Chapter XXX: The Electrorena pt. 1
A/N: Meh…hate me if you want, but I'm holding Mt. Chimney and Lavaridge Town for one more chapter (it's long). We'll move on soon, but unfinished business must be taken care of, right? Oh, and if you don't know how to play Egyptian Rat Screw, just message me, and I'll explain it.
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"Thank you so much Wanda and Mrs. Wallaby," said May as she gave the two women hugs. Brendan and May had packed their bags, and were ready to head out.
"You're very welcome, May!" said Wanda as they kept in a tight hug. Mr. Wallaby stepped up to Brendan.
"And for you, Mr. Maple," he said. He dug into his back pocket, and pulled out a small Pokeball. It was brown and green, and he silently handed it to him. "This is a nest ball," he said as he dropped it into Brendan's hands. "The weaker the Pokemon, the easier to catch 'em; it was the prize for the Battle Tent, but as they were closed…"
"Yeah, thanks, Mr. Wallaby," he said while throwing it into the Pokeball section of his backpack. When everybody was nice and settled, the only person missing from this party was Wally.
"So, is he gonna even say goodbye," asked May.
"He should be…" said Mr. Wallaby while going in the house. "Wally!" he shouted. There was no reply. "WALLY!!!" he shouted even louder. The next thing they knew, the green haired boy hopped down from the steps, wearing a white button up shirt, blue jeans, and black and white shoes. The only odd thing about him (other than his funky colored hair) was that he had a large blue hiking bag with him.
"Uncle Walter, Aunt Eunice (he pronounced Aunt, 'Ain't'), I've decided that I want to go back home with Brendan and May," he said.
"Well, we're capable of taking you," said Walter. "Besides, you came down here because Verdanturf's air is better for your health," he said.
"I know, but Fortree's where I want to be," he said. "I miss all of the trees, and that all of the homes there are on top of them; having the downtown area just below," he said while looking up happily. "It's nothing wrong here, and besides; I think the long way back would be good to train my Pokemon, and maybe get more…"
"You've only got 2 Pokemon, deary," said Eunice while looking at him.
"I know, but Magnamite and Kirlia are more than capable of helping me catch more," said Wally. "And I've always wanted the trainer experience, even though I'm 10 ¾," he said.
"You're 9!" said Wanda.
"Well, shut up, that's close," he said.
"And besides, what do Brendan and May thing anyway," asked Walter. Wally nodded, and turned to them.
"What do you say, huh?" asked Wally. "Can I come and travel with the two of you?" he asked silently. May shrugged her shoulders.
"I don't have a problem with you coming," said May. She turned to Brendan. "What do you think?"
"No," said Brendan, simply.
"What…oh come on!" said Wally, half desperately. "I've got to come with you…"
"Scratch that," said Brendan. "No because," he said while emphasizing the italics word. "…May and I already have plans. Nearest gym from here is Lavaridge, and when I get there, I'll defeat the leader, get my next badge, and then we're going all the way back to Petalburg City," he said. Wally looked at them with disbelief.
"What…why?" he asked. May rolled his eyes, and pointed to him with her thumb.
"He want's to face his dad, and he doesn't allow challengers unless that have at least 4 badges," she said. "He's only got 3 so far, and after the Gym Leader in Lavaridge's taken out, we're heading back to face him, and then move on," she said.
"But I want to go," he said. "As long as you go to Fortree some time…"
"Technically, we can skip it…" said Brendan.
"No we…you can't," said May. "Fortree has another gym; I forgot which badge though…"
"Feather," said Wally. May nodded in thanks. Brendan rolled his eyes, and pulled out his silver gym case given to him by his dad. He opened it, and revealed it to him. There stood his Stone, Knuckle, and Winstrate Badge. "Technically, I didn't get the Dynamo Badge, so we can trail back to Mauville City for it, well, if they have another gym leader by now…"
"But you swore to Watson you wouldn't challenge for it again when you lost…"
"Yeah, I swore to a robot," said Brendan. "Had he actually been a human being, I would go off to Fortree for it, but dammit, he was artificial," he said. "Matter a fact, if we cross through Route 117 coming up, and then go right, I know we'll be back down in Mauville," he said.
"But Brendan, why do you not want Wally to come?" asked May.
"Because…." Started Brendan. He then took a deep sigh. "It's just because May…" he said.
