Part Five, Chapter One
Characters: Janet Harris, Sand-Cloud Pluff, Gelby Chu, Luke Smytheson, Nurse Joy, Potow the pidgey, Weedie the kakuna, Catafree the butterfree, Chazz the charmeleon, Tailz the vulpix, Pikapi the pikachu
I didn't expect the path to Shockwave City to be anywhere near as long as it was! In fact, it took us a whole week to get there! I ended up catching a magnemite - who I named Horshu - and finally we got to Shockwave City. We took our pokémon to the PokéCentre.
'Yes, there is a new gym in this city,' said Joy. 'It's an electric gym, the leader is Spike.'
'Is he hard?' I asked.
'How many badges do you already have?' Joy asked.
'Three,' I replied.
'It might be hard,' said Joy. 'But then again, it might not. I can't really tell. It all depends.'
'OK,' I said. I looked at the others. 'Well, I might as well have a go.'
'I'll stay here,' said Luke. 'I've already got the electric badge.'
'Alright,' I said. I quickly thought through my pokémon, deciding which ones to take. I decided to switch Potow for Weedie - the kakuna I hadn't used for a long time.
Once my pokémon were ready, I headed to the gym. The leader, Spike, saw me and smiled.
'You want to challenge me?' he said.
'Yes,' I replied.
'Alright,' said Spike. 'But you'd better be ready for your pokémon to be paralysed!'
'I'm ready!' I said. 'Weedie! Go!'
'Ha!' said Spike. 'You're going to need a better pokémon than that! Go, Voltorb!'
'Weedie, harden!' I said.
'Voltorb, tackle the little thing!' laughed Spike. I gasped as Weedie took the hit, nearly fainting under the power.
'Weedie, return!' I called. 'Go, Catafree!'
'Thunderbolt!' said Spike with a smile. My butterfree cried out in pain.
'Catafree, come back!' I said, annoyed with myself. I'd forgotten that Catafree was now a flying type as well as a bug type. 'Go, Chazz!'
'Thunderbolt it, Voltorb!'
'Chazz, ember!'
My charmeleon did a lot of damage to the voltorb. I smiled. Now, things were looking better!
'Tackle, Voltorb!'
'Chazz, ember!' I said.
'Char, meleon!' said Chazz, doing a lot of damage to the other pokémon.
'Voltorb, return!' called Spike. 'Magnemite, go!'
'Chazz, ember!' I said. Chazz's fire managed to burn the magnemite.
'Magnemite, thundershock!' said Spike. His pokémon paralysed Chazz. It was unable to attack!
'Chazz, return!' I said. 'Go, Tailz!'
'Vulpix!' barked Tailz, bounding up to the pokémon.
'That vulpix isn't even an adult yet!' said Spike. 'You expect to battle with a baby pokémon!?'
'Tailz may be young, but it's managed to defeat plenty of magnemites before,' I said, remembering the path to Shockwave City.
'Fine,' sighed Spike. 'Don't blame me if I hurt it. Thundershock, Magnemite!'
'Magnemite!' said his pokémon. Its electricity bursted out, striking my vulpix.
'Vuuul!' Tailz cried, falling back and landing hard on the ground.
'Oh no!' I said, rushing over to pick up my vulpix. I held it in my arms. Spike had been right. Tailz was too week.
'Giving up?' asked Spike.
'No way!' I said. Holding Tailz in my left arm, I reached for a pokéball with my right hand. 'Go, Raus!'
To my surprise, Pikapi emerged instead. I must have taken the wrong pokéball!
'Never mind,' I said. 'Pikapi, get ready!'
'A pikachu!' Spike laughed. 'That's nothing! See how it handles THIS!'
Spike brought back his magnemite and threw another pokéball. The pokémon that came out looked a bit like Pikapi, but darker, with a longer tail.. and a lot bigger!
'A raichu!' Gelby exclaimed.
'Raichu,' said Spike. 'Use the thunderbolt!'
'RAICHU!' said his pokémon, sending out a huge electric bolt.
'Cha!' Pikapi cried.
'Oh no!' I said. 'Pikapi, return!'
There was no point in sending out Raus. That raichu was too strong.
'I give up,' I said.
~Janet~
Part Five, Chapter Two
Characters: Janet Harris, Sand-Cloud Pluff, Gelby Chu, Luke Smytheson, Nurse Joy, Tailz the vulpix, Pikapi the pikachu
'How'd you go?' Luke asked.
'Hopeless,' I said, trudging into the PokéCentre. 'Can you please heal my pokémon?'
'Sure,' said Joy. She took Tailz from my arms and I handed over my other pokémon.
'I found the electric badge pretty easy to get,' Luke commented.
'Yeah, well maybe Spike's trained his pokémon since then,' I said.
'Spike?' Luke said. 'Oh, it was a different leader for me. Maybe they changed the leader when they moved the gym.'
'Maybe,' I said. I sighed. 'I'm never going to beat him.'
'You will one day,' said Luke. 'Your pokémon are strong.'
'Not strong enough,' I said. Soon, Joy returned with Tailz and my pokéballs.
'Thanks,' I said, taking them. We went and sat down. We took our pokémon out to let them get some fresh air. However, Tailz stayed with me, not wanting to play with the other pokémon.
'How am I going to beat him?' I sighed.
'There could be a way,' said Sand-Cloud. We turned to face her, and she smiled.
'How?' I asked. Sand-Cloud opened her backpack and pulled some things out. I looked at them.
'Those stones Officer Jenny gave us!' I said. 'I'd forgotten about them!'
'Pikapi could evolve into a raichu,' said Sand-Cloud. 'And Tailz could evolve into a ninetales.'
My vulpix looked up at the sound of its name. I looked down at it.
'I'm not sure about Tailz,' I said. 'I mean, it's still only got two tails. If I evolved it now, it might not be able to grow all nine tails. And I don't want to disappoint Lucy.'
'Alright, but what about Pikapi?' Gelby asked. I looked over at my pikachu, and nodded.
'If Pikapi wants to, we'll do it!' I said. 'Pikapi!'
My pikachu came running over to me.
'Pikapi,' I said. 'How would you feel about evolving?'
Pikapi stared at me. Sand-Cloud held the thunder stone out to it.
'Pikapi,' she said. 'Remember that raichu you battled today? Well, this stone could make you become just like that raichu!'
'Pi,' said Pikapi simply. It seemed as if it didn't really care whether it evolved or not.
'Pikapi, this is a really important decision,' said Gelby. 'You have to decide whether you want to be a raichu or not.'
'I couldn't help overhearing your conversation,' said Joy, coming over to us. 'You're deciding whether to evolve your pikachu?'
'Yes,' I said. 'It doesn't seem to have an opinion. What do you think?'
'It depends really,' said Joy. 'The thing with these kinds of evolutions is, once the pokémon evolves they don't learn any new moves. Your pikachu doesn't know all of its possible moves. So it depends on whether or not you want your pikachu to learn all its moves, or if you want it to become bigger and stronger.'
I thought about this for a while.
'I think I'd better let it learn all its moves,' I said. 'It can evolve after that. Is that OK with you, Pikapi?'
'Pi,' shrugged Pikapi. We all laughed.
~Janet~
Part Five, Chapter Three
Characters: Janet Harris, Sand-Cloud Pluff, Gelby Chu, Spike the pokémon leader of electric, Weedie the kakuna, Pikapi the pikachu, Chazz the charmeleon
Rather than making my pokémon evolve, I went out and trained them as preparation for my rematch with Spike. I battled with them for a long time, and was happy when Weedie evolved into a beedrill! Finally, I made my way back to the gym.
'So you've returned,' said Spike.
