Writing The Clash of Land and Sea (Update: Chapter 33)
- Thread starter Turtwig
- Start date
RE: The Clash of Land and Sea [Chapter 25--Special is Now Up!]
Hey guys, I guess it's time for another update. Sorry for being late!
. . .
Alex and I run through the jungle together. It's pitch-black outside, although it is past midnight. The trees go far above the cloud--you can't even see the leaves. It's like there are wooden beams falling from the sky, boxing us in. The worst part is that I'm claustrophobic.
"We have to hurry!" Alex screams.
"There they are!" an Aqua Grunt screams to the rest.
"We're never gonna make it!" I moan.
"Keep going!"
From behind me, I can hear Mightyena chasing us. The snarling gets closer and closer. I can almost feel the hot breath on the back of my legs. The teeth sinking into my flesh. I run faster and faster, and Alex tries to catch up with me.
"Hurry, Alex!"
She falls over. Trips over a branch. I backtrack, picking her up. From all sides, Mightyena surround us hungrily. Thought struggling, I manage to do a slight jog while still holding my friend.
"Give up," the grunt smirks.
"I'm still your superior," I attempt, but he just laughs.
"Since you especially betrayed us, you're getting the worst of it. You can watch Alex…make a nice snack for my Mightyena!"
Speechless, I watch the Mightyena back away from me and towards Alex. They get inches away from her feet. She scoots against a tree, but they're surrounding her.
One jumps in the air and gets ready to pounce..
. . .
"NOOO!" I scream, waking up from my dream.
My covers are all over the room, Grovyle is sleeping in the bathroom. I guess I've just had a bad night. I can't go to sleep, so I decide to get ready for the day.
. . .
It's only 4am, so I get Grovyle up and we sneak down the hall, pass Sean's room with ease, and tiptoe out of the Pokémon Center and to the Petalburg Gym.
I peer in the building and hear some punching noises. Grovyle and I walk in and go to the back of the gym, where my dad usually is.
"Slaking, you have to try harder. Brick Break is going to help us against those steel-types! Remember that Ferrothorn that took our attacks well? We need to beat that if you want to win in your next battle," Norman scolds his Pokémon.
"Slaaack!"
Slaking smacks its fists against a punching bag, but it just isn't working. Quietly, I send Hariyama out from around the corner. I whisper to it the situation, and my Pokémon nods.
"Hey, Dad," I say quietly (it's weird…saying that..."Dad") my Hariyama knows Brick Break. Need some help?"
Norman looks down at the floor for a second, probably feeling helpless and embarrassed for needing the help of his own child. However, he soon smiles and looks back up at me.
"I'd be honored," he begins, "to have your help."
After about two hours, Hariyama is able to show Slaking how to do one singular Brick Break. Outside of that, however, it has kept failing.
"It'll take some time…" Norman sighs.
"How long?"
"Well, Slaking are lazy so they don't want to learn that much. Even though mine's eager…it's still hard. Your Hariyama has been the closest to teaching it, though."
Even though we've spent so long with the Pokémon, it struggles with the move.
"I've also been wanting to teach it Ice Punch, but Brycen from Unova won't answer me," Dad wilts to the ground.
Hariyama knows both Ice Punch and Brick Break, so maybe…
"How would you like Hariyama to stay here with you? It knows Brick Break and Ice Punch, and you also said that Hariyama's the best teacher you've got…so?" I suggest.
"You'd do that? Don't worry, Kiddo, I'll train your Hariyama some moves as well. Gym Leaders aren't completely restricted to one certain type, so I may use Hariyama on my team to counter other Pokémon! You can take him back anytime you want, all you have to do is call me from the Pokémon Center and someone will pick up," he assures me.
I look at Hariyama, and it happily shakes hands with Slaking. I guess they'll work together for now. In a quiet voice, I'm able to muster, "I'm really not sure what I should do about Team Aqua…"
"Just be warned," Norman whispers, looking around to make sure we're alone, "that you know how dangerous and reckless Archie is. He and Maxie will go mad from the power; it happens in all the legends of the past. History repeats itself; that's how it keeps its own balance. Maxie and Archie were made to teach the world that ambition like theirs will only fail."
"How do I stop them...once they lose it?"
"That's for you to find out," he tells me.
Eventually I head out with Grovyle as a trainer comes in to battle Dad. I hear him shout something back in the gym about sweeping a whole team with Hariyama and grin as we walk out. I sit on a bench with my friend and get out the book I won at the Trick House--the one about Groudon and Kyogre. I think now is the perfect time for reading.
Terra, Dewott, and I finally reach Petalburg City after a long walk from Oldale Town. Along the way, Budew and Snorunt beat two schoolgirls wanting to battle.
"Why are we even here?"Terra bursts.
"You're boring. Can't we make a detour?"
Terra and I cross paths with a couple of strangers and finally make it to the Pokémon Center. As I heal my Pokémon, I look over to the person beside me.
"Hello again," Tony quietly says.
"Hi."
We both heal our Pokémon and head out the door. Someone comes down the steps loudly. Dressed in blue pajamas and a pillow in his arms, Sean rubs his eyes and hisses at the lighting above.
"Tony…what are you—" he freezes once he spots Terra and Alex, and then runs up the stairs to get ready to leave.
"Do you guys want to head with us to Fortree City?" I ask.
"Sure, Sean and I are on our way there anyways," Tony agrees.
The four of us (six, including Grovyle and Dewott) walk back through Oldale Town and head north. From there, we hop on a water-type Pokémon and swim across the shore. Soon enough, we make it past the next route and back into Mauville City. This is summed up in a nutshell. To make a long story short, Tony and I talked the whole way there.
"Guys, wait here. I've…got something to do," I tell the group as I head west of Mauville City.
After jogging with Grovyle, I finally see the Daycare amongst the wooded area. Grovyle and I look at each other and enter the main door of the ranch.
"Hello?" I call.
"Hi, and we—well hello, Anthony! Back so soon?" Mom comes in with the usual smile.
"I've got news," I tell her.
"First thing, tell Alex that her Beautifly is doing excellent," she insists, and I told her that I'll let Alex know.
"Mom…I f-...I...I found Dad," I admit to her.
"What?! Where?" her eyes light up.
Once I told her that he's the Gym Leader at Petalburg City, she immediately says she has to go back her bags to go to him. The reason neither of us knew is because we don't have a television—well, we do, but my step-dad owns it.
Grovyle and I step out of the Daycare after she says she loves me and all that. We run back through the woods and meet the group again. From Mauville City, it's time to head east. Too bad there's another problem—we can't cross the water. Rather, we have to split up. There's a Team Aqua base in the area, and I have to go to it.
"I'm sorry," I tell Alex.
"It's…okay. Terra and I have to report to the Team Magma base nearby, anyways."
The two of us smile as we take our friend and partner Pokémon with us. The Team Aqua base is on the northern shore of the Mauville coastline, while the Team Magma base is located on the opposite side of the beach.
"You have to take over the Weather Institute for your next mission, Anthony. That is the place where we can finally control the weather!" Archie continues his long speech as we stroll down the main hallway of the Aqua Base.
"I thought weather was uncontrollable?"
"It is—was—until we finally found out how to alter to suit our needs. Ah! Room 3113, the Admin Suite. Here is your room," Archie opens a random door, stroking his facial hair, and ushers me into it. Grovyle sneaks in from behind. From there, he shuts the door so I can take in the view.
View is an understatement—I'm in an undersea room. The whole bedroom has an "Under the Sea" theme going for it. With aqua-blue walls, an aquatic bed, and seashells scattered, this luxury is fit only for Neptune! I hop on the bed and lie down. Grovyle opens up a door nearby that exposes a whole room dedicated to letting Pokémon stay and sleep. There are mats everywhere, some fire retardant and others waterproof. I send out Corphish, Swablu, and Phanpy to go and enjoy the mats.
I open up the PokéNav to find something to do when a little phone-shaped icon pops up—I'm getting a video call. I look at the caller ID and smile.
Sean is stuck in a broom closet. Once he and Tony made it to the base, it was already too full to have another grunt take up room. Therefore, Sean's stuck living with the janitorial supplies.
"Let's go see what Anthony's up to," he decides, and sneaks out of his room.
Tiptoeing down the halls, Sean looks at each door to decide which one is Tony's. There's a plain gray one. Gray. Gray. Aqua blue. Gray. Gr—aqua blue?! Sean cracks the door open and peers in.
"Yeah, I enjoyed our talk earlier, too," Sean can hear Tony say to his PokéNav. The teen's lying on his bed while talking to his device—probably what most normal teens do anyways.
After Sean decides that he's heard enough, he gently shuts the door back. Click!
He listens for a second to be horrified from the other end of the door.
"I think I heard my door click shut. I'm gonna check it out," Tony whispers.
Sean runs back to his broom closet and giggles along the way, just like a little schoolgirl playing a prank on her friend.
"I'm stuck in my bedroom alone," I sigh, frowning at my PokéNav.
"Yeah, me too. I have to take over the Weather Institute in a few days," Tony moans from the other end of the video chat.
"Same here. I'm losing faith in Team Magma, I mean it's just not worth the trouble and pain that people go through just for Maxie to get what he wants."
"Archie's being the same way. It's as if the two are blind by their own ambition.."
"But what can we do about it?" I ask.
There's a long silence, with both of us staring blankly at the screen.
"No reason to worry without a good night's rest. Good night, Alex," Tony yawns.
"Good night. Don't let Sean stalk you again!"
"Wouldn't dream of it. He's dead!"
And then I get under the fiery red covers of my bed and fall asleep. Dewott, Houndoom, Budew, and Snorunt are all sleeping in a separate room, too. The volcano theme helps dim the room and makes sleeping easier. Then the rest is darkness.
. . .
After a good night's rest, I wake my Pokémon up, get ready for the day, and decide to go exploring. Dewott helps me swim to the other side, near Fortree City, but still far away. I just want to experience the scenic route.
Dewott decides to practice contest moves. It uses Aqua Jet, on the ground, creating this shield that envelops it. The shield acts as a barrier, almost like a semicircle surrounding Dewott—but made of water.
Dewott then uses Icy Wind on the attack, creating a mess. The icicles peek out from the ground, much like a tree's bare limbs are exposed in the winter—how they are shown to be gnarled and in abundance. Almost like a hand reaching out from Dewott; a very deep meaning can be taken from this, but none tops that of contest appeal.
"Very nice!"
"Bun…" a cry can be heard from the tall grass.
"What was that, Dewott?'
"Wott?"
"That's what I'm thinking…"
We look through the grass to find a little bunny rabbit wounded from a battle of some sort.
"Buneary…" it moans.
It looks to be…poisoned. There's still a stinger from a Pokémon's Poison Sting attack in Buneary's fur. I pick it out and have Dewott fetch a Pecha Berry from my bag. I give Buneary the light-colored berry and it immediately gets healed. Soon enough, Buneary hops up and shows me its true colors.
Buneary is a brownish bunny with cottony fur and a jumpy, positive attitude. From the happiness it's shrieking, I can tell that it is thanking me. Buneary then hops back into the grass, out of sight.
"That's weird," I notice from the grass that it's wet; it wasn't before. Oh well.
"Houndoom, Budew, Snorunt, come on out!"
My group of Pokémon happily begin training. Houndoom practices Fire Blast and Snorunt uses Icy Wind on it.
I'm going to work with Budew, though.
"Budew, use Sludge Bomb!"
My little green bud opens up to use the move, but only a small brown sludge piece plops onto the ground.
"Don't worry, we'll get the hang of it," I tell Budew.
Ping! A small noise can be heard on the leaves of a nearby tree. Houndoom and Snorunt run towards me howling something I can't understand. Dewott runs closer, too, but Budew begins playing with flowers.
Ping! …Ping…Ping! Ping! Ping! It begins to sprinkle.
"Come on guys, a little water never stops us!" I yell as the others agree.
Two minutes later, a downpour rushes down from the clouds and onto the area. Soon enough it begins to flood. What once were boulders now became mere stepping stones on the flooded river.
Immediately I turn to my Pokémon. Houndoom, Budew, Snorunt, and Dewott and floating away downstream—yes, downstream. There's now a river in the area, but there wasn't one before.
"Houndoom, return!" I manage to get my one Pokémon to safety.
Dewott grabs onto Snorunt and they swim back towards me, on higher grounds. I'm on the riverbank, however with the way the weather's going, there won't be a riverbank anymore. I recall Snorunt as I hear Budew screaming for help ("Dew!") from far away.
Dewott and I dive into the floodwater and we swim quickly to Budew. Dewott manages to grab onto a rock as I grab its hand. Budew is stuck on a piece of wood nearby. I outstretch my hand to grab onto my Pokémon's bud, but my arm just isn't long enough. Budew falls off the log and gets submerged in water. Dewott lets go as he and I wade our way down the uncontrollable currents. Budew, I will save you!
"Phanpy, use Rollout! Corphish, use Protect! Swablu, Mist! Grovyle, use Dig to bypass Corphish's forcefield!"
I decided to train my Pokémon outside the coastline and towards the Weather Institute.
"Cyndaquil!" a little noise comes from a tree as a little fiery mouse Pokémon plops down, eating an Oran Berry.
"Cynda?" it looks at me. This little thing keeps its eyes closed, and its back can erupt in flames.
"Oh, a Cyndaquil! Do you wanna play?" I ask it, and Phanpy nudges Cyndaquil happily. The two get along easily.
After an hour or two of playing, the temperature starts to cool down. The cloudless day ends as storm-clouds hover over my head.
A little white thing comes from the sky.
"Is that…snow?"
Suddenly, two more. No, three. No, eight. No—millions. Right before my eyes, a blizzard is happening in the jungle—in August! I return Corphish, Swablu, and Phanpy as I tell Grovyle to find a cave. I start running, but look back to see a shivering Cyndaquil. I pick it up and follow my Wood Gecko Pokémon to seek shelter.
The cave has a large opening, but with the direction of the wind, it makes the perfect place to camp for a while. I grab some Oran Berries from my bag and heal Cyndaquil up. The Pokémon then decides to erupt its back to provide a fire. I send Swablu, Corphish, and Phanpy back out to enjoy the fire. Grovyle seems to like it, too. Now we just have to wait for the storm to blow over.
Dewott and I kept looking, but now we have to find shelter. The two of us decide to camp under a large, dry tree until the rain subsides. Until then, Budew, you'll just have to wait up on me!
"Archie, it's burning up over here! It went from a nice 80 degrees Fahrenheit to a blazing 115 degrees. Is there any reason for this?" a grunt asks.
"Ask a scientist. I'm no Einstein!"
From outside, the sun beats down hard on the Team Aqua base.
"Maxie, sir. It's a downpour! If we don't hurry soon, the whole base could float away from civilization!"
"Ask one of our many scientists for help," Maxie explains, "I am but a man with big dreams, not a big brain. Although mine is pretty amazing.
"Bu-Budew?"
Budew wakes up to a brown, warm face feeding it some berries. Buneary happily bounces around with her new friend as Budew gets up from its recovery.
Buneary insists that Budew waits, and it makes a fire from two sticks and some cotton. Budew decides to stay.
"Our weather-based experiments are working, sir! All around the route there is hail, rain, and drought!" one scientist from the Weather Institute informs his manager.
"Very nice, very nice. Now we just have to test it on an actual rainy day!" the man smiles.
The two men have no idea that they are causing so much pain—nor are they aware of the consequences of messing with weather in the Hoenn region.
---
Yay, some new things were introduced. Didn't realize how close you are to catching up with the original source o.o. Anyway, I tried to proofread it,(mainly for spelling errors, though I didn't find any) so I think this chapter is okay in that regard. Didn't find much time to do it, though. Information-wise...this is more of a transitional chapter that will bring in the better plot-important details.
Hey guys, I guess it's time for another update. Sorry for being late!
Lovely Weather
Tony: Grovyle, Corphish, Hariyama, Swablu, Phanpy
. . .
Alex and I run through the jungle together. It's pitch-black outside, although it is past midnight. The trees go far above the cloud--you can't even see the leaves. It's like there are wooden beams falling from the sky, boxing us in. The worst part is that I'm claustrophobic.
"We have to hurry!" Alex screams.
"There they are!" an Aqua Grunt screams to the rest.
"We're never gonna make it!" I moan.
"Keep going!"
From behind me, I can hear Mightyena chasing us. The snarling gets closer and closer. I can almost feel the hot breath on the back of my legs. The teeth sinking into my flesh. I run faster and faster, and Alex tries to catch up with me.
"Hurry, Alex!"
She falls over. Trips over a branch. I backtrack, picking her up. From all sides, Mightyena surround us hungrily. Thought struggling, I manage to do a slight jog while still holding my friend.
"Give up," the grunt smirks.
"I'm still your superior," I attempt, but he just laughs.
"Since you especially betrayed us, you're getting the worst of it. You can watch Alex…make a nice snack for my Mightyena!"
Speechless, I watch the Mightyena back away from me and towards Alex. They get inches away from her feet. She scoots against a tree, but they're surrounding her.
One jumps in the air and gets ready to pounce..
. . .
"NOOO!" I scream, waking up from my dream.
My covers are all over the room, Grovyle is sleeping in the bathroom. I guess I've just had a bad night. I can't go to sleep, so I decide to get ready for the day.
. . .
It's only 4am, so I get Grovyle up and we sneak down the hall, pass Sean's room with ease, and tiptoe out of the Pokémon Center and to the Petalburg Gym.
I peer in the building and hear some punching noises. Grovyle and I walk in and go to the back of the gym, where my dad usually is.
"Slaking, you have to try harder. Brick Break is going to help us against those steel-types! Remember that Ferrothorn that took our attacks well? We need to beat that if you want to win in your next battle," Norman scolds his Pokémon.
"Slaaack!"
Slaking smacks its fists against a punching bag, but it just isn't working. Quietly, I send Hariyama out from around the corner. I whisper to it the situation, and my Pokémon nods.
"Hey, Dad," I say quietly (it's weird…saying that..."Dad") my Hariyama knows Brick Break. Need some help?"
Norman looks down at the floor for a second, probably feeling helpless and embarrassed for needing the help of his own child. However, he soon smiles and looks back up at me.
"I'd be honored," he begins, "to have your help."
After about two hours, Hariyama is able to show Slaking how to do one singular Brick Break. Outside of that, however, it has kept failing.
"It'll take some time…" Norman sighs.
"How long?"
"Well, Slaking are lazy so they don't want to learn that much. Even though mine's eager…it's still hard. Your Hariyama has been the closest to teaching it, though."
Even though we've spent so long with the Pokémon, it struggles with the move.
"I've also been wanting to teach it Ice Punch, but Brycen from Unova won't answer me," Dad wilts to the ground.
Hariyama knows both Ice Punch and Brick Break, so maybe…
"How would you like Hariyama to stay here with you? It knows Brick Break and Ice Punch, and you also said that Hariyama's the best teacher you've got…so?" I suggest.
"You'd do that? Don't worry, Kiddo, I'll train your Hariyama some moves as well. Gym Leaders aren't completely restricted to one certain type, so I may use Hariyama on my team to counter other Pokémon! You can take him back anytime you want, all you have to do is call me from the Pokémon Center and someone will pick up," he assures me.
I look at Hariyama, and it happily shakes hands with Slaking. I guess they'll work together for now. In a quiet voice, I'm able to muster, "I'm really not sure what I should do about Team Aqua…"
"Just be warned," Norman whispers, looking around to make sure we're alone, "that you know how dangerous and reckless Archie is. He and Maxie will go mad from the power; it happens in all the legends of the past. History repeats itself; that's how it keeps its own balance. Maxie and Archie were made to teach the world that ambition like theirs will only fail."
"How do I stop them...once they lose it?"
"That's for you to find out," he tells me.
Eventually I head out with Grovyle as a trainer comes in to battle Dad. I hear him shout something back in the gym about sweeping a whole team with Hariyama and grin as we walk out. I sit on a bench with my friend and get out the book I won at the Trick House--the one about Groudon and Kyogre. I think now is the perfect time for reading.
. . .
Alex: Dewott, Houndoom, Budew, Snorunt
Terra, Dewott, and I finally reach Petalburg City after a long walk from Oldale Town. Along the way, Budew and Snorunt beat two schoolgirls wanting to battle.
"Why are we even here?"Terra bursts.
"You're boring. Can't we make a detour?"
Terra and I cross paths with a couple of strangers and finally make it to the Pokémon Center. As I heal my Pokémon, I look over to the person beside me.
"Hello again," Tony quietly says.
"Hi."
We both heal our Pokémon and head out the door. Someone comes down the steps loudly. Dressed in blue pajamas and a pillow in his arms, Sean rubs his eyes and hisses at the lighting above.
"Tony…what are you—" he freezes once he spots Terra and Alex, and then runs up the stairs to get ready to leave.
"Do you guys want to head with us to Fortree City?" I ask.
"Sure, Sean and I are on our way there anyways," Tony agrees.
. . .
The four of us (six, including Grovyle and Dewott) walk back through Oldale Town and head north. From there, we hop on a water-type Pokémon and swim across the shore. Soon enough, we make it past the next route and back into Mauville City. This is summed up in a nutshell. To make a long story short, Tony and I talked the whole way there.
. . .
Tony: Grovyle, Corphish, Swablu, Phanpy
"Guys, wait here. I've…got something to do," I tell the group as I head west of Mauville City.
After jogging with Grovyle, I finally see the Daycare amongst the wooded area. Grovyle and I look at each other and enter the main door of the ranch.
"Hello?" I call.
"Hi, and we—well hello, Anthony! Back so soon?" Mom comes in with the usual smile.
"I've got news," I tell her.
"First thing, tell Alex that her Beautifly is doing excellent," she insists, and I told her that I'll let Alex know.
"Mom…I f-...I...I found Dad," I admit to her.
"What?! Where?" her eyes light up.
Once I told her that he's the Gym Leader at Petalburg City, she immediately says she has to go back her bags to go to him. The reason neither of us knew is because we don't have a television—well, we do, but my step-dad owns it.
Grovyle and I step out of the Daycare after she says she loves me and all that. We run back through the woods and meet the group again. From Mauville City, it's time to head east. Too bad there's another problem—we can't cross the water. Rather, we have to split up. There's a Team Aqua base in the area, and I have to go to it.
"I'm sorry," I tell Alex.
"It's…okay. Terra and I have to report to the Team Magma base nearby, anyways."
The two of us smile as we take our friend and partner Pokémon with us. The Team Aqua base is on the northern shore of the Mauville coastline, while the Team Magma base is located on the opposite side of the beach.
. . .
Tony: Grovyle, Corphish, Swablu, Phanpy
Team Aqua Base
"You have to take over the Weather Institute for your next mission, Anthony. That is the place where we can finally control the weather!" Archie continues his long speech as we stroll down the main hallway of the Aqua Base.
"I thought weather was uncontrollable?"
"It is—was—until we finally found out how to alter to suit our needs. Ah! Room 3113, the Admin Suite. Here is your room," Archie opens a random door, stroking his facial hair, and ushers me into it. Grovyle sneaks in from behind. From there, he shuts the door so I can take in the view.
View is an understatement—I'm in an undersea room. The whole bedroom has an "Under the Sea" theme going for it. With aqua-blue walls, an aquatic bed, and seashells scattered, this luxury is fit only for Neptune! I hop on the bed and lie down. Grovyle opens up a door nearby that exposes a whole room dedicated to letting Pokémon stay and sleep. There are mats everywhere, some fire retardant and others waterproof. I send out Corphish, Swablu, and Phanpy to go and enjoy the mats.
I open up the PokéNav to find something to do when a little phone-shaped icon pops up—I'm getting a video call. I look at the caller ID and smile.
. . .
Sean
Sean is stuck in a broom closet. Once he and Tony made it to the base, it was already too full to have another grunt take up room. Therefore, Sean's stuck living with the janitorial supplies.
"Let's go see what Anthony's up to," he decides, and sneaks out of his room.
Tiptoeing down the halls, Sean looks at each door to decide which one is Tony's. There's a plain gray one. Gray. Gray. Aqua blue. Gray. Gr—aqua blue?! Sean cracks the door open and peers in.
"Yeah, I enjoyed our talk earlier, too," Sean can hear Tony say to his PokéNav. The teen's lying on his bed while talking to his device—probably what most normal teens do anyways.
After Sean decides that he's heard enough, he gently shuts the door back. Click!
He listens for a second to be horrified from the other end of the door.
"I think I heard my door click shut. I'm gonna check it out," Tony whispers.
Sean runs back to his broom closet and giggles along the way, just like a little schoolgirl playing a prank on her friend.
. . .
Alex: Dewott, Houndoom, Budew, Snorunt
Team Magma Base
"I'm stuck in my bedroom alone," I sigh, frowning at my PokéNav.
"Yeah, me too. I have to take over the Weather Institute in a few days," Tony moans from the other end of the video chat.
"Same here. I'm losing faith in Team Magma, I mean it's just not worth the trouble and pain that people go through just for Maxie to get what he wants."
"Archie's being the same way. It's as if the two are blind by their own ambition.."
"But what can we do about it?" I ask.
There's a long silence, with both of us staring blankly at the screen.
"No reason to worry without a good night's rest. Good night, Alex," Tony yawns.
"Good night. Don't let Sean stalk you again!"
"Wouldn't dream of it. He's dead!"
And then I get under the fiery red covers of my bed and fall asleep. Dewott, Houndoom, Budew, and Snorunt are all sleeping in a separate room, too. The volcano theme helps dim the room and makes sleeping easier. Then the rest is darkness.
. . .
After a good night's rest, I wake my Pokémon up, get ready for the day, and decide to go exploring. Dewott helps me swim to the other side, near Fortree City, but still far away. I just want to experience the scenic route.
Dewott decides to practice contest moves. It uses Aqua Jet, on the ground, creating this shield that envelops it. The shield acts as a barrier, almost like a semicircle surrounding Dewott—but made of water.
Dewott then uses Icy Wind on the attack, creating a mess. The icicles peek out from the ground, much like a tree's bare limbs are exposed in the winter—how they are shown to be gnarled and in abundance. Almost like a hand reaching out from Dewott; a very deep meaning can be taken from this, but none tops that of contest appeal.
"Very nice!"
"Bun…" a cry can be heard from the tall grass.
"What was that, Dewott?'
"Wott?"
"That's what I'm thinking…"
We look through the grass to find a little bunny rabbit wounded from a battle of some sort.
"Buneary…" it moans.
It looks to be…poisoned. There's still a stinger from a Pokémon's Poison Sting attack in Buneary's fur. I pick it out and have Dewott fetch a Pecha Berry from my bag. I give Buneary the light-colored berry and it immediately gets healed. Soon enough, Buneary hops up and shows me its true colors.
Buneary is a brownish bunny with cottony fur and a jumpy, positive attitude. From the happiness it's shrieking, I can tell that it is thanking me. Buneary then hops back into the grass, out of sight.
"That's weird," I notice from the grass that it's wet; it wasn't before. Oh well.
"Houndoom, Budew, Snorunt, come on out!"
My group of Pokémon happily begin training. Houndoom practices Fire Blast and Snorunt uses Icy Wind on it.
I'm going to work with Budew, though.
"Budew, use Sludge Bomb!"
My little green bud opens up to use the move, but only a small brown sludge piece plops onto the ground.
"Don't worry, we'll get the hang of it," I tell Budew.
Ping! A small noise can be heard on the leaves of a nearby tree. Houndoom and Snorunt run towards me howling something I can't understand. Dewott runs closer, too, but Budew begins playing with flowers.
Ping! …Ping…Ping! Ping! Ping! It begins to sprinkle.
"Come on guys, a little water never stops us!" I yell as the others agree.
Two minutes later, a downpour rushes down from the clouds and onto the area. Soon enough it begins to flood. What once were boulders now became mere stepping stones on the flooded river.
Immediately I turn to my Pokémon. Houndoom, Budew, Snorunt, and Dewott and floating away downstream—yes, downstream. There's now a river in the area, but there wasn't one before.
"Houndoom, return!" I manage to get my one Pokémon to safety.
