Pokemon Pearl Journal: Rescuing the Legendary Trio
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September 3, 2008
Now that I had the main key to Galactic HQ, I decided to storm their base. There were plenty of Galactic grunts throughout the building, but Honchkrow, Bibarel, and the others were all able to beat any pokemon they used against us. Then we finally reached the command center, where Cyrus was making final preparations for something big. He didn't seem overly worried about me being there. Actually, he wasn't showing much emotion at all. He said something about how emotions are nothing more than the products of a weak human heart. He calmly tells me of his plan to destroy the current world to replace it with a new, better world that he will create. To accomplish this twisted goal, he needed the three legendary pokemon of the lakes and their unique powers. Of course, we can't let that happen. So out of their pokeballs appeared Honchkrow, Bibarel, Remoraid, and Lopunny, and it really did take their combined force to defeat Cyrus's pokemon. After his defeat, he emotionlessly stated how it doesn't matter that he lost. He said I could proceed to the laboratory and release the legendary trio if I felt it was necessary. Then he took his leave.
I entered the lab where some scientists were profusely asking for forgiveness over what they had done. In the furthest chamber in the lab, the three pokemon were bound to some sort of machine. They all looked in pain. Galactic Commander Saturn was standing in front of the control panel. Upon seeing us enter, he told us that we were too late. Cyrus had extracted crystals from each of these three pokemon to form the Red Chain, which will allow him to bind the power he needs to control time and space at the peak of Mt Coronet. Of course, he didn't let me release the trio without a pokemon battle first. But my pokemon were quite worn out from their battle with Cyrus. It took all six of my pokemon, including Munchlax and Barboach, as well as some Super Potions to take down Saturn's tough pokemon. Once beaten, I was able to set the legendary pokemon trio free, and they quickly vanished into the air.
My pokemon were badly hurt, so I took them to the Pokemon Center to be healed.
September 5, 2008
It took a few days of recovering, but all six of my pokemon were back to full strength. I decided to give them all a break, and transferred them all to the ranch for some relaxation. But, I still need to pursue Cyrus up to the mountain summit. So I had Hayley transfer over six pokemon for me to travel with.
New team: Gabite, Wishcash, Gastrodon, Kricketune, Tentacreul, Ponyta
Gabite had quite a bit of trouble fending off the wild pokemon we encountered on our way through the caves of Mt Coronet. Water-type attacks were helpful from some of the others, but just about everyone struggled a bit. Tentacreul and Ponyta were the best match-ups. There were plenty of wild Abomasnow that were quite susceptible to Ponyta's Fire Blast and Ember attacks. Not to mention Tentacreul's Poison Jab and Acid attacks. We made frequent trips into the mountain and back to the Pokemon Center, as the team needed frequent recovery.
September 6, 2008
We started learning the path to get to the summit of Mt Coronet. The trail would lead through caves inside the mountain to cold precipices outside the mountain, back and forth. There were plenty of battles and training to experience against both wild pokemon and Team Galactic grunts trying to slow me down. Eventually, Ponyta evolved into Rapidash!
131. Rapidash
I backtracked to the Pokemon Center in Oreburgh City, and gave my pokemon team a rest. They got lots of experience over the last few days, so I'll probably rotate them with some of my other pokemon for the next leg of the journey.