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Day 8

Katsu, Judas, Katy Purry, Tessa, Donald.T, and me. Today we are ready to make our final stand against the rockets. This is it, no turning back now.

Mr Trainer Man finds a Team Rocket disguise to sneak into the radio tower without attracting any attention. Katsu says she will lead the way; Weezings may be more of a ‘Team Rocket Pokemon’, but only the higher-ups tend to use them; Katsu thinks she looks evil enough to help with the disguise without attracting too much suspicion. She manages to convince Mr Trainer Man at least, and the grunt seemed to be fooled. But then the red-headed Chat ruined our disguise. Katsu slaps the guard grunt out of the way with her wing and we sprint up the stairs. Tessa crashes through the building, grunts scattering for the exits as the ground whines painfully. Katy Purry acts as a plough as her bulk scatters the panicking crowd, and soon we have ascended the radio tower.

Look, Petrel, your disguises are utterly useless. I can see your purple hair still, you’re voice is completely unchanged, and I can’t even tell who you’re supposed to be. The Director? Wait, where did the radio staff think you had gone when you were out in Mahogany?

I let Katsu take point. With our current group, we are all strong, Petrel should be no sweat. Petrel is not the main fight here. I will conserve my strength for the real boss, wherever he may be, and clean up if I need to.

Petrel sends out a Raticate. Katsu slashes left and right with her claws, fuelled with the ancient spirits of dragons. Needless to say, the Raticate falls. Katsu retreats at the oncoming Tangrowth, allowing the ancient dragon spirits to grow strong again, and Judas comes out. He throws a load of sludge bombs, and the air grows heavy. The acrid smell burns my nostris. Katy Purry shuffles to the window and bumps it open, allowing some of it out. A burning smell fills the room as the acrid air leaves, and I can see the Tangrowth collapsed on the floor, tendrils of smoke rising from its vines.

Petrel sends out a Hypno to deal with Judas, so Mr Trainer Man sends in Donald.T. A bug buzz nearly does enough to take down the Hypno, but not quite enough. The Hypno poisons Donald.T, before swiftly being taken down by a thunderbolt. The poison in the air cannot be helping with Donald.T’s poison, so Tessa jumps in. Her flop on the floor takes out the Toxicroak almost the same second that it comes out of its ball, but as she starts coughing on the poison air Mr Trainer Man recalls her. Katsu returns to the field, her lungs hardened by her evolutionary advantage of being able to survive in a desert. She whips up a sand tomb, obscuring our view of the fight, but sending the rest of the poison air out the window. When the air clears, the Skuntank is down, and a Weezing is in its place. I’ve lost enough friends to Weezing. I call Katsu back and march forwards. Petrel may be insignificant in the grand scheme of things, but I still need to teach him a lesson.

Sorry about that interlude diary, I’ve been a bit busy to write. After taking down the Weezing, I escorted Petrel out of the radio tower. The staff there seemed shocked at the fact he had been disguised as the director, and a small panic ensued. I got the lady at the reception to call officer Jenny (why the police still aren’t on scene I’ll never know) and prepared to hand Petrel over to them. First though, I had to extract some… Information…

Petrel told us that they stashed the real director in the underground, and very kindly gifted me the basement key so we could go and rescue him. Without him, we won’t be able to ascend to the true top of the radio tower where the boss of team rocket is. I thanked Petrel for his information, explained to Officer Jenny that his bruises are from him tripping down the stairs, and lead Mr Trainer Man over to the underground.

Crazy kimono lady, no, we don’t have time… imparting wisdom are you? Great, well, Team Rocket are trying to take over the world so… Chat? How did you catch up to us? Kimono lady, did you stall us on purpose? Well why didn’t you stall him? Chat, look, there’s a bit of a situation going on here, there isn’t time for this!

Right, guys, you guys make this quick, I’ll work out the door puzzle while you do. What? You need me to give you directions? Can’t you fight for yourselves? Okay, Katy Purry, sit on that crow. Yes, sit on it, you’ll manage to break its neck.. oh don’t cry, you’re the one that chose to evolve. Um… what does this button do? No… wrong door… Uh, sorry, what? A Magmar? Tessa, you’re up, no, not earthquake, we’re underground! Good girl, aqua tail, sounds good… Wow these doors are so stupid… Katy Purry, no, you cannot take on an Alakazam, get out of there, Dona- Tessa, get back! Oh for heavens sake, energy ball? I suppose you want me to move Tessa’s body as well as sorting out the doors do you Mr Trainer Man? Donald.T, can you deal with this? Oh, I meant deal with Tessa, but taking down the Alakazam works well, at least I can depend on you Donny! I mean Donald… Sorry, a bit distracted right now… Electabuzz… Katsu, you got this right? Thank you… um, green does that… Just give up already Chat, I can hardly reach these levers! Look, just send out your next two at once, please? Judas, you take the Feraligatr, Katsu, you deal with the Gengar, Donald.T, you come and help me work this madness out!

That was so much easier with an aerial perspective. Mr Trainer Man leaves under the guise of ‘getting someone to replace Tessa’, so we make a start on the underground. Some rockets don’t even get a chance to pull out their pokeballs as I headbutt them in the chest, winding them. What? Breaking ribs? No, don’t be silly! I would say I miss Tessa as one earthquake would deal with these guys so much faster, but then we’d have to dig through all the rubble to find the directors card for the radio tower.

We reach the director and Mr Trainer Man still hasn’t caught us up yet. The director doesn’t understand our language, so we double back through the underground. We reach Goldenrod city streets, and we still haven’t seen him. Did he go a different way? Or is he just taking a while to find the next Pokemon for the team?

I send Donald.T and Katy Purry to search the Underground, Katsu on the task of searching the sky. Judas I don’t trust enough to do any searching. Or, you know, anything. I head back to the Pokemon centre, just incase, and lo behold, there he is. Trying to talk Thicthiccy into escorting him to Blackthorn city for his next badge. No you don’t Mr Trainer Man, we need to sort out these rockets! Oh, and protect the people of Goldenrod. I guess. Do we have to bring Thicthiccy with us? Fine, you just keep that tongue away from me. Come on Mr Trainer Man, we’ve cleared the way, just get that card key…

FWIP.

The green light flicks on as the reader acknowledges the directors card. Here we go guys, what we’ve been training for, the final gauntlet of rockets… Yeah, we can still become champions after, if that’s what you really want, but first we will be Bringers of Justice.

Proton. Cutter of tails. Whose underlings killed so many of my friends… Whose underlings killed my Wendy… My shining beacon…

An Electrode? Um… actually, I’m okay with taking a slight back seat on my vengeance… I mean, justice… for a little bit. Katsu? You good? Good one you little buggy dragon you! You know what, from now on, I got your back, you diffuse all the nasty electricity that gets thrown around. You wanna take on this Cacturn too? Grass is very scary… What, you used to eat Cacnea? Oh… wow… don’t the spikes hurt your stomach? What do you mean you’re still hungry?! Did you just eat all of Proton’s Cacturn?

Um… Donald.T, can you quick zap that Crobat while I make sure Katsu is good to go? Thanks bud. Um… Katsu, you seem to have a spine in your tongue… Do you want me to remove it? What do you mean you saw a Houndoom with cool piercings?! Katsu, get away from that Camerupt and answer me! No, knock it out first… Good, now you get here and you explain yourself! Look, it isn’t going to be hygienic, if you’re that set on getting a piercing we can go to a professional. Maybe the haircut man can help… I mean, he’s good with sharp objects?

Judas, no, I’m not going to congratulate you for taking down the Tauros. Get away from me before you give me another headache. Ow! Judas, what was that for? Oh, you aren’t Judas… Are you Proton’s Weezing? Eat water sucker!

Yeah, I need a catchier take down noise… We’re probably on the radio after all!

Ah, Ariana… The snake lady, and she who made me aware of the loss of the Wendy rock. I am going to enjoy this.

Ariana seems to have taken my words to heart from our previous encounter about not playing by standard rules. A Jynx. A Vileplume. An Arbok. A Honchkrow. A Purugly. A Milotic. Her team stand ready to take us on, so Mr Trainer Man allows us to do the same. Uh… Thicthiccy? Why don’t you just… go guard the stairs for us? That cool?

We face off. I stand opposite the Jynx. Katy Purry opposite the Vileplume. Katsu against the Arbok. Donald.T against the Honchkrow. Judas against the Purugly. Her Milotic glides along the floor, antenna reaching towards us and vibrating as it takes us all in. Its okay guys, ignore the Milotic, just focus on your own opponents. For justice!

