Better and Tougher, The Real Adventures
Chapter 9: A Better Ocean Every Time
It's been quite a day, and Carl and friends have just stopped a group of bandits. Now with a little help from the police, Carl is on his way to the Pokemon Center to keep everything in good order.
"Carl, maybe you should call my mother and ask if we can borrow Weepinbell." Suggesting his friend Kim, "As a grass type, it should have the advantage in battle over water types."
"That's a good idea Kim. It'd be great to see him again. He was one amazing combat pokemon, and very reliable." Commented Carl, "There's only one problem."
"What's that?"
"I need your number." Stated Carl, which was really no big deal. And within minutes, Kim's mother was on the videophone. "Hello!"
"Hello Carl!" stated Carl's mother in a rather happy mood. It quickly turned sad as she began to speak again, "Carl, I was hoping you would call. It's about Weepinbell."
"Is he hurt?" asked Carl with concern in his voice, "Oh no!"
"No, he's fine. physically that is. It's just that lately the plant pokemon who he's been so smooth with, are beginning to see him as a one nightstand kind of pokemon." She stated. "I don't think he's enjoying himself any more." She added as a loud scream was heard. A few seconds later, Weepinbell was on the screen. 'Weep!' it stated.
"Hi Weepinbell. Kim's mother and I think you should travel with me again. You want to?" he offered, to which the Plant pokemon nodded quickly and ready to escape as fast as possible. 'Weep. in. bell!!!' he shouted in extreme fear as he heard the voices of femme-floral pokemon.
"You better hurry, I don't think he can hold out too much longer emotionally." Stated Carl.
***
"Well guys, I'm ready to get that badge!" stated Carl, as his friends looked at him with a nod. It was an hour after Carl had been to the Pokemon Center, and has now reunited with Weepinbell. The trio of people walked up to the gym in question and went inside. When they got there, Carl was in for a shock, or more likely a sight of shocks. The person he saw was a tall man, and he looked gruff too. But Carl knew just who it was. It was Mark Vasigil, and unbeknownst to Carl, it is the bully kid from Pallet who started with Mareep. Now, he's here battling the gym leader.
The gym leader was another story. This new character was a short young man, at only 5'2", but you could tell he was no child by his facial hair. He was obviously a midget. He looked confident, and as if he knew just what he was doing. He knew he had the upper hand this battle.
"Beedrill!" yelled Mark, obviously giving a command, although it would be more fitting to say demand. "Use Twin-Needle!" at which point, the giant bee produced stingers from its hands and fired them both at the opponent.
"Seadra, Octazooka!" stated the midget who was obviously the gym leader. His skill showed too. A spiky blue seahorse pokemon, which was the Seadra, shot a blue ball of what appeared to be sticky water at Beedrill. At that, the Needles were caught, and sent with the ball of water back at the bug and stuck to him. Beedrill couldn't move its wings, so it did the only thing it could. It fell, and couldn't get up again either. "You lose!" stated the gym leader.
"Bah!" shouted Mark as he returned Beedrill to his pokeball. "You're so weak Beedrill! Next time, win!" he shouted. As he turned around, he spotted our main man, and eyed him carefully. "Well, well! It's Cur!" After all, it's only proper to say hello to a childhood enemy.
"Nice to see you too Murk!" he said to complete the proper greeting of hated foes.
"I see you are training pokemon too. Well." at this he noticed that Carl had a few friends with him. But more importantly, he noticed a girl, Kim, and that she was hanging with Carl.
"Stop staring!" she shouted at the big bully. At this Mark merely snorted with slight laughter.
"Hey, how about a battle Mark!" stated Carl, trying to prove his worth to his enemy.
"No time freak! This jerk gym leader, Trite, is a tough midget! I hate midgets." he mumbled as he walked out the door mumbling a few swearwords under his breath.
"What a weird kid," stated Yetis, "but the gym trainer doesn't look like he's gonna be easy prey."
