Pokemon Catch em All or Die Trying

by judodave

Many young boys and girls get their first Pokemon on their tenth birthday, not Christie, now that she's eighteen and has her own Pokemon she's ready to take on the Pokemon world!

5. Rock On

Steve woke up with a yawn and could immediately tell that something was wrong, the putrid smell of death was in the air and he looked around as he got out of his sleeping bag.

"Christie? Ann?" Steve called out their names as he opened the door to his tent but got no answer, as soon as he opened the door he found out the reason why and the reason for the stench in the air. "No!" Steve cried out at the site.

Christie's body was the first one he saw, she had been stripped naked and her throat was slit, the remains of her clothes had been ripped apart with the only thing being remotely intact being her bra and her clothes looked like they had been cut apart with a knife of some kind and she had numerous large cuts all over her body among other injuries that where to sickening for Steve to even describe, this was a MO that Steve was all too familiar with and the implications of the scene made him sick to his stomach but so did Ann's body, she hadn't been stripped like Christie but she had been left to bleed out on the floor with their Pokémon nowhere to be seen. "You didn't think you could escape, did you?"

"YOU….." Steve shouted once he recognized the voice and span around seeing a figure whose facial features where hidden by the shade of the tree he was standing under but Steve could see the knife used to murder his friend and his sister. "YOU BASTARD, CHRISTIE WAS INNOCENT! AND ANN….." Steve trailed off as his eyes welled up with tears. "HOW THE HELL COULD YOU DO THAT TO YOUR OWN DAUGHTER?!"

"I'm tying up loose ends boy." The man responded with a grunt as he stepped out revealing the splitting image of Steve but he was clearly older, around the age of Christie's mom. "I killed Ann first and your little girlfriend saw the whole thing, I could've just killed her but I decided to have some….." He trailed off as he grinned perversely. "…fun with her first, brought back some good memories I love it when they struggle." The man added and Steve clenched his fists. "Don't worry you'll be joining them soon!" He added before throwing the knife at Steve…..

"AHHHHHH!" Steve yelled out as he woke up, he started breathing heavily as he ran a hand through his hair. "It…it was just a terrible nightmare…" Steve said in between pants and looked up when he heard the tent door opening, he tensed up as he went for Litleo's Pokeball but let go when he saw Christie and Ann standing by the tent door clearly concerned for him, both girls were in their night gowns whilst Steve was in his pajamas.

"Steve, are you all right?" Christie asked as she stepped into the tent followed by Ann, Christie's Evee and Torchic followed the two girls in and she knelt down. "Ann could hear you screaming from her tent!"

"I'm fine I just had a nightmare, that's all." Steve sighed in response and Christie blinked.

"Steve, those screams were loud enough to wake me up and I'm usually a heavy sleeper." Christie responded as she sat down on the tent floor. "I mean I've had nightmares before but nothing like that!"

"Christie, he's fine, honestly." Ann responded as she walked up to the pair. "You shouldn't worry yourself about this….."

"Ann, that's enough." Steve sighed as he got out of bed and Ann turned to him with a look of surprise on her face. "Look, Christie was honest enough about her dad so I think it's only fair that we open up about our parents."

"Are you sure?" Ann asked and Steve nodded.

"I'm sure." Steve nodded and Christie made herself comfortable. "We never met our biological parents we were too young at the time."

"What do you mean by too young at the time?" Christie asked and Steve sighed.

"You ever heard of the name Eddie Bishop?" Steve asked and Christie shook her head. "You don't follow the news much?"

"Eh, sometimes I have it on in the background but I never really paid attention to it." Christie answered with a shrug. "Who is he?"

"He's our dad and he was a serial murderer/rapist back home in Kalos, according to him our mom was a prostitute who ended up being his first victim." Steve sighed as he thought back and Christie's eyes widened at that. "You see, his MO was to knock out and drag a girl into his truck, take her to a secluded location, wait until she was awake and rape and torture her before slitting her throat and leaving her to bleed out at that location, usually leaving the girl's clothes ripped to shreds around the body, he was eventually caught by a pair of Pokémon trainers who recognized him from his artist depiction on the news, he had been spotted around the time of one of his victim's kidnappings by that victim's boyfriend, and cornered him with a pair of Tauros until the authorities could arrive."

