The Pokeball stopped rocking on the boulder in the middle of the river. Jack now had his sixth Pokemon, just enough for the tournament that was going on.
Jack grasps his hand in a fist and cheers. "Yes, I now have enough." Spinarak's face on his back was happy. "Spinarak, can you get that Pokeball over here." There was no way for Jack to cross through the water, it was too deep and the current was just fast enough to sweep a trainer off his or her feet. Spinarak shoots out an icky string and hits the Pokeball. Spinarak begins to spin in a clockwise motion. Due to the force, the Pokeball also spins with it. After about five rotations, Spinarak lets go of the string and the Pokeball flies over the water, Jack opens his hands for the catch........
"Mine." In mid-air, a young looking rich kid jumps in front of Jack and grabs the Pokeball. He turns around as he lands and looks at the extremely angry Jack. "With this Grimer, I will have the most caught and win the prize that Big Bob will give out."
This was something that was unexpected. "Hey, I caught it fair and square. I need that Grimer to enter in a tournament. So give it back." Vulpix growls at the spoiled rich snob.
"How can I give it back if you never had it in the first place. And nobody talks to Marty Inckleberry the second like that. Jensen!"
In no less than two seconds, a man with a well mannered hair cut walks from the left. Must be his butler. "Yes master Marty."
Before Marty could speak, Jack points to Marty. "He stole my Grimer that I caught."
Jensen looks at Marty with a hard stare. "What?! You're the one trying to steal it from me. He is taking advantage of the me just because I'm rich. Besides, I'm a great Pokemon trainer and don't need to steal from old new guys like you." Marty gave Jack a raspberry. How immature for a rich kid.
Marty moves the Pokeball for his pocket when out of nowhere, Spinarak jumps on his back. Marty waves his arms in the air and lets go of the Pokeball. Jack reacts as fast as lightning and jumps into the air to grab it. The Pokeball felt good in his hand. After coming back to Earth, Jack and Vulpix back away from the rich party. Spinarak jumps off of Marty's back and lands next to Jack.
"Thanks Spinarak! You've done more than I could ask for." Spinarak shouts happily for his trainer.
Marty began to anger up. "Jensen, do something." Jensen steps forward and approaches Jack. *SLOW MOTION* Jensen extends his hand to grab at Jack as Spinarak jumps up and lands on his chest. Jensen backs off and hits Spinarak off. Spinarak gives out a chirp before covering Jensen in Spider Web threads from head to toe. Marty's eyes widen then he rushes forward at Jack . Spinarak again shoots out icky Spider Web threads, slowing Marty's rush down. Marty falls to the ground, trapped in the lines of web. *RESUME NORMAL MOTION*
This surprised Jack also. Spinarak truly cares for his trainer. "Spinarak, thanks oh so much." Spinarak smiles before being returned. Vulpix nudges Jack's leg looking for attention. "Don't worry, you'll get some action later, I just know it." They each smile as Vulpix is also returned. Jack waves to the web victims and runs back to Vermillion City to enter the tourney before it's too late.
In a short opening of grass surrounded by trees, Jack takes a break on a log. He takes a couple sips of water and eats a sandwich. It was fairly close to mid-afternoon so this break is considered lunch to him.
The bushes rustled a bit then out jumped a person, rather a trainer.
"You will do battle with me now!"
*Cue 3v3 Conference battle with princeash58*
Jack exits the area he was taking a break in. The battle was relatively short and another loss on his battle list. But it didn't bother him, losing helps him find the mistakes he may have made.
Day turned to dusk. The nocturnal Pokemon began to come out as the sun slowly set in the west. Jack turns on his Pokegear and looks at his map. He was still out in the woods, lost.
"I wish this Pokegear had On Star, then I would know exactly where to go. And it will get dark very soon. Boy, I hope that Tourney sign up is still going on."
Someone yells, "Hey you! I bet my Pokemon can beat your Pokemon."
Jack stops abruptly. "Can't. I need to get to ......" He thought about it. "If I battle you, will you tell me the direction of Vermillion City?" The person nods.
