well, anyway, I still think it's really nice for you all to be doing this. How long has it been since I first left?" Angelina asked.
"Oh, probably eight months is my guess. Right, Professor?" Clarissa asked.
"Yes, that's sounds about right." Oak nodded, then looked at his watch. "Well, its almost five o'clock. I have to feed the Pokémon back at the lab! Sorry I couldn't stay longer. Bye, Angelina, and good luck!" he waves and travels back to his laboratory in Pallet Town.
"Well, Angelina, eight months ago we battled each other. A week before that, I helped you put out that fire at Professor Elm's lab." Falkner said. "It has been a long time since we have seen each other's Pokémon. How 'bout we have a battle, just for the heck of it?"
Angelina thought for a second before deciding, then smiled. "Sure. It'll be a three-on-three battle, alright?" she said, making space in the front yard for their battle. "I'll lead off. Go, Rocky!" she hurled a Pokeball into the grass. Her large, Megaton Pokémon came out, and awaited Falkner's Pokémon.
"Go, Mantine!" Falkner said. A manta ray-like Pokemon flew out of the Pokéball, soaring high into the air with its wing-like flippers, a Remoraid attached to one of its wings.
Angelina certainly did not expect a Water-type Pokémon. She checked her Pokédex to see what type Mantine was. "Mantine. The Kite Pokémon. This Pokémon swims freely in open seas, it may fly out of the water and over the waves if it builds up enough speed."
"What's its type?" Angelina asked. "Mantine's type one: Water. Type two: Flying." "Oh, okay. Rocky, Rock Slide, now!" Golem jumped up into the air and started spinning around in circles, making rocks fly at Mantine. Mantine was damaged severely but came back with Bubblebeam, doing a tremendous amount of damage.
"Good job, Mantine. Now, attack with Supersonic!" Falkner commanded. Mantine was about to confuse Golem when Angelina thought of a way to avoid it.
"Rocky," Angelina said to her Rock Pokémon. "Use Rollout!" Golem rolled around on the ground, avoiding the sonic airwaves, and then rammed into Mantine. Mantine wasn't knocked out yet, and continued to battle.
"Mantine, finish it! Use Surf!" Mantine turned around to attack when Golem appeared out of nowhere at used Tackle on it.
"Yeah! Alright, Rocky!" Angelina shouted.
"Mantine, return. Come out, Pidgeot!" Falkner threw his pokéball up to the air and a flash of red light came from it. A giant Pokémon gained form. It was the final evolution of Pidgey; bearing a striking resemblance to Pidgeotto with a glossier plumage and magnificent wings. It let out a cry that echoed. "Steel Wing, now!" Pidgeot's wing turned to metal, and then struck Golem upside the head.
Angelina's Golem was stronger than Falkner thought it was, and so Golem was not knocked out. Golem used a Rock Slide on Pidgeot, which hammered him into the ground, but it got back up and attacked with Quick Attack.
"Great, Pidgeot. Try Mud-Slap. That should finish Golem off." Pidgeot landed on the ground and then kicked mud into Golem's face, which was enough to knock it out.
"Rocky, you did great. Come back. Now, I choose as my next Pokémon…Charcoal!" Angelina hurled another Pokéball into the grass, and out came the loyal and ambitious Flame Pokémon, Charmeleon. "Charcoal, Flamethrower, now!" Charmeleon shot flames out at Pidgeot which struck and burnt it. It did not stop it, however.
"Pidgeot, Whirlwind, now! Blow Charmeleon away!" Pidgeot whipped up strong gusts of wind and blew them at Charmeleon, but he had seen this attack before. He used Flamethrower on the whirlwind, and, as before, created a fiery tornado! Angelina was familiar with this, and was ready.
"Charcoal, charge into the flames and use Fire Blast!" Charmeleon was a little confused by this. By charging into the flames, he would hurt himself. But, alas, Charmeleon did as Angelina said, and rammed into the flaming twister. Right when he hit it, he launched the tornado away with Fire Blast. Charmeleon then realized Angelina's plan, and decided that no matter how farfetched the plan might be, Angelina knew what she was talking about. This attack knocked out Pidgeot, forcing Falkner to switch Pokémon.
"Darn it," Falkner said. Although Pidgeot was his strongest Pokémon, he still believed that he could win. "I thought he could win. Oh, well. As my next Pokémon I'll choose…Gligar, go!" He threw a yellow Pokéball into the arena, and out came the bat-like Pokemon, Gligar. It had blue wings and pincers on its forelegs, and a stinger on its segmented-insectoid tail. "Gligar, Fissure, now!" Gligar flew up into the air and then rammed into the ground, causing it to split right up to Charmeleon. The attack luckily had no effect on Charmeleon, giving him a chance to fight.
"Charcoal, Fire Punch!" Angelina commanded. Charmeleon spat an ember onto its fist, igniting it. Charmeleon then punched Gligar with all of its power, which wasn't nearly enough to knock out Gligar; Charmeleon was far too weak from the former battles to inflict a major amount of damage.
"Gligar, finish it, Rock Slide, now!" Gligar soared up into the sky and then started spinning around in circles, making rocks fall on top of Charmeleon, knocking it out immediately.
