Chapter 41: The Shrine

The raging Pokemon was a wild Sandslash, this time there was a visible red splatter, which meant there was an assassin somewhere in this desert. Mike defeated Sandslash with Decidueye and saw that same woman from before running away. Mike was determined to find that woman and end up her spree. Mike was sad that he wasn't able to identify the leader but he always knew that they would appear again. They went on to Route 13. The weather on Route 13 was a bit cooler than Route 12, but it was still hot. Route 13 was filled with Volcano Ash. He battled some trainers in Route 13 until Carson stopped him.

Carson had found a Larvesta and decided that he would want one for his team. Carson had sent out his Crabrawler. Crabrawler had used Power-up Punch to lower the Larvesta's health. Then, Carson threw a Great Ball at the Larvesta and caught it!

Carson finally had his 3rd member of his team. His team consisted of Blastoise, his ace, Crabrawler, and Larvesta. Blastoise was already fully evolved, his Crabrawler could only evolve in a snowy and icy area, where there were none near where they were, and Larvesta, which needed a heck of a lot more training. They continued to walk through Route 13, until they saw a shrine, that had letters in Unown. They translated and it said "ONLY THE BEST MAY ENTER" Mike didn't know what that meant, as there was no gate in sight.

10 seconds later, The platform the three of them were standing on broke and dropped around 100 feet down. It was dark, Mike had a flashlight and they saw a bunch of Unown hieroglyphics. Some phrases it said was "THE KING IS HERE", "HE WILL DESTROY YOU", Mike was scared, they hit a dead-end tunnel until they saw a shadow of a Pokemon Sleeping, It woke up and it was a Volcarona. Volcarona demanded a battle. Mike decided to let Carson battle it for training. Carson sent out Blastoise. The Volcarona used a quick Bug buzz, which dealt a lot of Damage, but Blastoise used a Hydro Pump on it. The volcarona came back with a Psychic, but Blastoise was able to defeat it with a powerful Hydro Pump. Suddenly, they were teleported back to the shrine.

Standing beside the shrine was Kishore. He greeted Mike. He told Kishore how they magically teleported to where they were. Kishore said that his Kadabra detected some people stuck in a pit and decided to teleport them back to the surface. Mike, Carson and Georgia thanked Kishore for his help. Mike asked how he could pay him back for his action. Kishore had one thing in mind...