Chapter 27
progress report 2 (part 2)
meanwhile, back in the loud house, Luna and Luan's room,
the rest of the loud family had gathered in Luna and Luan's room," can you hurry up, Luan? I'm getting bored of waiting!" Lola whined, causing the jokey sister to stop typing on her laptop long enough to give the bratty sister an annoyed glare.
"I'm working as fast as I can, Lola! I don't work under pressure," Luan chastised.
"Well, work faster! the longer we wait for you to get a feed, the more of the report we're missing!" Lola ordered.
"I'm trying, alright?! just hold on a little longer," Luan demanded, as she continued to get access to the cameras.
"Just quiet down and let Luan do her work, Lola" Luna said, pulling the six-year-old away from Luan.
"I don't get why we're even bothering listening to another of that professor quack's bogus progress reports. we already know that anything involving Lincoln is bound to be a bunch of made-up garbage. like that rotten jinx can actually be good at anything. we should be focusing more on more important things, like replacing the TV!" Lynn declared.
"Shut up, Lynn! our situation with the TV was your fault for causing that surge! how did you even cause it anyhow?" Lori questioned.
"Well, I grabbed one of Lana's tools so I can reseal Lincoln's door, and I tripped on the carpet, and landed on the damn doorknob," Lynn explained.
"You went into our room and stole Lana's tools?!" Lola exclaimed.
"Well, yeah! older sisters don't need permission from the younger siblings to enter their rooms," Lynn replied.
"a-ha! I finally got something!" Luan said, as the video on her laptop showed a clear image of the videophone's screen," now, I'll just increase the volume to the max volume," she said, turning up the volume.
"Wait, aren't those Lincoln's friends Clyde and Ronnie Anne?" Luna asked.
"Why are they here, especially that ungrateful brat not appreciating my help matchmaking," Lori asked.
"Lisa probably invited them over on her own," Luan replied, as Lisa was typing in some keys.
"Alright everyone, the recording is all queued up. shall we proceed?" Lisa asked. the sound of affirmation from the others was then heard," very well then. let's begin," she said, hitting the play button.
"Hello, to Lincoln's family. I'm glad to announce that the second progress report has been completed. for the duration of this video, I'll be going over everything Lincoln's been up to since the last time I spoke to all of you. and as for Lincoln's friends, it's a pleasure to meet you. my name is Samuel oak. I'm a professor studying the mysterious lifeforms that inhabit several parts of the world known as Pokémon'. what are Pokémon?' you may be asking? well, as I said, they're mysterious creatures with incredible powers that can be found in many regions scattered throughout the world. they can be found in forest, deep in caves, high in the skies, in the deepest oceans and rivers, and in bustling cities. human trainers are able to catch and befriend Pokémon. for some, Pokémon are often kept as pets, but others can engage other trainers in battle to become stronger. and as previously stated, as a professor, my job is to study these amazing creatures. but enough about me; I'm sure you're all wanting to hear about Lincoln's progress, so I'll go ahead and get into it then, starting from where the last progress report left off on.
"So, Pokémon trainers are pretty much professional pet owners? man, and here I thought Lincoln couldn't be any more pathetic!" Lynn spat.
"Hey, that's not cool sis," Luna said.
"But she has a point. there's literally no way Lincoln can make a living by just owning a bunch of pets," Lori countered.
"But what about what pop-pop said that one time? how Lincoln can earn money from battling other trainers?" Luna asked. Lori felt foolish. she had remembered one time during one of albert' visits over that he said being a trainer was a job that Lincoln would be paid for.
"anyhow, moving on from where we left off, Lincoln, along with his friend new misty, ventured through the viridan forest, where he managed to catch a total of three pokemon, weedle, caterpie, and pigeotto, of which he was able to catch a shiny weedle, which he was able to evolve both all the way into a shiny beedrill and a butterfree, he also found out his pigeotto acts just like his sister Lynn," the video said, displaying pictures of the three pokemon in question, along with both of weedle's and caterpie's evolved forms.
"They look like those bee and butterfly things he sent over, but it looks like it's a different color," Lola commented.
"Actually Lola, the beedrill bro caught and sent here was the variant. that could be what they really look like," Luan replied.
"Plus, it did sparkle when it appeared from that ball thing," Luna added.
"If I had to guess, when he says, 'shiny variant', he must mean a Pokémon of different color," they heard Clyde say.
"Correct. and according to Lincoln, shiny Pokémon are apparently rarer that normal ones," Lisa replied.
"Venturing further into the forest, the two of them had ran into a swarm of angry beedrill, which were attacking them after they accidently entered their territory. the following footage that was received from a Pokémon personally trained by the Pokémon league association that had managed to catch the action," the video said, as it cut to a clip of an angry swarm of beedrill.
