Chapter 4: Challenging Striaton

Sylvie let Lindsey bathe her and feed her Persim berries, then be brought back into her Luxury Ball.
"Snivy, what is wrong with you? I mean, aren't you nice to ANYONE?" asked Sylvie.
Snivy glared at her.
"Look, put your nose somewhere else. I don't like pink pokemon." growled the Snivy.
"You don't like any Pokemon, I take it." muttered Sylvie.
As Lindsey and Zachary walked along Route 2, Sylvie saw a few wild Pokemon (such as a Purrloin, several Pidove, a few Dunsparce, and a Tangrowth), but no wild Samurott... until the odd Pokemon attacked them.
Sylvie was eating a Cheri macaron when a roar came from outside her ball.
Dipping a paw in her macaron, she saw a large Pokemon leer... right at her.
Lindsey clutched Sylvie's Pokeball, and sent her out.
"Sylvie! Show that Typhlosion we're the best!"
Sylvie was sent out, and immediately the large muscles intimidated her.
"Why, hello." said the Typhlosion, his voice laced with infatuation.
Sylvie raised an eyebrow, but just then Zachary sent out Sarah.
"Do it, Sarah! Show Lindsey we triumph no matter what!"
Sarah weakly smiled at her.
"Its every Sylveon for itself this time." she said.
Leaping up, Sarah used Fire Spin on the Typhlosion.
Typhlosion growled, and used Strength on Sarah, punching her repeatedly and blasting Sarah into the woods.
Sylvie pounced, slashing deep into the thick fur of Typhlosion, and a great roar came from the Johto Pokemon.
Using a point-blank range Moonblast, the Typhlosion fell down, a bear's cry emanating from its mouth.
Before Lindsey could throw a Pokeball, though, Zachary quickly tossed his own Pokeball and caught Typhlosion.
One shake... two shakes.. three shakes... and then stars burst from the Pokeball.
Zachary slid out Sarah's Pokeball, grinning, and said "Sarah, return! Great job helping me get this awesome partner!"
A red light came out from the ball, and Sarah returned to her ball.
Sylvie stretched, and pointed her paw towards the ledge.
Lindsey smiled weakly, despite losing a bet against Zachary.
"Look! Its just small enough for me to get up on!" said Lindsey. Sprinting towards the ledge, she leapt on a small kink in the steep slope and vaulted over the sharp edge.
Sylvie followed, fanning out her ribbons to hover over the edge, then leapt.
Zachary threw his Pokeball, and Typhlosion came out, wounds still there.
"Thanks for the wounds, Sylveon." growled Typhlosion, glaring at Sylveon.
"My name is Sylvie, smartie, and I was told to do so by Lindsey, hello!" huffed Sylvie.
"Typhlosion! Use strength on the slope and make it more gradual!" commanded Zachary.
Typhlosion didn't budge, and just walked over to a berry bush, plucking an Oran berry and eating it.
"Aw, come on! I'll give you a Sitrus berry, or a poffin, or a macaron, even!" whimpered Zachary.
Lindsey rolled her eyes.
"The wimp." she said.
Typhlosion glared at Zachary, dressed in a blue jacket.
Tossing her ponytail over her shoulder, Lindsey looked at Zachary's desperate face with amusement.
Typhlosion glared at his trainer, growling.
"Make that an 'and', mister." said the Typhlosion.
Zachary sighed and let Lindsey lift him up the ledges.
As he went up, Sylvie saw him quietly take Typhlosion back to his Pokeball.
Lindsey saw his sad face, and patted his back sympathetically.
"Don't expect your Pokemon to like you at first, it probably won't." said Lindsey.
Zachary didn't seem to hear her, but nodded.

As they walked through Striation City, the large buildings towered up like the large Wailord.
The scent of fresh tea came from a restaurant, and provoked by a long trudge up Route 2, they settled down on a table.
Sylvie pawed at her Pokeball, seeing a blue-haired waiter give some nearby Drilbur some poffins.
Lindsey felt the ticklish sensation, and threw all of her balls.
"Come on out, guys! Enjoy the food!"
Sylvie bounced out, along with Snivy. They glared at each other, then sighed and parted separate ways.
Sylvie saw Sarah, Typhlosion and Oshawott enjoying a buffet, and hurried over.
Suddenly, a shiny Umbreon and a fully grown Samurott attacked them... diving into the Kelpsey berries.
A green-haired boy smiled at them.
"Well, well! Wild Pokemon! A starter and a shiny Johto Pokemon! Rare to find in this part of Unova!" chuckled the boy.
