Pokemon Path to Light or Darkness

[Wolf in the Rain]

@Pikalover: Nice twist! Never saw that coming!

Congratulations! Gastly Grew to level 12! Gastly learned Curse!

Looking forward to part 2!

 

[tim0789]

The Triumphant Ending!

Grecko watched as the man's Raticate continued to stay asleep. "Now Gulpin finish this with another pound!" Grecko ordered his pokemon. "GUULLL!" the pokemon yelled as it slammed forward into the sleeping Raticate causing it to fly into a tree. "RAT!" the pokemon said as it woke up and fell unconcious.

"Ah......two of my pokemon were taken out pretty easily...is that the power of darkness.." the man stuttered to himself as he stared at Grecko who still had the shadows emerging around him. "Whats wrong DUDE!" Grecko yelled laughing at the pathetic excuse for a trainer. "I...GRRR, Let's go Glameow!" the man said throwing out his last pokemon.

"GLAAAM" the pokemon shouted calmly as it exited the pokeball. "Haha all your pokemon are girly! Return Gulpin, let's go Squirtle!" Grecko yelled as he returned his Gulpin and sent out his Squirtle. "I'm going to stop you, no matter what!" the man Yelled at Grecko. "Please, even if you manage to beat my Squirtle, i still have two pokemon left. Plus there are so many more people here to take you down if I fail...Which I wont!" Grecko yelled to the man.

"Glameow go use tackle!" the man yelled to his pokemon. "Squirtle use bubble!" Grecko commanded. The Glameow charged forward and Squirtel shot the bubble attack straight at it. "GLAAAMMMEEEOWW!" the pokemon yelled as it pushed its way through the attack and slammed into Squirtle.

"Squirrrrtleeee" the pokemon said as it stammered backwards from the tackle attack. "Grrr, Squirtle get your footing and than use another bubble!" Grecko ordered. "Squirrt!" the pokemon yelled as it stood up and sent another bubble attack towards the Glameow. "Glameow use fake out!" the trainer ordered his pokemon.

"GLAM!" the pokemon said as it disapeared from the bubble attack and appeared behind the Squirtle. "AHH Squirtle watch out, use tail whip!" Grecko said to his pokemon. The took pokemon collided with their tails and began to push each other back and fourth. "Come on Squirtle use the power of darkness!" Grecko shouted to his pokemon. "Glameow you can do it!" the man yelled out to his pokemon.

"SQUIIIRTLEEE!" the little water pokemon shouted as it began to summon up power. "GLllaaaammm....EEOOWW!" the cat like pokemon yelled as Squirtles power was to much and it got shot off into one of the nearby trees that were still on fire. "Ahh Glameow are you ok!" the man said as he ran over to the pokemon that was stuck under the burning tree.

"Now Squirtle finish it with bubble!" Grecko said ruthlessly. "SQUIIIRTTLE" the water pokemon yelled as it sent bubbles at the trainer and the unconcious pokemon. "NOOO!" the man yelled as the bubble attack collided into him and his pokemon, sending them both flying further into the fire.

"Haha there's weakness for ya!" Grecko yelled out to the man who could probably no longer hear him. Grecko was about to return Squirtle of a sudden he heard a voice in his head. "Grecko what are you doing! This is not what a I trained you for!" the voice said. It was Grecko's father, but in reality it was Grecko's concious speaking to him.

Grecko had let the darkness consume him and now he was letting an entire area burn to the ground along with a man and his pokemon. "GRRR DAMMMNIIIT" Grecko yelled out in rage as he held his. Squirtle looked at it's trainer and than grabbed him on the arm. "Squirtle Squirt Squirtle!" the pokemon yelled at its trainer. "Huh, Squirtle...i'm sorry i've faile you" Grecko said to the pokemon.

"Squirtle!" the pokemon said shaking it's head. "What, it's to late Squirtle. Wait maybe it's not...grr i don't know anymore!" Grecko yelled out loud. Than Grecko decided to atleast do one thing right, "Squirtle use bubble on the fire!" Squirtle obeyed and put out all of the fire.

Grecko looked over and saw that the man and his pokemon were ok, but they were still badly burnt. "Hmmph, the darkness is so powerful and yet I still have a bit of will power left" Grecko said as he returned Squirtle to it's pokeball. The dark shadow continued to enshadow him, but he knew he hadn't fully given in...not yet.

"Alright than...I've made my decision!" Grecko said to himself as he held his fist in the air. Just than Tai was walking over to Grecko, and saw the darkness that was swirling around him. "Somebody's given in huh? Isn't it great?" Tai asked the boy...even though Tai had no idea if Grecko had decided to stay there and let it consume him more, or if he's decided to go after the female trainer.

 

[Wolf in the Rain]

@Tim: Good Post and Great battle sequence!

Congratulations! Squirtle grew to lvl 13! Squirtle wants to learn Water Gun, delete a move?

Gulpin Grew to lvl 10!

 

[ShadowYashi]

"He failed to follow my orders, the penalty is death" Beo gave a careless shrug, pulling out a cloth to clean his face off with, his Gengar reappeared beside him and licked its lips happily as it grinned that evil sinister smile, handing his master the Pokéball Aaron previously owned. Even though she didn't like Aaron, Angela still thought that no one should go through something like that, the brunette slowly stood, on shaky legs while she took a deep breath and glared at Beo "So just because someone fails, they have to die! What kind of organization are you running, your a buch of lunatics!" Beo turned sharply to Angela and glared so hard at her, the poor girl flinched and felt her heart stop "I suggest you watch your tone Mrs Palmer, because last time I checked, I'm the only thing keeping you alive right now, so hold your tongue or I'll have it cut off" he then turned around and walked into the room where Bolt and Houndour were being kept "Follow me Mrs Palmer"

Angela gulped audibly before picking up Nel in her arms, she wanted something to hold onto, for that man scared her, before shuffling after Beo. The room they entered was large and grey, it reminded her of her cell, nothing but bricked grey walls, a dim lap light hanging over head and swinging slowly back and forth, there were two doors, to where they led, she didn't know, there was a metal desk in the middle of the room, in which Beo was currently leaning against, on the desk were two Pokéball's, both of which Angela assumed were her's "Bolt and Houndour!" she quickly ran up, reaching around Beo and swiped her two Pokéball, stuffing them quickly into her pocket, ignoring the watchful eyes of Beo and Gengar.

"Now Angela"

She cringed at the way he said her name so casually, like they were buddies or something. This man... he was strong, he was deadly, his Gengar alone sent fear through not only her, but her rough and tough tomboyish Sneasel. He leaned forward slightly, pressing his palms into the desk as he did so, his dark eyes bore into Angela's wide and fearful brown ones "I have a proposition for you" he said slowly and in response Angela shook her head rapidly "Whatever it is, my answer is no" Beo chuckled softly and pushed himself off the desk and took a step forward "But you haven't even let me finish telling you what it is" Angela took a fearful step back in response with Nel growling warningly in her arms.

"Well, whatever it is... it can't be good"

"Heh, I remember when I was like you." he smiled fondly at the memory and walked closer to Angela until he stood directly in front of her, placing a hand lightly on Nel's head and shocking them both by gently rubbing her head "So carefree. So happy. So ignorant." the rubbing stopped and he smirked down at Angela, his fingers moving from the Pokémon and went to gently run through her hair, she stiffened upon contact, not letting her guard down for a moment "But then, I discovered the darkness, I reveled in this wonderful feeling, this power. Its much better than those weak fools at the Clan of Hope like Zypher" after a few moments of that, Beo's hands were soon out of her hair, followed by teeth being bared from Nel "So I'm giving you a choice, to join me and become the strongest trainer in the world, or you can leave to be with your pathetic Clan of Hope" he paused and then pointed to the two doors behind them "The door on the left leads to a torture room of sorts and in there is a traitor to my Brotherhood... if you choose to join, then I must test you to see where your loyalties lie."

He motioned to the door on the right, his face morphing into something sinister "This door, is the door to your freedom, should you choose to take that path, the instant you step foot out that door, we are enemies and I will sic my Gengar on you, you will get a 5 second head start and then the chase is on and should my Gengar catch you, he will kill you and your little Sneasel too. So, what will your choice be?" Angela gasped and hugged Nel tighter, thinking her options over as she walked to both doors "You... you'd really kill me? An innocent girl?" Beo laughed loudly before sneering at her "Innocent girl? Angel, you were no longer innocent once you stepped foot in the Clan of Hope's lair, besides I honestly don't give a rat's ass about gender, you get in my way enemy or comrade and I will kill you" he hissed.

Angela looked at the door on the right, shaking her head as she backed herself near it "You.... Your insane!" she exclaimed throwing it opened and running for it, not even taking the chance to look back, she was afraid, one wrong move and she'd die, Beo's ominous laugh filled her ears as it echoed against the walls while she ran down the long dark corridor, she could feel his Gengar gaining on her. Tears were beginning to spill freely down her cheeks, she didn't want to die "Gennngar!" Angela gave a shriek as she fell to the floor narrowly managing to dodge the Dark Pulse that flew over her head, she quickly shot up, her tears coming down even harder it was no time to stop, that Ghost was close and absolutely murderous.

"Sneasel!"

Through blurred teary vision Angela could see the exit coming closer and pushed herself to run faster, because out of the corner of her eye she could see Gengar's large purple paw, forming a Dark Pulse, the size of a Soccer ball, that would most likely kill her "Almost there" she chanted this over and over in her head as she pumped her legs and willed them to go faster "Geeennnnn Gar!" there was a crash and Angela's face met the dirt, she had managed to escape but that didn't mean she was free and the girl quickly sat up, staring with wide fearful eyes at the door she crashed through, Gengar and Beo stood in the frame, glaring ominously at the trembling girl and her equally scared Pokémon "Looks like you get to live to see another day Mrs Palmer, a pity you chose to live on the wrong side" that was all he said before turning and heading back into his HQ with Gengar, the door shut loudly behind him.

