Sparky
The girl returned her Elekid to the pokeball.
'You would have been in huge trouble if it wasn't for me, admit it' Sparky said looking smug
'I would have been just fine isn't that right Squirtle? Huh, Squirtle where are you?' Tom said and began searching for his pokemon
'Your pokemon is right here' Sparky said pointing to her leg to reveal Squirtle hugging it. 'I have proved myself to this pokemon already, something you have not managed to do yet but that's ok. I remember when I first got my Elekid from my Dad.'
'Who are you anyway?' Tom said both amazed and annoyed by how masterful Sparky was with pokemon
'I'm Sparky, the daughter of the Vermillion City gym leader Lt. Surge. I'm an electric pokemon enthusiast who is about to start a pokemon journey, you?'
'I'm Tom. I just received my Squirtle and I live with my parents and younger brother, would you like to come back for lunch?'
'Yes please'
Tom and Sparky went back to his house and had lunch with the family and Elekid and Squirtle began to play out in the large empty yard. After half an hour of convincing, Tom's parents allowed him to go on a pokemon journey with Sparky because they heard how well she put Squirtle into line, and how much she could teach Tom about pokemon training.
After lunch, Tom and Sparky said their goodbyes to their families and headed to the harbour so that they could catch a boat to Pewter City. Tom decided to be the nice person and pay for the boat but Sparky refused to let him. 'We get our trip free, it's a perk of being the gym leaders kid.'
'Sometimes you just get lucky' Tom grinned
The boat was driven by an elderly man who had glasses. Tom worried that the man's poor eyesight was preventing him from reading the speed meter because they were going at least 200 kmph. Squirtle and Elekid were strapped in to the boat so they didn't fall out. When they finally arrived they went for a swim in the sea. Sparky dived under the water and started to look around for pokemon but found only Magikarp. As they got out they noticed two people in a black costume running out of the pokemart with people yelling things out to them. One of the people ran into Tom and knocked him off his feet. As they both tumbled the person got up and removed his balaclava and revealed himself to be a man with short blue hair. The other person walked over and revealed herself to be a woman with short mint green hair with a large curl either side. '
We are Blake and Bonnie of team rocket and you picked the wrong criminals plans to slow.' The people said in unison and sent out a Shellder and a Voltorb 'And now you are also getting robbed, surrender your Squirtle and Elekid and there will be no trouble for anybody'
Elekid stepped forward and started to battle the Voltorb so Tom commanded Squirtle to fight Shellder. 'Squirtle use tackle!' He yelled. Squirtle refused and in the same instant Bonnie fired a net out of a bazooka and caught Squirtle. Tom yelled and went to help him but Bonnie shot him as well and he was trapped. Elekid finished Voltorb off with a thunder punch but then was also trapped by Bonnie's gun. Blake shoved Sparky to the ground and threw Elekid and Squirtle over his shoulder and went into the bush where he then flew a helicopter out with the pokemon in the back. He threw down a ladder for Bonnie but right as she went to climb it, Tom broke free of his net and pulled her off it. Tom climbed the ladder to the helicopter and opened the door where the pokemon were. Tom pulled the pokemon free and Elekid used thunder punch on the controls. The helicopter went down and Elekid jumped out and used thunder shock to soften the landing. Tom, Squirtle and Blake fell out of the helicopter and were about 1000 meters above the ground when Bonnie got ready to catch Blake and Tom grabbed Squirtle and managed to move himself above the sea. Blake landed with a thud on top of Bonnie and Tom splashed into the water. Blake and Bonnie ran off in humiliation and Tom pulled Squirtle out of the water.
After a few hours under the heater in the pokemon centre Tom and Squirtle were feeling a lot better. Squirtle hugged Tom and Tom knew that he had proven his worth to Squirtle the same way Sparky had and now Squirtle was a friend and loyal pokemon to Tom.
'I'm so glad you guys are cool again' Sparky said with a smile.