Chapter Fourteen
Spiritual Elements and Angry Giants

Previously:
"Guys, we gotta go back to lavender, trust me!" Tony said, closing the laptop, and Johnny looked curious, but nodded.

Our heroes emerged into the Game corner, and were surprised to find the rain had stopped, but it was nighttime. They passed through the abandoned casino, and went to the center to sleep. When Tony awoke, he saw that Lloyd and Johnny were both gone, but when he went downstairs, he saw both of them at the centers table, eating breakfast.

"What's up?" Tony asked, taking a seat at the table. And Johnny looked over at him, looking excited, "Yeah, last night, before I left, I totally stole as many coins from the arcade as I could." Lloyd gave Johnny a dirty look, and Johnny scowled, "What? Its dirty, criminal gambling operation money, I bought myself something nice."

"What did you buy?" Lloyd asked, spearing a piece of food with his fork, and raising it towards his mouth. Suddenly, there was a flash of light on all of Lloyd food, and a series of 010011011000111 codes appeared, and with another burst of light, the codes and Food was gone.

"What the hell?" Lloyd cried, and dropped his fork, franticly looking around for his food. Johnny smirked, "Meet my new pokemon, Porygon." With that, another series of 011011011100011 code appeared and a squarish duck-like pokemon appeared floating above Johnny. Lloyd's food was hovering around the Porygon, before the food dissolved into 0110101101 codes and flowed into the Porygon, who squealed in delight.

"The best part is, you don't even have to feed it, you can have it turn basically anything into code to eat!" Johnny laughed, as Lloyd looked angry, jamming the last bit of food on his fork in his mouth.

As the Porygon transformed back into code and disappeared, Tony pulled the "Silph Scope" from his backpack and looked at it. The white pair of goggles with the red letters on the side looked easy enough to use, and Tony slipped them on his head.

The goggles gave everything a light green tint, and everything looked normal. But when Tony pressed the button on the side of the goggles, the vision became red and a black target zoomed across his vision, before locking onto something next to Johnny's head. The Goggles made a beeping noise, and the red dissolved back into green, only Tony could clearly see the Porygon floating peacefully next to Johnny.

Quickly taking off the goggles, Tony gasped when he couldn't see the Porygon, but when he put the goggles on it was visible.

Explaining this revelation to his friends, Tony told them about the invisible thing that attacked him in the pokemon tower, "and that's why we gotta go there!" Tony finished, and Johnny nodded, jumping up, "Yeah!"

They ran towards Lavender after they paid for their food, and as they passed by trainers, they ignored them, finally reaching Lavender after a short run. Tony decided he would visit Mr. Fuji first, and Johnny and Lloyd tagged along.

Knocking on Mr. Fuji's house, the door opened. Instead of the old man at the door, his daughter answered it, looking scared, "Tony?" she asked.

"Yeah, hey is Mr. Fuji here?" Tony asked, and the girl glanced up at the Pokemon tower. "Um…no, some men in black grabbed him and brought him into the Tower."

Johnny pushed through Tony, "What? Don't worry, we'll save your father!" He said dramatically, "You can count on that!" While Lloyd grumbled behind him, "You shouldn't make promises like that…"

The girl said her goodbyes and closes the door on them. Tony and Johnny both looked at each other and nodded, before turning their gazes onto Lloyd. Lloyd gulped, and under Tony and Johnny's stares, quickly nodded as well.

The stood in front of the tower, thunderclouds moving above it even though there was no rain. They all entered the tower. They reached the spot where Tony was attacked last time. The wall directly in front of Tony burst as though something hit it, and rocks sprayed down on Tony. Tony hit the ground, and the Silph scope skidded across the ground out of Tony's grasp. As it flew across the ground, Johnny dived for it, but landed too late, and it passed him up.

The ground exploded where something hit it, and as a rock was spinning in mid-air, it suddenly launched at Tony as something hit it. Tony barely crawled out of the way the object jetted by him, and Johnny had to scoot away as well. Tony looked back to the Silph scope to see if it had been hit, but saw Lloyd holding it.

