"[FONT=Cambria, serif]We bring forth the sequel of a Grifspark and Romdinner production"[/FONT]
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Andy took in a deep breath. This grunt was starting to agitate him, and that would only lead to a mistake. No, lots of mistakes, something Andy was prone to doing when angry. The Magma grunt threw the two Pokéballs he held into the sky, leaving them to flash blindingly. Andy was surprised no-one had noticed the battle yet, especially with all the noise they were making.[/FONT]
"[FONT=Cambria, serif]Aron!" ... "Nu~uu!" yelled the foes Pokémon, as they lined up to fight.[/FONT]
"[FONT=Cambria, serif]Looks like we have more company. What?....if i didn't know better I'd say there's a mirror in front of Numel."[/FONT]
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Andy grinned slightly. "An Aron and a Numel... Think we can deal with this David?" he asked, as he chuckled slightly. He had a Pokémon which could cause havoc with one, and resist the other.[/FONT]
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"I'm sure of it," David replied with in a confident tone.[/FONT]
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Pulling a Pokéball from his belt, Andy grinned to David. This couldn't be too hard, could it? Dropping the red and white sphere, it smashed against the ground, revealing a small, lava Pokémon. It yawned violently and then glanced at the enemy, which caused him to spring into action, ready for a fight.[/FONT]
"[FONT=Cambria, serif]Slug! Ma, ma!" it yelled, coughing out a few sparks.[/FONT]
"[FONT=Cambria, serif]Hey, David. How's your Numel at ambushing an opponent?"[/FONT]
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"Haven't tried that yet but there's a first time for everything... do your stuff."[/FONT]
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"He he, gladly. let's do this... Molotov, use Smog to cover your movements!"[/FONT]
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A purple cloud was formed and was blown away towards the two Pokemon. In just a matter of seconds they were surrounded by the Smog, the cloud covered them entirely. Aron and Numel started to look around but the cloud was too thick to see through. As this happened Andy turned towards David and with a nodding of the head David knew it was time.[/FONT]
"[FONT=Cambria, serif]Numel jump over the cloud and when you're above them use Ember."[/FONT]
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Numel rushed and at the edge of the poisonous gas it sprung up. In mid air it turned towards the ground and it launched a powerful Ember right in the center of the cloud where two shadows were staying. The sparks of fire went down like meteorites and collided with the two Pokémon. The force of the impact made the purple gas to disperse into thin air. Aron and Numel were glued to the ground by the attack, but with some effort they got up, albeit with some bruises on them. Suddenly Numel started shaking and landed on its knees. It was a clear sign that it inhaled some of the toxic cloud and now was subdued to the poison.[/FONT]
"[FONT=Cambria, serif]Get up now…. it's nothing." were the insensitive words from the grunt. Numel focused and eventually got again on its feet. Now the grunt was pleased that he could make his move.
"Aron use Mud Slap first on both Pokémon, then you know what to do while Numel uses Magnitude," he shouted.[/FONT]
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Aron started throwing with what looked like poorly-shaped balls of mud at Molotov and Numel. David looked around and saw two stalagmites near his and Andy's Pokémon. Seeing this a light bulb lit in his head which made him shout at Andy.[/FONT]
"[FONT=Cambria, serif]Andy quickly take cove behind those two stalagmites."[/FONT]
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"Got it..." he muttered, before readying an order. "Molotov, get behind the stalagmites!"[/FONT]
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Numel and Molotov ran behind the two long formations and got out of the way from Aron's attack.[/FONT]
"[FONT=Cambria, serif]You can't hide from me" the grunt grinned[/FONT]
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In this time Aron continued his orders and ran on top of Numel just as the Pokémon lifted its front feet and smashed them to the ground creating a powerful seismic wave. The wave reached both Molotov and Numel behind the stalagmites and knocked them down on the ground. The attack inflicted some major damage on Molotov being a fire type, on Numel having a less effect being partial ground. [/FONT]
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"C'mon Molotov, you can do it!" [/FONT]
"[FONT=Cambria, serif]Numel hang in there , you two can beat them!" [/FONT]
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The two Pokémon got up with a fierce look in their eyes , it was like the word from their trainers lit a fire in them. David and Andy saw that and smiled at each other knowing it was time for a powerful counter attacks. [/FONT]
"[FONT=Cambria, serif]Double Ember!" the two trainer shouted simultaneous.[/FONT]
