PM: And here's the next Chapter! Enjoy!
Chapter 8:
Pyrite's Forecast Calls for a 100 Chance of Cipher
The day following the invasion of Miror B.'s temporary hideout, I had gotten one email from Michael and one million from Lovrina... I didn't open the ones from Ms. Flirt-a-Lot, and read the sole important email. (I won't get into details about Lovrina's emails.)
Pat,
I've just gotten word that a few certain shady characters have invaded Pyrite! I'm tied up at the HQ Lab, so you and the others need to go! I've sent you a full map of Orre, as an attachment.
Michael
I looked at the map attachment. It was a virtual, yet 3-dimensional map of the Orre Region, with zoom-in and out options.
Since we were back in Gateon Port, I didn't have a very hard time finding my in-love partners. Using the moveable bridges, I got up to the top of the lighthouse, and found the two hugging each other.
"Hi there, May and Brendan!" I shouted. The shout must've startled them, because they nearly fell over the edge!
"PAT! You scared us!" Brendan yelled.
"YEAH!" May agreed.
"We nearly fell off!"
"YEAH!"
"And what are you doing up here?"
"YEAH!"
"May! Quit saying 'YEAH', would you?" I asked.
"YEAH! I-I mean..."
I let the two know about Cipher's invasion in Pyrite.
"Well, let's go." Brendan said. He and May went into the elevator. I decided to take the stairs, because we'd all be squished, since it has a two-person limit.
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We split up outside of Gateon. May went to Agate to buy a few more Scents, and Brendan and I proceeded to Pyrite. I had given May instructions to get to Pyrite from her location, so we had no worry of the female getting lost.
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After about a few minutes' ride, Brendan and I made it to Pyrite Town. Everywhere the dirt was red-brown, there was some graffiti, and we even saw a graffiti artist at work!
And then, we saw a bald someone with his attire consisting of a black, red-marked headband that only went halfway around the head, a red, sleeveless vest over a black tank top, black gloves with long wrists, black pants and boots, and a black belt. This person also had menacing olive eyes, and was messing with someone in a very dark-green outfit, with two orange bands on the legs and two light green bands on the wrists, black or dark-green boots, green hair, and orange goggles on his head.
"Yo, buddy, quit picking on me." said the green-attired person.
"Not until you gimme your wallet! Your wallet or your life!" shouted back the bald-headed man.
"What's going on here?" I asked, stepping into the brawl-waiting-to-happen.
"Kid, you'd better scram before I tell your mommy!" growled the bald one.
"Oh, really, Baldy? Maybe you'd still like to say that after a battle!" I picked out an Ultra Ball from my belt.
"Are you crazy? I'll have you beat before a wolf could howl! Let's go, Gloom!" he shouted.
From a Poke Ball tossed out appeared a Gloom, a Grass/Poison Element having a plump blue body, red petals coming from its head, and a darker-colored, white spotted "flower" on its head. (It looked more like a lump or four.) It had purple lips, with a white, smelly liquid oozing out of its mouth.
"Gloom..." it said.
"Go, Lombre!" I shouted.
I threw the Ultra Ball, and out came Lombre.
"Lom-bre!" it called out.
'Wait a... Gloom?' I thought. 'WHOA! He's from Team Snagem!'
Battle statistics: This is a one-on-one battle with no time limit or substitutions.
My Lombre vs. Team Snagem member's Gloom
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Gloom, start off with Sunny Day!"
Gloom positioned its arms to form an orange orb. It disappeared, and the sunlight brightened by several times.
'Oh, yeah, the old 'Sunny-Beam' tactic!' I thought sarcastically.
"Lombre, use Ice Beam!"
The Water/Grass Element opened its red mouth and there formed an icy blue sphere. From it blasted a thunderbolt style beam, which beamed out onto Gloom, causing the dual Pokemon to lose HP severely.
"Oh, yeah? Gloom, use Solarbeam!"
Gloom opened its mouth and formed another glowing sphere, this time colored greenish yellow. Instead of charging, it immediately shot out in the form of a white, green-outlined beam.
"Lombre, dodge it and use Shadow Rush!"
Lombre ducked under the beam, and then rammed into Gloom once the blast stopped, followed by a dark purple haze, also having an evil smirk. The super effective Shadow move took Gloom out.
"W-W-W-W-WHAT!" screamed the Snagem member. "Shadow Rush is a Shadow move! That means... AAH! I'D BETTER TELL THE BOSS!" He recalled his fainted Pokemon, ran out of Pyrite, and the sun became normal. He had dropped several slips of money, which I picked up. It was a total of 550.
"Ha-ha-ha-ha..." I laughed after recalling my Pokemon, tossing the Ball up in my left hand.
"Thank you, dude. I could've handled him myself, but thanks. I'm Cail; glad to meet you." said the green-attired trainer.
"Hello, Cail. The name is Pat." I shook Cail's hand.
"And I'm Brendan." said Brendan. (DUH.)
"Yeah, hey Brendan. I'm the Gatekeeper, you could say, of Pyrite." Cail noticed my Snag Machine. "Hey, wait a minute... Two people in the past battled me, both having a thing like that on their arm... Named Wes and Michael... AND WES STOLE ONE OF MY POKEMON!"
"It was a Shadow Pokemon, Cail. Created by Cipher."
"Oh, yeah. Well, if you need any help here, just talk to me! Although..." A mischievous grin appeared on his face. "I'm not gonna let you through without a battle!" Cail pulled out two Poke Balls.
"Well... I suppose I would like a challenge." I said, taking out two Balls from my belt.
"Two-on-two?" I asked.
"Nah, four-on-four. Let's go! Machop and Ralts!" Cail lobbed his Poke Balls into the air, and out came a Machop.
"Ma-chop!" it grunted, showing of its muscles.
Beside it appeared a Ralts, a Psychic Element with green hair over its eyes and white head, two red crests coming through the hair, a white, dress-like body, and two arms.
"Ralt!" it squealed.
On my side appeared, from the Balls thrown, Diglett and Croconaw.
"Dig-ig!" grunted Diglett.
"Croconaw!" growled Croconaw. Know what it did next? It ran over to me and clutched my legs.
"This happens every time..." Brendan sweat dropped.
"Oh... how embarrassing..." Cail groaned.
"Croconaw, battle. Now. Otherwise, I'll have to... Uh... TORMENT YOU! And don't cry for the next, like, five battles, or else."
Croconaw, hearing the word torment, hopped away from me and onto the field.
"CROCONAW!" it roared ferociously.
"I'm not falling for that, you know!"
"Croc..." A sweat drop dripped down the Water Element's head.
Battle statistics: This is a four-on-four double battle with no substitutions or time limits.
My Croconaw and Diglett vs. Cail's Ralts and Machop
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Machop, use Bulk Up! Ralts, use Calm Mind!"
Machop drew in a deep breath and bulged its muscles, increasing its Attack and Defense. Ralts got in a meditative position for a moment, increasing its Special Attack and Special Defense.
"Nice, Cail! But not nice enough! Diglett, use Shadow Rush and Croconaw use Aerial Ace!"
Diglett retreated into its hole with a dark aura, and reemerged in front of Ralts and tackled it. Meanwhile, Croconaw jumped into the air and disappeared. When it reappeared, it was slicing Machop with its sharp claws. Machop and Ralts' HP took a large nose-dive into the low greens.
"Excellent!"
"Heh... It takes more than that to beat the Gatekeeper of Pyrite! Ralts, use Confusion! Machop, use Karate Chop!"
With its hidden eyes now glowing a blue color, Ralts unleashed a beam of multicolored rainbow energy towards Diglett, who was hit by the attack. Machop jumped towards Croconaw and tried to hit it with a white-glowing, flat hand, but each time Croconaw dodged.
