CHAPTER 32:
Vs. Gabby and Ty!
The day after Roy and Steven claimed the Feather Badge, the threesome of Pokemon Trainers began their long walk to Lilycove City. They stopped for a lunch break after the first hours of the trek, at a small river running the entire length of Route 120.
...However, only Melanie and Roy were at the large rock serving as a makeshift table...
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Steven was a little bit farther away, walking across a bridge crossing the aforementioned river, holding black binoculars up to his eyes, spying on a rather small cave way down the Route, to the south.
"That's where he... It... Is." said Steven quietly. "One of if not the strongest Steel Element Pokemon of all..."
What Steven didn't know is that someone other than him was after the mystery Pokemon...
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A few minutes later, the Steel-Type trainer returned to the campsite, and began to eat his lunch. But it was interrupted by the sound of the nearby, tall grass rustling, followed by a quiet, feminine voice:
"Get that camera out of my face, Ty!"
"Sorry, Gabby." mumbled another voice, belonging to a man.
"Looks like we have spies..." mumbled Roy, silently letting his SuperSlicer out of its Ball. The Steel/Flying Element flew over the patch of moving grass, reached down with its claws, and grabbed two people and flung them onto the ground. One was a female in mid 20's, with blue hair and blue eyes, wearing a light blue sleeveless shirt having white folded collars, blue jeans, and blue shoes with black soles, as well as ball-shaped, white earrings.. The other was a man, in his early 30's, with brown hair tucked under a red cap, and black eyes. He wore a white t-shirt with a red bag on his belt, blue jeans, and black sneakers. In his hand also was a black television camera.
"Who are you people?" asked Melanie.
The female spoke up first. "I'm Gabby, and this is Ty." She pointed to the man. "We're..."
"Oh my gosh! You're the host of Pokemon Trainers Weekly!" squealed Melanie. "And he's the cameraman!"
Gabby placed her hands on her hips. "Well, at least someone watches that!"
"So, what were you doing? Spying on us or something?" asked Roy.
This time, Ty answered. "We were watching you, because we... Well, we heard how you and Steven Stone blazed through the Gyms, and we wanted to record a video of all three of you battling us!"
"Of course, you'll each have to do it individually." added Gabby.
After some thought, Melanie, Roy, and Steven agreed. Steven would be the first to battle.
After making a battlefield with Roy's SuperSlicer cutting the grass, Gabby and Ty and Steven stepped up to their places.
"Okay, get your camera ready, Ty!" Gabby said.
"Got it, Gab." Ty set the camera up on a tripod.
"Now, let's go! Exploud!"
Gabby threw out a Great Ball, and from it erupted a burst of light, and from that materialized an Exploud, a Normal Type Pokemon with a large blue body, having yellow, hollow tubes protruding from the bottom of its upper lip, its ears, three on the tip of its head, a large one on its back, and a tube making up the tip of its tail. The Pokemon also had orange-red eyes, white claws on its feet, and a gargantuan mouth, with two square teeth on the bottom and two on the top.
"Ex... PLOUD!" bellowed out the Normal Element.
"Alright, come on out Magneton!" Ty yelled, throwing a Poke Ball into the air.
From the Poke Ball came a flash of white light, and it took the form of a Magneton.
"Mag-ne." grunted the Electric/Steel Element.
"I'll go first." Steven said, drawing out two Poke Balls from his belt.
"Go Metang and Onix!"
From the Balls appeared Steven's Metang and Onix.
"Met!" grunted Metang.
Onix let out a roar.
Ty turned on the propped-up video camera, and began the battle with a silver "title card": Vs. Steven Stone.
Battle statistics: This is a two-on-two double battle with no time limit or substitutions.
Steven's Metang and Onix vs. Gabby and Ty's Exploud and Magneton
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Onix, start with Harden!"
Onix's brownish-gray body shone in a metallic hue, increasing the large Pokemon's Defensive stat.
"Magneton!" called out Ty. "Use Tri Attack!"
In front of Magneton's different spherical segments formed, on top, a red, the right, a light blue, and on the left a yellow sphere of energy, which all became connected by black lines. The attack began to spin around, and then hurtled towards Onix.
