(Chapter 23): Double or Ed!

As soon as the Peach Creek Kids reached the Sinnoh Land, or the city of Canalave City, the Kids then tailed off into the City's Gym for their Gold Badge. But it turns out, the Pokémon were busy.

"It seems we're busy in our coal mine." Replied a Gym Leader with brown worker clothes, boots and a red hard hat helmet over his head.

"I believe so." Said a Gym Leader with the same clothes, only with a brown cape and a small beard.

Their Pokémon, who are outside of their Pokeballs, are two Dinosaurs. One of them is a quadrupedal tan dinosaur with a grey shield in front of its face. The other is a bipedal grey dinosaur with a colar around the top of the head which shows this Pokémon attacks with its head, and despite its Steel Hard relative, the Pokémon is mostly hard as rock.

The Dinosaurs from the Cul De Sackers popped out of their Pokéballs and played with the fossils.

"Easy there, Cranidos." Said the Rock Type Gym Leader.

"Whoa there, Shieldon." Said the Steel Type Gym Leader.

"Hey!" Eddy, Kevin, Sarah and Marie came to recall their Pokémon.

"No need to recall them." Said the Steel Type Gym Leader. "Let them play, it was just unexpected."

"You must be Byron and Roark of the Sinnoh Region, right?" asked Double D.

"Indeed." Said Roark.

"Alright, you came to beat me for the Sinnoh Badge or the Johnololan Badge?" Asked Byron.

"The Johnololan Badge!" Sarah shouted.

"Hey Byron!" Asked Roark. "Let's Double Team these challengers! It's far too much to fight all 12 alone!"

"Oh no, we're all together." Replied Jonny. "I think if we should Double Battle, I'll jump in!"

"HEY!" Sarah barked. "This is MY Gym battle!"

"I'm afraid you can't defeat the Mining Duo alone, youngster." replied Byron. "You look underage to battle, but luckily, you have people to look after you."

"Oh, alright." Sarah sighed. "Jonny! Let's wreck 'em!"

"We'll wait for you in the City Gym." Byron grinned. "6 on 6, Double Battle, got it?"

"Got it!" The two replied.

After preparations, the Cul De Sac tried solving an even harder puzzle that involved steel beams and elevation lifts. But after a fee Pokémon battles and some clever thinking from Double D and Marie, everyone got through.

Byron and Roark looked at Sarah and Jonny and took out their Pokéballs as they evolved their Dinosaurs.

The Shieldon grew large with the face shield more bent and armored as Sarah defines it uglier, and Cranidos evolved into a larger Pokémon that of a big baby with muscles, or at least what would Plank say.

"So..." Byron took out a Pokeball. "Consider this as your Official Double Battle Challenge!"

"Alright!" Jonny listened to Plank as he takes a picture, since he's now Johnololan form. "Even PLANK is REALLY feeling it!"

"Well, hope your Sudowoodo can handle hard rocks like my Pokémon!" Roark warned. "Because when this match is over, which we will surely win, we'll prove how hard rock and steel types are!"

"Wait a minute!" Shouted Eddy. "Didn't we already battle a Rock Type?!"

"SHH!" Shouted Ed as he has a bag of Popcorn. "Don't distract the show!"

"And now! Let the battle begin!' Roark and Byron announced.

(OST: Sword and Shield: Sinnoh Gym Battle)

(Gym Leading Miner Duo Roark & Byron accepted your challenge!)

(Roark sent out Coalossal (Fire/Rock)! Byron sends out Duraludon (Steel/Dragon)!)

"Medicham! I choose you!" Sarah sent out her starter Pokémon.

"Gastrodon! Let's go!" Jonny sent out his exotic sea slug. "Gastrodon! Surf!"

"Jimmy! No!" Sarah shouted.

Gastrodon sends out a wave with a tap of her foot yhat splashed everyone!

(Medicham 62%

Coalossal 0% KO! Super!

Duraludon 89% NVE!)

"Whatever! Medicham! Close Combat on Duraludon!" Sarah ordered.

Medicham hurts Byron's Pokémon with a-

*Funny Yodel Sound* OUCH! That's gotta hurt!

(Duraludon 0% KO! Super!)

"That's not a Close Combat!" Double D pointed out.

