Then Alex entered the gym. A huge room with appreciable rocky decorations, where at the end stood Roark, a man in a mining suit.
"Welcome, trainer, to the Oreburgh gym! What do you want?"
"I want your badge!"
"Perfect ... shall we begin?" said Roark, taking out his first pokémon, a Geodude alolan.
"What kind of Geodude is that ... Electric type! ... Okay ... let's start!
// - // Alex VS Roark // - //
"Go, Turtwig! Use Absorb!"
-"Turt, turtwig!"-
From the body of Geodude came some green energy balls, which were put into the body of Turtwig.
"Geodude, use Rollout!"
"Ski it and use Absorb!"
Turtwig managed to evade the attack, and fainted the Geodude with Absorb.
"Easy!"
"I will make those words disappear from your mouth, go, Onix!"
-"Onix!"-
"Onix, use Rock Tomb!"
Onix sent six giant rocks to Turtwig, which managed to dodge three of them, but the other three managed to hit him.
"Onix, use Blind!"
Onix quickly went to Turtwig and tied him with his body. Turtwig, unable to free himself, was taking damage for every second.
"Turtwig, come back" said Alex guarding Turtwig. "Rest buddy... go, Zangoose, use Hone Claws!"
-"Zangoose!"-
Suddenly, the claws of Zangoose began to shine, and then grow and sharpen enough.
"Onix, Rock Tomb!"
-"Onix!"-
Again, Onix hit Zangoose with rocks, although he only hit three.
"Zangoose, use Revenge!"
-"Zan, zangoose!"-
Zangoose, due to the blow he received before, doubled his power and two strokes managed to weaken Onix.
"This is being very easy!"
"Alright, I have one pokémon left... Go, Cranidos!"
-"Cranidos!"-
"Use Take Down!"
Cranidos was running quickly towards Zangoose and managed to ram it hard, so strong that Zangoose could not follow Alex's orders for a while.
"Take Down, again!"
Again, Cranidos attacked Zangoose, but this time fainting him.
"Come back, Zangoose... go, Anorith!"
-"Anorith, anorith!"-
"Anorith, use Dig!"
Anorith hid in the earth, and was digging under the feet of Cranidos.
"Cranidos, use Headbutt on the floor!"
-"Cranidos!"-
Cranidos hit the ground hard with his head, causing Anorith to come out of hiding and causing him a lot of damage.
"Anorith, Dig again!"
Anorith hid on the ground again, but this time he could hit Cranidos.
"Cranidos, use Take Down!"
"Ski it, Anorith!"
Anorith was able to dodge the attack in time, but Cranidos attacked again while he had his guard down.
"Cranidos, Headbutt!"
-"Cranidos!"-
Cranidos hit Anorith again with great force, almost fainting.
"Anorith, use Metal Claw!"
-"Ano... rith!"-
Anorith's claws took on a metallic sheen, and he continued scratching Cranidos repeatedly.
"Let's finish this, Cranidos, use Take Down!"
-"Crani...dos..."-
Cranidos, with little force, fainted Anorith by ramming him hard.
"Damn... we're one vs one, I trust you, Turtwig!"
-"Turt...turtwig!"-
"Turtwig, use Absorb!"
Turtwig was able to make the attack, recovering a bit from the attacks of Onix.
"Cranidos, use Headbutt!"
"Ski it, Turtwig!"
Turtwig, even with all his strength, could not move from the site, and fell down by Cranidos.
"It looks like we're finish... huh?"
-"Cranidos?" -
"Turt... turtwig!?"
Turtwig's body began to shine, and little by little it enlarged, until it stopped shining and showed its new form.
"Has... has evolved!" exclaimed Roark.
"Oh my god, Turt! Sorry, Grotle, thanks! Now... let's finish this! Use Razor Leaf again and again!"
-"Grotle!"-
Grotle moved quickly towards Cranidos, and, sharpening the leaves of his bushes, attacked Cranidos with force until finally, fainting him.
"Great! Grotle, we did it!"
-"Grotle!"-
Roark kept his Cranidos, and approached head down to Alex, then raise his head and take out the Coal Badge, and then handed it to Alex.
"For giving your best effort, here's the Coal Bagde, proof that you've beaten me... Now, do not give up, and go to the Eterna City gym" said Roark.
"It is understood!" exclaimed Alex.
After winning the battle, decided to go to rest and eat something, preparing to leave for Eterna City, and face the next leader.
To be Continued...