Chapter 5: Enter the Eevee Trainer! The Ambitions of the Shadow Syndicate!
Viki looked directly at J.C., surprised that he suddenly went into a frustrated mood. "You two know each other?" She asked J.C. about the girl, who looked all too familiar to him.
"Yes…unfortunately…" J.C. muttered.
Rei smirked. "You could say that…"
"So are you the gym leader?" Rex asked, wanting to change from the negatively-emotional matter which was currently at hand.
"Yes, for this week." She smiled as she looked at Rex, more directly into his emerald-colored eyes. 'He looks cute' She thought to herself.
"What do you mean by 'This week?'" He asked, taken back by her comment about her status as a gym leader.
"Well…you see, this gym is actually a part of Pokemon Tech. When we first enroll, we immediately decide on a career path: Pokemon Research, Pokemon Battling, Pokemon Coordinating, or Pokemon Breeding. 4th-year students have the privilege to be interns at this gym, sometimes even becoming Gym Leaders for a whole week. It's my turn this week."
"Lucky you…" J.C. scoffed, which earn him a smack in the head from Viki.
"So how long have you been at it?" She asked.
"It's my third day!" Rei smiled. "But I'm getting the hang of the pressure. The rules of being a Gym Leader are tough, though…" She sighed.
"Speaking of which, what are your rules, anyway?" Rex asked.
"A 3-on-3 Elimination Pokemon Battle." She stated. "Only the Challenger can make a substitution if necessary."
"That sounds fair." Rex responded, just about ready for a battle. A clap was then heard in the background as a man from the entrance approached them. He had a lanky build and had his indigo hair tied in a ponytail. He was dressed in a blue suit with a red tie, save for a pair of glasses.
"Bravo, Miss McKnight!" He said with praise. "You're doing a good job as a gym leader. Keep up the good work and you'll pass this course with flying colors."
"Heheh…thank you Mr. Tanaka." Rei responded, slightly embarrassed. "I do try my best."
"For a snob like her, she seems to be blushing with embarrassment." J.C. slyly retorted as he then felt the hard rubber heel of Rei's shoe slammed into to his foot with force, but not enough to make anyone notice. He gave a glare at Rei, who just smiled "innocently" at him.
"Now, may I ask the name of the person who is going for a badge?" Tanaka asked, as Rex then answered.
"I'm Rex Connelly, from Goldenrod City! I'm looking to earn my first Hoenn league badge."
"Well I wish you good luck on that goal." He said as he walked toward the side of the field as Viki and J.C. took their seats near the bleachers. Rex and Rei then went on opposite ends of the field.
"First, we will randomly choose the field for the battle." Tanaka pressed a button at the side of the gym as sliding door on top of the wall was shown, revealing a scoreboard with four different field types in a quarter in a circle with a spinner on the top: Plain, Rock, Grass, and Ice. On the right side, the board hat three screens with red markers on the side. The left side was the same as the right, but with green markers. The spinner began to spin as both Rex and Rei watched on…
'He's cute…' She thought about Rex. 'But let's see if his pokemon battling is a good as he looks.'
"Okay…here it comes…" Rex said to himself as he took out a pokeball. Despite of what Pokemon she used or what field terrain it would be, his decision on his first pokemon to use was already made. The spinner slowed down, and after a few more turns it soon stopped on the grass terrain.
Suddenly, the floor began to split in two as it slid apart from each other as smoke then came out. Everyone shielded themselves as the process was executing. When the smoke cleared, the regular field was now replaced with a meadow-like field.
"This will be a 3-on-3 Pokemon Battle." Tanaka stated. "It will be Challenger Rex Connelly from Goldenrod City against Rei McKnight of the Oldale Town Gym. Only the challenger may make any substitutions if necessary."
"Let's start the mayhem!" Rex declared.
"I like your style, Rexie!" Rei grinned, causing Rex to slightly be taken back by the 'Rexie' remark, as she tossed out a Pokeball. "Flareon, I choose you!" The pokeball opened as a Flareon popped out. A picture of a Flareon then appeared next to the first red maker.
"Okay, a fire-type battle it is, then." Rex tossed out his Pokeball. "Charex, go!" The pokeball opened as sparkles flew out as the orange Charmeleon came out. A picture of the Charmeleon was then displayed next to the first green marker.
"Let the battle begin!" Tanaka announced, indicating the start of the battle.
