Pokemon Pangaea
Chapter 1 Part 3, Post 4: The Via Part II
And it was a few anxious moments before the Pokeball stopped shaking and the indicator clicked, meaning another Pokemon caught. Bekah blinked, and almost couldn't believe it. Trapinch, of all the Pokemon she had, helped her to catch a Growlithe. Bekah bent down to pick up Growlithe's Pokeball, smiling at her capture. But a snap of jaws made her lift her head to look at Trapinch, who was not facing her, but seemed to have its attention on her… however that worked.
Bekah put Growlithe's Pokeball away in her inside jacket pocket before taking out Trapinch's, holding it out towards the ground Pokemon. "Return, Trapinch," Bekah said and a beam of red light shoots out and transports the ant Pokemon back into the Pokeball. After Trapinch was safely inside, Bekah raised it to look at it, a grin on her face. "Thank you, Trapinch." And then put the Pokeball back inside her pocket, before fishing out the three Pokeballs of her other Pokemon.
She enlarged them, smiled, and tossed them up. Each ball opened with a flash of light transported to the ground, and her three main Pokemon appeared – Venonat, Poochyena, and the new addition on her team, Growlithe. Seeing the Growlithe, Venonat immediately chirped in surprise and rushed to hide behind Bekah's legs in fear of its Ember attack. But Poochyena and Growlithe exchanged glances.
Bekah laughed. "Why don't you guys say hello to Growlithe, the newest member to our team?" Bekah grinned, bending down to pet the fire puppy on the head, issuing a bark from its lips. Poochyena returned the bark, tail wagging and tongue lolling out of her mouth. Venonat was beginning to creep from around Bekah's legs, still a bit cautious about the fire type.
"You'll be a great aspect to the team, Growlithe," Bekah said with her brilliant grin, flashing it to the fire type. "Now, hold still – I want to check out your moves." Growlithe quickly obeyed, standing as still as it possibly could as Rayne took her Pokedex out of her bag, holding it in front of the fire puppy, letting it scan the Pokemon. Several moves flashed up on the screen including: Bite, Roar, Ember, Leer, and Morning Sun. Excellent – that was a healing move.
"Excellent, you know Morning Sun," Bekah said warmly as she looked at the Growlithe who was still standing as still as it could. "Growlithe, its okay, you can move now." She laughed, putting the Pokedex back into her jacket pocket, watching as her Growlithe began to wag its tail happily.
"Hey you," Bekah's grin faded as she heard the voice shouting. "Don't you move!" Bekah looked up just in time to see a farmer running up to her, an angered look on his face. But, but, why was he angry at her? What did he want?
He skidded to a stop in front of her, huffing. "Is this your Growlithe?" he spat.
Bekah blinked, completely bewildered by this farmer's attitude. "Uh… yes?" she finally was able to muster, her Pokemon walking to join her at her side, gathered at her feet. "Why, is there a problem?"
The farmer sighed and his expression seemed to calm. "I… guess there isn't anymore," he whispered. "A pack of wild Growlithe have been stealing my produce and I wanted to see if this Growlithe was with that pack."
"Oh, no, sorry," Bekah grinned lightly. "I've had Growlithe for a bit. I'm sure he wasn't in that pack." She lied – she really had no idea what her Growlithe had been up to before she caught it five minutes ago. It was just a tiny lie – what harm could it do?
The farmer looked disappointed. "Aw, well," he blinked and his eyes scanned Bekah's face. "You look hungry. Have you been traveling for awhile?"
Bekah tilted her head to the side, curious but a bit cautious to why this farmer was asking. "Yeah, I only recently started my journey." She admitted.
"Well, would you like something to eat?" the farmer grinned warmly. "My wife makes some of the best food around here, and we've been a bit lonely since our son had left to travel with his Totodile. Would you be at all interested to join us?"
Bekah blinked, a bit taken back by the offer. Her Venonat chirped and clapped its hands at her side, and her dog Pokemon were beginning to bark happily.
"However," the farmer raised a hand, and Bekah's heart seemed to skip a beat. What was the farmer going to ask for? "You'll have to beat me in a double Pokemon battle beforehand, alright?"
Bekah grinned. "Oh! Yes, that's fine by me!" Bekah said, looking down at her friends. "Are you guys ready?" They all nodded.
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The farmer's house was only a five-minute walk through a field, and when they finally made it to his cabin, there was a corral and also a few large crop fields surrounding the area. Bekah had never seen anything so beautiful before in her life in Sinnoh.
"We'll battle in the corral; it's much easier in there because its big enough to hold a few good Pokemon," the farmer said. "My name is Malik, by the way. It's a pleasure to meet you, miss…?"
"Oh, my name is Rebekah. Rebekah Argent from Sinnoh," Bekah said.
"From Sinnoh, you say?" Malik raised a brow as he led Bekah and her Pokemon to the corral. "I've never been there. My family and I have always lived here on Pangaea. We know Professor Cypress and she comes by every so often to talk to us about new discoveries, or new technology."
"You must get a lot of visitors out here," Bekah said. "The scenery's beautiful."
"Thank you, Miss Argent," Malik gestured toward one end of the corral. "Why don't you stand over there? And pick two of your Pokemon to use in the double battle."
Bekah nodded and walked over to her spot, followed by her Venonat, Poochyena, and Growlithe. Once she got to her spot, she looked down at her Pokemon. "Venonat, I want you to sit out of this one. Growlithe and Poochyena, I'm counting on you guys. Go get 'em!"
