Chapter 4 Expect the Unexpected

Chapter 4 Expect the Unexpected

"Yes finally! Thank the lords above! I'll never look at a tree again!" shouted a certain coordinator as they finally looked down one their destination: New Bark town.

"Calm down May, you can't go on a journey without looking at trees come on let's hurry up and get to the Pokemon center I feel so contaminated with germs right now…and besides look at the sky I think it's going to rain." Sighed the silver haired pokemon trainer.

May knew ever since his boyhood Brendan had always been a neat freak yet what puzzled her was that he started with a pokemon that didn't actually scream cleanness.

"Fine, joy killer," as May glared at Brendan as she looked wearily at the darkening sky.

'I'll race ya!" shouted May as she started running down a steep hill feeling raindrops on her skin.

"Wait May! You might slip! You know I hate running in the rain!!" shouted the boy struggling to catch up with May who was a great runner since she was a little girl.

'God, that girl's fast and cute running in the rain……..' Brendan started dreamily in the beyond until a rumble of thunder brought him to his senses.

"May! Wait up!"

May started to lose control of her running and was practically racing the wet and slippery hill.

"Shoot! Why does this always have to happen to me?? Why does the rain have to be wet? "Shouted the teenager as she struggled to remain balanced and controlled with her wet hair in her eyes as she felt more raindrops drip down her skin. Just then a flash of light appeared from her bag and May startled finally began rolling down the hill in a bundle heap with the fox like creature running at her side.

"AAAHHHHH!!"
"Evee! Eve!! "

"Eevee I'm so going to kill youuuuuuuuuu!!" followed by an umph signaling her landing.

"Eevee Eve! Eeev!"
Well….ouch… that's one…ouch…way to…ouch to ….start…a journey…ouch" May started sarcastically spitting mud from her mouth struggling to get up and pathetically failed to do so.

"Well, hello May I see your as clumsy as ever"

'whaaaa?? Is that…?' thought May.

"Drew?"

"The one and only and get off the ground will ya? You don't need to bow at my feet you know," smirked the grass headed pokemon coordinator.

"Whhhhhhaaattt??" screamed May as she jumped up quickly, too quickly for her light headed head and actually stumbled a bit before landing again on her bum though not as hard as last time. It felt like something was actually cushioning her fall.

"EEEVVVE!!"

"Oh sorry Eevee…..hehehehe" May nervously laughed scratching the back of her neck with her gloved wet hand.

"May, May May May…. When will you ever learn? A coordinator who isn't coordinated stumbling from town to town will never have the guts or skills to beat me,"

"I can too! And for your information I do know where I'm going and I am not clumsy!"

"Well it sure looks like it," Drew said flipping his now wet hair and giving her his famous smirk helping her up.

'Well, that's a surprise, she's lighter then I'd imagine. You'd think she'd be fat looking at how much she eats' thought Drew as he continued to smirk at her.

"Forget the it; let's just get inside the pokemon center." May replied stomping off.

"May, I hate to break it to you but it's this way."

May stopped abruptly and started to grumble loudly as she walked to where Drew pointed Eevee following faithfully beside her as the continuous rain kept pouring down her wounded pride.

"Why do I get the feeling I forgot something?" pondered May as she tried to squeeze the water from her bandana.

"Well, it wouldn't be the first thing you've forgotten you forgot that Eevee has the obsession of digging and she almost made a hole in the middle of the building." As Drew too was trying to dry his green shiny hair.

May puffed up her cheeks to see that she was irritated but didn't say anything since it was her fault.

'Damn, I hate it how he always wins, maybe he's right………I do have a tendency to forgot a little…..ok, scratch that I have a horrible memory loss plus I guess I do tend to stumble now and then……' May thought with a sad face.

Drew noticed this and before he could say anything there was a crack of lightning and a slight jump from May and then the next second a boy with silver hair and soaked from head to toe stood at the door way panting to catch his breath.

"Oh my gosh…..Brendan!! I'm sorry why are you so wet?? I forgot that you were running too!! Brendan you could get a cold! Sorry guess I forgot….again….."May sadly said the last part in a mumble.

"cough pant pant Yeah don't …pant….worry about it…..just…don't do it …again." said Brendan taking huge gulps of air. Personally he was actually really angry. He wandered through the town looking for May and the pokemon center you could hardly see anything threw the stinging pain of the down pour, but upon seeing how sorry and sad May was he just let it go.