I turn to the Jynx. Summoning my rage, my power gem glows, and the Jynx blows me a kiss. Ew. Why? My power gem flies towards her, and she stammers backwards. I ready another, but the Jynx leaps forwards and kisses me on the cheek. My vision blurs as exhaustion takes over. I can make out everyone in their fights, all doing well. I try to focus, but its so hard to keep my eyes open…

…

Donald.T calls my name. My eyes jerk open and I send a quick power gem straight into the Jynx’s forehead, and she crumbles to the floor. All of Team Justice are still standing, their battles won. Donald.T locks eyes with the Milotic and zaps it with a quick Thunderbolt. Guess we’re having cooked fish tonight!

Our snack completed, it is time for our final battle.

Archer. Killer of Riley’s Pokemon. Destroyer of one of my favourite pillows. He who- wait, do you still have that Gyarados who was totally freaked out by me? Hahaha, oh I am looking forward to this! Can I go first?

Oh, a Zangoose? I think you had that thing before? Uh… eat water I guess, where’s that Gyarados I want to see him squeal!

Machamp? Um… no, not for me thanks… Judas? You want to test the waters here? Psst, Donald.T, how do you wrestle something if you don’t have any arms? It looks pretty hard… I feel kinda bad now… Judas, look, I may not get on with you, but we are a team, do you want a hand? Ah, cool, that did it, congrats Judas, you just needed a bit of a nudge!

Drapion now? Seriously, where is your Gyarados? Look, Katsu, you deal with this, I’m going to be just one second…

Brick the ninja coral is go… Just gotta sneak up on Archer, and… this one! Haha! I found the Gyarados ball! Oh look, look at him, he looks terrified! Bwah ha ha, the look on your face! Oh… Oh dear goodness, you are hilarious, hang on, hang on, let me catch my breath, I’m laughing too much… Hahaha… awwwww, Donald.T, I was having fun, what did you have to fry him for?

Katsu, can you deal with the Houndoom please, I just need to catch my breath still… Hahahaha! Wait, you didn’t have a Scizor before? No, Judas, you don’t have anything to prove, you can’t hit steel types… You want to burn it? It has swords dance you fool, the longer you spend messing about the stronger he will be! You got the burn off? Good for you, he’s at max strength. Get. Back. Here.

No, Donald.T, don’t, his attack is too- You… what have you done? He had my back, I had his, and now he’s gone! Judas, this is all your fault! Don’t say it was the Scizor, it wouldn’t have happened if you hadn’t decided to show off!

Katy Purry? What are you doing? You’re going to try to attract it?! Look, I hate to say it, but I don’t think you’re quite Scizors type… I hate to say I told you so kit kat… I hate to say I told you so…

Judas. You get out there. You put this right. I’m not risking my neck on your mistakes, and I’m not risking Katsu. Heck, I’m not even going to risk Thicthiccy. You wanted to burn him? You make sure that burn kills him.

I can’t believe it. All these headaches, all these warnings… his name! And you thought he was a good addition to the team Mr Trainer Man?! I’m not saying well done, Judas, you get out of my sight. Our job is done, just make sure I never see you again.

Wait…

What? Giovanni?

You…

You monster! You will be the ultimate trophy for Team Justice!

A Persian? A kitty? I knew a kitty once, her name was Katy Purry and your subordinates destroyed her! You think a flinch is going to stop me? I’ll show you just what your precious posh cat means to me! Eat water!

A Rhypherior? Oh, come on, this is just too easy! Wait, what, Judas? What on earth are you doing? This is my fight! You can’t just remove my ability for vengeance like this! You can’t pretend you’re saving me and think you’re doing a good thing! You’re just ramming your head into it repeatedly! What do you mean I’m injured! I’m doing fine! Yeah, I’m seeing red because I’m angry! Huh? A head wound? Oh… ooooh…. Um… oh….

Rhyperior goes down, Tauros comes out. I bind my head, and see Judas go down to a double edge, his skin had been too bruised from running into the Rhyperior repeatedly. No, I don’t feel remorse, I’m just woozy from the headwound… Katsu… in… takes it down… Nidoking… in… no… Katsu… Giovanni… you… stay down Nidoking… I… Wait… Nidoqueen…

No…

………..

Sending all our energy. To Brick.

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Day 7

Hi diary.

My head is feeling a little better this morning. The images of the Weezing are still there, and they stopped me from sleeping truth be told. But at least the dull ache is gone. I focus on the justice I will bring to the Rockets… and how…

On the way to the Rocket hideout, Mia pulls me to one side. We understand each other, this sense of justice, to put right what has gone wrong. She explains to me that she is now an outcast of her kind, and how she wants this fight to be her fight. I let her lead the way against the rockets primary defence, so she can calm her mind as so I can preserve my strength for the admins. The ones that matter.

Oscar comes up to me as I watch over Mia’s battle. He says he’s found a ball to play with, and that he wants to play. Did his evolution make him a bit… No, Oscar, no, it’s not time to play… And that’s not a ball, it’s a Voltorb… Ethan you say? Wait, are you working with Team Rocket? They imprisoned you? Well, we can only have six of us as a time because apparently there are rules on stopping terrorist groups, but if you want to go and join some of our other friends in the box, Mr Trainer Man may decide you fit in and some point. Sounds more fun than being here? Well I can’t say I disagree… cool, uh, see you later I guess?

Um… Mia, where did you go? No, don’t go to the second floor without me! Go –away- Venomoth, leave Mia alone! Look, Mia, I get that you’re wanting to get justice, but you’ve gotta be careful, you can’t get justice if you’re out of energy.

Mia? No, get back here! Look, you’re acting like a stroppy child, just come back and… No, Mia, that Raticate is too much for you, just stand back and…

…

Well… if you fall behind you’re left behind…

Um, Oscar, you wanna take point? Still need to save my energy for the fights that matter. Come on Doodlesaurus, you know what’s up. Yeah, if you do good I’ll find you a ball to play with later you little-big weirdo. You fight good boyo.

After some… persuasion, I managed to extract the passwords from some of the grunts. They got us into the executive’s office. Are you… pretending to be Giovanni? Man, when I was a young Corsola I remember waddling past a TV with a picture of Gioavnni on it, you’re outfit is terrible. Your purple hair is showing! Petrel? Is that supposed to impress me?

Tessa, you wanna sort out this fool? Yeah, I know, I want to take out the big guys, but you can’t honestly expect me to believe this joker is an executive? He can’t even act well!

Tessa faces up against a Skuntank. The Skuntank tears at the floor, burrowing under. Tessa starts flopping about like she did in the Olivine city gym. Mr Trainer Man and I restrain her before she brings the floor above down onto us. The damage is done to the Skuntank, who remains under the ground, unable to move.

Raticate comes in. Taylor, can you take care of this? Look Tessa, you can’t use earthquake when we’re inside, let alone when we’re underground… Taylor, no, don’t you use earthquake! Didn’t you hear what I just said? Oh at least you took the Raticate down. Look, Mr Trainer Man, can’t you tell people to stop using- Tessa! We’ve been through this, stop- yes, you took down a Toxicroak, look, Mr Trainer Man, you sort out these two, I’ll take out the Crobat… uh… or the Weezing I guess? What’s wrong Crobat, you chicken! Wait… a Weezing… Ow! Thunder? What is with these Weezing’s haunting me? Get out of my head! Ow… ow… Taylor, you deal with the Crobat… My head hurts…

I get one headache and you guys can’t even remember to restrain a bad guy without me? So… we needed Petrel’s voice to open up the door with the generator and stop the signal? But you let him get away, so what do you propose exactly? … A Chatot? Seriously? Wow, you guys lucked out, that’s for sure! Come on birdie, you’re coming with us! Don’t sass me, I know you’re allergic to rocks. Come on. Look, we’ll let you go once you speak into this metal thing…

Oh, no, not you again! It’s the red haired snake Ariana… And a grunt? What is it with you guys and teaming up! Lance appears out of nowhere. He says he found out about the strange signal as well and has come to investigate. He sends out his Dragonair, his Dragonite apparently too exhausted from evaporating the guards upstairs. Tessa leaps forward, and I shuffle over to a doorway. Tessa bounces about, some of the ceiling falling in. The opposing Arbok and Hypno all go down, as does Lance’s Dragonair. I pull Tessa back; we’re going to suffer if we take down all of Lance’s Pokemon.