"…because I know what he'd really want out of this journey to a city halfway across from where we're going…" he thought. But then, he gained a fully new idea.
"Listen," he said while looking at him. "I'll give you two choices," he said as his family listened intrudingly. "It's either A: you battle me. If I win, you don't come with us. If you lose…"
"Hey," said Wally, catching the fact Brendan was trying to double cross him verbally.
"Alright," said Brendan, his plan foiled. "If you win, you get to come with us." He said.
"So what's B?" asked Wally.
"B is, you can come with us, but we're taking a trip down to Mauville City first…"
"No Brendan…" said May while crossing her arms.
"Oh come on!" shouted Brendan.
"You promised…"
"A robot!" shouted Brendan. "I promised a god damn robot something; the real Watson's been dead for more than 5 years," he said annoyedly. "And because the damn thing was built by Watson, I highly doubt that somebody fixed it, including its artificial intelligence and memory." He said. May was fixing to say something, but Brendan cut her off. "And don't forget that you screwed me over in the first place with it; don't do it again…" he said.
"Are you threatening me?" asked May, standing her ground, and glaring at him.
"Well, I assumed you'd at least try to back me up," he said.
"Don't talk to her like that…" said Wally.
"Look, kid," said Brendan, getting extremely angry. "We understand you like her, and want to try to start a relationship with her on the way, but know this," said Brendan pointing to her. "She doesn't take crap; she can kick anyone's ass," he said. "For her age, she's a strong girl," he said. "And even how tough she is, it's my job to protect her from God awful scumbags, like you," he said while pointing a finger to his chest.
"Don't touch me," he said while glaring at him. Brendan let off, but continued his gaze to Wally.
"Ask your folks to give you a life home; we're not going to Fortree anytime soon," said Brendan.
"Let's not get violent now," said Eunice. "Why don't we all go in…for a talk," she said, while directing the three kids inside. It took nearly an hour, but when it completed, the talk came to end, as the three of them walked out.
"So we've got the game plan," asked Wally happily.
"Yeah," said May happily. "Go to Mauville to rechallenge any new gym leaders, and then Lavaridge through the tunnel way to the Cable Cars to Mt. Chimney…" she said while handing Brendan the Blue and Red flutes for his upcoming battle.
"We'll go to Lavaridge and Petalburg for my gym badges," said Brendan while placing them in his bag.
"Then we'll take the transit to Fortree City to drop me off," said Wally happily.
"YEAH!" they shouted in unison. It was an extremely quiet walk; Wally tried to start small talk with May, which he couldn't help rolling his eyes too.
"Man, I do admire Dr. Phil," he said. "He's so inspirational, and he knows how to help people out, you know," he said.
"What about Oprah?" asked May.
"Well, I'd prefer DP than Oprah," he said. "Nothing wrong with her, but just how powerful she is…she could probably blow someone's head off just with her mind power," said Wally.
"That'd happen if she was in this fucked up story," thought May. They did a total of 2 hours of walking, and when the largest skyscraper of the Mauville skyline was seen, Brendan pulled out his bike.
"I'll see you guys in a bit," said Brendan as he hopped on a tree, and sped off.
"WHAT ABOUT US!!!" shouted May. From the distance, Brendan replied while looking forward.
"Just go to the Gambling Center again; try winning more cash with Walllllyyyy!!!!" he shouted as he saw more skyline coming in.
"Gambling?" asked Wally.
"Don't worry, these guys aren't Las Vegas," said May. "The Gambling Center's really nice; just don't fall for their scams," said May. "Me and Brendan won almost a million P playing those fools in Blackjack. The two of them walked up to the large Gambling Center, and saw five big words beside the door: "NOW HOUSING EGYPTIAN RAT SCREW"
"Egyptian Rat…"
"We're going in, NOW!" shouted May as she grabbed Wally's hand and rushed into the building…
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Walking up to the gym was extremely nerve wrecking. Brendan saw three trainers older than him walk slowly out the building; one of them was rushing a small grass Pokemon in her arms, and rushing down the street to the Pokemon Center.
"She'll need a kidsbeer," said Brendan as he turned his head. He took a deep breath. "Maybe I should leave…"
"What!" his father's voice shouted though Brendan's head. "Son, what have I been telling you for the past, 1000 years?" it said.
