The Road to our Destiny

Chapter 14

It has been almost a month since Timothy, Coovers, and Electchu started their journey through the Battle Frontier. Since that time, they have passed Pewter City, Mt. Moon, and Cerulean City before ultimately taking a road that leads them straight to the Battle Factory. But as they continue on their journey, they are utterly unaware that Jessie, James, and Meowth are secretly following them in their hot air balloon. The Team Rocket gang has been extra careful to keep their distance from the two trainers out of fear of being noticed and sent blasting off so far by the trainer's Pokemon that they might lose the trail to their real target.

It is a half-hour before noon when Timothy, Coovers, and Electchu find themselves standing in front of a large building that looks like a factory. They stare at it silently before Timothy turns to Coovers.

"Alright, talk to me. Is this the place?" he asks.

Coovers looks at his Pokenav while holding the egg container with his other arm and nods with a smile.

"Yep, this is the place: the Battle Factory," he says confidently.

"Finally," Timothy says with a sigh. "For a while, I was beginning to wonder if we took a wrong turn."

"Well, it doesn't look that way. I can see the symbol for the Battle Frontier above the front door," Coovers says happily. "So, let's go in and have a battle already."

Timothy nods and walks to the front doors and gives it a knock. The two men and Electchu wait patiently for a moment before it opens to reveal none other than Scott with a welcoming grin.

"Timothy, Coovers, glad to see you made it," he says.

"Scott? What are you doing here?" Coovers asks, surprised.

"As representative of the Battle Frontier, it's my job to meet the trainers here and obverse their battles against the Frontier Brains," Scott says.

"I see," Timothy says with a raised eyebrow. "So is the Frontier Brain for this place here?"

"He sure is," says a man appearing from behind Scoot with a friendly look. "I'm Noland, the Factory Head, which also makes me the Frontier Brain."

"Nice to meet you. I'm Coovers," Coovers says with a friendly smile as the two men shake hands.

"Likewise. So are you the challenger, Coovers?" Nolan asks.

"Nope, that's me," Timothy says, stepping in. "I'm Timothy Durbin from Pallet Town."

Timothy reaches out his hand to shake Noland's, but the Frontier Brain stares at Timothy in shock, confusing the challenger.

"H-hang on," Noland says. "Are you the same Timothy Durbin who defeated Lance, the bi-regional champion?"

"Ah, I see word of my accomplishment has been spreading," Timothy says with a proud grin.

Noland continues to stare at Timothy before turning to Scott.

"Why didn't you tell me that's who was coming this way?" he asks.

"Oh, I thought it would be more fun to surprise you, Noland," Scott says. "Besides, when have I ever told you who is coming to your factory?"

Noland blinks in shock for a moment and sighs.

"That's true," he admits before beginning back his confidant face. "But if that's the case, then I want this battle to be extra special, just like with Ash."

Scott's smirk grows while Timothy and Coovers look at each other confused.

"So, I guess you're saying what I think you're saying?" Scott asks.