A gift from Brooke

The Pewter City Gym Leader is the first to recover, springing back to her feet after only a few minutes. “Woo! That was a lot. You three are really fun!” How the hell has she bounced back so quickly!? “Oof, though I’m gonna need some…” The black-haired woman moves over to the supply cart and, after a brief search, grabs a small round container. “Here we go! This is a cream made by the Silph Company. Made with the same basic stuff as Potions, so it heals up minor cuts and bruises real fast. Such as…” She uncaps the container, taking a swipe of it with her index finger, which she then wipes onto one of her reddened asscheeks. The tan woman begins rubbing the salve in, and you watch her sore bottom start to go back to its natural color rapidly. “Ahhh, feels so nice. Stings a little, but the relief is near instant. And a little goes a long way, too. Great value.” Is this an advertise- the cameras are still rolling. It is in fact an advertisement. Though, that doesn’t take away from the fact that it is definitely working, and with just a small amount like she said.

After Brooke finishes rubbing the cream into her second cheek, the announcer’s breathless voice rings out from nowhere. “Wow… that was intense. Did you all cum as hard as I did, ‘cause holy fucking shit did I cum my brains out. Like, four times.” After this announcement, she remembers that she has an actual job to do. “Oh, right. That’s all for today, folks. Give one last huge round of applause for our victors; Daniel Surge, Kayla, and Red!” The crowd, coming down from their own orgasms still, erupt once again into cheers, and you sit stunned as you let their energy wash over you.

The audience members begin filing out of the arena, some to leave and some to wait for you and your friends in the lobby. Speaking of your friends; Kayla is the first of your trio to recover, tiredly pulling her pink outfit back on, one piece at a time. “That was a lot of fun… but how are you so… energetic, Brooke? I feel like going to bed, and it’s only half past five.”

The older girl shrugs. “You get used to it after a while. You have too.” She also redresses, putting her cargo pants and black boots back on.

“I thought I’d basically fucked you senseless though… ugh, so sweaty.” Daniel begins putting his own clothes back on, soaked as he is. “I even looked at a ton of your videos beforehand, figured out what you like best…” Is that why he seemed so aggressive?

Brooke chuckles. “Oh, you did damn good, kid. Damn good. But it’ll take a lot more than that to break a gym leader.”

“Wasn’t really trying to break you… eh, whatever. Glad we all had fun at least.” The muscular blonde smiles brightly.

You redress yourself as well, very excited for the next shower you get to take. “I definitely enjoyed myself. Thanks, everyone.” You get some bemused expressions from everyone for that, but you don’t care.

The tan gym leader smiles the widest, looking over you. “Right, don’t wanna forget; I want to talk to you for a bit. You two mind letting me borrow him while you deal with the paparazzi?”

Kayla shrinks into herself at the mention of paparazzi, but Daniel grabs her hand and grins. “Sure thing. Try not to take too long, Red!” With a wave, he starts dragging his lover toward the lobby, her feet practically leaving grooves in the ground.

“Is th-there a back way!?” The shy girl asks desperately.

“Nope~!” Her master replies, though whether or not he actually knows that is up in the air.

You’re so used to her acting comfortably around you that you can easily forget her reservedness. Hopefully she’ll be okay. “So, what do you want to talk to me about?”

“Come with me to my office, we’ll chat there.” Assuming you’ll follow, Brooke turns and marches out of the arena. You do as she asks, and she leads you down a hall on the side of the stadium she usually enters from. You pass a few staff members - who all congratulate you - as you make your may to the gym leader’s office.

Arriving at a large, dark wooden door that Brooke opens, you are led into the room in question. It’s a fairly small space, windowless walls of gray stone making it feel slightly suffocating. Or they would, if it weren’t decorated so thoroughly. There is a large painting of the Pewter Cityscape covering the entire back wall, and many framed photos of Brooke, her family members - are those nine younger siblings, including Leah? - , her friends, and her Pokémon all over the other walls. A display case containing several rare gemstones sits against one wall, and one opposite contains what look to be fossils. A large, granite desk is placed near the back of the room, with a PC and many loose documents sitting atop it.

