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Chapter Three
Damion Strikes Back
"Hmm…" That was the first noise Professor Rowan made when Lucas and Dawn entered. Lucas kept looking back at the entrance to the lab to see when Damion would walk in but the boy just wasn't showing up for some reason. Shinx was walking back and forth and rubbing itself against Lucas' and Dawns legs with affection. Dawn would repeatedly reach down and pet him as she was very happy that Shinx was finally opening itself up to her. Professor Rowan looked down at Shinx and stared at it for a while. "Alright, you can have a Pokedex and a Pokeball for that Shinx!"
"Cool!" Lucas shouted when the Professor handed him the articles. He crouched down to Shinx and pulled the Pokeball in front of it. "You wanna go in?" Shinx gave a jump and walked over to the Pokeball. He pushed the button in the center and the Pokeball opened up and took him in.
"That is so awesome!" Dawn shouted. "Alright, now program your Pokedex with all of your personal information."
Lucas opened up his red Pokedex and turned it on. Words appeared on the screen welcoming him and a list appeared after that. The first thing asked was his name. Lucas put that in. Next it asked for his hometown. Twinleaf. Then it asked him to scan his Pokemon. Lucas held the Pokedex towards Shinx and the Pokedex recorded it. A woman's voice came through:
"Shinx: the Flash Pokemon. All of its fur dazzles if danger is sensed. It flees while the foe is momentarily blinded. Its forelegs have a muscle-based system of generating electricity; this is the source of its electrical output. If extremely threatened, Shinx will strike back with enough force to reel a human being. This, of course, tires it very fast so it prefers to flee until it evolves.
"Cool, it's informal." Lucas grinned.
"Hmm… That's good." Professor Rowan said. "Now you two can begin your Pokemon journey. Try to fill that Pokedex as much as you can, it fills me with pride to see children so young interested in a huge undertaking."
"We'll have it done in a flash!" Lucas shouted out before leaving the lab. He turned to Dawn after stepping out and gave a big grin. "This is the coolest thing ever!"
"C'mon, let's go tell your mom that you're leaving." Dawn said.
"I'm what?"
"Leaving to Jubilife." Dawn responded but Lucas still looked confused. "For Professor Rowan's mission."
"Oh yeah!" Lucas remembered. "Let's find Damion first."
"Oh boy."
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Spyder walked to Lake Verity with Damion right behind him. He smiled at how easy it was to persuade the boy to follow him and do what he asked. Spyder halted in front of the lake and turned to face Damion.
"If you want to be a member of Team Galactic," He started. "You must prove how fast you can turn against your friends."
"What do you mean?" Damion asked.
"Simply that you must defeat your friend in a Pokemon battle." Spyder replied. "But your Pokemon is not powerful enough so I'll let you use one of mine."
"Really?" Damion asked in surprise. Spyder handed him a Pokeball and Damion eagerly swiped it out of his hand. He looked at the ball with a gleam in his eye.
"The Pokemon in that Pokeball is known as Spinarak. She is the Pre-Evolution of Ariados."
"She?" Damion asked in surprise.
"Why is that such a surprise to you?" He asked.
"You just didn't seem like the type that would have a girl Pokemon." Damion responded. Spyder groaned.
"Just go and beat your friend in a battle.' Spyder commanded. "Remember; use the move Spider Web if his Pokemon is annoying you."
"Spider Web got it!" Damion ran towards Sandgem where he last saw Dawn and Lucas. 'Wait until those fools see me now!'
Spyder watched Damion run towards Sandgem Town. 'This is just too easy.' Spyder turned and faced the center of the lake. He watched and watched to see what Cyrus was going crazy over that he claimed lived in the center of the lake. A Pokemon, he said, a very rare Pokemon. 'Speaking of rare Pokemon, I've got my own shrub that's waiting for me.' Spyder looked towards where Damion ran off to. 'Maybe I should hang around and see what the boy is doing first.'
"Go Ariados!" Spyder shouted. Ariados emerged from the ball and looked over at his master. "Go watch Damion, make sure he does his job. If he fails or turns against us you know what to do."