"I know!" Sarah said proudly. "I taught her myself!"

"Return!" The two Gym Leaders called out.

"This is not going to be easy, huh?" Roark asked Byron. "We need a plan!"

"Well then, let's try our best Pokémon!" Replied Byron. "Let's use our Dinosaurs to make the best of it!"

(Byron sent out Bastiodon (Steel/Rock)! Roark sent out Ramparados (Rock)!)

"Try this! Return! Medicham!" Sarah recalled her Pokémon to summon her Dinosaur Fossil (technically not a Dinosaur, but a carnivorous one). "Coelivish! I choose you!"

Sarah summoned her Water Dinosaur. Team Weird owns the Coelivish because ot was the odd one out the whole Dinosaurs, there for Weird.

The fossils roared.

"(Hey!)" Said Ceolivish. "(What's one thing we fossils have common!)"

"(What?)" Asked the Dinosaur Opponents.

"(We ROCK!)" Said Coelivish as he laughed.

"Coelivish! Sea Splash!" Sarah ordered.

Coelivish flopped around, splashing his body against the two Dinosaurs with a soaked body!

(Bastiodon 20% Super!

Ramparados 20% Super!)

(An Arcane Core lit up!)

"Bastiodon! Ramparados! Ancient Magic Power!" Roark and Byron cried out.

(Ancient Power X2 by Fossil Pokémon= Ancient Magic Power: Rock: A superpower from the ancient past that is Super Effective against anything!)

The Two Fossil Pokemon blasted stone lasers to the two Pokémon!

(Coelivish 0% Super!

Gastrodon 0% Super!)

"Return!" Sarah and Jimmy recalled their Pokémon.

"What can we do Jonny?!" asked Sarah.

Then Jonny remembered, Clay's Recipe.

(An Arcane Core Lit Up!)

Jonny gathered Arcane Energy into Plank, who went inside his Pokéball and the Pokéball grew large! Jonny tossed the Ball behind him and out came the Giant Johnololan Pokémon!

"Alright! Plank!" Jonny cheered. "Max Sweep!"

The Sudowoodo was too large for the gym, so all it did was flick the two Fossil Pokémon!

(Bastiodon 0% KO! Super!

Ramparados 0% KO! Super!

Perfect KO!)

"Return!" Shouted the two Gym Leaders as they remembered they can't Dynamax more than one Pokémon.

"Steelix!" Byron called out.

"Aerodactyl!" Roark called out as well.

The two Pokémon Mega Evolved into Mega Steelix and Mega Aerodactyl!

Plank shrunk back down to size.

"Plank! Cross Chop Mega Steelix!" Jonny ordered.

"Steelix! Dragon Fang!" Ordered Byron.

Plank charged right into Steelix who bit his fists as Plank lifted Steelix and punted him to the ground!

(Plank 62%

Mega Steelix 0% KO! Super!)

Byron stood frozen...

"Pikachu! Use your Thunderbolt attack!" Sarah called out as her Pikachu was summoned and Pikachu blasts a huge shockwave of Electricity!

(Aerodactyl 0% KO! Super!)

(Victory!)

"YAY!" Sarah hugged her Pikachu.

"Way to go, Plank!" Jonny high fived his Sudowoodo!

"Well, you got us..." Roark smiled.

"Alright, the Gold Badge is yours!" Byron congradulated.

(Victory Rewards:

+ $87

+ Gold Badge

+ TM Gold Rush

+ Charcoal)

"Excellent work, Byron." Roark complemented.

"You too, Roark." Replied Byron. "And you, too, kids!"

"Thanks!" Jonny gave a thumbs up.

"So. What now?" Asked Roark.

"To the Alolan Region we go!" Double D leaded.

"Another Boat?!" Asked Rolf. "ANOTHER BOAT!" He repeated. "If ROLF has a Miltank of Rolf's Uncle's Country, we be having a new land!"

"It's not that bad, Rolf." Replied Nazz. "Just one more and that's probably it."

"Go-go Nazz girl better not be lying!" Rolf warned.

As soon as everyone ordered a ticket, everyone headed to a boat to the Alolan Region.

The connection is about to end!

(A/N): I wrote this entire thing midnight, sorry if it was this short.