sasuneuchiha
Neither Darkness nor Light...
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- Age 29
- In the stars...
- Seen Aug 4, 2014
JP by me and Zeph. :D
Sam kept walking towards Cycling Road. It had been a fun excursion with Warren and the other one, but he had other things he had to be doing...like getting to the next gym, city, or whatever the hell it was. He was so busy thinking of where he'd end up next, he didn't notice one simple detail of the entrance to Cycling Road; it had a door. A loud crash echoed out as Sam fell on the ground.
"What the hell was that..." he muttered, standing up and brushing himself off. Nothing too bad but it was rather annoying. Opening the door this time, Sam walked inside.
The building was hardly what Sam had expected; it was dead empty. Cycling Road had seemed like nice place to meet some new people, too. Walking up to one of only three people inside, Sam knocked on the counter. The man jumped in shock.
"Please, Mr. Aqua Member, don't hurt me! I have a family!" he squeeled. Sam raised an eyebrow.
"...what the hell are you talking about? I'm just a trainer passing through..." he said. The man sighed in relief, spinning around to face him.
"Oh...sorry, thought you were one of the Aqua members who've taken custody over the bridge. They haven't come here yet but..." Sam was suddenly filled with anger.
"Aqua? Here? Give me a bike; I'm taking them down." The man sighed.
"You? Take them down? Good luck; they're way stronger than you. Still, if you wanna take the road, 500 pokedollars for a bike rental. Sam nodded, paying the man. "Thanks. Take one off that rack." The man motioned to several bikes behind Sam. Sam walked over and took the nearest one.
"Don't worry, I'll take those Aqua fools down for sure!" he was out the door shortly after saying that.
Cycling Road seemed, well, normal. Nothing out of the ordinary other than a major lack of trainers from what Sam had initially expected.
"What was that guy talking about...?" Sam whispered. As though to answer, a stream of bubbles shot out in front of him. Sam leapt off the bike just in time to avoid being sent over the edge of the raised platform with his ex-vehicle. "What the fu-" An orange crab of some sort jumped up from off the path, growling at him.
"Corphish, use Vice Grip!" Sam heard a voice yell. The crab leapt at him, one pincer aimed for his arm. Sam jumped out of the way, countless days of experience from back in Kanto going into dodging the attack.
"What's going on?!" he yelled.
"Bubble!" The crab sent out a beam of bubbles straight at him, causing Sam to jump back in confusion.
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Kliff was dazed, and swirling in dim light. He felt light headed, tired, and his leg was quite stiff. As he tried to recall events, a sharp pain walloped him on the face, causing him to spit out,
"What the hell is this?!" a harsh voice demanded. Kliff opened his eyes (now forming tears due to the pain) to see the Aqua man standing above him. Kliff realised that he was like a hostage of sorts - lying in a heap at the side of the road, stripped of his bag. He looked at the grunt,
"What's what?" he asked in a mixture of confusion and anger,
"This stupid thing!" he said, clutching Tok and throwing it at Kliff. At first, he flinched, but then paused and almost burst out laughing - it was the doll. Tok was still in her pokeball,
"That..." Kliff began, "would be a Togepi doll. Quite nice isn't it? Plush I think,"
The man looked like he was about to kick Kliff, still on the floor, when he heard a commotion further down the cycle path. It was a fair distance away, but there was a battle of sorts going on between another female Aqua grunt and someone else.
"I'll be back for you," the man said menacingly before running off to assist his comrade,
Kliff staggered to his feet, and then fell over clumsily. He cursed as he realised his feet were bound by rope. Carefully this time, he kneeled up and unclipped a pokeball. he wasn't getting away so easily. Looking closer at the battle further on, he couldn't believe his eyes - it was Sam. And he was about to get hit by a Bubblebeam attack.
"Gella! Use Absorb!" he called as he tossed the ball far. It rolled downhill slightly before bursting open, releasing the mass of vines infront of Sam.
"Tatang!" it wooped as it met the Bubblebeam head on with Absorb. The attacks collided and ceased abrubtly. Gella turned to face Sam, making sure he was okay. Sam looked at the Tangela; it looked so familiar.
