(Music: Pikachu arrives)
Ashly sat on a rock in the sun. However a shadow began to loom over her.
"Huh? What happened to the light?" She yawned in pokespeak.
"Sleep this off Ashly!" Someone yelled angrily before dumping a bucket of ice water on her.
"Gah! I'm up! I'm up!" She gasped in telepathy to whoever had soaked her.
"You were supposed to be training with the others!" Gary yelled.
"I'm so sorry! I was training I just fell asleep!" She protested in his head.
Gary sighed, "Come on we gotta get moving. You can come up with more excuses on the way to Vermilion."
She growled and launched herself at his head as her front right foot grew several mini glowing claws on them. Then She slashed him across his face several times and landed again.
"I learned metal claw. So I am training" he heard her scoff.
That's not gonna do very much against Lt. Surge and his Raichu. I don't think you want to be on the receiving end of his pokemon's attacks for too long so if I were you, I would be trying to learn Ancient Power as soon as possible" Gary laughed.
"I doubt Dawn is doing better than me" she retorted.
He laughed. "She actually had Water pulse down and has been trying very hard to learn Her ancient power. She can already form gravel out of nothing. What can you do?"
"Uh….I can eat fifty servings of everything in one sitting" Ashly said hopefully.
"Being able to use a makeshift Swallow move isn't something to be proud of, nor will your learning to use Stockpile for the calories you gain" Brock called.
"I guess I just miss Dialga…" Ashly sighed.
"You did like him quite a bit, didn't you" Gary said to himself.
He returned her and walked over to where May, Dawn, and Serena were sitting and eating some of Brock's normal food (as opposed to his Pokemon food).
"So how is she?" Serena asked.
Gary looked at her. "Well, she misses Dialga".
"Maybe there's some way to contact him…." Brock suggested.
(Music: legend)
"I do have this Adamant orb…" Gary suggested while pulling the polygonal sphere out of his backpack.
"That item can be used to summon Dialga….at Spear Pillar in sinnoh that is" Brock replied.
"Well maybe she Can see him inside of it" Gary said as he sent Ashly out again and showed it to her.
"Maybe you can see him in here?"
Ashly looked into the orb. "Dialga? Is that you?" They heard her ask.
"Indeed it is. How are you?" His image replied.
"I'm fine, but I miss you so much, please come back…" She pleaded.
"I am somewhere far away right now Ashly. I miss you too but I cannot see you now. For your safety, I must remain Here and complete my duties. However I will see you again later on hopefully" she heard him reply.
She shed a tear and nodded. "I'll be waiting for you" Gary and Brock heard her say.
She walked over to Gary and smiled at him. "Thank you Gary. It means a lot to me for you to let me see him" she said.
"For now, let's focus on the gym battle. Vermillion is just over that hill so let's go!" He said. He returned his team and he and Brock ran towards the city.
(End music)
They made it to Surge's gym which looked more like an army camp than a gym at this time.
"All soldiers in group one report to training! LETS GO, ONE TWO, HUP TOO, ONE TWO THREE FOUR" yelled a loudspeaker.
A large group of soldiers stormed past Gary and Brock covering the area in dust. When it cleared they were kneeling on the ground coughing.
"That's all group two! Report to the mess hall now! GO GO GO GO!" Yelled the loudspeaker. Another large group stormed around Gary and Brock, once more covering the area in dust. This time it cleared showing them on the ground covered in bruises.
"Ok…lets…go…to…." Gary panted.
"GROUP THREE TO THE TRAINING CENTER LEFT RIGHT LEFT RIGHT!" Yelled the speaker.
This time when the dust settled, Gary and Brock were completely trampled.
"Hurry….before….they come... back!" Brock coughed desperately.
He and Gary dragged themselves into the front doors of the gym.
"AH HAHA! I see there's some new challengers!" Boomed a voice.
"You bet…..just let me…..just…..gah my ribs…." Gary sobbed.
"You think you got any chance?! If you join the army, I can give you a badge in exchange for service!" Laughed surge while walking up to them.
"The only reason we look like this is because your troops ran us over three times!" Brock yelled.
"I see. Well then let's start the match! ON YOUR FEET MAGGOT! MARCH TO THE BATTLEFIELD NOW! HUP TWO THREE FOUR! HUP TWO THREE FOUR!"
Gary dragged himself to his side of the field.
(Music: kanto elite four/gym battle)
"Ready? Go RAICHU!" Surge called he pulled a bazooka out and shot a pokeball out of it, out of which came his Raichu.
"The gym leader Surge sends out Raichu. The challenger has three Pokemon to use" said the referee.
"Let's go Dawn" Gary shouted.
Dawn appeared on the field. "Raichu! Use Thunderbolt!" Surge ordered.
