Yeah, I know there isn't a Call app on the Poketch T_T

Yes! The archaeologist is SUPPOSED to talk like that! The words are misspelled on purpose :)

HGSS: Sinnoh Saga

Season 1

Chapter VIII: Oreburgh

Ethan sighed as he curved around the calm lake. Glancing over, water pokemon seemed to be dancing as they swam and played around.

Finally, he saw Dawn and Jim waiting for him at the Oreburgh Gate. Dawn was crumpling an empty water bottle and Jim was tinkering with his dead PokeGear.

"Guys! There was a man campaigning Poketches. They're these watches..." Ethan explained as he held up three watches, one pink, one orange and one blue.

"Poketches have a bunch of different apps to help trainers and Coordinators on their journeys!" Dawn finished as she snatched the pink one. Ethan handed the blue one to Jim.

"That'll be helpful for your contests...I guess..." Ethan added to Jim. Jim snapped his on.

"I guess these are the replacements for PokeGears. But, you can't call anyone on these...ARGH!" Jim stomped and threw his PokeGear in his bag. "Maybe there's a call app..."

"Yep. Brand new. It's the fifth app on there, if you can find it," Ethan replied.

Dawn sighed. "Can we...please...get a move on?"

Ethan rolled his eyes and smiled. "Er, sure..." The three trainers finally headed quickly inside the cave.

Inside, it was a clear shot to the other side, where light poured inside. Other trainers and archaeologists were inside, studying rocks and just loitering inside. Some were battling in the largely spacious area.

There were corridors and crevices that led to the right and left of the tunnel. It was dim down those halls, but light was seen as some brave trainers had taken those routes.

As some archaeologists were knocking on the walls, the ceiling started to crack, and stalactites were shaking. The ground was churning.

"Um...What did you do!" Some trainer screamed at the three men.

Suddenly, the ceiling caved in and the people inside scattered around into the corridors, some skittering out of the tunnel in time.

Ethan dove into the lowest right corridor where one archaeologist and a trainer had gone into. Dawn slid into one where two other trainers had flown in to. Jim was lucky enough to dash to the other side and escape the tunnel.

Outside, Jim stood at the caved in tunnel. "Dawn! Ethan!" Other trainers were calling out as well, as well as the third archaeologist.

In the corridor Ethan was in...

The archaeologist took out a lantern and turned it on. "A'ight! l tink we outta find a way out, don't ya tink?" He asked Ethan and the girl trainer.

"Um...No, let's just stay in here! Have a party! SURE, LET'S FIND A WAY OUT!" The girl shrieked.

Ethan sighed. "Let's not get all...fight-y...Uh, let's try going this way and see if there's a secondary exit to the cavern!" Ethan pointed behind the girl where a path turned right and into the cave.

The archaeologist took the lead with the lantern.

Down the hallway, water dripped from the ceiling and Zubat were fluttering around overhead.

"Think there's a way out?" The girl asked.

"Soonah or latah!" The archaeologist replied.

"I think when we get to thinner ceiling, we can blast our way out..."

"Not a good idea, aye? This place is reaaal fragile!" The man dejected.

"TOO BAD!" The girl shoves him and takes the lantern, gesturing to Ethan.

In the other hallway, Dawn and two other trainers were scoping around.

"I think there is another exit from this place..."One girl stated sheepishly.

"No. Listen..." The boy replied, shushing them. He licked a finger and held it into the air. "I feel a breeze. It's not in here, it leads that way! Come on!" He ushered them to another path.

Dawn cocked her head as they hurried down the path. "Who are you?"

"My name's Cody..." The boy with upright brown hair, red jacket, black shirt and shorts, along with a yellow scarf and red, white and blue shoes.

"I'm Dawn..." Dawn replied, then focused on the path. Soon, they came upon some light.

"There's the exit!" Cody shouts. He stops at a large hole in the wall. Jamming his hands inside the wall, he pulls hard and pieces of rock crumble and fall to the ground. He collapses back and the girl dashes out, screaming. Dawn stops and helps him up.

"Thanks for getting us out..." Dawn says and turns her attention to leaving.

"No...problem!" He says almost in a whisper. Following, he escapes.

Outside, Dawn reunites with Jim.

"You got out!" Jim high-fives Dawn.

"Is Ethan out yet?" Dawn asked.

"No, but some guys are working on it..." Jim beckons Dawn to look at some pin with pick axes slicing and hacking at the wall about where Ethan and the girl had run towards.

Soon, the workers heard noises from inside.

Inside, Ethan's Piplup was firing Bubblebeam at the wall, and the girl's Geodude was throwing boulders and pebbles at the places where the water soaked into the rock.

"Come on!" Ethan shouted.

"Yeah, yeah!" The girl joined.

Suddenly, the wall shattered and sunlight and fresh air poured in. Ethan fell out and took in a heavy breath of air. The girl smiled and dashed out and embraced her friends who had been inside and those who escaped first.

Ethan was rejoined with Dawn and Jim, who hugged him.

One of the workers, with long, maroon hair and a hard hat on, noticed them.

"Hey, you there!" He called out. "What happened here?"

Ethan noticed he had just arrived, instead of being one that was working. "Well, we were walking through, and an archaeologist who had been working accidentally caused the rock fall..."

"There weren't supposed to be any scientists working out here today..."

"That's everyone, sir!" One worker called.

"What? No..." Ethan started.

"I think the people you guys met were posers. Well, I'm glad everyone is safe!" He held his hand out to Jim and Ethan. "Roark's the name!"

They shook back. "I'm Ethan and and that's Jim..." Ethan glanced over at Jim and pointed with his head.

"Nice to meet you three. I must be making my way back to the Gym and-" Dawn caught him right as he said Gym.

"I challenge you to a battle!" She said almost too quickly to respond to.

"How do you know he's the Gym Leader?" Jim asked, twisting his face.

"I am," Roark cut in. "Sure, I'd love to take your challenge. Besides, before this happened, I finished a battle with another young boy with a strange hair style..." Roark finished. "I oughta be going now, see ya later!"

The group waved goodbye to the man as he walked away towards the city they had been so near to earlier and now even closer.

"So, a Gym Battle already, with no actual hello from you, how awkward!" Ethan laughed.

Dawn snickered. "I just work that way. And it seems like Barry challenged Roark too. I wonder if he won..."

"Anyway, can we get to Oreburgh?" Jim asked, pointing to the city ahead.

Ethan nodded. "Let's head on!"