Lance brings in his Aerodactyl, so Mr Trainer Man sends in Oscar to create an unbeatable dino team. Ariana sends in her toxic flower, and the grunt sends in toxic sludge. The Vileplume glares at Oscar, so Mr Trainer Man disbands the dino team in favour of Tomato to take less damage from the Vileplume. The Muk gets taken down by the Aerodactyl, but is replaced by a Magnezone, who immediately revenge kills the Aerodactyl. Lance’s Dragonite is still resting, leaving Oscar to face two opponents. Lance forbids me from stepping forward to help Oscar, saying it is ‘against the rules’. These rocket men are all spreading terror, why must I play by their rules?

Tomato comes in, to spew sludge on the Vileplume. Vileplume retailiates with a sludge bomb, and Tomato collapses. You still say we should fight by their rules Lance? Oscar comes back in to get revenge for Tomato. He takes down the remaining Magnezone, but gets blind sided by the Honchkrow that was brought in place of the Vileplume. Farewell Oscar. This is why you should just let me deal with things Mr Trainer Man. I take down the Honchkrow with no problems. I leave Lance and Mr Trainer Man to sort out Ariana and her cohort while I move on ahead to destroy their machine. Tessa’s previous earthquake had done a lot of damage to the machine, but I make sure to reduce it to a pulp.

You let them get away? How many times Mr Trainer Man? We need to cut their activities short now before they try to take over the world! Why are you so bad at understanding this? What do you mean ‘oh well, gym time’, get back here!

Mr Trainer Man says he’s off to go training. He’s managed to seduce a few more young souls with tales of daring and adventure. A Kabutops named Pascoe goes to guard the box, what with me being the vastly superior water/rock type. NONK! the Kecleon and Moth the Jumpluff are both along with Mr Trainer Man for training, as well as Donald.T. Bless, Donald.T, he’s still on the lookout for the Wendy rock. He doesn’t seem to realise I’ve moved on. I tried warning Moth and NONK! about how dangerous it is travelling with Mr Trainer Man. Moth just flew about uncaringly, NONK! told me he would protect me. What a silly fool.

NONK! comes back, bouncing off the walls and going on about how much stronger he has become. You can’t help but admire the optimism of the ignorant. Come on NONK! let’s give you a chance in the gym. Here, this one looks pretty weak. Jill, is it? A Glalie? Come, my champion, a Glalie for your entertainment. And… you’re done in by a Head Smash… See, this is what happens when you get overexcited. Gone but NONK forgotten, eh? Eh? No?... Fine…

Time for another gym then Mr Trainer Man? Pryce? Sure, looks old, how tough can he be. Donald.T, show us what you’re made of. Abomasnow, you can take that down right? A one hit KO? … Wow, not bad. I’m pretty impressed actually. Normally I’m the one that brings the pain.

Mamoswine? No… no Moth, you can’t deal with ice types! Moth!... Oh don’t worry Donald.T, it happens all the time, I- … oh, you took that one down as well did you? You are pretty impressive…

A Glalie? Stand aside Donald, you saw what it did to NONK!, I should probably wash it away… yeah, see, easy. Wait, am I showing off for Donald?... No, don’t be silly, that’s ridiculous… Hi Lapras, didn’t see you there, eat rock. Wow, that thunderbolt really smarted… Uh, Taylor, can you take out this Froslass? Wow… apparently not… No, Donald, stay back, I told you, you’ll get used to the loss. See, Tessa has this.

Donald pushes past me as Dewgong comes out, his rage exploding as a destructive thunderbolt of his own. Oh my sweet summer child. I’m sure before long you will learn true pain, as I have had to.

Mr Trainer Man received a call from the Professor when we exited the gym. Apparently Team Rocket are attempting to rebuild their team, and have taken over the radio tower. This is it guys, now or never. He brings Katy Purry, Judas, and a Trapinch I have never met called Katsu into the team to help with the obliteration of the Rockets.

The sight of Judas brings back my nightmares, so I watch the training from the window of the Pokemon centre. I watch as Katy Purry evolves, and as Katsu becomes a flying dragon. I remember my pride when I saw my old friends get stronger, and wonder why I don’t feel it now. Perhaps we are just pawns to the trainers of this world. My excitement for adventure has been destroyed, now I only care about one thing. The destruction of the rockets. And tomorrow, I will succeed.

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Day 6

-NOTE-

So, there is a bit of a disparity between the end of stream 5 and the beginning of stream 6. I believe this included the battle with the Weezing that wiped out half the time. It is also when Pokemon such as Katsu were caught. I’m trying to be accurate with the fights (I literally have pages of notes) so I don’t really want to ad-lib it. I think Brick passing out and not remembering what happened is the best decision to maintain accuracy while not breaking the fourth wall. Thank you for all your support; back to Brick!

Ugh… my head… what happened? Oscar, is that you? Wow, you’ve grown! Same with you Chugga! Wait… anyone seen Sandy? Or #FATBAT? Don’t give me that look you weird little rock, who are you anyway? Taylor? You’re joining us on our adventure? Since when? Wait, how much have I missed? … Wait… Sandy and #FATBAT are gone? And you think you can replace them do you Taylor? You have a lot to learn.

Come on guys. Guess we have a bit of work to do. I have this… image… in my head… a Weezing, engulfing Sandy and #FATBAT… so I guess Team Rocket are still about. Maybe this image is a sign that Sandy and #FATBAT cannot rest.

I lead the charge against the Rockets. A green haired girl with a ghostly balloon is trying to take on two, whom I swiftly destroy. As I tie them up, Oscar stomps towards a black haired girl with her Sneasel to help her take down a pair.

Another flicker of darkness passes through my brain as I see the red haired Team Rocket Admin, Ariana. The snake sends out her snake, and I turn to Taylor. ‘Go on then’, I tell her. If she thinks she can just replace Sandy she’d best get on with doing all the things Sandy used to. The Arbok lobs a seed bomb over at Taylor, so Mr Trainer Man forces the retreat in favour of Noodles. I stay as far away from Taylor as possible, asking Mr Trainer Man to send me in next. Noodles takes down the Arbok, pitting me against Honchkrow. The more I move, the more I realise that my head is still aching from… well, from whatever it was that happened to me. Still, if there’s one thing I learned from McQueen its that birds are allergic to rocks.

Wait….

The Wendy rock…

I stop toying with the Honchkrow and let it collapse to the ground while I check my pockets. Noodles jumps past me to take on the Vileplume that comes out in place of the Honchkrow, and realise the Wendy rock is gone. Where did it go? Did I drop it when I passed out?

A blaze of fire breaks me out of my stupor; at some point Noodles took down the Vileplume and has just finished off Ariana’s Jynx. And I have lost the Wendy rock.

Mr Trainer Man said he needed to get more potions. I’m retracing my steps for the Wendy rock. A nice Volbeat has offered to help me search, by the name of Donald.T (under no circumstances can I call him Donny apparently… which I guess is fair enough). By the time Mr Trainer Man returns, I still have not found the Wendy rock. I am torn between my desire to find the Wendy rock and my desire to free the Pokemon in the safari… but it appears I have no choice as Mr Trainer Man drags me along with him. Donald.T comes to make sure I am alright, and Mr Trainer Man stuffs him in a ball. Not even a chance to replace Taylor, just in a ball and to the box. Is this tough love? Is this necessary action?

We go to the Pokemon centre to consolidate, and I can’t help but notice that something seems a little off with Nurse Joy… Actually, something very off, that is a terrible disguise! A man in a blue hat who calls himself Riley scares them off. Rather pointlessly really, now we just need to chase them! Oh… They’ve had time to regroup… Well done Riley, you really are terrible.

Archer, a rocket executive, teams up with his grunt, so I guess we need to team up with Riley. Just, don’t be terrible at fighting as well, alright? Oh… No… His Absol is knocked out immediately, way to go Riley. No, seriously, wait a minute Mr Trainer Man, lets see what else he has… A Lucario? Your Absol was just knocked out by a close combat, and you send out a Lucario? How do you think that’s going to go? Yup, he’s down in one as well. Congratulations Mr Riley, this is how Pokemon go to sleep and never wake up… Come on Oscar, give ‘em the old one-two… Yeah, atta boy! See Riley, this is how you fight!

Woah, a Houndoom? Um, Chugga, you want up? You’ll do good Riley still has his Ursaring… Wait… Wow, Riley, you are bad at this. Who do you have up next? No-one? You only brought along three guys? Wow, seriously, we’re in a terrorist situation and you brought three guys to deal with it? So now Chugga has to take on two guys by himself? … Chugga? Oh for the love of Arceus! Um… Noodles? You can handle the Houndoom right? Yeah, see look how quickly you sorted that Mawile, you got this! Granbull? Yeah come on boy, you can…

Archer? You just ruined one of my favourite pillows. Oh, and, uh, bye Noodles I guess.

