Chapter 46:  Leviathan Rising (Part B) by Michael Keens/ Exodus  

Even though Abby’s Magikarp was more calm than the others of its kind, and 
although my Staryu had whittled down the Seadra’s health a bit, I didn’t have 
too much faith in Abby securing the victory.  
“That fish has guaranteed your loss and a failure to please me.  Seadra, use 
Bubble!” shouted Black.  
“Draaa...” it snorted, bubbles flying outwards and forming a large area of 
foam, which the Magikarp charged through and tackled the Seadra hard, forcing 
it back with a visible lump on its head.  
“No...” exclaimed Black in disbelief.  
“Oh yes...” smiled Abby darkly.  
“Smokescreen!” shouted Black, and a dark cloud started to fill the air and the 
water, but a lot of splashing caused the smoke to be hit with many small waves 
of water, and the Seadra’s position was revealed.  
Abby’s Magikarp pushed forward but the Seadra activated its Agility technique 
and swiftly moved out of the way.  
“It looks tired Abby, I think one last hit will do it.” I whispered.  
“Tell me something I don’t know.” she frowned.  
Her Magikarp was being hit from all sides as the Seadra buzzed by and clipped 
it several times.  
“Magikarp...” it growled.  
“Abby! Just go for it! We save this boat, then we’ll probably secure our ride 
to Cinnabar!” I shouted out.  
Abby said nothing, her eyes focussed on the battle, and doing nothing as the 
Seadra buzzed by two more times.  
“Now!”  
Abby had been watching the Seadra carefully and saw a pattern in which after a 
certain amount of hits, it had to straighten itself out, Leviathan leapt at it 
with all its strength and determination, and slammed into the Seadra, sending 
it spinning into the air and landing on the water’s surface with a huge 
splash.  

“Heh, you really surprised me, you three worked well together, to cover for 
each other’s weaknesses.” said Black shortly after the Pokémon were recalled.  
“Thanks, I think.” I replied.  
“So, did they have what you were looking for?” asked the lady with a hopeful 
expression.  
“... Yes.  My thirst for a great Water Pokémon Battle has been quenched.  The 
boat is yours for now Beryl, but find the remainder of what you owe soon, see 
you around...”  
Black turned away and started walking, his two attendants following and 
sheltering him.  
“Thank you so much...” said the lady, Beryl.  
“Well we battle as hard as we can all the time, look Beryl, I know we were 
forced into this, and you thought this was out of the goodness of our hearts, 
but I’d possibly like a small favour in return.” I explained.  
“Name it.” she said swiftly.  
“Take us to Cinnabar Island and then to Fuchsia City.” I requested.  
“I thought you were sorted out on that, you said earlier...”  
“Yeah, well I thought I was, and I didn’t know you were a captain then.” I 
shrugged.  
“For free?...  I don’t know...” sighed Beryl.  
“No, not for free, but for this much...”  
I whispered the figure in Beryl’s ear as it was slightly embarrassingly low.  
“That’ll do, its not that low a price to ask for you know, you’re just lucky 
I’m not as stingy as the other boat owners, I’ll do it.”  
I couldn’t help but grin, and then yell, “All right! We’re going to 
Cinnabar!...”  