*Cue 3v3 Conference battle with figgy20000*
Jack sits down on the ground to rest. He had slightly twisted his leg while running in the direction the person said Vermillion was in. He lost the battle again but that was to be expected. His Pokemon have been battling all day with no check-ups or healing or medicine of any sort. His Pokemon were wiped out for the day and everyone needed a rest. Plus he was using Kakuna and Magikarp to battle. One day they would both evolve and all the losing will be worth it very much.
Jack throws out his sleeping bag, gets in it, and slowly falls asleep. It may be seven at night but Jack was tired. A little bit after he falls asleep, Hoothoot begin their incisive hooting.
Upon waking up just after dawn, Jack's eyes look around the area where he had slept for the night. All his Pokemon were lying around him. They had each come out of their Pokeballs and slept through the night to protect their trainer. Except Magikarp for obvious reasons. As Jack got up, each one of his Pokemon woke up. Vulpix, then Kakuna, Farfetch'd, Spinarak and lastly Grimer. Grimer!?!! What is Grimer doing outside of her Pokeball? Does Grimer already trust Jack as a Trainer?
Breakfast was made quickly. Jack eats an energy bar as he serves each Pokemon some Pokefood with some unique flavoring to each one. But what would he give to Grimer?
Jack puts out a medium sized plate like the others and puts one of each type of Pokemon food he has. He signals to Grimer that this is her plate. Grimer slimes over, sniffs the food on the plate and begins to eat them, one by one. Grimer seems to like them all. After the food feasting frenzy, Jack packs everything up and returns all Pokemon. His leg healed up during the night, so he was good to go.
Vermillion City hadn't change in the day that he wasn't there. It was relatively the same but less cars and people walking around; probably due to it being a work day. He walks over to the sign up area for the tourney, just where the flyer said it would be.
The lady at the counter inside the small building smiles. "Hi! How may I help you?"
Jack rests his arms on the counter. "I would like to sign up for the tournament please."
"I'm sorry, the tournament has already started for a while and sign-ups are too late. Maybe next time, ok?"
Jack nods and leaves the small building. He jaywalks across the street into an ice cream parlor. Bubble Gum ice cream on a sugar cone, yum-yum! Looking across the street, a limo pulled up next to the registration building. And wouldn't ya know, that rich kid Marty came out when Jensen opened the door for him.
Marty walks up to the counter. "My name is Marty Inckleberry the second. Sign me up for the tournament."
The lady at the desk could tell he was rich. "I'm sorry. You're too late to sign up. Try again next time."
Marty snaps his fingers and Jensen fishes in his pocket and throws a wad of cash on the counter. $2000 bribe.
The lady looks at the money, glances back at the butler, then back at the money. "I'm sorry, my statement stands. Money won't help you here."
Marty stammers out of the building, not too happy. Jack smiles as he watches from across the street. "What an honest lady."
He spent some time in the Pokecenter, surfing the Internet and learning more about Pokemon while he waited for his Pokemon to heal. After that, Jack left Vermillion City. It was time to go to Saffron City.
The scenery was the same on the route to Saffron; trees, grass, plants, rocks, some clouds in the sky. But there were more open grassy fields than the previous route.
Not that long after leaving Vermillion, Jack heard a scream. He ignored it but then there was another scream. From what he could tell, it was a kid screaming. Jack is a very curious person, so he followed his ears to find out what's going on.
He could see a black log. No, it was a black limo. That could me only one thing. Marty.
Jack could now see the whole picture. Marty was on the ground, back against the limo door, trying to get away from a Magnemite.
"Mag ne mite."
Marty screams out, "Oh, please kind stranger, help me." Marty then gets a good look at Jack. "Oh. It's you from the river."
This was a nice dilemma for Jack, does he help the kid that tried to steal his Grimer? "I may as well help, there may be a reward." He grabs a Pokeball from his pocket and out comes Grimer. "Grimer, Disable that Magnemite." Grimer puts her grimy hands in a fist, closing her eyes, trying to Disable Magnemite. But it fails. Magnemite could feel the power coming from Grimer and carefully floats towards her. "Grimer, it's not working. Quick, Minimize!" Magnemite dives by Grimer by misses as Grimer flattens to the ground. "Wow, now that would win a Limbo Contest." Magnemite makes another dive attempt but misses once again at the Minimized Grimer. "Ok, Sludge attack." Grimer jumps up into the air and lands on the floating Pokemon, trying to infect it with poison. With the weight of Grimer, Magnemite lowers to the ground. Jack snaps his fingers. "Wait, that won't work. Magnemite is part steel type."