"Where have I seen you before...?" he whispered. In response, the Tangela ran back towards what appeared to be a bag further down the path. Sam shrugged; he could see an Aqua Grunt running his way. Still, whatever that Tangela had wanted him to see, it had helped him. Running down the path, the Aqua Grunt swung a heavy fist at him. Sam, in total clueless fashion, ducked out of the way and kept running. He got to the bag behind the Tangela to see...Kliff!
"Kliff...what the hell happened to you?" Sam asked, confused at why his friend was tied up. It didn't matter too much, though. He pulled a knife out of his backpack and began to cut away at the ropes.
"Team Aqua happened. The usual 'give me your pokemon' crap, next thing you know I get bit on the leg by a fish." He began uncoiling the rope around his feet as Sam cut through it, "How's your day been?"
The two Aqua members were nearing now, their Carvanha and Corphish ready to attack. Kliff threw the rope away and stood up, wincing at his leg pain,
"Never mind, let's just beat these guys!" he said as he sent out Tok to battle with Gella. Sam grinned.
"Sounds good by me. Which one, though..." Sam reached for two pokeballs; Skorp's and Feebas's. Deciding quickly, he threw the ball. The brown fish appeared in a flash of light. "Feebas, I'm counting on you!" The Aqua members sneered at them.
"You aren't gonna beat us, brats. Just give it up!" Sam shrugged.
"We'll never know 'til we try...well, I do, actually. You two go down right here!"
Kliff stared at Sam's unusual choice of pokemon. It looked back - and for a second they were both transfixed,
"...Oh no not you..." Kliff sighed. The Feebas looked back in a sort of, 'Yep, it's me pal!' way. It couldn't have been the same Feebas he let go... could it?
"Use Bite on the Tangela Carvanha!" one grunt ordered. The piranha pokemon lunged forward, fangs bared. Without command, Tok jumped into the fray and kissed the piranha on the side of the cheek. It stopped, and began to sway in confusion.
"What the-!" the grunt spat,
"Heh..." Kliff laughed, "Tok learned Sweet Kiss. Okay Gella! Absorb!" A small green beam shot out from one of Gella's vines, smacking Carvanha and sapping its health.
"You deal with Corphish!" Kliff said to Sam, "Tok can jump between battles where needed." Sam nodded.
"Right, Feebas, use...!" Sam was suddenly hit in the chest by the fish; it had attacked him.
"Bas fee!" it croaked. Sam scowled.
"...stupid fish. Return!" he recalled the fish, grabbing Skorp's pokeball instead. "How about a real pokemon? Skorp, let's go!" Sam threw another pokeball, releasing the purple scorpion. Sam looked over at Kliff.
"Leave the first move to me! Go, use Poison Sting!" Skorp fired off a large number of purple needles at both opponents, Sam hoping behind it for a poisoning of some sort. It suddenly struck him; that other TM would be perfect...
"Grrr! Corphish! Use Vicegrip on that Togepi!" the female grunt growled,
"Cooar!" the lobster called as it escaped the Poison Sting shower and ran in for Tok, snapping its pincers open,
"Metronome!" Kliff shouted. Tok waved her glowing hands before suddenly shrinking to a miniscule scale. Corphish's pincer snapped shut on nothing, and the tiny Togepi stood under the attack,
"That was Minimize! Now, climb onto Corphish!" Kliff ordered. Tok jumped and grabbed onto the crab claw, and proceeded to clamber up the lobster's arm and onto its head. Corphish moaned and growled in annoyance as the flea sized pokemon shuffled all around it.
"Now use Poison Powder on Carvanha!" Gella sprayed purple spores all over the piranha pokemon. With that and Poison Sting - poison was inevitable.
"Ice Fang that thing!" the other Aqua thug yelled. Carvanha shook off its state of confusion unexpectedly quick, leaping forward and crashing into Gella with bared, ice cold fangs. The grass pokemon yelped in pain and tried to wiggle free. Sam scowled.