"You don't have to worry about him coming after us." Ann chimed in and Christie turned to her. "He was convicted of all the rape and murders he committed, he was dumb enough to keep a photo album of each of his victims and who he planned to target next in his truck, which he was trying to torch with his Charizard when he was caught, and he's currently on Death Row as a result whilst we were put in foster care."

"That's a relief, the death row part not the part about you guys being in foster care." Christie sighed in relief. "But what does that have to do with the dream you had?"

"It has everything to do with it." Steve responded as he shifted his weight. "In my dream he came back and killed the two of you, besides the truck part he even used his old MO on you Christie." Steve added and Christie shuddered in response. "By the time I had woke up, in the dream that is, you were both already dead and he was about to kill me."

"And you woke up just as he killed you, right?" Christie asked and Steve nodded. "Oh man, this was not something I wanted to kick the morning off with."

"Trust me, the feeling's mutual." Steve sighed in response. "That's part of the reason why I came to Kanto, when I competed in Kalos's Pokémon League I'd get booed just because I shared my dad's surname and whilst I eventually won over the crowd you can imagine how that affected my performance."

"And here I am, complaining about not getting a Pokémon until I was eighteen." Christie sighed as Evee and Torchic leapt into her lap. "You're not going to have that nightmare again right? Not only do I not want to even think about what he did to me in that dream of yours but I do like having a lie-in in the mornings."

"I can't guarantee that but I can understand why." Steve sighed as he shook his head. "How about we have a change of subject?"

"That's a great idea." Christie nodded in response before standing up. "I think getting dressed should be our first priority."

"Yeah, I definitely agree there." Steve said with a nod. "Especially since I spent the last few minutes trying not to look up her nightgown, why did my first female companion around my age have to be so hot?" Steve thought as the two girls and Christie's Pokémon left the tent.

"Hey Christie, are you okay with what we told you in there?" Ann asked and Christie turned to her as she entered her tent. "I mean, knowing what our dad did was bad enough but….."

"Well, just thinking about what that bastard did to me in Steve's dream is enough to fuel several weeks' worth of nightmares." Christie responded with a shudder and Ann nodded in understanding. "How do you guys even live with what that bastard did knowing that he is your dad? I mean knowing what he put those women through….."

"We deal with it by saying that we never met him and that our first memories are off foster care to anyone who's familiar with the case." Ann responded and Christie nodded in understanding. "What he did to you in Steve's dream…..he did the same to twenty girls around your age including two cases he denies despite them matching his MO, I read that one of his victims managed to last for an hour before bleeding out, if there's anyone who deserves the Death Penalty it's him."

"I can't help but agree there and I'm usually against the Death Penalty." Christie responded with a shudder and Ann nodded in response. "Can we please change the subject before I'm put off my breakfast? And do any of us know how to cook because I don't!"

"Steve does, don't worry, it's a skill you pick up during your travels." Ann responded with a grin before the two girls entered their tents.

"Man and I thought I had problems." Christie muttered to herself as she closed the tent door and removed her nightgown, the clothes she had worn yesterday had long since dried off but she still couldn't decide what to wear.

"Evee, Evee." The small Pokémon chirped and she looked up seeing the Pokémon holding a pair of denim shorts in its mouth.

"Thanks Evee." Christie responded with a grin as she took the shorts from his mouth and, after wiping off some drool with a handkerchief, she put them on alongside a navy blue crop top before tying her hair up. "Maybe getting some battling done before we reach Pewter City would be a good idea." Christie wondered out loud as she started unzipping the tent door. "It would definitely be good for experience, that's for sure." Christie added as she opened up the tent and saw Steve cooking something over the campfire.

"Good morning Christie." He greeted her as she stepped out of the tent followed by her Pokémon. "You're not a vegetarian, right?"

