" I'm gonna wait until someone makes a Repel for Trainers. This place crawls with the buggers." Phillip mumbled under his breath as he defeat the sixth on Route 3. This one packed a Rattata and a blue rabbit-like Pokemon that stood on four legs and had barbs covering its body head to toe. It also had large buck teeth, like Rattata, and had red eyes. It had two white claws one each leg. The Pokemon also had a small horn on its forehead. Phillip remembered it as the female version of a Nidoran. Lucky for him most of his attacks were Special base, thus evading the poison found in the barbs.
Phillip continued down the path after pulling his Pokemon back into the Poke Ball. He wanted to get through this place and Mount Moon without much difficulty.
However, karma had to come rear it's ugly head again, once again in the form of another Trainer. The seventh one.
Phillip didn't blink as Pikachu shattered the Caterpie and Metapod with a few seconds. The money was transferred and Phillip continued forward.
He did have to admit one thing, though. One trainer he stumbled upon when looking for a quick trip back into town for some Antidotes and Potions. It was easy, still, but he should have just gone back the way he came.
Anyway, Phillip walked into a small clearing that had the first patches of high grass he had seen in the area.
Oh, but of course, he couldn't just walk up to them with walking into another trainer, now could he?
This was a slightly better challenge. A round, pink ball with pointy ears, large, blue eyes, and a mouth came out of the Poke Ball. It had balloon-like skin, stubby arms, and long feet. At the top of its head, or body, was a curled tuft of fur.
Like with all other Pokemon, Phillip quickly let the Poke Dex scan the new addition and stuffed it back into his pocket just as swift. Why this was a better challenge was because very time he brought out a Pokemon, the Jigglypuff, name from the Dex, used Sing and forced his Pokemon to fall asleep. It infuriated him to no end. However, it was still a matter of time before his Pikachu could finally get the last hit in.
Once the battle ended and Phillip gained his reward of the female trainer, he instantly backpedaled to the Poke Center to rid himself of the idiotic sleeper-holds that had his Pokemon locked down. Afterwords, he simply continued forward in his down the path he was taking.
In all honesty, Phillip didn't feel like taking up anything from this part of the wild. None of the Pokemon here was something he wanted. So he just continued on.
Suddenly, a flash f light shone from somewhere in the forest. Phillip instantly went to the source and found Ash, Brock, and Misty saving some scientist from a couple of bat Pokemon with blue bodies, purple wings, large mouths that compensated for the lack of eyes, pointy ears, and pointy legs that had no feet. Phillip scanned them as fast as he could and " Zubat" came out as their name.
Phillip walked out from behind the trees when Ash's Pikachu released another bolt of electricity when the scientist decided to hug Ash and squashed Pikachu in the process. " Nice to see you three again."
Misty huffed. " Feel's mutual."
Brock, however, held out his hand. " Likewise." Phillip took the had and shook firmly. The bolt stopped and Ash was just too stunned to say anything. The scientist fell back to the ground.
He recovered quickly though. " They say man's best friend is a Pokemon and, with you two, I believe it."
Ash just said, " That's nice."
" I'm so moved!" The scientist continued with enthusiasm. " Such friendship I never thought I'd see when the Zubat began attacking me. I thought I was done for when who should arrive: two heroes to thank to whom I'm alive!" He then continued to scream the last to words to the mountain top.
Phillip walked over and pulled the man's ear, effectively getting the man out of fantasy land. " Yes, we get it. No need to break some people's eardrums."
The scientist recovered and walked back over to Ash. " Did I tell you how grateful I am?"
" Yes." Phillip answered.
Ash took it from there. " Anyway, why were the Zubat attacking you, mister?"
The man stepped back with a gasp before leaning in closer and saying, " Never call me mister! My name's Seymour the Scientist!" Seymour then jumped into some poses, leaving the group not wanting to go any closer to the man than they already were.
Phillip, however, had no problem reaching forward to tug the man's ear. " We got your name when you stated it. Don't overinflated it."
_Scene Change_
Phillip waved a farewell to the others. While he would see what was going on, he had more training to do for up coming gyms. So returned to the original route of his and went to the more local entrance.
He stopped by the Poke Center there, though, for any needed healing. Nurse Joy was kind enough to give his Pokemon some food. Once finished with the meal, Phillip returned them to their respected Poke Ball and walked out for Mount Moon.
The Mount Moon cave was some Brock would definitely love. Rocks covered everywhere the eye can see. Stalagmite and stalactite covered the ground and ceiling. There weer even some rock walls the covered some places from view, though the places were no doubt similar to the place around him now.
Lucky him to have a group of Level 18's, huh?
The Trainers here were also whimsy, broken easily against his Charmeleon and the newly evolved Pidgeotto. Pikachu came out time from to gain a level, but returned just as quickly.
