Jermaine Deon Carter
November 23, 2021
The Rock-Solid Trainer
One Saturday night, the Pewter City Gym Leader Brock invited me to Rock Tunnel for a friendly rematch. I accepted. My friend Leaf tagged along.
He called out a Golem, and I called out my Vaporeon. Vaporeon outmaneuvered Golem and knocked it out with only one Surf attack. He called out an Onix. Onix outsped Vaporeon and set up Stealth Rock. Vaporeon knocked Onix out with one Surf. He called out a Rhydon. Vaporeon outmaneuvered Rhydon and knocked it out with a single Surf.
He sent out an Omastar. I recalled Vaporeon and sent out my Venusaur. Venusaur took a bit of damage from Stealth Rock. Venusaur outsped Omastar and knocked it out with only one Energy Ball move.
He called out a Kabutops. Kabutops and Venusaur were evenly matched in speed. Venusaur knocked out Kabutops with one Energy Ball, but not before taking a fair amount of damage of Kabutops' Rock Slide attack.
He sent out an Aerodactyl and Mega Evolved it. I recalled Venusaur and sent Vaporeon back out. Aerodactyl easily outmaneuvered Vaporeon and hit it with Rock Slide, which did a fair amount of damage.
Vaporeon struck back with Surf, which also did a lot of damage. Aerodactyl hit Vaporeon with another Rock Slide and almost knocked it out. Vaporeon struck back with another Surf and knocked Aerodactyl out.
"It seems that I underestimated you again. I knew you were strong, but this…," he said.
Before we left Rock Tunnel, I caught an Onix of my own and a Rhyhorn. He was excited and happy we both owned an Onix now. The following day, they helped me train with Rhyhorn until it evolved into Rhydon.
That night, we visited Mt. Moon. He said he went there frequently and often found Fossils. I dug up a Helix Fossil, a Dome Fossil, and an Old Amber. I took them to the Pewter Museum of Science. They were respectively resurrected into an Omanyte, a Kabuto, and an Aerodactyl.
The next day, they helped me train with Omanyte and Kabuto until they respectively evolved into an Omastar and a Kabutops. He also gave me an Aerodactylite. I now had every Kanto region Rock-type Pokémon registered in my Pokédex.
The day afterwards, he challenged me to a Rock type-only rematch. I accepted. All our Pokémon were evenly matched. Despite that, I still managed to win again.
