Authors note: Alright Going to attempt 1 chapter a week but work can get kind of crazy. Hopefully this will be easy cause it 4th of July weekend and I'm going to be off from work. Well enough of that. On with the story. Again I do not own Pokemon.
I awoke the next day to a loud banging on my door. I drag myself out of bed and bang my knee on the end table of my dorm room, I hop about and curse silently for a bit then finally answer the door.
It's 4:30 am who could it be?
Opening the door I see Kyle on the other side he looks frantic. "Hey man, what's up?"
"I knew you wouldn't be up yet! The bus leaves in 3 hours and you're not even awake yet. I've been up for 2 hours to make sure that we get there in time and I've been waiting at the bus stop and no one showed up, so I came to check on you and of course I see you're still sleeping. Come on we gotta get a move on, move move move!"
Aw man, I hate it when he gets like this it's almost impossible to chill him out.
"Hey, come in and calm down dude. We've still got 3 hours til the bus leaves. So I've at least got another hour and a half to sleep. Go get yourself a glass of water and have a seat. I'm going back to bed. You should do the same you look like a mess."
He argues with me while getting the drink and I slip back into bed. It takes only a few moments to drift back to sleep.
What feels like moments later by alarm is blaring. I awake to see the first rays of sunlight peeking through my windows. I look at my alarm and the clock reads 7:15. I jump out and start getting ready.
Oh man Kyle is going to flip...
I see him passed out on the chair at the table. Well at least I don't have to listen to him. I rush to get ready and in 15 minutes I've got everything I need and I'm ready to go. This'll be fun "KYLE WAKE UP WE'RE LATE!" I kick him out of his chair. He bolts upright and run right out the down before the chair even hits the floor. I chuckle to myself as I get all my stuff and take one last look at my room. Then I run to catch up with Kyle but I don't see him anywhere.
I arrive as Kyle is boarding the bus, he's not first so he looks kind of upset but at least we made it. Mark is mixed in with the crowd. He's got a bright blue jacket over one arm and his backpack already on. He finishes putting on his jacket and then realizes its over his backpack. While trying to fix it he accidentally slaps a couple of other students getting on the bus.
Bus ride went by quickly as I slept through most of it but when we arrived in Pallet Town it was already past lunch time. We pull into the lot and began disembarking. The entrance to Pallet town now looks like an amusement park. There are gate guards and even souvenir shops. I walk up to Kyle and he is just beaming with excitement. "Dude, this looks more like a tourist trap than a Pokemon research facility."
"We'll Ash's extra Pokemon are here along with a lot of other important people. He's been champion of Kanto for 20 years and several other regions for almost that long. Of course people are going to want to see his Pokemon."
"So, if you don't have an appointment how are you going to see Professor Oak?"
"I've got it covered, now just remember while also housing peoples extra pokemon this area is a Pokemon preserve, so no catching past those gates. So if you want to get it out of your system now is the time. I'll head on in but I'll try not to walk too fast."
I break off running and head into a small forested area. After I catch a Rattata and a Taillow I rush back to meet up with Kyle. "Hey I'm here, wheres Mark?"
"I dunno I think he got lost. I never saw him come into the park. So did you catch anything?"
"Yea I'll introduce you to Splinter and Ace Later. Let's book it to the lab, we can find Mark afterwards." We take off at a pretty good pace, not really running but definitely not walking. After about 15 minutes we arrive at the Lab which is blocked off by a fence about 2 feet tall. "You're not just planning on jumping that are you?"
"Of course not, I plan on casually leaning on it and sneaking over."
This sounds like a good plan. "Great, while you do that I'm going to take a look around. I'll check back with you in about an hour." I wave him off and go searching around the area. There is a huge number of people standing around looking at all of Ash's Tauros and a few others that are around. Figuring that the more reclusive Pokemon might be hiding in the forest I go off the path and check the areas without a lot of people. I catch a glimpse of a few Pokemon but not many.
I wonder where they all are? There's supposed to be hundreds of Pokemon here. Oh well, Maybe they are in another area. I should head back. I look around trying to get my bearings and realize I'm lost. Oh great, day one of my journey haven't even gotten on the road yet and I'm already lost. I need to find my way back, Kyle would harass me about it forever. I release Splinter and ask him to help me find my way out of here. After a few minutes of searching I finally hear voices. I rush up and say, "Hey, can you help me I kinda got lost while looking around." It was about that time that I realized that they weren't going to be helping me. One stood about 5'8" stocky build and covered from head to toe in forest camo and a hard plastic mask depicting the face of a Tyranitar. The other was about 6' 2" also covered in camo with a mask depicting a Scizor. I looked at what they were doing and they were shoving unconscious pokemon into nets.
Oh crap this isn't good, but I have to do something. They are kidnapping Pokemon!
I released Sandy and Vines and they released a Larvitar and a Charmander.
*Battle Vision*
The Charmander began gathering his fire in his mouth while the Larvitar ran up to bite Sandy. Vines shot out of Vine's bulb and snapped the Larvitar's mouth shut while Sandy gut checked the Charmander with a brick break. The flames he was building shot out and hit the Larvitar in the back causing him to scream in pain. Vines threw the Larvitar into the air while Sandy tried to get underground. As she started digging the Charmander cut into her tail with a slash. The Larvitar flew into the air and several green balls collected around him and hit Vines dead on throwing him backwards into the tree. Vines looked in bad shape and a bright red beam encompassed him and he disappeared. Splinter came out from the bushes and hit the Charmander with a quick attack before disappearing back into the bushes. Charmander used a flamethrower into the hole and Sandy made while the Larvitar made one himself. Sandy popped up out another hole looking tired and singed but otherwise ok. Rattata tried to make another pass to distract the Charmander but before he could get close Larvitar jumped up out of the dirt and slammed into him knocking him cold. A red beam encompassed him and he disappeared to rest and Ace came to take his place. Sandy started up a sandstorm and Ace kicked up sand into it to make it stronger. Larvitar seemed unphased by it but Charmander had to shield his eyes. Ace dove in and out pecking Charmander as it passed by. Charmander harmlessly slashed at it but couldn't see it. Meanwhile Sandy and Larvitar traded blows. Just as it was looking like they might have the upper hand Larvitar threw a rock which Sandy avoided but hit Ace dead on. Ace dropped out of the sky and crashed into the ground unconscious. Suddenly there was a roar from behind the thieves.
*End Battle Vision*
What the hell is that? As I turn to look I see the edges of a large light blue horn peaking through the trees. The thieves grab their net and start to run. I start to chase after them and run straight through the sandstorm still going on. About 2 steps in when a rock that got mixed in with the rest catches me right above the temple and the world goes dark.
Ending note.
Wow that took longer than intended... Sorry about that. Been a hectic few days almost no time to myself. Well I hope you enjoyed it, Please rate and review.