His eyes widened when he saw Typhlosion and the two Sylveons.
"Two unregistered Pokemon and a Typhlosion! My eyes must be deceiving me! Here, have some Rawst Macarons anyway."
Three plump macarons fell down from the counter, and they ate the tasty treats quickly.
Find the wrongly named  Samurott. 
Sylvie saw the Samurott glaring at the boy, seeming thankful yet unhappy.
As she realized that Samurott may be the key to finding out what the heck was going on, Sylvie finished her macaron quickly and pounced on the Samurott.
"Hey!" cried the Samurott.
"What's you name and gender?" cried Sylvie. A few diners looked at them when they heard Sylvie's cries, but chuckled and continued their meal, thinking they were going to roughhouse.
"What's it to you?" snarled the Samurott bitterly, as if it hated name questions.
Sylvie started forming a Moonblast, and Samurott opened its eyes wide.
"Okay, okay! I'll talk! My gender is female, and my name is Ignacio! There!"
Glaring at Sylvie, Sylvie's paw shut off the Moonblast. Sylvie wondered how that happened for a moment, then remembered her mother telling her about the powerful glare of the Samurott.
"Well, then, what information do you have on two legendaries clashing?" cried Sylvie in excitement. The hotness of the shiny Umbreon distracted her, but she still concentrated.
"Nosy to the last, aren't you. I know about Tornadus and Thundurus and Landorous clashing, Lugia and Ho-Oh clashing, Dialga, Palkia and Giratina clashing, Rayquanza, Groudon and Kyogre clashing, Mewtwo and Mew clashing... but the biggest clash of them all, Reshiram and Zekrom clashing."
Sylvie was silent, until she realized something.
"Reshiram and Zekrom? More about them later, please?"
Ignacio chuckled.
"Sure, I've taken quite a liking to you. Lemme get my buddy Shiro."
Before Ignacio could move, though, the shiny Umbreon appeared.
"Hey! Ignacio, bro! I've met two nice trainers I want to be with!" said the Umbreon.
"Shiro, I'm  a girl." sighed Ignacio, as if she were used to this.
Lindsey and Zachary ran over.
"Hey! I want that Umbreon!" said Zachary.
"No! I want that Umbreon!" countered Lindsey.
Glaring at each other like rival Samurotts, they sighed and did Rock-Paper-Scissors to decide.
Lindsey got rock and Zachary paper.
"See ya!" said Shiro excitedly as the Umbreon disappeared into a Pokeball.
"The weirdo." said Sylvie and Ignacio in sync.
Sensing a strong friendship coming on, they did a
BFF FIST!

Ignacio disappeared into the ball after a few tries, and Lindsey smiled.
"Time to challenge the Striaton gym!"
When she said that, a fire-headed boy came over to them.
"Yes, ma'am! One thrilling Gym Battle coming right on up!"
The back of the bistro folded up, and a large, standard-issue dirt battlefield was exposed.
All three vividly-colored-hair boys lined up on one side, and Lindsey and Zachary ran to the other.
Sylvie and the other Pokemon followed them.
"Oh! So the girl has a Samurott, an unknown Pokemon and a Snivy! No matter, my Pansear will bowl over 'em all!" shouted the red-haired boy.
"My name is Chili, bytheway."
"And the boy has an Oshawott, a Typhlosion, and another unregistered Pokemon. I will b-be pleased to bat-tle y-you." stuttered the green-haired boy.
"M-my name is C-Cilan."
The blue-haired boy smiled.
"And that leaves me to referee, as the allmighty Cress! Begin, challengers!"
Lindsey smiled.
"This will be easy! Ignacio, please help me!"
Zachary raised an eyebrow.
"Oh yeah? Typhlosion will barrel over that little Pansage in no time!"
Ignacio came out, glaring down at the hot-headed Pansear. The monkey laughed nervously.
"Bring it on, wolf-boy!" cried the monkey, grinning sheepishly.
"I'm a girl, doofus. And I am NOT a wolf." growled Ignacio.
Sylvie watched them battle fiercely through her ball, wishing she could join in.
Ignacio used Hydro Cannon, but Pansear nimbly dodged and countered with Solarbeam. Ignacio deflected with a leg-plate, and it blasted Pansear hard into the wall.
Meanwhile, Typhlosion used Toxic, spitting muck into the face of Pansage. Pansage ran around, crying out in pain as the acid ate at its body. However, Pansage had another trick up its sleeve... Leech Seed. Three seeds landed in Typhlosion's fur, sucking the life out of the large Pokemon.
