A Cave Of Feelings
Tracy's POV
Another long, boring day for me at S.P.D, I was in the common room seated on the couch. Quick Draw is laying on the arm, drawing pictures in my sketchbook. I'm hard at work on a picture of Michael and me walking down the beach with the sun setting behind us.
I hear, "Rangers, please report to the command center" ring over the intercom. I start to leave the room. Quick Draw leaps onto my right shoulder and we head to the command center.
"Rangers reporting sir," We say in unison.
"Rangers, there was a robbery at the bank in Sector C. I want you to go and investigate," Cruger orders.
"Yes, sir," We say in unison.
We salute, leave the command center and head the vehicle bay. Z and Syd hop into the jeep. Sky, Bridge and I get on our bikes. Kat added a sidecar on my bike so Quick Draw can ride with me. She even built him a helmet. I help him put it on before putting my helmet on.
Normal POV
They park their vehicles in the parking lot and head up to the building. They walk under the crime scene tape and go into the main room. The table in the middle of the room is flipped over, envelopes along with a few dollar bills and other currency scattered around the room, and as well.
"We need to find some clues," Sky suggests.
Quick Draw jumps up and presses Sparkles' Pokéball. The butterfly Pokémon appears. She flies to the middle of the room, flaps her wings gently, and the dust from her wings fall onto the floor revealing some hidden footprints.
"Good work, Quick Draw," Tracy says.
The team bands down to get a better look at the footprints. They look like a frog.
"Wow, an evil frog that's a new one," Tracy says.
"I don't know, but I think we should talk to the witnesses," Sky suggests.
The group nods. They head back outside and go off to talk to a few of the witnesses. Beautifly flies out with Quick Draw on her back. Sky talks to a young woman in her mid-twenties. Tracy searches through the crowd to find a witness to integrate. A few seconds later she sees Xavier making his way through the crowd. He lifts up the crime scene tape and runs up to her.
"Hi, Tracy, what are you doing?" Xavier asks.
"I'm trying to find someone who seen the monster who robbed the bank." Tracy answers.
"Mom has," Xavier says.
"Can you take me to her, so I can ask her a few questions?" Tracy says.
Xavier nods. He grabs her wrist and guides her over to his mom.
"Hello, Mrs. Andrews," Tracy says.
"HI, Tracy, how can I help you?" Mrs. Andrews asks.
"Xavier said that you saw the monster who robbed the bank, could you describe what it looked like the best you can?" Tracy replies.
"The monster looked like a human from the waist up and the bottom half had a horse's leg and a frog's webbed feet. It had horns and one eye in the middle of its face." Mrs. Andrews says.
"Thank you, Mrs. Andrews; did you see which way it went?" Tracy says.
"It ran off towards the eastern part of the city. I'm sorry that I wasn't much help," Mrs. Andrews says.
"Your description of the monster will help us track it down, thank you for everything Mrs. Andrews," Tracy says reassuringly.
Tracy goes back to the front entrance of the bank to meet up with the others. They head back to the base to tell Cruger what they found.
Tracy's POV
We're standing in the command center. Quick Draw is standing to my left. I tell Cruger what Mrs. Andrews said about the monster.
"Good work Cadet Blankenship," Cruger says.
"The eastern part of the city is big. I think we should split up to search a different sector of the eastern part of the city. Quick Draw and I will check the beach. Sky and Z, I want the two of you to check the woods. Bridge and Syd, search the neighborhoods in the area." I suggest.
"Tracy, I know that Pikachu and your other Pokémon are strong, but you should have someone else go with you just in case," Sky says.
"Sky, I appreciate your concern, but I'll be fine," I say confidently.
"All right-cadets get going and bring in that monster," Cruger says.
"Yes, sir," We say.
Normal POV
Tracy is at the beach searching for the monster. Quick Draw is on her left shoulder. Michael runs up to her. He is surprised to see her in her SPD uniform.
"Wow, red is a great color on you." He compliments.
Tracy doesn't say a word as her cheeks start to turn the same color as her uniform.
"I like seeing you blush; it makes you look even cuter," He says.
"Aw, this is such a sweet moment. Two teenage earthlings are falling in love." The monster says.
They turn to face the beast. Quick Draw jumps off Tracy's shoulder. He lands in front of her and Michael. His cheeks are sparking as he gets ready to unleash one of his electric attacks.
"Okay monster, I have two questions to ask. One, do you have a name? Second, why did you rob the bank?" Tracy asks.
"Well Red Ranger, my name is Man-Frog, and I robbed the bank because I wanted too." Man Frog says.