"Wow…" Rei looked in awe. She didn't realize that Rex had such a rare pokemon of a different color. She then looked to her Pokemon. "Flareron, Tackle!"
"Charex, dodge and use Flamethrower!" Rex ordered.
Flareon ran towards Charex for a tackle, but he rolled out of the way as he then used it flamethrower on her. However, much to both Charex and Rex's shock, it barely had any effect. "What the?"
"Rexie, you disappoint me! I thought you knew about my Flareon's special ability!" Rei smiled as Charex recovered, awaiting orders.
'Damn…' Rex thought as he then remembered. Like Viki's Vulpix Josephine, Flareon's special ability, Flash Fire prevented damage from fire-based attacks, as well as increasing its own fire attacks. "Okay, so fire attacks are out…how about this, then!" He then ordered, "Charex, knock Flareon down with Slash attack!"
"Just because you can't win with fire attacks doesn't mean I can't, either! Flareon, use Fire Spin before he can reach you!"
Charex was just about to go for a quick hard-hitting slash, but Flareon then shot a stream of flames which surrounded him. Charex seethed as he was trapped, with nowhere to go.
"Hang in there, Charex!" Rex tried to think of a way out of this predicament. This was Charex's first Gym battle and neither one of them were planning to lose. It was then when Rex came up with a plan. However, it may cost him, but as the rules stated, he could switch out a Pokemon.
"Rex looks to be in trouble." Viki said as she watched her brother trying to find a way for Charex to get out of the predicament he was in.
"Battling a Pokemon with a Flash Fire Special ability with a Fire type is almost as bad as battling a water or rock type pokemon with a fire type." J.C. Explained. When battling pokemon such as Vulpix or Flareon, Fire-type moves were rendered useless, and forced other Fire-types to rely more on strategy and physical strength. Something he knew Rex could do with Drego. But with Charex, a pokemon who he had just recently caught was a question which needed to be answered.
"Charex, spin and use Iron Tail!" Rex ordered as Charex jumped up as his tail began to glow. He began to spin as Viki and J.C. watched on.
"Why is Rex having Charex spinning?" Viki asked.
"Rex is having Charex spin to make the Iron Tail attack have more power." J.C. explained the situation. "It's just like an airplane turbine: They spin extremely fast in order for the plane to move at high speed. Just like Rex is having Charex to do. He knows that Steel-Type moves like Iron tail doesn't have much effect against Fire Types, but with more force, it could make up the damage it would lose to a type disadvantage. The faster the attack, the harder it hits…and possibly Charex might have some recoil damage."
"I see…" Viki nodded, never thought that Pokemon Battling could have strategies such as this, as Rei watched on with interest.
"Cool idea. Too bad it's not going to work!" She smiled as she then ordered. "Flareon, dodge and use flamethrower directly!"
As Charex was about to hit her with his tail, Flareon quickly jumped over it as she then released a head-on Flamethrower in his face as it then moved out of the way quickly. Leaving Charex to, as irony would put it, crash and burn.
"No way! Charex!" Rex called out the slowly recovering Charmeleon as he tried to recover from the flamethrower, not to mention the damage it received on the crash. Charex was ready to continue, but it was just too much for him to go on as he then fell down.
Tanaka raised the red flag which was pointing to Rei's side. "Charex is unable to battle. Flareon is the winner!" Charex's picture then darkened as the green light went off.
"Good job, Charex!" Rex praised his pokemon as he returned him to his Pokeball. "You deserve a breather." He didn't know that the trainers, let alone gym leaders, in Hoenn were so strong, but at the same time, he knew that Charex and he still needed more time to train together, and that he was still a bit worn out from the earlier battle with Viki and Courage. He then looked at Rei. "You may've won this round, but it's only the beginning!" Rex placed away the Pokeball which contained Charex as he then took out another one. "Okay, Crush let's go!" He tossed the pokeball as it then opened. Along with the sparkles, Crush came out of his pokeball as his picture was then shown under Charex's darkened picture. Rei was left in amazement yet again.
"A Blue Nidoking!?" She said in shock yet again, believed that they were only in Purple. First it was the Orange Charmeleon, now this. Rex must've been very lucky to catch both of them. She then smirked at Rex and his Nidoking. "No matter! Flareon, Quick Attack!"
"Oh no ya don't!" Rex smiled. "Crush, throw her off with Earthquake!"
As Flareon hustled quickly, Crush jumped up and landed hard. This caused the grassy surface to break into chunks, which tripped Flareon over.
