Pokemon Fanfic 13 part 2

Vermilion City: Marks Ability Enhanced.

Info stuff: Elekid is a pokemon from gold and silver. I do not know it’s attacks but since it is the early form of Electrobuz I am using Elecrobuz’s attacks with it.

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Tachi looked through his binoculars and chuckled to himself. His plan was perfect, get the girl weakened by Surge and then catch her when she got on the SS Ann the second. He lowered the binoculars and sat down, he hadn't told Naru of his plan. How could he, she couldn't understand why he was going against the Boss's orders.

He had never lied to her or kept things from her before, but this time he had to. No one had ever escaped him before, except for that girl. He smiled and narrowed his eyes.

"Kid you are mine." He said aloud to himself. Suddenly and hand touch him on his shoulder causing him to spin around and punch Seth in the stomach extremely hard. Seth coughed and held his stomach. Tachi grabbed him by the collar and held him at eye level. Seth was either very brave or very stupid Tachi had at least a good two feet on him and was extremely short tempered.

"How dare you follow me." He said. Seth stared at Tachi with fear in his eyes.

"I was curious, Tach. . . I mean Sir." Tachi smiled. He was beginning to ware him down. This kid did have potential but there was no way he was going to let him know that.

Tachi dropped Seth and he fell to the ground. "Your pathetic." Tachi said laughing. He turned back and faced the gym. Tachi heard Seth mumble something. He spun around and slammed Seth up against a tree. "What was that?!" Tachi said.

"Nothing," Seth said.

"Tell me what you said. Or else I'll send you back to the training camp."

"I said, a. . at least I wasn't ob. . obsessed over some girl." Seth said shakily. Tachi laughed.

"That wasn't that hard now was it Seth." He said. Seth fixed his uniform and sighed. "You shouldn’t mumble about people it’s just rude." Tachi said and smiled.

"I have to tell you kid you are doing better than I thought you would." Tachi said putting his hand on Seth's shoulder.

"Th. . thank you Sir." Seth said.

"Now, I want you to forget you saw me hear." Tachi said smiling. Seth backed up and laughed. Seth thought that he had an advantage over Tachi, man was he wrong.

"What will you do for me if I keep quiet? I mean my silence is valuable."

"Blackmail is so old Seth." Tachi said leaning up against a tree. "And unbecoming of a elite trainee." Seth smiled and crossed his arms infront of him.

"Yea but I am looking out for myself. So what should I ask for? Hmm." Tachi laughed causing Seth to frown.

"You should be asking yourself what I would do to you if you talked Seth." Seth swallowed hard. He knew what Tachi was capable of. His experience at the camp was proof of that.

"Ok I'll be quiet." He said. Tachi turned back to staring at the gym.

"What?" He said sternly.

"I um. . was asked to follow you. Naru wanted me to. . .What should I tell her. . . Sir?"

"Naru is so sly," Tachi said smiling. "Tell her you saw me going into a flower shop." Seth looked at him puzzled.

"But that's a lie Sir." Tachi put his hand on his forehead.

"Seth. . .Just go. I am to busy to bother with you right now." Seth walked off. Once he was gone Tachi chuckled to himself.

"The son of Jessie and James. What a joke." He said laughing. He had watched Seth go through the river of pain, a standard initiation test for any one wanting to be a rocket. He had made it to the end, his face was battered and bruised badly. Tachi had yelled at him for forgetting to cover his face up. He was slowly making him into a Rocket. The boss had told him to train him when he failed to catch the girl at the tournament. Tachi hated training new recruits, all they ever did was wine and slow him down.

He sat up strait and looked at the gym, a smile formed on his face. "There you are." He said and laughed. The girl and her friends were on their way into the gym.

"Ah," Tachi said looking at his watch. "I have to get back." He looked back down at the gym. "But don’t worry Shan I’ll be hear to see you get beaten. I wouldn’t miss that for anything." Tachi said and walked towards the docks.

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Shan and Quin looked up at the gym infront of them. It was about the same size as the Water gym. Shan looked at the door and smiled when she saw the open sign. Behind her Alex was standing with his head down and a solemn expression.

"Hey this place is big. I wonder what it look's like on the inside?" Quin said turning. Alex looked up at her, his face was serious and his eyes were narrowed. Quin and Mark looked at him.

"What's wrong Alex?" Shan asked looking at him. He looked up at her and then at the gym.

"Nothing let's just go in." He said and walked past them. Mark looked at Shan.

"Why is he even hear? I mean he already has the real badge for this gym." Mark said.

"Really?" Shan said walking towards the door

"Yes. He showed it to me yesterday." Mark said as they walked into the gym.

"You can go into the main area through hear." Alex said pointing at a door.

"Thanks," Quin said smiling. "I think it's neat that you have this badge already. Is it tuff to beat this gym?" Alex only stood there. Mark frowned.

