Max stood silently, staring at the bushes where the noise had come from, hoping that he wasn't in danger and if something dangerous was there then it hadn't noticed him. After what seemed like hours, curiosity got the better of Max and he returned his two Pokémon and decided to check it out. He walked over to the bush slowly, going around Rhyperior, in case it awoke from its unconsciousness and that wouldn't be good for the defenceless trainer. Once he reached the bush he stopped. Was this a good idea? Well Max never had any good ideas so he decided to take a look at what was behind the bush. Bad decision. As soon as he looked, a net was thrown over him and a large boulder smacked him in the face.
'Ouch,' he cursed and passed out, hitting the soft grass with a gentle thud. He awoke several hours later and to his total and utter confusion, the first thing he saw was Olivia's face, inches away from his own as she was leaning over his unmoving body. 'Wow,' he muttered to himself, showing that he had regained consciousness and Olivia immediately breathed a sigh of relief and moved back as Max sat up, very puzzled indeed. 'You could've warned me about that boulder attack you know,' he said to Olivia but wasn't actually angry with her at all.
'What attack?' she questioned him, puzzled herself now and then she seemed to realise something and she turned around to speak to a man who Max hadn't realised was there before. 'Ryan, did you attack Max with your Golem?' she asked the man (Ryan) and looked fairly angry and annoyed.
'It was an accident!' he pleaded and seeing the look on their faces decided to explain everything from the beginning. 'I'm Ryan, the rock gym leader and I decided to train in the forest with my Pokémon today. It was going fine until Rhyperior randomly went berserk and started to attack everything and then it ran off. I then heard an explosion and came running to the path and then followed the trail of destruction to here, where I hid behind the bushes and I saw Rhyperior. I sent out Golem to attack and I saw something directly above us so I ordered an attack and threw a net.' he finished and looked at the two who seemed to understand most of the story but parts were unclear.
'How did you find me here Olivia?' Max asked.
'I heard Ryan's call for help and came as quickly as I could after I finished catching some Pokémon that helped me to get here unharmed.' she replied but all three knew that one part of the story was unclear. What happened to Rhyperior? This question was in all of their minds but none knew how to answer it. Max walked over to Rhyperior and examined it very closely.
'It seems like it's in a lot of pain so perhaps something happened to it and it can't get rid of it?' he suggested and Ryan seemed to remember something.
'Of course!' he exclaimed, 'Rhyperior exploded a tree and a lot of the bark and wood pieces fell on Rhyperior and must've got stuck there by some honey – I'll see if it's still there and whether or not Rhyperior has any splinters.' he explained and then he walked over to Rhyperior and put his hand on the bark on its back. Another bad decision. A huge lightning bolt came from underneath the bark and zapped Ryan upon touch, spinning him around and throwing him backwards vigorously.
'Maybe there's a Pokémon trapped underneath it,' suggested Max, 'Go Heracross!' he said as he flung the Pokéball forwards, bringing out Heracross. 'Heracross, use horn attack to rip off the bark,' he ordered and Heracross ripped it off in one blow but it revealed another thundershock and Heracross was blasted upwards and was knocked out when it smashed into the floor. 'Return,' Max sighed, calling his Pokémon back. His tactic had worked but it had knocked out Heracross which wasn't meant to happen.
Olivia approached Rhyperior's back slowly in case the Pokémon decided to shock her as well. She peered over his back and saw an angry little Pokémon called Elekid and as soon as it saw her it unleashed another attack and she only managed to withdraw her head just in time to avoid the lightning bolt that had fried Heracross and Ryan. 'It's an Elekid,' she said as Max arrived next to her to see if she was injured. 'I'm fine,' she said and then Ryan instantly sat up and ordered Golem to attack it with rock blast.
Golem jumped up and fired several rocks at Elekid and they all scored a direct hit leaving Elekid on the floor, looking sad. 'I think it feels sorry for attacking us,' said Max and sat down next to Elekid who had started to cry at this point. It then saw Max, smiled and tapped one of his pockets where a Pokéball captured Elekid inside. 'I caught Elekid?' he said, surprised that Elekid had done the capturing for him. 'Yes! I have enough Pokémon for a gym battle!' he yelled and started celebrating like a crazy lunatic until Ryan interrupted.
'Of course though, you'll have to battle me in that gym battle so it ain't gonna be a walk in the park.' he said, 'Thanks for everything as well and goodbye, see you in the gym.'
Max and Olivia watched him leave and then Max suddenly groaned loudly. 'What is it?' Olivia asked.
'We forgot about Jenny!' he replied and the two went to go and look for her in case something bad had happened to her.