J-Awesome_One

James, Ame and Heather then ventured up to the Beryl Bridge which was just next to the Beryl Ward. Before they continued forward, they stopped to go over their plan 1 more time. Ame: Ok. Do we know what we’re doing? Heather: Mhm. Me and you are gonna fly up to 1 of the skyscraper and hide there and wait for James to come to the bad guys. James: And I’m gonna go through Rhodochrine Jungle and get to them from there. Ame: Right. And as soon as the 2 of us see you, we’ll swoop down on Heather’s Salamence and corner them. If you need help Heather, I’ll back you up but I’ll leave you to them. Heather: Yea! I can’t wait to take a crack at them! I still can’t believe that you’re letting me do this. Ame: This is 1 time thing. Don’t think this will happen ever again. After this, you go right back to the house alright? Heather: Yea yea. I got it. James: Alright! Let’s do this then! Ame: Be careful out there hun. James: I will. I promise sweetie. -kisses her- Heather: Ew. Did you have to do that in front of me? Ame: Heh. Sorry. Alright Heather! Time to go! Heather called out her Salamence. The 2 girls got on top of the beast and flew off into the air. James watched on and then ventured to the left to get to the Rhodochrine Jungle. It was a bit of a trek to get there. More fallen houses, cracks in the road and vine poking up through the ground as well. But he was finally able to make it to the entrance of the jungle. He was surprised just how green the area was. It had been a while since he saw such a green and luscious place. Malcheous Forest was green and luscious as well but it didn’t stand out to him as much as this place. James continued to walk deeper into the jungle. He was focusing so much on the surroundings that he didn’t notice a pile of leaves on the ground. As he took a step on them, he could feel his foot going down more and more and soon, he was falling into a hole. He hit the ground hard, instantly knocking him out again for the 3rd time tonight. When he woke up, his head was killing him but besides that, he felt alright. James: Oog… That hurt… That reminds me of all the times me, Jessie and Meowth would dig holes to try to catch the twerps for that main twerps Pikachu… Huh? James opened his eyes and realized that he was inside of a cage of some sort. He shot up and looked around. In front of him, he could see a couple of Nuzleaf standing in front of the wooden cage door. He tried to persuade them to let him out but all they did was point and laugh at him. They then left the area. James was trapped. He tried breaking the cage down but it was surprisingly tough. He wasn’t able to destroy it. He would have used Growlithe to burn it down but there was a possibility of that starting a fire. He couldn’t risk that. The rest of the Pokemon he had didn’t have any useful moves that could help break through the cage. He had no other option but to wait for someone to possibly come up around there and help him out. Luckily, he could see someone coming up towards the cage. Unluckily for him, it was none other than Fern. When Fern saw that James was trapped in a cage, he started laughing and walked away from the cage. James was annoyed and furious. James: Hey you twerp! Get back here! Fern: -starts walking back to James- Ohh James. I am seriously sorry about that. James: Yea. I’m sure you are. Fern: I didn’t feel like laughing right in front of your face. It would have been too rude. Seeing you trapped in that cage is just too much. James: Can you stop making fun of me and just be helpful for once? Fern: Ha! You look so helpless. It suits ya. I mean, really? Imprisoned by Nuzleaf? I’d come up here in hopes of finding a Gym Leader but all I find is a scrub in a cage. James: This is literally the opposite of being helpful! Fern: By the way, I’m curious. How many badges do you have right now? James: Uhh, 2. Why? Fern: Well so do I. Turns out the Gym Leaders here are super easy! James: Wait. You already defeated Julia and Florinia. Fern: You bet your sorry ass I did! And then there’s you who’s stuck in a cage. It’s priceless! But I suppose I can’t totally blame ya. Nuzleaf are deceptively crafty to be able to build all this. Guess they did it to keep intruders out. Or in your case in. Don’t you worry though. Op dog Fern’s here to help you out. James: Good. Now just get me out o- Fern: All you gotta do is get on your knees and beg. James: You… What? Just get me out of here. I don’t have time for this. Fern: Are you gonna get on your knees and beg for me? James: No. Now enough with these stupid games and let me out of here. Fern: Well, that’s just too bad. No begging, no help. Later loser! -starts walking away- James: Fern? Fern! Seriously, get me out of here! This isn’t cool…! Fern?! James couldn’t believe it. Fern actually left him in that cage all because he wouldn’t beg for him to do it. He was still stuck inside that cage. He sat there for a while, hoping for someone to come by, actually be a decent human being and let him out. 15 minutes went by and nothing happened. James was starting to lose hope. Suddenly, a Chatot appeared from out of the trees, went up to the lever and switched it. The door to the cage opened up. James was now free. Before the Chatot left, it said the words “Release James!” James only knew 1 person with a Chatot but he couldn’t think about that now. He had to find the important Team Meteor guys. He exited the cage and started to search through the forest for a way out. Soon, he came across a lot of carved out pieces of wood. James touched 1 of them and it instantly stung his finger. James: Ow! That hurt! Dang it. Guess I gotta find a way to get through this. James went back the way he came. He started to searched for a way to get passed those sharp pieces of wood. He climbed up some stairs and, walked across a bridge and came across a lever. He looked over in the distance and could see the wood from before. He pulled the lever and saw a line of the wood flip over, revealing a platform of sorts. He knew what he had to do now. He started to search for other levers. Near where he was was a little clearing, he went there to check stuff out. There was a tall building there. A Team Meteor Grunt was blocking the entrance to it but James was able to defeat him. When he got inside, someone came rushing up to him. James thought it was another Team Meteor person but it turned out it was just a survivor. He offered James some medicine to heal his Pokemon. James gladly accepted and his entire party was healed. James: So what are you doing here? Survivor: I’m just here to try to ride out this apocalypse. James: Apocalypse? I mean it’s bad out there but it’s not that bad. Survivor: I’m staying right here. James: What exactly is this place anyways? Survivor: This used to be the Beryl Ward’s library but now? It’s in ruins. James: I see. Would you mind if I looked around? Survivor: Go for it. James started to explore the abandoned library. It really was left in a ruin. Books and papers were laying all over the place. Chairs were knocked over. It was a real shame. James came across the 1 room he was able to get into. He was a little shocked to see a Growlithe sitting there, looking down a hole. He made sure that he still had his Growlithe’s PokeBall and he did luckily. The Growlithe saw James and howled at him and moved back. James assumed that this Pokemon wanted him to peer down into the hole. James went over and looked down. It was dark so it was kind of hard to see. He was finally starting to see something though. But when he realized what he was looking at, he started to feel sick to his stomach. It looked like a person but they had been impaled by the broken pieces of wood. James looked back at the Growlithe. It howled once again and then ran out of the room and supposedly out of the library. James noticed the outfit the person was wearing. It looked like what a policeman would wear. James: Well… I guess I found the 3rd 1. That Growlithe must have belonged to this officer… I hope it’s doing alright. James started to imagine what his Growlithe would do if something were to ever happen to him. He thought about it for a