"Use Dragonbreath on that Onix!"
Onix shot from its mouth a blast of greenish flames, which destroyed the Tri Attack in a small explosion.
"Exploud, use Earthquake!" yelled Gabby.
"And you use Protect, Magneton!" shouted Ty.
Exploud jumped up from the ground, and then cam down, slamming hard into the green surface, sending a circle-shaped orange-brown shockwave out in all directions. Magneton, however, became shielded by a golden-colored barrier, that formed all around it.
"Metang, use Protect as well! Get in front of Onix!" shouted Steven.
Metang floated in front of Onix and crossed its arms, forming a golden shield. The orange-brown shockwave slammed into both protective forms, dissipating on impact.
"Heh-heh... You do have an eye for good trainers, Gab." said Ty to his partner.
"But of course!"
Both Protect attacks wore off, and the battle continued.
"Magneton, use Thunder Wave!"
The tips of Magneton's magnets began glowing a yellow color, and then released a small yellow thunderbolt, which hit Metang, inflicting him with the (Super-annoying!) status of Paralysis.
"Grr!" growled Steven. "Onix, use Dig on Magneton!"
Onix somehow lifted up its gargantuan snake-like body and then burrowed into the ground, making a large hole and tunnel.
'Hmm... It's gonna come up at any time, so I'd better keep up my guard!' thought Gabby.
Onix came up a few minutes later, out of the ground, about to hit Magneton. However, Magneton floated out of Onix's path.
"Magneton, use Spark attack!"
"And Exploud, use Brick Break!"
Magneton began to crackle and become illuminated with yellow electrical energy, and then made its way towards Metang. Exploud's fists began to glow as well, a reddish-brown color, and the Normal Element also dashed towards Onix, preparing to slam its fist into the Rock/Ground Pokemon.
"Metang, use Psychic!" cried Steven. "Onix, use Dragonbreath!"
Metang's red eyes began to glow a blue color, and with the lifting of its arms, the same colored energy enveloped Magneton, stopping its Spark attack, and also slamming the Electric/Steel Element around violently, for a short period of time. Onix launched an attack as well, shooting from its mouth greenish flames at Exploud, which hit the large-mouthed Pokemon, stopping its Brick Break. Both Magneton and Exploud were knocked back to their respective portions of the battlefield.
"Hmm... I'll try a long-range move next..." Gabby mumbled to herself.
"And now!" shouted Steven. "Metang, use Take Down on Exploud!"
Metang began to rush forward, with its spiky nose outwards, but then stopped, flinching in pain.
'Gah! Paralysis! I forgot about that...' cried out Steven in his head. He then pulled out a bottle with a yellow liquid inside, and then sprayed it onto Metang, healing it of the Status Condition.
"Now, try that again!"
Metang did, floating quickly in Exploud's direction, and then rammed its head into the Normal Element, dealing damage to itself as well.
"Onix, follow up with Iron Tail!"
The final segments of Onix's tail began to glow a bright metallic color, and with a twist, Onix whipped its tail out, knocking Exploud into the ground, and also making the Pokemon faint.
"Yeah! One down, one to go!" cheered Steven.
Ty swiftly brought out his Magneton's Poke Ball, and recalled it with the Ball's red laser.
"Now I can man the camera!" he said, walking over to the camera. Ty picked it up, and began to do many close-ups of the Pokemon and stuff.
"Can I borrow your Skarmory for a little while, Roy?" he asked.
"Uh... Sure."
Ty hopped up onto SuperSlicer, who began to fly around, allowing dramatic angles to be taken.
Steven's Onix and Metang vs. Gabby's Exploud
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Onix, go! Use Iron Tail again!"
"You use Brick Break, Exploud!"
Onix's tail began glowing silver, and then he whipped his tail out at Exploud, while his fists began glowing an orange-brown color. Exploud jumped up and slammed its fists into Onix's tail, causing both Pokemon to groan in pain, as both attacks succeeded, but still they kept pushing their attacks towards each other.