"Ha! Nice, Croconaw! When you get chance, use Strength!"
Croconaw nodded, and dodged the next barrage.
"Okay, Diglett! Use Shadow Rush!"
Diglett sunk back into his hole, followed by a purple haze. He reemerged, along with a new hole, behind Ralts, and tackled the small Psychic Pokemon. The perfectly executed Shadow attack KO'd Ralts.
"Gah! Return, Ralts!" Cail cried out, and recalled his Pokemon.
"Well, time for my second Pokemon!" Cail held out another Ball, a Great Ball.
"Let's go, Houndour!" He tossed the Great Ball into the air, and a Houndour appeared on the field.
"DOUR!" it roared, and then sprouted some flames into the air.
"Cool!" Brendan exclaimed at the "fireworks" display. At that time, May had arrived on the scene.
"Hey, Brendan..." she gasped, apparently out of breath.
"Hey, May! What happened?" asked the white-haired Trainer.
"Well, I guess those scooter things need batteries, 'cause about three-quarters of the way here it quit on me... I walked the rest... And of course by the time I got here, I had used one of the Vivid Scent colognes because I was... SO DARN SWEATY!"
"Ew..."
Anyway, as the two explained what had been going on in the last hour or so, I continued battling.
My Diglett and Croconaw vs. Cail's Houndour and Machop
BATTLE COMMENCE!
Machop had stopped with all his Karate Chopping, and so Croconaw bashed his head into the Fighting Element to deliver a Strength attack.
"Great, Croconaw!"
"Grr...! Houndour, use Flamethrower!" Cail growled.
Houndour brought back its head, opened its jaws, and released a small spark of fire that soon beamed out as a large blast, onto Diglett. The powerful Fire attack whittled down its HP to the low yellows!
"Better end this quick... And Croconaw has one attack that can get me out of this like that. Croconaw, attack with Surf!"
Croconaw waved its arms about slowly, forming a large body of water behind him. He opened his mouth, and with the mad flicking of his tongue, released an enormous wave onto Machop and Houndour. They both fainted, since one was weak to Water and the other had low HP.
"Aw, man! Return, guys!" Cail cried out, and recalled his two fallen Pokemon.
'Time for my last one...' he thought as he clutched another Poke Ball.
"I choose you... Pidgeotto!"
The red and white sphere was thrown out horizontally, and out came a Pidgeotto, a Normal/Flying-Type with a cream-colored underside, pink feet with white claws, a pink beak, red and yellow tail feathers, a tan-colored back, black markings on its face around its eye, and long, reddish-pink streamer-like head feathers. White claws were on the feet of the somewhat graceful bird.
"Geo!" it chirped.
"Wow... A Pidgeotto!" I gasped.
My Croconaw and Diglett vs. Cail's Pidgeotto
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Pidgeotto! Use Wing Attack!"
The dual-element Bird Pokemon made a fast ascent into the air, and it came down towards Croconaw with its wings outspread and glowing white, which hit Croconaw with extreme force.
"Aw, man!" I exclaimed, and then switched to thought: 'That's one powerful canary he's got!'
"Grr... Croconaw, use Ice Beam! Diglett, use Shadow Rush!"
Diglett disappeared into his hole, and reappeared under Pidgeotto with an evil smirk and a purple aura. He tried to hit the Flying/Normal Element, but was TOO SHORT TO HIT PIDGEOTTO, SINCE IT WAS AIRBORNE!
After that, Croconaw opened its gator-sized and gator-like mouth to form an icy blue sphere. A lump appeared on one side, and it shot out in the zigzag form of a thunderbolt. I was hoping the attack would bring Pidgeotto down, being super effective, but it didn't quite. It brought down only its HP, into the low yellows.
"Well, that's a start." I mumbled.
"Pidgeotto, use Steel Wing!"
Pidgeotto made the same motions as with Wing Attack, only the wings of the flyable creature shone a metallic grayish color, and it hit Diglett.
"And then use Aerial Ace!"
A cloud of dust was kicked up as Pidgeotto flew into thin air. It was only a few seconds later that he reappeared, slashing with his beak at the still recovering Diglett, who fainted from the heavy assault.
"Diglett! Return!" I cried, and recalled my Pokemon.
"That was a great combo, Cail. But this time... My Pokemon will be victorious." My voice deepened slightly.
"DON'T YOU GO ALL WINDY AND EMERALD-EYE COLOR ON US!" Brendan yelled.
"Relax, I did that on purpose. It's time... GASTLY!"
My Gastly appeared on the field from a Poke Ball I had thrown.
"Ga-a-a-astly..." it moaned.
"Knucklehead! That thing won't affect my Pidgeotto!" Cail laughed.
"Ghost attacks won't. But what about Poison?"
My Croconaw and Gastly vs. Cail's Pidgeotto
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Gastly, use Curse!"
Gastly emitted a dark-gray aura, and then the same color enveloped Pidgeotto. While Gastly's HP made a nose-dive to the half-point, Pidgeotto would lose several HP every once in a while.
"No!" Cail exclaimed. "Uh... Pidgeotto, use... Ah... Faint Attack!"
Pidgeotto flew up, and disappeared in a flash of purple light. It was a moment later that he appeared, tackling into Gastly with a super effective attack. The Ghost/Poison Pokemon fainted. But as he dropped down to the ground, a pained squawk erupted from Pidgeotto's beak. It seemed that Curse had taken effect at that moment.
"Grr... Return, Gastly!" I held up his Ball and recalled Gastly.
"Well, Cail, you're pretty good to get me down to my final two. But... IT ENDS HERE! I choose you, Aerodactyl!"
I threw another Poke Ball out, and Aerodactyl appeared with a loud squawk.
"Heh-heh... Flying vs. Flying... A true aerial battle will soon commence!" Cail shouted. (That's the second time someone nearly/did steal my line!)
My Croconaw and Aerodactyl vs. Cail's Pidgeotto
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Pidgeotto, use Wing Attack on Aerodactyl!"
With an aerial ascent, Pidgeotto swooped down towards Aerodactyl with lightly illuminated wings. The Flying attack didn't do much, since Aerodactyl was part Rock.
"WHAT?" cried my opponent.
"Haven't you ever been in Kanto, ya numbskull?" I asked in an annoyed tone. "Aerodactyl is part ROCK! So that means... Use Rock Slide!"
Aerodactyl opened its large jaws and lifted its gray wings, and several rocks flew out of the ground, and towards Pidgeotto. The super effective move weakened Pidgeotto's stamina severely. And then Curse took effect, subtracting the little remaining HP the Normal/Flying Element had. Cail recalled his fallen Pokemon, and uttered:
"Gwoh!"
I chuckled and recalled Croconaw and Aerodactyl. Cail walked over to me and shook my hand.
"You're good, kid. You gotta be to beat Cail, Gatekeeper of Pyrite! Ha-ha-ha!" He also fished into a pocket and pulled out several Pokemon Dollars.
"Here. 1000 Pokemon Dollars." There was one dark gold 500, and the rest was in yellow 100's.
"Uh, Cail, it's a little much."
He pulled me closer with a jerk. "Give about 3 or 400 to that beautiful girl in red over there." he whispered.
"Uh, no. She's taken."
"Man, are you lucky!"
"I mean by Bleachy Boy!"
"Oh... Well, you can take it." The green-clad trainer walked off to somewhere.
"Heh-heh... Well, another victory! Or two!" I cheered.
"Nice going Pat!" May congratulated.
"Yes, yes. Thank you. But now we have a small problem... There's no Center in Pyrite. Only two or three healing machines!"
"Shouldn't they at least have a hotel or something for Pokemon?" Brendan asked.