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Two streams of fire sparks went towards Aron and Numel. In mid air the two streams merged into one powerful jet of fire nearly as powerful as a flamethrower. The combined heat from the attacks and the burning desire in the two Pokémon made the sparks of fire burn as hot as ever. The copy flamethrower smashed into both Aron and Numel . Aron was knocked down by the he force of attack while Numel despite being a fire type it got badly hurt not from the fire itself but by the force of it which swept it of off its feet and blown into the wall. The poison kicked in again making things worse for Numel. In a few seconds everything was over and the fire faded into the darkness of the cave leaving the two hurt Pokémon to try and get up. Eventually they did being continuously threatened by the magma grunt.[/FONT]
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"Wooh! Yeah. That was so awesome!" Andy yelled, before raising his hand to high-five David. "He he, Andy and David, 1. Magma, 0."[/FONT]
"[FONT=Cambria, serif]Why you?! Numel use Tackle on Slugma , you Aron use Metal Claw on the other one." [/FONT]
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Both Pokémon were dashing towards their target preparing for their attacks. As they were near Molotov and Numel they both jumped and were falling at their enemy.[/FONT]
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"Time for some heavy offense. Molotov, launch a RockThrow!" [/FONT]
"[FONT=Cambria, serif]Some fire power coming up…..Numel use Ember on Rock Throw."[/FONT]
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The rocks from the attack were instantly propelled at a fast pace by the sparks of fire. As they were going the rock were also absorbing the heat from the ember making them very hot. The molted rocks hit the two Pokémon that were falling down with intention to hit Molotov and Numel. They were send back from their starting point on the ground but got up again as they knew what would happened if they didn't.[/FONT]
"[FONT=Cambria, serif]That was close." [/FONT]
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"Tell me about it..." Andy groaned. "Let's try another Smog attack!" [/FONT]
"[FONT=Cambria, serif]That does it, Aron use Mud Slap through the Smog."[/FONT]
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The Pokémon did as it was told. It threw some mud trough the cloud. As it flew by the current from the mud ball made the Smog turn backwards going faster than normal and went straight into Numel.[/FONT]
"[FONT=Cambria, serif]Numel don't inhale the Smog , use Ember to disperse it."[/FONT]
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Numel got a little nervous as it found itself in the center of the cloud without any visibility , but as it heard David it got its focus and used Ember. The cloud disappeared and Numel was now looking at the grunt. David looked at Numel and saw that it was extremely tired as it was barely standing so he reached for it Pokéball to call it back, as it got Numel's Pokéball a loud cry enveloped the whole cave. Numel got poisoned and the effect kicked in quite quickly. As the cry faded the Pokémon fell down unconsciously.[/FONT]
"[FONT=Cambria, serif]Numel…………"David mumbled as he called her back.[/FONT]
"[FONT=Cambria, serif]That's true Magma power," the grunt said with a cocky posture.[/FONT]
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"He he, true Magma power? Says the guy whose already lost two Pokemon..."Andy muttered to David, although he had a feeling the grunt would have heard it.[/FONT]
"[FONT=Cambria, serif]You asked for it…….Wingull time to put this grunt in his place……..the garbage."[/FONT]
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"Couldn't have put it better myself. Molotov, you ready?" Andy asked, as the Lava-Pokemon nodded to his trainer.[/FONT]
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Wingull came out and flew up to the ceiling then dashed down staying just above David's head. Two Pokémon were down on each side and who knew how many the grunt had , his limit was four but maybe he didn't have so many.[/FONT]
"[FONT=Cambria, serif]Ok..payback time Wingull . Start off with a Water Gun pointed at Numel!"[/FONT]
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"Molotov, show that Aron how we heat things up back in Rustboro. Use Ember!!"[/FONT]
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As the embers flew from the Slugma's mouth, David's Wingull opened its gaping mouth, and a spiral of highly pressured water flew towards the target. The grunt gazed at the attacks, although he clearly looked ready to order a countermeasure. [/FONT]
"[FONT=Cambria, serif]Aron, use Mudslap on the Ember attack. Numel, counter the Watergun with Ember," he grumbled, although both Andy and David could tell there was a faint sense of doubt in his voice.[/FONT]
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As Molotov's attack was inches from Aron, it kicked up a handful on dirt and threw it at the attack, dousing the flames. Meanwhile, the flames from the grunts Numel collided with the incoming Watergun, causing both of the attacks to vaporize on contact. It was a useful counter attack, although all it seemed to do was give David an idea. [/FONT]
"[FONT=Cambria, serif]Andy!!! Try using Ember along side with my Water Gun," David said with a confident look[/FONT]
