Episode 22: An Eggcellent Adventure (part 1)
Episode 22 in my Fan Fiction series about the Pokémon journey of Ash and Angie. Involves some MorpheusShipping (Ash and Angie liking each other) so if you don't like that idea, stop reading here. The rest, I hope you enjoy this fan-fiction.
After staying in Pewter City for two days, Ash and his friends had to move on now. After having breakfast one more time with Brock's family, they packed their bags.
"Thanks for the hospitality," Ash said to Flint and his wife.
"Yeah, thanks a lot," Angie added, and Tracey said something similar.
"No problem kids," Flint answered, "and thanks for the interesting battle."
"You too," Ash replied.
They walked away, waving goodbye to Flint, Lola and all the kids. Their next stop was going to be Viridian City, which meant taking Route 2 and travel through Viridian Forest.
"I've heard there are a lot wild Pokémon in Viridian Forest. Is that true Ash?" Angie asked.
"Yeah, it's filled with them," Ash answered, "but that is not the biggest challenge."
"Oh, what is that then?" Angie informed.
"It's a real maze, so it easy to get lost," Ash said very casually.
"Lost!? Better hand me over that map right away then!" Angie yelled.
"Okay, okay," Ash said, as he uncovered his ears again, "here you are," an handed over the map to Angie.
After a while they found a little field, where some Bellossom were performing a nice dance, and a few Jumpluff were floating above them, doing their own performance in the air.
"This is fantastic!" Tracey said, all inspired, and he took out his sketchbook to quickly capture the moment.
"It is beautiful, right Ange?" Ash said, as he put his arm around her waist.
"Hmmm..." was all Angie replied, looking a bit absentminded.
"Is something wrong?" Ash informed.
"Huh? Oh no, nothing's wrong," she quickly answered, "what makes you think that?"
Tracey put away his sketchbook, and they continued their journey.
"Hey Angie, are you sure we are going the right way?" Ash asked, "I've been wondering about this place quite a lot, and even I have never seen this part of the forest."
"Well, that's probably because you have never followed the right way then, mister!" Angie replied, clearly irritated.
"Sure..." Ash grumbled and they walked on.
After a while Angie suddenly stopped.
"What's the matter, Ange?" Ash informed, "if you are getting tired, just say so, we can take a short break then."
"That's not it..." Angie replied, while looking down at the ground.
"Maybe she's hungry, it is getting close to noon," Tracey suggested.
"No!" Angie yelled, then looked down again, "I... I don't know where we are... okay?"
"What!?" Ash yelled, "and you said you were a way better navigator than me."
"Well, I thought I was," Angie explained, "but it turns out I'm just a bad at it as you. Happy now?"
"Yes .... well.. no..." Ash stuttered, "so you mean you have absolutely no idea where we are?"
"Exactly," Angie admitted.
"And before you ask me," Tracey remarked, "I have been looking around to spot nice things to draw, so I also have no idea of our precise location."
"That's just great," Ash said as he paced a few steps away, his fists clenched in anger. "Auww! What the...!?" he yelled as he hit something hard with his foot.
Ash thought he had stumbled upon a rock, and swung his leg backwards to kick this obstacle away in his frustration.
"Ash! No!!" Angie and Tracey both yelled at the same time.
"Huh?" Ash wondered, while freezing in his motion.
"That's not a rock," Angie explained, "it's..."
"... a Pokémon egg?" Ash said surprised, after he had looked down at what he had taken for a rock.
"How did it get here?" Tracey asked, looking around for any traces of the parents of the seemingly abandoned egg."
Meanwhile, not too far away from where our friends are.
"I should never had let you carry that egg!" Jessie shouted at James.
"Oopsy... I think I put it down when I had to tie that loose shoelace... " James tried to apologize.
"That would never have happened to me," Meowth said at a blaming tone.
"Of course it won't, you don't even have shoelaces," James said, with a simple expression on his face.
"If you guys can spare a moment?" Jessie said with a very calm sounding voice, "and just get me my egg back!" she added, now shouting out loud.
"Yes ma'am!" Meowth and James both said, trembling with fear.
"Now it must be around here somewhere," James said, as he recalled where he had tied his loose shoelace.
Suddenly they found themselves face to face with Ash and his friends.
"Team Rocket!" Ash shouted.
"The twerps!" Jessie also shouted.
"Aaah! That's our egg!" James yelled.
"Your egg?" Angie said, looking very suspiciously at the three villains.
"Well of course," Jessie spoke calmly, "we have been asked to bring it to safety."
"And who asked you to do that then?" Ash said, also not trusting this explanation.
"Professor Oak." Jessie said, while at the same time James said, "Nurse Joy, naturally."
"Come on guys," Meowth complained, "you are so bad at lying, even I don't believe you now..."
"Okay, we did steal that egg," Jessie admitted.
"And now we want it back!" James added.
"Yeah, that's a fact," Meowth concluded this little rhyme.
"Well, too bad for you, but we are going to take it back to it's parents, you thieves!" Angie yelled, as she picked up the egg from the ground.
"Oh, is that so?" Jessie said, with a devious smile on her face, "James?"
"Carnivine, come out and do Bullet Seed!" James ordered.
After first giving James a friendly greeting by chewing on his head, Carnivine sent a large volley of explosive seeds at Angie, who was holding the egg. She was hurled backwards by the blow, and had to let go off the egg.