“Now, I don’t want to keep you too long, so I’ll cut to the chase. There are two reasons I brought you here; to talk about Leah, and to ask you for a favor.” The muscular woman leans back against her desk, then continues speaking. “Leah told me about the nice young man who was so kind to her just outside of Viridian Forest. He cleaned her up, and had to be convinced to claim a forfeit from her. Honestly, I was stunned. Very few people are so naturally… caring, I find.”

“It… seemed like she needed help, is all.” You feel a bit awkward about being praised so much.

Brooke smiles gently. “And I thank you for helping her. My family means the world to me, and I can’t help but worry about Leah. I have confidence in her, but still…” She shakes her head.

“Where is she right now? Do you know?” You ask.

“She got on a boat to Cinnabar a couple days ago. She’s heading there to take on Bedelia at the Cinnabar Gym.” The older girl explains.

“I see… thanks for letting me know.”

“Of course. Now, onto the favor.” The buff black-haired woman walks around her desk, opens a drawer and pulls out a Pokéball. “This is a very special Pokémon, and I would like you to take care of it for me.”

You stare at the ball she offers you. “What is it?”

“An Aerodactyl. A recently resurrected Fossil Pokémon; brought back from the dead, essentially.”

Your eyes widen. “I couldn’t take something so rare from you!” You already have trouble taking handouts as it is, let alone something like this.

Noticing your expression, the gym leader says “This isn’t just a gift Red. Like I said, you’re doing me a favor. The technology used to revive fossils was only invented last year, so these Pokémon are still few and far between. As such, we need talented trainers to raise the ones we do have, so we can learn as much about them as possible. Your Pokédex will get us great data if you raise it properly, as I know such a trainer as kind-hearted as you will do. So, please.” She presses the ball into your hand.

If it’s to help out with research… and man, does an Aerodactyl sound cool… “Okay. I accept. I hope the data I get you is useful. And, thank you. I’ll take good care of it for you, I promise!”

“I know you will. Now, I shouldn’t keep you from your friends for too long, so-“

You interrupt the bronze-skinned gym leader. “Actually, I have a question for you, if that’s okay?”

“Oh? Go on.” She cocks an eyebrow at you.

This is a question you honestly have wanted to ask each powerful trainer you’ve come across, but you keep getting distracted. You didn’t ask Sylvia because you were distracted by… Sylvia, you didn’t ask Gabriel because you were in a rush to find Blue that morning, and you didn’t ask Nate and Diane because of what was happening around them… hopefully you can ask all of them at some point, but you can definitely ask Brooke now.

“Do you know anything about a trainer named Arthur?”

“Hmm… sounds familiar. Anything more specific?” She tilts her head at you quizzically.

“He participated in the PLT three years ago. He didn’t perform very well, so he went to Johto to collect those badges. Then two and a half years ago, right after winning the eighth Johto badge, he vanished. Hasn’t been heard from since.”

Brooke nods. “Right, I remember him now. His challenge was a long time ago, feels like. I can’t really say I know anything about where he is now though. Sorry.”

You shake your head. “That’s fine, it was a long shot. Thank you for your time.”

“Thank you for yours. I’ll hit up my fellow gym leaders in Johto, see if they have any ideas. I’ll contact you if I learn anything.”

“Thank you so much! I really appreciate it!” You give her a small bow, and she leads you out of her office chuckling. She takes you down a series of halls that eventually lead back to the still-full lobby.

“Good luck out there. You’ll need it.” The powerful woman shoves you on the back, sending you out to face the horde.

Word from the author: Two things to mention in this message. First; the result of that poll from like thirty chapters ago is here! The final tally was; Aerodactyl - 27 votes. Kabuto - 16 votes. Omanyte - 10 votes. Lord helix has not deigned to grace us with his presence. Second; ‘Bedelia’ is the name I am using instead of ‘Blaine’ for our fire type gym leader. I referred to her as Blaine in a couple of earlier chapters (which have been edited now) but wanted to change it to something more feminine like I did Brock/Brooke. Bedelia is an Irish name, meaning ‘strength’ or ‘exalted’. It is also the name of the Celtic goddess of fire and poetry. Hope you guys like it! Thanks for reading! :D And we’ll definitely do more polls in the future.