i saw the boy finally make a move, and said that was pretty lucky... (since u had jsut found a poliwag) my warturtle sped so fast ahead i only knew of his presence b/c of his (warturtle's) keen eyes... soon i got there and decided waiting wasnt necessary, i just hoped the charmander trainer took the vaporeon (hint hint charizard_ma). entered the gym and challenged the leader he agreed, i said since i only have 2 pokemon how bout a 2vs2 battle... he said he always uses 4 (arcanine/ninetails/magmar/rydon) and its my fault for not being prepared, i ran to the pc and got pidgey although i knew warturtle was already fighting by itself... it was tough and smart and didnt need my guidance for any battle, when i finally got there it had already beaten his rydon... i sent pidgey out and said "when i meant 2vs2 i meant 2 pokemon vs 2pokemon at the same time..." he looked embarassed so i said "are you sure your the gym leader?" he say "hey watch your mouth" i said hey "watch your pokemon and send out the next, youdont want me to think your stupid and cant battle, i hope they didnt let you lead this gym b/c they felt bad for you..." he said "fine go magmar, and ninetails!" pidgey hadnt battled before and my squirtle (at the time) had knocked itout with 1 hydropump, but thats why i wanted a 2vs2 battle, that way it would gain experience without getting hurt... too much ,as his pokemon couldnt even knock-out my pidgey with 1 hit... "pidgey use sand-attack, fire types dont like the sand!" it did and hit them in the eyes as my warturtle easily ice-punched them out cold (literally =)) and saw them fall to the floor... my pidgey learned quick attack! and gained major experience as these lvl 40 something pokemon were dropping so easily... now my pidgey learned gust from the other pokemon that fell as 2 pokemon out gave it 6 experience lvls! he next sent out his arcanine... it looked hungry, he said "go eat that chicken, not the bird either!" i said "hey thats it pidgey quick attack with a gust" pidgey used gust to twirl a small torndado and flew in it using quick attack to launch out of it like a rocket! it smacked arcanin back, as my warturtle seismic tossed it to the wall! arcanine use extreme speed! he said. this pokemon was actually tough, but just compared to his others...pidgey why dont we try that again i said, but winked... pidgey used sand attack and surprised arcanine as he got confused and blinded before he even finished his move... i was surprised at my pidgey's extreme speed (not the attack)... warturtle why dont u slap it around silly! my warturtle was too tough for that, and grabbed arcanine and slammed it against one of his knees, i heard a crack as his back curved from the impact... i said "blaine, return him now, he needs to go to the pc... or else he wont survive for more than 12 seconds..." i knew he was in shock so i told my warturtle to rush him there... luckily warturtle knew where it was so easily b/c he had come here before... after 10 minutes he was riding on arcanine back to the gym, grateful warturtle had saved his life he had a new ally... and i had a new badge...