Pokemon: New Generations
Last time, Axon and Christy discovered a disturbing secret about there father. A secret so big, that it almost broke up the three trainers into separate journeys. But once again, the three overcame the tragedy and kept on going for their goal. Now, they have decided to take a little rest from there long days of traveling, in a small town off the side of route six.
"So what is this town anyway?" Axon asked looking around with Minun, as they walked through the entrance. There were people all over. They looked like they were getting ready for something big.
"This is Cosimo Town." David said looking in the guide book once again, "This will be good just for a little rest stop before we head off again to Vermillion City."
"This town is so small and quaint," Christy smiled holding Plusle in her arms, "Just like home in Pallet Town. Oh, I love towns like this, and everyone seems so busy too."
"Yeah, you're right Christy." David said putting his book down and noticing the crowded streets. "What's everyone doing? Its like there all gathering for some big event."
"You'd be right about that." A girl said from behind them. Axon, Christy and David all turned around to see a girl with green hair that was put up in Pig tails. She walked up to Axon and Christy, "Hi there, if you wouldn't mind, could I take a look at your Plusle and Minun?"
"Well…I.." Axon hesitated. Before he could even answer, the girl took Minun off of his shoulder and then took Plusle away from Christy's arm. Plusle and Minun didn't struggle but looked very confused.
"Hey wait a minute!" Christy exclaimed reaching out for Plusle, "Just what do you think you're doing?"
"This will only take a second," She put her hand up, ignoring Christy. She set Minun and Plusle down and began examining them. She then let out a long unsatisfied sigh, "Looks like these two really do belong to you."
"Yeah, well what did you think?" Christy snatched Plusle away from the girl, "Did you think you could just come right up and take them away from us?"
"No, I guess I was just hoping for a miracle." The girl sighed again, "Plusle and Minun would have made great team mates for the competition today."
"Competition?" David asked, "What kind of competition? And what do you mean team mates?"
"Woah! Hold on!" The girl jumped, "You mean to tell me that you came to Cosimo Town and you don't know anything about the Pokemon Team Competition?"
"Totally clueless!" Axon shrugged picking Minun back up.
"Man, you guys need to read up more." She said standing up and begginning to explain, "Today is the day that the Pokemon Team Competition is held, and this time, we were lucky enough to have it held right here in Cosimo Town."
"I don't get it. Why is that such a big deal?" Axon shrugged.
"You really don't know anything do you?" The girl shook her head. She then stood up proudly. "Trainers travel all over kanto, searching for the various Team Competitions that our held throughout the region. They strive to collect the Pokefigures, and soon head to the Grand Gathering, where they compete for the Legendary Pokemon Trophy. And no doubt, I'm gonna win that Trophy and take home the title, Pokemon Team Leader."
"Wow, sounds pretty cool." David smiled.
"It sounds totally awesome." Christy said.
"It sounds…um…interesting I guess." Axon shrugged unenthusiastically, "But I still don't understand why you needed Plusle and Minun."
"Well, if I had a Plusle and a Minun then I could the get them to use helping hand," She continued, "It would boost my team up and we could win any competition."
"Helping hand?" Axon and Christy both itched their heads confusedly.
"You have got to be kidding me." The girl shook her head in dissappointment once again, "It's one thing not to know what a Team Competition is, but it's a terrible thing not to know one of the most amazing moves of your own pokemon. Its what Plusle and Minun are famous for in the first place. During helping hand they cheer on a pokemon, and sometimes, it boost the attack of the pokemon its cheering for."
"Woah!" Axon exclaimed, "All these years, and I had no idea Minun had that kind of power."
"Yeah, it would be really awesome to see it sometime." Christy smiled looking down at Plusle.
"Well good luck with that." The girl said begginning to turn around, "The competition will be starting soon so I have to get going. And a word of adive. Try to get out more."
"She sure had a lot of nerve." David said as the girl left the scene.
"Yeah," Axon turned to the other two, "So are you guys ready for some lunch? I'm starving."
"Yeah, lunch sounds great right about now. What do you think Christy?" David said looking over to Christy, but she wasn't paying attention. She was deep in thought as she watched the girl walk away towards a big crowd of people. "Uh…Christy?"
"Hey Christy?" Axon waved his hand in front of her face. "Earth to Christy, earth to Christy. Can you hear me?"
"Huh?" Christy finally looked up to see David and Axon, "Oh, sorry guys."
"Haha, whats on your mind?" Axon laughed.
"Um…nothing." She shook her head clear, "Lets just go and find a restaurant.or something."
"Uh…yeah. Sure." David shrugged. They all began to walk around town, ignoring the big event that was about to happen. They found a small diner, similar to the ones they found in other towns. They walked in and found a table for three. The waiter came in no time at all and they all ordered. Soon the food came and they began their meal.
"This is delicious!" Axon exclaimed while digging into the food, "Man, this is even better than the diner in Viridian where we had dinner."
"No way!" David laughed, also eating. "No one can beat those chicken wings. They were amazing."
"Oh yeah?" Axon joked along, he turned down to Minun who was happily eating with the other pokemon, "Hey Minun, isn't this food totally awesome?"
"Maii! Maii!" Minun nodded smiling.
"Oh really?" David then turned to Charmander, "Charmander, remember the food we had in Viridian? It was way better than this., wasn't it."
"Char!" Charmander agreed.
"Well let's see what Christy thinks!" Axon laughed, "Hey, Christy, what do you think of this food? Christy?"
Once again, Christy was deep in thought. She hadn't touched her food at all. She was staring out the window, ignoring the conversation completely.
"Hey Christy!" David snapped his fingers.
"Huh?" Christy looked up, "Oh sorry guys. Whats up?"
"That doesn't matter anymore." Axon said forgetting the debate, "Whats with you today. Its like you're in a completely different world or something."