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Andy nodded at the comment. He had never thought of the idea of attacking with both fire and water. In his mind, they would simply cancel each other. But David seemed to know what he was doing, and Andy was only glad to oblige. All four Pokémon looked ready for the remainder of the fight, which was a good sign.[/FONT]
"[FONT=Cambria, serif]Ok, let's try this out shall we?" Andy said, as he motioned to Molotov. "Try an Ember on the Aron!" he ordered, as Molotov gathered some cinders near his mouth, ready to fire his attack on command.[/FONT]
"[FONT=Cambria, serif]Wingull, use Water Gun straight at Aron!!"[/FONT]
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The two attacks flew towards the Aron, with the flames trying to navigate around the water. They struck the water before the final attack could make final contact with the foe, causing it to make the spiral of water to evaporate leaving just a few droplets of water to splash on the Aron's face. The grunt chuckled heavily at the failed attempt, and then seemed ready to launch a counter attack.[/FONT]
"[FONT=Cambria, serif]Ha ha ha..." he jeered at the attack, "That was pathetic, now let's show those two how we do it in Team Magma. You two, both use Tackle!"[/FONT]
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At the words, both of the Pokemon charged forward at Andy, David, Molotov and Wingull.[/FONT]
"[FONT=Cambria, serif]Wingull fly higher to dodge."[/FONT]
"[FONT=Cambria, serif]You too Molotov, get out of the way!"[/FONT]
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Wingull simply gained a few feet in altitude, making both of the Pokemon far too low down to avoid the Water/Flying type, meaning that they turned their attention to the Lava Pokémon. Molotov's eyes flared open, as he tried to move to the side, but the limbless body of the Slugma made moving difficult. Molotov was slammed into by both Aron and Numel, sustaining a surprisingly high amount of damage.[/FONT]
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Andy stared with some level of horror. "No, Molotov!" he yelled, as the Lava Pokemon lay, fairly dizzy. Slugma tried hard to get back up, as it didn't want to disappoint Andy. "Molotov, get ready to heat things up!"[/FONT]
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Andy's words worked like a charm and in no time Slugma was up and ready as if this were the greatest battle he had ever been in. Wingull came next to Slugma ready to make a counter attack and provide support as needed.[/FONT]
"[FONT=Cambria, serif]Andy in order to win this we have to be in sync and see through his moves and act quickly," David stated as he wanted that he and Andy to finish this with as little damage as they could.[/FONT]
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"Got it, let's show him what we can really do!" [/FONT]
"[FONT=Cambria, serif]Now Wingull launch……"[/FONT]
"[FONT=Cambria, serif]Won't let you……..Numel use Magnitude and then Aron use that magnitude along with a Mud Slap," the grunt said as fast as he could; he didn't want the two trainers to make any kind of move what-so-ever.[/FONT]
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The magnitude shattered some pieces from the grunt which were fiercely hit by Aron and sent towards Slugma , as the ground attack would have no effect on Wingull. The rocks were heading towards Slugma like arrows. Andy knew that the attacks was too fast for the Fire Pokémon to avoid so he looked towards David asking for help.[/FONT]
"[FONT=Cambria, serif]I have an idea but you have to trust me on this," David said.[/FONT]
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"I've been doing that for the past ten minutes and it seems to have worked fine!" [/FONT]
"[FONT=Cambria, serif]Ok then Wingull use Water Gun carefully on Slugma."[/FONT]
"[FONT=Cambria, serif]So you chickened out and now you're battling yourself…..works better for me then." The grunt laughed out loud.[/FONT]
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But Andy and David knew what they were doing and ignored the grunt , focusing on what had to be done. Wingull's Water Gun was a bit low powered that usual but this was just what
David intended to. As the water was making contact with the lava Pokémon the surface of its body started to cool covering Slugma into a thick layer of rock.[/FONT]
"[FONT=Cambria, serif]Perfect , now Wingull pick it up."[/FONT]
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"I take it you have a plan?" [/FONT]
"[FONT=Cambria, serif]What the….?"[/FONT]
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Now Slugma was safe to carry around, but most important it avoided the attack as the rocks flew by Slugma just as it was picked up by Wingull.[/FONT]
"[FONT=Cambria, serif]Why you…." Were the grunt's word which was filled with anger.[/FONT]
"[FONT=Cambria, serif]Now Wingull bombs awa~ay!!" he said just as he was above Numel.[/FONT]
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Slugma was falling down heading straight for Numel. [/FONT]
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"Well, I didn't think of that... And hey, I've had an idea to make this move more... explosive..."[/FONT]