Shortly afterwards, Abby, Emily, Beryl and I cast off and headed east towards 
Cinnabar Island.  
Beryl’s boat was a little small, but it had a small cabin we could take shelter 
in that led to a bedroom underneath the deck.  
Emily and Abby were warming up inside while I stayed out to keep Beryl company, 
seeing as she had kindly taken my offer and even did it today when the weather 
was so harsh.  
“So Beryl, tell me about yourself, seeing as we’re going to spend a few days 
together.” I requested pleasantly.  
“You know the interesting stuff already, I love this boat and would do anything 
to keep it, I’m into Water Pokémon, I’ll show you which ones I’ve got some 
other time.  I’m more interested in you, you’re quite a character, and I don’t 
exactly have too much contact with people, usually my customers just want peace 
and quiet as they watch the scenery.”  
“Well, what do you want to know?” I asked a little uneasy.  
“Well for one thing, which of those girls do you like?” she grinned.  
“Ex-cuse me?!” I spluttered.  
“Sorry if that sounded inappropriate but I just wanted to know, I didn’t think 
it was such a big deal.”  
“Well, I’d really like to keep the relationship between Abby and I purely 
friendship, as for Emily, we were together once, I’m not sure if I’m ready to 
get back together with her, I need to concentrate on the League, plus I got a 
little burned last time.  Could you try not to mention it in front of the 
girls?” I explained feeling uneasy.  
“Sure thing hon’, but I wanted more than that, I’m somewhat into romance so 
I’ll get back to you some other time to discuss this more.”  
“Hopefully this trip will be other by then...” I thought, not really being one 
to enjoy talking about my personal life, at least not at the moment.  
“So what’s up with you and Black?” I asked.  
“Black’s just an old acquaintance, I’d say friend, but he’s been a bit of a 
jerk lately.” replied Beryl.  
“Elaborate.” I requested.  
“He’s just become so competitive, he never wants to do anything about our 
Pokémon but battle, and he’s constantly hassling me into racing our boats, but 
since he’s got a wealthy family, he always spills on the best parts.  I could 
do without all that, I’d love to just sail away from Ocean Town and go far 
away, but I just can’t afford to at the moment.” she explained with no 
difficulty at all, but she knew what the people in her life felt about her.  
“If it means anything, I like you, and therefore if we ever need to travel 
across water again, I’ll look to you first.” I promised.  
“That means a lot, Tetsi.  Thanks...” said Beryl, turning away from the wheel 
to give me a happy and thankful look.  
“Beryl!” I shouted, as the boat shifted to the side and I lost my balance.  
“Oop.  Sorry.” she apologised with a nervous grin.  
“Just don’t go doing anything like that again and I’ll stay true to that 
statement.” I amended.  
“You got it.” she winked.  
The boat tipped to the side suddenly and I spiralled backwards across the deck 
again, “I thought you said you wouldn’t do that!”  
“I didn’t! The storm’s picking up and you’re in for a little more falling about 
if you don’t grab on to something!” warned Beryl.  
The ship rose up across a large wave and crashed down, water spilling onto the 
deck at a great rate.  
“Tetsi!” shouted Beryl, “Empty as much as you can, the ship fills up and we 
sink!”  
“You don’t have to tell me twice!” I yelled back.  
“I’ll say it anyway, get rid of that water!” she ordered.  
“Girls!” I shouted, “Get a Pokémon and help out here!”  
They appeared quickly and the Pokémon that were called out was a Hypno, Mr 
Mime, and my Kadabra.  
“All Psychic Pokémon, I guess great minds think alike.” I stated, trying to 
bring light to the situation.  
Each Pokémon moved the water with their minds, while the girls and I did so 
manually, but not to as much success as the Pokémon.  
“Ku-dabra!” said Psychot, eyes glowing white, hand outstretched, and water in 
an invisible bowl rising and then tipping over the edge.  
“Mime Miime, Mime Miime!” chanted Miles, sending glass slates around to form 
cubes around great volumes over water and then throwing them into the ocean.  
“Hypno...” whispered Nightmare, letting loose Confusion blasts which literally 
blew the water out of the boat.  
We recalled the Psychic Pokémon shortly after the water was removed.  
“The worst is over.” said Beryl, “But the winds have pushed us into the Red 
Tides, a place I tried to avoid...”  
“Well the water’s not flowing onto the ship, so what’s the problem?” I 
inquired.  
“Graaaaaghhh!!!” came a horrible wailing voice that echoed across the sky.  
“WHAT was that?!” I shouted.  
“The sea’s most destructive Pokémon, and the Red Tides are where a group of 
these mistreated Pokémon have made their home.  They hate being disturbed...” 
said Beryl with fear in her voice.  
“The sea’s most destructive Pokémon?...” I pondered, turning towards my allies 
one by one, before stopping at Abby, looking at her Pokéballs and being horribly 
reminded of what we were up against, just before they appeared.  
“Gyarados!”  
One popped up in front of the ship, two at the sides, and another two behind 
us.  
We were trapped!  
“They’re gonna tear up the ship! Please Tetsi! Please do your best to defend 
it!” shouted Beryl, drawing several Pokéballs.  
“Come on girls!” I shouted...  
“Star!”  
“Nairrr!”  
“Chu!”  
“Fairy!”  
“Mag-na-ton!”  
“Saurrr!!!”  
“Seel!”  
“Scyther!”  
The latter two Pokémon heard and seen belonged to Beryl, a Seel and a Scyther.  
I’d healed Twinkill just before we left, it immediately unleashed dazzling 
beams of electricity, as did Discharge, exploiting a double weakness seen in 
Water and Flying Pokémon, but these Gyarados shook it off and came at the 
Pokémon despite the heavy damage.  
One bit into Twinkill’s gem, cracking it a little, another blasted it with a 
charged Hyper Beam, and then the two rammed Discharge with so much force, it 
was flung into the mast and came apart.  
These Gyarados were definitely at a high level, but due to their apparent 
abandonment from their trainers, they’d obviously trained themselves to evolve 
and grow.  
Bahamut blasted one with an Ice Beam but it was soon helped by another to 
shatter it and then both use Hydro Pump to hit my dragon.  
Sparky and Pixie weren’t doing too well either, their small size making any 
attack from the Gyarados hit harder.  
Solar was charging a Solar Beam, at a Gyarados that had a similar idea, and 
fired a Hyper Beam.  
Unfortunately, Hyper Beam was superior, as it could be unleashed immediately 
and then take the user a moment to recover, while Solar Beam had to be charged 
first, and fired second.  
Solar’s beam came too late, although both beams collided, Hyper Beam was too 
far in use to be beaten by the opening of the Solar Beam, and the Ivysaur fell 
back weak.  
Beryl’s Scyther was flying by the Gyarados, quickly getting around their 
attacks and clipping them with its wings, but some teamed up and used Dragon 
Rage to vacuum the Bug-type in and damage it.  
And the Seel was blasting serpents with Ice Beams until one glared at him with 
glowing eyes, and petrified it long enough to pummel with a Thrash attack.  
“This isn’t working!” I shouted, “They’re too strong and they work too well 
together.”  
“Grrargh!!!” screamed the lead Gyarados, and its tail came darting forward at 
us, Emily and I dived down but Abby’s mind was occupied on her hurt Pokémon.  
“Abby!!!” I screamed.  
With a loud strike, Abby was catapulted into the water, her Pokéballs also flew 
everywhere, of the four still with Pokémon inside, three landed on the deck, 
the force of the tail acting as if they had been thrown.  
“Vul!!!”  
“Hypno.”  
“Don...”  
“That means...”  
“Karp...” said Leviathan, from where it floated near the ship.  
“Our Pokémon are too weak to go after her, Leviathan! Abby went overboard! You 
have to save her!” I explained.  
This smart Magikarp understood, and immediately dived, Abby was sinking fast 
and falling away from the ship, and Leviathan pushed itself to catch up, even 
though the currents were against it.  
Abby’s mouth was slightly ajar, and she’d drown before long, Leviathan let out 
a mighty “Magikarp!” and propelled itself towards her with strong movements of 
its fins.  
It floated below her so that she lay over it, and then came the hard part, 
getting back up.  
Abby’s life was ebbing away and Leviathan knew that, there was no way to save 
her... without forcing its evolution...  
“Magi-Karrrp!!!...”  

