Chapter 4: A Rowdy Rival Robot Rough Up!

After having to help with a girl and her Furfrou and deal with Team Rocket again, we finally arrived in Lumios City. Serena was admiring the fashion whilst Ash, Clemont, Bonnie and Joanne were walking around.

"Hey guys, I was planning to see Professor Sycamore and show him my Pokedex so far. Do you mind waiting for me?" I asked.

"Sure! Let's meet by the fountain!" Clemont suggested.

"Great, see you in a minute." I said as I walked off down the path.

"Froakie Froak." Froakie suggested.

"Yes, yes, I'll see if I can pick up some chocolate Poke-Puffs on the way." I chuckled, which Froakie smiled at.

We were passing a small electronics shop that I would walk pass every now and then when the owner came out of the garage with an Ampharos, both on the back of a motorbike.

"Oh, hey." I said, trying to be friendly.

He looked at me and smiled. "Oh, hey there. I think I've seen you pass my shop on the way to Vaniville Town a lot. You're...uhh...Ellie?"

I sweat-dropped. "Noooo...that's a girls name. I'm Elliot, and this is Froakie, my partner."

"Froak!" Froakie croaked in greeting.

He laughed. "That was it! Well I'm Meyer, and this is Ampharos."

"Amph! Amph!" Ampharos cheered.

"You know, you remind me of my son, Clemont." Meyer said thoughtfully.

My eyes widened. "Your Clemont and Bonnie's dad!? I'm a friend of theirs!"

His eyes widened. "You're their...friend?" He suddenly started shuddering. "Clemont and Bonnie...made a friend...?"

I backed away a bit. "Um...do you not approve? But Clemont and Bonnie are really good-"

"I'M SO HAPPY!" He shouted suddenly, making both me and Froakie jump. He then began shaking my hand so much I thought it would fall off. "Thank you so much for being a friend for my children!"

"S-Sure." I said, still a bit bewildered. "If you're looking for Clemont and Bonnie, they're down that path." I pointed down the path I'd just walked along.

"I will! Thank you!" He then hopped on his scooter with Ampharos and drove down the path, cheering along the way.

"Well...now we know where Clemont and Bonnie get their enthusiasm from." I said.

"Froak...Froakie Froak." Froakie sighed.

"You said it."

OCXY

We finally arrived at the lab where we looked in. "Hello? Professor Sycamore?"

Suddenly Garchomp charged in with a roar. Me and Froakie just smiled. "Hey Garchomp. How are you doing? I heard what happened to you from Big Sis."

Garchomp nuzzled in more with a friendly growl as Froakie talked with her. She wouldn't hurt a Caterpie.

"Ah, hello Elliot." I heard a voice say as the Professor entered the room.

"Hey Professor." I smiled, getting out my Badge Case and showing it to him. "Look! I beat Sis and got my first Badge!"

He smiled. "That's great! Your training finally paid off!"

I got out my Pokedex. "Hey Professor. Can you check my Pokedex?"

"Of course!" He took my Pokedex and scrolled through it's new contents. "Well, you've seen a good few, but you've still got a long way to go."

"I was hoping you'd say that." I said as he handed my Pokedex back. "And how's your Mega Evolution research going?

He chuckled. "Same as you. I'm still debating which pokemon are possible for Mega Evolution. But I'm getting closer each day."

I smiled. Professor Sycamore had always told me about Mega Evolution, and how only a strong bond and a 'special item' could trigger it, giving a pokemon huge power.

"Professor, I want to harness the power of Mega Evolution someday!"

"FroaKIE!"

The Professor laughed. "I couldn't think of a more capable trainer to utilize Mega Evolution, I'd like to see that.

"Thanks Professor." I said. "I'd better get going, my friends are waiting for me at the fountain."

As I walked to the door Professor Sycamore raised an eyebrow. "Serena?"

I smiled. "Yep. But also Ash, Clemont and Bonnie!" I waved to Garchomp. "Bye Garchomp!"

"Froakiiiie!" Froakie waved to Garchomp, who waved back with a happy roar.

For some reason, I thought I saw Professor Sycamore smile as I left.