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With those words Slugma smashed into Numel, hitting it hard. Slugma wasn't affected by the fall due to its protective layer that just cracked when it fell on Numel, setting Slugma free. Slugma was now sitting right next to Numel, which was a bit confused of what happened , ready to land another hit.[/FONT]
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"Molotov, Smog quickly!"[/FONT]
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The cloud immediately covered Numel making this attack more powerful. Numel sustained massive damage from the attack so when the cloud cleared away it was laying on the floor motionless.[/FONT]
"[FONT=Cambria, serif]Now that's what I'm talking about."[/FONT]
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"Booyah!" [/FONT]
"[FONT=Cambria, serif]That does it……enough with this child's play," the grunt said throwing his last Pokéball. "Slugma come out so we can end this."[/FONT]
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Another Slugma appeared on the battle field, fairly similar to Andy's Molotov, except for the fact that the grunt's Pokémon was a bit taller.[/FONT]
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"Aww, how come he gets a bigger Slugma? Oh well, David, let's try that Water-Fire combo again!" [/FONT]
"[FONT=Cambria, serif]Sounds good … Wingull use Water Gun"[/FONT]
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"Molotov, fire a barrage of Ember!"[/FONT]
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The attacks went flying in the air towards Aron and Slugma and started to reach a point where they could almost fuse. David and Andy gazed at the attacks hoping for the best, but their hopes we're shattered quickly as this time the water was too strong ,and it extinguished the fire attacks. Andy and David both closed their eyes trying to get over what just had happened AGAIN.[/FONT]
"[FONT=Cambria, serif]Didn't you learn your lesson the first time? My turn; Slugma use Yawn on Wingull and you Aron use Headbutt on Slugma!"[/FONT]
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Wingull tried to avoid the sleeping effect of the attack but it was no use in a matter of seconds the bird Pokémon fell down on the ground, not even the impact waking it up. In this time Molotov was badly hit by Aron and sent into a rock.[/FONT]
"[FONT=Cambria, serif]You should just give up. It's useless to fight using a sleeping sack of feathers and a almost fainted slug."[/FONT]
"[FONT=Cambria, serif]You'll pay for those words… Andy cover me until Wingull wakes up."[/FONT]
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"Oh, I'm wa~y ahead of you. Molotov, cover Wingull with Ember!" The sparks of fire barely hit Aron and Slugma as they we're ordered to get back. Andy used this to his advantage as he thought of a way to protect Wingull and his Pokémon as well for a while. "Uhh... Molotov, use RockThrow on the Stalactite above!" ordered Andy.[/FONT]
[FONT=Cambria, serif]Molotov nodded, and the droplets around his mouth solidified, and were thrown at a weakened rock formation on the roof. It snapped, crashing down to the earth, forming a formidable wall of earth and rock.[/FONT]
"[FONT=Cambria, serif]Great thinking..."[/FONT]
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Loads of rocks fell from the sky onto each other quickly forming what looked like a massive barrage that separated the grunt from the two trainers. The grunt couldn't see even a glimpse of the two trainers so he ordered his Pokémon to start destroying the wall.[/FONT]
"[FONT=Cambria, serif]Aron use Metal claw , you Slugma use Ember."[/FONT]
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On the other side of the wall David was trying to reach Wingull. "Wingull try to wake up!" But there was no response as the bird Pokémon was quietly sleeping on the ground.[/FONT]
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"David, this wall won't last for much longer..."[/FONT]
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David knew that as he could hear Aron and Slugma from the other side that were trying as fast as they could to get to them. He remained silence with his head pointed down at the ground feeling bad that he couldn't do a thing to help Andy and more important Wingull. Andy wanted to say something to David as he somehow guessed that he was becoming worried, but he didn't as he thought that he might make things worse, and probably distract the both of them in this situation, so he focused on trying to come up with some plan to counter the two Pokémon by himself when they would reach the other side of the wall, which hopefully, they wouldn't. Andy was facing the wall with silence surrounding the area, making one exception of the grunts Pokémon that were in a state of continuous digging. [/FONT]
[FONT=Cambria, serif]In this time, David was trying desperately to come up with some kind of plan. 'I have to do something, the others depend on me. Wingull depends on me…' but then, he managed to gain some level of confidence. "Wingull I know you can do it… WAKEEEeeee UP!!!!"[/FONT]
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Andy was startled by David's shout, but was more concerned over the new lack of a Flying/Water type.[/FONT]
