Chapter Five
Teams and Posters
Previously:
Johnny glared at Lloyd, then rushed into the center, grabbing Tony's pokebelt, and rushing into the Mountain as well.
Tony stumbled through the tunnels of Mt. Moon, Searching blindly in the darkness. While walking, he suddenly bashed his toes against a fairly large rock. Grabbing his toes, he stopped and strained his ears, hoping to hear the man he was chasing after. Taking another few steps forwards, he bashed into a wall. He swore silently as he hit the ground, and Magikarp's pokeball hit the ground, opening it. The Magikarp sprang out, and flopped desperately on the ground. Looking up he noticed the wall he hit was writhing and moving upwards.
The Onix's head rose near the ceiling, and only its bright white eyes gave any indication it was a living creature. It rose to its full height, over 28 feet tall, and roared loudly. Magikarp flopped more wildly flying up and smacking the Onix. The Onix looked down at the Magikarp, and roared again. Its tail lashed out, seconds away from crushing Tony and the Magikarp against the stone wall. Tony closed his eyes tight…and when he opened them, the Onix was floating in the air.
"Slow…" Came a sluggish voice, as a slowpoke stumbled out of the darkness, its psychic powers holding the Onix in place.
"Are you ok?" A girls voice said, as Tiffany emerged from the Shadows where slowpoke came from. The slowpoke tossed the Onix down the tunnel, and it roared in protest as it hit a wall.
Tony stood up and brushed himself off, as he smirked, "I would've been fine." Tiffany raised an eyebrow skeptically, and then recalled her slowpoke.
"You shouldn't be wandering around these caves with only a Magikarp." She said.
"I know that! I…uh…where is Magikarp?" Tony asked as he realized that he wasn't present.
"Carp! Carp!" Came the Magikarp's voice as Tony spun just in time to see the Magikarp flop into a large hole, with a ladder sticking out of it.
"Carrrrrrrpppppp!"
"Ack!" Tony yelled, running up to the ladder, and peering down it.
"Do think that's safe?" Tiffany asked, walking up behind Tony.
"Well, I'm about to find out!" Tony yelled, jumping onto the ladder, and sliding down it. He hit the ground with a thud, and quickly grabbed the Magikarp. Tiffany landed shortly after, and smacked Tony on the back of the head.
"You idiot! You could've been killed!" She growled, and Tony rubbed the back of his head.
"Well well well…what do we have here?" Came a drawling voice from ahead, as two men walked into their sights. The men both wore smug sneers, and wore black uniforms with large red R's on the front.
"Hello there, pretty, you scared? Lost in these big bad caves? I'll keep you safe." The second one smirked, taking a step forward, as Tiffany jumped back behind Tony.
"Hey! Leave us alone!" Tony yelled.
"Or what? You'll have that Magikarp beat us? Ha!" The first one laughed.
Suddenly a light dropped down into the passage, And the Charmander that created it growled loudly, and a Bulbasaur, Johnny, and Lloyd followed after. Then Kat and Valerie landed next to them. Tiffany squealed and ran up to her friends, hugging them happily, while Johnny handed Tony his belt.
"Alright!" Tony said, releasing his Squirtle, and the two Rockets looked at each other, before fleeing into the dark.
After each of the parties said goodbye to each other, with Tiffany, Kat, and Valerie going back up the ladder, and Tony, Johnny, and Lloyd going deeper into the cave, our heroes approached a large rock. Setting their things on the ground they momentarily rested. Lloyd's Charmander wandered to the end of the room they were in, until it was only a small flame bobbing in the distance.
"It's official…I hate caves." Lloyd sighed, smacking his head on the rock. Suddenly a small shining stone tumbled down from the darkness above and struck the ground. Grabbing the stone Lloyd brought it up to his face, but couldn't see what it was.
"Charmander!" Lloyd yelled, and the tiny flame rushed back to them.
With the new light glittering off the stone, Lloyd could clearly see the shining stone.
"This is a Moon Stone!" Lloyd exclaimed, pocketing it, "Excellent."
Charmander suddenly growled, right as a rocket grunt came into the room.
"Hey!" the grunt yelled, as Tony, Johnny, and Lloyd stood up.
"Go Rattata!" Johnny yelled, and the small rat came out.
"Heh!" The grunt yelled, releasing his own Rattata. The Ratatta's both disappeared then reappeared on opposite sides of each other. Lloyd looked confused, and Tony whispered, "They both used quick attack."
Both rats spun and leapt at each other, rolling around on the ground, scratching and biting. Both trainers' calls fell to deaf ears, as the Ratattas kept mauling each other. With a final clash of teeth, Johnny's Rattata stood on the beaten body of the Grunts. Recalling the defeated pokemon, the grunt sent out A Zubat.