However, what he didn't find funny was he found some random holes with ladder going deeper down in the mountain. Humans were already wrecking havoc to habitats. Did they have to go farther and makes holes that a wandering Pokemon or human could easily miss spotting and accidentally hurt themselves? Phillip scuffled down the ladder to confront the idiot who made the holes.
Only to enter a dark tunnel and could only feel his way through until he hit another hole and fell down.
Luckily, he fell onto his feet. Once dusted himself off and standing straight. He looked into the surprisingly bright room, but couldn't see anyone around. He took a step in.
" Hey, you!" Phillip turned to his left to see a man walking up to him. " We, Team Rocket, are searching this area. Leave immediately!"
Phillip stared the man in the eyes. " Cover up the hole and stop going around like you own the place, and maybe, notice the maybe, I'll think about thinking of following those commands."
The man narrowed his eyes. " So you won't listen to reason. Fine then. I'll just use force. Go, Sandshrew!"
A mole-like Pokemon came to sight. It had skin that looked like sand-made bricks. It had black, beady eyes, two stubby arms and feet, a short tail, and two silver claws on each foot and arm. It also had a white underbelly that didn't have the pattern of the rest of it.
Pidgeotto made it its appearance and defeated its opponent with two back-to-back Quick Attacks, never giving Sandshrew the satisfaction to attack. The last two Pokemon the Rocket member tried using was a Rattata and a Zubat, both taken down by the same strategy.
The man sweated a little and tried backing up, but Phillip hauled the man to the surface and found the man a shovel to cover the hole. Phillip left him to run after the job was done.
Phillip continued walking, finishing off any Bug Catchers, how they got there he had no idea, and fought off a Nerd who used a Pokemon that had two magnets sticking out of both sides of its head and a screw going out the top of it's head and two coming out like arms and a single eye. This trainers other Pokemon was basically a poke Ball with eyes.
He also fought a Lass that had a Pokemon that was a blue body with three green leaves coming out from the top, two blue legs and feet, and red eyes, and another that was bell-like plant with vines as a body, legs, and arms. Never had a chance, the girl.
Phillip then found another hole in the ground and did what he did last time. This Rocket member used a Zubat and an Ekans. Still, no chance was given. The Rocket was pulled up the hole and given a shovel to dig the hole up. A man by some rocks was generous enough to hand out some shovels. Once the hole was filled, Phillip continued down the cave. He was stopped by another trainer with two Rattatas and a Zubat. Pikachu took the group easily and leveled to 19.
Phillip turned a corner and found another hole. This time, he realized it was a needed one, providing an exit from the cave. However, Phillip was stopped by a hiker who was carrying two Geodudes and an Onix. Phillip had some trouble at first, but by using Charmeleon's Metal Claw, he won. Afterwords, he climbed down the ladder and through the first path for another ladder.
Upon hitting the lowest level, Phillip looked around. Nothing unusual for a cave, though he was surrounded by boulders except for one side. By going through the open side and past the boulders, he found a fork. One path lead north and to a dead end. Another lead east and to another path. Phillip followed the correct path and ran into another Rocket member, as if there wasn't enough of them. This one used a Rattata and a Sandshrew. Nothing too much for the combination for Charmeleon and Pidgeotto.
The rest of the path was a long one, meaning that wild Pokemon were more common than the Trainers, an extreme rarity for him apparently. He past one corner, went down a hall, past another corner and into a long corridor. Down this one, Phillip met a mass of wild Pokemon, each that fell at the first attack.
Once at the end, Phillip turned another corner for a hall. This lead to a wall with opening and a Rocket in the way.
This one told him the real reason they were there: finding fossils and reviving them for money. Phillip quickly defeated the Rattata and Zubat before pulling the member from the doorway and walked through.
Before going in to far, however, a man stopped Phillip in his tracks . " Hey, you! I found these fossils! They are mine!"
Phillip rolled his eyes. " Have them both. I don't care. Just let me through." The man didn't listen, pulling out a Poke Ball and trying out a menacing glare.
His first Pokemon was a purple sludge with a mouth and eyes. Pidgeotto used Gust too many times for Grimer to do anything.
The next was basically a Poke Ball with eyes. Phillip switched into Pikachu so it could Quick Attack Voltorb to next week.
The last one was a Koffing. If battles with James did anything, Charmeleon could destroy this thing, which it did.
The man sighed. " Okay, I'll share. We'll each take a fossil. No being greedy!"
" I told you, You- oh forget it." Phillip walked over to the exit where the fossils laid. One had a helix pattern to it while the other had a dome shape to it. Phillip went to the one with dome and picked it up before walking through the now open doorway. Once at the end of the path, Phillip walked up the ladder and into smaller cave where another ladder was found. Phillip climbed up this one and found himself out of the cave finally.
Phillip stretched. " Good to be outside again. Better out here-" Suddenly, a red pillar erupted from the center of the forest a couple miles away.
Phillip stared at it until it disappeared and said, " I'm not getting involved this time around." With that, Phillip walked away.
That's a wrap!
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