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"Hey, David. Where's Wingull?"[/FONT]
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David, with a confident look on his face, just pointed up at the ceiling. Wingull was flying above its trainer with the same confidence as David had.[/FONT]
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"Good thing Wingull's back up. We need all the help we can get." [/FONT]
"[FONT=Cambria, serif]Just in time as I think there are just about to break the wall," David said looking at the center of the wall.[/FONT]
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"Got it, we need a plan now." [/FONT]
"[FONT=Cambria, serif]Hey Andy…. the grunt doesn't know that my Wingull has recovered so let's take him by surprise," were David words as he went towards Andy and whispered some word in his ear.[/FONT]
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Andy made a small smirk nodding his head in agreement to what David said to him. They got into position and waited for the right moment. Then with a sudden crack a part of the wall cracked down the grunt ordering the two Pokémon to get passed the pile of rock.[/FONT]
"[FONT=Cambria, serif]Now Andy!!!!!!!"[/FONT]
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"Unleash hell with an Ember attack!" yelled Andy to his Slugma [/FONT]
"[FONT=Cambria, serif]A simple Ember against two Pokémon won't work…. You two block that attack together."[/FONT]
"[FONT=Cambria, serif]Maybe you're right but who said it was just a SIMPLE Ember? Wingull Supersonic!"[/FONT]
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The grunt was shocked to see the flying Pokémon descending from behind a stalactite and launching its attack. The sound barrier caught up with the Ember just as it was above the pile of rock merging together into what looked like a wall of fire filled with pieces of rock. The wall hit the two Pokémon and sent them flying into a wall behind the grunt that was frozen from what had just happened. Aron and Slugma slipped on the floor onto each other.[/FONT]
"[FONT=Cambria, serif]You just got burnt." [/FONT]
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"He he, that was so epic..." [/FONT]
"[FONT=Cambria, serif]Maybe… maybe not… get up you two!!!"[/FONT]
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Aron and Slugma were badly injured but they were kind of used to this state as they were always hit by the grunt or put in danger due to the grunt's stupid decisions. So they somehow got up , breathing hard.[/FONT]
"[FONT=Cambria, serif]Now you'll regret the second you chose to enter this cave… Slugma use Rock Throw the Aron use Mud Slap on the rocks."[/FONT]
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Solid rock solidified from Slugma's droplets and went towards Wingull and Molotov. Aron followed up with a strong mud attack that went into the rock covering them entirely giving them a shape of what looked like mud meteorites. The meteorites were gaining speed heading to the two Pokémon.[/FONT]
"[FONT=Cambria, serif]This looks bad…"[/FONT]
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"Oh yeah, good job captain obvious!" [/FONT]
"[FONT=Cambria, serif]We have to try THAT move again , I know it can work but only if we really focus and act like one."[/FONT]
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"Ok, one last chance..."[/FONT]
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The two trainers looked confident, and had a brief feeling of hope this would work. They turned towards their Pokémon that were looking at them, nodded their heads and the Pokémon responded like they knew what the trainers wanted to tell them. Both trainers then shouted simultaneously.[/FONT]
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"Now... launch with full force!!"[/FONT]
"[FONT=Cambria, serif]That old thing……it will fail like the last two times."[/FONT]
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Molotov and Wingull both launched the needed move for their combination move. The jet of water was flowing in the air having a strong current. The Ember was as powerful as the water , sparks of fire were flying in the air burning as they never burnt before. The fire was starting to rotate around the current of water slowly approaching the surface of it. They seemed like they wood dive in the water and get extinguished but to everyone's amazement the spark of fire were gracefully rotating around the water. The moves didn't cancel themselves, on the contrary it looked like they were powering each other.[/FONT]
"[FONT=Cambria, serif]That's not possible…"the grunt mumbled as he saw the fierce attack going into the mud meteorites.[/FONT]
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The meteorites got smashed into pieces by the fusion move but the attack was still going further towards Aron and Slugma. The mud meteorites didn't affect even one bit the attack. The in a second the fierce attack hit the to Pokémon sending them into the grunt and throwing them into the wall behind him knocking all of them unconscious. [/FONT]
"[FONT=Cambria, serif]That's teamwork…..great work Andy and thanks for helping me earlier."[/FONT]
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"No-prob. I'm happy to help." [/FONT]