Taylor, what, no, get back, this is my revenge time. What do you mean Noodles was your best friend and you want vengeance? Noodles was my pillow, that’s much more important! Yeah, okay, you can KO a Granbull, good for you. Now seriously, he’s switching the Houndoom for a Gyarados, stand down. Thank you- Tomato, no! My fight! Look he’s using bounce, move out of the way. Hiya Gyarados it’s- hahaha, wow, have you ever seen a worried Gyarados? You should be ashamed! Hahaha!

Well, at least it was nice and easy to take down that Gyarados! I had to let Taylor come in and sort out the Houndoom, I was laughing too much at the face the Gyarados made when he saw me hahaha, oh no, I’m at it again, hahaha…

Oh yeah, Safari zone, injustice, I should probably stop laughing. Mr Trainer Man was too busy sorting out Chugga and Noodles to properly restrain Archer, and I was too busy laughing. Everyone else was too useless, so Archer managed to get away. On the plus side, Mr Trainer Man did bring back Tessa, who will forever remind me of my coralcut in Goldenrod, so that’s nice at least!

Okay, time to infiltrate the safari zone… Gotta try to find a way to make a distraction, and get… Wait… that face… That aroma… Weezing… I… can’t… remember…

You caught him? The sight of his face made me pass out and you caught him? His name is Judas and you caught him? Mr Trainer Man, we’re going to start having some major disagreements!

The images of Sandy and #FATBAT flicker under a Weezing’s face in my head, so I take a leisurely swim back to Olivine to clear my head while the others train, they can fly over later, I organised them a lift… I just can’t put my finger on it, but there’s just something about Weezing…

When everyone catches up with me, they all look a lot stronger. Tessa and Oscar have both evolved… I’m proud of them, but… so many of my friends have died… And I lost the Wendy rock… I won’t get close to anyone any more, but I shall protect them. I sense Aang’s spirit on the salty sea air… But without the Wendy rock…

Time to take on the gym. Put all that behind us.

Tessa is raring to go with her new strength. Dangerously psyched up infact… Tessa body slams the floor causing a massive earthquake. I drag Mr Trainer Man back towards the door, trying to save him from some of the falling debris… A chunk of ceiling falls right where Mr Trainer Man had been standing, knocking him back.

The dust is thick in the air… I blink some out of my eyes, Mr Trainer Man dazed beside me. Squinting through the dust, I can make out Tessa, bouncing happily. The scrape of metal on rock makes me flinch, and I hear a stifled gasp from the other side of the battlefield… ‘You win…’ I hear Jasmine say in a quiet voice. The dust clears more and I see all her Pokeballs have been crushed under bits of ceiling, all smashed open. Well… that’s what I call a clean sweep!

Let’s get out of here…

We make it across the river from Ecruteak in record time, still running when we get into Mahogany. At least its time to turn in for the night… Wait, its not? There’s a red Gyarados in the lake? Oh sure, pull the other one. I mean, that one Gyarados may be red from embarrassment at being so scared of me but… Oh… That is a very red Gyarados… Mia is it? Nice to meet you Mia! You’re red because you’re angry? Well… I suppose that makes sense? Weird signal? Yeah, I can feel some sort of oscillations in the water… Wait… is this going to have to do with Team Rocket again? I bet it is… You want to show them what for? Awesome. If there’s one thing we’re good at, its dishing out justice.

Night night diary. Tomorrow, its time to beat up Team Rocket again.

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Day 5

Morning diary. Very early morning infact. I feel very at home here next to the sea. The salty, crisp air… The clear skies… I watch the stars glimmer until the sun rises over Olivine, and Mr Trainer Man tells us we can do with some more training before we head out; no-one is to be lost at sea! I spend the time practising my breaststroke; I’ve spent a long time away from the water and its going to be hard carrying a human on my back as I go!

Plankton just watches on, his eyes empty and soulless. I still remember that scary ghost FLAG lady, and I can’t help but think that he has something to do with it…

When I feel prepared and well re-acquainted with the water I call Mr Trainer Man over. Everyone waves goodbye to me as they go back into their ball, apart from Plankton… I am very scared about him!

Close to the whirl islands the extent of the ocean gets to me. I start to tire, but I know I must go on for the sake of everyone (especially Mr Trainer Man; I don’t think he can swim and he can’t even hide in a pokeball!). A friendly Tentacool sees my struggle and offers to share my load with me. I pass Mr Trainer Man over to him briefly while I regain my strength. He says his name is Jeff, and he offers to come along with us all the way to Cianwood. My strength mostly recovered, I turn down his offer gratefully and he passes Mr Trainer Man back to me. But I do tell him that we are on an adventure and he is welcome to join us for the long haul, at which he tries to break into one of Mr Trainer Man’s pokeball! He takes the hint and brings Jeff along with us, but because of the stupid human rules, he has to go to the box for now. I don’t see why he can’t swap with Plankton personally…

Cianwood is a sight for sore feet! Mr Trainer Man, once we get this medicine to Amphy I need to teach you how to swim, I wouldn’t want to drop you one day! Woah, is that one of the big doggies from the burned building? Guys, wait up, please, my legs are really tired! And what about Amphy?

As Mr Trainer Man approaches the dog, I am still a few feet behind. The dog (Suicine I think his name is) lets out a deafening roar and hops around Mr Trainer Man, running between him and me to escape. I feel the wind rush by as he runs. I wish he could have stopped to chat, I’m sure he would’ve been a really strong friend! Oh well, maybe next time we see him I’ll be able to ask!

Mr Trainer Man turns back just as I manage to catch up, and I see a look of recognition on his face. I turn around to see someone running at us. Who are you exactly? Eusine? We met at the burned tower? … Can’t say you made much of an impact to be honest, sorry!

Wait, why are you fighting us? So the windy water doggie recognises your strength? You are one strange man Mr Eusine. Can’t it wait until I’ve had a bit of a lie down first? Aang at least is aware of my weariness and hops infront of Mr Trainer Man, ready to go. Eusine sends in a Hypno who has an evil look on his face, almost as if… he’s plotting something? Aang takes a psychic poorly. I start to shuffle forward to take over, but Plankton manages to get there faster than me. For a moment I worry, and then Plankton collapses to the floor. I move forward to investigate Plankton’s body, the fight forgotten, and I feel a focus blast singe the top of my coral. As a reflex I use surf, trying to bide some time to work this out. Why would Plankton sacrifice himself for us? The wave dies down and I see #FATBAT gnawing on the Hypno’s arm until it collapses.

Next up, Eusine sends in an Electrode. Sandy comes in, our designated electric destroyer, but after one mud bomb the Electrode’s smile twitches and Euine switches it for a Jumpluff. Why are all his team so… suspicious? Even this Jumpluff seems to be floating in a taunting manner! How does that even work?! #FATBAT moves forward, but Tomato stomps past to hurl sludge at the strangley sly dandelion, taking it down with ease.

Wait, you have a Rotom? Oh come on, that’s just not even fair… Sandy snorts laughter at my disbelief, stomping forward as swiftly as her legs will carry her. I’m not entirely sure why, but Sandy attempts to bite the Rotom with her ice cold teeth. To each their own I guess, but I can’t imagine a ghost would taste particularly… nice… at all… The Rotom attempts to avoid her jaws, the taunting laughter quickly becoming unsettled, before Sandy gives a big gulp and the Rotom disappears. Eusine stares in disbelief as Sandy heads off to the corner to have a nap to digest the Rotom, before remembering to send out his Electrode. Tomato comes forward, not wanting to be outdone, and hurls more sludge. The Electrode summons thunder, so I hide under Sandy’s soft fur, but Tomato brings and end to the Electrode swiftly. Seriously Eusine, why do all your Pokemon seem so evil? Team Rocket’s Pokemon seem nicer than yours!

