Sorry for the long pause. I have had this chapter written for months and just been too lazy/busy to post it. Hope you enjoy.
JB: Ruckus – Golbat; Tesla – Jolteon; Zero – Charmander
Grant: Scarlet – Cyndaquil; Flash – Flareon; Scooter – Noctowl
Hazel: Pinky – Gligar; Ivy – Bulbasaur, Wing – Pidgeotto
June: Sting – Taillow; Madame Web – Ariados; Joule – Joltik; Lepi - Caterpie
Chapter Seven: Brock and Eggs
The morning glow never shined through the dense forest cover so our heroes are woken up by the cold morning dew developing on their tents. June and Hazel have been up for a while and just waiting for JB and Grant. The girls have taken the time from the early rise to clean up the campsite and make breakfast. The boys are still fast asleep and this irritates Hazel just a tiny bit. She walks over to the boys' tent and unzips it really fast.
"You two! Get up!" Hazel shouts as she stands in the doorway of the tent. "Oh my?!"
Grant and JB are still in their sleeping bags. Grant is holding the blue Poke egg while JB is spooning Grant.
"Huh," Grant starts to wake up and realizes where JB is and starts to freak out. "Um, nothing happened! I swear! I was just sleeping trying to keep the egg warm. Nothing happened!" Grants moves quickly and is up and out of the tent in seconds, still in his sleeping bag. He is hopping around like a caterpie and trips and falls. Luckily the egg is fine. Hazel and June are laughing the whole time.
Back in the tent, JB rolls over, yawns, and stretches out his arms. "Morning Hazel. What's all the commotion?"
"Nothing, my bone head brother is being a spazz. June and I made breakfast. It's almost ready."
"Sweet. I'll be right out."
JB joins the girls and Grant for breakfast. The Pokemon get their fill of food. The quartet talk amongst themselves and JB explains to June why they are all together and traveling around Kanto. She is rather impressed. When breakfast is done they all decide to pack up and get going out of the forest.
JB and June walk along the path in front of Grant and Hazel with the map. Tesla is walking in front of JB. Sting is sitting on June's shoulder. Grant is carrying the Poke egg with Scarlet sitting on top and Ivy is walking next to Hazel.
"We should be out of the forest soon," June says back to the siblings.
"And if you guys look you can see that the tracks from the cart go this way," Hazel points out. "We may catch up to Team Rocket."
"Well if that Rocket bunch has a cart full of eggs, there is no telling what they are going to do with them," Grant says as he rubs the egg. Scarlet looks a little jealous.
"Cynda. Cynda. Cyn," she says back at Grant.
Grant rubs the fire starters head, "Don't worry, Scarlet, you are still my baby girl." Scarlet jumps onto Grant's shoulder and snuggles up to his neck. Grant lets out a small laugh from the tickle of her nose.
"Well that's a hard sound to come by," JB whispers to June. "Grant is laughing." Suddenly Tesla stops and the hairs along her spine stick up.
"Jolteon. Jolt. Jolt." She turns her head to JB.
"What is it Tesla? Is someone there?" JB gets his answer as the electric eeveelution darts off into the woods. "Wait here guys. I'm going after Tesla." JB runs into the woods.
"Well he's going to get lost," Hazel sits down and plays patty cake with Ivy.
JB chases after Tesla threw the woods.
"Tesla! Where are you?!" He listens, but there is no answer. "Tesla!" Still no answer. "Where could you have gone? You ran in this direction, but you sure are fast. How am I supposed to find you?"
Remain calm. Listen and feel for the Pokemon.
JB could hear the words of his grandfather flow through the forest. "Grandpa," JB whispers. "You can do this," he thinks, "Just remember what Grandpa taught you." JB closes his eyes and takes a deep breath. He stretches out his right arm in front of him with the palm of his hand facing forward. The forest is still. JB concentrates and can feel a spark of energy coming from his right. He opens his eyes and darts off.
