From Dborings Pokemon: Path to Light or Darkness
Gage grabbed the pokeball of his newly acquired Pokemon smiling happily. He turned to see Angela along with two Pokemon, a Sneasel and of course Bolt... Both the Pokemon were snickering and occasionally looking over to look at Gage before returning to there conversation. Seriously they better not be planning on killing me... Gage thought to himself. Gage, Angela and her Pokemon slowly made their way towards the outer limits of Vermillion City.
"We're getting closer." Gage muttered as the group neared the town following a familiar path. There was a long moment of silence and Gage figured she must still be mad about the whole.... touching thing... But she seemed t o snap out of whatever trance she was in and said, " We are? How do you know?" Gage remembered that she knew just about nothing about him. " I live here.." Gage said shrugging as if it were unimportant. After another few seconds of travel Gage said, "Oh, the city limits are right up ahead, so it's not to far." He grinned thinking about how he was going to be home soon.
Soon when they were only a few meters from home Gage and his companion were stopped by some guards, Gage recognized them as some of the people who lived in the town. " You can't enter kids, so back off" One of the guards said. Angela seemed to still have left over rage from earlier events, "And why the hell not! He lives here!" Anger spread across her face. "I don't really care kid, rules are rules, now get going, or we'll have to use force" The guard said only nodding. The two pulled balls from their belts and stared at Gage and Angela intently waiting for a response.
Angela just snorted and reached for the ball at her belt. She stopped as she was about ot toss the ball and looked at her two Pokemon. She must not think I'm a proficient battler Gage thought to himself. Her body became slightly limp as she relaxed her muscles and she placed the ball back in her belt and walked away, Gage followed slightly confused, he was ready for battle. "Sorry about that" she said in a rush, "but... that's a pretty stupid rule... I mean you live here for mew' sake!" She gave another frustrated stare placing her hands on her hips. she pointed towards the guards with her thumb and asked, " Is there like a backdoor or something to this place?"
Gage thought for a minute and remembered this old creepy shack on the edge of town. He rubbed the stubble developing at the bottom of his chin and said, "Well, there is an abandoned building not too far from here, it leads into the city, we could sneak in through there" Angela immediately shook her head no and said, "Nah, I'll take my chance with the guards… me an decrepit old buildings don't work out together" She sighed and said,
Gage couldn't help but muster an inquisitive stare."I was 8, it involved a couple of Ghost Pokémon, the old abandoned house back home and a horrible joke gone wrong. Don't ask."
Gage gave a nervous chuckle but when he saw the look on her face he felt bad and let it go. "Alright, how's your battling?" She quickly changed the subject obviously trying not to think about it. "Its alright, I've been doing good so far… why?" Gage asked curiously. She completely ignored him grabbing his hand and dragging him back to the guards. "Hey Thing 1 and Thing 2! We wanna battle you, if we win you have to let us inside and if we lose then you can boot us out!" She said confidently.
"Heh… I like the sound of those rules" said the more talkative of the two. They both threw their pokeballs up in the air and yelled, " Go Scyther/Banette!" Out of the red and white orbs popped a giant mantis-like green creature and a grayish ghost with a zipper like mouth. "Alright then… I'm going with Houndour!" Angela excitedly exclaimed tossing her ball up in the air. Gage stalled for a second as he remembered the burns going up his arms at the sight of the fire hound. Gage snapped to focus. " Go Rattata!" he exclaimed, ready for battle. the small rat turned and hissed at Gage glaring him down.
Angela was quick to attack, "Start off with Ember on that Scyther!" The dogs shot flaming orbs towards Scyther and for some odd reason it just stood there and took a hit as if it were nothing. "False swipe Scyther!" the giant bug flew at Houndour and tricked him as he went for slash at him but hesitated and hit him with the back of its other scythe.
Gage decided it was about time he joined in on the battle. "Rattata, use bite.." The Pokemon looked off to the side completely ignoring her trainers orders. "Stop being difficult Rattata! Now get out there and attack!" He said with frustration. Houndour was getting tag teamed by the two enemy Pokemon and Gage grew frustrated. "Grr fine… don't listen then… Rattata return! Angel I need your help!"