"Now!" Johnny yelled, and Lloyd jumped, placing the goggled on his head and pressing the button.

The green screen became red, as the black scope focused on the spot in front of Lloyd. The red dissolved back to green, a Fully-grown Marowak stood, wielding its bone like a club. He saw Tony running out of the way, and Johnny pressed up against the wall. Lloyd gritted his teeth and grabbed his pokeball, releasing his Primape, which beat its chest in excitement. The Marowak charged forwards, and suddenly was in front of the Primape, and smashed in into the wall.

When the smoke cleared, the Primape was gone, and Lloyd saw him climbing the ceiling. Suddenly the Marowak was in front of the Primape, standing upside down on the ceiling, and it smacked the Primape into the ground. The Primape got up again, and looked at Lloyd in confusion.

"Lloyd! You dumbass! The Primape can't see it!" Johnny yelled, and Lloyd's eyes widened. The Primape hopped over to Lloyd, and Lloyd gave the goggled to the Primape, slipping in onto its head. The battle was up to the pokemon now.

The Primape immediately looked around, and spotted the Marowak walking towards him. Grabbing a tombstone, and ripping it from the ground, the Primape Seismic Tossed it at the Marowak, who deflected it with its bone easily. Then the Marowak was in front of the Primape again, and a shadowy aura rose around it, Flying into its bone, which smashed into the Primape again, sending it at Lloyd's feet. Lloyd grabbed the Silph scope and recalled his Primape. The Silph scope suddenly sparked, and a pleasant female voice rang out.

"Warning. Spiritual energy overload, commencing last resort Silph mode now." The scope said, and it sparked out of Lloyd's hands. When it hit the ground, it sent out waves of green light, bathing everything in it, before the light suddenly flashed red. The air in front of Lloyd rippled, and a Marowak stood in front of Lloyd.

The red light became green again, before dissolving back into the Silph scope, with sparked again and exploded in a small puff. The Marowak raised its club up, and Lloyd released his Pikachu, who looked around in fear.

"Come one Pikachu! Be strong!" Lloyd encouraged, but the Pikachu franticly pointed up. Following the Pikachu's tiny paw, Lloyd looked up as well. Above them, as though a Tornado, dozens of purple shapes swirled around, occasionally swooping down to fly overhead.

"Buh…guh…what?" Lloyd stammered, and his Pikachu was suddenly knocked across the room, smashing into the wall.

The Pikachu leapt up, and a bolt of electricity shot at the Marowak, but it didn't do anything. Landing on the ground, the Pikachu flickered, and on after image stood where Pikachu once was. The Marowak reeled back from the hit, but the Pikachu didn't let up, using another quick attack and flying through the Marowak. The Pikachu kept doing this until it finally landed, panting as the Marowak stood, using its bone as something to lean on.

The Marowak ran at the Pikachu, its club upright, but the Pikachu met it mid-stride, slamming into it with full force. They struggled for a while, and while they did, the swirling Vortex of ghosts lowered. Lowered. And lowered even more as it completely surrounded them. When it suddenly rose up again, only Pikachu remained, panting heavily.

Tony shakily walked over to Lloyd, and held the Pokedex out for him to see, a picture of a large black ball surrounded by purple gas on the dex.

"Gastly?" Lloyd read out loud, and Johnny walked over as well, carrying Lloyds exhausted Pikachu it his arms.

A Tiny pokemon, dark green in color, hesitantly came out from behind a tombstone, and walked over to Lloyd. It tugged at his pants and whined slightly. Lloyd looked down at the pokemon, and was surprised to find it wearing a skull and dragging around a bone.

"A cubone?" Lloyd asked, and the pokemon looked up. Above them a transparent Marowak was floating, waving goodbye to the cubone. "Looks like your mommy left you with me." Lloyd said, patting the Cubones head, and it whined again. Using a pokeball to store the Cubone, Lloyd carried his Pikachu as they ran up the steps of the tower.