"Tesla!" JB shouts as he runs. He can see a slight yellow along the forest floor. As he gets closer he can see Tesla standing in front of a roundish brown object. She is growling and staring up into the trees.
JB reaches his Pokemon and kneels down next to her. "Tesla, what is going on? Didn't you hear me calling you? What are you doing all the way out here?" He now sees the object that Tesla seems to be protecting; it's a brown Poke egg. "Are you protecting this egg?" JB picks the egg up. "What are you protecting this egg from?" Sparks start to emit from around Tesla and JB steps back. Her growling is getting louder and fiercer. He looks into the trees and can see what she is growling at. There is a nest of black and yellow Pokemon buzzing around them. The Pokemon's head is round with a pointed mouth, large, shiny red eyes and antennae. Its arms are tipped with long, cone stingers. It has two other long legs. The bottom part of the body has a large stinger.
JB scans the Pokemon: Beedrill the poison bee Pokemon. It has three poison barbs. The barb on its tail secretes the most powerful poison. Beedrill is the evolved form of Kakuna and final evolved form of Weedle.
"Beedrill!" JB is panicked. "Oh great. Oh great. We stumbled into their nesting area and they aren't too happy." He starts to walk backward very carefully. "Tesla, follow my lead. We don't want any trouble. We need to just back away slowly. I have the egg. There is nothing to worry about." The beedrill's stingers on their arms start to glow white and multiple white needles shoot out at JB. Tesla jumps in front of the attack and takes the damage.
"Tesla, run!" JB runs back the way he came with Tesla following. The beedrill make chase after the boy and his Pokemon firing off pin needle attacks as they pursue. Tesla stops to fire off a thundershock every now and then slowing down the pursuit of the beedrill. JB sees a break in the forest line and heads towards it.
June, Grant, and Hazel are sitting around waiting for the return of JB.
"Maybe we should go in after him," Grant ponders to the others as he cleans off his egg with a rag. "He does seem to get into trouble when he is left alone."
"You worry too much," Hazel replies. "Your boyfriend will be fine." She smiles at Grant.
Grant glares back at her, not needing to use words to show his frustration with her. "Well first it was Mason and then it was Team Rocket. That's two for two. I'm just saying…"
As Grant just says, JB blasts out from the woods out of breath. Tesla bounds out behind him. JB is talking and trying to catch his breath at the same time, "Bee. Follow. Chase. Sting."
"Is that an egg?" a scowl shows up on Grants face. "You were so jealous of my egg that you had to go find another one!"
"No. Tesla. Found. Chase."
"What are you saying JB," Hazel stands up and walks over to him.
"BEEDRILL!" June shouts. "Oh yes! How adorable!" The wild beedrill start to emerge out of the woods. "Oh so many! This is amazing!"
"That is way too many beedrill to not be concerned." Grant starts to worry.
"That's what… I have been… trying to say. Beedrill are chasing us. They want the egg, but Tesla won't let them have it." JB finally catches his breath.
"Well if it's a battle they want then it's a battle they are going to get." Grant looks over to Scarlet. "Scarlet, smoke screen! And lay it on thick!" The small fire Pokemon lets out a thick grey smoke that engulfs the beedrill. The beedrill start to fire pin needle attacks randomly out of the smoke.
"We should make a run for it," says Hazel. "There are over 2 dozen beedrill and I don't think we can defeat them all."
"You just need to defeat the queen, the one in charge," June answers confidently. "Once you defeat the queen the rest should back down."
"How do we tell which one is the queen?" asks JB.
"The largest one, right June?" Grant turns and looks at June. She nods her head. He hands June the Poke egg. "You guys stay behind me. I'm going to show these beedrill a few tricks. Ready Scarlet?" Grant looks down at the fire mouse. She looks up at him and nods her head.
"Cynda. Cynda. Cyndaquil!" the smokescreen clears and Grant and Scarlet are standing between the beedrill and his friends. Toward the middle of the swarm, Grant sees a large beedrill with two stripes on the abdomen.
"Scarlet, the queen is in the middle. Quick attack in to the swarm!"