Sorry about that diary, we needed to make a quick diversion! After that battle we were all a bit low on post battle supplies (a Corsola needs her snacks, alright?), but the medicine man was too busy watching TV to pay any attention to us! He was watching a show called ‘gym leader victories’, so we reckoned the fastest way to get his attention would be to win a fight in Cianwood so he would maybe try to get himself on television. But because he wasn’t paying any attention to us, I had to swim us all the way back to Olivine so we could go and get some more battle supplies! Anyway, we’ve made it back to Cianwood now! Mr Trainer Man is quickly asking around to see if the TV people will film his battle so we can get the medicine mans attention. A brown haired lady came up to me and complimented my apparent strength, asking who my trainer was and if they would take care of a surfing Pikachu. I explained about all the accidents we’ve had, and how everyone keeps getting badly hurt, and she ran off. Is it not normal? Oh well, I won’t tell Mr Trainer Man if you don’t diary!

#FATBAT came to collect me, telling me she had beaten up all the gym trainers and that we’re ready for the leader. I feel a little offended because I didn’t know everyone was already to fight… I mean, I know that it’s a fighting type gym and I’m not the best at taking on fighting types, and I know I’m really tired after all that swimming, but what if someone needs a motivational dance? I do the best motivational dances!

I ask #FATBAT to carry me to the gym so I can get there faster than my legs can carry me, and we burst through the door as Mr Trainer Man gives Tomato a berry to make ice type moves less effective, and then gives #FATBAT one to make rock type moves less effective. How does that even work? It must just be placebo; I’ll keep my mouth shut so they don’t think about it!

Time to take on the Chuskster!

Okay guys, the sooner we do this, the sooner Amphy gets medicine to get better. #FATBAT, you’ve got the speed you’re up! Come on Aang, we need to get the attention of the TV people, we need to get our dancing shoes on!

#FATBAT swipes through the air, forcing Primeape to retreat behind a substitute. Our dance turns mocking, goading the Primeape to attack. I flinch as I hear the crackle of electricity, but #FATBAT keeps dancing through the sky, slicing neatly through the Primeape to take it down.

Chuck sends in a Poliwrath, so Tomato taps in, our designated water killer. Poliwrath’s smile turns menacing as he sends Tomato to sleep with a hypnosis. Aand and I run over to Tomato, trying to wake him up, but whenever we do Poliwrath just sends him to sleep again! Suddenly the Poliwrath switches tactics, going for the ice punch. Tomato takes the damage well, but his cold blood freezes over immediately. Aang tries to wrap himself around as much of Tomato as possible to warm him up, but he’s simply too large. Mr Trainer Man does a good job of keeping Tomato well healed, but Tomato is having too hard a time of thawing out. I look at the Poliwrath. He seems to be slowing down, as if keeping his fists ice cold is wearing him down. He readies a focus punch, and #FATBAT leaps forward. Poliwrath attempts to keep #FATBAT frozen by sleep, but our cheering keeps #FATBAT strong and eventually she manages to knock out the Poliwrath as well.

Sandy helps me and Aang pull Tomato’s frozen body to one side while #FATBAT slashes her way through Hitmonlee. The TV crew almost seem bored by how elegant #FATBAT is; with her level of ease there is no drama to be pulled out of the battle! That is, until Hitmonchan comes in and manages to freeze #FATBAT. For a moment, even time seems to be frozen; did Chuck turn down the heating or do his Pokemon know exactly where to punch to freeze a ‘mon?! Aang rushes forward and slams into the Hitmonchan with his head. We quickly clear #FATBAT from the arena, as Chuck sends out a Hariyama. He looks slow, Aang says he’s positive he can dodge anything this slow sumo can throw his way. I hold the Wendy rock, a bad feeling coming over me. True to his word, Aang runs under the Hariyama’s cross chop, and slams his head into the Hariyama’s stomach, winding him. But he didn’t leave enough room to escape. The next cross chop cracks across Aang’s head.

Time seems to stop again as I hold the Wendy rock, waiting for it to warm up.

It doesn’t.

Sandy comes in, summoning a hailstorm to hide in. The Hariyama seems blinded, unable to see the brown mammoth in the white hail. Sandy throws mud bombs from afar as the Hariyama flails about trying to make contact. The Hariyama trips, and the next mud bomb splatters across his head, pulling his neck swiftly, and Hariyama is down for the count.

Chuck sends in a Breloom. Double trouble for Sandy. The Breloom gets off a spore, sending Sandy to sleep, but not before she tore at a good chunk of the Breloom with her freezing maw. Mr Trainer Man pushes #FATBAT into the arena, who has mostly thawed out now. Her anguish at seeing Aang’s broken body sends a bloodrush through her that gets her moving again, and she slashes aggressively at the Breloom. Down for the count.

Mr Trainer Man gets us all to the centre quickly so we can catch the medicine man before he gets lost in the TV again. When Tomato thaws, he seems upset about Aang, as does everyone else.

We have no time to mourn Aang, I tell them. We need to help Amphy.

The medicine man gives us his secretpotion, in awe of our strength. Chuck’s wife overheard about the sick Ampharos, so gives us her fly HM. #FATBAT tells us all to wait where we are. She flies Mr Trainer Man to Olivine. From how little time it took, I can only presume the lift there is still working; before I know it #FATBAT is back, telling us that Amphy is feeling loads better. Mr Trainer Man looks a bit dishevelled, I guess #FATBAT didn’t slow.

Mr Trainer Man takes a quick rest. Amphy is fine, Aang is gone. What a world, eh?

We are all very quiet. I consider everyone in the team my friend, but I’ve been through a lot with Aang, we were adventurers extrodinaire. Everyone else… just seems along for the ride. Don’t tell them I told you that though diary. I think they sense it though. Something has changed, now, with our group.

When Mr Trainer Man comes around he tells us he got a call from Baboa, saying the safari zone is ready. I remember my rage at hearing about this ghastly concept, so I go along with the excitement. Time to free all those mons!

We reach the gate and… oh no, not another Team Rocket Man. ‘Pay up, with your pokemon?’ Yeah right. I’ve just about had enough of all these rocket men. Come on guys, time to take them OUT.

Well, the gate was easy enough at least. Two Rocket Men trussed up ready for Officer Jenny to take them away. But now there’s a little girl being attacked by two of the Rocket Men. Sandy teams up with her Porygon 2 against the grunts Rhyhorn and Drowzee. Her Porygon 2 seems pretty competent in its own right. Tomato and myself have a bit of a go fighting as well, a lot of our spirit drained, to which the Porygon 2 was thankfully oblivious to. At least the little girl has a good protector I think as I help tie up the Rocket Men.

A little further along and there is a rock in the way of the cave. I try pushing it, but it doesn’t budge! I step aside for Sandy to have a go, when I hear a cry for help. A red haired man (who seems nicer than Chat, red hair may not be inherently evil) is being attacked by two more Rocket Men. Don’t these guys know when to quit?

#FATBAT teams up with the strangers Umbeon. The Umbreon seems a lot more useless than the little girls Porygon 2, no wonder why this guy was screaming for help so loud!

Ugh… Mr Trainer Man? I don’t feel so good…

I can hardly keep my eyes open as I watch #FATBAT take down the Rocket Men… but everything is going dark… Am I out of Pokemon? Is that… it?

-NOTES-

So, there is a bit of a disparity between the end of stream 5 and the beginning of stream 6. I believe this was the battle with the Weezing that wiped out half the time. It is also when Pokemon such as Katsu were caught. I’m trying to be accurate with the fights (I literally have pages of notes) so I don’t really want to ad-lib it. This disparity does occur at the end of the stream when it crashed and Liam had to play catch up off camera. So I think Brick passing out and not remembering what happened is a potential solution. If you can think of a different suggestion, let me know. Otherwise the next day will begin with Brick waking up confused. Let me know if you think I should keep this note at the end also (although cut short obviously!)

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Day 4

Morning diary! Wow, I’m pretty tuckered out today! It’s a bit later than when I normally start writing, but I’ve had such a busy morning you wouldn’t believe! Mr Trainer Man seems obsessed with #FATBAT and I don’t want Mr Trainer Man to undergo the same level of pain as… Well, I don’t want Mr Trainer Man to undergo any pain! Anyway, we’re off to find Mr Trainer Man to tell him the weird red haired guy with the angry face went into the burned down building!