Dewott grabs onto Snorunt and they swim back towards me, on higher grounds. I'm on the riverbank, however with the way the weather's going, there won't be a riverbank anymore. I recall Snorunt as I hear Budew screaming for help ("Dew!") from far away.
Dewott and I dive into the floodwater and we swim quickly to Budew. Dewott manages to grab onto a rock as I grab its hand. Budew is stuck on a piece of wood nearby. I outstretch my hand to grab onto my Pokémon's bud, but my arm just isn't long enough. Budew falls off the log and gets submerged in water. Dewott lets go as he and I wade our way down the uncontrollable currents. Budew, I will save you!
. . .
Tony: Grovyle, Corphish, Swablu, Phanpy
"Phanpy, use Rollout! Corphish, use Protect! Swablu, Mist! Grovyle, use Dig to bypass Corphish's forcefield!"
I decided to train my Pokémon outside the coastline and towards the Weather Institute.
"Cyndaquil!" a little noise comes from a tree as a little fiery mouse Pokémon plops down, eating an Oran Berry.
"Cynda?" it looks at me. This little thing keeps its eyes closed, and its back can erupt in flames.
"Oh, a Cyndaquil! Do you wanna play?" I ask it, and Phanpy nudges Cyndaquil happily. The two get along easily.
After an hour or two of playing, the temperature starts to cool down. The cloudless day ends as storm-clouds hover over my head.
A little white thing comes from the sky.
"Is that…snow?"
Suddenly, two more. No, three. No, eight. No—millions. Right before my eyes, a blizzard is happening in the jungle—in August! I return Corphish, Swablu, and Phanpy as I tell Grovyle to find a cave. I start running, but look back to see a shivering Cyndaquil. I pick it up and follow my Wood Gecko Pokémon to seek shelter.
The cave has a large opening, but with the direction of the wind, it makes the perfect place to camp for a while. I grab some Oran Berries from my bag and heal Cyndaquil up. The Pokémon then decides to erupt its back to provide a fire. I send Swablu, Corphish, and Phanpy back out to enjoy the fire. Grovyle seems to like it, too. Now we just have to wait for the storm to blow over.
. . .
Alex: Dewott, Houndoom, Budew, Snorunt
Dewott and I kept looking, but now we have to find shelter. The two of us decide to camp under a large, dry tree until the rain subsides. Until then, Budew, you'll just have to wait up on me!
. . .
Team Aqua Base
"Archie, it's burning up over here! It went from a nice 80 degrees Fahrenheit to a blazing 115 degrees. Is there any reason for this?" a grunt asks.
"Ask a scientist. I'm no Einstein!"
From outside, the sun beats down hard on the Team Aqua base.
. . .
Team Magma Base
"Maxie, sir. It's a downpour! If we don't hurry soon, the whole base could float away from civilization!"
"Ask one of our many scientists for help," Maxie explains, "I am but a man with big dreams, not a big brain. Although mine is pretty amazing.
. . .
"Bu-Budew?"
Budew wakes up to a brown, warm face feeding it some berries. Buneary happily bounces around with her new friend as Budew gets up from its recovery.
Buneary insists that Budew waits, and it makes a fire from two sticks and some cotton. Budew decides to stay.
. . .
"Our weather-based experiments are working, sir! All around the route there is hail, rain, and drought!" one scientist from the Weather Institute informs his manager.
"Very nice, very nice. Now we just have to test it on an actual rainy day!" the man smiles.
The two men have no idea that they are causing so much pain—nor are they aware of the consequences of messing with weather in the Hoenn region.
---
Yay, some new things were introduced. Didn't realize how close you are to catching up with the original source o.o. Anyway, I tried to proofread it,(mainly for spelling errors, though I didn't find any) so I think this chapter is okay in that regard. Didn't find much time to do it, though. Information-wise...this is more of a transitional chapter that will bring in the better plot-important details.
RE: The Clash of Land and Sea [Chapter 25--Special is Now Up!]
Heh, interesting weather there. I actually have weather like that at home; one year there was no snow, the next year it was blazing hot, and this year it was raining. Gotta hate global warming.
Keep up the great stories!
Heh, interesting weather there. I actually have weather like that at home; one year there was no snow, the next year it was blazing hot, and this year it was raining. Gotta hate global warming.
Keep up the great stories!
RE: The Clash of Land and Sea [Chapter 25--Special is Now Up!]
I have that weather here too. I think the day I wrote this it was going from rain to sunshine XD.
The tension is starting to get really severe! Writing Chapter 33 as we speak, too. It's not that bad.
I have that weather here too. I think the day I wrote this it was going from rain to sunshine XD.
The tension is starting to get really severe! Writing Chapter 33 as we speak, too. It's not that bad.
RE: The Clash of Land and Sea [Chapter 25--Special is Now Up!]
Is this what you've been waiting for?
I've been rather inactive in my own thread so please forgive me for that. I'll be updating as much as I can.
Cyndaquil keeps Grovyle and I warm while the blizzard covers the grass in icy patches. Soon enough, though, it starts to die down. Before I know it, the blizzard stops and the sun melts away the remaining snow. Cyndaquil, Grovyle, and I walk outside.
The scene is beautiful; there are Taillow chirping and Sentret scurrying from their little shelters. An Azurill hops out of a pond and bounces around on its blue-ball tail. There is but a slight, warm breeze in the August air. Leaves blow ever-so-slightly. Sunflora and Bellossom dance among the grounded flowers, varying in colors from orange to red to yellow. The sky is baby blue and without a cloud in sight. It's just one of those things made for a calendar picture.
Grovyle and I walk out of the cave and take in some fresh summer air. The cave seems less scary than it did inside. I start stepping away from Cyndaquil as it grabs my pants leg.
"Quil! it squeals.
I look down and Cyndaquil, the little Fire Mouse that provided our much-needed heat, has a smile that is warmer than the fire it produced earlier.
"Cynda!"
I can't say no. Happily, I get a Pokéball and set it on the ground. Cyndaquil taps it with a little paw and gets sucked inside.
Shake….Shake…Shake…Diiiing!
The classic red-and-white ball stops shaking around the button in its center glows red. I've now caught a Cyndaquil! I get my PokéNav and have it scan the Pokéball. According to this machine, Cyndaquil knows Flamethrower, Smokescreen, Quick Attack, and Dig. All moves that seem to fit my description.
. . .
Finally we make it to the Weather Institute. I decided that warning them of the invasion is better than invading them and taking innocent lives hostage. Grovyle and I step in to see a man working random controls.
"It seems like the snowing's a-workin'. The sunlight is goin' to affect plant growth, and the rain'll cause erosion if we don't stop. Cancel all tests, they all are a-workin'!" the scientist yells.
He's not very thin, but he's not completely overweight. He's bald on top but not on the sides of his head. He seems to have been raised in the backwoods of Kanto based on his country accent. This man seems to be the average working-class male, however his intellect is much higher nevertheless. I walk up to the man and poke his shoulder.
"Now son, I know ya love weather but we're busy!"
"Um, I'm not here about the weather," I attempt, but there's no point.
"I'll tell ya anyways. With this satellite dish," he points outside to a giant bowl, "we can actually make the weather. Let's say you want rain in Slateport City…"
The man flips a switch and clicks the city of Slateport on the Hoenn map. Instantly, rain clouds appear on a weather camera and the city begins to experience rain.
"Or ya want a drought in Oldale Town…"
Oldale Town, at the flip of a switch, begins to dry up immediately. It's almost disgusting on the camera, seeing plants wilt and Pokémon lose access to watering holes.
"One switch can stop'em all!"
The man flips yet another gizmo and all the weather immediately stops. He starts laughing maniacally while I groan of boredom. Yeah, it's cool, but seriously—this isn't what I came for.
"Excuse me, I'm not here for the weather," I tell the man.
"Then what the heck're ya doin' here?!"
"You need to get out. Now. Team Aqua and Team Magma are about to invade your Weather Institute and take it over. You need to leave as soon as possible."
The man doesn't say anything for a moment.
"No."
"Bu-dew?!" I yell for the eighth time.
Dewott and I run across the grassy field. Budew's nowhere in sight. The rain finally ended a few minutes ago, but the flooding is still horrendous. We run to this big tree and take a break.
"Bun!"
"Bud!"
We hear noises inside of the tree. I decide to call out Snorunt to freeze the front surface.
"Icy Wind!"
My Snow Hat Pokémon does as I say, and then turns around to brag to me. Snorunt is still using Icy Wind, too, so my hand goes numb and I fall over with a frozen limb.
"Dewott, use Razor Shell on me! Then on the icy tree bark!"
Dewott grabs its scalchop and slams it against the ice around my arm, freeing it. I call out Houndoom to warm it back up, then I recall him.
Dewott slices the tree while I return Snorunt, and I look to see Buneary and Budew hiding—completely dry, too.
"Budew!"
My little green Pokémon returns to my arms and I send it back in its Pokéball.
"I can't thank you enough, Buneary," I smile at it.
Dewott and I begin walking away as Buneary slams its foot against my back and slams me onto the ground.
"Was that a," I get up and spin around, "Jump Kick attack?"
"Buneary!"
Buneary wants to battle. I decide to call out Snorunt so I can freeze the little rabbit.
"Snorunt, come on out!"
My Snow Hat Pokémon comes back out to see Buneary. It giggles as it watches the bunny hop from side to side like a professional boxer.
Buneary makes the first move. The Rabbit Pokémon uses Double Hit, slapping Snorunt with one puffball ear, and then slugging it with the other as Snorunt recovers from the first hit.
It jumps up and uses Double hit again, however Snorunt hits it with Headbutt to counter the attack. The two end up clashing hard and bounce back to their original positions. Buneary uses Water Pulse, a move usually known by Buneary in Sinnoh, at my Snow Hat. The orb of water targets Snorunt, however my Pokémon uses Icy Wind to make an ice ball.
The ice ball is blown by the cool breeze towards Buneary, however it jumps up and kicks the giant ice sculpture with (you guessed it) Jump Kick. The ice shatters and the remains scatter along the floor.
It seems impossible to defeat this bunny. I can't have Snorunt use Shadow Ball, and Icy Wind doesn't work…neither does Headbutt. Maybe…ah! Buneary hops from side to side while anticipating my next move.
"Snorunt, I want you to scatter Spikes along the ground at Buneary's feet!"
These spiky pieces are thrown towards Buneary. It hops and pinches its feet. Eventually, Snorunt is able to score the win with a powerful Headbutt attack.
"Go, Pokéball!" I yell, and then throw a classic Pokéball at the Rabbit Pokémon.
Wobble wobble…The Pokéball clicks once. Wobble…clicks again. Wobble….Ding! The Pokéball moves one more time until the button flickers red and I catch Buneary!
The one question is: how does Buneary know a move from Sinnoh?
"…Yes, Boss. Grovyle and I will return to the base with a full report," I sigh into my PokéNav. Grovyle grabs his twig and holds it in his mouth.
"I know, but we have to," I frown.
. . .
"Yessir, the Weather Institute is filled with scientists capable of controlling weather!"
"Does this mean they can cause permanent rain?"
"Well yes sir, it does, but I'm not sure that the scientists would be willing to cooperate in such a…('ridiculous' is what I should say) difficult request. They have not tried permanent rain," I continue.
"I don't care if they aren't sure, we'll make them! Anthony, you are hereby ordered to take the Weather Institute over…and anyone inside can either join us or…"
"Or what?"
"Suffer the consequences," Archie says gravely, stroking his stubby, short beard. He then turns around in his chair as a sign for me to leave. His office is filled with all of the possible sightings of Kyogre. Psychopath.
. . .
Outside of Archie's room, I see Sean walking by stiffly. I nonchalantly join up beside him with Grovyle as we stroll down the hallway.
"What're you doing?" I ask nicely.
"Oh, shut up. Tony, you're too good for me now. You're in it with the Boss, you went on your own for a mission, and now you're taking over a whole building. You're not you anymore, and I'm tired of trying to stick by you. I'm not your sidekick, I never will be. And you should know this—I don't need you anymore!"
Sean slams into my shoulder as he goes into his room. Rubbing it, I question the meaning of his jealousy. I don't brag at all. Oh well, I'm going to bed.
In the Team Magma Base, I find Terra and send out my Buneary. Dewott greets it again, and Buneary cheerfully hops around.
"Oh, how nice. You got a Pokémon without me even being there. It's like you don't even care that we were friends. That's right, were. I don't think we should be talking to one another anymore. I'm done with you and your stuck-up self-confidence!"
With that, she ran off upset and left me alone. I recalled Buneary and scurry to my room to cry. Dewott follows behind.
The rest of the day I mope around on my bed. I send my Pokémon out to train for the next contest, which is rumored to be in Fortree City. That's not too far away. Each Pokémon shows me its growth. One of the impressive things was that Buneary was already equal to the others in contest skills. She creates Water Pulses and destroys them with Jump Kick. While there isn't much to this, it looks spectacular.
Still, my day is ruined and I'm completely upset. I head for bed not too long after. The frown is still on my face.
Riiiiing!
"Ahh!" I shout as I accidentally jump out of the bed and slam my head against the ceiling.
It's not going to be a good day. I quickly eat a small biscuit while feeding my Pokémon some food. I get dressed, brush my teeth, and return my Pokémon (except Grovyle) so we can go report in.
Grovyle and I run into Archie's room and tell him that we're both ready for our mission today.
"Your party is now waiting for you outside the base. I want the Weather Institute in our clutches!" he starts laughing maniacally.
. . .
My group is filled with rookies and has-beens. Sean isn't even in the group. Archie said he requested to not be in it. Oh well, I guess.
I march up the route with seven other people, all varying in height and width. One by one, we get closer to the Weather Institute.
This morning I wake up to an announcement saying, "Admin Alex, you are requested to come into Magma Boss Maxie's Room!"
I quickly get ready, recall every Pokémon but Dewott, and run over to Maxie's room.
"I have heard rumors of Team Aqua going after the Weather Institute today. You will do the same. About seven people will be in your party, however Terra (that's her name, right?) has requested to stay out of it. Whatever is going on between the two of you, I want no part in it."
The red hair on this guy looks so greasy I could vomit. What once was a kind man who took me in and fed me is now one who wishes for nothing but power.
. . .
We march up a ways, only a kilometer away from the Weather Institute, and I hear rustling in the bushes.
"Hush!" I whisper.
We move on and then come face-to-face with eight Team Aqua members.
"Okay, group! Let's get thi—" I stop abruptly.
"…Hi Tony," I say faintly, smiling.
"Hi," the Team Aqua Admin gasps back.
"Attack!" one of the Team Aqua grunts shouts.
Everyone starts battling anyone in the opposite color uniform. Soon enough, seven battles are going on in one area.
"Hey, the admin aren't battling!" one Magma girl whines.
Tony and I just stand there without moving a muscle. I can't battling him. I can't.
"Battle or we'll tell!" another Aqua boy giggles.
"Well then, let's battle," I sigh as I grab a Pokéball.
"I can't battle you," Alex whispers.
"Then let me battle you," I try to emphasize something, but it doesn't even make sense for me.
"Cyndaquil, go! Use Smokescreen!"
My little Fire Mouse Pokémon comes out and fills the whole area in a fit of smoke.
Once the smoke clears, the girl from Team Magma looks around.
"Our Admin is gone!"
"Hey, so is ours!" the Aqua boy gapes.
They all freak out, but then continue battling. Someone's getting in trouble!
Alex and I finally managed to escape the groups. We keep running with Dewott and Grovyle. I carry Cyndaquil with me on the way there. We skip over fallen logs and hop across small rocks along the river. Finally, the Weather Institute is within four yards of us. I look back to see nothing and we run in quickly.
"They won't evacuate," I explain to Alex as we reach the rooftop first.
"Then use Cyndaquil!" she attempts.
"…How?" I ask reasonably.
"What about…this?"
Alex looks around and finds an air duct on the ground.
"What about it? It just helps bring in air through the vents of…the…whole…oh," I catch on.
So if Cyndaquil uses Smokescreen through the vent, it will travel down through the pipes and leak into every room containing an opening for the air to come through! It's genius!
"Cyndaquil, use Smokescreen down that vent!" I shout as my Pokémon does the action.
In a matter of minutes, screaming and crying can be heard down below, and outside there are tons of people coming outside. I can hear sirens in the distance. I recall Cyndaquil after praising it.
"We need to hurry and get these people to safety. Maybe the cops can—" I start.
"We're criminals. The cops can't get us," Alex reminds me.
We sweep the floors for any leftover people, starting from the first floor. Once we get to the third and final floor (other than the roof), we find a man still working on the computer.
"Sir, you need to evacuate the premises," Alex shakes his shoulders.
Dewott and Grovyle turn the man over and reveal that he was knocked out from the smoke. After I gently slap his face, he becomes conscious again.
"Oh, I'm sorry, kids! Thank you for telling me. Here, have these rocks I was looking at. I'm done with them now," the man thrusts two rocks at us and runs away.
I open up some windows to let the remaining smoke exit. Alex looks at the rocks. He gave me this one labeled a "Damp Rock." It has blue shards in it, much like Alex's "Heat Rock" has red ones inside. We slip them in ours bags quietly and begin to walk out when…
"Freeze!" an intimidating voice shouts from the elevator.
Officer Jenny and three men storm in and surround us.
"Anthony, I know that is you in the blue outfit. Your stepfather has been looking for you. As for this young lady, I'm not sure who she is!"
Officer Jenny has creepy aquamarine hair, but you can't see it because of her blue police hat. Her short skirt and tight jacket make her look kind of trashy in my opinion, but whose opinions matter these days?
Team Aqua and Team Magma are nowhere to be seen. I don't even see the grunts outside fighting anymore. What…what do we do?
"…and Admin Anthony ran off with that Magma girl!" one snitch smiles as he tells on his superior.
"Very interesting. Looks likes Tony will be hunted down for this one," Archie mumbles sinisterly.
"Yes, sir! She escaped with that Aqua Admin! She refused to take any action and ran off!" another grunt, this time from Team Magma, tells on her admin.
"Well then, I guess Alex will be exterminated. Unless she gets the Weather Institute," Maxie sighs.
"Go, Swablu!" I quickly whisper, while sending out my fluffy hat.
"Don't you try anything. Growlithe, come on!" Jenny throws her puppy in the middle of the room to fight.
Grovyle, Dewott, and Alex are still against the window.
"There's no way out, Tony. We're surrounded," Alex admits defeat.
"No, we're not. Right Swablu?" I look at my cotton ball-winged Pokémon and glance at the window.
"Swa?"
Sorry for waiting so long to post. My classes eat up free time like it's a buffet or something. I stopped editing a little under halfway through because...well...I'm tired. Don't worry, we're finally starting to get Tony and Alex out of their comfort zones.
Is this what you've been waiting for?
I've been rather inactive in my own thread so please forgive me for that. I'll be updating as much as I can. Too Late to Hesitate
Tony: Grovyle, Corphish, Swablu, Phanpy
Cyndaquil keeps Grovyle and I warm while the blizzard covers the grass in icy patches. Soon enough, though, it starts to die down. Before I know it, the blizzard stops and the sun melts away the remaining snow. Cyndaquil, Grovyle, and I walk outside.
The scene is beautiful; there are Taillow chirping and Sentret scurrying from their little shelters. An Azurill hops out of a pond and bounces around on its blue-ball tail. There is but a slight, warm breeze in the August air. Leaves blow ever-so-slightly. Sunflora and Bellossom dance among the grounded flowers, varying in colors from orange to red to yellow. The sky is baby blue and without a cloud in sight. It's just one of those things made for a calendar picture.
Grovyle and I walk out of the cave and take in some fresh summer air. The cave seems less scary than it did inside. I start stepping away from Cyndaquil as it grabs my pants leg.
"Quil! it squeals.
I look down and Cyndaquil, the little Fire Mouse that provided our much-needed heat, has a smile that is warmer than the fire it produced earlier.
"Cynda!"
I can't say no. Happily, I get a Pokéball and set it on the ground. Cyndaquil taps it with a little paw and gets sucked inside.
Shake….Shake…Shake…Diiiing!
The classic red-and-white ball stops shaking around the button in its center glows red. I've now caught a Cyndaquil! I get my PokéNav and have it scan the Pokéball. According to this machine, Cyndaquil knows Flamethrower, Smokescreen, Quick Attack, and Dig. All moves that seem to fit my description.
. . .
Finally we make it to the Weather Institute. I decided that warning them of the invasion is better than invading them and taking innocent lives hostage. Grovyle and I step in to see a man working random controls.
"It seems like the snowing's a-workin'. The sunlight is goin' to affect plant growth, and the rain'll cause erosion if we don't stop. Cancel all tests, they all are a-workin'!" the scientist yells.
He's not very thin, but he's not completely overweight. He's bald on top but not on the sides of his head. He seems to have been raised in the backwoods of Kanto based on his country accent. This man seems to be the average working-class male, however his intellect is much higher nevertheless. I walk up to the man and poke his shoulder.
"Now son, I know ya love weather but we're busy!"
"Um, I'm not here about the weather," I attempt, but there's no point.
"I'll tell ya anyways. With this satellite dish," he points outside to a giant bowl, "we can actually make the weather. Let's say you want rain in Slateport City…"
The man flips a switch and clicks the city of Slateport on the Hoenn map. Instantly, rain clouds appear on a weather camera and the city begins to experience rain.
"Or ya want a drought in Oldale Town…"
Oldale Town, at the flip of a switch, begins to dry up immediately. It's almost disgusting on the camera, seeing plants wilt and Pokémon lose access to watering holes.
"One switch can stop'em all!"
The man flips yet another gizmo and all the weather immediately stops. He starts laughing maniacally while I groan of boredom. Yeah, it's cool, but seriously—this isn't what I came for.
"Excuse me, I'm not here for the weather," I tell the man.
"Then what the heck're ya doin' here?!"
"You need to get out. Now. Team Aqua and Team Magma are about to invade your Weather Institute and take it over. You need to leave as soon as possible."
The man doesn't say anything for a moment.
"No."
. . .
Alex: Dewott, Houndoom, Budew, Snorunt
"Bu-dew?!" I yell for the eighth time.
Dewott and I run across the grassy field. Budew's nowhere in sight. The rain finally ended a few minutes ago, but the flooding is still horrendous. We run to this big tree and take a break.
"Bun!"
"Bud!"
We hear noises inside of the tree. I decide to call out Snorunt to freeze the front surface.
"Icy Wind!"
My Snow Hat Pokémon does as I say, and then turns around to brag to me. Snorunt is still using Icy Wind, too, so my hand goes numb and I fall over with a frozen limb.
"Dewott, use Razor Shell on me! Then on the icy tree bark!"
Dewott grabs its scalchop and slams it against the ice around my arm, freeing it. I call out Houndoom to warm it back up, then I recall him.
Dewott slices the tree while I return Snorunt, and I look to see Buneary and Budew hiding—completely dry, too.
"Budew!"
My little green Pokémon returns to my arms and I send it back in its Pokéball.
"I can't thank you enough, Buneary," I smile at it.
Dewott and I begin walking away as Buneary slams its foot against my back and slams me onto the ground.
"Was that a," I get up and spin around, "Jump Kick attack?"
"Buneary!"
Buneary wants to battle. I decide to call out Snorunt so I can freeze the little rabbit.
"Snorunt, come on out!"
My Snow Hat Pokémon comes back out to see Buneary. It giggles as it watches the bunny hop from side to side like a professional boxer.
Buneary makes the first move. The Rabbit Pokémon uses Double Hit, slapping Snorunt with one puffball ear, and then slugging it with the other as Snorunt recovers from the first hit.
It jumps up and uses Double hit again, however Snorunt hits it with Headbutt to counter the attack. The two end up clashing hard and bounce back to their original positions. Buneary uses Water Pulse, a move usually known by Buneary in Sinnoh, at my Snow Hat. The orb of water targets Snorunt, however my Pokémon uses Icy Wind to make an ice ball.
The ice ball is blown by the cool breeze towards Buneary, however it jumps up and kicks the giant ice sculpture with (you guessed it) Jump Kick. The ice shatters and the remains scatter along the floor.
It seems impossible to defeat this bunny. I can't have Snorunt use Shadow Ball, and Icy Wind doesn't work…neither does Headbutt. Maybe…ah! Buneary hops from side to side while anticipating my next move.
"Snorunt, I want you to scatter Spikes along the ground at Buneary's feet!"
These spiky pieces are thrown towards Buneary. It hops and pinches its feet. Eventually, Snorunt is able to score the win with a powerful Headbutt attack.
"Go, Pokéball!" I yell, and then throw a classic Pokéball at the Rabbit Pokémon.
Wobble wobble…The Pokéball clicks once. Wobble…clicks again. Wobble….Ding! The Pokéball moves one more time until the button flickers red and I catch Buneary!
The one question is: how does Buneary know a move from Sinnoh?
. . .
Tony: Grovyle, Corphish, Swablu, Phanpy, Cyndaquil
"…Yes, Boss. Grovyle and I will return to the base with a full report," I sigh into my PokéNav. Grovyle grabs his twig and holds it in his mouth.
"I know, but we have to," I frown.
. . .
"Yessir, the Weather Institute is filled with scientists capable of controlling weather!"
"Does this mean they can cause permanent rain?"
"Well yes sir, it does, but I'm not sure that the scientists would be willing to cooperate in such a…('ridiculous' is what I should say) difficult request. They have not tried permanent rain," I continue.
"I don't care if they aren't sure, we'll make them! Anthony, you are hereby ordered to take the Weather Institute over…and anyone inside can either join us or…"
"Or what?"
"Suffer the consequences," Archie says gravely, stroking his stubby, short beard. He then turns around in his chair as a sign for me to leave. His office is filled with all of the possible sightings of Kyogre. Psychopath.
. . .
Outside of Archie's room, I see Sean walking by stiffly. I nonchalantly join up beside him with Grovyle as we stroll down the hallway.
"What're you doing?" I ask nicely.
"Oh, shut up. Tony, you're too good for me now. You're in it with the Boss, you went on your own for a mission, and now you're taking over a whole building. You're not you anymore, and I'm tired of trying to stick by you. I'm not your sidekick, I never will be. And you should know this—I don't need you anymore!"
Sean slams into my shoulder as he goes into his room. Rubbing it, I question the meaning of his jealousy. I don't brag at all. Oh well, I'm going to bed.
. . .
Alex: Dewott, Houndoom, Budew, Snorunt, Buneary
In the Team Magma Base, I find Terra and send out my Buneary. Dewott greets it again, and Buneary cheerfully hops around.
"Oh, how nice. You got a Pokémon without me even being there. It's like you don't even care that we were friends. That's right, were. I don't think we should be talking to one another anymore. I'm done with you and your stuck-up self-confidence!"
With that, she ran off upset and left me alone. I recalled Buneary and scurry to my room to cry. Dewott follows behind.
The rest of the day I mope around on my bed. I send my Pokémon out to train for the next contest, which is rumored to be in Fortree City. That's not too far away. Each Pokémon shows me its growth. One of the impressive things was that Buneary was already equal to the others in contest skills. She creates Water Pulses and destroys them with Jump Kick. While there isn't much to this, it looks spectacular.
Still, my day is ruined and I'm completely upset. I head for bed not too long after. The frown is still on my face.
. . .
Tony: Grovyle, Corphish, Swablu, Phanpy, Cyndaquil
Riiiiing!
"Ahh!" I shout as I accidentally jump out of the bed and slam my head against the ceiling.
It's not going to be a good day. I quickly eat a small biscuit while feeding my Pokémon some food. I get dressed, brush my teeth, and return my Pokémon (except Grovyle) so we can go report in.
Grovyle and I run into Archie's room and tell him that we're both ready for our mission today.
"Your party is now waiting for you outside the base. I want the Weather Institute in our clutches!" he starts laughing maniacally.
. . .
My group is filled with rookies and has-beens. Sean isn't even in the group. Archie said he requested to not be in it. Oh well, I guess.
I march up the route with seven other people, all varying in height and width. One by one, we get closer to the Weather Institute.
