Pokemon: New Generation
Axon, Christy, and their new friend David, walk the long path of route one. To pass their time Axon and Christy tell David the story of how they met Plusle and Minun, who were on their shoulders as they walked.
"...and that's how Plusle and Minun became part of our lives." Axon said finishing the long tale.
"Wow," David day dreamed. "It must be cool having a bond with a pokemon like that."
It began to get dark. It was getting late. "I'm getting tired. Are we almost there?" Christy whined.
"Does that answer your question," Axon pointed to lights that were coming from the city not far away. "There it is. Viridian City. We made it guys!" The three of their faces lit up as their eyes fixed on the city.
"It's beautiful isn't it Plusle?" Christy said staring at it. Plusle's face was full of joy.
"Come on." David said. "I can't wait any longer, let's go." The three of them ran into the city. As they entered, people walked the streets with their pokemon, everyone beginning to turn in for the evening.
"Let's check in to the pokemon center." David suggested. "My feet are killing me." Axon and Christy nodded in agreement and they made their way to the pokemon center. When they entered the lobby, there was a desk with a nurse joy behind it. Christy immediately ran up to her in excitement.
"Wow!" Christy exclaimed, "A real nurse joy. I heard about you. There's a nurse joy in every pokemon center isn't there?"
"Why...yes?" Said nurse joy startled by Christy's approach. "Uh... may I help you three kids?"
"Yes," David said walking up to the desk, "We'd like a room for the night."
"Okay." Nurse joy said typing on the computer. "Room 214 is open. I'll just grab a key for you and be right back." Nurse joy walked through a door behind the desk and returned in a matter of moments. She handed David a key. "Just take the elevator to the second floor. Your room is the second door on the right side of the hallway. If you have any questions feel free to come down and ask."
"Thanks a bunch," David said, "You guys ready to go?"
Christy nodded but Axon held up his hand in signal to wait a minute. "Wait," he halted them and turned to Nurse Joy, "Where's the Gym, I want to go challenge the Gym leader to a battle before I go to bed."
"Oh, I'm afraid the Gym is closed," She said. Axon looked disappointed. Christy knocked Axon upside the head.
"Are you crazy?!" She wagged her finger, "How could you even think of battling. We've been walking all day. Haven't you even thought that Minun might be tired?" axon turned to Minun who was literally falling asleep on his shoulder.
"Guess, I got a little carried away." Axon itched the back of his head. "Thanks anyway Nurse Joy." The three of them walked into the elevator. Plusle jumped over and press the number two button on the wall. The elevator doors opened again and they walked out. They passed sets of doors that had numbers on them. Odd numbers on the left, even numbers on the right. They went into the second door on the right which read "214."
Inside there was a single bed and a bunk bed. There was a refrigerator with a sink next to it, and right next to the doorway there was a bathroom.
"Minun and I call top bunk." Axon called out as Minun quickly sprinted onto the top bunk bed and snuggled itself on the pillow.
"I've got the single bed," Christy called as she gracefully set her belongings on the single bed. David sat on the lower bed. He didn't mind either way where he slept. "So what time are we going to get up. Does nine sound good to you guys?"
"Fine with me," David said resting his head on the pillow, "How about you Axon? Is that okay?"
"Yeah," Axon turned to Minun. "Rest up Minun, because tomorrow we're in for a pretty intense battle. Sleep tight bud." Axon put his head on his pillow and went to sleep.
"Good night guys," Christy said getting under the covers and resting her head.
"Good night," David shut his eyes. The three of them slept soundly. At around two 2am a noise awoke David. Something coming from outside. He got up to see what the commotion was about. When he looked out the window, he saw three dark figures creeping the night. They seemed to be looking for something. David decided to ignore it and go back to sleep.
The next morning, Axon, Christy, and David all woke up at nine like they said they would. Plusle and Minun jumped out of bed and began to jump around. Christy combed her hair and got ready for the day. Axon brushed his teeth and got washed up as well. David slipped a pair shoes and was ready to go. When the three of them were ready, they went back down to the lobby. Minun and Plusle on their usual spots, on Axon's and Christy's shoulders
"Good morning," Nurse joy said spotting the three coming from the elevator, "How did you sleep?"
