"Hello there. My name is Bill, and I designed the PC storage system."
"Yeah, yeah, yeah…can you just give me the data for my pokedex?"
A rather grumpy Gary walked out of Bill's house with his Squirtle, Pidgeotto, Rattata and Abra following closely behind. "Huh, I wonder where that chump is right now…probably being run out of Mount Moon. What a loser." Gary laughed to himself as he walked into the Cerulean City gym.
"QUICK, SHEILA! USE A THUNDERBOLT!"
Pixel, Rampage, Flambo and Sheila all quickly scurried away as a swarm of Zubat as they were being chased out of Mount Moon. Sheila unleashed the Thunderbolt upon the swarm as they all dropped to the ground with a thud. Pixel and his Pokemon emerged outside of Mount Moon, each panting heavily.
"Huff…huff… what… was with…those…people?" Flambo asked while trying to catch his breath.
"What do you mean?" Pixel asked.
"What did they call themselves? Team Rocket?"
"I don't know…but hey, we got this cool looking fossil. You can see the little helix in it, see?" Pixel held it down for his Pokemon to see as they looked over the relic in awe. "Alright guys, let's get to Cerulean City."
Upon arriving in Cerulean City, each of Pixel's Pokemon was around level 15. "Okay guys, let's get some training done on Nugget Bridge before we go and visit the gym," Pixel said to his team. Suddenly, he heard a familiar voice shout from behind him.
"Hey, Pixel!"
Gary had just arrived. And he wanted to battle.
"Experiment 09 has arrived in Cerulean City. I surmise that the gym was no challenge. However, he has once again been defeated by this trainer. Did I do something wrong? This can only be passed as a fluke for so long."
"Alright, one more time! Flambo, use Iron Claw!"
The hiker watched in fear as his Geodude took one last attack from Flambo, the Charmander. Flambo's claws began to glow brightly as he smacked the Geodude across the face. The Geodude fell over, unconscious.
Sheila and Rampage did a dance of victory as the hiker recalled his fainted Pokemon. Pixel looked over to Flambo with a face full of glee. Flambo did not return the sentiment.
"Guys…I feel weird…" Flambo said wearily. Suddenly, Flambo began to glow with a bright white light. His form began to warp and change. His snout became elongated; his legs grew more robust; a small horn began to grow out of the top of his head. When the light faded, the original Charmander that Pixel had known no longer stood before them. Flambo had evolved.
Flambo looked at his new form in slight confusion. "Flambo," Pixel said in delight, "You're a Charmeleon now!"
"Weird," Flambo said as he continued to look at his hand in astonishment, "I feel like I've gotten taller." Flambo took a couple of uneasy steps, and then began to regain his balance.
"Well, even so, you're gonna be sitting this gym challenge out, so you'll get some time to adjust to your new form."
"Actually, do you mind if I just wait along here and get used to it? I want to test out my new power now that I'm a Charmeleon."
Sheila and Rampage looked up at Pixel uneasily, and Pixel looked down with a look of regretful approval. "Alright," Pixel said begrudgingly, "we'll be back as soon as we've defeated the gym." With that, Pixel walked back toward Cerulean City as Flambo began to shoot embers from his mouth.
