-Chapter 2-
-VS. Raticate!-
Orange washed onto the shore with the two eggs in his hands, followed shortly by Slowgo, who was slowed down in his attempts to keep Elekid dry. After putting his clothes back on and putting the two eggs in his backpack, Orange returned to where Slowgo and the Elekid were waiting. Orange reached down to pluck the Elekid off the sand where Slowgo had set it, and the second he did, a powerful shock coursed through him. Orange yelled as he was launched into a formation of rocks behind him, aftershocks of the jolt still running through his body. His back hit the cold rocks hard, and Orange was sure he heard a sickening crunch. He got up with his hand held to his head, and shook of the pain. What made Elekid shock him? Orange looked at Elekid, and noticed that he was a little wet from the mist on the sea. Orange realized that the water increased Elekid's electricity sensitivity, but why didn't it hurt Slowgo? Slowgo suddenly winced and let out a small "Yado!" Orange almost laughed. It did hurt Slowgo; it just took him a while to realize it was in pain.
Orange took off his vest and wrapped it around his hands. Hands shaking, Orange staggered towards the Elekid, and gingerly stuck his protected hand out. No shock. Orange let a sigh of relief, then quickly scooped up Elekid and placed him on a flat, sunny rock to dry off and heal. Orange noticed that while the water in the mist made him extra sensitive, the salt in the mist helped heal some of the wounds the wild Seaking gave the Elekid. And then they waited.
Orange and Slowgo took the time to do what they do best, train for Pokémon Challenges. Orange set up some rocks a safe, yet in view, distance from the mending Elekid. Slowgo was to increase his strength and accuracy as he hit each rock with a Bubblebeam. In the end, Orange decided, he should be able to shatter each rock.
"Ready… Go!" shouted Orange. Slowgo leapt into action, and launched a Bubblebeam on the rock furthest to the right. He hit it on the edge, knocking a brown, eroded chip off of it that landed softly in the warm sand. He moved to the next one, hitting it weakly near the center. And so he continued, until after a while, he was ready to shatter the rocks. Suddenly, the King's Rock invisibly fastened onto his head flared, and Slowgo's eyes flashed a blue color. He let out a cry, much deeper than normal. "YADO!" A strange aura surrounded the rocks. They floated into the air, and lined up, one after another. Slowgo belted a cry again "YADO!" and fired a sharp Bubblebeam strait at the rocks. It pierced directly through every rock, leaving a clean circular hole in each. The aura faded, and the rocks dropped back to the ground. They sat in the sand, and then crumbled into dust. Wide eyed and astounded, Orange picked up his jaw.
"Slowgo, that was AMAZING!" he cried. What did the King's Rock do? Slowgo blinked, and his eyes returned to their normal glazed look. Slowgo cocked his head to the side, obviously confused. Orange didn't notice. He took his iPoké from his pocket, and pointed it at Slowgo, just like before. The strength and accuracy bars went up sharply, and Orange happily pat Slowgo on the head as a reward.
Orange turned back to check on how the Elekid was doing. It was gone.
"Waah!" shouted Orange. He scurried around the flat rock he had left the Pokémon, making sure it didn't fall off. He searched all around the rock, but couldn't find a thing. Until finally, Orange spotted some small footprints in the sand, leading up the beach. He groaned. This was going to be harder then he thought.
The Elekid awoke with the sun in his eyes, and a warm feeling in his body. The sun had dried him, and he felt healed. He got up, and walked around the small rock for a moment, stretching his legs, until something caught his attention. A little ways down the beach, a boy and a pink Pokémon were playing together. The boy would say words, and the pink Pokémon would launch bubbles.
Suddenly, the Elekid remembered how he had fainted in the first place. An orange fish Pokémon had attacked him, and the boy and the pink Pokémon had helped him. He also remembered the two eggs he was guarding. He had been guarding them as long as he could remember, which wasn't that long. In fact, the first thing he could remember was the orange fish, and his need to protect the eggs.