"Oh no!" Rei cried out as Crush moved in closer!
"That's the way, Crush! Now use Mega Punch!" Rex ordered as Crush's claw balled up to a fist as it began to glow white.
"Flareon, watch out!" Rei warned as Flareon managed to dodge the Mega Punch just at the nick of time. "Now Bite him, hard!" Flareon went to bite Crush on the tail, causing him to moan in pain. However, he wasn't the only one as Flareon then released her hold, much to Rei's shock and Rex's pleasure.
"You're not the only one who knows their Pokemon's special ablities, Rei!" Rex explained with a grin. "You shouldn't try to physically attack my Nidoking head on too much. You might feel its Poison Point!"
"Oh no…" Rei cried as Flareon appeared to have weakened a bit. The poison was beginning to show its effect, adding on the effects from her earlier bout with Charex, Flareon was in a tight spot.
"Finish her off, Crush! Take Down!' Rex ordered as Crush then grabbed Flareon and then roughly rammed her with his body hard.
"Flareon, no…" Rei called out, but as Flareon was trying to get up, she fell back down and out."
Tanaka raised the green flag pointing towards Rex's direction. "Flareon is unable to battle. Crush is the winner." Flareon's picture then darkened as the red light shut off.
"Way to go, Rex!" Viki cheered as her brother congratulated Crush on his victory.
"Nice comeback, buddy!" J.C. shouted as Rex watched Rei. He wondered what Pokemon she would use next.
Rei looked at her fallen Flareon as she returned her to her pokeball. "You deserve a rest for you effort." She told the ball which contained her. After all, she did beat one of Rex's Pokemon today. She then took a glance at Rex, arms crossed and all, ready for the next match as well as Crush. "Nice comeback there, Rexie-Boy. But it ends here now…" She took out another pokeball as it then enlarged. "Vaporeon, go!" She tossed the ball onto the field as it then opened. Out popped a Vaporeon, with determination in his eyes. 'Since Nidoking are part Ground type, this should be a cakewalk.' She thought, remembering that Water was super effective against ground types.
J.C. began to rub his chin, as if he were figuring out a huge puzzle. He remembered that she had an Umbreon with her…and she just recently used a Flareon and now a Vaporeon. He wondered if Rex was thinking about the same thing. Every Gym Leader had a specific type they use in gyms, for Example in Rex and Viki's hometown of Goldenrod, The Gym Leader, Whitney only used normal type Pokemon, or in Violet City, Falkner used Flying Types. So far in this battle, Rei has been using two different types: Fire and Water.
"So you're using Vaporeon, eh? Pretty smart!" Rex complemented. "But one type disadvantage isn't enough to stop us, right Crush?"
"Nido! (Right!)" Crush roared as it stepped back on the field.
"Fine! Have it your way!" Rei looked towards Vaporeon, "Vaporeon, Water Gun!" Vaporeon shot a quick stream of water towards Rex's direction. While Crush, like most Nidoking, may have great strength, they lacked speed as he was too slow to dodge the quick stream of water.
"Man…not good…" Rex thought. "Crush, shake it off and use Earthquake!"
"That trick won't work twice!" Rei warned as before Crush could execute the attack, Vaporeon hit him hard with a Quick Attack.
"Come on, Rex! Do something!" J.C. shouted, much to the dismay of Viki
"Damn it!" Rex watched Crush get knocked back as it almost lost its balance. With a disadvantage such as this, he knew that he needed to come up with something fast. He couldn't risk Crush using Bide with the chance of Vaporeon only using water-based moves as he might need him for the last battle, and Horndrill was definitely out of the question as he remembered the incident back in Saffron City. There was one other option, but it might take too much energy out of him "What the hell…" He thought, as he had no choice. "Crush…stay still…"
"What?" J.C. was shocked that Rex was just going to do nothing. He wanted Rex to defeat…no humiliate Rei very badly. He was still angry over the incident at the Pokemon Center, and to have her crushed in a humiliating defeat would be the perfect revenge. "What are you doing, Rex? Wipe her out!"
Rei was also in shock. "What is he thinking?" She thought to herself as Vaporeon was just as confused.
"What do you think Rex's trying to do?" Viki stated to J.C.
"You tell me and we'll both know." J.C. retorted. "He's your brother!"
