[Pokémon] The Gym

Bay, Liam's new persona sure is interesting. Maybe he should have used a different name, though. :O

And yes, there was a lot of build up to Roxanne sleeping with SOMEONE by the end of the night. Poor Brock; he's so unlucky with love! Will he ever find someone?

INT. CELADON HOTEL ROOM

BROCK is sitting on his bed. ROXANNE has gotten dressed, though ROARK has only bothered to put his boxers on.


ROXANNE leaves the room.


The next morning, BROCK and ROARK wake up and start preparing for the program they are hosting.


INT. PEWTER CITY GYM OFFICE

LIAM is in the bathroom as the phone rings. LIAM hears the phone and rushes to answer it.


LIAM enters the office but is too late. The call goes to the message machine.


LIAM exits the office to go back into the bathroom.

INT. CELADON HOTEL LOBBY

BROCK and ROARK meet ROXANNE in the lobby.


BROCK and ROXANNE walk off into a corner of the lobby.

BROCK and ROXANNE walk back over to ROARK.


INT. PANCAKE PALACE

BROCK, ROXANNE, and ROARK are sitting at a table. A WAITRESS walks over to serve the three their pancakes. The three begin to start eating.


INT. CELADON HOTEL LOBBY

BROCK, ROXANNE, and ROARK come back from breakfast and enter the lobby. ALICE is standing by a bespectacled girl with her brown hair in pigtails , ELIZABETH, and is relieved to see BROCK finally enter.


ELIZABETH starts jumping up and down, and then runs toward BROCK.


ALICE walks over.


BROCK and ROARK walk away, leaving ROXANNE, ELIZABETH, and ALICE.


INT. CELADON HOTEL CONVENTION STAGE

BROCK and ROARK are sitting at a table up on a stage. No one else has entered the auditorium yet.


INT. PEWTER CITY GYM ARENA

There is a knock on the door, and LIAM opens it to find GLADYS waiting for him. GLADYS walks right into the gym.


LIAM is now visibly shaken.


GLADYS storms out of the gym, slamming the door shut.

INT. CELADON HOTEL CONVENTION STAGE

BROCK and ROARK are still sitting on stage, but now people are filling into the auditorium. ELIZABETH is one of the first people in, and she gets herself a front row seat.


BROCK turns to ROARK.


The auditorium is now packed, so BROCK and ROARK decide to begin the program.


BROCK points to a microphone in between columns of seats in the auditorium.


ELIZABETH runs up to be the first person at the microphone, and others follow.


ELIZABETH goes to her seat, somewhat disappointed, while a MAN takes the microphone.


A WOMAN now takes the microphone.


The WOMAN leaves, and a GIRL now takes the microphone.


The GIRL walks away and is replace by DALLAS.


DALLAS climbs up on stage, and he heads opposite to BROCK on the stage. ROARK moves off to the side.


BROCK throws a Pokéball to release his GEODUDE.


DALLAS runs straight at GEODUDE and throws a punch at it. GEODUDE stays still, but DALLAS is obviously in pain.


DALLAS storms off the stage as BROCK returns GEODUDE to its Pokéball.


ROXANNE enters the auditorium, but BROCK and ROARK don't notice.


Everyone in the auditorium turns around to see the source of the shouting. ROXANNE becomes visibly upset and runs out of the room. BROCK decides to give chase.


BROCK exits the room.

INT. CELADON HOTEL LOBBY

BROCK catches up to ROXANNE in the lobby.


ROXANNE pushes BROCK away.

ROXANNE storms out of the hotel.


ELIZABETH, who had been secretly watching the argument the whole time, decides to approach BROCK.


INT. CELADON HOTEL ROOM

BROCK is packing his things when ROARK enters the room.


As if on cue, ALICE barges into the room.

BROCK leaves the room.


INT. PEWTER CITY GYM ARENA

BROCK enters the gym with his suitcases to find LIAM waiting for him.

All of a sudden, ELIZABETH barges into the gym.


ELIZABETH jumps over to LIAM.

Hurrah for more Roark, I have to say. Roxanne made an, uh, interesting appearance as well, one could put it. =p I also liked seeing some othr minor characters appear including Dallas actually taking on Geodude...with predictable results. XD

I knew that things would start going wrong(er) when Liam assumed that nickname as well, heh - big mistake on his part. I certainly enjoyed reading about his new 'tougher' personality however and his interactions with visitors and declarations like how he's so tough he's drinking a drink he doesn't like (le gasp!). The convention was also amusing, and I wonder how Brock will get rid of the fangirl - I suppose even he has to draw the line somewhere. =p

Brock can run the gym, but that's because he's made avoiding gym battles into an art. He's like Picasso, and I'm like some other guy that's not a painter.