"Are you kidding? The day I go vegetarian is the day hell freezes over!" Christie responded with a grin as she walked up to him and sat down on the ground. "What are you cooking?"

"I'm cooking some sausages for breakfast." Steve responded as he held them up. "We're definitely going to have to buy some cooking supplies once we're in Pewter City but for now camp fire roasted sausages will have to do." Steve added as Christie sat down on the ground. "So, besides me waking you up with the nightmare about my dad, how are you this morning?"

"My ribs are feeling a lot better already hopefully I'll be able to remove the bandages by the time we leave Pewter City." Christie responded as she glanced around. "By the way, where's Ann?"

"Oh she went back to Viridian City to get some supplies, she won't be long." Steve responded as he continued to cook the sausages. "Look, about what I told you about my dad, if you want to continue on your Pokémon journey alone because of what I told you I'll understand."

"Steve, your dad may have been a monster but it's clear to me that your nothing like him." Christie responded and Steve smiled at that. "I'll just have to omit that little fact from mom the next time I talk to her."

"Oh yeah, finding out that your daughter's hanging out with the son of a serial rapist/murderer who targeted girls around the same age as your daughter? Somehow I don't think she's going to be okay with that." Steve responded with a wince and Christie nodded in response. "And I bet it puts my comments about sneaking into girls rooms last night in a whole new light to boot."

"I had completely forgotten about those comments to be honest." Christie admitted with a shrug. "But now that you mention it they kind off do."

"Believe it or not it was the only way I could even get close to any girl that I liked back in Kalos." Steve admitted with a sigh before checking on the sausages. "What my dad did was in the national newspapers and it was easier to find dads who did know about his crimes than dads who didn't." Steve added before putting some sausages on a plate and passing it to Christie alongside a knife and fork.

"Thanks." Christie thanked him as she started eating the food. "So they wouldn't let you anywhere near their daughters?"

"A couple even tried to get a restraining order against me just because of who my dad was." Steve sighed as he started preparing more sausages. "Their request was denied once the judge realized that I, like you said, am nothing like my dad but it eventually got to the point where I had enough." Steve added as she shifted his weight. "After we competed in the Kalos league I had a talk with Ann and we agreed that we needed to go to another region, you know the rest." Steve added and Christie shook her head.

"If that's not bullshit I don't know what is." Christie responded and Steve gave her a curious look. "Not your story before you ask, I believe that well enough, but the fact that they held who your related too against you whilst never giving you a chance."

"You have no idea how much it means to me to hear that, thanks." Steve thanked her and Christie grinned at that. "The prejudice mostly came from the parents, basically people who were old enough to be around at the time of the murders, everyone else was friendly too me."

"What about Ann?" Christie asked as she shifted her weight. "She's, what, twelve, thirteen?"

"She's turning thirteen this year actually." Steve responded with a nod. "She was just a baby at the time of the murders and I told her the truth once I felt that she was old enough to understand it all."

"Maybe it's just me but I don't think twelve years old is old enough to understand something like that." Christie responded and Steve shook his head.

"Normally it wouldn't be but she matured pretty quickly, mentally speaking." Steve responded and Christie nodded. "She told me that her time in foster care was the cause of that, to put in perspective we weren't adopted until I was sixteen, two years ago." Steve explained and Christie blinked. "By then I already had my own Pokemon." Steve said as he dug out a Pokeball and opened it revealing a tall, humanoid fox with red and yellow fur and a long tail, Christie dug out her Pokedex and pointed it at the Pokemon.

"Delphox, the Fox Pokemon and the fully evolved form of Fennikin, using psychic power, it generates a fiery vortex of 5,400 degree Fahrenheit, incinerating foes swept into this whirl of flame." The Pokedex entry read out and she pocketed it once it was finished.

"Fennikin's one of the Kalos starters, the others being Froakie and Chespin." Steve responded as Delphox turned to him. "She's a new friend Delphox." Steve told the Pokemon who turned to Christie seemingly analyzing the new trainer. "Ann has Froakie, or rather it's evolved form Greninja, and I don't really know who took the third starter."

