Viridian City

- So how did you get rid of Misty?

I didn’t have to. I couldn’t fly all the way back because of the thunderstorm so I walked. I was almost back to Viridian and I saw Misty run past me, screaming about how some kid destroyed her bike.

- So she’s in town?

Naw, there was a disturbance at the pokemon center in the early hours and when I got there this morning she was following some guy towards the forest. I hope my cousin Gary is OK, he was heading that way too.

- You think she’s found a new target?

Probably, she seemed pretty adamant on staying near that guy and his pikachu.

- Right, shall we get this started?

Lets.

Go Exeggutor!

- Go-

ZUUL!

- Shadow ball!

Psychic!

Zuul conjures a shadow ball in her hand, exeggutor’s eyes glow and Zuul is forced upwards into the air. Zuul backflips to fling the shadow ball at Exeggutor and Zuul is slammed into the ground with tremendous force.

- Zuul come back! Go Acanthite!

Blue takes the opportunity to use a full restore on exeggutor.

Huh, what? Oh the battle started?

- Fly!

Exeggutor return! Go Machamp!

Acanthite takes flight above the arena.

Stone edge!

Acanthite, talons outstretched, swoops down and claws at machamp. Machamp breaks up a small patch of the floor with it’s fists and flings the shards at Acanthite.

- Fly!

Thunderpunch!

Acanthite lifts off but machamp manages to grab her by the legs, pull her to the ground and punch her face against the floor with an electrified fist.

That thing must have no guard, it’s all about the pain!

- … Acanthite… I’m sorry…

- Go Abby!

- Psychic!

Earthquake!

Abby’s eyes glow and she points her spoons at machamp. Machamp contorts into a ball and is thrown against a wall on the far side of the arena.

Shazam!

Go Rhydon!

- Abby return! Go Tremors!

Megahorn!

Rhydon slams horn first into Tremors and reels as it bounces off.

- Earthquake!

Earthquake!

The two attacks meet, causing the ground to shake terribly. Light fixtures and some support beams from the roof fall onto both pokemon and scatter all over the arena.

- Come back Tremors! Go Nippy!

Earthquake!

Rhydon stomps it’s foot on the ground and triggers another earthquake, a small section of the roof caves in onto Nippy.

- Crabhammer!

Thunder fang!

Nippy gives rhyhorn a quick right hook to the jaw with her crabhammer attack, knocking rhyhorn out cold.

Go Exeggutor!

- Nippy return! Go Abby!

Psychic!

Exeggutor begins a mental assault on Abby, the air appears to shimmer and ripple around them.

- Psychic!

Leaf storm!

Abby unleashes a mental attack in return, Exeggutor responds by filling the air with razor sharp leaves and sends them flying at Abby. Abby collapses to the floor from the pain of a thousand tiny cuts.

A…la…kazam…

- No…

She… said it.. right…

- Get him, Zuul!!

- Shadow ball!

Psychic!

Before exeggutor can focus Zuul hops directly in front of exeggutor and mushes a shadow ball in one of it’s faces. The ball implodes and takes exeggutor with it to whatever dimension things go to when Zuul does that.

Go Arcanine!

- Zuul return! Go Jam!

Roar!

Arcanine roars fiercely at Jam, forcing her to retreat to her pokeball and dragging Nippy from hers.

- Crabhammer!

Dragon pulse!

Arcanine spits out a wave of dragonfire at Nippy. Nippy leaps through the wave and brings down her crabhammer onto arcanine, smashing it’s head against the floor.

Pidgeot, go!

- Nippy come back! Go Jam!

Whirlwind!

Pidgeot rapidly flaps it’s wings to create a whirlwind that blows Jam back into her pokeball.

This again?..

z…z… zu..

ZUULLL!

- Thunderbolt!

Air slash!

Zuul quickdraws a pointed finger and fires a thunderbolt from the hip at pidgeot. Electrified and blackened, pidgeot flops to the floor.

Go Gyarados!

- Thunderbolt!

Waterfall!

Zuul shoots a thunderbolt from the other hip that completely fries gyarados before it can make a move.

- Close… that was too close.

ZUUL…

Well… you win again, here’s your Earth Badge…

There’s not many of these things left, I was gonna have a new design made but I’m not sure I’m cut out of this either. There’s too many rules and restrictions to being a gym leader. Maybe I’ll go travelling.

- Thanks, um.. you wouldn’t happen to know where your grandfather is?

Last I saw of him was when he took you to his time machine three years ago.

- Wait, what?!

What?!

What?

- You knew it was a time machine?!

Of course! But I’m not interested in such things, do you have any idea what you can mess up by travelling in… wait, you didn’t do it did you?

- Kinda, yeah…

Do you have any idea what you’ve done?! That guy at the Indigo Plateau… when you beat the league those few weeks ago, what did that guy say to you?

- The guy in black? He said I had to get my Kanto badges back and go to Mount Silver.

That’s the last badge you need, right? You’d better go to Mount Silver. I have a hunch it’s very important!