Chapter 1 Meet the Crew
"Oh, hey guys," McKenna said. She had just woken up from a long nap in her bunk and came outside. The air was crisp and cool, with a long breeze blowing in. It tousled her long hair and brought the smell of salt. Waves crashed against the side of the massive ship, where people lounged on comfortable chairs or swam in the swimming pool centered in the middle of the ship. McKenna and her friends were on a cruise ship in the region of Hoenn, and at the present Dave and Steve, McKenna's friends, were arguing about problems caused by Dave.
"You didn't have to eat ALL the food!" Steve cried.
"But I was really hungry! Besides, dessert hasn't arrived yet. I'll save some for you." Dave consoled.
"You'll SAVE some for me? You can't just eat everything in sight! There's other passengers, you know!"
"Passengers, smashengers. Here comes dessert!" Dave cried, but was suddenly pushed into the pool.
McKenna watched as Steve chased Dave around in the pool. "Boys will be boys," said the waitress that had carried the dessert plates in. "I hope he doesn't eat all the food, or else we won't have any left for our way back to Sinnoh." The waitress sighed, and then left. Sinnoh was the region across from Hoenn, and it was many miles away.
Suddenly Dave burst out of the pool, and ran for the dessert. Steve quickly followed behind.
"Can't talk, must eat!" Dave said, and started voraciously tearing into the ice cream, cake, cupcakes, and several other desserts.
Steve walked away in defeat and took a granola bar out of his pocket. He sullenly chewed it, and McKenna walked over. "Dave eating everything again?" she asked.
"Someday his stomach will explode from all the food he's eaten," Steve joked grimly.
Today was the last day that Dave would have that much to eat. As the sun neared the horizon, the sun glinted off something in the water. McKenna noticed this and walked to the side of the boat. About five hundred feet away, a massive whirlpool had been silently sucking the boat in. As McKenna stared at the oncoming threat, Steve went over to see what the matter was. Suddenly Dave appeared behind them, crept up, and shouted "What's going on?!"
McKenna and Steve quickly turned, took out their poke balls, and threw them up in the air. Dave looked over the side of the boat, reached into his pocket, and took out his poke ball, too.
Steve yelled, "McKenna, warn the others! Get everyone to evacuate the bottom decks of the ship! Dave, you have to get the boat to slow down! We need time! I'll get the control center of the boat and see if we're able to turn around! GO!"
McKenna turned and ran down the stairs. At every turn, people stared at her and ran at her message. The stairs kept going on and on. She talked to the stewards and stewardesses for help and, slowly but surely, less people were found in the bottom decks until there were no more.
By the time McKenna had reached the top decks, Steve was with Dave, trying to encourage the poke'mon to push the boat harder. She added her poke'mon to the mix, but had high fears for the passengers. There weren't many trainers on the boat, and all the poke'mon they had were helping. In all, it consisted of Steve's Clefable, Hoothoot, and Heracross, the latter not able to help; Dave's Snorlax, Luxio, and Golduck, the latter the only one to help; and McKenna's Pichu, Wailmer, and Staravia, in which Wailmer and Staravia were able to help.
It was futile. The whirlpool approached, and with it a great splashing, sucking noise that nearly drove all noise out. McKenna suddenly realized that all the poke'mon in the water were in danger, but it was too late. Wailmer, Golduck, Clefable, Hoothoot, and Staravia were sucked in. Heracross growled and jumped in to save his comrades, which encouraged the rest of the poke'mon to follow suit. One by one the poke'mon jumped in for their friends, even little Pichu. Alas, all was in vain. The screeches were silenced as they were sucked under the waves, panic and havoc giving way to an empty expanse of water.
That was the beginning of how we discovered our little expanse of nowhere.