"Never give up, but dad…"
"Watson's a crazy mofo," said his voice. "Now that he's battling instead of handing out badges, that doesn't mean you have any less of a chance…"
"My Pokemon are gonna be near death," said Brendan. "And it'll be all your fault, pops," said Brendan silently as he walked to the door.
"Pss…fuck you; I'm just your imagination," said his father's voice. When Brendan walked up to the steel door, it slid open, and as he walked in, he saw the same battlefield he saw the first time he met Watson, and saw something he thought he never would.
"Watson," asked Brendan. The robot of Watson turned around, and glared evily at Brendan.
"Hm…Maple," he said. "What a surprise to see you again," he said sarcastically. It truly surprised Brendan; the last time, May punched his head off for calling her a flat chested whore, but something or someone must have fixed it. "Out of my gymnasium, Maple; we agreed that you'd have no more chances on trying to get my badge when you lose." He said. The new and improved Watson had a cold, tone to his voice. It was as if an evil upgrade was put into his voice.
"I have to have your badge, Watson," said Brendan. "I've got to…"
"No you don't," said Watson while turning to him. "You've already acquired the Winstrate Badge, you can actually head on out to Lavaridge and live on with your life…" he said.
"I don't know nor care how you've gotten that info, but I want my Dynamo badge," said Brendan angrily. "I'll do anything or play by any rules so that I…"
"Play by what rules," said Watson, cutting him off.
"You have a small remote in your pocket," said Brendan. "I'm assuming that it controls this arena to make specific match types or anything," he said. Watson grimaced heavily at Brendan.
"Touché Maple," he said. "Well, I guess because you're pathetically unstable, I should give you a rematch…"
"Cool," said Brendan gripping a Pokeball.
"BUT!" he shouted. "We do play by my rules, and we will see how you compete against the new me," he said. "See, since my destruction, May's taught me that trainers are evil little bastards who don't give a rat's ass about you, but just want little badges for their own sake, and you're exactly one of them," he said.
"Not all trainers are bad," said Brendan defensively. "I'll admit as a person and trainer that I'm not perfect," said Brendan enlarging a Pokeball. "But I do what I can to improve myself; instead of talking nasty about the girl who broke you, I've caught myself saying and doing practically anything I can to protect her from certain evils and things," said Brendan.
"Like join TM," said Watson silently.
"What?" asked Brendan.
"Nothing Maple," said Watson while pulling out the remote from his pocket. "We're going to play Texas Hold'em Rules in the Electrorena," he said while pressing a red button. It was like nothing Brendan's even seen; from the ground, four silver rods stuck up on the four corners of the arena. The walls became yellow metallic, and more rods stuck up from the top sides of the structure. Small violet-blue volts went throughout the rods, and the main arena part began lifting about 5 ft. in the air. Brendan had a bad feeling about this. "This is what will go down," said Watson with a grin. "As the Gym leader, I am the leader of this gym. Therefore, we will go by my home field advantage by having my shock field of my Electorena.
"Randomly, these conductor volts will hit certain places around the arena; spots our Pokemon will run, up to the ceiling, possibly you and me," he said. "Depending on how powerful my knob is, there will be a specific number of volts in it; for example, I currently have it at 1, which could only be about 100 VOE (volts of electricity) per one shock," he said. "But, if I put it up to 7," he said while rolling up the knob on the remote to the 7. The buzzing noise in the arena increased greatly, and the VOE in the rods were more visible. "Then about 100,000 VOE will be in per shock. I personally see this more as pumpers for my own Pokemon, as a shock can't kill an electric Pokemon," he said. "Are you still willing to play by my rules," he asked while eyeing him. Looking into Watson's eyes, there was a small light circling in it; was it a camera.
"I'm not backing down from you Watson; I'll kick your robot ass to the edge of the world!" said Brendan as he pulled out his Pokeball.
"Then spin the wheel, Maple, and we'll see how the cookie will crumble, eventually," said Watson as he looked to the side. "REF!" he shouted. A man wearing a yellow referee suit walked on the small steps to the middle of the arena, and flinched at some of the volts. "I don't pay you to sit around, and wait for a match to start," he said.
"You…you don't pay me at all, sir," he said.
"Then do your job, or consider it gone, and your life," said Watson eerily. Brendan felt uncomfortable looking at this robot, but if he was going to get what should have been rightfully his before May involved in it, he'd have to go the distance…by a lot…
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"Screw the Egyptian rat!!" shouted Wally as the dealer racked in the full deck of cards, and P10000. "That's the fourth game in a row!"