"BEES!" Luna screamed, retreating to a corner of the room, still shaken up from her encounter with the wasps. the footage then cut to the battle between the swarm and each of the trainer's Pokémon.
"I recognize some of those Pokémon from the batch Lincoln showed on the screen. and that looks like poliwhirl," Lori commented, as the battle went underway.
"And they're all making quick work of that swarm," Luan added, as, true to her word, the trainer's Pokémon were battling and fending off the swarm," hasn't even been five minutes, and they've already managed to take down half of the swarm."
"Man, this is so cool!" Lana exclaimed hugging poliwhirl.
"Who does that big bug one belongs too?" Lana wondered, noticing pinsir.
"It probably belongs to that third kid," Luan theorized. it was then that the two green cocoon Pokémon began to glow," what's going on here?" she asked, as Lincoln's kukuna and metapod had evolved into the beedrill and butterfree they met.
"Could that be the 'evolution' thing the professor mentioned earlier? it's like some kind of metamorphosis, like how a caterpillar becomes a butterfly," Lana deduced. a few more minutes passed, and the swarm had finally been defeated, leaving the queen beedrill to frantically look around, bewildered at what just happened.
"That fight didn't even last ten minutes!" Lynn sr., commented, as Lincoln, misty and the samurai excited the cabin.
"What I want to know is why their Pokémon are counting the swarm," Luan replied, as she saw counting each beedrill, weedle, and kakuna.
"That was awesome!" Lana exclaimed in awe at the raw power of Pokémon.
"They managed to take down every one of those beedrill!" Ronnie Anne added.
"Hearing about from Lincoln is nice and all, but actually getting to see it firsthand is quite a treat," Lisa replied.
"as a peace offering to Lincoln, the queen of the swarm had given him what is known as a 'mega stone', you might be asking 'what is a mega stone?' well, to answer that question, a mega stone is something that is required for a mid-battle transformation known as 'mega evolution', where a Pokémon's hidden potential is released all at once, and their appearance changes as well. unlike normal evolution, mega evolution only lasts as long as a battle, and the Pokémon returns to their original state afterwards. of course, only a small handful of Pokémon are able to use mega evolution, and each have their own unique mega stone. according to a colleague of mine, Professor Augustine sycamore, the mega stone in question that Lincoln received is called 'beedrillite'," the video said.
"So, Lincoln got some kind of stone from those bees? wonder what that could be about?" Lola pondered.
"Sounds kind of evolution, from what I'm hearing," Luna replied.
"Sounds like a load of crap to me," Lynn grumbled under her breath.
"After that, Lincoln and misty ventured to pewter city, where Lincoln was ready to challenge the gym leader brock to battle, but he already had a battle, so Lincoln chose to wait until tomorrow, so he met brock's family and helped him take care of his siblings while he got dinner ready. brock and Lincoln really bonded for being the responsible ones for taking care of their siblings, after he helped take care of them Lincoln and brock promised to go all out as he left to train. but during that time, he trained his chosen Pokémon for a while to get them ready. after training them he went to the museum to explore for a while and take pictures of Pokémon fossils, I also managed to obtain the footage from Lincoln's first gym battle. so, without further ado, here's Lincoln's first battle against brock," the video said, as the screen cut to the inside of the pewter gym.
"Wow, Pokémon excited and went wiped out along with the dinosaurs, how come no one outside the regions knew about this," Lynn sr. asked.
"Maybe they were still separate from each other without interacting with each other," Clyde replied as Lisa pondered on that theory.
"I can tell my dio Carlos would love to learn about this," Ronnie Anne.
"I thought I heard Lincoln say something about his first battle being somewhere with rocks," Lana commented, as both Lincoln and brock approached the battlefield.
"I still can't believe brock has a big family too," Leni said surprised.
"Me too and I though mine, yours, and grouse were the only ones," Ronnie Anne added.
"Rita, we should give Lincoln a raise in allowance for doing Lori's job," Lynn sr. said.
"I agree honey," Rita replied.
"How dare Lincoln say I don't do my job, I've taken care of you guys," Lori said.
"Oh really name one time you put us before your phone and bobby," Lynn said making Lori unable to answer.
"I thought so, Lynn said.
"Hey, there's that brock guy. I have to admit, he's kind of cute," Luan commented.
"Eh, he's cute, I'll agree with you there, but I've already got my eyes on someone," Luna replied.
"Same here. bobby's the only man I need in my life," Lori added.
"Says the girl who didn't hesitate to flirt with Lincoln's tutor," Lola sniped sarcastically. Lori mere shot an annoyed glare at the bratty princess.