"Well let's go and find out Quin." Mark said and walked past Alex. He looked at him and saw that he looked like he was in pain. "Hey. Are you ok Alex." Mark asked. Alex looked up at Mark.

"I already told you that I was ok," he turned and waked towards the door. Alex stopped and then looked back at her. "Be careful, ok?" He said and left. Shan sighed and looked at the floor.

"Let's go." She said. Mark smiled and walked ahead. Quin looked at Shan and then at the door.

"I wonder what he's so upset about? Hey what did he say to you I didn’t hear?" She asked. Shan just shrugged.

"Don’t worry about it Quin and I don't know what’s wrong with him but maybe we should probably just let him be for now. Let's go and get the thunder badge. I can hardly wait." Quin and Shan walked though the door.

"Hey," Quin said walking into the large room. "Look at all of the trash cans? They must be really messy." Quin put her hands behind her back and smiled. "Or maybe they just like to collect trash can's. People like to collect strange things."

"I heard some people collect cars." Shan said. "That’s kind of strange." Mark stopped in his tracks and looked at her.

"No it’s not! Cars are great I mean I knew this guy that had an old roadster with bucket seats and the engine, man it purred like a Prussian." Mark said with glossy eyes. Shan and Quin stood dumbfounded. Mark again began to show his love of cars.

"I just meant that one is plenty." Shan said laughing a bit.

"Oh, uh sorry about that I just like cars." Mark said as they walked towards a large double door. Shan looked for a handle but couldn't find one.

"How do we get in?" Shan asked leaning up against the doors. They all became silent and began to think. Quin smiled and laughed a bit. "Huh? Hey Quin do you have an idea?" She asked. Quin smiled and nodded.

"I sure do." She said happily. Mark and Shan looked at her.

"Well what is it Cuz? Don't leave us hanging hear." Mark said.

"My Idea is to. ." Shan and Mark leaned forward, thinking that Quin was going to whisper her idea. "HEY IS ANY ONE HEAR OR WHAT?!" Quin shouted Shan and Mark jumped back startled.

"Ow my ears," Mark said. "Why did you yell like that Quin?" He asked.

"Well you weren’t doing anything to get us in were you?" She said putting her hands on her hips. Mark frowned and they glared at eachother. Suddenly a loud voice filed the room.

"So you want to changeless the masters of the Electric gym. You have to find us first. In order to get through those doors you have to find the two activation switches." The voice said. Shan and her friends looked around.

"What?!" Mark said looking around. "Were are they at? I mean all I see are. . Oh man no way am I going to look through the trash. This gym leader is sick." He said making a face. Quin mimicked him.

"Stop wining Mark." Shan said. "It won't take us long to find the switches." Mark frowned at her.

"In case you haven't noticed Shan there are about thirty trash can's in this room. How are we going to find the two switches. " Shan closed her eyes. "Hey did you hear me or what?" Mark said annoyed. Shan opened one eye.

"Shh, I am trying to concentrate." Shan began to focus her power and push it out around her. She didn't know what kind of reaction she would have but she was going to try. She began to walk down the isles of trashcans, she stopped infront of one and began to feel a warm sensation. "Hears one, I think." She said. Mark and Quin walked up to her. Shan closed her eyes and began to look for the other switch.

"Well go on Mark." Quin said smiling.

"No way Quin, I have had my fill of trash. You look though it." Mark said remembering the incident with the dumpster. Quin shook her head.

"No way," She said frowning. Shan stopped at another trash can and smiled. She turned to see her two friends fighting again.

"For Pet's sake some one look though that trash can. I'll take this one." Mark smiled.

"I'm on it," he said. Quin laughed behind him. He took of his jacket and put his hand in the trash. "Oh man," he said. "Ah what in the world is that. . .oh man it's moving. . . Hey I think I found the switch. Oh never mind. . .Hey hear it is." Mark said. Quin was laughing hard as he took his hand out of the trashcan. Shan walked back up to them and Mark took on a look of surprise.

"Were did you get gloves at?" He asked.

"Oh I had them in my book bag." Shan said. "There for cleaning Eevee with. She nips at you if you try to untangle her fur." Mark sighed.

"I wish that I knew you had those." He said. They all jumped as the doors slowly opened.

"Yes it worked." Quin said laughing. Shan took off her gloves and tossed them into one of the wastebaskets. Together they walked into the room.

"Hey look at all of the pokeballs." Quin said gesturing. Mark looked at a few and noticed that they all had eyes, puzzled he took a closer look.

"Those aren’t pokeballs." He said walking up to one. "Oh no," he said and took a step back.

"What is it Mark?" Shan asked. Mark looked up at her and Quin.

"Theses are Voltorbs." He said. Quin jumped back.

