An Altered Journey Chapter 4: A Badge and a Friend
Hey. Sorry for slowing down in production speed. I got caught up in stuff and didn't have time to upload. I will hopefully upload this and other chapters in quicker speeds next time. Read on!
The two boys walked into the gym, absolutely destroying the gym trainees, using Houndour's fire type moves and Lucario's Blaze Kick and Ice punch to effectively take them out. The commands were given several times over. The only struggle they had along the way was with the Gym Leader and someone she asked to be her partner.
"This is Eclipse. Eclipse Evergreen" Gardenia explained. "He's also a Pokemon trainer".
"Nice to meet you, Eclipse" Colin said, trying to be polite.
"Yeah, great to meet you" Lucas added, also trying to be polite.
"Sure. Let's get this battle underway, shall we? How about two Pokemon each?
"Sounds fair. Now let's begin" Lucas commented.
The two duos (Lucario stood behind the two challengers) walked to the edges of the field of flowers.
They all picked a Pokeball, and then released their respective Pokemon.
"Scarecrow! Time for battle!" Eclipse said, throwing a pokeball out, releasing a Cacturne. "Slurpuff! Let's give them their just desserts!" Colin called out, sending out his Slurpuff.
"Cherrim! Let's have some fun! Gardenia called out to her Pokemon, calling it to fight.
"Houndour! Torch these grass-types!" Lucas shouted, getting it pumped for battle. "At this gym, we let the challengers move first!" Gardenia called out to the opposition.
"If you insist!" Colin called back. "Now Slurpuff, use Cotton Guard to help you endure any attacks!" Slurpuff then seemed to grow in size and bulk. Within seconds, it was towering over all Pokemon on the field, just taller than Lucario.
"Houndour, use Flamethrower on Cherrim!" Lucas commanded to his Houndour. Cherrim was nearly baked alive, just hanging on without passing out.
"Scarecrow, use spikes!" Eclipse yelled. The fearsome dark-type shot off some spikes from his arm, new ones growing back almost instantly.
"Cherrim, Sunny Day!" Gardenia called to her glum-looking Pokemon. The sunlight seemed to pour in from the Windows, brightening the already well light room. Cherrim then cast aside it's natural cloak, revealing a happy grass-type underneath it.
"Slurpuff, use Draining Bolt on Cherrim!" Colin instructed. Eclipse looked extremely baffled, then focused so he could observe his opponent's moves and counter them. Slurpuff then charged up a thunderbolt, before transferring the energy to her fist. The meringue Pokemon charged forward, throwing a strong Drain Punch whilst releasing the Thunderbolt into Cherrim's face. Cherrim then fell flat on it's face, knocked out.
"Good Job, Cherrim. You did.. well" Gardenia sighed, returning the Pokemon to their capsule. "Now, strike Roserade!".
"Scarecrow, use Poison Jab on Slurpuff!" Eclipse called out. The nightmarish Pokemon then produced a purple liquid from it's spikes. His hand was then doused in it. The Cacturne the dashed towards Slurpuff, jabbing it with it's drenched hand. Not even Colin's giant Slurpuff could stand that strong of a poison-type move. She fell forward, shrinking back to her normal size.
"You made me proud, girl" Colin muttered to himself. He then motioned to Lucario to come forward, towards the fragrant field.
"Lucario, time to battle!" The Aura Pokemon positioned himself next to Houndour.
{Very well, master} Lucario said to Colin and Lucas. Unaware to the two challenging trainers, Eclipse had heard the statement from Lucario. He thought he knew how, he just wasn't sure. He pretended to not have heard, and resumed the battle.
"Houndour, torch Scarecrow! Flamethrower!" Lucas cried out. The flame had come into contact with it's target. The stalking cactus fell to the ground, singed by the flickering flames from Houndour's Flamethrower. As Eclipse recalled his Cacturne, a white light enveloped Houndour. Before the trainers' and the gym leader's very eyes, Houndour grew in size, bony looking horns sprouting from its head, and it's stubby tail growing into a longed spiked one. Houndour had evolved into the dark Pokemon, (yes, that's what the dex calls it. Talk about a letdown.) Houdoom. With her opponents distractedly, she went for a surprise attack out of the blue.
"Roserade, use Toxic on Lucario!" Gardenia instructed. Unfortunately, this snapped Colin's focus back to the match and furthermore, had no effect on Lucario whatsoever.
"Gardenia, Lucario's a steel type, poison type moves don't affect him at all!" Lucas said, smirking along with Colin. She blushed at the fact she made such a simple mistake.
"Eclipse? Are you going to send in your next Pokemon?" Colin asked rhetorically, knowing fully well he was lost in thought thinking about something, presumably not about the battle.
