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This chapter will contain some mild strong language and violence. Chapter 6 - Vespiqueens attack Sitting in his backyard, Andy was feeding his Metapod when a boy showed up at the gate. He didn’t know him, he seemed to be about his age, maybe a little older with short blond hair, neatly cut and combed. Unlike his own hair, which already reached over his ears and was a bit messy, much to his mother’s disdain. “Hey you,” the boy said. “How about a battle?” “I’m not you,” Andy replied absentminded. “I’m Andy. And no, I’m not interested in battle. Come back some other time.” “I’m Gregory.” “How nice,” Andy sighed, wondering why this boy, who was apparently called Gregory, wouldn’t leave. “Are you afraid you’ll lose?” Gregory asked. Andy looked up again, one eyebrow rose and he slowly shook his head. “I’m not afraid to lose, I just don’t want to battle.” He looked at his Metapod. “And neither does Benny, so come back later. We’re enjoying some quiet time and you’re not contributing to that.” Andy was getting annoyed by this Gregory, there had been visitors the entire day and his younger cousins all wanted to play with Benny, who he had to safe from them at one point. “We will battle,” Gregory insisted and Andy sent him an annoyed glare. “I said no, it will stay no. It’s really not that hard to understand.” Gregory smirked as he took a Pokéball from his belt. “Go Vespiqueen!” Andy looked at the bee-queen hovering in the air next to her trainer. “Look, I told you…” “Use gust!” The Vespiqueen started beating with her wings and a gust of wind picked Benny up and dropped him on the ground a bit further, where he rolled a couple of more times before coming to a halt. “Benny!” Andy jumped up and turned around to Gregory, looking at him angrily. “What were you thinking?! You can’t just launch an attack to any random Pokémon! We don’t want to battle!” “You’ll better defend yourself, I’m not going to stop.” Andy grabbed his Pokéball to call his Pokémon back, but Gregory ordered a power gem attack. The Vespiqueen held her hands together and a glowing orange ball formed between them, which she threw at Andy, knocking the Pokéball out of his hand. “Benny, use harden!” Andy shouted as the Vespiqueen launched the same attack at the Metapod. As Benny used harden, the orange ball hit him, rolling him a bit further down the grass. “Now, use poison sting!” Gregory ordered. “Harden!” Andy said, while looking around for Benny’s Pokéball, as the white needles of the poison sting were hurling towards the Metapod and they hit him while he was still lying in the grass from the other attacks. “Meta…pod,” Benny said with some effort and Andy looked concerned towards his Pokémon. “Damn it, stop the attacks already!” Andy quickly said. “I give up, you win.” He didn’t mind to accept a loss, especially if it meant Benny would be left alone. “But I’m not done yet,” Gregory said, grinning evilly. “There’s no fun in stopping before the fight is really over and your Metapod is not yet defeated.” He turned to his Vespiqueen and pointed to Benny. “Vespiqueen, use poison sting!” As the white needles were shot at Benny again, Andy placed himself in front of Benny. The poison sting hit him in the chest and with a groan of pain, Andy sank on his knees. One hand was placed on the ground for support, the other clawing in his shirt. “Metapod! Meta!” Benny said, moving back and forth and his eyes fixed on Andy,. “Damn you,” Andy groaned, sending an angry look at the smirking boy, while crawling back up his feet. “What are you trying to prove here anyway?” “That I can defeat anyone,” Gregory calmly explained. “Power Gem!” The moment Andy had been able to get on his feet again, he was knocked over by the power gem attack, landing on his back in the grass. Hitting the ground pushed the air out of his lungs and he groaned softlywith closed eyes, rubbing the place where the power gem attack had hit with a hand. He turned on his side and placed a hand on the ground in order to get up again. Benny was moving more violently. “Meta! Meta! Metaaaa!” A white glow surrounded him as his shape started to change and Andy looked at it with his mouth open, surprised to see this happen all of the sudden. When the light disappeared, a Butterfree flew up and flew straight to the Vespiqueen, tackling her. After that Benny took some distance again for another tackle. And another. Andy watched as Benny was landing tackle after tackle at the Vespiqueen, pushing her back in the air. “Poison sting!” Gregory ordered and Benny was hit by the white needles shooting from the Vespiqueen. With his eyes closed Benny got pushed back in the air, but flapping with his wings he soon halted and he looked at his opponent. His eyes started glowing light blue and a similar light was seen around the Vespiqueen, who couldn’t move. “Confusion?” Andy muttered as he watched the Vespiqueen suddenly crash in the ground. Shaking her head, the Vespiqueen got up again, started beating with her wings and flew up. “Power gem!” Gregory shouted. Moments later the orange ball hurled towards Benny, who couldn’t evade it and it landed right in his chest. Andy ran forward to catch his Butterfree before he would fall on the ground. “One final attack should do it,” Gregory exclaimed. “Fury Swipes!” The Vespiqueen flew straight towards Andy and Benny, ready to use the ordered move. Andy’s held Benny in his arms and turned his back towards the Vespiqueen, in order to protect Benny. “Flamethrower.” A calm voice suddenly said and hot flames hit the Vespiqueen, who fell down and lay on her back in the grass. Andy looked up to see where the voice had come from, just like Gregory did, and he noticed Thomas walking towards them, his Houndoom walking besides him, silently observing the situation. The eyes of Thomas were fixed on Gregory and an unusual strict expression wasoin his otherwise friendly face. “I just got here,” Themas began, “about when Benny started to use his confusion, but those two young children over there had