Poochyena and Growlithe barked in understanding, running out to their side of the field as Venonat hung back, standing at Bekah's side.
"So, you chose a Growlithe and Poochyena," Mr. Malik said with a warm grin. He took out two Pokeballs from his dusty pants. "Well, I'll just use my trusty partners that help me on the ranch. Go!"
He threw the Pokeballs up into the air, and after the explosion of bright white light, one Pokemon was flying in the air and the other was standing on the ground. Bekah didn't recognize them.
"Miss Argent, you have one of them Pokedexes, don't you? You got it from Professor Cypress?" Malik said, and Bekah blinked. "Well, go ahead and look up my partners. I don't mind at all."
Bekah blinked, shocked, but took the opportunity anyway. She fished the Pokedex out and raised it up to scan the Pokemon in the air first.
That Pokemon was a Tranquill. Man, she had never seen one before, but knowing it to be an evolved form of a Pidove, it had to be strong.
Bekah raised the Pokedex to scan the other Pokemon.
This Pokemon was another evolved form. Which meant, this was going to be an extremely tough battle, especially for Bekah being such a new trainer. She put her Pokedex back into her jacket pocket, looking forward at her two young Pokemon.
"Don't worry guys, just do your best, understood?" Bekah watched as her Poochyena and Growlithe both nodded their heads, focused and determined.
"Alright, I'll start off then," Mr. Malik said with a grin. "Croconaw, go in for a Scratch attack on Poochyena. Tranquill, use Wing Attack on Growlithe." The two experienced Pokemon began their assault inwards.
"Poochyena, kick up sand to cover now!" Bekah commanded, and her black and gray puppy Pokemon was very quick to obey, kicking up enough sand to make a dust cloud, which covered the sight of both the Croconaw and Tranquill. "Great, now Growlithe, use Ember!" The fire puppy obeyed and the dust cloud was destroyed as several balls of flame shot out towards the two other Pokemon.
"Dodge!" The Croconaw dove away and Tranquill swerved to the side. The Ember attack hit nothing but earth.
"Damn," Bekah cursed with a grimace. This is going to be much harder than I thought. These Pokemon are fast.
"Tranquill, dive in for that Growlithe now!" The Tranquill chirped in response and dove down towards the fire puppy, who was only focused on Croconaw.
"Poochyena, jump and get on that bird! Get it away from Growlithe," Bekah shouted, and her gray and black puppy Pokemon launched off the ground just as Tranquill was closing in on Growlithe. He landed flat on one of the bird's wings, quickly causing to miss its target as well as cause an imbalance.
"Great job, now hold onto it with Ice Fang," Bekah commanded with a grin. Poochyena smiled a wolfish grin, opening its mouth and quickly biting down on the center of the bird's back with all its might, issuing a powerful cry from the Tranquill.
"Tranquill! Spin and try and get it off!" Malik instructed. "And Croconaw, while that Growlithe is not protected – soak it with Water Gun!"
Bekah gasped, eyes landing on Growlithe now, realizing she left the puppy wide open without an attack. "Growlithe, get away! Dodge the water." But it was too late – the Croconaw was too fast.
The Water Gun knocked Growlithe backwards, to Bekah's feet and it looked like the Pokemon was out of the battle. "Growlithe…" Bekah whispered, but her eyes grew wide as her fire puppy struggled to its feet, having almost every feeling to hold it out for its master – to prove itself, to prove it was able to do what its trainer wanted it to do. "Growlithe." Bekah beamed. "Alright!"
She looked up at the Tranquill and Poochyena again, and Poochyena was still latched onto Tranquill's back as spun in the air, trying to dislodge the wolf pup.
"Step on its wing, Poochyena, and get down here," Bekah commanded, and suddenly the bird swerved downwards with a shriek. It almost looked like it was controlled by Poochyena, and that was amusing. Once it was close to the ground, Poochyena jumped off, running to join Growlithe at its side.
Tranquill perched on the ground, breathing heavily. It seemed that Poochyena's attacks had done a lot of damage. Now they had to do the same on Croconaw… but there was a problem – Growlithe was severely injured.
"I think we can do it, guys," Malik said to his Pokemon. "Tranquill, you hang back and regain your strength. Croconaw, use a long ranged Water Gun." And the Croconaw shot its attack.
"Quick, Growlithe, use Morning Light! Poochyena, protect Growlithe," Bekah commanded. Poochyena jumped in front of the fire pup as Growlithe began to glow a bright yellow, regaining its energy from the sun overhead. And the Water Gun hit Poochyena dead on.
Poochyena was breathing heavily, and it seemed all of Growlithe's energy hadn't been restored. Bekah looked up, but the Pokemon she could only see by Malik was Croconaw. Where was the Tranquill?
A sudden cry from above made all three of them look up as Tranquill dove down at incredible speed, before contacting with both Pokemon at once – wings stretched out at the maximum. A cloud of dust flew up and it took a moment for it to clear, but Tranquill was standing victorious. Growlithe and Poochyena were out of the match.
Bekah ran up to scoop her two dog Pokemon into her arms. Malik walked up to her, his Pokemon joining him at his side.
"That was an exceptional battle for someone so new to Pokemon battling," he said nicely. "Come on inside, we'll get you and your Pokemon something to eat."
Bekah looked up at him. "But you said if I beat you."
Malik laughed warm-heartedly. "Don't worry about that. Just come in and eat. You look starved. And of course, my wife and I would love the company."
Bekah smiled and nodded, gesturing for Venonat to follow and with her Growlithe and Poochyena still in her arms.