couple of moments but then snapped out of it. He couldn’t think about that. He had to find the other switches and send Team Meteor packing. James exited the room and left the library. There was half a building still standing next to the library. James went inside and easily took care of the Team Meteor Grunt that was there. He went to the other side and found another lever. He pulled it and could hear the wood outside flip to the smooth side. He continued his search for levers. He couldn’t find anymore where he was so he went back to the cage area and searched there. He found 1 cage and went inside it. While he didn’t find a lever to the sharp pieces of wood, he did find a lever to another cage that was imprisoning a policeman. He pulled it and went inside the cage. The policeman seemed very happy that James came to his rescue. Policeman: Ohh thank you! I’ve been stuck here for days! James: Days? Wow. I’m glad I got out of my cage sooner than that. Policeman: You were in a cage too? James: Yea. A couple of Nuzleaf made a trap and I fell into it. Next thing I know, I wake up inside a cage. Policeman: Yea. That’s what happened to me too! Well I better get back to the Police Station. Thank you citizen! James: Actually, I need to tell you something before you go. Policeman: What is it? James: The library near here… I was in there just a bit ago and saw a Growlithe looking down a hole. I looked down there too and… I saw a policeman down there… He didn’t make it… Policeman: Ohh… That’s very sad to hear… I’ll make sure to report that to the Police Chief. Again, thank you. The policeman exited the cave and went back to the Police Station. James exited the cave almost right after. He soon found another cave entrance and went inside. There weren’t any cages in this 1 but at the end, there was a lever. James pulled it. He couldn’t think of any other places where a lever could be so he went back to the sharp pieces of wood. When he got there, he saw that the platform was completed and could now continue going that way. He went through a clearing and started to battle a couple of Meteor Grunts. They weren’t really all that tough so James was able to defeat them fairly quickly. He could see a hole in a building and decided to take a look in it. It was a good thing he did because inside was another Team Meteor Grunt and the last missing policeman. James: Hey you! Meteor Grunt: Huh? Hey! What are you doing here?! This is private business! Stay out of it! James: I’ll give you a choice. You either just walk out of here or get crushed in a Pokemon battle. Meteor Grunt: You think I’m gonna run away from you?! You’re dreaming! James: Alright. Battling it is. The battle started but it just a matter of seconds, the battle was over. The Meteor Grunt had no other choice but to run out of the building. James went over to the policeman to make sure he was ok. James: Are you ok? Policeman: Yea. I’m fine now thanks to you. James: Good. You should head back to the Police Station. They’re waiting for you. Policeman: I will. Ohh. 1 more thing. There’s a bunch of important looking Team Meteor people up ahead. You should be careful. James: Thanks for the heads up. Be careful when you’re heading back now. The policeman agreed and left the building. James did as well and went down the path. There was a big opening just a bit further. When he got there, he could see Taka, that ZEL guy, a hooded person and the PULSE Machine with Tangrowth in it. James quickly searched the top of the building for Ame and Heather. When he found them, he gave them a nod to let them know that this was it. Just then, ZEL turned around, noticing James. Zel: Hey! It’s you! Taka: Oh. Hey there. I’m surprised you’re here this quickly. James: I’ll admit. That Tangrowth’s attack did mess me up for a bit but my friends came and helped me. ???: Hmph. Who is this? James: I’m the 1 that’s gonna take you down and stop all of this destruction. Taka: He’s the 1 that defeated the PULSE in Jasper. ???: So this is the 1 huh? Taka: Yes. I invited James to come here so we could deal with this issue thoroughly. See? zEl: James is also responsible for destroying the PULSE in Obsidia. James: Guilty as charged. And now I’ll add Beryl Ward to that list. ???: …You’re just an alley cat parading as a tiger. James: What does that even mean? zeL: I, umm… I think he means you’re just acting brave? James: Trust me. This is no act. ???: Heroism is vainglory. But do not worry. You will learn soon enough. You’ve stepped out of your alley and into the world. I will introduce you to the cold pain of reality. James: -chuckles- That’s what you think. But I’m not here alone. ???: Hmm? What do you mean? Heather: We’re here to beat you bad guys up! Ame: Surrender yourselves now and maybe things will be easy for the 3 of you! The 3 Meteor Admins looked up into the air and could see Heather’s Salamence descending to the ground. Heather stayed on its back as Ame hopped off half way down. James would be lying if he didn’t think that was pretty cool of her to do. The 3 seemed shocked that those 2 were here. zeL: I-Isn’t that Heather- zEl: Daughter to the Beryl Ward Gym Leader and- ???: I know all too well who she is. Taka: And the woman there… isn’t she this region’s ch- ???: Yes yes. I know but why are they here? Heather: Why are we here? We’re here to stop you evil people! Duh! Ame: Now come quietly or this won’t end good for you. ???: Hmph… How reckless. We’re you raised to be more responsible? And you. You should know how irresponsible this is. Letting a child fighting against us? Ame: Maybe it is but I’m here to back her up so I’m not worried 1 bit! Heather: Yea! Who cares anyways! I’m tired of people trying to stop me from doing things all the time! Their rules are totally stupid! ???: Just because you do not understand something does not make it stupid. Someday… you will learn. Heather: Ugh! Would you just SHUT UP?! We’re here to beat you up! Stop with the lectures! You sound like my dad! Ame: Now… Either surrender or you will be dealt with. zEl: Well sir? Taka: What do we do? ???: …Taka, ZEL. Deal with James. You must protect the PULSE. Leave this young 1 to me. Taka: But what about A- ???: I said to leave the girl to me! Ame: You think you can handle the both of them James?! James: Yea! Don’t worry about me hun! Back Heather up when or if she needs it! Taka: Well I guess we’re gonna have our rematch already James. James: Yea but this time, I’m not gonna let your Pokemon sneak attack me. I’m gonna make sure it faints! zeL: Um, I’m sorry James but I have to- Zel: It’s payback time! James: Let’s see you get it then! And with that, the battle between James, Taka and ZEL started. This was actually a very difficult battle for James. He decided that it would be best to focus on 1 of their Pokemon than try to take down both at the same time. That strategy worked as James 1st defeated ZEL’s Pokemon and then Taka’s. And this time, James made sure that the PULSE Tangrowth was definitely fainted. ZEL seemed frustrated losing again but Taka didn’t seem to care at all. Taka: Well that’s certainly not good. zEl: The PULSE has been deactivated. There’s no longer any purpose in defending this location. Taka: If that’s the case, I’m gonna make myself scarce. You coming? zeL: Umm… I-I guess so… -vanishes with Taka- James: Damnit! They got away! Ame: We’ll catch them later! We can still take this guy though! ???: Tch. So they just run away? Pathetic… Crobat, return! Ame: He’s getting away! Heather: Not if we have anything to say about it! Salamence, return! She returned her Pokemon back to her PokeBall and the 3 of us chased after the hooded stranger. Luckily, they didn’t have to run far. The hooded stranger was cornered by the Police Chief and the Policemen that he had found while trying to stop Team Meteor. Heather, Ame and James blocked the south exit just in case he tried running back the way he came. James: Alright! You guys are here! Police Chief: Thanks to you James. And now, there is nowhere to run. You’re completely surrounded. ???: An ambush?! But the grunts were supposed to detain the city officers! Police Chief: Ohh they did. But James