Scarlet charges into the swarm and bounces around from beedrill to beedrill while using quick attack. The beedrill are surprised, but use twin needle attacks to hold her off. After knocking out two beedrill, Scarlet is knocked down from the twin needle attack. She falls to the ground and slides a few feet.
"Scarlet! You need to get up. You are almost there. You can do this! I believe in you!" encourages Grant.
Scarlet stands up. She is injured, but determined to get to that queen beedrill.
"Flame wheel!" Scarlet ignites the flames on her back and summersaults into the air. She is surrounded by flames as she spins. She spins into the swarm and uses the beedrill like a pinball machine and bounces around them knocking most of them to the ground. Scarlet is on a collision course with the queen. The queen's hand stingers start to glow purple and as Scarlet is about to make contact the queen jabs her. Scarlet is knocked to the ground and is poisoned.
"Scarlet! No!" Grant rushes to the side of his first travel companion, but before he can get there, Scarlet stands up and starts to glow. Grant stops in his tracks. "You can't evolve. The doctors all said that if you do your injuries could get worse and I might loose you."
June, Hazel and JB look on in unease and anticipation.
"Cynda. Cyndaquil!" The glowing stops and Scarlet's body has grown larger and slimmer. Her nose is shorter and her eyes are open and red. She has small triangular ears. Flames sprout from the top of her head and her rump. "Lava! Quilava!"
JB scans the newly evolved Scarlet with his PokeReader: Quilava the volcano Pokemon. Quilava are fully covered by nonflammable fur. They can withstand any kind of fire attack. Quilava is the evolved form of cyndaquil.
"Flamethrower at the queen!" Grant shouts to his Pokemon.
Scarlet shoots a blast of fire at the over sized beedrill. The blast makes a direct impact and the queen drops to the ground standing. The queen attacks with a pin missile, but Scarlet dodges it and lets out a swift attack barraging the queen with a cluster of stars. The queen charges forward with a fury attack landing three hits on Scarlet and knocking her back.
"Let's end this baby girl! Lava Plume!"
Scarlet glows red and burns hot. She lets out a wave of flames that washes over the swarm of beedrill. The beedrill are knocked back and the queen falls to the ground fainted. The surrounding beedrill aren't sure what to do without a queen.
"Go Poke ball!" Grant throws a Poke ball at the queen. The ball opens and the queen is sucked in with a flash of red light. The ball locks immediately. "Gotcha!" He picks up the Poke ball and turns around to the group. Scarlet jumps into his arms. "Hey there girl. It looks like someone proved the doctors wrong and evolved without a problem." Scarlet looked into her trainer's eyes. She gave him a slight smile. Grant could tell there was something wrong, but didn't want to make a big fuss about it. He could get Scarlet checked out when they get to Pewter City.
"Well Grant, what are you going to do with all of these beedrill now that you have their queen," inquires Hazel.
"I'm going to let her go. Come on out!" Grant opens the Poke ball and the queen beedrill appears. "No more trouble from you, got it?" He reaches into his bag and pulls out a small spray bottle and sprays a mist on the queen. "This should help you heal from the battle. Now take your hive and go back to your nest." Grant used the remainder of the spray bottle on the rest of the swarm. The queen flew off into the woods and the swarm followed.
"But you caught that beedrill fair and square!" Hazel was upset.
"Just because I caught the Pokemon doesn't mean I should keep it. She had responsibilities to her hive. Without her they would be lost. I can't take that away from them. I think it's just best to let her go. There will be other Pokemon. Now I need to focus on Scarlet. She evolved and I need her to get checked out at a Pokemon center ASAP. The quicker I get there the better."
The gang grabs their stuff and makes their way through the end of the Viridian Forest with June leading the way with her map. There are no more surprises, but there are still cart tracks. JB holds his brown egg while Grant has put his blue egg into his back pack so he can focus on Scarlet.