'Yes,' I replied. 'And I'll win this time!'
'We'll see,' said Spike. 'Go! Magnemite!'
'Weedie!' I said. 'I choose you!'
'Magnemite, thundershock!'
'Weedie, twineedle!' I said.
'Magnemite! Tackle!' said Spike. Unfortunately, my beedrill was still at a lower level than the magnemite. It was getting weak.
'Weedie, return!' I called. 'Go! Pikapi!'
'That pikachu?' Spike laughed. 'Magnemite, tackle!'
'Pikapi, quick attack!' I said. My pokémon rushed at the magnemite, hurting it a lot. Spike was shocked.
'Magnemite return!' he called. 'Go, Voltorb!'
'Pikapi, quick attack!' I said.
'Voltorb, sonic boom!' said Spike. It did a lot of damage to my pikachu.
'Come on, Pikapi!' I said encouragingly. 'Quick attack!'
'Voltorb, tackle!' Pikapi was getting weak.
'Pikapi, return!' I called. 'Go, Chazz!'
'Voltorb! Thundershock!' said Spike.
'Chazz, rage!' I said. Chazz's latest attack was powerful, doing more damage each time it got hurt.
'Voltorb, sonic boom!' said Spike. Chazz was getting angrier, making its attack stronger. When it continued using rage, the voltorb collapsed.
'Voltorb, come back!' said Spike. 'Go, Raichu!'
'Chazz, keep using your rage!' I said. Chazz attacked Raichu but didn't do a lot of damage.
'Raichu, thunderbolt!' said Spike.
'Raichu!' shouted his pokémon, sending out electricity. Chazz was hurt badly, but that only made it more angry, and so its attack did a lot more damage to Raichu.
'Raichu, thundershock!' said Spike. This attack wasn't as strong as the thunderbolt, but it still made Chazz more angry. When it attacked, Raichu was badly hurt. Spike was amazed at my charmeleon.
'Raichu, return!' he called. 'That's a good charmeleon you've got there.'
'I know,' I said, smiling. 'Chazz was my first pokémon, and it's been great all the way through.'
'Well, I think you've earned this,' said Spike. He held out a badge. I took it gratefully.
'Thanks,' I said.
'Good luck on the rest of your pokémon journey,' said Spike. 'What number badge is that?'
'Four,' I replied.
'You've still got a long way to go,' said Spike. 'But I'm sure you'll make it. Good luck to you, Team Yellow. And you too, Chazz.'
My charmeleon smiled a reptile smile, happy with the compliment. I smiled, too, and headed back to the PokéCentre.
~Janet~
Part Five, Chapter Four
Characters: Janet Harris, Sand-Cloud Pluff, Gelby Chu, Luke Smytheson
I showed Luke my new badge with a smile.
'Good work,' he congratulated me. 'I knew you could do it.'
'Thanks,' I said. After healing my new pokémon, we continued on our way. After a few hours we came to a place called a "Pokémon Safari". Curious, we went in to have a look. A trainer who looked not much older than us walked over to us.
'Welcome!' he said. 'My name is Nathan.'
'Hi,' I said. 'Um, could you tell us what this place is?'
'Certainly,' smiled Nathan. 'This is one of the few Pokémon Safaris. Here, you have a chance to catch a huge variety of unique pokémon for a small price. It's great value, because there are pokémon from all different areas all in the one place. So.. what do you think? Would you like to give the Pokémon Safari a try?'
I glanced at Luke, wanting to know what he thought of the idea.
'OK,' he shrugged. 'We might as well give it a try.'
'Great!' said Nathan. We payed him, and he started explaining a bit further. 'You just go through that gate there. You can stay for as long as you want - minutes, hours.. even days if you're willing to sleep in there! But.. you have a limit of three pokémon each. Each time you catch one, it is transferred in here. When you get three, you must come and collect them. Got it?'
We nodded.
'Alright then!' said Nathan. He opened the gate for us, and we stepped through. 'Enjoy your stay in the Pokémon Safari!'
Nathan closed the gate and we looked around.
'I feel ripped off,' said Luke. 'He makes us pay him and then he tells us we're limited to three pokémon!'
I shrugged. 'There's no point in complaining about it now. Let's see what pokémon they've got in here!'
We started walking, looking around for pokémon. There didn't seem to be many about. The only ones we did see were caterpies, and Luke and I both had one of them.
'This place sucks,' Luke complained. 'There are hardly any pokémon.'
'I wouldn't be too sure about that..' said Sand-Cloud. 'Look over there!'
We looked to where she was pointing, and saw a group of mankeys.
'Wow!' said Luke. 'I want to get one of them! Squirtle, go!'
Luke threw a pokéball and his wartortle appeared.
'Luke, that's a wartortle,' I said.
'I know,' said Luke.
'Then why did you say "go Squirtle"?' I asked.
'Because its name is Squirtle,' said Luke. 'I didn't really know what I was doing when I caught it, and I accidentally named it Squirtle instead of not naming it.'
I laughed. 'That's weird.. a wartortle called Squirtle!'
'It's stupid,' said Sand-Cloud. 'You're a weirdo, Luke.'
'Thanks a lot,' he said. 'Anyway, I'm meant to be trying to catch a mankey! Squirtle, water gun!'
His pokémon sprayed water on the mankeys, drenching them. They shook themselves off and turned to face us. They didn't seem too happy.
'MANKEY!' one shouted. Suddenly, the whole group charged at us.
'Oh oh,' said Luke. 'Run!'
~Janet~
Part Five, Chapter Five
Characters: Janet Harris, Sand-Cloud Pluff, Gelby Chu, Luke Smytheson, Catafree the butterfree
The mankeys were faster than we thought. They were nearly at us already.
'We'll have to fight them off,' said Luke. 'What type is Mankey?'
'I don't know,' I said, and pulled out my pokédex.
'Mankey,' it read, 'a fighting pokémon. Extremely quick to anger. It can be docile one moment, then thrashing away the next.'
'Oh great,' I said. 'They're probably going to kill us now.'
'They're fighting-type,' said Sand-Cloud. 'That means you should use a flying or psychic pokémon.'
I nodded. 'Go, Catafree!'
Luke took out a pokéball. 'Go, Spearow!'
'Catafree, confusion!'
Catafree sent out a psychic wave that hit the mankeys, making them confused. Luke took advantage of the situation.
'Spearow, peck!' he said. His pokémon slashed at the mankeys with its beak, doing a lot of damage.
'Mankey!' the pokémon cried out in pain.
'Spearow! Peck them again!'
'Catafree, use your sleep powder!'
My butterfree flew over the mankeys, sprinkling a fine powder over them. They started to yawn, and lay down to sleep. We hadn't beaten all of them, but the ones that were awake were now confused about the fact that the others were asleep.
'Now's our chance!' I said and took out a pokéball. Luke took one of his out as well.
'Pokéball, go!' we both said at the same time and threw our pokéballs at the mankeys. Two of the sleeping pokémon were zapped into our pokéballs. The lights went out instantly.
'We both got mankeys!' Luke cheered.
'Not yet you don't,' said Sand-Cloud. 'You've still got to get past the others to get your pokéballs.'
'Oh yeah,' I said. I looked at the huge group of mankeys and sighed. 'This could be hard. Catafree, use confusion again!'
'Spearow, peck them!' said Luke. Our pokémon both attacked together, and the mankeys were badly injured. They fell to the ground, beaten.
'Yes!' I said. 'Come on, Luke!'
We rushed over to our pokéballs and picked them up. I named my mankey "Monyet" and allowed it to be transferred back to Nathan at the Pokémon Safari. Luke looked at me.
'What should I call mine?' he asked.
'I don't know,' I said. 'You don't have to give it a name.'
