The Chosen Path [mod]

The tackle into Cammy's bite was a reckless move that paid off. It was also likely because she was in such great striking distance of the Venonat. The supersonic shriek tore through the air and caused the Totodile to stumble back a few steps. Ringing lasted in her ears, but she could still hear Rameses.

"Cammy, are you alright?"

She shook her head confirming that she was indeed alright, but she could still feel the poison. It was a pain like she had never felt before. Still, she wanted to battle for Rameses, and would not give in so easily.

"Reckless attack, but it was effective. You battle with style Jenna. I'll have to take a page from your book sometime."

"Okay Cammy, let's do this again. Scary Face, and then Water Gun."

Rameses decided to switch up his tactics. Getting in close to fight Venonat was not a great idea at all. That was evident from the poisonpowder, and the frequent use of supersonic. Cammy again snarled and began to snap as if to warn the bug type that she was not one to mess with. After her display, she fired a concentrated blast of water from her mouth at the gnat.

It was irritating to see two of his Pokemon disabled by the attack of Venonat, but it only proved that Jenna was a seasoned veteran. For him, it was only his first real battle. Perhaps he should have practiced against someone else before coming here, but it was too late for that. He also could not second guess himself. He had to give it his all, even if that meant making some reckless moves along the way like his opponent. Sure, he had the knowledge but she had the experience to back up her knowledge. That was the difference between the two of them right now.

The supersonic had hit, and as Cammy backed off she seemed to have lingering effects. She ran towards Rameses as if she were trying to hug him, but then ran back to where she was. She also began to stagger as if she were not sober.

"Cammy..." he whispered.

"I'm sorry girl. Let's get through this."

His focus returned to the Venonat. However, that quickly changed as he noticed Cammy still staggering about. He had to be the one in control for the time being. Cammy needed him just as much as he needed her.

"Cammy, come on! Leer, and then Bite!"

The commands registered, and the small crocodile began to stare down her opponent once more. This stare down was different that the snarling of before. It was more of one daring to see who would come out on top. As she continued to stare, she began to rush forward, jaws snapping. As she converged upon her target, she opened her mouth as wide as she could before snapping shut.



ooc: I'm assuming Tackle wasn't meant by your post.

The Venonat not pursuing an attack gave Cammy enough time to recover from her confusion. Now lucid, the Totodile could concentrate all of her efforts on the bug type once again. Now was the time, and Rameses and Cammy could not afford to keep this up for much longer. He could see her strength whittling away as an effect of the poision that was in her system.

"Cammy, try Bite again!"

The blue water type began to snap once again. Her target was meters in front of her. The poison was wearing her down, but she would not give up as long as she had the energy to continue. Rushing forward, the Totodile tried to land a bite on the Venonat.

In this round of battle, the little Totodile had taken all that she could. Though her attack landed, the combination of Venonat's final attack and the residual effects of poisonpowder caused the water type to collapse in exhaustion.



"Cammy! ...it's alright Cammy. You were great out there. Jenna, your Venonat was great as well."

He returned the Totodile to her pokeball and pulled out another one. Unlike Jenna, he still had two choices. He could again go with the obvious, but he wanted to surprise her once again. This was probably against every possible thread of logic, but Jenna hadn't made many logical moves during their last round as well. He let out a sigh and threw out his next pokeball.

"Ryu, I choose you."

"Haha. I that you have remembered my name."

Ryu wasn't much of a speedster himself, but his speed was greater than the turtle before him. It was an odd choice by both parties, but it was too late to take it back. Rameses commanded Ryu to dodge the incoming attack, and the small dinosaur complied. After sidestepping the constrict, the Bulbasaur was well within striking distance of the bug type.

"Alright Ryu, use Growl and then follow that up with Leech Seed."

"Bulbasaur."

The grass type let out a low guttural growl. Hopefully, it would get the turtle to question whether or not it should attack again. After the growl, the Bulbasaur shot seed from its bulb at the Shuckle. If successful, the attack would begin to sap energy away from the bug type every round of the battle.

Jenna counted on Rameses and Ryu to make the battle close combat. Lucky for her, Bulbasaur knew no long range moves at the moment. So, the duo were currently at the mercy of the bug turtle. The constrict was bad, but there was not much Rameses could do as long as the Shuckle had Ryu in its grips.

"Nice strategy. I definitely wasn't expecting that."

"Ryu, hold on buddy!"

"Saur."

Rameses could only continue to look on. His only saving grace was the fact that the Leech Seed that had been fired had taken hold. So, even though the two were in a corner, Ryu would be regaining energy with every round.

Rameses could only continue to support Ryu through his ordeal. Still, Rameses could not really give Ryu anything to work with until the grass type was free of the Shuckle's constrict.

"Keep on holding on Ryu!"

"It'll have to let go sometime buddy!"

As Rameses said this, the grip of Shuckle lessened until Ryu was free again. The length of the battle between grass and the bug type could go on for what could end up seeming like lifetimes. However, by no means was Rameses that patient. He would instead opt to switch back to his other option.

"Ryu, return."

In a brilliant stream of red light, the grass type was returned to its pokeball, and Rameses reintroduced the pokemon he began the gym with.



"I choose you, Surtur."

"Charmander. Char."

Luckily for the Charmander and Rameses, the healing effects of the leech seed did not end until because Jenna did not have the luxury of recalling her pokemon.