Chapter 12 Another Accidental Battle? Eliza vs. Maylene!

The group traveled from celestic and headed towards Lake Valor, where the next contest will be, they walked some of the way and lew during certain points of the trip. As they stopped to rest in an area of one of the routes to rest, Rusty was checking the map to make sure they were heading in the right way towards the town.

"How far are we?" Eliza asked.

"Well, we are kind of far from Lake Valor, but we are pretty close to Veilstone City, if we have our Pokemon fly one more time we will get there in no time." Rusty answered.

"good, I need to visit the department store anyways." Harper said.

"I guess we all need to since we are running out on supplies for our Pokemon." Marty said.

Eliza nodded.

"Not only that, you should check on Branch." Maritza said.

"good idea." Marty said.

"I guess we should rest for the rest of the day." Eliza said.

Rusty nodded.

They pitched their tents and started to prepare for dinner until they heard a rustling in the bushes.

"What was that?" Harper asked.

"Probably Soaker fooling around again; get out here Soaker!" Eliza yelled.

"Bui?" she heard him ask and saw him right next to Splash, Shells, Lily, and Spritzer.

"Okay, if he is there then who or what is in the bushes?" Eliza asked with a nervous tone in her voice.

Something came out of the bushes and they saw it was a Lucario run out and jumped right in front of them and growled.

"What the hell?" Maritza asked.

"Lucario, what did you find?" they heard and saw a girl come out with a guy with a elite four badge on his shirt.

"No way, another elite four member?" Eliza asked.

"He is not the only one, he is with Maylene." Marty said.

"I guess we found the Team Aqua guys." Maylene said when she saw the group.

"What? How the hell can the five of us be Team Aqua members!" Eliza yelled.

"Wait a second Maylene, we can't assume that they are Aqua members since Cynthia was attacked by only one andd it looks like they don't have any of the Pokemon she described." The guy told her.

"How can you believe that since they have water types with them?" she asked.

"That does seem suspicious." He said.

"Excuse me, you two seem to know Cynthia, how is she?" Rusty asked.

"she is fine, she returned to the elite not too long ago and she sent me out in her place. Now to serious business, who are you and why are you out here?" the guy said.

"I am Sierra and these guys are my buddies Rusty, Eliza, Maritza, and Marty and we are heading to Veilstone for some stuff."

"I see, your friends' names sound familiar but I don't trust them. Also, I am Flint of the Elite."

"How can you not trust us when we helped your teammate out?" Eliza asked.

He stood silent.

"If you aren't part of that team, then prove yourself by battling against me and Lucario?" Maylene said.

"Very well, what would I get in return?" Eliza asked.

"the Cobble badge and if you lose you will be apprehended as a Team Aqua member." Maylene told her.

"Very well, I will take on your challenge!" Eliza exclaimed.

"I thought you weren't going to go for another badge." Maritza said.

"I am pissed about how we are being treated an elite member when they were hurt. Come on Starla!" Eliza exclaimed.

Her Starly flew over to her.

"Come on Lucario!" Maylene exclaimed.

Her Lucario joined her.

"I guess I will be the coach! This battle between Maylene of the Veilstone City Gym and-who are you again?" Flint asked Eliza.

"eliza Elm from Violet city." She answered.

"Maylene of Veilstone City Gym and Eliza Elm of Violet City will now begin!" Flint exclaimed.

"Starla use close combat!"

Starly flew at the Lucario at high speed.

"Lucario use detect!"

Starly got closer to Lucario and the attack was evaded.

"What the?" Eliza asked.

"Now use metal claw!"

Lucario used his attack and Starly went to the ground and then got back up.

"Now use close combat again!"

"Detect!"

The attack was evaded again and another metal claw was used again.

"What the hell? It seems like my attack won't land!" Eliza exclaimed.

"It's because he's using detect!" Marty yelled.

"Right, that means I have to stand on guard going against him! Starla use your wing attack!" Eliza yelled.

Starly did as she was told and the Lucario got hit.

"Now use close combat!"

Starly hit Lucario, which it caused it to hit the ground.

"Lucario!"

He got back up and stood his stance.

"Not bad, I guess your friends are even more impressive if I were to go up against them."

"Sorry, we are of coordinators than gym competitors."

"To disguise yourselves I bet."

"Will you shut up? We are not a part of Aqua and I will prove that now! Starla use your quick attack and hit Lucario head on!"

Starly charged forward.

"I think not! Aura sphere!"

"What?"

Lucario sent out a beam shaped in a sphere and it hit Starly. It went down.

"No Starla!"

"Crap, it looks like she might be done for!" Marty exclaimed.

"Not only that, if she loses we will be thrown in jail when we reach Veilstone!" Maritza exclaimed.

"She will kick her ass, I know it." Harper told them.

"You sure?" Marty asked.

"Of course, I seen her battle back at the contest and she has a lot of potential as a coordinator and she still has a competitor's eye when it comes to gym battles, which tells me that she won't give up fighting." Harper said.

Rusty nodded.

After a few hits, both Pokemon were on the ground. They got back up especially with Starly, who looked like it was starting to get tired a bit.

"Not a bad fight so far, willing to give up? You should since your Starly is about to faint!" Maylene exclaimed.

"Speak for yourself, your Lucario is also about to faint!" Eliza yelled back.

"touché! I guess this final attack will decide the victor! Now Lucario finish it off with aura sphere!" Maylene yelled.

"Starla hurry and fly up into the air!"

Starly did as she was told and flew up and the Aura sphere missed.

"No way! Aim at Starly now!"

Lucario flinched a bit due to the amount of energy it used.

"Lucario!"

"Now use wing attack!"

The attack hit Lucario head on.

"Now use close combat!" Eliza yelled.

Starly hit it and it caused Lucario to go down and it tried to get bback up, but it went down and was knocked out.

"Lucario is unable to move! Starly is the winner!" Flint exclaimed.

"Yay!" eliza exclaimed.

"Congratulations! I guess I was wrong about you." Maylene said as she returned her Lucario to his ball.

"I gguess I get the Cobble Badge and safe passage for me and my friends?" eliza asked.

Maylene nodded and said, "Yes, I think you should stop by Veilstone for a bit, our department store and game corner are famous in these parts."

"We do need supplies and probably we should rest in ttown as well before Lake Valor, what do you say?" Maritza asked.

"Not a bad idea." Rusty said.

"Follow us then." Flint said.

The group took down the tents and they followed both Maylene and Flint back to Veilstone, which they made it before night fall with a few shortcuts along the way, Maylene handed Eliza the bbadge at the gym and shown them the department store where they got their supplies and spent the night at the Pokeemon Center.

Meanwhile near Pastoria City, Ike was looking over the ocean and heard footsteps and saw two Aqua members appear.

"Nice to see you again Shelly, what Archie didn't come?" he asked.

"He will meet us later, so I brought John with me." She answered.

"So, this must be where Rusty has landed, we assume?" John asked.

"Yes, I read in the medical records that a boy the age of 15 landed here a year ago and was taken care of." Ike answered.

"That means it was him and that his Starmie is out there somewhere." Shelly said.

"Looks like we have a lot of work to do in order to get him back." Ike said with his foxy smile.