It takes our travelers about an hour to get out of the forest and back onto Route 2. They come to a fork in the road. The posted sign reads that Pewter City is straight ahead and to the right is Diglett's Cave. The cart tracks lead to Diglett's Cave. Hazel walks to the right as the others walk toward Pewter City.
"Where are you going Hazel?" asks June.
"I'm going after Team Rocket. If they have that cart of Poke eggs we need to stop them from hatching them and having an evil Pokemon army."
"I'm all for tracking down Team Rocket, but I think it might be best to head for Pewter City and get our Pokemon healed." JB looks down at Tesla. "Tesla is the only Pokemon I have right now and she has injuries from the beedrill. Ruckus is out because of his wing and Zero got zapped by that pikachu and still hasn't recovered. Plus, your brother is worried about Scarlet's evolution."
"And you can get your second badge," adds Grant.
"Fine, but we can't forget about Team Rocket. They need to be stopped." Hazel walked back over with the group and down the path to Pewter City.
It is not long before our group of four make their way into Pewter City and find the Pokemon Center. They hand over their Poke balls to Nurse Joy. JB lets her know about Ruckus' wing and Grant explains to her about Scarlet's evolution.
"I'm a little worried about your quilava," Nurse Joy says calmly. "I would like to keep her over night for a few tests and x-rays."
"I don't see a problem with that. It just means we have to stay the night. Is that ok with everyone?" Grant turns to the group and they all are happy to sleep in a bed tonight.
"Good," says Nurse Joy. "And I will keep your golbat, too. The longer I can work on him the better he will heal." JB nods his head and smiles. "Give me 20 minutes for the rest of them and then come on back to pick them up."
"Sweet," says Hazel as she jumps a little in the air. "20 minutes and then its time to challenge the Pewter City Gym!"
They find a place to sit in the lobby and JB checks his PokeReader for messages. There is one from Professor Oak. The message reads:
JB,
I hope you have made it safely to Pewter City. Not too many hiccups? The research information I need you to pick up can be found with Brock. He is waiting for you at the Pewter City Gym. Don't forget to use the transfer ball. It will be that quick and easy.
Professor Oak
"Well guys, it seems the documents I need to get for Professor Oak are at the gym. As soon as our Pokemon are healed lets head that way."
The four find themselves standing outside the Pewter City Gym. They silently walk in, Hazel first, followed by Grant, June and JB. The stadium for the battles is a grand sight for JB to see. It is a long, wide battlefield with rocks jetting out of the ground. One would think that with all the dirt and rocks around it would be a dusty stadium, but everything looks very clean. Hazel finds the Gym's referee and tells him she is here to challenge the gym leader. The young man walks Hazel to the challenger's side of the field and scurries off to inform the gym leader of the challenge. Hazel waits nervously. Finally the double doors at the opposite side of the field slide open. A tall gentleman appears. He has brown spiked hair, tan skin, and is wearing an orange long sleeve shirt, brown cargo pants, and brown shoes.
"My name is Brock. I'm the Rock-Solid Pokemon Trainer. I hear you think you have what it takes to defeat me in battle?" JB's eyes widen.
"I sure do Brock! My name is Hazel Giddy and I challenge you for the Boulder Badge!"
"A highly confident Pokemon trainer I see. Challenge accepted!"
The referee steps into his box on the side of the field, "This is a 2 on 2 Pokemon battle! Only the challenger can make substitutions! Do we understand the rules?"
"Yes!" Hazel and Brock shout at the same time.
Hazel throws out the first Poke ball. The others sitting in the stands watch on, cheering for her. "Go Pinky!" Pinky glides out and stands ready for battle.
"Let's go Pebbles!" Brock tosses his Poke ball into the air; the flash of red materializes a large, gray brown boulder with four arms and two legs.
Hazel scans the Pokemon with her Pokedex: Graveler the rock Pokemon. A slow walker, it rolls to move. It pays no attention to any object that happens to be in its path. Graveler is the evolved form of Geodude.
"A ground/flying type versus a rock/ground type? What is she thinking?" JB whispers to himself. He has a worried look on his face.