Angela voice had left her and she could only stare at the door in silence as tears cascaded down her brown cheeks "I...I'm ali-hic-ve" she sniffed and hugged Nel tightly while she cried "we.... we're... hic ...alive Nel. I... I honestly thought we were going to die, I thought he was going to catch us. I... but...." Nel said nothing but comforted her sobbing trainer and hugged back "I don't even care anymore because... the only thing that matters girl, is that we're alive."

 

[§acred†Beo!]

ShadowYashi: Great post, lots of emotion I enjoyed it, Nel grew to lvl 13. Also once Sumner finishes his post then will move on to the next chapter, which will introduce a whole new cast of characters...

 

[Wolfwhispers]

"Skarmory, Swift!" Shaun barked out, getting in the first attack.

"Growlithe, attack with Ember!"

Wings spread, the massive steel bird gave a guttural cry and unleashed the sharp stars. They hurled towards the growling fire puppy. "Growl!" Growlithe howled, mouth wide open to release the burning hot Embers. The two attack struck midair, creating a small explosion that blew the two pokemon back.

"Skar!" Skarmory grunted out, flapping his wings back a bit to level himself rightfully. Sharp eyes taking in the open roof (thanks to the hole), it flew a good fifteen feet above them all where it waited for the smoke to clear.

"Growlithe, try another Ember!" the grunt yelled, bringing an arm up to cover his face as he tried to look through the smoke.

Growlithe gave a low wine as he sniffed about, unable to use his eyes for this situation. Smelling an steel type was near impossible because of their scent inside a metal and steel building. Their scents merged together. "Growl!" Growlithe howled, finally just releasing a spinning Ember attack by spinning on his heels to shoot the fire balls in hopes of getting a lucky hit.

Shaun, having heard it all, smiled in bemusement as the man let out a yelp as one of the fire balls him. Looking up to the sky, where he knew his pokemon could see alright, he gave a nod. Yellow eyes narrowed in understanding. Wings narrowing, the metallic bird dived, beak poised. "Skarrr!" the great bird screeched, startling not only the Growlithe, but its trainer as well.

"Grooo!" Growlithe howled, flying back as sharp, and incredibly hard, beak tore at its rear. "Grl!" the fire puppy snarled, immediately releasing flames in defense, an automatic self-defense that no amount of training could destroy.

"Sakr," Skarmory spat, flapping a bit wildly, the air finally clearing as he did so. Gaining some space, Skarmory gave the puppy a hard glare. His chest plate was a bit dark from ash, but seemed otherwise fine.

"How is it not hurt more?" the man demanded.

Shaun scoffed. "You really think such a weak flame would hurt Skarmory? Even if it is its weakness, it takes a stronger heat to even hurt it." Shaun tilted his head in thought, his brow furrowing. Were there any advance trainers left in the world, or were there only young, eager trainers who just started their journey that were pulled into this warzone? "Swift!"

"Skarr!" Skarmory roared, beak snapping open and releasing the sharp stars. Howling with rage and pain, the fire puppy quickly released another Ember attack. Expecting this, the metallic bird quickly flew out of the way, oddly pointed tail just barely missing the flames. "Skar!" Skarmory cawed with pride, looking rather pleased as its powerful attacks made the puppy pant.

"Good work," Shaun told his pokemon.

"It's not over yet!" the man snarled. "Roar!"

It was like an overdramatic slow-motion move. The Growlithe parted his feet slowly, ears pulled back in a show of anger, eyes narrow before the fire puppy released its sharp toothe mouth and let out a loud, ravage Roar.

"Mor... y?" Skarmory tilted his head, looking amused before glancing back at Shaun with a pitiful look. Getting an irritated nod, the large bird quickly released another barrage of sharp stars, hitting the fire dog in the side.

"Grooo!" Growlithe howly, slumping to the ground where it began to pant.

"Roar doesn't always work well in a trainer battle," Shaun drawled. "Swift him," he commanded to his metallic bird. The man gave a loud screech in shock, not expecting the attack to be aimed at him. The man just irritated him so much and, out of the corner of Shaun's eyes, the Growlithe slouched away toward one of the other kids. Max or something. He looked over just in time to see the boys Gastly stab a powerful looking Golduck with a knife. Interesting...

"Cubone, go!" the man screamed, interrupting Shaun's musings.

Shaun gestured for Skarmory to land by his side, not taking a chance for someone to hit him from behind during all this chaos. Taking out his last pokeball, Shaun threw it, releasing the dark/ice type. With a burst of white light, the sly little pokemon raised its claws, looking eager for a battle. "Sneasel!"

"Cubone, Pound!"

"Sneasel, counter with Scratch," Shaun ordered.

Sneasel licked a claw in anticipation, grinning slyly as he saw the skulled ground type charge, bone raised. "Snea!" Sneasel purred, now beginning to run forward.

The cubone lowered his head a little, getting a better view of the dark colored pokemon from behind his mask that was both heavy physically and mentally. The shoulder bone from his mother, the one he had taken when it was time to move on, was raised in preparation. "Bone!" he snarled, bone coming down hard on the Sneasel's shoulder.

"Sneass!" Sneasel roared, staggering back a bit. Hissing, Sneasel, quickly Scratched at Cubone's stomach, its only opening spot before jumping back a bit to massage its hurt left shoulder.

"On your toes," Shaun barked, startlng his pokemon. "Lick your wounds later." A light hiss came from Sneasel before a grudging nod was given. The dark colored pokemon knew he was right.

"Cubone, Bone Club!" the man ordered quickly, noticing Shaun's attention was distracted.

Bone raised slightly, Cubone gave a glance towards the hole in the wall, taking in the sight of freedom so close, but quickly turned away and charged. "Cuu!" He charged, small tail bouncing a bit awkwardly behind him.

"Snease!" Sneasel hissed, needing no command to run forward and meet the bone with his sharp claws. "Snea."

"Cub," Cubone grunted lowly, eyes occasionally flickering towards the holes in the wall.

You don't want to be here, Sneasel whispered softly to Cubone, pushing harder and pushing Cubone back as he desperately tried to remain on equal grounding.

This war has nothing to do with me, Cubone grunted back, finally just jumping away and hearing his trainer yell, "Headbutt!"

The war is everywhere, and only the strong can survive, Sneasel said with a laugh as he powered up his Shadow Ball, blasting the ground type back.

"Sneasel, follow up with another Shadow Ball!" Shaun commanded.

"Cubone, defend yourself!" the man screamed.

Quickly, and without thought, the ground type threw its bone. "Bone!" Cubone screamed, tossing it to hit the glowing dark sphere.

"Snea," Sneasel chuckled lowly, using its speed to quickly appear in front of a startled Cubone. Too busy watching the attack, Sneasel thought before Scratching Cubone away.

"Cubone!" its trainer yelled in worry.

"Finish it!" Shaun called.

"Snea snea," Sneasel cackled, focusing the Shadow Ball between its paws as it looked down at the hurt and bruised ground type. He himself only had a few ones and one major one on his shoulder that was more than likely sprained.

"Cu," Cubone said rebelliously, staring Sneasel in the eyes as the Shadow Ball tore at its body, its very health, before the darkness finally took over. His one last line of sight, however, was not Sneasel's eyes, but his mother's bone that he used as a weapon, and the dark forest that was no more than twenty feet away.

The man slumped as his last pokemon was defeated. He had managed to recall only one pokemon, as Growlithe had dragged itself away and Cubone was lying on the ground in front of them.

"Kill him."

The man jumped, shock and fear written on his face. He backed up, body shaking violently. "You... you can't do tha--ack!" He was cut off as Sneasel cut his throat.

Sneasel returned to Shaun's side as they watched the man die instantly. The little dark type was Shaun's living knife, and he was sure that this pokemon would always be his main assassin that would help him live. Still, the sight of a dead body did make him a little sick, especially when it was by his own command. So he turned away, noticing that the boy, Max, had captured the Growlithe he had battled earlier.

The other boy -Grecko?- was staring at him, battle done with, with a look of curiousity. The boy obviously knew he was one of the trainer's that started out with him, but he did not know which one. His face was covered, and Shaun knew that the two boys would continue to guess who he was.

"Sneasel, get me that man's Golduck," Shaun said suddenly, nodding at the man Max had battled. Nodding, the sly little dark type used its amazing speed to steal the pokeball at the man's belt and bound back.

"Se," Sneasel said, handing the pokeball over.

Shaun peered down at the small figure that could be seen from within the pokeball. It was holding its cut arm. It gave Shaun a dark look. "I wasn't the one who did that to," he whispered. "But I can make you stronger... make you think of vengeance..."

From within the pokeball, the Golduck's face hardened and the beak formed a nasty smirk.

 

[Pikalover10]

Max looked down at his foot to see a orange and black striped dog. It was a Growlithe. Max smirked and turned his attention back on the battle in front of him. Richard slid Golduck back a few feet and then grabbed another one. He threw it in to the air and in a blinding white flash a blue dog with a big yellow spike stuck from its head and it looked like a dog. It was Richard's Manetric.

"Gastly go and use Lick!" Max ordered.

"Manetric use Spark!" Richard countered. His eyes were full of despair and uncertainty. Max figured RIchard was having second thoughts about trying to save Max from the darkness, but Max didn't care. So long of being afraid of Pokemon, and it was because Richard had been the one who had pushed him in to the lake with the Gyarados couple.

Gastly dove for Manetric with the knife in his tongue, but Manetric stepped out of the way and scratched the knife away. It skidded across the floor and in to a dark, empty corner.

Gastly then dove at Manetric with his own tongue, and lashed across Manetric's face. Manetric shook his head furiously and then a small ball of electricity formed right over the tip on his head.