"Hold on, Gella..." he whispered, suddenly jamming the disc to Skorp's head. Energy started to build up as Sam heard Gella start to screech. The disc broke and Skorp was ready to move.
"Bite Carvhana!" Skorp leapt forward, fangs out. Carvhana quickly learned what pain meant, having Skorp's sharp teeth bury into it's side. "Now use Pin Missile!" Sam quickly recalled Carvhana's secondary type of dark. Skorp sent off several rounds of pincers into Carvhana's side before leaping. Sam was shocked when he saw that Skorp had also taken some damage. He pulled out his pokedex and scrolled to Carvhana's page. Looking up his ability, he found the reason.
Rough Skin, the ability of the Carvhana family. This move does damage to the attacker when Carvhana is hit by a physical move. Sam scowled; how would he compare with that?
"Show it Rage!" Carvhana shot forward, but Sam knew it was time to show off his new move.
"Double Team, Skorp!" Skorp suddenly split into 6, each one facing a now very confused Carvhana.
"Now Gella," Kliff called out, "Absorb!" Gella tried to move, however she shivvered and remained still. Kliff looked in confusion, and then saw that her vines had been covered in a thick layer of frost where Carvanha had bitten down,
"Bubblebeam!" the female grunt yelled. Kliff scowled as a barrage of bubbled smacked Gella in the face. However Tok was still on that Corphish,
"Use Mirror Move Tok!" The miniscule Togepi glowed faintly, before firing her own Bubblebeam attack on Corphish's head. The downward force of the attack sent the lobster on its knees, groaning from the pressure.
"Sorry Sam, Gella's frozen. Looks like Carvanha's all yours." Sam sighed.
"Just one big problem..." he muttered. "...right! Skorp, use Poison Sting!" Skorp leapt into the air, firing off another burst of purple needles at both opponents. They looked at each other, then nodded.
"Team attack! Bubble!" the Corphish's trainer yelled. Corphish stood from the needles, then fired off several harsh bubbles.
"And an Ice Fang from you!" The Carvhana charged forward at Skorp, much to Sam's annoyance.
"You don't learn...fine! Double Team!" Skorp split into several copies. Carvhana shot forward and bit something; the real one. Sam scowled. "...well that failed...try this! Bite it and throw it at Corphish!" Skorp chomped down on Carvhana, causing it to let go suddenly. Sam grinned. Skorp suddenly spun, throwing Carvhana over at the crap. The trainer, panicing, barked out a command.
"HARDEN!" Corphish got into a defensive stance, causing Carvhana to hit hard, falling to the ground in pain.
"You idiot! Why didn't you just get out of the way?!" Sam sighed as the two began to argue about the one's choice of moves. He decided to make use of the spare moment.
"Kliff, catch!" he grabbed an Ice Heal from his bag and tossed it. "Didn't need that back in Kanto; never got frozen. You could obviously use it..."
"Thanks Sam," Kliff replied as he proceeded to spray the medicine over Gella's frozen patch. The Tangela shook violently and threw the chunks of ice off her body. Now to hit back,
"Use Constrict on Corphish!" Gella tightly wrapped a few vines around the lobster, trapping and compressing it. Kliff completely forgot about the small Togepi clinging onto Corphish, only remembering when she slowly began to grow again,
"Tok, use Sweet Kiss!" Tok chirped cutely and gave Corphish a big soppy kiss on the head. The crustacian began to sway and bob its head in confusion,
"Get free with Vice Grip!" Corphish, eyes shut tight in pain, clamped onto Gella's vines and pulled them from it, sending the lobster flopping to the ground. It tried to catch Tok with its pincers, however it caught one of its 'horns' instead, causing it to cry out in pain,
"Carvanha! Use Bite now!" the first grunt roared. The fish staggered to get upright and then lunged, biting down hard on Tok's shell. The Togepi wailed as the piranha's teeth pierced and crushed it slowly.