"Ok just don't touch them," Shan said and began to walk forward slowly. "All we have to do is just get to those doors and we'll be ok." The three began to walk towards another set of doors. They were almost their when Quin felt something bump into her foot.

"Uh oh," Quin said. Mark and Shan stopped in their tracks and Shan swallowed.

"Um, Quin?" She asked.

"Yes," Quin said shakily.

"Is something wrong"

"Yes," Quin said. Shan took a deep breath.

"Run!" She shouted. The three ran towards the door as the Voltorbs exploded behind them. Once they were safely past the door the all sat down on the floor.

"What in the world is with this gym?" Mark said. "This is more like a fun house than a gym." Shan stood up.

"I'm not having that much fun." She walked forward. "Are you. . ?" Shan suddenly fell though a trap door and slid down a long slide screaming all the way. She landed with a thud in a new room.

"Ow," She said standing. "Where am I now?" She said looking around.

"Look out below," Shouted Mark. Shan quickly got out of the way as Mark landed hard on the ground. He groaned and slowly sat up but was soon knocked to the floor again as Quin landed on him. Shan laughed a bit.

"Wow that wasn’t a bad landing at all." Quin said in her cheerful voice. Mark groaned again and she jumped up.

"Why me?" Mark said with a groan. Shan looked around and sighed.

"Looks like we came to dead end. What is with this place? I mean it’s almost like it’s a fun house, like you said Mark." She said. Quin sat down on the ground and crossed her hands infront of her.

"Now what do we do? We have to find a way out of hear" Quin said. Mark nodded in agreement. He began to walk around the room.

"Looks like this room has only one way out that I can see and that’s back though the way we came." Mark said sighing. Shan put her hands on her hips and looked up at the shoot that had brought them to the small round room.

"I don’t think we can get back though there." She said. "Besides I don’t want to go though that room with the Voltorbs again. Do you?" Quin jumped to her feet and smiled.

"I have an Idea." She said. Mark shook his head.

"Oh no you don’t," He said. "I hate it when you yell so don’t do it ok." Quin frowned and put her hands on her hips.

"Well it worked before Mark." She said. Shan just ignored them and began to look for another way out.

"No it didn’t," he said. "All it did was give me a headache."

"Yes it did. That voice gave us a clue." Mark threw his hands into the air.

"You are delusional Quin. We would have figured that out on our own." Quin frowned.

"Not," she said angrily. "Face it cousin I got us the clue to that room." Mark rolled his eyes and walked away.

"Just look around for a way out of hear Quin." He said flatly. Shan sighed and shook her head. She was getting used to their bickering and was beginning to wonder if that was a good thing.

"Markus Stream JR don’t you roll you eyes at me." Quin shouted and stomped her foot down. The whole room shook.

"What in the world?" Shan said looking down at the floor.

"What did you do Quin?" Mark asked.

"I didn’t do anything all I did was stomp my foot like this." Quin said and did it again. The floor began to move in a circle.

The three quickly fell over as the floor began to spin faster. "How do we stop this thing?" Mark shouted. Shan attempted to crawl to the center but fell over.

"I don’t know." Quin shouted. "I didn’t mean to do it." Shan looked around and watched as the walls began to go up. They were heading down to someplace, the question was were.

"Hey were moving." Mark shouted.

"Yes we know and I’m feeling sick." Quin said. Mark shook his head.

"No I mean down, we’re heading down."

Eventually they reached their destination and stopped spinning much to their delight. "To think I used to like those kinds of rides." Shan said leaning against a wall.

"I am never going on anything that goes in a circle again." Mark said holding his stomach. Quin just sat on the floor with her eyes closed.

"Hey," Shan said looking at Quin. "You ok?" Quin nodded.

"I just need to take a minute for my stomach to settle down a bit." The three sat down and waited. While they waited Shan and Mark looked around yet again to see were they were.

"Hey," Mark said gesturing. "There are about four doors in this room." Quin looked up.

"Your right," she said. Shan smiled and shuffled though her backpack. She took out a piece of candy and handed it to Quin.

"Hear Quin, peppermint always settles my stomach. Give it a try." Quin smiled and took the candy.

"Thanks Shan, hey it’s working." Mark smiled.

"Uh do you have any more?" Shan laughed and gave him a piece and ate one herself.

"I feel so much better now. So which door is the right one?" Quin said. Shan walked up to one and shrugged.

"There’s only one way to find out." She said and opened it. Inside it was dark and she couldn’t see anything. "This one doesn’t seem to go any were." Shan said turning to face her friends.

"Watch out!" Mark shouted and pulled Shan towards him as a pokemon jumped out at them. Shan took out her pokedex and scanned the pokemon.