When I arrived back at the fountain, Clemont and Bonnie were looking pretty guilty.

"What's up?" I said as we entered.

Clemont shuffled around nervously.

"Come on Clemont, you should tell him." Joanne said.

"Osha, osha." Joshua said.

Clemont sighed. "Elliot...the thing is...I'm the Lumios City Gym Leader."

"...I'm sorry...WHAAAAAAAT!?" I screamed.

"FROOOOOOOOOOAK!?" Froakie copied me.

"We didn't tell you because we wanted to go on a journey!" Bonnie added hastily.

"Denne! Denne!" Dendenne elaborated.

Serena stepped forward. "It seems that Clemont was so busy being a Gym Leader he couldn't make any more inventions. So he built a Clembot to take over for him."

"Clembot?" I raised an eyebrow.

"A robot that took over the Gym." Ash went on. "it wouldn't listen to Clemont even with his master code, so it kicked him and Bonnie out of the Gym." He turned to Clemont. "But don't you worry Clemont! We'll get your Gym back!"

"Pika pi!" Pikachu added.

"Yeah! After all, we're friends." Joanne said.

Clemont smiled. "Everyone...thank you."

I nodded. "Okay then. We're heading to the Gym?"

"Yeah!" Ash fist-pumped.

OCXY

We all walked to the Gym where we saw a group of trainers outside it. "Hey, what's going on?" Clemont asked.

One trainer walked up to us. "Well, I got to challenge the Gym since I had four badges, but the Gym Leader was this crazy tough robot! When we lost it said how bad we were, then shocked us and kicked us out!" He angrily turned to the rest of the trainers. "I'm never challenging this Gym again!" The other trainers angrily agreed as they stormed off.

Clemont sighed in disappointment as Ash rested a hand on his shoulder. "Hey, don't worry Clemont, we'll get your Gym back." He assured him.

Before we could continue though, a trapdoor opened and three figures came flying straight out of the side of the Gym!"

"Oh no!" Serena gasped.

"He's going to hit the ground!" Bonnie yelled.

Quickly Clemont pulled off his backpack and threw it to where the figures would land. A giant parachute appeared which softened the trios impact.

On closer inspection it turned out that one figure was a guy. He looked about 16, like Joanne, and (oddly) blue eyes as well, except his were more steel blue. He had very spikey black hair sticking out from a backwards gold baseball cap, a pale complexion and a red T-shirt with black and purple stripes running down it. He had black running shorts with matching sneakers on, a blue and white unzipped hoodie and goggles just below his baseball cap. I realized the other figures were a Treecko and a Totodile as i got out my Pokedex for the latter.

'Totodile, the Big Jaw pokemon. It is very tough and can crush anything with its jaw, even its trainer must be careful.'

The totodile was the one who stood up first. "To! Totodile!" The water type yelled, pointing at the Treecko.

The grass type snorted. "Treecko Treeck." It said, giving the Totodile a half-lidded look.

The Totodile grew VERY red with rage. "DIIIIIILE!" It attempted to leap forward and bite the Treecko, but the wood gecko just side-stepped as the big jaw pokemon fell in the dirt.

"Treecko." It said, offering the other starter a hand/paw/something.

The pokemon just glared at the other creature.

The trainer finally stood up. "Aw man, not again. Alright, return for now, Miren." He got out a Poke-Ball and returned the Totodile, who I presumed was Miren. He then looked at the Treecko. "Do ya think you can be a bit nicer to Miren, Rory?"

The Treecko rolled its eyes. "Treecko. Tree, Treeck, Treecko."

It was its trainers turn to roll its eyes. "Okay, okay, ya make your point. Return for now." Rory the Treecko was also returned, then the trainer looked at the gym. "Alright then! Eleventh times the try!"

"Excuse me? Eleventh?" Clemont asked.

It was only then that he noticed us. "Woah! Hey there! Did you guys save me? Thanks a bunch." He held out his hand. "I'm Leon. Leon Quinn. Nice to meet ya!"

Ash shook his hand as we all made introductions. "So you've just been challenging this Gym over and over again?"

He rubbed the back of his head nervously. "Yep, but I only have one badge, so it just kept shocking me and throwing me back out!" He clutched his back. "It really hurts from all those falls..."