"Well it seems like you've trained your Delphox well." Christie commented as she finished her food and set the plate aside, Evee and Torchic approached the taller Pokemon curiously and Delphox looked at them before kneeling down and sitting down on the ground. "Speaking of fire types, whatever happened to the Charizard your dad owned?"

"The authorities released it into the wild." Steve responded as he started cooking more sausages. "My dad never used it in his crimes, besides trying to destroy evidence but the Tauros trainers managed to stop that before Charizard could fire a flamethrower, so rather than put it down they decided to give it a second chance." Steve added before frowning. "And here's the weird part, I now own that Charizard."

"…..wait, what?" Christie asked as she stared at Steve like he had grown a second head. "Are you serious?"

"Deadly serious, no pun intended." Steve sighed as he shifted his weight. "I encountered that Charizard after winning my third badge in the Kalos League, I know it sounds strange but I think the Charizard knew that I was his former master's son and let me catch him."

"Your right, that is weird." Christie nodded in response. "What happened to it?"

"He's still alive but the Charizard has been alive for a long time, Sycamore thinks that he's nearing the end of his life." Steve responded with a sad sigh. "Rather than release it again I left him with him at his lab with my other Pokémon, he said that he'd call me if the Charizard does pass on but when he does I think he'll be able to die happy."

"I don't understand." Christie commented and Steve nodded.

"Well I talked with Sycamore after I captured it and he theorized that the Charizard knew that his former master was evil despite never being used in his crimes, I took that Pokémon to the Kalos League and you know what? I didn't need to understand what Charizard was saying to know that it was having the time of his life." Steve responded and Christie nodded getting the idea. "I realized that all this time all that Charizard wanted was to battle and be successful at it, I don't think he ever did that when he was my dad's Pokémon."

"I'm assuming he evolved it from a Charmander." Christie responded and Steve nodded. "Charmander and Charmeleon evolve by level, how did he pull that off?"

"My theory is that he just had it battle wild Pokémon and trainers, he never went after any of the badges but that must've been how it evolved." Steve responded and Christie nodded as Steve turned to Delphox who was playing with Christie's Pokémon. "At least they are getting alone."

"I agree." Ann's voice rang out and Christie looked up seeing her approaching them with a bag of groceries alongside other items in her possession. "I've brought some actual cooking equipment so you won't have to resort to cooking like a caveman." Ann said as she got some pots and pans out alongside some food items. "And I got some Pokemon food alongside Pokemon items like Revive and Potion."

"Good call, we're going to need those items if we can't find any decent Water Pokemon before we reach Pewter City." Steve responded with a nod as he took the pots and pans. "At least I have an advantage Delphox here is a duel type Fire/Psychic Pokemon."

"Yeah, I've been thinking about that." Christie commented as Steve passed her another plate of sausages alongside some for Ann. "I'm thinking that we should try to get some battles done before we reach Pewter City, I mean your Pokémon are powerful but me? All I've got is Evee, Torchic, Spearow, Pidgey and a Magicarp."

"Yeah, your chances aren't looking good going into that gym battle." Steve agreed with a nod as he plated up some sausages for himself. "Evee's fast but I don't think he'll make a dent in any of the gym leader's Pokémon, sending Pidgey and Spearow into battle against him may as well be asking for defeat, Torchic maybe your best chance but it's untested and Fire Types have a disadvantage against Rock Types to boot."

"And don't even get me started on Magicarp." Christie responded as she ate the sausages. "So, what's your best suggestion as far as me and my Pokémon getting more experience?"

"Well, I doubt a battle against either me or Ann will help because, well, we have more experience than you and we both know how our Pokémon Battle went." Steve responded and Christie nodded in response. "There should be some trainers around, finding them and challenging them is another question."

"Since I'm the one with the least experience out of the three of us I call first dibs on any trainer we see." Christie insisted and the others shared a look before nodding in agreement. "After that…..who's the least experienced out of you guys?"

