The PokeParty
Chapter One: See Ya Soon, Pikachu!
Ash.
"Are you sure this place is okay, Brock?" Misty asked our fellow companion. "I mean, you know how many times Team Rocket's tried their schemes like this to steal our Pokemon. And this place is new!"
"Don't worry about it, Misty!" Brock laughed. "I already told you, my cousin works here, he'd know if Team Rocket was behind this! Besides, it's allied with the Pokemon Center and the Pokemon Police Force! There's no way Team Rocket could possibly be a part of this place."
"So this is like a Pokemon spa, right?" I asked Brock.
"Well, sort of," Brock responded as we continued walking along. "It's just a cool place for Pokemon to hang out! And other Pokemon work there to give Pokemon the best treatments. It's all done by Pokemon instead of humans so that Pokemon can have a better time trusting the place."
Finally we reached it. It was a huge building; it must have been 10 times bigger than any Pokemon Center I'd ever seen! We walked through the front doors and were immediately greeted by two guys about Brock's age.
"Hey, Brock!" of them said. "Is that really you? Man, you've changed quite a bit since I last saw you working as a Gym Leader!"
"Charlie, hey!" Brock laughed. "You've changed a lot, too. These are my friends, Ash and Misty! Ash, Misty, this is my cousin Charlie!"
"Nice to meet you," Misty and I said at the same time nervously. Charlie looked a lot like Brock, only a big paler, shorter hair, and a few inches taller than Brock. He and the other guy were dressed in white lab coats.
"And this is my fellow co-worker, Randel!" Charlie added happily. After we did the final greets, Charlie and Randel showed us to the front desk.
"Okay." Randel said, typing some stuff up into a computer. "You each get a free 60-day trial membership. You can come here any 60 days for the rest of this year to use it up. Here are your cards." He passed us some bright yellow cards that said "PokePlace - Official Free Trial Membership Card".
"Hey, thanks!" Brock spoke out. "Now, we'll need to identify all the Pokemon you wish to let out today. You can also access Pokemon from your PC through this computer. It doesn't matter how many you want in here, it's all free because of your membership cards."
Brock stated his full name and his ID number. "I'll be bringing out Crobat, Onix, Geodude, and Forretress."
"Alright," Randel typed some more things into the computer, and then looked at me. "And you?"
"Uh, I'll be taking out Pikachu, Larvitar, Phanpy, Cyndaquil, Totodile, and Bayleef. And, er.you said I could take Pokemon out of my PC?"
"Yes," Charlie answered as Randel typed more stuff in madly. Probably typing in the Pokemon I had listed. "Who's your PC provider?"
"Professor Oak," I responded as Randel continued typing.
"There are two Professor Oaks," Randel responded. "Is yours Samuel Oak, or Jonathon Oak?"
"Samuel," I answered. "Uh.can I say the Pokemon I want out of there yet?" Misty and Brock eyed me like I was being rude, but I didn't care. This was taking too long!
"Er, yes." Randel answered, looking frustrated.
"Okay," I said, putting on my thinking cap. "I want all my Taurus out, and Noctowl, Heracross, Snorlax, Kingler, Muk, Bulbasaur, and.I think that's it!"
By this time Randel was typing madly, beads of sweat forming on his forehead. It was actually a pretty entertaining sight to see! I glanced nervously at Brock and Misty, who were looking angry with me.
"There, done," Randel said, whipping his forehead. "And you, Misty?"
"I'll take out Togepi, Psyduck, Staryu, Politoed, Goldeen, and Corsola!" Misty said quickly as Randel continued typing nervously away.
"There," Charlie smiled. "Is that it?"
"Yeah," Brock nodded. "What next?"
"Now we bring your Pokemon into the lab room to add a computerized laser ID tag to them so they won't get lost or mixed up with any of the other Pokemon," Charlie explained, leading us into completely white room.
"The Pokemon from your PC storage system have already had their ID tags put on them when added to the database, but the Pokemon you have with you need to get theirs on separate," Charlie explained as Randel picked up a white device.