"Well kid, if you don't have the hands, you can't have the money," said the dealer.
"No, hell no, I'm playing again!" shouted Wally. He was pushed by some elder man.
"Listen kid, work was a bitch for me today, and I need to let up some steam…"
"It's 12:30 in the fucking afternoon!" shouted Wally madly. "What work do you do that you walk in at 10, and leave 2 ½ later!?" he shouted.
"You don't know me, jackass kid," said the man, and turned to the dealer. Security walked over to Wally.
"Kid, please shut the hell up, or we'll have to ask you to leave. And if you don't leave, then we'll pick you up, and kick you out like on those old cartoons." Said one of the Security
Guards.
"Fine, but fuck you," said Wally angrily, but a whole lot more silently. In other news, May was at the blackjack tables with an 8 and a 5, and put up P3050.
"Hm…she said out loud while wondering if she'd get a King or Queen, and then bust. "Ah…I guess hit me," said May. The dealer flipped out a card. It was a 7.
"19 hit or leave it," said the dealer. He currently had a 3, 7, and two 4's.
"Pss…leave it," she said simply. The dealer flipped a card out for himself, and their revealed a 2 of diamonds.
"House wins!" he said happily while taking her chips and every cent of her 3050 Poke.
"Son of a bitch," she said. "I just lost a brand new shampoo," she said. So she decided to attempt to get more coins for more stuff; that Mudkip doll did look quite nice…
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"Magneton!" shouted Watson as he pulled out the three headed metal magnet Pokemon.
"Iron Heart," shouted Brendan as he played his newly evolved Lairon. It gave a healthy roar as it took a look at Magneton. All of a sudden, Watson lifted his remote, and pressed the yellow button.
"Let the match, begin!" he said. The buzzing went even louder, and the volts from the rods started heating up too.
"Iron Heart, Takedown!" he shouted. Lairon ran and jumped to the air to attempt to hit Magneton.
"Dodge that mediocre move, and Thudershock that bitch," said Watson. It floated some in the air, and it shot a big blast of electricity.
"Protect!" shouted Brendan. A light green vortex surrounded Lairon, and watched as Magneton's sparks went all around him. Next thing it knew, as Magneton stopped, a huge blue volt hit the ground about inches from Lairon's legs.
"Too close," thought Brendan.
"Spark!" shouted Watson. Magneton lit up, and shot for Lairon.
"Hide behind rode over there," shouted Brendan. Lairon rolled over to the rod, and watched as Magneton hit it smack dab. There were some shocks going on. "Headbutt!" shouted Brendan.
"Not smart," said Watson. As Lairon shot up to Headbutt, when it connected, he now was taking in the new shocks from the rods, and Magneton. "Now Lairon's being infested with over 750,000 volts of electricity," he said. Lairon was forced off of Magneton (by the rods).
"But Steel and Electricity to nothing to each other in Pokemon battling," said Brendan. "Nonetheless, he's also Rock type, and Electricity's weak against Rock!" said Brendan.
"Hm…true," said Watson. "But don't you forget, you're on my battlefield," he said. A rod shot a volt of electricity that almost hit the referee. "And I'll take you out like the small, innocent boy you are!"
"I'll crush you're robotic ass like Terminator!" shouted Brendan. Watson got a confused look on his face.
"Wait, which one?" asked Watson.
"Like how they crushed him in number 1, but you won't come back. Now shut up, and Metal Claw that thing, Lairon!" shouted Brendan. Lairon lit up its claws, and ran down for Magneton.
"But know that the Terminator was a military robot made by Skynet," he said. "Magneton, dodge, and use Sonicboom!" said Watson. Magneton shot for the air, and then fired small invisible arrowheads at Lairon.
"But you're not a military robot," said Brendan to argue back to Watson. "Iron Defense!" he shouted. Lairon light up some in shine, and a large blue-violet shock went down beside Brendan, shocking the wall behind them. "You're of your own creation robot; a crazy old geezer like you had an Engineering Degree…"
"Actually, the real me had a degree in Political Science," said Watson, as Magneton's Sonic Boom was smacking up against Lairon's back.