The air around Magnemite brightens and a burst of energy is shot out in a spherical motion. Grimer is shot back and lands on the ground. Five seconds later, a loud sound, like a sonic boom, graces the air.
Grimer gets back up. Jack holds out her Pokeball. "This is a mismatch. Grimer, return." Grimer goes back to the comfy Pokeball. Out comes another. It's Spinarak's turn.
Meanwhile, Marty scrambles to his feet and manages to get around the car to the driver's side door where he opens it up. He gets in and sits down, still scared from the Magnemite, and not moving.
"Spinarak, String Shot." Spinarak fires out a line of web at the Magnemite but Magnemite are fast and it easily avoids the many strings being thrust forward. Magnemite's magnets on each side spark bolts as a wave of electricity is let loose upon Spinarak. Spinarak stands strong from the attack. On the other hand, Jack falls to the ground, getting blasted by the Thundershock also. He hits the grass with his hands to push himself up from the ground. "That jolt really charged me up. Phew!"
Spinarak changes it's back face to a mad face while changing his real face to look very mean (Mean Look.) Magnemite floats forward and zaps Spinarak again. This time Jack didn't get hit. Mean Look didn't scare Magnemite at all.
Jack gasps. "Ah... Spinarak, you ok?" Spinarak jumps back up, a little beat up, ready to keep fighting. That away! Try your Agility out."
Spinarak dashes back and forth, fading in and out of view quickly. Those eight legs can really move fast. Magnemite spins around, trying to follow Spinarak, unsuccessfully you may say. Magnemite stops and loads up a targeting system. Spinarak is being locked-on. *ZAP**ZAP**ZAP* Magnemite fires thrice(3 times) and each Thundershock attack hits successfully. Spinarak is very weak and close to paralysis. Spinarak's legs wobble as he stands up. His eyes glow purplish as Magnemite is surrounded by that same shade of purple and Magnemite is turned gray blue. Spinarak held the Psychic attack for a while but Spinarak is weak from previous attacks. The colors fade as Spinarak collapses on the grass.
Jack was proud. Spinarak really fought well for his sake. "Great job Spinarak. Come for a long rest." Vulpix comes out of her Pokeball. "I told ya you would get some action." She replies peacefully. "Vulpix, use Quick Attack."
Vulpix blasts off from her spot and nails Magnemite head on. Magnemite quickly fights back with Thundershock but misses Vulpix who ran behind a tree.
"Way to use the surroundings to your advantage. Now, climb up the......" *ZAAAAPP!!!!* Magnemite jolts out electricity on Jack and paralyzes him. Jack falls to the ground.
"Mag!" it says jokingly.
The tree that Vulpix hid behind now contained Vulpix in the tree. Vulpix saw her trainer hit by that foolish attack. Vulpix was outraged by it. Hidden by the leaves and branches, Vulpix eyes the Magnemite that inches closer to the limo.
"eeeee...." A Caterpie wiggles its way in front of Vulpix. Shocked, Vulpix takes a few steps back on the branch she was on. Caterpie was blocking her view of Magnemite. She coughs out some fire to try to threaten it. Caterpie shot out some string back at Vulpix but purposely missing. Vulpix got mad that it wouldn't get out of the way and Flamethrower's directly at Caterpie. Caterpie loses its grip of the branch and falls down below, into a bush.
Marty unfreezes as Magnemite appears in front of the windshield. Marty screams and hits the horn on the limo, twice. He puts down the black window that separates the front seats from the back seats and climbs through the opening.
After the Caterpie affair, Vulpix jumps down from the tree, stops and stares at Magnemite. Magnemite turns and looks at Vulpix. They glare at each other. Magnemite's magnets spark again and.... and.... and.... and...... nothing happens, nothing at all. Magnemite used up all it's electricity in the previous matches. Vulpix opens her mouth, seeing the advantage, and fires a blast of pure hot orange-red Flamethrower fire at Magnemite. Burn baby, burn!