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I quite liked this expression. XD

ROARK
I don't want to be a stick! Sticks are branches, which are parts of trees, and trees are associated with Grass types, which Rock types have a weakness to! Being a stick would be terrible!

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The question is, has he encountered a Sudowoodo before?

ROARK
We sure had a lot of fun!

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Roark's constant enthusiasm is probably why I like him so much, coupled with statements like that...

BROCK
Dammit! This is all your fault, Roark!

BROCK exits the room.

ROARK
Anyway, training Rock types is a lot of fun!

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And this was probably my favourite quote. XD

Keep it up!

Bleh, planned to do this review earlier, but electricity had cut off at my neighborhood. LONG STORY. >.>;

ROXANNE
Brock, I'm really sorry about last night. It was embarrassing for me. I only did what I did last night because I was drunk.

BROCK (T.H.)
In girl speak, that means she totally regrets not sleeping with me.​

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Righttttttttt.

ROXANNE (T.H.)
I hope Brock understands that I'm just apologizing for when he walked in on us last night. I'm not sure if I'm really into him or not.​

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See?

ROARK (T.H.)
These pancakes ARE the best I've ever eaten, but that's only because I don't think I've ever eaten pancakes before.​

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Not even ones your mom made? D:

BROCK (T.H.)
I don't like rabid fans. They're like rabid Growlithes, except rabid fans don't bite... well, most of them.
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Kinky. *mind is in gutter now as it's past midnight where I'm at*

ROARK (T.H.)
I'm starting to think I did something wrong...
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Bit of advice: Anything you do is ALWAYS something wrong to Brock. Remember that. He probably still won't get it, though. >.>

MAN
Yeah, why are you wearing a hard hat? It's not like you're doing any mining now.

ROARK
That is a great question. You see, I had sex last night, and it really messed up my hair. I didn't feel like putting a lot of effort into fixing it up this morning, so I just put my hard hat on.​

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Best answer in a Q&A, ever.

MAN (T.H.)
That was a satisfactory answer. Hey, while you're recording me, I may as well tell you something fun. You know what else I call hard hats? Condoms.​

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And best interview ever. Although, sex in a mine isn't such a great idea, haha.

Haha, this is my favorite episode thus far. Really great follow up from last episode with the aftermath of the Roark and Roxanne one night stand ordeal and Gladys confronting Liam. Speaking of the latter, oh dear things are really getting serious now. I expect a lot of Ace Attorney references. :P

I want to say real quick is it just me, or is Brock clever for once? That short battle between Geodude and Dallas is very funny. Actually, nah, I take that back. Brock is lucky he's a rock type gym leader and that Dallas doesn't have any Pokemon with him.

Oh, Elizabeth. Indeed, she's such a huge fangirl for going to the convention and then immediately right after stays at Pewter City. Good luck trying to get rid of her, Brock! XD

Nothing else to say but that I'm so looking forward to next chapter! And yes, I know the chapters are posted at Serebii already, but I'll just wait for the updates here. :P

bobandbill, Liam really shouldn't have reused the name Regis all the way back from Episode 1. Now he's caught! :O

And poor Dallas, he really should have seen it coming.

Bay, even Brock is smart enough to realize that punching a rock is probably a bad idea, so he'd relish the chance to battle Dallas now as it would make him look good in front of a lot of people. At least until they start talking about Roxanne. :P

EXT. PEWTER CITY STREET

LIAM is walking on the sidewalk as he makes his way to the gym. ELIZABETH spots him and runs over to him.


INT. PEWTER CITY GYM OFFICE

BROCK is sitting in his office, flipping through his old high school yearbook.


LIAM and ELIZABETH walk into the office.


BROCK holds up his yearbook.


BROCK flips to his picture in his yearbook and shows it to LIAM and ELIZABETH.


BROCK flips to another page of the yearbook that shows the track team.

LIAM and ELIZABETH exit the office.

INT. PEWTER CITY GYM ARENA

ELIZABETH storms away.

INT. PEWTER CITY GYM OFFICE

ELIZABETH barges into the office. BROCK is still looking at his yearbook.


BROCK sighs.


BROCK runs out of the office.


INT. PEWTER CITY GYM ARENA

BROCK jolts over to LIAM, with ELIZABETH following soon after.