. . .
Alex: Dewott, Houndoom, Budew, Snorunt, Buneary
This morning I wake up to an announcement saying, "Admin Alex, you are requested to come into Magma Boss Maxie's Room!"
I quickly get ready, recall every Pokémon but Dewott, and run over to Maxie's room.
"I have heard rumors of Team Aqua going after the Weather Institute today. You will do the same. About seven people will be in your party, however Terra (that's her name, right?) has requested to stay out of it. Whatever is going on between the two of you, I want no part in it."
The red hair on this guy looks so greasy I could vomit. What once was a kind man who took me in and fed me is now one who wishes for nothing but power.
. . .
We march up a ways, only a kilometer away from the Weather Institute, and I hear rustling in the bushes.
"Hush!" I whisper.
We move on and then come face-to-face with eight Team Aqua members.
"Okay, group! Let's get thi—" I stop abruptly.
"…Hi Tony," I say faintly, smiling.
"Hi," the Team Aqua Admin gasps back.
"Attack!" one of the Team Aqua grunts shouts.
Everyone starts battling anyone in the opposite color uniform. Soon enough, seven battles are going on in one area.
"Hey, the admin aren't battling!" one Magma girl whines.
Tony and I just stand there without moving a muscle. I can't battling him. I can't.
"Battle or we'll tell!" another Aqua boy giggles.
. . .
Tony: Grovyle, Corphish, Swablu, Phanpy, Cyndaquil
"Well then, let's battle," I sigh as I grab a Pokéball.
"I can't battle you," Alex whispers.
"Then let me battle you," I try to emphasize something, but it doesn't even make sense for me.
"Cyndaquil, go! Use Smokescreen!"
My little Fire Mouse Pokémon comes out and fills the whole area in a fit of smoke.
. . .
Once the smoke clears, the girl from Team Magma looks around.
"Our Admin is gone!"
"Hey, so is ours!" the Aqua boy gapes.
They all freak out, but then continue battling. Someone's getting in trouble!
. . .
Tony: Grovyle, Corphish, Swablu, Phanpy, Cyndaquil
Alex and I finally managed to escape the groups. We keep running with Dewott and Grovyle. I carry Cyndaquil with me on the way there. We skip over fallen logs and hop across small rocks along the river. Finally, the Weather Institute is within four yards of us. I look back to see nothing and we run in quickly.
"They won't evacuate," I explain to Alex as we reach the rooftop first.
"Then use Cyndaquil!" she attempts.
"…How?" I ask reasonably.
"What about…this?"
Alex looks around and finds an air duct on the ground.
"What about it? It just helps bring in air through the vents of…the…whole…oh," I catch on.
So if Cyndaquil uses Smokescreen through the vent, it will travel down through the pipes and leak into every room containing an opening for the air to come through! It's genius!
"Cyndaquil, use Smokescreen down that vent!" I shout as my Pokémon does the action.
In a matter of minutes, screaming and crying can be heard down below, and outside there are tons of people coming outside. I can hear sirens in the distance. I recall Cyndaquil after praising it.
"We need to hurry and get these people to safety. Maybe the cops can—" I start.
"We're criminals. The cops can't get us," Alex reminds me.
We sweep the floors for any leftover people, starting from the first floor. Once we get to the third and final floor (other than the roof), we find a man still working on the computer.
"Sir, you need to evacuate the premises," Alex shakes his shoulders.
Dewott and Grovyle turn the man over and reveal that he was knocked out from the smoke. After I gently slap his face, he becomes conscious again.
"Oh, I'm sorry, kids! Thank you for telling me. Here, have these rocks I was looking at. I'm done with them now," the man thrusts two rocks at us and runs away.
I open up some windows to let the remaining smoke exit. Alex looks at the rocks. He gave me this one labeled a "Damp Rock." It has blue shards in it, much like Alex's "Heat Rock" has red ones inside. We slip them in ours bags quietly and begin to walk out when…
"Freeze!" an intimidating voice shouts from the elevator.
Officer Jenny and three men storm in and surround us.
"Anthony, I know that is you in the blue outfit. Your stepfather has been looking for you. As for this young lady, I'm not sure who she is!"
Officer Jenny has creepy aquamarine hair, but you can't see it because of her blue police hat. Her short skirt and tight jacket make her look kind of trashy in my opinion, but whose opinions matter these days?
Team Aqua and Team Magma are nowhere to be seen. I don't even see the grunts outside fighting anymore. What…what do we do?
. . .
"…and Admin Anthony ran off with that Magma girl!" one snitch smiles as he tells on his superior.
"Very interesting. Looks likes Tony will be hunted down for this one," Archie mumbles sinisterly.
. . .
"Yes, sir! She escaped with that Aqua Admin! She refused to take any action and ran off!" another grunt, this time from Team Magma, tells on her admin.
"Well then, I guess Alex will be exterminated. Unless she gets the Weather Institute," Maxie sighs.
. . .
Tony: Grovyle, Corphish, Swablu, Phanpy, Cyndaquil
"Go, Swablu!" I quickly whisper, while sending out my fluffy hat.
"Don't you try anything. Growlithe, come on!" Jenny throws her puppy in the middle of the room to fight.
Grovyle, Dewott, and Alex are still against the window.
"There's no way out, Tony. We're surrounded," Alex admits defeat.
"No, we're not. Right Swablu?" I look at my cotton ball-winged Pokémon and glance at the window.
"Swa?"
Sorry for waiting so long to post. My classes eat up free time like it's a buffet or something. I stopped editing a little under halfway through because...well...I'm tired. Don't worry, we're finally starting to get Tony and Alex out of their comfort zones.
RE: The Clash of Land and Sea [Chapter 25--Special is Now Up!]
Did you hesitate before uploading this? Anyays nice chapter as always can't wait till I can read new chapters here.
Thetwiggy13 said:Is this what you've been waiting for?
Too Late to Hesitate
Tony: Grovyle, Corphish, Swablu, Phanpy
Cyndaquil keeps Grovyle and I warm while the blizzard covers the grass in icy patches. Soon enough, though, it starts to die down. Before I know it, the blizzard stops and the sun melts away the remaining snow. Cyndaquil, Grovyle, and I walk outside.
The scene is beautiful; there are Taillow chirping and Sentret scurrying from their little shelters. An Azurill hops out of a pond and bounces around on its blue-ball tail. There is but a slight, warm breeze in the August air. Leaves blow ever-so-slightly. Sunflora and Bellossom dance among the grounded flowers, varying in colors from orange to red to yellow. The sky is baby blue and without a cloud in sight. It's just one of those things made for a calendar picture.
Grovyle and I walk out of the cave and take in some fresh summer air. The cave seems less scary than it did inside. I start stepping away from Cyndaquil as it grabs my pants leg.
"Quil! it squeals.
I look down and Cyndaquil, the little Fire Mouse that provided our much-needed heat, has a smile that is warmer than the fire it produced earlier.
"Cynda!"
I can't say no. Happily, I get a Pokéball and set it on the ground. Cyndaquil taps it with a little paw and gets sucked inside.
Shake….Shake…Shake…Diiiing!
The classic red-and-white ball stops shaking around the button in its center glows red. I've now caught a Cyndaquil! I get my PokéNav and have it scan the Pokéball. According to this machine, Cyndaquil knows Flamethrower, Smokescreen, Quick Attack, and Dig. All moves that seem to fit my description.
. . .
Finally we make it to the Weather Institute. I decided that warning them of the invasion is better than invading them and taking innocent lives hostage. Grovyle and I step in to see a man working random controls.
"It seems like the snowing's a-workin'. The sunlight is goin' to affect plant growth, and the rain'll cause erosion if we don't stop. Cancel all tests, they all are a-workin'!" the scientist yells.
He's not very thin, but he's not completely overweight. He's bald on top but not on the sides of his head. He seems to have been raised in the backwoods of Kanto based on his country accent. This man seems to be the average working-class male, however his intellect is much higher nevertheless. I walk up to the man and poke his shoulder.
"Now son, I know ya love weather but we're busy!"
"Um, I'm not here about the weather," I attempt, but there's no point.
"I'll tell ya anyways. With this satellite dish," he points outside to a giant bowl, "we can actually make the weather. Let's say you want rain in Slateport City…"
The man flips a switch and clicks the city of Slateport on the Hoenn map. Instantly, rain clouds appear on a weather camera and the city begins to experience rain.
"Or ya want a drought in Oldale Town…"
Oldale Town, at the flip of a switch, begins to dry up immediately. It's almost disgusting on the camera, seeing plants wilt and Pokémon lose access to watering holes.
"One switch can stop'em all!"
The man flips yet another gizmo and all the weather immediately stops. He starts laughing maniacally while I groan of boredom. Yeah, it's cool, but seriously—this isn't what I came for.
"Excuse me, I'm not here for the weather," I tell the man.
"Then what the heck're ya doin' here?!"
"You need to get out. Now. Team Aqua and Team Magma are about to invade your Weather Institute and take it over. You need to leave as soon as possible."
The man doesn't say anything for a moment.
"No."
. . .
Alex: Dewott, Houndoom, Budew, Snorunt
"Bu-dew?!" I yell for the eighth time.
Dewott and I run across the grassy field. Budew's nowhere in sight. The rain finally ended a few minutes ago, but the flooding is still horrendous. We run to this big tree and take a break.
"Bun!"
"Bud!"
We hear noises inside of the tree. I decide to call out Snorunt to freeze the front surface.
"Icy Wind!"
My Snow Hat Pokémon does as I say, and then turns around to brag to me. Snorunt is still using Icy Wind, too, so my hand goes numb and I fall over with a frozen limb.
"Dewott, use Razor Shell on me! Then on the icy tree bark!"
Dewott grabs its scalchop and slams it against the ice around my arm, freeing it. I call out Houndoom to warm it back up, then I recall him.
Dewott slices the tree while I return Snorunt, and I look to see Buneary and Budew hiding—completely dry, too.
"Budew!"
My little green Pokémon returns to my arms and I send it back in its Pokéball.
"I can't thank you enough, Buneary," I smile at it.
Dewott and I begin walking away as Buneary slams its foot against my back and slams me onto the ground.
"Was that a," I get up and spin around, "Jump Kick attack?"
"Buneary!"
Buneary wants to battle. I decide to call out Snorunt so I can freeze the little rabbit.
"Snorunt, come on out!"
My Snow Hat Pokémon comes back out to see Buneary. It giggles as it watches the bunny hop from side to side like a professional boxer.
Buneary makes the first move. The Rabbit Pokémon uses Double Hit, slapping Snorunt with one puffball ear, and then slugging it with the other as Snorunt recovers from the first hit.
It jumps up and uses Double hit again, however Snorunt hits it with Headbutt to counter the attack. The two end up clashing hard and bounce back to their original positions. Buneary uses Water Pulse, a move usually known by Buneary in Sinnoh, at my Snow Hat. The orb of water targets Snorunt, however my Pokémon uses Icy Wind to make an ice ball.
The ice ball is blown by the cool breeze towards Buneary, however it jumps up and kicks the giant ice sculpture with (you guessed it) Jump Kick. The ice shatters and the remains scatter along the floor.
It seems impossible to defeat this bunny. I can't have Snorunt use Shadow Ball, and Icy Wind doesn't work…neither does Headbutt. Maybe…ah! Buneary hops from side to side while anticipating my next move.
"Snorunt, I want you to scatter Spikes along the ground at Buneary's feet!"
These spiky pieces are thrown towards Buneary. It hops and pinches its feet. Eventually, Snorunt is able to score the win with a powerful Headbutt attack.
"Go, Pokéball!" I yell, and then throw a classic Pokéball at the Rabbit Pokémon.
Wobble wobble…The Pokéball clicks once. Wobble…clicks again. Wobble….Ding! The Pokéball moves one more time until the button flickers red and I catch Buneary!
The one question is: how does Buneary know a move from Sinnoh?
. . .
Tony: Grovyle, Corphish, Swablu, Phanpy, Cyndaquil
"…Yes, Boss. Grovyle and I will return to the base with a full report," I sigh into my PokéNav. Grovyle grabs his twig and holds it in his mouth.
"I know, but we have to," I frown.
. . .
"Yessir, the Weather Institute is filled with scientists capable of controlling weather!"
"Does this mean they can cause permanent rain?"
"Well yes sir, it does, but I'm not sure that the scientists would be willing to cooperate in such a…('ridiculous' is what I should say) difficult request. They have not tried permanent rain," I continue.
"I don't care if they aren't sure, we'll make them! Anthony, you are hereby ordered to take the Weather Institute over…and anyone inside can either join us or…"
"Or what?"
"Suffer the consequences," Archie says gravely, stroking his stubby, short beard. He then turns around in his chair as a sign for me to leave. His office is filled with all of the possible sightings of Kyogre. Psychopath.
. . .
Outside of Archie's room, I see Sean walking by stiffly. I nonchalantly join up beside him with Grovyle as we stroll down the hallway.
"What're you doing?" I ask nicely.
"Oh, shut up. Tony, you're too good for me now. You're in it with the Boss, you went on your own for a mission, and now you're taking over a whole building. You're not you anymore, and I'm tired of trying to stick by you. I'm not your sidekick, I never will be. And you should know this—I don't need you anymore!"
Sean slams into my shoulder as he goes into his room. Rubbing it, I question the meaning of his jealousy. I don't brag at all. Oh well, I'm going to bed.
. . .
Alex: Dewott, Houndoom, Budew, Snorunt, Buneary
In the Team Magma Base, I find Terra and send out my Buneary. Dewott greets it again, and Buneary cheerfully hops around.
"Oh, how nice. You got a Pokémon without me even being there. It's like you don't even care that we were friends. That's right, were. I don't think we should be talking to one another anymore. I'm done with you and your stuck-up self-confidence!"
With that, she ran off upset and left me alone. I recalled Buneary and scurry to my room to cry. Dewott follows behind.
The rest of the day I mope around on my bed. I send my Pokémon out to train for the next contest, which is rumored to be in Fortree City. That's not too far away. Each Pokémon shows me its growth. One of the impressive things was that Buneary was already equal to the others in contest skills. She creates Water Pulses and destroys them with Jump Kick. While there isn't much to this, it looks spectacular.
Still, my day is ruined and I'm completely upset. I head for bed not too long after. The frown is still on my face.
. . .
Tony: Grovyle, Corphish, Swablu, Phanpy, Cyndaquil
Riiiiing!
"Ahh!" I shout as I accidentally jump out of the bed and slam my head against the ceiling.
It's not going to be a good day. I quickly eat a small biscuit while feeding my Pokémon some food. I get dressed, brush my teeth, and return my Pokémon (except Grovyle) so we can go report in.
Grovyle and I run into Archie's room and tell him that we're both ready for our mission today.
"Your party is now waiting for you outside the base. I want the Weather Institute in our clutches!" he starts laughing maniacally.
. . .
My group is filled with rookies and has-beens. Sean isn't even in the group. Archie said he requested to not be in it. Oh well, I guess.
I march up the route with seven other people, all varying in height and width. One by one, we get closer to the Weather Institute.
. . .
Alex: Dewott, Houndoom, Budew, Snorunt, Buneary
This morning I wake up to an announcement saying, "Admin Alex, you are requested to come into Magma Boss Maxie's Room!"
I quickly get ready, recall every Pokémon but Dewott, and run over to Maxie's room.
"I have heard rumors of Team Aqua going after the Weather Institute today. You will do the same. About seven people will be in your party, however Terra (that's her name, right?) has requested to stay out of it. Whatever is going on between the two of you, I want no part in it."
The red hair on this guy looks so greasy I could vomit. What once was a kind man who took me in and fed me is now one who wishes for nothing but power.
. . .
We march up a ways, only a kilometer away from the Weather Institute, and I hear rustling in the bushes.
"Hush!" I whisper.
We move on and then come face-to-face with eight Team Aqua members.
"Okay, group! Let's get thi—" I stop abruptly.
"…Hi Tony," I say faintly, smiling.
"Hi," the Team Aqua Admin gasps back.
"Attack!" one of the Team Aqua grunts shouts.
Everyone starts battling anyone in the opposite color uniform. Soon enough, seven battles are going on in one area.
"Hey, the admin aren't battling!" one Magma girl whines.
Tony and I just stand there without moving a muscle. I can't battling him. I can't.
"Battle or we'll tell!" another Aqua boy giggles.
. . .
Tony: Grovyle, Corphish, Swablu, Phanpy, Cyndaquil
"Well then, let's battle," I sigh as I grab a Pokéball.
"I can't battle you," Alex whispers.
"Then let me battle you," I try to emphasize something, but it doesn't even make sense for me.
"Cyndaquil, go! Use Smokescreen!"
My little Fire Mouse Pokémon comes out and fills the whole area in a fit of smoke.
. . .
Once the smoke clears, the girl from Team Magma looks around.
"Our Admin is gone!"
"Hey, so is ours!" the Aqua boy gapes.
They all freak out, but then continue battling. Someone's getting in trouble!
. . .
Tony: Grovyle, Corphish, Swablu, Phanpy, Cyndaquil
Alex and I finally managed to escape the groups. We keep running with Dewott and Grovyle. I carry Cyndaquil with me on the way there. We skip over fallen logs and hop across small rocks along the river. Finally, the Weather Institute is within four yards of us. I look back to see nothing and we run in quickly.
"They won't evacuate," I explain to Alex as we reach the rooftop first.
"Then use Cyndaquil!" she attempts.
"…How?" I ask reasonably.
"What about…this?"
Alex looks around and finds an air duct on the ground.
"What about it? It just helps bring in air through the vents of…the…whole…oh," I catch on.
So if Cyndaquil uses Smokescreen through the vent, it will travel down through the pipes and leak into every room containing an opening for the air to come through! It's genius!
"Cyndaquil, use Smokescreen down that vent!" I shout as my Pokémon does the action.
In a matter of minutes, screaming and crying can be heard down below, and outside there are tons of people coming outside. I can hear sirens in the distance. I recall Cyndaquil after praising it.
"We need to hurry and get these people to safety. Maybe the cops can—" I start.
"We're criminals. The cops can't get us," Alex reminds me.
We sweep the floors for any leftover people, starting from the first floor. Once we get to the third and final floor (other than the roof), we find a man still working on the computer.
"Sir, you need to evacuate the premises," Alex shakes his shoulders.
Dewott and Grovyle turn the man over and reveal that he was knocked out from the smoke. After I gently slap his face, he becomes conscious again.
"Oh, I'm sorry, kids! Thank you for telling me. Here, have these rocks I was looking at. I'm done with them now," the man thrusts two rocks at us and runs away.
I open up some windows to let the remaining smoke exit. Alex looks at the rocks. He gave me this one labeled a "Damp Rock." It has blue shards in it, much like Alex's "Heat Rock" has red ones inside. We slip them in ours bags quietly and begin to walk out when…
"Freeze!" an intimidating voice shouts from the elevator.
Officer Jenny and three men storm in and surround us.
"Anthony, I know that is you in the blue outfit. Your stepfather has been looking for you. As for this young lady, I'm not sure who she is!"
Officer Jenny has creepy aquamarine hair, but you can't see it because of her blue police hat. Her short skirt and tight jacket make her look kind of trashy in my opinion, but whose opinions matter these days?
Team Aqua and Team Magma are nowhere to be seen. I don't even see the grunts outside fighting anymore. What…what do we do?
. . .
"…and Admin Anthony ran off with that Magma girl!" one snitch smiles as he tells on his superior.
"Very interesting. Looks likes Tony will be hunted down for this one," Archie mumbles sinisterly.
. . .
"Yes, sir! She escaped with that Aqua Admin! She refused to take any action and ran off!" another grunt, this time from Team Magma, tells on her admin.
"Well then, I guess Alex will be exterminated. Unless she gets the Weather Institute," Maxie sighs.
. . .
Tony: Grovyle, Corphish, Swablu, Phanpy, Cyndaquil
"Go, Swablu!" I quickly whisper, while sending out my fluffy hat.
"Don't you try anything. Growlithe, come on!" Jenny throws her puppy in the middle of the room to fight.
Grovyle, Dewott, and Alex are still against the window.
"There's no way out, Tony. We're surrounded," Alex admits defeat.
"No, we're not. Right Swablu?" I look at my cotton ball-winged Pokémon and glance at the window.
"Swa?"
Sorry for waiting so long to post. My classes eat up free time like it's a buffet or something. I stopped editing a little under halfway through because...well...I'm tired. Don't worry, we're finally starting to get Tony and Alex out of their comfort zones.
Did you hesitate before uploading this? Anyays nice chapter as always can't wait till I can read new chapters here.
RE: The Clash of Land and Sea [Chapter 27! Yes, he finally updated!]
I just finished chapter 17; Great work! I love that their starters evolved. I think it's better than having them in their first stage throughout the whole story. I feel sorry for Tony's mom. Who would have figured that her partner is Archie's brother!
I'm looking forward to reading what will hatch from the egg!
I just finished chapter 17; Great work! I love that their starters evolved. I think it's better than having them in their first stage throughout the whole story. I feel sorry for Tony's mom.
Who would have figured that her partner is Archie's brother! I'm looking forward to reading what will hatch from the egg!
RE: The Clash of Land and Sea [Chapter 27! Yes, he finally updated!] PG-13
So I begin to close my computer down and remember this thread...so I figured I better update before there's a riot haha. I was going to update more, but I will tomorrow probably because I've been gone all day to some doctor's office sick :l
Staring at the window, I thrust Swablu outside.
"Now! It's finally time, Swablu!" I shout.
My little Cotton Bird Pokémon nods and closes its eyes. Glowing white, its small, puffy-white wings grow larger; its neck grows larger. Two small feathers protrude from the back of the Pokémon's head. Then, just as quickly as it started, the white light stops and my Pokemon opens its eyes.
"Altaria!" it cries.
An Altaria; such a graceful Pokémon. The white cumulus-cloud wings and blue, sleek body gives it perfect flying capabilities. Grovyle and Dewott hop on the Pokémon as I turn back to Alex and the police.
"Don't just stand there, get them!" Officer Jenny yells.
I grab Alex's hand and we jump off the window and onto Altaria. Even though we weigh the Pokémon down, my Humming Pokémon is able to glide us away from the police. However, now everyone knows that I'm part of Team Aqua. At least Alex isn't ruined yet.
We glide through the sky. Here and there are some puffy clouds—much like Altaria. She swoops around the air for about an hour, slowly gliding to the trees. From there, all four of us are able to hop off and I recall Altaria.
"That was very close," Alex gasps, still breathing hard.
"Yeah, I agree," I wipe beads of sweat from my forehead.
Grovyle and Dewott relax while we sit around. I suggest that we return to our team bases to let them know what happened. We should also make some sort of excuse as to why we ran instead of fighting.
"If we don't, we'll be on the run," she sighs.
"I'd rather get my way around Archie than be his next doormat," I huff.
From there, we find our way back to the beginning—and our team bases. Alex and I part ways. Eventually, I meet up with my group. Grovyle narrows his eyes.
Smack!
"I don't care if you were making a run for the Weather Institute, that was an idiotic thing to do! You, child, should be ashamed of yourself. You have ruined the whole operation! Now the cops have taken it over!"
The room is dark. All I remember is going into the Magma Base, getting trampled by grunts, and being tied up in a chair beside of Dewott. My limited vision allows me to see Maxie's hand, red from the friction of my face, throb in the light that shines in my face. My face…
...My face still hurts from Maxie's abuse. His angry voice makes Dewott tremble in fury, however it shrivels in fear at the tone my "boss" gives.
"I didn't mean to, sir, I was just trying to grab the institute when I had the chance! That blasted Aqua Admin actually gave me the perfect moment to slip," I attempt to explain.
Slap!
"Do you think I'm stupid or something?"
"No, sir!"
My face is swollen and red. My eyesight is getting blurry and, at random moments, goes black. I can feel myself nod to sleep…
"No! You are not getting out of this punishment! Tabitha and Courtney have never--EVER--teamed up with a Team Aqua ADMIN and sabotage everything we've worked for!" Maxie slaps me again.
I look over at Dewott to see that it is free of the bindings. Its scalchop was close enough for Dewott to use Razor Shell. However, he's still pretending to be bound by the ropes.
"Lights!" Maxie shouts.
The lights overhead turn on as the lamp shuts down. I see every grunt from Team Magma—including Terra—watching my interrogation. My eyes feel weak and I need to stand up. The circulation in my legs is being cut off.
"Dewott…Icy Wind," I manage to whisper.
Dewott breathes a cold draft through the room. This wind freezes the feet of every grunt standing in my way. Even Maxie is trapped. Dewott slices the rope from around my legs, and as the blood flow returns, the color does so to my face as well. I'm able to think clearly.
"Dewott, let's get out of here," I shout over the screaming voices.
"Get that girl!" Maxie can be heard hissing at his minions.
Grovyle and I have been sent to the dungeon to starve. It's not that bad; I'm not chained up. I get a bed, too. At least Grovyle can keep me company. Plus, there's nothing taken from my bag—no one even looked inside!
Secretly, I had Grovyle use Leaf Blade on the steel bars of the door. It failed. Since then, there have been guards monitoring me the whole time. Apparently Archie wants to see me in my most vulnerable state. Eventually, at about midnight, everyone heads to bed and I can call Alex via the PokéNav.
I turn the neat device on and the screen pops up to the main menu. I go over to my "Contacts" and select Alex Stone.
Ring…Ring…
"Hello?" Alex whispers.
"Alex! I'm locked up! They want me to starve to death!" I moan softly.
Grovyle is my lookout. He peeks his head through the bars and watches for any unwanted guests.
"What?! What are we going to do? I'm on the run; Dewott and I escaped!"
"Hmm…if she's on the run, then she'll make it out! Maybe she can stop them. Well, this is the end for Grovyle and me," I think to myself. "Maybe…Maybe not!" I have an idea!
"Maybe not what?"
"…Nothing. Meet me by the Weather Institute in one hour," I reply loudly, then smack my mouth so no more noises are heard.
"Gro," Grovyle shushes me.
"Grovyle, I want you to look at the ground," I tell it.
Grovyle first tilts his head at me confusedly, but once he looks at the ground, he understands.
An Aqua Grunt whistles down the corridor of cells. With only one occupant, it's not hard for him to guard. His black hair is hidden by the Aqua bandana, and he seems not the least bit suspicious.
He sees Anthony's cell has a hole in the floor. Due to budget cuts, they only had a dirt floor. Instead of reporting the break-out, the man opens the cell and goes down the hole. His Pokémon must have used Dig.
He starts crawling down the dirt path.
"It's not that I won't let him get away," he whispers. "I just don't want him to get away without me knowing anything. This boy has something in his power, and I intend to figure out what it is."
He keeps crawling as his cell phone starts buzzing in his pocket.
Archie walks in to see both the guard and Anthony are gone. He rings the alarm and summons two grunts to hunt Tony down. The guard can go; he doesn't matter.
"Huff…huff…huff," I pant.
Dewott and I keep running to the Weather Institute. We're about twenty minutes away now. As we run, I hear a rustling in the bushes.
"Stop, Dewott."
We listen. And wait.
"Kr…Kr…" the Pokémon growl.
Is it a hurt Pokémon? Dewott and I get close up to see.
"Krokorok!" Two Desert Croc Pokémon hop out of the bushes. They both are brown in color, with black lines down a long, slithery tail and along its torso and legs. It almost looks like they're wearing sunglasses from the black shape around their eyes.
"What do you pests want?" I mutter.
"Us? We just want you to be in custody," a Team Magma member pops out of the brush.
"Buneary, Budew, go!" I yell, backing away and throwing two Pokéballs out.
My little green bud and my bouncing bunny pop out to attack those mean crocodiles. They laugh at the sight of the Pokémon
"Krokorok, use Crunch on Budew!"
"Buneary, Jump Kick!"
Krokorok bites Budew real hard as Buneary kicks it off her. Suddenly, the weakened Budew starts to glow white.
"It's…evolving?" I gasp.
