Authors note...

I would like to thank ClockwerkOrange for her help in clearing my writer's block. And her ideas are most appreciated...

Short and sweet XD

Frenchii...

Suicune, with Oddish, Absol and I on her back, swept through the forest, through blistering deserts and over snow-capped mountains until we came to a large canyon.

"Where do we go now?" I asked, looking around. There was no way to get over it, there were just a steep line of ledges that dotted the nearest cliff-face.

BEEP BEEP!

My Explorer Badge was flashing. I lifted it up to my face.

"Jay, Suicune, anyone?" The voice that came through belonged to Farfetch'd. "Come in."

"This is Jay," I spoke, trying to be as clear as possible. "What's up?"

"Lucario has made an appearance near the edge of the Great Forest," Farfetch'd said. "He was spotted by Xatu. So the move is postponed until Mightyena and Linoone secure the path."

"Is that all?" I asked.

"No," he said. "There's a heap of bandits in the Bold Canyon. Watch out, the Bounty Hunters' Legion had sent two of their best agents in there. One escaped, but the other is still in there, presumed captured."

"We'll keep an eye out," I said.

"Good," Farfetch'd replied, and hung up.

I explained the situation to the others.

"Ah, yes," Suicune frowned. "I have heard of such an incident. An Eevee and a Charmander went in to quell a fight going on within the ranks of certain bandit groups, but Charmander was expelled from the Canyon, but Eevee hasn't been seen since."

We looked down at the canyon floor, which was barely able to be seen. The ledges seemed to be the only way down.

We started climbing. Despite her size, Suicune bounced with great agility between each ledge, while we climbed. It was too dangerous to have such a bulky load when climbing. We didn't want Suicune to lose her footing.

I jumped to the next ledge, nearly slipping, then to the next, then the next, eventually I was near the bottom, Absol had beaten me down. He was born in and lived most of his life in the mountains. He knew how to handle himself. But as he reached the bottom, he turned up to me.

"Uh... Jay, you better get here quick."

I was at the bottom and I saw it. Suicune was on the ground in a heap. I could feel static coming off her.

"What happened?" Oddish had finally caught up.

Suddenly, I felt a jab of anger. I focussed and phased into Aura State. A strong Aura surrounded the whole area, but the anger was coming from directly in front of us.

ZAP!!

A bolt of lightning shot at us and sent us flying. Then, out of the darkness, came two Pokémon, a Pikachu and a Raichu.

"Thundershock!" shouted Raichu.

Another bolt of lightning flew at us. We barely dodged it. Absol threw a Shadow Ball at Raichu and I threw an Aura Sphere at Pikachu, sending them reeling backward. The fight continued, our attacks flashing like a strobe light. We were evenly matched. Eventually...

"Volt Tackle!"

A flash of yellow flew past, knocking Absol, Oddish and I back hard. The yellow stopped, showing a Pichu. It looked mad.

"Boss!" the Pikachu and Raichu yelled dopily, running at Pichu, who stepped out of the way, causing them to collide.

"What are you doing in our domain?" Pichu demanded. "We are Team Bolt and we do not take kindly to trespassers. I thought you would have learned that the last time you sent bounty hunters into our midst."

Pichu wasn't playing. I could feel his anger, clear as day.

"We aren't here to cause trouble," I said. "We just need to get to Spring Lake."

Pichu was sceptical. "Sure," he said sarcastically.

"We are!" I yelled. "But if you don't want to believe us, then you leave me no choice." I was shaking with fright, if this Pokémon could paralyse Suicune, what could it have done to us? Nevertheless, I summoned my Aura Sphere.

Pichu chuckled. "Do you think you could seriously defeat me? I'll show you TRUE power."

There was a ZAP and then nothing.

I woke up next to Absol back at the top of the Canyon. I felt tingly all over.

"Urgh..." Absol groaned as he struggled to stand. "What happened?"

I got up. "We were ejected from the dungeon." Then I noticed something. "Where's Oddish?!? And Suicune? Suicune was defeated way before us."

"No," Absol said. "Suicune was just paralysed. As for Oddish, she may be down there, still fighting."

We rushed back down there as fast as we could. Suicune was alone, she was still paralysed. But there was no sign of Oddish, nor Team Bolt.

"Argh!" a yelp echoed through the Canyon as a pained aura jutted out from the Canyon's aura. I let it guide me. And there they were. Oddish doing battle with Pichu, with the help of an extra Pokémon. An Espeon.

"Psywave!" the Espeon hollered, a multi-coloured ray of light erupting from the red stone in the centre of her forehead.

Pichu was knocked back, then Oddish rammed him as hard as she could, knocking Pichu into the wall. Pichu was surrounded by a bright light, then he disappeared.

"Oddish!" Absol called.

Oddish and the Espeon turned around.

"Are you alright?" I asked, worried.

"Fine," Oddish said, "thanks to this Espeon here."

"They call me Kat," she said.

"Pleased to meet you," I said, then we shook paws.

A flash of bright light.