was able to rescue them all. Well… except for 1… but that mourning session will have to wait til later. ???: -turns around to James- You… You did this?! As the hooded strangers back was turned towards the Police Chief, he took the initiative to sneak up behind the person and remove the hood. Almost everyone but James was shocked to see who it was. The individual was an older man wearing all purple with purple spiky hair. It reminded James of Cain but more serious. James: Who’s… that? Ame: I… I can’t believe it… I should have known with that Crobat but… I didn’t expect it to be you Corey… Heather: DAD?! James: Wait. He’s your father?! Corey: Tch. It’s bad enough you did this in front of Ame but you just had to do this in front of my daughter as well. Ame: Heather… Heather: I… I knew you were a jerk… But I didn’t think you were evil… I… I can’t… Heather turned around, called out her Salamence, jumped up onto its back and they flew off into the air together. James couldn’t blame Heather for wanting to get away from all of this. Learning that her dad was apart of Team Meteor? That must have been hard on her. James and Ame focused their attention back to Corey. Corey: Well then. This will be easier now that she’s not here. Police Chief: Aren’t you the Gym Leader of the Beryl Ward? James: This guys a Gym Leader too?! Ame: Yes. At least… he was. He no longer is as of this moment. But why Corey? Why would you do this? Police Chief: The Gym Leaders of Reborn are 1 of the most trusted citizens… Corey: Hehe. Never put too much stock into authority. Welcome to reality. It’s cold. It’s cruel. It’s life. Ame: What are you trying to say Corey? Corey: You all would be fools to think that I’m the only 1 working with them. James: You mean… there are more Gym Leaders working with Team Meteor? Corey: Exactly. Ame: Who…? Who are they!? Corey: If only I could say. Not everything is so nice and simple. This whole paradise-candyland you’ve all created in your heads? It’s just a crack dream. Police Chief: Nonetheless, you will be facing the judge. Ame: And then you will be interrogated for more information. Corey: Hmph. You all try so hard to act high and mighty but you’re nothing. Nothing has been done here. All you’ve done is unmakes a father before his daughter. You showed her what all girls eventually learn. Pain. And that’s all. James: This is complete nonsense! Stop talking like that and just surrender! Corey: You all want to apprehend me? I’ll be waiting at my gym. Don’t keep me waiting. Corey threw smoke bombs onto the ground and they detonated. Everyone’s vision was obscured. When the smoke finally started to disappear, they all realized that Corey had escaped. Ame: He got away! James: Yea but we know where he’s going. His gym! Police Chief: Yes but this has got to be some kind of trap. Ame, what do we do? Ame: You lot go to the gym and see if you can find him there. James and I will be there shortly. Police Chief: Alright. Let’s move out men! Policemen: Yes sir! -heads for the Beryl Ward Gym with the Police Chief- James: So what do we do? Ame: So here’s the deal. When we get there, I want you to help the police search for him. When we find him, I will confront him. James: What? Why? I can handle him. Ame: Trust me hun. I know you can but this is different. He is… was a Gym Leader and he was apart of Team Meteor. I wanna try to get answers by myself. James: Well… that does make sense. Ok hun. I’ll follow your plan then. Ame: Let’s get going then. Pokemon Team Character Ratings

Wow... after 7 generations of Pokémon, Gen 8 has done the unthinkable! You won’t believe it!

Do you think Garbodor sprouts weird tentacle arms? Hmm?! Actually... it kind of does... Nvm. Ignore this. ...Please never make such a heinous joke again. Stench has a certain amount of chance to make the target flinch no matter what the Pokemon with the ability is using. So like Bite but if Bite was any move. Back in my playthrough, I never got that book. So I didn't have an option except to kill the Garbodor. That's right. You want Saki to return! You want her by your side at all times now! MWAHAHAHAHAHA!... I'm weird. Basically but we're weak as fuck... Well some of us are... Everyone except for... Melia... That battle seems like it took forever with the amount of Superpowers it took to take down that thing. Karrina sure likes to say "hmph" a lot huh? You really going on holidays or you gonna be doing the WG Help Center Quests plus possible other side quests?

Nvm. Got 1. Could someone please close this thread? I think that's how you do it?

Title says it all. Hopefully you don't mind that I trade over a rando mon for it. Also, my ID is Awesome_One.

Thanks! I'm liking the pairing as well. You barely see Ame throughout the game besides the Gym Helper thing and when she dies. I thought I'd get her out there a bit more than she is in the regular story.

???: Ol… …an… …ey! Are y… alri…!? James: Urgh… James was starting to come around and could hear someone talking very loudly to him. He didn’t know who it was. He still felt very weak after the PULSE Tangrowth sapped some of his energy away from him. He tried to open his eyes but they just wouldn’t. The very least he could do was open them as if he was squinting at something. He slowly moved his head towards the sound of the voice. He slowly looked over to his right and could see a figure standing there. He couldn’t make them out though. The only thing he could see was a lot of pink. Just as he saw the person though, he could feel the person’s hand smack him across the face. This actually helped him a bit and his eyes shot open from the surprise pain on his cheek. He sat up somewhat quickly holding his face. James: Ow… ???: Sorry but you weren’t responding to anything else. James: Well… could have done it maybe… a little softer… ???: I’ve already been standing here for a half hour trying to wake you up! What else do you want me to do?! James: A half hour…? I’ve been out for that long? Wait. How do you know that? ???: I was here to take care of these Meteor jerks myself but you came along and did it instead! James: Heh… ???: Although, looking at what happened to you afterwards kind of makes me feel I didn’t have to deal with that guy at least… Still, I should have been the 1 to take out the grunts at least. James turned towards the person talking. He could tell that this person was a girl. She was also very short. In fact, she seemed too young to be an adult. It took him a bit in his current state but he eventually figured out that this person was a little girl. James: Hold on… You’re just a little kid… You shouldn’t be messing around with these guys… They’re bad news… ???: Urgh! Here we go again! Another adult trying to tell me what to do! James: If this were Team Rocket… I would say go for it. But these guys are on another level… ???: This is so annoying! I FINALLY get away from my dad so I could stop the bad guys here and I not only find YOU taking care of them but I had to look after you after that weird looking Pokemon attacked you! James: But- ???: And now you’re trying to tell me what to do! Just like my dad! He doesn’t let me do anything or let me go anywhere! James: Maybe he’s just trying to look out for you? ???: Not the way he does it… You know, sometimes I think he secretly is trying to punish me because I remind him of mom. But joke’s on him! I stole mom’s ring and I snuck out to beat up bad people too! James: I really don’t think it’s a good idea to try to take them on by yourself… ???: Ugh! You’re so annoying! By the way, why did you send out your Mr. Mime before you got knocked out? James: What…? Mr. Mime…? You mean Mime Jr… ???: Noooo. I mean Mr. Mime. James: What? ???: Look to your left dummy! James slowly turned his head to the left and there was in fact a Mr. Mime standing there by him. It appeared it was crying but was trying to stop to seem tough, to which it was failing at miserably. It couldn’t hold back anymore though and hugged onto James crying its eyes out to him and also in front of the little girl. He was completely confused on where this Mr. Mime came from. James: H-Hey…! I’m still kind of woozy here… Could