"Absorb!" Kliff ordered in panic. Gella shot the attack straight at Carvanha, hitting it dead on. The piranha struggled to keep hold of its prey, however couldn't muster the strength and let her go, slumping to the ground,
"Now, Metronome!" Tok waved her hands and rammed into the fallen fish with what was supposedly Spark. Carvanha shrieked as it flew through the air, crackling in sparks of electricity and slamming into the ground, unconscious.
"Heh..." Kliff remarked as Tok got to her weary feet, "three on one now! You're in for it!" The woman gritted her teeth at the warning. Sam grinned in comparison.
"Kliff, leave this one to me! Skorp, use Pin Missile!" Skorp fired off several rounds from his claws, sending them at the Corphish, who was still hiding behind a Harden attack. They bounced off helplessly.
"Nice try, brat! Bubble!" Several bubbles shot out of Corphish's mouth towards Skorp. Sam growled.
"Get in there, Bite!" Skorp ran through the bubbles, occasionally wincing in pain, but finally biting down on Corphish. Sam grinned when he got a solid bite; the defenses were down for the moment. Sam looked over at Kliff.
"Care to do the honors?"
"Glady. Tok! Mirror Move!" The Togepi paused and then let loose a barrage of bubbles from her small mouth, each one smaking Corphish. The lobster let out one last cry of pain before rolling head over heels, coming to a skidding halt across the cycle path. It didn't move.
Wordlessly, the woman retrieved her fallen Corphish and nooded at her companion. The two turned and legged it. Kliff tutted,
"Constrict please, Gella." Gella chuckled as she snapped out two vines and wrapped each around the grunt's legs. The Aqua thugs fell and smacked off the ground, groaning in pain. Kliff retrieved Tok and walked over to his bag, putting the contents - including the apparently vital doll - back inside. The male grunt began to mumble something,
"I swear, as soon as-"
"Shut your trap." Kliff interrupted as he turned to Sam,
"Listen," he said, "thanks. Y'know, for untying me and all..."
"No problem, I'm sure you would've done the same. Sorry if I seemed like I was spacing out, I just fought with Warren on my side to get here...by the way, what do you think of him?" Sam asked, wondering if everyone saw Warren as an evil jerk.
Kliff thought for a second, remembering his earlier years in Pallet, "To be honest, I always remembered Warren as the typical wreckless type. I'm sure he means well though. Anyway, let's get out of here - c'mon Gella," The two boys began walking the rest of the cycling road, with a Tangela dragging the two Aqua goons.
"Oh!" Kliff said as he remembered something important, "The big guy here says he dosen't know anything about your pokemon. What about the one who ambushed you?"
"Nothing...I didn't ask, but I know. Nothing." Sam looked at his feet, realizing he had forgotten it as well.
Much to their relief, Sam and Kliff approached the end of the path. There was some activity going on outside the door to the building, however. There were two workers and two policeman respectivley, discussing something serious. One of the officers glanced and caught sight of the caught Aqua goons. Alerting his associate, the two ran over to the boys,
"What in the hell happened here?" one asked in disbelief. The other inspecting the two grunts,
"They ambushed us-" Kliff began,
"And you did this?" the second man asked, pointing to Gella's vines wrapped tightly around them,
"Well... yeah."
"Names," the first officer demanded as he redied his pen and pad, "I need your names,"
Sam stuttered for a moment - the last thing he wanted was for the Hoenn police know his name. Kliff quickly remembered Sam's privacy issue,
"He's got nothing to do with it," he interrupted, "He was passing through after this happened. Honest..."
The policemen exchanged looks, "I suppose if you had anything to tell us then you would. Okay, you can go - but you," the second officer said pointing to Kliff, "need to stay with us for a while,"
"Fine by me," Kliff said, turning to Sam, "Guess I'll see you later then." Sam nodded
"Right…and thanks, Kliff. For everything…" Sam walked away towards the city ahead of him. He eventually made it to the bike rental on the other side.
"Excuse me, sir, where's your bike?" Sam didn't even look at the man.
"Ask the Team Aqua goons." He stepped through towards the next city…every step bringing him closer to his next challenge.