"Fine! Thanks!" Axon nodded, "Now, where's the gym. Minun and I both had a good rest and we're ready to go. Now, where's the gym"
"Didn't I tell you last night?" Nurse joy said confused, "The gym in this city is closed."
"Well, what time does it open?" Christy asked anxiously.
"No," Nurse joy explained, "The Gym in this town has been closed down for a while now. It hasn't had a Gym leader in almost three years."
Axon, Christy, and David all jumped in shock.
"What?" Axon's eyes widened in disbelief, "You mean I can't get a Gym badge from the gym in this city?"
"But, we waited so long," Christy whined.
"We're hoping to get a Gym leader by the end of next month," Nurse Joy said. Axon and Christy's jaws both dropped open. "For now they're using it for some type of storage shelter."
"Hmm," David thought, "Well now that you think about it,that makes sense." Axon and Christy both turned to David like he was crazy.
"What?" Axon looked at David intently, "How could that possibly make any sense at all?"
"Think about it," David continued, "We have to go to Pewter city to register for the Pokemon Indigo League, so it makes sense for the first Gym to be there; and we would have to come back this way anyway, because route 22 and 23 are both near pallet town, and they lead right to victory road. So doesn't it make sense to go and get our other badges, then stop by and get the badge from this city on our way to the indigo league?"
"Oh," Christy thought, "I guess that does make sense."
"Yeah," Axon sighed disappointedly and turning to Minun on his shoulder, "Guess we'll have to wait a while for our first gym battle Minun," Minun's head went down sulkily.
"Cheer up Axon," David encouraged, "What do you say we get some breakfast?"
"Sounds good," Christy agreed, "See you later Nurse Joy." The three of them walked out of the pokemon center, Axon dragging along sulkily behind. David and Christy walked in front, ignoring Axon's gloomy attitude, in search for a restaurant to eat at. They came to a small, coffee house and decided to see if there was anything good. They walked inside and sat down at a table. There were very few people inside. A waitress came over to serve them.
"What can I get for you three," She asked with a pen and notepad at hand.
"Bacon and Eggs please," David said.
"Some waffles would be nice." Christy nodded.
"How about a Gym badge," Axon said with a mixture of sarcasm and gloominess.
"Stop being dumb." Christy wagged her finger, "He'll have some pancakes, and please bring some pokemon food for Plusle and Minun. Oh, David! What about your Charmander?"
"Oh. Right!" David said pulling out his poke-ball. He quickly released Charmander. "Would you like something to eat Charmander?" Charmander bounced up and down happily.
"I'll bring that right up," The waitress giggled looking at Charmander and walking away. She returned with their food in about five minutes, then returned to serve the other customers. Christy began to cut her waffles and smother them in syrup. Plusle, Minun, and Charmander happily dug into their food together. David began to eat some of his eggs. He turned to Axon, who's head was down on the table ignoring his food.
"Come on Axon," David encouraged, "Stop sulking. We'll leave for Pewter City tonight. For now, just relax and eat some breakfast."
"You don't understand," Axon put his head up. "I was so pumped for my first real battle. Now I don't even get the chance."
"If you really want to battle," David continued, "I could battle you. It would get both of us ready for Pewter gym."
"Really?" Axon's face lit up. "Okay! You're on! Let's go right now." Axon quickly jumped up.
"Hold on Axon." Christy laughed. "Can we at least finish our breakfast first?"
Axon sat down and began rapidly shoveling food down his throat. He kept eating until there was nothing on his plate.
"Done!" He shouted jumping up from the table. "Let's go!" Axon ran pulling David up and away from the table. David quickly returned Charmander. Minun followed Axon and David out of the coffee shop. Christy rolled her eyes.
"Come on Plusle." She left the money on the table and ran outside with Plusle close behind her.
Axon pulled David out to a field just outside the entrance to Viridian City. "Okay, you can use as many pokemon as you want." Axon offered excitedly. "Ready to go?"
"Hold on!" Christy halted running on to the field. "I'll judge the battle. Let the battle begin." Christy threw her hand up.
"Go Minun!" Axon shouted. Minun jumped out onto the field. David reached into his pocket and pulled out a poke-ball. He held it close to himself for a minute.