"Keep your feet planted on the floor!" Rex instructed as Crush nodded in response. Rei scoffed at Rex's idea. Just what was Rex thinking anyway? Was he trying to use Bide, or was this his way of stalling for some time? In her mind, Rei had no time to waste and wasn't going to begin now…
"His loss…" Rei shrugged, "Vaporeon, rush over and use a direct Water Gun on that Nidoking!" She ordered as Vaporeon then ran at full speed in an attempt to knock him down, but just as he was just about to unleash another stream of water onto Crush, a smile grew on Rex's face.
"Now Crush, take Vaporeon out with Thunder!" He ordered as Crush, using as much energy as it could, unleashed a powerful jolt of lightning onto the surprised Vaporeon.
"Always have a Secret Weapon…" Rex stated as Vaporeon dropped down and out for the count, much to Rei's shock…
Tanaka held up a flag which pointed at Rex's direction after he checked on the now KO'ed Pokemon. "Vaporeon is unable to battle, Crush is the winner!" The picture of Vaporeon then darkened as the light of the green marker next to the said picture went out.
Viki jumped up, excited and impressed with how Rex tricked Rei into having Vaporeon to attack. "Wow Rex! You rock!"
J.C. smiled on in approval, enjoying seeing the great almighty Rei McKnight down to her last Pokemon. Crush was a bit fatigued from using Thunder, but one more battle was all there was to go. Even if Crush lost, Rex still had one fresh Pokemon left which basically left things in his favor.
"Okay Rex!" Rei shouted as she took out another pokeball. "I hoped you've enjoyed that win, 'cause it's all gonna end here!"
"First you used Flareon, then Vaporeon. Let me guess: You have a Jolteon ready for me, right?" Rex asked, apparently he was paying attention to his opponent's choice of pokemon carefully as well.
"It's true that I also have a Jolteon, but I have something better in mind for you." She informed with a smirk.
"Alright then, bring it on!" Rex invited as Crush gave out a confident and ready "Nido."
"Now for my strongest Pokemon…" After a quick kiss, she tossed out the Pokeball onto the field. "I choose you, Espeon!" The ball opened as an Espeon leaped out as she then stretched out while looking at the confident Nidoking.
J.C.'s eyes went wide as Viki noticed him. "What's wrong?" She asked.
"I just figured it out…" He said.
"Figured what out?"
"The type of Pokemon she uses." He explained. "Like me, Rei only has the same Pokemon, but she evolves them in different ways. I raised my three Tyrogue into a Hitmonchan, Hitmonlee, and Hitmontop. Just like Rei raised her five Eevee into Flareon, Jolteon, Vaporeon, Umbreon, and Espeon. When Rei and I first met, she showed me her Umbreon. And after seeing the Pokemon she used, that's when it all came clear as crystal: Rei McKnight is a die-hard Eevee trainer."
Rex was once again in a tight spot. It was as if he just escaped one disadvantage and went right into another. His previous battle was with a Ground Type disadvantage, and now this battle will be with a disadvantage due to Crush's primary type: Poison. He saw the look in Crush's eyes. Psychic Pokemon or not, Rex knew that he wasn't going to back down. He knew that it would be best to attack first and fast as he couldn't afford to let Rei have any more time to come up with a plan, let alone those which involved Psychic attacks.
"Crush, keep her at bay with Poison Sting!" Rex ordered!
"Show 'em what they're dealing with, Espeon!" Rei demanded as Crush released a barb of poison needles. But before they could make reach, Espeon moved out the way and hit a hard tackle onto the Nidoking.
Rex was in shock as he saw the barbs Crush shot missed entirely. He switched his focus back onto the battle itself. "Crush, crush her with Iron Tail!"
"Dodge and use Confusion!"
Crush's tail began to glow as it then swung towards Espeon, but she managed to leap out of the way in time. He then looked around for his opponent, but suddenly found himself being lifted into the air by some unknown force. As a red aurora formed around Espeon, Crush was then thrown hard to the wall and fell to the ground.
"Get back up, Crush!" Rex called out as the Nidoking then got back up on his feet. "Use Mega Punch!"
Crush went for the powerful punch, but Espeon avoided it as well. He made 3 more attempts, but Espeon still dodged them all with ease. It was like as if she could read Crush's moves before it happened and being faster than him wasn't exactly favorable grounds either. For Rex, it was basically Saffron City Gym Battle all over again, only this time he didn't have Drego out, but Crush. And he wasn't dealing with a powerful Kadabra, but a fast and stealth Espeon. Just how is he supposed to beat her?
