Chapter3 When Rae, Vin, and Leo arrived at Sonar City, they found the Pokécenter and when straight into the dormitory. They didn't get a chance to sleep last night because of the encounter. "All that running and battling makes me tired," Vin said sleepily as he fell asleep right when he touched the bunk bed. "Yeah me too." Leo suddenly fell asleep too. Rae however was snoring by then. When they woke up in the afternoon, they went to a restaurant called: Machamp's Café. "Hey Vin is it just me or is that the girl we saw last night at the Pokémon Center." Leo pointed into a seat next to them. "Yeah I think she is." Vin replied. "After we finish breakfast er... I mean lunch I'm gonna challenge her!" Vin declared. And a few tables away..... "Hey Hocus, aren't those kids who we saw last night at the invasion?" Razor said "Yeah I think so... that's the group of kids who kicked half the invaders out of town!!" Hocus replied. "They can be in handy, very handy. We should talk to the Boss about this." Razor stated. When they were out of the Café, Vin actually did challenge that girl to a match. "We use 3 Pokémon alright?" Vin asked. "Fine with me." The girl replied. "Ok then, Sandslash go!" Vin shouted. "Go Graveler!" the girl shouted. "Sandslash use Fury Swipes!" "Graveler Rock Throw!!" Sandslash rocketed toward Graveler and Graveler did the same. Sandslash couldn't penetrate the hard stone body of Graveler, which made it get crushed by Graveler's Rock Throw. "Damn!" Vin shouted. "Hahahaha!" the girl laughed. "Earthquake now!" Vin yelled. Sandslash wound up and stuck its huge claws into the Earth. Soon, a huge rumbling sound could be heard from underground. Graveler was suddenly crushed by the huge cracks it fell into. "So who's the boss now? Vin asked. "Graveler return! Go Psyduck!" the girl ordered. "Psyduck watergun now!!" Psyduck shot out an enormous blast of water at Sandslash. Sandslash fell over, its defensive body was weakened by water. "Return Sandslash! Oddish go!" "Oddish Sleep powder!" Vin commanded. Oddish shot out a huge cloud of blue powder at Psyduck. But Psyduck stood at it's ground. "Huh? How come it didn't work?" Vin asked. "Hahaha! Psyduck's to stupid to know it's asleep! Psyduck disable!" Psyduck didn't move. "What the hell?!" the girl was surprised. Psyduck was standing there but it did not move a muscle. The girl went over to it. Psyduck was asleep but it was sleeping with it's eyes open! "ArGh! Stupid thing! Psyduck return!" the girl shouted. "So what's your last Pokémon eh?" Vin asked. "You'll never beat this one! Go Clefairy!" the girl yelled. "What Oddish absorb!" Vin commanded. Pure green beams of grass energy hit Clefairy, but Clefairy shielded itself with light screen, it did not do damage. "Those grass attacks won't scratch Clefairy! Metronome now!" the girl yelled. Clefairy gave Oddish a serious experience of what being in a Volcano feels like. When the big cyclone of flame cleared away, Oddish was not in the best shape to fight. "Return Oddish! Go Meowth!" Vin summoned his new normal type Pokémon. "Payday now!" "Metronome!" The 2 trainers were at the last round. The Rock Slide gave Meowth a KO and the Payday attack used by Meowth made Clefairy fall to the ground, but Clefairy was still standing.. barely. "Yes! I win!" The girl celebrated her victory. "You're an impressive trainer. What's your name?" Vin stated. "My name's Jackie." Jackie replied. "Hey Vin! How about a Pokémon match? You and Leo against me and Jackie." Rae asked. "Sure but I need to heal my Pokémon first." Vin said his eyes were sparking. "Yeah me too." Jackie said as they headed of toward the Pokémon center. In about half an hour, the 4 trainers were at this gym. It wasn't a real official gym licensed by the Pokémon League, and it had no leader or special type either. "2 Pokémon each got it?" Rae asked. "Got it." Everybody replied. "Staryu go!" "Graveler go!" "Shellder attack!" "Oddish lets rumble!" The 4 trainers summoned their Pokémon. "Oddish