"Now," Charlie continued. "Bring your Pokemon out, and Randel will scan them. There won't be anything visible on them, but this will help track them down when you come back to pick them up.
"Come on out, everybody!" I threw five PokeBalls out, and out came my Pokemon.
"Cynda!" Cyndaquil yawned and showed his flames.
"Totodile!" Totodile danced around happily.
"Bay!" Bayleef smiled and looked around.
"Neeerr!" Phanpy squealed, shaking his head.
"Larv." Larvitar looked suspiciously around.
"Pikachu!" Pikachu jumped up to greet them, and they started talking.
"I choose you, everyone!" Misty called out all her Pokemon.
"Psy!" Psyduck looked more confused than usual.
"H-ya!" Staryu came shooting out.
"Poli!" Politoed clapped his hands madly.
"Cor!" Corsola smiled and made a struggle to walk around.
"Goldeen!" Goldeen flopped around on the tile floor.
"Prriiiii!!" Togepi smiled and waved to them, walking around excitedly.
"Let's go!" Brock called out his Pokemon.
"Roar!" Onix made a "big" enterance.
"Geo!" Geodude hovered about Onix, looking around.
"Forretress." Forretress hovered next to Geodude.
"Cro!" Crobat flapped around Onix's horn.
"Let's start with your Pokemon, Brock," suggested Charlie as Randel held the device up to his Pokemon.
"Beep!" Onix's tail got lasered.
"Beep!" Geodude's arm got lasered.
"Beep!" Forretress's eyes got lasered.
"Beep!" Crobat's wing got lasered.
"Now your Pokemon, Ash."
"Beep!" Cyndaquil's nose got lasered.
"Beep!" Totodile's tail got lasered.
"Beep!" Bayleef's leaf got lasered.
"Beep!" Phanpy's ear got lasered.
"Beep!" Larvitar's horn got lasered.
"Beep!" Pikachu's ear got lasered.
"Pika pika?" Pikachu looked around curiously. "Pikachu!"
"And yours, Misty."
"Beep!" Psyduck's beak got lasered. "Psyduck psy?"
"Beep!" Togepi's head got lasered. "Togi togi!"
"Beep!" Goldeen's tail got lasered.
"Beep!" Corsola's horn got lasered.
"Beep!" Politoed's belly got lasered.
"Beep!" Staryu's jewel got lasered.
"So that's it?" Misty asked. "Yeah," Randel answered instead of Charlie. Was he blushing? "The Pokemon don't feel a thing when we do that, but some of them get curious, like your Togepi and Psyduck, and Ash's Pikachu.
Misty laughed. "Psyduck's just confused."
"So are they ready to get into the um.place yet?"
Charlie laughed. "Almost, Ash. I know this is taking a lot longer than you expected, but this is just for the first time you visit, it won't be like this afterward. After this, next time you come in, none of your Pokemon will have to be lasered unless they're new, and you can just say if you want all your Pokemon from our history database from your ID taken out. It's really quite simple after this. That's why it's so crowded here now, since it's the first day and everyone's getting all their Pokemon through all procedures." "It's crowded now?" Brock wondered.
"Oh yes, so many people have arrived since we entered this room," Charlie smiled. "See the TV up there? That's what's going on our in the lobby."
He was pointing to a rather large color TV screen I hadn't noticed when we walked in. I could hardly see the floor there were so many people! How would we have room to get back out?
"So.how many more procedures do we have to take?" I asked anxiously.
"Ash!" Misty scolded. "Don't be rude!"
Charlie laughed again. "Don't be so hard on him, we get trainers like that all the time. We only have one more procedure to go through, and it's quite simple. We need both you and your Pokemon to go through a gate that tells us if you or your Pokemon are containing any viruses, weapons, drugs, you know. It also tells us if your Pokemon are in perfect health or not, and if they're only slightly sick, we'll give them a free antidote that'll cure whatever your Pokemon has up!"
