Authors Note: Wehee! The first gym challenge is about to begin! (Can you
imagine, that I needed 18 episodes? I promise, it wont be 18 episodes until
next gym...)
Well, I can't keep you waiting...
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"We are waiting at the end of the river" Barry said, carefully watching Jason and Carrie. "If you cheat, we will find out, OK?"
Carrie nodded. Jason bit his lips.
"I wish you good luck" Elsa said.
Jason took a deep breath. He exchanged a quick look with Carrie.
"Ready!" Barry yelled, holding his hand in the air. "Steady...GO!"
Barry and Elsa left Jason and Carrie alone on the little beach.
"Well, there must be a boat somewhere" Jason said.
"I can't see one" Carrie said, after looking over the whole beach.
"There must be one! How are we going to get down the river without a boat?"
They looked for another five minutes, but they didn't find it.
"There is no goddamn boat here, Jason!" Carrie yelled.
"Then how are we going to get down the river?"
"I don't know!"
"Then stop yelling!"
"Aw, shut up, Jason! We'll use that tree!"
Carrie pointed on a large tree, standing next to the water.
"We'll use our Pokémon, and then we'll pull it down. It's old, so we should be able to make it."
"Allright" Jason said, releasing his Pokémon. "But I still think there's a boat somewhere around here..."
"There isn't!"
"Okay, okay." Jason said, letting out a sigh. "Bulbasaur, use your vine whips on the tree!"
Bulbasaur did as it was told, and soon the rest of the Pokémon had created a chain behind it, trying to pull down the tree.
Jason and Carrie stood in the back, but the tree refused to fall.
"Aw, this doesn't work, Carrie!"
"Wait! I have an idea! Recall all your Pokémon except Growlithe. We use its flamethrower to cut of the tree!"
Jason did as he was told, and then he ordered Growlithe to cut down the tree.
After five minutes, Growlithe had almost cut down the whole tree, but it were too tired to use any more fire.
"Good job, Growlithe" Jason said, and recalled his Pokémon. "Now, all we need is a human tackle..."
He took a few steps back, and then he threw himself on the tree, making it fall into the river.
Suddenly, the currents grabbed it, and started to carry it down the river.
"No!" Jason shouted, tossing a Pokéball. "Bulbasaur, grab it with your vine whips!"
Bulbasaur grabbed it, and stopped it for a moment. But the tree were too heavy, and Bulbasaur started to lose its grip.
"Hurry, Carrie!" Jason said, while Teddyursa climbed onto his shoulder.
The two ran out in the shallow water and climbed onto the tree.
Jason recalled Bulbasaur, and in that very moment, the tree was caught by the currents again.
Jason and Carrie held on as tight as possible, and Teddyursa buried its claws in the tree.
Sharp stones were pointing like knifes over the water, and the tree hit them time after time.
Jason held on so tight, that he couldn't feel his fingers anymore. It felt like riding on one of those mechanical Tauros you could find on an amusement park.
Jason remembered a few years ago when he rode one. It vibrated so much that he were thrown off.
But this time, he didn't let go.
The trip down the river took at least a hundred years, or so it felt. Jason kept wondering with how much they would miss the time-limit.
The first waterfall was terrible.
Suddenly, they just fell, straight down, and Carrie screamed as if she had been biten by an Arbok.
They hit the water so hard, that she bounced on the tree like a human jojo. She was so shocked, that she barely could breathe.
"Are you alive?!" Jason shouted from behind. The noise from the river made it hard for Carrie to hear him.
The second waterfall was even worse.
The tree fell in a vertical position, and they disappeared under the water. The tree reached the surface again, and both Jason and Carrie were still on it.
"Teddyursa?" Jason asked and turned his head. He was totally paralyzed. His Pokémon wasn't there.
He crawled out to the edge of the tree, and looked over the raging water. Suddenly, he spotted Teddyursa, struggling to keep its head over the surface.
"Mudkip!" Jason screamed, throwing a Pokéball. "Go and get him!"
Mudkip were such a good swimmer, that it could swim against the current.
Teddyursa grabbed the blue water-pokémon.
"Go with the flow, Mudkip!" Jason yelled, but his two Pokémon drifted further and further away from the tree.
And they were to far away, for Jason to recall them into their Pokéballs.
Powerless, he watched his two Pokémon, disappearing into the water.
"Carrie!" he shouted. "We must stop this thing!"
And they had to do it before the third waterfall, or else, Mudkip and Teddyursa would be lost forever.
Carrie spotted another, thin tree by the riverside, just before the waterfall. She had to make it fall into the water, so that they could use it as a brake.
"Jason! Hand me Growlithes Pokéball!"
Jason tossed it, and she grabbed it in the air. She released Growlithe, who had a hard time keeping its balance on the tree.