"You were awesome, Charcoal. You deserve a good rest. Now, come out Spritz!" Angelina threw a another Pokeball out into the grass, and out came her next Pokémon. She knew that her Azumarill needed a little exercise, and this battle would be good for her. "Bubblebeam, now!" Azumarill releases white bubbles at Gligar in great speed. Gligar was damaged, but was still ready to take on anything that Azumarill could pull off.
"Gligar, Toxic!" Falkner commanded.
Gligar shot a small steam of poison at Azumarill, which greatly poisoned the aquatic Pokemon. Angelina wasn't worried, however, and told Azumarill to use Water Gun. Azumarill shot a stream of water at Gligar, making it slam into a tree and knocked unconscious.
"Good job, come back Gligar. I choose you, Fearow!" Falkner tossed his pokeball into the air and out flew a giant brown bird with a long pointed beak and huge shaggy-feathered wings.
Angelina didn't know what it was, though she thought it would be interesting. "What is that?" She shouted as she pulled out her pokedex.
"Fearow, the Beak pokemon; the evolved form of Spearow. This bird pokemon has a really nasty temper and is extremely dangerous. Use extreme caution."
"A Fearow." Angelina repeated as she stared at Falkner while she put her pokedex away and took out her last Pokeball. "Then I choose you, Sparkette!" she released her energetic Pikachu. "Start off with Thunderbolt!"
"Pika," Pikachu began charging up its electricity.
"Fearow fly up high!" Falkner commanded as Fearow began climbing until it reached a safe distance away.
Pikachu released its electrical attack toward the Fearow, but the Beak Pokemon didn't budge from its place in the sky and Angelina thought this would make an easy hit. Suddenly to Angelina's surprise, the electric attack stopped about a foot away from the Fearow and then disappeared.
"What happened?" Angelina said as Pikachu stopped the attack.
"Fearow is too high, Pikachu's electricity can't travel that far!" Jeremy called out.
'Oh no,' Angelina thought, but then she shook her mind clear. 'This just means I have to attack when it is further down.' she nodded as she started at her opponent.
"Fury attack!" Falkner shouted as Fearow dove toward the Pikachu.
"Try to dodge!" Angelina called out.
Angelina and Pikachu moved too slowly as Pikachu got hit several times by Fearow's fury attack. Pikachu got thrown to the side as Fearow climbed back up into the sky.
"Sparkette!" Angelina shouted as she saw her Pikachu jump back onto its feet.
"Fury attack again!" Falkner commanded as Fearow dove once again.
"Use Agility to dodge and try to grab a hold of it!" Angelina shouted, as Pikachu was able to dodge to the right and out of the way of Fearow's attack. Just as Fearow flew by, Pikachu leaped onto its back and hung onto Fearow's neck as the Beak Pokemon rose back into the sky.
"Get that Pikachu off of you!" Falkner shouted as Fearow began to swerve back and forth trying to toss the Pokemon off.
"Quick Sparkette, use Thunder Shock!" Angelina ordered as Pikachu's cheeks and body glows yellow.
Fearow continued to swerve to try to shake the Pokemon off, but before it could, Pikachu released a yellow lightning bolt straight into Fearow's body.
"FEEEEARRRRRRRRR," Fearow screamed as the electrical attack did tremendous damage.
"Get it off!" Falkner shouted as Fearow flinched for a few more seconds and then swung its body around to toss the Pikachu off.
"Sparkette!" Angelina cried out as she watched her Pikachu flew off of Fearow and fell to the ground, landing on its face and stomache. Pikachu shakily attempted to get back onto her feet. "Sparkette, are you okay?" Pikachu nodded, not ready to go down yet. "Great!"
Fearow struggled but managed to stay in the air.
"You just won't quit will you?" Falkner said. "We'll just have to finish you off the hard way. Fearow use your Fury Attack!"
Fearow dove and attacked the Pikachu.
"Agility!" Angelina called as Pikachu managed to dodge by moving side by side. "Thundershock it again!"
Pikachu's body glowed yellow once more and shot another lightning bolt at the Fearow.
"Climb!" Falkner shouted as Fearow bolted into the sky, dodging the attack.
Angelina knew that Pikachu wouldn't last for too much longer so she had to think up something in order to finish this battle fast.
Falkner decided he wanted to end the battle first. "We need to get this battle over with," he said as he noticed the sun began to drop down into the horizon. He then turned his attention back to the battle. "Use Aeroblast!" he commanded as his Pokemon began to glow.
"Aeroblast is the strongest attack a Flying Pokemon has!" Jeremy shouted.
"You better forfeit," Marcus said. "Or Pikachu could be in real trouble."
Angelina refused to give up and already knew what she was going to do.
"I really need to you be quick on this, Sparkette," Angelina said again, but this time to Pikachu.
"Go, Aeroblast it now!" Falkner ordered as Fearow burst into a beam of light, dove and bolted at the Pikachu.
"Steady," Angelina said as Fearow gained speed. "Steady."
As soon as Fearow was almost upon Pikachu, Angelina ordered, "Agility!"