Budew gains arms, but those arms have roses at the ends now. A red rose is on her right, while a blue one occupies her left. She now has a leaf skirt around her. Three thorns protrude from her green head. She's absolutely beautiful!
"Roselia," the Pokémon cheerfully smiles.
As a Krokorok tries to take the opportunity to attack, Roselia shoots two spinning columns of pedals straight for it. The attack knocks Krokorok out on contact.
Roselia then shoots out these leaves similar to a Razor Leaf attack. However, Krokorok tries to dodge them by jumping up. The leaves, glowing white yet outlined in green, turn their course and ram Krokorok from behind. The other Pokémon is knocked out as well. Buneary and I watch in awe.
"Roselia's attacks are…well, according to the PokéNav…Sleep Powder, Sludge Bomb, Magical Leaf, and Petal Dance. I guess the last two attacks are new," I notice.
"Ro!" Roselia cheers again.
We keep running when suddenly I hear something—or someone—else.
Grovyle and I keep running through the brush. I decide to call Alex again.
Ring…Ring…
All I hear is the sound of…what seems like a Zigzagoon running through the forest or something. I hope she's okay, not being chased down or anything.
"Hello…?" I yell into the PokéNav. No response.
"Dewott, faster!"
We keep on running farther and farther. I'm getting tired. Soon, though, I hear the PokéNav sound and my heart rises back into my chest from the depths of my stomach.
"Hello?" I answer.
No response. All I can hear is a rushing sound.
Grovyle and I just keep on going through the bushes. Alex better be okay.. There's a noise in the bushes. I mean, there are plenty of Pokémon noises from above and below, but this doesn't sound like a Pokémon.
Actually, the sound is coming in front of me. Due to the pitch-black darkness outside, though, I can't see my hand in front of my face. I can barely see Grovyle beside me.
The noise gets closer. I can hear someone panting. It must be Team Aqua, chasing me down. Or Team Magma, finally catching me and is ready to kill. What's going to happen to me if I get cau—
BONK!
I hit something and fall back hard on my butt.
"Hey, watch it!" the feminine voice shouts.
"Well you started it," I fight back.
Wait…that voice.
"Alex?"
"Tony?"
We both say these lines at the exact same time, and then laugh. Grovyle and Dewott greet each other.
"Just like when we met," she whispers.
"Yeah…" I smile. She smiles too.
We sit back to back so we can breathe before running again. The hair stands on the back of my neck as I can hear noises.
"Did you hear that?" I ask.
"I was about to ask you," she responds.
"A-ha!" one Magma Grunt yells as he reveals himself through the bushes.
"There you are," one Aqua Grunt with red hair (A/N: not the guard from before) also squeals.
"Leave us alone," I reply, standing.
"We aren't part of you anymore. You tried to kill me," Alex cries.
"And we're going to finish what we started," the Magma Grunt sneers.
"We can't fight them, or all the other grunts will hear and come to get us. We have to run," I whisper to Alex, and she agrees.
"Right."
"Grovyle," I whisper, "take Dewott to the trees and go to Fortree City. It's just east of here," I mutter to my Wood Gecko Pokémon.
On three, we run. Grovyle brings Dewott into the trees. The grunts only see Alex and myself. The Pokémon are free to go from what I know.
"So are you guys ready to give up?"
"Please, we never give up," Alex smirks.
One…
"Alright then, get ready for a clobbering!"
Two…
"Go, Mightyena!"
Three!
Alex and I run through the jungle together. It's still dark, although it is way past midnight still. The trees extend beyond the clouds to where you can't even see their tops. It's like the trees are wooden beams falling from the sky, boxing us in.
"We have to hurry!" Alex screams.
"There they are!" the Aqua Grunt screams to the rest of his group.
"We're never gonna make it," I groan.
Wait…my dream!
-Flashback-
"Since you especially betrayed us, you're getting the worst of it. You can watch Alex…make a nice snack for my Mightyena!"
Speechless, I watch the Mightyena back away from me and towards Alex. They get inches away from her feet. She scoots against a tree, but they're surrounding her.
One jumps in the air and gets ready to pounce..
"NOOO!" I scream, waking up from my dream.
-End of Flashback-
"Keep going!" Alex whines.
From behind me, noises of Mightyena can be heard. They're chasing us. The gray Pokémon have shaggy black hair all around, but the ferocious part is that there is a whole pack of them. Perfect for cooperation to kill the both of us.
The snarling, deep growl gets closer and closer. I can almost feel the hot breath on the back of my legs. The teeth sinking into my flesh, the blood gushing out in. Just the idea brings a shiver down my spine. This is exactly like my dream.
"Hurry, Alex!" I bawl.
As we run, there is a large root sticking out of the ground. Alex trips over it and forces me to backtrack. I pick her up and run. But from all sides lie several Mightyena hungrily surrounding us. I set Alex down once my arms give out. I'm not strong or anything.
"Give up," the Aqua Grunt laughs.
"I'm still your superior," I attempt, but to no avail.
"Since you especially betrayed us, you're getting the worst of it. You can watch Alex…make a nice snack for my Mightyena!"
Speechless, I watch the Mightyena back away from me and slowly crawl towards Alex. They get inches away from her feet. She scoots against a tree, but it doesn't matter. They've got her surrounded.
One jumps in the air and prepares to pounce Alex…I close my eyes and we both scream.
"Gro…vyle!"
Grovyle swoops down from the trees and knocks Mightyena aside with its Quick Attack.
Dewott slams another one with Razor Shell, making it back away temporarily.
"Cyndaquil! Phanpy! Come on out!"
My Fire Mouse and Long Nose Pokémon come on out. Phanpy immediately sees the problem and charges against a Mightyena. This attack isn't tackle—it's Take Down! Cyndaquil uses Smokescreen. The air gets covered in black all around. Grovyle, still near Alex, uses Dig to make a tunnel to me. Dewott crawls through, and then Alex does. Once the four of us are safe, I decide that Cyndaquil could use some practice.
"Phanpy, use Rollout! Cyndaquil, Flamethrower!"
Phanpy dives into the hole as it uses Rollout, and then launches itself out of the tunnel to build up momentum. From there, Phanpy has a powerful Rollout attack. With the smoke still in the air, Cyndaquil can't see much either. However, it uses Flamethrower anyways. The attack hits Phanpy's Rollout.
"Phanpy!"
'Whoa' is all I can say. Phanpy is unscathed. Rather, Phanpy is now cloaked in a fire. It took no damage since Rollout makes the flames circle around Phanpy rather than burn it. Therefore, it looks like Phanpy's using Flame Wheel. The Pokémon hits one Mightyena and knocks it out, then two more, and then uses a super-charged one to hit the chief in the middle. All that's left is one Poochyena hiding, and Cyndaquil knocks it out with Quick Attack. Phanpy then stops the Rollout attack and runs over to me.
I can't be more proud of my newer two Pokémon.
"Huff…huff…"
Alex, Dewott, Grovyle, and I finally make it to Fortree City. The town is beautiful—there are tree-houses in the tall trees. Connecting those homes are rope bridges. The only two buildings on the ground are the Pokémon Center and the market.
"I'll go reserve a tree-house to crash in for the night," Alex tells me.
. . .
After we settle into our little hotel, I propose to go eat dinner rather than sandwiches again.
"Sounds good to me," Alex smiles.
In the restaurant, there are three tables. One for a family of four, a big table for special occasions, and a small one for a loner. The owner lets us take the big table. I sit across the table from Alex and decide that we should have some guests with us.
"Come on out everyone!" I shout.
Suddenly, Corphish, Altaria, Phanpy, and Cyndaquil come out with Grovyle to eat some Pokémon food. Alex's Houndoom, Roselia (it evolved?), Snorunt, and Buneary also get to grab a meal.
We eat sub sandwiches—so much better than those regular ones. The bread is fresh, the cheese isn't out-of-date, and the meat is something I'd rather not talk about.
After everyone's eaten, we sit around and think about our day. Alex's face gets red and tears can be seen in her eyes. They seem alone...and afraid.
"Hey," I whisper, "It's going to be okay."
I look to see my hand faintly touching hers. I don't take it away. Neither does she.
Yay, there are things going on! The flashback is explained here. Furthermore, a new character may (or may not) be included from here on. The abuse and violence kind of show how both bosses are losing it, though Maxie kind of seems more tough here. All in all, I hate having more than one evolution but I crammed both in that night for some reason. It turned out fine in the end.
So I begin to close my computer down and remember this thread...so I figured I better update before there's a riot
haha. I was going to update more, but I will tomorrow probably because I've been gone all day to some doctor's office sick :lRunaways
Tony: Grovyle, Corphish, Swablu, Phanpy, Cyndaquil
Staring at the window, I thrust Swablu outside.
"Now! It's finally time, Swablu!" I shout.
My little Cotton Bird Pokémon nods and closes its eyes. Glowing white, its small, puffy-white wings grow larger; its neck grows larger. Two small feathers protrude from the back of the Pokémon's head. Then, just as quickly as it started, the white light stops and my Pokemon opens its eyes.
"Altaria!" it cries.
An Altaria; such a graceful Pokémon. The white cumulus-cloud wings and blue, sleek body gives it perfect flying capabilities. Grovyle and Dewott hop on the Pokémon as I turn back to Alex and the police.
"Don't just stand there, get them!" Officer Jenny yells.
I grab Alex's hand and we jump off the window and onto Altaria. Even though we weigh the Pokémon down, my Humming Pokémon is able to glide us away from the police. However, now everyone knows that I'm part of Team Aqua. At least Alex isn't ruined yet.
We glide through the sky. Here and there are some puffy clouds—much like Altaria. She swoops around the air for about an hour, slowly gliding to the trees. From there, all four of us are able to hop off and I recall Altaria.
"That was very close," Alex gasps, still breathing hard.
"Yeah, I agree," I wipe beads of sweat from my forehead.
Grovyle and Dewott relax while we sit around. I suggest that we return to our team bases to let them know what happened. We should also make some sort of excuse as to why we ran instead of fighting.
"If we don't, we'll be on the run," she sighs.
"I'd rather get my way around Archie than be his next doormat," I huff.
From there, we find our way back to the beginning—and our team bases. Alex and I part ways. Eventually, I meet up with my group. Grovyle narrows his eyes.
. . .
Alex: Dewott, Houndoom, Budew, Snorunt, Buneary
Smack!
"I don't care if you were making a run for the Weather Institute, that was an idiotic thing to do! You, child, should be ashamed of yourself. You have ruined the whole operation! Now the cops have taken it over!"
The room is dark. All I remember is going into the Magma Base, getting trampled by grunts, and being tied up in a chair beside of Dewott. My limited vision allows me to see Maxie's hand, red from the friction of my face, throb in the light that shines in my face. My face…
...My face still hurts from Maxie's abuse. His angry voice makes Dewott tremble in fury, however it shrivels in fear at the tone my "boss" gives.
"I didn't mean to, sir, I was just trying to grab the institute when I had the chance! That blasted Aqua Admin actually gave me the perfect moment to slip," I attempt to explain.
Slap!
"Do you think I'm stupid or something?"
"No, sir!"
My face is swollen and red. My eyesight is getting blurry and, at random moments, goes black. I can feel myself nod to sleep…
"No! You are not getting out of this punishment! Tabitha and Courtney have never--EVER--teamed up with a Team Aqua ADMIN and sabotage everything we've worked for!" Maxie slaps me again.
I look over at Dewott to see that it is free of the bindings. Its scalchop was close enough for Dewott to use Razor Shell. However, he's still pretending to be bound by the ropes.
"Lights!" Maxie shouts.
The lights overhead turn on as the lamp shuts down. I see every grunt from Team Magma—including Terra—watching my interrogation. My eyes feel weak and I need to stand up. The circulation in my legs is being cut off.
"Dewott…Icy Wind," I manage to whisper.
Dewott breathes a cold draft through the room. This wind freezes the feet of every grunt standing in my way. Even Maxie is trapped. Dewott slices the rope from around my legs, and as the blood flow returns, the color does so to my face as well. I'm able to think clearly.
"Dewott, let's get out of here," I shout over the screaming voices.
"Get that girl!" Maxie can be heard hissing at his minions.
. . .
Tony: Grovyle, Corphish, Altaria, Phanpy, Cyndaquil
Grovyle and I have been sent to the dungeon to starve. It's not that bad; I'm not chained up. I get a bed, too. At least Grovyle can keep me company. Plus, there's nothing taken from my bag—no one even looked inside!
Secretly, I had Grovyle use Leaf Blade on the steel bars of the door. It failed. Since then, there have been guards monitoring me the whole time. Apparently Archie wants to see me in my most vulnerable state. Eventually, at about midnight, everyone heads to bed and I can call Alex via the PokéNav.
I turn the neat device on and the screen pops up to the main menu. I go over to my "Contacts" and select Alex Stone.
Ring…Ring…
"Hello?" Alex whispers.
"Alex! I'm locked up! They want me to starve to death!" I moan softly.
Grovyle is my lookout. He peeks his head through the bars and watches for any unwanted guests.
"What?! What are we going to do? I'm on the run; Dewott and I escaped!"
"Hmm…if she's on the run, then she'll make it out! Maybe she can stop them. Well, this is the end for Grovyle and me," I think to myself. "Maybe…Maybe not!" I have an idea!
"Maybe not what?"
"…Nothing. Meet me by the Weather Institute in one hour," I reply loudly, then smack my mouth so no more noises are heard.
"Gro," Grovyle shushes me.
"Grovyle, I want you to look at the ground," I tell it.
Grovyle first tilts his head at me confusedly, but once he looks at the ground, he understands.
. . .
An Aqua Grunt whistles down the corridor of cells. With only one occupant, it's not hard for him to guard. His black hair is hidden by the Aqua bandana, and he seems not the least bit suspicious.
He sees Anthony's cell has a hole in the floor. Due to budget cuts, they only had a dirt floor. Instead of reporting the break-out, the man opens the cell and goes down the hole. His Pokémon must have used Dig.
He starts crawling down the dirt path.
"It's not that I won't let him get away," he whispers. "I just don't want him to get away without me knowing anything. This boy has something in his power, and I intend to figure out what it is."
He keeps crawling as his cell phone starts buzzing in his pocket.
. . .
Archie walks in to see both the guard and Anthony are gone. He rings the alarm and summons two grunts to hunt Tony down. The guard can go; he doesn't matter.
. . .
Alex: Dewott, Houndoom, Budew, Snorunt, Buneary
"Huff…huff…huff," I pant.
Dewott and I keep running to the Weather Institute. We're about twenty minutes away now. As we run, I hear a rustling in the bushes.
"Stop, Dewott."
We listen. And wait.
"Kr…Kr…" the Pokémon growl.
Is it a hurt Pokémon? Dewott and I get close up to see.
"Krokorok!" Two Desert Croc Pokémon hop out of the bushes. They both are brown in color, with black lines down a long, slithery tail and along its torso and legs. It almost looks like they're wearing sunglasses from the black shape around their eyes.
"What do you pests want?" I mutter.
"Us? We just want you to be in custody," a Team Magma member pops out of the brush.
"Buneary, Budew, go!" I yell, backing away and throwing two Pokéballs out.
My little green bud and my bouncing bunny pop out to attack those mean crocodiles. They laugh at the sight of the Pokémon
"Krokorok, use Crunch on Budew!"
"Buneary, Jump Kick!"
Krokorok bites Budew real hard as Buneary kicks it off her. Suddenly, the weakened Budew starts to glow white.
"It's…evolving?" I gasp.
Budew gains arms, but those arms have roses at the ends now. A red rose is on her right, while a blue one occupies her left. She now has a leaf skirt around her. Three thorns protrude from her green head. She's absolutely beautiful!
"Roselia," the Pokémon cheerfully smiles.
As a Krokorok tries to take the opportunity to attack, Roselia shoots two spinning columns of pedals straight for it. The attack knocks Krokorok out on contact.
Roselia then shoots out these leaves similar to a Razor Leaf attack. However, Krokorok tries to dodge them by jumping up. The leaves, glowing white yet outlined in green, turn their course and ram Krokorok from behind. The other Pokémon is knocked out as well. Buneary and I watch in awe.
"Roselia's attacks are…well, according to the PokéNav…Sleep Powder, Sludge Bomb, Magical Leaf, and Petal Dance. I guess the last two attacks are new," I notice.
"Ro!" Roselia cheers again.
We keep running when suddenly I hear something—or someone—else.
. . .
Tony: Grovyle, Corphish, Altaria, Phanpy, Cyndaquil
Grovyle and I keep running through the brush. I decide to call Alex again.
Ring…Ring…
All I hear is the sound of…what seems like a Zigzagoon running through the forest or something. I hope she's okay, not being chased down or anything.
"Hello…?" I yell into the PokéNav. No response.
. . .
Alex: Dewott, Houndoom, Roselia, Snorunt, Buneary
"Dewott, faster!"
We keep on running farther and farther. I'm getting tired. Soon, though, I hear the PokéNav sound and my heart rises back into my chest from the depths of my stomach.
"Hello?" I answer.
No response. All I can hear is a rushing sound.
. . .
Tony: Grovyle, Corphish, Altaria, Phanpy, Cyndaquil
Grovyle and I just keep on going through the bushes. Alex better be okay.. There's a noise in the bushes. I mean, there are plenty of Pokémon noises from above and below, but this doesn't sound like a Pokémon.
Actually, the sound is coming in front of me. Due to the pitch-black darkness outside, though, I can't see my hand in front of my face. I can barely see Grovyle beside me.
The noise gets closer. I can hear someone panting. It must be Team Aqua, chasing me down. Or Team Magma, finally catching me and is ready to kill. What's going to happen to me if I get cau—
BONK!
I hit something and fall back hard on my butt.
"Hey, watch it!" the feminine voice shouts.
"Well you started it," I fight back.
Wait…that voice.
"Alex?"
"Tony?"
We both say these lines at the exact same time, and then laugh. Grovyle and Dewott greet each other.
"Just like when we met," she whispers.
"Yeah…" I smile. She smiles too.
We sit back to back so we can breathe before running again. The hair stands on the back of my neck as I can hear noises.
"Did you hear that?" I ask.
"I was about to ask you," she responds.
"A-ha!" one Magma Grunt yells as he reveals himself through the bushes.
"There you are," one Aqua Grunt with red hair (A/N: not the guard from before) also squeals.
"Leave us alone," I reply, standing.
"We aren't part of you anymore. You tried to kill me," Alex cries.
"And we're going to finish what we started," the Magma Grunt sneers.
"We can't fight them, or all the other grunts will hear and come to get us. We have to run," I whisper to Alex, and she agrees.
"Right."
"Grovyle," I whisper, "take Dewott to the trees and go to Fortree City. It's just east of here," I mutter to my Wood Gecko Pokémon.
On three, we run. Grovyle brings Dewott into the trees. The grunts only see Alex and myself. The Pokémon are free to go from what I know.
"So are you guys ready to give up?"
"Please, we never give up," Alex smirks.
One…
"Alright then, get ready for a clobbering!"
Two…
"Go, Mightyena!"
Three!
Alex and I run through the jungle together. It's still dark, although it is way past midnight still. The trees extend beyond the clouds to where you can't even see their tops. It's like the trees are wooden beams falling from the sky, boxing us in.
"We have to hurry!" Alex screams.
"There they are!" the Aqua Grunt screams to the rest of his group.
"We're never gonna make it," I groan.
Wait…my dream!
-Flashback-
"Since you especially betrayed us, you're getting the worst of it. You can watch Alex…make a nice snack for my Mightyena!"
Speechless, I watch the Mightyena back away from me and towards Alex. They get inches away from her feet. She scoots against a tree, but they're surrounding her.
One jumps in the air and gets ready to pounce..
"NOOO!" I scream, waking up from my dream.
-End of Flashback-
"Keep going!" Alex whines.
From behind me, noises of Mightyena can be heard. They're chasing us. The gray Pokémon have shaggy black hair all around, but the ferocious part is that there is a whole pack of them. Perfect for cooperation to kill the both of us.
The snarling, deep growl gets closer and closer. I can almost feel the hot breath on the back of my legs. The teeth sinking into my flesh, the blood gushing out in. Just the idea brings a shiver down my spine. This is exactly like my dream.
"Hurry, Alex!" I bawl.
As we run, there is a large root sticking out of the ground. Alex trips over it and forces me to backtrack. I pick her up and run. But from all sides lie several Mightyena hungrily surrounding us. I set Alex down once my arms give out. I'm not strong or anything.
"Give up," the Aqua Grunt laughs.
"I'm still your superior," I attempt, but to no avail.
"Since you especially betrayed us, you're getting the worst of it. You can watch Alex…make a nice snack for my Mightyena!"
Speechless, I watch the Mightyena back away from me and slowly crawl towards Alex. They get inches away from her feet. She scoots against a tree, but it doesn't matter. They've got her surrounded.
One jumps in the air and prepares to pounce Alex…I close my eyes and we both scream.
"Gro…vyle!"
Grovyle swoops down from the trees and knocks Mightyena aside with its Quick Attack.
Dewott slams another one with Razor Shell, making it back away temporarily.
"Cyndaquil! Phanpy! Come on out!"
My Fire Mouse and Long Nose Pokémon come on out. Phanpy immediately sees the problem and charges against a Mightyena. This attack isn't tackle—it's Take Down! Cyndaquil uses Smokescreen. The air gets covered in black all around. Grovyle, still near Alex, uses Dig to make a tunnel to me. Dewott crawls through, and then Alex does. Once the four of us are safe, I decide that Cyndaquil could use some practice.
"Phanpy, use Rollout! Cyndaquil, Flamethrower!"
Phanpy dives into the hole as it uses Rollout, and then launches itself out of the tunnel to build up momentum. From there, Phanpy has a powerful Rollout attack. With the smoke still in the air, Cyndaquil can't see much either. However, it uses Flamethrower anyways. The attack hits Phanpy's Rollout.
"Phanpy!"
'Whoa' is all I can say. Phanpy is unscathed. Rather, Phanpy is now cloaked in a fire. It took no damage since Rollout makes the flames circle around Phanpy rather than burn it. Therefore, it looks like Phanpy's using Flame Wheel. The Pokémon hits one Mightyena and knocks it out, then two more, and then uses a super-charged one to hit the chief in the middle. All that's left is one Poochyena hiding, and Cyndaquil knocks it out with Quick Attack. Phanpy then stops the Rollout attack and runs over to me.
I can't be more proud of my newer two Pokémon.
. . .
A few hours later
"Huff…huff…"
Alex, Dewott, Grovyle, and I finally make it to Fortree City. The town is beautiful—there are tree-houses in the tall trees. Connecting those homes are rope bridges. The only two buildings on the ground are the Pokémon Center and the market.
"I'll go reserve a tree-house to crash in for the night," Alex tells me.
. . .
After we settle into our little hotel, I propose to go eat dinner rather than sandwiches again.
"Sounds good to me," Alex smiles.
In the restaurant, there are three tables. One for a family of four, a big table for special occasions, and a small one for a loner. The owner lets us take the big table. I sit across the table from Alex and decide that we should have some guests with us.
"Come on out everyone!" I shout.
Suddenly, Corphish, Altaria, Phanpy, and Cyndaquil come out with Grovyle to eat some Pokémon food. Alex's Houndoom, Roselia (it evolved?), Snorunt, and Buneary also get to grab a meal.
We eat sub sandwiches—so much better than those regular ones. The bread is fresh, the cheese isn't out-of-date, and the meat is something I'd rather not talk about.
After everyone's eaten, we sit around and think about our day. Alex's face gets red and tears can be seen in her eyes. They seem alone...and afraid.
"Hey," I whisper, "It's going to be okay."
I look to see my hand faintly touching hers. I don't take it away. Neither does she.
Yay, there are things going on! The flashback is explained here. Furthermore, a new character may (or may not) be included from here on. The abuse and violence kind of show how both bosses are losing it, though Maxie kind of seems more tough here. All in all, I hate having more than one evolution but I crammed both in that night for some reason. It turned out fine in the end.
RE: [PG-13] The Clash of Land and Sea [Chapter 28! Wait, he updated again?!]
Sorry for being inactive! Saving the excuses, here is chapter 29.
Archie steps out of the elevator and signals his admin to give a statement before he acknowledges Tony's betrayal of Team Aqua. He and his staff are on the top floor, while the grunts look up from the ground.The railing along the sides keep people from falling down, but a podium is set by these railings so Archie can give his speech. Matt, an Aqua Admin, steps up and looks over at the thousands of grunts listening.
"Anthony, the previous admin, has been on the loose in an attempt to stop Team Aqua from capturing Kyogre," Matt says, moving his hand through his neatly-combed black hair.
"BOOOO!" the crowd roars.
"I know, I know, but the kid's strong! He breezed through us. Don't fret, however, as our Boss has a solution!" Matt calmly steps away from the podium.
Archie sighs as he steps forward. He glances at his audience and then pinches his forehead in frustration. This Tony, he's causing a lot of trouble.
"All hail the Boss!" one grunt screams.
"YEEAAHH!" the crowd agrees.
"Settle down, settle down," Archie calmly asks his fans to stop. "Now, if we are to still capture Kyogre, we must go to Mt. Pyre. There are rumors that both the Red and Blue Orbs are guarded by an old couple! Surely a couple of geezers cannot stop the threat that is Team Aqua?!"
"Aren't there ghosts?" one young grunt asks.
"Nope, no ghosts. Just a couple of ghouls—one named Tony, one named Alex. Whoever brings them back in one piece will be upgraded to Super Admin!" Archie yells towards the end.
The audience mimics his loudness in screams of approval.
"Yes, my dear Magmas, we must defeat both Alex and her friend in order to succeed at Mt. Pyre. Let us not forget Team Aqua, either!"
"Magmaaa!"
"I'm going to see if the Contest Hall is open," Alex says.
"Alright, I'm going to the Fortree City Gym," I reply.
We nod and go opposite ways; she goes left while I turn right, and this will lead me towards the gym. For now, I think Team Aqua won't bother us. We escaped once, so what's the point in trying again?
"Closed?!" I whine.
There is a big "CLOSED" sign in the front of the building. Apparently the contest was yesterday…not to worry, though. Lilycove City will provide me with my next ribbon. I'm in no hurry. I may as well look around town while I'm outside. Dewott and I decide to walk about. Soon, we come near the blue PokéMart.
"Ah! Help!" a woman screams from inside.
Dewott and I hop in to see the woman being terrorized by…a Pokémon? This Pokémon appears to be a zebra. Its black-and-silver exterior gives it a sleek, electrifying look that benefits from the silver lightning-rod on its head.
"Blitzle!" it laughs as it uses Charge Beam on the Potions rack.
"Help!" the woman screams again.
"Wott!" Dewott springs into action.
"No, let Snorunt and Buneary handle this one," I say. "Come on out!"
"Buh-neary!"
"Snorunt!"
"Buneary, Snorunt, use a Water Pulse / Icy Wind combo!"
Buneary thrusts an aquatic orb at Blitzle, while Snorunt brings a cold breeze to make it one large ice ball. This creates one large ice ball. That would hurt if someone threw it at my face like we were in school.
Blitzle then catches on fire and smacks into the ball of ice. Its speed rises, and it uses this increase to bust out of the shop and retreat.
"I'll show that troublemaker!" the woman snaps.
I kind of feel bad for the Pokémon. There must be a reason for it stealing and causing damage. But what could that reason be?
"Oomph!" I smack into something on my way to the Fortree City Gym.
Wait…there's nothing there. I poke at the place where I got hurt, and my finger bounces off.
"Keck!" the invisible thing laughs.
Hmm…Grovyle can't do anything…so maybe…
"Cyndaquil, use Smokescreen!"
I throw out my Fire Mouse Pokémon and it spits out smoke to reveal the black shape of a Pokémon. the Kecleon then scrambles off as its identity has been revealed.
"Return," I say.
Grovyle and I enter the gym. All that I can see is one platform in front of me. The rest is just fog—mist. I step on the platform with my Wood Gecko Pokémon. It then rises up into the air, and once it is finished, I see another platform not too far away.
"Not afraid of heights, are you, challenger?" a feminine voice can be heard.