you not do that…? Mr. Mime: -let’s go- Mime Mime… James: Who’s Mr. Mime does this belong to…? ???: Huh…? Ohh. Right. You were knocked out so you didn’t see it. James: See what…? ???: Well it was a Mime Jr. that came out of your PokeBall. It tried to wake you up but when you wouldn’t wake up, it started to glow and everything and then it evolved into a Mr. Mime. James: -looks back at Mr. Mime- So… you used to be Mime Jr.? Mr. Mime: -nods yes- Mr. Mime Mime. James: Heh… Thank you friend… You always were looking out for me… Mr. Mime: Mr. Mime Mime! James: I’m sorry I couldn’t watch you evolve though… Mr. Mime: -softly hugging James- Mr. Mime. James: -returns the hug- Could you help me up buddy? Mr. Mime and the girl helped James up to his feet. He couldn’t quite stand up on his own though so Mr. Mime put his arm around its shoulders to help him stand up more. The little girl didn’t seem so sure on James trying to move around though. ???: Uhh mister? Are you sure you should try to move? You still don’t seem so good. James: I can’t let Team Meteor keep doing harm here… I know there’s another machine up there in Beryl Ward… ???: Hey! You leave that 1 alone! I’ll take care of that 1. I live there after all. And don’t you dare try to stop me! James: Wait. Hold on. ???: What is it now? James: I know you’re dead set on taking on Team Meteor and while I would like to stop you, I know I can’t so please do this 1 thing for me before you go take them on… ???: Well… since you’re letting me take them on on my own, I suppose I can. What is it? James: Do you know a woman named Ame? ???: Do I know her? Of course I do! I don’t know anyone that doesn’t know her. James: Good… I want you to go tell her that I’m alright and to not worry about me… ???: You want me to lie to her? James: I-I’m not lying…! ???: You can barely stand with your Pokemon helping you! You are not alright! James: Just… please go tell her…? ???: Ugh. Fine. But right after that, I’m going to beat those Team Meteor jerks in Beryl Ward. James: Deal… ???: Alright. I’m gonna go then. James: Wait… ???: What now? James: I just realized… I never asked for your name… Heather: -sighs- It’s Heather. And yours? James: I’m James… Heather: Alright. Well I’m going to go now. Come out Salamence! It’s take-off time! Heather threw out a PokeBall and the giant Dragon popped out. James couldn’t believe that this little girl was a trainer to such a powerful monster such as Salamence. She hopped on top of the dragon and James watched as it flew up into the air and towards the direction of the Grand Hall. He watched all the way until he couldn’t see them anymore. James: Alright Mime- Err, Mr. Mime… I’m gonna need you to help me walk for a bit… Mr. Mime: Mr. Mime? James: I may be weak right now but we can still at least go looking for the missing policemen… Mr. Mime: Mr… Mr. Mime Mime. James: Thank you… I remember seeing another way to get into Jasper Ward from where I found that sign. Let’s go there. Mr. Mime helped James walk over to the sign. It was hard for the pair of them to get down the ledges but they were able to do it albeit wasting some time. When they made it to the sign, they could see the other way into the Jasper Ward. They went that way and were soon back into the ward. There was only 2 buildings in contact. They weren’t able to get into the 1st building. The door wouldn’t budge. The 2nd building however, they were able to get in. Right in that room, the pair could see a Team Meteor Grunt and 1 of the missing policeman. The grunt turned around and could see James and Mr. Mime. Meteor Grunt: Hey! It’s you! Heh. Looks like Taka wasn’t able to stop you but he was able to really weaken you. James: Maybe so but I’m still gonna rescue that policeman… Meteor Grunt: What?! You still intend to rescue this pig?! -laughs- That’s the funniest thing I’ve heard! Heck. From the way you’re talking, you can’t even give commands to your Pokemon correctly. So what exactly are you going to do? Policeman: Citizen, just get out of here! I’ll be fine! Don’t risk your life for me! James stood there looking at the grunt with rage. He wanted to so badly to rescue the policeman but he knew what he said was true. If the 2 battled, James wouldn’t be able to command his Pokemon in time and he would surely lose. Mr. Mime could see that his trainer was in trouble and knew it had to help in some way. It used its Psychic powers to bring out 1 of James’ PokeBalls. All the people present were somewhat confused at what was going on. James: M-Mr. Mime? What are you doing…? Mr. Mime: Mr. Mime. Mr. Mime Mime! Meteor Grunt: You better put it down if you know what’s good for you clown! Mr. Mime: Mime Mime Mr. Mime! James: Wait… You’re gonna battle… for me…? Mr. Mime: Mr. Mime!~ James didn’t expect this. He didn’t even know if it was possible for a Pokemon to command another Pokemon in a battle. But he trusted his Pokemon and decided to have it done. Mr. Mime had the PokeBall pop open and out came Growlithe. The grunt couldn’t believe what was going on but brought out its Pokemon. James instructed Growlithe to listen to anything Mr. Mime told it to do. At 1st, the little fire dog Pokemon was confused but trusted James. So it went along with it. It was the most interesting battle anybody had ever seen. Mr. Mime was able to command Growlithe great though and was able to win the battle. The Meteor Grunt was shocked that it lost in such a weird way. Meteor Grunt: I lost a Pokemon battle with a trainer being a Pokemon…?! I am not telling this to anyone! I am out of here! -leaves the building- James: Nice job Mr. Mime…! And you too Growlie…! Growlithe: Groooowlithe! Mr. Mime: Mr. Mime! Policeman: Thank you for saving me. James: No need to thank me… My Pokemon did all the work here… Policeman: Thank all of you. But… are you ok? You seem really weak. James: I-I’ll be fine… I still need to find the rest of the policemen and to stop Team Meteor… Policeman: Well… If you insist. I’m going to go back to the Police Station though. See ya later. The policeman exited the building and headed back to the Police Station. Mr. Mime returned Growlithe back to its PokeBall and once again started to help James back to the main area of the Jasper Ward. Meanwhile at the Grand Hall, Ame was at the PokeCenter part of the Grand Hall speaking with the Nurse Joy, talking over about the Pokemon Healing Machine and how she was doing. Apparently, the healing machine there was starting to go on the fritz and Ame needed to know exactly what was the problem. As the 2 were talking, Heather walked in and looked around for Ame. When she spotted her, she walked up to her near the PokeCenter. Heather: Hey Ame. Ame: Hmm? Ahh. Heather. It’s kind of surprising that you’re here… by yourself… with no sign of your father anywhere… Does he know about this? Heather: Of course not. I snuck out and took my mom’s ring. Ame: Heather, you know that’s not a good thing to do. You should go back and return the ring. Heather: But Ame, you know I hate being cooped up in that house. Plus, I’m taking on the bad guys! Ame: The bad guys? What do you mean? Heather: You know what I mean Ame! Team Meteor! They’ve destroyed the Jasper Ward and now they’re trying to do the same thing to Beryl Ward! Ame: I absolutely forbid that! Heather: What?! Ame: Heather, you’re just a child. You have no business in taking on Team Meteor at all. Heather: Oh come on Ame! You damn well know how strong I am! Ame: -sighs- While you may be a very strong trainer, this is still no matter for a child. Now go back home and stay there and let me and everyone else worry about Team Meteor. Heather: This stinks! I can never do anything! I can’t even stop the bad guys! Ame: Heather… Heather: Alright. Alright. I’m going. Ohh yea. I almost forgot. I actually came here to tell you something. Ame: You mean you telling me you planning on taking on a terrorist group wasn’t it? Heather: Nope. This guy named James wanted me to come here and tell you that he’s alright and doesn’t want you to worry about him. Ame: James… Why would he want you to tell me that? Heather: I don’t know. He was really adamant on me telling you that though. Ame: Heather… tell me the truth. Is he ok? Heather: Umm… Not really… Ame: What happened?! Heather: He was taking on a Team Meteor member and after the battle, the guy used a weird looking Tangrowth to sap some of James’ energy out of him. Ame: What?! Are you sure this happened?! Heather: Yea. I saw the whole thing. Ame: You better not be lying to me Heather! This is serious if it’s true! Heather: I am! I am! Last I saw him, his Mr. Mime was helping him stay on his feet. Ame: You mean to tell me he doesn’t even have the strength to stand on his own? Heather: Yea. He didn’t look good. You could even tell it in the way he was talking too. Ame: Heather, you have to take me to where he is right now? Heather: Alright. We’ll ride on Salamence. Ame: Nurse Joy, when I come back, we’ll talk more about the healing machine. In the meantime, just do the best you can do alright? Nurse Joy: Of course Ame.