"Let's end this…" Rei suggested, "Espeon, Psychic attack!"
Espeon's eyes glowed a bluish silver color as Crush, going for one last Mega Punch attempt, was floating in the air. It was like a Confusion attack, but much more powerful as Crush was then slammed hard into the wall, thus its defeat was ensured.
"Crush is unable to battle. Espeon is the winner." Tanaka announced as the picture of the Blue Nidoking darkened as the green light next to it went off. Rex and Rei were now tied at having only one Pokemon left a piece.
"Looks like it's all hopeless, eh buddy?" Rei smirked as she examined her nails. "With Espeon out, there's hardly anything you, or your pokemon rather can do."
"C'mon Rex, beat this snob!" J.C. was only this close to jumping on the field and flooring her with a kick, but he thought better of it.
"You can do it, Big Bro!" Viki cheered as Rex pondered which Pokemon to use. Charex and Crush were out, and he knew that using either Shellshock or Edge would give one an ego boost and the other another reason to show resentment. Jolt may have been fast enough to keep up with Espeon and lay in a few attacks, but would fall to its Psychic attack, as well as the fact that it could read Jolt's movements. Thus leaving one pokemon left that he was sure that would beat Rei and her Espeon.
"That was pretty smart having Espeon reading Crush's moves. Well read this!" Rex grabbed out a pokeball. "Shadow go!"
The Pokeball was thrown as it then opened as an Umbreon with blue stripes and yellow eyes leaped out, like Charex and Crush, with the sparkle effect.
"No way…" Rei responded. "First a Charmeleon, then a Nidoking, and now an Umbreon with a different color? There's no way-"
"Just call me a Rare Hunter. These types of pokemon aren't easy to get. It's all about luck, honestly. Speaking of which, yours just ran out. As an Eevee expert, you should know that Espeon's gonna have hard time with my Umbreon."
"Just because you have an advantage doesn't me your victory's a sure thing." Rei reminds as she then ponders. 'Beside, maybe I can still psyche you out.'
"Let's finish this!" Rex then looked to his Umbreon. "Shadow, Faint Attack"
"Be aware Espeon!" Rei warned, figuring that Rex would try something such as this as the Umbreon rushed for an attack, but disappeared. Espeon searched for her dark counterpart, but was nowhere to be found. "Looks like your Pokemon ran off scared, Rex!"
"If you say so…" Rex replied.
"What do you mean 'if you say so?' Your Pokemon's not even-" She was then interrupted as Shadow came from out of nowhere, literally, and knocked Espeon down. "Lucky shot!"
"When it comes to Pokemon Battling, luck's for amateurs." Rex stated. "Now Shadow, Toxic!"
The Blue-striped Umbreon followed her command as she shot from her mouth a stream of purple sludge-like liquid, however, Espeon dodged.
"Are you sure you want to poison my pokemon?" Rei asked. "How do you know that my Pokemon doesn't have a special ability waiting to be activated?"
Rex blinked. She did have a point. He was already caught off-guard with Flareon. Who's to say that Espeon didn't have an effect that could cost him big time? But then again, what if it was just Rei trying to psyche him out? After all she was the one with a type disadvantage. He didn't have time to look up the information for Espeon's special ability. The only thing he knew for sure is if Rei tried something such as poisoning or burning Shadow, it would backfire as like all Umbreon, Shadow's special ability, Synchronize, was that if any pokemon dared to do such thing, they'd feel it too. Rex had made his decision: He was going to play it safe.
"Aright Shadow, use Taunt!" Rex ordered with a grin as Shadow jumped forward as she made a lewd gesture at Espeon, which infuriated her.
"Hey, that's not very nice!" Rei protested as Espeon rushed toward Shadow for a Quick Attack, but she jumped out of the way and retaliated with a Quick attack of her own. "Okay, since you want to play it that way…" She seethed. "Espeon, Imprison!" She then looked at Rex's direction. "Let's see how it feels to not be able to use its special attacks!"
"I'm good!" Rex assured as the only thing Espeon continued to do was to go for physical attacks. "Your pokemon could use a chill pill, however."
"That's right Rex! Give that spoiled brat a spanking! The bitch deserves it!" J.C. cheered like a fan watching a live WWE wrestling match as he was then met with a glare from Viki.
"Try to be a bit nice, would ya?" She replied as Shadow continued to taunt.