I'm not fool. I know who this person is.
"Nah, Winona," I smirk, "I like it high up. Could you clear the fog, though?"
"Sure, sure."
Soon enough, the fog disappears, and I can see the person now. She has long purple hair, although she wear a blue flight cap over it. Winona smiles and says that there aren't really any rules. Any amount of Pokémon is allowed. She's using six Pokémon, I'm using five. Seems legit.
From the right of us, another platform raises up as a referee says the battle may begin.
"Are you ready, or are you chicken?" Winona provokes me.
"I'm waiting on you," I slyly say.
"Get back here, Blitzle!" I scream.
The Pokémon zigzags back and forth, carelessly dodging Dewott's Water Pulse attacks. Eventually, it speeds away again into the forest with a box of take-out food.
"Well at least we know it likes Chinese," I mumble.
"Corphish, Crabhammer!"
"Aerodactyl, Wing Attack!"
Corphish slams its claws into the prehistoric Pokémon. The Fossil Pokémon is related to the Pterodactyl family. Its rock-hard wings and body still fly due to its strong wings. These wings are thrown on Corphish's exoskeleton.
"Now use BubbleBeam!"
While Aerodactyl is up close, Corphish spits a strand of bubbles from its pincers. These bubbles are just strong enough to give Corphish the right time to…
"Corphish, ViceGrip that wing and toss Aerodactyl around!"
Corphish grabs onto the Pokémon's right wing and tosses it like a Frisbee. He watches the thing spin around, hit the ground, and lose consciousness.
"Aerodactyl is unable to battle. Corphish wins!"
"Aero, return. You did a great job," Winona praises her Pokémon, but then looks back towards me. "You're tough—I'll give you that. Swellow, I choose you!"
The Swallow Pokémon enters with a shiny trace of stars revolving around it. The green wings, orange chest, and awesome haircut all make Swellow menacing.
"Swellow, Brave Bird!"
The Pokémon flies into the air and then begins to plummet on Corphish in a blue aura.
"Protect!"
Corphish produces a green force field that stops the incoming attack.
"Now Aerial Ace for the finish!"
Swellow goes from Brave Bird mode into nothingness—it disappears. Then it reappears at Corphish's face and knocks it flat out. Swellow doubles back into the air, encircling it like a vulture.
I recall my Corphish and assure its honest effort. Then I call out my trusty Cyndaquil for some action.
"Cynda!" the little Fire Mouse squeals.
"Swellow, use Brave Bird!"
Swellow is enveloped in blue energy as it charges towards my Pokémon.
"Cyndaquil, dodge it and use Smokescreen! Then use Dig!"
Cyndaquil jumps aside and unleashes smoke into the air. As Swellow coughs and loses focus, the Fire Mouse jumps into the ground and waits.
"I can't really attack from here," Winona ponders.
"Cyndaquil, start rolling and using Flamethrower on yourself. As you roll, go from side to side to build up momentum!"
Cyndaquil begins to roll gently as it then catches itself on fire and continues spinning. Soon enough, Cyndaquil accumulates enough power to use a new move.
"Now, Cyndaquil, fly up using Flame Wheel!"
My Pokémon, which looks like one of those spinning torches at a circus, slams into Swellow and knocks it out.
'No! My Swellow. Agh, return!" the Gym Leader sighs.
Cyndaquil stops spinning and lands on his feet.
"Skarmory, let's do this thing!"
Out of a Pokéball comes this menacing, steel-bodied Pokémon with a sharp beak and red-filled wings.
"Skar!"
"Cyndaquil, Flamethrower!"
Cyndaquil jump up to the Pokémon's elevation and burns it to a crisp. However, the Pokémon still manages to live the hit.
"Wha!?" I gasp.
"Sturdy ability never lets Skarmory to be one-hit KO'd. Unless…"
Skarmory flinches from something, then falls to the ground unconscious.
"…it gets burned by the attack. Great," she pouts while returning her next Pokémon.
Cyndaquil is on fire—two Pokémon are out now because of him. This makes a total of three—we're already halfway there.
"Blitzle, you get back here," I scream.
Dewott runs up and hits it with a strong Razor Shell, but gets blasted by a Spark attack. Buneary uses Jump Kick and it knocks the Pokémon down. As it recuperates, Buneary uses the attack again but misses and falls.
"Blitzle, there's nowhere to run!" I yell.
I occupy one side. Dewott gets the other, while Buneary brings in the rear.
"What can you do now?"
"Blit!"
Blitzle jumps up, over my head, and gallops away. The Pokémon's actually growing on me. I mean, we're going to need more Pokémon once we start fighting Team Aqua and Team Magma, right? The more, the merrier.
"Altaria, I choose you!" Winona decides.
Whoa. The same Pokémon that I have. A fluffy-winged, long, blue-necked Pokémon comes out and automatically hits Cyndaquil with an Aerial Ace.
"Cyndaquil, Flamethrower!"
"Match it with your Flamethrower!"
Two attacks collide and hit evenly. I tell Cyndaquil to put in more power, but Altaria slips in just as much. Eventually, the two attacks grow so large that the giant ball of fire explodes and renders Cyndaquil unable to battle.
"Cyndaquil, return…You did amazing in this gym. I'm very proud of you," I smile.
"Cynda…" it weakly returns the smile as it is outlined in red and zips back in the Pokéball.
I smirk. Now let's spice things up a little.
"Altaria, let's show them who the real Sky Queen is!"
My own Altaria pops out, sees the situation, and flies up into the air.
"Use Dragon Dance!" Winona shouts.
Dragon Dance? Hm…maybe mine can learn that. Winona's Altaria flaps its wings back and forth, creating this dust around it. The dust, however, can be seen having ripples of red electric sparks. It looks awesome.
"You use Dragon Dance, too, Altaria!"
My Pokémon glances at me, yet it does the move anyway. It does the same thing the other Altaria did, and the same result appears: strengthened attack and speed.
"Now use Outrage!"
My Altaria uses Mist to counter the attack (I wasn't able to see what it looked like) and then uses Dragon Dance once more.
"Now you use Outrage," I shrug.
Altaria glows red and my once calm Pokémon turned into something seething with rage. Altaria slams into Winona's, however it uses the same attack and hits this time. This goes on two more times each, hitting the other and getting hit. While the Pokémon are still hitting hard, both are tired. My Altaria, however, uses Aerial Ace to knock the other out. With only two Pokémon left, Winona recalls her fainted Altaria and sends out another Pokémon.
"Staraptor, I choose you!"
This…impressive bird comes out with pride and confidence. Its gray feathers and talons seem intimidating, but pale in comparison to the red, sleeked-back hair from the top of the head. The Pokémon intimidates my Altaria, lowering its attack.
"Outrage!"
"Quick Attack!"
Staraptor hits first—directly into the side of my really weak Altaria. The Pokémon falls from the air and onto the ground.
"Altaria, return," I quietly say. "You did a great job."
"Are you going to try yet?" Winona sneers playfully.
"Grovyle, let's show them what true power is," I glance over to my left. Grovyle jumps off from the tall platform and onto the ground.
"Brave Bird!"
"Dodge it with Quick Attack. Then slam it with a Leaf Blade!"
Staraptor glows blue and charges towards my partner. Grovyle jumps up with Quick Attack and pounces the Pokémon. From there, it proceeds to slash at Staraptor with Leaf Blade.
"Close Combat!"
Staraptor flips around and smacks Grovyle down with its wings. After the brutal attack, Staraptor lands on the ground and its wings shake.
"Grovyle, use Acrobatics!"
The Wood Gecko Pokémon jumps in the air, lands on his hands, and then pushes off from the ground to rocket back up. Grovyle lands on Staraptor and kicks it. Using Leaf Blade, Grovyle slices some feathers off the wings.
"Brave Bird!"
Staraptor glows blue again, and because Grovyle is much closer than last time, hit my Pokémon hard with a powerful attack.
"Close Combat!"
"Leaf Blade!"
Grovyle and Staraptor close in on one another and clash together. As the fighting commences, Grovyle seems to be getting tired. Soon, a big cloud of dust appears from all of the brawling. As it clears, Grovyle sits on Staraptor's unconscious body while messing with its twig.
"Staraptor…return…"
Grovyle hops up and then falls to its knees in pain. Though not defeated, Grovyle is certainly weakened. I'm not sure what chances I have left, but depending on Winona's last Pokémon, I may be in trouble. Grovyle and Phanpy are all I have left. Both are at a disadvantage.
"Snorunt, Icy Wind!"
Snorunt freezes Blitzle's feet, but the Pokémon thaws them out with Flame Charge. It uses Charge Beam on Snorunt, knocking it backwards.
"That's it. Go, Pokéball!" I shout angrily.
I throw a Pokéball, the classic red-and-white, at Blitzle and it gets captured inside. Shake….shake…Ding!
"I…actually caught it?"
Dewott watches me fall to my knees as I laugh. I finally stopped the terrorizing. Plus, Blitzle seems like a strong Pokémon.
"Togekiss, Thunder Wave!"
This Pokémon has killed me for the past twenty minutes. White in color, with red and blue speckles here and there, has been hitting Grovyle repeatedly. It looks like a plane or something.
"Toge!"
Togekiss shoots an electric beam to Grovyle. The poor Pokémon becomes paralyzed.
"Now….Air Slash!"
Togekiss' ability, Serene Grace, makes it very difficult to control. Air Slash causes Grovyle to flinch most of the time. The paralysis makes it really hard for my poor Pokémon. This last air slash causes Grovyle to fall over. I pull Grovyle off the field and let it rest.
"Thanks for ridding me of Staraptor, buddy!"
I send out my Long Nose Pokémon, Phanpy, to combat this Togekiss. Phanpy starts off with an Ice Shard attack, hitting Togekiss for nice damage.
"Thunder Wave!"
Phanpy absorbs the attack easily. Winona smacks her face for forgetting Phanpy's part Ground-typing, but this just gives me the upper hand.
"Now use Rollout!"
Phanpy rolls around to gain momentum, then smacks Togekiss onto the ground. Once it gets back up, Phanpy does the same thing and bounces to make it go up in the air. From this point, Phanpy uses Take Down to knock Togekiss out.
. . .
I walk out of the Pokémon Gym with Grovyle and meet up with Alex and her Dewott.
"Got the Feather Badge," I boast.
"Nice. The Contest Hall was closed. I did get a new Pokémon, though!"
"What Pokémon is it?"
"It's a Blitzle—an electric zebra," she explains.
I look at my light-blue, feathery badge and put it in my case. Six down, two to go. Grovyle and Dewott run in the Pokémon Center to rest as I heal my Pokémon.
"I'm heading to bed," I announce after my Pokémon are healed.
"Me too," Alex agrees.
We get our Pokémon and then go to our separate rooms to sleep. I need sleep.
The man finally reaches Fortree City. He walks in the Pokémon Center and sees that the two runaways are in their rooms. However, he is so tired that he can't stand talking to people so late. The man grabs a hotel room and sleeps for many, many hours.
More information on the mystery grunt?! Who is he? Will Blitzle be an asset in contests, or just a hindrance that doesn't really matter. Can Tony keep going through the gyms and keep battling Archie and Maxie at the same time? Find out soon!
Sorry for being inactive! Saving the excuses, here is chapter 29.
Bltizle-Krieg
Aqua Base
Archie steps out of the elevator and signals his admin to give a statement before he acknowledges Tony's betrayal of Team Aqua. He and his staff are on the top floor, while the grunts look up from the ground.The railing along the sides keep people from falling down, but a podium is set by these railings so Archie can give his speech. Matt, an Aqua Admin, steps up and looks over at the thousands of grunts listening.
"Anthony, the previous admin, has been on the loose in an attempt to stop Team Aqua from capturing Kyogre," Matt says, moving his hand through his neatly-combed black hair.
"BOOOO!" the crowd roars.
"I know, I know, but the kid's strong! He breezed through us. Don't fret, however, as our Boss has a solution!" Matt calmly steps away from the podium.
Archie sighs as he steps forward. He glances at his audience and then pinches his forehead in frustration. This Tony, he's causing a lot of trouble.
"All hail the Boss!" one grunt screams.
"YEEAAHH!" the crowd agrees.
"Settle down, settle down," Archie calmly asks his fans to stop. "Now, if we are to still capture Kyogre, we must go to Mt. Pyre. There are rumors that both the Red and Blue Orbs are guarded by an old couple! Surely a couple of geezers cannot stop the threat that is Team Aqua?!"
"Aren't there ghosts?" one young grunt asks.
"Nope, no ghosts. Just a couple of ghouls—one named Tony, one named Alex. Whoever brings them back in one piece will be upgraded to Super Admin!" Archie yells towards the end.
The audience mimics his loudness in screams of approval.
. . .
Magma Base
"Yes, my dear Magmas, we must defeat both Alex and her friend in order to succeed at Mt. Pyre. Let us not forget Team Aqua, either!"
"Magmaaa!"
. . .
Tony: Grovyle, Corphish, Altaria, Phanpy, Cyndaquil
"I'm going to see if the Contest Hall is open," Alex says.
"Alright, I'm going to the Fortree City Gym," I reply.
We nod and go opposite ways; she goes left while I turn right, and this will lead me towards the gym. For now, I think Team Aqua won't bother us. We escaped once, so what's the point in trying again?
. . .
Alex: Dewott, Houndoom, Roselia, Snorunt, Buneary
"Closed?!" I whine.
There is a big "CLOSED" sign in the front of the building. Apparently the contest was yesterday…not to worry, though. Lilycove City will provide me with my next ribbon. I'm in no hurry. I may as well look around town while I'm outside. Dewott and I decide to walk about. Soon, we come near the blue PokéMart.
"Ah! Help!" a woman screams from inside.
Dewott and I hop in to see the woman being terrorized by…a Pokémon? This Pokémon appears to be a zebra. Its black-and-silver exterior gives it a sleek, electrifying look that benefits from the silver lightning-rod on its head.
"Blitzle!" it laughs as it uses Charge Beam on the Potions rack.
"Help!" the woman screams again.
"Wott!" Dewott springs into action.
"No, let Snorunt and Buneary handle this one," I say. "Come on out!"
"Buh-neary!"
"Snorunt!"
"Buneary, Snorunt, use a Water Pulse / Icy Wind combo!"
Buneary thrusts an aquatic orb at Blitzle, while Snorunt brings a cold breeze to make it one large ice ball. This creates one large ice ball. That would hurt if someone threw it at my face like we were in school.
Blitzle then catches on fire and smacks into the ball of ice. Its speed rises, and it uses this increase to bust out of the shop and retreat.
"I'll show that troublemaker!" the woman snaps.
I kind of feel bad for the Pokémon. There must be a reason for it stealing and causing damage. But what could that reason be?
. . .
Tony: Grovyle, Corphish, Altaria, Phanpy, Cyndaquil
"Oomph!" I smack into something on my way to the Fortree City Gym.
Wait…there's nothing there. I poke at the place where I got hurt, and my finger bounces off.
"Keck!" the invisible thing laughs.
Hmm…Grovyle can't do anything…so maybe…
"Cyndaquil, use Smokescreen!"
I throw out my Fire Mouse Pokémon and it spits out smoke to reveal the black shape of a Pokémon. the Kecleon then scrambles off as its identity has been revealed.
"Return," I say.
Grovyle and I enter the gym. All that I can see is one platform in front of me. The rest is just fog—mist. I step on the platform with my Wood Gecko Pokémon. It then rises up into the air, and once it is finished, I see another platform not too far away.
"Not afraid of heights, are you, challenger?" a feminine voice can be heard.
I'm not fool. I know who this person is.
"Nah, Winona," I smirk, "I like it high up. Could you clear the fog, though?"
"Sure, sure."
Soon enough, the fog disappears, and I can see the person now. She has long purple hair, although she wear a blue flight cap over it. Winona smiles and says that there aren't really any rules. Any amount of Pokémon is allowed. She's using six Pokémon, I'm using five. Seems legit.
From the right of us, another platform raises up as a referee says the battle may begin.
"Are you ready, or are you chicken?" Winona provokes me.
"I'm waiting on you," I slyly say.
. . .
Alex: Dewott, Houndoom, Roselia, Snorunt, Buneary
"Get back here, Blitzle!" I scream.
The Pokémon zigzags back and forth, carelessly dodging Dewott's Water Pulse attacks. Eventually, it speeds away again into the forest with a box of take-out food.
"Well at least we know it likes Chinese," I mumble.
. . .
Tony: Grovyle, Corphish, Altaria, Phanpy, Cyndaquil
"Corphish, Crabhammer!"
"Aerodactyl, Wing Attack!"
Corphish slams its claws into the prehistoric Pokémon. The Fossil Pokémon is related to the Pterodactyl family. Its rock-hard wings and body still fly due to its strong wings. These wings are thrown on Corphish's exoskeleton.
"Now use BubbleBeam!"
While Aerodactyl is up close, Corphish spits a strand of bubbles from its pincers. These bubbles are just strong enough to give Corphish the right time to…
"Corphish, ViceGrip that wing and toss Aerodactyl around!"
Corphish grabs onto the Pokémon's right wing and tosses it like a Frisbee. He watches the thing spin around, hit the ground, and lose consciousness.
"Aerodactyl is unable to battle. Corphish wins!"
"Aero, return. You did a great job," Winona praises her Pokémon, but then looks back towards me. "You're tough—I'll give you that. Swellow, I choose you!"
The Swallow Pokémon enters with a shiny trace of stars revolving around it. The green wings, orange chest, and awesome haircut all make Swellow menacing.
"Swellow, Brave Bird!"
The Pokémon flies into the air and then begins to plummet on Corphish in a blue aura.
"Protect!"
Corphish produces a green force field that stops the incoming attack.
"Now Aerial Ace for the finish!"
Swellow goes from Brave Bird mode into nothingness—it disappears. Then it reappears at Corphish's face and knocks it flat out. Swellow doubles back into the air, encircling it like a vulture.
I recall my Corphish and assure its honest effort. Then I call out my trusty Cyndaquil for some action.
"Cynda!" the little Fire Mouse squeals.
"Swellow, use Brave Bird!"
Swellow is enveloped in blue energy as it charges towards my Pokémon.
"Cyndaquil, dodge it and use Smokescreen! Then use Dig!"
Cyndaquil jumps aside and unleashes smoke into the air. As Swellow coughs and loses focus, the Fire Mouse jumps into the ground and waits.
"I can't really attack from here," Winona ponders.
"Cyndaquil, start rolling and using Flamethrower on yourself. As you roll, go from side to side to build up momentum!"
Cyndaquil begins to roll gently as it then catches itself on fire and continues spinning. Soon enough, Cyndaquil accumulates enough power to use a new move.
"Now, Cyndaquil, fly up using Flame Wheel!"
My Pokémon, which looks like one of those spinning torches at a circus, slams into Swellow and knocks it out.
'No! My Swellow. Agh, return!" the Gym Leader sighs.
Cyndaquil stops spinning and lands on his feet.
"Skarmory, let's do this thing!"
Out of a Pokéball comes this menacing, steel-bodied Pokémon with a sharp beak and red-filled wings.
"Skar!"
"Cyndaquil, Flamethrower!"
Cyndaquil jump up to the Pokémon's elevation and burns it to a crisp. However, the Pokémon still manages to live the hit.
"Wha!?" I gasp.
"Sturdy ability never lets Skarmory to be one-hit KO'd. Unless…"
Skarmory flinches from something, then falls to the ground unconscious.
"…it gets burned by the attack. Great," she pouts while returning her next Pokémon.
Cyndaquil is on fire—two Pokémon are out now because of him. This makes a total of three—we're already halfway there.
. . .
Alex: Dewott, Houndoom, Roselia, Snorunt, Buneary
"Blitzle, you get back here," I scream.
Dewott runs up and hits it with a strong Razor Shell, but gets blasted by a Spark attack. Buneary uses Jump Kick and it knocks the Pokémon down. As it recuperates, Buneary uses the attack again but misses and falls.
"Blitzle, there's nowhere to run!" I yell.
I occupy one side. Dewott gets the other, while Buneary brings in the rear.
"What can you do now?"
"Blit!"
Blitzle jumps up, over my head, and gallops away. The Pokémon's actually growing on me. I mean, we're going to need more Pokémon once we start fighting Team Aqua and Team Magma, right? The more, the merrier.
. . .
Tony: Grovyle, Corphish, Altaria, Phanpy, Cyndaquil
"Altaria, I choose you!" Winona decides.
Whoa. The same Pokémon that I have. A fluffy-winged, long, blue-necked Pokémon comes out and automatically hits Cyndaquil with an Aerial Ace.
"Cyndaquil, Flamethrower!"
"Match it with your Flamethrower!"
Two attacks collide and hit evenly. I tell Cyndaquil to put in more power, but Altaria slips in just as much. Eventually, the two attacks grow so large that the giant ball of fire explodes and renders Cyndaquil unable to battle.
"Cyndaquil, return…You did amazing in this gym. I'm very proud of you," I smile.
"Cynda…" it weakly returns the smile as it is outlined in red and zips back in the Pokéball.
I smirk. Now let's spice things up a little.
"Altaria, let's show them who the real Sky Queen is!"
My own Altaria pops out, sees the situation, and flies up into the air.
"Use Dragon Dance!" Winona shouts.
Dragon Dance? Hm…maybe mine can learn that. Winona's Altaria flaps its wings back and forth, creating this dust around it. The dust, however, can be seen having ripples of red electric sparks. It looks awesome.
"You use Dragon Dance, too, Altaria!"
My Pokémon glances at me, yet it does the move anyway. It does the same thing the other Altaria did, and the same result appears: strengthened attack and speed.
"Now use Outrage!"
My Altaria uses Mist to counter the attack (I wasn't able to see what it looked like) and then uses Dragon Dance once more.
"Now you use Outrage," I shrug.
Altaria glows red and my once calm Pokémon turned into something seething with rage. Altaria slams into Winona's, however it uses the same attack and hits this time. This goes on two more times each, hitting the other and getting hit. While the Pokémon are still hitting hard, both are tired. My Altaria, however, uses Aerial Ace to knock the other out. With only two Pokémon left, Winona recalls her fainted Altaria and sends out another Pokémon.
"Staraptor, I choose you!"
This…impressive bird comes out with pride and confidence. Its gray feathers and talons seem intimidating, but pale in comparison to the red, sleeked-back hair from the top of the head. The Pokémon intimidates my Altaria, lowering its attack.
"Outrage!"
"Quick Attack!"
Staraptor hits first—directly into the side of my really weak Altaria. The Pokémon falls from the air and onto the ground.
"Altaria, return," I quietly say. "You did a great job."
"Are you going to try yet?" Winona sneers playfully.
"Grovyle, let's show them what true power is," I glance over to my left. Grovyle jumps off from the tall platform and onto the ground.
"Brave Bird!"
"Dodge it with Quick Attack. Then slam it with a Leaf Blade!"
Staraptor glows blue and charges towards my partner. Grovyle jumps up with Quick Attack and pounces the Pokémon. From there, it proceeds to slash at Staraptor with Leaf Blade.
"Close Combat!"
Staraptor flips around and smacks Grovyle down with its wings. After the brutal attack, Staraptor lands on the ground and its wings shake.
"Grovyle, use Acrobatics!"
The Wood Gecko Pokémon jumps in the air, lands on his hands, and then pushes off from the ground to rocket back up. Grovyle lands on Staraptor and kicks it. Using Leaf Blade, Grovyle slices some feathers off the wings.
"Brave Bird!"
Staraptor glows blue again, and because Grovyle is much closer than last time, hit my Pokémon hard with a powerful attack.
"Close Combat!"
"Leaf Blade!"
Grovyle and Staraptor close in on one another and clash together. As the fighting commences, Grovyle seems to be getting tired. Soon, a big cloud of dust appears from all of the brawling. As it clears, Grovyle sits on Staraptor's unconscious body while messing with its twig.
"Staraptor…return…"
Grovyle hops up and then falls to its knees in pain. Though not defeated, Grovyle is certainly weakened. I'm not sure what chances I have left, but depending on Winona's last Pokémon, I may be in trouble. Grovyle and Phanpy are all I have left. Both are at a disadvantage.
. . .
Alex: Dewott, Houndoom, Roselia, Snorunt, Buneary
"Snorunt, Icy Wind!"
Snorunt freezes Blitzle's feet, but the Pokémon thaws them out with Flame Charge. It uses Charge Beam on Snorunt, knocking it backwards.
"That's it. Go, Pokéball!" I shout angrily.
I throw a Pokéball, the classic red-and-white, at Blitzle and it gets captured inside. Shake….shake…Ding!
"I…actually caught it?"
Dewott watches me fall to my knees as I laugh. I finally stopped the terrorizing. Plus, Blitzle seems like a strong Pokémon.
. . .
Tony: Grovyle, Corphish, Altaria, Phanpy, Cyndaquil
"Togekiss, Thunder Wave!"
This Pokémon has killed me for the past twenty minutes. White in color, with red and blue speckles here and there, has been hitting Grovyle repeatedly. It looks like a plane or something.
"Toge!"
Togekiss shoots an electric beam to Grovyle. The poor Pokémon becomes paralyzed.
"Now….Air Slash!"
Togekiss' ability, Serene Grace, makes it very difficult to control. Air Slash causes Grovyle to flinch most of the time. The paralysis makes it really hard for my poor Pokémon. This last air slash causes Grovyle to fall over. I pull Grovyle off the field and let it rest.
"Thanks for ridding me of Staraptor, buddy!"
I send out my Long Nose Pokémon, Phanpy, to combat this Togekiss. Phanpy starts off with an Ice Shard attack, hitting Togekiss for nice damage.
"Thunder Wave!"
Phanpy absorbs the attack easily. Winona smacks her face for forgetting Phanpy's part Ground-typing, but this just gives me the upper hand.
"Now use Rollout!"
Phanpy rolls around to gain momentum, then smacks Togekiss onto the ground. Once it gets back up, Phanpy does the same thing and bounces to make it go up in the air. From this point, Phanpy uses Take Down to knock Togekiss out.
. . .
I walk out of the Pokémon Gym with Grovyle and meet up with Alex and her Dewott.
"Got the Feather Badge," I boast.
"Nice. The Contest Hall was closed. I did get a new Pokémon, though!"
"What Pokémon is it?"
"It's a Blitzle—an electric zebra," she explains.
I look at my light-blue, feathery badge and put it in my case. Six down, two to go. Grovyle and Dewott run in the Pokémon Center to rest as I heal my Pokémon.
"I'm heading to bed," I announce after my Pokémon are healed.
"Me too," Alex agrees.
We get our Pokémon and then go to our separate rooms to sleep. I need sleep.
. . .
Unknown Grunt
The man finally reaches Fortree City. He walks in the Pokémon Center and sees that the two runaways are in their rooms. However, he is so tired that he can't stand talking to people so late. The man grabs a hotel room and sleeps for many, many hours.
More information on the mystery grunt?! Who is he? Will Blitzle be an asset in contests, or just a hindrance that doesn't really matter. Can Tony keep going through the gyms and keep battling Archie and Maxie at the same time? Find out soon!
RE: The Clash of Land and Sea [Chapter 29]
Well.....The Writing Cafe has been so inactive lately, so I joined for a while. BUT I just can't not update you guys. I haven't uploaded in a while, mainly because I'm working on another story-ish too, so I'll probably try to update until you're caught up. Without further ado..
"Come on, Alex! Lilycove City is just calling for you!" I sing as Grovyle and I race out of the Pokémon Center.
"It's. Too. Early."
Alex and Dewott droop out of the hospital/hotel's door and slump on a bench outside. Alex's eyes are heavy with the lack of sleep. I can't do anything about it, though.
"It's only seven in the morning," I scold.
We walk east of the wonderful city of treehouses. Chimchar and Treecko jump from branches. There are Kricketot songs dancing in the slight breeze. Once we make it, I hear the sound of voices. Hesitantly, we hide behind a large bush and Alex notes that the voices are coming from a little bridge ahead of us.
