Welcome to Chapter 4! I'm really sorry it took me this long to get it up! Updates should hopefully come a lot faster this summer, but no promises :)

I'm really sorry if I screwed up Red, Blue and Green. Oh, and I'm sorry Professor Elm sighs so much :) Anyway, on with Chapter 4!

Enjoy!


Chapter 4

Minutes later, Crys burst through the lab doors. She leaned against one to hold it open and Arkee bounded in, an unconscious Gold on his back. Elm and Oak, briefly startled, ran forward to check him. Sighing, Elm led Arkee to the back where he placed him in a bed beside the one Silver was in.

Returning, Elm sat at the table where everyone else was seated. He rubbed the bridge of his nose with his thumb and finger. They sat in silence for a while. Yellow shifted in her chair awkwardly and cleared her throat.

"What now?" Crys asked suddenly, tired of the quiet.

Elm shook his head. "I don't know."

Oak stood from his chair. "Let's call Red, Blue and Green. I bet they can help."

Elm nodded. "And Blue will want to see Silver. I'll go call them."

As Elm left, Crys turned to Oak. "What do we do until they get here, Professor?"

Oak shrugged. "What else? We wait."


"Saur! Razor Leaf!" Sharp leaves flew from the spotted pink plant on the creature's back.

"Charizard, Flamethrower!" A blast of fire erupted from the winged beast's mouth, disintegrating the projectiles.

"Saur, use…" Red was interrupted by a ringing in his coat pocket. "Uh, just a sec, Green."

Green raised an eyebrow as Red pulled out a PokéGear and flipped to the phone.

"Hi, Professor Elm," Red greeted, surprised to see the older man.

"Hi, Red," Elm replied. "Busy, were you?"

Red shrugged. "I was just having a battle with Green. What's up?"

"How soon can you get to New Bark Town?"

Red raised an eyebrow. "Why would I want to?"

Elm looked slightly angry. "Because we need you here! Both of you!"

Red sighed. "Fine. It shouldn't take too long. We're only at Mt. Silver."

Elm nodded. "Fine. Get here soon." The professor hung up.

Green stepped toward Red, their battle forgotten. "What was that about?"

Red shrugged. "Professor Elm says we have to get to New Bark Town."

"Okay. Come on, we can ride Charizard."

"Okay! Saur, come here!" Red petted Saur's head, the recalled him. "Let's go!"

They'd been in the air less than a minute when Red's PokéGear rang again. "Just a sec, Green." Red turned on the phone. "Hey, Blue!" Green raised an eyebrow.

"Where are you guys off to?" the girl asked.

"We're going to New Bark Town for Professor Elm."

"Great! So am I!" Blue grinned. "We can meet up and go together!"

"Where are you?" Green asked. "Aren't you on the Sevii Islands?"

"Yeah," Blue said. "But Blasty can get me over there in no time."

"But we're at Mt. Silver," Red whined. "It'll take forever to go meet you and then go all the way back to New Bark Town."

"Aw, please Red?" You're not going to make me go all the way out there by myself, are you?"

Red sighed. "Where do you want to meet?"


Charizard flew quickly through the air. From his pocket Red heard the annoyingly familiar ring of his PokéGear. He sighed. Not again!

Carefully, so he didn't fall off Charizard (because he couldn't say with 100% certainty Green would save him) he pulled the little device out of his pocket. Switching to the phone icon, he greeted with the annoyed face of Professor Elm. Red smiled sheepishly.

"Uh, hey Professor," Red greeted nervously. "What's up?"

"Oh, not much, Red," Elm said sarcastically. "Just waiting for you to grace us with your presence."

"Yeah, um… Blue called a little after you did, and asked us to meet her in Vermilion. We're going to take the boat over, I guess."

Elm sighed and smacked a hand to his face. "Fine. Just get here as soon as you can, okay? We have a lot to talk about."

"Sure thing, Professor. Bye!"


Not long after, Charizard landed in Vermilion City. After Green recalled him they started walked in the direction of the port.

"Hey, Green?" Red began hesitantly. Receiving a grunt in response, he continued. "Don't you need to buy tickets to go on the boat?"

"Yeah, why?"

"Um… Who's buying ours?"

"You are, of course!" Red and Green turned to see a girl their age. She threw her arms around them. "You don't expect me to pay, do you?"

"Of course not, Blue," Red muttered. You never pay for anything."

Blue winked and grinned mischievously. "Come on, boys! We've got a boat to catch!"

Following behind with Green, Red sighed. "My wallet never feels lighter than when I'm with Blue."


Red took the three tickets from the lady at the booth. Green had paid for his own ticket, but his wallet still felt uncomfortably light after having bought two.

"Tell me again why we couldn't just fly over?" Red said as he met back up with his friends.

Blue took a ticket out of his hand. "Where's the fun in that? We fly everywhere!"

"There's a reason for that," Red muttered. "Aero doesn't charge."


Red, Green and Blue walked toward the docks. The boats all floated in a neat row as people climbed on and off of them. Blue led the way down the row, glancing at each boat as they passed. Finally she stopped. "Here it is!"

Red and Green looked at the vessel that would take them across the water. The paint was peeling and it creaked as people walked on board. A little kid cried as his mother made him go on.

"Blue, this doesn't look very safe. Maybe we should wait for the next one." Red backed away from the boat.

"Don't be silly, Red. It's fine. Besides, if we wait for the next one, you'll have to buy more tickets. You don't want that, do you?"

Red sighed. "No."

"Then come on! We don't want to be late meeting Professor Elm!"

"We wouldn't have been late anyway if we hadn't come to meet you," Red muttered. From his spot beside Red, Green smirked.

The three walked up the platform leading to the deck of the boat. On her way up, Blue accidentally bumped into a man beside her.

"I'm so sorry!" Blue said to him. The man just nodded, giving Blue an odd look.

"What a weird man," Red whispered. Green and Blue nodded, and they went to stand near the front of the boat. They watched at the man got on board and went to stand with two others. "We'll have to keep our eye on him."