"No. They used to, but I looked around while battling and didn't see one!"
"So... WE'RE GONNA TAKE ON CIPHER WITHOUT HEALING OUR POKEMON EVERY SO OFTEN!" May yelled.
"Well... I have an idea. We don't have much money, or at least you guys don't..."
"And you do?" Brendan scowled.
"Eh, I have secret funds from certain people..." Lovrina popped into my mind for a minute. "Anyway, they're expensive, but for 1500 apiece we can buy Revives at the Pokemon Mart!"
We walked from our location and to the Mart.
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Seven Revives, two Hyper Potions, and several Full Heals later, we advanced towards the ONBS building. ONBS stood for (I'm not actually sure, and I'm a Pokemon XD expert!) Orre News Broadcasting Station, but of course nothing was going on... To their knowledge. After all, THEY WERE TAKEN OVER BY CIPHER!
Before we could go in though, several weird, purple globs of poisonous material were hurled at us. I looked up at the top of the white ONBS building to see a Muk, a Poison Element with a large purple body that was clearly boneless, as it was just like a pile of sludge with two eyes and arms, and a large mouth containing a light purple tongue.
Several more globs of Poison came our way.
"YUCK!" May screamed as one oval-like sphere hit her in the face and covered her head. "GROSS! IT'S SLUDGE BOMB!"
A muffled voice came. "Yeah, I can see that. BUT NOTHING ELSE!" It was Brendan, who also had a head covered in sludge.
Several grunts came from me, for I was skillfully dodging it all with stiff, robot-like moves.
"Oh, that's it! Cloak time!" I yelled, and whipped out my cloak. May and Brendan crawled behind me and the garment while de-Sludge Bombing their heads.
"Okay, I'm getting frustrated here." Brendan growled. "If we go out, we get sludge-ified, but if we stay like this, Pat will cramp up and we can't save the ONBS people!"
"Hmm... Well, I have an idea..." I said evilly. I placed a Poke Ball on the ground, and Aerodactyl came out.
"Ro-dactyl!" it roared.
"I'll need our smallest Pokemon, which would be your Eevee, May." I added.
She released the Normal Element, and my plan took action!
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I gave my cloak to the other two so they could protect themselves, while I flew up to the roof with Aerodactyl. May's Eevee was on the nose of him, and was using Protect. The golden barrier destroyed the incoming Sludge Bomb, and when it needed to stop, Aerodactyl hovered in the air and used the barrier-forming attack.
It took three minutes, but we finally made it up. With a powerful quartet of Dragonbreath attacks, I defeated the Muk who belonged to a Cipher Grunt, and returned to my comrades.
"Nothing to worry about now." I announced. "Another crisis defused." I blew on my hand and rubbed it on my chest. "Brilliantly, I might add."
"Ah, come on, Pat!" Brendan shouted. He and May were waiting at the now open door.
"Grr... Can't a guy gloat when he deserves it...?" I muttered, and went in, closing the silver door behind me.
However, behind a small mound of dirt was a person with spiky yellow hair, who had watched the events from there.
"...Pat?" he pondered. "...Hmm... Is it possible that it's... him...?"
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In the front of the first floor was a desk, and on it was a Shroomish.
"Oh, man! Megg's Shroomish!" I cried.
"Megg? Are you in a secret relationship, Pat?" May asked.
"NO! It's just, she's the person at this desk. This Shroomish is hers."
"Shroom..." the mushroom-like Pokemon moaned sadly.
"Hey, Shroomish..." I said quietly.
"SHROOM!"
"Hey, hey, quit it!" The Grass Element began to Tackle me. "I'm here to help you!"
He stopped hitting me and resumed his position at the desk.
"Come along with me if you want, and you can help save Megg."
"Shroom? Shroom!" Shroomish replied happily, and jumped onto my shoulder.
"I got a new partner!" I cheered. The others had already advanced into the building further, behind a locked door.
"GRR! OPEN UP!" Brendan growled, banging the door.
"Not till you say please! Ha-ha-ha!" laughed a voice.
Pretty soon, Brendan slid down the door in exhaustion.
"Well, I have an idea..." May smirked. In a cute (-er) voice, she said:
"I you let us in, I could give you a hug."
"YUCK! I'M A GIRL, FOR PETE'S SAKE!"
"AHH! I TAKE IT BACK!"
I sighed at their stupidity.
"I have a better idea. Better than banging, and FLIRTING! The only thing that's getting through that door is a battering ram, or a tank or something."
"Oh, that helps..." Brendan muttered.
"Grr... I have the next best thing..." I brought out a Poke Ball, and released Croconaw.
"Croc!" it growled.
"Okay, Croconaw! Use Double-Edge on that door!"
My Water Pokemon nodded its crocodilian head, and then slammed its body into the silver metal object with extreme force. Amazingly, it busted open on the first hit.
"Excellent! Return!" I shouted, and recalled the door-opener. A female Cipher Grunt stood in the middle of the room, with several cameramen and other people cowering behind her.
"Aha! We've blown your cover, Cipher Grunt! Get outta here!" I yelled at her.
"Grr... LET'S BATTLE!" She tossed out two Great Balls, and out came a Growlithe and a Combusken, a Fire/Fighting Element with a yellow upper body and arms, long white claws on its hands, smaller foot claws, an orange lower body, beak, and eyes, and three head-feathers with yellow inner color and an orange outside.
"Growlithe!"
"Com...BUSKEN!"
And then my Snag Machine's Shadow Detector responded.
"Combusken. Level 21. Fire/Fighting Element. Shadow moves: Shadow Rush and Shadow Mist. SHADOW POKEMON!"
"GRR! HOW CAN THEY TURN A POOR COMBUSKEN INTO A SHADOW POKEMON!" May snarled.
"You're just saying that because you got a Torchic starter..." Brendan mumbled.
"Grr!"
While the two argued, I released Gastly and Lombre.
Battle statistics: This is a two-on-two double battle with no substitutions or time limit.
My Lombre and Gastly vs. Cipher Grunt Naday's (I know that her name wasn't revealed, but get used to it; it'll happen more often.) Growlithe and Combusken
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Growlithe, begin with Leer!"
Growlithe focused its frown onto Lombre and Gastly, and its eyes glowed red for a minute, reducing their Defense.
"It'll take more than that, you foolish feminine flop! Lombre, use Shadow Rush!"
With an evil purple aura, Lombre slammed into Growlithe, causing a super effective hit.
"And now, Gastly, use Shadow Ball!"
(For those who aren't experienced with Pokemon attacks, Shadow Ball and Shadow Punch are not Shadow Moves, just to clarify.)
Forming a black sphere of mysterious energy, Gastly shot out the ball towards Combusken, who took the hit and some minor damage.
"Combusken, use Ember on that Lombre!"
Combusken opened its beak and let out several orange-hot spheres of fire toward Lombre.
"Dodge, Lombre!"
Lombre hopped out of Ember's path.
"And now, Lombre, use Shadow Rush on Growlithe! Gastly, use Sludge Bomb!"
Lombre once again slammed its purple-illuminated body into Growlithe while smirking, and Gastly unleashed several purple globs of poisonous energy. The combined power of the attacks KO'd Growlithe!
"Grr..." growled my opponent as she recalled her Growlithe.
"I still have my Shadow Pokemon!"
My Gastly and Lombre vs. CG Naday's Combusken
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"This time I go first! Combusken, use Shadow Rush!"
Combusken crouched into a fighting position, with its arm bent and his hand in a fist, and jumped towards Gastly with purple-black light trailing behind him. With one quick but powerful punch, Combusken had... knocked out Gastly!
"Oh, man!" Brendan gasped.
"..." I looked at what had just come about. "That is some high Attack power." I recalled Gastly, and hoped Lombre would last.