'Yes I do,' said Luke. 'Because we both got mankeys.'
'That's stupid logic, Luke,' I said with a laugh. 'We're trying to become pokémon masters! One day, we'll both have ALL the pokémon. Then what are you going to do? Go and name all the ones you didn't have before?'
'Fine,' said Luke. 'I won't name it then.'
I laughed. 'I was only joking, Luke.'
'No, it's too late now,' said Luke as his mankey was transferred back. 'The poor thing's nameless and it's all your fault.'
I laughed, and we kept walking through the Pokémon Safari.
~Janet~
Part Five, Chapter Six
Characters: Janet Harris, Sand-Cloud Pluff, Gelby Chu, Luke Smytheson, Shovel the dugtrio, Raus the venusaur
We had escaped the violent mankeys, and were now searching the Pokémon Safari for more pokémon. We were amazed at how many different varieties of pokémon we came across.
'We're only allowed to catch three pokémon,' I reminded Luke. 'We'd better make sure we get good ones!'
'I think that's a good one!' said Luke, pointing at a yellow pokémon in the distance.
'What is it?' I asked. 'It's not a pikachu.'
'Electabuzz,' read Luke's pokédex. 'An electric pokémon. Normally found near Power Plants, they can wander away and cause major blackouts in cities.'
'Cool!' said Luke. 'Go Shovel! Use your dig attack!'
Luke's dugtrio dug into the ground. After a few seconds, it burst out of the ground in front of the electabuzz, spraying dirt all over it.
'Eeeelectabuzz!' said the pokémon angrily.
'Quick, Shovel!' said Luke. 'Use dig again!'
The electabuzz couldn't handle the ground move, and fell backwards.
'Pokéball, go!' said Luke. He threw a pokéball and the electabuzz was zapped inside. The pokéball shook violently, and suddenly stopped.
'Yeah!' said Luke, and went over to his pokéball. Just when he was about to pick it up, it broke open and the angry electabuzz appeared, right in front of Luke. He gulped. 'Uh.. nice pokémon...'
'ELECTABUZZ!' the pokémon roared. It threw up its arms and let out a huge bolt of lightning.
'Luke!' I cried out, stepping forward.
'No, Janet!' said Sand-Cloud. 'Do you want it to zap you too?'
I sighed and stayed where I was. Luke pulled himself up, groaning.
'That thing's powerful,' he said, and stepped back slowly from the electabuzz. It saw him moving away and narrowed its eyes.
'Look out, Luke!' I said. But it was too late. The electabuzz let out an even bigger thunderbolt on Luke. He fell to the ground, motionless. I gasped.
'He's only fainted, Janet,' said Sand-Cloud.
'Yeah, but that thing still must be pretty powerful,' I said. 'I'll see if I can stop it before it gets us, too! Go, Raus!'
I threw a pokéball and my largest pokémon appeared.
'Raus, razor leaf!' I said. 'Get rid of that electabuzz!'
'Venusaur!' Raus roared, sending its razor sharp leaves out on the pokémon. I was amazed at how powerful my venusaur was - the electabuzz turned and ran!
'Well that was easier than I expected,' I said. I looked over at Luke. 'Now we've just got to work out how to wake him up.'
~Janet~
Part Five, Chapter Seven
Characters: Janet Harris, Sand-Cloud Pluff, Gelby Chu, Luke Smytheson, Pikapi the pikachu, Raus the venusaur, Shovel the dugtrio
'Luke, wake up!' I shouted, shaking him. There was no effect. I looked at Sand-Cloud and Gelby. 'That electabuzz must have really hurst him.. how are we supposed to wake him up?'
'You could try resuscitating him,' said Sand-Cloud, and started laughing hysterically. 'I bet that'd wake him up!'
'Oh, very funny, Sand-Cloud,' I said sarcastically.
'I bet it would wake him up, though,' said Gelby. 'I mean, if he was lying there unconscious and then suddenly felt--'
'That's enough, Gelby!' I interrupted. 'I don't want to hear about it!'
Sand-Cloud and Gelby laughed.
'You could just leave him there,' said Sand-Cloud.
'I could,' I said. I took out a pokéball. 'But I've got a better idea. Pikapi, come out!'
'Pi Pikachu!' said Pikapi.
'Pikapi,' I said. 'Use your thundershock on Luke!'
'Pi?' said Pikapi, giving me a strange look.
'Yes,' I nodded. 'On Luke.'
'Chu,' Pikapi shrugged and looked at Luke. 'PIKACHU!!!'
Luke jumped up.
'Oh, not again!' he said. He looked around, and spotted Pikapi. 'Hang on.. what happened to that electabuzz?'
'Raus chased it off,' I said.
'Venusaur,' nodded Raus.
'But..' said Luke. 'But I wanted to capture it!'
'Luke, it's dangerous!' I said. 'It made you faint!'
'That means it's really powerful!' said Luke. 'Even better!'
He sighed.
'Well it's too late now,' I said. We kept walking, but it wasn't long before Luke stopped, staring at something in the distance.
'Luke, what are you doing?' Sand-Cloud asked.
'I think that's...' said Luke. 'It is! It's the electabuzz! I've got to catch it! Come on, Shovel!'
Luke ran after the electabuzz.
'Trio! Trio!' said Shovel, following him.
'Luke, wait!' I called. We ran after Luke, but he was faster than us. By the time we reached him, Shovel had managed to do a lot of damage to the electabuzz.
'Pokéball! Go!' said Luke, and threw a pokéball. The electabuzz was zapped inside, and the pokéball shook. After a few seconds, it stopped and the light went out. 'Yeah!'
'Hang on, Luke,' warned Sand-Cloud. 'Remember what happened last time?'
Luke nodded, and stayed where he was. The pokéball didn't move. Luke shrugged and picked it up.
'I think I've caught it,' he said.
'I think so too,' I said. 'Well, at least that's one problem we won't have to worry about.'
~Janet~
Part Five, Chapter Eight
Characters: Janet Harris, Sand-Cloud Pluff, Gelby Chu, Luke Smytheson, Tailz the vulpix, Potow the pidgey
'What is that!?' I asked, pointing at the pokémon I'd just seen.
'Chan! See!' it said.
'It's a chansey!' said Sand-Cloud. 'Quick Janet, catch it!'
'It's so weird-looking,' I couldn't help saying.
'Yes, but it's RARE!' said Sand-Cloud. 'That's why it's called Chansey - you might not get another chance!'
I nodded. 'Go, Tailz!'
'Vulpix!' Tailz said, stepping forward.
'Tailz, ember!' I said.
'Vuuul!' said Tailz, breathing fire on the chansey. It fell backwards.
'What a pathetic pokémon,' said Luke. 'At least Electabuzz was a challenge.'
'Shut up Luke,' I said. 'Pokéball, go!'
The chansey was caught almost instantly. I named it "Lucky" and it got transferred away.
'Well, I didn't expect to find you here!' said a voice. It was Josh.
'Hi Josh,' I said.
'What are you doing here?' Luke asked. 'I thought you only caught bug pokémon.'
'Exactly!' said Josh. 'This place has got venonats, venomoths, scythers, pinsirs, metapods, kakunas... I even saw a butterfree!'
'Uh huh,' said Luke. 'Well I personally caught an electabuzz.'
'Good work,' said Josh.
'Let's have a pokémon battle!' I interrupted. Josh nodded.
'Sure,' he said. 'Let's make it one on one. Beedrill! I choose you!'
'Potow! I choose you!' I said, throwing a pokéball.
'Beedrill, fury attack!'
'Potow, gust!'
'Beedrill, poison sting!'
'Potow, quick attack!'
'Beedrill, twineedle!'
