From: Mushboom <garrett.green@home.com> Subject: [PW!] Leaving Cimmerian, getting a badge and topping it off with a light supper Date: Wednesday, January 05, 2000 9:22 PM Geof, followed closely by Wolvie, and Kyra turned and looked at their home town from a distance. The snow had been falling over Cimmerian City for a while now and soon enough Geof and Kyra would be long gone. Geof motioned for them to go, an Express Pidgeot was waiting for them. They couldn't afford much so they were getting off at Vermilion City, it wouldn't be really warm there but it would be better than Cimmerian. The two kids and the short Scyther boarded the bird and ordered it to take off. The Pidgeot nodded and flapped its wings while soaring off a small cliff. They glided high above the mysterious blue aura that was Cerulean City and the bustling Celadon, maybe they would stop by those cities some other time. The Pidgeot spotted Vermilion in the distance and started its descent. It landed near the docks, on top of the Vermilion PokeCenter. Geof, Wolvie and Kyra climbed off and went through a door that opened up to a flight of stairs going downwards. The trio exited the Center and glanced about Vermilion City. Heavy, gray clouds hung in the air, "Just like home," Geof sighed discontentedly, "welp, might as well look around town." "Yeah, I think I'll try out for the Thunder Badge. With Tank by my side I could waste that overgrown Cub-scout!" Kyra grinned egotistically. "Oh really?" came a voice from behind them, they all turned around and were surprised to see the Lieutenant himself. "Oh um, hi Mr. Surge, sir," Kyra managed to choke out. "Hullo dere, yous really dink dat yous can win a Dunder Badge?" Lt. Surge said in his odd accent. Kyra laughed nervously, "I suppose so." Geof just frowned, "Dunder Badge?" he looked to Wolvie. The Scyther seemed just as perplexed. "Well den, just follow me to my gym and yous can try, babies!" Surge motioned for them to follow. They did and eventually they found themselves at the Vermilion City Gym. They entered the doors that opened up into a large arena, a couple of Surge's lackies stood in the corners. Lt. Surge stood in his usual box and pointed to Kyra then to the opposing box. "Do yous challenge de great Lt. Surge?" "Yes, I challenge yous-er...you!" Kyra shouted as she stood in the Trainer's Box. "Alright then, 2 Pokemon each," said one of Surge's lackies. "Gooooo Raichu!" shouted Surge as the Thunder Rat energized in the center. Kyra smirked, "Let's kick some rat-ass Tank!" she lobbed Tank's orb into the air causing the Tauros to appear. Geof let out a whoop as Tank appeared making the Raichu shiver with fear. "Don't worry, Raichu, use your Dundershock!" Raichu's cheeks sparked and a small static ball shot out and landed on Tank's nose. "Ha! Take Down that puny thing, Tank!" the behemoth of a Pokemon rubbed a hoof on the ground and snorted angrily. Tank mooed and galloped at the Raichu, head down. "Raichu! No!" the Tauros rammed the rat square in its big gut with its horns. Raichu flew back and hit the wall behind Surge. "Yous beat my Raichu! I'll get my revenge! Go Voltorb!" "Voltorb," the undertrained electric orb rolled slowly across the arena to face the angry bull. "Bad move, Surge," muttered Geof. Tank spotted the red half of the Voltorb, his eyes flared up showing his instant bloodlust. Without Kyra ordering him, Tank turned and pulled back his hind quarters. Voltorb just whimpered as two hooves nailed him backwards. The orb ricocheted off of Surge's head and fell to the ground, splitting in two and spilling mechanical parts on the floor. "Oops," Kyra recalled Tank and walked up to the stunned Surge. "May I have my badge now?" the Lieutenant nodded slowly and handed over a badge with a shaky hand. "I wanna fight Surge now!" Geof jumped up and ran to the Trainer's Box. "I have one Pokemon left so I guess I have to..." Surge gulped nervously, "One on one, okay?" "Sure, let's do it Wolvie," Geof said, his Scyther hovered over the arena. "Go Magnemite," an over-exerted, bruised and battered Magnemite floated towards the Scyther. "Um...Wolvie, Leer that Magnemite," Geof said, worried about the opposing Pokemon's health. Wolvie's eyes flashed yellow causing the Magnemite to faint. "Whoa...That cannot be healthy." "Here's your stupid Dunder Badge," Surge hurled the Badge at Geof while walking off and muttering. Geof snagged the small sun-shaped pin and stuck it to his Tommy Hilfiger shirt. He shrugged and walked out of the gym with Kyra, they didn't bother stopping at the Pokecenter considering none of their Pokemon were hurt. "What a waste of time," grumbled Geof. "Scyther scy," Wolvie grunted in agreement. "Oh come on, it wasn't that bad. Let's get some supper, kay?" "Fine..." Geof shrugged and they went off to the nearest Brock's Diner. **A little while before in the real world...** Geof and Kyra's writer clicked on the folder that said "Drafts". "Hmmmm, I wonder what's in here? Are you pondering what I'm pondering, Pinky?" he pondered causing his idiot mouse counterpart to say "I think so Mush, but how would we fit all of those weasels into one glove compartment?" Mushboom sighed and looked over the contents, he saw an old WG of a character he was gonna write but ditched so he deleted that. The next thing he saw was a PW! story of his most recent characters, Geof and Kyra. "Oops, forgot about that!" he quickly opened the file, finished the story and posted it. "Phew! That was a close one!" Mushboom laughed about it later, then he had some leftover turkey and had a short nap.