The electricity ball got bigger and bigger until it was about the size of a melon. Then, he realeased the restraint and a lightning strike lashed owards Gstly form it. Gastly quickly moved out of the way and dodged it. THe electricity came straight for Max and the Growlithe.

"Duck!" Max yelled. He ducked down, grabbed the Growlithe, and rolled off to one side. He stopped and laned on one knee. He released the Growlithe and stood back up. The Growlithe continued to follow him around, as if wanting to be pet.

"Manetric use Quick Attack!" Richard yelled.

"Use Hypnosis!" Max countered. Gastly nodded and shot out seven neon purple rings towards Manetric. Manetric dodged them, but Gastly quickly shot out another three rings at Manetric in the middle of the air.

Manetric looked up and his eyes got as wide as food saucers and a rings slammed in to him, sending him flying in to the nearby wall. Manetric slid down the wall slowly, and landed on the floor asleep.

"Now use Lick!" Max replied.

Gastly slammed his tongue in to the sleeping Manetric, but the Manetric did nothing, it was still asleep. Suddenly, the Growlithe got excited and wanted to join in. He jumped on to the battle field and shot out tons of little black embers. They hissed through the air and then finally caught on fire.

They soared through the air and then slammed in to Manetric. Manetric finally woke up from the damage and then fell to the ground, knocked out. MAx smiled in victory and kneeled down beside the Growlithe. He sat his hand on the Growlithe's head, and gratefully rubbed it.

Growlithe smiled and then layed down right next to Max's feet. Growlithe yanwed and then and layed his head down between his two front paws. Gastly smiled at the Growlith gratefully and floated over to Max's side. Max took Totodile's Pokeball out and then threw it in to the air.

In a blinding white flash, the blue alligator popped out and blinked a few times. Richard groaned and took off his last Pokeball. He then took the POkeball and threw it in to the air. In a blinding white flash a very pale figure and had a green hairdo with two red spikes penetrating from his head. Kirlia.

"Whatever! Totodile use Scratch!" MAx shouted.

"Kirlia use Confusion." Richard replied.

Totodile's claws grew sharper as he stared down Kirlia. Kirlia had a neon purple ball forming right in front of his hands which where cupped together. Totodile then shot foreward like a bullet being shot. Kirlia released the energy and a beam shot straight foreward.

Without hesitation, Totodile jumped over the beam and then slashed wildly at Kirlia. He stumbled back in pain and then furiously shook himself. H sighed and then bounded for Totodile. He slapped Totodile's cheek, but Totodile turned aorund and scratched his chest again.

"Totodile use Water Gun!"

"KIrlia use Pound!" Richard countered.

TOtodile shot out seven beams of water one after another. Kirlia swiflty dodged the first three beams of water, but then was hit head first by the fourth. Totodile then moved closer after that and the remaining water slammed in to him.

Kirlia stood to his feet after all the beams were gone and slammed Totodile to the ground. Totodile landed on the ground, hard. Totodile kicked Kirlia in the gut, sending him sprawling backward. He landed on the ground out of the breath. Totodile slapped Kirlia across the floor with his tail.

Then, Totodile shot out three beams of water without command, which Max didn't mind. The water hit Kirlia and he hit with every single one of them. Kirlia flew across the floor and slammed in to a wall and collapsed to the ground, knocked out. Max smirked and grabbed one of the snag balls he had and looked down at the Growlithe. He had grown accusumed to it.

He smiled even larger and dropped the ball on top of Growlithe. Growlithe was engulfed in a blding red light and MAx paid no more attention to it as he walked towards his brother. He bent down and picked up the knife that had been sent sprawling across the floor earlier. Richard realized what Max wnated to do and tried taking the knife away, but to no avail.

Richard ducked and grabbed the knife's handle, but Max just turned it and slammed the handle of it on Richard's head. Richard stumbled back, a little dazed and then fell to the ground as Max stabbed his brother's chest. THe life in Richard's eyes faded, and he collapsed to the ground, dead.

END

 

[Monochrome]

Home Sweet Home....

Spoons stopped launching the shadow balls and his whole body became upright. He glowed a bright light and his whole body seemed to begin shifting in size and growing. Gage stared in awe at was happening to Spoons, he must be evolving. A much larger form appeared through the bright light and when it finally receded there stood a golden humanoid creature who stood roughly 5'7 and had long golden whiskers. Gage pointed his pokedex at Spoons new shape.

*pokemonelite2000 image removed*
Kadabra- If one is nearby, an eerie shadow appears on TV screens. Seeing the shadow is said to bring bad luck.

" Spoons we really need to get out of here! Come on let's find an exit!" Gage said as they both booked it towards the door. Gage ran down the seemingly endless amount of hallways that seemed to make up the Dark Brotherhood base clutching his hand with his newly evolved partner at his side. Eventually the pair found themselves at a large doorway which Gage kicked open and the two ran into. " Gage! Something doesn't feel right, I think we should try to find a different way out."

"Not so fast you too!" Gage starred up into the shadow and he saw two sillouttes in the darkness facing them. " Beo!" Gage said. " Regular Einstein we have here..... Hey I knew you would get through that lacky of mine but you let him burn you? Tsk Tsk Gage your really slipping..." Beo extended his hand from the darkness and waved it back and forth, his pokemon mimiced him cacking. Gage looked down at his hand "Whatever..." he grunted. " No need to be so rude Gagey-boy I think I'm, being pretty nice all things considered. And anyways since I'm in a good mood I thought I'd extend another invitation into the Dark Brotherhood." He said smiling.

" Your a psychopath! You thing I would join you after all the destruction you caused? After all the lives you've taken jsut to make yourself stronger? You're a freaking nutball!" Gage yelled spitting at Beos feet. "YOU DARE SPIT AT ME!" Beo yelled frustratedly stepping from the darkness, his eyes were a deep black and his face contorted into rage. "YOU DON'T SEEM TO UNDERSTAND THE OFFER I'M EXTENDING TO YOU MY YOUNG FRIEND! GENGAR DARK PULSE!" The second silloutte made itself apparent and launched a giant wave of darkness towards Gage and Spoons knocking them hard against a wall. "I AM THE MOST POWERFUL TRAINER IN THE WORLD! ALL THOSE WHO SO MUCHA AS DARE APPOSE ME QUIVER AND SHAKE AT MY BOOTS EVENTUALLY! I SHALL CLOAK THE EARTH IN DARKNESS AND ONCE EVERWHERE ON THE PLANET IS NOTHING BUT BLACKNESS I SHALL BE THE ONLY ONE IN CONTROL! ALL SHALL BOW BEFORE MY WRATH AND ALL SHALL BEND TO MY WILL!"

" You're wrong.... You're not powerful...Just a coward... You fear darkness, fear being weak, so instead of trying to destroy it, instead of becoming the best by your own means, you turn to the darkness and let it engulf you. I refuse to let you cover the earth in darkness. You will never be strongest because as long as there is darkness there will be light to fight it, and as long as you exist I will be there to stop you!" Beos face contorted into a rage and then softend into a soft complection as he smiled." So young and so ignorant! You had such potential and I'm sorry to say this but, I'm going to have to end you my young aquatence.. GENGAR DESTROY THEM!" Another dark pulse came from the darkness but this one was much larger than the last, there was no was to survive or avoid it so Gage just shut his eyes and braced for impac and his final moments of life.
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Gage heard a loud boom noise and what felt like the whole world shifting below him. He could hear and feel nothing and he thought to himself... Is this what it feels like to be dead? From the silence came a familiar voice piercing the very deepest boundries of his mind. " Gage!? Gage? Are you okay? The first time is always the worst, I know...." Gage opened his eyes and looked around. He was home, right outside his grandfathers house. There beside him stood Spoons in his new form staring down him in a curious manner. "What happened? How did we get here Spoons? I was dead... I know I was, it hit us...."

"Well no actually, I teleported us away as soon as I knew we were in serious danger.... I'm sorry I sort of read your mind and found the most comfertable place in your mind.. I can do so much more Gage... I'm stronger now..." Gage began to stand up and after struggling to his feet he brought himself and Spoons into the house. He looked back and forth " Grandpa? You home yet?" He yelled, " Guess not...." He said noticing a letter attached too a box on the kitchen table. The letter read:

"Dear Gage,

If your reading this then I probably went out again, I won't be back for a couple of days I'm doing something.... Important... But, I digress. I've been receiving letters from Oak and Zypher pertaining to your progress in the guild. I hear you're a valuable asset to the guild and I couldn't be any prouder of you than I am right now... I know your mother and father would've felt the same... I remember promising to get you a gift if you returned so while I was in Johto I thought I would pick you up a custom pokeball from an old friend of mine and your other grandfather ... A man by the name of Kurt. I'm sure by now you've realized no normal pokeball will fit into your necklace That's because Kurt made the necklace exclusively for his own custom pokeballs. The pokeball should fit on your necklace and probably give it more purpuse than purely ornamental. I hope you continue to do everything it takes to make the world right again and you continue making me proud!

Love,
Grampa

PS - There was a technicality on the way home and I was forced to us your pokeball... SORRY, but you can keep the pokemon inside!"

Gage smiled and he felt himself tearing up. " Your grandfathers a really nice person... Can he be my grandfather too?" Gage laughed at Spoons' odd questions " Sure Spoons why not..." Spoons turned his head and smiled at Gage. Gage unwrappedthe package and placed the ball into his necklace. It was a perfect fit. He then went intot the bathroom and did everything he could to mend his arm up and get it bandaged. Gage placed Spoons back into his ball and walked outside to see what the newest addition to his team would be.

"Go Pokeball!" he yelled tossing the pokeball from his hands to the ground in front of him and to his surprize a gigantic stone snake took up incredible amounts of space. "OONNNIXXXX!" It proclaimed vigorously. It turned its head and faced Gage moving slowly closer and closer to him. Gage was paralyzed... Unable to move for far he would startle the beast and be flattened into a pancake. The pokemon came remarkably close to his face almost touching and just as Gage thought he was going to be crushed the pokemon let out a cry of joy and began licking his face.

