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Trouble in Paradise

After healing up her team, Alma felt ready to take on the world, and most importantly her next stepping stone, Route 3. Knowing that her next gym would be the Ice type, she had to catch something that could handle them well.

'Ice is pretty weak against Fire, Rock, Fighting and Steel. And I have no moves of any of those types... I'll have to prepare myself in some way. I can't afford to go in blindly this time.' she thought, fidgeting with her Pokéballs as she headed out to Route 3.

The road seemed even more mazy than Route 2. She could see a little school filled with children up ahead and the Pokémon Day Care. Since she had no interest in breeding and she had too few Pokémon to leave someone there, she had decided to skip the Day Care and proceed on her journey, when she saw a familiar face.

She was a bit hesitant to approach Miria upon recognizing her, but Alma knew she had to get some answers after their turbulent encounter in Striaton City. She walked up to her. "Hey... hi." Great start, she thought facepalming in her head.

Miria turned to look at her. Her expression didn't change. "Oh. Hi." "How are you?" "I'm good. Been training here for a while." "Really! You're here to train too?" "You could say that." Miria mumbled. "But I have a more important request. Battle me."

Alma blinked, confused. "Right now?" "Yeah. I'll let you know, I've become stronger since our last encounter." "Alright, if you want to battle I'm up for it." Having accepted the challenge, the young trainer was ready to face her rival and put on a good show for the children who had stopped playing around the school and started curiously watching them.

"It's time to get revenge! Go on, Glimmer!" Glimmer was a graceful looking Blitzle, her black coat sizzling with electricity. "I see you've gotten a new member for yourself! Alright, go Nicky!" The Patrat came out of the ball ready to fight, her eyes darting from one side to another before finally settling on her opponent.

"Glimmer, start out the show! Use Charge!" Miria's Pokémon started powering up, increasing her special defense and increasing the power of its next Electric move.

"Use the time to recharge to your advantage! Crunch!" Alma was fishing for defense drops, and overall Crunch was stronger than Tackle - it hit pretty hard, but so did the Shock Wave coming from her opponent. With Charge before it, Nicky was already in a pretty rough spot. "Another Shock Wave!" "Nicky, brace yourself for the hit and use another Crunch!"

Nicky endured the hit, and the move sizzled around her, giving her time to use Crunch. Glimmer snorted, avoiding the Dark type move with a graceful trot that left the Patrat in the dust.
"Now that she's immobilized! Thunder Wave!" Alma's eyes widened as Nicky was shocked by the electric type move. Paralyzed and badly hurt, the normal type was pretty much done, and a final Shock Wave sent her packing, even though she did manage to land a last, weakened Tackle.

"Well, good job! That was some pretty impressive battling prowess." Alma admitted, withdrawing Nicky. Miria's blushed slightly. "Thanks. Appreciate it." Her last Pokémon was Arin, and even though he was weak to electricity, she was pretty sure another hit would've floored the dangerous Blitzle. Plus, she couldn't afford to get hit by a Shock Wave or a Thunder Wave, or she would've been in a rough state to face her opponent's Purrloin waiting in the wings.

"Alright, it's up to you! Go, Arin!" The Panpour exited the Pokéball with a smile, landing on his hands before getting ready to battle. "You need to knock her out with a hit, otherwise we're toast." Arin nodded, rubbing his hands in anticipation. "Good. Use Water Gun!" "Shock Wave!" Blitzle was faster, but tired out from Nicky's attacks she ended up moving a bit too slow and was unable to block the water type move, falling to the ground.