Chapter 2: Battle of the Badge
I had just gotten into the Pokémon Center. My Pokémon were still weak from the battle with the bird keeper. Nurse Joy collected my Pokémon and took them to the intensive care room. While waiting for my Pokémon to heal, I got something to eat. On my way there, I noticed an old, seemily abandoned building. When I went to go see what it was, I saw that it was a Pokémon Gym.
"All right! I'm going to get my first badge!", I said.
"Ha! Don't you know that building's been closed for months now?", a strage old man said.
"I guess not," I said, and left depressed. Little did I know that that was actually the Gym Leader.
Anyways, I got back just in time to see my Pokémon all better. All of them instantly lit up when they saw me.
"ZU-BAT!" "SPEARRRRROOOOWWWW" "RRRRRATTATA!"
I thanked Nurse Joy and left. After getting some Potions and other items, I came into the Viridian Forest. I knew this place had lots of Pokémon, and I was gonna capture them. No sooner did I go in when I saw a strange worm Pokémon. I brought out my Pokédex.
"Weedle. The stinger on this Pokémon's head guarentees that anyone will 'get the point' right where it hurts."
Time for me to catch another Pokémon! I wondered which Pokémon I should send out.
"I know! Spearow, go!"
I threw the Poké Ball and out popped Spearow. Time to do battle!
"Spearow! Peck, now!"
As Spearow pecked, the Weedle became injured. Soon enough, the Weedle was ready for capture. As I threw the Poké Ball, it landed on the Weedle and sucked it up. I was very tense when the red light on the Poké Ball blinked, but soon it locked.
"Yes! I caught a Weedle!"
That was 4 Pokémon to my collection so far. Proud of my achievement, I frolicked through the woods. Soon enough I saw a strange bird. I analyzed
it.
“Pidgeotto. An evolved form of Pidgey. Although Pidgey was gentle, Pidgeotto can be dangerous. Approach with extreme caution.”
“Hmmph. I’ll show it who’s dangerous around here. Weedle, let’s go!”
Instantly Weedle came out. Pidgeotto saw it and attacked. Weedle was badly injured.
“Return Weedle! Go Zubat!”
Zubat flew toward the angry bird.
“Zubat, Leech Life now!”
Zubat managed to bite Pidgeotto’s wing, and began to drain life energy from it. Soon it was weakened enough to capture. As I threw my Poké Ball, it got blocked by another Poké Ball. I looked up to see my arch-rival, Randy.
“What’s a chump like you doing in a place like this? I’d thought you would still be back in Vermilion trying to get your first Pokémon!”
“It just so happens I did get a Pokémon. I’ve already got 4!”
“Just four? I’ve got 10!”
“So what are you doing here then?”
“Trying to capture more Pokémon. I want all I can so I can show them this!”
He pulled out a weird, boulder-shaped object from his jacket.
“A Boulderbadge! You already got a badge!”
“That’s right loser! After I got it I came down to see where you were. I heard you were in here, and I wanted to see if you captured weaklings like yourself.”
This started to get me angry. He was always trying to show me up, but I’ve had it.
“I’ll show you! I challenge you! Spearow go!”
“I accept. Poké ball, go!”
Out of Randy’s Poké ball came a strange creature. Time to analyze.
“Mankey. A fighting Pokémon. It’s strength is great and has great speed, proving difficult to capture.”
“All right then, Spearow, Fury Attack!”
Spearow’s Fury Attack managed to defeat Mankey easily.
“Time to get serious! Krabby, Vicegrip!”
Out of the Poké Ball came a crab Pokémon which grabbed Spearow and slammed it to the ground. I called back Spearow and sent out Rattata.
“Krabby, Bubble, now!”
“Rattata, Quick Attack!”
Krabby was quick, but its attack missed and Rattata was faster and knocked it down from the side. Randy called back Krabby and sent out Oddish. It used Absorb to steal some of Rattata’s power, but Rattata Tackled it. Oddish used Sleep Powder, but Rattata used Quick Attack, and knocked Oddish into it’s own powder. Calling back a sleeping Oddish, Randy sent out his top Pokémon, Farfetch’d. It easily defeated Rattata. Next I sent out Weedle. I forgot about the battle against Pidgeotto until it was too late.
“This will be easy! Farfetch’d, Peck!”
Farfecth’d was diving to strike, and if I didn’t do something, Weedle was toast.
“Weedle, String Shot now!”
The String shot managed to restrain Farfetch’d, much to Randy’s displeasure. He called back Farfetch’d and ran into the jungle. I was going to shout at him, but I noticed something with Weedle, It covered itself with string shot and evolved.
“Kakuna. A transitional stage in the Weedle evolution. This Pokémon is incapable of moving, and cannot attack.”
“All right Weedle!” I shouted with joy.
Later, on my way to Pewter, a kid was downed and was sadly walking back through the forest. I asked him who he was and why he was going back into the forest. He told me his name was Josh and he was going back in the forest because a bully beat him and wouldn’t allow him passage into Pewter. I objected to this and demanded to be taken to him. When we got to Pewter, I saw a member of the Jr. Trainer Pokémon school. He looked at me and sneered.
“He got kicked out of the school and he’s getting revenge this way” said Josh.
“So, this is the best the school can throw at me! Prepare to be defeated! 2 on 2!” said the bully, who said his name was Adam.
“Kakuna, go!” “Diglett go!”
