Pokemon Black game script - Part 7
Black and Cheren team up to track down Team Plasma in Driftveil City, then Black battles another Gym Leader and travels through Chargestone Cave.
--- Driftveil City
Clay
Hrmph! So yer the Trainers Elesa was talkin' about, huh.
I'm Clay. I'm the Gym Leader 'round these parts.
Don't be expectin' no welcome, now.
'Cause when we lowered that bridge, the Team Plasma guys we'd caught done escaped in all the ruckus!
Cheren
What a bother.
We're grateful that you lowered the bridge, but how is it our fault that they escaped?
Clay
Ya can say whatever ya want.
But what's important is y'all showed up, and then Team Plasma escaped.
Maybe it's a little heavy-handed, but you oughtta start lookin' for Team Plasma, too.
Yer both talented Trainers, aren't ya?
[Clay walks off, but pauses.]
Clay
Tell ya what...
If ya find Team Plasma, I'll let ya challenge my Gym!
Life's all about give and take!
[He leaves.]
Cheren
Well, I suppose that's fair.
But really, we would have looked for Team Plasma even if he hadn't asked.
I can get stronger while beating that bothersome bunch...
Black! I'll go on ahead.
[Cheren goes on ahead.]
--- Cold Storage
Cheren
Black...
Do you think Team Plasma could be in there?
I don't like cold places, but we have to check. What a bother.
Cheren
All right, Black. Let's get this over with.
--- Inside the Cold Storage
Cheren
?
Well... Still.
Is there anything more important than strength for Trainers, like the Champion said?
Oh, I'll never understand just by thinking about it.
What a bother.
Let's hurry up and check the inside.
[At the entrance to Team Plasma's hiding place]
Cheren
Oh... Is someone in there?
Cheren [if you say no]
But the only place in the Cold Storage we haven't searched is here, right?
Cheren [if you say yes]
Shall we go, then?
Cheren
What's wrong? Aren't you going to check the inside?
--- Inside the storage container
Zinzolin
All of you -- huddle around me! I can't take this cold...
Cheren
Whatever.
I can't believe you were really hiding.
It's a bother, but if you're cold, shall I show you outside?
Zinzolin
!
Pokémon are our king's friends.
While we're taking care of them, we can't let any harm come to them here.
Everyone, drive these intruders away!
Team Plasma
Understood, Zinzolin of the Seven Sages!
Put 'em up, 'cause here we come!
Cheren
Black! Let's each take care of one side!
Cheren
Black, you take care of those guys over there!
Team Plasma
In this group, I'm fairly strong, and that's a fact!
--- VS Team Plasma Grunt
Team: Watchog, Scraggy
Team Plasma Grunt [upon losing]
Long live Team Plasma!
Team Plasma
The Pokémon that work with people may look like they're having fun, but the truth is they're suffering.
There's no doubt about it!
Team Plasma
For this group, I'm pretty strong. I hope you know that!
--- VS Team Plasma Grunt
Team: Liepard
Team Plasma Grunt [upon losing]
Great plans are always interrupted.
Team Plasma
In the middle of the night, we gathered all the Pokémon we stole in front of the container, so we could transport them all at the same time.
Then Clay, that old guy, found us. We had been captured!
Team Plasma
In my own way, I'm a strong part of this Team Plasma group!
--- VS Team Plasma Grunt
Team: Trubbish
Team Plasma Grunt [upon losing]
Have you learned your lesson now?
...I'm such a sore loser.
Team Plasma
Hmm-mmm... I wonder why... I'm getting sleepy for some reason.
Team Plasma
I'm one of the tougher members of Team Plasma here!
--- VS Team Plasma Grunt
Team: Sandile, Watchog
Team Plasma Grunt [upon losing]
If you take something away, I will take it back... Remember that!
Team Plasma
S-s-so cold... How can I win when I'm shivering so hard?
[Clay and several workers enter the container.]
Clay
Well, I'll be!
Hidin' in a chilly old place like this...
You guys take these Pokémon robbers!
Worker
Roger!
[The workers lead the Plasma grunts and Zinzolin away.]
Clay
You guys ain't so bad!
Yup, a promise is a promise. Come on an' challenge my Gym!
[Clay leaves.]
Cheren
Whatever...
Team Plasma's ideal...
Separating people and Pokémon...
It's exactly the same as not having Pokémon in this world at all.
That bunch is a waste of oxygen.
Black...
It's cold, so I'm getting out of here.
[Cheren leaves.]
--- Driftveil City
[Ghetsis has arrived at the Gym.]
Ghetsis
Clay. It's a pleasure to meet you.
I am Ghetsis, of Team Plasma.
I've come to pick up my associates who are in your care.
Clay
I don't need no thanks, now.
Yer buddies were tryin' to steal some folks' Pokémon.
Ghetsis
What's this? It seems as if there has been some misunderstanding.
We only free Pokémon from wicked people.
Clay
Well, that sounds real nice, if it's true.
I may not talk purty, but at least I'm an honest man.