"ELEKID: THE INFANT FORM OF ELECTABUZZ. THIS ELCTRICK POKEMON MAY BE SMALL BUT IT PACKS POWERFUL ELCTRICK ATACKS." Shan shut her dex.

"Oh it’s so cute." Quin said. The Elekid looked up at them and seemed to smile. It then began to dance around them.

"What’s it doing?" Mark asked. Shan watched as the Elekid spun around and bowed.

"Ele, Ele." It said and disappeared though the door.

"That was weird." Shan said. Quin jumped into the air and ran to another door.

"I can’t wait to see what other dancing pokemon they have." She said and opened the door. She let out a cry and jumped back. Mark and Shan looked though the door and began to laugh.

"Quin it’s a funhouse mirror." Mark said. Quin looked at the mirror and frowned.

"Hey look at this." Shan said and made a face in the mirror They all laughed.

"This is getting stranger and stranger. I’ll try the next door." Mark walked towards another door and opened it. Mark shouted as a large bucket of water was dumped onto his head. Quin busted out laughing, Shan held back from laughing.

"Are you. .ok?" Shan said trying hard not to laugh. Poor Mark always got the worst of it. Shan thought it was because he was too careful about things.

"I’m fine," he said flatly. "I guess, by process of elimination, that the other door is the right one." Shan giggled and then burst out laughing, she couldn’t hold it in anymore.

"Sorry Mark," Shan took out a towel from her pack and tossed it to Mark. Mark laughed.

"Hey don’t worry about it. If it had happened to one of you I would have laughed to. Lets get going." They all went though the last door.

"Now what?" Quin said as they entered into a large room. Shan looked around and began to walk forward.

"Maybe this is the main room. At least I hope it is." Shan said.

"Congratulations," A voice said from above them. "You have passed our challenge." Mark looked up and saw a tall figure dressed like a jester.

"Hey," he said. "What is the big Idea?" The jester jumped down and landed infront of them.

"Hey," the jester said. "What is the big Idea?" He said mimicking Mark. Mark frowned and shook his fist at the jester who did the same.

"Stop that," Mark said. The jester laughed.

"Who are you?" Shan asked. The jester bowed.

"I am Jester," he said. "A JR. gym trainer. Hear to greet you peasants." Quin frowned.

"Who are you calling peasants you clown." Quin said. Jester glared at her.

"I am a Jester. And all trainers are peasants when it comes to Surge. He is the king the main master." Jester said. Shan and her friends rolled their eyes in unison, this was going to be a long battle.

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Tachi walked up to Naru holding a bouquet of roses. Naru only frowned and turned away from him back to her work. Tachi laughed. "What’s wrong Naru?" He said. "Can’t I give you some flowers?" Naru just continued what she was doing. Tachi set the flowers down and leaned up against the railing of the ship. "What’s wrong?" He asked.

"Don’t act so coy Tachi." She said angrily. "Where were you? The crew was hard to handle and the rockets that the boss sent did come on time." Tachi smiled and crossed his hands infront of him. Naru hated when things were out of order or not on time.

"I was doing some surveillance work. So, were is the crew?" Naru looked at him and put her hand on her waist.

"They’re in the brig, along with that sea sick captain. Boy is he a joke, who ever heard of a captain that got seasick." Tachi frowned and stood up.

"We’ll have to get them off of the boat. If they are found out then the plan will be blown. Call the boss and arrange a transport." Tachi said. "Maybe we should keep the captain hear though. He might come in handy." Tachi said. Naru laughed.

"That seasick old fool." She said. "What could he possibly be good for?"

"Well from what I hear he is the best sailor that there is. Not only that I heard he knows some kind of special attack that could come in handy." He stood up. "The SS line wouldn’t want anything to happen to him would they?" Naru smiled.

"There for he would be a insurance policy." Tachi smiled and nodded. Naru then stared at him angrily and put her hands on her hips.

"So where were you at?" She demanded. Tachi smiled.

"Buying you flowers of course. I thought that you liked roses."

"Don’t act like that, and you know very well that I like Lilly’s." Naru yelled. "I know when you are up to something," she put her hands to her side and calmed down.

"Look Naru I have a plan that will shoot us right up the later to become a part of the super elite forces. All I need to do is pull it off."

"So that Freak is hear then." She said angrily. "Look the boss said to forget about her and get on with our jobs. Why can’t you just let her go?" Tachi smiled.

"You saw her power Naru. You felt what it was like to be attacked with that power. Just imagine if we could get control of it."

"That’s impossible," she said. "Tachi , even if we catch her we won’t be able to make her help us. Besides, the boss said to forget about her." Naru walked up to Tachi and sighed. "You need to let it go and concentrate on this plan." She looked down sadly. "I don’t want to lose you as a partner." Tachi looked away from her and sighed.