OOC: Welcome back, Bulletproof! Maybe skip forward to Slateport...? Just a suggestion...
Sam kept walking towards Cycling Road. It had been a fun excursion with Warren and the other one, but he had other things he had to be doing...like getting to the next gym, city, or whatever the hell it was. He was so busy thinking of where he'd end up next, he didn't notice one simple detail of the entrance to Cycling Road; it had a door. A loud crash echoed out as Sam fell on the ground.
"What the hell was that..." he muttered, standing up and brushing himself off. Nothing too bad but it was rather annoying. Opening the door this time, Sam walked inside.
The building was hardly what Sam had expected; it was dead empty. Cycling Road had seemed like nice place to meet some new people, too. Walking up to one of only three people inside, Sam knocked on the counter. The man jumped in shock.
"Please, Mr. Aqua Member, don't hurt me! I have a family!" he squeeled. Sam raised an eyebrow.
"...what the hell are you talking about? I'm just a trainer passing through..." he said. The man sighed in relief, spinning around to face him.
"Oh...sorry, thought you were one of the Aqua members who've taken custody over the bridge. They haven't come here yet but..." Sam was suddenly filled with anger.
"Aqua? Here? Give me a bike; I'm taking them down." The man sighed.
"You? Take them down? Good luck; they're way stronger than you. Still, if you wanna take the road, 500 pokedollars for a bike rental. Sam nodded, paying the man. "Thanks. Take one off that rack." The man motioned to several bikes behind Sam. Sam walked over and took the nearest one.
"Don't worry, I'll take those Aqua fools down for sure!" he was out the door shortly after saying that.
Cycling Road seemed, well, normal. Nothing out of the ordinary other than a major lack of trainers from what Sam had initially expected.
"What was that guy talking about...?" Sam whispered. As though to answer, a stream of bubbles shot out in front of him. Sam leapt off the bike just in time to avoid being sent over the edge of the raised platform with his ex-vehicle. "What the fu-" An orange crab of some sort jumped up from off the path, growling at him.
"Corphish, use Vice Grip!" Sam heard a voice yell. The crab leapt at him, one pincer aimed for his arm. Sam jumped out of the way, countless days of experience from back in Kanto going into dodging the attack.
"What's going on?!" he yelled.
"Bubble!" The crab sent out a beam of bubbles straight at him, causing Sam to jump back in confusion.
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Kliff was dazed, and swirling in dim light. He felt light headed, tired, and his leg was quite stiff. As he tried to recall events, a sharp pain walloped him on the face, causing him to spit out,
"What the hell is this?!" a harsh voice demanded. Kliff opened his eyes (now forming tears due to the pain) to see the Aqua man standing above him. Kliff realised that he was like a hostage of sorts - lying in a heap at the side of the road, stripped of his bag. He looked at the grunt,
"What's what?" he asked in a mixture of confusion and anger,
"This stupid thing!" he said, clutching Tok and throwing it at Kliff. At first, he flinched, but then paused and almost burst out laughing - it was the doll. Tok was still in her pokeball,
"That..." Kliff began, "would be a Togepi doll. Quite nice isn't it? Plush I think,"
The man looked like he was about to kick Kliff, still on the floor, when he heard a commotion further down the cycle path. It was a fair distance away, but there was a battle of sorts going on between another female Aqua grunt and someone else.
"I'll be back for you," the man said menacingly before running off to assist his comrade,
Kliff staggered to his feet, and then fell over clumsily. He cursed as he realised his feet were bound by rope. Carefully this time, he kneeled up and unclipped a pokeball. he wasn't getting away so easily. Looking closer at the battle further on, he couldn't believe his eyes - it was Sam. And he was about to get hit by a Bubblebeam attack.
"Gella! Use Absorb!" he called as he tossed the ball far. It rolled downhill slightly before bursting open, releasing the mass of vines infront of Sam.
"Tatang!" it wooped as it met the Bubblebeam head on with Absorb. The attacks collided and ceased abrubtly. Gella turned to face Sam, making sure he was okay. Sam looked at the Tangela; it looked so familiar.