~ Be safe. Ame and Heather went outside of the Grand Hall. Heather called out her Salamence and the 2 girls climbed onto the dragons back. Heather called for the big dragon to take off into the air and it did. Ame was severely worried about James. She hoped that he was still there at the spot Heather had last seen him. Back at the Jasper Ward, Mr. Mime and James had finally made it to the main area of the ward. It took a long time for them to transverse through the toppled buildings and passed trees. They started to walk down a long road when the pair could hear something from a building. It sounded like someone freaking out. James motioned for his Pokemon to help him get into the building and the Pokemon obliged and did. When they got inside of the building, they could see a man running back and forth inside the building. The 2 walked up to him. Although the man stopped, he was talking as if the 2 weren’t there. James: Sir… Sir, you gotta calm down… Man: I-I-It’s gone! It’s gone! James: Gone…? What’s g- Man: IT’S GONE! My darling little Mareep is gone! James: You lost your Mareep…? Man: We were with each other and then the buildings started to fall and we got separated and I can’t find it. I just can’t find it! I don’t know what to do! It’s gotta be so afraid and alone and I… I… James: Just try to calm down… Man: Calm down… Calm down… Just gotta stop, think and calm down… Calm down and… Ahhh! The man resumed running back and forth inside the building. There was nothing more that James could do for the man. So he and Mr. Mime turned around and exited the building. He couldn’t fathom the thought of losing 1 of his Pokemon. He decided he’d search for the Mareep while also searching for the Policemen as well. The 2 of them went down a small alleyway. They looked to a corner and could see a policeman sitting on the ground. He seemed very frightened about something. The 2 walked up to him a nudged him. Policeman: Ahh! The vines got me! James: S-Sir…! It’s not vines…! Policeman: Uhh, huh…? Oh… I’m sorry… Wait. Are the vines gone? James: I guess so… This is the 1st time I’ve been here… Policeman: Ohh thank the heavens. I vine became violent when I approached it and when it ripped through the ground, I was trapped here. James: That sounds like it was a bad experience… Policeman: Yes it was. But thank you for finding me here. I should get back to the Police Station. Umm… I should take you with me. You don’t look so good. James: No… You go on ahead… I have to search for the rest of the officers… Policeman: But sir- James: Please… The policeman stared at James for a couple of seconds. While he didn’t want to, he had no other choice but to respect his wishes. The officer walked passed them and went back to the Police Station. The 2 then got out of that alleyway and continued down the road. James could feel himself getting weaker again but he forced himself to keep going. He could see Mr. Mime was worried about him. He put on a brave smile for his Pokemon. The 2 came up to what seemed to be a run down shack. They took a peek inside and could see a Pokemon run up and down inside. They went inside and realized that it was a Mareep. It was obviously the Mareep that man was freaking out about before. The 2 approached the Pokemon. When the Mareep saw them, it backed up into a corner. The 2 came over to try to comfort it. James: H-Hey little buddy… It’s ok… Mareep: M-Mareep… James: Don’t be scared… of me… I came here to find you… Mareep: Mareep? James: -digs through his pockets and finds some Pokemon snacks- Here… Wanna have a couple of these… James held the snacks out in his hands towards the Mareep. For a couple of seconds, the Mareep didn’t do anything. Then, it slowly walked up to him and sniffed his hand with the food. It slowly took 1 of the snacks and ate it. When it swallowed it, it looked more calm and happy. It started to eat the rest of the food out of James’ hand. In a matter of minutes, the Mareep was completely calm. James was happy that he could calm down the Pokemon. Unfortunately though, he could feel himself not being able to stand for that much longer. He knew that he had to bring this Mareep back to its owner before he couldn’t move again. The 3 got out of the shack and walked slowly back to the building. However, when they made it and went inside, no 1 was inside. The man wasn’t there anymore. James couldn’t believe that he wasn’t there anymore. They searched where they could but couldn’t find the man anywhere in the building. With nowhere else to look, the 3 of them exited the building and back outside. The Mareep looked up at James and Mr. Mime with sadness in its eyes. James felt horrible for it. Its trainer had essentially abandoned it. James had an idea though. James had his Mr. Mime take out an empty PokeBall and put it in his hand. He asked the little sheep Pokemon if it wanted to come with him on his journey. The Mareep looked up at James and tears started to fall from its eyes. It shook its head yes and nuzzled up against James leg. But just as James was about to touch Mareep with the PokeBall to capture it, he suddenly felt weaker, slid off of Mr. Mime and fell face 1st onto the ground. Mr. Mime and Mareep looked at each other worryingly. They had no idea what to do. Meanwhile, Ame and Heather had just exited the Malchous Forest. They searched the entire forest but couldn’t find James anywhere in there. Ame was very worried that James could be hurt or worse right now. The 2 started to head towards the PokeCenter of the Jasper Ward to see if maybe James went there. Ame: Are you absolutely sure he was there? Heather: For the 100th time, yes! Why do you keep asking?! Ame: Because he’s not there! Heather: Geez. Why do you care about this guy anyways? Ame: He’s uhh… a very good friend of mine. Heather: Ohhhh. I get it. You’re his girlfriend aren’t you? Ame: H-Huh? What makes you think that? Heather: I can kind of tell by the way you’re so worried about him. Kind of reminds me of my dad but… nicer. Ame: Ohh… I see… Heather: Well, we’re almost there. When they walked through the building, they were at the PokeCenter. But as soon as they turned around, they could see the Mareep and Mr. Mime trying to help something up from the ground. Ame remembered that Heather told her that his Mime Jr. Had evolved into a Mr. Mime and realized that the thing on the ground must have been James. Ame and Heather ran over and could see James knocked out on the ground. Ame knelt down beside him to make sure he was ok. Heather: Well? How is he? Ame: Well, he seems to be just knocked out. Heather: Again. But I don’t get it. Unless he got hit by the move again, shouldn’t he be getting better by now? Ame: Pokemon attacks work different on humans than Pokemon. But this seems to be different. From what you’ve told me, that Tangrowth was a PULSE Tangrowth. I’m not sure what the side effects are if a PULSE Pokemon attacks a human. Mr. Mime: Mr. Mime… Mareep: Mareeeep… Heather: Well those 2 are definitely worried about him. Ame: Mr. Mime I can see but where did this Mareep come from? Heather: Maybe he caught it? Ame: Well it seems to be sincerely worried for James. So I won’t shoo it away. Heather: Well what do we do about James? Ame: Umm… I’m not sure. No 1 has ever had