My Lombre vs. CG Naday's Combusken
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Lombre, use Astonish!"
Lombre simply rammed into Combusken with a sudden jump.
"Ha... Combusken, use Shadow Rush!"
Combusken began to bring back a fist, but suddenly stopped with a look of fear.
"YES! It flinched!" I cheered. "Lombre, use Fury Swipes!"
Using its red claws, Lombre slashed at Combusken several times, delivering a total of four hits, draining Combusken's HP to the high yellows.
"Follow up with Mega Drain!"
Lombre put his hands in front of its body, where a green sphere formed. With a sucking sound, energy of the same color streamed from Combusken and into the strange sphere, healing some small bits of the Water/Grass Element's HP.
"And now, Snag Ball..." I shouted as I clutched a now red-highlighted Great Ball.
"GO!" I threw the sphere towards Combusken, who was touched by it and vacuumed up with red energy. The Ball fell to the floor, shook violently for several seconds, and then ceased.
"Finnissimo! You are finished, mademoiselle!" I taunted. (Did I get any of that French stuff right? I wouldn't really know.)
The Cipher Grunt hopped out of an open window in the room as I recalled Lombre.
"Well... Combusken is MINE! No objections!"
"Objection!" May cried.
"...Overruled." A sweat drop slid down my face.
Some of the people in the room cheered for me and my victory.
"Hey, I got that on tape, too!" cried one.
"I am most impressed!" shouted another.
"Even Michael wasn't that awesome, dude! Like, wow and totally!"
By now, May and Brendan had dragged me out of the room, and into the elevator.
But in the room was the same blond-haired person from outside...
"Maybe that is Pat..." he mumbled, then hopped out of the window...
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The next floor was within our sights and when we got off, a surprise awaited us...
"HA! CAUGHT YOU!" yelled someone, clearly a man.
We looked behind us to see a Cipher member!
"YAH! HOW'D YOU GET BEHIND US!" screamed May.
"I'll take a guess..." I sighed. "He waited for us in the top of the elevator by bracing himself with his legs and arms..."
"Yeah, and it takes some upper body strength for that, too!"
"Well, May can't do it then..." I chuckled, leading to me being slapped by May.
"I'll take on this nutcase." she said, pulling out a Poke Ball.
"I choose you, Eevee!"
With a burst of white light, May's Eevee appeared.
"Vee!" it cried out.
"Hmm... I choose Marshtomp!" shouted the Cipher Grunt.
With a burst of light from a Great Ball appeared a Marshtomp, a Water/Ground Element that stood on its hind legs, had a light blue body with an orange dot on the stomach, a pair of orange spikes on the sides of its face, two dark blue tail fins, orange eyes, and a dark blue head fin,
"Marsh!" it cried out.
And then my Shadow Detector popped up.
"Marshtomp. Level 21. Water/Ground Element. Shadow moves: Shadow Mist, Shadow Rush, and Shadow Down. SHADOW POKEMON!"
"Well... Marshtomp do deserve more power than other Pokemon..." Brendan muttered.
"BRENDAN!" I yelled. "Are you suggesting Shadow Pokemon and Shadow moves are POWERFUL! THEIR EVIL, AND NOT LIKE ME!"
The white-haired trainer hid behind a wall... By making his, uh... "custom-made" exit. One word: SPLAT.
"Ugh..." I groaned.
May's Eevee vs. CG Nocon's (AND again) Marshtomp
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Let's go Eevee! Use Quick Attack!"
With white light trailing behind it, Eevee rammed into Marshtomp at high speed.
"Marshtomp! Shadow Rush!"
Marshtomp, now glowing a purple color and smirking, threw its blue body into Eevee, causing quite some damage.
"Eevee, now use Take Down!"
The little Normal Element hopped into the air three times, and then charged towards Marshtomp. The powerful Take Down hit, which lowered Marshtomp's HP to the low greens and Eevee's to the middle yellows.
"Mweh-heh-heh... Puny Pokemon..." laughed Nocon.
"GRR! DON'T INSULT MY EEVEE!" May growled.
Beside the "battlefield"...
"Hmm... I wonder..." I mumbled to myself.
"Oh, dear..." Brendan moaned sarcastically.
"...I'd better not hear that again, Bleach-Hair, otherwise, your headband's gonna be a HEAD BANDAGE! As I was saying... If May can just make this battle last a bit longer, I can Snag that Marshtomp."
"Why does the battle need to be a drag-on?"
I chuckled, and pulled a Poke Ball from my pocket. The top half had brown-colored sides, and a red, slimmed triangle pointing down also adorned the top.
"A Timer Ball!" Brendan cried out.
"Exactly..." I agreed.
Back to the battle.
"Eevee, use Bite!"
Eevee sprinted towards Marshtomp, and bared its teeth, which were glowing a dark-purple color. With a powerful chomp, Marshtomp's HP was reduced to the mid yellows!
"Oh, yeah, ya twit?" Nocon growled. "Marshtomp, Water Gun!"
Marshtomp opened its mouth to release a powerful blast of water towards Eevee, who jumped out of the path.
"Eevee, go! Use Quick Attack!"
Eevee rammed into its Water/Ground opponent at lightning-speed, having white light trailing behind it.
"Grr...!" Nocon snarled. "THAT'S IT! Marshtomp, Shadow Rush! Continuously!"
With a purple haze around it, Marshtomp began to tackle at Eevee several times, all of them dodged.
"Well, here goes..." I said. "Snag Ball, do your thing!"
From my Snag Machine arm, I tossed a red-illuminated Timer Ball at Marshtomp, who was sucked into the sphere with a burst of red energy. The multi-colored Ball fell to the floor, and wiggled around. After a few of the twitches, it stopped.
"Bingo! Ho-ho-ho-ho!" I cheered.
"Yeah!" Brendan shouted.
"Whew..." May sighed as she recalled her Eevee.
"I STILL HAVE ANOTHER POKEMON! TAKE THIS, MAY!" Nocon yelled as he threw out a Great Ball. A Grovyle appeared.
"Gro-vyle!" it called out.
"USE LEAF BLADE!"
Grovyle darted towards May with its scythe-like arm appendages longer and glowing green.
"WHAT?" Brendan cried out.
"AAAHHH!" May screamed.
Needless to say, Nocon's plans failed, since I jumped into his Grovyle's way and tripped it, followed by some clobbering.
Nocon blinked several times at that, recalled his now KO'd Pokemon, and ran away.
"Thank you, Pat!" May said, pulling me into a hug.
"Heh-heh... You'd better get off before Brendan over there gets mad..."
"Right."
We walked away from the battle scene, only to here several battle-like noises from upstairs. Er, up-elevators, with this building.
We found two most likely age 20 people, one male and one female, in a small fight. One, the man, had a red uniform while the other wore blue. And the fight did NOT include Pokemon.
"Grr... How can that dude go and just pick a fight with some girl, who has no upper body strength to protect herself!" I growled.
"Uh, Pat, those two are from..." Brendan started to say. I was already walking towards the two.
"Give it up, Shelley!" shouted the man.
"Never, Tabitha!"
I came up beside the twosome. The male was in a red sleeveless, hooded shirt with a black shirt underneath and a mountain-like M on the chest, dark gray shoes and pants, gray gloves, and red cuffs on the shoes/pants and gloves. The other female was much more... attractive. (...I didn't write that. The computer took over my mind! Waugh!) She wore a blue, sleeveless, opened jacket over a black bikini top, blue pants with orange, skeletal-designed A's running down the sides, blue shoes, and a blue skullcap with a white skeleton A.
"Excuse me, person with red clothing." I said, tapping "Tabitha" on the shoulder.
"Grr... What!"
