This is Chapter 2 of Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Pokemon of Time and Space! Read and review, people!
Current team:
Evan the Bulbasaur Lv 5: Tackle, Growl
Pika the Pikachu Lv 5: ThunderShock, Growl, Tail Whip
I yawned, and my eyes opened slowly. The first thing I saw was Pika.
"Hello? You're awake?" Pika asked, as the Pikachu stared at me. I nodded, as I crawled back up onto my four new feet. Pika looked at me earnestly as I jumped off the bed. "Do you feel any better?"
"Yes, as a matter of fact, I do." I nodded, and turned to Pika with a smile. "Thanks, Pika."
"No problem! I suggest that until you find your own place, you better stay with me for the time being," said Pika, and I nodded in response. I sat on Pika's bed and watched as Pika tidied my bedsheets diligently.
"So," Pika started, as he finished what he was doing. "What do you want to do now?"
"I don't know... I guess I have to get to finding out why I was turned into a Pokemon..." Evan and Pika headed outside, just in time to see a Butterfree with a tearful look on her face. At least, it seemed like a she to Evan, and Pika confirmed this.
"What's wrong, Butterfree?" Pika bounded up, followed by me.
"It's dreadful! My Caterpie and I went to do some berry-picking in Tiny Woods, and before I knew it, a gang of angry Sunkern attacked my Caterpie and I!" Butterfree explained, tears free-falling from her delicate red eyes. "And before I knew it... sob... I was separated from my baby Caterpie!"
"Don't worry, Butterfree!" Pika said at once. "We'll find your Caterpie for you! Just await our good news! Come on, Evan!" Pika dragged me to Tiny Woods, which was nearby, despite my constant protests.
"How am I going to help?" I tried to yell, but Pika barely heard me, for we'd reached Tiny Woods. Constant cries could be heard echoing throughout this small forest.
"Pidg-rrrrrri!" Pika and I turned our heads, facing the source of the noise. It was a Pidgey. The bird Pokemon pecked at us, alarming me. Pika, however, sent a wave of electricity at the Pidgey, practically frying it, causing it to peck harder at me.
"Try a Tackle attack!" Pika urged me.
"Ta-Tackle?" I leaped to the side as Pidgey continued pecking at me. My brows furrowed, and I ran at Pidgey, before ramming my whole body into it. Pidgey was sent flying, before it sprawled on the ground, defeated.
"You have to remain alert at all times while in this forest! Pokemon could just come at you from whatever direction!" Pika explained. I tried to turn back and run, but Pika stopped me. "We must help out that poor Butterfree!" Pika said fiercely, pushing me back. Sighing, I led the way deeper into the woods.
"Nido-raaaan!" A pink Nidoran rushed at me, it's horn aiming for my face. Releasing a loud gasp, I jumped to the side, dodging, as Pika released a blast of electricity at the Nidoran, shocking it and paralyzing it for a few seconds. I seized the chance to give it a strong Tackle, knocking it out.
Soon, we had left 1F of Tiny Woods behind and progressed to 2F, only to be confronted by two Wurmples, who shot thin string at the both of us immediately after they saw us. I was fast enough to jump away, but Pika was too slow, and was tied up by the string.
"Oh no!" Pika yelled, struggling hard against the string, as the Wurmple pulled him in. The other Wurmple then ran at Pika, going for a heavy Tackle. Seeing my companion about to get hammered, I ran at the Wurmple, and tackled it before it could tackle Pika. This Wurmple flew, and crashed against the wall.
"Why're you guys attacking us?" I yelled at the remaining Wurmple, who was holding Pika captive in his string. The Wurmple's eyes turned to me coldly. I felt a pang of fear as I noticed a tint of dark blue in the Wurmple's eyes. Were Wurmples' eyes colored like this?...
"Evan!" I heard Pika yell, breaking me from my thoughts. "There's no time to talk. Just attack it!" I decided to follow Pika's instructions, and got ready for a full-out Tackle. However, the Wurmple started shooting string at me too. Yelling, I had to stop my attack and dodge.