"Look, Boss. We're trying to find the kiddos. We'll take them back alive, like you want," Matt's voice can be heard.
There is a whole group of Aqua Grunts, with their leader being Admin Matt, scouring the premises. The four of us begin crawling to the edge of the bridge, behind a large patch of grass, and peek through the weeds to get a closer look. Dewott and Grovyle look around for any eavesdroppers. Well, I guess we're eavesdropping, but that's different. We have a reason to listen.
"You don't want them alive? Sir, in all due respect...we can't just kill those two. They're only children! Their Pokemon aren't even fully evolved!"
…Just a few weeks ago, I would have called Archie my new father. Now he can go jump in a hole and never come up for air. I'll be glad to dance on his grave. I look back over to see Matt combing through his gelled hair.
"Yes, I see them in the grass now. Yessir, I'll get rid of them. Goodbye," he sighs.
"Wait, what?!" I think. Alex pulls on my hand to go. Grovyle and Dewott jump from the bushes.
"After them! And I want them alive!"
The Aqua Grunt wakes up in the Pokémon Center room that was provided. He looks at the clock—it's 10:12! He must have overslept. Now he has to stalk those kids down and talk to them.
"I need to talk to the boy," he sighs, getting ready for the day.
"And I will, or my name isn't L—oh!" the grunt trips over a shoe in the floor and falls flat on his face.
"A loser…"
"We'll battle," I quickly suggest.
"Hmm," Matt contemplates.
"If you win, it's game over. If we win, we keep on going."
Matt rubs his chin and looks at his posse. They nod approvingly, so he decides to go along with it.
"Fine. Let's go ahead and begin. You first," he smiles.
"Phanpy, come on out!" I sling a Pokéball into the air.
The Long Nose Pokémon cheers as its baby blue trunk waves back and forth.
"Ah, a ground-type Pokémon. Vaporeon, come out with a Hydro Pump."
Matt sends out this feline—wait, no! A fox—no! A dog—no…this blue quadruped Pokémon spews out a stream of water that knocks Phanpy straight out.
"Phanpy…return," I gasp.
Phanpy gets outlined in red and then zips back into the Pokéball. Usually, it does so well in battles…Sometimes even scoring the major KO!
"Grovyle, let's try it your way," I tell my friend to the side.
"Vyle!"
Grovyle jumps onto the grassy field and uses Leaf Blade on Vaporeon immediately.
"Vapreon, Ice Beam!"
"Dodge it, Grovyle, and slam into Vaporeon with your Acrobatics!"
Vaporeon begins to form a small orb of ice in its mouth. It grows and grows as the Pokémon is ready to attack. Grovyle puts a twig in its mouth and gets ready.
"Now!" Matt shouts.
Vaporeon unleashes the freezing beam just after Grovyle kicks up. My Wood Gecko Pokémon lands on its hands once he's pulled to the ground. He thrusts again and slams into Vaporeon. The Pokémon falls over unconscious.
"Vaporeon, return! Ludicolo, it's your time to shine!"
"Ludi-Ludicolo!" the pineapple-looking Pokémon dances around.
"Grovyle, Leaf Blade!"
"Ludicolo, Ice Beam!"
Ludicolo freezes Grovyle just as its razor-sharp blades were about to slice. However, Grovyle was close enough for his sculpture to slam into Ludicolo. The impact makes the ice break. Grovyle and Ludicolo both fall to the floor. They both were hit hard.
I pick Grovyle off the field and set him beside me. Then I call out my Altaria to battle whatever's next. Matt recalls Ludicolo.
"Mandibuzz, I choose you!"
Altaria, a graceful, puffy cloud-winged Pokémon has to face off against an evil-looking vulture. Both fly in the air.
"Altaria, Dragon Dance!"
"Mandibuzz, Psych Up!"
Altaria glows red and begins to get stronger. Mandibuzz, however, creates this spiral vortex that copies Altaria's stat changes and makes Mandibuzz just as strong and fast.
"Altaria, Outrage!"
"Mandibuzz, use Brave Bird!"
Altaria seethes with anger as Mandibuzz glows blue and begins to charge. The two of them then begin to race towards one another. As they hit, both are thrown backwards. Because of the effects of Outrage, Altaria has to do the attack a total of two or three times.
"Outrage!"
"Brave Bird!"
The same effect happened; Altaria falls back as Mandibuzz does the same thing. Altaria's anger leaves finally.
"Brave Bird!"
"Dodge it and hit with Aerial Ace!"
As Mandibuzz, whose color is blue, charges towards the spot where Altaria is, Altaria disappears for a second. Mandibuzz misses the attack and my Pokémon reappears tackling it to the ground. Mandibuzz is out.
"But, Mandibuzz! Your defenses?!"
"Brave Bird makes the user take recoil damage. You were dwindling faster," I explain.
"Feraligatr, come on out! Ice Punch!"
Out of Matt's Pokéball, a blue-armored alligator is cast out. The Pokémon's fist turns into an ice cube as it smashes against Altaria and knocks it out.
"Altaria, return! …Cyndaquil, give it your best shot!"
Cyndaquil comes out in a Smokescreen as it uses Dig. Now the air is contaminated, but not underground.
"Get ready for a powerful Dig + Flamethrower combo!"
"Not so fast," Matt smiles.
"Feraligatr, use Surf!"
Suddenly, the Pokémon makes a tidal wave out of nothing. Then, it rides the wave through the smoke and lands on my side of the field.
"That…didn't do anything," I say.
"Look at your Cyndaquil."
Cyndaquil floats out of the hole in the ground unconscious—the tidal wave had gone down the hole. Cyndaquil was trapped.
"Cyndaquil, come back! Corphish…this is all yours now," I gasp.
Out comes my Ruffian Pokémon. Corphish uses Crabhammer on the ground and begins to spin. While it does this, it uses Protect. Feraligatr begins to hit hard with Aqua Tail, however it is blocked. Corphish begins to shoot out bubbles because of its Bubble Beam attack. As Feraligatr is about to use Crunch, Corphish jumps up and uses ViceGrip to hold its mouth in place. Feraligatr flinches back and falls over.
"Feraligatr, return. Hm!" Matt snickers.
"What's so funny?"
"Crawdaunt, let's show junior how real crustaceans roll."
Matt sends out this giant Corphish. It has blue Vs on its neck and a star on its head.
"I know all your Pokémon, Anthony. You didn't have a chance from the start,"" Matt smiles sympathetically.
"Corphish, use Crabhammer!"
"Night Slash!"
Corphish rears back with a bluish-white pincer as Crawdaunt smacks it twice, knocking the Pokémon over. Crawdaunt is already tired, though. I see Matt do something…what?! Two can play at this game.
"Corphish, Bubble Beam!"
Crawdaunt blocks the attack with its large pincers and uses Superpower. The Pokémon glows red and charges against Corphish with a force so strong that rocks fly up and attack, too. Corphish falls over unconscious.
"Looks like you're coming with us," Matt smiles.
…I lost.
"Tony!" Alex screams.
"Too bad, Matt," I laugh.
"Why are you laughing?"
"We both had tricks up our sleeves. You threw a healing item at Crawdaunt behind my back. So I did the same," I recall.
While Crawdaunt used Superpower, I cleverly healed two Pokémon—Altaria and Cyndaquil.
"Cyndaquil, come on out with a Smokescreen! Altaria, get us out of here!"
The air gets thick and black. Something scoops me up. Alex hops on along with Grovyle and Dewott.
"I'll get y—cough cough!" Matt wheezes.
It takes only three minutes for us to arrive in Fortree, heal, and be outside and ready to train.
I watch Corphish and Cyndaquil fight each other one-on-one. They brawl for over half an hour before the two tie.
"I understand that Tony's upset, but Matt has way more experience. I hate seeing Tony so down…" I think to myself.
"Maybe I should train over there," I point over to the Pokémon Center. Dewott and I walk over to the side of the building facing the previous route to our left, where the Weather Institute still lies.
"The Lilycove Contest isn't too long now!" I cheer.
"Neither is your doom!" a voice whispers, grabbing my mouth.
A Leafeon jumps in front of Dewott. The person behind me reveals himself—it's…Tabitha?!
"Miss me?"
"Not in the least."
"Corphish, you know you can evolve and beat that thing, right?" I ask.
"Phish!" the Ruffian scoffs at the idea.
I think Corphish wants to beat Crawdaunt on its own…
"Then let's find a way to beat it," I suggest.
Crawdaunt is Water/Dark. So if we can get a move super effective against it…
"I know just the guy!" I smile.
"Phish?" Corphish tilts its head slightly.
"Let's fight," I shout.
Tabitha tells Leafeon to back off. He sends out another Pokémon instead—a Lampent. This Pokémon looks like a little lamp, but it's also a ghost.
"Dewott, Razor Shell!"
Dewott slices Lampent with its Scalchop and beats the Pokémon in one hit.
"Agh! Lampent, return! Leafeon, just finish the thing off with Leaf Blade!"
Leaf Blade…Grovyle knows that move.
"Dewott, dodge it!"
It's too late. Leafeon slash its tail against my Dewott, and the Discipline Pokémon falls over out of the competition.
"Houndoom, use Fire Blast!"
I send out my Fire/Dark dog to do some work. Houndoom breathes a star-shaped flamethrower attack that spirals and KOs Leafeon in one hit. This match is breezing by.
"Leafeon, come back. Simisear, come on out!"
Out comes this ugly monkey. It looks so goofy.
"Use Fire Blast on Houndoom!"
Oh no.
Simisear uses the same attack that Houndoom did, but this time on my Pokémon. This is bad. Not because of the damage, though. Last time, Houndoom went crazy from a Flash Fire boost.
"Torkoal, use Eruption!"
The smoky hole from Torkoal's back explodes into fits of fire and magma. It hits Dewott for decent damage, but it does resist the attack so it didn't do too much. However, Houndoom ignites really strongly—Flash Fire has taken over its mind. Here lately, with all of the extra power and attention, Houndoom has been losing its mind with Flash Fire. It kind of…gets overwhelmed by the power.
"Houndoom, calm down. It's okay. Dewott, use Razor Shell on Torkoal!"
Houndoom does what it wants. I'm not able to say anything. First, ituses Iron Tail to push Torkoal back up in the air, which gives Houndoom just enough time to defeat it.
"Use Dark Pulse!" I command.
It doesn't. Instead, it uses a fire move. I've…never seen this move before. I don't know how to explain it, but I'll try.
Houndoom unleashes this attack that looks like…well, the shape of a star. Yes! It looks like a star on fire. Houndoom uses this attack—the PokéNav calls it Fire Blast—to create some sort of shield around it. The five points are suddenly outlined in dark. Houndoomdoesuse Dark Pulse, and the outlining creates a solid form to hit the attack with. Basically, Houndoom is using a super-STAB Fire Blast / Dark Pulse combo. It then hits the flaming evil star with Iron Tail to make it spin. Torkoal comes crashing back down just to be KO'd in a matter of seconds. Houndoom then uses Shadow Ball in the middle of the star, and the whole attack disappears. Then it collapses on the ground as I run to it. The Flash Fire boost is gone.
That ability…
"Doom!" Houndoom screams.
It uses Fire Blast on Simisear, knocking it unconscious. Houndoom then uses Shadow Ball on Tabitha!
"That's it! Infernape, Close Combat!"
Another fire monkey comes out. This time, the monkey looks scary. With a flame on its head, the thing smashes its fists into Houndoom.
"Houndoom, just stop! You did great! I can't let you suffer from this power and damage at the same time! You'll lose it," I squeal, returning my Pokémon.
"Snorunt, come on out!"
My Snow Hat Pokémon returns to the party by throwing a bunch of Spikes at Infernape's feet.
"Mach Punch!"
Before I can even react, Infernape knocks Snorunt out with a powerful priority attack. Snorunt goes unconscious.
"Snorunt, return. Roselia, let's try this!"
"Fire Blast!"
My beautiful Thorn Pokémon cheers as it comes out. However, it gets smacked by a fire-type attack and faints.
"Blitzle, give it your best!"
My electric zebra busts out of its Pokéball and smacks Infernape with a Spark attack.
"Infernape, Close Combat!"
"Spark!"
The fire starter punches and punches and punches. Eventually, Blitzle loses its versatility and gives in due to Infernape's sheer power.
"Bli…"
"Blitzle, return," I begin to tear up.
"This is too easy. I have two left still1"
I look at my last remaining Pokéball. "Buneary," I whisper," I'm counting on you. If we fail, there's no telling what he may do…"
"Mach Punch!"
Infernape runs towards my Bunny as it pops out of the Pokéball.
"Water Pulse!"
Just as Infernape begins to make contact, Buneary unleashes a small blue orb. Due to the defense drops of Close Combat, the attack knocked it out.
"Finally!" I squeal.
"Infernape, come back. You did fantastic!"
"What's wrong, Tabitha? Nervous?" I laugh.
"Not the least bit. Bisharp, come on out!"
"Bisharp?" I ask.
Once the thing is released, it looks like some Power Ranger.
"Thanks, Dad. I'll return Hariyama once Corphish learns Brick Break!" I thank him.
I send out the Pokémon and get a huge hug.
"How are you doing, buddy?" I ask, being crunched by the hug.
"Yaaaama!" it bellows.
All my Pokémon greet Hariyama. Cyndaquil gets to meet him for the first time.
"Now Corphish," I say, "I need you to pay attention to Hariyama."
I look over to see my Pokémon use Brick Break on a boulder. Corphish tries this, but to no avail.
Phanpy runs around with Cyndaquil on its back. Grovyle and Altaria are in the shade of a tree house. If I could live here, I think I would.
"Phish!" Corphish slams its pincer into a rock and it slices into two perfect halves.
"Perfect!" I yell.
"Phiiiish!" Corphish then squirts me with scalding hot water.
"AAHHH!" I scream, running around with a red face.
"Is that Scald?" I say once recuperated.
For about an hour or two, Hariyama shows me its new Close Combat attack. The thing is really impressive now.
I think Corphish is ready. Hariyama gladly goes back to Norman.
"Corphish."
"Phish?" it looks up.
"It's time."
"Bisharp, Guillotine!"
"Jump Kick?" I guess. Never faced this before.
Buneary beats Bisharp to the attack. She kicks the Pokémon and it instantly faints.
"What the—?" Tabitha confusingly gasps.
"I guess Bisharp is weak to Fighting-type attacks?"
"Four times…"
Buneary kicks Tabitha in the face and we run out of Fortree and into the woods. Sucker.
"Come to battle again?" Matt asks.
"One on one. My Corphish versus your Crawdaunt."
"And if I don't?"
"I don't see why you wouldn't..."
"What if I defeated you again? Will you run off like the true coward you are?"
"Maybe. But you know I'll escape," I smile.
"Fair enough. Crawdaunt, let's do this again!"
And so the battle begins.
"Huff…huff…" the grunt wheezes.
"I'll…catch up to you…or else my name isn't L…" he collapses.
"Lazy…"
"Crawdaunt, Night Slash!"
"Corphish, use Protect!"
This has been going on for half an hour. I haven't revealed anything yet so far, though.
"Corphish!" I yell.
"Crawdaunt!"
"Crabhammer!" The both of us screech.
They knock each other back. Corphish gives a look of pure determination.
"Scald!"
Corphish spits a hot stream of water from its pincer that hits Crawdaunt and burns it. The Pokémon looks a lot less intimidating.
"No!" Matt yells with his gelled hair.
"Brick Break to finish it off!"
Corphish smacks down on Crawdaunt's star and causes the Pokémon to fall out of the battle.
"Lost to a pre-evolution…"
"Phish! Phish!"
I hug my Ruffian Pokémon as it finally seems satisfied.
"Grovyle, Quick Attack."
Grovyle jumps out from the trees and slams Matt away into the bushes. While he gets up, I'm already running with a reptile to my side and a crustacean in my arms. Soon, I see Alex waiting by a pier leading to the ocean. I hop down and sit on the edge with her while looking at the sunset.
"Look," she whispers, holding Dewott.
"What?" I look that way, but all I see is…
"Mt. Pyre," I gasp.
In the distance, I see a tall purple mountain being encircled by clouds and claps of thunder.
"That's our next stop?"
"No. That's Team Magma's next stop."
This chapter really brought out the character in Corphish, a previously lacking Pokemon. L--somebody is coming to Tony and Alex, but who is it? I'll give you a hint--his look was literally (partly) inspired by Doctor Who's 10th Doctor, David Tennant.
Well.....The Writing Cafe has been so inactive lately, so I joined for a while. BUT I just can't not update you guys. I haven't uploaded in a while, mainly because I'm working on another story-ish too, so I'll probably try to update until you're caught up. Without further ado..
Go Phish!
Tony: Grovyle, Corphish, Altaria, Phanpy, Cyndaquil
"Come on, Alex! Lilycove City is just calling for you!" I sing as Grovyle and I race out of the Pokémon Center.
"It's. Too. Early."
Alex and Dewott droop out of the hospital/hotel's door and slump on a bench outside. Alex's eyes are heavy with the lack of sleep. I can't do anything about it, though.
"It's only seven in the morning," I scold.
We walk east of the wonderful city of treehouses. Chimchar and Treecko jump from branches. There are Kricketot songs dancing in the slight breeze. Once we make it, I hear the sound of voices. Hesitantly, we hide behind a large bush and Alex notes that the voices are coming from a little bridge ahead of us.
"Look, Boss. We're trying to find the kiddos. We'll take them back alive, like you want," Matt's voice can be heard.
There is a whole group of Aqua Grunts, with their leader being Admin Matt, scouring the premises. The four of us begin crawling to the edge of the bridge, behind a large patch of grass, and peek through the weeds to get a closer look. Dewott and Grovyle look around for any eavesdroppers. Well, I guess we're eavesdropping, but that's different. We have a reason to listen.
"You don't want them alive? Sir, in all due respect...we can't just kill those two. They're only children! Their Pokemon aren't even fully evolved!"
…Just a few weeks ago, I would have called Archie my new father. Now he can go jump in a hole and never come up for air. I'll be glad to dance on his grave. I look back over to see Matt combing through his gelled hair.
"Yes, I see them in the grass now. Yessir, I'll get rid of them. Goodbye," he sighs.
"Wait, what?!" I think. Alex pulls on my hand to go. Grovyle and Dewott jump from the bushes.
"After them! And I want them alive!"
. . .
The Aqua Grunt wakes up in the Pokémon Center room that was provided. He looks at the clock—it's 10:12! He must have overslept. Now he has to stalk those kids down and talk to them.
"I need to talk to the boy," he sighs, getting ready for the day.
"And I will, or my name isn't L—oh!" the grunt trips over a shoe in the floor and falls flat on his face.
"A loser…"
. . .
Tony: Grovyle, Corphish, Altaria, Phanpy, Cyndaquil
"We'll battle," I quickly suggest.
"Hmm," Matt contemplates.
"If you win, it's game over. If we win, we keep on going."
Matt rubs his chin and looks at his posse. They nod approvingly, so he decides to go along with it.
"Fine. Let's go ahead and begin. You first," he smiles.
"Phanpy, come on out!" I sling a Pokéball into the air.
The Long Nose Pokémon cheers as its baby blue trunk waves back and forth.
"Ah, a ground-type Pokémon. Vaporeon, come out with a Hydro Pump."
Matt sends out this feline—wait, no! A fox—no! A dog—no…this blue quadruped Pokémon spews out a stream of water that knocks Phanpy straight out.
"Phanpy…return," I gasp.
Phanpy gets outlined in red and then zips back into the Pokéball. Usually, it does so well in battles…Sometimes even scoring the major KO!
"Grovyle, let's try it your way," I tell my friend to the side.
"Vyle!"
Grovyle jumps onto the grassy field and uses Leaf Blade on Vaporeon immediately.
"Vapreon, Ice Beam!"
"Dodge it, Grovyle, and slam into Vaporeon with your Acrobatics!"
Vaporeon begins to form a small orb of ice in its mouth. It grows and grows as the Pokémon is ready to attack. Grovyle puts a twig in its mouth and gets ready.
"Now!" Matt shouts.
Vaporeon unleashes the freezing beam just after Grovyle kicks up. My Wood Gecko Pokémon lands on its hands once he's pulled to the ground. He thrusts again and slams into Vaporeon. The Pokémon falls over unconscious.
"Vaporeon, return! Ludicolo, it's your time to shine!"
"Ludi-Ludicolo!" the pineapple-looking Pokémon dances around.
"Grovyle, Leaf Blade!"
"Ludicolo, Ice Beam!"
Ludicolo freezes Grovyle just as its razor-sharp blades were about to slice. However, Grovyle was close enough for his sculpture to slam into Ludicolo. The impact makes the ice break. Grovyle and Ludicolo both fall to the floor. They both were hit hard.
I pick Grovyle off the field and set him beside me. Then I call out my Altaria to battle whatever's next. Matt recalls Ludicolo.
"Mandibuzz, I choose you!"
Altaria, a graceful, puffy cloud-winged Pokémon has to face off against an evil-looking vulture. Both fly in the air.
"Altaria, Dragon Dance!"
"Mandibuzz, Psych Up!"
Altaria glows red and begins to get stronger. Mandibuzz, however, creates this spiral vortex that copies Altaria's stat changes and makes Mandibuzz just as strong and fast.
"Altaria, Outrage!"
"Mandibuzz, use Brave Bird!"
Altaria seethes with anger as Mandibuzz glows blue and begins to charge. The two of them then begin to race towards one another. As they hit, both are thrown backwards. Because of the effects of Outrage, Altaria has to do the attack a total of two or three times.
"Outrage!"
"Brave Bird!"
The same effect happened; Altaria falls back as Mandibuzz does the same thing. Altaria's anger leaves finally.
"Brave Bird!"
"Dodge it and hit with Aerial Ace!"
As Mandibuzz, whose color is blue, charges towards the spot where Altaria is, Altaria disappears for a second. Mandibuzz misses the attack and my Pokémon reappears tackling it to the ground. Mandibuzz is out.
"But, Mandibuzz! Your defenses?!"
"Brave Bird makes the user take recoil damage. You were dwindling faster," I explain.
"Feraligatr, come on out! Ice Punch!"
Out of Matt's Pokéball, a blue-armored alligator is cast out. The Pokémon's fist turns into an ice cube as it smashes against Altaria and knocks it out.
"Altaria, return! …Cyndaquil, give it your best shot!"
Cyndaquil comes out in a Smokescreen as it uses Dig. Now the air is contaminated, but not underground.
"Get ready for a powerful Dig + Flamethrower combo!"
"Not so fast," Matt smiles.
"Feraligatr, use Surf!"
Suddenly, the Pokémon makes a tidal wave out of nothing. Then, it rides the wave through the smoke and lands on my side of the field.
"That…didn't do anything," I say.
"Look at your Cyndaquil."
Cyndaquil floats out of the hole in the ground unconscious—the tidal wave had gone down the hole. Cyndaquil was trapped.
"Cyndaquil, come back! Corphish…this is all yours now," I gasp.
Out comes my Ruffian Pokémon. Corphish uses Crabhammer on the ground and begins to spin. While it does this, it uses Protect. Feraligatr begins to hit hard with Aqua Tail, however it is blocked. Corphish begins to shoot out bubbles because of its Bubble Beam attack. As Feraligatr is about to use Crunch, Corphish jumps up and uses ViceGrip to hold its mouth in place. Feraligatr flinches back and falls over.
"Feraligatr, return. Hm!" Matt snickers.
"What's so funny?"
"Crawdaunt, let's show junior how real crustaceans roll."
Matt sends out this giant Corphish. It has blue Vs on its neck and a star on its head.
"I know all your Pokémon, Anthony. You didn't have a chance from the start,"" Matt smiles sympathetically.
"Corphish, use Crabhammer!"
"Night Slash!"
Corphish rears back with a bluish-white pincer as Crawdaunt smacks it twice, knocking the Pokémon over. Crawdaunt is already tired, though. I see Matt do something…what?! Two can play at this game.
"Corphish, Bubble Beam!"
Crawdaunt blocks the attack with its large pincers and uses Superpower. The Pokémon glows red and charges against Corphish with a force so strong that rocks fly up and attack, too. Corphish falls over unconscious.
"Looks like you're coming with us," Matt smiles.
…I lost.
"Tony!" Alex screams.
"Too bad, Matt," I laugh.
"Why are you laughing?"
"We both had tricks up our sleeves. You threw a healing item at Crawdaunt behind my back. So I did the same," I recall.
While Crawdaunt used Superpower, I cleverly healed two Pokémon—Altaria and Cyndaquil.
"Cyndaquil, come on out with a Smokescreen! Altaria, get us out of here!"
The air gets thick and black. Something scoops me up. Alex hops on along with Grovyle and Dewott.
"I'll get y—cough cough!" Matt wheezes.
It takes only three minutes for us to arrive in Fortree, heal, and be outside and ready to train.
. . .
Alex: Dewott, Houndoom, Roselia, Snorunt, Buneary, Blitzle
I watch Corphish and Cyndaquil fight each other one-on-one. They brawl for over half an hour before the two tie.
"I understand that Tony's upset, but Matt has way more experience. I hate seeing Tony so down…" I think to myself.
"Maybe I should train over there," I point over to the Pokémon Center. Dewott and I walk over to the side of the building facing the previous route to our left, where the Weather Institute still lies.
"The Lilycove Contest isn't too long now!" I cheer.
"Neither is your doom!" a voice whispers, grabbing my mouth.
A Leafeon jumps in front of Dewott. The person behind me reveals himself—it's…Tabitha?!
"Miss me?"
"Not in the least."
. . .
Tony: Grovyle, Corphish, Altaria, Phanpy, Cyndaquil
"Corphish, you know you can evolve and beat that thing, right?" I ask.
"Phish!" the Ruffian scoffs at the idea.
I think Corphish wants to beat Crawdaunt on its own…
"Then let's find a way to beat it," I suggest.
Crawdaunt is Water/Dark. So if we can get a move super effective against it…
"I know just the guy!" I smile.
"Phish?" Corphish tilts its head slightly.
. . .
Alex: Dewott, Houndoom, Roselia, Snorunt, Buneary, Blitzle
"Let's fight," I shout.
Tabitha tells Leafeon to back off. He sends out another Pokémon instead—a Lampent. This Pokémon looks like a little lamp, but it's also a ghost.
"Dewott, Razor Shell!"
Dewott slices Lampent with its Scalchop and beats the Pokémon in one hit.
"Agh! Lampent, return! Leafeon, just finish the thing off with Leaf Blade!"
Leaf Blade…Grovyle knows that move.
"Dewott, dodge it!"
It's too late. Leafeon slash its tail against my Dewott, and the Discipline Pokémon falls over out of the competition.
"Houndoom, use Fire Blast!"
I send out my Fire/Dark dog to do some work. Houndoom breathes a star-shaped flamethrower attack that spirals and KOs Leafeon in one hit. This match is breezing by.
"Leafeon, come back. Simisear, come on out!"
Out comes this ugly monkey. It looks so goofy.
"Use Fire Blast on Houndoom!"
Oh no.
Simisear uses the same attack that Houndoom did, but this time on my Pokémon. This is bad. Not because of the damage, though. Last time, Houndoom went crazy from a Flash Fire boost.
~Flashback~
"Torkoal, use Eruption!"
The smoky hole from Torkoal's back explodes into fits of fire and magma. It hits Dewott for decent damage, but it does resist the attack so it didn't do too much. However, Houndoom ignites really strongly—Flash Fire has taken over its mind. Here lately, with all of the extra power and attention, Houndoom has been losing its mind with Flash Fire. It kind of…gets overwhelmed by the power.
"Houndoom, calm down. It's okay. Dewott, use Razor Shell on Torkoal!"
Houndoom does what it wants. I'm not able to say anything. First, ituses Iron Tail to push Torkoal back up in the air, which gives Houndoom just enough time to defeat it.
"Use Dark Pulse!" I command.
It doesn't. Instead, it uses a fire move. I've…never seen this move before. I don't know how to explain it, but I'll try.
