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Post by Josh Dragomir on Aug 15, 2014 17:39:32 GMT -5
Josh whistled casually as he walked through Zone 4 of the Safari Zone once again, this time with his Charmander, Fawkes, by his side. It'd been about a month since they'd been here, so Josh figured it'd been time to pay the hefty sum and take another stab at it. Cracking his neck, he looked around the area, being careful not to go into tall grass because... Well... With the fire on his tail, Fawkes would set the whole damn thing on fire. So no sneaking through the tall grass today for him, but he WOULD be careful to watch it...
"You ready for this, Fawkes?" he asked his Charmander. "Char, Char!" Fawkes responded eagerly. He'd become quite the team member despite his... Temper issues upon first starting with the team, and Josh was happy to have the little guy around. He'd begun making it a habit to use the Pokemon he caught in his last Safari Game for new ones... This time, Fawkes was the chosen one. Hopefully he'd bring good luck here.
Post by Josh Dragomir on Aug 16, 2014 1:24:50 GMT -5
Josh heard the tall grass rustling as he and Fawkes passed it, and Josh thought he recognized a shape. "Hey, is that a Bulbasaur?" he chirped excitedly. "Char!" Fawkes let out eagerly as he looked over instantly. Seems he was excited at the prospect of finding a Bulbasaur too! Of course, for some reason, Bulbasaur, Squirtle and Charmander seemed to always have some sort of link. I wonder why?
"Alright, stay here... I think I can flush it out, then we can catch it" he whispered to Fawkes, who nodded as he stayed put. As he creeped toward the grass though, some kind of Pokemon, the one he thought he recognized as a Bulbasaur, would suddenly come out of it's on-fours position and slam it's HEAD right into Josh's stomach, sending the blonde crashing into the water!
"Char, Char!" Fawkes let out in alarm as he looked over at his Trainer in concern. Grimacing in pain as Josh climbed out of the water, he looked at his attacker. "What in the hell is THAT?" he asked, gritting his teeth as he held his chest. He was bloody soaked... And that headbutt to the gut didn't help for sure.
"Fawkes, look out, I don't think it's friendly!" he called out just as Fawkes barely dodged a Pursuit attack that the dino Pokemon would send his way, just missing the Charmander. "Quick, use Ember!" Josh called. "CHAR!" Fawkes let out as he loosed those burning particles again the way of the Craniados, who would run around at quick speeds and dodge the Ember attack, before coming around and ramming into Fawkes again with another Head Smash. Fawkes would fly back and hit the ground. Josh gritted his teeth. "Come on, Fawkes, you gotta get up!" he shouted. Fawkes would sit up, rubbing his head before looking at the Cranidos...
Something had changed in his eyes. The violent look that he had when Josh first caught him was back... Those wild instincts had kicked in and the Charmander didn't look happy. Josh took a breath as he saw this. "Oh boy..." he whispered before the Charmander would lash out, his fangs burning as he would slam them into the Cranidos, sending it back before just plain charging and slamming himself into it in a fit of rage. "Well, that's an... Attack, I guess?" Josh said, blinking. But deep down he knew he'd lost control of his Charmander. This was bad... He could badly hurt the wild Pokemon, as much as it deserved it... Or even himself!
"Fawkes, calm down!" Josh called out, taking a breath. The Charmander though, wouldn't listen and would proceed to unleash an Ember attack onto the Cranidos while it was down, raining burning particles upon it viciously and without remorse as it tried to (Despite it's really small arms) cover itself up, which of course was completely ineffective due to the poor stereotype of having a big head and little arms.
Finally, the Cranidos would unleash a Screech attack that would stun the Charmander that had to cover his ears, as well as his Trainer that gritted his teeth, covering his ears in pain. "Damn it all, Fawkes, back off from it!" he called out. The Charmander seemed to be back to his senses for now though, and backed up at his Trainer's words, which left him open for a sudden Pursuit attack from the Cranidos. It'd been faking being weak and helpless to get an advantage!
"Gah..." Josh said as he watched Fawkes skid back before falling back. "Alright, Fawkes!" Josh called, now fired up after that piece of trickery. "Use Dragon Rage!" he called. "CHARRRR!" Fawkes would let out, the rage in his eyes as he shot a burst of energy in the shape of a burning X that would slam itself into the Cranidos. It would send the dino Pokemon back, slamming into a rock. Having enough, it decided that enough was enough for today and would proceed to run off into the grass.
Josh collapsed to his knees to take a breather after all the excitement (And pain!). "Gah... You alright Fawkes?" he asked between breaths, looking over at Fawkes who was staring angrily at where his opponent had been, the rage still remaining his eyes....
".... Fawkes? Hello? Fawkes?" he called out. He looked around the area, wondering if there were any other threats...
Hoh boy... He thought, this wasn't going to be easy, that's for sure.
Post by Josh Dragomir on Aug 16, 2014 19:16:56 GMT -5
Fawkes's eyes suddenly shifting to something drifting under the water. Josh blinked as he tilted his head. "Hey Fawkes... Maybe you should go for a rest in your Pokeball? You deserve a rest after that fight..." he encouraged.
Instead of agreeing though, Fawkes would suddenly shoot out a burst of Ember just as something poked it's head out, a Squirtle. The Ember would hit it dead on, right in the face, sending it flying back into the water.
"Hey, that was a Squirtle!" Josh called out. "Damnit Fawkes, I think you scared it off..." he said, sighing. "Damn... I would have caught it too..."
