I DO NOT OWN POKEMON...
Chapter 5: Backfiring Deals and Hard Decisions
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"Okay, see you later Gary!" Scarlett recalled Angel back into the Pokéball.
"Wait a second Scarlett, we had a deal. If I won, I could come with you and you'd explain," Gary whined, doing the same with his Bulbasaur.
"I guess I did say that. Fine, don't get any idiotic ideas," Scarlett told him, "Someone broke into Oak's Lab and stole the remaining starter Pokémon. That's all I know."
And, with that, they started walking toward Viridian City, which they could see in the distance...
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"Please state your names," ordered a bored looking Officer Jenny, as Scarlett and Gary neared the entrance to Viridian.
"I'm Scarlet and this is Pikachu."
"My name's Gary."
"How come you need to know our names? Are you looking for someone?" asked Scarlett puzzled.
"Wow, you're the most intelligent kid I've met all day," Jenny said sarcastically. "As a matter of fact, we are looking for someone, actually two Pokémon thieves - a woman, a man, and a Meowth. Have you seen them?"
"I wonder if they're the ones who broke into professor Oak's lab," Scarlett pondered.
"Anyway, they've stolen tons of Pokémon from the Pokémon Center. It's under investigation now, but we've not been able to find any clues as to where they may have gone," Officer Jenny said frustrated. "Well, you kids have fun, but, if you see those thieves, bring them to justice."
"We will officer," Scarlett promised.
"Smell ya later!" hollered Gary, as the two travelers walked deeper into the city of Viridian.
"Gary was that necessary?" asked Scarlett, annoyed.
"Maybe, maybe not, 'Ms. Points-out-everything-that-I-do-wrong'," teased Gary.
"Why you... Pikachu shock him!" ordered Scarlett. Pikachu did just that.
"Okay, that just wasn't cool Scarlett," Gary said, pretending to be hurt.
"Then don't make fun of me. There, you annoy me and you get shocked, easy solution to our problem." Scarlett made her rule, and then they walked over to the Pokémon Center to heal their Pokémon's injuries from the earlier battle.
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"Gary, I think we should go back to Pallet town, I've decided that I'm not ready for a Pokémon journey. The only reasons I'm here are, one, Professor Oak asked me to and, two, I want to try and find my father." They trudged through the thick leaves on the forest floor of Viridian forest.
"Nonsense, if you wanted to search for your father, why didn't you say so earlier? We'd need to head to Ecruteak city in the Johto region. The gym leader there can find people with his mind," Gary pointed out.
"Then why don't we go there?" she asked.
"Hmmm... maybe because we'd either need to catch a couple Pokémon that are capable of flying, or get plane tickets that are super expensive.
"But a flying Pokémon can't be very hard to find, I saw a couple of Pidgeys back at Pallet town," Scarlett said.
"Well, we could probably manage to catch some Pidgeys," said Gary. "Come on, let's go."
With the decision made, they wasted no time racing back to Pallet town...
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A/N: And so they set off to find a two-pound pigeon to fly across the vast ocean. That is just messed up. Please review.