'Potow, gust!'
Although Josh's beedrill was strong, it was no match for my bird pokémon. Josh sighed.
'Beedrill, return!' he called. 'Well that lasted long.'
I laughed.
'Janet, look at Potow!' said Luke. I looked at my pidgey and gasped. It was growing.
'It's evolving!' said Gelby. I watched, smiling, as Potow grew into.. a pidgeotto!
'Pidgeoooo!' it said.
'Great work, Potow!' I congratulated it.
'Well, I'd better get going,' said Josh. 'I've already got my three pokémon.'
I nodded. 'Bye, Josh.'
We continued walking through the Pokémon Safari, but hadn't got far when we heard a voice.
'Cubone! Bone!'
~Janet~
Part Five, Chapter Nine
Characters: Janet Harris, Sand-Cloud Pluff, Gelby Chu, Squirtle the wartortle, Tailz the vulpix, Catafree the butterfree
'Wow, a cubone!' said Luke. 'Can I catch it, Janet?'
'Go ahead,' I said. 'I can catch something else.'
'Thanks,' said Luke. 'Go! Squirtle! Water gun!'
Squirtle sprayed water on the cubone.
'Cubone! Cubone!' it said, falling back.
'That was a lot easier than the electabuzz!' said Luke. 'Pokéball go!'
Luke threw a pokéball and the cubone was caught.
'Yeah! I got Cubone!' said Luke. He turned to me. 'Now hurry up and catch another pokémon so we can leave!'
I laughed. 'I'm going to find a really good one!'
Luke groaned. 'Well hurry up and find it then!'
'I can't just find it instantly,' I said. 'These things take time, and-- A TAUROS!'
'Why do you have to find all the rare pokémon?' Luke moaned.
'You shouldn't have caught that cubone!' I said. 'Quick, Tailz! Ember attack!'
'Vuuulpix!' said Tailz. The tauros turned around angrily.
'Tauros!' it roared.
'Vulpix!' cried Tailz, hiding behind my legs.
'Oh great,' said Luke. 'It's going to go psycho like Electabuzz and the mankeys.'
'Not unless we can stop it!' I said. 'Go, Catafree! Use your sleep powder!'
'Free! Free!' said Catafree. It flew over the tauros, sprinkling powder on it. I gasped - the tauros just kept charging!
'And if we can't stop it?' said Luke.
'In that case,' said Sand-Cloud. 'We RUN!'
~Janet~
Part Five, Chapter Ten
Characters: Janet Harris, Sand-Cloud Pluff, Gelby Chu, Luke Smytheson, Potow the pidgeotto, Chazz the charmeleon, Pikapi the pikachu, Nathan the safari warden
The tauros was a lot faster than us, and before we knew it, it was nearly trampling us. I had to do something, fast!
'Go, Potow!' I called, throwing a pokéball. 'Potow, try and whirlwind it away!'
'Pidgeoootto!' said Potow, beating its wings rapidly in an attempt to blow the tauros away. It was no use.
'Potow, return!' I called. 'Go, Chazz! Use your ember attack!'
'Char! Meleon!' said Chazz, and used its tail to throw flames at the tauros. 'Meleon?'
'Tauros!' roared the tauros, and kept charging.
'It's unstoppable!' said Luke.
'Maybe not,' I said. 'Let me try one more thing. Pikapi! I choose you!'
'Pikachu!' said Pikapi.
'Pikapi, see if you can paralyse it!' I said. 'Use thunderwave!'
'KaaaCHU!' shouted Pikapi, sending its electricity straight to the tauros.
'Tauros,' it moaned, and tried to keep charging. It didn't move!
'Yes! It worked!' I said. 'Great work, Pikapi!'
'Pikachu!' smiled Pikapi.
'Now I can capture it!' I said. 'Pikapi, use your thundershock to weaken it!'
'Pika,' nodded Pikapi. It approached the paralysed tauros. 'Pi... ka.... CHUUU!'
Sending out a bolt of electricity, Pikapi jumped into the air. The electricity hit the tauros with amazing strength. It fell to the ground, defeated.
'Good work, Pikapi!' I said. 'Go pokéball!'
The pokéball struck the tauros and zapped it inside. It hardly shook at all, before the light went out.
'Yes! I got Tauros!' I said happily, picking up the pokéball.
'Pi Pikachu!' said Pikapi. I named my new pokémon "Torro" and it was transferred back.
'Now we can finally get back,' said Luke.
'You're so impatient, Luke,' said Sand-Cloud.
'I want my electabuzz!' Luke smiled.
'Well, it shouldn't be too far,' I said. 'The tauros chased us back the way we'd come.'
We soon found the entrance to the Pokémon Safari, and walked through.
'Oh, hello,' said Nathan.
'We've come to collect our pokémon,' said Luke.
'Sure,' said Nathan. 'What are your names?'
'Janet and Luke,' replied Luke. Nathan stared at him.
'You already collected your pokémon,' he said.
'No we didn't,' said Luke. 'We just got back.'
'Well two people just came and got Janet's and Luke's pokémon,' said Nathan. 'Two mankeys, an electabuzz, a chansey, a cubone and a tauros.'
'Well get them back!' said Luke angrily. 'Those are our pokémon!'
'I'm sorry, there's nothing I can do about it,' said Nathan. 'If it's any help to you, they had a parasect and a kadabra with the,.'
'That's no help,' I sighed. I looked at Luke. How were we ever going to get our pokémon back?
~Janet~
Part Five, Chapter Eleven
Characters: Janet Harris, Sand-Cloud Pluff, Gelby Chu, Luke Smytheson, Squirtle the wartortle, Chazz the charmeleon
'I can't believe we've lost those pokémon,' Luke moaned as we trudged along.
'I've got it!' Gelby said suddenly. We all looked at her. 'Ace and Kat!'
'It couldn't be them,' I said. Luke nodded.
'Their only pokémon are paras..' he stopped, realising, '... and abra.'
'Exactly!' said Gelby. 'They've evolved!'
'Nathan said they only just came and got our pokémon,' I said. 'So they can't be far. Come on!'
We hurried down the road, and soon enough came to Ace and Kat.
'Give us our pokémon you thieves!' Luke demanded. Kat laughed.
'Not until you prove you deserve them!' she said.
'Let's settle this with a pokémon battle!' said Ace. 'Go, Kadabra!'
'Go, Parasect!' said Kat.
'We can handle this,' said Luke. 'I'll take Kadabra, you take Parasect! Go Squirtle!'
'Wartortle!' said Squirtle. I shook my head. I was still getting used to that.
'Chazz! I choose you!' I said.
'Kadabra! Confusion!'
'Squirtle! Bite!'
'Parasect! Absorb!'
'Chazz! Ember!'
It was confusing with Ace and Luke battling next to me, so I blocked them out and concentrated on my own battle.
'Parasect, slash!'
'Chazz, ember!'
My charmeleon had the definite advantage over Parasect, and I knew it was winning.
'Parasect, scratch it!'
'Chazz, one more ember attack!'
That was all it needed. Parasect fell back, fainted. I smiled and looked at Luke. He, too, had won.
'Now give us back our pokémon!' said Luke. Ace and Kat glared at us, then dropped our pokéballs.
'You win this time,' said Kat.
'But we'll be back!' said Ace.
'I wish they'd stop saying that,' I said.
'Yeah,' Luke agreed. 'Each time they come back we win anyway.'
I laughed.
'Well now that I've got my pokémon back, I'd better get going,' said Luke. I nodded. 'Bye guys.'
'Bye Luke,' we waved as he walked away.
'Come on,' I said. 'Let's get to the next town... and the next badge!'