"Come on Iron Heart, Roar and Takedown!" shouted Brendan. When Lairon had the chance, he straightened its head, and gave another healthy roar Magneton began spinning around some, and Lairon quickly took its chance to football tackle Magneton. It became knocked out.
"Uh…" said the referee as looked at the rods nervously. "Magneton is unable to battle; Brendan and his Lairon win this round," he said while pointing a green flag to Brendan's side. A large volt shot behind Watson, which gave an eerie effect.
"Return," said Watson angrily. He didn't say anything to his Pokemon. "Go Voltorb," he said while pulling it out. Brendan returned his Lairon to give it some of rest. He knew that rotating his Pokemon was the smartest thing to do at the moment.
"You're up Horny!" shouted Brendan as Heracross flew out to join the Shock Party…
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"May, how the hell do you have all of those coins?" asked Wally silently as May got three Nuggets in a row, and about 473 more coins fell into her Coin Case.
"You've got to be good at this," said May as she shook it up some. "I'm really just working for more dolls; I already have Torchic," she said while going for it again.
"Screw this; I'm going for the tables again," he said. "I'll try at it in Roulette Wheel," he said. A few minutes later, there was about P10450 from Wally on the table. "YEAH!" he shouted. "I'm winning so much money, I can just play out this much!!" he said. The crowd of people were watching him and smiling in happiness that he was on a streak.
"Are you sure, kid?" asked the dealer with false concern.
"I've never been so sure in my life; when I win, I'll just take back P20900 of this bitch; I'll be even richer!" he said. He cleared his throat, and looked down at the large black and red wheel.
"Red," he said.
"Sorry," said the dealer. "When you bet more that P10000, you're to chose a specific number and color," he said.
"Dammit; I'd have to be David Blaine to do that," said Wally. He looked at the wheel, and went with his decision. "Give me Red 22." He said.
"Alright, Red 22 it is," he said while spinning it. The little white ball was jumping all over the place, as it was spinning quite rapidly. After a few moments of waiting, the ball began spinning the opposite way of the wheel spinning. When it slowed down even more, everyone was anticipating, as it passed Red 22 once getting real slow, and when it seemed as if it would land at R22, it moved on more space, and landed at Black 14.
"AWE!!!" shouted Wally and the crowd who was watching. The dealer took his chips and the P20900. Wally washed out, and badly. He eyed May sadly as she placed her hands in the air.
"That's 300 more coins!" she shouted as the coins fell into her bag, clanging nicely against the other coins…
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"Rollout!" shouted Watson. Currently, Heracross was against an electrorod, and the last thing needed was a full physical tackle. But in the heat of the moment, Brendan had an idea.
"Fly up, NOW!" shouted Brendan. Heracross barely got out of the Electorod's power, and began to shoot up to avoid the Rollout. Voltorb rolled out of the way of the large rod, and Watson continued his assault.
"Charge," he said. Voltorb lit up some, but it didn't shoot anything up to Horny.
"Heracross, out of the way!" shouted Brendan. Heracross shot to the opposite side of where it was just at, but that didn't help for s—t.
"Shock Wave," said Watson. Voltorb shot a nasty shock to Heracross, and when it hit, it began falling down from the ceiling. "Volt Rollout!" shouted Watson. Voltorb began charging more electric power, and began rolling at a velocity that would be sure to hit Heracross when he got down.
"No, Horny!" shouted Brendan. He was pulling out his Pokeball, but as soon as he enlarged it, the ball was hit with a volt from the rods, and the ball when down on the floor. It wasn't enough that Heracross was hit with a strong combination, but when he hit the wall; a shock from the rod smacked it in its abdomen.
"Hm…KO," said Watson. The ref threw Brendan the fallen Pokeball, and then went back for the job.
"Heracross is unable to battle, the winner is Watson's Voltorb," he said. Brendan returned Heracross, and literally kissed it.
"You did wonderful," said Brendan while placing it back in his belt. He then pulled another Pokeball.
"Monkeyman, help us out here," he said while throwing out Slakoth's ball…
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"…no I hit it first," said Wally. He was back at the Egyptian Rat Screw tables, and he was still getting his tail whopped.
"Kid, look, you're hand's on top of my finer; I've got this one," said the dealer.
"Bullshit you've got it," said Wally while letting go. There was a Divorce in the cards (King, 9, and Queen), and Wally knew that it was he who had a hold from the cards. They continued to lay down more cards. It was an Ace.