"[FONT=Cambria, serif]Why don't we put the grunt into a more comfortable position," David said sarcastically, as he pulled out a rope from his bag.[/FONT]
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"He he," chuckled Andy slightly menacingly. "I take it you're being sarcastic?" he asked. "If you have rope I hope you're being sarcastic..."[/FONT]
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So that being done the two trainers decided to go further into the cave together leaving the grunt tied up to a stalagmite. They walked for about an hour on a long corridor having a bit of small talk referring to the previous battle. David saw at the end of the path what looked like some light.[/FONT]
"[FONT=Cambria, serif]Hey Andy maybe that's the exit."[/FONT]
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"Either that or an Illumise..."[/FONT]
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The two trainers rushed to the exit but they found themselves in what looked like a cavern. The source of the light from the stars and moon that were that could be seen from a big opening in the roof. The sky was clear and the fresh air came into the cavern refreshing the two trainers.[/FONT]
"[FONT=Cambria, serif]It's been a while since I felt the wind."[/FONT]
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"We've only been in here for a few..." Andy checked his watch at those words. "Wow, over two hours..." [/FONT]
"[FONT=Cambria, serif]Provided that it's night why don't we spend the night here?" David suggested as the place looked very good sleeping and a camp fire.[/FONT]
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"Yeah sure, but getting firewood's going to be tough to find."[/FONT]
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Andy made a fire with some branches he quite coincidentally found in the cave while David got from his backpack two cans of soup that he had and a small pot to heat them.[/FONT]
"[FONT=Cambria, serif]This will be our dinner for tonight," David said as he opened the two cans and poured them into the pot, and then putting that onto the fire.[/FONT]
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"Hmm, looks good," muttered Andy, taking in the smell of the warming meal.[/FONT]
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The soup was prepared fairly quickly and the two trainers sat down on two rocks next to the fire eating the warm soup.[/FONT]
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"Well, this was definitely more interesting than I had first thought it was going to be..." muttered Andy, as he took a spoonful of his soup.[/FONT]
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David nodded at the comment. "So, where are you from?"[/FONT]
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Andy turned back up from his soup to David, "Rustboro, you?"[/FONT]
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"Oh I heard it's a peaceful town like mine... Lilycove... but I used to live in the Kanto region."[/FONT]
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"Lilycove, huh? I've never been there myself," replied Andy. "Nor Kanto for that matter."[/FONT]
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Andy placed his soup down and pulled off the four Pokéballs from his belt. The four of them had been fantastic over the past few days, especially Suffix and Molotov due to the recent battle with the grunt. Andy dropped the four containers, which each split, releasing a flurry of red light, and slowly took the form of each individual.[/FONT]
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"Hope you don't mind. I've had a habit of letting them sleep outside of their Pokéballs ever since I started going across Hoenn."[/FONT]
"[FONT=Cambria, serif]I don't mind it at all , I usually let them out as well... speaking of which… guys come out and meet our new friends," David said as he put down the finished soup and released all of his Pokemon.[/FONT]
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All the Pokémon were glad to be outside of their Pokéballs next to their trainers. All of Andy's Pokémon were staring at David's Pokémon until David broke the ice and told them to get along and spent some time together. Molotov and Numel having already known each other went to a nearby rock and sat there looking like they were talking , Zephyr And Wingull started racing each other in the air each trying to impress their trainer. Beautifly went straight for Belladonna mistaking her for a flower but after Ralts cleared the situation the two Pokémon happily played together. Ralts saw that Suffix was behind Andy so it went slowly at it not wanting to scare him and then talked a bit with it. After some minutes it was persuaded by Ralts to come join the others that were sitting in a circle playing with some rocks.[/FONT]
"[FONT=Cambria, serif]They are really having a good time together……they truly deserve some relaxation time."[/FONT]
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"Yeah..." muttered Andy, but then a thought struck him. "You know, we've only seen one grunt so-far. Who knows how many more are in here?"[/FONT]
"[FONT=Cambria, serif]Well it's been silent since we defeated the grunt, but in case there are more I think we're ready for them."[/FONT]