"That would be Ann." Steve responded as he got the idea. "So your idea is that we decide the battle order based on experience going up, Christie, Ann and me?" Steve asked and Christie nodded in agreement. "You know what? Why don't we just apply that rule to battles in general rather than these specific set of battles? It's a good way to keep things nice and ordered and we'll avoid any arguments over who gets to battle."

"I think that's a great idea." Ann responded with a nod before turning to Christie who nodded in agreement. "I guess it's settled."

"There's only one place I can see that rule not working, the Pokemon League." Christie pointed out with a frown after thinking for a few minutes. "I mean, those things are tournaments that are held annually and I don't think they'll let us have any say about the order."

"You have a point there Christie." Steve admitted with a nod. "Not to mention the high possibility of us facing off in that tournament."

"If that happens, may the best trainer win and let's not let it affect our friendships." Christie responded and the other two trainers grinned before nodding. "And that off course means that I'll win the whole thing!" Christie added causing Steve and Ann to face-fault.

"You have a serious ego problem, you know that right?" Steve asked as he got to his feet and Christie just shrugged her shoulders. "I'm serious, being ambitious is all well and good but thinking that you're going to win the whole Pokémon league with your current party?"

"I never said that this was going to be my Pokémon team by the time I have all eight badges." Christie asserted as her eyes narrowed. "For one thing I think it's pretty obvious that Fearow, Pidgey, Magicarp and Torchic will evolve by then."

"Okay, that is a good point." Steve consented before pointing to Evee. "But what about your Evee? Unlike the rest of your team he doesn't evolve by leveling up and he has more than one Evolved form."

"I'll get to that." Christie responded as she folded her arms. "Right now the only Pokémon that I know about as far as Evee's evolved forms go are the ones that evolve via stones."

"Right, you mean Volteon, Flareon and Vaporeon." Steve said and Christie nodded. "As we've already established there's five other forms to choose from so choosing which one you want will be difficult."

"In a way I'm hoping to get a Water Stone before we get to Pewter City." Christie responded after thinking for a couple of minutes. "After all Vaporeon is a Water Type and it'll give me an advantage."

"But a disadvantage against the Water, Grass and Thunder gyms and guess what? The Water and Thunder gyms are the second and third gyms." Steve pointed out with a frown. "Just saying, preparing for only one gym is pretty short sighted."

"Are you guys done arguing?" Ann asked as she pinched the bridge of her nose in annoyance. "First off, Steve don't you think your being harsh on her? This will be her first Pokémon league so of course she has high hopes going into it! Second the remaining sausages are burning." Ann added and Steve quickly pulled the sausages from the fire but it was too late, the sausages where burnt to the point of being inedible.

"Oh great," Steve moaned as he tossed the sausages into a nearby river. "Thanks Christie!"

"Me? You're the one who burned the damn things!" Christie asserted and Ann face-palmed.

"If I didn't know any better I'd say that you two where a married couple!" Ann sighed to herself and the two teens gave her a dirty look each.

"Look, arguing's getting us nowhere and we've already eaten a good amount of sausages anyway." Steve responded with a sigh and Christie nodded in agreement. "Ann, did you get more sausages whilst you were in Viridian City?"

"That and more, got some steak, some bacon, spent about a hundred dollars in total." Christie responded and Christie's jaw dropped. "Before you ask Christie, we still have a lot of money left over from the Kalos region."

"I wouldn't have sent her there if I wasn't confident that she did." Steve added and Christie sighed in relief. "Anyway I think we should get a move on soon, especially if we want to get some battling done." Steve added and the two girls nodded in agreement before standing up. "Okay, I'll be helping Ann take her tent down, are you going to be okay taking yours down Christie?"

"It'll be no sweat!" Christie said confidently as she walked up to her tent. "I've been camping before…..granted the last time I went camping was when I was a little girl…."

"Right, well if you need some help just give me a shout." Steve responded and Christie nodded in response before she started taking down her tent.

"What am I worried about?" Christie thought as she started taking down her tent. "I was able to put it up within ten minutes last night so taking it down should take just as long!"

"Hey there gorgeous." A male voice rang out as she felt an arm wrap around her shoulders. "What are you doing all alone in a forest like this?"