Grant stands up and cheers, "Go Hazel! Win that badge! You can do it!" He sits back down. "She totally has this. Pinky and she have been together for a long time. This should be a pretty good battle."
"We are at a rock type gym, I doubt there will be any bug Pokemon, but that Pinky is sure cute." June looks over at the others and then stands up and cups her hands around her mouth. She lets out a loud warrior battle cry and sits back down.
"Thanks guys." Hazel answers them quietly. "Now let's go Pinky! Let's start this out with an aerial ace!" Pinky glides up into the air and flies down at a high speed charging directly at the graveler.
"Peebles use defense curl!" The graveler curls in tight and braces for impact.
Pinky slams into Peebles and then flips back on her feet. The impact did not move Peebles and she uncurls her body. The graveler reaches for the rocks around her and starts throwing them at Pinky. Pinky dodges the first couple, but is hit and pummeled by the rest.
"Get up Pinky! You can do this!" Pinky rolls out of the way from the attack, stands up and brushes herself off. "Quick attack!" shouts Hazel. The gligar races towards the graveler and slams into her once again. Still the graveler stands her ground.
"Rock blast Pebbles!" Pebbles shoots three large rocks at Pinky. She is hit by all three and is knocked back against the wall.
"Ok Pinky, new attack plan. Cross poison now!" Pinky jumps into the air and crosses her arms and her claws start to glow purple. She flings them forward send a purple "X" shaped slash at Peebles. The slash makes contact with the graveler and finally she rolls back.
"We moved her Pinky! Dodge her attacks and keep up with the cross poison!" Hazel hollers.
Pinky and Pebbles go back and forth dodging each others attacks and making attacks when it counts. Both Pokemon are starting to tire. Pinky hits her opponent with a cross poison attack and Pebbles becomes sluggish due to being poisoned. Brock sees this and takes advantage of the situation.
"Pebbles grab the gligar!" When Pinky is close enough, Pebbles reaches out and grabs her and hugs her. "Now explosion!" Pebbles glows white and then explodes creating a cloud of dust and debris.
When the cloud disappears, Pebbles is left standing holding Pinky. Pebbles then falls over fainted and let's go of her opponent. Pinky slides off the round rock type Pokemon onto the ground fainted.
"Both Pokemon are no longer able to battle! This round is a draw! Please prepare your next Pokemon," says the referee.
"You did a great job Pebbles, return."
"You were amazing Pinky, return."
"Onix! Go!" Brock releases his second Poke ball and releases a Pokemon resembling a giant chain of boulders strung together with a spike on top of his head.
Hazel scans the Pokemon with her Pokedex: Onix the rock snake Pokemon. It rapidly bores through the ground at 50 mph by squirming and twisting its massive, rugged body.
"I thought you would go with another rock type. I got just the thing. Ivy, let's do this!" Hazels tosses her Pokemon into the air. Onix towers over the small bulbasaur, but Ivy is not phased one bit. She accepts the challenge.
"Onix use bind!" The rock snake wraps around Ivy and squeezes. She cries out in pain.
"Ivy, leech seed!" From the top of the bulb on her back, Ivy shoots a small seed at Onix, hitting him in the neck. The seed spreads small vines in the hit area.
"Keep squeezing Onix! Now slam her into the ground!" Onix throws Ivy to the ground. Ivy lands on her feet and smiles at the onix.
"Ivy, vine whip and aim for the eyes!" Two vines race at the onix and jab him in the eyes blinding him. "Good job Ivy!"
"Onix, dig under the ground and feel for Ivy's vibrations. Onix doesn't need his sight to find a Pokemon on this battlefield."
"Ivy, keep still." Hazel orders and Ivy nods her head and remains still.
The gym falls quiet as everyone is waiting for what happens next. Time passes slowly. A drop of sweat falls from Ivy's face onto the ground and from below her erupts Onix. Ivy goes flying through the air.