"Just trust me Naru," he said. "This time she won’t get away." Naru walked off angrily. He only smiled to himself, Naru would understand why he was doing it after it was over. Tachi’s plans were not to just catch the girl but to move up the later and hopefully be made the boss’s successor. He walked up the ramp and into the S.S Ann were he saw his crew. Tachi laughed at Seth who was dressed up in a janitors uniform and walked to the Captains Quarters to get his own costume on.

"This masquerade will be my victory and Shan will soon find out what it means to stand in the way of team rocket." He laughed to himself as he entered his quarters.

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"Hey can we get battle today or what?" Mark asked angrily. Jester laughed and nodded.

"My aren’t you a impatient little boy." Jester said. Marks face turned red and he grabbed a pokeball from his belt.

"Come on I challenge you to a battle. You clown." Jester stopped his laughing and glared at Mark.

"What did you call me?" He said. Shan and Quin stepped out of the ring as Mark walked forward. Mark was smiling a bit, finding that he had hit one of Jesters nerves.

"I called you a clown," he said. Mark watched as Jester lowered his head and took out a pokeball.

"I am a Jester not a clown you peasant." He said. Quin and Shan watched as the two-stared eachother down. Mark looked over at them and smiled to himself. "What’s the difference? You still are going to lose." Mark said. Jester slid his foot forward.

"Listen punk theirs a big difference. For one thing a Clown likes kids and entertains peasants like you. I am a jester and Jester’s entertain Kings and Queens. Let me let you in on something. I am a jester who works for the greatest Master of all time." Shan laughed causing Jester and Mark to look at her. "What are you laughing at?!" Shan folded her arms infront of her and laughed harder.

"Sorry," she said. "I think it’s funny that each Gym leader we came up against has said that. Only none of them were wearing a clown outfit before." Shan said and sat down and continued to laugh. Quin soon joined her and soon the room was filled with their high pitched laughs. Mark just put his hand on his head and turned back to Jester. Mark could see that even though his white face makeup Jester was turning red with anger and embarrassment.

"SHUT UP!" Jester shouted and the two girls clapped their hands on their mouths to prevent themselves from laughing. It really was a site, hear was this guy dressed in a bright green and yellow spandex jester outfit. This only made them wonder what kind of a nut Surge was.

"Let’s battle." Jester said. Mark smiled and nodded. "GO ELECTABUZZ!" Jester shouted and threw down his ball. A huge yellow creature appeared infront of them. Mark gasped as he realized that the Electabuzz was even taller than he was.

"Fine then I chose," Mark looked at his pokeballs and picked one. "I chose Thunder." He said and threw down the ball. In a flash Marks Taurus appeared. Thunder raised his massive head and snorted at the Electabuz who now was standing like a sumo wrestler.

"Thunder punch that Taurus." The huge pokemon ran at Thunder and raised its arm in the air. Mark heard a crackling sound as the Electabuzz charged up. Thunder lowered his head and began to run at the Electabuzz.

"Thunder headbash it." Mark yelled. Thunder was about to ram the Electabuz when it let lose with its thunder punch. The Electabuzz slammed into Thunder causing him to rear back and fall to the ground.

"I know you can do it Thunder," Mark said looking at his Taurus. Thunder slowly stood up and looked at Mark with deep-scared eyes. Shan felt sorry for Thunder and was surprised that he looked so scared. "Don’t be scared Thunder just tilt your head so that you can see when his punch is coming in." Shan looked at Quin.

"What does Mark mean?" She asked. Quin looked at Thunder and sighed.

"Thunder can’t see things that towards the center of his face. He get’s really nervous when any thing touches him there." Quin said. Shan looked back at Thunder who was still looking at Mark.

"Thunder use you stomp." Mark said. Thunder looked at the Electabuz and began to snort at it. Thunders tales began to swing wildly around as he took of running at the Electabuzz. The Taurus reared up and brought down his powerful front leg onto the Electabuzz who stumbled back and shook his head.

"ELECTA BUZZ," it said angrily. Mark smiled at Thunder who snorted again. Jester looked at his huge pokemon and then at Mark.

"Electabuz use your Thunder bolt attack." The Electabuz nodded and raised its huge arms above its head and sent out a massive amount of electricity at Thunder. Thunder suddenly became panicked by all of the electricity and started to thrash around in fear. Mark shouted to him to calm down but Thunder ignored him and charged at the Electabuz knocking it out. Mark ran up to Thunder who reared and began to buck. Shan and Quin jumped up to try and help Mark settle down his scared Taurus.

"Thunder calm down it’s ok." Mark said jumping out of the way of Thunders hind legs. Quin stayed back afraid the she might get kicked. Shan quickly looked at Mark.

"Recall him before he hurts himself or someone." Mark Quickly took out Thunders pokeball and was about to recall him when one of Thunders tale hit his wrist causing him to drop the ball. Shan watched as Thunder turned and lowered his head at her.