Before he could say another word, I had bonked his nose with my fist, causing him to crouch and hold the hopefully broken cartilaginous body part.
"How much nerve does a person have to have to hit a GIRL?" I snarled and picked him up by his collars.
"I didn't need any help, kid. I am the niece of a Cipher Admin... Ah, how I miss Uncle Ardos..." "Shelley" sighed.
"YOU are the... Wait a minute..." I suddenly realized what the A and M were about!
"YOU GUYS ARE TEAM MAGMA AND AQUA COMMANDERS!"
"That's right, hon." Shelley winked at me with a sly smirk, causing me to growl.
"What the heck are YOU guys doing here!" Brendan and May shouted at them.
"It's you two... The idiots who always tried and succeeded in thwarting our plans..." Tabitha growled, who had recovered from his nose injury.
"Yes. ANSWER OUR QUESTION!" Brendan yelled angrily.
"We both have certain business with Cipher... We've come to get Shadow Pokemon, as their called. Now get outta here unless you wanna lose a battle!" Shelley shouted and pulled out two Poke Balls, as did Tabitha.
"WHAT! Me lose a Pokemon battle? In your dreams." I pulled out a Great Ball and an Ultra Ball.
"Since you must save the best for last, I guess you'd better go and get your butt handed to ya, Tabitha." Shelley said, and pushed the Magma Cmdr. to face me.
"Go, Mightyena and Quilava!"
On Tabitha's side of the field appeared a Mightyena, a Dark Element with a canine Pokemon with a long, black tail and a shaggy black coat, black furred legs with a gray underside, piercing red and orange eyes and black markings on the face, along with white claws. And beside it, a Quilava, a Fire-Type, burst out from on of the thrown spheres. It was long, with a blue-colored back and yellow-colored underside and legs, red irises, and yellow and red flames sprouting from the tip of its head and from above its legs, AKA the end of its back.
'Hmm... I've spotted the other Johto starter, Stage One!' I thought. But who has time for thinking when your Shadow Detector responds? Not me. It's ALWAYS me. Me, me, me.
"Mightyena. Level 22. Dark Element. Shadow moves: Shadow Rush, Shadow Wave, Shadow Panic, and Shadow Down. SHADOW POKEMON!"
"Sheesh! That thing is fully-loaded with Shadow artillery!" I shouted, then released Lombre and Combusken.
Battle statistics: This is a two-on-two double battle with no substitutions or time limits, yadda-yadda-yadda, same-old, same-old.
My Lombre and Combusken vs. Team Magma Cmdr. Tabitha's Mightyena and Quilava
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Let's go, Quilava! Flame Wheel!" Tabitha ordered.
Quilava charged toward Lombre, and soon rolled up into a ball surrounded by fire.
"Lombre, use Water Gun!"
Lombre opened its red mouth and unleashed a small blast of water at the oncoming Quilava, who took no damage when hit. But Water Gun did stop the Fire Pokemon.
"And Combusken, use Sky Uppercut!"
With its fist glowing a blue color, Combusken leapt towards Quilava and delivered a powerful blow to it.
"No fair... That's my Blaziken's signature move..." May wept.
"Wow! I've never seen two Stage One Fire Element starters going at it!" Brendan shouted.
"Grr... I will not be beaten by some kid! Mightyena, use, uh... Shadow Rush!"
Veiled by a purple aura, Mightyena charged towards Lombre in a tackling position. The Shadow attack succeeded, but hardly scratched Lombre, being resistant.
"HA! You too aren't the only idiots that have Shadow Pokemon! Those two do as well!" I pointed to May and Brendan, who growled at me. (Hint: I-DI-OT.)
"And then I, a genius, has some. Now, Combusken! Double Kick that Quilava!"
Combusken jumped over to Quilava and stood up on its left foot, and delivered two kicks to its one-Type opponent, which KO'd it.
"GRR!" Tabitha growled as he recalled his Quilava.
"I still have my Shadow Pokemon!"
"Not for long..." I said softly, and looked at my Snag Machine. I snaked my left arm behind my back (The un-Snag Machine arm) and grabbed a Great Ball, but kept my hand back there.
My Lombre and Combusken vs. TM Cmdr. Tabitha's Mightyena
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Combusken, use Shadow Rush! You too, Lombre!"
With purple auras and evil smirks, my two dual-Type Pokemon rammed their bodies into Mightyena, taking its HP down to the mid yellows.
"Since those two are both Shadows... MIGHTYENA, SHADOW BALL!" Tabitha yelled.
Between Mightyena's jaws, a crackling sphere of black and ghostly energy formed and began charging. Once it became large enough, the canine Dark Pokemon launched the Shadow Ball towards Combusken.
"Ha. Combusken, use Protect." I said.
With its arms in an X position, a golden shield appeared in front of the Fire/Fighting dual, and reflected the Ghost attack.
"And now, Lombre! Use Shadow Rush once more!"
Lombre executed another shadowy tackle, which put Mightyena in the Snag zone.
"Well, Tabitha... This battle is over." I said as I silently transformed the Great Ball into a Snag Ball, AKA gave it a red aura in my Snag Machine hand.
"What? You haven't lost yet!"
"But you will... Now. Go, Snag Ball!" I tossed out the Great Ball, onto Mightyena, who was sucked up in a red burst of energy. The Ball fell to the ground and twitched. While it tried to reopen...
"YOU THIEF! What kind of person steals another's Pokemon? Besides maybe me!"
"A person who doesn't like Pokemon to be tortured as Shadow Pokemon." For some reason, a thought blared in my head: 'Yeah, right.' But I pushed that aside, since Mightyena had just been captured. May walked up to grab it after the Magma Cmdr. ran out, over to the elevator.
"I'LL BE BACK!" he yelled. 'Man, I'm sorry Uncle Eldes... I failed you... And you too, Maxie.' he thought angrily, knowing the punishment his boss would give him.
I recalled only Combusken, for Shelley came towards me.
"How impressive..." she scoffed. "You won't do that to me, so let's get this battle on!"
She tossed out two Poke Balls, along with a cry of:
"Let's go, Spheal and Sharpedo!"
From the white eruptions materialized a Spheal, and beside it a Sharpedo, a Water/Dark-Type with a shark-shaped body with a dark blue top with a four-pointed star on the head and a white bottom, red eyes with black, gill-shaped designs beside them, two dark blue side fins, a same-colored top fin with cuts in the back, and a bottom fin with a cut near the bottom of the stomach. Inside the mouth were several sharp teeth, and the end of the shark Pokemon had a yellow star pattern.
"Spheal!" called out Spheal.
"Shar-pedo!" growled Sharpedo.
And then my Shadow Detector responded.
"Sharpedo. Level 22. Water/Dark Element. Shadow moves: Shadow Rush, Shadow Blitz, and Shadow Down. SHADOW POKEMON!"
"Well, THAT is one good Shadow. Almost completely offensive." I said.
"Oh, hush." Shelley said.
"Grr! I'll show you, woman! Let's go, Pikachu!" I yelled and released Pikachu from his Ball.
"Pi-ka-chu!" he cried out.
Battle statistics: This is a two-on-two double battle with no substitutions or time limit.
My Lombre and Pikachu vs. Team Aqua Cmdr. Shelley's Spheal and Sharpedo
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Pikachu, start us off with a jolt! Attack Spheal with Thunderbolt!"
With red cheek packs now sparkling with electricity, Pikachu unleashed a somewhat wide lightning bolt towards Spheal, who took the hit and nearly fainted!
"Okay! And now, Lombre, Shadow Rush that Sharpedo!"
Lombre jumped towards Sharpedo after becoming thickly outlined by a purple-black haze, and its mouth twisted into an evil smile. The dual Grass/ Water Element rammed into Sharpedo, but caused only slight damage.