strike Staryu with Petal Dance!" "Staryu recover and counter!" "Graveler Rock Throw that foolish Oddish now!" "Shellder Ice beam Graveler before Oddish gets hit!" The 4 trainers put up a good fight. While Staryu was recovering from Oddish's Petal Dance, Graveler charged at Oddish to make sure he didn't interfere. Therefore, Leo sent Shellder to ice beam Graveler. Unfortunately by then, Staryu fully recovered and used Light Screen to protect Graveler from the ice beam. "Oddish Solar bea- what the hell?" Vin suddenly stopped in the middle of the attack name. Oddish evolved into Gloom! "Staryu water gun it while it's evolving got it?" Rae asked. Staryu prepared for the assault. "Oh no you don't! Shellder Clamp!" Shellder stormed and clamped onto Staryu! That was the end for Staryu. "Return Staryu! Go Magneton!" Rae shouted. "Thunderbolt!" Rae told her electric Pokémon. "Return! Go Wartortle!" Leo summoned his brutal newly evolved, trained surfin true blue Pokémon. "Withdraw now!" Leo commanded. "Gloom show Graveler the door! Solar beam!" Vin ordered his new Pokémon. "Shit! Graveler, harden and dodge! Now!" Jackie new this would be the only attacks available for the shocking blast of Solar Beam. "Thundershock that stupid turtle!" Rae shouted. No matter how many times Magneton tried to shock Wartortle, it didn't effect it because of its defensive Withdraw attack. "Now it's my turn! Skull bash!" Leo used one of Wartortle's ultimate attack. Gloom was finished with it's energy gather, it used Solar Beam. Graveler on the other hand was blasted through the 3rd floor of the building. "Damn return Graveler, go Clefairy!" Jackie summoned her last Pokémon she can use. "Metronome!" Clefairy started waving its fingers around for a couple of seconds then, it launched a Fire Blast attack. "Gloom return! Sandslash go!" "Dig now!" Vin told his ground Pokémon to burrow underground. Leo and Rae had a double knock out! Wartortle nailed Magneton with its skull badge while at the same time, Magneton disabled Wartortle completely with its thunderwave. The 2 trainers cursed. "Vin my Pokémon are terminated! Win this one for me!" Leo cheered. "You can do it Jackie!" Rae shouted after. "Clefairy get ready for the double slap!" "Ok Sandslash hit it from behind with fury swipes!" Sandslash came out of the ground unsuspectingly slashing Clefairy from behind. Clefairy had hit the turf. "Oh shoot, return now!" "We won! Woohoo!" Leo, Sandslash, and Vin exchanged a high five. "Let's go back to the center.. again." Leo announced. A few minutes after the 4 trainers healed their Pokémon, they were at a very nice park relaxing on the grass. Sandslash, Clefairy, Shellder, Oddish and the rest of the Pokémon were playing tag except for Shellder and Seel. They were too slow. Instead, they were playing with other water Pokémon in the huge pond. "Awe isn't that cute?" Jackie asked. "It's nice to let Pokémon play with each other." Vin admitted. The others nodded. Suddenly, there was a huge noise. When they turned around to see what it was they screamed. A giant Kadabra was ripping the town apart. "Why does this always happen to us?" Leo asked. Below the Kadabra were 3 people rebelling it. "Pincir Guillotine! Scyther Swords Dance followed by slash! Beedrill Pinmissle!" Razor shouted. "Hypno hypnosis! Alakazam Psybeam! Venomoth Psychic!" Hocus shouted after. "Flareon Fire Spin! Magmar Fireblast! Charmeleon Flamethrower!" Flame shouted. The Pokémon struck with tremendous force. Kadabra just recovered easily. "Who are they?" Jackie asked. "Beats me." Rae answered. "I don't care who they are but that giant Kadabra's going to rip the city apart! Growlithe Flamethrower!" Vin shouted. Growlithe stopped playing and aimed a incredible dose of fire at Kadabra. "You're right Vin, Everybody attack!" Rae shouted. The small line of trainers told their Pokémon to attack. Koffing got a chance to sludge Kadabra's eyes. So it couldn't see then Psychic power from all directions blasted it. It nearly