Flinky: Hello world! Flinky is here. Sorry it took so long to get the next chapter out, I had personal life issues.
X: That is not right. You need to dedicate every second of your personal life to this and this alone.
Flinky: I also got Omega Ruby a little while ago...
Red: Do you think they'll remake my game?
Flinky and X: No.
Red: =(
I was lying in my bunk when I saw someone walk in.
"What do you want? It's three in the morning."
"You must be Red. I'm Michael. I'll talk to you tomorrow morning. I'm exhausted."
With that, Michael crashed on his bed. I never got a good look at him. Whatever. I went back to sleep.
"Red...find...him...save..."
"Who are you!?"
"I...need...help..."
I rocketed out of bed. That was the second creepy and ominous dream I've had. It definitely means something. I would have to find out later though.
I saw Michael was sitting on the couch. I got dressed and joined him.
"So, your Michael, right?"
"Yea, and your Red."
"What's that thing on your arm?" I pointed at the metallic device he was wearing.
"That's a snag machine. I can steal another trainer's Pokémon with it, but I only use it on Shadows."
"Shadows?"
"Yea. They're not much of a problem in Kanto but some Pokémon in Orre are shadow Pokémon. They have had the doors to their heart closed feel emotion."
"That's brutal. What purpose does it have?"
"They become stronger, but that's it."
"Yeesh."
"Now, who are you?"
"I'm Red." I tipped my hat. "Former Rocket Admin."
His eyes widened. "You used to be an Admin and now you're here? How did you get past the brainwashing?"
"Wish I could tell you. Anyway, I have to go with Green and recruit a prick. See you later."
"Yea, me too."
I walked into the main room where Leaf was waiting for me.
"Ok. Are you ready? We get to take the ATVs."
"If we ride Venomoths I will kill you."
"Nah, we are on real ATVs. Here are the keys for yours."
She tossed me a set of keys.
"Now, let's go."
I found out that there was an entire garage in the base. There were two vans, five ATVs, and four motorcycles. There was also a gas station with oil coming from who knows where.
"You ready?" asked Leaf with a grin.
"Hell yea."
I climbed onto a Red ATV while Leaf got a green one.
"Just follow me and don't mess up."
"I'm not sure if you're the one to say that."
The floor underneath our rides lifted up taking us to the surface. She took off and I followed her.
To mess with me, she made sure I couldn't pass her. There was also a hill coming up. You can imagine what happened.
I sped up towards the hill and jumped. I was able to pass Leaf and take the lead. I saw a flash of light and my bike slowed down. Leaf had her Bulbasaur use Vine Whip to slow me down! This is why we're friends.
I sent out Ignite.
"You ready to have some fun?" I yelled over the wind.
"Chameleon Char!" I can't translate him but with his grin I could tell he was ready.
"Use Ember on the exhaust." I ordered.
Ignite did so, lighting the gas on fire. It gave me a huge speed boost and burned off Bulbasaur's vines. We accelerated for about 10 minutes before Ignite stopped from exhaustion.
I looked back and we left Leaf in the dust.
"Nice work Ignite. Now, we better find Blue."
I drove to the point where we were to find him on his walk home. I waited for Leaf but she never came.
While I was waiting I heard footsteps. I looked and saw Blue walking with someone. He looked like me but his jacket was red and white while mine was red and blackish blue. He also had black hair compared to my brown. I heard them speaking and decided to eavesdrop.
"So, I took the position of Red? That's awesome! I finally showed that brat up."
The other boy nodded.
"Why don't you talk? You haven't said anything to me."
He shrugged.
"Whatever. So, what was your name again?"
I heard him speak for the first time. "Red."
I was shocked, but I had to get Blue and it didn't look like Red was going to leave.
I sent out Ignite.
I tackled Red while Ignite got Blue. We both took off their belts before they could send out a Pokémon.
"Ignite, use smokescreen to knock them out!"
He did that and I now had two unconscious people to deal with. I put their belts in a locked trunk and secured them to the ATV. I tied them up in case they woke up.
On my ride back I found Leaf and her bike stuck in a ditch.
"Took you long enough-IS THAT RED?!"
"Think so. Why?"
"HOW-WHEN-WHERE-You know, whatever. You can explain when we get back. Now, help me out."
I was able to get her vehicle out of the ditch and we rode back. Red woke up, so Leaf had her Bulbasaur use Sleep Powder.
After we got back, everyone was shocked to see me carrying an unconscious Red inside. Nobody cared much about Blue though.
Gold was the first to speak up. "How did you do it? We've been trying to rescue Red for years and we haven't had any success."