Pikachu raced out of the way of Fearow causing the Beak Pokemon to miss, then jumped behind it and turned to face it.
"Hurry Pikachu, use Thunder Wave!" Angelina ordered.
Pikachu charged the attack and released two bolts of electricity towards the Fearow.
"Fearow climb!" Falkner commanded, unfortunately Fearow was still traveling at a super speed so it didn't have time to change direction. Pikachu's Thunder Wave struck the Fearow and held it in place. "Fearow no! Get away from there!"
Pikachu's Thunder Wave was strong and Fearow was trapped in the electricity and couldn't move.
"Now finish that Fearow off with Thunder!" Angelina shouted.
Pikachu stopped its paralyzing move and with the static bolts still running through Fearow's body, the Beak Pokemon was still paralyzed and couldn't move an inch. Pikachu fired a massive beam of electricity straight into Fearow, and by the time Pikachu stopped the attack, Fearow collapsed onto the ground and fainted.
"We did it, Sparkette!" Angelina held out her arms as Pikachu ran to her trainer. She hugged her Pokemon. "Great job, you were amazing!" Then she looked down at her waist as her other Pokeballs. "You all did great!"
Marcus, April, and Jeremy cheered and ran up to Angelina to congratulate her.
"That was awesome!" Jeremy said.
"You did it!" Marcus cheered.
"Thanks you guys," Angelina said.
"Fearow return," Falkner called his pokemon back and begin clapping in congratulations to Angelina.
Angelina placed her Pikachu onto the ground and then called her back into the Pokeball.
"Angelina," Clarissa called. "It's time for dinner."
"Alright, Mom. Hey Falkner, wanna stay for dinner?"
"No, thanks. I gotta get back to my gym. I wish you the best of luck at the Silver Conference." Falkner said, then sent out a Crobat and flew away on it. Angelina walked in with her friends and prepared herself to leave for Mount Silver the next day.
"So today's the day you're.…" Clarissa sniffed as a tear formed in her eye, "On your way to the Silver Conference.…"
"Yes mother," Angelina smiled, standing outside her house the following morning with Jeremy behind her.
"Don't worry," Jeremy assures. "I'll take care of her."
"And we'll see you guys once we get there," Marcus added, standing nearby with April, "Now you've got the map card for Mt. Silver on your Poke-Gear?"
"Yeah," Angelina smiled as she pointed to her pack, "It's all in here, my badges too and my Pokedex. I'm all ready to go."
"Okay sweetie," Clarissa cried some, "You know to go straight through the outskirts of New Bark Town and you're there.… use your Poke-Gear."
"Right," Angelina hugged her mother tightly, after a short pause they let go. "Bye Mom, bye Marcus, see ya April! Love you guys."
"Love you, too," they replied in unison and then waved goodbye to Jeremy as the duo made their way out of sight.
Angelina and Jeremy now make their way through a small shady forest; just a couple of yards ahead is the start of Mount Silver. They continued their way through the shady forest area until they came to a huge clearing, a hilly mountain ahead of them.
"Mount Silver," Angelina gasped in awe as she took in the full view of the amazing mountain, with billowing white smoke emerging from the top of it. "I've heard that people from all over Kanto, Johto, and Hoenn come here."
"All to compete in the Silver Conference," Jeremy finished. "Its directly on the boarder between Kanto and Johto. I think it shouldn't take too much longer to get there though."
They walked up one of the trails going up the mountain for about an hour but not even scratching the surface of the journey. The road was choked with long, thick grass, pools of water and large boulders, forcing them to backtrack and change course more than once. The one positive point was that there seemed to be no other trainers travelling at that point, so they didn't see anybody who could challenge them to a battle. Mt Silver was very close to Indigo Plateau, which itself sat almost directly on the border between Kanto and Johto.
"We're almost there!" Angelina smiled two hours later as she read to her friend from her Poke-Gear, the map informed that the Silver League Conference building and stadium was ahead. "I can't wait!"
They continued to walk down the trail and continued on their way for about ten minutes until they reached the end of the road.
"The Conference!" Angelina gasped as she viewed the huge building in front of her, "Let's go!" she screamed and ran to the building.
"Not again," Jeremy sighed.
Now that Angelina and Jeremy have finally made it to Silver Town where the Silver League Conference takes place, what new surprised await them? Though the story is dwindling down, the action has just begun.…
§To Be Continued§
*Angelina's mother throws a farewell party for Angelina collecting all eight Johto badges.
*Angelina uses Pikachu, Charmeleon, Golem, and Azumarill against Falkner's Pidgeot, Gligar, Mantine, and Fearow. Falkner is defeated again.
*The Pidgeot that Falkner has is the same Pidgeotto that was used in Angelina's first Johto Gym battle. This Pokemon, Gligar, and Fearow were used in both rounds battling Falkner on Pokemon Stadium 2.
*Falkner used Mantine, it is also part Flying, I came up with the idea of him using it in battle and using Crobat to fly back to Violet City since Pidgeot was injured in battle.
*Angelina and Jeremy say their goodbyes and travel to the Silver League Conference.
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