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Route 8
As the group runs down Dividing Peak Tunnel, Lincoln stops when he notices some movement on a side of it.
"What's wrong, Lincoln?" asked Shelby, making everyone else stop.
"Why did you stop, Larry?" asked Chandler.
"First, it's Lincoln; and second, I thought I saw something." said Lincoln.
"I don't see anything." said Shane. As Lincoln stares at the wall, he notices a red, zigzag stripe on it.
"It's just some graffiti." said Lynn. Suddenly, the stripe moves around a bit, surprising everyone.
"What the..." said Chandler. Everyone starts to see the faint outline of something that starts to appear more; they soon see a green, chameleon-like Pokemon that's looking at them.
"Is that a Pokemon?" asked Lincoln as he takes out his Rotom Phone and points it at the Pokemon.
"Kecleon, the Color Swap Pokemon. It changes its hue to blend into its surroundings. If no one takes notice of it for too long, it will pout and never reveal itself." said Lincoln's Rotom Phone.
'A Pokemon that gets pouty when no one gives it attention?' Lynn thinks to herself. 'Reminds me of Chandler.'
"I'm gonna catch it and send it to the Poke Pelago." said Lincoln. He takes out his Rufflet's pokeball and lets him out of it.
"Get it, cuz!" said Shane.
"Rufflet, use Wing Attack!" said Lincoln. Rufflet flies at the Kecleon and strikes it with one of his wings; the Kecleon responds by extending its long tongue that wraps itself around Rufflet and starts squeezing him. "Use Peck on its tongue." Rufflet does so, forcing Kecleon to release him; it reacts by leaping at him and scratches him with its claws. "Now use Fury Attack!" Rufflet flies at the Kecleon and hits it with multiple jabs from his beak. Lincoln takes an empty pokeball from his backpack and throws it at the Kecleon, hitting it, and sucking it in; the pokeball wiggles a few times before clicking.
"You did it, Lincoln!" cheered Shelby.
"CONGRATULATIONS CANNONBAAAAAALL!" shouts Shiloh as he does a cannonball onto Lincoln, knocking him over. As he lies on the ground, he uses his Rotom Phone to look up his new Kecleon's information.
"This says my new Kecleon's a girl, she knows Thief, Tail Whip, Astonish, Lick, Scratch, Bind, Shadow Sneak, Feint, Fury Swipes, and Faint Attack; she has the Color Change ability." said Lincoln.
"What's that ability do?" asked Chandler.
"For example, if Kecleon gets hit with a fighting type move, she'll become a fighting type." said Lincoln.
"So her type changes depends on what type of attack hits her." said Shelby.
"Exactly." said Lincoln as he gets up off the tunnel floor after Shiloh gets off him.
"Okay, as soon as Kecleon's pokeball disappears, the race will continue." said Lynn.
"You're on." said Kiawe. As soon as Kecleon's pokeball vanishes to storage, everyone bolts down the tunnel.
After the group leaves the Dividing Peak Tunnel, and Lynn finishes her victory dance after being the one to exit it first, they all start to head down Route 8 towards the Lush Jungle. As they walk, they notice a large trailer on the side of the road.
"What's that doing there?" asked Lincoln.
"That belongs to Aether Paradise." said Lillie.
"What's that?" asked Shelby.
"It's a corporation dedicated to protecting and preserving Pokemon." said Lillie.
"That's cool." said Lincoln. As they look around the trailer, Lynn looks around and sees a Big Pearl laying on the ground; she runs over to it and picks it up.
"Sweet; another Big Pearl for me." said Lynn.
"Aw, man; I wish I saw that." said Chandler.
"Too bad, chump." replied Lynn.
As they continued going down the road, Shelby hears rustling coming from some grass nearby; she looks and sees a pink, bearlike Pokemon with brown legs walking out of the grass.
"What's that, Lincoln?" asked Shelby, pointing at the Pokemon. Lincoln takes out his Rotom Phone and points it at the Pokemon.
"Stufful, the Flailing Pokemon. It boasts power enough to split large trees in half. The organ on its rear releases an odor that it uses to communicate with others of its kind." said Lincoln's Rotom Phone.
