Crystal's Pokemon Adventure
Chapter 11
Control Over Thunder and The Storm Badge
It was a nice day out, Crystal was still unconscious, and the rest of the gang was worried about her, and hoping that they'd get to land soon. They had made it to land in about five minutes earlier than they thought they would. Thunder stood up, he picked Crystal up as Jen and Max returned their Lapras to their pokeballs. "Hey Thunder!! Is Crystal gonna be ok?" Max asked in a yell as he ran back over to Thunder with Jen. "I think so.... She's a special girl, she was close to dying in Olivine City, but she made it through.... I think she'll be ok." Thunder answered, he looked down to Crystal once more, then he and the rest of the gang went looking around for a Pokemon Center.
After ten minutes, there was a moaning sound coming from Thunder's arms. Thunder, Max and Jen looked at Crystal and saw he eyes moving under her eyelids a bit. They all gasped with joy, she was coming to! "Crystal! Crystal, wake up!!" Thunder exclaimed happily. Crystal continued to wince for one more minute, then her eye opened. Her beautiful Blueish-green eyes glimered as they opened. The whole gang smiled happily as Thunder put Crystal down. "W-What just happened?" Crystal asked, looking to Thunder. "Team Rocket took over your body on the S.S. Aqua, but don't worry. You're back now!" Thunder answered with a wink. Crystal blushed at that wink, and said, "Again? Why are they always after me...." "Thunder said you were a VERY special girl... Heh, I think I know where he got that...." Max responded with a weird look and grin. Thunder and Crystal looked at Max and blushed. "Oh heck, let's just go to the Gym...." Crystal responded, blushing. She grabbed Thunder's hand and ran off to find the Cianwood Gym. "HEY!! WAIT FOR US!!!" Jen yelled, grabbing Max's whole arm and running off to follow them.
It took a while, but they all finally found the Gym. They knocked on the Gym door, the door swung open, an old man stood there with a Machoke. "Let me guess, you all must have came for a badge, right?" the old man asked with a firm look. Crystal and Jen let go of the boys, all four of them nodded. "Ok, who will be my first opponent?" the old man asked, "By the way, I'm the Cianwood City Gym Leader, Chuck. We battle in here, follow me." Crystal, Thunder, Jen and Max followed Chuck into the Gym.
They all walked to a battle arena, Chuck walked to the other side and asked once more, "Who will be my first challenger?" Jen stepped forth and exclaimed, "I will!" Jen walked to her side of the arena and got ready. "Get ready...." Chuck whispered to himself. "Let The Battle Begin!!" the referee exclaimed as he held both flags up. "Go Machoke!!" Chuck yelled as his Machoke ran into the arena. "Go Lappy!" Jen yelled as she threw a pokeball. Her Lapras popped out with a cry of happiness. It hadn't battled for a LONG while. "Machoke, use Karate Chop!!" Chuck yelled. Machoke ran towards Lapras, getting its hands ready to start attacking. "Lappy!! Use Ice Beam!!" Jen commanded quickly. Lapras moved out of Machoke's way. Machoke went running into the wall with a loud THUMP! He had a bump on its nose, Jen and Lappy laughed. Lappy finally stopped laughing and used Ice Beam on Machoke. Machoke was stuck in a block of ice! The referee went to Chuck's side and looked at Machoke. "Machoke is unable to fight! The winner is Jen!" the referee exclaimed. Jen jumped up and down several times, then she walked over to Chuck. "You fought well, now to prove you've won at this Gym, I present you with the Storm Badge!" Chuck said as he handed Jen the Storm Badge. "Thanks!!" she exclaimed happily. She skipped back over to Max and the others. Chuck got out some Ice Heal and got rid of the ice that imprisoned his Machoke. "Who's next?" Chuck asked, looking over at the gang again. "I am!!" Thunder yelled.
Thunder walked over to his side of the arena, and got ready to battle. "Let The Match For The Storm Badge Begin!!" the referee exclaimed, raising both flags again. "Here we go again, Machoke!!" Chuck yelled as Machoke got in a fighting stance. "Go Sudowoodo!!" Thunder exclaimed as he threw a Great Ball. His Sudowoodo jumped out, ready to battle. " A Sudowoodo?!" Chuck chuckled, "This'll be interesting! Use Karate Chop!!" Machoke ran towards Sudowoodo, once again getting ready to attack. "This again? Well, whatever. Use Low Kick!!" Thunder commanded. Sudowoodo got out of Machoke's reach and it launched a Low Kick at Machoke's feet! ! Machoke's eyes went HUGE with pain! It started running around, trying not to hurt its legs! Thunder and Sudowoodo laughed out loud. "Ok, Sudowoodo! Use Slam!" Thunder exclaimed, still laughing a bit. Sudowoodo stopped laughing so hard and narrowed it down to a low chuckle. It went running towards Machoke and slamed HARD into it! Machoke's eyes went even BIGGER! "Oh! That's GOTTA hurt!!" Max reacted to the scene. "Come on, Sudowoodo!! Kill it!!" Thunder commanded, his eyes were turning from dark green to maroon red! Sudowoodo nodded as it's eyes started to turn maroon red as well, it launched another Slam attack at Machoke. Machoke was starting to cry, it had NEVER felt pain like this before! Chuck was to stunned to move! He was so helpless! "Ma-Machoke!!" he exclaimed, almost starting to cry himself. Jen gasped out loud. Crystal screamed in fear, this wasn't the Thunder she knew!