"Razor leaf now! Aim for his head once again!" Ivy fires a barrage of sharp, spinning leaves at Onix. He can not dodge due to his blindness and the attack is a direct hit.
"Let's finish this, Ivy! Combo attack! Vine whip followed by take down!" Ivy charges toward Onix and shoots out her vines wrapping them around his head. The vines pull her rapidly toward Onix as she slams into his jaw knocking him on to the ground fainted."
"Onix has fainted and is unable to battle! The winner is Hazel Giddy!"
Hazel runs out to Ivy on the field and Ivy jumps into her arms. "Yeah! We did it! You were so fantastic!"
"Good show old friend, return." Brock calls back Onix, and stands in front of Hazel.
"Well young lady, I think you earned this." He hands over a gray octagonal badge.
"We got the Boulder Badge!" Hazel posses with one hand on her hip and the other pointed to the ceiling holding the badge. "I have my second badge!"
JB, Grant, and June make there way out to Hazel and Brock.
Grant picks his sister up with a hug and spins her around. "That was amazing sis! I have never seen you battle so intensely before. I was on the edge of my seat the whole time."
"Great job, Hazel" June and JB congratulated her.
"Thanks guys. That battle was tough. Both Pinky and Ivy worked really hard."
"And who are these three," Brock spoke up.
"I'm sorry, Brock. This is my brother Grant and my friends June and JB."
"Ah, the spectators. That was a crazy warrior call you let out before the battle June."
"Thanks, I try." June blushes.
"And you must be the JB Hart? I believe I am supposed to meet with you about Professor Oak's research."
"That would be me, Mr. Brock sir."
"Just Brock is fine."
"I've got the transfer ball all set and ready to go." JB lifts up his sweatshirt and shows Brock the cream colored ball, but what Brock notices are the two other Poke balls on his belt.
"I see you have a quick ball and a great ball there with you. Just two Pokemon?" Brock inquires.
"No, Ruckus, my golbat is at the Pokemon Center recovering from a wing injury."
"Hmm, I used to have a golbat before it evolved. I get the sense from you that you are a strong trainer, especially if you have raised a golbat, those guys can be crazy. I've got two more Poke balls, how about you and me battle?"
"I'm not doing the whole Kanto badge challenge thing. I'm just working for the Professor."
"Come on JB," Grant pipes in. "It's a gym battle. You have battled plenty on your way here. This isn't really that different."
"I'm just not comfortable with this. I have a job to do and that's what I am doing."
"I see." Brock clears his throat. "What if I were to tell you that I am not giving you the research until we battle?"
"Really!" JB is surprised. "You would do that? You would deny me the research just because I won't battle you."
"Maybe?" Brock smiles.
"Fine lets do this," JB huffs. "But to be clear, even if I loose I still get the research?"
"Yep, but at least try to win. I know I'm going to." Brock walks back to his side of the field.
JB and the others make their way to the challenger's side. June and Hazel stand in the back off to the side while Grant leaves JB with some words of wisdom.
"Don't mess up."
"I don't want to lose, Grant." JB looks down at the ground. "I have been looking forward to this for a long time and what if I lose and it turns out I'm no good at this."
Grant puts his hand on JB's shoulder. "You are going to do fine. I've seen you battle. You are great." He then takes his finger and places it on JB's chin and brings his head up. "Look at me. Hazel and I and yes, even June, we believe in you. Your parents believe in you and if your grandpa was here he would be proud of you. Now go kick some rock ass." Grant walks over and stands with June and Hazel. He bits his lip with anticipation.
JB turns and faces the field. The referee steps out onto the side. "This will be a 2 on 2 Pokemon battle! Only the challenger can make substitutions! Do we understand the rules?"
"Yes!" Brock and JB shout at the same time.
JB nervously reaches for his Poke ball. His hands are sweating. "Tesla! Its go time!" JB tosses out his Poke ball and Tesla appears on the battle field.
"Tank, Go!" Brock lets loose his ball and in a flash of light appears a Pokemon consisting of rocky plates. He has four short legs and a triangular shaped head with a horn.
