Chapter 39: A Rocky Battle

Mike entered the gym. It was a modern-looking gym, one of its kind. Boomer said there wouldn't be any gym trainers, it would just be a battle right away. They went to the center battlefield and the battle started. Boomer sent out Carkoal and Mike sent out Riolu. Riolu started off with a Mach Punch, which did a lot of damage. Carkoal used Rock slide, Riolu took a lot of Damage. Mike switched out Riolu for Decidueye. Decidueye used a powerful Leaf Blade and Carkoal used a Flame Burst back. Decidueye finished off Boomer's first pokemon with another Leaf Blade.

Boomer sent out his 2nd Pokemon, Boldore. Decidueye went for a Leaf Blade, but Boldore quickly used Protect, then used Ancient Power. Decidueye then used a Spirit Shackle. Boldore then was able to use a rock throw to deal damage to Decidueye before it got knocked out by Decidueye's Leaf Blade.

Boomer sent out his 3rd Pokemon, Pupitar. Mike decided to switch out Decidueye and bring Riolu back in. Riolu used a powerful Rock Smash. Pupitar then used Night Slash. Riolu finished off the Pupitar with a 4x weak Mach Punch. It was time for Boomer to send out his ace. Boomer sent out his ace Pokemon Aggron. Riolu looked very small compared to the 6'9 Aggron. Riolu started off with Mach Punch, Aggron used a powerful Fire Punch. Riolu then used Bone Rush and did a massive amount of Damage. Aggron used Rock Slide, but the swift Riolu was able to dodge it. Then, Riolu was able to use a massive Aura Sphere, which knocked back the heavy Aggron.

Aggron then used Earth Power, which brought the Riolu to very low hit points, Riolu's eyesight was blurry, it would be very hard for it to attack. Boomer said that if he didn't attack in 30 seconds, he would lose his turn. Then, with a slight chance of luck, Riolu managed to finish Aggron with an Aura sphere with blurry vision. Boomer congratulated Mike on the victory and said that was one of the luckiest shots ever. He then handed Mike the Gravel Badge. Mike finally 4 badges, one more than his father.

He exit the gym, where Carson and Georgia were waiting. He showed them the badge he had earned. Carson added that while they were waiting for you to be done, Carson trained in Route 11, and his Wartortle evolved into a Blastoise! Mike congratulated Carson on the evolution, then they went back to their hotel and decided to pack up for their journey on Route 12 the next day...