to deal with something like this before. Ame and Heather tried to come up with a solution to try to bring James out of his unconscious state but they couldn’t come up with anything. Once again, Mr. Mime started to tear up. Ame did as well. Mareep was really starting to worry for James. It then got a determined look on its face and stood back and started to collect electricity in its wool. Mr. Mime, Ame and Heather stood back as they watched what Mareep was doing. Suddenly, the whole ground started to glow a golden color. Everyone was amazed with what the Mareep was doing. Heather: Whoa. What is this? Ame: I think that’s Electric Terrain. Heather: Hmm… Isn’t it true that when you use that move that nothing can be put to sleep or stay asleep? Ame: Yes. Why? Heather: Does an unconscious person count as sleeping? Ame stared at Heather after hearing that question. Was that what this Mareep was doing? Using this move to wake James up from “sleeping”? They all watched for a couple of minutes. Then, James started to move his hands, his feet, his head, everything. The move had at least woken him up. Ame, Heather, Mr. Mime and Mareep ran over to James. Heather smiled as Ame and Mr. Mime hugged him and Mareep nuzzled up against him. James was puzzled as to what was going on but he could never deny the affection. Ame: -crying- Ohh James. I was so worried something had happened to you! Mr. Mime: Mr. Mime Mime! Mareep: Mareeeep!~ James: Hey hey. It’s ok now. I’m not too sure what happened but I feel like I’m back to normal. Ame: Thank this Mareep. It used Electric Terrain to help wake you up. James: You did this Mareep? Mareep: Mareep Mareep!~ James: Thank you. You really helped me out. Ohh. I almost forgot. -picks up the PokeBall from the ground- You want to come with me right? Mareep: Mareep!~ James held out the PokeBall towards the Mareep. It happily tapped the PokeBall with its nose and went inside. The PokeBall shook a couple of times but finally stop, signaling that the Mareep was caught. James was happy that he had a new friend now and an added member to the family. Heather: Well that was sweet. I’m kind of glad I got caught up in this now. Ame: It is… But James, I thought you said you’d be careful! James: H-Hey! I didn’t know he was gonna do that! I thought he would just get up and leave to wherever! Ame: -sighs- Well considering I know there’s 1 in Beryl Ward, I think I’m gonna go to that 1. James: What? Are you saying I can’t do this anymore? Ame: What? Of course not. I’m just gonna help out. James: Ohh… Ame: And Heather, you’re gonna help out. Heather: I am? I thought you didn’t want me anywhere near those bad people? Ame: I don’t but I think you’d be extremely helpful right now. Heather: Well alrighty then! What do we do? James: Yea. What’s the plan sweetie? The 3 of them huddled together and Ame started to discuss what her plan was. With James’ situation now seemingly under control, it was time to stop the destruction of Beryl Ward and to save it and the people and Pokemon of that place. Pokemon Team Character Ratings

Aaannnd I was definitely correct! Alright trailer for me but I just wanna see some new Pokemon.

Well... I am like 99.9% sure of what’s gonna be shown tomorrow. Not gonna say anything though cus I know all of you want to wait for the video to come... all I’m gonna say is WOW!

James got out of the school. He was surprised that it was already in the evening. He didn’t realize that all of that studying and quiz taking took that much time. That didn’t bother him though. As he went through Obsidia Ward, he was challenged to a couple of battled, which he of course accepted. He would do anything to make his Pokemon stronger. By the time he made it to the Grand Hall though, his Pokemon were tired. So before heading towards Jasper Ward, he went inside the Grand Hall and healed his Pokemon there. He could see Ame at the counter up more into the building. So he decided to go talk to her before continuing his adventure. Ame was happy to see him. James: Hey there beautiful. Ame: Hey there hun. So how did your Gym Battle with Florinia go? James: -pulls out the Canopy Badge- Yep and here’s my shiny new badge. Ame: I’m so proud of you James! Congrats! James: Thanks. I’m so proud of my Pokemon. They worked hard to help me get this. Ame: They have worked hard. So what are you doing now? You turning in early for the night? James: No. I’m actually about to head over to the Jasper Ward right now. Ame: The Jasper Ward? For what? James: Florinia asked me if I could take care of their problem. Apparently, it’s the same thing that was causing crisis in Obsidia but it’s worse. So- Ame: Alright. I’m gonna come with you then. James: What? Why? Ame: To make sure everything goes well. James: Ame hunny, I know protecting these Wards is important but you need to stay here and do what you’re supposed to do. Ame: But what about what’s going on in Jasper Ward? Are you really telling me that you’re gonna do it by yourself? James: Yes. I’m more than capable enough of dealing with something like that. Besides… I need to stop Team Meteor no matter what. Ame: …Alright. Fine. I suppose you’re right. But just please be careful. James: I will! Don’t worry about me Ame. I’ll be fine. I’ll see you later ok? Ame: Ok. The 2 leaned over to each other and kissed. James then turned around and exited the Grand Hall. Ame really wanted to go follow him but she wanted to respect his wishes and let him do this on his own. James took a look at his PokeGear’s map and found where the entrance to Jasper Ward was. He walked to the Peridot Ward and then went most of the way up. He took a left and up through a gate. When he got inside, a policeman was there. Policeman: Sorry but no 1 is allowed passed this point. James: But Florinia said that I was allowed to come here. Policeman: Florinia? Wait… I recognize you now! You’re the 1 that helped out with that whole floral kerfuffle in Obsidia right?! James: Mhm. I’m gonna see if I can do anything to help here as well. Policeman: That’s great! I’ll gladly let you through if there’s any chance you can stop this mess at its source. James: Is it really bad up there? Policeman: Very. It’s a serious sorry set-up in Jasper. But the Beryl Ward is even worse. You know what’s going on here correct? James: Yea. The same thing that happened in Obsidia. Policeman: Yes but it’s 10 times worse. James: Really? 10 times worse? Policeman: Mhm. A lot of the ward is completely destroyed. We couldn’t even evacuate the citizens in time. Some are still trapped in there but we can’t do anything. The only thing we can do is keep everyone else out. James was suddenly starting to wish that he had let Ame come with him on this little mission but he knew he had to stop Team Meteor no matter what. The policeman stepped aside to let James through. As James was about to exit the gate, the policeman stopped him once more. He told him that he should visit the Police Station before going through the Jasper Ward and speak to the chief. James nodded his head and did as the Policeman suggested. James could see the building as soon as he made it outside. He went inside and walked up to the Police Chief who was sitting behind a desk. Police Chief: Greetings. I am the Chief of the Reborn City Police Department. What’s your name? James: My name is James. It’s nice to meet you. Police Chief: It’s nice to meet you too. What can I do you for? James: Umm, I’m not really sure. I ran into 1 of your policeman about a minute ago and he told me that I should come in here and speak to you. Police Chief: Ahh… I see… James could see that the Police Chief seemed severely upset about something. Even though James was trying to save the Jasper Ward, he couldn’t help but ask the Police Chief if everything was alright. Police Chief: The truth is that our police force is already high overextended and we can’t afford to spare more manpower at the moment. James: Why’s that? People all over this place need you and your men’s help. Police Chief: The reason is this. A lot of my men are turning up missing. James: Ohh. I see. That is troubling news. Just then, a policeman entered the building. When