BROCK looks at ELIZABETH.


LIAM and ELIZABETH leave the gym.


EXT. PEWTER CITY STREET

LIAM and ELIZABETH are walking down the street to the PokéMart.


INT. PEWTER CITY GYM OFFICE

LIAM and ELIZABETH enter the office to find BROCK on the computer.


LIAM slams a bunch of lottery tickets on the desk.

ELIZABETH moves BROCK away from the computer and starts surfing the internet.


BROCK seems deep in thought.


ELIZABETH hurriedly types the entry into the submission form online.


ELIZABETH gets back to surfing the internet.


BROCK and LIAM rush out of the office.


INT. PEWTER CITY CASINO

BROCK, LIAM, and ELIZABETH walk into the casino. LIAM seems overwhelmed by all the lights and noises coming from the slot machines.


BROCK finds a card table and sits down. LIAM and ELIZABETH stand next to him. The DEALER is already at the table, along with JEFF, a bald man with a goatee, and SUSAN, a woman covered with gaudy makeup and extravagant jewelry.

BROCK places some chips in the middle of the table. The DEALER first deals a five and an eight to JEFF, then a six and a nine to BROCK, then a seven and a king to SUSAN, and finally deals a ten and a three to himself.


BROCK turns to JEFF.


BROCK looks around the table.


The DEALER turns to JEFF.


JEFF is dealt a seven.


The DEALER now turns to BROCK.


ELIZABETH starts rubbing BROCK on the back, which visibly disturbs him.

BROCK is dealt a nine.


ELIZABETH throws her arms around BROCK, which causes him to start shaking, disturbed.

The DEALER finally turns to SUSAN.


SUSAN is dealt a five.


The DEALER deals himself a ten.


The DEALER hands the chips over to JEFF.


BROCK and LIAM move away from the table, and begin talking in really soft voices.


BROCK and LIAM walk back over to the table, and BROCK sits down and puts his chips in.


The DEALER deals cards to JEFF, BROCK, SUSAN, and himself. BROCK gets a pair of twos. The DEALER turns to JEFF.


As the DEALER hands JEFF a card, LIAM approaches ELIZABETH and starts rubbing her back.


ELIZABETH walks away as JEFF goes bust. BROCK gives LIAM a thumbs up.


The DEALER now turns to BROCK.


The DEALER hands BROCK another two.


The DEALER sighs and turns to SUSAN.


The DEALER sighs and hands SUSAN a card.

The DEALER hands himself a card.


The DEALER hands BROCK his chips. ELIZABETH notices this and walks over.


BROCK gets up from the table and leaves the casino, with LIAM and ELIZABETH following him.


INT. PEWTER CITY GYM OFFICE

BROCK, LIAM, and ELIZABETH are waiting in the office.


A man in a disheveled suit, STEVE, walks into the office.


STEVE leaves the office.


INT. PEWTER CITY GYM ARENA

LIAM and ELIZABETH exit the office.


ELIZABETH exits the gym.

EXT. PEWTER CITY STREET

ELIZABETH is walking back to her hotel room.

BROCK
Of course not, but I was best friends with those guys! I even bought a varsity jacket off of one of them! Those were the days!​

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Haha, that reminds me in my high school days. I was actually friends with the majority of the varsity soccer and varsity softball team (though I was the softball team manager, LOL).

ELIZABETH (T.H.)
I feel like he was talking to himself the whole time...

BROCK (T.H.)
Huh? There was someone in the room with me? Are you sure?
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I hate to say this, but poor Elizabeth. D:

BROCK
Shellder Soda: you know it's good.
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All right, for some reason I'm suddenly imagining a commercial for Shellder Soda with the Fanta song as the musical background, pretty ladies dancing and one of them saying "Shellder Soda: you know it's good," and then Brock saying, "Mmm hm!"

...okay, moving on!

DEALER (T.H.)
The female clientele are always flirting with me, but that's just because they think I can hand out chips for free. And the dice. You don't want to know what they do with the dice.
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Has the security cameras caught those ladies doing unimaginable things with the dices? Surely the casino has rules against that kind of act. O.o;

STEVE
I'm glad you asked! Right now, the best companies to invest in are car companies! I have these records from twenty years ago and they all seem to be doing pretty well!

ELIZABETH
Aren't all the car companies failing? That seems like a bad investment.
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LOL. The times they are a-changin', Steve.