You talk real nice, but what yer sayin' kinda sounds like lyin'.
So tell me plain, what are ya tryin' to say?
Ghetsis
Team Plasma also has an interest in Driftveil City.
And we have many, many more members besides those who are here...
Clay
...Well, I can't tell if yer lyin' or not, but I reckon you've won this without a fight.
Hrrmph. Fine. Take 'em and git!
Ghetsis
A decision worthy of a businessman called the Miner King.
Your grasp of the situation is outstanding.
Well then, we will be taking our colleagues off your hands...
Zinzolin
Ghetsis... Thank you very much...
Ghetsis
Don't worry, my fellow servant of the king...
We are two of the Seven Sages, are we not?
Well then, everyone, I expect that we will meet again somewhere.
[Team Plasma departs.]
Clay
Sorry to let Team Plasma go after you tracked 'em down, fellas.
Say, why don't we cheer ourselves up with a Pokémon battle?
Don't keep me waitin'!
[Clay enters the Gym.]
Cheren
Well, we avoided a fight in the middle of the city, anyway.
Still, I can't help but think Ghetsis isn't just an ordinary person.
I'm off to go make my Pokémon stronger.
I really don't want to lose to that Clay guy.
Actually, I'm going to win my Gym Badge in a flawless victory!
--- Driftveil Gym
Receptionist
Welcome to the Driftveil Pokémon Gym!
In this Gym, elevators are provided for your use.
Clyde
I'm sure it was tough dealing with all that right after you arrived here.
For now, I'll just give you this!
Black obtained a Fresh Water!
Black put the Fresh Water in the MEDICINE Case.
Clyde
The Gym Leader Clay uses Ground-type Pokémon!
Well, just between you and me, Ground-type Pokémon aren't good against Water-type attacks.
Kinda makes me wonder why Clay is living next to water.
Felix
OK, challenger! Bring it on!
--- VS Worker Felix
Team: Palpitoad, Drilbur
Felix [upon losing]
But then, but...
I lost?!
Felix
Get on the elevators, and go down and down!
A Trainer's spirit means take it as far as you can!
Don
I face my Pokémon, and we share our real feelings.
Sometimes that's what I do in this Pokémon Gym.
--- VS Worker Don
Team: Krokorok
Don [upon losing]
Right now, my Pokémon and I both feel the sting of defeat!
Don
When we lose, I apologize to my Pokémon...
It is important for our future, and it helps me grow strong!
Isaac
I received intense training from Clay.
No Trainer around here is out of my league.
--- VS Clerk♂ Isaac
Team: Sandile, Palpitoad, Sandile
Isaac [upon losing]
Oh, no...
I've found someone who's out of my league!
Isaac
Clay is a Gym Leader and a company president.
And he scolds me all the time.
Sterling
When the elevator goes up, my spirits rise!
When the elevator goes down, my spirits fall...
If you want to know why Clay is at the bottom, defeat me!
--- VS Worker Sterling
Team: Sandile, Drilbur
Sterling [upon losing]
I lost. There go my spirits... aaaaall the way down.
Sterling
Clay is waiting at the very bottom because...
he wants to remember that he was at the bottom in the past.
Katie
Clay is at the bottom of the Gym, but I will test you to see whether you are skilled enough to face the Gym Leader.
--- VS Clerk♀ Katie
Team: Drilbur
Katie [upon losing]
Agh, so frustrating!
Maybe I'm not skilled enough...
Katie
I started Pokémon battles after I grew up, but I got so into it!
Clay
Well...
Think it's about time to see fer myself what it is about yer skills that made a Gym Leader like Elesa take such a shine to ya.
--- VS Clay
Team: Krokorok, Excadrill, Palpitoad
Clay [upon first attack]
I'll be!
Sure didn't see that coming.
Clay [sending out final Pokémon]
Givin' up's the easy way out! If I wanted, I could have given up any old time!
Clay [upon losing]
Well, I've had enough... And just so you know, I didn't go easy on you.
Clay
Mrrrmph. I see. But I sure don't like it!
Fer such a young 'un, ya have an imposin' battle style.
I know ya got people who can dig up yer potential.
Mrmph.
Here! Take this!
Black received the Quake Badge from Clay!
Clay
So this is yer fifth Badge, huh?
If that's so, Pokémon up to Lv. 60 will obey ya.
Also, I'll give ya this TM.
...Well, that was the plan, but I just remembered there's somethin' I want.
Wait in front of the cave at the end of Route 6, wouldja?
Clay
What's the problem?
Go wait in front of the cave at the end of Route 6!
Clyde
Every now and again, I hope you look at the Gym Badge you won here and remember the battle!
--- Driftveil City
Bianca [off-screen]
Black!!
Guess what, guess what?
Black
!
[Bianca appears.]
Bianca
Hey, were you at the Gym just now?
Oh, hey! That's Driftveil's Gym Badge! Oh, that's totally cool. That's amazing.
!
No, no, no! I can't get distracted being all impressed with your shiny new Badge!
I'm also a Trainer! At times like this you battle, right?