his eyes met James’ eyes, he started to get all excited and his facial expressions went from being completely sad to hopeful. Police Chief: What are you doing Officer? Policeman: Apologies for my behavior just now sir but this is James! I’ve heard about him! Police Chief: Heard about him? Policeman: Yea! I was stationed outside of Obsidia when Florinia asked for him to go through. He was the 1 who eventually ended up saving Obsidia! Police Chief: Huh? You’re saying it was this person here? James: Well I mean I did take down the thing that was making all the mess but others helped too. Policeman: Hey. If you’re here, does that mean you’re going to help the Jasper Ward too? James: Well that’s what Florinia asked of me. Also, I want to get rid of Team Meteor once and for all. Police Chief: Hmm… Policeman: What is it sir? Police Chief: James correct? James: Yes? Police Chief: Being that you aren’t officially enlisted, I cannot require others to act on any orders. However, I will afford you special permission to move freely about the area. James: Well thank you Chief. That’s very kind of you. Police Chief: You are welcome. Although, I do ask you 1 favor of you. I know you’re already busy trying to find the cause of all this plant life destruction of the Jasper Ward but could you try to find the rest my men? James: Hmm… Yea. I’ll help. I can look around as I deal with Team Meteor. Police Chief: Excellent! The only lead I have is that some of them were last seen in the Jasper and Beryl Wards. I know that’s not much to go on but- James: Nonsense. That’s plenty. I promise to search for them Chief. Police Chief: Thank you. When you find them, please either sent them back or let us know immediately. James: Will do! Police Chief: Officer, stand by. I’ll have new orders for you momentarily. Policeman: Yes sir! The Policeman went over to the side of the counter and stood there. He exited the building and started to walk more into the Jasper Ward. As he was exploring the place, he could see the plant life really thriving here. He could also see buildings broken into pieces, toppled onto each other. It was a horrifying sight to say the least. He had no choice but to go inside the buildings and to get around the place. He could see a few people in them but they were freaked out. Who could blame them for being afraid of all this? As James was going through the broken buildings, he saw a Meteor Grunt. As he was going up to approach them, the grunt saw him, whispered something into their glove and then ran out of the building. James followed them. He exited the building and ran to the left all the way until he came to an opening. He went through and could see he was in some kind of forest area. As James cautiously walked further into the area. He eventually came across a sign. James: Malchous Forest. Well at least this place is supposed to have plant life. Then again, it’s not supposed to have moving vines. James continued his investigation of the woods. Eventually, he came across another Team Meteor Grunt. He tried to get information out of them but they wouldn’t say anything. So he defeated them in battle and went back to investigating. James was now battling a lot more Team Meteor Grunts as he kept getting further into the forest. He also noticed something about his Mime Jr.. Whenever the little mime Pokemon would beat an enemy, it looked like it would do a jerking motion and then go back to normal. James was worried that his friend had maybe gotten sick somehow. But he couldn’t think about that too much. He jumped down a ledge and could see a very familiar machine and a Tangrowth in it. Before he could do anything however, he heard a voice. ???: Hey there. James: -in his mind- Damn! How did he know I was here?! ???: I figured you’d show up eventually. Come here. James didn’t do anything for a couple of seconds. He though if he should do what this person said or no. He decided that it would be better if he listened and came out and walked up to the person. He was kind of shocked when he saw the boy. He looked way younger than any of the other Meteor people he had seen. He looked like he was at least 16. He also looked like he hadn’t gotten any sleep for a long while. He started to speak again. ???: So, you came here cause of this thing right? James: And so what if I did? James waited for an answer for a bit. The kid turned towards the Tangrowth. James could see that he didn’t seem too happy with what was going on with all of this. The boy finally spoke. ???: It’s… a real shame huh? Tangrowth’s caused a lot of damage. Both lives and homes have been lost. James: And why do it? Why destroy them? Taka: My name’s Taka. What’s yours? James: …It’s James… Taka: Thought so. James: So you’ve been waiting here for me then? Taka: You can say that. So you’re the 1 who stopped the PULSE in Obsidia huh? James: Yes I am and I’m gonna stop this 1 as well. Taka: Maybe you will. Maybe you won’t. But tell me. How familiar with the PULSE Project are you? James: I know enough that you’re not only hurting the environment and people but also the Pokemon itself. Taka: While that is correct, let me tell you what it stands for. Pokemon Ultimation Link-System Exaggerata- Maybe he could see the look James was giving him or maybe he didn’t feel like saying it all but Taka stopped talking and just looked at James. He didn’t know what to think right now. This was definitely the weirdest person he’d ever met that was apart of this team. Taka: …It basically morphs the Pokemon and it’s power… James: So does this mean you can do this to any Pokemon? Taka: Correct. All this destruction in the Jasper Ward? All thanks to this machine right here. There is a drawback though. James: And what would that be? Taka: Well it turns out that destroying a whole city region is pretty hard on a Pokemon’s body. James: Well duh! That’s easy to tell! Taka: You know… If I’m being honest right now, part of me wants to just set this thing free. James: You… want to set this free? But you’re apart of Team Meteor right? Taka: I am but it doesn’t mean I’m heartless. Alas, it seems as though I’m not allowed to. But it’d be nice right? James: I don’t understand. If you don’t want to do this to Tangrowth, why don’t you just do the right thing and set it free? Taka: Like I said, I’m not allowed to. I have orders to the contrary. Ohh yea. Almost forgot. 1 of my orders is to eliminate you. So don’t take this personally or anything all right? James: You seem like you have a good head on your shoulders but yet you continue to align yourself with this team. I don’t get it but no matter! You won’t eliminate me! I shall stop you and stop this PULSE! The 2 of them called out our Pokemon and the battle started. Despite him only having half a team, it was quite hard. His Exeggcute wasn’t all that hard but the PULSE Tangrowth and his Chatot were quite challenging to take down. Eventually, James was able to come out victorious. With the Tangrowth weakened now, the crazy plants started to die down. James was pleased with himself but the Taka kid seemed pleased too. Taka: Ohh boo. I lost. What a pity. James: You didn’t even want to win did you. Taka: Heh… You know, Jasper might slowly return to normal. James: Good. This place looks horrible as it is now. Taka: You know there’s another 1 of these machines in Beryl Ward right? James: I didn’t want to believe it but I figured there was 1. Taka: I know I don’t really have to tell you this but you might wanna check it out. James: You’re right. You didn’t have to tell me that. Taka: Right. Well I’m out of here. Actually, there is 1 more thing. James: What is it? Taka: I was told that if I lost to you… Tangrowth, Mega Drain on James. James: What?! The Tangrowth, although weakened, used the move that was instructed. James couldn’t do anything but stand there and take the move. He could feel his whole body getting weaker and weaker. Pretty soon, he wasn’t able to stand on his feet. He was completely unconscious on the ground. Taka returned the Tangrowth back to its ball and went on his way towards the Beryl Ward. Pokemon Team Character Ratings

Please let it be the starter evolutions!