"I haven't used you yet, but please try your best." David whispered to himself. "Go Ariados!" David threw the poke-ball out on the field. The huge bug pokemon from before appeared from the poke-ball.
"Oh yeah," Axon realized, "I forgot he caught that Ariados. This won't be easy. Minun use quick attack and slide under the Ariados like Charmander did!" Minun charged at Ariados and slid on the ground.
"Ariados! Don't let Minun get under you!" David ordered. Ariados quickly jumped to the side. Minun slid right pass Ariados. "Now use stringshot."
"Get out of there Minun." Ariados shot a stringshot at Minun. Minun quickly jumped up from its sliding position and dodged the attack. "Now use thundershock!" Minun aimed a direct thunder attack at Ariados and blasted it back. "Tackle it! Then use another thundershock." Minun charged at Ariados and tackled it down. Then it used thunder. Ariados fell to the ground.
"Ariados!" David cried. "Try to get up." Ariados did not move.
"Ariados is unable to battle." Christy stated, "The first win goes to Axon." Axon jumped up and down. David returned Ariados then pulled out another poke-ball.
"Go Charmander!" David threw the poke-ball and Charmander appeared. "Ready to go Charmander?" Just like before, Charmander ignored David and began frolicking around happily. "No. Charmander use your tackle attack." Charmander ignored David.
"I almost feel bad doing this but," Axon hesitated, "Minun use your thundershock." Minun hesitantly sent a direct thunder attack at Charmander. Charmander turned to Minun. It was confused to as why Minun was attacking it. "Try tackle attack." Minun charged at Charmander and tackled it down. Charmander began to get angry. It through Minun off of its body.
"Good!" David cheered, "Now use your tackle attack." Charmander ignored the order and whacked Minun with its tail. Minun was hit back by the powerful tail whip. Minun got up again. Axon thought of what strategy to use next. It knew what Charmander was capable of. Then Axon got an Idea.
"Minun! Use quick attack around the field, but don't hit Charmander." Minun quickly began running rapidly around the field. Flashes of its body appearing on and off everywhere. Charmander tried to keep up with Minun. Minun was moving to fast, it became confused. "Good! You confused it. Now use thundershock and tackle it." Minun sent another direct hit thunder attack at Charmander then slammed it down. Charmander fell to the ground and did not move.
"Charmander!" David ran out onto the field. "Are you okay? You did your best. Return!" Charmander was retrieved into the poke-ball. David looked up at Axon and Minun who were hugging and cheering in victory.
"You did great Minun." Axon cheered, "We won our first battle." Christy ran out on the field.
"That was great Axon." Christy complimented. She looked over at David who was looking disappointed, "You did well too David. I'll bet you'll win next time."
David smiled and stood up straight. He walked over to Axon and held out his hand. "You battled well Axon. Congratulations."
Axon smiled and shook David's hand. "Thank you. Let's head back into the city."
The three of them walked together back into the city. They decided just to take a stroll around town. They passed many shops and restaurants and hotels. The city seemed full of activity. They came to a large building in the very back of the city. It had no big sign like the others. All the windows were boarded up by wooden boards. There was a small little notice pinned on the front door. Axon, Christy, and David went up to read it.
"What's this?" Axon asked looking at the building.
"Hmm.." David paused examining, "Not sure, but I think this may be the gym Nurse Joy was telling us about."
"You're right David." Christy said reading the notice. "It says here that this gym has been closed due to the loss of a gym leader. It will be used for storage until further notice. It's just like Nurse Joy said"
"Well I hope it opens again soon." Axon said
"Nurse Joy said that they're hoping to get a new Gym leader by the end of next month," David remembered.
"That's right." Christy said, looking over to the side of the building. She saw two boys dressed in all black lurking on the side of the building. "Hey, who is that?" Axon and David looked over to where Christy was pointing. David recognized the two of them. It was two of the figures he saw the night before.
"Hey!" David exclaimed, "Those two were creeping around last night. They were acting pretty suspicious."
"I wonder what their doing hanging around a closed gym." Axon said eyeing the two suspiciously.
"Oh stop it you two," Christy said, "They're probably just minding their own business. You two should try it. Besides, people could say the same thing about us. We're hanging around this closed gym too."
"Hmm," David hesitated, "I still don't trust them. I say we go over their and find out what's going on." David ran toward the two boys.
