Weathering The Storm... (A Pokemon OC Story)

Chapter 85: Setting Sail for a New Horizon!

"There we go! Electrike's back to normal. It didn't leave much of an actual mark, just startled it a little bit. So, it'll be fine."

"That's great, thank you Nurse Joy!"

"No problem! Safe travels!"

Ellie walked over to where the duo were set, with Electrike walking alongside Ellie with a bright smile on its face, completely revitalised and ready to take on the world. Lucas stretched his limbs as he released Combusken from its Pokeball,

"Alright, Electrike's healed, that poacher is in custody, now what do we have to do?"

"Get to Dewford Town now. Looks like there's a cruise that goes to Dewford departing about 15 minutes from now. It looks to have some places that you can battle on board the ship as well. You guys wanna board that one?", Seijo asked, but he didn't need any verbal responses. He just looked at the shine in Lucas' and Ellie's eyes smiled and booked the three tickets for them,

"Alright, booked and confirmed. We should head out, don't wanna miss it."

"Agreed, let's get going!", Ellie said, and in a flash, they were all gone from the Pokemon Centre. They were there just as boarding started, with people filing in and out of the boat. The trio stepped onto the boat, Ellie breathing a sigh of relief as she reminisced, staring out at the water before she was broken from it by Lucas.

"Come on, let's get exploring!", Lucas exclaimed, grabbing her by the arm and whisking her away from the bridge. Seijo smiled as he dealt with the man standing at the end of the bridge, showing him the tickets and ensuring that the 'two kids' who had run off were his. Then, after that was dealt with, he quickly chased after them. But, they were soon gone. They were quick as lightning, running through the halls of the ship as quickly as they could. Lucas had seen that the place was huge from the outside, but he was overwhelmed by just how many branching corridors were found in the ship. It felt like the amount of rooms was endless, and the stairwell stretched to at least four floors as well. But, it just meant more to explore.

They found the kitchen first, peering inside through the glass windows of a door nearby to the kitchen, before being spotted by a chef and promptly running off in the other direction. Then, they found another series of rooms followed again by what appeared to be a main restaurant area. Many tables stood in the giant hall-like room, with people sitting all around dining on the delicious food created by the kitchen. Lucas wanted to go in to try some of the amazing-looking food but was promptly pulled out by Ellie before he could get started, knowing she probably wouldn't see him again for a while if he went in. Disappointed as he was, they both kept on moving, breezing past a line of customer rooms to the stairwell. Then, from there, they heard a mighty roar that sounded like that of a Pokemon coming from the top floor. Immediately, with the prospect of battle firmly planted in Lucas' head, he marched up the stairs, almost dragging Ellie up faster than her legs could take her. Thankfully, Electrike could also keep up the pace and moreso, barking more intensely as it got closer to the cries of Pokemon. Lucas reached the top stair, finding the top floor to be completely open air. Except, instead of a pool or that which you would expect of a ship this size, they had four Pokemon battlefields, with trainers galore both battling and watching. Electrike would've jumped straight into the fight had it not been stopped by being cupped into Ellie's arms.

"You'll get the opportunity to battle, don't worry."

"Sup guys.", Seijo said nonchalantly from behind, scaring the living daylights out of both of them.

"Could you maybe not do that?", Ellie exclaimed and Seijo responded with a hearty laugh,

"Was worth it to see your reactions.", Seijo said as he calmly looked around then pointed to a stand, "Seems like you could sign up over there."