Hey guys! It is I, Scizor X! Here is my chapter! I hope you guys enjoy it!
Hilbert's POV
We were standing outside the gym, taking a deep breath before entering.
I looked at Lyra. I noted how her eyes were shining with excitement.
"You ready to do this?" Lyra asked, cheerfully.
"Yup," I responded as we both stepped inside the Gym. The Gym itself was massive, smooth oak flooring along with a majorly big sky window that reflected the bright blue sky outside. As we entered the Gym, a boy who looked a couple years older than us with blue hair came out.
"My name is Falkner and I am the gym leader. Who are you two?" Falkner asked, a small frown on his face.
"I'm Lyra and this is Hilbert," Lyra greeted optimistically.
"Nice to meet you both. I take it you're here to challenge me, who's going first?" Falkner asked, his frown no replaced with a smooth face as he seemed to try and analyze us.
"I will," Lyra said confidently, taking a step forward. Beside her, Pyros gave a growl of approval.
"Alright, let's go the battlefield and have our battle there," Falkner said casually, already turning and striding away from us.
The two of us followed behind Falkner, entering another room, this one larger than the last. Falkner continued to walk across the room and Lyra stopped at the first end of the battleground. I moved quietly over to the seats provided, sitting down. The referee had came out when we entered the room, and now stood, ready to go.
"Let the battle begin!" The referee cried out, after finally completing the rules about the battle.
"Go Eternity!" Lyra cried as she threw the Pokéball in the air.
Eternity came out of the ball and eyed Falkner calmly.
"Go Pidgey!" Falkner yelled.
Pidgey came out of its ball, flying in the air and stared down at Eternity. A determined glint in its eye-it was ready to win.
"Let the battle begin!" the referee yelled.
"Pidgey! Use Quick Attack!" Falkner commanded.
Pidgey charged at Eternity with lightning speed, leaving Eternity no time to dodge. Eternity got up quickly and focused his eyes on the bird. He did not want to embarrass Lyra by losing to some little bird.
"Eternity, use Thundershock!" Lyra ordered, her voice never raising.
"Dodge and then use Wing Attack!" Falkner yelled.
"Stay where you are Eternity and take the hit!" Lyra called out.
I shot a confused look at Lyra. Wouldn't it be better for her to dodge the attack? Eternity charged up electricity and began firing it at the bird. Falkner's Pidgey dodged the Thundershocks and neared to Eternity's face, its wings smacking solidly against Eternity.
Eternity flew backwards from the attack but the direct hit appeared to be in Lyra's favor after all. Falkner's Pidgey winced and seemed a bit stiff in flying now, I noticed some static electricity emitted from it. I then realized what was Lyra's strategy. She wanted to use Eternity's ability: Static.
"Quick! Use another Thundershock!" Lyra commanded, a gleeful smirk coming across her face.
Eternity used Thundershock and this time it hit the Pidgey dead on. The Pidgey gave a cry of despair and fell to the ground, its eyes swirling dizzily.
"Pidgey is unable to battle! Eternity wins!" The referee called out.
Falkner returned his Pokémon calmly and threw out his next. This Pokémon was a Pidgeotto.
"Pidgeotto! Use Gust!" Falkner ordered at once
Lyra's eyes widened at the massive wind bursting from the adolescent-evolved Pokémon. In a worried tone she cried out, "Eternity!"
But Eternity held no chance to dodge the fast and powerful attack. The wind slammed against the Mareep, forcing him to fly backgrounds and land into the ground with a sickening crack. Eternity struggled to stand back up, but it appeared virtually useless.
"Good, now use Quick Attack and end this!" Falkner yelled triumphantly.
All I could see was a blur as Pidgeotto sped toward Eternity. Pidgeotto slammed into Eternity, driving the already weakened Pokémon further into the ground and causing dust to kick up everywhere. When it cleared, I saw Pidgeotto in the air looking down at Eternity, who had fainted on the ground.
"Good job Eternity, return," Lyra said quietly, her eyes downcast as the Pokéball sucked Eternity back inside.
Lyra then turned to Pyros who seemed very determined to avenge his fallen comrade. "You ready for this buddy?"
Pyros growled in affirmation and charged into the battlefield.
"It is all up to you Pyros!" Lyra called out to her first Pokémon.
Pyros's flames spiked up at the sudden flare of determination. A challenging glint in his eyes as he growled at Pidgeotto.
"Use Ember!" Lyra ordered.
"Dodge and then use Quick Attack," Falkner said calmly, a smirk on his face.
Pyros fired his Ember attack at the Pidgeotto, who dodged it and started to charge at Pyros with a Quick Attack. I saw Lyra smile and wondered why she did.
"Use Smokescreen!" Lyra said, triumphantly.
Pyros released black smoke as Pidgeotto came near. The sudden lost of vision forced the Pokémon to abort its attack and fly up and out of the smoke.
"Use Gust!" Falkner commanded, his smirk slipping.