The small rat returned to its ball and Gage released the golden bird from its ball. "Woah… so pretty" Angela commented as the golden bird floated up into the sky spreading its wings. "That's a mighty fine Swablu you've got there Gage" Gage blushed, he couldn't help it. The bird gracefully landed on Houndours head as it panted in exhaustion."Thanks" Gage said accepting the comment. " Now Angel, use your astonish!" The Pokemon sped towards its adversary's and let out a screech, the two enemies flinched in fear.
"Right, now Houndour, use Smog and follow up with Ember, quickly! Don't give them time to recover!" Angela muttered, not letting up. She was quite the battler, Gage was glad she stayed on the side of good. The smog attack followed by the ember caused a giant explosion in front of them. "Get back Angel, they could attack at anytime with this cover" Gage made sure his Pokemon was alert. "Yeah, you too Houndour, stay alert!" Angela said along with him.
"Quick Attack Scyther and Banette use Shadow Sneak!" the trainers screamed and the small bird was struck from houdours head. Houndour soon followed taking a heavy tumble to the ground and then was struck by another false swipe. The smoke finally cleared and both Pokemon were occupied in battle. Swablu was exchanging blows with the odd puppet Pokemon and Houndour was being pounded on by the green bug.
After a while Angel got a foothold and began assaulting the puppet Pokemon with repetitive pecks. "That's the way Angel! Now use Astonish!" The bird paused mid assault and release a bloodcurdling screech that forced Banette to cover its ears and close its eyes. Gages attention turned to Houndour who was still being beaten mercilessly. "Good job, now help out Houndour, use Peck again!" She turned and slammed her small beak into the mantis Pokemons side knocking it to the ground.
"Alright Houndour, use Howl and then Follow up with Ember" Angela yelled to her now free dog-like pokemon"And Angel use Peck" Gage said following. He glanced at Angela and realized this was their chance to take out Scyther. Houdour howled to the sky and just as Scyther had managed to pull himself to his feet he was pelted with a barrage of flaming pellets scorching his scythes, as Scyther began to pull itself together Angel pecked at it once more from behind knocking it to the ground. This time he didn't get up.
"Good job guys, now there's only one more to go!" Angela said in a cheerily. Angel whistled happily and Houndour gave a happy bark. Angela began the battle again, "Okay Houndour use Leer!" The small dogs glared down the now recovered Banette who shrugged it off. "Knock off Banette!" Banette lifted its fist up the air as it was charged with darkness and as it began pulling its fist down Gage yelled, " Intercept with astonish Angel!" Angel tried once again and pulled off a loud screech bringing the Banettes attention to herself. As Banette swatted away at Angel, Angela yelled,"That works! Use Ember!".
When Banette eventually succeeded in hitting its target it was blasted with a relentless barrage of embers "Keep it up Houndour!" Angela said with excitement in her voice. The Banette eventually took a fall slipping to the ground and out of consciousness. Angela turned and hugged Gage embarrassing him with her arms and Gages smirk turned into a stupid smile. She ran off to her dog to give him praise. Gage smiled at Angel his small bird and said, " Great job girl, you did fantastic as always!" after the Pokemon rubbed her cotton appendage on him giving him the best hug she could he returned her to the pokeball.
"Ha! We won, so you've gotta let us through" Angela said to the frustrated guards teasing them. As they slipped through the gates Angela said "That was some great battling Gage… That's a nice Swablu you've got there" Gage smiled, he enjoyed the praise, it was a nice change of pace. "Yeah, you weren't too bad yourself… your Houndour was great" Gage said returning the favor.
"If you say so… That was the first time I actually fought with him, ever since I captured him…. He did good though" She said picking up her Sneasel and allowing Bolt to once again climb back up on her shoulder. "So… we fight LT. Surge next right?"
Gage remembered the middle aged man who had taught him so much about battling and had always been very friendly to Gage. He also remembered how relentlessly brutal he was in battle. He gave her a serious nod,"Yeah… you'd better be ready for this Angela, LT Surge is not one to be taken lightly" he said wondering to himself if they'd truly be able to beat Surge.