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My Victory of Pewter City Gym (by Michael Keens/ Exodus)  

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Recently I picked up a new member for the team, a Magmar called Kindle.  
With this Fire-type, my team was a little more prepared for all competition.  

Today, I battled a group of bug catching kids and won a lot of money from a 
mini-tournament, this would help the funds a lot, except some kid with 
turquoise hair thought I was mugging them and shouted at me.  
He wasn�t special enough to know the real reason, so I just passed him by.  

There were no trainers in Pewter, anyone who wanted to battle me had already 
lost.  
I was getting more confident now, and would be sure to make the money I 
needed.  
There was a Gym in Pewter, so I decided to pay a quick visit, then use the 
cave on my map to get to another Gym.  

Inside was a murky grey stone arena, a spiky haired man sat on an altar with 
his eyes shut.  
�Um, Mr Flint, are you awake?�  
�Of course I am! Are you making fun of my eyes?!�  
I realised that he wasn�t sleeping and that his eyes were naturally... lines.  
�Sorry, I�m here for my third Gym Badge!�  
�You�re so sure you�ll get it?�  
�Uh huh, some people outside told me you were developing a losing streak.�  
�Why those-�  
He stopped and coughed.  
�Three-on-three battle, Go!�  

�Go, Kindle!�  
�Graveler!�  
�Magmar!�  
�Heh.�  
�Uh oh.�  
�In case you haven�t noticed, this is a Rock Pok�mon Gym.  You�ve made a great 
error that shall cost you dearly.  Graveler, Rock Throw!�  
�Kindle, Leer!�  
It dropped the rocks on the floor but quickly shook off the fear effect.  
�Hah, Graveler, roll up and Tackle!�  
"Try Leer again!"  
He curled up and rolled towards Kindle with no care or interest in his attack.  
�Dodge it, Kin�!�  
�Mag...� he said toughly, moving aside as the big ball crashed into the wall 
and uncurled.  
�Graveler, Rock Throw!�  
�Kindle...  Um, Smog.� I hesitated.  
I should have checked out what sort of Pok�mon this guy trained before 
releasing my Pok�mon, why didn�t I see that Rock was the theme here?  
The poisonous cloud surrounded the Graveler but did no damage, the rocks 
showered on Kindle.  
�Mag... Mar...�  
�Kindle, Smokescreen!�  
�Graveler, Rock Slide!�  
The black cloud surrounded the battlefield, but it didn�t matter, the rocks 
flew in all directions and weakened Kindle.  
�Finish it with Mega Punch!�  
�Confuse Ray!�  
I could see it was over but Kindle�s sacrifice needn�t have been in vain.  
Kindle fell to the floor while the Graveler looked confused.  
�Kindle, Return, Go, Squirt!�  
�Poli!�  
�So tiny, Graveler, crush that midget." said Flint.  
�Grav... av... av...� it said with spirals in its eyes.  
�Its confused, Flint, Squirt, go all out on a Water Gun!�  
�Poli!!!� it squealed dousing it down with its powers.  
�Graveler, Return...�  
Flint looked strong, he was a little better off than me.  
�You�re a smart one, but smarts won�t cut it, Go! Rhyhorn!�  
�RHHHYYY!!!�  
�Squirt, do your best.  Hypnosis.�  
�Rhyhorn, don�t look at it, Take Down!�  
�Poli... POLI!!!� he wailed as he fell back.  
�Stomp it down!�  
�Hypnosis, now!�  
�Rhy-�  
It fell back before bringing its feet down on Squirt.  
�Water Gun!�  
�Poli!!!�  
The water splashed around, but it didn�t last as long as the last one, Squirt 
was getting overworked and exhausted.  
�Okay then, try Body Slam instead."  
�Poli!�  
�RHY!�  
It was up again, though barely.  
�Horn Attack!�  
Of course, the rock-hard Rhyhorn won that little encounter and Squirt fell 
down.  
�One last chance...  Shard!�  
�OONNIXXX!!!�  
He saw the opponent and charged.  
�What?!�  
�Tackle!�  
�ONNNN!!!�  
There were a mighty explosion and Shard finished off the Rhyhorn.  
�So you�ve got an Onix, we�ll see how it fares against mine!�  
�ONIX!!!�  
This would be a great battle.  
�Shard, use Tackle!�  
�Onix! Slam it down!�  
Shard made the first hit, but the enemy buried him under its weight.  
�Bind it!�  
Shard was trapped and yelled a little.  
�Rage!� I shouted.  
Shard�s eyes glowed and he took the next few squeezes.  
�Onix, stop that and use your Rage too!�  
Shard was released, and released the pent up rage in a heavy attack.  
�OONNNIIXXX!!!� shouted the opponent, attacking back with its now pent-up 
rage.  
�Keep up the Rage, Onix, play them at their own game.�  
�Ooonnnn...� groaned Shard.  
Countering Rage with Rage was an good move.  
I had to outsmart him.  
In all the time I had used Rage, I had never thought about the perfect 
counter-attack, since no one had stopped Shard like that.  
�Every time I use Rage, so will he, and when Shard hits that Onix, it pays back 
his Rage doubled...�  
I had a plan.  
�Shard, another Rage attack!� I said in a less than outgoing tone.  
He adopted an angry pose.  
�Rage again, Onix.�  
�Shard, Screech!�  
�What?!�  
A terrible high pitch wail was emitted, and the enemy Onix was unable to defend 
itself in its Rage stance.  
�Keep it up!� I yelled covering my ears.  
�That Onix... and the trainer...� Flint groaned, �They were bluffing...  They 
never used Rage.�  
�Alright that should have lowered its defense, Shard, finish it with Slam 
attack!�  
He came down on the probably-deaf Onix and crushed him with all his weight.  
We�d pulled it off and won our third Gym Challenge.  

Later on, Flint presented me with my badge, a grey gem.  
�You�re a sneaky one, working with your Pok�mon to bluff your way into 
winning.  
Still I fell for it and you won.  I admire you for training that Onix, they�re 
hard to raise.�  
�Not mine, Sir, we�ve been friends for some time.�  

�You go out there, and beat the competition.  You have what it takes.�  
�Thank you.�  
To hear someone cheer me on was rare.  
I thought about this, as I held up my brand new Boulder Badge, and left to my 
next Gym Challenge.  

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