Houndoom unleashes this attack that looks like…well, the shape of a star. Yes! It looks like a star on fire. Houndoom uses this attack—the PokéNav calls it Fire Blast—to create some sort of shield around it. The five points are suddenly outlined in dark. Houndoomdoesuse Dark Pulse, and the outlining creates a solid form to hit the attack with. Basically, Houndoom is using a super-STAB Fire Blast / Dark Pulse combo. It then hits the flaming evil star with Iron Tail to make it spin. Torkoal comes crashing back down just to be KO'd in a matter of seconds. Houndoom then uses Shadow Ball in the middle of the star, and the whole attack disappears. Then it collapses on the ground as I run to it. The Flash Fire boost is gone.
~End of Flashback~
That ability…
"Doom!" Houndoom screams.
It uses Fire Blast on Simisear, knocking it unconscious. Houndoom then uses Shadow Ball on Tabitha!
"That's it! Infernape, Close Combat!"
Another fire monkey comes out. This time, the monkey looks scary. With a flame on its head, the thing smashes its fists into Houndoom.
"Houndoom, just stop! You did great! I can't let you suffer from this power and damage at the same time! You'll lose it," I squeal, returning my Pokémon.
"Snorunt, come on out!"
My Snow Hat Pokémon returns to the party by throwing a bunch of Spikes at Infernape's feet.
"Mach Punch!"
Before I can even react, Infernape knocks Snorunt out with a powerful priority attack. Snorunt goes unconscious.
"Snorunt, return. Roselia, let's try this!"
"Fire Blast!"
My beautiful Thorn Pokémon cheers as it comes out. However, it gets smacked by a fire-type attack and faints.
"Blitzle, give it your best!"
My electric zebra busts out of its Pokéball and smacks Infernape with a Spark attack.
"Infernape, Close Combat!"
"Spark!"
The fire starter punches and punches and punches. Eventually, Blitzle loses its versatility and gives in due to Infernape's sheer power.
"Bli…"
"Blitzle, return," I begin to tear up.
"This is too easy. I have two left still1"
I look at my last remaining Pokéball. "Buneary," I whisper," I'm counting on you. If we fail, there's no telling what he may do…"
"Mach Punch!"
Infernape runs towards my Bunny as it pops out of the Pokéball.
"Water Pulse!"
Just as Infernape begins to make contact, Buneary unleashes a small blue orb. Due to the defense drops of Close Combat, the attack knocked it out.
"Finally!" I squeal.
"Infernape, come back. You did fantastic!"
"What's wrong, Tabitha? Nervous?" I laugh.
"Not the least bit. Bisharp, come on out!"
"Bisharp?" I ask.
Once the thing is released, it looks like some Power Ranger.
. . .
Tony: Grovyle, Corphish, Hariyama, Altaria, Phanpy, Cyndaquil
"Thanks, Dad. I'll return Hariyama once Corphish learns Brick Break!" I thank him.
I send out the Pokémon and get a huge hug.
"How are you doing, buddy?" I ask, being crunched by the hug.
"Yaaaama!" it bellows.
All my Pokémon greet Hariyama. Cyndaquil gets to meet him for the first time.
"Now Corphish," I say, "I need you to pay attention to Hariyama."
I look over to see my Pokémon use Brick Break on a boulder. Corphish tries this, but to no avail.
Phanpy runs around with Cyndaquil on its back. Grovyle and Altaria are in the shade of a tree house. If I could live here, I think I would.
"Phish!" Corphish slams its pincer into a rock and it slices into two perfect halves.
"Perfect!" I yell.
"Phiiiish!" Corphish then squirts me with scalding hot water.
"AAHHH!" I scream, running around with a red face.
"Is that Scald?" I say once recuperated.
For about an hour or two, Hariyama shows me its new Close Combat attack. The thing is really impressive now.
I think Corphish is ready. Hariyama gladly goes back to Norman.
"Corphish."
"Phish?" it looks up.
"It's time."
. . .
Alex: Dewott, Houndoom, Roselia, Snorunt, Buneary, Blitzle
"Bisharp, Guillotine!"
"Jump Kick?" I guess. Never faced this before.
Buneary beats Bisharp to the attack. She kicks the Pokémon and it instantly faints.
"What the—?" Tabitha confusingly gasps.
"I guess Bisharp is weak to Fighting-type attacks?"
"Four times…"
Buneary kicks Tabitha in the face and we run out of Fortree and into the woods. Sucker.
. . .
Tony: Grovyle, Corphish, Altaria, Phanpy, Cyndaquil
"Come to battle again?" Matt asks.
"One on one. My Corphish versus your Crawdaunt."
"And if I don't?"
"I don't see why you wouldn't..."
"What if I defeated you again? Will you run off like the true coward you are?"
"Maybe. But you know I'll escape," I smile.
"Fair enough. Crawdaunt, let's do this again!"
And so the battle begins.
. . .
"Huff…huff…" the grunt wheezes.
"I'll…catch up to you…or else my name isn't L…" he collapses.
"Lazy…"
. . .
Tony: Grovyle, Corphish, Altaria, Phanpy, Cyndaquil
"Crawdaunt, Night Slash!"
"Corphish, use Protect!"
This has been going on for half an hour. I haven't revealed anything yet so far, though.
"Corphish!" I yell.
"Crawdaunt!"
"Crabhammer!" The both of us screech.
They knock each other back. Corphish gives a look of pure determination.
"Scald!"
Corphish spits a hot stream of water from its pincer that hits Crawdaunt and burns it. The Pokémon looks a lot less intimidating.
"No!" Matt yells with his gelled hair.
"Brick Break to finish it off!"
Corphish smacks down on Crawdaunt's star and causes the Pokémon to fall out of the battle.
"Lost to a pre-evolution…"
"Phish! Phish!"
I hug my Ruffian Pokémon as it finally seems satisfied.
"Grovyle, Quick Attack."
Grovyle jumps out from the trees and slams Matt away into the bushes. While he gets up, I'm already running with a reptile to my side and a crustacean in my arms. Soon, I see Alex waiting by a pier leading to the ocean. I hop down and sit on the edge with her while looking at the sunset.
"Look," she whispers, holding Dewott.
"What?" I look that way, but all I see is…
"Mt. Pyre," I gasp.
In the distance, I see a tall purple mountain being encircled by clouds and claps of thunder.
"That's our next stop?"
"No. That's Team Magma's next stop."
This chapter really brought out the character in Corphish, a previously lacking Pokemon. L--somebody is coming to Tony and Alex, but who is it? I'll give you a hint--his look was literally (partly) inspired by Doctor Who's 10th Doctor, David Tennant.
RE: The Clash of Land and Sea (Update: Chapter 30)
Hello everyone, I'm here with an updated chapter! My schedule has changed basically because of school and the tons of exams I have to take, so I'm sorry for the inactiveness. However, I will say that I'm going to try and continue this series. In fact, I'm writing one now for the Kalos region, which will star two characters whose roles are unknown right now. Here is the chapter, where we learn of our duo's mysterious stalker!
Chapter 31:
Alex and I ride a small boat through the water. We should be getting closer to Mt. Pyre.
"So what is going to happen?"
"Well Alex, hopefully we can get whatever Team Aqua or Magma wants before they do," I explain.
Grovyle and Dewott sit in the back talking in their own Pokémon language.
After another hour, we arrive at the cemetery part of the mountain. After paying our respects to the dead, we trek over the outside terrain to get to the top. After about ten minutes, we hear voices.
"Grovyle, get ready to fight."
"You, too, Dewott!"
We end up fighting five Magma Grunts in the process of making it halfway up the mountain. I take down one while Alex gets rid of the other four with only her Snorunt. She and Snorunt gleefully talk about the success.
"Have you thought about letting Beautifly be with one of your Pokémon? Like sending one back?" I remember the poor butterfly being all alone.
"Oh yeah," Alex frowns.
"I miss Beautifly. Your mom told me to check up on it once I get four ribbons, though. Lilycove City has a Contest Hall. Until then…" she looks at Snorunt. "Why don't you go join her with Tony's Mom?"
Snorunt happily gets recalled back into its Pokéball.
"Now all we need is a Pokémon Center," I explain.
"Not true," Alex says.
"Huh?"
She gets out her PokéNav, looks through the apps, and finds one labeled "Pokéball Teleporter."
"How is that even possible?"
Alex face-palms as she begins to go into detail. "You see," she informs, "my father is the CEO of the Devon Corporation. He basically made this thing. So obviously I'd know how to use it."
She gets Snorunt's Pokéball in front of the scanner and clicks a button. A small laser analyzes the contests and boop! The Pokéball shrinks down and disappears. About five minutes later, my mom calls and says that she got Snorunt and will train it well.
We keep on moving up the mountain. Shuppet, Meditite, and Litwick dance in the shadows and bushes along the way. Nuzleaf move from gravestone to gravestone. I even see a Hypno's outline far in the brush. We move on to hear another voice, though this resembles one of a child.
"Dang it, Hoothoot, you can't do anything right! I'd rather have a Dunsparce than you. I told you to use Roar of Time, not Feather Dance!"
…I look over at Alex. Her face is the color of a fire truck; she's so mad. Though her mumbling is hard to decipher, I can make these words out:
"Bratty trainer…Hoothoot can't help it…Dialga knows Roar of Time…Kid doesn't even know how to…"
"Do you want to go teach him a lesson?" I suggest.
"Finally," she snaps.
The kid seems to be about ten years old and probably just started his journey. His Hoothoot, as he calls it, stands on one leg. The brown fur and black "eye-lashes" make it look wise, just as most owls actually are.
"Your Hoothoot can't learn Roar of Time, so stop fussing at it. It isn't Hoothoot's fault. It's yours," Alex shouts at him, pointing fingers and spitting out words.
I'm just glad I'm not in that guy's shoes…
"Well then I don't want Hoothoot! I want Roar of Time!"
"Then get a stupid Dialga or something!"
"I think I will!"
"So, what, are you just going to leave your Hoothoot?"
"Hoot…" the Pokémon sobs.
"Yes, yes I am. Hoothoot, I'm releasing you. You can have it, big girl. I don't need this little bird anymore. I'm catching a Dialga!"
The kid storms off.
"When I'm done with you, the only thing you'll be catching is a—" I shake Alex's shoulders and she comes back to reality, where she's a teenager again.
"…a cold?"
The kid is gone now. We sit by Hoothoot and talk to it. Grovyle and Dewott practice battling.
"You know what? I think I will take this poor Pokémon. I mean, Snorunt's with Beautifly so I do have room now."
She gets out her PokéNav to see what the Pokémon knows.
"Okay, so you know Air Slash, Feather Dance, Mirror Move, and Confusion. That's not bad...that kid doesn't know a thing about Pokémon," Alex assures the Hoothoot.
She taps the Pokémon with a classic Pokéball and it goes inside. Shake, shake, shake…Ding! Alex then sends Hoothoot back out to get attached with it.
"Now that you're mine, do you want me to carry you up the mountain?" she asks.
The Hoothoot cries with joy. The five of us, which includes Grovyle and Dewott, make our way to the top. With only a little bit to go, someone stops us.
"Well hello there little criminals," Courtney sighs. "I didn't think you'd turn on us like that. But you did!"
"I thought the same as you did, Courtney. Which is strange—I never agree with Team Magma," Shelly walks out of the bushes.
"Then let's take the opportunity to beat the both of them," Courtney chimes.
"Very good idea. I'll use my trusty Pelipper to beat Tony again!"
Shelly sends out her Pelipper and Courtney calls her Flareon into battle. I send out Phanpy. Alex chooses Hoothoot.
"Phanpy, let's start things off with Bulldoze!"
Phanpy begins to shake the ground, hurting Flareon but not the others. Their part-Flying typing makes them immune.
"Pelipper, use Water Pulse on Phanpy!"
"Hoothoot, Confusion!"
As Pelipper unleashes a blue orb of water, Hoothoot reflects it back with a telekinetic attack. The orb hits Flareon extra hard. The poor eeveelution simply cannot keep up.
"Flamethrower!"
Flareon emits a trail of fiery from its mouth, bursting into flame upon contact with Phanpy. My Pokémon shakes it off, though.
"Phanpy, Rollout!"
Phanpy curls up into a ball and slams into Pelipper. The Pokémon, however, uses Water Gun as Phanpy gets too close. Both Pokémon take damage and faint. I recall Phanpy and patiently watch Hoothoot fight Flareon.
"Flareon, Flamethrower again!"
Flareon does the same tactic against my new Owl Pokémon. Hoothoot flinches from the flames, though its feathers do not get singed by the fire. Hoothoot begins to shed a few tears and sobs loudly.
"Sounds like your Pokémon is a ready for its bottle," Courtney sneers.
I go over to Hoothoot and reassure him. "Hoothoot," I whisper soothingly, "I'm not pushing you. You know your own limits, not me. I'm already proud of you."
"Save it for someone who cares," Shelly yawns, getting annoyed.
"Now, Hoothoot, what is that you want to do?"
Hoothoot turns back to Flareon and uses Confusion—on itself. Suddenly, the Pokémon begins to glow white.
"It's…evolving? Already?" Tony gasps.
Hoothoot's wings go from pitifully small to impressively long. Its eyebrows turn into the shape of a trident. Now the Pokémon stands with both legs. There are dark triangles that point downward along the chest.
"Noctowl!" the Pokémon screeches.
Noctowl flies up high into the air, swoops down, and uses Air Slash to whip Flareon up off the ground and then slam it back down. Courtney recalls the Pokémon since it fainted.
"Fine, you win!" the two of them run off.
Noctowl perches on my shoulder as we continue. Grovyle and Dewott still can't believe it.
Finally! We made it! The five of us, after a long journey, have finally made it to the peak of Mt. Pyre. However, I don't see any grunts around…all there are just an old couple and two orbs on pedestals around.
"Only the chosen may take the orbs," the old lady whispers.
Alex and I reach out to the orbs. My finger is so close to the blue one that—ow! I get thrown back from some powerful force. Alex does, too. Grovyle and Dewott rush to catch up.
"How nice of you to keep my orb warm," a voice emanates from above.
We look up to see that a Swanna had slammed into us. Team Aqua's helicopter settles on the ground and grunts swarm around. Archie walks on up to the pedestal.
"And it's nice of you to keep my orb warm," Maxie retorts as he and his crew come out of the shadows.
Those two orbs…they have the ability to manipulate Kyogre and Groudon at the holder's will. Even though it may not be good, there's only one thing to do…
"Grovyle, use Quick Attack on the orbs!"
As Grovyle sprints to grab the orbs, I hide myself and my friends behind some bushes. Grovyle knocks into the orbs and sprints back as a Walrein is sent out to destroy it.
"Noctowl, use Confusion!" Alex whispers.
Noctowl raises the red orb and thrusts it from the pedestal. Archie runs after it, unaware of its color.
Maxie grabs the other one in desperation and runs away with Team Magma. The red orb, which is the one Archie is after, is thrown from the cliff and falls down to the water. Archie jumps down to grab it.
"He's going to die," I remark.
Archie gets the orb while falling into the sea. However, a Gyarados catches Archie right before he plops into the ocean. Team Aqua, once seeing this, all run to the helicopter. After about seven minutes, the only people left are us and the old couple. We walk up to talk to them; they seem wise enough to understand what is going on.
"This is bad, my wife," the husband glances at her.
"I know."
"Wait," I ask, "what's wrong?"
"The one in blue got the red orb. If he is after Kyogre…then he will succeed. That is not the bad part, however. He will succeed in getting Kyogre, yes, but the orb itself will cause him to lose control of his body. The man will, if he does indeed control Kyogre, explode."
"And the red man?" Alex wonders.
"Him, too. They both are doomed from now on. There is only one thing to do," the woman explains.
"What is that?" I ask.
"This orb isn't blue, it's red!" Archie gasps as he rides to the mainland. "Oh well," he tells himself, "I already looked it up. Both orbs can be used to control the beings of land and see. Now we just have to find one."
"Sir, it appears that the orb we were looking for is not this one. We got the orb Team Aqua needed," a Magma Grunt informs her boss.
"No need for panic, child. Both orbs will work on either. It doesn't matter. Now, go play with your Pokémon," he smiles.
"Yes sir…"
"Oh, and Terra?"
The girl looks up. "Yes?" she asks.
"You're going to be a wonderful admin."
"You must find the third orb and control the third of the Weather Trio."
"There's a third one?" Tony asks.
It seems like we've been told something like this before, but we never really new anything important about it until now.
"Yes. Rayquaza," the old man whispers.
"Rayquaza?"
"The Trio Master."
Inside both Tony's and Alex's bags, the two halves of the Jade Orb begin to twinkle. If only the two of them knew…
The two of us walk past a Safari Zone on our way to Lilycove City. Grovyle, Dewott, and Noctowl talk together. The former two walk alongside the flying owl.
"What they said back there…I wonder what we need to do about it? We don't know anything about this third orb," I say.
That's a lie. I have that half in my bag, but I'm not sure if that is what I truly need.
"I guess we'll just have to keep on looking." She pauses. "I think I see Lilycove City up ahead."
We keep on walking through the field. It won't be much longer now…maybe half an hour?
"STOP! STOOOOP!" someone screams from behind us.
An Aqua Grunt trudges over to our location, looks at us, and slumps against a tree.
"We will defeat you," I snap.
"I'm…huff…not here to…huff…battle you," he wheezes.
"Then why are you following us?"
"Since Fortree…I've been behind you to…accompany you on your journey…to save the world."
What? A Team Aqua Grunt that wants to save the world?
"You're not a grunt, are you?" Alex narrows her eyes.
"You saw through the disguise? Fine!"
The grunt takes off the bandana and the jacket and shirt. From his bag, he puts on a long, brown jacket. He has short black hair that spikes out in the front.
"Who are you?" I ask.
"Well, kids. I'll tell you what I can say," he recuperates from the run.
"What you can say? Why can't you tell us everything? Who—no! What—are you?" Alex looks at the man in the eyes.
"Well…fine. Hello kids, I'm Agent Looker of the International Police."
Quick commentary:
Hello everyone, I'm here with an updated chapter! My schedule has changed basically because of school and the tons of exams I have to take, so I'm sorry for the inactiveness. However, I will say that I'm going to try and continue this series. In fact, I'm writing one now for the Kalos region, which will star two characters whose roles are unknown right now. Here is the chapter, where we learn of our duo's mysterious stalker!
Chapter 31:
Not Giving a Hoot
Tony: Grovyle, Corphish, Altaria, Phanpy, Cyndaquil
Alex and I ride a small boat through the water. We should be getting closer to Mt. Pyre.
"So what is going to happen?"
"Well Alex, hopefully we can get whatever Team Aqua or Magma wants before they do," I explain.
Grovyle and Dewott sit in the back talking in their own Pokémon language.
. . .
After another hour, we arrive at the cemetery part of the mountain. After paying our respects to the dead, we trek over the outside terrain to get to the top. After about ten minutes, we hear voices.
"Grovyle, get ready to fight."
"You, too, Dewott!"
We end up fighting five Magma Grunts in the process of making it halfway up the mountain. I take down one while Alex gets rid of the other four with only her Snorunt. She and Snorunt gleefully talk about the success.
"Have you thought about letting Beautifly be with one of your Pokémon? Like sending one back?" I remember the poor butterfly being all alone.
"Oh yeah," Alex frowns.
"I miss Beautifly. Your mom told me to check up on it once I get four ribbons, though. Lilycove City has a Contest Hall. Until then…" she looks at Snorunt. "Why don't you go join her with Tony's Mom?"
Snorunt happily gets recalled back into its Pokéball.
"Now all we need is a Pokémon Center," I explain.
"Not true," Alex says.
"Huh?"
She gets out her PokéNav, looks through the apps, and finds one labeled "Pokéball Teleporter."
"How is that even possible?"
Alex face-palms as she begins to go into detail. "You see," she informs, "my father is the CEO of the Devon Corporation. He basically made this thing. So obviously I'd know how to use it."
She gets Snorunt's Pokéball in front of the scanner and clicks a button. A small laser analyzes the contests and boop! The Pokéball shrinks down and disappears. About five minutes later, my mom calls and says that she got Snorunt and will train it well.
We keep on moving up the mountain. Shuppet, Meditite, and Litwick dance in the shadows and bushes along the way. Nuzleaf move from gravestone to gravestone. I even see a Hypno's outline far in the brush. We move on to hear another voice, though this resembles one of a child.
"Dang it, Hoothoot, you can't do anything right! I'd rather have a Dunsparce than you. I told you to use Roar of Time, not Feather Dance!"
…I look over at Alex. Her face is the color of a fire truck; she's so mad. Though her mumbling is hard to decipher, I can make these words out:
"Bratty trainer…Hoothoot can't help it…Dialga knows Roar of Time…Kid doesn't even know how to…"
"Do you want to go teach him a lesson?" I suggest.
"Finally," she snaps.
The kid seems to be about ten years old and probably just started his journey. His Hoothoot, as he calls it, stands on one leg. The brown fur and black "eye-lashes" make it look wise, just as most owls actually are.
"Your Hoothoot can't learn Roar of Time, so stop fussing at it. It isn't Hoothoot's fault. It's yours," Alex shouts at him, pointing fingers and spitting out words.
I'm just glad I'm not in that guy's shoes…
"Well then I don't want Hoothoot! I want Roar of Time!"
"Then get a stupid Dialga or something!"
"I think I will!"
"So, what, are you just going to leave your Hoothoot?"
"Hoot…" the Pokémon sobs.
"Yes, yes I am. Hoothoot, I'm releasing you. You can have it, big girl. I don't need this little bird anymore. I'm catching a Dialga!"
The kid storms off.
"When I'm done with you, the only thing you'll be catching is a—" I shake Alex's shoulders and she comes back to reality, where she's a teenager again.
"…a cold?"
The kid is gone now. We sit by Hoothoot and talk to it. Grovyle and Dewott practice battling.
"You know what? I think I will take this poor Pokémon. I mean, Snorunt's with Beautifly so I do have room now."
She gets out her PokéNav to see what the Pokémon knows.
"Okay, so you know Air Slash, Feather Dance, Mirror Move, and Confusion. That's not bad...that kid doesn't know a thing about Pokémon," Alex assures the Hoothoot.
She taps the Pokémon with a classic Pokéball and it goes inside. Shake, shake, shake…Ding! Alex then sends Hoothoot back out to get attached with it.
"Now that you're mine, do you want me to carry you up the mountain?" she asks.
The Hoothoot cries with joy. The five of us, which includes Grovyle and Dewott, make our way to the top. With only a little bit to go, someone stops us.
"Well hello there little criminals," Courtney sighs. "I didn't think you'd turn on us like that. But you did!"
"I thought the same as you did, Courtney. Which is strange—I never agree with Team Magma," Shelly walks out of the bushes.
"Then let's take the opportunity to beat the both of them," Courtney chimes.
"Very good idea. I'll use my trusty Pelipper to beat Tony again!"
Shelly sends out her Pelipper and Courtney calls her Flareon into battle. I send out Phanpy. Alex chooses Hoothoot.
"Phanpy, let's start things off with Bulldoze!"
Phanpy begins to shake the ground, hurting Flareon but not the others. Their part-Flying typing makes them immune.
"Pelipper, use Water Pulse on Phanpy!"
"Hoothoot, Confusion!"
As Pelipper unleashes a blue orb of water, Hoothoot reflects it back with a telekinetic attack. The orb hits Flareon extra hard. The poor eeveelution simply cannot keep up.
"Flamethrower!"
Flareon emits a trail of fiery from its mouth, bursting into flame upon contact with Phanpy. My Pokémon shakes it off, though.
"Phanpy, Rollout!"
Phanpy curls up into a ball and slams into Pelipper. The Pokémon, however, uses Water Gun as Phanpy gets too close. Both Pokémon take damage and faint. I recall Phanpy and patiently watch Hoothoot fight Flareon.
. . .
Alexewott, Houndoom, Roselia, Buneary, Blitzle, Hoothoot
ewott, Houndoom, Roselia, Buneary, Blitzle, Hoothoot"Flareon, Flamethrower again!"
Flareon does the same tactic against my new Owl Pokémon. Hoothoot flinches from the flames, though its feathers do not get singed by the fire. Hoothoot begins to shed a few tears and sobs loudly.
"Sounds like your Pokémon is a ready for its bottle," Courtney sneers.
I go over to Hoothoot and reassure him. "Hoothoot," I whisper soothingly, "I'm not pushing you. You know your own limits, not me. I'm already proud of you."
"Save it for someone who cares," Shelly yawns, getting annoyed.
"Now, Hoothoot, what is that you want to do?"
Hoothoot turns back to Flareon and uses Confusion—on itself. Suddenly, the Pokémon begins to glow white.
"It's…evolving? Already?" Tony gasps.
Hoothoot's wings go from pitifully small to impressively long. Its eyebrows turn into the shape of a trident. Now the Pokémon stands with both legs. There are dark triangles that point downward along the chest.
"Noctowl!" the Pokémon screeches.
Noctowl flies up high into the air, swoops down, and uses Air Slash to whip Flareon up off the ground and then slam it back down. Courtney recalls the Pokémon since it fainted.
"Fine, you win!" the two of them run off.
Noctowl perches on my shoulder as we continue. Grovyle and Dewott still can't believe it.
. . .
Tony: Grovyle, Corphish, Altaria, Phanpy, Cyndaquil
Finally! We made it! The five of us, after a long journey, have finally made it to the peak of Mt. Pyre. However, I don't see any grunts around…all there are just an old couple and two orbs on pedestals around.
"Only the chosen may take the orbs," the old lady whispers.
Alex and I reach out to the orbs. My finger is so close to the blue one that—ow! I get thrown back from some powerful force. Alex does, too. Grovyle and Dewott rush to catch up.
"How nice of you to keep my orb warm," a voice emanates from above.
We look up to see that a Swanna had slammed into us. Team Aqua's helicopter settles on the ground and grunts swarm around. Archie walks on up to the pedestal.
"And it's nice of you to keep my orb warm," Maxie retorts as he and his crew come out of the shadows.
Those two orbs…they have the ability to manipulate Kyogre and Groudon at the holder's will. Even though it may not be good, there's only one thing to do…
"Grovyle, use Quick Attack on the orbs!"
As Grovyle sprints to grab the orbs, I hide myself and my friends behind some bushes. Grovyle knocks into the orbs and sprints back as a Walrein is sent out to destroy it.
"Noctowl, use Confusion!" Alex whispers.
Noctowl raises the red orb and thrusts it from the pedestal. Archie runs after it, unaware of its color.
Maxie grabs the other one in desperation and runs away with Team Magma. The red orb, which is the one Archie is after, is thrown from the cliff and falls down to the water. Archie jumps down to grab it.
"He's going to die," I remark.
Archie gets the orb while falling into the sea. However, a Gyarados catches Archie right before he plops into the ocean. Team Aqua, once seeing this, all run to the helicopter. After about seven minutes, the only people left are us and the old couple. We walk up to talk to them; they seem wise enough to understand what is going on.
"This is bad, my wife," the husband glances at her.
"I know."
"Wait," I ask, "what's wrong?"
"The one in blue got the red orb. If he is after Kyogre…then he will succeed. That is not the bad part, however. He will succeed in getting Kyogre, yes, but the orb itself will cause him to lose control of his body. The man will, if he does indeed control Kyogre, explode."
"And the red man?" Alex wonders.
"Him, too. They both are doomed from now on. There is only one thing to do," the woman explains.
"What is that?" I ask.
. . .
"This orb isn't blue, it's red!" Archie gasps as he rides to the mainland. "Oh well," he tells himself, "I already looked it up. Both orbs can be used to control the beings of land and see. Now we just have to find one."
. . .
"Sir, it appears that the orb we were looking for is not this one. We got the orb Team Aqua needed," a Magma Grunt informs her boss.
"No need for panic, child. Both orbs will work on either. It doesn't matter. Now, go play with your Pokémon," he smiles.
"Yes sir…"
"Oh, and Terra?"
The girl looks up. "Yes?" she asks.
"You're going to be a wonderful admin."
. . .
