I walked into NEST the next day. Pikachu was on my shoulder as he looked around. This was my Pokémon's first time at base. Sam then walked up with his Torchic.
"Pika!"
"Torchic!" They jumped off their trainers shoulders and onto the floor.
I brushed my hair out of my face then walked to the Autobots hanger.
"Surtitle!" I gasped and saw run toward me. I went on my knees and hugged the Pokémon.
"Hey, Surtitle! Where's your trainer?" I asked, Sam walked over and smiled at the Pokémon. Surtitle smiled and pointed to the man in uniform, walking towards them.
"Hey, Lance!" Epps said, giving me a high five.
"What's up?!"
"How'd you get here?" Epps asked.
"My dad's." He said. Epps nodded.
"Cool bro, hey wanna have a battle outside?" He asked.
"Let's do it! you wanna have a full battle?"
"Let's do a full battle." Epps said.
"Let's go!"
We went to the back of the base. There was a training field for the NEST soldiers and their Pokémon. I saw the Pokémon battlefield to the side of the training course. I stood on one side, Epps stood on the other, Sam walked over to the middle and cleared his throat.
"The battle between Lance Lennox and Robert Epps is about to begin. Both trainers are allowed to substitute Pokémon, battle begin!"
"Okay Talonflame! Come out!" Epps announced, as he threw his Poké ball into the air. I smiled and grabbed my Poké ball.
"Greninja, come out!" A white light covered my Pokémon as it came out.
"Ninja!"
"Who's first?" I asked.
"Go bro."
"Greninja, use water shuriken!"
"Talonflame, use quick attack, then steel wing!"
Both Pokémon both used their respective moves. But my Greninja landed its move perfectly, showering me, Epps and Sam in water. Epps looked, before I could make a move, he called out an attack.
"Use Brave Bird!" Tallonflame was moving in fast, A blue light surrounded it as it was ready. But I was faster.
"Greninja, dodge it then use Aerial Ace!" The Pokémon used it and crashed into Sgt. Epps' Talonflame—knocking it out.
"Talonflame is unable to battle, Greninja is the winner!" Sam announced, pointing his arm to my direction.
"Alright bro! get ready for my next Pokémon!" Epps pulls out his next Poké Ball. "Arcanine, come out!' Light shot out, then a figure of light. A fluffy dog like Pokémon was out of its Poké ball. I wanted to keep going with my Greninja—since Epps' Arcanine is also a fire type.
"Greninja, use Water Pulse!" Greninja got its hands ready and built energy out of a ball of water and threw it at Archine.
Epps smiled.
Oh no… I'm screwed.
"Archine use Fire fang!"
Archine charged at my Pokémon, opening its mouth, showing its fangs and they were on fire. it almost got my Greninja. But, Greninja was too fast and dodged again.
"Greninja use water shuriken!"
Crap…
Epps' Pokémon was hit on impact and Archine was unable to battle.
"Archine is unable to battle! Greninja wins!"
"YEAH!"
Now it's four to six! Let's do this!
Epps then called out his Jolteon. I smirked—I knew the perfect Pokémon for this. I took out Greninja's Poké ball, and I aimed it at it. "Greninja return." A beam of red light came out of it and sucked the Pokémon back in. I grabbed another Poké ball, pressing the button to make it bigger. I threw it before saying; "Onix, come out!"
"Ohhhh, crap!" Epps said, looking at the size of it, Onix is taller than Optimus Prime!
"Jolteon, use thunder!" Epps commanded. Jolteon's body sparked with electricity. Then it aimed at Onix. Onix couldn't dodge as it took the hit. I saw that my Pokémon took a lot of damage but decided to keep going with it.
"Onix! Are you okay? can you still battle?" I asked. Onix roared in determination. I smiled. Then called out another attack.
"Onix, use Rock tomb!"
His Pokémon did as instructed, Then leaped into the air, Epps lifted his head and saw . Epps snapped out of it. "Jolteon, use Tackle!"