I really love the first part where Brock checks his high school yearbook. Heh, just recently I looked through my yearbook and man, I hate some of the club and sport pictures I was in. XD

I like Elizabeth this chapter as you give her a bit more personality this time around. I'll have to agree with her those sweepstakes are fixed (has done them before with online poetry contests and with hilarious results D: ). It is also nice of her to try to get Brock back into doing gym battles, even though it didn't work in the end, heh.

Oh boy, Steve. Well, stock brokerage isn't easy, haha.

Another funny and enjoyable chapter there. Can't wait for the next one!

Bay, originally the plot of this episode was just going to revolve around Brock getting nostalgic for his high school days. :P Then I realized that it wasn't substantial enough for its own plot, and I also had to put in some events that would lead to the ending I wanted, so I think around Chapter 3 I scrapped what I had planned and wrote the outline for this instead. XD

Elizabeth is an interesting character, and she'll become (more? less?) important as the story goes on. :P

INT. PEWTER CITY GYM ARENA

LIAM is hanging around in the gym when ELIZABETH walks in.


ELIZABETH looks around the gym.


ELIZABETH starts walking towards the office.


INT. MEETING ROOM


BROCK walks into the meeting room. MISTY, ERIKA, a girl dressed in a flowery kimono, and BLAINE, a bald man with a white mustache and sunglasses, are already waiting.


BROCK goes over to shake hands with BLAINE.


GIOVANNI, a short haired man sharply dressed in a suit, enters the room.

LT. SURGE, a man dressed in army fatigues, and SABRINA, a woman with flowing dark hair dressed in a strange purple jumpsuit, walk into the meeting room.


All of a sudden, a poof of smoke appears. A sharp eyed man dressed in a ninja outfit, KOGA, emerges from it.


INT. PEWTER CITY GYM ARENA

LIAM is polishing rocks on the battlefield when he hears a knock on the door.


LIAM goes to open the door, and ROXANNE walks in.


ELIZABETH comes barging out of the office.

ROXANNE storms out and slams the door shut.


INT. MEETING ROOM


Everyone in the room nods.


Everyone except for LT. SURGE groans.

INT. PEWTER CITY GYM OFFICE

LIAM is sitting at the desk.


ELIZABETH walks into the office, and is surprised to see that the TV is displaying a freeze frame of herself.

INT. MEETING ROOM

The room becomes silent.


GIOVANNI gets up and leaves the room.


The room becomes silent once again.


KOGA disappears in a poof of smoke.


BROCK leaves the room.


INT. PEWTER CITY GYM ARENA

BROCK walks into the gym. LIAM is about to greet him, but ELIZABETH runs up first.


BROCK turns to ELIZABETH and explodes in anger.


As Elizabeth breaks into tears, BROCK rips one of the rock from the arena up and chucks it at the wall. The rock shatters into pieces.

ELIZABETH runs out of the gym, still crying. LIAM stares at BROCK, shocked.


As LIAM runs into the office, BROCK collapses onto the gym floor.


INT. MANSION LIVING ROOM

ELIZABETH is sitting in her living room, drinking a glass of wine.

YESSSSSSSS! Nuke Lt. Surge is back in business!

ELIZABETH
I haven't failed yet! After that commercial, I tried to move on to bigger and better things, like game show hosting or news anchoring, but every application was turned down! I couldn't stop though. I was like an Arcanine in heat! I needed a new job!​

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She sure has a huge fiery spirit, LOL.

Love this chapter. Really funny take on the gym leaders there. Of course, you know I'll love the NUKEEEEEES. :p I feel sorry for Misty dealing with them, haha.

The revelation of Elizabeth actually acting to fall in love with Brock is quite a twist there. Haha of course, who is actually sane enough to be a fan of Brock? :P It was a bad idea for her to shoo Roxanne like that though. Brock is actually scary when he's mad. ._. Nonetheless, can't wait to see how this will turn out in the next few chapters.

INT. PEWTER CITY GYM OFFICE

BROCK and LIAM are searching around the office.


LIAM leaves the office.

LIAM returns with a stack of mail.


LIAM begins squatting, but BROCK swipes the mail from him.


BROCK rips the letter open and begins reading.


All of a sudden, a man in a suit and bow tie, LARS, walks into the office.


LARS leaves the office.


BROCK storms into his office as LIAM sighs.


INT. COURTROOM LOBBY

BROCK and LIAM are waiting in chairs, dressed up in suits. LARS enters.


INT. COURTROOM

BROCK, LIAM, and LARS enter the courtroom and take their seats at the defendant's bench. GLADYS and JOYCE notice them and walk over.