"Sure am" the teen replied. "Strike swiftly, Basilisk!" Eclipse called, calling a Serperior to battle.
"Basilisk, use Aqua Tail on Houndoom!" He yelled, wanting to protect Gardenia's reputation. She hadn't had the need to give out a gym badge since Eclipse himself got it ages months back, and wanted to keep it that way. Even though evolution had improved Houndoom's defences, he still couldn't take the super effective hit, and fainted.
"Damn it" Lucas muttered. "Good job" he said returning his Pokemon to it's Pokeball.
"He went beyond well, Lucas" Colin said, trying to lift his partner's spirit.
"Got it" The grey-haired teen replied. He now seemed very determined to win the battle.
"Go! Torterra!" He cried.
"Use Aerial Ace on Torterra!" Eclipse called, taking advantage of the type superiority. Basilisk jumped into the air; seconds from pouncing on Torterra, Colin tried to inform his trusty last Pokemon to use:
"Frozen Uppercut!" Lucario leapt into the air, throwing a flurry of Ice Punches into the Regal Pokemon, sending it flying towards Roserade, and slamming into him. Both Pokemon were knocked out by the tremendous forces applied to Serperior's momentum.
"I guess you win" sighed Gardenia. "Although losing was worth it, because that was an amazingly fun battle. Allow me to present you with the Forest Badge!" She said this as she passed them the official league token.
"Hey, you two were amazing battlers and seem like cool guys. Mind if I hang out with you for a bit?" Eclipse asked, hoping for a pleasing answer.
"Sure, why not. It would be a blast to have you around" Colin said as he replied to Eclipse's request. Eclipse grinned. The trio then headed to the nearest Pokemon centre to heal up their Pokemon after the awesome battle.
"Hey Eclipse, what other Pokemon do you have aside from Basilisk and Scarecrow? By the way, I love those nicknames. Lucas asked and commented at the same time.
"Yeah, I also have an Alakazam named Inception" Eclipse responded.
"Lucas, let's see if we can find Barry and Dawn. Barry's probably helping her with her routine". Colin said.
"She isn't practising, she's performing!" Lucas said, as if he just remembered it.
"Shoot. She's gonna kill us for missing it" Colin moaned.
"No, she won't kill you for that. I'm just here to kill you in general" said a voice coming from behind them. The trio turned around to see a woman with red hair pointing a pistol at them, standing about 5 meters away.
Colin instantly recognised the large gold "G" on the jacket (is that what Mars wears? A jacket?) she was wearing.
"Team Galactic scum" Colin scowled. He was extremely unhappy to see a member of the crime syndicate.
"Watch it. I'm the one pointing a gun at your face. I saw how powerful your Lucario was in the gym battle. Hand it over" The woman said, most ready to get it one way or another.
Suddenly, Colin's reflexes engaged. His eyes hazel eyes turned a cold, crystal blue. He sprung forward, kicking the gun out of her hand, before punching her in the nose and knocking her down with only a single punch, all within the span of two seconds, his eyes then fading back to a dark hazel.
"Now I'm impressed! How did you do that?" Eclipse and Lucas exclaimed.
"Never mind that, call the cops!" Colin replied, seeming aggravated by the attempt at ending his life.
"Now" Mars muttered into what seemed to be a wristband. An Abra then, completely out of the blue, appeared, grabbing Mars, then teleporting away, only leaving the gun behind.
"Well, sh*t" Colin said, furious she got away with attempted robbery (and/or murder).
By the time the cops arrived, Colin was thinking about leaving. The police sent the gun to "HQ" to get the fingerprints analysed. The trio then stormed of, proceeding to find Barry and Dawn.
"He has Auran abilities. Have you ever heard about Nerual Project 3819?" Mars informed, then asked a man with blue hair.
"Yes, I have Mars. An odd attempt at mind control" The man replied. The man seemed void of emotion.
"Well, I think could be a good test subject for 3819-B" Mars said, handing the pale ghost of a man a document. He examined it, reading all the details about the actual effects of the experiment. He smiled. He smiled a cold smile that almost no-one ever saw him grin.
"Good idea. Alert Saturn to prepare for abduction. Why not take his friends with him? They could prove of some… use". He said this eying six photos including one of each of teenager, and one of Colin with his Aura in use, the photo taken by a passerby.
Hey hope you liked it. Here are some quick answers to avoid questions.
1) Eclipse is a OC created by The Royal Serperior. He is looking for OC's for his story and I would appreciate if you checked it out, so do that!
2) No more OC's. Eclipse was a one-off thing. Actually, I could change that if they're good enough. If I don't accept any or just yours, they're not bad. Either I didn't want to uses more OC's or someone was even better than your outstanding idea.
Have a good one, because the Weavilist is out. I hope you guys like the direction I took this chapter in.