Gage laughed and said, "Alright, alright bud come on chill out relax..... What do you think about the name Brick." The stone snake shook its head up and down happily as if agreeing with Gage. Gage pointed his pokedex at the pokemon.

*pokemonelite2000 image removed*
Onix- Rock Snake Pokemon- When it travels underground, it causes rumbling and tremors. It can move at 50 mph.

"Alright Brick, return!" Gage said withdrawing the gigantic pokemon into the small pokeball. He turned around just in time to notice a Mail Pidgey dropping off the mail.

( I got permission for this from Dboring because I was really stuck on what to do next and I can roll this into next chapter... With help from the Mail Pidgey :) )
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[Wolf in the Rain]

@Pikalover: Good post! Great ending (muhahahaha!)!


Congratulations! Gastly grew to lvl 13!

Totodile grew to lvl 10!

Max 'caught' a lvl 13 Growlithe!

Edit: Need to grade Wolfwhisper...

Wolfwhisper: Again, Great post!

Congratulations! Sneasel Grew to lvl 18!

Skymory grew to lvl 16!

Shaun caught a lvl 12 Golduck!

 

[§acred†Beo!]

Sumner: Good post way to get out of trouble. Spoons evolved into Kadabra, Spoons wants to learn Confusion, delete a move to make room? Also Gage received a level 15 onix!

Ok guys next chapter will be up in about 15 minutes... Get ready!!!

Volume 2
Light Rises over the horizon

Chapter 1
Number 3

After the destruction of the Clan of Hope base and the basic destruction of every member from the original group all hope was lost. Professor Oak sat at his sipping his cup of coffee once again.. He thought it was over, and that it was only a matter of time before Beo found him, Zypher had been captured, the base destroyed, and all the members gone, he had no idea what happened to you guys. Then his phone started ringing, it was an unknown number a womens voice came on the phone "Oak it's Sly, i've got Zypher and some of my members are coming to get you, we have things to discuss" Sly said. Oak sat there astonished, he had not heard from Sly since the day she got her squirtle.

The two of that are left both think you have lost, and that you are the only ones left you have no idea what to do, where to go, or who to call. You then decide that its best to train some more, incase you were faced with trouble again.

Post 1

• Talk about your emotions of feeling that your the only one who has not been killed or taken by the Dark Brotherhood.
• Explain the injuries you or your pokemon have recieved
• Create an intresting training post. (I want to see your creativity here =D)

Post 2

After a long day of training you build a small shelter somewhere hidden, and then slowly drift off to sleep. All of a sudden you feel someone tap you on the should and you wake up to see it is a man wearing what looks like a Clan of hope member, only these guys are different there full of energy and not all drowned down in exhaustion like the others at the base. He then introduces himself as a soilder of the Lightning mercanaries. He then flys you out of the area on a pidgeot. You dont ask any questions until you finally arrive on Cinnebar Island (You arrive at the island at the same time and are brought together, please mention each other in your post), and you see that it is not shrouded in Darkness, you finally see the light and it feels great. The island is home the Lightning Mercanaries, who set up tons of camps on the island. You are lead to a small tent and when you walk in you see Zypher is alive but still very sick looking, and worse he is lying in a cot. You then notice a girl about the same age as Beo and Zypher and she walks up to both of you, she is wearing a short sleeve white jacket, with a gold tang top underneath, followed by white gloves and a pair of white shorts. Her hair is pulled up.

"Hello the name is Sly welcome to the Lightning Mercanaries/Clan of Hope" she says. She then leads them to Zypher who looks at you.

"You two survived it is great to know that you have not sucumbed to the darkness like the others." He says slowly and out of breath. He was not well at all.

"Alright Josh will take you two your tent, you will be rooming together, come back tommorow for you first mission, it's going to be a tough one, but you've already been through so much I dont see how you couldn't handle this" She says smiling, as another soilder comes in and leads you two two your tent.

"Enjoy" he said as he waved goodbye.

Iniside the tent is two desk for your belongings, and a bed each.

What to do in this post

• Talk about being introduced to the light at cinnebar Island
• Your meeting with sly and Zypher
• and then express your feelings to each other once you get back to your room.s

 

[Monochrome]

Some Serious Training

Gage took the mail from the Pidgey and brought it into the house and lied it down on the kitchen table. He figured it was about time he actually got some well deserved rest but as he lied down in his old bed he began thinking about what Beo said when he was imprisoned. No one but Gage was left... All the other members were either murdered or had succumbed to darkness and there was nothing Gage could do. Gage decided he needed to get stronger... He needed to be the best he could be if he was going to take on the entire Brotherhood of Darkness alone.

No matter how hard he tried he couldn't get any sleep but he felt very well rested. His arm was throbbing constantly and no even though Gage took multiple pain killers his arm still hurt him extremely. It would impair him slightly and he was going to need to keep it bandaged for at least a month unless he got some sort of serious medical attention. Gage got up from his bed and decided it was about time he began training. He went to his closet and pulled out a lot of old target he wold use for pokeball training as well as a bunch of money he was saving from something special. He emptied his bag of everything but the targets and left for the local pokemart.

He spent all his money on 6 revives 12 full restores and 21 potions and then began making his way towards his old secret training ground that had barely been affected by darkness at all. He laid out all of the targets and then released both Spoons and Angel from their pokeballs." Go Spoons! Use confusion on the targets, lift them up high and make them fly around!" Spoons lifted his hands up and he targets began soaring through the sky in an erratic but flowing manner. " Now Angel I want you to use your Fury attack and try to hit the targets." The golden bird nodded at Gage frequently. Although the beating she took in the last battle was very very severe her flying was as fast as ever.

She not only hit every target with perfect presicion but she also completely destroyed them on contact. Gage had never put too much thought into the little birds strength but she was incredible. Gage was lucky to have her as an asset to the team. Once all the targets the Gage set up were destroyed Gage said, "Wow, Angel your incredible, Great job!" The bird few around making all sorts of happy bird noises " You deserve a quick rest but I'll call you out again in a minute. Return!" He pressed the button in the center of the pokeball and a red light enveloped he small golden bird bringing it back into the ball. " Go Brick!"

The gigantic rock pokemon streched out a litle and then let out a deep roar. " Okay Brick you use rock through straight up in the air, and Spoons you either try to break them with other boulders using confusion or use shadow ball to break them up mid air." The stone snake grabbed the nearest boulder with its tail and launched it straight up in the air so high that it was almost of of sight. Spoons picked up a near boulder using confusion and lauched it up in the air at the same speed as the origonal and the two collided sending a rain of pebbles from the sky. Gage hadn' really though about what he was going to do about the pebbles so he needed to make a quick disicion. " Brick use your hearden attacks and lean over me and Spoons!" The stone giant wasted no time protecting Spoons and Gage and when all the stones landed it sounded almost like water drops hitting a ceiling.

Watching how Brick used his harden gave Gage a great idea. " Brick lie straight and use your harden attack!" The pokemon laid straight taking up at least 30 feet of ground and solidified into one straight line. " Now use confusion to lift him up and throw him like a harpoon." Spoons whole body began shaking and the groung beneath him began cracking as he tried to lift a ton of weight on his own. After about 5 seconds Brick began lifting of the ground slowly until he was about 20 feet off the ground. Spoons launched Brick at the biggest stone near him at a speed considerably fater than it took him to be lifted. The boulder exploded into a thousand peices and the ground had a gigantic hole in it also. The damage was incredible but Gage would need to do perfect it before he actually used it in battle.

Spoons stood panting and extremely exhausted, it was about time he got a quick rest. "Spoons, return for now! Okay lets see what you can do Brick. Use bind on the boulder over there!" The stone snake sped towards the boulder and wrapped around it with its whole body squeezing it until it shattered to bits. " Wow alright nice job!" now try your tackle attack at that tree over there!" The rock pokemon nodded and then threw itself head first into the ancient tree completely destroying it and leaving nothing but splingers on the ground. " Incredible Brick! You amazing!" Brick got right next to Gage and began rubbing his head up against him making happy noises.

" Go Spoons, go Angel!" Gage tossed his other two pokeballs and both pokemon streched as they were released from the balls. " Aright now we're going to try something new, instead of fighting a pokemon we dont know because we have too... You are going to fight eachother going only on instinct.... For fun." Gage said.

All the pokemon stared at eacchother for a silent moment adn then they all went into their battle positions. Brick began throwing boulders at Spoons and Angel. In response Spoons used shadow balls shattering them and sending their fractions strewing everywhere. Angel in the meantime was just merely flying higher and higher dodging every attack and not taking any damage whatsoever. Gage sat and watched in amazement at his pokemon as the battle progressed. Brick grew frustrated at how little his attacks were doing, he flew at Spoons and caught him in a bind attack squeezing him with all the strenght in his body. Spoons teleported out of the bind attack and landed on Bricks back. He ran up his back charging a shadowball.

He shot the Shadow ball directly into the back of Bricks head but for some reason it didnt do as much damage as it should've. " Thats why he was so still!" Gage said aloud, " He was using his harden attack!" Brick started speeding towards a near by boulder trying to smash Spoons off of his back but just as Brick neared the boulder Spoons jumped off and used confusion to smash Brick into the ground. Brick went limp unconcious and Spoons stood although completely exhausted still standing. Spoons stood triumphant over Brick but from high in the sky the golden bird fell and with one strong and well aimed peck attack Angel completely knocked Spoons out. " Wow!" Gage exclaimed, " Great idea letting the two fight it out and then finishing off the winner!" Angel chirped a happy tune and flew in a circle.

Gage pulled out all the healing items he had bought and said.... " So... How about round 2?"

