THE BLACK LEAGUE By d2kfuture Comments, Complaints and Enquiries to d2kfuture@hotmail.com THE BLACK LEAGUE Chapter 6 I woke, and stared drowsily at the blue ceiling dotted with clouds above my head. A few moments later, I remembered where I was and what I was supposed to be doing. I looked at my watch. 2PM!!!! Why hadn't Mike or Amanda woken me. We could be at the foot of Mt. Simban, where the Rock Gym was located by now. I groaned inwardly. They had probably been training their pokemon to much higher levels. I had fallen behind. I got up and dressed quickly. I listened for the sound of pokemon battling, but to no avail. I called on Scyther to find them and he did quickly. They were in a large clearing about 100 mtrs to the left. A Nidoqueen and an Electabuzz were training in the clearing, taking shots at each other using their most powerful attacks. I ran into the clearing and chatted with Mike and Amanda. I ordered my pokemon to train against each other. While, they were training, Mike noticed the Metal Coat in Scyther's hand. He told me that Scyther may evolve when traded while holding one of them. We decided to give it a try. He traded Butterfree for Scyther and then back again. The Metal Coat disappeared and Scyther glowed white. The whole clearing pulsed with the light emitting from Scyther. When, the light died down, a red pokemon, slightly larger than Scyther, and with vicious-looking claws, remained. I was amazed by this complete transformation. The Scizor was even better than Scyther had been with Psychic moves. During the day he learnt Metal Claw and Psybeam in quick sucession. Also, Houndour evolved as predicted into a Houndoom. She learnt Many new moves including Sunny Day and Take-Down. Also, I used my Solarbeam TM on her. Wooper evolved near the end of our lengthy training session, into the more powerful Quagsire. Also, Amanda's Smoochum evolved into Jynx, while Mike's Magby became a Magmar. While we had not come any nearer to the Rock Gym, our pokemon had vastly improved and it was with a feeling of new confidence that we rested that night. The next morning I woke early, called Mike and Amanda. After a hurried breakfast, we set off east in the direction of Mt. Simban. Along the way, Mike captured a Machop while Amanda found a Bellsprout. Both were pleased by their catches. However, I couldn't seem to find any pokemon worthy of my team. My pokemon did level up considerably and, by the end of the day, Flaaffy had evolved into Ampharos. We reached the foot of the mountain with about 4 hours of sunlight remaining. We made a start on the mountain. We did not see any pokemon during the first hour of hiking, but, as we rounded a corner, I spotted an extremely rare Larvitar. It was busy rooting around for food so I ordered Scizor to use False Swipe. He complied and soon afterwards, the pokemon was mine. I released what turned out to be a 'he' and talked to him. Houndoom had finally learnt how to converse with me, even though she was a Dark type which should have made it impossible. The Larvitar was very eager to join the team and we continued on our hike soon after. We had almost reached the top of the mountain when a sudden fog descended on us. We were, quite literally, as blind as Zubats. We settled down on a large, jutting out ledge, and prepared to spend the night there, as it was obvious that we could go no further without nearly killing ourselves in the fog. Then, to our horror, we noticed a dark shape to our right. It came steadily closer and we sat there, our teeth chattering. The temperature seemed to drop and suddenly I felt a huge blast of raw power assault my mind. I was barely conscious but aware of the fact that Amanda was cradling my head in her arms. I noticed for the first time what startling blue eyes she had. Then, a fresh wave of pain rushed over me and I went into a spasm of pain. I don't know how, but I somehow managed to stay awake, even though my head was bursting with pain. Then, the shadow appeared out of the fog as a last wave engulfed me. I passed clean away.