Morning; and not a very happy one for the group.
They headed outside, and the sun was still rising as they went toward the gym.
OUtside the gym, the leader was traing with his Magneton, Electabuzz, and Raichu. the pokemon seemed to be running some kind of drills, and Then, the leader came up to them, and said, "Well well: if it aint Max. i never go the chance to tank you for rescuing me during the war, but I'm afraid another one may be on its way."
"Knowing the world," said Max, "More than likely."
"Well! I assume you didnt come here just for a chat, did you?"
"No sir!" said Jay.
"We're here for the Thunder Badge." said Shadow.
"Well," said Surge, "You came the right place, kids. But, my shipment of badges won't be here till tomorrow. And that means no battle till then."
"Aw man!" said Jay.
"Anything going on in Vermillion today we can go do?" asked Shadow.
"I think the SS Tidal is in town, i think their showcasing something."
The trio went to the port, and bought tickets to the showing. Once inside the massive ship, they went to the mini-museum. inside were some rare items. then, the guide said, "Everyone, Please gather around for the auction!"
people sat in chairs, ready to auction on these items. for the fun of it, Max, Shadow, and Jay sat down, to see what there was.
there were several cool items, like ten thousand Casino coins and a complete Secret Base set, including an unlimited supply of Secret Power TMs.
then, something not so cool; "These 22 items are the rarest ever!" said the Guide, "They are as Follows: The Lightning, Fire, and Ice orbs, the Guardian Flute, a mysterious PokéBall used by a powerful, clone Pokemon, a pice of Mew DNA, pure water of the lake Suicune watches, a Time Flute, a Rainbow Wing, a brail translation tablet, Soul Dew, the Red and Blue Orbs, a Wish Tag, Unown tiles, a crystal meteor found in the Artic, and this meteor, said to be the essance of Rayquaza!"
"WHAT?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!" yelled Max as he jumped on the stage.
"Sir, i'm going to ask you to take your seat."
"Shut-up! I gave these items to a museum to display, not sell! Do you have any idea what kind of mayham i went through recuing these from Lawrence? If you dont hand these items over, I will take them!"
"SECURITY!!!!"
then, Team Galaxy members came in, lead by an admin.
"OH C'MON!" blurted jay, "WHY WONT HE LISTEN TO ME?!?!?"
Everyone, even Team Galaxy, stared at him.
"I DONT GET IT!" he continued, still in the dark on the subject.
Disguarding the subject, Galaxy sent out an array of Psychic and Dark Pokemon.
"Go Furret!" yelled Max.
"Aggron, let's move!" said Jay.
"Charmeleon, go!" yelled Shadow.
"Flamethrower!" they yelled in unison.
hot flames encompased the oppsing POkemon, and then, Max said, "Alakazam, go!"
"AALLLAAA!"
"Teleport us out of here with those items!"
"Ala!"
in a flash, the group was in Vermillion gym, with the items with them.
Surge walked in with his Pokemon, and said, "What happened?"
"Galaxy stole the items that reprsent the legendary Pokemon," said Max.
"And," said Jay, "They are still on the Tidal!"
"We should get back there!" said Surge.
They ran to the harbor, and the Tidal was gone.
"We're too late!" said Shadow.
"Totodile, go!" said MAx, "Go into the water, and see which way the current is going."
"TOTOTOTOTOTOTO!"
Totodile jumped in and went under. several seconds later, he came up, and started pointing to the west, toward Johto.
"Alright," said Surge, "Rest up tonight. I'll inform the Johto leaders the Tidal is heading their way. Tomorrow, we'll have ourselves a gym battle."
After several days in Vermillion, The gang finally got to have a gym battle with Surge.
"Begin!" said the ref.
"Raichu, Magneton, Eletabuzz, go!" said Surge.
"Flygon, go!" said Shadow
"Shiftry, c'mon out!" yelled Jay.
"Alright Nidoking!" said Max. as he was about to finish, Max's Charizard came out of his PokeBall.
"CHARIZARD?!?!?!?" yelled Max.
"Max," said Jay, "Whats going on?"
"Back when Charizard was a Charmeleon, we lost our first match to Surge's Raichu. he kinda has a grudge."
"Men." said Shadow.
"Let the battle commence!" yeleld the ref.
"MAgneton, Lock-On and ZapCannon Charizard!"
Magneton took aim, and began to fire a ball of electricity at Charizard.
"Flygon," said Shadow, "Intercept!"
Flygon flew in front of its partner, and negated the attack.
"Raichu, Electabuzz," said Surge, "ThunderPunch!"
they flew at Charizard, the clear pokemon with the disadvantage, and Shiftry managed to knock Elctabuzz down with a small solar beam. then, Max said, "Thunderpunch!"
Charizard and Raichu's fists collided, and there was a massive explosion.
"Shiftry," yelled Jay, "Protect!"
Shiftry formed a shield around him and Flygon, and then Magneton and Electabuzz flew into the wall from the explosion.
"Volt Tackle!" yelled Surge.
"Blast Burn!" yelled Max.
Raichu ran at Charizard, and began sparking. as he drew near, charizard lobbed a tiny fire ball at Raichu. upon contact, a massive, firey explosion blasted the whole battlefield, even Flygon and Shiftry.
Surge's Pokemon were KOed.
"The challengers win witha quick victory!" yelled the ref.
Jay and Shadow ran to check their Pokemon, and Charizard also collapsed from the intense heat he had released.
"Nice job, kids!" said Surge as he handed them the Thunder Badge.
"Max," said Shadow, "That was one powerful Blast Burn."
"Yeah," said Max, "But its not his strongest attack. maybe one day, he'll pull it off again."
"I hope to that happen again," said Surge, "So i guess you'll head to celadon now, huh?"
"Wait," said Jay, "That's where Erika lives!"
Shiftry, now standing, sighed in anger.
"C'mon Shiftry! they have a bunch of pretty Grass pokemon there!"
"SHIFTRY!!!

"
"Celadon Here we come!" yelled Jay as he and Shiftry ran out the door of the gym."
Max and Shadow followed, yelling, "WAIT UP JAY!!"
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