--- VS Bianca
Team: Herdier, Musharna, Pignite, Pansage
Bianca [upon first attack]
My Pokémon can take that!
I'm sure. Well, probably...
Bianca [low on health]
Umm...
This is kinda bad, right?
Bianca [upon losing]
Aww. I lost.
Bianca
I haven't had a Pokémon battle with you in a while, Black.
You've become totally strong, huh?
I'm not that strong, so I don't know how to say it, but I think you're way tuned in to how your Pokémon feel!
Oh, you know what! I want to share this HM with you, Black!
Black obtained an HM02 Fly!
Black put the HM02 in the TMs & HMs Case.
Bianca
My papa gave it to me after he tried to take me home that time.
I'm sure it's so I can come home anytime he wants, though...
Oh, hey, I have to share this with Cheren, too...
See you, Black! Buh-bye!
--- Chargestone Cave entrance
[The entrance is covered by a yellow web.]
Clay
Thanks fer waitin'.
Black
!
Clay
Looks like th' nest of an Electric-type Pokémon called Galvantula.
Don't know why there's a nest here, but if there are folks havin' problems, th' Gym Leader's th' one ta fix it.
Krokorok! Take it out!
[Krokorok destroys the nest.]
Clay
And this here TM's yours. It's my favorite TM, so ya can teach it ta all of yer Pokémon!
Black obtained a TM78 Bulldoze!
Black put the TM78 in the TMs & HMs Case.
Clay
It's called Bulldoze. This move does damage and lowers the Speed of any Pokémon it hits.
Some Ground-type Pokémon move a little slower than ya'd like.
If ya use Bulldoze right, ya can cover that weakness!
I don't know how good you really are, but if ya think ya can go, go wherever, and if ya think ya can do somethin', keep doin' it.
Do things how ya want!
Decide yer own limits.
[Clay returns to Driftveil.]
--- Chargestone Cave
[As soon as Black enters the cave, two shadowy men surround her.]
???
...
...Come.
[They lead her to N a short distance away.]
???
...
My lord N, we brought the one you wanted.
[The men vanish. Like ninjas.]
N
Ah, yes.
That was the Shadow Triad, just now. Ghetsis enlisted them in Team Plasma.
Apparently, they were the ones who prepared the Galvantula nest at the cave entrance.
Chargestone Cave... I like this place.
Formulas express electricity and its connection to Pokémon...
If people did not exist, this would be an ideal place.
You have been chosen, you know. Does it surprise you I said that?
N [if you say yes]
Of course.
Such news should be a surprise.
N [if you say no]
Hmph.
If you don't understand what that means, it's not likely to surprise you.
N
I told Ghetsis about you and your friends.
After I did, he apparently used the Shadow Triad to find out about you.
Cheren is pursuing the ideal of strength.
Poor Bianca has faced the sad truth that not everyone can become stronger.
And you are not swayed either way -- more of a neutral presence.
Which is apparently a good thing.
Team Plasma will be waiting for you ahead.
Ghetsis wants to see what kind of Pokémon Trainer you really are.
[N moves on ahead.]
??? [off-screen]
Guess what!
Black
!
[Bianca approaches.]
Bianca
Black, did you know this?
The floating stones move when you touch them!
Right, Professor?
[Professor Juniper approaches.]
Juniper
Hi there! How are you, Black?
This place is always charged with lots of electricity that Pokémon like!
The electric charges react from one stone to another, and that's why some of the stones are floating!
But not all of the stones can be pushed.
My father asked me to research Klink, which is a Pokémon that looks like a gear, because I'm researching the origins of Pokémon and the era they appeared.
He knows how to get what he wants from people, but I was already interested in this anyway, so it's a lot of fun!
Oh, yeah! Black, this is for you!
Black obtained a Lucky Egg!
Black put the Lucky Egg in the ITEMS Case.
Juniper
Giving that Lucky Egg to a Pokémon to hold increases the amount of Exp. Points received in battle by a lot!
Having strong Pokémon will make it easier to fill your Pokédex pages!
Juniper
Black! Are you working on your Pokédex?
Keep encountering lots of Pokémon, so you can keep filling in those pages!
Bianca
I'm the professor's bodyguard!
Well, that's probably not necessary, but you have to protect important things!
[Juniper and Bianca follow Black as she makes her way though the cave.]
Juniper
Hi there! Did you find something?
I think we're just about done collecting data.
This cave has been around since the distant past, but...
Data to prove that Klink existed more than a hundred years ago can't be found.
So that must mean...
Klink suddenly appeared a hundred years ago!
[Um...]
Juniper
Where Pokémon came from and where they are going...
If we can learn that, I believe we can get along even better!
Bianca
Know what, Black?
Pokémon are mysterious!
I wonder why these amazing little guys stay by our sides.
Bianca
I plan on staying here and catching Pokémon!
Traveling is about encounters, you know!
[The Shadow Triad surrounds Black as she continues.]
Shadow Triad
...
...Come.
[They lead her across a wood bridge.]