James walked through the doors above him. When he came to the next room, Florinia was standing there. It seemed like she was waiting there for James. Before James could say anything or move up to her, she spoke in her usual emotionless voice. Florinia: James, it seems you have made it here. Albeit, later than I thought you would. James: Sorry about that. Your brother really put this battle on hold though. Florinia: I see. Well, are you ready for our battle? James: Of course I am! Florinia: Before the battle, I’d like for you to observe the door behind me. James: Huh? Observe the door behind you? Florinia moved out of the way so James could get a better look. It looked like an ordinary door. But as he looked closer, he could see that the colorful lines on it were strapped together in a weird way. He walked up to it and tried to move them out of the way but no matter how hard he pulled or pushed, they wouldn’t budge. The door was shut. James: What’s this? Why won’t they move? Florinia: It’s because you haven’t finished your quiz. James: My… quiz? Florinia: Yes. Follow me if you will. Florinia walked towards the door James had recently came out of. James followed her. They walked back to the room with a lot of computers. Florinia stopped in front of some of them and so did James. He was still very confused on what was going on here. James: So… what quiz am I supposed to- Florinia: -puts over to the pair of computers- Do you see those computers there? James: Yes? Florinia: You are to go up to them and answer them correctly. James: Why? Florinia: In order for you to challenge me to a Gym Battle, you must 1st complete the quiz. Otherwise, our battle will never happen. James: I gotta take a quiz?! But I was horrible at these when I was little! Florinia: Feel free to read the books in the school. They will be valuable information to you for these quizzes. There are 8 questions in all. James: What!? Ugh! Florinia: When you are finished, the doors you saw earlier will be opened and I will be in there waiting for your challenge. I expect to see you there today. James: But- James couldn’t get a sentence out as Florinia walked out of the room and back to her Gym Arena. James looked at the 2 computers in front of him and sighed. He hated taking quizzes and hated studying. But if this is what he had to do to challenge a Gym Leader, he had to do it. He looked at all of the questions on the computer screens. 3 out of 8 of them were true or false questions. He decided to guess with them. He picked true to all of them and luckily, he got those 3 correct. That meant that he only had 5 questions left to answer. After reading each question, he’d go around the school and read a book about that specific question. It took a bit but he finally answered all 8 questions. At this point though, he had a strong headache from studying so much. He kind of wished that Fern was here. At least that headache wasn’t as painful or annoying. James went back to the room where he met Florinia before and saw that the door was now fully open. Before he went in though, he saw the computer terminal there. Which meant he would be able to talk to Ame. He pressed the call button and soon enough, Ame’s face popped up on the screen. Ame: Hey James! James: Hey hun. How are you doing? Ame: I’m alright. Been investigating some stuff on the other Wards but ehh. How are you doing? I didn’t think it’d take this long to get to the computer terminal. James: Florinia had me do a quiz and I’m not really a good studier or whatever you call people who study. Ame: Ahh. I see. Doesn’t shock me. It’s been like that for a while with her. James: I see. So what do I need to know about her? Ame: Well for starters, her fighting style is a little different from what you might expect from a Grass Type user. James: Yea? How so? Ame: Her team is centered around sand. James: Around sand? Ame: That’s right. We like to call it her “Desert Rose” fighting style. She’ll try to stall you out and take you down with residual sand damage and other status effects. James: That sounds annoying… Then again, her brother is more annoying than her. Ame: Mhm. She’s all about knowledge and strategy. Check out your app and search for a field called the Desert Field. You’ll learn more stuff. James: I will. Thanks hun. See you later. Ame: Bye sweetie. Good luck! The screen went black and the call was over. James took out his PokeGear and looked at the Field Notes. He luckily found the Desert Field and took a look at it. James: Hmm… Doesn’t seem like TOO much stuff changes here. It’s basically a good place to power up Ground Type moves. I think this will be more even than the battle I had with Julia. He closed the app and entered the room. When he got through to the next room, he could see Florinia standing on the other side of the battle field. But when he looked over to his side, he could see a bunch of students sitting on some bleachers. He didn’t know he’d be having an audience with his Gym Battle against Florinia. James: Who are all of them? Florinia: They are students. When they have time, I allow students to observe my battles with Gym Challengers to show them the rights and wrongs of the battle. James: Ohh. I see. Well I guess I can understand that. This is much less awkward now. Florinia: Now James, your assistance in the Meteor-related affairs is appreciated. However, that alone fails to merit the appropriation of a badge. James: Well I know that. I just did that to help you all out some. Florinia: Nevertheless, our battle will commence shortly. Students, please take notes on standard battling procedure. Students: Yes Miss Florinia! Florinia: Hypothesis: Subject displays insufficient data for conclusive success. James: Umm… What? Florinia: Expected outcome: Failure. James: I’m not so sure what exactly you’re saying but it sounds like you think I’m gonna lose! Well I’ll teach you that this won’t be the case today! And with that, the battle began. Much like his Gym Battle against Julia, most of Florinia’s team were easily taken out. It only started to get difficult when she brought out her Cradily. It kept raising its defenses and recovering its health. James decided to use her own strategy against her and put a status effect on it and chip at its health down until it fainted. And with that, the battle was over. The students stood up and clapped. James felt embarrassed but thanked them for congratulating him. Students: Great match! James: -chuckles nervously- Thanks everyone. Florinia: Students. Silence. Please come here James. James: -walks over to Florinia- Yes? Florinia: Here is your Canopy Badge. Florinia took out the badge from her pocket and placed it into James’ hand. He looked at it with excitement. This was now his 2nd Gym Victory. He couldn’t help but feel proud. Not with just himself, but also with his Pokemon. He was proud of how strong they became. James: Alright. My 2nd Gym Badge! Thank you for the battle Florinia. Florinia: So where do you intend to go now? James: Umm… Hmm… I’m not really sure. I’m not familiar with the area yet soo- Florinia: I would like to ask you for a request. James: Uhh, sure. What is it? Florinia: Because of my status as Leader and faculty at this school, I cannot stray far from it right now. However, there is still a crisis in this city. As you no doubt know, the Jasper and Beryl Wards have been ransacked by the same machine as Obsidia. James: Actually, this is the 1st time I’ve heard of this. Florinia: Hmm. That still doesn’t change what I would like to ask of you. We were luckily able to catch this crisis in Obsidia in a budding rate. However, we were not so fortunate with those wards. Being that you alone have had successful experience of terminating the previously active project, I ask you to venture to the Jasper Ward. James: So you basically want me to go there and see if the same thing that’s happening there happened here as well. Am I right? Florinia: Correct. I also have something for you. Could you hand me your Pokegeard for a moment? James: Yea. Sure. James handed the PokeGear over to Florinia. She took something out of her pocket, inserted it into the device and started to press buttons. James had no idea what she was doing but if this was going to help him somehow, then he was ok with this. A couple of seconds later, she was finished and returned the device back to James. When James looked at his PokeGear, he could see something called the PULSE Dex. James: The PULSE Dex? Florinia: What I just installed to your Pokegear will be able to read data output from the PULSE Machine we encountered before. There maybe others out there and if that’s the case, you’ll have to get those separately. James: Alright. That sounds handy. Thanks Florinia. Florinia: Yes. I will make preparations for your passage to Jasper. I would wish you good luck. However, luck is merely an illusory essentialization of statistics and is neither inherently good nor bad. James: Uhh… Florinia: Regardless, farewell. The students on the bleachers got up and started to exit the room. Florinia walked passed him and also exited the room. He wasn’t exactly too sure what just happened but what he definitely knew is that he had a shiny new badge and that he was about to be confronting Team Meteor once again. Pokemon Team Character Ratings

I'm assuming that since you said Matthew, you are referring to me. So for that, I thank you! I liked your story. Interesting that you skipped to the after train crash screen. Not complaining though. I also like how your character has lost his memory on the whole ordeal too. I am curious about 1 thing though. The sentences that are like this, does that means something? Is that him talking in his mind or something?