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Chapter 7B

Smash! Lexi vs. Brock

Having just caught a Pikachu and evolved her Metapod into a Butterfree, Lexi was now on her way to Pewter City to challenge the gym leader, Brock.

Lexi walked into the city of Pewter, still a small city in her eyes. But then again, she grew up in Celadon, one of the biggest cities in Kanto. She first went to the Pokemon Center, and then found her way to the gym.

When she walked in, she was surprised at what she saw. There were a lot of small boulders littering the floor of the gym, so that you had to watch your step wherever you went. As she looked around the large room, she saw a young boy walk toward her.

The boy was short and had a blue baseball cap on backwards. "Brock isn't here right now," he said. "Some other kid just beat him, and he's out healing them. But that doesn't matter, because you have to beat me any way!" He threw out his Pokemon, a Sandshrew. "You won't be able to beat me!"

"Go! Bulbasaur!" Lexi called as she threw out her Pokemon. Bulbasaur appeared and growled at the Sandshrew.

"Dang it," the boy complained. "Why does everyone have a type advantage over my Pokemon? Sandshrew, use Defense Curl!" Sandshrew rolled up into a ball, increasing it's defenses against any of Bulbasaur's attacks.

"Bulbasaur, use Vine Whip!" Lexi shouted. Bulbasaur released two vines from it's bulb that slapped Sandshrew around. It did more damage than usual because of the type advantage, but less than Lexi expected because of Defense Curl. Sandshrew retaliated with a Scratch attack that didn't do much damage to Bulbasaur.

"Now use Leech Seed," Lexi called out. Bulbasaur shot spores at Sandshrew that immediately started to grow into little plants. Energy was automatically absorbed from Sandshrew, making it faint.

"Aw man," the boy whined. "Now Brock will be even more angry than usual with me!" The boy ran off to see if he could go get Brock while Lexi waited for her big battle. It wasn't long before the back wall opened up, making the gym double it's original size. Brock was standing there, looking annoyed.

"Welcome to Pewter City Gym," he said. "If you beat me, I'll give you the prized Boulder Badge, but that will not be as easy as you think. Go! Geodude!" Brock released his Geodude, it floated in the air in front of him.

"Then I'll use Bulbasaur!" Lexi shouted as she released her Pokemon. "Use Vine Whip!" Bulbasaur shot the vines out, but Geodude was able to get behind a boulder, and the vines harmlessly missed it.

"Now counterattack with a Tackle!" Brock commanded. Geodude flew at Bulbasaur, managing to hit it and do some minor damage. Lexi commanded her Bulbasaur to use Leech Seed, which successfully hit. Plants sprouted all over Geodude, absorbing a lot of energy.

"Geodude, get those off!" Brock yelled. But Geodude couldn't remove the plants, they were stuck, and doing a lot of damage while they were at it. Geodude was flailing around helplessly, while the attack was doing more and more damage. Brock knew Geodude was done. It was only about two minutes before Geodude fainted. Brock recalled it.

"Well, you may have won that fairly easily," Brock sneered. "But you won't beat my Onix!" He released his Pokemon, the huge rock snake. Onix was the longest Pokemon in existence. Lexi stared at this huge beast. Bulbasaur was an ant compared to that.

"Onix," Onix yelled. It stared Bulbasaur right in the eye, daring it to attack. Bulbasaur backed up a couple of steps, running right into a boulder. Brock laughed, and commanded his Onix to use Rock Throw.

Onix lifted the huge boulders littering the gym and threw them right at Bulbasaur. Bulbasaur was able to dodge most of them, but once it got hit, it couldn't move and Bulbasaur got hit again and again.

"Get out of there!" Lexi screamed. But Bulbasaur couldn't move when it was being hit with boulder after boulder. "Try to use Vine Whip!" she called. Bulbasaur released the vines and started to hit the boulders, luckily, they broke on impact.

It's working, but how long can Bulbasaur keep this up? Lexi thought. Sweat started to form on Bulbasaur's face and it was noticeably slowing down.

"Now, Onix, use Bide!" Brock commanded. Onix glowed red, but nothing happened. Lexi told Bulbasaur to use Vine Whip, Onix took the damage, but it didn't even try to retaliate. Bulbasaur once again used Vine Whip, and this time, something did happen. Onix sent a huge red beam at Bulbasaur, making it faint instantly.

"What happened?" Lexi asked, astonished.

"Bide is an attack that absorbs the damage done to it, and sends it back double," Brock laughed. "It's is by far my Onix's best attack! What other Pokemon do you want to get beat?"

Lexi recalled her Bulbasaur and thought about which Pokemon she should use next. Pikachu was useless since it's Thundershock wouldn't effect Onix, so she called, "Go! Butterfree!" Her next Pokemon looked like a huge butterfly, that could become a very strong Pokemon. It flew around her head, getting itself pumped up.

"You're sending a weak Butterfree," Brock scoffed. "I've won this battle already! Onix, use Tackle!" Onix tried to go after Butterfree, but since Onix was so big, Butterfree easily outmaneuvered it.

"Use Confusion!" Lexi shouted. Butterfree's eyes grew blue, and Onix was lifted up off the ground, and slammed back down two or three times. Onix was so large and heavy the whole gym shook every time it hit the ground. Onix took some damage, but Brock pulled out a Potion that healed Onix quite a bit.

"Now Onix," Brock said. "Use Rock Throw!" Onix once again started hurling boulders at Butterfree, and Lexi gasped every time one of the rocks almost hit Butterfree. She knew flying types did horrible against rock type attacks. If Butterfree got hit, it would be all over.

Butterfree bobbed and weaved, dodging every rock. It wasn't long before Onix became overtired and stopped throwing any more.

"Use Confusion again!" Lexi said. Once again Butterfree used it's best attack, however, this time, something else happened. After the attack ended, Onix got a weird look in it's eye and started to thrash around.

It slammed into the ground, the walls, and almost hit Brock a couple of times. It was doing major damage to itself, and it wouldn't stop. "Come on Onix, get a hold on yourself!" Brock yelled. But Onix wouldn't stop. It kept going and going until it finally knocked itself out.

Brock recalled his Pokemon and sighed. "Lost again," he mumbled. He walked over to the other side of the gym where Lexi was standing and handed her the Boulder Badge. "You earned this," he said. "You'll do great in the Pokemon League. You should go see Misty in Cerulean City, she's better than I am!"

Lexi thanked him and started to put the badge in her bag when he stopped her. "There is a compartment in you Pokedex for badges," he said as he hit a button on the Pokedex. A little compartment flew out that had eight spaces for the eight badges of Kanto. "You don't want to lose that or you'll have to battle me again!" he said, laughing. He walked away and exited through a door.

Lexi left the gym and started on her way to Mt. Moon. But, on her way she found Jason sitting on a bench on the side of the road. "Hey," she said, walking up to him. "I got my Boulder Badge!"

"Congratulations!" he said smiling. "I got mine too! I've been waiting for you for a couple of minutes now. Let's go!" They were off toward their next adventure, Mt. Moon.

Coming Up In Chapter 8: Lexi and Jason have to team up when Rachel and another member of Team Missile try to prevent them from entering Mt. Moon.

Author's Note: I know this chapter wasn't my best, but at least we're out of Pewter City. I've spent enough time their already. It will be awhile before another gym battle! Please Review!