"I have one advantage... Another Pokemon." grinned Steven. "Go, Metang! Strength!"
Metang floated towards Exploud quickly, with white streaks of light behind its, flying of its needle-nose. The Psychic/Steel Type rammed its fist and face into Exploud, knocking it back onto the ground, KO'd. Onix's tail also stopped glowing.
"I WON!" cheered Steven. "And on television, too!"
Gabby sighed and recalled her Pokemon. "Good job Steven. CUT!"
Ty shut off the camera, and descended to the ground on SuperSlicer.
"I'll go next!" giggled Melanie.
"Fine." replied Gabby. "But first Ty and I must heal our Pokemon..." Gabby and Ty sent out their two still really weak Pokemon, and pulled out two bottles like a Paralyze Heal, but filled with a bluish liquid, labeled in black letters on the spray nozzle: H P.
"Two Hyper Potions." Gabby sprayed the liquid onto her Exploud from one, and Ty did the same to his Magneton.
"Okay, we're ready, Melanie!" Ty said, propping his camera back up on its tripod. He turned it on, and then held out a blue title card: Vs. Melanie.
With Exploud and Magneton in front of their respective trainers, Melanie grabbed two Poke Balls, threw them into the air, and called out:
"Go! Marshtomp and Mightyena!"
The Poke Balls burst open and let loose a burst of white light, which took the forms of Mightyena and Marshtomp.
"Marsh!" cried out Marshtomp.
"Grr...!" growled Mightyena.
Battle statistics: This is a two-on-two double battle with no time limit or substitutions.
Melanie's Mightyena and Marshtomp vs. Gabby and Ty's Exploud and Magneton
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Mightyena, Sand-Attack!" shouted Melanie.
Mightyena scraped its paw along the ground, and then kicked up the gathered dirt at Exploud, lowering the Normal Element's Accuracy.
"Exploud..." Gabby said. "Use Hyper Voice!"
Exploud inhaled deeply, and then sucked in air through its tube-like air vacuums, opened its mouth farther than it was, and then let out three ear-drum-destroying roars, each creating a yellowish sound-wave.
"Ah! Use Protect, Marshtomp! And get in front of Mightyena!"
Marshtomp jumped to get in front of Mightyena, crossed its arms, and formed a large golden shield, absorbing the sound waves of Hyper Voice. Once the attack was over, Marshtomp deformed the Protect barrier.
"Magneton! Use Metal Sound!" yelled Ty.
Magneton let out a monotonous but loud moan, making silver-metallic colored sound waves appeared. They hit Marshtomp and Mightyena, lowering their Special Defensive stats dramatically.
"Hmm... Marshtomp! Use Mud Shot! Mightyena, use Crunch!"
In Marshtomp's mouth appeared a football-shaped brown ball of mud, which then shot out at Magneton. Mightyena's jaws began glowing a sinister black color, and with a powerful leap, the Dark Element jumped towards Exploud and bit down on its arm.
"Magneton, blast through that Mud Shot with Thunderbolt!"
In-between Magneton's three "heads" appeared a crackling ball of yellow electricity, which soon beamed out as a wide lightning bolt, which hit the Mud Shot attack and destroyed it.
"Use Rock Smash to get Mightyena off of you, Exploud!" called out Gabby.
With a flat-palmed hand, Exploud swung its hand and hit Mightyena with a weak yet super effective Fighting-Type hit, knocking the canine Pokemon's teeth off of Exploud's arm.
"Heh-heh..." laughed Melanie to herself. "Perfect..."
She then shouted:
"Mightyena! Use Iron Tail, and follow up with a Double-Edge!"
Mightyena shook off the blow of Rock Smash, and then crouched onto its legs, while its tail began to glow a metallic silver color. With another powerful jump, Mightyena twirled its body around in midair and slammed its now metal tail into Exploud's body, making the Normal Element kneel in pain. Mightyena, once back on the ground, charged towards Exploud with some white light streaming off from its backside. With a powerful ram, the Dark Type knocked out Exploud, but delivered a ton of damage to itself.
"Yay!" cheered Melanie.
