Chapter 3: A New Adventure
Three days after the encounter with the strange man at the museum Milo decided today would be a nice to go to the beach. Zoe and Cole made no objections both of them were itching to get out of the lab. It was a beautiful June day the sun was blazing, and the grass type Pokémon were peacefully soaking up the sun. While Zoe and Cole were playing pirates, the poke professor was busy hanging ten or least trying to. The silly Mr. Mime trying to surf was quite the sight to see, his blue hair blowing wildly in the sea breeze as he clung to his surfboard for dear life.
Suddenly a slight drizzle began to stir as dark clouds encompassed the sky.
"Rain in the middle of June?" the professor pondered, "that doesn't seem right."
Then he noticed all the water type Pokémon were acting strange. The drizzle then turned into a full out hurricane. Milo was soon washed over by the rising waves that were several stories high. The world suddenly went black.
"Uncle!...Uncle!...Please wake up!"
Milo awoke to a Buziel lifeguard giving him CPR in a small seaside villa. He turned his head and saw Zoe staring at him, her blue eyes wide with fear and relief. He was barely given enough time to recuperate when a Jigglypuff hectically ran into the room.
"Hurry! Hurry! Mayor Higgins has called a town meeting."
At Poke Square
Pokemon from all over the city gathered around city hall to see what was going on.
Mayor Higgins, a charismatic but greedy Politoed was trying to downplay the situation in order keep the people from rioting.
"People of Poke City please stay calm, the storm is over and rest assured it will not happen again."
"My house was blown away!"
"My crops were ruined!"
"Rest assured a relief fund will be issued and we can be well insured that everything is going to be all right."
At that point Milo had heard enough.
"No Mayor everything isn't going to be all right."
"oh boy" the mayor muttered under his breath "We don't need to hear any of your crackpot theories Professor."
"This is serious Mayor. I was there in the midst of hurricane, I know what caused it or to be more accurate who caused it."
"A hurricane is a natural occurrence you twit; no one can cause a hurricane"
"The people aren't safe in the city, we need to evacuate or else this will happen again and again and it will only get worse."
"What is that crazy Professor going on about?" asked the Mayor's secretary Chatot.
"It's Kyogre. Kyogre caused that hurricane I've seen him with my own two eyes, hurricanes just don't happen on a June day"
The Mayor burst into hysterical laughter along with the rest of the crowd. " Kyogre? Kyogre? That's a freakin' mythical Pokémon. Oh that's rich. A mythical Pokemon! You need to spend less time at that old museum. I think you caught the crazy from that old Alakazaam!"
" I know what I saw Mayor, Kyogre is down there and he is angry and if you're not going to do anything about it, I will."
"You can't venture out into the Stormy Sea, that's a suicide mission!" the Mayor exclaimed.
"Let him go" the Chatot whispered" the sooner we're rid of him the better."
"Come on Zoe let's get out of here"
During the drive home Zoe was lost for words knowing it would be nearly impossible to talk to her uncle while he was in determination mode. She knew her uncle was an outcast but that was the first time she ever felt humiliated for him. She felt a pang of anger at the realization that she was ashamed of her uncle. She didn't want to doubt him but was it possible he was merely delirious from nearly drowning to death?
No living Pokémon had ever seen Kyogre , it's not even really known whether or not he truly exists but his stories are just merely old children's tales. The likeliness of Kyogre existing was the likeliness of apple pies raining from the sky. Seeing the way the townsfolk laughed at him he might well have told them apple pie was raining from the sky.
But whether or not she believed him was irrelevant this was going to be their most dangerous adventure yet and she was excited.