JOYCE laughs.

LARS sighs.


GLADYS and JOYCE return to their seats as the BAILIFF enters the room.

As the courtroom audience rises, REINHOLD enters the courtroom and takes his seat.


The courtroom audience sits downs as REINHOLD begins talking again.


HARRIET rises from the jury bench.

JOYCE gets up and talks to the jury.


JOYCE sits down as LARS gets up.


LARS sits down.


JOYCE pulls out a stack of photographs and starts passing them out.


The EDITOR IN CHIEF walks up to the stand. The BAILIFF holds a copy of the Book of Arceus up to him.

The BAILIFF puts down the Book of Arceus and holds up a copy of the Pewter City Gazette. The EDITOR IN CHIEF places his hand on the paper.

JOYCE approaches the witness stand as the EDITOR IN CHIEF takes his seat.


The EDITOR IN CHIEF points to LIAM. This causes an uproar in the courtroom. JOYCE shouts over the commotion.


REINHOLD bangs his gavel until the courtroom becomes quiet.

MERV walks up to the witness stand and the BAILIFF holds the Book of Arceus up to him.


LARS approaches the stand as MERV sits down.


The courtroom breaks into an uproar.


REINHOLD bangs his gavel.


The BAILIFF heads out to retrieve the medical records.


The BAILIFF returns with the medical records and distributed copies to the courtroom audience.

INT. COURTROOM LOBBY

BROCK, LIAM, and LARS are discussing the trial.


The BAILIFF walks into the lobby.


INT. COURTROOM

Everyone has taken their seats except for REINHOLD, who walks out of his chamber wearing a bowling shirt instead of his judge's robes.


REINHOLD takes his seat.


HARRIET rises.

HARRIET sits back down as BROCK gets up to do a little dance.

GLADYS sighs, but then she looks at the camera.


REINHOLD rushes out of the courtroom as GLADYS approaches BROCK.

GLADYS slaps BROCK.


With that, GLADYS storms off, JOYCE chasing after her.


INT. PEWTER CITY GYM ARENA

BROCK and LIAM walk into the gym.

BROCK puts his hands in his pockets, lost, but then seems surprised.

BROCK pulls something out of his pockets, but it's not money. Instead, it is a coupon.


BROCK and LIAM exit the gym.

LARS (T.H.)
Clients tend to be nervous right before the trial begins. They have reason to be, too. Half the time I show up hung over to these trials.​

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Very unprofessional there, Lars. D: Then again, why am I not surprised, haha.

REINHOLD
Order in the court! Some large fries, please!​

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You'll get your fries after the trial, judge.

Another fine chapter there. Haha, Gladys should have thought of using the show's camera as evidence, so it sucks that she didn't. And yay for the return of Harriet and Merv! It pays to have stupid people as witnesses, sometimes. :P Looking forward to what happens next!

INT. CONFERENCE ROOM

Sitting in the room are LORELEI, a bespectacled woman with her hair tied up, BRUNO, a buff man wearing nothing except baggy pants, AGATHA, an elderly woman wearing an old fashioned dress, and LANCE, a fiery haired man wearing a cape. The room is dark, except for a TV at the end of the room, currently playing the scene of BROCK faking his death. LANCE picks up the remote and pauses the video.

BRUNO, LORELEI, and AGATHA nod.

INT. PEWTER CITY GYM ARENA

BROCK and LIAM are talking.


The office phone rings.

INT. PEWTER CITY GYM OFFICE

BROCK and LIAM rush into the office, and BROCK grabs the phone.


LANCE ends the call. BROCK drops the phone onto the floor.


BROCK gets up and pushes LIAM out the door.

INT. PEWTER CITY GYM ARENA

LIAM is pacing back and forth.


LIAM goes to office wall and bangs on it.


LIAM does not get a reply. LIAM tries to open the office door, but it is locked.


EXT. MANOR

LIAM rings the manor doorbell. The door opens to reveal ELIZABETH, standing in her pajamas.

ELIZABETH motions for LIAM to enter the manor.

INT. MANOR LIVING ROOM

ELIZABETH and LIAM walk into the living room. They both take a seat on different couches.


ELIZABETH points to a gigantic statue of herself a way off in the room.


INT. CAR

The Pokémon League inspector, GARTH, is driving in his car to the Pewter City Gym.


INT. PEWTER CITY GYM ARENA

LIAM and ELIZABETH walk into the gym.


ELIZABETH whips out her cellphone.