"You may have gotten a good start, kid, but I'll defeat you! Sharpedo, use Shadow Rush and Spheal, attack with Ice Beam!"
Sharpedo also came to have a purple aura, and as much as a smirk a shark could have, and tackled into Pikachu, with only minor damage the after affect. Sharpedo returned to its portion of the "field" to await its next command.
Meanwhile, Spheal had opened its mouth and unleashed an icy blue beam towards Pikachu.
"Pikachu, use Protect!"
The Electric Mouse put its arms up and formed a golden barrier which deflected the Ice Beam. It was deformed when Spheal's Ice Beam ceased.
"Ha-ha-ha! And now, Pikachu, hit Spheal with a blast of Thunder!"
With red cheek pouches once again sparking with electricity, Pikachu now sent out a huge beam of lightning towards Spheal, who fainted upon contact from the super effective and powerful Electric attack.
"All right! One down, one to go!" I said, directing my gaze towards Sharpedo.
"Grr...! I'll still beat you!" Shelley growled as she recalled her Spheal to its Ball.
"Whatever!" I scoffed.
My Pikachu and Lombre vs. Team Aqua Cmdr. Shelley's Sharpedo
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Sharpedo, go! Slash!"
Sharpedo's fangs started glowing a white color, and with a few swift lurches toward Pikachu, swiped his sharp teeth at the Electric Element, causing a critical hit to Pikachu.
"Oh, yeah? Lombre and Pikachu, DOUBLE SHADOW RUSH!"
The two foresaid Pokemon came to have a purple, hazy mass of energy behind and around them as well as evil smirks on their lips. They ran and then jumped toward Sharpedo and hit their mark, lowering the Water/ Dark Element's HP more.
"Follow up with Slam, Pikachu!"
Pikachu jumped into the air even further, and came down to whap Sharpedo with its tail. But when Pikachu came down, he flinched slightly, and I noticed a scratch on his tail.
"Rough Skin! I forgot!"
"Does it matter?" smirked Shelley.
"No. For now this battle ends! Go, Snag Ball!"
I grabbed an Ultra Ball from my pocket with my Snag hand, gave it a red aura (Or rather, the Snag Machine did), and threw it towards Sharpedo. The shark-like Pokemon was hit by the sphere, and was drawn in by red energy. The Ball fell down to the floor and wiggled around several times... After about half a minute, it stopped. Shelley had been beaten, and Sharpedo had been claimed.
"Yes! Ha-ha-ha-ha!" I laughed. Afterwards, I recalled my Pokemon and saw Shelley run off and into the elevator.
"I'll get you for this!" she growled. The elevator sank down, out of sight.
I grabbed Sharpedo's new home, and Brendan exclaimed: "It's mine!"
"Forget it Sugar Head. He's mine."
"Are you crazy! You get all the good ones!"
"I'll keep it, and we'll decide later."
"Humph! Just like with Growlithe and Grovyle!"
"Brendan...!" I growled.
"...Sorry, Pat."
A sigh escaped my lips before we all headed up the final elevator...
0o0o0o0o0o0o0
We emerged outside, on the roof of the building. It was then that we spotted a male Cipher member.
"Ah-ha-ha! So you finally got to me, the one who imprisoned Megg! Ah-ha-ha!"
Suddenly, Shroomish, who was beside my feet, emitted a growl and used a Headbutt, ramming into the Cipher member.
"OW!" he cried out when Shroomish connected.
"Nice... Um... Now use Stun Spore!" I ordered.
Shroomish nodded, and a cloud of yellow particles erupted from the top of its head. They paralyzed the Cipher member.
"Hmm... Might as well confiscate his Pokemon. See if he has a Shadow."
Brendan knelt down beside the paralyzed person and searched his belt. He came up with just one, and released it.
With a burst of white light appeared a Golbat, a Poison/ Flying Element with a blue, elliptically shaped body/ head and triangular ears and a large, gaping mouth having two fangs on the top and bottom, tiny t-shaped legs, and blue arms with stretches of purple skin to make up the wings.
"Golbat!" it growled.
My visor popped up again, signifying Golbat's Shadow-ness.
"Golbat. Level 24. Poison/Flying Element. Shadow moves: Shadow Wave and Shadow Hold. SHADOW POKEMON!"
"Puh! That thing's barely useless, with not one good Shadow attack! You can take it Brendan!" I shouted.
Shroomish unleashed another blast of spores, this time green ones for Sleep Powder, and I tossed an Ultra Ball at it after making it a Snag Ball. The sphere twitched a few times, and stopped.
"Told you it's weak." I muttered.
"Would you knock it off? Let's go Brendan." May said.
She and Brendan walked to the next and last door. I followed after kicking the paralyzed Cipher member in the leg. Slightly.
And then we came inside. It was then we came upon Megg and several other important people of ONBS. Megg wore a gray-blue dress and knee-length gray-blue boots. Her hair was black, and ties in braids, going down her back.
"Wh-Who are you people!" she cried.
"Hey, relax girl. We're here to save ya." I said. "See? I brought your Shroomish!"
"Shroom!" cried out Shroomish happily. It jumped into Megg's arms.
"Oh, Shroomish! I was so worried!"
"Oh, is there nothing more beautiful than the reuniting of a Pokemon and its Trainer?" May sighed.
"Yes, there are." I replied.
Suddenly, a strangely-shaped shadow fell upon the floor.
"Ah-ha-ha-ha-ha! Prepare to feel my wrath!"
Brendan, May, I, and everyone else in the room looked over at a woman, maybe mid-, or late-twenties, with brown hair in two short braids going down her shoulders with hazel-colored eyes wearing a white dress with large, pink sleeves, blue trim on the bottom, a pink, see-through veil covering her mouth, a same-color cape that was connected to a large, brownish-yellow crescent-moon behind her head that was held in place by a brown-yellow vertical thing on the back of her head. (...Someone tell me how that moon-thing stays in place.)
"Aha... Cipher Admin Venus, third-fought Cipher Admin in Cipher's first age, and now the second in the 2nd age. How obvious." I said.
"Ooh! You shut your yap, boy! I am Venus, and will punish you all for interfering with my plans here!" Venus growled.
"What plans?"
"Well, for starters, I'm here to destroy all of ONBS' equipment! Furthermore, I'm gonna capture some of the top ONBS members and keep them as hostages!"
"What for?"
"So I can get the ransom money and fund more of Cipher's plans! Huh...? AAH! I SHOULDN'T HAVE SAID THAT!" Venus covered her mouth.
"Heh-heh-heh... You foolish female... PREPARE TO MEET YOUR DEMISE!"
Venus and I both grabbed two Balls each, and released the Pokemon inside.
"Let's go, Combusken and Lombre!" I shouted, tossing an Ultra and Great Ball out.
The above Pokemon materialized from bursts of bluish- and yellowish-white light.
"Busk-en!" shouted Combusken.
"Lom-bre-lom!" cried Lombre.
"Oh, yeah, tough guy? Go Delcatty and Vileplume!"
Venus threw two Great Balls out, and what appeared were a Delcatty, a Normal Pokemon with a feline, cream-colored body with a long tail that had a purple tuft of fur on the tip, a purple mane around the neck, and purple ears and fur on the top of its head, with black inner-ears, and a Vileplume, a Grass/Poison mix with an indigo-colored body with small arms and legs, and four large, white-spotted, red petals on its head.
"Vile!" Vileplume growled.
Delcatty let out a mew.
Battle statistics: This is a six-on-six double battle with no time limit or substitutions.
My Combusken and Lombre vs. CA Venus' Delcatty and Vileplume
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"I shall begin. Ladies first you know!" Venus giggled.
