Chapter 2-Battle

	When morning came, Alison packed up her tent and made her way to Viridian 
City. She needed to start collecting badges soon, or she would not be able to 
compete in the Pokémon League at the Indigo Plateau.
	"Hey!"
	Alison looked behind her to see a girl about her own age running up the 
road.
	"Hey" she said again, "are you a Pokémon Trainer?"
	"Yeah" answered Alison. She thought she knew where this was leading. She 
reached down to her belt.
	"Wanna battle?" the girl said producing a Lure Ball from her pocket.
	"Sure" Alison replied.
	"Alright then. Gyarados, GO!" the trainer cried as she threw the Lure 
Ball.
	Alison was a bit taken aback by the huge dragon type Pokémon. The Gyarados 
slithered into the lake next to the road and assumed the battle position.
	"Chikorita. I choose you!" Alison shouted, throwing the Pokéball in front 
of her. The grass Pokémon emerged in a flash of bright, white light.
	"Gyarados. Flail!" the girl instructed. Hearing the command the huge water 
Pokémon thrashed about in the lake and struck out with it's enormous tail. It 
hit Chikorita, sending the small creature flying backwards. Chikorita got up 
slowly but at once fell back down.
	"Chikorita, return!" Alison said. She thought for a minute then took a 
second Pokéball from her belt. She pressed the small button on the front. The 
ball enlarged in her hand.
	"Sandshrew, GO!" She threw the ball down. The rodent-like Pokémon stood 
up. This was his first trainer battle. It looked at Alison, waiting for a 
command.
"Sand-attack!" Alison ordered. Sandshrew immediately swept at the ground with 
his strong tail. He sent a pile of dry sand flying towards Gyarados. Gyarados 
snarled as the sand hit him in the face.
	"We're not going to stand for this!" the other trainer said to Gyarados 
"Use your Waterfall attack!" the huge Pokémon moved quickly through the lake, 
causing a torrent of water to sweep over Sandshrew. The small Pokémon emerged 
from the waterfall dazed.
	"Return, Sandshrew!" Alison said. I'm never going to beat a Gyarados with 
my Raticate, or my Phanpy, thought Alison. Still. It's worth a try.
	"GO, Phanpy" Alison cried hurling another Pokéball towards the lake. The 
small, blue, elephant-like creature trumpeted as it came out of the ball.
	"Phanpy, Tackle Gyarados!" Phanpy obeyed the command; it ran full pelt at 
Gyarados. Gyarados dodged and Phanpy fell with a huge splash into the deep 
water.
	"Phanpy, return!" Alison ordered as a beam of red light issued from the 
Pokéball. Having retrieved her Pokémon from the lake, Alison took the last ball 
from her belt.
	"Raticate, I choose YOU!" Alison cried. The last of her Pokémon appeared. 
	"Raticate, huh?" Gyarados's trainer said. "Easy. Gyarados use flail!"
	"Raticate, Agility. Try to confuse Gyarados!" Raticate just stood there, 
obviously not paying attention.
	"Raticate, come on. Agility!" Alison ordered more sternly. Raticate turned 
and headed back to it's Pokéball. The rodent-like Pokémon scratched at the ball 
with it's claws. The ball opened and Raticate was warped inside.
	"Raticate!" Alison said angrily. Then she calmed down. "Looks like you 
win" she said flatly, "Well done, you've got your Gyarados trained well".
	"Thanks," said the girl "I'm Abby, I train dragon Pokémon more than any 
other type." She shook hands with Alison and then added "You really need to get 
to that gym in Viridian. Be careful though, the leader is really tough. I'd 
carry on to Pewter and come back later if I were you." She then turned and 
headed back down the road the way she had come.
	Alison looked at the Pokéball on the ground. It contained Raticate. She 
thought of what Jason had told her.
	"You need some serious training" she said to the ball. It suddenly burst 
open. Raticate jumped out, knocking Alison over.
 "Hey, Raticate come back. RETURN!" Alison ordered pointing the Pokéball at 
Raticate. He was already too far down the road to call back. Alison gave chase.
	"RATICATE!" she yelled.
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