Shadow Triad
...
There are stairs going down ahead.
Team Plasma is waiting for you there.
[They vanish.]
--- One staircase later
Team Plasma
You... You came here because somebody manipulated you.
If you can win against me, I will tell you the secret!
--- VS Team Plasma Grunt
Team: Sandile, Scraggy, Watchog
Team Plasma Grunt [upon losing]
Argh! I can't believe I lost...
Team Plasma
Ghetsis of the Seven Sages supports our king, and Ghetsis has three subordinates...
They are the Shadow Triad!
Team Plasma
If I win against you, release your Pokémon!
--- VS Team Plasma Grunt
Team: Scraggy
Team Plasma Grunt [upon losing]
Plasmaaaa!
I'm mortified.
Team Plasma
I don't understand... Your Pokémon seem to be happy next to you.
Team Plasma
Pokémon living in this Chargestone Cave are so beautiful.
Because they are free from people.
--- VS Team Plasma Grunt
Team: Trubbish, Liepard
Team Plasma Grunt [upon losing]
Oh, my. No, no.
Plasmaaaa!
Team Plasma
It's bad for ordinary Trainers like you to use Pokémon.
It's good for us members of Team Plasma to use Pokémon!
Team Plasma
You... You are the Trainer that my lord N is worried about!
--- VS Team Plasma Grunt
Team: Trubbish, Trubbish, Trubbish
Team Plasma Grunt [upon losing]
You may have beaten me, but you're still no better than other Trainers around here.
Team Plasma
My lord N grew up with Pokémon...
He thinks about Pokémon more than anyone else!
Team Plasma
As a proud member of Team Plasma, I will gladly battle with you.
--- VS Team Plasma Grunt
Team: Watchog, Sandile
Team Plasma Grunt [upon losing]
As a proud member of...
Team Plasma...
Team Plasma
What do you fight for?
No, what do you live for?
Team Plasma
The hope of Team Plasma!
Well, it has nothing to do with you.
--- VS Team Plasma Grunt
Team: Liepard
Team Plasma Grunt [upon losing]
Hey! What was that?
You're too strong! Ugh!
Team Plasma
The hope of Team Plasma!
We know our king will lead us.
He will free the Pokémon!
You! Release your Pokémon and stop being a Trainer!
Team Plasma
OK, Trainer, you use Pokémon!
Show me your strength!
--- VS Team Plasma Grunt
Team: Sandile, Watchog
Team Plasma Grunt [upon losing]
...I see.
You're very good at using Pokémon.
Team Plasma
Because they use Pokémon, people hold competitions to sort out the strong from the weak...
Is this fair? Is this right?
Are Pokémon just the Trainers' tools?
--- Up some more stairs!
N
Many different values mix together, and the world becomes gray...
That is unforgivable!
I will separate Pokémon and people, and black and white will be clearly distinct!
Only then will Pokémon become perfect beings!
Yes, that is my dream! That is the dream I must fulfill!
Black, do you have a dream of your own?
N [if you say yes]
You have a dream... That's wonderful.
I'll learn just what kind of dream you have -- in battle!
N [if you say no]
As if a person without a dream could ever understand me!
Eh... I guess...
I have to crush your will here!
--- VS N
Team: Boldore, Joltik, Klink, Ferroseed
N [upon first attack]
Do you believe that Pokémon battles help us understand one another?
N [sending out final Pokémon]
I will show you that my love for my friends permeates every cell of my body. Behold!
N [upon losing]
My friends getting hurt...
That's what a Pokémon battle is.
N
Tsk! Why?
Is it impossible for me to win while feeling bad about being a Trainer?
As if I could pursue my ideals with something as meaningless as a battle!
As if that could make me worthy to become friends with the legendary Pokémon!
Bianca [off-screen]
Black!
[Bianca enters.]
Bianca
Just a little further to Mistralton City!
[Juniper enters.]
Juniper
Bianca, you have good ears.
I can't believe you heard Black's voice from that far away.
Black, who is this Trainer?
N
Professor Juniper, what are you thinking?
You appear to have no qualms about the relationship between Pokémon and people.
You put Pokémon into categories using arbitrary rules and think you can understand them like that...
The very idea of a Pokédex revolts me.
What do you have to say for yourself?
Juniper
Oh, my. Looks like you're not my biggest fan.
Your opinion is understandable. It happens to be different from mine, which is equally understandable.
How about if all people get to decide for themselves how to relate to Pokémon?
N
You're saying I should just allow people to think whatever they want and treat Pokémon however they want, no matter whether the Pokémon suffer?
I refuse to tolerate the existence of a world like that!
[N leaves the cave.]
Juniper
Well, I didn't expect him to change his mind right away.
But I hope he'll spend a little time trying to understand how others feel.
Now, then... I think I'll go collect a little more data.
For Pokémon and people to get along better, we need to take steps to learn more about them!
[Juniper returns deeper into the cave.]
Bianca
Umm, Black!
I'm gonna go with Professor Juniper now 'cause I'm her bodyguard!