"I'm with you." Axon said following David. Minun followed. Christy rolled her eyes.
"Come on Plusle. Let's go make sure they don't do anything stupid." Plusle followed Christy over to the scene. Axon and David walked over to the two boys. The two boys gave them a dirty look. One of the boys on the right, with a hat on, quickly put his head down when he laid eyes on Axon.
"What do you two want?" The other boy barked. Axon flinched a little and backed off.
"We were just wandering what you two were doing." Axon hesitated.
"What's it to you?" The same boy barked again. David stepped up.
"Hey!" He said with his head held high, "We want to know what you guys are doing hanging around an empty gym, and also why you were creeping around town at two in the morning."
"You've been spying on us kid?" The boy on the right snapped putting his head up.
"Don't change the subject!" David exclaimed growing more and more angry. Christy and Plusle came between the two of them.
"David will you just leave them alone?" She protested turning to the other two boys, "I'm sorry about this. He gets a little carried away sometimes I guess." The boy on the right put his head up long enough for Christy to see his face. Christy recognized the boy.
"Huh?" Christy flinched, startled by the boy's appearance, "Excuse me, but, have we met before?"
"O - of course not!" The boy exclaimed quickly putting his head down and making his voice lower, "I've never laid eyes on the two of you, I…I mean the three of you scrawny nerds before in my life, and if you know what's good for you, I'll never have to lay eyes on you again."
"Why I oughta…" David exclaimed coming after the boy. Christy quickly grabbed him and held him back.
"Come on guys. Let's go." Christy turned around catching one last suspicious look at the boy. Plusle and Minun both ran over to the boy and began to play around him.
"Hey! Get these things away from me!" The boy ordered backing away from them. Axon and Christy quickly ran over to pick Plusle and Minun up.
"What's gotten in to you two?" Axon said carrying Minun away from the boy. "Don't you know those two aren't our friends?" Plusle and Minun both looked back at the boy, confused to why the boy flinched away, for they knew him, and they knew that he knew them.
Axon, Christy and David walked away from the empty gym. A mean looking girl, with purple hair and green eyes, came running down the street, bumping into David and knocking him down, falling herself.
"Ow!" The girl put her hand on her forehead. "Why don't you watch where you're going shrimpy!"
"Me?" David jumped up from the ground. "Why should I watch where I'm going? You bumped into me!"
"Whatever," The girl got up, "I don't have time for this. I've got stuff to do." The girl stamped over to the two boys who were hanging around the gym.
"Figures she'd hang out with those two." Axon glared at the three of them. "…and what was with that guy with the hat. He was acting really weird."
"I could've sworn I've seen him somewhere before." Christy said still looking back at the boy as she walked away with Axon and David.
"Really?" Axon said thinking back, "But now that you mention it his face did look kind of familiar."
"Wonder why." David thought looking up into the sky, "Anyway, what do you guys want to do now?"
"Oh no!" Christy exclaimed remembering something important. "Axon! We never called Mom and Dad to let them know we made it to Viridian City!"
"Then let's go back to the center and give them a call." Axon stated. The three of them made their way back to the pokemon center. When they got in, Nurse Joy was in her usual spot behind her desk.
"Hello!" Nurse Joy looked up as they walked in the door. "How is everything going? Are you finding your way around town okay?"
"For the most part," Christy said, "We were wandering if we could use your phone."
"Of course! The phones are right in that room over there." Nurse Joy pointed to a small room in the left corner. Christy, David and Axon walked into the room. There were six sets of computer looking devices with telephones attached on the side. Axon and Christy sat at the one closest to the door. Christy pushed a button to turn on the screen, and Axon typed in the phone number. After a few rings their mother, Diana, appeared on the screen.
"Axon! Christy!" Diana's face lit up when she saw them on the screen. "We were wandering when we would here from you guys."
"Hi Mom!" Axon and Christy both said. Christy spoke, "We made it to Viridian City."
"Oh that's wonderful," She continued, "and what about the gym? Did you two get your first badges yet?"
"Actually mom," Axon started sulkily, "The gym in this city has been closed down for quite some time now. We have to get it on our way back."
"That's too bad," She replied, "Well is there anything you need me to send for you?"
"No thanks." Axon said, "Is dad there?"