"Hmm... Nice moves, Melanie. And now, return Exploud!" Gabby recalled her fainted Pokemon to its Ball.
Melanie's Marshtomp and Mightyena vs. Ty's Magneton
BATTLE COMMENCE!
This time, Gabby took SuperSlicer for a ride with the camera.
"Okay, Marshtomp! Use Water Gun!"
Marshtomp blasted a beam of water out of its mouth and hit Magneton with the perfectly-aimed Water attack, which turned out to be a critical hit.
"Magneton, go and use Supersonic!"
Magneton shot from the center of its body a beam made of red sound wave rings, which hit Marshtomp, making the Ground/ Water dual Type wobble about in confusion, and begin to blast off Water Gun attacks in various directions.
"Ah! Stop, Marshtomp!" cried Melanie.
"And now, Magneton! Tri Attack!"
A blue energy circle, red energy circle, and yellow energy circle formed in front of Magneton's three segments, and formed a triangular attack that spun around and hit the confused Marshtomp, slamming it into a nearby tree and forming a small cloud of dust.
"No! Marshtomp!" Melanie cried once more. When the dust from the attack cleared, Marshtomp was laying on the ground, knocked out.
"Return!" Melanie recalled Marshtomp, meaning it was now one-on-one...
Melanie's Mightyena vs. Ty's Magneton
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Okay, Mightyena! Use Iron Tail, and then switch to Strength!"
With his tail glowing a metallic color, Mightyena bounded towards Magneton, and a few feet from the Steel/Electric Element jumped up and struck it with his tail. And then, Mightyena fell to the ground, only to jump back up towards Magneton, this time having white light stream behind it shortly. Mightyena slammed its body into Magneton's, knocking out the Electric/Steel dual Type Pokemon.
"Yes!" cheered Melanie, and recalled her Mightyena.
"Cut." said Gabby as she turned off the camera. She went down to the ground on SuperSlicer, and set up the tripod mount again.
"Okay... Your time, Roy!"
"I'm ready for my close-up, director!" chuckled Roy as he walked up to his spot.
"This time, let's use our... Other Pokemon." Gabby whispered to Ty.
"Gotcha." replied Ty. He walked over to the camera, held out a golden-colored title card that read Vs. Roy, and turned it on.
"Let's go, Electrode!" Ty tossed a Poke Ball up into the air as he ran back to his spot next to Gabby.
From the burst of white light appeared an Electrode, an Electric Element with a large spherical body, with the color scheme the reversed of that of a Poke Ball's, white over red, and had a smirk plastered on its red bottom.
"E-lec... Trode." grunted Electrode.
"And here's my Pokemon! Come on out, Chimecho!"
And from Gabby's Poke Ball materialized a Chimecho, a Psychic-Type with a small, blue, spherical body with a yellow ball topping off its head and red zigzags on its cheeks, small arms and yellow eyes, and a light blue, long and wide tail that connected to the bottom of its head/body and broadened out quickly, with a red splash-design on the bottom.
"Chiiiiime..." sung Chimecho.
"Okay... Masquerain and Nosepass, go!" shouted Roy, releasing his Pokemon's corresponding Poke Balls into the air.
"Masquerain!" Masquerain fluctuated as it fluttered its wings swiftly.
"Nose...!" growled Nosepass, stomping the ground underneath it.
"Okay, Roy! This is going to finish off our video with a bang: a four-on-four double battle!" called Gabby to Roy.
"Got it. But I won't need four... Heh."
Battle statistics: Again with the deaf ears, people? This is a four-on-four double battle with no substitutions or time limit.
Roy's Masquerain and Nosepass vs. Gabby and Ty's Chimecho and Electrode
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Masquerain, start us off with Quick Attack!"
Masquerain charged towards Chimecho with white light trailing its body, and slammed into Chimecho.
"Ha! Chimecho, use Psychic!"
Chimecho recovered from Quick Attack, and then, with blue-glowing eyes, surrounded Masquerain with psychic energy of the same color, and threw the Bug/Flying Pokemon around the field for a few seconds, inflicting some serious damage to Masquerain.