[Bianca follows Juniper.]
[Next stop: Mistralton City.]
--- Driftveil City
Clay
Hrmph! So yer the Trainers Elesa was talkin' about, huh.
I'm Clay. I'm the Gym Leader 'round these parts.
Don't be expectin' no welcome, now.
'Cause when we lowered that bridge, the Team Plasma guys we'd caught done escaped in all the ruckus!
Cheren
What a bother.
We're grateful that you lowered the bridge, but how is it our fault that they escaped?
Clay
Ya can say whatever ya want.
But what's important is y'all showed up, and then Team Plasma escaped.
Maybe it's a little heavy-handed, but you oughtta start lookin' for Team Plasma, too.
Yer both talented Trainers, aren't ya?
[Clay walks off, but pauses.]
Clay
Tell ya what...
If ya find Team Plasma, I'll let ya challenge my Gym!
Life's all about give and take!
[He leaves.]
Cheren
Well, I suppose that's fair.
But really, we would have looked for Team Plasma even if he hadn't asked.
I can get stronger while beating that bothersome bunch...
Black! I'll go on ahead.
[Cheren goes on ahead.]
--- Cold Storage
Cheren
Black...
Do you think Team Plasma could be in there?
I don't like cold places, but we have to check. What a bother.
Cheren
All right, Black. Let's get this over with.
--- Inside the Cold Storage
Cheren
?
Well... Still.
Is there anything more important than strength for Trainers, like the Champion said?
Oh, I'll never understand just by thinking about it.
What a bother.
Let's hurry up and check the inside.
[At the entrance to Team Plasma's hiding place]
Cheren
Oh... Is someone in there?
Cheren [if you say no]
But the only place in the Cold Storage we haven't searched is here, right?
Cheren [if you say yes]
Shall we go, then?
Cheren
What's wrong? Aren't you going to check the inside?
--- Inside the storage container
Zinzolin
All of you -- huddle around me! I can't take this cold...
Cheren
Whatever.
I can't believe you were really hiding.
It's a bother, but if you're cold, shall I show you outside?
Zinzolin
!
Pokémon are our king's friends.
While we're taking care of them, we can't let any harm come to them here.
Everyone, drive these intruders away!
Team Plasma
Understood, Zinzolin of the Seven Sages!
Put 'em up, 'cause here we come!
Cheren
Black! Let's each take care of one side!
Cheren
Black, you take care of those guys over there!
Team Plasma
In this group, I'm fairly strong, and that's a fact!
--- VS Team Plasma Grunt
Team: Watchog, Scraggy
Team Plasma Grunt [upon losing]
Long live Team Plasma!
Team Plasma
The Pokémon that work with people may look like they're having fun, but the truth is they're suffering.
There's no doubt about it!
Team Plasma
For this group, I'm pretty strong. I hope you know that!
--- VS Team Plasma Grunt
Team: Liepard
Team Plasma Grunt [upon losing]
Great plans are always interrupted.
Team Plasma
In the middle of the night, we gathered all the Pokémon we stole in front of the container, so we could transport them all at the same time.
Then Clay, that old guy, found us. We had been captured!
Team Plasma
In my own way, I'm a strong part of this Team Plasma group!
--- VS Team Plasma Grunt
Team: Trubbish
Team Plasma Grunt [upon losing]
Have you learned your lesson now?
...I'm such a sore loser.
Team Plasma
Hmm-mmm... I wonder why... I'm getting sleepy for some reason.
Team Plasma
I'm one of the tougher members of Team Plasma here!
--- VS Team Plasma Grunt
Team: Sandile, Watchog
Team Plasma Grunt [upon losing]
If you take something away, I will take it back... Remember that!
Team Plasma
S-s-so cold... How can I win when I'm shivering so hard?
[Clay and several workers enter the container.]
Clay
Well, I'll be!
Hidin' in a chilly old place like this...
You guys take these Pokémon robbers!
Worker
Roger!
[The workers lead the Plasma grunts and Zinzolin away.]
Clay
You guys ain't so bad!
Yup, a promise is a promise. Come on an' challenge my Gym!
[Clay leaves.]
Cheren
Whatever...
Team Plasma's ideal...
Separating people and Pokémon...
It's exactly the same as not having Pokémon in this world at all.
That bunch is a waste of oxygen.
Black...
It's cold, so I'm getting out of here.
[Cheren leaves.]
--- Driftveil City
[Ghetsis has arrived at the Gym.]
Ghetsis
Clay. It's a pleasure to meet you.
I am Ghetsis, of Team Plasma.
I've come to pick up my associates who are in your care.
Clay
I don't need no thanks, now.
Yer buddies were tryin' to steal some folks' Pokémon.
Ghetsis
What's this? It seems as if there has been some misunderstanding.
We only free Pokémon from wicked people.
Clay
Well, that sounds real nice, if it's true.
I may not talk purty, but at least I'm an honest man.
You talk real nice, but what yer sayin' kinda sounds like lyin'.
So tell me plain, what are ya tryin' to say?