"If I were allowed to come out, I would defeat those monkeys in no time. Sigh." growled Sylvie, squirming inside her ball.
Suddenly, Pansear came out of its dent, and used Flamethrower. Ignacio managed to dodge some of it, but flames ripped at her fur fiercely, like a savage Hydreigon. Thinking of Hydreigons, Sylvie remembered Hydreigon. Poor guy, being so scary he didn't have a lot of friends.
Pansage battered Typhlosion with Leaf Blade, but the porcupine used Wild Charge, cloaked with strong voltage and tackling Pansage with gusto.
The monkey fell, and Cress raised a green flag.
"Pansage is out for the count! Zachary wins!"
While Zachary over-enthusiastically petted Typhlosion, Ignacio fought Pansear fiercely, biting and slashing quickly while dodging attacks.
"Go, Ignacio, go! You can do it! Use Waterfall on Pansear and finish this battle!" cried Lindsey.
Ignacio, seeing her new trainer, huffed in embarrassment and cloaked herself in a veil of water.
"Fine. I do not like being under the command of a human, but I shall do so, if I need to."
Charging up quickly, Pansear's eyes widened wide as Ignacio knocked over the monkey.
When the dust settled, Pansear was lying face-down, blood trickling from a few wounds.
"No! Pansear!" cried Chili.
Running over, he applied some potions and got Pansear off the battlefield.
"Pansear has fainted! Lindsey wins!"
Sylvie saw Lindsey smile, and smiled herself.

As the sun set over the horizon, Cilan and Chili handed Zachary and Lindsey two multicolored badges.
"Here. Have them. Your strength is unmatched, I sense great things from you!" said Cress.
"Ye-ow! The blazing sensation of your mighty tactics pumps me up! Right Pansear?" screeched Chili, running in circles.
"Yep!" replied Pansear, tackling his trainer affectionately.
"D-Don't mind my b-brother, he always is like t-this. Always on a s-sugar rush." stuttered Cilan, blushing.
Zachary's eyes twinkled as he immersed himself in the splendor of the Trio Badge.
"I got the Trio Badge!" he shouted. Taking out his badge case, Zachary slid the Trio badge into his case with a satisfying CLICK. Lindsey did the same, but polishing the badge with her shirt first.
Sylvie rolled over happily on the pavement as she saw her trainer happy, and rubbed herself against Lindsey's leg.
Cress noticed Sylvie, and glanced at Lindsey.
"Say, that Pokemon you have by your side looks quite rare! I think you may have mistaken this Pokemon for a shiny Leafeon, though, her fur has no sparkles on it!" said Cress.
"I recommend taking her to Prof. Juniper for an examination." chimed Cilan, without a single glitch.
"RIGHT! That hue of pink is zesty, I say!" exclaimed Chili. Cress and Cilan laughed.
Lindsey smiled, and so did her friend Zachary.
Suddenly, a figure swooped in, taking Sylvie and Sarah with it. As soon as it came, it left swiftly.
"Hey!" Sylvie heard Lindsey cry.
"Help!" cried Sylvie. The figure looked down at her.
"Shhh! Our Lord won't want us to get caught!" growled the thief.
Looking up, Sylvie saw a dark-haired girl wearing thick glasses and a black scarf over her mouth. She seemed like one of those odd knight-grunt thingies that escorted the big man off the grass square back in Accumula Town, which made Sylvie wonder what was really going on.
Too late, Sylvie noticed the grunt had robotic limbs and a hi-tech visor.
A black, metal hand reached up, and sprayed a strong gas into both Sarah's and Sylvie's face, making them feel sick.
The gas enveloped her, slowly shutting down her organs for temporary "death", or a coma. Sylvie felt a sensation of grief over her, as she was tossed into a glass and steel tube and tubes hooked up to her.
"Glalie! Use Ice Beam and freeze that Sylveon solid!"
A large, iced black Pokemon wafted up, a blue light forming around it.
"Wait! Isn't that too extreme?" cried Sylvie weakly.
BAM!
In the large tube next to her, Sarah was already an ice cube, nothing more than a temporarily "dead" body that was frozen. Sylvie's brain started to get very groggy, making it nigh-impossible to think.
The last thing she saw was a Musharna near her, dark energy emanating from it.
Then, ice and grogginess came over her, and Sylvie was no more than an ice statue.
Author's Note: Wow, long chapter! Anyways, what do YOU think will happen when the two Sylveons are probably going to be held for ransom? Comment!