Thunder heard a girl scream behind him, he turned around to see Crystal. Her eyes wide with fright, her mouth hung open. He smirked as his Sudowoodo continued to try and kill Machoke. "Yo, Thunder!! This Ain't Like Ya At All!! Why Are Ya Doin' This?!" Max yelled at Thunder. Thunder didn't answer, he just kept on smirking as he watched Sudowoodo kill Machoke. "Thunder!!" a girls voice yelled from behind him. Thunder looked behind him again, it was Crystal again. She looked like she was going to cry. He started to get a bad headache, he held onto his head. That wasn't Thunder!! He would never kill any Pokemon!! He's to respectful, and he would NEVER do anything to upset Crystal enough to make her cry! "AAAAARRRGGGGHHH!!!!" he yelled out in pain, he was struggling to take control of his body again, but he was to weak! This presence that controlled his body now was much to powerful! Thunder stopped holding his head, his maroon red eyes stood still, looking at Crystal.
He smirked again, and turned back to the battle. "Thunder!! This isn't like you!! Why are you killing a Gym Leader's Pokemon?! Thunder!!" Crystal exclaimed, tears coming down her cheeks like a river of sadness. Thunder chuckled evilly and responded, "Thunder is no longer here, Little Jewel.... Team Magma's taken him over! MUAHAHAHA!!" Crystal took a step back, her eyes wide with fright, tears still rolled down her cheeks. "T-Team Magma?" she asked, still looking at Thunder. Her eyes began to blur with the water of her tears, she tried to stay looking at Thunder correctly. She tried to walk towards Thunder, but someone grabbed her hand. She turned around to see it was Max. "Don't go to him!! I've heard of Team Magma!! They're supposed to only be in the Houen Region, not in the region of Johto!! I guess some of them managed to get here...." Max told Crystal and Jen. "Team Magma? I've never heard of them... What are they?" Jen asked, looking at Max. "They are much like Team Rocket, but more devious and murderous!! They would do ANYTHING to get what they want!!" Max answered, looking back at Thunder, "And right now, they've taken control on Thunder's body...." Crystal looked back to Thunder, he was smirking as he watched Machoke die slowly. Max thought that he had knocked some sense into Crystal, but when he let go of her hand, she went running to Thunder. "Wait!! Crystal, no!!" Max yelled.
Thunder has heard Max's cry that Crystal not go somewhere. He wanted to know what she was going to do, so he turned around and saw her running towards him. "Huh?! What the he-" Thunder started, Crystal had made it over to him and started kissing him on the lips before he could finish his sentence. Thunder was much to surprised to take this! His maroon red eyes turned back to their normal dark green again. He nearly fell over, but he kept his balance and figured out what Crystal was doing. He blushed to himself and kissed back.
When Crystal noticed he was kissing back, she blushed bright pink and broke the kiss. She looked at Thunder, seeing his no longer red eyes. "Thunder? Is it you?" she asked, scared of what might have become of him this time. "Yeah, I'm pretty sure I'm back to my old self...." Thunder answered with a smile. "Oh, Thunder!" Crystal exclaimed, her eyes were filled with tears of happiness, she hugged him. He blushed, but you couldn't see it.
She suddenly let go of him and looked at Chuck. He was crying, he was sitting by his dead Machoke. "NOOOO!!!!!!" Chuck yelled in pain. Thunder and Crystal walked over to him, Thunder had a sweatdrops over his head. "Um.... C-Can I have my Storm Badge?" he asked, his hand behind his head, and the sweatdrops went down three centimeters. Chuck was still crying, but he looked up at Thunder and handed him the badge quickly. Thunder smiled and walked back to Jen and Max. "Um..... Can we battle now? Do you have any other Pokemon?" Crystal asked, a sweatdrops over her head now. "Yes... As a matter of fact, I do! Let's get the battle started!" Chuck exclaimed, getting back in his spot at the arena. Crystal did the same, but at her side.