"Its nothing." Christy shook her head.
"Come on Christy," David encouraged, "You can tell us."
"Well," Christy turned back to the window, "I was just thinking about that competition. What do you guys think its like?"
"Who knows." Axon shrugged not really caring, "Its not worth thinking that much over. Just enjoy your lunch."
"I'm not really hungry." She sighed sitting right in her seat.
"Oh, well in that case, I guess we're done." Said David. He turned down to the pokemon. "Hey, you guys ready to go?"
All the pokemon nodded. Minun jumped on Axon's shoulder, as Plusle snuggled itself into Christy's arms, and Charmander made a spot on David's head. They left the money on the table, then began walking the streets again. The town was basically empty now. They figured they had all gone into the arena to watch the competition.
"So, do you guys want to check in a pokemon center, and spend the night here, or keep going?" David asked as they walked on the sidewalk.
"Well, we're running low on supplies, so we should probably stop at the market." Axon said looking through his practically empty backpack, "But other than that, I don't see any reason why we should stay here."
"Alright, so lets go." David said beginning to walk with Axon when Christy stopped the both of them.
"Hold on guys." Christy halted the two of them, "Since we're in town, why don't we check out the Team Competition."
"What? Why would we want to do that?" Axon asked.
"I don't know." She shrugged, "You know, just to see what it's like. Who knows, it could be worth watching."
"Well, I don't see any reason why we can't." David said, "What do you say Axon?"
"Fine," He sighed, "But let's not stay long, I want to keep going on to Vermillion soon."
So the three of them headed into the Arena.
Meanwhile, The Goon Trio walk into the entrance of Cosimo Town with high hopes of getting there revenge.
"Well, look who it is." Dalem laughed, pointing at Axon, David, and Christy, who were walking into the Team Competition arena.
"Its those nerds again!" JJ exclaimed clenching his fist, "Argh, Those little lamos are starting to get on my last nerves. They're the reason why we had to walk here instead of being able to drive. If they hadn't completely ruined our truck, we would've gotten here hours ago."
"Hm hm hm," Ester began to laugh to her self, "All the more reason to plot our next plan to get them back."
"Now hold on." JJ turned to Ester, "I'm getting bored with losing to those punks. The first two times were okay, but last time we almost got pecked to death by a duck. Can't we just forget about them, and move on with our other schemes."
"So you're saying we should just give up, are you?" Dalem glared at JJ.
"That's exactly what I'm saying." JJ crossed his arms stubbornly.
"Listen to me JJ." Ester got in JJ's face, "Quitting is not an option. You wanna' quit? Then go back home, but keep in mind, you'll be the one we come after next time. Now are you going to come with us."
"Y-yes Ester." JJ gulped.
"Good, now lets get going. I have a plan." She said walking towards the Arena. Dalem followed her.
"Can't we atleast stop for lunch?" He whined.
"SHUT UP JJ!" The other two both screamed together.
Back in the Arena, Axon, David, and Christy are buying seat tickets at the front booth. They bought there tickets then found there seats. The seats were near the top, but they could still see pretty well. The Arena was full of people, who were all screaming and cheering.
"Man, that girl wasn't kidding." David said looking around at all the people, "This really is a popular competition."
"I hope there's a battle." Axon said excitedly looking at Minun. "I can't wait to see what these trainers got."
"Guys, look! I think its about to begin." Christy said begginning to get very excited. She was pointing at a man who had just walked onto the stage. The audience all began to quiet down. The Spot light was on the stage now.
"Welcome! Welcome! Welcome one and all." The man began to shout out to the crowd, "I am your talented, smart, and extremely good looking host, Billy Bobby!"
The Audience began to cheer even louder.
"Billy Bobby?" Axon itched his head confused.
"That's a joke right? Right?" David looked around for an answer. He looked at Christy, who was now jumping and cheering just like everyone else.
"Whoohooo!" She shouted, "GO BILLY BOBBY! AWESOME! Hahahhhahahhahaha!"
"Alright, now she's starting to scare me." Axon said.
"Welcome all to the Cosimo Town, team competition." Billy began again, "Today, we will watch as four trainers work together with their team of pokemon to get through various obstacles, and strive to win this," Billy held up a small very small, gold pokeball that shined in the light so everyone could see. "The Cosimo Town, Golden Pokefigure. And now, let's introduce four trainers competing in today's competition."
The announcer gestured to two big doors. They opened automatically and he began to speak again.
"Our first team, consist of all bug type pokemon. Please welcome, Team Critters, led by, trainer, and team Captain, Eddison."
A young boy ran out of the doors. He was wearing had a bug catching net, and a sun hat. He was also wearing a white, sleeveless shirt, and shorts.
"Hello everybody." He waved to the audience. He pulled out six pokeballs and threw them up in the air. "Now say hello to my team!"
Six pokemon appeared on the stage. The audience applauded as Eddison's pokemon appeared. There was a Heracross, A ninjask, an Illumise, a Beedrill, A Parasect, and a Pinsir.
"That's his team?" Axon exclaimed, "He's never going to win a pokemon battle with only one type."
"Hold on Axon, you don't know what's going to happen next." David said to him.
"Shush! Will you two be quiet. The next team is about to come out." Christy shushed the two of them.
"But Christy, why do you even care so mu-" Axon began.
"I think I just told you to shut up." Christy interupted him, putting her hands in his face.
"Next up," The announcer began once again, "we have a team with both both flying and water type pokemon. Give a hand for Team Victorious, lead by trainer, and team captain, Caitlyn!"
Another trainer, this time a girl, ran out onto the field. She wore her hair long and hanging down. She took out six poke balls and threw them up just like Eddison did.
"My friends, come out to play!" She shouted as her pokemon were released. A Swellow, a Squirtle, A Starly, A Marril, A Skarmory, and a Golduck, all appeared in front of Caitlyn. "Ladies and Gentlemen, I'd like you to meet, Team Victorious."