"I knocked him out with smokescreen and locked up his balls."
"You're something. Wally, have Gardevoir see what she can do about his mental health. Leaf and Red: I want you to get Blue set up. He will be a part of your team should he choose to join. Now, break."
Leaf and I waited around for Blue to wake up. After a half-hour, he finally did.
"Hey, Blue."
"Red! What did you do to me? Where are we?"
"Calm down. This is Poké Underground."
"What?"
Leaf started explaining how we are a rebel group trying to take down Team Rocket.
"So, you think that an Admin will join the likes of you? Hah."
"I wouldn't decide just yet." Professor Oak entered the room.
Blue looked shocked. "Gramps, is that you? I thought you were dead!"
He chuckled a bit before saying "How else was I supposed to help these folk?"
"But...how...Red...Gramps..."
I cut him off. "Are you joining or not?"
He looked at his Grandfather before saying, "Yes. I'm going to help take down Team Rocket! I finally got to see gramps again and I am not getting rid of it."
Almost everyone clapped. I still hate him, and now he is working with me. There may be some interesting missions.
"Hey Red."
I looked at him. "Yea?"
"I challenge you to a battle!"
"You're on."
We went to the battle floor where I battled Leaf.
"Go, Ignite!"
"Squirtle, let's go!"
Leaf said, "I'll ref. This is a one on one battle between Red and Blue. The battle is over when one side's Pokémon is unable to battle. Ready, begin."
"Ignite, Metal Claw."
He began charging at Squirtle.
"Water gun!"
A jet of water shot out of Squirtle and nailed Ignite.
"Ignite are you ok?"
"Char!"
"Good, now, use Metal Claw."
"Didn't we do this already? Squirtle, Water Gun."
Another blast of water flew towards Ignite.
"Use your Metal Claw as a shield and get close!"
Ignite was able to block out the attack and was slowly moving towards Squirtle.
"Now, repeated Metal Claw!"
He kept on attacking and didn't stop until Squirtle was out cold.
"Squirtle is unable to continue, which means the victory goes to Ignite and Red."
"Nice work Ignite. Now, return."
The Chameleon was sucked back into his ball.
"You didn't beat me! You cheated!"
"How could I cheat?"
"You used X Attack, or-"
"Any of the X's only lasts for as long as the battle goes on. You saw me send Ignite out, which means I couldn't use one."
"Grr..."
At least Blue is back to normal. I saw Professor Oak come in.
"Hello Red. The other Red wanted to talk to you. We believe he has made a full recovery and will be back in charge by tomorrow."
"Alright."
I followed Professor Oak to Red's room.
"Ok. Here he is."
I entered without him and saw Red sitting on the couch.
"You're the new kid, right?"
"Sorta. Blue joined today also."
"Wait, Blue is here!"
"Yea. Me and Leaf were given the job of recruiting him when I found you."
"Oh, that Blue. I know another Blue who works with Team Rocket willingly."
"Interesting coincidence. We both have people we hate named Blue and we're both named Red."
"Strange. But we haven't seen each other before, so it can only be a coincidence. Anyway, that's not why I called you here. I never thanked you for saving me from Team Rocket, so I want you to have this."
He tossed me a Pokéball.
"That's Eevee. He ran away from me when I was forced to join them. Even though I came back, he doesn't trust me anymore, so I want you to have him."
"Alright, thanks. Is it alright if I nickname him?"
"Sure."
"Eevee, go!"
My new Eevee came out with a flash of light.
"Hey Eevee, I'm your new trainer. I'm Red. Nice to meet you."
Eevee glared at the other Red, then looked at me.
"Eev E!" he said enthusiastically.
"Alright, time to nickname you."
"Eevee eev e," he said while shaking his head.
After several minutes of trying to communicate, I understood that Eevee wanted a nickname after he evolved.
"Alright then. For now, you're Eevee. We're going to have a lot of fun together."
With that, I recalled Eevee and turned to Red.
"Anything else?"
"Yeah. It's going to get confusing if we are both called Red. I say you should change your name when we could be mixed up. Any ideas?"
I thought about it for a while.
"How about Fire?"
"Alright. Fire it is. Dismissed."
I made a mock salute and left his room.
Flinky: That went well. Again, sorry it took so long to update. Next chapter will come out very soon, so look for that.
Red: You better.
Flinky: Your in no position to make threats. I can have you killed if I want to.
Leaf: Not when your outnumbered.
X: Welcome to the club.
Flinky: EVERYONE SHUT UP!