INT. PEWTER CITY MUSEUM LOBBY

LIAM enters the museum to find MAGNUS milling around.

INT. PEWTER CITY GYM ARENA

ELIZABETH is pacing around the gym, talking on her cellphone, as a large group of homeless people, led by CLIFF, are cleaning the gym.

ELIZABETH closes her phone.


INT. PEWTER CITY GYM OFFICE

BROCK is sitting at his desk in a daze, watching TV.

BROCK is flipping through channels when he hits GNN.


BROCK changes the channel.


INT. PEWTER CITY GYM ARENA

LIAM walks into the gym.


INT. PEWTER CITY GYM OFFICE

BROCK is sitting at his desk, still watching TV, but now eating a bag of chips too.

BROCK grabs a handful of chips and stuffs them into his mouth.


INT. PEWTER CITY GYM ARENA

The gym is now completely transformed. Gambling paraphernalia is set up on one side, while tables, chairs, and dining equipment, and food is set up on the other side.


ELIZABETH waves goodbye to LIAM and walks out the door.

EXT. PEWTER CITY GYM

GARTH parks his car in the gym parking lot and exits.


GARTH walks up to the gym door and enters.

INT. PEWTER CITY GYM ARENA

GARTH enters.


The gym is packed with people gambling and eating. LIAM notices GARTH has arrived and runs over.


LIAM and GARTH walk over to a blackjack table. JEFF, MERV, and STEVE are all playing.


LIAM and GARTH are walking over to the dining area when they are stopped by MAGNUS, with MADELINE in tow.


LIAM looks at MADELINE, but she quickly turns away from him.


LIAM and GARTH walk over to the dining area, where ARTIE is currently eating.


GARTH points over to a TV with a couple of exercise mats in front of it, where HARRIET is currently doing squats.

GARTH walks over to the TV, with LIAM chasing after him. GARTH examines the TV and sees LIAM is on it, guiding an exercise.

LIAM walks over to the office door, with GARTH following him. LIAM knocks on the door.

BROCK exits the office, his hair disheveled and his clothes covered with chip crumbs, and his jaw drops as he surveys the gym.


GARTH goes through the rest of the crowd and makes his exit.


BROCK enters the bathroom and shouts.


INT. CAR

GARTH is in his car, driving back to the Pokémon League.

[ELIZABETH (T.H.)
Yes, I had my lottery money, but then I took half of it and used it to short sell a bunch of Pewter City Gym stocks. Best idea I ever had.​

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Very smart. :P

CLIFF
Now why can't we use the bathroom? My buddies and I haven't been squatted a loaf on a toilet seat in ages!

ELIZABETH
Squat a loaf... what? Who calls it that?
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WUT? Just wow, lol.

Haha at the soap opera Brock was watching. Indeed, some intense stuff there. XD

I have to say, I actually like that in this chapter Brock realizes all the horrible things he had done throughout the show. Sure, it took him 11 episodes to figure that out, but better late than never. *nods* Yay for Brock feeling better and everything turning out well in the end.

Looking forward to the last two chapters!

Bay Alexison said:

Haha at the soap opera Brock was watching. Indeed, some intense stuff there. XD

I have to say, I actually like that in this chapter Brock realizes all the horrible things he had done throughout the show. Sure, it took him 11 episodes to figure that out, but better late than never. *nods* Yay for Brock feeling better and everything turning out well in the end.

Looking forward to the last two chapters!

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I liked writing the soap opera. It was so, so stupid. :P

Brock has realized how incompetent he is, but unfortunately, he prefers hiding in his office, eating chips, to actually going out and trying to be a good gym leader. I guess finding the homeless guy in the bathroom is karmic justice for that. XD

And yes, only two more to go. :O

INT. CAR

BROCK is driving in a rental car with LIAM in the passenger seat.


INT. HALLWAY

BROCK and LIAM walk through the Pokémon League hallway and reach the office of LORELEI.


BROCK knocks on the office door, and LORELEI walks out.


BROCK is stunned, as his eyes are fixed on her cleavage.


BROCK quickly shifts his gaze upward.

INT. DINING ROOM

BROCK, LIAM, and LORELEI have gone to a restaurant. A WAITER approaches there table.

BROCK glances at LORELEI.


LORELEI sighs.

The WAITER leaves.


LORELEI takes a sip of her wine.


The WAITER has brought the food out. As BROCK, LIAM, and LORELEI eat, BROCK looks at a certain area of LORELEI.


BROCK doesn't move his head.

BROCK lifts his head up.

