Okay, I've decided to continue with the story. I'm already getting a few plot ideas for this story. Anyways, enjoy this chapter.
Chapter 14: Charex vs. Grovyle.
"Your Pokemon Navigator is at Mt. Chimney… Your Pokemon Navigator is at Mt. Chimney…"
The voice continued to repeat the destination of Rex's Pokenav on the other end of the line as Viki sighed. "Mt. Chimney?" She took out her own Pokenav and looked for the location. "It's between Lavaridge Town and Fallarbor Town."
"Hmm…" J.C. pondered. "Isn't that Volcano Territory?" He asked Rei.
"There's only one Volcano at Mt. Chimney," She said. "But if you want to go there, then you're on your own!"
"What?" J.C. protested. "You're bailing?"
Rei sighed, "As much as I want to help you, and believe me I do, I have school to think about tomorrow, and traveling all the way there will take at least a full day without at least a flying Pokemon or public transportation!"
The ebony-haired trainer crossed his arms. "Oh, so that's how it is, huh?"
"Sorry…" Rei then ponders, "Do you have a flying Pokemon?"
"I do!" Viki said. "Just one: Swift. But I'm not sure if we should send him out! There's still the Evolution Inducement Wave to worry about."
"Well…you don't have to worry about that anymore…" J.C. informed as he watched a flock of Tailow flying above them.
"But that still doesn't help! Swift is only big enough to carry one of us!"
"Man… That tanks…"
Viki looked towards Rei. "So when does the next bus heads around that area."
Rei sighs, "It's going to be a long ride. You'll have to take the bus from here, which will go into Petalburg City. Then you'll have to go through Petalburg woods to Rustburo City. Then you'll have to go through the cave into Verdanturf Town, then head east to Mauvile City and finally head north to Fallarbor Town. Once you get there, Mount Chimney's only a walking distance away."
Viki nodded, "Thanks Rei!" She smiled as she ran off. J.C. went to follow but was stopped by Rei.
"What's up?" The Fighting Pokemon specialist asked.
"J.C…just remember what we talked about… Your rematch with Sabrina! Just keep a calm mind and you'll do fine!
"I know, but how can I when Psychic Pokemon can cream Fighting Pokemon before they can lay in a punch? That's why getting a Medicham is crucial. It's my best chance of beating Sabrina."
"Well…even if you do get that, don't just rely on only one Pokemon. Your other Pokemon are pretty formidable, too!"
J.C. nodded, "True… Hitmonchan, Hitmonlee, and Hitmontop can hold their own in a fight!"
"Just don't worry yourself about your Pokemon's weaknesses. Think about Sabrina's!"
"Right…" He agreed, which was then followed by a long silence between the two. Neither J.C., nor Rei making a sound. He moved a hand back through his long, black locks… "So…"
Rei looked down to her buckled boots. "So…"
"You're going to go back to your dorm?"
"Yeah…" Rei nodded. "And you're going with Viki, right?"
"Right…" J.C. nodded as well. "So…I guess this is it…"
"Pretty much…" She admitted. They were now closer together. They weren't too close to each other, but not too far away either. "Just keep…doing what you do best."
"You too, Rei…"
"JUST KISS ALREADY!"
Both J.C. and Rei blinked as they look to the side and saw a giggling Viki! "HOW LONG WERE YOU STANDING THERE?" They both shouted at the same time!
"Long enough to see how you two feel each other!" Her giggling continued. "First you two couldn't stand each other, now you're just inches away from a kiss! I've heard of the phrase 'You always fight the ones you love,' but never saw any prove of it until now! You do make a cute couple!"
"WE ARE NOT A COUPLE!" They shouted.
"Suuuuure…" Viki said slyly.
"Rei…I'll see ya around, okay?" J.C. said before running after the young girl.
"J.C. AND REI…"
"DON'T SAY IT!"
"SITTING IN THE TREE! K-I-S-S-I-N-G!"
"JUST WAIT TILL I CATCH YOU! JUST WAIT"
Rei giggled atthe now-hotheaded J.C. chasing after Viki. If she'd just met them, she would've mistaken them as brother and sister!
…
Charex and Grovyle were now face to face, glaring at each other, both growling as they showed a bit of teeth. Charex cracked his neck as the leaves on the Grovyle's forelegs sharpened. The tension between the two was so thick you could cut it with a knife. Grovyle wanted to slice the Orange Charmeleon into two, and Charex wanted to roast the gecko for Sunday dinner.
"It's all come down to this…" Rex sighed as he looked at the two Pokemon ready to fight possibly to the death.
