>>58997554There were two more trainers I had to beat to get to Cerulean City. The first was a Super Nerd guarding the fossils in Mt. Moon. Scree took down the Super Nerd's team with support from Javelin.
I took the Helix Fossil, of course, and then healed up in the Pokémon Center. Now the Jessie & James fight was the only thing separating me from Cerulean City. It went horribly wrong.
It started well enough. I opened with Scree again, and it Leech Life'd Jessie and James's Ekans to death having only lost half its health. Meowth was their next Pokémon, and their most dangerous one. I switched in Knuckles right into a Scratch from Meowth. No problem, I thought, Knuckles will use Low Kick next turn.
Next turn, Meowth hit Knuckles with Bite, and Knuckles missed its Low Kick. I selected Low Kick again only to watch the last turn repeat almost exactly — Knuckles once again missed its Low Kick and was hit with another Scratch. Now Knuckles was one hit away from death, and Meowth was still at full health.
My would-be Meowth counter had failed, but I knew I wouldn't be able to beat Blue in Cerulean City without Knuckles, so I decided to switch out rather than risk Knuckles' death. After Javelin used Growl to lower Meowth's Attack, and Peck to lower its HP, I sent out Scree, but it died to a critical hit Bite. I had no choice but to bring Knuckles back out, and this time it finally landed Low Kick.
Jessie and James sent out Koffing, and Knuckles used Leer to lower Koffing's Defense but was forced out after being poisoned by Smog. I switched in Javelin, who was only able to use Peck once before dying to a Tackle. Finally, my last healthy Pokémon, Flop, was able to KO Koffing with Struggle.
With Scree and Javelin dead, the fight EXP was spread between my living party members, resulting in Knuckles leveling up to level 15, putting him above the level cap for Misty. This meant that I was down to one Pokémon again.