"Flamethrower on that tree, Growlithe!"
Even though Carrie wasn't its trainer, Growlithe obeyed. The flames burned through the tree, and it fell over the river with some roots left in the ground, to hold it steady.
A second later, they bursted into the small tree, and Carrie could see it bending for the sudden weight.
"Jason! Hurry! The tree will break any second!"
Mudkip and Teddyursa came down the river, and Jason took them both out of the water.
He recalled Mudkip and Growlithe, and then he put Teddyursa on his shoulder.
"Hold on tight!" he said to his little bear-pokémon. "We'll go down the waterfall any second now..."
And suddenly, the little tree which had stopped them for a few minutes, broke, and they fell down the waterfall.
They hit the water, and shivering with cold, they continued down the river.
"It must be over soon!" Carrie yelled.
"Hang on, Carrie!" Jason shouted in return. "It's not much left!"
He used what power he had left to grab the tree even harder.
But it wasn't over yet.
They could now hear the noise from the last waterfall.
"Hang on, Carrie! This is the last obstacle!"
And so they fell down the last waterfall. The biggest waterfall they've ever seen.
The tree turned and twisted several times in the air, and Jason felt how he was beginning to lose his grip.
He buried his fingernails in the tree, and used his last, remaining powers to hang on.
And suddenly, they hit the water, with such enormous power that Jason were thrown off the tree together with Teddyursa.
He managed to climb back onto the tree, with Teddyursa on his shoulder.
Now, the water was calm, and the tree gently floated around in the little pond.
When they exhausted stumbled on to land to meet Barry and Elsa, Jason felt like he had been in the mixer.
He and Carrie had to lean towards each other to be able to stand at all. Barry and Elsa smiled when they saw them.
"You were great!" Elsa said with a big smile. "No one has ever came down so fast!"
Barry also smiled.
"You really gave everything. Such a brutal ride! I know you feel tired, but it was worth it. Now you'll get the chance to meet us in a double battle!"
Jason slowly nodded.
"It feels like I have been through a ten-round boxing-fight against a Machamp... I don't know if I manage to fight right now..."
"You have to" Carrie said. "Besides, I have no one to lean against if you are not there..."
"Haha, very funny..."
"One more thing..." Barry said. "Why didn't you use the boat? It was very risky to use a tree..."
Jason felt like he could faint any second, and the anger grew inside him.
"I told you there was a boat, Carrie!" he shouted, stomping his feets in anger. "Aw, you are driving me nuts...!"
"We are waiting at the end of the river" Barry said, carefully watching Jason and Carrie. "If you cheat, we will find out, OK?"
Carrie nodded. Jason bit his lips.
"I wish you good luck" Elsa said.
Jason took a deep breath. He exchanged a quick look with Carrie.
"Ready!" Barry yelled, holding his hand in the air. "Steady...GO!"
Barry and Elsa left Jason and Carrie alone on the little beach.
"Well, there must be a boat somewhere" Jason said.
"I can't see one" Carrie said, after looking over the whole beach.
"There must be one! How are we going to get down the river without a boat?"
They looked for another five minutes, but they didn't find it.
"There is no goddamn boat here, Jason!" Carrie yelled.
"Then how are we going to get down the river?"
"I don't know!"
"Then stop yelling!"
"Aw, shut up, Jason! We'll use that tree!"
Carrie pointed on a large tree, standing next to the water.
"We'll use our Pokémon, and then we'll pull it down. It's old, so we should be able to make it."
"Allright" Jason said, releasing his Pokémon. "But I still think there's a boat somewhere around here..."
"There isn't!"
"Okay, okay." Jason said, letting out a sigh. "Bulbasaur, use your vine whips on the tree!"
Bulbasaur did as it was told, and soon the rest of the Pokémon had created a chain behind it, trying to pull down the tree.
Jason and Carrie stood in the back, but the tree refused to fall.
"Aw, this doesn't work, Carrie!"
"Wait! I have an idea! Recall all your Pokémon except Growlithe. We use its flamethrower to cut of the tree!"
Jason did as he was told, and then he ordered Growlithe to cut down the tree.
After five minutes, Growlithe had almost cut down the whole tree, but it were too tired to use any more fire.
"Good job, Growlithe" Jason said, and recalled his Pokémon. "Now, all we need is a human tackle..."
He took a few steps back, and then he threw himself on the tree, making it fall into the river.
Suddenly, the currents grabbed it, and started to carry it down the river.
"No!" Jason shouted, tossing a Pokéball. "Bulbasaur, grab it with your vine whips!"
Bulbasaur grabbed it, and stopped it for a moment. But the tree were too heavy, and Bulbasaur started to lose its grip.
"Hurry, Carrie!" Jason said, while Teddyursa climbed onto his shoulder.