"Be careful Rex…" Aurora warned. "You're not dealing with a grass type, you're dealing with a darker Pokemon altogether."
"I know…"
"You're dealing with a Pokemon who wouldn't have second thoughts about attacking you!"
"I know…"
"Charmeleon… (Let's do this…)" Charex hissed.
"Grovyle, Gro!" (Bring it, Punk!)" The Grovyle challenged.
The battle begun as the two Pokemon dived at each other, with Charex slashing at Grovyle, who countered with Leaf Blade!
"Whoa…He's fast…" Rex commented on the Grovyle. "Charex, use Iron tail!"
Charex jumped forward and went for an Iron Tail as his tail glowed brightly. However, Grovyle jumped out of the way as it then dived on top of the Flame Pokemon, crushing his claws onto the Charmeleon's head.
"Damn…Crush Claw…" Rex knew that he had to regroup. Grovyle was fast, too fast for Charex to fight head on. He needed to do something to slow him down a bit… "Okay Charex, Smokescreen!"
With a "Char," Charex breathed out pitched black smoke from his mouth as it began to fill up the hallway. Rex and Aurora had already moved back to avoid breathing in the smoke. Hopefully, this wouldn't grab the attention of the guards and informed them about their escape attempt.
Aurora smirked, "Good plan. Grovyle can't attack Charex if he can't see 'em!"
"Exactly! He's not gonna escape this!" Rex then ordered his Charmeleon. "Charex, Fire Blast!" This made the shiny wide-eyed, but shook it off as he inhaled and unleashed the attack. It went into the smoke, but unfortunately it was the last time it was seen. "…Did he get 'em?" Rex's answer, unfortunately, was answered by an orange smog-like stream, which hit Charex directly in the face. The stream, which was known as Dragonbreath!
Grovyle leaped up in the air as it dove down to Charex, but it managed to jump out of rage, causing the Wood Gecko Pokemon to miss. Unfortunately, Grovyle did a loop and change course to hit the Charmeleon from behind, much to Rex's shock.
"Since when is Grovyle a flying type? My Pokedex never said anything about that!" Rex responded in shock as Aurora sighed.
"That's Aerial Ace!" She informed. "Grovyle can learn that move because the leaves on their forelegs gives them the ability to glide."
"I'm learning a lot about these Hoenn Pokemon today!" Rex resumed his attention to the battle. "Charex, Flamethrower!"
The Charmeleon fired away at the Grovyle, managing to hit him on his right foreleg, thus putting an end to the Wood Gecko's streak of dodging his attacks.
"Keep it up Charex!" Rex encouraged. "Seismic Toss!"
Charex dived towards the Grovyle as he went to grab him, but Grovyle jumped up and unleashed a barrage of bullet-like seeds onto the Charmeleon.
Rex looked towards the young Gym Leader. "Let me guess: That attack would be called Bullet Seed, right?"
Aurora nodded as Charex recovered, now peeved. Now he wanted more than anything to take that Gecko out! He awaited the order.
Rex decided to use the Grovyle's speed to their advantage. "Charex, get ready to fire a huge blast!" He informed as the Flame Pokemon grunted a "Char."
Grovyle let out a dark grin, seeing his Orange-colored prey standing still. This was going to be easier to finish then expected, he thought as he decided that a well-executed leaf blade would be enough to take out the Charmeleon. He rushed after him as the leaves on his arm glowed and merged together into one blade. Just when it was just close to him…
"Charex, fire!" Rex ordered as Charex unleashed his attack. Strangely enough, it fired a burst of flames, which then split. Much to everyone's shock, especially Rex and Grovyle's, Charex pulled off a dead-perfect Fire Blast, which scored a direct hit on the Wood Gecko Pokemon!
"Earlier Charex could barely get it to split, now he just shot a perfect Fire Blast!" Rex noted in awe.
"You are so lucky, Rex Connelly…" Aurora slyly said, but then noticed Grovyle getting back up on his feet, teeth grinding. Its motivation was no longer just to defeat…but to kill. "Umm…Rex?"
"What's up?" Rex was set to recall Charex, but stopped when he saw that the Grovyle was back on his feet. "Doesn't he ever give up?"
"You wouldn't happen to have one last Pokeball left, would ya?"