"Where have I seen you before...?" he whispered. In response, the Tangela ran back towards what appeared to be a bag further down the path. Sam shrugged; he could see an Aqua Grunt running his way. Still, whatever that Tangela had wanted him to see, it had helped him. Running down the path, the Aqua Grunt swung a heavy fist at him. Sam, in total clueless fashion, ducked out of the way and kept running. He got to the bag behind the Tangela to see...Kliff!
"Kliff...what the hell happened to you?" Sam asked, confused at why his friend was tied up. It didn't matter too much, though. He pulled a knife out of his backpack and began to cut away at the ropes.
"Team Aqua happened. The usual 'give me your pokemon' crap, next thing you know I get bit on the leg by a fish." He began uncoiling the rope around his feet as Sam cut through it, "How's your day been?"
The two Aqua members were nearing now, their Carvanha and Corphish ready to attack. Kliff threw the rope away and stood up, wincing at his leg pain,
"Never mind, let's just beat these guys!" he said as he sent out Tok to battle with Gella. Sam grinned.
"Sounds good by me. Which one, though..." Sam reached for two pokeballs; Skorp's and Feebas's. Deciding quickly, he threw the ball. The brown fish appeared in a flash of light. "Feebas, I'm counting on you!" The Aqua members sneered at them.
"You aren't gonna beat us, brats. Just give it up!" Sam shrugged.
"We'll never know 'til we try...well, I do, actually. You two go down right here!"
Kliff stared at Sam's unusual choice of pokemon. It looked back - and for a second they were both transfixed,
"...Oh no not you..." Kliff sighed. The Feebas looked back in a sort of, 'Yep, it's me pal!' way. It couldn't have been the same Feebas he let go... could it?
"Use Bite on the Tangela Carvanha!" one grunt ordered. The piranha pokemon lunged forward, fangs bared. Without command, Tok jumped into the fray and kissed the piranha on the side of the cheek. It stopped, and began to sway in confusion.
"What the-!" the grunt spat,
"Heh..." Kliff laughed, "Tok learned Sweet Kiss. Okay Gella! Absorb!" A small green beam shot out from one of Gella's vines, smacking Carvanha and sapping its health.
"You deal with Corphish!" Kliff said to Sam, "Tok can jump between battles where needed." Sam nodded.
"Right, Feebas, use...!" Sam was suddenly hit in the chest by the fish; it had attacked him.
"Bas fee!" it croaked. Sam scowled.
"...stupid fish. Return!" he recalled the fish, grabbing Skorp's pokeball instead. "How about a real pokemon? Skorp, let's go!" Sam threw another pokeball, releasing the purple scorpion. Sam looked over at Kliff.
"Leave the first move to me! Go, use Poison Sting!" Skorp fired off a large number of purple needles at both opponents, Sam hoping behind it for a poisoning of some sort. It suddenly struck him; that other TM would be perfect...
"Grrr! Corphish! Use Vicegrip on that Togepi!" the female grunt growled,
"Cooar!" the lobster called as it escaped the Poison Sting shower and ran in for Tok, snapping its pincers open,
"Metronome!" Kliff shouted. Tok waved her glowing hands before suddenly shrinking to a miniscule scale. Corphish's pincer snapped shut on nothing, and the tiny Togepi stood under the attack,
"That was Minimize! Now, climb onto Corphish!" Kliff ordered. Tok jumped and grabbed onto the crab claw, and proceeded to clamber up the lobster's arm and onto its head. Corphish moaned and growled in annoyance as the flea sized pokemon shuffled all around it.
"Now use Poison Powder on Carvanha!" Gella sprayed purple spores all over the piranha pokemon. With that and Poison Sting - poison was inevitable.
"Ice Fang that thing!" the other Aqua thug yelled. Carvanha shook off its state of confusion unexpectedly quick, leaping forward and crashing into Gella with bared, ice cold fangs. The grass pokemon yelped in pain and tried to wiggle free. Sam scowled.