"I know, but I have Weepinbell and Voltorb to stop him with. I have a chance which that jerk never will." He said referring to Mark.
*** "So the next Challenger has come." Stated Trite, Cerulean's new gym leader. "Very well. But before we begin, I always let my opponent choose their pokemon first. Choose carefully," he stated with a smirk. "We'll have a 2 on 2!"
"Weepinbell! Go!" stated Carl, figuring that he has things under control.
"Hmm, yes. This is why it is so easy to win," said the confident midget as he threw a pokeball, "Delibird, go!" he stated, as he unleashed a red bird with what looked like a delivery pouch.
"Carl," stated Yetis, "Delibird is a flying and ice type pokemon. Both types have an advantage over grass!" he mentioned, to which Carl visibly cringed.
"Weepinbell, be careful! Start out with Body Slam!" he commanded as his bell shaped pokemon lunged off the ground towards the bird of ice.
"Wing attack!" said Trite as if it were too easy. He wasn't too far off either, because with a quick slap from his wing, and the plant was sent plummeting back to the ground where it landed with a thud.
"Weepinbell, use Synthesis!" stated Carl, as his grassy pokemon began to absorb sunrays, and began to look ready to fight, once again. It wasn't going to last though, because Trite had already given a command.
"Blizzard!" he stated to which snow was blanketed all about the arena, and Weepinbell had no way to dodge. The ice began to solidify around the plant pokemon, and it was frozen solid. "Weepinbell has fallen."
"Ok, return! Now it's your turn Voltorb. Quickly, start out with Thunder bolt."
It took only about 2 seconds for the ball pokemon to comply. At which point, the flying delivery pokemon was zapped with electricity. It was fried on the spot, and returned to its pokeball.
"Quagsire, it's your turn." Stated the midget of a gym leader.
"Hmm." went Carl as he went for Pokedex, 'Quagsire, the water fish pokemon. This pokemon is known to be carefree and rather sturdy, especially when it comes to electricity.' Carl merely sighed, and figured this wasn't going to be an easy match at all. He'd have to do something besides electricity. "Ok Voltorb, start out with Screech."
The ball pokemon complied, emitting a strange shrill noise, which really could annoy even a deaf man, oddly enough. Quagsire however, didn't seem to look affected all that much. 'Sire, Ag?' it asked questioningly.
Carl looked confused, and Trite could tell. "Amnesia," explained the midget, "works every time." He said, purposely staying vague.
"Well it won't stop me!" smirked Carl, "Use Rollout!" he commanded to which the speedy ball pokemon began to move very quickly, and rolled like a boulder towards the blue pokemon. It hit, but it didn't look like it caused any much pain.
"Earthquake." Stated Trite, deciding to use his ground advantage. To which the water/ground complied, slamming the ground with a great pound, causing the ground to tremble, and it got Voltorb all shook up. 'Vo, volt- or-or-orb!' it stuttered as it still felt the tremors of an Earthquake aftershock.
Carl was becoming desperate. He didn't feel like there was much he could do. He didn't want to lose, but he didn't want to go too extreme. It was his good friend Yetis though, who came to the rescue. He whispered something into Carl's ear.
"Are you sure it will work?" he asked the friend who he trusted so. Yetis merely nodded, and Carl smirked, a bit uneasy of how it might fail. "Voltorb, begin to slowly self-destruct!" instructed Carl.
Trite did what any normal person would do in this situation, he laughed! He laughed very loudly too. "Ha! You wont win like that. You'll just yield a draw, and that means no badge." He taunted.
Carl merely smirked and quickly added some more detail, "Endure!" he stated as Voltorb took its time readying itself to burst with an explosive force.
***
After the explosion had cleared, it almost looked like both pokemon were down for the count. There was more to meet the eye however, and soon Voltorb began to move, and within seconds, it was back on its feet. well, you know what I mean. He was still up, and able to battle.