Jolteon tackled the rock type, not letting Onix take a hit in. Onix fell to the ground, but he wasn't out yet. Onix got up then looked at Epps' Pokémon.
"Onix use Slam!"
Oh crap!
Onix's body let up and used slam on Epps' Jolteon. Jolteon had black swirls in its eyes.
"Jolteon is unable to battle! Onix is the winner!" Epps brought out his Poké ball and called it back here.
"You did great, Jolteon. Take a nice long rest." Epps pulled out his fourth Poké Ball.
"Okay, Houndoom, come out!" Epps threw his Poké ball and a fire dog like Pokémon appeared.
Are you kidding me?! Greninja is out of commission! Come on, Lance. THINK OF SOMETHING!
My brain clicked. I looked at my Pikachu who was on the ground next to my feet.
"Are you ready, Pikachu?"
"Pika, Pika!" Pikachu went up to the front. We started to battle, then, someone walked outside and saw the two of us battle. Colonel Lennox walked outside. He smiled, seeing me battle for the first time within a span of a few days. William went outside wearing his uniform and he sat on the benches to watch the battle.
"Houndoom use Inferno!"
"Pikachu dodge it then use Quick Attack!" I said, Pikachu sped through, trying to get to Epps' Pokémon with ease, then it hit Houndoom.
"Oh yeah!"
"Houndoom, use Flamethrower let's go!" I made my move, suddenly. I didn't feel so good. my knees were weak and my body collapsed.
"LANCE!" Sam called, running to my unconscious body.
"Pika!" Pikachu called for its trainer
Sam and Epps ran to my unconscious body. Epps checked my pulse. "He has a pulse. He's breathing too."
"Take him inside, go to the MedBay." Lennox said, Sam picked me up and took me inside.
"Ratchet!" Sam yelled, running as I was being held. The Autobots' medic turned around. and he saw the four humans standing there. Pikachu was sitting in Ironhide's hand.
"What happened?" Ratchet asked.
"We were battling and he passed out!" Epps said, Sam placed me on the berth.
"I'll take his Pokémon to the Pokémon center!" Sam said, grabbing his six Poké Balls from his belt, Pikachu jumped in Sam's arms as soon as he put the last Poké ball into his backpack and slung it on his shoulder.
"Let's go."
"Pika!" Sam ran out of base and Bumblebee transformed and they went inside of him and drove to the nearest hospital.
They'd made it, Sam stopped Bumblebee and Sam ran inside past the receptionist and to the back of the waiting room to a big Poké ball light. The doors automatically opened, The Pokémon center was small like in the anime. A man walked out wearing a lab coat.
"Excuse me, I need help! —" Sam said, taking off his backpack and opening it and grabbing the five Poké balls in his hands. "—These are my friend's Pokémon. Can you help them?"
"Yes, I can. What is your name so I can call you to retrieve them?" the man asked.
"My name is Sam Witwicky." He said. The man nodded.
"My name is Dr. Charlie, we will get your friend's Pokémon taken care of, I promise, Sam."
Sam nodded and took a seat, he pulled out his phone, his mother walked in. "Mom? what are you doing here?"
"Remember, Yamper was here for a few days because of that crazy neighbor we have, you know. the one with the mean Eevee?"
"Oh yeah. I forgot."
"What are you doing here?" Judy asked, sitting next to him, her purse sat beside her.
"Lance's Pokémon needs a checkup. He was battling on base with Epps, but the battle was cut short because Lance passed out, and some of his Pokémon are injured." Sam said.
Judy said nothing but put a hand on his shoulder, they sat there in silence. Dr. Charlie rolled a cart out the doors. The cart had a yellow and white Corgi Pokémon.
"Yamper!" It said, Judy stood up and It jumped on her and licked her.
"Hello, Mojo. you missed me?!" Judy asked as she got licks from her Pokémon. Sam smiled and scratched the Pokémon's back. Yamper licked the boy on the cheek.