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By the time the sun went down Gage had used up all the healing items and all of his pokemon had one at least one round. It was an incredible sight to see how powerful his pokemon were. Gage was proud of all of them and they each deserved a good rest. He went home and after a long shower and repacking his bags Gage laid down for bed being ready to leave on his journey again tommorow. Gage closed his eyes and felt himself drift into sleep.

*BRING BRING BRING* The doorbell rang through Gages house waking him up. He dragged his feet making his way to the doorway and when he opened the door their stood a man wearing a button the had the symbol from the Clan Hope." Gage? Is that you?" The man said. " Uhh yeah...." Gage said, " I heard all the Clan Hope members were killed who the hell are you?"

The man laughed, " That's only half true... The Clan as you know it has been detroyed but we are the reinforcements, we work for a woman named Sly and we have saved Zypher. I was sent here to tell your grandfather that you had died in the line of duty but I see that I was very wrong!"The man said excitedly. " Quickly, we should make our way to Base, take my Pidgeot and I'll meet you there later once I've taken care off all my buisness here." Gage stood baffled. " This is incredible!" He ran upstairs and grabbed his bag and pokeballs. He wrote his grandfather a very breif note on a napkin.

"Dear Gramps,

Love you too and thank you so much...... STILL ALIVE BY THE WAY!

Love,
Gage"

He made his way downstairs and mounted the Pidgeot excitedly. He wasn't alone after all!
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[ShadowYashi]

"Pikachu?"

"Sneasel Snea!"

"Houu"

Nel had just finished briefing the clueless Bolt and Houndour in on their escape from the psychotic and murderous Beo and his equally murderous and psychotic Gengar "Snea! Snea Snea!" she made all type of hand motions as she described the encounter and battle she endured.

She… she looks so broken .

All three Pokémon turned their heads towards Angela, the girl had her knees pulled up against her chest, her eyes stared blankly out at the foliage in front of them, her face was red and puffy, her tears had long since dried up an hour ago, she couldn't cry anymore… her eyes wouldn't let her "I'm the only one left… he's either turned them, or killed them and I was next" Angela shuddered at the thought of death, if it was one thing she feared, it was to die.

Nothing seemed to matter to her anymore, there was no more Clan of Hope, no Zypher everything was gone, Beo was going to rule the world and there was nothing she could do to stop it. She was just one girl with 3 weak Pokémon that Beo could blow away in one hit "Hehe, he was right. I am ignorant, I didn't know what I was getting myself into, I was just in it for the adventure…. I can't save the world" she mumbled softly "I'm nothing but a joke, a big fat joke"

"Pikachu" Bolt watched Angela with a sad frown, he didn't like seeing her so upset like this "Pika Pi?" he stalked towards her, with Nel and Houndour in tow, all three wanted to cheer the girl up, make her smile again, make her feel happy. "Leave me alone guys, I just… I can't…" she trailed off burying her face deeply into her knees "just leave guys" she whispered "please"

"Pikachu—"

"Just go away!" she snapped glaring at Bolt, who recoiled and backed away "I need to be alone right now, so just… just leave me alone"

Bolt stared at Angela speechless before glancing at the equally surprised Nel and Houndour, who nodded, before the three walked off, disappearing into the trees, leaving their trainer to wallow in her pity "I can't do anything right today huh" Angela chuckled bitterly, lifting her head off her knees "I just scared away the only things I have left. They probably hate me now" Angela sighed softly and sniffed, this day was horrible.

"Smeargle!"

"Feeetch'd!"

Angela's head snapped up at the sound and was surprised to find a Smeargle running away from an angry looking Farfetche'd, that swooped low on the painter Pokémon and pecked mercilessly at it head "Fetch Fetch Fetch'd!" The Smeargle cried out and batted it's tail at the bird, managing to swat it away momentarily, before it flew back with a vengeance and pecked harshly.

She pulled out her Pokédex and scanned the Pokémon.

Smeargle; The Painter Pokémon​

A special fluid oozes from the tip of its tail.​

It paints the fluid everywhere to mark its territory.​

There are more than 5,000 different marks.​

"Hey! Leave that Smeargle alone!" Angela stood up and walked quickly towards the thing, shielding Smeargle from Farfetch'd, who scowled at Angela and stopped pecking "Farrrfetch'd!!!" there was a soft chuckle coming from the bushes and an old man stepped out chuckling at the Farfetch, who landed on his shoulder "Honestly Fetch, your too hard on her, Garce will never learn if you keep pushing her"

"Farfetch'd."

"Smeargle…."

Said Smeargle, who was hiding behind Angela, peeked around the girl's leg shyly and looked up at the old man with an apologetic look "Smear Smear" the man just laughed at Grace, before finally realizing Angela's presence "Oh. Hello young lady, were Grace and Fetch bothering you?" Angela blinked "You mean, both these Pokémon are yours?" the old man nodded "Yes, they re."

"If that's the case, then why was your Smeargle running away from Farfetch'd?" she asked and the old man smiled "Fetch and Grace don't exactly see eye to eye, Fetch is a rather old bird, while Grace is younger and energetic…. she interrupted his nap apparently" he gave a laugh and stroked the fuming bird's feathers.

"Oh." Angela's eyes lowered and she sighed sadly, the old man seemed to notice this and perked up "Hey lass, you wanna see something cool?"

"Something…cool?" she gave the old man and wondered about his form of cool… which probably was, some old school trick she wouldn't understand "Umm sure… I guess" she gave a shrug and the man grinned "Good. Alright Grace, get into position" the Smeargle nodded and back away from Angela, standing in the middle of the clearing they were in "Grace is about to put on alittle show for you" he said smiling "Now watch closely"

"Use Bubble. Then follow up with Thunder Wave!"

Angela watched the performance with wide eyes, as Grace, the Smeargle, blew bubbles out of her mouth and then discharged negative energy, using Thunder Wave, which didn't make the Bubbles pop, it instead encased them in blue electricity and they floated beautifully around Grace and Angela applauded the lovely technique "Now pop em with Poison Sting!"

Grace nodded and began to twirl, sharp needles flying from her mouth and popping all the electric encased bubbles, resulting in sparks to fly as the sparkly sheen from the Bubble's hailed down on her "Smeargle!" she ended the twirl by striking a pose and winking at Angela, who allowed a small smile to creep on her face, though seconds later her frown returned.

"You have a lovely smile dear, what's the frown for?"

"Sorry to be rude sir, but… its none of your business" she mumbled

"I see what this is" he said gravely before breaking out into a grin "The best way to cheer you up is a battle" Angela blinked and became a bit angry "A battle!? How the hell is a battle supposed to help me? You don't understand what I'm going through old man!? How would you know anythi—"

"You feel lost, you're afraid, nothing matters anymore and you feel like an idiot, because everything you've ever hoped for is gone"

Angela snorted and looked away grumbling "How would you know old man?"

"Because I'm old" he gave a mysterious smile "Kid… I've been through things you can't even imagine, so I know what its like… now enough of this chit chat… time to battle"

"Well I would but I…." she trailed off, remembering she had scared her Pokémon away "I can't… they…"

"Pikachu!"

"Snea Snea!"

"Douu!"

Bolt, Houndour and Nel appeared before Angela, leaping out the bushes, apparently having watched the whole thing "Pika Pii" Bolt's hopped on her shoulder and nuzzled her cheek, while Nel and Houndour hugged/rubbed against her leg in a reassuring manner, they'd never abandon their trainer over some silly little outburst.

"It seems you have your team now, so let's get to battling"

Angela nodded and the old man motioned her to follow him "There's a training field not too far from here, we can battle there. I'm Kakuju by the way" he said kindly and Angela smiled softly "I'm Angela, and this is Bolt, Nel and Houndour"

He turned to glance back at her Pokémon with a smile "It's a pleasure, this is Grace and Fetch and we're here" he said motioning to the training field, which was about as large the clearing they had just left, except this field looked more like a child's playground, it was a wooden jungle gym, with a swing set and monkey bars and tethered ropes to swing across.

"It's a playground" Angela deadpanned, confused at how this was a training field "a children's playground" Old man Kakuju laughed good naturedly and smiled at Angela "It helps with the reflexes, it also serves as great fun, Grace loves this place" Angela blinked "So you train here often?" Kakuju nodded "Yep, so which Pokémon will you choose, it's a one on one, so choose wisely"

Angela looked thoughtful for a moment, before picking Bolt, he would be the best choice for this place "Alright Bolt, start off with Thundershock!" Bolt nodded and leapt onto the Monkey bars sending a shock of electricity at Grace, who stood her ground and awaited orders "Counter with Poison Sting!" Grace nodded and opened her mouth, firing off a barrage of needles, which met the Thundershock in mid air, causing them to explode and cancel each other out.

"Now use Bubble!"

Grace opened her mouth and sent a stream of Bubbles at Bolt, who slipped between the bars and fell towards the gound, dodging the attack "Arm Thrust into Bubble!" as soon as Bolt hit the floor, he was caught off guard with Grace slamming her open palms into Bolt's torso, tossing the mouse high up in the air "Smearrrglllee!" she opened her mouth and fired off a round of Bubble's again, they hit their intended target and Bolt winced slightly, before flipping in the air and landing on the Monkey bars.

"Poison Sting!"

"Dodge with Quick Attack!"

Bolt nodded and leapt away, with a trail of white following closely behind as he lept from the bars to the swings "Pika" Bolt swung back and forth on the set, waiting for Grace's next attack "Thunder Wave!" Grace's entire body began to spark then she let the negative charge loose and sent it towards the swings set, using the chains as a conductor, Bolt had no time to dodge as electricity snaked down both sides rapidly and shocked him, causing instant paralysis.

"Smeargle!"

