Well, Chapter 6 is finally done. But will Red and co. finally get the Boulderbadge? Find out now. My forum is still up, still accepting votes for the poll and will be until you all vote! Please rate honestly and enjoy!
Chapter 6 – Pewter Gym
I strolled confidently down the main street and turned right, heading towards to gym… or so I thought
"Wait! You there, have you all been to the gym yet?" asked a man on my left, walking over as he talked.
"That's where I'm going now actually," I replied.
"Actually, you're heading to Route 3. C'mon, I'll take you to the gym," he corrected. He turned and started walking back where I came from and we all followed, with me getting a few looks from Blue and Green, as if to say that I should have looked at the signposts. I felt that was a bit hypocritical, but didn't protest it nonetheless. I walked down the road and took the left path through an industrial estate, keeping in tow with the guide.
"Well, you may not be interested, but here is the museum where they research fossilised Pokémon, such as Kabuto and Omanyte," said the guide.
"Actually, I don't care too much, I just want my badges, OW!" said Blue, screaming as Green pinched him.
"I do wish you wouldn't be so rude!" scolded Green. "Sorry about him. What is an Omantyte?"
"Omanyte," corrected the guide. "It was a Pokémon that lived a long time ago. Some say that it, along with Kabuto, were the ancestors of our current water Pokémon."
"Wow…" gasped Green. I took all of this in silently, silently hoping that I would get to meet one of these Pokémon someday.
As we got to the gym the guide motioned his hand towards the doors and said, "good luck too all of you, I hope to see you all again, just not the same way as before, eh?"
"No, I don't want that kind of embarrassment again," I replied quietly. He laughed and walked off, waving to us as he walked down towards Route 3. "Well, I suppose we'd better battle the leader. See you on the other side!" I nervously said. I must have said something right, because as soon as I said that Blue, Green, Charmander and Pikachu all perked up. I went inside the building and as met by a strange looking man. He looked almost like a mascot.
"Welcome to Pewter Gym, home of the rock solid Pokémon trainer family," he announced, this sounded much rehearsed, and the next sentence probably was too.
"Trainer family?" I asked.
"Yes, here at the Pewter gym, there are 6 different trainers you can face, but you can only choose one to face," he replied. As I thought, that line sounded rehearsed too. "Well, do you want to dream big? Do you dare to dream of becoming the Pokémon champ? I'm no trainer but I can ad-"
"I don't need to dream, it's going to happen," interrupted Blue. Green pinched his arm again.
"Look, can I just say what I've been paid to say please?" rhetorically asked the mascot.
"Yes, shut up Blue. The writer doesn't want the mascot to get angry," said Green.
"Sorry, writer," Blue apologised. The writer looked back down on to Blue with steely eyes, knowing it was necessary to change his attitude sometime soon.
"Anyway, the door on the far left is Flint's room, the door to the left of it is Brock's room and this door," he said motioning to the door on his right, "is Forrest's room. All the Pokémon are the same, but the battle styles are completely different."
"Why can't we go in these three?" I asked whilst pointing to the doors to the mascot's left.
"Well, those leaders are in the Pokémon centre, healing their Pokémon after some battles," he said. "Right, so the leaders all use rock types and they're weak to both water and grass types."
"Well, I'll take the right door. Flint's a nice name," said Green, walking through the furthest left door. Blue walked over to Brock's door and asked, "Do you mind if I take on Brock?" I waved a hand nonchalantly and he walked through.
"Do you have any extra hints? You see, I haven't got any grass or water types," I asked the mascot.
"Well… do you have any fighting or steel types?" he questioned back.
"I have a Pokémon with Metal Claw, is that enough?"
"We'll see. You have a good heart, I can already tell that. I think you can win, no matter what Pokémon you have. Good luck!"
I slowly opened the door that would lead into the gym and my first gym badge. I walked into the stadium and was met by Forrest. At least, I thought it was…
"Stop right there, kid! You're ten thousand light-years from facing Forrest!" shouted a trainer.
"Hey! Where is Forrest?" I asked him. He seemed to ignore me and sent out a Sandshrew. I sighed; annoyed my question wouldn't be answered. I said to Kakuna to go to the battlefield and prepared myself for battle.
"Well, looks like we have a willing challenger. I'm Forrest, and if you can beat my student, then you may battle me," said a voice from the stands. That motivated me to beat the trainer and battle Forrest. I think Kakuna realised this and stood up higher.
"Alright, let's win this. Start out with Bug Bite!" I ordered. Kakuna latched on to Sandshrew's head, eating its Oran Berry to heal itself.
"Use Sand Attack!" shouted the other trainer as Sandshrew flung sand into Kakuna's eyes.
"It's OK, just concentrate. Use Poison Sting to a 45 degree radius!" I theorised. Kakuna sprayed Poison Sting across the gym and Sandshrew got hit. Sandshrew then suddenly looked very ill and stumbled over a bit.
"We can get through this," he encouraged. "Use Dig and hit Kakuna from behind!"
"Turn around and wait for it!" I instructed. She turned around and bided her time. Sandshrew popped up, but behind Kakuna, in other words, in front of her before she turned. Kakuna got knocked to the ground and started to glow. The shape of Kakuna changed into a larger insect and then she started to fly.
"Heh! Take on my newly evolved Beedrill," I happily cheered. "Now use Fury Attack!"
"Try and dodge it, Sandshrew," the other trainer anxiously advised. Beedrill, however, was way too fast for Sandshrew and kept repeatedly hitting it with its needles. After she had finished attacking, Beedrill flew away from a fainted Sandshrew with swirly eyes.
"Darn, go Diglett!" said the other trainer, throwing out another Poké ball, containing a small brown mole.
"OK… Use Fury Attack!" I ordered. Beedrill dived downwards.