The tiny little mole popped out of its ball. Time to go to work. Diglett digged underground and popped out just as Kakuna hardened. Diglett tried to Slash, but it got stuck with a Poison Sting. Poisoned, it was weak enough. I called for a String Shot and Diglett was all wrapped up. Angry, Adam called back his Diglett and called out a Sandshrew. This thing was obviously his strongest Pokémon, so I recalled Kakuna and sent out Zubat.
“Zubat, go! Use your Wing Attack!”
Zubat’s Wing attack did patial damage to Sandshrew, which countered with a damaging Slash attack.
“Zubat! Use your Supersonic!”
Zubat managed to connect and confuse Sandshrew, which gave Zubat time to do it’s special attack. Leech Life. It sucked away Sandshrew’s health some, but Sandshrew broke free and tackled Zubat, fainting it. I recalled it and wearily sent out Kakuna. That Dig attack hurt it a lot, and now Kakuna was up against a tough Sandshrew. The little creature ran at the cocoon, and slashed it. However, all that did was open up the front of the cocoon The opening glowed white, and something came out of it. It was a Beedrill! I had my very own Beedrill! The giant bug towered over Sandshrew, and made quick work of it using its Twineedle attack. Adam, angry at his loss, decided to fight me directly, but was stopped by the administrator of the Jr. Trainer school. Adam protested, but the administrator dragged him away & thanked me for defeating him. Josh was amazed at my fighting skills. I asked him if he wanted to come along with me, and he said sure. Josh wanted to be the greatest Pokémon enthusiest, and this is a good way of accomplishing it. Now all I have to do is get a Boulderbadge.
I stepped into the Pewter Gym after getting my Pokémon healed. Inside, was a spiky-haird guy wearing a orange shirt and green vest. In the stands I could see a kid with a red hat and blue jacket with a Pikachu and a red-haired girl with a yellow shirt. The match with the gym leader, Brock, was about to begin. I sent out Zubat, and he sent out Onix, which was huge! It towered over Zubat, who was scared stiff. As Onix tackled, Zubat ran away. It’s Supersonic and Wing Attacks didn’t seem to affect Onix, and Zubat wasn’t able to pirce through Onix’s skin to Leech Life away. Zubat was defeated easily and I was embarassed. Josh met up with me and showed me his Technical Machine Development Kit, which his dad at Silph Co. wanted him to try out. He said that Flying Pokémon normally are weak against Rock, but Zubat could put its high speed to good use. The next day, I demanded a rematch with Brock. He had to accept.
“Go Geodude!” Brock yelled.
“Beedrill, go!”
It was Beedrill vs. Geodude.
“Beedrill, Fury Attack, now!”
Beedrill pounded Geodude with multiple stinger hits. Geodude didn't give up easily, and tackled Beedrill. The bee flew up in the air, as I called for Pin Missle, which slammed Geodude against a rock and out of the match. Brock withdrew Geodude and sent out Onix, which creamed Beedrill. So I sent out Zubat. Time to put the plan into action.
“Zubat, Supersonic!”
That attack managed to anger Onix, which chased after Zubat. I yelled “NOW!” which sent Zubat going, and Onix following. Zubat flew every which way, with Onix following. Brock had no idea what was going on until it was too late. In no time at all, Zubat managed to turn Onix to a pretzel, literally. Brock was suprised and impressed, and gave me my first badge. With one badge on my belt, Josh and I looked back at Pewter and headed to Mt. Moon.
At Mt. Moon, I immediatley spotted a Geodude just inside the entrance. I sent out Beedrill to fight the thing, and used Pin Missle in order to weaken it. Soon after I captured it. Josh asked me if I wanted a TM to teach Geodude Mega Punch. He had already taught Spearow Whirlwind and Beedrill Bide using the kit. After teaching Geodude a new move, Josh saw a Sandshrew. He wanted to capture this one and sent out one of his two Pokémon. A male Nidoran. Josh commnded Nidoran to use Acid, a move taught via TM, but Sandshrew ran away scared before Nidoran even prepared to fire. We wondered why and found out later on, as two men were blowing up the mountain in order to find gold barried there, even though they knew that they were destroying the homes of many Pokémon, including the Sandshrew.
"Hey! You can't do that! You'll destroy all these Pokémon!" I yelled.
"Yea, and what are you gonna do about it?" One of the workers said.
The one with a red shirt and yellow and brown hat called out a Magnemite, while the other called out Shellder. I called for Geodude to take out Magenmite, and Josh called out Butterfree to take care of Shellder. Magnemite used Thudershock, but it didn’t affect Geodude, who tackled it. Josh told Butterfree to use Stun Spore, but Shellder wasn’t affected. Meanwhile, the Sandshrew from before was watching, and its eyes filled with tears. Josh and I wanted to finish it, so Geodude used Mega Punch and Butterfree used Spin Attack. Butterfree spun around and around until its wings became razor sharp, then hit Shellder, fainting it. Geodude did the same to Magnemite.
"Hah! That was too easy!" I said.
"You know, I can already tell I'm going to get in a lot of trouble if I stick around with you." Josh said.
The two workers were so mad, they tried to get us, but I called out Spearow & Zubat and they and Butterfree Whirlwinded the guys away. We were proud of our victory, until we saw that Magnemite’s Thundershock had lit the fuse to the dynamite! Luckily, Josh was able to put it out. We disabled all the dynamite, then took it outside and had Butterfree use its Psybeam to destroy it. As we were leaving, Josh noticed Sandshrew following us. He then asked Sandshrew if it would be part of its team. Sandshrew responded with a big hug. And both of us got new Pokémon! Now on to Cerulean City!
To be continued...
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