Grace cheered happily and bounced around on the bars while Bolt glowered at the dog looking painter "Quick Attack again!" Bolt nodded and quickly tackled Grace, ramming her in the stomach and causing her to slip and fall through the bars "Catch yourself!" her tail reached out on instant reflex and curled itself around a bar and now Grace was hanging upside down, staring at Bolt, who was grinning mischievously as his cheeks sparked.

"Thundershock!"

"Piiikachuuu!"

Grace's eyes went wide, as the entire Monkey bar was covered in electricity and she had got the harshes shocking of her life "Smeeargle" Grace fell from the bars and twitched as sparks danced along her form "Shake it off, and use Poison Sting!" Grace nodded and shook off the sparks, from her spot on the ground, she then inclined her head upwards and fired Poison Sting "Dodge it!" Bolt leapt from the bars and grabbed onto one of the tethered knotted ropes it swung unsteadily back and forth from his jump.

"Grab a rope and use Bubble!"

Grace nodded and jumped after Bolt, grabbing a rope and she began swinging on it before firing off a round off Bubbles, which surrounded Bolt on all sides "Now follow up with Poison Sting!" Grace shifted her weight, so the rope could rock left and right, while she fired off the needles, managing to hit Bolt on all sides, he cried out and then let the rope go, falling to the ground "Bolt!"

"Arm Thrust!"

"Dodge it with Quick Attack!"

Bolt quickly shot up and moved to dodge, but paralysis decided to be a jerk and kick in and he couldn't move, while Grace grinned happily pounded away at Bolt with open palmed strikes "Smear-gle Smear-gle Smeaaar!" Grace accentuated every thrust for when she cried out "Smeargle!" with that final thrust, she sent Bolt flying back and skidding across the ground "Chuu" Bolt grit his teeth and slowly began to rise, even though pain wracked his body "Bolt! You okay… you wanna call it quits?" Bolt shook his head stubbornly no "Pikachu!" he growled glaring at Grace, his cheeks sparking violently "Piika" Grace took a slight step back, a bit fearful of the mouse's anger "Sm-Smear" tears began to well in the painter's eyes and seconds later, Grace was bawling her eyes out as she clutched her tail tightly.

"Pika/Huh?" Both Angela and Bolt blinked in confusion, the angry sparks on his cheeks dying out, as Grace broke down in the middle of the battle Kakuju sighed and shook his head before heading towards Grace and kneeling before her "Grace, you can't do that in the middle of a battle, if she were a real enemy, you would've been defeated" Grace sniffed softly and rubbed her eyes "Smeargle Smear"

"Sorry about that dear, its just… Grace is a bit new to the battling thing plus she lives a pretty sheltered life out here and hasn't had much battle experience, except for with Fetch over here..." he motioned to the Farfetch'd, that was now scolding a sniveling Grace, who ignored the old bird and just cried some more "but she like's to perform and paint"

"Where'd you get her from?"

"I found her actually… poor thing stumbled up Fetch and I, she looked so lost and broken. I think her previous trainer abandoned her, probably because she would break down in the middle of fights or perhaps its because she doesn't like to fight much… she like to explore a lot though, always trying to get Fetch and I to go wander around some where with her"

Kakuju gave a tired smile "But in my old age, I can only go but so far, we can't keep up with her, but we try…" Angela glanced at Grace, who had stopped crying and was now poking and prodding Houndour, who rested on his haunches, with a child like curiosity "Well, why don't you release her?" the old man laughed "she wouldn't last a day out here on her own, a bit timid this one is, I was thinking of giving her to someone, but we hardly get any visitors out here" Angela hummed to herself and looked thoughtful "What if.. what if I take her?"

Kakuju's eyes snapped open and he glanced at Angela unsurely "Do you want to? I mean, she's a bit of a handful, gets into lots of trouble if you don't watch her" he explained and Angela glanced back at Grace, who was now sitting in front of Nel, paying close attention to what the Sharp Claw Pokémon was saying, nodding occasionally.

"I think I can handle her" Angela said giving him a lopsided grin

"I hope so" he said returning her grin with a soft smile as he pulled out a Luxury Ball "Here's Grace's ball she also has a thing for sweets and spicy foods" Kaukuju then began to list unnecessary thing about Grace, like her daily naps and such, that Angela didn't really care to know about "Alright old man, I get it… jeeze, you act like a jittery parent sending their kid off to school on the first day"

"Just take care of her for me Angela, please" Angela nodded and gave him a reassuring smile "I promise I will" the nice little moment however was ruined when she heard Nel give a victorious cry and Bolt seemed to be pissed at the Sharp Claw, due to the way his cheeks were sparking violently Grace was giggling as well and this only seemed to anger Bolt even further as his crackling cheeks became even more violent.

"Piiikachuuu!"

"She's your problem now" Kakuju said after the abrupt shocking he got from Bolt and Angela deadpanned with a sigh "I know"

[EDIT]

"Are you sure you don't want to rest at my place, I could make some room for you" Kakuju said after Angela had just told him that she would be going "No, its fine Old man, I'll think of something" she replied with a smile, as Bolt took his designated spot on her shoulder and Grace took Nel's position beside her, while said Sneasel and Houndour were in their Pokéballs "Thanks for Grace, I'll promise to take great care of her!" she yelled waving back at him before walking off.

"Okay… so now what?" she said this after roughly 15 minutes of walking, the sun had begin to set… the day had gone by quickly, but then again she did spen half of it cooped up in enemy territory "my feet are killing me and we need somewhere to sleep" she mumbled glancing around the foliage "Hmm maybe we could make a shelter or something…" Angela glanced at the largest tree in the area and pulled out Houndour and Nel's Pokéballs "Houndour, Nel, I need your help"

"Snea Snea!"

"Dou"

"Grace… Bolt I'll need your help too" All her Pokémon looked at Angela and she pointed at the tree's large trunk "Okay Houndour, I need you to fire an ember at the tree, but not strong enough to set the thing aflame, just enough to let it burn and then Grace.. I need you to follow up with Bubble, if you two keep that up, the bark will eventually weaken and then I'll have Nel take it from there."

Angela turned to Nel and Bolt "I need you two to scale the trees, find the largest set of leaves you can and bring them all back to this spot and while you do that, I'll go find us some food and some type of rope okay" all her Pokémon nodded and gave their respective cries as they did their jobs. Within minutes, the bark had been successfully burned and Nel and Bolt had gathered all the big leaves they could find and Angela had come back with a few vines and a handful of Berries.

"Okay, Nel.. I need you to use Shadow Claw and scratch through the weakened bark, think you can make the hole big enough for all of us to fit?" Nel nodded and gave a salute and began to claw away at the bark with her enlarged dark claws "Snea! Snea! Snea!" While Nel took care of their temporary home Angela sat on the ground cross-legged and stared at the vines and leaves uncertainly "Smear?"

Grace sat down on her bum beside Angela and looked at the girl expectantly "Ehehehe…." Angela laughed nervously and held up the vines and leaves "You wouldn't happen to know how to make a leaf curtain would you?" Grace felt a bead of sweat drop from the side of her head as she took the vines and leaves, thank goodness Old man Kakuju showed her how to string leaves together.

"Sneasel!"

"Smeargle"

Both Grace and Nel had finally finished their jobs and it was a helluva good job, the sting of leaves served as a curtain, shielding the inside from view "This is great! Thank you, both of you" Grace blushed at the thanks and Nel smirked, waving it off as though it were nothing "Snease Snea" Angela just grinned before crawling into the hole, motioning for her Pokémon to follow, the inside of the tree was large enough to fit about 3 people, and Angela wasn't sure about 3 tiny pokemon, a growing girl and a large hound, but some how they made due, Houndour had curled himself up into a ball, with Grace nestling into his side, Angela rested her back against the bark and folded her legs beside her, scooping up Nel in her arms and Bolt rested on her shoulders.

The all eventually drifted to sleep, having peaceful dreamless dreams…

The following morning however, Angela woke up to stiff legs and an incessant poking in her shoulder, the girl assumed it was Grace and shrugged it off "Quit it Grace, I'm tryna sleep" she mumbled tiredly, but the poking didn't stop "Quit it" she mumbled again, but they persisted and Angela was getting angry, her eyes snapped open and she glared at Grace "I said knock it off!" except, that wasn't Grace, Grace looked like a dog, not a human "Uhh oops?"

All her shouting woke up her Pokémon and all eyes were on the intruder, Houndour quickly shot up and growled threateningly at the man, but he seemed unfazed at the snarling dog and grinned at Angela "Morning" he exclaimed in a clearly happy mood, while Angela, figuring out he wasn't going to harm them, she could tell by the CoH uniform he wore, called off Houndour, groaned and tossed a hand over her face "Ugh what time is it and who are you?"

"Its 3 in the morning, and I am a soldier of the Lightning Mercenaries, I'm here to take you back to our camp" he announced with a wide grin, only to frown when he realized Angela and her Pokémon had dozed back to sleep "Oi! Wake up kid, I'm here to rescue you!" the chipper Merc then proceeded to shake the girl awake and she almost chocked on her spittle as she glared at the happy man "For crying out loud, its 3 in the morning! Why the hell are you so damn happy!"

"I'm here to rescue you and take you back to my camp! My Pidgeot is beginning to get impatient and I think he might leave us stranded here if we don't hurry" Angela was this close to falling asleep, had it not been for the guy to grab her abruptly and begin to shake her until sleep left her "Wake up kid, you can sleep on My Pidgeot, just recall your Pokémon first"

[FONT=&quot]Half asleep, Angela did what she was told, recalling Nel and Houndour, Bolt was still asleep on her shoulder and she picked up Grace in her arms, while the man lead her to his parked bird and the instant she hit the soft feathers, she drifted right back to sleep, unaware that they were speeding back to his campsite.[/FONT]

 

[§acred†Beo!]

Sumner: Good post! Spoons grew to lvl 18, spoons wants to learn disable delete a move to make room? Angel grew to lvl 16. Onix grew to lvl 16.. Now post part 2!

