Hello peoples of the interwebz, well the whole 20 of you who read anyway. (j/k) Not much to say here so let's get on with it.

For the second time in the past week Rex stood in front of the stone edifice that was Pewter Gym. This is it. Rex thought to himself, if I can't do it now I don't think I ever will. Rex was well rested and ready to go.

After Torch evolved Rex took his Pokémon back to the Center where he had been leaving Eevee in the care of Nurse Joy so it wouldn't run off and get lost while he was training with Torch and Snivey. Every day he would return Eevee would, without hesitation, run from the counter with Joy to Rex and tackled him. That day was no different except this time Eevee was way too fast to be just running and he fell on his butt and mumbled under his breath, "Damn, that was quick." Then he thought about what he just said, "Did you just learn Quick Attack?"

Eevee then took off all around the main lobby faster than any natural creature should and finally stopped on the counter next to Joy, who giggled. "Eevee!" it all but shouted as its trainer, who was still on his ass, got up and went to collect his little brown friend. He tried to coax it into its ball which worked … for about eight seconds. After another thirty seconds of trying to convince Eevee into its ball he gave up and put Eevee on his shoulder and headed to the bunks to get a good night's rest before his Gym battle.

Rex entered the large dark room that was the arena in the Gym, "Hey!" he called "Tree boy, I'm back! And I'm not gonna lose this time!" Wow, this cocky thing is starting to grow on me.

"It's Forrest, Rex, or should I say, Fido," Forrest answered his taunt as the lights came on, "Are you sure you want this rematch? I don't want to hurt your Pokémon."

"I'm positive!" Rex shouted, "And you're the one who's gonna pay a visit to Nurse Joy today!"

"Then let's get started."

Not five minutes later the leader and the challenger were in their respective spaces at either side of the rocky field. The ref. recited the Gym's rules, "This will be a three-on-three battle. Only the challenger may substitute. Once all three Pokémon of one trainer are unable to continue the battle will be over." The ref. finished, "Begin!"

"Go! Steelix," Forrest threw his ball and the giant metal covered serpent emerged. From its tail a sandstorm brewed.

"Joltik, you're up!" Once the small yellow arachnid was on the field it spewed a sickly greenish purple fluid on the steel Pokémon.

"What? This shouldn't happen. Steelix's ability should have caused a sandstorm!"

"Should've, but didn't. I taught Joltik to use gastro acid as soon as it is released after I saw that sandstorm last time, so your abilities are useless." Rex smirked as he informed his opponent of his new strategy.

"Smart, but it doesn't matter. Steelix, use Earthquake!"

The giant Pokémon slammed its tail on the rocky surface that had been placed as a field and it began to ripple like water. Just before the wave reached Joltik a red light shot out and enveloped it as Rex yelled, "Return!" He then swapped h that ball with Torch's. "Now go, Torch. Flamethrower!" Rex threw the ball and the Charmeleon came out spewing flames bigger than Rex expected. The blaze enveloped Steelix, dealing serious damage, but not enough. It was still standing.

"I see you've done some training, but that doesn't matter either. Iron tail, Steelix!" Forrest sounded slightly annoyed. The metal club connected with Torch sending it into the air. "Now use Earthquake!"

It slammed its tail again and the ripple started. Forrest had used this combination before and knew how to time it so exactly when Torch hit the ground the attack would hit Torch, but Rex was expecting that just like the sandstorm he had planned for this. "Use flamethrower on the ground to slow yourself down!" Rex commanded and Torch did just as they had practiced in the rocky field. It worked perfectly. The large charred spot they left in the grass earlier that week was totally worth it.

As Torch reached the ground Forrest called out another command, "Catch it and use Crunch." Steelix then positioned itself under Torch and caught it in its teeth and began to compress.

"Char," Torch growled lowly as its claws began to glow.

"Sweet!" Rex exclaimed when he realized what was happening.

"Meleon!" His glowing claws extended slightly and began to tear at the metal visage of the beast.

"Keep up the metal claw until it lets go, Torch!" Torch obeyed and kept clawing at its face. Finally it released the fiery lizard, who fell to the ground and landed on its feet ready to go. "Use one more Flamethrower." Once more an inferno erupted from the Charmeleon's mouth and when the flames subsided the Steelix wavered and wavered some more then the great monster fell.

"Steelix, return. That's all well and good but you still have a ways to go." Forrest put Steelix back on his belt and grabbed the next, "Graveler, crush 'em like a bug."

Forrest's Graveler took out Rex's Snivey and Joltik without any problem but it only took a single Metal claw from Torch to finish the job. Now there was only Forrest's Ryperior left to take down. It wasn't going to be easy.

"This isn't over yet, Rex."

Okay I don't have much to say so I will leave you with a joke

Me: So a Pikachu walks into a bar, what does he say?

Rex: I don't know. Ouch?

Me: No. It's a Pokémon it says its name. (bu du chss)

Rex:(Facepalm)

So long my friends

This geek is out