"Go Machamp!!" Chuck yelled, throwing a pokeball. A bigger version on Machoke popped out of the pokeball. It had four extra arms!! Crystal was freaking out, that Pokemon REALLY looked weird!! "Um... Ok, a Machamp..... Um.... Go.... Watery!" Crystal yelled as she threw Watery's pokeball into the arena. Her perky little Croconaw popped out, jumping up and down, then it stopped and glared at Machamp. Machamp took a step back, and the referee yelled, "Let The Match Begin!!" "Cross Chop!!" Chuck yelled, his Machamp went running towards Croconaw, waving all of its arms around like a Karate Chop, but harder!! "WHAT?! CROSS CHOP!? Watery, Get Out Of The Way!!! Use Water Gun!!" Crystal yelled at the top of her lungs. Croconaw had a hard time getting out of the way, but she managed to dodge it. She jumped over Machamp's head and launched a Strong Water Gun attack down at it's head! Machamp went straight into the ground! But he got out of the hole he made and got ready for another Cross Chop! "Oh-no!! Watery, use Rage and Water Gun!!" Crystal exclaimed, hoping that Chuck wasn't trying to kill Her Pokemon!! Croconaw jumped out of the way once again and turned all red, she was getting mad!! She ran at Machamp from behind, and launched an even Harder Water Gun attack! This one knocked Machamp to the ground, then into the wall! Machamp had anime swirls in its eyes, the referee checked to see if it could still fight. "Machamp is unable to fight, the match and the Storm badge gos to Crystal!" the referee exclaimed as he raised the flag in his left hand to Crystal's side.
Crystal jumped up and down at this victory, she had beaten her most least favorite Fighting attack! When she ran over to Watery to give her a hug, she glowed bright white. Crystal took a step back, she was smiling happily. When the light died out, Watery the Croconaw didn't stand there. Instead, there stood a Feraligatr, smiling happily. Crystal gasped with a smile, she hugged her new Feraligatr, and it hugged back also. "I can't believe it! Watery! You're a Feraligatr! Oh My God!" Crystal exclaimed happily. Thunder, Jen and Max ran over to Crystal and her Feraligatr, all smiling. "Congrats, Crystal! You've got a Feraligatr! You're much better than me in Pokemon training.... Lynda's still a Charmander...." Jen said to Crystal with a sweatdrop. "You just need to get in battles and train it more ..." Crystal responded, smiling. Thunder walked up to Crystal, blushing. "Um..... Congrats..... And.... Um.... Thanks for getting that Magma Grunt out of my body....." Thunder thanked, still blushing. Crystal let go of Watery the Feraligatr. She put her hand behind her head and blushed as she said, "Well, you're welcome. But you're the one who saved me a whole bunch of times before, remember?" "Oh yeah, I forgot...." Thunder answered, "But, when you were being controled by Team Rocket on the S.S. Aqua.... W-Was it true? Do you really not want me traveling with you anymore?" Crystal looked at Thunder, she had the smile that he loved to see. "Of course not, Thunder!! I don't want you to leave the group!! That Rocket Grunt probably wanted you, too!!" Crystal answered, looking at him straight in the eyes. His frown turned into a smile. "Thank Goodness! Cause, I really don't know what it would be like without you, Crystal." Thunder responded with his smile. Crystal thought the exact same thing. She wouldn't even last one day away from Thunder!
Chuck was trying to sneak out before Crystal knew he didn't give her the badge, but when Thunder caught Chuck at the corner of his eye, he went running! Thunder was right behind Chuck. "Going somewhere?" Thunder asked with a serious look. Chuck yelled cause he knew it was Thunder. "Ok!! Ok, Ok!! Fine!! I'll Give The Badge!!" Chuck yelled, he took a badge from his pocket and handed it to Thunder, "What Do I Care?! Give It To Your Girlfriend!! I'm Out Of Here!!" With that, Chuck ran out of the Gym to get away from Thunder.
Thunder walked back over to Crystal. "Chuck forgot to give this to you..." Thunder said as he handed Crystal the badge. "Thanks Thunder! Well, we should be heading to Mahogany Town, right? There's a short cut through Ecruteak City, I think...." Crystal exclaimed happily. Jen turned to Crystal, grinning. "Wow, you sure know where the cities are, don't you?" Jen talked, still grinning. "Heheh! I've been studying your maps! Sorry!" Crystal confessed, sweatdroping and turning a little bit red. "It's quite alright, you know you can use any of my stuff anytime! Just, ask me before you use my Pokemon, ok?" Jen responded laughing with a smile. Crystal laughed. "Heh! That's for sure!" Crystal said as she laughed. That was the last thing that happened before they started their journey to Mahogany Town.
To Be Continued.....