From: Bandraptor (bandraptor@aol.com) Subject: [PW!] Type: Uh...Sedentary (Attn. Pokemon Pack) Newsgroups: alt.games.nintendo.pokemon Date: 2000/04/15 "I choose you, Hitmonchan!" "Go, Raichu!" A fat little boy with dirty hair and a black Dragonair Z T-shirt was standing in the Vermilion Gym arena, opposite the monstrous Lieutenant Surge. He scowled at his opponent's choice, annoyed that the Lieutenant had been allowed to send out a Stage-1 evolution as his starter. No matter. Lightning Pokemon were weak against Fighting, and Raichu only had 80 hp. "Hitmonchan, take it down, now! Use Special Punch!" "'Monchan?" The Fighting Pokemon sweatdropped. "Oh, right. You don't have enough energy to do a Special Punch yet! Well, why don't you Jab it?" "..." "You can't Jab, either? How about Cross Chop?" The Hitmonchan cocked its head. "Monchan?" "How do you do it? How should I know? Scrye and Beckett both had different translations, and that one girl at Pokemon League wouldn't translate it for me, because I was being an ass with Super Energy Removal!" "Chan..." "Okay, what moves DO you know?" The boy rummaged through his pocket, and came up with a Pokedex. He'd gotten it from the local Pokemon expert earlier that day, not that he trusted it, it said that Mewtwo was the world's most powerful Pokemon. What garbage. Mewtwo was weak to its own type, and Barrier wasn't all that great. "All right, it says here you know Comet Punch and Agility. ...Agility? Kick ass! Hitmonchan, use Agility!" "Monchan!" the Hitmonchan nodded, relieved to hear an attack it actually knew. It cracked its fists together, and began to jog in place. And continued to jog in place. And continued to jog in place. "Ahhhh!!!! Why isn't it doing any damage?!?" Surge and his Raichu stood at their end of the gym, slackjawed and speechless. Surge recovered first, too experienced in combat to fall prey to diversion tactics--not for long, anyway. "Raichu," he nudged the mouse, who was still in shock, "give it your Thunderbolt!" "Thunderbolt?" The boy sniggered, "Raichu doesn't have Thunderbolt, you moron! Only Base Set Zapdos does. You're thinking of Thunder. T-H-U-N-D-E-R." Surge shrugged. "Whatever you say, baby. Raichu, Thunder!" "Rai." "ChAaAaAaAaAaAn!" "Rai." "cHAaAaAaAaAaN!" "Rai." "CHaAAaaAAAAaaAAaan!!!!!" Three Thunder attacks later, the Hitmonchan fell smoking to the floor. The boy quickly recalled it, and dashed away towards the Poke Center. Almost as an afterthought, he turned back toward Surge, and screamed, "YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO FLIP A COIN!" The door slammed shut behind him. Surge sighed, and went to lock the door. "Closin' time at last. Now I can get back to my Emily Dickin--HEY! What're you babies doin' still here?" A Persian, a Raichu, two Eevees and a human all exchanged glances, then shrugged simultaneously. "Out! This's Surge's time!" He ushered them to the door, then after several minutes of wondering why they hadn't exited, unlocked and opened it for them. As soon as they were outside, the door slammed shut again. "Purr..." Blizzard sighed, <And I was just getting a taste for Pikachu.> TBC... -Beth, of the ever changing sig. Lone member of the Butch and Cassidy Fanclub! Holder of 25 Zeni Points! 50 Tolerance Points! And 20 Kanji Moder Points! (whatever those are)