'At least he's determined...' I thought.

"I still can't believe that a robot runs this Gym though." Leon sighed.

We all coughed nervously as we explained the situation to him.

"NO WAY! THAT'S AWFUL!" Leon yelled. "No way is that thing gonna get away with this! I'll help too!"

"This could actually help." Clemont mused.

"Thank you so much Leon!" Bonnie cheered.

"It would really help us!" Serena nodded.

"Alright then! Let's do this!" He shouted as he strode towards the Gym.

"Um, Leon. We're not going in the front way." Clemont called after him.

We all turned to the blonde genius. "We're not?" All of us asked.

OCXY

Clemont helped Bonnie out of the air duct after we had all crawled in. We were now all in a metallic corridor that was the Lumios City Gym.

"So, now we find Clembot, right?" Ash asked.

Clemont grew nervous again. "Well..."

We all stared at him.

"...we need to deal with my security system, it could try and stop us." He explained. "But it could take too long to do both."

"Well then let's split into groups!" Ash suggested. "Half of us will go after Clembot, whilst the other half shuts down the security system!"

"Clemont! I'll shut down the security system!" I said.

"Froakie!" Froakie agreed.

"We'll go with Elliot then!" Joanne stepped forward.

"Osha..." Joshua complained, glancing at Froakie.

"Why the heck not? I'll go as well." Leon finished.

"Then it's settled. You three will shut down the Gym's security system, and we'll take care of Clembot!" Clemont nodded. He then pointed down a hallway. "Follow this path and it should be a relatively straight walk to the core of the system."

"How will we know what it looks like?" Joanne questioned the Gym Leader.

Clemont pushed his glasses up. "Trust me, you'll know it when you see it."

OCXY

The three of us (Plus Joshua glaring at Froakie) walked down the dimly lit metal corridor, turning every now and then.

"Hey Elliot." Leon spoke up. "You seem like a pretty cool guy. Once this is over let's have a battle!"

I nodded at him. "Sure! That would be great."

"And then Ash! And Clemont! And maybe even Serena as well!" He shouted with a fire in his eyes.

"You sure love to battle, don't you Leon?" Joanne asked.

He nodded. "Of course! It helps both me and my pokemon become stronger and improve our bond together! We can learn new combos and strategies from battling others, and we grow closer together as friends!"

"That's exactly how I feel!" I confirmed. "So how many pokemon have you got so far?"

"Three for the moment." He said. "But I plan to have an awesome team! Rory, Miren and Cian are always there beside me, so they deserve a few new comrades as well!"

I thought to myself. I'd seen Rory and Miren, I wonder what Cain is?

"Hey Elliot?" Joanne spoke up.

"Yeah?"

"How did you end up travelling with Ash and Serena and Clemont and Bonnie?"

I thought for a second before answering. "Well, I met Ash, Clemont and Bonnie at Santalune City. But Serena and I have been friends for a long time now, along with Liz and Thomas of course!"

I thought I heard the footsteps stop, so I turned around to see them all giving me weird looks. "...What?"

"You've really had those friends for such a long time?" Joanne asked.

I nodded. "Yep, childhood friends."

Leon nodded. "Okay, so where are your other friends? Liz and Thomas?"

I rubbed the back of my head. "Journeying separately."

"So why did you travel with Ash and Serena instead off Liz and Thomas?" Joanne asked.

"Well-"

"I know what it is!" Leon stated loudly, nodding for some reason. "It's kinda obvious when you think about it."

I raise an eyebrow. "What?"

He pointed at me. "You like Serena don't you?"

Me and Froakie looked at each other. "No. We're just friends."

"Then why did you give Serena that cake?" Joanne asked.

'Damn, she saw that?' I thought to myself. "It was just a thank you for the cookies."

"Why did you say it was from Ash then?" She continued.

I got behind them and pushed them forward. "Come on! We've wasted enough time!" Froakie croaked his agreement.

The two seemed to shrug as we walked on. We finally came to a room with four security cameras in it.

"We've gotta take care of those cameras." I whispered.

Joanne got out two Poke-Balls. "We can help with that! Daxter! Sonny! Let's go!"