"It was a moment of weakness, and nothing more!"
"Sure, it was." Lola and Lori then began to bicker, while the others were fixated on the screen.
"Hey guys, the battle is about to start!" Luan called out, catching their attention, just as brock had sent out Onix. Lynn sr. let out a very girly scream upon seeing the rock snake Pokémon.
"What the hell is that?!" Lori exclaimed.
"I don't know, but all I can say is that I don't want to run into something like that, ever!" Luna replied, sounding just as terrified.
"That thing has to be no less than 20 feet long!" Lola commented.
"Man, Lincoln's so lucky to be able to meet all these monsters, (seeing the Pokémon) no offence," Lana commented.
meanwhile, on route 25 in town with Lincoln,
"So, this is an audition for the contest?" Lincoln asked.
"Yes indeed, it's because so many girls have entered the contest, but we have a limit, so we need to shorten the entries that'll be in the finals in cerulean cape," the judge replied.
"I guess that makes sense," Lincoln said.
"Good, now let's get this audition started, please bring in contestant number 1," the judge said.
a beautiful red head wearing glasses a red press and red heels came in and sat down in the chair in front of them.
"Hello, my name is Sarah, and I like to audition for the contest please," she said.
"Nice to meet you, now tell us why you wish to enter?" Lincoln asked.
"Well, I want to enter so I can help raise money for my family's farm," she replied.
"I say she's in," Lincoln said to the man.
"I agree, well Sarah you're in," the judge said.
Sarah squealed with joy as got a ticket to enter the finals and headed out.
"I think this is going to go well," Lincoln said as he and the judge nod.
meanwhile, back at the loud house, Luna and Luan's room,
"i-i can't believe it! that little poliwag took down that huge rock snake?!" Lori exclaimed, as they were watching the part of the report where poliwag had just defeated Onix with water pulse.
"I think Lincoln said something about that brock guy specializing in rock Pokémon. water weathers away rock, doesn't it?" Luan asked.
"Now that you mention it, it does make sense," Lori replied.
"I'm so proud of you poliwhirl, Lincoln really had faith in you," Lana said patting poliwhirl on the back as he blushed.
"I don't believe it. Lincoln just won by a fluke. he could never legitimately win anything," Lynn stated bitterly.
"That doesn't change the fact that brock gave him one of those badge things," Luan replied, as they continued to spy on them.
"Amazing as that was, I still find it... questionable to make animals fight each other, mostly due to my own moral standards," Rita commented.
"Well, keep in mind, the professor said that is just as much sport for Pokémon as it is for humans. besides, it's no different than how regular animals often fight each other for dominance," Lisa replied.
"Right, just like lions preying on zebras, or sharks preying on dolphins," Lynn sr. added.
"After battling brock, Lincoln had invited him to join the group. the next step of their journey took them to mount moon. you probably heard about mount moon from your brother, but I'll give my explanation now. in prehistoric times, a meteorite, which many have come to know as the 'moon stone' crashed into the side of the mountain, which is where mount moon got its name. Lincoln and company had to travel across it to reach their next destination, cerulean city. during their time on mount moon, they encountered two researchers, Seymour and bill. Seymore was there investigating the mysterious happenings that had been occurring on the mountain that day, while bill was there visiting a colony of clefairy, and around the time for the Coloney's evolution ceremony. unfortunately, i don't have any footage from that event, but I was able to get in contact with bill, and have him share his side of what happened on the mountain," the video said, as it cut to an image of the green haired man in question.
"Hello, loud family. as professor oak just said, my name is bill. I'm the man who invented the Pokémon transport and PC system, as well as a Pokémon enthusiast. though my research has led some to dub me a 'Pokémon maniac', which, I'll admit is rather demeaning, despite how accurate it is," bill said, introducing himself.
"So this is the man that built the transport system," Lisa mused, as bill went on to explain everything that happened on mount moon.
"Seems like this bill person is pretty important Rita," Lynn sr. commented as Rita nodded.
"If he's a genius as that professor guy says he is, he must fit the 'bill', Luan chuckled, only to get groans from her sisters, as they continued to listen in.
"Hmm, sounds like he was able to get invited to some kind of ceremony? and Lincoln and the others were invited as well," Lori stated.
"Sounds like the ceremony has never been seen by human eyes before that night," Lynn sr. commented, as they heard about Lincoln and company's part in the ceremony.
"So, they were just using these 'moon stone' things to make some of the clefairy evolve?" Lola questioned.
"Man, these Pokémon keep getting cooler and more mysterious the more we hear about them," Lana said with excitement.