Carl merely stood in shock. "It actually worked. Nice plan Yetis!" he stated, looking at Yetis, who merely stood proud and dignified with his successful plan.
"Well done, I suppose you want the badge!" smiled Trite as he approached the victorious trainer. "Well, every since getting this job a few months ago, I've had few losses. I feel you deserve a little something extra, here!" he stated, holding out a small contraption, "It's a Technical Machine, better known as a TM. It teaches pokemon moves they normally cant learn on their own. This one teaches water gun."
"Interesting." stated Carl, as he decided to pocket the item for now. "Well, I have to return Voltorb," he said quickly realizing he had done what he said he would do, a he lifted the small pokeball impersonator, and ran out the door with his new badge.
***
The policewoman smiled as Voltorb was handed back to her. "I hope Voltorb did its job well. By what you say, it must have been some battle. A Quagsire isn't usually something you fight with electricity."
"Oh, it was no problem officer!" he stated with a slight smile.
"Please, call me Jenny! I should only be called officer by those who need to." She commented.
"Very well." with a slight look at Voltorb, "Thank you for your help today." He stated to the small electric ball. It was after that saddening goodbye that Carl went on his way again.
***
"So Carl," stated Kim, "How about we rest up for the night. We can rest at the Pokemon Center, and continue tomorrow." She stated with a slight yawn. Believe it or not, it's been one heck of a day. Stopping poachers and fighting a gym leader can be quite exhausting.
"Alright. We'll rest up for the evening." Stated Carl with a slight smile.
A/N: Well this ends another episode of our main man Carl, but does it end everything? No, well, I would like some reviews. Thoughts, blurbs, flames, ideas, because I will listen! How can you help this story? Simple, you can suggest what pokemon be caught by our main characters next. If I like your suggestion, you just might see the main character get that pokemon.
Next chapter: A quick battle with your bully rival keeps us all healthy, and what do you get when you find Nidorans? New catch of course, and I do mean, team rocket does. Maybe that Moonstone will have something to do with this.
Chapter 9: A Better Ocean Every Time
It's been quite a day, and Carl and friends have just stopped a group of bandits. Now with a little help from the police, Carl is on his way to the Pokemon Center to keep everything in good order.
"Carl, maybe you should call my mother and ask if we can borrow Weepinbell." Suggesting his friend Kim, "As a grass type, it should have the advantage in battle over water types."
"That's a good idea Kim. It'd be great to see him again. He was one amazing combat pokemon, and very reliable." Commented Carl, "There's only one problem."
"What's that?"
"I need your number." Stated Carl, which was really no big deal. And within minutes, Kim's mother was on the videophone. "Hello!"
"Hello Carl!" stated Carl's mother in a rather happy mood. It quickly turned sad as she began to speak again, "Carl, I was hoping you would call. It's about Weepinbell."
"Is he hurt?" asked Carl with concern in his voice, "Oh no!"
"No, he's fine. physically that is. It's just that lately the plant pokemon who he's been so smooth with, are beginning to see him as a one nightstand kind of pokemon." She stated. "I don't think he's enjoying himself any more." She added as a loud scream was heard. A few seconds later, Weepinbell was on the screen. 'Weep!' it stated.
"Hi Weepinbell. Kim's mother and I think you should travel with me again. You want to?" he offered, to which the Plant pokemon nodded quickly and ready to escape as fast as possible. 'Weep. in. bell!!!' he shouted in extreme fear as he heard the voices of femme-floral pokemon.
"You better hurry, I don't think he can hold out too much longer emotionally." Stated Carl.
***
"Well guys, I'm ready to get that badge!" stated Carl, as his friends looked at him with a nod. It was an hour after Carl had been to the Pokemon Center, and has now reunited with Weepinbell. The trio of people walked up to the gym in question and went inside. When they got there, Carl was in for a shock, or more likely a sight of shocks. The person he saw was a tall man, and he looked gruff too. But Carl knew just who it was. It was Mark Vasigil, and unbeknownst to Carl, it is the bully kid from Pallet who started with Mareep. Now, he's here battling the gym leader.