"Wow, that's some serious security," Brock commented.
"Yes, well, we can't have anyone storing drugs or alcohol in their Pokemon, that could get the others dangerously sick!" Charlie explained. "It's also the same detector from the Pokemon Center that checks the health status of your Pokemon, so it's 100% approved. It also shows all your records, so we get Team Rocket out of our systems. None known to be caught in this town, though!"
"Team Rocket?" I repeated. "You haven't caught any of them so far today, have you?"
Charlie smiled once again, as Randel just stood there noiselessly. "Actually, we did get a total of four Team Rocket members so far! However, their Pokemon seemed to be okay, so we let them in."
Misty gasped. "You let their Pokemon in? Won't they hurt the other Pokemon? What if Team Rocket has hidden spy cameras on them!?"
"Don't worry, Misty!" Randel broke his own silence. "The detectors they went through clearly showed there was nothing on them, but there were on Team Rocket, so we had them sent to the Pokemon Police Force. Our motto is that every Pokemon is welcome no matter what, and we're keeping that motto. Besides, after visiting this place, the Pokemon all learn to be nice and well trained so that when Team Rocket gets them back, they wont' do any harm to anyone! It's practically revolutionizing the world as we see it. Today."
"Wow!" the three of us said at the same time. "That's amazing!"
"Yes," Charlie agreed, clearing his throat. "Well, we can't waste our whole lives in here, other trainers are waiting! We actually allow up to six trainers at time, but it wasn't as crowded earlier. Let's get on with the final step, shall we?"
Charlie and Randel led us into a mostly gray room with a doorframe nearby. It actually reminded me of the gates at an airplane where you walk through the doorframe and put your luggage on the conveyor belt next to it.
"Now," Charlie began. Set your Pokemon on the moving conveyor belt to your left and walk through the doorframe up ahead. The Pokemon that won't fit in there will go to the much larger one on the right. Brock, we'll start with you."
Brock set Geodude, Crobat, and Forretress on the conveyor belt in that order, and sent Onix to the other one. He walked on through.
"Let's take a look at the status." Randel though allowed, taking out a piece of paper that had come out like a receipt. "Your Geodude and Onix are at full health and happiness, but I'm afraid your Crobat has a slight attitude problem, and Forretress has a slight nervous problem. Have you had those two long?"
"I've had Onix and Geodude since I was a kid, but Golbat and Pineco have evolved recently, I guess."
Charlie gave Crobat a blue pill and Forretress a pink pill. "That should do it! Ash, you're next.
I set Totodile, Cyndaquil, Pikachu, Phanpy, and Larvitar on the small conveyor belt, and sent Bayleef to the bigger one. I walked through the doorframe and Randel read the results from the paper again.
"Pikachu, Totodile, Cyndaquil, and Bayleef are at full happiness," he read. "Similar to Brock's Pokemon.Phanpy's a little nervous and Larvitar has a slight attitude problem."
"Yeah, I caught them rather recently, I guess," I said nervously, watch my Pokemon leave the conveyor belts and rush to Brock's Pokemon. I watched as Charlie gave Larvitar a blue pill and Phanpy and pink pill.
"Misty, now you," Randel said nervously.
Misty set Togepi, Goldeen, Staryu, Politoed, Corsola, and Psyduck on the conveyor belt and stepped through the doorframe.
"Togepi, Goldeen, Staryu, Politoed, and Corsola are all at completely full happiness!" Randel announced cheerfully.
"Really?" Misty looked surprised. "Wow.Politoed and Corsola are pretty recent, too! I can't believe it! But what about Psyduck?"
"A slight confusion problem, but that's normal for Psyduck and Slowpoke. Charlie, give it a gray pill."
"I know, I know," Charlie looked confusingly at Randel, as if Randel wasn't acting himself or something. It did seem that Randel got pretty cheerful around Misty, but seriously around Brock and me. I guess he really liked girls, sort of like Brock, only more polite.
