The Story of Craig Part 1

It’s said that for every winner, there are at least 3 losers.  Craig, he is one of those three.  A man who did everything possible to move up in the world was cursed to mediocrity.  No matter what he did, he was always looked over.  Craig wished for a better life, one where he could fit in and stand out as well.  He found his wish in Team Flare….

Well, mostly.  Hard to stand out when everyone looks the same, but Craig did fit in with these new people, who seemed like they had a good thing going, preserving the beauty of the Kalos region, stopping those who would despoil it, though the tactics seemed a little unsavory at times, Craig was happy to be doing some good for once.  His first real assignment unsupervised was to collect fossils in the Glittering Cave.  He never understood the importance of the fossils, but he was allowed to do it without the Admins breathing down his neck, so it was already proving to be a kush job in his book.  His job was simple, so simple a moron could do it, stand at the entrance where the fossils were and stop anyone from interfering.  That complicated things a little, but who comes this far into the cave?  After a while, he got bored, the guys looking for the fossils were taking forever and Craig’s mind was starting to drift. Just as he was about to zone out completely, he heard footsteps coming from the cave.  And from it, came a boy, a small boy, he didn’t look like much, Craig thought he could take him. Craig stopped the boy and challenged him to battle, sending out his Zubat, while the boy sent out a….Onix….oh boy, this could be bad. Craig was at a loss, how could he have been so stupid to be in a cave filled with rock types, and bring two pokemon who are weak to that type? “Zubat, use Wing Attack!” The zubat tapped Onix with its wing, needless to say, it wasn’t very effective. The Onix picked up a sizable rock with its tail and smacked Craig’s Zubat with it.  Super Effective, and a One Hit Knock Out….what a surprise….  Craig sent out his other pokemon, a Houndour, which promptly had a rock dropped on his head.  Craig was defeated, and a failure once more.  Flashbacks of his life before Team Flare started running before his eyes.  “No, I will not lose again, I must not be a failure here too!