Chapter 41 - Rewards (part 2)

" It is just that I am curious." he replied plainly.

" Curious", the three echoed and pondered

" Yes, I am curious." Alex repeated.

"So you want to be a Pokemon Researcher because you are curious." Lance repeated.

"but why?"

" I am curious about why pokemons have different abilities. I mean take this Spheal for example." He pointed at Spheal.

All the people glanced at him and Spheal wobbled around Lorelei. Now Lorelei took it on her hand and gently patted it's head.

"Lorelei tell me what abilities Spheal have?" Alex asked her.

" As far as I know it has thick fat." she replied.

" thick fat?" Lance asked," What is it?"

Alex asked him," What do you know about Pokemon's ability ?"

" Isn't pokemons moves and their types, their ability." he replied.

Lorelei and Agatha shook their head, Surge, Giovanni and Koga sneered at him and Alex looked at him blankly.

"You have no idea what it is." he told him and continued," Every Pokemon have certain abilities in their body which help them survive in different environment. For this Spheal, it has Thick fat. It means it has a higher resistance to fire and ice type moves. These moves have almost half as much damage as it normally causes. So we can say it will not be affected much by it's weakness fire move. You understand it."

Lance nodded blankly as if whatever he said pass over his head then he continued to Lorelei," Your Spheal may have another character ability. It is called ice body. It will heal itself in hail or snow or other icy conditions. Just like how Lapras heals in rain."

"So Spheal has other ability too." She looked at the Spheal in her hand then hugged it tightly," You are so awesome." To this Spheal squealed.

" It also has a hidden ability."

Here this all were puzzled.

Seeing this he explained," Yes. Some Pokemons have some extra abilities in addition to their primary ability. You can call it secondary or hidden ability. This ability is not instinctive but must be awakened. Your Spheal may have oblivious ability. Pokemon with this are not affected by infatuation move and taunts of Pokemon. My own Swinub has snow cloak as primary ability and thick fat as hidden move."

Hearing this they all nodded. While Giovanni eyes sparkled in delight. Agatha then told him," I can see why you would have that Charmeleon."

" Do you know his heritage?"he asked puzzled.

"You would know his heritage when you reach the Pallet town." This confused the three young trainers but amazed the three other older trainers.

Giovanni thought,' It seems one of those monsters are behind the brat. Damn to think I would lose such a young monster.'

Surge thought,' So those people already eyed him. I am late. He already a member of their faction.'

Koga thought,' So is he another champion level trainer that ' He ' discovered.'

While Agatha thought,' Using that science geeks name is still effective. It will keep them off his back till he officially joined him.'

"I want to know and find more about Pokemon. Different environment affect different Pokemon differently. They are also causing certain variation to them too. So many things to see ,so many things to discover , the world is so mysterious. I just want to see and know it all." He continued frantically.

Seeing his facial expression they understood that he will not change no matter what they say. And Agatha thought,' Although not as much charisma as that time, it still is something. To think he turned Sam towards research by his words and mystery. Hehehe I am feeling too nostalgia today. he affected all three of us that day . Me as ghost specialist, Sam as researcher and Charles as a leader. Yes I still remember what he said to Charles,"A good man is not a good leader and a good leader is not a good man". He really was a great teacher.'

" Now that the monologue is over. We can continue the reward giving. To Lance, this Is a dragon scale. it is from a champion level dragon so treasure it and keep it hidden. "

Seeing it he hugged it and squealed. It was a great gift for a dragon type trainer. It helps a Seadra evolve into Kingdra.

"Now you Alex. You are the most difficult one to reward. You are not a type specialist trainer so to reward you is difficult. Yet, the league thought your skilled so the your reward is here. " She placed a box on the table and motioned Alex to continue.

All the three other people were too curious about the gift. They were not told what Alex gift was. When he opened the box, there was ...

an Egg.

" A Pokemon egg." three of them said.

" Yes a pokemon egg. Take good care of it. I assure you you will definitely like it . But you don't want it we can replace it with a Scyther or even a Dratini. " Agatha asked but she looked at Alex curious about his answer.

Her words though created waves in the heart of three older trainers. Rewarding is one thing but swapping rewards show the amount of importance the league placed on him. This amazed and puzzled them.

But Alex didn't see these. His eyes were on the egg itself from the beginning. Alex then refused to swap the rewards and his next sentence stunned all," And I don't believe any Pokemon is weak. In my opinion,' There is only weak trainers no weak pokemon ' . As long as one train his Pokemon deligently and effectively he will be rewarded."

Hearing his opinion all the people were shocked but Agatha recovered from shock soon and smiled thinking,' Just as I thought. you are really master. They will be very happy to see you.'

She then told the trainers," You should get going now. You are probably tired and your Pokemon should be all healed up by now."

Thanking her they all left the room and headed to the Pokemon center.

to be continued.....