"Seviper, catch that egg!" Jessie commanded, "and then do Haze!"
Seviper curled up the rear part of it's body, to form a little basket, and scooped up the egg before it hit the ground. Then the snake Pokémon covered the area in a thick black mist, causing Ash, Angie and Tracey to cough, and blocking their line of sight.
"Staravia, I choose you!" Ash shouted, "blow that mist away with your wings!"
"Starrravia!" the bird Pokémon said, as it obeyed Ash's order, clearing the surroundings of the smoke.
"Now where did Team Rocket go?" Ash wondered.
"There they are!" Tracey said as he pointed upwards to the sky, where Team Rocket was in their balloon.
"Staravia, do Wing Attack on the balloon!" Ash shouted.
"Oh no you don't!" Meowth yelled, as he pushed a button on a small remote control he was holding.
A little hatch on the bottom of the balloon opened, and a missile came out, that was fired at Staravia, who was now closing in on Team Rocket's balloon real fast. A few meters before the missile would hit the bird Pokémon, it suddenly fell apart, releasing a net, that captured Staravia.
"Oh no! Staravia!" Ash yelled, as he saw his Pokémon fall down, helplessly trying to flap it's wings.
Ash wanted to run towards the place Staravia was likely to hit the ground, but suddenly Angie put her hand on his shoulder, restraining him.
"Bulbasaur, come out and catch Staravia with your Vine Whip!" she commanded.
Quickly, Bulbasaur's vines were extended in the direction of the unfortunate Staravia, and caught it.
"Thanks Bulbasaur!" Ash said, as he padded Angie's Pokémon on it's back.
"Okay Ash, stand back," Angie warned him, "Bulbasaur, do Solar Beam!"
It was a sunny day, so it took hardly any time for Bulbasaur to get charged enough for this attack, and it released a blinding beam of light in the direction of Team Rocket's balloon. It was a direct hit, and a few seconds later it exploded.
"Well, now it's not my fault we lost the egg again," James pleaded.
"I say it still is, if you hadn't lost it in the first place, we would never have encountered those twerps," Jessie said.
"And I say next time we steal two eggs, so if we lose one, we still have one left," Meowth added.
"But for now, we are blasting off again!" all three villains yelled, as Wobuffet came out of it's Pokéball.
At the same time, our friends saw the egg falling down...
"Quick, we must do something!" Ash yelled.
"Bulbasaur, try to catch that egg with your vines!" Angie ordered.
"Bulba!" her Pokémon answered, to acknowledge her command.
But Bulbasaur missed this time, and the egg was still falling down! From the corner of his eye, Ash suddenly saw a yellow flash, zooming past him. It was Pikachu, using all it's speed to get to the egg in time. Using it's large tail for extra strength, it jumped up and zoomed towards the egg... and caught it!
"Nice job Pikachu!" Ash cheered.
"Yeah, well done!" Angie added, while comforting her Bulbasaur, who was now feeling a bit disappointed about missing the egg when it attempted to catch it.
Pikachu, walked back on it's rear legs, and handed over the egg to it's trainer.
"Now we have to find it's parents, so it can be safe," Ash said, looking determined.
"That could prove to be a challenge," Tracey remarked, "we don't even know from what kind of Pokémon this egg is."
"Oh..." Ash said, looking very disappointed.
"Tracey, your Venonat and Marill are excellent trackers, right?" Angie asked.
"Well... yes," Tracey answered.
"Can't they pick up the smell of the egg and somehow detect where it came from?" she suggested.
"I am afraid not, Marill can only hear very well, and Venonat has special vision, but we can give it a try," he agreed.
Tracey sent out his Marill and his Venonat, and let them examine the egg. At first the two Pokémon seemed clueless about what to do. Then Marill put it's ear against the shell, and seemed to listen with genuine concentration.
"Marill! Marill!" Tracey's water Pokémon uttered as it jumped up and down.
"Huh?" Ash wondered, "did it pick up something?"
"I get it!" Angie yelled, "Marill must have heard something from inside the egg!"
"From inside the egg?" Ash and Tracey both said, looking very surprised.
"Yes, that's right," Angie answered, "at the daycare center of my parents we have eggs regularly. When an egg is close to hatching, sometimes sounds can be heard from the inside. Some think that the baby Pokémon inside is trying to communicate with it's parents, to start building a bond before it is born. Others say it is just to signal it's parents it is close to hathing. Anyway, I think Marill has picked up that sound, and that may help us find out where this egg belongs." she explained.
"That would be great," Ash said, "is that true Marill?"
"Marill!" Tracey's Pokémon answered.
"I think Marill has really picked up something and wants us to follow it," Tracey translated what his Pokémon just said.
"Well, come on then!" Ash yelled, as he put the egg carefully in his backpack.
And so our three friends went off, following Tracey's Marill, hoping to soon find the parents of the egg they had found...
My 27th fan-fiction story. I apologize for any typing errors, or grammatically not 100% correct sentences. Remember, I am not a native English speaker or writer. I tried to make this story as close to the Pokémon series as possible, so that the characters will react roughly the same in this fictional story as they do in the series. Comments are always welcome, you can use the review function on this FanFiction site for that.
Disclaimer: I do not own or claim to own any trademarks of Pokémon. Any similarities to the works of others is purely accidental, and not meant as an infringement on anyone's achievements.