His Raichu ran over to dawn and let loose a huge display of electricity. Her partial water typing meant she took quite a lot of damage..
"Point blank Dragonbreath!" Gary countered.
Dawn shot the blast of energy at Raichu however she fainted immediately after using it.
"Let's try a different approach. May let's go" Gary said.
May appeared from her ball and landed on the field.
"Shock it!" Surge laughed.
"Shock her all you want" Gary chuckled.
Surge gasped. "Why isn't it doing anything?!".
I'm using a ground type, didn't you get the memo that electric type moves are ineffective. Now ANCIENT POWER" Gary ordered.
May formed a bunch of rocks over her head and launched them at Raichu.
"It's super effective! But Raichu isn't out yet" surge said, "Raichu, iron tail!"
His Pokemon jumped and slammed it's Metalic tail onto May's head knocking her out.
"You got one Pokemon left. Make it count" the referee called.
"Ashly, go!" Said Gary.
"Raichu, finish it off quick. Use Thunder!" Surge commanded.
Due to Ashly's inexperience, it was enough to knock her out too.
(End music)
"The challenger is out of Pokemon to use therefore, the winner is the gym leader!" Announced the Referee.
Gary ran to the Pokemon center.
"Nurse joy, can you help my team?" He asked her.
"Sure, I'll do my best…but this is what happens when you try and challenge the lieutenant" she said.
"Well that could have gone better" may relayed to him a short time later. She and the others were in human form. She had an ice pack on her head.
"We'll get him next time. Dawn, I got an idea. You know that thing Pikachu does with his tail? Use yours as a means to ground yourself from his electric attacks" Ashly suggested.
"And Ashly, how about you try and use your metal as such. It should direct the current across your body and into the ground?" Said Dawn.
"So the goal here is to keep you from getting shocked again, right?" Brock asked, to which They nodded.
"You know, if your team was faster, then surge's Raichu would be at a disadvantage" he said.
"Yeah, but they aren't built for speed exactly….however, I think we're ready" Gary said confidently.
"You again? Last time you ran away with your tail between your legs. I'll send you on your way again!" Surge laughed when Gary came back into the gym.
"The challenger has three Pokemon and the gym leader uses one" said the referee.
"Ashly. Go for it" Gary said as he sent her out.
"Raichu, stand and fight" surge said.
"Ashly, stand by and wait for him to attack" Gary told her.
"If you won't move, I will. Get in close and use Thunderbolt" ordered surge.
His Raichu ran over to Ashly and let loose a bolt of lightening at her. She dug the metal on her feet into the ground and withstood the attack.
(Music: total war)
"Now! Metal claw!" Gary shouted.
Ashly jumped at it and formed shining claws on her front legs and slashed them at the Raichu sending it tumbling backwards.
"Raichu, break the ground! Thunder!" Called surge. His Pokemon sparked and sent a bolt of lightening into the field fracturing it and throwing Ashly into the air.
Gary smiled. "Use the field! Ancient power"
Ashly jumped from fragment to fragment and kicked them at the Raichu, each hitting its mark.
It fell over but surge pulled out a super potion and used it.
"Ashly, return. Dawn go!" Gary called.
"Use Thunder" surge yelled.
His Pokemon shot the electric attack straight towards her however she moved her tail to the ground and it discharged the move.
"Now, Dragonbreath!" Gary said.
She shot the move into Raichu which jumped into the air to avoid it.
"Shoot it down. Dragonbreath once again" Gary told her.
This time, the move hit Raichu blowing it into the gym wall.
Raichu landed in its stomach but stood back up.
"Raichu, use Body slam" surge said.
His Raichu ran at dawn and jumped up over her.
"Dodge it and use Ancient power" Gary called
Dawn sidestepped and then spun to face it before forming a number of rocks over her head and sending them into it at point blank range.
This attack proved to be too much for the electric Pokemon who fell over fainted.
"Young man, that was a great battle. I believe you've earned this" surge congratulated Gary while recalling his Pokemon.
He walked over and handed Gary a sun shaped thunder badge.
Gary tossed it up, then caught it and held it in between his thumb and forefinger in front of himself.
(End music)
(We are ashamed to admit that we couldn't write a gym or even a standard Pokemon battle to save our lives…. Also some of these tracks, if you hadn't noticed, have Japanese speak at the end. I don't know why it is there, I don't know what it is saying, I just hope you finish reading the segments before it comes on cause' it sounds pretty creepy just being there in a Pokemon soundtrack which as I keep saying CAN BE FOUND ON YOUTUBE TITLED AS WHAT I SAID NEAR THE START OF PAGE ONE IN A NOTE. Read my input. They can often be important info related top the story or to the media its based on...while just as often being complete garbage. Besides the fall grass is full of wild Pokemon, not to mention it's dangerous to go alone…)