The crowd began to clap again.
"Now we have a rather interesting team that has only, all fire type pokemon. Please welcome Team Fiery Flame, lead by trainer, and team captain, Eagen!"
A tall boy, with bright orange hair, walked onto the field. He pulled out his six pokeballs and threw them all up just like the other two.
"Get out here!" He ordered, not bothering to pay attention to the audience. Six fire pokemon appeared on the field. They were, Magmar, Charmeleon, Cyndaquil, Flareon, Growlithe, and Torkoal. He walked off with his pokemon to the side, with the other two teams.
The crowd began to Murmur.
"Gosh, he looks really tough." Christy whispered to Axon and David, "But, even in a team Competition, do you really think he can do that well with all fire pokemon?"
"I don't know." Axon said stubbornly, "I'm just shutting up remember."
"Well, he looks pretty determined. He must have something in mind." David answered Christy, ignoring Axon's weird attitude.
"And last but not least," Billy announced, "we have our final team. Please welcome Team Starfighter. Lead by trainer, and Team captain, Theresa!"
Suddenly, the girl the three had met earlier, ran through the doors and onto the field. She turned to the audience, and held out her six pokeballs so everyone could see. "Welcome my friends!" She called out to them proudly. "Glad to be here. Now, enough about me because it's time to meet my pokemon. Let's go everybody!" The six pokemon appeared. The pokemon were, Happiny, Aipom, Marowak, Gligar, Munchlax, and Poocheyena.
"Hey look!" Christy pointed, recognizing Theresa. "It's that girl we met earlier. I forgot she told us that she was in the competition."
"Yeah, and look!" David exclaimed looking at her pokemon, "She's using all normal-type pokemon. Awesome."
"Yeah, but it will sure put her in a disadvantage in the battle." Axon said to himself.
"Now it looks like all four competitors are here." Billy continued, "So now we can begin with our competition. Will our four teams please line up across the field?"
The four trainer with their pokemon spread out in a line over the field.
"Ok, now" The announcer began once again, "As we all know, during a Team Competition, four teams must make their way through three challenges. During these challenges, they will find clues, to where the grand prize, the Gold Pokefigure, is hiding. So now, here are our first clues." Four slips of paper, gently fell from the ceiling, one in front of each team. The teams began to step forward, but suddenly stopped when four huge fires, enflamed in front of them. "So, our teams will have to find away to put the flame out, before it burns up their clues to crisp. They have exactly five minutes to complete this first challenge. So let's countdown, and get ready to go!"
The crowd went wild and began the count down. "FIVE! FOUR! THREE! TWO! ONE! GO!" They all screamed. The horn sounded, and the four teams began to figure out ways to put the fires out.
"This is so cool!" Christy clutched to Plusle, "I wonder what Theresa is going to do to put her fire out."
"Pluhh, pluhh!" Plusle bounced happily in Christy's arms.
Team Critters, led by Eddison, surrounded the fire. "Ok guys, lets put the fire out now!" He commanded, "Wrap the fire up in string with stringshot!" The pokemon did as they were told and all sent a line of string at the fire. The fire became even bigger than before. The crowd began to murmur.
"Uh-oh," Billy laughed looking at the team, "it doesn't look like Eddison is using his head today. He better think of something quick, or he'll be going home without a prize."
Team Victorious, led by Caitlyn began to figure out a way to put out their fire. "Alright guys, this should be easy." She said to her team. "Swellow, Skarmory, Starly, use whirlwind!." The bird pokemon nodded and flew up in the air and began flapping their wings rapidly, until the whole arena became super windy. The fire began to flicker, and slowly got smaller. "Great job you three. Now take a rest." She shouted up to them. The three landed back on the ground. "Now, Squirtle, Marill, Golduck, use water gun!" The other three water pokemon nodded and sent three huge streams of water at the fire, which immediately began to get even smaller. "Yes!"
"Ha, great!" Billy continued to watch, "Looks like Team Victorious is really getting it together. They may be the first ones to get the fire out."
"Not if I have something to say about it!" Eagen shouted. "Alright, Team Fiery Flame, you're fire pokemon so absorb the fire now!" All of Eagen's pokemon took in a deep breath and sucked in all the fire with it. The fire was completely gone. Team Victorious put their fire out, just barely a moment after them.
"Woah! It looks like Team Fiery flame, just gave Team Victorious a run for their money." Billy shouted to the crowd, who began to loudly cheer, "Which leaves, Team Starfighter and Team critters. Whoever wins first could cost them the competition."
"That was amazing!" Christy continued to clap along with the rest of the crowd, "It was so smart of Caitlyn to make a team of half and half like that. She really had the advantage for this."
"Yeah," David clapped as well, "And did you see Eagen's fire pokemon? He must of really trained them well to get them to absorb the fire so quickly like that."
"Uh-huh, but I sure hope Theresa does something quick, or she'll lose." She said, turning her attention back to the field."
"Little do they know that I've got my secret weapon." Theresa said turning down to Happiny, "Ready Happiny, use Copycat!" Happiny nodded, then turned to the fire. Suddenly, it let out a huge stream of water that made the fire shrink, just like Team Victorious. Then Happiny stopped.
"Woah!" Christy exclaimed, "Now hold on a second. Happiny is a normal type, so how did it use water gun?"
"That move," David said, "Copycat. It's a move that repeats the last move used by a pokemon. Happiny must've been imitating one of Caitlyn's water pokemon. But it won't have as much of affect I guess."
"Wow, what a brilliant use of copycat." Billy continued, "But now that it has worn off, what will Team Starfighter do next?"
