<div class="floatleft">(http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/4/46/VSLt_Surge.png)</div><br/><strong>Name:</strong>Colonel Surge<br/><br/><strong>Location:</strong>Douglasberg City Streets<br/><br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Hibana, Skylar, Lexi, John, Dr. Pierce<br/><br/><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong>Raichu<br/><br/><hr/><br/>Well, Surge certainly didn't expect that much sustained confidence from a girl he was pretty sure he could lift with one hand. She had a point: while the Elite Four had a reasonable amount of command over the Gym Leaders, but he couldn't make any choices regarding the trainers within each Gym. Not that that would matter this time around, as Lexi's bravery brought a smile to the old soldier's face. Raichu just looked back and forth between his master and the girl who had everyone's attention focused on her now. Even the thunder rat seemed to have some idea of what was going on, judging by his interest.<br/><br/>"You have a point. The League's first priority should be protecting the local wildlife. If we can't live in harmony with and protect pokemon, we don't have any business testing others," the Colonel agreed, pushing his sunglasses back up over his eyes. Raichu gave an affirmative "Chu!" to let his master know that he wanted to help if there was any way he could. "So, girl; what did you have in mind? I'm sure you'll have plenty of help from John's boy and Hibana here. Hell, I bet John himself would be onboard if you asked him nice enough. How do you want them to proceed?" Maybe it was a test to see if she could follow up on her word, or maybe he just wanted her out of his hair, but at least Lexi was getting what she wanted.<br/><br/>===<br/><br/><div class="floatleft">(http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/2/20/VSMisty.png)</div><br/><strong>Name:</strong>Misty<br/><br/><strong>Location:</strong>Douglasberg Casino<br/><br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Drevana, Marco, Madison<br/><br/><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong>Starmie<br/><br/><hr/><br/>"Great!" Misty exclaimed as all three of the Tetso Gym Leaders agreed to take part in her challenge, meaning she just had to go find Brock and make sure he would be okay with joining in (and she knew the Rockhead never turned down a serious challenge). While it wasn't fair to say that the contest they had just finished was<em>totally</em>based in chance, there wasn't much she could do if the others had been given better types, or types that countered her choice. She wasn't a sore loser or anything, but she also didn't give up that easily. "Once I make sure Brock's okay with it, I'll get in touch with your Elites and get it all ready. A regular old battle might be kind of fun, but I think we could work in some terms to make it a lot more interesting. The crowd would love that."<br/><br/>The redhead grinned with excitement as she did a flip off of the stage to land on her feet on the floor below, holding up her fist. "Either way, I think I'll keep it as a surprise for you three, since you already have the numbers advantage! Get ready for a real contest next time we meet! Don't chicken out, either!" the surprisingly energetic veteran teased before rushing out of the auditorium to get everything set up. Whatever she came up with, she wasn't going to make it easy for the Fire, Rock and Dark-type trainers. As she always said, "sink or swim."<br/><br/>===<br/><br/><div class="floatleft">(http://api.ning.com/files/mdHZvw03i*CGtsDN0LtfmUcgwnGEzcn1TYwBd-dIje3UhHDsWx0iVsng64hRwI31SfNV4pQJqB1nofG6HkqXVYVMMEycorew/Drayolagain.jpg)</div><br/><strong>Name:</strong>Cedric Oleaster<br/><br/><strong>Location:</strong>Ferry Restaurant<br/><br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Katsuo, Elektra, Thadius, Bellin<br/><br/><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong>Gloom (Priscilla), Turtwig<br/><br/><hr/><br/>Cedric let out a weary sigh as he saw Rae Ann's current state. It was a good thing he had Katsuo and Elektra here to help out, since it didn't look like that girl was going to be of any help while she was fast asleep. Then there was the trainer standing next to Elektra who he didn't recognize as being any of the other Gym Leaders, but he had seen the young man heal Elektra's Pichu, so maybe he would be able to offer some help. Then again, Katsuo's question did raise a legitimate point: even with all of them together, what exactly was their plan for fighting back against whatever technology these saboteurs were using? And that was dependent on them even finding them, but as the Grass leader looked out past the bow of the ship, that didn't seem likely, either.<br/><br/>An excited "Hey, look!" from one of the bystanders drew even more attention to the massive, silver towers appear on the horizon, and the dozens of smaller ships and surfing pokemon that dotted the water before the ferry. "We're almost to Douglasberg. Even if those two are still on the ship, we won't have enough time to search for them before we reach the dock," Cedric lamented, going silent for a few moments as he gave their situation some thought. "We'll just have to have the police keep an eye out for them in the city, and report everything we know to the Colonel. He might know what that disc was and what we can do against it."<br/><br/>His concentration broke as a civilian recognized them as Gym Leaders and came over to start asking some questions, his Pikachu showing some desire to play with tired old Toshi. Because he didn't know exactly what had happened up here with Elektra and Rae Ann, and because he wasn't exactly the most outgoing person these days, Cedric decided to let one of the other two talk to the obvious rock fan. Meanwhile, Bellin gave Elektra a simple nod of farewell before leaving the group and disappearing into the crowd once again. If he had plans on challenging the Seastorm League, they would obviously be meeting again.