Cyndaquil and Charmander looked into the angry Graveler´s eyes, who looked like he was ready to fend off the intruders the hard way, if he needed to. "We just want to pass through here. Can´t you let us go?" Cyndaquil asked carefully…"Never! Rollout!" the rugged rock type yelled, before the boulder Pokémon rolled towards the fire types at tremendous speed. Charmander was about ready to jump into the air, to perform an iron tail attack, but as soon as he put pressure on that weak foot, pain ran through his whole body. "Flamethrower!" Cyndaquil screamed, blowing a gaseous inferno towards the attacking Graveler. Cyndaquil thought about dodging, but on a second thought he knew that Charmander would be left defenseless if she did, so she stayed put. Cyndaquil was blown away from the ground, as the heavy rock type crashed into the fiery hedgehog, who was smashed against the wall of the mountain behind her. Nonetheless, the enraged Graveler kept rolling towards Cyndaquil to finish her. "No one messes with my friends! Smokescreen!" Charmander yelled, blowing a cloud of smoke and ashes. As the dusty attack enveloped the Rock Pokémon he stopped rolling. "You can´t escape this just by stalling me!" he yelled from inside Charmanders attack.
Meanwhile Cyndaquil slowly got up, after her uncomfortable crash with the wall… "Charmander?"She asked in a trembling voice… "I´m all right " the lizard Pokémon said. "Flamethrower!" The blue eyed Pokémon yelled, before aiming at the cloud, in hopes of randomly hitting their adversary. Some loud moaning and deep roaring gave answer to the result of the attack… The cloud slowly waved away. "Well if it isn´t a wounded one! Time for round two!" The rock Pokémon snickered, and then he started to roll again, but this time for Charmander. The lizard Pokémon carefully analyzed the rock Pokémon's path. Cyndaquil could only watch as the wounded lizard was attacked. "Nooo! Charmander!" she yelled in despair as she tried dashing towards Charmander, but it was obvious, she was not going to make it.
As Charmander and Graveler were only separated by a few feet, the lizard Pokémon walked a few steps to the left. Then he made his tail glow brightly. "Iron tail!" Charmander yelled, as his tail got harder, then he swung it at the Graveler who was now a little bit of course. As the two attacks collided, a big explosion surrounded the two. Graveler was hit so hard, that he was sent flying out of the detonation. "Charmander?" Cyndaquil yelled, she could hardly see what happened, she feared for the worse. Tears started to build in her eyes. Graveler groaned loudly, a big furrow on his body indicated, that he was on the painful side of that collision. Cyndaquil suddenly spotted the lizard's silhouette, as he walked out of the dusty explosion. "Never underestimate anybody!" Charmander said, then he looked at Cyndaquil, who breathed a sigh of relief. "It´s not over!" The rock type moaned as he got up. "Attack him with a Flamewheel, I have an Idea!" Charmander instructed Cyndaquil."I have to do this, for Charmander." She thought to herself, she was going to do anything to save the lizard Pokémon she had fallen in love with. Without a word the fire mouse Pokémon coated herself in flames before she started to roll towards Graveler. "Flamethrower!" Charmander yelled, but this time he was aiming at Cyndaquil.
As the attack hit Cyndaquil, she could feel, as she got faster and the heat around her increased drastically. "What the… " The Rock type said who was amazed by the team work of Charmander and Cyndaquil. He was just too stunned by the sight, to do anything about it and the injuries from the previous attacks made his body feel even heavier than it already was… The unpreventable collision with Cyndaquil´s enhanced attack dealt a surprisingly heavy blow… Cyndaquil quickly dashed away, as soon as her attack was over… The rock Pokémon's face had turned bright red, due to the exposure of the high amounts of heat. The creature staggered about, before he fell to the ground with a loud thud.
Charmander walked over to Cyndaquil, to see if she was all right. "Wow, your pretty brave. " the lizard Pokémon commentated. The little hedgehog had gotten little grazes and bruises all over her. Eventhough Cyndaquil was still standing ,she was very exhausted
"Uh I´m okay " Cyndaquil said, clearly hesitating bit, as she did not want to worry her friend. "Here, eat this. " Charmander said, while holding an Oran Berry in front of her mouth. Without any further words, the fire mouse Pokémon ate the berry in Charmanders hand. After a few bites she was finished, her wounds vanished , but she could still feel some of her body parts hurting and feeling sore. Suddenly she started to lick her friend's hand, although it was already empty. "Thank you, I really don´t know how I would have lasted here without you… " She explained, while Charmander looked at Cyndaquil. "If you didn´t fight like that, I probably would have been this guys lunch " Charmander admitted, while looking at the Pokémon, who was lying on the ground.
"We better move, if he gets back up, he´ll attack us. " Charmander said, before looking around, for the direction of their destination. " I don´t want that to happen " Cyndaquil stated."I guess if we cross this valley and maybe behind those mountains, we find what we are looking for. "Maybe?" Cyndaquil asked. "What about Snivy ?" she added, looking at her friend . " I hope she is fine. " Charmander said, while starting to walk towards their next stage on their road. Cyndaquil followed her trusted and loved friend.
Even though both Pokémon were far from good health, they moved on, their will and teamwork kept them alive in this hostile territory. Meanwhile Snivy´s status was undeterminable. As the sun rose high in the sky above the two fire types, the marched through the valley, like two soldiers who would walk through a valley, not knowing where the enemies were at, but the major difference was their love for each other and the will to do anything for another. Even though the mountain row in the distance loomed almost intimidating into the sky, the two Pokémon went on.
-End of chapter 13-