Alarming Intermission
"And so I am proud to say our next two contestants are... Maylene and crasher Wake!" Cynthia yelled proudly. This was probably the most amazing moment for the other leaders who immediately went congratulating the two and Fantina giving them love and blessings. "Amazing!" said Wake. "I'm gonna be fighting you! This is bound to be fun! Good luck, May!" Maylene smiled "You never know who will be beaten!" she said calmly. Wake then played with her hair. "Good point, girl." Said he and then they went to the stage.
This was too much for Roark. He fainted. Gardenia just face palmed and wanted to bang her head on the wall, but was stopped by Volkner. "What's the matter?" he asked coldly. "I'm gonna fight him!" she groaned while pointing a finger at Roark who was still comatose. Riley and Cheryl had a hard time lifting up; it was almost as if he were dead! "Roark, bud, wake up!" Riley screamed while Cheryl got out some strawberry smelling salts which revived him instantly. "What happened? Am I dead?" he asked. "If you were, would I be there?" Riley snapped as he hugged him. "I almost thought you died, you looked so tired!" he yelled while Flint looked at them a little sympathetically and shut Volkner's mouth, who was going to scream something.
Meanwhile, the others were getting ready for battle while Cynthia was discussing with Aaron on how the whole system worked. "I still don't get it!" he moaned. She sighed- "Wait for it later. I'll explain after this battle." Said she. Maylene was already beating the shit out of Wake, much to his embarrassment. "Gyarados, Aqua Tail!" he yelled. "Machoke- Rock Tomb and then Strength!" she yelled. Sadly, Machoke was quicker and then successfully knocked out Gyarados due to type advantage. Wake was cringing; he had just lost his Quagsire to her Meditite and he had one last secret weapon left; Floatzel.
"Man! I really am beating you!" Maylene cheered. Wake was still rather red, but he was manly about it. "I admit, I am having fun, though..." he confessed while sending out Floatzel. "Go, boy!" he yelled while Maylene smiled. "Machoke, use Strength and then Rock Tomb!" she yelled. Wake though, was faster. "Floatzel, Brine and then Ice Fang!" he yelled. Just as Machoke was going to show off his attacks, Floatzel sent a huge wave of salty water upon him, making him rather sluggish and tired, as if out of a tsunami, minus blood though. "Right, Machoke, dodge Ice Fang and use Rock Tomb!" she yelled. Machoke successfully dodged those cold teeth and while Floatzel was pouncing, Machoke used strength and pinned Floatzel down as if hoping to tire him out, but failing steadily and strongly; for Floatzel, tired as he was still had a trick. Wake signalled to him "Floatzel, Ice Fang!" and then Floaztel successfully sunk his frozen teeth into his skin and seemed to be really hard and cold on it, making Machoke yell in pain, even though it didn't hurt much. It was a critical hit.
"Right, now for the next attack, Floatzel, use Aqua Jet!" he ordered, but Maylene was still smart. "Machoke, slam to the floor and use Rock Tomb!" she ordered. Machoke grabbed hold of the weasel and slammed it to the ground in a wrestling pin making Wake impressed; being a pro himself. The others were amazed by this; Flint already popped some popcorn and was chewing it. "What the hell?" Volkner exclaimed. "Want some?" Flint offered giving him the buttery snack. He said nothing and just started chewing on it; this was fun. The others were still watching in awe on how much this girl was pwning the pro wrestler and it was almost scary, as if ion a horror movie. Cheryl herself couldn't handle this and started getting scared. "Oh, I can't handle this! Help me!" she wailed while clutching onto Riley and hugging him like a toy. He turning red, couldn't do anything, but still hugged her back to save him.
"Right, now Machoke- do it!" Wake still was smarter and had a better trick. "Now for our Finale; Floatzel, Brine and Aqua Jet!" he commanded. Maylene was getting tired, but she was still not going to give up. Not yet at least. She watched Machoke hopefully and was wondering when a good time to strike was. Finally, when he did; though, he felt something hard on his spine, only to see that Floatzel had countered the slamming by using a hard brine attack and it successfully hurt and reduced the Machoke's accuracy. Then with a final blow, Aqua Jet which was so powerful that there seemed to be a whole wall of water spraying round in everyone's eyes until it cleared and rainbows were formed. Then to everyone's amazement they saw the Pokémon still standing and to everyone's horror, Machoke fainted. "Machoke is unable to battle. Wake and Floatzel win!" Cynthia yelled followed by the whole cheering party while Cheryl let go of Riley. "Thank you. I'm so relieved." Said she making Riley blush even harder. Was this really early?
She called the two to the podium. "Amazing strategy, Wake!" she praised him. "Just having fun, miss." He said calmly and then bursting into jumps of happiness, much to the others' amusement. "State your type choice." Said Cynthia. "Once a water baby, always a water baby." Wake said. "Ah, I see. So you are to hand over the fen badge to all those you are defeated by. Create your gyms and have fun with everything- that was a wonderful fight!" Cynthia praised as she gave him the badge. "Cool; this is pretty!" he remarked. Then Cynthia went over to Maylene. "That was stupendous, wonderful fight I am thoroughly impressed by how well you were defeating him in the first try. The world needs leads like you, Miss Maylene. Now name your type preference sweetie. "She praised while patting her head sweetly. "I am a fighter- I'm not going to give up so easily! Fighting Pokémon show off that spirit!" she proudly proclaimed. "Ah, so the Cobble Badge is the one for you. Congratulations, dear!" Cynthia proclaimed giving her the badge. "Now for the results; Wake you are hereby gym leader of Pastoria City and Maylene, you are of Veilstone City! Congratulations you two!" she cheered while others followed suit and then they all went ahead to congratulate the others while Roark went and talked to her too.
"Congrats, miss." Said he quickly the minute he saw Gardenia and went away to Riley to give his Pokémon a last pep talk.
"Ah, now for our finalists... hmm as luck may have it, two polar types against each other... it is Roark and Gardenia!"