In two flashes of bright blue light the Treecko and Fletchling were next to us.

"Woah! You have a Treecko too!" Leon marvelled.

Joanne knelt down to her pokemon. "Okay guys, we need to take out those cameras, so Daxter, you use Bullet Seed, and Sonny, you use Peck, okay?"

I got out a Poke-Ball. "We'll help as well! Scatterbug, come on out!"

Scxatterbug was also with us as Froakie leapt off of my shoulder in front of me. n"Okay, we'll block those cameras! Scatterbug, use String Shot, and Froakie, you use your Frubbles. Think you can do it?"

The four pokemon stood to attention and nodded, cautiosly entering the room. Daxter spat loads of seeds, destroying one camera, Sonny dive bombed another with a glowing beak which blew that one up as well. Scatterbug and Froakie meanwhile smeared the cameras with silk and bubbles respectively. Then all four returned to us.

"Thanks so much, guys!" Both of us thanked them as we returned them to their Poke-Balls and Froakie returned to my shoulder. We then all walked up to the final door.

"What do we do?" Leon asked.

I shrugged. "Go in and shut it down I guess."

We all walked in. It was lit by magnetic blue lights, and the ground was kinda...sandy...with white lines...

"This room looks like a battlefield." Joanne mused.

"Greetings intruders."

We all turned to the new voice. It belonged to a robot with short legs and metal arms that got thicker as they went down to its hands. A blue circle was in it's 'chest' with black pipes glowing the same blue travelled from it's shoulders to its back. It's head was circular and had the same blue eyes.

"Froakie!" Froakie leapt off of my shoulder and got in a defensive position.

"Who are you!?" I shouted.

"Unit Name: G.E.P.S" It said in its robotic voice.

"G.E.P.S?" Joanne asked.

"Gym Electrician and Protection System." It replied. "Unit in charge of: a.) Conducting constant electricity flow to the Gym. b.) Protecting Gym from intruders. Three intruders detected. Intruder status confirmed, Master Clemont/Mistress Bonnie/Master Meyer not present. Entering battle codes..."

"Battle codes?" I thought aloud. "You want to fight us?"

"Correct." It replied. "Pokemon battle codes being accessed. Information code no. 17 being relayed. Intruders may use resistant via the following form: [Pokemon]."

"Froakie!" Said pokemon nodded to me.

"Alright then! You want a pokemon battle? bring it on!" I said.

"We'll help too!" Joanne said.

"Osha!" Joshua ran up alongside Froakie...and consequently glared at him.

Leon held out a Poke-Ball. "Now battlings something I can agree on! Cian! Time to shine!"

In a bright light a Riolu appeared next to Froakie and Joshua. "Ri! Riolu! Ri!"

"Wow! A Riolu!" I gasped as I got out my Pokedex.

'Riolu, the Emanation pokemon. It uses the aura that emanates from its body to communicate with others.'

Cian the Riolu took one look at its opponent and started rolling on the floor laughing. "Riolulululu! Ri, Riolu? Riolulululu!"

I raised an eyebrow. "What's he doing?" I asked as the pokemon started pulling funny faces at G.E.P.S.

"He just likes to mess with opponents he doesn't think are worth his time." Leon shrugged, as if it was a normal thing.

Froakie hopped over and slapped the Riolu round the head. "Froak! Froakie Froak Froak!"

"Rioluuuu!?" The aura pokemon complained. As soon as Froakie turned back to the battle Cian stuck his tongue out at him.

SPLAT!

That was the sound of Frubbles landing in the Riolu's face.

"Come on Cian! We gotta FOCUS!" Leon coaxed him as his pokemon rubbed the bubbles off of his face, muttering at Froakie.

"Battle preparations complete." G.E.P.S spoke up. "Chance of G.E.P.S unit victory: [100] percent."

"We'll see about that!" I yelled.

"Initiating battle."

(A/N: Technically, this doesn't count as a POKEMON battle, so no flashy sequence...aww...)

"We'll start! Froakie! Use Bubble!"

"Froooooa...KIIIIE!" He leaped into the air and blew loads of energy bubbles at the robot.