~Janet~
END OF PART FIVE
Characters: Janet Harris, Sand-Cloud Pluff, Gelby Chu, Luke Smytheson, Nurse Joy, Potow the pidgey, Weedie the kakuna, Catafree the butterfree, Chazz the charmeleon, Tailz the vulpix, Pikapi the pikachu
I didn't expect the path to Shockwave City to be anywhere near as long as it was! In fact, it took us a whole week to get there! I ended up catching a magnemite - who I named Horshu - and finally we got to Shockwave City. We took our pokémon to the PokéCentre.
'Yes, there is a new gym in this city,' said Joy. 'It's an electric gym, the leader is Spike.'
'Is he hard?' I asked.
'How many badges do you already have?' Joy asked.
'Three,' I replied.
'It might be hard,' said Joy. 'But then again, it might not. I can't really tell. It all depends.'
'OK,' I said. I looked at the others. 'Well, I might as well have a go.'
'I'll stay here,' said Luke. 'I've already got the electric badge.'
'Alright,' I said. I quickly thought through my pokémon, deciding which ones to take. I decided to switch Potow for Weedie - the kakuna I hadn't used for a long time.
Once my pokémon were ready, I headed to the gym. The leader, Spike, saw me and smiled.
'You want to challenge me?' he said.
'Yes,' I replied.
'Alright,' said Spike. 'But you'd better be ready for your pokémon to be paralysed!'
'I'm ready!' I said. 'Weedie! Go!'
'Ha!' said Spike. 'You're going to need a better pokémon than that! Go, Voltorb!'
'Weedie, harden!' I said.
'Voltorb, tackle the little thing!' laughed Spike. I gasped as Weedie took the hit, nearly fainting under the power.
'Weedie, return!' I called. 'Go, Catafree!'
'Thunderbolt!' said Spike with a smile. My butterfree cried out in pain.
'Catafree, come back!' I said, annoyed with myself. I'd forgotten that Catafree was now a flying type as well as a bug type. 'Go, Chazz!'
'Thunderbolt it, Voltorb!'
'Chazz, ember!'
My charmeleon did a lot of damage to the voltorb. I smiled. Now, things were looking better!
'Tackle, Voltorb!'
'Chazz, ember!' I said.
'Char, meleon!' said Chazz, doing a lot of damage to the other pokémon.
'Voltorb, return!' called Spike. 'Magnemite, go!'
'Chazz, ember!' I said. Chazz's fire managed to burn the magnemite.
'Magnemite, thundershock!' said Spike. His pokémon paralysed Chazz. It was unable to attack!
'Chazz, return!' I said. 'Go, Tailz!'
'Vulpix!' barked Tailz, bounding up to the pokémon.
'That vulpix isn't even an adult yet!' said Spike. 'You expect to battle with a baby pokémon!?'
'Tailz may be young, but it's managed to defeat plenty of magnemites before,' I said, remembering the path to Shockwave City.
'Fine,' sighed Spike. 'Don't blame me if I hurt it. Thundershock, Magnemite!'
'Magnemite!' said his pokémon. Its electricity bursted out, striking my vulpix.
'Vuuul!' Tailz cried, falling back and landing hard on the ground.
'Oh no!' I said, rushing over to pick up my vulpix. I held it in my arms. Spike had been right. Tailz was too week.
'Giving up?' asked Spike.
'No way!' I said. Holding Tailz in my left arm, I reached for a pokéball with my right hand. 'Go, Raus!'
To my surprise, Pikapi emerged instead. I must have taken the wrong pokéball!
'Never mind,' I said. 'Pikapi, get ready!'
'A pikachu!' Spike laughed. 'That's nothing! See how it handles THIS!'
Spike brought back his magnemite and threw another pokéball. The pokémon that came out looked a bit like Pikapi, but darker, with a longer tail.. and a lot bigger!
'A raichu!' Gelby exclaimed.
'Raichu,' said Spike. 'Use the thunderbolt!'
'RAICHU!' said his pokémon, sending out a huge electric bolt.
'Cha!' Pikapi cried.
'Oh no!' I said. 'Pikapi, return!'
There was no point in sending out Raus. That raichu was too strong.
'I give up,' I said.
~Janet~
Part Five, Chapter Two
Characters: Janet Harris, Sand-Cloud Pluff, Gelby Chu, Luke Smytheson, Nurse Joy, Tailz the vulpix, Pikapi the pikachu
'How'd you go?' Luke asked.
'Hopeless,' I said, trudging into the PokéCentre. 'Can you please heal my pokémon?'
'Sure,' said Joy. She took Tailz from my arms and I handed over my other pokémon.
'I found the electric badge pretty easy to get,' Luke commented.
'Yeah, well maybe Spike's trained his pokémon since then,' I said.
'Spike?' Luke said. 'Oh, it was a different leader for me. Maybe they changed the leader when they moved the gym.'
'Maybe,' I said. I sighed. 'I'm never going to beat him.'
'You will one day,' said Luke. 'Your pokémon are strong.'
'Not strong enough,' I said. Soon, Joy returned with Tailz and my pokéballs.
'Thanks,' I said, taking them. We went and sat down. We took our pokémon out to let them get some fresh air. However, Tailz stayed with me, not wanting to play with the other pokémon.
'How am I going to beat him?' I sighed.
'There could be a way,' said Sand-Cloud. We turned to face her, and she smiled.
'How?' I asked. Sand-Cloud opened her backpack and pulled some things out. I looked at them.
'Those stones Officer Jenny gave us!' I said. 'I'd forgotten about them!'
'Pikapi could evolve into a raichu,' said Sand-Cloud. 'And Tailz could evolve into a ninetales.'
My vulpix looked up at the sound of its name. I looked down at it.
'I'm not sure about Tailz,' I said. 'I mean, it's still only got two tails. If I evolved it now, it might not be able to grow all nine tails. And I don't want to disappoint Lucy.'
'Alright, but what about Pikapi?' Gelby asked. I looked over at my pikachu, and nodded.
'If Pikapi wants to, we'll do it!' I said. 'Pikapi!'
My pikachu came running over to me.
'Pikapi,' I said. 'How would you feel about evolving?'
Pikapi stared at me. Sand-Cloud held the thunder stone out to it.
'Pikapi,' she said. 'Remember that raichu you battled today? Well, this stone could make you become just like that raichu!'
'Pi,' said Pikapi simply. It seemed as if it didn't really care whether it evolved or not.
'Pikapi, this is a really important decision,' said Gelby. 'You have to decide whether you want to be a raichu or not.'
'I couldn't help overhearing your conversation,' said Joy, coming over to us. 'You're deciding whether to evolve your pikachu?'
'Yes,' I said. 'It doesn't seem to have an opinion. What do you think?'
'It depends really,' said Joy. 'The thing with these kinds of evolutions is, once the pokémon evolves they don't learn any new moves. Your pikachu doesn't know all of its possible moves. So it depends on whether or not you want your pikachu to learn all its moves, or if you want it to become bigger and stronger.'
I thought about this for a while.
'I think I'd better let it learn all its moves,' I said. 'It can evolve after that. Is that OK with you, Pikapi?'
'Pi,' shrugged Pikapi. We all laughed.
~Janet~
Part Five, Chapter Three
Characters: Janet Harris, Sand-Cloud Pluff, Gelby Chu, Spike the pokémon leader of electric, Weedie the kakuna, Pikapi the pikachu, Chazz the charmeleon
Rather than making my pokémon evolve, I went out and trained them as preparation for my rematch with Spike. I battled with them for a long time, and was happy when Weedie evolved into a beedrill! Finally, I made my way back to the gym.
'So you've returned,' said Spike.
'Yes,' I replied. 'And I'll win this time!'