"of course, before we were able to take part in the ceremony, we ran into a bit of trouble, namely team rocket, who were the ones responsible for all the strange happenings in mount moon. they were after the meteorite that the clefairy colony worshipped. fortunately, the colony was able to dispose of them with ease, so there wasn't too much trouble," bill continued to speak.
"Team rocket again. those guys seem to be following Lincoln wherever he goes," Luna commented.
"Makes sense, the little troublemaker," Lori bitterly grumbled.
"Good thing they didn't get the meteorite," Lynn sr. commented, as the video cut back to professor oak.
"After helping out the colony with their ceremony, Lincoln was able to add a grand total of new Pokémon to his team, with one extra of two of them. the Pokémon he caught were a sandshrew, two cleffa and clefairy, a shiny clefable, a paras, a flapple and a appletun. the flapple and appletun are seprate evolved forms of the Pokémon applin, these Pokémon are often mistaken for real apples a lot. Lincoln found them in a very special tree that grows all the fruit in the Pokémon regions once every 20 years, it'll grow at random in one of the regions you just have to find it. as for one of the cleffa and clefairy only joined up with Lincoln so they can be wonder traded, but we'll get back to that later. for now, we'll move on to the cerulean city gym battle, where Lincoln took on misty for a cascade badge," the video then cut to what appeared to be a giant, indoor swimming pool. Lincoln was standing on one end of it, with pikachu and ralts by his side to watch watching. on the other end was misty, in her mermaid costume.
"I can't believe there are Pokémon that resemble fruit," Lana said.
"I'm glad Lincoln found that tree with the berries he sent us," Lynn sr. commented.
"Talk about lucky," Clyde said.
"But why is she dressed like a mermaid?" Rita asked.
"Maybe she's trying to distract Linkey dressed like that to get an advantage," Leni replied, as Rita and Ronnie Anne didn't like the sound of that.
"Makes sense for her to dress like a mermaid in a place like that looks like an indoor pool and use it as an advantage," Luan commented.
"If she's doing that to win, let's hope he found out a way to win, even though she does look good as a mermaid," Luna commented feeling a little jealous.
"Luna, you're already dating that guy Sam, right? you shouldn't go letting Ronnie Anne's fantasies of same-sex relationships mess with your heads. those only happen in TV dramas and novels," Lori stated.
"Lori Sam is..." Luna was cut off by Lori shoving her hand into her sister's face.
"Quiet, I want to see Lincoln mop the floor with that tramp," she ordered, not noticing the dirty glare Luna was giving her, just as the battle between beedrill and poliwhirl got underway.
"I don't like what I'm seeing. it's like she's showing off for that loser with those fake tits of hers!" Lynn grumbled.
"Or she's crushing on him, and wants to charm him, just like an actual mermaid," Lola mused.
"no absolutely not! he's already got a girlfriend that meets MY approval, and that's Ronnie Anne!" Lori declared.
"But you heard what she said last time she was here, didn't you Lori? Ronnie Anne likes girls," Luan replied.
"she's just confused, hasn't gotten her priorities straight. besides, both she and Lincoln don't know what's best for themselves. I, on the other hand, do know what's best for them," Lori proclaimed, only to get strange looks from her sisters," what?"
"You? know what's best for him? this coming from the girl who forces us to do her chores just to get a ride to places?" Lola questioned rhetorically.
"The same girl who always uses her age and status as the first-born child to get first dibs on everything?" Lynn added.
"The same girl who acts like a tyrant whenever mom and dad aren't around?" Luan added.
"The same girl who was willing to sabotage Leni's chances at getting a driver's license?" Luna added.
"What!? I didn't sabotage her chances! I just..." Lori was trying to come up with an excuse to make herself look better, but came up with nothing.
"Sabotaging Leni's chances at getting a license, after everything we did to help her. yes, we know. you wouldn't have something like that unless it was for your own selfish needs," Luna spat.
"you guys suck you know that, right?" Lori pouted.
"Also, what about Clyde's dads are you saying they're not love?" Luan asked sternly, as Lori was about to answer she heard Leni scream.
"EEK, SPIDER!" they heard Leni scream. upon looking at the screen again, they that misty had just sent out dewspider, which made quick work of beedrill, but got defeated by butterfree.
"That bee thing lost to that bug? man, talk about weak, at least that butterfly one won to easily," Lynn chided.
"Wow, smart thing putting that spider to sleep then attack, well done son," Lynn sr. said.
"Yeah, link really planed that out," Lana added, as misty recalled dewspider that she sent out her last Pokémon, which caused Lynn sr. to scream on the spot.
"And I thought that rock snake was scary looking, that thing's downright terrifying!" Luan reeled back in shock.