"Just watch Billy!" Theresa laughed, turning to her team once again, "Alright guys, Aipom, Gligar, I want you to use swift straight at the fire. Munchlax, as they're doing that, use defense curl, then use rollout. Now go!"
"Gliiiii!" Gligar shouted as he flew up into the air and shot stars down at the fire.
"Aipom pom pom!" Aipom shouted as well, as it jumped up, and shot the same bladed stars at the fire. The stars, slowly began to wear down the fire in certain places, in one place in particular. The spot around where the first clue was. Next, munchlax, curled up into a little ball. It's body began to shine in the light. It then rolled into the fire, making it worn down even more in the same spot.
"Now this looks like a crazy, and completely original technique," Billy itched his head in confusion, "team Starfighter is attacking with normal attacks. With only one minute on the clock, what will Team Starfighter do next?"
"What on earth is Theresa doing down there?" David said, with the same expression on his face as the announcer.
"I bet I know," Christy said excitedly, "She's probably wearing the fire down instead of just putting it out, so it will be quicker to get that clue."
"Hey you're right!" David smiled.
"Great! Now Poocheyena use dig!" She ordered. Poocheyena nodded, then burrowed it's way into the ground. "Ok, now Marowak, throw your bone right in that clear spot in the fire."
"Maroooowak!" Marowak shouted as it heaved it's bone into the fire. The bone landed stick up, in the ground, and stuck the clue right with it.
"Now Poocheyena!" She shouted. Suddenly, the bone was pulled under the ground, pulling the clue with it. The Poocheyena came digging out of it's whole with Marowak's bone and the clue in it's mouth. With only ten second's left, Theresa quickly took the clue from Poocheyena and held it up so everyone could see. The crowd went wild just as the ending bell sounded.
"And Theresa grabs the clue just as we're out of time!" Billy clapped his hands, "Which means it's time to announce who will move on to the next round. Audience, please turn your attention to the judging screen."
A big screen came down from the ceiling, and all the audience looked up at it.
"So, the judges have agreed that the first team moving on will be…" Billy pointed to the screen, and Eagen's picture appeared. The crowd applauded, "Team Fiery Flame"
"No surprise there." Eagen rolled his eyes.
"Our next team moving on will be…" He pointed to the screen once again, and Caitlyn's picture came up. The crowd clapped once again. "Team Victorious!"
"Thank you very much!" Caitlyn giggled as her and her team bowed.
"And now, our judges have decided, that this person showed the most teamwork throughout the whole round, should be the one to move on. That person is…" Billy pointed to the screen one last time. The crowd was now at the edge of their seats, when Theresa's picture appeared. The crowd went wild. "Team Starfighter!"
"That's so great!" Christy cheered. "Yay!"
" Yeah, but she didn't put the fire out. Is that really fair?" Said David.
"Well, she got the clue, which was pretty much the point." Christy explained, "Not to mention, her technique was so great, and figuring out the right way to work with your pokemon is the whole point of the competition, right? So she really did win fair and square."
"Yeah, I guess you're right." David smiled, "That's pretty cool."
"Booooooorriiiinnng!" Axon yawned in boredom.
"What?" Christy stood up from her seat. "What are you talking about? That might have been the coolest thing I have ever seen."
"Really, because it was the dullest thing I've ever seen." Axon rolled his eyes at Christy. "Christy, come on, they didn't even battle. How can you even begin to enjoy something like this?"
"Hmph," Christy sat back down crossing her arms, "You just don't know how to appreciate interesting things. There's more to pokemon then battles you know. Sometimes it's just nice to see trainers interact with their pokemon."
"Whatever, can we go now?" Axon whined.
"No!" Christy demanded, "We're going to sit here and watch the rest. See, even the pokemon are enjoying this, aren't you guys?"
"Pluhluhluh!" Plusle nodded.
"Char!" Charmander nodded.
"Maii maii!" Minun bounced happily.
"Aw, Minun not you too." Axon shook his head in disappointment.
"Atleast try to enjoy it, okay?" David said turning his attention back to the field.
"Alright then, if our teams are ready we will begin our next round." Billy said as the doors opened once again, "Will our three remaining teams, please come back out to the field!" Team Fiery Flame, team Victorious, and Team Starfifghter all came back out into the arena with their pokemon in their pokeballs. "Okay, now have all of our teams read their first clues?" The three captains nodded, "Good, now will you all please read them aloud?"
The three team captains spoke in unison, "At times you are able fly up in the air, in the dreams that you have found, but in this competition, the path to your dreams will be in the ground."
"Ugh, talk about weak poetry." David shook his head.
"Yeah, but it must have a meaning to it. I wonder what it is." Christy wondered.
"Alright then, our teams have five minutes to figure out this riddle, and that will help them to find their next clue." Billy said looking at his watch, "So let's begin the countdown!"
The crowd began to shout! "FIVE! FOUR! THREE! TWO! ONE! GO!"
"Alright," Caitlyn thought, "The riddle says our dreams will be found in the ground, so maybe that means the clue is underground somewhere."
"Ha! Thanks for the help team Idiot! You really helped me." Eagen jumped in front of Caitlyn pulling out three pokeballs. "Flareon, Magmar, Torkoal, let's go!" The three fire pokemon appeared from the balls, "Use flamethrower to burn through the ground and find that next clue!"
The pokemon nodded and began burning a whole in the ground.
"Hey! No fair!" Caitlyn jumped up to Eagen, "You stole my idea!"
"All's fair in Team Competitions!" He stuck his tongue out at her tauntingly.
"Fine if that's the way you want to play…Marill, Golduck, come on out!" She through her two pokeballs out, and the two water pokemon appeared. "Give those flames a good shower!"
"Mariiiil!" Marill shot a huge water shot at flareon.
"Gold duck duck!" Shot a powerful water blast at the other two. All three fire pokemon fell to the ground.