"It looks like a teddy bear." said Shelby. She takes out a pokeball. "I'm catching this one; Smoochum, go!" She tosses Smoochum's pokeball and releases her. "Smoochum, use Confusion!" Smoochum's eyes glowed light blue and Stufful gets lifted into the air; it gets slammed onto the ground and receives super effective damage; it begins stumbling around.
"Looks like Stufful's confused." said Sophocles. Stufful fights through its confusion and rams Smoochum, knocking her back.
"Smoochum, use Powder Snow!" said Shelby. Smoochum spins around and releases powder snow onto Stufful, dealing more damage due to Never-Melt Ice making Smoochum's ice type moves stronger; Stufful becomes encased in ice. Shelby throws an empty pokeball at the frozen Stufful, hitting it, and sucking it in; it wiggled around until it clicked. "Yeah! Stufful is mine!"
"Way to go, sis." said Shane. Stufful's pokeball vanishes and is transported to storage.
"I guess it's off to the Poke Pelago for Stufful." said Shelby. Lincoln looks up Stufful's information on his Rotom Phone.
"This says your Stufful's a male, he knows Tackle, Leer, Bide, Baby-Doll Eyes, and Brutal Swing; he has the Fluffy ability which halves damage from physical attacks but doubles the damage done by fire type moves." said Lincoln.
After Shelby returns Smoochum to her pokeball, the group continued walking down Route 8. Some movement from some grass catches their attention; they see a Salandit come out from it.
"It's a Salandit." said Lincoln.
"Looks cool." said Chandler. "I think I'll catch it."
"Suit yourself." said Lynn. 'A slimy, creepy-looking, lizard; really would suit you, McCann.'
"It's part fire and part poison." said Lillie.
"Thanks, babe." said Chandler, making Lillie cringe. Chandler throws his Tentacool's pokeball and lets him out of it. "Okay, Tentacool, use Water Pulse!" Tentacool form a pulsing mass of water between its tentacles and launches it at the Salandit, hitting it, and dealing super effective damage; it reacts by scratching him with its claws. "Use Constrict!" Tentacool wraps his tentacles around the Salandit and squeezes it until it passes out. Chandler takes an empty pokeball and throws it at the Salandit, hitting it, and sucking it in; the pokeball wiggles a few times before clicking.
"Who's the man?!" Chandler shouts out.
"Not you, that's for sure." said Lynn, making Chandler frown at her. Lincoln looks up the Salandit's information on his Rotom Phone.
"This says your Salandit's a boy (at least we didn't give him one that'll evolve into Salazzle.), he knows Scratch, Poison Gas, Ember, Sweet Scent, Dragon Rage, and Smog; he has the Corrosion ability which makes his poison type moves capable of even poisoning steel and poison type Pokemon." said Lincoln.
"What's the big deal about that?" asked Chandler.
"Normally, poison type and steel type Pokemon are immune to poisoning." said Lincoln.
"That sounds cool, I guess." said Chandler.
"Let's keep going." said Lincoln. The group head down the road until they see a fork in the road.
"Where to now?" asked Shelby. Mallow points down the road that's leading by a Pokemon Center.
"This is the road we need to take to get to the Lush Jungle." said Mallow.
"Thank you, Mallow." said Lincoln.
"What's down the other road?" asked Shelby.
"I'm not sure." said Mallow. "Wanna check it out?"
"Yeah!" said Shelby.
"We have plenty of time." said Lincoln. The group heads down the road and soon reaches a caravan.
"I'm gonna look around now!" said Chandler as he starts circling around the trailer. He soon comes across a green stone with a lightning bolt mark on it; he runs to it and picks it up. "Sweet; a Thunder Stone!" He takes out his Eevee's pokeball and releases him from it. Chandler touches Eevee with the Thunder Stone and he begins to glow. Everyone watched as Eevee began to grow and change shape. When the glowing stopped, Eevee was bigger, he was yellow with spiky fur, and a white spiky mane around his neck.
"You got the Jolteon you wanted, Chandler." said Lincoln as he takes out his Rotom Phone and points it at Chandler's newly-evolved Eevee.
"Jolteon, the Lightning Pokemon and the evolved form of Eevee. Its lungs contain an organ that creates electricity. The crackling sound of electricity can be heard when it exhales." said Lincoln's Rotom Phone.
