Chapter 11: Volkner vs Tank
Tank:
As a gym leader, it is his role to test trainers and their skills. He stood there and smiled as he said "you may make the first move" I knew the Ambipom would be a problem so I had an idea "Rable, use roar" I told my Tyrunt then roared which forced the Ambipom back into the pokeball and forced out Volkners Raichu. Volkner knew almost right away that it was strategically move, by doing this it gave me an extra time attack so I continued "now use ancient power" Rable made rocks levitate and fly to Raichu. The Raichu tried to run and dodge the flying rocks but they kept following until a significant hit was made. Without reason, I could feel that things were getting closer, the damage on Raichu wasn't that bad and Volkner called "Raichu, use thunder wave" Raichu charged up and sent out a wave of electricity which paralysed Rable. He couldn't move. As expected from the gym leader to present a challenge. Before I could react Volkner called "now Raichu, use brick break " Raichu's tail started to glow then charged at Rable and struck his head hard. It was super effective which means that extra damage was dealt. Quickly, I passed Rable a paralyse heal to allow him to move again. Volkner smiled "moving may not give you as much of an edge as you may think, that means your plans may go wrong is the face of battle and I don't mean the gym leaders"
It was a tough situation to be in, I'm facing an electric type with a rock type. I should be able to do some damage but ground attacks are far more effective. I guess ancient power is my best bet and without much time passing, I said "Rable, use dragon claw " Rables claw glow and started to slash at Raichu who kept dodging the attempts. The Raichu attacked with brick break again sending Rable flying. He would last much longer then I got an idea. I went to Rable and rubbed his head saying "you're doing great, just hand on a little longer" Volkner saw the trust I had in my Pokémon and vise versa. He smiled and said "continue the attack" Raichu's tail kept glowing and made a dash for Rable. I called out "use dragon tail then use dragon claw" as if by instinct, he understood my plan. He started to swing his glowing tail missing the Raichu as they dodged, little to what they know, it was what I was counting on.
Volkner smiled and said "attacking randomly might work on moist for but will never work on a gym leader, I can promise you that" Rables attacks repeatedly kept missing as Raichu kept running circles around him, making the floor break and crack. I know Volkner want silly so I guess he is already suspecting I have something up my sleeve. He continued after seeing all of the attacks miss "you can't keep at this forever, you can't win if your attacks can't even hit" I smiled as the stage was set. Rable leaped up and used dragon tail in the centre of the stage, to his surprise the stage broke into several pieces, some even risen up like earth spikes ready to piece enemies. He was speechless even more so when Rable used ancient power to shot so many rocks at Raichu that the he fainted and got returned to the poke ball. My plan for that obstacle worked but that was only 1 out of 4 Pokémon Volkner uses, the rest may be just as challenging, maybe even more so. He looked at the wrecked stage and smiled "not bad, I didn't see it coming, the way you and your Pokémon planned it that far with little communication is by far impressive"
As he was getting ready to send out another Pokémon, Rable stated to glow and the bright light became even brighter until he emerged with a new form. Rable had evolved from a Tyrunt to a Tyrantrum. He smiled and congratulated the evolution then sent out Octillery, an octopus with a mouth and 2 eyes on to of the head. I called the newly evolved Rable back and thought what to send out next as he sent out a water type. Then I got an idea on who to send out, given that the stage is now broken and facing a water type, I have the perfect one. I grabbed a poke ball and threw it calling out "I chose you, Ven" A Venusaur appeared in a flag of red light. Smiling I said Ven, use razor leaf" Ven lifted the leaves on his side then or flew leaves that were spinning fast enough to through steal. The Octillery dodged the attack and from that I knew that it was based more for speed and special attacks rather than getting up close and physical. I said "now use vine whip" Ven let loose vines from under the leaves and Petals to swat at Octillery. It bent and leaned to avoid the attacks but with these attacks you should always block it, dodging wool always get you tangled up. As I thought the Octillery got both tied and tangled up then slammed on the ground hard. I continued "now use razor leaf" Ven shot the razor leaves at the Octillery dealing multiple and heavy damage as it was support effective, taking it out with such speed. Volkner was greatly surprised with how quickly his Octillery was defeated, as it seems so effortless to do so especially for the last gym leader. He called out his Pokémon, Ambipom, this means his team was reduced by half and I still had my fill team. Seems like victory will be mine. Volkner said "your battle at the level I have expected and even beyond that however, I can't just let you win, I still have Pokémon to test you so don't think I'll make it easy" As a skilled trainer, I knew the battle was going to get tougher.