"And the final results?" Charlie asked Randel, who was holding up a green piece of paper smaller than the last three.
"Misty.Past Gym Leader of Cerulean City in Kanto, Current Water Pokemon Trainer of Johto.Ash.Past Student of Pallet Town in Kanto, Current Pokemon Master Trainer of Johto.Brock.Past Gym - Leader of Pewter City in Kanto, current Pokemon Breeder of Johto."
"Great," Charlie presumed. "No bad records?"
"A few cleared mistakes for Ash," Randel had no trouble announcing. I felt my face go read as I hung it in shame. Misty and Brock grinned at me.
"Well, let's go into the lobby and get your Pokemon out there, shall we?" Charlie suggested as we walked out to the crowded lobby.
"Ahh!" Misty had to hold on tight to her Pokemon, as did we, to get through the pushy crowd until we reached a large door that was located to the left of the long front desk.
"All your Pokemon okay?" Randel asked, and we nodded in response. "Get them in their PokeBalls."
We returned all our Pokemon except Togepi and Pikachu, and Randel and Charlie eyed us suspiciously. "You have to return those two as well."
"They don't like their PokeBalls," Brock explained for us. "Is that a problem, Charlie?"
"Actually, it is.this only takes PokeBalls. You can get them in PokeBalls anyway, right?"
Misty furiously managed to get Togepi into a ball, and Togepi surprisingly didn't complain.
"Pikchu, will you get inside the PokeBall for me?" I asked politely.
"Pika!" Pikachu jumped off my shoulder and crossed his arms, turning away. "Pi pi pika!"
"Come on, Pikachu! Just real fast, it'll only take.um."
"2.87 seconds," Randel smiled proudly.
"Yeah!" I added nervously. "Come on Pikachu, what's so hard about that? Please Pikachu, do this for me and Misty and Brock! And all the Pokemon that have been with us!"
"Pika!" Pikachu closed his eyes and refused to look at me. I felt crushed. He just sat there and wouldn't budge.
Chapter One: See Ya Soon, Pikachu!
Ash.
"Are you sure this place is okay, Brock?" Misty asked our fellow companion. "I mean, you know how many times Team Rocket's tried their schemes like this to steal our Pokemon. And this place is new!"
"Don't worry about it, Misty!" Brock laughed. "I already told you, my cousin works here, he'd know if Team Rocket was behind this! Besides, it's allied with the Pokemon Center and the Pokemon Police Force! There's no way Team Rocket could possibly be a part of this place."
"So this is like a Pokemon spa, right?" I asked Brock.
"Well, sort of," Brock responded as we continued walking along. "It's just a cool place for Pokemon to hang out! And other Pokemon work there to give Pokemon the best treatments. It's all done by Pokemon instead of humans so that Pokemon can have a better time trusting the place."
Finally we reached it. It was a huge building; it must have been 10 times bigger than any Pokemon Center I'd ever seen! We walked through the front doors and were immediately greeted by two guys about Brock's age.
"Hey, Brock!" of them said. "Is that really you? Man, you've changed quite a bit since I last saw you working as a Gym Leader!"
"Charlie, hey!" Brock laughed. "You've changed a lot, too. These are my friends, Ash and Misty! Ash, Misty, this is my cousin Charlie!"
"Nice to meet you," Misty and I said at the same time nervously. Charlie looked a lot like Brock, only a big paler, shorter hair, and a few inches taller than Brock. He and the other guy were dressed in white lab coats.
"And this is my fellow co-worker, Randel!" Charlie added happily. After we did the final greets, Charlie and Randel showed us to the front desk.
"Okay." Randel said, typing some stuff up into a computer. "You each get a free 60-day trial membership. You can come here any 60 days for the rest of this year to use it up. Here are your cards." He passed us some bright yellow cards that said "PokePlace - Official Free Trial Membership Card".
