Johto

Chapter Six: Pokemon, Oak, and Eggs!

Tsukasa walked over to an egg and picked one up carefully, examining it.

"This is what Elm sent us to get? They seem like ordinary eggs, to me." Tsukasa wondered aloud. Haruka nodded. Why were these eggs so special? It may just be that a swarm of Pokemon passed by and left the eggs. But then why do more appear, and why only around this selective house? Haruka frowned, and Tsukasa put the egg back on the ground and looked at Haruka."We'd better go inside. It is about twelve am, and if we loiter around much longer, we'll lose the time that running from the Spinarak web had given us." Haruka nodded in agreement, and the two newbie Trainers walked through the lawn of eggs to the front door, the two Pokemon following.

The knocked on the door and waited a few minutes before the door was opened. A man in his late fourties stood at the door, wearing ordinary clothes with a fancy hat. Interesting combination...

"Who are you and why are you here at this hour?" The man asked suspicously.

"Um, we're the Trainers that Elm sent to gather information on the eggs and bring a few specimens back, sir." Haruka answered. The man looked from Haruka to Tsukasa, and back to Haruka again before nodding and inviting the two Trainers in. They followed the man into a room on the right side of the hallway. Inside the room was a desk with a computer and chair that was occupied, a few bookshelves filled to the brim with books, a few random potted plants, and a couch. The man told them to sit down on the couch, and they did so hesitantly.

"Now, I suppose you are Haruka, miss?" The man asked, and Haruka nodded."Very well then. I had hoped it wasn't the lad."He said in response to the nod, chuckling. Haruka gave a small laugh in nervousness, while Tsukasa glared at him. The man's face became serious, while the person on the computer kept typing away.

"Let's get down to buissiness, shall we? My name is Mr. Pokemon, and I am a friend of Elm's as well as a research partner. These eggs keep popping up during the night with no sign of any Pokemon appearing previously, and it's bothering me. Even the bird Pokemon have stopped flying overhead. You didn't hear a single Hoothoot, did you?" Mr. Pokemon asked. Now that they had to think about it, the quiet of the road was a bit too quiet. The two Trainers nodded. The Pokemon on their laps shifted uneasily. Mr. Pokemon frowned and sighed."Yes, it's been like that every day after the first set of eggs appeared, which was roughly three weeks ago." So no Pokemon had shown up for three weeks? That was odd. Mr. Pokemon motioned to the person at the computer.

"Gary Oak was the first one I contacted. He knew much about Pokemon from being a Trainer back in his younger years." Haruka's mouth dropped. Gary Oak? As in the grandson of Professer Oak? "He was the only person besides you two to visit me during this time. He arrived two weeks ago from Kanto, and he noticed the Spinarak web, which I am sure you both noticed as well since you have your Pokemon out." The two Trainers continued to listen to the man, until Gary stood up and stretched.

"Well, since Elm sent you two, I suppose you can help us with some research then?" Gary spoke for the first time. The two Trainers nodded."By the way, how is Elm? I haven't seen him in ages." Tsukasa looked at Haruka, knowing she'd have to answer since he had not met the man. He had just simply broke into his office and kidnapped a Pokemon. Haruka swallowed.

"Well, to tell you the truth...He seems a bit insane." Haruka replied, laughing nervously. Gary nodded sadly.

"Yeah, I went to his lab last year. Terrifying, that lab of his. Hasn't been the same since my Grandpa died."Gary's eyes then shifted from saddness to eagerness to work. He motioned to the computer."This is all the data I have achieved from the eggs. It isn't much, but it is at least a bit. Come see." Byrn got off of Haruka's lap, as did Jet off of Tsukasa's. The two Trainers looked at the moniter. Not very much? Hah! They guy had filled up a whole bunch of space on Wordpad. Haruka read the first few lines, before deciding that skimming it would be faster and not as hellish for her eyes, since the man had appearently not used the Enter key. Tsukasa didn't ever bother to read it, and just deemed it as EyeHell.

"Well, what do you think?" Gary asked.

"I think you need to use the Enter key. This is murder on my eyes..."Tsukasa replied, and Gary gave him an irritated look. Haruka sighed and looked up from the Wordpad of hell.

"Well...Aside from the problem that Tsukasa mentioned, it seems like you have a very good theory. But what exactly are these Scathe type Pokemon you mentioned?" Haruka asked, tilting her head to the side. Gary cleared his throat before he started to explain.

"Have you ever heard of the MissingNo Pokemon?"He asked. Haruka and Tsukasa nodded. "After extensive research and the capture of a few other unidentified Pokemon by my old rival, Satoshi, we realized that there are a few more types of Pokemon than the original seventeen. In fact, if you count the supposed 'Legend' type that includes all the Pokemon from mythology, there are about twenty types of Pokemon." Tsukasa frowned, crossing his arms.

"I thought there were only eighteen if you included the 'Legend' type."

"Yes, there were. But then two new types of Pokemon were discovered, but were not released to the media due to the fact that they had summoned sort of robotic Mew clone and killed Satoshi. There are the Scathe type, as dubbed by the Pokemon, and the Sacred type, which we have renamed as the Light type."Gary explained, then he shook his head. "Anyways, we will need you to take some eggs to Elm for further research." He glanced at the clock on the wall, and every else followed his eyes. Tsukasa blinked, and then swore mentally. It was two in the morning! This explaination had taken up too much time.

"We'll have to gather the eggs and leave, Mr. Oak, Mr. Pokemon. We're kind of on a tight schedule." Tsukasa said. The two researchers nodded. Then a look of rememberance crossed Gary's face, and he walked over to a bag on the floor. He opened it and pulled out a Pokeball and an egg. He handed the egg to Haruka and the Pokeball to Tsukasa. The two Trainers looked at their hands in confusion.

"I had intended to bring these to Elm myself, but since you're making a trip over their yourselves I'll leave the task to you two." Gary yawned. "You two'd better start out, or you two won't get a wink of sleep." The two Trainers looked at each other and grinned. They knew that three hours ago. Jet and Byrn hopped off the couch and followed the two Trainers as they walked outside. Mr. Pokemon gave them a few bags, and they started to pick up the eggs that were on the ground.

The Scathe and Sacred type Pokémon really make their debute in the Sinnoh arc. There will be a few appearances by them before that, however. :D Actually, "Bad Eggs" on my original account was the Scathe children hatching out of the eggs and killing Elm's lab assistants.