"Great! Now jump into that whole!" She shouted. The two pokemon nodded again then leaped into it. Just before Caitlyn followed she turned Eagen and stuck her tongue out, "Hope you don't mind us using this."
"Argh!" Eagen grunted, then turned to his pokemon. "Get down there and follow them!"
"Woah-ho-ho!" Billy laughed, "It looks like an all out war between Team Fiery Flame and Team Victorious!"
"It sure was smart of Caitlyn to use her water pokemon, since they're strong again fire-types." David said.
"Yeah, and it serves Eagen right," Christy nodded, "I don't like his attitude. Though, it sure is cool how you're allowed to interfere with other teams in this competition."
"Yeah, but I wonder what Theresa is going to do. She's just standing there."
"Hm, I bet she's thinking of what to do next." Christy said excitedly.
Hmm, I know those other two think the clue is underground. Theresa thought to herself, But that just seems to obvious. These clues are always different than what they seem, and this one says that our dreams are in the ground. Wait! That's it! In the ground, not underground. So the clue is probably sticking out of the grass somewhere.
"Okay then, let's go team!" Theresa threw up all six of her pokeballs, and all of Team Starfighter came out. "Alright guys, I think the clue is on the surface of the field somewhere so heres the plan. Poocheyena, I want you to skim the ground with a shadow ball so it will tear up the top of the field, then if anyone sees it, you need to run and grab it as fast you can. Alright?" All of her pokemon nodded. "Good, now Poocheyena, start skimming the surface with Shadow ball!"
"Oooch!" Poocheyena heaved a big black ball of power over the field. It ripped up the grass, making all of it fly everywhere. Nothing was coming up.
"Come on, it's got to be here somewhere." Theresa pleaded.
Under the field, Team Victorious crawled deep under the field in search for the clue. Team Fiery Flame was getting closer behind them.
"Come on guys, we have to keep going until we find that clue." Caitlyn encouraged the same two water pokemon from before.
"Oh no you don't, I'm going to find it first." Eagen ran up behind her with his three fire pokemon, "Flamethrower you guys!"
The fire pokemon sent a huge fire streak at all of Team Victorious.
"Ouch! That's it Eagen. I'm getting rid of you for good." She said shaking the soot off of her. "Marill, Golduck, use water gun now!"
"Stop it with Flamethrower!" Eagen ordered. The fire pokemon did as they were told and the water pokemon did as well. When the two attacks met there was a huge explosion. "Waahhhh!"
"Aiie!" Caitlyn screamed as the explosion sent her straight out of the ground and back up to surface. Marill, and Golduck landed right beside her.
"Oh wow!" Billy exclaimed, looking at the two plow out of the ground. "It looks like our two missing teams have just been found above the surface. And I must say, what an entrance it was."
Poocheyena was beginning to grow tired from the constant shadow balls.
"Alright Poocheyena, you can rest now." Theresa sighed. She sat down with her team, "I just don't get it guys, that clue is just nowhere to be found."
"Would you look at that," Billy announced, "it looks like none of our teams have found any of the clues yet, with only two minutes left on the clock."
"Weird," Christy said, "I would have thought one of the teams would find a clue by now."
"I guess there all just looking in the wrong places." David shrugged.
"Yeah," Christy sighed, "It sure seems funny though."
Suddenly, all the power in the stadium turned off. The lights, the screens, everything was now gone. It was completely dark.
"What's this?" Billy yelled out to the audience without his speaker, "It seems as if we are having some technical difficulties at the moment."
"Axon? David? Minun? Charmander?" Christy called out, clutching closer to Plusle, "Where are you guys? I can't see a thing."
"I don't know where I am. Tell me where you guys are." David called out as well feeling around for Charmander. He came across something round. "Charmander is that you?"
"Huh? Wha.." Axon snorted awake, from his long sleep, "Hey! Whose ever hand that is, would you mind taking it off of my face please?"
"Ooops, Sorry Axon. It would be a lot easier if someone had a flashlight or something." David said. Just then, a huge spotlight came over Axon, Christy, and David that was too bright for their eyes. "Okay, that wasn't what I had in mind. Can someone please tell me what's going on here?"
"Ha! I bet I know!" Axon stood up proudly, "I bet the Vermillion City gym leader came all the way here to challenge me to a battle and is using this for his entrance. Hey Gym leader, you can come out now! I'm not afraid of your challe-ouch!" Christy smacked him clean across the face.
"Why don't you go to sleep and keep dreaming? You're embarrassing us you big dummy." She yelled at him. She then cleared her throat nervously and turned to the audience, "We're so sorry for him. I'm Christy, and I guarantee you'll be hearing more about me and my famous life in the future."
"You're the one that's dreaming! Huh?" Axon was interrupted by a huge cage that fell around the three and their pokemon, "What is this? Let us out of here now!"
"Simmer down little boy and listen to us. Sit tight and don't make a fuss." Three familiar voices echoed throughout the arena in unison.
"Please, don't be them, don't be them." Christy pleaded. The three began speaking in unison once again as if saying a rhyme.
Welcome one and welcome all!
Fear us, for we will make you fall
A team that's there to get rid of the mess
To sweep away annoyance and al l of the rest
"Ester!" The sly voiced girl jumped down to the field with a spotlight over her said.
"JJ!" The blonde boy announced landing right beside her.
"And yours truly, Dalem!" The red head boy jumped down on the other side of Ester. They began to speak the same way once again.
Goon Trio, coming upstream without a paddle,
Surrender now, you've already lost this battle!
"I can't believe this." David rolled his eyes.
"Yes, yes I know!" Ester bounced happily, "It's taken such a long time but we've finally gotten our motto down."
"All great bandits need a motto." JJ clapped happily along.
"This means we're official!" Dalem sang.
"Yeah, officially lamer than you were before." Christy smirked.