I looked around the room. "But there aren't any ladies in here."
A growl came from May, Venus, and Megg.
"Ha-ha! Kidding, guys. Er, girls. Anyway, I'LL start off. Lombre, use Shadow Rush! You too, Combusken!"
Lombre and Combusken began dashing towards Vileplume and Delcatty as purple hazes began to appear behind them, and evil smirks grew on their face. They rammed into the enemy Pokemon, delivering a super effective hit.
"No! My precious Delcatty!" Venus cried. "Grr... Use Giga Drain Vileplume!"
A big green energy ball formed in front of Vileplume, and a smaller one appeared in front of Lombre. Some streams of green energy erupted from Lombre's sphere, making him fall back. It went into Vileplume's ball, healing the user somewhat.
"Ah-ha-ha-ha! Now, Delcatty, use Doubleslap!"
Delcatty jumped over to Lombre, turned around, and slapped its face with its purple-tipped tail several times.
"Lombre, now! Water Gun!"
Opening its red mouth quickly, Lombre beamed out a blast of blue liquid before he got smacked again, which became critical to the close-range Feline Pokemon. It returned to Venus' side, or rather was blasted over there!
"Heh-heh-heh!" I smirked. "And now, Combusken, use your Flamethrower!"
The Fire/Fighting Pokemon opened its beak, where a flash of fire was seen. A small red-and-yellow ball formed, and it became a large blast of flames headed towards Vileplume. The super-powerful move took out the first of Venus' Pokemon.
"My Vileplume!" she squeaked. Venus brought out Vileplume's Poke Ball and recalled it.
"Next up to perform is: Luvdisc!"
From a thrown Great Ball appeared a Luvdisc, a Water-Type with a pink, heart-shaped body and white lips.
"Luv-disc!" it squealed.
My Lombre and Combusken vs. CA Venus' Luvdisc and Delcatty
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Use Surf, Luvdisc! And Delcatty, prepare a Thunderbolt!"
While Delcatty began sparking with yellow electricity, Luvdisc somehow formed water, and it became a large wave, hurtling towards Lombre and Combusken. Luvdisc jumped atop the moving wave, and it came crashing down on my Pokemon. Combusken was dramatically hut while Lombre was barely injured.
"NOW DELCATTY!"
And then, once Luvdisc was out of striking range, Delcatty unleashed a yellow mass of electricity at Lombre, which became super effective due to all the water on its slimy body. The zapped Pokemon fainted.
"Aw, man!" I groaned, recalling the Water/Grass. "Nice, Lombre, you tried... But now, I choose CROCONAW!"
I tossed a Poke Ball, and from it came Croconaw. It didn't cry this time, due to its earlier "promise".
"Croc-o-naw!" it growled.
My Croconaw and Combusken vs. CA Venus' Luvdisc and Delcatty
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Hurry Croconaw! Use your Water Gun!"
Croconaw opened up its large jaws, and from them shot a blast of blue water at Delcatty. The Normal Element tried to dodge, but wasn't swift enough.
"Keep it up! And now, Combusken, use Flamethrower on..." I pointed forwards. "BOTH OF 'EM!"
Combusken nodded its head, inhaled, and beamed out another fiery beam, this time going circularly, from Luvdisc, and swinging across to double-team Delcatty. Delcatty obviously fainted from the two powerful hits.
"Ha! Two down, four to go!" I cackled, and switched to thinking. 'And only maybe three to go until I can get your Shadow Pokemon!'
"Ooh! You make me mad, little boy!" Venus growled as she recalled her Pokemon. She tossed out another Ball, an Ultra Ball.
From the yellow and black sphere came 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.
"Chime!" it echoed. (...I have got to stop the puns.)
My Croconaw and Combusken vs. CA Venus' Chimecho and Luvdisc
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Let's go, Chimecho! Use Psychic on Combusken!"
Chimecho closed its tiny little eyes, and then opened them, making a wave of rainbow psychic energy burst forth from out of nowhere, which sped toward Combusken.
"Use Protect, Combusken!"
Putting its arms up, the Fighting/Fire Element formed a golden shield, deflecting an eliminating the Psychic attack.
"And now, Croconaw! Finish off that repulsive fish! Use your Slash!"
Croconaw's claws began glowing a white color, and it jumped over towards Luvdisc and swiped at it twice, with white energy trails following its claws.
"Well, that was quick..." Venus moaned as she held out her Water Pokemon's Ball and recalled it.
"Now time for this one: Ninetales!"
From another Great Ball erupted a Ninetales, a Fire Element with a canine appearance; a cream-colored body with a dog-like snout and ruby-colored eyes, perked-up and alert ears, a large tuft of cream-colored hair between its ears, and large, glorious nine tails tipped brown.
"Nine-tales!" it barked out.
"Wow... That's one pretty Pokemon!" May gasped in awe.
"Yeah, if you're a girl..." Brendan whispered to himself.
"GRR!"
"Hee-hee-hee!" giggled Brendan.
My Combusken and Croconaw vs. CA Venus' Ninetales and Chimecho
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Combusken, use Bulk Up!" I commanded.
Combusken drew in a long breath and assumed a karate position, increasing his Attack and Defense stats.
"And Croconaw, go! Use Water Gun on Chimecho!"
Opening its large blue and yellow jaws, Croconaw unleashed a beam of blue liquid onto Chimecho, and stopped after a few moments.
"Grr... Chimecho use Calm Mind!"
Chimecho sung to itself a soft melody and swayed back and forth, which upped its Special Attack and Special Defense.
"And now Ninetales, use OVERHEAT!"
Ninetales opened up its smooth jaws, and a ball of white-hot fire with an orange outline appeared. It then beamed out as a blast of white and orange fire, onto Combusken. The ultra-strong Fire attack wasn't very effective, but still KO'd Combusken.
"Hmph... Return." I said, recalling the fainted Pokemon.
"That was a nice moves Venus, but now prepare to taste the wrath of Aerodactyl!"
I threw out a Poke Ball, and Aerodactyl popped out.
"ROOOOOOOO!" he roared.
My Croconaw and Aerodactyl vs. CA Venus' Chimecho and Ninetales
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Aerodactyl, use Wing Attack on Ninetales!"
With gray wings glowing white, Aerodactyl flew over to Ninetales and slammed its wings into it.
"Ooh! Use Quick Attack Ninetales!" Venus yelled.
Ninetales crouched down onto its legs, and then pounced into the air speedily with white light trailing its tails. Then the majestic Pokemon rammed into Aerodactyl, which of course wasn't very effective.
"Let's see some aerial stunts, Aerodactyl! Use Iron Tail!"
With its tail glowing a metallic white color, the Rock/Flying Elemental flipped over in the air and came down with its tail to hit Ninetales hard with the Steel attack, whittling down more of Ninetales' HP.
"OK, now's my chance... Croconaw use Water Gun on Ninetales and Aerodactyl, attack Chimecho with your Bite!"
Croconaw opened its mouth and unleashed a powerful blast of water onto Ninetales once Aerodactyl got out of the way, and then Aerodactyl flew over to Chimecho with open jaws and dark-glowing teeth, and chomped down.
The two attacks stopped after a few seconds of contact, which, since both were super effective, resulted in a double knockout!
"Way to go, guys!" I cheered.
"Croc!" Croconaw said.
"ROOOOOOO!" Aerodactyl roared.
Meanwhile, my feminine opponent let out a low growl as she recalled her Pokemon.
"THAT IS SO MEAN OF YOU!" she cried out.
"Huh? What are you blabbering about, you foolish female flop?" I asked.
"HOW CAN YOU GO FULL FORCE AGAINST A LADY LIKE MYSELF! WHERE'RE YOUR MANNERS, PAT!"
