You leave Herenport after a good night of rest, saying goodbye to Joe and the other trainers you worked with. The road passes through wide field of yellowed corn, waiting to be harvested. You spot a few Wurmple moving through the tall plants, probably sneaking in a bite out of the crops before the farmer spots them.

There's little chance to find Shinx in such tall crops, but you can see the end of the fields ahead. Though before you can reach it, you notice a strange rumbling below your feet...

Seymour looked to Jakey with concern when he felt the rumbling. He leaned down to rest his palm against the earth. "Think there is a ground-type pokemon approaching?" he asked. Seymour prepared to leap to the side if it pelt like a pokemon might emerge beneath his feet.

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Since we are searching specifically Shinx and/or Poliwag, I'll change my team before we leave town. I'll switch to: Lombre, Shroomish, Dunsparce, Roggenrolla, Ditto, Shedinja.

Jake was a bit sad to leave behind Herenport; they made a ton of good memories there. Nevertheless, there were more areas to explore and more memories to make (and trouble to get into). A bit intimidated by the potential flying challenge, he was looking forward to divert his worries onto catching some new pokemon.

When the ground rumbling began, he was not as concerned as Seymour seemed,
"Donno, this is a route on the map, so it should be safe. Maybe a diglet underground?" Jake speculated. Despite being pretty relaxed about the situation, he released Duder for good measure,
"Hey, is that coming from underground?" He asked his tough little pokemon.


Updated current team:
Skipper: Marshtomp
Fetcher: Farfech'd
Growler: Growlithe
Fairy: Larfae
Bandy: Bandicoon
Duder: Geodude

You pay attention to the shaking, as it grows stronger. Soon you also hear a booming sound. Duder looks around, confused, until his eyes grow wide as he points toward the field. Following his gaze, you see...

Seymour's jaw dropped even as he lifted his pokedex to identify the creature before them. Whatever he had been expecting, this was not it. "What is that?" he asked Jakey. Regardless of the reply, Seymour tossed out his Ditto to become a copy of it. Either to battle it, or to be a deterrent. Which one it would be remained to be seen.

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How tall is this guy? Does he seem aggressive toward us?

Tyrantrum, the Despot pokémon.
Type: Rock/Dragon
Thanks to its gargantuan jaws, which could shred thick metal plates as if they were paper, it was invincible in the ancient world it once inhabited. Since nothing could stop this Pokémon 100 million years ago, it behaved like a king.

You can't tell for certain if it's hostile, or if it's just running through, but you're directly in it's path, something quite terrifying when you're faced with more than 8 feet of rock-hard scales. It only slows when Ditto transform in front of it, something that draws all of it's attention.
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Seymour's surprise turned into determination as Malley formed nearby. This scary situation was surly going to become an exciting battle instead. To Malley, he said, "It's probably best we don't trample the crops, so wait for it to come to the road before using Dragon Tail."

He looked over toward Jakey, having almost forgotten the trainer was even there for a moment. "Unless you wanted to battle it yourself. In which case, Malley and I will happily spectate." Whether he was in the battle or watching it, Seymour knew it would be an exciting event.

Jake seemed flummoxed by the size and grandeur of the pokemon before him. He was similarly amazed by how flexible Malley's body ended up being -- permitting him to match the size of the giant dino,
"Hey, maybe like, we shouldn't fight it. It is kinda big and angry-looking."

Despite his hesitancy to fight it, he still instructed duder to prepare by using rock polish and follow him off the road until a battle starts or the big pokemon moves on.

The Tyrantrum charges at Malley, hitting it with a ground-shaking blow. Thankfully, the Ditto's body is flexible enough to absorb the shock. Unfortunately, it found itself too close to reply with a Dragon tail. Malley steps back to get the room it needs, but that only leaves it open to the dinosaur's own tail, and Malley find itself flying off into the field as the Despot roars in triumph.

It turns to gaze at the two of you, and you can only wonder if he's waiting for his next challenger, or his next meal...

"No! Rex! Stop!" A woman with short red hair and sapphire-blue eyes runs out of the field, holding a pokeball in her hand. Her clothes, an archeologist work suit, are messed up, like she's been running for a while. "Return!" A red beam shoots from the ball she's holding, but it blinks and fades before hitting the Tyrantrum.

"Rex?" Seymour stammered, a bit off-guard. This Tyrantrum already had a trainer?

"Malley, new strategy. Reposition yourself and use Roar and try and scare the Tyrantrum toward its trainer." It looked like the trainer was having a hard time reaching their pokemon to return it.