"Argh! Oh yeah? Well how's this for lame?" JJ pulled out a remote control and pushed a button. The cage that the three trainers were trapped in began to shake.
"W-oah!" They all trembled. The cage suddenly flung from the audience to the field. "WAAAAAHHHH!" They all feel flat on their faces, still inside the cage. They quickly got back up.
"Alright you three, what do you want this time?" Christy shouted angrily.
"I'm glad you asked." Ester began, "Haven't you noticed how hard this round has been? Those clues are just nowhere to be found. I wonder why. Oh yeah, now I remember. This is why." Ester held up the three missing clues in her hands.
"Argh, you had the clues the whole time." David shouted.
"You guys ruin everything." Christy glared at them, "Well, whatever your trying to do it won't work."
"Don't be so sure." Dalem started, "You see, I'm sure all these people in the stands want to see the rest of the competition, as well as the competitors, and when they find out whose responsible for the long pause in the show, I'm betting they're going to be pretty darn angry. And you guys are the ones responsible, Kissy."
"First of all, that'll never work," Christy clenched to the bars of the cage in anger, "and second of all, IT'S CHRISTY!"
"Oh really? You think it won't? Well then, let's find out," Ester smirked. She then turned to the crowd, "Hey everyone. I'm your lovely co-host, Ester, here to tell you that the competition will not be able to continue."
The crowd began to murmur.
"I know, you're all heartbroken, disappointed, and maybe a little bit angry." Ester pretended to be sad, "Which is why I feel it's only fair to tell you that it's all there fault." Ester shot her finger over at the three trainers trapped in the cage. The crowd grew furious and began shouting at the three.
"Argh, those little runts." Eagen grunted.
"Is it really their fault?" Caitlyn wondered.
"Great, now what do we do?" Christy sighed.
"The whole arena wants to kill us." said David.
"Well I'm okay with it." Axon said turning to Minun, "at least the goon trio is here for a good old fashioned battle. Minun, use thundershock!"
Minun let out a huge amount of electric energy, but it didn't even leave the cage. The attack came right back and struck all of them.
"Ugh, maybe this is a problem." Axon said sluggishly, feeling weak from the attack.
"Ha ha! You can't get us." Dalem stuck his tongue out at them. "We came prepared for any attacks you have up your sleeves."
"Grr, you are so not getting away this." Christy clenched harder, now sounding desperate.
"Ya, they kind of are." David sighed watching the crowds scream at them, "No one is on our side, we can't attack, there's nothing we can do."
"Maybe you can't, but we can!" A familiar voice said from behind the cage. Axon, David, and Christy all turned around, to see Theresa and her team of pokemon standing proudly, "I'm behind you guys one hundred percent."
"You are?" Axon said surprised
"You bet I am." She continued, "You guys couldn't have done this. Heck, you guys didn't even know what a team competition was until a few hours ago. There's no way any lamos like you could pull a stunt like this."
"Gee, thanks for the confidence." Christy said sarcastically.
"Now sit tight. We'll take care of those three." Theresa jumped on and over the cage with her pokemon and approached the Goon trio.
"Great, let me guess." Ester sighed, "You want to battle us, to free those three nerds, right?"
"I'm not going to just stand and watch you ruin these three." She stated firmly. Ester and Dalem stepped up and pulled out there poke-balls.
"This won't take long." Ester threw up her poke-ball, and fearow appeared.
"Jolteon, show this girl what happens when she bothers us!" Dalem threw out Jolteon. The battle began, "Don't waste anytime! Use thunderbolt!"
"Fearow, use wing attack!" Ester shouted. Jolteon let out a huge thunder attack, as Fearow charged for the team.
"Can Theresa really control all those pokemon at once?" David trembled.
"No way, it's totally impossible, right?" Axon said unsure of him self.
"Of course she can, she's a team captain. She has to do stuff like this all the time." Christy encouraged.
"Team, scatter!" Theresa shouted to her team. All of her pokemon, quickly dodged the attacks, and scattered around the two pokemon. "Awesome job guys. Now, Aipom, Gligar, use swift! Munchlax use Focus punch! Poocheyena, use shadow ball! Marowak, bonemerang! Let's go!"
All the pokemon sent their attacks at once. There was a huge explosion and the whole arena was clouded in smoke. When the smoke cleared, Fearow was glowing and Jolteon was unharmed, but Theresa's pokemon were all knocked out.
"Wha- no way!" Theresa exclaimed, astounded at the sight.
"H-how is that possible?" Christy jumped, "All those attacks, and there's not even a scratch on either of them. And what's Fearow doing?"
"I can't believe it." Axon's jaw was down to his shoulders, "Fearow, must've learned Mirror move. It's a move that sends an attack right back at the pokemon who sent it."
"Yay! Yay! Yay!" Ester cheered, "Fearow's not completely worthless after all. It finally learned a helpful move. Whoohoo!"
"Now what?" Theresa sighed, "All I have left is Happiny, and she'll never have enough power to beat a move like that."
"Don't worry Theresa, you just have to keep trying." Christy encouraged.
"I'll help!" Caitlyn shouted, running over from the sidelines. "I'm not sure what's going on here, but if beating these guys will get the competition started again, then I'm in. Same with Marill and Golduck here."
Theresa and Caitlyn, both with their pokemon, turned to the goon trio.
"Ha! You honestly think you can beat us?" Ester laughed, "We have an unbeatable move now. We're unstoppable.
"She's right," David said, "Even though it'll take sometime for Fearow to build up that move again, they're going to need a pretty powerful attack to stop it."
"I feel so helpless in here. There has to be something we can do." Demanded Christy. Suddenly, Plusle jumped from Christy's lap. Minun did the same. They both ran up to the edge of the cage. "Plusle, what are you doing?"