"Four cards," said Wally, getting ready to smack the pile. The dealer laid down an 8, a 7, a 6…SMACK!!! The dealer took the cards.
"What was that?" asked Wally annoyedly.
"That was reverse sequence," he said.
"Bull crap, we're not playing that," said Wally.
"We're playing freestyle, what are you talking about?" asked the dealer.
"No, we're playing doubles, Divorce, Brothers, an Marriage," said Wally.
"Screw that kid, we're playing Free Style," said the dealer. But in other news, May was fixing to make her purchases with her coins (she had a total of 5800).
"Meh…I'll just take a Flamethrower TM and a Mudkip Doll," she said while laying 5000 coins on the table. After everything was put in the electro counter, the woman at the prize department laid down a Mudkip doll, and the orange disk containing Flamethrower. "Wally, are you gonna stay here?"
"Until I beat this guy in Screw the Egyptian Rat, yes I will," said Wally.
"I'm stopping by the gym to see what's with Brendan," she said. While walking down, she passed the alleyway that she and Brendan had that big argument by.
"That was a really stupid reason to fight him," she said to herself. But as she approached the Pokemon Center, looking inside the transparent doors, she saw about three people crying in a lobby full of sad people. "What the…" she asked. Curiosity got the better of her, and she made her say inside the centre. Getting in was worst that she thought; people were absolutely destroyed. One way or another, somebody crying was being held onto by someone else who was sad. May made her way over to a select few of trainers. "What…" she started, but the boy holding on to a girl looked up at her.
"It's nothing; go away," he said.
"No, Craig, tell her," she said. The pair of them were just about 3 or 4 years older than May.
"Fine," he said. "It's the Gym Leader." He said.
"What…did he, uh…die?" asked May. She remembers punching off its head almost 2 months ago.
"No, he just…changed," said the girl. "He changed badly."
"Nearly 2 months ago, he was the nice old man everyone remembers him as," he said. "He always just gave badges away. "But now, it's just that…he got badly ill in the same time period, and the gym was closed down," he said. "The cities economy slowed down some, due to his absence, and it was the casino that kept this town on their toes. But then, the gym had a Grand Reopening two weeks ago; trainers and tourist came back here for Pokemon Centers and hotels." He said.
"But when they fuh…fuh faced him," sniffled the girl. "He switched his…his gears, and whopped people badly," she said. "I ju…ju just faced him, and he…he tore my beautiful Sunflora in…into breakfast!" she said while turning into Craig's arms.
"No trainer's has defeated him yet," he said. "The economy's now in a boom, as people are coming from all over just to get a piece of him, but look at this lobby," he said as May turned to look. Everybody was in mourning for some reason. "Nurse Joy's in a frenzy down here; they actually sent in extra Nurse Joy's from the Orange Isles to help," he said.
"Oh Suicune; my friend's facing him right now!" shouted May in panic.
"You've got to get him to forfeit before his Pokemon become toast." He said. May rushed over to next door.
"The last thing needed is having my best friend knocked the fuck out by a cheap robot," she thought while rushing to the door.
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It was now Monkeyman who was to close beside an electrorod, and history was a bit too close to repeat itself as Watson pointed to Slakoth once more.
"Rollout!" shouted Watson. The ball Pokemon began spinning over down to Slakoth.
"Come on, Monkeyman!" he shouted. "You've got to…GET OUT THE WAY!" he shouted while having an idea. Slakoth got up, and then lazily moved, and watched as Voltorb hit the rod. The thing vibrated, but it didn't break.
"Damn, I'll have to try again," thought Brendan. "Use Encore!" he shouted. Slakoth, badly scorched from the fight, began to clap some. All of a sudden, a 1980's sitcom audience ran through the arena. Voltorb's eyes looked like he gave a small smile. And where Slakoth was placed, Brendan's plan was ready to fall into place. Voltorb fired up, and began rolling once again to Slakoth.
"No, you retarded little…" said Watson. But Slakoth lazily moved out of the way, and watched as the Ball Pokemon Rolled all the way over to the rod on Watson's left. The force of Voltorb on the rod gave it an extremely bad shock. But the audience clapping was still ringing in Voltorb's head, as he was ready to do it again. Slakoth was now positioned at the rod on Brendan's right, across the rod Voltorb got shocked at, and began rolling again.
"Voltorb I order you to…" BING!!! Voltorb once again hit a rod, and more shocks ran through him.