They burst open the door to the roof of the Tower, scanning it quickly. Three Rockets were on the roof, and Mr. Fuji was on the opposite sides. Each of the rockets came up to them.

Ignoring the talking, Lloyd, Tony and Johnny all already had their pokeballs out, and the rockets were surprised at the aggressiveness.

The first rocket sent out his Zubat to counter Lloyds Charmeleon. The lizard roared and leapt at the small bat, its claws flashing. The sharp claws ripped through the Zubat, and as it fell, the Charmeleon enveloped it in a flame, and it fell into a pile of burning bat. A blast of Thunder sliced through the air and shook the tower. The rocket released a second Zubat, and it acted fast, clamping on the side of the Chameleon's neck, biting mercilessly. The Charmeleon stood its ground, and the temperature around it grew more and more, making even Lloyd stand back as the Zubat was roasted alive. It fluttered to the ground and the Charmeleon stepped on it.

The last pokemon the Rocket released was bigger, badder, and meaner then the rest of the Zubats he fought earlier. The Golbat flapped its large wings and stared down at the Charmeleon, who was growling. The bat flew down at the Charmeleon, and its large wings buffeted the Charmeleon, who tried to move back to avoid the powerful wings. The Charmeleon found itself at the edge of the tower, and the Golbat was still going strong. Pushing back quickly the Charmeleon rolled underneath the Golbat, its Flaming tail smacking into the bat, and when the Golbat turned it found itself with a face full of Sharp claws.

The Rocket groaned and ran from the building.

Tony stood his ground in front of the Rocket, his Pidgeotto circling overhead. The Rockets Koffing floated as well, before a Thunder suddenly flashed through the air. The Pidgeotto dove at the Koffing, raking it with its Talons, before circling around. The Koffing spun lazily through the air, spewing gas in an attempt to poison the bird. The Pidgeotto stopped, firing a burst of swirling air, which hit the Koffing, sending it spinning. The Koffing stopped spinning, and the Pidgeotto charged in, wings ready to strike the poison ball, when it Flashed red, and exploded directly as the Pidgeotto connected. The Koffing's unconscious body wafted down to the ground, gently landing, as Tony's own Pidgeotto rocketed out from the explosion, and Tony leapt to catch the large bird before it nailed the ground. Recalling the Bird, he sent out his Wartortle, who looked ready to fight.

The rockets Drowzee stood waiting, and the Wartortle jumped into its shell, spinning across the ground at the animal, which couldn't move fast enough, the shell pummeling the pokemons gut. The Wartortle emerged from its shell, and its teeth clamped down on the Drowzee's shoulder. The Drowzee pushed the turtle off of it, and its eyes flashed golden, sending the Wartortle reeling. The Drowzee raised its hands and started to pound them on the Wartortle, who drove its fist into the Drowzee's stomach. The Drowzee spurted a puff of poisonous gas before collapsing on the ground. The Rocket recalled it and followed the other rocket out of the building.

The wind blew Johnny's hair as he stood, his Voltorb lying in front of him. The Rockets Zubat flapped in the air, and the Voltorb rolled under it. The air around the Voltorb rippled, and it suddenly exploded with noise. The sonic boom ripped through the air, at the same time a burst of Thunder did the same, and into the Zubat who lost balance and fell, the Voltorb quickly shocking it. The next Zubat went down the same way, and the Rocket released a Rattata and it hissed. The Voltorb rolled forwards, striking into the Rattata like a bowling ball, and the Ratatta tried to regain its stance. A shockwave of electricity ended the Ratattas short battle.

The Rockets last pokemon, a Raticate, growled as well, flying at the Voltorb in frenzy, and the ball was bit into repeatedly, The ball sent out a flurry of sparks, sending the Raticate hopping away from the pokemon, its fur smoking. The Voltorb suddenly went still, slowly rolling sideways. The Raticate stood watching as the Voltorb rolled, its face frozen. Moving closer, the Raticate gently sniffed it, when it flashed Bright yellow, and another explosion rocked the tower, the Raticate landing charred next to the rocket.

