Volume 2, Chapter 2, Part 2:
A few minutes later and Max calmed down. His face was red and he felt like he was 5 again. He sat up and looked around for the kid, to find that he was gone. Max sighed and stood up, his head still felt dizzy, but he walked anyway.
Max looked around the route for any signs of trainers, but couldn't find any. He sat down on a rock and called out all of his Pokemon. In four blinding white flashes, Trapinch, Totodile, Gastly, and Growlithe all appeared in front of him. They were all smiling and a few seconds later began playing what looked like tag.
Max watched the four Pokemon play and wished he could just do something without a care in the world like them. Suddenly, the bushes near them began to rustle. Gastly began to fade a little, Trapinch quickly dug underground, and Totodile and Growlithe got ready to attack.
Max sprang to his feet and then a young lady came walking out on to the route. She was probably about the same age as Max. She had brown hair that hung loose and went to about the middle of her back, and she had bright blue eyes. She wore a red hair clip, bright blue earings, a red T-shirt, and jeans. She had a few cuts and bruises and she acted nothing like a girlie girl...Max felt oddly attracted to her.
"Uhm...hi. Do you know the quickest way to Viridian City?" she asked.
"Uhhhhh....Sorry, but no." Max felt like his face was blushing...and hopefully it wasn't. Gastly turned back to normal color and Trapinch jumped from underground and Totodile and Growlithe both got calmer around her.
"Oh...that's ok. And look at these adorable little Pokemon!" she bent down and patted Growlithe on the head, and did the same for Trapinch and Totodile. When she came to Gastly, she took out a few pieces of Pokemon food and fed them to Gastly. She turned and smield at Max. "My name is Annebeth." she said with a grin.
"Max." Max replied.
"Hi Max...anyway so what are you doing out here? It's a little off track for the next town." she said. Max nodded and debated wether or not he wanted to tell her the truth. He decided not to.
"I'm out training...and doing a litle research." Max said.
"What kind of research?" Annebeth asked. Max gulped. He hadn't figured out what to tell her if she asked.
"Uhh...just what different kinds of Pokemon live out here."
YEah...that's good. Max thought to himself.
"Oh. Well, want to battle?" she asked. Max sprang to his feet. The best part about his day so far.
"Oh yeah! How about 1 on 1?" Max asked noticing she had two full Pokeballs at her waist.
"Sure." she took one of the Pokeballs off and threw it in to the air. "Go, Spearow!" she yelled. In a blinding white flash a small bird with red wings and a dark tan head popped out. Max wondered what it was and took out his Pokedex to scan it.
Species: Spearow, the tiny bird Pokemon.
Entry: It flaps its small wings busily to fly. Using its beak, it searches in grass for prey.
Max closed his Pokedex and motioned for Trapinch to get out on the battlefield. Trapinch nodded and waddled out on to the battlefield, staring Spearow straight in the eye. "Trapinch use Bite!" Max shouted quickly.
"Spearow use Fury Attack!" Annebeth countered.
Trapinch bared his teeth as they grew sharper and sharper. He then dhased away and jumped in to the air, aiming straight at Spearow. Spearow quickly moved out of the way and furiously started banging his beak on Trapinch. "Pinch!" Trapinch yelled in surprise.
"Dig!" Max shouted. Trapinch kicked Spearow away and quickly dug himself underground and began mvoing around, making small little tunnels underground. Spearow popped his head in the new hole and looked around for Trapinch, but didn't see anything, Then, Spearow tripped and fel in to the hole, and couldn't get out.
"Bite!" Max said.
"Use Peck once you see Trapinch!" Annebeth shouted.
Trapinch stayed under the ground behind Spearow, as his fangs grew sharper and sharper. He waited for the perfect time before striking. Suddenly, he felt a vibration in the ground and sensed that Spearow was letting its guard down a little. Silently, he began digging up towards Spearow. He popepd on to the underground soil behind Spearow, and then sunk his teeth in the bird back.
"Speeeearow!" Spearow shouted in pure surprisment. He thrashed about the underground tunnels, but Trapinch would not let go. Trapinch finally released and fell through a tiny hole and landed, Spearow stopped thrashing about and looked around everywhere, only to find himself hopelesly lost underground.
"Trapinch use Bite and send him flying above ground!" Max said.
Trapinch jumped up and bit down on Spearow again. Spearow yelped in pain, but this time Trapinch jumepd in to a tunnel and started running up through it, and finally they reached above ground. Trapinch jumped and did a full front flip in mid air, and then threw Spearow in to the ground. Spearow slammed in to the hard round and coughed a few times, straining to get to his feet.
"Spearow!" it shouted trying to taunt Trapinch. Trapinch landed and yawned loudly. He shook his head and stared blankly at Spearow, as if waiting for some kind of challenge. Spearow was panting heavily and Trapinch was barely breathing hard.
"Trapinch use Bite!" Max said.
"Use Peck!" Annebeth shouted.
Trapinch dashed off at Spearow, in blinding speed. Spearow jumped off slightly and dove at Trapinch. Trapinch easily dodged it, and then sunk his teeth in to Spearow. Spearow yelled in pain and dropped his head as he was knocked out. Max smiled and returned Trapinch and the rest of his Pokemon, and walked up next to Annebeth.
"Good battle." Max said as they shook hands.
"You too. That Trapinch of yours has great potential...actually, I have this really special rare Pokemon from Hoenn. My mom gave it to me, but we don't really get along. Want it?" she asked.
"What is it?" Max asked puzzled but slightly excited.
"Here. Go, Sabeleye!" Annebeth threw a Pokeball in to the air and in a blinding white flash a gold and yellow Pokemon, with gold jewles for eyes. It had a green emerald on its stomach. Max took out his Pokedex and scanned it.
Species: Sableye, the darkness Pokemon.
Entry: It hides in the darkness of caves. Its diet of gems has transformed its eyes into gemstones.
Max noticed hough, that the Pokemon was different color then the one on the Pokedex picture. Max shrugged and smiled at Annebeth. "Sure." Max tok the Pokeball from Annebeth's hand and gave her an empty one in exchange.
"Here is my cell phone number. Call me if you ever eed any help." She took out a washable marker, grabbed his arm and wrote down a number. Max knew he was blushing now. He nodded and Annebeth walked off gleefully. Max gulped and turned around.
He looked down the route and saw that he wasn't far away from the enterance to Celadon City. Max smiled and dashed off for Celadon, wondering if there was anyway he could resign from the Dark Brotherhood without getting killed. Probably not, but Max sure hoped so, otherwise he would have to kill Erika...and Bruno. Bruno was part of the Elite Four...he was one of the best trainers in Kanto! How could he beat someone like that?
A few minutes later and Max stood outside the enterance to Celadon City, staring at the number on his arm. Annebeth...where had he heard that name before?