Jake breathed a sigh of relief when it became clear that the pokemon had a trainer, but his relief was dispelled when it became clear the trainer was too far away to retrieve the tyrant,
"Ah! Duder, do something! Bulldoze it back home, or something!"

Duder looks as worried as Jake. Still, he takes a deep breath, raises his fists, and slams them into the ground. A shockwave shakes the road, heading to the Tyrantrum... who doesn't even seem to notice. He just glares at the small stone pokemon, and ROARS. The sound reverberates all the way into your bones, making your teeth shake. Next thing you know, Duder is racing away on his hands, faster then you've ever seen him move.

The woman keeps trying to recall her monster, but to no avail. Instead, the beast just huffs, and runs off into the field.

Seying the pokemon run off into the field, Seymour shrugged and turned back toward the trainer chasing it. There was not much more he could have done to try and stop it. Perhaps he could still assist its trainer though.

"Looks like your pokemon is not listening too well. Want a lift? We can try and at least catch up to it." He gestured toward Malley's back. If they rode atop Malley, perhaps they could get close enough to return the pokemon to its pokeball.

She sighs as she stops, looking really tired. "I don't... he just keep ignoring me... and now this thing isn't working right..." She glares at the pokeball, before her shoulder slump. "I don't know what to do..."

After a short chase, Jake was able to recover Duder and get back to the woman and Seymour,
"What's the deal with that big pokemon anyway?"

Jake asked without realizing he was begging the question,
"I don't know if we can knock it out or something. It got duder pretty freaked out. Where is it going anyway? Seems like it is in a rush or something. Could we just follow it till it gets bored?"

"I also have a Shroomish. I could try to stun it with Stun Spore and weaken it with Leech Seed." Stunning it would slow it down, and leech seed would drain its health over time if it still managed to escape.

Seymour waited for the woman to express an interest in a specific tactic before acting, however. After all, it was her pokemon. They should deal with it the way she wanted them to. "By the way, I am Seymour."

"My name's Laura... I'm an archeology student. And I don't know what got into Rex. I grew up with him, he took care of me all my life. I called him out to help move a bolder at our excavation site, but he just ran off all the way here." She holds up her pokeball. "I tried calling him back, but I think I damaged his ball when I fell..."

"That sounds unfortunate," Seymour admitted. "I can try and help you get Rex calmed down using the strategy I mentioned, if it is alright with you.

"It's worth a shot... I just wish I could put him back in his ball." She sighs. "Maybe I'll be able to talk him into coming back if we can get him to stop."

With something as big as a Tyrantrum, it's pretty easy to follow him, even in a field of tall corn. Just follow the path of crushed corn plants. The dinosaur walks in a wavering pattern, but overall seems to head in a precise direction. As you come close to a hill, you notice the sound of an engine drawing closer. A sound that is soon covered by a familiar, and terrifying, roar.

Laura looks worried. "If you want to attack Rex... you need to use special attacks. His scales are too thick for physical moves to do much to him."

"Hmmmm," Jake pondered. The only pokemon he had with him who was good with special attacks was growler who... was not a great fit given his typing. Still, he could still find a way to be useful to Seymour's plan. He ended up releasing... larfae.
"Ok Fairy, you are small enough that the big bad dino won't be bothered by you. Once we catch up, I need you to start string-shotting him while Seymour tries his stuff."

Rex had only seemed to notice other pokemon when they posed a direct challenge to him, so Jake hoped he could take advantage of that.  Well, and if they failed, Jake was still curious where the big pokemon was in such a rush to get.

"Good idea Falkner," Seymour said as they followed Rex. He silently wished that he had brought Locke along with today so he could use his Hypnosis, but Glumpy's Stun Spore and Leech Seed would have to suffice.

As they hustled, Seymour released Glumpy into his arms so he could give instructions. "When we get close, Malley, Transform into Glumpy and use Stun Spore on Rex. Glumpy, you use Leech Seed. Then if one of those attacks takes hold, switch to the other. We need him both paralyzed and drained."

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Glumpy and Malley are going to work together to stun and leech seed Rex.

You climb on the small hill, and finally see the Tyrantrum, facing off against a harvester. The driver of the farming machine looks very worried, unsure what to do.

Your pokemons rush in, Fairy firing sticky strings at the dinosaur's legs, while Glumpy lands his Leech Seed on him... only for Rex to step on him. He turns to Malley, Roaring at it and causing it to flee. When Rex looks down at the pinned Shroomish, he gets hit in the face with a Stun Spore, stunning him.


Rex is Seeded and Paralyzed, but Malley has fleed.