"Hey, thanks!" Brock spoke out. "Now, we'll need to identify all the Pokemon you wish to let out today. You can also access Pokemon from your PC through this computer. It doesn't matter how many you want in here, it's all free because of your membership cards."
Brock stated his full name and his ID number. "I'll be bringing out Crobat, Onix, Geodude, and Forretress."
"Alright," Randel typed some more things into the computer, and then looked at me. "And you?"
"Uh, I'll be taking out Pikachu, Larvitar, Phanpy, Cyndaquil, Totodile, and Bayleef. And, er.you said I could take Pokemon out of my PC?"
"Yes," Charlie answered as Randel typed more stuff in madly. Probably typing in the Pokemon I had listed. "Who's your PC provider?"
"Professor Oak," I responded as Randel continued typing.
"There are two Professor Oaks," Randel responded. "Is yours Samuel Oak, or Jonathon Oak?"
"Samuel," I answered. "Uh.can I say the Pokemon I want out of there yet?" Misty and Brock eyed me like I was being rude, but I didn't care. This was taking too long!
"Er, yes." Randel answered, looking frustrated.
"Okay," I said, putting on my thinking cap. "I want all my Taurus out, and Noctowl, Heracross, Snorlax, Kingler, Muk, Bulbasaur, and.I think that's it!"
By this time Randel was typing madly, beads of sweat forming on his forehead. It was actually a pretty entertaining sight to see! I glanced nervously at Brock and Misty, who were looking angry with me.
"There, done," Randel said, whipping his forehead. "And you, Misty?"
"I'll take out Togepi, Psyduck, Staryu, Politoed, Goldeen, and Corsola!" Misty said quickly as Randel continued typing nervously away.
"There," Charlie smiled. "Is that it?"
"Yeah," Brock nodded. "What next?"
"Now we bring your Pokemon into the lab room to add a computerized laser ID tag to them so they won't get lost or mixed up with any of the other Pokemon," Charlie explained, leading us into completely white room.
"The Pokemon from your PC storage system have already had their ID tags put on them when added to the database, but the Pokemon you have with you need to get theirs on separate," Charlie explained as Randel picked up a white device.
"Now," Charlie continued. "Bring your Pokemon out, and Randel will scan them. There won't be anything visible on them, but this will help track them down when you come back to pick them up.
"Come on out, everybody!" I threw five PokeBalls out, and out came my Pokemon.
"Cynda!" Cyndaquil yawned and showed his flames.
"Totodile!" Totodile danced around happily.
"Bay!" Bayleef smiled and looked around.
"Neeerr!" Phanpy squealed, shaking his head.
"Larv." Larvitar looked suspiciously around.
"Pikachu!" Pikachu jumped up to greet them, and they started talking.
"I choose you, everyone!" Misty called out all her Pokemon.
"Psy!" Psyduck looked more confused than usual.
"H-ya!" Staryu came shooting out.
"Poli!" Politoed clapped his hands madly.
"Cor!" Corsola smiled and made a struggle to walk around.
"Goldeen!" Goldeen flopped around on the tile floor.
"Prriiiii!!" Togepi smiled and waved to them, walking around excitedly.
"Let's go!" Brock called out his Pokemon.
"Roar!" Onix made a "big" enterance.
"Geo!" Geodude hovered about Onix, looking around.
"Forretress." Forretress hovered next to Geodude.
"Cro!" Crobat flapped around Onix's horn.
"Let's start with your Pokemon, Brock," suggested Charlie as Randel held the device up to his Pokemon.
"Beep!" Onix's tail got lasered.
"Beep!" Geodude's arm got lasered.
"Beep!" Forretress's eyes got lasered.
"Beep!" Crobat's wing got lasered.
"Now your Pokemon, Ash."
"Beep!" Cyndaquil's nose got lasered.
"Beep!" Totodile's tail got lasered.
"Beep!" Bayleef's leaf got lasered.
"Beep!" Phanpy's ear got lasered.
"Beep!" Larvitar's horn got lasered.
"Beep!" Pikachu's ear got lasered.