'May had a tendency to forgot right?...ok…maybe a lot…' thought Brendan as he finally caught his breath and realizing for the first time that there was some green haired dude next to May glaring at him.

"Anyways I'm really sorry Brendan I'll find some way to make it up to you..." she said handing him a towel.

"Who's he?" Brendan whispered in her ear.

"Oh, yeah! I forgot to introduce you guys! Drew this is my best friend Brendan, and Brendan this is my rival Drew." Finished May looking at the two boys expectantly.

"Hi, May we better check out a room from Nurse Joy," spoke Brendan turning is back and walking to the counter.

"Are you May's boyfriend or something?" Drew asked suddenly.

"Nnnnooo! We aren't and if you'll excuse me I have to sanitize myself." Turning so the two people couldn't see the blush on his face.

'So that's May's rival huh? May shouldn't be talking to those guys he looked like a jerk to me glaring at me and everything.' Thought Brendan angrily as he asked the pokemon nurse for keys.

May, being the dense person that she is, didn't sense the awkward bitterness between her two boy friends.

"Well umm…..Brendan's not good with new people!" May apologized flashing him an uncertain smile.

"Is he traveling with you? What about your brother and Rock what's his name, and that guy with a hat and pikachu? Drew narrowed his eyes in ….jealousy?!

'What?! No, I am not jealous just suspicious is all.' But in reality he was feeling extremely jealous and a feeling of hatred toward the pokemon trainer.

'Why is he her best friend when I'm stuck being her rival? I guess she hates me since I insult her all the time….Freakin, I DO NOT LIKE MAY!''

"Well he said he would go with me till we get here, and for your information his name is Brock and the guy with the pikachu is Ash, I just decided that I should be more indepentdent from now on."

Drew stood there in shock, processing the info, he never guessed that was the reason why she left everyone inwardly he was actually a little impressed by her brave decision but he would never muster up the courage to tell her that.

"So let me get this straight, you left everyone leaving you the most uncoordinated person I ever met, with the worse case of memory loss helpless because you thought that you could do it all alone?" teasing her, as he chuckled, though May did not see this as teasing.

"Why you….I I I…." rambled May feeling herself tear up a little and turned around not to show Drew. Drew seeing this immediately felt regret for what he said.

"May!"

"Got to go Drew and maybe your right to come here all alone..." May said gloomily as the distant rumbling of thunder was heard as she followed Brendan to their room.

"May!"

"Huh?" May answered before catching a thorn less beautiful crisp rose.

"What's it for this time?"

"For getting here without your brother's help," he replied giving her a two fingered salute and walking off to his own room as May stared back after him.

'I'll never know how he gets his roses in the weirdest of times,' May thought as she smiled at the person walking away before bouncing off with Brendan to their room.


"ATTENTION EVERYONE IT HAS BEE FORECASTED THAT IT MIGHT FLOOD LATER IN THE NIGHT PLEASE EXIT CALMLY AND QUICKLY FROM YOUR ROOMS AND MOVE TO UPPER FLOOR OF THE BUILDING THANK YOU," spoke nurse Joy through the intercom as Brendan was waiting outside of the bathroom while May was taking a shower.

"May! I think you should get out soon! There might be a flood…"

SMACK!

"ahuhahu" groaned the 13 year boy rubbing his temple where he was hit and looked up to see May standing over him just out of the shower.

"Sorry Brendan! Did you say a flood? We better gather our pokemon quick!" May said a little scared of the storm that was now booming like hell outside.

"May! Hurry up everyone' going!" Drew called as he opened the door seeing Brendan still on the floor still dazed from the hit openly staring at May body and butt facing him while May was packing having no idea what was going on.

'That guy sure has nerve staring like that I would like to just punch him now,' thought Drew but even he couldn't deny how pretty May was he angelic face and with her big eyes and nice curves.

'WHAT?? I'm doing it again stupid teenage hormones!! We need to get to the upper floor!'

May still completely oblivious to the thoughts the two boys were having about her started running to Brendan.

"Drew! Is it really going to flood? Brendan, hurry up we have to go!" Shaking Brendan alive.

"Yeah! Okay let's go." Brendan said as soon as he realized their situation.


Meanwhile Nurse Joy was having problems of her own. She just got off the phone with Professor Elm and was informed of a sick cynidquil, but because of this storm she couldn't deliver the medicine to him. When a certain brunette's squirtle stopped her thinking with its long wail.