The rocket ran by as the unconscious voltorb rolled to Johnny's feet.

All three of our heroes ran up to Mr. Fuji, who stood with his back turned, looking out over the Town. The thunder above them boomed more angrily, and he turned to face them.

"All three of you came…you've shown endless bravery were others wouldn't even take a step near this tower. Everyone in this town saw me get taken into this tower, yet you three, not even from this town, were the ones who came." He looked up, at the angry clouds, "The spirits were angry…but…they have calmed down…I do not know why."

"Are you ok? Mr. Fuji? Your daughter is worried sick." Tony asked, and the man looked at him, " I came to this tower because the spirits were angry. My job is done, lets go."

They left the tower, and Mr. Fuji brought them to his house.

"Mr. Fuji, we have to go now, are you sure your gonna be ok?" Tony asked, and Mr. Fuji nodded. As Tony was just about to leave the house, Mr. Fuji came up to him, "here, take this as thanks." He said, handing him a large Flute, with a Pokeball shape in the middle.

Thanking him, our heroes set off to the center, to heal and rest up. As Johnny and Lloyd got something to eat, letting all their pokemon chow down as well, Tony releases his Butterfree.

"Hey Butterfree…listen. I'm gonna need more room, and I haven't used you in a while." Tony explained, and the Butterfree looked sad, "I know…but, you know, I'll always be your friend, I just need more room, and you know you're not much of a fighter." Tony joked, and the Butterfree lightened up.

After depositing his Butterfree he, Johnny and Lloyd, headed back to Celadon, because they had to go down the Bike Route and get the next badge that resided there.

Arriving at Celadon, they stocked up on food and supplies, before moving to leave. They found the sleeping pokemon still snoozing peacefully. A couple was standing in front of beast, talking. The man had light blue hair and was wearing a blue overcoat with black pants; he had a stern look on his face. As they approached they both turned to look at him. The man grimaced at them, before turning back to the beast.

The girl, who had long black hair, was looking at them worryingly before waving them over. She was carrying a small brown bag and dressed in a Blue top and a white Mini-skirt. She could have been described as very beautiful, and Tony couldn't help wonder if he'd seen here around before.

"Your trainers right?" She asked as they approached, "Yeah, why?" Johnny responded.

"Can you move this pokemon? We need to get past!" She cried, "oh, I'm Jess. This is…Andrew." She said, shaking their hands and pointing to the man who was studying the large beast. The sun beat down as they examined the large beast. Jess and Andrew stood a little bit away to give the three trainers room to do what they had to.

"Now what?" Tony asked, as Johnny grabbed Tony's backpack and pulled out the Flute Mr. Fuji gave to them, "Hey!" Tony cried.

Johnny just looked over his shoulder at them, and turned back to the pokemon, and gave the flute a sharp toot.

The sleeping pokemons ear twitched.

With another sharp note, the Pokemon shifted slightly, and groaned.

Growling, Johnny gave the flute a loud blast, ringing through the air. The beast's Tiny head jerked up, and it blinked sleepily. Its slowly lifted itself off the ground, and the entire area was silent. As it's feet landed on the ground, Jess gave a quiet gasp. Johnny stepped back a bit as it settled its weight.

"Uh…I think you made it angry…" Lloyd said, as the beast turned its narrow eyes on to Johnny, or more exactly the flute in its hands.

Johnny, ignoring the pokemon, turned to his friends, "Pssh, can't you see the size of it? It would be easy to run from, how dangerous could it be?" He asked, ignoring Tony's yells and Lloyd pointing over his shoulder.

Johnny suddenly felt a pressure on his leg, and before he could do anything, he was whipped from the ground, hanging upside down, the pokemons giant hand clenched tight around his leg. It lifted Johnny up until he was face to face with the creature, and it licked its lips.

"Oh shit!" Johnny cried, flailing in an attempt to get free. The creature opened its mouth wide. A mouth that was wide enough to swallow him whole, "Help me you assholes!"