“They’ve been down there for too long...” I panicked, “I have to go after 
her!”  
“Don’t Tetsi!” shouted Beryl, “Its too dangerous, only a Water Pokémon can 
manoeuvre in this storm, that Magikarp is like nothing I’ve ever seen before, 
its stronger than the others.”  
“You’d better be right Beryl.” I replied.  
“Star!!!”  
A snapping Gyarados aiming to bite me was blasted back by Twinkill’s 
Thunderbolt attack, but a new Gyarados replaced it, rising up from the waters 
and staring at me.  
I looked back at it in the eyes, cautiously stretching my fingers to draw a 
Pokéball as fast as a cowboy would draw their guns in a fight, but I didn’t 
quite feel the need, the look this Gyarados was giving me seemed familiar.  
“Tetsubo! Look!” shouted Emily, pointing down, and there was Abby, slumped over 
the Gyarados’s body.  
“Leviathan?...” I questioned, reaching out to pull Abby up.  
“Tetsubo! She’s not breathing!” cried Emily, “She’s...”  
“No, I won’t accept that, just don’t get jealous Em’...” I said, slightly 
panicking but willing to perform C.P.R.  
I breathed in a couple of times, and then performed the necessary pushing 
against Abby’s body before trying again.  
“Come on Abby...” called Emily, “I know we don’t always see eye to eye, but its 
too soon to lose you, I’ll do anything to see you through this...”  
Midway through breathing in, Abby’s eyes shot open and she had a look of 
surprise on her face at our lips touching for a split second, before she 
coughed up and a lot of water was spat out, “You could start by not whining and 
fighting those Gyarados!”  
“Abby, you’re okay...” I said relieved.  
“I’m strong, you know that Tetsubo, now let’s teach those Gyarados a lesson.” 
she said with an exhausted smile, before staring at the new Gyarados.  
“Not that one!” I shouted.  
“What, you want to capture it?” inquired Abby.  
“Abby, that one’s yours, it saved you.” I explained.  
“... Leviathan?...”  
“Graaarrrghhh...” it spoke, a pleasant expression compared to the other 
Gyarados.  
“Abby, use it, it might be able to scare away these Gyarados for good.” I 
advised.  
“Tetsubo, sometimes you can’t help but state the obvious...  Leviathan, thank 
you, now use Hydro Pump.” replied Abby.  
“Grrrarghh!!!” it screamed, a huge jet of water shooting out its mouth and 
catapulting a Gyarados upwards to land hard on the water’s surface where it 
sunk.  
“That went down quickly.” commented Beryl.  
“Yeah, well Twinkill and the others wore it out, but to be honest, Abby’s 
Magikarp has been raised well, why shouldn’t it remain strong after evolving?” 
I explained.  
“Oh yeah, other trainers probably neglected those Gyarados when they were 
Magikarp, and then they evolved just to get even before they came here, trained 
Pokémon tend to be more powerful than wild Pokémon.” added Emily.  
Another Gyarados came down on Leviathan and twisted around it, but he bit down 
on its scaly body and then freed itself of its grip before whipping it with its 
tail, flinging it away into defeat.  
The third now lay in front of the ship, and unleashed a blue tornado.  
“That’s Dragon Rage!” exclaimed Beryl.  
“Counter it in kind.” ordered Abby, and a Dragon Rage of his own was unleashed 
by Leviathan that tore through the first, and spun the Gyarados into 
unconsciousness.  
The two last Gyarados came at Leviathan from both sides, slammed into it 
simultaneously, causing him great pain, and then started to tie it up in their 
bodies.  
He roared out, and started thrashing around, damaging the right Gyarados but 
not getting it to let go, his eyes glowed with rage, and something was forming 
at the mouth, golden flickering beams.  
“Hyper Beam.” called out Abby, and Leviathan screamed out and blasted the 
Gyarados on its left, it was defeated before the blast’s damaging effect was 
over, the force pushed Leviathan back, but sent the other Gyarados further.  
The Gyarados that rose up in front of the others (defeated but now conscious) 
was obviously the leader, it looked at its group carefully, then at the one 
that had defeated them all.  
With a monstrous Leer technique, Leviathan sent shivers down the Gyarados’s 
large back, figuratively, and the five Water Pokémon screamed out in panic and 
darted away, surely not likely to take us on again...  