Alex: Dewott, Houndoom, Roselia, Buneary, Blitzle, Noctowl
"You must find the third orb and control the third of the Weather Trio."
"There's a third one?" Tony asks.
It seems like we've been told something like this before, but we never really new anything important about it until now.
"Yes. Rayquaza," the old man whispers.
"Rayquaza?"
"The Trio Master."
. . .
Inside both Tony's and Alex's bags, the two halves of the Jade Orb begin to twinkle. If only the two of them knew…
. . .
Tony: Grovyle, Corphish, Altaria, Phanpy, Cyndaquil
The two of us walk past a Safari Zone on our way to Lilycove City. Grovyle, Dewott, and Noctowl talk together. The former two walk alongside the flying owl.
"What they said back there…I wonder what we need to do about it? We don't know anything about this third orb," I say.
That's a lie. I have that half in my bag, but I'm not sure if that is what I truly need.
"I guess we'll just have to keep on looking." She pauses. "I think I see Lilycove City up ahead."
We keep on walking through the field. It won't be much longer now…maybe half an hour?
"STOP! STOOOOP!" someone screams from behind us.
An Aqua Grunt trudges over to our location, looks at us, and slumps against a tree.
"We will defeat you," I snap.
"I'm…huff…not here to…huff…battle you," he wheezes.
"Then why are you following us?"
"Since Fortree…I've been behind you to…accompany you on your journey…to save the world."
What? A Team Aqua Grunt that wants to save the world?
"You're not a grunt, are you?" Alex narrows her eyes.
"You saw through the disguise? Fine!"
The grunt takes off the bandana and the jacket and shirt. From his bag, he puts on a long, brown jacket. He has short black hair that spikes out in the front.
"Who are you?" I ask.
"Well, kids. I'll tell you what I can say," he recuperates from the run.
"What you can say? Why can't you tell us everything? Who—no! What—are you?" Alex looks at the man in the eyes.
"Well…fine. Hello kids, I'm Agent Looker of the International Police."
Quick commentary:
Gasp! It was Looker all along!? What role will he have in the clash between the beings of land and sea? And how are these orbs going to work out for Tony and Alex? If I ever get to writing chapter 34, we may find out.
I don't have time to look over it, but there shouldn't be many mistakes anyway. If you see anything wrong, just message me and I'll fix it. Stay tuned!
I don't have time to look over it, but there shouldn't be many mistakes anyway. If you see anything wrong, just message me and I'll fix it. Stay tuned!
RE: The Clash of Land and Sea (Chapter 31 is now up!)
If I wasn't so tired now, I'd actually hop around with happiness. Nice to see that you've finally updated this awesome story!
Found a spelling mistake:
Other than that, it's great! I wonder what Looker's going to tell them.
If I wasn't so tired now, I'd actually hop around with happiness. Nice to see that you've finally updated this awesome story!
Found a spelling mistake:
"The one in blue got the red orb. If he is after Kyogre…then he will succeed. That is not the bad part, however. He will succeed in getting Kyogre, yes, but the orb itself will cause him to lose control of his body. The man will, if he does indeed control Kyoge (it's spelt Kyogre
Other than that, it's great! I wonder what Looker's going to tell them.
RE: The Clash of Land and Sea (Chapter 31 is now up!)
Oops! Oh well, every story has them.
Thanks for reading! I had to include Looker and...
spoilers for those who haven't finished the game?
Sorry, I just don't want to ruin part of the after story for those who haven't finished / gotten to play yet.
Oops! Oh well, every story has them.
Thanks for reading! I had to include Looker and...
spoilers for those who haven't finished the game?
....and once I found out that he was in Lumiose, I was really excited.
Sorry, I just don't want to ruin part of the after story for those who haven't finished / gotten to play yet.
RE: The Clash of Land and Sea (Chapter 31 is now up!)
Hopefully I'll be uploading the chapter of the next story tomorrow. Tonight, though, I'll happily put up my newest chapter, which focuses on mainly Looker and Alex.
"So you're telling me, " I doubt, "that you're from this 'international police?'"
"Well of course! What would I have to gain by lying to you?"
I contemplate this. What would he win?
"I believe him," Alex whispers quietly.
"Oh, good," Looker says.
"So what are you doing here?"
"I have to stop Groudon and Kyogre, too. I mean, I can't just have Team Magma and Team Aqua taking over the world…"
I grab Alex and whisper, "I don't know if we can trust him."
"We have no choice. He would have taken us by now anyway," she mutters.
"…Fine."
I look up. "We believe you," I tell him.
"Great. I have something to tell you now, Alex," he stares at her.
"Me?!"
"I've also been sent to investigate your father."
"Did he do something wrong?"
"Not really. He hasn't done anything. Anything...at all. We can't find him!"
"He's missing?"
"Sadly, yes."
Alex sits on a rock outside of Lilycove City and cries. A tear trickles down her face, but then a trail begin to pour out and spatter on the grass. Dewott tries to comfort her, but her sadness overcomes its sympathy.
"I thought you should know," he says.
"Know what?' I ask.
"That we think—think—that it was Team Magma that took him."
Alex jumps up and starts running towards Lilycove City. Dewott tries to chase after her. Looker, Grovyle, and I sprint to catch up.
"What's the big deal?!" I shout.
"I have to find my father. You can come or you can stay and sulk," she snaps.
"Former Champion. Our new one, Wallace, prefers to paint his nails rather than help you. You. Are. Ours. Now, once we get to the hotel in Lilycove, I want you to start working on Groudon's location!" Tabitha yells from the driver's seat.
"I'm not helping you," Steven spits at the back of Tabitha's head.
Uuuurrrrt!
Tabitha screeches to a stop and looks back at Steven, wiping his head. "Then we'll just have to experiment with your daughter. If you kn—"
"You pervert!"
"What? I just want to see if your daughter has the strength to defeat Groudon one-on-one. That kind of experiment. I'm not sure what you mean…"
"Forget about it, then."
Finally, we make it to Lilycove City. Alex came back from the hotel and said it is booked, so the three of us book small rooms in the Pokémon Center. Nurse Joy kindly lets us in; she doesn't tell a soul about anyone's personal affairs.
"I'm going to go investigate the eastern coast of this town," the thirty-five year old man tells us.
"Can I come along?" I ask.
"No. It's much too dangerous right now. You and Alex can stay here and train. Go get a meal or something."
So about half an hour later, I'm comforting Alex with a burger, fries, and privacy. We sit at a picnic table outside and eat with our Pokémon.
"I'm going to the Contest Hall," Alex tells me, gets up, and leaves.
"I'll…go…somewhere," I sigh, heading towards the Lilycove Department Store.
I investigate the coastline; the sea is calm, the beach is warm, the sky is blue. I hear something in the background, though.
"Waaaiiill!"
Off the coast, there are Wailmer being trained by this trainer. He isn't moving his feet at all—he's been standing there for hours. I go on up to him.
"Nice Wailmer y—" I punch the man in the neck and he falls over. Once quick press of the shoulder and he's unconscious.
"Stupid Aqua Grunts are keeping watch…something is up," I whisper.
I drag the man across the beach and put him against a rock. The Wailmer swim away. They were probably stolen anyway. In the sea, I see a ship going to the rocks. Wait.
"Going to the rocks?" I ask out loud.
The ship has a logo—I know that logo! It's Team Aqua! The ship slips between the large rocks and goes into what I think may be a cave. Time for me to investigate.
"Hey, Alex," a voice whispers in my ear, bringing a chill down my spine.
I had just signed up for the next contest. We're now in the Coordinator Waiting Room.
"What do you want, Willis?" I growl.
"Just saying hi.." he and his Blaziken walk away. Dewott sticks out its tongue.
"What? A lead on Team Magma at Fortree? I'm on my way!" an Officer Jenny shouts, running outside.
Good. I don't want to get into any more trouble. I'm in the clear now. There are supposed to be 32 contestants. I'm number 17. Time for the appeals round.
"Hello, folks! It's time for the Lilycove Contest! Let's get these appeals on the road! Here are our judges," Vivian Meridian cheers. Her mole looks larger today.
"Mr. Contesta!"
The crowd cheers quietly in the background. He looks mean at them, so they get louder in fear. Mean old man.
"Mr. Sukizo!"
"This contest will be remarkable!"
The crowd screams really loud for him—nearly twice as loud as Contesta.
"And our very own Nurse Joy!"
The crowd again is loud, but not as loud as Mr. Sukizo's appeal. Oh well.
After sixteen contestants had gone, only about eleven have scored over a twenty-five.
"Next is Alex from Rustboro City!"
Noctowl and I enter the field. I whisper to Noctowl the plan, and it nods.
"Noctowl, use Feather Dance!"
The Owl Pokémon gets up into the air and then emits feathers that circle down the ground lightly, like a gentle tornado.
"Now use Confusion!"
Noctowl's eyes glow pink and it then manipulates the feathers to dance around nicely. Noctowl stops and lets the feathers fall to the ground. Everyone claps and we get a respectable 27.4.
We wait to see who makes the top sixteen, but I'm already guaranteed in the top five of them. After finding my name, I don't bother glancing at the other names on the list.
"Tynamo, use Charge Beam!"
This little white leech lets loose an electric charge, however Blitzle uses Lightningrod to soak up the attack and boost its Special Attack stat.
"Blitzle, you use Charge Beam now!"
Blitzle knocks the Pokémon out with a single blow.
"Nooo!" the girl screams.
"Geodude, use Explosion!"
"Dewott, use Aqua Jet first!"
Dewott slams into Geodude with a very effective attack and knocks it out cold before it has the chance to explode. I make it on to the final eight.
"Roselia, use Petal Dance on Misdreavus! Buneary, Double Hit Murkrow!"
Roselia showers Misdreavus with a powerful petal attack, but Misdreavus eventually stops the damage by breaking it with Shadow Ball. She hits Roselia for decent damage. Murkrow uses Wing Attack on Roselia after taking a beating from Buneary. Roselia lies unconscious.
"Roselia, return…" I whisper. Now it's serious. I have one Pokémon left versus two powerful ones.
"Buneary, use Jump Kick on Murkrow!"
My fluffy bunny jumps up and kicks Murkrow to the ground. The Pokémon is also out of the game. Once it's recalled, the trainer tells Misdreavus to use Will-o-Wisp.
"Burn it out with Water Pulse!"
Buneary brings water molecules from the air and builds them into an orb, which it thrusts at Misdreavus and both ruins the Will-o-Wisp and confuses Misdreavus. The Pokémon hits itself with a Shadow Ball and faints.
"Misdreavus is unable to battle, so Buneary and Alex win! They will advance to the final four!"
This is kind of easy.
"And I'll buy this, and this, and oh! This!" I shout, grabbing TMs and stashing them like candy.
"Anthony," a familiar voice says.
Looker comes around and gives me a Pokéball.
"What's this?"
"I have to go report in to the International Police, so I'll be gone the rest of the night. If anything—and I mean anything—happens while I'm gone, don't hesitate to use my Electrike. You can borrow it if you want," he explains.
"Okay, I will," I nod.
As he leaves, I grab the PokéNav and see that Electrike knows Flamethrower, Electro Ball, and Shock Wave. With one of the TMs I bought, I taught the Pokémon Volt Switch. I take Grovyle out to train with the Pokémon.
'Go, Electrike!"
Outside of a Pokéball comes a green-and-yellow doglike Pokémon with an electrifying appearance.
"Trike!"
"Hi, Electrike. Nice to meet you! Want to train some?"
The Pokémon cocks its head in confusion.
Willis and I are in the final four, but I don't get to face him yet.
"I'll beat you in the finals," I tell him.
"I'm sure you'll fail," Willis snootily snaps.
"Houndoom, Blitzle, I choose you!"
"Rhydon, Tangela, come on out," a large man yells.
Houndoom beats Tangela with one Fire Blast. Rhydon is all that is left.
"Earthquake!"
Houndoom jumps up as the Pokémon slams onto the ground, but Blitzle doesn't. The poor zebra takes tons of damage and almost faints in one hit like Tangela.
This Pokémon can beat mine in two turns…Hmm…Houndoom needs a boost, but how?
"Blitzle, use Flame Charge on Houndoom!"
My Blitzle begins running at top speed, flames forming around it. Running into Houndoom, the Pokémon takes the flames and absorbs them into Flash Fire mode.
This Houndoom has a history with Flash Fire, and it's never good. This Fire Blast may fail, but it's my fault for pairing them up with a common weakness shared between the two of them…
"Fire Blast!"
Houndoom opens its mouth and fire begins to form in the shape of a star. It gets larger and larger and larger, eventually getting so big that I have to step back in order to keep my eyebrows.
"Now!"
Houndoom slings the giant red star of fire at Rhydon, knocking both it and Blitzle out. The recoil fire from the attack slams back at Houndoom (yes, there is no recoil with Fire Blast, but with such a blast from a Pokémon, I imagine a repercussion from such a strong blow). Smoke appears on the field, but as it clears, Houndoom sits licking a paw while the other two are unconscious. Poor Blitzle.
"Alex is in the finals! Can she do this, or will she slip up at the very end?"
Dewott and I wait in the Coordinator Waiting Room. While watching the battle of Willis and this girl, I see her Kirlia hits Blaziken with a Psychic attack and knocks it out…Willis lost.
"Now this is really serious," I whisper, and Dewott agrees.
"Go, Roselia, Noctowl!"
"Mienfoo, Kirlia, I choose you!"
While my owl and rose seem elegant, her psychic being and ninja look menacing. Sigh, this will be hard.
"Roselia, Petal Dance! Noctowl, Confusion!"
Roselia emits large amounts of petals, but Noctowl controls them with a Psychic-type attack. Noctowl moves the petals to make a spherical force-field around them. As Kirlia and Mienfoo attack, they keep failing.
"Roselia, use Sludge Bomb on Kirlia!"
From behind the green orb, Roselia slings purple sludge at the skirt-wearing Psychic-type. She turns light purple because of the poison ailment she's suffering. Roselia jumps out of the shield while Noctowl keeps it strong for backup.
"Roselia, use Magical Leaf!"
"Hi Jump Kick, Mienfoo!"
As Mienfoo jumps, Roselia dodges the attack. Mienfoo falls and crashes on the ground. The Magical Leaf hits Mienfoo in the back afterward.
"How?!" the girl asks.
"Magical Leaf never misses. It's like…heat seeking missiles," I explain.
"Noctowl, use that Petal Dance!"
Noctowl stops the force-field and picks it up with Confusion. Slinging it, Noctowl makes sure that the mass lands on Kirlia. The Pokémon did not have enough time to teleport. Kirlia faints once the orb of petals hits.
"We have a winner of the Lilycove Contest ribbon!" Vivian screams.
Oh yeah!
Looker
I run over to that cave really quick. I didn't tell Anthony, but I can report in any time. I just want to look in on my own. I get a boat and paddle over there. Once the spotlight that monitors the sea moves on to another location, I go on in. Right as I get in, the light moves over to where I was.
I walk along the sandy beach inside the cave and listen to the voices.
"I'm glad I got upgraded to admin!" a boy cheers.
"Yeah, Sean, your loyalty got you to earn in," Matt tells him.
"You're a great person, Sean. Tony just isn't," Shelly recalls.
(Remember that Looker knows their names because he was an undercover grunt for a while).
I walk closer but my shoe makes a weird sound on the sandy beach. From a couple yards away, Matt turns around.
"Hello?" he whispers.
I sprint away and dive into the ocean.
I read through the chapter this time for spelling mistakes, but nothing was really wrong except wording. All the wording, if you haven't noticed, is basically dialogue. I apologize for this chapter and hopefully it will be different for the next. Hope you enjoyed and meet Tony and Alex on the Forgotten Island!
Hopefully I'll be uploading the chapter of the next story tomorrow. Tonight, though, I'll happily put up my newest chapter, which focuses on mainly Looker and Alex.
Looking About
Tony: Grovyle, Corphish, Altaria, Phanpy, Cyndaquil
"So you're telling me, " I doubt, "that you're from this 'international police?'"
"Well of course! What would I have to gain by lying to you?"
I contemplate this. What would he win?
"I believe him," Alex whispers quietly.
"Oh, good," Looker says.
"So what are you doing here?"
"I have to stop Groudon and Kyogre, too. I mean, I can't just have Team Magma and Team Aqua taking over the world…"
I grab Alex and whisper, "I don't know if we can trust him."
"We have no choice. He would have taken us by now anyway," she mutters.
"…Fine."
I look up. "We believe you," I tell him.
"Great. I have something to tell you now, Alex," he stares at her.
"Me?!"
"I've also been sent to investigate your father."
"Did he do something wrong?"
"Not really. He hasn't done anything. Anything...at all. We can't find him!"
"He's missing?"
"Sadly, yes."
Alex sits on a rock outside of Lilycove City and cries. A tear trickles down her face, but then a trail begin to pour out and spatter on the grass. Dewott tries to comfort her, but her sadness overcomes its sympathy.
"I thought you should know," he says.
"Know what?' I ask.
"That we think—think—that it was Team Magma that took him."
Alex jumps up and starts running towards Lilycove City. Dewott tries to chase after her. Looker, Grovyle, and I sprint to catch up.
"What's the big deal?!" I shout.
"I have to find my father. You can come or you can stay and sulk," she snaps.
. . .
Steven
"I'm not helping your filthy attempts to control Groudon! It's disgusting that you would even think of ruining the balance in the world. Do you have any idea what you're getting yourselves into? Your whole life will be a waste once I'm through with you! I'm a former Champion!" Steven growls from the backseat of a car.
"Former Champion. Our new one, Wallace, prefers to paint his nails rather than help you. You. Are. Ours. Now, once we get to the hotel in Lilycove, I want you to start working on Groudon's location!" Tabitha yells from the driver's seat.
"I'm not helping you," Steven spits at the back of Tabitha's head.
Uuuurrrrt!
Tabitha screeches to a stop and looks back at Steven, wiping his head. "Then we'll just have to experiment with your daughter. If you kn—"
"You pervert!"
"What? I just want to see if your daughter has the strength to defeat Groudon one-on-one. That kind of experiment. I'm not sure what you mean…"
"Forget about it, then."
. . .
Tony: Grovyle, Corphish, Altaria, Phanpy, Cyndaquil
Finally, we make it to Lilycove City. Alex came back from the hotel and said it is booked, so the three of us book small rooms in the Pokémon Center. Nurse Joy kindly lets us in; she doesn't tell a soul about anyone's personal affairs.
"I'm going to go investigate the eastern coast of this town," the thirty-five year old man tells us.
"Can I come along?" I ask.
"No. It's much too dangerous right now. You and Alex can stay here and train. Go get a meal or something."
So about half an hour later, I'm comforting Alex with a burger, fries, and privacy. We sit at a picnic table outside and eat with our Pokémon.
"I'm going to the Contest Hall," Alex tells me, gets up, and leaves.
"I'll…go…somewhere," I sigh, heading towards the Lilycove Department Store.
. . .
Looker
I investigate the coastline; the sea is calm, the beach is warm, the sky is blue. I hear something in the background, though.
"Waaaiiill!"
Off the coast, there are Wailmer being trained by this trainer. He isn't moving his feet at all—he's been standing there for hours. I go on up to him.
"Nice Wailmer y—" I punch the man in the neck and he falls over. Once quick press of the shoulder and he's unconscious.
"Stupid Aqua Grunts are keeping watch…something is up," I whisper.
I drag the man across the beach and put him against a rock. The Wailmer swim away. They were probably stolen anyway. In the sea, I see a ship going to the rocks. Wait.
"Going to the rocks?" I ask out loud.
The ship has a logo—I know that logo! It's Team Aqua! The ship slips between the large rocks and goes into what I think may be a cave. Time for me to investigate.
. . .
Alex: Dewott, Houndoom, Roselia, Buneary, Blitzle, Noctowl
"Hey, Alex," a voice whispers in my ear, bringing a chill down my spine.
I had just signed up for the next contest. We're now in the Coordinator Waiting Room.
"What do you want, Willis?" I growl.
"Just saying hi.." he and his Blaziken walk away. Dewott sticks out its tongue.
"What? A lead on Team Magma at Fortree? I'm on my way!" an Officer Jenny shouts, running outside.
Good. I don't want to get into any more trouble. I'm in the clear now. There are supposed to be 32 contestants. I'm number 17. Time for the appeals round.
"Hello, folks! It's time for the Lilycove Contest! Let's get these appeals on the road! Here are our judges," Vivian Meridian cheers. Her mole looks larger today.
"Mr. Contesta!"
The crowd cheers quietly in the background. He looks mean at them, so they get louder in fear. Mean old man.
"Mr. Sukizo!"
"This contest will be remarkable!"
The crowd screams really loud for him—nearly twice as loud as Contesta.
"And our very own Nurse Joy!"
The crowd again is loud, but not as loud as Mr. Sukizo's appeal. Oh well.
After sixteen contestants had gone, only about eleven have scored over a twenty-five.
"Next is Alex from Rustboro City!"
Noctowl and I enter the field. I whisper to Noctowl the plan, and it nods.
"Noctowl, use Feather Dance!"
The Owl Pokémon gets up into the air and then emits feathers that circle down the ground lightly, like a gentle tornado.
"Now use Confusion!"
Noctowl's eyes glow pink and it then manipulates the feathers to dance around nicely. Noctowl stops and lets the feathers fall to the ground. Everyone claps and we get a respectable 27.4.
We wait to see who makes the top sixteen, but I'm already guaranteed in the top five of them. After finding my name, I don't bother glancing at the other names on the list.
. . .
"Tynamo, use Charge Beam!"
This little white leech lets loose an electric charge, however Blitzle uses Lightningrod to soak up the attack and boost its Special Attack stat.
"Blitzle, you use Charge Beam now!"
Blitzle knocks the Pokémon out with a single blow.
"Nooo!" the girl screams.
"Geodude, use Explosion!"
"Dewott, use Aqua Jet first!"
Dewott slams into Geodude with a very effective attack and knocks it out cold before it has the chance to explode. I make it on to the final eight.
. . .
"Roselia, use Petal Dance on Misdreavus! Buneary, Double Hit Murkrow!"
Roselia showers Misdreavus with a powerful petal attack, but Misdreavus eventually stops the damage by breaking it with Shadow Ball. She hits Roselia for decent damage. Murkrow uses Wing Attack on Roselia after taking a beating from Buneary. Roselia lies unconscious.
"Roselia, return…" I whisper. Now it's serious. I have one Pokémon left versus two powerful ones.
"Buneary, use Jump Kick on Murkrow!"
My fluffy bunny jumps up and kicks Murkrow to the ground. The Pokémon is also out of the game. Once it's recalled, the trainer tells Misdreavus to use Will-o-Wisp.
"Burn it out with Water Pulse!"
Buneary brings water molecules from the air and builds them into an orb, which it thrusts at Misdreavus and both ruins the Will-o-Wisp and confuses Misdreavus. The Pokémon hits itself with a Shadow Ball and faints.
"Misdreavus is unable to battle, so Buneary and Alex win! They will advance to the final four!"
This is kind of easy.
. . .
Tony: Grovyle, Corphish, Altaria, Phanpy, Cyndaquil
"And I'll buy this, and this, and oh! This!" I shout, grabbing TMs and stashing them like candy.
"Anthony," a familiar voice says.
Looker comes around and gives me a Pokéball.
"What's this?"
"I have to go report in to the International Police, so I'll be gone the rest of the night. If anything—and I mean anything—happens while I'm gone, don't hesitate to use my Electrike. You can borrow it if you want," he explains.
"Okay, I will," I nod.
As he leaves, I grab the PokéNav and see that Electrike knows Flamethrower, Electro Ball, and Shock Wave. With one of the TMs I bought, I taught the Pokémon Volt Switch. I take Grovyle out to train with the Pokémon.
'Go, Electrike!"
Outside of a Pokéball comes a green-and-yellow doglike Pokémon with an electrifying appearance.
"Trike!"
"Hi, Electrike. Nice to meet you! Want to train some?"
The Pokémon cocks its head in confusion.
. . .
Alex: Dewott, Houndoom, Roselia, Buneary, Blitzle, Noctowl
Willis and I are in the final four, but I don't get to face him yet.
"I'll beat you in the finals," I tell him.
"I'm sure you'll fail," Willis snootily snaps.
. . .
"Houndoom, Blitzle, I choose you!"
"Rhydon, Tangela, come on out," a large man yells.
Houndoom beats Tangela with one Fire Blast. Rhydon is all that is left.
"Earthquake!"
Houndoom jumps up as the Pokémon slams onto the ground, but Blitzle doesn't. The poor zebra takes tons of damage and almost faints in one hit like Tangela.
This Pokémon can beat mine in two turns…Hmm…Houndoom needs a boost, but how?
"Blitzle, use Flame Charge on Houndoom!"
My Blitzle begins running at top speed, flames forming around it. Running into Houndoom, the Pokémon takes the flames and absorbs them into Flash Fire mode.
This Houndoom has a history with Flash Fire, and it's never good. This Fire Blast may fail, but it's my fault for pairing them up with a common weakness shared between the two of them…
"Fire Blast!"
Houndoom opens its mouth and fire begins to form in the shape of a star. It gets larger and larger and larger, eventually getting so big that I have to step back in order to keep my eyebrows.
"Now!"
Houndoom slings the giant red star of fire at Rhydon, knocking both it and Blitzle out. The recoil fire from the attack slams back at Houndoom (yes, there is no recoil with Fire Blast, but with such a blast from a Pokémon, I imagine a repercussion from such a strong blow). Smoke appears on the field, but as it clears, Houndoom sits licking a paw while the other two are unconscious. Poor Blitzle.
"Alex is in the finals! Can she do this, or will she slip up at the very end?"
. . .
Dewott and I wait in the Coordinator Waiting Room. While watching the battle of Willis and this girl, I see her Kirlia hits Blaziken with a Psychic attack and knocks it out…Willis lost.
"Now this is really serious," I whisper, and Dewott agrees.
. . .
"Go, Roselia, Noctowl!"
"Mienfoo, Kirlia, I choose you!"
While my owl and rose seem elegant, her psychic being and ninja look menacing. Sigh, this will be hard.
"Roselia, Petal Dance! Noctowl, Confusion!"
Roselia emits large amounts of petals, but Noctowl controls them with a Psychic-type attack. Noctowl moves the petals to make a spherical force-field around them. As Kirlia and Mienfoo attack, they keep failing.
"Roselia, use Sludge Bomb on Kirlia!"
From behind the green orb, Roselia slings purple sludge at the skirt-wearing Psychic-type. She turns light purple because of the poison ailment she's suffering. Roselia jumps out of the shield while Noctowl keeps it strong for backup.
"Roselia, use Magical Leaf!"
"Hi Jump Kick, Mienfoo!"
As Mienfoo jumps, Roselia dodges the attack. Mienfoo falls and crashes on the ground. The Magical Leaf hits Mienfoo in the back afterward.
"How?!" the girl asks.
"Magical Leaf never misses. It's like…heat seeking missiles," I explain.
"Noctowl, use that Petal Dance!"
Noctowl stops the force-field and picks it up with Confusion. Slinging it, Noctowl makes sure that the mass lands on Kirlia. The Pokémon did not have enough time to teleport. Kirlia faints once the orb of petals hits.
"We have a winner of the Lilycove Contest ribbon!" Vivian screams.
Oh yeah!
. . .
Looker
I run over to that cave really quick. I didn't tell Anthony, but I can report in any time. I just want to look in on my own. I get a boat and paddle over there. Once the spotlight that monitors the sea moves on to another location, I go on in. Right as I get in, the light moves over to where I was.
I walk along the sandy beach inside the cave and listen to the voices.
"I'm glad I got upgraded to admin!" a boy cheers.
"Yeah, Sean, your loyalty got you to earn in," Matt tells him.
"You're a great person, Sean. Tony just isn't," Shelly recalls.
(Remember that Looker knows their names because he was an undercover grunt for a while).
I walk closer but my shoe makes a weird sound on the sandy beach. From a couple yards away, Matt turns around.
"Hello?" he whispers.
I sprint away and dive into the ocean.