The Olive city Steel Gym: Earn the Mineral badge!

Mariah was hopping that out of all her challengers today at least one would want to join her gym, all of the previous staff had moved on or left, unable to take the heat. She sat at the end of the final room of her concrete maze and yawned, of course ANY people would be nice.

((open posting))

Chad wanted to win a gym battle, he hadn't before. He was excited for a victory, and he wanted Earl to get some action. Lex didn't care, but Cutie was ready to attack something. Like always, Duke was ready to act, but he was pretty sure he wouldn't need too.

Marilyn was approached by this guy right off the bat seeing as no other members of the gym existed at present, however she would wait for him to get about halfway through the maze to make her move.

Chad didn't know where he was going, in fact he was following Cutie, who thought it would be fun to run off. He was really hoping that he wouldn't lose because of it, and wished that he would've kept Cutie in a pokeball. He just kept walking, and pretended to understand what was going on.

the there was a slight *click* noise and a mechanical wurr then a flash, suddeny what looked like turrets were fireing on him!

Marilyn knew exactly where he was "Matthew, FLY!"

"WHAT????" Chad yelled. Cutie scattered, and Chad ran from the turret. Cutie crawled around the walls, and came toward the turret. Earl looked around, before being sucked in a great ball.

Mariah landed on the wall above him "there rubber you know, those bullets" she called Matthew back "my name is MAriah, the leader here, so how do you want to do this?" her confidance and lust or victory was overpowering

"A pre-emptive strike is against the rules..." Chad said looking at Mariah in a frustrated mood, he shook his head and said "that's not cool... not very good sportsmanship." Chad looked at her and then continued, "one on one matches, the regular, only the challenger, me, can have substitutions..."

she giggled malevolently "I make the rules here silly" he produced several grande looking devices and tossed them all around him wich exploaded in to blinding light, when the picture came back in to focus she was no longer visible "come get me" was written on the wall behind where she was

"you don't make the rules!" Chad yelled while rubbing his eyes. He was really mad at her " you desecrate them!!!" Chad looked at the wall, and thought she was hiding behind it, that would be a simple answer, "a pokemon battle is about the pokemon! not the trainer's weapons!"

Mariah was out of earshot at some random point in the maze, if he made it though all of the traps and actualy found her he would make an intresting opponent

He tried climbing over the wall, but gave up on it, and instead called out Cutie. He tried to tell her to break the wall but she ran off through a tunnel, which he had to follow.

Mariah sat beween two of her turrets at the end of the maze "breaking my walls? thats heardly sportemen like, oh well Barron shall we?" he said snding the pokemon uo before her waiting for them

As he got Cutie to turn around, he ordered her to attack with pin missile, but she ignored him, so he got Lex to come out. He ordered Lex to use Rock Smash on the wall, as he didn't want to play a cheater's game.

MAriah, unfaised by the sudden lack of noise sat patently, from the looks of it two of his pokemon were grass type, Steel was strong against that and had imunity to poison, that wasnt a problem, the normal type didnt seem to bad ether...

"hmm... if that won't work..." Chad said impatiently, "Duke come out!" and so Duke came out, "Use water gun!" and Duke listened, spraying water on teh wall. "Good job pal," Chad whispered, and then he tapped his foot.

((Did it work?))

((the walls are made of solid concrete not mud or sof concrete... they can get wet))

MAriah was geting impatent

((Then rock smash would've worked))

((it did))

((oopsy))
He called back his pokemon, and walked past the walls, "HELLOOOOOOOOOO??" He yelled, hoping to get attention, so he could just do the stupid poke battle.

"over here" called Mariah unenthusiastically as the turets and Barron stood between them from a great distance "I got fed up with waiting"

"Turrets? This isn't war!!!" Chad yelled entusiastically, but he wasn't excited, he was just plain angry. She was being ridiculous, weaponry was not allowed in a pokemon battle, at all.

Mariah looked up and said with complete conviction "no difference" The ground shook as Barron stepped forward "now, entertain us will you?"

"Allright then, but chivalry says ladies first..." Chad said calmly, and then he sent out Duke. Duke looked at him with a kind of "you ready" look, and Chad nodded his head patiently.

that guy was also one of those "chivalry" types, he said he might visit soon, it would be nice to have someone join the gym (my next character) "Barron, use Ancient power!" Suddenly Rocks sprung up from all around duke and flew strat for him for many differnt directuions ans Barron's red eyes lit up