HGSS: Johto Saga

Season 3, Opening: Unbeatable

Part 19

Mostly Ghostly

As the sun has peaked over the horizon, Ecruteak had already been bustling around. Our two heroes find themselves surprised by how exciting the town could become. But soon Ethan realizes that his Gym Battle awaits.

The doors of the Pokemon Center slid open and Ethan walks out, his Aipom nestled on his shoulder. Lyra follows him, cradling Marill in her arms.

As Ethan steps out the door, he bumps into a man. The two of them stagger backwards.

"Oh I'm so sorry, kid!" He shrieks. The man starts running back and forth. "I was in such a hurry that I rammed into you! SO SORRY!" Ethan raises his eyebrow at the man.

"Hey, I'm fine...I'm Ethan."

"Oh..." The man settles down and calms his voice. "My name's Bill. I created the Pokemon PC Storage System. My friends all around the world--Hoenn, Kanto and Sinnoh--All helped me out. My good friends Celo, Bebe and Lanette all helped me out. Oh...and as a gift for running into you...take this egg!" He reaches into his backpack and pulls out a glass container with a pillow and white and brown egg inside. He spots Lyra and pulls out a second one, this time the egg was white with blue and pink patterns on them. "Here!" He hands the cases to each of them. "Forgive me...Well, I'd better be on my way! Bye!" Bill then runs off towards Goldenrod city, leaving clots of dust in the air.

Ethan stares inside at his egg. "Wow, it's so beautiful!" Lyra says the same thing her egg. Marill hops from her arms as she places the case in her bag, then gets to where she was. Ethan gently sets his in his open backpack.

"Well, to the gym?" Lyra proposes.

"Yeah..." Ethan replies. They then start a light pace to a building behind the Pokemon Center.

Entering it, they see that it is completely dark. Torches illuminated some of the way, but other places were completely dim.

"This could be difficult..." Lyra observed. Ethan set down his backpack. He ran blindly into the dark. Suddenly, after a moment, he appeared next to Lyra again.

"What happened?" Lyra asked.

"I tripped off the edge and appeared here again," Ethan replied back.

Ethan and Lyra take their time stepping across large bridges over a gap of darkness. Soon, they see a figure looming in the darkness ahead, illuminated by four torches.

They reach it and find that it is Morty, standing in wait.

"Okay! I made it through your puzzle! Now we battle...!" Ethan says eagerly.

Morty nods. "I have been waiting a while..." He snaps his fingers and lights from the ceiling shine down and illuminate just the spot where they would battle.

"Okay, three-on-three! Substitutions only by you. Begin! Go, Gastly!" Morty sends out his ghost pokemon. It had red eyes, but was wispy looking, like it could blow away by wind.

"Okay, then my first choice is Quilava!" Ethan sends out his fire echidna. Quilava roars and grins.

"Gastly, use Lick!" Gastly spits out its tongue and lashes Quilava. Quilava shakes it off, but realizes that its paralyzed. "Easy. Gastly, use Shadow Ball!" Gastly gathered a ball of darkness in its mouth and released it at Quilava.

"Quilava, use Flamethrower!" Quilava managed to move and shoot the ball with fire, which threw it back at Gastly. Gastly fell to the ground, but levitated back up.

"Gastly, don't give up at a point like this. Use Hypnosis!" Gastly shot two red rings out at Quilava, which struck it, causing it to fall asleep.

"Quilava, return. I bet all of his pokemon know that move...Go, Hoothoot!" Ethan sent out his bird pokemon. "Use Confuse Ray!" Hoothoot shot the pink ray, which caused Gastly to become confused. "Now use Confusion!" Hoothoot fired the ray of confusion, throwing Gastly again to the ground, this time, however, it was fainted.

"Gastly, return. Good on taking out my first pokemon. This one won't be so easy."

Ethan thinks back to the tower. "Haunter...Haunter is next!"

"Go, Haunter!" Morty calls out. He sends out the same pokemon he used in the tower, and the same type that Silver had in their battle.

"Hoothoot, use Confuse Ray!" Before Hoothoot could move, Haunter used a move called Sucker Punch. It threw a fist into Hoothoot and threw it across the ground.

"Haunter, great work."

"Hoothoot, use Confusion!" Hoothoot fired the ray of psychic energy at Haunter, but it avoided it and used Sucker Punch.

Hoothoot weakly stood up from the attack.

Suddenly, it started to glow and grew into a bigger flying pokemon. "Whoa! Hoothoot evolved!" Ethan cheers. The new pokemon, as said by Lyra, is Noctowl. Ethan read the moves it could use on his Pokedex. "Confusion, Hypnosis, Confuse Ray and Aerial Ace."

"Okay, Noctowl, use Hypnosis!" The pokemon flew into the air and released a red signal in the shape of the U on its head at Haunter. It caused Haunter to fal asleep on contact. "Now Noctowl, use Aerial Ace!" Noctowl flew down incredibly fast and slashed Haunter, fainting it.

"Haunter, return. You did well...Okay, now for my powerhouse! Come on out, Gengar!" Morty sends out a large purple pokemon. It had red eyes that were intimidating.

"Noctowl, use Hypnosis!" Gengar quickly used Sucker Punch before Noctowl could do anything. Noctowl staggered, but was told to use Confusion, which lifted Gengar up.

"Gengar, use Hypnosis!" Gengar shot red eyes at Noctowl, throwing it asleep. "Now finish it with Dream Eater!" Red energy flowed from Noctowl and into Gengar, healing it.

"Noctowl, return. You did awesome. Let's see...with Quilava asleep, I have one other choice in pokemon. I guess, Scyther!" Ethan sent out Scyther. Scyther knit its claws together. "Scyther, use Metal Claw!"

Gengar avoided the attack. "Genger, use Poison Jab!" Gengar whirled around and threw its purple fist into Scyther, poisoning and hurting it.

"Scyther, don't give up! Use Wing Attack!" Scyther slid and jammed its wings across Gengar, skidding it across the ground. Gengar scowled.

"Gengar, once more with Poison Jab!" Gengar jumped forward. Scyther grasped its hand between its two scythes and tossed Gengar away.

Scyther grinned. "Go, use Metal Claw!" Scyther dashed forward, its claws shimmering.

"Gengar, we mustn't give up! Use Hypnosis!" Gengar shot the reflection of its eyes at Scyther. Scyther slashed them away with its scythes and crashed into Gengar. Gengar slid on its back and hopped up, throwing another Hypnosis. This time, it hit Scyther.

"Now, use Dream Eater!" Gengar was about to use the attack, when Scyther vanished. Ethan beamed.

Scyther appeared behind Gengar and used Metal Claw, finishing it off.

"What?" Morty shouted.

"Scyther learned Double Team this morning, so I thought I ought to use it in this battle...and it worked!" Ethan explained.

Morty nodded and recalled Gengar.

A few minutes later, outside...

"Here you are!" Morty presented Ethan with a wispy looking badge. "Your...Fog Badge!"

Ethan jumped into the air and grinned brightly.

"Yes, I got the FOG Badge!"

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