Growlithe

Rex looked at the fleeing crowned and did not clarify anything. It wouldn't have helped anyway; they were too scattered and freaked out to pay attention to what he had to say.

Rex "Onix use rockslide on the left and right sides of the cave walls," he said while pointing at both sides of the cave. The reason he did so was because he wanted to funnel the stampeding Pokémon to slow them down a bit.

Onix looked towards the roaring Pokémon and begun to channel his energy before projecting it outwards. Suddenly, massive rocks began to take shape as an unknown gravity field appeared and sucked the earth out of the ground. Onix sent these newly formed rocks hurdling towards the walls making the cave smaller.

The stampeding Pokémon were now being funnelled into a much tighter corridor type passage.

Rex "Onix use sandstorm." Onix once again channelled energy before expanding it outwards making the rubble and small pieces of rock rush into the air. The terrain was soon covered in a revolving sand cloud that obstructed the vision of the Pokémon. Onix limited it to the stampeding Pokémon and made sure not to encompass the people as that would only make the situation worse.

Rex "Onix use sand tomb," he said. Onix charged up his energy a third time before sweeping it towards the Pokémon. In addition to the sandstorm, sand tomb was released on a much larger scale than normal which increased the damage. Soon All the Pokémon were immobilised due to the huge amounts of sand obstructing their movements. They could only retreat and not advance.

Rex looked at the scene and sighed lightly before walking away while returning Onix to his poke ball. He spent the next day in the cave training his Pokémon in the dark in order to increase their awareness which proved to be beneficial and effective.

Soon He exited the cave and made his way down route ten where he would be catching his next Pokémon. As he cycled down the dirt road, he came upon a small lake that was just big enough to fit Gyarados and that it was a good place to camp down and train while he finds his next addition to the team.

Setting up the tent Rex cooked himself and his Pokémon their dinner. He trained with Machoke as usual and found that he was able to sense Machoke much clearer. He also found that he was able to move about half of his aura to any intended part of his body which meant that he was getting closer to reaching the next level.

Machoke seemed to be a bit above Rex and was able to move about 3/5ths of his aura. Rex's other Pokémon were training as per usual doing their own thing. Weepinbell had spread out sleeping, poison and paralysis powder all around the camp and informed Rex and his other Pokémon about which areas weren't covered so that if they wanted to walk somewhere they didn't accidentally walk into it.

Rex was surprised by Weepinbell's actions but thought it was fine since it could serve as practice and as a barrier against other Pokémon. Plus, Weepinbell's powder moves have been getting much more potent as of late.

Rex went to sleep since it was not time to go looking for his Pokémon. Gyarados could be heard splashing now and then and Scyther would sit at the highest point on top of the tallest tree and overlook the camp in case of an intruder. Machoke was sitting cross-legged. No one knew if he was sleeping or training. All they knew was that they felt fear whenever they got close to the tent due to Machoke's aura.

The next morning, as usual, Rex cooked breakfast and set the training for the day before walking off into the woods with Machoke. The Pokémon that he was after was Growlithe. Incredibly strong and fast Pokémon and with his training it would become a monster. He needed a fire type since he had the two other core typing's. And who better than an Arcanine.

As Rex and Machoke trekked through the forest, somewhere else not too far away a Growlithe was being chased by a Nidoking. The little dog Pokémon tried to fight but didn't stand a chance and had to run away. Luckily it was fast enough to maintain a constant 5-meter distance between them.

It ran for its life jumping over logs and rocks but no matter what it did It could not get away. As it looked back to see the evil grin on the Nidokings face he failed to see the small rock in front of it and tripped. Falling to the ground It had no time to react before Nidoking used horn attack sending him flying.

The Growlithe howled in pain as it tried to get up with shaky legs. It just managed to get up when It got hit again with a double kick smashing him into the tree directly behind him.

Growlithe no longer had the strength to get up and could only see the Nidoking sporting a triumphant smile while walking towards him slowly. Growlithe tried as hard as it could to get up but could no longer move. It was really a miracle he was even awake.

Just as he was sinking into despair a firm yet gentle voice came from right next to him.

Machoke "you can relax kid; you will not be dying here today" said Machoke in his language as he chuckled. Growlithe was shocked and barely turned its head to see a 1.9-meter tall black Machoke standing next to him with a grin. Next to the Machoke was a young human in white and black calmly smiling at him.

Rex walked forward and petted the Growlithe before turning to Machoke.

Rex "We have found our new family member you know what to do as his big brother don't you Machoke?" he asked him with a sinister grin. Seeing that grin, the corners of Machoke's own lips rose upwards as he turned to stare at the incoming Nidoking.

Machoke punched his palm and cracked his knuckles before stretching his neck very human-like. He swung his arm in a circle while jumping up and down before disappearing from his spot. Nidoking who still had a grin on its face didn't even have time to think before it got lifted off of the ground.

The sudden weightlessness confused it before feeling increasing amounts of pressure on its neck. It managed to lower its head just enough to see an oversized Machoke lifting him off the ground by the neck.

Machoke seeing how light Nidokings was when he implemented aura into his arm was exhilarated. His arm began to bulge as he used bulk up which lessened the weight even further and then winded his arm back in a throwing motion before throwing all 65kg Nidoking through the air, disappearing from sight.