"And Lincoln had to battle that?! Lola exclaimed, pointing at gyarados.
"Man, Lincoln gets to see something that cool," Lana whined.
"Well, we did agree with pop-pop to send him over to kanto in the first place," Lola said.
"If I had known he was having the time of his life, I would never have agreed to pop-pop's suggestion. aunt ruth's is the perfect place for that rotten jinx. he deserves to suffer for ruining my game," Lynn grumbled.
"Would you shut up about your stupid game, Lynn? it's been, what, a hole month since you lost? how long do you intend to keep this ridiculous grudge against Lincoln?" Luna asked.
"As long as I feel like holding it against him! he ruined a winning streak my team had going all season by ruining that one game!" Lynn retorted. a thunderous bang then rang through the room, causing them all to cover their ears.
"The bloody hell?!" Luna yelled, as they turned to the laptop screen. they saw on the videophone that Pikachu had just taken down gyarados.
"Hey, Lincoln won!" Luan exclaimed.
"WHAT?! Lynn yelled in disbelief as she looked at the screen seeing Pikachu was still standing, while gyarados was unconscious," this isn't right. Lincoln's a loser and a jinx. he must've cheated somehow! no way he could've won that battle legitimately!"
"Well, the footage says it all. and it looks like he won another badge. that makes two in total," Luan commented. Luna then began to wonder something.
"Hey guys, do you think the reason Lincoln's doing so well is because we're not there?" she asked, causing her sisters to look at her in bewilderment.
"What do you mean," Lola asked.
"What I mean is that maybe the reason for all of Lincoln's failures may have been because we've been holding him back? it's just a theory, but still, Luna replied.
"Luna...we wouldn't do something like that to Lincoln," Luan replied, sounding distressed while feeling the same as Luna on the question.
"Teasing him is one thing, but purposely sabotaging him is quite another," Lola agreed, sounding confident.
"Luna, is something bugging you? you're kind of acting...off today," Luan asked.
"n-no. I guess I just may be overthinking things," Luna replied, maybe the wasp venom is still making me irritable."
"Ok, if you say so," Luan replied uneasily, as they continued watching the video.
"After winning at the cerulean gym, Lincoln went for another wonder trade, this time getting these three Pokémon," the professor then pulled up images of bounsweet, goomy, and rockruff," from left to right, they are bounsweet, the fruit Pokémon, goomy, the soft tissue Pokémon, and rockruff, the puppy Pokémon. upon my most recent conversation with him, I learned that he had received his bounsweet from his grandfather, Lenard loud."
"WHAT?!" the louds exclaimed.
"I didn't know gramps was traveling in a Pokémon region," lucy commented.
"I bet he'll be very surprised to see Lincoln's in kanto," Rita replied.
"I bet he'll be surprised and happy to see him," Lynn sr. added.
"Though, do you think Linkey will tell him about what we did?" Leni asked innocently. the louds, apart from Lynn, all tensed up. they knew that grampa Lenard's temper was on the same level as albert's.
"w-well, maybe Lincoln can mention that he's managed to forgive some of us, and, hopefully, gramps will take it easy on us," Lisa theorized.
"you're right Lisa, if dad hears about this, then he'll never let us hear the end of it. or worse, he won't speak to us ever again!" Lynn sr. fretted.
"let's hope for a miracle," Rita said trying to calm down her husband.
"And hope Lynn doesn't run her big mouth again," Luan muttered.
"Continuing on, Lincoln and company decided to head north of cerulean city to cerulean cape for a little R&R. their journey took them through routes 24 and 25, where Lincoln was able to catch three, incredibly rare Pokémon; Bulbasaur, Charmander, and Squirtle. these three Pokémon are the starter Pokémon that new trainers may receive from myself or any other research facility. he first met Bulbasaur, who joined up with them after helping defend the hidden rehabilitation village for Pokémon from team rocket. afterwards, they continued onward, eventually finding a stray Charmander, which belonged to a young man named Damian. according to Lincoln, Damian had left Charmander on a rock in order to join up with a trainer named cross on a nearby mountain for a rumored stone that could help increase Charmander's power for its final form, charzard. however, leaving it alone on the rock had led many to believe that Damian abandoned it," the video said.
"Why do I get the feeling this will get dark?" lucy commented.
"Lincoln went to find Damian on the mountain, and he was able to find him, but Damian was in critical condition, and knocking on deaths door. from what i was told, Damian was in that state for three days, because cross trapped him there on purpose after hearing about Damian was planning on facing Lincoln and see the rainbow wing, cross wasn't really happy that as Damian told Lincoln that some white hair freak outsider was given a rainbow wig. if not for Lincoln's quick actions in bring him back to the Pokémon center, Damian wouldn't have survived.