ShadowYashi: Good post, at the end though you were supposed to talk about a lightning mercenary coming and taking you to cinnebar, but its ok just add that into your next post!... Also Angela caught a lvl 14 Shiny Smeargal (Make the move set out of moves it should no and post it in the OOC thread.. Bolt also grew to lvl 15! Now do part 2!

 

[Wolf in the Rain]

Sorry to keep you waiting. But without further adieu, here's the next chapter
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Volume 2: Darkness

Chapter 1: An Eye for An Eye


"You! Get a team to patch up that hole and secure the premises." Tai yelled to a brotherhood member as he and the rookies walked to the debriefing room. He quickly opened the door and gathered the three around the table.

"As you all know, Master Beo has gone missing, and Zepher has been recovered by an unknown orginization. Although this seems like a setback, I see it as an oppertunity." Tai smirked as he set out a map on the table with Pallet Town on it. "We've been monitering Proffessor Oak, and since the attack, the amount of guards around Pallet town have decreased, giving us the perfect time to strike. We've been trying to bring Oak down ever since the Clan has appeared, and now we have the perfect time to." Tai slid each of the three a knife and a Dark ball across the table. "I need you three to go to Pallet Town and capture Proffessor Oak."

Post 1: Explain about getting ready (You can also do some training)

Post2: You will be dropped off INDIVIDUALLY in Viridian City by Tai (feel free to bunny him). You will then travel down Route 1 toPallet Town. Here you will encounter guards as well as wild Pokemon.

Post 3: You will meet up outside the secret entrance (which you should know where it is, since you've been there before) and capture Professor Oak. You should end outside Pallet's south entrance, where Tai and the rest of the Brotherhood wil meet you to take you back.

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Guard 1 (Route 1)

Trapinch lvl 13
Attacks: Bite, Sand Attack, Roar, Dig

(Shiny!) Zigzagoon lvl 12
Attacks: Tackle, Sand Attack, Growl, Headbutt
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Guard 2 (Route 1)

Whismer lvl 12
Attacks: Uproar, Growl, Pound, Astonish

Dratini lvl 13
Attacks: Wrap, Leer, Thunder Wave, Twister

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Guard 3 (Route 1)

Gible lvl 13
Attacks: Sand Attack, Dragon Rage, Sandstorm, Tackle

Pidgey lvl 12
Attacks: Gust, Tackle, Sand Attack, Whirlwind

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Lab Guard 1+2+3

Ditto lvl 20
Attacks: Transform

Porygon 2 lvl 20
Attacks: Psybeam, Recover, Conversion 2, Agility

NOTE: Lab guards Pokemon have been exposed to the light, and therefore cannot be capture with the Dark Ball.
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[Monochrome]

New Beginings

The wind rushed by Gages face and he could feel his eyes begin to water. He was high above the ground now and he had been flying for at least a few hours. He looked to the side of the great bird her was riding dark clouds seeded the sky making everything he saw blury yet he still knew what he was looking at. Every tree was dead or dying and every patch of grass was brown. The water was dirty and tainted and Gage was amazed about how anything could live here anymore.

Far off in front of him Gage noticed a seemingly small island that to Gages great surprise seemed to be illuminated by light. The closer and closer the Pidgeot came to the isle the more and more Gage could make out its features. It had palm trees blowing in the wind and the grass was green. Green grass! Gage hadn't seen that in more than 4 years. On the far edge of the island Gage noticed a volcano streching far into the sky surrounded by lush plant life and beautiful white puffy clouds that drifted upron a soft breeze. It was beautiful, a paradise, an oasis, it was sanctuary.

When the bird pokemon neared ground Gage could feel how easier the oxygen was to breath on the island as well. The bird dipped its head and Gage gave it a good petting saying, " Thank you very much, the ride was very comfertable!" The pokemon cooed and then flew away back towards its trainers direction. Gage looked around and noticed a man in a suit who seemed to be waiting for somebody.

Gage approached the man "Hello?" Gage said questioningly. The man turned to him and said, " Whom may i be so blunt to ask... Are you?" Gage stared at him for a second, " Umm I'm Gage I was sent here by another Clan member, he said I should find a woman named Sly?" The mans eyes opened with excitement. " Really..." he said, "well I'm glad your not dead boy... We can use all the help we can get! In the meantime you can wait with me until the other recruit is delivered."

Another recruit! This is amazing, not only am I not the only Clan Hope member left, but another recruit survived too! Gage thought to himself. Gage found a comfertable place in the soft grass and laid back looking at the sun and the small clouds that drifted by above him. He soaked in all the things that he took for granted when he was a child and before he knew it he had become so relaxed he had almost drifted off into sleep.. and he would've too if it weren't for the Pidgeot landing on his head.

"Ow What the f..." Gage stopped himself from going farther when he noticed a girl getting off from the pidgeot. "Sorry! I guess Pidgeot got excited and didn't really aim!" She said appoligetically . Gage opened his eyes and realized her face was literally 3 inches away from his. "Are you okay" she asked. " Gage blushed " Yeah no I'm fine.. Just shocked was all." The girl smiled " Good!" she said pulling him off the ground. "Hey wait... I recognize you!" she said "You're one of the other recruits... Yeah your the one who yelled at that black haired kid." Gage realized that she must be the other recruit that survived. "Yeah," he said " And your that girl with the..." He looked at her.."Belly button peircing and... Green hat." He choked out still flushing a bit.

She laughed and they were inturrupted by the man in the suit. He made a coughing noise to get their attention. "If you two are done I would really like to do my job and bring you to Zypher and Sly." He said in a rude manner. "Yeah sure...." Gage said looking at the man in a nonchalant way.

The two recruits walked behind the rude man, Angela behind the man and Gage behind her. Gage couldn't help but stare at the girl no matter how awkward he felt doing it. Not only was he surprised that another recruit still survived and staed in the light but also although she looked exhausted and slightly defeated she still had a certian confident flame about her. Well that and the fact that she was really pretty...... She turned for a second in a bored sort of manner and when her eyes met Gages and she knew he was staring he looked away blushing again.

They eventually arrived at a very large tent that seemed to be in the center of the island. INside Gage could hear two voices conversing, one powerful confident voice and another just as confident but soft and raspy. The man in the suit oopened the tents door and pushed both of the teenagers in rushing away as soon as he could. Inside the tent there were two people, Zypher whos condition seemed to have declined even greater and a woman with blonde hair and a white outfit that Gage assumed must be Sly.

"Hello the name is Sly welcome to the Lightning Mercanaries/Clan of Hope" she said. She brought the two over to Zypher who was lying in a cot, he looked so much weaker... In a raspy stalling voice he said slowly, "You two survived it is great to know that you have not sucumbed to the darkness like the others." He said out of breath. He coughed deeply and slowly drifted off into a deep sleep. "Alright Josh will take you two your tent, you will be rooming together, come back tommorow for you first mission, it's going to be a tough one, but you've already been through so much I dont see how you couldn't handle this" Sly said smiling, as another soilder comes in and began to lead Gage and Angella to their tent.

Gage was detirmined this time not to stare.. He did everything he could to distract himself, he looked at the wildlife, thought about his grandfather, imagined pokemon battling. But in the end it wasn't enough and he let himself peep at her one quick time. This time he was surprized to see that she was staring back and this time she said something, " Really dude... Come on...." Gage looked away frustrated. The three approached a nearby tent and the young man Josh as he was called said "Here's your tent, enjoy!" and began walking away.

"Hey, hey, no,no wait. What the hell is this? We're sharing a tent?" Gage said confused. " Uhh yeah... you are.. we're running low on tents sooo... yeah BYE!" he said and began running away. There was an awkward silence as the two entered the tent and began placing their things on the bed and in their desks. The girl broke the silence, " Hey guy, what's your name?" she asked. " You can call me Gage," he said in a response, "What should I call you?" He asked in response. " My name is Angela... But most people call me Angel..." she said as if he should know. "Hmm.. well I already know an Angel... Would you mind if I called you Angela?" he asked. "Yeah sure..." She said abruptly.

After a couple more minutes of silence the girl said bluntly, " Hey.. Are you like... A pervert or something?". Gage choked and said surprized " What!?". She laughed and said, "Well I mean you've been staring at me like... All day and I don't want to bunk with some kind of pervert or anything." Gage was embarrased and his cheeks were red again, " I'm sorry for staring, I promise you that I'm not a pervert... I was just facinated by something and was surprized there was another survivor." She laughed, " Don't worry, I was just messing... I know your not a perv, if you didn't notice, I was staring at you too, and probably for the same reason."

Gage laughed to himself, " Wow," he said, " and about the staring thing... I doubt you were facinated for the same reason I was..." She laughed and said," Whatever... I'm going to sleep, I haven't been in a bed this comfy in forever." Gage smiled and said, "Alrighty good night and sweet dreams." She took a long yawn and said, " Same to you pervert.."

"What?" Gage said caught unawares. "Nothing, nothing...... Good night!" She said before turning out the light.

 

[§acred†Beo!]

Sumner: Great post! haha the pervert part was funny!

 

[Wolfwhispers]

You! Get a team to patch up that hole and secure the premises." Tai yelled to a brotherhood member as he and the rookies walked to the debriefing room. He quickly opened the door and gathered the three around the table.

"As you all know, Master Beo has gone missing, and Zepher has been recovered by an unknown orginization. Although this seems like a setback, I see it as an oppertunity." Tai smirked as he set out a map on the table with Pallet Town on it. "We've been monitering Proffessor Oak, and since the attack, the amount of guards around Pallet town have decreased, giving us the perfect time to strike. We've been trying to bring Oak down ever since the Clan has appeared, and now we have the perfect time to." Tai slid each of the three a knife and a Dark ball across the table. "I need you three to go to Pallet Town and capture Proffessor Oak."