Ariados nodded and skittered away going over the grass that dotted the path and around the corner to the route that lead to Sandgem. Ariados was going through the grass when a Starly dove towards him. Ariados leaped in the air and smoothly dodged the bird. Starly tried another Tackle attack but, once again, Ariados evaded it. After a few more times of playing, Ariados let the bird get close before he unleashed a String Shot attack. Strings of webbing shot from Ariados' mouth and caught Starly in midair and stuck it against a tree. Ariados snickered and remembered its mission: To spy on Damion. Ariados hid by the entrance to the Town and saw Damion instantly; He was holding a Pokeball to Lucas' face.
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"What's the matter Lucas?" Damion asked in a mocking voice. "Afraid to fight?"
"What's gotten into you Damion?" Lucas asked. Dawn was behind Lucas giving Damion a very angry face. Lucas' hand twitched next to his Pokeball.
"Pokemon battles are what Team Galactic does!" He shouted to respond to Lucas' question. Professor Rowan walked out with a very serious expression towards Damion.
"Team Galactic does much more than Pokemon battling, "Professor Rowan said. "They also torture their Pokemon to make them obey them without question." The Professor turned to Lucas. "Take this fool out."
Lucas grinned; it was time to let Damion remember the pain Shinx made to his Chimchar last time! His twitching hand grabbed the Pokeball and he readied himself to throw it when Dawn grabbed his arm.
"Lucas he seems eager to fight," She said. "Especially considering how fast you beat him last time. I think he's hiding something."
"I'm gonna win Dawn, just you wait." Dawn released his arm. "Go Shinx!"
Damion grinned: It was time. "Go Spinarak!"
Lucas gasped as he saw the green spider unleash from the Pokeball. It had four legs and a small horn on its head, along with two small black dots and a thin black line on his back making it look like it had a face. Lucas had never seen this Pokemon before. He pulled out his Pokedex to record its data.
"Spinarak: The String Spit Pokemon. The silk it unleashes from its mouth when using String Shot or Spider Web is very strong and thin as well and is used to trap Pokemon in battle or prey that it plans to eat. Spinarak waits patiently for the prey to get caught. While not as dangerous as Ariados when it comes to poison, its Poison Jab attack can still pack lots of power. Spinarak are much more powerful than they appear."
Lucas looked up with a grim expression towards Shinx, who looked very nervous. Lucas, I'm scared. Lucas shut his eyes and sighed.
"Come on Lucas! So I can Poison Jab your Pokemon!" Damion laughed. Lucas growled.
"Come on Shinx, we can take that little bug!" Lucas shouted. If you say so. "Shinx, Thundershock!"
Electricity surged from Shinx's feet and up to his mouth. Shinx roared and small bolts of lighting flew from his mouth towards Spinarak. Damion commanded Spinarak to leap over it and to tackle Shinx. Spinarak quickly shoved itself into the air, over the bolts, and flew towards Shinx. Lucas commanded Shinx to dodge but it was too late. Spinarak collided into Shinx and sent him rolling backwards. Then, Damion commanded another tackle attack and Spinarak once again flung itself at the helpless Shinx.
"It's fast, Lucas," Dawn whispered in Lucas' ear. "Be careful."
Lucas growled as he saw Shinx get bombarded by Tackle after Tackle from Spinarak. "Shinx, Thundershock!"
Shinx fired more bolts which Spinarak easily avoided and it collided into Shinx again. Shinx couldn't take much more. Lucas began to panic and looked back at Professor Rowan who was staring at Spinarak with great concern in his eyes. Lucas. Lucas turned towards Shinx who was breathing very hard. I have an idea on what to do.
"If you think it works than do it!" Lucas shouted. Shinx nodded and breathed in, focusing his energy, then Shinx roared out and electricity surged around him. Spinarak collided into Shinx again but, instead of Shinx falling back, Spinarak was paralyzed to Shinx and had electricity surging into its body. Spinarak rolled backwards and tried to recover from the shock. "Now Shinx, Tackle attack!" Shinx charged towards Spinarak and tackled it. Spinarak felt the pain from the Tackle and from the electricity slam into him and send him reeling backwards. Spinarak tried to stand up but failed. Spinarak fainted.
Damion's eyes nearly popped out of his head. "No Way!" He shouted. "Spinarak, return…"
Dawn giggled and began to jump up and down. She grabbed Lucas, turned him around, and gave him a kiss on his cheek. Dawn blushed a little and Lucas felt the spot where Dawn kissed him get hotter. Lucas began to blush too.
