Red was due for a vacation. After completing the Pokédex he was absoloutly exhausted. He decided to Fly to Cinnabar Island. It was a popular tourist destination. He had always wanted to visit it as a tourist and not a challenger. The last time he was there was to challenge the Gym Leader Blaine. He didn't plan to participate in any Pokémon battles this time.
When he arrived he was treated to a surprise. There wasn't a tourist in sight.
Perhaps I have the island to myself, Red mused. He was more right than he thought. He looked around for some souvenirs to spend his hard earned Pokébucks on. There wasn't anybody attending the stands.
Red started to worry. He ran over to the Cinnabar Gym. He opened the doors.
"Blaine!" Red yelled, "You in there dude?" There was no reply except for the echo that greeted him. He noticed a note on the door. He read i "This is Blaine," it read, "I don't know when I'll be back to run the Pokémon Gym. Professor Oak invited me on an expedition to catch a Moltres. Won't that be an exciting addition to the Gym!"
Red read the note over. Red had caught Moltres. What could Blaine have been talking about? Red walked to the edge of the water fidgeting with his Pokéballs.
He kicked off his shoes and walked along in the surf right before the dropoff. He pondered this whole predicament.
Suddenly, right in front of Red, the surf started to roll and froth. Red quickly jumped back and instinctively grabbed one of his Pokéballs.
Something rose out of the water with a beep and a squeal that reminded Red of a Porygon. It looked like a giant wall of computer code. Red pulled out his Pokédex and aimed it at the anomaly. The Pokédex started to grind and smoke. It finally died and two words appeared on the screen.
ERROR MISSINGNO.
Red looked at the Pokédex, baffled. He looked back up at the creature. Was it a Pokémon? The Pokédex sure had a reaction to it.
Red gripped his Pokéball as the thing beeped, chirped, and squealed.
"Go Lapras!" Red shouted throwing the Pokéball, "Use Hydro Pump!" Lapras popped out of the Pokéball and bombarded the wall of code with a torrent of water.
The wall of code didn't seem to notice. The Pokédex grew very hot in Red's pocket. Red quickly took it out and dropped it on the ground like a hot coal. It popped open and there was just one word, repeating over and over on the screen.
MISSINGNO.
"Is that your name?" Red asked the thing tentatively. Another word appeared on the dead Pokédex screen.
YES.
This MissingNo. seemed to be the only thing alive, or somewhat alive, on Cinnabar Island.
"Where is everybody?" Red asked MissingNo.
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"What?" Red asked confused,
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"What do you mean by, inside?" Red asked. The MissingNo. glitched, as if it was annoyed.
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The MissingNo. glowed and a picture started to form in the code. It looked like an older with a mustache and round, black sunglasses. Red realized in an instance that it was Blaine, the Gym Leader.
The Blaine face looked like it was mouthing something. It was mouthing the same word over and over. Red stepped closer to see what it was saying.
"Run?" Red questioned the face, the face reacted, spasming into a face of acknowledgment and horror.
The MissingNo. glowed a blinding white light and sucked Red and Lapras in. Sealing them eternally in cyberspace.
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THE END