"That's an awful excuse," Tracy says.
"I don't care, Ranger," Man Frog says.
They suddenly see a bolt of lightning coming towards them. Quick Draw jumps up and uses Thunderbolt. The attacks collide and the resulting explosion sent Quick Draw flying backward towards the cave behind them.
"Quick Draw," Tracy exclaims.
Tracy turns around and runs into the cave with Michael close behind. They find Quick Draw on the ground in front of the wall in the back of the cave. Tracy bends down in front of him.
"Are you okay buddy," Tracy asks.
Pikachu nods. He stands and they head back to the cave entrance. Man Frog stands a meter away. It uses the lighting from its horn to blast the entrance. Tracy takes Shell Shocker's Pokéball out of her jacket pocket. She tosses it into the air.
"Shell Shocker, protect," Tracy orders.
Shell Shocker nods. She creates a barrier that was big enough to keep Michael and Quick Draw safe from the falling rocks. Several larger rocks fell and pinned her down. They can hear Man Frog laughing outside the cave. Another rock smaller than the others falls down towards her. She closes her eyes in fear. Shell Shocker lowers her protective barrier. Then she uses her bubble attack to knock the rock away. Michael runs over to her. He bends down and sets her head on his lap.
"Tracy, you can open your eyes now," Michael says.
Tracy slowly opens her eyes, but she couldn't make out anything because her eyes haven't adjusted to the darkness of the cave. A few seconds later her eyes adjust to the darkness enough to see Michael looking down at her.
"Thanks for saving me?" Michael asks.
"You're welcome," Tracy says.
"How about I dig you out?" Michael suggests.
Michael carefully sets Tracy's head back down on the cave floor. He starts taking some of the boulders away. Quick Draw and Shell Shocker help out too. The group works diligently until Tracy was free. Tracy tries to get up, but her right knee feels weak when she attempted to stand on it. She falls backward towards the cave floor. Shell Shocker runs over to her trainer. She catches Tracy in her arms.
"Thanks, Shell Shocker," Tracy says.
Shell Shocker nods. She helps Tracy sit down. Tracy reaches into her pocket. She takes out Inferno's Pokéball and lets him out. The flame from his tail lights up the cave.
"Tracy, are you okay?" Michael asks.
"My right knee hurts a little," Tracy replies.
"Can I take a look at it?" Michael says.
Tracy nods. Michael kneels down in front of her. He rolls up her pant leg. Tracy helps him by holding up the fabric so he could get a better look at her knee.
"Do you think it's broken?" Tracy asks.
"It doesn't look broken," Michael says.
"That's good, but we need to get out of here," Tracy says.
"I've explored this cave a few times," Michael says.
"I guess there is a hidden path somewhere in this cave," Tracy says.
"Yes, but we need to put some ice on your knee to bring down the swelling," Michael says.
"How we don't have an ice pack." Tracy reminds him.
"True, but we can make one. What nickname did you give to your Blastoise?" Michael questions.
"Shell Shocker, she does know an ice type attack." Tracy replies.
Michael rips the sleeves off of his T-shirt. He splits the right sleeve in half. He tosses the left sleeves into the air. Tracy tells Shell Shocker to use Ice Beam. Her attack freezes it and the frozen cloth quickly falls back down to the cave floor. Michael catches it in his right hand. He wraps the frozen sleeve up in one piece of the fabric of the right sleeve. Quick Draw helps Michael by using his tail to hold the ice pack in place while Michael tries it in place. After it was in place, Quick Draw takes his tail away. Tracy rolls down her pant leg back down.
"Thanks," Tracy says.
"You're welcome," Michael says.
He tells her that he'll carry her piggyback style. Tracy tries to stand up again. She starts to lose her balance again. Shell Shocker helps her by catching her again. She uses her body as a crutch to help Tracy walk up to Michael. He asks her how she feels on his back. She says that she feels secure. Then he starts to walk towards the hidden path. He lets Inferno walk in front of him so that his tail flame can light the way.
=Welcome To SPD=
Back at the base, the team walks into the command center. They sit down in front of the halo computer.
"Hey, where are Tracy and Pikachu?" Sky asks.
"Kat, I'm worried, have you tried to call her?" Bridge adds.
"I have, but she didn't answer. The tracking system is picking up a weak signal from her morpher." Kat says.
"I'm sure she is fine, but we should go look for her," Cruger says.
They leave the command center. The group arrives at the beach and goes over to the cave.
"I wonder what caused this cave in," Bridge says curiously.
"I don't know Bridge, but we'll have to investigate that later. Right now, we need to find Tracy," Sky reminds his teammate.