"You did it, Lucas, you rocked!" She said while holding on to his shoulder. Lucas blushed again and grinned.
"It's 'cause I'm the best!" Lucas shouted. Professor Rowan grabbed Lucas' shoulder and kneeled down.
"The move that you used to finished him, that was no tackle; that was the attack called Spark. Spark is basically a mix of tackle and Thundershock, making it very powerful." He said. There was a laugh from the entrance to Sandgem.
"I knew you would fail." They all turned to the voice. It was a man with short black hair and an odd uniform, with Ariados close behind him.
"Spyder," Damion said. "I failed you…"
"Ariados!" Spyder shouted. "Spider Web!"
Ariados shot out a huge net of webbing that captured Lucas, Dawn, the Professor, and Shinx. Damion's expression turned from sorrow to horror. Spyder walked up to Lucas and smiled at him. Then he gave him a big punch across the face. Dawn screamed, the Professor gasped, Shinx cried out, and Lucas' eyes began to tear up. But Lucas didn't utter a sound.
"No!" Damion shouted. "Don't hurt them!"
But Spyder waved him off and punched Lucas again. "You know what I hate most?" Spyder asked Lucas.
"What?" Lucas asked; his mouth bleeding.
"Rookie's." Spyder answered. "They really piss me off." Lucas looked up. "They win one or two stupid battles and they think that they are at the top of the world, elites even." Spyder raised his fist up to punch Lucas again but Damion grabbed his arm.
"Don't hurt my friend." He begged him. Spyder growled and punched Damion across the face so hard that Damion hit the ground. Damion began to cry.
"You wanted to be a member of the greatest team. To become that member, you must make sacrifices." Spyder said. "Don't worry Damion, when I'm done with your friend, I'll give you all of their Pokemon and you can have a good team."
Spyder turned towards Lucas and raised his fist again when Damion shoved himself up and tackled Spyder. Spyder fell to the ground and his face hit pavement, hard. Spyder rolled to his back and flung Damion off. Lucas took this distraction as a time for him to rip out of the web. Ariados shouted when he saw them escape to alert Spyder. Lucas threw himself on Spyder and Damion did also. The two began to punch the man until he threw both of them off. He stood back up and kicked Lucas. Dawn screamed and flung herself at Spyder, knocking him back down. Spyder punched Dawn across the face and Dawn cried from the pain.
Lucas watched Dawn fall backwards and became infuriated. He ran towards Spyder and kicked him in the face. A crowd was gathering around the big fight scene and Professor Rowan was rooting Lucas on, who had gone insane with his kicking. Ariados stood in awe and didn't know what to do to help his master for a command wasn't giving.
Spyder grabbed Lucas' leg when he came in for another kick and tripped him. Then he jumped up and broke through the crowd towards Ariados. His face was covered in blood. "Ariados, escape!" Ariados returned to Spyder's Pokeball and Spyder ran out of Sandgem. "I'll kill you stupid kids!" was the last thing that was heard. The street brawl had ended. Dawn, Lucas, and Shinx walked away from the crowd and Damion followed them.
"Let me see your face Lucas." Dawn said. Lucas turned to Dawn and Dawn wiped the blood from his mouth. "Are you okay?"
"I should be asking you that." Lucas said. "You shouldn't have jumped into the fight like that."
"I couldn't just sit there and watch." She responded. "I care about you." Dawn blushed at the last part and Lucas inched closer to Dawn.
Lucas, look. Lucas turned around and saw Damion walking up to them. Damion was crying.
"Lucas," He started. "I'm so sorry."
Lucas grabbed Damion by the collar and pulled him up to his face. "Like hell you are!"
"I… I truly am." Damion whimpered, more tears fell from his eyes. "I truly am."
Lucas loosened his grip and calmed down. "Damion…"
"Lucas, will you forgive me?" Damion asked.
Lucas sighed. "I shouldn't," He began. "But I will." Dawn wrapped her arm around Lucas and edge towards his ear.
"Are you sure?" She asked him. Lucas nodded.
Damion smiled. "You won't regret it…"
"But I don't know if I can trust you anymore." Lucas said, cutting him off. Damion closed his eyes in shame and Lucas, Dawn, and Shinx brushed past him. "C'mon Damion, Dawn, Shinx. On to the next city. We have an adventure ahead of us…"