"Piiiii-kaaaaa..." I heard Pika say quietly. I turned to my companion, to see him charging up some electricity. The Wurmple noticed this, and prepared to Tackle it to stop it's move. Before it could do anything, however, I tackled it instead, buying Pika enough time to release a powerful Thundershock that run along the string and eventually shocked Wurmple into oblivion. The string loosened, and Pika jumped out of it.
"Whew! That was a close call!" Pika panted. "Those Wurmple were acting so strangely!"
"Did you take note of that Wurmple's eyes?" I asked. Pika turned his head to look at me.
"Eyes?"
"Yes. What color are Wurmples' eyes supposed to be?"
"Erm..." Pika thought for a moment, before answering. "Large and yellow with dark pupils."
"Well, that Wurmple's eyes were dark blue." I said, as we continued our trek through Tiny Woods.
"Dark blue?" Pika tilted his head to one side, as he did when we'd first met. I dubbed this Pika's signature action, and what he did when he was puzzled.
"Yes," I confirmed. Pika's head tilted even more.
"I don't understand," Pika shook his head. "Anyhow, we'd better focus on rescuing that Caterpie. He might be at 3F. We didn't find him at 1F, and I don't think he's here, too."
"Okay-" I was cut short as I felt my energy getting sucked out of me at a rapid rate. I was becoming weaker by the second. Pika, who seemed unaffected, turned and pointed at the culprit. It was a Sunkern!
The Sunkern glowed green. It was using it's Mega Drain technique on me. I struggled, and eventually I was free of Mega Drain, but did not find energy to move.
Pika stared at me, before shoving a blue berry into my mouth. But as he did so, he was struck down with a second Mega Drain attack. I looked at Pika in horror, before I found that my energy had seeped back into my veins. Mustering all my strength, I ran at the Sunkern and slammed into it, a Tackle attack. It's Mega Drain on Pika was stopped.
Sunkern got up, and glared angrily at me. I noticed at once that he did not have the same dark blue eyes as the Wurmple from earlier. Deciding to put this aside, I leaped into the air, dodging a direct Absorb attack from Sunkern.
A seed appeared from the bulb on my back, and it shot itself at Sunkern. I watched as the seed sank into it, before green vines broke out from it and covered Sunkern's entire body, sucking energy out of it and giving it to me. It was my newest attack, Leech Seed.
"Hah! So how do you feel having a taste of your own medicine?" Pika laughed as he walked up. The Sunkern glared at us.
"Why did you attack us?" I demanded.
"This forest belongs to us, the Sunkern Forest Gang!" Sunkern said, anger covering every part of his voice. "That's why we attack anyone who isn't Sunkern!"
"That's absurd!" I yelled, and Pika started charging up electricity, ready to zap Sunkern with Thundershock. "Is that why you guys attacked Caterpie and his mother?"
"Heee heee! They put up quite a fight! In the end, we drove Butterfree away and held Caterpie hostage! We've already conveyed the message to Butterfree. Hand over a hundred berries of all kinds if she wants her child back!" Sunkern grinned cheekily despite it's energy getting sucked out slowly every second.
"Berries?" I turned to Pika for an explanation.
"Berries are delicious stuff that can heal you up whenever you get injured from a battle," Pika explained. "Sometimes, when you're paralyzed, poisoned or anything else, different kinds of berries can cure that too."
"The Sunkern Forest Gang needs berries for our development!" The Sunkern yelled. This was enough to make Pika release a strong Thundershock. It fried Sunkern, knocking it unconscious. Pika frowned at the unconscious Sunkern.
"There's the stairs!" I shouted, pointing at the flight of moss-covered stairs. Pika and I rushed up only to come face to face with a horde of Sunkern guarding a terrified Caterpie, who looked drained of energy.
"Hey!" Pika yelled, pointing an accusing finger at them. "Release that Caterpie right now or else!"