"Wait, so if that Damian kid was close to dying, then that means Lincoln could be in that same boat?" lucy questioned, feeling uneasy.
"I can't believe there's a jerk like that, and Lincoln is not a freak, he was born with white hair from pop-pop," Luna said upset.
"Well, it's a good thing Lincoln came by when he did," Leni chimed in. the rest of the louds were shocked to hear about Lincoln's act of selflessness. the only one who wasn't was Lynn, who pointed at the laptop accusingly.
"There? you see!? Lincoln IS bad luck, and what happened to that Damian guy proves it! that cross guy is hunting Lincoln down and he'll do whatever it takes to find him! I knew I was right all along!" she boasted with pride. however, instead of agreeing with her, each of the sisters looked at her with stony expressions," what?" was all Lynn could say, slightly unnerved by looks she was getting. then, without warning, Luna slapped Lynn across the face, HARD.
"How. dare. you?! in case you weren't paying attention, hat Damian guy was in that state for three whole days by that jerk cross, and he would've croaked if Lincoln hadn't come along to save him! you heard that right? Lincoln saved a man's life! but I guess him being bad luck takes priority than being a good person huh?!" Luna yelled.
"Luna has a point. you literally disgust me by trying to use the fact that Damian was almost killed by another trainer to prove your point about Lincoln," Lori added.
"Yeah, even I wouldn't joke about something like this! you went WAY too far with is!" Luan added.
"But guys, I..." Lynn was cut off.
"Save it. just get out of this room!" Luna ordered. clearly shaken by the onslaught of anger from her older sisters, Lynn quickly ran out the room," thanks for backing me up, you two."
"No problem. and we can agree on one thing; this bad luck mess is tearing this family apart," Luan replied.
"I know what you mean. not only did we lose Lincoln's respect and love, but mom and pops tempers are at a hair trigger level, and we're getting a taste of even worse luck than what Lincoln's been accused of bringing. it's like we're getting a taste of karma for ourselves," Luna replied.
"Luna, you're just overthinking things. we're just going through a rough patch right now. I'm sure that when our gets back, things will get back to normal," Lori reassured.
"Well, if you say so," Luna replied, still feeling unsure.
"Looks like the report is wrapping up," Lola called out, as they rejoined back at the laptop.
"...and that's how Lincoln was able to help round some troublemaking Squirtle, even managing to catch one. now, during his travels from cerulean city to the last town he called from, two of his Pokémon have managed to evolve. first was bounsweet, which evolved into steenee during his battle with my grandson, Gary, on nugget bridge. the second was ralts, who evolved into Kirila while on the Damian rescue mission," the video then displayed images of the two Pokémon in question.
"Hmm, so the fruit one turned into a more, humanoid Pokémon, while the other one looks like a ballerina," Lynn sr. observed.
"We should ask Lisa if we can look at the data Lincoln sent over from that pokedex," to see more info," Luan suggested.
"Good idea sis," Luna replied.
"And one additional thing Lincoln had brought up to me is that he helped brock get a date with the joy and jenny interns he met in viridian city," the video said.
"Wow, that was nice of him, what good son," Rita said.
"But dating two girls, I'm surprised that Lincoln didn't try that too," Lynn sr. said, as Rita and the girls looked at him surprised, while Ronnie Anne hated the thought of it.
"And to avoid any sort of confusion, I should point that harem marriages between one many and multiple women and men are legal in any of the Pokémon regions," the video then said.
"Wow, if Lincoln can merry more than one girl, talk about awesome," Luna said.
"THAT won't happen, there's only ONE girl in the world that I've destined Lincoln to be with, and that's Ronnie Anne! any other girl is just out of luck!" Lori proclaimed.
"Knock it off Lori, arranged relationships died out along with the dinosaurs," Luan said.
"Shut up, they're literally meant for each other!" Lori argued.
"Yeah, maybe to YOUR pathetic standards, but the two of them have their rights on who they want to date, and potential marry," Luna countered.
"doesn't matter. Lincoln is to be with Ronnie Anne. end of story," Lori said, as she left the bedroom, leaving the others to finish watching the report.
"And with that, Lincoln Loud's second progress report is concluded. during our last call, he had mentioned that his friends had expressed a very keen interest in becoming trainers. if they are there, and if you have any questions, I'm sure Lisa will be more than willing to send a recorded message for me to answer any inquiries you might have," and with that the report had concluded.
"Well, there you guys have it. what do you think?" Lisa asked.
"Those battle were awesome! Clyde exclaimed.