"What is Tracy got trapped in the cave. I think we should try to dig out the cave entrance and search it," Bridge suggests.
"Okay, we'll check the cave," Sky sighs heavily.
They get to work clearing the boulders. Fifteen minutes later, Syd places the last rock on the pile they made to the right of it. They take out the laser that double as a flashlight. Then turn them on before walking inside. Syd is the first person to spot Pikachu's footprints.
"Guys, over here, I found Pikachu's footprints," Syd says.
The others run over to her. The group sees the footprints too.
"They go to the back of the cave," Bridge says.
"I think only two of us should follow the footprints, and the rest of us still have to find the monster that robbed the bank," Sky suggests.
"Got it," Bridge says.
Syd and Sky leave the cave to look for the monster again. Bridge and Z follow the tracks to the hidden path. He takes a roll of crime scene tape out of his pocket, places the end of the roll under a rock, so they'll be able to find their way back to the cave. Meanwhile, with Tracy and Michael, Quick Draw was getting tired from all walking. He jumps onto Inferno's back. The two can sense that their trainer was nervous, but they didn't know why. A few feet ahead, they reach a fork in the path.
"Which way should we go," Tracy asks.
"I'm not sure, I've never gone this far before," Michael admits.
"So, we're lost now," Tracy says.
"Yes, but I'll figure out the right path. I promise," Michael says.
Michael sits down on a big rock closest to them. Tracy unclasps her hands and takes her arms off of Michael's shoulders. Quick Draw sits down on Tracy's lap. Michael sits down on the rock next to her.
"I heard from Tyler that water Pokémon have an ability that lets them find water. Do you think that Shell Shocker could find some water source?" Michael says.
"I guess she could, but do you really think there could be a river or a lake down one of those paths." Tracy answers.
Michael nods. Tracy looks over at Shell Shocker. She nods, goes over to the right path and starts to sniff the air, trying to get a whiff of moisture. She didn't smell any water down that path. She tries the left path and gets a whiff of water. She happily sprays small amounts of waters from her cannons like a fountain.
"I guess she found some water down the left path," Tracy says.
"That's great," Michael says.
Tracy puts Shell Shocker back inside her Pokéball. She looks over at Inferno and sees his tail flame starting to shrink. Michael looks over at him also and sees the same thing Tracy did.
"What's wrong with him," Michael asks.
"He must be exhausted from all the walking and using his energy to light our way," Tracy says.
"How are we going to light the path now," Michael says.
"Don't panic Michael, I have one more Pokémon that can help us," Tracy says.
She takes out Sparkles' Pokéball and lets her out. She tells her to use her flash attack. Sparkles' attack light up the path just like a flashlight. She puts Inferno back inside his Pokéball. They decide to rest for a few minutes after they went down the path and found the river.
"Michael, I'm sorry that you got trapped here," Tracy says apologetically.
"It's okay," Michael says.
Quick Draw jumps off of Tracy's lap. He walks over to the river to get a drink. He jumps onto one of the rocks near the edge. He bends down to dip his front paws into the water to scoop up some up. Before he could, a huge wave splashes up and knocks him into the water.
"Quick Draw," Tracy shouts.
Back with Bridge and Syd, they're walking down the path. They hear Tracy's cry of distress echo through the cave.
"Bridge, you heard that right?" Syd asks.
"Yes, I did, but the problem is we can't pinpoint where it came from since it was an echo," Bridge says.
"It sounds like Pikachu is in trouble," Syd says.
She starts to run down the path. Bridge follows her till he is quickly jerked backward. After he regains his balance, the green ranger looks down towards his right wrist to see they've reached the end of the roll.
"Syd, stop, we can't go any further, we've run out of crime scene tape. If we continue we'll get lost for sure," Bridge says.
"What about Tracy and Pikachu," Syd asks frantically.
"We'll have to backtrack and figure out another way to find them," Bridge says.
"Okay," Syd says sadly.
=Welcome To SPD=
Sky's POV
Z and I are checking the beach for any clues that the monster was here. We spot the monster's footprints in the sand and follow them. They lead to another cave a few miles down the beach. We ducked behind a few boulders to come up with a plan.
"How are we going to draw him out?" Z asks.
"I don't know, Z, I wish Tracy or Bridge we're here. They're good at coming up with creative plans."
"Me too, I hope that Bridge found her," Z says.
Normal POV
Tracy gets up off of the rock she is sitting on and starts running the best as she can on her because of her bad knee to catch up with Quick Draw. She sees her partner get pulled downstream.