Rex nodded as he checked the situation: Combusken had escaped, the Nuzleaf were out for the count, as well as 1/3 of the Houndoom trio, with the other two having been successfully caught by Aurora and himself. He grabbed his final Pokeball as Charex hit Grovyle with a hard Slash attack! "Here goes…" He threw the Pokeball at the downed Grovyle! "Let it work…"
The ball hit the Grass-Type as Grovyle was captured! The ball dropped to the ground as it began to shake, due to the force of the Grovyle's attempt to escape. However, after a few more seconds, the ball stopped shaking as the red light from the ball vanished, indicating that Grovyle has been caught. With that realization, Rex and Charex both collapsed on the floor, much to Aurora's annoyance…
"What am I going to do with you…?" She sighed, arms crossed as Rex slowly got back to his feet.
"Sorry…." Rex shook his head. "Must be fatigue."
"Let's get out of here!" Aurora said as she opened the door, then gasped.
"W-what is it?" Rex asked as he looked for himself. "Damn…" He saw that they were in the mountains, or more accurately in Mount Chimney. "That's…a long way down…"
Aurora looked at the young trainer as she sighed. His eyes were borderline bloodshot red as he showed a tired expression. He wasn't looking so good, no matter how many times he'd insisted that he's fine. "Are you sure that you're okay?"
"Aurora, I'm fine…" Rex assured as he took a step onto the rock terrain, causing a bit of white ash to blow up to his face. He coughed. "Jeez…"
"Did I mention that some parts of Mt. Chimney contain some ash?" Aurora informed as Rex coughed out the ash he inhaled. "Ash that can be made into glass items?"
"You did…" He coughed, "…Happen to leave that out." He continued walking, despite his obvious exhaustion. "So where are going anyway?"
"To Lavaridge." Aurora explained. "It's the nearest city from here." Then said silently. "And where I'm going…"
"That's good…" Rex said, relieved, as he began to make a run for it, much to Aurora's annoyance.
"Do you even know where you're going?"
Rex stopped. "No…"
"Just let me lead the way, will you?" Aurora asked as they now went towards the right direction to Lavaridge Town. Little did they know, they were being watched via the hidden cameras in the rocky terrain ahead…
"Dr. Slifer, are you really going to let them get away? They know our location to the base!" A female member of the Shadow Syndicate asked the leader as he sat back with an amused smile on his face.
"Let them go…" He simply said. "Even if they do inform the authorities, we'll be long gone! Beside, I no longer have any use for this base, since Charaligatr and Icetoise did more than exceed my expectations. Soon, we will create even more Fusion Pokemon, and the entire world will then appreciate my genius. We've already a Skarmory and a Blaziken to be used as fusion materials for our next project."
"Oh…"
Slifer rised up from his chair as he placed a hand on the young brunette's shoulder. "Soon Cecilia, you'll see all the wonderful ideas I have in stored not only for the Shadow Syndicate, but for the entire world! Now hurry along! We must place our next plan into motion."
"Umm…okay…" The woman known as Cecilia nodded, a bit disturbed!
After what it been about two miles, Rex appeared to be very groggy as he could barely stand. Much to the dismay of Aurora, who was really concerned about him, as much as she wouldn't admit it…
"Do you want to take a rest?" She asked.
"Nah…I'm fine…" Rex assured as he continued to move onward, much to Aurora frustration.
"Damn it Rex! Don't be such an idiot and turn this into a macho thing!"
"I'm not! I'm telling you I'm fine!" Rex assured, not seeing a large pulled root that was right in front of him as he then tripped over it, landing face first onto the ground.
Aurora rushed over to the fallen boy. "Rex, are you alright? Rex? REX?" Aurora sighed. "Damn…you just had to keep on going!" There was only one thing to do…
Aurora went towards Rex's belt as she began to browse through his occupied Pokeballs. "No…no…not him… That's the one!" Aurora took the Pokeball from his belt as examined it. "I know that I shouldn't be doing this, but your trainer needs help! Come on out!" She tossed the Pokeball as it then opened…
Edge jumped out of his Pokeball as he then saw Aurora and gave a confused look towards the red-haired Gym Leader.
"I know that Rex is your trainer, and as you can see, he's currently unconscious at the moment. So…are you up to carrying him?"
The Feraligatr was confused with the situation: His trainer was currently unconscious and this girl who he's seen only recently around him was not giving him orders. With a shrug, Edge decided to go alone with it. After all, she did seem friendly enough to be trusted, right?
"Good…" Aurora sighed in relief. At least bringing Rex to civilization would be easier now. What sucks now is that she'd have to take him to the hospital before proceeding to her own business in Lavaridge.
She tried to tell him to rest, seeing that he was stressed out, but did Rex listen? Now, the question is, will he be okay? Also, Viki and J.C.'s journey to Mt Chimney begins, but what'll happen after they get there?