"Your father had a business trip to the hoenn region. He won't be back till tonight. But, I'll call him and let him know that you made it to Viridian." Axon's head went down, "Don't get upset honey. Your father is very proud of you two."
"I know he is." Axon put his head up.
"Oh Mom! We want you to meet somebody." Christy said pulling David up to the screen. "This is our new friend David. He helped us out yesterday and now he's traveling with us."
"Hello ma'am ." David waved red in the face.
"Hello there. My name is Diana." Diana waved back. "Well I really need to be going. A friend of mine invited me over for lunch. But before I go how are Plusle and Minun doing."
"Great!" Axon said as Plusle and Minun ran up to the screen happily.
"Hello there Plusle and Minun, how are you doing?" She giggled as Plusle and Minun waved into the screen. "Well now I really must be going. Good luck! I'll talk to you soon. Bye!"
"Bye Mom!" They both said signing off the screen. Christy turned to David. "Well, do you need to call anyone?"
"Yeah! I need to call my dad." David said sitting down in the computer chair.
"Okay! We'll wait for you outside." Axon got up and walked out of the room with Christy. When they got out into the main lobby, Nurse Joy was not behind her desk, she was over by the front door talking to an officer Jenny. Axon and Christy were used to Officer Jenny's because there was one in their hometown. Nurse Joy pointed over to Christy and Axon and Officer Jenny made her way to the two of them.
"Is there a problem officer?" Christy asked concerned.
"Some people say that they saw you and another boy hanging around Viridians Gym." Officer Jenny said with a stern look on her face.
"Yes, we were looking at the notice on the door. What's this about?" Christy said confused to why reading a notice on the front door was an issue.
"Somebody has broken into the Gym and we're just trying to get to the bottom of this. Is their anything you can tell me?" She asked accusingly
Axon and Christy looked at each other. Axon stepped up. "There were three other people who were hanging around there. They were acting pretty suspicious too."
"Would you mind telling me what they looked like?" She said pulling out her pen and notepad.
"There were two boys and one girl." Christy began, "The girl had purple hair that she wore up in a ponytail, and green eyes, One of the boys had blonde hair and brown eyes. The other boy wore a hat but he only put his face up briefly so I'm not entirely sure, but I think I might have seen him somewhere before. Not sure when."
"Our friend David said that he saw them lurking around at 2 am." Axon added.
"Thank you! I'll look into that." Officer Jenny said putting away her notepad. David came running out of the phone room panting and out of breath.
"What's wrong David?" Christy ran over to assist him.
"M-My Ariados!" David panted "My Ariados is gone. I was showing my dad my pokemon and when I reached into my pocket it was gone. I looked in my bag and everything. It's nowhere!"
"When's the last time you had it?" Axon asked.
"Let's see…." David thought back, "that would be right before I bumped into—"
"What is it?" Christy asked looking at the expression on David's face.
"That girl!" David exclaimed, "I bet that girl took my Ariados."
"Hey you know what? I bet they were the ones who broke into the Gym too." Axon turned to Officer Jenny. "Officer, are they still in the gym now? How did they get in?"
"That's just the thing." Officer Jenny started, "Nobody knows how they got in. We know they're in there because they set off the alarms but we can't get in until the owners come with the key."
"We have to find those guys, and figure out how they got in." Christy said. Axon and David both turned and nodded in agreement.
"We'll help you get to the bottom of this and in the meantime get back my Ariados." David assured Officer Jenny. "Let's go guys!"
The three of them ran out of the center and made their way back to the gym. When they arrived, there was police cars and caution tape all around the front of the gym. They searched for away to get around all the security.
"How are we going to get passed all this?" Axon said searching around. Plusle and Minun jumped down from Axon and Christy's shoulder.
"Plu! Plu! Plu!" Plusle signaled for them to follow.
"Minun! Min! Min! Min!" Minun signaled as well. Axon, Christy, and David followed Minun and Plusle to the side of the building where they were earlier. One of the wooden boards had been knocked down. The window behind it was cranked open.
"This was exactly where they were earlier!" Christy exclaimed, "It has to be them."
"Alright, let's go." David said climbing into the window. Axon followed with Minun behind it. As Minun was climbing in, the window fell shut and knocked Minun down into the Gym. Axon and David turned to push it back open so Christy could get in, but it wouldn't budge.
