Devin woke to the sun beating against his eyes. Normally he would roll over nd try to get more sleep time. But this time was different. Today was the day that the United Regions Act was to occur in the Kanto region. He slept in, so he quickly got dressed and hurried out he door.
Devin ran all the way from Viridian City to Pallet Town. It was about a mile's distance, but Devin had ran it several times before, so it hardly phased him.
"Professor Oak!" Devin shouted for the Professor as he entered him lab. "Professor Oak, where are you?"
"I'm right here, Devin," Professor Oak said quietly as he strolled into the room. "You don't have to be so loud, you know."
"Sorry, Professor, but I'm in a really big hurry," Devin told him, "I'm heading to the United Regions, and I'm running late. I was just gonna pick up Blazer so that he could come with me."
"I thought you'd come by, so I got Blazer ready to leave."
Professor Oak called for Blazer, and a Charmander walked into the room. "Ready to go, pal?" Devin asked him.
"Sure," Blazer said nodding.
Because Professor Oak game Devin and Blazer a ride, they arrived in Vermillion City just in time to see ten massive ships pull in. The United Regions Act was going to gather rare Pokemon from the Johto, Hoenn, and Sinnoh regions and put them all in Kanto. This was a big deal, but a lot of people were against it. Many people believed that adding so many new Pokemon could upset the natural order of things.
After saying goodbye to Professor Oak, who had to leave, Devin and Blazer mingled with the enormous crowd, anxiously awaiting for the ships to unload. It was long before they bumped into Ethan, and friend of Devin's, and his Abra, Zapper.
Devin and Ethan had been competing against each other ever since they were babies. Though the rivalry was mostly friendly, they never stopped thinking of ways to outdo each other.
"Well, well, well," Ethan said, "if it isn't Devin. What brings you down here?"
"I'm here to see the ships, of course!"
"Are you gonna start your Pokemon journey after all of these Pokemon are released?" Ethan inquired. "I know I am. We both should have started months and I have been waiting until these rare Pokemon were available to start ours. What about you?"
"I don't know," Devin told him, shrugging.
Suddenly, a loud, booming voice roared down on the crowd from the sky. The voice said:
Humans! Hear me! The migration of all these Pokemon is a mistake that you will all regret! You have five minutes to turn these ships around, or you will suffer the consequences!
Everybody believed this to be a prank. But, just to make sure, the ships were going to wait five minutes before unloading. Time went by slowly. But, when the time was up, the voice returned:
You fools! I warned you! Now, suffer the consequences!
Then, down from the sky, and enormous attack that Devin recognized as Hyper Beam shot down into the sea. The force of the blast caused rapids to form. And these rapids flipped the ships over!
Everybody rushed to the sea to try to get the Pokemon out of the ships. They couldn't get there very quickly, however, due to he massive rapids. Before he could get to the ships, Devin spotted an Eevee that was holding on to a tree branch that was extending over the sea.
Devin put Blazer in his Pokeball, anc began climbing the massive tree.
"What are you doing?" Ethan shouted up at him.
"If I don't rescue this guy then he's a goner!"
Devin reached out to the Eevee. But, right before he could grab it, the branch snapped, and Devin and the Eevee fell into the sea! The last thing Devin heard before the sea's mighty rapids were Ethan's screams for help.