"Hold on, Gella..." he whispered, suddenly jamming the disc to Skorp's head. Energy started to build up as Sam heard Gella start to screech. The disc broke and Skorp was ready to move.
"Bite Carvhana!" Skorp leapt forward, fangs out. Carvhana quickly learned what pain meant, having Skorp's sharp teeth bury into it's side. "Now use Pin Missile!" Sam quickly recalled Carvhana's secondary type of dark. Skorp sent off several rounds of pincers into Carvhana's side before leaping. Sam was shocked when he saw that Skorp had also taken some damage. He pulled out his pokedex and scrolled to Carvhana's page. Looking up his ability, he found the reason.
Rough Skin, the ability of the Carvhana family. This move does damage to the attacker when Carvhana is hit by a physical move. Sam scowled; how would he compare with that?
"Show it Rage!" Carvhana shot forward, but Sam knew it was time to show off his new move.
"Double Team, Skorp!" Skorp suddenly split into 6, each one facing a now very confused Carvhana.
"Now Gella," Kliff called out, "Absorb!" Gella tried to move, however she shivvered and remained still. Kliff looked in confusion, and then saw that her vines had been covered in a thick layer of frost where Carvanha had bitten down,
"Bubblebeam!" the female grunt yelled. Kliff scowled as a barrage of bubbled smacked Gella in the face. However Tok was still on that Corphish,
"Use Mirror Move Tok!" The miniscule Togepi glowed faintly, before firing her own Bubblebeam attack on Corphish's head. The downward force of the attack sent the lobster on its knees, groaning from the pressure.
"Sorry Sam, Gella's frozen. Looks like Carvanha's all yours." Sam sighed.
"Just one big problem..." he muttered. "...right! Skorp, use Poison Sting!" Skorp leapt into the air, firing off another burst of purple needles at both opponents. They looked at each other, then nodded.
"Team attack! Bubble!" the Corphish's trainer yelled. Corphish stood from the needles, then fired off several harsh bubbles.
"And an Ice Fang from you!" The Carvhana charged forward at Skorp, much to Sam's annoyance.
"You don't learn...fine! Double Team!" Skorp split into several copies. Carvhana shot forward and bit something; the real one. Sam scowled. "...well that failed...try this! Bite it and throw it at Corphish!" Skorp chomped down on Carvhana, causing it to let go suddenly. Sam grinned. Skorp suddenly spun, throwing Carvhana over at the crap. The trainer, panicing, barked out a command.
"HARDEN!" Corphish got into a defensive stance, causing Carvhana to hit hard, falling to the ground in pain.
"You idiot! Why didn't you just get out of the way?!" Sam sighed as the two began to argue about the one's choice of moves. He decided to make use of the spare moment.
"Kliff, catch!" he grabbed an Ice Heal from his bag and tossed it. "Didn't need that back in Kanto; never got frozen. You could obviously use it..."
"Thanks Sam," Kliff replied as he proceeded to spray the medicine over Gella's frozen patch. The Tangela shook violently and threw the chunks of ice off her body. Now to hit back,
"Use Constrict on Corphish!" Gella tightly wrapped a few vines around the lobster, trapping and compressing it. Kliff completely forgot about the small Togepi clinging onto Corphish, only remembering when she slowly began to grow again,
"Tok, use Sweet Kiss!" Tok chirped cutely and gave Corphish a big soppy kiss on the head. The crustacian began to sway and bob its head in confusion,
"Get free with Vice Grip!" Corphish, eyes shut tight in pain, clamped onto Gella's vines and pulled them from it, sending the lobster flopping to the ground. It tried to catch Tok with its pincers, however it caught one of its 'horns' instead, causing it to cry out in pain,
"Carvanha! Use Bite now!" the first grunt roared. The fish staggered to get upright and then lunged, biting down hard on Tok's shell. The Togepi wailed as the piranha's teeth pierced and crushed it slowly.