"It's no use. It's shut tight." Axon yelled out to Christy and Plusle, "You go get help. We'll take a look around."
"Aww man!" Christy whined, "Why do I have to miss all the action. Come on Plusle." Christy and Plusle ran out of sight.
Axon jumped down from the window and turned to David. "Let's go. It's kind of dark in here though. Why don't you let Charmander out. The flame on it's tail will light this place up."
"Okay." David said reaching in his pocket and taking out his poke-ball. He let out Charmander. "Charmander, lead the way with your light."
Charmander hopped around happily making the light flutter. David slapped his hand on his forehead. Minun ran over to Charmander. Charmander jumped back remembering the battle from earlier.
"Mi! Mi! Minun! Min" Minun assured Charmander that it was okay. It seemed to be apologizing but at the same time explaining the situation. Charmander smiled and began to lead the way. Axon picked up Minun.
"I don't know what you said, but thank you Minun!" Axon smiled. He looked over at David who's head was down. "What's wrong David?"
"It's just that, I wish that Charmander would listen to me." David said, "Like the way Minun listens to you. How did you get him to listen to you so well."
"Well, it's not that he listens to me," Axon began, "We trust each other and work as a team. It took a while for us to understand each other but we just spent a lot of time together and eventually we became inseparable. You just need to spend more time with it. This will be good for you. Try talking to it"
David turned to Charmander in front of him. "So Charmander, what's up?" Charmander happily continued walking. "Well, you know, I like you Charmander. I'm really glad you're my pokemon. But, we can't work together unless you do your part. So tell me, why won't you listen?"
Charmander turned around to David. "Char! Mander! Char! Char! Der! Charmander!" Charmander bounced around trying to explain. Minun tugged on Axon's leg. Axon looked down at Minun.
"Mi! Mi! Minun! Minun! Min!" Minun explained to Axon.
"I think Minun is telling me what Charmander is saying." Axon turned David, "I think he says that Charmander doesn't like to battle. It likes to play around. It only battles if it feels it's in danger or if it gets angry."
"Really? Okay then." David bent down to Charmander, "If that's what you want, then that's okay. You don't have to battle if you don't want to. But we can play games with each other if you want? Deal?"
David held out his hand. Charmander jumped into David's arms, giving him a great big hug. David returned the affection by hugging him back. Charmander jumped down and continued to lead. Axon and Minun both smiled.
After looking around for awhile, they came to a door. They entered into a big room. There were white lines drawn on the floor. The room was filled with boxes.
"This must be the old battle stadium." Axon said, "They really are using this place for storage. What a waste."
Suddenly, one of the boxes moved. Charmander and Minun jumped over and pointed at the box. There was someone behind it.
"Who's there?" David shouted, "Come out now!"
"Minun, use your thundershock!" Minun began to send a thundershock when the two boys from earlier jumped up. Minun retrieved his thunder attack.
"I knew it." Axon said, "What are you doing here?"
"Mind your own business kid." The boy with blonde hair said. "Didn't we tell you to leave us alone?"
"Yeah, get lost!" The boy with the hat snapped putting his head up for a brief moment then put it down like before.
"Calm down boys." A sly voice said. The girl with purple hair appeared from behind one of the boxes. "Let's let them in on our little secret."
"You!" David exclaimed, "Give me back my Ariados! I know you have it."
"You're right. I do." She smirked, holding up David's poke-ball "But there is no way I'm giving it back. This Ariados has a lot of spunk. You don't come across a pokemon like that every day."
"Why are you here?" Axon asked accusingly.
"Supposedly these boxes are filled with valuable merchandise." She continued to smirk, "We came here to see if it was true, and it was. So now were going to walk out of here and take what ever we please."
"Who do you think you are?" David said. Charmander was beginning to get angry.
"My name is Ester." She continued, "Blondie over there is JJ and the quiet one is D. We don't have a team name yet, but together we cause untold mischief."
"We're not going to let you walk out of here." Axon said, "Policeman are surrounding the gym right now, and my sister will be here soon with Officer Jenny."
"You really think you can stop us," She continued to smirk.
"I know we can." David said. Charmander jumped in front of David ready for battle. "Charmander, what are you doing?"