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"Yep, I haven't given Bella chance to do some damage yet," replied Andy, motioning to his Bellsprout.[/FONT]
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He took his last mouthful from his soup, eating it much faster than he thought he would have. Then again, he hadn't eaten since this morning...[/FONT]
"[FONT=Cambria, serif]Same for Beautifly and Ralts, but they'll get their chance. So how many badges do you have so far?"[/FONT]
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Andy fumbled around through his bag, which now lead beside him. He spent a few moments rummaging around it, trying to find the case which held his current badges.[/FONT]
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"Aww... c'mon, it's gotta be in here somewhere..." He threw his arm up holding a case "Got it!"[/FONT]
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Andy then clipped it open, and checked over the case. Most people would have remembered how many badges they had. Andy was no such person. The Rustboro badge was first, thanks to Bella. The next was Brawly, and thanks to Zephyr, managed to duck and weave around most attacks. Bella then resisted the Mauvile Gyms electric attacks, and then there was the situation with Flannery.[/FONT]
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"Four, in counting..."[/FONT]
"[FONT=Cambria, serif]So that makes us even… we've got four more badges and a lot of places to go," David said looking at the vast dark sky [/FONT]
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"Half way to the league. And then I plan to go all the way to the top... I guess we all do really," replied Andy to David's comment, and lead down, gazing at the gap in the roof,
staring blankly and the eternal night.[/FONT]
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It was a fairly nice night tonight, and was surprisingly bright due to the lack of clouds. Bella seemed to be tired under the moon, but Zephyr loved it, and screeched loudly to herself.[/FONT]
"[FONT=Cambria, serif]Yup you'll reach the top... well, high enough so that I can beat you," David said just to lighten up the mood[/FONT]
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Andy raised a single eyebrow, although it would have been hard to tell in this kind of dark. "Ah touche my friend..." he muttered. "Remember, I was the one who saved you from that grunt..."[/FONT]
"[FONT=Cambria, serif]Right you are, but that doesn't mean anything, and one day maybe I'll return the favor… let's leave this talk for when we are face to face at the league,"[/FONT]
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"You're on..."[/FONT]
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At those words, Andy let his eyes slide close. He was tired after today, and sleep would be a good thing, ever if he fell asleep mid-conversation.[/FONT]
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"I have to warn ya' though... I'm not letting any of my tactics slip," Andy muttered, although then realized the mistake in his words. "Well, I say tactics... It's more or less making it up as I go along..."[/FONT]
"[FONT=Cambria, serif]Well you're face says it all… it's time we hit the sack… everybody time to go to sleep."[/FONT]
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Andy let himself drop off to sleep slightly, but was broken from this trance almost instantly.[/FONT]
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"Minus Zephyr, since she's nocturnal and all... Wait, my face says it all? What are you implying?" asked Andy, although slightly rhetorically.[/FONT]
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It was nothing, hopefully. Suffix shuffled himself over to Andy, and quickly fell asleep next to him. Bella waddled over to a small patch of plant-life, and nestled herself inside them.
Molotov didn't sleep. Both his eyes were closed, but he continued to slide around the campfire, keeping warm and moving, probably subconsciously. Zephyr was the only one awake, taking flight to the skylight in the roof, and checking the surroundings. Andy just slept. No extra information or notes, he just fell asleep on the spot, acting more like Suffix than ever.[/FONT]
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"G-night..."[/FONT]
"[FONT=Cambria, serif]G-night…" replied David laying down.[/FONT]
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He was laying on one side with his face pointed towards Andy that was already sleeping. He put his head down and took Ralts into one of his arms, Beautifly went at the top of his head and gently cuddled around David. Wingull followed Zephyr around but eventually got tired and went and landed at David's back and put its beak on his neck and went to sleep. Numel was at David's feet at first being a bit shy to its new trainer but David noticed this and slowly took it under it other arm and started petting it until it feel asleep. All of them were calmly sleeping apart from Zephyr that apart from exploring the place was looking after the others. The two trainers started their day separately but now found themselves together looking after one another and trying to stop the evil magma team, that was still lurking in the cave…..[/FONT]