"Electrode, use Shock Wave!"
Electrode glowed in a brilliant yellow-golden light, shooting off a golden beam of lightning, headed towards Masquerain.
"Protect, Masquerain!" shouted Roy.
Masquerain enveloped itself in a golden barrier, which was hit by Shock Wave and eliminated the attack, then deformed.
"Nosepass, use Earthquake! Masquerain, Silver Wind!"
Nosepass stomped on the ground, sending out massive orange-brown shockwaves, sent flying towards Electrode, Chimecho, and Masquerain. Chimecho and Masquerain floated above the shockwaves, meaning they were unhurt, but the Ground-based attack hit Electrode, and was super effective towards the Electric Element.
Masquerain followed, and flew to get in position for its attack. Facing Electrode and Chimecho, Masquerain beat its wings furiously, forming a strong gust of silver Bug energy. It was super effective towards Chimecho, and also hit Electrode, and knocked both Pokemon out.
"Whoa...!" cried out Melanie and Steven.
Roy, Gabby, and Ty all just stared in amazement as Chimecho fell to the ground, and Electrode rolled around and fell onto its face.
"Uh... Great job, guys!" cheered Roy.
Gabby and Ty recalled their fainted Pokemon, and threw two more Poke Balls into the air.
"Let's go, Wigglytuff!" shouted Gabby.
"And I choose you! Steelix!" yelled Ty.
From Gabby's Poke Ball popped out a Wigglytuff, a Normal Element with a pink bunny body, a white stomach, floppy ears tipped white, and large blue eyes.
And from Ty's Poke Ball materialized a Steelix, an enormous Ground/Steel dual-Type with a rather large, metallic, and silver-colored body made of segments shaped like boulders, with spikes coming out from the first, third, fifth, and seventh boulders, and having a long spike on its tail, as well as menacing red eyes and teeth.
"Wiggly!" cried out Wigglytuff.
"Steel!" growled Steelix.
"St... St..." repeated Steven, drooling over the large Steel Type.
"Snap out of it, will you?" asked Melanie, sweat dropping.
"Well, this is gonna take a while..." Roy said to himself worriedly.
Roy's Masquerain and Nosepass vs. Gabby and Ty's Wigglytuff and Steelix
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Wigglytuff, use Defense Curl!" shouted Gabby.
Wigglytuff curled into a ball, increasing its Defense.
"Steelix, use Dragonbreath!" yelled Ty.
From Steelix's large mouth beamed out a blast of green flames, aimed at Masquerain.
"Masquerain, use Bubblebeam!" called out Roy.
Masquerain shot a beam of blue bubbles towards the Dragonbreath attack, resulting in a head-on collision of the Water and Dragon attacks, causing a small explosion.
"Nosepass, use Earthquake!"
Nosepass once again stomped its blue foot on the ground, sending out orange-red shockwaves towards Masquerain, Steelix, and Wigglytuff. Masquerain flew over them, but they hit Steelix and Wigglytuff, being super effective to the former.
"Oh, yeah! Great, Nosepass!" cheered Roy.
"Wigglytuff!" called out Gabby. "Use Rollout on Masquerain!"
Wigglytuff curled up into a ball again, and then started rolling towards Masquerain at a high speed, picking up some grass and a bit of rock along the way.
"Nosepass! Go and use Protect in front of Masquerain!"
Nosepass rushed in front of Masquerain and formed a golden shield, which dissipated after Wigglytuff rolled into it.
"Heh-heh..." chuckled Ty under his breath. "The kid's good... Steelix, go now! Use Earthquake!"
"And Wigglytuff, float up into the sky for a Body Slam!"
Wigglytuff inhaled, enlarging its body and floating up into the sky as Steelix slammed its body onto the ground, causing rings of orange-red shockwaves to fan out in all directions. The Ground attack was super effective against Nosepass, whose HP slipped down to the reds, and missed Masquerain. However, Wigglytuff rocketed down from its midair perch at Masquerain, slamming itself and the Bug/Flying Element into the ground.
"Guys!" cried out Roy.