'We'll see,' said Spike. 'Go! Magnemite!'
'Weedie!' I said. 'I choose you!'
'Magnemite, thundershock!'
'Weedie, twineedle!' I said.
'Magnemite! Tackle!' said Spike. Unfortunately, my beedrill was still at a lower level than the magnemite. It was getting weak.
'Weedie, return!' I called. 'Go! Pikapi!'
'That pikachu?' Spike laughed. 'Magnemite, tackle!'
'Pikapi, quick attack!' I said. My pokémon rushed at the magnemite, hurting it a lot. Spike was shocked.
'Magnemite return!' he called. 'Go, Voltorb!'
'Pikapi, quick attack!' I said.
'Voltorb, sonic boom!' said Spike. It did a lot of damage to my pikachu.
'Come on, Pikapi!' I said encouragingly. 'Quick attack!'
'Voltorb, tackle!' Pikapi was getting weak.
'Pikapi, return!' I called. 'Go, Chazz!'
'Voltorb! Thundershock!' said Spike.
'Chazz, rage!' I said. Chazz's latest attack was powerful, doing more damage each time it got hurt.
'Voltorb, sonic boom!' said Spike. Chazz was getting angrier, making its attack stronger. When it continued using rage, the voltorb collapsed.
'Voltorb, come back!' said Spike. 'Go, Raichu!'
'Chazz, keep using your rage!' I said. Chazz attacked Raichu but didn't do a lot of damage.
'Raichu, thunderbolt!' said Spike.
'Raichu!' shouted his pokémon, sending out electricity. Chazz was hurt badly, but that only made it more angry, and so its attack did a lot more damage to Raichu.
'Raichu, thundershock!' said Spike. This attack wasn't as strong as the thunderbolt, but it still made Chazz more angry. When it attacked, Raichu was badly hurt. Spike was amazed at my charmeleon.
'Raichu, return!' he called. 'That's a good charmeleon you've got there.'
'I know,' I said, smiling. 'Chazz was my first pokémon, and it's been great all the way through.'
'Well, I think you've earned this,' said Spike. He held out a badge. I took it gratefully.
'Thanks,' I said.
'Good luck on the rest of your pokémon journey,' said Spike. 'What number badge is that?'
'Four,' I replied.
'You've still got a long way to go,' said Spike. 'But I'm sure you'll make it. Good luck to you, Team Yellow. And you too, Chazz.'
My charmeleon smiled a reptile smile, happy with the compliment. I smiled, too, and headed back to the PokéCentre.
~Janet~
Part Five, Chapter Four
Characters: Janet Harris, Sand-Cloud Pluff, Gelby Chu, Luke Smytheson
I showed Luke my new badge with a smile.
'Good work,' he congratulated me. 'I knew you could do it.'
'Thanks,' I said. After healing my new pokémon, we continued on our way. After a few hours we came to a place called a "Pokémon Safari". Curious, we went in to have a look. A trainer who looked not much older than us walked over to us.
'Welcome!' he said. 'My name is Nathan.'
'Hi,' I said. 'Um, could you tell us what this place is?'
'Certainly,' smiled Nathan. 'This is one of the few Pokémon Safaris. Here, you have a chance to catch a huge variety of unique pokémon for a small price. It's great value, because there are pokémon from all different areas all in the one place. So.. what do you think? Would you like to give the Pokémon Safari a try?'
I glanced at Luke, wanting to know what he thought of the idea.
'OK,' he shrugged. 'We might as well give it a try.'
'Great!' said Nathan. We payed him, and he started explaining a bit further. 'You just go through that gate there. You can stay for as long as you want - minutes, hours.. even days if you're willing to sleep in there! But.. you have a limit of three pokémon each. Each time you catch one, it is transferred in here. When you get three, you must come and collect them. Got it?'
We nodded.
'Alright then!' said Nathan. He opened the gate for us, and we stepped through. 'Enjoy your stay in the Pokémon Safari!'
Nathan closed the gate and we looked around.
'I feel ripped off,' said Luke. 'He makes us pay him and then he tells us we're limited to three pokémon!'
I shrugged. 'There's no point in complaining about it now. Let's see what pokémon they've got in here!'
We started walking, looking around for pokémon. There didn't seem to be many about. The only ones we did see were caterpies, and Luke and I both had one of them.
'This place sucks,' Luke complained. 'There are hardly any pokémon.'
'I wouldn't be too sure about that..' said Sand-Cloud. 'Look over there!'
We looked to where she was pointing, and saw a group of mankeys.
'Wow!' said Luke. 'I want to get one of them! Squirtle, go!'
Luke threw a pokéball and his wartortle appeared.
'Luke, that's a wartortle,' I said.
'I know,' said Luke.
'Then why did you say "go Squirtle"?' I asked.
'Because its name is Squirtle,' said Luke. 'I didn't really know what I was doing when I caught it, and I accidentally named it Squirtle instead of not naming it.'
I laughed. 'That's weird.. a wartortle called Squirtle!'
'It's stupid,' said Sand-Cloud. 'You're a weirdo, Luke.'
'Thanks a lot,' he said. 'Anyway, I'm meant to be trying to catch a mankey! Squirtle, water gun!'
His pokémon sprayed water on the mankeys, drenching them. They shook themselves off and turned to face us. They didn't seem too happy.
'MANKEY!' one shouted. Suddenly, the whole group charged at us.
'Oh oh,' said Luke. 'Run!'
~Janet~
Part Five, Chapter Five
Characters: Janet Harris, Sand-Cloud Pluff, Gelby Chu, Luke Smytheson, Catafree the butterfree
The mankeys were faster than we thought. They were nearly at us already.
'We'll have to fight them off,' said Luke. 'What type is Mankey?'
'I don't know,' I said, and pulled out my pokédex.
'Mankey,' it read, 'a fighting pokémon. Extremely quick to anger. It can be docile one moment, then thrashing away the next.'
'Oh great,' I said. 'They're probably going to kill us now.'
'They're fighting-type,' said Sand-Cloud. 'That means you should use a flying or psychic pokémon.'
I nodded. 'Go, Catafree!'
Luke took out a pokéball. 'Go, Spearow!'
'Catafree, confusion!'
Catafree sent out a psychic wave that hit the mankeys, making them confused. Luke took advantage of the situation.
'Spearow, peck!' he said. His pokémon slashed at the mankeys with its beak, doing a lot of damage.
'Mankey!' the pokémon cried out in pain.
'Spearow! Peck them again!'
'Catafree, use your sleep powder!'
My butterfree flew over the mankeys, sprinkling a fine powder over them. They started to yawn, and lay down to sleep. We hadn't beaten all of them, but the ones that were awake were now confused about the fact that the others were asleep.
'Now's our chance!' I said and took out a pokéball. Luke took one of his out as well.
'Pokéball, go!' we both said at the same time and threw our pokéballs at the mankeys. Two of the sleeping pokémon were zapped into our pokéballs. The lights went out instantly.
'We both got mankeys!' Luke cheered.
'Not yet you don't,' said Sand-Cloud. 'You've still got to get past the others to get your pokéballs.'
'Oh yeah,' I said. I looked at the huge group of mankeys and sighed. 'This could be hard. Catafree, use confusion again!'
'Spearow, peck them!' said Luke. Our pokémon both attacked together, and the mankeys were badly injured. They fell to the ground, beaten.
'Yes!' I said. 'Come on, Luke!'
We rushed over to our pokéballs and picked them up. I named my mankey "Monyet" and allowed it to be transferred back to Nathan at the Pokémon Safari. Luke looked at me.
'What should I call mine?' he asked.
'I don't know,' I said. 'You don't have to give it a name.'