"First off, I'm not alone!" Christie grunted in annoyance as she tried to ignore the pervert. "Second, I'm trying to pull my tent down….."

"Screw that, why don't you let me pull those shorts down and tap that ass?" The male interrupted her and before Christie could even respond he slapped her on the ass.

"Okay not only is this asshole a pervert but he's making Steve look subtle!" Christie thought before grabbing the male's arm and forcibly removing it from her shoulders. "Third, you have ten seconds to leave me alone before I let my Torchic roast your tiny dick!" Christie added before grinning. "Besides, that's probably how long you normally last in bed!" Christie added before letting go off the arm.

"Oh so you're a trainer huh?" The man asked with a grin and it was at this point that she got a good look at him, he was tall and had a shaved head and brown eyes, and he was wearing a black t-shirt, blue jeans and black boots. "Why don't we make this interesting then?"

"Sorry but I lost interest in that the moment you slapped my ass!" Christie interrupted him before noticing that he had several Pokeballs. "But on the other hand I do need some practice before I take on the Pewter Gym!" "Christie added as she paused for a minute. "Evee, Torchic and Pidgey should do the trick."

"Christie, I thought you were pulling down your tent?" Steve asked as he and Ann approached them.

"I was." Christie said as she glanced over at them. "But this asshole over here decided to try hitting on me with the subtlety of a sledgehammer and slapped my ass to boot." Christie added before turning to him. "Here are my terms, I win and, on top of the prize money, you help me finish taking down my tent and leave me alone!"

"Fine but I have some terms of my own." The pervert responded before walking up to her. "I win and we go deeper into the forest and….." The pervert whispered the rest of the sentence into Christie's ear and whilst he couldn't hear it he could tell what he meant by the look of disgust on Christie's face.

"You're not actually going to agree to that, are you?" Steve asked and Christie turned to him. "I couldn't hear what he said but based on the look on your face I'm going to assume his end of the bargain involve a sexual act."

"It involved several actually." Christie responded with a frown. "But if it gets him to leave me alone I'll have to make do."

"And if he wins?" Ann asked and Christie sighed.

"My mom always told me to hold up my end of the bargain." Christie responded and Steve frowned.

"I'm pretty sure essentially selling sex isn't what she had in mind Christie." Steve pointed out and Christie shook her head.

"I agree with you there, don't get me wrong, but that won't stop me from going through with it if I lose." Christie responded as she pressed the button on a Pokeball. "This'll just have to be another omission the next time I call her if I lose."

"And if you, god forbid, end up pregnant?" Steve asked and she shook her head.

"I'll force him to put on a condom before we even get started, even if I have to put the damn thing on myself!" Christie responded and the male laughed.

"You're implying that I have condoms on hand lady!" The male responded before activating a Pokeball. "But let's get started! Go Zubat!" The thug tossed the Pokeball and the blue bat Pokémon emerged from it.

"A Zubat, this should be easy enough." Christie thought before glancing over at Torchic. "Are you ready for your first battle Torchic?"

"Torchic!" The fire Pokémon responded before running in front of its trainer and glaring at the Zubat.

"I guess that makes me the ref!" Steve said as he stepped in between the two trainers. "Okay, first Pokémon are out, how many Pokémon each?"

"I'm sure she's eager to see how big my cock is so I say two Pokémon each!" The male responded and Christie rolled her eyes.

"Since I want to get this over and done with I agree." Christie responded and the pervert grinned perversely. "But if you think I'm going to go down that easy….."

"Think? That's what I'm HOPING you'll do!" The pervert interrupted her and Christie's eyes narrowed.

"…Torchic, hit this asshole's Pokémon with an Ember!" Christie commanded and the small fire type Pokémon started firing fireballs at the Zubat.

"Dodge them!" The pervert commanded and Zubat dodged two of the three fireballs. "Now, Supersonic….." The pervert's order never went through as the Ember hit the Zubat knocking it out. "WHAT?"