"And now, Steelix!" shouted Ty. "Finish them with Rock Slide!"
Steelix flipped over and slammed its tail into the ground, causing large rocks to fly up and hit Masquerain and Nosepass. Though ineffective to Nosepass, the Rock Pokemon was still KO'd, and so was Masquerain, being hit by a super effective hit.
"Grr... Return!" called out Roy, holding his Pokemon's Poke Balls out.
"Okay... It's time! SuperSlicer and Machoke, come on out!" Roy threw into the air a Poke Ball and Ultra Ball, from which his Machoke and SuperSlicer burst forth.
"Ma!" growled Machoke, showing its muscles.
"SKARRRRR-MORY!" screeched SuperSlicer.
Roy's Machoke and Skarmory, SuperSlicer vs. Gabby and Ty's Wigglytuff and Steelix
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Okay, Machoke! Use Brick Break on Steelix! SuperSlicer, use Steel Wing on Wigglytuff!"
Machoke began to advance towards Steelix as its fists began glowing in a reddish-brown color. About halfway between it and the Steel/Ground Pokemon, he made a jump for it and slammed his fists into Steelix's super-hard body, delivering to its HP a super effective blow.
SuperSlicer's wings began to glow a metallic color while that took place, and then he began to swoop down towards Wigglytuff.
"Wigglytuff, use Flamethrower!" shouted Gabby.
In Wigglytuff's mouth flashed a red-orange flare, then it shot out at SuperSlicer as a same-colored beam of fire, knocking the Steel/Flying Type out of the sky with super effective power, and causing SuperSlicer's wings to stop glowing.
"No! SuperSlicer!" cried out Roy.
"Great job, Wigglytuff." grinned Gabby.
"Grr... Change... Of... Plans. Machoke, use Focus Punch on Steelix! SuperSlicer, use Drill Peck on Wigglytuff!"
Machoke's right fist began to glow bright white as he began to dash towards Steelix. Jumping up, he slammed his glowing fist into Steelix's metal body, delivering a super-powerful and effective hit again.
"Jeez! That thing is either very durable or has high Defense!" gasped Roy.
"Right on!" smirked Ty.
SuperSlicer's beak began to shine white as he flew up, and then it began to spin, making it like a spinning drill. With a dive from the sky, the dual Element Pokemon slammed its spinning beak into Wigglytuff, knocking the Normal Pokemon back a few feet and also knocking its HP down into the low yellows.
"Heh... Steelix, use Dig on that Machoke!"
Steelix jumped up and dove into the ground, creating a large hole.
A light rumbling noise was heard as Steelix burrowed underground. And then...
"MACHOKE, GO! EARTHQUAKE NOW!" yelled Roy.
"Oh, crud!" groaned Ty.
"No!" cried Gabby.
Machoke lifted its left foot, and then stomped it down, causing large reddish-orange shockwaves to circle out and hit Wigglytuff, go under SuperSlicer, and hit Steelix underground, being super effective to it... And since it was digging, the damage was doubled again, causing KO's to both of Gabby and Ty's Pokemon. Steelix used some of its energy that was left to resurface through its hole.
"Good job Roy. You won!" congratulated Gabby as she recalled her Wigglytuff and Ty did so to his Steelix.
"NO! I WANTED MORE STEELIX ACTION!" screamed Steven.
"Ugh..." sweat-dropped Melanie.
Ty shut off his camera, and stuffed it in a bag.
"Well, be sure to watch our show next time! You guys are going to be the last we'll show, AKA the best of the week!" Gabby said as she waved good-bye. She and Ty walked off, through the grass.
"I can't wait to be on TV!" cheered Roy excitedly.
"Yeah!" agreed Melanie.
"Well, I'll probably tape the episode!" smiled Steven.
"Why Steven?" Melanie asked.
"SO I CAN SEE MORE STEELIX!"
Roy and Melanie fell over Anime-style due to Steven's rather... moronic outburst, and then the trio began walking down the paths to Lilycove City, getting them one step closer to victory!
PM: I know, long wait... Again. And long chapter... Again. But their my specialty, I guess!