"Or else what?" A Sunkern said. This one looked like the leader. This particular Sunkern stood at the front of the gang. He glanced back at his gang, before his eyes went back to Pika and I. "Do you really think you two can win our whole gang? Altogether, there are more than twenty of us here!"
"Chuuuuuuu!" Before I could reply, Pika had already sent a blast of powerful Thundershock at the Sunkern, electrifying most of them. The leader Sunkern glared hard at Pika.
"Chaarrrgeeee!" The leader Sunkern shouted.
"Sunkeeernnn!" The cries of the remaining Sunkern sounded as they bounded forward, all attacking with Absorb. Pika returned their attacks with multiple Thundershocks, that I could see was beginning to tire him out. I was about to help, when Pika stopped me.
"Go for their leader!" Pika had to shout so I could hear what he said over the battle cries of the Sunkern. I nodded, and ran past the gang of Sunkern, charging for their leader. The Sunkern leader did not notice me, too busy watching as Pika soon became bombarded by his surbodinates' Absorb attacks. Only when I had made contact with him, the Sunkern leader flew into the air, and landed with an angry grunt.
"Argh... how dare you?" The Sunkern leader cried. I ignored him and ran over to Caterpie, making sure the terrified baby Pokemon was okay. After feeding it an Oran Berry, it seemed to be more energectic. I turned back to the leader, and saw that he had already started a Mega Drain.
Swiftly, I sent my Leech Seed flying at him before his Mega Drain could take away any of my energy. I watched as vines sprouted all over the shocked Sunkern, before his energy was slowly transferred over to my body.
"Argh!" The leader Sunkern struggled against the vines. I gave him a few Tackles, and combined with the power of the Leech Seed, the leader Sunkern was ultimately knocked out. I panted, and looked up to see that Pika and the other Sunkern was lying on the ground, their eyes shut tight. Getting Caterpie on my back, I ran over to Pika, who looked extremely worn out. Quickly, I took the Oran Berry that Pika held, and made Pika eat it. Thankfully, Pika opened his eyes, and sat up again.
"Thanks Evan... wow, you rescued the Caterpie?" Pika smiled at the baby Caterpie. "Good job! Now let's get outta 'ere!"
We continued our downward trail, before we were finally out of the woods, to see the mother Butterfree, who had a look of anxiety and worry on her face. When she saw her baby on my back, she lit up, and flew over.
"Thank you!" Butterfree said, starting to shed tears of joy. "Thank you!" She hugged her Caterpie. "Oh, I must reward you," she gave Pika and I each an Oran Berry. "Are you guys a new rescue team?"
"Rescue team?" I asked. Butterfree nodded.
"Evan, a rescue team is something that exists here. It's a team full of Pokemon that helps and rescues other civillian Pokemon from any danger. Of course, they'll get rewards. But being part of a rescue team is a very dangerous job." Pika explained to me.
"I'll be sure to spread the word about your rescue team," Butterfree smiled. "Wait for the good news, okay?"
"We're-" I started, but Butterfree and her baby had already went. Pika looked at me, grinning.
"Great teamwork today, Evan!" He said. "Hey, what do you say if we really form a rescue team, starting with the two of us, like that Butterfree said?"
"Oh no. Don't pull me into this," I shook my head.
"Who gave you a place to live?" Pika argued. "Seriously, being part of a rescue team is really cool! You get to rescue helpless Pokemon, and see the smiles on their faces when we save them from any danger! I've always dreamed to be part of a rescue team..."
Pika was right. Seeing the smiles on Caterpie and Butterfree's faces made my heart warm. I felt like a complete hero. And, after all, I did owe Pika for giving me food and lodging when we'd only just met. I looked up at Pika in the eye.
"Okay. Let's do it."
A/N - Keep up with the reviews okay? xD This'll be totally different from Pokemon Mystery Dungeon. Even though the starting part was kinda similar, but anyway... Please review, thank you!