"Tracy, running downstream is going to help him. We need to come up with something to get him out of the river." Michael says.
"I know, but we don't have a rope," Tracy says.
"I can make one," Michael says.
Tracy watches him rip the right leg of his jeans off at the knee. Then he tears it into smaller pieces and ties them together using a water knot. Tracy takes out the pair of handcuffs she had on her belt. She hands them to Michael. He ties one of the double strands on the handcuffs. Then he tosses that end towards Quick Draw.
"Try to grab the handcuffs buddy," Tracy shouts.
Quick Draw reaches out to grab them. After he had a strong grip on it with his right paw, he pulls his body up so he can hold onto it with his left paw too. Michael pulls him in towards the edge of the river. Tracy picks him up when he was close enough to her. She gives him a big hug.
"I'm so glad you're okay," Tracy says.
Tracy sets him down on the rock she was sitting on. He dries off by shaking the water into Tracy. Michael unties the handcuffs, he walks over to Tracy and gives them back to her.
"Thanks, for rescuing Quick Draw," Tracy says.
"You're welcome," Michael says.
"I'm sorry that you keep destroying your clothes to help me," Tracy says.
"Don't fret angel, I can always buy some new clothes," Micheal says.
Micheal bends down in front of her again. She climbs on his back while Quick Draw jumps onto Sparkles' back. Micheal follows the river downstream hope it will lead to the exit. The group heads about two miles downstream when Sparkles quickly descends down to the ground. When she lands, Quick Draw rolls off her back and stops in front of Michael's feet.
"What's wrong with Beautifly," Michael asks.
"She is exhausted from using up all her energy to light the path for us. I need to put her back inside her Pokeball so she can rest." Tracy says.
He leans her up against the wall. She unclasps her hands, reaches into her pocket and takes out Sparkles' Pokéball.
"Thanks, Sparkles return and take a nice long rest," Tracy says.
Tracy puts the Pokéball back in her pocket. Then she climbs onto Michael's back for the third time. Quick Draw jumps onto Tracy's shoulder. Michael heads to the exit. The group squints their eyes as Michael steps into the sunlight. They look down to see they exited onto a cliff.
"Michael, how are we going to get down. Inferno probably hasn't regained enough of his strength to fly us down. You can't climb down with me on your back." Tracy says.
"True, but I'll think of something," Michael says.
They hear the sound of Tyler's Staraptor call and look to the northeast to see it flying across the sky. Quick Draw leaps off Tracy's shoulder. He launches a Thunderbolt towards the sky. Tyler's hears the air crackle and looks over his shoulder to check a glimpse of the group on the cliff. He tells Staraptor to turn around and they fly over the cliff.
"How did you guys get stuck," Tyler asks.
"I'll fill you in once we're on the ground," Tracy says.
"Got it, but Starraptor can only carry two people at one time," Tyler says.
"Got it," Michael says.
Michael sits down on the edge of the cliff. After Tracy let go of his neck, he carefully moves over so only Tracy is sitting down. Tyler has Staraptor fly up so he can help Tracy to climb on. After she was on he flies her down to the ground. Tracy gets off of Staraptor. She walks over to a tree stump and sits down. After Tyler rescues Micheal and Quick Draw, they walk over to her.
"Tyler, thanks for help us," Tracy says.
"You're welcome, and you still owe me an explanation, remember," Tyler says.
"I haven't forgotten, we got attacked by an alien named Man Frog. He used his lightning attack to cause a cave in after Quick Draw protected from its first attack. It knocked him into the cave. " Tracy explains.
"Got it, I need to get home, and I'm glad that you're all right," Tyler says.
Tyler hops back on Staraptor and flies off. Tracy suggests that they take a short break so Michael can recover some of his stamina. Tracy takes out her morpher to contact the base.
=Welcome To SPD=
Tracy's POV
"Kat, do you read me,"
"Yes, Tracy, are you all right, what happened?" Kat asks.
I tell her what happened to me while Quick Draw and I were investigating the beach. Then I asked if the others had found the alien yet.
"Yes, but Sky and Z weren't able to draw it out of its cave. They had to come back to the base to regroup. Bridge and Syd tried to search the cave to find you, but they had to retrace their steps when Bridge's roll of Crime Scene tape he was using to mark their path ran out." Kat answers.
"Okay, thanks, Kat, I'm going to stay at Michael's house tonight since my right knee is bruised. Plus, Quick Draw and the others are tired too, since they help us get out of the cave. I'll send Michael to get my backpack with all my Pokemon supplies,"
"Okay," Kat says.