"Sam, they're ready for you." Dr. Charlie said, handing him the Poké balls.
"Thank you so much." Sam said, slinging his backpack on his shoulder, Pikachu jumped into Sam's arms.
I opened my eyes, and the first thing he saw was the bright ceiling. and he heard machines, He looked over and Saw Ironhide looking down on me.
"Ironhide… What happened?" He jerked up and commended Ratchet to get in here.
Ratchet walked in, turned on his holoform and climbed on. He checked me, my vitals too. "Ratchet… what happened?"
"You're dehydrated, Lance. That explains why you passed out on the battlefield. I stayed silent, but nodded. I looked at my hands. My fingerless gloves were off and set on a bedside table. I sighed and hung my head. I look at the IV drip, giving me fluids to keep me hydrated. I looked at Ironhide again.
"Are you mad, Ironhide?"
"Why would I be mad?" I stayed quiet. Ironhide activated his Holoform, his holoform was a six eight man with brown hair, really blue eyes and he was clean shaven, he wore a white t shirt and camouflage pants and combat boots. I saw the holoform approach me, he touched me on the shoulder, I hugged him tightly, a few tears pricked in my eyes as he held me.
It took a while for me to say it. "Lance… You've made a mistake… We all make mistakes, once I drove Will to base, it was a twenty-hour trip from a mission and I wasn't recharging. Will told me to stop, but I didn't listen and kept pushing myself to get us back to LA. I smiled but hugged me tighter.
"Dude…" Ironhide told me. "You're not alone, you have Optimus, the others. Sam, Mikaela and the other soldiers… It's okay man."
Then, Sam walked into MedBay and pulled out my five Poké balls and handed it to me.
"Thanks, Sam." I smiled and hugged my friend.
I sat in the front of Ironhide, Will was in the driver's seat. We were going to Hollywood Boulevard that night to get something to eat. There were lots of Pokémon themed restaurants in Los Angeles. but the biggest spot was Hollywood. And they had loads of Gyms for trainers too.
Ironhide stopped at an Italian restaurant. I stepped out, Will and Ironhide stepped out as well.
I walked inside and saw someone familiar. "Ash?!" The man turned. He wore a suit and tie and smiled.
"Hey, Lance!" he said cheerfully.
"What's up, Ash." he said
"I'm good."
"I thought you'd go back to Kanto by now."
"Nah, I decided to stay here for a few weeks, how are you?"
"Well. not so good. I tried to battle one of my father's battle buddies, but I passed out from not drinking enough water." He nervously said, rubbing the back of my neck.
"Lance… you have to remember to be hydrated and eat enough before going anywhere."
"I know. But I forgot." I smiled sheepishly
Ash clapped me on my shoulder. "Please don't forget that, you lived in LA for what, years?"
I nodded and smiled. "Thanks, Ash. Hey, where are your friends?"
"Oh, Clement and Bonnie are here, Serena is in the restroom."
"Oh, okay. cool." He said, Ash's Pikachu stood on my shoulder. "Hi Pikachu!" I said as he scratched my Pikachu's chin. "Chaaaaa!"
I smiled, he's so adorable. Will and Ironhide stood next to me.
"I heard there was a battlefield in the back of the restaurant. So, after we eat, me and Will are going to battle."
"Why not him?" he asked, looking at Ironhide.
"He doesn't know about battling Pokémon." Ash nods.
"Makes sense." He said. "I would love to see your battle."
"You can, we can all sit together and we can go down to the battlefield." I said, adjusting my Autobot Hoodie.
After eating, Ash and the rest went outside to the back, string lights hung on poles, chairs were outside. Lance and William stood on either ends of the battlefield.
William had my three Poké balls and I had three of mine.
Clermont took out a coin from his pocket.
"Call it guys." the blonde-haired boy said, Bonnie and Serena watched their friend.
"Heads." I said.
"Tails." Colonel Lennox said.
Clermont flipped it. It had a picture of the White House on it.