Charmander turned and nodded at David. "Are you going to battle for me?" David asked. Charmander nodded again. "You mean it? Thank you so much Charmander."
"Are you serious?" The girl laughed. Her to cronies laughed along with her, "You're even more thick then I thought you were if you really think that puny thing can beat our pokemon."
"Care to find out?" Axon stood up, Minun ready for battle as well beside Charmander. The girl, Ester, finished her last few chuckles then signaled to the boy with the hat, D, up to the plate. She put David's poke-ball away and then pulled out her own. D did the same.
"You two are in way over your heads." She threw her poke-ball, "Go, Fearow." The huge bird pokemon emerged from the poke-ball. It looked fierce and mean. D threw his poke-ball as well. A Jolteon appeared.
"You take the Fearow, Minun and we'll take care of this Jolteon." Axon whispered. David nodded. "Minun, tackle Jolteon."
"Don't let it get near you Jolteon." D whispered with his head still down. Minun charged at Jolteon. Jolteon simply jumped to the side as Minun stumbled on the ground.
"Try it again." Minun jumped at Jolteon, missing again. It kept trying to take it down, but failed each time. Minun was beginning to get tired.
"It's getting worn out. Finish it off." D whispered again. Jolteon charged at Minun and tackled it. It then picked it up with its teeth and tossed it up in the air. It sent a thunder attack at Minun in mid air. Minun fell to the ground. It couldn't move.
"No! Minun are you okay?" Axon shouted running out to Minun.
"That thing is toast." The boy with blonde hair, JJ, smirked slapping hands with D. Axon glared at the two of them then carried Minun off to the side.
Meanwhile, on David's side of the two battles, Charmander and Fearow were making quite a match. Charmander jumping and dodging, Fearow's attacks. Fearow swooping around too fast for Charmander to attack.
"Charmander, it's no use. It's moving too fast and high for us to attack it." David said, "It's no use tiring your self out." Charmander stopped trying to attack and began to move backwards.
"Smart of you to back off." Ester said, "But it's too late now." As Charmander moved backwards Jolteon jumped behind it.
"What do you think you're doing?" David shouted.
"Yeah, two against one isn't a fair battle!" Axon shouted out onto the field. Minun squirmed angrily in Axon's arms.
"Sorry, but we can't take any chances. The two of you, finish it off now!" She ordered. Jolteon and Fearow began rapidly attacking Charmander. Charmander dodged each and every attack they sent at him, growing more and more tired. They began to corner him. Charmander had almost no strength left, normal attacks weren't working, what was he to do?
"Charmander!" David shouted, "Please stop this. You win! We'll leave you alone. I promise."
"Finish it now!" She ordered.
Just then, a strange power came over Charmander's body. It began to heat up. Suddenly it opened its mouth and a huge blast of fire emerged and burnt Fearow and Jolteon.
"No way! Was that…?" Axon studdered.
"Flamethrower!" David exclaimed, "Charmander, you just learned Flamethrower." Charmander bounced up and down happily, feeling recharged and ready to battle.
"You get up you dumb bird." Ester ordered. Fearow got back up into the air.
"Get up!" D whispered. Jolteon got back up, burned and weak, but still got up.
"Don't hesitate Charmander. Use your tail whip on Jolteon." David yelled happily. Charmander blasted Jolteon back with a whip of its tail. "Now use your flamethrower to finish it off for good."
Another blast of fire emerged from Charmander's mouth and burnt down Jolteon.
"Return Jolteon!" D yelled retrieving his pokemon through his poke-ball.
"This is ridiculous. Fearow, use your wing attack." Ester ordered. Fearow swooped down towards Charmander.
"Charmander, wait for it to get close. Now jump on its back." David yelled as the Fearow swooped the ground. Charmander jumped on Fearow's back. Fearow was confused to where Charmander went. It began flying all over the Gym.
"Hold on tight Charmander." David yelled watching Charmander hold on to Fearow as it swooped upside, down, and all around. Fearow crashed onto the ground in confusion. "Now jump off and use your flamethrower."
Charmander quickly hopped off of Fearow's back and blasted another powerful fire attack at Fearow. Fearow was all crisp. It couldn't move.