"Grr... You sound... Just like her..." I said with a clenched fist, and then said in a very quiet whisper:
"Just like Lovrina did..."
...FLASHBACK...
(Now those of you will get a glimpse at what happened at the Cipher Lab... er, some of it)
Lovrina had brought me to a chamber with two identical machines, with black wires connecting them to a little blinking machine. They were a small cylinder to stand on and an upside-down dish-shaped thing with a large amount of space and a flashing light between the two machines.
"Time for some battle practice, Pat! You so need it." Lovrina said to me. She walked over to the small blinking thing and slipped in a silver disk.
"This will be a simulated battle. You against me. I'll have a Clefable and Wigglytufff, and you a Snorlax."
"Fine, Lovrina..." I muttered. I was wearing the pair of gloves she had given me earlier, and stepped into the first machine, while Lovrina went in the other.
"Helmets, please." Lovrina said as she snapped her fingers. Two black helmets came down, were placed on our heads, and some Pokemon appeared, as holograms.
0o0o0o0o0o0
I had beaten her, the pink-haired idiot, by a mile with a combination of Brick Break, Body Slam, and Hyper Beam.
"HOW CAN YOU BE SO HARSH PAT!" Lovrina whined as she approached me, with a mad yet sorrowful look. "I'M A GIRL, AND YOU SO COULD HAVE USED YOUR MANNERS BY PLAYING NICE!"
...END OF FLASHBACK...
"I do not care about being NICE, you stupid dumbbell. You here! I DON'T CARE!" My eyes began to flash green with anger and rage.
"Oh no... Here we go again..." Brendan moaned.
My, and my Pokemon's, eyes turned completely green, with emerald vapors emitting from my body.
"Now choose you last Pokemon, you idiot!" I growled.
"Uh..." Venus said in shock. "F-fine. I choose you, Milotic!"
"Milotic?"
From Venus' last Ultra Ball erupted the sleek form of Milotic, a Water Element with a long, snakelike body colored a light peach or pale tan with a spiked head, deep brown eyes, red-colored hair above its eyes flowing down about half its length with two strands of hair going up in a thin curl, a blue and red-patterned tail with five blue, sharp-ended oval-shaped, and long scales overlapping one another, with red ovals in the center of each.
And that's when my visor went up.
"Milotic. Level 25. Water Element. Shadow moves: Shadow Storm and Shadow Down. SHADOW POKEMON!"
"Ah, the perfect Shadow Pokemon... Good level, good moves." I said to myself.
My Croconaw and Aerodactyl vs. CA Venus' Milotic
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Croconaw, begin with Dig."
Croconaw jumped into the air and came down, burrowing into the floor.
"And Aerodactyl, use your Wing Attack."
With its wings glowing white, Aerodactyl flapped speedily over to Milotic and struck it with its wings.
"Counter it with Hydro Pump!" Venus yelled.
"Ah! Get away from Milotic!" I cried.
Aerodactyl tried to fly away from the formidable Water Pokemon, but wasn't fast enough. Milotic formed a blue ball in front of its mouth, and two blasts of water, twisting around each other, shot out at Aerodactyl and hit full-force, knocking it out with a super effective attack.
"Hmph... Return to your Ball, Aerodactyl." I muttered and recalled him.
"And now, prepare for Pika power! With... PIKACHU!" I tossed out a Poke Ball, which my Pikachu came out of.
"Pi-ka-chu!" he called out.
"Gesundheit." Brendan said with a silly grin.
"Brendan!" May said, whacking him in the head.
"What!"
"This is no time for your wisecracks!"
My Pikachu and Croconaw vs. CA Venus' Milotic
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Pikachu, use your Thundershock!"
Pikachu's red cheeks began sparking with yellow electricity, and he let out a small strand of the same electricity onto Milotic.
"Use Water Gun on that!" Venus smirked.
Milotic once again opened its mouth and shot a watery beam at one of its foes. The Thundershock and it met, both suddenly negated.
"Hmm... What a nice counter move... For a woman." I sneered.
"Thanks! Huh...? Wait a... GRR!"
"Heh-heh-heh-heh..."
Venus ranted on about manners again which began to bore me out of my skull, and during that yammering I tapped the floor with my foot.
A low rumbling was heard, and Croconaw jumped out of a newly formed hole in front of Milotic, and tackled it.
"That's what you get for being ridiculously talkative." I smirked.
"My dear Milotic!" Venus cried out.
"And now, Croconaw, finish off that sea serpent with your Seismic Toss!"
Croconaw then grabbed the still stunned Milotic and hurtled both of them into the air, and came crashing down to the floor speedily. The impact made Milotic's HP drop down to the low yellows.
"And now... GO SNAG BALL!" I yelled, and threw an illuminated Ultra Ball. It tapped Milotic on the head, who then became red energy, and swirled into the spherical container. The Ball dropped to the floor and rattled around a few times. Finally, it stopped.
"This battle is now... over... U... Ugh..." I moaned. My eyes and sinister voice returned to normal, as did my Pokemon's. I recalled them and picked up Milotic's new home.
"Milotic is MINE. All those who question that will be vaporized." I said to May and Brendan.
"W... What? I l-lost! ...WAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" Venus bawled, with "tear fountains" streaming out of her eyes.
"Oh, for Pat's sake..." I sighed.
"PETE'S!" Brendan corrected. He and May walked over to me.
"No, not when I'm talking."
They both sweat dropped.
Venus had pushed past us all, and out of the room and the whole building.
"Well, another Admin down, who knows how many more to go." I said.
And then, a member of the crowd in the room walked up to me. He wore clothes clearly of a rich person's, which were a red shirt with gray pants and shoes, with white collars on the shirt. He also had somewhat blond hair.
"Hello. I am Nett, the founder of ONBS. Pleased to make your acquaintance, Pat."
"Uh, hello Nett." I shook Nett's hand.
"You Snagged that Shadow Pokemon like you were Michael. You're really good at that, and I have something I found that'll... Help you out."
Nett walked over to his mahogany desk and pulled out a green flute, and gave it to me.
"WHAT THE...! A Time Flute?" I cried in awe, looking at the slender stick.
"Yes. That is correct. I once knew the first Snagger, Wes, who gave three important people his three Time Flutes, the only existing ones. He never used them... And I was just a kid when I got the important thing. Anyway... Do you know what it does, Pat?" Nett asked.
I said nothing, but nodded. Finally, I replied:
"When used before the Relic Stone in Agate Village, the legendary Celebi will appeared and make a Shadow Pokemon remember its times as a non-Shadow, and will instantly purify it..."
"Yes... How did you..."
"That doesn't matter. Thank you so much, Nett. I know the perfect Pokemon to use it on, and it's..."
I was cut off by my PDA going off.
"Huh? An email." I looked at it, hoping it wasn't from Lovrina.
"It's from Michael!"
Pat,
I got a strange note when I went to the Outskirt Stand recently from some strangely-clothed trainer. He told me to tell you to come to the Outskirt Stand and battle with him.
Sincerely, Michael
"...Hmm... Could this be a trap?" I pondered. 'Is this person a Cipher member...? Or what...' I thought.
"Let's go Pat!" May shouted. She and Brendan were going out the door.
"Coming! Here, Nett." I gave him 1500 Pokemon Dollars.
"That'll cover the floor damage." With a wink and a point to the spots Croconaw emerged from his Dig attack, I left the room and town with my companions, and headed east on our scooters.
PM: Don't kill me because it's been over a month, but I supplied a good chapter, right? And the next one will come sooner, and be shorter. I promise you all.
...Oh, boy. THIS IS THE LONGEST CHAPTER IN PATINATOR HISTORY, COMING IN AT 191 KILOBYTES OVER THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 189.