Ghetsis
Team Plasma also has an interest in Driftveil City.
And we have many, many more members besides those who are here...
Clay
...Well, I can't tell if yer lyin' or not, but I reckon you've won this without a fight.
Hrrmph. Fine. Take 'em and git!
Ghetsis
A decision worthy of a businessman called the Miner King.
Your grasp of the situation is outstanding.
Well then, we will be taking our colleagues off your hands...
Zinzolin
Ghetsis... Thank you very much...
Ghetsis
Don't worry, my fellow servant of the king...
We are two of the Seven Sages, are we not?
Well then, everyone, I expect that we will meet again somewhere.
[Team Plasma departs.]
Clay
Sorry to let Team Plasma go after you tracked 'em down, fellas.
Say, why don't we cheer ourselves up with a Pokémon battle?
Don't keep me waitin'!
[Clay enters the Gym.]
Cheren
Well, we avoided a fight in the middle of the city, anyway.
Still, I can't help but think Ghetsis isn't just an ordinary person.
I'm off to go make my Pokémon stronger.
I really don't want to lose to that Clay guy.
Actually, I'm going to win my Gym Badge in a flawless victory!
--- Driftveil Gym
Receptionist
Welcome to the Driftveil Pokémon Gym!
In this Gym, elevators are provided for your use.
Clyde
I'm sure it was tough dealing with all that right after you arrived here.
For now, I'll just give you this!
Black obtained a Fresh Water!
Black put the Fresh Water in the MEDICINE Case.
Clyde
The Gym Leader Clay uses Ground-type Pokémon!
Well, just between you and me, Ground-type Pokémon aren't good against Water-type attacks.
Kinda makes me wonder why Clay is living next to water.
Felix
OK, challenger! Bring it on!
--- VS Worker Felix
Team: Palpitoad, Drilbur
Felix [upon losing]
But then, but...
I lost?!
Felix
Get on the elevators, and go down and down!
A Trainer's spirit means take it as far as you can!
Don
I face my Pokémon, and we share our real feelings.
Sometimes that's what I do in this Pokémon Gym.
--- VS Worker Don
Team: Krokorok
Don [upon losing]
Right now, my Pokémon and I both feel the sting of defeat!
Don
When we lose, I apologize to my Pokémon...
It is important for our future, and it helps me grow strong!
Isaac
I received intense training from Clay.
No Trainer around here is out of my league.
--- VS Clerk♂ Isaac
Team: Sandile, Palpitoad, Sandile
Isaac [upon losing]
Oh, no...
I've found someone who's out of my league!
Isaac
Clay is a Gym Leader and a company president.
And he scolds me all the time.
Sterling
When the elevator goes up, my spirits rise!
When the elevator goes down, my spirits fall...
If you want to know why Clay is at the bottom, defeat me!
--- VS Worker Sterling
Team: Sandile, Drilbur
Sterling [upon losing]
I lost. There go my spirits... aaaaall the way down.
Sterling
Clay is waiting at the very bottom because...
he wants to remember that he was at the bottom in the past.
Katie
Clay is at the bottom of the Gym, but I will test you to see whether you are skilled enough to face the Gym Leader.
--- VS Clerk♀ Katie
Team: Drilbur
Katie [upon losing]
Agh, so frustrating!
Maybe I'm not skilled enough...
Katie
I started Pokémon battles after I grew up, but I got so into it!
Clay
Well...
Think it's about time to see fer myself what it is about yer skills that made a Gym Leader like Elesa take such a shine to ya.
--- VS Clay
Team: Krokorok, Excadrill, Palpitoad
Clay [upon first attack]
I'll be!
Sure didn't see that coming.
Clay [sending out final Pokémon]
Givin' up's the easy way out! If I wanted, I could have given up any old time!
Clay [upon losing]
Well, I've had enough... And just so you know, I didn't go easy on you.
Clay
Mrrrmph. I see. But I sure don't like it!
Fer such a young 'un, ya have an imposin' battle style.
I know ya got people who can dig up yer potential.
Mrmph.
Here! Take this!
Black received the Quake Badge from Clay!
Clay
So this is yer fifth Badge, huh?
If that's so, Pokémon up to Lv. 60 will obey ya.
Also, I'll give ya this TM.
...Well, that was the plan, but I just remembered there's somethin' I want.
Wait in front of the cave at the end of Route 6, wouldja?
Clay
What's the problem?
Go wait in front of the cave at the end of Route 6!
Clyde
Every now and again, I hope you look at the Gym Badge you won here and remember the battle!
--- Driftveil City
Bianca [off-screen]
Black!!
Guess what, guess what?
Black
!
[Bianca appears.]
Bianca
Hey, were you at the Gym just now?
Oh, hey! That's Driftveil's Gym Badge! Oh, that's totally cool. That's amazing.
!
No, no, no! I can't get distracted being all impressed with your shiny new Badge!
I'm also a Trainer! At times like this you battle, right?