LIAM sees the WAITER and motions to him.


The WAITER leaves.

BROCK is still struggling to have a conversation with LORELEI.


The WAITER comes out and brings two bills over to BROCK and LIAM.


LIAM opens his bill, and mints fall out.


The WAITER leaves.


LORELEI gets up from the table and leaves. As soon as she's out of sight, BROCK gets up and leaves, leaving his bill unpaid.


LIAM gets his cash out, pays his bill, and leaves.


INT. HALLWAY

BROCK knocks on the door to the office of BRUNO. BRUNO exits.

BROCK looks at LIAM for a moment.


INT. INDIGO PLATEAU ARENA

BROCK and BRUNO are sitting down, watching the battle.


BROCK and BRUNO share a laugh.


BROCK turns his attention to the battle again.


A BARKER starts moving down the aisle.


The BARKER hands BRUNO a pretzel. BROCK grabs it.


INT. CAR

LIAM is sitting in the car, singing along with the radio.


LIAM notices the camera.


INT. INDIGO PLATEAU ARENA

The battle is now over, and the crowd begins to leave.


INT. HALLWAY

BROCK and LIAM are now standing outside the office of AGATHA.

LIAM knocks on the door.


The door opens and AGATHA walks out.

AGATHA walks into the office.


INT. AGATHA'S OFFICE

BROCK and LIAM take a seat on a couch in the office. AGATHA begins to heat water.


The water heated, AGATHA pours it into three teacups, and she pulls out a selection of teabags.

AGATHA begins to brew the tea.


AGATHA finishes brewing the tea and gives cups to BROCK and LIAM.


AGATHA takes a sip. LIAM follows suit.

BROCK looks at the cup of tea. His hand begins to tremble.


BROCK begins to lift the teacup to his mouth, his hand trembling more and more as he does so. Finally, it reaches his lips.


BROCK is about to drink the tea when...

BROCK sends the teacup flying onto the ground, the tea spilling everywhere and the teacup smashed into a ton of tiny pieces.

AGATHA sighs.


AGATHA turns to BROCK.


INT. HALLWAY

BROCK and LIAM leave the office. BROCK is exhausted from mopping the floor.


BROCK and LIAM arrive at the office of LANCE. BROCK knocks, and LANCE exits. LANCE has a very stern look on his face when he sees it's BROCK at the door, his arms crossed. LANCE says nothing.


BROCK quickly submits to LANCE and walks away. LANCE notices LIAM standing there.


LANCE slams the door shut.


INT. INDIGO PLATEAU LOBBY

BROCK AND LIAM are pacing around when BRUNO greets them.

BRUNO leads BROCK and LIAM through the building until they reach a pair of double doors. They enter.

INT. CONFERENCE ROOM

LORELEI, AGATHA, and LANCE are already sitting down. BRUNO takes his place with the rest of the Elite Four, while BROCK and LIAM sit on the opposite side of the table.


BROCK jumps up from his seat.


BROCK goes over to the Elite Four and gets on his knees.


BROCK grabs on to the cape of LANCE.


LANCE kicks BROCK off of his cape.


AGATHA sighs.


BRUNO gets up from his chair and picks up BROCK. BROCK shouts as BRUNO moves him to the door.


BRUNO throws BROCK out of the room.


INT. LORELEI'S OFFICE

LORELEI is working in her office when the WAITER from earlier enters.

LORELEI hands the money over and the WAITER leaves.

My favorite parts have to be when he was with Lorelei and Agatha. Lorelei's breasts are indeed quite big, LOL. It's a good thing she appeared during the Orange Islands arc or else Brock will have a huge nosebleed. :P And oh my gosh, Brock's such a wimp for not drinking Agatha's tea, oi.

Hahahaha, poor Brock there at the end. That's what he gets for all the stuff he had done throughout this series. So Liam's going to be the new gym leader, huh? Hopefully he won't be like Brock and then Rock types have no weaknesses. :P Wee, close to the last chapter!

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My favorite parts have to be when he was with Lorelei and Agatha. Lorelei's breasts are indeed quite big, LOL. It's a good thing she appeared during the Orange Islands arc or else Brock will have a huge nosebleed. :P And oh my gosh, Brock's such a wimp for not drinking Agatha's tea, oi.

Hahahaha, poor Brock there at the end. That's what he gets for all the stuff he had done throughout this series. So Liam's going to be the new gym leader, huh? Hopefully he won't be like Brock and then Rock types have no weaknesses. :P Wee, close to the last chapter!