"Underground," said the other trainer. Diglett quickly ducked underground.
"Tuck your body in, go into the hole and use Harden," I advised. She tucked her needles inwards and her legs collapsed to her body. She slipped into the hole and a few silent seconds passed before we both saw Beedrill leave the hole with a few cuts and scrapes. A moment later Diglett popped out of the ground from another hole with a few bruises and a slightly dented nose.
"Are you OK, Diglett?" asked the other trainer. Diglett responded with a head bob and a faltering cry. "Well, it's going to be OK. Use Mud-Slap."
"Dodge it and use Bug Bite!" I instructed, however Beedrill was the one who wasn't fast enough this time and crash landed on the floor, trying to shake the mud off.
"Brilliant, now use Scratch," commanded the other trainer.
"Fly upwards, Beedrill," I instructed. She flew upwards, avoiding the Diglett's attack. "Great, now use Harden and Fury Attack whilst falling," I directed. Beedrill executed the plan to perfection, leaving the Diglett fainted. However, Beedrill looked in bad condition and landed on the floor with a soft thud on the floor, panting softly.
"Well, well, well… I should've remembered that a light-year is a measure of distance, not time," said the other trainer, shaking my hand as he spoke. "Well, I think you'll do fine against Forrest."
"We'll soon see," announced Forrest as he walked down from the stands. "My big brother may be the most well-known gym leader from Pewter City, but I'm the best in terms of technique. Do you think you can break our rock-solid armour? Go, Geodude!" A small rock with arms popped out of the Poké ball and hit the ground.
"Hmmm, we'll see who can break armour. Go Charmander," I retorted. Charmander ran on to the battlefield and growled at the opponent.
"Rock Tomb!" ordered Forrest. Geodude sent down a barricade of rocks and Charmander looked slower after he climbed out of the rubble.
"Use Ember, then dodge to the left."
"No, use Rock Throw."
"Go, right!" I quickly instructed. Charmander stepped to the right and the thrown rock skimmed his head. He then released a few embers, and stepped to the right, releasing a smokescreen.
"Use an all over Rock Tomb," said Forrest. Geodude did as instructed but missed Charmander entirely.
"Use Metal Claw!" I shouted. Charmander's claws extended and shined with a metallic sheen and ran into the smokescreen. We soon heard the sound of scraping and Charmander jumped back out of the smokescreen as it cleared, leaving a Geodude with spiral eyes and Forrest looking annoyed at how easily his Geodude had been defeated.
"Fine, show them your best, Onix!" He shouted, throwing out another Poké ball. This time, a huge rocky snake appeared out of the Poké ball and it roared at Charmander. Filled with the confidence of the last battle, Charmander growled back, claws extending out further.
"Well, use Metal Claw on it, Charmander," I said, as Charmander's claws shined, and he charged into Onix. Onix roared and his tail started to shine that same way as Charmander's claws and smacked it into Charmander's body, throwing him into the wall. Charmander dropped to the floor and groaned.
"Are you OK?" I hurriedly asked. Charmander groaned again and then started to glow. I saw Charmander's body get bigger and his head develop a horn. He then stood back up and roared back at Onix. "Hell yeah! Use Metal Claw!" I cheered. Charmeleon's claws extended much further than they used to and he charged to Onix, his jaws covered in fiery embers as he bit down on Onix's body and slashed with his claws against his torso. Onix screeched out loudly.
"I cannot lose to a fire type… Bind him!" shouted Forrest. Onix squeezed his tail around Charmeleon's body and caused him to cry weakly. Charmeleon must have been weaker than he made out because when he fell to the floor he barely managed to get up.
"Use Smokescreen to get some recovery time," I advised. Charmeleon breathed out a heavy black smoke and covered the battlefield in heavy fog.
"Use Rock Tomb!" shouted Forrest. Huge boulders fell from the ceiling and actually hit Charmeleon on the back and he collapsed with spiral eyes.
"Darn. I believe in you… Go Pikachu!" I said as she scurried on to the battlefield, receiving laughs from both Forrest and the gym trainer.
"Hahaha, a Pikachu?! It won't win, electric moves don't affect Onix!"
"Exactly, so use Extremespeed, Pikachu," I retorted. Pikachu seemingly vanished into thin air, reappearing on Onix's head. Pikachu slammed into its head, causing it to roar.
"Whoa! Alright, slow that Pikachu down with Rock Tomb," Forrest ordered. Onix, roared and large boulders came tumbling down again.
"Quick, use Extremespeed to dodge and counter!" I quickly shouted, however Pikachu was well ahead of me and zoomed into action, where she bounced off of all the boulders and slammed her body into Onix's face, causing Onix to fall over and faint. Pikachu scurried back over to me and turned around. She cheered, knowing she'd won me my first badge.
Forrest came over to me and shook my hand. He said, "That was a fun battle, I've never seen such an intricate and amorphous battle technique before. Well, you won, fair and square. Here is the Boulderbadge. I'm looking forward to seeing what else you can do." He handed me the badge and I pinned it to my jacket. I shook his hand once more and left the room. Standing outside were Blue and Green, who were both dismayed and happy respectively.
"I was hoping you would lose, but I suppose this means I'd better keep on top of my game," said Blue. His t-shirt also had a Boulderbadge on it. I then turned to Green, who also had a Boulderbadge, and she said, "I heard the ending commotion it sounded really intense. Well done!" It was with that I thanked her and we all went off to the Pokémon centre to get our Pokémon healed and to find somewhere to sleep for the night.
Wow! That was so much fun to write! I hope you all enjoyed it. I bet you weren't expecting Charmander to evolve too! In chapter 7 we'll be making the trek across Route 3 but what else will happen? Tune in to find out! See you next time! Bye!