"Pika pika?" Pikachu looked around curiously. "Pikachu!"
"And yours, Misty."
"Beep!" Psyduck's beak got lasered. "Psyduck psy?"
"Beep!" Togepi's head got lasered. "Togi togi!"
"Beep!" Goldeen's tail got lasered.
"Beep!" Corsola's horn got lasered.
"Beep!" Politoed's belly got lasered.
"Beep!" Staryu's jewel got lasered.
"So that's it?" Misty asked. "Yeah," Randel answered instead of Charlie. Was he blushing? "The Pokemon don't feel a thing when we do that, but some of them get curious, like your Togepi and Psyduck, and Ash's Pikachu.
Misty laughed. "Psyduck's just confused."
"So are they ready to get into the um.place yet?"
Charlie laughed. "Almost, Ash. I know this is taking a lot longer than you expected, but this is just for the first time you visit, it won't be like this afterward. After this, next time you come in, none of your Pokemon will have to be lasered unless they're new, and you can just say if you want all your Pokemon from our history database from your ID taken out. It's really quite simple after this. That's why it's so crowded here now, since it's the first day and everyone's getting all their Pokemon through all procedures." "It's crowded now?" Brock wondered.
"Oh yes, so many people have arrived since we entered this room," Charlie smiled. "See the TV up there? That's what's going on our in the lobby."
He was pointing to a rather large color TV screen I hadn't noticed when we walked in. I could hardly see the floor there were so many people! How would we have room to get back out?
"So.how many more procedures do we have to take?" I asked anxiously.
"Ash!" Misty scolded. "Don't be rude!"
Charlie laughed again. "Don't be so hard on him, we get trainers like that all the time. We only have one more procedure to go through, and it's quite simple. We need both you and your Pokemon to go through a gate that tells us if you or your Pokemon are containing any viruses, weapons, drugs, you know. It also tells us if your Pokemon are in perfect health or not, and if they're only slightly sick, we'll give them a free antidote that'll cure whatever your Pokemon has up!"
"Wow, that's some serious security," Brock commented.
"Yes, well, we can't have anyone storing drugs or alcohol in their Pokemon, that could get the others dangerously sick!" Charlie explained. "It's also the same detector from the Pokemon Center that checks the health status of your Pokemon, so it's 100% approved. It also shows all your records, so we get Team Rocket out of our systems. None known to be caught in this town, though!"
"Team Rocket?" I repeated. "You haven't caught any of them so far today, have you?"
Charlie smiled once again, as Randel just stood there noiselessly. "Actually, we did get a total of four Team Rocket members so far! However, their Pokemon seemed to be okay, so we let them in."
Misty gasped. "You let their Pokemon in? Won't they hurt the other Pokemon? What if Team Rocket has hidden spy cameras on them!?"
"Don't worry, Misty!" Randel broke his own silence. "The detectors they went through clearly showed there was nothing on them, but there were on Team Rocket, so we had them sent to the Pokemon Police Force. Our motto is that every Pokemon is welcome no matter what, and we're keeping that motto. Besides, after visiting this place, the Pokemon all learn to be nice and well trained so that when Team Rocket gets them back, they wont' do any harm to anyone! It's practically revolutionizing the world as we see it. Today."
"Wow!" the three of us said at the same time. "That's amazing!"
"Yes," Charlie agreed, clearing his throat. "Well, we can't waste our whole lives in here, other trainers are waiting! We actually allow up to six trainers at time, but it wasn't as crowded earlier. Let's get on with the final step, shall we?"
Charlie and Randel led us into a mostly gray room with a doorframe nearby. It actually reminded me of the gates at an airplane where you walk through the doorframe and put your luggage on the conveyor belt next to it.
"Now," Charlie began. Set your Pokemon on the moving conveyor belt to your left and walk through the doorframe up ahead. The Pokemon that won't fit in there will go to the much larger one on the right. Brock, we'll start with you."