"Power level: [40]. Verdict: [Useless]." With one swing of its right arm it swatted the attack away easily.

"What!?" I yelled.

"FROAK!?" Froakie copied me.

"Initiating Thunderbolt." Raising its left arm a yellow bolt shot out of its hand, Froakie had to drag Cian away so that all the pokemon could dodge it.

"THAT THING CAN USE THUNDERBOLT!?" Leon yelled, instantly losing his cool demeanor.

"This could be tough." Joanne murmured. "But this is for Clemont and Bonnie! Joshua! Use Water Gun!"

"OooooshAAAAAAAA!" Oshawott fired a steady stream of water at our opponent.

"Identical Power Level. Identical Verdict." It swatted the attack away once again. "Initiating Thunderbolt." It fired again, and our three pokemon managed to dodge again.

"Okay! Froakie! Use Quick Attack!"

"Frooooooakie!"

"Cian! You use Quick Attack as well!"

"Riiiiiiolu!"

The two pokemon charged around the electricity and rammed into the robot at the same time, pushing it back a bit.

"Utilizing Strategy Code: [8]. Initiating Thunderbolt." This time, it shot the attack upwards and made lightning bolts begin to fall down. Due to Froakie battling Surskit so many times it could easily dodge, but Cian and Joshua were quickly tiring.

"Ungh, Joshua! Use Aqua Jet!"

"Oshaaaaa!" The sea otter coated itself with water and charged, narrowly avoiding the lightning bolts as it rammed into the security robot and knocked it off its feet, stopping the attack.

"Way to go, Joshua!" Joanne cheered.

"Osha!" Joshua tapped its scalchop with a smile.

As G.E.P.S stood up all the blue in its core, pipes and eyes weirdly changed green. "Utilizing new tactic. Initiating Flamethrower." It raised its right hand this time and blasted all our partners back with a thick stream of fire.

"It can use Flamethrower as well?" Leon said with gritted teeth.

Froakie and Joshua got up straightaway, Cian stayed down a bit before easily standing up.

"Okay, Cian! Use Copycat!"

"Ri." Cian said with a nod as he suddenly started glowing red. He then opened his mouth and fired a Flamethrower right back at the robot. Who stood frozen afterwards with its robotic arms hanging limply.

"Did we beat it?" Joanne asked.

However G.E.P.S' core, pipes and eyes just turned yellow as it recovered. "Initiating Ice Beam." It raised its left hand but this time fired a blue lightning bolt which made giant icicles rise from the ground, blocking off our pokemons access.

"Ice Beam as well? And it can use it defensively?" I wondered.

"Initiating Flamethrower."

Suddenly a sea of flames broke through the ice and over our pokemon, throwing them all back again. Then recovered just the same as last time.

"Initiating Thunderbolt." It raised its left hand again, firing the yellow bolt straight at Froakie!

"Joshua! Protect Froakie with your scalchop!" Joanne yelled.

"...Osha?" He gave her a half lidded look.

"JOSHUA!"

"Osha, osha." He sighed as he ran in front of Froakie and held it's scalchop out, reflecting the attack to the ceiling.

"...Froak...Froakie Froakie!" Froakie thanked him.

"Osha..." Joshua huffed as it looked away with a high head.

"Okay Joshua! Use Razor Shell!"

Joshua's scalchop glowed blue as a blade formed itself, the sea otter then charged the robot.

"Initiating Ice Beam!" Once again icicles rose from the ground to cut Joshua off.

"Froakie! Give Joshua a leg up!"

"Froak!" Froakie nodded as he ran to Joshua and pushed him up from a jump over the deadly icicles.

"Osha! Oshawott!" Joshua complained as he flew over the ice and slashed G.E.P.S with it's blade.

"Now take down that ice with Water Pulse, Froakie!"

"You help too with Force Palm, Cian!"

The two pokemon easily broke the blocking ice and joined Joshua. "Cian! Force Palm again!"

"RIOLU!" He yelled as he planted a palm on the metal opponent and released a shockwave, knocking it off its feet.

Orange was the next colour as it stood up. "Initiating Hyper Beam." It fired a powerful red beam from its right hand that made all the pokemon leap away.