The disappointment radiating from his Trainer seemed to snap Fawkes out of it, who would look down, obviously not happy with himself. "Char..." he murmured before walking to the blonde, tugging at his pantleg and looking up at him apologetically. Josh smiled a bit and patted Fawkes's head. "Oh, it's alright, you didn't mean it. You just have some anger issues to get out is all" he said, laughing a bit as he looked out at the water. "Cmon, Fawkes, let's go keep looking. I'm sure we can catch another Pokemon out here!" he encouraged. "Char, Char!" Fawkes chirped in response as they got walking.
Apparently, they'd forgotten something though. A large orb of water would suddenly shoot from the lake they had shot the Squirtle into, one which was aiming for Fawkes. By instinct, the Charmander would roll out of the way, but the unsuspecting Josh wasn't so lucky, and got sent flying back after being pelted with it, crashing into a set of jagged, spiky rocks and letting out a cry in pain from the excruciating pain in his back upon the landing. Fawkes looked at the source of the Water Pulse to find the Squirtle, who didn't look too happy, staring over at him.
NOW Fawkes had been set off. He watched as the Squirtle jumped out of the water, rolling out of the way of another Water Pulse that came from the Squirtle. Behind him, he could hear Josh groaning as he struggled to get his clothes unstuck from the rocks. Managing to do so, the blonde looked back at himself to find the back of his clothes torn, and blood seeping down his back from being cut open by the rocks. Fawkes would start shaking at this point, his anger finally boiling over as he'd be engulfed in a white light...
"Fawkes...?" Josh managed to get out, holding his back in pain as he managed to finally get to his feet. "Are you.....?"
He'd gotten the gist of it, just as it became clear when the light vanished. Fawkes had evolved into Charmeleon!
"Char, Char!" Fawkes let out, looking back at Josh in concern for a moment before staring the Squirtle in the face, who didn't seem intimidated of his new rival's evolution.
"Hah.... Hah.... Hey! Fawkes!" Josh let out, called out to his Charmeleon in an attempt to calm him down. "I know your angry, but you gotta listen to me!" he called out to the Charmeleon, who was keeping his eyes on the Squirtle with rage in his eyes...
"We can use that anger, Fawkes!" Josh promised. "We can beat him together!"
Despite his anger, Fawkes was listening... And he looked back at his Trainer, who was using a non-spiky rock nearby to keep himself standing. "Use Scary Face, and then use Fire Fang, Fawkes!" he called. Fawkes nodded at the combination idea and immediately stared the Squirtle down, before a large purple visage resembling a face appeared in front of him, startling the Squirtle, and effectively lowering his speed by two stages.
"Now, Fawkes!" Josh called out. "Char!" Fawkes responded as he charged, flashing his fangs which burned just as hot as the rage in his heart, before he slammed them into the Squirtle, who wasn't quick enough to dodge. The Squirtle would go flying back, curling into it's shell to cushion the impact on the ground. After landing, the Squirtle would come out and lower it's head.
"Look out, Fawkes, he's going for Skull Bash!" Josh called out. As he said this, The Squirtle would suddenly launch himself head-first in Fawkes's direction. Josh waited a moment, patiently... Waiting for the right moment...
"NOW!" Josh called out and Fawkes would leap up, causing the Squirtle to miss him and crash headfirst into one of the rocks. The Squirtle would wobble around dizzily after hitting his head before falling onto his back... And then he couldn't get up! The Squirtle was stuck! It wobbled and struggled and tried it's best, but it couldn't seem to right itself!
"Alright, Fawkes! You know what to do now!" Josh called out. "Use Dragon Rage!" he instructed. "Char!" Fawkes let out as he let the rage pour out... It would come in the form of a giant burning X that would shoot toward the Squirtle. It was obvious it was over now....
Suddenly, the X would disappear upon contact with the Squirtle, who'd begun using Rapid Spin in his shell though! "WHA-!?" Josh let out, taken aback by the counter. "Char?!" Fawkes let out in shock. The Squirtle would suddenly start spinning in it's shell toward Fawkes, before slamming him backwards with an Aqua Tail attack, sending him flying back. "Gah..." Josh muttered as he watched Fawkes get up... The Charmeleon was looking tired now... But as the Squirtle came out of his shell, he could tell so was he...
"Come on, Fawkes! I believe in you! Use Ember!" he suddenly called out. The Squirtle's smugness led to hesitation, which came Fawkes the opening to suddenly lash out with Ember, the burning pellets hitting the Squirtle dead on over and over, sending it sprawling back as it tried to get it's bearings. "Finish it with Dragon Rage!" Josh called. "CHAR!" Fawkes let out as the burning X erupted from his body once again, crashing into the stunned Squirtle who would fly back, hitting the ground.
"Safari Ball, go!" Josh called out as he threw the ball. It would hit the Squirtle and such it in, and Josh would fall to his knees, still sore and hurting from the rock stab...
Tick....
Tick...
"Come on... Come on..." Josh whispered, almost begging for it to work...
Tick....
CLICK.
"YES!" he let out as he managed to get up, picking up the ball. "You did it, Fawkes!" he congratulated his Charmeleon, who seemed to have calmed down at this point. "Char, Char!" he let out happily, though by the sound of his voice, he was tired too.
"Alright... That's the end of our Safari Game" Josh said, taking a breath as he motioned for Fawkes to follow. "Let's head back and get me patched up.." he said quietly as they started walking back together.
It had been a rough battle indeed, but Josh felt it worth it, having become closer then ever with his Charmeleon, and catching a Squirtle in the process!
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