6:30 AM, Outside the Apartment
Riolu observed the sky, one of his favorite things to do. He was a playful guy, which was, for some reason, a bad thing. His kind was meant to become serious whenever he grew up and became a Lucario. But whatever. He was still 13. No need to be in a rush to grow up. He looked at his friends. They always had something weird going on. That's why he hung out with them to begin with.
"Scizor, you popped the ball!" Pikachu said.
"How was I supposed to know that I have razor-sharp claws now?" Scizor replied.
"You had razor-sharp claws as a Scyther, too!"
Scizor looked offended. "Those were scythes, mind you."
"Oh, whatever! Mudkip, do you have a metal ball?"
"Pikachu, trust me when I tell you that that isn't a good idea."
Riolu joined in the fray. "We could always just have a pokemon battle."
"But Scizor has the best offensive typing!" Pikachu said.
"That's not what Ash's Pikachu says..." Mudkip said.
"Shut up! I'm over that show now. I mean, humans? What kind of a name is that? I much prefer Keeping up with the Wiscashians." Pikachu said.
"Forget it, let's just have a battle! It'll be fun! Who cares what level Scizor is?"
"Actually, I'm only level 13. I got my Metal Coat early." Scizor admitted.
"That's weird..." Mudkip said.
The back doors to the apartment burst open. Chimchar, the building owner, stood there with a look of panic on his face.
"You guys, come quick! It's Machoke..."
Mudkip, Riolu and Scizor were shocked.
"Oh yeah, how come he never got up this morning?" Pikachu asked.
"You're about to find out." Chimchar replied ominously.
The five of them walked up to Machoke's room to find him unconscious on his bed. Riolu was grief-stricken. What had happened?
"I didn't see him come down with you guys, so I went to check on him, and I found him like this." Chimchar explained. He looked a Mudkip. You're smart, right? Please help me figure out what happened here so I can be sure it wasn't anything in the apartment!"
Mudkip, who was, as his friends liked to call him, "The Analytical Guy," pondered this. "I think that it would be better if you had someone give Machoke's body an autopsy."
"You can't perform an autopsy on a living person!" Pikachu said. Despite being "The Comical Relief Guy," Pikachu wasn't hopeless when it came to using his brains. "He is alive, right?"
Riolu felt his friend's chest. "Yeah, he has a pulse. I'm pretty sure he's ok."
Riolu was known among his group of friends as "The Leader Guy" because he liked to be in charge, even though he was a bit silly at times.
"I think we should just take him to a Pokemon Center. They'll find out what happened, right?" Scizor said. Even though Scizor had been a Scyther only a few weeks ago, and he had the best stats out of all 4 of them, the gang referred to him as "The Diverse Guy" because of his many hobbies and likenesses. After all, it had been Scizor who had introduced them to their favorite anime's, like Shedinja Beats and Tri Attack on Groudon.
While Chimchar called the hospital, the 4 friends started their battle.
But unfortunately, they weren't the best.
Pikachu unleashed a Thunderbolt that hit Mudkip and Riolu directly, but Scizor jumped into the air before he could be hit.
Mudkip went down on the spot. Riolu took the attack, but kept with it. He threw an Aura Sphere at Pikachu, who jumped to dodge, hurling another Thunderbolt at Scizor, who dodged again.
Finally, Scizor swooped down and X-Scissored Pikachu, who fell over. Riolu grabbed onto his left claw, but was thrown to the dust when Scizor shook him off. Scizor looked down at his 3 friends, who were nearly defeated, but they got up, accepting the fact that Scizor won.
"Jeez, man, you're strong." Riolu said.
"Aw, shucks. I'm not that good. If one of you had a fire type move, I would be a goner." Scizor smiled.
"You'd probably just dodge it." Pikachu grumbled.
"Hmm, how about we go check on Machoke at the Pokemon Center?" Riolu said. The four of them set out, walking a few blocks to get there. While walking, they spotted someone that they didn't know. It looked like a female. She was humanoid, with green hair, a white face, green arms and a white flowing dress.
"Holy Hydreigon, she hot." Scizor said, getting an eyeful of the female as she walked.
Riolu caught himself staring. "Curse my adolescent thoughts." He thought to himself.
The 4 of them reached the Pokemon Center. The Gardevoir stopped there, too, making Riolu uncomfortable. She eyed down Scizor, who was freaking out inside. She smiled.
"Hi!" She said. "Are you guys here to see Machoke?"
"How'd you know that?" Scizor asked.
"Oh, he told me ALL about you guys when he talked to me at that carnival. You seem like a lot of fun!" Gardevoir replied happily.
"Cool." Scizor said. He was running out of smart things to say! What to do, what to do?
"Wait, Machoke saw you before what happened?" Mudkip asked. He found it suspicious that Machoke had met a random Pokemon that his buddies didn't know about.
"Yup. But I don't know what happened! Is he sick?"
"We're not really sure." Riolu said.
"Oh, that's too bad." Gardevoir said. "Let's go see him, maybe he's feeling better."
Conspiracies began to formulate in Mudkip's head. Who was this girl?
