Mossdeep City

Once I reached the island I remember I have a map, checking it reveals this is where I needed to be for another gym badge.

- Oh so this is Mossdeep…

Dumbass…

Battling countless tentacool and wingulls to get here was quite tiring for the team so I stop off at the pokemon center before heading off to the gym. At least all that battling wasn’t a waste of time, everyone got a little stronger.

The gym itself seems quite simple, a maze with rotating walls. For some reason all the trainers in here prefer double battles, I suspect the gym leader might prefer double battles too.

I eventually find my way through the revolving walls and get to the leader’s arena. A couple of kids in matching clothes are standing on the far side, staring at me.

- Uh… hello.

…

…

- …

There is a hole in your mind.

- What?

Oh..

.. we’re sorry.

We’re psychic.

And we saw something odd in you.

- Right… can I challenge the gym leader please?

We’re the gym leader.

He’s Tate.

And she’s Liza.

We’re twins!

Oh really… I never would have guessed…

We do things a little differently here.

Our match shall be a double battle.

- Called it…

Let’s go!

Go Xatu!

Go Claydol!

- Go Beauty and LoafLoaf!

- Beauty use ice beam on the xatu! LoafLoaf use double-edge on the xatu too!

Xatu, calm mind!

Claydol, earthquake!

Xatu takes a moment to contemplate whatever birds like to think about while Beauty fires a blue-white ray at xatu, covering it with frost and icicles. The whole island shakes as claydol summons an earthquake, cracks appear on the arena walls and the roof partially caves in, falling roof tiles strike Beauty and LoafLoaf. In an all out attack LoafLoaf puts the force of his entire body to slam into xatu, hurting himself in the process but managing to crush xatu against the arena wall and scatter broken icicles all around.

Solrock, go!

- Both of you, surf!

Solrock, solarbeam the milotic!

Claydol, earthquake!

Claydol rustles up another earthquake, the last of the roof collapses onto Beauty and LoafLoaf. Sunlight fills the arena and solrock begins absorbing it. With LoafLoaf riding on Beauty’s back they combine their attacks to call a massive tidal wave.

The ground begins to rumble underfoot, I look for something solid to hold onto. A tsunami from the north sweeps across the island and spills into the gym’s open roof, unable to hold the weight of the water the gym’s walls burst like a cheap inflatable pool.

The water floods the city and carries rubble and gym trainers out to sea. It seems instead of using their psychic powers to warn their pokemon, Tate and Liza decided to protect themselves.

Nonetheless solrock and claydol managed to survive, they burst out from under some rubble and levitate menacingly. Solrock, glowing slightly from absorbed sunlight takes the moment to eat a sitrus berry. Where solrock had the berry stashed I’ll never know.

- Beauty, surf again! LoafLoaf come back, go Neo!

Solrock, fire the solarbeam!

Claydol, earthquake!

With the gym pretty much flattened, Beauty’s surf wave simply sweeps across this corner of the island, taking both solrock and claydol out to sea.

Lunatone, go!

- Beauty, recover! Neo, faint attack!

Psychic the milotic!

Neo lunges at lunatone and vanishes before he hits it, a moment later he leaps from behind lunatone and kicks it in the back of the head. Beauty’s scales glisten as she heals herself. Lunatone glows a faint blue, lifting Beauty into the air and slamming her into the ground.

- Beauty, surf! Neo, faint attack!

Psychic the milotic again!

Lunatone falls for the same trick and is gets kicked in the back of the head again by Neo. Another tidal wave summoned by Beauty sweeps across the land, taking lunatone out to sea to join it’s friends.

We lost…

- Sorry about the gym.

Just take your badge..

.. and go.

On my way to the pokemon center I recognise a group of people wearing ridiculous red clothes. Maxie is leading them into the space center at the highest point on the island.

- That can’t be good…

I waste no time and follow them, once inside the space center I immediately boot out the magma cultists blocking my way to the upstairs. It was trivial for the Colonel to deal with them.

Upstairs I find Steven talking with Maxie and Tabitha.

What the hell are you morons doing here?

We’re here to take all the rocket fuel!

Yeah!

You’re planning on going into orbit?

Ha, no we’re going to dump it all into Mount Chimney to trigger an erruption!

Yeah!

With Groudon gone I’ve had to resort to more drastic measures!

No kidding… where’s Team Aqua when you need them?

- They’re busy…

You won’t stop me in my goal!

Yeah!

Lend me a hand here, Caldar?

- Let’s do this.

Steven and I battle Maxie and Tabitha at the same time, Nimbus burns their pokemon with dragonbreath while Steven’s metang flings them around with psychic and assaults them with metal claws.

With his pokemon knocked out on the floor.. or worse, Maxie drops to his knees.

Why? Why is everyone so opposed to what I’m trying to do? I only wanted to find a solution to overpopulation…

Yeah…

- Seriously?

You want to make more places for people to live by blowing up a volcano, killing thousands of people and pokemon?

Well… when you put it that way. If my actions were so wrong does that mean Team Aqua are just as bad?

- They still have the red orb.

That can’t be good, if he wakes Kyogre…

We’ve got to stop them!

They stole Captain Stern’s submarine shortly after he announced the discovery of a cavern under route 128.

Then it’s settled! We’ll go to route 128 and stop Team Aqua!

Yeah!

I’m heading to Sootopolis City.

- Why there?

Plan B…

A contingency just in case we fail? Such faith you have in us…

Caldar, you go with Maxie and try to stop Team Aqua. Here, take this HM08, you’ll need it.

- Rock climb?

What’s rock climb? Sounds interesting, but no this HM is dive. A pokemon with this technique can carry you underwater in an air bubble.

- Cool, thanks!