A pokeball fell from Johnny's belt, and Tony jumped to catch it. The minute he grabbed the ball, it shocked him and he reflexively tossed it into the pokemons belly, where it sparked viscously. It roared loudly, tossing Johnny up as the beast fell. Johnny landed on its large belly, and he bounced up, sliding off onto the ground, where he scrambled back to Tony and Lloyd, his Voltorb rolling after.

"What the hell is that?" Johnny asked, and Tony shrugged.

Lloyd walked up to it and poked it gently. "It's back asleep…" He said, pointing at the beast, which in fact, did fall back asleep.

"What!" Johnny swore, before a loud noise cleaved the air, like a saw ripping through a log. Tony clapped his hands to his head, "Ugh! What is that thing doing?" he cried.

"Its snoring!" Lloyd cried, and Johnny swore, pointing. His Voltorb rolled at the beast, but its suddenly shifted his girth, landing back on its feet in a display that amazed them.

"What the hell is this thing? It can fight in its sleep?" Johnny asked, as it tried to step on the voltorb.

"It's a Snorlax!" Tony cried, and Johnny looked at him, "I just E-mailed Professor Oak!"

"Great, How do I beat it?" Johnny asked as his Voltorb was punted across the clearing, into Lloyd's head, who collapsed to the ground as the Voltorb rolled back to the Snorlax.

"Um, there's only a few in existence, so try catching it!" Tony cried, as Johnny grumbled, "Easier said then done." His voltorb rolled unconscious across the ground, and he recalled it.

Hours went by as Johnny relentlessly battled the giant Beast, until only Johnny's Ivysaur stood. His Parasect was Body slammed, his Porygon got "Fire walled", and his Raticate was just plain beaten. Johnny was sweating, both from the battle and the sun, and he swore as yet another pokeball shattered, the Snorlax breaking free.

A crowd of people had gathered, standing behind Jess and Andrew, who both looked very tired and bored. The Ivysaur sent another sleep powder at the Snorlax, who flopped on the ground, where the Ivysaur proceeded to send its vines out.

The Ivysaur, Incredibly fed up with this battle, Launched wave after wave of Razor leaves at the beast, while its vines struck its massive belly repeatedly. It whipped as hard and fast as it could, until the vines just became a green blur, the Snorlax's belly rippling as the hits kept coming. The Ivysaur suddenly collapsed suddenly, breathing heavily.

Johnny grabbed one more pokeball, and flung it at the Snorlax before it could rest again, and the pokeball sucked up the beast. With a small click, the pokeball shut, and shook once. Twice. Three times, before standing still.

The crowed Cheered wildly, and Jess jumped up, clapping. Johnny beamed and waved back at the crowd, holding the pokeball with the Snorlax in it up to the sky, the sun gleaming off of it. He spotted Valarie in he crowd, as he gave her a thumbs up, and our heroes moved through the crowd to the Pokecenter.

As Tony and Lloyd rested, Johnny visited the PC for a second, before returning back to them. "I just put my Raticate in the box."

"Oh, well, it happens." Tony said, "I put my Butterfree away in Lavender." He explained.

Suddenly the pokeball holding Snorlax on the table levitated up into the air, and Johnny snatched it back.

"What the hell?" He cried, looking around and clutching the pokeball to his chest. A large black ball appeared floating above the table, a blue gas flowing around it.

"Isn't that a Gastly?" Tony asked, and Lloyd nodded. The Gastly nodded as well, floating down to the flute in Johnny's back pocket, and its gas pointed at it.

"I think it used to live in the Flute!" Tony cried, and Johnny quickly grabbed a pokeball, capturing the Gastly in it.

"Hey! That was my Flute!" Tony yelled, and Johnny shrugged, "Well now its mine. Those other Gastly's had purple auras, this one's Blue."

Growling, Tony dropped the argument, grumbling about how the Gastly was probably weak anyways.

"Where to next?" Lloyd asked, and Johnny slammed his fist down, "Fuchsia City!"

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