“This is bad!” Darius shouts.
Jeff shakes his head calmly. “This is normal,” he says. “Evolution is inevitable. However, this lake is way too small to have a Gyarados rampaging through it. We have protocols to handle it.” He pulls out a Pokéball. “All it takes is a little wranglin'! Go Tropius!” He throws his ball down and a large tree-looking Pokémon appears. It has four legs, a long neck, large wing-like leaves (or are they leaf-like wings?) on its back, and what appears to be plantains under its chin. Jeff looks at us and smirks. “Feel free to jump in. Just use something that won’t harm it too bad.”
I nod and think. I decide to go the same strategy as Jeff and toss out Exeggutor’s ball. “Exeggutor!” it shouts as it appears. It dances around and shakes its leaves at me.
I point at the Gyarados. “Exeggutor, help out Jeff and his Pokémon!” Exeggutor’s faces all appear to laugh at me, but it turns around and faces the Gyarados, so I assume it will obey.
Darius and Jess follow suit. Darius releases Prinplup. “He can help protect against any Water attacks!”
Jess throws out Electrike. “It’s weak, so it won’t hurt much, but it should know Thunder Wave. We can paralyze it!”
Jeff smirks. “You guys sure come prepared!” he says. “Let’s wrangle us a Gyarados! Tropius, use Leaf Tornado!”
Tropius flaps its leafy wings. A large cloud of leaves fly toward the Gyarados. A whirlwind whips around the raging Pokémon, each leaf slicing at its hide. Gyarados seems unfazed and the attack only seems to have made it angrier.
“Hmm…” Jeff strokes his chin. “All right guys, let’s see what you got!”
“Right!” Darius says, fist clenched excitedly. “Prinplup! Use Drill Peck!”
Prinplup leaps into the air and spins rapidly. He flies into the Gyarados, digging his beack into its side. Gyarados reels back from the attack, then swings its tail around, catching Prinplup off guard. Prinplup takes the hit, but flips around and lands on his feet on the shore.
“Electrike!” Jess commands. “Paralyze that beast with Thunder Wave!”
“Ele…” Electrike steps out from behind Jess’ legs nervously. She creeps toward the water edge. Gyarados roars and shoots water everywhere. Electrike yelps with fear and sends electric shocks in every direction. We dive for cover, but poor Jaws gets a bolt to the butt. He jumps up and rubs his butt along the ground. Gyarados gets hit as well. It roars angrily and just shakes off the attack.
“Grrr… we have some work to do…” Jess grumbles.
“All right, I’m up,” I say. “Exeggutor, try using Hypnosis!”
“Eggs?” Exeggutor looks right at me with all three heads.
“Ack, no!” I say, panicking. “Not at me, at Gyarados!”
“Tor!” Exeggutor turns to Gyarados, but before he could use Hypnosis, he gets blasted with a geyser of water. Exeggutor falls backward onto his rump and sits on the ground. I groan, but Exeggutor stands back up and emits a large wave that flies toward Gyarados. The beast rears back as the wave envelops its face. It seems to slow down, but does not stop.
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Beyond the Adventure - A Pokémon Story
FanficCrono is a 17-year-old boy living in Goldenrod City who longs to escape the noise of the big city and see the world. One day, a strange Pokémon falls into his lap, sparking the adventure of a lifetime.
