Many Misty Matches!

Sorry for the delay, there was a blizzard, which led to ice types running riot, and Surge's gym led to this big wave of electric types that sent they city's power haywire, it's been a bit mad.

So, we all went and challenged Misty.

She beamed at us, leaping down from the lifeguard chair.

'Hi guys! This place is working out great, thanks for all the help! I've been looking forward to our battles, '1 on 1' or '3 on 3' ok?'

We agreed, and Rag went to stand at the other end of the pool while we went to sit in the stands.
'Um, I was wondering if we could do it as a triple battle?'
Misty blinked 'A triple battle? Oh, like at the world tournament. Sure!'
She sent out Starmie, Seaking and Gyarados as Rag's three leapt out onto platforms floating on the water. Charmeleon looked nervous, grabbing his tail defensively, but then locked eyes with Seaking, and snarled.
'A Charmeleon? Are you sure?'
'Certain.'
'Ok then! Starmie, use Water gun! Seaking, Horn attack! Gyarados, start with Aqua tail!'
'Charmeleon, dodge the water and use Bite! Snover, hit them all with Razor Leaf! Pichu, Thundershock!'
Pichu aimed his attack at Starmie's jet of water. Electricity blazed across it, zipping along the line of water, frying Starmie., Starmie drooped, dazed, taking further damage as Snover's leaves battered it, and Charmeleon took his chance, leaping forward and biting down. The dark move was devastating to Starmie, who trembled.
Seaking had been thrown back by the leaves, but started forwards again, aiming for Snover. Gyarados' tail had battered the leaves away as if they were nothing, and sent a small tidal wave across the pool. Charmeleon, at the side of the pool, kept biting down, just missing the water as it crashed at the edge.
'Starmie! Rapid spin!'
Charmeleon's eyed widened, worried, and Stamie span madly, throwing him off. He landed on one of the floating platforms, skidding towards the edge. Pichu yelled, jumping over and grabbing his tail. Straining to pull Charmeleon away, he was dragged along, digging his tiny heels in, slowing them. They came to a stop with Charmeleon only half on the platform, nose millimetres from the water. He got to his feet, and hugged Pichu.
'Aw! It's so great to see your pokémon help each other like that!'
Misty beamed, then remembered she was the opponent. 'Starmie, Seaking, get them!'
Starmie spun through the air towards them, and Seaking burst from the water, but let out a cry of surprise as Pichu, body crackling with electricity, jumped on top of hiim, using him as a steeping stone on his way to Snover, who was trying to hold off Gyarados. Seaking fell back into the water, sparking.
'Charmeleon! Catch Starmie with Metal Claw!'
Charmeleon ducked, thrusting his glowing claws upwards as Starmie soared overhead.
'Flamethrower!'
Starmie glowed red under the intense heat of the attack, looking weak. Seaking leapt up from the water once more, and Charmeleon spun, throwing Starmie like a frisbee, scoring a direct hit. The tangled mess of fish and star flew backwards, into the path of an icy wind Snover had just sent out. They were incased in ice, becoming a small boulder. Pichu leapt up as they flew past, using Iron Tail to slam them into Gyarados, who roared, whipping his tail round, batting Snover into the air, slamming into a window, and a wave of water washing over Charmeleon, who covered the end of his tail with a protective claw.
We gasped, all eyes on him. When the water dropped, we leaned forward, concerned, desperate to see if he was ok.
Charmeleon was still standing, the tiniest wisp of flame still flickering away at the tip of his tail. He opened his eyes, let out a shrill yell, and staggered quickly away from the pool.
Rag sped over to Charmeleon, horrified. 'Snover, we need a leaf!'
Snover, upside down against the window, looking very dazed, waved an arm, sending out a single leaf that wafted over to Rag, who caught it and held over the flame, feeding it. Misty had stopped too, looking concerned, leaving Gyarados to thrash around undirected. Pichu had bounded over, gripping Rag's arm, peering over to look at Charmeleon, trembling.
'He'll be fine, don't worry.'
more water lapped at rag's feet as Gyarados whipped his tail round again. Pichu glared, cheeks sparking with rage. He ran at Gyarados, yelling 'Chuuuuuuuuuuuu!'.
Misty turned to look. 'Gyarados! Hyper Beam!'
A huge beam of destructive light blasted from it's mouth, but Pichu dodged, darting round and leaping onto Gyarados' tail. Scrambling quickly up it's back, Pichu arrived on it's head. He grabbed the middle spike of the three pointed crown, on Gyarados' forehead, Pichu unleashed all the power he had, a huge blast of electricity, sending Gyarados into spasms, thrashing wildly. Pichu shocked again and again, holding on tight as the shaking and writhing threatened to send him flying. At last, fried, Gyarados collapsed, toppling over into the pool with a huge splash. As he fell, Pichu leapt into Rag's arms, exhausted, but pleased.
After a lot of healing, a proud Rag took his badge and came to sit in the seats with us.

I wish I could make everyone's as big and exciting as that, but no. Doom's for instance. It was her incredibly strong Bulbasaur against Starmie. The entire battle was two moves, both from Bulbasaur. Yeah, it was pretty short.

Same for Sammy's Gloom against Seaking, although that match was three moves. Seaking actually managed to hit with Horn attack, but it didn't help much.

Maelstrom and Wartortle had a slightly harder time, lacking a type advantage, but they were up against Starmie, so Bite proved useful for them aswell. That one was actually really close, with Starmie only fainting mere seconds before Wartortle collapsed, but he did it, and won the badge!

I'll upload mine separately, I didn't do a triple battle so it went on for longer.

New years resolution: Go to the gyms!

Hey all, I hope you had a good christmas and new year. Ours was fairly uneventful, no more shadow controllers, just normal outbreaks from new waves. A few more buildings have taken on a cartoony appearance, but no big world breaking collisions yet, so that's good.

The really exciting news though is that Misty and Lt Surge fell through rifts recently! Misty came through on her own, but Surge was part of a wave that more or less replaced an outdoor gear shop with his gym. The switch was pretty smooth, so there wasn't a lot of clearing up to do, and Kirlia says that Moira's handling it on the other side, so the shop staff will be ok.

We've helped Misty get set up at Parkside swimming pool, where is both a lifeguard and gym leader. There's a rota for when it's swimming only, and when it's ok to challenge her, so we're all going this afternoon.

Surge is ready for challengers too, after tweaking his gym a bit since he and it arrived, so we're hoping to go there straight after, and get both in one day! About time too, my Boulder Badge has been looking lonely.

Oh Team Rocket made another grab for the eevees, and in the fight that followed, Joltik learned Electroweb! I can't wait to try that out properly at the gym later.

Oops, have to go, work to do. I'll let you know how we all get on later. Bye for now!