The Elekid sat down on a round rock and watched the boy and his Pokémon play for a little while, while the Elekid kicked his little yellow feet merrily. He soon got bored, and went to explore. He walked up a beach, and past a small cottage. The cottage didn't seem very interesting, so he walked past it. He soon approached a much larger building, a lab, it seemed. He walked up to the building, and saw a woman and a red rat Pokémon inside. He walked forward to see it, but suddenly ran straight into something. The Elekid rubbed his head, and got back up. He put his hand out, and slowly walked forward again. His hand touched something. What was this? It was like a wall, or a rock, but it was see-through. How could he get inside the fascinating building if there was an invisible wall in the way? He examined the area around the strange barrier, and then looked up. There was something protruding from the see-through wall, a handle. But it was too high up to grab. The baby jumped, then again, and finally on his third try, grabbed the metal handle. He felt a strange sensation in his body; all his natural feeling electric energy was gone. He let go of the handle, and fell lightly back to the ground. He grabbed the handle again, and swung once, twice, three times on it, until it stayed open by itself with a click. He carefully walked through the gap he had created, making sure there was no more invisible walls. The lady and the ret Pokémon looked up at him as he walked into the middle of the room and looked around. It was big, and there was metal all over. The Electric baby Pokémon began instinctively spinning his arms, to recharge the energy he lost. The woman walked up to him, and said "Why, hello there, cutie!" She picked him up, cradled him a bit, and then set him back down. The red rat Pokémon became jealous, and walked up to the Elekid. The Elekid smiled at the Pokémon, but it rudely reacted with a swift chomp onto the Elekid…
Orange returned Slowgo to its Pokéball, and reattached it to his belt. He then began to carefully follow the footprints, to a rock where he and Slowgo trained, in a circle around it, up the dunes, back down in what looked like a slide, as opposed to walking, back up and down again, back up and off the dunes, past his house, to the glass door of a lab. The Elekid's footprints overlapped and zigzagged here, as if he were confused, but then disappeared. Orange could only assume he had entered the lab, so he did the same. He entered, and sighed at the battle before him. Some how, in the 3 minutes he had turned his back, the mischievous little Elekid had woken up, ran away, trespassed, and had now gotten in a fight with a Raticate. A red Raticate.
"Is this your Pokémon?" said a voice. Orange saw for the first time a woman with short purple hair and a white lab coat, Professor Felina Ivy. "Is this your Elekid?" she repeated.
"Oh, uh… no!" said Orange. Was the Elekid his? He had found it, it just ran away. Then again, he never officially captured it in a Pokéball. "He's not mine," said Orange, "But I'll help him fight."
"Fight? Goodness!" said the Professor. She looked at Raticate, then at the Elekid, then at Orange. "I don't want these Pokémon to fight! Raticate is merely being territorial!" But Orange wasn't listening.
"Hmm… What attacks do Elekids have?" said Orange, mostly to himself. Professor Ivy pulled out a small orange device, about the size of a book. She fiddled with some of the buttons a bit, then, with the click of her high-heeled shoes, walked over to Orange and showed him the attacks displayed on the screen. It showed a long list.
"Elekid has all these attacks?" he asked.
"No, point it at him and hit the blue button", said Professor Ivy in a calm voice. Orange did as she told him, and the list was shortened to two: Thunderpunch, and Karate Chop. The red Raticate cried "Ratta!", as if reminding everyone that he and the Elekid were in a battle. Raticate was upset that a new Pokémon was invading his space, and was ready to battle for it.
"Listen to what I tell you to do, okay little guy?" said Orange. Elekid looked at him, as if about to challenge his authority, then changed its mind and nodded.
"Elekid!" it cried, tauntingly, at Raticate.
"Okay, use Karate Chop!" cried Orange. Elekid smashed its hand into Raticates skull, rattling it up a bit. The discolored Pokémon struck back with a Hyperfang attack, sinking its fangs into Elekid.
"KID!" it cried in pain, then looked at Orange, angrily, as if saying 'Tell me to do something already!'
"Sorry, now use a Thunderpunch!" shouted Orange. Ivy cringed as Elekid rammed his sparking fist into Raticate.
"Can you go a bit lighter, please?" she begged. Orange rolled his eyes. Raticate used a Pursuit attack, hitting Elekid dead on. Elekid shook off the attack, then again Karate Chopped Raticate again, as instructed by Orange. Raticate walked around, dizzy, for a moment, then fainted on the tiled lab floor. Orange and Elekid had won.
-Chapter 3-
-VS. Granbull! -