<span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">It was strange how Jackie's attitude seemed to have changed.  In spite of Davey trying to act on his best behavior, something made Jackie seem more 'on her guard' with him.  Had he accidentally come off as a sleaze-oid?  In his mind he replayed what he'd said to her, the words and the tone that he thought he had used, but could not come up with any reason for the frosty business like tone he was experiencing from her.  His mind went back to a conversation that he had with his father about women.  Dad said, "Son, they can be awfully confusing.  Get used to it."<br/>
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Davey had a traveling companion..., for now.  Jackie might be a little crazy, but she was 'easy on the eyes'.  It was possible that they might split up at the next town, or tomorrow morning even.  He could burn that bridge, if necessary, in the morning.  For now, he looked about their campsite for signs that this spot might have been used by other campers in other years.  Just about six feet from Jackie's tent was a spot without much vegetation.  Davey cleared the weeds away and found sand and ash.  There had been a small fire pit here.  Also,  not far away were stones that might have been used to make a protective ring about the little pit.  Davey set about rebuilding the old fire pit from the available materials.  It was ready in a matter of minutes.<br/>
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He called over to Jackie and told her he was going to look for some dry wood.  She acknowledged him, but seemed to be tending to her Torchic.  He wasn't planning on letting their campsite out of sight and he spied a rotting tree.  However, there were some patches of tall grass between where he was and the dead tree.  Should he risk it?  He had a pokemon and simply by bringing Kraken out onto the field of battle, the wild pokémon would be likely be distracted enough for them to run away.  If he encountered any other low level pokémon, except maybe a grass type, he might catch it.  He might catch a grass type too, but grass types had a better chance of hurting Kraken.    Well, if he was a wuss, then they wouldn't have a fire so Davey started through the tall grass to the dead tree.<br/>
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In the second patch of tall grass, just before the tree, a good sized Weedle spun towards Davey and challenged him with a "Weedle!", as if Davey had no business being there and he'd be in trouble if he didn't back off!  Davey had to make a quick decision.  He hadn't heard the sound of any Beedrill nearby, so the Weedle likely had traveled a bit from the colony.  He wasn't sure how much Kraken had recovered, but he had a potion if things got rocky.  Davey decided it was worth the risk.<br/>
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"Kraken!" Davey called out as he deployed the pokéball, "It's time to battle!"  The Tentacool materialized and announced itself with a hearty, "Tenta-cool!"<br/>
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In general, Tentacools were statistically faster than Weedles, so Davey's Tentacool's </span><i><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">Supersonic</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"> attack went first, but the bug pokémon was unaffected.  It responded by whipping its head and hitting with a <i>Poison Sting</i> attack.  Kraken easily absorbed the small amount of damage and the poison didn't affect him.  Kraken's second </span><i><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">Supersonic</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"> attack seemed to succeed in confusing the Weedle and Davey was feeling good about adding it to his team.  The Weedle then used the </span><i><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">String Shot</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"> move, in an effort to slow down Kraken's attacks, but Davey figured the battle would be done before it scored enough </span><i><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">String Shot</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"> hits for that to happen.  Davey next had Kraken use </span><i><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">Poison Sting</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"> and it did a small amount of damage to the bug pokemon.  The next time the Weedle tried to attack, however, it hurt itself in the process.  It was now weakened and confused, which made Davey think it was a good time to try a capture.  <br/>
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"You're mine!" Davey called out as he threw the previously unused pokéball at the Weedle.  There was a brief flash of soft red light as the pokémon was reorganized into a quantum state, a thing that humans and other earthly creatures could not do, and contained in the little red and white sphere.  The pokéball wobbled once..., twice... and then it 'locked' after the third little wobble.  Picking up the pokéball and thinking about the Weedle inside it, Davey said, "One day, you'll be like a queen bee but for now you're too small.  I'm going to name you after a 'warrior princess' and call you 'Xena'."<br/>
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Davey had Kraken return to his pokéball and he gathered wood for the fire without further incident.<br/>
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He wasn't sure if Jackie could have heard his battle with the Weedle or not.  He didn't make a big deal of it.  He put the dry wood that he'd gathered near the fire pit and made to pitch his own tent before it got dark.  <br/>
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Davey considered that maybe he, or they, ought to head back into Loweburn Town for more supplies before heading deeper into the forest, tomorrow.  He'd float the idea to Jackie in a bit.  He checked his refurbished pokédex and discovered that his new Weedle was a female and was rated at level 3.  If the device could be believed, between the battle with Jackie's Torchic and the capture of the Weedle, Kraken was now at level 6!  Today was turning out to be a very nice day!</span></span>