Chapter 7-The Thunder Rolls for a New Team
I woke up the next morning with the ground shaking! The earthquake was incredible but it didn't last long, thankfully. My neighbour Lombre, which is a Pokémon that looked somewhat a cross between a human and a green frog with a lily pad on its head, almost drowned in his pond when it happened!
Me: Hey Lombre, are you alright?!
Lombre: *Shaking water off* Yeah, I'm fine! That was some quake!
Me: I agree! I'm going into town to see if things are alright there!
To my relief, Pokémon Square was safe! After some breakfast, a bit of shopping at Kecleon Shop and Wigglytuff Club, as well as a workout at the dojo, I looked at the bulletin board to see if there were any jobs for me to do. I found one of a Wurmple lost on Mount Steel so I took it. The little guy was lost on the 7th floor and needed help!
When I got there, I saw that there was quite a bit of Pokémon that was different from what I've seen before. There were Spearow, bird Pokémon that had hooked beaks and a mean look to their eyes, Zigzagoon, little brown raccoon-like Pokémon that zigzags, Aron, Pokémon that are small but powerful enough to eat metal, Baltoy, something resembling an ancient doll, Geodude, floating rocks with arms and one joined my team! I felt there were others but I didn't get a chance to see them because I found Wurmple and took him home where he gave me 100 Poké and a grey Gummi that I gave to Geodude for all his hard work!
My next job was at Sinister Woods where a Zigzagoon needed someone to find her Pidgy friend. So Geodude and I went off to find him on the 9th floor but it proved to be a challenge to my rocky friend because of all the grass types, like Oddish, basically walking weeds, Sunflora, walking sunflowers, and Shroomish, walking yellow mushrooms! Also there was these tree-like Pokémon that were actually rock-types called Sudowoodo, these pigs called Swinub, a Pokémon that was a cross between a raccoon and a squirrel called Sentret, and bugs galore! On the floor we were on, this green mantis-like Pokémon called Scyther wanted to join us after we beat him and we obliged as well as found Pidgy right behind him! When we all got back, Zigzagoon gave us 200 Poké for a job well done!
The next day, I got a real cool job! There was this Pokémon called Shinx who was lost in Silent Chasm and her reward was a surprise! Soon a Pokémon that was half blue, half black, with a 4-point star on its short tail, big ears and eyes, and messy fur came up to me. My instincts told me that this was a male Shinx. Unfortunately, he wasn't friendly when he spoke and he had the nickname of Zapper.
Zapper: I noticed you got that weak little Shinx's letter. She's always getting herself lost so I often tell other rescue teams that she's not worth the effort because I and my gang, Team Thunder, always get her!
Me: That's not right! Are you her brother or something?
Zapper: As a matter of fact, I am, so don't waste your time!
Me: I'm not going to because I'm going to get her with Geodude and Scyther by my side!
Zapper: Reeaaally now? What's your team called?
Luckily I thought of that over a week ago.
Me: We are called Team Spirit and we'll get your sister!
With that, I went off to get my team before that loud-mouth could say another word. Silent Chasm was mostly full of bug-poison types and we found out that Shinx was at the very bottom. We fought off Weedle, Gloom, a walking plant with a strong poison, Farfetch'd, a bird Pokémon with a sprig of onion for a weapon, Yanma, a large, red dragonfly, Teddiursa, cute little bears with a moon on their faces, Dustox, large moths with purple wings, Trapinch, little Pokémon with a HUGE jaw, Poliwag, tadpole-like Pokémon with a feather-like tail and a swirl on its stomach, Houndour, black dogs with a skull on their chests and can breath fire, Spinarak, green, six legged spiders, Paras, bugs with two mushrooms on their backs, and Beedrill. Soon we found her and I found out that her fur wasn't as long as her brother's! I spoke to her gently.
Me: Hey there, Shinx. Are you O.K?
Shinx: Y-yes I am. Thank you for rescuing me before my brother! Can I join your team? That is my reward.
I was surprised! Her reward was becoming a team member? I couldn't say no so we got a new member, then we heard a sound. A loud bird call echoed throughout the chasm and we heard the cries of a Pokémon in trouble! Shinx recognized the voice!
Shinx: That's Zapper! Something happened!
???: Exactly. I took him!
We soon found out that voice belonged to a spiky, yellow and black bird Pokémon with a long beak, and hooked claws. My instincts told me this was Zapdos, the legendary bird of thunder!
Zapdos: The one you called Zapper was recklessly shooting out thunderbolts and one hit me! If you want to rescue him, come to the peak of Mt. Thunder and show me your power! Kwaaaaaaaa!
After it flew off, I had this fire burning in my heart. The fire of pride of a rescue team leader and member! The others had the same fire too and we went back to Pokémon Square to rest and prepare for our fight! We had a desire to beat Zapdos and knock sense into that zapping bird-brain! I hope my friends have the desire to protect Lucario.
End Notes: Now if there is anyone who are country music fans in the crowd, the title is taken from Garth Brooks' "The Thunder Rolls"...well a line from it anyway as well as the title.
Sonic also got his team together! And here's a brief bio of each one of the members while they are still in their de-evolved state:
Geodude is a rough but cool sort of guy who likes calling Sonic "boss" as a sign of respect to the hedgehog. He can be clumsy sometimes but he also has a good heart and works his hardest. Just don't step on him and you'll be O.K, I think.
Scyther is as sharp as his own scythes and is sort-of the right hand Pokémon to Sonic. Sometimes he thinks of himself as a "ladies' Pokémon" but he also knows how th be there for his friends. Although Shinx might not agree with his so-called charms.
Shinx is the only female of the team but the doesn't let that get in her way, especially when it comes to zapping Scyther to get him to behave. She is calm, friendly, and quite mature for her age, which comes from putting up with her selfish brother Zapper who is a male Shinx.
Now if you noticed, I give nicknames to Pokémon here to keep them from getting mixed up with each other, but most of the time they keep their original names. Also "Team Spirit" is what I usually call my team when playing the PMD games.
That's it! Please R&R!