fainted. By then Koffing was pissed. It started glowing. "Are you ok Koffing?" Rae asked. Koffing evolved into Weezing! "Wow cool!" Rae said. "Sandslash use your Rockslide! Meowth Payday! Growlithe hit I with Fire Spin! Gloom Petal Dance!" Vin called out all his Pokémon. "Graveler you do the same thing Sandslash is doing! Psyduck disable! Vulpix Confuse Ray! Clefairy Metronome!" Jackie joined in. "Shellder Icebeam! Seel Headbutt! Wartortle use Hydro pump!" Leo was raging in battle too. "Weezing Smoke Screen the pitiful thing! Magneton, nuke it with thunder! Staryu tackle!" Rae was having real fun now thanks to her newly evolved Weezing. "Those kids are something." Flare observed their skill. "I agree. Pinsir don't let that spoon bender escape! Seismic Toss!" Razor yelled. Pinsir barely lifted up the giant Kadabra, but it did manage to fall over. By then, Rae, Vin, Leo, and Jackie's Pokémon struck Kadabra. After the Fire Spin cleared away, Kadabra was finished. Suddenly, it turned back to normal size. "Wow what a good fight!" Leo said as he gave a Full Heal to Kadabra since its head was still frozen. "Yeah can't believe we took out a giant Pokémon!" Rae said. "Hey little Kadabra are you ok?" Vin asked. Kadabra nodded. Then it pointed at his Pokéball. "You want me to capture you?" Vin asked. Kadabra kept nodding. "Ok then Pokéball go!" Vin tossed the Pokéball at Kadabra. "Yes! I caught Kadabra!" Vin shouted. "We better go heal our Pokémon back at the Pokécenter." Vin announced. The others agreed. At the Pokémon Center, Razor, Hocus, and Flare finally went up to the young trainers. "Hey you 4. You did pretty good back there!" Razor said. "Yeah we couldn't of done it without ya." Hocus came in after. "You 4 were truly impressive out there. What are your names?" Flare finally said. "Oh thanks! My name is Rae this is Vin, Leo and Jackie. I believe you are...." Rae answered. "Call me Flare. These are my lieutenants Razor, and Hocus." Flare exhibited. "Hold on you're in an army?" Vin asked surprised a little. "Well not really. We are called Strike Force, A team of Pokémon trainers sent by the army Pokémon Elite. We are some how related to an unit but we are usually regularly a small brigade." Razor explained. "We need more trainers in our unit so we can set certain cities free from our enemies." Hocus stated. "We are gathering trainers tomorrow morning, we think you are very talented trainers and would like you to join. Be there if you would like to join our unit. The place is on this sheet of paper." Flare finished and gave Vin a minimap. Then they left. "Well I'm not so sure about this." Leo said a little annoyed. "I'm not sure either if we want to join an army. I mean I heard about invaders that are coming to invade this country but if we do join, our lives could be at risk." Vin said. "Uh guys.." Jackie jumped in. "Well you see the reason I left my town was because it was invaded and I sort of want to fight for it back." Jackie said. "What is your home town anyway?" Rae asked. "Lepton Park." Jackie replied. "My parents only had enough money to send me away because of the robberies caused by the invaders." Jackie told her friends again. "That is so cruel." Rae busted in. "I say we join!" Vin suddenly said as they entered the dormitory. "Are you nuts?" Leo suddenly thought Vin was crazy. "Yes I am. I'm not going to let those crazy invaders to take over the country! We already know 2 places that are been taken over and I'm not going to let it take over mine!" Vin declared. "If any of you are with me say "I" " Vin spoke again. "I" Jackie said. "I" Rae said after. "Ah alright, you gave a nice speech and I can't miss all the fun either." Leo finally said. The others stared at him. "What? Oh yeah I" Leo said. "Let's get a good night sleep before we go to where we need to go." Vin said as he stopped by a bunk, "I get top!" everyone shouted immediately. Unfortunately, Jackie and Rae got up quicker. "Oh dang." Vin said as he climbed into the bottom bunk.