“Leviathan...  Come here...” smiled Abby, openly expressing her joy.  
The brave and powerful Gyarados gently leaned next to the ship and Abby hugged 
part of it, “I knew you could evolve, I knew you were great, even when the 
whole world didn’t.”  
“Not to seem like a coward or anything, but I never badmouthed Leviathan in the 
past, cos I understand how Magikarp are.” I decided to mention.  
“Yeah yeah, Leviathan won’t take revenge on you.” stated Abby lovingly.  
After all this chaos, I think I deserved it when I drew out the Pokédex to take 
something out of this experience for myself.  

“Gyarados, the Atrocious Pokémon.  Huge and vicious, Gyarados are capable of 
destroying entire cities in rage.  Difficult to train because of their 
ferocity, trainers who tame a Gyarados will earn possibly the most dependable 
Pokémon around.”  

“Well the worse is over.” sighed Beryl, “So how’s about we get on with things 
and make our way to Cinnabar Island?”  
“Aye aye Captain.” I said, performing a fake salute as I did.  

Well, this had been a long and tiresome day, but it was the day in which we’d 
finally acquired our passage to Cinnabar Island.  
We’d made a new friend in Beryl, and Abby had been rewarded with the last 
evolution she was likely to get for now, just in time for the Pokémon League.  
The storms had died down a short time ago, and after the Gyarados had 
retreated, we were now into the early hours of the day.  
After all we’d been through, I for one needed some rest before we arrived at 
the town I’d journeyed towards for weeks, the town in which I’d (hopefully) 
earn my final Gym Badge.  
But we don’t always get what we want or need, do we?...  

End of Chapter 46B  

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