'Yes I do,' said Luke. 'Because we both got mankeys.'
'That's stupid logic, Luke,' I said with a laugh. 'We're trying to become pokémon masters! One day, we'll both have ALL the pokémon. Then what are you going to do? Go and name all the ones you didn't have before?'
'Fine,' said Luke. 'I won't name it then.'
I laughed. 'I was only joking, Luke.'
'No, it's too late now,' said Luke as his mankey was transferred back. 'The poor thing's nameless and it's all your fault.'
I laughed, and we kept walking through the Pokémon Safari.
~Janet~
Part Five, Chapter Six
Characters: Janet Harris, Sand-Cloud Pluff, Gelby Chu, Luke Smytheson, Shovel the dugtrio, Raus the venusaur
We had escaped the violent mankeys, and were now searching the Pokémon Safari for more pokémon. We were amazed at how many different varieties of pokémon we came across.
'We're only allowed to catch three pokémon,' I reminded Luke. 'We'd better make sure we get good ones!'
'I think that's a good one!' said Luke, pointing at a yellow pokémon in the distance.
'What is it?' I asked. 'It's not a pikachu.'
'Electabuzz,' read Luke's pokédex. 'An electric pokémon. Normally found near Power Plants, they can wander away and cause major blackouts in cities.'
'Cool!' said Luke. 'Go Shovel! Use your dig attack!'
Luke's dugtrio dug into the ground. After a few seconds, it burst out of the ground in front of the electabuzz, spraying dirt all over it.
'Eeeelectabuzz!' said the pokémon angrily.
'Quick, Shovel!' said Luke. 'Use dig again!'
The electabuzz couldn't handle the ground move, and fell backwards.
'Pokéball, go!' said Luke. He threw a pokéball and the electabuzz was zapped inside. The pokéball shook violently, and suddenly stopped.
'Yeah!' said Luke, and went over to his pokéball. Just when he was about to pick it up, it broke open and the angry electabuzz appeared, right in front of Luke. He gulped. 'Uh.. nice pokémon...'
'ELECTABUZZ!' the pokémon roared. It threw up its arms and let out a huge bolt of lightning.
'Luke!' I cried out, stepping forward.
'No, Janet!' said Sand-Cloud. 'Do you want it to zap you too?'
I sighed and stayed where I was. Luke pulled himself up, groaning.
'That thing's powerful,' he said, and stepped back slowly from the electabuzz. It saw him moving away and narrowed its eyes.
'Look out, Luke!' I said. But it was too late. The electabuzz let out an even bigger thunderbolt on Luke. He fell to the ground, motionless. I gasped.
'He's only fainted, Janet,' said Sand-Cloud.
'Yeah, but that thing still must be pretty powerful,' I said. 'I'll see if I can stop it before it gets us, too! Go, Raus!'
I threw a pokéball and my largest pokémon appeared.
'Raus, razor leaf!' I said. 'Get rid of that electabuzz!'
'Venusaur!' Raus roared, sending its razor sharp leaves out on the pokémon. I was amazed at how powerful my venusaur was - the electabuzz turned and ran!
'Well that was easier than I expected,' I said. I looked over at Luke. 'Now we've just got to work out how to wake him up.'
~Janet~
Part Five, Chapter Seven
Characters: Janet Harris, Sand-Cloud Pluff, Gelby Chu, Luke Smytheson, Pikapi the pikachu, Raus the venusaur, Shovel the dugtrio
'Luke, wake up!' I shouted, shaking him. There was no effect. I looked at Sand-Cloud and Gelby. 'That electabuzz must have really hurst him.. how are we supposed to wake him up?'
'You could try resuscitating him,' said Sand-Cloud, and started laughing hysterically. 'I bet that'd wake him up!'
'Oh, very funny, Sand-Cloud,' I said sarcastically.
'I bet it would wake him up, though,' said Gelby. 'I mean, if he was lying there unconscious and then suddenly felt--'
'That's enough, Gelby!' I interrupted. 'I don't want to hear about it!'
Sand-Cloud and Gelby laughed.
'You could just leave him there,' said Sand-Cloud.
'I could,' I said. I took out a pokéball. 'But I've got a better idea. Pikapi, come out!'
'Pi Pikachu!' said Pikapi.
'Pikapi,' I said. 'Use your thundershock on Luke!'
'Pi?' said Pikapi, giving me a strange look.
'Yes,' I nodded. 'On Luke.'
'Chu,' Pikapi shrugged and looked at Luke. 'PIKACHU!!!'
Luke jumped up.
'Oh, not again!' he said. He looked around, and spotted Pikapi. 'Hang on.. what happened to that electabuzz?'
'Raus chased it off,' I said.
'Venusaur,' nodded Raus.
'But..' said Luke. 'But I wanted to capture it!'
'Luke, it's dangerous!' I said. 'It made you faint!'
'That means it's really powerful!' said Luke. 'Even better!'
He sighed.
'Well it's too late now,' I said. We kept walking, but it wasn't long before Luke stopped, staring at something in the distance.
'Luke, what are you doing?' Sand-Cloud asked.
'I think that's...' said Luke. 'It is! It's the electabuzz! I've got to catch it! Come on, Shovel!'
Luke ran after the electabuzz.
'Trio! Trio!' said Shovel, following him.
'Luke, wait!' I called. We ran after Luke, but he was faster than us. By the time we reached him, Shovel had managed to do a lot of damage to the electabuzz.
'Pokéball! Go!' said Luke, and threw a pokéball. The electabuzz was zapped inside, and the pokéball shook. After a few seconds, it stopped and the light went out. 'Yeah!'
'Hang on, Luke,' warned Sand-Cloud. 'Remember what happened last time?'
Luke nodded, and stayed where he was. The pokéball didn't move. Luke shrugged and picked it up.
'I think I've caught it,' he said.
'I think so too,' I said. 'Well, at least that's one problem we won't have to worry about.'
~Janet~
Part Five, Chapter Eight
Characters: Janet Harris, Sand-Cloud Pluff, Gelby Chu, Luke Smytheson, Tailz the vulpix, Potow the pidgey
'What is that!?' I asked, pointing at the pokémon I'd just seen.
'Chan! See!' it said.
'It's a chansey!' said Sand-Cloud. 'Quick Janet, catch it!'
'It's so weird-looking,' I couldn't help saying.
'Yes, but it's RARE!' said Sand-Cloud. 'That's why it's called Chansey - you might not get another chance!'
I nodded. 'Go, Tailz!'
'Vulpix!' Tailz said, stepping forward.
'Tailz, ember!' I said.
'Vuuul!' said Tailz, breathing fire on the chansey. It fell backwards.
'What a pathetic pokémon,' said Luke. 'At least Electabuzz was a challenge.'
'Shut up Luke,' I said. 'Pokéball, go!'
The chansey was caught almost instantly. I named it "Lucky" and it got transferred away.
'Well, I didn't expect to find you here!' said a voice. It was Josh.
'Hi Josh,' I said.
'What are you doing here?' Luke asked. 'I thought you only caught bug pokémon.'
'Exactly!' said Josh. 'This place has got venonats, venomoths, scythers, pinsirs, metapods, kakunas... I even saw a butterfree!'
'Uh huh,' said Luke. 'Well I personally caught an electabuzz.'
'Good work,' said Josh.
'Let's have a pokémon battle!' I interrupted. Josh nodded.
'Sure,' he said. 'Let's make it one on one. Beedrill! I choose you!'
'Potow! I choose you!' I said, throwing a pokéball.
'Beedrill, fury attack!'
'Potow, gust!'
'Beedrill, poison sting!'
'Potow, quick attack!'
'Beedrill, twineedle!'
