Tracey's Close Call
Chapter 1: Serious Accident
It was a beautiful sunny day in Pallet Town and the spring flowers were very much in bloom. Tracey had finished his research with Professor Oak that day and now he and Carla were outside in front of the lab playing with Tracey's Pokemon.
"This is a beautiful day. Spring is my favorite time of year." Carla said as she stretched out on the grass and let the sun warm her face.
"Yeah. Spring really is beautiful. It symbolizes the awakening of life. I mean, the flowers start to bloom, the birds come back and the leaves come back on the trees." Tracey smiled as he saw Marill and Buddy playing keep away with Venonat while Scyther snoozed in the sun nearby.
"It sure looks like the Pokemon are having a good time. They seem to really like it outside."
"They sure do. I'm glad that it was warm enough today for us to be able to spend the afternoon outside. I don't know about you but if we had another cold day I was going to go stir crazy."
"I think I'm going to play catch with the Pokemon. That way I can move around a little bit."
Then Tracey grabbed a tennis ball out of his backpack and threw it across the yard, watching in amusement as the Pokemon all went for it and began wrestling for it. This resulted in the ball rolling free and going into the street.
"Growlithe growl!" (I'll get it!) Buddy shouted and ran after the ball.
"No! Buddy, come back here!" Tracey exclaimed as he jumped up and raced after Buddy. He was so engrossed in trying to get Buddy out of the street that he didn't even notice the car that came flying around the corner.
"Watch out!" Carla screamed but it was too late. Just as Tracey got Buddy to safety the car slammed into Tracey before he could get out of the way. The driver couldn't stop in time. The impact of the crash sent Tracey flying through the air about fifty feet. As soon as Carla got over the shock she turned around and ran into the lab to call for help.
* * * * *
"Help!" Carla screamed as she blasted through the door of the lab, out of breath and in a complete panic.
"Carla? What in the world is the matter?" Delia asked as she and Professor Oak came out of the kitchen to see what all the commotion was about.
"Tracey was trying to get Buddy out of the street and a car came flying around the corner and Tracey was hit! He's seriously hurt!" Carla was in such a panic that she was almost incoherent.
"Oh, God! Delia, call and get an ambulance here now. Carla, I'll come outside with you and see if there's something we can do for Tracey until the ambulance gets here."
"Right." Carla said as she turned and bolted out the door, followed closely by Professor Oak as Delia ran into the kitchen to call 911.
"911, what is your emergency?" A dispatcher asked.
"Yes, this is Delia Oak. We need an ambulance out to the Oak lab immediately. My husband's assistant was just struck by a car. Please hurry." Delia said as calmly as she possibly could.
"Okay. I've already got an ambulance dispatched. They should be there very shortly."
"Thank you so much." Delia then broke the connection and went outside to see how she could help.
* * * * *
In the meantime, Carla and Professor Oak arrived at Tracey's side. The driver of the car who hit Tracey was standing in the road in total shock, trying to direct cars around the injured young man to keep him from being struck again and injured further.
"Tracey. I'm right here sweetheart. Please don't leave me." Carla cried as she bent down and took Tracey's hand. Seeing him in the condition he was in hit Carla in the pit of the stomach like a brick. Tracey had a large cut on his head and he was lying in a pool of blood.
"What happened here?" Professor Oak calmly asked the terrified man standing beside Tracey's unconscious body in the road.
"I didn't even see anyone standing in the road. I came around the corner and by the time I saw him standing there it was too late. I tried to stop but I just couldn't. If only I hadn't been going so fast then maybe this wouldn't have happened. I'm so sorry."
"Well, there's no time to worry about that now. Let's just hope the paramedics can get him to the hospital before it's too late." As soon as Professor Oak had spoken those words, the ambulance came roaring around the corner onto the scene as Delia came running down from the house.
"Is the ambulance here yet?" Delia asked breathlessly.
"They just pulled up along with a police car."
"What happened here?" The paramedic asked. He was hoping that someone had seen something.
"He was trying to get his Growlithe out of the street and as he did that car over there came flying around the corner and hit him." Carla explained shakily as the officer went over to get a statement from the driver of the car that hit Tracey.
"How's he doing?" Professor Oak asked anxiously.
"This young man is lucky to even be alive because judging from those skid marks that guy had to have been going pretty fast. So the good news is that he's alive but the bad news is that he is severely injured. We know that he's in a coma but we won't know anymore about his injuries until we can get him to the hospital."
As the paramedics went to prepare Tracey for transport to the hospital, Buddy stood protectively by his fallen master's side and began growling menacingly. They had managed to get the other three distressed Pokemon to go back into their Pokeballs but Buddy had refused to go inside. Carla stepped forward and scooped the Pokemon up into her arms and held him as Delia pulled her back out of the way while Buddy continued to growl at the paramedics.
"I can't believe that this is actually happening. It all seems like a bad nightmare." Carla cried as she held Buddy tighter against her.
"Okay. We're ready. Only one person can ride with him to the hospital. Who is going to come with us?"
"I will. I'm his fiancé. He needs me to be with him."
"Right. Let's get moving. Every second counts right now. The sooner we get him to the hospital, the better the chances for a good outcome."
Then Carla handed Buddy over to Delia as she climbed into the back of the ambulance with Tracey and they took off for the hospital in Viridian City.