Actually, this may have all been a huge mistake… Mr Trainer Man has gone straight to the burned down building! Mr Trainer Man, wait, it may not be safe! Oh no, he’s starting a fight…

#FATBAT is faster than the rest of us, so she takes on the Murkrow that Chat sends out. I waddle up behind and pull on Mr Trainer Man’s shirt, pointing at Chat. They have 5 pokes. So do we. We all match up. #FATBAT is already fighting the Murkrow, so we leave her to it. Sandy faces up to the Elekid, being immune to electric type moves. McQueen flies over to the Haunter as he isn’t scared of ghosts. Aang runs over to the Croconaw with his fists crackling with electricity. Leaving me with the Kadabra. Wait, why am I in against a Kadabra? Oh whatever, guess I’ll just go with it. Wendy rock gives me strength as I summon rocks from the floor below, but then Kadabra disables that move, using his psychic powers to stop me from summoning more rocks! How rude is that?! I spit in his face which causes him to run crying back to Chat. I turn around and see everyone else has managed to take down their opponents, all unscathed. Chat runs out, trying to hide the weeping Kadabra, embarrassed. Mr Trainer Man thinks about going downstairs to wake up the sleeping beasts, but a Ledian flies up to us and tells us that they are supposed to stay sleeping. #FATBAT swats him away in her excitement, and he hits the wall with a resounding crunch.

Whew, I’ve not ran like that in ages! Did anybody see if that noise woke up the beasts? No one? Oh well. Maybe that crunch was just louder in my ear…

We ran about a bit to lose any potential pursuers before we end up in the gym. I had wanted to pass by the dance studio, but Mr Trainer Man gets tunnel vision sometimes! Oh well.

McQueen is still bubbling after his fight with Chat’s Haunter, and wants to carry on ghostbusting. I’m more than happy to trust him; McQueen has been a good friend ever since Losegull went off for his competition… I hope he hasn’t forgotten about me… Oh, sorry, got lost in thoughts for a moment there. As I was saying, McQueen has been a good friend, and a strong companion, and I’m still very tired from all that running.

McQueen made short work of those trainers, and now we have the gym leader, a guy called Morty. His grey hair makes him look super old, is he part ghost? Mr Trainer Man seems a little tense; is this going to be another tough fight?

McQueen heads out against the Duskull. He pulls back a bit to get some extra power behind the wing attack, and Morty swaps his Duskull for a Misdreavus to take the hit! Morty tried to heal the Misdreavus up, but with a well placed wing attack the Misdreavus goes down.

Aand and I start up a chant, which Sandy stomps along to. #FATBAT flaps about a bit trying to get the timing down, all of us feeling on an adrenaline rush still from the running earlier. Morty sends out a Gengar. McQueen pulls back his wing, slaps the Gengar around the face-

A crackle of lightning.

A thunderbolt from the sky.

McQueen drops to the floor, the faint smell of cooked bird in the air. #FATBAT screeches forward and clamps her mouth over the Gengar’s arm, forcing it to retreat.

#FATBAT’s rage continues, gnawing away at Morty’s Shuppet and Haunter. I hold the Wendy rock tightly, and feel it get warm in my hand, almost as if McQueens spirit is moving to inhabit it. I look up to see Aang move in for the kill as he notices the Haunter has put #FATBAT to sleep. As the Haunter goes down I feel the Wendy rock cool. Aang is struggling against Morty’s Sableye, so I move forward. The Sableye is damaged, so a water pulse is all it takes. Morty sends in his final Pokemon, a Duskull, who is clearly no match for me. His Shadow Ball bounces off me and I unleash a barrage of water pulses to take him down.

Badge get for Mr Trainer Man.

It does hurt. I won’t pretend it doesn’t. But that warmth… It can’t be a coincidence… Was it just the fact that we were in a place full of ghosts, or does this rock have the ability to harbour spirits? I never doubted that Wendy is in here… but could McQueen be as well?

Another grey haired man awaits us as we pass through the building to go to the next town. Oh, the next one’s a city? Cool! I don’t have the energy to be angry at the resemblance to the gym leader. He hands Mr Trainer Man… an iron plate? Really? What good is that supposed to do us? Ugh whatever.

Yo, Mr Dinosaur, why do you have a flower on your back? No, no I don’t think it looks silly, I think it looks pretty cool. You do you. You want to wear flowers, that’s cool. I just don’t understand why you’re called Tomato? What do you mean ‘why are you called Brick’ that’s just rude! No, no, okay, point taken. Actually, a good friend of mine had a flower on his head. Yeah, his name was Brian. You should know, Tomato, Pokemon travelling with Mr Trainer Man… Well, I’ve seen a lot of my friends get hurt. Beyond repair, you know? But, you seem like a hardy guy, and… Well, Brian was always a good influence. Fancy tagging along? You do? That’s fantastic! Come on, let’s get you trained up…

Be a mon, you must be swift as a coursing Floatzel… with all the force of a great Thundurus… with all the strength of a raging Feraligatr… mysterious as the origin of Mew! Yeah, I bring all the cool tunes to training! Ah, Tomato’s fitting in really well! We had a quick match of tug-of-war; me and Tomato vs Aang and Sandy. #FATBAT was our independent judge, and although neither behemoth managed to pull the other one along, we did get Sandy to buckle a bit at the knees, so we were considered the victors, yay!

Oh… hi sir… safari zone? Sounds barbaric; you mean you’ve literally just captured a load of Pokemon and put them in an enclosure? What a freak…

#FATBAT comes flying over as I’m berating Old Man Baboa to say there’s a guy taking photos over by the moomoo farm! We all look at Mr Trainer Man with the wide eyed wonder of a child and he lets us have our group picture taken. Woo! See, sometimes things work out well!

Olivine city is nearby. I can smell the sea air and immediately feel at home. I run on ahead and crash into Chat as he comes out of the gym. Apparently there’s a sick Pokemon at the top of the lighthouse? And they give off light? Like Wendy? Mr Trainer Man, we have to go and see if we can help!

FLAG SET

Wait, what was that? Oh… a little rock dinosaur, where did you come from? What’s going on? You’re called Plankton and you’re on the team? Some strange things are happening here… Why did that lady say FLAG SET? And where did she go? What’s going on? Maybe I’m just overtired…

~ I’ve had a quick nap, and that helped a little. I couldn’t fall asleep, partially from wondering what flag had been set, or where or why, and I couldn’t get the thought of the sick Pokemon out of my head. Mr Trainer Man seems really excited to see a yellow haired guy, so I tell him to catch us up. We rush up the lighthouse as fast as Sandy and Tomato will go, with #FATBAT rushing ahead and beating up as many trainers as she can to allow us to make as much progress as possible.

Wait… we have to jump down? But the sick Pokemon is at the top of the lighthouse? Maybe we just missed the stairs? And… and… how do we know that jumping down won’t just get us stranded and stuck? Or break our legs? Oh, Mr Trainer Man, you caught up with us… We’re a little confused… wait, what are you doing?! Oh why does everyone want to jump down? Oh dear, oh dear… No. I have to be strong. For Wendy, for McQueen, and for the Pokemon at the top of the lighthouse that can still be saved. Aaaaaaaaaaah!

Wait… I’m okay? I’m okay! We made it, we all made it! Quick, up the last few floors… Oh… um… you really aren’t you Amphy… A secretpotion? Across the ocean? I mean… I can swim, but how will everyone else get there? Mr Trainer Man, do you have Surf? Where can we get Surf?

We climb into the lift and think about where we could learn Surf; I can’t carry people if we don’t have the HM. At the bottom floor of the lighthouse, we overhear on the radio that there is a member of Team Rocket in the dance theatre in Ecruteak! I had forgotten I had even wanted to go there earlier today! We all run over there; I may not have a fondness for the kimono ladies, but no-one should suffer at the hands of the rocket men! #FATBAT and Sandy team up on the member of Team Rocket, while Aang comforts the Kimono lady. Tomato had to wait outside as he couldn’t fit in the building with Sandy (he offered to stay behind as Sandy would be stronger against Team Rocket’s poison types). I make sure all the onlookers are okay and unaffected, and a kind elderly gentlemen thanks us all profusely, giving us the Surf HM! What perfect timing! I retreat back into my pokeball, exhausted, as Mr Trainer Man treks back once more to Olivine City. We have agreed to wait a night so we can be well rested for our sea adventures; although we are all very worried about Amphy it would do no good if we didn’t make it back due to being too tired!

The sea air wafts into my pokeball as I drift off to sleep. Goodnight diary. See you tomorrow. Today has been a very long day.

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Chapter 3

Hey guys.

Early start today. Trying to be strong for ‘Lilith’, but not really feeling it. Mr Trainer Man seems pretty worried about the next gym we have to face, and… well…

Got to press on! Is… is that the same kimono wearing girl from before? How did you get lost in a forest? What do you mean you don’t know how to get out, can’t you just go back the way you came? I see a glint in ‘Liliths’ back and for a small moment I feel shame. This isn’t me, the old me would leap at the chance to help people. As if to prove a point, ‘Lilith’ jumps into action, wriggling over to the girl in the kimono and escorting her out. Aang, McQueen and myself start discussing tactics for the gym while Mr Trainer Man gets himself all organised.