"It makes me wanna go to kanto," Ronnie Anne said.
"I still find it...unsettling that Lincoln could potentially die out there, away from us. from...me," Rita added, still shaken from the part of the report about Damian.
"don't forget, Lincoln's the man with the plan. he'll no doubt always find a way around dangerous, and if not, then a way to reduce the danger," Clyde replied.
"Clyde's right honey, link's always have a plan for everything," Lynn sr. said, as he comforted Rita.
"So, I'm right to assume you two want to become trainers too?" Lisa asked.
"You bet! I'm joining Lincoln on taking on the league," Ronnie Anne replied.
"I just want to be with my best friend," Clyde added.
"Well, then we should begin with our own recording then," Lisa said, as Luan then cut off the video feed.
'So, Lincoln's been rather busy as of late'," she thought.
"Man, I wish I was as old enough too. I want to go to a Pokémon region too!" Lana exclaimed.
"Lana, keep in mind on what the professor said happened to that Damian person. Pokémon training is fun but it's also pretty dangerous," Lynn sr. reminded.
"Dad, I wrestle alligators as one of my pass times. I think I can handle myself," Lana replied.
"Even so, these Pokémon have powers, so your mother and I don't know," Lynn sr. replied, sounding unsure.
in Luna and Luan's room,
"Well, at least with the Pokémon Lincoln sends over, we'll at least learn about them that way, right?" Luan asked.
"Uh yeah...sure," Luna replied flatly, gaining concerned from the others.
"Luna, are you still thinking about how we possibly sabotage Lincoln?" Luan asked.
"I can't help it, alright? just listening to that report, you can't help but think that it's a possibility," Luna replied. Lola was beginning to feel uneasy.
"Lori's right, you're over thinking it, why would we sabotage Lincoln if he was already a loser," Lola said, as her older sisters gave her a get out look, so she left.
"Maybe it's the guilt taking over us because of how we treated Lincoln during this whole ordeal," Luan said.
"Just think about it this way-Lincoln's out there without us, making a name for himself, catching rare Pokémon, earning badges, sticking it to those rocket guys, being able to date girls. now compare that to how things have been here. has Lincoln ever managed to do anything like that here in royal woods?" Luna asked.
"i-i... uh," Luan was at a loss for words," ok, so maybe we do get in his way from time to time, and maybe we should let him do things as he planned out, but still.
Luna started to lay down on her bed, while Luan couldn't help but agree to what Luna said, as she was gathering up all her pranks to put away.
in the twin's bedroom,
Lana was gathering her animal friends to move them away from Lola fearing that she might get rid of them. "Face it Lola, we went to far with the bad luck junk," Lana told her twin, who was brushing her hair.
"As much as I don't want to say it because of 'you-know-who', maybe we have. I mean, Lincoln's always helped us out, even if most was his own benefits," Lola replied, as she stopped brushing her hair.
"True, but if you listened to what he did for that Damian guy, it sets a new perspective, right?" Lana asked not knowing that Lola was watching the video.
"You may have a point. but unless you have solid evidence that Lincoln was, in fact, pretending to be bad luck, I'll remain inclined to believe that to be true. though I'm starting to have doubts," Lola replied.
"Yeah, I'm just hoping that this whole mess blows over soon, and things can go back to normal, for now I just can't be roommates with someone who loves to blackmail, bully, judge's other people's hobbies, and believing the world revolves around only them," Lana replied, as she leaves the room with her animal friends and heads to Lincoln's room while Lola was trying to not let Lana's get to her.
"Whatever, I don't need an animal roommate anyway," Lola huffed.
elsewhere, in royal woods,
Margo was enjoying some lunch with her roller derby teammates, which included Polly pain, one of the girls that Lincoln was set up to date at the Sadie Hawkins dance and who's now became the girlfriend of Lincoln's friend rusty," can you believe the nerve of Lynn? trying to get us to come practice with her, even after she got us temporarily disqualified!" one of the teammates said.
"Well, her over reliance on superstitions was bound to catch up to her. she's got no one to blame but herself," another teammate said.
"Guys, can we NOT talk about Lynn? this is supposed to be a NICE outing," another teammate pleaded.
"Yeah, you're right. so, what can we talk about?" the second teammate asked.
"Well, I remember seeing something about flip's food & fuel getting shut down due health code violations and keeping winning lottery tickets for himself," Polly chimed in.
"Yeah, it's strange though. a lot of people know about how big a crook flip is, but always manages to cover his tracks," Margo commented.
"I heard something about how he purposely sealed in Lynn's family at the burpin' burger with some snow just get that winning burger wrapper," the first teammate said.
