Chapter 1: Alone on the Mountain: Part II
As Sivart and Zippo searched the inside of Mt. Coronet for a safe pathway to an exit, their dreadful rival Cynthia was plotting to stop them. She had been following Sivart, Nazrat, and Ret-tuc since they began their journeys as Pokemon trainers. Although she was only 13, she had a certain mean streak about her.
Cynthia's Gabite had the same mean streak. It had on several occasions tormented the Pokemon on Sivart's team for fun. Sivart was tempted to shoot it down once but decided it would be better to serve its revenge on a cold dish instead. And now, Cynthia had once again tracked them down.
"Hey! Sivart! What's say a Pokemon Battle?" Cynthia caught his attention from behind.
Upon noticing her, Sivart spoke with disdain, "Not now, I am busy, you blond-headed demon."
When she realized that she was not going to get her way, Cynthia sent Gabite to attack. He dived from behind a rock and tackled Zippo to the ground. Zippo got away by blasting Gabite with a fire spin and running. The fire spin only made Gabite's fury more intense, causing him to evolve into the much more powerful Garchomp. (I know, epic way for the great Cynthia's Gabite to evolve.)
Garchomp roared with anger and escaped the fire spin attack. He was much faster than Zippo and caught him with a sand tomb attack. Zippo was a sitting duck -or should I say sitting lizard- waiting for Garchomp to reach him.
"Garchomp, finish it with dragon rush attack!" Cynthia yelled with frustration.
Garchomp's most powerful attack hit Zippo with a lot of momentum. They both crashed through the wall of the mountain into the snow outside. Zippo was definitely down for the count. Garchomp had the opportunity to kill him but was interrupted by an unlikely ally.
Ret-tuc's Torterra interrupted Garchomp with it's frenzy plant attack, which, unfortunately, had little affect. It was barely enough to slow Garchomp down.
"Always willing to lend a hand before I began mass destruction," Ret-tuc said proud fully.
He did not have much to be proud of, however, because Torterra was not strong enough to stop Garchomp either. Garchomp hit him with its dragon rush attack while he was frozen from frenzy plant. It appeared that neither trainer would stop Cynthia this time…until…
Zippo let out a roar and began to glow. He was evolving into a Charizard.