Chapter 3- An Emergency Call
"Bring bring!" the phone rang until a girly tune played. A white hand went ahead and picked it up and spoke "Hello?"
"Heya, Volky! Miss you, you know! Where on earth are you!?" Flint blared in, making him cringe. "Is there any need for you to blast your volume in the phone, really?" he asked. "Aww, come on! Why on earth would that be a problem? I mean, seriously- you know me!" Flint said joyfully, making him smile a bit. "So, you are coming back?" he asked. "I don't know, Flint. I need some time away, I've been working too much and I'm tired. Please, not now!" he pleaded. Flint just sighed. "Ah, alright then. I don't know what to say though; this is the first tie you rejected me though. Has any girl caught your fancy?"
Volkner flushed a shade of crimson. "What the hell are you saying?!" he blurted. "I don't want to date anybody ever even if my life depended on it!" he insisted. "Oh, alright. But honestly Volkner, you didn't have to run away because of this, you know!" Flint blasted, making him feel a bit guilty. "Okay, Volkner. I'll call you back." He said and then hung up. "I am still surprised that this even has any signal. Thank Arceus I made up the phone." Then he just sat there nonchalantly. What was there for him to do anyway? He'd just renovated him gym for the millionth time and getting ridiculously unpopular due to all those blasted blackouts and there was no single soul who was worth his time at all. There was a hell of a reason to be depressed. And dating-? That was a different thing all together.
He had a huge crush on Gardenia, that cute grass gym leader until he figured something- she loved someone else! And not just someone else, the Oreburgh gym leader; Roark. "What was so great in that guy?" he wondered. "I mean, he has red hair, which is okay, but them glasses? Just what is so great in a guy with glasses?!" Volkner fumed even thinking of that, not like he liked her anymore; but just that he was a bit of a chick magnet.
Not like he really cared; dating wasn't really his thing anymore.
Then he saw something really weird. It was that same Sabrina girl he saw who was doing something... Strange? He just had to investigate. Anything to release him from this boredom! He ran up to her and was amazed by what he saw; a tree was actually levitating in the air and splitting into slivers and shards. "Come on Alakazam; try harder!" she was pushing her. Volkner was amazed by this; for in seconds the tree smashed into smithereens and was flying everywhere, only for Sabrina to fall down holding her head in despair. "What was possibly uncool in that!?" he wondered. "Aaragh! The pain! Help!" she moaned while Haunter rushed up to her and pulled of a trick which Volkner didn't really want to see, making her feel much better instantly and relieved. "Thank you so much, dear! Boy was that tree a hard one!" she praised only to see Volkner slip away.
"Hey! Were you spying on me?" she hollered. "Why would I ever want to do that?" Volkner retaliated. "I can read minds, you know! Don't lie to me!" she rebutted making him stop that very instant. "W..wait. You what?!" he exclaimed. Sabrina just rolled her eyes. "Err, yeah; what's the big deal in it? Any damn psychic can do that. Hell even you can- if you practiced it, that is." She retorted. Volkner then shrugged. "Then you'll know why I am here. So stop bothering me." He said and then walked off to see what Luxray and Raichu were doing. They were playing of course, no big deal- until he saw something- they were playing in mud! It was a stupid decision as good as murder and he ran off to stop them.
"Guys, stop it! You'll regret this!" he yelled, but they seemed a little too engrossed in attacking each other with charge beams and fire fangs respectively. "I mean, it people; you don't stop then I will!" he threatened. By now, they turned at him and he gulped- the last time he tried stopping Luxray, he was in hospital. "Shit, what do I do?" he giggled in fear until Luxray just pounced on him and started to lick him like a puppy.
"Ha ha! Stop it, Luxy! Seriously, it tickles, ha ha. Stop, stoooop!" Raichu attempted pulling him away, but failed for he was pinned down and when Volkner did get up, he was a sorry mess.
"Aww come on! I already owe the dry cleaners a ton of money!" he exclaimed looking at his dirtied clothes. Then he scolded the two. "Do I have to tell you everything?! I just got these clothes cleaned. Humans are too doffre4rnt from Pokémon, guys! We don't have this lucky fur you guys do and we look creepy nude!" They hung their heads in shame. "And on top of it, Luxray hates baths..." he muttered until he saw something emerge from the bushes. He braced himself and then brought Raichu forth. "Attack when I tell you." He said mildly scared. The two were happy; he was finally starting to behave more humanly.
Then he felt a little relieved to see it was Sabrina who had jut come out of her training to see the three in a dishevelled state. "Goodness; what happened?" she asked dispassionately. Volkner just turned away from her; Sabrina freaked him out. "Honestly, no point not telling." She said. He walked away with his Pokémon. "That way is the cliff edge." She said which frightened him. "The heck!?" he yelled and then turned round and saw her apathetic face suddenly turn one with concern. "You do look pretty dirty. Mind if I know what happened?" she asked. "You can read my mind, you'd know!" he scoffed and went away. "You know your Pokémon do look pretty untidy; I thought mud is bad for electric types?" she quipped. "Oh my Arceus! I never knew that!" he spouted sarcastically. Sabrina was furious and psychically levitated him all the way high up until she was to see his horrible face. "Listen up, mister. I know about your cold behaviour in general, but I don't like sarcasm one bit. If that is all you have, you are clearly a man with no feelings and a lack of communication. If you really have nothing to say, stop thinking about stuff round me!" she scolded making him rather wistful. He may be an introvert, but he did have feeling; and she really hurt his.
"Alright fine! I was intervening in a play fight." He spoke. "Happy, miss?" Sabrina then released her grip, making him come down slowly. "How about I go ahead and wash them? They look a bit of a mess." She offered. "Thanks, but no thanks. I already have enough problems at the moment." He spouted coldly, making her just drop him and he bruised his ankle- badly.
"Aaaaaaaaargh! What the hell was that for?" he screamed. "For being a total jackass in general. Problem?" she replied as he saw him limping about for a while. "See ya!" said she and then went away. "You know." She said "If you do have a problem, you could always yell out for me. That's my final offer." And then walked away. "Pah!" Volkner scoffed in his mind. "As if I need her help!" and then limped off with his Pokémon.
"Come on, you two. Time to get cleaned!" he ordered and then went ahead limping while cursing undo his breath for Sabrina' ability, even if he did think it was cool. But of course, being the guy he is, he'd never admit anything, from the fact that Sabrina's abilities are cool to the fact he likes, rather loves girl bands. He kept limping and walking like a man, until he was really tired.
Sabrina kept watching this in clandestine of course.
Finally, Volkner was too tried to even walk and then he limped near the lake where he hung out and then spoke out tiredly "Okay, okay. I admit. I need a bit of a hand!" Sabrina then spoke :Finally; you admit!" while laughing makimg Volkner tuenr round in horror.
"You spied on me!?" he yelled.
"I knew this all along, silly. Now step aside,. Let me bathe them." She said sweetly, making the Pokémon like her instantly. While Volkner was watching her bathe them, he looked at his own clothes. They were pretty muddy and he hated any kind of stains unless they were of oils for wires. Would he- he shuddered. He'd never even think of it! But his clothes were such a sorry state. By then, Sabrina was already done bathing Raichu while Volkner used a few herbs to nurse his bleeding foot.
Finally, embarrassed, nut no choice; he walked up to her and spoke "Sabrina I-?" She looked at him intimidating "don't even THINK about it!" Volkner sighed. Not only was this embarrassing; he had to wash his own clothes!
Looking at that body of water 1500 m below, he sighed and took a really bold choice...