"Espeon, ignore him and use Imprison." Rei ordered as Espeon fired blue waves at Shadow. However, it had little to no effect as the Dark evolution of Eevee stood her ground.
"I take it that this battle has made you so stressed out that you forgot that a psychic attack won't work on my Umbreon." Rex grinned.
"How sad!" J.C. smirked at Rei's mistake. "And you call yourself an Eevee Trainer? Tch…"
"At least I can beat you, you jerk!" Rei roared, apparently had enough of J.C.'s insults.
"I like to see you try, ya snob!"
"Douchbag!"
"Daddy's girl!"
"Muscle Brain!"
"Pompous bitch!"
"CAN WE GET BACK TO THE POKEMON BATTLE, PLEASE!?" Rex snapped, gaining a migraine from the arguing.
"Whatever…" Rei muttered, attempting to ignore J.C.'s lewd comments. "Espeon, Tickle!" She ordered.
"Tickle!?" Rex exclaimed. "You gotta be kidding me! That has to be one of the most annoying moves in history!"
"But it works, doesn't it?" Rei smirked as Espeon jumped Shadow as she proceeded to tickle her into submission, causing the Umbreon to laugh. "So what if it's annoying?"
"C'mon, Shadow! Snap out of it!" Rex calls out, but unfortunately for him, he just had to be an owner of a ticklish Umbreon.
"Is this a Pokemon Battle or a Pokemon Sleepover?" J.C. exclaimed.
Rei laughed, "It looks like your Umbreon's very ticklish!"
"I can see that…" He retorted as he then sighed, "If there's any justice, Shadow, you'll get a hold of yourself and use Shadow Ball, now!"
Fortunately, Shadow managed to at least come to her senses as she then fired a dark ball of energy. Unfortunately, it didn't look that very powerful, even worst it missed. Apparently, she was still recovering from the tickling.
"That's it…" Rex narrowed his eyes. "Confuse Ray!"
Shadow obliged as her eyes glowed red as they flashed a ray of light onto Espeon. After the light vanished, Espeon was now dizzy.
"Snap out of it, Espeon. And use Quick Attack!" Rei ordered. However, Esepeon head towards the opposite direction as she runs into the wall, hurting herself. "Come on, please?" Rei was begging, much to the delight of J.C.
"Not so high-and-mighty now, are you?" He said with a smirk.
"Jackson Christopher Taikashi if you don't stop the harassment I will take off my boot and bash you over the head with it!" Viki snapped, having had enough with J.C.'s taunting, as she went to unzip her right tan boot.
"Jeez Victoria, calm down…" J.C. held up his hands in defense.
"Time to finish this Shadow, once and for all!" Rex declared as he makes a thumbs-up gesture, then turning it into a thumbs-down one. "Shadow Ball!"
With a nod, Shadow shot another Shadow Ball from its mouth as unlike the last one, it was much bigger and headed towards Espeon.
"Espeon, watch out!" Rei cried out to her pokemon. Espeon then regained her senses, but unfortunately she turned right into the Shadow Ball.
"Direct hit, baby!" Rex declared as Espeon desperately tried to get up, but just as she was about to stand fully, her legs felt week as she then collapsed.
"No! My sweet little Espeon!" Rei cried as Tanaka raised the flag towards Rex's direction.
"Espeon is unable to battle, the winner Shadow. The victor is Rex from Goldenrod!" He announced.
"Way to go Rex!" Viki cheered as she hugged J.C. tightly, much to his dismay as she made him lose his breath of air.
"Good…job...buddy!" J.C. managed to wheeze out.
Shadow ran up to Rex as he kneeled down, therefore Shadow nuzzled her head onto his chest. "Way to go, Shadow. We did it!"
"Umb! (Yeah!)" She cooed as Rex took out her pokeball.
"Now it's time for a good rest." He said as he returned Shadow to the pokeball.
"He's really close to his pokemon…" Rei walked over to check on her pokemon. "Espeon, are you okay?"
She let out a small cry as Rei stroke her fur.
"It's okay…" Rei assured, "It was a hard battle, especially with the type-disadvantage. Hey, at least you took out Rex's Nidoking quickly."
"Espeon! (Well that's true!)" Espeon nodded as Rei took out her pokeball.
"You deserve a long rest." Rei returned Espeon to the pokeball as she looked towards Rex. "You're a pretty good trainer. You're really close to your Umbreon!"
"You're not so bad yourself!" Rex replied. "I mean, for a pokemon battling with a type disadvantage, you're Espeon's pretty cool!"