Jensen rustles through some bushes, holding a fishing pole and tackle box. Apparently, he heard the horn from the limo being sounded. Before seeing Marty, Jensen saw Jack lying on the ground. Immediately he could tell he was paralyzed. Jensen was trained to understand any abnormal status about Pokemon and about people. While walking over to Jack, Jensen unbuttons his expensive jacket and reaches into his inside pocket where he grabs two multi-colored pills.
"Young man, you are in need of assistance. Take these pills. They will get rid of your paralysis withing moments of swallowing them. They are the best money can buy. And I would know, I do the shopping." Jensen puts the pills in Jack's mouth and watches him swallow them without water. And just like he said, moments later, Jack was un-paralyzed.
Back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. Vulpix and Magnemite have been Tackling and Quick Attacking back and forth. Once in a while one of them would get hit by the others attack. At least they were away from the limo now, attacking each other some fifteen yards away.
Jack gets up and stretches his arms, legs and back. "Thanks, um, Jensen was it?" Jensen nodded but Jack didn't see it because the battle that was still going on distracted him. "Wow Vulpix. Way to keep going."
Magnemite tries a different approach..it's called RUN AWAY!
Jack, still stretching out, calls to Vulpix. "Quick, Confuse it." Vulpix's eyes turn purple as the purplish ray fires out and covers all over Magnemite. Magnemite began spinning in the air in a horizontal-clockwise motion. Then, Magnemite stops and speeds off straight into a tree. *WAM* Magnemite floats backwards, leaving an indent into the tree. Obviously Magnemite was quite shaken up a bit.
Jack shook his head as he felt sorry for the tree and Magnemite. "Quick, it's still looks confused. Flamethrower.....ah, but don't hit any trees." Vulpix runs underneath Magnemite whom was still dazed from spinning around and hitting the tree. The fire escapes Vulpix's mouth and goes up and up, straight up at Magnemite. The fire cools down and now Magnemite was fairly toasty and its metal looked scratched and burnt. But it still stays floating in the air, too high for Vulpix to hit. Instinctively, Vulpix runs to the Magnemite-indent tree and jumps at the trunk as high as she can. Vulpix then jumps off the tree and into the direction of Magnemite. Jack had taught this move to Vulpix before he began as a trainer. He calls it the Quick Attack Tree Jump.
And that was it, Magnemite was on the ground from the Quick Attack that Vulpix had used on it. Magnemite wasn't moving so Vulpix didn't need to attack it anymore.
Jack claps his hands. "Great jump Vulpix." Vulpix trots over to Jack's side but is blind-sided by a Metapod. Apparently, Caterpie wanted to get back at Vulpix and it evolved.
"Where did that come from?" Jack questioned. "If it wants a fight, alright. Vulpix, Quick Attack."
Vulpix leaps forward and dives at Metapod. *SHING* Metapod glows as Harden takes affect and the Quick Attack does not as much damage. Vulpix hears the next attack and prepares. FLAMETHROWER! A wave of fire hit Metapod hard on. Vulpix pants from using so much energy.
Like an instinct, Jack had a Pokeball in hand. "Enough. It's my turn now." The Pokeball was send out and sucked in the Metapod...
Marty was out of the limo, on the other side of it, watching the battle. "Get... get... get rid of that Magnemite. Please!!!" He said this almost like he was crying.
What? Oh, yes, the Magnemite. But he had saved Marty from being attacked by that Magnemite. But why was Marty acting afraid of Magnemite? That was something Jack would have to ask.
"Well, I'm not going to get rid of it. What, you want me to take it out into the forest, put it there all weak and such and out of electricity and have it get attacked by another Pokemon?"
The rich kid nodded furiously. "Yes, anything, just get that thing out of my site!"
Jack shook his head. "That would be the most irresponsible thing a Trainer could do." He fishes around for a Pokeball from his pack. Magnemite hadn't moved yet. Once Jack finds a Pokeball, he side-arm throws it out and watches as Magnemite gets sucked in upon contact. Jack, Jensen and Marty watch patiently as the Pokeball still contains that red light, waiting for it to disappear to signify the capture...
?Metapod (-o-)
?Magnemite (-o-)
~Graded: Metapod and Magnemite caught
