Snippet #1638500

Route 4

Derek laughed as he watched both Pokemon and trainer devoured their servings. "Thanks for the compliment. And that's Combees' honey, not syrup." He anwsered, pointing his fork at the bee, who was still trying to steal some of Blitz's food. After placing the last pancake on his plate, and blowing out the fire, he started to eat his own. Each blissful bit was eaten quickly, but nowhere near as fast as Sor. When he was halfway through number four, Sorence had already finished. "Well, the Pokemon food was my Dad's recipe. He was constantly making new ones for the Daycare Pokemon." He began, slowing down as he explained. "The pancakes were the result of an experiment I did when doing a delivery." As he polished off his final cake, he noted how sweet the air had become. With a quick look around, he put the pieces together. Uh oh He thought as his eyes widened with realization. "Combee's using Sweet Scent! Tell him to stop before-" Too late. With a soft 'PLOP' a Joltik dropped down from above, centered right between all three Pokemon.

A Level 5 Joltik appeared

"Let me get this one, 'kay?" Derek asked. "Jet! Tackle it, quickly." Not even waiting for an answer, he ordered his partner into an attack. Jet, who was a still a little dazed from Combee's move, charged towards the wild Pokemon. It dizzyness only allowed him to clip the enemy with his wing, but it got the desired effect. The Joltik was pushed away from Combee, and the small shock Jet received from the contact refocused the tiny bird.

Angered, the small bug quickly spun around and fired off a String Shot. "Dodge, then take to the sky." Hopping out of the threads' path, Jet fluttered up, out of range from most of the Joltik's attacks. All but one. Looking up at the bird, it coat and eyes started to flicker with electricty. A few seconds later, it shot a Thunder Wave upward. The speed of the attack and the suprise to both trainer and Pokemon allowed the attack to hit dead-on. "PIIDDGG!"

The attack, even though it was not normally a damaging move, shocked the bird right out of the sky. Grounded, Jet tried to charge into another Tackle, only to find he couldn't move. The wave had caused instant-paralysis, and was stopping the Pidgy dead in it tracks.

The Joltik thought it had it won, but still covered Jet in a Spider Web, just to be safe. "Darn, what do I do?" Derek was worried, if he didn't do something quick, he would lose. He scanned the nearby area for anything useful, soon find the item that could save them both. A Cheri Berry, one of the berries that Jet had brought earlier, was within reach. "Jet!" He called as he bent down and rolled it over to him. "Eat the berry!"

"Pidg Pi? PI!" Jet question him at first, but seeing his situation, decided anything was welcome. Putting everything into it, he lunged forward, picking the berry up between his beak. As he started eating it the Joltik jumped on top of him, it's small fangs glowing as it bit into him. "Pidgey!" He cried out in pain. He felt himself getting weaker as his energy was sucked out by the Leech Life attack. Then the berry kicked in, curing Jet of his paralysis.

"Quickly now! Toss it off and hit 'em with a Tackle." Derek told him, and Jet was happy to oblige. He flapped once, pushing himself upward and the Joltik off. Then, using the new space, sped into a Tackle attack. The suprised attack, catching the wild Pokemon off-guard, blindsided the Joltik, hitting it square it the chest. The force was enough to send the bug into
a tree.

Ignoring the pain, it forced itself to stand back up. Jet, now free from the web, hovered in the air just above ground level. Aimming more carefully now, the Joltik fired off another round of String Shot, this time catching Jet's wing. The sticky thread began to slow down and unbalance him. "Don't fight it, use it!" Derek coached, "Spin into a Tackle attack." Using the tilt to his advantage, Jet started spinning, charging straight at the wild Pokemon. This unexpected move hit the Bug type so hard it went flying into some nearby bushes, and it didn't come back out.

Derek defeated the wild Joltik!

Jet gained EXP!

"Alright! Victory Number 2!" He celebrated, holding two fingers up for dramatic effect. Jet bounced over to him, happy that he had won once more. "Now, to get that stuff off your wing." He said bending down and cleaning out his friends feathers. After clearing it all off, he packed up his supplies, put his jacket back on, and lifted his backpack over his shoulder again. "Well, we should get a move on if we want to catch the next ferry." He said, Jet hopping onto him again. With that he countined to lead the group on the path leading to the port.