"Don't you dare give up. You get up right now!" Ester ordered again.
"It's over Ester!" Axon smirked.
"Grr." Ester growled. "Return!" She retrieved Fearow back into her poke-ball. Charmander ran over to David and jumped into his arms.
"I can't believe it. That was amazing Charmander." David smiled hugging Charmander. Axon and Minun ran over to David and Charmander.
"Whatever. I'm still keeping your Ariados, and everything else." Ester grumbled, "Let's get this stuff moving boys."
"You may want to rethink that." A familiar voice said. Christy, with Plusle on her shoulder, busted in the stadium with Officer Jenny and two other policemen. "Those are the three we were telling you about."
"You three are under arrest." Officer Jenny shouted at them, "For breaking an entry and attempted robbery." Christy quickly ran over to David and Axon.
"Are you guys okay?" She asked.
"We're fine!" Axon assured her.
"You're not taking us anywhere." JJ yelled . The three of them turned and began to run the other way. Plusle, Minun, and Charmander quickly ran over in front of the three of them and let out two strong thunder attacks and one strong fire attack. Ester, D, and JJ fell to the ground unable to move. The policemen came over and hand cuffed the three of them.
Later, outside the gym, Axon, Christy, and David stood and talked to Officer Jenny.
"Thank you very much for your help. You're welcome here anytime." Officer Jenny saluted.
"Thank you." David said holding Charmander. Officer Jenny left to attend business.
"So what exactly happened? How did you beat them after Minun was shot down?" Christy asked.
"It was Charmander and David who saved the day," Axon said, "They finally learned to work together as a team."
"And Charmander learned to use Flamethrower." David smiled down at Charmander who was smiling back up at him.
"Looks like I miss everything," Christy joked. "So does this mean Axon and you are going to have a rematch."
'"It depends if Charmander wants to battle." Charmander hopped up and down showing yes. "Really? You'll battle for me? That's great!"
"So what do you say David? Are you ready for a rematch?" Axon asked.
"Thanks but, I want to train with Charmander more first. Get to know it better." David said, "But I'll tell you what, I'll let you get your butt kicked by me and Charmander in the Indigo League."
"Ha, ha, yeah right." Axon laughed. The three of them turned to see the three bad guys getting pulled away by the policemen.
"You can't do this to me! Do you know who I am?" Ester protested squirming to get away. Axon, Christy, and David all laughed at the sight. JJ glared over at them as he was pushed into the police car. D, who had was about to be pushed into the police car, looked up long enough for Christy to see his face one last time. Finally, Christy thought she knew who it was.
"Jolteon? It can't be!" Christy thought running to D. Axon and David both followed. "Officer, hold that boy for a moment." The officer held the boy still for a moment.
"No, let's go now!" David ordered nervously. Plusle and Minun jumped down and went towards D. "Get away from me. No!" He shouted as they ran up his shoulder and knocked of his hat revealing his whole face and flat red hair.
"Dalem!" Axon and Christy both exclaimed.
"Who?" David asked.
"Our cousin." Axon said.
"Yeah, it's me. But, this doesn't change anything." Dalem warned.
"What happened to you?" Christy asked still stunned. "You were supposed to become some big business man and now you're hanging out with some lowlife gang like this."
"They understand me. But I swear to you we'll get you back for this."
"We'll be waiting." Axon smirked. "Take him away Officer." The policeman shoved Dalem into the car and drove away.
After they got their stuff, Axon, Christy, and David stood in front of pokemon center to say goodbye to Nurse Joy.
"Well I hope you enjoyed Viridian for the most part." Nurse Joy laughed.
"Oh we had a great time." Christy assured her. "Adventure is what we live for."
"We'll come and visit you when we come back for our gym badges." Axon smiled.
"Are you sure you have everything?" She asked looking at David.
"Yes. I got my Ariados right after the catastrophe." David said with Charmander on his new spot on David's shoulder.
"Well be careful in the Viridian Forest. It's a complete maze in there." She warned.
"We will Nurse Joy. Goodbye." Christy waved as they started to walk away.
"Goodbye, and thanks again." Nurse joy waved at them until they were completely out of sight.
Axon, Christy, David, Plulse, Minun, and Charmander all made their way into the Viridian forest. Where new pokemon and adventures await them.