"Man, this is so awesome!" said Chandler.
"And this says he learned Thunder Shock when he evolved and he now has the Quick Feet ability which increases his speed when he has a status condition and keeps paralysis from lowering it." said Lincoln.
"So, if my Jolteon gets poisoned, he becomes faster?" asked Chandler.
"Yes." said Lincoln.
"Nice." replied Chandler.
"Alola, everyone." the group hear someone say. The group turned to see a man stepping out of the caravan.
"Alola." everyone but Chandler replied.
"You kids got any Pokemon fossils?" asked the man.
"No, why?" asked Lynn.
"I have the resources to resurrect any fossilized Pokemon; if you have any, I can revive them for you." replied the man.
"You mean you can bring them back to life?" asked Lincoln.
"Exactly." replied the man.
"Whoa, cool." said Lincoln. "If we find any, we'll bring them here."
"Looking forward to it." said the man. Shiloh was looking around the caravan when he sees a bone sticking out of the ground and pulls it out.
"I wonder if Rockruff would like to chew on this." said Shiloh, getting Lincoln's attention; he sees the bone.
"Hold it, Shiloh; that's a Rare Bone." said Lincoln. "That's worth five thousand pokedollars."
"Awesome." said Shiloh.
"Aw, man; how do I keep missing stuff I can sell for big money?" whined Chandler.
"Quit being a baby; at least you found that Thunder Stone and evolved your Eevee into a Jolteon like you wanted." said Lynn.
"I guess." said Chandler.
"Let's stop by the Pokemon Center and get something to eat." said Sophocles.
"Good idea; I'm getting hungry." said Lynn.
"I can also send that Tauros I caught yesterday back to me and Lynn's house for Liam." said Lincoln.
"Can you send my Stufful to the Poke Pelago for me?" asked Shelby.
"Sure." said Lincoln.
The group walk over to the Pokemon Center and head inside. After they all give the nurse their Pokemon; Lincoln uses the PC to send his Tauros to the Loud house and Stufful to the Poke Pelago, he then calls up his family on his Rotom Phone.
"Hi, son." said Lynn Sr.
"Hi, everyone." said Lincoln. "I sent a Pokemon over for Liam. Could you bring it to him?"
"Sure, son." said Lynn Sr. They talk about their days so far and the Pokemon that everyone caught.
"There's also a guy on Route 8 who says he can revive fossils also." said Lincoln.
"Poppycock!" said Lisa. "Such technology doesn't exist yet."
"Maybe none back home." said Lincoln.
"I need to see a demonstration before I consider believing such a claim." said Lisa.
"If I manage to find a fossil, I'll bring it to the guy and see if he can show you the process." said Lincoln.
"Please do." said Lisa. After that, they end the call. Lynn sells the Big Pearls and Star Piece she found while Shiloh sold the Rare Bone he found. After that, the group walks to the cafeteria and grabs some lunch.
"I can't wait to start my Lush Jungle Trial." said Lincoln.
"Give it your all, cuz." said Shane.
"We'll be rooting for you." said Shiloh.
Once the group finishes eating, they all continue down Route 8 until they reach a small cove.
"Let's check to see if there's any Pokemon in the water." said Shelby.
"Okay." said Lincoln as he takes out his Ride Pager and uses it to call a few Lapras that everyone, but Chandler, climbs onto. As they sailed over the water, Lynn sees something in the water.
"What's that?" asked Lynn. She then dives into the water and grabs what appears to be a blue stone with what looked like bubbles in it.
"I think that's a Water Stone." said Lincoln.
"Who wants it?" asked Lynn.
"Just hold onto it for now." said Lincoln.
"Okay." said Lynn as she puts her find in her backpack. They all return to shore, where Chandler was waiting, and continue down Route 8 until they reach a large jungle with a path leading inside.
"Here we are." said Mallow. "The Lush Jungle."
"Yes!" said Lincoln as he does a fist pump.
"So, who's the trial captain here?" asked Shane.
"I am." said Mallow, surprising everyone.
"Really?!" asked Shiloh.
"What are trial captains?" asked Chandler.
"They're trainers who oversee island challengers as they attempt their island trials." said Alola Lana. "I'm the trial captain of the Brooklet Hill trial."