Wow, this forest must go on for a while for Lilith to have not returned yet. Let’s go see if we can catch her up!

Oh no Lilith… We’ve reached the building at the end of the forest and there’s no sign of her… Did Lilith get lost? I hope she hasn’t escorted the kimono girl all the way home? What if the kimono girl stole her? Wait… that rock… excuse me blond lady, that rock you’re carrying… An odd keystone? Well that doesn’t explain anything! It has an interesting sheen… I think… I think Wendy sleeps in here… She must have discarded Lilith’s shell and moved in to this rock… Well, at least she’s safe… I wish I had proper hands to hold it… Excuse me miss long tongue? No you cannot lick it! Get away from me! Mr Trainer Man you cannot be considering catching this… monstrosity?! She wants to eat the Wendy rock! Thicthiccy, what sort of name is that? Nope, nope, I’m out, see you all in Goldenrod!

Well, what a lovely place! A few too many stairs for my little legs, but wow! Oh, hey, there are the guys! Guys, guys, there’s a lovely man in the underground, he’s done all my coral so it looks loooovely, I’m the most fashionable Corsola around! Oh, you’ll never guess what, there’s a guy in the radio tower running a quiz! Um… Aang, how about you go and help out Mr Trainer Man, I’ll go and scout for some new friends!

Wow, that coral cut really did cheer me up a bit! A nice old lady knitted me a little jumper with a pocket for the Wendy rock as well, these people are all so nice! Oh woooooow it’s a giant fluffy! Hello miss! I couldn’t help but notice the state of your fur! There’s a lovely man in the underground who is sorting out some beautiful haircuts! Yeah, he sorted my coral, he’s so talented! Come on, I’ll show you the way! Yeah, just down here, wow you walk really heavily don’t you, I guess you could just sit on someone and make them faint! Oh, no, I didn’t mean to call you… heavy… I just mean that a few friends and I are on an adventure, but we’re all growing extra strong to help Mr Trainer Man realise his dream by making him the very best like no-one ever was! I love what this hairdresser is doing with your hair… wait, is there a fish in there…? Oh, hi Aang, how did the quiz go? You did it for Mr Trainer Man? Well that’s how it goes I guess, we all learn at our own pace!

Mr Trainer Man, this is Sandy, she’s super strong! Um, no… that’s a fish that was caught in her fur… Oh sure, yeah, uh, Tessa can go in the box, I guess, keep everyone company… sure… Yeah, let’s go to the gym now, um, sorry Tessa…

Cool, gym time! Come on Sandy, give ‘em the old one two! No, here let me show you… Yeah, like that, awesome! Wow Sandy, you’re super good at this!

Mr Trainer Man is still a little worried about this gym, apparently this Miltank has a reputation for being a bit of a cow… I mean… um… difficult? Hey, let’s go train a bit!

Okay. Its time. I’ve lost too many good friends to this. I helped Sandy a lot during training, and I could feel the Wendy rock in my pocket. I don’t want to lose anyone, so I’m leading the charge here. Let’s go Mr Trainer Man! I’m ready!

Come on then miss gym leader, what have you got? A… long tongue pink pokemon? Like the one who wanted to eat the Wendy rock? I can’t… You… HOW COULD YOU!

….

Wha… what happened? Why is McQueen fighting a bunny? I did it? I took down the pink monstrosity? Awesome! Go go McQueen! Wow, you took down the Lopunny and the Wigglytuff?! You’re awesome McQueen, I bet its your awesome wing strength!

Sending out a Clefable? Come on Sandy, we’ve trained you for this! We! Believe! In! You! Woooooo!! Wow, why does this squidgy thing know so many water type moves? Wanna tag out? Yeah, power of friendship! Take that you nasty thing, beating up my fluff bud! Hoo! Hah! Yeah, take that! Hahahahaha! Yeah, you’d better drag it away! What, you want to try your silly reindeer? Come on Wendy rock, lend me your strength! Hahahahaaa! This is fantastic! McQueen, what are you doing? Don’t pull me back, I can do this! Aang, get away from that Miltank, this fight is MINE. You silly moo moo, how many have you injured? How many trainers have you made cry? How many Wendy’s have you destroyed! Oh don’t you cry miss gym leader, maybe you shouldn’t-

Ow…. Ow my head… Last thing I remember is taking down that Miltank and then…McQueen, did you hit me over the head? What do you mean I was out of control? I was protecting you! I was protecting you all! Oh well, at least we got the badge I guess…

Mr Trainer Man wants us to make some more friends before we turn in for the night. Sandy is carrying me on her back as she stomps through the route with Mr Trainer Man. The Wendy rock feels warm, but I feel a bit… cold… and empty… What came over me?

We get into a fight with a trainer and I hop off Sandy’s back so she can fight. In the distance I see a flash of purple and I sneak over to it. It’s a small male Nidoran, poking at the ground, looking like he’s searching for something. I edge closer, and he looks up. He comes up to me and scratches at my knitted jumper. One thread comes lose and unravels without damaging the rest of the jumper, which he tries to tie around his wrist like a small bracelet. I give him a hand with it as Mr Trainer Man comes over. He says his name is Oscar, and offers to join our little team. We walk quickly through the national park, chatting with Oscar and finding out more about the area. He warns us about the evil toad gang in the area, so Mr Trainer Man avoids the Politoed as it leaps from bush to bush looking to ambush us, and as we leave the park at the other end we open the door to a blue view. Looking up, I can just make out the tiny eye of a Wailord. We try to push her out of the way, but she’s much too large and trees were getting damaged, so Mr Trainer Man threw a ball at her and put her in the box for now. I’m not really sure how she managed to fit.

I start to feel a bit light headed as we keep walking, so I take a ride on Sandy’s back again. Suddenly Mr Trainer Man sprints off at the sound of flapping wings. He shouts ‘#FATBAT! #FATBAT!’ By the time we catch up he has managed to catch the Crobat and the derogatory name appears to have stuck. As we walk off, a little Wooper pokes her head out of the trees, and #FATBAT reaches a wing towards her. Mr Trainer Man offers a ball to her, which she accepts gratefully.

We reach Ecruteak swiftly, and head into the centre. Oscar and Chugga (the newly dubbed Wooper) head into the box, saying they will train in there for a bit while we train #FATBAT in the morning. I cuddle up in Sandy’s fur, and spend an hour looking at the Wendy rock in the dark. We may not have lost anyone in the battle, but the fear is still very close. Why did I black out? Why did I lose control? McQueen should not have had to intervene to calm me down. Is this just the stress of success?

Goodnight diary. Let us hope tomorrow is a better day.

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Chapter 2

Good morning diary! Bonesaw is still giving me a bit of an evil look, so I haven’t tried to return his diary yet, but until he cheers up I’m going to keep on recording our adventures for him, yay! Mr Trainer Man is putting Noodles away as we’re setting off now. I’ll miss his fluffy tail, but apparently we can only travel around in a group of six. We have to keep the egg with us so that Jade can cheer up in the box for a little bit, I can’t wait to find out what it hatches into! So, Bonesaw, Wendy, McQueen and Brian are all coming with us! I want to be better friends with Brian because our names are sooooo similar, but he’s always dozing off so I haven’t had much of a chance to chat yet! There are so many trainers on the way to the next town, we’re all going to get so strong! I had a bit of a chance to fight alongside Brian, we make such a great team! Oh… what’s that Mr Trainer Man? Another cave? That reminds me of Losegull, I wonder how he’s getting on… why are you looking at me like that McQueen, wha- holy Mareanie what is that thing?! Its like you’re a rock that’s also a plant… you’re so… uh, yeah, Beautiful, haaaai how’s it going, please enjoy the box! Wow, he was…. Wow…

Mr Trainer Man, are we almost out of the cave? Its so dark and scary and McQueen is allergic to the walls of the cave, I mean, we only rescued him from one yesterday! Oh! Oh! The light at the end of the tunnel! Come on McQueen, adventures await and you won’t be allergic to the walls outside!

Wendy lit the way for us with her little face-bulbs to make sure McQueen didn’t knock his wings on any of the walls; if only Wendy had been with us for that other cave! Then maybe I could’ve waved Losegull goodbye… Wow, is that water? Falling from the sky? I love water Mr Trainer Man! I like to dance, and sing, and- oh, moving on? Okay, that’s fun to I guess, gotta get you that badge so we can carry on our adventure right?! Hello Man in Black, why are you being so mean to Old Guy? Mr Trainer Man, the people here don’t seem very nice! Let’s just go to the gym and get out of here!