"Zubat is out of the Battle, Torchic wins!" Steve announced and Christie grinned at that whilst the pervert called back the Zubat. "Okay Christie, are you sticking with Torchic?"

"I am for now, yeah." Christie responded with a nod as Torchic cried happily…..before one of Christie's Pokeballs opened suddenly and Magicarp appeared on the field.

"Hey this isn't a double battle!" The pervert protested and Christie quickly called back the Magicarp. "You like it rough huh?"

"Not a word Steve!" Christie warned him as he started whistling innocently.

"I'll show you rough! Houndour, go!" The pervert sent out the Pokeball and a large, dog like Pokémon with silver body parts emerged from the Pokeball.

"A Houndour…..Christie you'd better recall Torchic, that thing's a duel Dark/Fire Type." Steve warned her and Christie nodded.

"Don't need to tell me twice." Christie said as the Torchic left the field and she grabbed another Pokeball. "Spearow, you're up!" Christie tossed the ball and the flying type emerged from it seconds later.

"A Spearow's the best you can do huh? Houndour, show her a real ember attack!" The pervert commanded and the Pokemon started firing fireballs at the flying type.

"Blow them away with Gust!" Christie commanded and the Spearow flapped it wings generating winds strong enough to extinguish the flames. "Now, Peck!" Christie commanded and the Spearow divebombed at the Houndour.

"Give her a love bite!" The pervert commanded and the Houndour charged towards the Spearow.

"I'm going to go out on a limb and say that he meant to tell his Pokemon to use Bite." Steve commented as a large sweat-drop rolled down his head.

"I hope so." Christie gulped but, much to her relief, the attack hit Spearow at the same time as Spearow's Peck sending both Pokemon flying back.

"He's weak, Houndour, finish this off quickly so I can tap that ass, Ember!" The pervert commanded as the Houndour got to his feet and fired the Embers at the Spearow.

"Spearow, Fury Attack!" Christie commanded and the Spearow flew towards the Houndour dodging the fireballs and hitting the Houndour several times knocking it out.

"And that's two for two! Christie's the clear winner!" Steve said as he held up Christie's hand in celebration, the pervert growled before storming up not even bothering to return the Houndour to its ball. "You lost, now help her set up the tent and….." Steve never got a chance to finish as he threw him to the ground and pinned Christie to a tree.

"You really thought I actually agreed to your stupid terms? I had my fingers crossed! Now hurry up and suck my YOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWW!" However like Steve he never got a chance to finish as he leapt into the air clenching his burning backside in pain.

"Thanks Torchic." Christie thanked him but the Torchic shook his head. "It wasn't you?"

"It wasn't Litleo or Delphox either they are still in their Pokeballs." Steve responded as she turned to him before he realized something, "It was his Houndour!" Steve responded and Christie looked up seeing the Houndour back on his feet and angry at his trainer.

"You traitor, I've been using you and Zubat to get lucky and this is how you treat me!?" The pervert demanded and the Houndour fired up another Ember. "Screw this! You're on your own!" The pervert said before running off.

"You know, I had a feeling he wasn't going to stick to his word." Ann commented and the others nodded in agreement as Houndour walked up to them. "So what do we do with him?"

"It's pretty obvious to me that he abandoned him." Steve responded before turning to Christie. "Maybe you should take him? He seems pretty strong and he'll give you an advantage against the Rock and Psychic Gyms."

"I thought we agreed that I was going to let you guys catch up?" Christie asked but the others held up Pokeballs containing new Pokemon, one each.

"Ann caught a male Nidoran on the way back and I caught a female one whilst you were arguing with him." Steve responded with a nod. "Trust me, we're caught up."

"Is this what you want?" Christie asked and the Houndour nodded before nudging over his Pokeball. "Then welcome to the team Houndour!" Christie added and the Houndour howled happily before Christie returned it to his Pokeball.

"That Houndour packs a punch I think he'll be perfect for your team." Steve responded and Christie nodded as she returned Spearow to his ball. "Come on, we finished your tent for you so let's get going." Steve told her and Christie grinned as she was handed over the bag containing her tent and her sleeping bag and the group walked off.