Chapter 13: Can't Fight the Thunder!

Cam, his father, and his Uncle Dennis left Sapphire City later that day. Storm's Peak was near Topaz Town, where Cam would get his next badge.

However, there was now more than one reason for Cam to win his badges now. He was now going to have to put in 100 in, just so he could beat the next gym leader, so he could awaken the next legendary from it's sleep in the Topaz Egg.

Talking to Kyogre in his mind, Cam asked about the other legends.

Groudon had heaps of stuff about him. He had a bit of a love life with Palkia, who enjoyed the attention a lot. I guess that in the end the two were going to mate, but what the kids would look like would be a bit of a mystery.

Rayquaza was a bit, well, of a hero, and was always the one who broke up our fights. I didn't mind him taking care of the domain of the sky, as long as everyone got their fair share of rain, but Groudon didn't like him so much. He went to the point of calling Ray "Air Head" behind his back. How he managed to date Palkia at that rate is beyond me.

Palkia was a ruling queen of space, but for the life of us, it took centuries just to find out if she was male or female. Groudon somehow got her to tell him, and the two started going out, although there aren't many places that a couple of ultimate beings of incredible size could go out, let alone sleep without someone knowing where they were. Even though Palkia is bigger in real life, they both are just about the size in the Legendary Plane, which is some sort of world that the Legendaries live in. It's rather big, and nice for privacy, although average Pokemon live there too, because a Legendary there can change it to fit his or her liking.

Dialga is one great guy. He looks a bit strange, even for a legend, but he was amazing. Although he was a dragon type, it was easy to see that he looked more like a four-legged …thingy… than anything else. He had his own fan club of Pokemon all around both Gaowan and the Legendary Plane. Coolheaded in the most desperate situation, he made sure that as many of the Pokemon, both average and Legendary, survived the carnage. It worked, and Dialga still remains a hero of Gaowan, even though few humans have heralded him here.

That's all I can remember for now, at any rate. For now, I'm having a rest. But just before I go, I should tell you something: The next time you fall asleep, I'll take you to the Legendary Plane. No, I'm not kidding, I need to make sure you can do this thing for certain. That's it. Goodbye.

And Kyogre's voice stopped.

Cam yawned and stretched. And then he saw it.

Topaz Town, the land of Storm's Peak. This would be just plain awesome.

The very moment he could, Cam rushed to the Topaz Gym. There he would be able to beat the Gym Leader, Sparky, an Electric Type Trainer.

He entered the gym, and asked for a battle. A young boy came running.

"Hi," Cam said. "I'm looking for Sparky, the Topaz Gym Leader? Have you seen him?"

"That's me! Sparky, Gym Leader at your service."

Cam huffed. "Yeah, right kid."

"Oh really? Then I challenge you to a battle! If I win, I get some of your money, and you have to apologize!"

"And if I win, you give me an Energy Badge!"

"Fine! It'll be a 3 on 3 single battle with no time limit! Let's go!"

Cam started with Flarkit, while Sparky sent out a Shinx.

The battle was long and harsh. Flarkit may have done rather well in the Emerald gym, and this gym would be no exception, but after a while, the strain was beginning to get to it. It charged up Inflame after Inflame, fired Ember after Ember, before finally doing a direct hit to the Shinx. The Shinx fainted, and Flarkit was returned for a nice long rest.

However, Tridel was having even more problems than Flarkit. It wasn't cut out for the fast paced battles that Sparky provided. Before long, a fast paced battle with Sparky's Electrike took Tidel down. The score was now one all, with Sparky with an edge.

Next, Cam released Petalwoof, who's Razor Leaf attack hit the Electrike hard once it started actually hitting it. Whenever Electrike used Double Team, Petalwoof used Sweet Scent, which also made Electrike slightly sluggish, allowing Petalwoof to do more easily, head-on attacks.

After that battle, Sparky had only one Pokemon left. Cam had the edge, or so he thought.

Sparky pulled out a lone Pokeball. "It's up to you now, Skyhawk!"

A Skyhawk? How was that dangerous? And how was that an electric type? It was a normal/flying, for goodness sake!

But it seemed that the Skyhawk had other plans, other than to use merely electric attacks.

"Petalwoof! Razor Leaf attack!" "Skyhawk! Dodge and use Focus Energy!"

Petalwoof fired the Razor Leaf, which Skyhawk dodged with ease. Then, it continued on with Focus Energy, and prepared to strike.

"Skyhawk! Prepare to use Thunderbolt!"

"Thunderbolt!? Petalwoof! Get out of there!"

The Thunderbolt hit head on, paralyzing Petalwoof, allowing Skyhawk with a chance to fire a direct attack.

"Petalwoof!"

"Now, Skyhawk, hit it with your ultimate combo! Prepare to use Peck…"

Skyhawk's beak glowed.

"Wing Attack…"

Skyhawk's wings also began to glow.

"Sky Talon…"

Finally, Skyhawk's talons began to glow as well.

"And combine them all with Giga Impact, and strike at Petalwoof!"

Skyhawk came down as a great big glowing thing that struck Petalwoof head on. As Skyhawk was going so fast, there was no chance of escape.

The attack was so deadly that it caused Petalwoof to faint. It fell to the ground, tired out.

"Great work, Skyhawk! Only one weak little Flarkit to go!"

"Wait." Cam said. "I surrender. I can't win. Here's your money, and I'm sorry I called you too young to be a gym leader."

"That's good to hear. I'll be expecting a rematch soon!"

"Glad to hear it!"

The two trainers grinned at each other, and parted ways.

TO BE CONTINUED…

New Pokemon!

Name: Skyhawk

Type: Normal/Flying

Resembles: A small hawk

Coloring: Light Blue and White

Ability: Clear Sky

Attacks: Peck, Focus Energy, Wing Attack, Quick Attack

Evolution: Evolves to Stormhawk at level 28

Pokedex: Skyhawk is extremely active. It moves at an fast speed, mostly when flying. When it approaches evolution, it glides faster and also becomes much stronger.

New Ability!

Clear Sky: If there is no special weather in play (ie: rain, hail, sandstorm, etc.), this Pokemon is stronger than normal.

New Move!

Sky Talon: A fast-paced, technique, which tears at the opponent with claws and/or talons.