The young Eevee woke up with a sudden jolt while yelling, "Natalie?!"
Huffing, she stood up and quickly looked around for her friend with sweat beading and dripping down her forehead.
As she frantically looked around, a Pidgeot let out a piercing shriek from the trees while a Skarmory took off from a large branch, flying away.
"Natalie! Where are you?" She called out frantically.
The only answer she got was a gentle breeze in the wind.
She tried again, determined to find her best friend, "Natalie!"
Every time the Eevee called out her friend's name, everything became silent as her voice echoed throughout the green, flowery foliage.
"NATALIE!" She screamed one last time.
Shaken that Natalie hasn't responded to her cry for help, she suddenly became speechless, then she whimpered.
Everything slowed to a stop and became silent as she sat down sadly - until a familiar voice broke the silence.
"Is someone in there?" Asked a unknown voice.
The Eevee sprang to her feet in response to the voice. She knew it was familiar with her, but she knew it was not Natalie's voice at all.
"Wh-wh-who's there?" She asked nervously, looking around.
"Ah, a lost child," The voice said, revealing himself, "What are you doing here in Basil Woods?"
Frightened, she took a few steps back, recognizing the Pokémon - a Breloom.
She tried to say something, something that could tell him to stay back, but nothing came out of her mouth. Instead, she bit her lip as she took a few steps back.
Seeing the young Eevee cower in fear, the Breloom started to ponder for a moment, This young Pokémon pretty shy around strangers, how could I get her to trust me? This may take some time.
He tried again, "Are you lost?"
The Eevee gulped and replied, "Yes, the reason why I was lost is because somebody, tried to set up those Seed Bomb traps to separate me and Natalie."
"Were you looking for her? I could you out." The mushroom Pokémon asked.
"No, no," The Eevee said, denying his aid, "I don't need your help, sir. I can go look for her on my own."
"Are you sure about that?"
The young Eevee stops for a moment, I should probably get away from him immediately instead of talking to him, talking to him wastes precious time.
Before she could break away, she decided to say one thing to the mushroom Pokémon, "Your voice sounds familiar to me - especially if you set up those Seed Bomb traps on us, Basil!"
The Breloom was taken aback at first from the Eevee's sentence, but he smiled cruelly and said, "You're a smart one, Eve. No wonder your parents are well-known researchers - but, if you were smart for your level, why did you talk to me when you knew I was a dangerous outlaw?"
Eve was shocked and lost for words. She couldn't believe that she talked to an outlaw when she shouldn't be, but she had no choice but to answer his question before attempting to flee.
"Because you talked to me," Eve answered nervously, "If I didn't answer you back - "
Basil threw his head laughing, "Poor choice of words, Eve. You're coming with me!"
He quickly thrusts his arm towards the Eevee and grabs her roughly, he then pulls her along as she desperately cried for help.
Meanwhile, a young female Pikachu peeked out of the bushes to see Eve getting dragged away by Basil.
Determined to rescue her friend, the Pikachu broke off into a run as she hid in the bushes and ran after the outlaw.