"To the rod on Watson's left," said Brendan. Slakoth moved up to it, and clapped some more to real Voltorb in. As it began spinning once again, Watson became desperate, but he knew that if he moved to close to the rod to kick Slakoth, he'd get shocked, and his programming would screw up. Slakoth once again slipped from the way, and watched as Voltorb smacked the rod ('BING!!!'). After the shock hit Voltorb, it began shining orange.
"NO!" shouted Watson; Voltorb then literally exploded, and when it landed, orange electricity was coming out of him, and it was knocked out badly. A bolt of electricity was about to hit behind it, but it moved over, and nearly hit Watson. "Dammit, now he's full of negative electricity," he said while returning his Pokemon. May walked into the gym, and looked up to see that the arena Brendan was fighting on was in the air.
"BRENDAN!" she called.
"I'm right here May," said Brendan. "Watson's lost it; I think the person who fixed him altered his wiring to make him a bastard," he said
"I've heard," she said.
"Hm….the girl," said Watson. He clicked a button on his remote, and the square holding the hole, filled up with more yellow metallic; he blocked her from speaking to him. May was now stuck in a metal room, and the stairway that led to it fell over loudly.
"Dammit, he blocked us," thought May. The only choice she had at the moment was to leave, but since she was plunged in semidarkness, she could barely see where the door was. "Brendan, you've got to stop him!" she shouted. But due to the fact that the buzzing was so loud above, he could barely hear her voice. Brendan got down to a crawling position, and stuck his ear against the floor. Lucky he moved, three large bolts just struck where he was just standing.
"Hold on May, I've knocked two of his Pokemon out; just two more to go and I'll win," he said while standing back at his original location. Looking over to the side, Brendan saw Electrike out and ready to fight.
"Didn't that thing evolve into Manectric already?" he asked.
"I got another one!" shouted Watson. And just because you've done such a good job in beating me," he said while pulling out the remote. He moved the knob once more, and put the electric power up to size 8 ½. "Do you really want to continue this?" he asked."
"Damn right; I've told you before that I'm not backing down." Said Brendan.
"Hm..fool," thought Watson.
"Come on Monekyman, we can get through this," he said.
"No you won't," said Watson. "Thanks for all of those shocks, my little Electrike is more charged than ever!" he said. "Electrike, give you're strongest Shock Wave!" he shouted. The little green puppy charged up so much, and shot about three rounds of conjoined bolts to Monkeyman, he literally just couldn't take it, and it fell over without another trace.
"Return Monkeyman," said Brendan. He once again kissed the Pokeball, and gave a silent personal thanks to him. "You won't be gone without being avenged," he said while pulling out his next Pokeball. "I need to save Muddy, but it was Manectric that gave him the business last time. And I'm sure that if Electrike goes down, Manectric will appear in its place as Watson's last." He said while pulling out a Pokeball. "Go Iron Heart," he said. May decided to wait outside the gym, and stood in front, praying for Brendan's sake that he'll win.
"Those other trainers in there said that Watson was on a winning streak, and Brendan lost to Watson after his first fight," she said. "I can't stay in that semidarkness too long, but I'll have to root for him somehow." She said.
"So, the Iron Heart is back, ay?" asked Watson from back inside the arena. "I'm sure it'll once again be easy prey from me and my Electrike to eat for breakfast!" he said. Brendan looked at his watch.
"It's 12:45 in the damn afternoon!" said Brendan.
"It doesn't matter!" shouted Watson. "Electrike, begin with Double Team," he said. Electrike literally duplicated itself rapidly, and they each began rolling around. Brendan was getting nervous, until something happened; all of the rods, from the ceiling and the main arena hit the Electrike northeast from where Brendan was.
"Wait a minute…that one! Hit that Electrike with Iron Tail!" shouted Brendan excitedly. "I completely forgot, because of Electrike's special ability of Lightning Rod, all electricity and attacks go to it!" he said. Brendan was so happy that Watson had a huge chunk of metal for a brain. Lairon charged for the one Brendan commanded, lit up its tail, and gave a fierce hit from it. Electrike flew to the yellow metallic section of the wall.
"Don't let Maple here turn you into puppy chow!" shouted Watson. "Give that Iron Brain something to remember, Thunder!" he shouted. Electrike was powering up more electricity to shoot, when all of the rods striked it once again. Brendan began laughing some, and Watson became even angrier.