Oh no, there’s another Man in Black outside the gym? What do we do?! Let’s go and ask some locals what they know; you ask the people, I’ll ask the Pokemon! Hello, excuse me… oh, okay… Um, excuse me Miss Kitty Cat, do you know anything about the Men in Black? Oh, Team Rocket, that’s what the R stands for? Okay… well, do you know anyone who might know something about rockets? You’ll help me search? Oh thank you, thank you!! Um, sir, you’re going as fast as a rocket, do you know anything about them? You are very fast for a sloth aren’t you! Wait, no, put me down Mr Sloth I don’t like this! I- Oh, you were taking me to your friend? Thanks Mr ADHD! I- Oh no, not another rock fossil thing- HI AUDREY! Yeah, Team Rocket, they’re blocking the gym… Oh, they’re all down the well? Why are they down there? Slowpoke tails? I’ve not seen any Slowpoke around here! Hey, Mr Trainer Man, these guys and I have a theory- no they don’t want to go in the box- oh, okay, um, sorry guys… Well- oh, the egg hatched?! And… you put the newborn into a box? … Mr Trainer Man, you sure are weird… Anyway, yeah, we need to go down the well, the guys- … Oh… Old Guy Kurt already told you? Well, sorry for being so slow on my little legs, geez, I’m only trying to help.

Well, down the well we go! McQueen, are you allergic to the walls of the well as well or is this an okay sort of rock? Wendy, are you okay to light the way again? Oh you do look after us Wendy, thank you so much!

WOAH, um um um, excuse me sir, you look like one extra special amazing totally cool fluffy tail aaaaah it reminds me of Noodles’ tail, I slept on it once, it was so amazing! Can I cuddle up in your fur, it’s a little damp down here, and WOAH, did you just take a swipe at me? That’s not very polite! Wendy, no, don’t get in the way- … Wendy? Wendy can you hear me? Wendy what did he do to you? No Mr Trainer Man, don’t catch it, it’s a feral beast! Look what it did to Wendy! Come on Wendy, let’s get you back to the Pokemon centre, your light is flickering, I think Nurse Joy should take a look at that… Wendy? Wendy? You’re just sleeping right?

No Mr Trainer, I refuse to work alongside this monster. Did you not see what –it- did to Wendy? Wendy, our shining light in the dark? Wait, you’re bringing Biscuits along to?! Biscuits is too frail to come with us, especially with a –monster- like that travelling with us! Sorry Biscuits, don’t look at me like that, you just keep nibbling your crumbs… can I call you Niblung? No, wait, Biscuits, come back! Don’t be a hero! Mr Rocket Man, you get away from him this instance! Biscuits, no, my legs are too-

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Too short…

You monster! Pursuit? You’d use pursuit on a retreating mole? How dare you! Take that! And that! All of you! All of you Mr Rocket Men! How could you do that to Biscuits? First Wendy, then Biscuits… You think this is not my day? It is not your day! When will you get away with the butchering of Slowpoke for their tails? Not. Today!

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Thank you Bonesaw… A drink of water would be lovely… Yes, I see now what I did to your friend Max… I see why you are so angry at me… But I vow, from this day, no more of my friends will perish. I will protect you all… What? Mr Trainer Man is fighting Mr Rocket Man? And he’s using Aang? Who’s Aang? That monster! Right, get out of here Aang, we don’t need you, I’ll take on this Koffing, just you see! Oh… wait… a Cacnea? McQueen! Power of friendship switch out! Now look here Aang, I don’t know if what you did to Wendy was an accident or what, but it will not be allowed to stand okay? Wendy was my best friend and- wait, Audrey, what are you doing here? You’re going to beat up the Zubat? Okay, you show- was that a giga drain?

Wendy.

Biscuits.

Audrey.

I may not have known Biscuits as well as I would’ve liked, I may have been a bit off with Audrey at first… but their deaths affect me just as much as Wendy… Wendy, my good friend…

Mr Trainer Man managed to take down the Proton Rocket (human names sure are weird; I think there was an Executive in there as well…) and Bonesaw helped me get out of there, a strong shoulder that Bonesaw… Well, I think it was a shoulder… He had a look through the diary and apologised for being angry with me at first, and I said I understand… at least, I think I remembered to speak aloud… He said I could keep his diary for now, he thinks it would do me some good to get out my feelings… But I don’t know if I can right now, I just want to get stuck in…

So here we are at our second gym. Aang took down most of the trainers with ease… I may not think of him as a friend, but if Bonesaw can forgive me, I will try to forgive him. He’s a strong fighter, like me, maybe we can work together to protect our friends.

So, I let him go out first in this fight. He’s up against a Butterfree, and channels his inner fire to his fist. Wait, u-turn? That’s an odd one… Oh no, Bugsy brought out a Heracross! Guys, Aang can’t stay out with that, he could know brick break! Brian, you’re sure you want to do this? Okay, you go dude, we believe in you! Wait, aerial ace? … Brian…

I scamper over to Brian’s body, his leafs now limp. McQueen screams as he slaps Heracross across the face with his wing, knocking him down for the count. Aang leaps in as McQueen helps me move Brian’s body. His fists are still firey with fury, and he socks Yanma right in the jaw. Yanma u-turns into Pinsir. Bonesaw calls to Aang. Aang walks over, and Bonesaw leaps infront of him. Pinsir clasps Bonesaw in his pincers, squashing him ‘you need… healing…’ he says to Aang, his eyes fixed on me. As the light leaves his eyes, I know what he means. I need to get stronger, for my friends…

But did he need to sacrifice himself to tell me that?

McQueen takes on the Pinsir, and the re-emerging Yanma. He destroys the Beedrill and the Butterfree while I look at Bonesaw’s empty eye. With a scream, I jump into battle, and look up to see a huge Scyther infront of me. My scream doesn’t end as I summon rocks all the way from Slowpoke Well. I feel Wendy’s spirit as Scyther’s body is buried in rocks. No one messes with my friends. No one.

The victory is dampened by the loss of our friends. McQueen, Aang and myself follow Mr Trainer Man morosely.

‘Hey Liam!’

Mr Trainer Man turns. The same red headed idiot that was at the top of Bellsprout Tower approaches us. Did I even tell you about him diary? He has a mean looking face and a mop of red hair. He has a weird name to, ‘Chat’.

He challenges Mr Trainer Man to a battle. None of us are really feeling it, but we can’t back down. But we are all strong.

McQueen moves forward, saying how we may as well get it over with. Chat sends out a Murkrow, and McQueen just laughs. I blink and suddenly McQueen is behind the Murkrow, wing raised. A teetering second later and the Murkrow drops to the floor. Aang laughs, his fists crackling with electricity. Chat sends out his Croconaw, and Aang just punches repeatedly. Electricity burns appear all over the Croconaw’s body before he collapses. He put a scary face on it, but Aang hardly slowed. He backs off to nurse his knucles, and McQueen moves forward. Chat sends out his Kadabra, but before he can even properly materialise from the ball, McQueen has moved in for the kill.

My turn. I see the outline of a Gastly as the red mists of rage decend on me. I hear Wendy’s spirit calling to me again and I scream. I am the oldest member of the team. No-one else will die. My screams cease, and I see thin streams of purple lifting out of a pile of rocks I had summoned, that slowly coalesce into a Gastly before it collapses.

Yeah Chat, you better run.

I look down at a strange ‘chic-chic’ noise. A bug husk is on the floor. I nudge it with a toe and realise its not a husk at all, but a Shedinja. I think it’s Wendy in there, but Mr Trainer Man insists on calling it Lilith. Mr Trainer Man insists on us helping the local charcoal maker find his Farfetch’d. I drag the husk along, trying to find any glimpse that its Wendy in there. As we find the second Farfetch’d, I see a small glint in ‘Lilith’s’ eye. I smile. A little light, just like little Wendy.

Mr Trainer Man says we’ll go to the next town tomorrow. All grudges with Aang are gone as I curl up in his tail, holding Lilith close and refusing to let go. McQueen looks over at us, a small smile in his eyes. He may pretend not to, but he does care deep down.

Goodnight diary. We must always reflect on the loss of those close to us, but we must move on for their sake. And so I will. I will keep fighting, and I will protect everyone. I will be strong. I will be the strongest ever.

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