Chapter 1: Serious Accident
It was a beautiful sunny day in Pallet Town and the spring flowers were very much in bloom. Tracey had finished his research with Professor Oak that day and now he and Carla were outside in front of the lab playing with Tracey's Pokemon.
"This is a beautiful day. Spring is my favorite time of year." Carla said as she stretched out on the grass and let the sun warm her face.
"Yeah. Spring really is beautiful. It symbolizes the awakening of life. I mean, the flowers start to bloom, the birds come back and the leaves come back on the trees." Tracey smiled as he saw Marill and Buddy playing keep away with Venonat while Scyther snoozed in the sun nearby.
"It sure looks like the Pokemon are having a good time. They seem to really like it outside."
"They sure do. I'm glad that it was warm enough today for us to be able to spend the afternoon outside. I don't know about you but if we had another cold day I was going to go stir crazy."
"I think I'm going to play catch with the Pokemon. That way I can move around a little bit."
Then Tracey grabbed a tennis ball out of his backpack and threw it across the yard, watching in amusement as the Pokemon all went for it and began wrestling for it. This resulted in the ball rolling free and going into the street.
"Growlithe growl!" (I'll get it!) Buddy shouted and ran after the ball.
"No! Buddy, come back here!" Tracey exclaimed as he jumped up and raced after Buddy. He was so engrossed in trying to get Buddy out of the street that he didn't even notice the car that came flying around the corner.
"Watch out!" Carla screamed but it was too late. Just as Tracey got Buddy to safety the car slammed into Tracey before he could get out of the way. The driver couldn't stop in time. The impact of the crash sent Tracey flying through the air about fifty feet. As soon as Carla got over the shock she turned around and ran into the lab to call for help.
* * * * *
"Help!" Carla screamed as she blasted through the door of the lab, out of breath and in a complete panic.
"Carla? What in the world is the matter?" Delia asked as she and Professor Oak came out of the kitchen to see what all the commotion was about.
"Tracey was trying to get Buddy out of the street and a car came flying around the corner and Tracey was hit! He's seriously hurt!" Carla was in such a panic that she was almost incoherent.
"Oh, God! Delia, call and get an ambulance here now. Carla, I'll come outside with you and see if there's something we can do for Tracey until the ambulance gets here."
"Right." Carla said as she turned and bolted out the door, followed closely by Professor Oak as Delia ran into the kitchen to call 911.
"911, what is your emergency?" A dispatcher asked.
"Yes, this is Delia Oak. We need an ambulance out to the Oak lab immediately. My husband's assistant was just struck by a car. Please hurry." Delia said as calmly as she possibly could.
"Okay. I've already got an ambulance dispatched. They should be there very shortly."
"Thank you so much." Delia then broke the connection and went outside to see how she could help.
* * * * *
In the meantime, Carla and Professor Oak arrived at Tracey's side. The driver of the car who hit Tracey was standing in the road in total shock, trying to direct cars around the injured young man to keep him from being struck again and injured further.
"Tracey. I'm right here sweetheart. Please don't leave me." Carla cried as she bent down and took Tracey's hand. Seeing him in the condition he was in hit Carla in the pit of the stomach like a brick. Tracey had a large cut on his head and he was lying in a pool of blood.
"What happened here?" Professor Oak calmly asked the terrified man standing beside Tracey's unconscious body in the road.
"I didn't even see anyone standing in the road. I came around the corner and by the time I saw him standing there it was too late. I tried to stop but I just couldn't. If only I hadn't been going so fast then maybe this wouldn't have happened. I'm so sorry."
"Well, there's no time to worry about that now. Let's just hope the paramedics can get him to the hospital before it's too late." As soon as Professor Oak had spoken those words, the ambulance came roaring around the corner onto the scene as Delia came running down from the house.
"Is the ambulance here yet?" Delia asked breathlessly.
"They just pulled up along with a police car."
"What happened here?" The paramedic asked. He was hoping that someone had seen something.
"He was trying to get his Growlithe out of the street and as he did that car over there came flying around the corner and hit him." Carla explained shakily as the officer went over to get a statement from the driver of the car that hit Tracey.
"How's he doing?" Professor Oak asked anxiously.
"This young man is lucky to even be alive because judging from those skid marks that guy had to have been going pretty fast. So the good news is that he's alive but the bad news is that he is severely injured. We know that he's in a coma but we won't know anymore about his injuries until we can get him to the hospital."
As the paramedics went to prepare Tracey for transport to the hospital, Buddy stood protectively by his fallen master's side and began growling menacingly. They had managed to get the other three distressed Pokemon to go back into their Pokeballs but Buddy had refused to go inside. Carla stepped forward and scooped the Pokemon up into her arms and held him as Delia pulled her back out of the way while Buddy continued to growl at the paramedics.
"I can't believe that this is actually happening. It all seems like a bad nightmare." Carla cried as she held Buddy tighter against her.
"Okay. We're ready. Only one person can ride with him to the hospital. Who is going to come with us?"
"I will. I'm his fiancé. He needs me to be with him."
"Right. Let's get moving. Every second counts right now. The sooner we get him to the hospital, the better the chances for a good outcome."
Then Carla handed Buddy over to Delia as she climbed into the back of the ambulance with Tracey and they took off for the hospital in Viridian City.