"Minun, what's going on?" Axon reached out. Both pokemon began jolting their fist forward, as if punching through air. They began to spark with power, than Happiny, Marrill and Golduck all began to glow. When the light faded, they looked stronger. "What was that all about?"
"Helping hand!" Theresa smirked.
"Helping hand?" All three said in shock. Christy spoke, "Wasn't that the move you told us about earlier?"
"Yup, and its just what I needed now." She turned to Happiny. "Happiny use pound on Fearow, and make sure it doesn't have a chance to regain that move." Happiny leaped up into the air, then slammed Fearow to the ground. The move seemed really effective.
"Alright, Golduck, Marril, help them out with your Water gun attack!" Caitlyn ordered her two pokemon.
"GOL!" Golduck shot out a long and powerful stream of water.
"MaarRILLLLL!" Marill did the same. The two attacks pelted down Jolteon and Fearow.
"Alright, let's get ourselves out of here." David said turning Charmander. "Charmander, use your Flamethrower.
"Char!" Charmander nodded then turned to the corner of the cage then shot a line of fire at it. "CHAARRRRRR!"
"Go Totodile!" Axon through out his pokeball and Totodile appeared. "Use Water gun on the bars where Charmander burned!"
"Toto!" Totodile nodded then soaked the place where Charmander had just burnt.
"Okay, now that it's worn down, everybody tackle!" Christy shouted. All the pokemon out, nodded and rammed into the corner of the cage. Soon the cage broke open and they all scrambled out.
"Okay Theresa, leave the rest to us!" Axon said as he retrieved Totodile. "Minun use thundershock!"
"Plusle, use thunderbolt!" Christy shouted.
"Charmander, help out with Flamethrower!" David ordered. The three pokemon sent out there three powerful attacks. When they hit, it caused a huge explosion and blasted the Goon Trio out of the arena.
"Argh! WE'LL BE BACK!" They all shouted as they drifted through the air. Ester's hand slipped open the three clues all began to flow out and back into the arena.
"Quick!" Christy exclaimed pointing at the clues. "Theresa, Caitlyn, you still have a chance. Grab those clues and you'll be able to move on to the next round." Theresa and Caitlyn both paused and looked at each other for a minute. They both nodded to each other than ran for the slips of paper. Theresa was the first one to jump up and get one. Then Caitlyn did the same.
"Got it!" They both said. The crowd went wild with applause as the power came back on and Billy came back into the field.
"Well, now that the power is back on," He began once again, "It looks like two of our competitors have just found two of the clues. Which makes them the winners of the second round! Please give a big hand for Team Victorious, and Team Starfighter!"
"WHAT!?!?!?" Eagen screamed, enraged as the crowd went wild with even more cheers and applause. "But, that's not fair. Those weirdo's interfered with the competition. Not to mention those three losers helped them out."
"Hey, who are you calling a loser, you big hothead!" Axon jumped at Eagen as Christy and David held him back and inched him away from the field getting back up to their seats. "Let me go! I can take him! I'll show him who the loser is around here! Let me at him! Let me at him!"
"I'm sorry son," Billy bobby explained to Eagen, "but, not only did these two get the clues before you did, but they also showed great teamwork with their pokemon, and each other."
"Yeah," Caitlyn stuck her tongue out at him, "Maybe if you weren't over in the stands thinking about yourself, and actually helped us out, you would've won."
So after a short intermission, the competition started once again, and the crowd quietly, yet excitedly, took their seats. Billy Bobby walked back out onto the field. "Let's welcome back our two teams onto the field once again." He announced, "Give a hand for, Team Starfighter and Team Victorious!" The crowd went wild as the two team captains ran back out on the field. "Alright, now would both of you please walk away from each other until I say stop." They both nodded and began walking to opposite sides of the field. Billy halted them, and they both turned around to each other.
"Hey Caitlyn," Theresa shouted over to her, "I appreciate you helping me out earlier, but I'm still going to have to beat you."
"Oh, I'm not worrying about that," She smirked back at her, "I was just worrying about how to say sorry when you lose."
Suddenly, two huge walls arose from out of the ground. One, in front of Caitlyn, and the other in front of Theresa. The two were both startled. Billy began to talk again, "Now, would you both please read the clues aloud?" Theresa and Caitlyn both unfolded there pieces of paper and spoke in unison.
" 'When stuck in the middle, the best thing to do is climb.' "
"Good," Billy nodded, "Now this time, instead of having to guess what that little riddle means, I will just tell you. In the middle of those two walls is the prize you both have been fighting for. The Cosmo Town Golden Pokefigure." In the middle of the two walls, appeared a stand, that held a pillow on top of it. One the pillow there was a tiny round golden pokeball. "The two teams will have to race up the walls and try to get to it before the other one does. Who ever makes it first wins the entire competition. Start the countdown folks!"
The crowd began to shout, this time including Axon, David, and Christy. "FIVE! FOUR! THREE! TWO! ONE!"
"Let's go!" He shouted.
"This should be easy!" Caitlyn nodded and began running up the wall. She almost immediately slipped right back down. She quickly pulled out a pokeball. "Maybe not so easy. Go Skarmory!"
"Skarrr!" Skarmory chirped as it appeared out of the pokeball.
"Skarmory, help fly me up to the top of this wall!" She said. Skarmory flew over, and clipped its feet onto her back and began flying her up the long wall.
"It looks like Team Victorious is getting a good start, as Team Captain, Caitlyn catches a ride with Skarmory." Billy announced.
"Oh no," Christy said, watching from the stands, "The only flying pokemon Theresa has is Gligar, and its way too small to carry her all the way up."
"That's what this is all about," David said, "Working with your team of pokemon creatively. No matter what type they may be."
"I'm sure Theresa will think of something." Axon nodded, now paying more attention to the competition.