Shaun slid the knife into his belt and waited as the man debriefed the three of them on what else was expected of them. The knives were obviusly for scare tactics, as Professor Oak was too important to be killed or scarred permanently. When they were released, the three of them were split up and given rooms. Shaun barely even glanced at the other two, almost as if they were part of the furniture. As soon as he got into his room, the door was immediately locked.

"Here I am," Shaun said with a sneer, finally taking off his bandana as he began to look around. There was a small bed, desk and dresser. The dresser held a few simple black clothes that ranged in sizes. Off to the side, there was a small bathroom. Looking in, he found a few simple healing devices such as potions and antidotes in the medicine cabinet. He grabbed a few and sat on his bed before he released his pokemon.

With a burst of white light, all of his pokemon appeared. Ivysaur, the larger and more improved grass type appeared with a low growl. Sneasel, the agile and swift assassin appeared and flexed his claws. And, finally, Golduck, the new pokemon he had taken away. The cut was still bleeding, and the water type looked at the wound in disgust and shame.

Shaun tisked as he sprayed the potion over the wound. Golduck watched with wary eyes, but he did nothing as Sneasel and Ivysaur watched. "You should be ashamed," he commented. "Letting a tiny ghost type actually cut you with a knife. And here you are, an evolved pokemon."

"Goll," Golduck growled in anger, claws shifting dangerously.

Shaun leaned back up against the wall. "You are at such a low level to be an evolved pokemon..." Shaun tilted his head. "I have met many evolved pokemon that should not yet be at that stage. I wonder, does it have to do with this supposed shadow?" Shaun was now more or less talking with himself. He turned his attention back on Golduck. "I can make you stronger," he stated, voice soft and alluring. "I can give you the power to kill... to seek revenge."

"Duck!" Golduck bellowed, nodding frantically. He had seen how the trainer's that opposed his previous master battled, and they were strong.

"But I can only make you strong if you try hard," Shaun continued, closing his eyes half way. God he was tired. "I expect to see you fight till the brink of death and not lose, otherwise you're not worth keeping around. Got it?"

"Du," Golduck said, nodding his head.

"Good, now get some rest. We capture the professor soon."

His pokemon nodded and all got into comfortable positions on the floor as Shaun fell asleep on his bed.

 

[Wolf in the Rain]

Wolfwhisper: Good post!


Congratulations! Golduck grew to lvl 14!

 

[Wolfwhispers]

It was hours, or maybe even a day, Shaun didn't know, before he was awoken from his nap. Sneasel quickly alerted him with a bark. He had jolted out of his bed just in time to put the bandana over his face right before Tai entered his room. The man looked at him with a sneer before beckoned him to follow.

"The three of you shall be dropped off individually," he told Shaun and the others as soon as they joined them. He could see Golduck glaring at one of them from within his pokeball. It was Max, the boy who had caused the scar from the knife simply because he couldn't control this darkness. Shaun had no trouble so far. In fact, he was pretty sure he was the only one unaffected by this all. "Here you are. These pokemon will return back to base as soon as they drop you off."

Before the other two or anyone could say a word, Shaun clambored on ontop of a giant Pidgeot, idily wondering if he should attempt to take this pokemon. It did seem rather strong, but he already had a flying type so it wouldn't matter.

The flight took no more than a half hour as the abandoned town was quite close. As soon as Pidgeot landed and Shaun climbed down, the giant bird took off. Shaun watched it fly away for a moment before moving forward. He remembered exactly where the entrance was. It had, after all, only been a few days ago he was given his pokemon. It was amazing that through the course of so many events his pokemon had evolved after only a few days.

"Hold it!" a man barked. He had light brown hair and suspicious gray eyes that darted about cautiously. "I knew that Pidgeot was here for a reason! It seems we have a little Dark Grunt!" He gestured at Shaun's black clothing that he was wearing. "Go, Pidgey!" With a burst of white light, the small bird pokemon appeared. Shaun sneered. After seeing that large Pidgeot, this thing was nothing.

"Go, Skarmory!" he barked, releasing the metallic bird.

"Skarr!" Skarmory cried, flapping his wings as he stared down at the smaller pokemon before giving Shaun a disdainful glance. This runt was obviously not worth his time.

"Pidgey, Gust!" the man ordered, looking a bit wary at the sight of such a large bird.

"Gidy!" Pidgey cried as he flapped his wings to create a small tornado.

"Skaa," Skarmory yawned as he remained still as the tornado whipped around him. "Mary!" he cried, finally flapping his wings to dispell the wind.

"Do what you like," Shaun said, infuriating the man.

"Pidgey, keep trying Gust!" he cried as the smaller pokemon flapped his wings as hard as he could.

"Skarrm!" Skarmory cried, having had enough of this pokemon and just releasing a large barrage of sharp stars.

"Pii!" Pidgey cried out as the Swift tore at its body, sending feathers everywhere. "Pig," Pidgey cawed, charging forward in an attempt to redeem itself with a Tackle attack.

"Knock it away," Shaun ordered. The metal bird nodded. As soon as Pidgey came a foot near it, the metallic bird simply slashed the smaller bird away with its sword like wings. Crying out in pain, Pidgey fell to the ground as soon as the sharp feathers came in contact. It was almost like a Slash attack. "Finish it," Shaun ordered. "Swift."

"Skaa!" Skarmory cawed loudly as he opened his great beak to allow the sharp stars to be released.

"Quick, Whirlwind!" the man cried.

"Pid ee," Pidgey cried, trying to flap his wings. Suddenly, an intense wind picked up, sending twigs and dirt flying. Shaun himself could feel his body being pushed back, but Skarmory stood his ground.

"Skarr!" Skarmory roared, charging toward the scared Pidgey and Pecking it mercilessly. This wind was nothing!

"No, Pidgey!" the man cried, running over to his fallen pokemon. When the Pidgey made no noise, he reluctantly returned it. "You may have won against my Pidgey, but you are no match for this. Go, Gible!"

With a burst of white light, the land shark pokemon appeared with a loud bark. "Gii!"

"Skarmory, return," Shaun said without concern. As soon as the green metallic bird was returned, he released Golduck. "Let's see if you're worth it," he told the water type as soon as it was released.

"Gooo!" Golduck called, swiping his hands through the air.

"Gible, use Tackle!" the man bellowed.

"Giiib!" Gible cried as it charged forward. His head was lowered, truly looking like a walking shark.

"Golduck, Confusion," Shaun ordered.

"Gooll," Golduck said lowly as he lowered his head, eyes glowing pink as he focused the psychic energy on the young dragon type.

"Gbib!" Gible cried out in shock as his body stopped moving. He was frozen! "Bibleb!" he cried as his body was lifted high into the air.

"Slam it to the ground," Shaun said, folding his arms as he watched.

"Duck," Golduck said with a sly smile. One finger jabbed down, and suddenly Gible found himself falling from the sky and landing in a heap.

"Quick, Gible! Use Sandstorm!"

Panting not from pain, but from anger, Gible began to stomp his feet hard on the ground as a vicious Sandstorm shot out from his sides. All around them the area became encompassed in the hard sand. Golduck brought up a hand to his face as the hard sand cut at his body.

"Use Water Gun!" Shaun called over the roar of the Sandstorm.

Golduck let his tail pound the ground in irritation before allowing his beak to open. Immediately, large and powerful galleons of water shot out in a random direction. He truly had no idea where the little beast was, so he simply shot at random. "Gib!" came a cry to Golduck's right, startling the water type as the dragon type shot toward him so close by. "Giii!" it roared as he opened his mouth and let loose a blast of draconic fire.

"Gooool!" Golduck howled. Never before had he experienced such pain before. The attack tore and burned at his body all at once.

"How'd you like my Dragon Rage?" the man boasted.

"Water Gun," Shaun ordered, ignoring the man completely. He paid attention to the battle, not the trainer.

"Gol!" Golduck spat, beak wide open and immediately firing away.

"Giiible!" Gible cried as it got blasted away across the ground. It skidden over the muddy terrain, thanks to the Sandstorm. While Golduck may have gotten away with a small wince, the land shark was feeling a lot of pain thanks to the water. It really must suck being part ground type.

"Confusion," Shaun ordered.

"Dragon Rage!" the man shouted hurriedly.

"Gooo," Golduck said lowly as the red draconic fire shot towards him. Eyes glowing pink, the pyschic energy surrounded the fire, startling Gible in the process. "Duck!" Golduck cried, having the dragon attack shoot backwards.

"Gi gi!" Gible cried out in shock as it quickly tried to get away from the attack. The poor land shark was unsuccessful, and the draconic fire surrounded his little body.

"No, Gible!" the man cried out in worry.

Shaun gave him an annoyed glance. "Finish it!" he called to Golduck. He heard his pokemon give a bark before firing a Water Gun, but that wasn't what he was focused on. What he was looking at was the trainer. "Sneasel, go," he ordered, releasing the dark type.

"Snea!" Sneasel cried, startling the man.

"Wha... what are you doing!?" It always ended with a question like this, right before Sneasel slashed the man's throat. They all died asking the same thing. How could these men not know a war was going on, and such things as death happened?

"Sean," Sneasel purred as he licked his bloodied claw.

"Goo," Golduck breathed with a sigh as he dragged out an unconcious, and very heavy Gible. The small dragon pokemon had been done for as soon as its own attack hit it, coupled with the fact that it was weak against water types.

"Good job," Shaun said to his pokemon. "Seems you're worth it." Golduck beamed, but Shaun ignored the water duck and threw a dark ball at the fainted Gible. It might be worth something, either money-wise or team-wise...

 

[Wolf in the Rain]

Wolfwhispers: Good post! And wow, that was fast work!

Congratulations! Skymory grew to lvl 17!

Sneasel grew to lvl 19!

Golduck grew to lvl 15!

Shaun caught a lvl 13 Gible!