Pidgeotto used Gust to clear the Smokscreen but when it cleared, Pyros wasn't there. Falkner looked up and gasped in surprise. Pyros had jumped in the air and was falling towards Pidgeotto.
"Now use Quick Attack!" Lyra yelled.
Pyros quickly used Quick Attack and tackled Pidgeotto to a wall. Pyros then jumped out of the way as a fainted Pidgeotto fell down from the wall.
"Pidgeotto is unable to battle! Lyra is the winner!" the referee declared.
Lyra whooped in triumph, rushing out into the field and catching Pyros as he landed into her arms. She smiled warmly at him, spinning and swirling around.
"That was amazing, you were amazing," she cooed to him, nuzzling him affectionatley. Pyros gave a cough of indigition, his cheeks somehow seeming very red at the attention his partner was giving him. Falkner seemed to smile at this, moving forward and presenting her his gym badge. As Lyra placed her badge in her case, she moved over to take her seat.
Falkner left momentarily to heal his Pokémon for it was my turn next. I managed to defeat his Pidgeotto with Guts and received a gym badge as well. We then went to the Pokémon Center to heal our Pokémon and then went to the route that would lead to the next gym.
"Lyra!" I desperately called for my friend.
We both decided to go in the cave to continue on our way, but as soon as we went in, a stampede of Geodudes came rolling at us. We both had to split up in order to lose them, but now that we did, we lost each other. After a while of wandering on my own, I was beginning to worry. What if she was attacked by an Onix or by some other Pokémon? What if Pyros and Eternity couldn't protect her? What if she was in danger...? I had to find a way to get through this cave and to find my friend!
"Zu! Bat!" I heard a Pokémon cry.
I turned around and saw a Zubat on the ground. I saw its wings were pinned down by some sharp rocks on the ground and it was starting to bleed. It looked like it was crying from the pain. I quickly ordered Leafy to destroy the rocks with Razor Leaf and then bring the Zubat to me with Vine Whip. I took out a potion from my bag and was ready to spray it on the injured Pokémon.
"This is going to sting a bit," I warned.
I sprayed the Zubat's wounds and it shrieked. Leafy did its best to calm him down as I finished healing his wounds. The Zubat began to fly around the both of us, grateful for healing it.
"See you later." I said as me and Leafy were about to leave to find Lyra.
The Zubat quickly flew in front of me, as if to block me from continuing. I noticed it seemed like it was looking at something. I followed his gaze and looked down at one of the Pokéballs I had.
"Do you want to come with me?" I asked him.
The Zubat quickly nodded his head and Leafy cried out happily.
"Alright, go Pokéball!" I said as I threw the Pokéball.
The Zubat flew at the Pokéball and allowed himself to be captured by me. After the Pokéball stopped shaking and I picked it up, I decided to return Leafy and switch her for my newly caught Zubat. Leafy did not object as I returned her. I sent out Zubat and decided to name him Bat. We were going to continue down the path where we were going, when we heard a scream.
"Lyra!" I yelled as me and Bat followed the noise.
I looked and saw Lyra battling a Shiny Onix. Lyra had Pyros and Eternity out to battle it. The Onix used a Hydro Pump attack. Eternity jumped in front of Pyros to take the hit. It hit Eternity with such force that it knocked him into the side. He had automatically fainted from the attack. Lyra quickly returned Eternity as Pyros tried to attack the Onix with Ember. It looked like it did nothing because it did not flinch from the attack. The Onix was charging up another Hydro Pump as Lyra cried in desperation. I knew I had to act fast and now seems like a good time.
"Bat! Use Supersonic on the Onix!" I commanded.
Sound waves came from Bat's mouth as they hit the Onix. The Onix was now confused. Lyra noticed me and I quickly ran over to her, with Bat right behind me.
"Are you okay?" I asked with concern.
"I'm fine Hilbert. I didn't know you caught a Zubat," Lyra said, before turning her gaze back to Onix. "And I didn't know Onix could use Hydro Pump."
"Just caught Bat recently. Now lets defeat that Onix," I said as Bat went next to Pyros, who was growling at the Onix.
"Use Ember!" Lyra said.
"Astonish!" I called out to Bat.
Both of our Pokémon kept attacking the confused Onix. The Onix didn't seem to be able to take much more hits, as it kept slamming its head against the cave wall. Eventually it fell but as it fell, it dedigitized-like the Rattata from before did.
"We did it," Lyra said softly, a look of bewilderment on her face.
"Lets go," I said, taking her hand and guiding all of us out of the cave.
When we finally left the cave, we both felt extraordinary grateful that we couldn't help the whoop of happiness. Lyra, anxious to reach the next town, broke out into a sprint and ran ahead of us. I followed right behind her though.
But she stopped when we came upon a strange scene. A man we had never seen before appeared to be frightened of a very familiar man. It wasn't the man itself that was familiar, so much as what he was wearing-a black outfit with a giant red R across the top. The first man gave a startled shout and fled away from the more familiar man.
Lyra and I shared curious looks and I eyed the familiar outfit another moment before I realized who it was.
The infamous Team Rocket.