"Man, who knew that that chunk of metal for a head would come out for me somehow," said Brendan. "It might not kill him, but it sure does entertain. Plus, he's getting damaged one by one…"
"Electrike, hit the rod with Tackle," said Watson. Electrike ordered, and did a full body tackle to it. When it connected, it fell over, and more electricity went through its body. Brendan started to laugh. "Hit another one, only now, use Crunch," he said. Electrike ran over to the one on Watson's right, and gave it a nice bite like a dog biting steak. Even more shocks ran through him, and Brendan's background laughing could still be heard.
"You're so….wait a minute," said Brendan. There was an explosion from where Electrike bit, and when the smoke cleared, the same orange shocks began sparking out of its body from when Voltorb hit them with Rollout. All of the rods shot for it, but when they got too close, they shot for different directions around the whole arena! It hit the referee at the side, and it almost hit both Watson and Brendan.
"Hey, what the…" said Brendan.
"You've given me the idea to fill my Pokemon with negative energy," he said. "Like what you made Voltorb do earlier. When too much foreign electricity's filled into an electric Pokemon, or if they're exposed to opposite magnets, the foreign electricity matches with the Pokemon's natural energy, and become negative," he said.
"Then, why did Voltorb have to strike more times than Electrike?" asked Brendan.
"Because the power of the rods was less," he said while grinning at Brendan's stupidity. Brendan grimaced heavily at him.
"Well Mr. Robot, I do know that when a Pokemon's full of negative power, it's bad for it, isn't it?" asked Brendan.
"Hm…anything to destroy my enemies," said Watson. Brendan grimaced even more at him now.
"So you're saying you'd sacrifice your own Pokemon's life just to gain what you want?" he asked.
"What did I just say?" asked Watson. Electrike gave a huge bolt of conjoined negative electricity up to the ceiling. A large chunk of building fell down. May and other people saw the large bolt of orange electricity from outside. A large crowd surrounded the gym.
"What's going on," asked some people.
"I'm sure that Watson's having a climatic battle with a trainer who's probably a protagonist," said more of them.
"If it takes my Pokemon getting more powerful like this do whoop you, consider it done!" he shouted. "Electrike, Headbutt that little steel dinosaur back to the stone ages!" shouted Watson. Electrike began shooting out more negative electricity as he ran over to Lairon.
"Come on Iron Heart, don't let Electrike get you!" he shouted quickly. Lairon jumped into the air and Body Slammed Electrike with heavy force. As soon as he did, it did a huge negative thundershock, and Lairon hit the wall behind Brendan.
"Crunch!" said Watson evilly. Electrike ran over to Lairon and more NE was coming out of its body. While it was rushing to him, it fell over as negative sparks came out of it. "No, you worthless little…"
"Lairon, Take Down!" shouted Brendan. Lairon quickly shook off the pain from him, and charged to Electrike. When they connected, there was another little explosion, and they both were knocked out. Watson was so angry; he turned the knob all the way up to 10.
"The…the…stalemate!" shouted the referee. He was in bad shape from getting hit with that bolt. There was a double action of returning Pokemon, and as Watson placed his Pokemon on his belt, and picked another, Brendan kissed Lairon's Pokeball, and whispered another thank you.
"You really took care of Voltorb and Electrike out there," he said. Watson rolled its eyes as Brendan placed his Pokeball back, and pulled out his last hope.
"I think that this is where the true rematch will be held," Said Watson. Brendan's bag gave a small jerk.
"What do you mean," asked Brendan.
"Well, if you've truly changed from the trainer you were before, Marshtomp should be able to destroy Manectric!" he shouted while throwing out its Pokeball. The same blue dog Pokemon with the lightning rod on its head came out. It gave a nice bark, as the lightning rods, filled with maximum power, gave Manectric 8 huge shocks. Manectric stood up straight.
"Go Muddy," said Brendan as he pulled out his first Pokemon. Marshtomp must have known Brendan was in a dramatic battle, and that its comrades have fallen, because when he came out, he gave a nasty glare to Manectric and Watson.
"We will win this; we have to…" thought Brendan. "I have to keep positive, and I need to do something about that power strategy of Watson's…" thought Brendan as he eyed Watson angrily as well…
To be Continued
(A/N: See next chapter for notes; peace!)