After wiping the floor with the Team Rocket grunt, Colin was all the more pumped to get to Cerulean City and pounce on its Gym Leader. He took extra large steps, with a nice bounce to his walking. He decided to walk with his Pokemon, so he sent them all out of their Pokeballs. They continued through the cavern, until they came up to a fork in the road: They could traverse down a ladder, or continue forward.
"Well, the road straight ahead looks way easier, while the ladder could take us who knows where! But those rungs looks heavily used, while the road looks like only a few people of taken it. What to do!" Colin thought aloud.
All of the sudden, a few lines from a poem came into Colin's head.
"I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages henceL
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference."
(OoC: Sorry, Robert Frost is awesome :D)
"Well, the road it is!" Colin said with a smile.
The walked through the road, and surprisingly, what looked like a treacherous path was quite calm. Colin was happy he enjoyed poetry. He continued to walk forward, until he saw a few more Team Rocket grunts in front of him. He decided to quickly return his Pokemon, as he knew that they would most likely try to steal them otherwise. In the group, he saw a familiar face. It was one of the grunts he and Brock beat together at the museum.
"Well well well, look who we got here..." Started one of the grunts. "A kid wandering through here alone. He must have some Pokemon!" He finished.
"I'm sitting this one out guys, this kid is tough. He kicked my *CENSOR* back in the museum at Pewter City," Said the familiar grunt.
"Smart move," thought Colin.
"Alright. Here's how this will work kid. It's going to be 3 on 3. Each one of us will take you one on one. We win, we get your Pokemon. You lose, be grateful we will let you out unharmed," Demanded the first grunt, who had a giant maniacal smirk on his face.
"That works with me," Colin said, with a smirk equally as large.
"Fine, you'll start it off Don," Said the first grunt.
"Alright sir! Go Zubat!" The first grunt shouted as his Zubat appeared before him.
"Go Iris!" Shouted Colin, as Iris the Taillow appeared before him.
Colin ordered Iris to charge using Quick Attack, but the grunt had another idea to repel it.
"Leech Life," he ordered.
Iris was stopped in her tracks, with her energy being sucked out by the Zubat.
"Iris, break free and use Wing Attack!"
Iris was able to move, but the Zubat dodged the Wing Attack with ease.
"Once more Iris!" Commanded Colin.
"Dodge it!" The grunt ordered.
The Zubat couldn't move out of the way in time, and Iris' Wing Attack struck the Zubat directly in the back. Zubat was knocked to the ground, but not for long. I got back into the air in a matter of seconds.
"So your Zubat is pretty strong I must say, but no matter, it's still a wimp," Colin teased.
Colin ordered another Quick Attack, while the grunt ordered for another Leech Life. This time, Colin had Iris dodge the attack completely, know that he knew how the attack worked. The attack struck Zubat directly in the face, knocking it out cold.
"Grah! Zubat, return you useless piece of garbage!" The grunt shouted.
'Well, that guy has just a FEW anger issues," Colin thought.
"Alright, you are next Maggie," The so-called "leader" ordered.
"Yes sir, go Geodude!" She cried out.
"Return Iris and go Aether!" Colin said as Aether appeared before him.
"Use Tackle!" She ordered.
Colin then ordered Aether to use Confusion to lift up and through the Geodude away. Geodude hit the wall, then landed on its head.
"Grr, Rock Throw!"
This time, Aether used Confusion on the rocks, stopping them. He then threw them at Geodude, knocking it out cold.
"*CENSOR*ING BRAT!" She screamed.
"Jeez, are ALL of them mouthy?" Colin thought while laughing to himself.
"You incompetent fools! You leave me no choice! Go Sableye!" The "leader" called out, as the familiar Sableye appeared before him.
"Another one of these things eh? Go Vulcan!" Colin said as he threw Vulcan's Pokeball.
Colin waited for Sableye to make the first move, which ended up being a Fury Swipes attack.
"Wait for my order Vulcan," Colin said calmly.
"Tor!" Vulcan said.
Sableye was approaching, and when it was within 5 feet, Colin made his move.
"NOW, EMBER!!!"
The close range Ember attack hit the Sableye head on, knocking it out in one big fiery blast.
"Wow, it seems the "leader" is the weakest one of all!" Colin said in a gloating matter.
"We'll get you next time kid! Team Rocket, we are done here, MOVE OUT!" He ordered.
"Sir yes sir!" The grunts responded in unison.
"Jeez, what goobers!"