"Rus," the bull snorted and began to run at Shan. Shan, scared, raised her hands infront of her and began to focus her power at Thunder. Thunder stopped dead in his tracks and looked at Shan and then nuzzled up against her. Shan sighed and pet him on the head.

"Good boy," she said. "Now just stay calm." Shan said and watched as Mark recalled him. Shan felt a dull pain rush though her head but shook it off. Mark smiled and put Thunders ball back on his belt.

"It’s a good thing you have a way with pokemon Shan." He said putting his hand on his head. "Otherwise you would’ve been a pancake." Shan laughed.

"I would rather make them than be one. Thunder sure is skittish though." Mark nodded. Quin let out a loud sigh of relief and walked up to them.

"Is everyone ok," she asked. Mark nodded as did Shan. Behind them Jester was glaring angrily at them and gritting his teeth.

"Ok so he won," Jester said and smiled. "But your forgetting that he still has to fight me." Jester said. Mark looked at him and sighed.

"Fine let’s get this over with then." Mark said and handed his belt to Shan. Mark walked back into the ring and did a stretch. Jester pointed at Mark with a wand that had a jester’s head on it. Mark frowned when he saw it.

"Hey no weapons." Mark said. Jester smiled.

"No rules kid, this is an all out gym. You have to take this staff from my hand to get your badge." Jester said. Shan narrowed her eyes and looked at Quin.

"He’s lying." She said. Quin looked at Shan and wondered what she meant.

"Fine then," Mark said. Jester laughed.

"Oh it’s not that easy you have to get to me first." Mark slid his foot forward and so did Jester. Mark took off running at Jester who just stood his ground. Mark was about to punch jester when jester jumped to the side. Mark spun around and jest pointed his wand at him.

"How pathetic," he said and a bolt of electricity struck Mark, causing him to fall to the ground. Quin and Shan jumped up and ran over to him.

"Mark are you ok?" Shan asked. Mark groaned and tried to lift himself up but then fell again. Shan and Quin helped him up and walked him over to the wall were he could lean against it.

"That was cheating you bully." Quin said. "Someone needs to teach you how to act." Jester took out a pokeball and looked at Quin.

"Well ditz are you going to challenge me." Quin gasped and looked at Mark. Shan could feel that she was scared to fight Jester.

"Don’t call me a Ditz and you bet." Quin walked forward. She was about to take out a pokeball when a familiar voice spoke.

"Hey guys mind if I join the fun." Alex said and walked up to them. Shan smiled and then looked over at Mark who attempted to stand. She walked over and helped him up.

"You ok?" Shan asked. Mark smiled and looked at her.

"It’s not over yet." He said and walked towards Jester. Jester was glaring at Alex and it seemed to Shan that he knew him.

"Grounder how dare you show your lowlife face around hear." Jester said. Mark stopped in his tracks and looked at Alex who smiled and folded his arms infront of him.

"Biobi why are you still acting like a dope." Alex said.

"I take it you’ve been hear before?" Mark asked angrily. Alex sighed and laughed.

"You have a bad memory Mark." Alex ran his hand through his purple hair and smiled slyly. "I told you that this is my home town. What ? Didn’t you think that I would have gone to this gym?" Mark frowned.

"The thought had not crossed my mind." Shan looked at Alex and could sense that he was nervous about something.

"I thought you already had the badge." Shan said. Alex smiled and nodded.

"I do," he said.

"Then why are you hear?" Quin asked. Jester laughed and did a back flip and landed on his feet.

"Little Grounder," He laughed. "He was one of us. A part of the Lightening Americans court." Jester said. Shan, Quin, and Mark all looked at him. Mark with a bit more anger than the others.

"So. I worked hear." Alex said. "Everyone has to start out somewhere." Shan smiled.

"Wow," she said. "No wonder you’re so good with your pokemon. You worked hear and that must have given your pokemon loads of experience." She said. Quin looked at her feet and began to wonder if she should back down. She wasn’t as strong as Mark or Shan and really didn’t like to fight. She shook it off and continued to listen in on the conversation.

"We can talk about it later. Right now Mark has to finish his fight. Jester did cheat by using a weapon so Mark can challenge again." Jester laughed.

"Says who?" He said. Alex put his hand on his hip and smiled.

"The league Biobi. The rule is and I Quote ‘In the event of a second challenge no fighter may use any weapon other than enhance devises.’" Alex said. Mark smiled and looked at Jester.

"You’re going down Clown." Jester took a step back and glared at Alex.

"Just wait till I get done with this twerp and then I will take care of you three." Jester said. Shan and Quin walked up to Mark.

"Are you going to be ok? I mean that shock was pretty strong." Quin asked with concern in her voice. Mark stood up strait and gave her a thumb up.