Brock set Geodude, Crobat, and Forretress on the conveyor belt in that order, and sent Onix to the other one. He walked on through.
"Let's take a look at the status." Randel though allowed, taking out a piece of paper that had come out like a receipt. "Your Geodude and Onix are at full health and happiness, but I'm afraid your Crobat has a slight attitude problem, and Forretress has a slight nervous problem. Have you had those two long?"
"I've had Onix and Geodude since I was a kid, but Golbat and Pineco have evolved recently, I guess."
Charlie gave Crobat a blue pill and Forretress a pink pill. "That should do it! Ash, you're next.
I set Totodile, Cyndaquil, Pikachu, Phanpy, and Larvitar on the small conveyor belt, and sent Bayleef to the bigger one. I walked through the doorframe and Randel read the results from the paper again.
"Pikachu, Totodile, Cyndaquil, and Bayleef are at full happiness," he read. "Similar to Brock's Pokemon.Phanpy's a little nervous and Larvitar has a slight attitude problem."
"Yeah, I caught them rather recently, I guess," I said nervously, watch my Pokemon leave the conveyor belts and rush to Brock's Pokemon. I watched as Charlie gave Larvitar a blue pill and Phanpy and pink pill.
"Misty, now you," Randel said nervously.
Misty set Togepi, Goldeen, Staryu, Politoed, Corsola, and Psyduck on the conveyor belt and stepped through the doorframe.
"Togepi, Goldeen, Staryu, Politoed, and Corsola are all at completely full happiness!" Randel announced cheerfully.
"Really?" Misty looked surprised. "Wow.Politoed and Corsola are pretty recent, too! I can't believe it! But what about Psyduck?"
"A slight confusion problem, but that's normal for Psyduck and Slowpoke. Charlie, give it a gray pill."
"I know, I know," Charlie looked confusingly at Randel, as if Randel wasn't acting himself or something. It did seem that Randel got pretty cheerful around Misty, but seriously around Brock and me. I guess he really liked girls, sort of like Brock, only more polite.
"And the final results?" Charlie asked Randel, who was holding up a green piece of paper smaller than the last three.
"Misty.Past Gym Leader of Cerulean City in Kanto, Current Water Pokemon Trainer of Johto.Ash.Past Student of Pallet Town in Kanto, Current Pokemon Master Trainer of Johto.Brock.Past Gym - Leader of Pewter City in Kanto, current Pokemon Breeder of Johto."
"Great," Charlie presumed. "No bad records?"
"A few cleared mistakes for Ash," Randel had no trouble announcing. I felt my face go read as I hung it in shame. Misty and Brock grinned at me.
"Well, let's go into the lobby and get your Pokemon out there, shall we?" Charlie suggested as we walked out to the crowded lobby.
"Ahh!" Misty had to hold on tight to her Pokemon, as did we, to get through the pushy crowd until we reached a large door that was located to the left of the long front desk.
"All your Pokemon okay?" Randel asked, and we nodded in response. "Get them in their PokeBalls."
We returned all our Pokemon except Togepi and Pikachu, and Randel and Charlie eyed us suspiciously. "You have to return those two as well."
"They don't like their PokeBalls," Brock explained for us. "Is that a problem, Charlie?"
"Actually, it is.this only takes PokeBalls. You can get them in PokeBalls anyway, right?"
Misty furiously managed to get Togepi into a ball, and Togepi surprisingly didn't complain.
"Pikchu, will you get inside the PokeBall for me?" I asked politely.
"Pika!" Pikachu jumped off my shoulder and crossed his arms, turning away. "Pi pi pika!"
"Come on, Pikachu! Just real fast, it'll only take.um."
"2.87 seconds," Randel smiled proudly.
"Yeah!" I added nervously. "Come on Pikachu, what's so hard about that? Please Pikachu, do this for me and Misty and Brock! And all the Pokemon that have been with us!"
"Pika!" Pikachu closed his eyes and refused to look at me. I felt crushed. He just sat there and wouldn't budge.