Chapter 5, the first gym battle...is Evan's
"Hey that was pretty good!" JP said, we had just eaten pizza for the first time. our dad told us about it but we never got to try it ourselves.
"Is it time for our first gym battle?" I asked eagerly as we walked out the resturaunt, Jenna nodded at me.
"Well that depends" Evan said,
"What do you mean?"
"You see Jenna and I are both trainers, therfore we're both looking to collect badges, the gym leader has only so many pokemon. we need to take turns to collect badges"
"So who goes first?" they looked at eachother, they held their hands out. they waved them around, then Jenna stuck two fingers out and Evan held none out
"Ha I win!" Evan shouted. it must have been a choosing game that was played really fast. from what I saw the no fingers beats the two fingers, but beats the no fingers and what does the two fingers beat? Jenna looked upset.
"That's ok Jenna, I'll get a chance to see what my brothers fight like" she smiled at me "So who is..."
"Excuse me kids, but I want to speak with you" I was interupted, i turned around to see a man dressed in a green shirt with a light brown vest, on the chest of the vest was a symbol of the earth, and a rolled bandana was wrapped around his forehead, I growled at him and took a defencive stance.
"Andrew no, we can trust him, he's part of Team Gaia" Jenna said to me, I returned to my nromal stance and looked at Jenna
"Team Gaia? who are thay?" I asked
"They're actually a group who are sworn to stop Team Ebony and save pokemon."
"You can understand what he's saying?" asked the man
"Yeah, everyone on Eon island can talk to eevees" Jenna explained
"Well that can be very useful, I just wanted to ask if you're intrested in joining Team Gaia"
"Join Team Gaia..."
"If you're intrested i was told to direct you our recruiter, The Karst city recruiter is actually the gym leader"
"Really? then you can tell us where he is"
"Well actually it right over there" he pointed to a building that was shaped like a dome
"Thank you and...I'll consider the offer" she waved to him and we headed to the gym and entered through the door
"Welcome" said a man with spiky orange hair and blue eyes, he was wearing the same clothes as the Team Gaia person we saw "My name is Issac, are you here for a battle or to join Team Gaia?"
"I'm here to challenge you!" Evan said confidently
"Very well, please step into the ring. We shall use two pokemon each, one on one" Evan stepped into the ring and prepared himself as Jenna and I watched from the sideline "Go, Gus!" Issac shouted as he released a geodude
"Alright Jared, your turn!" Evan called as he threw Jared's ball. Jared saw the geodude and redied himself
"Gus, rock throw!" Issac shouted and the geodude started hurling rock at Jared
"Dodge them Jared!" Evan shouted, Jared then suddenly warped behind Gus and knocked him down with a confusion. Gus tried to counter attack but Jared warped away again, this made Gus confused.
"The way he keeps warping in and out...it almost like he's a will-o-wisp!" I said regarding his fighting style. Evan looked at me and smiled
"Ok Wisp! hit it with everything you got!" Ja...er Wisp, nodded and charged up an attack and released another confusion attack, it struck the still confused Gus, sending him into the wall and knocking him out
"Go Evan!" Jenna shouted, supporting her friend, when I looked over at my brother he was stumbling around, that attack must have drained him
"Evan...can I take a break?" he said sound dazed, Evan withdrew him as Issac withdrew his geodude
"Not bad" Issac said "Now it's time for Granite! go!" he threw his other ball and released a sandshrew
"Greg, your turn!" he threw Greg's ball and released him, over his seasickness, Greg knew what to do and prepared for combat.
"Granite, use a dig attack." Issac shouted to his sandshrew, the sandshrew burrowed underneath the soft arena floor and dissapeared. Greg's eyes began shifting around, with nothing else to do he embraced for impact. Granite soon shot up from under Greg and knocked him back, Greg got a nasty hit but was ok, he picked himself up and shook it off. the two then went to a staredown. Greg looked like he had an idea, all of the sudden he started hightstepping and then shot his flashy grin and huffed his breath a little. Granite looked angered but also confused because of it, Greg took advantage of this and dove in to bite him. Granite was hit but he caught himself in the air. Granite was preparing another attack but was cut short when Greg started using double team, the sandshrew tried hitting some of the images but was having no luck.
"Haze! now attack it!" The newly called Haze lept foward and sank his fangs in the sandshrew, it thrashed around trying to get him loose but it was no good. Granite collapsed from the pain.
"Granite, return...I lost" Isaac said, Jenna and I began cheering for Evan's victory. Issac walked over to Evan "Congratulations, as proof of your victory I award you with the Gaia badge" He handed a badge that looks like the Team Gaia symbol. "You have a lot of strength, we could use someone like you on Team Gaia"
"Well during the battle I thought about this and...I decided to join" Evan said
"Well if Evans joining then I'm joining too!" Jenna said, Issac looked at Jenna for a second
"This won't affect our goal for the leauge will it?" I asked
"No, not unless we get called for something" she said
"So your from Eon island, huh?" Issac said, realising that the two were talking to me "An eon tounge can come in handy sometimes, I'll be right back" he walked to the back room
"Why Haze?" Greg asked changing the subject
"Well Greg, you used double team and you almost looked like a cloud of haze"
"Oh, well it's a pretty cool sounding name"
"Hey Greg, what was that attack you did?" I asked
"Oh that? that was just something I wanted to try, I boasted a bit and gave that smile of mine, it seems to confuse the opponent and enrages them at the same time, dad taught me it, it's called swagger"
"Well thats pretty neat!"I replpied, during our conversation Issac came back out holding a few things
"Ive decided to make you two part of the hidden agents" he said
"What are hidden agents?" Evan asked
"Hidden agents are those who are part of Team Gaia, but don't show it" he handed them each a Team Gaia emblem "These are proof you are members, they will grant you access to Team Gaia headquarters and show them to other members to prove your one of us" he handed the other object he was holding "And these are distress beacons, use them in times of peril or when you need backup. Your part of Team Gaia now" He looked over at Jenna "You want to challenge me for that badge too, I take it?" She nooded at him "Well my pokemon are too tired to fight, come back tomorrow" we left the gym building.
"So what should we do now? it's only three in the afternoon" Evan asked
"Why don't we go out into the nearby forest to train up a bit?" Jenna sugested
"That's a good idea" I agreed, I love training. we went in the forest and me and my brothers started training against wild pokemon. we trained for sevral hours until it started to get dark
"Evan it's getting too dark to be able to find the city now, we're too deep in the forest. we need to make camp and head back in the morning" Jenna said
"Alright, we'll make camp in that clearing we saw" we went to the forest clearing and made I made a fire in a pit they made. Jenna had some food packed so she was the cook tonight. she made a simple stew that was alright
"I'm going to get some more firewood" Jenna said "Come on Andrew, I need one of you to prevent getting lost" I followed her as she collected some fallen branches and twigs. We were about to head back when if felt like we were hit by some kind of powder, I began to realise that it was a sleep powder and I began feeling woozy and collapsed with Jenna at my side, my last sight were too figures approaching us