"Hey no prob.," he put his hands on his hips and smiled. "That toy only gave me a little shock." Shan sighed causing Mark to look at her. "Hey how about some pointers Shan?" Mark asked. Shan looked over at Jester who was standing calmly watching them as they talked. Alex was standing off to the side leaning against the wall with his eyes closed. Shan wondered what he was thinking.

"Well," she said. "He’s really calm so I think that he might be confident. That might mean he is either good or he thinks that you are a poor fighter." Mark frowned.

"Thanks a lot Shan. Anything else." Shan shrugged.

"NO, If I could see how he fights then maybe I could help come up with a strategy but with out seeing how he fights I’m clueless. Sorry Mark, but hey good luck." Shan said and smiled. Mark sighed and looked up at Jester who yawned and taped his foot.

"Ok hear I go. Oh and Shan you never did tell me where you learned to fight. How about you tell me after we get done hear?" Mark said and walked into the ring. Shan and Quin walked over to Alex and stood next to him. Alex opened one eye and looked at Shan but closed it Quickly when she looked at him. He was trying to show how calm and cool he was.

"Do you know how Jester fights?" Shan asked. Alex shook his head.

"No he was just a minor trainer when I worked hear. I used to be the one who fought," he smiled. "Mainly because of my power. Surge knew that it gave me an edge and so I did most of the battles." Shan leaned up against t the wall and watched as Mark glared at Jester. Shan began to wonder why Alex had quite the gym. She was going to find out soon enough.

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Tachi walked up to the back door of the gym and knocked three times. When the door opened he smiled and entered. Surge laughed as he showed Tachi to his observation room.

"SO this is how you size up your competition." Tachi said. "I like it." Surge sat down and leaned forward. Below them the girl and her friends were facing off with Jester.

"Yea well it gets the job done." Surge said and was about to lean back and relax when he saw Alex. "What is he doing hear?!" Surge yelled. Tachi looked down at the purple haired kid and then back at Surge.

"I take it you know him."

"That kid used to work for me but I got rid of him because he refused to use Electric types. Not only that he was getting nosy." Surge punched the wall with his metal arm. "We got to get him out of hear or he’ll blow the plan." Surge said. Tachi stood up.

"What do you mean?" He asked with interest. Surge looked at Tachi and then back down at Grounder.

"Grounder there is a psychic that can sense emotions and he also knows how to use his power to sense out if some one is telling the truth." Tachi sat back down and smiled. "Hey Tachi ," Surge said. "Come one let’s take him out now so that he won’t blow the plan." Tachi smiled and began to laugh.

"No," he said. "The boss is looking for psychics. He might have some kind of hidden power that we can use. So Surge you make sure you give them all tickets." Surge sat down and crossed his arms infront of him.

"The big boss man will probably demote if she get’s away. Why don’t you get some proof first." Surge said. Tachi closed his eyes and smiled.

"Already ahead of you on that one friend." He said and reached into the bag that he was caring and took out a camcorder. "I’ll catch her on tape and then catch her when she gets on the SS Ann." Surge slapped Tachi on the back and laughed.

"Way to go Tachi . Looks like you’ll get that kid yet." Tachi smiled and watched as the blond haired boy entered the ring.

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"This will be fun." Jester said. Mark smiled and nodded.

"Yea," Mark said. "Well let’s do this then." Mark said and slid his foot forward. Jester smiled and raised his arm infront of him. Shan gasped when she saw the black ban and jumped to her feet.

"An enhancer!" She said. Quin gasped and covered her eyes. Mark took a slight step back as Jester pushed a button on the band.

"Make them Laugh or Make them cry." Jester said. "A roll of the dice will tell me." He said and though his hand forward two beams of light flew at mark and landed infront of him. Mark looked down at them and then back at Jester.

"Hey that didn’t work to well Clown. Maybe you were just talk." Mark said. Jester laughed and walked forward.

"The dice say," Jester smiled. "Make him cry." Jester said and jumped high into the air. Mark watched as Jester crossed his arms infront of him. Jester’s whole body seemed to glow green with color.

"Ha Ha BOMB." Jester shouted and uncrossed his arms. Suddenly five green beams of light flew at Mark. Mark jumped and dodged as best he could but was hit with one. Mark fell back but jumped to his feet again.

"Lame attack," Mark said to himself. "Lame guy." He said again. Mark ran forward at Jester who was standing still infront of him. Mark tried to though a punch but Jester dodged at the last second and hit Mark causing him to fall to the ground. Mark tried to get up but felt really week and was not able to. Alex sighed and looked up.

"We have to help him." Shan said. Alex sighed again.

