I've never even seen a Ghost Pokémon, but from what Charmander told me, just then, they're basically the scum of Kanto. They're led by a Gengar and they've caused so much trouble for the Pokémon Police that they might as well be an enemy organization that wants to rule Kanto.

And their archenemies, the Psychic Pokémon (led by an Alakazam), are no better. They're always taking over the minds of the innocent, putting Pokémon in comas, or using their psychic abilities to levitate (and irritate) Pokémon just for the fun of it. Apparently, the only exception for there being any good in the Psychic Pokémon would be Girafarig.

But now, three Ghost Pokémon were taking down every guard that got in their way. I vaguely remember what their species were called from when I was human, but Squirtle told me that they were the most notorious Ghost Pokémon in Kanto: Gastly, Haunter, and Gengar.

"Hello, we're here because one of your little Police guys sent a Beedrill hive to our hideout and attack us. We don't appreciate a bunch of Beedrill trying to sting us just because we did a little mischief in the past." said Gengar.

"We did no such thing. We don't even have that line in our organization." said Machoke.

"Well the head Beedrill said 'If you want revenge, you can find me at the Pokemon Police HQ'." said Haunter.

"We still have no idea what you're talking about." said Graveler.

"Don't lie to us, ya big goody-goody." said Gastly.

"We don't lie around here," said Jigglypuff. "Now please leave or we will be forced to use force."

"We're not leaving until we eliminate that Beedrill." said Gengar.

"Then I guess it's a fight." said Charmander.

Then, Gengar unleashed a dangerous array of ghostly attacks on Jigglypuff and the Elite Squadron. He first attacked Golbat who was rather easy to defeat, considering he was a bat. Gengar used Psychic, taking Golbat out. Machoke was more of a challenge for him; he had to use Shadow Ball a few times to take him down.

Team Elite and I watched in horror as Gengar defeated every one of the Elite Squadron, even Jigglypuff was defeated. But after seeing Gengar beat Girafarig, who was beaten surprisingly easy because she's both a Normal Pokémon, yet she was beaten by a Ghost Pokémon, whose moves shouldn't affect her at all.

"Her defeat just shows you how strong I really am. If I can beat the Elite Squadron, I can crush the rest of Kanto." said Gengar.

But Girafarig's beaten, almost lifeless body, made something inside Charmander snap. He had an angry look on his face. No, not angry, a ticked face. Then, he started to glow a blinding white light and I realized he was evolving!

Charmander grew taller and his tail got longer. He was beginning to grow horns on his head that made him look more like a Dragon Pokémon as well as a Fire Pokémon. The glow died down and what stood right beside me was a newly evolved Charmeleon.

"Now I'm mad." said Charmeleon.

Gengar began to shake with a little bit of fear. Apparently he had heard about the rumor that when a Charmander evolved into Charmeleon, its power increases to an alarming level. And that was just the beginning of a huge power spike. Once the Charmeleon evolved into Charizard, he's strong enough to take on any of the Legendary Pokémon in Kanto. And from what I saw next, I realized that the rumors were true.

Charmeleon used an incredible Flamethrower at Gengar, who took quite a bit of damage from the attack. Charmeleon showed no mercy toward Gengar, almost as if he wanted to kill him.

Gengar shot Shadow Ball after Shadow Ball at Charmeleon, but if it did any damage, I didn't notice it. Charmeleon was completely unscathed by the ongoing attacks.

"Why won't you die? You must be the toughest Charmeleon I've ever fought. Well, you're the first Charmeleon I've ever fought, but you get the idea." Gengar said in a panic as Charmeleon charged up a Flamethrower, at point blank!

I couldn't bear to watch what Charmeleon was going to do to him, but I knew I couldn't allow him to do it. I had to stop him before he made a big mistake.

"Charmeleon, stop!" I shouted to him.

"Why should I, Pikachu?" he asked me.

"Because he's not worth it. Sure, he almost killed the entire Elite Squadron but…" I said but he interrupted me.

"That isn't the point. He almost killed Girafarig."