"Thanks mom be safe thanks for giving me squirtle back looks like it leaving it back there wasn't a good idea. Be safe bye!" hanging up the interphone before noticing Joy's expression.

"Nurse Joy are you ok looks like something's bothering you." Asked a worried May.

"Nothing, it's just that a cyndiquil in Professor Elm's lab is sick but with this storm I can't do anything about it," sighed the tired Joy revealing black circles under her once cheerful eyes.

"I can do it Ms. Joy! Me and my squirtle will deliver it for you," May stated confidently as her eyes lit up.

"Really?! Thank you! Be careful though professor's lab is not far from here, it's on the right of the pokemon center and you keep going until you see a large lab, it's hard to miss," sighed a relieved Nurse Joy.

"Alright, I'll be back!" May assured holding her small turtle as she ran off to find Drew and Brendan.


"I knew this was a bad omen when I met you! Why did you have to do this to me?" A frustrated Brendan cried with a 4year old boy stuck on his right leg and a little girl trying to pull his arm off.

"Hey, mister you smell good," said the little girl laughing.

"For heaven sakes please get off of me!"

"So are you telling me that this storm is my fault??" answered an annoyed Drew flipping his hair.

"Stop that and yes it is your fault and you know what else your fault is?? May……? May!! Your back has he flung himself on top of May but May quickly dodged having do so many times with Sid.

"Brendan you stay here, I'm going to deliver some medicine to a sick pokemon I'll wait the storm out there." May shouted as she ran towards the exit.

"Whaaaaa??"

"May I'll come with you!" Drew as he ran after her into the stinging blinding rain.


"Drew I can't see anything! Where are you?"

"I'm right here!" Drew answered back trying to find May's hand in the storm and succeeded. If the rain wasn't blocking there view you could see that they both had small red blushes on their wet faces.

"I think I see the lab!"

'Where are they? I hope they didn't get lost in the rain…' thought Professor Elm on the second floor of his lab the first floor was almost entirely flooded glancing back and forth toward the window and the small bundle of fur shivering known as cyndiquil when suddenly he heard coughing and splashing along with a squirtle cry.

"Professor? cough Are you there? May spoke uncertainty.

"Yes? Do you have the medicine I presume?"

'This professor is becoming unbelievable twitchy when he's nervous,' thought Drew as he drained water from his ear.

"Yes here we go little guy." As a light powder fell on the fire pokemon the shivering fire typea heavily sighed indicating the pokemon was asleep.

"Thank you! I'de never know what I'd do with out that medicine! What are your names? Too bad this storm has ruined my lab maybe I could of showed you my…."

But whatever the odd professor Elm had to said he didn't get to finish it because just then a window broke caused by a gust of wind sending May back outside where it was currently flooding everywhere.

"MAY! Where are you??" called frantic and now panicking Drew.

"I'm right here!"

"I'm coming stay there! Come on squirtle follow me," Drew said as he went out on the roof top.

"Chickorita! Use vine whip!" shouted a spluttering May as she sended out chikorita and holded on to its body for life as she holded on to roof ledge to stop being swept by the fast current.

"Chika! Chika!

"May! Don't worry just stay where you are!"

"Like I have a choice! Don't send squirtle down here he's terrified of storms!"

Drew ignoring May bend down to talk to Squirtle.

"Squirtle you have to swim down there and rescue May! I don't have any water time pokemon. You're her only hope"

"Squirt! Squirtle…….." as the tiny turtle cowered in fear.

Just then the ledge that chikorita was hanging onto broke that caused May to go underwater with her pokemon.

"Squirt! Squirtle, squirt!" Screeched the tiny water turtle as he jumped head first into the rushing water to save his master.

"Go Squirtle! You can do it!" Drew shouted.

'May please don't drown! I didn't even tell you how I feel about you!' Drew was such in a moment of shock that he didn't even think about the last sentence he said in his mind and prayed that squirtle could do the job right.

May POV

I closed my eyes I started to sink into the water being pushed with the current. This is my end. Sorry mom, dad, Ash, Brock, Max, Brendan, Drew and all my pokemon I failed to become a top coordinator and failed to survive this flood. What was that? Am I dieing? I see something glowing with light coming closer and closer………..

Sorry if it's a little rushed……