"I think I can help but I’m not sure that it’s such a good Idea." He said. Shan frowned and looked over at Mark who was back on his feet and attempting another attack. Mark ran froward and faked a punch at jester who dodged. When jester dodged Mark though a kick and nailed him in the stomach causing him to double over. Mark quickly ran at him and tried to push him out of the ring. Jester, however got lose and through Mark back with a powerful blast. Shan looked at Alex.

"If you can help then do it." She said. Alex nodded and took out a black band from his pack. Shan gasped.

"An enhancer?" Shan said. Alex nodded and looked up at Mark.

"Yo. Mark," he said. "Catch." Alex though the enhancer and Mark caught it. Mark looked at it and frowned.

"What is this supposed to do?" He said. Jester watched with mild amusement.

"But it on and push the green button. It will enhance your abilities that is if you have any." Alex glared at Alex and quickly put the band on and pushed the button.

"Hey nothing is. . ." Mark suddenly felt a wave of energy rush though him. "Oh wow." He said. "What do I do now?" Alex shrugged.

"Try not to get killed. I have no Idea what the effect will be on you." Alex said.

"Come on boyo it’s time to finish you off so that I can get to the next challenge. Namely that little blond Ditz." Quin jumped to her feet and shook her fist at Jester.

"Stop calling me that." She said. Mark smiled and turned to Jester.

"Ok then I will try using this enhancer to the best of my ability." Mark said. "You know that jesters have been long since revealed as minstrels and bards of Verse." Mark said. Shan, Quin, and Alex stared at him with extremely puzzled expressions.

"Uh Mark." Shan said. "Don’t you think you should attack?" Mark smiled.

"Ah deer lady do not fret my psychical health is intact." Alex slapped his head.

"Ah man, I should have know this would happen." He said. Shan looked at him.

"What exactly has happened Alex?" She asked. Quin looked at him and then at Mark.

"Yea really, what happened to Mark he’s acting more nerdy than usual." Mark frowned. Jester was smiling.

"Hey kid tell me more about how jesters used to travel." Jester said. Mark smiled and nodded.

"Well," Alex said. "Enhancers will enhance your natural abilities and the one that is the strongest is amplified the most. Looks like Marks strongest ability is his intelligence."
"Affirmative." Mark said turning back to jester. "Ah the jester long admired for it’s humorous antics." Mark said walking up to Jester. Jester smiled and stuck out his chest.

"We’ll we are a special sort of people." Mark stopped about two feet infront of Jester and smiled.

"Ah but do you know what you are know as by many around the world?" Jester shook his head.

"No tell me. Hey you know what I’m starting to like this peasant." Mark looked at Jester and then narrowed his eyes.

"To many around the world your kind is know as a CLOWN!" Mark yelled and lunged forward and pushed Jester hard causing him to fall out of the ring. Mark had faltered Jester and slowly had edged him to the ringside.

"Wow," Quin said. Mark smiled and took off the band.

"Yo this thing is assume. Thanks man." Mark said. Suddenly Mark fell froward and fainted. Quin gasped.

"Hey what’s wrong with him?" Shan asked. Alex smiled.

"Nothing he just over did it his mind isn’t used to using that much energy." Shan laughed and looked at Mark.

"Way to go hot shot. You wore yourself out." She laughed.

"That punk is going to pay for that." Jester said and jumped back into the ring. Shan looked at him and walked forward.

"You lost now give Mark his Badge." She said. Jester glared at her.

"No way," he said. Suddenly a female voice came from behind jester.

"Jester you lost again Surge isn’t going to be happy." Jester spun around and glared at a woman who was dressed similar to him but instead of looking like a jester she looked more like a Surfer.

"Queen," Jester said. "Get lost I can handle this." Queen walked forward and glared at Shan and her friends.

"So your friend beet Jester. Not bad." She looked at Jester. "Give the kid his badge and then let a real pokemon trainer show you how it’s done." Jester took out a Thunder badge and though it at Alex who caught it.

"Thanks I’ll make sure Mark get’s it when he wakes up." He said laughing. Jester glared at Shan and then at Queen.

"Hey Queen let me finish them off come on. How about it?" He asked. Queen laughed and looked down at him.

"No way. Now get lost." Jester turned and left the ring. Quin jumped to her feet.

"I want to go next." She said. Queen looked at her and smiled.

"Fine by me." She said. Queen looked at Grounder and smiled.

"Nice to see you again Grounder. How was school?" She said laughing. Alex frowned and crossed his arms infront of him.

"Fine Milie." He looked up at her. Shan smiled and then looked at Quin who nervously stepped into the ring.

"You can do it Quin." Quin nodded and then looked at Alex.

"Um Alex?" She asked.

"Yes Quin?" Alex said. Quin smiled.

"Could I use that enhancer for my second challenge to?" She asked. Alex nodded. Quin jumped into the ring and glared at Queen who was laughing quietly. Quin knew that she had to face her fear someday and decided that it was going to be then.