"Go Poké ball!" Will said. The Pokémon he brought out was my Onix.
"Okay, Sylveon, Go!" I said as I threw it, a white flash came out and my Sylveon came out.
"A Sylveon, good choice!" Clermont said.
"Battle begin!"
"Sylveon use tackle!"
"I don't know what moves your Pokémon uses!" Will said
"Are you serious, father!?"
"I'm serious, Lance! all I'm in the military!"
"Tackle, Rock Tomb, Slam and Dig." Clermont called him.
"Thank you."
"Onix use—" Sylveon was fast for it. It tackled Onix.
"Okay, Onix use Rock tomb!" Will called out.
Onix used it on Sylveon.
"Sylveon, doge it then use Disarming voice!"
The move hit Onix, Will was determined to win, Ironhide watched us in his holoform while he stood next to Ash.
My Onix was knocked out. Will bought out a Poké ball. "Onix, return." A string of red light covered it then sucked it back into its Poké ball.
"Call out your next Pokémon."
Will took out another Poké ball and called it out.
"Poké ball, go!" The next Pokémon was Charizard, but it went straight to Ironhide. Charizard saw his holoform. Ironhide looked up and waved. Charizard roared in his face.
"What's wrong with Charizard?" Ash asked his friends.
"Maybe Charizard doesn't like its trainer?"
"Lance is its trainer. I don't think it's that." Serena said, Will ran over to Charizard to try and calm it down, but nothing was working. Ironhide wasn't flinching, the large fire-flying type Pokémon growled. I ran over and tried to get Charizard to calm down, making sure not to barbecue Ironhide in the process.
"Charizard, calm down!" I tried to calm it down.
"Charizard, stand down!" Will said, keeping his hands up to stop Charizard from barbecuing Ironhide.
"Let's go back to the battle, okay?" I asked, leading Charizard in front of Will, Ironhide took a breath of relief as he watched the rest of the battle unfold.
"Sylveon, return." He brought out his Poké ball and returned my Pokémon, then he brought out another "Greninja, I choose you!" I said.
"Ninja!"
"Alright, Greninja. use Water pulse!"
Greninja used water pulse on Charizard, hitting it. but Charizard caught it and threw it back at it.
"Greninja, dodge!" Greninja dodged its own move.
"Now use water shuriken!" Greninja used it and it hit Charizard, knocking it out."
"Charizard is unable to battle!"
"Okay… last Pokémon. Go Poké ball!" He called it. it came out it was my Starly.
"Pikachu, go in there dude." I said, my third Pokémon went into the battlefield.
How am I going to do this? Starly is a flying type… But, Pikachu's thunderbolt can reach up there, Okay i got it!
"Pikachu, use thunderbolt!" I said, Pikachu used Thunderbolt. Starly took the hit and came crashing down.
"Starly, get up!" Will said. Starly struggled to stand, but it managed to get up on its feet. Starly wasn't giving up.
"Starly, use Aerial ace!"
"Isn't using Starly a bad idea?" Serena asked Clement.
"This battle isn't going to end well."
"Dedenne!" Bonnie's Pokémon said, sitting in her bag.
"Come on Will!" Ironhide called out as he used my Starly to get some attacks in, but my Pikachu was fast for it and Will kept up.
"Starly is unable to battle! That means Pikachu is the winner. And the match goes to Lance!"
"YEAH!" I said. Will handed my Poké balls back to me.
"Good battle, Lance. you are a good battler." Will smiled and put a hand on my shoulder.
"Thanks, father." I smiled and attached my Poké balls back onto my belt. Ironhide walked over to them.
"Ironhide… are you alright?"
Ironhide nods and they all go home.
A\Hello! I'm back with another chapter, I hope you enjoy this one. This took me longer than expected. Thank you for Wildstriker21for reminding me about Sam's dog, Mojo. I really appreciate it man. Thank you so much for supporting me and commenting on this for the past few days, it helps me keep going!