The gym leader was another story. This new character was a short young man, at only 5'2", but you could tell he was no child by his facial hair. He was obviously a midget. He looked confident, and as if he knew just what he was doing. He knew he had the upper hand this battle.
"Beedrill!" yelled Mark, obviously giving a command, although it would be more fitting to say demand. "Use Twin-Needle!" at which point, the giant bee produced stingers from its hands and fired them both at the opponent.
"Seadra, Octazooka!" stated the midget who was obviously the gym leader. His skill showed too. A spiky blue seahorse pokemon, which was the Seadra, shot a blue ball of what appeared to be sticky water at Beedrill. At that, the Needles were caught, and sent with the ball of water back at the bug and stuck to him. Beedrill couldn't move its wings, so it did the only thing it could. It fell, and couldn't get up again either. "You lose!" stated the gym leader.
"Bah!" shouted Mark as he returned Beedrill to his pokeball. "You're so weak Beedrill! Next time, win!" he shouted. As he turned around, he spotted our main man, and eyed him carefully. "Well, well! It's Cur!" After all, it's only proper to say hello to a childhood enemy.
"Nice to see you too Murk!" he said to complete the proper greeting of hated foes.
"I see you are training pokemon too. Well." at this he noticed that Carl had a few friends with him. But more importantly, he noticed a girl, Kim, and that she was hanging with Carl.
"Stop staring!" she shouted at the big bully. At this Mark merely snorted with slight laughter.
"Hey, how about a battle Mark!" stated Carl, trying to prove his worth to his enemy.
"No time freak! This jerk gym leader, Trite, is a tough midget! I hate midgets." he mumbled as he walked out the door mumbling a few swearwords under his breath.
"What a weird kid," stated Yetis, "but the gym trainer doesn't look like he's gonna be easy prey."
"I know, but I have Weepinbell and Voltorb to stop him with. I have a chance which that jerk never will." He said referring to Mark.
*** "So the next Challenger has come." Stated Trite, Cerulean's new gym leader. "Very well. But before we begin, I always let my opponent choose their pokemon first. Choose carefully," he stated with a smirk. "We'll have a 2 on 2!"
"Weepinbell! Go!" stated Carl, figuring that he has things under control.
"Hmm, yes. This is why it is so easy to win," said the confident midget as he threw a pokeball, "Delibird, go!" he stated, as he unleashed a red bird with what looked like a delivery pouch.
"Carl," stated Yetis, "Delibird is a flying and ice type pokemon. Both types have an advantage over grass!" he mentioned, to which Carl visibly cringed.
"Weepinbell, be careful! Start out with Body Slam!" he commanded as his bell shaped pokemon lunged off the ground towards the bird of ice.
"Wing attack!" said Trite as if it were too easy. He wasn't too far off either, because with a quick slap from his wing, and the plant was sent plummeting back to the ground where it landed with a thud.
"Weepinbell, use Synthesis!" stated Carl, as his grassy pokemon began to absorb sunrays, and began to look ready to fight, once again. It wasn't going to last though, because Trite had already given a command.
"Blizzard!" he stated to which snow was blanketed all about the arena, and Weepinbell had no way to dodge. The ice began to solidify around the plant pokemon, and it was frozen solid. "Weepinbell has fallen."
"Ok, return! Now it's your turn Voltorb. Quickly, start out with Thunder bolt."
It took only about 2 seconds for the ball pokemon to comply. At which point, the flying delivery pokemon was zapped with electricity. It was fried on the spot, and returned to its pokeball.
"Quagsire, it's your turn." Stated the midget of a gym leader.
"Hmm." went Carl as he went for Pokedex, 'Quagsire, the water fish pokemon. This pokemon is known to be carefree and rather sturdy, especially when it comes to electricity.' Carl merely sighed, and figured this wasn't going to be an easy match at all. He'd have to do something besides electricity. "Ok Voltorb, start out with Screech."