"Supersonic!" The grunt yelled, and the Zubat opened its mouth. It yelled a horrifying screech and the Rattata, whose ears were large, cried in pain. The scream hit the walls of the cave and echoed all around. After a few moments the screams faded. The Rattata stood it's ground, but when it leapt to attack the Zubat, it went in the wrong direction, hitting the wall. The Zubat flew close and clamped its fangs on the Rattata. The Rattata collapsed, and Johnny recalled it.
"Ha! Zubat! Get him!" The Grunt yelled, and the Zubat turned on Johnny, but a tongue of flame blew nearby the bat, and it fluttered out of the way. Lloyd's Charmander bounded at the Zubat, and one swift scratch took it to the ground, where another flame burned the Zubat.
"Gah! You cheat!" The Grunt yelled, turning on the spot, and bolting out of the cave.
"Can we please get going? This cave freaks me out!" Lloyd cried, as a Paras nipped at his pant leg, before Charmander growled at it, and it fled.
Reaching another large opening they found a man who was hunched over and studying two objects on the ground. Turning he spotted our heroes and yelled at them.
"Stay Back!"
"We're just passing by." Said Tony, holding out his hands.
The man didn't seem to hear Tony and shrieked, "No! You can't have one of my precise fossils!"
"Hey! Dude! We don't want your fossils!" Johnny growled.
"Fine! But you have to defeat me! Then you can have one!" The man said, rolling out a pokeball. Upon closer inspection, it was actually a Voltorb, who was glaring menacingly at Lloyd. Lloyd sent out his Mankey, who jumped up at finally being able to fight.
"Karate Chop!" Lloyd yelled, and the Mankey leapt from rock to rock in an attempt to confuse the Voltorb.
Lloyd smacked his head, while Tony shook his head, "Damn it! Mankey, Stop fooling around! Just hit him!" Lloyd yelled.
The Mankey looked hopefully at Lloyd, before sighing and lunging at the Voltorb, knocking out with one swift hit to the face.
"Gah!" The Nerd squealed, before sending out a purple pile of smelly sludge. It quickly formed up into a blob, its white eyes glaring at the Mankey. The Mankey lunged at the Grimer, striking it with its fist. The Grimer had a large indent where it was hit, but its blob-like body sprang back into position. It moved, or more accurately, rolled towards Mankey, and one of its hands came out and bonked the Mankey on the head. Mankey retaliated with another karate chop, but with little effect. The Grimer sort of gasped, before unleashing a wave of gas from its mouth, and the acrid stank washed over Mankey. When the gas cleared, Mankey lie incapacitated. Growling, Lloyd sent out his Charmander, and one ember disposed of the Grimer. Next, the nerd sent out a floating ball. The ball had many holes, each spewing forth a light gas. The Charmander leapt up and, its claws shining, slashed into the Koffing. It bellowed in pain and grew bright red.
"Watch out!" Lloyd yelled, as Tony and Johnny leapt behind some rocks. The explosion that followed shook the cave and sent Lloyd flying back a few feet.
"Ack…" Lloyd said, as he spat out dirt and wiped his mouth, his face and clothes covered in soot.
The Koffing lay unconscious, Charmander propped up against the wall in the same condition. The man sighed, and handed Lloyd a fossil, then running out of the room they were in. As our group continued down the cave, Johnny suddenly motioned them to stop. Next to the wall in the passage sit a small bug-like creature, which was sleeping. It had two mushrooms on its back, but unlike the previous Paras our heroes had encountered, this one was differently colored. Johnny pulled out a pokeball and tossed it at the Paras. Its being asleep had been its undoing, as miraculously, the Paras was caught in the ball.
"You lucky son of a bitch." Lloyd said, as he shook his head. Tony stood at the exit to the cave, breathing in the smell of the outside. "Ahhhhhh! Its sooooo goooood!" Tony moaned, and breathed deeply again. On the ground a piece of paper fluttered over, and Tony picked it up. Written on the poster were many various times for, apparently a concert-taking place in Vermillion soon. It advertised of a man with brown hair, who was playing a guitar while on a Rhyhorn. It said at the top in big letters;
Johnny Rock! One time only! In Vermilion! DON'T MISS IT!
Sniffing loudly, Tony let the paper flutter away in the wind, and when he looked up, was surprised to see Johnny and Lloyd already far ahead of him. He hurried to catch up.
YESSSSS! DONE!
Oh, and by the way, I DO NOT own pokemon or any of Nintendo and Gamefreaks creations, nor do I take credit for them.