Do I really need to keep putting disclaimers?

A bit of a scrap, an anticlimaxe and a deathwish. Thats Flame for you.

Episode Ten: Snakephobia

Me and the Geodude had a staredown, the kind before any good scrap. I realised I didn't have any sort of plan, so I was going to have to improvise. I made the first move, which was nothing more than a good old middle claw salute. Just to get things started. (What? I didn't know what else to do and I might as well make my death an offencive one, it seemed to have more effect than a fireball would have)

If the Geodude had any veins, they would have stood out. I could almost feel its anger from where I stood. It went strait into another Rollout so, me being me, I stood my ground as it bared down apon me. Moron was yelling something at me but I was too focused on the oncoming Pokémon to pay any attention. (That and whatever orders he'd give me would probably be crap and get me killed, although my brain's idea was not much better)

I legged it too the left, feeling the blast of air as the Geodude shot past me. It couldn't turn very well at the speed it was going, giving me a small advantage. I also realised that it probably couldn't see very much as was only able to attack me because of my bright orange scales, so I dashed over to the bog that Squirtle had created and covered myself in muck in order to give myself a little more camouflage. (Although the fact I had a fire burning on my tail, probably didn't help me to blend in)

I heard it come to a stop, not that far away. My instincts told me to dive to the side, which I did, allowing me to avoid a boulder that was lobbed in my direction. One survival instints, nil Geodude. 'Two can play at this game,' I thought to myself as I picked up a fair sized rock and bunged it at the Geodude, which bounced off and did bugger all.

The Geodude started to laugh it me but, while it did so, I took the time out to sneak a glance at Squirtle and saw that he was consious again and cheering me on from the sidelines. The fact he was okay sent shivers of relief down my spine. (What? I can care for my friends if I want too.)

So, with that off my mind I could focus fully on kicking the floating rock's butt. (Not literally, that'd break my foot) I dropped to all fours and charged strait for the Geodude. I caught it off guard and clamped my jaw over one of its arms before using my momentum to swing it round as fast as I could. I kept building up speed before letting it go, and sending it strait into a stalagmite. But, instead of the sickening crunch when Squirtle hit one, it smashed strait through and kept going untill slamming into the Gym's wall which happed to be situated a few meters out of the arena. Not only was it out of the arena, but the Geodude was actually unconsious.

The Gym Leader laughed a little, unnerving me slightly, as he took out another Pokéball. 'How many of these things does he have?' I asked myself, getting a little ticked off. However, instead of calling out Geodude as he threw the ball, he called out Onix. I found myself looking up at a huge snake, literally made out of boulders. (Each boulder was bigger than me. Alot bigger.) To be honest, I was scared half to death. I always had a fear of snakes ever since I got attacked by a Ekans when I was only a few weeks old. Admitedly, I shouldn't have breathed fire on its tail in the first place but thats not the point.