The ball pokemon complied, emitting a strange shrill noise, which really could annoy even a deaf man, oddly enough. Quagsire however, didn't seem to look affected all that much. 'Sire, Ag?' it asked questioningly.
Carl looked confused, and Trite could tell. "Amnesia," explained the midget, "works every time." He said, purposely staying vague.
"Well it won't stop me!" smirked Carl, "Use Rollout!" he commanded to which the speedy ball pokemon began to move very quickly, and rolled like a boulder towards the blue pokemon. It hit, but it didn't look like it caused any much pain.
"Earthquake." Stated Trite, deciding to use his ground advantage. To which the water/ground complied, slamming the ground with a great pound, causing the ground to tremble, and it got Voltorb all shook up. 'Vo, volt- or-or-orb!' it stuttered as it still felt the tremors of an Earthquake aftershock.
Carl was becoming desperate. He didn't feel like there was much he could do. He didn't want to lose, but he didn't want to go too extreme. It was his good friend Yetis though, who came to the rescue. He whispered something into Carl's ear.
"Are you sure it will work?" he asked the friend who he trusted so. Yetis merely nodded, and Carl smirked, a bit uneasy of how it might fail. "Voltorb, begin to slowly self-destruct!" instructed Carl.
Trite did what any normal person would do in this situation, he laughed! He laughed very loudly too. "Ha! You wont win like that. You'll just yield a draw, and that means no badge." He taunted.
Carl merely smirked and quickly added some more detail, "Endure!" he stated as Voltorb took its time readying itself to burst with an explosive force.
***
After the explosion had cleared, it almost looked like both pokemon were down for the count. There was more to meet the eye however, and soon Voltorb began to move, and within seconds, it was back on its feet. well, you know what I mean. He was still up, and able to battle.
Carl merely stood in shock. "It actually worked. Nice plan Yetis!" he stated, looking at Yetis, who merely stood proud and dignified with his successful plan.
"Well done, I suppose you want the badge!" smiled Trite as he approached the victorious trainer. "Well, every since getting this job a few months ago, I've had few losses. I feel you deserve a little something extra, here!" he stated, holding out a small contraption, "It's a Technical Machine, better known as a TM. It teaches pokemon moves they normally cant learn on their own. This one teaches water gun."
"Interesting." stated Carl, as he decided to pocket the item for now. "Well, I have to return Voltorb," he said quickly realizing he had done what he said he would do, a he lifted the small pokeball impersonator, and ran out the door with his new badge.
***
The policewoman smiled as Voltorb was handed back to her. "I hope Voltorb did its job well. By what you say, it must have been some battle. A Quagsire isn't usually something you fight with electricity."
"Oh, it was no problem officer!" he stated with a slight smile.
"Please, call me Jenny! I should only be called officer by those who need to." She commented.
"Very well." with a slight look at Voltorb, "Thank you for your help today." He stated to the small electric ball. It was after that saddening goodbye that Carl went on his way again.
***
"So Carl," stated Kim, "How about we rest up for the night. We can rest at the Pokemon Center, and continue tomorrow." She stated with a slight yawn. Believe it or not, it's been one heck of a day. Stopping poachers and fighting a gym leader can be quite exhausting.
"Alright. We'll rest up for the evening." Stated Carl with a slight smile.
A/N: Well this ends another episode of our main man Carl, but does it end everything? No, well, I would like some reviews. Thoughts, blurbs, flames, ideas, because I will listen! How can you help this story? Simple, you can suggest what pokemon be caught by our main characters next. If I like your suggestion, you just might see the main character get that pokemon.
Next chapter: A quick battle with your bully rival keeps us all healthy, and what do you get when you find Nidorans? New catch of course, and I do mean, team rocket does. Maybe that Moonstone will have something to do with this.