"So now we know its whole moveset." Joanne whispered.

"Pretty O.P if ya ask me." Leon said.

"Initiating Ice Beam." It fired a blue lightning bolt that froze Cian in a block of ice!

"Cian!" Leon called out.

"Joshua! Break Cian out of the ice!"

"Osha!" He started using his scalchop to chip away at the ice, when it suddenly bounced off and away!

"Initiating Thunderbolt." G.E.P.S began charging the attack for the scalchop-less Oshawott!

"Froakie! Knock it away with Bubble!"

"Froakiekiekiekiekiekie!" Froakie blew bubbles which kncoked the attack away into the wall.

Joshua retrieved its scalchop and walked over to Froakie begrudgingly. "...Osh...Osha." He muttered.

The two water types then began trying to get Cian out of the ice again.

"Initiating Hyper Beam!"

Both trainer and pokemon gasped as the attack hit all of them, throwing them back at our feet. There was no visible wounds, but they were definitely in pain.

"Froakie! Are you all right, buddy!?"

"Oh no! Joshua!"

"Cian! You gotta get up!"

The three pokemon, one now unfrozen, struggled to even stand up.

"Victory is: [Assured]. Initiating final attack. Flamthrower [plus] Thunderbolt." It began charging up its two attacks using both its hands.

"This is bad!" Joanne gasped.

I began to panic. Not only was my best friend in danger, but so was Joanne and Leon's friends!

I suddenly thought of something.

"Froakie! Throw your Frubbles at its hands!"

"Froak! Froakie!" With a nod he reached into his back and threw the white bubbles at its hands, blocking both its attacks.

"ERROR! ERROR! ATTACK CHANNELS BLOCKED! ERROR!" It yelled in panic as it looked at its Frubble covered hands.

"Alright! This is our chance!" Joanne cheered.

"Froakie! Use Water Pulse"

"Joshua! Use Water Gun!"

"Cian! Use Copycat!"

Froakie fired an orb of water as Jopshua fired a water stream. Then Cian copied Joshua's Water Gun and the two combined to become more powerful. The super Water Gun pushed the Water Pulse forward at astonishing speed. Slamming the robot into the wall with powerful verocity. It slumped down as its colour changed to red.

"BZZZZZZT! CURRENT STATUS; [Defeated!]! ERROR! ERROR! CHANCE OF DEFEAT: [O] PERCENT! PROBABILITY DOES NOT EXIST! BZZZZZZZT! KANTONIAN MUSTARD! NIMBASA CIRCUS! BATTLE SUBWAAAAaaaayyyy..." The light finally faded as it slumped against the wall. The electricity in the gym suddenly went out.

"We did it!" I cheered as Froakie leaped into my arms. "Great job, Froakie!"

"Froakie!" He croaked happily.

"Joshua! Thank you! You were amazing!"

"Osha!" He puffed up his chest with pride.

"Way to go, Cian!" Leon praised him, rubbing his head effectively to Cian's comfort. "Now lets get rid of this thing for good! Use one more Force Palm!"

"Riolu!" With a nod he slammed a palm into the robots face and completely shattered it.

We all stared in horror.

"WHAT DID YOU DO THAT FOR!?" I screamed. "WE WERE JUST SUPPOSED TO SHUT IT DOWN! NOT DESTROY IT!"

"...Whoops." He said finally. "I...got a bit carried away."

"CLEMONT'S GONNA KILL US!" I continued to shout frantically.

"Maybe Clemont won't mind." Joanne tried to comfort me as she examined the broken robot face.

"What won't I mind?"

We all nearly screamed. Us and our pokemon stood in front of the wrecked robot to come face to face with the rest of our friends, plus another robot which I presumed was Clembot.

"N-Nothing." I said nervously.

Clemont raised an eyebrow. "Okay...well, this is Clembot, we're about to reprogram him."

"It is a pleasure to meet you." Clembot said with a bow.

"So did you shut down the security system?" Ash asked.

"Yep, all taken care of." Leon said with a nervous smile.

"Ri...Riolu..." Cian said, copying him.

"That's good at least, he'll be back up soon." Clemont nodded. "I'll deal with Clembot first though."