JB scans the Pokemon with his PokeReader: Rhyhorn the spikes Pokemon. It doesn't care if there is anything in its way. It just charges and destroys all obstacles.
"Tesla, thundershock!" The hairs on Tesla's back stand up and she howls as she fires a bolt of thunder at her opponent. The bolt strikes Tank in his horn and is absorbed causing no damage.
"That's a boy, Tank. You see rhyhorns are immune to electric attacks due to their lightning rod skill. You are going to have to try harder than that, JB," boasts Brock. "Take down!" Tank charges at Tesla and slams into her causing her to slide back along the ground.
"Fury attack, Tank!" Tank lunges his horn at Tesla striking her.
"Come on Tesla! We just started. We are not going to fail!" JB clenches his fist. Tesla stands up and lets off some sparks. "That's my girl. In it to win it. Double kick!" Tesla lands two well placed kicks on Tank and then jumps back.
"Take down, Tank!" Tanks charges at Tesla and she jumps out of the way, but Tank doesn't give up and turns on a dime and smashes into her causing her to slide along the ground.
"Tesla, return! I can't risk you getting hurt and I'm being foolish keeping you in." JB grabs for his other Poke ball. "Ok pal, it's your turn! Zero, Its go time!" The small charmander appears in front of the spiky rock Pokemon. Zero is terrified and takes off running.
"Ha ha!" Brock laughs. "Give chase, Tank. Take down!" Tank charges after him.
"Zero! You can do this! He might be bigger, but you took down that tyranitar remember!" JB closes his eyes. "We are not running from this fight. You are stronger than you know and we are going to win!" JB opens his eyes and Zero jumps into the air and back flips over Tank as he runs under the air born Charmander.
Zero lands and lets out a roar, "Charrrrrrrrrrr…" He starts to glow. Zero grows larger and becomes a darker orange color. His claws grow larger. His mouth elongates into a snout and he has a horn like protrusion on the back of his head. "Meleooon!"
JB scans his newly evolved Pokemon: Charmeleon the flame Pokemon. It has a barbaric nature. In battle, it whips its fiery tail around and slashes away with sharp claws. Charmeleon is the evolved form of charmander.
"What? A mid battle evolution?" Brock is shocked. "Like I thought, he is a strong trainer. Tank, charge Zero with a take down!"
"Zero! Dodge the attack once again!" Zero jumps up and over the charging rhyhorn, only this time a metal coating appears on his claws and he scratches Tank as he leaps over him. "Metal claw? Alright!"
Tank slides across the ground and cries out in pain.
"Zero, flamethrower while he is down!" The flame on Zero's tail burns bright and he breathes a blast of fire at the rock spiked Pokemon. Tank stumbles to his feet.
"Horn drill, Tank!" The horn on Tank's head shines and he charges at Zero.
"Metal claw, now!" Zero's claws become coated in metal as he grabs Tank's horn and flips tank over head using the momentum of the charge to throw Tank across the field. Tank lands on his back and slides across the ground fainted.
"Tank, buddy, return! You battled well." Brock calls back his Pokemon and throws out his last ball. "Go Star!" A flash of red light reveals a blue star shaped Pokemon with tentacles, a large beak, large eyes, and a spiral, spiked shell on his head.
"JB scans the Pokemon: Omastar the spiral Pokemon. Once wrapped around its prey, it never lets go. It eats the prey by tearing at it with sharp fangs. Omastar is the evolved form of omanyte.
"Star use Hydro pump!" The omastar shoots a large blast of water at Zero. It's a direct hit and Zero is pushed back against the wall of the field. "Constrict!" Star jumps on Zero and wraps his tentacles around the lizard.
"Flamethrower, Zero!" Zero spits a blast of fire in Star's face causing little damage.
"Star, finish Zero off with another hydro pump!" The spiral Pokemon unleashes a blast of water inches away from the fire starter's face. Star lets go of Zero and he is pinned against the wall by the blast. The attack stops and Zero falls to the ground fainted.