seen everything that had happened and were kind enough to inform me what had happened.” Thomas pointed over his shoulder to a little boy and girl, neighbours of Andy, standing on the sidewalk. Two police-officers e=were standing next to them. Strict eyes settled on Gregory. “You may have a strong Vespiqueen, well, at least stronger then Benny was, but that doesn’t give you the right to abuse your power like that. Battles may only take place if both parties agree. What you did now was bullying. No, it was abuse. That is a punishable offense.” “Who do you think you are, meddling in our battle like that?!” Gregory asked, his chin raised in a cocky manner. “Like I just said,” Thomas calmly explained. “That was not a Pokémon battle. That was abuse, you were beating up a Pokémon and it’s trainer when they clearly stated not wanting to battle. Officer Jenny?” “I’ll handle it from here, Thomas.” The in blue uniform dressed woman walked forward and grabbed the Gregory by the collar, while her assistant picked up the fainted Vespiqueen. While the Vespiqueen was strong, it had been no match from the powerful flames produced by the faithful companion of Thomas. “You’re coming with me,” Officer Jenny said to Gregory, her voice filled with authority. “I’ve received multiple complaints about you and how you were attacking people’s Pokémon at random. You’ve got a lot of explaining to do.” Thomas and Andy watched officer Jenny walk away with Gregory and the Vespiqueen and then Thomas turned to Andy. “What happened?” he asked, with his usual kind and calm voice. “Benny evolved,” Andy said, looking at the Butterfree in his arms, as if all the other events didn’t matter. The Butterfree had his eyes closed and was breathing laboriously. “I’d better go to the Pokémon Centre. Thanks for your help.” He already started to walk when he heard the voice of old Thomas. “Mind if I join you?” the old man asked and Andy shrugged. “That’s fine,” he said, not really caring either way as long as Benny would receive the care he needed. Thomas nodded and with a simple gesture he invited his Houndoom to walk with them, a request that was silently accepted. “Will you tell me what happened on the way?” Thomas asked with a friendly smile on his face. Andy laughed a bit as he looked at Thomas. “You’re not giving up, are you? Well, it’s fine with me. I’ll tell you all about the heroic acts of Benny and the fantastic Pokémon he is.” On the way to the Pokémon Centre, Andy told Thomas what happened, the whole story. How Gregory had started battling with them after he had refused, how the battle had gone, the attacks he had taken to protect Benny. “Are you alright?” Thomas asked with a hint of worry in his voice. “I’m fine,” Andy said, waving the words away with his hand, like they didn’t matter. “Benny is in far worse shape. But he was brave though.” “He evolved for you. That is rare.” Andy shrugged. “We have trained, he was probably close to evolution anyway.” “But you in trouble was the last motivation he needed. Trust me on this one, like you stood up for him, he stood up for you, but he needed to evolve to do so.” Andy nodded as he watched the Butterfree in his arms, his eyes were still closed and the breathing still deeply and laborious. It wasn’t long before they reached the Pokémon Centre and Andy walked up to the counter. “Oh my, what happened?” the pink-haired nurse asked when she looked at the Butterfree in Andy’s arms, so Andy told once again what happened, emphasizing on the fact that he didn’t choose to battle and that if he had the chance, he would have returned his Pokémon to his Pokéball. “Don’t worry,” nurse Joy reassured him, “we’ll get him back to health. Wait here please.” Nurse Joy left with Benny and Andy, who started to feel real tired all of the sudden, sat down on a chair, with Thomas taking place next to him. Andy was glad to have the older man with him, so he wouldn’t have to wait here alone. The Houndoom sat down next to Thomas and just watched the room silently, as he always did. Thomas petted him on the head and reassured Andy it would all work out fine. But for Andy every minute felt like an hour and he was relieved when the door finally opened and a now healthy Benny came flying to him. Andy quickly got up and caught his Pokémon, giving him a quick hug. “You should be careful flying like that, you could knock me over just like that!” “Freee?” “Don’t give me that, I’ve seen you tackling that Vespiqueen.” “Free!” the happy reply from Benny came. “Alright, let’s go home.” Andy looked at the nurse. “Nurse Joy, thanks for your help.” “That’s alright. Take good care of him.” “I promise.” Andy said as he turned around, but wavered and Thomas quickly grabbed his arm. “Are you alright?” nurse Joy inquired and also Benny was looking up worried. “I’m fine,” Andy muttered. “Don’t worry about me.” “I’ll walk him home,” Thomas said to nurse Joy. “Thank you for your care, as always you’ve done a fantastic job.” “Alright Thomas, take care of him.” Thomas left the Centre with Andy, holding his arm. “Make sure you rest when you get home, you’ve endured both a poison sting and a power gem.” “I will,” Andy promised, who was just relieved to see Benny was alright again. Back at home he did as he promised, but not before he searched for the Pokéball that had to be somewhere in the grass of the backyard. It was Benny who found it, after having flown around in the garden, and he picked it up for Andy, who held out his hand for it. Then Benny sat down on Andy’s shoulder and they went indoors, to Andy’s room, where he dropped down on the bed with a sigh of relief. The attacks had hurt more then he wanted to admit, but he was glad Benny evolved. “You were great today.” “Free,” Benny sighed as he landed on a chair. “True, we were beaten up, but when you evolved, you showed that Vespiqueen what you were made of! Remind me to give Henry a call later today or tomorrow. I’m sure he’d love to hear this.” Benny nodded and Andy grinned. This had been some adventure and he knew this had only made them closer.