--- VS Bianca
Team: Herdier, Musharna, Pignite, Pansage
Bianca [upon first attack]
My Pokémon can take that!
I'm sure. Well, probably...
Bianca [low on health]
Umm...
This is kinda bad, right?
Bianca [upon losing]
Aww. I lost.
Bianca
I haven't had a Pokémon battle with you in a while, Black.
You've become totally strong, huh?
I'm not that strong, so I don't know how to say it, but I think you're way tuned in to how your Pokémon feel!
Oh, you know what! I want to share this HM with you, Black!
Black obtained an HM02 Fly!
Black put the HM02 in the TMs & HMs Case.
Bianca
My papa gave it to me after he tried to take me home that time.
I'm sure it's so I can come home anytime he wants, though...
Oh, hey, I have to share this with Cheren, too...
See you, Black! Buh-bye!
--- Chargestone Cave entrance
[The entrance is covered by a yellow web.]
Clay
Thanks fer waitin'.
Black
!
Clay
Looks like th' nest of an Electric-type Pokémon called Galvantula.
Don't know why there's a nest here, but if there are folks havin' problems, th' Gym Leader's th' one ta fix it.
Krokorok! Take it out!
[Krokorok destroys the nest.]
Clay
And this here TM's yours. It's my favorite TM, so ya can teach it ta all of yer Pokémon!
Black obtained a TM78 Bulldoze!
Black put the TM78 in the TMs & HMs Case.
Clay
It's called Bulldoze. This move does damage and lowers the Speed of any Pokémon it hits.
Some Ground-type Pokémon move a little slower than ya'd like.
If ya use Bulldoze right, ya can cover that weakness!
I don't know how good you really are, but if ya think ya can go, go wherever, and if ya think ya can do somethin', keep doin' it.
Do things how ya want!
Decide yer own limits.
[Clay returns to Driftveil.]
--- Chargestone Cave
[As soon as Black enters the cave, two shadowy men surround her.]
???
...
...Come.
[They lead her to N a short distance away.]
???
...
My lord N, we brought the one you wanted.
[The men vanish. Like ninjas.]
N
Ah, yes.
That was the Shadow Triad, just now. Ghetsis enlisted them in Team Plasma.
Apparently, they were the ones who prepared the Galvantula nest at the cave entrance.
Chargestone Cave... I like this place.
Formulas express electricity and its connection to Pokémon...
If people did not exist, this would be an ideal place.
You have been chosen, you know. Does it surprise you I said that?
N [if you say yes]
Of course.
Such news should be a surprise.
N [if you say no]
Hmph.
If you don't understand what that means, it's not likely to surprise you.
N
I told Ghetsis about you and your friends.
After I did, he apparently used the Shadow Triad to find out about you.
Cheren is pursuing the ideal of strength.
Poor Bianca has faced the sad truth that not everyone can become stronger.
And you are not swayed either way -- more of a neutral presence.
Which is apparently a good thing.
Team Plasma will be waiting for you ahead.
Ghetsis wants to see what kind of Pokémon Trainer you really are.
[N moves on ahead.]
??? [off-screen]
Guess what!
Black
!
[Bianca approaches.]
Bianca
Black, did you know this?
The floating stones move when you touch them!
Right, Professor?
[Professor Juniper approaches.]
Juniper
Hi there! How are you, Black?
This place is always charged with lots of electricity that Pokémon like!
The electric charges react from one stone to another, and that's why some of the stones are floating!
But not all of the stones can be pushed.
My father asked me to research Klink, which is a Pokémon that looks like a gear, because I'm researching the origins of Pokémon and the era they appeared.
He knows how to get what he wants from people, but I was already interested in this anyway, so it's a lot of fun!
Oh, yeah! Black, this is for you!
Black obtained a Lucky Egg!
Black put the Lucky Egg in the ITEMS Case.
Juniper
Giving that Lucky Egg to a Pokémon to hold increases the amount of Exp. Points received in battle by a lot!
Having strong Pokémon will make it easier to fill your Pokédex pages!
Juniper
Black! Are you working on your Pokédex?
Keep encountering lots of Pokémon, so you can keep filling in those pages!
Bianca
I'm the professor's bodyguard!
Well, that's probably not necessary, but you have to protect important things!
[Juniper and Bianca follow Black as she makes her way though the cave.]
Juniper
Hi there! Did you find something?
I think we're just about done collecting data.
This cave has been around since the distant past, but...
Data to prove that Klink existed more than a hundred years ago can't be found.
So that must mean...
Klink suddenly appeared a hundred years ago!
[Um...]
Juniper
Where Pokémon came from and where they are going...
If we can learn that, I believe we can get along even better!
Bianca
Know what, Black?
Pokémon are mysterious!
I wonder why these amazing little guys stay by our sides.
Bianca
I plan on staying here and catching Pokémon!
Traveling is about encounters, you know!
[The Shadow Triad surrounds Black as she continues.]
Shadow Triad
...
...Come.
[They lead her across a wood bridge.]
Shadow Triad
...
There are stairs going down ahead.
Team Plasma is waiting for you there.