"Yeah! Come on!" Bonnie cheered as they all walked off and we turned to the broken bot.

"We're doomed..." I murmured.

"Let's just leave it here for now." Leon suggested as he returned Cian to his Poke-Ball.

"We'll explain it to Clemont later." Joanne suggested.

"Osha..." Joshua agreed.

And so we left the broken robot...but not before I got Froakie to cover its face with Frubbles.

OCXY

We were standing outside Lumios Tower, just me, Froakie, Joanne, Joshua and Leon.

"Are you sure you can't stay?" I asked Joanne.

"I would like to, but I heard that a bunch of rare pokemon appeared on Route 19, I can't pass that up." She said.

I nodded. "Well, good luck Joanne. I hope we meet again, you're our friend now." We both shook hands.

Joshua sheepishly walked up to Froakie. "...Oshawott." He held out a hand.

"...Froakie." He said with a smile as they shook on friendlier terms.

Leon stepped forward. "So, Clemont managed to fix Clembot then? I think I'm still gonna get four badges first though."

I smiled. "Me too, I think that's just what Clemont wants."

We looked at the setting sun. "Shame we couldn't fit a battle in."

"Yeah..." I huffed.

Leon turned to me. "Hey Elliot, how about this? Let's both get five pokemon and have a 5-on-5 battle!"

"That's a definite deal!" I said as we shook hands.

"Good luck Elliot. Have a fun journey." Joanne said.

Leon turtned to Joanne. "Hey, I need some more pokemon now, so mind if I tag along?"

"Really?" Joanne asked.

"Yep, we're friends too, right?"

Joanne smiled. "Well, it is more fun to travel together, right Elliot?"

I nodded. "Of course! Good luck with your catching!"

"You too." Both said as they started walking away.

"Hey guys!" I called after them.

"Yes?" Joanne called back as they both turned around.

"What about G.A.P.S?" I asked.

All three of us shared nervous glances, Clemont had gone back in a bit earlier to find it.

I sighed and held up three fingers. "3. 2. 1..."

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

The scream was heard throughout the whole city.

"...All yours!" Leon yelled as he dragged Joanne with him.

I stared with a dropped jaw along with Froakie. We were doomed.

OCXY

We were sleeping in Clemonts room.

...what's with the skeptical look?

Clemont's dad had invited us into a warm bed for the night. Me, Froakie, Ash, Pikachu and Clmeont were in the geniuses room. And Bonnie and Serena were in the younger siblings room.

Me and Froakie were staring out of the window. We couldn't sleep after Clemont had promised to battle us once we had four badges...and after he had panicked in front of me about G.E.P.S.

"Y'know Froakie, we've really made a lot of great friends on this journey." I turned to him. "Do you think we should have started at 10?"

Froakie shook his head. "Froakie, Froak."

I sighed with a smile. "You're right, we wouldn't have met Ash or started with Serena. I just hope that-"

Suddenly a dark shadow zoomed over us. "Woah! What the-?"

I managed to see what looked like a guy in a cape and a Blaziken...well it looked like a Blaziken...but it looked different...more powerful...

"Froakie..." I breathed. "I think we just saw a Mega Blaziken..."

"Froakiiie..." Froakie gasped.

"That...that's got me even more pumped up!" I cupped my hands and shouted out the window. "WE'RE GONNA LEARN THE POWER OF MEGA EVOLUTION!"

"FROAKIIIIE!"

Unfortunately that woke practically everyone up, and we spent the next ten minutes giving apologies.

Next Time: Elliot and Ash finally battle! Our two heroes clash with everything they have! How does a girl with a Lunatone and Team Rocket fit into this though? One thing's for sure though, only one will win!

And another chapter is done! Leave a review and say what you thought, it really helps.

Also, OC lines are now CLOSED! I've received so many great OC's to use, and I'll try to introduce all of them as early as possible and give them as much...screentime? As possible. However if you like submitting OC's, check out my 'Side-Project' story: Pokemon Split Worlds

Thanks again for all the reviews guys! Now to sign off! G.E.P.S?

G.E.P.S: Readers. Initiate the capturing of pokemon. The [Release] option is banned.