The two ran out in the shallow water and climbed onto the tree.
Jason recalled Bulbasaur, and in that very moment, the tree was caught by the currents again.
Jason and Carrie held on as tight as possible, and Teddyursa buried its claws in the tree.
Sharp stones were pointing like knifes over the water, and the tree hit them time after time.
Jason held on so tight, that he couldn't feel his fingers anymore. It felt like riding on one of those mechanical Tauros you could find on an amusement park.
Jason remembered a few years ago when he rode one. It vibrated so much that he were thrown off.
But this time, he didn't let go.
The trip down the river took at least a hundred years, or so it felt. Jason kept wondering with how much they would miss the time-limit.
The first waterfall was terrible.
Suddenly, they just fell, straight down, and Carrie screamed as if she had been biten by an Arbok.
They hit the water so hard, that she bounced on the tree like a human jojo. She was so shocked, that she barely could breathe.
"Are you alive?!" Jason shouted from behind. The noise from the river made it hard for Carrie to hear him.
The second waterfall was even worse.
The tree fell in a vertical position, and they disappeared under the water. The tree reached the surface again, and both Jason and Carrie were still on it.
"Teddyursa?" Jason asked and turned his head. He was totally paralyzed. His Pokémon wasn't there.
He crawled out to the edge of the tree, and looked over the raging water. Suddenly, he spotted Teddyursa, struggling to keep its head over the surface.
"Mudkip!" Jason screamed, throwing a Pokéball. "Go and get him!"
Mudkip were such a good swimmer, that it could swim against the current.
Teddyursa grabbed the blue water-pokémon.
"Go with the flow, Mudkip!" Jason yelled, but his two Pokémon drifted further and further away from the tree.
And they were to far away, for Jason to recall them into their Pokéballs.
Powerless, he watched his two Pokémon, disappearing into the water.
"Carrie!" he shouted. "We must stop this thing!"
And they had to do it before the third waterfall, or else, Mudkip and Teddyursa would be lost forever.
Carrie spotted another, thin tree by the riverside, just before the waterfall. She had to make it fall into the water, so that they could use it as a brake.
"Jason! Hand me Growlithes Pokéball!"
Jason tossed it, and she grabbed it in the air. She released Growlithe, who had a hard time keeping its balance on the tree.
"Flamethrower on that tree, Growlithe!"
Even though Carrie wasn't its trainer, Growlithe obeyed. The flames burned through the tree, and it fell over the river with some roots left in the ground, to hold it steady.
A second later, they bursted into the small tree, and Carrie could see it bending for the sudden weight.
"Jason! Hurry! The tree will break any second!"
Mudkip and Teddyursa came down the river, and Jason took them both out of the water.
He recalled Mudkip and Growlithe, and then he put Teddyursa on his shoulder.
"Hold on tight!" he said to his little bear-pokémon. "We'll go down the waterfall any second now..."
And suddenly, the little tree which had stopped them for a few minutes, broke, and they fell down the waterfall.
They hit the water, and shivering with cold, they continued down the river.
"It must be over soon!" Carrie yelled.
"Hang on, Carrie!" Jason shouted in return. "It's not much left!"
He used what power he had left to grab the tree even harder.
But it wasn't over yet.
They could now hear the noise from the last waterfall.
"Hang on, Carrie! This is the last obstacle!"
And so they fell down the last waterfall. The biggest waterfall they've ever seen.
The tree turned and twisted several times in the air, and Jason felt how he was beginning to lose his grip.
He buried his fingernails in the tree, and used his last, remaining powers to hang on.
And suddenly, they hit the water, with such enormous power that Jason were thrown off the tree together with Teddyursa.
He managed to climb back onto the tree, with Teddyursa on his shoulder.
Now, the water was calm, and the tree gently floated around in the little pond.
When they exhausted stumbled on to land to meet Barry and Elsa, Jason felt like he had been in the mixer.
He and Carrie had to lean towards each other to be able to stand at all. Barry and Elsa smiled when they saw them.
"You were great!" Elsa said with a big smile. "No one has ever came down so fast!"
Barry also smiled.
"You really gave everything. Such a brutal ride! I know you feel tired, but it was worth it. Now you'll get the chance to meet us in a double battle!"
Jason slowly nodded.
"It feels like I have been through a ten-round boxing-fight against a Machamp... I don't know if I manage to fight right now..."
"You have to" Carrie said. "Besides, I have no one to lean against if you are not there..."
"Haha, very funny..."
"One more thing..." Barry said. "Why didn't you use the boat? It was very risky to use a tree..."
Jason felt like he could faint any second, and the anger grew inside him.
"I told you there was a boat, Carrie!" he shouted, stomping his feets in anger. "Aw, you are driving me nuts...!"