"What's that got to do with anything?" I asked, but realized what he was trying to say. "Oh, I get it. You're in love with Girafarig, aren't you?"

He stayed silent for a short while, giving me the impression that meant yes.

"Aw, how touching, unfortunately, now that I know about your little crush, I know I can use her as a hostage. Haunter, Gastly, grab Girafarig." Gengar shouted.

Then, Haunter and Gastly used Hypnosis on Girafarig, making her fall under their control. As soon as they did that, I knew what Gengar was up to: if Charmeleon did anything to him, Haunter and Gastly would kill Girafarig. Although, there wasn't anything saying I could attack Haunter and Gastly.

I charged up my electric energy and was about to release it, when Squirtle signaled me not to. Then I realized that Charmeleon had to handle this for himself. Although, if I couldn't take down the goons, then Gengar had us beat.

"Now, I'm going to give you one chance to surrender, or my friends are going to kill your girlfriend." Gengar said to Charmeleon.

We were stuck. If Charmeleon even laid a scratch on Gengar, his henchmen would kill Girafarig. And even if I attack them, I could be the one ending Girafarig's life.

But then, something exploded behind Haunter and Gastly, sending them flying at Charmeleon and Gengar. Charmeleon got out of the way just in time, while the two Ghost Pokémon landed on top of their leader, setting Girafarig free.

"But who could've done that?" I asked.

The dust cleared to reveal that someone had caused one of the air compressors to explode (kind of obvious who did it, after all, who kept using Flamethrower everywhere?)

"Well, we may have made a bit of a mess while fighting them, but at least we were able to save the day, right?" I asked everyone.

"Yes, but now we need to know who framed us for attacking the Ghost Pokémon's headquarters." said Jigglypuff, who had just regained consciousness. That's when a Farfetch'd arrived with a few other Pokémon.

"Grandmaster Jigglypuff, our top spy, Clefairy, has gone missing." said Farfetch'd.

"Do you remember where you last saw her?" Jigglypuff asked.

"She said she'd investigate the area we were at after we were attacked by a swarm of Tentacool."

"Tentacool? But that makes no sense."

"That's exactly what I said when we were ambushed in the forest bordering the mountain region."

"This needs investigation." Jigglypuff said as he turned toward me and the others.

"Charmeleon, I need you and your team to find Clefairy. Maybe we'll get lucky and find out who wanted a Beedrill hive to attack Gengar." said Jigglypuff.

"Sure boss." I said. But Jigglypuff shook his head.

"First, you'll need a guide," Jigglypuff said when he turned to the other guys. "Will somebody get Togepi for me?"

Then, a spiky Pokémon who looked like she just hatched from her egg walked up to Jigglypuff.

"I'm here, sir!" said the Pokémon whom I assumed was Togepi.

"I need you to help my top lieutenants and their new recruit to get to the forest bordering the mountain region.

"Yes sir." she said then she walked over to (I don't know if this is a coincidence or what) me.

"Hello. I'm Togepi. I assume you're the newest member of our force?" Togepi asked me.

"Um, yes." I answered nervously. My heart was beating rabidly as she spoke to me. Don't get me wrong, but she was absolutely gorgeous, yet of all of the Pokémon on the team, she addressed only to me.

"Good. I'll be your guide for your first mission. But I've got to warn you, the journey to our destination is not going to be easy."

"I can understand that."

"Alright. Let's go!" Togepi shouted. Apparently, she was as exited to go on this quest as I was; only I was better at keeping my excitement to myself.
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And so the journey begins...

Well, this is probably the best attempt at a dramatic narrative I could make at 2011. Trust me though, it will get better. Just to get this out of the way: constructive criticism is very much appreciated. There is nothing I like more than advice on how to improve my work. Even today, with my skills flowing much smoother than it does here, I would love advice.

Well, on the note of a rather lengthy chapter, and the main characters setting out to save the day from whatever's causing this trouble (though if you've paid attention to the title, you've probably figured it out), I'll see you guys later.