'Potow, gust!'
Although Josh's beedrill was strong, it was no match for my bird pokémon. Josh sighed.
'Beedrill, return!' he called. 'Well that lasted long.'
I laughed.
'Janet, look at Potow!' said Luke. I looked at my pidgey and gasped. It was growing.
'It's evolving!' said Gelby. I watched, smiling, as Potow grew into.. a pidgeotto!
'Pidgeoooo!' it said.
'Great work, Potow!' I congratulated it.
'Well, I'd better get going,' said Josh. 'I've already got my three pokémon.'
I nodded. 'Bye, Josh.'
We continued walking through the Pokémon Safari, but hadn't got far when we heard a voice.
'Cubone! Bone!'
~Janet~
Part Five, Chapter Nine
Characters: Janet Harris, Sand-Cloud Pluff, Gelby Chu, Squirtle the wartortle, Tailz the vulpix, Catafree the butterfree
'Wow, a cubone!' said Luke. 'Can I catch it, Janet?'
'Go ahead,' I said. 'I can catch something else.'
'Thanks,' said Luke. 'Go! Squirtle! Water gun!'
Squirtle sprayed water on the cubone.
'Cubone! Cubone!' it said, falling back.
'That was a lot easier than the electabuzz!' said Luke. 'Pokéball go!'
Luke threw a pokéball and the cubone was caught.
'Yeah! I got Cubone!' said Luke. He turned to me. 'Now hurry up and catch another pokémon so we can leave!'
I laughed. 'I'm going to find a really good one!'
Luke groaned. 'Well hurry up and find it then!'
'I can't just find it instantly,' I said. 'These things take time, and-- A TAUROS!'
'Why do you have to find all the rare pokémon?' Luke moaned.
'You shouldn't have caught that cubone!' I said. 'Quick, Tailz! Ember attack!'
'Vuuulpix!' said Tailz. The tauros turned around angrily.
'Tauros!' it roared.
'Vulpix!' cried Tailz, hiding behind my legs.
'Oh great,' said Luke. 'It's going to go psycho like Electabuzz and the mankeys.'
'Not unless we can stop it!' I said. 'Go, Catafree! Use your sleep powder!'
'Free! Free!' said Catafree. It flew over the tauros, sprinkling powder on it. I gasped - the tauros just kept charging!
'And if we can't stop it?' said Luke.
'In that case,' said Sand-Cloud. 'We RUN!'
~Janet~
Part Five, Chapter Ten
Characters: Janet Harris, Sand-Cloud Pluff, Gelby Chu, Luke Smytheson, Potow the pidgeotto, Chazz the charmeleon, Pikapi the pikachu, Nathan the safari warden
The tauros was a lot faster than us, and before we knew it, it was nearly trampling us. I had to do something, fast!
'Go, Potow!' I called, throwing a pokéball. 'Potow, try and whirlwind it away!'
'Pidgeoootto!' said Potow, beating its wings rapidly in an attempt to blow the tauros away. It was no use.
'Potow, return!' I called. 'Go, Chazz! Use your ember attack!'
'Char! Meleon!' said Chazz, and used its tail to throw flames at the tauros. 'Meleon?'
'Tauros!' roared the tauros, and kept charging.
'It's unstoppable!' said Luke.
'Maybe not,' I said. 'Let me try one more thing. Pikapi! I choose you!'
'Pikachu!' said Pikapi.
'Pikapi, see if you can paralyse it!' I said. 'Use thunderwave!'
'KaaaCHU!' shouted Pikapi, sending its electricity straight to the tauros.
'Tauros,' it moaned, and tried to keep charging. It didn't move!
'Yes! It worked!' I said. 'Great work, Pikapi!'
'Pikachu!' smiled Pikapi.
'Now I can capture it!' I said. 'Pikapi, use your thundershock to weaken it!'
'Pika,' nodded Pikapi. It approached the paralysed tauros. 'Pi... ka.... CHUUU!'
Sending out a bolt of electricity, Pikapi jumped into the air. The electricity hit the tauros with amazing strength. It fell to the ground, defeated.
'Good work, Pikapi!' I said. 'Go pokéball!'
The pokéball struck the tauros and zapped it inside. It hardly shook at all, before the light went out.
'Yes! I got Tauros!' I said happily, picking up the pokéball.
'Pi Pikachu!' said Pikapi. I named my new pokémon "Torro" and it was transferred back.
'Now we can finally get back,' said Luke.
'You're so impatient, Luke,' said Sand-Cloud.
'I want my electabuzz!' Luke smiled.
'Well, it shouldn't be too far,' I said. 'The tauros chased us back the way we'd come.'
We soon found the entrance to the Pokémon Safari, and walked through.
'Oh, hello,' said Nathan.
'We've come to collect our pokémon,' said Luke.
'Sure,' said Nathan. 'What are your names?'
'Janet and Luke,' replied Luke. Nathan stared at him.
'You already collected your pokémon,' he said.
'No we didn't,' said Luke. 'We just got back.'
'Well two people just came and got Janet's and Luke's pokémon,' said Nathan. 'Two mankeys, an electabuzz, a chansey, a cubone and a tauros.'
'Well get them back!' said Luke angrily. 'Those are our pokémon!'
'I'm sorry, there's nothing I can do about it,' said Nathan. 'If it's any help to you, they had a parasect and a kadabra with the,.'
'That's no help,' I sighed. I looked at Luke. How were we ever going to get our pokémon back?
~Janet~
Part Five, Chapter Eleven
Characters: Janet Harris, Sand-Cloud Pluff, Gelby Chu, Luke Smytheson, Squirtle the wartortle, Chazz the charmeleon
'I can't believe we've lost those pokémon,' Luke moaned as we trudged along.
'I've got it!' Gelby said suddenly. We all looked at her. 'Ace and Kat!'
'It couldn't be them,' I said. Luke nodded.
'Their only pokémon are paras..' he stopped, realising, '... and abra.'
'Exactly!' said Gelby. 'They've evolved!'
'Nathan said they only just came and got our pokémon,' I said. 'So they can't be far. Come on!'
We hurried down the road, and soon enough came to Ace and Kat.
'Give us our pokémon you thieves!' Luke demanded. Kat laughed.
'Not until you prove you deserve them!' she said.
'Let's settle this with a pokémon battle!' said Ace. 'Go, Kadabra!'
'Go, Parasect!' said Kat.
'We can handle this,' said Luke. 'I'll take Kadabra, you take Parasect! Go Squirtle!'
'Wartortle!' said Squirtle. I shook my head. I was still getting used to that.
'Chazz! I choose you!' I said.
'Kadabra! Confusion!'
'Squirtle! Bite!'
'Parasect! Absorb!'
'Chazz! Ember!'
It was confusing with Ace and Luke battling next to me, so I blocked them out and concentrated on my own battle.
'Parasect, slash!'
'Chazz, ember!'
My charmeleon had the definite advantage over Parasect, and I knew it was winning.
'Parasect, scratch it!'
'Chazz, one more ember attack!'
That was all it needed. Parasect fell back, fainted. I smiled and looked at Luke. He, too, had won.
'Now give us back our pokémon!' said Luke. Ace and Kat glared at us, then dropped our pokéballs.
'You win this time,' said Kat.
'But we'll be back!' said Ace.
'I wish they'd stop saying that,' I said.
'Yeah,' Luke agreed. 'Each time they come back we win anyway.'
I laughed.
'Well now that I've got my pokémon back, I'd better get going,' said Luke. I nodded. 'Bye guys.'
'Bye Luke,' we waved as he walked away.
'Come on,' I said. 'Let's get to the next town... and the next badge!'
~Janet~
END OF PART FIVE