"I don't plan on climbing the wall." Theresa said as she threw out a pokeball, "Poocheyena, help me out!"
"Pooch!" Poocheyena bounced happily as it appeared from the pokeball.
"Poocheyena, use Shadow ball to get rid of this wall." Theresa ordered. Poocheyena shot out a big dark ball of power at the wall, which made three fourths of it blast into bits. The crowd wooted and cheered.
"Theresa is using her own methods as she blast away the wall and heads for her prize." Billy laughed.
"Nice job Poocheyena. Let's go get that pokefigure." She smiled as they both hopped the remains of the wall and ran straight for the prize. Just as they were about to make it something shot at them. It was Caitlyn's Skarmory. Team Victorious wasn't going to let her get to the prize. "What? Oh, so its you."
"Team Victorious isn't going to make it that easy." Billy said
"Who were you expecting?" Theresa smirked as Skarmory landed her on the ground on the opposite side of the pokefigure. "If you think I'm going to just let you take this without me stopping you, your about to be greatly disappointed. Skarmory use steel wing!"
"Poocheyena, protect yourself with Shadow ball!" Theresa ordered. Poocheyena shot a huge dark ball of power at Skarmory who blasted back onto the ground. "Shadow ball again!" Poocheyena did the same attack again, but this time on the ground, which created a big screen of smoke.
"Team captain Theresa has clouded herself in a cloak of smoke." Billy shouted.
"oh no, go Swellow!" Caitlyn threw out the pokeball, and Swellow appeared. "Hurry, and use gust to blow this smoke away!"
"Swellloooowww!" Swellow chirped as it rapidly flapped its wing, causing a super gust of wind to blow the smoke out. When it all cleared, Theresa was no longer in her old spot. She was now holding the small pokeball. "Gah! NO!"
"AND TEAM STARFIGHTER TAKES THE PRIZE!" Billy shouted to the crowd. "LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, OUR WINNER OF TODAYS COMPETITION IS NONE OTHER THAN TEAM STARFIGHTER!"
The crowd went wild with cheer and applause.
"Yes! I can't believe it, I won! I won! Great job Poocheyena!" Theresa picked it up and hugged it.
"I can't believe it. I lost! Swellow, Skarmory, return." She retrieved the two bird pokemon back into there pokeballs. "Congratulations Theresa."
"I can't believe that Theresa won!" Axon said clapping.
"And now she gets to keep that cool golden pokeball!" David clapped as well.
"YAY!" Christy cheered along with Plusle and the other pokemon, "YAHOOO! GO THERESA! WOOOOOOHHOOOOOOOOO! HAHAHAHAHAH!"
Later on after the competition, Christy searched almost all around town for Theresa. She finally found her on the outside of the arena. "Theresa!" She shouted running towards her, holding Plusle in her arms. "Theresa! Theresa! I'm so glad I found you."
"Hm?" Theresa looked up, recognizing Christy. "Oh, hi its you. I want to thank you for helping me out back there when I needed you. Your Plusle finally learned helping hand, and it really, well, helped."
"Haha, yeah!" Christy giggled. "Listen, I just wanted to congratulate you and tell you how great you were out there. I think what you do is so cool. And I was sorta' wondering, if I could see that cool golden pokefigure thing up close."
"Oh, sure." She said as she pulled out a rainbow designed case, and opened it up for Christy to see. There were three of the tiny pokeballs. The first one was red, the second was orange, and the third that she just got was yellow. "See, I already have three, and now only three more to go."
"Wait a minute. What happened to your new one? I thought it was gold."
"Oh, thats the cool thing about these special cases they give you when you register. All pokefigures start out as gold, but when you put them in your case, they turn a different color depending on the number. One turns into red, two turns into orange, three turns into yellow, four turns into green, five turns into blue, and six turns into violet. All the colors of the rainbow."
"Thats cool!" She smiled, "So, how many badges do you have?"
"Hm? What do you mean? I don't collect badges."
"What? You don't? Then how can you be on a journey?"
"Oh you've got it all wrong. There are so many different paths you can choose."
"There are? Like what?"
"Well, you could be a trainer, like you are. Or you could be a pokemon coordinator and compete in contest. Or you could be a pokemon watcher and sketch different pokemon and take pictures of them, a pokemon breeder and discover all different kinds of things about evolution, a pokemon researcher where you try to learn pretty much everything you can about pokemon, an ivestigator, where you try to discover different kinds of pokemon and many things about them. Or you could be a pokemon team trainer like me. And there are lots and lots of others."
"So, you mean, I could be a Team trainer, like you are?"
"You sure could. Its as easy as registering at the pokemon center."
"Hey guys!" Axon said running with David to catch up to the two. "Hey Christy, hey Theresa! Wow, Theresa you did a really good job in that competition today."
"Thanks!" She giggled, then turned the opposite way. "Well, I gotta go if I want to make it in time for the next competition. And Christy don't forget about what we talked about, okay? Bye everyone. I hope I meet you again someday."
" Bye!" Christy waved now deep in thought once again.
"See ya Theresa!" David waved after her then turned to his two friens. "So, I guess we better start moving too. You guys ready?"
"I am! Let's go!" Axon began to walk.
"We're not leaving!" Christy stated firmly.
"Huh?" Axon turned to her in disbelief. "What are you talking about. We're already way behind schedule. Besides, what reason do we have to stay here anymore. The competition is over."
"Because Axon," She put her head up. "because we're staying at the pokemon center so I can register to be in the next team competion!"
"WHAT!?!?" David and Axon both exclaimed.
"I'm going to be a Pokemon Team Trainer!" She nodded, then raced towards the pokemon center.
"Hold on Christy!" Axon chased her.
"Yeah, wait up!" David followed.
So, now that Christy has a new dream, the three run towards the pokemon center so she can register to be a Pokemon Team Trainer. But, does Axon approve?