"Return, Zero!" A beam of red light dematerializes the charmeleon back to his great ball. "You did an excellent job. Now you can rest for a while." JB grabs Tesla's ball and lets her out again. "Ok Tesla lets give this one more go!"
"Jolt! Jolt! Eon! Jolteon!"
"You better believe it little lady! We are going to win this! Dig under the ground!" Tesla dug a hole and burrowed under the battle field.
"Good try, JB, but I'm just going to fill it with water. Star, hydro pump into the hole after Tesla!" Star pumped water right into the hole causing Tesla to surface creating a second hole.
"Tesla use thundershock!" Tesla fires a bolt of thunder making a direct hit. It did damage, but Star was still ready to go.
"Mudshot!" Brock shouted. From his mouth, Star hurls a blob of mud at Tesla. She is unable to dodge and she is knocked back and suffers an enormous amount of damage.
"We can't let that happen again Tesla! Use dig!" Tesla digs yet another hole.
"Hydro pump into that hole!" Star blasts water into the new hole which causes Tesla to surface from a different connecting hole farther away from Star. "Star, use the hole to get closer to Tesla and then fire another mudshot!" Star dives into the water filled hole.
"Tesla use thunderbolt on the water before Star can surface!" Lightning starts to crackle around the yellow Pokemon and her hair stands on end. Tesla howls and a large bolt of lightning fires into the water hole. Tesla is tired and can barely stand. A few seconds later, Star floats to the top fainted.
"What!? You set me up!" Brock was stunned.
JB runs out onto the field and tackles Tesla in excitement. "We won! We really won! You did it! Tesla you are awesome!" The others ran onto the field and began to laugh at JB. Brock joined in on the laughter.
"Well it seems I have some research I need to give you, but first have this." Brock tosses something to JB, who is still on the ground.
JB reaches out and catches the thrown item. He stands up and opens his hand, "The Boulder Badge. The freaking Boulder Badge!" He jumps into the air. "We got the freaking Boulder Badge from the Pewter City Gym Leader!" He continues to jump around and Tesla joins him. "The freaking Boulder Badge!" He jumps over to the group and grabs Grant by the shoulders and causes him to jump around, too. JB does the same with Hazel and June until they are all leaping through the air.
"Are we done celebrating?" Brock asks.
They all stop jumping and look over at Brock. JB's face turns red.
"I'm sorry. I just can believe you gave me the Boulder Badge."
"You earned it JB. You beat me fair and square. Now come on lets go get that research work."
The group follows Brock to his office in the gym. On the desk sits several folders full of paper and several CDs. JB walks over to the folders and CDs. He points the transfer ball at the research and presses the red button. The ball opens and a stream of blue light engulfs the material and it is all transferred into the ball.
"I guess that's how this works," JB scratches his head.
"That was pretty fast," Hazel added. "Hey Brock, that last Pokemon you used, the omastar, where did you get that?"
"Well they can be found inside Mt. Moon. A while ago the Pokemon Museum was able to revive some of the different extinct Pokemon from fossils. The ones people didn't keep went back to Mt. Moon and made a home for themselves. Now we have a small population of what we thought were extinct Pokemon. Pretty cool, right?"
"I guess so," Hazel shrugs her shoulders. "They aren't too adorable, but it's cool what science can do."
"Well we better get back to the Pokemon Center before all the rooms are taken," said June. "I don't feel like sleeping outside again."
"Hazel, JB, I enjoyed our battles today. You both have great potential to become amazing trainers." Brock shook their hands.
"Thanks, Brock." Hazel winks at Brock.
"Yeah, thanks for getting me to battle. I might just be hooked."
"Good to hear JB." Brock lets out a small chuckle.
The four make their way back to the Pokemon Center.
JB's first gym battle! Hope you liked it as much as I liked coming up with it. I think that has been my favorite battle to write. Plus Brock is my fav gym leader. I am working on 8, but once again I happen to be very busy, job and life and dogs are just getting in the way. Until next time peoples!