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Brock trying to drink the tea and failing miserably is possibly my favorite moment that I've written and the one I'd most like to see actually acted out due to how absurd it is. XD

And if all goes well, final episode will be up tomorrow.

INT. OREBURGH CITY GYM

ROARK walks into the gym. HEATHER is waiting for him.


INT. PEWTER CITY GYM ARENA

LIAM and BRUNO are talking in the arena.


BRUNO leaves the gym.


BROCK peeks his head out of the office, making sure the coast is clear, and then tiptoes out.


LIAM leaves to go to his office and print out ads. BROCK stands in the gym, bewildered.


INT. PEWTER CITY GYM OFFICE

LIAM begins typing up the ad, but becomes distracted by the mess in the office.


BROCK enters.

LIAM points to a stack of pizza boxes.


LIAM goes over to the tower and starts throwing the pizza boxes at BROCK.

BROCK picks up the stack of pizza boxes and walks out of the office.


INT. PEWTER CITY GYM ARENA

The next day, LIAM walks into the gym. BROCK is waiting for him.


LIAM walks away into his office.


INT. PEWTER CITY GYM OFFICE

LIAM is on the phone.


LIAM hangs up the phone.


BROCK walks into the office. LIAM seems annoyed.


BROCK begins searching through the office for his belongings. He finds an earpiece.


Next, BROCK finds the "Let's Chuck Tonight, Baby!" videotape.


BROCK then grabs a pickax.


BROCK comes across a bunch of Boulder Badges.


INT. PEWTER CITY GYM ARENA

It is now time for the interviews. LIAM walks out of his office to see MERV, DALLAS, and HEATHER milling around as BROCK tries to make awkward conversation with all of them.

LIAM and DALLAS walk into the office.

INT. PEWTER CITY GYM OFFICE

LIAM and DALLAS sit down. DALLAS puts his feet on the desk.


DALLAS angrily gets up and leaves the office.


MERV cautiously walks into the office.


MERV takes a seat gingerly.


MERV quickly gets up and leaves the office.


HEATHER walks in and takes a seat.


HEATHER smiles and leans closer to LIAM, making him visibly nervous.


MERV barges into the office.


A furious LIAM jumps up and marches out of the office.

INT. PEWTER CITY GYM ARENA


BROCK stands in silence, shocked. HEATHER hops out of the office.


BROCK slowly walks into the office.


INT. PEWTER CITY GYM OFFICE

LIAM enters as BROCK gathers the rest of his belongings. LIAM watches in silence until BROCK notices.

BROCK gets up and hugs LIAM.


BROCK picks up the box with all of his belongings and takes one last look at the office.


With that, BROCK leaves the office, and the Pewter City Gym altogether. HEATHER enters the office.


EXT. MANOR

BROCK rings on the doorbell. ELIZABETH opens the door.


ELIZABETH hugs BROCK.


ELIZABETH hands the money over to BROCK.

After some time, BROCK returns. He rings the doorbell once again, and ELIZABETH answers.


BROCK brings a beautiful diamond ring out of his pocket.

And now, just a short wrap up, for those that would like to read it.

I've been working on this story for what I believe has been close to half of a year. It's the first fanfiction I've ever finished, though it doesn't hold the distinction of being the first story I ever finished (I wrote a story last year from mid-January to mid-February in what could be called my own personal NaNoWriMo). When I took a look at that last scene I wrote between Brock and Liam, I basically went "Wow!" It was such a perfect culmination of everything that had come before. I believe endings are the most important part of the story, and I feel like I did stick the landing!

I'd also like to thank the 8 people who voted for me during the SPP Fanfiction Awards (I'm have a pretty good feeling about who most of you are :P). Coming in second for best comedy and first (!!) for best human character was impressive. I know that when reading a fanfic, there's always that fear that the author may just give up on it, so I'd like to thank you for (hopefully) sticking with me these six months.

As for where the story goes from here, I have a couple of ideas on where I could take this for a possible sequel, but before I even begin to write about that I'd have to have all the character arcs plotted out beforehand. Mainly, I've been wondering if I should write about Brock's rise from the ashes or his fall to rock bottom. If I do write a sequel, I'd probably make it more ambitious and juggle more characters and plots per episode, so look forward to it if I ever do decide to write it!

And that's a wrap! I'll request to have this moved to the archives in a couple of weeks, but before then, be sure to get your final thoughts in! If you've been lurking the fic this whole time, feel free to pipe in with your last words, too! I hope you've all enjoyed this!