[They vanish.]
--- One staircase later
Team Plasma
You... You came here because somebody manipulated you.
If you can win against me, I will tell you the secret!
--- VS Team Plasma Grunt
Team: Sandile, Scraggy, Watchog
Team Plasma Grunt [upon losing]
Argh! I can't believe I lost...
Team Plasma
Ghetsis of the Seven Sages supports our king, and Ghetsis has three subordinates...
They are the Shadow Triad!
Team Plasma
If I win against you, release your Pokémon!
--- VS Team Plasma Grunt
Team: Scraggy
Team Plasma Grunt [upon losing]
Plasmaaaa!
I'm mortified.
Team Plasma
I don't understand... Your Pokémon seem to be happy next to you.
Team Plasma
Pokémon living in this Chargestone Cave are so beautiful.
Because they are free from people.
--- VS Team Plasma Grunt
Team: Trubbish, Liepard
Team Plasma Grunt [upon losing]
Oh, my. No, no.
Plasmaaaa!
Team Plasma
It's bad for ordinary Trainers like you to use Pokémon.
It's good for us members of Team Plasma to use Pokémon!
Team Plasma
You... You are the Trainer that my lord N is worried about!
--- VS Team Plasma Grunt
Team: Trubbish, Trubbish, Trubbish
Team Plasma Grunt [upon losing]
You may have beaten me, but you're still no better than other Trainers around here.
Team Plasma
My lord N grew up with Pokémon...
He thinks about Pokémon more than anyone else!
Team Plasma
As a proud member of Team Plasma, I will gladly battle with you.
--- VS Team Plasma Grunt
Team: Watchog, Sandile
Team Plasma Grunt [upon losing]
As a proud member of...
Team Plasma...
Team Plasma
What do you fight for?
No, what do you live for?
Team Plasma
The hope of Team Plasma!
Well, it has nothing to do with you.
--- VS Team Plasma Grunt
Team: Liepard
Team Plasma Grunt [upon losing]
Hey! What was that?
You're too strong! Ugh!
Team Plasma
The hope of Team Plasma!
We know our king will lead us.
He will free the Pokémon!
You! Release your Pokémon and stop being a Trainer!
Team Plasma
OK, Trainer, you use Pokémon!
Show me your strength!
--- VS Team Plasma Grunt
Team: Sandile, Watchog
Team Plasma Grunt [upon losing]
...I see.
You're very good at using Pokémon.
Team Plasma
Because they use Pokémon, people hold competitions to sort out the strong from the weak...
Is this fair? Is this right?
Are Pokémon just the Trainers' tools?
--- Up some more stairs!
N
Many different values mix together, and the world becomes gray...
That is unforgivable!
I will separate Pokémon and people, and black and white will be clearly distinct!
Only then will Pokémon become perfect beings!
Yes, that is my dream! That is the dream I must fulfill!
Black, do you have a dream of your own?
N [if you say yes]
You have a dream... That's wonderful.
I'll learn just what kind of dream you have -- in battle!
N [if you say no]
As if a person without a dream could ever understand me!
Eh... I guess...
I have to crush your will here!
--- VS N
Team: Boldore, Joltik, Klink, Ferroseed
N [upon first attack]
Do you believe that Pokémon battles help us understand one another?
N [sending out final Pokémon]
I will show you that my love for my friends permeates every cell of my body. Behold!
N [upon losing]
My friends getting hurt...
That's what a Pokémon battle is.
N
Tsk! Why?
Is it impossible for me to win while feeling bad about being a Trainer?
As if I could pursue my ideals with something as meaningless as a battle!
As if that could make me worthy to become friends with the legendary Pokémon!
Bianca [off-screen]
Black!
[Bianca enters.]
Bianca
Just a little further to Mistralton City!
[Juniper enters.]
Juniper
Bianca, you have good ears.
I can't believe you heard Black's voice from that far away.
Black, who is this Trainer?
N
Professor Juniper, what are you thinking?
You appear to have no qualms about the relationship between Pokémon and people.
You put Pokémon into categories using arbitrary rules and think you can understand them like that...
The very idea of a Pokédex revolts me.
What do you have to say for yourself?
Juniper
Oh, my. Looks like you're not my biggest fan.
Your opinion is understandable. It happens to be different from mine, which is equally understandable.
How about if all people get to decide for themselves how to relate to Pokémon?
N
You're saying I should just allow people to think whatever they want and treat Pokémon however they want, no matter whether the Pokémon suffer?
I refuse to tolerate the existence of a world like that!
[N leaves the cave.]
Juniper
Well, I didn't expect him to change his mind right away.
But I hope he'll spend a little time trying to understand how others feel.
Now, then... I think I'll go collect a little more data.
For Pokémon and people to get along better, we need to take steps to learn more about them!
[Juniper returns deeper into the cave.]
Bianca
Umm, Black!
I'm gonna go with Professor Juniper now 'cause I'm her bodyguard!
[Bianca follows Juniper.]
[Next stop: Mistralton City.]