"Just goes to show you that you'll get what's coming to you," Polly replied.
"Just like how Lynn got was coming to her at the last softball game. I'm glad she's finally gone," the second teammate said.
"Yeah, but what I want to know is why she had it out badly for her brother," Margo commented.
"You mean Lincoln? why would she have it out for him?" Polly asked.
"it's because she thinks he's bad luck, all because of a loss we had against the lions, I know because I saw the commotion," Margo replied.
"Really? that's dumb," the first teammate commented bluntly.
"And I'm to assume that its not the case?" Polly asked.
"you're right about that. here's what really happened that day," Margo said, as she began to explain what happened that day.
meanwhile, back with Lincoln,
"Thank you, sirs," the final contestant said as she leaves.
"Man, that was tiring, 200 auditions and 50 passed, and 100 failed," Lincoln said.
"True but it was worth it, it's important to not just anyone pass, but in the meantime thanks for the assistants, Lincoln," the man said.
"No problem, I can't wait for the finals in cerulean cape, welp see you later," Lincoln said, as he shook hands with the man.
"I'll see you there too," the man said.
meanwhile, back at Lincoln's party's room,
Lincoln had entered the room, just as brock and misty were getting ready to turn in for the night," hey Lincoln, where were you?" misty asked.
"Just helping out a guy," Lincoln replied.
"By the way brock, how was your dates?" Lincoln asked.
"They were amazing, thanks to you and your advice girl guru," brock replied.
"Please don't call me that," Lincoln said.
"why's that buddy," brock asked.
"it's because of an incident, Clyde and I were doing a business assignment by making chocolate pies, but my sisters ate all our chocolates, so we did a girl guru business after helping a friend get a girlfriend with chocolate, it worked for a while until it went wrong with me and Clyde getting chased, after making it home and telling my sisters what happened they laughed and said girls aren't the same, so we did a new business by having pies tossed at me," Lincoln replied.
"that's not fair it was their faults that your original plans were ruined, what's worse is that they didn't feel guilty about it," misty said.
"Wow, I didn't know, I'm sorry link I won't call you that ever again," brock said.
"Thanks guys, i appreciate it, now let's get some sleep," Lincoln said, as the trio went to sleep.
That's chapter 27 part 2, next chapter will be a fun time in cerulean cape.
what advice did Lincoln give brock for his dates?
to let you all know if I forgot or did mention, the Casagrande's are only visiting until the kanto story ends.
I'm starting a poll because I'm still evolving Charmander, but should I do the same with Bulbasaur and Squirtle or just one of them, or neither.
it's your choice.
Lincoln's team
Pikachu (male)
moves: thunderbolt, iron tail, quick attack, electroball.
Fearow (female) oaks lab
moves: drill peck, wing attack, gust, brave bird.
poliwhirl (male) at loud house
moves: hypnosis, water sport, and water gun.
pidgeotto (female)
Moves: gust, whirlwind, sand attack, tackle, brave bird, steel wing, and quick attack.
butterfree (male) at loud house
moves: sleep powder, stun spore, confusion, quick attack, and psybeam.
beedrill (shiny) (male) at loud house
poison sting, string shot, bug bite, harden, pin missile, poison jab, and whirlwind.
riolu (male)
moves: quick attack, endure, counter, metal claw, and egg move vacuum wave
Kirila (male) at oaks lab
moves: confusion, double team, thunder punch, disarming voice, teleport, and egg move misty terrain.
Flapple (male) oaks lab
moves: dragon rage, grassnot, razor leaf, and whirlwind.
Appletun (female) oaks lab
moves: dragon rage, grassnot, razor leaf, and energyball.
zubat (male) at the louds
moves: absorb, supersonic, bite, wing attack, astonish, and giga drain.
paras (male) at the louds
moves: scratch, stun spore, poison powder, absorb, and fell stinger.
sandshrew (female) (Andrea) at oaks lab.
moves: poison sting, defence curl, rapid spin, fury cutter, magnitude, and metal claw
clefable (male) oaks lab
moves: metronome, minimize, double slap, disarming voice, sing, and wake up slap.
steenee (female) oak's lab
moves: sweet scent, razor leaf, rapid spin, splash, play nice, and grass whistle.
rockruff (male) at the louds
moves: rock throw, crunch, sand attack, roar, dig, stone edge, and counter.
goomy (female)
moves: tackle, bubble, absorb, bide, protect, and poison tail.
bulbasaur (male)
moves: vine whip, tackle, sleep powder, and razor leaf.
charmander (male)
moves: flamethrower, cratch, sand attack, and ember.
squirtle (male)
moves: tackle, bite, withdraw, water gun, rapid spin and aqua jet.