Rei blushed a bit. "So…tell me. How'd you get those different colored pokemon?"
"Luck…" Rex simply said. "It's not like you can just say 'Come on out, Shiny!' and one will appear. It's all in the matter of the moment. Once you see one, you can't let it get away."
"A-hem!" Tanaka reminded. "Miss McKnight, Rex is the victor of this Pokemon battle. Aren't you forgetting something?"
"Yeah, aren't you?" J.C. asked dryly.
After a quick glare to J.C., Rei looked back to Rex. "Is he always such a jerk?"
"Nope, he's usually more laid back. Just don't insult his Fighting Pokemon gym or Fighting Pokemon in general in front of him. He's real sensitive about that."
"You damn right I am." J.C. stated.
"Anyway…" Rei walked over to a desk as she then pulled out a drawer. After she got what she needed, she then placed what it appeared to be a miniature type of pin with Swellow perched on top of a golden shield. "Here, you deserve it! That's our school crest, and this gym's badge."
"Looks nice…" Rex complemented as he showed it to his sister and friend. "Check this out, my first Hoenn Badge, baby!"
"Looks nice…" J.C. commented.
"It's beautiful…" Viki looked in awe.
"So…you guys new here?" Rei asked.
"Nope…just traveling this way, each of us have different goals." Rex said as he checked his watch. "Damn it, I can't waste time." He looked at Rei. "As much as I like to stay and chat, I gotta run!"
As Rex made a dash towards the door, Rei was left puzzled. "What's up with him?"
"Forgive my brother." Viki apologized. "He has three months to win eight badges so he can participate in the Hoenn League." She sighed, "Knowing him he's probably going to be training day and night…"
"Well…stress isn't very good for the body and mind." Rei stated. "Even though he has a short amount of time, he needs to relax…as well as some people." She glanced at J.C. with a slight glare.
J.C. took offense "If you weren't such a-"
"J.C…" Viki scolded.
"Okay I'm sorry…" J.C. mumbles to himself. "Jesus…"
Meanwhile at an undisclosed location which appeared to be some type of underground base, Bonnie and Kai walked in, each carrying a sack.
"How many Pokemon I suppose they'll need?" Kai asked.
"Not sure, but hopefully they're enough." Bonnie said as they then went through an electronic sliding door. Inside, they saw various types of lab equipment, as well as some type of chamber in the back. In front of it was a man with long silver hair, wearing a white lab coat.
"So…where do you want us to place the Pokemon?" Kai asked.
"Place them onto the table over there, perhaps they'll do well in this experiment…" He said as the two Syndicate members placed the bags filled with occupied Pokeballs on the said table.
"Now to see if this experiment is a success." He smiled.
"Dr. Slifer, what experiment?" Bonnie asked.
"My long-term experiment." He explained. "Those fools in Pokemon Research thought I was mad... But I'll show them. Are you familiar with Pokemon Genetics?" The two Syndicate members nodded their heads as Slifer continued. "Well, I've been researching for a long time on Pokemon Genetics and Gene Splicing and used that research for my ultimate project. You see I've taken Charizard and Feraligatr and decided to fuse their DNA together."
"Pokemon Fusion?" Bonnie and Kai both exclaimed.
"Exactly." Slifer now grabbed the handle of the door to the chamber. "And now to see the results…" With a smile, he opened the door as smoke then came out the chamber. "Come on out, my precious…"
As the newly fused Pokemon stepped out, Bonnie and Kai's went wide. "WHAT THE-"
"Say hello to Charaligatr!" Slifer announced as it stepped out with a roar! Charaligatr basically had the body of a Feraligatr, but retained the head and wings of a Charizard, with Feraligatr's fins on its back and head. Plus as of now, it had a Purple appearance. "This is the first of a whole new breed of Pokemon! It can be speculated that it is both a fire and water type, but a more in-depth analysis is need to be made." Slifer took out a pokeball as he then "returned" Charaligatr. "I trust that you've brought Pokemon worth splicing…" He said as he walked by the two.
Bonnie and Kai were in shock. They may have not been exactly as close as siblings, but there was one word that was certain that they were both thinking right now, precisely of their leader…
"Psycho..."
That's it for this chapter. If you haven't noticed, I'm planning on making Pokemon Fusion the Shadow Syndicate's theme, but it won't stop there. (Can you say "Three Headed Dragonite?") You know the drill, go on and leave your reviews now!