"Absorb!" Kliff ordered in panic. Gella shot the attack straight at Carvanha, hitting it dead on. The piranha struggled to keep hold of its prey, however couldn't muster the strength and let her go, slumping to the ground,
"Now, Metronome!" Tok waved her hands and rammed into the fallen fish with what was supposedly Spark. Carvanha shrieked as it flew through the air, crackling in sparks of electricity and slamming into the ground, unconscious.
"Heh..." Kliff remarked as Tok got to her weary feet, "three on one now! You're in for it!" The woman gritted her teeth at the warning. Sam grinned in comparison.
"Kliff, leave this one to me! Skorp, use Pin Missile!" Skorp fired off several rounds from his claws, sending them at the Corphish, who was still hiding behind a Harden attack. They bounced off helplessly.
"Nice try, brat! Bubble!" Several bubbles shot out of Corphish's mouth towards Skorp. Sam growled.
"Get in there, Bite!" Skorp ran through the bubbles, occasionally wincing in pain, but finally biting down on Corphish. Sam grinned when he got a solid bite; the defenses were down for the moment. Sam looked over at Kliff.
"Care to do the honors?"
"Glady. Tok! Mirror Move!" The Togepi paused and then let loose a barrage of bubbles from her small mouth, each one smaking Corphish. The lobster let out one last cry of pain before rolling head over heels, coming to a skidding halt across the cycle path. It didn't move.
Wordlessly, the woman retrieved her fallen Corphish and nooded at her companion. The two turned and legged it. Kliff tutted,
"Constrict please, Gella." Gella chuckled as she snapped out two vines and wrapped each around the grunt's legs. The Aqua thugs fell and smacked off the ground, groaning in pain. Kliff retrieved Tok and walked over to his bag, putting the contents - including the apparently vital doll - back inside. The male grunt began to mumble something,
"I swear, as soon as-"
"Shut your trap." Kliff interrupted as he turned to Sam,
"Listen," he said, "thanks. Y'know, for untying me and all..."
"No problem, I'm sure you would've done the same. Sorry if I seemed like I was spacing out, I just fought with Warren on my side to get here...by the way, what do you think of him?" Sam asked, wondering if everyone saw Warren as an evil jerk.
Kliff thought for a second, remembering his earlier years in Pallet, "To be honest, I always remembered Warren as the typical wreckless type. I'm sure he means well though. Anyway, let's get out of here - c'mon Gella," The two boys began walking the rest of the cycling road, with a Tangela dragging the two Aqua goons.
"Oh!" Kliff said as he remembered something important, "The big guy here says he dosen't know anything about your pokemon. What about the one who ambushed you?"
"Nothing...I didn't ask, but I know. Nothing." Sam looked at his feet, realizing he had forgotten it as well.
Much to their relief, Sam and Kliff approached the end of the path. There was some activity going on outside the door to the building, however. There were two workers and two policeman respectivley, discussing something serious. One of the officers glanced and caught sight of the caught Aqua goons. Alerting his associate, the two ran over to the boys,
"What in the hell happened here?" one asked in disbelief. The other inspecting the two grunts,
"They ambushed us-" Kliff began,
"And you did this?" the second man asked, pointing to Gella's vines wrapped tightly around them,
"Well... yeah."
"Names," the first officer demanded as he redied his pen and pad, "I need your names,"
Sam stuttered for a moment - the last thing he wanted was for the Hoenn police know his name. Kliff quickly remembered Sam's privacy issue,
"He's got nothing to do with it," he interrupted, "He was passing through after this happened. Honest..."
The policemen exchanged looks, "I suppose if you had anything to tell us then you would. Okay, you can go - but you," the second officer said pointing to Kliff, "need to stay with us for a while,"
"Fine by me," Kliff said, turning to Sam, "Guess I'll see you later then." Sam nodded
"Right…and thanks, Kliff. For everything…" Sam walked away towards the city ahead of him. He eventually made it to the bike rental on the other side.
"Excuse me, sir, where's your bike?" Sam didn't even look at the man.
"Ask the Team Aqua goons." He stepped through towards the next city…every step bringing him closer to his next challenge.
OOC: Welcome back, Bulletproof! Maybe skip forward to Slateport...? Just a suggestion...
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