Chapter 4: Oh, No!
Max pondered on what to do for a few seconds before making up his mind. He threw another Pokéball up in the air, to reveal Musk once again.
"Ember, Musk can you get us the top of the volcano, I'll carry Eevee. Use moves you guys think will be effective." Max asked of his tough looking Pokémon. Musk and Ember nodded. Max, Eevee, Ember and Musk carried on down the passage way until they reached the summit. In the centre there was an enclosed structure so the volcano would still erupt naturally. Max looked left and right to find a Team Magma grunt on either side with a Houndoom each.
"Musk, use Hydro Cannon! Ember, use Head Smash!" Max ordered as the two Houndoom leaped from either side. The Samurott and Emboar obeyed and swiftly used their moves, thus knocking the two foes to the ground. They continued up a spiral staircase that surrounded the edge of the volcano. They reached a round balcony that had a whole in the centre to allow the natural tube to the top and to allow grunts to look down into the heart of the volcano. Max looked around to try and find a way to climb out of the top of the volcano, only to have his eyes land on three grunts on the other side of the balcony, hiding something behind them.
"Spread out!" Max ordered the Team Magma grunts.
"Are you sure?" The centre one said in a sinister voice.
"Yes, just move" Max yelled. The grunts moved to the side to reveal a Heatran. Max gawped at the sight. The grunts ordered Heatran to attack. Suddenly, a giant Flamethrower burst out of the Heatran's mouth. Max, with Eevee, Musk and Emboar all ducked.
"Musk, Hydro Cannon!" Max ordered of the Samurott. A burst of water was released. The water hit Heatran, but just bounced off.
"How can this be!?!" Max yelled aloud in desperation. "Good job Musk. Good job Ember" Max said as he returned them to their Pokéballs. What happened next came as a surprise to Max himself as well as anyone else. Max jumped. Falling through the volcano with the small Eevee in his arms. He placed his hand on one of his Pokéballs and Fezzy, his Unfezant appeared next to him. He turned, and landed, sitting down, on his Unfezant. They soared straight up and out of the volcano. Max ordered Fezzy to fly to Pyrite Town. For once in his life, he had a plan. Max and Eevee both looked back at the volcano, pulling faces and sticking their tongues out… until, a whole group of Talonflame with Team Magma riders burst out of the top of the volcano. They started gaining, Max coaxed Fezzy to fly fasted and she did so. They flew into Pyrite Town as quick as he could. Max, with the Eevee still in his arms, returned Fezzy to her Pokéball. He dashed to the Pokémon Centre, he knew there would be security guards outside and that they would stop the Magma grunts. He stopped running at the sight of the safe place closed. He read that it was closed due to some sort of tournament. 'I can go to the Pyrite Colosseum!' Max thought to himself. He dashed to the destination and threw open the first door he found. There was a man behind the counter who asked him of his name, Max answered his question.
"Good" the man said "You do realise you need to enter six Pokémon into the tournament" as he was looking at Max's belt which only held five Pokéballs. Eevee jumped up at the man, but only to find himself fall.
"Ouch!" The man said, "I will heal you Pokémon first". Max handed the man his five Pokéballs and Eevee. They were all completely healed.
"Just through there." The man said while pointing at a door. Max took back his Pokéballs, and Eevee jumped onto his shoulder. As Max walked along the corridor, he thought to himself: 'Why do my Pokémon need to be fully healed and why do I need a full team?' He pushed open the and fell flat on his face when he saw what was there, he saw a room full of trainers and their fighting fit Pokémon. Max gawped in awe. He was competing in the tournament!