"I'm the one from the Wela Volcano trial." said Kiawe.
"Whatever." said Chandler.
"I'll be going with Lincoln into the Lush Jungle and guide him through his trial." said Mallow with a small blush on her face; Lincoln blushes as well.
"Can we watch on my device?" asked Shane as he holds it out.
"Sure." said Mallow. Lincoln uses his Rotom Phone to call Shane's device, and everyone can see what the Rotom Phone was monitoring.
"Thanks, cuz." said Shane.
"I'm ready." said Lincoln.
"Let's go." said Mallow as she and Lincoln head into the vast jungle. Lynn chuckles a bit, getting everyone else's attention.
"What's so funny?" asked Shelby.
"Lincoln and Mallow... together in the jungle... alone." said Lynn with a grin growing on her face; everyone else, except Chandler, chuckles.
"Maybe you and I can go somewhere alone." said Chandler as he moves closer to Lillie, making her shudder.
Lincoln is about to do his next island trial. What will he have to face as his Island Challenge and Alola adventure continues?
End of Chapter 54
Pokemon that Lincoln has with him: Torracat (M), Rufflet (M), Phantump (F), Gyarados (M), Lycanroc Dusk Form (M), and Pokemon Egg (gender unknown).
Pokemon in Lincoln's collection: Torracat (M), Grubbin (M), Pikachu (F), Lycanroc Dusk Form (M), Ekans (F), Misdreavus (F), Crabrawler (F), Zubat (F) Noibat (F), Makuhita (F), Smeargle (M), Spearow (M), Rufflet (M), Mankey (F), Hawlucha x 2 (one M and one F) Flabebe (F), Oricorio (M), Cottonee (F), Clamperl (F), Corsola (F), Gyarados (M), Sableye (F), Carbink (no gender), Machop (M), Spinda (M), Mudbray (F), Miltank (F) Herdier (M), Raticate (M), Sylveon (F), Grimer (M), Phantump (F), Mantyke (M), Milotic (F), Caterpie (M), Yungoos (M), Pikipek (M), Bonsly (F), Munchlax (M), Drifloon (F), Gastly (M), Bagon (M), two Igglybuffs (both female), Eevee (M), and Kecleon (F).
Pokemon in Lana's care: Ekans (F), Mankey (F), Mudbray (F), and Grimer (M).
Pokemon in Lucy's care: Misdreavus (F), Zubat (F), Noibat (F), and Gastly (M).
Pokemon on Lynn Jr's team: Crabrawler (F), Makuhita (F), Hawlucha (M), Machop (M), Fletchinder (M), and Remoraid (M).
Pokemon in Lynn Jr's collection: Crabrawler (F), Makuhita (F), Hawlucha (M), Machop (M), Fletchinder (M), Remoraid (M), and Eevee (F).
Pokemon in Lola's care: Flabebe (F), Clamperl (F), Corsola (F), Carbink (no gender), Milotic (F), Sylveon (F), Happiny (F), and Igglybuff (F).
Pokemon in Lily's care: Spinda (M), and Herdier (M).
Pokemon in Morticians' Club's care: Sableye (F), and Drifloon (F).
Pokemon in Ronnie Anne's care: Hawlucha (F).
Pokemon in Liam's care: Miltank x 4 (F), and Tauros (M).
Pokemon in Leni's care: Pikachu (F).
Pokemon in the care of Lola's pageant friends: Sylveon (F), and Igglybuff (F).
Pokemon on Shelby's Team: Meowth (F), Sudowoodo (M), Smoochum (F), Seel (M), Eevee (M), and Flaaffy (F).
Pokemon in Shelby's collection: Meowth (F), Sudowoodo (M), Smoochum (F), Seel (M), Eevee (M), Flaaffy (F), and Stufful (M).
Pokemon on Shiloh's Team: Rockruff (M), Snorlax (M), Mantyke (M), and Eevee (M).
Pokemon on Shane's Team: Trumbeak (M), Mareanie (M), Igglybuff (F), and Eevee (M).
Pokemon on Chandler's Team: Rattata (M), Tentacool (M), Ekans (F), Vullaby (F), Jolteon (M), and Salandit (M).
